Author's Note: Well, due to "popular demand," here's the second chapter. Hope you like it! ^^
Disclaimer: *sigh* I wish I owned DBZ...
[Lawyers] ::pop up::
::quickly:: ...But I don't!
[Lawyers] ::leave huffily::
*phew*
Broken
by Supaa Saiyajin Trinity
Chapter 2
It was only seconds after she had left and landed in the clearing of the forest that the dam finally broke. She fell to her knees, sobs wracking her body as the hot tears of rage, despair, and humiliation streamed down her flushed cheeks. Cursing aloud, she wished she had never even met the bastard, wished she had never taken it upon herself to go out of her way to be with him, especially on this day.
"How could you do this to me?" she cried. "How COULD you!"
"...Do what?"
Pan gasped, and, in her attempt to stand, tripped over herself and landed on her butt. "Who's there?" she called.
"...Nobody," the voice replied coolly.
The raven-haired girl swallowed the lump of fear that was forming in her throat at the sound of the person's choice word. She wiped at her face with one arm. "Come out where I can see you!"
"Very well." A dark figure stepped out from behind a tree on her right. Her head whipped around to see...
"Juunana-gou," she whispered, her eyes wide. She backed up a little.
"Yeah, who wants to know?" He regarded her with one eyebrow raised and brushed a lock of dark hair behind one ear. His golden earring glinted in what little sunlight spilled through the thick tree branches.
"I-- Um, that is, you-- Uh---"
He walked over to her and she again scooted back. "Stop stammering and tell me who the hell you are."
"...You should know," she finally managed. "We've met before."
His light blue eyes narrowed. "I don't believe you." He raised a hand at her and began to form a ball of ki. "Goodbye. It was nice meeting you."
"No, wait!" she screamed. "It's me, Son Pan!"
"...Son?" The ball of energy disappeared and his arm was lowered to his side. "As in Son Goku?"
She gulped. "Yes, he's my grandfather."
He fixed on the ground. "Grandfather? The last time I saw him, he had a nine-year-old kid."
"Yeah, Son Gohan is my father."
Juunana-gou continued to stare off into space. Warily, Pan got to her feet and brushed herself off. "...You really don't remember me?"
He shook his dark head. "No."
During a brief moment of silence between the two, the quasi-Saiyajin looked her companion over. His light blue eyes, the color of the sky, seemed a little clouded over. The string dark hair was mussed and knotted. And his clothes, they were in tatters! There were several tears in the fabric of his white shirt, the black tee over it was practically falling off. His denim jeans were dirty and there was a hole in the right knee. Despite his appearance, he still looked strong, physically, emotionally, and mentally. "Gosh... you look like you've been through hell."
A snort. "Something like that."
Tentatively, Pan stepped up to him and laid a hand on his shoulder. "Let me help you."
Juunana-gou wrenched his arm away and took a step back. "No. You're lying. You must be. I've never seen you before, and I'd have been aware of the passage of time." He glared at her.
"I'm not. Can't you see? Don't you remember?"
"No."
A pause. "...I know your sister."
He blinked. "...J–Juuhachi-gou?"
"Yeah. If you come with me, you could see her."
He seemed hesitant, but after a few moments, he gave in.
"Can you still fly?" Pan asked.
"I think so. I haven't really tried, I don't know why..."
'Okay, well, come on then." Together, they flew off to Pan's house.
***
"You doing okay in there, Juunana?" Pan called through the door.
"No, I'm fucking drowning. Please, break down the door and save me!"
Pan rolled her eyes at the android's sarcasm. "You're a real pain, you know that?"
The only response she got was a loud splash and the sudden realization that she was standing on a wet carpet. "Grrr..."
The flight over had been relatively uneventful. Silent, too. Neither had said a word all the way to the house. Fortunately for both of them, after a quick peek inside, Pan determined that neither of her parents were home. She had hustled Juunana-gou into the bathroom so he could wash up. Now almost wish she hadn't. "You've been in there a half-hour! Aren't you done yet?" she yelled.
"Nope."
She sighed. Just then, the phone rang. Pan decided to ignore it.
It rang again.
Once.
Twice.
Three times.
The answering machine picked it up. "Hi, we're not home," Gohan's voice answered. "But leave a message and we'll get back to you." *BEEP*
Then, she heard her father's voice for real. "Hi, Pan? It's Dad. I'm just calling to tell you, even though you're not home, that in case you get there before I do, the teachers' meeting got canceled, so I won't be home at the usual time. Your mother decided to spend the day with mine, so she won't be home til late. I have just a little bit of work left to do, so I'll be home at about four o'clock. Bye!"
Pan checked her watch.
It was 3:45.
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Hehehe... That's all for now! I'll update soon, I promise! ^^