You Again
Chapter 2
Ages:
Pan: 24
Bra: 24
Trunks: 34
Goten: 34
John: 31
Disclaimer: There is none! So sue me! Hehe because I got nothing
Pan opened the door to her house and walked quietly in and placed her briefcase on the couch.
Where is she?
A sudden scream brought Pan to the kitchen where Bra was standing on the table screaming.
"Bra!"
"PAN!!!!" Bra jumped cautiously down.
"THERE IS A GIANT MOUSE!!!!"
"Bra! You are sacred of that?? You should have blown its head off, by now."
"It was white and gigantic and it had red eyes with long saber teeth!!"
Bra made hand motions to show how long the teeth were or how wide the eyes were.
"You've been watching too much TV, B-chan. John is coming over to have dinner."
"Nani? I thought you broke up with John for like the 500th time. What are you doing back with him?"
"I'm not with him. He's bringing Trunks and Goten over."
All of a sudden Bra got all dreamy-eyed. Pan waved a hand in front of her best friend, "Hello???"
While Bra was still daydreaming of what only Kami knows, Pan was taking her temperature.
"Well 98.8 is great. You seemed to have broken your fever I guess you aren't sick anymore."
Bra nodded dumbly as she came back to her regular self. A flash of terror crossed Pan's eyes as she looked through the refrigerator.
"We are running low on food. I forgot to go and get the groceries."
"I have some fresh capsules in the cupboard. We can use those."
Pan hugged Bra, "You are a lifesaver!"
"I know."
Hopefully she doesn't remember that I wasn't supposed to go outside...
Bra straightened out the pink summer dress she was wearing, even though it was the middle of fall. What else could you say? It was Southern California!
"So what are you going to do about him?"
"What choices do I have?" Pan rubbed the back of her neck, an inherited habit.
Bra listed the options as well as counted them on each finger, "One, come when he calls and fall into his arms and we all go back to Japan. Option number one earns a very mean growl from Pan Secondly, refuse to talk to him completely and go a bout your own business as usual. Hopefully he'll get the idea and leave you alone. Third, tell him in his face what has been going on and to buzz off. Fourth, kill him. Fifth….is…to…run away."
Bra shrugged and enthusiastically stretched out her open hand as to show that Pan had five options. Pan tapped her foot on the tiled floor of the kitchen and groaned, "This sucks."
The cerulean haired woman playfully mimicked her friend then smiled back, "I suppose we should start making dinner. I wanted to prepared my favorite house special soup!"
They both agreed that it would be best to forget their current problems in cooking. Pan set about gathering ingredients for Bra's special soup and Bra was cutting the onions into tiny cubes. Bra wiped her eyes, which were being bothered by the onions.
Stupid Onions...
Pan smirked and made a sarcastic remark, "Why you crying? Did the little mouse bite you?"
Bra pointed the knife at Pan to make her stop laughing. Pan smiled innocently and went back to work. A five minute argument on the main type of meat for the soup never did come to the conclusion either of them liked and instead of pork or chicken, they chose beef. Bra mindlessly chatted about her 'boring' day and was careful to stay away from certain subjects.
There was a firm knock on the door and Pan wiped her hands and went to go and answer it.
"Hello, Pan."
Oh sure John was at the door, all right, but so was Trunks! Pan sent a piercing, angry stare at the both of them, then calmed herself.
"Okay thanks Trunks, for bringing John over, now bye!"
Both of them gave Pan a smug, defiant look and John made his way into the door with Trunks behind him, "Nah I decided to invite him over. I love reunions."
Pan seemed to quiver as she held two balled fists at her sides, "Well guess what John? You won't be at your next reunion."
He visibly paled and Trunks chuckled closing the door. Bra came into the room to see what all the commotion was about. Trunks, still unable to sense her ki, was in shock and awe at her. She had grown so much and was so beautiful now, as was Pan. Bra's blue eyes turned liquid as she quickly ran up and hugged her brother, nuzzling her head into his suit, "Nii-san…"
Pan stood there defeated. Her entire expression lightened. How could she tell him to leave now? A pang of guilt entered her as she saw the two siblings reunite. John held a smug look his handsome face, "I love reunions."
Pan closed her eyes and nodded. Bra pushed away lightly and wiped any small tears away from her eyes. She laughed and tugged Trunks into the kitchen, "I'm making dinner for John and I know I have more than enough left over for you."
John gazed over at his close friend who was speechless and downright confused in emotions. They, too, walked into the kitchen and Pan went back to making dinner after she dismissed John when he asked to help. John and Trunks sat at the table not to far away.
Trunks motioned to Bra, "What was wrong that you needed Pan home at that moment?"
Pan rolled her eyes, "She saw a mouse."
Trunks raised an eyebrow and the men shared a hearty laugh that left Bra most unpleased. Bra was almost finished with the soup and let it simmer while going to sit next to her brother. Pan pointed a wooden spoon at Trunks, "Just to let you know, I want you out of this apartment after the meal. I don't care how long I haven't seen you. Bra, I don't care if you leave with him to catch up on things, he is your brother, after all."
Trunks frowned and Bra nodded in understanding, both thinking relatively the same thing. Well that was blunt.
The rest of the evening went by fast, fortunately for Pan, with little to none uneasy moments. Trunks left after begging Bra to come with him to see Goten. Pan was most certain that she would leave right then and there, but she didn't. Bra knew that she couldn't leave Pan by herself. John was still quite chipper as usual, twice chatting with his new girlfriend on his cell. Pan and Bra sat down next to him on the couch, "Wasn't that eventful?"
Pan smirked, "You could say so. You seemed so in love every time he mentioned Goten's name. See?! There you are doing it again!"
Bra's deep pools sparkled as she sighed and came back to herself (well almost), "Uh hu…"
Pan laughed and took John's cell out of his hand and spoke to the brunet on the other end with feigned bubbly ness, "Kimi? Oh hi Kimi dear! It is Stella! Doing great right, girl? Yes you did manage to grab yourself quite a looker! You agree too? You two lovebirds doing anything this week? Oh really? That was so nice of him! Nah he is just over at my place and Lila's, yeah for a bit of dinner and workings on the Corporation. Nah you are right, you don't need to worry about us. We are just friends, he is all yours dear. Trust me, even if we tried, he loves you way too much. Rolls her eyes at Bra Yeah well I have to go, ta ta darling!"
She closed the cell phone and handed it back to John with his goofy look on his face. Bra giggled, "You would do quite nicely as an actress, dear."
Pan gave Bra a light punch in the shoulder and turned back to John, "It getting late. Are you leaving soon?"
"Aww…you want me out so badly? You are right though, I have to go."
He got up and straightened out his suit and walked to the door with exceeding grace. Bra and Pan watched him as he open the door and turned to there direction. In a high mocking voice he left with one saying, "Ta ta darlings!"
Pan glared at the now closed door and Bra laughed. Bra placed her hands in her lap, "Pan I wanted to know if we could go back to Japan with Trunks and Goten."
Pan was disinclined to even consider Bra's statement. Did she want to even go back? Of course she did. She thought of how her parents were and her old friends, if they were even there. Eight years was a remarkably long time.
"Pan-did you hear me?"
"Yes, we shall go back."
Bra grabbed Pan into a large hug, "Thank you so much! I know this is big change for you but it'll all work out you'll see."
Sarcasm dripper in her voice, "Oh happy day."
"Yet again, I cannot believe you talked me into an entire fun filled day with Trunks."
"It won't be that bad Pan."
"Oh yes it will."
Pan and Bra parked their car in the parking lot, "Besides John is here with his girlfriend, you can always hang out with them."
A private beach bought by Mr. John Conner was the perfect place to get Pan warmed up to Trunks right? Bra thought her idea was great. I'm so brilliant! I'm so beautiful! Kami, I'm perfect.
It was nice little resort. Three miles of the beautiful Pacific coast that John had bought for his high employees to come and relax. Several cabins were scattered up and down the bay along with numerous of planted palm tree to provide privacy and shade. Pan and Bra grabbed their bags and walked out to a palm tree in the sand. Pan pointed
Pan rushed over to Bra who was still cooking, "Bra..."
Bra looked over to her and Pan continued, "I'm going to go to the gym."
Bra looked worried but nodded her head anyways. Pan coughed a bit and Bra spoke up, "Hey you don't look so well. You should stay here and get some rest."
Pan shook her head, "No thanks."
Pan grabbed her coat, shoes, and a towel and left for the gym. The snow was so refreshing to Pan and she walked 15 minutes towards the gym. She touched her head and felt it slightly hotter than usual but dismissed it when she came to a large building.
Pan walked in and showed her members card and went to a empty room with a punching bag in it. She sighed and took off her shoes and coat then started to beat on the bag. After 20 minutes there was a rip sound and the bag fell apart from the side.
Pan wiped her brow and continued her usual training. After 2 strenuous hours training she came back to the bench she placed her stuff on and wiped her face with her towel. She capsulated the coat and put her shoes back on.
Pan left the gym and started coughing. It was far to warm in her body to place the coat on but really cold in the snow. Pan's face started to flush and she took to the sky to get home faster, but this was her one mistake. She started to feel queasy and light-headed.
Oh my...
Pan found herself dropping and more rapidly by the second but she didn't have enough strength to pull herself up. Pan looked down to see nothing but road and a few cars passing by.
Great! Snow is everywhere and the one place I'm going to fall is on a road! It'll all be over in a few seconds. Hey is that a marshmallow? OH kami! I'm hallucinating. Heh I'm in so much trouble.
An actual smile came across her face and hummed.
OH kami! I know what I'm doing but seem to have lost it. This ride is fun!
She closed her eyes and waited for her body to come in contact with the ground below, but it never came. Something had grabbed her but her saneness had totally been lost.
Pan opened her eyes to make out a figure but fell unconscious.
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