Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Chosen One ❯ Chapter Thirty-Two ( Chapter 32 )

The Chosen One

Chapter 32

Raditz and Trunks were unable to move. Gohan, however, remained calm. He either had a plan up his sleeve, or he knew something that the others did not.

"Now, Gohan, you will meet your end!" Cell shouted. "You will die by your ancestor's blade!" He then grabbed the hilt and pulled.

"ARRRGGGHH!" Cell yelled. He withdrew his hand and found that it was surrounded by electricity. Suddenly, his hand blew up.

"What in the world happened?" Trunks asked, confused.

"I don't know," Raditz responded, "but it looks like Cell can't use Gohan's sword."

Gohan walked up, yanked the belt from Cell's waist, and fixed it on his own. "I thought so," was all he said.

"What?" Cell shouted. "Why couldn't I grasp the blade?"

"I think I know," Gohan said. "It was one of two reasons.

"The first possible explanation is that while you were made with some of my cells, it also happens that you were made with the cells of other fighters. That fact may have prevented you from wielding Testament. The second explanation is very similar.

"You see, every strand of DNA in our bodies is made up of forty-six different chromosomes. These chromosomes determine many things: our hair color, eye color, skin color, height, ideal weight, intelligence, and some of our personality traits, among other things. When you were made, Cell, Dr. Gero probably extracted DNA from the cells he had gathered and mixed and matched chromosomes until he found what he considered the ideal formation. Here, I see one of two possibilities. First, I have a specific gene that allows me to wield Testament that Dr. Gero omitted, or Testament responds only to my specific genetic code."

Gohan pulled Testament from its hilt and he powered down. "None of that matters now, though. All that matters is you cannot use Testament, while I can."

Gohan pointed Testament as Cell. "Tear Blast!" A beam of energy came from the blade and shot at Cell, but Cell jumped up to avoid it. Gohan tried another Tear Blast, but Cell evaded that one also. Cell managed to evade every Tear Blast that Gohan used.

"This isn't working!" Gohan said to himself. "If only I could fire at a faster rate . . ." Then, Gohan saw an image in his head that showed him what to do. He focused his energy into the sword, pointed it at Cell, and shouted, "Ray Disaster!" This time, the blast emerged more quickly and hit Cell dead on. Then, a second blast was fired, even before the first blast had dissipated. The attack engulfed Cell, and destroyed every last cell of his being.

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Raditz stopped in front of a door. "This is it," he said. "This is the top of the castle. Prince Vegeta should be in here." He took a deep breath and pushed the door open.