Spirit - Another Dragon Ball Fanfiction

Chapter 87: Cabba's Resolve

With only half the time (24 minutes) left in the Tournament Of Power, everyone that was left realized that they needed to stop holding back or else there would be bad consequences. Jiren leaped into the space in the middle of three large rocks as Toppo and Dyspo appeared in front of him. "Only 24 minutes left." Toppo remarked, and then he glanced at Jiren. "Jiren."
"Yes." Jiren replied, nodding his head, "I leave the rest to you. The warriors I'm needed for..." he glanced at Goku, who was observing from behind some boulders, "have all been dealt with." Jiren finished, and then he began to meditate. Pebbles rose around him and a red glow surrounded his body.
Yamcha scowled. "Oh, yeah?"
Marorizu grabbed Yamcha's arm. "Don't you dare charge in alone." Yamcha clenched his teeth as he stared at Jiren. "What an arrogant jerk." Marorizu nodded. "I can't argue with that. Anyway, I'm gonna go do my own thing for a bit. Be careful, babe."
Yamcha stared at his wife. "I thought you didn't like that nickname."
Marorizu smiled mischievously. "Did it ever occur to you that I might actually like it?" She kissed him on the cheek and jumped away. Yamcha turned his attention back towards Jiren. "Sorry, Marorizu." he muttered under his breath, "But I'm done with being ignored by the powerful fighters." He crouched and got ready to charge in, although he was quite a distance away.
At that moment, he heard a sound like Goku crying out and looked over to see his still-tired friend getting ganged up on by three robot fighters from Universe 3. "I don't think so!" Yamcha shouted, rushing in and knocking them all away. He landed in front of Goku and glanced back at his friend, grinning.

"Sorry to drop in unexpectedly, but you seemed to be having a bit of trouble there."
Goku laughed. "It's OK. I'm just trying to regain my stamina while fighting."
"You know those two things don't go together, right?"
"Oh, come on, Yamcha, don't be like that." Goku replied, taking a fighting stance. Yamcha turned towards the three robotic warriors. "Scram, you mounds of metal, before I send you to the junkyard!" The robots all refused, so Yamcha tried the intimidation tactic instead- he used the Kaio-ken times 10 and glared at all three robots. "I said..." he demanded, powering up, "SCRAM!" Yamcha raised his energy to its peak with the Kaio-ken times 10, and one of the robots beeped. "Threat detected! Superior energy signal! A strategic retreat is suggested!"
"Affirmative." the other two bots replied, and they all ran.
Yamcha powered down, smirking. "Heh. Looks like they finally got the message." He looked at Goku. "Stay safe, alright, man?"
Goku nodded. "You got it, pal."
"I'm gonna go fight Jiren."
Goku froze. "What?!"
"I'm serious."
"Yamcha..."
"I swear I'll be careful!"
"Yamcha, Jiren is really, really, really strong! No offense, but there is no possible way that you could even touch him."
Yamcha made a face at his friend.
"I'm just telling you the truth!" Goku protested.
Yamcha sighed. "I'm going now." He leaped away towards Jiren's location, landing on a thin spike-like rock and looking around for the Pride Trooper when all of a sudden he noticed Caulifla and Kale nearby. He headed towards them instead.

"Hey, you two!" Yamcha called as he leaped down in front of them. Caulifla faced him while Kale stepped back a little. "You again, huh? What do you want?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Yamcha asked as he took a fighting stance, "I came looking for a fight!" Caulifla smirked. "Oh, I see. Well, if it's a fight you want..."
"Then it's a fight you'll get!" Cabba yelled as he rushed in, shooting an energy blast. Yamcha barely pivoted to dodge in time, and once he was sure the attack was gone, he faced Cabba head-on again. "What to do... If I eliminated you here, Vegeta might get a little ticked off at me. But it looks like you're ready to go, and I'd hate to disappoint."
Cabba grinned confidently. "You'd better not underestimate-" A warrior from Universe 4 landed nearby- a female fighter with green hair, a white belt and yellow-and-red clothes, along with a round black ball that took up the lower half of her body. The fighter grinned. "I am Monna! I've come to do battle. Come at me, all of you at once! I dare you to! I'll crush-"
"Oh, get lost!" Yamcha shouted, and with one energy blast he shot her far away.
"Uh?" Cabba exclaimed, surprised, "O-only one shot?"
Yamcha turned towards Cabba again. "Now, where were we? Oh, yeah." He took a fighting stance. "Show me what you got, kid! Don't hold back!"
Cabba nodded. "Fine by me!" He turned into a Super Saiyan. "Here goes nothing!"

Cabba rushed Yamcha, charging in and throwing multiple punches, which were all dodged or blocked. He kicked Yamcha in the jaw and sent him flying, then jumped after him and slammed him into the ground. Cabba followed that up by shooting a barrage of energy blasts at Yamcha, who shielded his face with both arms as yellow balls of destruction rained down around him. The dust cloud sent up eventually parted... revealing that Yamcha hadn't gotten scratched. "Huh?" Cabba wondered aloud before Yamcha socked him in the chin. Then, Yamcha appeared above Cabba and charged down, grabbing the young Saiyan's leg and slamming him into the floor. Yamcha did a few backflips, then charged up a Kamehameha. As Cabba struggled to get to his feet, he looked up just as Yamcha threw his hands forward. "Kamehameha!"
Cabba's eyes widened, and the energy wave slammed into him, driving him into a boulder. Cabba fell from the side of the rock and landed stomach-first on the ground, reverting back to his base form.
Yamcha looked down at his defeated opponent. "Jeez, kid, you're tired already? I haven't even warmed up and you're already lying on the floor, bruised and beaten!" Cabba could barely raise his head, but he did so and grinned, pointing behind Yamcha. Yamcha turned just as Caulifla attacked him in her Super Saiyan 2 form, rushing Yamcha and forcing him away from Cabba, who struggled to his feet.
Suddenly, Vegeta appeared in front of him.