"Settled on a Sai-jin name then?" the King asked.
"Tien didn't really have a preference one way or the other." Vadora replied. "He's not really picky about much."
King Vegeta laughed. "With you as his mate that's probably a blessing." Vadora gave the King a sideways glare but didn't have a chance to say anything before the scouter systems started to beep. Looking toward the monitors again they found Vegeta now in Super Sai-jin and talking with the Android. The power reading had just stablized from his transformation when he suddenly hunched over and the readings started climbing again.
"No way..." Vadora breathed in shock as Vegeta's power climbed higher and higher. "Unreal." And then the battle began.
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Earth, The Lookout:
Those fighters still standing atop the Lookout were at the edge gazing down. "Unreal!" Tien cried as golden light flared off over the horizon. "Vegeta's power..."
Krillin nodded. "Amazing..."
"We may just win this after all..." said Yamcha.
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Capital City:
15's eyes widened as Vegeta charged at him, his sensors still trying to process the sudden burst of power that had come from him. It had only just caught up to his previous power before he'd started powering up again. Before the numbers settled Vegeta reached him and smashed his fist into the small Android's face. The impact shattered his glasses and sent him sailing back and into the palace building.
The Sai-jin didn't give the purple machine time to recover and fired a blast of golden energy after him. Piccolo and the others turned and raised their arms to shield themselves as the energy exploded taking the entire palace with it and showering debris through the city. Vegeta lowered his arm smirking and turned to face Gero and the other remaining Androids. "One down, five to go. Alright, who's next!"
Suddenly blue light began seeping up through the rubble of the palace and then exploded. 15 shot up into the air, his clothes torn and shredded. He was about to charge in again when Gero raised his arm bringing the machine to a hault. "I'll handle this 15." he said lowering his arm. "So, Vegeta, you've powered up quite a bit. I'm interested in how you gained so much power so fast..."
Vegeta smirked. "I'm a Sai-jin." he said with a shrug. "Now, let's get this over with. The sooner I turn you into scrap, the sooner I can get my fight with Kakkarotto."
"You still don't get it, do you Vegeta? You can't beat us. I will admit, I'm greatly impressed by your power, it exceeds even my own. However, as has been stated before, we have limitless energy. I can fight forever, you, however, can not."
"I wont have to." the Sai-jin replied. "You'll be lucky to last ten minutes."
"Very well, let's begin." Gero said slipping into a fighting stance. His opponent did the same, the grin on his face growing. The two stood there for a moment and then vanished. Suddenly the sky was alight with flashes of gold as thunderous cracks rang out shaking the ground below.
"That's incredible..." Piccolo breathed looking up. He could barely see more than streaks darting trough the sky, Vegeta was easier to follow thanks to his aura and Ki. The two warriors arced through the sky over the city making their attacks as they passed, sometimes zipping right by each other and other times locking into a close range battle for a few moments before breaking apart again.
The two warriors neared each other again and Vegeta pulled to the right and spun around dodging a punch from Gero and then slamming his foot into the Android's back. They arced through the air again and as they neared each other the Android launched a blast of energy from his eyes. The Sai-jin Prince dodged around it at the last second and then thrust his right arm forward firing his own blast of golden energy which Gero simply deflected away.
However, that distracted the Android long enough for Vegeta to get above him and drive his knee into his back. The white haired Android was knocked down into the ground and the Sai-jin grinned. "You're better than I expected." he called down. "You can almost match me... almost. But almost isn't good enough. Time to end this, it's boring." He raised one arm and pointed it down toward where Gero lay, golden energy spakring to life in front of his palm.
"Good bye, Android. Big Bang... Attack!" The ball of golden energy suddenly doubled in size and then rocketed toward the downed Android. However, before it could reach the ground, the other Androids shot into the air between Gero and the blast. Together they caught it but the energy drove them down toward the ground until Gero shot up and joined them. Vegeta growled as they repelled the blast.
"So then, you all want to fight, do you?" he asked. "Fine, I'll take all five of you at once!"
"Father!" Trunks yelled. "You can't..."
"Shut-up!" Vegeta called looking back and down at where Trunks stood. "I can handle them all at once, no problem!"
"I recommend a new tactic." 16 said slowly as he lowered his arms.
"Agreed." 13 replied scowling. "This is becoming annoying. Gero?"
The white haired Android floated there for a moment and then landed. "Permission granted."
15 smirked. "Alright, it's show time. Accessing mer... What is that?"
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West City:
Cell landed atop the tallest building he could find and gazed about him. He had no way of actually tracking 17, however his companion did. "So, where is he?" he asked looking over to Tao.
"Stationary, under the rubble over there it would seem." Tao replied pointing to a destroyed building a few blocks away. "He doesn't seem to be moving at all."
"Could he be damaged?"
"Everything is reading out fine." Tao replied. "Perhaps he's sulking? He was beaten by his sister yesterday."
"No matter. He'll be mine soon." Cell said lifting into the air and floating over to the rubble, Tao following close behind. Landing he pointed a palm down at the debris and a gold glow formed around his hand and then a beam of energy surged down through the rock. It only took a moment to carve out an opening and then the two of them were descending into the the darkness.
"Who's there?" 17 demanded, holding a hand up and charging some Ki to make a light. "Tao? And what the hell is that?"
"I am Cell." the creature said taking a step forward. "And you will soon be a part of me."
17's eyes narrowed. "What the hell are you talking about? What is this?"
Cell merely smirked and licked his lips. "At last... it is time to begin my ascension!" he cried as he launched toward 17. The Cyborg was too shocked to block or dodge and Cell slammed his fist into his stomach. 17 crumpled to the floor and Cell picked him up. His tail came up and the tip openned. "And now you become part of perfection!"
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The Lookout:
"17!" 18 cried suddenly, turning to look to her left a little. Her cry got the attentions of the others as well.
"What is it?" Krillin asked.
"That Cell creature... he's in West City, his power just flared up right on top of 17's transponder!"
Yamcha gulped. "That can't be good..."
"I've got to go help him..."
"Not a good idea." Bulma said walking up beside 18. "You'll just put yourself in danger too."
"I-it f-feels like it's t-too late anyw-way!" Krillin cried wide eyed. Everyone's attention had turned to West City where golden light was seeping up from under the rubble of a building. A second later Tao had flown up out of the rubble and was high in the sky looking down and watching. Everyone on the Lookout could feel the swelling power and then there was a bright flash that engulfed several blocks. When the glare faded away it revealed a crater and standing in the crater was a much different Cell.
"Oh man... his power..." Yamcha stammered.
"Could be worse." Raditz said with a frown. "He's about as powerful as Prince Vegeta..."
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Capital City:
"Ah, Cell must have located 17." Gero said with a grin. "Impressive."
Vegeta just snorted. "I'll deal with that once I'm finished here. Now, let's get back to our fight!"
Gero nodded. "Yes, let's. 15, if you would."
15 smirked. "Right. Accessing Merger Protocol now."
"Accessing Merger Protocol." 16 echoed. 14 repeated the line and then 13 as well. Trunks and Sakura glanced at each other not sure what was happening, this wasn't something they'd seen before.
Suddenly glowing lines traced across 14 and 16 and the two Androids broke apart into dozen's of pieces. 13 floated forward between the two of them as 15 floated back. The small purple Android started to glow and then energy shot out from it connecting to the orbiting pieces of 14 and 16. A glow then formed around 13 hiding him from view and he floated forward, the glow around him engulfing 15 as well.
And then the energy attached to the pieces pulled in bringing all four together. There was a crack and a bright flash as energy flared up and swirled around. Inside the blue ball of energy a shadow formed growing and changing. And then the glow shrank away revealing a red haired and blue skinned Android. "Super 13 is now online." it said in a deep voice as it opened it's solid yellow eyes.
"Bah, you're still nothing but scrap metal!" Vegeta growled. "Time for me to rip you apart!" His aura flashed brightly and he surged in at the newly transformed Android. The Sai-jin pulled back his arm as he flew and then with a cry launched a punch for the large Android's chest. There was a loud crack as the blow impacted, stopping Vegeta's arm dead in it's tracks and not budging the Android an inch.
"What the...?" the Prince muttered, eyes widening slightly. With a growl he started pounding on the Android with everything he had. Every blow did nothing. The Android just stared down at him unmoving and uncaring of his attack. After a moment Vegeta shot backwards and thrust his arms out, blue energy sparking around his palms and then a volley of blasts surged toward Super 13. The blue Android still didn't bother to move, the energy impacting and exploding without even scratching him.
"This isn't good." Piccolo growled.
Sakura took a step forward but stopped when she felt Trunks grab her shoulder. Looking back she saw the look in his eyes but shook her head. "We have to stop that thing."
"Just wait, let father handle it." he said. "You don't even know if you could do anything."
"Bonm ix Trunks, xhic icm'x xhe xine xu de ftowimp 'fruxekx loxher'c epu'. I jmuy wuv kore oduvx hin dvx yimmimp ic nure infurxomx xhom drvcimp hic epu!" Sakura cried angrily in Tanarian.
Trunks stood in silence for a moment before replying softly. "I'm staying back for now... but go ahead." As he spoke Piccolo glanced toward them. He'd heard Sakura but he didn't know Tanarian.
Sakura turned back toward were Vegeta still stood, hands clenched into fists and a very unhappy look on his face. Trunks' hand slipped off her shoulder as she walked slowly forward, her movement catching the attentions of Gero and Super 13 first. Vegeta didn't notice her until she was beside him and walking on. The Sai-jin watched after her with a frown.
Finally she came to a stop a couple dozen yards from the Android. "Now it's my turn." she said softly. "I will not allow this world to face the same fate as my own. I will not allow you to take millions of innocent lives." Her eyes began to glow blue and her red aura flared to life around her as she spoke, blowing her hair about wildly. "I will destroy you!"
Suddenly her aura flared up into a column looking almost like fire. Orange sparks began to float up along it as the entire thing shifted to orange. And then the collumn of energy shattered apart like a tower of glass, sparks of energy falling to the ground. With the collumn gone, it revealed Sakura in her Super Tanarian form as she had been against Frieza. Except she was stronger than she had been then. Not exceptionally stronger, but stronger.
Still Piccolo didn't think she'd even be a distraction to the newly merged Android. Hotaru felt the same as Sakura stood in silence for a moment and then lifted a few feet into the air. The only person present who knew what she was about to do was Trunks. He smiled as he felt a hand on his arm. "Don't worry Hotaru, she knows what she's doing. Just watch."
Sakura's solid blue eyes began to glow and then her orange aura swirled up around her encasing her in a ball of energy. A spark of red surged around the ball, and then another, as a loud cry began to sound from within. A rush of wind washed out stirring up dust and then the ground began to shake. Once more Sakura's power was climbing higher and higher.
Suddenly she let out a loud cry and the ball of energy exploded, shattering like the collumn earlier. As the falling, sparkling energy faded away it showed a new Sakura, changed. Her arms now bore the same orange stripes as those under her eyes and two more had appeared on her face, above her eyes. Her eyes were now a solid purple in color and her hair was no longer tinted blue, it was blue. Red lightning-like energy crackled about her aura now and then as well. She lowered her arms to her side and uncurled her legs. She let out a sigh and then smiled.
"No... way..." Hotaru breathed, eyes wide. "She's... she's unlocked the second transformation..."
Sakura floated back down to the ground, her feet clicking gently on the pavement as she landed. "You think you can fight me?" Super 13 asked. "Your power is impressive, as many have done lately it has exceeded expectations. However, it is still nothing compared to me."
"We'll see about that... Nibai Kinryoku!" she cried. Instantly her orange aura vanished into silver, her arms bulging slightly from the surge of power. Red lightning still flickered occasionally around her as she surged in at the Android leaving a trail of dust and silver light in her wake. With a cry, she pulled back her fist and then launched a fierce punch at 13's face.
The Android's eyes widened as the fist neared. And then, with a thunderous crack, it slammed square into his face pushing the machine back a few feet. Without giving it a second to recover, she moved in again and spun smashing her foot into the side of his head causing him to stumble. Sakura narrowed her eyes, she was doing better than Vegeta but the machine was still a good bit stronger than her, enough to make this one on one battle more than a little difficult.
Vegeta stared on wide-eyed and mouth hanging open as Sakura resumed her assault. Each blow she landed sounded like thunder. And each blow moved the large Android, if only a little. It was more than he could manage. /How... how can this be? I am a Sai-jin! Not just a Sai-jin, a Super Sai-jin! So how... how could this girl surpass me? I've pushed the powers of Super Sai-jin to their maximum, I've gone beyond all other Sai-jins before me, and yet this girl, this Tanarian, is stronger than I/