Gohan glanced uneasily around the deserted valley, ebony eyes taking in every minute detail of his surroundings.
~Something's not right here, it's too quiet... too still...~ he thought, frowning.
"Daddy, he's here." Pan whispered softly, a hint of fear tinging her voice. "I can feel him."
Trunks' eyes narrowed dangerously and his lip curled into a snarl. "I sense him. He's watching us." he murmured, fists clenching in anger.
"Yes... He's close... Maybe 15 feet away at the most." Vegeta agreed, smirking arrogantly. "Cell! Come out you coward!"
"You can't hide from us forever! Come out and fight us if you dare!" Bulma added, arms crossed and eyes narrowed dangergously. She was the mirror image of her mate.
Videl blinked slightly. "Why don't we just go find him?" she suggested, raising an eyebrow at them.
Everyone looked at her and sweatdropped.
"Videl, he could be anywhere! This valley is full of hiding places!" ChiChi exclaimed, rolling her eyes as though it were obvious. (which it was n.n;;)
"So, the pitiful Saiyan's are seeking me?" Cell chuckled softly, a hint of amusement in his voice. "Well, who am I to disappoint them?"
Pan's eyes widened in shock and she span around to face the Jolly Green Giant's twin brother. (AN: sorry, I couldn't resist!) "You!" she spat, lips curling into a snarl. "So, you decided to show yourself, coward? Well, now comes the real test. Are you powerful enough to face all of us?"
He stared at her, even more amused than before. "You want to fight me? How pathetic. But, very well. Who will fight me first?"
There was a moment of silence as they all contemplated this, then finally, Videl stepped forward. "I will."
Everyone turned to stare at her. "Mom?" Pan asked, dumbfounded.
Gohan placed a hand on her shoulder. "Dear?"
"I will fight him. I don't want any of you to get into this, I want to fight him on my own." Videl smiled gently at her mate and daughter. "Don't worry, I won't lose." she assured them, turning and taking a step towards Cell.
Cell smirked and let his arms drop to his sides. "So, the brave mother will fight me, hmm? Very well." he sighed, waving a hand as if dismissing the situation.
"Bastard! Don't take me so lightly!" Videl cried, powering up to Super Saiyan level 2 and continuing to advance towards him. "In another timeline, Gohan beat you, and in this time, Trunks beat you. I don't know how you came here and I don't know why, but I swear to you that I will defeat you here and now." The others quickly backed far, far away from the battleground as she crouched into a fighting stance. "Soon, Cell, you will be just a memory. A dream- no, nightmare from the past."
"Those are big words coming from someone who doesn't even know what she's up against." Cell commented, amused by Videl's anger.
She ignored him and began her attack on the monster with a swift kick to his....... lower regions. (If Cell even HAS a 'lower region' >.<) Unfortunately for Cell, the hit connected and he went down, eyes wide in shock. "Y-you little bitch!" he squeaked, deep voice now a high soprano.
Everyone glanced at each other, then back at Cell and burst into laughter.
Videl snickered. "Ooh, big bad Cell got an owie?" she asked mockingly, wasting no time in throwing the largest Masenko she could manage at the fallen beast. Cell, having his um..... guard down at the moment, was hit head on by the blast and a loud scream -that sounded suspiciously female- could be heard as the ki enveloped him in it's fiery grasp. The group held their breath....... It couldn't possibly be that easy to beat Cell, could it?
The smoke cleared....... to reveal........ Cell's head and a small part of his upper chest laying on the ground. There was a collective "EWWWWWWWWW!!!!!" from the Z senshi when it began to pulsate.
"Videl-san!" Trunks yelled, eyes wide. "Get rid of it! He's going to regenerate!"
Videl grimaced. ~Damn, now that is just plain nasty! That Dr. Gero guy must have had one hell of a sick mind...~ she thought, aiming a final blast of ki at Cell's er, remains, and turning her head. There was a large explosion when the ki hit, and when the dust cleared, Cell -all of him- was gone. "What the hell? That was freaking easy!" she yelled, stunned.
"We spent ALL that time training, to face someone with a ki as low as Frieza's?!"
Everyone glanced at each other, sweatdropped, then shrugged and walked back over to where Videl was still standing.
"That was cool Mom, did Daddy teach you the Masenko? I didn't know you could use it." Pan commented, glancing down at the spot where Cell had been a few moments before.
"Yes, he taught it to me in the Room of Spirit and Time because I wouldn't stop pestering him." Videl replied, looking slightly sheepish. Gohan rolled his eyes.
"I don't believe it...... Cell, defeated in two ki blasts and a kick to the jewels!" Vegeta complained, pouting. "I wanted to fighttt!"
They all stared at him, jaws hanging wide open. Bulma sweatdropped. "Vegeta dear, perhaps it's a good thing he was defeated so easily...... you would have tried to prolong the fight and probably would have destroyed half the Earth in the process." she reasoned, crossing her arms.
"What?!"
The couple continued to argue about various things -such as the destruction of Earth, peanut butter and pickle juice sandwiches, the many uses of whipped cream.....
"Oi, why me?" Trunks groaned, hanging his head in embarassment.
Pan giggled and patted him on the back. "It's all right dear, it's just the way your parents show affection. I'll bet they argued just like this on the night you were conceived....."
"AAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! NO NO, BAD THOUGHTS, BAD!!!" Trunks wailed, clapping his hands over his ears so he couldn't hear anything else Pan might say.
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"Righttttttttttt......."
"Anyways, we oughta get going. Poor Emerald and Juunanagou are stuck at Capsule Corp with all the babies!" ChiChi said finally, turning and blasting off into the air. The others followed, not finding any particular reason to stay around any longer.
~Well, that was easy!~
~Weird..... very weird.....~
~Guess Cell wasn't so perfect after all.~
~Gee, I wonder what would have happened if Vegeta HAD fought?~
~Dammit, I'm still HUNGRY!!~