Dragon Ball: Next Generation

Trouble At Home

We run right over to Pan's, she is laying down on her couch. She is calmly breathing, wheezing a little. I couldn't really face the fact that Pan was sick. I still felt as if this was all a dream. I still remember the young, spunky Pan.

"A-A-Akari? I am so glad you are... here..." Pan said, sounding weak.

"Pan... oh... Pan... What's wrong?" I said, sounding very afraid of what she would say next.

"Aunt Akari... I'm old, let's just face that fact. I will get sick, and one day pass on. I can't live forever." She said, which broke my heart. Where was that Pan I knew so long ago that didn't take no for an answer. Where was that Pan that would fight for anything she believed in.

"Pan... you can't lose hope. I understand we all have limitations, but, you are a fighter. You never took no from anyone. You would stand up for yourself. Where is that Pan?" I asked and she looked at me. She looked at me with those same eyes I remembered when she was a little girl, those eyes with the glimmer of hope.

"We have to get to a doctor."

"No! I am not going to a doctor, I am not on my death bed!" Pan protests, there's my Pan!

"But you need to get help."

"Can't you heal me? You are the Saiyan Guardian." Pan asked, her eyes glittering with hope.

"I can try... I can definately try." I said, my eyes watering a bit. I sat down, my legs under me and took my guardian form.
I held onto her hand, concentration was key.

I started to concentrate, remembering how to heal. I then started to mentally do the spell and I could feel energy going though my arms to Pan's hand.

After a bit, I started feeling strange... my energy truly draining, I was starting to feel weaker.

"Katarina?" I heard a concerned voice, echoing in my head.

"Katarina?!" The voice yelled again, shouting aloud in my head. I felt lightheaded, my world spinning. I watched Pan look at me, concerned. She looked a little younger...

"Katarina!" The voice yelled again, and I fainted.

I opened my eyes, I was floating. I shook my head, trying to shake away what was happening. I then saw a figure come to me...

"Katarina... you-you are the famed Katarina?" He asked, he walked closer, he looked so familiar to me.

Another figure came with him too, another man that really looked familiar to me. I was then slammed onto the floor. I looked around, was I in a palace?

This massive room was extremely elegant. I was now in a royal blue dress, the gold trim sparking in the candlelight. The corset squeezed me, makeing me feel as if I was truly royalty. My posture now exquisite as I got up on these heels and walking, trying to find the men that seemed so familiar to me.

"Are you looking for us, Katarina?" I heard a familiar voice say.

"Come on, you don't expect her to find us, she never will." Another voice say.

"Shut up, she could hear us,you underclass clown!" The other voice shouted back. A smile curled my lip, it was quite a funny conversation. Kinda reminded of Vegeta and Goku's conversations a bit.

I looked around the corner, nothing there but the sounds of footsteps from somewhere far away.

I was trying to sense their energy... nothing...

"You have to do a lot more than sense us." A voice bounced off the walls of the  golden hallway.

"OW!!!" I heard one of them say, which I felt their pain too... they must be Saiyan...

I started using my guardian abilities without transforming. I started sensing where they were. It was easy to track them now.

"There's my girl." One of the voices said as I started running in the direction of the mysterious men.

I ran down the hall, my heels sounding like a galloping horse.

"She found us...finally!" One of the voices yelled out,feeling a bit proud.

I then walked into a room, two men, one on a throne, the other standing by him.

"We were wondering when we would finally see you..." the man on the throne's voice boomed, sounding oddly familiar.

"Stop confusing her even more, your majesty."

"ENOUGH, YOU LOW CLASS WARRIOR!" The man on the throne stood up quickly and yelled as much as he could. He then walked towards me. His hair jet black at a widow's peak. He had a beard and moustache combo. He was a spitting image of Vegeta, with a beard and a moustache. He had the Saiyan armor with a cape, showing authority.

"You may be wondering who I am... my name is King Vegeta, The King of the Saiyans." He said, smirking at me. The other man came to light now.

This man was a spitting image of Goku, all except the scar and headband.

"And I am Bardock, your father."

He walked toward me. There was no way I was meeting my father for the first time, especially in this palace.

"I know, it's kinda a weird..." Bardock said, scratching the back of his head, kinda like Goku, but in a more serious manner.

"Ahem, may I go on, low class warrior?"

"Yes, your majesty."

King Vegeta walked over to me and placed a hand on my shoulder. He was only a little bit shorter than I was, but he still felt like a impressive authority figure.

"Katarina, it is pleasure to meet my daughter-in-law. It's also a pleasure to see you are the Saiyans' new guardian." He said to me, looking into my eyes. His stare almost scared me. He then lowered his gaze, now backing away.

"Now, why we are truly here..." King Vegeta began to speak, then stopped after I screamed from utter agony. A sharp pain went through my head and it was incredibly painful.

"Katarina! Please tell me you are okay." Bardock came over as I held my head.

"I don't know what it was or why, but I will be okay. Continue please, King Vegeta." I said and King Vegeta nodded.

"At this very moment you are in a coma-like state. A powerful guardian goes through these recharging states only once every 20 years. But this time it's different. You used a bit more power than usual. You were trying to heal a hybrid Saiyan. Instead it unlocked a bit of her Saiyan genetics, making her live even longer. But that came at a price, you having to recharge your powers here. You will stay in this state until your powers are fully recharged." I looked at him, he smirked a little and I smiled back.

"So, why don't we catch up? You may be here for awhile." King Vegeta said as he motioned me to sit at a table with a chess board at it.

"You can multitask, right?" I smirked and he smirked back.