AN: Hey, I am really sorry about the wait but I have been really sick lately and haven't been able to do anything much less write. I hope this chapter makes up for the wait. Enjoy! Michelle

Chapter Fifteen

Oh shit! Pan gasped as she back flipped out of the rang of Zarah's attack, managing to clip the determined saiyan as she did so. He's fast.

She's resourceful, Zarah grinned, delighted with the meaning of it all.

**

Ava and 17 sat in the sidelines watching the fight closely. Well, Ava was watching while 17 ate.

"Where's Sasoli?" 17 had paused his meal to look around for his absent daughter.

"She's fighting Bra," Ava answered irritated, "Pay attention."

17 shrugged and continued to chew.

**

Pan's arm snapped out to collide with Zarah's head but just as quickly she brought it back, barely nicking him instead of the almost devastating blow she had first intended.

Zarah growled dangerously and took advantage of the opening she unintentionally offered when she stopped her attack.

Pan gasped as he threw her to the ground, hard. He didn't cut her any slack as he used the arm he had thrown her with to yank her back to her feet. Pan braced herself for the frontal attack only to be surprised as he shook her lightly as he yelled at her.

"Why are you holding back on me?!" He snarled.

Pan blinked dazedly, "No head shots allowed--"

"There are no rules!" He snapped, "I thought you wanted to be more than a fighter but you persist in acting like one!"

Pan narrowed her eyes dangerously, he was treating her like a little kid and that was not something she tolerated, not anymore. He didn't want to fight with rules? Fine, then the number one rule was about to go flying out the window!

"You asked for it," she said darkly and swung her foot forward with all her might into his groin.

Pan grunted as he fell on top of her. Reflecting, it probably hadn't been the best idea to kick him when he was holding her in the air. She had literally swept his feet from under him, she hadn't expected him to clutch her to his chest as he fell. This was perfect, pinned as she was she wouldn't be able to move until he got off of her and by then he would be recovered. Yes, this was just perfect.

**

17 glanced at his wife as she gasped and started fidgeting.

"What's wrong?"

"They're not going to be able to reproduce," she glanced at him worriedly before turning back to the motionless couple, "Zarah! Don't hit her stomach! You might damage her organs!"

17 tilted his head, studying his fallen son. He wasn't moving too much but at least Pan wasn't either.

"Zarah!" 17 called, "Shake it off! It's not like she grabbed your tail!"

Ava gasped with absolute horror.

"What are you doing?!" She whacked him, several times for good measure. "You're giving away his weakness!"

**

Pan listened to Zarah's parents with confusion, what did his tail have to do with anything? She felt him stiffen suddenly above her and was filled with curiousity. Experimentally, she moved her hand to his waist only to have him roll quickly out of her reach.

His tail, Pan grinned as she sat up, that's how I can win.

Damn, Zarah saw her triumphant grin, she's going after my tail!

Pan threw herself at him, hands going his sensitive limb, and Zarah, unable to gather his scattered energies or wits, was forced to run.

**

Goten stumbled upon Ava and 17, he couldn't stand to watch the girls fight anymore. What had started as an angry dance of death, with powerful, complex moves, had become an all out cat fight. The girls, when they got a handful of the other, just refused to let go and the object became to maim instead of detain. It was simply too brutal.

"Pan?" His forehead creased as he saw his niece chasing Zarah around trees, rocks, and roots.

Ava glanced at him, "What are you doing here?"

"I came with Bra," Goten winced, "She's fighting Sasoli."

"I know. They never really got along," Ava eyed Goten carefully and noticed the confusion in his eyes, "Sit down son of Kakarot. Do not interfere, this is not your fight."

Goten slumped to the ground dejectedly, "Bra mentioned something about Pan being in danger."

"Her life is not in danger," Ava announced absently, frowning as her son continued to evade.

"Just her eligibility," 17 grinned as Ava swatted at him to shut up.

Goten just kept frowning, maybe he could get some answers from Pan when she was done fighting.

**

Zarah finally gathered his wits as he completed his fifth circuit around the fighting site. Well, isn't this a pretty picture? Here he was running from the love of his life with his immediate family watching, he could just see his mother glaring at his coward like behavior. He glanced in her direction, yep, she was glaring and Pan was right on his tail.

Hmmm, Zarah stopped all forward motion knowing she was so intent on his limb that she would have no time to stop before she hit him at full speed. He braced himself for impact.

She hit him with a sickening thwack.

Pan groaned and held her head, she had bounced off his back and onto the ground. She gasped as she was flipped over onto her stomach and was once again pinned to the forest floor as Zarah straddled her waist. Any thoughts of reaching for his tail vanished as she located her hands in his pressed into her lower back.

"Do you give up?" He inquired softly in her ear.

Pan squirmed, and thrashed for about five more minutes before she gave a defeated sigh.

"Yes, I give up."

Zarah immediately released her hands, sifted his weight so he wasn't resting on her, turned her over, and resettled.

Pan glared up at him not liking the expectant look he was giving her, "Get off of me."

"Not until you mark me," Zarah leaned over her, putting his weight on his hands by her head.

"What?" Pan gulped, what was going on?

Here she was in the middle of nowhere pinned to the ground on her back by Bra's cute cousin in front of his parents, no less, and he was demanding that she mark him? He shifted his weight slightly and she once again became aware that he was straddling her hips and was looking deeply into her eyes.

"You need to mark me," he said simply, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"What?!" She couldn't help the panic in her voice as he came closer within kissing range.

"Your cheek is bleeding," his eyelids lowered as did his voice, "How did that happen?"

"Um," Pan's hands went to Zarah's chest to prevent him from going any lower, "a twig must have scratched me . . . or something."

"Do I have your permission to use this blood for marking?" A smile played with his lips.

"Sure," she squeaked.

His eyes closed and he set his forehead on her chin. With a sigh he moved his face to rub against Pan's cheek from his temple to his chin in a long caress. When he came back up to face her, she could see the line of blood and his satisfied look. A deep shiver went through her making her clutch to his shirt. She lost her breath as a new awareness filled her mind, of his body and his mind.

"We are one," Zarah smirked at her triumphantly and moved away from her.

Pan sat up, her heart pounding as she realized the new connection didn't go away when his touch stopped. She met his eyes she knowing something had changed when he smiled and words filled her mind.

You belong to me now.

**

Goten swallowed uncomfortably as 17 was grabbed and thoroughly kissed by his wife. Not only was it unnerving to see the android show so much emotion but the scene he had just witnessed from his niece seemed too sexual for his comfort. He had a feeling Gohan was going to be too happy about this . . .

"Um," Goten inquired, "What just happened?"

"They're mated," Ava was bursting with pride.

Goten paled.

"Welcome to the family," 17 patted Goten on the back, "This makes us, what . . . brothers-in-law?"

What am I going to tell Gohan? Goten was in full panic at this point, Just tell him I stood here and watched his daughter get married saiyan style without realizing it was happening! He's going to kill me!

17 stretched and strolled over his son.

"You beat her up," he stated the obvious, "good job."

Zarah inclined his head respectfully.

17 squatted in front of Pan, "Are you ok?"

Pan glared at him, "I'm surprised you asked."

17 only grinned at her, "Count yourself lucky, both Ava and I were black and blue after our fight. You just have that one scratch on your cheek. You may call me dad if you want or 17, if it's too weird, doesn't matter."

Pan blinked at him.

Anything she might have said was interrupted by a ball of rolling flesh that screamed and thrashed violently. Upon closer inspection, the ball was revealed to be two females, one with blue hair and the other with a tail but not much more detail could be gathered. Both were covered in blood, gashes, and dirt from the forest floor, it was obvious that they weren't going to stop unless someone intervened.

Ava approached the angry mass confidently while everyone else took a step back not wanting to get caught up in that mess.

"Sasoli, you're duty is done," she answered calmly before diving in.

There was a loud scream of frustration and pain as Bra and Sasoli went flying in different directions, Ava stood in the spot they had occupied unscathed and unaware of the admiration she was receiving for what she thought was a simple act.

"They will be hungry," she disappeared into the cave.

Both girls regained their feet quickly and growled at each other with deadly intent. Their audience took that moment to note that both girls' clothes were ripped, torn, and shredded and judging from the many fingernail markings it wasn't hard to tell how the clothes were ruined. Sasoli was obviously favoring her arm while Bra favored her leg.

Sasoli glanced at her brother as her mother's words registered in her mind. The bonding mark . . .

Bra watched her cousin wearily as she grinned and charged. Bra frowned with confusion, Sasoli never charged an opponent if she could help it since she was taught the dangers of such an attack, inside and out. Bra planted her feet, she was not going to budge from her spot.

At the last possible moment Sasoli kicked up dirt into Bra's face and jumped over her. With a quick bow, Sasoli used Bra's distraction to disappear into the forest.

Everyone was quiet as Bra cursed trying to get the dirt from her eyes, "Sasoli!"

With her chest heaving Bra quickly scanned the area for her long gone cousin when her eyes settled on Zarah and his new mark. She fazed out of sight and in front of Zarah, she hit him with all her might and sent him flying through a couple of trees.

Pan and Goten were shocked that Bra would do such a thing to a person she was always known to get along with.

Zarah reappeared massaging his jaw, "I will let that pass, Bra."

"You promised me!" Bra spat at him, all thoughts of dignity forgotten.

"I kept it," Zarah lifted his chin, "It's not my fault she didn't chose to listen to my warning."

Bra swung toward Pan who was still sitting on the ground.

"Bra," Pan winced, "I--"

Bra reached around her cousin and yanked Pan to her feet.

"Why didn't you listen to me!" Bra shook her violently.

Just as quickly Bra let Pan fall to the ground though her body shook with her rage. Suddenly, she turned her back on them all, went still, and tossed her hair over her shoulder as she walked away from them.

Ava stuck her head out of the cave, "Bra's not joining us for dinner?"

With a shrug she returned to her home to finish her meal.

The males jumped as Pan blasted into the air, intent on flying far, far away. Zarah wasted no time in following.

17 and Goten looked at each other, one with amusement and the other with curiosity.

"What's going on?"

End of Chapter Fifteen