Author's Note: After an untimely and unexpected brain fart, I'm back yet again

Author's Note: After an untimely and unexpected brain fart, I'm back yet again. I'm forcing myself to get the next chapters of "CM: Quest to Save Vegeta-sei" and Desperate Search" done this weekend. On Wednesday, I start school again. Well, I'm ready. Anyway, I'll try to keep consistent updates with my fanfics. I hope I can do that. Well, here's Chapter 5 of "Desperate Search"…

Disclaimer: My name is not Akira Toriyama, therefore I don't own DBZ or its characters.

Desperate Search

Chapter 5-Race to Be First

Son Goku's POV:

For the first time in my whole life, I was really scared. I was scared for my missing son. My only son. He had been missing for three days and the Z-Senshi and I were still looking for him. Three long days. What terrified me most was his almost undetectable chi. Because of his low chi, it was almost impossible to locate him. We couldn't tell where his chi was coming from, so we had no idea where to start looking. It was decided that all of us would search in places where we had been with him as he grew up. I was searching the forest near our house, our favorite fishing spot, our training spot, and various other places where I had taken him. In all the places, no little boy was to be found.

'I'm never going to give up looking for you, Gohan! The Earth needs you and I won't let it down by not finding you. You are the only hope the Earth has to survive against Cell…' I thought as I determinedly looked for Gohan.

The first day I spent looking through the forest near our house. 'Maybe,' I had thought, 'Gohan got hurt by our house and couldn't get home for help.' Iie. That couldn't be it. It wasn't it. He wasn't anywhere around our home or the forest. Also, his low chi meant something else. Demo, what? What could have happened to Gohan?

That first night, I became overwhelmed with the loss of my only son and cried myself to sleep.

The second and the third day, I had searched in the other places I thought of that I had brought Gohan to as he was growing up. No such luck. As I had said before, no Gohan anywhere. All my hopes were shattered when I realized that I had no more places to look. I now sat on a rock, once again began to cry, and my last thought was, 'Where is my son?!'

Piccolo's POV:

'Where is that kid?' I thought as I soared through the air in search of my young pupil. 'How many days have I been looking? Three? How come I can't find him?' I continued to ponder, a worried expression set on my face. 'Has Cell already found him? IIE! I won't let THAT happen!' I knew what Cell would do if he caught Gohan. 'I won't allow Cell to get to Gohan first! Not after all that we have been through!'

Flashbacks of the things that Gohan and I had gone through flashed through my mind. The time we had first officially met (though neither one of us were happy about it), watching him develop during his six months of survival training, the training itself, growing to be deep friends, protecting him, dying for him…'IIE! I won't let it end this way! I will find you, Gohan! Like the time I promised to protect you from the Saiya-jin, I promise to find you before Cell does!'

I continued, at full speed, to search for my young friend. As I did, I began to think about my search. Where I had looked for him. The disappointment I had felt when the boy wasn't there. I had searched for him at our training grounds, where I meditate, where I had left him to survive, anywhere I could remember. Anywhere Gohan would go to look for me. Each place, disappointment was met. No Gohan anywhere! 'Please, Gohan, wherever you are…Hold on! I'm coming! Don't let go!' With a look of determination, I shot off to scour the land in another direction.

Krillin's POV:

'Man, how hard can it be to find Gohan? He's not easy to lose, you know,' I thought as searched the city, the place Gohan and I had often gone. I wandered around the busy streets, hoping to find Goku's son hanging out somewhere. 'Demo, why would he not come home? Did he run away? Iie, he wouldn't do that. He knows that he is needed in the tournament that was only three days away.' I looked around at the people crowding the streets. 'Strange…most of the others cities have been evacuated because of Cell and the upcoming tournament that is going to decide Earth's fate. I guess that this city thinks it has nothing to worry about. Demo, we sure do…'

Because the city was such a big place, I had decided to concentrate my whole search in it. Yet, so far, I haven't had any luck. There was no son of Goku to be found. 'Man, I hope Gohan is okay. I bet we all are worried about him.'

Trunks' POV:

"Humph! Why do I have to look for Kakarot's gaki? I have nothing to do with this!" my tousan complained, sourly, behind me.

I turned on my tousan, angered that he didn't care at all what happened to Gohan-san, and harshly replied, "Tousan, Goku-san needed all the help he could get. He couldn't do all this searching by himself, you know! Besides, weren't you listening when Goku-san told us about Gohan-san's potential and how HE is the only one that can save the Earth from Cell?"

Tousan seemed shocked at my paroxysm, demo, then he became angrier at the tone that I had used to yell at HIM. "Don't YELL at ME like THAT, gaki! I don't care how strong Kakarot thinks his son is! He's no match for ME! I'm going to defeat Cell myself! And I won't need any help from you or any of those other baka fighters!" he screamed back. Then he sneered, "Besides, I don't care what happens to that brat! I don't care if Cell DOES find him and kills him! It's nothing to ME!" Before I could answer, he flew away.

'How could he SAY that! How could he be so COLD and UNCARING! Don't worry, Gohan-san! One of us will find you! I promise!' Still enraged at my tousan, I took off to see if I could find Gohan-san.

Yamcha's POV:

"Man, this son of Goku's is a lot more trouble than he's worth! Demo, I won't give up! I'm helping Goku, so I won't let him down, even if I think this is a total waste of my time. I still can't BELIEVE that I've spent THREE days looking for this kid!' I thought angrily to myself. I was quite sour about my predicament. 'Remember, Yamcha, this is for Goku!' I tried to get myself into those kinds of thoughts. 'For Goku. He's your best friend. You can't let him down. Fine! Demo, we better find that bozu!' I thought as I continued my reconnaissance of the land.

Tenshinhan's POV:

Chaotzu and I continued our search for Goku's son. We had taken a break and discussed the boy's power. Both of decided that this search was worthwhile if Son Gohan was the only one that could beat Cell. It was still hard to believe that a CHILD had that much power within him. Demo, he's Goku's son, so I guess that's possible. We had scoured forests for the last three days looking for the boy. Still no luck. Poor Goku, though. This must be hard on him. 'Well, don't worry, Goku! One of us will find your son!'

Son Goku's POV:

Well, it seemed that the third day was coming to a close as the sun began to set. Still no one had found Gohan. "Where are you, Gohan?!" I yelled from where I still sat on the rock. As if I were being answered, a sudden burst of familiar chi made itself evident. 'GOHAN!' Suddenly, I felt another familiar chi flare. 'CELL! OH NO! He's heading towards Gohan! I have to notify the others!' I quickly got up and concentrated. I was still unused to using telepathy, so it was hard work for me. 'Z-Senshi!' I called. 'Z-Senshi! I felt Gohan! Unfortunately, so did Cell! If you can hear me, and sense Cell, go after him! He can't reach Gohan first! Onegai!' I thought desperately.

A few moments after I had sent the message, I felt other chis head towards Gohan as well. 'Good! They heard me! Here we come, Gohan! Hold on!' With that, I, too, headed towards my young, helpless son.

Cell's POV:

'Kuso! That damned Son Goku and Z-Senshi also felt Son Gohan's sudden burst of chi! I have to get to the gaki before they do! I HAVE to kill him! I won't them interfere! That gaki and his life are mine! Son Goku won't be able to save his son! He won't make it in time!' I thought, upset. 'Wait! I know how to stop them!' I thought with an evil smirk. I paused for a moment and gathered my energy. Then, I concentrated. My tail opened up and seven things came out of it. I had counted my adversaries and then spit up that number. Squealing started behind me and I knew that I had done it. I turned and saw seven smaller versions of me, chattering wildly, awaiting for orders. Cell Juniors!

"Go, my little children! Go find those following pests and stop them! I can't have them interfere! Son Gohan must die! Go, Cell Juniors! Go stop the intruders!" I fiercely commanded. Quickly complying, they sped off in the directions of the other chis…

"Now I can go kill Son Gohan! Here I come, gaki!" I cried as I rocketed towards Son Gohan's chi.

Son Goku's POV:

'Almost there!' I thought as I neared where I had felt Gohan's chi. Suddenly, I felt a strange new chi heading my way…

'What is it?' I thought, confused. I stopped and waited for it to appear. Moments later, it appeared. It looked like a small Cell! It laughed at me and attacked. I fought back for a while, demo, realized what it was doing.

'This thing is some sort of Cell Junior and it's trying to stop me from reaching Gohan first!' I deduced fearfully. Then, to my horror, I felt the new chi by each of the other Z-Senshi. Iie! Cell trying to stop all of us from reaching Gohan before him! I can't let that happen! Demo, I can't stop him!'

"GOHAN!!!" I screamed with all my might, hoping he would hear me…

Cell's POV:

'Good! My plan is working! None of the Z-Senshi can stop me from reaching Son Gohan first! Now to end our fight, gaki…with your DEATH!' I sneered as I neared the boy's location…

Next Desperate Search: Cell finds the location of Son Gohan. Meanwhile, the Z-Senshi have their hands full with the Cell Juniors. Will Son Gohan be able to defend himself against Cell or will Cell succeed in killing him?

Find out in Found, Yet Lost Again

Sorry about the brain fart, guys. How did I do with Chapter 5? Guess what? I didn't use a rough draft this time! This came right from my head and typed from the keyboard. How'd I do? Please review! I'll be back soon, I promise! Maybe tomorrow, I will type up Chapter 9 of "CM: Quest to Save Vegeta-sei." How does that sound? Well, ja!

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