Dragonball ES:
Master Roshi Saga.
Part 1.
I don't own any of the DB/DBZ characters, but I do own Marcus!
This is a total rewrite of DB and DBZ.
Anything not described here, happened in a similar way to the original DB.
Marcus sat in the back of the plane that had rescued him from the ruins of his village. A month ago he had looked at the full moon and fell asleep. When he'd woken, the entire village and everything he'd ever care about was gone. Even the temple that he'd trained in martial arts for five years was gone. Like some massive force had wiped them from existence, leaving only him alive. He'd stayed there knowing that evenly someone would investigate the sudden disappearance of the village. They had, now he was on his way to West City and an unknown future.
He pushed his pony tail back over his shoulder, he always kept his hair like that. For a long time his mother had cut his hair short like all the other boys, but it always grew back to the same length, just below his shoulders, and eventually she had given up. He looked up as he heard the other people in the plane whisper about him.
"It's not nice to talk about people behind there backs." He said loudly, they all stared at him. Marcus sighed, obviously this was another occasion that he wasn't meant to hear them. All his life he'd noticed that his senses were much sharper than other peoples. It had been another reason for all the children in the village to shun him, the biggest reason twitched on the bench next to him. Several people gasped and the whispering started up again. Marcus stood up annoyed, his tail swaying aggressively behind him.
"What is it?" He almost shouted. "Never seen someone with a tail before?" But he knew that they never had. "Well take a good look, and get over it!" Marcus sat down heavily, folded his arms and stared at the floor. The whispering did not start again. Marcus smirked to himself.
Suddenly the plane jerked, and several people screamed. Marcus looked up startled.
"The sky's gone black!" Someone said, Marcus looked out the nearest window, the sky really had gone black.
"But it's the middle of the day!" Someone else said, Marcus could smell the panic rise in the plane.
"What the hell is that!" Another person yelled. Marcus looked and saw a massive thing outside the plane, it looked a bit like a snake, a snake with bone plates coming out of it's back.
"Oh, my god!" Someone screeched. "We're going to hit it!"
Marcus retreated to the back of the plane and curled up in a ball, his tail wrapped round his legs protectively. He didn't want to die! He was only twelve! Suddenly there was a massive explosion as the plane hit the snake thing. Marcus was thrown backwards, right thought the back of the plane and away from certain death. But now he was falling, terror tore though him, he was going to hit the ground and die! He shut his eyes against the pain that he was sure was coming, but before he hit the ground, something funny happened. He felt like some part of him, it was such a strange feeling he couldn't place it at all, but it felt right, natural, left his body and slowed his decent. But as soon as he reached for the power, it vanished and he hit the ground hard.
"The most comfortable pair of underwear!" Someone nearby shouted and Marcus passed out.
Marcus returned to semi-consciousness, and struggled to return fully.
"Hey look guys, I think he's waking up." A girls voice, cut though the murkiness that filled Marcus's mind. He opened his eyes.
"AHHH!!" He yelped, as he saw a blue haired girl staring down at him.
"EEK!!" She squealed and scooted away from him. Marcus rose to a sitting postion, and rubbed his head, which hurt. He looked at the people before him. There was that girl, two boys, one about Marcus's age and the other older. There was also a flying cat and a pig wearing panties on his head. How odd, Marcus thought. He looked round, they were in a room without any obvious exits. There was a glass roof, and he could see the night sky though it. He returned his gaze to the people.
"Who are you?" He demanded. The younger boy stepped forward.
"Hi, I'm Goku." He said, "That's Bulma, Yamcha, Oolong and Puar." He said pointing two each of them in turn. "Who are you?" Marcus stood up.
"I'm Marcus." He said. They was something odd about this Goku kid. He seemed retarded. Marcus's attention was drawn down, flowing from side to side behind Goku's back was a tail. Marcus took a step back.
"You have a tail!" He said in disbelief. "I thought I was the only one to have a tail."
"Huh?" They all, but Goku, said. They craned their heads to look behind Marcus, who flicked his tail, so they could see it.
"Oh, wow, he does have a tail." Bulma said.
"Yeah, but what does that mean." Oolong said.
"I was starting to think I was the only one as well." Goku said.
"My mother said my tail, made me special." Marcus said, annoyed at the idea that he wasn't as unique as he'd thought.
"Do all of your family have tails." Yamcha asked. Marcus looked at him like he was nuts.
"No," He said, "I was found in the woods as a baby."
"So was I!" Goku said, excited. Great, Marcus thought, trust him to have so much in common with a dud brain like this Goku kid. He'd only known him for a few minutes, but he knew that he didn't like him much.
"So what's going on here?" Bulma asked. "You two don't look much like brothers." She was right, apart from them both having black hair and eyes, they looked totally different.
"There weren't any clues to where you came from?" Puar asked. His squeaky voice made it hard for Marcus to understand him, and it hurt his ears a little.
"Well, dad told me, he'd found me in the arms of some dead guy." Marcus said with a shrug. "He said the guy had a tail, maybe that was my father." The others gapped at that, that is all other than Goku. Marcus gave him a sidelong look. Didn't anything faze this guy.
"I was alone when my Grandpa found me." Goku said. At least that wasn't the same, Marcus thought, otherwise it would have been too freaky.
"Yeah, well, I'm more interested in where we are." Marcus said. He walked up to the nearest wall, and punched it with all his strength. It didn't even have a dent. Marcus stared at the wall, what was this stuff? He'd never come across anything that he couldn't at least dent. He turned back to the others. "Come to think about it." He frowned. "I don't even know how I got here."
"You fell from the sky." Oolong said. Marcus stared at him.
"How did I get up there?" He said half to him self, and looking up at the sky. The last thing he remembered was going to sleep in the ruins of his village.
"Beats me." Oolong said.
"As to where we are." Bulma said. "We're in Pilaf's castle."
"And when the sun rises, we're toast." Yamcha said. Bulma turned on him, and he ran to the other side of the room.
"You'll frighten him!" She yelled. Marcus just stared at them.
"What's to be frightened about." He asked. Bulma turned back to him.
"Didn't you just hear him. We're going to die!" She covered her mouth with her hands.
"Bulma!" Oolong and Puar said. Marcus backed up until his back was against the wall. He didn't want to die.
"But, but, why me?" He managed.
"Pilaf must have thought you were a threat." Bulma said.
"But I don't even know you." Marcus wailed. "Why would he think that?"
"Maybe it's the tail." Goku said. Bulma brighten, then let it drop when she realised how inappropriate it was.
"Yes," She said. "That must be it. He must have thought that because you had a tail, like Goku, that you were with us."
Marcus slid down the wall, and stared at his tail. So, because he had a tail, he was going to die! It's not fair, he didn't even know these people!
About half an hour passed, and no one had said anything in that time. Then Oolong turned into a bird, something that startled Marcus out of his mood. He saw Oolong flew up to where Puar was floating.
"What are you doing?" He asked Puar.
"Nothing, just watching the moon, it's so big tonight." Puar said.
"It's a full moon, so what?" Oolong said.
"Did you know a monster comes out at the full moon." Goku said.
"That's just a story, Goku." Bulma said.
"Yeah, there's no such thing as monsters." Yamcha said. Goku got to his feet.
"But, it's true, my Grandpa told me!" Goku said.
"But Goku..."
"He's right." Marcus said. "My mother told me the same thing. She said I should never look at the full moon." Goku nodded.
"That's what Grandpa said." He said. "Before he was trammpled to death by that monster." Marcus got to his feet as well.
"It destroyed my village and my whole family!" He said and looked at Goku, he knew that they were talking about the same thing, he could see it in his eyes.
"Em, you guys, did either of you see the monster?" Bulma asked nervously. Marcus shook his head.
"No I was asleep." Goku said.
"So was I." Marcus said. Bulma and Yamcha exchanged looks, they backed away.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Yamcha asked. Bulma swallowed.
"I hope not!" She said.
"What wrong with you two?" Marcus asked.
"Nothing!" Yamcha said a little too quickly. Bulma dug him in the ribs.
"So," Bulma said, trying to sound nonchalant and failing. "Did either of you look at the full moon the night the monster came?" She asked.
"I think I did just before I fell asleep." Goku said. Marcus looked at him. How weird, he thought.
"So did I." He said.
"Nnaagg." Yamcha said. Marcus looked back at them. They were all crouched in the conner, as far away from Goku and him self as they could get. Marcus frowned
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"I don't want to worry you," Bulma said, her voice quaking. Too late for that, Marcus thought.
"But I don't think you two should look at the moon." She said. "It's right behind you."
As if on clue, both Goku and Marcus turned and looked up directly at the full moon.
"AHHH!!" Both Bulma and Yamcha yelped. Marcus turned back.
"I don't se..." He started, then suddenly a weird feeling came over him and he blacked out.
Marcus opened his eyes, and sat up. He looked round he was out in the open. How odd, he thought, I'm sure I was in a room when I feel asleep. He stood and saw the others standing in front of him. He looked to his side and saw Goku, completely naked.
"Goku!" He said, "Your naked!" Goku looked at him in all innocence and said.
"So are you." Marcus looked down, and saw that he was indeed naked.
"AHHH!" He yelped and covered his privates with his hands. "Where'd my clothes go!?" Bulma and Yamcha exchanged looks.
"Em," She said. "That's alittle hard to explain." Goku looked thoughtful.
"So you are a boy." He said. Marcus looked at him like his was insane.
"Of cause I'm a boy!" He said. Goku just looked innocent.
"I find it hard to tell sometimes." He said. Marcus looked at the others.
"Is he for real?" He asked, the others nodded, weird. "What happened anyway?"
"Don't you two remember last night?" Oolong asked. Marcus shook his head.
"I remember looking at the moon then I fell asleep." He said, and Goku nodded.
"Well, both of you..." Oolong started and Bulma covered his mouth with both her hands.
"That's not important, Oolong." She said.
"What's not important?" Goku asked innocently. Bulma let go of Oolong, who distanced him self from her, but did not finish saying what he'd started to say.
"We need to get you some clothes." Yamcha said, to change the subject.
"Oolong," Bulma said sweetly. Oolong backed away.
"Oh no, you don't." He said.
"But they need clothes and you the only one their size." She said. Oolong looked annoyed, then melted under Bulma's gaze.
"Alright, Goku can have my trousers." He said, taking them off, and passing them to Goku. Goku began putting them on.
"Hey, what about me!" Marcus said. Oolong covered his shorts.
"You can't have my shorts." He said. Marcus looked at the panties that Oolong was wearing on his head, he pointed at them.
"What about those?" He said. Oolong reached up and grabbed them, and pulled them down further on his head.
"You can't have these!" He squealed, "The Dragon gave them to me!"
"Marcus needs them more than you do." Yamcha said. Oolong shook his head.
"No way!" He said.
"Alright, Oolong, you asked for it." Bulma said. She took a deep breath. "PI..." Oolong squealed and pulled the panties off his head.
"Alright!" He said, "You win!" He offered the panties to Marcus, who took them. What was that about, he thought. He pulled them on. Wow, these are comfortable! He only felt slightly less self-conscious, with these on, after all they were girls panties. Bulma giggled, Marcus looked at her.
"What's so funny?" He asked accusingly.
"Nothing, it's just..." She started, then saw Marcus's expression. "Em, never mind." Goku looked round him, he seemed panicked.
"Where's my power pole!?" He said.
"It must still be back at the castle." Yamcha said, pointing behind him at the ruins of the castle.
Goku took a step forward, and fell flat on his face. He stood again, lifted a leg and fell backwards. Marcus laughed at him, wobbled and fell back, landing heavily on his butt.
"What the!?" Marcus said, getting to his knees, and then slowly back to his feet. Yamcha sniggered.
"I guess it was easier to balance when you had a tail." He said.
"Huh?" Goku said.
"What!?" Marcus yelped. He put his hands down his back, his tail really was gone. Goku launched into a odd dance as he tried to find his tail. Marcus would have laughed if he wasn't so shocked over the loss of his own tail. Goku stopped and shrugged.
"I guess it was meant to go." He said. Marcus fell over again, this time in surprise.
"Don't you care that we've just lost our tails?" He said once he'd got back to his feet.
"There's nothing I can do about it." Goku said. Marcus stared at him.
"Wow, you are retarded." He said. Goku looked innocent, that was getting on Marcus's nerves.
"Marcus!" Bulma said. She looked like she was going to hit him, and Marcus gave her a 'just try it' look and she faulted. "That's not very nice!" she said, masking her uncertainty very well.
"He's just saying what we're all thinking." Oolong said. Bulma's fist came down on his head. "Oww." Oolong yelped and rubbed his head.
"What's retarded?" Goku asked. The others looked nervous, and Marcus gapped at him. All their sweats dropped.
"Erm. Never mind." Marcus said. Suddenly feeling a bit self conscious, he looked up and saw the castle in the distance. "I'm going to that castle, to find some decent clothes." He said.
"I've got to get my power pole." Goku said. Marcus grinned.
"I'll race you." He said.
"Ok." Goku said.
They set off towards the castle. At first both of them kept falling down every few steps. But after a little time Marcus found it easier to balance without a tail, and he picked up speed. Goku seemed to find his feet as well and they were neck and neck. Marcus glanced at Goku.
"I'm impressed," He said without breaking his stride. "I've never met anyone that could keep up with me."
"I can go faster." Goku said, and accelerated. Marcus, had been holding back, because he hadn't thought Goku wouldn't keep up, but now he let him self go full speed. He passed Goku, they were heading for the wall of the castle, he jumped and landed on the wall. Goku landed next to him a second later. They grinned at each other.
"I win!" Marcus said.
"That was fun!" Goku said. Marcus nodded.
"Yeah!" He said, neither of them were out of breath, Marcus noticed. Maybe them having things in common, wasn't as bad as he'd originally thought. "I'm going to find some clothes."
"I've got to find my power pole."
"Well, see you around, Goku." Marcus said, he turned and jumped down into the ruins of the castle. He grinned to him self, as he began his search. Maybe he'd misjudged this Goku kid. If he could keep up him, he could be more fun to be around than he'd thought. He was even starting to like him, a little.
It didn't take as long as he'd thought it would to find something that looked like it would fit him. It was some kind of body suit, and it had a hood. It wasn't his normal style, but it wasn't like he had many options. He ripped the hood off, he didn't like covering his hair, it was uncomfortable to squeeze that much hair under a hood. He put the suit on, it was maybe alittle big for him, and it itched, but it would do for now.
When he got back from the castle, he found Bulma, Yamcha, Oolong and Puar, waiting for him. There was a plane behind them and Bulma was hanging onto Yamcha's arm. Weird, they look so happy now, Marcus thought.
"What took you so long?" Oolong asked.
"Do you know how hard it is to find clothes in ruins?" Marcus said. "I had to lift rubble twice my size to find it." Everyone's mouths dropped open.
"Did he really just say that?" Yamcha asked.
"I think he did." Bulma said.
"He must be as strong as Goku." Puar said. Goku was as strong as he is. Really? He thought. But judging by how fast Goku could run, it didn't really surprise him that much. Marcus smiled to him self. Then he noticed that Goku wasn't there.
"Where's Goku gone?" Marcus asked.
"Oh, he's left already." Bulma said.
"What!" Marcus said. "Where's he gone?"
"He went to train with Master Roshi." Yamcha said.
For a long time, Marcus was vaguely aware of something at the back of his mind, then it suddenly hit. He'd heard the monks taking about this Master Roshi, when he trained at the temple.
"What!?" Marcus exclaimed suddenly, taking them all by surprise. "He's training with, The Master Roshi!"
"That's what he said." Oolong said.
"That's not fair!" Marcus said. "I should be training with him!"
"Are you good enough?" Bulma said. "I mean I've seen Goku fight, but I've never seen you." Marcus looked at her coolly.
"If Master Roshi will take that, odd ball, he'll take me." He said.
"Okay." Bulma said slowly. Marcus now started hoping from one leg to the other in excitement, this was to good to believe.
"Quick!" Marcus said, in a high pitched voice, his excitement getting the better of his self control. "Tell me where he is!" He almost pleaded. They just stared at him stunned.
"Wow, For two kids with nothing in common, they sure are similar." Oolong said.
"Yeah." Was all Bulma managed. Marcus felt like he was about to explode.
"Come on!" He whined. "Tell me!"
Still with a stunned look on his face, Yamcha raised a hand and pointed.
"It's that way." He said. Marcus nodded, and kept nodding and jogging on the spot, as Bulma continued to explain.
"You keep going till you hit the sea, then you swim due north, Roshi's on a small island in the middle of the sea."
"Great, thanks." Marcus turned and started to run in the direction Yamcha had pointed. "See you around, guys!" He shouted back as he ran.
Ok, I've rewritten the start of this story, hope it makes more sense now!