Author's Note: Wow! This is the most reviews that I have ever gotten for a fic! I feel loved. Not bad for a story that was written in between my classes at school! Anyway, thanks for all of the support. I promise that I will try my hardest to get these chapters out as fast as I can. And yes, I also promise to make speed up the romance part. Also, I don't own Dragonball Z or any of its character. pouts I wish that I did though. Then I could live happily ever after with Trunks! sigh Oh well, enough of my babble. On with the story.
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Trunks was lost. Completely and utterly lost. He was standing in the middle of a huge misty place. It was like nothing that he had ever seen before. Suddenly in front of him the shape of a little girl appeared. Her body and face were covered with shadows. "You broke your promise!" she said in a cute little girl way.
"Who are you? What promise?" Trunks asked stepping towards the girl to see her better.
"You lied!" the girl replied, staying just out of reach.
"How did I lie? I don't understand!"
It was then that the girl vanished from in front of him. Trunks spun around. Franticly looking for the girl. Suddenly he felt two strong hands clamp down on his shoulders. "Calm down! You need to rest!" a female voice whispered to him.
"No! I can't. I have to find the girl!" he replied.
"Trunks, please calm down. You are sick! You have to rest to get well!"
Trunks shook his head, he some how broke away from the grip and pulled away. In a matter of seconds another figure appeared in the mist. This time it was of a teen aged girl. "You lied and broke your promise to me, and now you don't even remember what it was? How could you Trunks! I thought that I meant more to you than that!" the girl said with a hate filled voice.
"Wait please! Tell me what I have done wrong! Tell me who you are!"
"If you can't remember who I am. Then what is the use of telling you?"
"Then at lease tell me why you are tormenting me!" Trunks shouted.
"I am just changing your bandages Trunks. Please clam down!" the other voice said.
"This is all your fault Pan." a male voice added.
"You can't blame this on me Goten. How was I supposed to know that he was going to poison himself by trying to escape!"
"You should have known! You should have planned on it!"
Trunks once again pulled away from the two people talking. When he turned back to the girl she was gone. Now in the mist was another figure. It was one of a young woman. "Please Trunks! You have to remember your promise to me. If you don't I will be gone forever!"
"How can I remember if I don't even know who you are!" Trunks replied.
"Open your heart Trunks. You will find me if you look hard enough!"
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The first rays of the afternoon sun filtered through the window and landed directly on Trunks' face. Trunks groaned and tried to block the sun out of his eyes. He failed. "Gavin! Close the window! I want to sleep in!" he called.
"Sorry your highness, but you aren't in the palace anymore!" a female voice replied.
Trunks' eyes flew open. He quickly sat up in bed. Shocked to find that he wasn't in the palace. It took him a few moments to remember where he actually was and what had happened to him. Then he was even more shocked to find that he wasn't in the hut where he had originally been in when he was first captured.
"Where am I?" he asked as he examined his setting.
The Green Dragon smiled and placed the book that she had been reading before Trunks had awoke down on the desk beside the bed. "You are in my home. You were sick so I had to bring you here for proper care."
Trunks looked down at his hands. They were no longer bound together with the vines. Instead there were think strips of cloth that were dyed slightly pink, from his blood. "How did I get sick?" he asked.
"The liquid that comes from the vines is considered to be one of the worlds worst poisons. You managed to poison yourself by trying to escape."
"Why did you save my life?"
"I didn't. My Uncle Goten save it. You can thank him. If I had had my way, you would be buried six feet under."
"Goten? I heard someone say that name while I was asleep." Trunks muttered, he looked at the Green Dragon. "Your real name is Pan isn't it?"
The Green Dragon remained silent. "Why do you hate me so much?" Trunks asked after a few minutes of silence.
"If you don't know, then I am not going to be the one to tell you."
With that the Green Dragon stood up and walked out of the room. Before she did she paused and looked at Trunks. "By the way, your father has agreed to pay the ransom. In three days you will be home safe and sound.
Before Trunks could reply. Pan turned and walked out of the room. Leaving Trunks once again alone with his thoughts.
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A couple of hours later the door to the hut once again opened and a young man, about Trunks' age, with spiky black hair entered the room. He carried a cast iron pot and two bowls in his hand. He walked over to the table and placed the things down. He then turned towards Trunks and smiled. "I am glad to see that you are going well. For a moment you had me worried."
"Why do you care? Don't you hate me as much as the Green Dragon does?" Trunks asked.
The young man shook his head. "No, I don't hate you as much as my niece does."
"Niece? Then you must be Goten. Pan told me that I should thank you for my life."
Goten shrugged. "I don't know about that. Pan was the one who stayed by your side the entire time. All I did was make the medicine."
Trunks couldn't help but smile. He had known Goten for only a matter of moments but he could already tell that he liked Goten. "Well, thank you anyway."
Goten smiled one of his goofy grins. "You are welcome. But enough talk lets eat! I am starving!"
Trunks' smile grew larger as he pulled the covers off of himself and slowly stood up. He managed to hobble over to the table and sit down in one of the seats. Goten quickly poured a bowl for Trunks and himself.
Soon after they began to eat. The two began talking. After a few moments it was as if the two of them had known each other for all of their lives.
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The next three days flew by for Trunks. He quickly found himself standing in a large field with Pan, while her men hid in the forest. His father King Vegeta stood on the other end of the field. As soon as the two sides spotted each other they walked to a large table that had been set up in the middle of the field.
"Where is the money?" Pan asked before Vegeta could say a word.
Vegeta snapped his fingers, one of the servants that was with him pulled a large bag out from under the table. It made a clinking sound as it hit the table. Pan walked over to it and opened the bag. It was filled to the brim with gold coins. "Nice doing business with you!" Pan said as she grabbed the bag.
"Seize her!" Vegeta said suddenly.
Instantly six royal guards appeared out of nowhere. They grabbed Pan and drug her to Vegeta. In the woods Uub, Pan's right hand man had to grab a hold of Goten and hold him back. "You won't be able to help her if you die today!" Uub whispered into his ear.
"He's going to kill her!" Goten hissed.
"Father! What are you doing?" Trunks shouted.
"Arresting a criminal. Take he away!" Vegeta replied.
The leader of the guards nodded. He began dragging Pan towards the other side of the field. As Pan passed Trunks by, he could see the hate in her eyes.
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Okay! Okay! I know that this chapter was short, but I will try to do better next time. And yes I will get to the part where romance begins. I promise! Anyway, please review. So I know if I am doing a good job or not.