The Final Round: Chapter 5 by Sailor Earth ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cell looked around. All that was left of the small town were empty buildings and clothes laying on the ground. He felt stronger. Now he would be able to defeat Son Goku. Now nothing would stand in his way. "CELL," a voice calling behind him said. Oh no.... Cell thought. Not him again. Cydred came up behind him. "What ?" Cell asked him in a cruel voice. "I thought I said that NO one would be hurt, excepted for the Z warriors!" Cydred said quite mad. 'He is still going on that?' "You truly thought that I would do as you said?" Cell laughed. Cydred's eyes opened wide. "Hmf, I thought that if you really 'created' all of those wonderful inventions that you would be smarter than that." "But, but I wished you back. Y-you owe me!" Cydred said frantically. Cell only laughed. "I owe you crap." He said. Cydred's eyes opened very wide. Cell laughed again. He put his hand in front of him and a ball of light came out of it. Cydred didn't even feel the ki blast that killed him...... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ They all sat, waiting for some word, or to feel something. Vegita had been given a Sensu and had fully recovered, as did Trunks. Vegita hadn't said a word since they had told him what happened with Cell. Of course his pride was affected by not being able to take out Cell, but no one could tell if there was something more to it than just his pride. Everyone was sitting around the TV, and the radio, listening, and waiting. Chi Chi was fussing around her family. Making sure time and time again that they were all right. Bulma was nagging at Trunks. Saying that he shouldn't have gone out in his weak state. Asking him if he was trying to get himself killed. Videl had her hands full with Pan. She had to watch her every second to make sure she didn't try and go to find Cell and fight him. Marron was talking to her parents. She wanted to know more about the boy from the future and how her mother was at one time evil. Bra was standing next to her father who seemed not to even see her. She was still thinking about what her mother had said about her brother from another time. "Everyone listen." Gohan said and turned up the volume on the TV. "This just in...." the reporter said. "The people of a small town on the far side of Santan City, have mysteriously disappeared." Everyone turned and listened. "We go live now to the scene." "This is incredible." The reporter at the seen said. The camera sweped across the empty town. "They only thing left of the people in this town are their clothes." The camera started to fuzz out, and static was all that was left of the live report. "Well we seemed to have lost connection with our reporter. But we will keep you updated on this, our top story. And in sports today......" Gohan turned the volume back down. Everyone was silent for awhile, not knowing what to say. "So," Trunks said. Finally ending the silence. Everyone turned and looked at him. "Now that he has absorbed all of those other people, why hasn't he shown himself yet?" Trunks asked. "There could be lots of reasons." Goku said. "He could be seeing how much more powerful he is now, or...." he started, but couldn't think of anything. "Or he could just be waiting, and letting us sweat it out." Piccolo finished for him. Goku nodded in agreement. "Why can't the coward come out and fight for real!" Trunks said angrily, well angry was an understatement. "Come on Trunks," Goten said. "Whats with you? Your not acting like yourself." "Well how do you expect me to act?" Trunks yelled at his friend. "They guy beats me up, causes me to find out things that I really didn't want to know, almost kills my father, and absorbs a bunch of people, and now he can't even show himself." Trunks fumed, no one had ever seen him so enraged. "How do you want me to act Goten? Happy?" Trunks moved toward Goten. Everyone was afraid that he was going to hit him, especaly Goten. "Thats quite enough Trunks!" Vegita said and stood up. It had been the first time that Vegita has said anything since he came back from the fight. Trunks looked over at him. The two were locked in an icy stare. "Go outside now." "Why should I?" Trunks said to his father. "Do I have to drag you out there?" Vegita said. Gee when Trunks was really mad he had a worse attitude than he did. "Go outside now or I'll take you out there myself." Trunks took one last look at his father, then walked toward the door and went outside. Vegita soon followed. Everyone looked out the glass sliding door at them. They said a few words then they flew off. "Were did they go?" Bulma asked. "There on the roof?" Goku said. That could either be a good thing, or a bad thing. Bulma thought to herself. She hoped that it would be a good thing. At the moment Vegita was probably the only one who could calm Trunks down. Which he had better do. Because if Trunks went into battle as mad as he was, he would do something stupid and get himself killed. Cell almost killed Trunks once, she didn't want him to finish the job. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vegita shut the door behind him. Trunks had his arms folded over his chest and his eyes were looking at him coldly. Trunks just stood there, waiting for him to say something. "So....." Trunks said. It wasn't doing either of them any good just standing around. Vegita shook his head, "Not here, on the roof." Trunks looked at him in question. "The roof?" Trunks asked. "Yes the roof." Vegita said and took off. Then Trunks followed. They landed on the roof without a sound. Neither said anything for awhile. Then Vegita looked at his son and said, making it sound like he didn't really care, "What's wrong with you? What's bothering you?" Trunks looked at him surprised. "What do you think is wrong?" He said. He thought it was a pretty stupid question. He had only shouted it in Goten's face, what did he have to do act it out with sock puppets. "That's not what I mean." Vegita said. "Did your mother talk to you when you got out of the regeneration tank?" "Yes," Trunks answered, "She told me about the other me from the future. Who came back in the time machine." Vegita looked at him and didn't say anything. Trunks pondered his father's look for a few moments and then it hit him, like a slap in the face, he understood what his father was getting at. "If you think that I'm so angry about that then you have it all wrong." "Do I?" Vegita asked? Trunks thought about it. It did annoy him that he hadn't been told about this before. He really didn't like to think that the others might have all this time comparing him to this other Trunks. He felt another fit of rage coming on, and who better to take it out on that his Father. "Well what do you want from me Otousan!? Why didn't you tell me this before! Why did you wait and let me find out this way!" He yelled. "I didn't think that it was something that you really had to know." Vegita said calmly. "Well I sure found out didn't I!" Trunks turned away from his father. If he looked at him for one minute longer he may do something that he'd regret. They didn't talk for quite some time. Trunks had almost thought that he had gone. But he new he was still there. "He cared for you, you know." Vegita said to him. Trunks looked up. "You were just a baby so you wouldn't have remembered, but he did." Trunks could hardly believed his ears. He didn't know why. Kaa-san said that this guy was suppose to be real nice. But yet he was still shocked. He wanted to remember, he tried to remember, but got nothing. He felt like he was going to cry, but he new he couldn't, not in front of his father. He turned and looked at him. "Otousan...." Trunks said, but didn't know what to say. Then Vegita started to levitate off the roof. "I watched him die at Cell's hands Trunks," he said, "I don't want the same thing to happen to you." He flew to the ground and went back into the house. Trunks was stunned. He sat on the roof, and just started to cry.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vegita shut the door behind him. Everyone in the house was looking at him. He didn't say anything. He just walked past them, out of the room. Bulma started after him, but Goku grabbed her arm to stop her. "Maybe you shouldn't Bulma." He said to her. But she shook her head no. She wanted to find out what happened with Trunks, and what may be happening with him. Goku let her go, and she followed after Vegita. She found him, in the gravity room leaning against a wall. "Vegita...." she said. He looked over at her. He didn't look mad, he looked more confused if anything. She walked over to him and stood next to him. "Vegita are you okay?" she asked him. He looked at her, but didn't answer. She looked at him. Maybe Goku was right, maybe she should just leave him alone. "Okay then..." She said and turned to leave. She had almost reached the door. "Bulma..." she heard him say. She turned back around. "Stay....." He said. Bulma nodded. She walked back over to him. So he didn't want to talk. He just didn't want to be alone. She put her hand on his shoulder. He was very tense. Unknowingly she began rubbing his shoulders. Getting out the knots that he had bilt up in his back. He didn't want to talk now, he hardly ever did. But he may, sooner or later. The most important thing now was to be with him. Not to let him be alone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Well it's time to get started." Cell said to himself. He was about to reveal his ki, but something stopped him. Something was missing. He thought about it. He new what it was. "This wasn't going to be any fun." He said. He sat, thinking of how it would be more interesting. "It would be fun if it was just like last time." he said smiling. "Yea, that would be great." He decided. He could make it happen. He knew that Cyborgs #17, and #18 were sill alive, so he could absorb them. It would make him stronger too. He laughed. That would be a start. Then he could kill Trunks in the same way...... He abroubly stopped his thoughts. 'But that wouldn't be any fun.' he thought. Sure he looked like Trunks, and felt like Trunks, it just wouldn't be the same. They were two very different people. The Trunks in this time had come from a happy life. It was more fun with Mirai Trunks because he was the *hope* for his future. He was the last one, he was the only one who stood a chance to him in is time, and he failed miserably. So it was more fun knowing that. Twice he killed that boy. He was aching to do it again. But it wasn't possible. He sighed, "Guess I'll just have to go with what I have. To bad, it would have been fun." He stood up. He decided to get started. #18 was with the other Z fighters, so he would deal with her later, just like the last time. So he flew off to find her twin brother. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The woods were a great place to train, he always thought. So peaceful, and quiet. Nothing and no one to distract you. He swung his fist at an imaginary opponent. His sister and all of her friends were all in the same place. Something must be up. He thought about going over to see what was going on, and maybe if he could help, but decided against it. They never needed his help before, why should they start now? He cared for his sister greatly, and enjoyed seeing his neice, but he just didn't fit in with her friends. He didn't think that he ever really would. She had become friends with her once enemies. He, however, was still quite unsure about his past, and his future. "Well fancy meeting you here." He heard a voice say. He knew that voice. He turned around quickly. It was who he thought it was. But that was impossible, but it was him. Same body, same big ugly head. "Small world isn't it?" It said jokingly. Perhaps he was thinking about his past too often these days and was hallucinating. Well it certainly seemed real. "But how...." He started. "How am I here?" he finished for him. "Heard it before and I don't feel like explaining at the moment." he said smiling. "Cell....." he said in a cruel voice to the thing he had fought long ago. Cell smiled at him evilly. "Yes, well let's get down to business. I am going to finish off the Z fighters, and I thought, Wouldn't it be fun if things were like the last time. You know, absorbing you and your sister again." Cell stopped for a second, noticing that 17-gou was in a prebattle crouch. "You know there really is no reason for you to fight me. I am so much more powerful you couldn't even begin to imagine." "I don't care how much more powerful you are. Your not getting me without a fight." He lunged at Cell, at his full power. "Tisk tisk. Silly android you never learn." Cell simply batted 17-gou aside with his hand. Which sent him flying into a tree which snapped like it was only a twig on impact. Oh yeah this was real. He thought rubbing his head. He to see Cell jumping at him. He jumped away just in time, and while in the air started making a ki attack. Cell simply laughed, and disappeared and reappeared behind him and he gasped when Cell knocked him back down to the ground. He staggered to his feet. And flew at Cell with amazing speed, his fist ready for the hit. To his surprise Cell grabbed his fist. He wondered how that could be when he was coming at him that fast. Cell squeezed his fist hard. He used his free hand to try and got out of Cell's grasp but it didn't work. Then he felt Cell's knee in his mid drift. He cringed. The pain was excruciating. He just have broken 3 of his ribs and cracked some others. "You shouldn't have been so foolish." Through the pain, he heard Cell say. "Now, I will get what I came for." He closed his eyes. And then it came. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18-gou doubled over in her seat. She started to breathe hard. Kuririn immediately rushed over to her. "Kaa-san, Whats wrong?!" Marron, who was sitting next to her, frantically asked. "My brother is, gone." She said. They all gasped. They all new what had to have happened. 17-gou was not someone who could have been taken out by some guy with a gun in a dark ally. "He was absorbed by Cell." She said. "But he must have already gotten stronger." Tenshinhan said. "Why would he have absorbed him?" "I suppose there will be only one way to find out." Piccolo said. Everyone looked at him. They all knew what he meant. Then all the warriors jolted back. As if Piccolo had planned what he said they all felt the overwhelming feeling of Cell's ki. But it was much much more powerful than before. "What?" Bulma asked. She and Vegita had come out of the gravity room after a short time. They didn't talk, they just sat, she kept him company. If he wanted to talk he would have. She knew after all this time that if he didn't want to do something, no one could force him to do it. "Cell has realized his ki." Gohan said. "We should go." Goku stood up and said. "But won't we be playing into his game?" Goten asked. "We were the first time. What else can we do?" Gohan said to his brother. Trunks came back into the house at that moment. "Good thing you're okay Trunks." Goku said looking at the lavender haired boy. "Looks like we will be needing Gotenks." Trunks nodded. He had done a lot of thinking on the roof. He was no longer mad, still a little confused, but more determined than ever. He suppose he should apologize to Goten, but now was not the time. "Maybe you shouldn't go." Kuririn said to his wife. She shook her head no. "I'm going, I want him to pay for what he did to my brother, and for what he did to me." Kuririn didn't like it, but he wouldn't argue with her. "Well," Goku said. "Lets go then." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It wouldn't take them long to fly to were Cell was. But they may have been going a little slower that what they could really do. Goten noted that Trunks' eyes were all red. He didn't care to explain why they were like that. Vegita had been quiet for the flight. Not gloating on how he was going to finish Cell off. Goku stayed close to Vegita, just in case he wanted to say something. But never did. They were there. They all came to a halt. Cell was right in front of them. Smiling at them. He was strong, very strong, and he knew it. "Well now, I thought you would never get here." Cell said. "After I absorbed that little town, I was going to come and destroy you. But I didn't think that, that wouldn't be any fun." Goten cringed at the word "fun". Gohan didn't like the way this was sounding. "But I thought what would be fun. It would be fun if, things were just like the last time. Only difference being that I am so much stronger and there is no hope for any of you." Goku thought about what he was saying about "being like the last time." Then it hit him. "18-gou get out of here now!" Goku called. Cell glared at him. Before she could react, Cell was already over at 18-gou taking her energy. "NO!" Kuririn screamed, and charged at Cell. But he was only batted aside. It was too quick no one else could react fast enough to help her. In a matter of seconds she was was gone. Totally absorbed by Cell. Which made him even stronger. He laughed evilly. They didn't waist any time, powering up to their full power. Tenshinhan was trying to calm Kuririn down. Even though he knew how hard the loss of a loved one was to bear. "Well Goku," Cell said. "Would you like to go first?" Goku stepped forward. "Are you sure about this tousan?" Gohan asked his Father. "No," Goku said smiling. "But I guess I'll find out." The others backed up to give them there space. They all hoped that even how strong Cell had become, that a Super Saiya-jin 3 Goku would still be enough to defeat him. Goku made the first move. He lunged at Cell, his golden hair flowing behind him. Cell dodged his attack. Then counterattacked with Goku dodged. It went on like that for quite a while. Then they started on ki attacks. They weren't very high powered, but strong enough. But then Goku started to tire, and Cell's power level was still the same. Piccolo didn't like the way this looked. Vegita looked at Cell with hatred. "He's only teasing Kackorot." They new he was right. Then Cell got an opening and kneed Goku in the stomach, and hit him in the face. Gohan was about to jump in to help, but Piccolo stopped him. "That won't work Gohan." Piccolo said. "We gotta distract him so Goku can get a chance to attack." Gohan gave him a "how we going to do that" kind of a look. Then Vegita spoke up. "Trunks, Goten," he said and the boys turned to him. "Get ready to Fuse now." "Now?" Goten asked. He was told to only use Fusion as a last resort. "Yes now." Vegita said to him annoyed. "Cell has never seen Fusion before. So he won't be expecting it. It will most likely distract him." Piccolo admired the Saiya-jin for his plan. He just hoped it would work. "Lets do it!" Trunks called. Goku paused. He was breathing hard. Cell was so strong, he didn't know what to do. Then in the middle of his thoughts he heard, "FUSION HA!" Cell turned to see what it was. This was just the break he needed. "What technique is this?" Cell wondered. Gotenks powered up to Super Saiya-jin 3. As Cell watched this, Goku's knee went into his back. Cell gasped at the surprise attack. Then, all of a sudden, it was a free for all on Cell. Gotenks attacked Cell with great force. Cell had to try and defend himself with the surprise attack. This gave Goku a chance to recover. Gotenks got a good hit in on Cell's face. They both paused. Cell had a look of shock on his face. Vegita smiled. "Whats wrong Cell?" Vegita called. "Didn't think we would have a few new moves since you were gone." Cell rubbed his cheek were Gotenks had hit him. He looked very angry. "No" He said. "This wasn't suppose to happen." Then he screamed, "THIS WASN'T PART OF MY GAME!" As he screamed a great burst of energy came out of him. The others moved away quickly to avoid getting hit. But Gotenks, who was still in front of Cell was hit by it. Gotenks defused on impact. Sending Goten flying one way, and Trunks another. "NO!" Goku and Gohan screamed. Vegita had a disturbed look on his face seeing he son flying through the air when hit by the great force. Then he looked at cell coldly. Cell matched his ice stare. They were having great problems trying to restrain Gohan. "Another Cell game." Cell called to them. "You play by my rules or you don't play at all. I will reveal my ki when i want it to begin. If you chose not to come, I will go on absorbing people until I am so strong you wont even have a chance. Then I will hunt you down one by one." And with that final word, he was gone. Gohan was surged with anger. 'No!' he thought. 'Not again, I don't want to go through that again.' But he new he had to. Cell had to be stopped. Once and for all. He flew over to were his brother lay, and Vegita flew to Trunks. They needed help and needed it quick. They had more Sensu beans at the Capsule Corp. Fearing that they may be destroyed in the fight. His train of thought fell back onto Cell. What could be done? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back at the Capsule Corp. things could have been better. Chichi was devastated at the sight of Goten, even after he had been given a Sensu and he assured her he was fine. Marron was crying hearing about her mother being absorbed by Cell. Kuririn was doing his best to comfort her, but he felt just as bad, if not worse. Because he had been unable to help his wife when she needed him. He didn't know if he could ever forgive himself for it. "So now what are we going to do?" Yamcha asked. "Yea," Goten said. "I mean our surprise attack was a no go." "I have an idea." Gohan said. They all turned to him. He was looking at the floor. He didn't say anything. Just kept looking at the ground as if he was in a trace. "So you going to spit it out!?" Vegita said impacently. Bulma slapped him for yelling out like that, but only succeeded in making her hand turn red. "If Cell is so upset with having things like the last time, maybe that's what we should give him." Gohan said still looking at the floor. "What are you saying?" Trunks asked confused. Gohan looked up. "We find a way to bring Trunks back from his future. That way things will be just like last time." "NO!" Bulma yelled and stood up. "I won't let you. I won't let you bring that nice young man back here to maybe get him killed. Because if you remember correctly that is what happened the last time." "That's what I'm talking about." Gohan said. "Nani?" Bulma asked. "He's right." Piccolo agreed. "If Cell really wants things like last time, he will want him dead." "Yeah," Goku said, finally getting were this was going. "So if Trunks can distract him long enough, we can finish off Cell." "But we tried distracting him the last time," Goten reminded them. "And look where it got us." "This time we won't take so long." Vegita said. "We will react quick." "So wait." Videl said. "Your going to bring this kid back so you can get him killed?" "No." Gohan assured her. "He won't be killed. We will make sure of that. We just need him for a distraction." "Why can't I just do it?" Trunks asked. "I am Trunks you know." Gohan shook his head. "That wouldn't work. You'er not the Trunks he wants. He knows how different you are." Trunks cringed. Were they really that different? "And," Goku added. "We will need Gotenks." What could Trunks do but agree. "But how are you going to contact him?" ChiChi asked. Goku looked at Bulma. "Bulma could you make something?" Goku asked her. "It may take awhile. I'd never made something like that before. I'd have to draw a design from scratch." Gohan shook his head. "We don't have that long. We don't know when Cell will strike." "Vegita," Goku looked at his enemy turned friend. "He is your son. Do you think there is some way you could......." He didn't have to finish. Everyone looked at Vegita. It may be possible. "I suppose I could try." He said. "But I can't do it here. I have to go where I could concentrate." He got up to leave, but Bulma grabbed his shoulder. Why couldn't he concentrate here? She wondered. She didn't want her to go. He gently took her hand off his shoulder. "I'll be back shortly." He assured her. He opened a window and flew out. "Do you think it will work?" Piccolo asked Gohan. "I sure hope so." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It didn't take long for Vegita to fly to were he wanted to go. It was a place were he came often in the past. A place were he could be alone, to think and train. There was a stream which led to a lake, which was surrounded by trees. The stars seemed to bounce off of the water. He sat, leaning against a tree, looking at the water. He calmed himself. Which was hard to do after what had been going on. The water rippled as a leaf dropped into the water. He concentrated, thinking about the boy from the Future. He closed his eyes. "Al right Trunks." He said softly, "Let's see if you can here me...." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A SPECIAL THANKS TO: Hi there, its me Sailor Earth. I just wanted to thank some people. I want to thank Arline for editing this(Becuse we all know spelling is not one of my strong points) and taking the time to put in on the page. Means a lot to me, I can't thank you enough. And I would like to Thank those of you who helped me out with this chapter. You know who you are. And I would also like to thak Dot and VejiitaDBZ. JAA NE!