Chapter 8: Gohan and Pan vs. Salu and Koli

Gohan and Pan looked at Salu and Koli. Salu was dressed in a full training suit as Koli was wearing white pants and a shirt that hugged around his chest showing his muscles. Pan glanced at her father as he glared directly at the males. Once Pan broke her glances at her father the ref shouted…

"BEGIN!" Salu and Koli charged forward with every once of their strength making them extremely fast. Gohan turned toward his daughter wrapping his arms tightly around her disappearing as Salu and Koli's fists hit the ground sending up rubble.

Gohan reappeared hovering in the air looking down at Salu and Koli as Pan slipped out of his arms. Salu and Koli smirked and looked up. Gohan tightened his fists as Pan hovered their as fear begun to consume her. She was afraid that she might lose this battle and get her planet destroyed.

Breaking her fear was her father pushing her out of the way as Salu was coming toward her about to slam his shoulder into her when he hit Gohan.

"Dad!" Pan shouted. She went to attack Salu when Koli appeared in front of her with his arms firmly at his side.

"You have other things to worry about child." He said to her with kind of a deep voice. Pan flew backward as she looked over Koli's shoulder seeing her father blocking Salu's attacks best he could. "HAH!" Pan looked at Koli as he launched a ki beam at her. Pan was hit being sent into the ring by the ref's stand. Gohan looked down at his hurt daughter lifting herself out of the small crater she laid in.

"Pa" Gohan was hit in his face. Gohan looked at Salu as a bruise begun to form on his cheek. Gohan level his fists with his hips as he powered up. "HAAAH!!" he screamed out. Salu backed away as he left Gohan's power rise. Gohan's black hair changed into the yellow gold color and his eyes went from dark brown and greenish teal. He glared at Salu and then disappeared.

Koli had hovered down toward Pan a little pulling his hands to his side. Ki started to gather as Pan weakly got to her feet. She listened to her aunt Taylor who was shouting out her pan telling her to get up encouraging her to get to her feet. Once she was standing she looked up at Koli to see the attack was about to be launched. Pan's eyes widened knowing that she couldn't do anything to get away from this attack considering that it was heat censored and she knew it.

"HAH!" Pan watched as her father reappeared to the side of Koli hitting him on the side of his head. "NO TOUCHES MY DAUGHTER!" Little did Gohan know that when Gohan hit Koli it caused him to launch the attack anyway. Pan's eyes widened once she saw the attack go for her. "PAN!" Gohan shouted out to her. Pan jumped up but the attack only followed her. Gohan shook his head as he went to fly toward his daughter when someone had grabbed onto his foot. He looked behind him to see Salu and Koli smirking at him. Koli's temple was bleeding from where Gohan had hit him. They spun spinning Gohan around then throwing him into the tile of the ring.

Pan looked down at the attack as it came toward her. She tried to get away but the attack up from under her hitting her. Pan arched her back as pain went through her body. She tightly closed her eyes as the bright blue ki ball attack grew brighter as is hit.

"AAHH!!" Pan screamed as her hair waved in the brightness of the attack.

"PAN!!!" Gohan yelled as he stood up onto his feet. Taylor ran to the side of the ring placing her hand on the ring as she watched the attack disappear and Pan hit the ground.

"PAN!!! GET UP!" Taylor shouted as Goku placed his hands on her shoulders pulling her back.

Pan hit the ground lifeless as her bangs hung over her eyes casting a shadow. Gohan fell to his knees as the ref stepped off of his stand and walked over to Pan and begun to count.

"One! Two! Three! Four!" Gohan stood up as he walked to his daughter when Salu got in his way. Gohan begun to block his kicks and punches as he kept on eyes on his lifeless daughter. "Five! Six! Seven!" Pan's fingers started to twitch as her eyes slowly started to open. "Eight! Nine!" Pan sat up as she leaned forward getting to her feet. "The fighter is up on her feet!" the ref shouted. "Continue the match!" Pan looked down at her clothes to see that they were battered up. She looked up at her father who was knocked to the ground as he drifted away out of his super saiyan form. Salu had looked over at Pan and disappeared.

He reappeared in front of her smiling down at her. Pan did hesitate to look up into his eyes. She glared at him as Salu lifted up his hand ready to backhand her.

"No one," she said, "hurts my father and get away with it! HAH!" Pan lifted up her fist as she shot up into the air giving Salu an upper cut to the jaw causing him to fall backwards.

"That's it Pan!" Taylor shouted as she threw her fist into the air.

Pan looked down at Salu who was getting to his feet slowly. Pan pulled her hands back getting into her Kamehameha Stance.

"KA! ME! HA! ME!!" Salu looked up charging toward her hoping that he would get there before she was able to launch the attack. Gohan reappeared in front of Salu when he got to close to his daughter. Gohan started to punch him in his face knocking him down toward Koli. Gohan jumped backwards hovering next to Pan.

"KA! ME! HA! ME!!" Pan and Gohan both waited till Koli and Salu were on their feet and charging up into the sky toward them.

"HAAAH!" Pan and Gohan threw their hands forward as the attack went forward toward them. Salu and Koli called ki to both of their hands and then threw them forward as the ki attacks hit up against Gohan and Pan's Kamehameha Waves.

"HAH!" they screamed out as a blast of more ki went through the ki beams traveling upward till they hit against Gohan and Pan's attacks throwing the back at them. Gohan's eyes widened as he noticed them both going toward Pan.

"NO! PAN!" Gohan wrapped his arms around Pan pulling her close to his chest.

"DAD!" Pan shouted as she felt herself up against his chest. The two attacks or four hit Gohan's back tiring the back of his shirt open burning his skin.

"AAAAH!!" Gohan shouted as he lifted his head up into the air screaming in pain. Pan looked up at her father as the brightness of the four attacks went over Gohan's shoulder and got into her eyes. Pan closed her eyes as the echoing of Gohan's screaming rang in her ears. Soon she felt the tight grip that once was around her fall off and disappear. Pan opened her eyes as she looked down to see Gohan falling.

"DAD!" She flew down toward him. She watched as her father looked weak and his ki begun to fall extremely low leaving her to battle her own. Pan reached out for her father weak arm when she was hit in her side by Koli and she was then hit on her other side by Salu tossing her back toward Koli. Koli spun and kicked her back throwing her into the tile.

Gohan hit the ground with dirt getting into his burn on his back. It strung him badly. Gohan tightly closed his eyes for they were already closed. He laid there blocking everything out of his ears till he heard the ref counting and he was already at seven. Then everything started to happen. He heard his baby sister shouting out his name along with Goten. Piccolo telling him to get up. Goku shouting him also to get up making sure that he could hear. Trunks was calling out his name telling him that Pan needed his help and Vegeta… well he was calling him weakling.

He heard the ref get to nine and he started to open his eyes and sit up. He was at his feet slowly before the ref could call ten.

"The fighter is up on his feet!" the ref shouted. Pan lying on the ground with her right cheek on the tile floor wincing in pain as she felt Koli and Salu getting her into the tile.

"Don't touch her." Gohan stated as he kind of limped toward Koli and Salu. Salu looked at him grinning.

"What are you going to do? You're no stronger then…" Salu's eyes widened when he felt his power starting to rise as Gohan turned back into his super saiyan form.

"HAAH!" Gohan charged toward Koli and Salu hitting them both in their faces sending them off of the ring out cold.

"One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine! Ten!" Gohan got down by his daughter side as he helped her lift herself out of the ground.

"Are you okay Pan?" Gohan asked. Pan nodded her head as she sat back onto the heels of her feet.

"Yeah."

"The Victory goes to Team Earth! You proceed to the next round! You're match will start in the next hour!" the ref shouted. Gohan scooped up Pan as he walked off of the ring with the burn on his back hurting him from the dirt that had gotten in.

"You did it bro! Pan!" Taylor shouted as she ran up to them.

"Good job Gohan." Goten stated as he smiled placing his hands on his hips.

"Thanks." Gohan stated. Goku smiled as he tossed two Senzu Beans toward him.

"Here." He stated. Pan lifted up her hand as she grabbed them putting one in her mouth and the other in Gohan's.

"Great job Saiyans." They looked over to see Moritor standing there with his arms crossed. "You too Namekian." He stated as he noticed Piccolo. "I didn't think you wouldn't have made it this far."

"You're underestimating us." Taylor hissed. Moritor smirked.

"I know. But let's see if you can make it out of the third round of the eliminations." Moritor stated as he walked away.

"Sounds like he wants us to lose." Pan stated as Gohan placed her on the ground. Taylor crossed her arms.

"I wouldn't doubt it." She stated. Vegeta nodded his head.

"I agree." He stated. Taylor looked at him shocked that Vegeta had exactly agreed with her.

"Well then, that's what's going to make it all the better to win." Goten stated.

"Yeah. And we have to win for Earth's sake." Goku stated.

They all walked back to their room. Moritor was smiling as he watched them walk away. His smile turned into a smirk as he turned and walked away.