Chapter 21

"ARGH! I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANY MORE!" Pan yelled, powering up. All the females were at Capsule Corp., organising the wedding for Pan and Trunks (again). "I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH ALL THIS ORGANISING! I ALREADY KNOW I'M BONDED TO HIM! CAN'T WE JUST HAVE A SIMPLE GATHERING HERE? IN THE GARDEN MAYBE?"

"Calm down, Pan dear." Videl said, looking up from the table. "You're just a little stressed, that's all…maybe it's nerves as well."

"It's not nerves!!! I mean, look at all this stuff!" Pan picked up all the bits of paper, magazines etc with her ki. "What am I gonna wear? What will everyone else wear? Where should we hold it? Who should be there? I mean, I can't even find a dress that I like, I should just go NAKED!" Pan yelled, and dropped the pile of stuff she was holding up all over the table and the floor. "I'm going." She flew through the nearest window, shattering it and sending glass everywhere. The four (Bra, Videl, Chi-chi and Bulma) still left at the table stared at the window in surprise.

"Well, that was unexpected." Bulma stated.

"She's probably frustrated. I guess in comparison to me, she's a simple girl. All she wants is to be with Trunks. She may not even want a wedding at all." Bra suggested.

"But she's been a bit moody the last few weeks, since…we started planning the wedding…"

"And that was the day after they announced their engagement…you don't think something's wrong?" Bra wondered

"Maybe it's just stress."

"Probably." Bulma concluded, picking up the papers off the ground. "Let's just let her be for a while."

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Trunks stretched out in his chair in his office. He'd been working non-stop for hours, there'd been a lot of paperwork associated with the latest deal that had been made at Capsule Corp. All of a sudden, he felt Pan's ki rise sharply, and then felt two ki's coming towards Capsule Corp., one unmistakably Pan's, and the other one was very small, and although it felt familiar to him, but he didn't recognise it. He knew something was wrong, so he went over to his window, opened it and waited. It wasn't long before Pan flew quickly through the open window into his arms. Trunks wondered where the extra ki had come from.

"Hey…what's wrong?" He ran his fingers through her dark hair and kissed her forehead.

"It's all too much!" she sobbed into his chest.

"The planning for the wedding?"

"Yeah, I hate all this organisation stuff. I already know that I'm bonded to you, why do I need to suffer with all this stress?"

"You don't have to organise it, you know. You could just get the rest of the family to do it…(family?)…" Suddenly, that word made him feel a new sense of fulfilment, greater than he usually felt. He was just so calm with her in his arms, he always was, but it was a new feeling. After a few minutes, Pan pulled away slightly and looked up.

"Thankyou."

"That's alright, any time." Trunks thought to himself for a moment. "Have you been feeling ok lately?"

"Hmm, not really. I've been kinda tired, and feeling kinda drained. Maybe it's all the stress of planning the wedding and all that stuff."

"Anything else?" Trunks had an idea forming in his head about the events that had been happening lately and today, but he kept the thought hidden, for the moment.

"Nah, I suppose I should be getting back, and apologise to everyone…I guess." Pan let go of Trunks and walked over to the windows. "I'll have to help clean up the mess I made."

"Yeah, you probably should…and don't stress so much, it can't be good for you…or our daughter." Pan stopped suddenly and looked back at Trunks.

"Our…daughter…?" She looked down at herself and laid a hand on her abdomen. "I'm…" A smile formed on her face and she flew into Trunks' arms. Trunks pulled her close and talked to her telepathically.

How did you know? Pan thought.

I felt her ki, and because she's growing, your combined ki makes you feel like you're tired, when your ki hasn't decreased at all.

How long?

I only felt it just then, when you flew over, and I also felt a new feeling when you were close.

Wow, I'm going to be a mum!

And I'm gonna be a dad, when do you think this happened?

Hmmm, I have to think back a while, about 1 month, I guess…now that I think about it.

Probably the night we got engaged,… or the night after. Trunks laughed softly, remembering that night. "I think we'll tell everyone later, I don't think they need another surprise at this present moment in time, besides, they're too busy planning our wedding."

"Yeah, I'd better get going, they might be wondering about me." Pan kissed him deeply before climbing up to the window.

"Be careful now, you're flying a passenger."

"Bye Trunks, I'll be careful." She said as she flew off in a much happier mood than she had arrived.

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Pan flew back to where the rest of the girls were planning the wedding. She landed outside and walked calmly and excitedly through the door. She knew exactly what she had in mind.

"Hey guys! Sorry I made a mess, here, let me help!" Pan picked up the rest of the paper that was on the ground and put it quickly on the table and sat down. "Sorry about the outburst, I was just getting too fed up with all of this." Everyone looked at Pan in shock, she was so angry only a few minutes ago.

"Pan, are you alright darling?" Videl was generally concerned for her daughter.

"Yeah, mum, I'm fine now." Pan was extremely happy.

"That's ok, but tell us next time when you want to break a window." Bulma looked over at the window which was half fixed by the robots.

"Oops, I shouldn't be doing that now, should I?"

"You shouldn't be doing that anyway, but why now?" Bra eyed her best friend.

"I meant I shouldn't be doing that, I was just putting it in a different way, that's all. Let's get back to the wedding." Everyone again eyed Pan in shock. Now she wanted to plan the wedding? Something must have happened in the last 10 minutes.

"Pan, you sure you're alright?" Chi-chi placed her hand on her forehead. "Normal."

"I'm fine! Now, here's how it's going to go."

"What is?"

"The wedding!"

"Oh, ok then. What do you want to do?"

       Pan thought for a second, then spoke. "I want a small ceremony in the tropical pool area down the north side of the Capsule Corp. house complex. Only small, close family and friends, like my family, Trunks' family, Krillen, #18, Marron, Yamcha, Tien, Chao-zu, etc. And Piccolo and Dende, if he can come."

       "Ok, sure honey. What do you want to wear?"

       "Wait a sec! Ok, I want to wear a plain white dress, two piece. A boob-tube and a long skirt that falls from my hips. And I want flowers in my hair, all tropical, keeping with the setting. I want plain white shoes, strappy. Trunks can wear a tux, or whatever he wants, a Hawaiian shirt, I don't care, and I don't want a veil, it's too formal. And I want it to happen within two months. Can we do that?" Bra stared at her friend, open-mouthed. She definitely knew what she wanted, how could she have thought it up so quickly, and why did she suddenly change her mood?

       "Anything else Pan?" Bulma said as she quickly scribbled down her requests.

"Yeah, as far as the food goes, I want a massive buffet, with lots of tropical foods etc. And I want my dad to marry us."

"Gohan? He is a scholar, I guess…don't you want him to walk you down the aisle?"

"No mum, I'm old enough to walk by myself. I don't want him giving me away! I'm still gonna be here!"

"Fair enough then, is that all, Pan dear?" Chi-chi asked.

"Yep! Anyway, I'm outta here! Bye!" Pan quickly flew out of the room and out the front door of Capsule Corp.