A/N: Itsa me! Hi y'all. I'm having a lot of fun with this story, and I hope you are too... Especially since there really isn't an end in sight...
I want to thank all of my faithful Readers and especially my faithful Reviewers.
Please continue to review, and I will continue to write. (as I say every time) ^__^
Disclaimer: This is a worthless waste of space, I never have and I never will, own DBZ.
~*~ Chapter Nine: Surprises ~*~
~*~
Bulma walked back to her lab and found the children exactly where she had left them. She smiled gratefully at the teachers, and continued on as if nothing had happened.
They spent another hour in the lab discussing her contraptions, and Bulma put tabs on several budding minds.
~ I hope this trip hasn't scarred anyone too permanently... It's probably been one shock after another for the poor darlings. Kami help us if anything more happens. I can just imagine their faces if someone like my Mirai son shows up... ~
Unbeknownst to Bulma...
~*~
"Gohan, I'd like you to meet someone very special to me. It's okay Panny, you can come out. I doubt even Videl will bite!"
Videl glared at Mirai. Why was he acting as if he knew her? Unless she and Gohan...
Gohan smiled as a small face peeked out from behind Trunks's leg.
"Who's she?" He asked bemusedly, for some reason she reminded him of someone... "Is she yours?"
Trunks broke out laughing and Pan stared at him in horror and offense before piping in to clear things up. With the innocence only a six-year-old can muster, she replied.
"Oh no daddy! Trunks is only my sensei!"
Everyone stared at her, and she stared right back. Suddenly she realized what she had said and her hand flew to her mouth.
"Did... Did you just call ME... DADDY!?" Gohan stared in shock. Pan nodded miserably and tears began to fall from the tiny face. What was gonna happen now? Sensei had warned her that she couldn't tell Gohan or Videl because then she might not get born.
Unexpectedly, Gohan crouched down and held his arms open to the small child. Pan needed no further encouragement and threw herself at her father.
She began to sob softly into his shirt. Gohan's eyes filled with wonderment and he looked up at Mirai for an explanation.
"Pan is six. You were killed by androids when she was four. You two were always very close, so your death was very hard on her. After that I began to train her where you left off, and she lives with Krillin now."
Gohan nodded. That made sense...
"What about her mother?" Videl asked. She didn't know what to think. She really hoped that SHE was Pan's mother, but she was kind of confused where she fit in the story.
"Well... I can't tell you any more than what Pan let slip, otherwise she might not get born. She wasn't supposed to say what she did," he snapped.
His glare softened when he saw Gohan's arms tighten protectively around his newfound daughter.
~ Maybe it was all for the best... ~
(I swear I'm getting WAY too sappy for my own good...)
~*~
Bulma led the class through the halls and out into the back yard.
"Okay class, You guys can relax for awhile before we move on."
The class cheered and formed groups of chattering teens. Bulma smiled.
This trip just might not be so bad!
Just when she was thinking that, she heard someone call.
Suddenly Krillin, 18, and a six year old Marron, walked out the door.
Bulma smiled and walked over to them, as the students watched with a jaundiced eye.
Krillin smiled and waved towards the kids, as they quickly turned away.
"Hey Bulma!" He said smiling, "I didn't think you had guests, otherwise we wouldn't have dropped by."
Bulma smiled back. "That's okay Krillin, you 18 and Marron are a lot more understandable than some of the other things that have been happening around here."
18 cocked her head sideways and asked simply, "why."
Bulma told them the whole story in an undertone. Krillin laughed through the entire thing. When she finished, Bulma was amazed to find that 18 had joined in the laughter!!!
They all chatted while Marron sat silently in her mother's lap.
~*~
After Pan finished crying, Gohan stood up.
Before Pan realized what was happening, she was sitting astride Gohan's powerful shoulders.
She laughed in glee and clapped her hands. Videl smiled at the tenderness she saw in Gohan's eyes, and Mirai simply looked on approvingly.
"Say Panny, want to meet Trunks as a kid?" Gohan asked to the giggling girl.
"Yes!" She squealed, that was one of the BIG reasons that she wanted to come, she had been dying to see her sensei as a little boy.
"He's about eight right now. Why don't I take you out to find him and my younger brother Goten, and Videl can take Mirai out to see Bulma!"
Everyone agreed and they split up.
~*~
Goten yelled as he flung Trunks off of him, and both ran back together, a flurry of fists and feet.
Gohan stood smiling while Pan sat on her perch and watched in amazement.
~ Wow, sensei was really good, even when he was little! ~
Suddenly the two boys realized they had an audience, and both whirled around to stare at Gohan and his `rider'.
"Uh, hey Gohan... I swear we weren't doing anything to give us away... HONEST" Trunks cried.
"Yeah Gohan, we're bein' good, just like you said!" Both boys were slightly panicked.
Gohan began laughing and Pan wasn't far behind. The boys stopped making excuses and looked at each other. Then they smirked and turned back to Gohan, curious as to why he'd come out, if not to punish them.
"Hey guys, come here, I wanna tell ya something." Gohan swung Pan off his shoulders and set her down as the boys approached.
Crouching down to their height he smiled reassuringly at his daughter.
~ Kami, but it feels strange to think about that. I wonder who her mother is... ~ He was pondering this for so long that Trunks had to punch him before he came out of his thoughts.
"What did you wanna tell us nii-chan?"
"Trunks, Goten, I want you guys to meet Pan. She's from the future. Trunks, you're here too."
Both boys eyed him strangely, but Trunks's eyes quickly cleared.
"I remember you telling us about Mirai Me! Who's she a Mirai of?"
Goten's eyes cleared as well and he nodded his agreement to the question.
Gohan rubbed the back of his head and Grinned(TM). "She's my daughter."
Both boys' eyes popped out of their heads as they sweatdropped, then fell over backwards anime style.
Pan eyed them and snorted. "My sensei was kinda weak hearted." She observed solemnly to Gohan. Gohan burst out laughing and would have said something in reply, but something caught his attention first...
~*~
Videl and Mirai walked through the house together and chatted companionably.
~ He's pretty cute... But not nearly as cute OR enjoyable as Gohan. ~
Mirai, completely unaware of her thoughts continued chatting.
Videl opened the door and walked out, Mirai following closely.
The people on the grass's heads all came up. Mirai raised his head and swept his gaze towards his mother. He began to smile, but suddenly caught sight of who was sitting next to her.
Mirai yelled in anger and ki blasted 18. 18, who wasn't expecting any attacks went sprawling as Krillin jumped up in rage.
He began screaming incoherently at Mirai as Mirai screamed back. Marron wailed at the tops of her lungs and 18 shuddered, trying to sit up. Videl stared at the now enraged Mirai, and the students blinked, not believing what they had just seen.
~*~
Hearing the ruckus out back, Gohan turned Super Saiyin and zipped towards the back.
He was slightly relieved when he saw it was all just a misunderstanding. It would be easy enough to solve, although he regretted that he hadn't been there to stop it in the first place.
He took a deep breath and screamed at them all to shut up.
No one heard him, which was no wonder because now Bulma and 18 had joined the shouting match.
Sighing Gohan gathered the largest Kamehameha that he could. Aiming it in the center of the `no man's land' he blasted a huge crater in the lawn. Everybody's head jerked up and stared at the floating golden figure.
"WILL YOU PEOPLE SHUT UP!"
The silence was complete as Gohan landed and transformed into normal, to the complete and utter astonishment of his classmates, and most especially Videl.
"Alright, I'm pretty sure this is all just a misunderstanding."
Krillin turned bright red as he said that. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN A MISUNDERSTANDING?! THAT BAKA JUST BLASTED MY WIFE!"
The screaming contest began again, but this time all Gohan had to do was turn Super, and everyone shut up.
"Krillin," he growled menacingly, "I think you of all people ought to know how Mirai feels about the androids."
Krillin's eyes softened slightly, but he didn't back down. However, this time he managed to keep from shouting. "That doesn't give that BRAT the right to blast my WIFE!"
Mirai growled, and yelled in anger. "How the hell was I supposed to know that you MARRIED an EVIL ANDROID?!"
That was too much for Krillin and he began to scream again about how his wife was not evil.
Gohan was about to do his stuff, but to his surprise someone else got to it first.
"Shut up Krillin." 18 said in a monotone. "That bastard isn't worth your breath. Come on Marron, we're leaving." With that, 18 grabbed her daughter's hand and walked off calmly. Krillin shot another death glare at Mirai before storming off after his family.
The only sounds in the yard were Mirai's growls and the heavy breathing of fifty frightened students.
Suddenly the silence was interrupted by coarse laughter.
Everybody turned to see Vegeta, hanging out the window and howling with mirth.
"That's the way to do it brat," he called between laughs, "ki blast the weakling bitch to hell!" With that he pulled his head back in and slammed the window.
Even then his laughter could be heard booming from inside.
A/N: HEE HEE HEE! I didn't even give the girls a chance to properly drool over Mirai! ^_______~() Oh well, that was WAY too much fun to write! I hope it's as fun for you to read as it was for me to write...
I apologize again if I screw up ages, but you can all go to hell.
I'm really happy to announce that I retrieved my Tessa-chan from the hospital, and she's here advising me (and playing with my tail *grrrr*)
At least, that's what she claims to be doing. She's spending a lot more time drooling over Mirai than advising me on my story.
Okay, I know I'm rambling, so I'll shut up now, just READ and REVIEW so that I write more SOON.
I want to thank all of my faithful Readers and especially my faithful Reviewers.
Please continue to review, and I will continue to write. (as I say every time) ^__^
Disclaimer: This is a worthless waste of space, I never have and I never will, own DBZ.
~*~ Chapter Nine: Surprises ~*~
~*~
Bulma walked back to her lab and found the children exactly where she had left them. She smiled gratefully at the teachers, and continued on as if nothing had happened.
They spent another hour in the lab discussing her contraptions, and Bulma put tabs on several budding minds.
~ I hope this trip hasn't scarred anyone too permanently... It's probably been one shock after another for the poor darlings. Kami help us if anything more happens. I can just imagine their faces if someone like my Mirai son shows up... ~
Unbeknownst to Bulma...
~*~
"Gohan, I'd like you to meet someone very special to me. It's okay Panny, you can come out. I doubt even Videl will bite!"
Videl glared at Mirai. Why was he acting as if he knew her? Unless she and Gohan...
Gohan smiled as a small face peeked out from behind Trunks's leg.
"Who's she?" He asked bemusedly, for some reason she reminded him of someone... "Is she yours?"
Trunks broke out laughing and Pan stared at him in horror and offense before piping in to clear things up. With the innocence only a six-year-old can muster, she replied.
"Oh no daddy! Trunks is only my sensei!"
Everyone stared at her, and she stared right back. Suddenly she realized what she had said and her hand flew to her mouth.
"Did... Did you just call ME... DADDY!?" Gohan stared in shock. Pan nodded miserably and tears began to fall from the tiny face. What was gonna happen now? Sensei had warned her that she couldn't tell Gohan or Videl because then she might not get born.
Unexpectedly, Gohan crouched down and held his arms open to the small child. Pan needed no further encouragement and threw herself at her father.
She began to sob softly into his shirt. Gohan's eyes filled with wonderment and he looked up at Mirai for an explanation.
"Pan is six. You were killed by androids when she was four. You two were always very close, so your death was very hard on her. After that I began to train her where you left off, and she lives with Krillin now."
Gohan nodded. That made sense...
"What about her mother?" Videl asked. She didn't know what to think. She really hoped that SHE was Pan's mother, but she was kind of confused where she fit in the story.
"Well... I can't tell you any more than what Pan let slip, otherwise she might not get born. She wasn't supposed to say what she did," he snapped.
His glare softened when he saw Gohan's arms tighten protectively around his newfound daughter.
~ Maybe it was all for the best... ~
(I swear I'm getting WAY too sappy for my own good...)
~*~
Bulma led the class through the halls and out into the back yard.
"Okay class, You guys can relax for awhile before we move on."
The class cheered and formed groups of chattering teens. Bulma smiled.
This trip just might not be so bad!
Just when she was thinking that, she heard someone call.
Suddenly Krillin, 18, and a six year old Marron, walked out the door.
Bulma smiled and walked over to them, as the students watched with a jaundiced eye.
Krillin smiled and waved towards the kids, as they quickly turned away.
"Hey Bulma!" He said smiling, "I didn't think you had guests, otherwise we wouldn't have dropped by."
Bulma smiled back. "That's okay Krillin, you 18 and Marron are a lot more understandable than some of the other things that have been happening around here."
18 cocked her head sideways and asked simply, "why."
Bulma told them the whole story in an undertone. Krillin laughed through the entire thing. When she finished, Bulma was amazed to find that 18 had joined in the laughter!!!
They all chatted while Marron sat silently in her mother's lap.
~*~
After Pan finished crying, Gohan stood up.
Before Pan realized what was happening, she was sitting astride Gohan's powerful shoulders.
She laughed in glee and clapped her hands. Videl smiled at the tenderness she saw in Gohan's eyes, and Mirai simply looked on approvingly.
"Say Panny, want to meet Trunks as a kid?" Gohan asked to the giggling girl.
"Yes!" She squealed, that was one of the BIG reasons that she wanted to come, she had been dying to see her sensei as a little boy.
"He's about eight right now. Why don't I take you out to find him and my younger brother Goten, and Videl can take Mirai out to see Bulma!"
Everyone agreed and they split up.
~*~
Goten yelled as he flung Trunks off of him, and both ran back together, a flurry of fists and feet.
Gohan stood smiling while Pan sat on her perch and watched in amazement.
~ Wow, sensei was really good, even when he was little! ~
Suddenly the two boys realized they had an audience, and both whirled around to stare at Gohan and his `rider'.
"Uh, hey Gohan... I swear we weren't doing anything to give us away... HONEST" Trunks cried.
"Yeah Gohan, we're bein' good, just like you said!" Both boys were slightly panicked.
Gohan began laughing and Pan wasn't far behind. The boys stopped making excuses and looked at each other. Then they smirked and turned back to Gohan, curious as to why he'd come out, if not to punish them.
"Hey guys, come here, I wanna tell ya something." Gohan swung Pan off his shoulders and set her down as the boys approached.
Crouching down to their height he smiled reassuringly at his daughter.
~ Kami, but it feels strange to think about that. I wonder who her mother is... ~ He was pondering this for so long that Trunks had to punch him before he came out of his thoughts.
"What did you wanna tell us nii-chan?"
"Trunks, Goten, I want you guys to meet Pan. She's from the future. Trunks, you're here too."
Both boys eyed him strangely, but Trunks's eyes quickly cleared.
"I remember you telling us about Mirai Me! Who's she a Mirai of?"
Goten's eyes cleared as well and he nodded his agreement to the question.
Gohan rubbed the back of his head and Grinned(TM). "She's my daughter."
Both boys' eyes popped out of their heads as they sweatdropped, then fell over backwards anime style.
Pan eyed them and snorted. "My sensei was kinda weak hearted." She observed solemnly to Gohan. Gohan burst out laughing and would have said something in reply, but something caught his attention first...
~*~
Videl and Mirai walked through the house together and chatted companionably.
~ He's pretty cute... But not nearly as cute OR enjoyable as Gohan. ~
Mirai, completely unaware of her thoughts continued chatting.
Videl opened the door and walked out, Mirai following closely.
The people on the grass's heads all came up. Mirai raised his head and swept his gaze towards his mother. He began to smile, but suddenly caught sight of who was sitting next to her.
Mirai yelled in anger and ki blasted 18. 18, who wasn't expecting any attacks went sprawling as Krillin jumped up in rage.
He began screaming incoherently at Mirai as Mirai screamed back. Marron wailed at the tops of her lungs and 18 shuddered, trying to sit up. Videl stared at the now enraged Mirai, and the students blinked, not believing what they had just seen.
~*~
Hearing the ruckus out back, Gohan turned Super Saiyin and zipped towards the back.
He was slightly relieved when he saw it was all just a misunderstanding. It would be easy enough to solve, although he regretted that he hadn't been there to stop it in the first place.
He took a deep breath and screamed at them all to shut up.
No one heard him, which was no wonder because now Bulma and 18 had joined the shouting match.
Sighing Gohan gathered the largest Kamehameha that he could. Aiming it in the center of the `no man's land' he blasted a huge crater in the lawn. Everybody's head jerked up and stared at the floating golden figure.
"WILL YOU PEOPLE SHUT UP!"
The silence was complete as Gohan landed and transformed into normal, to the complete and utter astonishment of his classmates, and most especially Videl.
"Alright, I'm pretty sure this is all just a misunderstanding."
Krillin turned bright red as he said that. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN A MISUNDERSTANDING?! THAT BAKA JUST BLASTED MY WIFE!"
The screaming contest began again, but this time all Gohan had to do was turn Super, and everyone shut up.
"Krillin," he growled menacingly, "I think you of all people ought to know how Mirai feels about the androids."
Krillin's eyes softened slightly, but he didn't back down. However, this time he managed to keep from shouting. "That doesn't give that BRAT the right to blast my WIFE!"
Mirai growled, and yelled in anger. "How the hell was I supposed to know that you MARRIED an EVIL ANDROID?!"
That was too much for Krillin and he began to scream again about how his wife was not evil.
Gohan was about to do his stuff, but to his surprise someone else got to it first.
"Shut up Krillin." 18 said in a monotone. "That bastard isn't worth your breath. Come on Marron, we're leaving." With that, 18 grabbed her daughter's hand and walked off calmly. Krillin shot another death glare at Mirai before storming off after his family.
The only sounds in the yard were Mirai's growls and the heavy breathing of fifty frightened students.
Suddenly the silence was interrupted by coarse laughter.
Everybody turned to see Vegeta, hanging out the window and howling with mirth.
"That's the way to do it brat," he called between laughs, "ki blast the weakling bitch to hell!" With that he pulled his head back in and slammed the window.
Even then his laughter could be heard booming from inside.
A/N: HEE HEE HEE! I didn't even give the girls a chance to properly drool over Mirai! ^_______~() Oh well, that was WAY too much fun to write! I hope it's as fun for you to read as it was for me to write...
I apologize again if I screw up ages, but you can all go to hell.
I'm really happy to announce that I retrieved my Tessa-chan from the hospital, and she's here advising me (and playing with my tail *grrrr*)
At least, that's what she claims to be doing. She's spending a lot more time drooling over Mirai than advising me on my story.
Okay, I know I'm rambling, so I'll shut up now, just READ and REVIEW so that I write more SOON.