A/N: Just warning ya'll that it gets a bit bloody and gory in this chapter. I don't think it's a big deal, so I'm sure you will all be fine...

Also...

THIS... IS... SPARTA!

The half Saiyan's balled up hands flew to his head grasping it, the pounding sensation driving him mad. His eyelids squeezing shut, Gohan bit back a cry, the throbbing pain which circulated in his mind beginning to travel elsewhere as it needed to be released. His ruby orbs suddenly burned, a vast amount of ki pulsing within his retina increasing the ache tenfold, making him feel lightheaded.

And without warning, he exploded, throwing his head back as two blistering hot crimson beams of ki burst from his rounded orbs. The beams slicing through the earth, the half Saiyan somehow was able to regain control of his ki and raise his head in a wide arc, successfully connecting with the stunned Bio-Android. Fortunately for Cell, he had managed to throw up his arms in order to block the attack just in the nick of time.

"Whoa…what was that…" Krillin breathed, his beady eyes observing Goku's son.

"Since when can Gohan shoot beams from his eyes?" Yamcha questioned, blinking in amazement.

No one had an answer to that one.

Goku looked on with worry, sweat rolling down his forehead as he silently prayed to Kami that his son would remain sane throughout the battle with the Bio-Android.

Stepping in the ring, defeating Cell hadn't been Goku's goal. No, his goal was to map out the Bio-Android's fighting techniques in hopes that that would give Gohan the edge; his son would analyze and study his movements and make sure he learned them inside out just to make it that much easier to defeat Cell. Of course the Android had the cells of all his allies, minus Bra as she had not existed in his reality, which meant that he knew their fighting style like the back of his hands. Nevertheless, the Bio-Android was playing it smart, knowing that developing his own fighting methods would most certainly give him the advantage.

Goku sighed, thinking back on the mental conversation that he had had with his son. The thing is, he had never intended to disclose to him anything, thinking that I'd be best to have him remain ignorant to spare him from the emotional torment and remorse he'd feel from knowing that he had almost killed his own father. However when it dawned on him that Gohan simply would not have been able to give it his all unless he confessed to him what really happened in-

Suddenly the full Saiyan felt awful, the truth of his actions causing his heart to sink into his stomach, the acids in its depths boiling the organ until it was fully consumed by his guilt. He had thought he understood what he was getting himself into when he made the decision to reveal to Gohan what had transpired in the Time Chamber. But now he truly realized that he had basically just thrown his own son into a death match against a monster and to make it worse, he was betting on him to lose control because it seemed to be the only way that they'd win. Unfortunately, there would be a price for their victory, which had to be paid in the form of his son's sanity.

Come on Gohan, keep it together…

Unleashed! Gohan's Ruthless Assault!

After Cell initial shock wore off, a grin broke across his face as he sized up the half Saiyan. If you disregard the malicious crimson aura and orbs, Gohan didn't appear to look much different. But what was apparent on the outside, didn't necessarily indicate what was going on on the inside. Within his mind, the half Saiyan was at war with the beast who constantly whispered sweet nothings into his ears, promising that it only needed a tiny drop of bloodshed and it would go back to sleep; Gohan wasn't taking the bait…at least not yet.

"At last you've come out of hiding!" Cell said while tightening both his fists, his golden aura igniting around him as blue lightning began to lick his ivory skin. "I can finally use half of my maximum power!"

Gohan merely dropped into his fighting stance, his blood red orbs waiting for the Bio-Android's next movements.

"Come at me boy!" Cell taunted, doing a come here gesture.

Cell braced himself as soon as Gohan cracked a wicked grin and burst into action. Intending to block and counter his attack, the Android was taken aback when the half Saiyan became transparent the moment he threw his fist at him, his icy orbs wildly searching for the missing boy. He gasped, his eyes as wide as dinner plates when a bone-crushing fist was pressed firmly against his beetle-winged back, causing him to arc forward. A splash of blood flew from his mouth as a sharp elbow connected with his stomach, doubling him over. His head snapped back upon feeling a sickening uppercut against his chin, sending him further into the sky at breakneck speed. The Bio-Android could only watch as Gohan brought down a double-handed fist directly onto his head, the strength of the hit hurling him toward the ground.

Breaking the ground with his feet, Cell flung himself backward as Gohan's fist struck where he once stood, the Android then connecting a foot upside the boy's head which caused him to fly back. Appearing in front of his approaching form, Cell attempted to deliver a kick but just like before, the half Saiyan vanished. He gritted his teeth when a haymaker collided with the top of his skull, making him fall face first. He tried to stand, but Gohan immediately put an end to that by stomping him further into the shattered ground. Madding rage pumped through his veins as he released an Explosive Wave, the ki based attack completely carving into the earth and tossing the half Saiyan across the air, giving him breathing room. Coming from above, Cell slammed his foot onto his abdomen, causing the terrain to outline his body when he landed. Grabbing the boy by the front of his purple gi, he reeled him forward until they were face to face. Releasing an angry sneer, the Bio-Android began to pulverizing the half Saiyan's face in brutally, each hit that connected causing sticky red blood to spray from his nose and lips.

His blood coated hand still fasten to his purple gi, Cell extended his arm to admire his latest 'masterpiece'. With a fresh layer of thick red paint smeared on his face, Gohan looked almost as if his head had been dunked into a tub of blood. One of his eyes were blotched and sealed while the other remained half lidded, his crimson orb glistening like the setting sun.

Giving the half Saiyan a mighty punch against his stomach, leaving him breathless, Cell then threw him across the air. Rocketing at amazing speeds, Gohan collided straight into a massive cliff, causing it to detonate into thousands of pieces.

"Gohan!" Piccolo cried out, taking to the skies.

"Stop!"

The Namek whipped his head around to Goku, the full Saiyan's expression hard.

"There is nothing you can do."

"I'm not going to just stand here and let him die!" Piccolo growled defiantly. "He's your son! You should be-"

"Piccolo, I'm all out of power and so are you. We'd just get in the way or even worse get killed." Goku said; he then gestured forward. "Besides, feel his ki. He's just fine."

Extending his awareness, he found out that he was indeed alive. Releasing a breath, Piccolo dropped back down to his spot. He nearly smacked himself upside his head when he realized that it was Goku of all people who had prevented him from doing something stupid. Heh, I never thought I'd see the day…he couldn't help but give a smirk, which the full Saiyan returned knowingly.

Back to the fight, Cell glared at Gohan's landing sight, waiting for him to make his inevitable reemergence.

"I know you're there boy! Come out now!" Cell shouted. "I could simply execute you where you lay, but I want to squeeze the life out of you, I want to see you beg and cry as I murder the ones you love and make this world bleed and burn-"

Cell's blabbering came to a halt when the area where the half Saiyan resided in began to tremor gradually at first before it increased in magnitude. An intense scream ripped right through the evening skies as the ground suddenly erupted, blanketing the entire area in a blinding ruby and white light.

Standing tall with a malicious crimson dark aura, Gohan continued to scream at a deafeningly level, his ki escalating higher and higher as blue lightning changed into red, the tips of his golden locks blazing into an unnatural shade of orange.

Cell and the Z-Fighters eyes' widened with shock, astonished at the amount of power that was pouring out of the half Saiyan.

Krillin stumbled back in fright. "Go-Goku…this is what you were talking about huh?!" he yelled over Gohan's ongoing yell.

Grimacing, Goku nodded. Feeling that he was in distress, Bra's sea-green tail reaching out to his brown one and embraced it in a comforting manner, but when she saw that it wasn't enough, she latched her slender hand with his, giving it a tight squeeze.

Everyone just about jumped when a barely recognizable voice spoke, sending chills down their spines.

"Cell, you talk too damned MUCH!"

The beast took over.

Cell could only watch with stunned icy orbs as Gohan tore through the ground like it was mere paper and rammed his shoulder against the Android's chest, shattering the bones completely.

The Android couldn't breathe.

Faster than the eyes can see, Gohan vanished and appeared from behind, dropping an elbow against his back, crushing his spine into dust. Flipping to his front, he gave him a rapid series of punches and kicks, the Bio-Android's purple blood spurting and scattering into the wind. Breaking from him, the wild half Saiyan wrapped his hand around his throat.

"What did you say!? Oh yeah, that you were going to squeeze the life out of me?!" Throwing his head back, Gohan laughed, the insanity in his red orbs along with the purple blood of his enemy gracing his features emphasizing how far gone he was.

"Gurhhh!" Cell gurgled, the violet fluid clogging his mouth and the half Saiyan's grip impairing his speech capabilities.

"What's wrong?!!" Gohan cackled, relishing the way the Bio-Android was struggling, loving the manner he clawed his hands, feeling joy at witnessing his trembling form.

"Guurhhaah!"

Gohan shrugged. "Oops, sorry!"

His eyes rolling back, Cell could do nothing as Gohan crumpled his throat like a soda can and ripped his head right off, a shower of purple paint sprinkling into the air as he threw it aside. With sheer force he dug his fist into his chest, breaking through his skin; Now inside his gaping chest wound, Gohan said-

"Kamehameha!"

And Cell's body exploded into nothing but dust.

Gohan twisted around, his crimson eyes locked with what remained of the Android; his head. Giving a blank stare, the half Saiyan did nothing, deciding to wait for him to regenerate.

Goku noticed this straightaway. "Gohan! Don't wait until he pulls himself back together! Kill him now while you have the upper hand!"

"Are you kidding me?! After everything he's done, you think he deserves a quick death? Remember how he killed Tien? What about the thousands of others?"

"But think about how much more will die if he somehow manages to defeat you?! Cell hasn't used his full power yet son!" he argued.

The half Saiyan snorted as he removed the blood that was cascading from his nose with the back of his hand. "He won't. Once I'm through playing with him like he played with us, I'll finish him off!"

Goku sighed in resignation. "It's no use….damn it! Maybe it wasn't a good idea…but if I hadn't pushed him, we would have all been dead by now!"

At lost for words, the other stayed silent.

Cell's head's pulsed, the gaping wound at the bottom stuttering and jerking aggressively. Gohan was filled with anticipation as he bared witness to Cell's body magically burst from his head, his cold spheres widening with shock; he then became furious.

Rising back onto his feet, Cell started to shake, his hands curling tightly, his temper boiling to the surface like lava surging from a volcano.

"You despicable child! How dare you make a mockery out of me?! How dare you! How dare you! HOW DARRRE YOOOUUU" Consumed with burning fury, Cell's golden aura came to life, an earthquake tearing through the ground as his voice reverberated loudly.

As Cell's power climbed to new heights, rupturing entire landscape with his awesome aura, Gohan stood tall, not in the least fazed.

"HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS BOY?! FEEL THE WRATH OF MY FULL POWER!"

Breaking from the ground, leaving a golden trail behind, Cell rammed his fist into Gohan's face, causing his head to snap back, blood beginning to seep out of his nostril as he flew across the air. Wanting to intercept him, the Bio-Android blasted toward his propelling form, performed a wide arc until he arrived ahead of him and gave him a brutal kick upside his head, sending him diagonally into the sky. Appearing from above, Cell attempted to give him a double kick against his back, but Gohan managed to do an afterimage, the Android growling when he missed his target. Sensing Gohan from behind, Cell whirled around with his leg extended, successfully connecting a roundhouse kick to the side of his ribs, leaving the half Saiyan breathless and wheezing in pain. Just as the unstable half Saiyan slammed against the earth, Cell dropped down and connected a knee onto his stomach...or so he had thought. When the ivory Android felt dirt instead of flesh, he made a good call as he darted away right on time, avoiding Gohan's sideways chop.

Seeing that he was open, Cell threw a right hook at his opponent unprotected back, but the smirking Gohan vanished from sight, appeared behind him and swung a haymaker against his skull, making his icy orbs turn white as he rocketed into a cliff with earth shattering force. Not seconds later, Cell flew from the caved in terrain, large chunks of rocks bursting everywhere as he took to the skies. Extending both his arms, Cell did a sequence of hands motions that caused Trunks to frown.

"Burning Attack!" shouted the Bio-Android, letting loose a large yellow ball of ki toward Gohan.

The half Saiyan didn't even flinch when he blasted toward Cell's direction and tore straight into the energy ball, causing it to fade into wisps of smoke. He continued on his path until he reached his foe and collided with him in a vicious cycle of blows that sent sound breaking shockwaves all around, forming dozens of mini craters in different areas.

With one final blow, Cell came out as the victor, Gohan grimacing as he plummeted toward the ground. Skidding backward against the earth on his hands and feet, the half Saiyan came to a standstill, flared out his ruby aura and threw his hands skyward, crossing one palm over the other; a yellow-orange ball of ki started to form within his palms.

Once charged, he stretched his hands out, cupped them together before slamming them to the side of his hip.

"Masenko-Kamehamehaaaa!" Gohan roared, launching one of the biggest energy waves he could muster.

The half Saiyan's enormous blast slammed into the airborne Cell with destructive force, causing the darkened starry night sky to light up brilliantly, coating it in a wild show of orange and blue paint.

While Piccolo blinked, taken aback that Gohan had combined his attack with the Kameha-Wave, Goku lips curved slightly, proud of his son's creatively.

Through the blanket of smoke came the ivory Android, unharmed and encased in a rounded purple barrier, flying higher and higher into the sky.

"Death Beam Barrage!" Cell yelled, pointing his index finger at Gohan, releasing countless pink energy beams at a rapid pace toward him.

Gohan pivoted, jumped, and phased through every beam that had rained down upon him effortlessly, making sure to deflect the ones that he couldn't evade. Seeing that the half Saiyan was making light of the situation, Cell decided to change things up by firing dozens of miniature Destructo Discs.

Just before the deadly discs could make contact with him, the half Saiyan lit up, discharging a powerful Explosion Wave from his body that wiped out all of the discs at once.

Seemingly out of nowhere came Cell, Gohan's features wrinkling with pain when the Bio-Android gave him a vicious backhand. Burying an ivory fist into his stomach, causing the half Saiyan to double over, Cell grinned gleefully when he witnessed blood trickle down his lips.

The Android's grin fell when Gohan's crimson eyes leveled with his icy ones, an amused smile splitting across his face.

"It that all you've got?"

Gritting his teeth hard enough to hear them groan, Cell drove his fist into his stomach yet again, growling angrily when he picks up on the half Saiyan's deep demonic laughter. With his head still hung down, Gohan's hands shot out to capture the Android's third strike, shocking Cell when he attempted to retract his appendage but was unable too. He bit his lower lip to suppress a scream as the half Saiyan began to crush his hand, the bones inside turning into shards and puncturing through his white skin; Gohan Ignited his ruby aura, smirking and enjoying the pained expression on his foe's face.

"Yo-you brat! Let go of me!" Cell demanded, trying with all his might to break the hold.

"Make me."

Instead of letting his temper get the best of him, the ivory Android forced a smile, one that briefly threw the half Saiyan off.

"Boy…you know…you cannot win this fight…"

Said boy snorted, and then grinned as he saw Cell grimace, his sealed icy orbs flinching with every crunch and popping sound that burst from his mangled hand.

"Yo-u alre-ady know that I c-can always regenerate. So you can continue to destroy my arms, my legs, my head or hell even blow me into billions of molecules and atoms! It makes no difference! As long as one tiny cell remains, I'll always become whole again!" Cell boasted, regaining his confidence back.

However, upon seeing that Gohan looked as arrogant as ever, Cell's worry resurfaced. Feeling heat engulf his shattered hand, his eyes drooped down to examine it. His orbs enlarged as he watched his once perfect ivory hand turn redder and redder with each second that passed, ugly whitish-yellow welts and blisters forming before turning as black and dark as coal.

Becoming alarmed, Cell finally managed to tear his hand off from Gohan's grasp. He stared at his hand...or rather where his hand used to be. Panic started to overtake his mind as he saw threads of crimson ki lacing in and out his pale skin, slowly making a path toward his shoulder. Now Cell didn't know what…this was, but he had a feeling that if he didn't get rid of the infected arm, things would definitely turn for the worse.

Making haste with his decision, Cell latched onto his right shoulder with his left hand and with a mighty tug, he tore the appendage off just before the 'infection' consumed it completely, flinging the arm aside. Watching his arm disintegrate into the wind, the Android's mouth dropped.

"Wh-what the hell was that?!" Cell asked, shocked.

Eyeing the Android's burnt hand within his own, Gohan opened his palm and watched it wither away into nothing.

"That's how you're going to die."

A/N: You can definitely see that this had a lot of canon DBZ scenes and for those who watch DBS, it had one, though I don't know if I wrote it well enough for ya'll to spot it.

So guys...I got 300 reviews! Never thought this mess of a story could get so much! Thanks alot to those who took the time to read...207,934+ words! Crazy!

Stick around, things are going to go even more bananas as we are getting closer and closer to the Cell Saga finale! I have the remaining chapters all drafted out too, so it won't take me too long.

And about the power scaling...I stopped caring as much a long while ago, so I know it's all over the place. I'm just writing whatever is coming to mind. Sorry if that bothers some of you.

I do promise that I'm not going to do some SSJ3 or fusion jump ^_^

And lastly, notice today's date? Today is the four year anniversary of this story! Yay!

(Posted: 8/19/17)

~Gater~