Three months later...

Pan laid down on the lawn outside of the Grand Kai's palace, staring up into the sky. She let out a breath, gently moving her Super Saiyan hair out of the way. Day in and day out since she got here roughly four months ago, she had pushed herself without eating or sleeping. Grandpa might have had thrown a fit, even if he didn't need to eat while dead, but she didn't really care. In four months, she had gotten roughly eight months of training. Not to mention, since she was dead, she could push herself far harder.

She could hold her Super Saiyan state effortlessly. She had been able to for some time, roughly after the first all nighter all monther she had gone through, but, merely having a mastered state didn't mean she was strong with it. It amused her in a way, she had to have been the weakest mastered Super Saiyan ever, having bum rushed for the state. That hadn't lasted long though.

She glanced over at the still unconscious form of Zeroes laying a ways away. The goody two shoes lizard was leaps and bounds better than he had been to begin with, but he couldn't keep up with her. She found it a little strange to be frank.

She remembered her Grandpa's story of 'Golden Freeza'. In a few months the tyrant had pushed himself from weaker than her Grandpa's first time Super Saiyan power to rivaling the power of Super Saiyan Blue. Zeroes certainly didn't appear to be having such a miraculous power jump. It made her actually rather curious just how Freeza had become so powerful in such a short time.

She had been hoping to use Zeroes as a way to greatly cascade her growth, perhaps even reach Super Saiyan Blue if he could ever achieve a golden form to challenge her. But, it seemed that wasn't meant to be. He had just barely stopped chugging power by merely being at his one-hundred percent full power, which was enough to give her a warmup, but, she had stopped making progress of her own fighting him weeks ago.

She sighed, feeling miserable without a challenge, and with her only real purpose of killing Kojin who knows how many hundreds or thousands of years away. To be frank... she was starting to wonder if waiting around to kill his soul was even worth it...

Cheikame watched Pan from a distance. The girl had gone quiet as of late, and hadn't been taking her training, or Zeroes, seriously. She had reached a peak, in a sense, and with nothing to help her break through it, she would slowly start to lose her edge. That however wasn't the most concerning thing to him...

He had constantly Soul Searched her, at least once a day, though never when Zeroes was watching. At first, it had been to keep tabs on her state of mind, then out of concern. Despite her anger against Kojin, and what had happened on Terra, Pan wasn't a naturally violent and angry person. He should have been happy to see her anger start to fade, but not with what replaced it. He had watched her starting to slip into depression, and it was worrying him. If she didn't have her anger to hold onto, then she'd have nothing. He had caught the glimpses in her thoughts, of what she thought about doing to herself after Kojin was gone.

He sighed, he couldn't put this off any longer. She'd let go of her anger and accept her fate long before she could train through the Super Saiyan 2 barrier he had hoped she would breech. Once she accepted her fate and made her decision, not only would their universe lose the chance of being free of Kojin, Pan would lose her second chance at life.

Her training here was over. It was time.

Bata stood out in the fields a bit from the Kojin's Monastery. She had long since abandoned her childhood home to train under Earth's secret Guardian and help him collect the dragonballs.

She smirked and hefted the last one, slowly placing them it down to complete the circle if seven balls. 'Help collect the dragonballs', she had done it all herself. The Guardian had merely given her directions and the general area to find them in, he had left her the challenge of getting them all herself.

She glanced over at the Guardian, watching him watch her. She knew his plan, use the first wish to bring Pan back to life. The second would be to bring Pan back to the planet. And to him, the third wish would be to bring Kojin to them, and hopefully with the element of surprise, defeat him.

She smiled to herself. That's what he thought the third wish was going to be, but she had other ideas. She had long since been told the truth about Pan, passed along from their contact in the otherworld, the Turtle Hermit. Unlike him, she wasn't so selfish as to force Pan to risk her life taking care of their dimension's problems. No, she had a different wish to make.

She waited, and waiting, her eyes locked on the guardian's until finally, the old Namekian nodded. It was time...

Pan watched Zeroes wake up and slowly walk over to sit down next to her. "Jeez girl, you hit really hard."

Pan half-smiled, but said nothing in response. She didn't really feel like poking fun of him like she used to, there wasn't really a point to it.

She caught movement out of the corner of her eye and saw the old Turtle Hermit approach. He looked down at her, giving her an unusually warm smile, even from him. He made a motion, biding her to rise. She gave a sigh and did as he wanted. She was a little surprised and confused when he hugged her all of the sudden, and fiercely too. What in the world had gotten into him?

"Its time, isn't it?" asked Zeroes.

Pan grew even more perplexed when the old man nodded and broke away from Pan.

"Well, I can't say I'm going to miss getting my butt kicked all the time, but, see ya girl," said Zeroes awkwardly.

Pan frowned. "What? Are you choosing two choosing to go up and go to heaven or something?"

"Pan...," began the Turtle Hermit.

She was starting to grow annoyed. "What is with you two all the sudden?"

"Good luck, and may you find your way back home" said the Turtle Hermit.

Pan blinked a few times. "Huh?"

"Oh, and give Kojin a good hit for me too," said Zeroes.

Pan felt lost. "What the hell are you..."

She felt dizzy all the sudden, her body starting to feel weird. What in the world...

"Look up Pan," said Cheikame.

Pan gave him a confused look before she did as instructed...

Her stared at the empty space above her head, not comprehending for a moment. "Where is... my halo?"

She looked back down at them in disbelief. "What's going on?!"

The Turtle Hermit merely raised his hand to wave goodbye to her before she suddenly vanished in a flash of light.

Goku gave a sudden whirl when Videl screamed behind him. "PAN!"

The entire group watched the suddenly white faced woman stagger and hold onto her husband for support. "I... I can feel..."

Gohan frowned. "Videl, what is it? What about Pan?"

"I can feel her, She's alive," whispered Videl.

The entire group stood there, stunned for a moment. Suddenly, Videl's eyes went wide and a look of fear crossed her face.

"I felt the way, and... I felt what's coming for her. Oh kami no, Pan... PAN! I'm coming!" Videl screamed in terror and suddenly flew into the air, weaving towards the east hallway of the current room where they were in.

Without a word, and with a sense of urgency not felt in months, the group took off after her...

Pan gave a start suddenly finding herself standing on an open field. She gave a start as the first thing that filled her vision was a humongous giant multi-arm dragon that sort of looked like a cross between Porunga and Shenron. She stared at it in disbelief for a moment before she lowered her gaze slowly, sighting the set of dragonballs it had risen from. But... standing infront of them...

"B-bata...," Pan whispered in shock.

"Paaaaaaaan! the girl screamed in a sob of relief as she rushed towards her and closed the distance.

The girl threw herself at Pan and hugged her firefly. "Oh Pan, y-you don't know how long I've waited to bring you back!"

Pan stared at her, dumbstruck. She felt numb, purely numb. Slowly, she fell to her knees, breaking through Bata's grip.

"Pan? Pan! Are you okay?" asked Bata, a little confused.

"I'm... I'm alive," Pan whispered in disbelief.

Pan began to shake with emotion she hadn't felt in a long time. She gave a sob, and wrapped her arms around Bata's legs, crying into one of them. Slowly, Bata joined her on the group, giving her a hug.

"Did... they not tell you that we were going to bring you back or something?" asked Bata.

"NO!" replied Pan hoarsely, unable to keep herself in check, "Those... those bastards... I swear if i wasn't alive... I-I-I'd kill them..."

"I HAVE GRANTED TWO OF YOUR THREE WISHES! SPEAK NOW YOUR FINAL WISH!" thundered the Eternal Dragon floating above them.

"Bata," called out an old tired voice, "It's time, use the final wish to bring Kojin to us."

That voice jolted Pan out of her emotional stupor. She glanced over to see an old Namekian standing a distance away.

Bata rose to her face, turned to face the Namekian, smiled, and said, "No."

The Namekian gave a start. "No?!"

"Yeah! I said no you selfish old bastards!" Bata yelled, "And that goes for you too Mr. Turtle Hermit in the sky! I know you're watching."

Bata continued with fury, "You're both assholes! Bringing Pan back to life just to try and have her risk it again! Kojin is OUR mess to deal with! Pan doesn't need to fight him, she needs to go home!"

Pan stared at her, stunned, breathless.

Bata gave her a smile. "I know about the whole dimension thing, the Turtle Hermit was peeping in your head. Pan, leave Kojin to us, we will save our world from him, I'm going to use the last wish to send you home."

Pan's jaw dropped, she should have been outraged at Cheikame, but, what Bata had just said...

"B-bata...," Pan's voice choked.

She couldn't... she couldn't handle it, tears streamed down her face. "B-bata..."

The girl smiled back at her. "Were friends, right? I gotta look out for you since I did a piss poor job the first time. I'll miss you Pan."

The girl turned and looked up at the Eternal Dragon. "Dragon! My final wish is for you to send Pan..."

Time slowed for Pan as she saw twin streams of energy surge past her. They flew at remarkable speed. One blew through the heart of the old Namekian, dropping him down to the group without a sound. The second, a thin, tiny beam, blew through the back of Bata's head. Pan's eyes went wide, her mouth dried, her chest constricting at the sight of the girl wobble on her feet before she fell to her knees and pitched forward, dead. The Eternal Dragon gave a roar as it faded and died, the dragonballs turning to stone. Nothing in Pan's life had prepared her for the torrent of emotions she had felt when she was revived. And nothing in her life prepared her for the death of a little girl who had given her such hope after months of nothing but rage and depression. The dragon was dead, and with it, there was no way to bring her friend, her best friend in all dimensions in her mind, back to life.

"The only place you are going girl, is back to the grave I put you in," came Kojin's cold, cruel voice.

Pan heard him, but didn't care. She rose to her feet, put one shaky step infront of the other, until she stood over Bata. She sank to her knees and rolled the girl onto her back. She stared at the hole in her forehead leaking blood, and into her lifeless eyes.

Pan shook, she shook like she never had before, she rose to her feet, threw back her head, and let loose the most primal, heart wrenching, agonizing scream of her life, "BAAAATAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The entire planet began to shake as her power erupted around her. Shock-waves erupted from her body, causing earthquakes for miles. Her hair spiked up even more than it was. Her muscles mass increased. Her entire body looked like it grew a few inches taller. Lightning began to surge around her body, blue and viscous. With one final scream, her aura exploded in size and intensity before shrinking down to fit around her body. The only thing he power had not destroyed in the area around her, was the body at her feet, as if it were compelled not to touch Bata.

Pan turned, she turned her head and glared death at Kojin, who stood on a hill overlooking the field, shock and surprise written on his face. But rather than throw herself at him, she turned her head back and knelt down, picking up Bata's corpse, cradling it in her arms. She rose to her feet, looking around before choosing a spot. Her eyes flashed, and the ground exploded, leaving a hole a few feet deep a big bigger than Bata's body. Gently, she set the body in the makeshift grave. Slowly, she began to cover the girl with dirt. First her feet, then her legs, and started on her torso before pausing. She looked up, sighting the corpse of the old Namekian. It would only be right to bury him as well...

A blast of energy surged past and engulfed the Namekian's corpse. "If you are done playing with the dead, little girl, how about we get started?"

Pan stopped burying her best friend, stood up, and turned to face Kojin. "..."

Kojin looked down at her from his crest on the hill. "What's the matter? You seem quiet? For someone brought back from the dead, I thought you'd be happier. Oh wait, that's right, you have a thing for the weak and helpless. Tch."

Pan spoke evenly, there was no shakiness to her voice, just cold, deadly malice. "I am going to kill you."

Kojin smirked. "You're a clever one, coming back from the dead with another transformation up your sleeve. Truthfully, I'm impressed with it. In fact, I'd dare say I wouldn't stand a chance against it..."

He grinned savagely. "If I didn't have a transformation of my own."

Without warning, his muscles bulged. His cloak ripped, his skin turned from teal to a sickly green color. His hair turned from fiery orange to red. His power skyrocketed as he gave a roar of power, his aura jumping in size.

Pan stared at him, wordless for a moment, she took one measure of his power, and then of her own. Damn near even, with him having the edge. She ought to be pissed, not once since she had been ripped from Earth had she ever in her mind gotten cut a break from this hell. But... that was fine... at this point, she didn't care anymore...

She grinned at him, her blood boiling, her anger raging, nothing but hatred fueling her body, there was not one ounce of mercy in her eyes. "That still won't save you from me."

Kojin cracked his knuckles. "We'll see about that wont we?"

The two exploded at eachother, exchanging a flurry of blows that tore apart the nearby landscape, and leveled Kojin's Monastery with nothing but shock-waves. Pan drove a knee into Kojin's face, flipped herself over his counter attack, and smashed a leg into the back of his head, sending him face first into the ground.

She floated there, she had stopped to wait for only one reason. Her arms were already sore just from blocking him. He wasn't quick at all compared to her, but DAMN, he had a lot of stopping power in his blows. Any direct hit from him would be enough to drop her power, blow by blow. With that thought she couldn't help but note how different transforming into Super Saiyan 2 felt compared to Super Saiyan.

There was no hot rage, she felt only cold fury in her chest, she felt surprisingly clear minded at the moment. Clear minded and focused to the point it sent chills down her spine. She had one goal in her life right now, and it was to kill Kojin. Screw anything else, screw her fury with the Turtle Hermit and Zeroes for lying to her, screw her Grandpa's morals, screw going home. Kojin HAD to die.

Kojin flew at her and threw a heavy right hook. Pan flew to the side, her palm slapping his arm and pushing it away as she spun and slammed a backhand fist into his face. Kojin whirled through the air before stopping, turning, and aiming his hands at her, unleashing huge bursts of energy. Pan threw her hands into the sky and unleashed a burst of energy, rocketing her down and out of the way in time. She immediately surged at him, slowing down briefly as she neared to watch his movements. He swung a fist at her, and she pulled back, slapping the fist away and holding out a palm to blast his face. Immediately she surged in, slammed a few fists into his chest, then surged out as he tried to bring a knee up to hit her. The man rubbed his face a bit before pulling his hand away and grinning at her.

"You're a fast little wench aren't you?" he mocked.

Pan didn't reply, merely staring at him and waiting.

Kojin smirked and threw his head back, laughing. "But, you don't hit very hard."

WHAM!

Pan drove a fist deep into his gut, funneling all her power into the blow. Kojin folded under the blow, spitting up blood. Pan grinned up at him, only to go wide eyed as he matched her grin and grabbed her sides. The pain she saw on him was real, but he had obviously been willing to take it to get a grip on her, shit, she'd been baited

With a roar, Kojin flew to the ground and slammed her into it. The impact devastated the landscape, sent pain rocketing through Pan's body, and knocked the wind out of her. Kojin curled a fist and slammed it into her face, bruising and blackening her cheek, breaking her cheek bone, and pushing her body into the ground. He raised his fist high into the air, and began to bring it down once more.

Pan sucked in a quick breath. "Kamehameha!"

The energy wave burst from her feet, rapidly sliding her along the ground and out of the way. Unfortunately for Kojin, his fist slammed down right into the energy, searing his hand and causing it to explode in his face. Pan let go of the energy wave and pushed off the ground, putting distance between her and Kojin. She massaged her face as the man blew away the explosion's dust cloud with a wave of his hand and glared up at her. Dammit, her back was aching, and her face was throbbing. Two measly hits and her body was already yelling at her. Facing this guy wasn't like fighting Saiyans, he didn't fight for sport, or for thrills, he fought to kill. Every blow was meant to leave lasting damage... but...

Pan did a quick check with her senses, gauging his power before deciding to test something. She dove at him, and he thrust a heavy blow at her. She dodged under it, but rather than attack, she flew back. She had confirmed it, he was putting huge power into every hit. Each action he took was borderline lethal towards her, but, each action also dipped his power slightly. She couldn't favor power over speed here. Which meant, no Judgement, no Super Kamehameha, no charged ki blasts or heavy blows. As much as she wanted to just overpower and murder that son of a bitch, she'd have to whittle away at him.

Pan began to pepper him with rapid, small ki blasts as she flew away. Kojin barreled through them, rushing at her. Pan dodged a right hook, dodged a left one, and dove in, smashing a fist into his face before flying up and through his arms before he could wrap them around her and pin her.

"Stay still you little bitch!" he swore, flying up after her.

She sneered down at him and picked up speed before suddenly about facing and dive bombing him with her feet. Her feet planted right into his face and kicked him all the way to the ground, leaving a huge crater and cracks through the land in all directions.

She licked her lips at a sight of on his face. "Oh, I love that look on you Kojin. PAIN!"

"Masenko-ha!" she yelled, launching a burst of ki at him as he rose to his feet and launched himself towards her. It hit him and exploded, but, he burst through the explosion, hardly fazed, and threw a heavy fist at her. Pan dodged to the side and kicked him, launching him back a little.

Kojin turned to face her, rage on his face. "You little..."

"Little what? What name shall you call me this time? It's your only half-way effective attack since you're to slow to hit me," taunted Pan.

Kojin glared at her but froze when she pointed a finger at him. "Hey Kojin, I wana show you a move I picked up from a 'friend' of mind up in Otherworld. He doesn't like to use it, said in life it had been a last resort technique to quickly end a fight that's grown to dangerous, but me? I think I love it. DEATH BEAM!"

She released a thin, deadly purple beam straight at his heart, but, to her surprise, Kojin reacted instantly and slapped it away with ease, he seemed amused. "Seen it before, blew a hole through my shoulder the first time I took it. I take it you know that multi-form lizard then."

Pan smirked. "Yeah, I do. I'm surprised you remember him."

Kojin snarled. "Anyone strong enough to wound me I remember and learn from. In fact, now that you remind me, I also learned a trick of last resort from him. Tell me, did he tell you about our fight?"

Pan frowned, growing wary. "Not really, not that I care that much."

Kojin smirked. "That lizard prided himself on being a so called hero. Tell me, do you know what he did when it became apparent he couldn't win against me?"

Pan narrowed her eyes, there was something familiar about this. Something about her Grandpa and his fight against Freeza.

"That so called hero blew up the planet, he was willing to sacrifice the populous 'for the greater good' to try to suffocate me in space," said Kojin with a laugh.

Pan's eyes went wide. Oh shit... she knew what he was planning...

"Unfortunately for him, I could breath in space as well and killed him afterwards," said Kojin, a wicked smile growing on his face.

Kojin started to float into the air. "You are right, I'm to slow to hit you. I've only landed two hits on you this entire fight, and only because you let yourself be goaded. I'll give you enough credit to doubt you'll make that mistake again. I won't hit you unless you're forced to take a hit. I'm on to what your doing, sapping me slowly but surely, and I'm not going to play your little game. I do not need this planet, Pan, but you do."

Pan threw herself at him immediately, big hits be damned she couldn't let him get a chance to blow the planet up. She smashed a fist into his face, sending him flying back and rushed at him again. She had to stay close and tight to him, any free moment on his part with his level of power would be instant destruction of the world.

Kojin right himself and released an sweeping energy wave at her, trying to blow her back. Pan surged under it and came up, smashing a first into his chin and sending him staggering backwards. He recovered, and flew away at top speed. Pan followed, keeping below him to be ready to intercept any blasts. He circled around, glaring back at her before changing course, going up instead of away.

"Enough!" he roared and threw his hands to his side.

Energy gathered in them, shock-waves erupting from his body and forcing Pan down. "Dodge if you wish, but if you do, you lose the planet!"

Pan gave a cry as energy rippled out from him, further knocking her down towards the ground. Damn him, she didn't give two shits about this world, she just needed its air. The hell was she going to do to kill him without it? She'd last maybe a minute in space before she lost her air. Dammit, she NEEDED THIS, she needed to kill him! So long as she could rip his throat out nothing else mattered, not even a chance to bring Bata back if there were one!

"Pan, leave Kojin to us, we will save our world from him, I'm going to use the last wish to send you home."

Pan froze, the shock of what she had just thought, along with Bata's voice echoed in her mind. Pan felt shame, she felt more shame in her life than ever before. She looked around, sighting the obliterated and devastated landscape as a result of their fight. The monastery, full of innocent people, was destroyed, who knew if there were any survivors. The shock-waves and earthquakes from their fight had probably killed countless people. Bata had wanted to save her world from Kojin, and here Pan was, obliterating it, and not even caring... Pan couldn't help but wonder what had happened to herself...

Pan descended to the ground to the ground. "I'm sorry Bata... I'll make it up to you, I swear it, right here and now, no matter what it takes."

She looked up at Kojin, at the huge energy gathered in his hands. "Super..."

Pan cupped her hands to her side. "Kaaaa..."

The ground rippled...

"Meee...," Pan continued.

Blue light shined from the orb of energy glowing in her hand's, painting the landscape blue.

"Haaa...," Pan continued.

Blue energy overtook her yellow aura, covering her in the glory of the Kamehameha wave.

"Meee...," Pan countinued, her feet diging into the ground, and her body bracing itself.

Kojin roared at the top of his lungs and unleashed a giant energy wave towards her. "DIE!"

"HAAAAAA!" Pan screamed, unleashing her Super Kamehameha Wave up to meet his energy head on.

The beam's connected and immediately Pan cringed at the force working its way back through the beam to her. There was no explosion, the beams held, and began to push against one another. This was it...

Goku followed Videl through a portal, and immediately felt two huge powers off on the other side of the planet. He winced, bracing and putting himself infront of Videl to protect her from shock-waves reaching them even at this distance.

"Do you feel that?" whispered Gohan in awe.

Vegeta staggered a bit as the world began to shake. "Yes boy, I feel it under my damn boots, were not ki deaf!"

"I don't recognize one, but the other... is that Pan?" whispered Shin in disbelief.

Goku nodded. "Yeah, her ki feels a bit weird for some reason, but its definitely her. That power though, is she..."

"Second level? Hmph, apparently so," said Vegeta with agitation, "My own damn son can't get his act together to get level two but a nine year old girl does? Pitiful."

"STOP STANDING AROUND!" screamed Videl, "Pan's fighting for her life and all you guys can do is stand there talking?!"

Goku instantly focused, narrowing his eyes, his face going serious, and moved his fingers to his forehead before wincing as continuous shock-waves began to bombard them. "Damn, I can't focus it. We gotta fly guys!"

Pan groaned under the intense pressure of trying to match Kojin's energy wave. Never before had she had a fight like this. She had seen her Grandpa and Vegeta do beam struggles before, she thought they were cool at the time.

Screw that.

They were utterly terrifying.

There was nothing more frightening than to stare down her enemy's oncoming attack, knowing that if she failed, everyone on the world died. Even worse was that shit eating grin on Kojin's face. Oh man it pissed her off. That asshole was getting a kick out of this. Every ounce of her power was pouring through her hands into her energy wave, and she still wasn't budging it. In fact... SHIT! He was pushing hers back! Slowly but surely, her energy wave was being pushed back. Bolts of energy rippled down her beam, shocking her badly and tearing into her body.

"GAH!" she screamed, falling to a knee and temporarily losing focus.

Immediately his beam started pushing harder and fast.

Pan rose to her feet. "HAAAAAAAA!"

She put on a burst of energy, throwing wide open her reserves, and momentarily pushed Kojin's beam back. Son of a bitch that hurt! She twisted the focus of her beam to counter the backlash from the struggle. She looked herself over for a moment, blood and burns were everywhere. Damn, she had no experience with this, that had caught her by surprise. What the hell was she supposed to do? Burst everything she had at once? Try to out-sustain him? She wished for a moment Vegeta had been her Grandpa, he would have hammered every single potential detail of combat into her head for what to do in this situation.

"What's the mater kid? Can't keep it up?" called down Kojin.

Pan ground her teeth but ignored him. She couldn't afford to lose focus.

"Well, if your already tiring, how about I go full force and end it?" he called down.

Pan's eyes went wide, no way, he was bluffing...

"RRRRRAAAAAAAAAA," screamed Kojin.

Pan's eyes went wide as she felt his power increase, not a lot, but at least by fifteen percent. Son of a bitch! He had been holding out on her, keeping something in reserve just in-case. It wouldn't have been enough to counter her speed if she pushed herself to match him, but shit, here and now... no no no no no! His beam started to inch its way down until it was mere feet from her hands. She ground her teeth, dammit! Not like this! She couldn't fail now, she couldn't let Bata down, let this world down, and let her family down by dying here again. What the hell could she do though? She had no ace up her sleeve, Super Saiyan 2 was it. The regular form was useless, and the Kaio-Ken couldn't compete...

Wait...

Her eyes went wide. The Kaio-Ken!

She did a quick check of her body, she was hurting a bit from Kojin's blows and that energy backlash, but it was relatively okay. Her power was draining, but a boost should be all she needed! She grinned up at Kojin, Super Saiyan 2 and the Kaio-Ken would be all that she needed! Super Saiyan 2 and the Kaio-Ken...

A warning bell went of in her head. A brief concern pushing to the forefront of her mind. Was it safe to use them together? She had only ever seen Grandpa use the Kaio-Ken with his base, or when he was in Super Saiyan Blue with his god ki.

She pushed the thought aside, safe or not, it was her only chance. "HAAAAAAAAAA!"

The blue kamehameha aura surrounding her turned red. "KAIO-KEN!"

Immediately her power exploded and she rapidly shoved his beam back to the half way point and started to drive it back fur...

"AHHHHH," Pan screamed in agony.

It felt like her insides were liquidating! Agony spread everywhere through her body. This pain... oh kami... the pain...

Her power drained, her Super Kamehameha faded and died, and Kojin's beam rushed towards her.

NO!

She gave a scream of rage and reached as deep inside of herself for whatever power she had left to stop his beam mere feet from her, holding out her bare hands to stop it. Wounds had appeared all over her body as her unstable energy ripped open her flesh. Her heart was beating sporadically, she could literally feel her organs slowly melting. If pain was bliss, she was in heaven right now.

She could have laughed. She was going to die, winning the beam struggle or not, she had just killed herself again. There was nothing left to lose. Whatever it took, she'd stop him, whatever it took...

Goku, Gohan, Videl, Shin, and Vegeta set down on a deformed hill overlooking a life or death battle of the likes they hadn't seen in years.

"Oh Pan," whispered Videl, sighting her bloody daughter at a distance, literally grappling against a devastating world ending amount of energy.

Goku narrowed his eyes, sighting a red, yellowy aura around Pan. "What is she doing...? Is that..."

Vegeta glared at him. "Idiot! Not now, let's move!"

"WHATEVER IT TAKES KOJIN!" Pan screamed at the top of her lungs, giving them pause.

"I'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STOP YOU FROM DESTROYING THE WORLD, EVEN IF IT KILLS ME TO DO SO!" Pan roared.

Goku froze, feeling a swelling of pride in his chest on a level he hadn't felt since Gohan had fought Cell. And in a the span of a single moment, that pride turned to horror.

"KAIO-KEN TIMES FIFTY!" Pan screamed.

The entire landscape turned red in the wake of Pan's blazing aura she suddenly burst from the ground and flew through her opponent's energy beam. The beam disintegrated in her wake as she flew at near instantaneous speed. In one swing motion, she spun as she closed the distance, swinging a leg that cut her opponent in half. She gave one final scream and let loose her power, annihilating this 'Kojin''s body in a burst of energy. Pan floated their for a moment before her auras faded and she began to plummet. Goku's face paled at the insane drop in ki he felt. That ki wasn't going to stabilize, it was going to crash, and Pan was going to die. Gohan burst from the ground and caught his daughter in his arms, descending to the ground. The group rushed over to meet him, and Goku couldn't help but gag at the sight and smell of his Granddaughter. She was literally cooking alive. Third degree burns and black scorch marks were everywhere. Blood was oozing out of wounds and melting onto her skin and clothes.

"Dad! Senzu!" screamed Gohan in terror.

Goku fished through the bag and tossed it to him. "Last one."

"What do you mean last one!?" roared Vegeta, "How many of those damn things did you hand out?"

Gohan shoved it through Pan's partially melted lips with a finger before pausing. "Her throat... its seared close!"

Shin knelt down next to Pan and put a hand over her throat and the other over her stomach, a soft healing light spreading, he immediately winced, sweat pouring down his face. "Gah, the energy burn, I can't sustain against this kind of damage for long."

Gohan tilted Pan's head up and pushed the bean as far down he throat as he could, using a little ki to nudge it the rest of the way there. There was nothing for a moment before slowly, the worst of her burns and wounds began to slowly fade.

Shin stopped healing and fell to his side, clutching his chest. "Can't... do... anymore..."

Immediately the healing rate slowed, much to Goku's shock. A few seconds later, it stopped completely. He was fearful for a moment, before he noticed that Pan's ki, while weak, had stopped falling. Wounds and burns had also stopped appearing and spreading. She was in an awful condition, but she wasn't dying anymore.

"Whew," said Goku, "That was close, aint ever seen a bean fail to finish a healin though."

"IDIOT!" shouted Vegeta, "One, she's not safe yet! Two, it didn't work against your heart virus. Three, no idiot's ever done your Kaio-Ken while as a Super Saiyan 2 before! Damn that girl, she's definitely your granddaughter, pulling a stunt like that."

Goku held up a defensive hand. "Easy Vegeta, she'll make it. Just give Supreme Kai a chance to rest and he'll fix her up good."

Shin nodded weakly. "Y-yes... just... give me five... minutes."

Goku nodded. "Sure."

"Oh Pan," whispered Videl as she sat down next to Gohan.

Goku winced, seeing the devastated look on her and Gohan's faces. Seeing their daughter in such a state was doing an awful thing to them. Even though they had found her, she was still in danger, there couldn't be any celebrating until she was fully recovered.

"B...a...t...a," whispered Pan, almost deliriously.

"Pan? Pan!" exclaimed Videl, "Oh thank heavens."

"Shes out of it woman, she doesn't know were here, don't gush all over her yet," warned Vegeta.

"I'm... sorry... Bata...," whispered Pan, her eyes half open, a hazy look in them.

"Whose Bata?" asked Goku.

He turned his head, scanning the area before he froze. "Oh no..."

He flew off, the group slowly following him, moving Pan carefully. Goku looked sadly at a young little girl, half-buried, dead in a freshly made grave, with a hole in her head. Goku closed his eyes and looked away.

"Pan's power was raw," stated Vegeta, "If I had to guess, she just turned Super Saiyan 2. I assume this was her reason."

Goku knelt down, and slowly finished burying the girl in silence. He sighed heavily, feeling awful for Pan and her friend. He grew furious with himself, once again wishing he had never made the wish for open dimensions and putting Pan through this.

He frowned, looking ahead and sighting a peculiar stone. "Wait a second... is that a petrified dragonball?"

Gohan nodded. "Yeah, I remember seeing that on Namek when Guru died, but..."

An awful, crushed look crossed his face. "I get it now. Pan really, truly was dead, that girl, Bata, brought her back to life and was killed for it. That Kojin bastard... he's probably the one who killed Pan to begin with."

Videl bowed her head. "I... I wish i could have thanked the girl... for bringing my daughter back..."

"Tee hee, no problem miss!" a voice spoke into their heads.

They all nearly jumped at that.

Goku glanced around before looking up into the sky. "Otherworld with a Kai?"

"Yeah, kinda sucks being dead, but, at least Kojin's dead and Pan's alive," said Bata, "So you're Pan's family from another dimension?"

Shin gave a start. "Well... Vegeta and I are not, but... how did you figure out we were from another dimension?"

"Because THIS asshole," said the voice before a loud WHACK sound followed by a old man yelping, "Peered into Pan's memories without permission!"

Goku crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow with disapproval. "Well that's rude to intrude in someones head like that."

"Sorry," mumbled an old man's voice.

"Anyway, Mr. Grand Kai whose too holyier than thou to speak says you ought to get her back to your dimension to get her help and not wait around for your kai to slowly heal her up. It would be less risky, and hurt her a lot less to get it over and done with," said Bata.

Shin scowled. "Well... Dende or more senzu beans would greatly speed up the process."

"Before you guys go though, umm," began Bata sheepishly.

"What is it?" asked Gohan.

"Could you say goodbye to her for me? When she wakes up?" asked Bata.

Goku nodded. "Yeah, we will, and thank you for bringing Pan back."

"I'm glad I could, but honestly, she's the one who inspired me to take action to begin with," said Bata, "Tell her not to worry about me, and that I'll get the old coot and the lizard man back for her!"

"Lizard man?!" came a voice that sounded an awful lot like Freeza.

"Tee hee, bye!" said Bata.

"Goodbye," they echoed after her.

Goku sighed. "Alright guys, one more journey, this time home. You all ready?"

They all nodded, but before they could move, Pan gave a fearful gasp, her body trembling. Gohan's grip tightened worriedly around his daughter. Pan began to shiver, her lips quivering. Her eyes half opened again, a faint distant look in them.

"Pan, its okay," whispered Gohan, "Were here for you."

"D-daddy..." she whispered faintly, "I... I..."

"She still doesn't look very aware, does she?" said Goku.

"I don't wana die...," she whispered, pain in her voice.

"You're not gonna die Pan, okay?" hushed Gohan.

"I don't... want to...," said Pan, her body shivering, a green glow surrounding her.

"What is...," Shin began.

With a final, terrified sob, Pan, and Gohan along with her, vanished in a flash of green light...