Goku watched nervously as Potara turned her head to look up at Whis, smirk still plastered across her face. "Shall the angel come down and play?"
Whis did not reply, he merely floated high in the sky, a contemplative look on his face. "..."
"You should have left it well enough alone, Angel," spat Potara, "Pan would never had struck out against the gods unless they wronged her. You had nothing to fear from this power, now though, you do."
She paused briefly to turn away from Whis to glare at the Z-Fighters. "None of you had anything to fear from Pan, yet so readily did you judge her. Pity that she didn't have more of a spine to force her way earlier, ought to have cracked a few of your heads while she was at it."
She focused on Goku. "It's a shame, Grandpa, that it took you betraying her, in more ways than one, to force her hand."
Goku met her gaze steadily and replied honestly, "I made a mistake."
Potara raised an eyebrow. "Did you now? Shame that you never got the chance to tell Pan that, nor ever will."
Goku frowned at her. She really seemed to believe that the fusion was permanent. He made a mental note not to say otherwise, he didn't know how the fusion would react to it. A Potara Fusion only lasted forever when there was a Kaioshin involved after all.
Potara's ever present smirk widened. "Oh, how she resented you for it, did you know she actually felt hate for you at one point?"
Goku felt his stomach twist at that. "I... guess I deserved it."
Potara scowled at him. "Oh yes you did, you deserve so much more, as does 'father'."
She spit at that last word. "I have half a mind to beat the both of you into the dirt for what you did at that tournament. I hate Pan, but what you two did was unforgivable. While your daughter was in the bathroom having a breakdown and trying to slit her wrist you two were obviously contemplating ways to scold and punish her for her fight against Coli, when the only reason she went that far was because someone mentally assaulted her mind."
Goku stared at her in disbelief, a mortified expression crossing his face. "Attacked her mind?!"
"Pan did what?!" exclaimed Gohan.
Potara's face grew cold, she gave them both a look that sent shivers down Goku's spine. "Now you care, only when its to late."
Gohan glared at her. "I always cared for my daughter! She should have said something!"
"She had no faith in you," said Potara, her voice growing soft for a moment, "She had no trust in you, in either of you."
"What about me?!" exclaimed Videl tearfully, "Gods... she should have come to ME! I... I had no idea she was hurting so much..."
Potara raised an eyebrow and spoke smoothly. "Had no idea? While she was foolish enough to try and take on all her burdens herself, it is more than true that none of you had any idea about that girl. None of your understood how alone and abandoned you made her feel. I have half a mind to disintegrate you all. Instead, I prefer the painful truth as your punishment..."
She turned to eye Whis, "...rather than the death the gods will be getting."
Goku forced himself to focus passed the pain rocketing through his heart and focused. "You... you said Pain's mind had been attack, what do you mean?"
Potara shrugged. "Someone was inserting thoughts into her head and giving her headaches that made it hard to think and focus, mental influence that embellished and empowered her anger and hate. Looking back through those memories as an outside perspective it's easy to pinpoint each and every attack, especially the one that broke her and made her snap before the Coli fight. Figures that afterwords, out of everyone that should have been there to help the child, it was that sociopathic bitch Odianna that was there to 'help' Pan through it."
She shook her head slowly. "And you left that woman to die, Grandpa, oh you have no idea what that did to her."
Goku said nothing, there was nothing he could say to that. There was a heavy silence in the air.
Potara slowly brought her arms and shoulder's up in an elaborate shrug. "Nothing more to say eh? Hmph, I wonder, if Pan was here now, what would she say at the sight of you pathetic lot?"
The Elder Kai glared at her. "When your times up, abomination, she will be here!"
Potara raised an eyebrow. "You know, I hadn't decided if I was going to kill you or Shin yet, you're not exactly making your case. The only abominations here are you gods, but I'll bite, what do you mean by 'when my times up'?
The Elder Kai stuck his tongue out. "The Fusion is only permanent if it involves a Kaioshin! None-Kaioshin Potara Fusions only last an hour, so there! Hmph!"
There had been a very brief flicker of fear on Potara's face before she relaxed. "Hmm... is that so?"
"It is!" spat the Elder Kai.
"You know, you have quite the attitude with me," said Potara with amusement, "When it should be me being pissed at the gods. Instead, you lot are kind of funny. I guess that's what happens when I have a power that makes you all seem 'weak' and not worth my time."
Goku frowned at Potara. While he appreciated, but regretted knowing about, what she had told them of Pan, Potara herself was confrontational, blunt, and arrogant in ways Pan never was, it was actually starting to bug him. She went on about Pan's sufferings only as a way to scold the group and the gods, she didn't care for Pan herself. He was having a hard time seeing much of Pan in the fusion, heck, the fusion had called Odianna a bitch, and Pan had been her friend, called her a sister. It just didn't make sense to him. Was this the Doll's influence? Or was this the weirdness the Elder Kai was talking about?
Potara stretched briefly. "Well, since I have all the time in the world to deal with you gods. I might as well take my time and enjoy myself."
"An hour is hardly a long time!" scolded the Elder Kai.
Potara gave him a sly smile. "Oh, I don't have an hour. I have an entire lifetime. The Doll was useful for something after all, it was a Kaioshin infused God Construct, I'm going nowhere."
There was a dead, stunned, and horrifying silence that filled the air for a minute as everyone stared at the smug Potara.
"Pans... Pans... gone...," was all Goku could whisper.
Gohan's fists were shaking, his face pale. Vegeta's eyes had narrowed, but showed no other sign, Piccolo, Tien, 18, and 17 mirrored this. Bulma, Uub, and Bra looked stricken, and had their heads bowed. Krillin had his arms crossed and was giving Potara a sad, pitying look. Yamcha seemed disgruntled. Buu looked confused, he probably didn't understand what was going on. The only one who didn't seemed fazed, or was at least hiding it, was Aideen, who was studying Potara curiously.
"G-give her back...," whispered Videl.
Videl rushed at Potara, grabbed her shoulders, and started shaking her nonestop and screaming. "GIVE HER BACK! GO AWAY AND GIVE MY PAN BACK!"
Gohan rushed forward and grabbed her, pulling her back. "Videl! Stop! Are you crazy!?"
Potara looked at the two of them, grimly, her fists clenched and shaking with rage. "You..."
She ground her teeth. "You don't even know me and you want me dead for your 'precious' Pan."
Gohan glared at her. "She's our daughter! And excuse me if you sure as hell aren't making a good first impression!"
Potara had him by his throat a second later, casting Videl backwards and into Goku's arms. "Good impression? GOOD IMPRESSION?! Lets see how you'd deal with being born into this god-forsaken mess. You have no idea how angry I am, and beyond that, none of you deserve a good impression! If it doesn't involve your fists, you lot really are useless. An unstable Pan was more than any of you knew how to handle. So far as I'm concerned you all ought to be beat within an inch of your lives for doing such a piss poor job these last few years! These damn memories of hers in my head, so many things that could have been said weren't, so many things that could have been acted on you let slide or took way over the top..."
She ground her teeth, held a hand up to Gohan's chest, glowing with green energy, and for a moment Goku actually thought she was going to kill him. Her eyes shined with frustration, anger, and resentment. However, something underneath them in the depths of her eyes made Goku change his mind about her intentions, and about how different she was from Pan. There was pain there, in her eyes. That was something of Pan he could clearly see. Potara shared Pan's pain. How much of this was an act? How much of this was an attempt to sate that pain? Unlike Pan who would bury it and try to just appear normal unless forced to confront it, Potara appeared more than willing to lash out and give them all a piece of her mind. And now, gods, they had screwed up again, just like with Pan, they had just hurt Potara. He understood why Videl was hurting, but doing that to Potara had really set her off.
Potara banished the energy from her hand and cast Gohan to the ground. "Forget it, you're not worth my time, old man."
She looked up at Whis with disdain before shaking her head and turning towards the portal building, speaking bitterly. "None of you are worth my time. I can tell I'm unwanted. I'm leaving."
No! They had just lost Pan... Goku was not going to let them lose what was left of her. "Potara, wait!"
Potara ignored him and started moving, only to pause when Whis levitated to the ground to block her path.
Potara glared bloody murder at him. "I'm giving you damn gods one last chance to stay the hell out of my way. Otherwise I'm going to kill every single one of you."
"Relinquish the green energy and you may leave," said Whis plainly.
Potara eyed him, a deadly look entering her eyes.
"Whis, back off! Leave my granddaughter alone!" ordered Goku.
Everyone gave him a look of surprise. Potara herself looked a bit stunned
"Dad? What are you doing?" snarled Gohan bitterly, "My daughter's gone!"
Was he so blinded by his anger and sadness that he didn't see what was right infront of him? If he drove Potara away, they'd have nothing of Pan left...
Goku glared at him and pointed towards Potara. "Your daughter is standing right there if you'd get your head out of your butt and look at her!"
Goku's attention was drawn away by Whis. "I'm sorry Son Goku. Her power has been deemed to dangerous for a mortal to posses and must be removed."
Potara paid Whis no mind, her gaze still on Goku, a questioning look in her eye. They stared at each other for a moment before Potara closed her eyes and shook her head.
"I know that look," said Potara softly, "If you are trying to find Pan in me, you are only going to find misery in the end. I'm not her, I am not your granddaughter."
She turned around and rushed at Whis before Goku could reply. Whis crossed his arms and blocked her hit, but was still sent flying into the air. Whis righted himself, a translucent aura beginning to shine around him. Goku's eyes went wide in shock, it was the first time he had ever seen Whis power up. Holy crap...
Whis wasn't the only one powering up though, Pan's green aura was increasing in size and intensity to match. She flew up at him and began exchanging a flurry of rapid blows, both of them testing the waters with one another. Goku could hardly believe what he was seeing, he figured she might be able to make some headway, but she was going even with Whis!
Whis take a jab to his face and flew back before stopping, rubbing a reddened spot on his cheek. "Impressive. I may have to fight you seriously. Are you truly willing to risk this world in doing so?"
Potara's smirk was back on her face again. "Risk? Please, you aren't even a challenge."
"She's got a lot of guts talking crap to an angel," murmured Yamcha.
"Guts? It's not about guts or bravado," warned Vegeta with a dangerous tone, "Potara is confident, as she should be. Whis is not a challenge for her, not at all, not when she still has another transformation up her sleeve."
Goku's eyes went wide. He had forgotten! Pan had went Super Saiyan on top of the green energy fighting against Black and Zamasu! Suddenly, he felt a bit cowed, was Whis right? Was this much power safe in the hands of a mortal?
Potara rushed at Whis, throwing a heavy punch, Whis raised a hand and caught a blow. A ripple emanated from the connection, but nothing else happened.
Whis raised an eyebrow. "You canceled the impact out."
Potara's smirk seemed to grow an inch. "Pan paid attention when she listened to Grandpa talk about his fight with Beerus as a Saiyan God. Negating the energy seems like an important part of not ripping the universe apart."
Whis nodded curtly. "Very well. If you truly wish to fight, then we will."
Potara swung a kick at him, only for Whis to dance out of the way. Potara swung at his head, only for Whis to easily duck out of the way. Potara grew annoyed, bursting forward at him and punching and kicking as fast as she could. Whis dodged every single hit.
"You may have great power Potara, but you lack the skill to go with it. At an angels level of power, every fighter must know how to act without thinking. Pan was only just beginning to try and wrap her head around the concept, let alone attempt to begin learning the basics of it, as such, you are nowhere near ready to implement it," said Whis before twirling around Potara's latest attack and bonking her on the head with his staff.
Potara staggered at the blow before turning to glare at him. "That so? I guess I'll just have to become so overwhelmingly powerful and fast that your damn no-thinking crap doesn't mean shit! AHHHHHHHHH!"
The world trembled as Potara's hair flew up and spiked and her aura of power exploded in size and intensity. Whis crossed his arms and gave a cry as the energy forced him back. A moment later, a now 'Super Saiyan Green' Potara floated high in the sky. Goku could barely keep himself standing, and everyone else who wasn't Super Saiyan Blue had fallen to the ground. The pressure Potara was exerting was extreme.
"D-dad! W-we need a barrier!" cried out Gohan.
The three Saiyan gods held out their hands and formed a barrier of ki, alleviating the pressure and giving them some breathing room. Goku turned his head back to the fight in time to see Pan rush at Whis, her fist glowing with what he knew would be a lethal amount of energy...
LATCH
Goku's eyes went wide with surprise, and horror, as the Grand Priest appeared out of thin air and grabbed Potara's fist an inch from Whis's face, stopping the killing blow. He gave Potara a look of disapproval and flung her back with a dismissive flick of his wrist. Potara flew back a bit before righting herself, a surprised and wary look on her face.
The Grand Priest turned to Whis. "I believe this has gone on long enough. Attend to your God of Destruction."
Whis seemed apprehensive, but nodded. "As you wish."
"Uhh... guys... on a scale of one to screwed, how screwed are we all that the Grand Priest just got involved? Is there even going to be a planet left at the end of this?!" asked Krillen.
Goku said nothing. He had to admit, he kind of shared Krillen's fear. The Grand Priest was one of the top five most powerful beings in their Dimension. If he got involved, it was serious. But... it also made him wonder something. Had Beerus and Whis been ordered to steal Pan's power by him? Or, more likely, by the Omni-Kings? Why?
Potara glared at the Grand Priest. "Ooooh look whose shown up. If it isn't the Omni-King butler service."
Goku lost a bit of the color in his face. Did she seriously just insult him to his face? He just threw her as a Super Saiyan Green with ease. Was she insane?!
The Grand Priest raised an eyebrow. "You say that as a crude jest, but you do realize such a position would be considered a privilege?"
Potara rolled her eyes. "You gods and angels sure are something else."
The Grand Priest tilted his head. "I will ask once, and only once, will you willingly relinquish your power?"
Potara smirked. "Nah, I think I'll just take it to the next level."
Goku blanked for a moment. Did she just say...
"AHHHHHHHHHH!" roared Potara.
Her hair spiked straight up on end, and green lightning cackled up and down her aura. Green energy began bleeding out of the air surrounding Potara, flowing into her body. Goku couldn't help but notice that once more, the sky seemed to darken in the area. The world around them shuddered and cracked at the force of the aura, the Capsule Corp building doing the same.
"Nooooo! Dammit, its going to cost a fortune to fix my house!" whined Bulma.
Goku stared at Potara at disbelief. "She... it... what...?"
Vegeta nodded. "It's not its own transformation. It's not like god ki."
"What do you mean?" asked Krillen.
"When we go Super Saiyan Blue, its its own special transformation. Its a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, there's nothing above it. There isn't Super Saiyan Blue 2 or Super Saiyan Blue 3," explained Vegeta.
He paused briefly, thinking it over, before continuing, "This 'green' power appears to be a secondary power boost that amplifies whatever power she is currently using. Its not its own kind of ki. She was base, she was Super Saiyan, now she just went Super Saiyan 2. If she knew how to go Super Saiyan 3 she could probably do that as well."
"To much... that's way to much power," said Gohan with extreme unease.
Potara gave a war-cry and flew at the Grand Priest, green lightning trailing behind her as she flew at insane speeds. The Grand Priest merely stared at her, a plain look on his face. He did not try to dodge as Potara lashed out. She slammed a fist into his face... and merely sent him staggering slightly through the air.
Potara's eyes went wide with shock. "No way!"
The Grand Priest tilted his face back towards Potara, a slight bruise on his cheek. He raised a hand and returned the favor, slapping her across her face. Potara was not as fortunate as the Grand Priest. The blow sent her rocketing to the ground. She hit it and dug in deep, sending cracks along the earth in all directions for miles. Potara laid there for a moment before groaning and rising shakily to her feet, blood running out of her nose and mouth, but still maintaining her transformation.
Even Super Saiyan 2 with the green power wasn't a match for the Grand Priest, and he obviously knew it. "If that is out of the way, may we please end this without further violence? This entire ordeal has been unnecessary."
Potara spit a bit of blood and raised her arm to wipe off her face. "Unnecessary? The only unnecessary thing is you back stabbing treacherous gods!"
The Grand Priest frowned at her. "Still your tongue child. You are bested and you know it."
Potara clenched her fists and ground her teeth. "I swear I'll find a way! Even if I have to destroy my own body and use the Kaio-Ken with this so help me I will! I have bigger fish to fry than you!"
Goku frowned intently, studying her face. She was serious... she'd rather die than give up that power. She had Pan's power hungriness at its worse multiplied by a lot. It would get her killed unless something was done. As much as he wanted her to just give it up and walk away safe, he understood her pride, and shared a bit of her anger at the gods at the moment, but, what could she honestly do? He could see a red tint start to show around her. No! Dammit, what else was there though? Her regular power wouldn't be enough, and god ki was useless compared to... wait...
Goku's eyes went wide with shock at an implication that just hit him. This green energy, Vegeta had suggested it was a secondary source of energy, one that could be used alongside her normal ki. But, did that also mean it could be used alongside her god ki as well?
Goku didn't know who was truly in the right here, he didn't know which side, if any, way right or wrong, but if he had to choose a side, he'd go with his family. "Potara! Go Blue!"
Potara stared at him in bewilderment for a moment before understanding lit in her eyes and a devious grin crossed her face. She turned to face the Grand Priest, dropping out of Super Saiyan 2 as she did.
She clenched her fists. "Alright then, lets see what happens when we mix green energy and god ki!"
Energy rippled out from Potara before the transformation even began, momentarily warping and distorting everything around her. Goku shivered, feeling like his body had been turned inside out then corrected in the span of a single second. His mind was on the frits, even inside and hidden behind a barrier. Everyone was shivering at the sensation.
Potara's green aura changed, turning teal-ish, a cyan glow engulfing her body as her hair stood on end. Energy rippled around her. Small tears were forming in the sky and seeping green energy that continuously flowed into her body. Her skin itself seemed aglow and radiating power. The irises of her eyes shined so bright it was almost like they were cyan orbs.
Potara examined herself briefly before laying her eyes on the Grand Priest, her voice showed not a hint of its earlier arrogance, but pure raw determination. "Are you ready?"
The Grand Priest frowned at her, a peculiar look in his eye. "You ask me that, but I see in your eye, you are the one waiting for something."
Potara crossed her arms. "Hmph, maybe I am. It's not like me to pass up a fight, but, like I said before, I have bigger fish to fry than you, and I've waited long enough for this, ever since I heard the Doll's memory in my head. Where are they?"
"Where are whom?" asked the Grand Priest, almost sounding as if he were trying to avoid the question.
She narrowed her eyes. "The Omni-Kings, and if they makes me wait any longer, they're going to be down a butler. Do they not have the gall to face me themselves? Don't tell me you are trying to hide their responsibility, is that it? I know. I already know it was them who ordered Pan's power stolen. So how about it Omni-Kings? Do you have no shame? I'm calling you out! Or are you gonna hide all day?"
POP
Without another word, a single Omni-King, the one Goku instinctively recognized as the one from their own timeline, appeared in the space between the Grand Priest and Potara, its usual passive look on its face replaced with a tired, guilty, and a bit upset one...
