Here is the next chapter and it took me ages as my little sister kept
pestering me saying 'I love Trunks, he's mine' repeatedly. Anyway, thank
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2 But She Was Happy………………chapter 8
"Trunks?" she said after a while.
"Yeah."
"I don't want to go back home, not until past midday when the wedding is due to start."
"Are you sure?" he asked her.
"Yes, I'm sure," she replied.
"Why not go home now and tell your parents and Atzirk?"
"No! I can't do that Trunks! Why did you think I came here? Because I was scared of what might happen at the altar tomorrow. When they find me missing, they won't know why, only what you thought: second thoughts. But my father will know why I have gone," she said.
"He will?" Trunks asked.
"Yeah, I told him that I loved you. I even had a crush on you when we went to find the black star dragonballs and for these past nine years, I pushed it to the back of my head, but when I saw you last, I couldn't do it any more."
"The same with me, Panny," he said, "What do you think they would all say when they find out about us?"
"My Father would be fine with it and my Mum would ask questions. What about your parents?"
"My Dad already knows that I was experiencing some problems and he guessed it was to do with women. He'll be fine with it because we're both saiyans, just like Bra and Goten. My Mum would ask about the age difference but be happy for me. She always says that I should get down to marriage. But I'm dreading telling Krystal."
"I want to remain friends with Atzirk, hopefully we will," said Pan. Then it started to rain heavily. They went under a tree for shelter, but they still got wet.
After a while, Trunks told Pan that he would look for some better shelter. He returned within minutes and told her to follow him. They ended up at the stream and they followed it for a while before Trunks stopped in front of a waterfall. He then jumped straight through it and Pan followed. It was a cave, quite big, hidden behind the waterfall, perfect for hiding for when the search party would start to look for them. They were both soaked to the skin and ice cold.
"How on earth did you find this place?" asked Pan.
"I was running along the stream when these two people came out from under it. I asked what they were doing and they said that they were hunting for bears. I asked what they were doing under the waterfall and they said that there was a cave behind it. Otherwise, we would have had to put up with that tree."
Trunks and Pan collected sticks from around the dusty cave and started a fire to warm them up. Trunks said that he was going to explore the end of the cave, as it curved around, and came back with a bag.
"Where did you get that from," asked Pan.
"I found it at the end of the cave; the people in here before must have left it."
"What's inside?" asked Pan.
"Let's see…a flask with nothing in it…two thick blankets…and marshmallows!" said Trunks.
"Cool!"
They set one of the blankets on the floor and wrapped themselves up in the other one while they roasted the marshmallows on a stick.
"Pan, are you still cold?" asked Trunks as he saw that she was still shivering.
"Not that much."
Trunks put his arm around her and she leaned against his chest. Trunks gazed at his watch. It read a quarter past four in the morning. He yawned and they set about eating the roasted marshmallows. After a while, Pan looked up at him. Trunks extended his other hand to rub her cheek.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know really. It just feels weird that this has happened so fast," she replied, taking his hand into hers.
"It will do at first, but we'll get used to it, you'll see." Trunks lent down to kiss her and she accepted gladly. She put one of her hands to his face, while the other clung onto the blanket that they were sitting on. They got lost in each other's love, mind and body and the next thing they knew, their clothes were in a pile on the floor and they shared the best night they had had for a long time.
Trunks woke up to the birds singing outside and the sound of the waterfall. He yawned and looked down at Pan. Her head was leaning on his chest and his arms were around her body. She looked like an angel. He inhaled the scent of her hair, it smelt like flowers.
~I've got to know what shampoo she uses~
He looked to the fire and saw that it had burnt out. He leaned back on the blanket and sighed while he stroked her hair. He then noticed his watch on the floor and reached out for it. It read 6:30. He sat up abruptly, causing Pan to wake up.
"Trunks, it's so early. Go back to sleep," she moaned, pushing him back down and leaning on his chest again.
"Pan, it's 6:30. I think we should wake up and get dressed because your Mum and Grandmother will be waking up at any moment and find you not there."
"What, now?"
"Yeah. Up, come on. You don't want them to find you like that," said Trunks, sitting up again.
"But you're so comfortable to lean on and it's not my fault you tired me out so much last night," she said looking up at him.
He blushed.
"But it was good," she finished and she got up and stretched. Trunks blushed even more and they got about dressing. They then checked that the fire was properly put out and put the sweaty blankets back in the bag. All that they had to do was wait.
"Pan," yelled Videl through the door, "come on sweetie, get up."
Videl went back into her own room and got dressed into her old house clothes as she knew that she was to get dirty doing Pan's hair and face with make up and gel. She then walked back to Pan's bedroom.
"Wake up, Pan! Or do I have to get you out of there myself?" she asked. After no answer, she opened the door. The first thing she noticed was the pulled back covers and then the opened window. She ran into the bathroom to find it empty.
"Oh my God!" was all she could say.
Ring Ring, Ring Ring.
Vegeta woke up suddenly to the phone ringing. He wanted so badly to blast it into the next dimension, but knew that Bulma would shriek at him for
it. He slowly unwrapped his arms from Bulma and set about waking her up.
"Bulma, the phone," he said, loudly. It didn't work. He called her by name again, but still no answer.
~Bad hangover~ he grumbled and then yelled: "Woman!"
That did it. She slowly fluttered her eyes open and then clasped her head in agony at her hangover.
"Wake up, the phone is ringing," said Vegeta before resting his head back on the pillow.
"Nothing can wake me up, Veggie," she yawned.
"Don't call me that."
Ring Ring, Ring Ring.
She finally managed to extend her arm towards the phone.
"Hello? Bulma here," she said sleepily.
"Bulma? It's Videl. Something has happened!" she shrieked down the phone.
"What?" asked Bulma.
"Pan's disappeared!"
"WHAT?!?!?!?" shrieked Bulma down the phone. Now THAT woke her up, but it also woke up Vegeta and Bra who was on the other side of the building!
Vegeta heard what Videl had said and he immediately searched for ki. That was when he noticed that Trunks was gone as well.
"Bulma," he said.
"What?"
"Trunks has gone as well."
"He has?"
"Bulma?" asked a worried Videl on the phone.
"Trunks has gone as well," she told Videl.
"Well then…maybe he went after her or something," said Videl, "I've already rang up 18 and she said that she couldn't feel her ki so she must be hiding. Can you feel Trunks' ki?"
"No," mumbled Vegeta from the pillow.
"No, Videl. Trunks' ki is low as well. That proves that he is with her," said Bulma, getting out of the bed.
"But wouldn't he bring her back?" asked Videl. Bulma could hear Chi-Chi fuming in the background.
"Pan was one of Trunks' best friends and he would have tried to find out the problem if there was one on the first place. Maybe they have just gone for a walk, maybe nothing bad has happened otherwise they would have come back by now, we shouldn't worry that much."
"Oh Bulma. I only wanted my daughter to be happy at her marriage. She should have told me if she had second doubts."
"She might not have had second doubts, maybe some fresh air was all that she needed," said Bulma.
"But she wouldn't have concealed her ki like that. She didn't even leave a note. It's not like her at all."
"Don't worry Videl. Phone Gohan and I'll sort it out from here."
They hung up.
"About time," said Vegeta.
"Don't think you get to sleep in, you're going to go and find them."
"What?!"
"Just do it."
"No. If she is having second doubts, that means that she doesn't want to get married. Just leave her. When she comes back, talk to her then," said Vegeta.
"No Vegeta. Maybe we can help her come to her senses if she comes back. She probably thinks that it is all going too fast. But she loves her fiancée, we have to make her see that it is worth while," said Bulma.
"Fine, I'll go even though you don't understand saiyan minds," he said, getting up.
"I do understand, Vegeta. Just find them and bring them back. And don't think of pretending to look for them as I'm going to call the others to look as well. If you find them and bring them back, I'll increase that promise I made to you about the suit."
Vegeta smirked.
"You better keep that," he said. He gave her a quick kiss on the lips and got dressed. He then went down to make some breakfast, if he could remember how to use the toaster.
Gohan grabbed the phone quickly and put it too his ear.
"Yes."
"Gohan, it's me Videl."
"Oh hi honey. What are you doing calling me at 7:00 in the morning? You should be working on Pan," he said sleepily.
"Gohan, she's gone! I went to wake her up and she wasn't there. She went out of the window and she didn't even leave a note like she usually does. Where do you think she is Gohan?" asked Videl wearily.
It hit Gohan like a steam train, ~She actually ran away from her problems. I can't believe it. She didn't tell Atzirk because otherwise the wedding might have been off. It must have gone to her head. Poor Pan, I hope she's alright. I can't even feel her ki~
"Videl, she might come back," he lied, hoping to make Videl calm down.
"I don't know. But she isn't the only one gone, Trunks has gone as well! I just called Bulma and…"
"Did you just say that Trunks is gone as well?" interrupted Gohan shockingly.
"Yeah. We think that he might have gone after her," said Videl.
~Maybe she flew to Trunks and told him and they went off together. No, she wouldn't do that, he must have gone after her. I hope nothing bad has happened. I did say to her that he would understand if she told him, but now I have don't know. I hope that everything is okay~
"Gohan, are you still there?"
"Sorry, I spaced out."
"Hold on, I've got another call."
Videl went for a while, while the caller on the other side talked to her. Gohan waited patiently and found that Trunks' ki was gone as well. She came back after a few minutes.
"That was Bulma on the phone. She's sent Vegeta to look for them and she told me that Yamcha and Goten is looking for them too."
"Videl, we should just leave her and she might come back," said Gohan.
"No, Gohan. If she has a problem, I want to hear it from her. Maybe we can sort it out," said Videl.
"Videl, I…" Gohan paused, ~Should I tell her what has been going on? She did say that I could tell her, but I think I won't~
"Yeah Gohan?"
"Nothing."
"Gohan, Bulma also told me that Vegeta said to her that if she is having second doubts, to leave her alone and wait for her arrival as it is her choice, not ours. And when Bulma said that we can make her come to her senses, he said that she didn't know how a saiyan mind worked. Do you think he knows something that we don't?" she asked.
~Vegeta must know something about it. I'll ask him~
"Videl, I'll go look for her as well. See you later, bye."
Vegeta sat eating his burnt toast (AN: I knew it would turn out burnt ^_~) quietly at the table as Bulma told Bra the news. He munched quickly as he thought about what he knew so far.
~I told Bulma about Trunks' woman troubles, but she hasn't cracked it yet. For her intellectual mind, she is slow today. I think I know what has been going on. I know now what they say is true: a little mutual attraction goes a long way~
He finished quickly and set off, telling himself that he would find them and see if what he thought was true.
Trunks and Pan raised their heads to the cave entrance. They could feel the ki's of the warriors moving around. Pan hugged Trunks tighter and he kissed her forehead.
"Looks like they have found out about us," he said quietly.
"I hope they don't find us. I hope we can make it to midday," she whispered, looking up at him.
"Yeah. You know, I like your hair long, but I prefer it short," said Trunks.
"Then I'll cut it just for you," she giggled.
"We should stay quiet."
"Yeah."
"You know," said Trunks, "after all of this, I forgot to even buy you a gift for your big day."
"One," she began, "the big day is no more and two, you are my gift."
They kissed briefly and waited.
Gohan was out of the house within ten minutes and was desperate to find Vegeta. He ran over the situation in his mind, praying to God that nothing bad had gone on between the two best friends. He decided to stop over at Atzirk's house to tell him the news of the disappearance. He didn't take it too well. He first blamed himself for going too fast and then blamed (to Gohan's annoyance) Videl for giving her such a tiring night. Gohan didn't mention Trunks one bit as he now knew for certain that Pan hadn't told him. He could have bashed Atzirk for saying that about his wife, but he kept calm. Now all he had to do was to find Vegeta.
After about ten minutes, he had reached Vegeta's ki and was close behind him.
"Hey Vegeta! Wait up," Gohan called.
"I don't need your help to find them," Vegeta called back.
"It isn't that, I need to talk to you about your son and Pan!"
Vegeta stopped and landed in the middle of a field. He had to talk to Gohan as well. Gohan landed as well and walked up to the smaller saiyan. He hadn't seen him in nine years and Gohan saw that he looked the same, just a little older.
"Vegeta, I want to ask you what you know about Pan's disappearance. Bulma rang Videl up and she told me everything that you said about not knowing how a saiyan mind worked or something like that. What do you mean?" asked Gohan.
"Humans will never understand saiyan minds. They work differently and think like that as well. As soon as I heard that your brat was missing and so was mine, I could have guessed that something was going on between them."
"What do you mean going on between them?"
"For the last two days, Trunks has been acting funnily. I didn't know what it was at first, but now I do. Women troubles. He eventually admitted that he loved and cared for someone other than his girlfriend. And when Pan and Trunks were missing this morning, I guessed straight away. I knew that they had a small attraction to each other before you left and I know now that the girl Trunks was talking about is your daughter. I know that because of what I just said and of the fact that saiyans have always had a love for other saiyans. There were no female saiyans when we were younger so we settled with humans, but our children have saiyans of their own age. That was what made their attraction stronger. But I don't know if your daughter has feelings as strong as that."
Gohan nearly paled when he heard what Vegeta had said, ~Trunks loves Pan? But then, it makes them perfect for each other. They both love each other, but I hope nothing bad has happened to them~
"Vegeta, I must tell you something. Pan does have feelings for Trunks, she told me that she loves him very much. But the problem is that they might not have told one another what they feel, or they might have had an argument."
Vegeta was pleased when he heard Pan felt the same way, the same way as in deeply for his son. The amount of times he had seen him come home saying that he had just broken up with his latest girlfriend because they were after money, not love. He was proud for his son now, not only because he was happy, but the fact that she was saiyan.
"They are a good together and I doubt that they have had an argument, but we cannot meddle with their affairs. If they come back as sworn enemies, we must not push them to what is right, deal?" asked Vegeta.
"Deal, but only if we pretend to our wives that we couldn't find them."
"Deal, but I want to talk to Trunks right now to see what has actually happened."
The conversation ended there.
Trunks and Pan waited, but no one came. After two hours and the time read 9:00, they were more at ease.
"Trunks, I'm hungry," said Pan as her stomach rumbled.
"You're not the only one," he said, clutching at his stomach as it growled. He sat down against the wall of the cave and Pan sat in his arms.
"We shouldn't have eaten all of those marshmallows," said Pan, trying to think of the situation rather than food.
"If we get through this alive," said Trunks sarcastically, "I promise to bring you to a good restaurant I know to settle your stomach along with mine."
"Thanks, Trunks. You're so sweet! I hope that they don't manage to fi…"
Trunks lifted up his head and looked towards the cave entrance. In less than a hundredth of a second, he was standing up and had his back to the side of the cave where it curved around with Pan up against him. He had his hand on her mouth to make her be quiet.
"Don't move," he whispered.
Vegeta landed in the woods and glanced at the stream. It was fast flowing and made a lot of noise, but his sharp sense of hearing overhead it. He looked back to the woods and then back to the stream. He folded his arms and closed his eyes, listening to the air vibrations.
~I know that they are around here somewhere. I know that I just felt Trunks' ki for a split second~
"Where are you son?" he called to get their attention.
Trunks tightened his grip on Pan's mouth. One thing that he knew was that female saiyans gave out a tiny, ever so quiet, tone of sound that he knew that his father would hear if he concentrated hard. Both he and Pan heard Vegeta shout out, but they didn't move. Sweat trickled down Trunks' brow, as he wanted to carry out Pan's wishes. He could feel Pan breathing out from her nose. Trunks' other hand held onto her arm, just above her bracelet. Trunks' slowly moved his hand down to Pan's hand and as he did so, went over her bracelet. It came loose and fell to the ground in tiny clang. Trunks and Pan's eyes went wide.
As soon as it dropped, Vegeta heard it and his head shot towards the cliff where the waterfall was. He levitated and flew towards the waterfall, and then landed on the top of the cliff. He looked around, but saw no one.
"I smell fire," he said, ~They've done a good job at hiding. I better get back and say I couldn't find them~
Vegeta flew off towards Capsule Corp. and only when he was miles away did Trunks let go of Pan's mouth. She turned and gave him a hug and he returned the strong embrace. Their first obstacle together, and they had passed it.
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2 But She Was Happy………………chapter 8
"Trunks?" she said after a while.
"Yeah."
"I don't want to go back home, not until past midday when the wedding is due to start."
"Are you sure?" he asked her.
"Yes, I'm sure," she replied.
"Why not go home now and tell your parents and Atzirk?"
"No! I can't do that Trunks! Why did you think I came here? Because I was scared of what might happen at the altar tomorrow. When they find me missing, they won't know why, only what you thought: second thoughts. But my father will know why I have gone," she said.
"He will?" Trunks asked.
"Yeah, I told him that I loved you. I even had a crush on you when we went to find the black star dragonballs and for these past nine years, I pushed it to the back of my head, but when I saw you last, I couldn't do it any more."
"The same with me, Panny," he said, "What do you think they would all say when they find out about us?"
"My Father would be fine with it and my Mum would ask questions. What about your parents?"
"My Dad already knows that I was experiencing some problems and he guessed it was to do with women. He'll be fine with it because we're both saiyans, just like Bra and Goten. My Mum would ask about the age difference but be happy for me. She always says that I should get down to marriage. But I'm dreading telling Krystal."
"I want to remain friends with Atzirk, hopefully we will," said Pan. Then it started to rain heavily. They went under a tree for shelter, but they still got wet.
After a while, Trunks told Pan that he would look for some better shelter. He returned within minutes and told her to follow him. They ended up at the stream and they followed it for a while before Trunks stopped in front of a waterfall. He then jumped straight through it and Pan followed. It was a cave, quite big, hidden behind the waterfall, perfect for hiding for when the search party would start to look for them. They were both soaked to the skin and ice cold.
"How on earth did you find this place?" asked Pan.
"I was running along the stream when these two people came out from under it. I asked what they were doing and they said that they were hunting for bears. I asked what they were doing under the waterfall and they said that there was a cave behind it. Otherwise, we would have had to put up with that tree."
Trunks and Pan collected sticks from around the dusty cave and started a fire to warm them up. Trunks said that he was going to explore the end of the cave, as it curved around, and came back with a bag.
"Where did you get that from," asked Pan.
"I found it at the end of the cave; the people in here before must have left it."
"What's inside?" asked Pan.
"Let's see…a flask with nothing in it…two thick blankets…and marshmallows!" said Trunks.
"Cool!"
They set one of the blankets on the floor and wrapped themselves up in the other one while they roasted the marshmallows on a stick.
"Pan, are you still cold?" asked Trunks as he saw that she was still shivering.
"Not that much."
Trunks put his arm around her and she leaned against his chest. Trunks gazed at his watch. It read a quarter past four in the morning. He yawned and they set about eating the roasted marshmallows. After a while, Pan looked up at him. Trunks extended his other hand to rub her cheek.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know really. It just feels weird that this has happened so fast," she replied, taking his hand into hers.
"It will do at first, but we'll get used to it, you'll see." Trunks lent down to kiss her and she accepted gladly. She put one of her hands to his face, while the other clung onto the blanket that they were sitting on. They got lost in each other's love, mind and body and the next thing they knew, their clothes were in a pile on the floor and they shared the best night they had had for a long time.
Trunks woke up to the birds singing outside and the sound of the waterfall. He yawned and looked down at Pan. Her head was leaning on his chest and his arms were around her body. She looked like an angel. He inhaled the scent of her hair, it smelt like flowers.
~I've got to know what shampoo she uses~
He looked to the fire and saw that it had burnt out. He leaned back on the blanket and sighed while he stroked her hair. He then noticed his watch on the floor and reached out for it. It read 6:30. He sat up abruptly, causing Pan to wake up.
"Trunks, it's so early. Go back to sleep," she moaned, pushing him back down and leaning on his chest again.
"Pan, it's 6:30. I think we should wake up and get dressed because your Mum and Grandmother will be waking up at any moment and find you not there."
"What, now?"
"Yeah. Up, come on. You don't want them to find you like that," said Trunks, sitting up again.
"But you're so comfortable to lean on and it's not my fault you tired me out so much last night," she said looking up at him.
He blushed.
"But it was good," she finished and she got up and stretched. Trunks blushed even more and they got about dressing. They then checked that the fire was properly put out and put the sweaty blankets back in the bag. All that they had to do was wait.
"Pan," yelled Videl through the door, "come on sweetie, get up."
Videl went back into her own room and got dressed into her old house clothes as she knew that she was to get dirty doing Pan's hair and face with make up and gel. She then walked back to Pan's bedroom.
"Wake up, Pan! Or do I have to get you out of there myself?" she asked. After no answer, she opened the door. The first thing she noticed was the pulled back covers and then the opened window. She ran into the bathroom to find it empty.
"Oh my God!" was all she could say.
Ring Ring, Ring Ring.
Vegeta woke up suddenly to the phone ringing. He wanted so badly to blast it into the next dimension, but knew that Bulma would shriek at him for
it. He slowly unwrapped his arms from Bulma and set about waking her up.
"Bulma, the phone," he said, loudly. It didn't work. He called her by name again, but still no answer.
~Bad hangover~ he grumbled and then yelled: "Woman!"
That did it. She slowly fluttered her eyes open and then clasped her head in agony at her hangover.
"Wake up, the phone is ringing," said Vegeta before resting his head back on the pillow.
"Nothing can wake me up, Veggie," she yawned.
"Don't call me that."
Ring Ring, Ring Ring.
She finally managed to extend her arm towards the phone.
"Hello? Bulma here," she said sleepily.
"Bulma? It's Videl. Something has happened!" she shrieked down the phone.
"What?" asked Bulma.
"Pan's disappeared!"
"WHAT?!?!?!?" shrieked Bulma down the phone. Now THAT woke her up, but it also woke up Vegeta and Bra who was on the other side of the building!
Vegeta heard what Videl had said and he immediately searched for ki. That was when he noticed that Trunks was gone as well.
"Bulma," he said.
"What?"
"Trunks has gone as well."
"He has?"
"Bulma?" asked a worried Videl on the phone.
"Trunks has gone as well," she told Videl.
"Well then…maybe he went after her or something," said Videl, "I've already rang up 18 and she said that she couldn't feel her ki so she must be hiding. Can you feel Trunks' ki?"
"No," mumbled Vegeta from the pillow.
"No, Videl. Trunks' ki is low as well. That proves that he is with her," said Bulma, getting out of the bed.
"But wouldn't he bring her back?" asked Videl. Bulma could hear Chi-Chi fuming in the background.
"Pan was one of Trunks' best friends and he would have tried to find out the problem if there was one on the first place. Maybe they have just gone for a walk, maybe nothing bad has happened otherwise they would have come back by now, we shouldn't worry that much."
"Oh Bulma. I only wanted my daughter to be happy at her marriage. She should have told me if she had second doubts."
"She might not have had second doubts, maybe some fresh air was all that she needed," said Bulma.
"But she wouldn't have concealed her ki like that. She didn't even leave a note. It's not like her at all."
"Don't worry Videl. Phone Gohan and I'll sort it out from here."
They hung up.
"About time," said Vegeta.
"Don't think you get to sleep in, you're going to go and find them."
"What?!"
"Just do it."
"No. If she is having second doubts, that means that she doesn't want to get married. Just leave her. When she comes back, talk to her then," said Vegeta.
"No Vegeta. Maybe we can help her come to her senses if she comes back. She probably thinks that it is all going too fast. But she loves her fiancée, we have to make her see that it is worth while," said Bulma.
"Fine, I'll go even though you don't understand saiyan minds," he said, getting up.
"I do understand, Vegeta. Just find them and bring them back. And don't think of pretending to look for them as I'm going to call the others to look as well. If you find them and bring them back, I'll increase that promise I made to you about the suit."
Vegeta smirked.
"You better keep that," he said. He gave her a quick kiss on the lips and got dressed. He then went down to make some breakfast, if he could remember how to use the toaster.
Gohan grabbed the phone quickly and put it too his ear.
"Yes."
"Gohan, it's me Videl."
"Oh hi honey. What are you doing calling me at 7:00 in the morning? You should be working on Pan," he said sleepily.
"Gohan, she's gone! I went to wake her up and she wasn't there. She went out of the window and she didn't even leave a note like she usually does. Where do you think she is Gohan?" asked Videl wearily.
It hit Gohan like a steam train, ~She actually ran away from her problems. I can't believe it. She didn't tell Atzirk because otherwise the wedding might have been off. It must have gone to her head. Poor Pan, I hope she's alright. I can't even feel her ki~
"Videl, she might come back," he lied, hoping to make Videl calm down.
"I don't know. But she isn't the only one gone, Trunks has gone as well! I just called Bulma and…"
"Did you just say that Trunks is gone as well?" interrupted Gohan shockingly.
"Yeah. We think that he might have gone after her," said Videl.
~Maybe she flew to Trunks and told him and they went off together. No, she wouldn't do that, he must have gone after her. I hope nothing bad has happened. I did say to her that he would understand if she told him, but now I have don't know. I hope that everything is okay~
"Gohan, are you still there?"
"Sorry, I spaced out."
"Hold on, I've got another call."
Videl went for a while, while the caller on the other side talked to her. Gohan waited patiently and found that Trunks' ki was gone as well. She came back after a few minutes.
"That was Bulma on the phone. She's sent Vegeta to look for them and she told me that Yamcha and Goten is looking for them too."
"Videl, we should just leave her and she might come back," said Gohan.
"No, Gohan. If she has a problem, I want to hear it from her. Maybe we can sort it out," said Videl.
"Videl, I…" Gohan paused, ~Should I tell her what has been going on? She did say that I could tell her, but I think I won't~
"Yeah Gohan?"
"Nothing."
"Gohan, Bulma also told me that Vegeta said to her that if she is having second doubts, to leave her alone and wait for her arrival as it is her choice, not ours. And when Bulma said that we can make her come to her senses, he said that she didn't know how a saiyan mind worked. Do you think he knows something that we don't?" she asked.
~Vegeta must know something about it. I'll ask him~
"Videl, I'll go look for her as well. See you later, bye."
Vegeta sat eating his burnt toast (AN: I knew it would turn out burnt ^_~) quietly at the table as Bulma told Bra the news. He munched quickly as he thought about what he knew so far.
~I told Bulma about Trunks' woman troubles, but she hasn't cracked it yet. For her intellectual mind, she is slow today. I think I know what has been going on. I know now what they say is true: a little mutual attraction goes a long way~
He finished quickly and set off, telling himself that he would find them and see if what he thought was true.
Trunks and Pan raised their heads to the cave entrance. They could feel the ki's of the warriors moving around. Pan hugged Trunks tighter and he kissed her forehead.
"Looks like they have found out about us," he said quietly.
"I hope they don't find us. I hope we can make it to midday," she whispered, looking up at him.
"Yeah. You know, I like your hair long, but I prefer it short," said Trunks.
"Then I'll cut it just for you," she giggled.
"We should stay quiet."
"Yeah."
"You know," said Trunks, "after all of this, I forgot to even buy you a gift for your big day."
"One," she began, "the big day is no more and two, you are my gift."
They kissed briefly and waited.
Gohan was out of the house within ten minutes and was desperate to find Vegeta. He ran over the situation in his mind, praying to God that nothing bad had gone on between the two best friends. He decided to stop over at Atzirk's house to tell him the news of the disappearance. He didn't take it too well. He first blamed himself for going too fast and then blamed (to Gohan's annoyance) Videl for giving her such a tiring night. Gohan didn't mention Trunks one bit as he now knew for certain that Pan hadn't told him. He could have bashed Atzirk for saying that about his wife, but he kept calm. Now all he had to do was to find Vegeta.
After about ten minutes, he had reached Vegeta's ki and was close behind him.
"Hey Vegeta! Wait up," Gohan called.
"I don't need your help to find them," Vegeta called back.
"It isn't that, I need to talk to you about your son and Pan!"
Vegeta stopped and landed in the middle of a field. He had to talk to Gohan as well. Gohan landed as well and walked up to the smaller saiyan. He hadn't seen him in nine years and Gohan saw that he looked the same, just a little older.
"Vegeta, I want to ask you what you know about Pan's disappearance. Bulma rang Videl up and she told me everything that you said about not knowing how a saiyan mind worked or something like that. What do you mean?" asked Gohan.
"Humans will never understand saiyan minds. They work differently and think like that as well. As soon as I heard that your brat was missing and so was mine, I could have guessed that something was going on between them."
"What do you mean going on between them?"
"For the last two days, Trunks has been acting funnily. I didn't know what it was at first, but now I do. Women troubles. He eventually admitted that he loved and cared for someone other than his girlfriend. And when Pan and Trunks were missing this morning, I guessed straight away. I knew that they had a small attraction to each other before you left and I know now that the girl Trunks was talking about is your daughter. I know that because of what I just said and of the fact that saiyans have always had a love for other saiyans. There were no female saiyans when we were younger so we settled with humans, but our children have saiyans of their own age. That was what made their attraction stronger. But I don't know if your daughter has feelings as strong as that."
Gohan nearly paled when he heard what Vegeta had said, ~Trunks loves Pan? But then, it makes them perfect for each other. They both love each other, but I hope nothing bad has happened to them~
"Vegeta, I must tell you something. Pan does have feelings for Trunks, she told me that she loves him very much. But the problem is that they might not have told one another what they feel, or they might have had an argument."
Vegeta was pleased when he heard Pan felt the same way, the same way as in deeply for his son. The amount of times he had seen him come home saying that he had just broken up with his latest girlfriend because they were after money, not love. He was proud for his son now, not only because he was happy, but the fact that she was saiyan.
"They are a good together and I doubt that they have had an argument, but we cannot meddle with their affairs. If they come back as sworn enemies, we must not push them to what is right, deal?" asked Vegeta.
"Deal, but only if we pretend to our wives that we couldn't find them."
"Deal, but I want to talk to Trunks right now to see what has actually happened."
The conversation ended there.
Trunks and Pan waited, but no one came. After two hours and the time read 9:00, they were more at ease.
"Trunks, I'm hungry," said Pan as her stomach rumbled.
"You're not the only one," he said, clutching at his stomach as it growled. He sat down against the wall of the cave and Pan sat in his arms.
"We shouldn't have eaten all of those marshmallows," said Pan, trying to think of the situation rather than food.
"If we get through this alive," said Trunks sarcastically, "I promise to bring you to a good restaurant I know to settle your stomach along with mine."
"Thanks, Trunks. You're so sweet! I hope that they don't manage to fi…"
Trunks lifted up his head and looked towards the cave entrance. In less than a hundredth of a second, he was standing up and had his back to the side of the cave where it curved around with Pan up against him. He had his hand on her mouth to make her be quiet.
"Don't move," he whispered.
Vegeta landed in the woods and glanced at the stream. It was fast flowing and made a lot of noise, but his sharp sense of hearing overhead it. He looked back to the woods and then back to the stream. He folded his arms and closed his eyes, listening to the air vibrations.
~I know that they are around here somewhere. I know that I just felt Trunks' ki for a split second~
"Where are you son?" he called to get their attention.
Trunks tightened his grip on Pan's mouth. One thing that he knew was that female saiyans gave out a tiny, ever so quiet, tone of sound that he knew that his father would hear if he concentrated hard. Both he and Pan heard Vegeta shout out, but they didn't move. Sweat trickled down Trunks' brow, as he wanted to carry out Pan's wishes. He could feel Pan breathing out from her nose. Trunks' other hand held onto her arm, just above her bracelet. Trunks' slowly moved his hand down to Pan's hand and as he did so, went over her bracelet. It came loose and fell to the ground in tiny clang. Trunks and Pan's eyes went wide.
As soon as it dropped, Vegeta heard it and his head shot towards the cliff where the waterfall was. He levitated and flew towards the waterfall, and then landed on the top of the cliff. He looked around, but saw no one.
"I smell fire," he said, ~They've done a good job at hiding. I better get back and say I couldn't find them~
Vegeta flew off towards Capsule Corp. and only when he was miles away did Trunks let go of Pan's mouth. She turned and gave him a hug and he returned the strong embrace. Their first obstacle together, and they had passed it.
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