Forsaken Saiyan

Chapter 2

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Well, this is my first DBZ fic. Of course I suppose I should have stated all of this in the 1st chapter but since I was kinda in this odd mood I failed to do that. Anyway, I plan on making this fic quite long. I already actually have the next chapter all written.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT own DBZ but I do own my own characters and am very grateful I do because they are so ….::forgets what she's saying as she pictures them in her head drooling:: Er….gomen. So don't kill me Akira! Although I wouldn't mind a little spilt blood hmm…OK! Moving on…

WARNINGS: This will eventually be very Yaoi… that's the plan anyway ::sweatdrops:: Heh…so anyway, yes, VERY guy guy action so you are now warned don't like it… don't read it. Simple as that. Also some swearing…ok…probably quite a bit of swearing. Oh yes, and my lame humor. Most of this starts in this chapter and if you aren't completely fond of any of the previous warnings then I suggest you leave right about now…

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THE PAST, STILL ON UNKNOWN PLANET

The air was fresh and clean as always when the sandal clad young man found his way to the outside world. He couldn't help but half smile when he continued to inhale and exhale deeply. Taking in all the scents and freshness he could possible. The heat on this planet was extreme to say the least. Being mostly covered in sandy desert except for one large ocean and the occasional oasis here and there. Speaking of oases…

"OASIS!!! HEY!!" His head turned to gaze in the direction the call had come from. An amused look plastered onto his face as he realized whom the caller was. Approaching at a jog was a similarly clad young lady. The difference between the two become evident as she became only a few feet in front of him and slowed to a walk. Her hair was long but the sides were pulled to the back in something resembling a clip. It ran down past her shoulder blades in spiraling curls. Its color was an interesting, metallic looking, dark purple. Her locks always reminded him of the sky above at night. He loved the sky at night, but would never openly admit to loving her hair, of course.

The rest of her body was just as fascinating. For the wings upon her back had to be the most extremely fascinating. They were as long as she was tall when she had them folded in a resting position behind much like they were at the moment. The feathery look they had was in fact what they were created with; all were grayish in pigment. Her ears were different from his, instead of rounding off at the top they went up into a point. Black claws were substituted for nails and weren't very big just sharp.

She stopped about two or three feet in front of him with a large grin forming on her face. He glanced down at her from his 4-inch height advantage still with an amused expression. Up close he could see her tanned skin much better. It wasn't extremely dark just tanned, like as if he would be had he stayed outside as much as the others on the planet did. The silky looking flesh covering her body, and basically most of her race, held a shade similar to that of mocha. Her eyes appeared much clearer to his focus at this distance. They held the same color of her hair. That was one of the few things they had similar. His eyes and his hair possessed the same pigment and her hair and eyes held the same pigment. Although his was black and hers a metallic dark purple he still considered it a similarity. Of course this theory was completely thrown off when his hair blazed blonde and eyes changed to blue.

During the years, the image of her appearance plastered itself into his brain and would last there for eternity. So he decided to stop examining it at this moment. A brow raised as he spoke, a deep voice emerging from his vocals.

"What do you want, Shoku?"

Whatever smile or show of happy emotion faded instantly from the young woman's face. It was replaced by much of the opposite. Brows furrowing and teeth gritted together to reveal slightly sharper and more pointy canines then his own. The change in expression didn't seem to faze him, actually it looked like he expected it. His amused expression was added to by the small pull at his lips to form a smirk.

"YOU IDIOT DON'T CALL ME THAT!! How many times do I have to tell you to NOT call me that?! You'd think it would have sunk into that dense brain of yours after all this time! But NOOO….wouldn't want anymore miracles coming from your direction!" She let out an annoyed sound as she looked up into his face hoping her words would at least wipe the self-satisfied smirk from his face.

It did, but not in the way she intended. Her words hadn't bothered him until the last comment reached his ears…and his soul, what was left of his soul anyway. She hadn't meant those words to even bother him let alone cause him to frown. Along with the frown brows furrowed in frustration and he managed to shoot her a glare that disturbed her greatly. She quickly went back over what she had said and eyes widened as realization set in. Clawed hands quickly came up to clamp over her mouth. She grimaced as she thought about it more and more. He had begun to walk away from her after the glance had been made but she removed her hands clamped onto her mouth to reach out and grab his arm as he past her. "Wait…"

A sigh escaped her as she attempted to catch eye contact but to no avail. He stopped walking away when she grabbed him but that was all he had stopped doing. Refusing to turn and face her she was forced to walk back in front of him even though he still refused to look her in the eye, too. She held his arm tightly not wanting to let go in case he would start to walk away again. Knowing from past experience when she pissed him off like she just did that when he walked away and didn't want to be found…he wouldn't be found. One time it had taken a week before he had finally returned home. Lucky for her though that incident had not been her fault but another's. But she knew that if she did make him angry enough he would have no problem leaving for a week. She wasn't going to take that risk.

Her mouth opened and closed several times before she was able to make any comprehendible sounds come out. "Look Oasis, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean it like that. You know that deep down that I didn't mean it to sound like that. And um…well I'm really sorry and I'll take it back if you'll let me. Please?" Her eyes pleaded as much as her words. He could see the sincerity of her apology through her eyes from the corner of his own.

Sighing he rolled his eyes and the frown fell away being replaced with an expression of forgiveness. "I know you did not mean it like that but…"

"But..?"

He internally half smiled at her tone. "But…you can not take it back. It is not possible."

She sighed in relief and released his arm. "Phew, I thought it was going to be a bad news bringing 'but'."

A shake of his head and another roll of his eyes was brought on by that statement. 'How can she be so light hearted about that? Does she actually believe one day she'll say something or do something much worse than a insensitive comment and things will just be ok if she's told she is forgiven?' Inside he continued to muse over those questions and more, as he thought about it deeper. He wasn't given the chance to think about it for long as for the second time this morning he heard someone calling out to him.

"OASIS!? FEXOS!? IS THAT REALLY YOU GUYS OVER THERE?!"

A hand came up to rub at his temples, for the instant he heard the voice he knew whom the caller was. He figured there was no chance of escape any time soon from either of them now. Another sigh was expelled as he surrendered to his coming torment.

The young lady now known by the names Fexos and Shoku turned around to greet the joining caller. Her hand shot up into the air to wave at the approaching other while simultaneously smiling wide and calling back. "PRINCE PION IT IS US!! COME ON, COME JOIN OUR LITTLE CHAT!" A sly smirk played at her lips as she continued to wave her hand towards the newcomer.

Oasis glared down at her, "Hey, I see that…" Blinking once as he rolled his eyes to the side to get a glance at the prince while he approached, without having to move his head, then blinking them back to glare at the woman again. His brows furrowed increasing the severity of his glare. "You planned this didn't you." It was an accusation but not a question for he already knew the truth of it.

Answering anyway, her sly smile disappeared and the most innocent look she could muster appeared. "What? Little ol' me? Plan this? Don't be silly….why would I? What reason do I have to do something like that? Plan it…humph. I'm hurt you would accuse me of something so incredibly diabolical and sneaky. Shame on you, Oasis. Shame. On. You."

Inside the confines of her mind thoughts containing days and times of the prince's appointments flowed through it. She had known he would be passing this exact spot this morning. Although her plan had allowed extra time to rouse and drag Oasis down from bed. Fortunately, he was already in the right spot when she started to make her way over to him earlier. So this so called plan of hers was as much for Oasis's benefit as her own, for reasons still unknown.

Before he could respond to that she smiled and looked towards the prince who had just come within hearing distance of their conversation. With a few more steps he'd be in front of them, which he soon was. He gazed at the two of them taking in their appearance and especially their expressions while his held an amusing look similar to the one Oasis had on previously when he met up with the young woman.

"Well, well…if it isn't the beautiful Fexos, so kind of you to grace me with your presence. I'd say the same for you there Oasis but something tells me that scowl on your face wouldn't appreciate it. What's got you all irritable so soon this morning?"

His annoyance at the prince's presence…no wait correction at both of them at the same time was much too overwhelming and killer on his nerves. "Hn, as if you didn't already know. You just being here is good enough cause for anyone to become irritable."

The prince smirked at him not at all surprised by the statement. "Ah, yes well should have seen that one coming. It 'tis one of the few joys I have in life. Especially when the victim happens to be you."

He couldn't help but roll his eyes at that one. Stepping forward to close the two-foot gap between him and the prince he stared hard into his eyes. The grim expression on his face faltered a bit as he did this though and internally he cursed his weakness. Ebony eyes gazed into deep metallic blue. Swallowing hard as he tried to become more threatening looking to the prince whose eyes danced with amusement at his closeness. 'He acts like he can actually tell I'm having a hard time here. Grrr! Stupid Droo doesn't even know when he should be scared!'

The prince's eyes just smiled back amused at Oasis's attempt to intimidate him. Of course he knew that the man was having a difficult time, he always knew. It was easy for him to spot the man's emotions even when he tried his hardest to conceal them from all. 'This would be cute if he were a girl.' That thought had him faltering a bit now. Did he just think that? What the hell was wrong with him!? Of course this wouldn't be cute! What was he thinking?! This was Oasis! And a GUY! And again OASIS! Not to mention the fact that they weren't even of the same species! 'Not that that ever mattered…' Whoa?! WHAT!? Ever mattered?! Why did he just think THAT?! It was basically admitting there was something there despite the species line. And there was DEFINETLY NOTHING there! Hell no!

The controversy and conflict spinning round in his head was very clearly expressed on his face. The other two next to him were looking at him oddly, and he didn't notice their gaze on him until now. He struggled to gain composure and his superior attitude back again…but this failed. Not wasting the opportunity, Oasis took the floor; so to speak.

A smirk formed immediately on his face as he noticed his prince's struggles. This amused him greatly. He wondered what had caused the usually well-collected royal to lose himself like that. 'Could it have been me?' He quickly dismissed that thought as he realized how foolish it sounded. Of course it couldn't be him. He wasn't much of a threat to the prince…well as far as the prince and the rest of society knew. And he was very much content with that assumption they had. However, he took this opportunity to up his little intimidation thing. This time he succeeded.

"What's wrong Pion? Actually getting some sense and becoming aware of who you are compared with me?" Oasis had no idea how true and yet completely in another direction than he intended what he said was.

Ignoring all else but the fact that this…this…fool still insisted on thinking he was superior to him and was even allowed to address him by his name with no title in front of it like he deserved. He felt himself begin to growl at Oasis, his own feathery gray wings going taut as the tension in them built. His hands balled into fists, while his blackened claws nearly pierced the skin of his palms as he pressed them down hard. Metallic blue bangs hung down over his eyes as he stared hard into those of the other. In height they were basically equal so this wasn't too difficult.

"You are the one that needs to learn their place! You filthy, no good, foolish, even a poor excuse for a monkey!!"

Uh-oh. That was something that ran through Fexos's mind when the prince's statement rang down into her pointy ears. 'This is going to get very bad very quickly if I don't do something. And to think I set this all up for their own damn benefit! Geese nice way to thank me guys!' A million things raced through her head as she tried to come up with something to keep them from getting physical. And no not like that…minds out of the gutter…for the moment. She couldn't believe she couldn't think of a single thing that would calm them down right now and keep them from literally ripping each other's throats out. 'Make a mental note to never ever plan a little get together ever, ever again!'

Luckily for her she wouldn't have to come up with anything. In the process of her thoughts the two guys had been sharing death glares between each other until Oasis felt his rage at the statement build and build within him. Before he even knew it himself and could prevent it, not that he could have with his head clouded with rage, his body took the step for him and jumped him into a level much more capable of handling his rage.

The other two looked on in amazement and somewhat horror at the transformation. An extreme amount of pain coursed up and down his spine especially lower back before the crackling of energy and power surrounded Oasis. Hair flickered from black to blonde and his eyes from black to blue. In the process his headband burst into two as his hair went completely blonde and spiked completely vertical save a bang or two. Even though in a new level of power he felt his balance become a little uneven and he couldn't help but fall down into the sand under him. "Ow.."

Even though overwhelmed by the shock of him transforming they both glanced at each other then back down at Oasis before blinking several times. Even through their blinking both failed to notice something different about Oasis besides blonde hair and blue eyes. Shaking their heads out of their little blinking trance they rushed over to check on their friend. Fexos and Prince Pion both bent down and attempted to help him up but he pushed them both away. Luckily he remembered his strength in this state and just tried to tap them instead of actually pushing them. He growled at the prince to inform him he especially wasn't going to accept help from that nimrod.

Securing both hands and arms into the sand he assisted himself in standing up but only felt unbalanced and fell right back down. This time however he was able to catch himself and instead of face first in the sand he got butt in the sand which was far better in his eyes until…

"OWWW!!!!"

He screamed and felt his body leap into the air as he felt pain course through his lower back and butt area. His hands shot under him to help his injured area as he fell back to the ground from his leap. Blinking eyes filled with wonderment and continued shock, watching him go up and down and then back way up and fall down into a crouch this time around. He waited for pain to come but it didn't. Suddenly he remembered when he had brought his hands to his backside for a few seconds to check, after shooting up into the air, for injuries. He hadn't felt anything serious…but…he glanced over his shoulder and his eyes widened at the sight before, or behind, him.

He amazingly enough began to giggle as he stood up and reached behind him to grasp his newly returned treasure. The prince and Fexos dropped their jaws in shock and the same thought crossed their minds as they stared at their friend. 'IS HE GIGGLING?!?!'

Fexos was speechless she couldn't speak if she tried, which she did but just couldn't. So the prince had to be the voice of reason, literally. Clearing his throat, trying to rid himself of shock, he began. "Ahem. Um….uh…Oasis…" Screwing his attempt at proper questioning, "What the hell is going on?! And why is your hair blonde and your eyes blue and …and WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GIGGLING AT!?"

To his own dismay he was pulled out of his happy, little giggling party and dance as he grimaced at the prince's words. He turned his body around slowly to face his friends while discreetly hiding his special treasure behind him unknown and unseen to the other's eyes. Already knowing this tactic wasn't going to work….he tried anyway.

"Uh, what are you talking about, Pion?"

Yep, that didn't work at all. Even Fexos wasn't convinced in the least and was just now coming out of her vegetative state. Pion gazed intensely at the now blonde man in his best try at piecing the puzzle of this man together, which was basically impossible. He was going to try though, even if it killed him. And this particular little incident was going to be where he picked up his search for the truth. Out of the corner of his eye he caught a movement. He watched the spot where he saw a brownish blur appear, almost giving up after a few seconds thinking it had been nothing but then it appeared again. 'What the hell?!' Metallic blue widened in stunned fascination at the little brown blur that would appear to the left of Oasis every few seconds. After its appearance for the 4th time, he had to verify it had been real, he stepped forward up to Oasis and continued to step behind him until Oasis turned to keep him from doing so.

"What are you doing, Pion?" The tone was slightly panicked but contained a sense of calm to mask it but the prince heard the panic loud and clear. It made him smirk.

"I'm going to find out what you're hiding from me. Starting with what's behind your back!" He leaped behind Oasis again but to no avail. Oasis turned again.

There was however a flaw in Oasis's plan. For he didn't take into account the presence of the other being with them. A scream caught both the boys' attention and they turned to look back at Fexos. Oasis had turned completely around, preparing himself if the need for a fight presented itself, at the sound of her scream. Whatever plan he had about hiding his treasure was now completely screwed over when he did this.

"What's wrong, Shoku?!"

The prince had glanced at Fexos when she made the rather loud vocal sound but his attention was distracted by something hitting him time and again in the groin area as he stood behind Oasis. He looked down. Eyes widened at the sight while complete and utter fascination filled his soul. He hadn't seen anything like it before and for it to come from Oasis… Wow, he was joyously overwhelmed. He couldn't help himself even if he tried. He just had to. The urge filled him so passionately he really had no other choice and frankly he wanted to do this. So..he did.

Although knowing the consequences of his actions might have prevented him from doing what he just did. But on the other hand maybe he would have done it anyway. A smirk of complete pleasure, reflected up from his soul, appeared on his face. Eyes were intense and focused on what he was doing.

One second Oasis was ready for a battle next minute he found himself face down in the sand…again, for the second time today. This was getting really annoying. He wasn't a damned ostrich! He could feel the blonde and blue slip away from him along with its impressive power surge. Weakness took over him, he felt near to losing consciousness. What was happening?

Picking his head up a little, which was so tiring to him at the moment but he found himself doing it anyway. He was only able to get a glance at the culprit of his weakness before he lost the energy to lift his head and it fell back onto the sand. Moaning as he continued to lie there.

After Fexos had screamed she ran away. Not sure why she had done so but decided she didn't want to know what that thing was coming out of Oasis and why his hair turned blonde and his eyes blue. It was too much and she needed to think. So she ran…until she remembered she could fly. Duh! She took to the skies as she soared farther and farther away from the mysterious Oasis and the handsome Prince Pion.

Snapping only slightly out of his experimenting as he heard the horrid pain filled moans of the man he knew as Oasis. He blinked. 'Whoa… when did he fall back down on the ground?'

Not really knowing what else to do he just asked.

"Oasis are you alright? When did you fall down…again?"

Oasis attempted a growl but it came out as another moan, he cursed himself for weakness again. He was barely able to form words and understand being spoken to but he managed. "When your nimrod self decided it would be fun to grab my little newly returned treasure. I'd appreciate it if you'd let go now so I can at least…" groan…"feel somewhat aware of my surroundings."

Though hesitant at first, due to the fact he still wanted to examine the foreign appendage, he conceded and let go slowly. Almost instantly Oasis felt his strength pour and spread throughout his body. He didn't however turn back into the blonde haired blue eyed version of himself but he maintained the regular blackness throughout. In instinct and habit his tail, after being freed, quickly wrapped itself around its owner's waist.

Pion was amazed to say the least. 'Since when did Oasis have a tail anyway? Not to mention that whole hot looking blonde haired blue eyed trick thingy he did. What was that about? And had that crackling been power or something? And what…wait…HOT?! DID I JUST THINK THAT HE LOOKED HOT AS A BLUE EYED BLONDE?!?! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH ME?!?! IT'S OASIS!!!!!!! A GUY!!!!! Damnit….' He sighed deciding to just drop the whole internal conflict and get some real answers. Taking in the picture of Oasis and his newly found tail now wrapped around his waist sort of like a belt, he couldn't help but smile. Something about it just seemed…right.

After brushing as much sand off himself as possible in a few seconds he finally looked over at the prince. Noticing him focusing his gaze upon his body and now smiling. Oasis didn't like that. He began to glare back at the prince. Hoping that would stop him from doing whatever he was doing looking at him like that.

Glancing up at Oasis's face for a second the glare was given directly to his eyes. He felt his cheeks begin to heat up and turn a light shade of pink. What was he thinking staring and smiling all…well, he wasn't sure what it was 'all' but he was sure it mustn't have looked good.

Did he just see that? Is he still seeing that? The glare quickly faded from his visage as a brow raised both in confusion and amusement. Did he just catch his prince blushing…correction 'still' blushing? He couldn't help but smile with amusement at the thought. Racking his brain he couldn't think of many times he had every seen Pion blush. But the times that he did….

"So are you going to stand there practically smirking at me all day or are you going to inform me of your condition? And that..um…tail you have? Since when did you have that?"

Oasis was yanked out of his thought trail as Pion went into 'detective with attitude' mode. He really hated this mode. A sigh escaped him before he collected his thoughts and how he was going to respond to this new line of interrogation.

"It's none of your business. You're way too nosy for your own good. And one day its going to get you in a lot of trouble and on that day don't be thinking I'm going to be hanging around to save your ass."

Grr…why did he always have to respond to the 'detective with attitude' mode with the 'none of your damn business worry about your own ass' mode. That really pissed him off. But what could he do? He wasn't sure but he sure as hell wasn't going to let him of all beings talk to the Prince of Sandoor like that!

"It sure as hell is my business! And I have to be nosy its my duty. Besides it already got me into trouble it brought YOU into my life. Your enough trouble to last a lifetime. Not to mention the fact that every time we spare I'm the one always kicking your ass and you're the one always lagging down on the loser's end!" Humph, that ought to show him whose boss around here.

Internally he smirked but on the outside he just rolled his eyes at the pathetic excuse for a comeback. He knew full well that he had the strength to destroy not only this weakling of a prince but his whole race if he felt the wish to do so. They were just more beneficial to him at the moment then harmful. That's what he told himself anyway. It fed his ego and that's all it did. In his soul he knew he'd never be able to handle the torment of destroying another civilization at his own hands. His hands were and always would be tainted and stained with blood and he knew that it could never be taken back.

Before he felt the urge to rip him to shreds even more, he began to walk away from the prince. In hopes, he figured the more distance between them now the more he could think about what he needed to concentrate on. And it definitely wasn't the foolish antics of some measly prince he could squash like a bug.

Not sure what happened, exactly, Pion found himself staring at the back of Oasis getting smaller and smaller as he created more and more distance between them. He felt himself scowl, "Gah, stupid ape-like fool! He always walks away from me when I want to know something important!! Well, he's going to regret doing it at all next time I see him! AND KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN FORE WARNED OF THE TORMENT THAT WILL BEFALL YOU NEXT TIME WE MEET YOU DIRTY MONKEY!!! YOU HEAR ME OASIS!?! WATCH YOUR STEP FROM NOW ON!!!! Hn, idiot probably isn't even listening to me! I need to vent this frustration he always seems to cause me."

Considering what he said he took his own advice and headed for one of the arenas that had been built for Oasis when he had come to make his residence here. Not really paying attention anymore to where that monkey boy was going, he stretched out his wings and bent his knees to get some lift. Soon he launched himself into the air and found it somehow satisfying and calming to have the air, though hot, whip through his silky strands of metallic blue.

PRESENT DAY, EARTH

After a few rounds of the video game matches with his family, Goku was now attempting to pry the pint-sized 1/4 Saiya-jin from his muscular calf. Gohan and Videl had decided to get Pan back home to get ready for the sleepover their little girl had been invited to tonight. Although she wanted to go to the sleepover she didn't want to leave her Grandpa. Tears slipped down through her squeezed shut lids as she gripped Goku's leg tighter.

"Pan, honey, please let go of Grandpa's leg. He needs that leg. And don't you want to go to Kiko's house?" Gohan tried to persuade his only.

Through sniffles Pan turned her head to face her Daddy who was squatting down on the floor next to her. She refused to loosen her grip while she did so. And may have even tightened it a bit more as she spoke, due to the fact Goku winced almost unnoticeably.

"I do…but…but.."

She glanced up at her Grandpa who in turn touched his chin to his chest to gaze down at his granddaughter. He gave her a reassuring smile that he wasn't mad and wouldn't be mad at her no matter what she wanted to say.

"But what, sweetie?" Inquired Videl who stood next to Gohan in case he failed in his attempt to remove their suctioned daughter.

Pan glanced at her mommy then proceeded to glance at everyone else standing in the room. Goten was trying desperately not to laugh at the situation with a hand covering his mouth and the other rubbing the back of his head where his mother had previously hit him for doing so. ChiChi stopped glaring at her youngest to look at her granddaughter whom she gave a small smile to. Her childish eyes landed next on her daddy who was still smiling but his eyes showed concern. It felt good knowing that he cared. Lastly, she focused upwards at the encouraging eyes of the owner of the leg she still gripped tightly. She loosened her hold just a little just so his blood could still circulate under her strong hold.

"I-I….c-can't tell you."

She witnessed her Grandpa's eyebrows furrow in confusion. Sniffling once more before she continued to speak what it was she needed to ask. Her intentions were not to confuse her hero but to help him, although her firm embrace contradicted this. She knew what she had to do and now was her only chance. Being a child everything seemed to be revolving around the present while the future really wasn't given much thought. It wasn't her ONLY chance but to her the present was her best and only chance. She was willing to risk it, too. Before looking back at her father she locked her eyes, just as firmly as her grip, on her Grandpa's as she gave him a look that contained a mixture of concern, determination, and reassurance that everything was going to be alright, which was exactly what she felt. Goku blinked not sure if he imagined all that in that one little look.

Glancing at her daddy she asked, "Can I talk to Grandpa alone, pleeeease?"

Not sure what the extra emphasize on the please was for, since it seemed like a small request compared to ones he had granted in the past. He smiled lovingly at his daughter and tilted his head in a yes manner to let her know he approved. Gohan lifted himself into a standing position before looking quickly at everyone excluding Pan and his dad.

"Come on, let's leave them alone for a few minutes."

Videl locked eyes with Gohan. Her eyes were asking him what this was all about his reply was a smile and a shrug. She glanced down at her daughter and hesitantly walked into the next room following Gohan. ChiChi proceeded after them, dragging her youngest who was still finding the situation comical. A roll of the eyes along with a sigh was given as she dragged Goten behind her. Goten had no choice but to follow. His amusement, however, never depleted when he exited the room.

Once positive everyone was out of earshot Pan instantly let go of her victim, to his relief. Innocent eyes looked up into older ones as she searched for something she had been seeing within them for a long time now. What she was about to say needed to be verified once more just so she knew it wasn't a mistake. A sad smile formed on her small features as to her dismay she found what she had seen so many times now in her Grandpa's eyes.

Seeing her sad smile turned his into almost the same. What was wrong with his Panny? "Panny, tell Grandpa why you wanted to talk alone?"

Hearing his voice jolted her out of her thoughts and the locked gaze she had with him. Turning ebony hues away from another set of the same. Pan swallowed hard as her gaze hit the floor. What was she going to do? What had seemed like such a good thing to do just a few moments ago was turning into an awkward silence. Could she really tell her Grandpa what she felt she needed to say?

Goku's gaze remained focused on his young grandchild. Confusion and concern was clear through his entire being. He decided the best way to remove the silence was to level the playing ground, so to speak. To do this Goku bent down to place his body on the ground next to Pan. As soon as his butt hit the ground Pan looked across at him with a strange new sense of confidence. She felt she had the courage to tell him now and it showed in the newly forming smile on her face.

Goku couldn't help but smile wide. His idea was working very much to his advantage. Hope built inside him as he tried to stir up his granddaughter enough to tell him what he could tell she needed to say. "Panny….pleeeease tell me?"

She glared back at him for he was mimicking her please from moments ago. Her scowl faded as Goku did his trademark smile, hand behind his head and all. She shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Grandpa…."

Putting his hand down and letting the smile fade he allowed a much more serious expression to form as he waited for the same to reflect in the news he could feel Pan was going to say. Seeing these motions she got serious, too. Taking a deep breath before starting what she hoped would let her Grandpa know it was ok. That look appeared again in her eyes leaving Goku no choice but to believe the first time he saw it before had actually happened.

"Panny, come on honey tell me what's the matter?"

Having her hero's full attention right now may have at any other time made her melt into pleasure but now was not the time. Her face turned serious as ebony locked onto his face. "Grandpa, you don't have to pretend with me anymore. It's ok. I know….don't worry everything will be all right. But you've got to tell everyone so you can be really happy again. Ok?"

Shock instantly removed his serious expression. He was flabbergasted. 'What was she talking about? I am happy. Pretending? This is silly…she's only a little girl…how can she…', he watched on amazed at the child before him, 'know…?' It was ridiculous the little girl couldn't possibly know anything about what he was thinking. She HAD to be referring to something else, right?

"Pan, what do you mean?"

The little girl sighed as she heard the sounds of disbelief in his voice. She had a feeling he would be this way. Frankly, she was really starting to get angry with him. Why did he have to pretend with her?! Didn't he trust her enough with the truth?! Though within her she raged at the betrayal, outside she tried to remain as calm as she could.

"Grandpa, don't do that. You know what I'm talking about. Jus' cause I'm a little kid doesn't mean I can't see it. I see it every time I look in your eyes….it hurts doesn't it?" She walked up to him and placed her tiny hands on his face and looked deep into the portals to his soul.

Goku's portals opened wide as what Pan said sunk in. He decided to play dumb still, until he knew for sure that she was talking about what he thought she was talking about. No matter how ridiculous it was for him to think she might be thinking it.

"Pan, I don't understand what your trying to tell me. What do you mean does it hurt?"

A sad smile curled into her lips as she saw him doing it again. She was trying to get mad at him but she just couldn't. Not at her hero. Not for long. Her hands still softly held his cheeks as she looked on into endless ebony.

"Grandpa, please stop that. I'm not stupid. I can see it in your eyes you can't hide your hurt from me. I'll keep it a secret right now but…you have to tell them. They deserve to know, too. They love you. It will hurt them more if you lie to them more than you have already. Please don't do it anymore, Grandpa. You'll never be happy if you don't stop." Tears started to push their way out of her eyes again as she spoke.

Goku was stunned. What was he going to do? He could almost feel his heart ache at the sight of her tears like this. Bringing his hands up to her little ones he grasped them and held them while pulling them off his face. He sighed before he let go of one arm and used his to wipe a tear away with his finger. It seemed he was doing this tear wiping a lot today as well as what he was about to do now. Pulling her towards his chest he embraced the little girl. Holding her against him with one arm and using his hand of the other to stroke her hair.

"Shh…it's alright Panny. I'm not going to pretend with you anymore. Ok?"

She felt her eyes light up and her body expand with love and honor as he announced this to her. "Oh, Grandpa! Thank you! Thank you!" She hugged him tight and cried now happy tears into his chest.

Goku smiled a true authentic smile down at her while she gripped him just as tightly as she had previously to his leg. "Pan, I'm not going to be able to breathe soon."

Her eyes widened as she released him, "Oh…heh opps sorry Grandpa."

Goku couldn't help but smile as he saw the now family trademark pop up into Pan's expression and movement of her hand, which rested behind her head. His examination of this was cut short by the sound of a bell. The doorbell. Pan instinctively grabbed onto her Grandpa's leg again as he stood up. Goku looked down at her, sighing, as he realized he was back where they had started. And he thought there had been progress. Sheesh, children were strange. He reached down to try and pry her from his leg, again, but the doorbell rung once more signaling him it would have to wait.

"GOKU, ARE YOU GOING TO GET THAT!?!" ChiChi yelled from the adjacent room.

A sigh escaped him as he replied, "YES!"

One last glance down at Pan before he proceeded to the door speaking to whoever it was, "Hold on! I'm coming! I'm coming!" He found it a tad awkward to walk with a child strapped on to one leg and not the other. So much unbalance.

Pan squeezed tighter as Goku inched closer to the door. Her eyes shut tight evenly, if not more so, with her grip on the appendage. A lingering sense of fear flowed through her as they got closer to the door. She wasn't really, really scared just unsettled for some reason. Why?

Goku reached the door and gripped the handle, turned and pulled to reveal the producer of the annoying ring. Eyes widened and surprise covered his expression when his gaze landed on the figure on the doorstep.

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Hope you enjoyed it! If not….too bad for you I guess. And OooOOoooo Who's on the doorstep? Cliffhanger. Mild one. But one nonetheless. Alright so Pan is acting odd indeed, hmm? Wonder what's up with her? And WHAT is Goku hiding? Guess you'll have to read on and on to find out! And then Review! Cause that's always fun for me… not that talking to myself like this isn't or writing this but reviews are just so much more fascinating! Don't you agree?

'Til Next Time… Sayonara.

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