Dragon Ball-GT - Pan's Innocence

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Chapter Twenty One – Traitor in the Ranks

Soon, after Pan had made the bloodthirsty dragon into a playful lizard, she was pitted against yet another opponent, but this time she was ready for it.

Her next adversary was sent up through an underground chamber and appeared in the arena about 20 feet away. He looked human at first but that was just his figure, Pan noticed. He was in fact an alien with very dark, scale like skin and his hands were bound by cuffs that continually sparked, until now.

With an outcry he snapped them off and launched himself forward, his intentions were obviously hostile and Pan quickly found herself off guard and more importantly, not powered up.

She panicked and hastily jumped to dodge his assault. He had thrown a forward punch and followed her movements to the second. He thus followed up by swiftly clipped her with a kick.

Pan was flung only meters away and she pushed off from the ground with her hands as she then landed neatly on her feet and primed in her fighting stance.

The alien fighter watched her carefully and paced to and fro as he steadily approached.

Pan watched him as well, studying his movements until he was far too close for comfort, then she dropped and spun, cleverly sweep kicking him. And it worked! The alien hit the ground and Pan made a mad dash to get as far away as possible.

When he finally regained his footing, Pan was already halfway across the arena, and powering up. The next thing he knew he was charging at her, and then he felt a dull pain in his stomach, where Pan had decided to land her first and last punch.

The alien fighter fell, unconscious, to a blond haired Pan, who simply stood there, listening to the cheers of the crowd.

Pan had to wait only seconds before her next opponent was placed before her. This time it was a feral one. It was a white tiger but it had metal plated forepaws including the claws themselves which looked more like literal daggers.

He didn't see her at first. When he was brought up into the arena, he just seemed disoriented by the bright light, then he started attacking invisible targets, but eventually he seen Pan and growled, then began hissing in a rather monotonous way.

Pan just stood there with her arms folded arrogantly in her Super Saiyan state. Unless this cat could magically grow wings, like a previous monster, then she had nothing to fear, or so she thought.

The huge feline continued to hiss as his tail switched rapidly, then he rushed at her, and Pan thought she saw that he was about to tackle her, but she blinked and now he still had some distance to cover before he was on her.

She blinked again and she thought he was in her face and she took a fade to the side as an impulsive reaction, when in reality the tiger was only just now about to pounce on her. Now she was on the ground, defenseless pray, or at least, that's what the tiger had in mind until Pan shouted and sent a ki blast which sizzled one side of his whiskers clean off his face.

The tiger snarled and stamped around in a circle as Pan regrouped herself, and her thoughts.

When it seemed that the big cat had no more interest in Pan, he was seized and removed by way of a shield and now there could only be heard booing from the crowd as they shouted something over and over again; a name, Pan assumed.

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"Your theory is very possible, but I won't know for sure unless I test it out, it would be a real inconvenience if you were right though," Trunks said to Kezz.

"Indeed," replied Kezz. "Let's hope I am wrong."

The prison doors burst open to reveal a team of guards as they quickly congregated at Kezz's cell and proceeded to extract him, but not without getting a big fuss out of him first. One guard's foot got smashed and another guard was shoved into the first, causing a fist fight to break out between the two guards.

Trunks watched with a bit of amusement but also a bit of bewildered. "That's supposed to be easier than putting him to sleep?" he questioned.

Ledgic shrugged among his, continuously interrupted, meditation. "Apparently."

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Pan stood, arms crossed and waiting for her next opponent, this time however, she didn't let her guard down; her gold aura proved that.

She must have waited ten minutes already, along with the crowd, which continued to chant a name that sounded oddly similar to Kezz, yet a little different still.

Suddenly the crowd's chanting ceased and the silence Pan heard was eerie beyond words. She watched, constantly turning so as not to get ambushed from behind.

A second later and she could hear a rough, scratchy, scraping noise; the sound of the elevators.

Pan frowned when her adversary was set before her. The announcer shouted something, the crowd erupted into applause and cheers, and Kezz roared in severe aggravation; but not because Pan was his target, rather he was fighting with the demands of his control collar at his neck.

The crowd only fed off of his barks and snarls while Pan drew closer, only this time, she had a plan.

Kezz paced nervously, and randomly glanced at her as she approached with a steady pace.

When Pan was within ten feet of the huge scaled wolf, Kezz snarled and slammed his forepaws on the ground in Pan's direction as a warning. "Stay back!"

Pan, halting her movements, examined his sparking collar with much interest. When Kezz looked at her again Pan took a step and he barked once more. "No! I don't want to hurt you again!" he exclaimed.

Pan smiled softly at him, but soon betrayed his wishes and phased into super speed, thereafter appearing on his back.

Kezz blinked and reared with a start; having something on his back was something he had never experienced, and he wasn't sure he liked it.

Pan gripped his collar as he thrashed madly; normally Kezz wouldn't have minded Pan riding him like a horse too much, but with the shocking of his collar along with the strange substance it injected into his bloodstream would make anyone act viciously.

Kezz had officially lost his senses and now he was nothing but pure instinct and rage. Before he had the chance to ram his back (including Pan) into the magnetic wall, Pan managed to crush his control collar and ripped the remaining pieces away.

Pan jumped off Kezz's back once he had calmed down and he looked at her, relieved, and blinking when he seen she wasn't hurt. "By the cosmos Child, you are unharmed."

Pan nodded but forbid herself to let her guard down. "And, you're… ok now?" she questioned.

Kezz also nodded. "Mostly… but would you mind also removing that painful irritation," he motioned his head to indicate a very unpleasantly placed strap, one you might see strapped to a bull at a rodeo.

Pan glared at the leather bond that was meant to enrage him even further. Kezz remained completely still as Pan approached and, with a quick ki blast, shot the strap off. "Thank you Dear, but I am afraid the situation will only get worse," he told her. "See what I mean? The crowd grows restless already, be prepared for the worst young one."

What he said was true, even as he spoke the audience made known their impatience.

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Trunks paced anxiously at the door of his cell while Ledgic stood calmly at his own, as if he was expecting something.

"I have a bad feeling, something isn't right," Trunks muttered.

Ledgic made no reply, but simply watched and waited.

Trunks growled but ignored the warrior's silence. He couldn't quite place it, but he could sense an uneasy, disdainful feeling from him; something that had been there all along but he had never really paid any attention to it until now.

Suddenly more guards flooded into the prison hold, only this time they were lead by Rawfer. He pointed first at the cell with Ledgic and then the cell with Trunks, all the while barking orders.

With a shocked expression, Trunks looked to Ledgic whom was now smirking.

Just before the guards pulled the levers Trunks jumped in Ledgic's direction. "Ledgic! Understand this, if you even touch her I'll!-" and the shield compressed in on him shocking him into a burning torture.

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Pan remained in her stance while Kezz towered beside her and facing the opposite direction; they were ready for any kind of assault.

Pan watched as one of the elevator floors blew up in smoke and flame, while Kezz witnessed a similar explosion in the other direction.

The smoke cleared and Pan beamed when she could see Trunks walking towards her, however her smile soon faded when Kezz was suddenly sent flying right passed Trunks, whom promptly stepped out of the way, and then the great beast was met by the arena's wall.

"No!" Pan cried as Ledgic landed next to her, where Kezz had just recently stood. She looked at him, confused and worried.

Ledgic glanced at her out of the corner of his eye but quickly dodged out of the way when Trunks nearly cuffed him. "Back off! You're insane!" Trunks proclaimed as he now stood between Pan and the warrior.

"Wrong," Ledgic said and unsheathed his swords. "I haven't fought in here for over a month, and you are going to fight me whether you want to or not."

Trunks growled. "What is wrong with you? We're not your enemies Ledgic!"

Pan seen Kezz struggling to stand and she quickly made her way over to help him as Trunks reached a hand to stop her, in vain. "Pan, wait-"

Ledgic attacked and Trunks had to dodge out of the way of his blades. He soon realized it was for the better that Pan left.

Kezz shook his new headache off and staggered to all fours; a sign that he didn't trust himself to stand on his hind legs right now. "That blasted rapscallion! What business does he have attacking me?" he fumed as Pan landed beside him.

"I don't know, but you're ok right?" Pan asked.

Kezz nodded and they both looked to see that Ledgic had backed Trunks up to the wall. And then, the warrior struck, his sword drove through the half-Saiyan's left arm, which he had decided to block with and avert the sword from his body, however now his arm had lost blood and gained a blade which, soon enough, Ledgic graciously removed, causing Trunks to howl and swipe out with his other arm.

Ledgic momentarily stepped back; out of range as Trunks remained standing, half bent over and panting as he let his wounded arm hang down, limp and bleeding.

"Pathetic," Ledgic said as he spun his swords and prepared them for another attack.

Trunks growled and gripped his aching shoulder and when Ledgic was about to strike, he was knocked and hurled a good ten feet away by a miffed little super Saiyan.

Ledgic sat up in his narrow groove in the sand, the one he had just created as he was being impelled. He glanced up to see Pan glaring in his direction, her hair yellow and her fists shaped like rocks. "No Pan, stay back!" Trunks pleaded as Ledgic stood and created some new swords, since his previous blades were lost in the sand somewhere.

Pan ignored Trunks' warning, she was thoroughly provoked and enraged; there was no good reason for Ledgic to be attacking her friends, especially since he was considered one until now, and now she thought of him as nothing more than a traitor.

Ledgic took one last second to look from Pan to Trunks and kept his focus on him, asking him for the last time a silent question that he already knew he was getting across.

Trunks desperately looked to Ledgic after he concluded that Pan was not listening. The look in Trunk's eyes told Ledgic that this would be the last step to pushing the half-Saiyan over the edge, and that's exactly what the alien warrior wanted.

Ledgic stepped and took off at top speed as Pan remained poised for his assault. But Trunks was not having it, within the time it took for Ledgic to reach Pan, Trunks had powered up to super Saiyan and, soon after tackling Ledgic and slamming him to the ground, reached super Saiyan two.

Pan could only watch in awe, she couldn't understand how Trunks found the strength so suddenly to do that even after being stabbed, but she was also a little dumbfounded because she had been completely prepared to take the full of Ledgic's attack.

Now Trunks' left arm, was in fact bleeding, but the second super Saiyan level made up for it, therefore he had plenty of strength to subdue Ledgic.

"So that's it then? You'll defeat me and move on to the next tournament and escape while she stays here."

"What?" Trunks blinked and Ledgic overpowered the half-Saiyan when his guard was down and laid into him, thrusting Trunks near to the wall.

"Trunks!" Pan cried and was also caught off guard and sent soaring.

"Come on Saiyan's let's see some real combat!" Ledgic called and was quickly silenced and trampled into the sand by Kezz.

The wolf regrouped and slammed a forepaw. "Ledgic! Does your lust for battle really overpower you to this depth?"

The sword fighter stood up, appearing unaffected. "I am in complete control, and I think it is you who does not see the opportunity at hand," he replied.

By now both Saiyans had recovered and met up to plan a strategy.

Ledgic gave them a moment and Kezz knew it would be unwise to attack him now; after all, he was in a completely lower level than the other three so he served as nothing more than a distraction now.

The Saiyains stood back to back in a sideways position facing Ledgic. They would let him have the opening attack this time.

Pan had only enough time to ask him how he was holding up and Trunks muttered something about being fine, then Ledgic struck and the fighting intensified.

Their strategy remained the same, one would attack while the other rested and they each had their own objective when it was their turn.

Trunks concentrated all his time on unarming him; he was considerably wary of those swords now.

Pan made it a point to blast him with as many ki blasts as possible; she found amusement in doing this for some reason.

Ledgic soon found himself being overpowered, and for good reason, it's not every day he had to go head to head with two Saiyans, regardless if they were half human and whatnot.

When, for the last time, his swords were knocked out of his grasp Ledgic had finally had his fill of the fight and retreated to a safe distance. He created two more swords and lodged them into the ground in front of him; an indication of his surrender.

Either it was because of the lost of blood or the outrages he had endured, Trunks wasn't sure, but he was having an extremely hard time swallowing this. He growled and disappeared from Pan's side and reappeared before the kneeling warrior and proceeded to grab him by the collar of what was left of his shirt. "So you're allowed to just give up? I don't think so! You'll get what you deserve!"

"I'm not a fool; I know when I am beaten," Ledgic said calmly, too calm, Trunks thought. "You can do what you will, but I'm done. We'll have to do it again someday."

Pan stepped next to Trunks and tugged on his shirt innocently. His scowl vanished when he looked at her and then he thrust Ledgic back with disgust. "Yeah, you can bet on that," he replied under clenched teeth.

The fight had been resolved and the audience seemed to be satisfied with the stand off. (Fights like that were apparently rare.) The arena was then quickly filled with sleeping gas and the four of them were returned to the respective cells, except for Trunks whom was promptly sent to a medic.
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