A/N: Howdy everyone!  I hope you all have been dying to read this, otherwise…

I really don't have all that much to say right now… If I think of anything more, I'll let you know.

Yes, I know that this is a really really really short chapter, please don't flame me…

Oh, I'll clarify now that Pan, Trunks, and Goten are still out front.  Except for Pan, they can't fly.

Disclaimer:  The only DBZ thing I own is a Piccolo action figure, but my chibi sister stole it and named him Jack. Grrrrrr.

~*~ Chapter Ten: Chibis ~*~

The three chibis looked at the sky where Gohan had disappeared.  Pan, who was used to her daddy flying off quickly, turned and shrugged.

Goten and Trunks were about to run off and see what was happening, but Pan stopped them.

"No.  Uncle Goten, Sensei, you ought to know better."

They stared at her for a minute before shrugging and going back to their game.  Pan sat back and watched, trying to gauge their strength.

~ I'm at least as strong as they are, if not stronger.  My training has probably been a lot more intense.  And I can Fly. ~ the last thought was full of savage joy.  She could do something they couldn't!

She was about to ask if she could join them, when sudden movement caught her eye.

Her eyes were caught and held by the slim woman.

~ Android ~ fear clouded her mind, her daddy had been killed by androids… Had it happened again in this timeline?  Was that why daddy had gone behind CC?

She began screaming in terror and scrambled back from the approaching woman.

Trunks and Goten stopped in mid punch and looked over at her.

Her eyes were slightly out of focus and she was flickering gold!

Marron, who was still teary eyed, looked over at the source of the terrified screams.  It was a little girl her age!

She pulled her hand out from 18's and ran towards the other girl.

"Are you okay?"  She asked, putting a tiny hand on Pan's shoulder.

Pan looked up through fear clouded eyes and saw a little girl.  The panic ebbed away and she nodded slightly.

"Is…is daddy…daddy…still…is he…still…is daddy still…" She stuttered, trying to ask the haunting question.

18 walked over and Pan began crying and backing away again. 

18 stopped as a thought hit her.  "You're from the future aren't you."  She stated it rather than asked it.  "Don't worry.  I'm good.  This is my daughter Marron."  With that, she turned around and walked back over to Krillin.

By this time Trunks and Goten had joined them and were rubbing Pan's back and reassuring her.

"Hey Marron, do you know what set her off like this?"  Goten looked towards Marron.

The little girl frowned.  "I think… I think in the Mirai timeline my mother is an evil android."

Trunks nodded and agreed.

"That must be it.  It's okay Pan, 18 is good.  Krillin and her are good friends with your dad."

Pan's tears ebbed away and she scrubbed her face with her hands.  Smiling tremulously she stood up.

"Can I train with you guys to take my mind off it?"  She looked at Trunks and Goten pleadingly.  Trunks was about to say no, she might get hurt, but Goten cut in.  He remembered the flicker of gold.

"Sure Pan.  If you want!  You can too Marron!"  He said extending the invitation to the other little girl.  Pan nodded eagerly.

Marron smiled.  For a minute she had thought that they wouldn't want her.  She turned towards her parents and saw them nod before flying away.  She turned back and smacked Trunks.

"YOU'RE IT!" 

A/N:  If you can't tell, Marron and Pan are both fighters in my story, and decently strong ones at that.  Hope you don't mind the shortness of this chapter too much, cause I promise that I'll start making them longer.

Next chapter is going to be a reflection back, of what the bulk of the students are thinking about all this.  It'll go back, probably to about the arrival, but I can't promise anything.  This might me more or less funny then some of the other parts, so you can tell me what you think… You know how… Or you can e-mail me at demoness22@hotmail.com.  Either way works for me.