.::~*Midnight Rain*~::.

A young six year-old Trunks shut the back door of his parent's air car and walked

over to the driver side. Bulma, his mother, stepped out of the door. "Go on over Trunks.

I'll be there in a minute," she told him. He nodded and ran over to the Son house and

rang the doorbell several times. Bulma only smiled and turned to open the trunk of the

car to get out Trunks's things for the weekend. The door was opened by a five-year old

Goten. His face was beaming with a smile. Behind him stood his young three- year old

niece, Pan. She also bore a smile on her round face. "Hey Trunks," Goten said stepping

back inside. "Hey Goten," he replied stepping in. "Come on. We've got a big bowl of

candy in my room," Goten said. Pan nodded. "Yep, come on Twunks!" she said, being

only three it was still a little hard for her to make certain sounds, like 'R' and "Th." They

all three took off like a rocket with their Saiyan speed. Bulma walked up a few seconds

later and met Chi-Chi at the door. "Thanks a lot Chi-Chi," she said. "Don't mention it."

"Now, your sure..." she was cut off. "It's no trouble at all. Trunks is welcome here

anytime. Now, you need to hurry up. You don't want to miss your plane." She said taking

the Trunks's things from Bulma's hands. "Alright. Now, if you need to..." she was cut off

again. "I know, I know. There's a list with your hotel, your room number, the hotels

number, your cell number, and you pager number." She said knowing exactly what there

would be. "Now hurry up. You'll be late if you don't" "Alright. Bye Chi- Chi." She said

walking back to the car. She stepped halfway in and yelled to the second story window,

"Bye Trunks!" He appeared in the window and waved to her. "Bye Mom!" he replied.

Chi-Chi shut the door and Trunks ducked inside. Pan walked into the room complaining

to Goten and Trunks. "Pwease." She pleaded "No way," Goten told her. "Yeah Pan,"

Trunks said. "Were gonna be talkin' about boy stuff. Like Pokemon and Yu-Gi- Oh."

"So," she said "I play Pokemons and Yu-Gi-Oh" "Well, it's a two player game," Goten

protested. She stuck her tongue out at him. "I don't care!" she said knowing she had been

beaten and couldn't stay once again. She turned on her heel and left her eyes tearing

some. She never got to play with them. They always called her annoying and a brat. She

turned back for a second after she was sure no tears had escaped her eyes. She clenched

her fist tight and walked up to the door. Goten stood to block her. She just pushed him

back and walked over to the plastic blue bowl. She grabbed two handfuls of colorful

candies and stuffed it into her pockets and stormed out. "Stupid bwats!" she called back

as she walked down the stairs. The boys just stared after her and sat down. Pan sat down

in the wood floor of the kitchen and pulled out a box from under the table near by. She

opened it and dumped in her candy and pulled out a few small Hot Wheels. She pushed

them across the floor. Videl walked up behind her as two of the cars crashed against the

wall. "Something wrong?" she asked her daughter stooping down. "Goten and Twunks

are stupid bwats!" she told her. "Well, why is that?" she asked. "They won't let me play

wif them." "What are they playing we can't?" she asked. "Pokemons," she said with a

sigh. "Well, I don't know about Pokemon but how about we play outside, just the two of

us?" she asked. Pan smiled and got up "Kay." She said walking over to pick up her cars.

She placed them in the box as Videl walked over to the window. A frown spread over her

face as she saw the dark clouds rolling in. "Hurry up Pan. It looks like rain. If we want to

play we should hurry." She urged. Pan hurried and put the box back under the table.

Videl opened the back door and They both walked outside. "Whatcha want to play?" she

asked. "Soccer." Pan said running over to the shed where she kept the ball. She pushed

past the lawn mower and picked up the white and black ball. She set in on the grass ahead

of her and kicked it hard. Videl jumped to block it but missed it to boost Pan's sprits. Pan

jumped up and down in celebration. She laughed as Videl retrieved to ball. She tossed it

into the air. It came down fast and just about when it was two inches from the wavering

grass she slammed her foot into it sending it flying a little to fast. Mistake! The ball

plummeted toward Pan. She didn't move, just stood to catch it. I slammed into her chest

and knocked her near two-foot back. Videl ran instantly to Pan. She was about to have a

heart attack. She stood over her and Pan only to watch her stand up and brush off her

back. Videl's hand flew to her heart as if to keep it in her chest. She wanted to scream,

cry, and just slap herself for that. "What's wong Mommy?" Pan asked. "Oh, nothing."

She said. Pan just shrugged and looked at the clouds. She was hit in the face with a

raindrop. "Mommy, it's waining," she said softly. Videl sighed. "Yes. Come on Pan, lets

go inside." She said taking her by the hand. She thought to herself as she stepped inside

looking down at her, "My indestructible Pan." She walked Pan to her room and told her

to change into some clean clothes and she walked over to Goten's room to tell him and

Trunks it wash up for dinner. She found the two playing Yu-Gi-Oh. She knocked on the

doorframe and both looked up at her. "Wash up. Dinner time." She told them turning to

check on Pan. She walked into the room as Pan was putting on a fresh shirt. Videl smiled

and walked down stairs to her and Gohan's room. She stepped inside to see him on a

computer typing away on a paper. She walked up behind him and kissed him slightly in

the cheek causing him to look up. He kissed her back. "Dinner time." She told him

putting her hand on his shoulder. "Alright." He sat pushing his chair back and standing

up. The two headed to the kitchen where the smelt several different kinds of foods. Chi-

Chi had to cook a feast each night just to be able to feed the Son boys. They all seemed to

have bottomless pits for stomachs. Especially Goku. He ate the most out of all of them.

Gohan sat down at the table and behind him barreled in three kids. Videl had walked over

to help Ch-Chi. Pan jumped into her fathers lap. "Hey Daddy." She said. "Hey

sweetheart." She said giving her a small kiss on the forehead. She smiled. "Daddy," she

whispered moving closer to Gohan's ear, "Goten was being a bwat again." "Oh, was he?"

He asked. She pulled back and nodded jumping down. Gohan looked in his younger

brothers direction. Goten was to busy arm wrestling Trunks to notice. Pan hopped into

the nearest chair. She heard the back down open and she spun around and jumped down

again. She sped to the door to meet her favorite person in the world that she hadn't seen

all day, her Grandpa Goku. "Hey Grandpa!" she said jumping up. "Hey Pan." He said

bending down and picking her up putting her on his shoulder. "Hey Dad" Gohan and

Goten said together followed by a victorious Trunks saying "Hey Goku." "Hey guys" he

replied sitting Pan down in her seat. He sat next to her. Chi-Chi walked over and sat

down two large plates and Videl sat down two as well. They both said their hellos and

started to get the rest of the plates. Once it was all set they began to eat.

~~~~~~~~(Later After Dinner)~~~~~~

The rain poured down outside, lightning crashed, and thunder shot off like bombs in a

war. Pan sat straight up in her bed hugging her knees tight to her chest wrapped in her

warm blue blanket. She was afraid of the lightning and thunder. She didn't want to go to

her mom, dad, grandma, or grandpa though. She thought they would think she was a

weak little baby. She started to cry as the thunder rang out again. A light turned on in the

hall for a minute then shut off as she heard the toilet flush. She couldn't make out who it

was in the hall but it was either her uncle or Trunks. He looked in her direction and the

lightning flashed. It was Trunks. He saw her with tears over her face. He walked over to

the room and stood in the doorway. "Pan?" he said questionably walking in over to her

bed. "What's wrong?" he asked. "The storm is spooky." She said ducking her head to her

knees in embarrassment. She thought he would leave or mock her but she felt her sit next

to her and put his hand on her knee. She looked up. He had his gaze fixed on the floor.

He looked up at her after a second. "It's alright Pan, I can help you fall asleep." He told

her. "How?" she asked in response. I could stay with you like my mom would do with

me." "Were you scared?" she asked. He took a second, "Yeah, I was," he finally

admitted. He told Pan to lie down and he would stay here with her till she was asleep.

"But I'm to scared to sleep." She told him. He took her hand and told her not to be, that

he was here. She closed her eyes and after a while she was off after she was sure Trunks

was there to protect her from the storm. As she slept she smiled on her lips. Trunks left

soon after he was sure Pan was sleeping. He was tired and it was after midnight when he

got back into bed but that night would change the way Pan looked at him for the rest of

her life.

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