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Chapter 3 – Sparring
One week later, Bulma had organized a get together, inviting all the Z fighters and their families. After nearly begging her parents, Pan was allowed to bring her new friend, Red, along. Red had gone home with Pan that day after school, which of course was a Friday. Bulma never had her parties on a school night.
The entire Son family and Red arrived in front of the Breifs' residence, they rang the bell, and waited for someone to answer to the door. After a short pause, Bra opened it, and gestured for them to come in. They did so, taking off their shoes and jackets in the entry way, putting the coats into the front door closet. Bra avoided eye contact with Pan, who was glaring daggers at her back.
The bathroom was finally cleaned, and now the vice principal was putting Pan on garbage duty, during lunch, and gum removal after school. Add that to detention after school for an hour, where she was forced to sit quietly in an empty class room, doing nothing but starring at the wall. To add insult to injury, Pan's parents didn't even believe her when she said she didn't do it. Add all these infuriating things together, and you get a really pissed off quarter saiyan.
Going further into the house, Pan, Goten and Red found Trunks in the living room. He looked like he was half asleep. The three approached Trunk's sleeping form on the couch. They glanced at each other, and Pan grinned at her Uncle and Red. Grabbing the back of the chair, she pulled it backwards, yelling
"Bebi's back!"
The couch fell backwards, and Trunks woke with a start, jumping to his feet, startled, and looking around frantically. Pan and Goten burst out laughing at him, and Red cracked a tiny smile, and turned a curious glance to Pan
"Who's 'Bebi'?"
Pan shrugged, and replied
"Difficult to explain. Maybe I'll tell you about it later."
Red nodded, and Trunks exhaled slowly, realizing the small alien creature wasn't there.
"That was a dirty trick, Pan"
Trunks sound with a sigh. She laughed again, but stopped when she saw Bra come into the room, and join their small group. There was a moment of silence, before Goten said
"So, what do you guys want to do?"
Trunks spoke up before they could answer
"I got some movies we could watch."
Pan quirked and eyebrow, and asked
"Which ones?"
Trunks grinned, and replied
"Van Hellsing, Underworld, and The Grudge."
Pan grinned and said
"Definitely an improvement since last time."
Trunks smiled, and responded with a fake serious look on his face
"So glad you approve, Ms. Son."
Pan resisted the urge to hit him, and turned to Red.
"What do you want to start with?"
Red shrugged, and replied
"I've never heard of those, so it doesn't matter to me."
Pan turned to Trunks, saying
"Underworld it is."
"Shouldn't we wait till after eating to start watching a movie?"
Bra asked. Again there was a moment of silence, Pan snapped her reply
"I don't care."
Bra flinched at Pans angry glare, and Goten spoke up
"We can always eat while we watch it."
Bra nodded, and averted her gaze once again. Red looked over at her, wondering quietly to herself why Bra even bothered to hang out with them. All four were still a little angry at her for the whole bathroom thing. Pan especially.
Trunks slipped the movie into the DVD player, and the group sat down on the couches that were in front of the big screen TV. Pan flipped the couch back up, and sat down on it with Red. Goten sat on the ground in front of them, and Bra sat down on the other couch, so that she was sitting as far away from Pan as possible. Trunks sat down beside his sister, the remote controller in his hand, as the movie started.
Half an hour later, the five were called over for dinner. Grabbing their food, they made their way back to the living room to finish their movie. When the movie finished, Pan stood up and stretched. She looked around, and asked
"You guys want to spar?"
Trunks and Goten jumped up, signaling their answers with eager nods. Bra stood up as well, and shrugged. Pan turned to Red, and asked
"Do you know how to fight?"
Red shrugged a shoulder, and replied
"A little."
Pan paused, wondering if it was ok to spar with an earthling. Red didn't know they were saiyans, so if they used the maximum strength, it might freak her out. Though, looking at Red again, Pan wondered if anything could freak her out. Red seemed to read Pan's uncertain look, and replied
"I can always watch, Pan."
Pan gave a nod of her head, as an idea came to her mind
"Bra, wanna be my sparing partner?"
(A/N: In my fic, Bra's been training since she was a kid like Pan too) Bra gave a weak nod, and the group headed towards the gravity chamber.
Once they arrived at the Gravity room, which was only empty because Vegeta was being forced to socialize due to Bulma's nagging, Pan directed Red to a bench that was set up against one of the walls, and joined Bra in one of the change rooms. Taking a female sparring gi from one of the cupboards, Bra and Pan both changed in silence, and went back out into the Gravity Chamber, where Trunks and Goten already stood in their own fighting gi's. Trunks and Goten started sparring, and Pan and Bra turned to face each other. Silently, they got into their fighting stances.
Pan was the first to attack, sending a kick straight for Bra's head. Bra ducked, and head-butt Pan in the stomach, Pan responded almost instantly, and elbowed downward towards Bra's shoulder. Landing the blow, Bra retaliated with a side kick, which hit Pan squarely in the side. Pan winced slightly, and put her arm down, catching Bra's ankle, and grabbing her knee with both hands. Pan turned around, throwing Bra across the room. Bra hit the wall, and looked like she just bounced off of it. Bra landed on her feet, and powered up a bit, before charging at Pan at the other end of the room. Just before she reached her opponent, though, Pan jumped up, and flipped so that she was behind Bra, kicking Bra in the back. Anger was really good in a fight, apparently.
Bra stumbled forwards, and turned around with a kick to Pans head, which sent the quarter saiyan flying back a couple feet. Glaring at her child hood friend, Pan used her ki like an invisible wall, and thrusted it towards Bra, who put her arms up defensively, but was still thrown back. She landed in front of Red, on her back, and stared up at the human for a moment before she jumped to her feet. No doubt if Red wasn't here, Pan would've have been using ki-blasts.
Just as Bra reached her feet, though, Pan punched her in the face, then grabbed one of her arms, twisting it behind her back, and slammed Bra into the wall. Bra winced, and glanced at Red, who had a tiny smile on her face.
"Why'd you guys do it, Bra?"
Pan demanded. Bra winced again at the pressure in her arm. Trunks and Goten had stopped when they heard Pan. They turned now to see what was going on.
"I didn't do it, Pan."
Bra replied, trying to pry herself free. Pan twisted her arm tighter, and growled
"That's a freaking lie, Bra, and you know it."
"Stacy did it, I just stood by the door."
Bra attempted once again to get free, but Pan angrily threw to the side, away from Red, and demanded
"What did I ever do to you guys, to earn that? Was it just to prove how cool you are, like the first time?"
Pan glared at Bra. They hadn't spoken of it since ninth grade, when Bra had attempted to apologize. Unfortunately, some things, take more than an 'I'm sorry', to forgive.
Bra finally sighed, and slowly got to her feet.
"Pan, I'm sorry, ok?"
Pan glared at her, and growled
"You're sorry? If you really were, you'd tell Ms. Splilton, and my parents; who, by the way, now think I'm a liar. You know, they didn't believe me when I said I didn't do it. Do you guys enjoy making my life a living hell, or is just a perk?"
Without waiting for a reply, Pan punched Bra in the face again, this time with much more force behind it. Bra was sprawled out on the ground again, this time raising a tentative hand up to touch her eye, she winced, and glanced back up at Pan.
"You guys call me a looser, but did you ever think that if it weren't for you guys, I wouldn't even be this way!"
Pan had been a normal happy teenager when her best friend had stabbed her in the back. If popularity hadn't changed Bra, Pan never would have been depressed, or a loner for that matter. Maybe she'd still trust people.
Without another word, Pan stalked out of the room.
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Vegeta had seen the entire thing. He had finally managed to get away from the others, and headed towards the gravity room. Realizing it was occupied, Vegeta decided to watch from a room on the left of the gravity chamber. Bulma often used it when she needed to tell him dinner was ready. There was a large screen, with a small control panel. You could either watch what was going on in the gravity chamber, or push a small red button, which caused a small screen to appear in his training room, where you could talk to the occupants currently in the room. Vegeta had been slightly annoyed to find his rival's granddaughter gaining the upper hand in the sparing match against his daughter, and found himself listening intently when Pan angrily began shouting at Bra. With a frown, Vegeta made a mental note to ask Bra what had happened. He had noticed that the two weren't exactly best friends anymore, but from the way Pan had been speaking, you'd think she hated the blue hair half saiyan.
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Trunks rand to catch up with Pan, leaving Goten and Red alone with Bra. Pan was stalking down the hall, and following her, Trunks realized that she was headed towards the front door.
"Pan, wait up!"
Trunks called as he began to jog after her. She stopped long enough for him to catch up, and then continued towards the exit.
"Pan, you can't leave yet. Chi Chi'll kill you if you leave early."
Pan stopped, and changed course for the living room, where she sat down abruptly on one of the couches
"Pan, are you ok?"
She didn't reply, and chose instead to stare at the black screen of the TV. It was none of his business, why would he care anyway? Trunks repeated his question, and earned a glare from Pan, that momentarily silenced him
"Pan, you brought Red along, remember? You can't just go into a dark mood, and leave her over there."
Pan exhaled slowly, in an attempt to calm down. She nodded once, and moved to get up, when Goten and Red came into the room.
"Pan, you ok?"
Pan glared at her uncle, then turned to Red
"Sorry you had to see that. I just kind of, snapped."
Red shrugged her shoulders, and replied with her usually unsmiling facial expression
"Everyone's gotta vent sooner or later."
Pan gave a nod of her head, and sat back down on the couch.
"You guys want to watch Van Hellsing, now?"
She asked the three. In response, Trunks got up and put the movie in.
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so, how'd u like the chapter? I'd love more reviews, by the way, they're really encouraging. Any who, I hear coffee calling my name, I'll try to update later. Ciao