First a Kingdom Hearts fic, and now I'm writing a Dragon Ball fic. It's like I'm in High School again. Watching Dragon Ball Z Abriged and reading Dragon Ball Super has really brought my interest back to the series after a long period of indifference. But what really made me think to do a fic was this art post: post/127114478116/i-needed-a-cute-bra-pan-fusion-in-my-life-so-i
This, along with stupidoomdoodles' art brought me down this train of thought: AU where Pan and Bra training together as kids - Pan and Bra with saiyan tails - This scenario
Hope you enjoy!
Update (9/24): Changed the dialogue a bit, also fixed events so that Pan and Bra knew where they were when they woke up. Felt the "confusing the event for a villain's plot" angle wasn't gonna work. Also moved the story under "Dragon Ball Z", since this technically takes place before GT (Pan is 7 in this work, whereas she's 10 I think in GT). Might also help to get it a little more noticed.
A blinding light was the first thing Pan saw when she opened her eyes, followed by the blue sky. She didn't remember taking a nap, but she's known herself to randomly take naps in the past, so she didn't think too much about it. It was just the "why" that confused her. She certainly felt tired enough to warrant a nap, and was still rather sore as she slowly got to her feet. Her tail rose up and flicked about, having been laid on by Pan's back.
The last thing the seven year old quarter-Saiyan remembered was practicing with her best friend, Bra, while her uncle Goten watched over them to make sure they didn't hurt themselves too badly. He brought them over to an area with plenty of open space to practice, too. They exchanged a few punches and kicks before trying to blast each other with energy attacks. And then…and then…
"Pan?" A familiar voice called to her, causing her to quickly turn around. Sure enough, with her blue hair and eyes, it was Pan's best friend in the whole world.
"Bra!" Pan cheered. As nice as it was to see her friend was still with her, something was off. Not only was Bra's hair not tied up anymore, she was looking particularly shaken by something. That was when Pan noticed something about her friend and cracked a smirk.
"You're naked!" they both said and pointed at each other in unison, but in different tones. Pan was on the verge of laughing, while Bra sounded much more scared at the fact. At the realization of what they both said, the girls looked at themselves and recoiled in shock at their state of undress.
"W-What's going on?!" Bra exclaimed, trying to cover herself with her own tail, to little effect. "Where did our clothes go? Where's Goten? And why were we sleeping anyway?!"
"Don't ask me!" Pan replied. "I only remember coming over here to practice. But…I can't remember how we got like this…"
"You gotta help me find them!" Bra said before trying to run off in a random direction.
"Hey! Bra! Stop!" Pan ran over to her friend and grabbed her by the shoulders to make her stop. "You're just gonna get yourself more lost! Besides, they're just clothes!"
"They were more than just clothes, Pan!" Bra stomped her foot. "All those clothes were expensive! Mom spent a lot of money on them, even my undies! If I lost them, you're replacing every single piece!"
"Why me?" Pan asked, intimidated.
"Because coming to this dump was your idea in the first place!" Bra answered, pointing accusingly at Pan.
"Calm down, will ya?" Pan said as she backed away from Bra. "We should see if Uncle Goten's okay first."
"Where are you going?" Bra asked as she watched Pan start walking off.
"Into the air, duh!" Pan answered simply. "If he's around, I'll be sure to see him from up there!"
"Are you really gonna fly around butt naked?!" Bra asked, a blush rising to her face. "What if someone sees you?"
"I don't care," Pan replied nonchalantly, her hands behind her head. "The only one who gets mad about that is Grandma, and I don't see her around."
"Well, I care!" Bra exclaimed, shaking her fists. "Can't we just find a clothesline and take some clothes from a farm or something?"
"We can't just steal somebody's clothes, Bra!" Pan exclaimed, a look of utter conviction on her face. "We can worry about that later! We need to find Uncle Goten!"
"What if he's already looking for us?" Bra theorized. "We might miss each other completely! We should stay here in case he is."
"But I don't wanna just sit and wait," Pan grumbled. "If he's hurt, I want to help him! Don't you care at all?"
"I care more about somebody seeing me like this!" Bra promptly sat down and crossed her arms. "No thanks! I'm just gonna wait for him, or my brother, or Daddy. Anything's better than flying around naked!"
"Fine," Pan huffed. "You can wait here for Uncle Goten or any of the others to show up. I'm gonna go look for him while you do. I'll come back as soon as I find him!"
With that, Pan began floating into the air before taking off at full speed straight up, kicking up some of the dust on the ground. Having to shield her eyes from the dust didn't help her grumpiness at all, on top of everything else that happened. She simply curled up and grumbled to herself.
"Stupid Pan," she mumbled under her breath. "Leaving me out here like this, alone and butt naked. Eugh, I'm getting dust in my-"
"WHOA! Bra, you gotta come see this!"
Bra snapped out of her train of thought just in time to see Pan fly back down, her eyes wide in shock.
"Did you find Goten?" she asked.
"No, but you won't believe what I found!" Pan quickly ran up to Bra and hooked her hands under Bra's arms. Before she could protest, Pan lifted her up on her feet and into the air. Once they were high enough, Pan let go, allowing Bra to float on her own.
"Are you crazy, Pan?!" Bra shouted, trying to cover her front and her bare bottom with her hands. "I said I wasn't going to fly around with no-"
"Look!" Pan grabbed Bra's face and turned it away to focus on the landscape beyond. Bra immediately became silent, as her jaw dropped at the sight.
The landscape was riddled with holes and deep trenches, none of them looking like they were made naturally. Large rocks littered the ground, split open and broken. The deep trenches' edges were smoking, and the holes looked like the footprints of something gigantic. It was truly a wasteland now, a site where a huge battle must have taken place.
"What the heck happened here?" Bra asked. "We didn't do this, did we?"
"If we did, we'd remember doing it, right?" Pan replied. "I'd definitely remember doing this! And taking my clothes off, too!"
"Speaking of which, do you see them anywhere?" Bra inquired, clinging on to the hope that they were perhaps close by.
"Nope, I don't see them at all!" Pan answered, looking all over the valley.
"So they did get destroyed!" Bra lamented. "What are we supposed to do now?! We can't fly like this! I'll die of embarrassment!"
"Calm down already!" Pan said for the second time. "All we need to do is get back home. Then, we can call Uncle Goten and tell him we're okay!"
"And we can get to wearing some clothes again, too!" Bra said with an amount of hope in her voice. "Okay, I'm on board with this plan! Let's go home!"
"Right!" Pan nodded in confirmation. She quickly flew off in one direction before slowing to a stop and looking around before flying in another direction and then stopping. "Um…"
"You don't know the way back home, do you?" Bra asked, the hope from before gone from her face.
"Sure, I do! It's…uh…" Pan looked left and right, but only found rocks and dust. When they first came to this place, they just followed Goten the whole way, and he didn't have much better luck. Most of the trip involved Goten looking for the widest amount of space. Pan may have been stubborn, but she knew when to ask for help. "Do you remember the way to East City, Bra?"
"You're hopeless," Bra sighed. "Let's see…the sun rises in the east, right? We came here after lunch, which means that the sun would have been right above us. So if the sun's still up, that means it's still afternoon! And if the sun goes from one direction to the other during the day, then it's heading west!"
"So if we go in the opposite direction, then we'll hit East City in no time!" Pan cheered. "You're so smart, Pan!"
"You don't need to tell me that," Bra replied, folding her arms in a proud pose. "I already know it!"
"Race you there!" Pan exclaimed before flying off at nearly full speed.
"Hey! Wait for me, Pan!" Bra shouted and flew off after her friend.
"Agh…my head. That was one mean swing."
Regaining consciousness from underneath a pile of rocks, Goten scrambled to his feet. The young man shook off the dust from his hair and clothes as he stood up, with only scrapes and scratches to show for the injury that landed him there. In the distance, he could see the small mountain he flew through, as well the top that slid off as a result.
"How long was I out?"
Goten took out the phone from his pocket and checked it. Miraculously, it was still functional, even through Goten's trip through the mountain. Dr. Brief's technology worked wonders yet again. This fact went over Goten's head, however, as his eyes bugged out observing the time.
"5:30?! I was out for two hours?!"
Goten quickly put his phone back in his pocket and took off flying. Past the wrecked mountain, he prayed silently that the amount of time he was unconscious wasn't too much. He finally got to the familiar spot.
"Please still be there. Please still be there. Please…oh, focaccia."
Looking about the destruction of the landscape before him, Goten's heart sank. The evidence that something did happen was very apparent, but whatever caused it was nowhere to be found. The girls were gone as well.
"Aw man…Mom's gonna kill me…"