The Taming of the Saiyan

By Romania Black

Hey all! Well, this is my first DBZ story, so please understand if I get somethin' screwed up! Anywhoo, I've seen the series alot, except for a bit of GT, but I've seen enough to kind of know what's going on. Story basically shifts from third to first person, the first person's view being in Marron's POV of course. Well, anywhoo, just sit back and enjoy the story! If you like the story, or have recommendations, please review for me and let me know! Your opinions shape whether I continue a story or not! Thanks, and rock rock on!

Romania Black

Chapter One: Someone's Shadow

It's not easy being someone's shadow. Living each day only to try and live up to the expectations of another. Goten knew this story all to well, as his older brother happened to be Son Gohan. Goten didn't realize he was a shadow when he was younger. Afterall, he didn't look like his brother; he looked like his dad, Goku. Goten and Trunks were always together, and true Gohan was stronger than Goten (He knew that already) was, but Goten didn't let it phase him. Goten was a strong warrior too, even if he wasn't as good as Gohan.

But as Goten got older, things started to emerge that came to Goten's most unpleasant surprise. Gohan met Videl, who was charming and gorgeous, and also athleticly strong. Goten started to realize he was jealous of Gohan. He didn't quite understand why he was upset that Gohan had met such a wonderful person, and potential mate, but it made Goten uneasy nonetheless. He started dating other girls to try and meet the standard that Gohan had set. Chi-Chi loved Videl, but none of the women that Goten brought home seemed to win his mother over as well as Videl had.

Goten noticed that Gohan was a better fighter than he was, so he started training harder. He figured that they both were out of the same two people, so didn't that mean both were equally strong? He trained night and day, forcing his body into physical strains and pressure to try and match up to his older brother's power. Hadn't Gohan beaten Cell when he was eleven? Why couldn't Goten? But all his training was met with futility. When Goten had finally trained as much as he could, he went to find his brother and battle him, but Gohan was no where to be found. By the time Goten was ready to fight Gohan, his brother was already a retired fighter and now what Chi-Chi boasted as a "scholar."

Now there was a field that Goten could never get on top of. Goten simply was not book-smart. He hated school so much that he usually skipped and went to the gym or flew around on Nymbus the cloud for a while. Of course, he'd get his mother's speech on how she couldn't comprehend why Goten couldn't be more like his brother. Smart, strong, handsome...basically as Goten could see, the perfect son.

But what was Son Goten? Goten knew he wasn't as strong as his brother, and from the way he went through women he obviously wasn't as handsome or as suave as Gohan. And Goten was certain that beyond the shadow of a doubt there was no way he would ever be smarter than Gohan.

Goten started to realize that he was just a shadow. Just a shadow following his brother's image of perfection. As Goten grew older, his jealousy turned to numb indifference, as he started to simply wander through the world as a simple being. He continued his run-through of women, several of which you will see in this story.

He moped about the Earth and lived without care or concern, until one day when one woman drove him over the edge and into the arms of the most unlikely person...

Well, sorry that was a short chapter, but it was kind of the prolouge I guess you could call it. Well, I hope you liked this little start of the story! Please Read and Review! THe next Chapter's on the way!

Romania Black