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// Cell: Rainbow's Wrath 
// Story: Dragon Ball Z: Daughters of Destruction 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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Rainbow let out a yawn as she walked down the hallway and headed to the room that the other Z Warriors were no doubt gathering in, or rather those that had stayed at the Capsule Corp building, as some of them had stayed at the Lookout and were preparing themselves. She had seen the calendar that Applejack had left facing her bed, as it had the date of the Cell Games circled and labeled so she would know that today was a big day, the same day that everyone had been preparing for since Cell had left them on that island ten days ago. Rainbow was confident in her abilities, and she was sure that her sister was feeling the same way at the moment, but she knew that they needed to be on their guard, because Cell was an opponent that they couldn't afford to underestimate... especially since he could copy anyone's abilities by simply seeing them in action and then understanding them by applying them.

The best example of Cell's ability was the fight that she, Applejack, Vegeta, Trunks, Piccolo, and the other Z Warriors had felt in the middle of the night... the one between Cell and Gale, where Cell used her lance in battle against his sister. Shortly after the power of Cell's lance disappeared they all felt Gale's ki disappear completely, making them wonder if she had been defeated and had fled to avoid being killed, or if she had been killed by her brother. Rainbow didn't want to think about the possibility of Cell using her ability to end his sister's life, as it would mean that he had done something that she couldn't do with the lance, so she pushed the thought to the back of her mind and focused on what was in front of her.

She walked into the room she had been heading towards and noticed that the majority of the people that had been inside the building last night were sitting around one of the tables, though Piccolo and Trunks were absent at the moment, which made her wonder where they went.

"So, where did Piccolo and Trunks go?" Rainbow asked, knowing that someone had to know where they went, as there were a few hours before the start of the Cell Games and she was sure that there was something that they needed to go over before they headed to the arena.

"They went to the Lookout to check on Dende, Krillin, and Gohan," Vegeta replied, though at the same time he took a sip of the coffee he was drinking, where he was silently glad that Bulma's father had introduced the drink to him after they had returned from Namek, "or at least that is what they told us before they departed from the building. Personally I think they might be heading to the arena so they could do some last minute recon on what Cell is doing and maybe change up the order of our attacks before we arrive."

"And when will we be leaving?" Rainbow inquired, though as she spoke Bulma's mother walked over and placed some plates on the table, though based on the food that were on the plates she could tell that they were going to have full stomachs before they departed for the arena that Cell was standing in.

"Well, the Cell Games don't begin until noon and it is only nine o'clock at the moment," Bulma commented, causing Rainbow and the others to turn to her, though at the same time she smiled at them as Android 16 walked into the room, "Based on the speed that you guys can travel at you should be able to leave at eleven and arrive at the arena with twenty minutes to spare... or maybe you'll have five minutes to spare, as it all depends on how fast you fly. Then all you have to do is meet up with the others and see what Cell was doing last night... and hopefully beat him in battle with the first person that goes up against him."

Rainbow picked up the fork that was resting near her and started digging into the plate that was in front of her, just like what the others were doing at the moment, though at the same time she mentally had to wonder where Gale had run off to. She knew that the second Bio-Android wouldn't run to her brother and join his side, as she and the others knew that she was on their side, so it made her think about what Gale could be doing at that moment. Maybe Gale was waiting near the arena that the Cell Games were going to be held in, watching over her brother so she could prevent him from destroying any innocent people before the start of the battle that would decide the fate of the Earth.

She glanced at the others and found that, while they were eating what could very well be their last meal, she noticed that all of them were eager to head to the arena and see what Cell's true power was, as he hadn't used the majority of it when he had obtained his perfect form. She still had her other ultimate attack that she could use against Cell, the Wrath of the Thunder God, though this time around she knew that she was going to have to use it against the Bio-Android. Cell knew the majority of her moves and likely knew how to defeat all of them the instant she tried to use them, in the case of the Lightning Lance anyway, so she was going to have to be careful when she used the Wrath... because if Cell detected what she was trying to do he would break it and cancel her attack before she could even fire it.

A smile found it's way to Rainbow's face, because if she could charge the Wrath to its full power, and kept it out of Cell's sight, she knew that she would have the upper hand... and potentially beat the Bio-Android without having anyone else fight him in battle.

Once everyone had finished with the morning meal, and had taken the time to shower and clean themselves, the Z Warriors, who were now heavy one Android, departed from the building and headed towards the area that the Cell Games were going to be held in. Rainbow and Applejack noticed that there was still no sign of Gale or her ki, which made them worry that something terrible had happened to her, but they focused on the task at hand and knew that they would find out what happened to Gale at some point in the future.





Cell let out a sigh as he waited for the last hour to pass, where he would fight whoever showed up to participate in his tournament, defeat them in combat, and then bring about the end of this world. He was sure that the Z Warriors were going to show up at some point, as he had set all of this up to test the power of his perfect form against Son Goku, the only one that could truly test him to his limits. Rainbow Dash and Applejack would be a warm up act compared to what the Earth raised Saiyan could do to him, as Cell knew that the two of them could easily enjoy themselves until one of them had fallen to the ground in defeat... and he was sure that the area around them would suffer some damage before the end of their fight.

Just thinking about the damage that would come from such a fight made him look over at the plateau that had been destroyed during the night, where a lone coffin rested with a small plaque that said who rested there... though just remembering that it was there made him turn away from it. He had spent two hours debating and creating the resting place for his sister, and then had spent the majority of the night standing in the middle of the ring, trying to forget that it was even there. Fortunately he didn't have to think about the grave site for too long, as he was distracted by the sound of the camera people, who had been absent when Gale had attacked him, setting up for the beginning of his tournament... where he noticed, out of the corner of his eye, one of the cars the Earthlings used was coming towards the arena.

When the car stopped one of the doors opened and a tall man, who had a rather muscular and hirsute physique, stepped out of the vehicle, to which Cell noticed that the man had a black curly Afro, a black mustache, and some well trimmed sideburns. The man was wearing a gi, just like the gi that the majority of the Z Warriors wore, though his was more dark red than what the others wore, and he was wearing a white cape that he was using to cover parts of his head or his body. Personally Cell hoped that the man was some sort of placeholder for the people that were coming, otherwise he would be terribly disappointed before the tournament actually started.

Once the man was outside the vehicle the door closed behind him and it turned around, where it departed from the area and left Cell alone with the man... who approached the arena, pointed at Cell for a brief second, and then lowered his thumb to the ground, indicating that he intended to best Cell and save the world. Cell also heard the camera person shout out that the 'presence of Mr. Satan was making Cell feel scared', which told him that the world was being lied to and that the man in front of him was known as Mr. Satan... though at the same time it made Cell want to punch the man in the stomach or throw him into a different plateau.

A few minutes passed before Mr. Satan walked onto the stage and turned towards the plateau that the camera people were standing on, to which he turned towards them and beckoned for them to join him... to which Cell watched as the two men made their way towards the 'strongest man on the Earth', as they had called Mr. Satan that when he arrived.

As Mr. Satan and the camera people started talking, about the various 'blunders' that Cell had made since announcing the start of his tournament, Cell did his best to ignore them as he waited for the real fighters to come and grace his arena. The man went on to say that he had tricked the world by setting up some charges before the arrival of the army he had destroyed, though with every lie he told to the people of the world the angrier Cell got, so much so that he was tempted to obliterate the man where he was standing. Mr. Satan then proceeded to make faces at him and challenge him to start the tournament early by attacking him where he was standing, though just as Cell considered removing one of his hands he felt a change in the air... to which he turned and smiled as he noticed Vegeta coming towards the arena.

It was a surprise to find that Vegeta was the first to arrive, but before anyone could say anything Cell's smile widened as Rainbow and Applejack landed behind the Saiyan prince... where he noticed that Rainbow seemed distracted by the fact that someone was missing. They were swiftly followed by Android 16 landing nearby, though that was when Cell noticed the rest of the Z Warriors, including Yamcha and Tien, flying towards the arena, to which he smiled as they landed behind Vegeta and the pony girls.

"And our roster is complete." Cell commented, to which he undid his arms and looked over at Son Goku, as he had already determined that the only one that had the potential to beat him was the Saiyan raised on Earth, "It is a pleasure to see all of you... especially since some of you have come to fight me."

"Our group is still incomplete," Rainbow said, where she glared at Cell as the rest of the group looked around for a few seconds, as they were looking for the same person that she was talking about, "Just wait for a few more minutes and I'm sure that Gale will be joining us... and then we can begin the Cell Games."

"I can point you in the right direction." Cell replied, to which he pointed towards the plateau that his sister's coffin was resting on, though he was sure that the Z Warriors had missed it before they had arrived at the arena, "She's on that plateau... though you'll be surprised by what you find there."

Rainbow stared at Cell for a few seconds, where she wondered if the Bio-Android was implying that he had killed her during the night and left her body on the plateau or if he was implying something else, to which she let out a sigh and floated back into the air. She quickly moved over to the plateau in question and didn't see Gale standing or sitting around anywhere, though as she started to look around she noticed a small marble structure, which had the same color as Cell's arena, resting in front of a crater that was the size of the Lookout. She growled as she looked at the crater, because it could mean that she and the others had felt Cell use her lance last night, but she landed in front of the structure and discovered something that shocked her... it was a large rectangular box, a coffin she recalled, and in front of it was a small plaque that had some writing on it.

"Here lies Gale Wind, daughter of Dr. Gero," Rainbow read, though even as she said the words she could feel her anger rapidly rising inside her, but this time she didn't fight the rage she was feeling, "She died being a worthy and honorable opponent against her brother, the perfect Bio-Android known as Cell... may she rest in peace..."

Rainbow stared at the coffin and the plaque for a few moments, as if she was trying to determine that what she was seeing was actually real, before she growled and burst back into the air, to which she flew back towards the arena and landed near the others... though she hoped that the emotions on her face told them what she had seen.

"So, you have seen what is left of Gale," Cell commented, though there was no sign of happiness or remorse, because he had been cheated out of his gloating over her defeat, as he had killed her instead of fatally wounding her, but he focused on his new foes, "I hope that demonstrates what will happen to all of you if you continue to oppose me."

"You killed your sister!" Rainbow shouted, to which she stared at the Bio-Android with the intensity of her anger, though at the same time some bits of red lightning danced around her body, "Dr. Gero created the two of you to be a family... and instead you ended your sister's life and put her in a coffin on that plateau. I am going to enjoy ending your life, so you had better prepare yourself, Cell, because I'm coming yo..."

"Oh no, you are not going to fight Cell first," Mr. Satan said, to which he pointed at everyone that wasn't part of his camera crew for a few seconds, though his tone indicated that he believed that they were here to steal his thunder and wanted them to go away, "I will be the only one to fight and, more importantly, defeat Cell. I will have none of you interfering with my fight!"

"Fine. If you have a death wish than you can fight Cell first," Rainbow replied, though at the same time she held her hands close to each other as she stepped off of the arena, as she was preparing the vital piece of the Wrath of the Thunder God and wanted to make sure that Cell couldn't see the creation of this piece, "I'll be waiting for when you withdraw from the fight or get knocked out."

Mr. Satan appeared to want to say something about what Rainbow had told him, as did the reporter that was staring at her as she walked off the arena, but before they could say anything they all noticed as a pink sky car entered the area above the arena. Cell, on the other hand, sensed that only more annoyances would be coming his way, to which he loosed a ki blast and blew the sky car to pieces, effectively killing whoever was coming to the arena, but he was sure that it wasn't this timeline's version of Bulma or her father. Mr. Satan and his camera crew seemed shocked by the sudden attack, though the Z Warriors, the ones Cell was interested in fighting, simply glared at him... though that was followed by the 'strongest man in the world' stepping into the arena.

What happened next was that Mr. Satan removed his cape and let it fly into the hands on the reporter, to which the reporter and the cameraman walked off the stage and continued to make commentary on what the 'hero of Earth' was doing or what he was going to do next. Mr. Satan withdrew a capsule and tossed it at the ground, where a bag popped into existence and allowed him to withdraw fifteen tiles that he stacked on top of each other, though once that was done he raised his hand into the air, held it there for a few seconds, and then brought it down on the tiles and shattered them... or rather he shattered fourteen of them and left one remaining.

"I hope you were watching that, Cell, because soon I'll be doing the same thing to you," Mr. Satan commented, though as he kept his back to Cell, and the Z Warriors, he rubbed his hand for a few seconds, but when the pain went away he turned around and stared at his opponent.

Cell, on the other hand, wasn't paying too much attention to Mr. Satan, because he had seen Rainbow start to charge some sort of attack and was still working on it, which made him wonder if that was the Wrath of the Thunder God that had been mentioned in passing ten days ago. The orb she was holding and pouring some of her power into radiated with the same power that the Lightning Lance had, though Cell could tell that there was something different about it, which made him excited to see what the attack was like in person. The Lightning Lance, the Lightning Blade, and the Thunder God's Wary Cry, the moves he knew that Rainbow had developed and used in battle, were all interesting, so it really made him wonder what this new move could be.

While he was staring at Rainbow, however, Mr. Satan had taken it upon himself to start the battle and was throwing punches and kicks at him, to which the reporter stated that Cell had no chance at winning due to Mr. Satan's speed and strength... to which Cell swung his arm and sent the man flying towards one of the plateaus in the area. The only reason Cell left the man alive was so that he could see what a real fight was like, before he beat all the Z Warriors and started the destruction of the planet they lived on.

"Now that the trash has been taken care of, for now anyway, I believe that it is time for us to start the Cell Games," Cell said, to which he looked over at the assembled Z Warriors, where he noticed that Rainbow was still glaring at him, "So who wants to be first? Son Goku, Vegeta, Applejack, or Rainbow?"

"I will fight first," Rainbow replied, to which she stepped onto the marble arena with the orb floating above her left hand, though once she was on equal footing with Cell she threw the orb at the air and let it disappear into the clouds that were hanging above them.

"That's all your attack does?" Cell asked, observing the orb as it went into the air and vanished, which told him that there was either something special about the orb that he didn't know or he was overreacting because of who he was facing, "It goes into the air and just disappears?"

"Oh no, the Heart of the Storm is the first phase of the Wrath of the Thunder God," Rainbow answered, though at the same time she dropped into her battle stance and faced the Bio-Android, because she knew that she needed some time for the Wrath to finish forming and had to keep Cell distracted, "Trust me on this, if you spare with me for a few minutes you'll see what the Wrath really is... and I'm sure that you will like what you see."

Cell stared at Rainbow for a moment, wondering if he should really allow her to get away with what she was doing, though part of her attack seemed to be darkening the sky and creating clouds that would normally belong to a storm. He guessed that was where the name of the sphere came from, the Heart of the Storm, to which he grinned as he turned his gaze back towards his opponent. If he was right about this new attack, especially when he took into consideration who he was fighting, then whatever the Wrath actually was would pack quite the punch... both in power and the destruction is caused to the area around them.

The two of them faced each other for a few seconds, silently waiting for their opponent to make the first move, though at the same time the sky above them started to rumble. Rainbow was the first one to move, as she charged at Cell and swung her fist at him, though the Bio-Android raised his hand and blocked the attack, which Rainbow had been expecting him to do. She flipped over his head, landed behind him, and slammed the base of her hoof into his back, knocking him forward, but then Cell regained his footing, spun around, and punched her in the face. The two separated from each other and moved to opposite sides of the arena, though five seconds later the two of them were back at it, where they slammed their fists together and caused the air to shake for a moment.

Rainbow's earlier anger returned as she flashed back towards one of the pillars, refocused on her opponent, and charged at Cell once more, where she effectively forced the Bio-Android to go on the defensive as she loosed a barrage of punches and kicks at her target. Cell tried multiple times to hit her, but Rainbow could tell that he was gauging her power and was seeing if there were any holes in her defenses, because he was doing a poor job of trying to hit her. She managed to slip passed Cell's defenses and got several hits on him, a few on his chest and one of the side of his head, before she threw him back towards one of the other pillars.

She landed on the arena floor and stared at Cell, annoyed that he was playing around at a time time this, to which her ki flickered around her body, in the familiar form of red lightning, as she prepared herself.

"Cell, after seeing what you did to Gale, I won't be holding back at all," Rainbow stated, though as she spoke she watched as her opponent picked himself up and faced her, where Cell gathered his golden aura, "Good, you understand what I was going to say. Now, let's see how our full powers match up."

Cell grinned as they charged at each other and continued their brawl, where they moved around the arena and found their punches and kicks blocked by the same attack that was coming from the other side. Whenever Rainbow tried to punch Cell, and deal some damage, Cell would throw the same attack and parry her own, to which he would attempt the same thing and she would replicate his movements. The clash of their powers did nothing more than shake the arena and the air around them, though Rainbow's power prevented the clouds, and the Heart, from being affected by their clash, as she couldn't risk the Heart being destroyed before she could use the Wrath against Cell.

As the two of them fought Rainbow occasionally called upon the Lightning Blade in an attempt to hurt Cell, though at the same time Cell repeated the same move and their lightning based attacks clashed with each other... though Rainbow was thankful for him copying her attack, as the longer they used their blades the shorter time it would take to prepare her second ultimate technique. She even accessed her War Cry to really speed up the process, to which she bounced around the arena with her speed and confused Cell for a few moments, where she actually cut several gashes into his body with her Lightning Blade... though her fun came to an end when he seemed to guess where she was heading and slammed his fist into her face, knocking her to the ground in front of one of the four pillars that rested around the arena floor.

"I thought you understood that using the War Cry was a terrible idea when fighting against me," Cell commented, though at the same time he let out a sigh, because it was beginning to look like he was going to have to ring out Rainbow so he could get a better opponent, "You know, I was interested in seeing what your 'Wrath of the Thunder God' move was, but it seems like you have been flaunting a fake move in front of my eyes to make it seem like you had something grand planned. I tried waiting for you to show me this new move of yours, but now I have grown tired of waiting... so I'm going to finish our battle and..."

Cell stopped talking when he heard laughter coming from Rainbow, because he wasn't expecting something like that occurring in his tournament, but the sound meant that he had overlooked something important.

"So you think that the Wrath is a 'fake' move I created to fool you?" Rainbow inquired, though at the same time she chuckled as she picked herself up off the floor and faced her opponent, to which she let her ki dance around her left hand in the form of lightning, "Tell me something Cell; have you noticed the change in the weather, or have you been blindly fighting me the entire time? Because if you were truly paying attention to me you would have noticed that most of my power has been tied up in something else."

Cell opened his mouth to say something, but before he did so he noticed that the clouds, which had been white the last time he had glanced at them, had turned dark and the rumbling was much louder than it had been when they had started their fight. As he stared at the clouds he noticed that they resembled storm clouds, more accurately thunder clouds, though at the same time he watched as it started raining in the area around his arena. His eyes widened for a moment when he realized that the orb Rainbow had sent into the air earlier was some sort of weather manipulation technique... one that would allow her to set up the right conditions for using the new technique she had developed.

He glanced around the entire area that surrounded the arena, finding that the thunder clouds stretched outwards in every direction, effectively making it seem like they were fighting in the middle of a storm... though he ignored the rain and turned his attention back to Rainbow.

"Oh, I'm not the one you should be looking at," Rainbow commented, though at the same time she smiled, which would confuse Cell as to what was going on at the moment, "Trust me, the rain means that the Wrath is starting to wake up... and soon you will see the power it commands."

Cell glanced at the area around him for a few seconds, where he studied the thunder clouds once more, before he noticed that the energy of the ground seemed to be arcing up towards the area that Rainbow had thrown the orb into earlier, effectively creating some sort of focus in the middle of the air. It almost looked like the lightning was erupting from the ground and was coming together in the air, gathering around the orb and building whatever the Wrath was supposed to be. Cell had to admit that the power in the air was on the same level as the Lightning Lance, but he stood his ground, in the middle of the arena, as he waited for the attack to take shape.

Rainbow, on the other hand, grinned as she jumped into the air and sailed passed the top of the pillars, where she eventually stopped on a stray white cloud that put her halfway between the arena and the storm.

"Cell, allow me to show you the attack that you called a 'fake' move," Rainbow called out, letting both Cell and the rest of her friends know that this was what she had been talking about ten days ago, when Cell had obtained his perfect form, though at the same time she raised her left hand towards the sky, "Come forth, Wrath of the Thunder God!"

What erupted from the thunder clouds was a long serpentine body that reminded the Z Warriors of Shenron, the Eternal Dragon that they summoned when they needed to wish back people or make a desperate wish to stop a villain from getting what they wanted. Instead of being made of flesh and scales, however, this Shenron was made up of pure lightning, colored blue like the rest of Rainbow's lightning attacks, which surprised the people that were staring at the creature. Even Cell was caught off guard by the appearance of the creature, because the power he had felt earlier was now coming from the creature that was coiling protectively around Rainbow... though at the same time Cell was sure that the Wrath, because that was what it was, was actually glaring at him.

The worst part about the Wrath was, in Cell's opinion, the coloration of it's eyes, as the center of the eye was colored black while the area around the center was golden yellow colored... it also made Cell feel like he was staring into the face of an actual god, the Thunder God as Rainbow titled her attacks, and he felt paralyzed for a few seconds. 

"Cell!" Rainbow shouted, her power coursing through the air, which allowed the Wrath to know that it was time to strike, "Begone with the thunderclap!"

As Rainbow finished speaking the Wrath uncoiled itself and headed back into the clouds, making it seem like it had disappeared and that she was going to do nothing with it, but that was when Rainbow let a smile appear on her face, as she knew that she had Cell right where she wanted him. A few seconds later a roar emitted from the clouds as the Wrath showed its face once more, causing everyone to lock onto it for a moment, though that was followed by the creature tearing itself from the clouds and raced towards the ground. Cell barely had any time to move as the massive dragon-lightning creature zeroed in on where he was standing and collided with his body, letting out a blinding flash of light that made everyone look away from the arena... which was followed by the Wrath detonating its payload on top of him.

When both the light and the smoke cleared Rainbow and the others opened their eyes, to which they looked upon the ruined arena, which had a large hole in the middle of it, and noticed that Cell was missing... though before she celebrated their victory Rainbow waited to see if Cell survived her attack. A minute passed before Rainbow lowered herself back down to the arena floor, where she stood by the edge of the hole she had created and waited for Cell to reveal himself, while at the same time she noticed that the rain had stopped. She knew that the thunder clouds were tapped out and that she wouldn't be able to use the Wrath again, but even so Rainbow wasn't planning on using it again in the near future... because it used a good amount of her energy to create the creature.

Her happiness was ruined when she noticed Cell's head rise out of the hole, though she frowned as Cell rose out and landed on the arena floor... but what really pissed her off was the fact that the majority of his body looked unharmed, as if he had defeated her attack before it had even struck him.

"Okay, that really hurt," Cell said, stretching both of his arms and both of his legs, allowing Rainbow to catch the glimpse of some liquid that followed when Cell, or Piccolo for that matter, regenerated a missing part of their body, "Seriously, you blew apart both of my arms, both of my legs, and damaged half of my body with that attack... and I'm still feeling the shock from the power that it commanded."

"Now I feel cheated," Rainbow commented, glaring at Cell with a fury that could only be matched by the power of her Wrath, though at the same time she was disappointed in what happened to Cell after he took the full power of her second ultimate attack, "You took on my Lightning Lance, which had a full charge, and brushed off the damage like it was nothing, and now, after giving the same amount of charge to the Wrath, you simply brushed off my second ultimate attack like it was nothing. Seriously, if the attack that takes you out is the Kamehameha I'm going to feel even more cheated than I am feeling at the moment."

"You know, if you are going to whine like the child you are, then why don't you get out of the arena and let me fight someone who won't whine?" Cell asked, to which he glared at Rainbow for a few seconds as annoyance flashed onto his face for a moment, because he really wanted to fight Son Goku and was hoping that his words would get rid of the pony girl that was in front of him, "You could let someone like, I don't know, Son Goku take your place and fight me instead."

"Fine. You want to fight Goku and be killed by him?" Rainbow stated, to which she turned her back to Cell and angrily walked away from the Bio-Android, because she was too pissed off by the fact that all of her attacks seemed to have next to no effect on Cell, "Go ahead and be my guest... I'm going to go cool off and laugh at the consequences of your actions."

Cell mentally smiled as Rainbow walked off the arena floor and Son Goku stepped up to take her place, as he had no desire to fight anyone else and was finally getting his wish to fight the Saiyan that was raised on Earth... though he was sure that the two of them were going to enjoy the fight that would be starting in the next few moments, and that neither of them would have any regrets when it was over.