Cell's leg that had been pushing against my throat had been severed, forcing him to balance on his left foot. "What is this power?!" he gasped, now scared that I might be able to defeat him with ease.

The dust cloud around me finally dissipated enough for everyone to see me. "Hey, does he look different all of a sudden?" Krillin asked. The Cell Juniors and the Z Fighters all had turned their heads toward the main fight when they felt my energy suddenly skyrocket.

"Yeah, his hair is spikier than usual, like Gohan's." Yamcha seemed satisfied with his analogy.

"He's done it," Vegeta mumbled. "Another brat has truly surpassed a Super Saiyan."

I stood there, fully understanding what had just happened. 'This power...it's incredible.' I looked down at my hands for less than half a second, but it was still enough to get a good look at them. They hadn't really changed, except for the greater Ki concentration in them. 'This has to be the same transformation that Vegeta and Gohan are using right now. It can't be anything else.'

Cell regenerated his limb with a grunt before saying, "Your sudden power-up won't be enough to defeat the Super Perfect being. Are you forgetting that I'm absolutely flawless?" Cell struck a pose while an unknown disembodied feminine voice repeated the last few words that he had said.

Ignoring him, I Instant Transmitted to a Cell Junior that was standing next to Piccolo. Startled by my sudden appearance, it jumped backwards, but it didn't get far before it had four fingers and a thumb poking out of its back.

"Die."

I swiped my right hand to the left, cutting the miniature monster in half nearly all the way. This caused it to randomly blow up in a cloud of smoke, which makes no sense. I mean, he should have been able to regenerate, but whatever, he might have been trying to self-destruct like a Saibaman with a smaller explosion.

The other Cell Juniors felt the energy of their brother suddenly go out with a poof, so they all charged at me to avenge him. Each had a wicked grin on its face, not even caring about what might happen so long as I die. All of them radiated pure bloodlust and hatred.

Though I was still enclosed by a shroud of smoke, I knew exactly where each of them was coming from, and I struck left and right until five Cell Juniors were laying on the ground. They received varying injuries: one had a circular hole through his chest, another was missing his head, a third had nothing left below his pectoral muscles, a fourth was covered in various deep cuts, and the fifth almost completely disintegrated by an energy blast, leaving only its left calf and foot. All of them were bleeding purple blood, which was covering the ground by my feet. However, my aura kept a perfect circle of dry rock underneath me, pushing the demonic fluids away from me.

"HAAAA!" I released an explosion around myself, disintegrating every last bit of those little bastards. Yes, including their blood.

"So you defeated my children," Cell said, mocking me arrogantly, probably in denial that I was stronger than him. "Big deal, they were weaker than Gohan and maybe even Vegeta."

"And you're next," I stated with a scowl. Aggressively, I marched up to him, looking into his eyes as if I was trying to burn a hole through his head. This gave Cell an idea.

Tzzz! A pair of energy beams emerged from the Android's eyeballs, heading straight toward mine. Acting on instinct, I activated my aura, but Cell's attack still managed to get through and collide with the desired targets.

Imagine you're stuck in a supernova's explosion from only a few feet away from the star's original surface. Now add it so your body is able to withstand the event but you feel all of the pain that a normal human would feel in such a scenario. Next, multiply that pain by one million and focus it all on your eyes. That's the best description of the pain that I can imagine.

Now injured and unable to see, I dropped my aura and became vulnerable to Cell's next attack. He walked up to me and shoved his hands into my eye sockets, pulling out the two burnt clumps of flesh. "You're pathetic," he told me. I didn't really feel them being pulled out because thankfully, the nerves were already destroyed by his energy attack.

"You're such a fool, you know that?" I mocked confidently. Then, I began concentrating energy in my face and picturing my eyes regrowing from nothing.

"Hah! Without sight, you're useless," he stated sarcastically. "I have no doubts that my time of Perfection has begun!" I sensed Cell fly up into the air and start preparing an attack. "If you don't stop this, you can say goodbye to this entire solar system!"

"He wouldn't dare!" I heard Krillin exclaim from the sidelines. I was just as surprised as him, though I had a plan.

'Come on, eyes!' Suddenly, the world changed from black emptiness to its usual colorful self, my brand new organs taking in everything at once. I immediately located Cell, about 100 feet (30 meters) in the air, his hands cupped at his side. "You really want to do this again?"

"Oh, so you're not useless after all! No matter." The monstrosity activated his jagged golden aura, almost done charging his attack.

I activated my own aura and, dropping my right leg back, cupped my own hands together. Charging energy between them, a bright blue ball of energy formed, similar to the one Cell was forming.

"Prepare to die! KAMEHAME...HAAAAA!" Cell thrust his hands forward, right on top of left, the massive blue beam coming out of his open palms.

"How about no?" I said casually with a pang of anger, going through an identical motion and releasing my own azure Ki blast.

When the two attacks collided, the shockwave created by the raw power cracked the ground at my feet and created a large amount of wind that moved for hundreds of miles, eventually kick-starting a complex storm system that would flood Master Roshi's house with a plethora of saltwater. The light produced blinded everybody but Gohan, Cell, and me, since nobody else's eyes could handle it. Even Tien and Krillin, who had looked away in anticipation, weren't doing so well in terms of sight. Yamcha was unconscious.

Cell pushed his energy extremely powerfully, even showing signs of struggling to maintain that level. "You can't win this time, you worthless Saiyan or whatever you are!"

I looked him in the eye, startling him because of my regenerated body parts, and smirked. "Think again," I mumbled to myself as I suddenly pushed all of my power into my counterattack. The energy quickly overcame the Android, who had just enough time to dive out of the way...

"Kienzan!"

...and get cut in half by my secondary attack. It went straight up the middle of his body, completely separating his left half from his right.

"'You can't win this time,'" I teased him, flying up to examine my handiwork. "Wise words spoken by the wrong man." Then, I kicked the two floating body halves to the ground, each landing far from the other. I put my hands behind my head and powered down to my base form.

"Did...did we win?" Piccolo asked, shocked by what had just happened. Though his eyesight was still impaired, he could still somewhat sense and hear what was occurring.

"I'm not sure," Krillin replied. "I can still sense Cell's energy, but it's coming from his separate...parts." He shuddered at the thought of just half of Cell's body being able to attack, which lead him to the thought of being beaten up by literally half a man, causing a shiver to go down his spine.

"It's not over yet!" Tien exclaimed. Two new Cells were standing behind me.

"And it's all thanks to you, Tien," they said in unison.

Miles away, Goku stood firm while another earthquake shook the nearby Kame House, stifling a laugh as his former master and Oolong struggled to keep on their feet. "Same old Roshi," he chuckled.

The quake finally halted, somehow causing both perverts to topple over like dominoes, Oolong hitting Roshi before they both hit the sand. Puar giggled quietly, but not without Oolong noticing it.

"Shut up!" the pig complained, getting up quickly and waving his fist at the floating cat. "If you were on the ground, you'd fall over, too!"

"Is someone going to help me?" Roshi suddenly interjected. He had fallen on to his back, which had a large turtle shell on it at that time. It did its job too well. Goku picked up his old master and placed him on his feet again, the old man maintaining a helpless look on his face.

"Thanks, Goku. So, why are you here right now?" asked the hermit. "Shouldn't you be out saving the world?"

"Well, let's just say that Cell thinks he killed me." The Saiyan sneered when he saw the others' astonishment. "I knew it would be necessary to get Gohan angry, and that helped him reach what Frui calls Super Saiyan 2. Now, it seems that Frui is using the same transformation."

"Does anyone know you're alive?" asked Oolong, having already forgotten about being angry at Puar.

"Nope!" Goku smiled and put his index and middle fingers to his forehead. "Right before Cell's final attack hit me, I used Instant Transmission and teleported out of the way before returning while the dust was clearing. Then, I laid down as if I had been struck, and after a minute, I just left."

"Huh, who knew Goku'd grow up to be such a strategist," Oolong remarked sarcastically.

Hey, guys! This chapter was a lot of fun to write, since...well...Super Saiyan 2. I took my time writing it so it doesn't feel rushed or boring. Also, a lot of important information is revealed, such as how Goku survived and why he faked his death.

Only two Power Levels this time:

SSJ 2 Frui: 117, 400,000,000
Super Perfect Cell (Multiform): 46,572,300,000 per body

As usual, I'm also open to questions. Here's the most recent one:

Q: One question… how the Dende is Goku alive?!
A: I hope this chapter helped answer your question.