Pan walked down the hallway towards her Dimension area slowly in a daze. The last thirty minutes felt surreal to her. Never would she have thought Odianna would have done that for her, been there for her, to save her from herself, treating her like a little sister and acting like a big one. It was everything she could have ever wanted to have from the woman and more. Not even Bra made her feel like she had a sister, just a good friend.

Pan hugged herself briefly as she walked. "My own big sis, tee hee."

She came to the exit to her area and froze, hearing the faint voices of her friends and family up ahead. She gulped fearfully. Odianna had said they didn't hate her, that they were proud of her, but, it was just... so hard to believe her after that fight. The shame of it still burned deep in her gut, but...

Her eyes narrowed. Odianna had said that someone had been in her mind. It hadn't been a certainty, but it was the best bet, and she believed it. She swore to herself if she ever figured out who had done that to her, she'd make them die, slowly, and no amount of Grandfather pleading for her to show mercy would stop her either. Pan took in a breath, let it out, put on the most blank, passive face she could, and walked out into the Dimension 1 area.

Goku was the first to notice her. "Heya Pan!"

Her mind registered the friendly greeting, decided that Odianna was right, and relaxed, she allowed a small smile. "Hi Grandfather."

Goku paused, giving her a curious look. "Grandfather?"

Pan returned the look. "Yes?"

Goku pouted. "You always call me Grandpa."

She frowned at him. "That's childish."

"You are a child Panny," teased Goten.

She shot him a dirty look. "More of an adult then you are!"

Trunks snickered at that.

Pan walked past her uncle and stood next to her father, staring at the ring. There was a silence in their area. She could feel eyes on her, everyone's eyes. She could taste uncertainty in the air, in their ki. Odianna said they didn't hate her, but, they definitely were wary of her.

"Pan," said Gohan.

She turned her head to look up at him. "Yes father?"

Gohan gave her a confused look and muttered. "Father?"

She frowned at him, why did it seem to matter to them if she called them that instead of 'Grandpa' or 'dad/daddy'? "Yes?"

"I'm proud that you were able to control yourself at the end, but, were going to have to talk after the tournament," said Gohan sternly.

She kept a passive face, but feared the answer. "Why?"

"I know you were upset, heck, I was mad to, but, fighting like that Pan, you should know better," said Gohan softly.

For a brief moment, she felt guilt, but it was quickly overshadowed by something else, by the tone he was talking to her in. Strict one second, soft the next, trying to state his opinion, but not hurt her feelings to much. It hadn't angered her before, but now, for some reason, being talked to like she was a child irritated her. On top of that, he was condescending her about THAT. It wasn't even her fault! At least, not fully. She thought about telling him, but, would he even believe her?

She resisted the urge to laugh hysterically. Oh hey dad you know how I was fighting like a maniac and you're scolding me for it? It wasn't my fault! Someone was in my head messing with me!

Yeah right, he wouldn't believe her, none of them would. They'd think she was crazy at worse, or making up an excuse at best. She couldn't trust in them... she was alone after all... no wait, not fully. Odianna trusted in her, believed in her. Yet her own family wouldn't? Grrr...

She glared full force at her father. "Know better? Maybe I do, maybe I SHOULD have finished the job."

Gohan stared at her in disbelief. "Pan... that's not the right thing to do and you know it."

A memory triggered...

"How dare they," whispered Odianna, enraged.

Pan shook her head. "No, they're right, I'm a villain, a monster, I don't deserve that power..."

"Don't you dare," warned Odianna.

She glared full force down at Pan. "What, just because you don't conform to their rigid narrow mindset that gives them a right to go at you like that? Allude to you being a villain? Worse than Black? Please, you SAVED their ungrateful asses from Black."

Pan hesitated, an uncertain look on her face. "But..."

Odianna cupped Pan's chin in her hand and lifted her head up to make eye contact. "Pan, look at me. There is nothing wrong with obtaining the power you need to protect those you care for. Mercy is all well and good, but more often than not, you just need to put down your enemies."

Pan refocused and narrowed her eyes. "Just because it's what YOU think is the right thing to do, that doesn't mean it actually is. Are you seriously going to tell me that a monster like Coli doesn't need to be put down?"

"Pan...," began Gohan.

"She threatened mom, she's threatened to burn an entire world of humans, has killed who knows how many people in her home dimension and you DARE to tell me that showing mercy to her is the right thing to do? You think that showing ANYONE like that mercy is the right thing to do?" said Pan with fury.

"That's not on us to decide," said Gohan firmly.

"Like hell it isn't," retorted Pan.

The Grand Priest began the fourth round, interrupting them. "We begin Round Four! Would Kale from Dimension 2 and Son Pan from Dimension 1 enter the ring?"

Pan gave a start, surprised that she was going first just after being the final battle last round. Then, it registered to her just who she was being paired against. The Saiyan Emperor. She frowned intently and glanced in his direction, seeing the giant of a man flying to the ring. She had a brief flicker of doubt and uncertainty, could she beat their leader? She squashed the thought: She was going to crush this brute.

"You can shove your mercy, I've got a fight to do," said Pan dismissively to her father before taking off.

Gohan stared wordlessly after his daughter, bewildered beyond belief. "What... just happened?"

He watched Pan touch down at the other side of the ring as her opponent, staring down at Kale with poorly masked resentment.

Goku moved to stand next to Gohan. "Give her some time, she's just mad, that's all. Chi-Chi gets like that all the time."

Gohan raised an eyebrow. "I'm not sure they're that comparable."

"When Chi-Chi has that frying pan of her's they sure are," countered Goku, a smirk on his face.

Gohan couldn't help but smile a little before turning to the ring. "What are Pan's chances?"

Goku crossed his arms. "Depends on how just much power he's holding back. He's stronger than the other five, that's for certain, but, by how much?"

Vegeta walked over to them. "The Grandbrat doesn't stand a chance, not against him."

"Begin!" shouted the Grand Priest.

Pan ascended to Super Saiyan 2 in a flash and held out two fists in-front of her, one tight to her stomach, one held a bit in-front of her, ready and waiting. However, her opponent made no move to power up, he merely appraised her silently.

"Well? What are you waiting for, Saiyan?" spat Pan.

Kale raised an eyebrow. "You say that with such venom, you are aware you and your family are Saiyan as well, are you not?"

Pan shrugged. "No one's perfect."

Gohan couldn't help but cough at that.

"She's really angry," murmured Goku, as if trying to convince himself.

"She looks calm to me, clown," said Vegeta.

Gohan said nothing. Something was off about Pan, and he didn't understand what or why. Her ki had settled back down from the storm it had been during the fight, but, she wasn't the same. In the span of under an hour, Pan had just abruptly changed. She was acting like when she first came back from the other dimensions, only worse, more confrontational and hostile. One fight, one bad episode, and suddenly it was like everything they had tried to do for Pan had been undone. It couldn't be as simple as the fight, she had been acting a little off before it started. Had he missed something in that small one hour window of time? What possibly could have happened?

Pan glared daggers at Kale, patiently waiting for him to ascend. "I'm waiting."

"So am I," retorted Kale.

Pan frowned. "For what?"

"For the power you showed against Coli," answered Kale, "You are barely giving off half the strength you had before."

Pan didn't reply. The fight against Coli had been a blurry red haze in her mind. She barely knew what happened. Though, it was enough to rile her up with guilt and anger, not knowing which emotion was winning for control.

She banished them, if he wanted her unrestrained then he could have her, but, it wasn't so easy that she could just will it to happen. "If you want that, work for it, get me mad."

Kale crossed his arms. "What does anger have to do with anything except making you fight sloppy?"

Pan shrugged. "It's a hybrid thing, we get stronger when we get really mad. Or at least me and dad do, haven't seen it with Trunks or Goten."

There was a strange gleam in Kale's eyes. "Interesting, most interesting."

She tensed, bracing herself, but Kale did not attack. Instead, he placed his arms behind his back, connected his hands, and began to pace back and forth, keeping his eyes on Pan as he did so.

"I'll admit, when I first took note of you hybrids, I was dismissive, I thought you would be weak, pathetic. Instead, the four combatant hybrids of your dimension are more than twice as strong as the average ascended Super Saiyan of my Dimension, below only my Hands in strength. Your father can even somehow tap into his full power without transforming, you hybrids far exceeded my expectations," said Kale, voice coated with praise.

Pan rolled her eyes, not caring in the slightest. "K'ay, good for you, can we fight now?"

Kale smirked. "Oh we will, you can be certain of that, I'm going to finish first though. Out of all four combat hybrids, you child, impress me the most. While not as powerful as your father, which is to be expected for a child, you are something, more. An adolescent as an ascended Super Saiyan of that much power? Extraordinary. Seeing your might, I will freely admit, we made a mistake in our Dimension."

Pan raised an eyebrow. "What's that?"

Kale grinned wickedly. "We should have enslaved the human race instead of wiping them out in order to breed hybrids."

Pan's eyes narrowed dangerously, her rage rising, her power spiking. "You... disgusting... scumbag!"

Kale turned his head to eye the humans of Dimension 2. "Sadly, its a matter of principle and honor that we finish what we started. It's an insult to our pride that the human race in our Dimension has survived this long and laid so many of us low, they must be wiped out. Then again, perhaps I might just kill the lead human and keep the other woman for my own, personal, use."

Pan completely lose it. No fucking way would she let him lay a hand on Aideen, now way would she let him... him... rape her... Pan gave a scream of fury, her power skyrocketing, and charged. Screw the tournament, he had to die! She closed the distance, threw a punch coated with massive amounts of ki, and aimed it for his heart.

Kale ascended to Super Saiyan 2 and caught her punch with laughable ease. "There's the power I wanted to see."

Pan's eyes went wide with shock. His power... it was like fighting Grandfather or Vegeta when they were Super Saiyan 2! Kale twisted her arm, nearly snapping it, and forced her to the ground.

"Come hybrid! Surely you can do better!" mocked Kale.

Pan tried to break free, tried to move, but he easily kept her down.

"Perhaps not, after all, you are but a commoner, perhaps this is where you belong, under heel, bowing before your Emperor," mocked Kale.

Pan glared murderously at him. "I'm going to kill you!"

He smirked. "You're going to try and fail."

Alright, that's it! No games! All or nothing! Pan screamed with power and pain, a red aura engulfing her body and almost overshadowing her Super Saiyan 2 aura.

"KAIO-KEN TIMES FIFTY!" screamed Pan.

Her power erupted and blew Kale off her. She rose to her feet in a flash and embedded her fist into his chest, doubling him over, blood erupting from his mouth. She kicked him high into the air and rushed up, punching and kicking him over and over again as hard as she could before...

Gods, the pain... she had forgotten just how devastating it was to use Kaio-Ken and Super Saiyan together, especially at a times fifty. She could feel her insides starting to liquidate, and her skin starting to burn. She had maybe ten to thirty seconds to end this before she lost her power, lost consciousness. Maybe a minute after that until she died. She had to end this, now, and hope the match ended before her body wasted away.

Pan two-handed slammed Kale to the ground and then cupped her hands to her side. "Super..."

She aimed her hands. "KAMEHAMEHAAAAAAAA!"

The devastating energy wave erupted from her palms and speed towards Kale. The Saiyan Emperor rose to a knee, eying the energy calmly. He put two fingers to his head and... NO WAY!

Kale vanished, and the energy wave hit where he had been a second later, exploding. Instant, fucking, Transmission, how the hell did he know that move?

ZIP

Pan turned her head, seeing Kale reappear behind her, smirking one hell of a smug smile. She gave him one hateful glare before her power gave out and she plummeted towards the ground, her power shot and her body failing.

Kale caught her before she could hit the ground and set her down gently. "Impressive child, most impressive."

She stared up at him, in a daze, her consciousness starting to fade. Why... had he caught her...?

Kale aimed a hand at her, ki radiating off and flowing into her body. "It would be a shame for you to perish now, I suppose it is my duty as your Emperor to preserve your life."

Kale kept her alive until the thirty second mark hit and the Grand Priest announced his victory and then healed Pan. She laid there, staring up in confusion at the Saiyan Emperor.

He offered a hand. "Well fought child, you actually managed to bleed me."

She glared at him. "Shove it you disgusting pig! I swear if you lay a hand on Aideen I'll..."

Kale raised an eyebrow. "Do you truly think I am so dishonorable that I would force myself upon a female? You told me I had to get you mad to see your power, I merely followed your instructions. That you would think I would be so dishonorable, its a shame really, you truly know nothing of Saiyan Pride. Your Prince has done a poor job educating you."

She stared at him in disbelief. "You..."

She ground her teeth and rose to her feet, ignoring his offered hand. "It still means nothing. That you'd even 'joke' about something like that to get me mad sickens me. You sicken me, you're no Emperor of mine."

Kale smirked at her. "Perhaps not yet, but I will be one day. There will come a time when you will one day willingly kneel at my feet and pledge yourself to my Empire."

Pan glared at him. "I'd die first."

Without another word, Pan flew back to her area. Kale following suit to his own.

Gohan crossed his arms. "Pan."

"What?" she asked with frustration.

"You willingly tried to kill him in the middle of a match," stated Gohan.

Oh no, no way was he DARING to try this right now.

Pan clenched her fists. "Don't you dare!"

Gohan narrowed his eyes. "The previous fight against Coli was one thing, this was another. If you hadn't lost anyway, I would have taken you out of the tournament."

Pan stared at him in disbelief. "You..."

She glared full force at him. "What if you had been in there and he said that about MOM!? Would you have kept your cool? I doubt it, you wouldn't have given him a chance to lay a hand on her! Hypocrite!"

Before Gohan could reply, the Grand Priest announced the next match. "Now! Would Son Goku from Dimension 1 and Majin Xuu from Dimension 10 please enter the ring!"

Goku started to levitate and move to the ring as Gohan returned his daughter's glare. "Pan! There's a difference between saying, and doing. You don't hurt people for what they say there going to do, if he had taken any action towards her I WOULD have stopped him, but not a moment before."

"Bullshit," Pan spat back.

"Pan...," began Gohan, growing frustrated.

"Shove it! I've had all I can take of you at the moment, I'd rather be with someone who doesn't judge me like you all keep doing!" spat Pan, turning, walking over to the divider between Dimension 1 and 2, vaulting over, and moving to stand next to Odianna.

The woman raised an eyebrow at that, gave her shoulder a brief squeeze, and looked to the ring, saying nothing. Pan faced forward, ignoring Aideen's confused look, and looked at the ring. She noted her Grandfather had stopped flying and was looking her way with concern and confusion. Pan paid him no mind and simply stared at the floor, fuming silently to herself, feeling frustrated, and very much alone...

Goku floated in the air between his area and the ring, feeling utterly lost at the moment. What in the world was going on with Pan at the moment? Not to mention, what had happened between her and Odianna? That woman had wanted to hurt and kill Pan earlier today at the start of the tournament, now they were suddenly friends again? What had he missed?

"You can handle your familial problems another time, we have a fight to do!" called over Majin Xuu.

Goku slowly turned away and flew to the ring, landing at the opposite end.

Xuu smirked. "You had best not be distracted during the fight, I want a challenge."

"Begin!" shouted the Grand Priest.

Goku turned Super Saiyan 2 and glared at Xuu. "You want a challenge? If that's the case, why'd you turn Gohan into a piece of candy? He sure was giving you a challenge then."

Xuu frowned at him.

"Why so quiet?" taunted Goku angrily, "Gohan WAS a challenge for you, and yet you won the fight cheaply with your magic. You don't want a challenge, you want someone strong enough to give you sport, but can't actually beat you."

Xuu glared at him. "Watch yourself!"

Goku gave him a look of disgust. "I'm not wrong. You're just a coward, and probably weak too, both in strength and spirit. How much of your current strength is your own, and how much did you get from absorbing innocent people?"

Xuu clenched his fists and powered up. "Fool! I'll make you suffer!"

Goku assumed an aggressive stance. "Bring it on. I'll warn you though. I'm stronger, faster, and more skilled than my son. Not to mention, I've already been turned into a candy before, you try that on me, I'll still beat you."

Well, technically, Vegetto had been the one turned into a piece of candy and humiliated Majin Buu as one, but he was sure he could replicate that feat. Maybe.

Xuu threw his hands forward and unleashed a ki blast. "Be quiet!"

Goku dodged to the side and flew at Xuu, slamming a fist into his chest and launching him back. He rushed forward, only to dodge again more as Xuu let loose a magic beam from his head tentacle. He surged forward and bashed Xuu to the ground and then unleashed a Kamehameha Wave into its body, blowing him up and scattering goop everywhere.

Xuu reformed a moment later, steam rising out of his head. "You insufferable Saiyan! I swear I'll beat you!"

Goku smirked and watched the spectacle sadly. Xuu was just as bad as Super Buu had been. He was a man-child, poorly using techniques and strategies he had stolen from others. The moment things started not going his way he threw a hissy fit. As much as he loathed Cell, he kind of missed the Bio-Android over all the other villains he had fought, Cell at least had real skill, form, and strategy. Though, Cell was no better in the stealing-power-from-others department. Goku Instant Transmissioned behind the Majin, sweeping his legs out from under him, grabbing his shoulders, and throwing him to the ground. He booted the Majin into the air and blew another kamehameha wave through him, scattering him everywhere.

Goku made a disgruntled sound as some of it landed on him, "Yuck. You know, you really don't stand a chance. Unless you want me to beat you as bad as Gohan was, I suggest you give up."

Suddenly, the goop rushed towards him and expanded in size. Goku's eyes went wide.

"Barrier!" he shouted, remembering the technique Vegetto had used.

He funneled his power into it as Xuu tried to absorb him. Coward, what a coward. It was infuriating. He focused his barrier, not even letting the Majin from shrinking him down to digest. As much as he entertained the idea of trying to free whoever was trapped inside the Majin, if he was gone for thirty seconds he might lose the match because of it.

With a roar, Goku threw his arms to the side and exploded his barrier, splattering the Majin everywhere. Slowly, very slowly, the Majin reformed, trembling in rage and hate.

Goku crossed his arm. "Nice try."

Xuu said nothing, but Goku could see the wheels turning behind his eyes, trying to think of some way to win. Majins were annoying to fight, there really wasn't a way to deal with them easily. Chopping the back of their neck to knock them out wouldn't work. If he tried to just pin the Majin down, Xuu might try to absorb or candybeam him. He could just wear him down overtime, but, there was no guarantee the Majin might not get off a cheap win somehow, and he was not going to let this Majin steal another win. Maybe if he went Super Saiyan 3 he could scare the fight out of him, but, he'd rather not reveal that form to the tournament yet. He might need it to surprise Odianna or Kale later on, depending on if they were strong enough.

Hmm... what to do, what to do. He needed a way to incapacitate the Majin. There was the Evil Containment Wave, but, he didn't have anything to put him in... wait a second... yes he did!

Goku grinned and flew down to the ground, taking off a boot and sock. Oh man it had been awhile since he last had to improvise, this was going to be good! It was going to be humiliating for the Majin as well.

The Majin gave him a curious and wary look. "The hell are you doing?"

Goku threw his hands up into the air, and then made a swirling, sweeping motion. "Evil Containment Wave!"

The Majin gave a startled cry as he was sucked into a green swirling vortex. Goku made another sweeping motion with his hand, and with one final cry, the Majin was sucked into Goku's boot. Goku knelt down, grabbed his sock, and stuffed it down the boot. He laid his boot on the ground and held he boot down as it began to rattle and shake.

"C'mon, just need to keep him in there for thirty seconds!" said Goku, a smirk on his face.

He powered up to his full might as a Super Saiyan 2 and placed a shield of ki around his boot. Without a seal to go with the Evil Containment Wave the Majin would get out unless he forced it to stay in there. The boot shook viciously, but the Majin's power was not stronger than Goku's.

"Majin Xuu has been incapacitated for thirty seconds! Son Goku is the winner!" shouted the Grand Priest.

Goku smirked and took the sock out of his boot, letting the Majin escape.

Xuu turned to him, enraged. "YOU! I SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU!"

Goku powered down, sat down, and put his sock and boot on. "Sure, go ahead and try. Not sure the gods will like you trying that outside a match."

The Grand Priest levitated down to them and raised an eyebrow at Xuu. The Majin immediately went passive and returned to his area. Goku suppressed a laugh, stood up, and flew back to his area. His smile immediately faded as he return to the awkward scene. The group was glancing nervously back towards Pan who was still standing over near Odianna. Pan wasn't looking at them, her gaze towards the ground. Goku sorely wished he could get a sense of what she was feeling right now, nothing was making sense about what she was doing. But, while he could feel nothing concrete from her, his instincts however were telling him something was wrong with her.

"Now! For the last fight of the round, would Odianna from Dimension 2 and Groana from dimension 8 please enter the ring! Since there is no one left to fight him afterwords, Vegeta of Dimension 1 gets the bye," shouted the Grand Priest.

Odianna flew to the ring, the demoness from Dimension 8 doing the same.

Odianna assumed a fighting stance and spoke, "As a warning, that little stunt you pulled on the Saiyan last round wont work on me, I don't swing that way."

Groana smirked at her. "A little human like you? Please, I won't need to use my magic at all. I'll break you with my two bare hands."

Goku sized them both up, decided that Odianna was going to destroy the demoness, and turned away from the fight. He took the opportunity to move to the divider near Pan, deciding to try and talk with her.

"Hey Pan, are you okay?" asked Goku.

Pan didn't reply, merely continuing to look at the ground. Goku looked at Aideen, who shared in his confusion.

"Pan?" he asked again.

She looked up at him and spoke bitterly. "Go away Grandfather."

Goku met her eyes and flinched. What the hell? Her eyes practically shined with pain and torment. It wasn't the only thing there though. There was anger, frustration, resentment, and all if it looked to be towards them. She looked... she seemed so alone at the moment, Goku didn't understand where it came from.

Pan looked away. "Go away..."

Goku hesitated before reluctantly obeying. Now wasn't the time to make a scene.

"Begin!" shouted the Grand Priest.

Goku didn't pay attention to the fight and instead directed his thoughts. "Piccolo?"

"What is it?" mentally asked the Namekian.

"Something's not right with Pan. Have you seen or felt anything? ," asked Goku.

There was silence for a moment before he replied, "I'm unsure."

"C'mon, you've got to have seen something!" asked Goku.

Piccolo grew annoyed. "Goku, what exactly do you expect of me? I was studying to the other dimensions up until Pan's fight against the Saiyan Coli. I don't understand what has gotten into the child either."

Goku went silent for a moment before thinking. "Ask the others, maybe they saw something?"

"Very well, give me a few minutes," was Piccolo's reply.

CRACK

Goku turned his head to the ring, sighting Odianna slamming her leg into the back of the demoness, breaking her spine and knocking her to the floor. Thirty seconds later, she was declared the victor.

The Grand Priest spoke. "The fourth round has ended. Since the rounds have grown shorter, we will shrink the break time. Please be back in your areas within ten minutes. The semi-final matches will begin then."

Goku turned his head towards the spectator area, waiting patiently.

A few minutes later, Piccolo spoke in his mind. "Goku, we don't have anything on our end. The only thing that stuck anyone as odd was that Pan was rubbing her head a lot and took a nap before the second round, that's it, and that's hardly anything to go on."

Goku frowned intently, he was right, that wasn't much to go on at all. "Alright, thanks Piccolo."

Goku walked over to Gohan and whispered. "Hey Gohan, was Pan rubbing her head a lot earlier?"

Gohan nodded. "She said she had a headache and went to take a nap."

Goku slowly shook his head. "That ain't anything to go on. I'm surprised all of us don't have headaches with all the noise. Dang it, I don't get what's with Pan."

Gohan nodded. "I'm in the same boat. We'll just have to wait until after the tournament to confront Pan and figure out whats going on with her."

Goku sighed quietly to himself. The tournament wouldn't last much longer, maybe another hour or two at most. Two more rounds, him, Vegeta, Odianna, and Kale. He and Vegeta would get paired against the later two, then paired against one another in the last round unless they royally screwed up. Kale was still hiding some of his power, Goku was sure of that, he had handled Pan too easily, and even survived a Super Saiyan 2 x50 Kaio-ken. Maybe he was a Super Saiyan 3? Odianna on the other hand, strangely enough, was under-preforming from what he had seen. With all that time she must have had in the time chamber, he thought she would have been stronger. Unless she was hiding something, he wasn't concerned with her.

The only thing that did concern him at the moment was Pan. He hesitated, wondering if it really was a good idea to wait to speak with her, but, reluctantly decided to put it off. After all, it wouldn't hurt or risk anything to put it off for an hour or two until after the tournament, right?