Disclaimer: Ok I kind of took the story and changed it a bit. If you ever seen In The Times Of The Butterflies, which is based on real life events, this story is almost like it. I just made the characters of DBZ/GT Please don't sue, all you will get is my evil cat. I borrowed the character of DBZ/GT and just shaped them into my little characters.
You might know me from my other fics but I warn you, this one is going to be a tear jerker unlike my recent stories. It's a Trunks and Pan fic and Maybe Goten and Marron or Goten and Bra. It's not Trunks and Pan right away but they'll be together in later chapters. Their relationship has to grow. Alright? Ok, this is my first drama sad fic so just tell me how it is. And with that said, Goten, start the fic!
"You got it chief!" Goten cheers.
In The Time Of The Cherry Blossoms
Chapter 1 Invitation to Someone Evil
My name is Son Pan. Where do I begin with my sad tale? How many hardships I have over came, to get so far, only to get back to where I once started. I will begin my story when I was the most happiest. My child hood. With my family and my friends. How I long to be in that time yet again and hear their laughter. To smell the roses once they blossom, to run and be free. To be near my home. To smile. I wish I could, but I now know it's impossible. A lost but cherished memory.
It began when I told my father I wanted to go to school. I was only twelve…
"Daddy?" I smiled to him while he was reading his newspaper. He smiled at me and took off his glasses on the table next to him.
"Yes Pan-Chan? What would you like to ask from me today?'
"Dad, I've been thinking and it took me some time to make a decision and I know I just have to ask you.."
"Yes?" he said with interest.
"Papa, I want to go to school."
His eyes turned from happy to sadness. I saw how he wished for me to go but…
"Pan, you know I can't- I'm not in any place to decide that." he shifted in his seat and looked into my eyes. "Only so many people can go to school."
"You mean only so many GIRLS can go to school." I corrected.
He sighed. "You know how Lord Frieza thinks of such ideas."
I growled at the name. "But you and mommy went to school! Uncle and all of his friends are going. Even my closet friends family have had some education besides home study."
"That was before his "greatness" came into power."
I was suddenly angry, even though I knew it wasn't his fault. "But it isn't fair! Why shouldn't I go to school?! I am just as smart, if not smarter than any of those boys and girls that do go!"
"Pan, you know how hard it would be to enroll you-"
"No I wouldn't know! How would I if I've never even gone to the city?! You never even tried to get me enrolled!"
He didn't reply.
"I am tired of doing my studying at home and not being able to share my thoughts and views with others! I always get disregarded as an uneducated kid who has nothing to say and my "unrealistic" opinions are trash! I want to be seen as a well educated woman who is heard! I want to talk to people my age!"
"You have Bra and Marron."
"Who feel the same way!"
"Pan-"
"Just forget it!" I yelled and started to walk off. "Why did I even bother? You don't care anyways!"
I left him there, knowing what I had said was true. Why shouldn't I go to school like my uncle and his friends? Why can't my friends and I learn like any other person has a right to? I shouldn't have yelled at him though. It wasn't his fault things were the way they were, but I needed to blame someone, and had I blamed the person who was rightfully responsible for the matter, I would have been killed. I decided to apologize to my father for being disrespectful. But first I went to my friend Bra's home, before returning to my own….
"Pan-Chan!" Bra came running up to me, happy to see me. But when she saw the way I looked, she frowned upon me. "Panny, what's the matter? Is something wrong?"
Tears were in my eyes as I looked a her. "I finally asked him."
"Asked who, what?"
"My father. About school."
"Oh." she understood. I had told her my dreams of becoming a lawyer one day and she said she wanted to be one as well. "What did he say? Yes or no?"
It was a stupid question. But what did my father say? He didn't say yes or no. But he was telling me how it would be impossible.
So I just shook my head and let some tears fall to the ground. "I-I- I don't want to talk about it."
"It's ok. Come on now, let's go inside." Bra led me to her home and opened the door. Her brother Trunks and my uncle were at the table and looked up when we entered. They come and stay the weekend and sometimes get holidays off from school. It was good to see them again.
Trunks looked like he was concerned when he saw me as well as my uncle.
It's funny in a way how I never thought of Trunks like another handsome man but rather a brother. The way things turned out were quite surprising I guess you can say, but I am getting ahead of myself.
"Pan, what's the matter?" Trunks almost stood up when Bra stopped him.
"She hasn't been feeling well. That's all."
"So why isn't she in bed?"
"She's not sick. Only a little dizzy."
"Uncle Goten?" I asked.
"Yeah Panny?" my uncle stood up from where he was sitting.
"How was school this week?"
He looked at me and then at Trunks. Some how they knew right then and there what I was upset about. Goten sighed. "The usual. Full of learning. I'm glad it's Friday."
"Is it alright if I borrow your study sheets?"
He smiled. He knew how much I wanted to learn. "Sure, just don't lose them or mix them up."
"I won't. I promise."
Trunks handed me his bag. I stared at him.
He shrugged and said, "I have some other notes as well if you care to glance them over."
I smiled. It was nice to know how many good friends I had. "Thank you Trunks."
"Not a prob."
Bra and I then went up stairs to study the notes and papers Trunks and my Uncle Goten had given us. We didn't care if it was pointless, seeing how we wouldn't be tested on it or anything. All that matter was that we were learning something other than some household duties the wife should perform for her husband and children. I felt sad again. My mother. She had gone to school and for what? She wasn't allowed to be the doctor she had waited so long to be. How unfair! And all because of the idiotic ruler-
"Pan? How you listening?" Bra interrupted my thoughts.
"I'm sorry, what?"
"I asked if you wanted to stay for dinner?"
"Oh. Um, maybe not tonight."
"Ok. You had better go home then. It's getting late and you shouldn't have your parents worried."
"Alright."
We went back downstairs where my uncle was waiting with Trunks. Bra's father Vegeta, had came home and grunted at us.
"Why are you taking your brothers school work, Bra?" Vegeta asked her rather rudely.
"Pan and I just wanted to know what they were learning, papa-Chan. That's all."
"You and Pan shouldn't be learning about that kind of thing. Your place is in the home."
"Says who?" I found myself saying. Bra, Trunks and Goten looked at me shocked, but I didn't care.
Vegeta slowly put his gaze on me. His eyes made me shiver.
"What right do you have to learn?" he asked.
"What right do you have that says we cannot?" I replied back.
I saw Trunks smile.
"Foolish girl. It isn't a right but a law that prohibits all women of learning."
"Correction; it is a law that prohibits SOME women from learning. Not all."
"What makes you so sure that you will pass all of your classes? Or for that matter, even do your work?"
"Because I wished to for so long and I am willing to do whatever it takes to be a lawyer."
"Another problem. Women cannot go to Law School."
"Then I will go to Lord Frieza himself and ask for permission."
"After a while you will start to complain about how your teachers give you too much work."
"How do you know that I would do such a thing? I admit, it will be hard but I love a challenge. For you to say what I will and will not do is very one sided. I will be happy to finally get what I so terribly wanted, and I will no longer hear such crude remarks from the likes of you."
Bra tried not to smile at my insubordination. Goten looked surprised and smirked.
Vegeta seemed to smirk as well but he casually left the room but not before saying, "So if you wish to learn so bad, what's stopping you?"
I smiled at that. He did have a point. Nothing was really stopping me. I had only thought there was. I could go to school. I had a right. The law said that any peasants should refrain from going to school unless you had money to pay for it. Damn! Money. That was the problem. My family didn't have that much money.
"Pan!" Bra looked at me with a smile. "Only my mother talks back to my dad! Why did you-"
"He pissed her off." Trunks said. "No one should start an argument with Son Pan." he winked at me and I blushed.
Goten patted me on the back. "Come on. I'll drop you off at your house. Bye Bra, see ya Trunks. Thanks for having us."
"Sure. Come back anytime. It was fun. Bye Pan." Trunks said.
"Good bye Trunks. Bye Bra."
When I got home, my mother and father were waiting at the table for me. I walked in and apologized for being late and looked at my father and apologized for raising my voice at him earlier. He nodded and forgave me. Then he smiled at me and said the most wonderful thing that I have ever heard.
"Pan, your mother and I talked. We thought it best to let you go to school."
I couldn't speak and looked at them in shock. "W-what about the money?"
My mother smiled at me and said, "We are going to borrow some money from your grandfather. We will barely have enough to send you on your way."
I was on the verge of tears of joy.
"And," continued my mother, "I just talked to Bulma and your father talked to Kurilin. Marron and Bra are going with you."
I lost it then. I hugged my mother and father. I was so happy. I was finally going to school and going to learn real things! It was going to be a challenge but I would get through it. I had to. I owed it to my family for their kind gift.
Had I known what would have happened to me in that school, dear reader, I would have never wanted to go. But then if I hadn't, so much more people would have been hurt.
The day we left for school, Trunks and my uncle came with us. They were very helpful and showed us to our classes. Out of the whole school, I observed that there were only maybe about fifteen girls. Ourselves included. Then I saw one particular girl. She was very sad. It hurt my heart to see a girl so sad. Her brown hair was so long and she was very pretty. It amazed me somehow and I wonder why she was not popular. So at lunch hour, I went to talk to her….
"Hi there." I smiled at her sad face. "Why are you eating by yourself?"
She didn't answer at first. Perhaps she was confused of why someone would want to talk to her.
Finally she said, quite softly, "I have no friends."
I looked at her. Such sad eyes. they looked like she has been through so much pain. She must have realized what I was thinking and stood up suddenly and looked harshly at me. "I don't want your pity!"
I was taken aback but smiled at her. I was determined to somehow be this girls, friend. "I'm not giving you pity. I want to know if you want to be friends. You can sit with me at lunch and not be alone."
She looked at me a bit confused.
I held out my hand and said, "My name is Pan. May I ask yours?"
She was hesitate, but none the less, she took my hand and shook it. "I am Jena."
"Hi Jena. Would you like to join my friends and I at a table instead of sitting on the brick?"
She smiled at me then. A sad but beautiful smile. "Yes, I would love that."
After that day, Jena and I became good friends. We were always together and even though Bra and Marron were my best friends, Jena was going to be the third.
One day, while on a snack break, I was talking to Jena about the country and my life. She seemed very interested and listened…
"…So after my mother graduated from college, she became a doctor." I pulled a small blue jewel from my pocket. "And she got this from my grandfather, then gave it to me and now, I am giving it to you."
She looked at it in awe then shook her head. "No, I cannot take such a wonderful gift from you."
"Don't be silly. I got five others at home and I gave Bra and Marron one too when we became friends. Now you must have one."
"I cannot."
"Well, then you can give it to your brother."
She looked hurt then and looked at me. The pain in her eyes which I hadn't seen for a long time returned. "I don't have a brother."
"So, give it your mother."
"She's dead."
I did not like where this was going. "Your father or uncle."
"NO! They're dead! They are all dead!" She stood up and ran away. I sat there and watched her.
*What did I do?* I thought. I was so confused that I didn't talk to her for the rest of the day.
But I wouldn't be for long, dear reader. That week, Lord Frieza was coming to our school to "grace" us with his presence. He wished to see how the school was doing and how well the students were performing in their studies. As a special welcome, our class was chosen along with others to perform a play to his majesty. On the day of the performance, Jena was acting very strange….
"Jena?" I walked to her and she smiled at me.
"Hi there Pan-Chan!" She greeted.
"Are you ok Jena?"
"Sure am! Today's a good day."
"So everyone is saying. But Lord Frieza," I lowered my voice so no one could hear, "isn't someone to welcome here. Especially since he doesn't donate any of his fortune here."
"I agree and I plan to take care of that."
"What do you mean?"
Jena leaned towards me and whispered in my ear. "I will take revenge for my family this day."
I did not know what she meant and didn't say anything. She smiled at me once more and said, "See you at the play. It will be one great performance, no?"
Jena skipped off. I stood there puzzled but then I chose to ignore it. It was probably nothing anyways.
When it was time for the play, Jena was very quiet, like she was thinking about something rather important. *Probably her lines* I thought even though I knew she had no speaking parts in this particular scene.
"Would everyone please welcome Lord Frieza!" a teacher announced. Everyone stood up and clapped for the King. I didn't much care for the so called King but clapped anyways. As he sat down I saw Jena looking at him. Her eyes were full of hate. Hate and sadness. *What is she up to?* I thought.
When it was our scene I prepared myself. I went to my place and stared at the audience. I began.
"Of the many years our planet has lived we cannot….."
I continued to speak while the others took their place.
"Our tribe was made up of the women and children…"
The students who were chosen as the women and children came out with the smaller class, all dressed like old frontier persons.
"With them, our warriors…"
The older students came out and Jena among them. They were dressed as old warriors and had swords and shields. Others had bows and arrows. Jena had a bow and arrow.
Then I noticed Jena was aiming her arrow at Frieza. The guards all stood waiting for her to do it. Frieza met her eyes and his eyes answered her back. Daring her to do the deed.
Had I known it would've ended years of suffering and struggle, I would've let her do it. But I couldn't because I was worried for her. She would be killed. In the end, it wouldn't have matter anyway, if she had….
I bumped her with my hands and the arrow dropped. "Those brave soldiers fought and won our land and freedom!" I said my line.
Jena looked at me as if I had betrayed her. She had tears in her eyes.
After the show she confronted me.
"Why did you do it?!" She cried, "Why?"
"Jena, I didn't want you to get hurt!" I said back.
"It wouldn't have mattered! Then I could be with my family!"
"You don't have to kill yourself over that!" I grabbed her shoulders. "I know you're sad that your family died, but killing someone just so they could kill you is no way to die!"
She looked at me with shock and grabbed my hands. "Don't you get it?!"
"What?"
"He killed my family! He murdered them like dogs! He doesn't deserve to live for what he did to me and others!"
"W-w-what?" I was shocked beyond words. What was she saying?
"My father worked for Frieza. One day while he was pouring his coffee, he accidentally dropped it on the kings clothes! After that my father was sent to jail, then my uncle went missing, then my brother and mother went to get my father out and they never returned! My grandmother took me to a friends house where I was to stay with my sister. She went with my aunts and other uncles to sort out the mess. My sister went with them, she had snuck into the van hoping to see my mother. The soldiers stop the van and took them to a deserted area where they shot and killed them! No mercy! My sister was only five!" She was sobbing again. "All that for what? For some damn coffee! Fucking coffee! He's a monster! He is responsible for so many deaths and he's working for an under ground system! You Pan Son," she pointed at me with a shaking angry finger, "saved that monster today!"
"You're crazy!"
"Open your eyes! Can't you see what he does?! Behind the hideous, fake smile, lies a murderous, evil son of a bitch!"
"Jena, I…..I didn't mean to-"
"Everyone look!" another girl came up to us and pointed at the door. "Look! They are taking Trini!"
I looked at Jena and she nodded. I tried to hide my confusion and went to the door. The guards and Frieza were taking a girl from our class named Trini. Trini had long blonde hair and she was 16. She turned and smiled at us, her blue dress twirled. She waved and turned back around and went into the car with Lord Frieza.
"Where are they taking her?" a girl asked.
"Maybe she did something wrong and they want to punish her." a boy insisted.
"I think Lord Frieza is her dad and she went to live with him."
"Morons!" Jena stood by me. "She is going to be Frieza's new mistress."
Before any one could reply, a teacher came to us and closed the door, shaking her head with tears in her eyes. Jena grabbed my arm and looked deep into my eyes.
"Now do you see?" she whispered.
I didn't answer.
She nodded like she understood and sighed. "I didn't want to scare you. I understand why you are afraid, I was too." She stepped back from me and said, "Maybe you will too, see one day, the truth about Frieza."
She walked away from me then. I stood there, scared. Was what she said true? Or was she just finding someone to blame for her unhappiness? I didn't know what to do.
After that day, we never saw Trini again. Sure there were rumors. She was pregnant with Frieza's child, she was dead, she went home. No one ever knew what happened to her. She just vanished. Even more so, I never saw Jena again. She disappeared as well and no one seemed to notice or at least tried not to notice. I was afraid to find out what happened to both. I just tried to forget about them. But I knew I couldn't hide the truth for long.
Five years later when I was 17, I had returned home with Marron and Bra, finished with school, for we had graduated with high honors. Father invited their families to join us in celebration. That was where I met Kino, a man who helped me make my choice to join the revolution against Frieza and his men….
My Uncle Goten drove up in his car with Trunks and another man whom I have never seen before. Marron and Bra put some chips and salsa on the table and giggled with one another. Goten waved and everyone came out to meet the newcomer.
"Hi there." my grandfather said cheerfully.
"Hi Goku, Goten and I brought along a friend to celebrate with us." Trunks smiled, "Is that ok?"
"Sure it is, but can you introduce us to him?"
Bra came behind me and whispered in my ear. "He's cute, no?"
I sighed. "Is that all you ever care about?"
She smiled and said, "No but it wouldn't hurt to talk to a guy once in a while."
"This is Kino." Trunks introduced to man. He had short black hair and handsome brown eyes. He was very well built and stood at maybe 5'7. I had to admit, he was very good looking.
"This my mom Bulma, dad Vegeta, little sister Bra, and this is Kurilin, his wife Eighteen, and their daughter Marron." Trunks said to Kino.
"Kino, this is my mom Chi-Chi, my dad Goku, my brother Gohan, his wife Videl and their daughter Pan." Uncle Goten said.
Kino smiled and nodded. "Nice to meet all of you. I am Kino."
"Hi Kino." Marron said smiling.
Kino looked at Marron, Bra and I. He smiled again. "Trunks and Goten said that their niece, sister and friend were beautiful but this is ridiculous. You three are more than lovely."
I felt my checks get warm. Bra and Marron laughed.
Kino was a great person. He danced and talked to everyone. My mother said he was one in a million and that I should get to know him. When everyone was seated and served, Bra asked Kino a question.
"So Kino, what is it that you do?" Bra put some butter on her bread slice and looked at Kino.
Kino drank some wine from his cup and set it down. "I am going to Law School."
"Really?" Marron said surprised. "Bra and Pan want to become lawyers."
"Oh no!" Bra exclaimed. "I changed my mind. I do not wish to be a lawyer any more but Pan still does."
"Is that so?" Kino looked at me with interest. "Last I heard, women weren't allowed to study the law."
"Then you don't know Pan." Uncle said joyfully. "If she wants to do something, she'll do it, somehow."
"Well Pan, why does the law interest you?"
I swallowed my bread. "Because I believe in justice."
"Really? Such a thing to believe in, especially in this world, is considered by most to be foolish."
"And that is why I will become a lawyer. Once I accomplish that, people will realize how unjust their thoughts and opinions are."
"So much work for one person to handle. How do you know you and only you can do it?"
"I will not be alone. Others will help me."
"Like who? Besides your family and dear friends?"
"What do you mean?"
"Who will help a woman such as yourself?"
Everyone was listening to our conversation.
I thought a moment and said, "Well maybe once you get into law school you can ask your friends to help a poor, helpless woman out."
He laughed along with everyone else and said, "I should do that, Cherry Blossom."
Cherry Blossom? Is that his nick name for me? I blushed a little and the conversation turned to Vegeta who was complaining that the beans were too spicy.
A week later, I was swimming in the river near our home when I heard someone coming. I turned and saw Kino there staring at me. He smiled.
"So you want to be a lawyer." he said thoughtfully.
I swam to a rock and held on to it, then looked at him. "Yes, what of it?"
he walked to the rock and sat near me. "It will be difficult for you, don't you think?"
"I like a challenge."
He laughed. "You are different, aren't you?"
"How so?"
"You do not wish to be like other women. For example, instead of cooking, cleaning, and watching a family, you wish to be a lawyer and make a name for yourself."
"So?"
"I like it."
I saw how he was looking at me. His glance was warm and comforting. I think that was when I fell in love with him.
"Here." He put a book in my hands. "I want you to read this."
I looked at the book. "Yugiri Ka Sama." I read the title.
"He is the man that established the law-"
"I know who he is!" I said to him.
Kino looked at me. "So you already know what he did?"
I avoided his glance and said softly. "…..No."
He smiled. "Good. You should read this and it will give you some ideas of your dream to becoming a lawyer."
"Kino! Where are you?" I heard Trunks voice.
"Over here!" Kino called back.
"Who are you talking to?" I saw my uncle walking towards us.
"Your niece."
"She didn't say anything rude to you did she?"
"Nothing different from what you told me to expect."
Trunks and Goten laughed.
Did they not see me? How dare they talk about me when I was still present! I grabbed Kino's arm and pulled him into the water. Uncle and Trunks started to laugh even harder. I then threw a ki blast at Trunks and uncle to make them shut up, which worked.
Kino came up from the water and looked at me. I laughed and swam off.
After a few weeks, I started to see more of Kino. We talked about many things and
our dreams and so on. I was in love for the first time and nothing could take him away from me. Or so I thought…
One day my mother called me in to the house. I walked to the dining room and sat in a chair. My mother was also sitting but my father was standing. They seemed upset.
"What is wrong?" I asked concerned.
"Pan, we know that you and Kino have been spending a lot of time together." my mother said.
"Yeah so?"
"Your father and I do not want you to ever see him again."
"What?!" I jumped from my seat.
"Pan, here." My mother handed me a newspaper.
I looked at it confused.
"Read it." She said.
I sighed and read, "The following names of these men and women are considered by the King to be dangerous and criminal and should be turned in by anyone who contacts them by any means; Joshua Ishini, Elizabeth and Jamie Kamiya, Donavan Perks, Yamito Kudra, Peter Ishido, Kino-" I stopped and looked at the name. Kino Ichido. No. It can't be Kino! It couldn't be!
"You better stop hanging out with him Pan, other wise you'll be arrested too." my dad said.
"But-but why? Why is he-"
"He was working on a plan to get Frieza killed. He's now a traitor. You cannot see him again." my mother said.
"But I thought you liked him!"
"Until he put us in a position that may cost us our lives. Pan if you ever see that man again, so help me Dende, you will regret it!" my father yelled.
I had tears in my eyes and started to cry. I ran out the house and flew to Marron's. It was night by the time I reached her home.
Marron opened her door and held me. "What is it? What is wrong?"
"It's Kino! He's going to be killed!"
"What?! why?"
"He is a traitor! The newspaper said he was planning with others to have Frieza killed."
"Oh."
"My mother and father will not let me see him again."
"But why?"
I wiped my tears. "It would put us in danger."
"I see."
"I need to help him Marron."
"Help him with what?"
"Help him escape."
"Pan I-"
My uncles car pulled up. "Pan, Marron, get in!"
"Goten?" Marron asked. "What is the matter?"
"No time to explain , just get in!"
Marron and I ran to the car and jumped in. I gasped when I saw Kino inside. He frowned at me.
"What is wrong Pan honey?"
I hugged him tightly and wept on his chest. He embraced me and held on tight.
Marron sighed. "What is happening Goten?"
"The soldiers are after Kino. We have to get him to Capsule Corps fast."
"Why Capsule Corps? And why can't we fly there?"
"They'll sense us if we fly. Trunks has a space shuttle ready. Others are leaving as well. They will go to another planet and asked for assistance."
"For what?"
"For the end of Frieza."
"Do you think that is possible?"
"I sure hope it is."
"Kino," I said, "I love you so much. I thought I was never going to see you again."
"I love you too Pan." He kissed me. "I have to go though. I need to stop this monster from more blood shed."
"Why can't you just let it be? There is no proof that he killed any one." Marron said and looked at us.
"Are you kidding?! He's killing thousands of innocent people! He's responsible for many evil things! You know that disaster at the Pacific Ocean, a huge "tsuanmi" flooded the island for Hawii in the states?"
"Yes."
"That was him."
"Bull shit."
"He also caused the avalanche in the Indies that killed all those people. And do you know why?"
Marron didn't answer.
"Because they were planning something that's why! Hawaii had a bunch of fighters that drowned in the wave of water. Many weapons were destroyed because they were planning rebellion!"
"Well if they didn't survive a wave of Frieza, what makes you think they will survive Frieza himself?"
Kino didn't say anything.
Goten stopped the car. "Shit."
I looked up and saw soldiers stopping vehicles ahead of us. Kino lowered in his seat.
"They caught us! Now we will be killed!" Marron started to panic.
"No." Kino said. "They want me, but they won't catch me." Kino opened the door to the car and got out. He closed the door and looked at me. "I will always love you Cherry Blossom."
"Kino, what are you doing?"
"I'll find my own way from here. Thank you Goten, you have been a terrific friend."
"Good luck buddy."
Kino kissed me once and ran off.
I stayed there a moment then opened the door and ran after him. Marron called after me but I kept running. I followed Kino.
"Kino." I called low, "Kino?"
I couldn't see him.
"Kino? Where are you?"
"Miss me do you, Pan?"
I turned around. Kino was smiling at me. "Welcome to the rebellion."
I smiled and hugged him. Then we walked to Capsule Corps a different way. Kino told me what he would do and how he would do it. He told me that he loved me and one day we would be together again, once Frieza was killed.
When we finally made it to Capsule Corps, Trunks came out and greeted us.
"Kino, you need to leave now." Trunks shook Kino's' hand. "It was great knowing you."
"Someday we shall meet again. I thank you Trunks."
"Good bye Kino." I said.
Kino kissed me and whispered in my ear, "I will love you until the day I die. I promise to send a hologram to you almost everyday. I love you Cherry Blossom."
(A/N: yeah um, I didn't know what to say instead of letter since you can't send letters in space so I just put hologram for some odd reason. I meant well!)
He held me close and let go. He went to the shuttle and closed the door. Trunks grabbed me from behind.
"You mustn't be here when they take off. Come with me inside."
I nodded and took one last look at the shuttle and went inside the control room. As the shuttle took off, I felt my eyes get watery. Trunks held me close and let me cry on his chest. He ran his hands through my hair and said, "It's going to be ok, Pan. Shhhh. Come on now, stop that. You'll see him again."
I hugged Trunks and thanked him for all he had done. He smiled at me.
"You want to stay the night? It's a little late to go back home. I'll call your dad, alright?"
I nodded and he held me as we walked out of the control room and into his home.
I never got a message from Kino and I always wondered why. I thought he was too busy to send me any word from his journey and therefore, forgotten about me. Then one day, I knew why I hadn't heard from him….
I was sitting in a tree reading a book when I saw my father go to the mail box. He searched through the letters and stopped at a small silver circle shaped box. He looked at it then shoved it into his pocket.
I wondered.
He started to walk back to the house when I called to him.
"Anything for me, papa?"
He looked up surprise as if he didn't' know I had been in the tree and smiled and shook his head. "No sweetie. Nothing today."
"Oh. It's just I thought, Kino-"
"Kino is probably busy with another woman. Having children and such. You should find another nice man to marry."
Before I could answer, my mother called from the house.
"Gohan?"
"Yes Videl?"
"Kurilin just called. He wants you to come over to help fix something."
"Ok, I'll be right over." he walked into the house and after a while came back out with new clothes.
I watched as he got into the car and left. I jumped from the tree and ran into the house and in his bedroom, searching for the pants he had been wearing.
When I finally found the small silver circle box, I ran into my room and made sure the door was locked and window closed. I looked down at the little gadget and pushed the button that would play the message. Instantly, a figure of Kino popped up and I sat on my bed to hear the message.
"Hello Cherry Blossom. I still will send to you my little messages, even though this is my seventh one without any response. I still dream of the day when we will be together, and Frieza will be dead once and for all. I miss you so much, Pan. I wish to hold you in my hands again and kiss your soft lips." he paused and looked away. "I was hoping, maybe when you have lived your dream, that you will come join us here in space. It is so peaceful and beautiful." he looked back, "Pan, you should join us here if we cannot kill Frieza. It is for the best. For your sake. I hope I will hear from you soon. Good bye Pan."
The image disappeared. I wiped my tears and clenched my fist, my sadness turned into hate. Why did my father try to hide this from me? How could he be so cruel?
I stood up and walked out of my room and went down the stairs. I saw my mother sewing in her chair.
"When is Gohan coming back?"
She looked up at me, a bit shocked that I used his real name rather than father. "Pan, you shouldn't say your fathers name like that."
"When will he be back?" I asked again, this time demanding.
She set her sewing down. "In an hour or so. Pan, what's wrong?"
"This!" I threw the gadget at her and ran out the door and into the forest. My mother called after me but I didn't care. How could they do this to me? Why are they so hateful?
Later, when I went back to my home, my mother sent me to my room to wait until my father came home. I heard him come and I listened to their conversation.
"Gohan?"
"Yes? What's the matter Videl?"
"Have you been keeping letters from Pan, or other things like that?"
"No. Why are you are asking?"
"Well we have a problem."
I opened the door so I could hear better.
"Pan somehow got a hold of this," she paused as if she were showing him something, "and is now mad at us because she thinks that were taking her private things. I know it isn't me who is doing it, and you just said it isn't you, so I'm oblivious to who might be doing it."
"Where is she?" he sounded mad.
"So you are hiding her things from her."
"Where is she Videl?"
"Gohan, I know you want to protect her but you shouldn't be doing this to her!"
"Pan!" he called.
"She's upstairs."
I heard him run up the stairs. I quickly shut the door and sat on my bed. He slammed the door wide open.
"Have you been searching in my room?" he asked like it was a stupid question.
I didn't answer.
He slapped me. It hurt but I dare not show him any weakness. I knew better than that.
"Have you no respect for your own fathers privacy?!"
"I no longer have respect for you! What about my privacy?! You've been hiding everything from me! I don't think I can trust you anymore!"
"I'm only trying to protect you!"
"Protect me? From what?! Love?! Are you afraid that I'm just going to get up and leave with some guy that I love?! Well at this rate, you're doing a crappy job because that's what I'm going to do if you keep hiding things from me!"
"Are you threatening me?"
"What do you think?"
"Pan, I-"
We heard a voice outside.
"Good evening Mrs. Son, my name is Zarbon. It has seem that our Lord Frieza has taken into consideration an invitation for your daughter, Son Pan, to join him at a party tomorrow night. Her family and friends can come too as well."
My father looked at me with fear in his eyes and left my room to join my mother. I sat there a while then followed him.
Zarbon looked at me when I came into view.
"You must be Pan."
I nodded.
"Why is she invited? I can most honestly say we are not noble enough or worthy to accept an invitation from his Grace." my father said.
Zarbon smiled. "It seems that a while back, your daughter Pan, stopped an assassination attempt on our Lord. So King Frieza is repaying his debt most whole heartedly."
"What assassination attempt? It was a play. The girl was only doing her part. That's it." I said crossing my arms to my chest.
Zarbon laughed. "Sure, sure. But he still has a liking to you and I suggest you not ignore his invitation. We hope to see you tomorrow night."
With that, he left with the other guards. I stood there, pissed.
My father walked passed me and stopped. "I guess you are right Pan. I cannot protect you from anything."
I gazed at him shocked. He walked to his room. My mother hugged me and looked into my eyes. "Do not worry Pan. I will be with you tomorrow and so will your father. I will call Bulma and see if Trunks would come as well."
She hugged me again than walked away.
I stood there confused. What were they talking about? It was just a party. What could possibly be wrong with going to a part- I gasped.
"Trini." I said under my breath. *He wants another Trini!*
I wrapped my arms around myself and slid to the floor. *No! I can't let that be! I love Kino! Not Frieza!*
I held my knees and started to cry.
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That's the end of chapter #1! Want me to continue? Review. Hate it? Review. Love it? Review. Want me to take it off Fanfiction and burn any other copies of it? Do I really have to say it? Just tell me what you think alright? I also wasn't sure if they should have powers in this and I can still make them have it if you guys want but if you prefer them not to have powers, tell me! oh and Kino, I didn't really describe him that way you guys can think of how he really looks like. And it might be awhile before I can update again. I sort of busy with school and stuff and I think I'm going to start an Inuyasha fic soon too. With that said, I will only continue if you guys tell me to.
"Tell her to continue! I want to go with Pan! Not Kino!" Trunks yells.
"Jealous?" Kino winks.
"You guys are suppose to be friends!" Goten yells.
You tell them Goten!
"Only in the story." Trunks grunts.
"Now shake hands and make up!" Goten yells.
Trunks and Kino shake hands and make a face.
"He's tightening his grip!" Kino screams.
"Am not!" Trunks tightens his grip. "Now I am!"
"Stop!" Goten yells.
Well I got to go and break up this little fight these two are having. See you all later!
"Pan is too good for you!"
"You don't deserve her!"
Would you guys stop, or none of you will have her!
Trunks and Kino stop fighting.
