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Back in a week,like I promised.There's a class project,and it has been
cruel to me.I might not be able to update for at least another two weeks!!
So I'm writing this out now,okay?
PLEEEASE review,tell me you like it,tell me you hate it,but pleeeease be
nice about it and review!! (PS:Is american government REALLY changing Bras'
name to Bulla for the GT show?Just so it can appear on Toonami?
GEEZ,they could have at LEAST called her Ulma!!)
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Pan choked,but Bra seemed confused.Shen,however,was still looking at Pan,and he took her hand and led her away from the table,muttering a hurried apology to Bra. He turned a corner and stopped,feeling about ready to tell as much as he could to Pan,whom he trusted by then. Pan took a deep breath and asked. "You mean Juunanagou,right?Long black hair,for a guy anyways,ummm..." Pans' eyes rolled to the sky and she put a thoughtful finger to her chin. "I think I can call his skin fairly tan,uhh,hmm?!His eyes arrrrrre...blue.Like ice,almost.Well,light blue.Is THAT the seventeen we know?"
Shen nodded vigorously.
"Thats the Juu-chan we all know and love," he said,grasping at his throat in a joking gesture:as though choking himself. "My sister is practically in love with him.I guess he is attractive,but...well geez,he's my friend and I don't ever want to think of how a girl thinks about guys unless they're thinking about ME!" he argued.Pan would have laughed then because she had to admit it:Shen made the cutest pouts she had ever seen.Even Trunks couldn't compare!!
Shens' attention was diverted back to Pan at that moment. "Does Bra know the guy?" "Definitely," "Well,at least introductions won't be required.How do you know him?" "Well,he's the uncle of a friend of Bras'...and mine,I guess," "You guess?" "I don't like Marron quite as much as Bra does.We get along fine,but Bra is MY best friend after all," "Ahh,I see.I don't mean to sound insensitive and all,but ARE we going on a date at all,or should I just send you an email from Japan?" Pan huffed,but she responded. "Sure we're going on a 'date',but just for Bras' sake."
Shen bowed.
"It will be an honor dating one as lovely as you,Pan," he said,truly grateful.It was then that Pan felt guilty.
"I know it isn't a real date,that we arent an item or anything," he rushed. "But still,It is nice to know that I will be going out on something of a double date,even if Seventeen tries to keep away from his own date!"
Pan nodded,speechless.
"I think we should return.If I'm correct in guessing,Bra is not one to be left out of a social gimmick," he laughed.Upon returning to the table,they found that Bra was missing. Upon closer inspection of their surroundings,it seemed that Bra was getting a lot of numbers for her little black book.
"Bra,you big fat faker!" scolded Pan.Bra looked at her innocently enough.
"Not his time,Bra!You are going on this date if I have to drag you!" "But Pan,you don't even LIKE going on dates!" "But YOU dragged me into this one,and I've already had to reassure Shen that WE would be coming,and he has guaranteed that it will be a double date.There is now way in heaven or HELL that you are backing out now!!" Bra pouted."Awww..." "Too bad!We're leaving NOW,come on!"
As Pan grabbed Bra,the blue eyed girl shouted out,"Don;t worry boys! I'll be back in a week!"
Just before they went out the door,however,Shen stopped them. "What's your house number anyways?I can give you my cell number,do you have a cell on you?" "No,I hate the silly things," said Pan.Bra told Shen that she did. "Okay then Bra,my number...."
~~ After the exchange of numbers,Pan and Bra left the rink and went home,much to Bras annoyance.
"I'm actually of age now,I'm not a little girl anymore!I want to go clubbing!Daddy,help!"
"We are nowhere near your help,and for someone who claims maturity,you are acting like a big baby!" "So?" questioned the blue haired. "I bet you're just in a hurry to meet my brother," she spat. Pan flipped Bra to face her and she shook her. "I-do-not-like-him,Okay?!It was a silly crush when I was a kid,but no more,you hear me?! NO MORE!!" "Whatever you say Pan,but I still think you like him!"
"Well I don't,alright?Now that that's settled,we'd better get home," she mumbled. Bra grumbled ot herself from her 'post' in Pans arms. Landing at the Briefs home,Pan and Bra were talking,but the air between them was strained for once.Once inside,they had already forgiven each other and were happily conversing until they saw Goten.Pan,on instinct,grabbed her surprised uncle and hurled him out the door,locking it.
Bra and Pan looked at eachother.
"What the heck was THAT all about?"
Pan shrugged.
"I don't remember," "Good enough for me,"
Bra replied.There was a moment of silence before the girls burst out laughing simultaneously.About a minute after they stopped laughing,Goten burst in,and he was upset,to say the least. "Pan,what is your deal?!" "I'm sorry uncle!I guess I was just excited to see you!" she said,walking up and hugging him.Bra joined her,then joined hands and ran up the stairs,leaving behind a very confused Goten.
He shook it off,grumbling,"Guess I better bug Trunks now.It's about time anyways!"
and running off to CC.He was stopped by a cell phone call.He flipped it open,interested and asked,"Hello?" before walking off in a random direction.
~~~
"Go to the balcony?" asked Bra."Sure,why not?!Anybody following?" "Um,not as far as I can tell!" "Search ki!" "I can't!I'm too exhausted from running!" "WHAT?!"
Pan stopped running."How can you be tired already?!You're HALF,remember??!" "YES!Half HUMAN!" "AND HALF SAIYAN,NOW KEEP RUNNING BEFORE SOMEONE SEES US!!"
Bra chose to grumble at that."If you keep yelling like that,someone'll hear us!" "What was that?!" reprimanded Pan,although she had already heard."Nothing,nothing..."
Reaching the big oak doors,the girls paused. This was an unspoken ritual between them.They did not question why they always did this,or how they had done this since they found the oak doors.
It was automatic.
Taking deep breaths,as was the ritual,Pan held Bras right hand with her left and they both opened the doors with one hand each: Pan using her right,Bra her left.
Closing the doors behind them discretely,the girls finally breathed out.
They had a moment of silence before they sank to the door.
Keeping a secret like this was exhausting,but it gave them an adrenaline rush like nothing else,not even fighting,could.
The demi saiyans looked at each other and smiled,an understanding between them. Their secret would be safe for yet another day.
After sitting there,they discovered that more than an hour had passed and they would have to be inside too soon.
The girls floated up to the roof top,which was normally inaccessible,unless you got to this balcony and could climb up the short pipe or floated from the ground up.
Even then,this balcony was invisible to human eyes.
As for Pan and Bra,they discovered that sunsets here were quite exceptional,beautiful,lovely to see. This was their place to see the sun rise or set,but it would always rise another morning.Another day filled with a fools adventure,another day to see something new and unknown.A day to die,or a day for birth.In any case,it was a new day that was recommended to come,as long as this Earth existed for them and them alone.
"I don't think I'll ever get over this," Pan whispred softly.
Bra suddenly looked at her demandingly. "Sing!" "What?Are you kidding?!" "Sing anything off the top of your head,but it better come before I count 3...2-"
Pan took a deep breath and sang before Bra could finish counting.
~~~~~@~~~~~
Aoi sora ga mieru nara aoi kasa hirogete
ii janai ka kyanbasu wa kimi no mono
shiroi hata wa akirameta toki ni dake kazasu no
ima wa makka ni sasou tougyuushi no youni
~~~~
Pan stopped singing,but Bra looked at her expectantly.
"Why;d you stop?It sounded really good!"
Pan looked nervous,and her eyes were closed,her hand behind her head.
"Erm,I never hear more of the song than that!"
Bra fell.She came back up with a strange smile on her face,anime style.
"Well then sing something you actually KNOW!!"
Pan gave her a seething look,but sang another song. She breathed in and said,"Cue scary music," before singing again...
!~~~@~~~~
Once upon a time you whispered softly in my ear
Loving words and fairy tales that I longed to hear...
I gave you my body and soul,and you took control
as you slowly swept me up and carried me away ~ you told me pretty lies
as I held onto you tight
you knew how to get your way
ignorance was bliss in your warm embrace...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pan stopped singing again.
Bra looked agitated.
"What?!I thought you knew the whole song?!?"
"I do," calmly answered Pan,"but I think you only need to hear that much.If you couldn't name the one before,how the heck will you name this one?When you know their names,I will sing them both...er,or at least the second one!"
"How do I know that YOU don't know their names??" "Don't worry,I do.You just worry about yourself and not me," Pan smiled slyly.
"What is that supposed to mean!?" "I think Goten likes you!"
"Sugio!" exclaimed a very happy Bra.But she suddenly balled herself up and traced circles on the pavement. "But I'm dating Juu chan,aren't I?I mean,Shen seemed to like you more than he liked me!!"
"Oh please,every guy you meet falls in love with you!"
"It's lust,not love,and can you blame me for being blessed with good looks?"
Pan laughed,but Bra looked mad. "Hey,I was serious!!"
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Trunks was ignoring work (as usual) when Goten had stopped by.It had to have been around four,but he didn't have a watch in his office.Another trick of Bulmas' to keep him on the job. He was told of Pans' more than spontaneous feat of throwing him out of the house,but he figured it would happen,what with his choice of words in the morning.He hoped she thought he'd been joking,but there was another spark of hope that told him he wanted her to love him in return. Maybe he should have chosen to be with her when he had the chance,but he could only hope that she would accept him now.
"You still hung up on Panny?Man,you better tell her how you feel before she leaves!Who knows?She might not ever come back again!!" Goten laughed,joking,Trunks,however,took him seriously out of his own fears. "She's gonna LIVE in the STATES?!" "Sure,why not?" "Because she needs to stay here!" "No she doesn't,Trunks!She's grown up now,get over it!She isn't the Panny- chan we used to know and love,she's a young woman now and we have to respect that" reprimanded Goten.Trunks felt a twinge of annoyance slice through him. Here he was acting like a child and being scolded by Goten.
'What a twist of fate,'he thought with a twitch.
"Look Trunks,I should go now.Who knows,maybe mom'll need my 'help' in the kitchen!Ja,huh?!"
he waved,jumping out the window and flying away.Trunks sighed. 'So she's off to the states for four years.hmm....Let Freedom ring!'
~~~~~~~
Pan sighed as she went back into the depths of the Briefs home.
The sunset was always beautiful up on the rooftop,but she couldn't explain it.She wondered if Bulma knew about the sunsets there...
After making several promises to Bra about making sure she was and would remain her one and only BFF even whilst in college,the girl went off to bed,leaving Pan alone.
Pan lay there,thinking.
How long had she been there?Four days?
'Time sure does fly...'
Including that Monday when she and Bra had met Shen,Pan had been sleeping in Bras' room for four days...
'So that makes today Friday,right?'
Pan stared at the dark ceiling for an eternity before she finally got up.She couldn't have been asleep for more than a few hours,but it was five o clock in the morning.
She went down to make herself a light breakfast.
A few cereal boxes later,Pan was still eating silently,still thinking.
She had been,for the most part,undisturbed and she relished it.
She realized she;d been thinking a lot lately,even for her.She was 'going weird' on her parents,as they called it,and Bra seemed to do nothing but give her commands lately.
Was this how trapped she truly was?
So confined that her own feelings went unnoticed and her welfare ignored?
So trapped that she couldn't breathe mentally?
She couldn't live like this forever!! She would run away,then,and she would plan it for years. What better opportunity than the one thatw as staring her in the eyes?America was fine:nothing there that she couldn't handle.How many 'thugs' could,rather would,dare touch her?They'd have to keep up with her first! Pan looked up from her cereal,the previous stirring motions she had been previously making completely still.
A determined look crossed her features and she whispered,"I'll do it.
Even if it takes forever!"
As she finished her last bowl,however,she managed to have second thoughts,although she was already set on doing it.
As she washed her bowl,Pan felt a tear slide down her cheek, her silent sobs went unnoticed,her desperate whispered apology too quiet...
"Im so sorry,Bra...I might never see you again!!"
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I know,I know,I should write longer chappies,and I've wanted to,but I promised I'd update in about a week and I almost always keep my promises :)
I think you guys know where this is headed :D
Try to name those songs up there.If you can name the second one,umm...you win a virtual chocolate cookie,lol.
BUT,if you can name the FIRST,I'll update in less than a week...TWO chapters!!
Otherwise,you may have ot wait another week or two before I update again!!
:(
Fayes Eyes
GEEZ,they could have at LEAST called her Ulma!!)
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Pan choked,but Bra seemed confused.Shen,however,was still looking at Pan,and he took her hand and led her away from the table,muttering a hurried apology to Bra. He turned a corner and stopped,feeling about ready to tell as much as he could to Pan,whom he trusted by then. Pan took a deep breath and asked. "You mean Juunanagou,right?Long black hair,for a guy anyways,ummm..." Pans' eyes rolled to the sky and she put a thoughtful finger to her chin. "I think I can call his skin fairly tan,uhh,hmm?!His eyes arrrrrre...blue.Like ice,almost.Well,light blue.Is THAT the seventeen we know?"
Shen nodded vigorously.
"Thats the Juu-chan we all know and love," he said,grasping at his throat in a joking gesture:as though choking himself. "My sister is practically in love with him.I guess he is attractive,but...well geez,he's my friend and I don't ever want to think of how a girl thinks about guys unless they're thinking about ME!" he argued.Pan would have laughed then because she had to admit it:Shen made the cutest pouts she had ever seen.Even Trunks couldn't compare!!
Shens' attention was diverted back to Pan at that moment. "Does Bra know the guy?" "Definitely," "Well,at least introductions won't be required.How do you know him?" "Well,he's the uncle of a friend of Bras'...and mine,I guess," "You guess?" "I don't like Marron quite as much as Bra does.We get along fine,but Bra is MY best friend after all," "Ahh,I see.I don't mean to sound insensitive and all,but ARE we going on a date at all,or should I just send you an email from Japan?" Pan huffed,but she responded. "Sure we're going on a 'date',but just for Bras' sake."
Shen bowed.
"It will be an honor dating one as lovely as you,Pan," he said,truly grateful.It was then that Pan felt guilty.
"I know it isn't a real date,that we arent an item or anything," he rushed. "But still,It is nice to know that I will be going out on something of a double date,even if Seventeen tries to keep away from his own date!"
Pan nodded,speechless.
"I think we should return.If I'm correct in guessing,Bra is not one to be left out of a social gimmick," he laughed.Upon returning to the table,they found that Bra was missing. Upon closer inspection of their surroundings,it seemed that Bra was getting a lot of numbers for her little black book.
"Bra,you big fat faker!" scolded Pan.Bra looked at her innocently enough.
"Not his time,Bra!You are going on this date if I have to drag you!" "But Pan,you don't even LIKE going on dates!" "But YOU dragged me into this one,and I've already had to reassure Shen that WE would be coming,and he has guaranteed that it will be a double date.There is now way in heaven or HELL that you are backing out now!!" Bra pouted."Awww..." "Too bad!We're leaving NOW,come on!"
As Pan grabbed Bra,the blue eyed girl shouted out,"Don;t worry boys! I'll be back in a week!"
Just before they went out the door,however,Shen stopped them. "What's your house number anyways?I can give you my cell number,do you have a cell on you?" "No,I hate the silly things," said Pan.Bra told Shen that she did. "Okay then Bra,my number...."
~~ After the exchange of numbers,Pan and Bra left the rink and went home,much to Bras annoyance.
"I'm actually of age now,I'm not a little girl anymore!I want to go clubbing!Daddy,help!"
"We are nowhere near your help,and for someone who claims maturity,you are acting like a big baby!" "So?" questioned the blue haired. "I bet you're just in a hurry to meet my brother," she spat. Pan flipped Bra to face her and she shook her. "I-do-not-like-him,Okay?!It was a silly crush when I was a kid,but no more,you hear me?! NO MORE!!" "Whatever you say Pan,but I still think you like him!"
"Well I don't,alright?Now that that's settled,we'd better get home," she mumbled. Bra grumbled ot herself from her 'post' in Pans arms. Landing at the Briefs home,Pan and Bra were talking,but the air between them was strained for once.Once inside,they had already forgiven each other and were happily conversing until they saw Goten.Pan,on instinct,grabbed her surprised uncle and hurled him out the door,locking it.
Bra and Pan looked at eachother.
"What the heck was THAT all about?"
Pan shrugged.
"I don't remember," "Good enough for me,"
Bra replied.There was a moment of silence before the girls burst out laughing simultaneously.About a minute after they stopped laughing,Goten burst in,and he was upset,to say the least. "Pan,what is your deal?!" "I'm sorry uncle!I guess I was just excited to see you!" she said,walking up and hugging him.Bra joined her,then joined hands and ran up the stairs,leaving behind a very confused Goten.
He shook it off,grumbling,"Guess I better bug Trunks now.It's about time anyways!"
and running off to CC.He was stopped by a cell phone call.He flipped it open,interested and asked,"Hello?" before walking off in a random direction.
~~~
"Go to the balcony?" asked Bra."Sure,why not?!Anybody following?" "Um,not as far as I can tell!" "Search ki!" "I can't!I'm too exhausted from running!" "WHAT?!"
Pan stopped running."How can you be tired already?!You're HALF,remember??!" "YES!Half HUMAN!" "AND HALF SAIYAN,NOW KEEP RUNNING BEFORE SOMEONE SEES US!!"
Bra chose to grumble at that."If you keep yelling like that,someone'll hear us!" "What was that?!" reprimanded Pan,although she had already heard."Nothing,nothing..."
Reaching the big oak doors,the girls paused. This was an unspoken ritual between them.They did not question why they always did this,or how they had done this since they found the oak doors.
It was automatic.
Taking deep breaths,as was the ritual,Pan held Bras right hand with her left and they both opened the doors with one hand each: Pan using her right,Bra her left.
Closing the doors behind them discretely,the girls finally breathed out.
They had a moment of silence before they sank to the door.
Keeping a secret like this was exhausting,but it gave them an adrenaline rush like nothing else,not even fighting,could.
The demi saiyans looked at each other and smiled,an understanding between them. Their secret would be safe for yet another day.
After sitting there,they discovered that more than an hour had passed and they would have to be inside too soon.
The girls floated up to the roof top,which was normally inaccessible,unless you got to this balcony and could climb up the short pipe or floated from the ground up.
Even then,this balcony was invisible to human eyes.
As for Pan and Bra,they discovered that sunsets here were quite exceptional,beautiful,lovely to see. This was their place to see the sun rise or set,but it would always rise another morning.Another day filled with a fools adventure,another day to see something new and unknown.A day to die,or a day for birth.In any case,it was a new day that was recommended to come,as long as this Earth existed for them and them alone.
"I don't think I'll ever get over this," Pan whispred softly.
Bra suddenly looked at her demandingly. "Sing!" "What?Are you kidding?!" "Sing anything off the top of your head,but it better come before I count 3...2-"
Pan took a deep breath and sang before Bra could finish counting.
~~~~~@~~~~~
Aoi sora ga mieru nara aoi kasa hirogete
ii janai ka kyanbasu wa kimi no mono
shiroi hata wa akirameta toki ni dake kazasu no
ima wa makka ni sasou tougyuushi no youni
~~~~
Pan stopped singing,but Bra looked at her expectantly.
"Why;d you stop?It sounded really good!"
Pan looked nervous,and her eyes were closed,her hand behind her head.
"Erm,I never hear more of the song than that!"
Bra fell.She came back up with a strange smile on her face,anime style.
"Well then sing something you actually KNOW!!"
Pan gave her a seething look,but sang another song. She breathed in and said,"Cue scary music," before singing again...
!~~~@~~~~
Once upon a time you whispered softly in my ear
Loving words and fairy tales that I longed to hear...
I gave you my body and soul,and you took control
as you slowly swept me up and carried me away ~ you told me pretty lies
as I held onto you tight
you knew how to get your way
ignorance was bliss in your warm embrace...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pan stopped singing again.
Bra looked agitated.
"What?!I thought you knew the whole song?!?"
"I do," calmly answered Pan,"but I think you only need to hear that much.If you couldn't name the one before,how the heck will you name this one?When you know their names,I will sing them both...er,or at least the second one!"
"How do I know that YOU don't know their names??" "Don't worry,I do.You just worry about yourself and not me," Pan smiled slyly.
"What is that supposed to mean!?" "I think Goten likes you!"
"Sugio!" exclaimed a very happy Bra.But she suddenly balled herself up and traced circles on the pavement. "But I'm dating Juu chan,aren't I?I mean,Shen seemed to like you more than he liked me!!"
"Oh please,every guy you meet falls in love with you!"
"It's lust,not love,and can you blame me for being blessed with good looks?"
Pan laughed,but Bra looked mad. "Hey,I was serious!!"
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Trunks was ignoring work (as usual) when Goten had stopped by.It had to have been around four,but he didn't have a watch in his office.Another trick of Bulmas' to keep him on the job. He was told of Pans' more than spontaneous feat of throwing him out of the house,but he figured it would happen,what with his choice of words in the morning.He hoped she thought he'd been joking,but there was another spark of hope that told him he wanted her to love him in return. Maybe he should have chosen to be with her when he had the chance,but he could only hope that she would accept him now.
"You still hung up on Panny?Man,you better tell her how you feel before she leaves!Who knows?She might not ever come back again!!" Goten laughed,joking,Trunks,however,took him seriously out of his own fears. "She's gonna LIVE in the STATES?!" "Sure,why not?" "Because she needs to stay here!" "No she doesn't,Trunks!She's grown up now,get over it!She isn't the Panny- chan we used to know and love,she's a young woman now and we have to respect that" reprimanded Goten.Trunks felt a twinge of annoyance slice through him. Here he was acting like a child and being scolded by Goten.
'What a twist of fate,'he thought with a twitch.
"Look Trunks,I should go now.Who knows,maybe mom'll need my 'help' in the kitchen!Ja,huh?!"
he waved,jumping out the window and flying away.Trunks sighed. 'So she's off to the states for four years.hmm....Let Freedom ring!'
~~~~~~~
Pan sighed as she went back into the depths of the Briefs home.
The sunset was always beautiful up on the rooftop,but she couldn't explain it.She wondered if Bulma knew about the sunsets there...
After making several promises to Bra about making sure she was and would remain her one and only BFF even whilst in college,the girl went off to bed,leaving Pan alone.
Pan lay there,thinking.
How long had she been there?Four days?
'Time sure does fly...'
Including that Monday when she and Bra had met Shen,Pan had been sleeping in Bras' room for four days...
'So that makes today Friday,right?'
Pan stared at the dark ceiling for an eternity before she finally got up.She couldn't have been asleep for more than a few hours,but it was five o clock in the morning.
She went down to make herself a light breakfast.
A few cereal boxes later,Pan was still eating silently,still thinking.
She had been,for the most part,undisturbed and she relished it.
She realized she;d been thinking a lot lately,even for her.She was 'going weird' on her parents,as they called it,and Bra seemed to do nothing but give her commands lately.
Was this how trapped she truly was?
So confined that her own feelings went unnoticed and her welfare ignored?
So trapped that she couldn't breathe mentally?
She couldn't live like this forever!! She would run away,then,and she would plan it for years. What better opportunity than the one thatw as staring her in the eyes?America was fine:nothing there that she couldn't handle.How many 'thugs' could,rather would,dare touch her?They'd have to keep up with her first! Pan looked up from her cereal,the previous stirring motions she had been previously making completely still.
A determined look crossed her features and she whispered,"I'll do it.
Even if it takes forever!"
As she finished her last bowl,however,she managed to have second thoughts,although she was already set on doing it.
As she washed her bowl,Pan felt a tear slide down her cheek, her silent sobs went unnoticed,her desperate whispered apology too quiet...
"Im so sorry,Bra...I might never see you again!!"
~~~~~~~~~~
I know,I know,I should write longer chappies,and I've wanted to,but I promised I'd update in about a week and I almost always keep my promises :)
I think you guys know where this is headed :D
Try to name those songs up there.If you can name the second one,umm...you win a virtual chocolate cookie,lol.
BUT,if you can name the FIRST,I'll update in less than a week...TWO chapters!!
Otherwise,you may have ot wait another week or two before I update again!!
:(
Fayes Eyes