In Dreams
By Lady Trunks
Chapter 7

Trunks felt an ache in his heart as he looked on the scene before him. His beautiful Pan sitting there draped over that… THING! It was hard for him to control his emotions when the only thing he could think about was taking the man out. But he had spent to much time having his father beat into him the importance of strategically planning. Besides, he also had to worry about Pan.

He tried to use the bond that had developed between the two of them to talk to her but found it blocked. The realization almost caused him to go over the edge and he realized just how much he had come to depend on her being there.

He was abruptly brought up short when Velveti spoke, "Ahh, I see we have guest." There was a decided air of indifference coming from him under the circumstances that put the Z fighters on alert. "Guards." Instantly they were surrounded by soldiers. The gang got into fighting stances but as of yet made no moves since he had Pan.

The guards stood their waiting for the order to attack, but it was unforthcoming. "Sweeting," he said to Pan who was still draped across him, "why don't you greet our guest for me."

"Of course, Your highness. Whatever you desire." She walked over to the gang. No one new what to expect, so they just waited, on guard for what ever happened. Despite this they were unprepared for when Pan walked up to Yamcha and punched him in the face.

This acted as a switch for the soldiers and they sprang into action, attacking the Z gang. Trunks had his eyes locked on Pan who was making her way towards him through the combating group. When she reached him he looked into her eyes and shivered at the coldness in them. This was not the same girl that he had fallen in love with. When he dropped into a fighting stance he reluctantly did the same.

Pan attacked, and all he did was block. He refused to harm her, even though she was attacking him. The fight was all one sided, despite all his skill he could not block everything and before to long was injured. Trunks desperately attempted to stay standing but found he lacked the strength and fell to his knees.

Stepping in front of him, Pan grabbed him by the hair and held his face up so he was looking at her. She then turned and looked at Velveti who was standing on the side lines watching, a smirk upon his face (and not the cute one that Trunks and Vegeta have). He nodded at her, silently telling her to finish him off.

Pan prepared a ki blast and looked into Trunk's eyes. The look in them was resigned, he accepted his fate. "Aishiteru, Panny-chan," He said and closed his eyes awaiting the final blow… It never came.

He opened his eyes and they were met by Pan's tear filled ones, warmth shinning through them. "Aishiteru, Trunks-kun." Her words gave Trunks strength and he stood up and locked his arms around her. She sobbed helplessly on his shoulder, both forgetting about the fight going on.

Suddenly Pan was ripped out of Trunks arms and a collar like the one that had been around her at the park was snapped around her neck. Effectivly cutting off her power and rendering her helpless.

"Pan," Trunks called, moving forward as if to take her back. He was effectively cut off when Velveti pulled Pan's head back by her hair holding her in front of him like a human shield and pointing a small dagger at her throat.

"Make one more move and she gets it." Pan tried to jerk away and he pushed the tip of the blade against her throat, causing a droplet of blood to run down her neck. Pan fought back a whimper. She had never felt this helpless in her life, with her power completely closed in, no way to use it at all. But suddenly she knew what she needed to do.

'Trunk,' she said telepathically to her mate. 'With this collar I can't use any of my power so I'm going to channel it to you through our bond.' With that she closed her eyes and began to concentrate.

Trunks felt pure energy surging into him, and he did his best to control it using it as he did his power when he transformed into Super Saiyan. "just accept it Trunks,' Pan whispered in his mind. 'Don't fight it.' Trunks trusted her advice and just relaxed. The power flew through him causing him to glow a silvery color and healing his wounds leaving him feeling rejuvenated. He transformed, first into Super Saiyan, the Super Saiyan Level 2, then 3, until finally landing on Super Saiyan Level 4.

Velveti was so shocked to see the Saiyan before him sprouting red fur that he loosened his hold on Pan and she jerked free and dived out of the way. 'Now Trunks!'

Trunks didn't hesitate and shot a Big Bang Attack at Velveti completely annihilating him (love that word, annihilate causes warm and fuzzy feelings When the soldiers saw that their leader had been destroyed they stopped fighting. What were they supposed to do know? They had only fought because their leader told them to and if he was dead then… What were they supposed to do?

Shin, who had been conspicuously absent up until this point spoke up. "Don't you people recognize your king?" he asked motioning towards Vegeta.

"King Vegeta?" The men all gaped for a second and fell to their knees bowing before the Saiyan Pr… um, King. Vegeta just smirked happy to finally get the respect that he had been sorely lacking since his arrival on Earth.

Pan, who was now locked in Trunks arms, just laughed. "Let's go home."

They all arrived at Capsule Corp with the newly acquired army following. The women who had stayed behind panicked at first seeing a large army invading but calmed down when they saw the group leading it.

They landed to a barrage of questions. What happened? Are you all right? Who are these people? Is their going to be a wedding? Pan was dragged away
from Trunks and enveloped in hugs from her family and friends. She just laughed, happy to be home, and answered all their questions.

When the explanations had ended, Trunks, in front of everyone, got down on one knee. He took Pan's hand in his and said, "Panny, I love you more than anything in the word. I'm empty without you. Please say you'll be my wife."

Pan threw her arms around him and started kissing him. Everyone took this as a yes and started them all up again.

Once again the commotion had died down and found everyone sitting at a huge meal in CC's dining room. The Saiyans were all shoveling down food at an alarming rate when Killin's voice was heard above the crowd. "So Trunks, how'd you manage to go SSJ4?" Silence followed as everyone waited to hear the answer.

Trunks smiled proudly and looked at Pan, "That was actually Panny. She gave me her power to defeat him. It was all her." Pan blinked at him in surprise.

Though she was glad to know that he accepted her strength, there was just one thing wrong with his statement. "Ummm, actually," she had everyone's attention, "that wasn't me. All I did was heal you. The rest of that was you."

Trunks just sat there with his mouth hanging open.

The End…

I know, bad ending but I just really wanted to finish. I started this fic like 2 years ago and was tempted not to finish at all. But I figured what the heck, so there you have it. Let me just tell you that this ending was a LOT better than the one I was tempted to do. So Be happy. At least Vegeta got his worshipers, right? Anyways tell me what you think. Review!