"Teach me."

Goku glanced backwards to see Caulifla standing behind him, arms akimbo. Wind whipped up by warriors duking it out fiercely on the stage tossed her hair about. A few feet behind Caulifla was Kale - a shy saiyan female who had yet to earn her keep in the Tournament of Power.

Caulifla shifted her weight and held her head up high, her eyes flashing. "Teach me how to do that - that blue form of yours!"

"S-sis," started Kale as she looked around worriedly and spotted a warrior from Universe 10 heading their way.

"Right now?" said Goku. He raised an eyebrow, not particularly impressed by her behaviour. "And here I thought we were enemies." He lifted a hand a shot a blast in the females' direction.

"Damn bastard!" Caulifla cursed, holding up her arms to block the chi blast. She blinked in surprise when the energy sphere flew past her and hit the approaching Universe 10 warrior, knocking him backward. When the smoke from the explosion cleared, Goku was nowhere to be found.

"Sneaky," Caulifla remarked. "Though I suppose we owe him one now. Come on Kale!" She jumped into the fray once more, leaving Kale, still shaken by the erasure of Universe 9, behind.

"Umm, sis..."

"HYAAH!" Caulifla knocked her opponent away with a perfectly executed roundhouse kick. She subsequently fired a volley of chi blasts, further injuring her foe - a woman with green hair.

"No!" cried Helles as Brianne de Chateau struggled to stand. "How hideous! Brianne needs to transform first!"

Suddenly, Caulifla was rushed at by Rabanra, who sought to assist his teammate. "Hurry up and transform!" shouted the Universe 2 warrior.

Brianne stood up and grumbled something about 'needing an opening for some dramatic flair' before doing so, becoming Ribrianne.

Shit! Caulifla screamed in her mind as Rabanra broke through her defenses. I might need to go super saiyan for this. With a fierce yell, she transformed, a warm, golden light enveloping her small frame. She struck Rabanra with an uppercut before hitting him repeatedly with a combination of kicks and punches. The saiyan was watching the Universe 2 warrior slam into the ground with satisfaction when a voice sounded, "PRETTY CANNON!"

Caulifla's shriek of pain was cut off when she too hit the stage, courtesy of a disgustingly pink beam. Ribrianne landed gently before pointing an outstretched arm toward the fallen saiyan. "Now it's time for my final attack!" she declared, forming a bigger energy blast than the previous one in her palm. "Don't try this at home kids... SUPER PRETTY CANNON!"

No! It can't end like this. Not against some pink fatass! With a strained grunt, she rolled out of the way, only to face Rabanra, who had since recovered from Caulifla's assault. Caulifla moved into a fighting stance, turning into her second super saiyan form as she did so. Her eyebrows knitted into a frown as her gaze darted between Ribrianne and Rabanra.

Ribrianne moved first, attacking recklessly like a bat out of hell, pushing Caulifla toward Rabanra. Caulifla, with her newfound strength, quickly turned the tables and forced Ribrianne with an offensive set of devastating attacks. She had not forgotten about Rabanra, who was now launching his own attack. Slamming Ribrianne to the side, she started exchanging blows with Rabanra instead, who was much more powerful than Ribrianne.

The female saiyan managed to catch a small breather when she sent Rabanra spinning toward the huge pillar in the centre of the fighting arena. She was about to charge at Ribrianne again when she saw Vegeta launch a series of chi spheres at the tubby fighter. He's not half bad. Perhaps these Universe 7 saiyan are tougher than I thought.

"Hey!"

Caulifla smiled slightly as Cabba walked up to her, his posture tense, showing her that he was very much still on guard. "Cabba," she acknowledged coolly, not forgetting how he had driven poor Kale to tears just hours before the tournament.

"We need to fight together," the male saiyan stated. "If we want to increase our chances of winning."

"Sounds good." She surveyed the fighting grounds for any suitable foes. She smirked when she saw a lone warrior in red standing nearby the centre column. "That one, over there."

Cabba nodded and the two saiyans dashed toward Jiren, who had his back to them. Cabba reached him first, launching a series of attacks at the Pride Trooper's face. Not a single one of them made contact.

Caulifla's eyes widened. Impossible! He hardly moved at all. She scowled. He's mocking us! A battle cry rising in her throat, she attacked with a sweeping kick, hoping to unbalance Jiren.

"CAULIFLA WATCH OUT!"

Suddenly, Jiren was right in front of her. I-I didn't even see him move at all...!

Cabba's cry of distress was loud enough to reach the ears of some of the other warriors. Kale, who had found herself surrounded, gasped in horror as Jiren mercilessly punched Caulifla in the gut, sending her flying across the stage and toward the void below.

"No! No, no, STOP!" Kale wailed, reaching toward her mentor in vain.

"Hey!" snarled one of the fighters that had cornered her. "You're dealing with us now, girlie."

"Get away!" screamed Kale. "GET AWAY!" Her voice deepened, startling her opponents. The entire stage rumbled as Kale powered up, debris and rubble rising alongside the girl's hair. "CAULIFLA!" The girl exploded in a sickly green light, her hair spiking up and her muscles expanding to gigantic proportions.

"What the fu-" the warrior was cut off when Kale punched him off the stage with a furious, bellowing roar.

Kale hollered as her power continued to rise, blowing the other warriors away. Not too far away, Goku watched in awe. He smirked, an overwhelming desire to fight suddenly filling his body. Ignoring his current opponent, he raced toward Kale and the two began engaging in a ferocious exchange of fists.

"Amazing," Goku marvelled as he fought Kale in his super saiyan form. "You know, you remind me of someone I met long ago!" The woman punched him in the face with no holds barred. "Yowch! Now you definitely seem familiar!"

Kale seemed to be further incensed by his words and started attacking even harder and faster.

Caulifla was busy berating herself through the pain she felt in her lower abdomen when a strong arm loop around her waist, the unbalanced force cancelling her inertia - and just in time too, any further and she would have fallen and suffered he pain of defeat and Champa's whining. She glanced up and saw Hit's stern visage staring back down at her. "T-thanks..."

"Be more careful next time."

Caulifla sneered at his retreating back, her saiyan pride wounded. Be more careful... who does he think he is?

"OII! CAULIFLA!" Champa bellowed from the bleachers, his purple fist in the air. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" He turned to Hit's general direction. "NICE JOB HIT! TAKE THEM ALL DOWN!"

Caulifla snorted and rolled her eyes before powering back up into an ascended super saiyan, having dropped out of the form when Jiren launched her across the stage with a single hit. And it was like he wasn't even trying!

She frowned when she saw Kale fighting the saiyan Goku. Though the match looked like a deadlock, it was clear Goku had the advantage, despite only being a super saiyan. Kale's attacks were devastating, but only if Goku allowed himself to be hit by them. As much as Caulifla hated to admit it, Kale didn't stand a chance against the male. Her mind made up, she headed to the fighters with intentions to do a double team with Kale to eliminate Goku from the game.

A spark of excitement lit up Goku's irises when he found himself having to block both Caulifla's and Kale's attacks. With a shout, he ascended to match Caulifla's form and knocked Kale away with a punch to the abdomen, much like what Jiren had done to Caulifla.

"Grr..." Caulifla snarled, angry at what a Goku had done to her protégée. "You'll pay for that! Especially when Universe 6 survives and I become a Super Saiyan Blue!"

Goku parried her blows and went on the offensive, forcing Caulifla to block and dodge. "Do you even know how to achieve that form, Cauli?" he said, slightly winded. "I was only able to get it with the combined power of other saiyan...!"

Caulifla scowled, about to berate him for calling her 'Cauli' before she changed her mind. "That's absurd! Where's your pride, huh?!" Goku's palms curled around her firsts as he flung her through the air, her petite frame slamming through several layers of debris. Albeit being wounded more than she would have liked, she shot through the air and began fighting him once more. "And what about that other saiyan - Vegeta right? Is he as spineless as you are?" Somewhat empowered by her own words, she sent a fist straight into Goku's face, dazing him slightly.

"No, actually," he said with a grin. "Do you have an earth in your universe?"

Caught off guard by the question, Caulifla was sent flying into Cabba, who was fighting Android 17, one of Goku's comrades.

"What is this earth?" demanded Caulifla, rocketing toward Goku. "Is it necessary for the transformation?"

"Not really," replied Goku in a nonchalant manner. "You're missing out though! Earth has great food!" He frowned slightly, thinking. "But if I remember right, there should be an earth in your universe! After all, Beerus did wish for the earth and the humans to be restored in Universe 6..."

"So I'm guessing it's a planet? What does that have to do with super saiyan blue?" A warrior with huge muscles tried to interfere with their battle but Caulifla easily sent him away with an axe kick.

"Well... earth has real good food - that's how Vegeta managed to achieve super saiyan blue! By bribing Whis to train him on Beerus' planet!"

Caulifla blinked once, then twice, not even registering that they were no longer fighting but instead talking. "You're joking."

"Nope!"

Before Caulifla could even contemplate a response, she noticed that most, if not all, of the fighters had ceased battle and were staring at something occurring near the where the centre column was. Even Freeza, who was in the midst of torturing a weaker competitor, halted his act.

"What's going on?" wondered Goku, voicing what they were all thinking at that moment.

Without even uttering a single word, Jiren had somehow managed to incapacitate Kale. The berserker's lime glow was slowly flickering as Jiren silently held Kale by her shirt collar. Then, with Kale still trapped around his grip, he made his way toward the edge of the stage.

Snapping out of the trance, she launched herself toward Kale. "NO!" She felt something familiar stop her in her tracks, and saw Hit's hands on her shoulders. Sinking to her knees, Caulifla watched helplessly as Jiren dropped Kale off the side of the ring, the unconscious girl now back in her base form. Everyone heard Champa howl in rage as Kale's still form appeared at his feet, her unbound hair fanning around her worry-free face.

"No... Kale...!" Caulifla glared at Hit as the fighting resumed, "You traitor!"

Hit gave her a flat stare. "Would you have preferred to join her? Let me remind you, Caulifla, that our universe is at stake."

Caulifla trembled in fury. "Bastard...!"

"Cauli?"

Caulifla glared dangerously at Goku. "I will defeat you." With a yell, she attacked him, launching her fists and feet left and right in cold malevolence. The area between her shoulder blades burned as the two saiyans pummelled each other, Caulifla's attacks becoming increasingly frantic and sloppy. Sensing an opening on ether flank, Goku struck her there, kicking her into the time pillar just as another minute ticked by, causing the tower to collapse slightly. The movement sent tremors down her body and the burning sensation grew unbearable.

Goku jumped up to where Caulifla was embedded, preparing a Kamehameha. She's pretty close to transforming. Heh. She'll thank me later.

Caulifla opened her eyes just as Goku chanted the final syllable of his signature attack. "HAAAA!"

A large blue beam of chi shot out from Goku's open palms and Cabba took a moment out of his fight with 17 to stare in horror at Caulifla's impending doom.

"So much power!" cried Shin. "What is he doing? That will kill her!"

"Damn it Goku!" snarled Beerus. "Is that dolt trying to get us erased?!"

Elder Kai stared intently at Goku. Surely he's got some sort of plan...

A mighty explosion ensued when the beam came into contact with something, sending smoke billowing across the entire arena. The warriors continued fighting, unperturbed by Caulifla's supposed death. Botamo and Magetta gave a sorrowful glance to where Caulifla was last seen before returning their attention to Vegeta, who they had cornered.

As the smoke dispersed, a golden glow could be seen in Caulifla's place. Suddenly it vanished and Goku was sent flying backward, courtesy of an incredibly pissed off Caulifla.

Goku got up and smiled genuinely at her. "You did it Cauli!"

Super saiyan 3 Caulifla merely scowled at him and resumed her attack. With a grin, Goku transformed to have his own power match his, and the two warriors duked it out once more, this time with an added ferocity.

"Gee, you've gotten a lot stronger!" Goku commented as he dodged her punch.

Caulifla smirked, reminding Goku of a certain saiyan prince. "I suppose I should thank you... I won't hurt you too badly!" She flew backward and launched a gigantic red energy ball at him, which he blocked and pushed up into the air. The saiyan male phased in front of her, throwing a punch at her face which she parried. I need to end this quickly, thought Caulifla. This form drains a shit ton of energy.

Using both of his fists, he hit Caulifla into the ground. While she was stunned, he shot a volley of chi blasts at her. Breathing raggedly, Caulifla stood up to face Goku, her energy fluctuating wildly.

"Tired?" Goku said in a mocking tone.

Caulifla gritted her teeth and continued to viciously attack him. "Why - won't you - just stay - STILL!" Though she still contained the fire within her, her moves were noticeably slower and uncoordinated to Goku than before. She was burning her energy fast and the end result wasn't going to be pretty.

"You've done well, Cauli," Goku told her. "But I've had years to train this form." Leaving an afterimage behind, her appeared in front of her, a chi blast fully formed in his hand. "HAAA!" The blast hit her point blank and carried her to the edge of the stage and below.

As she fell into the void below, shame and frustration filled her and, closing her eyes, she returned to her base form.

Caulifla opened her eyes, blinking. She was alive. How long had she been out? She looked out toward the ring and saw that the time pillar was quite near the ground.

"You're up," said Botamo, who looked rather sheepish. He and Magetta had been knocked out of the competition in a rather humiliating manner. Just as they were about to send Vegeta tumbling into the void, Freeza of all people jumped in to help Vegeta. The cruel Arcosian had knocked Botamo off Magetta's shoulders in a surprise attack, leaving the robot vulnerable to Vegeta's cutting insults. Freeza had then tied Botamo up in a similar fashion to what Vegeta had done earlier and used the giant bear as a bowling ball to bowl a quivering Magetta off the stage, sending Botamo after him as well.

"Who's left?" Caulifla wondered out loud, scanning the stage. "There's Hit, of course. And... Cabba and Frost."

Most of the universes had been eliminated by this stage. The only Universes left were Universe 6, 7, 11 and 12, with Universe 11 having the most members left. Not too far away on the bleachers were the eliminated Universe 7 warriors: Kuririn, 18, Muten Roshi, Tienshinhan, Vegeta and Piccolo.

Standing together in one group were the Universe 11 Pride Troopers, firing attacks in all directions.

We'd better win. Caulifla narrowed her eyes. Come on!

There we're only eight minutes left until the end of the tournament and she still breathed - still existed. Hit was the last member of Universe 6 left on the stage, Cabba and Frost having been eliminated by Toppo and Gohan respectively.

In the final five minutes, Goku, Jiren and Hit faced off. It was going to be a tight match and Caulifla knew that.

Surprisingly, Jiren was the first to be knocked out. Belmod had stared in disbelief when Jiren was sent to the bleachers and Universe 11 was erased. Goku and Hit had formed an alliance against Jiren and the combined forces of the two powerhouses had finally out Jiren and Universe 11 out of the tournament - and existence - for good.

Caulifla swallowed in pure, unadulterated fear as she watched Hit fall off the stage, Goku wrapped around him in a kamikaze attack. The two warriors spun around in the void, Hit having exhausted his time skip ability and a Goku about to fall unconscious. Just as they were going to reach the part of the eternal abyss that would send them back to the bleachers, Goku turned their positions around so that Hit went first.

Her existence ceased.

A/N: This is honestly just a test chapter and a oneshot. I might consider it making it into a multi chapter fic as I originally wrote this for Caulifla shipping purposes (hue).

Why does Goku call her Cauli: ...Caulifla's a bit of a mouthful 0u0