Im-Perfect Cell

I blinked and to my horror I saw that time had passed and I didn't even know. I thought I'd be able to still fight using that strange lump of ki, but instead it seemed I was barely hanging on.

I rolled and I felt myself sink into a puddle. My reflection was older, it looked like I had aged 20 years or something. My hair was grey and my eyes were foggy. My eyes glazed over to the fight still taking place.

I took in the details. Piccolo was fighting alongside 17 who seemed angry than anything I'd ever seen. I blinked as I saw Gohan and Krillin slam into a different looking Cell. It seemed all four were fighting him after some kind of transformation.

I felt a hand on my back as it straighten my posture. "Whoa, I'm surprised your alive. Want a senzu bean?"

I looked at Yamcha who seemed beaten. I took the bean and chewed on it. I felt my ki sputter and body felt cold. "Seems Senzu beans won't help me too much."

Yamcha patted my shoulder, "it did enough, after all I thought you died." Yamcha followed my gaze to the fight.

"The androids showed up, but that monster apparently ate or absorbed 18. We tried to get 17 to leave, but... He's also the best of us right now."

Cell seemed fine and I breathed, "What about the attack I blasted him with?"

Yamcha sighed, "Tien did something similar and he currently is out of the count as well. Cell's recovery is insane. He regrew his whole upper torso after Tien. I can't imagine what you did to him."

I couldn't either, Piccolo could regrow limbs, but his whole torso and head? I tried to get up, but Yamcha slammed me back down. "Whoa, Eins not your fight. I get it, you want to protect earth and all that. I don't really understand where you get that sense of duty of yours...but you can't go in there."

I sighed, I couldn't fault that logic. However, I always excelled. I wanted others to excel as well. I pushed myself up, "I wait for now, but if i must..."

Yamcha shook his head. "You know dying of ki exhaustion is a natural death. You won't come back."

I shrugged, "I'll make sure to blow myself up then before that happens."

Yamcha sighed, and we both watched the battle with Cell. The fight was clearly against him. A 4 vs 1, you think he'd lose and yet. He had seemingly endless stamina, mastery over his body, and had the ability to consume people to get stronger. Unfortunately he consumed a lot of people.

West City had a natural population larger than the northern continent. With nearly 2 billion people. West City was the biggest city on earth. Yet he wiped out almost 80% through consumption.

Piccolo used solar flare and krillin followed it up with his destructo disc. It sliced through Cell right side as he dodge. Gohan clobbered him to the ground, but Cell a second later had a new arm and leg. Delivering a kick to 17 who tried to capitalize as well. Cell's tail stretched, but Piccolo cut it clean through.

I could now see how they had lasted. Piccolo and 17 were using most of what they had and Krillin and Gohan used follow ups with high lethality. It looked like a good strategy, but I frowned. From the way Cell moved, i knew he was playing around with his new body.

They all knew that too, the bastard knew all their moves except 17's. He had all our DNA and a unhealthy mixture of animal DNA. This was why he looked like a Cicada, but why?

Why did Cell need to transform. I don't normally dabble in biology, but... My guess it was his genetics. He had so much going on it made his actual genetic structure unstable.

If he absorbs android 17 and 18 he'd become more humanoid right? He knew our techniques, but couldn't truly preform them. The mortal arts were also a secret to him. I thought carefully of just what I could do.

Cell didn't have artifical ki, it even had some uniqueness to it. Not the clear glow that is unleashed when they channel their ki. I turned to Yamcha, "How many senzu beans do you have right now?"

He shrugged, "5, you're no-"

"Give me three, I got an idea." Yamcha looked at me with concerned. So I explained, "Reasonably I only did this in practice. However I might have a technique that could kill Cell. Though..."

Yamcha sighed, "How sure are you? We really can't waste these."

I paused, "Well there is another option."

Yamcha raised his brow, "What?"

"You give me all of your ki, and I mean all of it. Then you eat one senzu bean to you know."

Yamcha looked at me with a look of disgust and intrigue. I could get it, I did just tell him to basically put him on death's door. he wouldn't die since he wasn't using his life-span like I did. However he would be so weak he certainly wouldn't be doing much other than giving senzu beans.

We both turned as we heard a scream. We turned and looked in horror as Cell ripped off Gohan's arm. Only to drink it the next second. It seemed he was done playing.

Yamcha turned quicker than I could have and flushed my body with his ki giving me all of it. He stumbled and spoke, "I hope your 100% sure."

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Cell turned on a dime and started to reverse the battle instantly. His power was insane, and he could completely hide it. Likely a trait created from my genetics. With Yamcha's ki I slammed into Cell with a force that sent him flying.

Piccolo yelled, "GOHAN, GIVE EINS YOUR ENERGY!"

Piccolo seemed to figure out how I regained my energy. He followed my attack with a barrage of energy blasts and Gohan passed his energy to me. "Put it to good use kid. I hate to admit it, but without an arm I am no longer much help."

He looked pale and I could only nodded. I took his energy just as Cell went for a swing at us. "The prodigy is back after blowing me to bits!"

I pushed Gohan back and slammed a punch into Cell's gut. "Argh, I'm not a fan of this exchange program."

Piccolo slammed into Cell's back, "YOU ARE SO ANNOYING!"

It seemed Cell was a talker, I hadn't heard much conversation. Though telling how Piccolo reacted. I threw a jab at Cell and he dodged, "As much as I love fighting you all. It's about time I achieve my perfect form."

To my shock he slammed his tail into me and yelled, "SPECIAL BEAM CANNON."

Piccolo was blown back with a whole in his chest. He fell to the ground, and before any of us could do anything he was next to 17. I yelled, "KRILLIN FUCKING KILL THEM BOTH!"

17 tried to fight back Cell, but Cell had grabbed him. Krillin threw a destructo disc at the two, and its sliced through Cell's legs. Except.... Except it didn't matter. 17 Wasn't cut in half because half of him was already inside Cell.