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*Chapter 22*
Everyone ceased what they were doing and looked to where the scream had come from. There, in the middle of all the chaos, in the center of all the fighting, stood Gohan. He looked different; his hair was spikier and longer. He had reached super saiyan two!
The Z-Fighters looked on in amazement, Gohan's power was off the charts.
"So this is it? You're making the same mistake Trunks did, boy. Don't think you can beat me by powering up." Cell laughed.
While the Z-Fighters were distracted, the Jr.'s took full advantage of it and started attacking them once again.
"Stop it! That is enough!" Gohan yelled, "Tell them to stop it now!" Gohan demanded.
The Jr.'s attacked the Z-Fighters mercilessly, Trunks' Jr. knocked him unconscious and both Pan's and Trunks' Jr.'s started attacking her. Poor Goku and Vegeta were being tossed around by their Jr.'s.
Gohan was getting insanely pissed off, "I SAID MAKE THEM STOP NOW!"
"That's it boy, let it all go," Cell said laughing evilly.
Gohan did just that, he powered up to his maximum, that's when all ZTV cameras were destroyed so no one but the people at the Cell Games could watch the rest of the fight.
"So, you've finally came out of hiding hah? But the games…"
"No more games, Cell!" Gohan said. In the blink of an eye he took the senzu beans from Cell's hands and stood back where he was standing.
"What the..? How did you..?" said a shocked Cell.
Cell made a move to grab Gohan but the saiyan hybrid disappeared and reappeared in front of Vegeta's Cell Jr. The Jr. made a move at Gohan, but Gohan simply moved sideways and when the Cell Jr. passed him, he snapped off the Jr.'s head.
"All this time we've tried to destroy these things, and Kakarot's brat does it in one blow!" Vegeta said beyond amazement.
Gohan then went down to the two Jr.'s who were tormenting Pan. A Jr. picked Pan up by the back of her shirt and raised her up while giving Gohan an evil look as if to say to him, he would kill Pan if he tried anything.
Gohan got this dark look in his eyes as he raised his right arm, the other Jr. knew something bad was going to happen flew away from the scene.
"Dad, do what you've got to do, don't worry about me," Pan told him. "Just do it Papa!"
Before Gohan could even make a move to attack, the Jr. let go of Pan and came towards Gohan, ready to attack. The Jr. sent a blast at the saiyan teen with no luck.
Gohan appeared above him, holding Pan in one arm and the senzu beans still in his other hand. He quickly laid Pan down before going back to the Jr. who was scared as hell, Gohan sent him flying before he blasted the Jr. to ashes.
The remaining six Jr.'s began to attack Gohan all at once. He kicked one in the stomach, easily killing it, he then threw the senzu beans up in the air and hit all five Jr.'s sending them to the ground before catching the beans.
The Jr.'s were stubborn, just like their father, Cell. Still they were coming back, but Gohan wasn't even warmed up yet. He used his speed and was in front of two of the Jr.'s in a blink of an eye, blasting them to nothing.
He then knocked two more to the ground before basting them. The last Jr. tried to run away but Gohan was too quick for him, he punched the Jr. into a mountain before punching him through the stomach and blasting him along with half the mountain
"My children!" Cell shouted, "Look at what you've done! You little brat!" he yelled angrily towards Gohan.
Gohan ignored him as he flew up to where Pan was lying passed out, he popped a senzu bean and her mouth and waited a few seconds for her to wake up.
Pan slowly opened her eyes to see her teenage father standing above her. She smiled as she gave him a hug.
"I knew you could do it dad, you're awesome!"
"Here," Gohan said handing Pan the senzu bean, "Look after the others, Pan. While I take care of Cell."
"Kick his ass dad," Pan said with a smirk on her face, "And show him that he can't mess with the saiyans or the Earth and get away with it."
Gohan smirked back, "You can count on it Pan," Gohan said before he started flying towards Cell.
Pan ran over to Goku first, giving him a bean, she then quickly made her way over to Yamucya, Tien, Krillin, and Piccolo, they healed up quickly and started talking about Gohan's amazing power.
"Aright guys it's time to go somewhere safer, I'll stay here and give the rest of the guys a senzu bean then we'll be there in a flash."
They slowly flew off leaving Pan alone to fine Trunks and Vegeta.
Pan flew down to where Trunks was helping Vegeta up, she handed Trunks a bean first and forced Vegeta to eat his bean till he finally relented.
They quickly made their way to where the others were. They all stood there watching Gohan and Cell fight.
"Way to go Gohan!" Goku said smiling, he was very proud of his son.
"Watching you fight must have really helped him," Piccolo commented.
"Thanks, Piccolo but Gohan is far beyond needing my help," Goku said.
"So is this the secret power I'm supposed to be afraid of?" Cell asked mockingly. "Not very impressive if you ask me."
*What an idiotic moron!* Pan told Trunks telepathically, *If my dad isn't pissed off enough as it is. The baka has the nerve to insult him some more!*
Trunks just shook his head and smirked, *Cell's just begging for it, Gohan's gonna beat the crap out of him any second now.*
Gohan didn't respond to Cell's insults, instead he rushed at Cell, jumping forward, he landed a punch in Cell's stomach, giving him an uppercut, and slammed his foot into Cell's side, sending the monster flying.
Cell flew back to where Gohan was standing, "Nice try kid, but I wouldn't get cocky if I were you; you haven't even seen the extent of my true power yet boy!"
"Whatever," Gohan said in a mocking tone.
"Well aren't you the brave little one?" said Cell, "I'm about to show you what it's like to fight me at my full power!"
Cell raised his energy a golden aura surrounding him like it would for a Super Saiyan.
Gohan stood there unfazed as the Z-Fighters tried their best not get blown away by the massive energy Cell was giving off.
"So boy are you impressed or what?" Cell asked Gohan.
"Is that all you've got?" Gohan asked him dully.
Cell laughed humorlessly before flying over at Gohan and punching the saiyan hybrid in the face. The punch didn't affect Gohan as he stood there silent before punching Cell hard in the gut.
It took Cells breath away as he stood there backing up and gasping for air. Cell caught his breath again before growling at Gohan.
Cell was getting more and more, angrier by the second. His ki was spiking up and he was crushing the rocks all around him. This didn't faze Gohan in the least bit as he stood there waiting for Cell to make his move.
Cell furiously kicked at Gohan's side. Gohan grabbed Cell's leg and flung him across the field. They exchanged kicks and punches in the sky, each time their fists hit each other it sounded like thunder. Cell couldn't catch Gohan no matter how hard he kept trying. He backed up as he started to power up into a bulkier form.
"What a fool," Trunks said with a smirk, "He should know that the more muscle you have the more difficult it's going to be to catch your opponent. I learned that one the hard way when I fought Cell," Trunks said.
"Good," Pan said smiling, "The more mistakes Cell makes the faster my dad can beat him."
Cell started walking over to Gohan. He tried to hit Gohan, but the boy simply grabbed Cell by his arm and kicked him in the face sending him flying backwards.
Cell got back up, blood was oozing form his mouth. He got ready to fight once again; he refused to lose to a teenage boy! Cell was slowly losing his mind as well as the fight.
He threw a two Destruco Disks at Gohan who caught them and sent them back. Cell then tried the Special Beam Cannon but the saiyan teen tossed the attack away like it was nothing. Everything Cell tried, Gohan was able to deflect it.
Cell was truly frighten, Gohan was more powerful than him, he knew if he didn't think of something fast he was doom to lose.
Gohan walked up to Cell again "Why are you so scared Cell?" He asked mockingly.
"Isn't this what you wanted? I warned you! I told you exactly what would happen if you pushed me too far, but you wouldn't listen to me. And now that you've got what you wanted you're afraid of it. You brought this upon yourself Cell; you should've never threatened my friends and family." Gohan gave Cell a death glare.
"You're getting exactly what you deserve. Face it Cell, you lost! Game over! Now you'll know that no one messes with the earth and gets away with it!"
"We'll just see about that boy!" Cell said as he flew up and started gathering up his energy for a Kamehameha Wave. He sent it straight at Gohan planning to kill him as well as destroying the planet.
Gohan fired a Kamehameha of his own, much smaller, but more powerful, forcing both beams back at Cell. Cell was engulfed by the energy blasts. When the dust and smoke finally cleared up, and the light faded, all that was revealed was an extremely injured Cell, floating in the air. He was missing his left arm and right leg.
"Finish him off now, Gohan!" Goku called from the side. Gohan turned his head, revealing a cruel, almost evil smirk.
"Take him down now?" Gohan shook his head, "No, I think I'm going to wait, I'm going to make him suffer before I'm finished with him." Gohan said.
There were several gasps, "Dad what are you doing!" Pan shouted from where she was standing.
"He needs to pay for what's he's done to the Earth," Gohan replied. "Do you know how many people that monster has killed?!" Gohan eyes flickered with pain and anger.
"Please dad, you have to destroy him now before he can regenerate himself!" Pan pleaded.
Gohan wasn't listening.
"He's running out of time Goku, and fast," Piccolo said watching Cell closely.
"You have to listen to me son!" Goku shouted, "You have to stop Cell now, we all know you have the power to do it, it's time to use it now!"
Gohan still didn't do anything as Cell regrew his limbs back.
Cell dropped to the ground and started laughing, like a mad man. "I can't believe this!" Cell roared at the top of his lungs. "I'm an android, the product of Dr. Gero, the most brilliant mind on this pathetic excuse for a planet! My design is supposed to be superior to all!" he was going completely insane, "I'm supposed to be perfect, the universe's most powerful creature!"
Gohan suddenly leapt forward and landed a hard punch on Cell's stomach.
Cell gasped and fell to his knees; he held his stomach in pain and had this sick look on his face. He started making gagging noises and leaned forward as he barfed out android Eighteen in a pool of saliva.
Pan's face paled as her eyes grew wider, "Oh… my… god!" Pan said sick to her stomach, "That's the sickest thing I've ever seen!" she was near to up chucking herself.
"I can't believe it!" yelled Krillin, "Eighteen? She...she's alive!"
Cell still had a bit of spit dripping out of his mouth as he screamed loudly. He slowly changed back to his Semi-Perfect form.
Cell tried to attack Gohan, but in his weaker form it was completely useless to even try. Gohan had the power to kill Cell, but he kept toying with the monster instead.
"Now Gohan! It's time to end him now, there's no time to waste!" Goku told his son.
"This...this can't b-be happening!" Cell yelled in rage and fear. "I'm supposed to be perfect! I'm not supposed to be cowering away from a kid like you! I'm supposed to be killing you earthlings! I can't lose to a kid!" Cell screamed.
"Correction Cell," hissed Gohan. "You have lost!"
"No, you stupid boy! You lost," Cell growled, then smiled evilly.
"Gohan get out of there!" Goku yelled.
Cell started blowing himself up, making himself into a bomb. "You see, that stupid idiot android Sixteen, isn't the only one who can self-destruct! Now what are you going to do boy?" Cell asked, "I'm going to blow myself up, I'm taking you and this pathetic planet with me, Hahaha!"
"No Cell, please don't!" Gohan pleaded.
Cell laughed evilly, "Too late boy, you should've listen to your father." Gohan fell on his knees in despair.
Goku looked back at Trunks and Pan, "Pan, Trunks," Goku said getting the saiyan teens attentions.
"I just wanted to thank you for everything you've done for us. You've brought us hope for our future and everyone here owes you their lives. It was really nice meeting the two of you, but I have to go now."
"What are you talking about Grandpa?" Pan whispered.
Goku put his hands on her shoulders, "I'm so sorry Pan, but I have to do this. It was such an honor meeting my future granddaughter, I'm so proud of you Pan and I love you." Goku said as the tears were coming down.
"Please take care of her Trunks. Goodbye my friends," Goku said as he instant transmission before Cell.
"GRANDPA!" Pan cried her eyes wide and full of tears, Trunks grabbed Pan before she could run after Goku. He wrapped his arms around her shaking body.
"Hey buddy, you put up a good fight. I'm so proud of you Gohan," Goku told him his eyes full of tears.
"What…dad?" Gohan asked confused.
"Please take care of your mother for me; she needs you more than ever now. Tell her that I had to do this Gohan. I love you both so very much, goodbye…my son," Goku said smiling before he vanished with Cell.
"DAD/GRANDPA/GOKU!" Gohan, Pan and the others cried.
Pan cried into Trunks' chest as her sobs shook her body violently, Gohan fell to his knees sobbing. Pan suddenly stopped her crying, she was going to have to cry on her own time right now, her father needed her.
Pan quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and ran down to her fallen father, who had broken down crying.
She fell to her knees beside Gohan, "Why did he do it?" he whispered through his tears. "WHY?!" Gohan pounded his fist onto the ground in front of him.
Pan lifted her arm up as Gohan fell to her side sobbing harder as she held him tightly.
"It's my fault! It's all my fault!" He said sobbing " My dad's dead, because of me! I'm sorry Pan. I'm so sorry!"
Pan wrapped her arms protectively around her father. His eyes were turning red from all the tears.
"Dad..?" Gohan didn't respond, "Father will you look at me!" Pan said in a tone that made Gohan stop his crying and look at her.
"It wasn't your fault dad, don't ever blame yourself. It's not what Grandpa would want, he did what he had to do to keep us safe from Cell and you did amazing out there, dad. You saved us all, Cell would have destroyed the planet if it wasn't for you. You did your best Papa." Pan had a sad smile on her face.
Gohan noticed Pan was trying to hold back her own tears, "Pan, you don't have to hold back because of me," Gohan said holding his arms out to her.
Pan let the tears fall again as she cried into her father's shoulder. Gohan gently rocked his daughter back and forth as he let his own tears fall.
The Z-Fighters all stood there in silence staring at the father and daughter teenagers letting them deal with their father/grandfather's death.
"Common, let's go," Pan said after a few minutes. They both stood up, "We need to go tell Granma what happened."
Krillin ran over to where Eighteen was still lying unconscious, he walked to the rest of the Z-Fighters, Vegeta wasn't very pleased.
"Krillin what do you think you're doing?! Destroy that thing now before it wakes up!" Vegeta ordered.
"No Vegeta, she's hurt, she needs help," Krillin said.
Vegeta glared at him, "Fine if you won't do it than I will!" Vegeta said ready to kill Eighteen.
"No Vegeta, please! She's not a bad person. She just needs a little help is all," Krillin was keeping his distance away from Vegeta.
Vegeta growled before he turned away from Krillin, "Fine do what you want, I don't care," Vegeta said walking away.
Suddenly a gust of wind started picking up until it was more like a small hurricane, The Z-Fighters heads all shot up when they sensed a familiar presence.
"It can't be!" Vegeta said shocked.
"But how?" Trunks asked.
"I-it's…C-cell!" Piccolo said stunned.
the cloud of dust was thrown all around them, electricity sparked, as a blast sounded and an energy beam shot through the dust cloud, it passed Pan and Gohan and the others and went straight through Trunks!
Oh no! Trunks is hurt, how's Pan going to react? You'll have to wait and find out. Please review and tell me what you think.