Chapter 4
A week after Akira had stopped by; Pan and Gohan were training harder than ever. The two were doing their own separate warm-up exercises when Gohan stopped and began watching his daughter and marveling at her improvement as she did some light sparring with one of the fighting drones that Bulma had dropped off last weekend.
~She's going to do it, all she needs to do is find a way to awaken the transformation now,~ he thought as she chased the flying machine around the room.
"Okay Pan, turn that thing off and come over here." Pan immediately did as she was told. "Alright, I want you to show me how exactly how strong you are, just to gauge where you're at."
Pan nodded and began powering up, her light blue aura swirling around her. When she reached her max, Gohan smiled and nodded. "Wow, that's amazing. You really have made incredible advances in a short period of time; in fact, you're already stronger than I was when I first became a Super Saiyan. Now, the thing you need to understand is that you can't get there by just powering up or training, it just doesn't work that way. The power responds to a need, not a desire. Is what we need to do is supply that need. Unfortunately, we're fresh out of super villains, so you are going to have to do this the way I did it, with your head. I want you to think of the scariest person that you ever had to face and then picture him hurting and killing your loved ones. Do you know whom you're going to use?
Pan thought for a moment and then decided on Vegeta-Baby. She nodded to her father and told him her choice.
"Okay, close your eyes and listen carefully to what I'm telling you," she did as she was told. "I want you to remember what it was like when you and your grandpa first got back to earth and found out that everyone had been turned against you. Now, picture Vegeta-Baby attacking your mother, snuffing out her life as if it was nothing." Pan began to tremble just slightly. "Think of him coming after me, think of me desperately trying to survive, but in the end being beaten to a pulp and killed." Pan's hair flashed gold for a second, and then returned to normal, her trembling increased. "Picture him going after your friends at school, killing Zori without remorse." Pan's hair again flashed gold and her light blue aura was momentarily mixed with yellow, but again it faded. "Now he moves on to Akira, snapping his neck like he would a twig." Pan's eyes opened and she gave a terrible scream as light erupted around her. Her hair stood straight up and became gold, her eyes turned green, and her aura became yellow: Pan was a Super Saiyan! She screamed again and her power level shot through the roof. Gohan stared at her in amazement.
~She did it,~ he thought his chest swelling with pride. ~My daughter might very well be the first female Super Saiyan ever!~ He watched her for a moment longer. Suddenly his pride changed to shock and his shock quickly became fear, Pan was still screaming, her eyes glazed over and her face a mask of pure rage.
"Pan! Please, you have to calm down; you'll hurt yourself if you don't gain control. Please, liste-"before he could get another word out, Pan had flown right at him and punched him so hard he nearly went right through the wall. ~Shit! She's going to kill both of us if I don't hurry!~ With that he transformed, disappearing and then reappearing right behind her, a chop to the neck was all it took. Pan dropped out of her Super Saiyan form a split second before she hit the ground, unconscious.
Gohan also returned to normal, then gently scooped her up, headed into the house and up into her room, and lay her on her bed. When she was comfortable, he sat next to her, holding her hand and waiting for her to awaken.
A half-hour later she sat up, and began rubbing her neck. "Oh man, that hurts like hell" she groaned.
"Do you remember anything?" Gohan asked.
"Kind of, I remember a bright yellow light, and I... I think I might have become a Super Saiyan... but after that everything gets fuzzy." She tried to crack her neck, but instantly regretted it when intense pain shot from her neck all the way to her toes. "Something tells me I don't really want to know what happened after the transformation."
Gohan smiled, "Well, let's just say that you certainly had an interesting first time." He gently pushed her back down in her bed and pulled the covers over her. "I think you should rest for the remainder of the day, tomorrow we'll work on changing into a Super Saiyan at will and on controlling the transformation. Good night sweet-heart." He kissed her forehead and left the room.
"Good night dad," she called after him, then she drifted off into a deep sleep.
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Vegeta had already been in the gravity room for several hours when Trunks opened the door and joined him.
"You slept in again," Vegeta commented gruffly, not bothering to look up from his one finger pushups.
"It's 6 AM, I hardly think that's sleeping in."
"Call it what you will, but you had better not lose to any of Kakorrot's brats because you decided to take it easy during your training. You are a member of the royal bloodline and I will not have you being shown up by that third class warrior's offspring."
Trunks rolled his eyes, but promised to work harder; he had learned long ago that arguing with his father was a waste of energy. He closed his eyes, let out a claming breath, and transformed. Then he spent the next hour flying around the room, throwing punches, kicks, and energy attacks at the training robots.
Once Vegeta felt that they were sufficiently warmed up, they spent the next several hours sparring with such ferocity that a few local schools were closed due to small earthquakes. Vegeta did not call a halt to the sessions until Bulma threatened to cut off their gravity room privileges unless they came in and ate the lunch she had made.
"Yuck! You too smell terrible," commented Trunks' little sister Bra as the two bloody, bruised, and sweaty warriors entered the house. Trunks smiled and tried to hug her; she screamed and ran as he chased after her. Vegeta watched them for a moment, and then headed to the bedroom to take a shower, muttering something about them getting their childish stupidity from their mother.
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It had taken a few days, but Pan was finally able to control her transformation. Gohan was now having her stay a Super Saiyan for as long as possible each day. It was the most difficult thing she had ever done, she felt tired all the time, and found that she couldn't train as hard each day. It frustrated her greatly, but Gohan assured her that she was gaining more power this way than by her regular training, so she kept at it.
The weeks leading up to the tournament were beginning to fly by now. She, Gohan, and Goten (when he wasn't at home in his own gravity room) were pushing themselves as hard as they could. They would often fight two on one for hours at a time, until someone was either too hurt or too tired to stand.
When Pan awoke at 5:30 Wednesday morning, she immediately put on her training gear and headed downstairs. ~ Wow, I can't believe the tournament is this Friday,~ she thought as she grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed to the gravity room. Gohan and Goten were standing in front of it, waiting for her.
"No more gravity training for us hon, today we are going for a walk," Gohan said with a grin.
"A walk? Um, are you sure about that dad? The tournament is just two days away."
"There isn't anything we could do in the next two days that would make any significant difference," Goten explained. "So your dad and I thought it would be better for us to just relax a little and let our bodies heal; we thought we might take a little walk in the area by your grandma's house. Maybe we'll go visit Chobi and see how he and his wife are doing, then we'll spend some time meditating before we head back."
"If you two think it's the best thing for us to do then I guess it sounds good to me," Pan said as they took to the air and headed to Chi-chi's house.
They spent almost the entire day walking through peaceful meadows, climbing mountains, and in general goofing around. They checked in on Chobi for a bit and found that he and his wife had built a fine nest on a cliff and had several eggs that were nearly ready to hatch. The two dinosaurs beamed with pride as the three Saiyans inspected the nest and congratulated them on the eggs. Then they headed back to Chi-chi's for dinner with their families, stopping just long enough for Gohan and Goten to catch two enormous fish.
Dinner ended up having more guests than they had thought. As a surprise, Chi-chi had invited all of the Z Fighters and their families. Shortly after the Saiyans arrived at the house, Krillin and #18 showed up with their daughter Marron; then Tien, Launch, Chiaotzu, and Uubu; followed by Yamcha and his latest girlfriend with Master Roshi, Puar, and Oolong. After everyone had arrived and greeted each other, they all went outside and sat down while Chi-chi, Videl, and Goten's wife Valese brought out the food. Just as they were about to dig in, Vegeta carrying Bulma and Trunks carrying Bra dropped out of the sky. Bulma apologized and explained that they were late because she had to shut off the power to the gravity room before she could get Vegeta out of it. Once everyone was seated, they all began to eat.
A/N: Pan's attack on Gohan after her transformation came from Dragon Ball Next.
A week after Akira had stopped by; Pan and Gohan were training harder than ever. The two were doing their own separate warm-up exercises when Gohan stopped and began watching his daughter and marveling at her improvement as she did some light sparring with one of the fighting drones that Bulma had dropped off last weekend.
~She's going to do it, all she needs to do is find a way to awaken the transformation now,~ he thought as she chased the flying machine around the room.
"Okay Pan, turn that thing off and come over here." Pan immediately did as she was told. "Alright, I want you to show me how exactly how strong you are, just to gauge where you're at."
Pan nodded and began powering up, her light blue aura swirling around her. When she reached her max, Gohan smiled and nodded. "Wow, that's amazing. You really have made incredible advances in a short period of time; in fact, you're already stronger than I was when I first became a Super Saiyan. Now, the thing you need to understand is that you can't get there by just powering up or training, it just doesn't work that way. The power responds to a need, not a desire. Is what we need to do is supply that need. Unfortunately, we're fresh out of super villains, so you are going to have to do this the way I did it, with your head. I want you to think of the scariest person that you ever had to face and then picture him hurting and killing your loved ones. Do you know whom you're going to use?
Pan thought for a moment and then decided on Vegeta-Baby. She nodded to her father and told him her choice.
"Okay, close your eyes and listen carefully to what I'm telling you," she did as she was told. "I want you to remember what it was like when you and your grandpa first got back to earth and found out that everyone had been turned against you. Now, picture Vegeta-Baby attacking your mother, snuffing out her life as if it was nothing." Pan began to tremble just slightly. "Think of him coming after me, think of me desperately trying to survive, but in the end being beaten to a pulp and killed." Pan's hair flashed gold for a second, and then returned to normal, her trembling increased. "Picture him going after your friends at school, killing Zori without remorse." Pan's hair again flashed gold and her light blue aura was momentarily mixed with yellow, but again it faded. "Now he moves on to Akira, snapping his neck like he would a twig." Pan's eyes opened and she gave a terrible scream as light erupted around her. Her hair stood straight up and became gold, her eyes turned green, and her aura became yellow: Pan was a Super Saiyan! She screamed again and her power level shot through the roof. Gohan stared at her in amazement.
~She did it,~ he thought his chest swelling with pride. ~My daughter might very well be the first female Super Saiyan ever!~ He watched her for a moment longer. Suddenly his pride changed to shock and his shock quickly became fear, Pan was still screaming, her eyes glazed over and her face a mask of pure rage.
"Pan! Please, you have to calm down; you'll hurt yourself if you don't gain control. Please, liste-"before he could get another word out, Pan had flown right at him and punched him so hard he nearly went right through the wall. ~Shit! She's going to kill both of us if I don't hurry!~ With that he transformed, disappearing and then reappearing right behind her, a chop to the neck was all it took. Pan dropped out of her Super Saiyan form a split second before she hit the ground, unconscious.
Gohan also returned to normal, then gently scooped her up, headed into the house and up into her room, and lay her on her bed. When she was comfortable, he sat next to her, holding her hand and waiting for her to awaken.
A half-hour later she sat up, and began rubbing her neck. "Oh man, that hurts like hell" she groaned.
"Do you remember anything?" Gohan asked.
"Kind of, I remember a bright yellow light, and I... I think I might have become a Super Saiyan... but after that everything gets fuzzy." She tried to crack her neck, but instantly regretted it when intense pain shot from her neck all the way to her toes. "Something tells me I don't really want to know what happened after the transformation."
Gohan smiled, "Well, let's just say that you certainly had an interesting first time." He gently pushed her back down in her bed and pulled the covers over her. "I think you should rest for the remainder of the day, tomorrow we'll work on changing into a Super Saiyan at will and on controlling the transformation. Good night sweet-heart." He kissed her forehead and left the room.
"Good night dad," she called after him, then she drifted off into a deep sleep.
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Vegeta had already been in the gravity room for several hours when Trunks opened the door and joined him.
"You slept in again," Vegeta commented gruffly, not bothering to look up from his one finger pushups.
"It's 6 AM, I hardly think that's sleeping in."
"Call it what you will, but you had better not lose to any of Kakorrot's brats because you decided to take it easy during your training. You are a member of the royal bloodline and I will not have you being shown up by that third class warrior's offspring."
Trunks rolled his eyes, but promised to work harder; he had learned long ago that arguing with his father was a waste of energy. He closed his eyes, let out a claming breath, and transformed. Then he spent the next hour flying around the room, throwing punches, kicks, and energy attacks at the training robots.
Once Vegeta felt that they were sufficiently warmed up, they spent the next several hours sparring with such ferocity that a few local schools were closed due to small earthquakes. Vegeta did not call a halt to the sessions until Bulma threatened to cut off their gravity room privileges unless they came in and ate the lunch she had made.
"Yuck! You too smell terrible," commented Trunks' little sister Bra as the two bloody, bruised, and sweaty warriors entered the house. Trunks smiled and tried to hug her; she screamed and ran as he chased after her. Vegeta watched them for a moment, and then headed to the bedroom to take a shower, muttering something about them getting their childish stupidity from their mother.
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It had taken a few days, but Pan was finally able to control her transformation. Gohan was now having her stay a Super Saiyan for as long as possible each day. It was the most difficult thing she had ever done, she felt tired all the time, and found that she couldn't train as hard each day. It frustrated her greatly, but Gohan assured her that she was gaining more power this way than by her regular training, so she kept at it.
The weeks leading up to the tournament were beginning to fly by now. She, Gohan, and Goten (when he wasn't at home in his own gravity room) were pushing themselves as hard as they could. They would often fight two on one for hours at a time, until someone was either too hurt or too tired to stand.
When Pan awoke at 5:30 Wednesday morning, she immediately put on her training gear and headed downstairs. ~ Wow, I can't believe the tournament is this Friday,~ she thought as she grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed to the gravity room. Gohan and Goten were standing in front of it, waiting for her.
"No more gravity training for us hon, today we are going for a walk," Gohan said with a grin.
"A walk? Um, are you sure about that dad? The tournament is just two days away."
"There isn't anything we could do in the next two days that would make any significant difference," Goten explained. "So your dad and I thought it would be better for us to just relax a little and let our bodies heal; we thought we might take a little walk in the area by your grandma's house. Maybe we'll go visit Chobi and see how he and his wife are doing, then we'll spend some time meditating before we head back."
"If you two think it's the best thing for us to do then I guess it sounds good to me," Pan said as they took to the air and headed to Chi-chi's house.
They spent almost the entire day walking through peaceful meadows, climbing mountains, and in general goofing around. They checked in on Chobi for a bit and found that he and his wife had built a fine nest on a cliff and had several eggs that were nearly ready to hatch. The two dinosaurs beamed with pride as the three Saiyans inspected the nest and congratulated them on the eggs. Then they headed back to Chi-chi's for dinner with their families, stopping just long enough for Gohan and Goten to catch two enormous fish.
Dinner ended up having more guests than they had thought. As a surprise, Chi-chi had invited all of the Z Fighters and their families. Shortly after the Saiyans arrived at the house, Krillin and #18 showed up with their daughter Marron; then Tien, Launch, Chiaotzu, and Uubu; followed by Yamcha and his latest girlfriend with Master Roshi, Puar, and Oolong. After everyone had arrived and greeted each other, they all went outside and sat down while Chi-chi, Videl, and Goten's wife Valese brought out the food. Just as they were about to dig in, Vegeta carrying Bulma and Trunks carrying Bra dropped out of the sky. Bulma apologized and explained that they were late because she had to shut off the power to the gravity room before she could get Vegeta out of it. Once everyone was seated, they all began to eat.
A/N: Pan's attack on Gohan after her transformation came from Dragon Ball Next.