"Whis, let's go to Earth right now. I can't wait to see just who this Son Goku really is," Beerus said excitedly.
"Oh ho ho, very well, Lord Beerus. You're in for a huge surprise this time," Whis said with a smile.
"Tch, enough chatter. Let's get moving," Beerus said.
Whis tapped his Divine Staff, and a stream of multicolored light enveloped them both, carrying them through space toward Earth at breakneck speed.
Inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber at Kami's Lookout, Son Goku exploded once again.
A moment later, Son Goku returned to normal and sighed. "Looks like the hurdle between Super Saiyan 6 and Super Saiyan 7 is no small one. It's been years, and I'm still just short of it. But this isn't so bad. My training has gone smoothly all these years, with hardly any bottlenecks. That isn't necessarily a good thing."
Son Goku released his Super Saiyan Ape 3 transformation, left the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and headed home.
Today was Bulma's fortieth birthday-she was actually forty-five, but had deliberately shaved five years off her age. To celebrate, she had arranged a lavish birthday party aboard a cruise ship. All their friends and family were going, so he naturally couldn't miss it either, unless he wanted to end up kneeling on a washboard.
When Son Goku arrived home and found none of Earth's warriors in the Gravity Room, he knew they must already be aboard the cruise ship out at sea. He used Instant Transmission and appeared before Bulma in an instant.
Sure enough, everyone was there.
Looking at the radiant Bulma, Son Goku smiled. "Bulma, you haven't changed in twenty years. You're still as young and beautiful as ever."
"Goku, you're such a sweet-talker. It's like your lips are coated in honey," Bulma said with a