Gine stood in the midst of the forest that covered mount Paouzu looking for Goten. Her grandson had taken her out to it to play a game called "hide and seek". It was exactly what it sounded like and Goten was apparently very good at it.
She'd looked high and low and couldn't find the boy. Behind trees, in trees, even in a cave. The boy was nowhere to be found. Gine's began to wonder whether or not he'd gone home already.
She'd thought about using her scouter, but that would go against the whole point of the game. Sighing, she took a seat on a rock. It'd been about half an hour and she still couldn't find the kid. In fact it was beggining to worry her. He may be a Saiyan, but he was still just a child.
"Hey!" Gine heard a voice call from the sky, causing her to face upwards. There, with a smile on his face, was her son. The Saiyan mother leapt to her feet when she saw him. "Kakarot!" she exclaimed her tail wagging a bit.
Her son then began to descend to forest floor, landing gently, but firmly in front of her. Gine couldn't help it; she leapt on him again, hugging him tightly, this time though Goku gave her a light hug back.
"What are you doing all the way out here?" Goku asked, raising an eyebrow.
Gine nearly forgot, she'd been playing with her grandson. "I was playing a game of hide and seek with Goten... But I can't find him."
Goku looked surprised, then began tapping on the side of his head. "Why don't you just use your scouter?"
"I thought about it. But, wouldn't that be cheating?"
"I guess your right." Goku said placing a hand to his chin. He paused. "Oh, I know!" He then placed two fingesr too his forehead and dissappeared.
Gine blinked once, wondering if she'd actually just seen what she'd seen. Kakarot had seemed to simply vanish right out of existence. Then, just as quickly as he dissappeared, he reappeared, holding a surprised Goten in his arms.
"There, you found him!"
Goten, looking just as surprised as Gine, looked from his father to his grandmother and then began to realize what happened. "Daddy! I was gonna win!"
Goku looked at Goten confused, "You can win at hide and seek?"
Goten crossed his arms and pouted, "Trunks says you can."
Goku smiled, "Well, your mother wants you home anyways. Dinners almost ready!"
At that Goten lit up like a tree. "Yay!" and with that he took off leaving Goku alone with Gine.
The Saiyan mother couldn't help but smile. Her son had grown up to become such a good man. And a strong one at that. He fought Beerus and kept up with him! Beerus who even Freeza feared! She began to fill that pride swell in her again.
"Now then," Goku began, turning back to Gine, "let's get to know each other! You came all this way to meet me after al!"
Gine's smile widened. "Okay. First things first; I wanna see how strong my son has become!" she spoke, placing a finger too her scouter.
Goku simply smiled and crossed his arms. His mother was in for a big surprise.
Gine tapped the bright red button on the side of her scouter and watched as it began to calculate Kakarots power level. She was excited, she could hardly wait. Her excitment soon turned to confusion as the scouter zero'd in on 65.
"65?" she said aloud. "There's no way your power levels only 65. This thing must be broken..." She surmised, feeling disappointed.
Goku laughed. "You really need to learn not to rely on a scouter. They're way to easy to trick." he began to explain, "All the same I'll show you how strong I am." Goku then began tense up, balling his hands into fist and digging his elbows into his hips. He then began to growl, feeling his Ki well up from within him and begin to rise.
Gine watched in amazement as her scouter's count on his powerlevel began to rise. Quickly. "What?" she asked in disbelief.
Goku smirked, still building Ki. "Just wait. We're not even close to done yet!" His growl then changed to a yell as suddenly a golden aura surrounded him and his hair began to rise until it found a familiar shape in his Super Saiyan form.
The sudden jump in power caused Gine's scouter to explode making her flinch slightly, but she didn't take her eye's off her son then entire time. She couldn't believe it.
Goku, seeing her expression smirked. "This is a Super Saiyan."
His mother began to smile back, much to his surprise. "I know what it is, Kakarot." Then, she raised two fists to the sky and pulled them down with force. She then was bathed in a golden aura and her hair, which was once shaggy and unkempt now began to raise up at the ends, some strands more than others. Her eye's had shifted from solid black to green and she stood there with her arms crossed.
Goku was shocked. Maybe it was because of his power boost after becoming a Super Saiyan God, but from the weight and feel of her power he it hadn't even crossed his mind that she could also become a Super Saiyan.
Gine smiled. She could already tell that her Super Saiyan form was nowhere near her sons. To be honest she was still weaker than the prince in this form(She wondered if he could go Super Saiyan as well). But the look on Kakarots face of utter surprise made her happy. He probably was hoping to surprise her with this.
"Wow!" He gawked, "So even my mother can become a Super Saiyan now!"
Gine smiled with self satisfaction, folded her arms and nodded. "That's right!"
Goku's awe then faded and he smirked once more. "But, there's more than just that." He then ascended into the next form of Super Saiyan, causes his hair to become even more wild and his golden aura to be covered by arching electicity.
The sheer pressure of the form almost pushed Gine back, forcing her to plant herself into the ground. "What?!" she asked, amazed at Kakarots power. She didn't even need her scouter she could almost feel Kakarots power surge through her.
"This is called Super Saiyan 2." Kakarot began. "This is what happens when a Super Saiyan surpasses his own limitations and achieves an even greater power.
Gine looked on in awe. "Incredible... Is this the form you used to fight Beerus?"
Kakarot shook his head. "Not even close." Kakarot then began to scream, bending down forward while tensing his entire body up and practically squatting down. Suddenly, the aura around him began to go wild, the electricity growing larger and appearing more often.
Then, for a moment, Kakarot loosened his body completely, and became silent. Then, he let out a loud, almost painful scream and stood straight up, exploding in a blinding flash of yellow light, forcing Gine to block her eye's and lifting her off her feet.
When she finally opened them she immediately saw Kakarot, surrounded in a wild aura, giant sparks dancing arounf him and his hair... His hair was insane, in fact it reminded her of Raditz it had grown so long. His eyebrows were gone completely as well. Gine had a feeling that if she still found her scouter, she wouldn't even be able to comprehend the number it would reach.
"This is Super Saiyan 3." Kakarot spoke again, his voice very gruff sounding this time.
"A-amazing." Gine replied. "So this is what fought Beerus."
Kakarot chuckled. "Nope. Lord Beerus took me down in this form in one shot. Of course, I don't know how it would turn out now with this... now that I'm stronger, but I'd still lose that I know. Even if it put me on his level, this form isn't all that great. just strong. It burns through Ki fast so I can't maintain it for too long."
"What!? But... what form did you actually fight Beerus with?" she asked, sounding almost a little scared.
Kakarot then, suddenly reverted back to his base form in the blink of and eye causing Gine to raise a brow. Where'd all that hair go?
"Super Saiyan God." He stated. "The highest form a Saiyan can reach, that's what let me fight Beerus for as long as I did and I still lost." He spoke, sounding a little dissapointed in himself.
"Kakarot..." Gine began, "I'm so proud of you. You've gotten so strong. Stronger than I thought possible." she began to tear up. "Your father would be so proud of you." she spoke, wiping away the tears and dropping from her own Super Saiyan form.
"Thanks!" Goku spoke, somewhat blushing. "Hey, I was wondering though... How'd you become a Super Saiyan?"
Just as Gine was about to answer two stomachs growled in unison.
"Actually... why don't you just tell me at dinner?"'
(A/N:Sorry for the wait. Just been a bit busy. Also don't worry, I will explain how Gine became a Super Saiyan next chapter)
