With Goku out of the running, they wonder who will go next. Goku nominates his own son. Vegita is somewhat sore about his fellow Saiya-jin's decision, but does not intervene. Gohan enters the arena, and begins his duel. Just like his father, Gohan is getting nowhere fast with Cell. Feeling the fight is meaningless, he tells Cell that he does not want to continue. Gohan explains that ever since he was young, he would exhibit immense power when he got really angry. Cell becomes intrigued, and tries his damndest to piss the kid off. He inflicts as much pain as possible, yet Gohan still controls himself and refuses to get mad. Goku wonders about his decision, and Piccolo tells him what Gohan is feeling. He explains that Gohan does not like to fight like Goku does, and the only thing that's going through his head is "why is my father making me do this?" Meanwhile, Cell has beaten Gohan to a bloody pulp, and realizes he's getting nowhere. So he decides to cause harm to Gohan's friends.
Zooming towards Kuririn, he swipes the bag of senzu that he is grasping. He tells Gohan that he will hurt those he cares for so the kid will get angry. Gohan tries to retaliate, but is kicked away by Cell. It's at this time that #16 steps into action once again. Leaping on to Cell, he grabs him in a bear hug and holds him fast. He then tells the Z warriors that he has a very powerful self-destruct mechanism, and that he will destroy Cell along with himself. But nothing happens. Kuririn tells the android that when he was being rebuilt by Capsule Corporation, Dr. Briefs found a powerful bomb in his body and thought it did not belong there. Thus, he removed it. Cell commends #16 for his valiant attempt...then blows him into small pieces.
Yet still, Gohan has not gotten angry enough. Cell decides to make his own help. Seven Cell Jr.'s fly out of his tail, and he orders them to cause suffering for the observers of the game. While Vegita and Trunks are able to hold their own, the other five are getting brutalized (Goku had not recuperated from his battle with Cell). Gohan wishes that whatever hidden power he has will be released, but it just will not show itself. #16, now only a head, begs Mr. Satan to take him to Gohan. Suprisingly, Satan has a moment of courage and agrees. He tosses the android's remains right next to Cell. #16 tells Gohan that it's OK to release his anger, especially to protect those he cares for. He then tells him to do it for the birds and the trees he loves so much. Cell steps on #16's skull, and crushes him out of existance.
Cell's act of cruelty proves to be the last straw; Gohan attains the next level. He becomes the first to ever go beyond USSJ, what we refer to as "SSJ2." Gohan snatches the senzu back from Cell, and kills off the Cell Jr.'s one by one. He shows no remorse, and each has an equally brutal death. Tossing the senzu beans to Trunks, he tells him to distribute them among the injured. Gohan now squares off again with Cell, and does immense damage to him with only a few hits. Cell becomes frustrated, so he decides that he will try energy attacks rather than physical. He launches a giant Kame Hame Ha at Gohan and the Earth. Goku's son overpowers it with his own blast, and leaves Cell a quivering, deformed hulk.
Goku orders his son to finish the villain off, but Gohan refuses. He wants to make Cell hurt as much as he his friends. The android uses this time to regenerate, and decides to switch to a strong, slow form. Just as he had told Trunks earlier, this form proved to be worthless, and Gohan smacked him very hard in the face. In fact, the blow was so severe that it caused Cell to regurgitate #18. Without the android to sustain his perfect form, Cell reverts to what he was after he absorbed #17. Now standing no chance against Gohan, he begins to puff up like a balloon. He tells the Z warriors that in one minute, he will explode and take the Earth with him. Gohan curses himself for letting Cell live when he had the chance to destroy him. Goku knows what he has to do. He waves goodbye to his friends, and places his hand on Cell's enormous body.
Using his instantaneous movement, Goku teleports Cell and himself to Kaio's planet. He apologizes to Kaio for what he is doing. Cell bursts in a tremendous flash, and erases Goku's ki (Kaio and his pets also fall victim). Gohan yells for his father. Appearing at the gates of the spirit realm, Goku and Kaio begin their flight back to the planetoid. It is at this time they realize something shocking: Cell did not appear in heaven, and hence is still alive somewhere!
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