Jiren stood watching Goku from a distance, the rest of the Pride Troopers stood by his side. His arms were folded. "I was caught off guard by your transformation. I assure you that it will not be so easy for you next time."

"If there is a next time." Cocotte sneered.

Jiren shook his head. "Pride Troopers, do not attack Son Goku. Let the other Universes have their fun, if he cannot survive them, he is not fit to challenge me."

And with that, the Pride Troopers separated and moved out to find opponents to fight, leaving Goku on the ground, tired.

Goku struggled to get to his feet, but after a while, was successful in doing that. "Dang, that Jiren guy was something else. Can't wait to fight him again!"

Beerus looked on. "Whis, what are the chances of Goku reobtaining Ultra Instinct?"

Whis shrugged. "I do not know, but what's important now is that he is tired and separated from the rest of our team. We need to have him regroup before someone from another Universe comes and-"

As if on cue, Katopesla stepped into view and approached Goku. The Universe 3 police man calmly walked circles around him. "You seem to be rather tired." Katopesla noted.

Goku got into a battle stance. "I'm tired but I can still fight."

"Oh?" Katopesla seemed amused. "That's rather gutsy of you. Very well." He posed. "For the sake of my Universe and the ones I must protect, I, Katopesla will vanquish you in the name of Lord Mosco! Universe 3 will not be erased here today, we will stand triumphant!" Katopesla flexed. "Mode Change! Raging Battle Mode!" Katopesla's suit was now yellow with a large B on his chest. "Prepare yourself, Son Goku! For this mode increases my strength over three hundred times. In your state, you cannot hope to stop me no matter how valiant of an effort you give!"

Katopesla sprinted towards Goku, ready to punch him. However, a ki blast came flying in and hit the ground right in front of Katopesla, forcing the Universe 3 warrior to stop in his tracks. Katopesla and Goku looked in the direction that the ki blast came from to see that Android 17 had fired it, standing not far from the two alongside Android 18.

Android 17 approached. "Sorry, we'd love to see you two fight but we need that guy to stay in the ring."

Katopesla posed. "Three opponents is no big deal for me! I will vanquish you all!"

Android 18 sighed. "It's not just the three of us."

As she said that, Gohan, Piccolo, and Master Roshi arrived as well. The five Universe 7 warriors placed themselves in between Goku and Katopesla. It was clear that Katopesla would have to fight all of five of them if he wanted to take on Goku.

Katopesla looked from side to side and began to back up. "I see I am outnumbered. Very well, I shall calmly retreat."

Piccolo stepped forward. "The only place you are going is off the stage."

Katopesla then stopped backing up. He pointed to something behind the Universe 7 fighters. "It appears you have bigger concerns than my elimination."

The Universe 7 team turned around to see Goku was no longer behind them. He was missing.

Katopesla laughed as his suit turned red and gained a large S on it. "You have underestimated me! Now all I need to do is find him before you do! It will be easy with my Whirlwind Speed Mode!" Katopesla then zipped past the Universe 7 team at incredible speeds, laughing like a madman.

Gohan powered up. "We need to split up and find Goku as quickly as possible!"

Just as quickly as they had grouped up, the Universe 7 team spit apart to find Goku.

Vegeta

Vegeta was walking by himself. "Dammit! What happened to you, Kakarot? Whatever that form was, the gap between us is now wider than it's ever been." He clenched his fists. "Perhaps it's time I challenge Jiren."

Vegeta then sensed something coming behind him, he jumped to the side just in time to see a giant, pink mass of love come rolling through where he once stood. It stopped rolling to reveal Ribrianne glaring at Vegeta.

"And what do you want?" Vegeta scowled.

"Do you have a moment to chat about love?" Ribrianne asked.

Vegeta shook his head. "Back off telechubby! I have bigger fish to fry." Vegeta tried walking away but Ribrianne blocked his path.

"I'm the biggest fish you're ever going to fry!" Ribrianne shouted.

Vegeta looked at Ribrianne. "Well of course you are, have you even looked at yourself in a mirror?"

Ribrianne gasped. "How dare you! Loveless fiend!"

Vegeta shrugged. "To be fair, you walked right into that one." He turned Super Saiyan 2. "Now if you're not going to get out of my way, I'll just have to give you a one way ticket off of this stage."

Ribrianne powered up. "You underestimate my love!"

Vegeta smirked. "Your love for what? Buffets?"

Ribrianne growled and charged Vegeta.

Goku

Goku was in another corner of the arena, with Universe 2's Rabanra and Jimeze standing on either side of him.

"So you used instant transmission to bring me here?" Goku asked.

Jimeze smirked. "Ah, so you know the name of my technique. I'm impressed."

Rabanra folded his arms. "What, do they have Yardrats in universe 7 too?"

Goku nodded. "Yep, I trained with them years ago. They taught me how to use instant transmission."

"And is that all they taught you?" Jimeze asked.

"Yes it is." Goku got into a battle stance.

JImeze chuckled. "Then you have much to learn. Unfortunately, you won't put up much of a fight in your current state."

"Wait." Rabanra said. "Shouldn't we wait for the others to get here before we eliminate him?"

Jimeze shook his head. "No, we are more than enough to handle him right now. Besides, Ribrianne already picked a target to fight, Zirloin is saving his stamina, and Vikal and Kakunsa are probably having a final makeout session somewhere. That only leaves us with Rozie, we can handle this without her."

"If you say so…" Rabanra sighed.

Jimeze and Rabanra turned to face Goku when they heard something run in behind them. They turned to see Katopesla standing there, facing them.

Katopesla dramatically pointed at them. "Unhand him! He is my opponent, I will not allow you to steal an elimination from me!"

"You had your chance. He's ours now." Rabanra declared.

"Then I have no choice but to vanquish you fiends from this arena!" Katopesla posed. "Prepare yourselves, vile thieves!"

Jimeze stepped forward to face Katopesla. "I shall handle this one. Rabanra, you stay and guard the prisoner."

Rabanra blinked. "Prisoner? Who the hell keeps prisoners in a battle royale? Bad enough that I feel like I could be eliminated any moment now, you're leaving me with a guy that everybody is doing a freaking manhunt for right now. What if that slime guy from Universe 3 comes to get me? I don't want to be tortured! And now you get to take the policeman for yourself, I haven't even gotten to eliminate a single opponent since I've gotten here. I mean, neither have you but that's besides the point. I want to leave this orange hillbilly alone and go fight that pink chick from Universe 11 again, if I'm going to get eliminated, at least let me be eliminated by a hot girl!" Rabanra had an entire inner monologue as Jimeze left to battle Katopesla.

Jimeze looked at Katopesla. "I have seen you battle, you transform using your suit, correct? And I assume that is your speed mode you are currently in?"

Katopesla flexed. "Indeed it is! Now prepare to face sweet justice!"

Jimeze smiled. "You will be a worthy opponent for me, Knight Jimeze! But let's see what is faster, your speed mode, or my Instant Transmission?"

Katopesla stopped posing. "Instant Transmission?"

Suddenly, Jimeze teleported behind Katopesla. He placed his hand on Katopesla's back, firing a ki blast that sent Katopesla forward, flying into a rock.

Jimeze tapped his head. "I can teleport. That's what it-"

Jimeze stopped when he saw that Katopesla had already gotten up, and was standing there, watching him.

"What are you doing?" Jimeze asked.

"It is rude to attack an opponent while they are giving a speech." Katopesla said. "Such a crime is unforgivable."

Jimeze gasped. "Finally! Someone who understands us! The people in this Tournament are normally so rude! Warrior of Universe 3, you have gained my respect."

"And you have gained my respect." Katopesla said before posing. "Now let us fight to the best of our abilities!"

Katopesla sprinted towards Jimeze at high speeds. Jimeze was just barely able to teleport out of the way in time. Katopesla quickly stopped and looked around to see where Jimeze ended up, only to see a ki blast flying towards him. Katopesla backflipped out of the way of the ki blast, only for another one to come at him, followed by another. Katopesla took off sprinting, easily avoiding all of the blasts with his speed. The blasts merely hit the ground, raising up a large smoke cloud.

Jimeze teleported on top of a rock. "I'm going to have to create bigger blast radius' with my attacks if I want to damage him. He's too fast to hit directly."

Suddenly, Katopesla was behind him. "Hello there."

Jimeze's eyes widened and he quickly put his fingers to his head in an attempt to teleport away, but Katopesla's speed mode was too fast and he kicked Jimeze off of the rock with a sharp kick to the face before he could teleport. Katopesla then jumped off of the rock after Jimeze and slammed his elbow down on Jimeze's stomach, slamming Jimeze into the ground. Katopesla then began to rapidly punch Jimeze in the face while he was on the ground. Jimeze pointed a hand out and fired a small, white ki blast outwards, not at Katopesla. Katopesla continued to beat down on Jimeze when a large shadow appeared before them. Katopesla looked up to see a giant rock falling down above him. Katopesla was forced to stop punching Jimeze and roll out of the way, allowing Jimeze to teleport away. The rock crashed down where Jimeze and Katopesla once were.

Katopesla breathed heavily. "What in the name of Lord Mosco was that?"

Jimeze's voice laughed in the distance. "Teleporting myself isn't all I can do. By firing a special type of ki blast, I can teleport objects as well."

As he said that, another large rock appeared above Katopesla, forcing Katopesla to roll out of the way. Katopesla then began to sprint, narrowly avoiding another rock. Katopesla began to sprint in a large circle, creating a large dust cloud, making it impossible to see him.

Jimeze gritted his teeth. "Dammit! How am I supposed to drop rocks on him if I cannot see him?"

Just then, Katopesla sprinted out of the dust cloud towards Jimeze faster than he could react, pummeling him across the face and sending Jimeze flying back into a rock. Jimeze raised his hand to fire a ki blast, but Katopesla leaped over it as he continued to move towards Jimeze and delivered a glorious dropkick to the yardrat's face.

Jimeze got up, his body and face aching in pain. "You are a pretty good fighter, I'll give you that."

Katopesla posed. "Thank you good sir!"

Jimeze wiped blood from his face. "But I still have one trump card that will beat you."

Katopesla pointed his finger towards Jimeze. "Then allow me to show you my trump card, The Final Mission!" Katopesla launched a massive blue beam out of his finger towards Jimeze.

Jimeze then fired a white beam similar to the small blast he fired before at Katopesla's beam. Katopesla's beam suddenly disappeared.

Katopesla froze. "Wait, wh-"

Katopesla's beam then slammed into him from the side, launching him through several rocks.

Jimeze bowed. "I can teleport your attacks as well! When faced with that, there is nothing you can do to stop me!"

Katopesla got to his feet, his body sore from getting hit by his own ultimate attack. "I see… Thankfully, I think I have something in my arsenal to counter this." Katopesla flexed. "Mode Change! Bullseye Ranged mode! In this mode, my ki blasts are 300x as accurate, 300x as fast, and can travel 300x the distance!" His suit was now black with a large R across it.

"Impressive." Jimeze smiled. "But what use is it when I can just teleport your attacks?"

Katopesla fired an orange ki blast at Jimeze. Jimeze quickly fired a small white ki blast, teleporting it. Katopesla quickly fired another one at the teleported ki blast, destroying it.

"They may be faster." Jimeze said. "But I can still teleport them."

Katopesla then formed two orange ki orbs in his hands. "Then try these, my Bullseye Balls! I can only use this technique in this mode!" Katopesla let go of the two orbs and they floated above his head.

"It's no use!" Jimeze said and he quickly teleported behind Katopesla.

As he did that, one of the orbs fired a ki blast at Jimeze. "Auto fire?" Jimeze thought.

Jimeze quickly took aim and fired one to teleport it, but at the same time, Katopesla fired a ki blast at Jimeze, forcing him to teleport out of the way, narrowly missing the attack. The ki blast Jimeze teleported sailed towards Katopesla, only to be destroyed by ablast from the second orb. The first orb then launched another one at Jimeze, again, Jimeze teleported it only to narrowly dodge an attack from Katopesla, and again, the second orb destroyed the teleported attack.

Jimeze gritted his teeth. "It's impossible to get an opening."

This cycle of teleporting ki blasts and Jimeze narrowly dodging continued for quite some time. That is, until Jimeze slipped up. Jimeze was one second to slow teleporting away the umpteenth time this occurred, and Katopesla's ki blast hit Jimeze in the stomach, sending him flying back into a rock.

Jimeze tried to get up off the rock, but his body was too sore from taking Katopesla's attack to do it. Jimeze sighed. "You… Win…"

Katopesla posed. "Universe 3 prevails!" And with that, Katopesla launched another ki blast at Jimeze, knocking the yardrat off the stage.

"Universe 2's Jimeze has been eliminated." The Grand Priest announced.

Heles looked down at Katopesla. "It was truly unfortunate that Jimeze had to encounter an opponent that was able to counter his abilities so well."

Gohan and Piccolo

Gohan and Piccolo were rapidly moving across the arena. They were of course, looking for Goku.

"We need to find him before someone that won't hesitate to eliminate him will." Piccolo said as they continued to move.

Gohan nodded. "Yeah, we need to- Look out!"

Gohan quickly jumped and pulled Piccolo out of the way as a ki blast came flying past them. Gohan and Piccolo stopped in their tracks, standing in their way, were two namekians.

The larger namekian, Pirina, cracked his knuckles. "I see Universe 7 has namekians as well."

Gohan gritted his teeth. "We don't have the time to deal with this."

The smaller namekian, Saonel shrugged. "Sorry. But the three of us have been ordered to deal with you."

"Three?" Piccolo thought.

A large clanking noise was heard behind Gohan and Piccolo as they turned to see Magetta approaching from behind. They were surrounded with nowhere to run. The only choice was to fight.

Goku

Rabanra paced around, keeping an eye on Goku to make sure he didn't escape. "Jimeze sure is taking his sweet time." The orange Universe 2 warrior said.

Goku stretched. "I'm getting bored just standing here. Can we do this or what?"

Rabanra sighed as he stopped pacing. "Fine, I suppose I should be more than enough to handle you in your current condition."

Goku grinned. "I've been itching for another fight!"

Rabanra frowned. "It's been like a minute since you finished your last fight. Is fighting all you want to do?"

Goku shrugged.

"Well then." Rabanra began to charge up the green gem in his forehead. "I hope you enjoy this, because it is going to be the last fight you ever experience!"

Rabanra prepared to fire his beam, only to be hit by a ki blast and knocked across the ground before he could do so. Rabanra got up, dusting himself off. "Who would dare?"

Android 18 placed herself in between Rabanra and Goku. "You have to go through me if you want to get to him."

Rabanra smirked. "All I need to do is stall for time until Jimeze comes back. And then we'll be able to take her together."

Android 18 kept a cold expression. "If you're looking for your friend, I saw him get eliminated on the way here."

"What?" Rabanra exclaimed in fear.

Android 18 nodded. "He was utterly defeated by that posing weirdo."

Rabanra scowled. "Damn… Now I have to stall until one of the ladies gets here. She seems to be at the level of all four of them, so with me being here, we'll be able to take her-"

Rabanra's inner monologue was stopped when Android 18 kicked him in the gut. Rabanra collapsed to the ground. Android 18 then grabbed Goku's arm and began to pull him away. "I'm taking you to the others." She told him.

"But I wanted to fight that-"

"No buts!" Android 18 snapped.

Rabanra got up. "How dare you attack me during my inner monologue! Do you have any idea who I am? I am Rabanra! The manly man of Universe 2!"

Android 18 put on a horrified expression. "Rabanra? Oh no!"

Rabanra grinned. "So, you've heard of me?"

Android 18 shook her head. "No, not at all."

Rabanra tilted his head. "Then why did you react that way?"

"So I could do this." Android 18 then fired a ki blast that hit Rabanra in the stomach and blasted him off of the stage.

"Universe 2's Rabanra has been eliminated." The Grand Priest announced.

Rabanra spat on the ground as he teleported into the stands. "She tricked me with her witchcraft!"

Heles got a nervous look. "We only have five left now. Out of all the Universes remaining, we are tied for last place."

Universe 2's Supreme Kai patted her on the back. "Don't worry, Universe 4 is down to five fighters, and the last one they lost fell about ten minutes ago."

"I am aware of that." Heles said. "But I just hope Ribrianne and the others can persevere through to the end."

Kale and Caulifla

The two saiyans were making their way across the arena. Not a foe was in sight.

"Dammit!" Caulifla yelled. "Where is everyone? I want to clobber some people!"

"Saonel, Pirina, and Magetta were going to go fight some Universe 7 fighters, Sis." Kale said. "Maybe we should join them?"

"Nah, that's their battle." Caulifla put her hands on her hips and gazed over the green horizon. "Let them have their fun, I want to fight some REAL opponents. Like those guys with the red and black uniforms, their attitude has been pissing me off this entire time! I want to teach those fools a little lesson!" She pounded her fists together.

"I don't think we are ready for those guys, sis." Kale said.

Caulifla laughed. "What are you talking about? We're the strongest there is!"

"Is that so?" A voice said, but they could not see the speaker.

"Show yourself, you little wimp!" Caulifla roared. "I'll clobber you!"

The voice laughed. "Oh? Now you're a feisty one! I'm going to take my time with you!"

Caulifla instantly felt something pull her off of her feet and she was dragged to the ground. She quickly looked to her feet and saw blue liquid wrapped around her legs. Caulifla then felt herself be lifted up into the air and slammed into a rock wall. Caullifla closed her eyes and winced from the pain. She then felt more liquid wrapping around her body, constraining her movements.

When Caulifla opened her eyes, in front of her was none other than the liquid warrior of Universe 3, Maji Kayo, grinning like a madman. Kale as also constrained by his liquid besides her.

"Nice job clobbering me!" Maji Kayo laughed in a sarcastic tone. "You really had me on the ropes there!"

Caulifla squirmed, but could not break his hold. "Let go of me, or I'll-"

"You'll what? Clobber me?" Maji Kayo cackled. "Nah, I think it will be more fun to torture you! Arrogant punks like you need to know when you're outclassed!"

Caulifla turned Super Saiyan and struggled more, but was unable to break his grip.

Maji Kayo leaned in, his psychopathic eyes filled with madness. "You think that's enough to stop me? I kill girls like you on a daily basis in my Universe! There's nothing I love more than seeing a proud, brave, confident punk be broken down into a screaming mess of begging and pleading. It feeds me, the look of helplessness in their eyes fuels me, gives me reason to live! And seeing the blood gushing out of them? Ohhhhh, I cannot describe the feelings I receive upon witnessing such a marvelous sight!"

Caulifla paled. "This guy is insane! I…" Caulifla then remembered what Hit said at the start of the Tournament, where he singled Maji Kayo out as one of three warriors she needed to stay away from, alongside the witch from Universe 4 and the man in golden armor from Universe 2. She assumed Jiren went without saying. "I'm doomed! There is no way me or Kale can fight against this guy!"

Maji Kayo then raised his hand and formed it into a blade. "There is a disturbing lack of scars across that face. Let's spice it up by adding some, shall we?" Caulifa's eyes widened.

"Let the two of them go." A voice said behind Maji Kayo.

Maji Kayo twisted his head around to see Hit standing behind him. Maji Kayo thought about it for a second.

Suddenly, the liquid let go of Kale and Caulifla as Maji Kayo turned his whole body around to face Hit. "Normally, I wouldn't do something like that, but your attitude is one that really pisses me off. I'll break that stoicism and then I'll find those two brats again."

Hit closed his eyes. "Give me a break. Crazy is my least favorite type to deal with." And with that iIt opened his eyes and took his hands out of his pockets.

Universe 2's Jimeze has fallen in battle against Katopesla.

Goku has been successfully retrieved.

And with the most warriors left, Universe 6 is picking fights.

Will Hit be able to prevail against Maji Kayo?

How will Gohan and Piccolo deal with three opponents at once?

And will Vikal ever lose the title of Best Girl?

Find out next time!

Elimination Chart

(Eliminated fighters in italics)

Universe 2: Ribrianne(1), Kakunsa(1), Rozie(1), Vikal(1) Zirloin, Eliminated: Rabanra, Jimeze,Hermila, Prum, Zarbuto

Universe 3: Paparoni, Koitsukai, Bollarator, Panchia, Maji Kayo(1), Katopesla(1). Eliminated: Nigrisshi, Narirama, The Preecho, Viarra

Universe 4: Darkori, Majora, Ganos(1), Caway(1), Damon, Eliminated: Gamisaras, Shantsa, Shosa, Nink, Monna.

Universe 6: Kale(3), Caulifla(1), Hit(1), Cabba, Saonel, Pirina, Frost(1), Magetta, Dr. Rota. Eliminated: Botamo.

Universe 7: Android 17(2) Piccolo(2) Roshi(2), Goku(3), Gohan(1), Vegeta(1), Frieza(2), Android 18(2). Eliminated: Tien(3), Krillin(3)

Universe 9: Erased

Universe 10: Erased

Universe 11: Toppo(1), Jiren, Dyspo, Cocotte(1), Kahseral, Kunshi, Kettol Eliminated: Vuon, Tupper, Zoiray

40/80 warriors remain

22 Minutes left in Tournament

I bet you didn't expect to see this again so soon! Truth be told, I'm probably going to need to spend more time on the next chapter, I want to make the Hit vs Maji Kayo fight as good as possible. And last chapter we reached the halfway point in minutes, now we reached the halfway point in remaining fighters!

As always, constructive criticism is appreciated.