The Final Round: Chapter Four by Katie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trunks was flying as fast as he could. He knew it wasn't as fast as he normally went. His mother was right. He was probably was still too weak to fight. And the way this guy sounded......But he wasn't about to just sit around while the others were out fighting. And what Kaasan told him about the other version of himself.....Whoooo. There was a shocker for you. He had sounded so much unlike him but in other ways they were exactly the same. How horrible to have to grow up like that. With out a father, or friends. Your best friend dies right before your eyes. He was angry at his parents at first because they hadn't told him about this before. But after thinking about it he wasn't. How would you like trying to explain something like that to your kid? What he didn't understand was why this Cell guy was so mad at his other self. Didn't sound like the other Trunks did much to him. He figured it was the principle of the thing. Maybe he wanted to have the record for killing the same person so many times. It didn't sound like he just wanted the other Trunks either. He is out to get all of the Z fighters. But because his other self wasn't here, Cell was just going to have to deal with him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vegita watched as Cell powered up. Cell was a lot stronger, but so was he. And Vegita also knew what he was up against this time. He would not underestimate Cell. And he may even have the upper hand because Cell was underestimating them. He has no idea how powerful that he had become. He didn't know about Fusion either. This time HE would be the one to finish off Cell. He has a score to settle. Cell finished powering up. He smiled, "So which one of you wants to go first?" They all looked at each other. "I would like to have that pleasure." Vegita said. Cell looked at Vegita and smiled. "It's your funeral." He said. "No Cell..." Vegita said coldly. "It will be yours." He powered up to Super Saiya-jin, Then to Super Saiya-jin 2, but he wasn't at his full power. Before he charged, he looked at Goku. Goku simply smiled and nodded, Vegita nodded back. Then Vegita charged at Cell. He was ready to kick him when Cell moved out of the way so quickly no one could see him. He reappeared in back of Vegita and kicked him. Vegita blocked the kick but he could still feel it. He decided that it would probably be a good idea if he powered up fully. After that it seemed like a fair fight. "They seem pretty much equal." Gohan said. "I don't think so Gohan." Piccolo said in disagreement. "Something doesn't seem right." and he was right. They could see, that when they stopped for a few seconds, Vegita was already panting, but Cell hasn't even broken in a sweat. "You aren't as strong as I thought you would have gotten after all of this time." Cell said laughing. This made Vegita very very angry. 'What does he have to laugh at?' Vegita thought. His power was given to him, he never had to do any work to get it. After that Vegita decided to get serious. He put out a series of swift kicks and punches. Cell blocked them with ease, But one punch that he didn't see hit him hard in the face. He was hit so hard he was thrown into a nearby mountain, witch crumpled at impact. Vegita just stood there, he knew it wasn't over. Not by a long shot. A large flash of light fired at Vegita from were the remains of the mountain was. Vegita dodged the blast at the last moment. Then Cell came out from the rubble, and he didn't look happy. "Big mistake." Cell said. He started gathering more energy. To make a big ki blast. Vegita did the same. This all seemed too oddly familiar, to Gohan and Piccolo. Goten just stood in amazement. Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Kuririn, and 18-gou stood and watched. They knew that they probably wouldn't be able to do anything in this fight. They all longed for the days when they were known as the strongest in the world. Goku wanted badly to help, But he wasn't stupid. He new better than to get into Vegita's fights. He would just wait his turn. It seemed horrible to think about, but he knew that Vegita would be fighting much longer. There ki blasts met. For a while they were even, but slowly Cell started to gain the upper hand. 'This can't be....' Vegita thought. 'I won't be beaten by this overgrown lizard. I won't!' Vegita gave everything he had, but all he could do was withstand the ki blast for a little longer. Then it hit him. He yelled as he was thrown several kilometers away. He hit a large rock and it shattered around him. Softly he said, "this can't be.....I'm going to k...kill him...." Then, he passed out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trunks jolted to a stop. He couldn't feel his father's ki anymore. This couldn't be good. 'I gotta go faster.' He thought to himself. He started to fly again. This Cell must be strong to defeat his father. He didn't care how strong this thing was. He was going to do all he could to help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cydred smiled. Cell was fighting the Z warriors. This was great! Everything was going as planed. After Cell got rid of them, Nothing would stand in his way. He didn't want to take over the world, like some power hungry psycopath. He simply wanted to fix it. The world was a mess. People polluting the air and the water, destruction of the rain forests, the extinction of plants, animals, and insects. But with his inventions, he will begin the world anew. The government denied him the use of his inventions. Even knowing they could get rid of all of the problems of the world. They thought that too many things would go wrong because there was no way to test them. That and the fact that one of his colleages, he still doesn't know who, told the Government of his other plans. His plans to destroy Nuclear Power companies and other companies who polluted the planet. They said that it was a federal offense and that he would be arrested for even thinking it. They said that people would end up cold and hungry on the street when there was no energy to heat their homes and no way to get food if agriculture failed, and people would lose their jobs and there would be no way to take care of their families. HA, There were already people on the streets who were cold, hungry and with out work. If they had only listened to them then. Now he had to do things the hard way,and violent. He new of the Z fighters and how they protected the planet. They would never go for this. That was why he brought Cell back. He heard the stories of how Cell gained his perfect form and was much stronger than all of the Z fighters. Now that he is three times stronger he hoped that there would be no problems. And with the Z warriors gone he could finish what he started. The army wouldn't be able to do anything, and the people would be scared of Cell. Once they see that Cell was completely faithful to him, they would all listen to him and let him use his inventions to clean up the planet. Sure there would be some who would oppose him but, he hoped it wouldn't have to come down to it, he was sure that Cell would put them in there place. It was wonderful. Everything was going as planed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goten could only stare at Cell in amazement and anger. How could he have defeated Vegita, one of the most powerful on the planet, with such ease. Sure Vegita had put up a good fight for awhile. But over all Cell smoked him. This was NOT going to be easy. "I can still feel his ki." Piccolo said pulling Goten out of his thoughts. "He's very lucky." Tenshinhan said. "If his ki would be any lower he would be dead. He barely survived." Goten looked at his father, who did not look very happy. His companion, his friend, was very badly hurt. Cell laughed at Goku's anger. "So Goku, would you like to be next." Cell asked. Goku stepped forward and started to power up. Then Gohan put a hand on his fathers shoulder. "No Otosan," he said to him, "I want to fight him." Goku shook his head. "No Gohan," he said to his son, "This one is mine." Gohan looked at his father. Then he nodded and took his hand off Goku's shoulder and Goku continued to power up. Goten was about to say something when he felt a ki coming toward them. It was Trunks. He was glad that he was okay, but he wasn't as strong as he usually was. He was probably still weak from the fight earlier. 'Baka,' Goten thought, 'he's going to get himself killed.' Of course there was nothing he could do to stop him. He probably felt his father's very weak ki level, which would make him even more determined to come. Everyone watched his approach. He came to hover next to Goten. "Good to see you're okay Trunks." Gohan said. Trunks nodded in a sort of thanks. "What happened to my father?" he asked. "He was very badly hurt when fighting Cell." Goku told him. This made Trunks angry. He looked at Cell coldly. He started to power up. He was getting ready to charge at him when Goten stopped him. "Don't do anything stupid Trunks." He said to him. "Otosan is going to fight him now." Trunks didn't say anything, but he stayed at his current power level. Ready to jump if Goku decided to stand down. He wanted a piece of Cell. Cell laughed at his anger. "You know I'm really sorry about earlier." he said sarcastically, "I thought you were someone else." Trunks' blue eyes gave Cell an icy stare. Cell smiled at this. Goku thought he had better attack now before Trunks decided to do something stupid. "Kuririn," Goku said to his friend. "Do me a favor and go to Korin's Tower and get some Sensu beans." "But....." he started. Not wanting to leave his friends, or his wife. "Please," Goku said. Not feeling like arguing over it. He had more important things to worry about at the moment. Kuririn looked at Goku and finally nodded in agreement. He started to take off. He got a few yards away when he looked back. Not sustain what may happen while he was gone. He turned his head back and headed toward the tower. Goku powered up again. He went up to his peak of Super Saiya-jin 2, just before Super Saiya-jin 3. He wanted to wait 'til just the right moment to suprise Cell with it. Then he attacked. He thought that maybe Cell had become weaker from the battle with Vegita, but it didn't seem like it. Neither got one punch in on each other. The fight seemed pretty fare. Cell tried to get some cheap shots in, but every time Goku avoided them. Then it appeared Cell was getting bored and moved on to ki attacks. Fire balls of all kinds lit up the sky, when the stopped nether of them were scratched or panting. Which meant neither was fighting at their real level of power. Seeing this, Cell said, "Now this seems like it will be a more interesting fight. What do you say we both start to get serious, ni?" Cell powered up 'til it seemed like he was at his peak. He laughed at Goku. "Come on Goku. Don't tell me that is all you can put out." "If you wanna get serious..." Goku said, He powered up to Super Saiya-jin 3. Cell's eyes widened at this. Everyone could feel that Goku was constantly more powerful than Cell. "Okay then, we'll get serious." He charged at Cell with great speed. Cell moved, but caught the punch in the shoulder. Goku then used his knee and kicked Cell's stomach, which caused Cell to double over. Goku waited for him to straighten up before attacking again. Cell stood up straight and spoke, in a voice which identified that he was in pain. "I'm impressed Son Goku." he said. "It seems through the years you have gotten quite a bit stronger. Even stronger than I, and I have been wished back three times as strong as I was before." Goku knew Cell was up to something, but what. "Seems like I will have to be a little stronger to beat you won't I." Piccolo's ears stood up. He knew what Cell meant by this. "This isn't over yet, Son Goku. Not by a long shot. I'll get stronger and I'll come back and have my revenge. You can count on that." Goku stayed in his current fighting formation. Ready for anything. He didn't trust Cell one bit. "Sayonara...for now..." Cell used Shunkanido and was gone. Goku stayed powered up for a few more minutes. He was looking around making sure he was really gone. He didn't want a surprise attack like the on which killed Mirai Trunks. After he was sure that Cell had gone he powered down. "You trashed him otousan!" Goten said happily. Goku smiled, "It isn't over yet Goten." Goku said to his son. "But you were a lot stronger than him." Trunks said. "Yea," Goten agreed. "I don't care how much or hard he is going to train! There is still no way he can beet you." "That's not how he is planing on getting stronger." Piccolo said to the over excited boy. "Nani?" he said in confusion. "Cell absorbs other people." Gohan informed him. "That is what he meant by getting stronger. He is going to absorb other people and make himself stronger." Goten and Trunks' mouths both fell open. "Well we gotta stop him." Goten said frantically. "We can't" Piccolo said. "He's hiding his ki. There is no way to find him." "So that's it?" Trunks asked, "We just sit back and wait for him to absorb a bunch of people." "We can't Trunks!" Gohan said. "There isn't anything we can do until he does something, unless he slips up and reveals some of his ki." 'What's wrong with him?' Gohan wondered. Like any of them really wanna sit around while Cell is still out there on the lose. He really couldn't blame Trunks. He had gotten beaten up, his father had gotten beaten up, and he was told an outrageous story about another him, all in a day and a few hours. So it could be understood. They were all stunned by the whole ordeal. Cell had been his greatest fear a few years back. He hadn't wanted to fight, but his father had decided that he was to be the one who would defeat Cell. He still had nightmares about it, he could still hear the sounds of his friends being hurt. He could see the ki blast that killed Mirai Trunks. It made him shiver at times. Then he had gotten rid of Cell. It was in the past. He had a wife and a daughter now, he had put all of that behind him. Then someone had to bring him back. Someone had to dig up the past and the hurt and slap it in his face. He wasn't going to let Cell do anything to hurt him or anyone he loved ever again. He didn't care how much stronger Cell got what it took. He was going to defeat him, and make sure he would never hurt anyone ever again. He promise himself that. He looked out over the mountains. "All we can do is wait......"