The Taming of the Saiyan
By Romania Black
Hey everyone! Wow, not a whole lot of writer's block with this chapter, which was AWESOME! I love it when you can write about something and not stop until its practically finished! You just feel so...satisfied! I was at least! This chapter was a lot of fun to write and I hope you enjoy it!
NOTE: For those that have been following this story, many chapters ago, a reviewer pointed out an important piece of info that was wrong to me and it's taken me forever to get to a spot where I could put the correct info into effect...but this chapter is the one! Princess Star Neko, you know who you are, and THANKS for that bit of DBZ factual info! I'm so glad you told me!
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING of Akira Toriyama, but hey, if he wants to use my ideas...GO FOR IT!
Of course, rated T for TEEN due to mild sexual themes, brief language, alcohol references and consumption, and mild violence...
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Witch of Erie Knoll: LOL, wow! Don't hurt yourself trying to find out what's going to happen next! ha ha ha, I'll update as soon as I possibly can, don't worry! Vegeta can be a meat head, and I'm glad that you want to know what's going to happen! Well, here's another chapter for you! Hope you like it! Thanks for the review!
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CheyaAngel: I agree! Marron DOES need to fly, and by the end of this chapter we'll see if she does! LOL, thanks for the character info! I was kind of freaked out, because I'm thinking up a sequel story to this...or at least a side story, and it's going to have an adult Pan in it, and the grown up version I sketched out looks like that description! It was insane when i read it! So...we'll see! LOL, thanks for the review and I hope you enjoy this chapter too!
Sinful Sakura: I hate it when computers act up! LOL! I really do! Ha ha ha, Don't worry about Bra going after Goten. She was just using that to get Vegeta to let her date Uub! Yeah, no more Bra for Goten! LOL! If you want to know about Marron and Goten's relationship, just read this chapter and you'll find out! Thanks for the review! Enjoy the story too:)
Kumori Ookami: LOL, Vegeta is the Prince of Darkness--woops!--I mean the Prince of Saiyans...ha ha ha, he's not Ozzie! LOL Anywhoo, and yes, Bra is conniving, but darn she knows how to get her way, huh? Don't worry I'll update as soon as I can! Thanks for the review and enjoy the chapter!
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Romania Black
Chapter Twenty-Five: Day Six, We Were Meant To Be
Goten paced around the living room, his mind flooded with anger. The walls on the room seemed to tilt dizzily, and Goten had to stop for a moment to remained focused. I should never have gone to talk to her...it was pointless... Goten thought to himself.
Ah, but then if you hadn't have gone, The voice in his head answered thoughtfully, You would have never caught her and the one man--
That was nothing, Goten thought furiously, He was nothing to her...
Then why did she kiss him? The other voice answered with a poisoned honey voice. If she didn't like him? Hmmm?
The Demi-Saiyan panced around the room some more, his brow furrowed in concentration, and his dark eyes narrowed, making him look rather sinister and very unlike Goku. She said she didn't kiss him, that he kissed her...
Is there a difference? The voice asked with a laugh.
Shut up, Goten said defiantly as the voice in his head laughed more, Shut up!
Sounds like someone's jealous...The voice in his head taunted, You're jealous, Goten...
No I'm not! Goten thought in protest, I'm jealous of no one...but even thinking it, it sounded false.
Jealous...jealous...Goten is jealous...The voice said in an evil chant inside his brain, Goten's jealous of Trey...of Bra...of Uub...
SHUT UP! Goten screamed in his mind, his hands gripping his head as if there was some kind of monster inside it.
There was a moment of silence, then the voice chuckled in his mind and whispered low,
...jealous of Gohan...
"SHUT UP!" Goten screamed, and in that blinding second, his power spiked and he felt the surge of energy reach his fingertips and the electricity fly from his skin. He looked at the mirror beside him and realized he'd just turned into a Super Saiyan, his golden hair whirling as if by an artificial breeze, and his eyes now a blue-green color.
Goten turned from the mirror and sighed in frustration, letting his power level decrease. Slowly his hair turned back to black and his eyes darkened. The electricity did not all the way leave his hands, but remained there sending sparks across the room. The Demi-Saiyan plopped himself down onto the couch and buried his head in his hands, exhaling slowly.
I'm pathetic, Goten thought, I'm getting all worked up over this...there's no reason to...could it get any worse?
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
The Demi-Saiyan nearly jumped out of his skin, flopping from the couch and into the floor. Rising steadily to his feet, Goten looked at the door curiously. Who could that be? He wondered, then his heart was filled with hope. Maybe it's Marron! Maybe she flew over here on her own! He started towards the doorway faster now, Could it be? He asked himself as he flung open the door.
The figure standing in front of him was not at all Marron. In fact it was someone that he hadn't expected to see ever again...
Marron dashed back towards the house as fast as she could run, her feet going all out as hard as they could. Her hair was messy and sweat rolled down her forehead, but she didn't have time to worry about that now. She had to see Goten and she had to see him now!
Paying no attention to the car missing from the driveway, Marron rushed into the house, huffing and puffing, looking around for some sign of life. Her mom, dad, anyone. At this point, she didn't care. She looked around anxiously, Where was everyone?
Her head snapped towards the stairs as she heard a familiar whistle echo across the hall. Krillin came walking out onto the stairway, a light blue bath robe wrapped around him and his graying hair slicked back with water, but no sign of a recent shower other than his hair. The diminuitive warrior stopped dead center in the hall and looked down at his daughter, a slightly embarrassed look on his face.
"Dad?" Marron asked in a mix of disgust and shock. "Why are you walking around draped in a bath robe?"
"Oh, hey honey," Krillin's face was redder, "Uhm...this?" He clutched his bath robe, feigning ignorance, then realized it wasn't going to work, "Well, you know...since you've been gone...haven't had the need...to..."
"To dress?" Marron cried out in disgust, her hands on her hips. "Dad! Come on!"
"I thought you'd left," He pointed out, the red in his face subsiding, "Did you not go back to Roshi's?"
"Well, I'm going to," Marron explained as she focused on his face, trying not to look at the light blue robe, "But I needed some help first."
"Help?" Krillin frowned, "Help with what?"
Marron sighed, "I need you to carry me back to Roshi's and drop me off there." Yeah..right!
The earthling frowned deeper, not wanting to tell his daughter what he knew, but realizing sooner or later, he'd have to. "Can't you fly there?" He asked subtly.
"Well, actually---wait---" Marron paused and her eyes grew wide, as realization hit her, "DAD! How did you--?"
"Goten told me," Krillin replied, seeing her confused look. Her eyes grew wider still.
"WHAT?" Marron exclaimed. "What do you mean he told you? When?" Her face was full of curiousity as well as anger.
"He came by here yesterday to ask what could be done about your fear of the ocean," Krillin said matter-of-factly, "That's when he told me."
Marron was dumbstruck, "So you knew? About why I stayed here last night?"
"Did you have a fight?" Krillin asked, a concerned look on his face.
"Well...yes," Marron admitted, her cheeks stained with pink. "We did," She saw her father giving her an I-knew-it look. "So what did you say about my fear of the ocean?" She demanded, her eyes narrowing and becoming 18-like.
Krillin shrugged nonchalantly, "Does it matter now?" He raised an eyebrow, "Can't you fly there?" He repeated.
"If I can," Marron said slowly, still in disbelief that her father knew about it all, "then I want to keep it a surprise for Goten." She smirked.
Krillin let the words sink in and then smiled back, "I see. Alright then," He stared down at himself, "Let me changle clothes and then I'll take you."
It was not more than five minutes later that the two were on their way, Marron in her father's arms as he flew towards the Roshi house. Marron worried that she'd be too much for him to carry, but despite the warrior's height, he was every bit as strong enough to carry her. Krillin smiled down at his daughter, somewhat thankful she wasn't too heavy for him. Still got it...He smiled to himself.
"Where was mom at?" Marron asked as they flew along.
"Did you not see the missing car?" Krillin asked her, eyebrows raised, "She went to town to get some groceries," He sighed, "It took forever to get her to leave the house."
"Why?"
"She wants to know what's up with you guys," Krillin replied with a smirk, "She's worried sick something's wrong between the two of you."
"Well, she's right," Marron replied with a small frown.
Krillin gave her a concerned look, "You two'll be fine," He coaxed her as they reached the Roshi house. The house was a small speck in the distance, but gradually grew larger as they became closer to it. "There it is," Krillin said with a joyous voice.
Everything looked as it had been left the last time she'd seen the house, but something was different.
"Dad, look there!" Marron pointed to a small green speck below them. As they descended towards the ground, the speck became clearer and clearer. Before long, the two saw that it was a turtle. A big turtle.
The sleepy terapin blinked its eyes and gave the two a warm look, "Hello there," It said slowly.
"Hi," Marron replied, not sure what to say, but Krillin jumped in, his eyes wide in surprise.
"Turtle?" The warrior looked stunned with awe.
"Oh, it is you, Krillin. Good to see you," Turtle replied, his sleepy eyes suddenly more awake as he squinted to see who it was in front of him.
Marron tilted her head to the side in confusion, "Dad, how does he know--"
"What on earth are you doing here, Turtle?" Krillin asked in surprise, "Unless--" the warrior stopped and stared at the door, his eyes widening. "--Of course! I don't believe it!" He ran to the front door and swung it open. Marron raced to his side to see who was in the house with Goten.
Sitting on the couch in the front room with his feet propped onto the coffee table reading a pin up poster magazine was not Goten, but an old man with a white beard, green shades, a red Hawaiian shirt, khaki cargo shorts, and a gnarled cane. The elder peaked his head up and smiled a sheepish grin, and Marron immediately remembered him from her childhood.
"What on earth--?" She whispered in shock. It can't be...
"ROSHI?" Krillin blurted out in surprise, obviously asking what Marron couldn't will herself to ask.
"Eh, hello," The old man said with a crooked smile, several of his teeth missing. "Long time no see and what-not." He turned his attention back to the pin up magazine.
"Oh my God, it IS you Roshi!" Krillin laughed, his eyes wide and his face split into a broad smile. "Where on earth have you been?"
"Well, I've haven't been dead if that's what you mean!" The old man shouted, his magazine closing in his lap. He looked mildly flustered. "I leave for a little vacation, and everyone assumes I'm dead! It's outrageous!" He angrily flipped another magazine open. The two stared in complete shock at him.
Marron gaped, "But...but weren't you dead?"
"HA!" Roshi laughed, as Krillin and Marron backed up a step in surprise, "Dead? I can't die! I drank from the fountain of eternal life! I'll look older, but I'll never die of old age." Roshi stated matter-of-factly. "I thought I told people that..." He sighed with frustation, his voice trailing off.
"But...but...where did you go, Master Roshi?" Krillin asked, still stumbling from the surprise of seeing his old mentor.
"I went away with Turtle for a spell," Roshi smiled, looking outside to where his friend sat basking in the sun, "I also saw Goku for a short while. He's doing fine by the way," The old master said, seeing the amazed look on their faces.
The two were speechless for a moment, as Roshi flipped through the magazine, chuckling at pictures of half naked women, and some that were more than half naked.
"Wow," Was all Krillin could say, ending the long pause.
"You met...Goku?" Marron was breathless. "How?"
Roshi looked up angrily, "Everyone seems to forget I have a sister that can travel from the Land of the Living to Heaven and back," Roshi said in an upset voice, "Does no one EVER listen to me?" He sighed and continued to thumb through his magazine.
Krillin and Marron looked at each other, not wanting to believe what had just transpired. Roshi watched them over the top of his magazine.
"So what are you two doing here anyway? Come to drink some more of my liquour?" He said angrily, and Marron's face turned bright red. "I noticed that all of it was gone!" He yelled out, pointing a blaming finger at Marron, who backed up a step.
"What's this about liquor?" Krillin asked with mild interest, turning to his daughter who was now standing behind him.
"I have no clue what he's saying dad," Marron lied, trying to cover the fact that her face was crimson.
"Yeah, sure," Krillin answered his daughter skeptically.
"So why are you here again? You never answered me," Roshi said with a curious look.
Krillin decided to get his answers from her later. For the time being, the question of who drank Roshi's liquor wasn't important, "I brought Marron here to see Goten," Krillin said with a small smile.
"Ah," The hermit replied as if he'd expected the answer, "Well, I'm sorry to say he's not here."
"WHAT?" The two shouted simultaneously.
"I found him here when I returned and we talked a while," Roshi stood up from the couch, cane in hand, "He's upset, that boy. I don't know why, though..." Roshi's voice trailed off, as Marron's face turned redder than before, her lip quivered slightly.
"Where'd he go?" Krillin asked abrubtly.
"Can't say for sure," Roshi tilted his head towards the ceiling, as if sensing something. "He's not far."
Marron turned quickly to her father, "Daddy, I'm going to find him. I think I know where he went." She remembered the spot where they'd trained, and how it wasn't very far from there.
"You're doing this on your own?" Krillin grasped her arm, "There is the ocean around us you know."
"That's no longer an excuse for me," Marron sighed and frowned, "I'm the one that made him upset, dad," Marron said softly, placing a hand on his hand that was grapsing her shoulder, "It's my fault this time...so I have to do this," She looked him straight in the eye, "Alone."
Her father looked from her to Roshi, who was oogling at a fold out poster of a woman, and back to Marron. He sighed and a wide grin spread across his face, "If you must," He said, smiling gently.
He released her arm and she gave him a short hug, "I can do this. I know I can."
Krillin grinned and nodded his head, "I know you can too, sweetheart. Don't let him get away, now." He nudged her towards the door.
"Thanks for understanding, dad," Marron smiled and rushed to the doorway, shutting the door behind her.
The earth warrior smiled inward to himself and made his way quietly towards Roshi, who was practically drooling over the magazine he was reading. Krillin looked over his shoulder at the pin up, his face forming into a sly grin.
"Been awhile since you've read these?" He said with a smirk.
The old hermit stopped drooling and gave him a serene look, "You try reading them for hundreds of years and then not be around them for a couple of years and tell me how it goes." He turned back towards the magazine, his eyes scanning the picture in front of him slowly.
Krillin looked at the spread Roshi was staring at and shook his head, "I'm just amazed Goten hadn't gotten a hold of these yet."
Roshi snorted loudly and gave Krillin a look of disbelief, "Are you kidding? This is Goku's son we're talking about," He chuckled, turning the magazine upside down for unknown reasons.
"So?" Krillin raised an eyebrow as the old man drooled some more at the image.
"Goku, Gohan, Goten...they're all the same when it comes to anything that has to do with women," Roshi paused and smiled, "They have no idea what they're doing!"
Goten had flown to the training spot where he'd started training Marron to fly. He felt horrible as soon as he'd arrived, remembering everything that had transpired the last few days. He hit the ground of the open field that was surrounded by blasted rocks and dirt clods that Marron had blown up. This only made him feel worse. He should have gone somewhere else, but where else could he have gone? Then he lifted his head into the air, his eyes widening.
"The volcano...," He muttered before leaping into the sky, the wind picking up around him. After a few moments, the wind died, just as Marron arrived onto the scene. She landed in the clearing near where Goten had just been.
She looked around, her eyes scanning over the area. She could have sworn that Goten was here a second ago. Where would he go if not here? She wondered curiously.
Wait...her eyes grew large, The VOLCANO!
She let out a loud gulp and thrusted her hands straight down, readying herself for take off.
"You can do this, Marron...," The ocean waves were in her mind, "You are not...afraid...," The waves were closer, she could hear the ocean, "You are not...AFRAID!"
Marron screamed into the air and the power of her screeching Ki thrusted her into the air, the wind beneath her sending the crumbled rocks and boulders below her flying into opposite directions. As she ascended into the air, the blonde allowed herself to smile with unhindered joy; she was flying.
The sky had taken a turn for the worst, the clear white thin clouds slowly transcending to dark fluffier, yet more terrifying clouds. A sign of rain. Goten would have normally taken notice of such things as storm clouds, but his mind was in another place at the moment. Try as he might, he couldn't erase the pending thoughts of Marron from his mind.
He landed on the volcano top as easily as if he'd been born to land there and paced around its surface, going over and over in his mind how stupid he'd been now...letting her go like he did. He'd messed up again; he realized that this time fore sure she'd never come back to him.
It's over, he thought to himself, the idea tearing at his mind uncontrollably. He felt his heart seeth with anger, more at himself than at her. She's not coming back...you had it so good, Goten! He remembered how perfect that one afternoon in the sun on the sand had been, and the way her blue eyes sparkled in the moonlight that night they slept beside one another. The taunting voice in his mind said nothing; it didn't have to. The sheer image of her face danced around teasing him enough. He clenched his fists, his eyes narrow and hopeless. You ruined everything...
He felt a raindrop on his nose, but took no notice of it. Figures it'd start raining...couldn't get much worse...His mouth formed a tight frown, his eyes closing in despair. He allowed his mind to turn black, until there was no thought or image of her that came to his mind.
I might as well forget her...she's gone...She's not coming--
"Goten?"
The word jolted his mind and heart to a standstill. His thoughts froze in midair. That voice...is this a dream? Goten wondered, his eyes still firmly shut. The voice repeated it's phrase, almost like a chant,
"Goten?" The voice was hers. The Demi-Saiyan knew this HAD to be a dream.
"Why do you haunt me?" Goten said in almost a whisper. "Why do I have to see you in everything I do? Even my dreams you're here."
Marron's face frowned; so he thought she was a dream, huh? She tried to get a good look at him, but his face was turned from her, his eyes still closed. "Goten, I'm not a dream." She said firmly.
The Demi-Saiyan shook his head in objection. "Yes you are, don't tease me. If you were real, you'd never have come back to me."
"Well, I did," Marron couldn't believe how childish he was sounding. She'd came all this way for him to act like this? Of course not. "Goten, quit acting like a child and look me in the face when I talk to you!"
The demanding sound of her voice caused Goten to open his eyes and turn around to the voice of the speaker. Standing there in her blue t-shirt and white capris was indeed Marron, her blonde hair whipping in her face from the cool breeze around them. The Demi-Saiyan looked at her in awe.
"Why did you come back?" He whispered.
"Why wouldn't I have?" Marron replied, her head tilted slightly.
"I thought you...and Trey--?" Goten could find the strength in his voice to continue.
"You're so silly sometimes," Marron said sternly, but a gentle smile was on her face, "Trey and I were through a long time ago. There's nothing between us." She ran a hand through her golden hair.
Goten frowned, "He said there was, though."
"Well, he's a dumbass," Marron said at once, her voice sterner than before. "Goten, did you really think I'd leave you forever?"
Yes. "I thought after what happened back there...that we were..."
"Through? Goten," Marron sighed and smiled, "You should know better."
"What?" He cocked his head in confusion.
"You were right. You and I are bound together forever; it was wrong of me to fight with you like that," She blushed and her eyes cast downward.
"But--" Goten paused, his eyes losing the tenseness they had earlier, "--You don't have to be with me, Marron. The fruit doesn't mean we have to live together, or even date...," His voice seemed to falter, as the reality of what he said hit him full force.
Marron looked up at him, her eyes the bluest he'd ever seen, "The fruit doesn't matter to me, Goten. I still want to be with you."
There was a moment of silence as another raindrop fell on Goten's nose. His eyes were wide in disbelief as he walked closer to her. After all that..she still wants to be with me?
"But--but--," he tried to think of any excuse to use, why would she want to be with me? "--But Trey and you were together a year...you've only been with me for less than a WEEK, Marron!" He said finally, certainty in his voice that she'd realize how mad this was.
Marron's cheeks were pink, but her eyes were still that crystal blue as she said slowly,
"It just took me a year to figure out that we weren't meant to be," She reached out and grasped Goten's hand, "And a week to know that we were."
The raindrops hit his cheeks as well as his nose. He stared down at her smiling face as if this was the first time he'd truly seen her as more than just Marron, or just a woman...as something more than that...
They were on the edge of the volcano, when something clicked in Goten's mind. He looked down at her with his brow furrowed, "Marron," He said in a confused voice. "How...how did you get here?"
She had waited for him to ask her that, and was amazed it'd taken him this long to realize it. Marron gave him a crooked smirk and pointed downwards, "Have you not taken your eyes off my face long enough to see for yourself?"
Goten looked down and gave a silent gasp. Marron wasn't even touching the ledge of the volcano, she was floating beside it, her face smiling widely as the Demi-Saiyan stared speechless at her. Goten's eyes looked from her feet levitating in the air, to her face, back to her feet, and then to her face again. All the while, Marron's smile grew larger.
"You--you---you," Goten stuttered, his eyes wide in surprise.
"Why so shocked?" Marron said in a playful giggle, "You always said I could..."
Within a second she flew into his arms, and he grabbed her by the arms, holding her tight against his chest, screaming at the top of his lungs,
"YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT MARRON, YOU FLEW!" He screamed with joy as he twirled around and around on the ledge, slowly working his way back from the edge of the volcano. "I TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULD DO IT, MARRON!" He yelled happily, hugging her so hard she had to push herself away from him so she could breathe.
"Goten...," She whispered softly, as he held her above his head, so that her blonde hair draped into his face and onto his shoulder.
Suddenly a rain cloud burst open, cold raindrops falling onto the two below. Goten and Marron's eyes locked for a moment, her aqua eyes meeting his almost black pools and taking in all that had happened to them in the last week in a single blink.
Not caring that they were getting soaked to the bone, or that they were on top of a volcano in the middle of nowhere, the two slowly leaned in towards each other. Goten lifted Marron so that she was even with his face and pressed his mouth against her soft lips and kissed her as he had never kissed anyone before.
Marron wrapped her arms around Goten's neck as he squeezed her to him, the two kissing passionately as the fat raindrops drizzled down their faces and onto their clothes, soaking them within seconds, but neither cared. The warmth that they shared as their lips touched conquered any cold from the rain.
At last, they realized that their arguements hadn't broken them up, merely brought them closer to one another. Seeing their differences tying them tighter to each other, and their similarities strenghtening their bond they had formed, Goten and Marron realized that this was not just a date, or a fling. This was love, in its purest essance and form. It somehow seemed that they'd been meant to be from the start, meant for one another...as if by fate or destiny, neither knew.But those were small inconsequential details.
"Goten," Marron whispered, breaking their kiss for a second, "I don't know if I've told you this, but I love you."
The Demi-Saiyan smiled and kissed her again, smiling as he did this time, "I know, Marron. I love you too."
Okay, yah, it was sappy, I know...maybe too sappy for DBZ, but hey! I had to end this chapter this way! No doubts about it! I wrote this chapter with no trouble at ALL, which was so relieving...the last couple of chapters have practically KILLED me to write!
Well, I hope everyone liked the return of Master Roshi! LOL, I know I did! ha ha ha, so fun to write! It's going to be a blast getting him involved in the next couple of chapters! WOOT!
Speaking of which, Next chapter, Trunks goes to his Alcoholic's Unnamed meeting! LOL, sounds like fuuuuuunnn...Yeah right! Anywhoo, and Goten prepares for one of the biggest decisions of his LIFE! Know what I'm thinking of? Bwahahahahahahahaha! wait and see!
Well, you guys have been so wonderful and supportive of me and there's no way I can thank you enough! -Hugs and kisses to ALL OF YOU! YOU GUYS ROCK SO MUCH!- LOL, I am so grateful for all the comments, reviews, and support from each and every one of you and I couldn't ask for better fans! Thanks so much and I hope you like the chapters that are yet to come...I've been waiting to write these upcoming chapters FOR SOME TIME NOW! And finally, I'm going to get the chance to get them wrote! YAYNESS!
Well, ciao for now! Peace out and Rock ROCK ON!
Romania Black