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Last time:

"You got everything, sir?" Joe asked. Trunks nodded. "Okay then." We followed Joe out of the airport. He stopped out front and pulled a capsule out of his pocket, then pressed the button. As I had guessed, it was the limo. He opened the door and I stepped in, followed by Trunks, then the door was shut and Joe got in.

I was starting to get a little nervous. I wonder what Bulma's and Bra's reaction would be to me coming back....

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Trunks gave me a reassuring smile. I guess he could see in my eyes that I was worried. And I definitely was. But you already know that. I gasped when we came to the front of C.C. I had forgotten how big it was.

"Well, here we are." Trunks said. "It's gotten a little bigger. Mum made it so that Dad could go right from the house to the gravity room, and she has expanded her lab." I nodded. Now that he mentioned it, I didn't remember the dome on the side, but he explained that.

Joe had capsulized the limo and was standing next to us. Trunks looked down at me one more time, then walked to the door. He opened it quietly and stepped inside. He turned back to me and whispered for us to be quiet because everyone was sleeping.

I nodded as we walked inside. I didn't have much time to look around because Trunks grabbed my hand and started to lead me upstairs. Joe had already disappeared. He was very good at that.

"Trunks!" I heard someone screech. "You're home! How did it go?" The person came around the corner and I immediately recognized her as Bulma.

"Hello, Mum. It's good to be back, and it went fine." Trunks answered, hugging her.

"Trunks?" Bulma said, noticing me. "Who's that?" I guess she didn't recognize me. I didn't blame her; it had been a long time.

"Woman." I heard a growl from behind me and jumped. "I'm surprised you don't recognize her. This is Gohan's brat, Pan." Bulma's eyes widened.

"Oh my gosh! She is!" Bulma screeched, causing the rest of us to wince. She rushed over to me and gave me a bug hug. I hugged her back and then let go, as did she. "Well, where's Gohan?" I looked down at the floor and felt Trunks' hand on my shoulder. He leaned over to Bulma and whispered something in her ear. Her eyes widened. I knew Trunks had told her about my dad's death.

"I'm so sorry!" Bulma said.

"It's okay." I answered. "It was a long time ago, and you didn't know."

"Well...you know..." Bulma said. "Anyway, I hope you have a dress or something, because there's going to be a party tomorrow!" I smiled a little and looked up at Trunks, who rolled his eyes at him mom.

"Jeez, Woman, you could at least give her a little time to settle in, or whatever." Vegeta growled and walked up the stairs.

"I guess he's right..." Bulma said. "Well, how about I give you a day to settle in? You're staying here, right? Then, I'll have the party the next day?"

"Umm...okay, yes, and okay." I said, answering her questions in order.

"I suppose you'll want to go to bed now?" Bulma asked. I nodded. "Well, Trunks, I suppose you could show her to a room?"

"Sure." Trunks answered, looking down at me. Bulma walked up the stairs and Trunks and I followed. When we got to the top of the stairs, Bulma went one way and we went the other.

"Umm...do you want the room you usually stayed in when you were here?" Trunks asked. The room was just down the hall from his, if I remembered correctly. Actually, now that I thought about it, it was right next door.

"Okay," I answered and Trunks opened the door and let me walk in first.

"We haven't let anyone stay in here, only had the robots keep it clean."

"Thanks, Trunks."

"Well, here's you capsule." Trunks pulled it out of his pocket and handed it to me. "You know where the bathroom is. If you need anything, I'll be in the next room." He yawned and walked out of my room, closing the door behind him.

I got ready for bed and got in, after I picked out something to wear tomorrow. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't fall asleep. Maybe it was the fact that I had slept so much already, or that I was used to hearing guns and when I didn't, it wasn't a good sign. Or perhaps it was that I didn't want to have any nightmares. Whichever reason it was, I just couldn't sleep.

Finally, I decided to see if Trunks was still awake. I rolled out of bed and saw that I had been trying to fall asleep for about a forty-five minutes. He probably wouldn't be awake, but I'd still try.

Quietly, I opened the door to my room after I climbed out of bed. I padded silently a little ways down the hall. Then, I turned the doorknob and peeked in. There was a light on near the bed, but I couldn't tell of he was awake.

"Trunks?" I whispered, not wanting to wake him if he was asleep.

"Panny? Did you need something?" Trunks rolled over and sat up.

"I can't sleep." I stepped into the room and shut the door behind me.

"Oh, well, come here." Trunks moved over in his bed to let me lay down. I walked over and cautiously sat, then laid down. "I'm not going to do anything to you." Trunks whispered in my ear. I relaxed as he wrapped one of his arms around me.

"Thank you, Trunks." I said, yawning.

"Anytime, Pan-chan." Trunks answered. After about five minutes, I was fast asleep.

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BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! I snapped awake at the loud beeping noise. Trunks woke up as I started to sit up, as though looking for an attacker or something. Trunks also sat up and looked around. Then he realized what the beeping was.

"It's okay, Panny. I guess I accidentally set my alarm last night." Trunks said. He leaned over and turned the alarm off and laid back down. "You can go back to sleep if you want."

"Okay." I said and laid back down. I couldn't get back to sleep, though, so I just got up. As I got out of bed, Trunks opened his eyes.

"Where are you going?" He asked, releasing the grip that was hindering me attempt to get out of bed.

"I can't sleep." I answered. "I usually get up around now to go to work, so I just can't get back to sleep."

"Oh, okay. Well, I'm going to try to go back to sleep." Trunks said.

"Okay." I answered. "See ya later."

"Later." Trunks mumbled and I left the room.

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When I got back to my room, I picked out the clothes I had set out as a habit. I walked into the bathroom and took a shower, then got dressed. After I got dressed, I brushed out my hair and pulled it up into a ponytail in the back.

I decided that I had better get downstairs. I also wondered how long Trunks would sleep in. When I got downstairs, I saw that Trunks was already up. I also noticed that Bra wasn't. Wondering how she would react, I sat down next to Trunks.

"Good morning, Pan!" Bulma said cheerfully. "I hope you're hungry!" I smiled a little.

A plate, fork, and knife were set in front of me along with a glass of orange juice. I glanced around the table to see what was there. There were waffles, bacon, scrambled eggs, sausage, muffins, bagels, and the pancakes Bulma set down before taking a seat across from Trunks. I put a waffle, a pancake, some sausage, eggs, and bacon on my plate. Bulma obviously thought I would eat more.

"Is that all you're going to have?" She asked. I nodded and started to eat after putting syrup on my waffle and pancake. Then a person who I guessed was Bra came into the kitchen.

"Morning Mum, Trunks, Pan." She greeted. We waited a few seconds for realization to ser in. "PAN?! Oh my god! I can't believe it's you!" She ran over and gave me a big, tight hug. Then she let go and sat down in the seat across from me. She filled her plate and started eating.

After breakfast, Trunks decided to take the day off. Bulma wasn't very pleased, seeing as she had said, he had tons of paper work to do. I wanted to see if I could still fly, so that's what Trunks and I decided to do. He and I walked outside after clearing out places. We went near the gravity machine.

"You remember how to use you ki to fly, right?" Trunks asked. I nodded and started to concentrate. I gathered my ki into my stomach area, then forced in downward. It took a few minutes, but little by little I rose slightly off the ground. Then a tad more. Inch by inch I slowly rose until I was above the gravity machine. Trunks rose a little, too, as though he was just waiting incase he had to catch me.

I was floating just above the gravity room when we heard an explosion. I looked down and saw part of the gravity machine gone. I was about to move when the rest of it below me blew.

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