Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing even more changes happen due to Naruto's presence. So, without further ado.

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After Cell's arrival and absorbing Lapis, Naruto and Lazuli quickly grabbed Gebo to make their escape. As even with Naruto transforming into a Super Saiyan, he wasn't a match for the Bio Android. With the two flying away as quickly as they could, eventually landing in a forest, with the three hiding amongst the trees, and suppressing their power.

Peeking out from their hiding spot, Naruto and Lazuli tensed when they saw Cell flying high up in the air above the forest.

"18! 22! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Cell shouted looking throughout the forest, trying to find where the other Androids were hiding themselves.

"He can't sense our Ki." Naruto whispered, just in case Cell was able to hear them/

"Yeah, but how long until he manages to find us." Lazuli said, internally freaking out at Cell finding them, and that he was going to do the same thing to her, that he did to her brother.

"We just have to wait, until he's distracted, before making a break for it. We can't fly, otherwise he'll see us." Said Naruto.

The two then tensed, when they saw Cell unleash a Ki blast, destroying a good portion of the forest.

"You can run as long as you like! But I will find you!" Cell shouted, while launching another Ki blast into the forest, knowing eventually, he'll flush them out from wherever they're hiding, and when he does, he'll absorb 18 to reach his perfection.

This made the two curse, knowing they had to think of something, or else Cell will find them.

Though suddenly, Naruto and Cell all felt two Ki signatures appear near them, as Tien and Yamcha flew into the air, above Cell.

"Solar Flare!" Tien shouted blinding Cell, as the Bio-Android cried out from being blinded again.

"Wolf Fang Fist!" Said Yamcha, rushing Cell, while he was blinded, and unleashed a fury of punches and swipes at the android, before finishing with a double palm strike, that sent Cell back.

"Androids! I don't know where you are, but if you can hear me, get out of here, now!" Tien shouted, knowing he and Yamcha needed to buy the Androids time to escape, and prevent Cell from absorbing the second one.

While surprised at their arrival, and that they were helping them escape, Naruto and Lazuli looked at each other, before nodding. Grabbing Gebo, the two quickly flew off as fast as they could, wanting to get as much distance between them and Cell, as they could.

"You aren't getting away from me!" Cell yelled, shaking off the attacks, as his vision returned, to see his prey escaping.

But before he could chase after them, Tien appeared in front of him.

"Dodon Ray!" Said Tien, firing the finger beam straight through Cell's head, with the Bio-Android crying at the attack before Tien delivered a spin kick to his head.

"Spirit Ball!" Yamcha said, launching the ball of Ki at Cell, while guiding it with his index and middle fingers to come back, and keep hitting him, finally having the ball drop right down on the android, and explode.

Flying across from each other, Tien and Yamcha then got into identical stances, and began charging their Ki.

"Ka…Me…Ha…Me…HAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Tien and Yamcha shouted, firing off twin Kamehameha's at where Cell was, with the two attacks meeting right in the middle, with Cell trapped between them.

The two fighters kept pushing energy into theirs attacks, before finally stopping, as they looked into the smoke.

"Think we got him?" Yamcha asked, hoping that was enough to put Cell out of commission, for a while.

"Maybe, but just to-BEHIND YOU!" Tien shouted, when he saw Cell, who was perfectly fine from their attacks, appear behind Yamcha.

Before the former bandit could react, Cell wrapped his hand around his throat.

"Oh, you got something alright. All my attention's now on you." Cell growled, before jabbing his stinger into Yamcha's neck, making him cry out in pain.

"NO, YAMCHA!" Screamed Tien in horror, as Cell absorbed Yamcha into him, with his clothes falling to the ground, when he was completely absorbed.

"Now for you, Tien." Cell said, sinisterly, as Tien looked frozen in place at what just happened before his shock turned to anger and glared at Cell.

"You…you bastard! I'm going to wipe from existence, here and now!" Tien shouted, before flying into the air and clasped his hands together, before placing his fingertips together, as Cell scoffed and smirked at him.

"You? Wipe me from existence? With your power level? You're no Android, you're no Namekian, and you're certainly no Super Saiyan! You're just human." Cell said, smirking, as Tien's anger grew at his taunting, but knew he was right, and that this likely wouldn't be enough to kill him.

"Yeah? Well, you know what? Fuck power levels! Fuck Super Saiyans! AND FUCK YOU!" Tien shouted, as he zoomed in on Cell through his hands, swearing that if this doesn't kill him, he'll make sure that Cell won't be getting up, any time soon.

"SHIN KIKŌHŌ!" Shouted Tien, firing one of his strongest attacks at the Bio-Android.

"Oh, that's adora-SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!" Cell screamed, as he was hit by the attack, the force of the blast creating a large square shaped hole in the ground.

'Those Androids better be gone.' Thought Tien, as Cell came flying out of the hole.

"UPSTART! TRICLOPS! BITCH!" Cell shouted, enraged at the attack.

"KIKŌHŌ!" Said Tien, firing another blast, returning Cell back to the hole.

"GODDAMN-" Screamed Cell, before descending into incoherent blubbering.

But Tien wasn't done yet, as he continued firing Kikōhō after Kikōhō.

"KI! KŌ! HŌ!"

"KI! KŌ! HŌ!"

"KI! KŌ! HŌ!"

"KI! KŌ! HŌ!"

"KI! KŌ! HŌ!"

"KI! KŌ! HŌ!"

"KIKŌHŌ!"

"KIKŌHŌ!"

"KIKŌHŌ!"

Tien finally stopped bombarding Cell with his attack, as he could hear the Bio-Android panting in the hole.

"Are ya done?!" Cell demanded, wanting to know if he was just going to end being blasted again.

"Because I'm coming out…and I swear to whatever god there is, if you do that again…I will be SO FREAKING NETTLED!" Cell screamed, as he started flying out of the hole.

"Kikōhō." Stated Tien, firing off another blast at Cell.

"AWW, DAMN IT!" Cell shouted, as he was blasted into another square-shaped hole.

Tien panted as he was starting to feel the effects of using that many Kikōhōs, before he crashed into the ground, unable to maintain flying. With Cell soon flying out of the crater, looking only a little damaged from the attacks, and being angrier than ever.

"You know, if you want my personal opinion, Kikōhō is a pretty sad choice of last words. But to be fair, it's far from the worst decision you've made today." Cell growled, angered not only by the constant attacks, but by now 22 and 18 have probably managed to escape, and could be anywhere by now.

Tien grunted as he looked up at Cell, refusing to show fear in the face of his inevitable, and very likely permanent, death.

"Kiko-fuck yourself…" Muttered Tien, grunting as Cell stabbed his stinger into his back.

"See, now that's the spirit." Said Cell, before absorbing the Triclops, as well.

"Now what's this? The Hyperbolic Time Chamber? And Goku, Piccolo, Gohan, Trunks, and Vegeta are using it." Cell said to himself, looking through Yamcha and Tien's memories, and saw what they were planning.

Part of Cell was worried about this new detail and considered going to The Lookout to kill them and destroy the chamber. Before shaking his head, and smirked.

"It doesn't matter. Let them have their precious one year of training. Once I absorb 18 and reach my Perfect Form, no amount of training will make them a match for me." Said Cell, confident that when he reaches his true power, no amount of training could stop him, before flying into the air and flew away, knowing he needed a new plan to find the other androids.

Though unknown to Cell, Imperfect Cell had followed the shockwaves of the fight and Ki signatures, having watched the fight, and heard his counterparts pondering on the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

'Hyperbolic Time Chamber? Hm, and if I took a guess, one day in the real world is one year in the chamber. Interesting.' Imperfect Cell thought, wondering how he could use this his advantage.

He then quickly flew off, following his stronger counterpart, and remaining in his shadow. Allowing his power to hide his own from being detected. Along with allowing Imperfect Cell to remain close by, and hope for a chance to learn of where he can get his own 17 and 18.

*The Lookout*

"Damn it." Piccolo muttered, clenching his fists, as he, Goku and Gohan sensed Yamcha and Tien's energy vanish, showing they were gone, as well.

"Tien, Yamcha." Said Gohan, punching the ground, angry that more of their friends are dead, and he couldn't do anything to help.

"We need to hurry; we really need to hurry." Goku said, knowing that every wasted second, meant even more people could die, thanks to Cell.

The three considered doing their own training, both to get a head start, and take their minds off what's happening, until Vegeta and Trunks came out of the Time Chamber. Though they dismissed the idea soon after, knowing that when it was their turn in the chamber, they couldn't waste a second resting, if they became tired.

Even if they had a year inside the chamber, they refused to waste a second of it by tiring themselves out, by training outside.

"Goku, Gohan, Piccolo." Korin said, walking up to the three, getting their attention.

"Korin? What're you doing here?" Asked Goku, only to catch a bag that Korin tossed at them, filled with Senzu Beans.

"Mr. Popo's filled me in, on what's happening. I managed to get a batch of Senzu Beans for you to use, so you can get some training in, before it's your turn to enter the time chamber." Korin answered, knowing they needed as many Senzu Beans as he could give them, especially with the Dragon Balls gone.

"Thank you." Said Goku, grateful for the assistance.

"Come on, there's a room in The Lookout, that we can use, without worry of holding back." Piccolo said, knowing now they could train as much as they waited, and didn't have to worry about exhausting themselves.

Nodding, the three entered The Lookout, wanting to get as much training done, as they could.

*With Naruto, Lazuli, and Gebo*

Naruto and Lazuli sighed in relief, as they landed on a remote island, having flown as fast and as far as they could, away from Cell. Refusing to stop in case he was right on their tails.

Thankfully though, after some time, they managed to escape Cell, eventually arriving at a group of islands. With the Androids landing on one that Naruto couldn't sense any living creatures on.

Arriving at a cave, Naruto and Lazuli placed Gebo against the wall, before sitting down next to each other.

"We finally escaped, thank goodness." Lazuli said, relieved they succeeded in escaping Cell.

"Yeah, but I doubt he's going to give up that easily. While those two managed to give us time to escape, that thing's likely trying to find us, right now." Said Naruto, knowing that even if they were able to get away now, they couldn't relax, knowing Cell will keep coming after them.

His words made Lazuli shiver, knowing they were true, given how that thing evolved after absorbing her brother. And now he's coming after her, as well, likely to gain another evolution to grow even stronger.

She then looked at Naruto when he put a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry, I won't let that thing touch you, or even get near you." Said Naruto, refusing to let Cell absorb 18, like he did 17.

"You could sense how strong that thing became. I can't even sense energy and could feel how strong it became. You can't fight something like that." Lazuli said, not believing Cell could be defeated, with how strong he was.

"Maybe, but I can't die. He can bring me close to it, again and again, and I'll keep coming back even stronger, until I can kill that thing." Naruto said, knowing with each fatal wound, he'll come back stronger, eventually being able to kill Cell.

"You can't do that! You may be immortal, but you still have limits!" Lazuli argued, given the fight against the "defective" Androids showed that while Naruto couldn't die, he could still be tired out and taken down.

"As long as your safe, I don't care what I have to do." Stated Naruto, with Lazuli looking surprised at his words, before sighing, doubting she'd be able to talk him out of it.

Naruto was surprised, when Lazuli rested her head on his shoulder, and curled up next to him.

"What're you-" Naruto said, only for 18 to cut him off.

"Don't talk, just hold me." Said Lazuli, not wanting to say anything, and just feel safe.

While surprised at her action, Naruto nodded, and wrapped an arm around Lazuli, holding her close. And swearing to do whatever he can, to keep her safe.

*With Semi-Perfect Cell*

Meanwhile, Cell had returned to the sight of the fight between the Androids and looked around for what he was searching for. Spotting it, Cell smirked, and flew over to the remains of Super Android 13.

"13, you may have been a defective failure, but you still have your uses. Such as being capable of tracking where 16, 18, and 22 are." Cell said, as he began removing pieces from 13's body, to build something to let him track his targets.

Thankfully, Gero felt the need to implant technological knowledge into Cell's mind, making it much easier for him to build what he needed.

*Timeskip-One Day*

*With Naruto, Lazuli, and Gebo*

The next morning, Naruto and Lazuli woke up, only to be surprised to see that they were now lying on the cave floor. And, to their embarrassment, they were also cuddling next to each other.

"G-good morning." Lazuli said, blushing in embarrassment that her head was now on Naruto's chest.

"H-hi." Said Naruto, while looking at her.

"Hello." Gebo said, with Naruto and Lazuli's eyes widening, before quickly jumping away from each other, while looking at the tall Android.

"Ge-Gebo! How long have you been awake?" Lazuli asked, mentally hoping it wasn't long.

"I have been awake for almost ten minutes. I would have woken you both, as well, but you looked comfortable the way you were." Answered Gebo, before looking around to see where 17 was, but didn't see him.

"Where is Lapis?" Gebo asked, wondering where he was, with Naruto and Lazuli looking down at the reminder.

"He's gone." Said Lazuli, before they began explaining what happened, much to his shock, horror, and sadness.

"I see…it seems that Cell has matured faster than I believed." Gebo said, with Naruto and Lazuli looking at him in confusion.

"Cell?" Questioned Naruto.

"The creature you encountered; his name is Cell. A Bio-Android created by Dr. Gero, from the DNA of the Z-Fighters and their enemies, such as Frieza and King Cold. He was created to become the Perfect Being, and to do that, he needed to absorb both 17 and 18. Though my records showed that he was nowhere near fully grown. I believe, perhaps, an emergency protocol could have been activated, with the destruction of the lab, speeding up his growth." Gebo explained.

"Great, like we needed another reason to hate that old bastard." Muttered Lazuli, angry that Gero not only kidnapped her and her brother, so he could turn them into Androids, but it was just so they could be absorbed by Cell.

"Well, we should get moving, before Cell shows up and tries finding us again." Naruto said, with 18 and 16 nodding in agreement.

But before they could go, Naruto and Gebo tensed, as their eyes widened, when they sensed Cell flying right towards them.

"You sense him coming, don't you." Stated 18.

"Yes, and it seems that he has likely found a way to track us, as well. Running is no longer an option." Gebo said, knowing they couldn't run anymore, if Cell was capable of tracking them, somehow.

"Okay then, no more running. I'm gonna smash that bug. Both of you stay, here." Said Naruto, flying out of the cave and into the sky, where Cell soon arrived, and stopped in front of him.

"22, what a surprise. I expected you three to try running again, but this just makes this easier. Now, are you going to stand aside, or will you try and fight me?" Cell asked, with Naruto smirking.

"Fight you? No, I'm gonna kill you." Stated Naruto, before transforming into a Super Saiyan, and vanishing in a burst speed, reappearing behind Cell, much to the Bio-Androids shock, with Naruto slamming his fist into Cell's head, sending him flying to the ground.

Cell grunted in pain, as he impacted the island, before quickly getting up, and managed to block Naruto's punch in time, and swung his tail at the Saiyan Android. With Naruto ducking under the swing, while grabbing hold of Cell's tail.

Smirking, Naruto began swinging Cell around, with the creature screaming the entire time before Naruto slammed him into the ground. Before lifting him, and slamming him into the ground, again and again, with Cell screaming in pain, as he was slammed repeatedly into the ground.

Given that Naruto was now fully rested from his previous fight, he was able to go against Cell more evenly, and is taking fully advantage of it.

Finally, Naruto swung Cell around, before launching him straight into a boulder, with the Bio-Android crashing through it, grunting in pain.

Getting up, Cell growled in anger, before sending a barrage of Death Beams at Naruto, who made no effort to dodge the attacks, letting them shoot through his body. Seeing this made Cell's eyes widen in remembrance, realizing what Naruto was doing and quickly stopped firing the beams. But it was too late, as Naruto was filled with dozens of fatal injuries, that quickly sealed up, as his power increased thanks to the Zenkai Boost.

The Bio-Android then gasped in pain, as Naruto once again blitzed him, burying his knee into Cell's stomach. With Cell growling as his tail wrapped around Naruto's leg, knocking him off balance.

Taking advantage of this, Cell wrapped his arms around Naruto, and suplexed him into the ground. With the Bio-Android not stopping there, as he grabbed Naruto by the leg, and threw him into the air, before flying after him, and punching Naruto higher and higher.

When they were high enough into the air, Cell delivered a spin kick, knocking Naruto to the side. Creating a Death Saucer, Cell threw the attack, this time aiming to incapacitate Naruto, rather than kill him, as that'd only make him stronger.

Only for Naruto to move and allow the disc to cut through his neck, decapitating him, with his head immediately reattaching itself, as he gained another power boost.

Flying towards Cell, Naruto grabbed him in a headlock, and began punching him repeatedly in the chest, along with absorbing his energy, as well. Naruto then spun around in the air, before throwing Cell back down to the island.

"Kamehameha!" Naruto shouted, firing the Ki blast at Cell, who crashed into the island, before quickly standing up and firing off his own blast.

Seeing this Naruto smirked, and instantly stopped his attack, allowing Cell's own to charge towards him, consuming his entire body.

'Damn it!' Cell thought, immediately stopping his attack, but could see that Naruto's upper body was already destroyed, only to just as quickly regenerate itself, as he gained yet another Zenkai Boost.

Naruto then vanished in a burst of speed, moving behind Cell, and slamming his head into the ground.

"You're gonna pay for what you did, Cell." Naruto said, planning to make the Bio-Android suffer, before finding a way to get Lapis out of him, then finally killing the bug.

But before Naruto could continue attacking Cell, he grunted in pain, when someone slammed into him, launching him into a cliffside. Looking, Naruto scowled, when he saw Vegeta standing there, smirking wickedly, in his Super Saiyan form, while looking more buff.

"Vegeta, I don't have time for you!" Said Naruto, not wanting to deal with the egotistical Saiyan.

"That's perfectly fine, it won't take long for me to tear you apart. Then moving onto to the other pieces of scrap." Vegeta said, planning to kill Naruto first, and then deal with the other Androids.

Hearing the threat against his friends, Naruto growled in anger, before rushing the Saiyan Prince, only for Vegeta to sidestep the attack, and slam his knee into Naruto's stomach. Making him double over in pain, and cough up blood, shocked at the power behind the blow.

Vegeta didn't stop there as he began to mercilessly beat Naruto into a pulp, savoring taking his revenge for his previous humiliation. While off to the side, Cell stood up, having recovered from Naruto's attacks, and saw what was happening, and smirked.

He could take the opportunity to go and absorb 18, with 22 now distracted. But Cell didn't want to take the chance of him being stopped, so would deal with Naruto, first then absorb 18.

Cell then saw Vegeta throw Naruto into the air, the Bio-Android flying up after him smashing his elbow into his back, launching him back to the ground. Vegeta uppercutting Naruto when he was close enough, before grabbing by his neck and flying up into the air, going passed Cell as they went high up.

After a few moments, Vegeta stopped, and then threw Naruto back to the ground, before getting into a stance, one that Cell mirrored below them.

"Galick Gun…FIRE!" Vegeta and Cell shouted, firing the two Ki blasts right at Naruto.

When the two attacks hit, Naruto cried out in pain as his body was being ripped apart and healing rapidly, as he was unable to move from being trapped between the two beams.

Eventually, the two stopped their attacks, as Naruto fell out of the sky, crashing onto the island. With Vegeta landing in front of him, smirking down at him.

"Let this be a lesson Android, a true Saiyan will always best a fake like you." Vegeta said, before kicking Naruto into the ocean, watching in satisfaction, as he sunk beneath the water.

"I must say Vegeta, your help is a surprise, but also welco-GAH!" Cell gasped, when Vegeta buried his fist in his stomach.

"You misunderstand Android, I didn't help you. I was merely showing that fake his place, with him out of the way, you're next." Said Vegeta, while smirking, as Trunks soon arrived and saw his father attacking Cell, much to his relief that he was dealing with the current threat.

"Father! Do you need any help?!" Trunks asked, in case Vegeta couldn't handle Cell on his own.

"Stay out this, boy! This will take even less time, than it did with the fake!" Shouted Vegeta, with Trunks frowning at this, knowing he was likely talking about 22, but nodded slowly, and remained where he was.

"Naruto!" Lazuli screamed, ignoring Gebo trying to stop her, while running out of the cave, and looked around for Naruto, but didn't see him anywhere.

"Wait your turn you tin can! The bug comes first." Said Vegeta, before punching Cell, knocking him back.

"Wa-wait Vegeta! Now hold on a moment, let's talk about this. Would you really be satisfied, beating me in my second form?" Cell asked, hoping to get Vegeta to stop long enough, so he could absorb 18.

"What're you talking about?" Demanded Vegeta, with Cell smirking, as he had his attention.

"That's right, what you see now, is only my Semi-Perfect Form, after I absorb Android 17. I'm not yet complete, until I absorb Android 18 as well, and reached my Perfect Form. Tell me Vegeta, would you really be satisfied beating me now, never knowing how you could have fared against me at my true power?" Cell challenged, while playing on Vegeta's pride.

"Father, don't listen to him!" Said Trunks, knowing they couldn't let Cell reach his true power.

"Shut it, boy! And how strong would you be in this "Perfect Form"?" Vegeta demanded.

"Vegeta, I would have crushed you without a second thought." Stated Cell, knowing he had Vegeta, right where he wanted him, now.

"Really, in that case, take the Android, and I'll be more than willing to prove you wrong." Vegeta said, crossing his arms, wanting to get a proper challenge.

"What?! Father, you can't be serious about letting him do this?! Krillin, Yamcha and Tien have died, just we could stop him!" Trunks said, not believe his father was actually doing this.

"And why should I care about what happened to those weaklings?! They shouldn't have interfered and have now paid the price for it!" Retorted Vegeta apathetically, not caring how many weaklings die, as long as he got the challenge, he wanted.

Trunks looked at Vegeta in shock and rage at how uncaring he was, or that he was willing to let Cell become even stronger than he already was.

The Half-Saiyan's attention then turned to Cell, who had gone to make a move for 18, while everyone was distracted. Seeing this, Trunks quickly flew over and slammed his leg into Cell's head, knocking him to the side.

"You aren't touching her Cell!" Trunks shouted, refusing to let Cell become even stronger, as Lazuli was snapped out of her shock, at his assistance.

"Th-thanks." Said Lazuli, with Trunks looking at her neutrally.

"Don't thank me, I'm only making sure a bigger monster isn't created. Once he's dealt with, all bets are off." Trunks said, with Lazuli nodding, as she and Gebo stood beside Trunks.

"You'll regret interfering, boy." Said Vegeta, as Cell got up, and the two stood across from the two Androids and Half-Saiyan.

Trunks didn't say anything as he charged Vegeta, while Lazuli and Gebo went against Cell. With the fights being pretty even, with Trunks' power being equal to Vegeta's, while Cell was still weakened from fighting Naruto, and the energy, he absorbed from him, giving Lazuli and Gebo an advantage.

Though while the three were able to put a good fight, none of them were able to sense the presence of Imperfect Cell, nearby watching the fight.

'Hm, they might actually be able to kill the other me. And while I'd love nothing more than to watch him die, I still need information to find another 17 and 18.' Imperfect Cell thought, making sure he was hidden from view, before firing several Ki blasts at Trunks, Lazuli, and Gebo, getting their attention.

"What? Where did those-" Trunks said, confused at where the blasts came from.

"Solar Flare!" Shouted Cell, taking advantage of everyone's confusion and focus being away from him.

Everyone cried out, as they were blinded by the bright light.

"18! Get out of here, run now!" Trunks shouted, sensing Cell moving towards 18.

"Gebo! Look out for Naruto for me!" Said Lazuli, knowing she wouldn't get far.

"Lazuli!" Said Gebo, wanting to help her, but couldn't see what was happening.

Meanwhile, deep under the ocean, Naruto laid at the bottom of them water, being crushed by the water pressure. With the pressure also making it so his body was in a constant state of Zenkai Boosts, as he was crushed by the water pressure and then healed, with the cycle repeating, the longer he was underwater.

Though Naruto's eyes immediately snapped open when he heard Trunks and Gebo shout to Lazuli. Not a moment later, Naruto burst out of the water his power now higher than ever, now being in Full-Powered Super Saiyan. Unfortunately, Naruto wasn't fast enough to stop what happened next.

Cell grinned sinisterly, as he rushed towards Lazuli, his stinger opening up and engulfed her, with the female Android letting out a loud scream, as she was absorbed.

Naruto's eyes widened in shock and horror at seeing Lazuli getting absorbed, just like how Lapis was. While inside him, something snapped, as Naruto's body was flooded with pure rage.

Naruto's shout of rage could be heard all across the land, as his power continued climbing higher, higher, and higher, as he gained bio-electricity, while his aura became more flame-like, and jagged in appearance.

When Naruto finally stopped shouting, he glared darkly at everyone around him, before settling on Vegeta. Knowing that between him and Cell, he was the one that was the most at fault for Lazuli being absorbed by the Bio-Android, due to his interference. With a roar, Naruto charged Vegeta grabbing him his head, and threw him into a cliffside, embedding the Saiyan into it.

"Big Bang Kamehameha!" Naruto screamed, combing the Big Bang Attack and Kamehameha together, firing the large and destructive wave at Vegeta.

Vegeta had no time to dodge or block the blast, as it impacted him and blasted right through the cliff, obliterating the Saiyan Prince.

Trunks look on in horror at what he just saw, and the power Naruto was putting out.

'Father…what did you just help unleash?' Trunks thought, believing that Vegeta just helped create something even worse than Cell, and the Androids of his time.

Not seeing or sensing Vegeta, Naruto's attention turned towards Cell, now in his true Perfect Form, as the Bio-Android clapped and smirked.

"My, my 22 that was quite impressive. I could practically feel that. Now if you're done with the little tantrum, how about you-" Cell said, only to be cutoff, when Naruto suddenly appeared in front of him, and wrapped a hand around his throat.

"Shut up." Said Naruto darkly, before slamming Cell into the island, causing a mini-earthquake.

Trunks took this as his cue to leave, knowing he had to go and tell the others what happened.

Naruto didn't give the retreating Trunks a glance, as he grabbed Cell by one of the protrusions on his head, and lifted him up, while smirking sadistically.

"Tell me "Perfect Being", how will you like me to give you the perfect death." Said Naruto, placing his hand against Cell's chest, before blasting a hole right through the Bio-Android, only for the hole to close up, making Naruto grin wickedly at seeing that Cell can regenerate, as well.

Tossing Cell out over the ocean, Naruto reappeared in front of Cell, spin kicking him off to the side. Once reappearing in front of his path, Naruto proceeded to repeatedly knock Cell around the air, as if he were playing a game of pinball. With Cell being the ball, he could repeatedly break since he would just heal.

Eventually though, Naruto stopped and kicked Cell straight into the air, flying ahead of him, as he did so.

"Big Bang Attack!" Naruto shouted, firing the large Ki ball at Cell, the Bio-Android crying out as he immediately blasted back down to the island, where he crashed into a giant crater, with Naruto floating in front of him, seeing that Cell looked to be on the verge of unconsciousness.

"No, no, no, don't pass out yet. I'm not done ripping your wings off, butterfly." Said Naruto, before frowning, when Cell started laughing and stood up as his injuries healed.

"Ahahahaha! I must say, that was quite impressive, I didn't think I was capable of feeling pain anymore, but you proved me wrong, 22. I'm actually glad there wasn't a version of you, in my timeline." Cell said, with Naruto narrowing his eyes at this, while the Imperfect Cell perked up, and began eagerly listening for the information he desires.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Demanded Naruto, his curiosity outweighing his desire to kill Cell.

"A little history lesson, then. I come from an alternate timeline, the same being for Trunks, but we're not from the same timeline, but they are quite similar up to a point. You see in my timeline, Trunks succeeded in killing Androids 17 and 18, who ravaged the Earth, and killed the Z-Fighters, except Goku, who died from a heart virus. I won't bore you with the details, as I'm sure we both have better things to do, but it was after Trunks killed 17 and 18, that I came into the picture. You see Trunks and his mother created a time machine, so he could go back in time to save Goku from dying, and stop the Androids from arriving, thus saving his future. But here's a fun fact; Multiverse Theories a bitch." Cell said, while smirking at the Saiyan Android.

"He created an alternate timeline." Said Naruto, while frowning as he realized what had happened, and why he exists, when he apparently didn't in Cell's or Trunk's timeline.

"Nailed it! Yes, Trunks created an alternate timeline, creating the present we're now in, I come from even further than Trunks did, where he somehow succeeded in killing the Androids. He planned to come back to the past to inform the others of his victory! But he made one crucial mistake, he stole from me. So, I killed Trunks, and used his time machine to travel three years into the past, from today, having reverted to my larvae stage, to fit in the time machine. And now here we are, the Perfect Being, and the Saiyan Android that didn't originally exist." Cell concluded.

'And that's exactly what I needed.' Thought Imperfect Cell, having what he needed to get another 17 and 18, and he needed to get Trunk's time machine to do so.

With his plan now decided, Imperfect Cell jumped into the water, to avoid being seen by the combatants.

'Now, all I have to do is get Trunk's time machine, travel to his time, absorb 17 and 18, perhaps absorb the me in that timeline, as well, and maybe use the Time Chamber there, as well, then come back here and absorb this me. Then, I shall truly become the one true Perfect Being.' Thought Imperfect Cell, knowing with the power of two versions of himself, along with 17 and 18, then he'll have reached a level beyond his normal perfection.

Imperfect Cell was then pulled from his thoughts when he came face to face with a giant sea dragon.

"Huh…well shit." Said Imperfect Cell, as the dragon roared and unleashed a mouth beam.

Speeding out of the way, Imperfect Cell appeared on the dragons back, and stabbed his stinger into it, as he began absorbing the beast.

Figuring he'll need to lay low, until he gets the chance to steal the time machine, Imperfect Cell might as well take the chance to keep absorbing more energy. And right now, he had a craving for some sea food.

Meanwhile, back with Naruto and Perfect Cell, the Saiyan Android was shaking in rage.

"So, you came to this timeline, just to absorb Lapis and Lazuli, my friends!" Naruto shouted, while glaring at Cell.

"Yes, they were merely steppingstones to my perfection." Said Cell, while shrugging nonchalantly.

"They were my friends! Lapis, Lazuli, and Gebo are my friends! I cared about them, I cared about Lazuli, and you took her! I cared for her, and now that she's gone, I have this painful void in my heart." Naruto said, while looking down and gripping his chest, as Cell laughed mockingly.

"I believe the word you're looking for is called love, 22. You loved 18, and it's adorable." Said Cell, while smirking at the Saiyan Android.

"Love?" Naruto said, not knowing what that meant.

"Yes, love. It means you cared about her as more than a friend, as someone you'd do anything for, do anything to protect, someone you'd go to hell and back for. And now that she's gone, it's the worse pain imaginable, isn't it." Cell said, with Naruto nodding since seeing Lazuli be absorbed hurt worse than seeing Lapis be absorbed.

"Yes. It hurts." Muttered Naruto.

"And you only have yourself to blame for that pain. You fell in love with someone that was always destined to be absorbed by me. You're angry at me for doing what I was made to do, when you should be mad at yourself for your own mistake." Cell said, smirking, while Naruto clenched his fists tightly.

"But hey, if it really means that much to you, you could always steal Trunk's time machine, like I did, and get with the one in his timeline. It's not like I need her, anymore." Said Cell, laughing, before doubling over in pain when Naruto slammed his fist into his chest.

"I told you to shut up!" Naruto growled, before kicking Cell into the air, and resumed his assault on the Bio-Android.

"You say get with the Android in Trunks timeline?! That wouldn't be Lazuli, that would be nothing, but a psychotic killing machine! Lazuli was kind, smart, strong, determined, and nothing like the one Trunks knows! She's the one who woke me up from that damn pod, who cared about me when I was in danger, who taught me about the world! And you took her from!" Naruto shouted, smashing his fist into Cell's face, sending him flying down to the island.

"Big Bang Kamehameha!" Shouted Naruto, firing the powerful blast right at Cell, with the Bio-Android crying out in pure agony.

When Naruto stopped the attack, he flew straight at Cell, and sent two punches straight into his stomach, with Cell gasping for air, before he started heaving. Rolling over onto his hands and knees, Cell coughed and gagged, before to Naruto's shock and relief, the Bio-Android vomited out both Lazuli and Lapis.

"Lapis, Lazuli." Naruto said, shocked and relieved beyond measure to see them again, especially Lazuli.

"No, no, NO!" Screamed Cell as he reverted back to his Imperfect Form, with the loss of the twins, with Naruto turning his attention back to Cell.

"Don't worry, you'll be dead in a few moments." Naruto said, charging up an energy blast, and preparing to vaporize Cell, so he couldn't get the chance to absorb his friends again.

"The only ones dying, are all of you!" Cell shouted in raged at having his perfection stolen from him, as he began bloating up to trigger his self-destruction protocol.

Naruto's eyes widened at this, before looking at Lazuli and Lapis, to see them waking up.

"Ow, my head. What the hell happened?" Groaned Lapis.

"We were eaten by a giant fucking bug, that's what." Lazuli said, standing up, before she was pulled into a hug by Naruto.

"I love you." Said Naruto, with Lazuli's eyes widening at his sudden confession.

Though before she could reply, Naruto kissed her, surprising Lazuli again.

But just as quickly, Naruto pulled back and walked up to Cell, while looking at the expanding Bio-Android.

'I don't know if my immortality will be enough to survive this, but as long as he's gone.' Thought Naruto, before creating an energy shield around himself and Cell.

"Wait, Naruto, don't do it! We'll find another way!" Lazuli screamed, seeing what was happening, and knew what was coming.

She made to run over and stop him, but was held back by her brother, and the recovered Gebo. With Lazuli struggled against them, but they refused to let go knowing, she wouldn't be able to stop Naruto from what he was about to do, and would just get herself killed, as well.

"You're crazy 22." Cell said, with Naruto looking at the soon to explode Bio-Android.

"People do crazy things, when they're in love." Replied Naruto, with an accepting smile.

Not a moment later, Cell's body detonated, engulfing both himself and Naruto, seemingly killing them both.

"NO!" Lazuli screamed, horrified that Naruto might be dead, with the disappearance of the Energy Shield seeming to verify it.

Though after a few moments, the three Androids were shocked as the smoke began clearing, revealing Naruto's body starting to regenerate. With the shield dropping, as Naruto fell to his knees, panting.

Seeing this, Lazuli broke free from Lapis and Gebo, running over and hugging Naruto tightly.

"I-I th-thought…I th-thought y-y-you we-were d-dead." Lazuli cried, having been terrified that he might have died, as Naruto smiled hugged her comfortingly

"Can't kill me that easily." Said Naruto, as Gebo and Lapis walked over to them/

"Congratulations Naruto, you were able to best Cell, and survive an explosion powerful enough to destroy the planet." Gebo said.

"Thanks for getting us out of that thing. And if you hurt my sister, I will find a way to kill you." Said Lapis, with Lazuli socking him in the stomach, without letting go of Naruto.

"Don't forget I'm the older twin and can take care of myself." Said Lazuli, with Lapis smirking.

"I know, but it's my job." Lapis stated, wanting to at least look cool, by doing the whole protective brother act.

"Well you don't have to worry; I won't let anything happen to her." Said Naruto, knowing he'll do everything he can to protect Lazuli.

His words made the twins smile, before all of them froze, as a sudden voice spoke.

"Like I've said before, it's adorable."

"That shouldn't be possible." Gebo said, his eyes wide open, knowing that the blast should have killed him.

"It can't be." Said Lapis, not recognizing the voice, but had a feeling he knew who it was.

"He's still alive." Lazuli said in disbelief.

Looking, the four Androids saw the smoke fade, revealing Cell, back in his Perfect Form, only now possessing an aura similar to Naruto's, when he transformed into a Super Saiyan 2.

"How, how are you alive?!" Demanded Naruto, while moving in front of Lazuli and Lapis, as Cell smirked, while looking over his body.

"My regeneration is on the same level as yours, 22, minus the immortality, of course. As long as my core remains intact, even if my entire body is destroyed, I will always return. And it seems my body recorded my Perfect Form, and regenerated back to it, as it's now my strongest form. But I feel even stronger, quite similar to that other form you unlocked, as well. So, I suppose, if we're to continue the trend of naming our transformations, let's call this Super Perfect Cell." Said Cell, while smirking as he crossed his arms, as the four got ready for a fight.

"Oh no, need for that, I have no desire to fight you all, at least not yet. You see, this little experience has given me an epiphany. How can I be considered the Perfect Being if no one knows who I am? And how can I have perfect strength, when you unlocked that new form, and perhaps possess even more 22. So no, we won't be fighting yet, but we will. In a tournament, one so grand, it shall be remembered by all who watch it, one that shall ensure everyone will know the name, Cell! A tournament where not only the strongest will be decided, but the fate of the Earth, as well!" Cell declared.

"And what makes you think we'll just let get away?" Said Naruto, refusing to let Cell escape.

"Oh, I'm sure you could fight me evenly, 22, perhaps even surpass me. But can you ensure that your friends won't get caught in the crossfire?" Cell questioned, smirking, with the four scowling, but knew he was right, and stood down.

"See, that wasn't so hard, now was it? Now, I hope you all train long and hard, as you prepare yourselves, and I'll see you in seven days." Said Cell, before flying off, with the Androids, frowning as they watched the Bio-Android leave.

Not a moment later, Goku appeared with his Instant Transmission, having just left the Time Chamber. With the Androids being tempted to kill the Saiyan, but not because of Gero's programming, or the lack there of, in Naruto's case.

But because Goku didn't kill the doctor, when he destroyed the Red Ribbon Army, or when they first learned about the Androids, from Trunks. Meaning everything that's happened, in a way, was Goku's fault, for choosing to wait.

The only thing that stopped them, was that Goku had lost people against Cell, and the "defective" Androids, as well.

"What happened?" Goku asked, while looked around, having heard what happened from Trunks, but didn't see Cell, anywhere.

Naruto stepped forward, and explained what happened, including how Cell just left, and was now apparently putting together a tournament.

"This is bad. If Cell is really stronger than when he absorbed you two, then there's no time to waste, and we need to get stronger, a lot stronger. Will you guys help us?" Goku asked, while looking at the Androids, knowing they all needed to work together to stop Cell.

The Androids exchanged glances, before nodding in agreement, since they knew they needed to work together to stop Cell.

Seeing this, Goku nodded, before taking a moment to look around, with him soon letting out a solemn sigh

'Vegeta, why couldn't you let go of your pride, even if just for a moment.' Goku thought, unable to sense Vegeta's power, knowing that while they got three valuable allies, in the upcoming battle against Cell, Vegeta's death was a major blow for them.

With that, Goku flew off into the air, towards The Lookout, with the Androids following behind him.

*Hell*

"Damn them all! Damn 22, for sending me back here! Damn the boy, for betraying me! Damn Kakarot, for convincing me to help him, and those weakling!" Vegeta roared, while in his Grade 2 Super Saiyan Form, as he stood over the incapacitated forms of Frieza, King Cold and the Ginyu Force, who decided to give him the welcoming committee, only to learn that Vegeta had long since surpassed them.

"Vegeta, is that you?!" Said a familiar voice, with Vegeta looking behind him, to find his father and numerous Saiyans standing alongside him.

This made Vegeta smirk, seeing that he could use this to his advantage.

"Yes father, it is I, you son. Having surpassed the limitations of the average Saiyan and ascended into a Super Saiyan!" Vegeta exclaimed, while flaring his power to help get the point across.

"My son, I knew that you would be the one to one day rediscover the power of the Super Saiyan." King Vegeta said, proud and filled with pride at what his son had accomplished.

"But, if that's so, then why are you here, Prince Vegeta? Isn't the Super Saiyan's power supposed to be invincible?" A Saiyan Elite asked, confused on how he was dead, if he had attained the legendary form.

"I had merely scratched the surface of the potential of a Super Saiyan, before being killed by a group of Saiyans that I had saved and recruited. Having taught them to unlock the power of the Super Saiyan, to help remake a new, more powerful Saiyan Race. Having killed me in their coup, with a mechanical abomination. An Android made with the DNA of a Saiyan, who unlocked a more powerful, ascended form of Super Saiyan!" Vegeta exclaimed, while painting himself as the victim, while Kakarot, Android 22 and the Z Fighters were made into the bad guys.

Which worked, as the numerous Saiyan roared in anger and rage, cursing these traitors for taking advantage of their prince's kindness!

"But we won't let such a slight go unpunished, now will we?! Join me, my fellow Saiyans, Elites, Mid-Class and Low-Class alike! I will teach you the secret of becoming Super Saiyans, as well! And once we've bid our time, and built our strength, we will overthrow that Red Ogre, that felt he had the right to judge us! Together, we will take over the Afterlife, then return to world of the living! Where we will deal with traitors and remind the Universe the power of the Saiyans!" Vegeta roared, with all the Saiyans in hell roaring and cheering for their prince.

"Then, it is my honor to pass on the title of king, to you, my son! All Hail, King Vegeta the Fourth!" Exclaimed the now retired King Vegeta, as the Saiyans cheered for their new king, as Vegeta looked down at them, with a smirk.

'Perfect, I now have the Saiyans united under me, and soon, I will have an army of Super Saiyans under my command! Maybe I can now find a pure-blooded Saiyan woman to sire a proper heir with. Rather than that disgrace, who was born, when I allowed my Saiyan Blood to be muddied by that Earth Woman's genes.' Vegeta thought to himself, planning to have Trunks and Bulma be among the first to suffer his wrath.

Now realizing that that while Humans and Saiyans are genetically compatible, to the point of producing offspring with great potential. In terms of personality and overall nature, they are vastly inferior. Thanks to their Human-side hindering their Saiyan instincts, making them more passive and less willing to fight a worthy battle. As seen with that bastard, who he refuses to acknowledge as his son, when he interfered in letting Cell absorb that female android. Which, in his mind, was what resulted in his death.

Though despite what Vegeta thought, not everyone was pleased with him now ruling the Saiyan Race. With these individuals being Raditz, Nappa, Gine and Bardock's old team, as they glared at the prince.

"I can't believe they're following that traitor, just because he became a Super Saiyan, and painted himself as the victim. I bet that it was Kakarot who became a Super Saiyan, first. With them probably killing him, when they realized how much of a flight risk the bastard is." Nappa said, refusing the believe a word of his murderer.

"Yeah, but unfortunately, Vegeta has the others eating out the palm of his hands, now." Raditz said, knowing that there was nothing they could do, at the moment.

"What should we do Tora?" Gine asked her husband's former teammate, and best friend.

"For now, we can't do anything. Not when there are numerous Saiyans, with plenty of them having much higher power levels than us. And that's not counting that Vegeta is now a Super Saiyan." Tora said, knowing that at the moment, they are both vastly outnumbered, and out matched.

"Maybe we should infiltrate their ranks at the moment. That way, we can acquire the power of the Super Saiyan ourselves and wait for the right time to stop Vegeta." Fasha said, knowing that might be their best bet in stopping the newly coronated Saiyan King.

"As much as I hate the idea of working for Vegeta again, even if it's just as a ruse. We don't really have a choice, now do we." Nappa muttered, as the others nodded in agreement, not liking the idea, themselves, before they flew off to join their fellow Saiyans.

So, what did you think, good. Yep Naruto, Lazuli, and Gebo managed to temporarily escape Cell with the appearance of Tien and Yamcha, with Tien breaking out the Kikoho after Yamcha was absorbed. Only to absorbed as well, with Cell now being aware of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, but believes he'll surpass any training they do with his Perfect Form. We also see Imperfect Cell learn about the Time Chamber and begins making plans of his own. Then we see Naruto and Lazuli having some moments together, before going to the next day where they learn just what Cell is, but not the specific version after them. Cell then arrives with him and Naruto fighting, now being more even with Naruto being rested, and allows himself to be attacked by Cell to gain more Zenkai. Unfortunately Vegeta then arrives and works with Cell to incapacitate Naruto before allowing Cell to go absorb 18, with Trunks working with the Androids to stop them. While Imperfect Cell watches and secretly intervenes allowing his counterpart the chance to absorb Lazuli, this also bringing Naruto back to the fight as a Full Power Super Saiyan before ascending even further to Super Saiyan 2. With him then using his new power to kill Vegeta before beginning to toy around with Cell. It's then both Naruto, and the hidden Imperfect Cell, learn Perfect Cell's origin story, with Imperfect Cell planning to take Trunks time machine to go to his future and absorb the 17 and 18 there. While Naruto also realizes he loves Lazuli as he beats Cell into a pulp, before forcing him to vomit out 17 and 18, leading to Cell triggering his self-destruction with Naruto putting a shield around them both. This leading to them both surviving with Cell now in his Super Perfect Form, before deciding to host the Cell Games to make sure everyone knows about the Perfect Being, while the Androids decide to work with Goku to defeat Cell. Finally we get a look into hell where Vegeta has tricked the other Saiyans, aside from a few, to work with him to get his revenge on the Z-Fighters and Androids. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.

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