CHAPTER FIVE
After dinner Trunks suggested that Pan clean up while he and Goku took care of some things. Pan agreed, already guessing by the shovels and rocks that they were going to bury the Nameks. "I guess you guys might be awhile" Pan commented, trying to sound casual. Trunks nodded and Goku made some noise in response but the fish crammed into his mouth muffled it.
Pan cleaned up around the launch site and inside the ship. She worked hard; trying to block the visions of the Namekian bodies sprawled around like refuse, only this time with her parents bodies included. As she had figured, Trunks and Goku were gone for a long time, even longer than she thought they would be. Giro was her only company but all he wanted to do was to search for scrap metal. After a couple of hours of trying to distract him with other things, she finally let him go. Pan went back into the bedroom and to the closet where they kept their clothes and other items. She dug into her bag searching for the small picture frame. Pan felt one of her fingers brush across the metallic corner of the frame. She pulled it out and sat on the bed, gazing at what the frame held. Inside was a picture of her family, minus Goku, Trunks family, and Marron's family. 'Marron', Pan thought. 'She was like a cousin to me, Marron would baby sit me when uncle Goten and Trunks couldn't. Uncle Goten' she sighed. She had been a bit mad at him when she left him on earth but now she would give anything to hear his laugh. Pan felt the stinging tears begin to form into her eyes and she quickly placed the frame back into her bag.
Pan heard a few muffled voices outside the ship. Her heart leaped up into her throat until she realized that it was just Goku and Trunks. She left the bedroom to go and meet them. Goku was already into the ship by the time she got to the entrance, and Trunks was just behind him. They were covered in sweat, dirt and blood. 'Namek blood' Pan realized in sadness.
"Hey Pan! Sorry we were gone so long, did you miss us?" called Goku cheerfully. Pan wondered if he had forgotten of the fate of all they love the way he carried on. Trunks seemed to be grimmer than Goku, wearing a tiny forced smile as he too greeted Pan.
"You boys smell. You should go and take a bath now before you go to sleep." Pan ordered. Goku began to protest but she shot him a look that she had inherited from her grandmother. Trunks nodded, and left the ship with Goku complaining at his heels. Pan grabbed towels and soap, determined to be the mother to them both. They flew to a small lake and began to get ready for a bath. Pan left them the soap and towels and flew back to the ship so they could have privacy. Back at the ship she packed up a few pieces of clothes for the boys, 'I smell too,' Pan grimaced, packing up a shirt for herself. Returning back to the lake she found Goku splashing Trunks trying to get him to play around in the water. "Here are your clothes when you are done. I am going down a little farther to clean," Pan announced as she marched away, towel and clothing underneath her arms. She found a smaller lake not too far from the guys and she got in.
Goku was still trying to get Trunks to play in the water with him. Goku had decided being cheerful was the only way to stop the others from being too depressed about their families. 'Everything always works out and I know in my heart that this will work out too' thought Goku confidently as he sent another wave towards Trunks.
Trunks, on the other hand, weren't nearly as optimistic as Goku. As a businessman Trunks realized early on that life didn't always go the way you wanted it too. Several times when he first started out as president of Capsule Corp Trunks lost much money due to wrong decisions. His mother, in the workplace, would remind him that she expected more from him. Trunks did figure out how to manage Capsule Corp and he ended up making the money plus a hundred times more back. 'Still, I won't ever forget how I was wrong'. A large shadow covered Trunks's form. He looked towards the sky to see a giant wave collapsed on his head. He jumped out from under the wave to find Goku laughing hysterically on the other side. Trunks grinned, 'If he wants to play, than we will play'. Trunks began to volley several ki blasts underneath the water, sending watery explosions towards Goku. Goku dodged them and returned his own blasts, this time in the air. Trunks flew up and the two met each other above the lake and began to fight.
Pan watched the two burning lights in the sky. At first she had thought they were under attack but she then realized that Trunks and Goku were sparring. 'Still, I rather not be out her in the nude when one of them comes crashing into the mountain, sending it all down on me'. Pan rose out of the shallow water and dressed and she flew towards the glowing ki's. Trunks clearly were fighting harder than Goku was. All the frustration that he had been experiencing he channeled into his punches. Goku just dodged and returned a few of his own, happy that Trunks was fighting rather than letting his feelings drown him. Goku saw Pan approach from the corner of his eye and yelled out her name. Trunks paused for a moment in confusion and Goku used that time to blast him into the lake.
"Hey Pan guess what? I am cleaned up now!"
"Ewww grand pa!" Pan cried, covering her eyes when she realized his indecent exposure. "Put some clothes on! I don't want to see you naked again!"
"K" Goku agreed flying down to where Pan had placed his clothes. "Umm, where are they?" The clothes Pan had laid out were nowhere to be seen. Huge puddles covered the place where they use to be.
Trunks stood up in the lake, the water at his chest. "The water must have went over the side of the lake when we were playing. The clothes are probably at the bottom somewhere."
Goku dived into the water and resurfaced. "I'll race you to see who finds them first." Goku then dived back under the water. Trunks shrugged his shoulders at Pan and dived under the water after Goku. Pan sighed. 'I guess I will have to get more clothes for them to wear'. Pan flew back to the ship, her thoughts pounding in her head. 'They acted like they didn't care. Could they really not be upset about Earth? We lost everything!' Pan felt her throat tighten and she picked up speed. Outside the ship she found Giro.
"Hey Giro, what do you got there?" In his arms Giro had a small piece of shiny, almost reflective metal.
"I found it. By a ship." Giro replied.
Pan grabbed the robot and held it up to her face. "What ship?"
Giro squirmed and Pan un-tightened her grip a bit. "The ship in the mountain, beep!" Giro pointed towards some far off purple covered mountains on the horizon. Pan gazed at the mountains and then back towards the direction where Trunks and Goku were. 'It wouldn't hurt to take just a peek' thought Pan and with a squirming Giro in her arms she flew off towards the looming giants ahead.
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After dinner Trunks suggested that Pan clean up while he and Goku took care of some things. Pan agreed, already guessing by the shovels and rocks that they were going to bury the Nameks. "I guess you guys might be awhile" Pan commented, trying to sound casual. Trunks nodded and Goku made some noise in response but the fish crammed into his mouth muffled it.
Pan cleaned up around the launch site and inside the ship. She worked hard; trying to block the visions of the Namekian bodies sprawled around like refuse, only this time with her parents bodies included. As she had figured, Trunks and Goku were gone for a long time, even longer than she thought they would be. Giro was her only company but all he wanted to do was to search for scrap metal. After a couple of hours of trying to distract him with other things, she finally let him go. Pan went back into the bedroom and to the closet where they kept their clothes and other items. She dug into her bag searching for the small picture frame. Pan felt one of her fingers brush across the metallic corner of the frame. She pulled it out and sat on the bed, gazing at what the frame held. Inside was a picture of her family, minus Goku, Trunks family, and Marron's family. 'Marron', Pan thought. 'She was like a cousin to me, Marron would baby sit me when uncle Goten and Trunks couldn't. Uncle Goten' she sighed. She had been a bit mad at him when she left him on earth but now she would give anything to hear his laugh. Pan felt the stinging tears begin to form into her eyes and she quickly placed the frame back into her bag.
Pan heard a few muffled voices outside the ship. Her heart leaped up into her throat until she realized that it was just Goku and Trunks. She left the bedroom to go and meet them. Goku was already into the ship by the time she got to the entrance, and Trunks was just behind him. They were covered in sweat, dirt and blood. 'Namek blood' Pan realized in sadness.
"Hey Pan! Sorry we were gone so long, did you miss us?" called Goku cheerfully. Pan wondered if he had forgotten of the fate of all they love the way he carried on. Trunks seemed to be grimmer than Goku, wearing a tiny forced smile as he too greeted Pan.
"You boys smell. You should go and take a bath now before you go to sleep." Pan ordered. Goku began to protest but she shot him a look that she had inherited from her grandmother. Trunks nodded, and left the ship with Goku complaining at his heels. Pan grabbed towels and soap, determined to be the mother to them both. They flew to a small lake and began to get ready for a bath. Pan left them the soap and towels and flew back to the ship so they could have privacy. Back at the ship she packed up a few pieces of clothes for the boys, 'I smell too,' Pan grimaced, packing up a shirt for herself. Returning back to the lake she found Goku splashing Trunks trying to get him to play around in the water. "Here are your clothes when you are done. I am going down a little farther to clean," Pan announced as she marched away, towel and clothing underneath her arms. She found a smaller lake not too far from the guys and she got in.
Goku was still trying to get Trunks to play in the water with him. Goku had decided being cheerful was the only way to stop the others from being too depressed about their families. 'Everything always works out and I know in my heart that this will work out too' thought Goku confidently as he sent another wave towards Trunks.
Trunks, on the other hand, weren't nearly as optimistic as Goku. As a businessman Trunks realized early on that life didn't always go the way you wanted it too. Several times when he first started out as president of Capsule Corp Trunks lost much money due to wrong decisions. His mother, in the workplace, would remind him that she expected more from him. Trunks did figure out how to manage Capsule Corp and he ended up making the money plus a hundred times more back. 'Still, I won't ever forget how I was wrong'. A large shadow covered Trunks's form. He looked towards the sky to see a giant wave collapsed on his head. He jumped out from under the wave to find Goku laughing hysterically on the other side. Trunks grinned, 'If he wants to play, than we will play'. Trunks began to volley several ki blasts underneath the water, sending watery explosions towards Goku. Goku dodged them and returned his own blasts, this time in the air. Trunks flew up and the two met each other above the lake and began to fight.
Pan watched the two burning lights in the sky. At first she had thought they were under attack but she then realized that Trunks and Goku were sparring. 'Still, I rather not be out her in the nude when one of them comes crashing into the mountain, sending it all down on me'. Pan rose out of the shallow water and dressed and she flew towards the glowing ki's. Trunks clearly were fighting harder than Goku was. All the frustration that he had been experiencing he channeled into his punches. Goku just dodged and returned a few of his own, happy that Trunks was fighting rather than letting his feelings drown him. Goku saw Pan approach from the corner of his eye and yelled out her name. Trunks paused for a moment in confusion and Goku used that time to blast him into the lake.
"Hey Pan guess what? I am cleaned up now!"
"Ewww grand pa!" Pan cried, covering her eyes when she realized his indecent exposure. "Put some clothes on! I don't want to see you naked again!"
"K" Goku agreed flying down to where Pan had placed his clothes. "Umm, where are they?" The clothes Pan had laid out were nowhere to be seen. Huge puddles covered the place where they use to be.
Trunks stood up in the lake, the water at his chest. "The water must have went over the side of the lake when we were playing. The clothes are probably at the bottom somewhere."
Goku dived into the water and resurfaced. "I'll race you to see who finds them first." Goku then dived back under the water. Trunks shrugged his shoulders at Pan and dived under the water after Goku. Pan sighed. 'I guess I will have to get more clothes for them to wear'. Pan flew back to the ship, her thoughts pounding in her head. 'They acted like they didn't care. Could they really not be upset about Earth? We lost everything!' Pan felt her throat tighten and she picked up speed. Outside the ship she found Giro.
"Hey Giro, what do you got there?" In his arms Giro had a small piece of shiny, almost reflective metal.
"I found it. By a ship." Giro replied.
Pan grabbed the robot and held it up to her face. "What ship?"
Giro squirmed and Pan un-tightened her grip a bit. "The ship in the mountain, beep!" Giro pointed towards some far off purple covered mountains on the horizon. Pan gazed at the mountains and then back towards the direction where Trunks and Goku were. 'It wouldn't hurt to take just a peek' thought Pan and with a squirming Giro in her arms she flew off towards the looming giants ahead.
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This will be the last update on fanfiction.net for a couple of weeks. I need to work more on the rest of the story. Any chapters I do finish will be posted on my new site. www.geocities.com/shadow_kitty_corner. Sorry for any problems this might make, email me if you really want this story updated here more on fanfiction.net. Plz keep sending reviews, I do listen.