-1One Good Reason

Hi. I guess I should introduce myself. My name is DJ, but I go by Krillin Fan, for obvious reasons. This is my first fanfic, so sorry if it sucks. It's an idea that's been rolling around in my head for, well, a few years now, and I'm just now posting this. Why, you ask? Because I only discovered fan fiction even existed in January of this year. So, here goes, I guess.

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z, or any related characters.

Chapter 1

A young man sat alone on the shore of a small island, the sun slowly sinking below the horizon before him. He often came out here to think, as well as get away from the people he lived with. Not that he hated them, or anything…sometimes he just needed to be alone. And on Kame Island, that was no small task.

Lately though, that need had been growing. Ever since the day that his best friend had died. The day he saw an innocent young boy have his soul marred with hatred beyond reason.

The last day he would ever see HER.

Or so it had seemed so far anyway. That day, she had left without so much as a good-bye. Left without any indication as to whether or not he would ever see her again. This was nothing new, every girl he had ever known, other than Bulma or Chi Chi had been like that. But this was different.

He loved her. He had fought for her, albeit in vain. Tried to protect her. Nearly doomed a planet for her, and, to his mind, he had killed his best friend, his BROTHER, for her. And still, she left.

I guess I should be used to this by now, he thought. But still, I wish I could see her again. Then again… He chanced a look at his reflection in the water.

What would she see in a guy like me?

Although no one would say it to his face, with the exception of a certain Saiyan prince, he knew what everyone thought, what they said when they thought he wasn't close enough to hear. He had heard the terms they used.

Ugly. Deformed. Hideous. And then, there was Vegeta's favorite new name for him. Freak. That's what people thought when they saw him. He was a freak. No normal person looked like him. Normal people weren't this short. Normal people had a nose. He didn't

For the longest time, he had wanted a family, almost since he could remember; a wife, children, people who could love him in spite of his shortcomings. It was all he dreamed of at the Temple, especially when he would go to bed after his nightly beating… among other things. When he ran, he thought his dream would come true, that he could have a family. He even spent months trying to track down his parents. Mistake number one.

After that disaster, he had decided that he should try talking to some of the local kids; maybe he could make some friends, even meet a cute girl, one that he could marry someday. Mistake number two. The girls had all thought he was a freak, and the boys, they had teased him, laughed had him, beaten him… well, tried to anyway. One of them had managed to sting him pretty badly, though "Kid", he had said, "the only way you'll get a girl is if you manage to dupe some unfortunate blind girl, and I'd feel sorry for her."

The man took another look at his reflection and, scowling, threw a rock right into the center of it.

It wasn't his fault he looked like this. It wasn't his fault that his parents had…

He was jerked out of his thoughts by Oolong, calling him from the doorway of the small house.

"Hey, Krillin, dinner's ready. You better get in here before the old man eats it all, and he will!"

Krillin stood up, and with a sigh, dusted of his pants as he headed indoors.

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So, how was that for a first chapter? I know it was short, but this is just a setup for the rest. And, yes, it was depressing, but think about it. How would you feel in his shoes? Anyways, reviews are helpful, and much desired. Thanks!