Thanks for the reviews! Sorry for the long wait. I said a month, it's been nearly three . But here's the last and extra long chapter!
Let Love be Your Energy…final chapterLast Time:
"We're here," Trunks spoke and Pan was roughly pushed onto the cold, hard floor. Pan rolled over and watched Trunks clutching his head, his fingers fisting in his hair as he tried to block out everything that she was forcing into him.
His head suddenly lifted, his eyes fuming, "Stop what she's doing to me!"
Pan swerved her eyes to the other side of the room where the blonde haired, red eyed twins were walking towards them. She grit her teeth, hatred for them welling up inside of her. She concentrated even harder and pushed even more images, memories and feelings into Trunks.
He cried out and Keira ran up to him, pulling his hands away from his face so that she could see what was wrong. Her eyes widened, her ki increasing in jagged spikes as she turned to Pan and held her up by the collar of her spandex in anger.
"Let go of him. Let go of the bond. Stop giving yourself to him…he's not yours anymore!" Keira cried, her frustration evident in her blood-red eyes.
Pan growled in her throat, completely unafraid because she knew that she was winning with Trunks. She knew that she could change him before they could do anything to stop her. She used one of the last reserves of strength she had to head butt Keira.
The daughter of Sheik cried out as green blood sprayed from her head from the impact. Ariek rushed to her side and took Pan from his sister's grasp, thumping Pan in the face.
Pan cried out, blood spraying into her eyes, struggling to keep the flow of herself into Trunks.
"What can we do?" Ariek asked his sister, desperation clear in his voice.
The twins looked over to Trunks, and Pan followed their gaze. He was on his hands and knees, sparks flying around him, his aura flickering from back to gold in time with the disappearance and reappearance of the black lines on his face. He was mumbling to himself:
"Stop…I can't take this…I want to be with the darkness…please stop…Pan…stop it…stop it…stop invading my mind…"
Pan heard everything and she pushed even more images and memories and feelings into her mate. She knew that she was hurting him and putting him through hell, but she was doing it all for him and their baby. She knew that he just had to let go.
Keira growled, "We have to stop her. He has resilience so it will take a long while before we'll lose our control over him. We have to stop Pan. We'll start the transfer of the baby from her womb into mine. In that way, she'll have to stop as she'll be like an empty shell."
Ariek smiled and immediately pushed Pan to the floor and held her down.
Pan had heard everything that they had said. Fear rose into her chest and she began to struggle against Ariek's hold on her, even though she was quite weak.
"No…" she whispered, "Trunks…"
"He won't help you. It's over," spoke Keira as she brought her hand down over Pan's stomach, her hand glowing a strange purple colour. Pan felt the heat from Keira's hand over her stomach and she tried with all her might to get away. But Ariek held her down in an unbreakable hold. She tried to inflict some sort of pain with her hands, but she couldn't reach the twins from where they held her elbows down.
"Trunks! Help…"
"It's no use. Give it up," said Keira.
Pan felt her mind begin to close up as the heat began to scorch her abdominal skin without cutting it. It was a weird but painful feeling and she struggled to move away.
"Trunks…"
She turned her gaze onto him. He was upright after somehow managing to stand. His hands were still holding his head and the lines were still changing back and forth. Pan gathered all of her thoughts, desperation, images, memories and feelings in her mind for one final push. She didn't have anything more to give him.
:I love you Trunks. I remember everything: she cried into his mind as she pushed everything she had into him.
Trunks' eyes widened as he felt the final barrage of images, memories and feelings enter his mind. It was like a knife finally cutting open the way and his vision disappeared from his eyes. He felt all his energy leave him like a brisk gust of wind.
Pan's eyes widened as Trunks slowly stumbled and fell onto his knees, his gold and black aura disappearing completely from around his form. His eyes rolled to the back of his head and then closed as he groaned and he fell down onto the floor, his head turned away from her. He didn't move.
:Trunks: Pan called to him, but there was no answer, only darkness. His ki was weak: very weak.
Pan felt hot tears erupt from her eyes as she tried calling to Trunks again and again, but he would not answer. Was he still sided with darkness? Or was he back to normal? She didn't know, as she couldn't see his face: couldn't see if the black lines were still there.
"Trunks!" she exclaimed as she began to feel Keira's hand reacting with her body and the final realisation that she might actually lose their baby after all.
There was no more time.
Trunks wasn't answering her. She didn't know what to do.
And on the twin's faces were smiles crueller than cruelty itself.
Pan wanted to scream, but she couldn't. It was as if she was frozen like a block of ice, where the only thing she could do was melt away. The only thing her body was screaming at her to do was to close her eyes and give into the warm sensation around her stomach and the blissful abyss of darkness beyond it.
But her mind refused to give up.
She had tried everything. She had given everything to Trunks to convert Trunks back to his normal self so that they could all be saved. She had given him her soul full of memories and images and feelings. She couldn't do anything else.
Her eyes were open of her own accord. Ariek was holding her down and Keira's hand was hovering over her stomach, an eerie purple light emitting from it. She suddenly gave a feral scream that burned her throat before struggling within Ariek's hold. But he was far too strong and with the ki collar around her neck, there was nothing that she could do.
Pain clouded her eyes as she felt the unmistakable tugging from within. Biting her lip, she turned her head slightly to look at Trunk's prone form. If only she could see his face, to see if he was still under the twin's control. But his head was turned the other way. And he seemed cold to the world. She could feel nothing through their bond.
"Trunks…" she called to him, her voice raspy in pain but filled with determination.
There was no answer and he didn't stir. Pan arched her back as the purple light finally entered her body, burning her insides and attacking her womb. There was no time left.
:Trunks: she called through their bond:I can't…I can't do anything…help me…:
She felt the sting of salty tears flood her eyes but she refused to make them fall. She would never give up. Not until the very end. She felt her energy slip away from her body, but she still wouldn't admit defeat. Love…is my energy…
Her breath suddenly started to hitch in her throat as she felt constriction. She began to panic, as her airflow was restricted around her neck as if someone was strangling her. But no one was. Areik was holding her upper body and elbows down and Keira was busy. How could…
The next thing she knew was a sudden tightening around her neck and the sound of metal snapping and breaking into hundreds of shards. The shards flew up from her neck and straight into the bodies and faces of the twins, who suddenly shrieked out as the metal shards impaled their skin everywhere.
It was like slow motion and Pan knew exactly what had happened.
Ariek's grip on her had gone as he covered his face with his now bloody hands and Keira was doing the same action, the pain of the warmth that had enveloped Pan's stomach gone. The ki collar had somehow broken and she was free from the twins' deathly grip.
Love…is my energy…
It was in slow motion. Pan screamed as she let the energy that had materialised from nowhere, from her love for Trunks and their child, escape her body, her ki increasing dramatically as she felt her body take on the Super Saiyan form. Her hair glowed gold and her body buzzed with a golden aura. She wanted to power up further, but there was no time. She would only be able to get a hit in if she took them by surprise. She was nowhere near strong enough to defeat them. She could only stun them. And then she would run.
By the time the ki energy ball was hurtling towards Ariek and Keira, it was too late for either of them to dodge it. Their blood red eyes widened as the ball grew bigger and bigger as it pushed closer to them, their blood red lips parting in surprise.
Pan was going to wait until it hit them, and then she would leave. Her heart clenched. She had to leave without Trunks; she had to. She had tried everything with him and the best thing she would do was make sure that she kept their child safe.
If their child was still there. Pan did not know if the process had damaged their child.
If he was okay and if he woke up…no, when he woke up, he'd be able to escape too. They would still have their bond if everything had worked; if she had succeeded in releasing him from the twin's control. She could contact him and tell him that everything was alright; that she had made her escape.
Pan shielded her eyes as the ki blast made contact with them, sending them both flying into the wall, dust and smoke rising to the surface of the room. This was her only chance. Quickly, she turned and began to fly away with the little energy she had left. She was about to blast a ki blast through the wall for her escape when she sensed angry movement behind her.
Pan turned on instinct. Big mistake. The next thing she knew and before she could do anything, she was blasted back by what she could only describe as rapid air movement. It was like an invisible blast: she could feel it, but she couldn't see it or do anything to stop its path.
She felt herself being tossed back and spun around in the air as it pushed her further and further back. She knew it was the twins' doing and that her chance at escape had been thwarted. She knew that she would hit the wall that she had wanted to escape on and then would crumple to the floor. Her energy was almost spent. It had been energy conjured up of nowhere in the first place. She felt her SS form leave her as she flew through the air.
'Any second now…' she thought as the image of the room flooded past her, 'I'll hit the wall and then there'll be darkness…I'm so sorry…everyone…'
She felt the impact of hitting the wall mid-air and the amazingly small pain that accompanied it, but she suddenly opened her eyes as two strong, yet gentle arms wrapped around her waist, enveloping her in a familiar embrace. The embrace was loving. An embrace that she had missed. An embrace that she knew inside out.
The pain of her impact had been only slight, and the person to break her fall was warm and muscular, and held her in the air. This person suddenly spoke in a low tone of voice that sent chills down her spine, "No one…no one hurts my mate and our child…"
Then one hand unwrapped from her waist and out stretched, a ki blast forming in the fingertips. Pan cast her eyes into the shadows and noticed the twins' movements. They were halted and thrown back as soon as the ki blast was released and hit them right on target. There was an almighty sound that echoed around the room before there was silence and she could only hear her breathing.
No, that was a lie. He was breathing erratically too.
Suddenly the outstretched arm was back around her waist, their forms still floating in mid air. He was holding her up, her energy spent. Pan felt a knot form in her throat as she felt him nuzzle her neck, his hair tickling her exposed skin. She sensed his warm breath causing goose pimples to come up onto her skin, his scent causing colours to flash in front of her eyes.
And then she heard his voice once more, "Pan…"
She used her reserves of her strength to turn around. At that moment, their gazes were locked. Onyx black with sapphire blue, love reflecting back and forth like a mirror world. His arms wrapped around her waist, hers resting on his chest, their faces mere inches from each other. The black lines were not there.
"Trunks…" she whispered.
So much was communicated in their gaze. They wanted to say so many things; they wanted to do so many things…
But then the silence where they were only encompassed in was shattered. Trunks had barely enough time to avoid the deadly blast before it smashed into the wall behind them once again, the force of it sending them both to the floor. He managed to break Pan's fall and shielded her as rubble settled over them. Once again, silence surrounded them. Pan looked up into Trunks' eyes. He was on his hands and knees on top of her, his back holding the weight of the rubble. She breathed in deeply as she took in the expression on his perspiring face. His teeth were gritted as he tried so hard to hold the incredible weight o that it would not crush them. His lithe arms were shaking with force and his eyes were etched in concentration.
'He's got no energy,' she thought, 'just like me. We're spent. The chaining back must have used up all of his energy. Trunks…'
Suddenly, Trunks' arms buckled and Pan's eyes widened as he fell closer to her before once again regaining control of the weight. His face was mere inches away from hers now and Pan raised her hands to his face, wiping away the drops of perspiration from his eyes and pushing his hair away from his eyes.
:Pan: he called to her through their bond :This fight, I don't…:
:Shh: she interrupted, silencing his mental thoughts to her:You can. For me, for us and for our…c…child:
Trunks' eyes softened as he glanced down to her stomach. Neither of them knew if the child was still alive and there was no time to check now. He felt her pain and he closed his eyes and joined their foreheads together.
I love you so much…nothing will ever take me away from you…nothing…I promise…
:I know that you have no power at the moment, but you have me…:
Let love be your energyThey both felt another ki blast heading towards them from beneath the rubble. Just as it smashed the rubble over the top of them, Trunks rolled them both out of the way. As dust flew everywhere and they were able to see the whole room, Pan felt Trunks' embrace leave her. She sat up painfully as she watched him stand up slowly and carefully, his eyes locking with those of the twins who were floating in the air, their ki's erratic with anger.
Keira fisted her fingers and flared her power as she saw that Trunks was no longer under her control. They would pay…she, Pan, would pay. Her and her twin's plan would still go through. It wasn't over yet.
She turned towards her brother who was equally as angry at the events. If they couldn't get Trunks back under their control, they would kill him. They would still have the child. One way or another, they would win.
Pan breathed deeply as Trunks turned his eyes away from the twins and locked his gaze with her. He smiled gently, his thoughts reaching her mind as he levitated up to the twin's level.
:Stay low Pan; I'll sort this out. No one gets away with what they've done to you…I…I love you…:
Pan closed her eyes and sent all of her love to him through their bond:I love you, always…:
Trunks heard her voice and the he turned to face his fate. As he locked eyes with the two twins, he knew what he had to do.
Let love be your energyHe'd never felt so weak. Trunks was holding onto consciousness by a thread. He wanted so much to just fall onto the floor into darkness, but he wouldn't do that. He had to protect Pan and their child. They came before anything else. They meant the world to him. The twins wouldn't get away with what they had done.
He knew now, in his state of not being under control by their powers, that they had orchestrated this from the beginning. The earthquake, Pan's amnesia, everything. Everything had been their doing. They had driven Pan over the edge and then they had attacked him by plaguing him with dreams of blood and bitter hate. They had made him hurt Pan's heart.
He fisted his fingers. They had made him physically hurt his mate and his family. He felt that he was to blame, but he realised that noting could have prevented what the twins had made happen.
They would pay. Trunks was going to atone for all his mistakes by destroying them. He had been weak when he had let them take control over his mind. And then he had tried to stop Pan when she was trying to help him regain his lost memories and feelings. He remembered her last barrage of feelings, images and memories before falling into utter darkness. Her scream had woken him up from his deep reverie. He had used some of the last remains of his energy to break Pan's ki collar using a technique that he'd picked up a couple of months before. But she hadn't been able to get away and know he had to protect her and their child as well as fight.
He gritted his teeth, his tail flailing madly, as his power began to rise out of nowhere. In their eyes, he saw the same hate that Sheik had had. The same genes, the same fuelling of anger and power.
They had hurt Pan, their child, their entire family and had tried to harm the future of the planet.
Let love"You won't get away with this!" he cried, his aura flickering to gold, determination in his eyes.
They laughed and Ariek spoke, "I doubt it. You are just about holding on with the amount of energy you have. One flick, and you'll be down. You can't protect the ones you love…"
Be your energy…And with those words, Trunks felt his power being opened and he unleashed it. The entire room was engulfed in bright light. Wind blew around the room, scattering dust everywhere, clouding the twin's view.
From the side of the room, Pan felt pride well up in her heart along with fear and hope. He was powering up, using their love. She shielded her eyes and turned her face away from the dust as it flew around.
The twins tried to get close to Trunks, but they found their selves unable to get close to him. When the light finally evanesced and the dust settled, their eyes opened wide as they glimpsed at their foe.
Trunks breathed deeply, his SS4 form at full power. His lavender hair was spiked out at the sides, bits of it over the front of his shoulders. His chest was red, along with his eyes and tail. They would pay now.
He spoke, his voice deep and husky, tinged with anger, "You seriously underestimated how powerful love can be…You may be a part of your mother and share her genes, but you're both weaker than her and always be…"
Keira growled, "You don't know anything! You'll be dead before you know it! You'll pay; you'll both pay, you and your bitch of a mate, for what you did to our Mother…"
Trunks smiled slyly, "Say hello to your Mother when you see her…"
And with that he attacked.
Pan could only watch as both twins and her mate flew towards each other faster than the speed of light and a flash of luminosity appeared at their contact. Her eyes struggled to keep up with their movements as they moved from one part of the room to another, their forms clashing and light filling up the room every few seconds or so, power flickering lightning sparks everywhere.
Pan moved forward to power herself up and help Trunks. She just couldn't leave him to fight alone. She had so much to make up for. She had hurt Trunks to the brink that he had been put under the control of evil. She couldn't leave him alone.
But as she took a step forward, she felt pain spring up within her, sending her straight to her knees, breathing erratically just to make the pain pass. The pain tinged along her limbs and reverberated back to her chest. She had no idea what it was, but it seemed to suck her energy. There seemed no way that she'd be able to help her mate…
Trunks felt pain through the bond with his mate. For one second, he took his concentration off the twins and shouted down to Pan. It was a mistake, as he felt Ariek's elbow smash into the side of his face, blood flying from his mouth. He flew through the air and then regained control of his body just before Keira was about to kick him. He dodged the attack, instead grabbing her by the shoulders and sending his knee into her back, a satisfying crack resonating from her body. She cried out and Trunks pulled her by the hair towards him and sent her flying through the air into the arms of her brother.
He took that opportunity to glance down at Pan, her form on the ground, her arms hugging her middle as if to quash pain. He could hear and feel her thoughts and emotions. He knew that she wanted to fight, but he wouldn't let her. He wouldn't put her under any risk.
:Pan, don't move…I'm okay…don't try and help me, please…:
Pan rasped out :It hurts…our baby…Trunks…:
Trunks was attacked by the twins, their punches and kicks coming fast. He blocked them all as he spoke to her :Just breathe Pan…this will all be over soon…don't worry about me…concentrate on yourself…:
He saw an opening in Ariek's attacks and sent him flying into the wall with a good roundhouse kick. Her concentrated his efforts on Keira, the stronger of the two. He had a major advantage. Yes, he was stronger than both of them, but he knew their fighting style. It was a reflection of Sheik's. he knew there every weakness in the moves that they did. He knew how to counter their ki attacks.
Down below, Pan heard Trunks voice and tried to make the pain ease. It was hard to breath normally, but she willed herself to. If she could not help him, she could save their child. She moved her hands around her stomach as if trying to coax the child into calming down. She could literally feel pain emanating from her womb. She didn't know if their child was still alive.
"I'm so sorry…" she whispered into the air that was heavy with the sound of fighting, "I'm so sorry, so so sorry…I'm sorry…I'm so sorry…"
Tears leaked from her onyx eyes as she looked up at Trunks. She felt so helpless and weak. She could only will him on.
:You can do it, Trunks…:
Trunks cried out in pain as his tail was pulled and twisted by Keira. He spun around and head butted her, green blood spraying from her brow. He could usually withstand the pain of his tail being squeezed and pulled and though that his change from dark to light had inhibited his senses. From the corner of his eye and above, he saw Ariek release a ki attack. He knew this attack. As the ki ball split into two and descended towards him, he pretended to stay still and at the last second, he dodged the attack and sent it flying to his left. Within a second he had moved to Ariek, had grabbed him in a headlock and had moved in front of the ki attack.
Ariek could only widen his eyes as the ki ball wrapped itself around his torso, squeezing hard. He began to scream, his voice ugly and distorted. His blonde hair began to be spattered with his green blood as the ki ball wrapped itself around him even tighter as he struggled. His fingers moved and twisted and his legs flailed.
Trunks watched for a few moments before suddenly turning around and catching Keira in an unbreakable hold. He had her wrists outstretched in his grip, her body beneath her arms, his booted foot on the back of her neck and shoulders, keeping her from moving. She tried to emit a ki blast from her palms, but Trunks held them shut. He turned towards Ariek so that he could keep his eye on both.
"You bastard…" rasped Ariek as his breathing was restricted. His bones were all slowly snapping, the noise sending delightful shivers down Trunks spine.
Trunks said, "You had it coming. Now suffer as your own attack kills you."
Ariek smiled, blood dripping from his mouth as his ki blast pulled tighter, "Just remember that she killed you. Her hand went straight through you heart with the intent of death. You can never be together…what ever happens now, there will always be something that will prick at the back of your mind. There will always be some remembrance of what you did to Pan and your family…"
"Shut up!" cried Trunks.
Ariek laughed, before his laugh was reduced to a squeal as darkness began to appear in front of his eyes. Trunks suddenly felt tremors through Keira's body as she realised that Ariek was going to die. She tried to struggle but to no avail, "Ariek!"
Trunks smiled, "See how it feel to lose someone you love…Can you feel that pain? That suffering? Twins are closer t each other than normal brothers and sisters. They are like one. Some people say that they were lovers in their past lives…but don't worry, you'll soon join him Keira…"
She gritted her teeth and lifted her had to lock eyes with her brother, "Areik…"
Ariek smiled before his eyes seemed to bulge out of his sockets and the ki blast that was wrapped around him covered his entire body and squeezed. The only sound that graced everyone's ears was the sound of blood spattering in torrent to the ground. It splashed all over Trunks and Keira, who was so shocked at the events that she was frozen. His life-force disappeared.
From below, Pan smiled…it was nearly over…
Trunks squeezed Keira's wrists and pushed on her back with his boot, "He's gone…"
She dropped her neck down to look at the floor, not saying anything. Only her breathing seemed to be increasing in ferocity. Trunks kicked the back of her head, staining her hair with her own blood, "It's over."
She breathed deeply and whispered, "Your mate Pan…Ariek was right. She did kill you: she's not as innocent as she looks. I admit that we underestimated her…she managed to get you out of our control, just in the same way that she meddled with what our mother was trying to do…Nothing's over until it actually is… you of all people should know THAT!"
Trunks was suddenly blinded by an extreme light and he felt pain in his hands where he was holding onto Keira. Pain suddenly tore though him and he felt himself being pushed away from Keira. He let go.
Pan's smile vanished as she saw the bright light and was blinded as well. The next thing she knew was Keira right in front of her, holding onto her neck and squeezing painfully. Pan rasped as Keira spoke, "Die you bitch!"
Pan closed her eyes for a second and then opened them with vigour. She smiled slyly, despite the lack of oxygen and spoke with her last breath, "No matter what you say or what you so, you'll never win…"
Keira's eyes flared in anger and her grip tightened until suddenly, her face flashed with disbelief and then her expression turned to one of pain. Her hands dropped from Pan's neck as she stumbled back, her hands now over the hole in her chest, green blood seeping through her fingers. Keira dropped to her knees, her eyes shining.
Pan breathed deeply, taking as much oxygen into her lungs as she could before a warm embrace wrapped itself around her. She sagged against Trunks, their eyes both on Keira's form as she died.
As Keira looked gurgled up blood from her throat, Pan spoke, "After all the suffering you've put us though, at least you're suffering and dying slowly…"
Keira laughed and gurgled, "Huh, Trunks…I'm dying just like you did…hand though heart and lungs…"
Trunks brought Pan even closer to his form, holding her protectively, "You have no idea."
"Just remember what Ariek said," her eyes shined more and Pan and Trunks were both amazed to see a tear fall from her eye as she spoke again, "Ariek…my brother…I can see you…at least now, we…won't be lonely anymore…"
She took one last look at the two saiyans before smiling evilly, "At least…we…we hurt you all…and that things…will…never be the…same again…"
Her red eyes rolled to the back of her head as she fell backwards, her life-force gone for good.
There was silence accept for the cracking of Trunks' aura. It was over. Pan suddenly heard Trunks groaning and felt him slump against her and she turned to see his power leaving him, his body descending from SS4 to being his normal self, his body exhausted.
"Trunks!" She caught him in her embrace and they leaned on each other for support.
Neither dared to say anything else in case this was all a dream, that everything was alright; that everything was back to normal and how it should be.
He brought his hand to shyly to her face, his fingers slowly caressing her velvety cheek, his moves becoming bolder as he dug his hand into her ebony hair. Suddenly, her face broke down and she pushed herself straight into his arms, crying softly into the crook of his neck. Trunks immediately pulled his arms around her form, crushing her softly in his loving embrace.
He inhaled her scent as he felt his eyes stinging with water. They had both been through so much.
"I'm sorry," Pan cried into his neck, her hands fisting in his hair, "I'm so sorry…"
"Shhh…" Trunks replied, his hands moving circular motions on her back to calm her down, "You don't have to be sorry Pan, I hurt you too. I'm sorry…"
Pan shook her head, "No, Trunks! I put you through so much pain. I kissed someone else, loved someone else, lusted for someone else, even tried to kill myself! I'm sorry…"
Trunks pulled her head back so that he could stare into her eyes, "None of that was your fault! None of it, so don't blame yourself. I hurt you too, Pan. I…I physically hurt you and I…I don't think you deserve someone like me…"
Pan shook her head before smiling through her tears, "None of that was your fault Trunks! So don't blame yourself either. And don't say that I don't deserve you; I love you so much and nothing will ever change that."
"I love you too, always," he whispered as he pulled her once again into his embrace, "We'll put all of this behind us. It'll be just a memory and nothing more. Everything will go back to how it was."
Pan was silent and then she said, "No. Keira was right: nothing will ever be the same again."
Trunks faltered and pulled back, his face unreadable, "Pan?"
She smiled, full of love, "Noting will ever be the same again because it will be better. From this experience, we've grown stronger. We've proved how much we care and love each other. We'll be better people because of it."
Trunks' face broke into an emotional smile, his hand coming up to Pan's cheek, "You always amaze me Pan and I'll always love you…"
He moved forward, closing the gap between their mouths. As soon as they connected, it was like a fire that could never be extinguished. Their mouths moved slowly yet demandingly against each other, as if they needed each other for life support. Pan threaded her fingers through his hair and Trunks pulled her even closer so that not even light could penetrate between their bodies.
As they broke for air, Pan's face suddenly fell as images came to her mind. She cast her onyx eyes down and Trunks frowned, "What's wrong?"
She breathed before locking their gazes, "That…that vision that we saw…the one where I…killed you…I…It's not true! That never happened! I didn't do it! I…"
Her voice broke off as Trunks increased his embrace on her, touching his forehead with hers, "I know you didn't, Pan. They put all of those images there to confuse us. You'd never do that to me, ever. So let's just forget that, yeah?"
She nodded a smile touching her lips until it suddenly fell, her eyes widening in horror, "Trunks…the baby…"
His eyes widened and his hand immediately fell to her stomach. He pressed against it, desperately searching for a ki, "Does…does it still hurt?"
She shook her head, her face visibly upset, "No…but Trunks, is, is it okay? Please let it be, oh please…"
There was silence and the moment seemed to stretch forever until suddenly, Trunks smiled. He drew Pan close, "It's okay. I…I can feel its ki. In fact, I could feel its heartbeat…everything's going to be alright Pan, everything…"
Pan closed her eyes in relief, her throat making voiceless whimpers of joy. Trunks nuzzled her neck, their embrace loving. She opened her eyes when she felt Trunks licking and sucking gently at her neck just above her collarbone. She put on of her hands in his hair on the back of his neck and pushed him as close to her skin as possible. When his teeth descended into her bite mark, utter bliss filled her veins, their mate bond strengthening, as close as ever.
They stayed like that for a long time.
It was dusk, the gibbous moon was just rising and the sun had only just gone to sleep for the night. Everything had an unearthly blue glow to it as the sky gradually turned to black.
Trunks yawned and stretched cat like. Sitting all day listening to other high class saiyans speak wasn't that fun, but an essential part of his role as Prince. As he said goodnight to his Father and walked out of the room, he began to walk towards the East side of the palace.
It had been ten months since the end of the shocking events that had created a rift between him and Pan. He remembered what had happened after they had flown back to the palace after resting: all the amends that had to be made, all the apologies that had to be said. It had brought everyone in the family closer as a result. He had felt awful at first about what he had done to his Mother and sister, but they had accepted him into open arms and everything had been okay. Goten had joked that he would have liked to punch his lights out and Trunks had laughed too.
But everyone was so glad that Pan as okay and back to her usual self. They had been even happier once her pregnancy was confirmed to be progressing as expected.
He opened the door to his and Pan's chambers and his ears were graced with the sound of her soothing voice. He smiled and followed her voice until he came to an open door. Trunks leaned against the doorframe, his heart filled with love as he watched and listened to Pan.
She was kneeling next to the white cradle, her arms leaning on the side. Atop the cradle was a collection of dream catchers and toys that swung in the moonlight above their children, eliciting sweet gurgles and baby movements as they watched the spinning and listened to their mother.
Both he and Pan had been delightfully surprised when Bulma had told them that he were going to be the proud parents of twins. They hadn't felt two ki's or two sets of heartbeats because they had been in sync, as most twins were. They were only one month old, two boys, and were both gorgeous and healthy.
Trunks approached his mate and embraced her from behind. She stopped singing and looked up at him, smiling softly, "Hey."
He kissed her forehead, "Keep singing; it'll help them fall asleep and your voice is beautiful."
She smiled and looked to their twins, their eyes wide yet sleepy.
"Nemure yo, ii chibi hana! (Go to sleep, you little flower!)
Niwa ya makiba ni (When all are sleeping)
Tori mo hitsuji mo (Even the birds and the sheep)
Minna nemureba (In the gardens and in the fields)
Hoshi wa mado kara (The stars this evening)
Gin no hikari o (Will pour their silver light)
Sosogu, kono yoru! (Through the window this night)."
Trunks nuzzled Pan's neck as she hummed the ending to the lullaby. The twin's gentle breathing indicated that they were asleep. Pan smiled and turned to face Trunks in their embrace. After everything that had happened, everything was perfect. They had grown as mates and had two beautiful children and a wonderful family.
"Trunks," she murmured in his neck.
"Yes?" he replied.
She smiled, "How about more children?"
Trunks froze, his eyes widening, "More now? But we just had two!"
"No, silly! Not now. But in the future, I'd like lots and lots of children," she laughed and put on pitiful eyes, "You're the only one you can give them to us…"
Trunks smiled slyly, his hand caressing her face, "I think I'm going to enjoy the next couple of years…"
Pan laughed and drew Trunks in for a kiss, the moonlight bathing them in coolness, their love for each other swarming around.
From the crib, the twins smiled in their peaceful sleep.
The EndWell, that's it for this fanfic. I hope everything's been wrapped up and brought to a satisfying close! And sorry for the bad ending: I'm just not good with them!
Thanks for leaving reviews about your thoughts and feelings about this fanfic and its predecessor. I'm grateful for that and for those loyal readers who stuck by me during my 18 month absence. Especially to those who emailed me about it and to Djablesse who gave me the extra push to actually finish it. I'm really glad that I started to write this fic up again and that it's now complete and finished.
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dragon agility