Number 16's Last Words!! Super Gohan Is Born

The Cell Juniors race toward the cliff. Yamucha watches them in shock. "Incredible!" Vegeta, "Come on!" Trunks hunches over, grunting as he prepares to fight. Tenshinhan and Kuririn, knowing they obviously don't stand a chance against Cell Junior, just watch fearfully as the seven small Cells approach the cliff. Goku shuts his eyes tightly for a moment.

The Cell Juniors arrive. The one that comes to Vegeta floats above him, making faces. Vegeta shouts and attacks Cell Junior, but Cell Junior easily catches Vegeta's arm. Vegeta gasps. Kuririn's Cell Junior hunches over in front of him, making faces and strange noises at Kuririn. Kuririn leans away, as if trying to get away, but obviously knowing he'd be unsuccessful. He finally gets angry and throws a strong (well, as strong as a human could be) punch; Cell Junior vanishes. It floats above him, their backs to each other. He smiles over his shoulder. "Missed me!" Kuririn screams and jumps into the air, but Cell Junior dodges each punch that Kuririn throws.

Brief glimpses of Trunks and Piccolo fighting their Cell Junior's. Neither of them seem to be having much more luck than Kuririn. While their attacks are hitting the mark, they aren't doing any damage. Vegeta has pretty much the same problem; the Cell Junior easily fields all of Vegeta's attacks. He throws a few punches, blocks a few punches, begins to get angry. The Cell Junior smiles at him the whole time. Vegeta pulls his arm back for a hard punch, but Cell Junior disappears. He looks up above at his Cell Junior and takes off.

Behind him, Tenshinhan struggles with a Cell Junior of his own. It's all he can do to block the hits, let alone attack for himself. Yamucha's even worse off than Tenshinhan, as it seems that he can't even block some of the hits very well. Son Goku is having just as much trouble with his Cell Junior Having not taken a senzu prior to the Cell Junior battle, Son Goku might as well be a human.

We get a view of the cliff that shows us most of the Z Senshi simultaneously. Each one struggles with Cell Junior, but of course, some are in slightly better situations than others. Trunks, Yamucha, Tenshinhan on the ground. Vegeta and Kuririn in the sky. Piccolo begins to move into the picture from what appears to have been out in front of the cliff. Cell watches the battle with a smile. Gohan has finally gotten all the way to his feet. He watches in shock and anger. His eyes are wide, his mouth hangs open. He's completely speechless.

But there's always someone who's not speechless, even if all he can do is state the obvious, and that is exactly what the reporter is doing over with Satan's group. "The unknown fighters are fighting with the seven small creatures that have just emerged. The situation is so confusing that I can't tell you exactly what's going on there, but it's an incredible battle." Beside him, Satan gapes in shock, and beside Satan, Pizza, Calorie, and Piroshiki are completely stunned; they all watch the battle as if in a trance. The reporter holds the microphone up to the incredulous Satan. "Mr. Satan, how's your stomach?" Satan, "Huh?" Reporter, "Your stomach ache seems to have gone away." Satan, "Ah!" He grabs his stomach. "No, no, no, no! It's still there. I've just been trying to hold it, but I... I... I can't do it any longer...!" Reporter, "I see. Too bad." Satan, "If you had the same pain, you would have passed out long ago! It's only because I'm such a disciplined martial artist that I could hold it like this!" Reporter, "Oh, I see! You are indeed a great master, Mr. Satan." Satan laughs. "Ah... Feeling better?" He suddenly clutches his stomach and starts moaning again. Pizza, "Ah, should I get you some medicine?" Satan, "Leave me alone!" Number 16's head watches the whole exchange silently.

Cell Junior leaps forward and punches Goku hard in the face. Goku faulters and falls back, almost losing his balance completely. His aura disappears. Cell Junior flies in, screaming, and Goku barely manages to dodge him. Cell Junior bounces off a rock and flies off, down through the cliff, tunneling through the rock back to Goku. He comes up right under Goku and punches him, throwing Goku into the air. Goku jumps back up to a crouch as soon as he hits, and Cell Junior flies in and kicks him in the head. Goku gets back to his feet and Cell Junior flies straight at him, back and forth. Goku can barely stand up. Finally, a hit actually does knock him over. Kuririn, "Go...Goku!!" His Cell Junior takes the opportunity to punch him hard in the face. Piccolo gets a hard hit to the face and finally has enough. He leaps up, screaming, and smacks his Cell Junior on the side of the face, sending it flying into the ground. "Tenshinhan! Yamucha! Goku's completely exhausted from his fight with Cell!" Cell Junior lands and leaps back up to Piccolo. "Protect Goku!"

Cell Junior comes in behind Piccolo and tries to attack, but Piccolo grabs his arm and swings him around. He throws Cell Junior straight into Tenshinhan's Cell Junior, driving both of them into the ground. He flies in toward the third one. "Yamucha!" Yamucha suddenly ducks and Cell Junior's eyes go wide as Piccolo swings in right above Yamucha to deliver a powerful kick to Cell Junior's face. Cell Junior falls off the side of the cliff and lands in a cloud of dust at the bottom.

Cell Junior beats up mercilessly on Goku, punch after punch, Goku with no choice but to take the hit. Cell Junior lands and pulls back his arm to deliver a powerful punch. Tenshinhan grabs his arm and he looks up at him. Yamucha grabs the other arm. Cell Junior squeals in surprise and fear. They lift Cell Junior off the ground and hit him hard in the gut at the same time. Cell Junior is thrown away, landing near the other downed Cell Junior's.

Two of the first Cell Junior's to be picked off by Piccolo lift themselves up and shake their heads angrily. Tenshinhan and Yamucha land in front of Goku. They both gain white auras. Goku, "Thank you." Ten, "Thank us after it's over." Three Cell Junior's climb to their feet, chirping excitedly.

Trunks throws a powerful kick, it's blocked. Cell Junior thrusts forward and pushes Trunks down. He catches himself in midair and his aura returns. Vegeta trades blocked punches with Cell Junior Kuririn struggles just to dodge his Cell Junior's assault. It stops and chirps at him. Piccolo suddenly appears and smashes it away. Kuririn, "Piccolo!" Yamucha's Cell Junior that Piccolo threw off the cliff finally recovers and stands up. He's not chirping, either. He looks up the side of the cliff at the fighers in the sky above and takes off. He appears behind Kuririn, lying horizontally in the air, and as he flips to right himself, he kicks Kuririn into the ground below. Kuririn smashes into the Earth and bounces a few feet. Gohan, "Kuririn-san!!" Cell Junior chirps happily as he flies down the side of the cliff, smashing straight into Kuririn's back. Kuririn grunts, his arms fly out, his eyes bulge. Gohan is completely pissed off. Cell Junior begins to kick the defenseless Kuririn in the side. Kuririn grunts lightly as each kick hits. Gohan, "St...stop it! We've already used the Dragon Balls to revive Kuririn!" He watches helplessly.

Cell Junior leaps forward and knees Yamucha in the stomach. Yamucha grunts and doubles over as Cell Junior jumps behind him for a follow-up. Ten's Cell Junior hits him hard in the back. He falls to the ground and his aura fades away. Yamucha lands nearby with a grunt, his aura also disappearing. Gohan looks up in shocked anger to see Piccolo taking quite a beating in the sky. Cell Junior punches him again and again in the gut, but Piccolo can't do anything about it. His eyes bulge and he grunts each time a punch lands. Trunks slams into the ground nearby. He pushes himself up.

Cell Junior lands in front of Goku, laughing. Goku pants, staring at it, ready to fight. Gohan watches in anger; he begins to make that "kch" sound, and a light wind blows his hair up slightly. Cell looks back. "Oh? I see you're getting angry. Go on... Get mad! Be more angry! And you'd better hurry, or your friends will be killed. Look at them. Even Vegeta and Trunks can barely handle Cell Junior And there's no energy left in Son Goku."

Tenshinhan gets hit a couple more times. Cell Junior continues its pedal assault on Kuririn. Trunks and Cell Junior kick each other at the same time. Vegeta finally gets a good hit in that throws his Junior back. Cell Junior returns in kind. Vegeta, "He's so strong! How can such a small creature give me so much trouble?" Yamucha, "Damn you!" He throws a strong punch, but Cell Junior catches his arm. He raises his other arm and elbows Yamucha's arm with a cheerful chirp. Yamucha screams in pain and grabs at his arm. Gohan is speechless. Cell Junior runs forward and knees Goku in the stomach. Goku falls to the ground. "Everyone... I'm sorry. It's...it's all my fault...!" Gohan, "Everyone's going to be killed..." He looks down at his hands. "I wish I could use my hidden powers now... I wish I could beat Cell by myself...!" He clenches his fists and shuts his eyes tightly. "But how? I don't know how to use it! I don't know how to bring it out of me!"

The reporter whimpers lightly as he watches the ongoing battle. Satan, "What kind of creatures are they?" Piccolo's back on the attacking end of the fight now, but his Cell Junior easily dodges each punch or kick he throws, so it really isn't much help to him. Tenshinhan continues to get beaten up. He's thrown back, landing on the ground with a thud. Behind Cell Junior, Yamucha finally starts to get up, but can do nothing but watch Tenshinhan being beaten. "Damn..." He holds his arm.

Goku struggles to lift himself up. Kuririn screams as he's thrown into a cliff. He slides down the side of the cliff upside down. Gohan watches in horrified anger. Vegeta charges his ki and stretches his arms out to each side. He screams as his ki rises. He throws his hands together, meeting them horizontally at the wrist. Cell Junior stares up at him. "You can't make a fool out of me you little bastard!" Cell Junior smiles. "Go to hell!" (usually, I'd dispute that, but while I'm not sure, I think that's actually what he said this time). An enormous golden ki blast flies at Cell Junior Final Flash. Everyone stops and watches in amazement, except Cell, who remains calm. Cell Junior holds his hands out to catch the blast. He holds it in front of him as a giant ki blast. Vegeta gasps. Cell Junior jumps to the other side of the ki and kicks it away. Son Goku sits in shock, not even able to turn and watch the huge explosion that results from the blast.

Dust and wind blow at Satan's entourage, and they all scream. Number 16's head bounces around, right up to them. In the middle of the clearing dust, Cell Junior chirps excitedly and pulls on Kuririn, who now appears to be unconscious. Cell watches with a smile. Cell Junior leaps foward with a scream and punches Vegeta hard in the stomach before smashing him over the back. He drops below the side of the cliff, where Goku continues his futile struggle against his own Cell Junior. Goku gets knocked down; Vegeta races up the side of the cliff again and delivers a strong punch to his Cell Junior, throwing it back a bit.

Pizza dusts off her clothes...particularly in the chest area. "They're incredible, aren't they?" The cameraman turns to the reporter. "Do we really have to stick around? I don't want to die here!" Reporter, "You're right... Maybe it's time to get out of here. Let's go home." Piroshiki, "Mr. Satan, we should go, too." Satan, "Ridiculous! I'm the Champion, why should I leave?" Calorie, "Then you're going to stay?" Satan, "Well, I must go see a doctor first, then after my stomach calms down, I'll be back! Alright! Let's go!" He turns and begins to walk away.

"Wait..." He suddenly stops. He turns to his entourage. All shaking heads. Then he turns to the cameraman and reporter, and it wasn't them, either. "Wait a minute..." The reporter turns to the source of the sound. Number 16, "Please..." They all scream. "Before you go, please take me to that kid." Reporter, "The head... alone... is talking!" Pizza screams something unsubbed. Calorie mumbles incoherently. "Please... It's for the sake of the Earth." Satan, "You can't be serious! Cell's standing right next to that kid!" Reporter, "That's right, Mr. Satan is sick. He shouldn't..." Number 16 smiles. "Don't you want to help us stop him? You're supposed to be the Martial Arts World Champion, aren't you?" Reporter, "Mr. Satan is the human world champion! Those are different kinds of champions!" Satan turns to him. "What are you saying?! I'm the World Champion, whatever the 'kind' of fighter! I just need to go see a doctor..." Number 16 smiles at him. "Please... Champion..." Satan ponders it for a moment. He looks from the head to Son Gohan and Cell. Pizza, "Mr. Satan, don't bother such a monster!" Piroshiki, "That's right! Let's get out of here!" Calorie, "You need to see a doctor!" Satan ignores them. Reporter, "Mr. Satan?" Satan finally takes a step forward. "Alright. I'll do it." Entourage, "Eh?" Number 16 smiles up at him.

Satan reaches down to pick up the head. Reporter, "You'd better not! You might be killed!" Satan turns around. "Look at them! There are unknown fighters, and even a kid, out there fighting for us! How can I, the Champion, just leave? I can't disgrace myself anymore!" Reporter, "Mr. Satan..." Satan looks down at Number 16. "You just need to get close to him, right?" Number 16, "Yeah. Thank you."

Piccolo leaps into the air and begins throwing a barrage of ki blasts at his Cell Junior Cell Junior dodges each one, and they all end up showering down on either side of Satan, so that as he turns toward Gohan, he looks like he's running through a war zone. He screams in fear the whole way through. Number 16, "You can throw me when we get close to him." Satan, "Right..."

Son Goku lays on the ground, Cell Junior on top, punching his head back and forth. Cell Junior holds Kuririn by the feet and smashes him into the ground. Kuririn screams when he hits. Gohan watches, wide-eyed. "Stop it!!" Cell Junior kicks Yamucha; his eyes go wide with fear and pain. He can't even get off the ground. Tenshinhan falls to the ground, grunting as he lands with a thud. Gohan, "I'm begging you...!" Cell smiles back at him. He chuckles. "It looks like you're almost there. Alright, Cell Juniors! Playtime is over! You may kill them now." Gohan gasps. He raises his fists, makes the "kch" sound. His hair blows around a bit. Cell, "Here it comes... Come on. Come on, kid. Alright! Kill them all!"

Satan peers up over a rock. "Alright, ready? Here we go." He throws the head, and it bounces around between Gohan and Cell. Cell looks down at it. "Hmm?" Gohan watches the head as it comes to a stop about midway between himself and Cell. "Number 16?" Satan hunches back down behind the rock. "Damn it, it went too far!"

Number 16, "Son... Son Gohan..." Gohan gasps, his eyes wide. "It's not a bad thing to fight for justice. Stop begging him, he won't listen to you. Follow your instincts. You don't have to suppress your feelings anymore." Gohan watches him, silent except for the occasional "kch." Cell turns and smiles. He walks toward the head. "What a touching speech. But now, I have business to take care of." Number 16 smiles. "Gohan... Save the planet. Save this beautiful nature that I love. Please..." Cell walks over calmly and smashes the head. Gohan gasps in shock. A little Red Ribbon Army board hits the ground. A light in one corner of it flickers and goes out. Gohan stares at it in stunned silence. Cell, "You were such an inferior model."

Son Gohan sees a bird flying in front of him. The bird fades away as the background turns completely black. A red streak cuts through the black background and expands out to turn the background red/orange. Cell looks back at him. "Hm?" The red background flashes back to black for an instant as Gohan throws his head back and screams. The black background turns golden/white. Gohan's rapidly rising ki throws up dust and debris around him, but the dust is all pushed back in a circle around him. Cell watches, wide-eyed. The fights stop. All eyes are on Son Gohan. Goku looks up, smiling. Piccolo's Cell Junior goes wide-eyed. Piccolo, "Gohan!" Son Gohan's hair stands further up and out than before. Cell stares at him. Goku watches happily, although too beaten up to "celebrate" now.