*Chapter 28*
"Pan I'm so sorry!" Pan saw Trunks struggling and someone in the shadows laughing at him.
"Trunks in danger! Giru save Trunks!" Giru yelled and flew at who Pan still couldn't see.
"No! Giru don't!" Trunks gasped out and Giru stopped, "Find Pan Giru! Do you hear me? Find Pan and make sure she's safe, and warn her! Forget about me, GO NOW!" Trunks yelled.
Giru said he was going warn Pan and she tried to grab him but he went right through her and blast sounded out and Giru got blasted and the little bot fell to the ground.
"GIRU!" Pan screamed.
"Pan don't let him get you!" Trunks yelled out before he faded away.
"TRUNK!" Pan shouted.
She gasped and with bolt, she woke up. She sat up, "I-it was just a nightmare," she looked round and noticed she was somewhere unfamiliar.
"Pan you're alive!" she turned to see her brothers and they flew at her. as soon as they came in for a landing, they blew the couch over that Pan was on.
She laughed for joy, she was so happy to see her brother and they were okay, "Gokin! Goshen! I'm so happy to see you!" Pan said embracing them in a tight hug.
"Panny! You're okay!" Hercule shouted happily.
"Gramps!" Pan ran to him and hugged him happy to see her maternal grandfather again, "Gramps what's happened? Why was everyone acting so strange? What's going on?"
Hercule had a sad look in his eyes but spoke, "It's Baby Pan… he's taken over everyone."
"What?! No! Where's grandpa? I have to talk to him! I have to warn Trunks!" Pan said running back to the couch and found her backpack, she put it on and headed for the door.
Hercule stopped her before she got to the door, "Baby killed Goku Pan," Hercule said sadly.
"No, no, no, no, NO!" Pan said shaking her head not wanting to believe it.
"I'm so sorry sweetheart," Hercule said giving her a hug for comfort.
"He'll be back," Pan said wiping away her tears. "He won't leave me and Trunks to fight Baby alone, he'll be back, I just know he will. I'm going to find Trunks," Pan said running out the door.
"Pan wait were coming with you!" Gokin called out and he and his twin ran out the door after her.
"You three get back here!" Hercule shouted in a loud whisper but his grandchildren weren't listening so he and Buu ran after them.
The five made it to Capsule Corp but before Pan could go any further Hercule grabbed her pulled her into the shadows, "Gramps what the deal!" Pan said in a whisper.
"Sorry Pan but Baby would have saw you for sure if I didn't pull you back," Hercule explained.
"Baby?" Pan asked peeking out. sure enough there was man that looked like Vegeta only with white hair and red linings on his face.
"You mean Baby's taken Vegeta's body?!"
Hercule nodded, "I'm afraid so Pan, everyone but myself, Buu and the boys."
"But what about Trunks? He was on the Tour with me and grandpa, he didn't know Baby's was back either, I have to find him, I have to warn him," Pan said trying to break free from Hercule's grip.
"No Pan stop! He's…"
Hercule cut himself off when he heard Pan gasp, she saw Trunks and he was taking to Baby.
"Trun..!" Pan shouted a little too loudly and Hercule covered her mouth and dragged her back.
Trunks heard it and looked around a bit before he went back to talking to Baby.
"Let me go! Let me go!" Pan said trying struggle free but Buu and the boys gabbed her as well to keep her from flying away.
"I'm so sorry Pan, but Baby got Trunks too."
"No, he promised he wouldn't let Baby get him! Let me go! He needs me! he promised!" Pan yelled the tears flowing down.
"I'm sorry sweetheart, but you have to let him go," Hercule said holding her.
"I can't, he's my best friend, I can't give up on him, I can't… I need him," Pan sobbed.
"I know sweet pea, shh… I know," Hercule said comforting her and patting the back of her head.
Pan was pissed how dare Baby take the ones she cared for, all she had left were her grandfather Hercule and her twin brothers. She promised herself that she was going to protect the rest of the family she had left and that Baby was going to pay for what he did.
A couple of months had passed, and Pan, Hercule, the twins and Buu were still in hiding, there were posters of their faces all over, a reward was out for them dead or alive.
Baby had made a wish on the black star dragonballs to wish for Tuffle/Saiyan planet back.
Pan snuck off one time to the abandon Capsule Corp home and found Giru's body and her bandana lying a few feet away.
"Oh Giru," Pan said cradling his little body, "You were a brave little bot." Pan gently placed him in her backpack and put her bandana on. She thought as soon as things would get back to normal Bulma could fix him.
Food was a hard thing for them to get being wanted and all but they managed to get a little here and there every day. There were a few close calls but Buu would turn them into candy and they would be safe.
Pan started training again, suppressing her energy as much as possible to appear like any normal person to anyone who could sense ki. She hadn't gone super saiyan since the metal planet, but turning super saiyan for her training would put her family and herself in danger, anyone who could sense ki would sense it miles away.
"I miss mom and dad," Gokin said one day when he and Goshen were training with Pan.
"I know Gokin I do too, but that's why we need to train so we can beat Baby and get everybody back to normal," Pan told her brother.
"Do you think Grandpa is training too?" Goshen asked.
Pan smiled she was glad that her brothers believed that Goku was still alive, "Yes I know he is and when the time comes he'll come back to help us beat Baby."
"Hey Pan do you think we've been on TV as the worlds most wanted?" Gokin asked jokingly.
Pan rolled her eyes, "I don't know but I wouldn't put it passed Baby, now common let's get back to training."
With a smirk the boys launched at her as they continued their training.
"We've been at this for a mouth now and it's still not growing," Goku said with a whimper. He was on the Kai planet with Kibito Kai and Elder Kai, they were trying to regrow Goku's tail back but the task was harder than they thought.
"Goku quit your whining and hold still!" Elder Kai demanded.
"BUT IT HURTS SO MUCH!" Goku screamed tear in his eyes from the pain.
"Goku you have fought numerous foes, have taken painful punches after another, but you're saying you can't take this?" Kibito Kai asked him laughing a bit.
"But a saiyan's tail is the most sanative part on a saiyan's body and pulling it is a worse pain then all those beatings combined!"
"What a baby," Elder Kai muttered.
(Back on earth)
"Will you two be quiet!" Pan shouted at her brothers, they were all supposed to be training mentally but the twins were a bit on the loud side. Sitting round and mediating was boring them out of their minds.
"But Pan we're bored, we want to do some real training!" the boys complained.
Pan sighed and looked at them, "There's more to training then just training your body, you also need to train you mind, it's the only way to stay sharp when out there on the battlefield. There's more to fighting then just brawns." Pan told them before going back to mediating.
The boys sighed but sat still and imitated their sister's body position and cleared their minds.
*A few months later*
"You three train way too hard," Hercule told his grandchildren one day after they came back from the outskirts with their clothes tattered and sporting a few cuts and bruises.
Pan just shrugged, it's in our blood and we need to train hard so we can help grandpa when he gets back.
Hercule looked at looked at his grandchildren a bit sadly then at the floor. He didn't believe Goku would be coming back, but Pan and her brothers did.
"Gramps, I'm heading back for home to get some things I'll be back in a while," Pan told him.
"But your home is such a long ways away," Hercule said worriedly.
"I know but I'll be okay," Pan said flashing him her Son grin.
"Can we come too Pan, pleassssssse," the twins begged, "We wanna get a few things too."
Pan sighed, "Okay but only get what you need like clothing and stuff like that," Pan told them.
"You three come back to me safe you hear," Hercule told them. They nodded and headed out the door.
As soon as they were out of the city, they took to the sky and headed for Mt. Paozu's to their home. As soon as they landed Pan searched for any energy levels but didn't find any.
"Okay let's just get what we need and get out," Pan told her brothers.
Pan opened the front door and they all stepped in, "Let's go see if there's any food!" Goshen said running for the kitchen with Gokin right behind him.
Pan rolled her eyes, her brothers took after Goku when it came to their stomachs, "Eww! The milk is all chunky!" Pan heard Gokin say.
"Well from the look of all the dust, it looks like nobody's been here for a while," Goshen said.
Pan headed upstairs and was about to head to her room when she saw a door opened slightly, it was the door to her father's office. She opened the door and looked in, it was as she remembered, the desk in front of the big window, the piles upon piles of papers and books on one side of the desk and the computer on the other side. The shelves full of books and the couch on the other side of the room.
Pan had tears in her eyes as a memory came back to her.
*Flashback*
*Eight years ago, Pan 6, Gokin and Goshen 11 months old*
While Videl was out shopping with Bulma and Chichi, Gohan was in his office grading papers, the twins were down for their afternoon nap, and Pan was sitting on the couch in her father's office bored out of her mind.
"Daddy," Pan said halfway hanging off the couch, "I'm boooooooored! Let's do something," Pan said.
Gohan didn't even look up from his papers, "Sorry sweetheart but I have to grade these papers."
Pan sighed and slowly slid all the way off the couch, she sighed but louder to where Gohan even sighed.
"Panda if you're so bored, why didn't you go shopping with your mom, grandma and Bulma?" Gohan asked.
Pan cringed, "No that would be torcher! I hate shopping!"
Gohan chuckled, his daughter wasn't much of a girly girl, she never like wearing dresses that much and she liked to blast her Barbie dolls and shopping was a big no. she loved sparing and running around like a tomboy, it made him laugh and wonder how she and Bra were best friends, being total opponents.
Pan walked over to her father's desk and flew up beside him, "I think I'd like to do homework like this," Pan said smiling, "The schoolwork that Miss Prissy gives me is too easy. This looks like more fun," Pan said pointing at the paper Gohan was grading.
Gohan shook his head smiling, Pan wanted to do college homework while she's in the second grade.
"Panny you know what mama and I told you, we want you to enjoy your childhood. That means you have to go to school with kids your own age," Gohan told her.
Pan sighed, "But why can't I enjoy my childhood and do harder homework too?" Pan asked.
"Okay since you're such a smart girl, how about you help me grade the papers and then we'll go do something fun, how does that sound?" Gohan asked setting her on his lap.
Pan giggled, "We'll get this done in no time with the both of us grading," Pan said giving him the Son grin.
Thirty minutes later all the papers were graded, Gohan checked Pan's work and found it all graded fairly. He even found that she put the correct answers to the test that some of his students missed on a separate sheet of paper.
"Great job Panny! If you were old enough I would hire you as my teacher's assistant," Gohan said grinning and lightly pitching her nose.
"Thanks daddy," Pan said giggling, "Do you think we can spar now?!" Pan asked the enthusiasm clear in her voice.
Gohan smiled and nodded, "Sure Panda, let's spar!" Gohan said placing her down off his lap.
"Yay!" Pan said running upstairs to her room and quickly putting on her gi that Piccolo had given her as a birthday present.
They were both outside in their GIs, "Okay Panny whenever you're ready," Gohan told her.
They both got into a fighting stance, and Pan started to charge, until something blew her off her path.
The cries of two baby boys in the house, making both Gohan and Pan land on their faces.
"Oh well I guess we'll have to spar later sweetie," Gohan told her before going into the house.
Pan huffed and followed her father. The boys were standing up in their crib fully awake and wanting out.
"You two are naughty for waking up and interrupting mind and daddy's spar," Pan said crossing her arms and looking at her brothers with a scolding face.
The boys giggled at her thinking her face was funny, "Didter, didter, didter!" the twins said happily calling Pan sister in baby language. The boys were almost a year old and their vocabulary consisted of, didter, dada, mama, no, and food.
Pan smiled she could never stay mad at them. Gohan picked the boys up and headed downstairs to the kitchen and placed the boys in their highchairs.
"Let's see, what on the menu today," Gohan said looking in the fridge that was over flowing with Gerber baby food.
"Food! Food!" Gokin said playing with his empty bowl.
Gohan brought out thirty things of baby food, fifteen for each child. Even as babies, saiyans still have a big appetites.
Gohan fed Goshen while Pan fed Gokin, "Why do babies eat such mushy food, daddy?" Pan asked giving Gokin a mouthful of mashed peas and green beans.
"Because babies can't eat solid foods like grown-ups and big kids can," Gohan explained.
"EWW! Gokin, that's gross!" Pan told him after he spat up his food. Peas and green beans coming out of his mouth and running down to his shirt.
Gohan chuckled and handed Pan a wash cloth, "That just what babies do sometimes; you did that when you were Gokin's age."
Pan wiped his mouth and cleaned his shirt, "You're lucky you're cute or I'd find you gross all the time," Pan said smirking.
After feeding the boys, Gohan and Pan with the boys went back outside to spar. Gohan place the twins in their baby swings where they could watch the spar at a safe distance.
"Alright Panda, whenever you're ready," Gohan said getting into a stance.
Pan smiled and launched at her father, and they both started throwing their fists at each other taking to the air.
Pan was kicked in the side. She recovered quickly though and got in a few good blows of her own. Pan sent Gohan flying with a punch to the stomach. Gohan got up with a grunt, he had to admit Pan was getting stronger, all that training she was doing with his father, Vegeta and himself was paying off.
After thirty minute of sparring they decided to head back in to the house.
Gohan put the boys down and let them craw to living room where they went to play with their blocks.
"Did you have fun Panda?" Gohan asked ruffling her hair.
Pan looked up at her father with a huge grin, "Yep! It was a blast!"
*End flashback*
Pan wiped the tears from her eyes and closed the office door, she missed all her family and friends so much. She slowly made it to her room and opened the door.
She was happy it was still the same, the framed pictures of her family and friends hanging above her bed, her dresser top full of Bra's and Marron's makeup that they left with her when they were over a sleep over one time, and all her stuffed animals at the corner of her bed.
She went to her dresser and grabbed a few of her clothes and capsulized them and put them in her pocket.
She then went to her closet and found what she was looking for, a box with her grandfather's old gi that he wore when he was a kid. she held it tight to her chest, "I miss you grandpa, please come back soon, we need you grandpa."
She put the gi in her backpack with Giru and headed out the door, she heard her brothers rummaging around in their room and walked down the hall to their room.
"You guys got what you needed?" Pan asked from the door.
"Yeah, and we found some food," Goshen said smiling.
Pan did a face, "It's…not expired is it?" she asked.
"Nope we found some that wasn't," Gokin said capsulizing his and his brother's stuff.
Pan nodded, "Good now let's get out of here, we're not coming back till everyone's back," they headed down the stairs and out the door back to their grandfather Hercule was.
(On the Kai planet)
The Kai's were still trying to regrow Goku's tail, "Okay I got an idea that might work this time," Elder Kai said and out of nowhere brought out a giant pair of pliers.
Goku got a scared look on his face, "B-but that'll hurt!"
Kibito Kai sighed and shook his head, "Goku please just cooperate."
Old Kai and Kibito Kai grabbed Goku and tied him to boulder, they grabbed his tail bulge and started pulling.
"OWE! IT HURTS!" Goku screamed.
"Stop your whining and take it like a man," Elder Kai told him.
After about thirty minutes of trying to pull Goku's tail Old Kai fell with exhaustion, "Okay I give up I don't think this gonna work, that tail is just too stubborn."
"I-I-I t-think I have a-a b-better idea," Goku said still whimpering from the pain.
Old Kai looked at him curiously, "Okay what do you have in mind?"
"Well you got to untie me first," Goku told him.
Kibito Shin untied him and Goku quickly tied up Elder Kai, "NOW THIS IS RIDICULOUS! UNTIE ME THIS INSTANTS!"
Kibito Kai sighed deeply, "Goku this is no time for getting even."
"UNTIE ME! UNTIE ME NOW!" Elder Kai screamed flaring his arms around.
"But this is part of my idea," Goku said handing Old Kai the pliers and turned around, "You hold onto the pliers as tight as you can while I fly away as fast as possible."
"Of course! Goku is much stronger!" Kibito Shin said.
"Okay Goku but be careful you might just hurt yourself," Elder Kai told him.
Goku grinned, "Don't worry about me, I know what I'm doing, just hold onto those pliers," Goku said powering up and flying off.
Goku's tail started coming out till it was fully grown, Old Kai let go of the pliers and Goku went crashing to a cliff. Goku got up and started swinging his tail happily.
"You did it ancestor! His tail is fully grown!" Kibito Kai shouted happily.
"Good, now that he's gotten his power bust, it's time to start his training, AND UNTIE ME NOW!" Old Kai yelled.
(Back on earth)
Pan and the twins were training hard every day, they were in the outskirts again doing some physical training.
"You boys are improving so much!" Pan told them smiling, "I'm proud of you two."
Gokin and Goshen grinned widely at their sister's praise, "Thanks Pan!"
Pan smirked at them, "Now let's finish up the rest of our training then we'll head home," Pan said getting into a fighting stance.
The twins got into their stances, and stared at their sister with confidence. They both ran at top speed and were getting ready to attack. Pan closed her eyes and used her senses, she caught Gokin's hand to her face and turned and blocked Goshen's kick to her back.
"How come you always know where we're going to attack?" complained Gokin.
Pan shook her head, "It's because you two rely too much on your eyes then you do your senses," Pan then gave them a smirk as something came to her mind.
"I'm going teach you two a lesson that Trunks, uncle Goten, Bra and me had to learn when we were sparring with the Mirai time travelers."
Gokin lit up, "Oh I remember this story! Mom and dad told us, this was when we were babies and you and Bra and Trunks and uncle Goten fused as Gotenks and Bran and fought with the Mirai's in a spar. But Mirai won the spar," Gokin finished.
Pan nodded, "Yes he did, but he taught us a very valuable lesson, now I'm going to disappear and you two need to clear your mind and sense for me," with that Pan was gone, "Try to catch me boys, use your senses!"
The boys did as they were told and closed their eyes and cleared their mind and soon enough, Pan movements sounded like she was in front and at the same time they attacked hitting her and sending her flying.
Pan got up from where she landed and smiled, "Very good boys, that's the way to do it!" Pan launched at them and started rapidly throwing punches at them.
The boys blocked most of her punches and threw some of their own that Pan blocked as well.
Pan rapidly disappeared and reappearing right behind the boys and punched the both of them to the ground.
They got up and got into their own stances. Then, Gokin launched forward with Goshen behind him.
They quickly flew at Pan and attacked her. She simply held up her arms in defense and blocked every single attack.
They attacked with a fury of punches and kicks in hopes that they could weaken her. But Pan wasn't even breaking a sweat blocking.
Pan then grabbed Goshen in a lock and kicked Gokin out of the way.
Gokin got back up and without thinking he threw a ki blast, Pan let go of Goshen and dodged the blast and looked at her brother in shock. Whoever could sense ki would know where they were now.
"Gokin what were you thinking?!" Pan asked flying down to him.
"I'm sorry Pan I-I wasn't thinking," Gokin said a bit guilt stricken.
Pan just nodded, "It's fine, the two of you gather up your stuff fast and let's get out here before…"
"Well, well, well, look who I've found," said a voice.
Pan turned to face the person and she paled, "Shit!"
Oh boy this doesn't look good. Well guess you're gonna have to wait and found out till next chapter, so R&R and tell me what you think. I'm glad I finally got a chapter in with the twins in it. I liked developing their characters and Pan was such a wise big sister Hehehe!
