This was Gohan's last few days in the Time Chamber, and he wanted to make it worth his while. Powering down to base, he closed his eyes and allowed his mind to be still, his hair and eyes changing to a silver glow.

His power soared to great heights as he vanished, his body flowing like a river down a stream, his movements pristine and precise as he moved at incomprehensible speeds, vibrating the chamber immensely.

Dende and Mr. Popo were most frightened by the constant tremors. They were so weak that you wouldn't really feel it, but you'd know it was there until it downright knocked them over.

"You sure have grown, Gohan," Dende murmured. He was very proud of his friend, but at the moment, he couldn't stand on his two feet for longer than ten minutes before falling over again. "I don't know what power he is using, but dimensional walls don't really seem to do much besides dampen the impact somewhat."

Karen sat still, birds and deer began to surround her. Goku had decided to move to a more natural environment, in this case, Mount Paozu, where the sound of the waterfall really relaxed the Kryptonian.

"You weren't kidding, Goku," Karen suddenly spoke, opening her one eye to make eye contact with her master, who mirrored her.

Slowly, she levitated off the ground, scaring the animals away before her aura burst to life. "I think I finally figured out how to draw out most of my life force."

"That's awesome!" Goku was very proud; her Ki was constantly rising, each second faster than before. "I can't believe you went from having less Ki than Piccolo's dad to now being stronger than I was on Namek!"

She raised an eyebrow. "I have no point of reference for that, so excuse me if I'm not jumping for joy," she replied as Goku fully stopped meditating and waved her off with a smile.

"Listen, your Ki sensing has gotten somewhat better, so I'll give you an example," Goku said as he powered up slightly.

"I think I was 25 when I was on Namek, and I had been training almost my entire life at that point," Goku explained. "You got to a state that took me almost 5 decades to get," he explained sagely. Karen nodded, happy that she was, in the end, a prodigy who had a slow start, before she did a double take.

"5 decad-?" She didn't get to voice her thought as Goku continued.

"Now, I have noticed that you have some sort of mutated Ki source, which is probably why you're so strong. I've also noticed that people with unique Ki sources grow really fast. I mean, look at Broly. He wasn't really trained by anyone who could actually help him grow; his own dad put a collar on him and shocked him when he got out of control, but he became so strong in a single fight that Vegeta and I had to fuse to beat him," Goku explained.

"Fuse? What? Wait, hold on, you just dropped a lot of information on me. Broly? The tall guy with the green ear around his waist?" She asked as Goku nodded.

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"That's the guy," Goku affirmed.

"He looked like he couldn't harm a fly, though," Karen said. From her observations, the Saiyan brute was very gentle, especially with that Cheelai and Lemo.

"Well, he beat the evil out of Frieza for about an hour. For reference, Frieza was an evil tyrant, so he had it coming," Goku explained with a smile on his face. He could still remember tricking Broly into fighting Frieza.

"You mentioned something called Fuse? Did you and that Vegeta guy, like, become one person?" She asked. The only idea she could come up with was that those two joined bodies, but how in the world would that even be possible?

"Well, yeah. Haven't you ever come across a villain fused with another villain to get stronger?" Goku asked with a raised eyebrow after he was pulled out of his memories.

"We have, but when villains do it, they are usually a massive pain to deal with, and they're even more unstable than before. We actually have two people who can fuse, but that's because of the particle accelerator incident. He is called Firestorm. I don't think people can normally just join bodies. Maybe it's just a Saiyan thing?" Karen asked, considering it would be a pretty nifty ability.

"No, I'm pretty sure it's a technique, when I died for seven years a while back, I learned the technique from the Metamorans, it's called; the Fusion Dance. The trick is, the two people performing the dance need to be able to control their Ki like masters, match each other's level, and they have to be a similar height too. But that's just one way for people to fuse. There is also the Potara earrings. They fuse anything no matter what, as long as two people put the earrings on," Goku explained, stunning the Kryptonian even more.

"Could you teach me the dance!?" She asked suddenly in front of Goku, who was confused before he nodded.

"That won't be a problem, but I don't think anyone would be able to fuse with you for real," Goku explained as she shook her head.

"That's not a problem. I know someone who would be a perfect fusion partner," Karen explained with a devious grin before she did another double take.

"You died for seven years, Goku?" She asked, surprised as Goku chuckled.

"Yep, it was difficult but fun. I could train non-stop. If I never died, I don't think I would have figured out Super Saiyan 3," Goku explained casually. Karen shook her head before making her way back, powering up, her Ki shining bright like a star as the ground beneath her scorched.

"You know, Goku, I can technically train forever, or at least until I die. The sun gives me an unlimited supply of power and stamina. I'm now curious about how much stronger I can get!" She exclaimed.

Goku smirked before slipping into a stance, transforming into a Super Saiyan. Karen mimicked his stance before they both vanished.

In another wasteland, Vegeta, Damian, and Donna stood, more specifically, Damian was exercising in a gravity room with Vegeta seated nearby, while Donna was perched on a thin branch, balancing on her toe outside the room.

The sudden surge of Ki from the other end of the planet caught their attention. Vegeta glanced in that direction before closing his eyes and continuing his mental training.

Damian was gasping for air as he made his way around the gravity chamber. Just walking around was insanity. Glancing at his torturer-master Vegeta, he glared slightly before sensing Donna seated outside.

"She is outside because she has a naturally large Ki reserve and some divine power. Before she pursues power, she needs stability and a foundation, something you seem to have an overabundance of. Your strengths and weaknesses differ. Focus on being the student," Vegeta answered the young bat's thoughts. Damian only scowled before looking away and continuing his walk, grumbling something about 'stupid this and stupid that...' Vegeta couldn't hear him; otherwise, he would have increased the gravity.