Wow no I'm not dead but I'm sure a lot of you want me to be. Sorry for the long wait. My computer decided to catch a virus thus I lost all my work on the next chapter plus the all the old ones. So after what seems like forever here's the next chapter!

Several hours later Burokkori was in his living room. He had called the Z fighters and shown them the note that was left for him. It was short and to the point.

I have your beloved Pan and that stupid girl as well.

If you want to see them again, then come to the old

tournament grounds. Bring you little friends if you

wish. I'll be waiting for you.

With 'love'

Shinmenmoku

Goku shook his head. He didn't know what to make of this. He passed the note around, and each of them read it in turn. It was Vegeta that spoke up first.

"Well boy, it seems to me that if you love that her, then you should do as the note says. I'll be more then happy to come along if it means some fighting, things have been to slow around here lately." He smiled. Burokori looked surprised, Vegeta seemed to have lighted up since the first time he had met him.

"We're with you Burokkori, all the way." said Goku as he smiled.

"We'll get her back!" shouted 18 raising her fist in the air. Burokkori looked from one to the other as they agreed to help him.

"Well then lets get this over with then." He said as he led the way to the door the and others followed him.

Meanwhile

Several kilometers away Pan cringed as Shinmenmoku opened the door to the tiny room where she had dumped Pan and Sora after kidnapping them.

"Well now I see you're awake. That's good because your precious Burokkori well be his way to save you." She smiled. "I'll have a nice surprise for him. You see I was out 'training'." She gave off a loud laugh.

"You'll never get away with this." cried Pan.

"Oh I already have" Shinmenmoku looked Pan right in the eyes. "If I lose I will simply kill you. Which considering your state won't be hard." Pan's face drained of colour. "That's right I will. You see I want him to suffer just as I did and he will."

"You bitch," Bara spoke suddenly, "I'll kill you my self." Shinmenmoku shook her head in mock sorrow.

"It's bad you feel that way. You see you're the main reason for my existence. So I guess I should call you Mother." Bara's face twisted into disgust. Shinmenmoku smiled in response. "That's right you know exactly what you did to hurt him so dreadfully, and so does he. That's right he knows his memories are back. Did you really think he could ever forgive you doing such a thing? Well did you Mother!" Bara began to cry.

"Shut up, I never meant for this to happen. I never meant for something like you to be born." Pan looked from one to the other in pure confusion. Bara was the reason for Shinmenmoku? This was getting stranger by the second.

There was the sudden sound of voices outside. Shinmenmoku turn to the door.

"Showtime." She said. "I'll be back for you two in a minute try not to move." She slammed the door shut behind her. Pan looked over at Bara. She was still crying. Pan was about to ask her to explain when Bara spoke.

"Pan, I never meant to hurt him. This was never supposed to happen." She said between sobs. "I'm sure in time you'll find out what I did and I won't blame you for hating me, but please remember that I want to make it up to him." Pan looked at the sobbing form then the ground. This was one hell of a morning.

So there you go a nice setup for the next couple chapters. It's not as long as I had hoped so make sure to check back maybe once a week to see if I've added to it. And once again sorry for the long delay!