Hoi minna! Gomen nasai for taking so long with this chapter! It took a while...but I managed to push through some of the writer's block that I have right now...gonna go tackle that again. Enjoy!

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Siege And Assist
Part 9
By: Christina

Pan punched the next guy that was practically standing in line. She could hear the battle clearly from where the stood. The King and The Prince seemed to be having troubles of their own.

"Take care of them, I have an idea." Pan yelled to one of her comrades. She ran to the main control panels and glanced around at the system. "I know this." She whispered. Pushing the right controls, she took the ship out of its system slumbers and began to change the coordinates to the nearest planet, Earth.

Pan grabbed the microphone and began to talk in their native Saiyajin language, "Get in the ship soldiers. Lock out the rest of Freeza's army!"

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Goku listened at the message with a look of confusion on his face. Once he felt the ship jut, he took his calling and pulled his men in.

"Lock the doors!" Goku yelled as they shut the doors. Looking out the window, he could see Freeza's men going into a mad frenzy. Goku unhooked his oxygen and proceeded to help Goten in the hall, he seemed to have the haul of Freeza's minions.

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Goten began to get a little weary. He was getting tired of fighting these guys and there didn't seem to be an end to any of them. His men were already getting fatigued and easily beat.

'I hope Pan isn't having this much trouble.' He thought as he punched another one. Just as he went down, another just seemed to spring up where the other once stood.

"Reinforcements." Goku said as he took care of another one that was sneaking up behind Goten's back.

"Thanks." Goten said with a new fuel.

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Pan looked around and saw her men were doing just fine. They were a little fatigued, but she figured they'd be able to work better once they were on an open surface.

'It's hard to fight in such a small area.' Pan admitted.

"Here goes nothing." Pan said as the ship began to go through Earth's atmosphere. The ship began to shake with turbulence.

"I did it!" Pan yelled with excitement. She felt a sharp pain erupt from her side as she felt a sword penetrate her flesh.

"AHHH!" She cried out in pain.

"So the commanding officer is human." The person smirked. Pan looked down at her side and almost bled tears as her side leaked like a faucet.

'Kami, it hurts.' Pan said to herself. She mustered enough strength and fought the owner of the sword to his death.

"Piece of crap." Pan muttered as she took the sword from her side. The ship landed in a thud and took everyone by surprise.

Pan's vision blurred as she looked over at the door where Freeza and her King and Prince were.

"DODORIA! LET'S GO!" Freeza yelled as he ran from the room like a coward. "I'll be back you monkeys! And I'll be more powerful!"

Prince Trunks ran from the room and was about to take flight after Freeza.

King Vegeta put a hand on his son's shoulder. "We'll get him later when he's fully charged."

Prince Trunks looked over at his father reluctantly but did as he was told. He surveyed the area and saw that most the men were alive and well. Goku and the others soon joined the room.

"Let's go to Earth's surface, we'll claim camp here." King Vegeta said as he walked on. Prince Trunks followed his father, but stopped once he noticed his footprints he was leaving behind.

"Blood." He murmured as he looked around for the second time. "Itsu!" The Prince yelled once he saw the poor guy on the floor extremely pale and grasping his sides. "You did this?"

"Did what?" Pan mustered.

"Landed the ship?"

"Yeah, we had to get to a larger surface." Pan gasped.

"Stop talking." He muttered as he called the nearest soldier to pick up his fallen comrade.

"Get him to the medical ward of the ship, we can meet the rest of them outside."

"Yes sir."

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Pan woke up with a jolt at realizing she wasn't alone in the room. She had felt the stinging pain erupt from her side as well as the curious eye from the patron in the room. Glancing closer, she could see the Prince standing there.

"You lied to me." He said with a tone that made Pan flinch.

"I know, and I'm sorry, but let me explain…" Pan started.

"No, you lied to me." The Prince said standing in the light. Pan examined his features and noticed his eyes filled with betrayal.

"Did you know Son Gohan?" Pan asked taking a different approach. 'It would be smarter to go from a different direction.' She informed herself.

"You could say that I did, but on a more warrior level if you will." The Prince said warming up a little, almost as much as he did before when Pan was Itsu.

"Well, his leg was severely injured. He was more or less close to having it amputated on the spot. To this day, there is still bone and burnt flesh showing itself."

"I'm sorry to hear that." Prince Trunks said trying for sympathy.

"Well I wasn't. I was angered, and what angered me more was the fact that the Royal Army was summoning him again for battle!" Pan said not being able to hold in her anger. She stood from the bed and ignored the dizziness that passed through her. "He wouldn't have had a chance to live if I didn't take his place. Even the weakest of Freeza's henchmen would have gotten him, and you know just as well as I do that he would be a goner. But me, I can hold my own. I know that I have enough power to keep myself and my men alive in this battle. And even more so, I know that I have enough emotional power to take control of the present situation. My father would be dead right now if I didn't take his place, and I'll be damned if I'm just going to sit there and do nothing. I already blame myself for all the pain he has suffered. If only I was born with a penis and an ego the size of Vegetasai, then I would be able to take care of my family. But because I was born with breasts and a petite body, suddenly I'm some weakling that doesn't deserve anything but to be beside a man and serve him day in and day out on hand and foot." Pan finished somewhat out of breath.

Prince Trunks looked at her stunned and began to laugh. Pan's eyes widened. Not at the fact that this man could be the fine line between life and death, but rather the fact that he found this amusing.

"What are you laughing about?" Pan asked emotionally on the verge of tears. 'My speech was very heartfelt.'

"I'm sorry, I don't see a camera around here. Is this suddenly a soap opera?" Trunks laughed.

'How could he laugh? That was exactly what was on my mind.' Pan thought. Her face grew pensive as she rolled over the thought that perhaps it did sound a little too surreal. "Okay, maybe it did sound just a little stupid, but that's what I feel right now." Pan said stopping her laughter.

"You will be relieved from your duty and you may return home." Prince Trunks said finally finding his place and turning around.

"No." Pan said firmly. "I want to help, and I want to help as a woman."

Trunks looked turned around quickly and looked at her with a face of ludicricay. "Are you out of your mind? How much blood did you lose?"

"I know you think that I'm not cut out to fight, but I should think that my counter-part, Itsu, has proven you all wrong. You know that I am stronger than all your men on this squad. You know that I deserve this. I was trained by the best." Pan said pleadingly.

"Oh yeah, and just who would that be?"

"My father." Pan said.

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All right, I'll get to hopping on the rest of the story...Ja ne!

-Christina