Note from the Author: Well, after time and time of debating this, I have finally decided to go ahead and write the story I've been planning for over half a year now. My first fanfiction that I've written in ages. Reviews would be nice to have, but are not required to give. I do wanna improve, since my writting may be somewhat edgy...

So if you have any tips or suggestions, just leave alittle Comment/review. :3

Note: This fanfic takes place after Dragon Ball GT, but before the Legacy of Goku events. Somewhat a plot filler, but has some changes made regarding the canon of Dragon Ball.

Prologue: Bittersweet Ending, New Beginnings

It has been an entire year since the departure of his Father.

Not only did he take leave with the Eternal Dragon, but he disappeared along with the Dragon Balls, one of Earth's most exciting treasures...

But what is there to be excited about now, exactly?

Without the Dragon Balls on Earth...things have gotten...quiet.
Too quiet for his tastes.

He may have been lazy in the past, but now...now he was feeling like he was when he was just a simple minded boy...all those years ago.

He wanted to fight. To become strong. Just like his Father.

Unfortantely, there was nothing left.
Nothing else there to get him stronger.

There were others, yes, but...

His brother is a Pacifist and a family man now. He had a daughter and wife to take care of, and on top of that, he is a keen scholar. He only fights if there is the need to. And Goten wouldn't dare ask for a sparring section from his brother, after all that mess that had just happened.

Trunks, his best friend and his old sparring partner, was now busy with Capsule Corp. Business. It was true, yes, that he also taught classes at the Sword school they both formed together as a somewhat 'side-job', but, add that all together and add on the casualties of the Shadow Dragons incident...and you've got one busy Best Friend. They barely has much time to talk to each other anymore. A few slight 'Hello's...

But nothing else.

Vegeta, now with the world's fate on his shoulders, guarded Earth, keeping a very close eye on the planet before him. If anything were to come up, even as a minor threat-

Vegeta wouldn't hear of it.
It was best not to even pester the Saiyan prince. He's busy enough as it is.

Uub returned to his village, which, sadly, Goten has no idea as to where its location lays, to train hard.

Possibly too hard.

He was a student of his father, so the passion to become strong and protect the lives of innocents burned fierce. Everytime Goten looked at the boy and studied his actions, it reminded him of his father. And thinking about it now, left a small bruise in his heart. Did dad really know what he was doing?

He did turn back into a kid, afterall.

Perhaps his regained childish nature inspired him to abandon his family yet again?
...No, that's just silly. He's done it many times before...and he's come back soon enough.

This means that, soon, possibly not too soon...

He will be back.

But for now, that is nothing to be thinking about, oh no.
Now...

Goten had other things on his mind.
Other things that he had to take care of.

A/N: Dun Dun Dun~

What's going to happen next?

And what are the things Goten has to take sure of?

Find out next time, on Dragon Ball AU!

First Chapter is when stuff will start to kick off, so stay tuned.