Hey Hey Important Note at the end

Like, obviously still read the chapter first, hence why it's at the end, but it is Super Important

We're gonna be setting some rules here

Also, I've now officially watched Dragon Ball Super Super Hero and it was so cool. 10/10. So glad I managed to catch it in theaters (with a friend who doesn't really like DB, she also said it was really good)

guestyperson: lol thanks. I could never imagine Goku embracing the Oozaru
And lol. I half wonder how you managed to find the chapter you accidently missed since this comment was a full day after the first. Also quite glad you did because that'd have been a very poor chapter to miss considering the set up

TheWaterKid: thanks. Goku is a really hard character to write lol. And I hope I manage to pull it off as well as I've been planning

Tinfoot: It's not really the Sayain DNA that causes any transformation, but their tails. And wile technically Cell does have a tail it's not for the same function.
And honestly you do make a point, but man that'd start to cause issues for plot believability

thewittywhy: thanks lol. And the fact that Goku never mentions it after the Sayain Saga, kinda implies to me that he doesn't quite process it
And ye. Annoyed Radish

Qinlongfei: Yeah I was looking forward to people being surprised by the Goku POV lol.
I can't imagine him ever embracing the Oozaru, maybe in an AU where Grandpa Goku doesn't die, but as is, it doesn't look that was for my plot.
And yeah, I find Mercenary Tao so funny. Because he's like, actually aware of how outclassed he is unlike most the civilians in this franchise. (civilians in that, they aren't main cast. Since, well, Mercenary) And nah, I do want to find a way to include Super Super Hero eventually, but for now it's still way too soon.
And I don't think he's the worst main villain, I'd give that to Vegeta because he's just, so dumb in that first Saga. I also wouldn't necessarily call him more cowardly than Frieza either, since the second he started losing Frieza jumped to destroy planet. Frieza's definitely the best DBZ villain though, and Buu second, which would leave Cell at 3/4

arkon3321: Man, I might be cheating but that? Even I've got my limits lol

Dragon Balls restored.

Dende achieved.

And Cell Games imminent.

Everything is more or less going as expected.

That didn't mean I should go in completely overconfident. There were a few details of the plan I had to work out.

Going in overconfident is when things go wrong. I am not playing that game. Just because I am 1000 percent positive I will win, that doesn't mean I should let that influence.

After all, this would all be pointless if Cell interrupted me before I could transform.

Sure, the whole, Sayain DNA thing would prevent him from turning down a challenge, hence the point of the whole tournament to begin with, but if Cell didn't think I'd be worth it, he might not bother.

But, I had an idea for that.

I think, Goku will still have to fight first for it though.

It would be fun to have Vegeta fight and get steamrolled, but I don't want to toss in any new variables.

By now about half, maybe a bit less, of the group had gathered up at the lookout. Which obviously included Goku.

I asked him if he could fight first, I didn't go into any details of the plan, less variables the better, but made it clear that I did not want him doing anything stupid that might get him killed.

Look, I've already changed canon. Might as well avoid his death and the heartache that'd go with it.

Honestly, even if he did die I'd probably go and wish him back with Namek's Dragon Balls anyway.

I'd be losing, what? SS3? I've already more than made up for it in strength, with theoretical room to grow.

I can't think of much bad that could come of it other than that.

But, I got his agreement. Which was enough.

And, then I didn't have much to do but wait. I'd already mapped out the plan best I could and I could only go over it in my head so many times.

I flicked a strand of hair back off to the side. Being a Super Sayain with long hair was weird. It's like it wanted to stand up, but it was just too long to practically do so so it decided to be annoying instead.

I huffed, looking around, and saw Clover sitting on the steps across the Lookout. She was messing with the back of her hair which now reached her neck. Something I assume she wasn't used to.

"Hey, by any chance do you happen to know how to, braid hair…?" I walked over to ask only to immediately feel awkward and regret it because she looked at me all sad and melancholy like.

But she tried to hide it and smile, "sure, I can try, but don't expect anything special."

And it was too late to change my mind so I just sat there trying not to feel awkward as she combed through my once again dark hair with her fingers.

The end result was well enough though. The braid was a fair bit looser than Ena's, which made me a bit concerned about if it'd hold up through transforming, but testing it with Super, it at least held up through that for now so better than nothing.

Soon enough, it was time to go. Goku reappeared, and everyone except Piccolo and I were at least a little on edge.

Well, Goku seemed better off than most of the others and I did have a bit of nerves. But that was less about fear about not being able to win, and more, general nerves because important moment.

We met Tien and Yamcha on the way there. With the stipulation that they weren't going to fight.

As it turned out, we weren't the first ones there. Already there was a reporter, a cameraman, and another man, one taller than everyone else in our group other than Raditz, Nappa, and Piccolo. The dude had a head of poofy hair, sideburns, and a mustache. And he was already talking himself up against Cell.

And already I couldn't help but grin at his antics.

Though admittedly, it was probably a good thing that Cell was surprisingly patient.

I felt a twinge of disappointment that the announcer guy had black hair instead of blond. I guess it made sense. Announcer Guy(TM) was specific to the World Tournaments. And, I doubt he'd sell out to Mr. Satan when he knew from experience what was real in those fights. He was too passionate about it to disregard it.

The cameraman might be an issue though…I hardly want recognition in this world. Least of all for some fight. Even less so for one that would pretty clearly mark me as nonhuman.

Eh. Worst case scenario I'll just break the camera. Greater good and whatnot.

To my greater surprise, I turned when I felt Raditz's energy approach.

He muttered something about him not fighting, which seemed rather obvious, but didn't explain why he was here. For support I guess? Didn't seem like him but, he's been acting off since-

I blinked, "hey, what's with the goggles?" I pointed at the pair of tinted goggles hanging from his neck.

Raditz scowled as if it were obvious, "I am rather suspicious of your wanting to learn the Power Ball."

I paused, "…oh yeah. Almost forgot. Good call lol."

"…did you just say the word lol?"

"Shut. Things happening."

It was a bit of an exaggeration. The only new thing was Android 16 landing on the opposite side of the arena.

Oh yeah, also Vegeta was already here.

Nothing to note there.

Android 16 walked over. Krillin was glad to see him up and running, and 16 too looked happy to see him.

Goku tried to introduce himself.

16 was not as enthused. He all but glared.

"I know your name. I was created solely to destroy you. But I have chosen not to."

16 then elected to ignore Goku.

Android 16…I don't know when he's supposed to try and fight Cell. I don't remember if it was during Gohan's fight or before.

The fake announcer guy said something, diverting attention so I backed away enough that I could talk to 16.

"Hey. Don't try to fight against Cell, alright? Promise you won't."

16 trained his eyes on me, "I like this planet. I will do what I must to protect it."

"No, you're not strong enough to make a difference, and, if you die, you might not be able to be brought back with the Dragon Balls."

16 leveled his still slightly uncanny eyes, "do you intend to fight?"

"I- yeah."

"Then I will not interfere until after you. Is that a fair compromise?"

"I can work with that," I nodded.

Goku stepped forward, offering to fight first, much to most of the group's surprise.

"HEY! DON'T YOU KNOW I'M THE CHAMP AROUND HERE?"

Attention refocused back on Mr. Satan and the fake announcer guy.

Fake announcer guy walked up, "excuse me, sir, I was wondering if you and your friends were going to be taking part in the tournament?"

"Of course," Goku smirked, "I'll be going first."

This did not amuse the dearest world champ.

"I've had about enough of you lot and you're jokes! Now go and get out of here before I get angry!"

Krillin surprisingly was the most annoyed, "don't go blowing a vein," he muttered.

Mr. Satan looked about ready to pop before he smirked and stood back up straight, "I'm sorry, I forgot, you hicks probably don't even own a television, so obviously you have no way of knowing that I, Hercule Satan, am the Martial Arts Champion of the World!"

"I live in West City dumbass," Yamcha said, glancing unimpressed at the World Champ.

"How much you want to bet 'Hercule' is a stage name?" Tien smirked, and the two snickered at the joke.

Mr. Satan's eye twitched and I, tilted my head at the exchange.

Sure, he was loud, and egotistical, and definitely had no idea who or what he was dealing with.

But like, he was here. He saw a monster that had killed thousands of people and still showed up. Sure he thought a lot of it was fake, but that just means that he expected a, what, serial bomber or something? And still willingly stepped in a preprepared ring?

He might turn out to be a bit of a coward later, but he was a brave one at least. I'm not even sure I could mark him as a coward for reacting to an absurdly strong monster like any normal person would.

So, I put on a childish face and stepped forward, "hey mister, are you gonna fight? You must be pretty strong."

His face did a 180 noticing me. He knelt down on one knee, despite still being up on the stage, and gave a confident grin, "well of course I am! I'm the World Champ! Asivealreadystated. You don't have to worry about this freak anymore! I'm gonna be taking care of him for good!" He declared.

I hummed, "hey why don't you let some of us fight first? That way you can see what Cell can do."

The man was undeterred, "why don't you worry about that! A true Martial Arts Champion can face any situation he comes across!" He laughed boastfully standing back up.

Well, I tried.

Cell declared it was time to start and Mr. Satan in no uncertain terms decided that it was his place on the stage.

"If he wants to fight, let him. Worst case scenario we bring him back with the Dragon Balls like everyone else Cell's already killed," Krillin shrugged.

I sighed. I suppose it doesn't really matter. I already know he's supposed to be fine, and if not, Krillin is right I guess.

Oh well. Try again later I guess.

Fake announcer dude narrated as Mr. Satan took off his cape and help up his championship belt.

I sighed at the fanfare. I get that he's used to a different crowd, but c'mon man. Read the room. Or ring. Whatever.

I kinda just tuned out the fake announcer guy.

Mr. Satan pulled out a capsule and out came a travel bag. Wait, the capsule is meant to hold stuff, so why have the only thing in it be- oh never mind.

He opened the bag and started pulling out tiles and stacking them. When he was done the bag was completely empty.

Was, it just more fanfare?

The bag that is. The tiles obviously were.

Pulling out all his focus he went and chopped through all but the last of the fifteen tiles he'd pulled out. And totally definitely was not in pain not rubbing his hand at all.

Cell was being impressively patient as Mr. Satan declared that he was going to do the same to him as he did to the tiles.

Welp. Fake announcer guy is confident at least.

Mr. Satan finally decided to start the fight. His attacks were essentially that of a fly to Cell. And he was seated away just as easy.

Mr. Satan was sent flying and hit the side of a small mountain.

Both the mountain and Mr. Satan seemed in tact however so obviously Cell was holding back.

I quickly flew over to double-check. I could feel his energy still, but I wanted to make sure he wasn't injured at least.

But, considering how much he was writhing and clutching his face, I'm sure he was fine.

Still, "you ok?" I asked.

I could see the steps that he took in noticing me, then considering the position he was in, then immediately straightening up pretending to be fine.

He boasted about being fine but still didn't stand up.

I waited until he was done.

"You lost," I said.

"Nonsense! I just need a minute and I'll be right back in the ring! Obviously that Cell set up some trick in advance so it was not a fair ring out!"

I sighed. And then frowned as I took a closer look at the man.

Since he was still sitting I didn't have to float up to check through his hair, my hand coming up with blood on it.

Mr. Satan went from confused to immediately scared over it.

I mean, I knew based on canon he was supposed to be fine, but like, head injuries could be dangerous and I've had the luck of magical healing up til now, but he didn't.

I took off my backpack and took out the leftover Senzu Bean I still hand from the Cooler thing.

I'd started with three, but ended up giving one to the old man that Mercenary Tao hurt. He was hurt pretty bad and if he was gonna deal with that fallout, that was the least I could do.

Which now left me with two.

I shrugged.

I only really needed one after all.

"Here," I held out the spare bean, "eat it, it'll make you feel better."

The man looked between me and the bean for a second, pausing to realize the situation, before breaking out in a smile, "Oh right! Of course it will!"

He was obviously just "humoring a kid," as he took the bean. I was afraid he wasn't really going to eat it for a second before he popped it in his mouth without an issue.

And then immediately stood back up in shock as his injuries faded away.

"What in the hel…ck…?" He still managed to sensor himself, barely.

"Great!" I quickly flew back to the group, leaving Mr. Satan to wander back to the fake announcer guy and the cameraman confused.

I placed the last Senzu Bean in my pocket.

By the time I got back, Goku was already in the ring and the real fight was about to begin.

I sat off to the side close to Piccolo as I idly observed it. It was a great fight. Objectively speaking. There was no doubt in my mind that Goku was the best fighter here. It's just in physical strength that causes the issue. Also regeneration. Cell being able to regenerate is also an issue.

I could have practically heard Mr. Satan calling it a trick from here.

When the fight went upwards and faded into blurs I paid less attention. Well enough that I could keep track of their energies, but I wasn't keeping an active eye on it, just glancing up in the general direction.

About mid-way through the fight Cell decided to destroy the ring. Which was nice, but I could have worked within it in the worst case.

Still, as he was charging it up, I'd rushed over to grab Mr. Satan, since there was no way he'd have gotten out of the radius in time. Glancing to my side I saw that 16 had done the same with the fake announcer guy and the cameraman.

And sure enough, after the shock of almost dying wore off, Mr. Satan was calling it a trick.

I acknowledge that as the reasonable assumption.

I also acknowledge that nothing about this situation is reasonable and that that should not be the baseline here.

I did not correct him.

He wouldn't have believed me and it was t worth the effort.

Also, the camera was still an issue.

But now that the ring was gone it was a different fight. Most of it now was blurred and in the air rather than that being the outlier.

And, I wasn't particularly worried when Goku started charging up a full-powered Kamehameha. He could be reckless sometimes but he'd never destroy the earth.

And sure enough, just as he was about to fire, he Instant Transmissioned his way down so that he was below Cell instead of above him.

I was kinda surprised by the result however. I honestly had to assume that Goku knew that Cell was going to regenerate because blasting away the entire top half of someone's body was just, kinda out of character for him.

There was just enough hesitation that for a moment I thought that that might have been it and I wouldn't even get to show off the-

But then sure enough Cell regenerated all the same, and came out of it no worse for wear.

The fight briefly began again. But it was obviously a very different fight. By this point, it was in Cell's favor.

I could feel Goku's power draining and by the point that they parted again, Goku was out of breath and exhausted, and Cell was just as cocky as he was before.

Cell even offered to let him eat a Senzu Bean.

Goku paused. He turned to look at me. Whatever he was looking for he must have found because he let his energy fall back to the standard Super Sayain level.

"You win Cell. I give up."

Any shock from everyone besides me and Piccolo, including Cell, went ignored as Goku walked back off to the side.

"Turn off the camera please."

All three of the civilians turned to me, and I ducked in time to not be caught by the camera.

Odds were it saw me earlier, but no need for it to get a detailed view.

"E-excuse me?" The fake announcer guy asked.

"I am a minor who does not want to be filmed. Turn off the camera please."

"Th-this is a worldwide broadcast! On the fate of the world! We can't just turn off the camera when Mr. Satan still has to-"

Fake announcer guy was cut off by 16 pulling the camera out of the cameraman's hands.

He flipped it around until he found the off button and nodded to me.

"Great!" I turned towards the ring, before immediately turning back, "oh! I officially give you full permission to take the credit if I win, on the condition that you do not insult me or my friends further, thanks!"

I turned back, but something obviously sparked into Mr. Satan, "Now hold on just a second!"

I stopped as he had grabbed my wrist.

"You must be out of your mind if you think I'm gonna let a kid walk right in front of me and try and fight that- that monster!"

I glanced down at the hand around my wrist, before a fond smile spread across my lips. I quickly covered it with a more confident one.

"Thanks for the concern, but don't misunderstand. This isn't going to be a fight," I ripped my hand clean from his, "it's an execution."

With that declaration, I walked over to where the ring used to be.

Cell was not at all amused by this.

"Is this a joke? In case you're unaware, I killed you once already. Now go back to your little friends and send your father back out."

My lips twitched at the mention of -her- but still, not even that could diminish my mood.

If anyone overheard that I guess I'll just say he must have killed Future Gohan in that timeline or something.

"You killed a version of me. I'm a fair bit different."

"Oh sure," Cell had sarcasm in his voice, "you are stronger than that one. If I were in my first form I'm positive you'd be able to beat me. Hell, maybe even the second. But you clearly are underestimating my perfection."

"Oh no, of course not. Not as I am at least. But that is where the issue is. See, I'm gonna need a little bit of time to transform, and I'm gonna need you to not interrupt me so-"

"I think you've wasted enough of my time. Go. Get. Your father."

"You didn't let me finish. I'm sure you're at least a little tired from your fight with dad, so! In exchange for giving me the time to transform," I pulled out the last Senzu Bean, "you can have this."

I tossed it over. I did not look to the side to see the group's reactions.

Cell squinted as he examined the bean. Glancing back at me and the bean, until finally, his chin tilted up, "very well then. You've intrigued me. Go ahead and do your transformation. And once this fight is done I expect your father back in the ring."

"Sure, I'll even tell you how to win. You just gotta stall me out for ten minutes." A grin grew on my lips.

"Oh please, just get this over with before I change my mind."

Even as he was talking I was taking a few steps back, shaking my hands out, and taking a few breaths to calm whatever nerves possible.

I could pull off the transformation in my sleep by now, well, ok obviously not, but figure of speech, but didn't need to test fate here.

I waited until I saw Cell eat and swallow the Senzu Bean.

And then I formed the fake moon in my hand tossing it up into the sky.

I boosted up my energy until my tail turned just as gold as my hair and looked up.

Immediately I felt the power rush through my veins, burning just under my skin. I relished in the near feral power, before reeling it back in. Forcing it under succinct control.

Power, and Control. That's what this form was.

I felt myself getting bigger, and felt fur grow over my arms and my hair fade back into dark, loose strands. The remains of the braid fell loosely down my back as the rest flowed in an organized mess of a mane around my head.

By the end of it, I still fell slightly below Cell's eye level.

Intrigued pink eyes stared into burning crimson ones.

And as I stretched out the new limbs, I had only one thing to say;

"And, I win."

*Insert Elmo fire gif here*

Ok ok ok ok.

I cheated.

I so completely cheated.

This has been the plan for a long time but it's still definitely 112% cheating.

So, we're gonna set up some strict rules as to how this is gonna work.

And I don't wanna hear "that's not how it worked in-"

I don't care. This is how it's gonna work. This is how it's gonna work so that it isn't completely stupid.

1) the power ball has to be up and in the sky. It has to specifically be SIGohan's modified power ball. There is still no moon on the planet and I will not be restoring it.

2) The power ball has to remain in the sky. Once it fades or if it's somehow interfered with its done. That being said, it's not just gonna be like deflecting some energy blast either. Getting rid of it as an outside source ain't gonna be easy.

3) There is a strict time limit. There will always be a strict time limit. It will get longer as SIGohan ages, and eventually it may get to the point where the time limit isn't an issue but it will still exist.

4) It's a one and done deal. Once it fades, SIGohan is out. No more fighting whatsoever. With a Senzu Bean she can rejoin, but without it it's done.

Also since SS4 Goku has yellow eyes and SS4 Vegeta has blue I decided to round out the primaries and give SIGohan red. This was decided before Super Super Hero came out, but I felt vindicated in doing so by the movie.

Also also.

You can pry my charitable characterization of Mr Satan out of my cold dead hands.

Him being good with kids is canon btw. As proven by in the kid tournament and he immediately went to comfort a kid who was crying after losing.

Sure you could say it was for the publicity or whatever but fight me