Tada! Here is yet another entry. Day 2.... Oooooh.... Anyway. Enjoy the writ and I will hurry with the Day 3 which you will all be anxiously waited for I am sure....
C-26
Day Two
Vegeta grumbled as he looked at the extremely distracted Soyna.
He had no doubt in his mind why she was so nervous. It wasn't just about the fact that she knew that Krad was around. He had heard his son talking with Soyna last night. He didn't like the conversation. He didn't like the gist of it at all because it confirmed what he had been seeing in that boy every time he looked at her. He had hoped that she was oblivious to Goten's looks but it seemed they had infected her.
She was not pushing him away!
"You can't expect her to be alone forever," Bulma had said to him, when he lay in bed unable to sleep. "No one deserves that."
He hated it when she did that. When she would just look at him and know what he was thinking. It was annoying as hell. He didn't say anything as she closed her eyes and went back to sleep.
But Goten!
He had already lost his son to on of that weakling's bloodline and he didn't want to loose another, especially Soyna.
But then, it wasn't his choice to make but he sure as hell wasn't going to let his voice go unheard.
............
Pan really didn't feel that well. There was no way she was going to tell Trunks that she was experiencing the wonders of 'morning sickness.' He would go into his over protective mood as smooth as that and she really was not in the mood for a fight. She had been shocked when he threatened to tell her father about her condition to get her to stop competing in the tournament but she quickly beat him down on that one.
On one level she enjoyed the fact that he was always worrying about her but at the same time, she didn't need to be protected that much.
She noticed that today, his attention seemed to be more on Soyna though. He seemed to be watching her closely, as if he were looking for something. She decided not to ask. She would find out sooner or later and if it kept his mind off the fact that she was in the tournament for a little bit, all the better.
She also noticed that Goten was paying a lot of attention to her as well. Everyone seemed to be overly worried about her but they were the most prominent.
Soyna was jumpy that was for sure. When her name was called for the next match, she looked like she was going to jump out of her skin! She was totally focused in the ring though and didn't have the problems like she did her last match the other day. She seemed more determined in the ring now, as her eyes constantly were scanning the crowd, looking for the man that she hated.
She sure wished that Krad would make his appearance soon enough so that they would all know what was going on and get on with their lives.
She mentally slapped herself. She was started to sound like her grandmother.
............
Goten didn't know how to approach her without seeming like a jerk or a love sick jerk. Either way, he felt like a dope.
He had almost kissed her. He was so close and then Benot had to jump in. The kid had the worst timing and from the look on his face it was almost planned.
He had hardly slept because of that. She was going to let him kiss her and it wasn't just on the forehead it would have been on her soft lips. He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.
He knew that he should be concentrating on looking for Krad. He shouldn't be worrying about if Soyna would ever let him get that close again. He should not be worried about if she will let him into her life after this mess is over but that was all that his mind would let him focus on.
The fate of the world was in their hands and all he could think about was Soyna.
She looked so nervous and tense today. Her matches went off without a hitch, as did his. She even allowed herself to power up a bit in a couple. Her eyes kept looking at the cameras that were placed around the place and at the high observation booths. He wondered if she could sense him.
He couldn't sense him at all. He thought it was because he was being so distracted by her but he knew better. Krad was in hiding and biding his time in coming out. He would come out of the shadows in time to announce his big plans.
He looked over to where was sitting with her boys.
What did he have to do to get her attention?
Then he felt the glare of Vegeta. He looked really mad at him over something but he just walked over to Soyna and sat down beside her and the boys without so much of a word.
He was protecting her. Very much the same way that he used to protect Bra but Bra had inherited her mother's mouth and that would cause him to back off. Soyna didn't do that. She didn't seem to mind his constant watch.
He sighed deeply as he tried to force himself to look elsewhere. There was Junior but he was busy talking with Marron who was blatantly flirting with him and he certainly seemed to be enjoying it.
He smirked at the thought of that. Marron and Junior. If 18 still had all her circuits, she certainly would blow them over that one. He was also quite certain that Soyna wouldn't like it all that much. He chuckled at that thought.
He wished that his dad were here. Then he would know that everything would turn out right. They would win. With dad, you couldn't not win. Dad just knew what to do. Dad was always there to make sure that everything turned out right in the end, even in that meant that he was the one that had to sacrifice himself to do so.
He knew that he was strong and so was Gohan and all the rest. But Dad was always the one that seemed to know what to do.
If only Krad would show himself and then they could get this whole drawn out mess over with!
............
Gohan arrived late with Fry in tow. Fry already seemed to know where he was going and what he was doing. "Pan should be fighting soon dad. Come on. Hurry up. We don't want to miss it!" As he was dragged along by his son.
Gohan had nothing against his daughter entering this farce of a tournament but that would mean that he would have to see her with Trunks and he had no desire to see that.
"Dad!" Fry said impatiently as they went through the crowd.
He got by the ring in time to see Pan step into the ring with Marron. He knew that his daughter could easily win against her.
She looked so tired and he was certain that it was all Trunk's fault and he would make Trunks pay for it later, but he would watch his little girl battle in the way that he taught her to fight.
The match started. He found himself standing by Trunks, even though he didn't want too. He looked worried about her as they fought in the ring. Marron had been training hard the last little while, but she would never match the strength of a Saiyian.
The fight started off slow and then began to pick up pace.
Krillin cheered loudly for his little girl.
The pace grew faster. People were looking at the two women fighters in awe.
"Watch out Pan!" Trunks yelled at her but she was paying attention. Did he think that his daughter suddenly forgot how to defend herself? She was fully capable of winning this battle. Marron didn't have the years of training that Pan had. He saw Trunks nervously look over at him and then back at the battle.
Good. He had every right to be nervous.
Marron landed a blow against Pan's jaw that sent her off balance.
"PAN!" He found himself yelling in synch with Trunks. How did Marron manage to land that blow?
Krillin cheered for his daughter.
Pan was able to recover quickly and was able to return a kick into Marron's stomach. He smiled. Just a lucky shot. That was all.
He could feel both their power levels rising. He knew that for the short while that she was training with Soyna she had been trying to achieve Super Saiyian, but she never told him if she reached it. Hell, if Soyna could reach it, it was purely possible that she should too. He was sure that she would have told him, if she could reach such a level. He was sure that he would have felt it.
Pan's attacks became more vicious and Marron was on the defense, unable to stop the onslaught that was coming at her. He was sure that this fight would be over soon.
"Careful!" Trunks whispered under his breath. When did Trunks start to think that she was so fragile?
"Kick her butt sis!" Fry yelled. "Yeah! Knock it to her!" He bounced in front of him.
Gohan frowned. He had to find some other friends than Benot and Legen. They were such a bad influence on his son. Fry mimicked his sister's moves with as little grace as possible. Fry never showed any desire to fight or to be that aggressive. He never pushed it either. There were enough fighters around that they didn't have to worry about another one and he was young yet. He had time to learn later. Gohan was sure that he would be a natural fighter if he just had a little bit of training. He had strong enough blood flowing through his veins.
The fight continued and suddenly it looked like Marron had the upper hand. Marron grabbed a hold of one of Pan's wrist and threw her down on the mat with a sickening thud. Trunks took a step towards the ring.
"GET UP!" Fry yelled at his sister. He never thought that Fry had such an interest in his sister. Usually they stayed away from each other. A distance that he gave to equal the difference in their ages. "You can't let a weakling beat you!"
Oh, yeah and much too much time around Vegeta, as well.
............
Trunks bit his lip and watched Pan being thrown to the mat. He so desperately wanted to jump in there and throw Marron out of the ring. He wanted to protect the one person that was now his life.
But at the same time, he knew that if he jumped in that ring, she would find horrible ways of torturing him, such as not allowing him to sneak into her room at night or worse, her not coming to his.
He was also very aware of the Gohan's glare but he was concentrating on the battle now and thought little of it. Pan should not be having such a hard time with Marron. She was not that strong. They all knew that.
He knew that it had to do with the baby. It had too. It was taking to much of her energy for her to fight properly. What he was afraid off. He had seen how tired his sister had become, but then she never trained or fought, so she was not a good guide to go by. He could have asked Soyna, but that was not something that he would ask of her. Especially, since he was sure that he would figure out why she wanted her to answer that question. Was that why Krad beat them so easily? She couldn't power up at all?
He would ask later.
His biggest concern was that she was loosing to Marron and he had a bad feeling that he was going to get blamed for it.
............
Vegeta was very aware of the fact that Pan was loosing her fight to a weakling human. He could see how anxious his son was. He could guess what the reason was, but he didn't need to say it. It was written all over Trunk's face. He was not one that was good at hiding his emotions.
He looked over to Soyna who seemed to be content pondering a boy with white hair and almost as white skin.
"Does he look familiar?" he asked.
She nodded her head. "I can't place him though," she whispered. "I don't remember if he is part of Krad's group. He is not wearing a uniform like the other ones."
He was just a boy. He couldn't sense any great power off of him. He wondered why she was worrying about him. The boy had advanced quite far in the tournament but he had yet to challenge one of them. No one could beat them.
The winner of Marron and Pan's match was announced.
Pan lost.
Marron stood in the ring looking stunned.
Pan should not have lost to her and Marron obviously did not plan on winning against Pan.
Trunks and Gohan had rushed into the ring; both were trying to help Pan up as she had trouble getting up from the last of Marron's blows.
Krillin ran in and congratulated his daughter who was still standing there in disbelieve.
The Trunks and Gohan situation was much more interesting. Pan looked confused as she looked at from her father to Trunks as they were talking over her and each holding an arm. It looked like those two would get into a fight at any moment. The referee was the one that broke them up.
Both, were not that eager to part with Pan, but she shook him off and then was confronted by her brother. Fry summed it up in his loud voice. "How could Pan loose to that!"
Indeed.
............
Goten bit his lip. Vegeta had finally left Soyna's side and he quickly darted in and sat by her. She was not paying attention to him. She was looking at the new kid warming up for a match.
"Hey," he said. He felt really really stupid.
She gave him a quick glance but then resumed her watching.
"I wanted you to talk about what happened last night," he said.
"Nothing happened, therefore, there is nothing to talk about," she said.
Nothing happened? He just about kissed her and nothing happened. It hurt to hear her say that.
She looked back at him. "Don't give me those puppy eyes of yours," she said sharply. "Nothing happened."
"But..."
"I am trying to figure out where I have seen that kid before," she snapped and pointed to the new kid.
"Oh, that's Ligh. He's been at our school for a month or so. Maybe you saw him when you came by that one day." Goten said.
She humped. "Maybe," she said.
He wanted to get back on topic. He was pretty sure that she was going to let him kiss him. That was not nothing! He couldn't hardly sleep at night thinking about how that kiss would have felt. He could still smell her on his sheets even though they had been laundered a long time ago. He knew it was his imagination, but he didn't care. He had held her for a little while. She snuggled up to him and then she tells him that kiss was nothing. He didn't think so.
"You can't just say that that moment didn't mean anything to you," he said in a whisper and sat really close to her. She didn't move away, for that he was grateful. "You can't say that I don't mean anything to you." He knew this was a huge chance he was taking. He knew that he should wait until the tournament was over. He knew that she would not be dwelling on Krad then and could think clearly about him, but he couldn't help himself. His dreams wouldn't let him stop thinking about her.
She looked back at him. She looked as if she was unsure of what to say.
"You don't have to answer me now," he said quickly. He didn't want a rejection. "You can answer me later. I just want you to know that I do care and I can't help it. I know that..." he sighed deeply. He felt like an idiot saying all this stuff. "I can be by your side," he said after a moment of silence. That should sum it up nicely. He hoped.
She looked away for a moment and then looked back at him.
"I don't need help," she whispered.
"I know," he said, "that is not what I am saying. I will be by your side, no matter what."
She stared at him. He looked down at his lap. He waited for her to say something, but she didn't. This was one of those time that he wished that she was a lot more vocal than she was.
Her hand touched his, a gently squeeze. He looked at her and smiled. She gave him a gentle smile. Like how she looked when he had the opportunity to kiss her but was foiled by the vile little Benot.
"No rush," he said in a low voice.
She pulled her hand away and then walked off as her name was announced for the next match.
Was that good? It felt good? He felt all light headed and tingly. He hoped that he was reading her signals right.
............
Pan escaped to the women's washroom to get away from her father and Trunks. They were out right squabbling over her and neither of them was logical. They were far from it. They were both acting like children!
She sighed at looked at herself in the mirror and patted her still flat stomach. She didn't think the kid would drain so much of her power this early on. She certainly didn't think she would loose to Marron.
Marron wouldn't make it past Soyna though. That much Pan knew.
But she was out of the tournament now. She was out for the count and now, she had to tell her father why she was unable to fight at her best. She could think of no way of telling dad without Trunks getting hurt.
She sighed and then went back out into the turmoil that her life had become.
............
Goten had never been so glad to have a day over in his life!
Not that any of his fights were difficult. He knew the one with Vegeta was coming up soon and he would be beaten to a pulp, but he was expecting that.
He had to find Soyna!
............
"Are you sure they went this way," Legen said to his brother.
"Yes, I am sure," he said. "That idiot has been stalking mom for the last little while and I won't tolerate it anymore!" Benot said as they walked around the outside of the building.
"Ah, come on. Goten hasn't been stalking her," Legen said. "I don't know why you have such a grudge against him. He treats us right. Hell, he taught us how to fly. How can you still hate him." Legen said as he walked slowly behind him.
"Will you hurry up!" Benot complained.
"Plus, he wouldn't be that bad of a guy for mom to get involved with. I mean, he is strong enough," Legen said. Benot smacked his brother across the back of the head.
"I do not want him to be our surrogate father. Yuck!" Benot said.
"Our father is dead. Wouldn't it be nice to have someone around that can make mom stop being grumpy?" Legen said rubbing the back of his head. "That hurt, you know."
"Good. And NO! Especially that long haired freak!" Benot said. "I don't want him anywhere near mom! I like having mom all to ourselves."
"But..."
Legen received another smack across the back of the head. "OWW!"
They both stopped.
They both stood there stunned for a moment.
Then Benot screamed and covered his eyes.
............
Ohhh... a cliff hanger.... Where the hell is that pesky Krad? The last day of the tournament is tomorrow! Will he make his appearance? He better! Will Pan tell Gohan about her little predicament? What the hell shocked the monster twins? And this Krad fellow, don't you think he is taking his sweet sweet time...!!
As the world turns.... You know the rest...
Soyna
C-26
Day Two
Vegeta grumbled as he looked at the extremely distracted Soyna.
He had no doubt in his mind why she was so nervous. It wasn't just about the fact that she knew that Krad was around. He had heard his son talking with Soyna last night. He didn't like the conversation. He didn't like the gist of it at all because it confirmed what he had been seeing in that boy every time he looked at her. He had hoped that she was oblivious to Goten's looks but it seemed they had infected her.
She was not pushing him away!
"You can't expect her to be alone forever," Bulma had said to him, when he lay in bed unable to sleep. "No one deserves that."
He hated it when she did that. When she would just look at him and know what he was thinking. It was annoying as hell. He didn't say anything as she closed her eyes and went back to sleep.
But Goten!
He had already lost his son to on of that weakling's bloodline and he didn't want to loose another, especially Soyna.
But then, it wasn't his choice to make but he sure as hell wasn't going to let his voice go unheard.
............
Pan really didn't feel that well. There was no way she was going to tell Trunks that she was experiencing the wonders of 'morning sickness.' He would go into his over protective mood as smooth as that and she really was not in the mood for a fight. She had been shocked when he threatened to tell her father about her condition to get her to stop competing in the tournament but she quickly beat him down on that one.
On one level she enjoyed the fact that he was always worrying about her but at the same time, she didn't need to be protected that much.
She noticed that today, his attention seemed to be more on Soyna though. He seemed to be watching her closely, as if he were looking for something. She decided not to ask. She would find out sooner or later and if it kept his mind off the fact that she was in the tournament for a little bit, all the better.
She also noticed that Goten was paying a lot of attention to her as well. Everyone seemed to be overly worried about her but they were the most prominent.
Soyna was jumpy that was for sure. When her name was called for the next match, she looked like she was going to jump out of her skin! She was totally focused in the ring though and didn't have the problems like she did her last match the other day. She seemed more determined in the ring now, as her eyes constantly were scanning the crowd, looking for the man that she hated.
She sure wished that Krad would make his appearance soon enough so that they would all know what was going on and get on with their lives.
She mentally slapped herself. She was started to sound like her grandmother.
............
Goten didn't know how to approach her without seeming like a jerk or a love sick jerk. Either way, he felt like a dope.
He had almost kissed her. He was so close and then Benot had to jump in. The kid had the worst timing and from the look on his face it was almost planned.
He had hardly slept because of that. She was going to let him kiss her and it wasn't just on the forehead it would have been on her soft lips. He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.
He knew that he should be concentrating on looking for Krad. He shouldn't be worrying about if Soyna would ever let him get that close again. He should not be worried about if she will let him into her life after this mess is over but that was all that his mind would let him focus on.
The fate of the world was in their hands and all he could think about was Soyna.
She looked so nervous and tense today. Her matches went off without a hitch, as did his. She even allowed herself to power up a bit in a couple. Her eyes kept looking at the cameras that were placed around the place and at the high observation booths. He wondered if she could sense him.
He couldn't sense him at all. He thought it was because he was being so distracted by her but he knew better. Krad was in hiding and biding his time in coming out. He would come out of the shadows in time to announce his big plans.
He looked over to where was sitting with her boys.
What did he have to do to get her attention?
Then he felt the glare of Vegeta. He looked really mad at him over something but he just walked over to Soyna and sat down beside her and the boys without so much of a word.
He was protecting her. Very much the same way that he used to protect Bra but Bra had inherited her mother's mouth and that would cause him to back off. Soyna didn't do that. She didn't seem to mind his constant watch.
He sighed deeply as he tried to force himself to look elsewhere. There was Junior but he was busy talking with Marron who was blatantly flirting with him and he certainly seemed to be enjoying it.
He smirked at the thought of that. Marron and Junior. If 18 still had all her circuits, she certainly would blow them over that one. He was also quite certain that Soyna wouldn't like it all that much. He chuckled at that thought.
He wished that his dad were here. Then he would know that everything would turn out right. They would win. With dad, you couldn't not win. Dad just knew what to do. Dad was always there to make sure that everything turned out right in the end, even in that meant that he was the one that had to sacrifice himself to do so.
He knew that he was strong and so was Gohan and all the rest. But Dad was always the one that seemed to know what to do.
If only Krad would show himself and then they could get this whole drawn out mess over with!
............
Gohan arrived late with Fry in tow. Fry already seemed to know where he was going and what he was doing. "Pan should be fighting soon dad. Come on. Hurry up. We don't want to miss it!" As he was dragged along by his son.
Gohan had nothing against his daughter entering this farce of a tournament but that would mean that he would have to see her with Trunks and he had no desire to see that.
"Dad!" Fry said impatiently as they went through the crowd.
He got by the ring in time to see Pan step into the ring with Marron. He knew that his daughter could easily win against her.
She looked so tired and he was certain that it was all Trunk's fault and he would make Trunks pay for it later, but he would watch his little girl battle in the way that he taught her to fight.
The match started. He found himself standing by Trunks, even though he didn't want too. He looked worried about her as they fought in the ring. Marron had been training hard the last little while, but she would never match the strength of a Saiyian.
The fight started off slow and then began to pick up pace.
Krillin cheered loudly for his little girl.
The pace grew faster. People were looking at the two women fighters in awe.
"Watch out Pan!" Trunks yelled at her but she was paying attention. Did he think that his daughter suddenly forgot how to defend herself? She was fully capable of winning this battle. Marron didn't have the years of training that Pan had. He saw Trunks nervously look over at him and then back at the battle.
Good. He had every right to be nervous.
Marron landed a blow against Pan's jaw that sent her off balance.
"PAN!" He found himself yelling in synch with Trunks. How did Marron manage to land that blow?
Krillin cheered for his daughter.
Pan was able to recover quickly and was able to return a kick into Marron's stomach. He smiled. Just a lucky shot. That was all.
He could feel both their power levels rising. He knew that for the short while that she was training with Soyna she had been trying to achieve Super Saiyian, but she never told him if she reached it. Hell, if Soyna could reach it, it was purely possible that she should too. He was sure that she would have told him, if she could reach such a level. He was sure that he would have felt it.
Pan's attacks became more vicious and Marron was on the defense, unable to stop the onslaught that was coming at her. He was sure that this fight would be over soon.
"Careful!" Trunks whispered under his breath. When did Trunks start to think that she was so fragile?
"Kick her butt sis!" Fry yelled. "Yeah! Knock it to her!" He bounced in front of him.
Gohan frowned. He had to find some other friends than Benot and Legen. They were such a bad influence on his son. Fry mimicked his sister's moves with as little grace as possible. Fry never showed any desire to fight or to be that aggressive. He never pushed it either. There were enough fighters around that they didn't have to worry about another one and he was young yet. He had time to learn later. Gohan was sure that he would be a natural fighter if he just had a little bit of training. He had strong enough blood flowing through his veins.
The fight continued and suddenly it looked like Marron had the upper hand. Marron grabbed a hold of one of Pan's wrist and threw her down on the mat with a sickening thud. Trunks took a step towards the ring.
"GET UP!" Fry yelled at his sister. He never thought that Fry had such an interest in his sister. Usually they stayed away from each other. A distance that he gave to equal the difference in their ages. "You can't let a weakling beat you!"
Oh, yeah and much too much time around Vegeta, as well.
............
Trunks bit his lip and watched Pan being thrown to the mat. He so desperately wanted to jump in there and throw Marron out of the ring. He wanted to protect the one person that was now his life.
But at the same time, he knew that if he jumped in that ring, she would find horrible ways of torturing him, such as not allowing him to sneak into her room at night or worse, her not coming to his.
He was also very aware of the Gohan's glare but he was concentrating on the battle now and thought little of it. Pan should not be having such a hard time with Marron. She was not that strong. They all knew that.
He knew that it had to do with the baby. It had too. It was taking to much of her energy for her to fight properly. What he was afraid off. He had seen how tired his sister had become, but then she never trained or fought, so she was not a good guide to go by. He could have asked Soyna, but that was not something that he would ask of her. Especially, since he was sure that he would figure out why she wanted her to answer that question. Was that why Krad beat them so easily? She couldn't power up at all?
He would ask later.
His biggest concern was that she was loosing to Marron and he had a bad feeling that he was going to get blamed for it.
............
Vegeta was very aware of the fact that Pan was loosing her fight to a weakling human. He could see how anxious his son was. He could guess what the reason was, but he didn't need to say it. It was written all over Trunk's face. He was not one that was good at hiding his emotions.
He looked over to Soyna who seemed to be content pondering a boy with white hair and almost as white skin.
"Does he look familiar?" he asked.
She nodded her head. "I can't place him though," she whispered. "I don't remember if he is part of Krad's group. He is not wearing a uniform like the other ones."
He was just a boy. He couldn't sense any great power off of him. He wondered why she was worrying about him. The boy had advanced quite far in the tournament but he had yet to challenge one of them. No one could beat them.
The winner of Marron and Pan's match was announced.
Pan lost.
Marron stood in the ring looking stunned.
Pan should not have lost to her and Marron obviously did not plan on winning against Pan.
Trunks and Gohan had rushed into the ring; both were trying to help Pan up as she had trouble getting up from the last of Marron's blows.
Krillin ran in and congratulated his daughter who was still standing there in disbelieve.
The Trunks and Gohan situation was much more interesting. Pan looked confused as she looked at from her father to Trunks as they were talking over her and each holding an arm. It looked like those two would get into a fight at any moment. The referee was the one that broke them up.
Both, were not that eager to part with Pan, but she shook him off and then was confronted by her brother. Fry summed it up in his loud voice. "How could Pan loose to that!"
Indeed.
............
Goten bit his lip. Vegeta had finally left Soyna's side and he quickly darted in and sat by her. She was not paying attention to him. She was looking at the new kid warming up for a match.
"Hey," he said. He felt really really stupid.
She gave him a quick glance but then resumed her watching.
"I wanted you to talk about what happened last night," he said.
"Nothing happened, therefore, there is nothing to talk about," she said.
Nothing happened? He just about kissed her and nothing happened. It hurt to hear her say that.
She looked back at him. "Don't give me those puppy eyes of yours," she said sharply. "Nothing happened."
"But..."
"I am trying to figure out where I have seen that kid before," she snapped and pointed to the new kid.
"Oh, that's Ligh. He's been at our school for a month or so. Maybe you saw him when you came by that one day." Goten said.
She humped. "Maybe," she said.
He wanted to get back on topic. He was pretty sure that she was going to let him kiss him. That was not nothing! He couldn't hardly sleep at night thinking about how that kiss would have felt. He could still smell her on his sheets even though they had been laundered a long time ago. He knew it was his imagination, but he didn't care. He had held her for a little while. She snuggled up to him and then she tells him that kiss was nothing. He didn't think so.
"You can't just say that that moment didn't mean anything to you," he said in a whisper and sat really close to her. She didn't move away, for that he was grateful. "You can't say that I don't mean anything to you." He knew this was a huge chance he was taking. He knew that he should wait until the tournament was over. He knew that she would not be dwelling on Krad then and could think clearly about him, but he couldn't help himself. His dreams wouldn't let him stop thinking about her.
She looked back at him. She looked as if she was unsure of what to say.
"You don't have to answer me now," he said quickly. He didn't want a rejection. "You can answer me later. I just want you to know that I do care and I can't help it. I know that..." he sighed deeply. He felt like an idiot saying all this stuff. "I can be by your side," he said after a moment of silence. That should sum it up nicely. He hoped.
She looked away for a moment and then looked back at him.
"I don't need help," she whispered.
"I know," he said, "that is not what I am saying. I will be by your side, no matter what."
She stared at him. He looked down at his lap. He waited for her to say something, but she didn't. This was one of those time that he wished that she was a lot more vocal than she was.
Her hand touched his, a gently squeeze. He looked at her and smiled. She gave him a gentle smile. Like how she looked when he had the opportunity to kiss her but was foiled by the vile little Benot.
"No rush," he said in a low voice.
She pulled her hand away and then walked off as her name was announced for the next match.
Was that good? It felt good? He felt all light headed and tingly. He hoped that he was reading her signals right.
............
Pan escaped to the women's washroom to get away from her father and Trunks. They were out right squabbling over her and neither of them was logical. They were far from it. They were both acting like children!
She sighed at looked at herself in the mirror and patted her still flat stomach. She didn't think the kid would drain so much of her power this early on. She certainly didn't think she would loose to Marron.
Marron wouldn't make it past Soyna though. That much Pan knew.
But she was out of the tournament now. She was out for the count and now, she had to tell her father why she was unable to fight at her best. She could think of no way of telling dad without Trunks getting hurt.
She sighed and then went back out into the turmoil that her life had become.
............
Goten had never been so glad to have a day over in his life!
Not that any of his fights were difficult. He knew the one with Vegeta was coming up soon and he would be beaten to a pulp, but he was expecting that.
He had to find Soyna!
............
"Are you sure they went this way," Legen said to his brother.
"Yes, I am sure," he said. "That idiot has been stalking mom for the last little while and I won't tolerate it anymore!" Benot said as they walked around the outside of the building.
"Ah, come on. Goten hasn't been stalking her," Legen said. "I don't know why you have such a grudge against him. He treats us right. Hell, he taught us how to fly. How can you still hate him." Legen said as he walked slowly behind him.
"Will you hurry up!" Benot complained.
"Plus, he wouldn't be that bad of a guy for mom to get involved with. I mean, he is strong enough," Legen said. Benot smacked his brother across the back of the head.
"I do not want him to be our surrogate father. Yuck!" Benot said.
"Our father is dead. Wouldn't it be nice to have someone around that can make mom stop being grumpy?" Legen said rubbing the back of his head. "That hurt, you know."
"Good. And NO! Especially that long haired freak!" Benot said. "I don't want him anywhere near mom! I like having mom all to ourselves."
"But..."
Legen received another smack across the back of the head. "OWW!"
They both stopped.
They both stood there stunned for a moment.
Then Benot screamed and covered his eyes.
............
Ohhh... a cliff hanger.... Where the hell is that pesky Krad? The last day of the tournament is tomorrow! Will he make his appearance? He better! Will Pan tell Gohan about her little predicament? What the hell shocked the monster twins? And this Krad fellow, don't you think he is taking his sweet sweet time...!!
As the world turns.... You know the rest...
Soyna