I'd Do Anything

Author's Note: Yay! I'm updating! I'm sorry I haven't updated for a while. I got kicked off the computer and then I was bombed with exams and homework and then I went on a Outsiders kick. Anyways, this chapter is from Trunks POV. It's a little longer than the rest of them and we fiunally get to see what the dirty rotten...

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Chapter 4- Realizing

Ages: Pan-18 Trunks-25 Bra-18 Paris-23 Uub-23 Marron-19 Goten-24

I don't know what came over me. Whether it was lust or my old feelings for Paris. All I know is that my Panny ran away and that it was my fault.

I knew she would never steal my money, I mean Hercule was her grandfather for crying out loud! We had known each other for our whole lives and she always wanted to do things on her own. Whether it was getting stronger or saving up to buy a car, she would never let anyone help her. So why didn't I stand up for her?

Perhaps it's the fact that I'm afraid of Gohan, deathly afraid. If he'd have found out I went behind his back with his little Pan, then took her virginity, I would've been ripped apart before I could say that I loved her.

Okay, wait, I know why I didn't say anything. Paris had her mouth around mine. I guess I should've pushed her away, but I didn't and now I feel like my whole life has been torn apart.

After the girls left, everything went downhill. Everyone stood there for about five minutes watching them run. It must have been shock that held us back because after we could no longer see them, Dad started fighting Gohan for punching Bra. I know she's tough and all, being saiyan, but you just don't hit girls. They broke the TV and obliterated the microwave, toaster, three computers, two printers, a capsule corporation van and Bra's entire bedroom.

Chi Chi on the other hand whipped out her frying Pan and started chasing Mom with it, saying that Bra put crazy ideas into Pan's head and basically blamed her for their running away. Meanwhile I sat back as both Videl and #18 eyed me suspiciously, that is until Marron dragged me upstairs and slapped me across the face.

"You Bastard!" Her normally happy green eyes were puffy from tears.

"What did I do?"

"You made both my friends run away! They didn't deserve this punishment."

"What punishment?"

"You're the president of capsule corporation and you are oblivious to the torture you're putting them through?" She paused and glared at me. "You turned Bra and Pan's families agianst each other. This house is a warzone right now. They're all fighting over the problem you started."

"Look, Why do you think it's my fault. Paris is the one who walked in and started kissing me!"

"You kissed back! Pan was loyal to you. She didn't tell her father about your relationship because she knew you would get hurt. she told you when guys tried to make moves on her and never ever tried to steal your money. She didn't play tricks on anyone, she always fought fairly and kept her promises. You repayed her by kissing the very girl you broke up with to be with Pan. You're a player Trunks, or at least that's the way Goten and I see it."

"Goten? How does he know about this? He wasn't even there!" I questioned.

"Dad filled me in." Goten walked in. "He told me everything."

"G-g-goku?" i stammered. He was watching? I am so dead.

"Yup. I can't believe you did that! Not standing up for her! If you truly loved her, the way I thought you did, you would do anything to keep her. I don't know what went through your head. Maybe it had to do with the age difference- but you should know love knows no age."

"You were supposed to face Gohan like a man and tell him the truth. Maybe if you had, Pan would still be here." Marron continued.

"I faced your dad Trunks. Bra doesn't know it, but Vegeta knows about our relationship. Of course I got beat up afterwards, but as long as me and Bra are together, it doesn't matter." Goten and my sister? That was unexpected.

Boy, did I screw up. Goten and Marron were right. I'm supposed to stand behind her all the way, and if getting torn apart means I'll be with her, it'll be worth it, as long as she knows that I love her.

Goten and marron must have left to stop the fighting downstairs, because when I got there, everyone was gone. Well, except for my dad.

"Brat, get your scronny butt to the gravity room in five." He told me. I don't know why, but when he has to tell someone something, he does it while slamming a fist in your face.

"You are such a disgrace." he spat on the floor. I gulped. I don't fight well when I'm depressed. "A mere quarter saiyan reacted to the bond better than you did. She's stood up for you how many times, and you can't even get rid of that clingy slut? I swear she is more saiyan than the rest of you." He threw me into a wall. My thoughts were elsewhere and I couldn't focus.

"You were meant to be together, unfortunately, and you didn't do anything to get her back? You're as dense as Kakarot. Stupid Brat."

After about an hour of getting pummeled by my father, I came out of the gravity room and took a shower. The hot water poured over my aching muscles and my thoughts drifted again to Pan.

What could I do? I really had no idea where the girls went. Had they've flown, I could track them down easily. They could be anywhere. I had concentrated really hard to try and find her ki and the closest thing I got was a human, but it was very close to Pan's ki signature. I could tell Gohan the truth. I would get torn apart though, but anything was better than the guilt I felt right now.

The next morning, I woke up early to get ready. I didn't want Gohan to think too badly of me when I told him the truth. I had to get Pan back no matter what. I skipped breakfast and left.

Beads of sweat ran down my face and my hand shook as I rang the doorbell. Gohan opened the door and greeted me with a friendly smile that would all too soon turn into an angry frown. Videl was sitting on the couch staring at a picture of Pan.

"Hello Trunks. What brings you here this morning?"

"Ummm...I..I have something really important to tell you."

"Go on," he said.

"W..w...what P...pan said yesterday about...about me and her w...w...was true." Videl looked up and dropped the picture frame she was holding.

"WHAT!" Gohan's voice rose, possibly louder than my dad's. I cowered beneath him.

"I'm going out with Pan. I have been for like, three years."

"YOU WENT BEHIND MY BACK WITH MY PAN! YOU FILTHY SON OF A Bch! HOW COULD YOU? YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE WITH HER YOU SCUM!" He yelled. I wished the floor would open up and swallow me. "Anything else you want to share with me before I tear you apart?" Did I really want to tell him? If he knew we had sex, well, let's just say I wouldn't be walking for awhile. But Paris did say that Pan drugged me, and I had to straighten things out.

"We had sex." Gohan's face was distorted by rage, hatred and anger. His hair flickered gold. man, does he need anger management.

"YOU RAPED MY DAUGHTER?" Never show your weakness. I'm not going to be afraid of him anymore. I'm going to fight back as only the son of Vegeta can.

"NO!" I yelled back. " I WOULD NEVER HURT HER!"

"YEAH RIGHT! YOU'VE HAD SEX WITH HOW MANY GIRLS NOW?"

"I haven't done it with any girl Except for Pan! I may have gone out with alot of girls, but they're all the same- after my money. Pan is different. She can speak a coherent sentance and isn't after my money.

She likes me for who I am. I love her. I love her, Gohan, more than words can say. She's the only woman I can see myself with. She's as pure as gold." I finished. She was the light of my life. It was about time I stood up for her.

"You're right, she is gold, and your not. She's innocent and sweet, my little girl and you're not having her. You're rich enough. You don't need to take my only prized possesion away." Gohan had calmed down. He was struggling to hold back tears.

"Gohan, Nothing gold can stay. Not my money, not your daughter. She's not a little girl anymore, you have to let her go." It was weird, comforting Gohan. But I knew that Pan and her father had been real close and when Pan defied him, it must've broke his heart. I kind of felt sorry for him know- and really awkward.

Nothing Gold Can Stay- by Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold

her hardest hue to hold

her early leaf's a flower

but only so an hour

then leaf subsides to leaf

so eden sank to greif

dawn goes down today

Nothing gold can stay.

I'm not sure why I remembered this poem, but I did. Gohan couldn't keep Pan forever. She wasn't a kid anymore and has her own life to run. He can't be there for her forever. Someone would have to take his place. Before the incident, that person ws me. Now, I'm not too sure.

Everything seems to remind me of Pan. Then I think of what I did to her. How could i have been so cruel? I felt more horrible than I did earlier. I'm so stupid.

"You really love her don't you?" Gohan looked at me.

"Yeah. I do." I nodded.

"You didn't rape her?" Videl spoke up.

"Wouldn't dream of it. Do you guys have any idea where she ran off to?" I asked. The silence was killing me.

"No, but my guess is Gingertown. It's the closest city. Please bring her back." Videl pleaded with me. Pan's parents were obviously very sorry. I tore their family apart. I would do anything to get them back together, us together and our families together.

A/N: So how was it? A little off at the end. Oh, and in case your wondering why I put the poem in there, it kind of means that a person is gold when they're a kid. Kind of like how Gohan sees Pan as his little girl- gold- and nothing gold can stay, kids can't stay little forever etc. you'd have to read the outsiders to totally understand what I meant. It's not the greatest chapter, in my opinion, but it's done. Review!

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