The Promise ~ Chapter 2

Disclaimer: Me no own DBZ! Get over it…!

Authors Note: Hiyaz, I know my first chapter was REALLY short… and I won't make a long authors note coz I know no one reads them anyway! I know I don't! LOL! SO I could say… DBZ really sucks and not have n e 1 notice… but that would be against my vales L…. Heres my fic! I hope ya enjoy it!

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            As her last sniffles came through her body, she stopped crying. She just stood there. Lifeless. Her eyes were no longer a hurt beautiful shade of chocolate brown eyes, but a dark shade of black. Suddenly, she was blinded by a bright light.

            "Pan? Pan, is that you?" a strange voice called out.

            Pan couldn't reply. She was just shivering as her lips faded into a light shade of blue. All she could see was a red convertible with a man with purple hair coming out towards her.

            "Pan! Speak to me! What happened?" the stranger kept screaming, now holding her in his strong arms.

            However, Pan couldn't hear the screaming, all she heard were faint whispers and a constant banging in her ears. As she started to fade away, her vision began to become clear.

            "Trunks?" Pan said. With that, she collapsed in his arms.

            "Oh no! Pan! Hold on!" Trunks rocketed into the sky heading straight for the nearest hospital. He dashed through the lobby and made his way to a doctor.

            "Doctor! Doctor! Please! You've got to help me! My friend. Pan. She's… she's cold. I found her in the rain! She won't answer me! Pan! Pan! Can you hear me? Wake up!" Trunks shook her but it was no use. "What's wrong with her?" Trunks continued to shout, drawing near to tears.

            The doctor looked at her, felt her skin, examined her eyes, and her breathing. He concluded, "She's got hypothermia! We've got to get her to the heating section as soon as possible!"

            The crew rushed to the heating section on the 3rd floor. Trunks was still in shock, still desperately holding on to Pan's hand. "Hang on Panny!" he bellowed.

            The doctor and his assistants hooked Pan up into a tank and turned up the heat and played with the oxygen levels. Trunks was watching through the glass. He could see every strand of hair glistening down her beautiful face and hear every breath slowly making its way out of her luscious lips that were finally turning into its normal color: a light gentle shade of pink. The doctor kindly offered him a chair and he politely sat down, not moving an inch away from her tank.

            "Trunks…?" Pan said in a timid voice.

            Trunks looked at her with the most sincere eyes. "Yes. I'm here."

            "Wh-wh… what happened? Where am I?" Pan asked looking around.

            "We're in the hospital. Pan, what were you doing outside in the rain? What happened?" Trunks asked. He has oh so much concern in his sexy voice.

            Pan's eyes suddenly flooded with tears. Sniffling, Pan told Trunks, "Adam…Adam broke up with me. He told me he didn't feel the same way anymore, and that he found someone else. I'm happy that he's happy… But…It just hurts a lot when you see the one person you care about the most in your life, the one person you've wanted, the one person you think you could ever love, wants to be with someone else." Pan paused. "Hmph," Pan said with a playful grin. "It's not like you'd understand though, Trunks." Pan laughed. "You're quite the ladies man… I guess it's hard to tell who's in love with you. You know, with all those women fawning over you all the time."

            "Well…" Trunks began, "There was, and is this one woman that I truly trust. Besides family…"

            Pan smiled. "I'm happy for you. I hope everything works out the way you want it to. Me on the other hand, I don't think I'll ever love again."

            "Pan, don't speak like that. There'll be other guys. You're beautiful, smart, strong, funny-"

            "You don't understand. You can't understand all the hurt I'm feeling. Two years of my life has been devoted to this one guy. Now, he's just a stranger with someone else. There'll come a time where I'll just want to go up to him, hug him and kiss him, and be in his arms forever. But now I know I can never do that.  I'll never feel that love again with anyone! And I don't want to!"

            "Pan! You don't mean that. You can't give up now. You can't let one bad experience stop you from being truly happy." Trunks argued. He seemed quite determined to convince Pan to be on the side of love.

            "I never want to hurt again…I never want to feel pain. When he told me he didn't love me anymore, I felt my heart shatter. I just…I just…" Pan couldn't hold it in any longer. She burst out in tears again. Letting all her anguish and agony out. Trunks could only sit and watch one of his closest friends tear away. He much wanted to grab her into his arms and never let go, but the tank prevented him.

            "Trunks?" Pan asked through her muffled sobs.

            "Yes?" Trunks replied.

            "Promise me something."

            "Anything!" Trunks said kindheartedly.

            "Promise me you won't let anyone fall in love with me. Promise you won't let me fall in love with anyone else! Promise me that I don't ever have to feel all these emotions at the same time in such an alarming extreme for another second of my life! If you're my friend, promise me!" Pan said, pressing her hand upon the glass.

            Trunks sighed. He noticed Pan's serious face. He knew that face only too well. He knew that pan wasn't going to take "no" for an answer.

            "Okay, Pan" Trunks replied with a smile, putting his hands to her between the glass. "I promise."

            Pan smiled. "Thanks. You're the best…" she suddenly fell asleep again. Watching her fall asleep, he started to drift off into a deep sleep himself…

            Beep! Beep! Beep!

            Trunks woke up, startled. It was his cell phone. He checked the phone display. It was Gohan! "Oh no! How could I forget to tell him about all of this?" Trunks nervously turned his phone on and answered, "Hello?"

            "Trunks!" screamed Gohan in a panic. "Pan is gone! We can't find her. Its 3 am in the morning and she's usually home at this time. We called Adam and told me he broke up with her. She must be heartbroken! She's probably alone somewhere, laying a ditch, raped! AH! Trunks! You've gotta help me find her! Or at least find Adam so we can kick the crap out of him! I can't find her ki!"

            Trunks gave a meek giggle. "Relax Gohan. I'm looking at Pan right now."

            "WHAT? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY SWEET LITTLE INNOCENT BABY ANGEL? TRUNKS! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" screamed Gohan.

            Trunks pulled his phone away from his ear.

            "NO! Gohan calm down. We're in the hospital. I found Pan near a tree and she looked awful. Her hurting must've numbed her physical pain. You probably couldn't read her ki because she's in a heating tank. She has hypothermia. I'm sorry… I would've called you sooner but I was so much in a panic. Maybe you should get over here and-"

            Suddenly, Gohan came through their window, panting. "Wow, that was fast," Trunks said aloud.

He ran up to the tank that concealed his precious, only child. "Oh Pan…" he whispered, pressing down on the glass.

            Trunks got up and put his hand on his friend's shoulder. "She's going to be okay. Don't worry. A couple more hours in here and she'll be fine. She's just resting right now. If she isn't…we could always ki blast the doctor…" Trunks joked.

            Gohan laughed. Suddenly, Videl flew into the room. "GOHAN! What's going on? You call Trunks then suddenly blast off and-" this was when Videl noticed her daughter in the tank. "OH PAN! How is she? What happened? Will she be okay? Is she in a lot of pain?" Videl worried.

            "Don't worry. Everything's going to be okay, Videl." Trunks assured her. Both her parents were now surrounding the chamber, sitting down in each others arms, carefully watching their beloved child. Noticing that this was a family moment, he left the room. Before heading out, he glanced back once more to have a last glimpse of Pan. She lightly opened her eyes and mouthed, "Thank you", before falling asleep again.

            Trunks smiled and nodded. Once out of the room, he closed the door behind him. Brushing off his sleekly lavender the hair off his gorgeous face his eyes filled with light tears. If these tears were for joy or sadness, not even Trunks could tell. He decided it was best for him to head off to Capsule Corporation to change into some clean clothes. As he flew off into the dead of the night, he looked into Pan's window once more. "I love you Pan" he whispered, as he blasted off into the sky.

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Authors Note: Again--- No one is probably reading this so I can go crazy right? Muahahaha! N e wayz, I hope you liked that… and don't forget to REVIEW my fic! If I don't have that many, I wont bother posting up another one…