Author's Note: Sorry about not writing a new fanfic in awhile. I was grounded for two weeks, had writer's block, and now I don't have a lot of time to write. Even though I don't have finals until late June, I haven't found much time to write up a fanfic. I'm bored tonight, so I have decided to type up another "Thoughts of Pain", but not the kind you normally expect. In this fanfic I plan on going into Son Gohan's thoughts when he saved Vegeta from Cell's blast and how he felt about saving the world. Because he was hurt during these times, I decided to call it a "Thoughts of Pain" fanfic. Enjoy and remember to review.


Thoughts of Pain-Saving Vegeta and Planet Earth

I watch in horror as a powerful ki attack quickly speeds towards a downed Vegeta.
Knowing that I was the only one with enough power to save Vegeta,
I leap forward and fly to where the unconscious prince is.
I try to push him out of the way,
but I have no time...
I take the blast full force with my left side.
I scream at the force of the blast,
and I am swallowed by total darkness...

I wake up who knows how much later.
I find that I am laying on Vegeta,
and decide to get off him,
So I don't hurt him anymore than he is.
I realize that doing so is a lot harder than I thought.
I slowly force myself up and discover the damage that I have taken.
I whole left arm is broken and bloody,
and, feeling weak, I notice that my ki is severely depleted.
I hear a sinister laugh behind me,
and I turn to look at its owner: Cell.
He laughs again and tells me that I shouldn't continue to fight against him.
If I do, I would surely die.
Angered at his arrogance,
I ball my good fist as if to challenge the android.

As I do this,
I think quietly to myself:
What am I going to do?
I know that I don't have the strength or power to beat him.
But, I won't give up!
Dad would be disappointed and I would let my friends down.
I would let the whole earth down.
I know I have no power,
but I still have to fight!
If I don't the Earth will be destroyed!
I won't let him do that!
I won't let him win!
But, how will I stop him?

He notices my fist,
and decides to take this challenge.
Little did I know what this meant.
He floats down near where I am,
and begins to power up.

What is he doing?!
I am scared now as I see what he is doing.
He cups his hands and brings them to his side.
He's going to use a Kame Hame Ha!!!
I can't stop him if he does this!
We'll all die!

Cell asks what is wrong,
and why I look so scared.
I don't reply,
but he knows why.
He realizes that I am powerless to stop him.
He laughs at this,
and continues to charge up his Kame Hame Ha.
No one can stop him now.
I can't, even in ssj2.
The Earth is doomed...

I let down my guard,
and give up.
I'll be with you soon, Dad.
We'll all be with you...

Cell sees me giving up,
and becomes depressed that I am not fighting to the bitter end.
He wants a more exciting ending,
but since I couldn't give him one,
He might as well and it now.
I watch, quietly,
waiting for the end...

Then all of the sudden,
I hear Dad's voice.
He sounds disappointed that I am giving up.
He tells me that Saiya-jin never give up,
so why should I?
I tell him about my injury and my lack of ki.
He states that my power wasn't low because of Cell,
it was because of me,
Because of my own doubt in my abilities.
I protest about this,
but he stops me and convinces me that this was true.
After a long talk with him,
I decide to give it a try.
I decide to fight Cell...

I power up and start my own Kame Hame Ha.
Cell becomes happy about this,
and continues to charge his to maximum power.
I yell out the name of the attack,
and fire.
Cell tells me to die,
and fires his.
Now to fight for the fate of Earth...

The two powerful ki attacks hit each other,
and start to spread out and rip apart the earth.
At this point,
both our attacks are equal.
Little did I know that it wasn't going to last.

After a while,
his starts to overcome mine.
I grow fearful of if I could actually do this,
if I could actually defeat Cell.
His attack draws in closer,
and I fear that I will not be able to handle such an attack.
My father talks to me often,
encouraging me to put all my power into the attack.
I don't want to,
for fear that I would hurt my friends and the Earth.
But, I know that if I want to win,
I have to take that chance.
But, am I really ready to risk it?

What if I can't handle this?
I'll let everyone down,
especially my dad.
But, do I have enough power?
What if I don't?!
I can't give up,
But I can't win!
What do I do?
Dad, how can you have so much faith in me?
I don't want to let you down,
but I don't think I have what it takes to defeat Cell.
Someone, help me!

As if on cue,
I see Piccolo come to my aid.
Well, he tries to.
He only gets knocked away by Cell.
Shortly after,
the others join in.
I call out to warn them,
but they can't hear my cries.
Even though they get beaten down,
they still stand up and try to help me defeat the android.
It is only a short time later that they can't get up again.
I scream at Cell and put more power into my attack.

It is still not enough.
Cell puts more power into his attack,
and it looks like it's all over for the Planet Earth and me.
Suddenly,
another attack from nowhere hits Cell.
It's Vegeta!
Dad cries out that now's my chance,
and I put in every ounce of power I have left in me,
and I overcome Cell's blast,
disintegrating him forever.

Overcome with exhaustion from all the power I used,
I fade out of ssj2 and ssj,
And fall to the ground.
My friends gather around me,
and (in their own way) cheer.
I have defeated Cell...
Thanks, Dad.
I couldn't have done it without you...


How was the story? Was it worth the wait? This is the longest "Thoughts of Pain" I've ever written and the longest short story I've ever written. Please review.


P.S.-If you find any errors, it's because I wrote this at nine, ten o'clock at night. Kami! It's 10:30 PM! I've got to go to bed! Later!

P.P.S.-Even though I uploaded this in the morning, I wrote it at night. *Looks at time and sweatdrops* Gotta go! (What's with the bold letters? Forget about it.)

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