Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z or any of the characters. If I did I probably wouldn't be writing this!

A/N: Gomen nasai about The Tower guys! I've got a MAJOR writer's block on that one. So I'll be working on this for a bit.

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On with my plot to steal Trunks and take him home to live with me! ^.^

V-Chan: -Dressed in black like a burglar, her golden hair tied up in a bun on her head, carefully covered with a ski mask. Carries a large black bag and some rope over her left shoulder as she quietly tiptoes into Capsule Corp.'s backyard. At this moment she trips over a garden hose and falls flat on her face with a THUD!-

V-Chan: Owie! ;_; -Gets up and rubs her face. Her golden eyes dart around to make sure no one heard her- Oh great, Vegeta probably heard me! -Gets up and continues to sneak across the yard. At this moment the sprinkler system kicks in and many places in the yard begin to spray water. Her eyes widen as she is soaked by high powered sprinklers and gets knocked over into a tree making a loud crash-

V-Chan: Whoever heard of setting off sprinklers in the middle of the night! -Rubs her sore bottom-

-Suddenly the yard is flooded with bright lights and she is standing, completely soaked, right in the middle of the yard-

V-Chan: Uh oh....

Now! On with the story!

Chapter One Phone Call

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Pan sat at her desk and heaved a sigh. She'd left home for college in California about three and a half years ago and had been way too busy to visit with her friends. She hadn't really had much contact with Trunks and that upset her a little. Before she left they were the best of friends and now she was lucky if she got a letter in the mail. At least Bra and Marron still write me. Pan thought.

She flipped through a magazine sitting at her wooden desk she shared with her roommate, Jamie, bored. She had just gotten finished with her mid term finals and today was the start of winter vacation. Bulma would be planning the Christmas and New Years' parties right about now, rushing around for decorations, ordering Bra and Trunks around, their arms filled with Christmas decorations and such. This thought made Pan laugh out loud as a little memory popped up from a few years back.

~*Flash Back*~

A twelve year old Pan stood in the center of the room, watching Bulma flit around checking decorations already put up for the Christmas party. Bulma then turned to Pan and rushed over.

"Pan, would you please help Bra and Trunks put up decorations? I need to check something in the lab," Bulma asked.

"Okay, sure, Bulma," Pan agreed.

"Thanks so much, Pan!" Bulma rushed off to the lab as Pan went off to find Trunks and Bra. She walked into a large room that was usually the center of all of Bulma's parties, finding Trunks standing on a ladder tying some ribbons in place on one of the doorways leading to and from the room. Bra was wrapping multi-colored lights around the legs of some chairs and tables. The floor was newly waxed, which was what caused the whole disaster in the first place.

Pan walked forward, slipping on the slick floor right into Trunks's ladder and yelling as she landed very hard on her butt. Trunks looked up just as the ladder began to fall with him halfway up and yelled too. His arm caught on a ribbon over the doorway, ripping the whole thing down along with some lights attached to the wall nearby. Pan looked up just in time to see Trunks fall into a large box of silver tinsel and the ladder fall on top.

Trunks shoved the ladder aside and stood up, rubbing his head, covered completely in tinsel and tangled in the ribbon and lights. Pan had stood up to see if he was all right when they heard someone shriek.

"WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE?!" Pan, Bra and Trunks all covered their ears. Bulma then caught sight of her son and began to laugh, forgetting that half the decorations that were up already before she had left where tangled around Trunks. Then Bra and Pan cracked up as Trunks's face turned red. Bulma made sure that not so much wax was used on the floor after that.

~*End of Flash back*~

The phone on the desk rang. Pan answered it, still giggling.

"Pan and Jamie's room, Pan speaking," she answered.

"P-Chan! It's me, Bra!" Bra all, but shouted into the phone. Pan winced. Bra needed to stop hanging around her mother so much.

"Hi B-Chan, how are you?" Pan asked.

"I'm great! Listen, Mum is throwing her yearly Christmas party, buuuuuut there is going to be a slight change. Everyone is going to dress up with masks and stuff so no one knows who anyone is. It'll be really fun! Please say you'll come to Japan to visit? Mum, Marron and I can keep it to ourselves and maybe let your mum and Chi Chi in on the secret that you are here and you won't be revealed until the party! It'll be our own little secret. We can surprise everyone! Come on what do you say?" Bra asked.

"What about my ki? Everyone would be able to read it when I get there," Pan answered, considering the idea.

"We'll send over a ki suppressor in the form of a piece of jewelry or something. Mum made a few while you've been gone. We can send it so it'll arrive in like two days. That should be enough time to pack and stuff right? Mum already has a ticket on hold for you and we can hide you at your grandmother's house," Bra answered.

"Hmmm. Okay! I'll come," Pan said.

"Yay!" Bra shouted. Pan winced again, pulling the phone away from her ear.

"Calm down, B-Chan. That was my eardrum you just busted," Pan said.

"Sorry, P-Chan! I'm just really excited," Bra replied.

"Me too, but I wasn't the one that just took it out on your eardrum," Pan answered, rubbing her throbbing ear.

"I said I was sorry! Oh, I have to go, Trunks just came in and he has a habit of listening in on phone convos, " Bra said.

"Bye, B-Chan!" Pan said.

"Bye, bye, P-Chan," Bra said, hanging up. Pan hung up and ran to find her suitcase.

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Two Days Later

Pan fidgeted in her seat on the plane as the light came on for everyone to buckle their seat belts. It had been a long plane ride, but now it was nearly over and Pan was nervous and excited. She would get to see everyone again! She could feel the plane begin to descend and her excitement grew, along with the nervous feeling in her gut. Bulma, Bra, Marron, Chi Chi, and Videl were supposed to be meeting her at the airport. The ki suppressor came in the form of a silver bangle that locked snuggly around her right wrist. Pan watched out the window as the airport came up to meet them.

At the Airport

"Flight 2896, San Diego California to Tokyo Japan is just arriving at gate A19," a female voice announced over the intercom. Excitement bubbled up in the four women who came to greet Pan as the gate was swung open by an attendant. People began exiting, greeted by loved ones and/or friends. Pan finally came out of the gate. She looked around and was almost knocked over as Bulma, Bra, Chi Chi and Videl threw their arms around her in a huge hug.

"Pan! You've grown so much! We've all missed you so much!" her grandmother cried.

"You're so beautiful, Panny! My baby is growing up!" Videl exclaimed. Pan sweat dropped. She noticed that Marron was missing.

"Where is M-Chan?" Pan asked.

"She couldn't get away without looking suspicious," Bra answered.

"Aw," Pan replied.

"Don't worry, Pan, you'll see her later," Bulma said.

"Come on, let's get you set up at your grandmother's. Goten has his own apartment so he shouldn't be in as much as he used to be," Videl said. Pan nodded and all five of them piled into Bulma's air car as soon as they had picked up Pan's luggage.

A couple of hours later they all piled out of the air car and into Chi Chi's house. They all went upstairs to the room that was going to be Pan's to help her unpack and talk about the party.

"I'll go down and make some tea and snacks," Chi Chi announced. They all nodded as Chi Chi left the room. Bra grinned at Pan.

"Getting a mask and costume. You know what this means, P-Chan?" she asked. Her grinned widened as Pan groaned. Chi Chi came back up and handed out snacks and tea.

"Oh, no," Pan said.

"You are going shopping with Marron and I tomorrow!" Bra said in a sing song voice.

"And you can get your Christmas shopping done at the same time, Pan," Bulma said. Pan sighed.

"I guess that helps a little...." she grumbled. Bulma looked at her watch.

"Well, Bra and I better be heading back to Capsule! Vegeta will be gripping about his food soon," she said. Pan hugged Bulma and Bra tight.

"See you guys later!" Pan said.

"Marron and I will be here around one tomorrow to pick you up to head to the mall so be ready!" Bra laughed as Pan groaned again.

"Bye, Pan. It was great seeing you again!" Bulma said.

"Bye!" Pan, Videl, and Chi Chi replied as Bra and Bulma left. Videl and Chi Chi spent a little more time with Pan before letting her alone to get settled in.

The room was little with a single bed with orange bed clothes and a small dress with a mirror sat on top. There was only one small window, faded white curtains hanging off to the sides of it. Pan unpacked some more clothes when she came across a few old pictures she had packed. She smiled as she looked through the pictures. One picture was of seven year old Pan in between ten year old Marron and six year old Bra with their arms linked. A couple others were of the entire Z Gang together outside of Capsule Corp. The last one was a picture of Pan as a little girl at the World Martial Arts tournament and Trunks as a teenager. He was holding her up in the air by her hand and she was laughing. Pan felt a pang in her heart as she looked at Trunks. She didn't get to ask Bra about why Trunks hadn't called, emailed or hardly written. Probably too busy with Capsule Corp. and all his little dates. She though sadly. She put the pictures on the mirror, putting their edges in the crack between the glass and the frame.

"Pan, time for dinner!" Chi Chi called.

"Coming, Grandma!" she called, taking one last look at Trunks before heading down stairs.

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There is chappy one! I hope you enjoyed it. Please leave a review before you leave!

V-Chan: Meep! -She turns and runs like heck. Suddenly she is grabbed from behind and knocked into the ground face first for the second time in one night-

Trunks: -Gets off the intruder and turns her to face him- What are you doing sneaking around my back yard?

V-Chan: @.@ Meep... -Looks up to find Trunks, her prey, bending over her- Uh, nothing? -Tries to hide the rope and sack-

Trunks: Oh really, then what's that? -Points at the rope and sack-

V-Chan: -Takes this chance to throw the bag over his head and ties it shut. Grabs the bag and runs back to her layer; her bedroom. Ties him up in the closet with a gag in his mouth-

V-Chan: Now be a good boy, Trunks and I'll let you out. -Pats his head-

V-Chan's Mum: -Bangs on the door- Via, what are you doing in there?! Unlock this door right now!

V-Chan: Uh, Nothing! -Quickly closes the closet doors and unlocks her door-

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