Guardian Angels
~Chapter 2~


by Bee


Harmony looked up from the written reports. It was clear that both Marron and Goten had feelings for each other, so this wouldn't be a diffucult mission. Infact, It would be great for two beginers.
She looked up, her small blue eyes looked though her glasses and onto the two figures standing nervously infront of her.

"Well, It seems clear you two know what you're doing, you've made a good start" She folded the papers back up, and closed the brown folder. "You two have to the end of the week to complete your task. Dissmissed"

Trunks and Pan nodded, then left through the bronze gates guarding the castle.

"Shall we go my lady?" Trunks linked his arm through his beautifull maidens, and started walking down the steps leaving Heaven's Peak, and into the world of the living.

The tapping of Pan's heals echoed around them, her long flowing while gown tumbled out behind her.

"Trunks," she spoke softly, "When you go to see Gohan today, would you plese stop by my room and pick up my diary? Its personal and I don't really wanting others to see whats written in it." She had stoped and was now gazing into his eyes. "Maybe some of my photo albums to? Please?"

Trunks only smiled in responce, and nodded indercating he would get the items.
.
Throwing her arms arounder his waist, she burried her head in his chest, "Thank you"


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Marron held the note that Pan had left her the day before tightly in her hand. Thoughts raced through her mind, at 100 miles per hour.'What did Pan mean? Does she know? If she does, others could to. How did she find out? Has she told anyone? Goten! Did she tell him?'


He fingers nervously folded and unfolded the tiny peice of paper so many times, it started to tear. She walked around her room, trying to calm her nerves. She stoped infront of her full length mirror, glancing quickly at her reflexion. Marron stoped, looked around behind her to see if anyone was listening, then practiced what she one day hoped to say;


"Uh Goten, this is kinda hard to say but I - uh - I - I love you" Marron smiled at herself, imaging how she would look when she told him. If she told him. "This will never work. I'm to shy, and besides, he proberly already has a girlfriend"


"Nope! he's a single man. I checked!"Now. All you have to do is say that to his face!" A voice from behind her chirped.


Marron spun around, "Pan! how long have you been there?"


Pan smiled, "Long enough to confirm the fact that you like - No - Love my uncle" She nudged Marron in the side, making her friend blush harder than she already was at being caught admitting her feelings.


"So I didn't imagine it. You really did pay me a vist from behind the grave" Marrons cerulean eyes followed Pan as she sat down on the chair at her desk

"Yep! sure did! You thought a little car crash would prevent me from nosing into your love life? Hmph! I think not"


"Yeah well can't you do something else? Do that assigment thingy that you were talking about yesterday"

"But I am"

"No you're not. You're bugging me!"

"To bad, cause you're my assigment"

Marron pointed a finger at her chest, "Me?"

"You"

"But why me?" She sat down on her queen sized bed, think of the posible reasons. If she knew Pan, which she did, she loved embarassing people, exspecially her.


Pan got up from the chair, and walked over to her blonde friend, and patted her lightly on her back, "There, there, its not that bad"

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Trunks appeared outside the Son's house. The smell of breakfast floated out of the windows, and into the air surounding him. Chichi was cooking, which ment that the family would be downstairs, leaving him free to wonder around upstairs. Trunks floated up towards and looked through the second window on the right. Pan's room. It was still the same, no one had touched it. He carefully opened the window, and climbed in.

He still needed to get the things Pan had requested.

Glancing at the list he held in his hand, of things she had asked for him to get, he guessed theses were to remember her friends ad family that she had left behind, when HE had killed her. Thats how he saw it. Although she was happy being with him, he couldn't help but feel guilty for taking a life so young, just because of his careless driving. If only he had seen the truck earlier, then he could have stoped.

Fresh tears were threating to spill, but Trunks pushed them back. He needed to be strong now, for Panny, and for himself. Brushing his emotions aside, he shrugged the backpack he was wearing off his shoulders, and opened it up.

Glancing around the room that held the dear belongings to his angel, he walked over to the desk sitting in the corner. Inside the top draw sat the book that could revel all of Pan's secrets, if one dared to look.
Trunks shoved it roughly in the bag, not wanting to give in to his temptation. He wondered what thoughts Pan had written about him, but he would not allow himself to open her diary.

Footsteps could now be heard climbing the stairs, and disapearing down the hall, then the slam of a door. The noise made Trunks jump a little, but he soon regested it as Goten's entering his room. Forgetting the photo albums he had promised Pan, he crept down the hall, and entered his friends room.

Goten looked up at Trunks breifly, giving him an evil glear, before returning to look at the clouds floating outside the window.

"Gee . . . Who got you're nickers in a twist?" Trunks asked, noting the angry mood Goten was showing.

"Nobody. Just thinking"

"Don't lie. You're nose will grow"

"And what scientific theroy is that based on exsactly?"

Trunks shruged. "Its just a saying"

"Oh"

"Well is you're not angry, whats wrong"

Goten sighed, and turned back around so he was facing Trunks. "Did you ever know someone you're whole life, know them so well, better than you know yourself sometimes, yet you can't say what you really want to say to them? Can't say three simple words?"

"Marron?"

"Yeah. I just don't get it!"

"You will. I did. I had trouble at first. i couldn't admitt that I loved her. Then I couldn't tell her. In the end I got so confused, that I just spat it out, and thank God she felt the same way. I don't know what I would have done if she hadn't"

"Pan?"

Trunks sighed, "Yes Goten" He spoke in a small voice, "Panny"

"Oh. But you're with her now, in heaven"

A smile grased his lips. Yes. He was indeed happy to be by Pan's side. Even after death. He didn't reply at first, Trunks just walked over and placed a reasureing hand on Goten's shoulder. "I'll help you"

His eyes lit up at thought. "Really?"

"Yep. Thats what friends are for. Even dead ones."


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"Pan!" Marron hissed feircely, "People are starting to stare!"

"So? Thats not a problem for me. Just don't move your lips as much!"

The two were walking in the city. They were on their way to Marron's office to pick up some paper work she had left there.

"Of course its not a problem for you! People can't see you! To them, It looks like I'm talking to myself!"

"Well next time you can be the dead one!"

"Pan! Can you just be quiet? I don't even know why I brought you along!" Marron shouted at the raven haired girl next to her. Of course, to everyone else on the busy street, It looked like she was talking to the air.

"Well now," Pan indercated to all the people staring their way, "Of course they do!"

Marron turned her head slightly, only to see the eyes of the crowd looking at her, there eyes fulled with curiosity. She waved slightly, "Uh - Hi?" She spun quickly around, and ran the rest of the way to her office with Pan chasing after her. When she entered the building, she went stright to the elevator which carried her up to the top floor. The doors opened with a ding and she headed to her secretary, June's, desk.

"Miss Marron, I have the documents here for you."

"Thanks June"

June just nodded, ahanding over the folders.

"Can we go now?" Pan whined as she glanced over Marrons shoulder.

"No! Not yet! Just wait!"

"Why you've already got the stupid papers, can't we just leave?"

"Theres more to it than that!"

"Fine" She sat down in one of the spare chairs, "But I've just to warn you, you're doing it again" Pan taunted
"Doing what?" Marron asked, confused at Pans 'warning'

"Talking to yourself, Its not healthy you know"

"I do not talk to myself" She placed her hands on her hips, threatening to be changlened.

"Okay. But tell that to you're secetry, I'm not sure she'll be so convinced"

"Huh? Oh! Oh no!" She whipped around and sure enough June sat there, wide mouthed and shocked. "Oh its not what it looks like! I just...I... I have to go now, bye and thanks for the folders" Marron rushed out of the building and out onto the street. She walked at a very fast pace untill she reached a deserted part of the park, where she colapesed onto one of the many spare benches.

"So.....what are you going to do now Mrs. Smarty - Pants?" Pan appeared beside her, appaerntly unfased by the events that just took place.

"Shut it, Pan. I think enough people think I've lost it already, and I dont need any more"

"Well, havent we got a negitive attitude today"

Marron sighed. Right now, all she wanted to do was go home and crawl into her nice warm bed, away from all these people. "I still don't see how you, of all people, became my guardian angel "

"Luck of the draw I guess. Luck of the draw"
A ringing of a phone interupted the girls' conversation, and Marron reached into her small bag, pulling out a baby-blue cell phone.

"Hello"

"Hey! Its me, Goten"

She felt a slight blush creep onto her face, as he spoke. "Oh hi, whats up?"

"Not much. Hey I was wondering if you were busy tonight?"

"No, I'm free. Why?"

"Would you be able to come over to my house about 8?"

"Sure thing. Do you want me to bring anything?"

"Nope, just yourself. I'll see you then, okay"

"Yep, okay"

"Later"

"Bye" Marron hung up, and turned to fac Pan. She smiled ear to ear as she told Pan the details of her conversation she just had.

"And so he wants me to go over there tonight!" Her face sudenly paled. "Oh no! What should I wear? I can't where anything to flash, or he might guess my feelings. But I can't wear something to casual cause If he does have feelings for me, then he might get the wrong idea!"

"Never fear! We can always vist Bura. Shes good with that kind of thing"

"Naaa" Marron took a deep breath trying to calm her nerves. "Shes proberly busy. Lets just get to the mall and do it ourselfs. Besides, I want him to see me as I am, not the way Bura is. No offence to her or anything, but her taste in cloths differs from mine" She smiled, still trying to keep her emotions from jumping out of her body.

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Five minutes. That was all the time he had left. Then, She would walk through that door, and into his arms, confessing her sweet love for him, and then they would be united as one. Forever.

Goten paced back and forth. he had everything ready, nothing could go wrong. The aroma of freshly handpicked flowers floted through the air, giving Goten a sence of calmness. He had picked them that morning with Trunks. Somehow Trunks had convinced him to suprise Marron, and tell her his feelings before it was to late. Trunks had learn't that the hard way. Now, five minutes before her arrival, truthfuly, he was dead scared. He had never done this sort of thing before. His relationship with Paris was the only serious love he had ever experinced, and he wasn't even sure if that was love.