Cell Joins the Fray.

(Jaina-POV)

"This is it… the wormhole… I will need to travel through here to get to my mother's home planet…" going through there, she would be able to find the origin of those two… bastards… Her Capsule Corp designed oval ship continued its flight, targeting the wormhole within a chaotic part of space, filled with electrical storms and a few dark holes nearby.

"Well… this is it, I'll figure out how to destroy those two murdering monsters after I pass through this here wormhole… I hope." she sat, observing the way from her seat as she continued to pilot the ship, making sure to navigate through this hellish area of space. Finally… she had an idea as to the where about of those who took everyone away from here in the future, now she need only pass through it and then, find the planet Remnant.

(Gohan-POV)

"Dad, can you feel that? Piccolo is giving his all and yet, his Ki is still slowly draining from the fight." he said, frustrated, his dad nodded seriously, replying as they sat the entrance of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

"Yeah Gohan, Piccolo has gotten much stronger though the android is still stronger in the long run. They do not lose their Ki, unlike with Piccolo and the rest of us. It is why we need to stay here, await for Vegeta and Trunks before we get stuck into our training. Son, I wasn't you to ascend, I want you to be able to transform like I, Kron, Trunks and Vegeta can. To do that, we need to be ready to jump right inside the room once those two leave." Gohan nodded, still not happy about letting Piccolo fight but he wasn't alone. Kron was with him, he would help him but so far, he only watched. Though Gohan knew that Piccolo would have wanted him to not get involved in his fight. Kron being there, Gohan felt himself sigh once again, speaking to his dad.

"Mr. Piccolo has gotten this much stronger by uh, combining with Nail and another Namek, plus there was that time with Garlic junior when Piccolo and Kami rejoined together. Kron has had a year within the Hyperbolic Time Chamber… I wonder how much stronger he has gotten now." Goku looked deep in thought, nodding as he spoke.

"Yeah son, with all that's happening. I would rather test myself against him and Vegeta. But with these androids… and this other threat hiding in the wings, we need to be patient Gohan." Mr. Popo had returned from his food run, getting them a meal in the process, he also gathered much more food which his dad had asked for, paid for by Kron's uh, one of his wives… the black haired one, Blake that Mr. Popo went to. Winter, she also given them an emergency capsule's that Kron used for his own training, holding year supplies of food which they had spare. He returned and delivered the good news… at least now, they as in he and his father wouldn't starve when it was their turn in the chamber…

"...Father, this fight… I, uh… I'm not really-" his father interrupted him, nodding solemnly before smiling.

"-I know son, you don't really like fighting, like me, Vegeta or Kron. Being Saiyan's, as I have come to learn, it's… in our blood son, but if I could, I would not force you to fight anymore than you wanted to. But it might just be up to us, encase of this other unknown threat Piccolo has been trying to stop… But as it stands, we all need to help defend our world against these guys."

"I will, I know that father. But sitting here…" Gohan didn't finish as the fighting between the androids and Piccolo begun once again, he could feel Piccolo's Ki intensify for battle.

(Piccolo-POV)

Another island, he and Seventeen once again stood across from each other while Kron stood off to the side across from Sixteen and Eighteen. Piccolo continued to look at the android Seventeen, ready to once again fight. His power begun to swirl within him, he breathed out a few times as he radiated his Ki, preparing for the continuation of their bout.

Wiping his face of the small trail of blood coming from his mouth, Seventeen smirked before once again speaking, instead of fighting.

"It is a shame that you still insist on getting in our way but I'm in awe of your improvement this time around, your strength… It is very much certain that our data of you has been wrong, or some things have changed since our last bout. Terminating you is not something we wish to do but still you insist on continuing to get in our way. Tell us, will you now, seeing that you cannot defeat me, give us the location of Goku?" Piccolo replied, narrowing his eyes on him.

"Why? So, you can fulfil your mission? And what mission is that other than to kill him and for what? For your creator. No, I seem to have no reason, none at all why I should even consider to tell you where Goku is at. Why don't you make me." Piccolo smirked, Seventeen chuckled, getting into a battle position, bouncing on his feet.

"Fine, we shall continue our fight, where you will continue to weaken yourself until I deem you ready to be able to tell me what I want to know… by force. That's a fine plan, I haven't yet finished playing against you yet…" Piccolo too got into position, waiting for either Seventeen or himself to start the bout.

"Piccolo, hurry up and fight him. Your time in the arena is almost up. I'm getting really excited to be able to show off soon-"

"-Show off, why don't you fight little ole me then… big guy." android Eighteen said, smirking towards Kron while he scoffed, Kron turned towards Piccolo but keeping silent. Seventeen then rose into the air in order to get closer to Piccolo, speaking towards Piccolo while giving Kron one glance over. His Ki intensified, his white aura begun to cover him as his Ki once again came to the forefront, readying for-

-Seventeen moved quickly, striking against him, flickering further still in order to land a series of combos onto Piccolo. Piccolo didn't let that slide, landing his own blows onto Seventeen, their speed begun to wreak havoc to the new island they were on.

Their attempts, whether dodging blows, or afterimaging around each others attempts, their speed was quite even, even with Piccolo already expended a small but decisive amount of his stamina and Ki reserves.

Piccolo felt much stronger than Seventeen, at least, at the start of their fight but now he believed with his expenditure of energy, they were now even. Seventeen and hm exchanged a few more blows, showing that even with their strength, they were pretty even in strength. Their brief excursion ended once again as Seventeen landed further back from Piccolo and begun to watch him, planning another attack. Piccolo used the time Seventeen begun hesitating to crack his neck in mockery towards the android before speaking loudly, smirking towards Seventeen.

"Your speed is decent, but your punches don't have enough weight behind them, in other words your pathetic as a fighter, though I shouldn't fault you for that seeing as you're a mere android, not a trained warrior." He seen Seventeen growl, as he replied angrily.

"What was that you-"

"-Yeah, you heard me right. Goku punches harder…" Seventeen continued to speak, eyes narrowed in his direction.

"How nice of you to talk so big, You face not a warrior, but the strongest being on this planet... Android Seventeen. Your bluffing, look at you Piccolo… your struggling man, too bad you didn't give up sooner!" he blasted forwards, taking a swipe at Piccolo who attempted to launch a few Ki-blasts in front of him. Seventeen whacked one aside and used an elongated right arm, sudden strike to try and slap away Seventeen. The android dodged, afterimaging into a roll and then bounced off a nearby rock, using the momentum to once again attack him.

He got him with an elbow blow, Piccolo bent forward from the strike and fired off a Ki-blast towards the ground, the beam blowing him backwards into Seventeen as Piccolo back of his head headbutted Seventeen, sending backwards in turn.

 "You can't keep this up man, you'll tire out eventually…"

"And you're not perfect, you'll make a mistake sooner or later, and I'll exploit it." Piccolo returned, Seventeen replied.

"Your nothing compared to me, just flesh and bone-" Eighteen interrupted Seventeen, speaking up from where she stood with Sixteen.

"-Seventeen, don't underestimate him. He's a lot stronger than we originally thought."

(Kron-POV)

The island had a lot of volcanic activity resurfacing as Piccolo and Seventeen continued their fight. Their melee strikes and grapples against one another brought the one volcano on the island to begin erupting once again. The planet and island begun to shake from their intense power-play, so I rose up into the air and without powering up, launched a bright purple Ki-blast, engulfed in yellow aura as it sailed downwards into the volcano. My explosion, controlled and small, blew into the volcano, stopping the lava flow and blocking it. I stayed up in the air as I sensed that Cell was coming, heck, he felt close. Coming from the north.

Looking back to the bout, Piccolo and Seventeen continued to fight on the island, the eruption stalled by my own efforts.

"...Cell…" I whispered aloud, the guy wasn't hiding his power and instead flaunted it as he continued to head to where Piccolo and I were, using Piccolo like a beacon. This was it, I needed to make a decision and fast. Spare Gohan, spare the androids Seventeen, Eighteen and Sixteen by killing Cell now… or letting him play out. I winced in frustration, I wasn't sure what I wanted but time was coming to an end. A decision needed to be made.

Piccolo and Seventeen, fought underneath the sea for a while as the island they fought on blew up. The Volcanic activity resurfaced once again as the island collapsed but Piccolo led Seventeen in a melee bout towards another island.

Eighteen and Sixteen cautiously looked my way before following from afar Seventeen and I followed, arms folded once again. Lost in thought, I continued to idly think on my problem, the fight in front of me become boring as I awaited the true threat. They looked pretty worn down after fifteen or so minutes of renew fighting on this much more bigger island, I noted Piccolo's strength begin to wane once again and felt Cell getting close by. The two fighting, Piccolo and Seventeen once again stalled in their bout to begin talking though I could hear Piccolo mention Cell in his speech. I landed between Eighteen and Sixteen and the two fighting. Powering up, I would begin tensing my arms and bending down into position as everyone including myself heard the ear-grating voice of Cell speak up from on top a cliff. Keeping myself quiet as I slowly powered up, Cell called out to Piccolo and Seventeen.

"Oh, hello Piccolo, nice to see you once again. This is a delightful momentous occasion for the history books, you've been a very wonderful friend to me Piccolo, leading me to my prey like leading a horse to water. I thank you for your assistance. This marks the dawning of a new age to be sure, for I aim to become complete… and all the pieces of the puzzle lay atop this island, just waiting to be plucked by me… Hmm… I can just see it now… Completion…" I got as good look at Cell and could tell that he looked different, he is… red and felt much stronger, perhaps on par with my own strength, in the anime… Cell definitely was more stronger than even I was as just a 'Super Saiyan' as well, I could feel him clearly…

"...Thank fuck for me heading to Namek and making that wish…" I said aloud, continuing to slowly power up as to hide others from my strength before I go all out. Cell continued speaking.

"Android Seventeen, Eighteen it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I am Cell, your brother and I have come to take you in… though not in the way you think." Piccolo yelled out to me.

"Kron! It's your turn, deal with that bastard Cell-"

"-What is that thing, Piccolo. You look like you know that thing?" Seventeen interrupted Piccolo as the 'Super Namek turned to Seventeen in shock. Cell, not listening, and instead gloating about his plans to absorb them, continued to speak.

"-Android Seventeen… amazingly efficient, Android Eighteen, poetry in motion… hmm... well… who is this one? And then there's the monkey in the room… A monkey I have no data on, who is much weaker than I am now, even as a 'Super Saiyan'. Yes... yes, I see you powering up little mammal, and I've got to say, I'm not impressed."

"This other android… he does bare the 'Red Ribbon' insignia, so he must be one of Gero's earlier, less efficient models… Well now, I guess I can ignore that one." Cell jumped down and I begun to yell out, as the earth begun to shake from underneath everyone. Piccolo and Seventeen turned back my way briefly as my 'Full Super Saiyan' power begun to shine through, instead of me hiding most of it and I begun to growl, almost feral. Cell watched but as I continued to look at him smirking, he started to power-up in turn. Piccolo and Seventeen jumped out of the way as Piccolo headed further away from the androids while Seventeen jumped back with Eighteen and Sixteen, out of the way of me and Cell. Cell growled loudly while I tried to keep silent.

"Haggggrreeeehhh Ahhhhhhrraaah hahereaaaaah" Cell also laughed a lot while he powered up to his full strength while My power, reached it's maximum while forming a crater underneath my feet, the earth continued to shake as Cell, and I continued to power up. Finally, Cell's aura appeared, almost 'Super Saiyan-like' as it wisps from out of him, the same color as a 'Super Saiyan', matching mine in intensity. He stepped forward, done with his power-up.

"Now… I guess I deal with you Saiyan, then I'll feast good afterwards. Once again, thank you Piccolo, for your assistance in leading me to them. I'll make sure to kill you quickly…" Cell laughed aloud while I readied myself for a beginning to hostilities.

(Krillin-POV)

At Roshi's place still he continued to train with Yamcha and Master Roshi helped to train them when Yang, Tien and Winter arrived once again. Tien nodded his way and spoke.

"Can you feel that from here? It's that weird Ki again… that Cell." Krillin nodded, replying.

"Yeah, though I can also feel Kron too. Things are heating up. Should we go over there and help them?" Yang replied, looking serious for once.

"What do you think? We should handle the other androids while Kron fights this Cell. So, lets get over there yeah. Mom, you coming too?" Yang asked, looking towards Raven who nodded neutrally.

"Yeah, Winter. Take us to your husbands battlefield. We should be there encase we need to jump in. Though this Cell and even Kron… they feel like overkill, getting in front of their fight. The other androids are fair game." Raven looked towards Winter and before the elder Schnee could speak up, Chichi came out of master Roshi's house with the wireless phone.

"Guys, Bulma has finished making a device to deactivate the android!" she handed over the phone and Krillin took the phone.

"Eh… hey Bulma-"

"-Alright, you might as well send either Winter to come and pick up this device. I only had enough time to make one of them so use it wisely." Bulma spoke. Krillin nodded instinctively, hearing Bulma's voice and then he realized what he done, so he replied in turn.

"Alright Bulma, I'll send Winter to you to pick up this remote. Can you do that Winter?" he looked towards the eldest wife of Kron… that lucky bastard.

"I'll get going now." Winter said, placing her right hand upwards to her forehead and using one finger, she focused before disappearing from the area. Bulma spoke then.

"Alright guys, good luck and try not to destroy my hard work, that remote… I'll be coming over with Trunks. Bye Krillin." he heard the phone hang up as he sighed, turning towards the area that Piccolo, Kron, the androids… and Cell was in. Tien rushed forward.

"I'm going over there, Yang, Raven… let's go. Krillin, Yamcha… you guys coming." he lifted up into the air while Krillin looked towards Tien and then Yamcha as they nodded, wordlessly agreeing with him. They took off and flew towards the battlefield.

(Kron-POV)

Looking towards a cocky and sure Cell, this 'Red' Cell looked not bothered at all by my strength, the Ki that rolled off from me in waves, I was showing. I decided to kill him, here and now. But first I wanted to test my strength against him and then, slowly but surely, dominate him until I decide to kill Cell. I also had to remember that if I did go in for the kill, that I had to eradicate his entire body or else he just might regenerate by using Piccolo's cells.

Rushing forward, I engaged Cell in melee, his speed and his use of his tail making things much more challenging than any other I've fought before. Though I was only in 'Super Saiyan', I fought with an intensity against the creature, slowly gauging him as he tested me. Already from the brief but intense bout, the planet underneath cracked, and the island struggled to resist the explosive energy being used on the island, making the fight of Piccolo and Seventeen look lame in comparison.

"Y-Your impressive for a Saiyan friend b-but, your no match for my power…" Cell said in between exchanging blows, he smirked at me while I didn't reply back, taking the fight as it is, a test of my prowess.