Spirit - Another Dragon Ball Fanfiction

Chapter 101: Android 17 Steps Up

Jiren was walking towards Goku and Yamcha when he was stopped. He glanced behind his back to see 17 holding his back and charging up an energy blast in his other hand.
"Hold on. I've got something special for you!" 17 said, shoving the energy blast into Jiren's back. The blue orb burst, exploding and sending 17 flying.
When the dust cleared, 17 was lying on the ground inside a small crater. He groaned a little as he got to his feet. "Ow... I guess getting caught in my own explosion was a bit too reckless."
Meanwhile, the smoke began to clear.
Jiren's back was still turned towards 17.
And on Jiren's back... there was a small, round tear in his uniform.
And inside the tear was a bruise.
Jiren had been injured!
"Jiren's wounded!" Khai exclaimed.
Jiren whirled around. "Curse you!" he snapped at 17.
The artificial human smirked. "Hah. The damaged look actually suits you."
"Bastard!" Jiren shouted as he charged 17. 17 began firing energy blasts, and he actually pushed Jiren back. Then 17 stopped and jumped over Jiren, landing next to Goku and Yamcha.
Yamcha glanced at 17 and smiled. "Hey, that was awesome, 17! Now we know Jiren isn't completely invulnerable."
Goku nodded. "Yeah. You really are impressive, 17! Anyway, looks like getting hit by an attack that big when he's not guarding against it can hurt Jiren."
"I see." 17 replied.
"And that means..." Marorizu said as she leaped over to Yamcha's side and went Super Saiyan Rage, "...that if we can create an opening with coordinated attacks, then hit him with an even bigger attack..."
Goku nodded. "We just might beat Jiren."
"I'll do anything it takes to win!" Vegeta exclaimed as he turned Super Saiyan Blue Evolved.
Goku looked at his friends. "OK. 17, Yamcha, Marorizu, listen up: Me and Vegeta'll attack Jiren and distract him. In that moment..."
"We get the picture, man." Yamcha said. 

Jiren powered up, with his ball-of-fire aura returning. "Finished with your scheming?" he asked.
Yamcha smirked. "Hey, come on. That word makes it sound like we've got some evil plan in mind. The only person on our team who would do any 'scheming' is Frieza."
"Don't worry." Vegeta said, "We're going to pay you back for what you've done to us."
"Now it's our turn!" Goku declared as he took his fighting stance.
17 fired an energy blast at Jiren, who stopped it with a simple glare- and in that instant, Goku and Vegeta both charged, attacking Jiren viciously. 17 aimed his attack, recalibrating his aim according to the movements of the Saiyans and the Pride Trooper.
Eventually, the Android's eyes narrowed. "Now!" 

He fired an energy wave at Jiren while Goku and Vegeta moved out of the way, but Jiren didn't get hurt.
"That will only work once!" he shouted, cancelling out the energy wave and charging at 17.
17 quickly set up multiple energy shields, but Jiren just began barreling through them all. Right before he hit 17, Yamcha and Marorizu both rushed forward, with both of them kicking Jiren in the side together.
Jiren landed on a nearby chunk of floating debris when Goku and Vegeta appeared on either side of him. 17 appeared behind him while Marorizu appeared in front of him, and Yamcha appeared above him. Goku and Yamcha both fired a Super Kamehameha at Jiren, while Vegeta and Marorizu both shot a Final Flash at him. 17 fired a powerful energy wave.
All five attacks rocketed towards Jiren- and they were all stopped by his aura. Then, Jiren gave a yell, and his aura grew, causing every attack to bounce off and dissipate. All five fighters were overwhelmed and they were sent falling to the stage below. Goku, Vegeta and Marorizu all reverted back to their base forms, and Yamcha's Kaio-ken times 55 wore off.  
Jiren stood on the chunk of debris, staring down at all of his seemingly defeated opponents. "Time's up." he declared- and then Frieza charged down, kicking him diagonally across the face. 

Frieza began wildly attacking Jiren in a rage.
"I won't let you lot injure me this much and get away with it!" the tyrant shrieked, his eyes wide and feral.
Jiren kicked Frieza into a large chunk of Kachi Katchin, and Frieza took several deep breaths.
"Forget the damn rules! You must die... BY MY HAND!" he screeched as he went True Golden Frieza. He charged downward and threw a punch, but Jiren stopped it with his glare alone. Then, he punched Frieza in the chest, then in the face, sending the tyrant flying into another floating piece of rubble. Frieza bounced off and skidded across the ground of the fighting stage, now lying still once more.
Suddenly, an energy blast bounced off of Jiren's back and he turned a little to see 17 standing with his hand outstretched.
Jiren leaped down to the ground and faced 17. "What can you do alone?"
"He's not alone." someone else declared
17 arched his eyebrows and looked over to see Yamcha shakily walk over to the android's side.
Yamcha faced Jiren. "And we haven't given up just yet."
17 nodded. "Universe 7 will survive." 

"And then what?" Belmod asked.
Yamcha and 17 looked toward Belmod.
"You'll survive. And then what?" Belmod asked again, "What will you wish for with the Super Dragon Balls?"
"I'm going to obtain the Super Dragon Balls and go with my family on a cruise trip." 17 replied. He glanced at Yamcha. "What about you?"
Yamcha frowned. "If I'm the one who gets the Super Dragon Balls, I'm going to wish for... Huh." Yamcha scratched his head, "I'm actually not too sure. I never thought about it."
"You're joking, right?!" Belmod asked.
"I think Yamcha's serious. I definitely am." 17 said, "What about you, Jiren? Surely nothing but the title of being the strongest interests you."
Yamcha nodded, apparently interested as well. "Yeah. You clearly only want to be known as the strongest in all the universes. So what could someone like you possibly want aside from the title of the strongest?"
"Even I have a wish I want granted." Jiren replied.