DBZ, Master Roshi: A slight twist of fate.
On a small island in the middle of the ocean we see a familiar sight. An old man sitting in the sun doing his favourite thing, reading his Educational(yeah right) Magazines. When you see him you wouldn't say he is different from any other old geezers. But he is.
It's the famous Master Roshi, well known for his gargantuan porn collection and his age. But what he is truly famous for are his martial arts. For over a hundred years he was known as the strongest man in the world. The legendary Kame Sennin and his Kamehameha. Master Roshi thought he had seen everything in his old age until a small boy with a tail entered his life. Then the real chaos began.
After some decades of not participating he entered the Tenkaichi Budoukai again. And beat his star pupil Son Goku. He was finally surpassed as the strongest man in the world. The thought of retiring was finally setting into his mind. The thought of finally being able to rest and to pass on the torch of Heroism to the next generation was a nice one. But NO! Fate had other plans.
He would die trying to save the world in the same way as his late master Mutaito. He thought his hardships were over, but the impossible happened. He was revived. He didn't tell his students that he liked it in heaven so much that he wanted to stay. So he lived on his prolonged life. He saw miracles no one would dare to. He met Kame. He saw the arrival of super-powered aliens, and discovered that his star pupil was one of them as well. Those aliens reached levels which were so ludicrously high that they should be forbidden.
The thought of being so weak compared to the aliens made him angry. Al those years of training, worthless. But in truth it was a comforting thought that he didn't have to worry about how to save the world this time.
Then the Saiyan Prince and general came. Beings so evil they threatened to destroy the world.
Only by combination of the powers of Earths strongest warriors they won. But the cost was high, one of his strongest students Yamcha was killed. And three of the other defenders were killed as well. Only Goku, his son Gohan and his other student Krillin lived.
It was always about the Dragonballs, seven magical balls when together giving the collector any wish he wanted. They were used a few times to revive some of the people they lost in battle. Master Roshi was one of them. He didn't like the Dragonballs that much. They were unnatural. Always going against nature's balance. It would have been better if they were only used once every hundred years or so. But desperate times ask for desperate measures. The Dragonballs of Earth had disappeared when its creator Piccolo had died in the fight against the Saiyans. Now they heard of Piccolo's homeplanet, a planet called Namek and having it's own Dragonballs. A plan for getting back their fallen friends was quickly made.
Krillin, Gohan and Bulma Briefs, a beautifull and brilliant scientist would go to Namek and wish everybody back with Namek´s dragonballs. Goku was so heavily wounded from the fight that he had to recuperate some more before he could go.
During their stay in the hospital a slight twist of fate would throw Roshi´s life into a whole new direction…
Remember, nothing is impossible...