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SAIYAN SENSES.

She had been lost for a couple of days. Pan and her damn obsession about becoming a Super Saiyan, knowing she couldn't do it.

She had been going to the mountains to train, tired of training in the gravity room (GR). She wanted to improve her resistance in extreme conditions.

When she realized she was enough skilled in gravity conditions, she went from suppressing/controlling her appetite to training restless, no sleeping at all until she almost passed out from exhaustion or starving. She went from training in a heated place to a very cold one. Why did she have to be so stubborn? Trying to compensate her lack of Saiyan blood with bigger resistance in adverse conditions…

She had been training in the mountains, barely dressed… resisting snow, wind and cold water. She was capable of resisting the cold air thanks to her energy, but he didn't believe she would waste any energy to warm her up.

Damn it! She had to make him swear he would keep the secret… not even Goten knew exactly what her training consisted of… He had told her to tell Goten, but she just dismissed the idea, afraid of Goten inability to keep his mouth shut in front of her parents… she had said Goten would probably start asking questions about her training, spilling the news…

She had been training like this for a good six months, refusing any company. She always called him on Sunday night to ask him about his day and inform him if she had accomplished something, but not now…

To be honest, he didn't notice she hadn't called until Tuesday night, when Videl called him a bit worried because she hadn't seen her since Saturday morning; her cell was off and she knew by now neither Bra nor Goten had been with her in the last two weeks. Trunks paled, she hadn't called him either…

He assured Videl he would try to find her, to stay calm because knowing Pan it would be hard to find her in real danger… she was clever and strong enough to survive… she was stubborn too, but he didn't tell Videl that.

Videl calmed down a little, telling Trunks Gohan would go insane when she broke the news to him.

Videl wondered if Pan was staying with a boyfriend or something.

Trunks paled. "No, not that I know Videl."

Videl bit her lip, wishing he was right there in front of her to see his face. "Are you sure Trunks?"

Trunks nodded his head, leaning in his leather executive chair. "Yes, she would have told me… I think she just wanted to train… relax Vi, I'm going to find her."

Videl nodded, still biting her lip. "Fine, thanks Trunks. I'm waiting until midnight to tell Gohan. Maybe she left early in the morning to college."

Videl knew her daughter had some inclination to leave without telling them where she was headed to. A very rude behavior, probably family inheritance… her daughter was indeed taking after Goku' steps.

Trunks hung up the phone frowning. A shiver ran down his spine, he could still remember the horrible feeling from her last "incident". He had had to rescue her and put her in the regeneration tank… at least she had called him for help. It was then when he decided to check up in her. She would have to call him every Sunday; just to let him know everything was fine… He rubbed his temples, worried about her. What if her cell has broken? He dismissed the thought with a wave of his hand, she still could raise and drop her energy… every one in the Z-team knew this was a signal of help or alert.

He dropped his head in his hands… damn it, he knew something wasn't right, it couldn't be a coincidence. Her cell had no signal… nobody had seen her in almost four days since Saturday… She didn't call him or anyone… but again, she didn't raise and drop her Ki either… What if Videl was right and this was the common boyfriend/girlfriend issue? No… Pan wasn't so irresponsible.

He stood up, pacing all over the room while pondering what to do… and then he grinned… of course… college. His answer was there, some one had to know something…

He looked at his wristwatch, ten to seven… ten minutes more and he would be off for the day. He cursed silently the day his mother gave her the Ki suppressor. Even under those conditions he was amazed at her will… the determination she put in every decision she took… the way she never let anything stop her.

Where is Pan?

He flew to Gohan's, landing in her balcony. There was no need to worry Videl more than she already was. He would find her, but she was going to listen to him… and he wasn't going to be soft this time. He couldn't believe it! This child had guts…

He opened the drawings of her vanity table and took out her agenda. He flipped some pages, until he found a list with a red title: College. He copied a few numbers listed as classmates and took off to his house.

Trunks closed his bedroom door, grabbing the phone to dial one of her classmates. In his way back to CC., he had been thinking how to ask them. He didn't want to spill that she was missing… he had to be careful; she was a famous girl, a little mistake and The Press would be after them.

About half an hour after he started calling her classmates, he dropped the phone. No body had seen her at college, she didn't go… something was wrong and he had to find her soon, very soon.

Sight.

Thanks Dende he knew where she had been training. He hovered over the mountains, a look of utter shock in his face. What had happened here? The side of the mountain was destroyed… snow everywhere… she didn't blow the mountain, did she? An avalanche? Maybe… he concentrated trying to locate her Ki but he sensed nothing. It was already dark and the side of the mountain didn't look like a safe place to be… she had to be around here… maybe she was injured. He scanned the mountain surface and the plain, calling her name. He narrowed his eyes in an attempt to acute his sight and find her in the darkness. He had to hurry… everything pointed to an horrible fact… she was injured since Saturday or Sunday… He sighed with worry, if he didn't find her in the next two hours he would have to alert Gohan, Goten and his Dad.

Her eyelashes moved slightly. The ice covering her face made her breathe harder. It was almost painful to take air into her lungs. She was weak, hurt and immobile. She knew he was out there looking for her, but she couldn't move. She had to let him know where… Suddenly, she felt a warm sensation in her body; maybe she could form an energy ball. She gathered what was left of energy, knowing that a mistake would be her death. Painfully, she raised her cold and numb hand, trying to form a Ki ball or at least a light, a shine, whatever.

Her eyes were to dry to cry. She dropped her hand, moaning softly in pain… useless, not even a small light came out of her hand. She passed out again, she had no energy left, she had used the last to melt the snow around her arm and move it.

Trunks eyes squinted at a mound of snow. He was almost sure he saw a small spark. He kept scanning the area and then, he turned around to the mound… it was her energy… almost imperceptible… she was close… so close… she had to be really weak because she couldn't yell or form enough energy to let him know her location.

Five minutes later, he found her. He gasped in horror after he dug a bit. The snow was bloody… every spot around her was red. He panicked and removed all the snow off her cold body. "Pan, Pan, please wake up."

Silence.

Will.

He stared in shock and horror at her bloody chest… a metal shaft sticking out of her right side… another part in her leg.

He wasn't prepared for this… he had any senzu bean with him… He dug deeper in the snow, just to discover the piece of metal was too big to fly her home with it inside her.

He pondered for ten seconds what it should be done while checking her vitals. The suppressor device was no longer on her body and nowhere to be found, so it could only means she was too weak. Her pulse was faint and her breathing hard and low. She was almost frozen and with no energy at all. He tried to transfer some of his energy into her, but she had to be awake to use it. He raised his Ki trying to warm her up and melt the snow around her; she was barely covered and wet. Damn! He needed help to take her home. He wasn't sure if he had enough time to wait for help, he had to warm her up quickly… the surface temperature are below freezing. He wondered how she breathed with such a freezing air.

He breathed deeply, directing his energy to the metal sticking out of her leg. He sighed in relief, her leg was free, still a piece of metal inside of it.

He started cutting the metal sticking out of her chest and watched in horror the way her body convulsed in short spasms.

He felt drops of rain falling on his head. He looked up at the sky, the rain was heavy now, he could sense a storm coming, and the thunders could be heard in the darkness of the night. He had to put that shaft out her body, it seemed a blizzard was coming and it would be harder to fly in a storm like that, it could last hours.

He cut another piece of metal off her back and lifted her up in his arms. He hovered off the floor, he had to hurry up. Shit! A Thunderstorm… he couldn't fly in these conditions. Pan's condition was delicate and the metal would attract thunders, they would be like a flying lightning rod.

He scanned the place; they needed a shelter until some help came to rescue them. He spotted a place, similar to a cave in what remained of that side of the mountain and hurried to take her in there. It wasn't so safe either but it would keep her away of the thunders.

She moaned in pain and Trunks couldn't help to look worriedly at her face, her eyes were close, a pained look on her face. His gaze traveled to her mouth, slightly open and dry. Her lips had turned blue. He looked at her fingers, they were blue also. He paled, her breath was already ragged and fast, her body temperature was dangerously low, maybe it was hypothermia.

He wondered how she had managed to survive in this weather. She had lost a lot of blood.

He would have to wait before calling his mother or her father for help. Gohan wasn't going to forgive him for keeping this from him, but he didn't care at that moment, he needed to dry her and gradually warm her body. He had to transfer his body heat to her, slowly and carefully.

Cell regeneration.

He lowered her to the ground as soft as he could and then he walked out the place to find something to cover the entrance. He glanced at her after leaving and took off his jacket.

He returned after a minute with part of a trunk. He raised his Ki drying his clothes immediately, the same way he did to her, while placing the logs he had cut in a small circle in the center of the improvised shelter. He put the large trunk at the entrance, it wasn't blocking it at all but it would help to stop the wind and keep the heat inside.

He shot a few blasts of energy to the logs until a small fire started burning. He took off his tank top and powered again keeping her close, to warm her up. A painful moan emerged from her sore throat.

He studied the wound for a minute; he had to remove the sticks from her body to stop the bleeding. She was a Saiyan; she would start recovering if he removed it.

After a while, he checked her vitals, she seemed to be a little bit warmer than before. He grabbed his tank top, ripped it in long strips, and looked at the wounds.

He caressed quickly the side of her face and ripped what it remained of her top. He looked worriedly at the wound… Shit… Then he rolled to the side, pressing the side of her breast with his left hand and the middle of her back with his thigh. His right hand shook a bit before he powered up a little and pulled the metal off her body.

The pain seemed to bring her back from her unconsciousness and painful sounds came out of her mouth.

Trunks pressed his hand to the wound making her struggle and moan. It had sounded as a yell to him, even when the only sounds that came out her dry mouth were painful moans.

He applied more pressure begging Dende she stops bleeding.

She gritted her teeth shaking her head, her eyelashes opened heavily for a second and she passed out again.

She stopped bleeding and he quickly bandaged the wound, taking a moment to breathe before he did the same to her thigh.

Then, he put his jacked on her body, already close to him. He shook his head. The worst had passed, but he would have to wait before he dared to fly her back to CC. She was strong, but she needed to rest a little before he gave her some energy to resist the flight.

He raised his Ki a little more; he had to keep her warm. He held her like that for an hour or more and until the thunderstorm calmed down. He kept repeating to himself that she was going to survive, she had to.

He shook his head, narrowing his eyes; wondering how long she had been buried in the snow? Bleeding… all alone… waiting for help…

He looked at his bloody hands around her and leaned down, rubbing his cheek to her cheek. "Please Pan, wake up, wake up."

He kept repeating that a long time, warming her cold skin with his body heat.

After a while, a soft moan was heard and she blinked slowly, trying to form words with her sore throat. "…"

He hushed her raising a finger to her lips. "Don't talk Pan, you are going to be fine, keep your energy."

Tears started forming in her eyes as she tried to speak.

He stretched out his arm grabbing some clean snow and kept his Ki high enough to melt it. He ran his finger over her mouth, wetting her lips.

He had to stop her from dehydration making her drink warm water.

Her tears were running freely down her cheeks. He melted another handful of snow, bringing his hand to her mouth, but she couldn't swallow more than a few drops.

He winced. Her lips were still blue and swollen. He just wanted to take her pain away.

She sighed heavily, this time succeeding at forming words. "I… knew… you would come…Tr-"

He placed a finger on her mouth, feeling guilty. He hadn't noticed she didn't call him until Videl talked to him. The guilt was eating him inside. "Don't talk Pan."

She shook weakly her head. "I'm not sure… if I'm going to… make it Trunks."

He felt her energy drop a little more. "No… No Pan, hold on, you are going to be just fine, just hold on."

Pan shook her head again. "I lost… too much blood…I… I-"

His eyes watered, he wasn't going to let her die. He stood up quickly making her wince in pain. He had to give her some energy now. He started powering up. "Hold on Pan, I'm going to give you my energy."

She sobbed quietly. "I can't… absorb it… Trunks… I'm too… weak."

He frowned; she had to stop talking. She could absorb it if she just stopped thinking about it and opened a reception channel…

Pan shook her head again. "No… I can't… just take me… to CC."

He frowned, maybe she wouldn't resist it, and then, his eyes shone, not paying attention to her babbling.

Improvisation.

He held her close and leaned down, kissing her fully on the lips. She gasped in shock feeling his mouth over hers, not aware he had started to power up.

She didn't think about it, if she was going to die here, this was the best way she could dream of passing away.

He closed his eyes while releasing his energy. Hopefully, she would receive some of it.

Her lips were dry when he touched them. He hadn't planned to give her a full kiss, it had been just a way to distract her, a way to make her forget about dying… a way to moist her lips in a gentle way… but he didn't think about Pan kissing him back. He was almost sure she would have punched him right on the face if she had had enough strength.

He stiffened… why? Why she was kissing him back? Two seconds later and beyond any reason, he forgot about her age, their friendship and the purpose of kissing her and he started kissing her tenderly releasing more energy.

His lips moved softly on hers covering all her mouth in slows movements. His mouth opening and closing over hers, trapping her lips in a bewitching motion.

His tongue touched hers and instinctively he tightened his arms around her and that was it… She arched her back moaning… he had hurt her.

He broke the kiss; the blush was gone in a second when he realized his arms were crushing her wound. "I… I'm sorry Pan…"

She didn't answer, her face was red, but she didn't know if it was because of the pain, the embarrassment or the strong emotions inside her.

He scanned quickly her vitals and smiled, she had absorbed the energy. He hovered off the floor, raising and dropping his Ki dramatically and then, he took off to the sky, headed to CC.

End of Chapter One. Saiyan Senses.

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