Disclaimer: Kid Golden in no way claims ownership of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, or Dragon Ball GT, or the characters that are featured in those series.

Alright, here I go again into this AF world. Ah... Well... If any of the characters in this chapter seem... out of character... Well, just tell me... I'm actually trying to keep most of the characters (not all of them) as realistic as possible, but there is a point where I have to take artistic license to alter people just a little bit to make them fit what I need them to do to progress the story... ah, I'm rambling again...

Senzai: Yes, you are. Oh well. Down with Tairo, up with-

Quiet! As I was saying... Oh forget it lol, onward!

Shinji's Search Begins

"My dad is not your father!" Roared Goten, gritting his teeth, clenching them together tightly, his vision clouded by gold. His body was lightly quaking with an intense anger, his fists tightly balled as he stared down the young man that called himself Shinji.

"Fool, haven't you grasped it yet? You and I are half brothers… And I am the superior brother, most obviously." He grinned. "Your mother is a frail mortal, whereas mine was the daughter of the Supreme Kaioushin Higashi!"

"Ka… Kaioushin?"

"Yes fool, I am part god!" He shook his head a little. "My godly grandfather was a fool, he found love in a mortal woman and tainted his bloodline with a Demi-god daughter… But, he was wise enough to follow his fellow god's council, and this woman, my mother, was banished to this mortal realm." He paused, his grin widening. "Upon learning that she was part mortal… I killed her."

Goten's eyes went wide. "You're heartless!"

"Perhaps… But your father committed adultery, he is no better."

"You're wrong!" Goten cried, his body shaking with rage. "My father did not cheat on my mom!"

Shinji laughed. "Oh, but he did. And Saiya-jin blood, Hyuraiku-jin blood, and Kaioushin blood were infused into one being." He grinned darkly. "Me."

"I've heard enough!" A golden flame erupted about Goten and his short cropped black spikes burned golden, his eyes lightening into a brilliant turquoise. "Take this you liar!"

He cupped his hands at his side, and blue energy gathered between his palms.

"Ka…me… Ka… me…Ha," bellowed Goten, firing his mispronounced attack.

The pulsing blue wave raced towards Shinji, the soft grass beneath ruptured slightly as it flew forth. In a swift maneuver, Sakana slapped the ki blast away with the back of his right hand, and drove his left palm into Goten's gut, covering the fifty foot gap in less than an instant.

The Super Saiyajin felt the world go black as his body slammed into a tree, after breaking several trees in half before his final collision with the large evergreen that dented soundly, but did not break. Goten sat in the deep imprint of his body, a little slumped over, his hair its natural onyx black.

"Goten, no!" Cried Chi-Chi, pulling herself to her feet. "I won't let you get aw—" A fist buried itself in her stomach, spit flying from her mouth as she lost consciousness.

Kirikuzu withdrew his fist and laughed as her limp body crumpled onto the soft grass. "Idiotic woman."

"Should we go now, Lord Shinji?"

Shinji stroked his chin gently, the nodded. "That would be best Sakana. Perhaps we can locate the true Gohan."

The two warriors nodded in agreement with Shinji, and moments later found themselves soaring over the treetops, white flames pushing them forth.

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A library full of books, all stacked upon all too numerous bookcases practically littered the room, so cluttered the room had become with all the reading the owner had been doing. In fact, the owner sat in the library affront a round wooden table, jotting down notes on paper as he read through a rather thick hardback book, a snapshot near the books with which he was working, the snapshot of a dark haired girl, seemingly teenaged girl.

After a few moments more of note taking he set the pen down for but a moment and leant backward, stretching his body out in the chair, working the kinks out of his form after sitting for so long. His mouth opened wide and a loud yawn escaped him, slowly closing it as the breath left him.

"Man," he muttered to himself, lifting his pen back up and pushing the bridge of his glasses up with the back end of the pen. "All this work is really getting to me…" He shook his head and again leant backwards, tilting his chair back just a little too far.

"Whoa!" Cried the man as his chair fell backward, his eyes shutting tight.

He slowly opened his eyes, feeling the chair's abrupt stop. He looked around shiftily, and then felt the chair right itself, as if moved by another person.

"You're such a klutz dad," said a light, feminine voice with a laugh.

The man cracked a smile, laughing a little himself. "That's why I have a wife and daughter to take care of me." He stopped his laugh short and looked at her closely. "Pan, did you finish your homework?"

She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Yes, dad."

"Oh, okay," said Gohan nodding, "If you're sure you actually did it this time…"

"I did!" She whined, pulling out a sheet of paper with scribbles littered all about it. "See?"

"Okay, okay," said Gohan, putting his hands up, "I believe you." He turned back to his notebook, picking his pen up and getting back to work.

"Umm… Dad…"

Gohan stopped mid-sentence in his notebook. I should've known… "Yes?"

"I know you and mom like to have family dinners on Saturday… but…"

"Yes?" He asked, setting his pen down and turning his full attention to her. "What is it Pan?"

"Can I go to Bra's house tonight?"

He sighed. "Now Pan, you see Bra everyday at school. Saturday night is our family time, and you know how little time I get to spend with you guys since I started working at Orange Star College."

"But Dad…"

"No buts Pan, tonight is our family time."

"Dad, can I go just this once? Please? I promise I'll never ask again!"

Yeah… And I'm the Easter Bunny… "Pan, what would you do over there with Bra?"

"We'd talk… and hang out, stuff like that."

"No boys?"

"Boys?" She put on a face of surprise. "Why would you even think something like that? Is that why you don't want me to go? Dad, you know we are well behaved girls, we won't have any boys over."

About as well behaved as a hyperactive five year old on a sugar rush…Knowing Bra, she'd have every boy from their school over there in minutes… "Are Vegeta and Bulma going to be there?"

"No dad, Ms. Bulma dragged that short, quick tempered, big-headed wannabe bad guy on a cruise somewhere, don't you remember?"

Gohan stifled a chuckle. What a mouth she's got on her… Must get it from being Videl's daughter and my mom's granddaughter… "Oh, right. What about Trunks?"

"Yeah, Trunks'll be there." Yeah, but he'll be busy with his work as President of capsule Corp… "Me and Bra will have his undivided adult supervision."

"Bra and I."

"Huh?"

"You meant to say 'Bra and I will have his undivided adult supervision.'"

She shook her head and sighed again. "'Bra and I will have his undivided adult supervision.' Better?"

Gohan smiled. "Better."

"Dad, you can be such a nerd sometimes."

He laughed and ruffled her thick mane of silky soft ebony locks. "Yeah, but being a teacher makes you that way. Besides, this nerd does put food on the table."

"Yeah," she said laughing, pushing Gohan's hand away, "So can I go?"

Gohan stroked his chin a little, setting his face with a serious look. "Hmm…"

Pan kept quiet, knowing that any sound might make him jump to a no.

"Uh… Did you ask your mother?"

Pan nodded without hesitation. "Yup, and she said yes, but for me to ask you before I went."

Since when does Videl agree to let Pan go out on Saturday night? "Well, okay then. You can go. But just call us later and let us know if you're staying over or not." Oh man! Why did I just say that?

"I can stay over?" She hugged her father tightly and lifted him up out of his chair. "Thank you daddy!"

"Okay, okay!" He said, returning the embrace. "Just let me down!"

She giggled a little and let him down. "Sorry dad."

Did she just… giggle? He shook his head. "Its okay Panny… Just go have some fun, okay?"

"I will dad!" She leant over and kissed him on the cheek, putting her favorite orange bandana on. "Bye dad!" She opened a window and leapt out, soaring off into the distance.

Gohan sighed a little.

"What wrong Gohan?" Asked his wife, who'd just come into the room, the breeze of the open window causing her thick mane of black hair that hung to her lower back to sway a little.

"Oh nothing Videl," said Gohan with a small smile, turning to his wife. "Its just that our little girl is growing up."

She smiled and sat herself in his lap, hugging him tight. "Yeah, but she'll always be our little girl, no matter how big she gets."

Gohan's smile widened and they shared a quick kiss, then they slowly broke apart, smiling together at the snapshot of Pan.

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The girl was quite beautiful, and this fact annoyed him to no end. The looks those juvenile boys from her high school shot at her when she passed by gave him the urge to remove their heads. She called him overprotective and he felt he wasn't protective enough. The two lived alienated, although they shared the same home, and the same family.

"But Trunks, I'm not a little girl! Why won't you let me gou out after dark?"

Trunks sighed. They had this same conversation everyday. "Bra, I've told you countless times, it isn't safe for you at night."

"Trunks, even though I stopped training with dad, I'm much stronger than most people," she whined, "I can handle my own!"

"Bra, while you may be strong," he said with a little reluctance in his voice, "Boys these days are sneaky and very deceitful, I don't want you getting hurt."

Bra pouted. "I'm not going to get hurt…"

"You wouldn't think so because you have Saiyajin blood in you, but really, these teen boys are really up to no good, and if you ever really got hurt, father would kill every single human on this Earth."

"That won't happen Trunks!" Just then, the bell rung loudly three times.

"You two can spend the night awake for all I care, just don't do any late night club hopping or anything like that. Okay?"

Bra looked at him with cold eyes. "You aren't my father, you can't tell me what to do!" She stormed off, muttering something about telling Pan about him being such a jerk.

Trunks watched her in surprise. Sure, she'd yelled at him before, but Bra had never said that to him before… It felt so odd and strange to hear her raise her voice to him that way. He was both shocked and a bit frightened by a simple truth…his little sister wasn't so little anymore.

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Far, far above the planet Earth, above even the clouds themselves, existed a palace like platform that hovered, its form constructed of pure white marble. Only two beings lived upon this planetary lookout, and one of them stood at the edge of the platform, looking down into the thin, wispy clouds below, his godly sight seeing all that occurred on earth.

A deep sigh escaped him as he witnessed the fall of Goten. "It is too early for such a threat to befall Earth… We have just overcome the darkness of Shenron," he said softly to no one, a great grief taking as tight a hold of his countenance as he took on his wooden staff, which he happened to hold so tightly that his leathery, green knuckles were whitening a little.

He slowly closed his eyes, searching the minds of his Earthlings, for one mind in particular. He must warn the Z Warriors of Shinji's arrival before he did too much damage to the rebuilding Earth. Luckily, the mind he sought happened to have nothing flowing through it too heavily to block out his mental transmittance.

"Gohan!" Cried Dende mentally. In a few moments, a voice responded.

"Dende-sama?" Asked a light, airy voice.

"Yes, yes, its me," responded Dende, his eyes still shut. "I have something very pressing to tell you."

Silence.

"Gohan?"

"I'm sorry Dende-sama… But please don't tell me that another blood thirsty warrior is out looking for the Dragon Balls."

"No, this particular warrior isn't looking for the Dragon Balls."

"Then what's he after?"

"You."

Hmm... Let me answer some questions now...

The prologues take place after Goku defeats Frieza and goes off into space traveling from planet to planet. And yes, beginning with Chapter 1 on forward, the story takes place just after the fall of Omega Shenron.

And as for making Goku seem out of character, that was done purposely, its all part of what's going on and what's going to be revealed eventually. It's supposed to make you think... Did Goku do it? Did he not do it? Is Shinji really his son! Who knows but me... and you'll know when I see fit for you to know! lol, okay readers, Golden out.