A/N: Hi, again. Just a reminder that this is an AU/OOC fic.

Disclaimer: Thank you for asking but I do not own DBZ/DBGT.

Chapter 2: Some Things Never Change

Pan returned to her home, flying into the same window she left by. She heard a voice asking her, " So where have you been?" Pan turned to see her uncle Goten sitting in a chair in the corner of her room.

"Training with Vegeta."

"You mean you train with him. I thought Gohan was working with you."

Goten stood and walked up to Pan to give her a hug.

"He was until his work got to be too much. You and Trunks were no where around so I had to do something."

Pulling away from the hug, Goten asked, "I guess if you were with Vegeta, you must have seen Trunks come home."

"No, I didn't see him." It wasn't completely a lie, just not the whole truth.

"Let's have a look at you. Wow, Panny, you've really grown up."

"Yeah, I guess you could say that. So don't you want to know how Bra is doing?"

It was no secret that Goten had a crush on Bra, Bra just never really gave him the time of day, or at least that is what he thought.

"Uh, yeah. So how is she anyway?"

"She's grown up a lot too, you'll be surprised."

"Probably not as much as Trunks will be."

Pan blushed a little at her uncles remarks.

"So, isn't today your birthday or something?"

Pan punched him in the arm, "You know damn well it's my 16th birthday."

"Ouch! So is anyone throwing you a party?"

"Bulma wanted to, but that's just not my thing. I told mom I'd rather do something around here. I know they have a pool and all, but we've got the lake and mom's cooking."

"Food, that reminds me, I'm starving."

"Uncle Goten, you're always starving."

"I know, I know."

"Why don't you go down and see if mom has anything for you to eat while I get cleaned up."

"Sounds good, see you in a few."

Goten left. Pan undressed and headed in to the shower thinking how she would handle seeing Trunks for the first time in 4 years. She decided she would just play it cool and see how things went. Maybe, there wasn't really anything to be worried about.

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As Trunks entered the house, he saw his grandma cooking breakfast in the kitchen.

"Hi, grandma."

"Oh, hiya Trunks. Are you hungry?"

"Yeah, a little. Where's mom?"

"She's in her lab. Breakfast will be ready in about a half an hour."

"OK."

Trunks first headed up the stairs to his room. He wanted to unpack and get cleaned up from the trip. Tossing the dirty clothes in the hamper, he then undressed and tossed those in as well. He walked to the shower, adjusting the controls for a hot, massaging water fall. He slid open the door and climbed in. The hot droplets of water fell across his lavender locks, tracing down his muscular back, across his tight rounded ass, and down his strong legs until finally landing on the floor. He was preoccupied with thoughts of Pan. He knew today was her birthday. His mother had wanted to do a big Sweet Sixteen party, but of course Pan refused. He shook his head, he knew that wasn't her thing.

'Wonder what I should get her? I haven't seen her in so long, I don't even know what she would like.' Finishing his shower, he grabbed a towel, fluffed it through his long hair and then wrapped it around his waist. As he was brushing his teeth, a genius of a plan hit him. 'I know exactly what I'll do,' he thought. He finished dressing, wearing a pair of black baggy pants and a white muscle tank top. After tying his sneakers, he took off down to the kitchen, breakfast would be ready by now.

Upon entering the kitchen, he found the rest of the family already at the table.

Bra spoke up, "Hey Bro, long time no see."

"Bra, you….. you look different." He couldn't believe how much his little sister had changed.

"Just what the hell do you mean by that?"

"Nothing, just that you don't look like that little asshole of a sister I left behind."

"That's enough you two," said Bulma. "You haven't even been home an hour and already you and your sister are at it."

Trunks and Bra just kinda snickered. Sure they liked to give each other a hard time, but in reality, they got along better than most siblings.

"So, Trunks, are you coming with us to Pans birthday party?," asked Bulma.

"Are you kidding? I wouldn't miss Panny's birthday for anything."

Bra sat trying to hide her laughter.

"What's so freaking funny?," asked Trunks.

"Your still calling her Panny. That's so sweet."

"Shut up, twit."

"Make me."

Trunks went to, well, make her shut up, but a firm hand grabbed his arm.

"That is enough brats. I am trying to eat and you two are interrupting me."

"But he started it, daddy." Bra was making puppy dog eyes at Vegeta, aka daddy.

Trunks was fuming. He hated when she started that helpless little princess act with their father. To his surprise, it didn't work this time.

"I don't care who started it, it's finished now."

Trunks turned to his mother and asked, "What time is the party?"

"Starts at noon and goes on till whenever. Don't forget to bring your swimsuits."

"What for?," Bra asked.

Trunks just couldn't help it, "Duh, to go swimming in the lake."

"EEEW! My hair will smell like pond scum," whined Bra.

Bulma retorted with, "You know that handsome Goten will be there and I'm sure he'll go in for a dip. I'd sure hate to think you'd want to miss out on that." She really did know the right buttons to push when it came to her daughter.

"Oh, Kami! What time is it? I better start getting ready," said a newly determined Bra.

Vegeta looked at his mate, *Are you insane woman? Trying to hook our daughter up with Kakarott Jr.?,* he asked telepathically. Being bonded did have it's good points.

And then it had it bad points, *I believe I heard you thinking earlier that you would be pleased if Trunks were to hook up with Pan, so what's the difference? Well? I'm waiting!*

Knowing that he would be defeated, he just gave her that evil I'll get you back in my own way smirk.

Trunks and Bra looked back and forth between their parents. Bra was the first to speak up.

"They're doing it again."

"Yeah, I hate it when they do that."

"Why can't we do that?"

"Because stupid, you have to be mated and bond with each other to be able to hear each others thoughts."

Bra looked a little sad, "Does that mean the only way I could hear Goten's thoughts would be if I had sex with him?" Sometimes her bulb just wasn't burning very bright.

Needless to say, both Bulma and Vegeta turned white as a sheet at their daughters remark. Trunks tried desperately to slide under the table.

Bulma figured it would be safer for her to take care of this, "Bra, first off, there will be no having sex with Goten, understand young lady? (Yes ma'am) Second, it takes two very special people to form a bond, not all Saiyans are or were able to do it."

"But you and daddy did, and you're not even a Saiyan."

"Your father and I are different. Please, don't ask me to explain, we were just…." Bulma thought for a minute then finished her sentence, "We are soul mates."

Vegeta tried his best not to spit his food out at her words, but they were quiet amusing to him. "*Soul mates, huh? Couldn't you do better than that, woman?*"

Bulma shot him a glare, "*Would you rather me have said, ok dear, if you want to have sex with Goten, have at it. Just make sure he wears a rubber! Oh, and while you two are at it, make sure you give each other a bite on the neck Would that have been better?*"

"Look, Trunks, their doing it again. Let's get outta here. This is starting to freak me out."

Trunks replied, "Let's go."

Neither Bulma nor Vegeta noticed the timely departure of their children.

Bra headed to her room to get ready for the party. Trunks went to his room to make Pan's present. After looking through several drawers, he finally found what he was looking for. He sat at his computer and found the program to make greeting cards. Yeah, this seemed kinda lame, but he was certain she would like it.

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Pan finished up her shower, dressed in her swim suit with a tee shirt and baggy jean shorts over top and headed downstairs to see her family. She found them in the kitchen of course, feeding their guest.

Goten asked, "So, what time is the party?"

Videl answered, "It starts at noon and goes until whenever everybody leaves."

Pan asked, "Who all did you invite, mom?"

"Just the Briefs, dear. I knew you didn't want a lot of people to make a big fuss over you."

"What about Marron?"

"Krillen said she was in Europe with her senior class."

"Hurry up, uncle Goten, I'm ready to go swimming," Pan said as she removed her shorts and t-shirt.

"Last one there is a rotten egg," said Goten jumping up from his seat and running out the door.

"Hey, no fair," Pan said taking off right behind him. He didn't know that she was able to go SSJ yet. She powered up and flew past him at lightening speed.

"Damn it, Pan. When did you learn to do that?"

"It was a gift from Vegeta?"

"What do you mean a gift from Vegeta?"

"This morning when we sparred, he basically worked me over until I was mad enough to change. I never would have known that I had it in me, being the first Saiyan girl on Earth to do it, that is."

"What on Kami's green Earth did he say to make you so mad?"

"Oh, that's not important. So, do you like?," she asked turning as if she were modeling for him.

Suddenly the rest of the family were with them, Gohan had already powered up to SSJ assuming the worse.

"Panny, when? How?," Seeing that everything was fine, he relaxed.

"Dad, please stop calling me that."

"But, what, where?"

"It's a long story, dad. I just have Vegeta to thank for it."

"Vegeta, huh?"

Gohan wasn't thrilled to hear that the Saiyan Prince had been the one responsible for showing her the way, but considering he, himself had not had the time lately to show her, he would let it slide. He and Videl decided to go back inside.

Pan powered down and ran to the edge of the lake, while she jumped in, she formed a cannon ball , yelling at Goten, "Guess you're the rotten egg!"

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Trunks and Bra both finished dressing and getting their presents ready for the party. Together they told their mother bye. Bulma said they would join them later. Vegeta was off training in the GR, they felt there was no need in interrupting his routine. They took to the air, in the direction of the Son's house.

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Goten jumped in after her. He swam under the water until he reached her legs, then he grabbed her and jerked her under. She broke free, surfacing the water to get some much needed air. She looked at him, laughing his ass off, and politely told him, "You'll pay for that!" She dove under the water, not long after Bra and Trunks landed at the waters edge. They had not seen her disappearance under the water. Trunks looked around trying to spot his longtime friend. Just as Pan reached out to grab Goten's legs, he levitated out of the water.

'What the hell is he doing?,' she thought.

Slowly, she surfaced the water, only allowing the top of her head, her eyes and nose to be seen. She had hoped to spot him (Goten) before he could spot her. What she saw, she wasn't prepared for.

Trunks watched as Goten levitated out of the water. He was about to turn away, when something caught his eye.

"What the?"

Goten said, "That's just Pan. She's pissed cause I pulled her under the water and she hasn't got me back yet."

Pan couldn't help but gaze at her lavender hair friend. She felt rather comfortable concealed beneath the water, it allowed her a little freedom to see how he had changed and how he would react to seeing her. And man how he had changed. Instead of the 16 year old, bony boy with undefined muscles, he was now a young man, muscle laden, well toned, tight, and very, very handsome.

Bra and Goten walked off to the house to do some catching up of their own.

Meanwhile, Trunks and Pan's eyes were fixed on each other. She would dip under the water till just her eyes were above then return to her original position. She slapped some water at him with her hand. She wanted to play and Trunks could tell. He pulled off his clothes and shoes and dove into the water.

'Damn! I wasn't expecting him to do that," she thought.

She felt something brush past her legs. She turned trying to see if it was him. Who was she kidding, of course it was him. Little did she know that he had positioned himself directly behind her. He waited for a moment, then reached out, grabbed her around the waist with one arm and in the bend of her knees with the other. In one fail swoop he threw her up into the air, intending for her to make one BIG splash. Instead though, she tucked in her body, then released into a perfect dive. Disappearing once again under the water.

'Shit! I'm in for it now,' he thought.

Sure enough, she came up out of the water behind him, wrapped her arms around him in a huge bear hug, then pulled him under with her. By the time they finished rolling around under the water and resurfaced, Pan did not realize her top had readjusted itself to show part of one of her nipples. Trunks was the first out of the water, Pan followed close behind. He turned to her going to speak, but was at a sudden loss for words when he saw not only a beautiful, voluptuous young woman, but a beautiful, voluptuous young woman with part of her nipple showing.

Pan noticed his dropped jaw look and glanced down at herself to find the culprit. Since nobody else was around, she did not make any adjustments, she just walked up to him, smiling seductively like nothing had happened, wrapped her arms around him in a big hug and said, "I'm glad your home. I've missed wrestling with you. You're a lot more fun than Bra."

He returned the hug and replied, "Um, thanks, I'm glad to be home." He couldn't believe she didn't fix her top.

"Trunks, it's not like you haven't seen my body before."

"Yeah, but there's a big difference between six and sixteen."

Holding the embrace as long as she could, she wanted to see if her body would react to him being so near.

'He's so warm and smells so good.' She tightened her grip a little as if to show him how much she really missed him. She laid her face in the crook of his neck, then spoke, "Did you miss me?"

Trunks' heartbeat raced. She was holding him so tight, like she had lost her best friend only to have found him again. Her body in such close proximity did not go unnoticed. He thought for a moment, 'Shit, I can feel her nipples pressing against me. If I don't pull out of this soon, she's really going to know how I'm reacting to her.'

Trunks let go of her and pulled away answering her last question as he did.

"Of course I missed you. None of the girls at the university would spar with me, they thought I was just wanting to wrestle them and make out." Looking down to see that her nipple was still exposed he asked, " May I have the pleasure?" He took his fingers and gently ran them along the inside of the garment, brushing her warm skin as he did, he stopped waiting for her reply before continuing.

Pan was trying to calm herself, all she could do was to nod a yes.

Biting his lower lip in anticipation, he continued on. He made certain to stroke his fingers across the protruding perpetrator, eliciting a satisfying moan from it's owner. He removed his hand and backed away.

Pan thought, 'This is going easier than I had thought. There is definitely an attraction."

Taking a deep breath, she asked, "Trunks, would you like something to drink?"

"Yeah, sure."

"Let's head to the house, mom's got some fresh lemonade in the fridge."

They both grabbed a towel and dried off. Pan wrapped hers around her waist and Trunks draped his around his neck. As they walked to the house, the devil in Trunks reared its ugly head. Dropping back a few paces, he slid the towel from his shoulders and popped her on the ass with it.

"Ouch! You're ass is mine."

Trunks took off running back to the water with Pan close on his heels. She grabbed her towel from her waist and tossed it aside just before going SSJ. It happened so fast he didn't have a chance. He had turned his head to see her but she had phased out. When she disappeared he turned back to the water only to find her standing directly in his path. Gathering his strength, he quickly went SSJ and phased behind her. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her backwards with him into the water.

By now, everyone had come outside to see what was going on. Bra and Goten just looked at each other and simultaneously said, "Some things will never change."

Gohan and Videl both rolled their eyes. As small children, these two had been inseparable. Now as young adults, it didn't look as though things were going to be any different.

When the two surfaced this time, they were met with several questioning eyes.

Pan looked at Trunks and said, "So, you think we should make a run for it?"

"Yeah, let's go."

A/N: Well that's it for chapter two. Thanks to everyone who has read so far.