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Time Can Only Tell

By: Ponytail Goddess

Chapter 12: Reverse Reaction

The breeze still swirled around her as she walked towards Rou Dai Kaioshin. Her black satiny dress swirled as well as her hair, flowing up in a spiral motion. She intentionally sauntered slowly, to make him feel her power and shiver in her presence.

Cold fire burned in her eyes as they rested upon her next victim. Perhaps this old Kaioshin would be fun to mess around with as well.

Just as her brain started working out the perfect attack, something shiny caught her eye. She zoomed into the subject of her interest.

Earrings. But not just any earrings.

The Potaras.

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Rou Dai Kaioshin shivered. What was she looking at? He quickly stole a glance behind him. Nobody was there, which meant that she was looking at him.

Shit.

She strolled over to him, in no hurry at all, stopping a mere two feet away from him. She then bent down and leaned forward, squinting at him.

This, of course, made the old Kaioshin very uneasy.

Suddenly, she reached out and grabbed.......his earring. She yanked it off his ear rather ungracefully, causing his earlobe to rip and bleed. Shadow Infinity wasted no time in yanking out the other.

Rou Dai Kaioshin gritted his teeth as he felt blood flow down his neck. *I must be strong.*

"Hmm..........these earrings contain much power. I can feel it radiating from them." Shadow Infinity whispered, not really addressing anybody. "Perhaps they shall be of some use later........."

She was just about to put one of the earrings on when a flash of power appeared out of nowhere and Shadow Infinity was kicked to the ground.

Son Goku. A Super Saiya-jin 3.

However, his triumph did not last more than a second. Shadow Infinity was on her feet in a flash and was quickly powering up a ki attack of some odd nature. Odd lightning came from her hand as she raised it to the sky. Dark lightning.

"Rayo de averno!" She screamed in a voice filled with rage and malevolence.

It came upon Goku so fast that he could not even attempt to block the attack. He was shot forward faster than ever believed possible by any being.

Little bits of left over electricity cracked around Shadow Infinity as a smirk quickly plastered her face.

Rou Dai Kaioshin watched the scene. Shadow Infinity was wickedly laughing at Goku's attempt. Behind her, several feet away, was the dreary Kaioshin and his dead bodyguard.

*Damn it! The young one has given up!*

Shadow Infinity sharply turned around now and reached down to grab the Potara earrings off of the ground.

Rou Dai Kaioshin grimaced at his own stupidity. *If only I had remembered the Potara's sooner.........then maybe we could have had someone fuse and save this universe........*

But it was now too late. Shadow Infinity possessed the Potara earrings. There would be no way to get them back from her now.

"Yes", she said out loud, "I wouldn't give up the Potara earrings to the likes of you."

Still reading his mind. Damn her.

She smirked and took the delicate earrings in her hand, where they were then carefully inspected. She looked them over curiously; her face was almost in an expression of wonder and awe.

"Now I possess the power of the Potara earrings." She stated in a spookily silent voice. She then brought the first earring up to her mouth and kissed it. Then she slowly stuck it in her ear.

Rou Dai Kaioshin watched all of this with despair. What if she fused with some other evil? Then what would happen?

"I don't need to fuse with any other evil to own this universe!" She hissed, then kissed the other earring. Her small hand brought it up to her ear and it was clipped into place with her long fingers.

All of a sudden, a violent wind pulsed through her body, bringing her to her knees involuntarily. A shrill scream escaped from her lips. Quickly, she brought her hands up to her ears and tried yanking out the earrings. Shadow Infinity tugged and tugged on them, but they would not come out!

A golden fire engulfed her, making her scream even louder than before.

*What the hell!?!?!?!?*

What were the Potara's doing to her? They were only made for fusion, so what could they be doing! She had not put them upon two separate beings, so-

Then the answer slapped Rou Dai Kaioshin in the face.

*She is both Shadow Infinity and Infinity.*

But still, what did this mean? They were already joined together, so what could the Potara earrings possibly do?

His thoughts were interrupted by the eruption of shimmering golden light. He put his arm up across his face so that he would not be blinded by the immense glow.

Soon the light faded. He slowly removed his arm from his head and looked straight ahead of himself.

There laid.........two Infinity's? One clad in white and one it black? What was the meaning of this? Had she just multiplied herself?

Then, yet again, the answer hit the deity at full force. *It separated them. The Potara's can either join two souls for eternity or separate them........*

In an instant, the one who wore the black dress was up on her feet, a glare on her face. Glaring at him!

*Crap*

"YOU!!! YOU TRICKED ME!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!!! NOW YOU SHALL DIE!!!!!" She screamed, giving herself away to be the dark side of Infinity.

She appeared in front of him suddenly and-

WHACK!!!

Dark Infinity was thrown to the floor. In front of him stood the other Infinity, who appeared a bit frazzled and dazed, but still wore a look of determination on her face.

"I wouldn't try that if I was you Dark Infinity." She stated, a firm smile slowly touching the edges of her mouth. "You have met your match."

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*Rayo de averno is roughly translated to Hell's Lightning.

The tables have turned! Please review! Thanks. I'll have the next chapter out soon, I promise!

-P.G.