I'm so sorry for making you wait for so long! My computer broke so I'm updating from a friend's PC. I can totally understand if you're mad at me, I'm sorry. I haven't ordered a new computer yet, but I've already seen some I like, so I'll probably order one in 1 or 2 days. Then I can update from my own computer again. (It was kind of embarrassing to tell her what I needed the computer for...)

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Videl was just laying the table when Pan walked in. Videl looked up from the table and smiled.

"Good morning Pan. Did you sle.." her smile disappeared when she looked into her daughter's face. Pan's face was sweaty, her cheeks flushed and her eyes were half closed.

"Pan what's wrong?" Videl asked worried.

"I.. I don't know. I feel dizzy, everything's a blur."

Videl put a hand on her daughters forehead and looked at her pitying. "You have a fever, you should stay home today." "Bu.." "No but!" Videl scotched Pan's protest. "You go to bed right now! I'll come and bring you some tea and a wet cloth in a second. And take care when you go up the stairs." she ordered and went into the bathroom to get a cloth.

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'It's been two days, I'm so borred.' Pan thought with a sigh.

Her fever had gone up a bit and had Videl told her not to leave the bed until it was gone. Pan didn't like that at all, she wanted to spar since she hadn't done that for quite some time now and she suddenly felt the urge to let all that pent up energy out.

She slowly got up, wated some seconds until the dizziness was gone and changed into some more comfortable clothes.

She then went outside and took off towards the Brief's house.

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''Oh please honey. I don't wanna go alone. What will people think if I show up alone with a coupon for two people? I don't want to look like a loser who doesn't even have someone to go on a cruise with.'' Yumi whined while packing her bags.

She had won the coupon on the radio and even though Trunks had told her they could go on a cruise at any time (money was not a problem for him after all), but she insisted to go.

''I told you I can't just leave. I have work to do! I have a business dinner with Mrs Tanemura tomorrow. She's a very important client.'' Trunks explained for the third time.

''Yeah sure 'important client''' she said derogatively, '' I bet she's just interested in the attractive head of the Capsule Corp.''

''Watch what you're saying! She's not like that!'' Trunks said angrily. 'She's not like you.' he corrected in his mind. Since the two of them moved into this apartment together Yumi annoyed him even more. He wished he could just break up with her but he couldn't. What would he tell his mother and the public? That he didn't like from the beginning? Then they would ask why he hooked up with her in the first place. And he wouldn't be able to answer that question.

''If you say so.'' Yumi said shrugging. '' But if I want to go - and I want to go - I have to go to the train station now.''

''Have fun then.'' Trunks said with a fake smile.

''So you are really serious. You're not coming with me.'' Yumi finally seemed to realize.

''I would if I could but I can't."

''Fine then! " she yelled threwing the door open, ''See you in to days!" and slamming it shut.

Trunks breathed a sigh of relieve. 'Thank god, she's gone.' he thought, 'maybe I can relax a bit now.' and he decided to go for a walk.

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Dawn was already breaking when Pan could see the Brief's house. It was still some miles away though, Pan wondered why she was so slow.

'What is this?' Pan thought when she felt herself losing height. She suddenly felt very weak and landed on a silent street.

'Now I have to walk the entire way.' She thought annoyed and started walking.

After about half an hour it was completely dark and Pan had trouble to find the way. All the energy she had earlier was gone, now she just wished she would have stayed in bed. When she turned around a corner she found herself in a blind alley. She was about to turn around and go back when she heard steps behind her.

''Hello there! What is a cute little girl doing here all alone?" a voice asked in a tone that send shivers down Pan's spine.

She turned around to see two men in their mid-thirties standing in her way. They seemed drunk or at least a bit tipsy and the way they looked at her made Pan want to run away as fast as she could.

''I...I think I lost my way.'' she said and tried to make her voice sound firm.

''Well we could show you the way.'' One of the men offered with a dirty grin.

''N-no thanks, I think I just remembered how to get there.'' Pan said and tried to pass the two men, but one of them grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

''Now, now. Why are you in such a hurry?'' he asked.

''Yeah we could have some fun here, you know?'' the other added.

Pan began to panic and tried to drag herself away, but she still felt very weak and the attempt to free herself failed.

''You know, you don't seem to enjoy our company. That's not very nice, we were just trying to help you!"

''Maybe we should make you thank us!" the one holding her arm whispered into Pans ear and started kissing her neck.

''No! Let go!" Pan screamed and tried again to get away from the men. ''LET GO!"

This really seemed to anger the men and one of them pinned Pan against the wall and hissed: ''Listen brat: You can scream as much as you want, but nobody will hear you, so just shut the fuck up!"

Then he started to unbutton Pan's shirt and even though Pan used all her strenght to defend herself it hindered him little.

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Trunks was sitting in the parc on the same bench he sat with Pan when he told her about Yumi.

'I should just have told her what I feel.' he thought even though he knew that wouldn't have been the right thing to do.

He thought about the past. Everything was easier back then, before this whole mating-thing had started. They would often sleeped in the same bed and talk all night about everything. He wished they could still talk to each other like back then but it was no use. These times wouldn't come back.

Trunks stood up and was about to go back home when he heard a voice.

''No! Let go!...LET GO!"

That was Pan's voice! It was some miles away but he could still hear it thanks to his Saiyan-hearing. Trunks took off and flew in the direction the voice was coming from as fast as he could.

He arrived just few seconds later and what he saw made his blood run cool: Two men were standing in front ofPan, one pinning her to the wall, the other... the other fiddling with the buttons of her shirt, trying to get it open.

He then looked into Pan's face which was reflecting pure horror. Tears were streaming down her face and she was whimpering quietely.

Trunks couldn't describe the anger, the fury boiling inside him. How dare these two bastards touch Pan? His Pan? Without beeing able to control it he turned Super-Saiyan and slowly walked towards the men.

The gold light which had suddenly appeared made the men pausing their action and they looked in the direction it was coming from.

''Hey man, cool special effects you have there.'' One of the men said, ''wanna join us?''

Trunks didn't answer, he just kept walking towards them.

''Dude? Whaargh...!'' was all the man could get out when Trunks punched him and the other man in the stomach. They flew about ten meters until they hit the fence at the end of the blind alley. Trunks was about to finish what he had started when he heard a sobbing on his left.

He turned around and when he saw Pan sunk to the ground and crying he turned back to normal at once and kneeled down next to her.

''Pan? Pan! Are you OK?'' he put a hand under her chin and lifted it so she looked at him.

He looked into her eyes, the empty look in them scared him. Of course he knew she wasn't OK, these assholes were about to...

''Trunks?'' Pan's voice interrupted his thougths. She blinked and looked into Trunks eyes.

''Yes Pan, it's me.'' he said and hugged her.

''Trunks I want to go home.''

''It's OK. I'll bring you home Pan, I'll bring you home." he said hugging her tighter and burying his nose in her hair.

He waited some more seconds then lifted Pan on his arms and carried her the way back to his apartment.

Trunks didn't know someone had watched what had happened and now followed them.

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So this is it for today. It's a (little) bit longer than the last parts since it took me so long to update... I hope you're still reading!