AN: Yeah I'd done moving! And even bigger Yes!!! I've finally got Internet access back!!! Sorry for the long wait chapter's will come out more slowly on I've misplace all my idea during the shuffle, I still know the direction but now I've got to rework the details. Sigh -_- Thank ya'll very much for being patient.

-Mizuko

Ch16 Tears of Joy

She followed her father along with Gohan Goku and Naav to a room she had never seen or entered. Hidden in walls of the med room was a second room with two sole occupants. One, a doctor who seemed more than a little nervous round her father and the other was....

Mother....

The resemblance between the woman floating in the tank and the one looking at her was unmistakable. Blue hair, dainty hands and feet just like hers....Bra's chest constricted even as her father calmly gave the order take out the patients....

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It wasn't even two minutes later that someone else came by. Jonathan must really not like Trunks. But she could hardly blame him. Trunks could be a real pain sometime but other times....

His last few moments proved that.

Her visitor was a blonde woman wearing a crisply ironed Hitohi uniform. Pan could tell by the insignia badge that she was part of the space force division, most likely a pilot.

The woman smiled genuinely carefully balancing a tray of food in her hands. Just the smell of it made Pan's stomach rumble, 'I hadn't realized I was so hungry.' It smelled delicious.

"So you're the infamous Pan Son, it's quite a pleasure to finally meet you in person, thought I wish under better circumstances." The blonde woman greeted amiably setting down the tray and taking the seat next to Pan's bed. "I'm Diamond, Ace is my wing Commander."

"Wing Commander?" Pan asked ruefully, "It has been a long time. Jonathan a wing commander, who'd have thought..." Pan grinned to herself before her attention turned to the tray piled with food.

Diamond looked surprised, "You know Ace?"

"Well Yeah, I've know him since we were both in the academy." She answered halfheartedly. Let's face it after being unconscious for three days and waking up empty...there wasn't much that would take this saiya-jin's attention off of the food she was happily munching on.

"Were you close? I mean he had a fit with that bl- that boy brought you here all banged up. And nearly exploded on the boy as well."

"Somehow I doubt if he did blow up on Trunks it wouldn't be entirely his fault." Pan commented finishing her meal. "Jonathan is a good friend of mine, always will be.

"And that handsome rascal you've got is your boyfriend right?"

Diamond added with a conspiratious wink. Pan blush. "Ye- No-I mean, well, sort of...

"What's a sweet girl like you hanging out with such a- It was all nice way of inquiring why a respectable Hitohi was sharing the same air as that Saiyajin scum.

"He can be nice when he chooses to be. Anyway he rescued me from some nasty aliens, which was why I was all banged up. We're on our way to meet up with my father. Speaking of which, when can we leave? It's imperative that I speak with my father as soon as possible."

Why did the heinous freak want the location of the Mobile Colonies? She shuddered thinking about the revolting Freiza.

Diamond shrugged "I don't know your presence here is all being kept very hush hush. As well as your friend's... But I suppose when you do leave you'll have an escort tag along..."

"I already have-

"We can't send off the daughter of Son Gohan off without any protection. Friend or no friend," the older woman said in low tones, "If it weren't for saving you he'd be thrown in a cell right now and he hasn't done much of a job of making new friends since he first passed through this sector...."

Pan frowned how many time was she going to here that. With a full stomach she felt back at semi full strength again. In fact... Pan sitting up she swung her legs over the side of the bed ignoring the slight ach from the many bruises Zarbon and Dodoria had so graciously bestowed upon her.

"Ms. Son you can't get up you'll hurt your self!"

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Marron rubbed the bridge of her nose feeling an acute case of irritation. 'Jeez these saiya-jin are thick! No means no!"

"Look for the last time we don't know this Raditz person your talking about. Our ship repairs are coming along just fine," that was a lie. By the time those idiot mechanic got the engines up and running the navigation computer went on the fritz. So now the were drifting hopefully in what was the vicinity of Beijita-sei, "we should reach our destination without any more trouble, thank you."

Not that they couldn't use the saiya-jin's help it was just the no one on board would trust this unknown saiya-jin and crew. Not as far as she could throw em anyways. The Saiya-jin on the other ends didn't look too happy.

"And I'm telling you for the last time, human," the saiya-jin female spat back. "I'm under orders to take you straight to Raditz whether you agree to or not or else I'd be happy to let drift out here like space trash. We're hulling your ship lower your shield or we'll fire on your generator."

Marron scowled at the navy haired saiyajin, it was the few like this bitch that gave that whole race a bad name. The blonde wisely did not voice that opinion.

"Lowering shield."

"Good it's about time you listened, weakling." The main screen went. Marron's jaw dropped. The absolute arrogance! When this was over she was going back to her lab. She was a scientist not an ambassador, and from this experience, she'd had it about to here with foreign affairs!

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Ace made his way back to the med facilities; not at all to happy with the decision of his superiors. He could just see that idiot's smirk right now....

He'd already told Spade and the other of his temporary reassignment. No body had expected or was too happy about that. But he had to tell Pan as well as the purple haired nuisance. He came to an abrupt stop in the med halls. 2 door faced each other, one was Pan's room the other was Mr. high n' mighty's. Weren't there supposed to be guards stationed there?

He sighed and opened the door. The chilliest unwelcoming scowl was fixated on him the moment he stepped in. The blue stood next to the window across the room from were Ace now stood, arms crossed and the most fridge look from this side of absolute 0. His bandages lay discarded on a perfectly made bed and in place of the bandages was the standard uniform of the Saiyajin Empire. It looked like nothing more than blue spandex to him...

There was a silence neither willing (or wanting) to speak to the other.

'This is stupid.'

"Because you saved her life you are being released to go about your way. But if you are ever caught inside Hitohi borders again you will be incarcerated and treated as a POW."

The man's scowl turned into a sneer, "Is that all? You waste your pathetic breath on the obvious, weakling. You are no threat to me or any of your pathetic measures you call security." he spat, motioning with his eyes the two unconscious guards Ace had failed to notice were on the floor right next to his feet. Ace covered his surprise amazingly well, 'Those are the two strongest saiyajin we've got on base! Who is this guy?...

"I will leave as soon as Pan is ready. I must return her to her father as soon as possible, who you must know is on Beijita-sei as we speak." the man said in a particularly haughty superior tone.

"Which is why I'll be escorting Pan on the way there." Ace challenged. A slow amused smirk crept its way over the guy's lips in a disturbing fashion.

"Something funny about that?" he growled, this guy was really, really getting on his nerves.

"Quite! Compared to Pan you are a mere weakling. Compared to me you are nothing, human. It's a joke to even think about sending someone as weak as you anywhere near Beijitasei..." an icy smile crossed his lips for a moment before disappearing, "Now leave my presence."

'Who does this guy think he is? King of the universe?'

"Listen pal, I don't know who you think you are but it's my job to protect Pan from here till we meet up with Son, that means from you too.

Before he could utter a snide retort the door behind Ace opened. The iciness in the man face softened. "Utsukushii what are you doing up?" Had he a moment Ace surly would have found the time to gag. What kind of a name was that?

Pan her way passed him a slightly pained but determined look.

"Looking for you two we can go."

Ace immediately protested, what was she thinking? Yes they should leave as soon as possible but now was way too soon, Pan needed more time to recover, he was sure. "What are you nuts!? Pan you just awoke you can't possibly be thinking about leaving so soon."

He looked to the other man for help, as much as they dislike each other he was sure that the man from the Saiya-jin Empire held Pan best interest at heart.

The guy shrugged, "It's her decision."

Or maybe not. Pan looked to him pleadingly, "Please Jonathan."

How could he say no? Especially with the lavender haired freak giving him a death glare over Pan head, just daring him to refuse Pan's request.

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As soon Jonathan left Pan glared at Trunks as best she could.

"What?" he tried to look innocent.

"You could at least try to be nice."

"Haven't snapped his little neck yet. I think that qualifies as being overly gracious." She let out and exasperated sigh wincing at the pain in her side where Dodoria had left a particularly hard blow. Trunks frowned uncrossing his arms and moving to her side, "You will not strain your self, at all Utsukushii, you may be part saiya-jin but you still need to take it easy."

He commanded in his usually haughty fashion, but inwardly she beamed at his concern.

"Thanks for caring Trunks." She smiled giving him an unexpected hug. She was rewarded with that rare, unbearably cute blush that spread across the bridge of his nose.

"T-thanks? I-I mean your welcome, Utsukushii." For a moment she was lost in his ice blue eyes and he to seem trapped under the momentary spell. She blushed when he kissed her forehead. He was so gentle and his arms were so warm. She could have stayed there forever but…

"Now let's get going someone has a family reunion to get to."

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He felt his heart stop the moment his wife was laid out on one of the med beds, her skin was pale and she could have been mistaken for dead if it weren't for the small movement of inhaling and exhaling. And still after all these years she still held a beauty like that of an angel.

His angel...

He held his breath as the doctor injected the translucent into both patients' arms. There was a silence. It lasted forever. And in that forever he remembered every thing about his wife from the first time they met, the first he held her in arm, the very first time they made love to the very last kiss. Every gesture, every quirk, everything that irked him and all the things he loved; he longed to have them back again.

The past two decades were only made bearable by the hope that she would be by his side once more. Now that day was here!

The silence was over broken by a small utterance from her once still lip. He moved to her side, taking her small hand in his as her eye fluttered open. Those eyes.... They sought him immediately followed by a smile and tears of happiness to stream down her face.

"I love you."

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Bra wept silently, tears of joy running down her face as her parents and well as Gohan and his wife were reunited. She couldn't bring herself to interrupt. It was the most romantic thing she'd ever witnessed! Perhaps now wasn't the time for those kinds of thoughts. Looking behind her she noticed The Ambassador's face held a mix of joy and complete sorrow. And Naav...she felt a little sorry for him, he looked down right perturbed. Any other time she would have laughed at such a face but now doubt started to arise. Would her mother, someone she barely knew, like her? Would she even recognize her? Questions along those lines continued to pop up in her mind until the tender moment was broken by one of its makers.

"Vegeta I feel fine enough to get up!" Came a very (very) vocal voice, enough to make Bra wince slightly.

"Woman it hasn't even been a minute and already your trying to run me deaf!" Bra was shocked to hear the insult come so easily out of her father's mouth. But the blue haired woman merely grinned, "I missed you to Vegeta." sitting up the woman, her mother finally looked past Vegeta.

"Goku you're here? And....The familiar blue eyes fell upon her.

She held her breath.

"B- Bra?!" One dainty hand flew to her mother's mouth as tear sprang to those sea blue eyes. Bra felt frozen and her chest constrict. Her mother took the first steps, slow but purposefully as if to see if the young woman standing before her was actually real. "Mama?" Warm liquid began to fill her vision as well. Before the tears could reach her chin she was wrapped in tight embrace.

Bulma took a step back smiling and crying at the same time.

"Oh, my baby… Is it really my little girl?"

"Yes Mama, it is."

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There is one occurrence that happen very rarely among Nag' vah and yet it seemed to happening more often the longer he hung around these odd creatures.

Naav was confused. Very, very confused. The barbarian king's mate was a human. While it explain trunks' and bra's strange appearance that did not make sense.

Why would one choose a mate out side of one's own species?

And now the queen had awakened as well the ambassador's daughter-in-law, so they should be happy, right? But now the female were all leaking profusely form their eyes. As Naav had understood it this occurrence was suppose to happen when one was extremely sad. Well at leas t that 's what he'd been taught.

Strange creatures, perhaps Pan would explain it to him later

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Quotes of day:

Be nice to people on your way up because you might see them on your way down.

-Jimmy Durante

"When two people love each other, they don't look at each other, they look in the same direction."

- Ginger Rogers

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