Author note: I've been months away, I don't know if I still have any reader left. I'm sorry. I started to work on a project, and because I lost track of the original idea, I had to re-read the fanfic. Well, here is the next chapter. By the way, I really liked Cabba and Kale during the manga chapters of the Tournament of Power.

Sorry for using too many Ocs.

The former champion, Esparra

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An hour ago, he was excited about the feeling of fighting with his comrades again. Now, because of his nuisance of a sister, he was out of the games. He was angry and wanted to release his anger by punching something. If there was one thing he was glad about, is not being in the infernal heat of the arena with the Metal Men.
Caulifla was unconscious, with Yarrow checking the computer to see if she was alright. Renso was both worried and angry at her, due to releasing so much energy. The doctor, however, didn't look worried. He was amused.

"What a kid!" He said. "So much potential and power, and she is not even part of the forces. Why is that, Renso?"
"Is her strong-headed attitude. She could be part of the forces, perhaps even be the greatest member, but she is so reckless and refuses to listen to anyone."
"A shame. With the right training, she could have put a better show."

Renso simply remained quiet, while the tv screen kept showing the battle. He was worried about Cabba, as he didn't know any technique that could even harm the Metal Men. Damn it, I should at least tried teaching him the Crusher shield!

"Captain, sir!"

The words of a man awoke him from his trance. From one of the beds of the room, the young Serik had his arm bandaged, no doubt from the Metal Man that fell on him. He was a young fellow, not older than 20 years old. He had an annoyed face, no doubt from the pain in his arm. Despite the medications, he still felt the pain, necessary for Saiyans power to increase.

"I saw the fight between your child and sister. Nice stuff, although short!"

"He is not my son, but thank you."

"Say captain" He kept talking, very excited. "Did I heard right? You are the son of a champion?"

"I guess."

"That's insane! That means this girl natural talent comes from that, right?" He kept talking, annoying Renso.

"Thanks." He said bluntly.

"Are you the son of Taura by any chance? Never heard she had a son." Serik asked. He noticed how the doctor was paying attention to the conversation.

"No. I'm the son of her brother."

Serik looked visibly confused.

"Taura has a brother? We worked with her for a good while, and never heard her mention him."

The doctor intervened in the conversation.

"That's enough, young Serik. Renso is tired, he doesn't need you to ask pointless questions."

"Jeez, sorry, I just wanted to..."

He was interrupted by the sound of the door opening with sound and fury. An old man with pointy ears came entering, furious with three soldiers behind him.

"There is she is! The imposter! Arrest her immediately! Vidalia's fate will not go unpunished! "

Renso stood up, nervous.

"Wait a second! You can't simply take a child to the prison! G-give me a day, I'm sure I can..."

"Hold your tongue, captain." One of the soldiers interrupted him. "I'm sure this is tough for you, but we can't make an exception for you. Caulifla is under arrest for the disappearance of a participant, impersonate for her, participate in the games without being a member of the forces, and the use of an offensive slur in public."

Renso said nothing, as he couldn't do anything to save her sister skin. The soldiers went to her bed while she was still unconscious, and put a metal collar in her neck, that severely decreased her energy. One of them started to carry her, and before they got out of the room, Renso stopped them.

"I'm going with you."

He saw how Caulifla was put inside a vehicle. He saw the other criminals in the vehicle: low-life rooks from other planets, with there, were three Saiyans too. Two of them pretty young. Disappointing, Renso thought to himself.

"Don't you worry captain." One of the soldiers wearing a gray uniform said to him. "The moment she reveals what happened to the royal brat, she will be out! We will keep you informed."

"Understood." He simply nodded with his arms crossed.

...

"Only 15 minutes are left for the end of this match, and the fighters don't appear to be winning any time soon!" Said the commentator (Name's Das, by the way) through the tv screen. Renso returned to the room and found someone new in the room: one of the women assisting Cress.

She was young too and had an unremarkable face, was the first thing he noticed. She was exhausted in her seat, with an expression of pain with a collar in her neck. She wasn't wearing her burned blue uniform that was beside her.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

"One of those buckets hurt me really bad in the head. I gave up, and came here." She said, smiling awkwardly.

"Pfft. You should have stayed there fighting, like a true Saiyan, as Taura would say" said Serik while on his bed. She was annoyed.

"At least I will recover, unlike you, you asshole."

"Whatev." He said.

Renso sat there beside her, focusing on the tv screen. The camera was focusing on Kora and Cabba evading the attacks of the Metal Man known as Magetta, as Cabba said he was called. "Amazing of that kid to even care what the name of that thing is," Renso muttered.

"Is something on your mind, captain?" the girl asked.

"A lot of things."

"Sorry for bringing this up" she said, with some enthusiasm. "I heard you are the son of a champion! Could I ask you about it?"

"I don't..."

"Yeah, captain! Spill the beans!" Serik commented from his bed. "I'm really curious!"

Renso was annoyed, as he had too many things on his mind right now. A voice, however, interrupted his thoughts.

"Do you mind if I tell the story, Renso?" the doctor said, with a blunt expression on his face. Renso was so uninterested in talking or hearing about it, so he told him to go on with his hand. The doctor then sat in the middle of the room, with the two young Saiyans paying close attention to him.

...

Nobody knows how old our emperor Frost is, but I do remember the conflict in planet Nectar, forty years ago.

A terrible pirate named Lusk started a war against the Saiyans and the Nectarians, all with the intent of controlling the resources of that planet. Due to the power of this man, many cities were destroyed, and many innocents died.
The Saiyans weren't enough to fight against that man and his forces, leaving no other choice but for Frost to directly intervene in the conflict. No one knows what happened, but they remember never seeing the emperor unleash so much power before.

Despite his forces being annihilated, Lusk managed to escape from the planet. Many of the survivors of Lusk's massacre were rescued by Frost himself, among them, there were two Saiyans: the twin siblings, Esparra and Taura.

...

"But, Lusk was captured just a few years ago. You mean he escaped for decades?" The girl asked. "How come Taura never talks about his brother?"

"Yeah, the pirate knew how to hide. A Namekian, surprisingly enough." The doctor said. He took a look at the screen, but nothing interested him. " About Esparra, I'm going there, please wait."

"Yeah, shut your mouth, I'm interested!" Serik screamed at her.

...

They were only children, but their potential was surprising. No doubt it was because of their experience surviving the massacre. Frost took an interest in them, and asked the previous Saiyan king to put them in the Salada Defense Forces. The king was reluctant at first, since they were too young, but their power was enough to convince him. They participated in the games when they were only 9 years old. By comparison, the two runts now participating are only 13.

They won, and shared the title of champion. They became famous across the universe as the best of the best, with names such as "the invincible duo", "the universal hunters", and so forth. Taura likes to brag about her generation, but they did so much stuff for the empire that you could write hundreds of books about it. While Taura managed to defeat the Phototauros a few years ago, her brother defeated the bigger beast 10 years prior: a plant-bull monster the size of a planet. She is kind of annoyed by that, don't remind her.

However, while Taura kept living, Esparra is another tale. He died 12 years ago in a distant and nameless planet.

...

"Wait wait wait. He simply died?" Serik asked. "How is that possible?"

"Nobody knows for certain. He simply disappeared one day, and the next thing you know, he was found in a newly discovered planet by the Galactic Patrol, rotting."

Renso remained quiet while hearing the tale. He never told Caulifla about the fate of his father beyond him being a former champion. He remembers the day before his father disappearance. He came home with dinosaur meat, with a worried look on his face. He was deadly worried about something but never said what. He simply stood there watching at the wall for some minutes, and told Renso the following.

"I'm going to investigate something. Please take care of your sister for me, understand?"

He never saw him again.

"Wow. Still, to defeat a monster the size of a planet is still so impressive. Why don't we hear more about him?" The girl asked, heavily interested in the tale.

"Respect, or possibly because people forget about the dead. Time is the biggest enemy of anyone. With Taura living, I believe people simply forgot about Esparra."

Before they could ask for more information about them, the commentator screamed in excitement through the screen. Renso awakened from his trance, and saw how one of the Metal Man was out of the arena.

"Can't believe it! Cress and Taura did a wonderful team-up tactic to take out one of the Metal Men! Now, only one is stopping them from winning the event!"

"Well, they were married, is normal they still can work together flawlessly," Frost commented with a grin on his face.

"That's not normal at all, your highness!" the commentator replied. " Only one Metal Man remains in the stage, and only 8 minutes are left! Can these brave warriors do it?!"

...

Cabba was exhausted. Despite only Magetta remaining, none of the attacks of any of the fighters did anything to scratch him. Only Cress could take him out of the stage, and he was suffering from his brain-freeze. Everyone else was exhausted from fighting during too long in the infernal heat. Except for Taura.

The former champion was still in great shape. She didn't look tired, and her clothes were as new. She looked bored even.

Then something struck Cabba like lighting, and he knew: Taura did nothing. Taura hardly did anything during the entire hour of the games. At first, Cabba though she was saving her energy for the final round. But then the image of her ripping the arms of the Namekian came to his mind.

By sheer instinct, his entire body moved in her direction, and started to charge his energy in his arms, ready to shoot a Garlick Buster. This didn't go unnoticed by either Taura or the crowd.

Cabba couldn't hear anything.

His body was moving entirely of his own, looking at Taura directly.

She was looking at him. There was something about her eyes: they were angry. It was like looking directly into the abyss, as she held no emotion besides a cold fury. Cabba couldn't understand what he was feeling.

It was terror, the terror of the unknown.

His hands were burning from all the energy, hurting him. Why wasn't him able to move of his own?

He started to feel something: a quake. The earth itself was shaking. He could now hear: hear the voices of the audience screaming because of the shake, but Taura kept looking at him, silently.

Author note: This was a heavy episode due to very little focus on the main (canon) characters. I hope you guys aren't annoyed by this. I admit I was growing a bit annoyed at the fight scenes, and since Cabba achieved his initial goal (Beating Caulifla), I thought it wasn't necessary to focus on it anymore, going to act 3.

Tell me what you thought of it. Every constructive criticism is welcomed.

Update 28/11/2017 : I erased the final part of this chapter. I think is irrelevant with the next one. I hope nobody minds.