Dragon Ball: Goku Si c26

“I can sense that you are ready.” Aeos landed next to Goku.

“I am. I've been waiting for you.” He nodded before looking at her.

She smiled back before noticing that he was almost at his true height.

“It would seem you are almost there.” The blue-haired Goddess commented, before glowing and growing in size as well.

“Now you are going to need to get used to this.” Her voice was a bit deeper as she brushed her hair with her fingers.

“Isn’t it a transformation? You need to conserve your power.” He commented with raised eyebrows. Since she knows his roots, he doesn’t mind revealing stuff he knows about the Gods of Time.

“Hmph. If you were able to turn temporary transformation into permanent base form, I can do the same.” Aeos replied in a challenging tone. She fully accepted the fact that she could increase her power through training like any mortal. 

“That’s my Aeos.” He smiled at her.

The Goddess blushed for a second before crossing her arms and looking at him.

“Enough about me. It’s time for you to transform into the last version of Super Saiyan.”

Goku slowly nodded as he got serious. He took several steps away from her before crossing his hands. His hair began to glow as blue and gold lightning began to crackle around him. Flaming aura manifested around him and began to grow. 

The Ascended Super Saiyan’s power rapidly began to increase.

Aeos needed to make some distance as the whole planet began to shake! It was so bad that Goku quickly needed to float away from the mountain where he was staying.

As the power continued to grow, clouds began to move, and the earth shook as waves and a tsunami spread through the waters. Goku’s hair slowly began to grow as he continued to tap into his inner Saiyan power.

The Goddess slowly watched as her eyes sparkled; she could sense how his power rapidly began to increase.

Since he already achieved Super Saiyan Four. To her, this should be an offshoot transformation, as all he does is transform into Oozaru while in a Super Saiyan transformed state.

Regardless, as Goku’s hair grew, his aura shrank and got wilder while the lightning danced uncontrollably around him.

“W-What is going on!?” Krillin and Yamcha flew over as they looked at Goku. He looked like a golden star above the Sect grounds.

“Goku is transforming into his next stage,” Aeos explained as she looked at Goku high in the air.

“T-That’s a transformation!?” 

The Goddess snorted. Has he not seen a transformation before? But then she realised…yeah, they didn’t. Frieza was the first one, and it’s years away…

“It is. He is tapping into his Saiyan potential to the limits of what a Super Saiyan can be.” 

As she explained, the Goddess realised this could impact the Sect below. 

Cracking buildings with raw pressure, if that happens, they will spend a considerable amount of time fixing the whole thing.

With a sigh, she spread her time powers through the whole area, effectively locking the infrastructure away from possible damage.

“Haaaa!!!”

Goku roared as he approached stable grounds in his transformation. 

“Whoa… what is with that hair!” Krillin commented as he had never seen anything like that! Not only is his power off the charts! He can’t sense the literal boundaries of this transformation!

“That’s Super Saiyan Three. The limit of Super Saiyan.” The Goddess explained with crossed arms.

‘If he transforms into Super Saiyan Four as Super Saiyan Three as base… he would be as strong as a God.’ 

Aeos realised that Goku will most likely be a God before he is twenty… which is absurd if one considers it.

Once Goku finished his transformation, everyone floated up closer to him.

“How are you feeling?” The Goddess asked him as she saw him inspecting himself.

“Far worse than I expected.” He replied in a strained voice.

“Hard to maintain it?” She reasoned.

“You have no idea. It's like trying to maintain water in my palm with fingers spread.” He joked, as he could feel that he was burning through his stamina like gasoline, which he was using to maintain fire. It burned at a rapid pace.

“I see. So, what are you going to do?”

“Meditate. I need to get hold of this form. Stay in it as long as possible.” Goku replied that his voice was deep as he was trying to move as little as possible.

“Damn Goku, what is with this power-up?? You look crazy!” Yamcha exclaimed! Here he was happy to reach the 20,000 mark of his power level, but here goes Goku, who once again made his power look like nothing!

Goku smiled, but in the next couple of moments, his transformation was undone, and sweat appeared on his forehead. He was extremely tired.

“Whoa! You could only maintain for that long?” Krillin looked surprised! Goku’s transformation took longer than he could maintain!

“Ha! You should have seen how long I maintained my Super Saiyan for the first time.” Goku chuckled as he took a deep breath to contain his haggard breathing.

“It lasted a couple of seconds.” The Saiyan explained as he closed his eyes and began to stabilise his breathing.

“How long one maintains their transformation is not the point.” Aeon got the pair's attention. “What is important is that he broke his limits. Now his power will continue to increase until he stabilises it again.”

“These Saiyans are not fair,” Krillin complained.

Snort

The Goddess snorted. 

“Saiyans need actual combat to improve rapidly, unlike you humans. At the same time, your growth in strength is slower. You two can still achieve power, which only a few can dream of.” 

“You mean… we can be THAT strong?” Krillin asked in a dumbfounded voice.

“We built this Sect for humans to reach their true potential.” Aeos looked around the sect grounds. The number of people who joined is increasing. 

By this point, over a thousand people are training. Goku has created several more of his wisps.

‘I should do that too.’ 

With that in mind, the Goddess copied Goku’s technique, and several Goddesses appeared around her.

They flew away to assist in training.

“...Anyway… we should return to our training!” Krillin and Yamcha flew away. They are feeling invigorated.

“Are you thinking of teaching them God Ki?” Goku asked. The only way humans could potentially compete with Saiyans is if they cross over to the realms of the Gods.

“Maybe… I do wish that this timeline survives the tournament. I am beginning to get attached to this place.” She smiled at him. Her smile was genuine.

“Hmm. With how things are going, we could win. But you are right; we need to make them strong.” Goku nodded as he watched his Goddess copy him.

If he makes copies, she does as well. It’s like she doesn’t want to be outnumbered.

“Indeed. But for now, we focus on you.” Aeos looked at him. Her smile is turning into a coy one.

“You are approaching that boundary. Soon, you will be able to keep up with me~~~.” She shook her head happily. Soon, no one would be their match as a couple!

“Maybe. But I am not satisfied by simply reaching that boundary.” He nodded before looking at his hand. He clenched it before opening.

“That much is obvious. I am simply talking about the milestone. Once you are stronger, you will make me stronger.” She smirked while saying that.

“That is given. Helping you is something I will do in a heartbeat.”

She smirked, her smile turned ‘evil’ for a second. 

“Even if I do something questionable.” Midway, she realised something.

“Do… you know what I did?” She asked him cautiously. The Goddess hoped that he didn’t know about her actions.

“Hmm? You mean YOUR tournament?” He teased her.

Her eyes widened, he knew AND yet…

“...Then…”

“What? You think I care about such a thing?” He asked with a raised eyebrow. He then shook his head.

“Remember when you asked about time? What was my answer?” The Ascended Super Saiyan asked her.

“...Live now? You mean… You don’t care about my previous actions?” She asked him in disbelief.

“Why does it matter? I can’t travel back and change your mind. Either way, it doesn’t matter, because you changed how you think anyway.” He shrugged.

The Goddess frowned for a second before sighing. He was right. She is thinking far more about mortals now, instead of just timelines in general.

“You are far too easygoing, Goku.” She sighed; he was far too soft in that regard. But then she remembered what he had done to Frieza.

It was torture. When combat is involved, he could be crueller than a God.

“I am not. It’s simply that you are thinking far too much.” He smiled before grabbing her hand and pulling her towards one of the training areas.

“Now come. I need to return to my training! I have broken through my limit! And I can sense there is something beyond Super Saiyan Three!”

For a second, she was surprised by the contact, but then her surprise intensified!

“What do you mean beyond Super Saiyan Three!?”

“It’s a strange feeling. You see, my Super Saiyan is different… as I unlocked it not through anger but pure training.

I think this is what allows me to have Super Saiyan as a base form because it was a natural transition," He explained to her in an excited tone.

“...Then. Because of that, there is some sort of final form waiting there?” She reasoned.

“Maybe. I mean, I have no idea. That is why I need to train!” 

She nodded several times. If this is the case…

Goku landed in one of the Temples, which has gravity controls and a gym-like area.

“In that case, let’s see!” She was excited to see this transformation he was talking about!

The pair landed and walked into the temple-like building. In the middle of the temple, there were doors. These doors led to a pocket dimension. In the said pocket dimension, which was pure white in all directions, it was similar to a hyperbolic time chamber. Except there was no time dilation; what Aeos added was gravity and magical equipment.

“Let go!”

Goku began with a warm-up, followed by physical training until he was drained. What followed was meditation in a crushing environment.

The Goddess watched him closely the whole time. She could see him growing stronger and stronger by the minute.

‘If he needs to reach the next milestone, he needs to make Super Saiyan Three his.’

The process of the new routine lasted days as Aeos already got used to his madness—a madness she had fallen in love with. Only such a crazy routine would allow a mortal to abandon his coils and reach Godhood!

After a while, Goku needed to boost the difficulty as his power growth began to plateau. Aeos offered to change it for him.

But this is where he would end up meditating for days…

And his power would continue to grow. It was the so-called emotional tampering.

Either way, he continues to improve and is approaching the boundary where he decides to transform into Super Saiyan Three again.

Only this time… the transformation lasted much longer.

It was not that he stopped, as after the energy ran out, he would rest and transform again…again… and again…

By this point, Aeos began to wonder if he was madder than the Goku who had fought her… or if all Saiyans were like that!

Regardless, the countless tries began to pay off as Goku would eventually reach the point where the transformation doesn’t drain anymore.

However, there was another issue with Super Saiyan Three.

While transformation doesn’t drain stamina, it does when he moves. For example, if he kicks, it drains his stamina by 3, and he only regains 1. That means the transformation will be undone eventually.

Thankfully, there are ways to boost stamina so that it can keep up and eventually adapt.

“Aeos, let’s spar. I need to overcome this!” Goku said out of nowhere.

“Hmm? Sure.”

The Goddess, who was lazily reading something, perked up hearing Goku call her.