Chapter 6
Pan awoke slowly, almost expecting him to be lying next to her. But when she reached out with her hand, she felt nothing. For a moment, she was disappointed. Then she frowned. This was the first time in a year she had woken up thinking about someone else, other than Uub.
Something really had changed.
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She didn't immediately fly to his house, but trailed off to the amazing flower fields close to his house. It was one of her favorite spots on the face of the earth, especially in the late summer. The afternoon air felt warm on her skin, and was filled with the sounds of birds and insects around her. The smell of the flowers soothed her as usual and she smiled contently. Why couldn't everything be as perfect as this place?
She could feel him approaching, and he wasn't hiding his ki.
And why would he? She wasn't either.
When he touched down, she breathed in deeply. The reaction to his presence was not just attraction, not just lust. But she didn't dare to think about what it could be.
He dropped down next to her, still not saying anything. Neither did she. She absentmindedly took a flower and smelt it, then stared into the distance.
"Pan?" he spoke carefully after a long while.
"Yes?" Pan slowly turned her head to look at him.
He took the flower from her hands, looked at it, and then placed it behind her ear.
Pan shivered at that small gesture and closed her eyes at the nervous feeling in her stomach.
This was not just lust.
"Pan," he breathed again. The place where his hand had touched her cheek tingled still and when he laid a hand on her arm, her arm grew hotter and hotter.
"Tonight, I've determined my fate," he softly said, looking deeply into her eyes. "Have you determined yours?"
Pan gasped inaudibly at his words and breathed in.
Yes. Yes, she had. Something had changed last night, because of her giving into him. Now she had to face the consequences.
She didn't say anything, but leaned into him and softly kissed him.
Her heart jumped when he began kissing her back with the same tenderness as last night. This felt so good, so right... How could it be wrong?
He reluctantly pulled away and looked at her seriously.
"What we have done last night was finishing the 'bond', so to speak," he said, his eyes filled with desire and something else. "This night was decisive. Had we not done anything, things would have gone back to normal – eventually. A feeling of loss for the rest of our lives maybe, but pretty normal over all.
Now, we have changed everything."
She looked at him. "But it was just a dream," she said, her voice no more than a whisper. "It wasn't real."
He smiled faintly. "Nothing is just a dream."
She noted his band-aid was gone. He had two bite marks in his neck that were almost healed. She sighed and relaxed against him for a moment, but then jumped up, eyes flashing with anger.
"No!" she yelled. "No, I can't do this! What about Uub? What about Marron? What do you think we'll be fucking up if we get on with this?"
Trunks looked at her solemnly. "I know. But there's nothing else I can do. And unless you want to make us both miserable for the rest of our lives, you can't either."
Pan shook her head violently. "No! I was happy with Uub, and I will be happy with Uub! Forget about it!" And she blasted away, leaving Trunks behind.
[|^_^|]
Pan was about half way home when a tall, dark figure caught up with her.
She stopped dead in the air, twirling around. "Uub!" she said, breathless.
"Pan," he said, the look in his eyes devastating. In an instant, she knew he had seen everything.
"Uub, I'm sorry," said Pan, tears forming in her eyes. She savagely wiped them away.
Uub shook his head, the raw emotion in his eyes overwhelming Pan. "Don't be. I give up."
"Uub!" she almost begged him. "Don't. I want you, I need you, I love you!"
Uub smiled sadly but calmly. "That's not enough. You need him more."
He paused to look at her, and then turned away. "And I don't want you anymore."
Pan aggressively grabbed his shoulder and turned him around, her eyes flaming.
"Tell me you don't love me."
Uub shook his head. "I do love you. But I don't want to be with you when you..." his voice faded to almost a whisper. "...love someone else more than me."
With that, he flew away, leaving Pan with her emotions.
She really cried now, her anger raging, her power surging inside her body. She let it go higher and higher until she hit supersaiyan. And it went higher and higher, making it feel as if she was destroying her own body, burning away her very being. No more pain.
Then everything blackened and slowly faded into nothing.
Finally peace.
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AN: As I said, very short. But it ain't the end, that's for sure ~_^ I mean, come on, they're not even together yet… *sudden change of voice* But will they be? *dun dun dun….* Heh heh heh... Oh, I love messing with your ehm, I mean their, that's right, their minds!! *whistles innocently into the air*
Disclaimer: Come on, do I even need to make this? Ok, so I don't own DBZ. Big deal! That don't mean I can't write really mean *cough* I mean interesting stories about them… *watches contently as the Z senshi run away screaming their heads off*
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