A/N: Well here you have it...the last chapter and about time too. I started this story many years ago and now will finally complete it. I've always hated leaving things incomplete so had to come back and finish what I started!

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Love at Last – Chapter 12

Pan looked on in horror as the blast headed straight for Trunks and she knew it had enough energy to kill him off. She was going to have to do something and fast. It was then when the idea hit her in her desperation. Placing her two fingers over her forehead she teleported in front of the blast, just as it was mere seconds away from hitting Trunks and then there was a loud explosion.

Goku and Yaten paused in their fight and looked over, just as the others reached there as well. When the smoke cleared the sight that met their eyes, was enough to shock them. Pan opened her tightly shut eyes, when she felt nothing and what she saw stilled her into temporary paralysis.

*What the…* she thought as she stared with widened eyes at the sight before her.

Seiya coughed and blood gushed from his mouth just before he dropped to the ground in front of her. He had appeared in front of the blast and took it for her.

*No…this can't be right…Am I seeing things? Did he just do what I think he did?* she wondered to herself in amazement.

"Pan…are you okay?" Seiya managed to ask. She looked down at him as he gazed up at her with half opened eyelids and then he grinned. Her eyes wondered downward at the large wound in his chest, where blood was pouring out dramatically.

"I don't understand…why did you do it?" she asked dropping down beside him.

"I didn't think you would get in the way like that…I guess I should have known better" he replied in a weak voice. His chest was rising rapidly as he attempted to breathe and it became devastatingly obvious that he was dying.

"Why did you do it?" she repeated slowly as he stared back at her with glazed eyes.

"I did it because I love you…" he replied slowly and flinched with pain. Tears pricked her eyes, much to his surprise.

"You…cry for…me…" he commented in disbelief.

"Seiya…you fool" said Yaten appearing next to him. Seiya turned his eyes to him and tried to grin, before more blood started to surge from his mouth but he didn't let that stop him.

"Yaten…it was great…working with you. You were like a…brother. Just do one last thing for me…" he said as his eyes started to drift close. Yaten bent down before him and lifted him up gently.

"Anything..." he replied in a broken voice.

"Leave Earth alone…" were his last words before his body sagged lifelessly against him. Yaten closed his eyes and pain was clearly etched on his face. A hand landed firmly on his shoulder and he looked up to see Goku gazing sadly down at him.

"I'm sorry for your loss…" said Goku. Yaten turned away and stared down at Seiya's face, still in shock over what had happened. Without wasting another second he stood up, gently lifting his lifeless body in to his arms. He turned to look at Pan, feeling anger rise deeply from inside him.

"I don't even know why he risked his life to save you…" he cried out. She didn't reply aggravating him even more.

"You're lucky it was his dying wish to leave this stupid planet alone otherwise I would have killed you all by now" he lashed out. There was no response at everyone stood looking uncomfortable, save for a few exceptions. Vegeta and Piccolo were appearing unfazed as the rest clearly looked shocked at the turn of events.

"Your friend had a good heart and so must you, if you care so much for him. In the end he chose to save my granddaughter and for that I will be eternally grateful to him" said Goku. Yaten glanced sharply at him but didn't say anything. Instead he turned and started to walk away but stopped when he heard Goku call out to him.

"Wait…" he said urgently. Yaten turned around to face him once more and his eyes directly landed on the machine Goku was holding out.

"This is yours…take it" he said handing it over. Yaten looked slightly taken aback but nevertheless he took it before walking away again and then disappeared from sight.

Pan felt her grandpa appear next to her and turned to look at him with wet eyes.

"It's okay Pan…let's go home…" he said softly and she nodded, wiping her eyes. It was then they all heard a groan and turned to face Trunks who was sitting up slowly, holding the back of his neck.

"What happened?" he asked. Only mere seconds later as if suddenly recalling everything that had happened, his eyes quickly turned to Pan before looking around searchingly.

"Where did they go?" he questioned standing up instantly.

"Seiya's dead and the other one left, taking his body with him" Gohan replied.

"He's dead but how?" Trunks enquired in confusion.

"He shot a blast at you and I teleported in front of you to save you but he did the same for me and died because of it" Pan answered quietly.

"He saved you?" he asked in disbelief and she nodded turning to meet his gaze. When he saw the pain in her eyes he felt his anger from earlier disappear and his eyes softened. Without thinking twice he appeared in front of her and wrapped his arms around her. She leaned into his body immediately and felt the pain inside her lessen considerably.

"I'm sorry…" she whispered and he shushed her.

"It's okay" he told her with a smile.

"We better head back home then…" Gohan pointed out and they broke apart as if suddenly remembering they were surrounded by family and friends.

They all quickly made their way back to Capsule Corporation where Videl, Bulma and the others waited impatiently for their return. When they saw everyone had come back unharmed it was like a miracle had happened. Pan had to repeatedly assure her mum and grandma that she was fine, even though she didn't have so much as a scratch on her.

Nonetheless on the outside she continued to put on a front for everyone else, but on the inside she was in pain. Seiya's death was surprisingly hard on her, even though she thought she had hated him at the time. In the end his love had been greater than her supposedly hate and he had made the biggest sacrifice, at the cost of his life. She would never forget him, that much was certain.

As her family and friends sat around the huge table munching away on snacks, she couldn't help but smile. Each and every single one of them meant greatly to her and she would do whatever it took to keep them safe, to keep this air of happiness around for as long as she could. Feeling a hand on her thigh, her attention turned to the gorgeous guy sat next to her who was currently staring worriedly at her with his blue eyes and her smile grew.

It seemed everything was going to be okay, after all. As long as you have people who care about you and love you, it was all that mattered. At the end of the day, that is really what each and every single one of us crave in life and whilst we have it, we really should appreciate it. After all, life is short and we should enjoy it as much as we can.

The End

A/N: I hope you liked the ending…Thank you so much once again for reading this story. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it. Please do review and let me know what you thought of the last chapter. Take care ^_^