PLEASE NOTE: This chapter has a bit of violence in it and there's a small dark part in it. However, I thought it was necessary and quite frankly, I've never written a story without some sort of darkness in it.

Also, please note that, even in the series, Cell also had a bit of a temper on him if it exceeded a certain point and if he got angry he was pissed. No gray areas. Also note that he could calm down and fire up just as quickly depending on circumstances.

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When they reached a hill on the mountain top Cell put her down on it. "You can open your eyes again, we're here," he said and she did so, but when she saw where they were, or more how 'high' they were she let out a yelp and stepped back.

"This is high," she said immediately and Cell laughed.

"You were higher a few seconds ago," he said and she gulped, but gave a nod, the bit of pride she had left in her beseeched her not to tell him that she wasn't scared of 'unrealistic' heights, or not as much as she was of 'realistic heights', this 'mountain top view' was a realistic height.

"I know," she answered and Cell went to sit down on the ledge of the hill, she stood behind him, not daring to go any closer to the edge, she didn't want to fall off.

"Come, sit down here," he said when he saw how nervous she was; she let out a quick laugh.

"I think I'm alright here," she said and Cell smirked at her reply.

"I can force you, you know," he said and she gave a huff as she moved a bit closer, being a few feet from the edge. She looked down and immediately the cold draft from below wafted passed her; she paled as she took a step backwards.

"It's cold there," she offered meekly, it wasn't the reason, but it was something she could say to deter him from his idea. "Let's rather leave," she said and Cell smiled as he got to his feet, he turned towards her and held out his hand.

She looked at it for about a second and then took it, he closed his hand around hers and without any warning he pulled her to him and jumped from the cliff, her scream echoing through the sky and he just laughed.

When they hit the forest floor far below he looked at her, her eyes were wide, but she wasn't in shock, she just seemed surprised and angry. "How could you do that!?" She yelled and he let go of her, she immediately collapsed down on the ground, her skin almost as pale as his.

"I didn't hurt you, I didn't drop you, I only brought you down to the ground," he said and she shook her head rapidly. "Come now, you can't tell me that wasn't fun?" He questioned and she sighed as she put her hands on her knees.

"Fun? Ugh…" she mumbled angrily, she was feeling sick to her stomach from that jump, she couldn't even be angry at him because of that.

"You look rather bilious," Cell said with a laugh, but underlining it was a tad of concern.

"Just give me a minute…" she whispered, trying to calm her nerves and stop the world from spinning, she had never had such a severe case of vertigo.

Cell nodded as he leaned against the tree, watching her go from white to normal and then white again, she was changing color every few seconds. 'Perhaps this wasn't such a good idea,' he thought to himself, she seemed to have enjoyed the view above, but lost it when they were on a mountain. "Let me take you home," he said and she shook her head.

"Not yet… don't want to move now or fly again," she said as she took in a few deep breathes.

"We can walk then," he said, it was quite a distance to her house, but if she wanted that he didn't mind, he wasn't the one who was going to get tired after the first few miles.

"Thank you," she said as she leaned back against a tree, waiting for the world around her to settle and for the nausea to pass.

"Just tell me when you're ready to go again," he said as he closed his eyes and crossed his arms, he couldn't believe it, but he was tired, perhaps he would take time to rest if she did so as well.

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Minutes went by before Hina was capable of standing up properly, just as she got to her feet she heard someone, sounding like a child, scream from the distance. She snapped her head in the direction and was about to run towards it when she felt Cell's hand on her shoulder.

"Are you ready to go now?" He asked and she turned towards him.

"Didn't you hear that?" She asked.

"Hear what?"

"The scream," she said and Cell gave a nod.

"Of course I did, it's a boy being chased by an animal," he answered and Hina's eyes widened. "Let's get going," he said as he removed his hand from her shoulder, but she shook her head. "Still feeling sick?" He asked and Hina's eyes widened more, he wasn't concerned in the least about the child, even if he knew what was going to happen.

"The child Cell! I can't just leave him," she said in panic. "Please, go help him," Hina begged and Cell raised an eyebrow at her.

Help the child? Why would he want to do that? "Let nature take its course," he said and was about to start walking back to the house when Hina turned in the direction of the screams and ran in that direction. Cell watched her go for a few seconds, she wasn't going to leave it and the 'animal' wasn't exactly something she could take down.

With a sigh he disappeared and reappeared before her. "Fine, I'll get the child out of the forest, stay here" he said and then he was gone.

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Cell appeared in front of the boy just as the tiger was going in for the killing blow; Cell let the tiger attempt to maul him as he turned towards the boy; who was looking at him with a sense of fear. 'Probably remembers me from the media,' Cell though and then grabbed the boy by the collar and used instant transmission to get him out of the forest.

When he dropped the boy off at a farm house he headed back towards Hina; though he had a growing sense of anger in him. He was reduced to saving children because of her; he was reduced to spending a day in 'solitary' because of her. He gritted his teeth angrily and sped up, knocking the trees around him over as he did so.

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By the time he was back at Hina he was fuming, he dropped down on the ground and roughly grabbed her arm and then brought his fingers to his forehead and teleported back to her farm, forget walking and flying, he was leaving.

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When he touched down on the grass by the barn he let go of her hand, she immediately grabbed it and rubbed over her flesh, it was turning slightly red and he instantly felt guilt swell up in him, but he forced it down.

"What's wrong?" She asked in concern, but Cell could see fear in her eyes, she was afraid of him suddenly.

"Time's up, I'm done sticking around, I'm not a pet," he hissed out as he took a step towards her. "You have done enough to me!" he continued and she stepped back and Cell noticed she resembled a frightened animal right now, she was cowering in fear. 'Good,' he thought, she should fear him.

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"Goku, go there!" Baba yelled as she looked at the look on Cell's face, it was murderous. "He's going to kill her," she continued and Goku gritted his teeth as he shook his head.

"No…he won't," Goku said, there was no way Cell would kill the girl, there was just no way.

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"I'm sorry," she said as she was backed up against the barn wall, her hands at her sides and her palms against the wall surface. The look on Cell's face scared her; she had only once seen him this angry before and that was when he had blinded her, even then he wasn't this angry.

"You sent me out like a lapdog to save some idiotic child and that's not even the worst of it!" He yelled at her as he punched straight through the barn, right next to her face. "I've had it Hina, I've had it with you and your fake notions of love!" He yelled at her, she was leading him around the bush with her 'I love you' crap and because he cared for her he lingered around like an idiot.

Hina gulped as she watched him pull his fist from the barn, if it had been two inches to the right it would've been her face instead of the wall. Whatever she did now, she couldn't afford to anger him further, it would cost her dearly if she did. "Please…calm down…" she whispered, but Cell's face twisted in anger.

"I'm not someone who should be 'calm'; I was the tyrant of this world, the owner!" He yelled as he punched another hole in the wall and Hina gritted her teeth as a piece of wood gashed her across her neck.

Cell's eyes narrowed as he watched blood pool from the gash on her neck. "You're so bloody fragile, it's pathetic," he said as he reached out for her neck, but Hina instantly threw up her arms to keep him back. Cell's hand stopped an inch from her arms and looked at her eyes. They were open and looking at him in shock, the fear was still there, but the shock was so much more. "Get the hell out of my face before I do kill you," he said and her eyes widened more, but the fear was replaced by sadness.

Cell couldn't kill her, he knew that, but she didn't need to know that. Both times he had punched through the wall he had actually aimed for her face, but every time he stopped and hit next to her. She had him entangled and it made him angry.

"Okay," Hina said as she swallowed hard, she lowered her hands and then brought one up to her wound and put her palm over it for a second before bringing it to her face to see the damage. She turned slightly white when she saw her entire palm was crimson with blood. At the moment it didn't hurt, at least not compared to his words.

Cell saw the amount of blood on her hands and looked away, that blood was on his hands in a sense. He itched to turn around and heal her, to make the wound go away and remove the blood from his hands but he had done enough, she had done enough. If he stayed any longer he would apologize and be back at square one. He had to use his lingering anger to leave.

Cell lifted up into the air by a bit, but then she spoke. "How can you say it's fake love?" She asked and Cell cringed. "You don't even know what love is!" She yelled at him now and he could detect a bit of anger in her voice, though it only fuelled his own anger further.

He swung around in the air and stared down at her, the blood trailed down her neck and onto her clothing and it distracted him from his anger, the guilt bubbling up in him again, but he couldn't allow the guilt to win. "What do you know? You're just a human, your race has absolutely no idea what loyalty, honesty, decency, respect or power is. You're just a bunch of primal apes with no sense of direction or pride," he said and her face twisted in anger as she balled her fists.

"Then why did you even come?" She asked bitterly.

"I'm asking myself that very same question," he replied crudely, this wasn't bringing him anywhere, the only road his behavior was taking was guilt, but luckily the anger remained with every word she spoke.

Hina's eyes widened suddenly, but then narrowed. "Get the hell out of here," she growled out and Cell's eyes widened now at her 'command'.

"You can't order me anymore," he said angrily as he dropped back down on the ground and stepped closer to her, but she stood her ground. "Who do you think you are?" He asked her and she suddenly pushed him back with both her hands, leaving a smear of blood across his torso.

"Leave!" She yelled and Cell's eyes narrowed and he stepped closer to her again, angrier than before, she was talking to him like he was a dog!

He was about to speak when she beat him to it. "You come here, pretend to care and then turn around and do this?!" She screamed at him. "You sick bastard! I admit to you what I feel for you and you make a mockery of it!?" She continued. "You should never have come! I should never have met you; you've done nothing but twist my life around, I wish I never met you!" She yelled as she pushed him again, but he didn't budge, so instead she slapped him. "Just leave, get away from me!" She finished as she bit her lower lip, trying to force her tears back down, but a few escaped.

Cell stared at her with wide eyes; he couldn't even locate his anger right now. He watched as her teeth were still gritted and she angrily wiped away escaping tears. "Why?" He asked her and she looked up at him, the salty tears slipping down her cheeks and some running down her neck, washing bits and pieces of the blood away. "Why do you love me?" He asked seriously and her eyes darkened immediately.

"Oh fuck off, you've mocked me enough, go back to hell and leave me alone," she spat out and then turned towards the barn and yanked open the door, stepping inside and closing it again.

Cell stared at the barn door, inside he could hear her crying and he wondered what he should do, the answer was actually simple; it was do as she asked and leave her alone; he had given her enough reason to move on and maybe even hate him. But he had this burning feeling in him that implored him to go into the barn and do something, he didn't know what yet.

With a sigh he walked towards the barn door and yanked it open, once he was inside he closed it again and turned in the direction he sensed she was. He found her sitting on a tied stack of hay and she was looking away from him, towards the ground. "I asked you to leave," she whispered.

"Don't worry, I am leaving," he said as he stepped closer to her, he had to leave, he knew he had to leave, but something was stopping him from leaving her like this. 'The wound,' he thought idly, perhaps if he healed it the feeling would go away.

He walked until he was right by her, he reached out and took hold of her hair and tossed it to the other side so that the wound was fully revealed to him. It wasn't very deep, which meant her blood was probably thinned for some reason. He calculated the date in his head and realized yesterday had been her 25th birthday. 'Alcohol then,' he thought as he put his hand on her neck.

"What are you doing?" She asked as she saw the green light appear on her neck, she knew what he was doing it, but why she didn't know.

"Healing your neck," he answered curtly.

"I don't see why, the way I'm understanding it, you'd much rather break it," she said and Cell said nothing to that, he didn't need to reply; so instead he just continued to heal her.

When the wound was gone he was confused to find the feeling remained, it was like fire coursing through his body and it irritated him. He looked at his hand, which was still on her neck, and found the uncomfortable feeling was there. 'Touching her?' He questioned inwardly, what the hell did touching her have to do with his feelings?

He cocked his head to the side in confusion; he had already come to the conclusion that he had an attraction to her prior to today, but that was what it was going to stay and now his body was arguing with his logic? "Insane," he said aloud as he removed his hand from her neck, his hand was covered in blood and so was her neck, but the wound was gone.

He had to leave because whatever growing affection he had for her was dangerous, he couldn't let it fluctuate further. He turned around and walked towards the door and opened it.

"You want to know why I love you?" Hina asked a second later and Cell stopped mid-exit and turned back towards her, she was looking at him now instead of looking towards the ground.

"Yes," he said, it was a curiosity to him; it wasn't something he needed to know and it probably wouldn't do him any good if he did know, but he wanted to know.

"Because you're the only person who bothers to be gentle with me, or try to at least and for you that is quite the achievement, you… stick around because you want to, not because I ask you to, aside from today. You have so much power in you and even if you don't use it to help anyone, you have used it to save me and help me," she said as tears bubbled from her eyes. "You have been a pillar to me even before I knew what you were, you make me laugh and when you're around I'm happy and…" she swallowed hard. "…and that's it…that's why," she said and Cell knew immediately that wasn't all, but that was all she was going to say.

Cell had to admit he hadn't expected such a deep answer from her, it wasn't superficial at all. He ran his own thoughts through his head, his reasons for caring for her and it was somewhat similar. She accepted him and treated him like he was something 'special' to her, she did make him laugh quite often with her antics and she had even saved him once herself. She meant more to him than anything did and even if he didn't like it that much it was the truth, he couldn't change that.

"I see," Cell answered and her face eventually fell when she saw he was still going to leave. Cell stopped again and looked at her forlorn face; she was making this difficult. Why she would even want him around still was a shock, he had almost punched a hole in her face.

"Can I give you something before you go?" Hina asked as she got to her feet and walked over to him, the anger was gone now from the both of them and Cell sometimes wondered whether his energy had left a permanent mark on her.

"I can't take anything with," he said and she smiled as she stopped in front of him.

"I know, but you can take this with," she said and then stepped a bit forward and went on her toes before putting her arms around his neck and hugging him. "Thank you…thank you for saving me, thank you for everything you've done for me and even if I'll never see you again I want you to know I'll never forget you, as long as I'm alive you'll still be alive on this planet through my memories," she said softly, her voice got teary at the end. "This… is my goodbye Cell," she whispered and then lifted up a bit more and gave him a kiss on his cheek.

Cell stood petrified as he listened to her words, it sounded so…final. It reminded him of why he didn't want her to say goodbye, it made everything far too real. When he felt her lips touch his cheek he closed his eyes and for the first time in his life he felt a tear slip down his one eye. He put his one arm around her back and with the other one he closed the barn door again.

Once the door was closed he used that hand to take hold of her chin, he raised her face up so that he could look her in her eyes, if she had the guts to say it then he could do so as well. "I love you," he said and with his words he saw a few tears escape her eyes. "And this is my goodbye," he said and then bent down and put his lips on hers.

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. Posting this…was embarrassing. Mostly because I knew quite a few people are reading this right now and are doing one of the following.

1: Aawwww

2: About bloody time

3: WTF

4: This chapter…was confusing

5: FLAME TIME!

6: MOAR!

7: Hmmmm

8: Meh…don't care

9: Next chapter or you die (creepy version of Moar)

10: Please…miss, if you would be so kind, update (sophisticated version of Moar)

I would also like to point out that the next chapter starts on a bit of a funny note and I would also like to note that, probably as you all know, there is no sexual scenes in this story – it's rated T after all and I just recently found out FF doesn't allow MA content either.

And know you might be asking yourself WHY I'm saying this…well…there's a reason for EVERYTHING.