"Never Lose"
By Pixie
Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or any of its characters.
Pixie: Ok, I'm BACK! And with a new chapter, too! I know you must be eager to read, so now, I present the next chapter, Chapter 19 "Adieu, Marron."
Pan's POV
Was this my fault? Did I do something wrong? The doctor said it was insanity. That Marron was mentally imbalanced when she died. But I know…and Trunks knows…And maybe even Bra, Celeste and Goten know. We know why Marron is lying there dead. I lit a small bit of incense and placed it in front of Marron. I began to pray, hard as I could for Marron's soul. I wondered now, had Marron lost? We were all dealing with a lot right now, and we we're trying to never lose, but Marron…was she the loser of the game? Or was I the loser for running away? Was Trunks the loser, for loving me and not Marron? Oh Trunks…my sweet Trunks. He still wasn't even speaking to me, but how dearly I loved him. I moved back with the other friends of Marron, and slipped to the very back of the crowd. I felt tears running down my face, yet I made no effort to stop them. All around me, were people crying and holding each other. Even Vegeta was holding Bulma. Chi-Chi was in her father's arms, Goten held on to Celeste. Trunks…Trunks was holding his sister, who was sobbing. I'm all alone…
Trunks' POV
Pan…she looks so alone over there, so lost. Everyone's got someone holding on to them, but she's all alone. Pan…I wonder if she knows how much I love her. How much I wish I was the one holding her now. Suddenly, I remembered something. If I thought a thought hard enough…maybe some twist of fate would allow Pan to hear it…
"Pan," I thought, "I love you Pan. I wish I could hold you now, but my pride is holding me back…and Bra. Bra needs me right now too. She doesn't have anyone to hold her either." I looked over at Pan, waiting for a sign that she had somehow heard me. Her dark eyes, glistened over with tears locked to mine. Slowly she nodded at me. She said nothing back, but that was enough. Pan had heard me…It wasn't quite forgiveness, but it was a start. Bra looked up at me, and caught my eyes locked with Pan. She leaned her face up to my ear and whispered, so softly in my ear.
"Go to her Trunks…she needs you now." Bra slowly pulled away from me. My mom and dad took her in there arms, forming a little cocoon around her delicate form. I looked at my family, and they looked back, so many words in their faces, but the messages all the same, "Go to her, Trunks. Go to Pan…" I worked my way to the back of the crowd. Pan's expression grew to one of great surprise as I grabbed her and held her close. I stroked her black hair, raven as the night we'd been lost in, and looked in her eyes, filled with the light that was to come.
Krillan's POV
I do not know this Marron who lays here before me. The Marron I knew was so happy, so full of laughter and delight. What drove her to kill herself in the prime of her happiness I will never know. But I loved her. She was my one and only angel, the happiness of my life. She was my greatest achievement ever, better than even helping save the world. I see now, I could have saved the world more times than Goku ever could have, but Marron would remain the best thing I'd ever done. Why didn't I spend more time looking into those eyes that would never open again? Why didn't I spend more time getting to know her? What was her dream in life? What drove her to be this girl she had become? Did I really know anything about the girl I had lovingly called Marron for so many years? I do not know now, if I ever really knew her at all. And now…I will never know.
Pixie: Well, what did you guys think?
Gohan: I like it…
Marron: I think its weird.
Goten: What's so weird about it?
Marron: At the beginning, everyone's all "EVIL MARRON SHOULD DIE!!" and now they're all "NOO!!! EVIL AUTHOR SHOULD DIE FOR KILLING MARRON!"
Pixie: Weird…