Orange Star High School- The Legacy Continues...

A/N: Just a quick note. This takes place at a time when Pan is in high school. Trunks, Goten, and Bra also attend Orange Star and obviously their ages have been changed. Pan- 17, Trunks- 18, Goten- 18, Bra- 16. Also, I have added a new character of my own. His name's Eraser and he's the child of Sharpner and Erasa; age 17. And in case you didn't read the summary, this is a Trunks/Pan pairing.

Chapter 9- The Complications of Love

Moments later, the two pulled away from their kiss and looked at each other embarrassingly. The room was silent as the two gathered their thoughts...

Trunks blushed crimson, realizing what he had just done. On the good side, he had kissed her, possibly showing her how he felt about her. But on the bad side, what if she didn't feel the same way, what if he had caught her off guard and she was only leered into the kiss, not really wanting it to happen. But then again, he did get a kiss from her, and that was possibly the best thing to ever have happened to him.

Pan turned away slightly, too embarrassed to look at him in the face. What had just happened? What had she just done? She hadn't meant for it to happen, it just had. The kiss had been something beyond her belief. On one point, she had to admit that she had enjoyed it but on another, she had no idea why she had done it. Was it possible that she liked Trunks; the closest person in her life, excluding her family? And if she didn't like him, then why had they kissed for so long? Everything was so confusing...

Meanwhile, Vegeta smirked and began taking off for the kitchen. He had just witnessed his son and Pan 'making out'. It could and would be possibly the greatest blackmail item he could ever possess...

Pan stood up and grabbed her video camera from Trunks' dresser and headed for the door. "I've...gotta go," She murmured, not knowing what to say, and at the same time trying to conceal her blush.

Trunks nodded, unable to find words to speak. He watched as Pan exited the room. As soon as she was gone, he flopped back down on his bed.

What had happened? Did Pan like him? Did she hate his guts for kissing her? He couldn't tell.

"Argh!" Trunks yelled out to no one in particular. "Why does love have to be so complicated?!"

He eyed his mobile phone sitting on top his dresser and grabbed it, dialing in Goten's number. If anyone knew about the complications of love, it was Goten.

Pan's hair blew wildly in the wind as she headed for Satan City mall. Her plan was already set in her mind. She'd crash the arcade, play a few games, and grab something to eat to clear her nerves.

She landed a few feet away from the mall's entrance, quickly making sure no one had seen her fly in and entered the overly-huge shopping mall. Quickly, Pan began making her way toward the arcade...

"YOU WHAT?!" Goten screamed over his yellow cell phone.

"I kissed Pan okay!" Trunks yelled back.

There was a moment of silence before Goten spoke again.

"Wow man, I didn't realize that you liked her that way!"

Trunks felt his cheeks burning from embarrassment. "So what do I do? You know, now that I've kissed her?"

"Well, you've already made the first move," Goten explained. "Just explain to me in detail how it happened and what Pan did in reaction and I can tell you what to do next."

"What?!" Trunks yelled, "I'm NOT going into detail!"

"I guess you don't want my help then..." Goten trailed off.

"Argh! Fine!" Trunks replied, beginning to tell the story.

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Pan left the arcade with a brood smile across her face. That game session had been a great one and had almost taken her mind off the kiss. She looked around the mall before deciding on eating at McDonalds. She ordered two chicken sandwiches, some fries, and a large soda then took a seat to wait for her meal.

Pan began staring into space when a tap on her shoulder surprised her. She turned around to see Bra, Marron, and Markie standing by her side.

"Hey Pan!" Bra exclaimed, taking a seat next to her friend. Markie and Marron did the same, setting their hundreds of shopping bags down with them.

"Hey guys," Pan replied, smiling weakly.

"So what brings you here to the mall?" Markie asked, arching an eyebrow.

"Yeah Pan," Marron spoke up, "I thought you couldn't stand the mall."

"Unless you were here for the arcade," Bra said, rolling her eyes a bit.

"There's nothing wrong with the arcade!" Pan replied defensively.

"Yeah, unless you like playing pointless games that waste your time," Bra came back.

Pan sighed. Getting into an argument about video games with three shop-alcoholic girls wasn't going to do her any good.

"Okay, so what brings you here?" Pan questioned.

"Well we've been around the mall doing some light shopping and decided to take a break and grab something to eat," Marron explained.

Pan looked at the hundreds of shopping bags lying next to them and wondered how the three could call that 'light' shopping.

"Right," Pan replied, looking down.

Bra looked at Pan questioningly. She could tell something was wrong but decided to wait until later to ask her about it.

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"So you did it out of pressure?" Goten asked.

"Well, yeah, sort of, I-"

Goten interrupted. "Don't worry, I've been there before. You're in a room, alone, with the person you like and it feels like the room's heating up."

"Yeah, exactly!" Trunks exclaimed. "So what did you do?"

"Actually, that happened to a friend of mine..."

"Goten!"

"Heh, heh, I'm just kidding!" Goten replied. "This is the way I see it. You've already kissed her meaning one of two things. One, Pan could have liked that kiss just as much as you or two; she did it out of pressure and doesn't like you that way at all."

"I could have figured that much out Goten!" Trunks sighed over the phone.

"Well sorry! You're the one who called here asking for my help. My advice to you is that you go and confront her, tell her how you feel."

"But what if she doesn't like me?!" Trunks asked.

"That's just a chance you're gonna have to take," Goten answered. "Just mook gat it whis tay, if..."

"Swallow Goten," Trunks interrupted, rolling his eyes a bit at his always hungry friend.

"I said, just look at it this way, what if she does like you?" Goten repeated.

"Yeah, I guess. Thanks Goten."

"No problem, now can I get back to eating?" Goten asked.

Trunks laughed. "Yeah, sure. Later."

"Bye," Goten replied, hanging up the phone.

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Thanks for the reviews, glad the last chapter was acceptable. -Sighs- Next chapter coming soon. And no, I don't own McDonalds.