Deadly Instincts

By: Angelwarrior1

Prologue: Rejection

He's staring again. What's with Trunks lately? Every time I look away from him he starts to stare. It's really getting annoying. Besides, he's got a girl with him right now! Why the hell would he want to look at me instead of her? When he invited me to this party with his sister and Uncle Goten, I said 'yes', but only because I wanted to go drinking and dancing. I can't even do that here! There are way too many people in this small house to even move, let alone dance and no one will let me drink because I'm under age! Oooo! Dende forbid that me, 'lil' Panny', ever have a drink or two. Sheesh! You'd think they'd know by now that I'm not a child anymore. Oh well, not much I can do now but sit here on this couch and watch Trunks sweet talk the girls at the party. What a dickhead! Yes, he is my best friend in the world, but right now he's being a dickhead. I'm not afraid to say it either, watch.

"Trunks quit being a dickhead!" I had to yell just for him to hear me, which is ridiculous since I'm sitting right next to him.

"Ahh, come on Pan! Aren't you having fun?" Trunks turned to me and smirked that arrogant bastard smirk that he inherited from his arrogant bastard father.

"Does it look like I'm having fun!" I was getting pretty pissed at this point.

What kind of question was that? Is sitting on a couch watching everyone else have fun ever fun? Hell no! And I was gonna make sure he knew that too.

"You need to loosen up! Hey doll, would you mind getting a beer for my friend here, she's a little tense." He turned to the girl in his lap who nodded and got up.

Was he serious? He was gonna just give me a beer? There had to be a catch, Trunks never just gives anybody anything without wanting something in return. He just didn't work that way. The girl came back with two beers and tossed one at a time to me, which I caught with ease. So he did just give something to me without asking for anything in return. Will wonders never cease. He sent a smile my way as I yanked the cap off none too gently and took a large gulp of the beer. I wanted to just get wasted so bad at this point. I hope the crowd wears down so I can at least dance to a few songs tonight. I really feel like dancing.

Six beers later I was feeling a nice buzz finally hit me, plus the dance floor wasn't so crowded anymore. I hopped up and began to dance. I believe the first song I danced to was "Candy Shop" by 50 cent. Of course I was pretty drunk at that point, having felt the full affect of the alcohol a few minutes after the song started. I lifted my head towards the ceiling and closed my eyes as I moved my hips to the seductive beat. The song ended and another one started immediately. The song was Brandy's, "Sittin' Up in my room", which was a little surprising since that song was pretty old. It didn't matter though as long as it was something to dance to.

I felt eyes on me the whole time I danced. I already knew who they belonged to though, they were Trunks'. He was watching me again. Oh! One of my favorite songs just came on! Whoo! I think I actually just yelled that out loud. Oh well, the point is they're playing, "What You Waitin' For" by Gwen Steffani. I think I'm actually singing along with this song too! That's a new one, must be more wasted than I thought. I was so into the music I didn't even notice that a group of guys was dancing around me, I did have my eyes closed a lot though, so I'm not surprised.

Now this is fun! This was what I spent all night waiting on that couch for. Gwen's, "Holla Back Girl" just came on and the crowd started jumping to the beat. I started pulling some of the moves I practiced when no one was around and before long a crowd had formed around especially when I started break dancing. Yes, I know how to break dance. I have to, I'm a fighter remember? Doing flips and fancy foot work just comes natural to me. The song ended and left me in peace once more. That's when it happened. The Ying Yang Twins, "Wait( Thie Whisper Song) came on and it wasn't the clean version either. I was having so much fun dancing to this song, that I hardly noticed the strong pair of arms snake around my waist. Whoever this guy was sure knew how to dance too. I would've opened my eyes and looked at him, but I was too into my own little world to bother paying attention. We grinded and swayed to the rhythm.

I could tell my dancing was turning him on because I felt something hard poke my ass, I didn't mind though since I was having the time of my life. The song ended and he quickly left me. I slowly opened my eyes to look at the people dancing around me. My little spell now broken by that intimate dance I just shared with a stranger. No, it wasn't a stranger now that I think about it. It was Trunks. Don't ask me how I knew, I just did. The fact that when I turned to look at him and saw the lust in his eyes confirmed that suspicion as well. Now Trunks is a really hot guy, but I just don't like him like that. At this point, I'm hoping that he was drunk too, but he didn't look drunk at all. He looked completely sober and that scared the hell out of me.

I wasn't interested in guys right now. I'm what they call a late bloomer, I don't care for any man's affections right now, especially Trunks'. So my next move I'm sure hurt him, but it was for the best. I turned and disappeared on the dance floor once again, this time going into a crowd that was near the window. When I was sure that I wouldn't be spotted I quickly jumped through the window. The wasted dancers didn't even notice me jump down. Which got me to thinking, how safe were these parties if no one even payed attention to someone who just jumped out of a window. I was right next to them! Oh well, what can I expect from a bunch a party people. I went to my special spot in the middle of nowhere.

I loved that spot. It was my spot on that rock in the middle of the desert. I would often come here to sing away my problems or my depression. Right now I was a little confused about what happened back at the party so I sang to help me think.

Jia Ren Qu (Beauty Song)

Bei fang you jia ren

Jue shi er du li

Yi gu qing ren cheng

Zai gu qing ren guo

Ning bu zhi

Qing cheng yu qing guo

Jia ren nan zai de

Bei fang you jia ren

Jue shi er du li

Yi gu qing ren cheng

Zai gu qing ren guo

Ning bu zhi

Qing cheng yu qing guo

Jia ren nan zai de

The Beauty Song, such a beautiful song. It dazzled me when I heard it. I had to learn the words so I found lyrics and listened to the song repeatedly until I could sing it from memory. So I could sing it in my spot. My safe haven. I could hear the music playing in my head, my voice in perfect synchronization. I also sang other songs I spent hours learning the lyrics to, just for me and my safe haven. I loved the time I spent here. It was special and no one could take that from me. When I finished I listened to the wind blow through the desert sands. The wind sounded like it was whistling for me, applauding me. My place in the desert was howling with glee, I could feel the tranquility in the air. It wanted more from me it said. Sing more! So I did. It wasn't anything special, just me humming and opening my mouth to let the gentle sound of my voice drift up and out of my throat. It was enough though, because the howling wind soon died down. Having been satisfied with my voice the desert became quiet.

I left the desert a few hours later, remembering my promise to Bra that I would spend the night. I flew straight for Bra's window and knocked gently on it. She came out of the bathroom and opened the window.

"Where'd you disappear to? We couldn't find you anywhere at the party." She turned and walked back into the bathroom.

"I just left. I got bored. So I went off to have some alone time." Pan answered truthfully.

"Why would you need 'alone time'?" Bra continued doing her nightly rituals in the bathroom.

"Just because I felt like it. Is that a crime?" Pan flopped on the bed.

"You know...Trunks seemed a little down when you left. He didn't say a word on the way home." Bra finally emerged from the bathroom and sat on the bed next to Pan.

"..." Pan couldn't think of anything to say to that.

"He really likes you Pan. Why don't you ever give him a chance?" Bra looked down at Pan.

"Because I don't like him like that. I see him as an older brother. I don't think I could ever love Trunks the way he wants me to love him. I know what I'm doing is hurting him, but I just can't return his feelings." She looked away from Bra's hurt eyes.

"Why Pan? Why are you afraid to love?"

"I'm not! I'm just not interested in guys right now. Is that so hard to believe that I might actually have other things on my mind! Like going super saiyan! You know how badly I want that, so you should also know that I will devote all of my time to that!" Pan jumped up off of the bed.

"Okay, I understand. I just don't like seeing my brother hurt." Bra looked down at her hands.

"I don't either, but there's nothing I can do about that accept hope that he finds someone else to love." Pan held her head high and changed into her training wear.

Bra looked up at her when she said this in shock. Pan wanted her brother to fall in love with someone else? Why? What for? Doesn't Pan want to fall in love with someone. When she saw the look in Pan's eyes though, she knew she was serious. Pan wasn't interested in anything but becoming stronger. So where did that leave her brother? Well, nowhere as far as Pan was concerned. Pan left the room and traveled to the gravity chamber. She felt Vegeta's ki there so she continued walking. She opened the door to the gravity chamber and the gravity shut down immediately. Vegeta looked towards her and crossed his arms as he stood up straight.

"So you've returned to get you ass kicked once more I see." Vegeta smirked at her as she walked over and took a fighting stance across from him.

"Enough talking old man. Just fight." Pan smirked as she saw Vegeta scowl at her 'old man' comment.

He took the invitation and charged at her. They exchanged a few powerful blows before the real fight began. They disappeared from view and all that could be seen were the powerful lights and blurs flashing by in the air. Soon Pan came crashing to the floor and quickly hopped up from her spot on the floor. She charged Vegeta and acted as if she were going to punch him in the face, but quickly kneed him in the stomach. Vegeta grabbed the leg that grinded into his stomach and began flying around in a circle with her, making Pan feel like she was about to throw up. Finally he let go and Pan plummeted to the floor. Her eyes opened just as she fell face down into the floor. A few seconds ticked by until Pan flipped herself over and sat up. Dizziness assaulted her head, making a hand fly to her head. She shook her head in an attempt to get rid of the dizziness and stood up. After a couple of shaky steps she took her fighting stance once more. Vegeta, who had been watching the whole thing in the air with a smirk on his face, dropped to the ground to resume the fight. Pan waited a few moments and watched him. She assessed her options and decided to try a different tactic, it wasn't as if charging him head on was doing anything so why not go for something different. She charged at him head on but just before she was in striking distance she performed a cartwheel in midair to his left. As soon as her feet hit the ground she jumped up and kneed him in the face. It all happened so fast Vegeta actually got caught off guard. He never expected Pan to pull such an interesting and original move like that.

"There may actually be hope for you yet girl." He smirked while wiping the blood from his lip.

Pan landed to his right and hopped back, taking her stance once again. She didn't let his words distract him. That's how he got you. Vegeta liked to piss off his opponents and most of the time it worked. It really worked. Especially on her. So she decided not to listen to anything he said. When she entered a fight with Vegeta she imagined she was underwater and she couldn't hear anything. As time grew this technique became one she mastered quite well. Not hearing anything but muffles emerge from Vegeta's mouth. She actually felt as if her ears were submerged in water and she could almost feel liquid fill her ears. That's how hard she concentrated with this technique.

Vegeta just looked at Pan. He noticed a difference in Pan's style after a while and whenever he said something she said nothing in return.

This started about a month ago, so he still couldn't figure out what she was doing. He felt like his words were being ignored though, and being ignored was not something he took lightly. He charged at Pan as his anger rose to the surface. Pan dodged his angered attack easily and threw a combination of punches and kicks at him. Some of them connected, but most of the time Vegeta blocked. He started yelling things at Pan, but she couldn't understand a word he said since she was still in underwater mode. She could tell Vegeta was extremely pissed when she didn't answer and punched her in the stomach, hard! She felt the breath leave her throat and fell to the ground.

It all happened in slow motion for her. She heard a thud which she assumed was her body meeting the floor. She saw Vegeta fall down towards her, still yelling.

"Girl! Why are you ignoring me! Are you listening! Brat! You better not ignore me!" She didn't respond, just looked at him.

Her eyes looked glazed, like she was watching but she wasn't really there. Pan could almost feel the water wash over her. This technique she had developed for ignoring Vegeta's smartass remarks was slowly becoming more and more powerful as the weeks passed. She could literally hear the bubbles and sounds of water moving in her ears. Her vision became blurred, but strangely it didn't distract her from the fight at all. She slowly stood and took her fighting stance again, narrowing her eyes at Vegeta. She saw the look of shock that crossed his features.

'She looks so serious. What's going through that girl's head?' His shock quickly wore off and he took his fighting stance.

He charged at her and tried to catch her off guard as she had done to him, but was surprised himself when she blocked his attack and sent him hurtling into a wall on the far side of the gravity room. He stood from the floor and felt blood trickle down from his forehead. She wasn't playing around anymore. Pan was serious as she didn't even give him time to recover. She disappeared and reappeared right in from of him and kicked him in the stomach, then quickly back handed him. This action caused him to skid to the ground once more. Vegeta seethed with rage when he climbed back to his feet. He wasn't sure what got into the brat, but he would be damned if he allowed this to continue! He powered up to super saiyan and flew towards her and just as he was right in front of her he disappeared and reappeared behind her. He sent a kick to the back of her head.

Pan could feel the powerful blow to her head and felt herself fly face first into a wall. She slid down the wall and felt the darkness taking over. Her imaginary water began to envelope her entire body and she felt the sudden feeling of suffocation. She was drowning! She began to panic. Hyperventilate! The feeling was so strong that she felt she would drown if she didn't do something. Anything! That's when she felt it. Her power began to rise and she screamed as she fought her way to the surface. She emerged from the water screaming in anger and fear.

Vegeta's eyes widened when he saw her fly into the wall. He watched for a moment as her body went limp and she slid down the wall she had been smashed into. He feared that he had actually gone too far and started to approach when it happen. She breath quickened. She appeared to be hyperventilating and just as he was about to run to her aid, she let out a scream of anguish. Her scream sounded like it was a scream of fear and panic. Then her power began to rise. It rose until it finally broke through the barrier of the legendary and her hair turned into a beautiful gold. Her breath at that moment sounded as if she had just broken through water, for she was breathing as if she hadn't had a breath in a long time.

Pan turned around to see Vegeta gawking at her. She didn't know why until she saw a strand of her hair. She grabbed at the hair and looked at it in shock.

"I did it?" She whispered to herself and looked back up at Vegeta.

Vegeta broke out of his shock and actually gave a genuine smile to Pan, giving a small nod of his head to confirm her question.

"I did it! Ha! Thank you Vegeta for helping me!" She lunged at Vegeta and gave him a tight hug and kiss on the cheek, which shocked the hell out of him.

"I gotta go show my dad!" She let go of him and ran out of the gravity room.

Vegeta just looked out in space with that shocked look on his face. He touched his face where she kissed him and smiled lightly.

"Just go woman." He returned to his training in a very happy mood.

'Did he just call me woman? Oh well.'

"Bye!"

"Goodbye." He said as he turned his head and nodded at her to show he was listening.

'That brat isn't so bad after all.'

She quickly left and flew to her house. Vegeta actually called her 'woman' instead of 'girl'. Now that was a shock. Could it be that her turning super earned her some kind of new respect from Vegeta? A feeling of pride welled within her at the thought of Vegeta actually accepting her. She had always secretly looked up to him for his strength. Other than her grandpa, Vegeta was the strongest in the world.

She descended to the ground when her home came into view and ran through the front door.

"DAD! DAD! COME HERE DAD!" She was so excited she didn't even remember what time it was.

Gohan was there in a flash. His eyes were panicked upon hearing his little girl yelling for him.

"What is it Pan! Are you okay!" He stopped his queries when his eyes rested upon Pan.

"Pan...You're a super saiyan." His eyes widened in disbelief.

"Yeah, isn't great!"

"Yes! I'm so proud of you Pan!" He went over to his daughter and captured her in a bone crushing hug.

"Ha ha! I knew you'd be proud! I was training with Vegeta when it just happened!"

"Well, I'm glad you finally did it. Now you won't have train as brutally as you have been these past few months." Her father released her from the hug.

Pan's eyes widened when she heard this and looked up at her father.

"What do you mean? I'm gonna train just as hard. Now that I know I can become a super saiyan, I should be able to go even farther! There's no way I'm gonna slow down now! Well, I gotta go. I promised Bra I would spend the night at Capsule Corp. Bye!" Pan ran out of the door and jumped into the sky.

Gohan just looked on as his daughter flew away from him. He shook his head and smiled lightly.

"That girl is gonna break some hearts someday." He turned and returned to the bed he shared with his Videl.

Pan soared through the air, spinning as she got closer to Capsule Corp. She decided to stay super for as long as possible. She heard that her grandpa and dad did the same thing when they were training for the Cell games. She figured she'd be able to do the same, but just to be sure if she should be doing this, she decided to ask Vegeta just in case. Pan landed and ran over to the gravity chamber. Walking in she saw that Vegeta was still going strong in his training.

"Yo, Professor Vegeta!" She smirked at her little inside joke.

He threw her a weird look and stopped his training for a moment.

"Professor? Woman do I look like a professor to you?" He crossed his arms.

"Well you are my teacher. Besides, you should feel honored. The only other man I've ever called professor was grandpa Goku and I only address my favorite teachers as, 'professor'. Anyways, I was just wondering if it would be okay if I were to stay in super for as long as possible or if I should save that for another time?" Pan waited for his answer with her breath held.

Vegeta just looked at her for a moment. Time seemed to have slowed down as she waited for his opinion on the matter. Finally his eyes closed and he nodded.

"You should be fine as long as you don't lose to much energy. The minute you start to feel weak even in the slightest though, I'd advise that you drop out of super. Is that understood?" He opened his eyes to look her in the eyes.

"Yes sir! See ya!" She turned and flew up to Bra's window.

Vegeta watched as Bra opened her window and Pan gracefully stepped inside. One corner of his lips upturned to form the slightest of a true smile, the kind only Bulma or Bra ever saw. He was actually starting to become fond of the brat. He didn't mind being her teacher or 'professor', as she now referred to him, as much as he used to. She was actually becoming another daughter to him if he was honest with himself.

Vegeta decided to stop training early for the night and locked up the gravity chamber. He smirked an evil smirk as his thoughts turned to a certain blue haired genius who was no doubt working in her lab. She was most likely creating some life altering device that would revolutionize something or other, but that would just have to wait. Creeping through the house, he stealthily made his way to Bulma's lab.

Her soft humming made its way to his ears well before his eyes saw her. Grinning maliciously as he made his way to her, he stuck low to the floor as he stalked his prey. Fingers flying over the keyboard, Bulma was unaware of the sensual danger that lurked behind her. She was so absorbed in her worked that she never knew what hit her when her mate jumped up behind her and captured her in his arms. She shrieked in surprise and Vegeta covered her mouth with his left hand. The other held to her waist. Bulma stilled when she heard a low, feral growl in her ear. She relaxed as soon as she realized who it was that held her in their arms. It was Vegeta. Sensing her comfort, he lowered his hand from her mouth.

He moved his nose to her neck and breathed in deeply. Her scent was always so intoxicating to him. No matter how many times he caught a whiff of that scent that was unqiuely her, he never grew tired of it.

"Bulma..." He whispered seductively into her ear and smirked when he felt a shiver travel throughout her body because of it.

She closed her eyes and leaned her head back as he ran his nose over her throat and cheek. Taking his face in her hands, she dragged her parted lips over his cheeks, across his closed eyes and finally brought her lips to his. Their tongues danced and soon they broke for air. Vegeta lowered his head to her neck once more and dragged his tongue down the side. His tongue danced over her bite mark and he had to force himself to keep going so he wouldn't sink his teeth back into it. His left hand that had been unoccupied up to this point latched onto her breast and massaged it.

"Did you miss big daddy today?" His evil smirk appeared once again on his face.

"Mmm...You know I did..." Her breath quickened.

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The next morning everyone met up at the breakfast table. All the saiyans at the table wolfed down their food while Bulma calmly ate her small portion.

"Thanks for the breakfast Bulma. I really appreciate it." Pan cleaned her face with a napkin and placed it on the empty plate.

"Why thank you Pan. It's no trouble though, you should know that by now." Bulma stood and cleared the table.

Pan stood and helped. Just as she got to the sink however, the door opened. Everyone turned and looks of shock formed on their faces.

Pan stood there with her mouth hanging open. There stood a tall young man with long lavender hair and he looked just like Trunks!

"Mother's dead." He said and dropped his bags as Bulma's shock wore off and she ran over to hug him.

A shaky hand rose and clutched Bulma's back as his entire body began to tremble. Pan looked on as this strong looking young man grieved over the lose of his mother.

'But who is he?' Pan couldn't figure this out so she silently went over to Bra and asked in her ear quietly.

"Who is that?" Bra snapped out of her reverie.

"That's Mirai Trunks. Remember the boy who warned Goku and the others about the androids? That's him." Bra whispered quietly back.

Pan sat down and looked down at her hands. She felt like she was watching something that she shouldn't. This was a private matter, a family matter. And that's what the problem was, she wasn't family. Not really.

"Oh dear...I'm so sorry. What...happened?" Bulma stroked his hair.

His face was hidden from view in his mother's arms.

"T-there was an accident. One of her experiments went wrong and there was an explosion. She was dead when I got there." His voice cracked at the end.

"Oh no...Come on Trunks, let's get you a room. You need rest." She led him out of the room and everyone remained silent.

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So what'd you think? Do you want more or not. Let me know.

Translations to the Beauty Song:

An extraordinary beauty of the North...
The most beautiful being in the world
Her first glance, the city bows before her knees
Her second glance, the empire falls into ruins.
There isn't an empire or city in all creation
That we can cherish more than this beauty.