Night Shadows- Chapter 8

by Tanyaneko

Disclaimer: If I owned it, this wouldn't just be fanfiction.

A/N: Thank you to those who reviewed Chapter 7: fluffy, Saiyan Serpent, AngelQT520, V-chan, Someone, m-chan, and Jackie. You people are so cool! Here's Chapter 8! (AMCM74, Saiyan Serpent, guess what? I found my green book! Yay!) Anyway… you probably all don't want to read me babble… so… on to the story!

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Making his transformation to Super Saiya-jin in a brilliant explosion of golden light, Trunks easily caught up to Pan. When he was directly behind her, droplets of moisture started to fly toward him, evaporating as they hit his surrounding ki. She's still crying. He felt even worse than he had when he'd first realized what he'd done, if that was possible. I am the lowest of the low. I am the most horrible person on the planet- with the possible exception of Ubuu- not that he was jealous or anything… Ah, who am I kidding? I'm already a low, horrible, manipulative bastard, I might as well add 'jealous' to the list. He only hoped that the strong, raven-haired, dark-eyed daughter of Gohan before him could look past all of his hideous character flaws and forgive his terrible mistake.

He could tell- if not by her tears, by the fact that she hadn't noticed his presence yet- that she was beyond upset. He couldn't very well beg her forgiveness if she didn't know he was there, so he decided to get her attention. Now or never, he thought, more than a little fearfully. Then he took a deep breath and screamed, "Pan wait!"

She halted midair and just floated awhile, ignoring him. When he didn't go away, she turned around slowly, and he could see her dark eyes flashing angrily behind her tears. Her brows were angled down menacingly and her glare was definitely not forgiving.

He'd obviously been wrong again- she wasn't just beyond upset. By the tears still coursing down her cheeks, she was devastated. By the clenching of her fists, she was supremely pissed. And by her dark glaring eyes that weren't getting any softer, he was a dead man.

"Pan, I-"

"Shut up."

"But Pan, please-"

"Shut. Up." She growled it slowly, jarringly, her voice low and disturbingly hollow.

Not giving up, he reached out with only the slightest bit of hesitation to touch her arm, but she snapped it out of reach.

"Don't touch me." Her expression altered to disgust and she shook her head at him before speeding off again, her raven locks streaming and tangling from the wind, the sunlight highlighting her hair deep brown.

He thought she looked gorgeous, but it really wasn't the time to be paying attention to things like that. "Pan, please wait."

The only sign that she acknowledged him was the series of ki blasts she threw his way.

"Okay, I deserved that," he admitted, after dodging all of them. "Now will you hear me out?"

"Like HFIL I will," she snapped, with her voice still so icy cold it scared him. Then, in a burst of ki, she sped up and attempted to leave him behind.

She should have been happy he was following her. It had actually been a sort of dream of hers at one time- she'd almost fantasized it- she'd be mad over something silly like food, and he'd chase after her, somehow finding flowers and bringing them along. He'd catch her and beg her, force her to listen. Then he'd tell her how much he loved her, and they'd let… things… happen afterward.

Not anymore. Life wasn't like a fantasy. She wasn't mad over something stupid- he'd just about called her a whore. He was chasing after her, sure, but she hadn't seen any flowers. And the chances of him telling her he loved her were pretty much zero. And if he didn't tell her he loved her, there was an even smaller chance of the… things… that happened afterward. No, life wasn't like a fantasy at all. All she knew was that she was shocked, offended, angry, and more than anything else- futile as it was with her a transformation behind- she just wanted to get away.

Hmmm… am I being evil or just plotty? What did you think about the chapter? I'm sorry it's so short, I just had to stop there. A question, comments, criticism, flames (of course if you flame me, you might get a "special" author's note that I'm not quite sure you'd like, but hey, that's life…) Anyways, till next time!

~Tanyaneko