Author's Note: Here's another chapter. Hope you like it. Sorry for the long wait. I've been in a bit of a rut lately and am actuallystill in it but I managed to get myself together enough to write another chapter. This will probably be the last update for a while till I get out of this rut so I apologize in advance for the coming wait. I hope that I can pull myself out of this rut soon. Anyways it's now several months after Goku and Gohan learn to control their Golden Oozaru forms and Vegeta's ascension to Super Saiyan 4. What will happen now? Read and find out. Enjoy! REVIEW!

"talking"

thinking

dream or something happening within a dream or vision

"talking within a dream or vision"

something written/read like a sign or note

something playing out on a video or holographic display

"talking on a video or holographic display"

/Saiyan ki telepathy/

song lyrics

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ.

Chapter 35: Overwhelming Desire
9 months later

"Goten! Trunks! Are you 2 ready yet?!" Bulma called up the stairs as she walked towards the kitchen to get more food for the day.

"Almost Mom! We'll be down in a minute." Trunks' response sounded a second later.

"Alright and while you're up there go and check on Pan! See if she's ready to go yet."

"Ok."

Giving a sigh Bulma shook her head before going into the kitchen to grab the refrigerator capsule that was full of sodas and salads for their picnic. After working so hard for nearly 2 years the women decided they wanted to have a relaxing day with their mates and families all together. So they planned a full day retreat of sorts. They'd all go for an early picnic lunch by the beach and then have a day at the beach. They were all suppose to go but when Vegeta and Yamako found out they downright refused to go and miss out on a full day of training. They were willing to let Goku and Gohan go until the previous week when they decided that since they still weren't able to go Super Saiyan 4 they couldn't afford to have a day off. Both of the men and the women argued the subject with Yamako and Vegeta but neither budged on the subjects and finally the 2 Third-Class Saiyans caved to the royals demand. With a little more reasoning and persuasion the women eventually came around as well. But even though they weren't going with the others they were already up and out of the house. They were out in the forest training. Yamako and Vegeta were determined to get Goku and Gohan to Super Saiyan 4 before the fight with Rizaado and hopefully get them to the point where they could transform without moonlight. Vegeta had just recently mastered that skill 7 months ago. As much as the women wanted the 4 to join them they understood why they couldn't miss out on this training. They weren't happy about it but they accepted it and decided to deal with it and not let it ruin their day.

"Videl did you get the beach supplies and sun umbrella?" Chichi asked Videl as she packed the 2 baskets full of fresh fruit into the back of the air-ship.

"Yeah Chichi they're right here." Videl answered bringing over a beach bag full of sunscreen, suntan lotion, a frisbee, and a beach ball as well as a large blue flowered white sun umbrella in the other hand.

Chichi moved aside so Videl could pack the bag and umbrella into the back. Videl then moved aside as Bra and Marron put their beach towels and a change of clothes inside. Uub strolled over after them and pulled the duffle bag, with his beach towel and extra clothes inside, from his shoulder. He paused as he was about to put the bag in the back and looked towards Bulma as she walked over with the refrigerator capsule and a cotton bag in hand.

"Are you sure it's ok for me to come along Bulma? I mean I'm not family or anything." Uub questioned hesitantly.

"Of course it's alright Uub! You practically are family. Marron's not family either but she's more than welcome along. So are you." Bulma smiled as she gently placed her items inside.

Uub gave a small smile. "Thanks Bulma…just thought I'd make sure." Uub dropped the bag into the back and prepared to close the hood. "That it?"

"No we're still waiting for Trunks, Pan, and Goten's stuff. They're still upstairs." Bulma paused to put her hands on her hips and look towards the house. "Now what could be taking them so long?" Bulma muttered to herself as her foot began to tap impatiently.

The others weren't too thrilled about the 3 taking so long either and just when Chichi was about to scream for her son to hurry up she spotted Goten rushing out of the house with a bag slung over his shoulder. He skidded to a halt a few feet in front of everyone. He put on the classic Son grin before letting out a nervous sheepish laugh and moving to the back to put his bag inside.

"Where's Trunks and Pan?" Bra asked as she ushered Lunis into the air-ship and then climbed in after.

"They should be down any minute. Trunks went to check on Pan when I came down." Goten shrugged as waited for Marron and Uub to climb into the air-ship before following them. Videl and Chichi climbed in while Bulma walked around to the driver's side.

"TRUNKS! PAN! HURRY UP!" Bulma yelled towards the house.

SCENE CHANGE

Trunks hurriedly finished packing an extra pair of clothing and then checked on how Goten was doing. He knocked on Goten's door a few times before opening it and looking inside.

"You ready to go Goten?"

Goten turned his head away from the bag he was packing to look over his shoulder at Trunks. He grinned at his lavender haired best friend.

"Yeah give me 10 seconds." Goten answered as he grabbed his beach towel and put it into the bag before sipping it up.

Goten stood up and flung it over his shoulder as he turned around to face Trunks. He gave Trunks another big grin before moving towards the door. Trunks stepped back and to the side to make room for Goten in the doorway. Goten headed down the hall towards the stairs to go out but paused when he realized Trunks wasn't following him. He turned back towards him slightly.

"Ya coming?"

"In a minute. I'm going to check on Pan and see if she's ready." Trunks responded as he turned to head down the hall towards Pan's room. "You go ahead. We'll be down soon." Trunks tossed over his shoulder as began walking down the hall.

Goten shrugged slightly before turning forward and continuing down the stairs. Trunks reached Pan's door and reached up to knock but paused just before his fist touched the door. He took in a nervous breath. He still hadn't gotten over his infatuation with Pan and despite everything he still thought and felt that he was in love with Pan. He knew that couldn't be true because his life mate was out there somewhere and she was the only person he could truly be in love with. But he was starting to doubt that he would ever find her. He had gone out on a few dates and had made an effort to meet women that might be his life mate but he hadn't met anyone that he even remotely connected with. He was starting to think that Yamako wasn't going to be born in this time line. He knew Yamako was suppose to be born in less than a year and that meant that he had to get her mother pregnant with her within the next few months. The problem was that he didn't think he'd find her mother and get close enough to her to get her pregnant with Yamako by the time she was meant to be born. He didn't want to just find the woman he believed was his life mate and then have sex with her right away without knowing her or her knowing him. He wanted her to know about his Saiyan heritage and be completely in love with him before that happened and he knew that that would take time. Since she wouldn't be a Saiyan she wouldn't know what the connection she would feel towards him would mean. So it would take some time for her to fall in love with him and feel comfortable enough around him to not freak out when she learned about his alien half.

Trunks sighed and shook his head to clear his mind of those thoughts. Taking in a breath he proceeded to knock on the door before him. He heard the rustle of fabric and a soft clatter of something before hearing Pan faintly clear her throat.

"Come in."

Trunks opened the door and peered inside. He took a quick scan of the room, pausing for a second on the packed duffle bag on the bed, before focusing on the girl in front of her dresser mirror. Trunks felt his heart melt at the scene playing out before him. Pan was leaning over her dresser to get closer to the mirror in order to see herself better while she brushed her hair. She was wearing a pair of khaki skater shorts and a pale blue form fitting t-shirt accompanied by some navy flip-flops. He smiled. He thought it was the most alluring sight he'd ever seen.

Pan noticed Trunks leaning against the doorframe and smiled at him through the mirror. "Hey Trunks I'll be ready in a minutes. Go ahead and take a seat."

Trunks nodded with a smile as he came into the room and walked over to the bed. He took a seat next to Pan's duffle bag and set his own bag on the floor in front of her bag. He then turned towards Pan and smiled at her. They remained silent until Pan finished and completed her look with her orange bandana before turning around. Trunks and Pan grinned at each other and Trunks stood up.

"You know that bandana totally clashes with the rest of your outfit." Trunks grinned.

Pan sneered at him. "Well too bad. I always wear my bandana…you know that!"

Trunks laughed shortly. "Yeah, yeah I know." Trunks smiled at her and took a moment to look over her from head to toe. "But seriously Pan…you look beautiful…"

Pan blushed and moved forward until she was just a foot away from Trunks. Pan lowered her head shyly and tucked her bangs behind her right ear. She kept her eyes off of Trunks' face and took a moment to really study his clothes. He was wearing black swim shorts and a grey t-shirt complemented by some black and white shower shoes. In other words…he looked totally hot. Thinking that her face reddened a little more before she raised her eyes up towards his face.

"Thanks…you look pretty good yourself."

Trunks blushed and chuckled nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck with his left hand uneasily. He gave a small grin as he looked down and away from her face. Unfortunately his sights happened to land on her perfectly defined chest. He felt his face redden even more and he gulped nervously as he felt his pulse race and temperature rise. As soon as he could tear his eyes away he looked up slightly and his eyes locked with Pan's dark orbs. Both froze as they stared into each others eyes. Neither could look away, both trapped in the moment, completely mesmerized by the other's eyes. Slowly they moved closer to each other until only an inch separated them. Their breathing shallowed and synchronized as the tension in the room grew so thick it would suffocate whoever walked into the room. Everything was completely still and silent; the only sound being that of the duo's breathing and accelerated heartbeats. Suddenly the faint sound of the front door slamming shut as Goten left the building reached their ears and the sound ignited the tension in the room into a passionate blaze. The 2 closed the gap between them; lips crashing together and arms wrapping around each other. Trunks pulled her against his body by her waist as Pan pulled his head down to deepen the kiss. Simultaneously mouths opened and tongues ventured forward into each others' mouths, melding together. They continued kissing, never really separating except to take a short breath every once in awhile between kisses. Their bodies fitting together perfectly as both wrapped the other tightly within their grasp. Their eyes were closed; both lost in the fervent bliss of the moment. Time seemed to stop and the world around them melted away until the only thing left was the intoxicating feeling of their bodies pressed together and their lips moving against each other. As far as they were concerned nothing else in universe mattered or even existed anymore.

"TRUNKS! PAN! HURRY UP!" Bulma's voice echoed through the building, reaching their ears and successfully ending the moment.

Trunks and Pan broke apart, putting a few feet between them, and panted heavily. The 2 stared numbly at each other in amazement as they both caught their breaths and processed what had just happened between them. Pan was the first to recover and she looked away in shame. She thought she had taken advantage of Trunks' desperation about finding his life mate in time for Yamako to be born and that he didn't feel anything for her. She thought that they had just ruined their friendship and it was her fault.

"I-I'm sorry…" She whispered brokenly as she grabbed her bag and quickly headed towards the door.

Trunks recovered as she said this and when she moved past he reached out and grabbed hold of her upper arm. He couldn't let her leave feeling so broken. Not when he was responsible for all of this. Pan strained against his grip for a second before stopping and looking in Trunks' direction, her eyes downcast. Tears welled up in her eyes.

"Please…just let me go… I've done enough damage Trunks…" Pan pleaded.

Trunks' heart fell when he heard her broken tone of voice and his features softened; especially when he saw the tears fill her eyes. He couldn't bare to see her so hurt. He just knew she was blaming this all on herself and she thought that their friendship was ruined. What he didn't know was why she was blaming herself.

"Panny…" Trunks began.

"No Trunks…you don't have to say anything… I know… I shouldn't have kissed you. I know you're frustrated about your life mate and you weren't thinking clearly just now. I know that that kiss didn't mean anything. It shouldn't have even happened. I let my feelings for you cloud my judgment and I probably just ruined our friendship and that you must hate me." Pan sobbed. "I'm sorry. I'm so sor-"

Trunks cut off her apology by pulling her around to him completely and hugging her close. Trunks pulled Pan against him and she went completely limp in his grasp as she automatically snuggled into his chest. After a moment Trunks pulled away from Pan and gazed squarely at her; not loosening his hold on her. After taking a few seconds to compose herself she opened her eyes to stare at Trunks in bewilderment. Trunks smiled affectionately at her.

"I don't hate you and you haven't ruined anything Pan. This is just as much my doing as it is yours. We both just lost our heads for a while and got caught up in the moment. This doesn't have to influence our friendship or affect how we feel about each other." Trunks reassured her.

But it does Trunks… How am I going to be able to interact normally with you when I know what I'm missing? Pan questioned herself as she gazed at Trunks uncertainly.

How am I ever going to get through this? I mean it was hard enough resisting her before the kiss now it's going to be downright impossible. But I can't let this change anything between us. I have to keep myself available for my life mate. I have to keep searching for her. Despite what I feel for Pan I have to let her go so I don't hurt her.

"TRUNKS! PAN! COME ON!" Bulma's voice reached their ears.

The sound of her voice snapped the pair out of their thoughts. Trunks and Pan whirled towards the door as they heard Bulma. After a second the looked back at each other before both smiled at each other, indicating they were both dropping the subject, and moved away from each other. Pan walked out the door while Trunks took a single step back into the room to grab his bag before following her. Trunks easily caught up with her and the 2 smiled at each other as they continued out of the building.

Trunks and Pan gave everybody sheepish grins as they apologized for taking so long before they loaded up their bags in the back of the air-ship. They then climbed in as Bulma took the pilots seat and started the engine. Trunks and Pan sat in a seat together across from Goten and Uub. Pan sat by the window while Trunks sat near the aisle. Goten was also sitting by the aisle and Uub by the window. Bra and Marron sat ahead of them; Bra in front of Pan and Marron in front of Trunks. In front of Goten and Uub sat Lunis and Videl. Lunis sat close to the aisle and ahead of him sat Chichi in the main passenger seat. In a moment they were flying through the air towards the beach. The flight was extremely calm and silent except for the few quiet conversations going on during the course of the trip. The flight wasn't long and soon they were landing at the beach in order to have their picnic.

SCENE CHANGE

Their picnic passed quickly with 4 Saiyans (and 1 dog that ate like a Saiyan) in the group and once the picnic area had been cleaned up they all got ready to enjoy themselves at the beach. They uncapsuled the air-ship long enough to pack up the picnic supplies and take out the beach supplies before encapsulating it again. With that taken care of they all went down on the beach to set up someplace nice. When they found a pleasant location they all spread their beach towels out on the sand before taking the umbrella out and opening it up. Once the umbrella was properly set up so it would provide the desired amount of shade everyone began pulling off their outer clothes to leave them in their swimsuits. Goten hurriedly pulled off his yellow t-shirt, leaving him in his black and red striped swim shorts, and then walked over to the bag containing the beach supplies next to Videl's towel and began to rummage through it.

"Who's up for some fun?" Goten asked as he pulled out a deflated beach ball and a blue and green frisbee.

"I am." Uub answered as he walked over; pulling off his white t-shirt, leaving him in a pair of navy swim trunks.

"Me too." Bra said as she unbuttoned her red shorts and pulled them off, revealing the turquoise and bright green polka-dotted bikini bottoms; she then pulled off her white and pink shirt to reveal the top of her string bikini.

"Count me in." Marron declared as she pulled off aqua skirt and her gold t-shirt to reveal her pink string bikini bottom and top.

Goten and Uub's jaws dropped and their eyes went wide at the site. Both of them scanned the girls' bodies up and down a few times before gulping and regaining themselves. Both had to admit to themselves that they looked rather appealing and tempting. Meanwhile Bulma pulled off her white caprices and maroon t-shirt to reveal her light blue and sea green waved 1 piece swimsuit. Chichi followed by removing her purple pants and teal shirt; underneath was a navy and orange striped 1 piece swimsuit. Videl pulled off her black shorts and then her rose shirt to reveal her red 1 piece swimsuit. Bulma, Chichi, and Videl then put sunscreen and suntan lotion on and set themselves down on their towels was they pulled out their hats and sunglasses. They put them on as they each grabbed themselves a book and began reading them as Uub began blowing up the multi-colored beach ball that Goten passed to him. At this point Bra noticed Trunks and Pan weren't striping down to their swimsuits and she was curious as to why.

"Hey aren't you guys going to join us?"

Trunks and Pan both secretly gulped and began breathing a little more rapidly. Both were still feeling a bit uncomfortable around each other and not really up to see or showing so much skin around each other. They weren't sure how they were going to react to the situation given what had happened to them just an hour before and they were afraid of the sensations and temptations that would arise from seeing the other in their swimsuit. But they both knew it would be far more suspicious if they didn't strip down to their swimsuits since they knew they were coming to the beach and were wearing their swimsuits. Taking in a deep breath to calm his nerves Trunks turned so his back was facing Pan and proceeded to take his shirt off.

Pan simply stared as Trunks' muscular back was exposed to her eyes; her heart racing and blood rushing through her body. She'd seen him shirtless many times before while sparring and other beach days but this time was different. For 1 he was much stronger now and it showed but also because of what happened earlier. The kiss had awaken her senses to him even more and caused her infatuation and attraction to him to grow. Pan gulped again as the shirt was tossed to the ground and Trunks proceeded to turn around. Pan's eyes trailed up and down his body a few times with a lustful glint in her eyes. She unconsciously licked her lips as her eyes ran over his perfectly sculpted chest and abs. Trunks blushed and coughed nervously under the scrutiny. He scratches his neck nervously and then cleared his throat to get Pan's attention when he noticed the others curious looks.

Snapping out of her dazed state Pan blushed after nervously clearing her throat she turned slightly away from the others and began pulling off her shirt. Removal of the shirt revealed the top of her orange bikini and Pan could sense Trunks' eyes on her, following the curve of her spine the entire time. Taking a breath to prepare herself Pan started pulling her skater shorts off revealing her orange bikini bottoms. Trunks gulped and nearly swayed a bit when she bent over to fully remove her shorts, sticking her butt into the air directly in front of him. Trunks felt his blood rushing about his body and he had to hold himself back from grabbing her by the hips and pulling her against him. It only got worse when Pan finished removing her clothes and stood back up straight before slowly turning around to face everybody.

Trunks' breath hitched in his throat when he saw her perfectly defined chest accentuated by the low-cut line of her bikini top. Trunks knew he had to get away from her fast before he ended up carrying her off to some distant island to ravish her. Deciding that the best thing for him was a cold relaxing dip he spun around and raced off into the water; 5 sets of bewildered eyes watching him the whole time. Once he was in the water 4 sets of the curious eyes directed their attention towards the fifth set looking for answers. Not wanting to answer their questions or be the center of all the attention Pan quickly rushed into the water after Trunks. Watching them were 4 completely confused young adults. Glancing at each other in puzzlement the 4 shrugged at each other before proceeding to begin playing their various beach games. Marron and Bra began tossing and bouncing the beach ball back and forth to each other while Goten, Uub, and Lunis ran along the beach throwing the frisbee back and forth to each other. All of them were so engrossed in their activities that none of them noticed Trunks and Pan staying at least 10 feet away from each other and not interacting, just swimming laps and such.

Author's Note: So now Trunks and Pan have finally given into their lustful desires. Romance is starting to flourish between the 2 demi-Saiyans and their restraint is weakening. Will the 2 at long last acknowledge their destiny and unite as Saiyan mates? Find out in the next chapter. Anyways hope you all liked it and please remember to review!