Chapter 4
Gohan leaned on the wall of Bulma's living room. It was quite spacious and could easily accommodated the DBZ crew.
" Cell's Ki has disappeared." Goku declared.
Vegeta let out a 'hmph' in agreement.
" Are Goten and Trunks back with Bura yet?" Bulma asked worriedly.
" I'm sure they'll be back soon." Kuririn reassured them.
" I know Goten and Trunks are strong enough to beat this Cell." Goku said.
" Then why are we all here Kakaroto?" Vegeta spat.
" Because I believe that Goten and Trunks weren't the ones who defeated him."
" Then who did?" Piccolo demanded.
" Someone else...I think he's Saiyajin as well."
Whispered conversations arose as everyone digested this bit of information.
" Well I think we're about to find out because they're coming here right now."
Gohan announced unnecessarily. Sure enough, the doorbell rang. When one of the droids opened the door, Bura rushed in.
" You are not going to believe this. We found another saiyajin!"
" We know Bura."
Bura spaced out for a minute while she thought about Gohan's answer. He didn't seem so happy.
" What do you mean you know?"
" We just do...so where is this guy?"
" Well...we're having a problem bringing her in...but Goten and Onii-chan are dealing with it...by the way its not a-"
Before Bura could finish, the gang rushed outside to be greeted with the scene of Pan successfully fending both Goten and Trunks off.
" It's a girl..." Kuririn said shocked.
Even Vegeta had an expression of absolute surprise on their face. All except Gohan. He kept wondering where he'd seen this girl before...or who she reminded him of.
Videl.
He blinked back tears, which went unnoticed.
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Pan blocked the high kick from Goten and slammed him quickly to the ground, a classic evasive manoeuvre. Left with Trunks, she was about to make her move when she spotted the group of men on the ground.
"There's something about them...especially that man with the glasses. There is no way out now. "
She quickly dropped her defence and let Trunks slam her. Before she reached the floor, she slowed herself down to a complete stop before lightly dropping onto the green grass.
" Who are you?" the short man with the spiky hair asked.
Pan didn't even hesitate with her answer. She seemed very cool on the outside but inside she was scared stiff. All she wanted to do now was go home...back when things weren't so complicated.
" I am exactly who I appear to be."
The man snorted and looked away, no longer interested. A taller man with spiky black hair and a goofy smile spoke to her.
" Ok. We'd like to know if you are a Saiyajin."
" I am unfamiliar with that term."
" How can I put this...can you do this...KAMEHAMEHA!"
The man let off a ki attack, almost identical to hers into the sky. Pan bit her lip...were these the men her mother had once told her about?
" Who are you?" Pan asked back.
" Vegeta are you sure there were no more Saiyajin to come off the planet?"
" I'm sure Kakaroto. Who do you take me for? She's too young to have come from my planet anyway." Vegeta spat out, clearly very agitated.
" Who are you?" Pan repeated.
" Not until you answer my question."
" ...I am Pan Satan."
Everyone's eyes widened.
" Satan? As in Mr Satan the wrestler?" Kuririn asked.
" I suppose so. I've never met him but he's my grandfather."
Gohan's heart raced. No wonder this girl reminded him so much of Videl...she was her daughter.
" I wonder where she is...if I can...Don't be stupid. She has a daughter...she's probably married. "
" Then that means your Videl's daughter."
Two women, one with black hair twisted into a bun in traditional Chinese dress and the other with blue hair in casual stepped out onto the grass.
" yes. How did you know?"
" Videl was...well...she " the blue haired lady began.
" She was my fiancee." Gohan said bluntly.
He tried to hold his emotions in and keep as cool as possible under the circumstances. Everyone watched for a reaction out of Pan. There was no answer, just a serious, thoughtful look.
" Pan do you have a father?" Bura asked.
" Of course she does. Everyone has a father." Goten reasoned.
" No. I meant to ask if Pan knew her father...Pan?"
Pan bit her lip and frowned.
" No." she said softly.
" Isn't it possible that Gohan is...well...he's Pan's father?"
Pan looked sharply at Gohan who stared straight back.
" It is...but lets not question that now." Kuririn said, trying to ease the tension.
"Is it possible? Could I be this man's daughter? Gohan...Gohan what? What is my real name? Why...why didn't my mother tell me my father was alive?"
She suddenly felt a surge of anger and curiosity. Why didn't her mother tell her? She had an unbelievable urge to sate her curiosity.
" I have to go."
Recklessly, she zoomed away, heading for home. Her mother would be surprised to see her...and be even more surprised at why she was there and what she was about to ask her.
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" Should we just let her go?" Goten questioned.
" We have no choice. Let's go see Dende. I have a feeling something is going to happen on earth soon." Goku said, heading off for Dende-sama's palace.
On the trip there, Gohan thought silently.
"Could it be true what Bura said? Pan is my daughter? When did...that one time. Videl could have gotten...she did. Why didn't she tell me? We could have sorted it out. Pan could have had a happy childhood...Damnit Gohan! You're actually accepting the fact...you just want it to be true! "
" Onii! Hey you awake over there?"
Goten dropped back from the front and waited for his brother to catch up. He had always been grateful to his brother. What he was today was largely made up from him.
" Hmm? Oh Goten. Yeh I'm fine."
" You sure?"
" Yes."
The silence hung in the air as the two brothers flew steadily on.
" You want to know don't you?"
Gohan shot a sideways look at Goten.
" When did you become so smart?"
" well...if it's annoying for me not to know I'd have to imagine you..."
Goten stopped before he finished his sentence.
" You go. I'll cover for you. You can always just Ki track us anyway."
Gohan nodded and veered off by himself, trying to find Pan's ki...his daughter's ki. Knowing the ki would abruptly disappear after the girl reverted back to normal form he quickly powered up to SSJ2, hoping to make up for lost ground before he lost his chance forever.
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Pan touched down on the front lawn of her house. In the darkness of America, even though there was still sun in Japan, she could see that absolutely no one was home.
"Damn...where is she?"
Pan stopped for a moment to think. She was most definitely not going to find her in a rage. She would have to find her mother's k but it was dangerous to appear out of nowhere, especially in a public place but she didn't care. All she wanted was the truth...and no matter what she was going to get it.
" Found it."
Pan looked down at her mother. She was glaring at her in surprise.
" Pan what are you doing?"
Pan ignored the crowds of surprised people and dragged her mother out of there, flying top speed towards their house. When they reached it, Pan set her mother down on the front lawn.
" Pan what is the meaning of this? You know I told you to..."
" Why didn't you tell me I had a father?"
Videl looked to the green lawn in front of their house.
" I did...he's-"
" I know he's not dead. I want the truth Okasan. The truth."
Videl bit her lip and gestured to the door.
" Let's go inside first...I'll make some tea."
" No...this will be fine. Sit."
Videl reluctantly sat on the lawn in front of her daughter, who was crackling with energy already.
" You met them all didn't you?"
" Met who?"
" The saiyajin...Gohan."
" He's my father isn't he?"
" There's no other explanation...it has to be him."
" Why didn't you tell me?"
Both girls looked up to see Gohan dropping down next to them. Videl instantly got up and began to run.
" Did you really think you can escape us?"
Videl dropped reluctantly back on the lawn...tears flowing down her cheeks. Gohan so desperately wanted to reassure her but he couldn't. He knew Videl would refuse to let him touch her.
" I couldn't stand it. You seemed so happy Gohan...I had to leave. I couldn't let you know. I just couldn't...you would have been disgraced in front of your family...I couldn't let you do that."
" So...you left." Pan said.
" Yes I left. I thought that if I just up and left, it would be easier for you and Gohan. I didn't want Pan to grow up knowing that her father didn't want her. I didn't want anyone to know..."
" But why? Why did you think I'd stop...loving you."
Pan shifted uncomfortably, snapping off blades of grass with her fingers as she listened to those embarrassing words.
" For years I was always scared that one of you would search for me...but when Pan began to have an interest in fighting, making giant ki balls and all that stuff, just like you...I told her never to do it again...obviously she didn't listen to me." Videl continued, ignoring Gohan's comment.
Pan stood up, floating up to the air.
" Where are you going Pan?"
" I have to go and think."
Pan sped away, letting her...parents talk. She couldn't stand being there. Her mother had gypped her out of a childhood that would have been much happier. She could have had a father...that was the most painful of all. She zoomed higher and higher until she spotted something off in the distance...a floating island of some sort. It looked familiar to some degree. When she was younger, she remembered being near there and flying right into some kind of flying machine. She couldn't see because of smoke and she thought she was being attacked so she let out ki blasts and that was the end of that memory.
" Well...might as well check it out."
She flew faster. The most magnificent view greeted her. It looked almost heavenly.
" Excuse me Miss...who are you?"
A short chubby black skinned man in a turban walked up to her.
" um...I'm sorry...I think I'll go now."
An arm shot up and held her there.
" No...please stay...You are a saiyajin aren't you?"
The green man asked her with a smile...
" you look like...that guy from this morning."
" You mean Piccolo? Does he wear a white cape?"
" That's him."
" Yes...he is namekian...like me. What brings you up here?"
" I was flying by."
" You are Gohan's daughter yes?"
" How did you know? I mean I just found out now."
" Don't worry...Let me introduce myself. I am Dende, the god of earth."
Pan's eyes widened and quickly bowed. Something in this guy's voice told her to believe him.
" I'm sorry...I was so impolite."
" No...don't worry about it...Miss...You look quite tired."
Pan yawned as the man talked.
" Erm...sorry...I haven't had much sleep lately. It's been a long day."
" Popo?"
The little man nodded and gestured towards the palace.
" Please follow me."
Pan hesitated.
" It's perfectly fine."
Pan took a deep breath before following the little man to the palace.
" Great...just great. I find out I have a father, see a bunch of people who are just like me and I find some floating palace with an earth god and they offer me a place to sleep. This is just too weird."
" Don't worry about it. Things will get weirder, but these are all for the better."
Pan stared incredulously at the short funny man who seemed to have read her thoughts.
" Please miss, if you want to keep things secret, try not to think so loudly."
" Think loudly? Great. Now I can't even keep thoughts to myself."
" That's right miss."
" jeez."
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Gohan leaned on the wall of Bulma's living room. It was quite spacious and could easily accommodated the DBZ crew.
" Cell's Ki has disappeared." Goku declared.
Vegeta let out a 'hmph' in agreement.
" Are Goten and Trunks back with Bura yet?" Bulma asked worriedly.
" I'm sure they'll be back soon." Kuririn reassured them.
" I know Goten and Trunks are strong enough to beat this Cell." Goku said.
" Then why are we all here Kakaroto?" Vegeta spat.
" Because I believe that Goten and Trunks weren't the ones who defeated him."
" Then who did?" Piccolo demanded.
" Someone else...I think he's Saiyajin as well."
Whispered conversations arose as everyone digested this bit of information.
" Well I think we're about to find out because they're coming here right now."
Gohan announced unnecessarily. Sure enough, the doorbell rang. When one of the droids opened the door, Bura rushed in.
" You are not going to believe this. We found another saiyajin!"
" We know Bura."
Bura spaced out for a minute while she thought about Gohan's answer. He didn't seem so happy.
" What do you mean you know?"
" We just do...so where is this guy?"
" Well...we're having a problem bringing her in...but Goten and Onii-chan are dealing with it...by the way its not a-"
Before Bura could finish, the gang rushed outside to be greeted with the scene of Pan successfully fending both Goten and Trunks off.
" It's a girl..." Kuririn said shocked.
Even Vegeta had an expression of absolute surprise on their face. All except Gohan. He kept wondering where he'd seen this girl before...or who she reminded him of.
Videl.
He blinked back tears, which went unnoticed.
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Pan blocked the high kick from Goten and slammed him quickly to the ground, a classic evasive manoeuvre. Left with Trunks, she was about to make her move when she spotted the group of men on the ground.
"There's something about them...especially that man with the glasses. There is no way out now. "
She quickly dropped her defence and let Trunks slam her. Before she reached the floor, she slowed herself down to a complete stop before lightly dropping onto the green grass.
" Who are you?" the short man with the spiky hair asked.
Pan didn't even hesitate with her answer. She seemed very cool on the outside but inside she was scared stiff. All she wanted to do now was go home...back when things weren't so complicated.
" I am exactly who I appear to be."
The man snorted and looked away, no longer interested. A taller man with spiky black hair and a goofy smile spoke to her.
" Ok. We'd like to know if you are a Saiyajin."
" I am unfamiliar with that term."
" How can I put this...can you do this...KAMEHAMEHA!"
The man let off a ki attack, almost identical to hers into the sky. Pan bit her lip...were these the men her mother had once told her about?
" Who are you?" Pan asked back.
" Vegeta are you sure there were no more Saiyajin to come off the planet?"
" I'm sure Kakaroto. Who do you take me for? She's too young to have come from my planet anyway." Vegeta spat out, clearly very agitated.
" Who are you?" Pan repeated.
" Not until you answer my question."
" ...I am Pan Satan."
Everyone's eyes widened.
" Satan? As in Mr Satan the wrestler?" Kuririn asked.
" I suppose so. I've never met him but he's my grandfather."
Gohan's heart raced. No wonder this girl reminded him so much of Videl...she was her daughter.
" I wonder where she is...if I can...Don't be stupid. She has a daughter...she's probably married. "
" Then that means your Videl's daughter."
Two women, one with black hair twisted into a bun in traditional Chinese dress and the other with blue hair in casual stepped out onto the grass.
" yes. How did you know?"
" Videl was...well...she " the blue haired lady began.
" She was my fiancee." Gohan said bluntly.
He tried to hold his emotions in and keep as cool as possible under the circumstances. Everyone watched for a reaction out of Pan. There was no answer, just a serious, thoughtful look.
" Pan do you have a father?" Bura asked.
" Of course she does. Everyone has a father." Goten reasoned.
" No. I meant to ask if Pan knew her father...Pan?"
Pan bit her lip and frowned.
" No." she said softly.
" Isn't it possible that Gohan is...well...he's Pan's father?"
Pan looked sharply at Gohan who stared straight back.
" It is...but lets not question that now." Kuririn said, trying to ease the tension.
"Is it possible? Could I be this man's daughter? Gohan...Gohan what? What is my real name? Why...why didn't my mother tell me my father was alive?"
She suddenly felt a surge of anger and curiosity. Why didn't her mother tell her? She had an unbelievable urge to sate her curiosity.
" I have to go."
Recklessly, she zoomed away, heading for home. Her mother would be surprised to see her...and be even more surprised at why she was there and what she was about to ask her.
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" Should we just let her go?" Goten questioned.
" We have no choice. Let's go see Dende. I have a feeling something is going to happen on earth soon." Goku said, heading off for Dende-sama's palace.
On the trip there, Gohan thought silently.
"Could it be true what Bura said? Pan is my daughter? When did...that one time. Videl could have gotten...she did. Why didn't she tell me? We could have sorted it out. Pan could have had a happy childhood...Damnit Gohan! You're actually accepting the fact...you just want it to be true! "
" Onii! Hey you awake over there?"
Goten dropped back from the front and waited for his brother to catch up. He had always been grateful to his brother. What he was today was largely made up from him.
" Hmm? Oh Goten. Yeh I'm fine."
" You sure?"
" Yes."
The silence hung in the air as the two brothers flew steadily on.
" You want to know don't you?"
Gohan shot a sideways look at Goten.
" When did you become so smart?"
" well...if it's annoying for me not to know I'd have to imagine you..."
Goten stopped before he finished his sentence.
" You go. I'll cover for you. You can always just Ki track us anyway."
Gohan nodded and veered off by himself, trying to find Pan's ki...his daughter's ki. Knowing the ki would abruptly disappear after the girl reverted back to normal form he quickly powered up to SSJ2, hoping to make up for lost ground before he lost his chance forever.
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Pan touched down on the front lawn of her house. In the darkness of America, even though there was still sun in Japan, she could see that absolutely no one was home.
"Damn...where is she?"
Pan stopped for a moment to think. She was most definitely not going to find her in a rage. She would have to find her mother's k but it was dangerous to appear out of nowhere, especially in a public place but she didn't care. All she wanted was the truth...and no matter what she was going to get it.
" Found it."
Pan looked down at her mother. She was glaring at her in surprise.
" Pan what are you doing?"
Pan ignored the crowds of surprised people and dragged her mother out of there, flying top speed towards their house. When they reached it, Pan set her mother down on the front lawn.
" Pan what is the meaning of this? You know I told you to..."
" Why didn't you tell me I had a father?"
Videl looked to the green lawn in front of their house.
" I did...he's-"
" I know he's not dead. I want the truth Okasan. The truth."
Videl bit her lip and gestured to the door.
" Let's go inside first...I'll make some tea."
" No...this will be fine. Sit."
Videl reluctantly sat on the lawn in front of her daughter, who was crackling with energy already.
" You met them all didn't you?"
" Met who?"
" The saiyajin...Gohan."
" He's my father isn't he?"
" There's no other explanation...it has to be him."
" Why didn't you tell me?"
Both girls looked up to see Gohan dropping down next to them. Videl instantly got up and began to run.
" Did you really think you can escape us?"
Videl dropped reluctantly back on the lawn...tears flowing down her cheeks. Gohan so desperately wanted to reassure her but he couldn't. He knew Videl would refuse to let him touch her.
" I couldn't stand it. You seemed so happy Gohan...I had to leave. I couldn't let you know. I just couldn't...you would have been disgraced in front of your family...I couldn't let you do that."
" So...you left." Pan said.
" Yes I left. I thought that if I just up and left, it would be easier for you and Gohan. I didn't want Pan to grow up knowing that her father didn't want her. I didn't want anyone to know..."
" But why? Why did you think I'd stop...loving you."
Pan shifted uncomfortably, snapping off blades of grass with her fingers as she listened to those embarrassing words.
" For years I was always scared that one of you would search for me...but when Pan began to have an interest in fighting, making giant ki balls and all that stuff, just like you...I told her never to do it again...obviously she didn't listen to me." Videl continued, ignoring Gohan's comment.
Pan stood up, floating up to the air.
" Where are you going Pan?"
" I have to go and think."
Pan sped away, letting her...parents talk. She couldn't stand being there. Her mother had gypped her out of a childhood that would have been much happier. She could have had a father...that was the most painful of all. She zoomed higher and higher until she spotted something off in the distance...a floating island of some sort. It looked familiar to some degree. When she was younger, she remembered being near there and flying right into some kind of flying machine. She couldn't see because of smoke and she thought she was being attacked so she let out ki blasts and that was the end of that memory.
" Well...might as well check it out."
She flew faster. The most magnificent view greeted her. It looked almost heavenly.
" Excuse me Miss...who are you?"
A short chubby black skinned man in a turban walked up to her.
" um...I'm sorry...I think I'll go now."
An arm shot up and held her there.
" No...please stay...You are a saiyajin aren't you?"
The green man asked her with a smile...
" you look like...that guy from this morning."
" You mean Piccolo? Does he wear a white cape?"
" That's him."
" Yes...he is namekian...like me. What brings you up here?"
" I was flying by."
" You are Gohan's daughter yes?"
" How did you know? I mean I just found out now."
" Don't worry...Let me introduce myself. I am Dende, the god of earth."
Pan's eyes widened and quickly bowed. Something in this guy's voice told her to believe him.
" I'm sorry...I was so impolite."
" No...don't worry about it...Miss...You look quite tired."
Pan yawned as the man talked.
" Erm...sorry...I haven't had much sleep lately. It's been a long day."
" Popo?"
The little man nodded and gestured towards the palace.
" Please follow me."
Pan hesitated.
" It's perfectly fine."
Pan took a deep breath before following the little man to the palace.
" Great...just great. I find out I have a father, see a bunch of people who are just like me and I find some floating palace with an earth god and they offer me a place to sleep. This is just too weird."
" Don't worry about it. Things will get weirder, but these are all for the better."
Pan stared incredulously at the short funny man who seemed to have read her thoughts.
" Please miss, if you want to keep things secret, try not to think so loudly."
" Think loudly? Great. Now I can't even keep thoughts to myself."
" That's right miss."
" jeez."
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