Okay, I know that took a while, but it's finally here! Enjoy reading!
Part 10
By: Christina
Pan looked through the window hopefully. She was still in the medical ward, and The Prince was talking to The King.
"Absolutely not." The King ordered.
"And why not? You know that this girl is strong enough to do it. She's proven herself worthy so far and has even helped us by landing this on a planet. You know it will be easier for us to fight from here." Prince Trunks said.
The King looked at his son and rolled his eyes, "You make the call."
"She wants to be able to do everything as a woman."
"Make the call."
The Prince looked over at Pan and sat on the chair in the room.
"Well?" Pan pried.
"It's my choice." The Prince said.
"And?" She asked hopefully.
"Maybe."
"Maybe?!" She yelled shaking the room. "What do you mean maybe?!" She nearly jumped.
"Maybe implying that you have to get better first." The Prince said kicking his feet up and relaxing. "This means that you have to lie down."
"Fine." Pan said as she plopped down on her bed and rested her worn body. "I'm going to need a smaller armor though. It was a little hard fighting in that big one, my abilities would have been way better had I had a uniform that fit me and a cup that wasn't there." Pan said as she looked up at the ceiling.
"Fine." The Prince said as he looked over at her. She looked over at him and smiled at his handsome features.
"So Son Pan, you want any sushi? I have a craving for unagi and futomaki." He smiled.
"Yeah actually, that would be nice."
A hooded figure ran around the busy streets of Vegetasai in the industrial area. It quickly jumped at a door and knocked on the door.
"Yes?" Chi Chi asked as she opened the door. The figure pushed her down and shut the door quickly.
"Well I never!" Chi Chi yelled standing up. "Don't think I'm so old you thief, I can kick your ass!"
"Please don't." The figure replied taking the hood off.
A blue sea suddenly filled Chi Chi's eyes. "Bulma!" She screamed tossing herself at her friend.
"Chi Chi!" The Queen yelled as she hugged her friend back.
"I thought you forgot about me!" Chi Chi nearly broke out in hysterics.
"I could never do that." Bulma convinced.
"Why didn't you seek me out earlier?"
"They told me you were dead." Bulma said with pain still evident from then.
"Well I'm not, and we have to catch up, it's been years."
"Yes, it has. Even social boundaries can't separate us." Bulma said once more hugging the woman.
"That was really good sushi, where'd you get it from?" Pan asked as she polished off her plate.
"Some place on Earth called Japan." He shrugged. "Evidently, that's where our ideas were derived from."
"Interesting." Pan said. "When are we going into battle again?"
"We have to wait and give the troops time. They need to rest, and also recover from injuries. Not to mention that my father is in the process of negotiating with Freeza's council and seeing if they can work something out that way rather than start an…"
"…intergalactic war." Pan finished.
Trunks looked at her in amazement. "You know about that stuff?"
"I'd rather fight against the bimbo term most commonly associated with the female commoners. To hell if I'm going to be a ditz." Pan snorted.
"Yeah."
"Why are you here? You could be elsewhere, but you're here." Pan asked.
Prince Trunks seemed at a loss for words for a while but he quickly collected himself. "If I were to just sit around out there, my father would for sure make me do something far too tedious and boring." He said kicking his feet up again. "And besides, I like hanging out with you. For once, there is someone intelligent around here to hold a very good conversation with."
"Why don't you talk to your father? He's intelligent, or at least I would hope so." Pan said feeling flattered.
"Che, my father is smart in means of politics and war tactics. I on the other hand prefer a conversation to stimulate my brain using the information I had soaked up from my tutor. I figure I could use it rather than let it rot away in my brain."
"Do the other troops know that I'm a woman?" Pan asked worriedly.
"You are still a commanding officer, so I wouldn't worry too much about it."
"What if they don't give me respect?"
"Well then it looks like Itsu has climbed his way to the top already, and it seems that Pan is going to have to start from the bottom…where Itsu once was." The Prince said. His scouter bleeped uncontrollably as he realized his Father was trying to contact him. "Excuse me." He said pushing a button.
"Where are you boy? I need you to help round up these papers. Freeza's council has agreed." The King spoke.
"Yes father, I'll be right in." Trunks said clicking his scouter off. "Sorry Pan, but I'm going to have to talk to you later. Evidently, there seems to be important matters at hand."
"Well then, I won't keep you. Have fun doing your tedious boring work." Pan teased.
"Yes of course, you have fun…uhhh….healing." Trunks said as he exited the room. Pan looked after him with a grin on her face. She fell to her pillow and closed her eyes to relax.
"What are you going to do about Freeza?" The King asked as he signed the last of the papers.
"Well, we are going to relieve him of his duties. He has abused his power enough already, so we are calling him now to tell him. We'll keep in touch King Vegeta." The councilmen said nodding their heads.
The King nodded their direction and terminated the connection.
"So what now?" The Prince asked.
"Now we can go home. Don't let that girl get in the site of those men. Some of them haven't seen a woman in weeks, who knows what they'd do to her." The King said as he left.
The Prince nodded his head and walked back to her quarters on deck.
Prince Trunks was a little sad about having to finally go back home. There were times when he loved training for sieges. He would get to shed all of his royal background just to become another warrior of Vegetasai…he would finally get a chance to fit in.
What made him feel even more horrible was the fact that he wouldn't get a chance to hang out with Pan anymore. It's not that he didn't have any friends, he just didn't have any friends like her. He had friends that were snobby and uptight all the time, always complimenting him, and sucking up like a leech! Pan was different. She probably forgot his social status before he did.
He walked into Pan's room and knocked cautiously.
"Come in!" She yelled. It sounded rushed as if she were putting something away. Prince Trunks shrugged his broad shoulders and walked in. And there she stood, all armored and ready.
"Doesn't this armor look great?!" She said, seeking approval of her Prince and new friend.
"Yes it does." The Prince said trying to pry his greedy eyes off her. Had it really been that long since he has seen a woman? Shaking his head, he cleared his mind of all the dirty thoughts that coursed through his brain.
"I've got some good and bad news. What do you want to hear first?" Trunks asked cautiously.
"Good news…only." She stated bluntly as she sat down on her bed giving him her full attention.
"The good news is that you get to go home." He said rather shakily. "Another top off the mountain for the good news, we all get to go home."
"What's the bad news?" She asked trying to see if there was any way it could be different from the good.
"We don't have to fight anymore. As much as you wanted to, we no longer have to."
"We don't have to? Why?! I wanted to fight! Did the treaties with Freeza go well or something of the sort?"
"Freeza will be relinquished of his duties." The Prince informed.
"Oh, I guess that's good news also then." Pan said forcing a smile on her features. She was a horrible liar.
"I guess I'll see you on deck, we leave in a short while. Get some male uniforms on so you can avoid any unwelcomed stares." The Prince said before leaving.
"Yes your highness." Pan said standing to bow. She saw him flinch, but it was only right for her to be proper to her Prince. War has been declared over, and now they were once again separated by the boundaries of social statuses.
"Carry on then." He said walking out the room with nonchalance in the air. Pan never looked up for fear of never looking away. She turned her back to him once he was already out the door, and silently cursed Freeza for being such a coward.
"Well?" The raspy voice inquired.
"They believed every word." A smirking Ice-jin reported.
"Excellent. That's all I needed to hear." Freeza responded as he turned off his scouter to focus his attention on his task ahead. "I will first conquer Earth and get this place over with." He snorted kicking the Earth below his feet.
'I couldn't have asked for anything better.' He smirked.
Ooh, Freeza is quite the little devil isn't he? What's going to happen next? Stay tuned! Ja ne!
-Christina
