Trunks flew over to Cell after dropping off his father. "It's just you and me," he snarled.
"My, somebody seems to have quite the unexpected temper," Cell pointed out. "If you're planning on doing what your pathetic father tried, you'll surely suffer the same fate."
"You don't know what I have in store for you, Cell! HAAAAAAAAAAA!" Corresponding with the explosion around his body, Trunks's hair immediately turned yellow, and his eyes became blue. Continuing to power up, he copied what Vegeta did and buffed up. More rocks flew in the direction of Mr. Satan's posse, but thankfully, they were all hiding behind large rocks out of fear.
Suddenly, I felt Trunks' energy go above what Vegeta had used minutes beforehand. 'Dang it, Trunks,' I thought. 'You're making a huge mistake.'
"I see that you're even more muscular than your wimp of a father over there," pointed out the Android when his opponent was done powering up. Trunks puffed in response. "I wonder if you'll be a better match for a Perfect being like myself."
"More than enough." Immediately, Trunks flew at Cell and punched him in the gut, causing the freak to bend over again. "Heh," he smirked.
Cell managed to stand up easily. "You've got quite a bit of power," he stated, "but not enough." He kicked Trunks in the chest, the impact sending the Ultra Super Saiyan flying into the nearby crater. The shockwave from the attack caused Jimmy Firecracker to fall over and weak rock formations as far as 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) away to crack and crumble. "Now that is what I call power."
Trunks slowly climbed out of the hole, already somewhat crippled by the blow. "You...monster..." he muttered when he reached the top.
"Oh, stop it, you," Cell teased. "Just because I have the Perfect body doesn't mean you have to flirt, Trunks!"
Suddenly, Trunks stood up straight, not even clutching his chest anymore. He must have been faking his injury, for then he shouted at the top of his lungs, "GALICK STORM!" His aura immediately exploded to life and expanded much faster than Vegeta's had. This combined with the much closer proximity to Cell helped Trunks capture the bio-android.
"NO!" Cell screamed before being engulfed.
Trunks's attack expanded until it reached the middle of Vegeta's crater, the man from the future making sure to capture Cell while avoiding everybody else. Then, he shrank it in a way that put Cell in the center of the ball of energy. "So," Trunks said, flying over there peacefully, "looks like fun in there." Then, he powered up a tiny bit more, becoming slightly buffer in the least flashy way possible. Right after that, he faced his palms in the direction of Cell and started charging a powerful attack.
"Please...spare me..." Cell begged weakly, struggling to keep himself alive from just being inside the Galick Storm.
"Never! FINAL FLASH!" Trunks's energy blast completely overwhelmed Cell and what remained of the Galick Storm, leaving almost nothing in its wake, forcing Trunks to send it into space. When the dust kicked up by the attack settled, there was nothing to be seen that suggested Cell's survival. Gasping for air, Trunks reverted to his base form and collapsed out of sheer exhaustion from the strain of Ultra Super Saiyan and overuse of his Ki. He was still conscious, though, if only barely.
"He...he did it...!" Gohan exclaimed.
Goku said telepathically to me, 'I guess both he and Vegeta know about the speed loss. That's why Trunks used Ki attacks.'
'Yeah,' I responded. 'They really used the buff forms to their advantage.'
"You know what, guys? I'm having that feeling of relief that I had right after Frieza was hit by Goku's Spirit Bomb," Krillin laughed. "I guess that's a good sign, right?"
Gohan nodded in agreement. "I know what you mean. It does seem a little odd that Cell was defeated so easily, though."
"Don't worry about it!" Yamcha responded cheerfully, patting the young Super Saiyan on the back. "Trunks handled him, and everything's gonna be just f-"
"It's not over yet!" Piccolo interrupted, pointing to where Cell had been destroyed. "Look!" Everybody followed his pointed finger to see a small, unusually-shaped blob or biomass quickly grow from nothing. Soon, it grew four limbs and a head.
"What is that?!" Yamcha exclaimed.
"Something that can kill you," Krillin joked.
"That's not what I meant!" the bandit responded angrily. "Besides, you could be wrong!"
Less than a minute later, the creature's body was completely reformed. To everyone's shock, it was none other than Cell.
"How is this…possible?" muttered Trunks, looking up. "I killed you."
"I think not," defied the bio-android. "A minuscule collection of my cells managed to survive, so I regenerated from them. It wasn't that difficult, really." Cell was acting surprisingly nonchalantly, considering the circumstances.
"Shit," murmured Trunks before passing out.
"Is Vegeta awake over there?" Cell suddenly asked us, sending his attention the other way.
"Barely," Goku responded.
At that moment, Krillin remembered to give Vegeta a Senzu Bean. "C'mon, Vegeta, just swallow it." The Saiyan actually obeyed and ate the healing seed.
"Huh!" Vegeta shot up almost immediately, now fully healed and ready to fight. "What's going on? Where's Trunks?"
"Ah, Vegeta, so nice to see you again," Cell commented cruelly. "Your son is over here with me."
"You had better not have hurt him, you bastard!" Vegeta shouted aggressively.
"Not yet," Cell said. "Now, I have just one question for you: do you know how to sow?"
"No, but I think the Earth woman might have someone who does that. Why, does your stupid 'Perfect' body need repairs?" asked Vegeta.
Cell telekinetically picked up Vegeta's son. "Because you have a hole in your Trunks!" He blasted a small energy attack that went straight through Trunks's chest, leaving the already-unconscious man at the door between life and death.
"What?!" Vegeta suddenly transformed into a Super Saiyan out of pure rage. "You…did not…JUST DO THAT!" His muscles all became very tense once he finished that sentence.
I could feel Vegeta's power rising, but not like he was going to use Ascended Super Saiyan. This was more like when Gohan and I each nearly unlocked a new transformation in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. 'He's actually doing it!' I thought.
"Sure sucks that you already had your turn, huh, Vegeta?" Cell taunted, already knowing that he could easily overpower any of the Z Fighters, including Vegeta, at this point.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Vegeta's aura sparked to life. "HAAAAAAA!" Suddenly, lightning appeared in his aura and his hair spiked up even more...not that it looked different, though. The explosive transformation kicked up dust and threw the rest of the Z Fighters off to the side, minus Goku and Gohan who were Super Saiyans at the time. Even I was thrown out of the way by the shockwave.
Vegeta then charged at Cell. "DIE!" Before he got far, though, he was hit by a chop to the neck. It had come from Cell.
"Did I forget to mention that your son accidentally gave me a free Zenkai boost?" Cell laughed as Vegeta fell to the ground, reverted to base form, and fell into the unconscious world. "Now, could somebody carry these weaklings away from me? They're too...imperfect...for me."
As everyone else was still in shock from witnessing Vegeta's sudden transformation, I used Instant Transmission to quickly get to Vegeta and Trunks and take their bodies back. Trunks was still just barely alive when I got there, but sadly, he died before I used Instant Transmission to move him.
"Now," announced Gero's creation, "let's move on with the next vict– I mean challenger."
Hey, guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I really liked writing the fight between Cell and Trunks, but I didn't like killing Trunks. He'll be back, though.
Vegeta just unlocked SSJ 2 in this chapter, making him the first Saiyan to stably maintain it, even if only for a few seconds. However, that wasn't enough to even remotely challenge Cell (now he can officially be called Super Perfect Cell) after that Zenkai.
Power Levels:
Base Trunks: 350,000,000
SSJ Trunks: 17,500,000,000
USSJ Trunks: 43,750,000,000
FP Perfect Cell: 59,400,000,000
USSJ Trunks (Galick Storm): 142,187,500,000
Perfect Cell (weakened by Galick Storm): 11,880,000,000
USSJ Trunks (slightly buffer): 48,125,000,000
USSJ Trunks (Final Flash): 84,218,750,000
Super Perfect Cell (suppressed): 63,855,000,000
Base Vegeta (Zenkai): 430,000,000
SSJ Vegeta (Zenkai): 21,500,000,000
SSJ 2 Vegeta: 43,000,000,000