A Wonderful Life

By: SomeRandomPerson648

Chapter 6: Mysterious Warriors

A/N: Hey Guys! So I may or may not have had to create an entirely new mechanic based on an old one I swear I've made a good explanation attached to it, and I swear it could've been avoided had I known the specifics on Goku going back to Earth. Anyway, enjoy!


"Alright everyone! Welcome to the 24th World Martial Arts Tournament! Today we have new participants for this year. But before we show the meat of the tournament, first goes the junior devision! The winner gets to fight the reigning champion, HURCULE SATAN!!" The blonde announcer spoke into the microphone with enthusiasm as the crowd chanted the name of Mr. Satan in glee

Cell had only followed events as they came with boredom. The preliminaries were very dull since he fought only smug warriors whom had made 'names' for themselves. The ones to make it through the preliminaries were Gohan, Vegeta, Future Trunks, Videl, Piccolo, 17, 18, Krillin, himself and six other warriors that Cell didn't bother to get the names of. One was fat and dark skinned, two were buff and had ominous 'M's on their foreheads, another was dark skinned and had white ribbons wrapped around his fists. And the last two had matching attire, but one was short and purple and the other was tall and red with strange styled clothing

The last two were suspicious, Cell could easily sense the pure intentions of the two. They looked otherworldly, they didn't appear to be human or furry and stuck out like sore thumbs. If that were true then they most likely came to recruit the Dragon Team on an adventure to save the universe! Or so Cell believes as he's heard and remembered thanks to the information of the past lives of every member of the dragon team, and then some, provided by Gero and Co.

It was disturbing for Cell to have the memories of people whom performed such warped heroics. Goku had only attracted the attention of an empire and a sadistic scientist from a lost legion that was brutally put down by said 'hero' to Earth. The problems that were created by his careless nature grew into yet another major event that only looked to destroy the existence of the Earth. Everyone who encountered the infamous warrior was forgiven for every act of evil and all is forgotten

It was disgusting to see such evil be forgiven and forgotten as easily as they were. Yet there they stand, as ordinary civilians of Earth, even Vegeta who leveled a city on his first arrival. Kami knows how many other planets he's destroyed before

"Theses two with Ms on their foreheads are staring at Gohan, they're probably here to do something malicious, and no one seems to notice their dark ki." Cell observed to himself. "The wider one has a match with Gohan, wonder how that match will pan out." He thought as two skinny kids walked onto the main stage and soon began to weakly throw fists at each other

In less than a minute the less scrawny one landed a hit on the smaller one, knocking the opponent out. The crowd cheered as the winner lifted his fists that were covered in white ribbons

"I'd rather sleep than pay attention to such pathetic fighting. The only ones who will come out on top are the two brats." Cell thought as he crossed his arms and legs, and began to float on the air in a medative stance

"Soon this tournament will be over and all will turn back to this sick normality that I live. Everyone will pity me, I will continue to be the butt of the joke, and all will be as happy as ever... If only I had the power to change all of that, to be released from this prison and set everything upside it's head...one day that will come...one day..." Cell thought as he meditated


In the sacred planes of the Kais there was a mortal, training by himself. This man was so powerful that he had not only defeated two universal threats but he also received special training from the Supreme Kai. This man? Son Goku of planet Earth

Goku launched yet another assault on the large grey block that the Supreme Kai had left him. It was apparently the toughest metal in the whole universe! Katchan, was it? Either way it was only partly scratched and dented in a few areas, it was tough after all, but Goku wasn't using his other form that he had mastered in his time here on the land of the Kais...

"Goku!" King Kai yelled to get the attention of his former student

The Supreme Kai had finally figured out Babadi's plan. Seeing the stakes at hand, he began to train the famous Son Goku a few Earth days ago, but no real progress was made so far. Just a few hours ago he and his assistant had left for Earth to personally close one end of his search. But to continue his training, the Supreme Kai left Goku to his own devices

"Oh hey King Kai! What's up?" Goku said as he walked the lush green grass to talk to his former master

"Supreme Kai and Kibito finally made it to the Tournament on Earth." King Kai said

"Oh, so who made it there?" Goku asked

"Vegeta, both Trunkses, Androids 17 and 18, Krillin, your sons Goten and Gohan, Chi-Chi, Bulma...and Cell." King Kai informed Goku, with a serious tone as he mentioned the unstable Cell

"I see...who's Cell matched with?" Goku asked seriously.

Goku and King Kai have both witnessed the horrors that Vegeta and the two Androids have done to him. It was sickening to watch them, something that he could only imagine Frieza or the other Cell do. But them? It wasn't believed

Vegeta's demeanor had become one of a normal person recently, and the Androids simply have no clue that they are in the wrong, but that still doesn't help remove the atrocities that they have committed towards Cell. Cell also has an evily calm personality that could easily convince anyone that he'd commit mass genocide, and he probably would have if he had the ability to...

It was disturbing reading his mind from Otherworld using King Kai's telepathy. Cell could blow up the planet if he ever had the chance to, but he probably wouldn't if it meant destroying any possible assets along the way. He was a cold deranged sociopath with the ability to destroy worlds, and has a bounty on all who have wronged him. And with his current power, if he ever had the upper hand against 17 and 18, then it would doom the planet...

And yet as much as Cell reminded the two of his counterpart, both King Kai and Goku couldn't help but feel as though he was forced into his state. If he'd been treated right, if he was talked to a little more, would he've become an entirely different person?

"He has a match with Krillin, and it's the first match of the first round. His next match would be against Vegeta after his match with the the warrior named Yamu." King Kai answered, Goku sighed a breath of relief as he calmed down

"Good, if he were to be matched with one of the Androids then things could be bad..I'm afraid that Cell has the same potential as Gohan, maybe even more...he could easily beat one of the two if he ever gets mad enough."

"I can feel it too, but I don't think that the ghost is clear, the other mysterious warrior named Spopovich has a match with Gohan. Something about him and Yamu doesn't sit right with me..." King Kai mentioned

"You think that the threat already arrived on Earth?" Goku asked worriedly

"It's possible..." King Kai said as he folded his hands behind his back and began to walk away

"I hope that the gang can deal with it before Babidi collects enough energy as Supreme Kai mentioned." Goku worried as he sat down to try and sense the energy on earth. The only malice he could sense were from the henchmen and...Cell

"We can only hope. And if it comes to it, I could always give you a way to go to Earth when things get south." King Kai explained, to which Goku was confused

"Wait...you can what?"

"It's not often that we Kais let a dead person go back to the living realm. But if they were to do so, we Kais would have to donate some of our divine ki in order to keep your soul and body stable. But it takes a heavy toll on our bodies, we haven't had a good enough reason to until now."

"Wow, I didn't know that. But wait, what happens if I die again? Would I...get sent back here?" Goku asked

"Not really. When you go to the living realm supported by divine ki then your physical body is powered by the ki we give you. So when you fight you instead expend the ki that supports your body, and when that happens you're transported back to Otherworld. Otherwise, if you go back to the living plane on your own you run the risk of erasing your soul for good, even the Dragonballs can't save you there."

"Ah, I definitely didn't know we could get erased."

"It's much more complicated than it looks Goku, which is why you should never break the rules of traveling to the living, because everything between the living and the dead is very fragile." King Kai finalized before turning away. "But I will alert you if anything goes wrong on Earth. For the meantime continue your training until we need you." King Kai said as he sat beside the tree in the distance

"Will do." Goku said as he continued to attack the grey block, ready for whatever may come next


Piccolo hadn't really been paying attention to the matches as he meditated. Cell had begun to do the same an hour ago. The only thing he paid attention to was the match of Trunks and Goten. It was fierce, and both kids had already obtained the Super Saiyan form, to the surprise of everyone. But ultimately, Trunks lost to Goten by a ring out. It was strange given that they weren't ever taught proper ki control

Later Goten punched Hurcule through a brick wall in his match with the champion, which made him forfeit the match. Mighty Mask also disappeared before the real matches began, and hasn't been seen since

"The last thing we heard from those boys was that they wanted to explore the stands a little more, just as Mighty Mask disappeared. *Chuckle* you think they probably did something to him?" Piccolo thought to himself as he mediated in place

"Probably. Those two are always full of energy, and they're always playing tricks on people. They could grow into fine warriors one day." The inner voice of Nail replied to the question

"For our next match, the warrior Krillin versus, Trombón!!" The announcer yelled as just then Cell and Krillin walked towards the stage. Krillin looked fairly worried, while Cell was as calm and calculating as ever

"You think he'll try something?" The voice of Nail asked as another voice chuckled a little

"That poor soul, he knows full and well that he cannot harm the monk. If he does not only will he be disqualified, but the rest of the team will destroy him." The voice of Kami said reasonably as the other two agreed

When the two made it to the stage, Krillin readied his defensive stance while Cell stood completely still."Geez, there's no way I'm gonna win this one! Might as well try." Krillin thought as 18 watched from the warrior's box

"If Cell tries anything there'll be hell." 18 said as she watched intently, along with the Saiyan and Half-Saiyans next to her

"Combatants, on your marks, get set, fight!!!" The announcer said as the two warriors were still for a few seconds

After the wait, however, Cell slowly raised his right hand, seeing as how Krillin was sticking to his defensive stance. To the surprise of the crowd, he began to launch a viscous barrage of yellow energy attacks while walking forwards

Krillin struggled to block the blasts fully as they exploded, while creating a large cloud of dust that only grew in size. After a few seconds of this, the blasts stopped, leaving Krillin to be exposed as all the dust obscured his vision. However just then, Cell dashed behind Krillin and used his tail to choke him from behind, leaving Krillin gasping for air

The dust cloud was too big, leaving Cell to freely do as he please. He lifted Krillin from the ground as the monk gagged in his attempt to breathe, but every breathe that he managed only took in dust

Cell lifted Krillin's ear up to his mouth as he whispered

"You are the one who let me suffer in this world...you will pay for that!" Cell whispered in a bone chilling tone as Krillin could feel his skin crawl

Cell then violently punched Krillin's chest, causing his vision to flicker before Cell threw Krillin with such force that the dust cloud was blown away slightly. Krillin recovered in time to prevent himself from being thrown off of the ring. He caressed his chest as he looked at Cell, who was covered by the dust cloud still

"Suffer?! He isn't planning on killing me is he?!" Krillin panicked as his chest burned in pain, the gap in power was huge, causing a single hit from Cell to hurt like hell itself

Cell dashed after Krillin, with his right hand held back as Krillin threw a punch with his right arm just as Cell arrived. However Cell effortlessly dodged and was left on Krillin's exposed right side. He grabbed Krillin's right arm with his left as he shifted from Krillin's back to his left side as he turned, with the arm still at hand and the two now back to back

The tricky yet crafty motion strained Krillin's arm, but just then Cell used the strain quickly toss Krillin from his feet and violently slam him face first onto the ground behind him

Cell then grabbed both the same arm and his face to ruthlessly drag him through the arena ground for a few seconds before then letting go, and kicking his head. The force of the kick nearly knocked Krillin out cold as it launched him from one end of the arena to the opposite end. He did recover, and he floated over the air as his face was scratched and bloodied, and he breathed a little heavily

"If I don't do anything quick then I'm done for!!" Krillin thought as he landed on the ground. Just then he finally decided on a strategy as he cupped his hands to his sides, a yellow ball formed inside his hands as it slowly grew

"Kamehameha!!" He yelled as he then created a yellow beam towards Cell, who was still unmoving

Just before the beam landed, it curved upwards and exploded many feet in the sky, creating many small yellow balls of ki

"Scatter!" He yelled as he launched the balls of ki towards Cell

Just before they all landed however, something caused Krillin to stop. Cell simply outstretched his right hand over his head, and used his telekinesis to overpower Krillin's control over the balls, causing them to stop mid air. He then brought his hand down towards Krillin as every ball of ki shot after him with expert accuracy

Krillin dodged most of the attacks, however the last few slammed onto his face, causing him to be launched backwards. Cell immediately used his max speed to get behind Krillin and slam his elbow onto his back, causing the man to be suspended in the air. He brought both hands over his head and slammed them onto Krillin's back, causing him to be launched towards the floor face first, and barely conscious

Cell simply floated down and used his tail to wrap around Krillin's broken wrist, and then lifted him up as his whole body hung tiredly to face Cell, who stared at Krillin as he stared back. He was helpless, and never before was he beat so violently to the ground that he was entirely limp

Everyone was in suspense as they saw the brutal and murderous intent behind those actions, the referee was even about to call off the match at a few points. The suspense hung in the air for five full seconds before Cell finally punched Krillin's face, knocking him out. He then threw the limp body out to the ring as he walked away, feeling the immense amount of tension from the crowd around him

The crowd was stunned for a second, and the fighters in the warrior's box gave Cell dirty looks as he passed them. He didn't care though, in his heart he felt a little relieved that he could give Krillin a fraction of what he's felt

"Eh-um...Krillin is knocked out cold! Trombón is the winner! Next match is Shin versus Trunks Briefs Sr.!" The announcer yelled as Shin and Adult Trunks began to walk towards the arena, while the paramedics took Krillin towards the nursing area of the establishment

The Z team was both confused and angered by Cell's actions. This far he never acted too out of line, but out of nowhere he bloodies Krillin? Everyone seemed outwardly horrified and angered by his behavior. Was he evil? What were they going to do with this information? Do they have to kill him now? Would they kill him?

These questions flooded the minds of everyone in the team, but for the moment they tried to distract themselves with the new fight, only later would they acknowledge what went down. After all there was still good in Cell...wasn't there?

"I'll beat him senseless for that! How dare he act out of line in public! Did he forget that I'm still here!" Vegeta thought angrily

"He'll pay for that! I can't wait to teach him a lesson for hurting my husband!" 18 thought angrily as well, 17 mirroring her thoughts as well

The warrior Shin wore clothes styled like a martial artist master. He wore a light green suit with red outlines along the edges of the suit. He had mint green sleeves with large shoulder bags as well as green pants. He had a short orange robe wrapped around his waist, and he wore red boots. Finally, he had white hair that was styled like a mowhawk, and he wore two yellow earrings shaped like orbs

He dressed the same way as the warrior Kibito does, only that Kibito's suit was red with yellow outlines and with an exposed chest that had a navy blue undershirt and sleeves, plus the suit had shoulder pads. His orange robe that was wrapped around his waist was long and faced forewords. He had red skin, yellow boots and navy blue pants and his hair was also white, but long and it flowed behind his back. He also wore the same earrings as Shin, only that they were green

They looked like a strange pair, Kibito looked old and wise, while Shin looked young yet knowledgeable

As the Adult Trunks and Shin positioned themselves in the arena, Shin had a smirk over his face that creeped out Trunks a little

"He looks pretty confident, that or he knows something I don't." Trunks thought wearily as he prepared his offensive stance, however, he refrained from using his Super Saiyan form

"Combatants, on your marks, get set, fight!!" The announcer yelled, but neither Trunks nor Shin budged, and this wasn't the usual dramatic wait

"Why can't I move?! I need to do something..." Trunks thought as for some reason, he was unable to move his body as he could feel a force hold him tight. It took him a second before he finally dropped his fighting stance, for some reason he was allowed to do that

"This guy must have some weird power...then let's see what he does to this!" Trunks yelled as he suddenly shot several yellow balls of ki that surrounded Shin, to his surprise

"Didn't see that?" Trunks yelled as he launched the energy balls towards Shin, he wasn't so stupid as to put all of his power into the attacks instead put just a very tiny portion of energy into them. However the balls stopped just before they could land, and then dissolved as a great wind came from Shin

"So he's stronger than I realize, let's see about that." Trunks thought as he quickly flew upwards. And yet during his flight, the same force held tight onto him, it was powerful, yet Trunks decided he had enough

"Hah!!" He yelled as he quickly powered up to his Super Saiyan grade 2 form, to everyone's surprise

He then dashed straight towards Shin, but the warrior seemed to teleport out of sight, which caused Trunks to stop. "What the-" He thought before he felt a large gust of ki powered wind so strong that it knocked him out of the air for a couple of seconds. He then recovered and turned to see Shin in the air as well, floating far above him

"How did he get there?" Trunks asked himself aloud as the purple warrior then teleported himself above Trunks

"Lets test your strength." Shin said as he then outstretched his hand. Just in front of his hand, a large red arm weight appeared out of thin air and fell from the sky

The future warrior was dumbfounded for a second before he was forced to outstretch his arms to hold the weight in the air. However, Trunks underestimated the weight and was promptly dropped from the air as he crashed onto the tournament arena, with the weight over him

"This...thing...it's too heavy!" Trunks yelled as he was unable to use the power of his form to lift the red weight, the announcer even began the count down

He struggled for a few seconds before finally going Super Saiyan 2, and easily lifting the weight over him as he got up

"Who are you?" Trunks asked with a hint of confusion. He must be someone special if he could make something so heavy through thin air

The purple warrior's grin grew a little more before he bowed, to everyone's surprise. "I forfeit the match." He said simply as the announcer was surprised

"What-oh...I-It seems that Shin has dropped out of the match, leaving Trunks Briefs Sr. to be the victor!" The announcer yelled as the two warriors stepped out of the stage and onto the warrior's box

However, Shin decided to leave the warriors box as well, followed by a curious Future Trunks and Kibito

"Up next, the warrior Spopovich versus the Golden Warrior!!" The announcer yelled as Spopovich simply walked towards the arena

Gohan was still a little dumbfounded by Trunks' fight, but he snapped out of it as he went towards the arena as well. As he did so everyone in the crowd cheered him on, although a few were confused by Trunks' earlier transformations. Were there more than one Golden Warrior?

Far in the background, however, the warrior Yamu stood at the side of the temple with a hidden device at hand. It was oval, with a sharp point on one end and a handle at the side. The two on stage warriors faced off as Spopovich stanced himself in a pose quite akin to a sumo pose. Meanwhile Gohan held a defensive stance

"Combatants, on your marks, get set, fight!!" The announcer yelled as Spopovich immediately dashed after Gohan, whom stood still

Once Spopovich got close enough he punched Gohan's defense with a surprising amount of force that it hurt Gohan and caused him to stumble a little. Spopovich stomped forward as he then attempted to kick Gohan, however ,Gohan easily dodged out of the way

"This guy isn't messing around." Gohan thought as he flew in circles around Spopovich, who looked very irritated by the motion

In the background, 18 decided to take her mind off of Krillin. She was going to beat some sense into Cell for hurting her husband like that much later. 17 was on the same board, no one hurts his brother-in-law like that! Or maybe he just wanted an excuse to beat up Cell

"So Videl...dom or sub?" 18 said suddenly as 17 snickered childishly in the background. Vegeta and Piccolo didn't know what that meant, but a few other people did

"Wait what? What are you asking me for?!" Videl questioned suddenly as she blushed a tiny bit

"Oh just asking, cause you're pretty close with Gohan." She said as Videl blushed more

"I-I'm not!!" She denied as 18 smirked

"Are too." 17 commented in a kiddish manner

"It's very obvious." Vegeta commented as well. Piccolo nodded along

"Well I'm not! I just like training with him! That's it!!" Videl yelled as 18 smirked and shrugged

"Suit yourself." She said, Videl's face getting more and more flushed

"So that settles it, she does like him." 18 thought to herself as just then Krillin walked into the temple, with his vest and shirt all ripped

"Krillin, what took you so long?" 18 asked as Krillin looked a little tired

"The nurse wanted to make sure that all my wounds were healed." He said as he gave Cell the side eye

"You are the one who let me live in this world...you will suffer for that!" Krillin remembered Cell's words, and they only made Krillin wonder just what it is that is going on. Does it have to do with 18?

The battle continued on stage and after a while Spopovich seemed very tired of the constant flying around as he began to try and swat Gohan out of the air, with no effect. A few seconds later Gohan dashed downwards and kicked Spopovich away, causing him to fall on his back. He immediately jumped back up to dash after Gohan once more, only for the Golden Warrior to move out of the way

Spopovich seemed very tired of the dodging, however that didn't stop him from dashing after Gohan again. This small game continued for a full minute before Gohan decided to fly upwards instead of to the side. However Spopovich actually managed to grab Gohan's foot, causing him to stop

"I've got you now!" Spopovich yelled as he then slammed Gohan's body onto the floor, before doing the same a few times afterwards

Gohan had decided that he had enough, as he transformed into his Super Saiyan 2 form, and used its raw power to loosen his foot from Spopovich's grip. He recovered as he stood a ways in front of the hulking man, with a small smirk. The battle was going to be over very soon

However, something happened that no one person could have expected

The warrior Yamu dashed into the scene with the strange device in his left hand. He managed to get behind Gohan and wrap his right arm around his neck as he stabbed the device into Gohan's side, causing immense pain to surge through him. Before he could do anything, Spopvich ran forward and grabbed Gohan's arms, holding him in place

Everyone in the crowd was surprised by this notion, but were unable to do anything for their hero as he yelled to the sky

Videl quickly ran after him and tried to punch Spopovich's head, however the warrior let go of Gohan's arm to smack Videl away. She was launched many feet back before she finally stood still as she rubbed her cheek a little, it really hurt more than she expected

"Trying to play hero eh? Then let's see you go down like one!!" Spopovich yelled as he let go of Gohan's other arm, causing it to fall limp as he soon lost the lightning around his body

Videl dashed after him once more as she kicked the side of Spopovich's head with her right leg, only for it to do almost nothing. She followed up by dashing backwards and preparing two large violet purple balls of ki in her hands. She used all of her power within as she charged the attacks, wanting to put out the fight at the start

"You won't walk away from this!! Eagle Blast!!!" She yelled as the two balls of ki were launched towards Spopovich. But to her surprise, Spopovich easily grabbed the balls of ki with both hands, and snuffed them out

"You...you can't be serious..." She exclaimed in disbelief. Not only had it taken months to learn that technique, this man was able to crush it out of existence

To her further surprise, the warrior then launched a yellow ki blast that knocked Videl back a few feet, and out of her train of thought

"I ain't gonna let you off like that. You can just say goodbye to your little boyfriend." Spopovich taunted as Videl angrily charged at him with a flurry of fists, only for none of them to do a thing. Seconds of this same action passed before Spopovich then grabbed both of her hands as she threw her punches

Having her locked in place Spopovich bashed his head onto her's, causing her to stumble backwards as the man let go of her hands. Her vision flickered and she felt very light headed

The large man, however, only had a small scuff on his forehead as he walked forward and punched Videl with his right hand, twisting her in place and causing her to fall face first to her left

He walked forward and before Videl could get back up, he stomped onto her back, before repeating the same action several times

"GAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!" Videl screamed as she felt all of her backbones crush under the weight. Her consciousness started to fade as she felt all her force give out in pain

As she yelled Shin, Kibito and Future Trunks walked back into the warrior's box

Spopovich laughed maniacally as he stopped his assault, only to grab her head. He then bash her head a few times and lifted her into the air. He began to punch Videl's stomach several times, causing her to be knocked out after a few punches. Gohan soon lost his Super Saiyan form, leaving him in his base form. His identity was now exposed to everyone, including his friends in the crowd

"Kami, reminds me of what Vegeta would do to me in the peak of his anger. Only, less painful and looks cruder." Cell thought as he saw everyone's shocked faces. It was nothing near what Vegeta and the Androids would do to him, so it puzzled Cell how everyone was so shocked

Everyone in the crowd was shocked by the events, especially Erasa and Sharper within the crowd. Only Cell wasn't shocked, more intrigued by what was happening. And it looks like neither are Shin or Kibito

"We should help before he gets himself killed out there." Krillin said as he prepped himself to blast towards the scene followed by Vegeta, only to be stopped by Future Trunks

"We have a plan, we can't interrupt them taking his energy." Shin said, which surprised everyone

"And why should we do that!" Vegeta exclaimed. It was bad enough that Gohan was getting his energy absorbed, but his girlfriend was also getting brutalized in front of them

"Because he's the Supreme Kai, and he has a purpose for those two." Kibito said, although that didn't really mean too much to them

"We can recover using the Senzu Pills so please...just wait until it's over." Future Trunks said through gritted teeth. Even though he was the least trusting of the group, he seemed to have hope for these two strangers. But that didn't make everyone any more bearable to watch

"So that was where I recognized him from, those ancient drawings don't look very accurate now that I think of it. Still, that makes today far more interesting." Cell thought to himself, he still retained his meditation pose as he observed the events while recounting a few memories of Frieza

Seconds soon felt like hours as everyone waited in suspense while Yamu drained the energy of the Golden Warrior. Suddenly the device shinned brightly, indicating that it was overflowing with energy. Yamu let go of Gohan as he fell limp onto the floor

"We got what we came for, and plenty more!"

"That was easier than what I thought it would be, thanks for the donation, Golden Warrior!" Spopovich mocked as he threw Videl's body away like trash. Both warriors flew away while Kibito flew towards the fallen pair. Bulma and Chi-Chi had left the benches from the crowd and headed for the temple that housed the warriors along with Marron

The paramedics came by and held Videl up. They force fed her a Senzu pill to help her recover, for this year's tournament they decided to sponsor Capsule Corp's new Senzu Pills for the fighters in case they get brutalized too badly. Case in point, a fighter with multiple broken bones

Kibito held his hand over Gohan's back as the man beside him was dumbstruck by the action. He focused his will and he transfused enough of his divine energy for Gohan to sustain himself. In a matter of seconds the two woke up from their deep sleep, having their wounds healed and their energy brought back

"Kami, that. Really hurt." Videl complained as she stood back up. In all honesty, she felt great! She hasn't felt this good in a long time

"What, happened." Gohan said as he too got back to his feet, feeling newer and revitalized

"Spopovich and Yamu stole your life energy. Now, come with me, we have much to discuss." Kibito replied as he turned his back to walk towards the temple that held the other fighters. Gohan soon followed the man while Videl stayed still

Videl was very taken aback by what had just happened. The big bastard can control Ki! Not only that, his kicking easily shattered her back like a twig, and a few of his punches was all it took to knock her out...it was as if all of her life's training was for naught. She felt shell shocked by the realization of just how powerless she was, which was something she somewhat understood when training with Gohan but this sealed the deal for her

Videl shook the thought out of her head as she followed Gohan towards the temple, it looked like whatever went down was important enough to involve Gohan and his friends, surely they can handle it

"So, what's this plan of yours." Vegeta asked Shin as he watched the three walk into the temple

"Now that Babadi's minions have enough distance, we shall follow them back to their lair. And we need your help." Shin said as he began to float

"Hold it, you still have to answer our questions." 18 demanded

"Yeah, who are you, and what's a 'Supreme Kai'" 17 asked

"If you want answers, then you shall assist us in destroying the threat to the universe." Kibito replied seriously, which got everyone a little quiet

"Then I'll help." Said Gohan

"I'll go too." Said Krillin

"Fine, I'll assist as well." Vegeta said reluctantly

"Thank you. If anyone else wants come along, then follow me." Shin said as he and Kibito flew towards the direction the warriors flew off into. Vegeta, Future Trunks and Piccolo followed immediately

"I'll help too Gohan." Videl said

"Sorry Videl, but it might be dangerous, there could be warriors more powerful than Spopovich and Yamu, and I don't want to see you hurt like that again." Gohan said as Videl felt a little hurt by the comment, but couldn't help feel the same sentiment. What could she do?

"Fine." Videl agreed as Gohan left

"Hey, I have to go, do you want to go too?" Krillin asked 18, who shook her head

"No, I still have a prize to claim after all. Just fill me in once you guys get back." She replied changing her mind at the drop of a hat, as she usually does

"You seem confident, what gives?" 17 asked 18 with a competitive smirk as 18 gave one in return

"Oh, well see you soon honey." Krillin said as he began to float away, but he was interrupted by Bulma and Chi-Chi running towards him

"Hold on! What's happening." Chi-Chi said out of breath as she carried Marron over her shoulder

"Oh, most of the gang left with Shin and Kibito to stop whatever is going on with Spopovich and Yamu." Krillin replied

"Daddy, are you and Ms. Videl okay?" Marron worried after witnessing the earlier beatdown. She, still being young, didn't exactly know what was going on, just that she saw her dad unconscious and the horrific sight from not too long ago

"We're fine sweetheart, a little bruise won't stop your dad!" Krillin declared, although he more than anyone knew that he got more than just a bruise

"Oh thank Kami. I brought some spare Senzu Pills just in case things got bad." Bulma said as she reached into her purse to give Krillin five green pills

"Oh gee thanks Bulma, these'll be very useful." Krillin thanked as he put the pills in his pocket and flew away

"So, they left already...cool." 17 said aloud as he sat back down with 18. They weren't worried about the rest of the team, if push came to shove then they could fly after them at a moment's notice

Bulma and Chi-Chi, however, didn't share the same sentiment. Both women felt their stomachs drop yet again, seeing that there was yet another problem for the Z team to solve. They worried for the safety of the others as well as the safety of the planet. But the two were able to seamlessly play this off, acting as though the whole planet wasn't at risk again

"Hey Videl, how are you feeling? That whole thing looked painful." Chi-Chi worried as she put a hand on the young woman's shoulder

"It really hurt, and I'm pretty sure that he broke my spine. But it's thanks to the pills that I healed up." Videl said as she felt her back

"I'm glad that they helped." Bulma chuckled

"You should still take it easy, it's not often you walk away from multiple broken bones." 18 suggested

"And I'm pretty sure you were eliminated for interfering with the fight." 17 added, though the others didn't take too kindly to the information

"What? I'm just reminding her." 17 threw his hands up in defeat

"He's right, even if I can still walk I can't fight again. I guess it's for the best, there's no way I could've won with you guys in the matches." Videl sighed in defeat, referring to the Z team as a whole

"At least you caught on quickly." 18 added, 17 nodding along too

"Hey cheer up! You did your best! Um-even if you didn't get to really participate." Bulma encouraged, though even she realized it was hard to keep her spirits up

"Right. Well let's get back to our chairs, we'll make some space for you too Videl." Chi-Chi stated as the three women and the toddler left

"By mommy! By uncle 17!" Marron yelled after the two as they smiled in response and waved back at her, but something was still on their minds

"Daddy, are you and Ms. Videl okay?" They thought as they gave deathly stares towards Cell, who was seemly ignoring everything that went down

They didn't forget their anger from earlier, and hopefully they could beat some sense into Cell for his outburst, even outside of the tournament too for good measure. They of all people weren't going to let him slide away so easily

Meanwhile the announcer was left stunned by the events

"Well um...due to the amount of forfeits, the remaining fighters will have a battle royale! The winner gets to fight HURCULE SATAN!!!" The announcer said as everyone in the temple left towards the arena, and the crowd cheered

"Well, time to get humiliated..." Cell thought as he stood and began to walk towards the arena with a confident 17 and 18, who only looked at Cell angrily and with mischief