Chapter 5
" Dende!"
Goku smiled as he landed on the Palace floors. The Namekian turned back around and smiled as well. The entire gang was now there.
" How are you Dende?"
" I'm good. And you?"
" Well we don't have much time for this...Cell is back,"
" Yes I know."
" How?" Goku asked.
" Besides the fact that I am the Earth's god...never mind. Anyway it appears Cell is back...but better."
" But Pan...I mean some girl destroyed him this morning."
" No...he's not dead. He regenerated...but that's not all...it seems that Buu is back for some reason...I think something's wrong up in the heavens...the gates of hell seem to be opening."
" Wow...Everyone's going to be back?" Kuririn asked.
" Yep. That's not all...they seem to be a lot more powerful than before...But I don't know why."
" They're loose already." Trunks muttered, looking over the side.
" Oh no! We have to go and get Mom and everyone else that's still down there!" Goten said, about to jump off the side.
" No...I'll get them. You stay here." Goku said, teleporting.
That left Vegeta, no18, no17, Kuririn, Piccolo, Trunks and Goten.
" Where's Gohan?" Kuririn asked.
" He'll be back soon." Goten said quickly.
" Well his daughter's here." Popo said, walking up from the palace.
" Pan's here?" Goten asked.
Popo nodded. Bura rushed off towards the palace, dragging Popo with her.
" Where?" asked Bura with an anxious tone, following Popo through the identical seemingly endless halls.
As Bura disappeared inside, Goku reappeared with Bulma and Chichi.
" They're coming."
" Who?"
A whole army of fighters appeared to be zooming towards them.
" Oh shit...we have to go. Move it!" #17 shouted.
Quickly the group split up.
" Trunks take Bura!" Vegeta ordered his son as he and Goku began to knock back
the first wave of attackers.
Trunks nodded, dragging Goten along with him. They entered the palace, searching every room until they found Popo closing one of the doors.
" What's happening?" Popo asked.
" They're attacking...we have to get out of here." Trunks said as Goten threw open the door.
" Oh no! Dende!"
Popo rushed off, leaving the door open for them. They rushed inside where Bura was sitting by the bed shaking someone.
" What's-" Bura began.
" Not now. C'mon we have to leave." Goten interrupted.
" But I can't wake Pan up..."
Trunks slid his arms underneath Pan's body and lifted her up, slinging her arms over his shoulders as he found a firm grip to keep her hoisted on his back.
" Let's go!"
They all flew out the window at top speed, with Goten dragging Bura along to make her faster.
" Come on Bura...we have to go faster."
" I can't fly that fast! Oh no! Goten look!"
Goten turned back in the direction he was flying in. Right in front of them was about 50-armed saiyajin, all from the last years of Vegetasai. Behind them was a smaller figure, all in white with a gleaming purple spot on the head and a long white tail.
" We have to stop...we have to fight them." Trunks said regretfully.
Freeing his hand, he gently patted Pan on the cheeks trying to wake her up.
" Wake up Pan...now isn't a good time to sleep."
Bura flew over from Goten's grasp and supported Pan on her shoulder.
" You go...I'll...try to hold them off."
Trunks and Goten exchanged a look...it wasn't the best idea in the world but right now they didn't have much of a choice.
" Ok. Here we go."
Suddenly half the saiyajin came for them, all sporting a ki scouter. Most of the saiyajin weren't very good...none of them reaching SSJ potential...but that was because they never believed they could do it. But that didn't mean Trunks and Goten was winning. No matter how powerful they were, the numbers were prevailing. Bura could see this and more. While trying to wake Pan up, more and more saiyajin landed at the scene, most of them leering at Bura and the girl she had over her shoulder. Trunks and Goten were too involved in their own battles to help her...she knew she had to depend on herself.
Slowly, a round disk, much like her father's formed in her hands. She threw it like a discus. Many of the saiyajin were surprised that the dainty little female in front of them had any power at all, some so surprised, they hadn't moved in time for the disk to cut their tails right off. Though this didn't really hurt them physically, as Bura would have hoped, it really did hurt their pride.
" Great...now I've ticked them off...Pan wake up!"
Making one last effort she used to try on her brother, she pinched Pan's nose, cutting off her air. The girl flew off her, right into the arms of one of the saiyajin.
" Pan!" Bura yelled.
" Oh man...what is that smell?!" she moaned.
Suddenly she felt a hand move down her leg. She looked behind her and a saiyajin...or what looked like a muscly man with very poor hygiene floated next to her.
" Get off me you pervert!"
She formed a quick ki ball and slammed it, along with her fist into the man's stomach. The man doubled over in pain as he flew through the clouds and disappeared from sight. She flew to join Bura as the leering men looked at Pan appreciatively.
" Who are these people? I sleep for a little while and what happens?" Pan muttered under her breath.
" Erm Pan...we have a problem."
" What...oh."
More and more saiyajin poured onto the scene. She could see Trunks and Goten fight them all off, but at the rate they were coming in, hand to hand combat would never get them anywhere.
" Go up Bura...help me."
Bura nodded and they flew up rapidly.
" Kame...hame..."
Pan began to build up a giant ball of ki with Bura, putting her own natural power in.
" HA!"
Pan shot out the Ki ball as the saiyajin came towards them. Now in their thousands, the saiyajin vaporised in the blasts. Pan looked over at Goten and Trunks. She wondered why they were using this type of combat...why not go the easy way? Then she realised what she had done wrong. She spotted the smaller, but quite well built creature.
" Well hello there. I believe I found myself a challenger. Too bad it's a girl."
Pan's temper flared, but she kept her ki level to as low as susceptibly possible.
" You got a problem I'm a girl?"
" No...no problem. I already know what I'm going to do with you after our little fight...better not hurt you too much."
" In your dreams."
Bura nudged her.
" It's better not to."
" I'll teach this male chauvinistic pig what this girl's made of!"
" Pan don't. You'll get your chance...but first let's find the others."
Pan's ki level dropped dramatically. The creature knew what Pan was planning and quickly sent a blast her way.
" Hold onto me."
Pan let up a blast to slow the creature's offensive attack before finding Trunk's ki. Thinking quickly, Bura grabbed her brother as they reappeared in front of him. They disappeared again, taking Goten.
Pan knew no other ki signatures other than them. She didn't know who to go to. Suddenly a super strong ki wafted to her. Not hesitating, she teleported over. Suddenly a strong arm came at her. Quickly, she ducked but the fist followed her. As suddenly as it came, the arm stopped short.
" Pan?"
The man she recognised her. Goku looked at her carefully.
" What in the world are you doing here?"
" I was trying to find...find people to...help us."
" Move."
Goku caught Cell's fist and pushed him back with a quick and swift kick and a ki ball.
" Get out of here. We don't have time. We have to destroy Cell before he gets to full power."
" You mean this isn't full power?" Trunks asked in disbelief.
" No. Go to Dende. We'll meet you there later."
" But we can't...they're up there as well."
" Oh yeh. I must have forgot."
" Dad now is not the time!" Goten complained.
" I know...Move!"
An unbelievably big ki blast headed their way. Immediately Goku let off his attack to try and counter the ki blasts sent by Cell. Goten and Trunks pitched in and they barely managed to send the ki ball off to the side. A large explosion rang through Pan's ears.
" Pan...over there..." Bura nudged her before pointing.
" No you mean over there..." she said pointing in the other direction.
Goku scanned the situation. Buu was in one direction, hordes of Saiyajin in the other and Trunks and Goten were meanwhile still fighting Cell. He would have no choice.
" Ok...Pan Bura listen up. I need you two to fight now. Right now. Bura please try to keep off those saiyajin ok? Pan I need you to do something for me. I need you to keep Buu busy for awhile so I can get Vegeta."
" You mean I have to keep a pink kid busy?"
" Don't underestimate him. He can absorb people and their power...as can Cell. If this is happening...then I've got to make sure I find him before he gets someone else's body. No time to waste, I've got to go," and with that Goku teleported off.
Pan took a deep breath and nodded to Bura. Bura flew off, forming as big a ki disc as she could.
" Come on Bura...you're the daughter of a saiyajin prince. You can do better than this."
Almost instantly, the disc enlarged to about the size of her father's ki blasts. Visualising what she wanted the disc to do, she threw it. It was a gruesome sight. The large disc cut through the first wave of saiyajin, each body separating into 2 halves before falling to the ground.
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Pan flew slowly towards the pink kid who was stretching in the sky.
" Buu."
That got the pink dude's attention. He gave her a once over and popped the last chocolate block into his mouth. Pan looked at him warily. She had nearly no battle experience and they put her up against someone like this. She couldn't sense the ki but she knew by gut instinct that this thing was very powerful. Unlike her last confrontation, which was with Cell, she couldn't keep calm about it. Charging forward, fist upraised, she flew top speed towards Buu. He simply caught her fist and wrenched her backward. Immediately she flipped over to stop herself from flying further back. Taking a deep breath, she launched herself against him once more.
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Bura heftily lifted the heavy sword she'd taken from one of the dead warriors.
"This isn't so bad...at least I can get some exercise...I can see how much onii and otou-san can get into it.... Within reason of course."
One particularly ugly man lunged towards her rather quickly and she dodged. She knew that if they all came towards her at the one time she wouldn't be able to handle them. Her worst fears were confirmed when all the warriors lunged towards her. She opened her mouth to scream and a brilliant light emanated from her, vaporising all of them. Everyone stopped mid fight to watch her. But then the light disappeared as suddenly as it came and she felt amazingly tired. The last thing she could see was Pan flying hurriedly towards her.
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Vegeta's jaw dropped as he watched his daughter fight off the saiyajin warriors...as well as turn super saiyajin. He was about to fly off to catch her as she fainted but Goku stopped him.
" Get out of my way Kakaroto." He snarled.
" Don't worry about it Vegeta...Pan's got it under control...let's take care of Buu first."
Vegeta frowned at Kakaroto as he held up two dangly earrings, which were annoyingly familiar.
" I stopped off to get a pair first..."
" Don't even think about it Kakaroto. No way."
" It's for the good of the world Vegeta."
" This isn't my planet. Besides Kakaroto, we can transform to SSJ4. We don't need these stupid earrings."
" Chances are Vegeta, if all our old enemies are coming back...then its better to save transforming in case that particular enemy decides to meddle."
" Hmph. I can take him on."
" Sure. Sure you can...but you know. The world does include Bulma and Bura."
" Fine."
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Pan made it the Bura just in time before another wave of saiyajin reached her. Letting off a quick blast she forced the wave back. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Buu coming at her again. During their battle she had held her own...but just barely. Now with the handicap of holding onto Bura would surely make her lose. She freed one hand to block Buu's fist, using her leg to block the other. Suddenly Buu formed a ki ball and threw it at her. She had no means to stop it without full mobility at her power level.
Quickly, she gathered as much energy as she could; just in time the slam Buu's ki ball back at him, as well as her own one. Suddenly a man not much taller than herself appeared before her, his hair pointing straight up with an extreme widow's peak.
" Take Bura somewhere else girl."
She didn't argue. She flew off quickly, letting Buu's attack glance off her aura before powering down.
" Bura...wake up!"
Goku tapped her shoulder.
" Take Bura up to the earth palace. It should be all clear now...if not I'm sure you can handle it...but if not teleport. Got it?"
" yes...Grandpa."
She figured she should call the man by his proper title. Goku grinned cheerily and took her by the hand.
" Take good care of these...you might need them some day. I think that Goten will explain them to you."
Pan nodded, staring bewilderedly at the earrings in her palm. They looked like the one Goku had on. Without another look behind, she flew off at top speed with Bura in her arms, still unconscious. When she reached the palace, only the green namekian stood with his assistant.
" I'm not even going to ask."
" Dende!"
Goku smiled as he landed on the Palace floors. The Namekian turned back around and smiled as well. The entire gang was now there.
" How are you Dende?"
" I'm good. And you?"
" Well we don't have much time for this...Cell is back,"
" Yes I know."
" How?" Goku asked.
" Besides the fact that I am the Earth's god...never mind. Anyway it appears Cell is back...but better."
" But Pan...I mean some girl destroyed him this morning."
" No...he's not dead. He regenerated...but that's not all...it seems that Buu is back for some reason...I think something's wrong up in the heavens...the gates of hell seem to be opening."
" Wow...Everyone's going to be back?" Kuririn asked.
" Yep. That's not all...they seem to be a lot more powerful than before...But I don't know why."
" They're loose already." Trunks muttered, looking over the side.
" Oh no! We have to go and get Mom and everyone else that's still down there!" Goten said, about to jump off the side.
" No...I'll get them. You stay here." Goku said, teleporting.
That left Vegeta, no18, no17, Kuririn, Piccolo, Trunks and Goten.
" Where's Gohan?" Kuririn asked.
" He'll be back soon." Goten said quickly.
" Well his daughter's here." Popo said, walking up from the palace.
" Pan's here?" Goten asked.
Popo nodded. Bura rushed off towards the palace, dragging Popo with her.
" Where?" asked Bura with an anxious tone, following Popo through the identical seemingly endless halls.
As Bura disappeared inside, Goku reappeared with Bulma and Chichi.
" They're coming."
" Who?"
A whole army of fighters appeared to be zooming towards them.
" Oh shit...we have to go. Move it!" #17 shouted.
Quickly the group split up.
" Trunks take Bura!" Vegeta ordered his son as he and Goku began to knock back
the first wave of attackers.
Trunks nodded, dragging Goten along with him. They entered the palace, searching every room until they found Popo closing one of the doors.
" What's happening?" Popo asked.
" They're attacking...we have to get out of here." Trunks said as Goten threw open the door.
" Oh no! Dende!"
Popo rushed off, leaving the door open for them. They rushed inside where Bura was sitting by the bed shaking someone.
" What's-" Bura began.
" Not now. C'mon we have to leave." Goten interrupted.
" But I can't wake Pan up..."
Trunks slid his arms underneath Pan's body and lifted her up, slinging her arms over his shoulders as he found a firm grip to keep her hoisted on his back.
" Let's go!"
They all flew out the window at top speed, with Goten dragging Bura along to make her faster.
" Come on Bura...we have to go faster."
" I can't fly that fast! Oh no! Goten look!"
Goten turned back in the direction he was flying in. Right in front of them was about 50-armed saiyajin, all from the last years of Vegetasai. Behind them was a smaller figure, all in white with a gleaming purple spot on the head and a long white tail.
" We have to stop...we have to fight them." Trunks said regretfully.
Freeing his hand, he gently patted Pan on the cheeks trying to wake her up.
" Wake up Pan...now isn't a good time to sleep."
Bura flew over from Goten's grasp and supported Pan on her shoulder.
" You go...I'll...try to hold them off."
Trunks and Goten exchanged a look...it wasn't the best idea in the world but right now they didn't have much of a choice.
" Ok. Here we go."
Suddenly half the saiyajin came for them, all sporting a ki scouter. Most of the saiyajin weren't very good...none of them reaching SSJ potential...but that was because they never believed they could do it. But that didn't mean Trunks and Goten was winning. No matter how powerful they were, the numbers were prevailing. Bura could see this and more. While trying to wake Pan up, more and more saiyajin landed at the scene, most of them leering at Bura and the girl she had over her shoulder. Trunks and Goten were too involved in their own battles to help her...she knew she had to depend on herself.
Slowly, a round disk, much like her father's formed in her hands. She threw it like a discus. Many of the saiyajin were surprised that the dainty little female in front of them had any power at all, some so surprised, they hadn't moved in time for the disk to cut their tails right off. Though this didn't really hurt them physically, as Bura would have hoped, it really did hurt their pride.
" Great...now I've ticked them off...Pan wake up!"
Making one last effort she used to try on her brother, she pinched Pan's nose, cutting off her air. The girl flew off her, right into the arms of one of the saiyajin.
" Pan!" Bura yelled.
" Oh man...what is that smell?!" she moaned.
Suddenly she felt a hand move down her leg. She looked behind her and a saiyajin...or what looked like a muscly man with very poor hygiene floated next to her.
" Get off me you pervert!"
She formed a quick ki ball and slammed it, along with her fist into the man's stomach. The man doubled over in pain as he flew through the clouds and disappeared from sight. She flew to join Bura as the leering men looked at Pan appreciatively.
" Who are these people? I sleep for a little while and what happens?" Pan muttered under her breath.
" Erm Pan...we have a problem."
" What...oh."
More and more saiyajin poured onto the scene. She could see Trunks and Goten fight them all off, but at the rate they were coming in, hand to hand combat would never get them anywhere.
" Go up Bura...help me."
Bura nodded and they flew up rapidly.
" Kame...hame..."
Pan began to build up a giant ball of ki with Bura, putting her own natural power in.
" HA!"
Pan shot out the Ki ball as the saiyajin came towards them. Now in their thousands, the saiyajin vaporised in the blasts. Pan looked over at Goten and Trunks. She wondered why they were using this type of combat...why not go the easy way? Then she realised what she had done wrong. She spotted the smaller, but quite well built creature.
" Well hello there. I believe I found myself a challenger. Too bad it's a girl."
Pan's temper flared, but she kept her ki level to as low as susceptibly possible.
" You got a problem I'm a girl?"
" No...no problem. I already know what I'm going to do with you after our little fight...better not hurt you too much."
" In your dreams."
Bura nudged her.
" It's better not to."
" I'll teach this male chauvinistic pig what this girl's made of!"
" Pan don't. You'll get your chance...but first let's find the others."
Pan's ki level dropped dramatically. The creature knew what Pan was planning and quickly sent a blast her way.
" Hold onto me."
Pan let up a blast to slow the creature's offensive attack before finding Trunk's ki. Thinking quickly, Bura grabbed her brother as they reappeared in front of him. They disappeared again, taking Goten.
Pan knew no other ki signatures other than them. She didn't know who to go to. Suddenly a super strong ki wafted to her. Not hesitating, she teleported over. Suddenly a strong arm came at her. Quickly, she ducked but the fist followed her. As suddenly as it came, the arm stopped short.
" Pan?"
The man she recognised her. Goku looked at her carefully.
" What in the world are you doing here?"
" I was trying to find...find people to...help us."
" Move."
Goku caught Cell's fist and pushed him back with a quick and swift kick and a ki ball.
" Get out of here. We don't have time. We have to destroy Cell before he gets to full power."
" You mean this isn't full power?" Trunks asked in disbelief.
" No. Go to Dende. We'll meet you there later."
" But we can't...they're up there as well."
" Oh yeh. I must have forgot."
" Dad now is not the time!" Goten complained.
" I know...Move!"
An unbelievably big ki blast headed their way. Immediately Goku let off his attack to try and counter the ki blasts sent by Cell. Goten and Trunks pitched in and they barely managed to send the ki ball off to the side. A large explosion rang through Pan's ears.
" Pan...over there..." Bura nudged her before pointing.
" No you mean over there..." she said pointing in the other direction.
Goku scanned the situation. Buu was in one direction, hordes of Saiyajin in the other and Trunks and Goten were meanwhile still fighting Cell. He would have no choice.
" Ok...Pan Bura listen up. I need you two to fight now. Right now. Bura please try to keep off those saiyajin ok? Pan I need you to do something for me. I need you to keep Buu busy for awhile so I can get Vegeta."
" You mean I have to keep a pink kid busy?"
" Don't underestimate him. He can absorb people and their power...as can Cell. If this is happening...then I've got to make sure I find him before he gets someone else's body. No time to waste, I've got to go," and with that Goku teleported off.
Pan took a deep breath and nodded to Bura. Bura flew off, forming as big a ki disc as she could.
" Come on Bura...you're the daughter of a saiyajin prince. You can do better than this."
Almost instantly, the disc enlarged to about the size of her father's ki blasts. Visualising what she wanted the disc to do, she threw it. It was a gruesome sight. The large disc cut through the first wave of saiyajin, each body separating into 2 halves before falling to the ground.
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Pan flew slowly towards the pink kid who was stretching in the sky.
" Buu."
That got the pink dude's attention. He gave her a once over and popped the last chocolate block into his mouth. Pan looked at him warily. She had nearly no battle experience and they put her up against someone like this. She couldn't sense the ki but she knew by gut instinct that this thing was very powerful. Unlike her last confrontation, which was with Cell, she couldn't keep calm about it. Charging forward, fist upraised, she flew top speed towards Buu. He simply caught her fist and wrenched her backward. Immediately she flipped over to stop herself from flying further back. Taking a deep breath, she launched herself against him once more.
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Bura heftily lifted the heavy sword she'd taken from one of the dead warriors.
"This isn't so bad...at least I can get some exercise...I can see how much onii and otou-san can get into it.... Within reason of course."
One particularly ugly man lunged towards her rather quickly and she dodged. She knew that if they all came towards her at the one time she wouldn't be able to handle them. Her worst fears were confirmed when all the warriors lunged towards her. She opened her mouth to scream and a brilliant light emanated from her, vaporising all of them. Everyone stopped mid fight to watch her. But then the light disappeared as suddenly as it came and she felt amazingly tired. The last thing she could see was Pan flying hurriedly towards her.
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Vegeta's jaw dropped as he watched his daughter fight off the saiyajin warriors...as well as turn super saiyajin. He was about to fly off to catch her as she fainted but Goku stopped him.
" Get out of my way Kakaroto." He snarled.
" Don't worry about it Vegeta...Pan's got it under control...let's take care of Buu first."
Vegeta frowned at Kakaroto as he held up two dangly earrings, which were annoyingly familiar.
" I stopped off to get a pair first..."
" Don't even think about it Kakaroto. No way."
" It's for the good of the world Vegeta."
" This isn't my planet. Besides Kakaroto, we can transform to SSJ4. We don't need these stupid earrings."
" Chances are Vegeta, if all our old enemies are coming back...then its better to save transforming in case that particular enemy decides to meddle."
" Hmph. I can take him on."
" Sure. Sure you can...but you know. The world does include Bulma and Bura."
" Fine."
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Pan made it the Bura just in time before another wave of saiyajin reached her. Letting off a quick blast she forced the wave back. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Buu coming at her again. During their battle she had held her own...but just barely. Now with the handicap of holding onto Bura would surely make her lose. She freed one hand to block Buu's fist, using her leg to block the other. Suddenly Buu formed a ki ball and threw it at her. She had no means to stop it without full mobility at her power level.
Quickly, she gathered as much energy as she could; just in time the slam Buu's ki ball back at him, as well as her own one. Suddenly a man not much taller than herself appeared before her, his hair pointing straight up with an extreme widow's peak.
" Take Bura somewhere else girl."
She didn't argue. She flew off quickly, letting Buu's attack glance off her aura before powering down.
" Bura...wake up!"
Goku tapped her shoulder.
" Take Bura up to the earth palace. It should be all clear now...if not I'm sure you can handle it...but if not teleport. Got it?"
" yes...Grandpa."
She figured she should call the man by his proper title. Goku grinned cheerily and took her by the hand.
" Take good care of these...you might need them some day. I think that Goten will explain them to you."
Pan nodded, staring bewilderedly at the earrings in her palm. They looked like the one Goku had on. Without another look behind, she flew off at top speed with Bura in her arms, still unconscious. When she reached the palace, only the green namekian stood with his assistant.
" I'm not even going to ask."