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Back with Piccolo and the androids...

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"Alright sis, since you had all the fun last time, why don't you sit this one out?" 17 said confidently, his eyes never leaving his opponent as the blonde woman sighed.

"Already on it..." 18 said boredly, sitting on a nearby boulder as she glanced at the red haired android. "I'll just hang out with 16 over here..."

"I have spotted a pelican." 16 stated, staring at the large white bird as the corner of his mouth turned up the tiniest bit. "So majestic."

"Now are you trying to buy time or are you just looking to throw your life away?" 17 asked sarcastically, thinking back on what happened during his sister's fight with Vegeta. "Because if I remember correctly... This did not go well for you last time."

"Oh, I'm not the same Namekian you faced before..." Piccolo growled, taking off his turban and cape as he tossed them to the side, both articles of clothing shattering the ground upon impact.

17 blinked a few times, looking back at the green fighter in surprise before speaking. "Oh shit... Are you talking metaphorically? Because if not, I'm gonna start feeling like a rascist because you look exactly the same." The young boy finished seriously, glaring at the man across from him as he narrowed his eyes.

"Keep those two out of this... Alright?" Piccolo said, wanting to eliminate any possibility of the other androids attacking him while his back was turned.

"Don't worry, those two are only spectators... This is between me and you."

Perfect... Piccolo thought, smirking as he got into his fighing stance. If it's just him, then I won't have any problem shutting him down... I'll take out Android 17 first and then I'll get the others... And if I can beat them, then Cell will have nothing to absorb and he won't be able to become complete...

"Rrgh..." Piccolo growled, concentrating as he slowly began to raise his power level, Android 17 watching in amusement as they prepared to face off.

"RrghhhAHHHHHH!" Piccolo roared, his energy level skyrocketing as everyone on The Lookout jumped...

"Huh... I'm feeling a whole lot of Piccolo right now..." Goku commented, staring over the edge as Gohan clenched his fists.

"He must be fighting an android!" The youngest Saiyan said worriedly, noticing he couldn't sense any power other than Piccolo's. "We have to go help him!"

"No Gohan... We have to wait for Luna and Kaito to come out." His father said harshly, watching as Gohan still seemed unconvinced. "Piccolo will have to hold them off on his own. It's no use going down there Gohan... You're just not strong enough yet..." Goku explained calmly, knowing his son only wanted to help. "As soon as we finish our training, we'll go down and help Piccolo... You can count on it!"

"Yes, that's right... You will be stronger than you've ever been before." Mr. Popo spoke up, glancing at the clock once more as he realized it was almost time for the door to open.

Gohan nodded once, walking back towards them all as he sighed. I wonder how Luna and her friend are doing... The tiny Saiyan mused, thinking about how different she might be when she emerged. Please hurry Luna...

Just as he finished his thought, the creaking of a door could be heard as a bright light lit up the room, all of them shielding their eyes as Mr. Popo grinned while two figures made their way towards them.

"Luna!" Gohan cheered, recognizing the familiar purple hair as Goku and Trunks smiled, happy to see her as well.

Ryuuto nodded his head at Kaito, who bowed in return before walking over to Akari and embracing her, happy to be with his wife again.

"It's about time!" Vegeta hissed, stepping forward and walking right past them both as he headed towards the door. "Come on boy!" The Saiyan snapped, Trunks following his lead as both Saiyans disappeared inside the room.

"Take care of Vegeta! Okay Trunks?" Goku called out, smirking as he heard the prince growl before the door shut behind them.

Typical Vegeta... Luna thought, shaking her head as Gohan ran towards her.

"Luna! You've got to help Piccolo! He's fighting the androids right now!" Gohan explained, very worried as he knew his friend's odds weren't the greatest.

Luna's eyes widened, the purple haired Acaiian looking over the edge of the lookout as she concentrated on finding his power level... There! She thought, her green eyes narrowing as she knew it was time to end the little game they were playing...

"Don't worry... I'll take care of it." Luna answered simply, smiling at them all before walking towards the edge. "You should all stay here where it's safe... I'm going after the androids."

"What?! Like hell I'm staying!" Kaito growled, not liking where this was going. "You can't just run off by yourself! Especially right now!" He shouted, Goku tilting his head as he noticed Luna seemed different somehow...

Before he could argue his case further, the smaller Acaiian took off, jumping over the side as she blasted towards the large source of energy not too far away...

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Back on the battlefield...

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17 and Piccolo continued to face off, both fighters moving faster than the human eye could detect as 16 and 18 watched their fight from below.

"I sense two powers..." 16 stated, getting the blonde woman's attention as he frowned, knowing this battle would not be as easy as 17 expected it to be. "He has fused with Kami." 16 explained, making 17 look over at both of them in confusion.

"What?!"

Before the android knew what was happening, Piccolo slammed his elbow into the other fighter, knocking him forward as he blinked a few times, a vicious punch to the face sending him stumbling forward again as he was repeatedly knocked around by the green fighter. One more kick sent 17 skidding across the ground as he coughed a few times, pushing himself up angrily before speaking.

"Seriously... What the hell's a 'Kami'?"

"It means God..." Piccolo answered, holding one hand out in front of himself as he began powering up his attack, watching in amusement as the android's eyes widened.

"Now bow."

The whole island was bathed in a golden light as a huge beam of energy sailed towards 17, 16 and 18 watching with interest as the attacked finally detonated, nearly taking out the entire island itself.

"Too bad jolly green giant..." 17 teased, smirking at everyone from up above as Piccolo narrowed his eyes. "Looks like you missed... Try again for a zeni?" He finished in a mocking tone, glaring down at the Namekian as he knew he had to be cautious. His strength is incredible...

Piccolo growled, powering up two orbs of energy in both hands before firing them at the boy above, repeating the process as 17 dodged every one of his attacks with ease...

The whole sky was tinted red as Piccolo continued to launch blast after blast, each one of them missing as 17 stopped moving, realizing that none of his attacks were even close to hitting him.

"Um... I stopped dodging?" 17 said awkwardly, not sure what was going on as the fighter below him still kept firing. "Seriously, are you even trying to hit me?"

"No!"

"The hell do you mean no?" 17 frowned, his eyes widening suddenly as he knew he had fallen into some sort of trap. The dark haired boy looked around, realizing that he was now surrounded by every energy blast he had thought he avoided...

Oh... 17 panicked, looking for a way out as he seemed to be boxed in on all sides. Oh... Oh shit...

"HELLZONE GRENADE!" Piccolo shouted, bringing both of his arms together in front of him as his energy blasts followed his motions, each ball of ki zooming towards the android in the middle.

Oh man, it's even got a cool name... 17 whined, holding both arms up as he disappeared in the middle of a huge explosion, the force of the blast bending and snapping a good amount of the trees and plants on the island.

Piccolo sighed, waiting for the smoke to clear as he hoped he had finally managed to do some damage...

"You know something I don't get?" A voice from above questioned as the Namekian's eyes widened. "You try to kill Goku and that's fine..." 17 went on, the dust finally subsiding as the dark haired man could be seen floating in a blue sphere of energy. "We try to kill Goku and suddenly you get all uppity..." He finished, smirking at the other fighter as he lowered himself to his level.

"True..." Piccolo admitted, narrowing his eyes as he thought about it. "But when I did it, it was for revenge... You're just doing it for shits and giggles."

"Tell you what, you live a few years in stasis with your creator repeating the words, 'Kill Goku' over and over again in your subconcious... Then you can ride that high horse all day long."

"Wow..."

"What?"

"Nothing... Just, nostalgia..."

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Over at Kame House...

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"Man, that is some serious power being thrown around..." Krillin commented, everyone staring out across the ocean towards the place where Piccolo was battling 17.

"Dammit... We shouldn't just sit here like a bunch of cowards! We need to help!" Tien growled, not liking being so useless.

"And do what? Get ragdolled again?" Yamcha said honestly, "No thank you..."

"Of course you'd say that..." Tien replied, frowning as he knew he was probably the only one here with enough balls to help anyway...

"Hey, he's actually got a point..." Krillin spoke up, surprising them all. "I mean between the Super Saiyans, Super Acaiian, the Super Namekian, the androids and whatever the hell Cell is-"

"Oh don't you start!"

"Hey! I was on Namek, okay?" Krillin said defensively, wanting them all to understand what a trip from hell it had been. "Shit got crazy... I got stabbed and blown up!"

"I've been stabbed and blown up too! AND dumped by the only girlfriend I ever had!" Yamcha argued, quite sure that he in fact had it worse.

"Same. But you know the difference?" Krillin asked, looking at Yamcha seriously as everyone listened in. "When mine left, she took all my money... When yours left, she took all her money."

Yamcha just stood there with his mouth open, unable to say anything to defend himself as Tien had to seriously restrain himself from bursting out laughing.

"Gonna need a senzu for that one..." Master Roshi mumbled, noticing the other fighter had yet to recover...

"Y-yeah! W-well at least I slept with Bulma!" Yamcha finally sputtered, the two of them continuing to argue as everyone watched.

"Well, unlike Vegeta, you can't prove it!"

"Can to! We'll just ask her!"

"Bulma's on the phone!" Chi Chi shouted, everyone looking towards the doorway to Kame House as she held up the reciever.

"On second thought, nevermind..." Yamcha mumbled, knowing winning this argument wasn't worth the wrath that would fall upon him if Bulma was pissed...

You know in hindsight, I'm so glad I'm here right now... Tien thought in amusement, watching as Krillin grabbed the phone from Goku's wife.

"Krill Master speaking!"

"I have the detonator for the androids!" Bulma said excitedly, extremely proud of herself as Krillin widened his eyes in shock.

"Wow! That was quick..."

"22 hours isn't quick!"

"When?! I- I mean, how?! How long did we sleep?!" Krillin stuttered, everyone frowning as they wondered what they were talking about.

"Look, I'm on my way over... Try not to die in the meantime..." Bulma sighed, hanging up the phone as Krillin did the same.

"Alright, so where were we?" The bald fighter smirked, ready to defend his case as another huge wave of energy rocked the small island.

Everyone looked towards the source of power, forgetting about their argument as golden light glittered across the ocean, the wind around them suddenly became very intense as they all hoped their friend was doing alright...

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Across the ocean...

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"Not that this hasn't been fun and all..." 17 commented, brushing a bit of dirt off his sleeves as he stared at the other fighter. "But I'm going to give you one last chance to tell us where Goku is or I'm going to have to start taking this seriously."

"Be a nice change of pace." Piccolo said with a smirk, getting into a fighting stance again as 17 narrowed his eyes before jumping into the air and landing only a few feet away from him. Both fighters stared each other down, about to go at it again before Piccolo gasped, his eyes widening as he looked towards the cliff behind 17...

Everyone following his gaze, their faces containing similiar expressions of surprise as a pair of sinister black orbs glared back at them all...

"What the fuck is that?!" 17 asked, everyone except Piccolo wondering the same thing as said monster spoke up.

"Why hello boys..." The insect-like creature hissed, his needle tipped tail swaying excitedly behind him... "Room for one more?"

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A/N: sdfhjshdkfjhsdfhd mother flipping Cell is here to make things awkwarddddd xD Thank you guys for all the reads/reviews/comments and whatnot... I'm having so much fun writing this story and putting in all the TFS references, so yeah, hope you're all still enjoying it!