A Wonderful Life
By: SomeRandomPerson648
Chapter 9: Escalation
A/N: Hey guys! So this chapter is going to reveal a new OC as you can tell, which will play a minor part in the story overall (I swear this won't be a habit). But enough of that, enjoy the chapter
Piccolo struggled to surpass Dabura's power as they fought. The king of Demons was an honorable fighter, surprisingly, he used no cheap tricks or any punches below the belt as they clashed to overpower each other. But Piccolo was nearing his limits, only barely able to match Dabura's power, if only those Saiyans could hurry up!
Krillin was with the Supreme Kai attempting to assist Piccolo without getting in his way, by sending various Ki blasts towards the demon king from afar. The Ex-monk would occasionally distract Dabura by throwing himself into the fray and get pushed away by a stray punch, only to continue shooting blasts of basic Ki attacks
Piccolo was clashing once again with the Demon King when a kick from a blue boot sent Dabura back a few feet. Piccolo turned to see his old rival, Goku, in his Super Saiyan 2 form with the halo atop his head
"Did you deal with Cell?" Piccolo asked, wondering what happened to Gohan and the others as he tried to survey his position. He didn't have time or patience to ask the glaringly obvious question on his mind, surely he'll explain later
"No, he'll be here any minute. Gohan and Trunks are injured and recovering with King Kai and Kibito in OtherWorld...Vegeta didn't make it." Goku explained quickly as Dabura stood in place to look at the two warriors
"Damnit! You take care of Dabura while I try and kill Babidi." Piccolo stated as he dashed towards the barrier around Babidi and Goku dashed towards Dabura. But before they could make it, something slammed against Piccolo's right shoulder, sending him crashing to the ground below with great speed and catching Goku's attention
"I see you've all started without me. Then I'll have to jump right in!" Cell said before dashing downwards, kicking Piccolo's body away and lifting his right hand as he used the air pressure to launch Goku back a few feet, away from Dabura
Cell casually flew towards Babadi as Dabura meet him at his side. "So we finally meet. It's a pleasure to find another Demon like myself." Dabura said as he looked at Cell in approval. He could feel the ill intent just oozing from Cell as he floated downwards, whether from Babidi's magic or his own evil harbored within
"The honor is all mine." Cell put his left hand behind his hip and his right on his heart to respectfully bow towards Dabura. The gesture was also eerily familiar, from none other than the Cell that came before him
"We're too late!" The Supreme Kai yelled as he launched himself towards Babidi, only to receive a lazy kick from Cell, sending him flying towards Goku and Krillin. Both Cell and Dabura smiled at the God's misfortune
"You don't know what you're doing Cell! Babidi is controlling you!" The Supreme Kai said desperately as he looked at Cell, whom ignored him
"Spare me the monologue, I've already had enough from Vegeta and Goku." Cell said as he turned towards the evil Babidi. "So, are you going to unleash your two Majins?" He impatiently tapped his foot as well
"Yes, I will." Babadi replied, placing a hand upon both pods. His eyes glowed red as he said the magic incantation that was used to release the pods
"PAPARAHPA!!" He shouted as both pods began to glow a light blue color. After many suspenseful moments, both pods opened to reveal two pink blobs that only sat there in a very anticlimactic fashion
"...is that it?" Cell asked, fairly disappointed. But, suddenly, the pile of goo on the left started to move, it shifted and twisted as it gathered itself into a large pink mold
The pink mold shaped itself into a short, fat, pink skinned creature that had a small tentacle on it's head, squinted eyes and circle shaped ears. It wore a small vest for its size, as well as large baggy pants that covered it's stomach partially. To top it off it also had thick, bright yellow rubber boots and gloves as well as a small belt buckle with the Majin 'M'
The creature wasn't what one would call 'intimidating,' much less did it look like the being that killed three Gods and destroyed countless civilizations. But what it did have was an immense power that trumped those of Piccolo, Krillin, the Supreme Kai and even Goku, as well as an unreadable soul
As dumb as the creature looked, it was mysterious, powerful, and (by the looks of it) no real motives for either evil or good. Something like this creature could potentially be swayed to either side, unless something happened beforehand
"Now everyone! Meet the legendary, Majin Buu!" Said Babidi as Buu simply stood in place. He looked around in curiosity as the heroes stared in horror at the sheer force that could be felt behind the child-like face
"Me Buu not know where Buu is...where is Buu?" Buu asked aloud in a very immature voice. Babadi gasped at the sight of Buu and Dabura laughed. But Cell kept quiet, cogs in his mind turned as he observed and analyzed this new 'threat'
"You are on planet Earth, Buu. Your former master was killed and his son has released you after many years." He explained as Buu understood...nothing. Cell was, nonetheless, impressed by the amount of power he held
"Ooooohhhh...me Buu hungry! Do you have candy?" Buu asked Cell, whom was quite amused by his child-like goals and manners. It reminded him of those snot nosed brats Goten and Trunks. Only, less cocky and less intelligent
"This is ridiculous! How is he that slow!! My father brought ruin to countless planets and this is what he's had to deal with!!" Babadi shouted in anger. After a few seconds of silence, the second pile of mush began to shift and form into a smaller, more petite mold
The other pile of goo formed itself into a short lady black colored eyes and red pupils. It also had a large tentacle atop it's head that reach the back of it's neck, as well as the same circular ears with pieces of pink skin that formed a bang over her left eye and short curtain-like hair that started and ended behind the ears. It wore a white tube shirt with the same black vest as Majin Buu, along with two small black gauntlets that protected her forearms. Finally, she wore the same baggy pants as Buu with the golden belt buckle and Majin 'M' as well as ballet shoes
This new Majin was nearly as powerful as Buu, only she looked more confused, shy, and scared. She looked around and saw the wicked Dabura, the evil Babidi, as well as Majin Buu and Cell. She didn't notice the others, who were shocked that not only could she easily overpower them, but she was also on par with Buu and Cell
"Wh-where am I?" She asked in a shy and nervous voice as she looked at Cell, who was the closest as well as the most reasonable looking. And somehow, she could tell that Cell bore no harm. Although not through ki control or sensing
"You are on planet Earth. And what might your name be?" Cell asked in his most polite and harmless tone, the Majin looked at him kindly in turn
"My name is Prestina...and who're you?"
"My name is Cell, an ally so to speak." Cell replied ambiguously, now there was a newer, less harmful threat beside him. As he thought, Majin Buu walked over to introduce himself
"Me be Buu! Do you have Candy?" He asked. Prestina was both shocked and confused by Buu's statement. But rather than voice her true thoughts, she asked another question
"...What's candy..?" She asked innocently, Buu was surprised
"Oh! You no know candy?! It's very shiny and taste very GOOD!" Buu exclamed, Prestina was still very confused by Buu's description of the object
"If I remember correctly Babidi said that Majin Buu was sealed by his father and left unreleased before his death. But then, how does he have another being similar to Buu?" Cell thought to himself as Prestina and Buu made conversation in the background. Something like this didn't really make sense. Was Buu a part of a race?
The Android's mind continued to wonder about these creatures until he got bored of thinking and decided to put answers to questions. "Tell me, Prestina. Where did you come from?" He asked curiously as she turned in confusion
"Where did I come from? I'm from planet Shugā. It's a small planet where my race lives."
"What's the last thing that you remember?"
"Well, I was on the rocky fields when I got lost. This weird person confronted me, said that I was the most powerful of my race. Then he said something that I couldn't understand and everything went dark." She explained as she looked at Babidi, he resembled the same guy but not quite
"Interesting... and are you a fighter?" Cell asked the girl. By the looks of it she wasn't, but he had to make sure
"Me? No, no. I don't like to fight...it seems so violent to me. Not many that I know fight, but there are a few in our race who like to spar." She said as Babidi was shocked. His father collected a child and a filthy pacifist and expected him to dominate the universe!?
Cell was interested in this, however. Prestina was just who she seemsd to be, a nice, harmless person who doesn't like to fight. She also wasn't familiar with common items (as common as things could be in space anyway), and must've lived in a very obscure planet. Aside from that she was kind, which pleased Cell in a way
Yet Cell couldn't help but think that there was something more to her than he realized. If there were more Majins then why didn't Bibidi recruit them? It also looked like he didn't have full control over his slaves, seeing as there was no use to keep both a pacifist and an immature child as such
This last detail was the most intriguing
The remaining members of the Z team were still very afraid of the Majins, speechless by the amount of power they held. Goku was especially afraid, he came here to stop them...but now all he could imagine himself doing is stalling them...
"NOW YOU THREE LISTEN TO ME!!" Babadi shouted at the trio, who looked back at him. Dabura was a little nervous, as it only took one of them to easily overpower everyone in the room, and all three weren't naturally intent on following his master like he was
"Master Babidi, it is too dangerous to follow with the plan." Dabura advised his master, who scoffed at the idea. Back down, now?! Right when they have gone through the trouble of summoning them in the first place!!
"Nonsense! I still have control! Now you three listen to me! You are to obey my every command! Destroy the Supreme Kai!" Babadi shouted aggressively. The three looked at each other in annoyance, confusion and more annoyance. Prestina didn't want to kill anyone, and Buu didn't like his attitude. Cell also didn't like Babadi's tone, but he wasn't worried. Rather, he looked very composed and confident
"This guy is annoying. Me Buu want to squash him, or turn him into candy!" Buu said as he stared at the small creature in anticipation, both startling and creeping out Prestina
"I can agree with that sentiment Buu." Cell agreed as Goku and the others where surprised by this turn of events
"He's very mean...I don't want to kill anyone..." Prestina said innocently as she took a few steps back and stood behind Cell. She could sense that he wasn't worried at all. In fact, he had something under his sleeve...
"Then I guess it's been decided!" It was then that Cell's Majin symbol disappeared from his forehead, stunning everyone else in the room. How did he do that!
"H-h-how did you remove my symbol!!" Babadi exclamed in horror. No one person with that amount of evil was able to escape his control
"It was simple, I have more common sense than most people here in this room after all! You made a promise to grant me power, and now I have it. I in turn promised to release your father's creatures for you, which now I have." Cell said as he stalked towards the two menacingly. "Our deal is done and I'd like to express my new sentiments."
Aside from what was said it should also be noted that Cell was a very unique case. He's a being created from people as pure of heart as Goku and as dastardly as Frieza, he harbored ill will but also harbored good will as well. Cell influenced by both worlds, yet his goals aligned with neither side. He didn't want to protect the Earth, nor did he want to destroy it, and this strange sense of uncertainty and balance kept him from being completely controlled by Babidi's dark magic
Suddenly, Dabura created a basic spear that he hurdled towards Cell. But he only lifted his left hand as the spear pierced through the palm of his hand, the tip left hanging on the other end of it. But Cell showed no pain as he ripped the spearhead off and his palm regenerated the wound effortlessly
"So that is what you can do...interesting. I'm afraid that you're a goner either way." He, dashing forwards and kicking Dabura away with the swipe of his leg. Cell dashed after the Demon and tried to throw a punch at him, only for Goku to fiercely block the attack with both hands, still in Super Saiyan two form
"I won't let you get away with this!" Goku yelled in Cell's face. But he only smirked instead of looking upset as everyone gasped behind him
"I already have!"
Goku was confused by this. He looked to his left to see that Cell's hidden tail had gone behind him and stabbed the Demon. Dabura was horrified as his body was wrinkling and ater only a few seconds the only thing that remained were his clothes. Goku dashed to his right in his failure and he stared at Cell in anger
"What the hell are you trying to pull!" Krillin demanded as Cell looked back towards the pathetic warrior
"Me? Oh nothing. I'm striving for new things, its not everyday you find someone with such intriguing capabilities."
Cell outstretched his right arm in a similar motion to Dabura. For a few seconds the Android concentrated as he tried to mimic Dabura's ability to create. Suddenly, Dabura's curved blade appeared on Cell's hand, shocking everyone. He observed the sword as he swiped the air a few times, it was indeed metal
"What an interesting ability, and coupled with my knowledge of weapons I could have myself a fun afternoon!" Cell exclaimed as his sword disappeared and he floated towards his Majin companions
Prestina was shocked to see that Cell could kill that man so easily, it was almost frightening to see him now. And yet she sensed that he meant no harm, in fact it was as though killing that person was a 'good' thing. Was it really?
Buu was giddy at the sight of Dabura disappearing, like the rabbit in a magic trick. "Ooooohhhhhh! Again again!" He said while clapping his hands in joy
"...Was he...a bad person?" Prestina asked worriedly as she took a few steps back, away from Cell
"Yes he was. But you won't be seeing him again." He said, which although it answered her question it didn't make things less uncomfortable
Babidi was horrified by the death of Dabura. He was his strongest minion, and now he had no protection against the trio. "Uh, w-what do you three believe you're doing..."
"Leaving." Cell said as he began to float, Prestina began to do so too, but Buu was still on the ground
"Me Buu turn you into CANDY!" Buu said as the antenna over his head flopped, now pointing towards Babidi
There was a thin pink beam that was shot from the tip of the antenna and it struck Babidi in the face. The wizard began to yell in pain as his body contorted, shrinking until he was 3 inches tall. His body changed color and shape until he was now a blue lollipop, including the wrapper
Goku and his friends were horrified by this, he had the ability to turn people to candy!! Prestina had seen her people turn animals to objects, but this was new. But what was it? Cell was shocked, but more intrigued than anything.
"Of course he could bend reality... it was only common after all." He thought sarcastically, Prestina gave him a weird look
Buu grabbed the lollipop and held it in his hands. He unwrapped it and began to lick it, to Prestina's further shock
"That's new." Cell remarked before preparing a large amount of Ki into a ball. He released it towards the roof, destroying the several layers of rock above and a large amount of dust began to fall to the ground as Cell and the Majins floated upwards. Immediately, Goku appeared in front of the trio, blocking their way
"I won't let you three leave and cause havoc to the Earth!"
"How persistent. Sadly, I don't feel like fighting as of late. Buu, do you want to take the lead instead?"
Buu was delighted by the request, he bit into the lollipop and cracked it into several tiny pieces as he swallowing all of them. Everyone was shocked to see that Buu could eat that piece of candy without a second thought! Especially Prestina, she was getting worried by the presences of two killers
"Me Buu going to have fun!" Buu shouted as he floated in front of Goku, who began to shout as he powered up to his full extent
"Eh, h-hey Goku, I don't think you know how much power you're dishing out, if you keep this up I'll pass out and you'll be sent back here!" King Kai advised the Saiyan
"Don't worry, just do your best to hold out!" Goku exclaimed, seemingly talking to himself. No one except the Supreme Kai knew who he was talking to, everyone else thinking that he was yelling to himself
Eventually Goku drew out as much power as possible, transforming into a Super Saiyan two again before he launched after Buu and attacked him viciously
Buu's body caved in multiple areas as Goku continued to punch Buu. After a while Goku stopped and dashed backwards, trying to see the damage he inflicted. But Buu only smiled as he put his thumb to his mouth and blew air into his thumb, popping every dent in his body back into place as well as releasing hot steam from every small hole along his arms and head. This surprised everyone except Prestina, who was aware of the full capabilities of her race
The Supreme Kai, Piccolo and Krillin flew away from the large crater and left towards another area that Cell didn't bother to track them towards
Buu playfully punched Goku a few times in the face, before ending it with a lazy downwards slam from both his fist, sending Goku falling towards the ground. He recovered quickly and flew back towards Buu to try and attack him again, but Buu disappeared and quickly reappeared behind Goku. He punched Goku a few times before grabbing his head and throwing him to the ground, following with a few basic Ki blasts
Cell knew that this would stretch for a while until Goku decides to use his true power, he was uninterested in the fight, and was frankly bored. Suddenly, he felt two small presences inside his mind. They were weak, but they were clearly sentient
"Finally, I knew this would happen!" Cell thought as he closed his eyes and concentrated inside his mind. As he did so Prestina seemed to be distracted by staring at Cell, who was now deep in thought
Both 17 and 18 awoke inside a white room that they didn't recognize. Their clothes were fine, and the room was plain and empty. Everything was white, the floor, the walls, and the ceiling. They there were no doors or any form of entrance or exit within the room, and there was no reason for there to be light inside either
"What the hell happened?" 17 asked her sister in pain as he stood up
"...Weren't we absorbed by Cell?" 18 asked her brother as she looked around curiously
"Yeah, but this doesn't look like that room from before. Is this OtherWorld?" He asked 18. The last time they were inside a room like this was when they were absorbed by the other Cell, only they were in a black, void-like room
"Not quite dear brother." A voice resonated within the room, startling the two Androids. They turned to see Perfect Cell, staring at the two twins with a wicked smile on his face
"Where the hell are we!!" 18 yelled as she dashed towards Cell, only to be restrained by the air around her, same for 17
"What the!"
"You two really believe that you can overpower me inside my own mind? Then again, I expected this to happen. After all, I was looking forward to this!" Cell said as a door appeared behind Cell. He then forced the two to float in the air and follow him as they went through an archway that wasn't there before, straight through a white hallway
Before this Cell always wondered where 17 and 18 would go when they were absorbed. Were they knocked unconscious? Were killed spiritually and sent to OtherWorld? One of his wilder guesses was that they would integrate within Cell himself, which proved to be true in the end
Every so often there was a space along the wall taken up by a door that followed with another door, and another. The hall seemed endless as the seemingly infinite amount of doors that held the millions of memories of each warrior integrated within them, only ever stopping at the point by which their blood sample was collected
Each door was a bright white color that was indistinguishable from all the others, but each held a distinct memory that was lived through. Whether it was a small moment from Frieza's childhood or a hard fought battle from the past of Goku no one but Cell could tell the difference, as they possessed a feint shade of color only he could see
After a few minutes of travel they turned to another hallway, this time it was a stark contrast from all the others. The walls darkened every foot and only a select few doors were white, as the rest were a dark red surrounded by the black, almost scorched walls
"Here we are, my memories. They aren't much, but theses are very detailed. I'm certain you two will enjoy. Well, I lie, you two won't. You two will scream for HOURS as you experience what I've had to. Have fun!" Cell said as two doors opened and 17 was thrusted into the left door and 18 was pushed into the right one
17 was blank for a minute as he felt his whole anatomy change. He could feel every cell in his body now and his skin turned green. His skeletal system disappeared as he could feel his body be supported solely by his hard skin. His ears could hear every tone of the loud silence. His eyes could see the vast majority of colors in the darkness and he felt his organs disappear and rearrange in many shapes and forms inside him
He now took the form of Imperfect Cell. Suddenly, he was in a large dome room full of tiles and a giant center with various different buttons. He was sitting on the floor, trying to move his body, when the door opened to reveal Vegeta in his battle armor
"What is Vegeta doing here?" 17 thought as his eyes opened forcibly and his head turned towards Vegeta
"Seems you already know our schedule...good. That way I don't have to go through the trouble of fetching you." He said as his body bulked up and his hair glowed a yellow aura
"Ah, a classic. This is the one where Vegeta beat me for...how long? Oh right. Three hours! I hope you're prepared for this, cause once you're time is up you and your sister will switch places." The voice of Cell reverberated within the walls of the Gravity Room as Vegeta dashed forward and punched 17's face
17 was flung backwards and hit the wall as Vegeta dashed forward again and punched him several times until he grabbed his head and slammed him into the floor. 17 was in pain as he felt every part of his hard skin break over each impact, down to the smallest piece of his skin
17 tried to scream, but no sound was made as Cell's body didn't make any noise. Vegeta began to fling him around with kicks, breaking several patches of his skin, puncturing his exo-skeleton and going as far as tearing apart his muscles
After a few minutes, Vegeta stopped to let 17 recover. His 'body' burned as it stood in spite of all the pain. His body burned like hell as every cell in his body quickly split in two, and continued until every open patch of his body sealed. Visibly he liked good as new, but physically it felt like he's torn a hundred pieces of tape from his body all at once
"You think you're tough? You won't be for long!" Vegeta yelled as he dashed again to continue the whole assault once more, and continued this cycle for as long as he could
Time passed by yet for 17 it felt like he was stuck in the same two minute loop. Get beat up, bleed out, heal up, repeat. Get beat up, bleed out, heal up, repeat. The only difference was the burning sensations of every blow and every regeneration stacked on top of one another
In no time his mind blacked out by the insanity of trying to scream, fight back, or even move at all, but to no avail. Vegeta's fists pummeled every last part of his body until it grew numb. His body even started to leave cracks in the exo-skelton, selectively left out due to him losing energy
To Cell this was just another day in his life, but to 17 it was a scarring nightmare that went on forever
Meanwhile, 18 was in another memory being assaulted by Vegeta. She could feel every cell in her body burn to a crisp as Vegeta shot Ki blasts that slowly advanced through her substitute body
A few torturous minutes later, Vegeta disengaged the blasts as all that remained was a thin strip of muscle. After a few seconds, 18's body involuntarily shot out as every piece of her body was cut in half and regrown only to be cut in half again as she regenerated her whole body within half a minute
Vegeta shot several Ki blasts to restart the whole process as her body slowly disintegrated, her mind screaming at the unimaginable pain but her body never reflected her sentiments
Cell smiled in joy as he could hear the screams of both 17 and 18. It was cathartic in a sense, the people who tortured him were now losing their minds in memories that they had a hand in creating
"Those two broke faster than chocolate bars! Speaking of candy, I should really go back into the real world, to see how Buu is doing. Oh look at me! Talking to myself while inside my mind, technically I'm just thinking...oh well, a subject for another time." Cell 'out loud' as his figure disappeared from the black hall, leaving the twins to their yelling
Cell opened his eyes and smirked to see that Prestina was staring at him with a shocked expression. Goku was yelling in the distance with a large yellow aura as Majin Buu clapped his hands like a child
"...What did I miss..?" Cell asked Prestina in a calm tone. She stuttered for a whole second, trying and failing to act casually. Did she just...read his mind as he thought of 17 and 18? Impossible, surely there was another reason why she would dawn a horrific expression while he zoned out...or maybe not
"U-um...Buu and Goku fought for a minute before he started to scream loudly, and he hasn't stopped." She replied nervously as Cell listened intently
"Ah, then I'm just in time!" Cell said casually as he looked ahead towards the two warriors. Prestina stepped away to the right as she looked back at the uncaring Cell
Goku screamed at the top of his lungs as he tried to focus all his energy into his most powerful form. He screamed in both pain and power as his Ki pooled into said form. The various amounts of lightning grew more powerful until they could easily trump the most powerful bolt of lightning that Earth could ever throw
There were several flashes of light that blinded even the likes of Cell. His hair grew as his eyebrows disappeared and were instead replaced by a larger forehead. Suddenly, the flashing ceased as everyone could now marvel at the sheer power that Goku now displayed
Goku's gi was ripped in many places by the battle, his aura was large and could be felt throughout the whole planet. His hair was similar yet different from his late brother, it was a bright golden yellow that stretched all the way to the back of his hip. His eyes were a brighter shade of green, his forehead was larger and his eyebrows were gone. His aura brightened the area by a hundred times as he stared at Buu with a serious expression
Goku was now many times for powerful ad well, so much so that trying to sense his ki half blinded Cell for a moment. He looked menacing, but Cell couldn't help but notice something off about his power...
"Wow, so this is what I sensed. I thought that it was more powerful though. I guess I was wrong." Cell mocked, Prestina sensed that he wasn't worried, which was strange given that even she could feel the air vibrate a little
"This, is Super Saiyan 3! Now come and get me!" Goku threatened in a deep and booming voice that matched his level of seriousness
"Ooooohhhhhh! Me Buu going to beat you up!" Buu exclamed as both Buu and Goku dashed towards each other, initiating yet another scuffle
