Author's note: Okay, I'm sorry for the rush, but I was in a bit of a hurry to get to the Cell saga. My original story had explained every detail in the Android saga, but I decided to scrap it because it would've take way too long. So now, here's the short, cheap version through Pan's view.

Lucky Chance 9

Confusion. That's what we were. Confused. After arriving three years into the future, we ran into an unknown android that turned out to be Dr. Gero himself. Plus, grandpa Goku was suffering from the heart disease six months later then he was supposed to. None of this was making sense. During our fight with Gero, Trunks' parents and my dad were revealed. The z gang looked like they were ready to have a heart attack of their own. Gero released 17 and 18 later then he was suppose to, but they rebelled and killed him, right before our eyes and took off. To make matters worse, there was another one, 16! If that wasn't enough, they beat us all up while looking for a ride. Trunks' sword was broken in the short battle. They told Krillin that they were playing a game. The goal was to find grandpa and kill him. Since they were taking their sweet ass time, we got to grandpa first and were able to move him to the Kame house with Master Roshi. Piccolo had gone to Kami's Palace to fuse with him so he would have more strength to fight the androids. On board the ship that was carrying grandpa, Trunks received a message from Bulma-san, informing us about another time machine that was found by a farmer. Trunks and Gohan went to find out about it and I stayed with grandpa to protect him, if I could. A lot was happening. A normal human probably would have cracked under the pressure, but our group consisted of saiya-jins, demi-saiya-jins, strong-willed humans and my ignorant grandma, Chi-chi. After getting to Master Roshi's house, we saw a report on t.v. about Ginger Town. It was totally deserted. We went to check it out and ran into the most hideous creature I had ever seen in my whole life. Piccolo had been fighting him. He called himself Cell, a warrior created by Gero. He claimed to have been from my future, took my time machine and had been in a larva stage a year before Cyborg Freeza showed. Now I was confused beyond all belief. He explained that his purpose was to become perfect by absorbing 17 and 18. Then, he would destroy the planet! He was composed of cells from every warrior, Freeza, grandpa, Piccolo, Vegeta-san, everyone! I thought that a battle with him would be hopeless. After he blinded us with a solar flare, he took off in search of the crazy android twins. Yamcha had shown up in capsule ship, Trunks flew off to find Vegeta, Gohan was with Goku, and I was left to help defend the others. We were on the ship after a small encounter with Cell. Krillin has gotten his ass whooped. We were trying to think of a plan to stop Cell.

"Maybe we can sneak up on him with this plane," Yamcha suggested.

"Um, let's not and say we did. No, let's just not." I said, irritated. Yamcha smiled sheepishly.

"Gomen," he said. "Silly idea."

"How do you think Trunks is doing?" I asked, trying to change the subject.

"You talk a lot about him." Krillin said. "Are you two involved?" I felt heat rise to my cheeks.

"Um...well...sorta." I stuttered. "I like him and I'm sure he likes me, but we haven't really established that we're boyfriend/girlfriend yet." There was an uncomfortable silence. I looked out the window and began daydreaming about giant birds. I had no idea why. Suddenly, someone appeared out of nowhere inside our ship. I turned around and saw my grandpa and tousan!

"Ojiisan!" I cried and ran up to him, giving him a big hug.

"Hey Pan-chan. It's been a while, ne?" he said. "Konichiwa, minna!" he said to everyone. He turned his attention to Piccolo. "Kamicalo!" Piccolo fell over and I giggled uncontrollably.

"Actually, Goku," Piccolo grunted. "It's still Piccolo. I keep my own name."

"Right. Anyway, we came here to tell you that I'm okay, and we gonna go train in the Room of Spirit and Time. I came to pick up Pan."

"Me?" I asked. "Why me?"

"Because, you've got your father's strength. And we all know that he's got hidden powers. So I figured I'd train you to become as strong as a super saiya-jin. Or ascend to a higher level of super saiya-jin."

"A super saiya-jin?! Ascend?!" I yelped. "I can't get that strong. I don't have enough saiya-jin DNA."

"Piccolo is a namek and he has the power to be stronger that a super saiya-jin." tousan urged. "C'mon, at least come with us to train." I looked around.

"Fine, I'll go." I said confidently. Grandpa held out his hand to me. I accepted and he teleported us to a cliff side. Trunks was sitting on a rock and not too far from him was Vegeta, standing at the edge of the cliff. Trunks looked up at us.

He got up and whispered, "He's been like this all day. He just stands there. Sometimes he turns around and yells at me to leave, but I won't."

"Here, let me try talking to him." Grandpa said. He headed to over to Vegeta and they chatted for a few seconds. I walked up to Trunks and gave him a hug.

"So, how have you been?" I asked.

"Good, I suppose." he replied. "So Goku's okay now? How come he's not fighting the androids? Or Cell?"

"Because..." I hesitated. "I think he knows that we don't stand a chance against either of them. But he plans on training us the Room of Spirit and Time."

"What's that?"

"I dunno." Grandpa and Vegeta's chat ended and they approached us.

"Ready?" ojiisan asked. We nodded. He took my hand and I held onto Trunks' waist with my other arm. In a matter of seconds, we were standing on top of Kami's palace.

"Okay, well go in pairs." grandpa announced. "Up first is Vegeta and Trunks. Then, Gohan, Pan and myself will go in second. If we stick with our plan, then we can all fight Cell and be strong enough to last more than two seconds."

"How does the room work?" Vegeta asked.

"Simple." Goku said. "For every day that passes out here, one year goes by in there."

"Nani?!" Vegeta, Trunks and I yelled.

"Impossible!" Vegeta growled. "How did you know of such a room, Kakorrot?"

"When I was a child, I trained under Kami for a little while. He made me train in there, but I was only able to stay there for three months."

"Three months? Why only three?" I asked.

"Because, the environment in there is nerve-wrecking. It's a totally abyss of nothingness. One could get lost in there without the proper guide. The gravity was intense, the air was really thick. I could have cracked under the pressure. Luckily, I'm a saiya-jin, so I lasted pretty long. The longest to have gone, according to Kami."

"So, we're gonna spend a year in that thing?" I asked. "What if we go insane or something?"

"Hey, like I said, I was only a kid. You guys are much stronger than I was when I was young. We should be able to last." My heartbeat quicken slightly. I didn't know if I like this idea.

"What about Cell? What if he finds the androids while we're training, or destroys the planet?"

"I don't think he will. If I'm correct, he's been programmed to become perfect and come after me. Plus, he's got saiya-jin DNA, which means he'll want a good fight. He'll probably leave the planet intact so he can get his fight."

"I hope you're right.

"So anyway, we'd better get to our training. Vegeta, Trunks, you guys are first." They nodded and headed to the large doors where Popo-san was waiting. A whole year? I'd go crazy. Not because of the environment, but because I'd miss Trunks too much. I realized that the same probably went for Trunks. He might miss me just as much. I acted upon instinct and ran up to him, turned him around and kissed him on the lips. I heard gasps from behind me, but I didn't care. Reluctantly, I parted from him.

"Take care of yourself, Trunks-kun." I whispered. "I'll miss you."

"Me too." he whispered back. I kissed him again and finally, I let him go into the room. Popo-san quietly closed the door behind them. I turned back to grandpa who was shocked beyond shocked.

"You...just...kissed...him..." he stammered. Tousan's eyes were wide open.

"Um, yeah, I guess I did." I giggled.

"I should've known there was something going on." tousan said. "You two were always together."

"What can I say? I like the baka. A lot." I sat down on the steps and began waiting for the day to end so I could see my beloved Trunks. I sighed as I thought about everything. May the 12th was suppose to be the day of the androids, not Cell. I suddenly realized that Trunks and I were going to be gone from the future longer than expected. I told grandma one day at the most, but here we were, about to spend three days here and not including how long it would take to find the androids and Cell and defeat them all. I didn't like this at all. I was jolted out of my thought when someone tapped my shoulder. It was Goku.

"Hi ojiisan." I said quietly. "What's up?"

"I was just wondering, how's Chi-chi doing in the future?" he asked. I smiled.

"She's doing great. She's so happy about me and mom being around. She likes to tell stories about you all the time. She really loves you and misses you." Grandpa smiled weakly.

"I wish my future self could have been there for her." he whispered. I could hear the pain in his voice. "I wish I could be here my Chi-chi, instead of being away, like now."

"What do you mean? You're bonded, ne?"

"Well, when we were kids, her father Ox King had promised me her hand in marriage. But at the time, I didn't know what marriage was. So I was gone until we were teens and we got married. After four years, Raddizt, my brother, killed me. For one year, I was away from her. When I came back to life, I didn't even get to stop by to say hi. After my battle with Vegeta, I was in the hospital for a while. I don't know if that really counts as time with her. She was trying to take care of me, but I kept getting away. Eventually, Yajirobi showed up with the senzu beans and I was back on my feet." He paused in his story and sat down. "Then, I was gone again, to planet Namek to find the dragonballs. When that was all over, I landed on planet Yardrat where I trained for a little while and then returned to Earth. But, you guys were there and told us we had to prepare for the androids. For three years, I was gone. Now, I'll be spending three days away from her. I'm surprised she's even lasted this long away from me." I looked down and sighed. No wonder grandma acted so sad whenever she talked about him. She missed him so much.

"Are you and Trunks bonded?" I blushed deeply.

"I don't think so."

"There's such thing as a verbal bond. Saying certain things might trigger a temporary bond, until an official one can be made."

"Verbal bond? I didn't know such a thing existed." It made perfect sense, though. When Trunks promised me that he would rid the world of the androids for me, he must've triggered a bond. Now I wanted to be near Trunks more. "How do you know so much about saiya-jin ways? I thought you lost you're memory as a kid." Grandpa chuckled slightly.

"It's amazing how much the people of Yardrat know about the saiya-jins. When they found out I was one and I had no memory of it, they gave me a brief history. Apparently they were doing research on planet Vegeta before it was destroyed. They said a verbal bond isn't as strong, but just as effective." I wondered what was going to happen to me. I had to spend a year training without Trunks. He was about to go through the toughest year of his life.

Sometime during the day, we sensed Piccolo ki powering up. I strained my senses to figure out what was up. Goku and Gohan had noticed as well.

"It's the androids." grandpa said quietly. I breathed in sharply.

"Do you think he stands a chance?" I questioned. Grandpa nodded.

"He should be able to hold them off." We sat back and quietly sensed out the battle. I had no idea who was winning because I couldn't sense those demon robots. Piccolo's power remained the same, getting higher and sometimes lower. I guessed that he was doing alright. Suddenly, there was another large ki heading towards Piccolo.

"Oh no! Cell!" tousan yelled. He got up, but was stopped by grandpa.

"Gohan, we can't fight yet." he ordered. "Piccolo should be able to hold him off too. And if the androids want to live, they'll have to help him." Tousan frowned and sat down. I knew how much Piccolo meant to him. He was like a second father to him. We waited to see how the battle played out. Surprisingly enough, Cell didn't fight Piccolo. He was fighting an android, but I couldn't tell which one. Cell seemed to be winning, so Piccolo stepped in. He was holding his own against Cell, but suddenly, he started losing. Then, the most unexpected thing happened. Cell's ki rose rapidly, which signified a ki attack, and Piccolo's ki dropped to almost nothing. Tousan was the first to react.

"Piccolo!!" he screamed. He jumped from his spot and started running to the edge of the platform, but was stopped by ojiisan.

"Gohan, NO!!" he yelled. "You can't go fight. We have to wait!" He did everything he could to hold tousan down, but Gohan kept squirming.

"Lemmie go! Let me go!" father cried. "I have to help him! Let go! I don't wanna wait!! He'll be dead!! Let go! Lemmie go!!" Goku motion to me to help him and rushed to his side.

"Father, please stop!" I urged. "You're not strong enough. None of us are. Please!" Gohan didn't listen and pushed ojiisan off him. He launched into the air, but suddenly hit the ground. I looked up, surprised. Grandpa had teleported above us and hit tousan. I let out a gasp.

"Grandpa!" I yelled. "How could you?"

"I had to." he said solemnly. "Gohan, listen to me. If we don't follow our plan, we'll be killed. The earth will be destroyed. Everyone you know and love will parish. You have to train." He looked away.

"But dad," tousan pleaded. "It's not fair! Piccolo didn't have to die!" He began crying. In all my life, I had never seen my father cry. "It hurts." he whispered.

"I know, but more will die if we don't follow the plan."

"You know what? Screw this fucking plan!" I was shock. I had never heard him swear either.

"Tousan," I said quietly. "I..." I was at a lose of words.

"What? Are you gonna tell me to follow this plan too?" he demanded. His ki was rising slowly.

"No...I just..." There was a small pause. "Forget it." He seemed to calm down a bit and sat back on the steps.

"Gomen nasai, Pan. But why do we have to wait here?" he asked in a quiet tone. "Why can't we go fight, then return here when the day's up for our training. Cell isn't complete yet, but if we sit around doing nothing, then he'll simply absorb the androids and we'll be screwed."

"Gohan, enough with the language!" ojiisan ordered. "What would your mother think if she caught you swearing."

"She'd probably kick my ass-" Grandpa shot tousan a sharp look. "Gomen. She'd probably kick my butt."

"Don't worry about that. Once our training is complete, we'll be strong enough to take on any form of Cell's." I certainly hoped so.

"What's gonna happen to the androids?" I asked. "Without Piccolo to help, they'll be absorbed. We can't sit here!" Grandpa was silent. He was concentrating. That's when I noticed Cell's power getting higher. "Oh no..." I whispered. He got an android. Here I was, thinking that our training was going to be the hardest year of my life, but really, this day was already turning out to be far worse. Hurry up Trunks!