Chapter 17

"Have you ever considered NOT trying the intervene in their timeline?" Whis asked the Grand Minister nonchalantly as his eyes followed him as he paced up and down the room.

"Off-course I have Whis." The Grand Minister replied, irritation evident in his voice. "Have you forgotten the first 4 times when I did nothing?"

Whis laughed behind his hand. "Off-course I haven't forgotten father!". He quickly swallowed his giggle when he saw the expression on the Grand Minister's face. 'Oh, I am not envious of Fizz right now!' Whis thought, feeling truly sorry for his brother.

As if on que, Fizz appeared in a white ball of light. "Greetings Grand Minister. Whis." Fizz was definitely unaware of the events that had occurred. "Is something the matter?" Fizz asked after the lack of response.

"Ooohohohoh!" Whis could not contain himself. "You could say something like that." He pointed at the Grand Minister as he spoke.

Fizz followed his finger and immediately grew pale at the expression that met him.

"Oh dear." Was all Fizz could manage.

… Planet Venera …

"NOOOO!" a woman was screaming. "JUDITH!" she screamed. 'Hey, that's my name.' Judith looked back at the woman. 'I think I know her.' Judith looked down at herself, she was small, no more than 5 years old.

"Mommy!" she was screaming back at her mother. Judith could see her mother was being held back by two figures, Judith could now make out that they were 2 shin-jin, but they were having difficulty restraining her.

"Please do not take her!" her mother had started begging. "She's just a child!" she yelled.

Someone was holding her, carrying her away from her mother. Judith struggled as best she could, trying to break free. She looked up at the man that was carrying her, his face was disturbingly familiar to her. He appeared to be a Kai, a Supreme Kai! She had noticed his green potara earrings and white hair.

Her mother had managed to break free from her captors with a swift kick between the one's legs and an elbow in the others stomach. Judith redoubled her efforts seeing her mother running toward her. Judith's struggling did not have any effect on the man holding her, instead, he painfully tightened his grip on her. The man was looking at her mother as she ran towards them. Judith saw his eyes glow with a strange purple light. She turned just in time to see her mother floating off of the ground toward them and then she was slammed into the ground in front of them. The impact had caused the ground to crack.

"Please…" her mother tried to speak, but her ribs were broken with the force that her body had hit the ground.

"Do not dare grovel at my feet human!" the man screamed angrily before kicking her mother away causing her to fly over the ground and come to a screeching halt next to another body. Judith recognised the body immediately. "You may have fooled the deity god," the man spoke in a clear voice (that voice sounded familiar) and pointed to the dead body lying next to her mother's, "but your sly nature will have no effect on me!"

A loud noise cracked through the air and a flash of white light shot through the sky. "Let her go Demasu." Judith could at last see the person that had spoken… It was none other than the Grand Minister. "You know the laws that govern you. If you insist on continuing down this path, I will have no choice but to have you destroyed." His voice was serious. " Surrender now and retain at least some dignity before your end."

"I truly cannot believe it! Am I the only one that realises what an abomination this child is!" Demasu howled in rage. "How can you expect me to sit by and idly watch as this-" he held Judith up by the scruff of her shirt, "-this thing is allowed to live." Judith saw the Grand Minister look down at her, and she noticed his face soften slightly. " She is the embodiment of everything I have suspected to be true and that is that humanity does not deserve life, they are an evil species that thrives on deceit! And if I must die to prove it, then so be it!"

Judith watched as Demasu raised his hand, now glowing with some purple energy, above her. "Now, you die, Karito." He said as he brought his hand down with blinding speed, aiming for her neck. Judith closed her eyes, waiting for the blow… but it never came. Instead she fell to the ground and immediately ran to her mother's limp body. She looked back to where Demasu had dropped her and saw a curious looking individual, gripping his wrist in a painfully tight grip. "Your journey ends here Demasu…" the individual spoke as a lifted his palm to Demasu's face.

Demasu looked at him dead in the eyes, no sign of regret or fear in his face as he spoke his last words. "This world is a disease. My legacy will continue". As he finished Judith saw his eyes flash purple again and the unknown individual spoke a single word: "Hakai."

Judith watched as Demasu disintegrated into nothing, his scream fading as his body disappeared. Everything went quiet. It was an unnatural silence.

And then suddenly her mother's agonizing scream shattered the silence. Judith looked down, only to see that it was her touch that was causing her mother's pain. A sea of black had started to spread across her mother's arm where her hands had been. "No! Mommy!" Judith yelled, here vision turning red as the blood swelled to her eyes. Judith could do nothing.

"Judith." Her mother said through clenched teeth. "Never forget… who you truly are…" Her mother winched in pain but continued to speak. "Take the love that you deserve….". Her mother had reached up and cupped her daughter's check. "I will always love you Judith…" Her eyes turned black and her hand fell to the ground lifelessly. Judith's world descended into darkness and she collapsed onto her mother's lifeless body.

The unidentified stranger started to walk toward Judith. "Hold on -." The Grand Minister ordered as he touched down next to the unknown figure. He looked at Judith's pitiful form and made his decision. "Not the child. I will take her." He said.

The Grand Minister walked toward Judith's small body. "There has never been one like her in all existence, and there probably never will be again." He picked her up and held her in his arms. "Better to keep her close than leave her to her own devices. People will not accept her. They will judge and condemn her."

Suddenly the ground started shaking. Judith regained consciousness just long enough to look up at the Grand Minister. He smiled down at her caringly and gave her a reassuring smile. Judith felt the scorching heat from the raging inferno, the flames was swallowing everything in their path, they left nothing alive. Judith lost consciousness again.

"Shall we go -?" the Grand Minister said as the strange figure placed his hand on the Grand Minister's shoulder and they disappeared in a white light. The Grand Minister looked down at the child in his arms, which was restlessly stirring in her sleep. She was mumbling a name that he could not make out. He tightened his grip on her small body. "Za…..ma…..su." The 5 year old Judith mumbled. "Za…..za…..ma….su. Zama-!"

"Suu!" Judith screamed as she woke up. This time she was not alone in her bed, instead she was caught as she came out of the dark abyss. Her trembling body was held tightly in Zamasu's arms.

…. The Grand Palace of the Omni King …

"How hard could it be Fizz!?" the Grand Minister continued to rant. "I mean, I arranged everything meticulously. I found a planet on the outreaches of space, a planet that was uninhabited mind you. All you had to do was take her there, keep her there and not disclose her location to anyone!" The Grand Ministers voice was a few decibels to high.

"And yet, he still managed to find her…" Whis said thoughtfully.

The Grand Minister looked at Whis flabbergasted. "Thank you for stating the obvious Whis!? Did you figure that out all by yourself or did someone hand you clue?!" he yelled at his son.

"Uh-uhm, excuse me Grand Minister." Fizz spoke. "With all due respect sir, I DID take her to the planet Venera and strictly speaking, she is still on location…" Fizz continued speaking awkwardly, "And I certainly did not inform anyone regarding our location, so I can hardly be held responsible…" Fizz finished just in time to see Whis's staff blink.

"Will you get that already Whis!?" the Grand Minister ordered annoyed.

Whis had hardly touched his staff when a voice came bouldering through. "WWHHIIISSSSSS!" It was unmistakably Lord Beerus.

"Oh my," Whis giggled. "He woke up earlier than I anticipated." Whis turned toward the Grand Minister. "Please excuse me Grand Minister, but Lord Beerus can be extremely destructive whenever he wakes up and do not get his after-nap pudding…" Whis smiled lightly. The usual white aura had started to appear around his figure when he turned serious. "I don't have to guess what happens now, but will you please inform me timeously before calling Lord Beerus father?" He looked sadly at the Grand Minister. "I do not wish to witness it again…" he disappeared in a white light.

The Grand Minister turned toward Fizz and simply said: "Get back to Venera. Perhaps there is still time."

"Should we not inform Gowasu of the new developments?"

"No." The Grand Minister replied firmly. "It will be better for Gowasu to remain in the dark. He has always been extremely gullible and as we know, Zamasu can be quite inventive if he suspects something."

"Do you truly believe we still have a chance to change the outcome father? Perhaps it simply is not possible to change the path that destiny has chosen for them?" Fizz asked the Grand Minister carefully.

"I am sure you can understand my reasons for at least trying, but if we do fail this time… I will have to make the most difficult decision that I have ever had to make in my entire existence." The Grand Minister said, his voice low. "Now go."

Fizz immediately disappeared in a white light. As he flew through space Fizz thought about his brothers request. He knew exactly what Whis meant, even after another 800 years, it still hurt beyond believe to witness her death…