Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Caulifla was surprised that the first thing she saw as she flew in was a pissed off woman beating Son Goku, the strongest mortal fighter in Universe 7, with a frying pan.

The woman looked to be middle-aged, with a ponytail holding in long black hair and a toned yet curvaceous frame that left one mystified as to what truly lied beneath her robes. Of course, her personality wasn't so concealed.

"THAT," the woman yelled as she bashed Goku once more on the head, "WAS THE LAST OF GOTEN'S PUDDING! YOUR OWN SON IS GOING TO STARVE BECAUSE YOU GOT A LITTLE HUNGRY!"

Goku backed away quickly and shook his hands in front of him as he desperately tried to appease the woman. "Chi-Chi, relax! It's okay! I can go buy some mor-"

Chi-Chi moved forward with ridiculous speed and slapped Goku on the cheek, sending him yelping back in pain.

"You big idiot." Chi-Chi said, sighing. "It's only sold at the annual Bon Festival. I'll have to go get it for him when it comes around again." She looked up to her husband and gave him the look of death only a wife could give. "But YOU'RE going to make it up to him. Got it?"

Goku nodded, laughing nervously before another look silenced him. "Yes, Chi-Chi. I promise."

Chi-Chi stuck up her nose and walked back into the house as Caulifla descended down, smirking and shaking her head.

"Can't avoid getting pushed around by a woman, Son Goku?"

Goku turned to face Caulifla, waving a hand. "Hey, Caulifla!" He said, grinning. "I was wondering when you'd get here!"

Caulifla scowled and landed on the ground, arms crossed. "I don't exactly have all the time in the world you know, especially with all of this nonsense going on. It's bad enough that now I have to deal with one annoying Saiyan."

Goku nodded, remembering back to the Tournament of Power. When Universe 7 had managed to win Goku had wished for the revival of all defeated universes, including Universe 6. It had taken a lot of persuasion but in the end a deal had been made: All of the defeated universes could be brought back but only if they became part of Universe 7. For some (such as Planet Sadala, of which now was under the strict supervision of Vegeta) it could be an annoyance. For Goku? It couldn't be a happier day.

"Vegeta can be antagonistic at a glance," he admitted, "But he's just a stubborn guy with a big heart. You'll get to know him soon, I promise."

Caulifla rolled her eyes and rolled her arms, sizing up the other Saiyan in front of her. Both of them were wearing their traditional combat wear and were ready to fight.

"Well then," Caulifla smirked, cracking her knuckles. "It's about time we got started now, isn't it?"

Goku grinned. "Yeah," he agreed, flying up in the air and motioning to the horizon. "Come on!" He called, "Let's go!"

The area Goku had chosen for them to fight in was a secluded area of Mount Pazou, a large clearing of rock that served as the perfect natural battlefield. The two Saiyans descended to the sounds of a waterfall, the calm trickle of water filling the air.

"So you know how Super Saiyan works, right?" Goku asked, backing up as he stared straight at Caulifla's eyes. "How to get it and control it?"

Caulifla nodded, pointing to her back. "The tingly feeling. Yeah, I know."

Goku smiled and channeled into a Super Saiyan, faint flows of yellow energy pulsating around him. Caulifla felt her pulse rising in excitement: the first step in power. It was a sign that things were only going to get better from here, much to her pleasure.

"As you know, this is a normal Super Saiyan." He said. "This is the form that almost every Saiyan transformation I use comes from and it's the reason I've been able to come so far."

Caulifla raised an eyebrow. "Almost?"

Goku nodded, grinning. "Yeah, there are forms that don't need Super Saiyan to work. For instance, when Gohan channeled his full power during the tournament he used his Ultimate state without going Super Saiyan. Other than that are a few more, including one that I think you'll love."

Caulifla balled her fists, keeping her enthusiasm in check. "I'll keep that in mind. Now, what next?"

Goku laughed. "Impatient as ever, I see." Once again he pushed his arms to his sides and channeled, this time going further as his hair spiked up and blue electricity began to spark around his body. "You should know this one too."

Caulifla scowled before pushing her own arms to her sides and concentrating. As she concentrated her own energy she let it overtake her, shouting as she became SSJ2 directly. Goku smiled as she transformed, nodding. "Seems like you do."

Caulifla grinned, creating a red sphere of energy in her palm and lifting it up experimentally. "A Saiyan beyond a Super Saiyan." She said, relishing in the increased power of the form. "But I'm not gonna be satisfied with this, it's still way too weak."

Goku threw a punch at the air, repeating for a few moments before he shook his head in agreement. "Unfortunately, yeah. In order to take the form further a Saiyan has to concentrate their energy extremely tight, a level of which is possible but incredibly rough on stamina."

On the last word he spoke Goku focused and with a loud shout pushed himself further, yellow energy soaring around him and shaking the ground. This transformation was slightly longer than the others, and as Caulifla looked with awe Goku had gone beyond SSJ2, now an even stronger Saiyan with long golden hair.

"Super Saiyan 3!" She said, flying over to him and looking at him head to toe. "So cool! The sheer power, the look...it's amazing!"

"It is." Goku replied, chuckling. "And you're right. This is Super Saiyan 3, just like I showed you at the tournament." He looked at Caulifla besides him and grinned, raising his hands at her. "Would you like to see how strong it is?"

Caulifla's response came in the form of a punch and Goku blocked it, matching Caulifla's smirk with his own. Without a moment's notice the two began sparring, flying at each other and engaging in a twirl of fists as they tried to one up the other. At one point Caulifla moved in with a blow to Goku's head only to see him fizzle out of existence before materializing right above her, arms raised in a bash that sent Caulifla tumbling into the stone below. From the truck-sized crater the impact made Caulifla flew out, cleaning her lip off with the side of her arm as they continued.

Eventually Goku stopped the fight by returning to his base form, wincing slightly as he barely missed a punch to his gut as he powered down.

"What?" Caulifla said, frowning. "Tired already?"

Goku shook his head. "Nah, it's just that there's no point in Super Saiyan 3."

Caulifla flew down in front of him and crossed her arms again, skeptical. "A form that exponentially increases your power is useless? I doubt it. Even with the stamina issues I could see it being useful."

Goku nodded, examining his arm as he spoke. "Super Saiyan 3 is powerful, that's true. It's also true that stamina is only so much of a problem, with sufficient training you can use any form without a problem. No, the issue of Super Saiyan 3 is its power. When I fought Beerus for the first time I got tossed around like a toy, the difference is that big. Super Saiyan 3 just doesn't have the strength it needs to fight at the level of a god."

Caulifla looked on, not surprised. "So you found a way to become a god." She concluded. "Vegeta explained it to us. It's a ritual, right?"

Goku raised his gaze from his arm to the female Saiyan and smiled. "Yeah. Initially I had to get energy from the five other Saiyans on this planet to be able to achieve a form on the level of a god. However," he closed his eyes and with trembling in his arms yelled as a blue aura flared into life around him, turning his hair and eyes a vibrant blue. "The power stayed with me," He continued, "and once I learned proper ki control I got the ability to control it at will. This is the result: Super Saiyan Blue."

If Caulifla had been excited at Super Saiyan 3, she was ecstatic beyond belief at Super Saiyan Blue. She gazed lustfully at the power radiating from Goku as she felt it against her skin, the difference from before impossible to tell but more than enough to validate the form.

"This is the one I want to learn." Caulifla said, taking in every portion of the state with anticipation. "This is what you're currently using after all, right?"

"In most cases, yeah." Goku replied, "Super Saiyan Blue is my primary battle form in most cases, unless I really need to tap into my power. Then, well...you know what comes next."

Caulifla flashed back to the tournament and for the second time that day felt a cold sensation along her back, one she couldn't place. "Yeah," she said, "I'm aware."

Ultra Instinct. She thought. A form even the gods can't master.

Goku grinned and returned to normal, sighing in relief. "I'll show you how to get Super Saiyan Blue soon," he said, "But first there are two techniques you have to know first: The Kamehameha Wave and the Kaioken."

Caulifla frowned but powered down to base as well, outstretching her arms. "Fine, that's fair. Your energy blast is the first one, right?"

Goku grinned. "Yeah, I learned this one a long time ago." He let himself become serious and turned to the sky as he moved his hands.

"Watch carefully, form is everything for this attack." As Caulifla looked on Goku moved his hands under his right shoulder before claspin them together in a combined fashion, his fingers bent inward as he spoke.

"Ka...me...ha...me.."

A large blue ball of power appeared in Goku's palms, spinning in place erratically.

"HAAA!"

The blue energy ball burst flew upward in a tremendous beam of light as Goku maintained his posture. The light curved, arc'd through the air and disappeared into the sky before Goku relaxed, cutting off the attack and turning to Caulifla expectantly. "Think you can replicate that after one good look?" He challenged.

Caulifla rolled her eyes and pushed Goku aside."Please. Watch and learn, geezer." She said, entering the pose Goku had held moments before. She glared up at the sky before closing her eyes and concentrating.

"Ka….me…"

A red sphere of energy sparked to life between her hands, growing exponentially as she continued the word.

"Ha...me…"

At the last second the ball doubled in size and fought to overtake Caulifla's grip, to which the female Saiyan gritted her teeth and shouted:

"HA!"

The red sphere exploded, a dark red blast soaring from its origin and into the air as it violently freed itself from containment. The wave of light flew through the air and vanished like Goku's had before, much to his satisfaction. With one final push Caulifla cut off the attack and went down on one knee, panting as she looked smugly at Goku.

"How's that for you?" She teased, hiding the wince of pain in her eye with formidable effort.

Goku smiled and clapped his hands together. "Amazing!" He said, "You're definitely a prodigy Caulifla, Cabba was right." He stopped then, putting a hand to his face in thought. "Not even a prodigy can learn the Kaioken easily, though."

Caulifla got up and stretched, yawning. "Maybe not a prodigy like you," she said,"But I'm sure I'll have no problem."

Goku looked off into the distance, an old memory coming back to him. "You're free to try." he said. "No guarantees it works at first though, and you'll have to get back your strength first." With that Goku pulled out a small pouch from one of his pockets and tossed it to Caulifla, of which she caught curiously.

"Beans?" She said, lifting one up and examining it. "How are these supposed to help? They're tiny."

"Those are Senzu Beans." Goku explained. "Very rare but very good for you. If you eat one you'll get back to full strength almost immediately!"

Caulifla tilted her head and popped a bean into her mouth, swallowed it and tested herself. Sure enough he was right, she was at back at full power. "What happens if you eat more than one?" Caulifla asked.

"Stomach aches, dizziness, death." Goku replied, clasping the back of his neck and giving her the same nervous expression he had given to Chi-Chi. "Nasty stuff, otherwise I'd eat them every day!"

Caulifla nodded, it made sense. But while the beans were cool, she wasn't about to be delayed any longer. She pointed to Goku, beckoning him on. "Come on then, big guy! You promised me the Kaioken too, let's see it!"

Goku frowned and Caulifla was surprised when a dark expression crossed his face, the first time since the Tournament that she had seen such a look from him. He was serious.

"Alright, but I'm going to warn you now so listen carefully." he said, "The Kaioken cannot be mixed with the normal types of Super Saiyan. The combined strain of having both this boost and Super Saiyan active is too much, you'll probably be killed instantly if you use it like that." With that, Goku braced himself.

"Kaio-ken!"

A red burst of energy soared around Goku, lighting up around him like a Super Saiyan's aura but less disruptive. Goku turned to Caulifla and spoke as he flew around, testing his body.

"The Kaioken works by multiplying your ki for a split second, creating a new layer of 'god ki' that you can use. It isn't like Super Saiyan Blue: It's from the Kais, a different type of God." Goku raised his fist and punched it into the rockface, a large hole appearing where his fist had been. "The Kaioken is basically a boost all around: Speed, strength...even vision and hearing. I can raise it to different levels too, from x2 to x20."

"What makes it so deadly then?" Caulifla mused, looking carefully at the form. "It looks fine to me."

"Maybe to you," Goku said, "But to me it's like having a constant pain in all of my muscles. The Kaioken is incredibly stressful on the body because the god ki doesn't feel like it belongs and so it fights to get out. If you overdo it, you could die. That's why I stopped using it for so long, it was only when I achieved Blue that I could finally keep the god ki under control again, briefly."

Caulifla scoffed. "So you don't use it because of a little physical strain?" She said, "That's it? Sounds easy to me."

"If that's the case," Goku said, "go find a Kai in your Universe and learn it from them. I would teach you but it's only something a Kai can explain, it's hard to describe. You need to do special training for it too, otherwise your body won't be properly prepared."

"I can smell the bullshit in those words." Caulifla said, scowling. "But fine. I can wait if it means getting to the big one."

Goku transformed back into Super Saiyan Blue without hesitation, grinning. "That, I can help with."

Goku told Caulifla to stand in front of him as he concentrated, focusing his power into a giant blue ball above his head as she waited. He had explained to her that this was a form or another technique he had learned, one he hoped he wouldn't have to ever use again.

He doesn't need to remind me, I remember this. Caulifla thought. This is the Spirit Bomb, the same one he used against Jiren at the Tournament. Only...why is it so unstable?

"Alright." He said finally, feeling around the base of the giant sphere with his hands. "It's ready."

"If you expect me to destroy that thing," Caulifla said with an amused look, "I could in a heartbeat. Then again, I assume nothing that unwound would be meant to attack me."

Goku froze, surprised. "You can tell it's loose too?"

Caulifla gave him a strange look, like he was crazy. "Yeah, isn't it obvious? The way the energy is randomly moving around in strips, the slight rippling of the surface...that thing would never stay in one piece if it was thrown."

Goku laughed and let the ball rise into the air and out of his hands. "Damn, you really are like me. No one else has been able to notice that before." He pointed up at the mass above him. "You're right, I'm not going to throw it at you. You're going to absorb that, all of it."

Caulifla's eyes widened. "All of it?" She repeated.

Goku nodded. "Yep."

Caulifla raised her hand to object but paused, looking again at the energy. She could feel it's aura, a warm and inviting pulse. It was packed with power too, more than she had ever felt in one space before. It was, to say the least, incredible.

"Alright." Caulifla said, rising up to the midsection of the ball. "I'll do it."

Goku pointed to the center of the ball and spoke to her from the ground. "Go into the middle of the sphere and will the energy to flow inside of you. You have to be calm for it to accept you, COMPLETELY calm."

"What about ki control?" Caulifla asked, prodding the ball.

"That comes with training," Goku explained, "You should ask Vados for that. This sphere has enough power to give you the unstable version of Blue - the red form, the one I used against you in the Tournament. It's got a punch, something you'll definitely enjoy."

Caulifla grinned. "Just what I like to hear." And with that, she entered the ball and disappeared.

The next twenty minutes were silent as Goku waited for Caulifla to gain access to the form while he trained underneath. What he hadn't told her was that once she had become a Super Saiyan God that she could theoretically use the Kaioken in any form below that, as he was doing right now with Super Saiyan 3. There was a chance, a CHANCE he reasoned that there could be something else beyond SSJ3 and he was trying to find it, punching at the air with a near maximum Kaioken active on him. He was just about to go to full when he felt an energy spike and hastily returned to normal as Vegeta flew in, landing on the ground and walking towards Goku with an angry look.

"H-hey Vegeta!" Goku said, surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"Don't be a fool, Kakarot!" Vegeta said, standing tall as he addressed Goku. "You know what I'm here for!"

Goku did, but he hesitated and in that millisecond Vegeta noticed the energy sphere and with realization on his face pushed himself into Goku's face, his face filled with rage.

"Kakarot, don't tell me you-"

He never got to finish. As he spoke a bright orange streak flew outward from the ball as it suddenly collapsed in on itself. The orange streak flew into Vegeta, hitting him straight in the gut as it slowed down to reveal Caulifla cloaked in the orange glow of a Super Saiyan God.

"Thanks for the motivation, Princess." Caulifla said before with all of her strength she kicked Vegeta in the place no man wants to be kicked. Vegeta recoiled back and Caulifla picked him up, threw him into the air and sent him flying into the distance with an energy blast all in the span of five seconds.

Goku felt sweat down the back of his neck as Caulifla confidently floated down, opening and closing her hands. "Now THIS," she said, "THIS is power. It feels limitless, no strain at all too."

Goku watched her nostalgically, remembering the first feel of the power himself. "It does," he agreed, "But it won't last for too long. Use it while you can and get it worked into your system so you'll be able to use it later."

"Of course." Caulifla said, walking forward before she paused and looked back at Goku. "Hey, uh…"

"You can repay me by fighting me at some point." Goku said, grinning. "Trust me, I don't like being taught stuff either. Feels demeaning."

Caulifla signed and nodded gratefully. "Yeah...just like school."

Goku looked at her, incredulous. "You went to school?"

"For twenty minutes." Caulifla replied. "You?"

"Not a bit."

Caulifla laughed, nodding. "Yep, that's no surprise."

It was at that moment that a rage filled, ear piercing shout resounded across the mountain and the area around it. Goku smiled ruefully as he and Caulifla turned back to where she had blasted Vegeta into the horizon, a bright blue glow shining in the distance.

"Welp." Caulifla said, walking to the edge of the stone bed before winking at Goku. "Time to knock this baby in."

With that she flew off, and Goku smiled. Not just for the fight to come, but because he was excited. Excited for how far Caulifla could go.

Author's Note: Little short story with Goku showing Caulifla some of his forms and techniques, nothing too fancy. Practice makes perfect though, and I need a ton of it!

R&R please (along with my other works if you can), and I'll see you soon.

-Caulifla