A/N: I was going to wait to finish For What It's Worth before starting this but I couldn't get it out of my head. Anyway, this story will be primarily about Pan but there will be some G/V here and there. The Prologue, which you are about to read is nothing but G/V actually...

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball/Z/GT.

On Her Own

Prologue

The darkness was overwhelming. Not the darkness of the night, no, the darkness in his heart.

Gohan son stood in front of the small house staring into the night. They were gone. All of them. Piccolo, Vegeta, Tien, Yamcha, Mr. Buu, Eighteen, Goten and Trunks; all gone. Even his father, Goku, the earths greatest hero, was killed by that army of monsters. Krillin lay at Dende's Lookout, barely clinging to life. These creatures employed a venom that made the wounds they inflicted impervious to Namekian magic, including the Dragonballs. Gohan clenched his fists at the memory of Porunga telling them he was unable to revive the others.

Gohan could sense them coming. Hundreds upon hundreds of them. The weakest was as strong as Vegeta had been as a Super Saiyan Two and the strongest was as powerful as his father had been as a Super Saiyan Three. On their own Gohan could easily destroy any one of them but defeating all of them at once was beyond even his ultimate form that Elder Kai had unlocked. If the other saiyans were still alive they might have stood a chance but alone he would be overwhelmed by sheer numbers in a matter of moments.

The tall warrior felt a pair of small arms wrap around his waist. He closed his eyes for a moment and allowed himself to breathe in the smell of her perfume.

"Please don't go." whispered the girl into his back.

Gohan felt the words stab at his heart. He turned around to face the raven haired beauty behind him. He took her hands into his own. "Videl I have to."

She shook her head violently. "No you don't!" she said with tears in her eyes.

He placed a finger under her chin and gently lifted her lips to his. After a moment he pulled away. She sighed and laid her head against his muscular chest.

"You're going to die aren't you?" she whispered.

He stiffened for a moment before he began to gently stroke her hair. "Yes." he whispered back.

She began to weep silently. Each sob sent waves of pain radiating through the warriors body. He closed his eyes and pulled her tight against him. "I'm so sorry Videl." he gently murmured into her hair.

"Please don't leave me." she sobbed back.

"I have to." he choked back through his own tears.

"Why?"

Gohan swallowed. "After my father came back he told me that he knew he wouldn't survive the Cell Games. He wasn't sure how he knew, he just knew he wasn't coming home from that fight. I asked him how he could do it. How he could leave my mother and me knowing he wasn't coming back, especially knowing she was pregnant." he paused to collect himself. He swallowed against his rising emotion. "He placed his hand on my shoulder, looked me in the eye and smiled. 'One day' he said, 'One day you'll have your own family son and you'll love them so much that you'd give your own life a thousand times just to save them one second of pain.' I understand what he meant now. I know what my father must have gone through before the Cell Games." he gently brushed a strand of hair from her face. "I love you so much Videl. My death is worth it if I can save you two." Videl was sobbing so hard she failed to notice the last word. Gohan kissed her lightly on top of her head. "You are my family Videl. I just wish I had longer to be with you." he kissed her hair again.

She struggled to stop weeping. "I-it wasn't long enough!" she cried. "We hadn't even told them we were together yet. It wasn't long enough!" she screamed.

Gohan winced from the pain in her voice. "I know." he whispered. "Once I'm gone I want you to look in the box under my bed. I want both of you to have whats inside."

This time she noticed. She pulled back to look into his dark eyes. "Both of us?" she questioned.

He smiled before pulling her tight against him and kissing her passionately. "I can't beat them." he admitted. "But I can delay them for awhile. I've created a modified version of the Mafuba used to contain King Piccolo. I'm not sure how long it can hold something with their power though. Maybe a year maybe a hundred years. All I know is that they will come back and when they do they'll want revenge. I'll be long gone by then so they'll settle on the next best thing, the last saiyan, my daughter."

Videl's head snapped up and her eyes grew round. "You mean that I'm...I'm..."

He smiled sadly and nodded. "I don't know how but I know it's a girl. I'm sorry I won't be there for her, for you. You can't let anyone know she's mine."

"But why?" asked Videl confused.

"I don't want her childhood to be like mine. From the time I was born I was expected to fill my father's shoes. My mother, Master Roshi, Bulma, they would do the same to her. Not on purpose but still... And when they do come back it will make it that much harder for them to find her." He looked at Videl with tears in his eyes. "Keep her safe." his voice broke. "Make sure she knows that her daddy's a hero."

Videl placed a hand over her mouth and nodded as tears streamed down her face. "I will." she whispered.

He smiled, leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips. "Goodbye." he whispered before taking of into the sky.

Videl stumbled into the dark house, Chi-Chi was staying on the Lookout with everyone that was left. She didn't even turn on a light as she stumbled into Gohan's room. Outside she heard rain began to fall on the roof. She fell to her knees and pulled a large trunk from under Gohan's bed. With shaking hands she opened it. She dumped it onto the bed so that what was on bottom now sat on top and began to look through his things. My things she corrected herself mentally.

At the top sat a small sword and the Power Pole that Goku had left to him when he died. On top of that was a suit of saiyan battle armor. She gently placed these to the side to see what was next. She found a cape like the one Piccolo had worn only much smaller and folded neatly on top of that was an orange gi. The same one he had worn when he fought Buu. She swallowed as she remembered him walking up behind her and placing his hand on her shoulder. She smiled through her tears at the memory and buried her face in the outfit. It still smelled like him. She gently placed it aside and looked at another box sitting on the bed.

She opened it up to see it contained very little. A leather bound book with Gohan's Diary written on the front, an envelope addressed Pan and a small black box. If she thought her hands were shaking before now they were quaking. She gently picked up the box opened it and dumped the contents into her hand. It was a dark silver ring with a beautiful diamond set on top. Not to large but not to small, it was perfect. She picked up the note lying next to it and read it before bursting into tears.

Dear Videl,

This ring is made from Kacheen, the strongest metal in the universe. I asked Kabito Kai to help me out. I wanted the strongest metal for it because it's as close as I can get to showing you how strong my love is for you. Just know that as long as you wear this ring I will be with you no matter how far away I am. I love you Videl and I look foreword to spending forever with you.

Love forever,

Gohan

She looked down at the ring. Engraved on the inside of the band where the words 'You are never alone'. She slipped the ring on her finger. She looked at it for a moment before throwing her head back and screaming out one word, her voice mingling with the sound of thunder.

"GOHAN!"

A/N: A few quick things.

First an apology to Crazy Hyper Lady. Sorry I didnt ask you to beta this but I wanted it to be a surprise!

Secondly, I can do this story by myself but I'd rather have some help. If anyone would be interested in co-authoring this it would be amazing! If you are interested just say so in a review or send me a PM. I'll read some of your other stuff and then let you know.

Also on that note, the rest of the story will not be angsty. I want the story to be long, at least thirty chapters, and humorous up until Pan meets the main bad guys. I want it to be very similar to Dragonball, lighthearted kinda goofy with some seriousness thrown in occasionally.

Well as always reviews are appreciated.