Chapter 68: Domination
16 was forced to cover his face as he struggled to not be swept away in the wave. Inside a horrible feeling of defeat spread through 16, he had failed to destroy Cell or protect the few Androids he truly considered his family.
The energy released from the transformation underway began an earthquake the likes of which Central City had never before seen. The few remaining buildings in this area of the city immediately collapsed, as the damage began to spread throughout the city.
"No, we have to stop this!" Piccolo yelled before charging up an attack at his highest Kaioken, "Masenko-HA!" As he unleashed the attack.
Even Piccolo's supercharged attack though was not able to penetrate the barrier of energy surrounding the rapidly changing bio-android.
Bolts of lightning began to shoot wildly into the sky; some colliding with the rapidly collapsing buildings throughout the city.
Cell unleashed a frightening yell as the barrier of energy around him began to expand, a massive crater forming around him.
The earthquake continues to intensify, as did the electrical discharges, as soon the entire planet was shaking by the volume of energy being unleashed.
As people fled their homes and buildings hopeful to try and find safety. Anyone who made it outside couldn't help but stare in awe of the bright colors dancing in the sky. The entire planet was surrounded by an all-encompassing aurora.
16 was forced back, his entire body arcing painfully by the excess energy flowing from the intense transformation.
"Get back!" Piccolo yelled to Cooler and 16 as the transformation reached its peak a wall of pure energy expanded out in all directions, within seconds the entire city was enveloped by the relentless wave.
Finally, the light faded, leaving a massive pit where the Earth's capital once stood.
Piccolo's face was contorted into a snarl, his entire body feeling stiff as he felt a truly enormous power in the center of the pit.
"Piccolo, we're useless here. We have to meet up with the others and hope Cell leaves us alone until we can take our turn training." Cooler muttered under his breath, "We have to leave so you can teach me that infernal technique of yours. It's our only hope." He argued, he fully knew he was completely outclassed in this situation.
"If we don't stop him now he'll slaughter everyone." Piccolo countered but he was still having trouble urging himself forward.
Below them the dust had finally finished settling as Cell floated in the center of a massive chasm. Seemingly admiring himself.
Trunks' mind was racing, 'What can I do? I have to stop this! Father's energy it's almost gone!' Panic had completely gripped the teenage demo-Saiyan.
He was more than halfway to the lookout when the disturbing feeling of Vegeta's skin dissolving away in his arms came about. A burning sensation covered Trunks hands as he watched in horror as the liquefied remains of his father scattered over the ocean beneath them.
His entire body locked up for a moment, a sense of defeat rushed over him. He couldn't help but think what would've happened if he hadn't gone all the way to the lookout to drop his mom off. If he had been a bit faster. He had now failed both of his parents, even traveling to another timeline to accomplish the feat.
The as the seconds ticked by the shock slowly turned to anger; the surface of the water below him began to tremble. A few moments later the Earth began another massive global earthquake.
As Cell continued to stare at himself, and even begin to test out his new Perfect body by shadow sparring.
16 stood a short distance away, unable to do anything beyond just watching on, even the mechanical warrior was left shaken from the power emanating from the monstrosity that had stolen the beings he considered to be his true family.
Opposite from 16, 13 stood also seemingly in awe of the power he was sensing. "Incredible Dr. Gero I-" The rest of the Androids sentence was cut off as Cell's arm cut through his brief allies' body from shoulder to hip.
With his other hand Cell grasped onto the shocked Androids' throat. "I would like to thank you 13, you helping me achieve perfection almost makes up for you denying me this achievement in my own timeline. If Dr. Gero hadn't had the forethought to include the DNA of so many of the world's geniuses into my design I would've been left forever in my incomplete larval state."
"Dr. Gero...why?" 13 managed despite Cell's crushing weight on his throat.
"I suppose it is natural for such an early model as yourself to be foolish enough to believe such an obvious fabrication on my part. In case it hasn't sunk in yet, Dr. Gero is a part of me, but he is just that, one part, one piece of perfection like the DNA of so many others. Allowing this honor as his exit to this world was the greatest honor I could grant him after you fools so carelessly injured him." Cell explained. Before charging a small blast in his free hand and launching the upper half of his Android sibling flying back in the distance.
Just as he finished this sequence his head was forced to turn part way around as 16's fully charged fist slammed into his face, the full might of the Androids massive body fully behind the blow.
"Ah 16! I hope you didn't think I was going to forget about you." Cell taunted as in a flash his hand had 16's outstretched arm within his vice like grip. With a momentary burst of overdrive Cell tore 16's arm clean off, from the shoulder down.
Before that exchange could go any further Cell's, attention shifted slightly, just in time to catch Piccolo's outstretched leg a mere centimeter from his face.
"Piccolo, so nice of you to join us. You've brought Cooler too I see." Cell smugly stated as he caught the Frost Demon by the throat just as he was about to unleash an ax-handle down on the bio android's head.
"Well since you all seem so determined to help me test out my new body, I'll let you. Let's first clear out the trash." Faster than any of the fighter's present could follow Cell released his grip on Cooler's throat and delivered a lightning fast strike to the side of his head.
The bony structures designed to protect his head cracked immediately under the pressure of the strike as Cooler was immediately robbed of his consciousness, his body slowly shrinking back to its normal size as it rocketed across the landscape.
Then Cell simply released his grip on Piccolo and seemingly teleported a short distance away from both 16 and Piccolo, his arms crossed in contempt. "You may attack at your leisure."
Piccolo and 16 shared a quick glance at one another before they each ignited their full power. They may have been enemies but at the moment they were the only two fighters on the planet who could hope to stop the abomination before them.
All three fighters vanished in an instant as they began moving at speeds well beyond what could be comprehended by any would be viewers.
Cell blocked 16's opening punch with his forearm while blocking Piccolo's kick by raising his knee.
The massive hole formed by Cell's transformation echoed with the force of the massive attacks.
The pause only lasted a brief instant as all three fighters started their fight once more, three blurs constantly changing positions cut back and forth across the landscape. The force of their blows shaking the earth enough that the massive hole began to collapse in on itself below them.
Cell's movement was like a dance as he effortless dodged or deflected each and every one of the attacks launched his way.
Piccolo's attacks were predictable to the bio-android and 16's style had become awkward with the loss of his arm.
16 tried once more to land a haymaker to Cell's head, to seemingly try and rattle the more powerful warrior. Cell chuckled lightly to himself as he met 16's attack head on, palming his massive fist.
As soon as the two fists met though 16 unleashed an eye beam attack hoping to catch Cell off-guard.
Cell's smirk vanished for an instant as he seemingly teleported away from the attack.
Before either Piccolo or 16 could move, Cell had already appeared behind 16 delivering a vicious downwards strike to the center of the giants back.
Piccolo extended one of his arms outwards towards Cell hoping to grasp the incredible fast warrior, instead Cell grasped onto Piccolo's attack at the wrist.
"Come now Piccolo, did you really think you would be able to hit me with that from so far away?" Cell chuckled.
It was at that moment he sensed a rapid rise in energy near him.
An instant later a Special Beam Cannon cut through the center of Cell, who immediately vanished; nothing more than an after image.
"Not a bad trick. Unfortunately, you've had to reduce your power so much that I'm not even sure that attack would've scratched me had it connected." Cell noted keeping himself between the two Piccolos, not allowing them to remerge for the moment.
Both Piccolos launched forward attacking Cell in perfect unison. Unfortunately, their attacks were all useless.
In the middle of the dance of attacks 16 reemerged and joined in the assault. Even together though Cell was able to avoid all the attacks.
After allowing the assault to continue uninterrupted extended period before Cell switched back onto the attack kneeing one of the Piccolo clones in the gut, while simultaneously blocking the other two fighter's attacks in each arm.
As the first clone launched high into the air Cell quickly went to work on the other two fighters, delivering a spinning downward kick to the top of the other Piccolo's head, dropping the Namekian warrior deep into the Earth's crust.
Finally, just the two Androids were left to face down one on one.
Cell moved first toying with the giant, moving just slow enough that 16 was able to mount a defense with just one arm.
Blow after blow rained down on the Androids defenses, and just when it seemed a pattern was emerging the speed of Cell's attacks began to vary. Attacks that at first 16 could follow would suddenly vanish from view hitting home across his body like sledge hammers.
Finally, one managed to punch through his overdrive enhanced defenses and open a hole in the middle of his lower gut.
16 let out a roar trying to trap Cell to his body as Cell continued to move his hand around inside of 16, before finally finding what he was looking for. With a solid yank Cell managed to pull the infinite energy generators free of their housing inside 16.
Just as the giant Androids arms wrapped around Cell, his body lost its strength, even his yell died out as he completely lost power and went limp.
Triumphantly Cell pulled his arm from 16's limp body and allowed the giant to drop to the ground below.
Around the same time the Piccolo who had been launched upwards had finally made it back to the other clone and remerged.
"I see you managed to pull yourself together." Cell noted with a chuckle as Piccolo wiped the purple blood from his lips and prepared himself for what would likely be his last desperate final assault.
Piccolo managed to catch his breath finally, focusing carefully on his inner energy he began to draw it out, "Kaioken times 5." He announced as he launched forward, hoping this final boost would allow him to at least do some damage.
Even working at this level though he was below the power he had when he first started.
Cell easily deflected the Namekian warrior's attacks, before delivering bone bruising blow to his chest.
Piccolo staggered backwards the air completely forced from his lungs, as he dropped to one knee, his entire body on fire from his latest use of Kaioken.
"Well I think-" Cell started to say before the crack of lightning suddenly flashing through the sky interrupted him. His eyes suddenly going wide as he noticed a truly massive power was charging somewhere across the planet. Powerful enough to send lightning streaking all the way around the planet. Somehow, he had been so caught up in toying with Piccolo and the others he hadn't been able to sense it until now.
Instead of trying to finish Piccolo off Cell simply floated into the air. "It looks like today is your lucky day Piccolo. Hopefully you'll have something new in store for me when we meet again." With that the Bio-Android was on his way across the planet to meet his new challenger.
(Somewhere in the endless plains of Hell)
Vegeta's yells of fury rang out over the landscape. Massive explosions detonated all around as the Saiyan Prince vented his frustration. He had never been more ashamed of his display in a battle before. The arms that had happily dragged him from his body already long evaporated to nothingness under his endless rage, waiting until the Saiyan Prince left the area before attempting to reform. He was not just beaten but killed, killed by a creature who thought so little of Vegeta's power that he actually pretended to be desperate and weak for the entire first half of the battle.
One final yell rang out as he unleashed an attack completely shattering a mountain range in the distance.
Finally, Vegeta had calmed himself enough to think again. His damnation would only be a temporary setback. If the Earthlings weren't already having the Namekian Dragon Balls gathered to wish him back Nappa soon would be forcing them too. Vegeta was certain he would be needed to defeat Cell once and for all. With the settled in his mind, Vegeta realized he was granted an opportunity.
While he was here he should be able to locate Frieza and continue to pay him back for the atrocities he committed against him and his race when they were alive. He could also search out the Kingdom of Super Saiyans Nappa had told him about during the latter's visit.
"Well aren't you a noisy one." A gruff voice said from behind him.
"What's the matter? Just get here?" Another rough voice asked.
Vegeta immediately turned to face the new arrivals. 4 Saiyan warriors floated before him, each with amused smirks on their face. Vegeta could sense each was far too powerful to have come from the Saiyans his father had commanded.
"You know if you four hadn't just saved me the trouble of looking for you myself I would have made you pay for your arrogance." Vegeta replied back with a smirk of his own.
"Ha! These new generations are always so full of themselves when they get here! I bet he still think Super Saiyan is just a legend like the rest of them." One of the Saiyan's shouted to roaring laughter.
Vegeta's smirk fell to a scowl. It was apparent he would have to show these fools who they were dealing with.
Without any further hesitation Vegeta transformed immediately ending the fit of laughter.
An uncomfortable silence fell over the group as they began to reevaluate Vegeta, each matching his transformation in response. In their thousands of years in hell they had come across many Saiyans who went off on their own for various reasons, but none of them could recall seeing the warrior before them.
"Wait! I wonder if he is that new breed that transformed in the fighting pit." One of them suddenly said as he remembered hearing the rumors of Nappa's transformation.
"You're referring to my general Nappa. I am Vegeta Prince of all Saiyans." Vegeta declared.
His declaration had the opposite of its intended effect though as all four fighters burst into laughter as soon as they heard the name Vegeta. They had each at various times visited the ruler of that pathetic branch of the Saiyan lineage.
Vegeta's still recovering patience completely evaporated with this latest insult.
Without warning his knee slammed into the face of the largest Saiyan sending him spiraling downwards, his consciousness fading in and out from the surprise strike.
The other Saiyans quickly pulled themselves out of their shock, but Vegeta was still on the attack as he had completely stopped his forward momentum with his opening attack.
Both arms were already stretched out to either side a powerful golden blast already prepared in each hand.
Without any hesitation Vegeta shouted "Big Bang Attack!"
The two Saiyan warriors on either side of him let out pained yells as their bodies were suddenly vaporized by the powerful attacks.
The fourth Saiyan launched forward with a right hook aimed at Vegeta's face. Vegeta effortlessly dodged beneath the attack, slamming his fist into the gut of his attacker as he went.
The Saiyan warrior gagged as bile rose into his throat.
Vegeta wasn't done yet though as he moved past the Saiyan he hooked his hand under the Saiyan's chin. Giving him a solid yank Vegeta cleanly broke the warriors neck, allowing his lifeless body to fall limply to the ground below.
Finally, Vegeta allowed himself to drop after the Saiyan he had just sent hurtling towards the ground. His knee slamming into the gut of the barely conscious Saiyan forcing him to spray a mixture of blood and bile.
Vegeta rose to his feet as the Saiyan beneath him was still wracked with pain. "Now then I have a few questions for you." Vegeta said.
"What...what do you...want to know…" The Saiyan replied fighting through the blood pooling in his mouth just to form his words.
"Tell me how to get to the Super Saiyan City I've heard so much about." Vegeta ordered.
"That's...all?" The Saiyan asked before breaking into a pained fit of laughter.
Almost immediately it was cut off as Vegeta abrupted grabbed the pinned Saiyan by the collar and pulled their faces close, his expression leaving little doubt what the end result would be if the laughter continued.
"7-hour flight that direction at top speed." The Saiyan warrior quickly explained.
Without another word Vegeta tossed the mangled Saiyan to the ground and lifted off towards the city.
(Back on Earth)
Trunks' entire body burned from the raw energy he was trying to contain. His muscles had bulge beyond anything he had ever attempted before. During their training Trunks knew he had surpassed his father's strength. He even believed he had surpassed Piccolo as well. The power he currently was somehow containing dwarfed anything he had ever tried before.
Just as he turned back towards where Cell would be waiting, he sensed that very figure heading his direction. At least he assumed it was Cell, somehow the bio-android's power had grown significantly since their earlier brief encounter
Within a few seconds they were face to face once more.
"My this is a surprise. Somehow you've even managed to surpass even Piccolo." Cell said mildly impressed.
Without even bothering to answer, Trunks let out a yell and launched forward.
Cell watched the Saiyan child move towards him in slow motion. He began to wonder if his sense of strength had somehow been distorted by the transformation.
That question was answered an instant later as Cell allowed Trunks' fist to make contact with his sternum.
Immediately the air was forced from Cell's lungs as his entire rib cage bent painfully inward.
His entire body folded along a line centered on Trunks' fist as he was launched backwards.
By the time the bio-android had regained control of his flight he was nearly a mile away from his starting point, and soaking wet from skipping off the ocean surface multiple times during his flight.
'Impressive.' Cell through to himself as he rubbed his sore chest. 'This might be fun after all.'
Cell couldn't contemplate long as Trunks was already back on the attack. Cell watched the buff Saiyan child coming at him once more and easily dodged the next attack.
As soon as he dodged backwards though Trunks unleashed a furious barrage of energy attacks into Cell.
On and on the barrage, came until finally Trunks paused, to allow the smoke to clear.
When he did so through Cell was nowhere to be seen.
"What-" Before Trunks could finish his though Cell had already appeared behind him, delivering a side-kick into the small of Trunk's back.
Trunks lurched forward nearly colliding with the ocean surface before igniting his aura and stopping his downward motion. Without hesitation he blasted under Cell who watched on curious as to how the future Saiyan would respond to his last attack.
Summoning all of his strength Trunks managed to phase in behind Cell before the bio-android could react and deliver an ax-handle of his own to the center of his back, Cell couldn't help but cry out in pain as his body contorted before dropping towards the ocean surface.
Cell stopped himself after a short fall and immediately both fighters phased out, their battle continuing at speeds few could hope to even follow.
It was a fight of epic proportions, Cell's speed vs Trunks raw power. Cell could land dozen attacks on the Saiyan child without even slowing him down, while Trunks was too slow to land many attacks, any that did connect delivered a massive amount of damage.
After a moment the clouds were cast aside as a massive shock wave cut through the air as Cell was launched helplessly backwards.
Trunks continued his assault appearing above the bio-android and delivering yet another ax-handle to Cell's stomach. Each blow delivered an incredible amount of pain to Cell. It was almost mind boggling to him that such power could exist inside such a small fighter. It was exactly the type of challenge he was hoping for.
The bio-android bent painfully as he crashed into the water beyond the speed of even the fastest meteor.
Above Trunks waited patiently, his anger somewhat cooled for a moment.
A moment later though Cell calmly rose back from the ocean depths, "I know what you're thinking, I'm just a nightmare that just won't go-" The rest of Cell's sentence was cut off as Trunks launched forward again.
Cell felt the shockwave from the block work its way up his arm as he straightened to keep his forearm extended out against Trunks' attack.
Without any further hesitation both fighters were back to exchanging hundreds of blows and blocks in a dance of pure destructions. It was becoming clear though that Cell was taking the brunt of the exchange, despite the rarity with which Trunks could manage to connect.
Tidal waves began to move outwards in all directions as the ocean surface violently indented and rebounded again and again. Soon coastal cities across the world would begin to suffer from the sheer magnitude of the fight going on.
Before Cell let loose a punch aimed at Trunks' face, only for his hand to get captured in the child's vice-like grip as soon as it collided. His other hand lashed out, only to be met with a similar fate.
Both fighters struggle for supremacy for a moment before Trunks let out a mighty yell and began to force Cell backwards.
After forcing Cell back for several miles Trunks suddenly released his grip and unleashed a kick aimed at Cell's head in one swift movement. Cell was able to dodge the first attack, but as Trunks began to turn he unleashed a follow up downward kick sending Cell hurtling towards the ocean surface once more.
Trunks dove down after Cell, only for his opening attack to miss just as Cell stopped his downward momentum.
In the same instant Cell unleashed a powerful blow upwards using Trunks' own momentum to add to the force focused at the child's stomach.
A spray of spittle rained down on the Android as Trunks' body convulsed in pain. Cell wasted no time with his follow up attack and immediately gave Trunks a powerful roundhouse kick to the head.
The demi-Saiyan went flying backwards, only for Cell to appear above him and drive his knee deep into the small of his back-forcing Trunks below the ocean surface.
In a surprise even to Cell, Trunks only travelled a dozen or so feet before launching himself back towards his adversary.
Before Cell had a chance to properly react Trunks' fist slammed into his face harder than any blow yet delivered by the child. In an instant the teeth on one side of Cell's face shattered, his entire jaw-bone snapped at the hinge. Cell barely managed to keep his neck from snapping at from the attack as his body struggled to follow his head's new trajectory. Cell suddenly realized the despite the incredible amount of power the child possessed, he had in fact still been pulling his punches.
For once though Trunks didn't launch back on the attack. Cell immediately allowed his jaw to repair itself during the lull. "Well that was surprising, it seems you've been holding back on me still" Cell's said with a smirk. "You've truly surpassed your father." Cell continued as Trunks continued to watch on.
"Maybe this will encourage you to not hold back on me in the future." Cell let out a yell as a golden aura surrounded him. After a moment Cell's power rose closing the gap between himself and Trunks.
"This is the end for you Cell." Trunks growled out, not even caring that the gap in strength had been reduced. He was sure he would avenge his father.
Both fighters launched forward, grasping hands with one another as they tried to achieve supremacy over the other. The air around them was on fire with pure energy.
Finally, Cell cocked his head back and headbutt Trunks, while he was stunned Cell delivered a front kick to Trunks stomach and sent him a few dozen feet backwards.
Trunks blinked a few times to clear his eyes, it was one of only a handful of attacks that had even hurt so far. Trunks fists tightened as his anger continued to burn hotter.
Igniting his aura around himself once more he launched himself back at Cell's smiling face, delivering a headbutt of his own.
Even at maximum power Cell felt his brain rattling against his skull from the blow. And then from the wave of follow up attacks Trunks was unleashing on him.
Purple bruises began to form across his body as his regenerative abilities were beginning to be overwhelmed by the massive amount of trauma being dealt to his body.
Finally, the assault ended as Trunks cupped his hands together and unleashed a golden blast straight into Cell's chest launching the Android back dozens of miles before he finally collided with the nearest island.
As Cell lay embedded in the surface of the island he allowed his body a moment to begin to regenerate itself, before looking up the at the enraged Saiyan child floating above him.
Finally, he pulled himself from the rocky confines and began to speak, making sure to keep his guard up to avoid any interruptions. "I must say Trunks you have managed to surpass me, at least in brute strength. Despite that you still have zero chance of victory."
Trunks lips curled into a snarl as his body tensed seemingly preparing to bulrush Cell once more.
"That doesn't even take into account overdrive." Cell added as Trunks stopped himself, that name sounding familiar. "Yes, that's right Trunks I inherited that feature from my dear brother and sister. But don't worry, I intend to defeat you without resorting to that, you're not worthy of facing me at full strength."
Cell's taunts finally surpassed Trunks' patience as he launched forward intending to resume his pummeling of Cell, only for Cell to dodge out of the way at the last second.
Undeterred Trunks continued to chase the creature responsible for his father's demise. Attack after attack were launched outwards, only to catch nothing but air. Cell didn't even bother to counter attack, he seemed perfectly content to simply slither out of Trunks' way at the last possible second.
Finally, Trunks was forced to stop, as he desperately tried to catch his breath. His first thought was to try and power up further, but even sustaining the level he was at now seemed to be an impossible task, every movement of his massive arms was tiring. Forcing his body forward was simply wearing himself out. But still he pressed on, he had to enact his revenge against Cell, he had to avenge his father.
As soon as Trunks' breathing evened out some he launched forward again only for his attacks to be met with a similar level of success as the last wave. No matter what he tried he couldn't land a hit.
"You're such a disappointment Trunks." Cell started, his lips curling into a smirk as he noticed Trunks snarl. "All the strength and I can't even test out my full strength on you."
Trunks tried to launch forward again, only for Cell to suddenly phase in front of him and unleash a flurry of attacks to the young fighter.
Finally, he relented allowing the battered, panting child a moment of reprieve.
"You're just an amateur, so I'll share why you can never defeat me, since it is obvious you're not figuring it out on your own." Cell said with a smirk, "All you've done is pump up your muscles with as much strength as they can hold. I could do that too if I wanted to." Cell said as he suddenly began to power up again. Within seconds his arms and legs had inflated somewhere between what he saw with Vegeta and the form Trunks was in now.
The power radiating off Cell was unlike anything Trunks had ever felt before, within a moment he had already surpassed even the level Trunks had obtained. "It's quite easy just to mass power in your body to flaunt your strength, but it is useless in a fight if your opponent has any sort of speed. You fool, honestly this is a very simple concept to understand."
Trunks anger began to fade in that moment, as he realized why Vegeta's own level of strength began to taper off as if he was reaching his limit. "So that's why father stopped getting stronger, he knew this would happen." Trunks muttered with a look of shock.
"Oh, Vegeta didn't make the same mistake as you? I suppose that is to be expected, for all of his flaws even he would likely be able to see such a simple issue with your form." Cell responded.
Trunks suddenly released his Super Saiyan form all together and floated in front of Cell. "It's over, you can finish me if you want I've failed. Failed in every sense of the word." Trunks said dejectedly.
"That's very gracious of you. Now what to do with you? You and your father have both proven very disappointing to me. Even Piccolo was barely worth the effort. There is one thing I am curious about though. How did you and Vegeta get so powerful. If you had these forms yesterday you would have defeated the Androids without any help, lack of speed or not. It seems impossible you could make such gains in just one day." Cell asked, his hand extended to deliver the finishing blow at any moment.
Trunks floated on silently, even at his young age he knew better than to reveal the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to a monster like Cell.
"Don't want to answer huh? Well at least answer this, if you had more time could you get stronger?" Cell asked
"Possibly." Trunks replied warily, "What difference does that make now though?" He asked.
"Just idle curiosity I suppose. One last question, where has Goku gone?" Cell asked.
"Him and Nappa are training to defeat you. And don't worry they're going to be even stronger than me and my father. They'll defeat you no contest." Trunks replied the fire returning to his previously defeated eyes.
"No contest huh? That's it!" Cell suddenly exclaimed his smile absolutely beaming, "A tournament!"
"What do you mean?" Trunks asked confused.
"Consider yourself lucky. The tournament will commence in 10 days, that should give you plenty of time to wish Vegeta back. And for you all to join Goku and Nappa on whatever training expedition they've come up with. You should be thankful, since you are such an amateur at fighting I am giving you a second chance. A chance to see if you are a true warrior, or a mindless brute of a child."
"What are you even talking about?" Trunks asked again confused.
"You really don't know do you?" Cell asked, "Long before either of our births this planet hosted a World Martial Arts Tournament. I'm reviving it. What better place to show that I am the perfect being that to host a tournament of my own. I'll face each challenger one at a time, and when I defeat them I will face the next challenger. Bring me all the opponents you can. The more fighters you bring the more chances you will have to survive. I've yet to decide a location for the tournament, so keep an eye on your TV, I'll announce it soon." Without another word Cell lifted off into the sky.
Shortly afterwards Piccolo and Cooler meetup with each other and the trio made their way back to the lookout to lick their wounds and for Trunks to share the news of the upcoming tournament.
(In Hell)
It had taken the Saiyan Prince a little over 5 hours to arrive at the primitive stone city rising out of the otherwise formless landscape.
He had never felt so many powerful fighters gathered in one place. Somewhere in the back of his mind he began to wonder if this was in fact Hell or if he had somehow been taken to heaven instead.
He pushed those thoughts from his mind for the moment though, as he dropped out of the sky near the city center, one power level in particular catching his attention.
Near the city center there was a large arena set up inside a lone Saiyan warrior faced off against a familiar foe.
Frieza lashed out, desperate to land even a single blow against his tormentor. He had spent years suffering here. He could barely even muster the will power to defend himself when he was attacked. Time seemed to blur together, the only way to mark the changing of time is the endless line of fighters showing up to join in his torture.
The Super Saiyan fighting him now was barely stronger than Vegeta was when the Saiyan Prince ended his life. Unfortunately, he was still more than a match for Frieza. Within a few moments the former ruler of the galaxy was reduced to a bloody mess.
From the stands Vegeta watched on, with a feeling of disgust. Frieza was a sloppy fighter to begin with, but here, he was truly a pitiful sight to behold.
Without a word Vegeta turned and exited the arena continuing his way towards the palace at the center of the city.
Many Saiyans watched the obvious new comer warily, but none were interested enough to actually interrupt Vegeta along his path, each assuming this newcomer was little more than a slave on an errand.
That came to an end when he arrived at the palace though. As soon as he arrived he was immediately confronted by two guards.
"Move aside. I'm here to see whoever's in charge." Vegeta ordered.
"Look Kurbaun another nameless newcomer thinking they are worth a shit." One of the guards said.
"This one sort of looks like that fool Vegeta. How much you want to bet this runt is his kid." The other Saiyan said with a laugh.
"You should watch what you say in front of your superiors" Vegeta snarled. His Super Saiyan aura igniting.
Both guards looked at one another somewhat surprised before igniting their own auras.
"This is your last warning, let me through and I might let you live. Unlike you two, I've ascended beyond just a normal Super Saiyan." Vegeta declared.
For the first time the guards showed some uncertainty in the look they exchanged.
Before the situation could escalate any further a new voice cut in from behind. "Are you three about done with your measuring each other's dicks? If so I would very much like to see how far you've ascended."
Vegeta turned to see the one he came looking for, Cepa smirking back at him.
Hey everyone sorry for the long wait, I had my second set of grad school applications come due, and due to one of my references having to go on an observing run soon I had to get my third set of schools most of the way done too. Anyway I'm hoping once I finish the last bit of applying up I will have more time to write for awhile. I keep thinking I'm going to have more time, it just has yet to work out like I am expecting for very long.
Anyway here's a short power level list for this chapter.
Piccolox4 - 1,000,000,000
Piccolox5 (tired) - 975,000,000
Android 16 (overdrive) - 800,000,000
Cooler (5th form) - 425,000,000
Super Android 13 (incomplete+19's generator) - 525,000,000
Perfect Cell (base) - 975,000,000
Perfect Cell (full power) - 1,200,000,000
Trunks Assj - 700,000,000
Trunks Ussj (maximum) - 1,400,000,000
Reviews:
a guy - You're welcome :)
Luke - Thank you that means a lot to me :) I hope you enjoyed this chapter just as much!
serus black antihumannature - Cell definitely has more Gero in him than his canon counter part, but as this chapter showed Gero isn't in charge, it was a ruse to get 13 on his side. Hopefully this chapter lived up to your expectations :)
RKF22 - I hope you enjoyed this one too :)
DarkFalconZ - Yes it is less than ideal for them. Thanks for the review
super mystic gohan - I'm glad you enjoyed my twist on Vegeta vs Semi-perfect Cell. Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter as well :)
Cryptic Saiyan - Thanks for the review! So far in the story the Saiyans have gotten an even bigger one by dying.
JOEL - I hope you enjoyed this one too :)
Spirax 570 - I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter overall. Since the battle was taking place under different conditions, it veered off from the canon battle when I played it through in my head.
Nick - Thanks for the review :)
storybook thumb - Believe me I'm excited for Gohan's return as well. It is one of the parts I've been most excited about for a long, long time. The story has just really ballooned since my original outline.
Anonymous - Glad you enjoyed it :) Yes overdrive only affects the actual energy of the Android components of Cell. Nope even with all of his might, Piccolo couldn't stop the transformation. Much like how Trunks couldn't during Canon. Yes Cell is capable of using overdrive in his Perfect Form.
Simgr101 -
I'm glad you've returned to the story :). Thank you Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to you too. I'm glad you feel the story has been getting better again. It can be kind of hard getting into a groove with so much else going on all the time. Yes I've read most of Bringer of Death, i'm sure it has influenced some aspects of the story some. Several of my old favorites probably have. Yes with Nappa's experience things should get interesting for Goku's training. I'm glad you've enjoyed Turles more lately. I've skimmed the story you recommended some, I just haven't had much time to sit down and read other stories much. I'm basically down to just one other story that I keep up with regularly, which is actually the one that inspired me to write Culture Shock. The Long Road, which I think might be where some of the changes in Turles has come from lately. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well :)
Boby335 -Thank you for the review! I'm glad you are enjoying the story so much :). Yeah Raditz and Gohan's adventures are definitely one of my favorite parts to write. I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well
Two Evil Carrots (Chapter 47) - I'm not sure if you have caught up this far yet or not. Thank you for the review and the suggestions, hopefully the newer a/n are more to your liking.
Thanks again for all the reviews this chapter. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter as well :)