Next Morning:
"Pan! Wake up you need to go to school!" Pan groggily got out of bed, I hate school I was so happy when I was told 2 years ago I would be home schooled. Oh well at least I don't have to really pay attention.
"Mom…I'm too hungry to go to school…" Videl rolled her eyes and opened the door to the bedroom allowing the scent of food to enter Pan's room. "Food! I'm up! Now out of my way!" Videl laughed and quickly jumped out of the way to allow her hungry daughter access to the prepared breakfast.
Videl casually walked down the stairs and walked up to find the table clean of food with the exception of her own plate. Pan was looking at her mother with pleading eyes and then looking back to the lone plate of food left. "Why thank you dear for leaving me some food." Pan sighed in defeat and slumped into her chair. "Don't give me that you just finished 80 pancakes before I even got to the table!" Pan got up and walked down the hall the turned around, "The breakfast was great mom! I'm going to get ready for school now."
Sometimes I wonder if her ditzy act was in fact an act. "You're welcome Pan. Oh! Don't forget why you are going to school today! You have to get your father and I to meet!"
"I know mom…While I take a shower you think of how I am supposed to do that." I already know the answer to that. You have to become her friend. That is easier said than done of course…I was such a pain at that age.
Pan walked down stairs after her shower, "So? Do you have any idea as to how I can get you two to meet?" Videl looked up and smiled at her daughter. She was really glad that she didn't really look like Gohan or herself. Her plan wouldn't really work if they looked too similar.
"Pan you need to become really close friends with Videl and her friends. You really need to do that so that your friends become her friends then they will have met from your friendship." Videl then looked down and sighed again. "It is not going to be easy Pan."
Pan looked at her mother with a confused look, "how will it be hard? It wasn't that hard to befriend dad."
Videl laughed at this and nodded her head. "Your right it wasn't that hard but that was because you saw him using his powers and he saved your life. If he wasn't afraid that you would leak his secret he would never have become your friend."
Pan's face and mouth turned into an 'O' , "that makes sense. Are you trying to tell me that my teenage mother would not want to be my friend." Pan looked to be on the verge of tears when she thought of this possibility. I really don't know how I will react if I see my mom giving me the cold shoulder…
"Honey I'm sorry, when I was younger everyone wanted to be my friend so it was hard to befriend me. I could be really cold to people. I will tell you this though I will be really intrigued if you know how to fight so that should be something that you should use to have something in common."
Pan got really excited and her eyes shown brightly, "I get to meet grandpapa when he is so young! I can't wait!"
"Pan! You can't meet him!" Pan's attitude changed and looked at her mom with a hurt look.
"But mom…Why not? I won't say anything to him…" Videl walked over to her daughter and raised her head with a hand under her chin. "Pan…He is not the same person you know in the future. He changed after the Buu incident. I don't want him to ruin your image of him. I know you love your grandfather. I just don't want you to get hurt."
Pan sighed and walked towards the door. "I'm off to school. Love you mom."
School:
I have to hurry to the roof so that I can catch dad as he lands. Pan ran into the school building and ran up the stairs and onto the roof just in time to catch Gohan touching down.
Teehee! He doesn't know I am here! Pan slowly crept over to Gohan, "GOHAN!"
Gohan jumped up into the air and promptly landed on his butt. After a brief moment of confusion and fear it was replaced with a scowl, "Pan! Don't do that!" He breathed deeply and stood up using Pans outstretched arm for support.
"How do you do that anyway?" Pan looked at Gohan with an eyebrow raised.
"Do what?" Gohan scoffed and then glared.
"What do you mean 'do what?' How do you manage to sneak up on me? Goten can't even manage that." Pan shrugged and walked towards the door opening it up waiting for Gohan to walk through, "I'm just that good."
Gohan looked hard and Pan and started to walk through the open door, "Either that or you just suck Gohan." This remarked earned her a quick grab of the wrist and a push towards the stairs.
"Hey! No pushing! Admit it your getting soft in your training!" Pan started to laugh at Gohan's look. His mouth was gaping like a fish. He quickly recovered and returned to his glare. "Whatever."
"Ok I have to go get my schedule and head to class. Catch you later Gohan. Hey maybe I will see Videl today. That way you can go to that movie we missed with her!" Pan started to laugh as she watched the glare on Gohan's face turned into a surprised blush.
"Bye!"
Gees that girl will be the death of me…Videl…blue eyes. Gohan took a deep breath and started to walk down the stairs. It would be nice to have some more friends. I don't think that they would except my powers as easily as Pan did though.
Flashback:
"Gohan, I need you to get Goten I don't like the idea of a 5 year old playing outside for this long." Gohan's mom walked out of the kitchen to with her head down concentrating on wiping her hands on a dish towel. "Gohan, did you hear me?"
ChiChi looked up and gasped and ran to her son. In her Gohan's arms lay a young girl in tatters. "Oh my god! Gohan what happened?! Put her on the sofa quick I will get the first aid kit!" She quickly looked into her son's eyes and noticed the tear cleaned streaks down his cheeks and the worried expression on his face.
"I don't know mom. I didn't see her there, I was training and I let go of a weak blast and I heard a scream. Before I could react she was thrown into a tree."
Gohan placed the girl on the sofa and looked at his mother. "Mom she's going to be ok right?"
ChiChi could see the pain in her son's eyes and sighed while closing her eyes for a second, "I don't know Gohan she is really hurt. There is nothing I can do but try to stop the bleeding." I don't know what to do. This girl is dying…
ChiChi spent the next hour trying to bandage her to no avail. She could not get the bleeding to stop and also noticed that the girl had several broken bones. ChiChi looked up at her pacing son. "Gohan…I don't think she is going to make it…"
Tears started to form in her eyes while looking at her sons shaking form. His eyes wide with disbelieve. "NO!"
Before his mother was able to say anything he ran toward the dying girl and picked her up and flew out the door. It's all my fault! I should have seen her I should have felt her! He looked down at the dangling girl in his arms as he flew towards a tower in the distance. "You will not die because of me!"
Once reaching the tower he shot upward breaking the sound barrier ten times over as he pasted the top of Korin's tower. He landed on the lookout, "Dende!" He ran towards the young green man and placed the girl on the ground. "Please heal her…Don't let another die because of me…"
Dende nodded and walk over towards the young girl and placed his hands over her body. The healing process continued and Gohan watched as her wounds closed up and she was healed completely. Thank god…
"You're welcome." Gohan looked up in shock then grinned sheepishly, "oh right…"
Gohan picked the girl back up and quickly flew off the tower. "Gees that was fast…I hope he comes back to visit soon."
I really hope she doesn't wake up before I reach my house I don't want to have to explain how I can fly or how she is healed so fast. Before he could finish his thoughts the young girl stirred in his arms and placed her head on his shoulders snuggling into his grasp and looked groggily into Gohan's eyes.
"I missed you daddy…Why did you leave me?" Her eyes lids slowly closed again and she was asleep again.
Gohan blushed badly. After a few minutes he reached his home and entered the front door. Sitting on the sofa Gohan's mother sat waiting for her son to return. After hearing the door opened she looked toward the entrance to see Gohan and the same girl as before in his arms. After looking at the relieved look on his face ChiChi relaxed and slid comfortably onto the couch letting out a huge sigh of relief.
Gohan smile at his mother then down at the girl in his arms, "Mom I am going to place her in my room to sleep I am going to sleep on the couch."
His mother didn't bother to look up, "Sure honey. Whatever you think is best." Gohan shook his head and walked towards his room at the end of the hall. He entered his room and placed the small girl on his bed. Now that I get a good look at her she's kinda cute…
End Flashback:
Gohan continued his way to his first class of the day. To think that was 2 years ago. I wonder what would have happened if she felt the same way…Naw…It is better this way. She's a great friend. Great fighter too…Too bad she can't use ki…
Satan Residence:
Arrrg! I'm going to be late again! I can't stand it when I lose my gloves! "Sophie! Have you seen my fingerless gloves?!" Sophie her elderly maid looked into the room and smiled to the frantic girl tossing her clothes across the room in her attempt to find her missing articles.
"You mean the ones that you asked me to wash yesterday because you said they stunk?" Videl looked back at Sophie with wide eyes and let out a huge aggravated sigh.
"Great now I have to go to school without my fighting gloves."
Sophie smirked, "Oh what will Videl do without her fighting gloves. The students will have a riot when they see you without them…" Videl mock glared at Sophie.
"Don't start, you know I never go without my fighting gloves. I guess I will stay home today from school" Videl sat cross legged on the floor and crossed her arms in full pout mode.
"Not today Videl you know that your father would get upset at me if you don't go to school." Videl eased up and looked at Sophie with sympathy.
"I'm sorry I don't want you to get in trouble I just really want my gloves." Sophie smiled and walked over to Videl and handed the girl her gloves.
Videl immediately beamed at her once nanny turned maid. "I love you! I love you! I love you!" She gave Sophie a big hug and ran out of the house headed to school.
Sophie smirked evilly at the retreating figure of Videl, "that is until you smell the gloves honey." Girl never wears perfume. Maybe now guys will notice her as a woman and not just a fighter.
Orange High:
Videl entered the school just in time to hear the bell ring, "Shit late again…" Man I can't get a break…
She walked to her class noticing a petite girl with raven hair and blue eyes staring at the door and then back to a sheet of paper in her hand. She looks so familiar…Where have I seen her before.
Videl walked up closer to the familiar girl. The girl waiting to enter the classroom noticed someone walking up to her and turned around to face her and smiled. "Hi Videl fancy meeting you here." Videl didn't seem to surprised that this girl knew who she was, she was Mr. Satan's daughter after all.
"Do I know you?" The moment that Videl spoke these words the girl's expression suddenly changed to hurt.
"We met 2 days ago after the bank robbery…" I guess I wasn't that important, my teenage mom doesn't remember me. Videl looked confused for a moment before she realized who it was. Before she had a chance to speak her teacher was heard calling for the new girl. The new girl walked in the class room followed by Videl.
"Videl, please take a seat. I understand you have community service duties but you should at least come on time to first period." Videl rolled her eyes and walked toward her seat.
"Today class we have a new student. Pan Mai welcome to Orange High. Please take your seat next to Erasa. Erasa please raise your hand." Pan walked towards her seat and sat down.
"Hi Pan! My name is Erasa! This is Sharpner and this here behind me is Videl!" Pan looked uninterested and casually said hello before grabbing her bags and placing them on the desk. Erasa is worse than me…This is going to be really hard to act like her when she already annoys the hell out of me.
"Guess who's Videl's father is!" Before Videl or Pan was able to respond, "It's Mr. Satan! Can you believe it?!" Pan looked at Erasa and was about to say something but thought against it and only shrugged her shoulders and looked towards the front of the class where the teacher was discussing something or another.
Videl looked on in amazement at Pan's lack of interest in the matter. Just as I thought she already knew who my father was. I guess that is why she was upset that I didn't remember her. Just another leecher…
Pan waited for the end of class with anticipation of going to gym class. I may have to wear this stupid bracelet but at least I can increase the output a little now. I need my mom to notice me...I shouldn't have smiled at her like that I must have looked like one of her stupid groupies…
The bell rang and she quickly ran down the steps and out the door making sure she was the first to leave the room. I hope this works…
Pan entered the gym wearing the standard gym clothes. She sat in the corner and waited for other students to arrive. The door opened and Videl and Sharpener walked in and sat on the bleachers on the front row. Pan closed her eyes and walked up to the pair.
"Videl can I talk to you in private?" Videl looked at the new girl and rolled her eyes as she nodded her head. Videl looked at Sharpner who sighed got up and walked away.
"What is it?" I can't believe that I am doing this…
"I know what it looks like. I just wanted to say that I wasn't trying to become one of your groupies. If you don't believe me I understand. When I saw you this morning I felt like I wasn't alone because I knew someone at this school." Pan waited for a response from Videl for a minute. When she didn't receive one she walked away back to the corner waiting for class to begin.
Videl walked back to the front row and sat down. Sharpner quickly sat down next to her, "So what was that about? Did she ask you for her autograph or something?"
"No she didn't, I really thought she would too."
"What did she want then?" Videl looked back at Pan who was in the corner against the wall holding her knees with her chin in between her legs.
"I think she wanted a friend…"
"Alright class! Get in formation!" Pan raised her head and walked to the back of one of the lines making all of them as even as possible. "Alright everyone before we start there will be try outs for the new Martial Arts Club introduced last week. If you are interested then step out of formation and stand in a line to my left."
Pan looked around and then smiled slightly before standing and walking to the left of the gym teacher. She noticed that no one else got up to try out and she looked a little confused. No one wants to try-out for Martial Arts Club? Well I guess my plan won't work after all. I could have sworn that my mom said she was in the club. Or maybe she said she wasn't in the club.
"That's it? No one else is brave enough to try-out for the team? The only one willing to join is a small petite girl?" Pan looked around to see if anyone would join her after the teacher spoke. No one seemed to get up. She then heard a loud sigh and noticed someone stand up and start walking over to her. Pan showed a small smile as she watched Videl walk towards her.
After Videl stood behind me practically half the class suddenly stood up and joined the line. I guess my mom really was idolized in high school.
"Alright the rest of you will run one lap around the track and then you can play baseball." The rest of the class walked out of the gym into the field. Pan noticed a small man walk up to the group and stop in front of the potential Martial Artists.
"From now on you will call me Sensei. If you don't I will kill you." He turned and looked into everyone's eyes for a minute before continuing. "Your first test is to kick me. Now first in line come forward." At the same moment four students walked out in Gis dragging foam mats behind the Sensei. Once put into place the master walked towards the mat and stood in the middle. "What are you waiting for!? Come forward!?"
Pan started to move forward but was pushed aside by a huge muscular boy who walked up to the old man and stopped in front of the man. "Your funeral old man." The boy thrust his foot forward with all his strength and hit only air as the master leaned slightly backwards then quickly forward with his arm outstretched slamming his palm into the students chest. The student flew off his feet landing on his butt a few feet back.
"You lose! Get out!" The teacher glared at the student and the boy stood up shakily and stumbled outside while mumbling under his breath. "If you fail to hit me or avoid my attack, you will be dismissed."
The tryouts lasted for about 20 more minutes before it was Videl's turn to approach the Sensei. Videl Bowed to the master and the master lightly bow back. Videl entered into a traditional offensive stance. Without warning the Sensei thrust his palm forward in an attempt to catch Videl off guard. She quickly back flipped to avoid the blow to her chest while extending her feet forward forcing the Sensei to raise his arms in defense. The blow to the master's arms pushed him a few feet back before friction brought him to a stop. He then regained his composure and bowed slightly to Videl earning a bow back. Videl smiled lightly and return to the diminished line.
The tryouts were coming to an end with only 7 participants passing the tryouts. It was Pan's turn to approach the Sensei. Pan didn't bow to the master only dropped into a defensive stance leaving her right leg vulnerable to attack. The master seeing the opening quickly took advantage with a quick kick to Pan's shins. Pan expected an attack to this area and quickly jabbed her fist forward faster than anyone could see and struck the master in the throat before the kick was close to making contact with its target. The Sensei dropped to one knee out of breath with eyes wide. After recovering he composed himself and smirked at Pan. Not waiting for the master to bow, Pan walked back toward the remaining students.
Pan looked at Videl and was please by what she saw. Videl had her mouth open in silent awe of what she had just seen. Out of the more than 20 students that tried out for the team only 8 made the cut. Only Pan was able to successfully attack the master.
"Those of you remaining will be required to show up for practice every day! If you don't then you are out no questions asked! First practice tomorrow at 3pm. If you are late then you will receive a kick to the stomach from everyone on the team for disrespect! Dismissed!"
Pan smiled lightly at the strict teacher but was hoping for nothing less. The teachings she received from her father's former teacher were worse than anything this man could do. Pan walked towards the changing rooms but was interrupted by Videl.
"Hey! Pan!" She quickly caught up to Pan, "hey I was wondering if you wanted to spar later I would love to see what fighting skills you have."
Pan mentally smirked, I knew it was going to work. Now I just have to impress her further then she might trust me. "Ok but on one condition."
Videl looked at Pan a little confused, a condition for her sparing with me? "Sure what do you have in mind?"
Pan finally turned around to face Videl. "I was going to hang out with a friend of mine for a while after school. If you come along then I will spar with you later. I am sure that he would want to watch as well."
Videl seemed to consider this for a second, "Sure I don't see why not. I'll see you after school."
After School:
Man, how long am I going to have to wait here for Videl? She said that she would be here after school. Pan looked out into the distance and then was tapped on the shoulder. Pan turned around and looked at a grinning Gohan. "Thought you said that you would meet me on the roof so that I could fly you home?"
"Yeah I know but I was supposed to meet Videl here after school so that we could hang out and then spar after school."
"Videl? The girl with blue eyes?" Pan smirked at Gohan.
"Blue eyes huh? She must have really made an impression." Gohan looked away trying to hide a blush unsuccessfully.
"No need to be so shy. Maybe she will end up liking you too."
"Enough of that. Are you going to wait for Videl some more or do you want me to take you home?"
Pan looked thoughtful for a moment before shaking her head no. "Naw, I will wait longer and then if she still doesn't show then I will walk home. I need to work on my endurance anyways."
Gohan shrugged his shoulder then walked back towards the school to head to the roof. "Suit yourself. I will see you tomorrow."
Another hour gone…Oh well I guess she didn't really want to get together…Pan sighed to herself then got up and started to walk towards home. Now what do I do? I was sure this was how to befriend my teenage mom…
"Our beloved Videl has been hospitalized after trying to rescue people from a burning building…" Pan stopped when she heard the radio news report. She became pale and quickly ran home in a hurry.
Pan and Videl's home:
"Mom! I forgot! I am so sorry! I forgot it was today…I forgot it today…It's too late…" Videl walked out of the kitchen and approached her frantic daughter. Seeing the sobs racking her daughter's body forced her motherly instincts to kick in and ran to embrace her.
"Shh…It's ok tell me what happened…Tell me what you forgot."
Pan's tears soaked face looked up into her mother's eyes, "You're in the hospital…I forgot about the fire in the building." When Pan's mother heard this she looked up quickly with fear in her eyes and ran towards the TV with a panicked look. She quickly turned it on and switched through the channels. "…here at the hospital we have received word that Videl will recover from smoke inhalation and is expected to be released from the hospital later tonight…"
Videl let out a sigh of relief and walked over to Pan and held her tight. "Pan…I love you…"
"Mom I still have not had any luck becoming your friend or getting you two together." Videl looked thoughtful for a second before it looked like a light bulb went off in her head.
"Expose Gohan's abilities to Videl! If she sees him fly she will do anything to get him to teach her! That is what I did. I just know that will work. But it may still be a good idea to become her friend.I think that it is about time that we enlist more help. I believe that we should put this timelines Bulma into the loop."
