Orange Star High: The Cell Games
Chapter 15
Both blasts met at the center of both Cell and Gohan with full force. A huge ball from their Kamehameha blasts was visible. The effects of the blasts were so huge that it had managed to reach the Fighters that were clearing away from the scene.
The entire Earth was shaking. People had assumed that it was an earthquake, not knowing that the Cell Games was still going on. Buildings were crumbling down. Large TV's came crashing to the floor. People fled in many areas, trying to escape the seemingly natural disaster that was happening.
Despite only having one arm, Gohan continued to put his strength into his blast. At the moment, it looked like Cell and Gohan were even with each other.
"Gohan! Hang in there!" Goku said to Gohan from the other world.
"This must be hard for you with all those rules. This will make it burn!" Cell shouted as he powered up his blast. Now, it seemed like Cell was winning.
"No, don't lose Gohan!" Erasa shouted at the screen.
"YEAH YOU'RE THE ONLY HOPE!"
The students shouted at the screen, still not fully aware that Gohan never really died. Oh well, let them find out for themselves.
"AND NOW THIS.. IS WHERE YOU END!" Cell shouted, once more powering up his blast. At this moment, Gohan was really in trouble. One last power up from Cell would mean the end of the Earth. That's what everyone had assumed, at least.
There wasn't really much that Gohan could do. He was fighting Cell with only one arm, and not to mention that his power had taken a huge hit minutes ago from saving Vegeta. There was only hope that he wished for.
"What's the matter Gohan? You already have all of the power you need. Just bring it out!" Goku told Gohan telepathically.
"I.. can't.. I can't keep this up. I just can't take it dad. It's too much for me to handle!" Gohan said.
"I'm just a kid.. I haven't changed, not at all!
"Will you stop attacking yourself? I don't know where you got it in your head that there's something wrong with you, cause there's not! You saved my life and our friends lives so many times, and you're going to do it right now!" Goku told Gohan.
"What on Earth are you mumbling about?" Chanting a little prayer before you die?" Cell asked Gohan.
"Let it out Gohan, do it now!" Gohan powered up his blast, fending off Cell's Kamehameha back. Now, it looked like they were even again.
Videl, along with his classmates cheered. Gohan was now back in the battle with the monster!
"You fool! Don't you realize you're up against the Perfect creation?" Cell powered his blast again, this time taking the lead again.
"Too strong.." Gohan told himself. In the other world, Goku was trying to think of ways to encourage Gohan. He had already told him to release his full power, and it seemed like that was what he was doing.. Until he realized something..
"Gohan, if anywhere in your mind you're holding back because you're worrying about the planet, don't think about it!" Gohan's eyes widened in shock.
"All of the damage you do could be fixed with the Dragon balls! Don't hold anything back! Got it?" Goku asked him.
"Yeah! But I.." Gohan's sentenced was cut as Cell's maniacal laugh was heard.
"YES! I can feel you slipping!" He shouted.
On the other side, the Fighters were watching the fight in complete fear and shock. If Cell had defeat Gohan, this would mean the end of it all. What they didn't know was that the Namekian, Piccolo was deep in his thoughts as he stared at the boy he once trained.
"I'm coming Gohan.." He said to himself, flying to the scene of the battle. He wasn't going to stand there and watch his pupil struggle. He needed to help any way that he could, even if it risked his own life. Gohan was like a son to him, and no way would he ever let him experience something like death while he could've done something to prevent it.
"No wait!" The bald monk Krillin shouted, tying to convince Piccolo not to go. But it was already too late, he had made his choice.
The viewers saw the green Namekian fly over Cell, just above him. "MASENKO HA!" Piccolo shouted, releasing a yellow blast from his hands. The blast exploded on Cell, but had no damage to him. Looking over his shoulder and up at Piccolo, Cell smirked at Piccolo, much to his shock.
He released some sort of energy attack at Piccolo, making him fly backwards and crash to the ground.
"Go.. Go.. Go..han.." Piccolo struggled to spit out as he had trouble getting back up on his feet.
At the cliff, the fighters were talking about Piccolo's attempt to save the child.
"Where did Piccolo's brain go? To think he could've stopped Cell!" Krillin shouted.
"He didn't think he could stop Cell." The bald guy with 3 eyes, Tien said.
"Then! Don't tell me you're gonna go Piccolo on me?" Krillin asked, visibly nervous.
"Sorry Krillin, but it's not me to think about death without at least putting up a fight!" He told Krillin.
"Because you're a man of honor. And a little big headed." Yamacha added in.
"Maybe so. But I've always liked the sound of that honor excuse." Yamacha smiled up at Tien.
"Hey Krillin, I'll leave Trunks to you!" Yamcha told Krillin.
"Now you're going too!?" Krillin shouted, but they already flew off to the fight. Krillin was now alone.
"Ha, I guess playing it safe is one thing we'll never learn." He told himself. He looked at the female gynoid on the floor.
'I hope you and Trunks could take care of yourselves.. You're on your own now.' He thought to himself.
'You know 18, it was nice seeing you again.. Even if was just for a moment..' He added on as he flew off.
The Kamehameha battle between Cell and Gohan was still going strong. Cell was still powering up, and Gohan was growing weaker by the second.
"Dig deeper Gohan, it's still not enough." Goku told Gohan. He still had faith in Gohan.
"These are your last minutes boy! So try to make them count!" Cell told Gohan.
"SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!" Could be heard from the side as a beam came towards Cell and hit him on the back, still not doing any damage to him. This time, when he looked at Piccolo, fury was clearly seen on his face. Then, he looked up and saw Yamcha, Tien and Krillin descending.
"TRI BEAM HA!" Tien shouted.
"KAMEHAMEHA!" Krillin and Yamcha said in unison. All of their blasts hit Cell straight on.
"Guys.. Stop it!" Gohan tried to tell them.
"WOULD YOU STOP INTERFERING!" Cell shouted at the four that decided to try and help Gohan. While all of this was going on, Vegeta was standing on a cliff, watching the four try and take on Cell.
'Could.. this actually work?' Vegeta thought to himself.
"You're all so anxious to die aren't you? Well I will hand you what you asked!" Cell shouted, releasing another energy attack at them. This made Gohan furious.
"He hurt them.. He hurt them!" Gohan powered up his blast again, almost overpowering Cell's. Almost..
"HAAA!" Cell powered up his Kamehameha again.
Piccolo was not going to go down without a fight.. He promised himself that he would help Gohan, the only person he ever considered a true friend. He was the only person that didn't think of him as a monster. He wasn't going to let Gohan die on him now.
The other fighters were also in deep thought about Gohan. They recalled the days where they met Goku, all of them with the goal to surpass him. Knowing that it would never happen, they still wanted to get as powerful as they could not to surpass him anymore, but to help him. Watching him die in front of their faces was a mistake that they would not let happen to Gohan.
The 2 fighters Tien and Yamcha fired more blasts at Cell, hoping that it would do the trick. But Cell was not one to be easily damaged. If anything, their attacks only made Cell angrier.
"WHY CANT YOU JUST STAY DOWN!" Cell shouted, giving out yet another energy attack.
"GOHAN RAISE IT HIGHER! YOU CAN END THIS ONE!" Goku screamed out.
After Cell had managed to get Tien and Yamcha off his back (literally) Krillin and Piccolo were standing up and fired a blast at Cell.
"THEY JUST KEEP LINING UP TO DIE.." Cell told himself. This angered Cell to new heights. He powered up his blast yet again, gaining the advantage over Gohan. Krillin and Piccolo were still holding heir blast at Cell, but their attempts to damage him were unsuccessful. Even the help of Tien and Yamcha once they were up did nothing.
"NO CHANCE! YOU HAVE NO CHANCE!" Cell screamed, giving his blast another power up. The winds were so strong that it blew the fighters away, leaving Gohan and Cell only.
At this point, Gohan was only a second away from being killed. Many of the students had their hands over their eyes, trying to block out the mental view of a young Gohan being destroyed by Cell. Even Videl and Mr. Satan didn't want to see the outcome of it all.
The fighters that tried to help said their apologies to Gohan and Goku for their efforts coming in vain. None of them could believe it; the end of the Earth was here. And they could not do anything to stop it..
"Release it Gohan! Release everything! Remember all of the pain he's caused, the people he's hurt. Now make that your power!" Goku told Gohan.
"SAY GOODBYE!" Cell shouted, powering up his blast again. Now, Gohan was about as close as close could get to death. The remaining students that had managed to watch through it all were too scared to even watch now. All of the students were shouting different things like, "OH NO GOHAN IS GOING TO DIE!" and "HOW DARE HE KILL A CUTE LITTLE BOY LIKE THAT!" They had all thought it was the end of Gohan..
However, it wasn't the end. A yellow blast came flying from the sky at Cell and hit him on the back, distracting him from the battle he was having with Gohan. Looking at the sky, he could clearly see who attacked him. It was Vegeta, who had his hands outstretched in front of him and breathing heavy.
"VEGETA!" Cell shouted at him, both surprised and angry that he had managed to get up.
"NOWS YOUR CHANCE!" Goku shouted. This gave Gohan enough fuel to finish this off now. There was a slight pause, just like when Gohan had transformed to a Super Saiyan 2. Then, all of the sudden..
"HAAAAA!" Gohan powered up his blast to a new level. It completely blew away Cell's Kamehameha and was coming straight at him. Cell's eyes went completely wide as he saw Gohan, who had somehow powered up, walking straight to him, his Kamehameha still fired at full power. The blast slowly disintegrated Cell, leaving him screaming, feeling the pain and agony that he deserved.
"I AM PERFECT!" Were Cell's final words before he was completely disintegrated by Gohan's Kamehameha. All of his regeneration Cells were also destroyed in the blast, which meant that he could no longer regenerate himself. It was finally the end of Cell.
The students didn't even realize that Cell was dead until the silence in the video was heard. Slowly opening their eyes, they saw the young Gohan standing there, with one hand outstretched. Then, his hair went from gold to black, and he fell to the ground, breathing heavy, a smile appearing on his face before the screened blacked out, ending he video. It took them a moment of realize that Cell really was gone but when they finally realized, the cheering was nonstop.
"ALRIGHT YOU DID IT GOHAN!" Sharpner exclaimed, giving Gohan a bro hug. Gohan smiled at Sharpner and returned his embrace.
"Yep.." was all Gohan said. He felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning around, he had no time to react before his face was grabbed and he was pulled forward into a kiss by Videl. Like before, he was surprised by the sudden move but quickly returned the favor, much to the students surprise. Even Erasa was startled at this, but quickly reverted to happiness. She already knew that Videl and Gohan were going to be with each other, and that was destiny. Angela on the other hand was completely saddened by this. The boy she had "dated" before was now completely taken and she couldn't do anything about it.
"Gohan, that was unbelievable, good job my boy." Mr. Toriyama told Gohan as he walked up to him. Pulling away from Videl's kiss, Gohan looked at Mr. Toriyama and smiled at him.
"Thank You Mr. Toriyama. I guess you know why I had to use the bathroom so much." He joked, making Mr. Toriyama and the students laugh.
Someone gulping loudly distracted them and they realized it was from Mr. Satan, the guy they now knew as a phony.
"How could you lie to us like that?" A student asked. Mr. Satan just stood there, his face full of sweat. All of the students, even Mr. Toriyama were yelling at him, calling him a fake, a liar, two-faced, even throwing out some curse words at him. Videl was completely angry at her father as well.
"So you aren't going to say anything, DAD?" She emphasized the word Dad.
"All this time I've been living my life in a lie and you have nothing to say about it! I thought you were a hero, instead of you turn out to be a fake and a liar!" She shouted at her father.
"Videl.. I-"
"SHUT UP DAD! I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU ANYMORE!" She shouted, cutting him off, tears falling down to her cheeks. Gohan saw this and decided to say something about it. Although Hercule was one of the reasons why he agreed to letting his classmates see the video, he needed to speak out about it.
"It's not Hercule's fault." Gohan said loud enough for everyone to hear. They all looked at Gohan like he had 2 heads.
"What do you mean it's not his fault?" Erasa asked.
Giving out a sigh, Gohan continued, "I know it's hard to believe, but what Mr. Satan did was actually a blessing for me and my friends and family. Him taking the credit for beating Cell saved us from the spotlight of the media. Although him calling us cheaters and tricksters was completely dumb.." He looked over at Hercule, who had sniffed once from his crying and let a nervous laugh escape from his mouth.
"…I do think that he deserves some respect. He went to the Cell Games and went up face to face with Cell, something that no one would've ever done. He was brave enough to try and protect his fans and the Earth and even though he lied about it all, he did it because he wanted all of you guys to have meaning." Gohan finished. The class sat here stunned before they started to clap their hands, cheering on Gohan. He walked up to Mr. Satan and extended his hand in friendship. Mr. Satan quickly grabbed him for a hug, surprising Gohan for the 100th time today.
"I'm so sorry.." Mr. Satan said through tears. Gohan returned the embrace, patting Mr. Satan's back gently in understanding.
"It's alright.. it's all over now."
The rest of the day was odd for Gohan. Now that everyone knew he was the hero that beat Cell, he was hit with questions left and right, more than Videl had ever asked him. Questions such as, "How do you turn your hair gold?" and "How did you do that Kamehameha blast thingy?" Honestly, it was annoying, but it wasn't as bad as Gohan thought it would be.
The students, alongside with Videl had forgave Hercule for lying to them all this time. They saw the message that Gohan had gave to them, and realized that Hercule really didn't mean any harm with what he did. Besides, it would be unbelievable for anyone to believe a 10 year old child could turn his hair gold and beat the scariest creature the Earth had ever seen.
Gohan also told a Videl about his Saiyan heritage. He figured that since they were going out that she'd know who and what she was dealing with. Surprising enough, Videl wasn't freaked out about it at all. She was actually more interested in Gohan more than ever now.
Oh, and he also went to Bulma's after school was over. He found out that Bulma had fixed up the Camera that was used to film the fight. She had managed to upload the filming from the camera into her computer, and made it into a copy that could be seen in a VCR, the one that they had at school. She had to edit and mute out all of the reporter's stupid remarks about Mr. Satan, calling them "annoying" and "completely foolish." She had to remind Gohan that Vegeta was the one who suggested it all. Although Vegeta would never admit it, he was proud of a Gohan for watching it all like a man.
So now Gohan was at home, sitting at the table eating food with his mother, brother, and newly made girlfriend, Videl.
"So honey, is this the Videl you told me about? When will you guys have children together?" Chi Chi asked, making Gohan spit out his food in surprise and Videl's jaw drop and blush.
"I'm going to have a sister? Wow that's cool!" Goten exclaimed.
"Mom! Why are you doing this?" He asked her.
"Oh whatever Gohan. Anyways, how was school today? How was it watching the video?" Chi Chi asked. Looking over at Videl, who regained composure of herself and smiled at Gohan, to which he smiled back.
"It was actually pretty good.." He told her.
"So did you tell anyone about Saiyans?" She asked. Gohan shook his head.
"No, I only told Videl."
"You know, now that they know that you're the real hero, you should explain to them how you got your powers." Videl piped in.
"I think that's a terrible idea." Gohan said, making everyone, including Goten laugh.
"But I'll consider it."
TO BE CONTINUED...?
