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Previously on Part 24: Kageto died while trying to revive Goku with his power. To prevent Cell from chasing him instead of holding the Tournament, he sacrificed himself again. Both times The Creator was there to revive him. The last day before the Tournament, they had a nice party with Annin and Gohan to pass the time. Now the story continues.

Part 25: All of the Fighters

"Are you ready?" Thorah asked.

"Yeah, I think so," Kageto answered, "But there's a problem. I can't show my face to Cell yet."

"Why not?"

"He's not supposed to see I'm alive. That'll change the future. I'm sorry, I screwed up big time."

"Oh."

"Don't worry," Kageto said, "I'll catch up with you later. You go with Bardock when he, Kakarot and Gohan get here."

"Sure. Are you really planning to go later?"

"Yes, Thorah, I wouldn't miss it for anything."

Today is the day of the Cell Games. The majority of fighters made their way to Cell's custom-made ring. TV crew were setting up cameras to broadcast it worldwide. Some fighters, who think they will actually stand a chance against Cell, were standing next to the ring looking at the inmobilized Cell. He was staring out in front of him like in a trance. The TV crew were interviewing a fighter in a brown outfit with a white cape and a moustache.

"So, do you really think you can win against Cell?" the interviewer asked.

"I'll defeat Cell in less than ten seconds! He wouldn't stand a chance against me. I'll show him my moves. He'll be on his knees begging me to stop for I am Hercule! I will stop your evil ways, Cell!"

Cell didn't even budge. He was still standing with his arms crossed and was watching something in the distance.

"He's probably shaking in his boots," Hercule said, "Look at him standing there. He has no idea what's coming."

All of the Z-fighters arrived at the Cell Games. They landed on top of the hill overlooking the stage. Cell just stood there and smiled.

"Heh heh heh, now the real battle can begin," he said.

"Did you hear that folks?" the announcer said through his microphone, "Cell said the games can begin!"

All of the human fighters line up to fight agains Cell. The first one climbed on the stage and unleashed a barrage of punches. It was like hitting a rock wall. Cell just swiped his hand in front of him and the fighter went flying to the left. He landed outside of the arena unconscious.

"Well, there you have it, folks. The first fighter failed miserably in defeating Cell. We all know Mr. Satan is here to take home the gold. He's the last in line, as you can see, and he will create the most impact. Stay tuned!"

"How pathetic," Trunks said, "All of those fighters think they actually stand a chance?"

"It's more than that, Trunks," Goku answered, "They think this is a fair tournament. They don't know it was actually created for us."

"That's right," Bardock said, "Look at those overconfident roaches getting knocked out one by one."

"Grandpa!" Gohan said, "Please don't talk about the humans like that."

"Hmph."

"By the way, where's my favorite loving uncle?" Vegeta asked sacrcastically.

"Aw, you finally think..." Goku said.

"He didn't mean it, Goku," Trunks said, "That was sarcasm."

"Is that some kind of food?"

"No, it's saying something nice in an insulting way."

"Heh heh heh, hw's always thinking about food," Krillin said, "It's a shame Yamcha and Tien aren't here."

"Yeah, I agree," Gohan said.

"I told them to stay away," Bardock said, "This fight would be too much for them. They'll end up just like those humans over there."

"Oh, can someone tell me how strong he is?" Thorah asked.

"He is very strong! That time he kicked me at the island I could feel his full power. Believe me, it's nowhere near Vegeta's power. He's way stronger. Trunks could stand a chance but he's too slow," Krillin explained.

All of the human fighters except for Hercule were knocked out.

"I guess it's your turn, Mr. Satan," the annoucer said.

"Uh... Well... You see... I... Um... I have a bad case of stomach ache... Oww, oh, ow ow ow. It hurts. I don't think I can fight, oww, and I really wanted to."

"Oh, no, we have to get you to a hospital then."

"No no, ow, it's alright, I can wait it out. Meanwhile those guys on the hill can have a go at him."

The camera turned and zoomed in on the hill.

"Well, as you can see, folks. there are still some people who want to defy Cell. Mr satan has a bad case of stomach ache and won't be able to enter the fight. He will get on it as soon as the pain has ceased."

"Oh, ow, it hurts," he continued to fake it.

"There you have it, folks. Let's see what will happen next."

Goku descended in front of Cell. They watched each other intently until Cell spoke.

"Well, Goku, it seems you came to die. It's a shame. I was trying to save the best for last."

"This is a serious fight," Goku said seriously, "There is no saving best for last. You'll go against me."

"Very well, as you wish. As the host of this tournament I have to respect the wishes of the guest. Let's begin the fight."

"GRRRAAAAAAAH!" Goku screamed as he powered up. Bardock was on the hill measuring his power level.

"65,000,000, huh? How much power is he using?" he asked the Hunter.

*This power level is 46.4% of his full power.*

"Wow, to think Goku is that strong!" Krillin said.

"He's not a match against Cell," Gohan and Bardock said in unison.

"Why does everyone keep saying that?" Krillin asked, "He said the exact same thing back at the Lookout. Don't you have any faith in him or something?"

"I'm just stating the obvious," Bardock replied.

"What is Goku's plan exactly, Gohan?" Krillin asked.

"I don't know, Krillin. Please don't ask me."

"Well, if he's going to get himself killed again, we're doomed."

"I won't let that monster kill my son," Bardock said with pent-up anger.

"If there is no other way..."

"You really don't know when to shut up?!" Trunks screamed in anger.

"I-I'm sorry, Trunks."

"Let the battle begin," Cell said. Goku rushed at him ready to attack.

Meanwhile in the Realm of Supremes...

"Can we fight now?" The Creator asked Destiny.

"Shh, I'm trying to listen," Destiny replied.

Kageto was sitting on his throne and was watching the fight through the dimensional window. Destiny was standing beside him and was watching as well.

"What's Kakarot's plan?" Kageto asked, "Why is he so careless? He clearly doesn't stand a chance against Cell yet he goes out there and risks his life. Who would do that?"

"You would, remember?" Destiny said.

"Oh, right. But still, this is another case."

"I can't tell you what's going to happen, Kageto. You have to figure it out for yourself."

"*sigh* I knew you were going to say that, Destiny," Kageto said, "Ok, where's the Book?"

"Here you go," Destiny said as he dropped the Book in Kageto's hands. It was super heavy.

"Hey!" Kageto said as he was straining to hold the Book up, "What did you do to the levitation on this thing?"

"If you want to figure out what's going to happen this time, you're going to have to lift up the Book to open it. You have to feel its real weight. I suggest you don't put it on the throne. It will break it. This will be a part of your training. Master the weight of the Book and you will become stronger. Remember, we have a few decades of training ahead of us."

"That's the point exactly! If we have a few decades, why start now?"

"You will NEVER get as strong as we are if you don't start training now," Destiny said. It made an impact on Kageto. He wanted to get as strong as the two Gods.

"Ok, then. You win, Destiny. I will do my best."

Kageto tried to lift the Book off his lap so he could stand up. He fell forward causing the Book to painfully smash the fingers holding it.

"AAAAAH! That hurt like hell!"

"Just keep trying," Destiny said behind his back as he was training with the Creator.

"Grrrrraaaaaaah! Who could have thought this thing was so heavy? Grrrrrr... AAAAAAAH!"

Kageto turned into a Super Saiyan 2. It seemed like the weight diminished a little but not by that much. He did manage to lift it up to his knees. He fell backwards and landed on his behind. He crossed his legs and set the book down on them.

"Grrrr, it feels like a building pushing down on my legs."

He opened the Book and said: "Search: Fate Saiyan Kakarot."

The Book's pages flipped at an incredible speed causing the weight to shift on his legs crushing them even more. Finally it reached a blank page and started writing the Fate of Goku on it. Kageto touched the information and it was absorbed into his head.

"No! So that's why!"

"What have you figured out?" Destiny asked turning his head and yet still blindly dodging The Creator's punches.

"That's why you wanted me to make Gohan angry that day, remember. You wanted his anger to increase which in its turn would cause his power to increase. Gohan is the one to defeat Cell, not Goku."

"Correct. Gohan possesses incredible power yet unleashed. Once all that pent up anger is released, he'll become as strong as you are now. That's why I want you to continue training. Hmm, I should create a strap for that so you can carry it on your back. It will have the same effect as weighted clothing."

"Are you kidding me? I can't even stand up with this thing. How do you expect me to walk with it?"

"You'll manage."

Back at the Cell Games Arena...

"Look at him, he's toying with Goku," Trunks said.

"Yeah, they seem to increase their energy at the same rate but Cell is clearly stronger," Krillin answered.

"Not only that, he's way faster too."

Goku was panting by now. "Woo hoo, that was some good warm up, don't you agree, Cell?"

"Heh, I don't think you've been holding back, Goku. Stop pretending. I know this is your full power."

"Nah, I can push it a little further if I wanted to."

"Bardock, what does the Hunter say about his power level?" Piccolo asked after listening to Cell's conversation.

"It's over 140,000,000!"

"W-What?! There's no way that can be right."

"I'm going to end this fight, Cell," Goku said out loud, "Ka... Me..."

"Oh, Goku, you amuse me. How could you possibly think you can hit me with that? I can practically already predict when you're going to unleash that. It's so obvious."

"Ha... Meeee..."

"Heh heh heh, you're going to waste your energy on a stupid predictable attack with long charging time?"

"Grrrrraaaaah!"

Goku disappeared on the spot. Everyone held their breath in. Goku was nowhere to be seen.

"Where did he go?" Trunks asked.

"I don't know but in that last part his power level spiked to 190,000,000," Bardock answered.

Goku appeared behind Cell and... "HAAAAAA."

Cell turned around with a look of fear on his face. There was no way he could block this attack. The attack hit him straight in the chest and continued into space.

"H-he did it!" Krillin screamed.

Bardock appeared behind him and smacked him in the back of his head.

"Would you stop doing that, Krillin! Stop saying he's dead! You know damn well he's not! And don't come with the 'we can always hope' excuse. That's false hope you're giving!"

"Calm down, Bardock," Thorah said.

"Calm down? He does the exact same thing over and over again! I am NOT going to calm down."

"Ow, that hurt," Krillin said as he rubbed his head. He didn't want to get on Bardock's bad side so he shut up.

"I'm tired of standing here doing nothing. I'm going to step in."

Bardock jumped off the hill and made his way to the ring.

"Bardock, NO!" Trunks screamed.

"Don't worry about him, Trunks," Thorah said, "He'll hold up his own against Cell. He's stronger than Kakarot after all."

"Hmph, pathetic," Vegeta said with his back to everyone.

"I agree with you, son," King Vegeta said, "Koji, Raditz, let's go down and fight."

"Not so fast!" Kageto said.

"Brother? Where are you?"

"I'm in another dimension. Wait, I'm... uh... I'm coming to you."

Kageto appeared in front of the trio. He was carrying a book on his back. He was clearly not enjoying it.

"Uncle!" Trunks screamed, "Where were you?"

"Aw, ny beloved great nephew was worried about me... uh... I was training... I AM training. You have no idea how heavy this book is. Uhh."

Kageto was straining to step forward. Every footstep he made caused his foot to sink into the rock they were standing on.

"How can a book be that heavy?" Vegeta asked his uncle with a hint of curiosity.

"It's the Boook of Destiny, Vegeta," Kageto answered, "It contains the Fate of everyone: dead, alive and yet to be born. It doesn't look big but it's enormous. It's compact."

"Hmph, it's heavy to you because you're weak."

"Oh no, you didn't! You did NOT just insult your uncle like that!"

Without thinking Kageto grabbed the Book from his back and dropped it on his nephew's head. He fell like a bag full of bricks. Kageto simply picked up the Book and put it back on.

"That'll teach you some manners, boy!"(And no, Kageto is not an old man by using this language. He looks as old as Trunks. He'll always look as old as him. He's immortal.)

"I-I thought you said that Book was heavy," Trunks said.

"Yeah, your power level spiked to 400,000,000 when you picked it up," Thorah said while looking at his Hunter.

"Wait, I just picked it up?" Kageto asked confused. He didn't realize his anger gave him more power than usual.

"Yes. You made it look like it was easy."

"Wow, I can't believe I'm turning into Gohan!"

It was quiet for a few seconds.

"What do you mean you're turning into Gohan?" Trunks asked.

"I... um... I believe I said too much. Please don't try to make sense of what I just said."

"What do I have to do with you?" Gohan asked.

"Nothing, oh look! The smoke is clearing up!"

Bardock was standing next to Goku and both of them were looking at the silhouette behind the smoke. Finally it disappeared and they saw the bottom half of Cell lying motionless on the ground.

"Hmph, and I though he was powerful," Bardock said.

"I... put everything... in that blast," Goku answered.

"I can see that."

Suddenly the legs started to move. They jumped up and Cell's upper half shot out of the lower half.

"Heh heh heh. If you don't recall, I am made up of cells from all of you including Piccolo's. I can regenerate a missing body part. As long as the nucleus in my head or any other organ are still intact, I can continue to regenerate. You don't stand a chance. Along with my Saiyan cells, I will continue to grow stronger after each fight."

"I don't care!" Bardock said as he rushed towards Cell. He punched him in the face causing him to crash outside of the ring with a look of shock on his face. This is the second person who managed to hurl him that far with a single punch. Bardock flew up and rushed towards Cell's body. Cell, however, disappeared and kicked Bardock to the ground causing him to crash on his face.

"You'll pay for that. You'll pay for everything!" Bardock screamed as he transformed into a Super Saiyan.

"Wow, his power level is over 160,000,000!" Thorah said.

"No way!" King Vegeta said, "There's no way that can be right. H-how can he be so strong?"

"He's been training with me," Kageto replied, "They've all been training with... Where's Fasha?"

"I don't know," Thorah answered, "I didn't see her at all today."

"*sigh* She's like the wind; never staying at one place too long."

"I didn't know my father was that strong," Raditz said.

"He is stronger than that, Raditz," Kageto said, "He's stronger than you and Koji combined."

"How do you know how strong I am?" Koji asked for the first time ever.

"D-did he just talk?" Kageto asked.

"Uh... Yeah," he replied.

"You never say anything, Koji. I've always known you as Vegeta's quiet servant. How come you never speak?"

"I only speak when I'm required to speak."

"That's right," King Vegeta said, "Unlike Raditz over here, he doesn't get on my nerve with his talking."

"What's going on?" Gohan asked as he looked down.

Bardock and Cell were fighting at equal strength. They suddenly disappeared and were fighting at super speed. Whenever they would reappear somewhere, a sonicboom could be heard. The only ones able to follow them with their eyes were Gohan, Thorah, Goku, Kageto and Trunks.

"Can anybody follow that?" Raditz asked.

"I can," Gohan answered.

"Well, if it isn't my insanely strong nephew. I will never forget that headbutt you delivered me that day. You even destroyed my space pod!"

"Serves you right for coming here and try to kill us," Piccolo answered.

"Do you want a piece of me?" Raditz asked, "I'm stronger than you, Namekian. I'll take my revenge on you for killing me."

"Raditz, stand down," King Vegeta said at a dangerously low tone.

"Yes, sir," he answered.

BOOM!

Bardock and Cell crashed into the ground. They were now fighting vertically with Bardock on his back. Cell planned to puch him in the face but he moved aside. The punch landed in the ground. Bardock immediately moved behind him and smashed him into the ground.

"This is for not dying!" Bardock screamed.

Cell turned angry and exploded everything around him.

"I am sick and tired of you people being as strong as me. Seriously, who are you? You are not in my database. You're giving me the feeling that you're not even supposed to be here!"

"Yeah, you might be right about that," Kageto said as he jumped from the hill. A medium sized crater formed underneath him due to the Book's weigth.

"Y-you!" Cell screamed in fear, "I-I thought I killed you!"

"Wait, he killed you?" Goku asked.

"As a matter of fact, he did. The Creator, however, revived me just like he revived you, Kakarot."

"Why did you die? I thought you were stronger than him."

"I AM stronger than him," Kageto replied, "That's why he was planning to eliminate me. If I wouldn't have died by his hand, this Tournament wouldn't be happening right now."

"Y-You were revived?" Cell asked.

"Yes, I'm now stronger than I was before. I am a full blooded Saiyan after all. Any more questions?"

"I-I was supposed to be the strongest in the universe."

"You ARE the strongest in the universe, Cell. We are not supposed to fight you. We don't count. You're the one picking fights with us. If you didn't, your life would be much better right now."

"You are a threat to me. You have to be eliminated."

"No, you MADE me a threat to you."

"You're the one who came to me."

"You were planning to hunt me down and kill me anyway. It wouldn't have made a difference."

"It doesnt' matter now, does it? The more you damage me, the stronger I get after I regenerate."

"This is not my battle to fight, Cell. Kakarot, would you like to do the honors?" Kageto said as he pointed to the hill.

"Yes, how did you know my plan?" Goku asked.

"I was part of your plan, Kakarot. I enhanced his future. He should be stronger now."

"Wow, thanks Kageto. You're like a guardian angel, you know?"

"I AM a guardian angel. I guard the Saiyan Race. I watch out for every Saiyan still alive in the universe."

"Oh right, I forgot about that. Gohan, my son, please come here."

Gohan jumped off the hill and made his way over to the rest.

"Listen to me, son. I want you to fight against Cell."

"But, dad..."

"Just listen, Gohan. You are stronger than you think. You have to believe in yourself. Just go for it."

"Ha ha ha, you're sending Gohan to fight me?" Cell asked, "What can that kid possibly do?"

"Don't underestimate the kid, Cell," Bardock said, "He's my grandson and he possesses incredible power just like me."

"Oh? Very well then. I'll give the kid a chance."

"Let's go, Bardock. Kakarot, you too."

The three Saiyans flew back to the top of the hill. They landed next to the rest. The fight between the destined fighters is about to unfold.

End of Part 25

Question: "Who is Annin?"

Answer: "Annin is the guardian of the furnace whose 'smoke' is the passage between the living world and the Other World. She can be found in the last season of Dragonball where Goku and Chi-Chi went to try and save the Ox King from burning to death due to the heat of the fire. Annin wears a white and red outfit. She has two red antenna on her head and she can grow into a giant woman at will."

This chapter is a little too short for my taste. I wanted to get it out as soon as possible to keep you from waiting. This week I won't be able to release chapters at a regular rate. Don't worry, I'll KEEP WRITING! :p

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