Episode 10

Breaking Shells

The dining room inside the palace was loud with chewing noises, as the stacks of dishes on the table were steadily vanishing into the nigh bottomless pits that were the stomachs of the Saiyan women around them, as Vados sat at one end of the table, while the chair on the other end was empty, as Beranise was still absent. Caulifla chowed down on a slab of meat she stabbed with a fork and with her mouth still full she looked at Vados, sitting closest to her, who was motionlessly looking ahead of her, with an empty expression, as if she was not even mentally present. Audibly swallowing her food, Caulifla spoke to her.

"So, who're you, anyway?" she slightly leaned forward and Vados turned to her at her question. "You're one of those angels, who're butlers to every God of Destruction or something, right?" She did not figure much else out, in the short time they spent with them, during the tournament.

"Simply put." Vados' reply was also a comment on Caulifla's partially informed tact.

"They're just pretending to be." Beranise's voice made them all look as she came in to take her seat. "They trained all the gods. And they can deck any of them with a flick of a finger." she muttered, sitting.

"A small exaggeration." Vados stated, as the others stared at her and some coyness creeped back into her tone. "It requires several muscles and technically two fingers." she pointed out.

"And they're full of 'emselves, 'cause they don't think any of us mortals can get to their level." Beranise said, her slight glare not changing, in answer to Vados' teasing, who remained silent, not correcting her about the way the Angels thought of them either way.

"Pff. That Jiren guy already looked tougher than a lot of those gods." Caulifla frowned. "And us? We're just getting started. I didn't even know about Super Saiyan, before the tournament and I could already go Super Saiyan 3, in a week. Who says how far we can go?" she looked at Kale, across from her, with an ambitious smirk, who smiled at her encouraging words.

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Gohan, with his eyes closed, wearing his orange gi and no glasses, sat, cross-legged, with Piccolo, high atop a cliff, facing each other, both in deep meditation, as the wind blew around them.

"How do you know there is more?" Piccolo asked, out loud and opened his eyes to look at Gohan. "Even seeing what your father and Vegeta did, how can you be sure you can go any further? Don't forget, you being only half-Saiyan could mean you actually have a limit."

"Yes. But, if that's the case…I know that limit is not where I am now." Gohan replied and Piccolo slightly lifted his gaze. "I remember when Old Kai awakened my power." he recalled the hours on the planet of the Kais he spent preparing to fight Majin Buu. "I was surprised I couldn't even turn Super Saiyan when I used it. And I tried." The sensation was clear in his memory, when he blew away the land with his new strength, to everyone's shock. "He told me I didn't even need to go Super Saiyan to win. That I would be strong enough as is. But, that's just it." he paused, opening his eyes to look at Piccolo with even more determination than ever before. "He said I didn't need to. He never said I couldn't." he made the distinction and turned his palms towards his face to look down into them. "Before I gained back the power that Old Kai gave me, I could turn Super Saiyan, but I was actually a lot weaker than before." His gaze dropped even lower, in shame. "It's why I couldn't even stand up to Frieza, when he returned. And why I had so much trouble fighting that guy from the 9th Universe." he slowly clenched his fists. "If I could turn Super Saiyan, as I am now, it would multiply my current power. I could be as strong as Super Saiyan Blue, at least!" he reckoned.

Piccolo took a moment to consider Gohan's calculations. "Maybe." he agreed. "Either way…you're training is not over, Gohan." he told him, in a mentoring way, then smiled. "Not that this old dog has much more to teach you." Gohan returned his smile.

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"But, if she's that strong, why be some servant?" Caulifla incredulously asked Beranise, glancing at Vados, with a rib in her hand. "That doesn't even make sense."

"She's just playing along." Beranise replied, gesturing with a sizable drumstick in her hand. "So, if anyone needs anything..." she leveled her spiteful gaze at Vados. "Feel free to use her." Venom dripped from her words as she kept looking her straight in the eyes. Vados ever so subtly narrowed her delicate brows at the way she was being presented to the others and Beranise seemed to have caught it. She gave her a frown, with some satisfaction behind it, coming close to an actual smile, after days, but which was actually nearly a year, for her. She tore a chunk of meat off with her teeth and chewed away, while still looking at Vados, as if she was fixated on her. Kayen and Caulilfa, in particular, noticed the tension between them, then.

"Okay..." Caulifla glanced between them, still holding the rib, as Beranise was chewing. "So, why isn't she training you, then?" It occurred to her. "You've been busting our chops, but I didn't see you train." she pointed out. Vados had a small smile as Beranise swallowed.

"You didn't." she said. "'Cause you didn't even know it when you saw it." She was being intentionally vague, again, partly to annoy her, but also because they were nowhere near the kind of training she was doing. Caulifla furrowed her brows, then, glared at her and with a groan bit into the meat. Kale was quietly nibbling at a much smaller slab, glancing between her, Beranise and Vados. "Hey...little mouse!" Kale looked up, as she knew Beranise was addressing her. "Eat it like you mean it, 'cause I'll be punching you in the gut, again, soon!" she warned her and Kale briefly leaned back with a flinch, but it turned into a glare.

"Hey, back off!" Caulifla pushed herself halfway up, as she dropped the rib, while the others glanced between the two ends of the table. "Quit pickin' on her!" she told Beranise.

"She's gotta learn how to make me." Beranise calmly argued, turning to Kale. "At least, she's not pulling back, anymore." she observed, tearing off another bite and Kale's braver face showed some annoyance at her provocation.

"Well, you better not pull that giant monkey thing, again! Unless you want another swim!" Caulifla warned her, but it did not bother Beranise.

"That part's over." Beranise stated. "And you still didn't exactly beat me, straight up, like you were supposed to..." she pointed out.

"Oh, yeah?" Caulifla frowned. "Well, I think we weren't even supposed to beat you. How could we? And without even turning Super Saiyan?" she argued. "Admit it!" And pointed at Beranise. "You just wanted us to survive as long as we could!"

"All of you would've found a way. The strength. You would've had to. That was the point!" Beranise slammed her left fist down, startling Kayen and the others, who sat closest to her and looked at all of them. "To go past your limits and what you thought you can do." she told them. "And if you think fighting me in that form was rough, then, you really have no idea what it feels like when you get stronger than you ever imagined you could be and then find out it's nothing compared to what you could still be." she said, briefly glanced at Vados and continued to eat in silence.

...

Goku was getting repeatedly punched in the face by Vegeta, from both sides, as he nearly went lax, letting it happen. He winced from the pain and could barely look up at him.

"I thought you said you didn't want to be always nearly beaten just to tap into that new power." Vegeta mockingly reminded him and Goku tried to straighten himself up.

"Y-yeah...I...just haven't really...ugh...figured out how to do that..." he managed to say. "Yet." he added, with a small smirk.

"Hmph. Yet." Vegeta knew full well he eventually would and sooner rather than later.

Beerus and Whis observed from the balcony, as they resumed sparring, with Goku dropping his attempts to trigger Ultra Instict by letting Vegeta beat him senseless.

"It is quite interesting how a Saiyan may only experience a particular sensation, whether it is a new state of power or an attack on them, only once, before their body immediately starts compensating by instinctively learning how to handle it the next time it happens." Whis noted, as Beerus kept watching them. "It is no surprise Goku became more adept at tapping into the state, every time he fell into it, to the point where he even briefly mastered it. It was certainly no fluke. And neither will be every time he manages to use it, from now on." He predicted what Vegeta and Goku have also realized, that the conscious use of any new power cannot and will not come from being triggered by near defeat, anymore.

...

Inside the staff's dimension, the fists of a Super Saiyan Caulifla and Kale were blocked by a Super Saiyan Beranise's wrists, who continued to guard against their assault and though they were pushing her back, they weren't getting any decisive hits in, even though Kale's attacks were actually harder than Caulifla's. She managed to surprise Beranise, before, but as she was fighting her in tandem with Caulifla, she seemed to be unconsciously focused on trying to show the latter she could fight by her side and kept driving the same attacks, with the same pattern, in, rather than try different approaches. Beranise suddenly moved between them and fired a yellow energy blast, from point-blank range, into the side of their heads. Each let out a cry of pain as they were pushed away, as Beranise stayed between them.

"I can tell you two never really fought anyone even close to your level, before the tournament." Beranise said to them and they stopped in their immediate retaliation. "Learning comes fast for a Saiyan, but the way you fight is still too straight forward. Looks like you didn't really have to fight anyway else, until the tournament. You're gonnna have do what you did there and mix things up more." she noted. "And you both got too used to having the other one by your side. So..." Beranise folded her arms. "Who're you gonna count on, if it's just you, by yourselves?" She floated away, still facing them and gestured to each, with a nod towards the other. Caulifla and Kale exchanged surprised and worried looks, as they understood her.

"You want us to fight each other?" Caulifla felt apprehensive, glancing at Kale, who looked even more worried about it. Beranise wordless flew farther away, towards the others, who were sparring as Super Saiyans, getting more used to controlling the form's wild energy inside the pocket dimension. Caulifla faced Kale, who was nervous, as she never fought her best friend so seriously, with such power, before.

"It's okay." Caulifla calmingly told her. "We don't have to do this." she muttered, glancing after Beranise and defying her instructions.

"But...we have to." Kale spoke, suddenly more assertive.

"Huh?" Caulifla turned to her, in complete surprise.

"She's right." Kale looked at her hands. "I know...I know you'll always be there for me." she looked her in the eye. "But...I have to learn to hold my own...so that I..." Kale clenched her fists. "So that I can always be there for you." she looked back up at her, with green fire in her eyes. "And I can't let you..." she flexed her muscles. "Hgnn…Hold yourself back…a-and…not let me fight you...just to make me feel better!" Her energy flared. "HAAAAA!" Beranise turned with the others as Kale powered up to a slightly bulkier state, remaining in control of herself. Caulifla stared at her newfound determination, then smiled, seeing she was taking the initiative and standing up.

"Alright, girl. If you don't want me to cut you any slack, then I won't. I'm not gonna insult you like that." Caulifla took a stance to power up. "So, let's see..." she flexed. "What we can both do! HAAAAA-...!" she turned Super Saiyan 2, but did not stop there. "RRRRGGGHHH!" She gathered all the power she could feel inside her and pushed. The others looked on in awe as her glowing golden hair grew to reach behind her thighs. "HA!" She let up, with a burst of air and her browless, green eyes had black pupils that challengingly looked up at Kale, as Caulifla straightened up, as a Super Saiyan 3, ready to fight her in earnest. Kale briefly appeared uncertain, but it vanished as she put her fears aside, feeling, apart from the adrenaline, that she would likely have to raise her own power even further to match and surpass Caulifla's.

"Woah! What is that!?" Pinch asked, astounded by the power of the form as much as she was by its appearance.

"Super Saiyan 3." Beranise told them, arms folded as they kept gaping at the wild look.

"Pinch...you're gonna need a haircut, before you do that." Kurogo commented.

"No kidding!" Pinch agreed, staring at it, as her hair was already the same length and for all they knew it could double from the form. Caulifla's lips curved into a smirk, but it disappeared as she took the situation seriously, to show Kale she was not merely doing it for her own enjoyment, but to respect her wishes and get stronger, together.

"Ready?" Caulifla asked, in a rougher voice.

"I'm ready." Kale replied, more serious than she had ever been.

Caulifla's fist instantly hit Kale's raised forearm, who gritted her teeth, as she felt pain, while the attack pushed her back some. She briefly retreated, but Caulifla went after her to keep the pressure on, remaining on the offensive for the first minute as Kale withstood it all and slowly Caulifla's attacks began having less effect. She could feel Kale's energy was steadily rising, not from uncontrolled emotions, but the opposite. It was building, along with her muscles, to match her strength and after another minute of non-stop clashes, Kale was already fighting on par with her. Another minute nearly passed, before they even separated, coming to a standstill. Kale appeared hesitant for a moment, as she felt herself holding back, but her doubt was gone, again and she started powering up even more, with a scream.

Despite the seriousness and feeling Kale's power surpass her own, Caulifla allowed herself a smirk, proud of her friend, even as the latter launched herself at her, with clearly more force than she could handle. She tried to hold her back, but unlike Beranise, she did not, yet, possess a further transformation that could have evened her odds and so she was bulldozed, as Kale pushed her along, then, briefly pulled back to bash her with her forearm, sending her flying backwards. Caulifla stopped herself, wincing from the pain and one side of her face was visibly bruised, but she took pleasure, not in the pain, but in the thrill of the fight, especially that her friend was capable of gaining on her so much, in such a short time. Kale's energy continued to erupt, but she reined it in, not letting it take her over, even as her pupils disappeared.

"That's it, Kale!" she balled her fists and raised her head high, flaring up. "Give me all you got!"

Caulifla waited for her to make a move, which was already a sign Kale was controlling herself and had not succumbed to blind rage. She managed to narrowly dodge several attacks and as Kale missed her with a larger fist, she drove her knee into the side of her head, but to no effect and the surprised gasp she made was cut short by the elbow, from the same arm she dodged, hitting her in the face. It drew blood from her mouth, which was followed by more she coughed up, as Kale punched her in the gut, with the same hand. Caulifla would have wobbled had she been standing, but it was clear she was in the deep pain and Kale stopped, her pupil-less eyes wavering at the sight of her friend, which made her hesitate, since she was the one hurting her.

"Ggghh...don't you...quit on me, now...y-you hear!" Caulifla could barely straighten up, as she held her stomach and blood ran from her mouth. "You're gonna have to...see this through...to the end! 'Cause I will!" She gathered her waning strength, surprising Kale with her resolve as she made a mad dash at her. In that moment, Kale knew she could not let her down by having second thoughts. She charged a quick blast she fired, throwing her hand out in front her, but Caulifla dove under it, bringing her feet forward as she grabbed her forearm to swing off of it, with the soles of her boots coming straight for her face, where they stopped, as if they had hit a wall.

"Eh..." Caulilfa, still hanging off of her, with her foot in her face, blinked in comically awkward disappointment in herself, as Kale herself stared down at her, for it was all Caulifla could muster. Kale, somehow annoyed by it, gritted her teeth and charged another blast with her free hand. She fired into Caulifla's stomach, blasting her away and the latter screamed as she was flung through the air by it, her whole body smoking. Adrift, she could barely open her fluttering eyes and involuntarily closed them, immediately, as she was barely able to handle the pain that was coursing through her entire body, which made her revert to normal. Kale was heavily breathing and her pupil's started to show, but her energy remained the same, as she realized she had gone too far.

"Caulifla...!" Her deeper voice worriedly called out and she flew towards her, but Beranise appeared between them, cutting her off from her battered friend.

"Don't lose focus! This isn't over, yet." Beranise told her, unfolding her arms. "She took this as far as she could, but you still haven't." Caulifla struggled to even look up and rotate herself forward to see what was going on, as she heard Beranise speak. "We're gonna have to see where your limit is." she told Kale, who gave her an annoyed glare, as she just wanted to go to her friend's side. Beranise roiled the air around her, as she soundlessly turned Super Saiyan 4, to the further amazement of the Seven, who had never seen that form, either, but they remembered feeling its power that now permeated the entire dimension, as thickly as the energy it contained. Outside, Vados opened her eyes, glancing at the orb of light, from which she could feel what was happening inside. Beranise's exposed midriff showed her still bare abdominal muscles that were surrounded by the thick purple coat of fur.

"Holy crap, that's...eh, hairy...!" Pinch exclaimed, but trailed off in her excitement, suddenly sounding somewhat put off.

"Uh...well...maybe you shouldn't do that, either." Kurogo told her the same, despite being shaken by the power, as they all were, insinuating Pinch was already hairy enough. After a second, the latter raised her head, blinking, as it hit her.

"Hey!" she barked at Kurogo.

Kale kept staring Beranise down with a glare, barely remembering what happened the last time they fought, not even a whole day ago. But, she recalled her warning and found herself to be heeding it, as she remained in control, for herself and for Caulifla. She seemed to be exercising more restraint, as she waited for Beranise to make the first move, who was not going to let her wait for it a second longer, as in the next, she appeared in front of her, then, from the side, flickering in and out as she was testing her attention, from every angle, before attempting an attack, coming down on her, from behind, with a right elbow aimed for the side of her neck, which Kale caught with both hands and threw her over to her other side. Beranise deliberately fell below her and shot forward, sweeping her legs with a sliding kick, even as they were in the air, but as Kale fell forward from it, she immediately stopped herself and with her left foot, rammed Beranise in the side, as the latter was turning to attack her, pushing her away, instead. Kale was fighting smarter, as her mind was clear and her own, not that of a raging beast's.

Beranise turned into a burgundy streak, arcing back at Kale, with a fast left-kick from the side that Kale barely had time to block with her right forearm, supported with her left hand and the attack still slightly pushed her back a feet or two, before Kale retaliated, almost mirroring her with a similar left-kick that Beranise felt graze her cheek as she horizontally spun under it, up towards Kale, with sideways scissor-kick to her face, momentarily stunning her with the fast response. Kale could match her speed, but not the fluidity with which Beranise could immediately string an attack onto a dodge, catching her by surprise with it. She snarled at her, but continued to keep herself in check, as she could not afford to lose focus, especially when more of Beranise's kicks kept shooting close to her face and she used her hands to knock one from each foot to the side, then, she had to do the same with the fists Beranise switched to using. Kale batted them away and as both of their arms were spread apart, she charged a blast in front of her chest, without a stance and fired it, only to miss, as Beranise dodged above her, then, drop-kicked her in the face, though Kale stopped herself from plummeting deeper into the endless space. She growled up at Beranise, but at the same time, the lesson she quickly took from the hit was, she could not use the same trick twice. Not when fighting a Saiyan.

...

Goku and Vegeta, both in the normal states, were completely absorbed in trying to hit each other anywhere they could see an opening in the other one's defense, ceaseless in their assault and seemingly unaffected by fatigue, as time passed around them without either one caring or even being aware of it. Neither any usual habit nor method was evident, anymore, in either of their attacks and evasions, as if their bodies were moving on their own, reacting to each other, instantly, without any conscious thought behind it and neither one seemed to be even aware of it or anything else around them.

"Hmm..." Whis had a slight smile, as he scrutinized their movement. "Very close." he noted, out loud and Beerus was paying close attention, watching with slightly anxious intrigue. "They are just at the edge of it and yet...neither of them is falling deeper in." Whis noted, as even though Goku and Vegeta were expressionlessly dishing out and guarding against attacks, evidence of how deeply they were focused on their fight, they were still only teetering on the threshold to just the weaker state of Ultra Instinct, with neither one trying to consciously trigger it, possibly because of their recent doubt that they needed to be triggering it, in the first place, unconsciously acting on them. Entering it had to be voluntary, without any dire situation forcing it to take them over. But once in it, every action had to be, as the name of the form suggested, purely instinctual. At least, that is how they figured it should happen.

...

Beranise's fists met Kale's large ones, either getting stopped or punched down by them. One such punch from the left hit Beranise's hand to the side, which Kale followed with a swipe, using the same hand, to keep Beranise back and to bring her own hand back to her side, as she brought the other one forward to fire a blast. Beranise dodged to Kale's right, where she was open, after her attack to flank her, but Kale made a swipe, at her side, with the hand she tried to blast her with, anticipating her move, but instead of dodging, again or going under for another spin-kick counter, Beranise caught her by the forearm with both hands, pushed it up and kicked her in the side, hard, making her cry out in pain, as she was pushed away by it. Kale sneered and fired a series of blasts with the hand she still had extended. Beranise blocked the first few and moved backwards as she slapped the rest away, then, saw Kale had closed in on her, with the attack. Beranise braced herself and charged through the last couple of blasts, past Kale's reaching hand, to slug her across the face with a left-hook and though the sudden offensive seemed to catch her by surprise, Beranise received one, also, as Kale punched her in the face and off of herself with her right-fist, seemingly less fazed by the attack and as Beranise wiped a trickle of blood from the side of her mouth, she could feel Kale's energy was rising, again. It made Caulifla stir. She barely had enough strength to move her aching body and look to see what was happening.

"K-kale..." she hazily whispered, as she could feel she was becoming stronger than ever before. Her muscles were not growing bigger or they could not, but her power was. Both her hands glowed and she threw them up, slinging a hail of energy blasts towards Beranise and as the latter braced herself, withstanding the first few, Kale was on top of her, coming down with a double-fisted slam that Beranise could only mitigate using both forearms, but it still sent her downwards and she winced from the force of it. Such a combo meant Kale still had her mind and was thinking about her moves, Beranise briefly analyzed, before Kale plunged, feet forward, towards her and she rolled out of her way as she shot past her, but Kale grabbed her by the left-ankle, pulling her with her and threw her further down, where there was fortunately no solid ground to crash into, but the energy Kale was charging in both hands was going to make up for that.

Beranise still could not even slow herself as Kale fired the distressingly large beam of energy down at her. She gathered all the energy she could into her fists and brought them forward, punching the wave, then, she pressed against it, while she also tried to slow herself, as the wave kept pushing her down. Kale did not let up and even though Beranise still had most of her strength, unlike in her fight against Champa, she struggled to fight the deluge of destructive force threatening to swallow her. She managed to gradually slow it and herself, but could not completely hold it back. Deciding she wasted enough energy, she took certain injury and rolled out of it, instead, getting burned by the wave. She panted, glaring up at Kale and rapidly rose, as the latter stopped her attack, when she saw her coming. Beranise mustered all her speed and turned into a purple comet, zig-zagging towards her, as Kale threw a few large blasts her way. She put more power behind the next, using both hands to hurl it down. Beranise rolled her legs up and smashed through it, feet forward, breaking it apart and kicked Kale in the chin with them, in a leg-uppercut, completely rolling back from it to face her as Kale did the same, growling with a bleeding mouth. Her annoyance was a sign the attack did as much damage as Beranise could hope to do, but she knew it was also the last time her attacks would have any effect on Kale, in the state they were both in, as she glared up at her. Caulifla was slightly grinning to herself.

"You got her...eh, heh." she smilingly groaned, seeing Kale clearly had the upper-hand.

...

Vegeta gritted his teeth, as his growing frustration with the fight's progress started to interfere with his lack of concentration, as odd as that sounded and he was slipping back into thinking about more than just himself, Goku and their bout. He was losing more than his focus, with it, as Goku still seemed to be in a trance and as Vegeta began having difficulty anticipating, blocking, dodging and countering him, it was obvious Goku was having more success maintaining his own lack of mental effort. Then he felt it.

"Now..." Whis quietly stated and as Goku drove a fist into Vegeta's crossed forearms, making him wince, the latter saw his eyes brighten and shine silver as a white energy enveloped his form. Vegeta growled in annoyance as he pushed away from him.

"Tch. Figures it would come easier for you. You barely think about anything besides fighting, as it is." he commented, but Goku did not seem to register it and it unnerved Vegeta some.

...

Kale descended on Beranise with a downward punch that she, intention aside, ended up actually avoiding only by a hair's breadth and she grabbed Kale's large arm, throwing her over her shoulder and downwards. She dove, stomping Kale on the back and jumped off, staying away, as Kale immediately twisted around with a swipe of her hand, likely attempting to grab her, in case she stuck close. Unlike the last time Beranise fought her at full power, she knew she would not escape her, if Kale could grab a hold of her, this time. She spent the next minute narrowly avoiding her increasingly faster attacks and the ones she could meet with her own, she could barely nullify, as Kale's hits were getting stronger, as well. Caulifla quietly chuckled to herself, enjoying her friend's performance, as the Seven worriedly looked on, having no idea how Beranise was even planning on holding out any longer. Kale nearly had her, when Beranise pulled her legs up and thrust them into her chest, firing a blast from them and propelled herself backward, putting some much needed distance between them. Kale coughed on the smoke it made, then glared after her, seeing she was out of ideas. Beranise was catching her breath, then, she let out a deeper one and straightened up, as if she was about to yield, but all knew that was unlikely.

"Now..." she started and Kale raised a brow. "It's time for my training." Beranise said and reverted to normal. Kale narrowed her eyes, in confusion and the others did not understand, either, what she could have possibly meant by that, as she closed her eyes. Kale had her beaten and she was not going to give her a chance to somehow turn the fight around. She went at her, even as Beranise was still not moving and reached out, with her hand being inches away from grabbing her by the neck. It started to close around it, when Kale felt a strange, yet, familiar sensation and as she nearly had her in her grip, she grabbed empty air, as Beranise vanished, impossibly fast. She quickly looked around to find Beranise behind her and as the latter's eyes were still closed, she slowly turned to face her, noticing her hair was standing up, almost appearing similar to her Super Saiyan form, but what confused Kale was the lack of energy she felt from her. Everyone was as uncertain what to make of her as Kale, then, Beranise slowly opened her silver eyes and their piercing gaze immediately drew a memory from both Kale and Caulifla, who recalled Goku, when he awakened that same power against Jiren.

"Oh, crap..." Caulifla muttered, feeling it was bad for Kale, who growled at Beranise, knowing she was still very much in the fight as she fixated her eyes on her. The Seven also felt a familiar jolt.

"This...this is what she wanted..." Kayen whispered, remembering when she briefly saw Beranise's eyes that one time she practiced against all seven of them.

"Super Saiyan 3 and 4 felt insane!" Kurogo exclaimed. "But...I don't feel anything from...whatever this is." she said, unsure if it was good or bad. Outside, Vados' eyes opened and turned towards the glow, as she could tell by what she did not feel, anymore, that the real training had begun. Beranise slowly breathed, then, exhaled, her gaze unchanging, as she, too, was seemingly keeping more control than ever before.

The lessons and the action are nonstop! After getting both pointers and pain from Beranise, Caulifla and Kale swore they'd help each other get stronger. But, after Caulifla took things as far as she could, it came down to Beranise to draw out Kale's maximum and even her perfected Super Saiyan 4 couldn't stand up to her, anymore. Now, Beranise, along with Goku, had tapped into the beyond divine state of Ultra Instinct, ready to push their bodies, again and again. But, how long can they keep it up? And how long will Kale and Vegeta last, this time? Limits are bound to be broken, once again…on the next Dragon Ball Super!