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A/N: Hi! coolkitty2 here! Sorry for the REALLY late update!!! My computer got a virus so I had to restart the whole thing and yeah...it was a pain... But yes! Finally I update once again!!! Thanx for your patience, enjoy! (P.S. Remember when Goku magically appeared in the previous chappie?...pleaz don't pay attention to him, he's gone and will be gone for this entire fic, I just kind of messed up there, I apologize for the confusion.)
Ages – Pan 20 Trunks 28 Bra 21 Goten 27 Marron 22 Uub 27
Reminder – "blah" means speak 'blah' means thoughts ---o--- means flashbacks
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Melting Ice
Chapter 3 – Making Changes
A lavender-haired man was sitting at his desk completing some of his paperwork, when his thoughts wandered off to the day where everyone had gathered at the Son residence. They had come to this house to comfort Gohan and his wife, Videl. They discussed about the daughter, Pan Son, who had shut off everyone from her life and acted as if she didn't need anyone but herself.
He remembered having this strong feeling inside him when he saw his little sister in tears whenshe returned from Pan's room. She and Marron wanted to try and convince Pan to return to them, but their hopes were crushed and doubts started sprouting after the short conversation with the girl.
Seeing everyone in the room so depressed over this whole situation, he knew that he had to do something about it. If no one else was going to step up, then he would. It was time to make some changes. He didn't like feeling helpless at all, especially when one of his closest friends was in need. Everyone was just standing there with sad faces and giving up without putting up a decent fight!
And that was when he knew, that was when he knew that he would take responsibility over this situation now. When he told everyone about his oh-so-magnificent plan at the time, he felt like he could make a difference and then, just when he had been so confident about his plan...it all came crumbling down on him when he later realized the consequences of his actions.
...What was he to do now???
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After the incident at the Son's house, Marron wanted to stay close to Bra more than usual because it was Bra that was with her when they had last talked to Pan. She knew what the girl had gone through in the tense room that day, and because she had visualized it with her, she knew that Bra understood her the most. And so, she spent the next few days at Capsule Corp, with her parents permission of course.
It was nightfall when the girls ran up the stairs to Bra's bedroom to get ready for bed. And as they got ready to go to sleep, Marron inquired a surprising question.
"...Bra?"
"Hmm?" Bra answered as she walked over to her friend; placing down the hairbrush she was combing her hair with on the night table.
"I was wondering...do you think your brother's idea will work?" Marron pondered as she sat down on Bra's bed.
The blue haired female looked a bit stunned at the blonde's sudden question, she stared at the girl for a minute or two before moving her eyes over to the wall. Her eyelids met with each other as she thought about the question. Deep down, she suddenly felt worried.
Her thoughts went off to the day before...when they had talked to their friend, Pan.
At the time, it seemed hopeless to ever get her back, but after some time...she had thought things through and she felt guilty in the end for jumping to conclusions. She felt ashamed to have misjudged that one meeting right then and there, how could she just drop her friend like that? She could never ever to that to Pan, and yet...she did.
And now, she was going to repent for it by helping her brother every step of the way. She was going to continue having faith in her friend and brother, and who knows, maybe...maybe little by little...they can reveal the true Pan once again. It would be difficult yes, but it was not impossible. She doubted about this before, but now...she knew that anything was possible.
Life was full of surprises as they say.
"Bra...? You there?" Marron questioned as she waved her hands in front of Bra. The girl looked like she was in a trance or something.
"E-eh?" Bra said as she snapped back into the realistic world.
"I said...do you think your brother's plan will result as a success?"
It took a while for her friend to respond...but when she did, a small graced her lips and her aquatic-blue eyes shimmered brightly. ...It didn't take long for Marron to figure out what her answer would be. The blonde just smiled back, now reassured. If Bra was this confident...then why shouldn't she be too?
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"Trunks???"
The lavender-haired man grinned as the woman scooted back from the door to allow an entrance. He bowed his head in response and stepped into the house.
Once inside, Videl closed the door behind her and faced the man with a curious expression on her face.
"What's wrong Videl? It almost seems that you're alarmed that I'm here." Trunks stated as a playful smile tugged at his lips.
Videl grew red in the face with embarrassment.
"N-no, not at all! In fact, I was just wondering why you were here...at a late hour too..." Videl's voice trailed off as she led her guest into the living room.
They were both seated on the couch when Gohan entered the room with an identical quizzical expression. He cocked his head to one side slightly and Videl giggled softly, she loved it when he did that...it was too adorable.
"What are you doing here...Trunks?" Gohan said as she eyed the man with curiosity.
Trunks' face grew serious as he shuffled a hand in his pocket. What he pulled out caught Gohan and Videl's interest, they both leaned in closer as they cocked an eyebrow up. Trunks chuckled and began to explain the small device that was held in his palm.
"This, this small bracelet-like think is one of my mom's newest inventions. I think I recall her making something similar to this before...but I think something didn't go right so, she decided to make a new and improved one..."
Gohan and Videl nodded in knowingly and encouraged him to go on further with his explanation.
"It's call a 'ki reducing bracelet' (sorry for the lame name... -.- couldn't come up with anything else...) it works wonders and like it states in the name, it reduces a saiyan's ki to a very low one, makes them kind of fall asleep instantly if you slip this on. And the best part is, it doesn't hurt the user at all. So it's no harm or threat."
Gohan nodded approvingly as she took the device into his own hands, observing the small trinket. Videl just simply smiled, fascinated with the object.
"So, why did you bring this over to us? Are you advertising for you mother?" Gohan questioned as he handed back the bracelet.
Trunks shook his head. "No, it's for Pan."
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"Stay away from me!"
"Pan, please...believe me I don't want to do this either but...you leave us no choice!" Gohan said with pleading eyes as he stepped closer to his daughter.
"Not a step further!" Pan hissed as she backed away towards the wall. Her eyes were fired with anger as she eyed the object in her father's hand. The trinket was a mystery to her...but from what she was seeing, it could only mean trouble.
"Panny...just give in, we're trying to help you..." Videl murmured, her hands were closed together and her gaze was fixed towards the ground, she averted her daughter's eyes in fear of the tears that were trying to burst out.
"I don't need anyone...," Pan whispered so softly that even her saiyan father couldn't catch, her eyes grew darker than its normal shade of chocolate brown. Her fury was flooding out and flaring around her body. And Gohan shuddered slightly as he sensed his daughter's anger but proceeded in closing the gap between them, Videl took a step back cautiously as she stared at her daughter with mixed emotions.
The frail body was trembling and her ebony hair fell over her face covering her eyes, "YOU HEAR ME! I DON'T NEED ANYONE!!!"
(Snap)
The bracelet slipped onto her wrist and the next thing she knew...her body fell to the ground and her world filled with darkness...
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"YOU HEAR ME! I DON'T NEED ANYONE!!!"
Trunks flinched at the outburst from inside the room. He closed his eyes with a painful frown, why did things end up being this way...it seemed just like yesterday when Pan would run to him with open arms, tackling him to the ground with a warm cheerful smile... He smiled sadly, he hoped that things would return to the way it was before, he really missed her even though she was just a couple of footsteps away... That wasn't Pan...the real Pan was miles away...distant from the others...
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"Trunks!!! I missed you sooooooooo much!!!" shouted Pan as she leaped into his arms.
"Heh, I missed you too Panny!" Trunks answered with a grin as he pulled her into his arms, giving her a brotherly hug.
---o---
He leaned against the wall and hoped that Videl and Gohan were successful with the bracelet, and he relaxed slightly when he felt Pan's ki drop.
'Yeah Panny...I miss you too...' Trunks thought as he slid down from the wall to the carpeted ground, burying his face into his hands.
A/N : Poor...everyone! y.y That was a little too short than usual...sorry guys! I hope it was well-written from my part though...eh, guess not. ;P Once again, thanx to all reviewers!!!! You guys are wonderful!!! . Pleaz review on your way out!!! I'll update soon! Bies for now!!! .
-coolkitty2