Do You Remember 4/4

Son Goza POV - Earth, Georgia, Unnamed Woods - 2010

After we contacted Bulma to tell her about my idea of reprogramming baby Cell and the androids' blueprints, I waited for Bulma to arrive while Future Trunks went looking for his father, Vegeta, in order to train with him and learn how to surpass the Super Saiyan level as well.

Future Cell was ravaging the cities, depleting the population as he absorbed energy from every human, he could find in order to become stronger while Piccolo-san and Tien continued to search for him, but he remained one step ahead of them, hiding in the shadows as he knew that he was not yet powerful enough to defeat Piccolo-san.

After some time, Bulma arrived together with Nappa and baby Trunks and then she started to study the androids' blueprints, the supercomputer, and baby Cell while I watched over her, until suddenly, a now healthy father appeared in front of me, and told me about his plans to enter the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, where we can spend a whole year training in the span of one day in real-time, in order to surpass the powers of a Super Saiyan and that he had already told the others about it and were all in favor of this option.

At that point, I quickly told a white half-lie to Father by telling him that I couldn't join them as I already used the Hyperbolic Time Chamber under the control of the Galatic Patrol while Nappa told him that he would watch over Vegeta's son for now and join later before Father casually shrugged his shoulder and quickly teleported back to Lookout to wait for Future Trunks and Vegeta to come out of their year-long training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

As Future Trunks and Vegeta train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and I was watching over Bulma as she worked her magic, Piccolo-san was at the Kame House with the other, watching the news and cursing Future Cell while the others were taking a nap. 

However, Android 16, Android 17, and Android 18 suddenly arrived in front of Kame House surprising Piccolo-san who awakened the others. 

The Androids asked for the location of Father, but they refused to tell and then Piccolo-san challenged Android 17 to a fight, and they moved to a deserted island nearby. 

Piccolo-san requested that the other two Androids stay out of the fight, and Android 17 agreed, however, Android 17 didn't realize that Piccolo-san had fused with Kami which increased his power to astonishing levels and because of this, Android 17 underestimated him, and was knocked down easily at first. 

After Android 16 warned Android 17 that Piccolo-san was much stronger than before, the battle became more serious as the two gave it their all and were evenly matched in power, with Piccolo gaining a slight advantage with his new techniques. 

Meanwhile, Future Cell, still absorbing energy from humans in a nearby city, noticed Piccolo's huge ki and deduced that he must have been fighting the Androids and then rushed full speed to them, finally seeing a chance to absorb the Androids and achieve his perfect form. 

After intense fighting, Android 17 stated that Piccolo-san won't be able to keep this up forever, as he doesn't have infinite stamina, and in response, Piccolo-sam stated that before that happens, Android 17 would make a mistake.

At that point, Bulma had already created a remote that would deactivate the Androids based on Dr. Gero's blueprints and started working on reprogramming Baby Cell something that she said was still possible as Gero's Master Computer was still actively working to build and influence Cell's personality. 

Meanwhile, Piccolo-san and Android 17 continued to fight on the deserted islands and they both gave it their all and were evenly matched but they stopped when Piccolo-san looked in horror at a nearby rock, upon which Cell was standing making the Androids look in confusion.

Meanwhile, Piccolo and Android 16 noticed Future Cell's new incredible power from absorbing many thousands of people.

Immediately after Future Cell interrupted the battle between Android 17 and Piccolo-san, he began to inspect the other Androids but stopped when he saw Android 16, brushing him off as an earlier, less efficient model. 

Android 17, however, did not recognize Future Cell and asked him to stop interrupting the battle. 

Meanwhile, Krillin-san flew off to meet with us to retrieve the remote control, and Tien watched the battle between Future Cell, Piccolo-san, and the Androids from a nearby rock. 

Back on the deserted island, Piccolo-san was shocked that the Androids did not even know who Future Cell was, though he intervened to save them and then he warned Android 17 and Android 18 that Future Cell was another of Gero's creations and his purpose was to absorb them and be complete. 

Future Cell took this patiently and asked them to be merged with him to be the most powerful being that Dr. Gero dreamed of but obviously Android 17 refused the offer and stood willing to fight Future Cell. 

At that point, Android 16 then warned 17 not to fight him because of his extreme power, advising Androids 17 and 18 to run away, however, they were still skeptical towards Future Cell, and without realizing the seriousness of the threat he posed, they chose to stay. 

As a result, Future Cell powered up to unparalleled power, exploiting the thousands of lives he had absorbed, then beat Android 17 to a pulp in order to weaken him and absorb him by force. 

Piccolo-san tried to interfere but was easily overpowered, he even launched his Light Grenade attack at Future Cell, but he was not fazed by it. 

Future Cell then retaliated by breaking Piccolo-san's neck with a strong punch and launching an energy wave through Piccolo's stomach, tossing him into the sea and making his Ki disappear something that would have enraged me just as it did for my brother if I didn't know for certain that Piccolo-san was still alive thanks to his incredible regeneration powers and the fact that Cell didn't care enough about him to confirm that he was truly dead. 

At that point, Android 16 finally decided to fight, he once again advised Android 18 to leave and told her that he enjoyed the time they spent together. 

Android 16 then interrupted Future Cell as he attempted to absorb Android 17 by punching him hard in the face and knocking him to the ground which surprised Android 17 who questioned how Android 16 was able to do that, and 16 told him that according to his calculations, his own power and strength was about equal to that of Future Cell. 

Then they began to fight an even battle, with Android 16 having a slight upper hand but at one point, Future Cell struck Android 16 in the neck with the point of his tail and attempted to absorb him, but his plan backfired, as 16 was a completely mechanical model with a different design than the other Androids. 

Then, Android 16 ripped off Future Cell's tail in order to put a stop to his absorbing capabilities, claiming that he is now "like a bee without a stinger." 

Unfortunately, Future Cell was composed of the cells of Piccolo-san, therefore, he can regenerate his own body parts and limbs like Piccolo-san can do and thanks to Frieza and his father Cold's cells, his lifeforce is so abundant that he could regenerate from almost anything as long as a single one of his cells exists.

However, Android 16 refused to give up and unleashed some of his strongest techniques before 16 threw him to the ground and launched a Hell's Flash directly at Future Cell, which inflicted a huge amount of damage on Future Cell but failed to kill him. 

At that point, Android 17, seeing Android 16's massive power, got incredibly cocky and planned to finish off Future Cell himself despite Android 16's repeated warnings to both Androids 17 and 18 to run away. 

As a result, Android 17 got caught off guard and was finally absorbed by Future Cell, who was hiding underground behind him. 

The other two Androids and Tien watch in horror as Android 17 is sucked into Future Cell's body, as they are now all rendered powerless, and can do nothing to stop the monstrous Cell as begins his hideous transformation.

Future Cell is now in his Semi-Perfect Form and his first act was to test out his power. 

He does that by attacking Android 16 with a blast that severely damages the Android and by doing that, he got a taste of what his power can do, and he has taken out the only thing preventing him from absorbing Android 18. 

After Android 18 refused to join him, he tried to persuade her by using Android 17's voice, saying that he enjoys being a part of Future Cell, but she didn't fall for his trick and finally threatened to detonate her destructing bomb, but Future Cell quickly informed her that while she was charging the blast, Future Cell would have enough time to stop and absorb her. 

At that point, Tien has had enough of just watching Future Cell torment others and decides to step in and try to stop Future Cell from absorbing 18. 

As Androids 16 and 18 made their escape to an island in the distance, Tien Shinhan was determined to hold off Future Cell for as long as he could by firing his Neo Tri-Beam. 

Tien fired several times in a row, giving all the energy he had until he fell to the ground in a severely weakened condition and though they were able to buy some precious time, the Neo Tri-Beams had little to no effect on the monstrous Semi-Perfect Cell who was then angry that Android 18 was able to escape in the midst of the distraction, so Future Cell turned his sights to killing Tien in retaliation, but just as Future Cell was about to deliver the final blow to Tien, father appeared using Instant Transmission. 

The sudden appearance of Father caught Future Cell off guard, as they shared words in their official meeting as Father promised to defeat Future Cell after getting stronger. 

In response, Future Cell mocked Father for his supposed cowardice but is surprised because Father was able to grab Tien and also Piccolo-san, who washed up to shore, barely clinging to life, and teleported back to Kami's Lookout just as Future Cell made a move to attack him. 

Just as Tien and Piccolo-san recovered, Vegeta and Future Trunks had completed their training and were about to emerge from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. 

Meanwhile, Krillin-san arrived at Dr. Gero's Lab where I was playing with baby Trunks under the watchful eye of the Saiyan nanny Nappa while Bulma finished working on reprogramming baby Cell, and then, Bulma gave Krillin-san the remote control that is capable of shutting down Android 18 within a 10-meter range before Krillin-san flew to search for the Androids. 

Shortly after that, Bulma finished doing her magic and we secured Dr. Gero's Lab and flew to the Lookout to rejoin the others-

At the Lookout, Future Trunks and Vegeta emerged from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber after a year of intensive training and it was apparent that both of their powers have increased exponentially, and they have reached a whole new level of strength. 

There was also a physical change in Future Trunks' appearance as his face had matured slightly, he was now taller and more muscular than before, while his hair had grown to be shoulder-length. 

Bulma was surprised by the new length of Future Trunks' hair and questioned why Vegeta's hair did not grow as well which made Vegeta inform her that a pure-blooded Saiyan's hair does not grow or change once he or she is fully grown.

Just before Vegeta and Future Trunks left Kami's Lookout, Bulma provided everyone with a new Saiyan Battle Armor that was identical to Vegeta's. 

All of them accept the armor, except for Piccolo, who is proud of his Namekian heritage, Tien, who refuses to dress like Vegeta, and I who had grown to like the Galatic Suit in the years I had used it and prefer it over the Saiyan Battle Armor. 

Vegeta then rushed off to test his new power against Future Cell and shortly after Future Trunks left after him but not before Father gave him two Senzu Beans, and Bulma, nervous about their well-being, requested that Future Trunks take care of himself as well as Vegeta.

As Vegeta and Future Trunks hunted down Future Cell, father and Gohan entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with a clear mission, to make Gohan a Super Saiyan and to ascend to a level even greater than that of a Super Saiyan.

Meanwhile, through a series of powerful energy blasts, Future Cell has depleted nearly every island in sight in his efforts to find Android 18. 

Only one island remained, the very island that Androids 16 and 18 were hiding upon, and Future Cell was about to blow it up as well, however, Vegeta arrived just in time to stop him, with Future Trunks following closely behind. 

Future Cell, unaware of their intensive training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, was unimpressed by the arrival of Vegeta and Future Trunks, believing that they would not present much of a challenge. 

In response, Vegeta proudly proclaimed that he was now the strongest warrior in the universe and exhibited his new strength by transforming into a Super Saiyan Second Grade, but Future Cell was still not impressed, as he believed that he was superior to Vegeta no matter what transformation he goes through, but then he soon learned that he was no match for the Saiyan Prince.

The battle began with the newly ascended Vegeta commanding complete control of the upper hand, whatever attacks Future Cell threw at him, Vegeta countered them all, dominating in both strength and speed. 

While Vegeta battled Future Cell, Krillin-san arrived on the island with the remote control that Bulma gave him and soon located the Androids. 

Even though he knew the importance of carrying out his mission to destroy Android 18, he hid behind a mountain, conflicted. 

Ever since Android 18 kissed Krillin on the mountainside road, he has developed strong feelings of affection for her and struggles internally against causing her any harm and much to Android 18's surprise, Krillin smashed the remote in the hope of smashing her much later. 

After dominating in battle, the ascended Vegeta had clearly proven himself superior to Future Cell. 

At that point, Vegeta told Future Cell that he had no chance of winning because even if by some miracle Cell managed to defeat him, Future Trunks would have finished him off. 

At this point, Vegeta expressed his disappointment that Future Cell did not present enough of a challenge for him to test his new strength against. 

Future Cell, now more desperate than ever to absorb Android 18, conjured a plan to reach perfection and because he was made up of the cells of Vegeta, he knows that Vegeta's greatest weakness is his pride. 

Future Cell then used that weakness to manipulate Vegeta and told him that if he had the chance to reach his perfect form he would become a worthy adversary, and he claims that Vegeta would be no match for him. 

Vegeta being Vegeta easily fell for Future Cell's trap, and he stepped back from battle, allowing Future Cell an open opportunity to absorb Android 18 so that he would become a worthy opponent.

However, Future Trunks knew that his father was blinded by his pride and that if Future Cell reached his perfect form, his power would likely greatly surpass Vegeta's, although Vegeta didn't believe it was possible. 

Future Cell soon found the Androids on the island, but Future Trunks blocked his path, stopping him before he could act. 

This angered Vegeta, who was eager to prove himself against a Perfect Cell sp Vegeta stepped in and attacked Future Trunks, hindering his efforts to stop Future Cell. 

Future Trunks, however, was determined to stop Cell from transforming at all costs, even if it meant standing up to Vegeta. 

In response to that, Vegeta laughed at Trunks, claiming that he did not have the guts to challenge his own father because he was weakened by his feelings but then Future Trunks proved him wrong, conjuring a powerful energy wave and blasting it at Vegeta.

As expected, such an act made Vegeta realize that Trunks is stronger-willed than he thought, and his determination earned Vegeta's respect. 

With Vegeta temporarily out of the way, Future Trunks, Krillin, and Android 16 worked to keep Future Cell away from Android 18 in an all-out attack. 

However, Future Cell eventually used Solar Flare, blinding everyone so that he could absorb Android 18 at long last, and to prevent any interference, Future Cell created a powerful barrier around himself as he transformed.

Enraged Krillin-san attacked Future Perfect Cell along with Future Trunks, but the attack had no effect and then Future Cell knocked Krillin-san unconscious with a mere kick, and then he resumed his fight with an unimpressed Vegeta. 

Meanwhile, Future Trunks gave Krillin-san a Senzu Bean, and Krillin-san told him that he had never felt such strength and power before, he also told Future Trunks that he could sense the massive power that Trunks was holding back, and he asked why he had not unleashed that power to put a stop to Future Cell. 

Future Trunks then recalls his training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, stating that at one point, Vegeta reached a plateau, and Trunks was able to surpass him, however, Trunks did not want his father to know that he surpassed him because he fears that Vegeta would then hate him because of it. 

Even though Trunks has worked hard to gain his father's approval, he knows that Vegeta would rather lose than accept someone's help because of his extreme pride, therefore, Future Trunks refused to step in and reveal his true power until the moment Vegeta lost consciousness. 

During the battle, Future Cell toyed with Vegeta, allowing Vegeta to believe he actually had a chance to win, just as Vegeta did to Future Cell. 

As a result, Vegeta became frustrated, which affected his fighting for the worse, as he was too blinded by anger to fully concentrate, at one point, Vegeta charged at Cell and kicked him in the neck. 

This did not faze Cell at all, which utterly shocked Vegeta as he revealed that he put all of his energy into the kick. 

Then in retaliation, Future Cell sent Vegeta flying across the island, through several rock formations, and into the water with only one kick. 

While he was down, Future Cell laughed at his apparent weakness and thanked Vegeta for being a good warm-up, as well as allowing Future Cell to reach perfection, however foolish a mistake it was. 

Outraged, Vegeta flew into the sky and challenged Future Cell to take his next attack head-on, he concentrated nearly every ounce of energy he had left into a blast and launched it at Cell. 

Vegeta's Final Flash did destroy Future Cell's right arm, however, he regenerated and then, with a short series of attacks, knocked Vegeta unconscious.

After Perfect Cell dealt his devastating blows to Vegeta, Future Trunks became enraged, and he transformed into a Super Saiyan Second Grade, he then instructed Krillin-san to take Vegeta away from the battlefield so that he could recover before he started fighting Future Cell. 

During the battle, Future Cell then encouraged Future Trunks to demonstrate more of his strength, leading Trunks to transform into a discount version of the Legendary Super Saiyan, a Super Saiyan Third Grade. 

As he gathered his energy, Piccolo-san observed him from above in amazement, stating that Trunks was now even stronger than Vegeta, and possibly Future Cell as well which was kinda true but only regarding pure power level as the Super Saiyan Grade Three was too slow and inefficient to be an actual threat to Future Cell who indeed started to play around with Future Trunks for a while before he decided to explain the flaw behind such transformation to him. 

Realizing his foolish mistake, Trunks quit the battle and told Future Cell that he could kill him, however, Future Cell let him live and was curious about how Future Trunks and Vegeta gained so much power in so little time. 

This led him to come up with the idea of having a tournament, the Cell Games, which would occur ten days after his announcement. 

A day after Future Cell's announcement, Father and Gohan emerged from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, mastering Super Saiyan Full Power, and once again, my brother's appearance was similar to mine as he had greater muscle mass and was taller than before after spending a full year training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

After we informed them of what happened during the time they were training, Father used Instant Transmission to visit Future Cell at the tournament platform in order to gain an understanding of his power. 

He then teleported himself back to the Lookout where we were waiting and then Bulma asked Father if he thought he would be able to defeat Cell, and Father calmly laughed it off, claiming that he did not really know and thought Cell would probably beat him into the ground. 

This comes as a surprise to the others, as they do not understand why Goku is acting so calmly about it.

Piccolo-san then reminded Father that he and Gohan could go back into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for one more day, but Father refused the offer. 

Once again, this came as a surprise to the others even when Father informed them that he and Gohan would be training outside of the Chamber rather than subject their bodies to any more strain before we returned home to spend the remaining time together. 

For the next 9 days, most of the Dragon Team used their time to train, though I, Father, and Gohan trained for only three days and spent the remaining six resting. 

Father also paid a visit to New Namek and asked Dende to become the new Guardian of Earth and he was eager to see us again.

Dende accepted the offer and created a new Shenron, capable of granting three wishes, though this could be reduced to two if one wish took too much effort. 

When the tournament commenced, Father decided he would be the first one to fight Future Cell, however, the World Champion Mr. Satan, along with his students in combat, Caroni and Pirozhki, attempted to fight him first, though each one of them was easily flicked away and disqualified. 

After the comic relief, Father and Future Cell began to battle in a heated display of power, technique, and ability. 

To no one's surprise, Father seemed to be able to keep up against the mechanically engineered monster. 

They exchanged many moves for a while until Future Cell grew tired of being confined to the small ring, so he destroyed the ring and made the battle an all-out fight, just to make things more interesting for him, with no rules applied. 

Goku threw everything he could at Perfect Cell and even tricked Perfect Cell into believing he would destroy the Earth with a Kamehameha before using Instant Transmission to teleport directly in front of Perfect Cell and unleashed the blast on him obliterating Cell's top half.

Everyone seemed content until the remains of Perfect Cell jumped to its feet and regenerated and suddenly Father forfeited the match and surrendered. 

He reasoned that only two people could defeat Perfect Cell, my brother and I and then he picked Gohan as the next one who would fight. 

When Father revealed that information, the Z Fighters were furious, noticeably Vegeta and Piccolo-san, while Future Cell was amused. 

Then before Gohan and Cell began to fight, Goku asked Krillin for a Senzu Bean, which he threw to Cell, surprising everyone but me as I already knew that he would pull off something like this. 

Future Cell gladly ate the Senzu Bean and proceeded with the fight which developed pretty much like the original one with Cell trying to push Gohan to unleash his full potential until he created 9 smaller blue versions of himself from his tail and ordered them to attack us but not to kill.

At that point, I decided that it was enough and that it was time to make my move, so I transformed into Super Saiyan before quickly eliminating all the Cell Jr. much to the surprise and shock of everyone else.

Then I started to fight Future Cell in my brother's place and I was pretty much his equal despite the fact that he was still holding back even more so as my power started to increase the more I fought him, but once again, I felt my Ki and emotions starting to get out of control but thanks to my training I held on and continued to fight.

At one point, I decided to stop holding back and fully transformed into my Legendary Super Saiyan state without losing myself in my rage and started to truly dominate him.

But I wasn't the only one improving, and the more the fight lasted, the more I felt my control over myself slip and as a result, I became more cruel and ferocious the more I fought to the point that I started to actually torture Future Cell until with a single powerful punch I forced Future Cell to puke out Android 18, which made him revert to his Semi-Perfect form.

Enraged, Future Cell threatened to destroy the whole planet but at that point, I lost all control and simply didn't care anymore which forced Father to act and use Instant Transmission to transmit them both to King Kai's Planet, which was subsequently destroyed along with father, Cell, King Kai, Bubbles, and Gregory.

But at that time I didn't care about that and only focused on regaining control over myself as my Father's action shocked me awake from my rage-induced haze. 

Shortly after, Cell returned stronger than ever and I focused on him while an enraged Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and joined the fight and the two of us easily overwhelmed and obliterated him once and for all.