To anyone that has been waiting for an update of this story I owe you an
apology. I kind of set this one aside to work on other projects, and it
just gathered dust. I'm finally getting time and the focus to work on this
story properly, and hopefully not just adding a chapter to keep the story
alive.
I don't own DBZ, but you know that right?
Just to clarify things before we begin, this chapter is a narration by Master Roshi about his past.
I first met the woman who would become my wife when I was about 24 years old. I had just been released from my tutelage in the martial arts by my master, and was going out in the world to gain some practical experience and refine my fighting skills. It was during this time that I also began to develop the Kamehemeha Wave, but it was just in it's beginning stages and actually quite dangerous for me to use.
I was traveling along a country road, just looking for something to do when I met her. She was running out of the nearby woods, obviously being chased by something or other. She saw that I was watching her from the road and ran behind me. She stood as close as she could to me trembling and begging me to help her.
"Please, protect me!" the frightened girl pleaded, tears in her bright blue eyes, griping me by the back of my shirt and holding me in front on her.
I turned my head to speak to her, "Whoa! Protect you from what? What's chasing you?"
Before a reply came, fifteen scruffy looking men came stomping out of the forest. They were bandits, I could tell. They slowly started moving towards us, surrounding us on all sides.
From the look of things, this girl had just brought me the excitement that I had been looking for. I hadn't fought anyone in a couple of days, so I was quite pleased that one hell of a fight was coming my way. I placed my hands on my sides and smiled broadly as they approached us. "Can I help you guys with something?"
A big guy stopped in front of us, a few feet down the road. "Sure, you can give us all your money and the girl, then get the hell out of here," He returned my broad smile with his own, several teeth missing.
I looked the big man right in the eye, and replied with amusement in my voice. "And what happens if I don't hand over the money and the girl?"
The big man popped the knuckles on one hand, then the other. "Well, I guess me and the boys here will just have to persuade you to do so!" He laughed.
I put my hand up to my beardless face, and stroked my chin in thought. "Hm, how about this? We'll make a wager. If anyone of you fine gentleman can defeat me, you get all the money I have and the girl. If I do happen to beat you, then I take everything that you guys have, and the young lady takes her leave with anything you might have taken from her. So what do you think of that deal?"
The big man laughed again, and was joined by the rest of his associates. " You mean to fight all of us?"
"Sure," I started to pop my own knuckles, one by one. "I'll fight you all individually or as a group, it's all the same to me. All you have to say is that you except the wager."
The big man stared down at me, and snorted. " What the hell, we except the wager. We're still going to get everything that we want, aren't we boys?" A chorus of 'yeahs' came for the group.
A smile crept onto my face, "Good, just one minute and we'll begin." I slowly started moving off of the road, making sure the girl was behind me and away from all the men surrounding us.
"What do you think you're doing? Your going to get us both killed!" The girl hissed as we moved a little away from the gathered group. She was whipping her head around to watch all the men that were anywhere near us. Her long ebony hair moved like silk with every turn of her head.
"Relax, everything's taken care of. Did they take anything from you?" I motioned for her to stand on a spot away from everyone.
"Yeah, they took a jade necklace that belonged to my mother. That and my apples I gathered from the woods." She took her place.
"You'll have them back in a few minutes, just enjoy the show." I threw a wink at the attractive girl, smiling as she blushed lightly. I love when I have that affect on women.
I walked back into the middle of the group, and the big man addressed me again. "I don't think that we have been properly introduced. I'm Big Shenji and this is my gang, Shenji's Slicers."
I gave them a small bow, "A pleasure to meet you all." The sarcasm was dripping off of my words. "My name is Roshi, and I think you going to remember it for the rest of your lives."
Big Shenji returned the bow, " I always remember the name of the men I kill."
One of the gathered men shuffled over to Big Shenji. "Boss, I've heard of this guy. He single handily took out three gangs over in Basil town!" The man looked nervously over at me.
"Guilty as charged." I smiled at the man.
Several of the men started to look nervous, this would make this fight all the more easier.
"You cowards! It's just one punk against fifteen of us! Besides," Big Shenji leered over at the girl. "He's keeping me from my date!"
I cleared my throat. "Anytime you ladies are ready." That got the gang ready to fight. They all charged at once. I readied myself.
All fifteen of them lasted about three minutes.
Chuckling to my self, I was going around gathering up all of the articles that these currently unconscious bandit's had stolen, when I noticed that the girl had joined me on the road. She moved over to Big Shenji and start going through his pockets on her hands and knees. "Where is it?" I heard her say.
I moved over to her and tapped her on the shoulder. I held out the necklace. " I do believe this is what you have been looking for?" She took it out of my hands and placed it back around her neck. "Thank you. Thank you for everything." She quietly said, looking like an immense wait had been lifted from her shoulders. "I don't know what I would do if I lost this, or if they had ."
"Don't worry about it. But we should get moving before they come around." I interrupted her and helped her to her feet.
"Right, let's go to my house. Grandfather and Grandmother will want to thank you for saving me." She took my hand arm and started to pull me down the road towards her home.
"It's no big deal. You don't have to do this." I put my hand behind my head and scratched my raven hair.
"I insist that you have a home cooked meal as your reward. I won't hear another word about it." She gave me another smile.
"All right, but I would like to know the name of the lovely lady I'll be dining with." I put forth my most dashing smile.
She blushed lightly. "Sakura."
In the next chapter will meet the family and see what develops between these two. (Although I guess you know they do get together in the end, but how is important!) As I was writing this, some things that I have always thought was further reinforced in my mind. Master Roshi is a bad ass. I'll bet he was smooth with the ladies as a young guy I also think Roshi was like Krillian when he was younger personality wise, shy and a little goofy, but still funny, cocky, brave and helpful. Thanks for reading and tell me what you think!
I don't own DBZ, but you know that right?
Just to clarify things before we begin, this chapter is a narration by Master Roshi about his past.
I first met the woman who would become my wife when I was about 24 years old. I had just been released from my tutelage in the martial arts by my master, and was going out in the world to gain some practical experience and refine my fighting skills. It was during this time that I also began to develop the Kamehemeha Wave, but it was just in it's beginning stages and actually quite dangerous for me to use.
I was traveling along a country road, just looking for something to do when I met her. She was running out of the nearby woods, obviously being chased by something or other. She saw that I was watching her from the road and ran behind me. She stood as close as she could to me trembling and begging me to help her.
"Please, protect me!" the frightened girl pleaded, tears in her bright blue eyes, griping me by the back of my shirt and holding me in front on her.
I turned my head to speak to her, "Whoa! Protect you from what? What's chasing you?"
Before a reply came, fifteen scruffy looking men came stomping out of the forest. They were bandits, I could tell. They slowly started moving towards us, surrounding us on all sides.
From the look of things, this girl had just brought me the excitement that I had been looking for. I hadn't fought anyone in a couple of days, so I was quite pleased that one hell of a fight was coming my way. I placed my hands on my sides and smiled broadly as they approached us. "Can I help you guys with something?"
A big guy stopped in front of us, a few feet down the road. "Sure, you can give us all your money and the girl, then get the hell out of here," He returned my broad smile with his own, several teeth missing.
I looked the big man right in the eye, and replied with amusement in my voice. "And what happens if I don't hand over the money and the girl?"
The big man popped the knuckles on one hand, then the other. "Well, I guess me and the boys here will just have to persuade you to do so!" He laughed.
I put my hand up to my beardless face, and stroked my chin in thought. "Hm, how about this? We'll make a wager. If anyone of you fine gentleman can defeat me, you get all the money I have and the girl. If I do happen to beat you, then I take everything that you guys have, and the young lady takes her leave with anything you might have taken from her. So what do you think of that deal?"
The big man laughed again, and was joined by the rest of his associates. " You mean to fight all of us?"
"Sure," I started to pop my own knuckles, one by one. "I'll fight you all individually or as a group, it's all the same to me. All you have to say is that you except the wager."
The big man stared down at me, and snorted. " What the hell, we except the wager. We're still going to get everything that we want, aren't we boys?" A chorus of 'yeahs' came for the group.
A smile crept onto my face, "Good, just one minute and we'll begin." I slowly started moving off of the road, making sure the girl was behind me and away from all the men surrounding us.
"What do you think you're doing? Your going to get us both killed!" The girl hissed as we moved a little away from the gathered group. She was whipping her head around to watch all the men that were anywhere near us. Her long ebony hair moved like silk with every turn of her head.
"Relax, everything's taken care of. Did they take anything from you?" I motioned for her to stand on a spot away from everyone.
"Yeah, they took a jade necklace that belonged to my mother. That and my apples I gathered from the woods." She took her place.
"You'll have them back in a few minutes, just enjoy the show." I threw a wink at the attractive girl, smiling as she blushed lightly. I love when I have that affect on women.
I walked back into the middle of the group, and the big man addressed me again. "I don't think that we have been properly introduced. I'm Big Shenji and this is my gang, Shenji's Slicers."
I gave them a small bow, "A pleasure to meet you all." The sarcasm was dripping off of my words. "My name is Roshi, and I think you going to remember it for the rest of your lives."
Big Shenji returned the bow, " I always remember the name of the men I kill."
One of the gathered men shuffled over to Big Shenji. "Boss, I've heard of this guy. He single handily took out three gangs over in Basil town!" The man looked nervously over at me.
"Guilty as charged." I smiled at the man.
Several of the men started to look nervous, this would make this fight all the more easier.
"You cowards! It's just one punk against fifteen of us! Besides," Big Shenji leered over at the girl. "He's keeping me from my date!"
I cleared my throat. "Anytime you ladies are ready." That got the gang ready to fight. They all charged at once. I readied myself.
All fifteen of them lasted about three minutes.
Chuckling to my self, I was going around gathering up all of the articles that these currently unconscious bandit's had stolen, when I noticed that the girl had joined me on the road. She moved over to Big Shenji and start going through his pockets on her hands and knees. "Where is it?" I heard her say.
I moved over to her and tapped her on the shoulder. I held out the necklace. " I do believe this is what you have been looking for?" She took it out of my hands and placed it back around her neck. "Thank you. Thank you for everything." She quietly said, looking like an immense wait had been lifted from her shoulders. "I don't know what I would do if I lost this, or if they had ."
"Don't worry about it. But we should get moving before they come around." I interrupted her and helped her to her feet.
"Right, let's go to my house. Grandfather and Grandmother will want to thank you for saving me." She took my hand arm and started to pull me down the road towards her home.
"It's no big deal. You don't have to do this." I put my hand behind my head and scratched my raven hair.
"I insist that you have a home cooked meal as your reward. I won't hear another word about it." She gave me another smile.
"All right, but I would like to know the name of the lovely lady I'll be dining with." I put forth my most dashing smile.
She blushed lightly. "Sakura."
In the next chapter will meet the family and see what develops between these two. (Although I guess you know they do get together in the end, but how is important!) As I was writing this, some things that I have always thought was further reinforced in my mind. Master Roshi is a bad ass. I'll bet he was smooth with the ladies as a young guy I also think Roshi was like Krillian when he was younger personality wise, shy and a little goofy, but still funny, cocky, brave and helpful. Thanks for reading and tell me what you think!