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"You see, I didn't always know that pulling your tail back out would awaken a new power within you, Goku," he now continued, "I learned from the legend the only way to achieve your full power was through the Ozzaru transformation, which, as you know, needs a tail." Goku nodded, listening intently.
"Ya see, Goku," Grand Kai said, "to put it simply the things that must happen for the prophecy to be fulfilled is this: you must have one of those crazy tails of yours, you must transform into that Golden Moneky thing, and then you must be able to harness your rage and bend the power so that it is under your control."
"Which is exactly what happened when you achieved Super Saiyan 4, Goku." King Kai stated.
"Or should I say, the Legendary Super Saiyan."
DragonBall AZ
Episode 9
The Truth Behind the Transformations
Goku's eyes were almost bulgining out of his head, "You mean that Super Saiyan 4 is the true level!!!??" he asked, disbelief and amazement in his voice. "Yes, Goku, that's exactly what we are telling you. I mean, think to yourself, why is it so radically different from all of your other transformations!? Why do you have to go through the Ozzaru transformation to get there, and once you have achieved it, you still have many traits of the Ozzaru, such as the fur on the body and what not?" Old Kai asked.
Goku put his hand behind his head, "Yeah, well, I guess when you put it that way it makes more sense," but then he looked confused again, "But hey, if Super Saiyan 4 is the true level, then what are the other transformations? The ones we thought were Super Saiyan?"
Old Kai nodded his head, looking very pleased. "Ahhh, yes Goku, that is a very good question. These other forms have never been seen before in the history of the universe. That's why Kibito and Grand Kai and everyone else who has been around for a long time always say they have never felt powers like yours before, even though most of us were alive when there was a legendary Super Saiyan, although every time, they destroyed themselves quickly."
"Super Saiyan, as you think of it, has never been seen in the galaxy before. It is a state that you Saiyans achieve since you either do not have tails or have mixed blood in you. Once they reach the 1,000,000 power level, they have the potential to transform into this form, what you call a Super Saiyan. That explains why your children who were born after you and Vegeta achieved Super Saiyan, Goten, Trunks and the others, can handle it like it is nothing. They are born with the inbred capability to transform. Its genetically encoded in them. They automatically can go Super Saiyan, sometimes without even realizing it. I believe your youngest son, Goten, did that with your wife when she was training him all those years ago." Goku nodded.
Old Kai looked over a King Kai, who was wondering if Bubbles the monkey would stop jumping around in front of everyone, or if he would have to give him some encouragement. "You see.....umm.....uhhhh," he began, but Bubbles kept jumping in front of him, and interrupting his train of thought.
Suddenly, there was a quick flash, and Bubbles was lying on the ground, a huge knot slowly rising out of his head. Everyone turned and looked a King Kai, who was quite unsuccessfully trying to hide a huge mallet behind his back. Grand Kai shook his head, "King Kai, man, you have got to stop doing that, or you're gonna mess up his head." King Kia looked down at Bubbles, "I think its too late for that." he said.
He dropped the mallet, and cleared his throat. "Now Goku, as I was saying, I am sure you have noticed the difference between achieving Super Saiyan and, what we Kais have begun calling it, True Super Saiyan. True Super Saiyan is a natural form for your Saiyan race, the legendary form. While it may have been more mentally exhausting to transform to that level, since you had to overcome the fact you are not use to controlling the Ozzaru form, it wasn't as physically draining as it was when you transformed on Namek, am I right?"
Goku nodded his head, "Yeah, you are King Kai, even the strain on my body wasn't near as bad as it is when I am a Super Saiyan. It felt more natural." King Kai nodded with a small grin on his face, "That's right Goku. The transformation that you underwent on Namek was not a natural transformation, that's why every level always increases the strain, and that is also why it took so much to finally achieve it."
He continued, "What happened to you on Namek was a by product of your Saiyan genetics that allow you to transform into the Ozzaru form, and then the True Super Saiyan form. All Saiyans, pure blooded or not, can transform into the Ozzaru, but they don't have that extra ability to achieve the True Super Saiyan level."
"However, you Saiyans genetics allow to transform, and once you reached the 1,000,000 power level barrier, the rage you felt from Krillens death at the hands of Frieza pushed you over the edge, and since your body didn't have the ability to transform into the Ozzaru, it let itself lose in a completely new, and different, transformation than ever seen in the galaxy by a Saiyan before!"
He paused, taking in his former students reaction, "Truly, Goku, if you had a tail when you were on Namek, you would have transformed into the True Super Saiyan form. You would have had a lot more power than you did, since the transformation is natural, and since it does not take a huge amount of energy to attain, you would have all that power still to fight with. You had the power level, and everything needed to attain it, you just didn't have a tail, and that was the key."
Kibito Kai nodded, "That's true Goku. But you might not have been able to control yourself at True Super Saiyan. The rage and the huge amount of power gained would have overloaded your mind, and you would have lost control, destroying Namek, Frieza, and yourself."
"Just like all the other Saiyans who have ever reached that level." Old Kai stated.
"Well, at least those who lived long enough to attain it." Kibito Kai reminded his ancestor, his face darkening, and though he was trying to hide it, Goku saw fear."What's going on?" Goku thought to himself. "It isn't like the Kais to act afraid of anything, at least not this scared."
Grand Kai sensed Kibito Kais fear, and Goku's growing curiosity. "Its time to tell him everything," he thought to himself, "this dude is the only one who can save us now, and if we keep dancing around everything, we might not have the time necessary to prepare him for what is ahead." He cleared his throat, "Goku, listen to me, man. We are going to cut to the chase and tell you everything you really need to know." Old Kai's eyes grew big, "But...." he began, but Grand Kai cut him off with a quick wave of his hand, "No but's, we have wasted fifty years searching for him, and now we are almost out of time. You know he has almost found the Earth, and we have no more time to waste."
Grand Kai's mention of the Earth caught Goku's attention, and he immediately became very serious. "Hold on, what is this about the Earth?" he asked, with growing concern in his voice. Grand Kai looked at him behind his dark sunglasses, "Goku, there is a reason that there has not been a True Super Saiyan in 3000 years, and its not coincidence. Someone has been killing them before they have a chance to transform, someone who knew the legend." Goku's face twisted into a mixture of concern and anger, "What do you mean, who is doing this!?"
Grand Kai looked up into the sky, "About four thousand years ago, one of you Saiyan dudes ascended into the True Super Saiyan, and he somehow achieved the form you think of as Super Saiyan 4. How, we don't know, but he did it." Goku's eyes widened in shock, "WHAT, NO WAY!!!" Grand Kai nodded, "Yes way, dude. Somehow, he found a way to attain the same level you have now, although not near as powerful. Unfortunately, while the Golden Ozzaru is a huge power increase, the transformation to a more human form brings an even higher level of power, and he couldn't control the extra power and rage."
"See, Goku, you are special because you have been learning how to control huge amounts of energy for most of your life, since you have undergone Kaio Ken training and your Super Saiyan transformations, especially Super Saiyan 3. You knew how to handle huge amounts of power, and so once you finally got control of yourself on the Tuffle Planet, and transformed, it just took you a second to realize how much power you had attained, and it didn't even faze you. The only change was that you were a little bit more on the edge, since the rage you felt from what Babi had done, plus the animal rage from the Ozzaru form, were all rolled into one."
"While this Saiyan was able to control his energy and rage while an Ozzaru, he didn't have the ability to maintain the his control once he achieved his human form. He lost control, and ended up destroying the planet he was on, just like every other Saiyan who has ever reached that level, except you, of course."
"But someone survived the explosion," King Kai said.
"And Goku, he is someone that even YOU should fear."
On the next DragonBall AZ:
The truth behind what we all thought was the Super Saiyan transformation, and Super Saiyan 4 has been told. But Grand Kai has revealed there is someone in the galaxy that even Goku should fear. Who is this mysterious being identity, and what is his link to the Saiyans? All this and more revealed on the next DragonBall AZ.