Cell immediately attacked Goku with his tail in an attempt to absorb the Saiyan. "Now to fulfill my original purpose!"

"So you were created to kill me," Goku said sternly as he bitch-slapped Cell's tail out of his face. "What are you, anyway?"

"I come from a distant future where the Androids were defeated," explained Cell. "I stole the time machine owned by a young man named Trunks — of course, without him knowing — and used it to come back to the time Frieza and King Cold arrived on Earth. After destroying the time machine, I waited underground and grew stronger by absorbing what life forms were available to me, mostly insects and small mammals. Then, Doctor Gero finished creating the Androids and you know the rest."

"But how did you transform?" I asked. "You wanted to absorb the Androids, but they're gone. I killed 17 myself."

"Oh, you're so foolish," stated Cell. "You destroyed his head, but all that I needed was his pathetic body!"

'Damn,' I thought, feeling like an idiot. 'How could I have let that happen?'

Goku glared at Cell angrily. "You ate a dead man's body?! You're crazy!"

"Crazy? No," argued the green monster. "I...AM...CELL!" Both of his fists punched at Goku and me simultaneously.

Goku nimbly jumped out of the way, but I went for a more direct solution. Punching Cell's fist using only a small fraction of my full power, I managed to crack a few of his bones and release a shockwave around us powerful enough to form a 6 foot (2 meter) deep crater. Cell immediately pulled his hand back to let it regenerate.

"Did you just try to make a movie reference?" I asked. "I don't think that's what this fan fiction is for."

"What?!" he screamed. "How is that possible?!"

"Because it just is," Goku retorted. "This fan fiction is more for laughs and a good fight scene than for your stupid references to random movies."

"Nobody will kill Goku while I'm alive," I said powerfully, thinking that Cell was talking about my strength. "You should know that after having seen 17's dead body."

"Fine!" shouted the Android. "If you really want to be the one to take me on, then DIE!" He jumped back and cupped his hands by his side in a somewhat familiar way that reminded me of Vegeta.

"Stay out of the way," I told Goku. I cupped my own hands by my side.

"GALICK GUN...!"

"Seriously, Cell?" Goku laughed, recalling the time Vegeta used the same technique on him and relishing in the nostalgia.

"FIRE!" Cell's supercharged attack flew at me, its energy on a crash course with my face.

"HAAA!" I released a Kamehameha Wave that had just enough power to equal my opponent's attack. "Give up, Cell," I told him. "You know, you don't have to be evil in the first place."

"You're right," Cell decided, grinning. "I can be neither good nor evil. I shall be the Perfect God of this universe, and nobody shall stop me!" He put even more of his energy into his attack.

"You don't have to do this." I matched him again.

"Never!" Cell stopped sending out energy and sidestepped my Kamehameha Wave. Sweat was visible all over his body. "Now tell me the location of Android 18 before I kill you!"

"Just shut up," I told him before sending a narrow energy beam out of my right eyeball. It exploded on the green Android's chest, causing him to fall backward for almost a kilometer (0.625 miles).

"I HATE YOU!" screamed Cell before charging at me to deal what he thought was a fatal blow.

Suppressing slightly less of my power, I just stood there while Cell's fist made contact with my face. Despite the fact that it felt like he was pinching my cheek, I didn't appear to feel anything, which only angered him further.

"Do you want to give up, Cell?" I asked.

Ignoring me, he shouted, "TELL ME WHERE ANDROID 18 IS HIDING!"

I shook my head in disgust. "You really are pathetic, aren't you? Thinking that your supposed 'Perfection' can save you is a sign that you're desperate. Now, I'm just going to end this."

I took a deep breath and grabbed Cell's still-outstretched arm. Using Instant Transmission, I teleported us to a random life form that was floating around in the middle of space. It was microscopic, but its Power Level was easily OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAND!

I crossed my arms in front of me. 'Give up,' I said telepathically to my enemy. 'You have no chances of winning now.'

'FOOL!' he replied. 'I have the genetics of Frieza and Cold, so I can breathe in space!' He punched me, causing me to hit a nearby asteroid and shatter it.

'Okay,' I said. 'Then I'll just end this.'

'Oh, this is ending all right. Ending with YOUR DEATH!'

Using our ki to make sure we wouldn't fall into the eternal emptiness, Cell and I bombarded each other with strike after strike. I wasn't using more than 10% of my full power, but the bio-android was still clearly losing the battle, quickly getting covered in red, black, and blue bruises. Eventually, I hit him with a point-blank Kamehameha Wave that I didn't even bother charging. The attack was strong enough to send Cell flying toward the nearest celestial object other than asteroids and meteoroids: a large blue star.

'Just die, Cell,' I thought to myself. 'Just fall into that star so I don't have to see your pathetic face again. If I eve-'

'Wait!' Cell screamed in my mind, interrupting my thoughts. 'If you let me live, I will show you what I am truly capable of! Just let me absorb Android 18, and then we can fight for real!'

I considered the option for a second. Kill somebody who was extremely weak, or fight/kill a much stronger being? After all, Cell had gotten a lot stronger between his Imperfect and Semi-Perfect forms, so it would make sense for him to become a lot stronger from absorbing another Android, maybe even a match for me.

'Cell,' I thought to him, 'why would I ever give you a chance to destroy the world?'

'All I ever wanted in life was to become Perfect,' moped the creature. 'I have waited over twenty years to just get this far. Will you really let me die before my life is complete?'

'Poor, unfortunate soul!' I thought to myself sarcastically.

'Please,' Cell begged. 'Just let me live, or bring me to 18, or something!'

I groaned, accidentally releasing vital air. However, I didn't feel anything bad happening to me, so I just released the remaining air via musical farts that played the chorus of "Eye of the Tiger" to test myself in two ways simultaneously. Still, nothing bad happened.

'Fine,' I said to Cell after messing around for a bit. 'Just promise that you won't kill Goku.'

'I won't,' answered Cell. 'I promise.'

Using Instant Transmission, I caught up with Cell and returned him to East City. 'Good thing it negates movement,' I thought.

"Thank you," smiled the green behemoth.

"Just don't kill Goku or destroy the world."

"Right. Now where's 18?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "She could be anywhere right now, but she's probably somewhere in the mountains near Goku's house."

"What about my house?" Goku asked suddenly, putting on a derp face.

"Forget it, Goku," I told him.

With that, Cell flew away to look in the mountains.

Hey, guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know that it seems to have taken Cell too long to get to the star that he never reached, but Frui and Cell were extremely far away from it to begin with. I'd estimate that they were almost 1,000,000,000 miles (1,600,000,000 kilometers) away from it.

Frui seems to have discovered that he can survive without air for at least short periods of time. Is this something else that's special about him, or is it just his Saiyan DNA allowing him to last for short amounts of time without air?

Fun Fact: Cell and Frui used their Ki to stay warm while they were in space. Otherwise, they would have Frozen (LET IT GO, LET IT GO. CAN'T HOLD IT BACK ANYMORE! LET IT GO, LET IT GO! TURN AWAY AND SLAM THE DOOR!) to death.

Power Levels:
FP SSJ Goku: 48,000,000,000
FP SSJ Frui: 56,000,000,000
Semi-Perfect Cell's Galick Gun: 8,040,000,000
Semi-Perfect Cell's Galick Gun (a bit more power): 8,375,000,000