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Part 6
By: Christina
Dawn cracked upon the little shabby shack that sat on the side of the unpaved streets. Disheveled bodies crowded the streets as they made their ways to South Camp before they were punished for not following orders correctly. Gohan nimbly walked into the kitchen to gather his conscription notice.
"Gohan, take your cane." Videl ordered.
Gohan just warded her off and made the rest of his journey over to the small dining room table. "I have to be able to walk without the cane if I'm to survive."
"Pan was right." Videl muttered as she threw the useless piece of wood onto the ground. She went upstairs to talk to her daughter, to see if she needed comforting.
"Videl!" Gohan yelled upstairs.
"Gohan!" Videl yelled running downstairs. "You first." Videl rushed as she waited for Gohan to speak.
"I can't find my conscription notice." Gohan said quickly.
"And I know why." Videl said sadly. Gohan gave her a questioning look, but all he got was a piece of paper.
"What's this?" He asked aloud as he began to read it. His eyes widened. "NO! SHE CAN'T!"
"What are we going to do? She's already at the camp! Go get her Gohan!" Videl cried as she threw herself at her husband.
"If I do, she's surely bound for death." Gohan said hanging his head low. Videl could only cry into her husband's arms for herself, Gohan, and Pan.
"Where do I sign in?" A gruff voice barked as he reached the front.
"Over there." The soldier pointed. "Damn rookie." He muttered.
Pan walked over to the sign in table.
"Name?" The guard quickly asked seeing that he had to check in all the recruits for the next siege.
'Kami! I forgot to think up a name!' Pan yelled at herself mentally. 'What do I do? What do I do?'
"Well?" The guard barked impatiently.
"Son." Pan mustered.
"Son? You got a first name?"
"Itsu. Itsu Son."
"Give me your conscription notice." The man said as he took the piece of paper from her hand.
"Son? Son Gohan?" The guard asked amazed.
"That's right." Pan beamed with pride. He walked into the camp and past the guard that continued to stare at him in awe.
"I didn't know Son had a son." The guard said to himself. "NEXT!"
Pan walked into the tent that he was assigned to.
'Great, how am I supposed to pull of this charade?' Pan thought to herself. She continued to sit there and think while lying down on the bed gingerly. She hadn't gotten much sleep, and now she regretted that. 'I'll just wait until they call us all together.' She rested.
A rustling noise was heard as another entered the room.
"Heya roomy!" A bright, all too familiar, voice cheered.
Pan sat up instantly in her bed and looked around. "Goten." She whispered.
Goten's eyes enlarged as he noticed the familiar voice. "Pan, what are you doing here?" He whispered as he sat next to her on the bed.
"Goten, grab this will ya!" A third voice protruded.
"Dad! Get in here!" Goten said loudly.
"Oh, who's this Goten? Hi, my name is Son Goku." Goku said jutting his hand forward eager to make friends.
"Dad, it's Pan." Goten said with a slight disapproval.
"Pan?" Goku said sitting on the other side of Pan. "What are you doing here?"
"I took dad's place." She said with determination.
"What if they find out who you are?" Goten suggested.
"They won't, and you're going to help me make sure of that." Pan said sternly. "I had to do this for Dad, he could have gotten killed."
"And you won't?" Goku asked.
"I won't." Pan said standing to look at the two.
"I guess we don't have much of a choice now." Goten said not amused by the situation at all.
"Thank you." Pan said graciously.
"What's your name?" Goten said gathering all the information he needed.
"Itsu. Son Itsu." Pan informed.
"Itsu? Is that the best you could come up with?" Goku laughed as he walked over to his bed area to lounge for a while.
"Troops! Assemble!" A voice boomed.
Pan sat straight up in her bed when she heard this. She had seen many videos where the soldiers didn't assemble quickly enough and were punished with the highest severity known.
Pan dressed quickly in one of the 25 suits she had bought. She looked over at Goten and Goku as she got ready, they still slept!
"WAKE UP!" Pan yelled kicking their beds underneath them.
"Uhh…" Goten moaned.
"Come on, you're going to get us in trouble, and then I'll get in trouble!" Pan pleaded.
Goten reluctantly sat up in his uncomfortable bed and woke up Goku above him. They all dressed with a nonchalant silence and got ready for the brutal day to begin.
"I have to warn you, training isn't going to be easy." Goten said to Pan as he got the last of the cricks and cracks out of his neck.
"I was born ready." Pan said cracking her knuckles. She made sure everything fit in place. "How do I look? Like a guy."
"Yeah, a little too well." Goten joked.
Pan glared at him, but was at least thankful she could pass for one. "What about my hair? Not too long is it?"
"There are lots of guys around here that leave their hair unkempt like that. Just wear some pale make up or something…you have naturally bright skin." Goten said as he looked at her.
"Okay." Pan shrugged as she got the lightest shade of powder she had.
"Two minutes too slow." The commanding officer said as he clicked the stop watch. "This means you will owe me two hours extra."
Moaning and groaning sounded throughout the room, but Pan kept quiet. The last thing she needed to do at this moment was bring more attention to herself.
"ENOUGH!" The room suddenly quieted at the familiarity of the voice. King Vegeta walked in with his cape magnetically capturing their attention. "Now, I pity myself for having to be here at the moment, but this is a very serious problem we have at our hands. The reason you were all summoned is because of the peace treaty with Freeza. Some of you may have heard this, and some of you haven't. Freeza has been hinting that he is going to overtake the Saiyajin Empire. We have done so much for him and this is how he repays us? Well we will no longer stand for this insolence. Train vigorously with the thought of him as your ruler!" The King roared.
The crowd grew rowdy and stood on their tables and chairs to show their support. Pan looked around with disgust but noticed the King begin to look around the room.
'Can't be noticed, can't be noticed.' Pan chanted to herself.
"VEGETA! VEGETA!" The crowds roared amicably. Pan stood on her chair and began to grunt with the rest.
"I will be your trainer for the next three weeks. I have never been given a position of such low standards. You must all live up to my expectations or face the consequences. My status as future King relies on your performance, and I will not have any of you ruin this for me. Is that understood?" The Prince said walking in front of the assembled troops.
"Yes your highness." The group said together.
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
"YES SIR!"
"Very good then. Give me four laps around the planet." Trunks discarded with irritation.
The crowd bowed before their Prince and did as they were told.
'I can't believe this is all I have to do.' Pan laughed at herself. She looked behind and saw the rest of the troops lagging behind her. She smiled secretly to herself and kept running her 4th lap. She looked around her and was among the fastest of the Saiyajin race, Goku, Goten, and some others. Her grandfather would make Pan do 10 laps around the planet when she was younger. Four was definitely nothing to Pan.
She ended the lap with her Uncle and Grandfather and were soon standing at the finishing with some water in hand.
"You're that doctor that came to my house before." A voice said behind Pan.
'Uh oh, caught.' Pan thought unfortunately.
"Yes, that was me." Goten's voice boomed. Pan turned around slowly and saw the Prince was talking to Goten.
'Good hearing is such a curse.' Pan thought harshly. Every time someone would talk, she would think they were speaking to her. Pan continued to eavesdrop on the conversation while sipping her water.
"Yes, I would still like to thank you. I don't think the other doctor's knew what they were doing." Prince Trunks said as he himself sipped on some water.
"Yeah, I had to bring along my assistant. Women have their own set of issues, so I thought having female input might help the Queen relate a bit." Goten nodded.
"Yes they do have their own issues. Speaking of your assistant how is she?" The Prince asked.
"Fine your highness." Goten said with a hint of amazement. 'Why does he ask about Pan?' Goten thought curiously.
"That's good to hear." He nodded.
'He wanted to know about me?' Pan secretly smirked. 'Should I be flattered?' Pan wasn't sure about that.
"Hey Grandpa." Pan said sitting next to her grandfather. It was rude to eavesdrop, and Pan had done enough for the day.
"Hey." He smiled weakly.
"Getting too old for this?" Pan teased.
"Nah, just thinking that's all." Goku said as he wiped the fresh sweat that dripped from his face.
"Kakarotto." A strong voice said behind him.
"Hello your majesty." Goku said bowing before the King. Pan also followed suit once she realized the King was in her presence.
"Your power level has been climbing impressively." The King nodded. "You will spar with me later."
"As you wish your majesty." Goku spoke still bowing. The King snorted and left.
"Wow! You get to spar with the King!" Pan said excitedly.
"Not the first time." Goku shrugged. Pan looked over at her grandfather and suppressed a smile. She was so proud of her family, they were all so strong. The women in will and the men in power. It was a shame that they weren't part of the first-class due to unlikely standards (money), but it was nice to know that on some level, they were equal to royalty.
"You will spar with me later Son?" Another voice inquired.
"Yes sure." Goten responded. Pan looked over at Goten and The Prince as they shook hands.
'How cool is this!' Pan screamed to herself.
"And who's this?" The Prince said looking over at Pan. Pan looked around her to make sure that the Prince wasn't talking to her, but unfortunately, he was.
"I'm Son Itsu sir." Pan said in a husky voice.
"Son?" The Prince repeated.
"Yes, Son Gohan's son." Goten covered.
"Odd, I didn't know he had a son." The Prince eyed the boy carefully. Looking deeply into the young man's eyes, he saw it was very likely. 'They share the same deep soulful eyes.' He thought. "You any good at fighting?"
'Am I any good?!' Pan yelled in her head. "I can hold my own..." Pan snorted. Goten gave her a warning glance. "…your highness."
"You will spar with me later then, I will see what you've got." The Prince nodded in her direction.
"Yes your highness." Pan bowed. It was so weird. Is this really how the South Camp really was? There were no social boundaries when they all fought. Of course the Royalty was segregated from the warriors, but it was blatantly obvious that Royalty did have respect for the warriors that trained hard to save the planet. 'Maybe mom was wrong, they don't run the third-class like animals.' Pan stated happily at the mere thought of getting to challenge another person.
She had longed for so long to get to fight someone with such a high power level that wasn't in her family. Every male in her family practically used the same fighting style since they all had learned from their Grandfather Goku. It would be a real treat to Pan to finally spar with someone that was taught a different style, she had learned to adapt to different styles quickly.
Pan heard the rustling of feet, and noticed the rest of the warriors coming in from their run. All bodies were sweat infested and fatigued. Pan snorted and walked off to the rest of the training grounds.
Lemme know what you thought! Ja ne!
-Christina
