Chapter 2

"Your wishes have been granted, and now I must sleep." Shenron's voice resounded through the desolate valley they were in. And in his usual fashion, the great dragon's body turned to energy, and the energy dispersed to seven points around Earth, planting the dragon balls back into hiding.

Vegeta looked at Cell, with a hard-set expression.

"How did…?"

Cell's gaze settled on his 'savior', as realization flooded through him.

"Vegeta! You brought me back?! You must surely have gone insane, for you have doomed everyone now!"

Cell smiled and began to laugh.

Vegeta scowled. "Quiet!"

Cell's laughing stopped, and his eyes narrowed. "And what's made you so confident, you fool? Don't you know you've also signed your own death warrant?"

Vegeta's classic smile of arrogance came to his face.

"Oh have I? Well let me tell you Cell, you have been dead for seven and a half years. And having my cells in you, you must know I would have trained the entire time. Don't you think I would have changed in that time, even a little? I've become far stronger than Gohan was when he destroyed you. You don't feel any different; I sense the same amount of power from you as before. What were you doing in hell all this time? Playing cards with Frieza and the Ginyu Force?"

Cell gritted his teeth angrily. "You…you lie! And you will pay for your insolence!"

Cell powered to his maximum and charged Vegeta. Vegeta's smile faded. "This is not why I brought you here."

Vegeta drew his arm across his chest, swung and connected as Cell reached him. Cell smashed into a nearby canyon wall, and it collapsed. Vegeta waited, and soon Cell shot up through the rubble, soaring through the air.

Cell drew his hands back, "No one can best me, I am perfect!"

The biomechanical being began to concentrate all his energy into a move.

"Kame…" Vegeta looked up at him.

"Ame…"

"We're wasting time Cell! This is pointless!" Vegeta shouted at him.

Cell ignored him "HA!"

Cell threw his hands out in the kamehameha stance, and a huge wave of destructive energy poured out of them, going straight at Vegeta.

Vegeta put out his hands, and caught the blast as it reached him. He held it there a while.

"You see Cell? This will only drain away the time we have"

"What? You…caught it!", Cell looked awestruck.

Vegeta then kicked the blast in the other direction in the sky. It exploded with a brilliant flash of light. He looked back at Cell, who was then stunned silent.

Why? Why did he bring me back from death? To torture me? And what is he babbling about? Time for what? Did he bring me back for only a short time? Will I return to hell in a day?

"Curse you! Why did you bring me here? You obviously had a chance to train while I was imprisoned; did you resurrect me simply to demonstrate this fact? "

Vegeta watched as Cell settled back to the ground. "Well, if you're finished with the futility, I'll explain what I wanted with you. Not that this was an easy choice, but I believe you will understand eventually."

Cell was growing impatient. "Then begin now! I am growing tired of this! While you're at it, why is Goku still dead? The dragon is obviously still around, and I fail to see why you bleeding hearts didn't bring him back. I have become weary of hearing about him in the other world. Tell me!"

Vegeta smiled wickedly. "There is a lot to cover Cell. But I have the whole story, since I know of everything that happened to Kakarrot after he died, and a lot of other things about him.

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Goku missed eating real food. They had good cooks in other world, but the food just didn't compare to the real stuff. He'd been really excited when he was granted an entire week in the living world. He immediately had gone to his family and friends, and they were all together now, eating a great feast cooked by Chi Chi.

"God, you'd think being dead would have killed his appetite" said Krillin

Goku looked up "Mm jst dnk tmsm fddd rmlsfmmm." "Come on Dad, swallow if you want us to understand" Gohan said.

Goku did so. "Heck no! Being away from real food so long only made me hungrier! Other world food just wasn't satisfying, especially the clouds."

Everyone's jaw gaped open. "Clouds???" They all said in unison.

"It was the first thing I could think of to eat on snakeway…" his voice trailed off.

He shrugged and began stuffing his face again. Everyone there was eating at maybe a quarter of Goku's pace, but they didn't really pay any mind to it. Chi Chi, Krillin, Gohan, Piccolo(who didn't eat anyway), Master Roshi, Ox King, Yamcha, Tien, Chiaozu, Bulma and her parents had all gotten used to Goku's eating habits over the years.

"So why did the Grand Kai grant you a whole week again?" Ox King asked Goku.

Goku swallowed and answered "He said I'd not only helped to save Earth, but most of the universe by defeating Majin Buu with Vegeta. He told me a week in the living world was the least he could do."

"Well I'm glad I get to see you for seven whole days, I've missed you very much." Chi Chi said sweetly.

"Vmssd ytswp yhh rlly ndd tlt mtnw vfsssm" mumbled Goku.

Chi Chi sighed. Suddenly Trunks and Goten burst into the room.

"Mom! I think Dad's mad about something! He flew away really fast!" said Trunks.

"That's just like your father, he can't even sit still for a moment to watch his son" Bulma said wearily. "Aww, I was hoping he'd join us, the food's great!" Goku broke in.

"Can you watch me beat up Trunks dad? I'm really good now!" Goten said excitedly.

"In your dreams!" said Trunks

Goku looked at his son, "Well son.."

The sky outside went totally black.

"What? Where'd the sun go?" Krillin said.

Goten looked mad "Aww man, how can we fight in the dark?"

Moments later, the sky went back to normal. A look of caution came over Goku.

"The sky only goes black like that and comes back when the dragon is summoned you guys!"

"But who wanted a wish granted? Nobody else on earth can find dragon balls as quickly as we can, who even got them?" Krilin said.

Yamcha spoke up "Hey Trunks, which direction did your dad fly off to?"

"That way" he pointed northwest.

"Oh my gosh, you don't think he…?" Tien didn't finish.

"That is where my house is, AND the dragon radar that’s in it, but I don't know what Vegeta would wish for. Why would he summon the dragon? I refuse to believe it." Said Bulma.

Goku finally stopped eating, "I don't know guys, I think we should search around and see if we can sense where Vegeta is. Bulma, you go back to your house and check for the dragon radar."

"Maybe your dad wished for you to get a haircut Trunks! Ha ha ha!"

"Shut up Goten, you should talk!"

"Oh, yeah", Goten felt his own massive locks.

The party quickly split up, with Bulma and her parents going to their house, and the Z Fighters searching different areas of the world.

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Cell and Vegeta were hovering miles high in the atmosphere. Vegeta had told him of all the happenings with Majin Buu, what he had learned of Goku, and the fact that the lookout was gone due to being destroyed by Buu.

"So you think we can become far more powerful than Goku and his wretched boy do you?" said Cell

"I know we can, stronger than any being in existence, dead or alive. Stronger than Kakarrot, his son, anybody. The highest power level doesn't stay the highest for long. You thought you were the most powerful at one point, but now you found out that the entire time there was a creature lying dormant in the Earth who dwarfed our strength. We will ascend to unheard of levels, but that alone will not be enough. We will need to combine our efforts, work perfectly as a team. And we'll need time to reach such a state, that is why I've brought us here."

Cell smiled evilly, "So Buu destroyed the look out huh? Ha! It's a good thing, that place really was an eye sore as I remember it from your memories. It's too bad they want to build another one."

Vegeta replied, "Yes, but it will not have access to the hyperbolic time chamber dimension, as they are planning to construct it elsewhere. But we must get inside, for our own purposes."

"You're sure the way you told me to get in is the only way now? It's so ridiculous" Cell said.

"I'm afraid so, yelling a tear into the dimension worked for Buu and my son, so it will work for us as well." Vegeta told him.

"I can't believe this is how you and the others all gained so much strength in such a short time. Since you know many of Goku's training methods now, I assume you will incorporate them into our regimen while we're in there." said Cell.

"Yes, and with your knowledge of all the other fighters' training techniques, we will be able to gain the most power out of the training." Vegeta said

"Well Vegeta, you had better be careful, or I might just pass you. I am the perfect being. You had better not let me go like you did the last time, or I'll become your superior in power again" Cell mocked.

Vegeta grinned his arrogant grin back at him, "Well, you did surpass me because I let you go, but you also let me go and I helped to kill you didn't I? There is no room for petty bickering now Cell, we must work perfectly together"

"Yes, and then I will crush Gohan, and humiliate him the way he humiliated me. And don't worry Vegeta, I'll stay away from your puny little son as I said before. My interest is not in him at all, just destroying Goku's brat."

"Then let us access the chamber and begin." said Vegeta.

"We'll train for two years, but be gone only 2 days here? I suppose it's a lucky thing that Buu creature destroyed the lookout and the door. From what you told me about this place, you trained for two years already, and you'd be stuck." Said Cell.

Cell and Vegeta both inhaled deeply, then shouted as loudly as they could at the space in front of them.

Their strength made their shouts louder than sonic booms, and a lot more piercing. So piercing in fact, it tore a hole in their own dimension, which served as a gateway into the hyperbolic time dimension. Cell looked disappointed at the sight of the chamber.

"I'll be spending two years in that drab looking place?" uttered Cell

"It's not much, but it's enough. You spent four years burrowed underground, so you shouldn't have a problem." Vegeta said to Cell.

"Well, lets go before it closes." said Cell

Vegeta and Cell both flew through the gateway, and it quickly closed after them.

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Gohan was flying along when the communicator Bulma gave him beeped. Gohan flipped it on and Bulma's image appeared.

"Gohan, it's gone! The dragon radar isn't anywhere in my house, I can't believe it! Somebody had to have taken it. Vegeta just couldn't have…"

"Lets not jump to conclusions Bulma, it could have been somebody else, we don't know anything for sure yet." Gohan soothed her.

"Well tell your dad about this ok? And keep up the search! I would like to know where my husband is, regardless of whether he made wishes or not." Said Bulma.

"No problem Bulma, bye." Gohan said to her.

"Who was that?" asked Goku

"It was Bulma dad. The dragon radar's gone."

"So someone did get a couple of wishes granted, I wonder who it was and what they wanted, and how they knew about the dragon radar. I really hope it wasn't Vegeta. I thought he had settled down and totally changed after Buu, but I guess he might still have a lot of issues, maybe with me still" Goku said.

"Come on Dad, I thought you two were friends now. He did tell you that you were the strongest in the universe didn't he? If Vegeta wasn't changed, he wouldn't have said that to you in a million years." Gohan said to his father.

"That might have eaten away at him all this time though son, he might regret saying that to me, and started hating me all over again. I'm not jumping to any conclusions, but it is a possibility." said Goku

"I hope that isn't it dad, I really hope not." Gohan said.

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Cell and Vegeta's training had gone on now for seven months. Their power was increasing rapidly with every passing day. They trained almost perfectly, either of them not taxing their bodies to near death, stopping and resting when they both needed it. They had picked out the best elements of all the different Z fighters through trial and error and put them together in one ultimate training regimen. Though they had much disdain for the other when they entered the chamber, through time they had gotten to know eachother a little, and worked better as a team now. Today they were sparring, trying to test their limits and see how far they had progressed.

"Well, it looks like you and I have come to possess equal strength after the training so far. This is exactly what I was trying to accomplish." said Vegeta.

"I know you don't want me to pass you, you hate feeling inferior to anyone." Cell smiled as he said this.

"No Cell, we need to be completely even when the two years are up, the plan can't succeed if we are not. I let you become even with me, and now we will keep increasing our power, but staying equal." Vegeta said as he dodged a short energy blast from Cell.

They both charged eachother and began to fight hand to hand. Each dodging lightning fast kicks and punches from the other. They were indeed even. Either fighter landing a blow on the other was a rare occurrence. They moved around the dimension in their fight, disappearing and reappearing, moving faster than they had ever moved. Shock waves were created by their fists, knees and feet connecting. Soon, they stopped and landed on the ground to rest a while. Breathing heavily, Vegeta sarcastically said, "So, were some of those moves taught to you by the great Ginyu Force? Moves they learned from the legendary Captain Ginyu?"

Cell laughed at that. "Please, that fool Ginyu can't even operate a television camera, much less fight."

"What…?" Vegeta said, looking stunned.

Cell grew serious again, "Oh never mind that. Something has been running through my mind lately Vegeta."

"Oh? And what is that?" he replied

"You told me of the wishes that were granted to the Z Fighters after my…defeat. Shenron can grant two wishes. I'm assuming Shenron granted two for you as well. Yet you have not even mentioned anything about your other wish at all. What was it?" Cell asked suspiciously.

"So you finally want to know. Well, for your information, I resurrected my great saiyan race. They're waiting now on anoher planet. The entire population that was destroyed by Frieza. Frieza, the one who enslaved me half my life, that fiend." Vegeta told him.

"Ah Frieza, what a pathetic creature he was. To think I have his dirty cells in me. The only trait of his that is the slightest bit useful to me is his ability to survive anywhere. But tell me, why did you bring them back all of a sudden?" asked Cell

Vegeta's gaze took on a look of determination and pride mixed together.

"Ever since they died, it's like the entire universe has forgotten them. Or they never even existed. The greatest warrior race of all, now fade into the shadows, out of memory. Ha, earthlings never even knew much about my race. That will soon change. Earth, and everyone will know the power of the saiyan race. They will tremble once again at the greatest warriors in the universe!"

Cell took on a very pleased, very evil smile.

"This little adventure could be a lot more entertaining than I originally thought." the biomechanical being said in a satisfied tone.

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