chapter 2
"I'm impressed" Trunks smirked, floating down to the GR floor "For someone who isn't elite, you sure put up a good fight"
"Thank you, you're majesty" Goten replied, with an arrogant smirk. Wiping his face with the towel around his neck, he bowed to his prince once more "Forgive me, but I must leave you now"
"Very well" Trunks waved off; dismissingly as he wiped the sweat from his face "You may go"
"Thank you" Rising from his bow, he left the training room, swiftly
"Well, I have half an hour to kill" Trunks said to himself "Might as well have a shower"
Throwing the towel to one side, he exited the area, strolling proudly, once again, down the corridors of his palace.
'That son guy…' he mused, as he passed servants who stopped to bow to him 'far too strong to be anything but elite…With a bit of training, he could become the third super sayain of Vegeta-sei…after my father and me of course'
"Hey, watch where you're going!" Someone screamed, papers and objects flying everywhere "Ah, nuts"
He rubbed his head, where the pile of…whatever it was had hit him and looked to the floor
"Who do you think you are?" He roared, watching the person scurry to pick things up "You move out of my way"
"Ooh, sorry" The person replied, sarcastically "Of course the person holding all this stuff who couldn't even SEE who was in front of them SHOULD have moved for someone who was holding NOTHING"
"PAY MORE RESPECT!" He screamed, beyond anger "I AM YOU'RE PRINCE!"
"And right now, you're annoying" The person fumed, the things on the floor piled back in their arms. Scrapping back their hair, Trunks could see the 'offending' person "What?"
He gaped at her, finding it impossible to tear away from her face… "Wow…" He whispered, wanting nothing more than to reach out and kiss her
"Oh, let me guess, I've got the contents of one of these damn things on my face" She scoffed, rubbing her face with the back of her sleeve "Thank you very much"
"PAN!" Someone else screamed, loud footsteps ringing through the hallways "What the hell do you think you are DOING?" Her father, Gohan, appeared at her side, taking half the pile from her "I am SO sorry you're highness, my daughter doesn't know what she's talking about"
"Hey, he bumped into me!" She yelled, facing her father
"He can kill you" Gohan whispered, in a sing song voice "You're highness, I beg you-"
"It's quite alright" Trunks spoke, finally finding his voice "As you're daughter said, it was my fault"
Gohan's jaw hit the floor "Wha…WHAT? You're highness?"
"And you are?" Trunks raised an eyebrow at the gob-smacked man before him
"Dr Son Gohan, sire" He bowed, quickly, a few bottles from his piles falling to the floor "This is my daughter, Pan"
"Pan…" He repeated, liking the way her name rolled off his tongue "I am sorry for 'bumping' into you"
"That's alright" She replied, cautiously "Thanks for the apology"
"You're welcome" He beamed, a large grin on his face "So…where are you going?"
"Hospital wing" Pan replied, using a spare hand to wipe back her hair "Giving my father here, a hand with medicines and stuff"
"Medicines for what?" He asked, still smiling
"Just…in case they find something in this 'examination' of you're…personally I don't see why you have to go, I doubt something's wrong with you and something was, its not like you cant afford the best treatment"
"Indeed" He smiled, not listening to a word she was saying
"Well…we have to be going now...got work to do" Gohan interrupted, tugging on the arm of his daughter
"Will I be see you again…later?" he asked, appearing at her side
"During the doctor thingy?" She asked and he nodded "No…I won't be there"
"Why?" He asked, with a twang of disappointment
"Well…you'll find out later. Bye!" She waved, dashing round the corner
"Bye" He replied, sighing with a smile
"What was that about?" Bra asked, appearing with her arms folded "Has my brother got a crush?"
"What?" He yelled, frowning down at his little sister "Don't be ridiculous"
"Then you might what to wipe that drool off your face" She smirked, smugly, pointing to his mouth "And move ya butt to the shower…"
"Oh and why should I listen to you?" He asked, wiping the corner of his mouth…just in case
"Coz…one. You're stinking out the hallway" She jeered, holding her nose "And two…you've got 10 minutes left"
"Oh crap" He cursed, running at top speed to his quarters
"Men" Bra muttered, rolling her eyes… "Hello…" Her eyes trailed the butt of a passing guy "OOoooo, and a doctor to boot…now that MY kind of man…You who! Doctor guy…HEY! WAIT UP!"
He buttoned up his shirt, perched on the edge of a hospital bed 'now I understand why she wasn't here' He thought, a slight blush at the memory... 'Kami, I must have sounded like a fool to her! 'Will you be there'…OF COURSE NOT...not that I would mind if she was…NO! It is wrong to have a lady present when a man is naked…unless they're mates…sure wouldn't mind if she was mine…'
"Sire?" Goten asked, poking his shoulder "Hello? Yo, your highness…SNAP OUT OF IT MAN!"
"Huh?" Trunks blinked, snapping from his thought "Oh, yeah …so, is everything alright?"
"As far as my brother and I can tell it is…not including the thoughts about my innocent daughter" Gohan frowned, appearing at the doorway, clipboard in hand
"I am not having such thoughts about you're daughter, Dr Son"
"Please" Gohan waved, adjusting his glasses on his nose "I'm her father…and it's my job to know who lusts after her…so I can kill them"
"Can't kill me though" Trunks replied, smugly
"Can't I?" Gohan frowned, not liking his attitude
"No" Trunks scoffed, his arms folded across his chest "One. I'm you're ruler and two. You can't kill a super sayain unless you're a super sayain"
"And what makes you think I'm not a super sayain?"
"Er…" Trunks gulped, slightly scared "You're a super sayain, aren't you?"
"Most of my family are" Gohan smirked and Trunks shuddered "Thought you and you're father were the only two? Well guess again!"
"Knock knock!" Pan grinned, pushing the door open "Thought you two would be hungry so I got you some…ok, Dad? I thought you said we had to respect our prince?"
Gohan, who was a super sayain, was currently strangling their prince while Goten tried to pry his arms off him
"Er…Just…testing his air ways honey" Gohan grinned, removing his hands from Trunk's neck "So, about the food"
"Yeah…ok" Pan replied, tucking her hair back behind her ear "It's in our rooms…"
"FOOD!" Goten and Gohan screamed, rushing out the door
"Hey, you ok?" Pan asked, checking on Trunks who was rubbing his neck "That looks sore"
"I'm ok" He replied, trying to keep his pride intact
"Still…" She drifted, looking through a shelf of ointments
"What are you looking for?" He asked, rubbing his neck
"Hmm?" She asked, picking up a tube "Oh, just some antiseptic. It should relieve some of the pain"
Handing him the tube, he squired some into his hand and hastily rubbed it into his neck
"No, don't…" She said, stopping him "Here, let me do it"
Rubbing the cream onto her hands, she worked it into the skin, gently, making it spread everywhere.
He resisted the urge to purr as her hands sent flutters up and down his spine. He closed his eyes, trying to regain his self control but failing quickly. And just as his last thread of control slipped through his fingers, her hands left his neck
"There, all done" She smiled, oblivious to the inner battle he had just gone through "that should be feeling better in no time"
"Thanks" He breathed, calming himself down "It does feel better"
"That's my job" She smiled, walking over to the sink and washing her hands "You can go now"
"Yeah" He whispered, rubbing his neck "Say, you doing anything later?"
"No…" She asked, turning around to look at him, her eyes reducing to slits "Why"
"Do you want to spar or something" He asked, a slight blush appearing on his cheek
"I'd love too" She smiled at him and he beamed, feeling please "But I can't
"Why?" He asked, feeling like he was just thrown to the ground
"The invitation to you're palace expires tonight…and I need to pack and stuff"
"I can extend it" He offered but she shook her head
"Sorry…as much as I love this place, we've got other clients to visit"
"Oh" He said, looking to the ground "Ok…then I guess I'll see you around"
"Alright" She shrugged, walking to the door "Hey, I have an idea. Why don't you come over to my house sometime? We're can spar outside in the forest. What do ya say?"
'A prince going over to a peasant's house?' he thought, looking at her 'if father was here he's blow a casket…but then again he's not…so…' "I'd love to" He grinned, walking her too the door
"Great! Be at my house on Thursday, say…midday?"
"Sure"
"Ok, see ya"
"Bye!" He closed the door and sighed, a huge smile on his face 'I, the prince of Vegeta-sei, actually have a date!'
"Oi! You! What you doing in here?"
"Dude, that's the prince!"
"Oh shit dude…" The voice whispered "Sorry man didn't know…"
Trunks rolled his eyes and left the room, the smile still visible on his face
"YOU DID WHAT!"
"Dad, it's cool, I just invited him over" Pan replied, trying to calm her father down
"WHEN WAS THIS…WHY WASN'T I ASKED FIRST?" He screamed, frantically pacing the room
"It was one of those…spur of the moment type…things" Pan replied, watching her father stride across the room "Dad, seriously, calm down …think of you're blood pressure"
"Pan…" He hissed, sitting at the table "I don't think you realize what you've done"
"Yeah, I do" She smiled despite his glare "Me and Trunks will spar outside for a few hours…whatever, then come inside, grab a snack and he'll go"
"Firstly, it's his 'highness' or his 'majesty'…never 'Trunks'. And secondly…HE'S THE PRINCE! Our house is no place for a royal to be seen in!"
"And why not?" She pouted, folding her arms in front of her
"IT'S A PEASANTS HOUSE, PAN!" He screamed, waving his hands in the air "WE'RE PEASANTS!"
"And you're point is…"
"Just…forget it Pan…" he sighed, resting his head in his hands "You fail to realize that this could ruin us"
"Dad, you get worked up too easily" She replied, patting her father on the back
"What's there to get worked up about?" Her mother asked, coming in the kitchen, armed with grocery bags
"Hmmm?" Pan murmured, only just acknowledging the fact that her mother had arrived "Oh, just that Prince Trunks is coming over on Thursday to spar"
"That's nice" Videl replied, dropping the bags on the counters… "WHAT! PRINCE TRUNKS IS COMING OVER!"
"Yeah mom" Pan replied while rolling her eyes "It really isn't a big deal"
"ISN'T A BIG DEAL!" Videl yelled, gripping her hair in frustration "WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT! ACK! I HAVE TO CLEAN!"
"You think that's bad" Gohan muttered through his fingers "Wait until chi-chi finds out"
