Goku walked into the time chamber with Vegeta and Gohan on his heels. His eyes widened happily to see Pan sleeping at a table, and to his amusement, seeing drool coating the table outside of her mouth. He tilted his head, detecting another presence. To Pan's left, sitting against the wall, was... another Pan in Kai clothing? Oh, that had to be the God Construct.

The God Construct had gone rigid and was eying them with extreme distrust and wariness. "Pan, wake up, NOW!"

Pan gave a start and rubbed her eyes. "H-huh?"

Pan sleepily eyed Goku. "Grandpa?"

Goku held up a hand in greeting. "Hiya! We've been really worried about you Pan."

Pan blinked a few times, fully coming to, and then went very still, tensing. "..."

Goku frowned. "Easy Pan, we just want to talk."

"Go away," ordered Pan, "We're training!"

"Really? Looked like you were napping in your own drool grandbrat," retorted Vegeta.

Pan blushed with embarrassment and wiped off her face. "S-shut up!"

The God Construct rose to its feet. "Pan, be ready."

Goku eyed it. "We're not here to fight, we just want to talk to Pan and figure out why Beerus and Whis..."

The God Construct's eyes went wide with fear. "They were sent here by them!"

Pan tensed.

Goku winced. "Wait, were not..."

To his shock, the God Construct went Super Saiyan Blue and released a Kamehameha at him. Goku went Blue himself and crossed his arms before being hit and sent rocketing back through the time chamber door...

Pan could have sworn aloud. This was not how she wanted to meet her family and friends again after being gone for half a year. She wasn't even sure the Doll was right, they hadn't seemed aggressive, but, she didn't exactly trust them either. It was to late now anyway. Guess it was time to see how far their training had come. Pan turned Super Saiyan Blue and rushed Vegeta as the Doll rushed Gohan, knocking them through the door and out into the lookout. She might still be pissed at her father, but she wouldn't fight him in a real battle.

"Knock them out, don't kill them," ordered Pan.

The Doll frowned at her before nodding. "As you wish, we'll need our strength for the Gods after all, I doubt we're going to go unnoticed.

Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta recovered from the surprise of their attack and stood together in a standoff.

"Pan! Stop!" yelled Gohan, "What the heck are you doing?!"

"What am I doing? What are YOU doing?" demanded Pan, "We're you sent after us by Whis?"

Gohan frowned. "Well, Whis IS looking for you and the God Construct..."

"Doll, her name is Doll," interrupted Pan with irritation.

Goku tilted his head. "Weird name."

"Whats going on Pan?" demanded Gohan, "Why does Whis want that Doll destroyed?"

The Doll went rigid. "I will NOT be killed!"

The Doll waved a hand and unleashed a wave of ki, forcing the three Saiyans to dodge. The energy wave leveled part of the lookout, making Pan wince. Oh boy, Piccolo and Dende were going to be PISSED.

Goku glared down at them. "Okay, that's uncalled for. I'm tempted to just leave you to Whis if you're going to be that rude."

Pan was fuming instantly and screamed at him. "You mean like you left Odianna to die to Kale?!"

Goku looked like he had been stuck, his guard dropping. "Pan... I'm..."

Pan flew at him in a rage and drove a fist deep into his stomach while his defenses were lowered. There was an audible *crunch*, followed by him spewing blood and being sent flying at the impact before he landed on the floor of the lookout, wincing painfully and cradling his stomach. Pan's jaw dropped. His guard might have been down, but, she... she had actually managed to hurt him. It made her gleeful to have made such progress... but... making Grandpa bleed... hurting him in anger... it made her feel god awful and guilty...

Vegeta and Gohan were staring at her in shock.

Gohan was momentarily speechless. "Pan... you just..."

Vegeta narrowed his eyes. "Is that it then grandbrat? Is this your true colors? Does your family truly mean nothing to you that you'd fight them for no damn reason?"

Oh gods... the guilt was starting to eat at her like crazy. "I... I'm..."

"Pan!" shouted the Doll, "I can feel the Destroyer god! We can't take on all of them at once. Let's GO!"

Pan trembled a bit and spoke weakly, tears streaming down her face. "S-sorry G-grandpa."

Pan turned and fled with the Doll, shooting over and down past the lookout...

Goku struggled to rise to his feet and tried to call after his granddaughter. "W-wait! Pan!"

Gohan was at his side and helping him up. "You okay dad?"

Goku nodded and massaged his stomach before wiping blood-drool off chin. "Y-yeah. I wasn't expecting her to hit me. Whaaa, she really hurts when she's mad, that's going to leave a mark."

He went silent for a moment before speaking, "She... sure has come a long way. Has it even been five years since she wasn't even a Super Saiyan? Since she didn't even know the Kaio-Ken? Damn... she really grew up fast."

Gohan's face softened for a moment. "Yeah... she did. To fast if you ask me."

Goku turned and narrowed his eyes glaring at Vegeta. "And hey! Was that really necessary to say to her Vegeta?"

Vegeta frowned at him. "Don't you start with me Kakarot! She struck you with the intent of harming you in a deadly serious situation involving the Gods, what exactly did you expect me to say?"

Goku sighed, exasperated. "C'mon Vegeta, She was mad. I wouldn't hold it against her. Let's go, we need to get to her before Beerus does. If she crosses him, this could get really bad."

"Shouldn't we come up with some kind of plan first?" asked Gohan, "That Doll thing is really jumpy. If we say even one thing wrong it attacks. And if Beerus gets there we're going to need to figure out how to diffuse the situation."

Goku shook his head and put two fingers to his head and said. "No time! Hand's on my shoulder, lets go!"

Pan flew rapidly behind the Doll. "What do we do? Forget the others, Beerus and Whis are going to be on us before long!"

The Doll growled at her. "I know! We're heading to Capsule Cooperation! If I recall in your memories, there's a portal to other Dimensions there. That's our escape route.

They flew hard and fast, reaching their destination in seconds. Unfortunately, before they could go any further, they were cut off by Beerus and Whis.

Beerus frowned. "There you are."

ZIP

Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta appeared a little ways off.

Beerus eyed them for a moment before speaking. "Take Pan and leave. Our business is with the Doll."

Pan glared at him. "Like hell will I leave another friend to die! You want her? You're going to have to go through me Beerus!"

Beerus frowned. "Child, I have no desire to fight you."

Pan spit in his direction. "Yeah, right, just like you and Whis had no desire to steal power from me."

Beerus said nothing in response, a tad hint of guilt in his eyes.

Goku looked back and forth between them, looking confused. "Huh?"

Gohan frowned intently. "What do you mean steal power?"

Pan scoffed. "As if you don't know."

Vegeta scowled down at her. "Get off your high horse brat. Whatever is going on between you and the gods, we have no knowledge of it."

Goku frowned and turned to Beerus. "What's going on?"

Beerus turned his head and warned. "Stay out of this Son Goku. I will not kill your granddaughter, but, the Doll must be destroyed."

Goku frowned intently. "Beerus... this isn't like you. I know you're a destroyer god and all, but you're not mindless about it. What's going on?"

"Do NOT interfere in the business of gods," warned Beerus before turning his attention to Pan and the Doll.

Pan tensed. "Jeez... this is it..."

"We're not really going to let her take on Beerus, are we?" exclaimed Gohan.

"By all means, remove her from the fight then," said Beerus dryly.

"Stay the HELL OUT OF IT!" yelled Pan at them, "I don't trust you at all! If you help them, I will NEVER forgive you, and I will hate you forever!"

Goku and Gohan looked pained, and Vegeta merely crossed his arms and 'hmph'd'. Pan and the Doll exchanged glances, nodded, powered up to their maximum, and rushed the Destroyer. Beerus blocked the Doll and swung his tail at Pan, smacking her away.

Pan tumbled head over heels through the air. Oh wow... that hurt. She righted herself, shook off the pain, and rushed back into the fight before Beerus could launch an attack. Their only chance was to team up and keep him on the defensive. She threw a punch at his head while the Doll came from behind. Beerus kicked forward, forcing Pan to dodge, before turning a hand to catch the Doll's fist. He turned and threw her at Pan. The two hit and tumbled through the air.

Beerus seemed amused. "For a duo that dares to challenge a god, you are not very impressive."

The Doll shoved Pan off of her. "Move it!"

Pan winced. "Sorry."

She frowned and stared up at Beerus, who was looking down at them with confidence in his eyes. There was no aura of power about him at all, he wasn't fighting seriously. They were inexperienced Super Saiyan Blues, not even a full year of using the form under their belts. They did not stand a ghost of a chance at this level. There was only one way now...

She turned her head. "Doll, do you have my memories of the Kaio-Ken?"

The Doll nodded. "I do."

"Think you can pull it off with Super Saiyan Blue?" asked Pan.

The Doll hesitated. "I know how to do it, but, my body has no experience using and adapting to the Kaio-Ken. I'm unsure if it would work, drain me of power, or simply outright kill me."

Pan frowned intently and refocused on Beerus who was watching them with curiosity. "I spent a lot of time using the Kaio-Ken, I mastered it in a way my Grandpa never even considered. I should be able to pull it off. Focus on supporting me, I'll take point."

Pan took in a deep breath and slowly let it out; This was it, do or die, she narrowed her eyes and called on the technique. "KAIO-KEN!"

The red aura of power engulfed her body as a second aura to her blue one. She shuddered. Oh wow, oh wow... the power... it was insane. It was almost to much to handle, it took almost her full concentration to maintain control. She shook her head and settled her mind. It was holding, her body still had a keen memory of using the technique, it had not forgotten the trials she had went through with it.

She narrowed her eyes at Beerus. "I'll give you a chance to back down!"

Beerus's response was to merely raise an eyebrow. He didn't seem impressed. Pan gave a cry of power and rushed at him, the Doll following underneath her. Pan charged head on and threw a deliberately obvious punch. Beerus caught it easily and half-turned to catch the Doll's punch when she came from behind.

Pan used the distraction and shouted. "Times three!"

WOOSH!

The Kaio-Ken aura expanded and she pulled her top half back while pulling her bottom half up, kicking both her feet towards Beerus's face as he turned back to her.

WHAM!

They connected and sent the Destroyer god tumbling through the air; Pan stared at the sight in shock. "I... I actually landed a hit on Beerus!"

Beerus righted himself and glared down at her. "That you did, girl. I suppose I might have to use a tiny portion of my power after all."

A faint purple glow surrounded the destroyer. He rushed at Pan and drove a fist into her stomach before she could react. Pan tumbled through the air and hit the ground, leaving a hole in the lawn of Capsule Corporation. She cringed, losing her aura and power, dropping her Blue form, struggling to crawl out of the hole. One hit... one measly hit... why was she always to weak? Why why why!

"PAN!" came the scream of a familiar voice.

She turned her head to see her mom flying towards her, a number of the Z-fighters at her heel. "S-stay back! Keep her back!"

18 lunged forward and grabbed Videl, hauling her backwards. "This is no place for us to be."

Videl turned and glared at her. "She's in trouble! She needs me!"

18 scoffed. "Against a destroyer god? Good luck with that."

Pan shook her head and refocused, noting that Beerus was eying the newcomers with annoyance. This was bad, more of the Z-fighters were on the way, she could feel them. There were way to many people here. They could easily get caught in the crossfire...

ZIP

She was surprised to see Supreme Kai Shin and the Elder Kai appear a ways behind her. Jeez... when it rained it poured. Was everyone going to show up for this? Wait... they were gods too... were they also in on this? She shot them a distrustful look before forcing her body to go Super Saiyan Blue again. She had failed to many people in her, life, she was NOT going to let another friend die!

"AHHHHHH!" half-roared, half-screamed Pan.

She knew she was NOT ready to do this, but did it anyway. "KAIO-KEN TIMES TEN!"

The energy exploded around her, sending tremors through the ground and blowing back the Z-fighters. She exploded upward and slammed an elbow into Beerus's face, sending him flying backwards. The Doll came from behind him, kicking him back towards Pan. She surged forward and two-hand slammed Beerus towards the ground.

Beerus righted himself before he could hit, a very annoyed look crossing his face. "You are starting to test my patience, Son Pan."

She had hit him with a times ten attack... and he didn't even look winded... what... what were they supposed to do against this?!

Beerus narrowed his eyes. "This ends, now."

Beerus blurred, moving faster than Pan could follow, and slapped her, sending her spinning through he air. She stopped herself and held a hand to her reddened check. Damn that stung like hell.

WHAM!

She turned her head, sighting Beerus bury his fist into the Doll's gut, knocking her out of Super Saiyan Blue. Beerus grabbed the Doll by her throat and lifted her up. He held out a an open palm infront of her face. Pan saw into the Doll's eyes, sighting the pure, unrivaled terror in them.

Beerus was about to kill her... no... NO!

"STOP!" she screamed, "KAIO-KEN TIMES TWENTY!"

Her body burned, it felt like it was on fire, like it was dying. She moved faster than she had ever moved in her life and slammed into the Destroyer before he could kill the Doll, smashing him away. She cupped her hands to her side and began channeling all the energy she could.

"Super KAMEHAMEHAAAAAAAAAA!" she screamed.

The Doll was flung back as the energy wave ripped through the air at Beerus. The Destroyer God stood his ground, an infuriated look on his face. He held out an open palm towards the oncoming energy, a purple aura of power engulfing him.

"Destruct," said Beerus, a single word, but filled with so much power.

The energy wave disintegrated before it could even hit Beerus. Pan stared at him with hopeless despair before her power gutted. She fell through the air and landed on the ground in a heap, unable to move, completely exhausted and drained.

"No... no... I can't... I can't let this happen...," whispered Pan to herself.

She... she had failed again... another friend was going to die... no... she couldn't live with herself if this happened! There had to be some way! She saw Beerus start to close in on the terrified Doll. No no no no no!

Pan closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face. There was only one way. If she couldn't fight him... then someone else had to. Despite everything that had happened between them, she desperately prayed that she was wrong about him, that her Grandpa would help. She looked up at him, sighting him looking down at her with pity, concern, and a huge amount of distress. She needed this... she needed him! She needed him to be the hero she always dreamed of him to be! If there was one time to not let her down, this was it.

"Grandpa please!" screamed Pan, "Save her!"

Goku heard her cries, and saw the desperation in her eyes. Gods... it was painful to see. She had lost so much throughout the last few years, had been through to much. If this happened, he wasn't sure Pan would recover. He didn't think he could live with himself for hurting Pan again. If he didn't do this, she would never forgive him, she would hate him till the day she died, and even beyond it. He had already lost so much with her after letting Odianna go, he could not do this to her again.

He closed his eyes for a moment and sighed. Crossing Beerus was not something he wanted to do, but, he would not let Pan down, not this time. Goku opened his eyes, put his fingers to his head, turned Super Saiyan Blue, and teleported between Beerus the Destroyer and the Doll.

Beerus narrowed his eyes. "Son Goku, I suggest you stand aside."

Goku telepathically shouted at the Doll, "Take Pan and run, now! If it comes to a fight, I wont last long against Beerus."

Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw the Doll begin to descend towards Pan.

Goku glared at Beerus. "Why the heck is this even happening? Why don't you leave the Doll thing alone? Is this really what you want Beerus?"

Beerus scowled at him. "I have no desire to cross you or your family. However, that Doll must be destroyed, its to dangerous to keep alive. For your sake, and your Granddaughter's sake. Stay out of my way."

"Sorry, I can't do that," replied Goku, "I can't fail Pan, not again."

Beerus merely stared at him, mulling over his choices.

Goku half turned his head, keeping one eye on Beerus and one eye on Pan. She was trembling, staring up at him, tears streaming down her face, hope, relief, trust, and faith in her eyes. It made him feel... it made him feel so damn good to see that, he couldn't even properly describe it. Whatever happened next, even if Beerus would go as far as to kill him, it would be worth it, just to see Pan's trust in him restored.

The Doll landed next to Pan and looked down at her, slowly shaking her head. "Even with the Kaio-Ken, in the end, you really are worthless."

Goku felt a surge of anger as Pan winced and replied weakly, "I... I'm sorry..."

Unbelievable...

Why would Pan want to stick her neck out for someone like that? After everything Pan had tried to do for her? Standing up to Beerus the Destroyer knowing full well who he was took a heart and courage that very few in existence had. To spit on that was so disturbing it made his mind spin at the implications. Why WAS Pan fighting for her? What the hell was going on between them and the gods?

The Doll glanced up at Goku, a smirk on her face, before she looked down at Pan and took off her right Potara earring. "But, that's fine. I don't need you, I just need your body."

Goku blanked for a moment. What was she...

The Doll knelt down, shifted Pan's head, and put the Potara earring on Pan's right ear. Goku's eyes went wide with recognition, was she serious? What did she think that was going to accomplish? Even a Potara fused Super Saiyan Blue wouldn't stand a chance against Beerus.

"W-what are you doing?" exclaimed Pan as the earring on her ear and the one on the Doll's began to shine.

"I'm making you disappear, and I'm becoming whole," said the Doll with glee.

Goku stared at her in confusion. Disappear? The Potara earrings were a temporary fusion if it didn't involve a Kaioshin, what in the world was she going on about?

Their body's surged at each-other, and the last thing Goku ever heard Pan scream was, "GRANDPA!"