And here it is...My deepest apologies for the wait...I have no excuses so instead I wrote extra long chapter
And then the long wait was finally over. The day of the tournament was here and Cell was waiting when they finally arrived. Jamie couldn't hide her nervousness if she tried. She had never been around so many fighters before. These were the strongest fighters on earth, all gathered in hopes to destroy Cell.
Oh and that was another thing. This was the first time she had seen Cell up so close. He stood in the middle of the ring basking in his glorified self. He stood with his arms crossed with eyes closed on his smug face, daring anyone to challenge him.
Jamie looked around at the men she had met a few hours before. These men might be the strongest fighters, but they were nothing compared to the golden haired man in the orange uniform. The fate of the world rested with this man. The man who had saved the world countless times from long before she was ever born.
"Gohan do you think your dad can beat him?" she whispered to the green eyed boy that stood at her side.
"Of course. My dad can beat anyone," he assured her.
She could only nod in response as she watched a large man dressed in black approach the ring along with some other people. Jamie rolled her eyes; she knew exactly who he was. This was the champion of the world tournament, Hercule and he made sure to remind everyone at least a hundred times a day, doing incredibly stupid stunts. Jamie had felt he was nothing more than a bafoon. Standing next to him was an announcer that always seemed to be at the bafoon's side. This guy wants to fight Cell? He can't be serious. Goku pleaded with Hercule to step aside but the bald-headed Krillin convinced him that Hercule would never listen. Goku sighed in defeat and gave them the thumbs up to continue.
But before Hercule had a chance to "kick Cell's butt", he was interrupted by the loud speaker of a pink helicopter. Now what? Two figures emerged from the helicopter claiming they would be the ones to defeat the "weakling Cell". Are you kidding me?!
Of course the two idiots were defeated without Cell even lifting a finger. Both were sent away simply thrown away by his energy. When it was Hercule's turn to fight everyone watched while the announcer told the viewers of the world that Hercule was throwing attacks so fast that Cell couldn't block them. It was a wonder why it Cell put up with it at all, but with a flick of his arm he finally sent Hercule flying behind him. What an idiot.
That's when a spiky golden-haired man finally stepped forward, announcing he would be the first to fight Cell. His green eyes glowed with anticipation hiding amusing secrets that everyone would soon find out. Jamie looked around to study the faces of those that were gathered around her. She noticed everyone had the same look of extreme confidence. Well everyone except for one person. Her body stiffened in fear when she saw the dark scowl of the black-haired saiyan.
Gohan noticed her tenseness and followed her gaze to see she was staring at Vegeta. Jamie cowered behind Gohan's frame in hopes Vegeta wouldn't notice her. Gohan gave her hand a comforting squeeze and smiled when he felt her relax a little.
Everyone's attention was on the man in the ring. Goku, the most powerful Saiyan, the hero of earth, stood gallantly facing Cell. The tension could be felt from where they all stood as the two figures engaged in what seemed like a year long staring contest. In a blink, they were gone.
Jamie strained her eyes as she searched the heavens to try to catch a glimpse of the battle, but her eyes couldn't keep up. All that could be seen were the explosions of energy that occurred every time they came together. Jamie looked around at the men that stood around her and was glad to see that she was not the only one that was having this problem. Everyone stood there with there mouths open to gaping at the power the two were creating above. Even Piccolo and Vegeta couldn't keep from showing their struggle.
Despite the obvious amount of power they both possessed, no one seemed to be winning which left Jamie with an uneasy feeling. What if Goku couldn't do it? Who would be left to defeat Cell? She shuddered at the thought, knowing that everyone gathered would be no match for the android.
The battle went on for hours with no sign of who the victor would be. Then suddenly they both stopped. Goku was breathing hard, but he didn't seem to be wounded too much. However, what he did next shocked everyone. He announced that he was done fighting.
What?! How could he be quitting? Clearly he is still good to fight. He's our only hope. Jamie looked over to try to ask Gohan if he knew what his father was up to, but Gohan's attention was on his father. His brows were scrunched in worry and fear. But nothing could prepare him for what his dad said next. Gohan would be the one to fight?
Jamie shook her head in fear and could see that Gohan was also afraid. "No, Gohan…" There had to be some kind of mistake. Gohan was just a kid, barely older than her. Goku couldn't be sending him to battle the monster that was the biggest threat to earth. She looked over at Goku, desperately looking to find any sign that this was a mistake, but Goku was smiling with his hands on his son's shoulders. He was one hundred percent confident in his decision. And so Gohan reluctantly stepped forward to battle the android that his father admitted he himself could not defeat.
"You are the one that is supposed to defeat me? A child?" Cell laughed. He could see the fear in the young Saiyan's eyes as he constantly shot looks behind him.
Gohan hoped that his dad had some sort of plan. If you couldn't defeat him dad, how am I supposed to? Then his eyes settled on concerned deep blue eyes. Jamie. She had her hands clasped in front of her, resting against her chest praying that he would be okay.
Cell's menacing laughter increased. "So," he dragged out, "it seems you are a little distracted by a certain someone." Gohan stiffened at his comment and snapped his head to stare at Cell. Cell held an evil smirk on his green face as he continued. "If she is going to be a distraction I guess I have no choice but to get rid of her if I'm ever going to be able to have more fun fighting."
Gohan's eyes widened, but Cell disappeared before he could even react to and try to stop him. Time seemed to slow as he whipped his head around and screamed her name out, "Jamie!" His eyes found her just as Cell appeared in front of her making her jump back in fear. "NO!" he cried out with an extended hand, but he knew Cell wouldn't stop. Cell proved himself to be ruthless by the countless of people he had killed in order to gain his "perfect" form. Tears welled up in Gohan's eyes as he watched helplessly.
Goku sped to try to save her, but he wouldn't get there in time. Cell immediately grabbed Jamie roughly by the arm making her let out a tiny squeak of pain at the fingers digging into her bicep. Her blue eyes shot open simultaneously with her mouth, emitting another small scream. Only this time, it came out stronger. She spun around landing a kick across Cell's bewildered face and sent him flying across the other side of the ring.
When Cell regained himself in the air he glared at the girl who was able to do this to him and to his surprise she was glowing. Her hair was spiked familiarly and she stared at him with green eyes now, however they were still holding fear before they returned to their normal ocean blue. "She's a Saiyan?" Cell growled. "She's a Super Saiyan? There are more of you monkeys?" His eyes were full of anger, "you will pay for that girl!" But Gohan stepped in front of him.
"No Cell, I am your opponent. No one else. And I will be the one to defeat you." He scowled at Cell, his fear now replaced with the willingness to protect Jamie as well as everyone else. If his dad believed he would be the one to do this, he would do it.
Cell lowered his head to the Saiyan in front of him. The anger in his eyes now turned to amusement. "So you're finally ready to fight I see," he laughed. "Well if that was what I needed to do to get you to fight me, I wonder what kind of power you would show me if I would just kill your little girlfriend."
Gohan growled this time. "You will not touch her! I will defeat you Cell. You're going down!" he yelled now glowing.
To say everyone was surprised by Gohan's power was an understatement. Even Cell was surprised. The fight between Gohan and Cell had been even greater than the fight with Goku. Both fighters were near impossible to spot and Gohan met almost every attack that Cell threw at him, but it was clear that Cell had the upper hand. Jamie cringed every time Gohan was met with Cell's hits, which happened more often as the fight went on. Gohan stayed in there though and never backed down. That was when Cell had decided that he had had enough. This time Gohan wasn't able to avoid it and was hit dead on and thrown under a pile of rubble that was once a giant hill.
"Gohan!" Jamie screamed as she fell to her knees. Tears began to streak down her face while Cell's laughter reached her ears. She barely heard the cries of the men standing around her screaming that Gohan was dead. She shook her head at the thought. It can't be, no it's not true. When she glanced up at Goku she saw he was still smiling. How could he be smiling? But it was as if he read her mind when his smiling eyes met her watery blue ones. He gave her a reassuring smile which made her feel better for some reason and stop crying. Even with Piccolo screaming Goku remained calm.
"You're wrong Piccolo. Can't you sense his energy?" Jamie shut her eyes and desperately felt for Gohan. Her breath caught in her chest when she finally did.
No sooner had they discovered he was alive, did he burst through the rubble, revealing he still had plenty of fight left in him.
"It seems you are getting tired Gohan," Cell taunted after sending Gohan flying towards the ring below. "What would your girlfriend think? Perhaps she would like to be my next opponent." Gohan's blood boiled at that comment and gave him the strength to get back up. He knew he was nowhere near winning this battle, but he stood up to Cell anyway. "Your right Gohan, she would be no match for me. Perhaps something a little weaker."
"No Cell, I don't want to fight you anymore. I don't want to have to kill you."
Cell was taken aback at Gohan's words. "Kill me?" he laughed.
Gohan held the serene look on his face and simply explained his reasoning of how he discovered why his dad believed he was the only one to defeat Cell. It was of course, Gohan's hidden potential energy that Goku had known would be their chance at victory. But unfortunately Gohan's speech backfired. Cell instead became set on making that potential energy come out of the eleven-year-old boy and took his beatings to the next level.
Jamie watched in growing horror as Gohan took hits from every direction. It soon was not even a fight anymore; it was more like a beating of a life time.
Then, to everyone's surprise, the android that had been watching from the sidelines, Android 16, stepped in, grabbing Cell in a bear hug. He had decided to end his life and Cell's by self destructing. As Android 16 started to glow everyone braced themselves for the explosion, but it never came. His trigger had been removed when he was repaired, making him a non-threat to Cell who destroyed him with the grace of one blast.
Gohan didn't have time to feel bad for the Android before he was grabbed into a bone crushing hold that increased little by little. Gohan let out a blood curdling scream that tore into Jamie's heart and the scream only got louder the tighter Cell squeezed.
"NO! STOP! GOHAN!!" Jamie cried out. She turned to Goku and grabbed his shirt tightly in his hands. "Goku do something! Help him please! He's killing him! He's killing him!"
Goku shook his head no, "We have to wait."
Jamie's eyes narrowed, "then I'm going." In a burst of energy she shot out to save Gohan, but was flung back by a tight grip on her wrist. She followed her arm to the end to find it was Goku that was holding her. "Let me go! Let me go! I have to save him!"
Goku's face hardened, "No. He has to do this himself."
Gohan's screams worsened, making Jamie's heart break over and over. Meanwhile Piccolo was also screaming at Goku trying to convince him to save his son. Finally Goku's face softened and was convinced and asked Krillin for a sensu bean. But when Krillin was pulling out the bag of beans, the screaming stopped.
They looked over just as Cell had released Gohan, letting him drop to the ground like a lifeless corpse. "I guess I'll have to resort to torturing your friends then, Gohan."
Gohan's eyes, that were squeezed shut from the pain, suddenly sprung open with a terrifying look in them. In a flash, Cell had stolen the sensu beans from Krillin, in order to increase the suffering. Then everyone watched as figures shot from his tail, turning into miniature Cell beings; each one very powerful. All at once they sped to engage the fighters on the sidelines. Immediately Vegeta and the future Trunks powered up to Super Saiyans and got ready to defend themselves, but that did little to help. The fighters all tried to fend off the mini-Cell's, but to no avail. No matter how hard they fought, the little guys would come back even stronger.
Jamie held her own for a little while, but couldn't avoid taking hard hits. But that was the least of her worries; she had looked over to see that Goku was taking a big beating because he was weakened from the battle with Cell. After sending the little Cell she was fighting, into the side of a cliff, she sped over to get another one off of Goku. She stood her guard and did her best to protect Goku, but it wasn't long before more of the little creatures teamed up against her. She was helpless to stop. Why can't I go Super Saiyan on command?
Gohan watched as the little Cell creatures attacked his friends and immediately flew over to help, but was sent crashing to the ground before he could even get close. "You're not going anywhere Gohan. Your fight is with me. You will have to watch your friends die, if that's what it takes to get your full power out." His laugh was menacing and made rage build inside of Gohan.
The cries of Gohan's friends added fuel to his rage and brought angry tears to his eyes. The sound of Jamie's screams, especially, were unbearable and he soon found himself losing control of himself. The sound of metal brought his attention to the ground and he saw it was Android 16's head. "Don't be afraid to let go Gohan. Don't be afraid of your power." Gohan listened to his speech and let the words fill his heart, but it was soon cut off by the evil voice of Cell and the sound of crunching metal when Cell brought his foot down to crush what was left of the brave Android.
Whatever control Gohan had, disappeared as he watched the metal and blood splatter and shoot out from what was once the head of Android 16. And in another deafening scream, energy shot from his body and shot through the earth around him. Images of his tortured friends and the Android being crushed filled his mind, along with the screams of his friends and his Jamie. That's right, his Jamie, his dear friend, he watched as she took beatings from Cell's creatures, trying to hang on to consciousness in order to keep his dad safe. All of this contributed to what happened next.
His eyes rolled back into his head, only revealing white as he threw back his head in another scream. The glow around him increased as more energy shot from his body. It looked as if the young Saiyan was on fire as electricity shot from his body and left him in a blinding light that made everyone stop to look. When the smoke and dust cleared, what was left was a larger boy, with even spikier hair and a colder look upon his face. Cell could not even keep the fearful look off his face when he felt the energy that Gohan had radiating off of him.
Jamie looked up to Goku to see if he had answers and he simply nodded when he caught her gaze. "An ascended Super Saiyan," was all he said.
Jamie looked back over at Gohan, "There's a level past a Super Saiyan?" So Gohan was our Savior this whole time. I was fighting with the most powerful fighter in the world. She gasped when she came to a sudden realization…He kissed me. The most powerful guy in the world kissed me. With that thought a deep blush settled on her cheeks.
In a blink, Gohan snatched the sensu beans from Cell and told Krillin to pass them around to everyone. Then Gohan went on to do what everyone else could not. He took out the miniature Cell creatures with ease. The battle had now turned and Cell found himself to be the losing one now. Cell began to lose control of himself when he saw that Gohan was indeed more powerful than he, and he began to fight wildly. But Gohan defended himself with ease and was pretty soon toying with Cell much to Cell's displeasure.
Cell soon found himself to be no match for Gohan, but wouldn't admit it and continued to attack Gohan. So Gohan met Cell's stomach with a powerful punch. The force made Cell stop and grab his stomach and what happened next, no one expected. Cell looked as if he was about to throw up and he did. Out came Android 18, the last Android he absorbed in order to make his perfect form. There she lay on the floor as Cell transformed back into his imperfect Cell. When Krillin rescued her from being absorbed again, it was clear that Cell would no longer be a threat. However, Gohan still would not finish the job.
It was obvious to everyone that the fight was being dragged on, thanks to Gohan. Jamie looked up at Goku again with a confused look. "Why doesn't Gohan just finish him off?"
Goku was watching his son and shook his head with his eyebrows narrowed. "I don't know. Gohan what are you doing?"
Meanwhile Cell was visibly getting losing his temper as the fight went on. Still Gohan refused to finish him off. That was when Cell had finally had enough. He was going to resort to his last resort, self destruction.
The bloating of Cell's imperfect form indicated that he was not bluffing, leaving the world helpless to do nothing, but wait for the inevitable. Gohan fell to his knees, knowing well that it was his fault. Jamie watched Gohan in pity in the midst of the panic around her, keeping calm. She didn't notice that Goku held the same calm stature as she did. If she had, she might have questioned what he was about to do. What caught her eye was his slow movement of his hand to his forehead. She looked over just in time to see him bring to fingers to his forehead before disappearing.
Time seemed to stop when he reappeared in between Gohan and the ever increasing bloating of Cell. That was when everyone realized what Goku was planning to do. "No Goku!" they all cried, but it wouldn't do. Goku had made up his mind and with the last words, "Goodbye, my son," he and Cell vanished.
Gohan jumped forward and reached for nothing but air, falling to his knees yet again. In his rage of tears he punched the ground continuously, hating himself for what he had done. I killed my father, it's my fault. Why did I have to be so stupid? Why did I have to toy with Cell? I should have killed him when I had the chance.
Jamie sensed his distressed and flew over and knelt down next to him. She wrapped him in her embrace and held him as he cried. Gohan gave into her comfort and mumbled his fault over and over through his tears and sobs. She rocked him back and forth and gave him words of comfort. "It's okay Gohan. You fought well, but Goku knew he had to get Cell away from us to protect us. It's not your fault Gohan; it's not your fault."
Jamie's comfort worked and eventually Gohan's tears ceased. He returned the embrace and pulled her close before thanking her. As they stood to gather everyone to return home, Gohan stopped when he felt a disturbance and pushed Jamie behind her. Jamie peeked out from behind Gohan just in time to see a purple light shoot out and penetrate Trunk's chest. A menacing laugh that stopped everyone's heart, sounded just after. There standing in his perfect form, from where the attack was emitted, stood Cell. Perfectly regenerated and ready for another round at this battle. Even after self destructing, he was still able to regenerate, only this time he was had become even stronger and picked up the technique of Goku's; instant transmission.
After Cell's speech, Vegeta looked upon his now dead son and something inside of him snap. "My son," he cried before shooting off to attack Cell. Vegeta let loose and shot out enormous amounts of energy as blast after blast escaped from his hand and was sent to Cell's direction. Cell disappeared in a giant cloud of smoke, but when it cleared Cell was still standing there, unscathed, but annoyed.
"Pest," he muttered under his breath before sending a blast that would kill Vegeta. Vegeta's eyes widened as the blast neared him, but to his surprise it was stopped. When he looked to see what had happened, it had been Gohan that stepped in front and took the hit with his left arm, leaving it useless. Vegeta wasn't sure to be thankful or angered to be saved by a little 11-year-old half breed Saiyan.
The attack that Gohan had shielded took a toll on his body. It weakened him a significant amount and showed as the battle raged on. And when Cell decided it was time to end it, Gohan had just about given up. He knew there was no way he would be able to defeat Cell now that his energy was near cut in half. He bowed his head in defeat as Cell brought his hands together and started to utter the words, "Kahhhhh…mehhhh…-."
Gohan waited for the inevitable until he heard his father's voice in his head. His father gave him words of encouragement and gave him confidence to throw up a Kamehameha wave of his own. With his father's spirit in him his wave formed from his right hand and flew out to meet Cell's much larger one. Together the waves met in a giant ball of energy that grew. Gohan struggled to hold his own, while Cell had no trouble sending more energy towards Gohan.
Piccolo informed everyone that they had to leave or else they would be destroyed in the blast and everyone listened. Jamie was hesitant at first, but finally flew agreed to follow. When she glanced back at Gohan, she felt him weakening and knew that he wouldn't be able to do it on his own. Without another thought she flew back to where Cell was standing and started firing blasts at his form. The blasts didn't do too much damage, but managed to throw off Cell's concentration enough to allow Gohan to gain ground in the Kamehameha wave contest. In annoyance Cell sent Jamie flying with his energy, but she regained herself and flew back to continue her attack.
"What are you doing?!" Piccolo yelled after her. "You're going to get yourself killed!" This time Jamie was hit with a giant blast, but she continued to attack in hopes of helping Gohan.
"I don't care! I have to help Gohan. He needs our help and I'm not going to just cower away. I'm going to give everything I have even if it means my life. We can't just leave him to do this on his own," he panted.
"She's right. Gohan needs us." Krillin was now on her side doing the same thing after setting 18 down in a safe spot. Tien, Chiatsu, and Yamcha quickly followed.
Piccolo watched as they hopelessly attacked Cell, which had little effect, but knew they were right and joined in as well. Vegeta watched from above and eventually gave in.
Meanwhile Gohan was still getting the pep talk from his father. It felt as if he was there with him. "Now!" Goku yelled at Gohan. In a loud cry Gohan sent the last of his energy forward. Cell yelled out in fear as the giant blue wave passed through him and disintegrated him before shooting off into space.
It was finally over; Cell was no more. Everyone gave a sigh of relief when they were positive that Cell had finally been defeated. They looked over at Gohan to give a congratulations, but Gohan lay unconscious on the floor; his hair back to it's original black color. Jamie rushed to Gohan's side and turned him over in her arms. She was glad he was okay and was no taking in his new appearance. His true and original form. "You did it Gohan. You saved the world, just like your Dad did before you," she whispered.
The others let the events of what happened sink in before deciding on what they should do next. They stood around in silence for a while, thinking about the now dead Goku and future Trunks and the little passed out boy that had saved them all. Finally Piccolo broke the silence, "I think it's time we called Shenron."
Everyone nodded in agreement, but before Piccolo could pick up Gohan an unfamiliar voice stopped him; stopped everyone actually. "There you are. So…this is where you've been hiding."
Jamie froze and swallowed hard before turning to meet the cold dark eyes of a tall fat man dressed in a suit along with some ugly looking woman at his side. "We've been looking for you Jade. It's time to go."
Jamie tensed at that name, "My name isn't Jade, it's Jamie. And no, I'm not going with you."
One of the ugly ladies with missing teeth spoke up, "You belong to me and must come with me now! I've been looking all over for you and now that I found you, I don't intend to let you out of my sight again. You have a lot of work to catch up with you know."
"No! I will not go with you! How did you even find me?"
"Simple, this battle was broadcast to every television station in the world. We drove on over here as soon as we spotted you, but felt it best to wait until this was finished before coming to get you. Now come along, we have all been missing you."
Jamie tried her best to control her tears, "You liar! You just need me as your servant. I am not going. You'll never-."
But Piccolo interrupted her, "Go Jamie."
She shot around to face him, "What?"
"You have to go with them. Your too young to be on your own and the orphanage owns you by law."
She opened her mouth in horror, "No! Do you have any idea how they treat me there? I'm not leaving Gohan. I finally found a friend and an accepting place and I'm not leaving it. I'm not going, you cannot make me. I'll run away, I'll fly away. They'll never find me."
Piccolo grabbed a hold of her wrist before she could make a move and spoke so only she could hear, though it was rough. "Just because you have great power doesn't mean you are allowed to use it to break the law. You still have to follow the laws made here regardless if you are able to overcome them."
Jamie could no longer hold back her tears, "But I don't want to leave Gohan. I can't even say goodbye to him."
"It doesn't matter. You have to go with them Jamie."
Tears streamed down Jamie's face before she nodded. She pulled herself out of Piccolo's grip and walked over to the unconscious boy lying on the ground and knelt next to him and spoke so no one could hear her. "Gohan, I'm so sorry I have to leave you," she managed in between sobs. "I'll find a way back to you, I promise." She brushed a strand of black hair from his face and brought her lips to his forehead to place a small kiss. "Please don't ever give up on me Gohan. I-I lo-."
"Alright, alright, time to go," grumbled the fat man as he grabbed Jamie. He literally had to drag her away as she sobbed watching the figure of Gohan disappear from her sights.
Gohan awoke a little while later, thanks to the help of his past Namekian friend Dende when they all reached the look out. When he sat up his eyes scanned the platform for those deep blue ones that he longed to see, but he couldn't find them. "Where's Jamie?" he asked as he continued to search.
Krillin hesitated, "I'm sorry Gohan. But the orphanage took her away."
"What?! But why didn't you stop them?" Why didn't she stop them? She could have gotten away from them easily. Does that mean she left and didn't want to stay with me? He cringed at the thought.
"Gohan," Piccolo stepped forward, "she had to go with them. It is the law; she had no parents."
Gohan stood up to Piccolo, "But she could have stayed with us. My mom would take care of her."
"Gohan stop being so selfish and think about this!" Piccolo was in Gohan's face. "Your mom just lost Goku and almost lost you. She is in no condition to be able to take care of another kid let alone afford it."
Gohan looked away with his eyebrows furrowed in anger, but he knew Piccolo was right. But it hurt so much, why was she gone already? He didn't even get to say goodbye. The bad news didn't end there for Gohan. After the first wish on the dragon balls, Goku decided that he would rather stay where he was than come back down to earth on the count of bad people always seem to show up in order to fight him. Goku felt it would be safer for earth if he stayed dead and that was the end of that. With one last wish floating around, Krillin decided to use it for 18, since they no longer had a use for it. And it seemed the world was finally left in peace and everyone was finally relieved and happy.
Except of course for one little boy and one little girl who couldn't understand why they were forced to be torn apart after just finding each other.
sorry bout the lil cliff hanger, but it was necessary! can't wait to see what u think...thank u all for reading and reviewing Konichiwa Bitches haha j/k (Dave Chapelle)