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by Angelica Chapter 5. One More Day ------------------------------------------ One more day down. ------------------------------------------- ‘Pan what are
you thinking of ’ the voice seemed to come from far away. Her eyes started to
glaze over. ‘Hey you little slut what the hell do you think you’re doing.’ The female student started to struggle. A large male grabbed her hair and yanked her back. The young female squirmed in genuine pain. ‘Common now be a good little girl for me.’ He whispered voice thick with expectation. She tried to free her hair but suddenly she found herself pinned beneath him. ‘Damned’ she growled ‘The bastard knows his stuff’. A thought suddenly popped up ‘The Shield!’ If she only could reach it. She made a quick grab for her right wrist. ‘No!’ Just before she reached it he pinned both her hands to the floor. She started to curse ’Why the hell did I go alone at this hour. Why didn’t I pay enough attention to him.’ Slowly the male lowered his face again and started to kiss her. Something clicked inside her head. A burning rage seemed to come over her, as she started to growl. Her vision faded and her eyes rolled back in her head. As quickly as it started it ended In the far corner of the gym lay a male figure beaten to a bloody pulp. Slowly the outside door opened. A pair of emerald coloured eyes peered into the dark night. With an unreadable expression on her face she walked back to her apartment, her hair seemed pure gold each time she walked through the rays of the streetlights. The uneasy
feeling didn’t go away as his daughter finally snapped out of it. He repeated
the question ‘what are you thinking of?’ Pan glanced bit wary at her father. She shook her
head as if to shake the memory out. ‘Nothing important’ she answered and
grabbed his hand leading him into the garden. ‘Daddy’ she
started nervously ‘I have something important to tell you’. The mighty warrior
looked as if he was going to faint. ‘Are you pregnant’ he chocked out. Pan
laughed. ‘Are you seeing someone’ Gohan couldn’t hide the overprotective father
edge to his voice. Pan laughed again causing her father to sigh in relief. ‘No dad’ she
started ‘I’m something else’ ‘she stepped into the shadows that the big oak in
the corner of the garden provided. ‘Well?’ he inquired softly. Pan didn’t
answer she decided to let her actions speak and transformed. The golden
haired female barely managed to murmur something vaguely resembling ‘uhoh’
before she was engulfed in a giant bear hug. Videl Son
suddenly felt light-headed as she walked the last corner back to her home. Her
eyes grew big as she realized that there was a strong Ki signal coming from her
own home. ‘Nah’ she whispered to herself ‘it couldn’t be’ quickly she glanced
around her ‘Good no one around’ Clutching her groceries bag she took to the air
and made a beeline for home. She literally plummeted from the sky when she saw
the source. Rather unladylike she cried out ‘GOHAN!’ Her husband
laughed as she fell into his arms ‘I guess you noticed’ Videl couldn’t help but
groan as her mate and daughter grinned at her. ‘Hey guys’ ten
minutes after Pan’s revelation the remaining Z-senshi who weren’t informed were
standing on the porch looking bewildered. Yamcha shrugged
as Tien and Choatzu tapped him on the shoulder asking what was going on. The
former desert bandit raised an eyebrow as he saw Pan walking towards them
grinning like the Cheshire cat. Yamcha started to laugh ‘ I take nothing bad.
Hey Pan! What’s going on?’ The young woman led the three men into the garden
‘Common Krillin and Eighteen are already here’ The small group stood
impatiently waiting for Pan to explain herself. ‘ Ahem as it is
impossible to keep this a secret but more importantly I like to brag, and I
knew you all would come running. Ah hell’ without another word Pan transformed
for the second time. ‘Oh Kami’
Krillin whispered and stepped forward ‘If Goku just could have seen this’. A
small tear formed in her left eye. ‘I think’ she whispered ‘I think he can
see’. Pan looked at
her father ‘I remember that one time he told me that he would always be
watching whatever happened and that he was proud of me.’ Gohan smiled ‘I
know honey…I know’ Yamcha’s eyes
had grown considerably in size, Tien and Choatzu just smiled. The former desert
bandit walked over to the young woman ‘ Hey Panny I mean WHOA Pan your all
grown up now and a heck of a warrior to boot. I mean what I mean to say is I
mean I think we are looking at on of the future guardian’s of the earth.’ The man blushed
a bit as he felt the amazed eyes following him ‘ what! I do have my moments you
know’ the whole group burst out in laughter. ‘Hey bro what’s up’ Bra looked intently at
her brother who had been standing at the widest edge of their property staring
into nothing for twenty minutes. She elbowed him ‘what happened? Hello! Earth
to Trunks’ impatiently she snapped her fingers ‘Trunks! Mom wants us to come
eat…. What the hell is going on! Dad’s been acting weird and now you’ she
huffed and turned away. Somehow the
purple haired male woke up from his reverie. ‘Bra! What do you mean? Dad and
acting strange.’ He quickly paced after her. Hey! What did he do?’ Bra turned
around ‘Ahem he came in muttering something about Kakkarot and his whole damned
hyper bloodline? But the really unusual thing was he started to eat Mom’s food
and not a word… no fighting nothing. He’s just sitting there grinning and
muttering ‘finally maybe things will work out.’ Trunks mind
turned over his possibilities: A) Mindlessly
crash thru the nearest window screaming like a girl. B) Alarm all
the others for the so not his father thing in the kitchen. C) Carry on
like normal and see what was going on. He took a deep breath and stepped inside, he
was immediately met by both his parents grins spread over their faces. He could
do the only sane thing, he groaned and sat down. What Bra had failed to notice
was the exact nature of their behaviour. He suppressed the need to quickly
disappear, oh no there it came ‘Trunks, honey!
Should we be setting a date yet? ’ Bulma chirped. Trunks threw a pleading look at his father. ‘Brat
it’s about damned time for an heir’ Vegeta answered. The poor man
just slumped a bit in his chair and prayed for a miracle. His last hope was
crushed when his sensitive hearing picked up the sound of giggles emanating
from the next room combined with the his sister little fingers quickly dialling
a number. ‘Ok now you
cant panic yet, Just take a deep breath lay low and for Kami’s sake stay away
the Son house. Angry Goten bad, angry Gohan worse, angry Videl…. death.’ Somehow that
reasoning seemed complete logic to him ‘ Angry Videl results in very angry
Gohan thus a slow and painful death’ He shovelled this last of his lunch in and
decided that after a shower he would go somewhere far away. He punched the
bathroom wall in sheer frustration. ‘Damn it. Get it out already. This is going
wrong and you know it. Where’s your famed courage against one girl.. No woman.’
He’d been stupid long enough, scolding himself he stared into the mirror.
Somewhere deep down he had known Pan had a crush on him but always he pushed it
down. He couldn’t explain it, he never stopped to realise that maybe just maybe
she would get on with life. Heavily frustrated he slammed his fist into the
mirror. The males eyes
looked childlike amazed at the blood seeping thru his fingers. ‘Damn. What’s
this doing to me ?’ Trunks snarled ‘Questions and no answers’ I felt like I was suddenly sitting in some ivory tower high in the sky. Doing nothing but watching time pas by slipping thru my fingers like sand. Sadness, anger.. Joy it meant nothing. Damn it that’s not what I mean. It’s like having this giant hole in your soul. Empty… you go on and smile sailing your way thru life, but deep down you keep wanting. It’s messing with my head, I don’t understand myself anymore. No it’s not like that. Don’t you think I hate this I can’t stand myself even more I’m fucking around with people’s hearts here? What yes I am aware of the fact that I’m the richest male on earth, Kami knows I am aware of the fact that my own stupidity probably cost me my one shot at the one woman who knows and hopefully could love me for me and only me. Don’t look at me like that! Only you and Pan really know me. You have seen both my good and dark sites. Why you ask? Why I told you and not her…. Good question… I don’t know. Maybe… she deserves more… she doesn’t deserve a man 14 years older lusting after her. No let me finish. When we visited her in college she was so happy I couldn’t tell her it would only hurt her. I knew she had a crush on me. I ignored her… I mean I panicked I didn’t know what to do she was still so young. But suddenly she’s all grown up and I still ignored her. And now it’s to late. Kami…. Trunks I didn’t even have a clue you felt that way. Sure I joked around about it. Ha even Gohan did. No off course I don’t mind. O common we’ve been best friends our entire lives and you thought I would hate you for this…. Granted I don’t have to like it. But if that’s the way it is… I mean if you’re worried about the age thing. Don’t be stupid we all will look like this till we die even Pan will her sayijins genes are strong. Common we’ll spar. You worry too much. I suddenly feel like a small child and fessing up to his best friend. I quickly wipe a stray tear away and slip into my ‘normal mode’ as Goten lays his hand on my shoulder. ’Common Trunks it’s me be yourself for a little while’ I was amazed. I laughed despite myself Goten really was smarter then he showed. ‘Hey Goten.
Where the hell are you ? ’ His voice rang out a bit annoyed. He knew his friend
was home. Suddenly he heard a familiar voice answer. ‘Hey Trunks
over here in the kitchen’ His sensitive ears picked up the snickering sound but
he decided to pay no attention to it. ‘Hey buddy
what’s up?’ the dark haired man gave him a questioning look while his niece
looked…surprised. ‘Oh Kami….. Pan
stick to the plan and please…don’t blush’ Pan’s thoughts whirled around in her
head as she saw the bussines tycoon step into the little kitchen. ‘Hey Trunks
what’s up?’ She smiled innocently at him. He shook his head and smiled ‘I take
you had fun today, I must say you proved us all quite wrong. But I digress I
came to ask if Goten was up for a trip on the town ’ Goten smiled apologizing
already at the mention of his name ‘sorry man I
promised Panny an evening of catching up and good music and movies’ As if to
prove himself he pointed towards the stack of Videos in the corner. ‘Hey I know
why don’t you join us ? It’ll be cool the dynamic trio together again’
Sometimes Goten really didn’t do himself justice. The clumsy and naïve demeanour
made the man appear a bit slow, but know he made both their doubts disappear ‘Common
your both adults, you can chose what you do at nights, but more importantly I
know of a certain giant carton filled with Chocolate ICECREAM with our names on
it’ Pan giggled,
Goten yawned, Trunks snored. The camera flashed sending the two men straight up
from their formerly cosy positions. Pan broke out in a run for the door at the
sight of the two deeply disturbed men. Clutching her trusty camera she couldn’t
restrain herself anymore and broke down in a fit of laughter. ‘Gimme The Picture.’
a very sleepy Goten managed to choke out. The young woman just looked up at him
‘No’ she grinned you two just looked to damn cute falling a sleep like that
during the movie. Goten elbowed Trunks ‘Some help here please’ The purple
haired male groaned and answered in a sleep ridden voice ‘Common Pan please let
me incinerate that picture’ Pan defiantly shook her head. She yelped as Trunks unexpectedly
grabbed her and started to tickle her. Pan started to
squirm after several minutes but before she could escape he pulled her under
his arm like a rag doll and carried her towards the couch ‘Ahem’ he
started ‘I will now proceed to go back to blissful sleep while keeping you my prisoner
even if I have to glue your sleeping back to the floor to do it’ Pan suddenly
realized that the man hadn’t been so relaxed and content for a long time. She
swung her arms around her neck and smiled mischievously ‘Sure I’ll
sleep on the couch but you ain’t getting that picture’ before he couldn’t react
she put it safely under her shirt. He carefully
lowered her to the ground and mumbled ‘Sure Pan Just wait till tomorrow’ Pan glided into
a deep sleep knowing fully well the picture was very safe and would become a
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