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Chapter 19: It's to Make You Think
Pan vaguely remembered her and Goku picking up all the injured Z fighters: Supreme Kai, Vegeta, and Gohan, who was not conscious any more. With Mystro gone, they did not have any access to the outside world. So how were they to get out? Goku voiced this, and Pan thought on it until she had the answer and knew it was possible.
Her hair still shone with the red streaks and she was still in her newfound Super Saiyan mode. Now she looked deep into the power and found the solution. She held her hand out and concentrated. She told the portal to open, and lo and behold, it did. It swirled with white light instead of black because they were coming out of the dark into the light.
Hefting the Supreme Kai while Goku held the two others, they flew out of the portal and the now eerie battlefield. They went through a series of flashes of light, and Pan noticed there was no flash at all of any kind of black light or darkness.
Finally they burst out into the sky, where both she and Goku floated down peacefully to the floor of the ring. Pan looked around at the familiar surroundings. She couldn't believe that the tournament had even happened. It seemed to far away, like months had passed. They heard cries of recognition, and Pan set the Supreme Kai gently down on the ground. She saw figures up ahead: her mother and Bra. Bulma came running too, as well as Chi chi and Marron.
Videl reached her first. She was embraced heartily, and words of gratitude reached her ears, and Pan noticed her mother was crying. When they broke apart, Videl saw Gohan and cried out. Pan winced. Videl, with the help of Goku, carried him inside. Chi chi came and gave her a hug, as well as Marron and Bra. None of the girls spoke a word; they all noticed Pan's lifelessness and how one member of the Z gang didn't come back from the portal.
Bra tended to her father, and Marron and Bra left Pan alone, while taking Vegeta upstairs. Supreme Kai rustled in her arms, and she set him down in a sitting position, and she sat down next to him. He coughed for a little, then his eyes slowly opened. He gazed at Pan and the surroundings they were now in. His line of vision focused on her, and he sat up a bit more and said, "I'm guessing how we are both still alive that Mystro was defeated."
"Yes, sir, he was, although not in the way I would have imagined it," Pan said a little too solemnly.
"I was a little unfortunate to be knocked out, but mine are not the only pairs of eyes that I have."
Pan was confused.
"Kabuto saw the whole thing from above, and he relayed what was happening to me in my mind. I know Pan, how difficult this is for you."
It indeed was difficult. She could barely restrain from crying. But the problem was, she didn't have any tears left. She was all burnt out.
"He died for me," was all Pan said.
"But not in vain," Kai said.
"If I hadn't been so brainwashed by that clown than he wouldn't have had to sacrifice his life for me."
"But if he had not, what might've happened?"
"He would be here, not me," Pan replied, looking at the ground.
"Can you be so sure?"
Pan said nothing.
"Exactly my point. You can only fathom what –could have- happened. And that is not the most important thing. The most important thing is what –did- happen, and how you handled it. And I see," he speculated, "That you handled it very well."
Pan noticed she was still crackling with little sparks of black and red lightning. She took a deep sigh and she returned to normal.
"You found the power within you, or rather, by way of Trunks. You see, Pan, he did help you. Very much. He opened the tunnel into your heart that was blocked by your frustration at the time. He helped you to unlock the prowess inside. Trunks was there, the whole time, fueling your anger and spite for Mystro. So not for one second, do you think his sacrifice was in vain. The power nearly swallowed you up, if not for Trunks, it surely would have. So do not feel bad, or angry. You should feel proud of him, and his love for you. All you have to do is love him back. And all will be well."
At this point, the Supreme Kai smiled cheerfully at her and got up on his feet warily and limped toward the living quarters. Pan still sat there, pondering Kai's words, and realized what had been the truth all along. Anger and pride had just been blinding her so she couldn't see it. She loved Trunks. She loved him more than anything in the whole universe. This was the last thing she thought of before she fell into a state of unconsciousness and exhaustion.
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Well, folks, that was the last official chapter of Teenage Saiyan. Don't fret though; I still have an epilogue coming up that you won't want to miss. Oh, and before I forget, (even though I seldom do) I am looking for a REVIEW FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. If you have just read this chapter, I kindly request that you review promptly.
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Chapter 19: It's to Make You Think
Pan vaguely remembered her and Goku picking up all the injured Z fighters: Supreme Kai, Vegeta, and Gohan, who was not conscious any more. With Mystro gone, they did not have any access to the outside world. So how were they to get out? Goku voiced this, and Pan thought on it until she had the answer and knew it was possible.
Her hair still shone with the red streaks and she was still in her newfound Super Saiyan mode. Now she looked deep into the power and found the solution. She held her hand out and concentrated. She told the portal to open, and lo and behold, it did. It swirled with white light instead of black because they were coming out of the dark into the light.
Hefting the Supreme Kai while Goku held the two others, they flew out of the portal and the now eerie battlefield. They went through a series of flashes of light, and Pan noticed there was no flash at all of any kind of black light or darkness.
Finally they burst out into the sky, where both she and Goku floated down peacefully to the floor of the ring. Pan looked around at the familiar surroundings. She couldn't believe that the tournament had even happened. It seemed to far away, like months had passed. They heard cries of recognition, and Pan set the Supreme Kai gently down on the ground. She saw figures up ahead: her mother and Bra. Bulma came running too, as well as Chi chi and Marron.
Videl reached her first. She was embraced heartily, and words of gratitude reached her ears, and Pan noticed her mother was crying. When they broke apart, Videl saw Gohan and cried out. Pan winced. Videl, with the help of Goku, carried him inside. Chi chi came and gave her a hug, as well as Marron and Bra. None of the girls spoke a word; they all noticed Pan's lifelessness and how one member of the Z gang didn't come back from the portal.
Bra tended to her father, and Marron and Bra left Pan alone, while taking Vegeta upstairs. Supreme Kai rustled in her arms, and she set him down in a sitting position, and she sat down next to him. He coughed for a little, then his eyes slowly opened. He gazed at Pan and the surroundings they were now in. His line of vision focused on her, and he sat up a bit more and said, "I'm guessing how we are both still alive that Mystro was defeated."
"Yes, sir, he was, although not in the way I would have imagined it," Pan said a little too solemnly.
"I was a little unfortunate to be knocked out, but mine are not the only pairs of eyes that I have."
Pan was confused.
"Kabuto saw the whole thing from above, and he relayed what was happening to me in my mind. I know Pan, how difficult this is for you."
It indeed was difficult. She could barely restrain from crying. But the problem was, she didn't have any tears left. She was all burnt out.
"He died for me," was all Pan said.
"But not in vain," Kai said.
"If I hadn't been so brainwashed by that clown than he wouldn't have had to sacrifice his life for me."
"But if he had not, what might've happened?"
"He would be here, not me," Pan replied, looking at the ground.
"Can you be so sure?"
Pan said nothing.
"Exactly my point. You can only fathom what –could have- happened. And that is not the most important thing. The most important thing is what –did- happen, and how you handled it. And I see," he speculated, "That you handled it very well."
Pan noticed she was still crackling with little sparks of black and red lightning. She took a deep sigh and she returned to normal.
"You found the power within you, or rather, by way of Trunks. You see, Pan, he did help you. Very much. He opened the tunnel into your heart that was blocked by your frustration at the time. He helped you to unlock the prowess inside. Trunks was there, the whole time, fueling your anger and spite for Mystro. So not for one second, do you think his sacrifice was in vain. The power nearly swallowed you up, if not for Trunks, it surely would have. So do not feel bad, or angry. You should feel proud of him, and his love for you. All you have to do is love him back. And all will be well."
At this point, the Supreme Kai smiled cheerfully at her and got up on his feet warily and limped toward the living quarters. Pan still sat there, pondering Kai's words, and realized what had been the truth all along. Anger and pride had just been blinding her so she couldn't see it. She loved Trunks. She loved him more than anything in the whole universe. This was the last thing she thought of before she fell into a state of unconsciousness and exhaustion.
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Well, folks, that was the last official chapter of Teenage Saiyan. Don't fret though; I still have an epilogue coming up that you won't want to miss. Oh, and before I forget, (even though I seldom do) I am looking for a REVIEW FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. If you have just read this chapter, I kindly request that you review promptly.