First things first, I'm really not a big fan of the Cell Saga, and to be perfectly honest, I have no idea why. It has an amazing plot, only surpassed by the myriad of twists and turns found in the Buu Saga. The fights are darn good, and as a villain, Cell is cool, not to mention the fact that his ruthlessness is carried out in almost a child-like fashion. He's so violent, but at the same time, while he's devouring entire towns worth of people, he remains calm and composed, (unlike Freeza who laughs his butt off when he so much as crushes a fly), which is a very cool attitude for a villain. So why don't I like it? I guess the answer might have to be the atmosphere during the saga. It's very bland, and even though it was intended to be, it sort of ruins the scenery, which was present during the Freeza Saga, (what with the green sky containing multiple suns and the blue-green foliage). It's just kind of......"blah!". And as for the anime, the animation in some episodes is very weak. Don't get me wrong, in some episodes, the animation will be detailed and fluid, but in others, the characters look like stick figures with color. I suppose it could also be due to the fact that a LOT of time gets wasted during this fight, just to elongate it, (in the anime at least). Characters will stare at each other for absurd amounts of time, while minor characters chatter in the background and restate things that we already know about seven thousand times. I love tension build up, but not to the point where one is forced to get up out of one’s chair and scream at cartoon characters, telling them to, "F#$@*&$ DO SOMETHING ALREADY!!!!". So call me what you will, but the Cell Saga doesn't really float my boat. Just thought I'd let you know ahead of time. If you REALLY want to enjoy it, stick to the manga for this part and you won't be disappointed. Also, due to the fact that the saga is SO complex, I'll be delving directly into the fight with no setup. It's something that would best be covered in Cell's Biography. With that said and done, ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, L l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l let's get ready to rumbl l l l l l l l l l l l l l l le!

The entire world watches as the greatest hero known to mankind steps up onto the stage to face off against Cell. The hero is Earth's best and last hope against the menace known as Cell. The hero possesses previously unseen power and courage. This hero is none other than the World Champion himself, Mister Satan! The martial arts master takes a deep breath and attacks Cell with his "devastating" flying-kick attack, the Dynamite Kick. Cell doesn't move. Mr. Satan takes a deep breath and attacks Cell with a furious series of punches and kicks directed at the villain's face and stomach. Cell doesn't move. Mr. Satan takes a breather and starts in again. The announcer becomes excited, "Cell is so overwhelmed by these fast and powerful attacks, that he can't even move to defend himself! You're amazing Mr. Satan!". Mr. Satan takes a step back and laughs at Cell. Cell doesn't move. Finally Mr. Satan moves in for a "finishing punch". Cell moves. He effortlessly smacks Satan away sending him careening into a mountain in the background. Needless to say, "Ring Out!". But now the real fun begins when a true competitor steps into the ring, Son Gokou. Gokou walks to the center of the arena, staring Cell straight in the eye the entire time. The two stare at each other for an unbearable amount of time while other characters on the side-lines make various pointless remarks that we've already heard a thousand times before ex. "Do you think Gokou can do it?", "Show me how strong you are Kakarotto.". After about a minute and a half of this, Cell finally uncrosses his arms, (the most movement he's made since before Satan stepped into the ring), and cracks his knuckles, "Should we really start off with you? I wanted to save fighting the best for last, and have you as my last opponent.". Gokou ignores him and just asks Cell if he really can use majority of the Z-Soldiers' attacks. Cell says he can. Gokou crouches into his fighting stance, and the scene dramatically shifts to another "waste of time moment", Mr. Satan. He stumbles back to the TV Announcer and explains that he flew several hundred feet through the air because he, slipped........riiiiight. Mr. Satan brags for quite a long time, and it really gets on your nerves because lets be honest, all we really want to see right now is Gokou fighting Cell. After that, the TV producers obviously wanted to torture us even more because they switch over to Trunks and give him a monologue, "Finally, the reason why Gokou has seemed so relaxed these past few days will finally be revealed.". Then the camera switches back to Cell and Gokou staring at each other, and JUST when it seems they might move a centimeter, it switches back to the TV Announcer who tells the people of Earth not to worry, because Mr. Satan only tripped and fell out of the ring, so he'll be fighting again. *Personal Note* (You really have no idea how absurd this is. The two have been staring at each other so long, that if it was real life, their eyeballs would have shriveled into little white and black prunes by now). And just when you think things could not get any more boring, the animators must have thought it would be really cool if every Z-Soldier repeated everything they said before, because that's basically what happens. And then of course it goes back to Mr. Satan and the TV Announcer talking.....yet again. However, the wait is over my friends! Just as Mr. Satan is telling the Announcer how he could, "....Easily defeat that anonymous competitor (Gokou) in two seconds.", when Cell smiles and quietly says, "Come on.". Before Cell finishes speaking Gokou is already flying towards him. He tries to kick Cell in the head, but it's easily blocked. He resorts to a punch, but Cell grabs his fist. Cell tries to attack with his free hand, but Gokou ducks, jumps clear then tries a roundhouse. Cell slides under it M. Bison style, (or Vega if you're a Japanese Street Fighter aficionado), and tries to sweep out Gokou's legs, which Gokou skillfully avoids, then back flips across the arena and suddenly disappears. Cell stands perfectly still then quickly ducks, just barely avoiding a kick. Son follows up with an elbow attack, but Cell grabs it hurls him across the arena. Gokou lands gracefully and launches himself back towards Cell. When he reaches his opponent, he throws a variety of fast punches, all of which Cell blocks with relative ease. Cell decks Gokou, but on his way down, Gokou sticks out his foot and kicks Cell in the face. The two flip backwards, regain their balance and stare at each other, (again), smiling happily. All of this transpires in about 30 seconds. Mr. Satan and the TV Announcer's jaws drop practically to the ground. And in the first "waste of time moment" that's actually funny, Mr. Satan's pupil's jaws drop to the ground and they create a chord. Artificial Human 16 comments that Cell and Gokou are evenly matched. Yamucha notices that neither party seems tired. The TV Announcer speaks into microphone, astonished and embarrassed, "T...the anonymous competitor is....p...pretty good.". He asks Mr. Satan for a comment, but Mr. Satan just can't stop staring in amazement. Finally he snaps out of it, "Oh uh, yeah yeah, he's pretty good. Better than expected. But uh, I can tell he's doing his absolute best right now. That's his limit. He can't do any better than that! HA HA HA". BAM! His commentary is interrupted by a blocked hit from Cell to Gokou. The two are butting heads again. Cell rushes Gokou and punches, but misses as Gokou leaps into the sky. At the peak of his jump, Gokou disappears. Satan and the Announcer look around, but can't see him anywhere. Meanwhile, Cell remains calm. He stands up straight and moves his arms around in a fluid succession blocking punches from a seemingly invisible opponent. Finally, Cell sticks out his left foot at seemingly nothing, but he connects with a blurring mass, which ends up being Gokou. Son stops for a minute after catching his balance, smiles at Cell and rushes the villain full-speed. He pulls back his fist, prepares to punch Cell, then literally passes straight through Cell. Cell falls for the trick and loses sight of Gokou. Despite the fact that he remains in a defensive position, the real Gokou slams into his chest seconds later and knocks him to the edge of the arena. Gokou jumps up and delivers a kick to Cell's face, knocking him out of the ring. Naturally, a ring-out would mean victory, but come on folks, we're just getting warmed up here! Cell stops himself from falling inches before he hits the ground and floats up like Dracula rising out of his coffin, (it looks pretty cool), then talks to Gokou, "How about it? Did you feel the joy of victory for an instant?". "Don't pretend Cell. I know you won't lose with us fighting like this.". Cell floats over to Gokou, "Well, you didn't do your best, I want to face you evenly.". "Yeah, I know you weren't doing your best as well.". Cell flexes his arms, "Very soon I'll show what a huge difference there really is between us.". "I'll be looking forward to it". "Son Gokou, you seem to enjoy fighting. Perhaps since you're a Saiya-jin, a fighting race.". "Well, so are you.". Cell laughs, "Well, that would depend on who I'm fighting". "It's the same with me.". Cell walks a few steps, then lunges and slashes at Gokou. Son ducks and tries to sweep Cell's legs out from under him, but Cell disappears. Gokou follows suit. The Z-Soldiers watch the two fighting at light-speed, (something impossible to the un-trained eye), while Satan, the Announcer and Satan's pupils look around in confusion, "They vanished again!". Gokou and Cell phase in and out across the ring, only showing up for a second or less. Neither seems to have much luck near the ground so Cell takes it into the air. They continue to exchange blows, countering each other perfectly. Meanwhile, down below, Mr. Satan suggests that both fighters haven't disappeared, they're merely using camouflage. I don't know what's sorrier. The fact that Satan would use such a dumb excuse, or that the TV Announcer actually buys it. Elsewhere, the Z-Soldiers all seem pretty impressed by the speed Cell and Gokou are exhibiting, except for Vegita, of course, he blows it off, "Heh, this is all Gokou can do?". But he's interrupted, when Cell and Gokou break up the little chitchat party by taking their fight outside the arena and in-between the Z-Soldiers. The two end up grappling in mid-air. They hold their positions until Gokou makes a move and falls backwards, then bringing his legs in he kicks Cell in the stomach. He appears behind Cell and elbows him in the spine, sending the over-sized cockroach headed straight for the ring floor, but Cell quickly regains control of his movement. Gokou curses and goes after Cell to finish the job. They crash into the center of the ring together and instantly start attacking each other again. Cell grabs Gokou's clenched fist. Son tries to attack with his free hand, but Cell blocks it. The force of Gokou's punch is so great, that a shockwave travels out beyond Cell. Cell releases Gokou hand and tries to return the gift, but Gokou blocks with his forearm. Cell tries to get in a kick and punch combo, but he misses, turns around and tries again where Gokou is already blocking his attack. Even though Gokou is effectively blocking Cell's powerhouse punches, he's slowly being pushed towards the edge of the ring. Finally, Gokou reaches the edge. Cell pulls back his arm for the final blow, but the Saiya-jin is already gone by the time he follows through. Cell just holds his position for a second and smiles, then stands up straight. Gokou can clearly be seen all the way on the other side of the arena behind him. "Oh, that trick again.". Cell whips around and literally flies straight into Gokou who gets knocked down by the attack. But Gokou uses his position to kick Cell in the stomach again. Gokou follows him and prepares a REAL attack. "KAAAA....MEEEEE......HAAA....MEEEE.......(wait for it)....HAAA! Cell patiently waits for the beam to reach him, then pushes it aside with one hand. Cell smirks. Wrong move retard, you dropped your guard. Gokou materializes behind him and nails him in the kidney region, (if Cell has any). Cell falters a bit and for the first time grimaces in real pain. His face, for the first time, is masked with malice as he whips around and decks Gokou HARD in the face sending out a satisfying spray of blood and sending Gokou hurtling backwards. He zooms over to Gokou and then deals him a crushing over-head smash. Gokou gains control of himself, but barely in time. He hits the ring floor and causes the tiles beneath him to shatter. He gets up and smiles. Cell lands and then smiles, (Y'know, these guys sure like smiling). Cell happily announces, "This concludes my warm-up.". Gokou agrees. Satan and the Announcer are speechless, "THAT was just a warm-up??". Kuririn stutters, "Now begins the real fight!". Thank you oh great stator of the obvious for including us on that great secret which I'm sure no descendant of the Australopithecus family that walks upright on two legs, breathes Oxygen and eats food for sustenance would have ever possibly been able to realize without your revealing it to us. We are all in your debt, and have effectively lost brains cells for having listened to such an obvious remark being stated as if it were as important as the world reaching the final sign of the apocalypse. We are now effectively dumber thanks to you. In the arena, Gokou crosses his hands in front of his face, and begins his power-up. But Kuririn, despite his naivety, is correct. Things are indeed going to get interesting! Cell smiles while Gokou powers up. Mr. Satan, the TV crew and his pupils cower in fear while the Earth around them shakes. Gokou finishes the power-up with a huge blast of red light and wind. And when the dust settles……he’s still Gokou (phew) just fully powered up. The TV Announcer can’t figure out what’s going on, “There appears to be a yellow fire surrounding the man in the arena!”. Naturally, it’s Gokou’s ki. Mr. Satan says it must be some sort of trick……again. Cell pulls a “me-too” and decides to power up as well. He spreads his wings, clenches his fists, and lets loose with a scream that would make Enma Daiou cower. His power-up results in a blue blast of light and wind. It also appears to be more powerful than Gokou’s, as it sends Mr. Satan and his crew flying through the air. Even Piccolo has a hard time keeping balance during this display of dark power. (Insert time wasted with characters looking around very seriously, Mr. Satan saying it’s a trick, and so-on and so-forth for about two or three minutes). At last, Gokou starts slowly walking towards the monster before him., with a smirk on his face, no less. Finally he stands two feet in front of Cell. Despite the fact that the villain is one of the tallest in the series, (partly because of the organic Pope hat on his head), Gokou bravely sticks out his chest and looks up at him defiantly. This is a relatively famous picture and has been replicated in the manga, special artwork, and appears in DBZ Legends for Playstation and Sega Saturn. Cell speaks, “Come”. Gokou responds “Yeah”. BOOM! Not a second later he nails Cell in the stomach with his right fist and elbows him in the back. He kicks Cell into the air and appears behind him, decking him in the back. Interestingly enough, Cell’s face is devoid of expression. Before hitting the arena, Cell does some aerial stunts and hovers upside down in a corner of the stage. He smiles and some blood falls from his lips, “Very good Son Gokou. This is exactly what I was hoping for. The true pleasure of battle cannot be savored unless both of us are at an equal level.”. “Yeah, I think so too.”. On the side, Vegita expresses extreme jealousy of Gokou’s incredible power. Everyone else is very happy for Gokou, but Gohan wears a look of deep thought, “Why is every so surprised? Dad is very strong….but…”. Back in the arena, Cell charges Gokou. The two collide and Cell fires a barrage of punches at our hero. Gokou blocks all of them and manages to get his foot around and trip Cell. Cell falls in slow motion, completely taken off guard, and Gokou puts his fist on a collision course with the beasts’ face. Cell fades away at the last second and Son gets nothing but air. Cell reappears behind Gokou and takes a shot, but he’s already gone. The two take to the sky and fight like dueling lightning bolts in all sorts of positions. Finally, they decide to slow down and bestow heavy hits on each other. Fist to fist, knee to knee and foot to face, (Gokou receives that one), the two tear up the arena. After recovering from the blow, Gokou seizes an opportunity and deals Cell a heavy blow to the face, sending him across the stage. The fighting comes to a standstill and there’s nothing but pure silence on all sides. Finally the TV Announcer breaks the uncomfortable calm, “Uh….camera man, did you get all of that?”. “How could I!? They were too quick!”. The announcer asks Satan for his opinion, “Do you think they were fast?”. Satan stutters, “Uh yeah well uh, they were so-so”. Silence once again, this time it’s broken by a far more intimidating figure. Cell snickers, then chuckles, and finally erupts into shaking laughter. “I’m REALLY enjoying this Son Gokou!”. He becomes silent again and crosses his arms in front of his face. Gokou gasps. Tenshinhan stares in disbelief, “That’s…..!”. Another Cell appears next to Cell. Then another and another! The four Cells stand tall and proud in unison, “Shishin no Ken!”. Cell has learned Tenshinhan’s replication technique! Gokou glares at them while the humans on the side stare at Cell….er, the Cells dumbfounded. But lets remember something folks, Gokou overcame that move long before he knew he was an alien! “So you’ve chosen this move to be your undoing?”. (Pretty bold for Gokou, he doesn’t usually talk smack). The Cells take flight and from the sky look more like a small army of cockroaches zooming around at the speed of light, than any kind of a threat. After some fancy moves, they land at the four corners of the arena, with Gokou standing in the middle, (not a good position to be in Son!). Gokou says that the attack won’t work. Cell thinks it will. They attack Gokou all at once, but even so, Gokou manages to hold his own, even though he receives a couple blows from Cells that sneak up behind him. Finally, all four attack from all sides simultaneously, and astonishingly, Gokou does fine. Meanwhile Mr. Satan can’t figure out what the hell he’s looking at. Elsewhere, Tenshinhan and Yamucha assess the onslaught, “Even though he’s used your technique, each of them have the same strength as the original!”. “Yeah, I hate to admit it, but he’s made it more of his move than mine!”. And surprising everyone, Artificial Human 16 speaks up, “Yes, but he does not appear to be losing”. At that instant, Cell starts to beat up Gokou, gee thanks Number 16, way to ruin a good thing! But Cell lays off, and Gokou is back on his feet again. The original Cell asks if Gokou finally sees the extent of his power; he does. “Well, keep in mind, there is even more power beyond my absolute power.”. And with that, the Cells raise two fingertips to their foreheads. Piccolo curses, “Damn, now that’s my attack.”. Cell charges up for a second then lets fly, “Eat this!”. All four fire at Gokou from all sides at once. The beams approach him, but he remains steadfast. Just at the moment before impact, Gokou flies off, with the Cells in hot pursuit. Everything is going according to plan. Well, for Gokou at least! At the moment when the four are furthest from each other, Gokou delivers an airmail fist to each face, knocking them out of the air. He delivers a special FedEx Overnight Knee to the last one’s gut and smiles with satisfaction as they plummet to the ground. They fall, defeated, on top of one another and phase back into the original Cell, and he’s not moving…. Everyone marvels at Gokou’s amazing feat. “W…wow! Gokou took advantage of their differences in timing!”. And stating my exact thoughts is Vegita, “Idiot! That’s basic fighting! Besides, observe Cell’s potential power.”. Trunks senses that Cell hasn’t lost any energy at all! Realizing that his cover is blown, Cell raises his hand, forms a glowing red saw-blade and hurls it at Gokou. It barely misses his chest! It continues past Gokou and slices off a tuft of Mr. Satan’s hair, makes a U-Turn, slams into the ground and explodes. Kuririn stammers, “Ki…Kienzan!”. Ah but we know better, don’t we? Cell forms another and unleashes it. Gokou jumps up and dodges it, but this time, this disc hovers for a moment and follows him! Yamucha says he’s using the Kienzan like the Souki Dan. Oh how little you know Yamucha and Kuririn. We’re treated to a cute pointless scene of Kaiou samma pointing out to everyone that it’s actually Freeza’s move, the one he injured himself with on Nameck. Cell manipulates the disc like a puppeteer from Hell while Gokou zips around like a lightning bolt. Cell comments how Freeza’s cells inside of him are instinctively telling him Gokou’s plan of action, (the whole appear in front of him thing), and he assures Gokou that it will not work. With that said, he unleashes another disc with a satisfying “Hyyaaa!”, as the disc cuts cleanly through Gokou’s stomach shredding him in half! But Gokou shimmers for a second and disappears. It was the One Pattern! Cell cockily states that he predicted that too. Gokou come from out of nowhere behind Cell, and the discs cut through him again! But luckily it was just another after-image. A voice comes from across the ring, “You can’t expect to beat me if you use old techniques like that.”. It’s Gokou, safe and sound, but obviously miffed. “I suppose you’re right. Well then, I’ll finish with this one.”. Gokou’s solid face is overcome with surprise, “He’s just raised his ki to the max! What is he planning?!”. “KA!……ME!” Cells pulls his palms back into position. He’s wearing a huge smile on his face. Gokou isn’t as surprised, as he is alarmed, “STOP IT! IF YOU SHOOT THAT OFF HERE WITH POWER LIKE THAT!!!” “HA!…..ME!”. Cell’s body is shaking with power and light streams in pillars from the ball of energy between his palms. Vegita makes a useless plea, “St..Stop it!”. Too late Vegita. “HAAAAA!”. Gokou stands like a deer in head-lights for a seconds, then shoots straight into their sky, “THIS WAY CELL!”. The beam follows him and barely misses the earth. Gokou “Shunkan Idou’s” it out of there, just in time to escape the enormous beam which shoots safely into outer space and dissipates. Gokou returns directly behind Cell, much to the villain’s surprise, and kicks him away. The befuddled announcer asks Mr. Satan for an explanation, and this time Satan is speechless. Cell is surprised, and lets it show, “How? That Kame Hame Ha should most certainly have hit you.” “Yeah….it should have.”. “Oh yeah, you disappeared, then reappeared instantly just before.” “It’s Instantaneous Movement (Shunkan Idou). I can do it.”. “Teleportation!? I see, that could be troublesome.” “I want to ask you something too. If I hadn’t flown into the sky, would you have shot the Kame Hame Ha at the Earth and destroyed it?”. Cell relaxes a bit and smiles, “Well, I won’t tell you that. But I did know you had to fly into the sky.”. “Ohhh, so you’re pretty smart.”. Cell lowers his voice, “But I tell you this. I have no qualms in destroying the Earth. But I also do not desire for the fun to end just yet. That’s ALL.”. He crouches into a fighting position and launches himself in an instant. He moves so fast, he comes from Gokou’s back and elbows him from behind. Gokou counters, but hits nothing. He dodges another kick from Cell and flies up. Cell is faster though, and gets the drop on him. Gokou hits the ground, but kips up immediately. He looks everywhere but can’t find Cell. The monster shows up behind him, “I have enough faith in my speed.”. Right away the two forces collide in a light-speed battle on the ground and in the air, neither making any headway, simply countering each other perfectly. Gokou leaps across the arena backwards with Cell no more than a foot away from him. The two exchange a series of blows that do connect, but neither is phased. It’s evident from the expression on their faces, that they are now seriously battling. They separate and charge again, only to dissapear from human sight once more. However, huge tufts of dirt and smoke shoot up from all around. They’re really going at it. Punch, kick, punch, kick, it goes back and forth at speeds previously unmatched by and of the Z-Soldiers. All the TV camera can pick up is little flashes of light as the warriors zoom around. This is seriously one of the fastest paced fights to date in the series. It’s a shame it’s so short. Cell connects with a powerful right hook, knocking Gokou’s head to a painful angle. Cell takes the opportunity to follow-up and lands blow after blow to Gokou’s jaw. The living nightmare pulls back his arm for a final blow, but Gokou seizes the millisecond of freedom and ducks down, kicking Cell straight up, completely surprising him. With Cell still hurdling, Gokou teleports directly behind him to send him back to the ground, but Cell disappears. Son realizes that he messed up, but that doesn’t slow him down. Meanwhile, back on the ground, the TV Announcer exclaims, baffled, that the soldiers have disappeared completely from the ring. Back in the thick of battle, Gokou and Cell pick up where they left off on the ground. A quick shot of Gokou’s grimacing face reveals that he’s bleeding from the mouth, forehead and chin now. Cell seems to be okay. Finally, they slow down a bit and give each other some heavy hits, and surprisingly, Cell seems to be hurt more by Gokou’s strong blows, than the inverse. After this exchange, they pause again. “You really are good Son Gokou. I never imagined that I would garner this much fun fighting you.”. “Me too.”. (I should mention, Gokou is not his cheery self, he’s very serious now, but not rude, meanwhile, Cell is smiling). “More battles should be like this.”…..No response from Gokou. “Well then, shall we begin again?”. On the ground, Mr. Satan thinks that Gokou and Cell are using camouflage to hide themselves in the arena. (Riiiight) What’s even worse is that the TV Announcer believes him. What is the world of news coming to? But when Gokou and Cell start up again, Mr. Satan’s assistant hears the loud crashes of the battle and sees them in the sky. She draws attention to them and the announcer excitedly describes the scene and tells the camera man to pick up the battle. Meanwhile Mr. Satan scratches his head. As expected, the speed of the camera is waaay to slow to pick up the two entities. The people of Earth look at giant TV monitors, seeing nothing but sky. They begin to get impatient and start chanting. They want to see Mr. Satan kill Cell. Yeah…..right. Above the Earth, Popo tells Earth’s new god, Dende how he can look in on the battle by looking into the flow of the Earth from his palace. Then a few scenes of Gokou and Cell fighting are repeated, however, when you least expect it, Gokou pulls off a powered somersault, ending with his foot greeting Cell’s face and saying, “Howdy! You’re screwed!”. Cell falls back in pain, and pulls a cheap move by turning into four Cells again, but only for an instant, (and boy do I mean and instant). Obviously, he meant to distract Gokou, and it worked, he’s able to put Gokou in a hold and smash him into the arena. Gokou escapes before Cell can do anything more, and he stops at the edge of the ring. Cell is RIGHT on him. He decks Gokou and our hero BARELY avoids a punch from Cell that would have landed him outside of the ring. Gokou lands safely on….the side of the ring again, and once again, narrowly misses an attack from Cell. He follows up by kicking the monster in the shoulder, almost sending the villain to a humiliating defeat this time! Gokou jumps back into the center of the ring, and starts to turn towards Cell, Cell at the edge of the arena disappears and materializes right behind Gokou! Without change of expression, or direction, Gokou kicks Cell before he can do any damage, well, tries to. Cell vanishes again, only to appear behind the Saiya-jin, and they end up kicking each other! (This all takes place in an amazingly short amount of time). Not ones to rest on their laurels they both go back to aerial fighting, but before either attacks, Cell appears above Gokou and holds his appendages out in a “X” pattern, signaling a short break. Cell is the first to speak, with a smile on his face of course, “Superb fighting! I do not wish for this fight to end with something as trivial and an “Out”. Let’s rid ourselves of this rule, it means nothing to us.”. Cell slowly puts out his left hand. Gokou can’t figure out what he’s doing. It only takes him 10 seconds to figure out though, (not bad for Gokou!). He wheels around and warns everyone to get away from the ring. Vegita’s no idiot, he’s the first to haul ass, in slo-mo John Woo style, (trust me, I’m making it sound cooler). An with that….BOOM, no more ring. Technically, no more anything, a crater gapes in it’s place. But what about Mr. Satan, his gang and the TV guys. Surely they would have been killed by such an attack. Wrong! Kind-hearted Artificial Human 16 shielded them. He warns the group to leave because their presence is not reqired. The reporter stubbornly refuses to go, “After all, Mr. Satan plans to take on the winner! Isn’t that right Mr. Satan?”. The martial arts guru quakes with fear, but he’s given an ego boost by his female associate. “Oh well uh yeah, I will fight the winner, but uh, for right now lets stand back over here. Heh heh!”. Cell and Gokou finally reach ground level and face each other. Cell makes a memorable statement, “And now the ground is the ring. Victory or defeat depends on who admits defeat or perishes first.”. “I see. You must really want to fight.”, Gokou says with a trail of blood coming out of his mouth. “Our battle deserves it.”. “Allright then.”. Gokou starts to do a couple leg stretches, expecting Cell to wait for him. Gokou you idiot, this is Cell, not Freeza. Immediatley Cell attacks, “Now then, allow me to use the Earth!”. He fires a beam at Gokou, much to Son’s surprise, and would have nailed him had Gokou not looked up at the last second. On the offensive now, Cell sends blasts after blast at Gokou. On the defensive, Gokou does nothing more than run away. Miles of terrain are eradicated by Cell’s deadly warpath, with Gokou at the head of it. At last Gokou turns and faces Cell while flying through a field of energy blasts heading towards him, he pauses for a moment and shoots off one powerful blast to counter Cell’s many beams. When they meet, the sky is lit up by an explosion. Finding it useless to continue fighting in air, and with ki attacks, they brutally attack each other on the ground with their fists. The blows send out shockwaves and loud booms, but neither does any damage to the other as they both counter each other’s attacks. They sto pounding on each other and grapple in a stance similar to when Gokou and Freeza grappled on Nameck. In fact, the whole thing is almost a scene by scene recreation, with the addition of the TV Announcer and the Z Soldiers watching. It’s really cheap actually, and a complete and utter watse of time. After a while, they go back to attacking each other normally, but they batter each other at a fantastic rate while staying in one stationary position, like “Rock em’ Sock em’” toys on steroids. Inserted here is a rather humorous scene of Kaiou samma really getting into the whole deal. “Yeah yeah! Go go! Like that! OH NO! NOT LIKE THAT! NO, THAT’S BAD! OHHHHH YEAH!!! YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!!…….”. Suddenly he realizes that Bubbles and Gregory are both staring at him, and he looks like a total idiot. “Oh uh, you guys were there.”. He coughs, then straightens up and puts a solemn look on his face, “Hmmmm, yes. What a battle indeed. Their ki levels have yet to diminish despite the fact that the battle began long ago. If Cell is a monster, then Gokou is as well.”. Oh Kaiou you old nut, you’re incourageable! But we still love ya! HAHAHAhaha..ahaha.ha….Oh, you guys are reading.*straightens up* Gokou POUNDS Cell and sends the beast into the Earth. Cell plows through the ground and shoots up in front of Gokou, shooting off multiple ki blasts. They explode around Gokou, but he emerges unphased, headed for the atmosphere at a fantastic rate. At a ridiculously high level, he stops and hovers. Cell looks up, puzzled by this action. Kuririn laughs, “What does he plan to do up there!?”. You’re about to find out. Gokou puts his wrists together, “KA..ME!”. Piccolo realizes what our boy is up to, “He’s going to shoot a full-power Kame Hame Ha!”. On the ground, Cell starts laughing, “If you shoot a Kame Hame Ha from there, you’ll destroy the Earth!”. But even as he says this, a ball of light can be seen glinting around Gokou. Kuririn stammers, still smiling, “He..uh…he’s not gonna shoot it! If he shoots, the Earth would be destroyed.”. “HA..ME!”. Think again Kuririn. Cell stops laughing, “Hey..No way!”. Gokou grits his teeth and prepares to fire. The Z Soldiers begin to look worried! Gokou’s about to fire! But if he does, the Earth will be destroyed! Oh Gokou, what areyou gonna do!!!!???? He completely disappears of course. “What’s that you say? Dissapears?”. That’s right, Gokou vanishes….ONLY TO REAPPEAR TWO FEET IN FRONT OF CELL!! Cell screams, “OH SHI…”. “HAAAAA!!!!”. KASHOOOOM! BOOM! Cell’s entire upper body is vaporized in a brilliant flash of light! When the smoke clears, Gokou, (still in pose), is standing exhausted over Cell’s halved body, with no upper half to be seen! Well done Son! You’ve finally defeated the bio-killing-machine Cell! Now go home and have some well deserved sake and noodles! You deserve it big…er…little guy! And thus ends the Cell Saga!(kinda)