A/N: Warning. This bit is extremely angsty
A/N2: Hikumi and I have had a...*glances uneasily at Hikumi* talk. He has been bugging me to add a G/B to this fic, or as a sequel. That's Goten/Bulma @_@;;;. What do you guys think? I don't think it's ever been done before. *whispers to readers* I think Hikumi has gone crazy. (Hikumi: Can't you just FEEL the appreciation here?)
A/N3: This is not the last chapter so don't worry!! I'm on a roll! Chapter 9 is in the making at the moment, but I'm not posting it unless I get 110 reviews! *cackles maniacally for ages until he sees that everyone has gone on to read the stuff below*
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He took one look at her and knew that she was dying.
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He pulled the last chunk of concrete off her broken body. She was now lying in a cradled position. Her armor was missing very large pieces of it. It had saved her life. He knew that she would have died for sure if she didn't have it, and he thanked the gods for it. But he also knew that she might not survive anyway, and it scared him more than anything. Her once beautiful face was now covered in dirt and blood. It ran freely from an open wound that went from her forehead, through her right eye and down her cheek. Whenever she breathed, bubbles came from her chest where another huge gash ran from the top of her breast, left and down to her abdomen. There were many other small cuts across her body. He felt her torso to discover she had at least 8 broken ribs. She had a pained look on her now bloody face. He needed to get her a senzu bean. He gently took her into her arms.
'V...Vegeta?' She was awake. She coughed up some blood. 'Please, Vegeta...I...I don't want to die. Help me,' she begged. She buried her injured head into Vegeta's chest plate.
It tore Vegeta apart from the inside. 'Don't worry Pan. We're going to Korin's tower to get a senzu. You'll be fine.' Though he sounded confident, he doubted that she would survive. He knew he would sacrifice himself to save her if he could. He suddenly wished that it was he who was dying in Pan's place. Vegeta took off and headed towards Korin's tower at high speed through the cloudless, starry night. He vaguely noted that the pain in his body had subsided and that both he and Pan had their tails. Hers was hanging limply. This worried Vegeta. Even in a state of near-death a Saiya-jin's tail should be moving. He nudged her tail with his, but got no reaction. He tried several more times, but got nothing. He eventually gave up trying to get it to move and wrapped his own tail gently around her damaged waist.
Half way through the journey Pan began to shake. 'What's wrong, Pan?' asked Vegeta worriedly.
'Cold....It's very cold.'
Vegeta flared his ki to heat the air around them. 'I'm going to die, amn't I?' asked a weakened Pan. She began to cry.
'No. You're not going to die. I won't let you,' whispered Vegeta to her. What she said next shocked Vegeta.
'Please don't let me die, Vegeta. I don't want to die. I love you, Vegeta. I want to be with you always, but if I die I can't do that.' She began sobbing into his armor.
He cradled her small form closer to his body. This served to smear Vegeta's obsidian armor a metallic red. He began to recite a song that he had learned to try and sooth her.
NO TIME TO CRY written by Sisters Of Mercy.
'It's just a feeling
I get sometimes
A feeling sometimes
And i get frightened
Just like you
I get frightened too
But it's
No time for heartache
No time to run and hide
No time for breaking down
No time to cry
Sometimes in the world as is you've
Got to shake the hand that feeds you
It's just like Adam says, it's
Not so hard to understand, it's
Just like always coming down on
Just like Jesus never came and
What did you expect to find, it's
Just like always here again, it's
No time for heartache
No time to run and hide
No time for breaking down
No time to cry
Everything will be alright
Everything will turn out fine
Some nights I still can't sleep and the
Voices pass with time and i keep
(Everything will be alright)
(Everything will turn out fine)
(Some nights i still can sleep and the)
(Voices pass with time and i keep)
No times for tears
No time to run and hide
No time to be afraid of fear and i
Keep no time to cry, it's
No time for heartache
No time to run and hide
No time for breaking down
No time to cry'
Vegeta finished, and Pan managed a very weak smile before she passed out. Vegeta thought it was from blood loss because her face was going a sickly shade of grey. He soon arrived at the tower. He burst onto the balcony and spotted Korin and Yajirobe playing poker.
'YOU THERE!! I NEED A SENZU BEAN RIGHT NOW!!' roared Vegeta at the top of his lungs.
'I'm sorry, but I can't give you any,' said Korin without even looking at him.
'IF YOU DON'T GIMME ONE THIS SECOND I'LL BLAST YOU!!!' Vegeta had never been more desperate for anything in his life.
Korin looked at Vegeta and when he saw his passenger he put his hand down and rushed over to him. 'I'm sorry Vegeta, but there are none. I gave them all to you because you get hurt so much in your training. So unless you have some...' Korin trailed off. The thought of Pan dying because of him crushed Vegeta. What if she died because he ate the last senzu bean on trivial injuries? He'd never forgive himself.
'Then what can I do?' begged Vegeta. 'Dende is visiting New Namek so he can't heal her. The dragon balls are gone. This is it! If she dies now she's not coming back!! Please...Save her,' he pleaded.
Korin thought for a time. After too long he shook his head sadly. 'There's nothing. I'm sorry, Vegeta.'
Vegeta felt numb. There was nothing he could do. She wasn't going to make it. He cared for her more than he wanted to admit. Did he love her? He thought he did. No. He knew he did. He loved her more than life itself, and he decided to prove it. He didn't want to cause her further pain, but if she couldn't survive he would rather join her in death than live without her. Without another thought he bit into her neck and lapped at the blood there. There was a frighting lack of it too. He felt a mystical power encompass Pan and himself. It was as if he had gone to heaven with Pan. Despite Pan's impending death, he felt elated. Elated that he was now one with her, even if it was one sided. The bond was complete. Complete on his part, anyway. The roaring power of the bond calmed and he came back down to earth. He opened his eyes to see Pan in his arms. Bleeding and broken. He gently set her down on the ground and came to his knees next to her. 'I'm sorry, Pan. Sorry that you cannot be with me in this life. We shall meet in the next,' he said mournfully.
'Uhh...Mr. Vegeta sir? I think I may know a way to save Pan,' said Yajirobe timidly, his fear of the Saiya-jin ouji rather obvious. Not a second later the obese warrior was four feet in the air, dangling as the ouji held him by the collar.
'WHAT IS IT!?! TELL ME NOW!!' bllowed Vegeta. He succeeded in scaring the lesser man shitless.
'W...well Sir Mr. Vegeta Sir...Years ago, back when we were training for your arrival, Kami taught Goku how to sacrifice one's life energy to boost another's.'
'How is it done?!? It can't be just a normal energy transference, can it!?!'
'No. It's not a transference of ki. It's a transference of life-energy. In ki terms, it's 1:10,000,000. What that means is that if someone as strong Super Saiya-jin 4 Gogeta gave ALL his life-energy to someone, it would be the ki equivalent of Goku before Raditz showed up. It's also very hard to quickly regenerate this energy. Goku never used it because it wouldn't have been effective enough to save anyone, and if he tried he could have died. Again,' explained Yajirobe.
'One to ten million!??!? I can't go past level 2 without that stupid device, and Pan is far stronger than Raditz was!!' Vegeta released Yajirobe, who fell to the ground with a thump. 'But if it will keep Pan alive, then I will do it. Besides, now that I am bonded I am stronger than before. What must I do?' sid Vegeta gravely.
'I'm not sure because I've never done it myself, but this is what Goku told me.' He drew in a breath. 'First, try to feel past your ki. Feel beyond your energy, and into your spirit. Then, draw upon that energy and pass it onto the thing you wish to preserve. In this case, Pan. Oh, and you might want to power up first.'
Vegeta knelt down next to Pan's dying form. He powered up to level two. His hair and tail went golden, and his eyes turquoise. He felt for this spirit thing that was meant to be able to save his love. He pushed past all boundaries, and eventually found it. It was pitifully small compared to his ki. He reached for it and locked onto it. He pressed a palm to Pan's chest, where a pool of blood had collected. It was so deep that his hand disappeared beneath it. He transferred his spirit energy to Pan. He could vaguely feel her ki slowly rise, but he was so caught up in what he was doing that he didn't acknowledge it. A blue aura surrounded them both. He suddenly knew somehow that he didn't have enough power. Even with his newfound power, given to him through the bond he made with the dying woman whose very life he was trying to save, it was not enough. He pushed as hard as he could. He pushed with all of his will and more. He could feel a new power not far off. A dam of unbelievable strength. He was almost there. He could feel it. It broke. It took every ounce of physical, mental and emotional strength he had, but he had done it. His hair and tail turned a metallic silver, the same colour as mercury, and his power exploded. His spirit energy expanded. A silver aura of hyper energy erupted around them. He transferred almost all of it to Pan. The whole tower began to shake. Both Korin and Yajirobe were thrown off the edge of the tower as it began to crumble. The tower strained to remain standing under the extreme force of Vegeta's power. Pan's ki rose considerably. Vegeta's dropped violently. His hair went from silver to gold to black as he passed out. His once rigid body collapsed in a heap next to Pan's like dead meat. His last action was to form a ki shield around him and Pan to save them as the home of the Senzu beans collapsed. The once mighty tower fell into itself and a massive cloud of dust flew away in all directions, blanketing the entire area in a think cloud of ash. It had all happened to fast that any of the Z-fighters who were still awake thought that the astronomical spike in Vegeta's power was no more than their imagination.
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Pan awoke to see a fading darkness over her. She felt alone and vulnerable.
GIMME SHELTER also by The Sisters of Mercy
Oh, see the storm is threatening
My very life today
If i don't get some shelter
Yeah, I'm gonna fade away
She looked to her side and saw that it was almost dawn. She also saw that there was rubble from Korin's tower all around her. *Where am I?* thought Pan. She looked around to her other side, while ignoring the pain that racked her body. She suddenly noticed that her vision was different from before. She realised that only one of her eyes was working. She struggled to look down at her body. She saw that her armor was no more. What was left of it was worthless. How had it gotten like this? *Oh yeah... The concert. Am I still here?* She moved her hand down to her body, terrified of what she might find. She felt blood. She felt a closed wound that spanned most of her torso. Her breathing was ragged. She tried to move, only to find that she was paralyzed from the waist down. She suddenly felt very scared. 'Vegeta? Vegeta? V...Vegeta!?' she called, but to no avail.
War, children
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
War, children
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Yeah
She used her badly bruised arms to get herself into a sitting position. She looked around and saw something beside her. In the dark she could just make out Vegeta. She pulled herself over to him. 'Vegeta?' She nudged him with her hand. 'Vegeta!' She turned him over. He was seemingly unharmed, but something was wrong. She could feel it. 'Wake up, Vegeta!' she ordered Vegeta. He did not. She felt for his ki. She gasped. It felt...empty. Very, very weak, but...empty. Like an inner part of it was missing.
Oh, see the fire is sweeping
Down through the streets today
Burning like a bright red carpet
A fool who lost the way
She knew what he had done. Grandpa Goku had told her of the spirit transference. She began to tear up. 'Dammit Vegeta! Don't die on me you fucking prick!' She frantically thought of a way to save him. She knew she didn't have much time. He had used too much of his spirit energy and would surely die. *If only you were here, Grandpa! You'd know what to do!*
Rape. Murder
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Rape. Murder
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Yeah
*Bite his neck.* A voice echoed in Pan's head. 'What? Grandpa? Is that you?' she asked bewildered.
*Yes, Pan. It's me. If you want to save Vegeta you must bond to him. He bonded to you. That is what gave him the power to save you. He has surpassed me. He reached Super Saiya-jin level 5, and it's all because of you.*
'Be...because of me?' questioned Pan uncertainly.
*Yes. Now go! Bond to him! It's the right thing to do! Goodbye, Panny. I love you.* With that, Goku's voice left her head.
Pan stared at Vegeta for a few minutes as if deciding what to do. She barely noticed that Goku left. She pulled him close and brushed the spot on his neck where she intended to mark him. She slowly bit into him and drank his blood. She felt a mystical power encompass Vegeta and herself. The same pale blue aura surrounded them both. For Pan it was bliss. She broke the contact reluctantly and held Vegeta up.
Oh, see the storm is threatening
My very life today
Gimme, yeah Gimme shelter
Yeah, I'm gonna fade away
Vegeta began to stir. His eyes fluttered open. As his eyes slowly focused he saw his love above him. 'Pan?' he asked uncertainly. He gingerly reached a hand out to touch her cheek, afraid that she might disappear at any time.
'Vegeta!!' yelled Pan as she threw herself on Vegeta and began to cry. Not tears of sorrow, but tears of happiness. Vegeta sat up and held Pan as he stroked her hair. 'You bastard!' she cried. 'I thought you were going to die.' She weakly thumped him in anger and in happiness. 'Bastard.'
Vegeta just held Pan firm. 'I'm sorry that I frightened you Pan, but I am fine. Are you?' He looked her over. She needed some desperate medical treatment. She would have a few scars. He knew she'd probably be permanently blind in one eye, but he didn't care. Just as long as she was alive.
'I can't move anything below my waist. I think I'm paralysed. My tail isn't moving. You said that tails should always be moving right up until death,' said a distressed Pan.
'Shh...Don't worry Pan. We'll go to CC and put you in a regeneration tank. Now, however, I have a question I would like to ask. How did you save me?'
'I bonded to you. Goku somehow talked to me and told me what to do. He said that you saved me by bonding. Why did you do it?'
Vegeta remained silent for some time before looking into her uninjured eye. 'Because Pan, I love you more than life itself. I bonded to you so that I could join you in death, as when one bonded Saiya-jin dies, the one who is on the other side of the bond dies also, but it ultimately resulted in life,' he said earnestly. He leaned forward and kissed her. She kissed back. They kissed passionately for a long time. The sun peaked over the horizon. They broke the kiss and looked at the glorious birth of a new day.
Love, sisters
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Love, sisters
It's just a shot away
Shot away
Shot away
It's just a shot away
Shot away
Shot away
Shot away....
'I love you too, Vegeta.'
A/N2: Hikumi and I have had a...*glances uneasily at Hikumi* talk. He has been bugging me to add a G/B to this fic, or as a sequel. That's Goten/Bulma @_@;;;. What do you guys think? I don't think it's ever been done before. *whispers to readers* I think Hikumi has gone crazy. (Hikumi: Can't you just FEEL the appreciation here?)
A/N3: This is not the last chapter so don't worry!! I'm on a roll! Chapter 9 is in the making at the moment, but I'm not posting it unless I get 110 reviews! *cackles maniacally for ages until he sees that everyone has gone on to read the stuff below*
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He took one look at her and knew that she was dying.
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He pulled the last chunk of concrete off her broken body. She was now lying in a cradled position. Her armor was missing very large pieces of it. It had saved her life. He knew that she would have died for sure if she didn't have it, and he thanked the gods for it. But he also knew that she might not survive anyway, and it scared him more than anything. Her once beautiful face was now covered in dirt and blood. It ran freely from an open wound that went from her forehead, through her right eye and down her cheek. Whenever she breathed, bubbles came from her chest where another huge gash ran from the top of her breast, left and down to her abdomen. There were many other small cuts across her body. He felt her torso to discover she had at least 8 broken ribs. She had a pained look on her now bloody face. He needed to get her a senzu bean. He gently took her into her arms.
'V...Vegeta?' She was awake. She coughed up some blood. 'Please, Vegeta...I...I don't want to die. Help me,' she begged. She buried her injured head into Vegeta's chest plate.
It tore Vegeta apart from the inside. 'Don't worry Pan. We're going to Korin's tower to get a senzu. You'll be fine.' Though he sounded confident, he doubted that she would survive. He knew he would sacrifice himself to save her if he could. He suddenly wished that it was he who was dying in Pan's place. Vegeta took off and headed towards Korin's tower at high speed through the cloudless, starry night. He vaguely noted that the pain in his body had subsided and that both he and Pan had their tails. Hers was hanging limply. This worried Vegeta. Even in a state of near-death a Saiya-jin's tail should be moving. He nudged her tail with his, but got no reaction. He tried several more times, but got nothing. He eventually gave up trying to get it to move and wrapped his own tail gently around her damaged waist.
Half way through the journey Pan began to shake. 'What's wrong, Pan?' asked Vegeta worriedly.
'Cold....It's very cold.'
Vegeta flared his ki to heat the air around them. 'I'm going to die, amn't I?' asked a weakened Pan. She began to cry.
'No. You're not going to die. I won't let you,' whispered Vegeta to her. What she said next shocked Vegeta.
'Please don't let me die, Vegeta. I don't want to die. I love you, Vegeta. I want to be with you always, but if I die I can't do that.' She began sobbing into his armor.
He cradled her small form closer to his body. This served to smear Vegeta's obsidian armor a metallic red. He began to recite a song that he had learned to try and sooth her.
NO TIME TO CRY written by Sisters Of Mercy.
'It's just a feeling
I get sometimes
A feeling sometimes
And i get frightened
Just like you
I get frightened too
But it's
No time for heartache
No time to run and hide
No time for breaking down
No time to cry
Sometimes in the world as is you've
Got to shake the hand that feeds you
It's just like Adam says, it's
Not so hard to understand, it's
Just like always coming down on
Just like Jesus never came and
What did you expect to find, it's
Just like always here again, it's
No time for heartache
No time to run and hide
No time for breaking down
No time to cry
Everything will be alright
Everything will turn out fine
Some nights I still can't sleep and the
Voices pass with time and i keep
(Everything will be alright)
(Everything will turn out fine)
(Some nights i still can sleep and the)
(Voices pass with time and i keep)
No times for tears
No time to run and hide
No time to be afraid of fear and i
Keep no time to cry, it's
No time for heartache
No time to run and hide
No time for breaking down
No time to cry'
Vegeta finished, and Pan managed a very weak smile before she passed out. Vegeta thought it was from blood loss because her face was going a sickly shade of grey. He soon arrived at the tower. He burst onto the balcony and spotted Korin and Yajirobe playing poker.
'YOU THERE!! I NEED A SENZU BEAN RIGHT NOW!!' roared Vegeta at the top of his lungs.
'I'm sorry, but I can't give you any,' said Korin without even looking at him.
'IF YOU DON'T GIMME ONE THIS SECOND I'LL BLAST YOU!!!' Vegeta had never been more desperate for anything in his life.
Korin looked at Vegeta and when he saw his passenger he put his hand down and rushed over to him. 'I'm sorry Vegeta, but there are none. I gave them all to you because you get hurt so much in your training. So unless you have some...' Korin trailed off. The thought of Pan dying because of him crushed Vegeta. What if she died because he ate the last senzu bean on trivial injuries? He'd never forgive himself.
'Then what can I do?' begged Vegeta. 'Dende is visiting New Namek so he can't heal her. The dragon balls are gone. This is it! If she dies now she's not coming back!! Please...Save her,' he pleaded.
Korin thought for a time. After too long he shook his head sadly. 'There's nothing. I'm sorry, Vegeta.'
Vegeta felt numb. There was nothing he could do. She wasn't going to make it. He cared for her more than he wanted to admit. Did he love her? He thought he did. No. He knew he did. He loved her more than life itself, and he decided to prove it. He didn't want to cause her further pain, but if she couldn't survive he would rather join her in death than live without her. Without another thought he bit into her neck and lapped at the blood there. There was a frighting lack of it too. He felt a mystical power encompass Pan and himself. It was as if he had gone to heaven with Pan. Despite Pan's impending death, he felt elated. Elated that he was now one with her, even if it was one sided. The bond was complete. Complete on his part, anyway. The roaring power of the bond calmed and he came back down to earth. He opened his eyes to see Pan in his arms. Bleeding and broken. He gently set her down on the ground and came to his knees next to her. 'I'm sorry, Pan. Sorry that you cannot be with me in this life. We shall meet in the next,' he said mournfully.
'Uhh...Mr. Vegeta sir? I think I may know a way to save Pan,' said Yajirobe timidly, his fear of the Saiya-jin ouji rather obvious. Not a second later the obese warrior was four feet in the air, dangling as the ouji held him by the collar.
'WHAT IS IT!?! TELL ME NOW!!' bllowed Vegeta. He succeeded in scaring the lesser man shitless.
'W...well Sir Mr. Vegeta Sir...Years ago, back when we were training for your arrival, Kami taught Goku how to sacrifice one's life energy to boost another's.'
'How is it done?!? It can't be just a normal energy transference, can it!?!'
'No. It's not a transference of ki. It's a transference of life-energy. In ki terms, it's 1:10,000,000. What that means is that if someone as strong Super Saiya-jin 4 Gogeta gave ALL his life-energy to someone, it would be the ki equivalent of Goku before Raditz showed up. It's also very hard to quickly regenerate this energy. Goku never used it because it wouldn't have been effective enough to save anyone, and if he tried he could have died. Again,' explained Yajirobe.
'One to ten million!??!? I can't go past level 2 without that stupid device, and Pan is far stronger than Raditz was!!' Vegeta released Yajirobe, who fell to the ground with a thump. 'But if it will keep Pan alive, then I will do it. Besides, now that I am bonded I am stronger than before. What must I do?' sid Vegeta gravely.
'I'm not sure because I've never done it myself, but this is what Goku told me.' He drew in a breath. 'First, try to feel past your ki. Feel beyond your energy, and into your spirit. Then, draw upon that energy and pass it onto the thing you wish to preserve. In this case, Pan. Oh, and you might want to power up first.'
Vegeta knelt down next to Pan's dying form. He powered up to level two. His hair and tail went golden, and his eyes turquoise. He felt for this spirit thing that was meant to be able to save his love. He pushed past all boundaries, and eventually found it. It was pitifully small compared to his ki. He reached for it and locked onto it. He pressed a palm to Pan's chest, where a pool of blood had collected. It was so deep that his hand disappeared beneath it. He transferred his spirit energy to Pan. He could vaguely feel her ki slowly rise, but he was so caught up in what he was doing that he didn't acknowledge it. A blue aura surrounded them both. He suddenly knew somehow that he didn't have enough power. Even with his newfound power, given to him through the bond he made with the dying woman whose very life he was trying to save, it was not enough. He pushed as hard as he could. He pushed with all of his will and more. He could feel a new power not far off. A dam of unbelievable strength. He was almost there. He could feel it. It broke. It took every ounce of physical, mental and emotional strength he had, but he had done it. His hair and tail turned a metallic silver, the same colour as mercury, and his power exploded. His spirit energy expanded. A silver aura of hyper energy erupted around them. He transferred almost all of it to Pan. The whole tower began to shake. Both Korin and Yajirobe were thrown off the edge of the tower as it began to crumble. The tower strained to remain standing under the extreme force of Vegeta's power. Pan's ki rose considerably. Vegeta's dropped violently. His hair went from silver to gold to black as he passed out. His once rigid body collapsed in a heap next to Pan's like dead meat. His last action was to form a ki shield around him and Pan to save them as the home of the Senzu beans collapsed. The once mighty tower fell into itself and a massive cloud of dust flew away in all directions, blanketing the entire area in a think cloud of ash. It had all happened to fast that any of the Z-fighters who were still awake thought that the astronomical spike in Vegeta's power was no more than their imagination.
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Pan awoke to see a fading darkness over her. She felt alone and vulnerable.
GIMME SHELTER also by The Sisters of Mercy
Oh, see the storm is threatening
My very life today
If i don't get some shelter
Yeah, I'm gonna fade away
She looked to her side and saw that it was almost dawn. She also saw that there was rubble from Korin's tower all around her. *Where am I?* thought Pan. She looked around to her other side, while ignoring the pain that racked her body. She suddenly noticed that her vision was different from before. She realised that only one of her eyes was working. She struggled to look down at her body. She saw that her armor was no more. What was left of it was worthless. How had it gotten like this? *Oh yeah... The concert. Am I still here?* She moved her hand down to her body, terrified of what she might find. She felt blood. She felt a closed wound that spanned most of her torso. Her breathing was ragged. She tried to move, only to find that she was paralyzed from the waist down. She suddenly felt very scared. 'Vegeta? Vegeta? V...Vegeta!?' she called, but to no avail.
War, children
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
War, children
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Yeah
She used her badly bruised arms to get herself into a sitting position. She looked around and saw something beside her. In the dark she could just make out Vegeta. She pulled herself over to him. 'Vegeta?' She nudged him with her hand. 'Vegeta!' She turned him over. He was seemingly unharmed, but something was wrong. She could feel it. 'Wake up, Vegeta!' she ordered Vegeta. He did not. She felt for his ki. She gasped. It felt...empty. Very, very weak, but...empty. Like an inner part of it was missing.
Oh, see the fire is sweeping
Down through the streets today
Burning like a bright red carpet
A fool who lost the way
She knew what he had done. Grandpa Goku had told her of the spirit transference. She began to tear up. 'Dammit Vegeta! Don't die on me you fucking prick!' She frantically thought of a way to save him. She knew she didn't have much time. He had used too much of his spirit energy and would surely die. *If only you were here, Grandpa! You'd know what to do!*
Rape. Murder
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Rape. Murder
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Yeah
*Bite his neck.* A voice echoed in Pan's head. 'What? Grandpa? Is that you?' she asked bewildered.
*Yes, Pan. It's me. If you want to save Vegeta you must bond to him. He bonded to you. That is what gave him the power to save you. He has surpassed me. He reached Super Saiya-jin level 5, and it's all because of you.*
'Be...because of me?' questioned Pan uncertainly.
*Yes. Now go! Bond to him! It's the right thing to do! Goodbye, Panny. I love you.* With that, Goku's voice left her head.
Pan stared at Vegeta for a few minutes as if deciding what to do. She barely noticed that Goku left. She pulled him close and brushed the spot on his neck where she intended to mark him. She slowly bit into him and drank his blood. She felt a mystical power encompass Vegeta and herself. The same pale blue aura surrounded them both. For Pan it was bliss. She broke the contact reluctantly and held Vegeta up.
Oh, see the storm is threatening
My very life today
Gimme, yeah Gimme shelter
Yeah, I'm gonna fade away
Vegeta began to stir. His eyes fluttered open. As his eyes slowly focused he saw his love above him. 'Pan?' he asked uncertainly. He gingerly reached a hand out to touch her cheek, afraid that she might disappear at any time.
'Vegeta!!' yelled Pan as she threw herself on Vegeta and began to cry. Not tears of sorrow, but tears of happiness. Vegeta sat up and held Pan as he stroked her hair. 'You bastard!' she cried. 'I thought you were going to die.' She weakly thumped him in anger and in happiness. 'Bastard.'
Vegeta just held Pan firm. 'I'm sorry that I frightened you Pan, but I am fine. Are you?' He looked her over. She needed some desperate medical treatment. She would have a few scars. He knew she'd probably be permanently blind in one eye, but he didn't care. Just as long as she was alive.
'I can't move anything below my waist. I think I'm paralysed. My tail isn't moving. You said that tails should always be moving right up until death,' said a distressed Pan.
'Shh...Don't worry Pan. We'll go to CC and put you in a regeneration tank. Now, however, I have a question I would like to ask. How did you save me?'
'I bonded to you. Goku somehow talked to me and told me what to do. He said that you saved me by bonding. Why did you do it?'
Vegeta remained silent for some time before looking into her uninjured eye. 'Because Pan, I love you more than life itself. I bonded to you so that I could join you in death, as when one bonded Saiya-jin dies, the one who is on the other side of the bond dies also, but it ultimately resulted in life,' he said earnestly. He leaned forward and kissed her. She kissed back. They kissed passionately for a long time. The sun peaked over the horizon. They broke the kiss and looked at the glorious birth of a new day.
Love, sisters
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Love, sisters
It's just a shot away
Shot away
Shot away
It's just a shot away
Shot away
Shot away
Shot away....
'I love you too, Vegeta.'