"Kakarot!"
A cold voice carried over. Vegeta, Buli, and Taliska flew in from the other side of the sky. When he saw Goku, a hint of arrogance showed on Vegeta's icy face.
Goku greeted him with a smile. "Yo, Vegeta. You really came!"
"Don't act like we're close."
Vegeta folded his arms over his chest and turned his head aside haughtily. He sized Goku up, then frowned. "Why don't you look much stronger? You've got less muscle than before. Don't tell me you've been slacking off on training."
"Of course not. I've been fighting nonstop lately, and my power's been increasing the whole time. My muscles got smaller?" Goku felt the muscles on his body, then smacked his forehead. "Oh, it's definitely because I've been challenging a new mode... Hmm, progress doesn't seem to be going very smoothly."
"Don't tell me you're still stuck at the Super Saiyan level. That doesn't sound like you," Vegeta said coldly.
"I broke through the Super Saiyan level ages ago," Goku emphasized.
Vegeta nodded. With Goku's talent, that was only natural. If he couldn't even break through to Super Saiyan 2, he wouldn't be the Goku Vegeta knew. Ever since Vegeta had come to Earth, he had been training harshly and hadn't paid attention to what was happening on the planet, so he didn't know that Goku had already broken through to Super Saiyan 2 seven years ago.
"I heard that as soon as you came back, you had your son fight Goten..."
Before Goku could finish, Vegeta immediately shot back, "My son may have lost to yours in their earlier match, but that was because Taliska is younger."
"Don't think you're better than me. In a little while, at the tournament, I'll show you what I'm capable of!"
"Sure!" Goku agreed readily.
"Hmph.