Dragon Ball Blackthorned

Outside worlds beyond your comprehension lies a family of reality warpers all under one last name: Blackthorn.

"It's always that tricky thing with a remake, especially when it's something that's well loved. You're coming to something that has a built-in fascination, but with that comes people ready to feel disgruntled that it's being remade at all." – David Tennant

(A/N: All right, some ground rules. I will be following the anime and the manga to do this fic proper, but I will not do any filler (unless it's necessary). However, I will definitely expand on it with references, bonus characters, and so forth from all Dragon Ball media (except the shitty live-action movie). So expect some early-bird cameos. The dialogue will be a bit altered, along with some scenes. This is going to be an A/U with lot more mature scenes for sure. Another thing, unlike the other fics updated chapter by chapter in one. These will be separated by sagas. Another thing, because Ace was sent back in time. He won't get the message on his BlackTab about the Endurion reveal, but he'll get it soon enough.)

Emperor Pilaf Saga

Chapter 1: Crashing Canon!

The Dragon World is filled with legends and I don't know how I got into the mix. My name is Ace Blackthorn, I'm from the real world, Earth Prime. I was born and lived all my life in a world, no universe, far away. I was nineteen, a complete dork for the franchise. I collected the manga, DVD boxsets, and posters. I watched every episode of the series (even that unpleasant GT), played most of the games, and even helped edit the wikia for it. Unlike some of my family members, I was aware that our family practically had powers. I had been training to prepare for my own journey and already knew how to fully use the tablet my parents gave me. That day, I was ready to blow the boring world I grew up in to search for adventure. I was fully versed in swordplay, gunplay, martial arts, and ki. Giving the real world the middle finger, I used my powers to leave this world behind, but not without a side effect.

When I woke up, I was in the middle of nowhere. As I got up, I felt shorter. I walked over to a river to look at my reaction. To my surprise, I looked younger. I looked about twelve years of age. Then my eyes widened to realized, I've successfully ended up in the Dragon World and I even had a tail. I already knew I was half Saya-jin thank to my mother's mutation before having us kids.

"So I'm here, that's cool and all. What point in the timeline am I in?" I wondered noticing an orange and black duffel bag. "And I can't believe I got GT'ed!"

When I ended up in this world, I brought with me with a duffel bag which I found had my laptop, a set of throwing knives, my black leather jacket (which could fit the older me), the BlackTab my parents gave me, and manga (FLCL, One Piece, and Sekirei). After wandering through Mount Pazou, I meet Gohan Sr. and a younger Goku.

"Well this may actually play into my favor. It's a bit before the beginning." I thought watching them.

Then thoughts of what happened through Dragon Ball played through my head and I realized this could be awesome. There were fights, girls (though finding one I could form a relationship with was going to be a challenge), and adventure to be had.

So, I stayed with them learning more martial arts and essentially being Goku's "bash brother". I was also there to witness Goku destroy the house and crush Gohan in his Oozaru form. Thankfully by then, I had made special lunar shades to wear to prevent my eyes from absorbing the blutz waves (or whatever they are called). I could have saved Gohan, but things have to happen for timeline not to alter too severely plus he enjoyed being dead. I couldn't alter certain things at risk of screwing up important events, but I did know my being would alter the time anyway. I'm just be along for the ride, mostly.

The real story begins two years later…