The Final Round: Chapter Two by Katie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vegita was in the gravity room training. Then he stopped in mid kick. Something was wrong. He thought harder. Something was wrong with his son! He ran out of the gravity room and into the dining room were Bulma and Bra were setting the table for dinner. Bulma noticed him heading for the door. "Hey where are you going?" she asked, "Dinner is almost ready." He ran to her and took her by her shoulders. "Bulma, something is wrong with Trunks." She dropped the plate she had in her hands. Bra came and started to tug on her father's pant leg. "What's wrong with niichan papa?" Bra asked. He looked down at her. Then back up at Bulma who looked longingly into his black eyes with her blue. "I'm not sure yet." He backed away from them and closed his eyes. "Just give me a minute." He focused his senses on his son. He couldn't feel anything. He knew that he was with Goten, so he focused on Goten. Yes, there was Goten coming toward the Capsule Corp. With Goten he could feel a very small power source. It was Trunks. His power level was incredibly low. Something had happened to him. And he was going to find out what. He opened his eyes and saw Bra in Bulma's arms. "He's hurt." Bulma clenched Bra tighter. "Goten is bringing him here, I'm going to meet him." He went out the door and flew off. Bulma and Bra watched him fly until he was out of sight. "Mama, is niichan going to be okay?" Bulma looked at her daughter, it was hard but she managed to smile. "Of course he his sweetie. Papa and Goten are bringing him here now." Bra looked at her mother and nodded. "Come on we should go get the regeneration tank ready." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vegita flew as fast as he could. What could have happened that would have hurt his son so much? Finally Goten came into his sight. They flew straight toward each other. When they met in the air Vegita took his sons bruised and burnt body from Goten. Goten was about to open his mouth to explain, but Vegita stopped him. "Wait, wait until we get back so we can get him into the regeneration tank." Goten nodded, and they flew off to the Capsule Corp. They got to the house and Vegita didn't see Bulma. She was probably getting the tank ready. They went down into the back room which had the tank. As they walked in the door Vegita heard Bulma gasp at the sight of her son. "Bring him over here." Bulma told Vegita. She put the breathing mask on his face and Vegita put him in the tank. They all watched the water swirl around him and his lavender hair bobbing up and down. "Goten, what happened to him?" Bulma asked. "We were on our way back here when some monster came up to us. He said that he was going to get Trunks for ruining his plans. We didn't know what he was talking about. Trunks had said that he had never seen him before, I know I haven't. He said that he was going to kill the Z warriors, again. He said that he wanted revenge because we had killed him. Then he charged at us. He was too strong. We didn't have a chance." Goten put his head down. It wasn't easy for him to admit that he had no chance. But he had to be honest with himself. "What was his name?" Vegita asked, his tone was of pure hate. "He said his name was Cell," Vegita's eyes widened, as did Bulma's. "But he's dead!" She screamed. Goten nodded. "He said that some baka wished him back to get rid of the Z warriors. And that after he wanted him to be that guy's bodyguard but he wasn't going to." He looked at Bulma's terrified look and Vegita's look of hatred. "Who is this guy?" He asked. "There is no time to explain right now. Go and get Kackorot, Gohan, everyone. Tell them to come here." Vegita said. Apparently this was no ordinary fight. Goten thought. "Well what are you standing there for? Get going now!" Goten did what he was told. Still not understanding, but he was sure he was going to get the full story later. "Papa," Vegita looked down at Bra. "Is niichan going to be okay?" She had tears in her eyes. She and Trunks were always fighting. 'Sibling quarrels' Bulma called it. But now that Trunks was facing death, he could see how close Trunks and Bra really were. Vegita put his hand on his daughter's head. Vegita looked at Bulma for support, but got none. She was just staring at Trunks inside the tank. "Of course he is. You know how this machine works. It will make him okay." Bra sniffed and wiped a falling tear with the back of her hand. Vegita crouched down to look into her eyes. "Why don't you go back in the front room and let Goten back in when he comes with everyone." Bra nodded. As she went out the door she turned and looked back at the tank holding her brother inside, then she headed for the living room to wait for Goten to return. Vegita looked back at Bulma. She hadn't moved still in the same spot she was in, looking at her son in the tank. He put an arm on her shoulder. She fell into his chest and started to cry. "What kind of a person would wish something as evil as Cell back?" she asked through her sobs. "He wasn't even attacking the right Trunks." "Well he doesn't know that." Vegita said to her. "All he knows is that this person looks and feels something like the guy who he was fighting years ago." Bulma looked up at him. "But if he's three times stronger now...." she trailed off. She didn't really want to mention to Vegita how much stronger Cell was than him last time. "We are all a lot stronger now." He said to her almost coldly. He probably figured what Bulma would have said if she didn't stop herself. "We should have no trouble." "But what are we going to tell the kids? 'Well you see, a few years ago Trunks came back to the past from the future, but it wasn't this Trunks....' It was hard enough for him to explain it when we asked him were he had come from." "That is probably exactly what were going to have to tell them." Bulma looked at him, annoyed. But he was right. She hated it when he was right. "But one thing is for sure, Cell is mine..." His eyes squinted into an icy stare. Bulma took his other hand and they both turned and looked at Trunks floating in the tank. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It seemed to take forever for Goten to get home but he finally did. He touched down to the ground. He ran through the door and didn't bother shutting it. "Otousan, Kassan, Gohan!" He could hear laughter coming from the living room. "In here, Goten." He heard his mother's voice call. He ran into the living room where everyone was sitting and talking. Chi Chi smiled at him, then her smile turned to a look of shock. "Goten what happened to you?" she asked him noticed that his clothes were torn. Goten was trying to catch his breath so he could explain. Well, explain what he could, he didn't even understand what was going on. "I was going back to the Capsule Corp. with Trunks when some monster came up behind us." All of there eyes widened. "What kind of a monster?" Gohan asked. He was hoping for a more normal life nowadays but a Saiya-jin had to do what a Saiya-jin had to do. "He said his name was Cell..." Gohan and Goku's mouths fell open. "Cell..." Goku said not believing that this could be. "But that's impossible." "Did someone wish him back with the Dragon Balls?" Gohan didn't know who would wish that monster back, or why for that matter. Goten nodded, "Yeah, someone wished him back to get rid of us. He kept saying that he was going to kill Trunks, again. But we had never seen this guy before. He attacked us, and Trunks got hurt pretty badly. I took him back to the Capsule Corp. Vegita didn't tell me what was going on. He just said to get you and everyone else and go back to the Capsule Corp." Goten looked at the eerie stare that his brother and his father exchanged, and he didn't like it. "Videl," Gohan said to his wife, "Go call Yamcha, Kuririn, everyone. Tell them to go to the Capsule Corp. as fast as they can. Then you come too." Videl nodded and ran to the phone. He had told her of Cell. She made him promise that he would never tell Pan of that horrible thing. "Come on let's get to the Capsule Corp." Goku said. Pan stood up and ran to her grandfather. "I wanna come too." Goku looked at Gohan. "Okay let her come." Gohan said. Pan's eyes lit up. It wasn't often that her father let her come along on something like this. "Chi Chi..." Goku went to his wife. She was sitting on the couch shivering. He could understand why. This one monster took his life and hurt their son pretty badly. It was thanks to Gohan that Cell was defeated. "You wanna come with us or do you wanna wait with Videl?" She took his hand and held it tight. "I'll...I'll stay here and help Videl. But we'll be over as soon as we've contacted everyone." Goku nodded at her. He squeezed her hand once more and then let it go. "Gohan," Videl said. Gohan went to his wife and took her hand. "How am I suppose to get a hold of Piccolo?" she asked. "Don't worry about him." He said. "You know how he is. He'll likely figure out something's up and go to where everyone else is. Who knows, he may already know what's going on and be there already." Videl nodded. Gohan smiled at her. He released her hand and returned to his daughter's and father's side. "All right let's go." Goku said. Gohan, Pan, and Goku headed toward the door. Then they were stopped by the sound of Goten's voice. "Wait..." he said. They all turned and looked at him. "Who is this Cell guy and what does he want?" "There is no time to explain now. Wait 'til everyone gets together, then we'll explain." Gohan said. They all turned and flew out the door, leaving Goten still standing in the living room. He was very annoyed. "When is someone going to tell me whats going on?" He walked to the door and flew off, trying to catch up with his father, brother, and Pan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cell stood above the mountains looking down at the Earth below him. With this new powers he could destroy it any time he wanted, but he must wait till all of the Z warriors are dead. That would be a day long remembered. "Cell!" he heard someone call his name from the ground below. He looked and it was the fool that had wished him back with three times his own strength. Cell flew down to the cliff were he was. "What is it?" Cell asked the human. "Why aren't you looking for the Z warriors? They must be destroyed if I am to begin my plans." Cydered asked angerly. Cell glared at him. This human was beginning to annoy him. How dare he talk to him like that. He knew nothing about him and what had happened with him and the Z warriors. But that didn't matter. Soon he would be rid of him and all other living things on this useless planet. "I don't have to look for them." Cell smiled at Cydered's confused look. "They will come to me. Just like they did the last time." Cell's evil laugh echoed through the mountains tops, and through the valleys.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Now that we are all here..." Goten said as he looked around the room at everyone. Everyone was there, Yamcha, Tenshinhan and Chihuahuas, Kuririn and his wife and daughter, Piccolo just appeared in, and his mother and Videl just got there. The only one not present was Trunks who was still in the regeneration tank. "Will someone please tell me what is going on?" There was silence for a long time. Goten couldn't tell if no one was saying anything because the didn't know how to put it, or if they didn't want him to know. "Well.... is someone going to say something?" By now Goten was quite annoyed. And wasn't hesitating to let people know it. "All right Goten, all right. Just cool it, and let us explain." Gohan said. But he didn't really want to start the story so he turned to his father. Who gave Gohan that "why me?" look, but opened his mouth to start. "Okay here it goes. You see a few years ago, before you, Trunks, Pan, Bra or Marron were born....." ------------------------------------------------------------------------