Hidden Secrets

by: emma jane (LUV)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything!!!! that's all....

Chapter 1

5 years later

Trunks Vejita Briefs stared at the endless stacks of paper on his desk. It was all too frustrating for him. With a small sigh he opened his desk drawer and began searching for a snack. As he fumbled with the items inside he stumbled on a small box. Staring at it for awhile he sighed sadly. He knew what it was. He had placed it there 5 years ago when she left. Opening the box slowly he unfolded two pieces of paper. One was a picture of them together. It was taken on the night Bra had a slumber party. Bra had taken it when Trunks and Pan had started wrestling. Pan was being tackled down by Trunks with a huge smile on her face. Trunks stared at her face. He missed her smile. He even missed her screams.. With a sad smile he folded the picture and placed It back in the box. He picked up the second paper and unfolded it. It was a letter. The letter she had written to her parents the night she had left..

Trunks closed his eyes.. The night she had left.... That next morning he had woken up with no one beside him. He had slept that night truly happy, but awoken in despair. He didn't think she would leave. He thought that when he announced his love, she would be his forever. Why had she run away? They would have been something. He remembered the memory too clearly.

*Flashback*

7:00am

Trunks eyes fluttered open but closed again. He smiled a huge smile and remembered the night before. Him and Pan were finally together. After all those years of hiding feelings he had finally found out that she felt the same.

That night was incredible. He had never made love to a woman he truly loved. The whole night felt so right, and now he was going to wake up besides the woman he had been searching for all his life. With his eyes still closed, he moved his arm to her side of the bed, expecting to encircle his arms around her waist and enclosing her in a tight grasp. When his arm found no waist, he bolted his eyes open. There was no one there...

The space was empty.. Her suitcase was gone.. She had left.

Trunks bolted up out of his bed. Finding any clues that would lead him to his love. All he found was a note on his desk. Reading the note he dropped to his knees. With his hands over his face he began to sob uncontrollably. He had never cried before like that... But he didn't care.. Not anymore.

*End of flashback*

Trunks remembered the note. He had burned the note with his bare hands when he clutched it that morning. He couldn't keep it. But he would never forget what it said.

I'm sorry..

-Pan

He just sat there. His face was blank. He didn't know what she was sorry for. There was so many reasons. She could have been sorry for anything.. But it didn't matter.

Trunks picked up the letter and began to read it silently.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I'm sorry that I couldn't have a formal farewell, but I think it's better this way. I've left to go out and see the world. I have changed my name and identity so don't bother finding me. I will be back someday to share with you all my adventures.. That is if I ever come back alive. If I die on my trip, then I don't want you to be sad. I love you both and I want you to let everyone else know that I love them too... You all have raised me well, but I need to see the world now without anyone holding me down. I don't know what I'm going to do, I don't know where I'm going to go.. But I know that I won't be back for a while... Please take in to consideration about my feelings and I hope you understand... I love you.. And I always will.. Good-bye..

-Pan

He remembered the faces of the entire Z-crew. He remembered Bra began to cry and so did most of the Z-woman. Even his father was sad that she had left. They had tried to sense her ki but noticed that she had stolen a device from Bulma that hides ki. Bulma cursed herself from even thinking of an invention that would do such a thing. No one tried to find her though. Not after Videl had stated, "Let her be.. She doesn't want to be found."

No one even tried.

Well, Trunks did. Even until this day he still waited for her. He hired people to find her. He even would go off on "Business Trips" and would spend weeks just searching for her. But each time he failed.

But for the past 6 moths he had given up. He had gotten engaged to the President of Yoshiboku Corporation and was to marry her in 8 months. He had to move on... He would always love Pan.. But he couldn't always search for her.. He had to let her go. She had probably moved on and gotten married anyway. The thought made him frown. He didn't want to think of it as a possibility.

He looked at the stack of paper on his desk and sighed. Placing the box back in his desk, he went back to work. Trying to take Pan off his mind.

Son-Briefs home

"Mommy!!!! Vegga is bothering me again!!!" A little boy screamed. He had blue hair that hung loosely over his face. He looked like he was about 4. He had son-like eyes and was running around the house throwing ki blasts at a little girl. The little girl had black spiky hair with blue streaks. She had Bright blue eyes and was floating around the room making faces at the little boy. She was about 2 years old.

Suddenly a woman stepped toward the two kids. It was Bra. She was in her late 20's and had a mean frown on her face as she glared at the two kids.

"Stop throwing ki blasts in the house you two!" Bra screamed.

The two kids gulped. "Yes Mommy.." They said in unison.

"Veggatoki, go take a nap, it's nap time." She ordered her youngest daughter.

'But mommy.. Me no tired!" Vegga whined.

"It doesn't matter!" Bra yelled.

Vegga sighed and turned toward her room. She floated toward her crib and fell off into a slumber.

"And you Goket, go clean up your room. I just passed by there and it is a mess!" Bra yelled at her son.

"Yes mommy.." Goket said, bowing his head down and walking toward his room.

Bra sighed in relief. She smiled a bit and turned around toward her kitchen. Her smile grew wider as she heard the front door open, well.... Break.

She walked toward the front and smiled at her husband. He was trying to fix the always broken door. They had to get a new door every week.

"Mr. Son..." Bra said loudly.

Goten stopped and dropped the door. He stared at his wife and began to laugh nervously. "Um....I.. Well.. It wasn't me I swear!" He said.

Bra walked over to Goten and wrapped her arms around his neck. "That's what you say every week and I guess it's just a coincidence that you happen to be at the scene of the crime every time it happens right?"

Goten stared at her confused and thought for a moment. "Ya!" He said in conclusion.

Bra giggled and Goten bent over to kiss his wife. He really loved her and wouldn't trade the day he proposed to her for anything in the world. They had been married for 5 years and didn't regret a minute of it. With two kids, a cozy house.. Well.. Mansion.. And about 5 cars.. They were truly happy. Goten was working at Capsule Corporation and Bra was Vice President of the family business.

The day that Goten had proposed to her was when Bra was crying hysterically in her room from the loss of her best friend. He had comforted her and the two had spilled out their emotions to one another. Then he reached for the ring in his pocket that he had been planning to give to her the day she turned 21. Vejita didn't approve of the marriage and put up am huge fight about a low-class monkey taking away his princess. Finally Vejita gave in. "I guess it's better than her mating with a worthless human" he had stated.

The two were now married and were very happy at that.

"So what have you been up to on your day off?" Goten asked his wife lovingly.

"Waiting for your ass to get home of course." She said smiling.

"How are my two twerps?" He asked.

"They have been shooting ki blasts at each other all day. I sent them to their rooms" Bra said, recalling the events earlier.

"How many times have we rebuilt this house because of explosions again?" He asked.

"Hm.. About 17 times I think, but that's excluding the 8 times when YOU destroyed a wall." Bra stated.

The two of them laughed.

"I saw Trunks today walking to the lounge." He said.

Bra stopped laughing, "Does he look OK?" Bra asked with a worried expression.

"No.." Goten said.

"But it's already been 5 years!" Bra said.

"I know.. But I think there is something that happened between them that separates Trunks from the rest of us." Goten said sadly.

" You think that they?" Bra asked, eyes wide.

"Maybe.. But I highly doubt it." Goten said reassuringly.

Bra thought for a moment. There was a possibility. But then again, he had a girlfriend at that time, and Pan isn't a girl that would be played like that.

"But what about Samantha?" Bra said.

"Well, remember he broke up with her 4 days after Pan left?" Goten said.

Bra nodded her head. It was true.. Trunks had gone into a state of depression after Pan's departure and had broken up with his 3 year steady girlfriend with no reason at all except for, "I need time alone.."

No one had ever thought it had something to do with Pan except for Bra and Goten. They knew 'something' was going on but they didn't say much.

"He needs to move on.." Goten said..

Bra nodded again.

"Well hey, I cooked some food. Lets go eat." Bra said, trying to cheer up their moods.

"Goten's smile grew wider. "Lets!" He said loudly. He picked Bra off her feet and ran to the kitchen. Bra's giggles could be heard throughout the entire house.. Mansion.