A Moment in Time

"DAD, NO ........ " Pan screamed in frustration and anger that started build up inside of her as she saw her father die in front of her. His body hit the ground, making a sound that made everyone else silence. They all turned their attention to him. It was a sound that Pan will never forget.

Pan ran to her father. As she picked him up in her arms, hugging him, tears streamed down her face like waterfalls. "Why ...why did you do that? That blast was meant for me..."

"Oh Panny," Gohan said, reaching his hand up to her face. Cupping her cheek, he smiled at her. "Please don't forget me. Tell your mother I love her as much as I love you. I have to go now ..." he said, now coughing up blood that splattered on Pan's shirt.

"No, you will make it, you just have to believe in yourself. You can't leave me now, when I have so much to tell you. I'm gonna be a mom...You have to live to see your two grand kids." Pan said, holding his hand to her face.

"Oh, your mother will be so happy they will be just as beautiful as you..." Gohan said, coughing up more blood. Vegeta came over.

He had to get Pan before she is killed by standing there, in shock at her fathers death. "Vegeta. Please take care of my little girl. You're the only father she has now..." he said as Vegeta came up behind Pan.

"Hia.." Vegeta said.

"Panny, fight strong for me..." Gohan said, taking his last breath. He fell back as his body disappeared.

"Pan, father ... I need some help over here"...Trunks yelled still holding on to his ki blast directing it straight at the creatures blast.

"NNNNOOOOOO..." Pan screamed, as she flew up in the air. She began to power up all the way. Her body glowing in every place, with a light so blinding that Vegeta, Trunks, Bra, and Goten had to look away.

Her eyes glowed with fire in them, as they even burned her, that made her scream more. Her hair grew long down to her waist. It spiked out as pure white, not gold. Her body build stayed the same, as her eyes now were just as white with red glimmer to them from the fire that fumed inside her.

Her ki rapidly rising, it was as if she went beyond super saiya-jin level two without the transformation. Her tail grew back and down to her knees, just as pure white as her hair.

Everyone stood still as they watched her. Shocked, her grief over took her body and mind. She headed straight for the alien. Matching its every move with grace as her body moved swiftly. She made it look as if it was a dance. The alien could not believe how she could block everything he was giving her.

Then Pan stepped back. She threw her left hand out, waving it in a circle around the front of her, the size of her body. It turned into a ring of fire. She pulled both hands out slapping them together.

"BURNING SOUL..." She called out loudly as a fire shot from her hands circling the aliens bodies, trapping him. The ring she formed came straight at him, cutting him into two, and then exploding the two body parts.

Pans body came crashing to the ground as Trunks ran to catch her. Her limp body felt so frail yet powerful inside. He held her tights as she breathed softly onto his chest from him cradling her tightly.

"Is she all right?" Bra ran to her brother to see her best friend lying limply in his arms. "Pan ought to be fine; she's not too badly injured. All she needs is some rest..." Vegeta said walking over to them.

Later that night Pan woke finally from her slumber with all her memory from that day coming back. Her body felt chills run up and down her. "Oh, daddy..." Pan said softly as Trunks stirred next to her in his sleep. She leaned over and kissed his forehead.

She slipped out of bed putting back on her gi, as she looked down and saw the blood from her father splatter on the front. Tears started to stream down her face. She wordier though how her mom was doing.

She sensed for her ki and felt her down stairs. She walked out of Trunks' old bedroom to find her mother asleep on the couch with Chi-Chi.

Continuing to walk through the house, Pan picked up a picture, which was on a stand next to the love seat. It was a picture of the whole gang. Goku was holding Chi-Chi, this being possible as he had just come back from training Uub. She never saw Chi-chi so happy until he came back to stay forever. She yelled less too. Goten was holding Bra on his shoulders . She was only 14 at the time. Trunks was standing next to him with me on his shoulders . Even Vegeta for once was holding Bulma in his arms. In the middle, next to Goku, was Gohan. Videl stood in front of him, his arms wrapped around her waist. A tear came splashing down on the picture. The picture had been taken about six years ago.

She felt her insides crumble. She dropped the picture and went to turn around to run out side. She felt herself hit up against someone's hard chest. Looking up, she found Vegeta. She didn't know what to do. "Gomen Vegeta-san," she said softly, trying not to break down and cry.

Vegeta could see all the pain in his daughter in-law's eyes as they shone wet. He put a hand her shoulder and pulled her closer as she sobbed on his shoulder. "Shu. .. I want you to come with me..." They walked out the house and flew up to the top of the house and sat down.

"You know, when I was little I lost my father the same way along with my planet. I never thought about anything but revenge until much later."

"Vegeta-san, I fell so lost inside though, what happened to me out there." Pan asked looking at Vegeta. "You where consumed with grief, but it was pure. You became something that I can't explain; your power was amazing. I see you still have your tail from the transformation." Vegeta said.

"Yeah, I don't believe I'll get rid of it; I've always enjoyed being a saiya-jin." Pan said now looking up into the sky.

"Right there is King Kais planet, since this is my dad's first time dying is that where he is?" Pan asked.

"Yes, and right over there is where Planet Vegeta-sei would have been." "Vegeta-son I fell so empty inside now that he is gone."

"You can stop calling me that; you may call me tousan. I am your father and anyone with your new power is nothing more but a true full blooded saiya-jin to me, brat.." Vegeta said looking up at the sky.

"Thank you -Tousan, but if anyone else calls me brat I swear I'll kill 'em." Pan said with a little chuckle behind her voice.

"Well I suggest you to go to bed now, because you are to get up early tomorrow so I can train you to control your new power before you going losing it again."

With that Pan looked at Vegeta and smiled, she know that he did care, but it did make her fell better though her ache would never go away for her father's death. As she went to jump off Vegeta yelled at her, "Your father was a great warrior, I never doubted his ability or trust anyone else to fight along side with either.".

Pan could only smile back at him, she knew how hard that must have been for him to saw that, but knew he meant well and that she would not be alone after all. "Well I plan on getting him back, soon as I found the dragon balls." She said as she went back inside the house.

"Well Gohan, I will keep my word and watch over her, but I swear she better not have a million little brats running around here." Vegeta said as Gohan thanked him from heaven and laughed knowing he would love them anyway. Each and everyone of them.

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