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Summary: Vegeta was -never- blown up. No one died. Frieza was defeated and Pan and Trunks hate each other. What could possibly be more dangerous then two Saiyans roaming around the palace, setting things on fire, and causing much more chaos? How come they're always hanging out if they hate each other?

Friendly reminded, this story is AU :]

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This chapter made me realize how hard it is to write in this fandom now. I still remember pretty much everything there is to know about DBZ but...my head is in a completely different fandom sometimes and I have to stop myself from writing certain things, phrases, and especially stop myself from including MAGIC in my writing hahaha...yeahhhhh, I'll admit! The other fandom is Harry Potter :) Yeah, it's a sickness haha. I don't read P/T fiction much anymore, I just read Harry Potter (HG/DM if you must know) fanfiction now and it's hard to differentiate sometimes, even though they're two entirely different worlds.

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Chapter Five: Prepare The Masses

Pan was actually at home for once this evening. After her awkward dream that morning she had spent much of her day with Bra, until Goten had arrived with Trunks while stealing Bra away in the process, Bra proclaiming that they had set a date for that night. As Goten and Bra were walking away, Bra turned her head just so Pan could see and she smirked and winked at Pan. Pan glared in return. That left Pan with Trunks alone in the middle of the afternoon. Pan decided that it would be best if she didn't act any different around Trunks, although something seemed a little fishy with Trunks and she was wondering if Bra had already told Goten who told Trunks everything. But Pan knew that was impossible because Bra had been with her all day and she knew Trunks was clueless about her dream. That didn't mean he wasn't acting weird though and while they were in Trunks' room watching a movie, she could feel Trunks taking quick glances at her through out the entire movie, which he normally didn't do.

And although Trunks was good at masking his emotions he seemed to be nervous and fidgeted every few minutes. This in turn made Pan nervous and she could feel anxiety building within her. When the movie had ended Pan said to Trunks that she had told her parents that she would have dinner with her mom and her dad that night. Trunks smiled and nodded, seeming slightly relieved at her words which only made Pan feel hurt. It was like someone had reached through her chest and pinched her heart, but Pan quickly smiled and they said goodbye.

When Pan arrived home she tried not to think about her late afternoon movie with Trunks and decided to enjoy her dinner with her parents. That peace was broken however when Goten walked through the door and Pan became furious. Goku was already sitting at the head of the table with Chi-Chi to his left and Pan to his right, which was usually where Goten sat but Pan thought Goten would not be there because Bra had said they had a date. This didn't cause any problems however and Goten sat down next to Pan instead just as Pan had leaned over and whispered furiously at him, "You do realize I'm going to kill your little girlfriend, right?"

Goten looked at her in confusion, "Why? Did you two have a fight before me and Trunks arrived earlier?"

Pan glanced at Goten out of the corner of her eye and realized Bra must have not told Goten about her dream, which meant that Goten still had no idea, which meant that Trunks didn't know anything was amiss. That made her slightly happy, yet she was still pissed at Bra about ditching her, lying to her about a date with Goten that night, and then having the gall to wink at her in suggestion as she left Pan with Trunks. And now she was even more confused with Trunks' behavior earlier that evening and she could feel the hurt coming back into her chest.

Pan shoved a couple bites into her mouth as her parents listened to Goten talk about his afternoon with Trunks. The two had apparently gone into town to have lunch that day and had, of course, been swarmed with copious amounts of spectators, which always included girls. Pan glared at the wall, thinking of Trunks with girls swarmed around him. She was feeling jealous that his attention could be taken by a girl other than her and was stabbing at the food on her plate angrily. Goten only glanced at her, a weird expression on his face because he did not know what had gotten into his sister for her to be in a fowl mood. He decided he would just have to ask Trunks later. Pan knew Goten was still curious about what she had spoken to him earlier but she ignored his inquisitive looks and continued eating her food angrily.

Goku was suddenly still and stern looking as he froze and looked forward towards the other end of the table. Chi-Chi, Goten, and Pan all froze as well, looking towards Goku, each with an unreadable expression on their face. Goku calmly set down his fork and silently motioned for the rest of his family to stand up. Pan immediately wanted to dash through her house and fly off to their destination but she knew it would be easier using her dad's way, although she hated how it made her feel. It seemed like the four family members moved simultaneously to hold on to one another, Chi-Chi grasping Goku's left shoulder, Goten grasping his dad's right shoulder and Pan gripping Goten's hand tightly in her own.

Pan remembered as a child when Goku would use this skill to transport them somewhere, he would bring his index and middle fingers to his forehead, concentrate and just like that they were next to whomever Goku had imagined. But for that moment when they were between their previous location and their intended location, Pan felt cold and dead. She felt like nothing existed, not even herself or her dad and it scared her. But she had grown used to it at some point and no longer argued when the technique needed to be used. And now, as Goku had mastered the skill completely he no longer needed to bring those two fingers to his forehead and he didn't appear to concentrate as hard transporting his entire family from one place to another. And in this case, their destination was the palace and Pan knew he was concentrating on Vegeta.

Pan was always curious about the telepathic messages and images Goku would receive from Vegeta. Goku had tried describing it to her when she was younger. She remembered he had said it was like Vegeta was forcing Goku's own thoughts out of his brain and planting his own inside his head. Sometimes, Vegeta could simply talk to Goku that way and other times the method came as more of a requirement for Goku's job. You see, Goku, for as long as Pan could remember, had always been Vegeta's advisor, friend, but above all he had always been Vegeta's Protector. Goku was Vegeta's right hand man, always loyal, devoted, dutiful, trustworthy and unwavering, standing behind Vegeta no matter what he decided. Goku truly believed in Vegeta and trusted that Vegeta knew what he was doing.

But as Goku was Vegeta's Protector, it had come upon Goku's children to take on a sort of unspoken oath to the rest of Vegeta's family to protect the rest of them as well. It was actually how Goku had met Chi-Chi, as she was Bulma's Protector. Goten and Pan were not old enough to take an oath and become protectors of Trunks and Bra, but Pan knew that was what she was going to do (officially) when she turned the appropriate age of twenty. It was what she had known all her life and she had always known that she would become Bra's Protector, just like Goten would become Trunks' Protector. It wasn't as though the two royal descendents of Vegeta didn't already have a Protector, Goku protected them as well, but they would eventually need Protector's of their own when they became of age.

Pan heard the gasp of Bulma as they came into view of what appeared to be Vegeta's private office. Chi-Chi was already being embraced by Bulma who was quite shaken and Goku was talking quietly with Vegeta. Pan already found herself walking beside Goten towards Trunks and Bra. Goten let Pan's hand drop from his own, giving a slight squeeze before he did and he was immediately hugging Bra with all his might Pan suddenly found herself wrapped in Trunks' arms which surprised her and he was suddenly whispering into her ear, "I'm glad you're okay."

If the situation had been any less serious Pan would've laughed and slapped Trunks for saying something so stupid, but she could only pull back from him slightly and silently ask with her eyes if he knew what was going on. He glanced at their parents, then at Goten and Bra and led her a couple steps away before looking at he again.

"There is some kind of..." Trunks tried to choose his words carefully, "Revolt going on."

Pan's eyes widened, "What? Since when?"

Trunks could only shrug his shoulders slightly, "I know that sounds impossible. There hasn't been any talk of any kind of revolt. I mean, Goten and I would have heard at least something this afternoon when we were in town. This is a complete surprise to everyone." Pan could only shake her head in shock, "Pan, what's weird is that me and Goten saw Thox earlier...he was with this other guy, I recognized him but I don't remember his name. They were acting like, like they were possessed..." Trunks finished, trailing off at the end of his speech. Pan's eyes widened in surprise,

"Possessed?" She said, trying to keep her voice to a minimal level to not attract any attention to the two of them.

Pan felt a shudder of fear run through her body and she cringed at the thoughts going through her head. Pan was quite aware that the word possess and any forms of it were taboo on her home planet and that even speaking of it now was serious. "Could you...tell? If they were possessed I mean?" Pan asked quietly and Trunks shook his head, "There were no marks indicating they were possessed by...someone, other than their eyes being glazed over but they weren't doing anything harmful...they just would not quit staring at myself and Goten," Pan sighed, as she was now fearing the worst. Years ago, when she was just a baby, a wizard had attacked Planet Vegeta, shortly after the defeat of Frieza. The attack had only lasted a day until the wizard was practically destroyed by Vegeta himself and had run off far away from the planet, but the destruction had been horrific.

Entire towns were destroyed, thousands of Saiyans had become minions under this wizard who was able to get into their minds and control them. Saiyans had attacked their own kind, their own flesh and blood and thousands were killed and murdered and even more were wounded, mentally and physically by the attack. It had come so quickly after Frieza's downfall that the inhabitants of Vegeta hadn't known what to do. They were still recovering from the war that had been raging for years on their home planet. After the wizard had disappeared from the planet like a coward, not even finishing what he started, Vegeta had to deal with a ruined planet.

But he prevailed and rebuilt the planet and restored it to it's former glory and there was no one on the planet who denied Vegeta as their king and every Saiyan stood behind him. But now, with the wizard, maybe even the same wizard from before, possibly returning to complete it's destruction of the planet Vegeta, Pan feared for her home, her friends, and her family. She feared for the entire race of Saiyan's, the beautiful planet they lived on, and she feared extinction of them all.

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I hope this was satisfactory. This was actually a difficult chapter to write. I hope it wasn't too confusing......much less confusing than before I hope. And yeah, I've added in some extra stuff. Yay. If you are an old reader you can tell I am trying to stick with the original plot except with more....plot. Haha! And apparently I couldn't stay away from the magic. And I know, I'm bad. I feel like I already mentioned who Thox was but I didn't mention his name in chapter three (the chapter where Trunks learns about Pan's boyfriend cheating on her). His name is Thox, he's the one who cheated on Pan and his name will be coming up again. Oh and I know there's review replies, I think, but it's been a while so I'm putting it here.

Jaedeon Sierra: OMG. I can't believe you read the entire thing, I'm sure people have been reading it (duh, I've never had so many "hits" on my story, didn't have this feature back in the day, haha!) but I feel like it's so...embarrassing, if you can understand that. I loved your review though. Since the last time I updated this, which was in 2005, I haven't even once thought about it, I'm sure. I basically disappeared from the world of fanfiction as a writer, although I never really stopped being a reader. I decided I would just let my stories rot on for all time, but now I don't feel that is appropriate! But thank you so much for taking the time to write that long review, which I read in its entirety at least three times, because I wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything. Anyway, I'm off topic! Thank you so much for reading, I hope you continue to read as I (try) continue to update and edit!

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