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Mysterious Beauty
Prologue
By Lady Starra
presea94@netscape.net
Rating: PG
See foreword for standard disclaimer.

If you haven't already read the foreword, I suggest you do so before going
any further, or you may become seriously confused. If you have...well, then
read on! But just real quick...I didn't mention their ages in the foreword.
Mirai Pan is 22, Mirai Trunks is 23, Trunks is 24, Pan is 10.



Pan felt weak. She was down to the last of her power, and he knew it. She
could feel the wounds all over her body and didn't even have the strength to
heal herself. She had to think of something, or she would be toast.

"I must say, I am impressed at your skills, my pet. But you are still no
match for me, even if you have become skilled in magic," the dark man
boasted.

"You know, you really shouldn't bluff. It can be dangerous," she smirked.

"You have some attitude, girlie. But I like that in a woman," he purred. "I
will give you one last chance. You are beautiful and strong indeed. If you
agree to join me and become my queen, then I will spare your life."

"Never!" Pan spat vehemently. "I will never join you, Zio! I'll see you in
hell first!"

"Well, then. Perhaps I can arrange that, although I do not think you will
see me there anytime soon. Now I will kill you, just as I killed those
pathetic comrades of yours."

Without knowing it, the evil villain hit a nerve. 'That's right, Zio,' she
thought angrily. 'You killed them...' Pan had a flashback of that horrible
day. Their lifeless bodies, all around her. Her parents, Chichi, Bulma,
Piccolo, Vegeta, and...

"Trunks..." she moaned sadly. Zio had killed Trunks. The one that she loved,
but never got the chance to tell him so. "Trunks...you killed Trunks. You
killed Trunks. You killed Trunks! YOU KILLED TRUNKS!"

Pan could feel the anger and rage flowing rapidly in her veins. The feelings
for Trunks, and her family, along with her rage, began to make her ki rise to
an unimaginable level.

"YOU KILLED MY FAMILY!" Her ki became even higher. Zio was now staring in
total surprise. He had never seen such power before.

"ZIO...I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!"

Suddenly, Pan's anger took over and she couldn't control it. A new power
began to build within her. For the first time, she flared into SSJ2, her
power skyrocketing.

"Zio...You WILL pay for their deaths! ALL OF THEM!"

Zio became stunned as the huge silver beam shot out at him. He could not stop
it...it was too fast and too overwhelming.

"NO! This cannot be! Mystoke's forbidden technique?!"

The blast hit him with a loud explosion, and he cried out in utter anguish.

"NOOOOOO!!! YOU CANNOT DO THIS TO ME!!! AAAAGGGHHHH!!!"

Those were the last words ever to escape the evil sorcerer's lips. The sound
was a sweet melody to Pan's ears.

"Kaasan, Tousan, Ojiisan, Trunks...everyone...I have avenged you all."

Unfortunately, the blast would take out more than just Zio. Pan's anger had
been so intense that she had launched the Mystoke Forbidden technique,
strong enough to bring the whole earth to ruins. The ground began to quake
and break up underneath her. If she didn't leave the earth, she would be done
for.

"Pan! Pan!" a voice called out.

"Lutz..." Pan murmured weakly.

"Pan! You don't have much time! Mystoke is destroying the earth...there's no
hope! You must use the Pendant and return NOW, Pan!"

Pan looked at the devastation all around her. The earth was going to be
destroyed...all because of her. Because she couldn't control her anger. And
was this how the lives of her family, comrades, and the man she loved, was to
end? Dead, by some wicked sorcerer's hand?

"No. NO! It can't end this way! I won't let it happen! I WON'T!" she cried,
punching the ground that was already breaking apart.

"Pan! Do it! Use the Pendant and come back to Dahlia NOW!" Lutz's voice came
again.

Pan looked at the pendant attached to her cloak. It seemed to speak at her,
telling her what she needed to do. She smiled weakly.

"Gomen, Lutz-san. I...I just can't let it end like this. There's...something
else I need to do before I return. Tell the others not to worry...I'll be
home soon. Goodbye, Lutz-san." Pan clutched the pendant in her hand.

"No! Pan! What are you doing? You're too weak! PAN!" Lutz cried, not hiding
the fear and panic in his voice.

Pan chanted the magic words, and in a flash...she was gone. Not long after,
the earth could not hold out anymore. What was once a beautiful blue planet
disentegrated into nothingness. Meanwhile, Pan was falling through a dark
void, somewhere within space.

"Fate...take me where I need to be...and to the one I love...please." These
were her last words as her world went black, and she fell into a dreamless
sleep.



Sorry so short, but my introductions usually aren't that long. Now, on to
Chapter 1!