Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Second Chances at Second Glances ❯ The Meeting ( Chapter 2 )

A.N.: …must you remind me that I don't own the characters…. *sobs*

Chapter 2: The Meeting

 

“Why are we here, Kai?” Pan's voice quivered with emotion as they stood in front of the door; a door she had vowed to never enter again the day she walked out of it.

“Because they missed you, Pan. They want to see you.” Kai explained softly as he held on tighter to Sayo.

“If they wanted to see me, then they never should have kicked me out. They turned their backs on me when I needed them the most, and they refused to acknowledge Sayo. That's one thing I cannot, and will not, forgive.” Pan whispered angrily.

“Panny, if they hadn't turned you out, we never would've met.”

“You I don't regret. Them, however, is a whole `nother story. And how on earth would you know if they wanted to see me or not?” Pan turned angry eyes upon the man next to her.

Kai could only sigh as he was met with the one question that he had prayed she would not ask. Licking his suddenly dry lips to give them moisture, he thought of a way to explain, and to hopefully make it out alive.

“My meeting your family was purely accidental. I didn't realize they were related to you until one of them pointed it out to me. You see, I had dropped my wallet while walking out of a café a couple of months back, and I believe it was your uncle that returned it to me. He called my house to set up a meeting point and… I guess he saw the picture of us in the wallet as he was looking through it to find the number. When I met him, we sat down and he asked me if I knew you and how well. In turn, I asked him how he knew you. That was when he told me he was your uncle. I guess I should have known when I felt his ki, cause of the familiarity in it, but I wasn't thinking about that. After that, I met the entire family and I've been in touch with them since…”

At the silence that followed, Kai looked over at Pan in concern. When she made no movement, he called out.

“Pan? Are you mad?”

“You've planned this… this whole encounter for a long time now, haven't you? You've been talking to them for months, Kai. Months! What do you think? Of course I'm mad. You lied to me. You kept in touch with them all this time and you didn't tell me. How could you?”

“I didn't mean to. They sounded so sincere when they spoke to me about how they felt after you left… and then I thought back on the way you sounded when you spoke of them. I figured that you should hear what they have to say…”

“I heard what they had to say! I've heard it for the last five years, echoing around in my head like a broken record.”

“Just give them a chance, Pan.”

“Why should I when they didn't give me a chance? When they didn't give Sayo a chance? It's called karma, Kai. What they give is exactly what they get in return.”

“Pan. Give them a chance. Otherwise, you'll never be able to let go of this… of the pain.”

Pan sighed in defeat, a sound that shot straight through his heart. In all the years he's known her, she was never one to admit defeat. And now, when it came down to her family, the family that had shunned her and the little boy that he would gladly give his life to, she was back to the little insecure girl he had met five years ago in New York.

“Alright, you win. I'll listen. But at the first sign of any pain they may cause to Sayo, we're leaving, with or without you. Get me, Kai?”

“Yes, ma'am.” A mock salute followed.

_________________________________________________________________ _____________ ~Ding Dong~

 

“Coming! I'm coming!” a voice Pan hadn't heard in so long cried out behind the wooden door. “How may I hel…” the voice had trailed off in shock.

Blinking a few times, the person could only open and close their mouth. After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence, the figure finally uttered one word.

“Pan?”

“Hello, grandma.” was all that Pan said.

ChiChi drew in a shaky breath and reached out a hand to touch Pan's face, trying to see if she was real. But when Pan recoiled from her hand before it even touched her, ChiChi quickly retracted it back in hurt, trying not to wince from the sting in her heart at the small action.

“Come on it, Pan.” ChiChi said quietly as she moved to the side to allow them entrance. However, as Kai walked passed her, a small whisper of `thank you' could be heard.

The instant she steeped foot into the house she had once called home, all memories that she worked hard to forget came alive again. Scenes of her with her Goku, her parents, Bra, Bulma, her spars with Vegeta, her grandma's infamous cooking, and… Trunks.

At the thought of the lavender haired prince that had stolen her heart and virginity, tears began to rise. Stubbornly, she blinked them back, unwilling to let the weakness prevail. She had shed enough tears when she left; she wasn't about to let them see her tears again.

Following ChiChi into the living room, Pan found herself frozen in shock; the only comfort she found was Kai's strong chest pressing against her back and Sayo's arms around her waist. Fear threatened to consume her as she scanned the room. Panic suffocated her as her breathing sped up. They were all here. Everyone. Dende help her.

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A.N.: How was it? Her past finally caught up with her. Sorry `bout the late updating… I was kinda caught up with other things. No worries though. The updating processes should be faster and closer now that the new year's begun and I've got most of my life back in order once again. Thank you for the wonderful reviews and for the support.