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I do not own Dragon Ball Z, so the characters are not mine.Royal Blood
Chapter 1
What About the Other Saiyajins?
Pan sat up in her bed and slapped Trunks in the chest.
"Wake up! We're late!" She hissed, her tail bristling as it uncurled from her leg.
She slid off the side of the bed and ran to the closet, pulling both an out-fit for herself and for Trunks. Her tail was tense with her anger having slept late, and it swayed slightly. Trunks sat up in the bed and pushed the covers aside, He rubbed his face and eyes to wake himself up then slid off the bed.
"What are we late for?" He questioned threw a yawn.
"The Reunion, baka!" Pan snapped, her tail lashing, "Put this on." She threw him a pair of jeans and a black T-shirt.
"Kasan will have a mental melt down if we get there late." Trunks said franticly.
"You think I don't know that!" Pan growled.
Trunks snorted and threw on the jeans and T-shirt.
"I'll get the kids." He said through another yawn.
Pan said nothing as she undressed, Trunks came up behind her and kissed her cheek.
"Don't worry about it, we'll just fly there." He said.
"Hai, that'll be great! Our family will be the one in the photo to have wind-blown hair!" Pan spat.
"Since when are you worried about photo's?" Trunks smirked.
Pan punched his arm,
"I'm not worried about it, your Kasan will be though." Pan pointed out, "And she'll have a heart attack if the kids show up like that."
Trunks nodded,
"Your right, we'll just have to be late then." He started away from her.
"Iie! We'll fly there, but we'll just go straight to Bra." Pan said hurriedly.
Trunks laughed,
"Get ready and quite stressing over it." He ordered.
Pan glared at him, and he walked away smiling.
When Trunks entered his twin children's room, he smiled. His daughter, Tiria, had her legs sprawled up against the wall and her hair hung over the edge of her bed, and her tail was curled tightly around one of her legs, the covers had been cast onto the floor. Then Trunks turned to his son, Luont, who had half of his body off of the bed, his head only inches from the ground and his tail laying absently at his side. Trunks went to Luont first, as he was the one in the most danger of having a concussion.
Trunks lifted him up and lay him in a more comfortable position. He saw his son's eyes flicker, his body tense, and his tail bristle slightly. Luont was awake he knew, Trunks smirked, they would have to work on him coming awake without letting the person near him knowing.
Trunks then moved across the room to Tiria's side, and as soon as he pulled her legs down, she was up in the air in a squatting stance, her tail wrapped tightly around her waist.
"Tousan! Must you always waken me that way?" She asked irritably, her tail loosening slightly.
"At least you come fully awake." Trunks answered, "Unlike your brother, who is half dead when he wakes up."
Tiria nodded agreeably then sat down on the bed. She looked at her clock and her eyes widened,
"Tousan! We are supposed to be at Grandma Bulma's in half an hour!" She exclaimed.
"Hai, so get ready." Trunks said.
He handed Tiria her overalls and red T-shirt then went back to Luont. He picked his son up from the ankle and held him out the window upside down.
Luont came awake immediately and he turned himself right side up.
"Awake?" Trunks asked.
"I've been awake!" Luont said.
"Oh…well then get in here and get ready." Trunks let him go and he dropped a couple feet.
Luont flew inside and sat on his bed, and Trunks threw him a pair of jeans and a black T-shirt.
Bra shifted her daughter, Tekoa, to her other hip. She sighed and turned to Goten,
"Where are they?" She asked.
"On the way." Goten answered calmly.
Bra scowled,
"They over slept again! Kasan is gonna have a fit!" She mumbled.
Goten smirked,
"Don't worry about it."
"Where's Korah?" Bra asked.
Tekoa growled and tightened her tail around Bra's forearm.
"Loosen it now." Bra said. "I'm not going to put you down."
Tekoa loosened her tail and lay her head on Bra's shoulder.
"She's begging Tousan for food." Goten answered with a chuckle.
Bra smiled and turned around,
"Finally!" She exclaimed, as Pan, Trunks, and the twins came into view.
The four landed and Trunks smiled at the three in front of him.
"Hey, Bra, Goten. How's Tekoa?" Trunks asked.
Bra smiled,
"She's great!"
"And what about Korah?" Trunks said as he looked around.
"She's great too, right now she's begging Goku for food." Bra chuckled.
Pan smirked at Bra then turned to her children, she squatted to them,
"Tiria, no sparring until after the Reunion." Pan said, "And Luont, no troublemaking."
Luont smiled at her and ran off, Tiria just stared back at Pan and gave a short nod.
"Promise to spar with me?" Tiria asked.
Pan scowled,
"Fine, when we get home." Pan promised.
Tiria made a barely perceptible nod and walked away. Pan smirked and the tip of her tail tapped.
Bra smiled,
"I must say, Pan, you've done a good job on them."
Pan snickered,
"You aren't going to get any arigatous."
Bra chuckled,
"I figured as much…or less I should say."
Pan glared at her,
"Where's Mum?" Pan asked looking around.
"She and I sparred last night for quite some time," Bra explained, "At fifteen she may be able to talk her parents into extra sleep."
Pan snorted,
"After living with Tousan for a year, I know otherwise." Pan smirked, "They'll be here, no matter how much she flatters them."
Bra smiled again,
"Jami is going to have another baby." Bra whispered.
Pan's eyes widened and her face paled,
"Nani! At her age?" Pan asked quietly, her tail began t twitch.
"Hai, she is going to talk to Kasan about using her doctor." Bra explained, "She is going to need a lot of attention."
Pan nodded,
"This is most surprising."
Bra chuckled,
"You're going to have another sibling!"
Pan glared at her again,
"I'll be right back." Pan snapped.
Bra shooed her away with a wave of her hand, and Pan left glaring all the more. Pan went in search of Vegeta, knowing he wouldn't be sparring. Bulma wouldn't have it. She found him in his usual spot under a tree in the back yard, arms crossed, eyes sweeping around everything. She found also that he was not alone, her daughter stood next to him, imitating him: her own arms crossed and her face was set in a scowl as she watched everyone. Pan smiled to herself then stood next to Vegeta, she mimicked him as well until he grew irritated. After around twenty minuets he finally turned to her,
"What is it brat!" He snapped.
Tiria looked up thinking him to be speaking to her, and her face showed anger,
"Not you, baka, get going." Vegeta growled at Tiria.
Tiria glanced at Pan with disappointment, Pan scowled at her daughter,
"You heard him." She said.
Tiria dropped her arms and stalked away, not saying anything.
"Well?" Vegeta said impatiently, (S.T.)
Pan sighed, she'd been thinking this over for quite some time. Her children needed the best trainer, while she may be barely higher than Vegeta in power, he was by far the better fighter (When not blinded by rage of course.) So naturally Pan thought he would be the best suited one to train them, and at the age of eight, her twin children should be ably to handle the stubborn Prince. Pan smirked, the Princes blood carried into her daughter a bit more than everyone supposed, her daughter positively hated being treated like a child. Pan looked at Vegeta who seemed to be on the verge of blowing up at her, she smirked,
"You've been training Korah…correct?" Pan asked, (S.T.)
"Hai…" Vegeta answered, (S.T.) all the more impatient.
Pan chuckled,
"She's how old now?" Pan spoke coldly, (S.T.)
"Ten." Vegeta spat, (S.T.) "Get on with it!"
"I'm getting there!" Pan snapped, (S.T.) "I've been training Tiria and Luont since they were able to walk." Pan began slowly, her voice shaking slightly in her anger, "They are improving considerably, but I want them to train more. I haven't got the time to put my whole attention on just their training. I'm working now so I've got to step aside for awhile." Pan drew in a deep breath and glared at Vegeta, "We both now that I'm hardly stronger than you, but you are better in fighting then I am. So the thing is I want you to train my two children."
Vegeta looked at her in a way that made her scowl, but she said nothing.
"The two of you will not baby the two when they come home bruised and scratched from a long day of training." Vegeta scowled. "And they will learn not to complain!"
Pan smirked,
"You'll be surprised by the two, I'm sure." Pan said, (S.T.) "Luont is very tricky in his sparring, although a little childish I might say. But Tiria is very smart and not the least bit childish, just so you know."
Vegeta snorted,
"The brat's won't be a problem." He assured her, (S.T.) "What about their school?"
Pan waved a hand impatiently,
"They do their school at home." She informed him, (S.T.)
Vegeta grunted,
"With much luck the squirts will be finished by the age of sixteen." Pan said proudly, (S.T.)
Where'd you go?
I'm talking to your tousan, get out of my head.
Heh! Maybe I'll just bug you.
Pan scowled,
"Honto?" Vegeta demanded, (S.T.)
"Your son wishes to make me angry." Pan snarled, (S.T.)
Vegeta smirked,
"Bring the brats her tomorrow at four."
Pan nodded and walked away.
What do you want?
You.
You baka! What do you need?
Hmmm…a back rub would be nice.
Ugh…talk with Goten or something.
Pan stalked toward Bra and blocked her mind from Trunks. She caught sight of him and he was laughing at her, she scowled and muttered,
"When will this end?" to Bra.
"In about six hours." Bra smiled.
Bra must have seen the look of horror on Pan's face because she hastily added,
"I'm only joking, it'll only last an hour. Then we'll have dinner tonight around seven." Bra frowned, "That will last about six hours."
Pan snorted,
"If we're lucky, it'll last that short."
Bra chuckled,
"Why did we come this early?" Pan asked.
"Kasan wants a picture of us and the grandkids." Bra answered.
"Oh, well let's get it over with." Pan scowled.
"Just think, Pan, you'll get to smile for the camera for a whole half hour!" Bra laughed.
Pan glared at her and punched her.
"Ow! What was that for?" Bra asked, rubbing her arm.
"I barely hit you!" Pan snapped, "Get over it."
Bra smirked,
"You know…this could be fun."
Pan gave her a questioning look. Bra just smiled innocently.
"How so?" Pan asked irritably.
"Well…we'll get to see tousan yelled at by kasan. Also we'll see ChiChi whack Goku a few times." Bra pointed out with a grin.
Pan scowled, she didn't find any of those things amusing, what she did find amusing was Bra and Goten's bickering. The ends of her mouth curled up in a suppress a smile as she visualized the two bickering, and she chuckled to herself. She supposed she would be able to tolerate it.
"Finally they're here." Pan said, as her tousan pulled up in his hover car.
Bra smirked at her, as Pan went up to Gohan,
"You didn't tell me she was going to have another baby." Pan hissed.
Gohan looked at Pan with unmistakable shock, his face paled slightly as he closed his door behind him,
"How do you know about that?" He hissed back. "It was going to be announced tonight."
"Bra tipped me with a clue!" Pan said sarcastically. "How is she knew before I did?"
Gohan sighed, obviously disgruntled about this,
"If you must know, she was there when Jami took the test." Gohan answered sharply.
Pan 'Humphed' and crossed her arms, Gohan pointed a threatening finger at her,
"Don't speak of it to anyone, it's a surprise." He ordered.
"Neechan!"
Pan spun around and gave Videl one of her rare smiles,
"Konichiwa, Mum." Pan said.
Videl's tail lowered, curling just enough to keep from touching the ground. Pan's own tail began to tap.
"We missed you last night." Videl said.
"I had things to do." Pan explained, she had been up late arguing with her children…
"Well what happened to the other saiyajin?" Tiria demanded.
"What does it matter?" Pan snapped. "They are gone and
there is nothing you can do about it!"
Tiria crossed her arms and glared at the wall,
"I want to see what they were like." She muttered, "You were
raised by them, why can't I meet them?"
"Because I don't know where they are!" Pan snarled, "That's
enough of your questioning, I'm tired and we have to get up
early tomorrow, go to bed."
Tiria stalked up the stairs to her room in a very foul mood.
Pan turned to Trunks,
"So what are we supposed to do about this!" She hissed.
"I don't know." Trunks said truthfully.
Pan scowled,
"They aren't going to just stop wondering," Pan pointed out,
"but they can't go looking for the saiyajin, it's not safe! What
if they run into Toria? She would most likely kill them off thinking
it would get me off her back, ugh! I don't know what to do
about them."
Pan slumped into a nearby chair and put her head in her
palms. She scowled, why did your children have to ask about
the saiyajins of all things? She stood up and rounded on Trunks,
"I'll talk to your tousan about it tomorrow. Maybe if he trains
them they might just ask him about the saiyajin. If what he tells
them satisfies them, then possibly they will drop it." Pan snorted
at this, "It's very unlikely, but I want Vegeta to train them anyway,
I'm starting that job soon."
Trunks smiled at her,
"Come on, let's go to bed."
"Pan? Hello!" Videl was waving one of her hands in front of Pan's face.
Pan blinked a couple of times,
"Honto?" Pan snapped.
Videl rolled her eyes,
"I was saying that I couldn't wait to find out weather the baby's a boy or girl." Videl said.
Pan snorted,
"You mean you don't know already?" Pan asked.
"Iie! How could we? She's only a couple weeks along." Videl snapped.
"What does that got to do with anything?" Pan asked bewildered.
Videl's widened,
"You mean to tell me that you could tell us what the baby is now?" She asked.
"Hai." Pan shrugged.
Videl shrieked,
"Well?" She asked.
Pan glared at her,
"Well what?" She snarled.
"What is it?" Videl snarled back.
"It's male." Pan answered flatly.
Videl's hands dropped to her side,
"How can you know?" She asked.
"Because I can." Pan scowled. "I don't know how, but I've always been able to do that."
Pan shrugged and crossed her arms.
This didn't bother Videl at all, she just shrugged herself and began to jump up and down.
"I'm going to have a baby niichan!" She squealed.
"Shh!" Pan snapped.
Videl stopped and frowned at her,
"What's wrong with you?" She asked.
"Nothing," Pan growled, "Go talk with Tiria, she was looking for you earlier."
Videl was about to protest but saw her kasan behind Pan and strode away.
"What is it?" Jami asked, she had stepped away from Bulma and ChiChi.
Pan didn't jump she knew Jami was there,
"As I said to Mum, nothing." Pan said.
Jami snorted, and Pan turned around.
"Oh stop with the macho talk, Pan!" Jami said, "It's old! I know when you're lying. So tell me…what's wrong?"
"I'm tired and I'm worried." Pan explained softly.
"Worried about what?" Jami wondered.
"The twins." Pan whispered.
"What about them?" Jami pressed.
"They've been asking a lot about the Saiyajins, and I've even heard them talking about leaving the planet to find them." Pan said.
Jami frowned,
"They're only kids, Pan, they're bound to have crazy ideas." Jami soothed.
Pan shook her head firmly,
"That's what I thought at first, but not this time." Pan said softly, "They even started to plan it. They want so much to learn about the Saiyajin, they want to know how they live, what they eat, how the dress, and who their King is now, since their last king is here."
Jami shook her head in confusion,
"This is something I can not help you with, I believe you should bring it up with Vegeta." She said.
Pan nodded, it was what she had planed to do in the first place.
"I think I'll speak to him tonight at dinner." Pan sighed.
"Hai, right now you have bigger problems, like living through the photos." Jami smiled.
Pan chuckled,
"Arigatou." She said.
"Anytime dear." Jami smiled, "Go on, get back to Bra."
Pan nodded to her, then left.
"What was that about?" Bulma asked.
"Hai, how come you took so long?" ChiChi questioned.
"Just a little Stepmother-stepdaughter talk." Jami smiled.
"Ah…" The two women said knowingly.
"I've had a couple of those with her myself." Bulma said.
"Hai, I've had one as well." ChiChi also said.
Jami laughed,
"Well, I suppose that you'll both hear about this one soon enough." Jami said.
ChiChi paled,
"She's not leaving to train someone is she?"
"Is she having another baby?" Bulma asked, her own skin paling.
Jami shook her head, No I'm going to have another baby, she thought with a smile,
"Iie, don't worry about it. It's nothing major." Jami assured them.
The two's complexion's cam back and they resumed their chatting. Jami stood next to them speaking only when she felt the need to. But mainly kept her eyes on Pan.
Tiria decided to move from her grandfather to Piccilo. She had grown tired of standing with her arms crossed. She flew up to where Piccilo was and 'crossed' he legs in the air. She kept her arms crossed and sat in front of him with her eyes closed. She knew Piccilo would open his eyes soon and see her, but she waited awhile. First he would irritate her with drawn out time, but she could wait.
"What do you want?" Piccilo demanded.
"I'm bored. I was looking for something to do." Tiria said angrily.
"Why are you imitating me?" Piccilo growled.
"Well…I thought that maybe this would clear my mind, but I must be doing something wrong." Tiria said.
Piccilo snorted,
"Of course you're doing something wrong, you don't know how to meditate." He snarled.
Tiria glared at him,
"Teach me." She said through gritted teeth.
Piccilo's mouth opened and he bared his white fangs.
Videl walked alone for only a few moments, before she caught sight of Luont and Korah hunched down over something. She smirked and strode over to the two, they were arguing,
"It's a Millipede." Luont was saying.
"Iie, it's a caterpillar." Korah snapped.
"It can't be a caterpillar, they only come with fur, aside a few that have no fur but are brightly colored." Luont started to explain, "So this, being a dark brown, has to be a millipede."
Korah crossed her arms,
"What about centipedes? It could be one of those." She said in a mater-of-fact sort of way.
Luont snorted,
"Look at it, centipedes only have one pair of legs each segment, this one has two!" He told her smartly.
Videl laughed and the two turned around,
"How old are you two? Twenty?" She asked sarcastically.
"Look at this Videl, we found a millipede!" Luont said happily.
Korah glared at him but said nothing.
Videl walked over to them and poked Korah as she passed,
"Let's have a look." Videl said, squatting. "Hmmm…this is an odd bug."
This is no millipede.
Videl thought worriedly, It's some sort of robot, the skin is too shiny. Videl cocked her head, and her eyes widened. Where there should have been two eyes, there was just a plain black strip. Videl stood up and pulled the kids with her,"Honto?" The two growled.
Videl was about to say something when Bulma yelled at the three,
"Let's go." Videl smiled at them.
Luont smiled back and grabbed her hand, but Korah, still in a bad mood, crossed her arms tighter and lagged behind them.
*****
"That was close…" A voice snapped.
A small slender form curled up in a corner and nodded.
"Next time, you must be careful. You're supposed to spy on them, not let them spy on us!"
"Hai, master." It was a girl's voice, soft and frightened.
Her master glared at her then turned on his heels and out the door. The girl began to sob into her knees as two guards came to take her to her punishment.
End of Chapter 1
Okay, there's the first chapter…I hope it was long enough…so should I continue? Please R&R!
