"I wanna run away
Never say Goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind
Gonna run away"
Chapter 5- A memory
~ 4 and a half years later ~
A house stood alone in the outskirts of Satan City. Space wasn't hard to find as it occupied a large area, more than enough for the people living in it.
Inside was a typical household. It was clean and everything was kept in its orderly place. At first glance it would have never seemed like the house of one of the richest families in Chikyuu. It was...normal. On the mantle sat framed photos. Of a wedding, and of a family of three people.
A woman stood in front of a large window, looking at the stretching landscape outside. Nightfall had arrived, and the stars and full moon scattered across the sky. Dark ebony hair reached her shoulders, framing her face. Although her hair spiked out rebelliously in some places, long strips of hair falling across her face. Purple eyes watched on softly. Having lived through much more than a normal lifetime. Her clothes hugged her figure perfectly, and she appeared to be about 20 years old, although her real age proved otherwise.
Keikisha let out a sigh as she kept her arms crossed over her white top, her long tanned legs revealed from under the skirt she was wearing. She had seemingly forgotten about the past. She had wanted it that way, keeping terrible nightmares locked away in her mind. She frowned. It still felt weird not having a tail and it had taken some time to get used to the new way of balancing. She had to have it surgically removed quite a while ago. After all, it wouldn't be safe nor normal for her to be walking around with a tail swishing in the air behind her. Normal to the human standard that is. Although she had still refused to get rid of the red piece of fabric on her upper-arm and always wore it.
Trunks smiled watching his wife as she wore a thoughtful look on her face. She had been doing that for a while now although when he asked her why she had just dismissed it as being tired. He was wearing a blue sweater and loose black jeans. It seemed that his face had also changed. He flicked a long lavender strand of hair out of his face. His hair had grown out to be longer now, so that he had to keep it tied up although the front part of it was still too short and hung loose around his face. It annoyed him sometimes and he had thought of cutting it short again, but Keikisha had said she liked it. She said it made him look more mature. He grinned.
"Papa!" A little voice said. Trunks turned his head around to see a little 4-year-old girl walking towards him.
She had black, glossy hair although streaks of lavender ran throughout it. And it was styled in the same way Trunks' had been when he was little. Cut off just above the ears. Although the features which stood out most in her face were her eyes, which were of a brilliant electric blue.
Trunks sighed "Celeste, What are you doing out of bed?"
The little girl, Celeste, rubbed her eyes. "I couldn't sleep and I wanted Mama to tell me one of her stories"
Trunks looked over at Keikisha who had a faraway look in her eyes.
"I think your Mama's too tired to tell you a story right now Celie. Why don't I read you one of your story books instead?" Trunks said then scooping her up off the ground.
Celeste snuggled up against him "Aww…Okay then Papa. But don't read those big boring ones you always do"
Trunks chuckled and took her to her bedroom.
Keikisha narrowed her eyes looking up at the night sky. Her heartbeat fastened itself. There was that familiar feeling again. It had been happening for about three days now. But now there was no doubt about it. It was there. And it was coming. There was no way to stop it and it was too strong to ignore now. Her mind was so full of thoughts they tripped over themselves. She let out a deep breath. No, she knew this day would come. She just had hoped it wouldn't be so soon. Apparently it had found her earlier then she had expected.
After about an hour of thought, standing alone in the main room of her house she changed into her night gown and made her way into her and Trunks' bed where he was reading a book. Something to do with the Corporation no doubt. After all, he still had to run it.
She lay there awake looking up at the ceiling, only the light of the bedside lamp lighting the room. Trunks let out a breath suddenly, startling her. Why was she so jumpy? He set the book down and then reached over to turn off the light. He looked over at her and smiled when he found her still awake.
"Goodnight Keiki," he said then leaning down to kiss her softly.
Then suddenly, Keikisha reached out and wrapping her arms around his neck, pulled him back towards her and embraced him in a passionate kiss, surprising him.
Slowly the kiss became deeper, and they embraced each other in a tight lock, their bodies rubbing against each other. Then slowly she rolled him over so that she was the one on top, all the time not breaking the hold.
The deadly kiss of love broke and they lay in that position looking at each other, each panting, sucking in air hungrily.
As Trunks looked up at Keikisha there was also something else he noticed.
There was another emotion in her eyes. She had a fierce flame she had never had in there before. Something was different about her now... but he couldn't put his finger on what.
His thoughts were cut off as she returned to her out of character passion, the soft glow of the lamp providing the only light as the night continued on...
Silence filled the darkness of the room. Keikisha lifted up the sheet to cover her now bare body. She shuddered, not only from the cold but also from the nagging sense in her mind.
She closed her eyes tightly hoping it would go away, to no avail. And it was getting stronger with every minute that passed.
She let out a shaky breath and sat up in the bed. She looked over to her side where Trunks lay asleep, his deep breathing meaning he was in a deep sleep. Memories relived themselves in her mind. Her life had been changed forever ever since she arrived on this planet. And she had been changed as a person.
She leaned down and hovered her lips over his, then brushing against them softly although he lay still asleep.
Slipping out from under the covers she put on her clothes. Looking back one last time she walked out of the room.
She heard a small whimper coming from the next room. Walking in she found Celeste asleep, her brows twitching.
'She must be dreaming' Keikisha thought.
Walking over she looked down at her daughter. The little girl, looked upset, possibly because she was having a bad dream.
Keikisha brushed away some of the stray locks of lavender/black hair away from her face. Celeste seemed to instantly relax. She leaned down and kissed her daughter softly on the forehead.
"Goodbye, Celie" She said and walked out of the room.
If she had stayed a second longer she would have heard the "Mama" that Celeste whispered.
Keikisha soon felt the icy chill stab at her face as she took off flying into the air. Every few moments she took a look around, taking in the scenery as if she had never seen it before.
She could have sworn she saw it in here somewhere. Where was it? After a good 15-20 minutes of flying she finally saw it. In the same place she had left it, concealed and hidden away from the rest of the world. Just as she was. Landing so soft that even leaves didn't crunch beneath her feet, she pressed a few buttons which were still visible on the mechanical product. This was it.
A spacepod sat before her, a small round and once white object, which was a mobile Spaceship minor travellers of space had been known to use. The same one she had used to land on this planet all those years ago.
As the hatch which was the door opened, she stepped inside of it, pressing a few buttons.
It hummed softly then becoming louder. It worked. She felt relief in her heart. It was still in good working condition , not as much as she had left it, but it would work for the purpose she needed it to.
It was dark in this area of the forest she had left it. And eerily quiet.
As she sat in the one person seat, she started up the ship. The computer voice said a few words in a rough, raspy language and slowly it began to arise. The engine jarred suddenly, knocking her against the side of the ship. "Kuso!" She cursed rubbing her head.
She glared angrily at the controls almost as if to threaten them. If this didn't work she would never forgive herself.
After a while of stuttering, the engine worked and the ship began to take off into the sky. She let out a deep breath. It was working. She looked back down at the quickly disappearing planet beneath her. A feeling of extreme sadness filled her chest. She tried to shake those thoughts out of her head and regained her stony appearance. The pod flew further and further away from the Earth's atmosphere. There. She could almost smell it now. The smell which had haunted her for her whole life. The familiar ki, which had plagued her mind every day.
She adjusted the space suit onto her body which was in the equipment module. She may be a Saiyan but she still couldn't survive in space. The suit was of strange advanced model; they were almost skin tight, although they allowed for easier mobility. She knew she would need it now. After a few mere moments of travel, she was in the Earth's orbit. Putting on the space suit, she pressed a few more buttons on the panel and the pod came to a stop. She opened the hatch which would allow her to get outside.
Her breathing was deep and raspy but she soon adjusted her breathing to the level of oxygen coming from the tank. Infinite space stretched out ahead of her. Stars seemed so close, and yet they were so far away. And the Earth lay far below, as she had left it in the small ship. Only now she could really call Earth her home.
She tried to compress her ki and flew to where she could sense them. Sense their evil ki. It was dark up here. And she still couldn't see them even if she could feel them so close. She growled.
Suddenly something brushed up against her. She yelped in shock but tried to remain clam. Slowly she turned around. There she saw what she had feared for the past years of her life. And what she had escaped for almost 5 years now.
She looked into the hideously ugly and tormenting face of the creature, sharp white fangs poking out of its mouth, its jaw shaped almost like it was always smirking…
"Pasadria!" Trunks yelled as he sat up in his bed. His breathing was heavy as beads of sweat ran down his forehead.
That dream had been incredibly real. He had never experienced something so vivid and life-like before. And how had he known what it was..?
'Wait a minute…Pasadria? Aren't they the creature's that Keiksiha…" He thought.
He looked over towards his side, where he found an empty side of the bed where his wife would have normally slept.
"Keiki..?" He said confused when he found nothing. He sat up and putting on his bathrobe searched around the house for her to find nothing. And he couldn't sense her ki anywhere. At all. What could it mean? She still couldn't completely hide her ki. Unless she was dead of course.
His face paled, then noticing Celeste was awake and walking into her room.
"Celeste?" He said, as the little girl sat awake in her bed. Confused he walked over to her. "Celeste, do you know where your mother is?"
Celeste was silent for a moment, with a faraway look in her eyes "…. Gone" she said softly.
Trunks blinked. "What are you talking about sweetie?
Celeste remained silent.
Trunks was now beginning to panic.
"Put on your clothes Celeste"
Celeste snapped out of her thoughts "Why? Where are we going Papa?"
"To Grandpa's house"
The Pasadria growled low in its throat.
Keikisha frowned at it. "I hate you" She said with a complete bitterness, although she knew it wouldn't care.
Suddenly, other Pasadria began coming forth, almost as if they were appearing out of thin air. She cursed. How could she have forgotten the Pasadria could camouflage themselves?
She shook her head fiercely as they kept appearing in front of her. They roared a shrill inhuman scream, which pierced at her ears.
She answered them with a battle cry of her own and collecting ki in her hand threw it straight through the first Pasadria she had seen. The others began their attack onto her as she continually tried avoiding and attacking them.
She smirked as she ran a fist straight through the outer layer of one of them. She had never known it would feel this good to be able to hit back against them.
Purple blood sprayed from the monster as she finished it off, part of it splattering on her. She could hold her own against them now, and now she was finally getting her revenge.
"This is for my parents!" She cried as she pummelled straight through the chest of one of the creatures, and it floated dead in space.
She panted as they kept coming towards her, now attacking in pairs. She didn't know how long she could keep this up, but she did know it wouldn't be much longer. Her energy was running out and fast. If she didn't stop them then…
"Go back to Pazerui! It's me you were coming for, go back! NOW"
Trunks knocked loudly on the door to the giant Capsule Corp. building. It was understandably late which would probably be why they were taking so long to answer the door. He re-assured himself.
He heard footsteps on the other side. He felt himself relieve a little bit.
Slowly the door creaked open. There stood Vegeta although he had changed dramatically in a short 4 or so years.
He appeared the same physically, although his eyes looked weary and worn. And he had been acting even stonier than his normal self lately.
His face slightly lit up at seeing Trunks and Celeste at the door.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"I'm not sure exactly. But I just needed to ask you something."
Vegeta studied his son's face. He seemed to be incredibly worried about something. He also noticed the Saiyan female, which had become Trunk's mate wasn't with them. He looked down at Celeste who smiled up at him.
"Hi Grandpa" She said happily.
Vegeta looked down at the little girl for another moment then turning around motioned for the two to follow him inside.
"I really can't be here for long, Dad. I just needed to ask you if you know where Keikisha is?" said Trunks, the worry present in his voice.
Vegeta snorted, "If you don't know then how should I."
"I…don't know. I just felt that you might have some advice for me, it's almost like she's disappeared. And…I have another question too. When I was sleeping I had the strangest dream, although it wasn't a dream. It seemed as if I was living it. And I was thinking about the Pasadria even though I don't even know what they look like although Keikisha's told me about them. And I could have sworn I could feel everything going on around me…"
Vegeta studied Trunks' face "The Bond" he said.
Trunks looked confused.
Vegeta sighed, "When Saiyans form a close relationship they can form a bond. Although there's different bond for different situations. Extremely close friends develop a bond, families develop a bond, and when Saiyans mate, both partners develop a bond with one another. What you experienced must have been the bond between you and that mate of yours. You were feeling and thinking what she was"
"Is that what you and Mom had?"
Instantly, Vegeta's face washed over with a look of sadness and Trunks regretted bringing up that point. His mother and Vegeta's wife, Bulma, had been sick for some time now. She was old, here was no way to stop it. And her bad habit of smoking had made it even worse. It had been eating away at Vegeta, knowing that she would soon leave him. All alone, just like… before. And it was killing him along with her.
"I'm sorry" Trunks said sadly, realising he'd hit a weak point.
Vegeta shook his head "It is something I have to accept. I'm a Saiyan. Your mother… is not"
An uncomfortable silence filled the air.
Trunks sighed, then deciding it would be best to try and change the subject.
"But if that was a bond trait I was experiencing, then, why has it never happened to me before?"
Vegeta looked at Trunks and frowned, then looking away into the dark night sky. He remained silent.
"Dad, I know that you know. Just tell me," Trunks said sternly.
After a few more moments of silence Vegeta finally answered him.
"… Because she never returned your bond to her until now"
His words seemed to stab at him. After 4 and a half years of being together, she had never returned their bond? Although he realised this must have been because it would have been incredibly hard for her to trust someone let alone bond with them after all she had lived through. Despite of this, it made him feel an anguish inside of him, but it also made him wonder, what had suddenly made her open her end of the bond? And did this have anything to do with her disappearance?
"I…" Trunks began speaking. Suddenly images filled his mind…
Keikisha screamed as an aura of ki surrounded her and she threw her final attacks at the remaining monsters, suddenly a sharp stab of pain filled her being as a sharp object cut straight through her arm, almost hitting the bone. She cried out in pain. The Pasadria made a circle around her and opened one end.
She was done for. She held her arm where the cut had been made. If they had hit her with their fangs she would die from poisoning. If they left her here, she would die from loss of blood. And it hurt so much.
She felt herself getting weaker. Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of her, one she had seen many times before. It was a reptilish figure, but this one was different. He had an almost human look to him. Although the spikes that protruded from his back proved otherwise.
"You" Keikisha said icily looking at the being. It was their leader.
He smirked "Ah, well if it isn't little Keikisha" His voice was raspy and a long tongue flickered out of his mouth when he spoke.
"That isn't my name" Keikisha said, a trail of blood running down the side of her mouth.
"Yes, it is. You know no other."
She looked down at the blue-green Earth below. She had come to call this lowly planet her home. And she had learnt to love when all she had lived and known was hate. She had learnt the value of friendship, and she had learnt what happiness was.
A salty tear ran down her cheek, then mixing in with the blood. "No.."
She said softly.
"NO!"
She screamed this time then looking up towards him, he eyes filed with a fierce purple flame.
"Don't you dare touch the Earth! And you won't even think about hurting Trunks and Celeste!"
She cried then throwing a ki-filled punch directly and his neck, although he moved with an unbelievable speed that made it appear as if he had disappeared. A clawed hand wrapped around her neck, too fast for her to even react, her air passage being blocked off. He re-appeared in front of her once more now holding her up by a clamp-hold on her neck.
Trunks held his head, the pain feeling incredibly real.
"Papa?" Celeste said worried as Trunks fell to his knees holding his head.
His whole being trembled, then blinking a couple of times before letting out a deep breath and standing upright.
"Stay here with Grandpa, Celeste," He looked up into the dark sky through the giant glass sliding door.
Celeste remained silent, almost as if knowing what was going on.
"Dad, do we still have the Space ship that mom made when Goku, Pan and I went into space?" Trunks asked.
Vegeta nodded.
"Good. I know where she is"
The reptilish- alien smirked a toothy grin, his eyes mocking and laughing at her as she struggled.
"Heh. I see you've been getting to know the Earthlings have you? No, I think I will touch the Earth. In fact, I'm sure it would make the perfect Pasadria training and breeding ground don't you think?"
Keikisha could now see black spots in her vision; she knew she wouldn't have long now. All she had ever lived in her life would be a waste if she couldn't make the difference now. Trunks… the first person she had ever experienced feelings for such as love. Things she never knew even existed.
And her only daughter Celeste. Celeste had been her pride since the day she was born. And she could sense such an incredible potential inside of her…she wanted to be there to see her grow up.
"I don' t care if I die this second. But don't you hurt my family or I swear, your end will be a torturous one that you will regret!!" She cried out
In that excruciating moment, she felt something within her snap. The wall which had been holding all her emotions and feelings in a dam came crashing down. She lost her consciousness of herself; she forgot who she was and why she was there. All she knew was she had to save her family.
She cried out in anguish and determination, an ear-piecing cry, her emotions within being let out. And at that moment she felt something inside of her snap. Her hair flew around her face as if it had it's own life, glowing in a bright white light, her eyes doing the same. The flickering and flashing of light stopped, to reveal her hair had become thick, spiky and golden in colour. And her eyes had become a flat, deadly emerald green, and a thunderstorm within them.
She had finally achieved the level written about in legends, the level of Super Saiyan. Although she took no notice, her pride was nowhere to be found in her soul at this moment. She threw all her force she could grasp within her to stop the leader, she knew it was hopeless, even if she did get him others would follow. But she didn't care right now. Any attempt was a difference.
Gaining all her energy she threw the final blow straight for the throat of the Pasadrian which had tormented her mental image for all her life. This was it. The end.
At the last moment before she made contact, the agile Pasadria moved out of the way of her attack, her efforts becoming pointless. She had used up all her energy in the attack, which had missed. She suddenly felt a pain coming from the left side of her ribs. Still hunched over, she looked down to see a spear, stabbed straight through her body. The leader had moved so fast avoiding her attack, then drilled his spiked arm straight through her.
Looking down at the Planet under her one more time, the last sound which escaped her lips was a groan…
Trunks cursed. The spaceship had been working fine when he had found it. But the problem was it could either go extremely fast or very slow. And he couldn't go fast due to the chance of going past her.
Suddenly his mental sense flashed again, this time instead of seeing visions, all he saw was black. There she was. He flew the ship to where he had sensed the energy coming from, and sure enough, there was a lone body floating around in space with a Saiyan space pod nearby. He smiled. At least he had found her. But what was she doing up here?
He halted the ship so that it was floating in its current location. Wearing a new modified space suit, he opened the hatch to go and retrieve her. He had to be fast or there was a chance the ship could float too far away for him to go back.
He 'swam' over to her. As he reached where she was, he put his hand on her shoulder, turning her around to face him slowly.
"Keiki, what are yo-" He cut himself off.
Her eyes were closed, and all the energy and blood seemed to be drained from her face.
"Keiki?!" He said frantically, fearing the worst.
Looking down at his hand, he noticed it was covered with red-blood and as his eyes trailed over her, he noticed a hole drilled straight through her body. He could almost see straight through it. He shook his head slowly, his being trembling.
His heart pounding in his chest, her dragged her over to where the ship was.
Celeste looked up at the dark night sky. It was extremely late, but she wasn't tired. She couldn't even sleep if she had wanted to.
It had started raining a while ago, which was worrying her. The rain could cause some serious problems when her mom and dad finally did come back to land.
Suddenly, something in her mind seemed to flicker. A spaceship soon came into view in the sky, coming closer and closer to ground. Celeste looked intently through the glass door.
The ship landed, and stood there for what seemed to be forever. Suddenly the door opened with a soft whirring sound and out walked Trunks, looking down at the being he held in his arms. Her mother.
Heavy rain poured down on him, saturating him. He didn't seem to care. Blood was the most noticeable thing. It didn't come off with the rain, but it seemed to stain. The blood was leaking profusely out of Keikisha's body now that gravity had kicked in and it was splattering itself on Trunks. He didn't care about that either.
He stood there silent, looking down at her. He pulled her lifeless body as close towards him as he could. "Keikisha" He uttered softly, as salty tears began to run down his cheeks. He had to finally accept it. She was gone. And there were no Dragonballs. She was truly, gone.
A million emotions ran through his mind, a metropolis of pain and anguish.
"Why does this always happen?!" He screamed out to the sky, falling to his knees, the tears mixing in with rain and blood, only sobs heard in the silent night.
Vegeta closed his eyes. He knew what it was like. He knew what it was almost his whole life to be alone. And he would soon know the pain again.
The little blue-eyed girl felt a single warm tear roll down her cheek, although no sound she made.
Only one word filled her mind as she watched the scene before her.
"Why?"
13 years later. The Present time
Silence filled the little hut, as the now teenage Celeste told her story past. The ebony haired woman, Pan, absorbed what had been told to her, then letting out a deep sigh.
She walked over to Celeste suddenly, and surprising her, embraced her in a hug of sympathy. Celeste stiffened, taken aback, then relaxing slightly, although she didn't return the friendly gesture. Pan broke the hug and looked at Celeste, making her even more uncomfortable.
"I know nothing I say can bring your mother back. But I can offer you my friendship, even if you want to talk, go out, plot revenge or even borrow money *chuckle* you can always come to me for anything you need" Pan said solemnly.
Celeste blinked. "Thankyou Pan, but I've learnt to take care of my own problems. Now that you have your story I really have to get going."
And with that, she tightened the rope around the waist of her cloak and walked out the door then closing it again.
Pan sighed, shaking her head and sat down again at the small wooden table, taking another sip of her hot chocolate, which by now wasn't as hot.
There was a knock at the door. "Come in" answered Pan, not looking up. The door opened, to reveal Celeste standing there with a stern look on her face, as usual.
"I did finish telling you my story. But, well, you know, if you want to see my Father again…"
Pan giggled, "Do you really have to ask?"
"Is this where you live?" Pan said scrunching up her nose. They were walking through the deep part of the forest, and right now they were treading through the swamps.
Off course the smell wasn't too appealing.
"Eww!" Pan shrieked, "What is this stuff?" She cried looking at the green slime on her boot.
Celeste grunted "Pan-san, stop bringing so much attention to yourself. You realise the Pasadria can camouflage don't you? And besides, you're the one who wanted to come"
"I know that! It just surprises me to know the President of Capsule Corporation would live in such a gunky place" Pan huffed.
"We have to keep ourselves well hidden. That's probably the reason we've managed to become one of the only targets the Pasadria haven't managed to hit yet" Explained Celeste.
When they were out of the swamp area, the forest just seemed to clear itself out. It seemed unnatural. Sure enough, there stood a lone house, contrasting against the surrounding. Celeste was right. It was impossible to tell there was a house from outside of the thick surrounding forest.
Celeste turned around to face the ¼ Saiyan.
"I'll go tell him you're here first. Wait here." She said then walking inside of the house.
A gust of wind passed by blowing some of her long strands of black hair in her face. Pan sneezed at the tickle. She paced around in circles, curious and nervous at the same time. Would Trunks still be the same as when she had seen him last? Would he even recognise her? It had been 18 years after all…
She craned her head up to the sky to see a beautiful bird up in the canopy of trees. She squinted trying to get a better view. No good. She kept her gaze fixed on the bird and walked back a few steps only to run into something. Startled she turned around to see she had walked straight into a tall man.
"Sorry, Sir" She said embarrassed, with her hand behind her head, then walking away.
"…Pan? Is that really you?" She heard a deep, familiar voice say.
She turned around to look at the man again, this time studying his face. He had long lavender hair, which reached the middle of his back, tied back with an elastic band, although loose strands hung around his face. He wore dark clothes, but he had a red piece of material tied on his upper arm. Although the feature which stood out most on his handsome face were his serious, sky blue eyes. He had changed, but there was no doubt about it. It was Trunks all right.
"T-Trunks?! My Kami-sama it really is you!" Pan smiled the most she had since she could remember, then running up to him she wrapped her arms around him, almost squeezing the breath out of him, laughing ecstatically. "You've changed so much!" She cried happily.
Trunks coughed "It's nice to see you too Pan-chan, but would you mind letting me breathe?!"
Pan let go of her grip lock and laughed nervously "Gomen. I guess I got carried away. It's just been so long-"
"There you are, Dad. I was looking for you everywhere!" Celeste said frustrated walking over to them.
Trunks chuckled "And I could say the same about you." He shook his head "Teenagers"
Pan giggled. "Like they say, like father like son. Or I guess in this case like father like daughter."
Both Trunks and Celeste snorted only causing Pan to laugh more.
"Come on, let's go inside. I can show you around the Brief household, Pan. I really missed you" Trunks smiled, then walking towards the house with Celeste following.
Pan felt a blush creep up on her face at the smile. She groaned. "Kami-sama, do I still have feelings for him? Stupid, Stupid! He's married with a daughter! I can't think of him like that! …Although technically he's not married anymore…ARGH!" She mentally slapped herself out of her train of thoughts, then following the two inside the house.
Inside it was remarkably clean. It occurred to Pan that they probably didn't have to clean seeing as they were both out so often. Although a huge variety of Photos lined the mantle top. Wedding Photos, Baby Photos, Family Photos, Photos of Friends, etc.
"Priceless Memories" Trunks said suddenly, startling her.
Pan nodded.
"So what's been going with you Pan? I mean, how old are you now? 25?"
Pan snorted and crossed her arms defensively "For your information I'm 33"
Trunks chuckled. Pan flicked his nose, making him stop. "I wouldn't laugh. How about you? 80?" She smirked
Trunks laughed and shook his head "I'm 47. So that would make Celeste 17 and Keikish…" he trailed off, a faraway look in his eyes. "Never mind."
Pan put a hand on his shoulder "Celeste told me everything Trunks. I think what I said to her can also apply to you. If you ever need something, I'm always here."
Trunks smiled gratefully at his past friend, and looked at her carefully for the first time.
She now longer wore the Orange Bandana she seemed to be so fond of, and her hair had grown out so that it now reached the small of her back. She still had the same bright, charcoal eyes, although now she had blossomed into a woman. She was more mature and more figured, although she still retained a hint of mischief in her. In one word, she had developed.
After came catching up and talking of memories past. It was as if nothing had even changed, although it of course had incredibly.
"I'm going out," Celeste said, interrupting the two's talk heading towards the door wearing her ninja-looking clothes, the same sword strapped to her back although without the cloak.
"Not you're not," Trunks said sternly "If you go out, I know all you'll do is go fight the Pasadria."
"But Dad, I have to! The people out there are counting on me. I know you don't understand but I have to at least try, even if I can't change the whole world, I'll help some" Celeste protested.
"I do understand, Celeste, More than you can imagine. That's why I don't want you to go. You're the only one I have left; I don't want to lose you too. You know that."
"I know, I know. I just…hate feeling helpless." The blue eyed teenager said, feeling and sounding defeated.
An awkward silence filled the air.
"…She's right" Pan said.
Trunks turned sharply towards her, "Are you crazy, Pan!? We'll be killed! Trust me, I've seen first hand what those monsters can do"
Pan nodded "Right, but do you want to live this way forever? In their shadows? 'Cause I sure as hell don't"
"What are you trying to say?"
"Well… One person to them would be like a pinprick. No real harm done. But a lot of power combined would be like a sledgehammer! Think of how much of a surprise that would be to them!" Pan grinned imitating herself using the hammer.
Celeste's eyes brightened, although she remained silent.
"And you know exactly where we can get power in this world, don't you Trunks?" Pan grinned even wider.
Trunks remained silent. He looked over at Celeste and saw the electricity in her eyes. All she had ever wanted her whole life was revenge for what had been taken away from her. Her planet and mother. And deep down, Trunks knew that he wanted this too. He just didn't know how.
Defeated, he sighed, "This is the only chance I'll get…" He smirked "Well, let's go get those bastards."
Celeste smiled at Pan, for the first time since she had seen her. Pan made a thumbs up.
"Freedom"
Authors Notes:
If it sounds like I'm rushing this, Gomen because I am ^^; I have all these ideas rushing at my head at the same time, and it's been hard for me to get my chapter work in order since I've become so busy with school and my art works seem to entertain me more than writing. At least now I completely have the flashback out of the way. I also haven't forgotten about you Trunks x Pan fans out there so watch out for that. If this has all seemed too mushy for you, you're in luck. Now the action/adventure will start to kick in. =)
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