Author's Note: Hiya! I'm back with Chapter 6. Just when you though that you could get rid of me. I show right back up. Anyway, this might be the last chapter for a while. I have a lot of homework that I haven't even touched yet and my parents are getting a little mad about the fact that I am not doing it. Also, I don't own Dragonball Z. No matter how hard I wish and pray, I don't. Well, enough of my babble. On with the story!
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Pan shook her head and sighed. Bren was hopeless when it came to swordplay. He had no clue how to even hold a sword. To make matters worse the boy was in love with her and refused to even try to attack her correctly, because he was afraid that he would hurt her. "Bren! Pay attention! How are you ever going to protect Twilight's Kingdom if you don't learn how t o handle a sword?"
"I'm sorry. I'm trying." Bren replied quietly.
Pan sighed again. "Okay, let's try this again from the top."
Bren nodded and took a fighting stance. He and Pan touched swords and then Pan attacked. With one blow she was able to knock the sword from Bren's hands again. "Bren! I told you to keep a tight hold on the sword!" Pan said.
"I tried. I did."
"It's not you fault, Bren. You just don't have a good enough teacher." Trunks said walking into the courtyard.
"I beat you didn't I?" Pan hissed.
"You caught me on an off day." Trunks replied.
Pan gave Trunks a look. "Oh really? Then I guess that you wouldn't mind another spar."
Trunks smiled. "I thought that you would never ask."
"Bren, stand back. I don't want you to get hurt when I beat the crap out of the good Prince."
Bren nodded and hurried to one of the doors to the courtyard. Trunks picked up Bren's sword and tossed it into a corner of the yard. He then took his stance and raised his sword. Pan did the same and smiled as they tapped swords. "Prepare to loose Green Dragon." Trunks said.
"Oh I am one day. Just not to you." Pan replied.
With that Pan attacked. It took all of Trunks strength to keep up with her. One blow got through and sliced through the left arm of Trunks' tunic. "Hey! I liked this shirt." Trunks muttered as he and Pan began circling each other.
"Poor baby! Next time learn to block quicker!" Pan replied.
Trunks glared at her and attacked. Pan easily blocked his blows and stuck back again. Once again slicking through one of his sleeves. This time the right arm. "You are getting slow Prince." Pan taunted.
Trunks growled. He attacked with a fury of blows. This time of them stuck Pan. Slicing through her tunic above her belt. Pan looked down at the slice and then glared at Trunks. "This was my mother's tunic!"
"Oops."
Pan let out a yell and attacked. It went on like this for almost an hour. Both Pan and Trunks attacked each other. Each managing to get at least one blow to strike their opponite. Until Trunks' tunic was ripped to shreds and Pan's was barely covering her. "Do...you...yield...yet...Green...Dragon?" Trunks gasped for air as he struggled to raise his sword.
"Never!" Pan replied as she tried to lift her sword to attack Trunks again but could not.
It was at that moment that Bra and Goten walked into the courtyard. As soon as they noticed the dueling pair, they froze. "What in the name of Dende have you two been doing?" Bra shouted.
Trunks looked up at his sister. "We...are...fighting...I...have...to...prove...that...I...am...better...than...Pan...is..." Trunks gasped.
"That...is...something...that you...will...never be!" Pan told him.
"Don't...make...me...hurt...you!"
"I...would...like to...see...you...try!"
Trunks mumbled something under his breath and tried to lift his sword. He failed and collapsed to the ground. Pan let out a laugh. She then turned back to her uncle and noticed the picnic basket that he was carrying under his arm. "Taking…the Princess…on a picnic…I see Uncle?" she joked.
"A true gentleman never discusses the courtship of his lady. Especially not with his nosey niece." Goten replied as he extended his arm to Bra. "Shall we go Princess?"
Bra nodded and giggled. "Of course my lord." Bra replied as she took Goten's arm. Pan shook her head and smiled. "Looks like you and I will be related very shortly, Prince." Pan told Trunks.
"Oh joy! My father…will love the fact that my sister is in love with an Outlaw!" Trunks replied.
"And what is wrong…with being an Outlaw?"
"Nothing...I was just saying..."
Pan held up a hand to silence him. "I know what you meant, Prince. I will have you to know that I have met Outlaws that have more integrity than you or any member of you family could ever have!"
"I never..."
"You don't have to Prince. I know what you meant!"
With that Pan turned and stormed out of the courtyard. Leaving a bewildered Trunks sitting in the courtyard.
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"Goten?" Bra asked as Goten lay his head in her lap and closed his eyes.
"Yes, Princess?"
"When do you think my brother and Pan will admit that they are in love with each other?"
Goten opened his eyes and looked up at Bra. "I have no idea. Pan can be very stubborn if she wants to be."
"So can my brother."
"That's why they are perfect for each other, just like us."
Bra smiled at Goten's comment and took his hands in her own. Goten began lightly caressing her fingers. "Pan will admit that she is in love whenever she forgives Pan for what your father's men did."
"Goten?"
"Hum?"
"What did my father's men actually do? Why does Pan hate him so much?"
Goten sighed. "It's a long story actually. It began when my father, Pan's Grandfather, Goku and your father Vegeta, had this huge argument. From what I can remember, Vegeta wanted to go to war but Goku didn't. He refused to back Vegeta if he did. Well, with out Goku's backing. Vegeta lost the war. To get back at Goku Vegeta sent a legion of me to attack Twilight's Kingdom."
~flashback~
The air surrounding Twilight's Kingdom was filled with smoke as the men of the legion began scaling the walls. Meanwhile in the heart of the manor, the Son family were trying to escape. "Goku? What do we do?" Chi-Chi asked trying not to panic as the attackers began filling the manor.
"Chi-Chi get Pan, Goten, and Videl out of here. Gohan and I will hold them off as long as we can!" Goku said drawing his sword.
"No! I'm not leaving you here alone!"
Goku looked at his wife and smiled weakly. "I'll be okay. Don't worry about me."
"Goku...I..."
Goku gently touched Chi-Chi's face. He then bent down and kissed her softly on her lips. "I know Chi-Chi. I love you too. I always have and I always will. No go!"
Meanwhile Gohan was also kissing his wife goodbye. "I love you Videl. I'll catch up with you as soon as I can. Take care of Pan."
"I will Gohan. I love you."
Gohan smiled sadly and turned towards the men that were now heading down the hall. "Videl! We have to go!" Chi-Chi called as she pulled Videl down the hall.
"Gohan." Videl whispered as she watched the men over run her husband and father-in-law.
Chi-Chi bit back tears and hurried down the hall, dragging Videl and Goten behind her. As they rounded a corner more men appeared and charged towards them. "Videl, go! If you hurry, you can make it to safety." Chi-Chi said shoving Videl the opposite direction of the men.
"Chi-Chi, I can't leave you here!"
"Get my son and Grandchild out of here now!"
"But…I…"
"Go!" Chi-Chi shouted at her as two guards appeared at her side.
"Mistress Videl, this way quickly!" one of the guards said taking Goten and Videl's hands.
Videl had no choice but to be pulled along by the guard. The guard lead Videl through the winding passageways of the manor. They were about to reach safety when the soldiers who had finished with Chi-Chi came storming down the hall.
Seeing this the guard shoved Videl behind him. "Stay behind me Mistress. I will hand these men."
"Like hell you will. Goten, take Panny and find Mel. She will make sure that you are protected." Videl said as she handed her daughter to Goten.
"But…what about mommy and daddy and Gohan and you?" ten-year old Goten asked.
"We will be fine, now go!"
"Mistress, I can't allow you to fight."
"Then you will have to deal with it!" Videl hissed. "This is the only way that I protect my daughter."
The Guard cursed under his breath and pulled two daggers out from his boots. "You'll need these."
Videl nodded her thanks and turned to face the men who were almost in front of her.
~End Flashback~
Pan dropped her to knees in front of her parents' graves. She gently placed two flowers on each of the graves and began sobbing. "I have failed you both." she whispered, "I set out to be the one to make King Vegeta pay for what he did to our family, but when I had the chance to by killing his son and daughter. I didn't. Instead, I befriended them! I even brought them here, to Twilight's Kingdom. The last place that I could hide from the King. Why? I have no idea. I still don't understand it.
"I should be trying to kill Bra to cause Vegeta as much pain as I have felt, but instead I am teaching her how to fight with a sword and watching. As she falls head over heals in love with Uncle Goten, which is quiet ironic if you think about it.
"And don't even get me started on the wonderful Prince Trunks. The pompous, egotistical, arrogant…"
"You forgot cute, sexy and incurably handsome." Trunks interpreted. (a/n: You better believe he is! ~_^)
"Cute, sexy and…what?" Pan shouted as she jumped to her feet.
"You were insulting me too much, so I decided to add in a few of my own. Just to liven things up a little."
Pan glared at Trunks but did not reply. She simply turned back to her parents' graves. "Is this why you hate me so much. Because my father had something to do with the death of your parents?" Trunks asked.
"Why do you care?" Pan replied.
"It might surprise you why I do care Pan."
"If you cared at all, then why did you break your promise to me?"
Trunks froze. She knows about the promise but how? Trunks thought as he walked over to Pan.
"What do you know of the promise that the girl from my dreams is talking about."
"Why should I tell you? It isn't that important if you can't remember it!"
Trunks grabbed Pan by the arms and forced her to look at him. "Tell me what promise I made and I will honor it. This I swear to you by my honor as Prince of this land."
Pan let out a weak laugh. "Don't make me laugh! What could you possibly know about honor? Did you father, the snake in the grass King, teach you about honor. Or did you read it in one of the many books that your tutors made you read."
"I am nothing like my father Pan. You should know that by now. If I were like him, you would already be dead by now. He wanted you beheaded the first morning that you were captured. I convinced him other wise by making up a fake punishment for you."
"Why?"
"To keep you alive."
"Why?"
"Because…you are far more valuable alive than dead. You are a good leader Pan, you would make an excellent general in my armies when I become King."
"Lucky me!"
Trunks smiled at that comment. "Now tell me, what promise did I make to you?"
"If you can't remember, why should I…"
"Tell me Pan!"
Pan tried to break free from Trunks' grasp but her held onto her tighter. "If you want to be freed, you will tell me what I want to know."
Pan looked at Trunks as tears came to her eyes. "Think back Prince. Doesn't this place look familiar to you?"
Trunks nodded. "As soon as I stepped into this place. I felt as if I had been here before."
"That's because you had. Your mother and my grandmother and grandfather were very good friends. You and your sister would spend ever summer here with Goten and I. You made a promise right here on this very spot. Think back."
~Flashback~
Chibi Trunks raced after Chibi Pan. "Catch me if you can!" Pan giggled.
"Hey! Don't run so fast! I can't keep up!" Chibi Bra called trying to catch up with her brother and best friend.
"Don't worry Princess. If they leave you I'll stay with you." Chibi Goten said with the famous son smile as he took Bra's hand in his. Bra began to turn a lovely shade of pink.
"Goten and Bra standing on the ground K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Pan and Trunks began taunting.
"We're not kissing!" Goten replied.
Bra nodded. "Yeah! This would be kissing!"
With that Bra stood on her tiptoes and kissed Goten on the cheek. Trunks and Pan made a disgusted face while Goten began blushing red. "Come on Trunks let's leave these two alone. If your sister kisses Goten anymore, I think I'm going to be sick!" Pan said.
Trunks nodded and let Pan lead him away. They continued playing game with each other until the sun was almost setting. "Trunks…" Pan began as she lay down on the ground and looked up at the clouds. "Promise me that no matter what happens. You will always be there for me. Whither I need a friend or someone to fight beside."
"I promise. How could I not? You are my best friend."
~End Flashback~
Trunks let Pan go. "I did promise that. God Dende! How could I have forgotten? Pan?'
Trunks looked up in time to see Pan sprinting away from him. He didn't even try to go after her. Trunks knew that Pan wouldn't talk to him right now. No wonder she hates me so much. She blames me for her family's death and that I didn't protect her when she needed me the most. Trunks thought as he stood up. "I'll make it up to you Pan. I can promise you that!"
With that Trunks turned and began walking back to the manor. Little did he know that there was some one behind him watch from the shadows. As soon as Trunks was out of site. The person stood up and raced to their horse. The King would be please with him for finding the Prince and the traitor.
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