Chapter Three
"Um…" Pan shook nervously as she stared at the boy in front of her. Something felt so familiar about him, and she was almost certain about who he was. "Gohan? Daddy?"
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me? Look, I don't know what you are talking about, but I am not your father. I am only twelve, how could I be?"
Pan shook her head. "I'm sorry…I've just had a really rough trip and I'm a little dazed. So da- Gohan, where am I exactly?"
"We aren't too far from my house. Would you like to come with me? You look like you could use some food and rest." He smiled.
Pan accepted his kind offer and started walking after him. "How far?"
"Only about fifty miles…"
"FIFTY?" Pan stopped walking. "I'm not going to walk fifty miles."
Gohan faced her and laughed. "What do you plan on doing then, flying?"
"Hmm…" Pan smirked. 'What harm could it do, he can fly too…I'm sure it wouldn't hurt.' "Yup."
"What?" Gohan watched her suspiciously as she ran and launched into the air. "HEY!" Gohan hesitated but soon took off flying after her. He quickly caught up to her. "Okay, explain. Who are you?"
Pan giggled and picked up speed. Gohan appeared in front of her in an instant.
"Hey no fair! You are a super saiyan." She stopped and put her hands on her hips.
"Start talking." Gohan lowered his brows and glared at Pan.
"You wont believe me even if I did tell you about me."
"Try me."
"My name is Pan. I am your daughter from the future. I was messing around in Bulma's lab today and I found a watch looking thingy and I put it on. Next thing I knew, I was here. When you told me that you were Gohan, I knew you were my father, and I knew I had traveled back in time. Okay?"
"No way…" Gohan looked like he could laugh. "You have got to be kidding me. Now really, who are you?"
Pan wanted to cry. She continued flying towards Gohan's house and he followed silently behind. Gohan was actually starting to believe her.
"So, if you are my daughter, then who is my wife?"
Pan thought for a moment, and then said, "I'm not telling you".
"Aww…why not?" That argument prevailed the whole flight back.
~~~~~Back at Capsule Corp.~~~~~
July 18, 2035
Bulma sat up for hours and hours on end, working late into the night on her computer. After about her seventh cup of coffee, she felt like giving up. She checked her watch. It read 3:26 A.M. She let out a heavy sigh and leaned her head back to stretch her neck. She looked up and saw Vegeta's face staring down at her. She gasped with surprise and sat up. "How long were you standing here honey?"
"For about two hours. I was just wondering what you were up to."
"Why, didn't you hear? I'm pretty sure Bra came bawling to you like she always does." Said Bulma with an annoyed tone.
"Well, yes she did."
Bulma turned her chair around and faced Vegeta. "It's all my fault. It's all because of me that Gohan's daughter is lost in the past and has a very slight chance of making it back alive." Bulma started sobbing. Vegeta showed compassion that he regularly keeps unknown around any other soul. He only showed it towards Bulma and his daughter. Vegeta knelt down and put his hand on her knee.
"It's not your fault Bulma. Bra should have known-."
"Yes it is." Bulma threw her arms around Vegeta's neck and cried more. Vegeta frowned and picked her up. "I think you should get some sleep." He carried her out of the lab and to her bedroom.
~~~~~At Gohan's House, the next morning~~~~~
July 18, 2025
"Thanks a lot for letting me stay last night, but I think I should leave." Pan smiled and climbed out of Gohan's window. Pan insisted that Chi Chi and Goku should not know about her arrival. Gohan promised that he would never mention this to anyone.
"Alright Pan, but please be careful." Gohan smiled as Pan jumped off the side of his house and soared high into the air. "Bye!" Gohan waved after her and she waved back.
Just then Gohan's bedroom door opened. "Good morning son! You know what today is right?"
"Yeah. My birthday."
"Yes young man, but I want you to do your chores then your homework. Understand?"
"But-."
"Gohan."
"Yes ma'am." He said reluctantly. Chi Chi left the room and Gohan plopped onto his bed. "Why make me work on my birthday?" He looked to the side and saw Pan's orange bandanna lying on his bed. He picked it up and looked at it.
"Wow, I feel so free up here…" Pan flew high above the trees, twirling and diving and flying back up again. She stopped suddenly when she realized where and when she was. "Oh no, what am I going to do." She became worried. She ran a hand through her hair and realized she forgot her bandanna. "Crap." She turned around and started flying back towards the house. As many thoughts raced through her mind, she suddenly felt a strong heave in her stomach and blacked out. She woke up a few minutes later, lying on her back in the grass. "Dammit…"
She stood up and looked around. She saw the house and began running towards it. She flew up level with Gohan's window and peeked inside. Pan came face to face with a surprised Chi Chi.
"Um…Hello." Pan said nervously.
"Who are you?" Chi Chi said crossly.
"I'm, um, one of Gohan's friends. I was looking for him." She quickly lied.
Chi Chi raised and eyebrow suspiciously. "It would have been nicer if you used the front door."
"Sorry."
"Gohan is outside somewhere teaching his girlfriend how to fly." Chi Chi pointed and Pan nodded and flew off without another word.
"Girlfriend, he didn't say anything about a girlfriend." Pan noticed a tall man with black hair standing with a girl with black hair in ponytails and another kid that looked like her Grandpa Goku.
She landed behind them and they turned around. "Um, I'm sorry, I was looking for Gohan…"
"I'm Gohan." Said the tall kid.
"What?" Pan stepped back. "What the hell's going on?"
"Gohan, who's that?" Said the girl, pointing at Pan.
"Big Bro, who's that?"
"'Big bro' that must be uncle Goten…" Pan thought.
"Hey Goten, is she one of your friends?" Asked the girl.
"No Videl. I've never seen her before."
Pan sank to her knees.
"I'm having the strangest feeling of déjà vu. You look so familiar. Like I know you from somewhere…" Gohan suggested.
"Um…" Pan shook nervously as she stared at the boy in front of her. Something felt so familiar about him, and she was almost certain about who he was. "Gohan? Daddy?"
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me? Look, I don't know what you are talking about, but I am not your father. I am only twelve, how could I be?"
Pan shook her head. "I'm sorry…I've just had a really rough trip and I'm a little dazed. So da- Gohan, where am I exactly?"
"We aren't too far from my house. Would you like to come with me? You look like you could use some food and rest." He smiled.
Pan accepted his kind offer and started walking after him. "How far?"
"Only about fifty miles…"
"FIFTY?" Pan stopped walking. "I'm not going to walk fifty miles."
Gohan faced her and laughed. "What do you plan on doing then, flying?"
"Hmm…" Pan smirked. 'What harm could it do, he can fly too…I'm sure it wouldn't hurt.' "Yup."
"What?" Gohan watched her suspiciously as she ran and launched into the air. "HEY!" Gohan hesitated but soon took off flying after her. He quickly caught up to her. "Okay, explain. Who are you?"
Pan giggled and picked up speed. Gohan appeared in front of her in an instant.
"Hey no fair! You are a super saiyan." She stopped and put her hands on her hips.
"Start talking." Gohan lowered his brows and glared at Pan.
"You wont believe me even if I did tell you about me."
"Try me."
"My name is Pan. I am your daughter from the future. I was messing around in Bulma's lab today and I found a watch looking thingy and I put it on. Next thing I knew, I was here. When you told me that you were Gohan, I knew you were my father, and I knew I had traveled back in time. Okay?"
"No way…" Gohan looked like he could laugh. "You have got to be kidding me. Now really, who are you?"
Pan wanted to cry. She continued flying towards Gohan's house and he followed silently behind. Gohan was actually starting to believe her.
"So, if you are my daughter, then who is my wife?"
Pan thought for a moment, and then said, "I'm not telling you".
"Aww…why not?" That argument prevailed the whole flight back.
~~~~~Back at Capsule Corp.~~~~~
July 18, 2035
Bulma sat up for hours and hours on end, working late into the night on her computer. After about her seventh cup of coffee, she felt like giving up. She checked her watch. It read 3:26 A.M. She let out a heavy sigh and leaned her head back to stretch her neck. She looked up and saw Vegeta's face staring down at her. She gasped with surprise and sat up. "How long were you standing here honey?"
"For about two hours. I was just wondering what you were up to."
"Why, didn't you hear? I'm pretty sure Bra came bawling to you like she always does." Said Bulma with an annoyed tone.
"Well, yes she did."
Bulma turned her chair around and faced Vegeta. "It's all my fault. It's all because of me that Gohan's daughter is lost in the past and has a very slight chance of making it back alive." Bulma started sobbing. Vegeta showed compassion that he regularly keeps unknown around any other soul. He only showed it towards Bulma and his daughter. Vegeta knelt down and put his hand on her knee.
"It's not your fault Bulma. Bra should have known-."
"Yes it is." Bulma threw her arms around Vegeta's neck and cried more. Vegeta frowned and picked her up. "I think you should get some sleep." He carried her out of the lab and to her bedroom.
~~~~~At Gohan's House, the next morning~~~~~
July 18, 2025
"Thanks a lot for letting me stay last night, but I think I should leave." Pan smiled and climbed out of Gohan's window. Pan insisted that Chi Chi and Goku should not know about her arrival. Gohan promised that he would never mention this to anyone.
"Alright Pan, but please be careful." Gohan smiled as Pan jumped off the side of his house and soared high into the air. "Bye!" Gohan waved after her and she waved back.
Just then Gohan's bedroom door opened. "Good morning son! You know what today is right?"
"Yeah. My birthday."
"Yes young man, but I want you to do your chores then your homework. Understand?"
"But-."
"Gohan."
"Yes ma'am." He said reluctantly. Chi Chi left the room and Gohan plopped onto his bed. "Why make me work on my birthday?" He looked to the side and saw Pan's orange bandanna lying on his bed. He picked it up and looked at it.
"Wow, I feel so free up here…" Pan flew high above the trees, twirling and diving and flying back up again. She stopped suddenly when she realized where and when she was. "Oh no, what am I going to do." She became worried. She ran a hand through her hair and realized she forgot her bandanna. "Crap." She turned around and started flying back towards the house. As many thoughts raced through her mind, she suddenly felt a strong heave in her stomach and blacked out. She woke up a few minutes later, lying on her back in the grass. "Dammit…"
She stood up and looked around. She saw the house and began running towards it. She flew up level with Gohan's window and peeked inside. Pan came face to face with a surprised Chi Chi.
"Um…Hello." Pan said nervously.
"Who are you?" Chi Chi said crossly.
"I'm, um, one of Gohan's friends. I was looking for him." She quickly lied.
Chi Chi raised and eyebrow suspiciously. "It would have been nicer if you used the front door."
"Sorry."
"Gohan is outside somewhere teaching his girlfriend how to fly." Chi Chi pointed and Pan nodded and flew off without another word.
"Girlfriend, he didn't say anything about a girlfriend." Pan noticed a tall man with black hair standing with a girl with black hair in ponytails and another kid that looked like her Grandpa Goku.
She landed behind them and they turned around. "Um, I'm sorry, I was looking for Gohan…"
"I'm Gohan." Said the tall kid.
"What?" Pan stepped back. "What the hell's going on?"
"Gohan, who's that?" Said the girl, pointing at Pan.
"Big Bro, who's that?"
"'Big bro' that must be uncle Goten…" Pan thought.
"Hey Goten, is she one of your friends?" Asked the girl.
"No Videl. I've never seen her before."
Pan sank to her knees.
"I'm having the strangest feeling of déjà vu. You look so familiar. Like I know you from somewhere…" Gohan suggested.