prologue
prologue
Vegeta rolled across the wooden floor of his dojo in an attempt to dodge the large ki blast that was being shot at him by a small figure. He winced as a small bit of it did catch his forearm. It was a small cut, much like a paper cut, but it stung like crazy. He glared at his small assailant, rather his three year old son who was grinning like a Cheshire cat. When the boy saw the look of anger he immediately bowed his head in shame, his long lavender hair forming a curtain over his eyes. Vegeta found himself unconsciously smiling; the boy was so human, so desperate for his approval.
"You're improving boy." Vegeta said indifferently. This caused his son to look up and beam with happiness. To the 3 year old Trunks, such affection from his father was something he craved, Vegeta never doted over Trunks as he did his baby sister Bra, but the discreet affection he received from Vegeta he learned to love. Trunks of course wanted to return his love for his father and hugged his short, muscular legs, causing his father to practically melt on the inside of this tough guy façade.
"Father"
"Yes?"
"Will I ever be as good of a warrior as you?"
"You are a saiyan boy, you will. But only if you stop being foolish and let go of me." Trunks immediately let go of his father; their little father son bonding time was over.
"Father?"
"What brat?" Vegeta snapped, frustrated that Trunk's affection had caught him off guard.
"What's that ki? I don't recognize it." Vegeta immediately alerted his senses. He felt the ki Trunks was talking about, it wasn't very large, it was young, and near death.
"Kuso! Bra." Vegeta said running out of the dojo to find a bundle of blankets lying on the front steps. He unwrapped the bundle and his gaze was met with a dark stare, not the saphire eyes of his little girl.
"Kuso" Vegeta swore once more under his breath.
"Daddy, is Bra ok? That's not Bra..." Trunks said when he caught sight of the raven eyes and hair of the baby Vegeta was holding. "She's beautiful." Trunks said as he took the baby out of Vegeta's arms who wasn't supporting her correctly. "You have to hold her like this." Trunks said cradling the baby in his arms. The baby giggled the second she was placed in Trunks' arms and cuddled up to the little boy.
"Come on Trunks, we should bring her inside." Vegeta said, trying to lift the baby out of Trunks' arms.
"No Dad, let me carry her." Vegeta shrugged and led Trunks into the house.
"WOMAN!!!" He yelled as he entered the house.
"Kami Vegeta, you don't have to yell. I was right here, you almost woke up Bra... Trunks what do you have there?"
"It's a baby (d'oh), we found her on the steps of the dojo." Trunks answered hugging the little girl to his chest.
"It must be freezing!" Bulma said plucking the baby from Trunks' arms. (Maternal instincts??? Naaaaaaaaah) Suddenly a high pitched scream echoed through the house. "Trunks, be a sweetie and go get your sister before she hurts her throat." Trunks trudged off reluctantly, his gaze never really leaving the bundle in his mother's arms.
"Vegeta... Where did she come from?"
"How am I supposed to know? She must have been a princess or wealthy, look at the material of her blanket." Vegeta said fingering the material of the blankets the little girl was wrapped in.
"What are we going to do with her?"
"Keep her of course." Vegeta said as he walked off towards their bedroom.
"Another child? Vegeta is that wise?"
"Trunks had bonded with her Bulma, we can't afford to lose her."
"BONDED!?!?!? Vegeta he's 3 years old!" Bulma cried, from what Vegeta told her of bonding, it seemed a bit emotionally mature for a toddler.
"He's a saiyan, we can't do anything about that now can we?" Vegeta said with a smirk.
"Well how are we supposed to raise her?"
"Like a daughter, only we will tell her right away how we found her." Vegeta said with a shrug, he didn't see the point in lying to the child. Bulma unwrapped the girl revealing a long-nightgown type garment with a name embroidered across the chest.
"Hey Vegeta, her name is Pan. Isn't that a lovely name?? Oh KAMI... IS THAT A TAIL!?!?"