The Monke King: Ch.36

“How's the life of being a one-eyed Saiyan treating you?”

“Eh, it's the same as usual. I wake up, kiss my wife, come to mock you and then go back home. Why? You think the eye-patch suits me?”, Trunks asked and I smirked before he huffed as I shook my head.

“Nah, you're too pretty for that. Why don't you just regrow your eye with the Senzu Bean?”

“I don't want to have Cell's eye as a replacement for mine.”

“Well, that is quite insulting, brother. I believe that you would look rather dashing with heterochromatic eyes,” Cell spoke with a smile as he entered the meeting room, a chuckle escaping my lips as Trunks rolled his eyes.

“Yes, and then you would remind me everyday that your eyes are the only reason I still have my good looks, wouldn't you?”

“But of course. It is my duty as your brother and friend to remind me of how much more handsome I am than you.”

“That's why I can't use a Senzu Bean. Besides, I've gotten used to having just the single eye.”

“Uh-huh, whatever you say. Anyway, Cell, how is everyone else doing?”

“Well, repairs to the kingdom after you were sent flying through a tent of of it are going smoothly and it will only be another week before the buildings are all restored. We have not detected hide nor hair of the Shadow Dragons since you destroyed the Omega Shenron as you call it, but I ordered the men to still keep an eye out.”

“Good, we can't rest too easy. What about the man that stabbed me?”, I asked, feeling the chest wound that Dabura had given me still burning even after I had taken a Senzu Bean to seal up the wound.

“We have not see any sign of him nor have we sensed him with our scanners, but I will say that we have managed to get a lock on that Cooler's energy by using the bio-data from his arm.”

“So, we know where they are?”

“We have a rough location, yes,” Cell nodded and I smirked at that as I nodded. It's only been a day since we fought against the Shadow Dragons and while the victory against them was good, I am wary of what they have planned with the Dragon Balls.

It can't be something like just resurrecting Majin Buu because he would just have send Dabura or Cooler to kill off Shin and be done with it. It can't also be focused on just the Shadow Dragons because then he wouldn't need Majin Buu.

No, if he had something planned for the Dragon Balls, it's most definitely something we needed to stop as soon as possible.

“Okay, try your best to figure out exactly where he's hiding. In the meantime, call the council. It's time we prepare for the final phase.”

“Which is?”, Trunks asked as he stood up and I glanced out the window where I saw people doing repairs before turning back with a smirk.

“We take the battle to Babidi and end this once and for all.”

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'Well, he has most definitely seen better days,' I thought with a frown as I entered the medical room, watching as Bulma stood at the foot of Shin's bed with a frustrated frown while Kibito stood at his side.

The man/ god in question just smiled as I entered the room, now looking almost as old as the Old Kai did and much more frail considering how heavy he was breathing and the numerous tubes and pipes going into his body.

“How much time?”

“It could be three days…or four or five. Who's counting these days? I'm simply enjoying…what little time I have left,” Shin rasped with a smile, to which I glanced at the bag of liquefied Senzu Beans that was also probably the only thing keeping his body from shutting down.

“Well, we think we've found Babidi so this should all be over soon.”

“Really? Hopefully, it does and I survive, but if I do not, I would like to rest easy knowing that you Terrans at least took care of him.”

“Oh, believe me. We will make sure of that,” I spoke with a smile, watching him nod before my smirk dropped as Bulma gestured for me to follow her out the room.

“How bad is it?”, I asked softly after closing the door and she grimaced before shaking her head and handing the chart over to me.

“His heartbeats per minute are dropping, his blood cells are deteriorating at an exponential rate and his organs are beginning to shut down even with the Senzu Bean IV bag.”

“Great. Well, what can we do?”

“For starters, I have found the curse, but it's not good.”

“How is it not good?”, I asked with a frown, already dreading the answer as she looked at me and sighed.

“The seal is etched into his spinal cord. I was taking a myelogram of his spine to see if I couldn't figure anything out and I saw new additions in the form of sketching onto the spine itself.”

“Do you have something to get it off?”

“Unless you want me to make a machine that can remove his spine while keeping him alive, regrow him an entire new spine with a mixture of his blood and the Senzu Beans, place that new spine in his body, reattach all the nerves and then wait that it doesn't reject him all while hoping he doesn't die.”

“Can you?”, I asked and she looked at me before I grinned as she sighed.

“I'm an engineer, not a medic, but I'll see if I can do it. What are you guys going to do in the meantime?”

“Figure out where exactly Babidi and his men are and then…we finish this war.”

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“Hey,” I spoke with a smile as I floated down to the royal mansion, watching as Videl blocked Erasa's kick before throwing her back and waving with a smile.

“Hey, how was the meeting with Trunks and Cell?”

“Well, Trunks is doing good even with the one eye he's got and Cell…well, Cell is Cell so I don't have to worry there. What I am happy and nervous about is that Cell has finally managed to find a trace of Cooler.”

“And since he did, you want to strike while the iron's hot, right? Don't look so surprised. We've know you long enough to know that you would do so without a second thought if it means winning this war early,” Erasa spoke with a smirk and I blinked at that before nodding in agreement.

“That is true. Anyway, Cell is going to get us a closer area to work with and when he does, we'll launch the full-scale counter against Babidi and his men before they can launch a third attack.”

“Got it. We'll be waiting for that order, but I feel like that's not all,” Videl said with a knowing look in her eyes as she walked closer and I looked at her before letting out a soft sigh.

“Shin might not make it and that means that Babidi might win. Therefore, if anything were to happen-”

“Don't talk like anything's going to happen.”

“Still, if anything were to happen, I want you two to make sure that everyone gets out safe, please.”

“…No,” I blinked at Videl's words before turning to Erasa to see her giggle and nod in agreement to her friend/ sister-girlfriend's words.

“What she said. We're not leaving you to face off against them on your own.”

“It's not that. It's just that if I have to fight all-out, I can't do that and worry about hurting someone with my power. I want you guys to get everyone at a safe distance so that I can fight with everything I have.”

“Fine, but when we get everyone away-”

“You ladies are free to come and help,” I spoke with a smile, rolling my eyes as Erasa nodded while Videl narrowed her eyes before nodding as well.

“Good. Now then, what I wanted to come ask is if you girls want to hang out for one more night or our last one.”

“…Sure, I wouldn't mind that. We were just training the day away since we had nothing else to do,” Videl spoke with a smirk and I chuckled as Erasa cheered before grabbing onto my arm.

“With that said! Movies and sex!”

“No, just movies!”

“…Movies and oral!”

'Well, I did say that it might be our last one.'

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“Dragon Warriors!”, My voice echoed across the outskirts of the kingdom as the Dragon Warriors saluted, thousands of fighters standing at the ready with Gramps and Yajirobe standing in front of them.

Trunks, Cell, Mom, Videl and Erasa were behind me as we stood on top of the balcony, overlooking the groups of fighters before I continued.

“It was a little over two weeks ago that our lives were turned upside down by the devastation of the fiend known as Babidi. The wizard led groups of evil and deranged warriors to destroy our kingdom, but time and time again, we showed them why we are still standing even after the destruction caused by the Androids.

Now, this Babidi thinks that he has us cornered, that he can now just wait and let us rot away before he kills us. Little does he know that we have suffered for years and years under those robotic bastards so why in the hell should we fear a wizard that doesn't even want to show his face against us?!”, Murmurs spread across the group and I saw some looks of agreement covering a few faces before continuing.

“We have had to scrape, beg, plead, kill and destroy to survive for most of our lives and yet, we are still here! Why is that? Because we're survivors! Because we're warriors! Because unlike Babidi, we've have to fight to make sure that we thrive and prosper to the next day!

Babidi wants to say that he has destroyed Earth with his new weapon and to that, I say he's nothing but a snivelling coward who isn't man enough to face us on the open field! Because he knows that his army is nothing compared to the might of the Dragon Warriors!”

“RAAAAHHH!”, The warriors cheered and I smiled as I felt their ki building up before giving them that one final push.

“Are you warriors, Dragon Warriors?!”

“YES!”

“Are you survivors?!”

“YES!”

“Are you going to let Babidi take away what you all have worked so hard to build?!”

“No!”

“Not loud enough! Are you going to let a cowardly wizard take what you've worked so hard to build?!”

“NO!”

“Then, get ready, fighters! Rest and be up early tomorrow because we are going to fly over to Babidi and we are going to show that bastard what it means to fuck with the Human-Saiyan hybrids!”

“YES, KING GOHAN!”

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“Is this the spot?!”, Trunks asked as he stopped in the air, turning to Cell who nodded as the two of them along with Yajirobe floated in the air.

“Yes, this is it! This is the centre of the predicted area where Babidi's ship is supposed to be!”, Cell answered as he closed the machine, Trunks narrowing his eyes as he began to scan the ground while the blizzard raged around them.

It did not take him long before he caught sight of something peeking out from the ground, raising a hand to catch Cell and Yajirobe's attention before pointing down at the object in question.

With zero hesitation, all three floated down and landed on the ground, Yajirobe looking around with narrowed eyes while both Trunks and Cell stared at the top of the spaceship in front of him.

“Well, I suppose there's the spaceship the Supreme Kai was talking about.”

“Ah, so you are the ones who are banging on my doorstep like apes?”, A voice hissed in their ears, the three fighters immediately on guard as they hopped away from the ship right as the door opened.

A moment later, dozens of fighter stormed out, each dressed in some kind of white bio-exoskeleton with an arm gun on their left hands that they pointed at the trio while their leader walked out with a raised eyebrow.

“Would you look at that? Master Babidi gave me a good reward,” The taller leader with an elongated head spoke with a grin as he crossed his arms, his yellow eyes focused on the trio as Trunks grabbed his sword with a frown.

“Great, another one of Babidi's henchmen.”

“No, that would be my men. I am one of his commanders, one of his higher-ranking officers.”

“…So, just a higher-ranked henchmen,” Cell spoke with a smirk, Trunks snickering as the leader narrowed his eyes at him before he looked around.

“Where's the rest of your little group? Did they decide to kick you out?”

“No, we were just looking for me.”

“Gohan, it's them,” Cell spoke into the communicator before destroying it, making the leader narrow his eyes in confusion before they widened in shock as thousands of figures appeared in the blizzard above.

At the front was their powerful King, his Super Saiyan aura pushing away the blizzard before his cold gaze locked onto the leader who looked terrified along with the rest of his men.

“Dragon Warriors…Attack.”

A/N: A bit of a short chapter, but we end it off here~!! The end of the war is near and with it, the end of the arc and the end of the story~!!

It was a bit of a short war, but win or lose, we'll see how it ends.

Next chapter: For Evil? No, I want to.

As always, read, enjoy, review and until the next one…

Ba-Bye~!!