A/N: Here's the really mushy chapter I'm sure you've all been waiting for.
^_^ Thanks to all my wonderful reviewers! Oh, an as a side-note, this story
has about... three chapters left. Anywho, enjoy!
Chapter 15: "Marriage"
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Pan stepped into ChiChi's hospital room and froze when she saw all the tubes and IV's hooked up to the older woman. However, she quickly recovered and walked up to the bed with Trunks following.
The raven-haired girl pulled a chair up to the bed and sat down in it, leaning on the bed. She took ChiChi's hand and rubbed it, trying to gently wake up the sleeping woman. ChiChi slowly opened her eyes and looked at Pan.
Pan smiled, trying her hardest to keep her emotions in check, "...Obaa- chan... I'm so sorry; I should've come to see you more often..."
"It's not your fault, Pan... You were busy dealing with Kaijin."
ChiChi was forced to mumble since the disease had pretty much destroyed the use of her tongue and even with her Saiya-jin hearing, Pan had a hard time understanding.
"That's a stupid excuse! You're the only family I have left, and nothing should have prevented me from seeing you."
"Pan-chan..."
"Obaa-chan... I'll never forgive myself..."
"Pan, stop blaming yourself. You've been doing that for too many years already."
"But... I've screwed everything up..."
"Pan, I said stop! Gohan did not die because of you. Videl did not die because of you. ...I won't die because of you."
Pan was unable to respond since she was choking on her tears. She finally broke down and hugged ChiChi, sobbing. Trunks folded his arms and looked away painfully, since he could feel all of Pan's anguish.
When Pan had calmed down and was sitting back in her chair, ChiChi looked over at Trunks, who nodded respectfully. Pan looked up at Trunks and a smile slowly spread over her face.
"Um... Obaa-chan... We have something to tell you," Pan grinned at the older woman, "...We're getting married."
Trunks smirked and spoke up, "Actually, we're already married... as Saiya- jins... but Pan wanted to have a human ceremony."
"Congratulations! Pan-chan, I'm so sorry you won't be able to have a big ceremony."
"Ehh, that's okay... to tell the truth, I didn't want anything huge."
"I figured as much. You've always been like that. ...So... when's the wedding?"
"Um..." Pan scratched her head, confused, "Hadn't... thought of that part yet..."
Trunks grinned at Pan, "Why not now?"
"What?"
"We could wear what we're wearing now, find a minister in the hospital somewhere, and do it at The Memorial."
"The Memorial? Isn't it kinda weird to have a wedding at a gravesite...?"
"No, it can be symbolic..."
Pan shrugged, "Sounds good to me. I'll get a nurse to get ChiChi ready to go with us."
ChiChi smiled proudly at both of them. Trunks nodded and walked to the door.
"I'm gonna go get the minister, and then... um... I have to grab something."
Pan gave him a weird look and nodded. She pushed a button to call a nurse and hugged ChiChi gently, showing off the famous Son-family grin.
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Trunks and Pan stood holding each other's hands side-by-side between ChiChi and the minister. The two of them were hardly even paying attention as he spoke. However, Pan did hear something he said and she closed her eyes in pain at the memories.
"...These two people who have managed to come together despite everything our world has been through..."
Trunks made a worried face and Pan looked up at him, smiling reassuringly. He calmed down and smiled back at her. They just barely heard the minister say for them to face each other for their vows. They repeated the standard vows after him, and Pan tensed up when he began doing the part with the rings. She looked up at Trunks and he smirked at her.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a necklace. When Pan looked at him, confused, he explained it to her, "'Tou-san used to tell me about how the King and Queen of Vejeta-sei would wear matching necklaces as a symbol of their rank and bond. The symbol in the center is the official symbol of Vejeta-sei."
"...King and Queen...?"
"Mm-hmm... since my Father was royalty, I'm his heir. Now he's dead, so I technically took over the throne. ...Too bad there's no throne anymore."
"I...guess it makes sense."
They were both brought back to reality when the minister patiently reminded them that they were in the middle of a wedding. They both nodded their apologies and Trunks un-clasped the necklace, then put it around Pan's neck. Pan did the same to him, and then they waited impatiently for the last part.
"I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."
Pan grinned and put her arms around Trunks' neck and leaned in, kissing him deeply. Trunks returned the kiss and put his arms around her waist. ChiChi smiled proudly at them, and the minister walked over next to ChiChi, also smiling.
They finally parted and turned to look at the graves, Trunks with his arm around Pan's shoulder and Pan with her arm around Trunks' waist.
~It's too bad they weren't here to see all this... 'Tou-san would be proud to see me carrying on the tradition. ~
~Yah, but don't you remember the stories? They're probably at Kaio-sama's place having a party. ~
They both began laughing and the two on-lookers gave them slightly confused looks.
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Aww, the really mushy chapter! Anywho, in case anyone was confused (this is mostly so I can get it out of my head, you don't have to read it. It's just my explanation of my theory of the Saiya-jin royal line), I read an idea from someone (don't remember who. Sorry! ^_^) that the reason Vejeta never admits he's the King even though his father is dead is because in Saiya-jin tradition, Princes have to defeat the King in order to claim that title, and if someone else defeats the King first, then it transfers over to whoever defeated the King. In the story, King Vejeta is defeated by Frieza, so now it's Vejeta's duty to defeat Frieza. He fails in that, too, since Goku defeated Frieza, so now it's Vejeta's duty to defeat Goku. Well, I carried that a step further and now the Androids killed Vejeta, so it was Trunks' duty to defeat the Androids, which he accomplishes, taking his Father's title. Also, since the person who Vejeta had to defeat for the title is gone, then Trunks doesn't have a duty in that aspect so he takes over the title as King. I know it's probably more confusing now, though... Sorry! ^_^
Oh, and if you want a picture reference for the necklaces, here's the link that takes you directly to the picture I got the idea from. The symbol in the center is the one on the armor. http://kntnet.com/Vegeta/Vegeta04.jpg Remember to review!
Chapter 15: "Marriage"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Pan stepped into ChiChi's hospital room and froze when she saw all the tubes and IV's hooked up to the older woman. However, she quickly recovered and walked up to the bed with Trunks following.
The raven-haired girl pulled a chair up to the bed and sat down in it, leaning on the bed. She took ChiChi's hand and rubbed it, trying to gently wake up the sleeping woman. ChiChi slowly opened her eyes and looked at Pan.
Pan smiled, trying her hardest to keep her emotions in check, "...Obaa- chan... I'm so sorry; I should've come to see you more often..."
"It's not your fault, Pan... You were busy dealing with Kaijin."
ChiChi was forced to mumble since the disease had pretty much destroyed the use of her tongue and even with her Saiya-jin hearing, Pan had a hard time understanding.
"That's a stupid excuse! You're the only family I have left, and nothing should have prevented me from seeing you."
"Pan-chan..."
"Obaa-chan... I'll never forgive myself..."
"Pan, stop blaming yourself. You've been doing that for too many years already."
"But... I've screwed everything up..."
"Pan, I said stop! Gohan did not die because of you. Videl did not die because of you. ...I won't die because of you."
Pan was unable to respond since she was choking on her tears. She finally broke down and hugged ChiChi, sobbing. Trunks folded his arms and looked away painfully, since he could feel all of Pan's anguish.
When Pan had calmed down and was sitting back in her chair, ChiChi looked over at Trunks, who nodded respectfully. Pan looked up at Trunks and a smile slowly spread over her face.
"Um... Obaa-chan... We have something to tell you," Pan grinned at the older woman, "...We're getting married."
Trunks smirked and spoke up, "Actually, we're already married... as Saiya- jins... but Pan wanted to have a human ceremony."
"Congratulations! Pan-chan, I'm so sorry you won't be able to have a big ceremony."
"Ehh, that's okay... to tell the truth, I didn't want anything huge."
"I figured as much. You've always been like that. ...So... when's the wedding?"
"Um..." Pan scratched her head, confused, "Hadn't... thought of that part yet..."
Trunks grinned at Pan, "Why not now?"
"What?"
"We could wear what we're wearing now, find a minister in the hospital somewhere, and do it at The Memorial."
"The Memorial? Isn't it kinda weird to have a wedding at a gravesite...?"
"No, it can be symbolic..."
Pan shrugged, "Sounds good to me. I'll get a nurse to get ChiChi ready to go with us."
ChiChi smiled proudly at both of them. Trunks nodded and walked to the door.
"I'm gonna go get the minister, and then... um... I have to grab something."
Pan gave him a weird look and nodded. She pushed a button to call a nurse and hugged ChiChi gently, showing off the famous Son-family grin.
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Trunks and Pan stood holding each other's hands side-by-side between ChiChi and the minister. The two of them were hardly even paying attention as he spoke. However, Pan did hear something he said and she closed her eyes in pain at the memories.
"...These two people who have managed to come together despite everything our world has been through..."
Trunks made a worried face and Pan looked up at him, smiling reassuringly. He calmed down and smiled back at her. They just barely heard the minister say for them to face each other for their vows. They repeated the standard vows after him, and Pan tensed up when he began doing the part with the rings. She looked up at Trunks and he smirked at her.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a necklace. When Pan looked at him, confused, he explained it to her, "'Tou-san used to tell me about how the King and Queen of Vejeta-sei would wear matching necklaces as a symbol of their rank and bond. The symbol in the center is the official symbol of Vejeta-sei."
"...King and Queen...?"
"Mm-hmm... since my Father was royalty, I'm his heir. Now he's dead, so I technically took over the throne. ...Too bad there's no throne anymore."
"I...guess it makes sense."
They were both brought back to reality when the minister patiently reminded them that they were in the middle of a wedding. They both nodded their apologies and Trunks un-clasped the necklace, then put it around Pan's neck. Pan did the same to him, and then they waited impatiently for the last part.
"I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."
Pan grinned and put her arms around Trunks' neck and leaned in, kissing him deeply. Trunks returned the kiss and put his arms around her waist. ChiChi smiled proudly at them, and the minister walked over next to ChiChi, also smiling.
They finally parted and turned to look at the graves, Trunks with his arm around Pan's shoulder and Pan with her arm around Trunks' waist.
~It's too bad they weren't here to see all this... 'Tou-san would be proud to see me carrying on the tradition. ~
~Yah, but don't you remember the stories? They're probably at Kaio-sama's place having a party. ~
They both began laughing and the two on-lookers gave them slightly confused looks.
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Aww, the really mushy chapter! Anywho, in case anyone was confused (this is mostly so I can get it out of my head, you don't have to read it. It's just my explanation of my theory of the Saiya-jin royal line), I read an idea from someone (don't remember who. Sorry! ^_^) that the reason Vejeta never admits he's the King even though his father is dead is because in Saiya-jin tradition, Princes have to defeat the King in order to claim that title, and if someone else defeats the King first, then it transfers over to whoever defeated the King. In the story, King Vejeta is defeated by Frieza, so now it's Vejeta's duty to defeat Frieza. He fails in that, too, since Goku defeated Frieza, so now it's Vejeta's duty to defeat Goku. Well, I carried that a step further and now the Androids killed Vejeta, so it was Trunks' duty to defeat the Androids, which he accomplishes, taking his Father's title. Also, since the person who Vejeta had to defeat for the title is gone, then Trunks doesn't have a duty in that aspect so he takes over the title as King. I know it's probably more confusing now, though... Sorry! ^_^
Oh, and if you want a picture reference for the necklaces, here's the link that takes you directly to the picture I got the idea from. The symbol in the center is the one on the armor. http://kntnet.com/Vegeta/Vegeta04.jpg Remember to review!