TITLE: Chapter Five - Followed
AUTHOR: Rachel Wong
AUTHOR'S EMAIL: Hidden_Angel_83@hotmail.com
RATING: PG-13
NOTE: This is set in an alternate universe. Please do not read it if you do not like A/U's. This is about T/P with a bit of G/M.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Dragonball Z and am in no way connected to them. I only wish I was, than I'd have at least SOME $$$. Seeing as how I am broke, sueing me would do you no good. =Þ
Last time on Clueless Love:
Goten almost dropped her when her head came to rest on his shoulder. He watched her eyelids droop and a smile curl onto her lips as she fell asleep. He flew with her a bit longer, wanting to enjoy the moment himself as well. Finally, beginning to feel sleepy, he landed on the roof of the hotel and held her there, not wanting any harm to touch his little goddess.
*****
So, Trunks was the guy from her dreams, her prince. Pan closed her eyes, the realization still not sinking in. Oh Kami, what was she supposed to do now? How was she to know if he felt the same way or not? Sometimes she thought she saw him looking at her, but than she'd look in his direction and he would always be looking somewhere else. She closed her eyes, letting sleep take over her body, bringing her rest from her thoughts.
*****
An entire week of happiness had passed for the four friends as they made the most of their time in Unchallenged City. Trunks had all but forgotten the reason he had left his family estate in the wilderness. He was too lost in happiness to even think about his previously tormenting dreams.
Goten seemed to be enjoying himself as well, especially when around Marron. It seemed that Goten trully believed he was in love and Marron seemed to feel the same. As long as neither one hurt the other, Trunks would mind his own business. Afterall, he had his own thoughts to worry about. Those thoughts seemed to revolve around a black haired, dark eyed, girl, one of his friends in fact.
Trunks slowly got out of bed, another night and another dream of Pan. What was happening to him? He was born the prince of a warrior race. He was not supposed to feel anything but the desire to fight. Feel? What was he talking about? What did he feel towards Pan? Oh Kami, he just needed to spend some time alone, to get his mind straight. With that in mind, he quickly left Unchallenged City in search of solitude.
*****
Pan watched as Trunks left first the hotel and than the city. Wondering what the man of her dreams was up to, she silently followed behind him. He seemed distracted, not really focusing on where he was going which might have explained why he didn't pick up her ki. She was masking it (her ki), but still, she figured he would have felt it by now.
*****
A shadowy figure followed the two, watching their every move. It's master wanted to know of everything that went on and it had no intentions of disappointing it's master. It had no fear of being caught because they couldn't sense it. It had no ki since it wasn't alive, yet it wasn't really dead either.
*****
Trunks kept walking, oblivious to the object of his thoughts following behind him. After a good half hour, he found a nice little clearing in the nearby forest. Slowly, he sat down, leaning against a large tree, head resting on the trunk (Trunks, trunk...get it? Err...never mind). He closed his eyes and sighed wondering what exactly the black haired girl meant to him if she meant anything at all. He had no idea just how cute he looked at the moment.
A smile crept across his face as the wind rustled his hair, messing it up for a few seconds. The smile quickly vanished as he felt a ki near him. It was weak, but it had appeared out of nowhere. He mentally slapped himself for letting his guard down, knowing that he hadn't been paying attention this entire time. Ugh, what was wrong with him? Letting his senses search out the other being, he relaxed feeling Pan's familiar ki, surpressed, but there none-the-less.
"You can come out now Pan."
He watched as she stepped out from behind a nearby tree giggling.
"I was wondering when you would realize you were being followed."
He smirked at her. "You got lucky. So, what are you doing out here?"
"Oh, I just wanted some fresh air." She swung her arms around, indicating mother nature. "Wanted to get away from the city and when I saw you leave, I thought I'd join you."
Trunks rolled his eyes knowing that wasn't the complete truth. Pan walked over and sat down beside him.
"So what are you doing out here?" She didn't really have anything to say to him, but she wanted to hear his voice.
"Me? I'm just...thinking."
"Thinking? About what?"
"Life."
"Exactly what about life?" She was beginning to grow frustrated at his one word answers.
"Everything."
"Wow, you're quite the conversationalist aren't you?"
Trunks looked over at her, hearing the hint of sarcasm. For the first time, he took note of her facial features. She was pretty, very pretty. Her dark eyes complimented her black hair. She wasn't dressy like most of the other girls. Instead, she dressed casually, in comfortable clothes. She had a personality to match her looks, nice and sweet.
Pan blushed, seeing the way he stared at her. Not wanting to embarrass him, she tried to think of a question. A sudden snap of twigs behind them brought them both back to attention. Both immediately jumped to their feet and headed in the direction of the sound wondering who it could be.
Trunks extended his senses once more, searching out a ki, trying to pinpoint the whereabouts of whoever it was. None, no ki other than his and Pan's. His mind raced, trying to understand what was going on, eyes searching frantically, up, down, left, right. Whatever it was, it was nowhere to be found.
More twigs snapped slightly to the left. Pan stopped and concentrated all her energy, trying to do a goddess move that she had mastered which would freeze the culprit in their tracks. To her dismay, whoever or whatever it was, continued to run. Was the thing just unaffected? No, she remembered with a pang that she was no longer a demi-goddess and therefore had lost all her demi-goddess powers. She could still fight fairly well, she just wouldn't be as powerful and she wasn't immortal anymore.
Silence enraptured the little forest. No more sounds. Not even the chirp of a bird.
"Looks like we lost whatever it was." Trunks's voice was filled with disappointment.
"Yeah. Too bad."
Silently and cautiously, the two made their way back to the city, neither one wanting to think about what the creature could have been. Both were stunned that the creature had no ki. Even animals had a bit of ki, what could have no ki? Something dead or close to it. The thought made them both shiver unconciously. Once again, the guards at the gates looked at them suspiciously as they re-entered the city.
*****
The creature stood, making sure both the girl and the Saiyan were gone. It's heart beat wildly in it's chest. That was too close. If it's master heard about it, it would be in a lot of trouble. Slowly, it made it's way back to headquarter's with more news of the black haired beauty.
*****
Pan took a quick glance at Trunks whose body was still tense from the forest encounter. Every muscle in his body seemed to bulge out in response to the tension. His body was better than many of the demi-gods. She smiled at the thought, remembering some of her former friends. Damn, why did he have to be so hot and cute?
Trunks could feel her eyes on him, making him feel warm inside. He turned his face away, not wanting her to see the reaction she caused in him. How did she do it? He walked over to the closest shop stand he could find and picked something up randomly, wanting to look busy. Pan followed and continued to watch him. After a few minutes, she spoke up.
"So, you like that thing in your hand do you? You've been holding it and flipping it over constantly for awhile now."
"Huh?" Trunks looked down at the object in his hand, for the first time seeing what it was. His face flushed even redder as he quickly threw it back onto the stand.
Pan tried desperately not to laugh but failed miserably. He tried to look upset with her but found he couldn't. All he could do was smile, trying not to laugh himself. He loved her laughter. It was like music to his ears, pulling away all of his worries and fears. He wished he could make her laugh more often or hear her laugh everday.
She sobered up enough to add insult to injury. "I never knew you wore bras Trunks. You should have told us you were a girl." She broke into more fits of laughter.
Trunks crossed his arms and walked away, pretending to be mad at her. She immediately stopped laughing and began to run after him.
"Trunks wait. I was only kidding. I'm..."
He abruptly turned around, finding his face mere inches away from her's. Both held their breath, unsure of what the other would do. Their eyes met and both began to blush furiously. Looking away quickly, Pan spotted a jewelry stand. She rushed towards it, wanting to stop the awkard moment.
"Wow! Look at all of these bracelets and necklaces Trunks!"
Coming out of his stupor, Trunks walked over beside her. "You like them?"
"Yeah, I love I.D bracelets!"
"We'll have to get you one someday then."
She smiled another one of her brilliant smiles at him before pushing away from the stand. They continued to explore some of the other shops in the city without any more awkard moments.
Trunks's mind kept wandering back to the little jewelry shop. He had seen a bracelet that would look fabulous on her wrist. Making a mental note to himself, he decided that he would check it out again later.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: If I happen to get any physical features (ie. eyes, hair color, etc.) wrong or if anyone is OOC, please forgive me. I have not seen any episodes with Goten, Marron, or Pan in it due to the fact that we (in Canada) are only at the Cell Games right now. Fluffy pointed out to me that Marron has blue eyes. Thank you for pointing that out. I was unaware of this because I only have two small pictures of Marron and in them, her eyes look dark. Sorry for the mistake. If there are any other mistakes, please point them out so I won't make the same mistake again in any future fics I may write. Thank you.
AUTHOR: Rachel Wong
AUTHOR'S EMAIL: Hidden_Angel_83@hotmail.com
RATING: PG-13
NOTE: This is set in an alternate universe. Please do not read it if you do not like A/U's. This is about T/P with a bit of G/M.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Dragonball Z and am in no way connected to them. I only wish I was, than I'd have at least SOME $$$. Seeing as how I am broke, sueing me would do you no good. =Þ
Last time on Clueless Love:
Goten almost dropped her when her head came to rest on his shoulder. He watched her eyelids droop and a smile curl onto her lips as she fell asleep. He flew with her a bit longer, wanting to enjoy the moment himself as well. Finally, beginning to feel sleepy, he landed on the roof of the hotel and held her there, not wanting any harm to touch his little goddess.
*****
So, Trunks was the guy from her dreams, her prince. Pan closed her eyes, the realization still not sinking in. Oh Kami, what was she supposed to do now? How was she to know if he felt the same way or not? Sometimes she thought she saw him looking at her, but than she'd look in his direction and he would always be looking somewhere else. She closed her eyes, letting sleep take over her body, bringing her rest from her thoughts.
*****
An entire week of happiness had passed for the four friends as they made the most of their time in Unchallenged City. Trunks had all but forgotten the reason he had left his family estate in the wilderness. He was too lost in happiness to even think about his previously tormenting dreams.
Goten seemed to be enjoying himself as well, especially when around Marron. It seemed that Goten trully believed he was in love and Marron seemed to feel the same. As long as neither one hurt the other, Trunks would mind his own business. Afterall, he had his own thoughts to worry about. Those thoughts seemed to revolve around a black haired, dark eyed, girl, one of his friends in fact.
Trunks slowly got out of bed, another night and another dream of Pan. What was happening to him? He was born the prince of a warrior race. He was not supposed to feel anything but the desire to fight. Feel? What was he talking about? What did he feel towards Pan? Oh Kami, he just needed to spend some time alone, to get his mind straight. With that in mind, he quickly left Unchallenged City in search of solitude.
*****
Pan watched as Trunks left first the hotel and than the city. Wondering what the man of her dreams was up to, she silently followed behind him. He seemed distracted, not really focusing on where he was going which might have explained why he didn't pick up her ki. She was masking it (her ki), but still, she figured he would have felt it by now.
*****
A shadowy figure followed the two, watching their every move. It's master wanted to know of everything that went on and it had no intentions of disappointing it's master. It had no fear of being caught because they couldn't sense it. It had no ki since it wasn't alive, yet it wasn't really dead either.
*****
Trunks kept walking, oblivious to the object of his thoughts following behind him. After a good half hour, he found a nice little clearing in the nearby forest. Slowly, he sat down, leaning against a large tree, head resting on the trunk (Trunks, trunk...get it? Err...never mind). He closed his eyes and sighed wondering what exactly the black haired girl meant to him if she meant anything at all. He had no idea just how cute he looked at the moment.
A smile crept across his face as the wind rustled his hair, messing it up for a few seconds. The smile quickly vanished as he felt a ki near him. It was weak, but it had appeared out of nowhere. He mentally slapped himself for letting his guard down, knowing that he hadn't been paying attention this entire time. Ugh, what was wrong with him? Letting his senses search out the other being, he relaxed feeling Pan's familiar ki, surpressed, but there none-the-less.
"You can come out now Pan."
He watched as she stepped out from behind a nearby tree giggling.
"I was wondering when you would realize you were being followed."
He smirked at her. "You got lucky. So, what are you doing out here?"
"Oh, I just wanted some fresh air." She swung her arms around, indicating mother nature. "Wanted to get away from the city and when I saw you leave, I thought I'd join you."
Trunks rolled his eyes knowing that wasn't the complete truth. Pan walked over and sat down beside him.
"So what are you doing out here?" She didn't really have anything to say to him, but she wanted to hear his voice.
"Me? I'm just...thinking."
"Thinking? About what?"
"Life."
"Exactly what about life?" She was beginning to grow frustrated at his one word answers.
"Everything."
"Wow, you're quite the conversationalist aren't you?"
Trunks looked over at her, hearing the hint of sarcasm. For the first time, he took note of her facial features. She was pretty, very pretty. Her dark eyes complimented her black hair. She wasn't dressy like most of the other girls. Instead, she dressed casually, in comfortable clothes. She had a personality to match her looks, nice and sweet.
Pan blushed, seeing the way he stared at her. Not wanting to embarrass him, she tried to think of a question. A sudden snap of twigs behind them brought them both back to attention. Both immediately jumped to their feet and headed in the direction of the sound wondering who it could be.
Trunks extended his senses once more, searching out a ki, trying to pinpoint the whereabouts of whoever it was. None, no ki other than his and Pan's. His mind raced, trying to understand what was going on, eyes searching frantically, up, down, left, right. Whatever it was, it was nowhere to be found.
More twigs snapped slightly to the left. Pan stopped and concentrated all her energy, trying to do a goddess move that she had mastered which would freeze the culprit in their tracks. To her dismay, whoever or whatever it was, continued to run. Was the thing just unaffected? No, she remembered with a pang that she was no longer a demi-goddess and therefore had lost all her demi-goddess powers. She could still fight fairly well, she just wouldn't be as powerful and she wasn't immortal anymore.
Silence enraptured the little forest. No more sounds. Not even the chirp of a bird.
"Looks like we lost whatever it was." Trunks's voice was filled with disappointment.
"Yeah. Too bad."
Silently and cautiously, the two made their way back to the city, neither one wanting to think about what the creature could have been. Both were stunned that the creature had no ki. Even animals had a bit of ki, what could have no ki? Something dead or close to it. The thought made them both shiver unconciously. Once again, the guards at the gates looked at them suspiciously as they re-entered the city.
*****
The creature stood, making sure both the girl and the Saiyan were gone. It's heart beat wildly in it's chest. That was too close. If it's master heard about it, it would be in a lot of trouble. Slowly, it made it's way back to headquarter's with more news of the black haired beauty.
*****
Pan took a quick glance at Trunks whose body was still tense from the forest encounter. Every muscle in his body seemed to bulge out in response to the tension. His body was better than many of the demi-gods. She smiled at the thought, remembering some of her former friends. Damn, why did he have to be so hot and cute?
Trunks could feel her eyes on him, making him feel warm inside. He turned his face away, not wanting her to see the reaction she caused in him. How did she do it? He walked over to the closest shop stand he could find and picked something up randomly, wanting to look busy. Pan followed and continued to watch him. After a few minutes, she spoke up.
"So, you like that thing in your hand do you? You've been holding it and flipping it over constantly for awhile now."
"Huh?" Trunks looked down at the object in his hand, for the first time seeing what it was. His face flushed even redder as he quickly threw it back onto the stand.
Pan tried desperately not to laugh but failed miserably. He tried to look upset with her but found he couldn't. All he could do was smile, trying not to laugh himself. He loved her laughter. It was like music to his ears, pulling away all of his worries and fears. He wished he could make her laugh more often or hear her laugh everday.
She sobered up enough to add insult to injury. "I never knew you wore bras Trunks. You should have told us you were a girl." She broke into more fits of laughter.
Trunks crossed his arms and walked away, pretending to be mad at her. She immediately stopped laughing and began to run after him.
"Trunks wait. I was only kidding. I'm..."
He abruptly turned around, finding his face mere inches away from her's. Both held their breath, unsure of what the other would do. Their eyes met and both began to blush furiously. Looking away quickly, Pan spotted a jewelry stand. She rushed towards it, wanting to stop the awkard moment.
"Wow! Look at all of these bracelets and necklaces Trunks!"
Coming out of his stupor, Trunks walked over beside her. "You like them?"
"Yeah, I love I.D bracelets!"
"We'll have to get you one someday then."
She smiled another one of her brilliant smiles at him before pushing away from the stand. They continued to explore some of the other shops in the city without any more awkard moments.
Trunks's mind kept wandering back to the little jewelry shop. He had seen a bracelet that would look fabulous on her wrist. Making a mental note to himself, he decided that he would check it out again later.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: If I happen to get any physical features (ie. eyes, hair color, etc.) wrong or if anyone is OOC, please forgive me. I have not seen any episodes with Goten, Marron, or Pan in it due to the fact that we (in Canada) are only at the Cell Games right now. Fluffy pointed out to me that Marron has blue eyes. Thank you for pointing that out. I was unaware of this because I only have two small pictures of Marron and in them, her eyes look dark. Sorry for the mistake. If there are any other mistakes, please point them out so I won't make the same mistake again in any future fics I may write. Thank you.