Chapter 17
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Master Roshi sighed inwardly as the three different names were shouted out and Gonjin, Veisen, and Goku stopped to stare confusedly at each other. He had known that his separated identities would come back to bite him on the butt someday, but he had hoped that day would have been a little farther off. Before the three could start arguing, as he knew that they would, he cleared his throat to get their attention, which it did. "It's all three, boys, but my real name is Master Roshi, like Goku said."
Goku smiled in relief as the boys frowned in worry.
"Now," the old master started, "before you all start asking questions let me explain," everyone was paying attention now, especially the four living boys, "You see, I was Goku's martial arts master when he was alive two-thousand years ago."
At this the boys' mouths almost literally hit the floor.
Roshi chuckled and continued before they could say anything, he wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible. "Yes, you would be amazed at the so called 'legends' that you can find while exploring the planet on your lonesome, and it turned out that the fountain of youth is one of them."
If their jaws could have gone any lower, they wouldn't have been attached any longer, except for Vegiren who had managed to regain part of his composure.
"I already knew about energy when you told me and I had for nearly my entire life, but I wanted you to learn on your own and I knew one of you would," he smile at Gonjin, "but i had no idea it would be so violent. Anyways it became necessary to change names so as not to arouse various possibly troubling suspicions, and I know that all this is probably still sinking in, but I hope you will accept my humble apology for deceiving you all this time."
Gonjin immediately smiled. "Of course we forgive you, you had your reasons for what you did. Right guys?"
Toryu shook his head to clear it and frowned uncertainly. "Yeah, I guess," he smiled, "We forgive you."
Veisen smiled as well, "Definitely!"
Vegiren just snorted and muttered under his breath what could have been a yes.
Gonjin's smile widened as he looked at his arrogant friend. "What was that, Vegiren, we couldn't quite hear you."
Vegiren glared angrily at Gonjin and huffed. "I forgive him… for now."
Roshi smiled thankfully down at his students. "Thank you all, now I believe we are about to get some food." He looked back toward the building that was the mess hall.
Sure enough, Chichi, Bulma, Videl, Bulla, Maron, and Valese came out leading a team of ogres carrying large picnic baskets and sheets. Gonjin jumped up and rushed forward tripping on a tree root and falling flat on his face in the dirt.
Minutes later the young Saiyan was stuffing down twice his weight in food along with his Saiyan friends and ancestors and their various wives who had been brought into otherworld by request of their husbands.
Once everyone had finished, eating, Master Roshi approach Gonjin and his friends who were sitting together on a sheet underneath the same tree as before. "Hello boys, it's time to talk about what we should do."
Gonjin adopted a confused look as he talked, "What do you mean, Master?"
"We need to discuss whether or not you boys want to go home now or later because your mothers are completely broken down because they think that they will never see you again."
Gonjin several times and then frowned worriedly and looked back at his friends who shared his expression, even Vegiren. "Well then, I guess we have to go back." Toryu, Veisen, and Vegiren all stepped up next to Gonjin, each now had disappointment mixed in with their worry.
The old turtle hermit noticed this and smiled, once a Saiyan, always a Saiyan, and luckily he knew just how to deal with Saiyans. He shifted his attention to the being directly behind the four. "King Kai, they should be able to return after they have calmed their mother's down, shouldn't they."
The four Saiyans jumped and spun around to face the rotund Kai. They had not noticed his sudden arrival via instant transmission.
The North Kai chuckled merrily at the four startled boys and then turned his attention to Roshi. "Of course! I see no problem with that. They won't be able to stay too long though, we don't want to go disrupting the balance between life and death. I would say four months should be the maximum."
The four smiled at each other in delight, except for Vegiren who settled with a pleased grin.
Master Roshi stepped toward them with a grin of his own. "If you four will grab on to me, I will start us on our way home.
Gonjin blinked again, but this time with surprise that was mirrored in his companions, but surprise changed into acceptance. If their master was over two thousand years old, what couldn't he do?
The old master suppressed a sigh as his students placed their hands on his shoulders. All that had happened was still sinking in. He hoped that what he had revealed wouldn't change their attitude toward him.
Once all four had a good grip, he placed his index and middle finger on his forehead and the last thing the group heard before teleporting back to earth came from a smiling Goku, "See you guys later!"
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Okay, yet another chapter up. Hope you enjoyed it. I have enabled anonymous reviews so everyone can review away!
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I have also made a few minor enhancements to chapter 16 (17 on the counter) giving, basically, a list of who's up in otherworld.