Chapter 10: Kakarot Vs Master Roshi.
AN: I was going to have this fight be this epic battle but really Kakarot is around 1000 and Master Roshi is at best around that for short periods of time (My own headcanon). I plan on having Roshi be much more useful. He isn't going to be a main Z-fighter but he is going to be one of the people fighting to keep Earth safe.
AN2: No I'm not making Krillin a foe he just wants to get payback for what he did to Roshi. The two will still be best friends just not right away. This is a Dragon Ball with Dragon Ball Z levels of power. Power boosts will happen so seeing power levels up into the thousands should be expected, not hundreds of thousands but maybe ten thousand by the end of the DB era.
The sun was just starting to rise over the horizon as the two dragon ball hunters awoke from their sleep. Rubbing the last bits of sleep from their eyes they could hear the sounds of birds singing happily outside the window as well as the faint sound of a tv downstairs that told them that Roshi was also up. Making their way downstairs to the living room they could see the man with a glass of orange juice and a salad watching of all things a yoga workout program. If the older man noticed them enter the room he made no move to indicate it.
"You're very strong I can tell. Who trained you"? Roshi asked pushing his sunglasses up his long nose as he turned to face the pair. The chair creaked under the motion forcing the two to hold their ears.
"My father trained me". Kakarot answered after the pain had subsided a bit. Enough to allow him to not have a constant ringing in his ears before he took the seat opposite his own eyeing the man intensely. Bulma for her part remained standing. She could tell right away it was going to get tense real fast.
"Hmm, I see...and that odd device on your head"? Roshi asked pointing to the device on his face as well as trying to get a closer look at it.
"It's my scanner. All Saiyans have them. It allows us to detect power levels". Kakarot answered simply. Roshi meanwhile processed this new information. He had of course heard many odd stories over the years but this was on a whole other level altogether. This boy was claiming to be an alien from some race called Saiyans. Was this kid simple or was this just an act. A joke to break the ice so to speak. But when he saw the boy rise his eyebrow he knew this was meant to be taken as fact.
"Um...right ok if you don't mind me asking why were you on that beach? Nobody comes this far out unless you wish to be trained by me...is that why you're so far past civilization"? Roshi asked. He was quite eager for a new student to take under his wing seeing as his last, a mountain of a man called the Ox-King by his people near Fire Mountain had long since moved on to bigger and better things.
"No, we want your dragon ball". Kakarot answered.
"My dragon what? Oh, you mean this old thing...don't you". Roshi said before he pulled out a small orange-colored ball. At once Kakarot made to take the ball but was stopped by his cane.
"Not so fast, boy. You want this dragon ball thing so bad you're going to fight me for the right to have it". Roshi said before the two walked outside. Clicking his scanner he soon picked up a power level of 112. It was impressive for a race that could barely get past a power level of five but still only a tenth of his power level. This was less a fight. This was in fact downright murder. But he had a dragon ball and so he was going to get the dragon ball. One less foolish old man in the world was nothing to worry about. He was doing this pitiful backwater planet a massive favor by killing this man. Satisfied with his conclusion he deactivated his scanner and got into a fighting stance.
"Ready my boy"? Roshi asked awaiting his reply.
"Yes, old man I'm ready". Kakarot replied before the man seemed to disappear from view before a hard kick sent the boy flying into the sea. Righted himself he powered up but just as he fired so to did the old man. The two beams of light crashed together in a blinding display of light. But in the end, Roshi's attacked failed to hold back the intense power and he was soon sent flying into the side of his house. Clicking his scanner again he could tell he was still alive but only just. Had he had his scanner active at the time he would have seen his power level hit 1200 just before the attack landed. That alone saved his life but only just. Picking up the small ball he and Bulma were about to depart were the sound of a motorboat filled the early morning air. Turning to face this newcomer they soon came face-to-face when a midget with six dots on his forehead and a cocky looking smile. Stepping onto the sandy beach he proudly proclaimed
"I'm Krillin and I have traveled the whole world just to be trained by the one and only, Master Roshi". The small boy said. Kakarot and Bulma could only eye this oddball with looks of utter bewilderment.
"That's great we will be going now". Kakarot said before he attempted to sidestep the boy. It only then did Krillin see Roshi embedded in the side of his house with his legs sticking out. So focused on freeing the man was he that he failed to notice the two leave the island. It was there that Krillin swore to beat Kakarot. A decision that would forever shape the rest of his young life.