Spirit - Another Dragon Ball Fanfiction

Chapter 111: Universe 7's Last Stand

"How futile. Is dragging one who can no longer fight back to the stage this 'trust' thing you're always going on about?" Jiren asked. "Trust? What's your point?" Frieza replied. "Don't make me have to repeat myself." Jiren said. "He's just insurance." Frieza remarked, "I'll be winning the Super Dragon Balls, so there's no need for you to be worrying about anything! I don't sense that absolute strength you exhibited anymore." Jiren gritted his teeth as he looked at Frieza again, who struck his I'm-the-greatest pose and pointed at Jiren. "You shall experience the taste of defeat once more..." Frieza stopped doing his pose and placed a hand on his chest, "...by my hand!" Jiren's eyes became wide and his growl became bigger as all the rocks behind him burst apart. He appeared in front of 17 and threw two punches, which 17 avoided, but Jiren threw a third punch which sent 17 flying in the direction of Frieza, who hopped over the android and charged, attacking Jiren with a punch. Jiren caught it and threw his own punch, which Frieza blocked and they began to fight. As they fell through a boulder and kept going at it in midair, 17 hopped from boulder to boulder, following from afar. "Good grief, they're tough ones!" Both Frieza and Jiren landed on a rock in the shadow of the fighting stage. They both also seemed tired. "Oh?" Frieza remarked, "What happened to your usual poker face?" "Silence!" Jiren shouted. "Once shattered strength is so fragile. I can almost hear your heart shrieking. Afraid to go back to the weakling you once were." Frieza taunted. Jiren's eyes became the size of petri dishes, and then he ran forward, stomping on Frieza's tail and beginning to punch him in the face repeatedly. 

"You said my strength was shattered. Why don't you see for yourself if that's true!" Jiren charged up a Power Impact, but right before he shoved it in Frieza's face Frieza used telekinesis to grab a nearby boulder and throw it at Jiren, stopping him dead in his tracks. "You're getting too excited." Frieza said with a confident grin. Suddenly 17 raced forward, tackling Jiren and holding up an energy blast to the Pride Trooper's back. "This time it's really going to hurt." "That won't work twice!" Jiren yelled, stopping them both and raising his arm to strike 17. Suddenly 17's Energy Barrier appeared around both of them. 17 narrowed his eyes. "Same here." He shot the energy blast and as it exploded the barrier was shattered, causing the explosion to spread out and then fade. "How meddlesome!" Frieza said. 17 came rolling out of the smoke cloud, his clothes steaming. He sat up and looked at his work. When the smoke cleared, Jiren was still on his feet, but his body was also steaming from 17's attack. Suddenly, Jiren coughed and fell to his knees. 

Frieza walked up next to 17. "You certainly went all-out just to try and stop him, didn't you?" "Even if I failed, I knew it'd be fine with you still here." 17 replied, "Hurry up and finish him." Frieza grunted. "Hmph. You honor me with your trust." Frieza walked up to Jiren and pointed at his forehead. On the end of Frieza's finger, a red energy attack began to charge. "You've lost the spirit to even look at me?" Frieza asked, "What a shame... I can't see your pathetic face at the end." "What are you doing, Jiren?" Toppo shouted, "Would you kneel before an enemy? Is this pathetic image how you end?! Get up, Jiren!" "Your friend is quite obnoxious." Frieza remarked. "I have no friends!" Jiren insisted. "What did you build your strength while trusting no one all this time for?!" Toppo asked, "Fight for your pride until the end! You may not believe in your own strength, but I do. Until the end! Jiren. You are strong! You are stronger than anyone!" Jiren's fists clenched. "Honestly, I feel like vomiting." Frieza said. "Silence!" Jiren screamed as he stood up, his fireball aura returning. 

"Run, Frieza!" 17 yelled. Frieza jumped back as Jiren swept out his hand in front of him and where Frieza had been a wall of red energy exploded to life. The wall of fire began to grow, and 17 quickly set up a barrier as he and Frieza attempted to hold it back. "Increase your energy!" 17 yelled. "Don't tell me what to do!" Frieza replied. Jiren's energy attack began to overwhelm the barrier, and 17 squeezed his eyes shut in effort. "Increase your energy more!!" "Don't tell me what to do!!" Frieza told him- and then Frieza reverted back to his Final Form. 17's barrier began to crack apart. "Impudent gnats... Begone!" Jiren shouted as his aura flared and the attack grew even stronger. But just as 17's barrier shattered, a new one appeared- except instead of being green like 17's, this one was blue. Frieza and 17 both had wide eyes as they turned to see Goku standing with his right index and middle fingers held to his forehead in the manner of Instant Transmission and his left arm slung over Yamcha's shoulder. Yamcha was supporting Goku with his right arm and his left hand was outstretched. Yamcha grinned at Frieza and 17. "Sorry to keep you waiting, guys."