Welcome back DBAGs! I couldn't wait until Saturday to upload this chapter so I figured I do it now!
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This is the beginning of the first arc in this story. There will be four arcs in total and I am currently writing Arc II.
I really hope you enjoy this chapter and I look forward to reading your reviews!
Last Time on DragonBall AG…
Noca finally had the chance to train with Goku. Maybe not in the same circumstances that he wanted, but either way, he actually got to train with him and he learned a lot. His training was cut short by the arrival of the villain Tenura. Noca eventually returned to the planet in time to help beat the villain. The teen came close to killing the villain, but was stopped. Tenura left, but not before giving Vegeta the warning that his masters would come to the Earth in the hopes of defeating Noca.
Will that happen anytime soon or will Noca be given enough time to train his control over Super Saiyan 2 and find a way to beat Tenura's masters…Find out in this Saga and prepare for the AWAKENING OF A GUARDIAN!
Arc I: Return to Life
Chapter 1: A Casual Day
Tuesday 11th September Age 792
The Sun was blazing over the whole of the East at this moment. It was so hot and the teens that were on their way to Mount Paozu were glad that they weren't trapped inside at this point. The annoying fact is that they would end up at school and would be stuck inside the building for 6 hours. It was something neither Pan or Noca were looking forward to, but the main thing to them…they were together
The two of them arrived at Mount Paozu to meet Bra and Holline at about 8 am and they could see that the blue-haired and Red-Haired teens were standing outside the home waiting for them.
"Thought you two would be a little earlier," Bra said in a stern tone as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Yeah we would have, but Noca was up too late…" Pan said with a glare and hit Noca hard on the arm, sending him a slight smile after that.
Bra and Holline laughed at the scene slightly, but then the Brief girl looked at the time and realised that they better leave.
"Come on lovebirds! We gotta get to Satan City. Kiera will be waiting for us remember," Bra reminded them as they all prepared to get on their journey.
Pan blushed with what Bra had said about the two of them and then agreed with the blue-haired teen. Bra took out the capsule for her jet so that they could all fly to Satan City together. The four of them boarded and it took about 20 minutes for them to get there due to the increased speed of their jet and Satan City was of course closer to Mount Paozu than it was to West City.
Once they were in the city, they made sure to land close to the school. Kiera was already standing outside waiting for them and watched as her friends stepped off one by one.
"Hey you three," Kiera called out as slowly walked over to them, she suddenly stopped when she noticed something that seemed out of place. "Wait…Noca?"
"Oh haha yeah…hey Kiera…it's been a while," Noca greeted the blonde girl whilst laughing. He had almost forgotten that she didn't know he was back alive.
Kiera instantly wrapped her arms around Noca in a quick hug to show that she had of course missed him.
"Ok Kiera…please…I'm still hurting from yesterday…" Noca muttered as he tried to gently push her off of him.
"Why? What happened?" She asked frantically, feeling like she had been left out of something really looked at Kiera with a raised eyebrow and a very confused expression.
"Really? So…there was nothing on the news? Or…you didn't see anything? No one told you anything? Are you being serious?" Noca's questions came one after the other. It seemed far too strange that no one knew about the event that happened in West City just yesterday.
"Yeah," Kiera said bluntly, as an answer to his last question. She was being totally serious.
"Uhhhh…" Noca managed to let out as his confusion was getting the better of him.
Pan looked to Noca with an amused smiled and then took a hold of his arm and pulled him towards the school.
"Let's talk about that later," Pan suggested to Kiera before turning to look up at the boy who's arm she was holding, "We have to get you back into school."
"Oh please kill me now…" Noca muttered with a glum expression.
"But you only just got back," Bra responded with a giggle.
"Yeah…and I missed the entire Summer Holiday…" He groaned managing to get a laugh from the 4 girls as they all walked in.
As they were walking through the grounds a lot of people seemed to recognise Noca. If not from school, they certainly recognised him from the Tournament. The three Saiyans could already hear whispers about him. People were questioning whether or not he was meant to be dead. Some people were saying that they knew he was just ashamed for losing.
"I'm sure they could just watch the tournament again and see that, the freak in fact blew me up," Noca explained to the group with a little bit of a glare on his face.
"Well…we'll try and see if we can get them to believe you. I really hope that our teachers will realise that I wasn't lying…" Pan muttered to herself, starting to feel quite stupid about getting really annoyed about them forgetting about him. Now, here he was. Back to life and acting like nothing had really happened.
Noca turned to her, clearly hearing what she had muttered to herself.
"Have you been telling everyone?" He asked in concern.
"Pan got mad on our first day back and told our teacher you were dead," Bra explained, knowing that Pan wouldn't.
"Which teacher?" He asked.
"Mr Sheffield," The blue-haired teen answered.
"Oh dear…he doesn't like us much…" Noca mentioned with a little chuckle.
"No he does not," Pan replied.
Suddenly there was a voice calling out for the group. It was a male voice and Bra immediately recognised it and she automatically lit up. Pan noticed her smile and sighed. Noca noticed Pan's sigh and was a little worried.
"What is it?" He asked her.
"That's Kareshi…" She said with another sigh.
"Oh…shi…" Noca's sentence was cut off when Pan kicked him in the leg a little hard. Noca felt a slight pain from it and he groaned in annoyance and questioned why the girl did it.
Noca then turned to see that Kareshi had already reached their group.
"Oh that's why you kicked me…"
Pan nodded, but couldn't hide the slight smile on her face.
"So Bra…I heard about West City…are you ok," Kareshi asked with some concern and perhaps fear in his voice.
"Kareshi…you knew it happened whilst we were at school…I was here…" Bra asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh right…duh?" Kareshi exclaimed as he slapped himself on the forehead.
"Yep, you are stupid, well done." Noca thought to himself with a slight snigger.
Pan elbowed him in the ribs softly as she had an idea about what he was thinking. He just sniggered again. Kareshi looked to Noca slightly in confusion that he was laughing a little, but had to do a double take to realise that it was in fact Noca standing before him.
"Uh…I…you…dead…" Were the confused words that left the boy's mouth.
"I think you forgot a few words there," Noca replied with a laugh.
"Uh…Bra…" Kareshi turned to face her and his confusion hadn't disappeared, "He…he was dead right?"
"Uh huh," Bra answered with a nod.
"But…what's he doing here?" Her boyfriend asked, not feeling satisfied yet.
"He was revived," She answered in a simple tone as if anyone should understand.
"But…how?"
"You don't really need to ask that…it happens all the time with our friends and family," The blue-haired teen explained with an amused smile.
Kareshi's confused expression was pretty much permanently etched on his face. The group couldn't stop themselves from laughing at the confusion on Kareshi's face, but the same look of confusion was on many other student's faces. They couldn't understand how Noca was suddenly back and seemed to be quite happy.
The whole group then started to walk towards the building and were headed for their classes. Noca made his way to his locker and noticed that it was still there.
"So I have the same locker…did they expect me back?" He asked no one in particular.
"Your name hasn't been taken off of the system yet," Pan explained.
"Fair enough," The Saiyan boy seemed pretty satisfied by that answer and shrugged his shoulders.
Noca, Pan and Bra then walked off to their first lesson and ignored all of the strange looks they were getting from other people in the halls. Noca couldn't help, but laugh at everyone's reactions to seeing him alive.
The girls were confused at how he was taking it so easily considering that he never seemed to fit in at the school before. It seemed that Noca actually enjoyed being in the school for once, but it was only because he found it funny watching everyone looking so shocked and surprised.
When they eventually got into the classroom everyone in that class turned to face him and they all had really shocked faces. Wide-eyes, open-mouths…the whole shebang.
"That's right…I'm back bitches…" Noca exclaimed, completely out of character and with a satisfied smile on his face. Pan and Bra almost burst out in laughter when Noca said that and everyone else in the class had the same expressions on their faces.
Mr Sheffield then walked in and went straight to desk without looking at the class.
"Morning class…please take your seats…" He requested in a dull voice.
"Morning Mr Sheffield…you miss me?" Noca greeted and questioned with the same smile on his face.
The teacher looked up from his desk and saw Noca standing right there in front of him. He too had a wide-eyed, open-mouthed look. It was amusing to Noca, but he really had to hold back the laugh that was just begging to break out.
"I'll take my seat," He muttered with a slightly amused smile creeping across his face as he turned around.
Mr Sheffield just watched the student walk to his seat next to Pan. Once Noca was sat down, he looked back to the rest of the class and saw that all of them (except Pan and Bra) were staring at him in utter confusion. Even the teacher couldn't say anything. The best part was because Noca still had a goofy smile on his face. Pan and Bra really couldn't stop themselves from giggling quietly.
"Are we gonna start the lesson…" Noca started as he looked around and then looked ahead to the teacher with a blank expression as he calmly asked, "or can I go home?"
"Uh Noca…why don't you start by telling them your side of the story," Pan suggested, still trying to stop herself from giggling loudly.
"Ah Ok…," He replied with a nod.
Noca cleared his throat, stood up and looked at all the eager faces.
"I was killed in the tournament. I went to Other World and trained. I was brought back to life yesterday to help fight in West City. I am now back at school. I will take no questions." The Saiyan teen then returned to his seat and looked back at everyone, but none of them had altered their gazes.
Eventually, the teacher managed to get the class to pay attention and then they all turned to the front, but none of them focussed on the lesson and were completely shocked about how it had all played out.
The first break-time rolled around pretty quickly and a certain boy named Billy was already thinking about starting on Noca. Even though he had already seen Noca compete in a world tournament and also had felt the force of Noca's attacks. It wasn't going to stop the boy from believing he could one day beat Noca.
"Sam, I'm really gonna beat him up," Billy exclaimed to his friend.
"I don't think you are…I mean…didn't he beat two former finalists in the tournament? And didn't he also get to the final…and…well…died…" Sam explained with very confused expression.
"So…he died…shows he's weak…" Billy explained with a glare.
"Not that weak…I really think you're gonna get your ass handed to you," Sam continued with a slight smirk.
"I'll show you," Billy muttered as he stormed off away from his friends towards Noca and he was intending to start a fight.
"Hey…asshole!" He called out as he approached the Saiyan teens.
"I wonder who that would be. Who would have a grudge against me in this school?" Noca asked out loud so that Billy could clearly hear turned around and came face to face with the teen that really wanted to try and beat up this quarter-Saiyan. Noca sighed as he looked right at Billy and waited for him to try and make a move.
"So…you aren't going to try and hit me?" Noca questioned as he tilted his head to the side.
"Uh…you…you're not worried," Billy stuttered.
"Well duh? I am so much stronger than you. Just try and hit me and we can move on…" Noca groaned, seeming very bored at the whole situation.
Billy growled in annoyance and threw a fist towards Noca's gut, but the Saiyan teen simply caught a hold of it and looked the boy right in the eyes. Billy was angered a little more and then he threw another punch, but this time it struck Noca in the face. The only thing…it didn't affect him at all.
Noca just grabbed that fist as well and then he pushed Billy away from him. Noca then turned around and faced his friends once more.
"I just beat Tenura…is that my next big challenge," He said as he pointed over his shoulder. The girls found it quite funny, but Billy was really angered by it all and he didn't want to stop.
"I will fucking beat you!" He screamed in anger.
"Billy!"
Billy turned around swiftly and noticed that it was the School Principal that called out his name.
"My office, now," The principal requested, strictly.
Noca, Bra and Pan watched Billy walk into the office with Principal and they were all very amused by the whole experience. Just then, the bell for the next lesson sounded and they had to move on to their next class.
The next class was Literature and…none of them were enjoying what they were doing. So much so that Noca had actually fallen asleep during the lesson and this caused their teacher to get really frustrated and shouted for Noca to wake up. The boy did, but it slowly dawned on him that he was still in school.
"Uh…" He groaned, as he was feeling a little groggy and yawned as he looked around the room.
"I realise that you have just returned from "the dead" but you are in school!" The teacher exclaimed at the student, with a disapproving glare.
"I am…I mean…I was doing something very important yesterday…" Noca said after tripping over his words a few times.
"Like what?!" She questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"Uh…saved…the world," Noca answered with clear attitude.
"He's not lying," Pan chimed in.
The teacher just gave Noca a very questioning look and then she just went back to her desk and carried on with the lesson. Noca looked to Pan and then smiled at her as she laughed at the way he had been acting.
Noca looked back down to the book and realised that it was just as boring as he remembered and wanted to go back to sleep once more.
Lunchtime soon rolled around and Noca was really excited for getting his first full meal of the day. He was still a little frustrated for not being able to finish his breakfast that morning. He had managed to get to his locker, grab his food and headed on outside without being interrupted by anyone.
The only mistake the boy made was that he had rushed so quickly that he forgot about Pan and Bra.
"I think he's hungry," Bra mentioned with a giggle.
Pan looked to her friend with a slight frown and then let out a heavy sigh before going with her best friend to get her own lunch.
Outside, Noca was just realising his mistake, but realised that he was so hungry that he would make sure to eat his lunch first. He was just tucking into his foot-long sub sandwich that Videl had made for his lunch, but there was a slight interruption when he could sense two friends approaching.
He turned, half expecting to see Bra and Pan, but it wasn't them. It was Holline and Kiera.
"What are you doing eating alone?" The blonde asked as she looked around to see if Pan and Bra were somewhere near.
Noca was about to start talking, but realised he had a mouth full of food. He quickly chewed it up and swallowed before telling them that he had rushed out. He then invited them to sit down with him.
"How's your first day back then?" Noca's long-time Red-Haired friend asked.
"It's been…fun…actually. I got to have a lot of fun in my first class by telling them about what happened and then I got to deal with Billy again," Noca explained with a rather amused expression on his face once more.
"Oh god…how?" Kiera asked, remembering what happened during their last confrontation, which ended with Noca beating him up.
"The principal caught him swearing," Noca answered whilst stifling some more laughter.
"What an idiot," Kiera replied, with a laugh.
"My thoughts exactly, but enough of me…" Noca said as he turned to face Holline, "How are you settling in? This is your second week in school right?"
"Yeah, its not too bad…the people are ok. It's very different from my village school," Holline explained as she looked around at the school and the people.
"Well at least you managed to settle and make friends with the others without me," Noca carried on with a smile on his face.
"I don't need you for everything Noca," Holline replied with a glare.
"Ouch…where'd that come from?" The boy asked.
"Just a little joke," Holline said as she smirked and giggled at her long-time best friend when he decided to carry on eating his food. Kiera looked at Holline and noticed how happy she seemed when spending time with Noca, but remembered when she had said that because she had known Noca for such a long time it was as if they were brother and sister.
"I really think the relationship you two have is great," Kiera told the two of them with a cute smile on her face.
"Thanks Kiera," Holline replied, giggling a bit more.
"But whilst I'm on the topic of relationships…" Kiera turned to face Noca once more and a mischievous smile appeared on her face, "Noca, when are you gonna ask Pan out on a date?"
And that was the moment for Noca. He started choking on his food and beating his chest with his hand to make it go down. Even Holline seemed surprised at the sudden question, but was also eager to know what Noca's plans were in that area.
"I…uh…well…you see…" Noca had no idea what to say. His brain was doing nothing to help him in this situation. He just settled for looking at the girl with a startled expression and he muttered, "what?"
"You heard me mister," She said in a strict tone.
"Uh…I…well…you caught me off guard…" Noca was starting to feel panic wash over him and he really didn't know how to answer that question.
"Well…how much do you like her?" Kiera needed to at least get some idea of what Noca was feeling.
"Uh…" He was at a complete loss for was not only interested in the answer, but she was also amused by how red he was getting and how much he seemed to be getting flustered and nervous.
"Oh my god! Are you ok Noca? Looking anxious…" The blonde teased.
"I…I…ok!" Noca exclaimed before looking back at her, "I like her…but…I'm waiting for the right moment…"
Noca looked down not really feeling like he had to reveal that, but it was true. He really didn't know when the right moment would be.
"Noca…you died and came back to life. In the time you were dead…you didn't get to see how Pan was and we saw the two of you before the final…how can you not be able to act on that as soon as you get back?" Kiera explained with a very confused look on her face. She really thought it would be simple for the two of them, especially after how they were acting during the tournament.
"I worried I'm not strong enough to protect her…I don't want to lose her…like she lost me…" Noca explained getting a silent reaction from both girls. He kept his gaze aimed at the ground and was getting himself a little upset.
"Well that's sweet, but Noca…you are very strong, you'll be fine together," She told him sternly.
"I'm…I'm just scared, but…in time…I'll ask her on a date…ok?" Noca told them both, hoping that they would be satisfied with his answer.
"That's all I wanted to hear," Kiera said with a nod as she smiled at the boy. Noca just looked back at the blonde girl before sighing and returning to his lunch. It was in that moment that Bra and Pan arrived.
"Hey, what you guys talking about?" Pan asked as she sat down next Noca.
"Uh nothing…nothing important…nothing…Saiyan related…" Noca stammered out, not feeling quite calm enough to start acting normal right now.
"O…kay…" Pan muttered as she looked at her friends and then back to Noca.
"What's up Noca?" Bra asked as she sat on the other side of him.
"Uh…I have to go to the bathroom," Noca exclaimed as he abruptly stood up.
Noca packed his lunch away and then rushed off to the nearest bathroom. Pan and the others all watched him walk away and they were all really surprised. Even though Holline and Kiera knew what it was about. They smiled at each other, but realised that Pan and Bra had no idea what was going on.
"That was weird…is he ok?" Pan asked, feeling genuinely concerned about the boy.
"I guess he's feeling a bit under the weather…" Kiera lied.
The four girls then immediately dug into their own food.
Lunchtime eventually ended and they all returned to their lessons. Noca had been able to calm down miraculously, but he was still on edge a little. Kiera had given him far too much to think about and he had no chance of focussing on the rest of his lessons for the day. He just sat in silence whilst contemplating what he needed to do.
He sort of settled on the fact that he needed to have that talk with Pan that he had promised, but he still needed a little more time to think on it.
The end of the day eventually came and the group were all relieved that their school day had finally ended and they could get home. Kiera and Holline decided to go back to the former's home so that they could get to work on their own homework.
Noca, Bra and Pan went back to the Son-Satan household so that the three of them could also get to work on their homework. Even though none of them really seemed eager about it, they knew they could skate through it with the help of Brief girl and future Capsule Corp. scientist: Bra Briefs.
The two dark haired Saiyans knew better than to always get Bra's help, but Noca's excuse was that he just didn't care enough about his school education, but would always help where he could. Pan was just a little lazy with the difficult stuff even though she could be very clever if she had made more of an effort.
Anyway…homework isn't important to this story. Besides, Vegeta was at the house and he was itching for a sparring session with Noca.
"Hey!"
Vegeta's voice called from downstairs in the Son-Satan home. Noca immediately knew it was for him. He looked to the door and sighed slightly as he sensed Vegeta's energy approaching. The door opened and there was the Prince of "All" Saiyans. He was already wearing his battle armour as if preparing for a fight.
"We're going to spar!" He stated bluntly and in an ordering voice.
"Vegeta…aren't you tired from yesterday?" Noca asked hopeful.
"No…I'm just a lot stronger than I was before," Vegeta replied with a smirk.
"Oh right yeah…the Saiyan thing…" Noca mumbled to himself before turning to face Vegeta once more, "Well I have no way out of this do I?"
"Nah you're pretty much screwed," Vegeta said with a low laugh.
"Well I wouldn't say that…" Noca turned and smile at the two girls sitting watching the interaction between teen and Prince. "I'll catch the two of you later…unless you wanna watch…"
"We need to finish this Homework…" Pan muttered in then looked out of her window and raised an eyebrow before looking back to Noca.
"Unless the two of you fight in that field there…then we can watch whilst doing our work," She explained with a smile.
"Cool…let me just get changed into my Gi, Vegeta and I'll be down…" He told the Prince.
"Fine," Vegeta stated before leaving the room and then Noca sighed whilst walking to his bedroom to change into the training Gi.
"Can't even rest. I'm sorry, but I saved them all yesterday…can I please rest?!" Noca thought to himself whilst changing into an old Blue training Gi that Gohan had given him to train in. He put it on and quickly made his way outside.
He did a couple of quick stretches and moved out into the field to prepare for this session with Vegeta. Pan noticed the two of them standing in the field and tapped on her window quite loudly to get Noca's attention. The teen just about heard the tapping, but he could sense Pan's urge for him to see her and turned to wave.
"Distractions…" Vegeta muttered in a disappointed manner.
"Really?" Noca questioned with a raised eyebrow and then he looked back to the window and smiled, "I like to think of them as a way to drive myself."
"Hm…just like Kakarot…" Vegeta did have a slight smirk when he spoke so that put the teen at ease.
Noca moved into a slight stance and nodded to signal that he was indeed ready to begin. Vegeta immediately became a Super Saiyan 2 and charged towards his teen opponent for the day. Whilst Vegeta's transformation included a burst of Aura, Noca's did not. His hair just simple raised and flashed gold. But Vegeta was still in a stronger position due to his constant use of the transformation and his experience as a fighter. Of course he was also a transformation level above Noca.
The teen had hardly any time to react to the incoming prince. The adult slammed his fist forward, but Noca lifted his right hand and caught Vegeta's left fist. The Proud Prince then attempted a right uppercut, but Noca used his left hand to catch it.
Both of the Saiyans had almost effectively crossed arms and were in an awkward position. Vegeta pulled his head back and then threw it forward into Noca's face. The impact caused Noca to let go as he fell back and lifted a hand to check the damage. There wasn't anything like blood so Noca was fine.
He looked up at Vegeta and smirked before moving into his defensive stance. Vegeta simply stood there with his arms crossed.
"So you're using your head I see…" Noca joked, trying to put a light-hearted spin on this session.
Vegeta simply grunted a sort of laugh out, but he chose not to waste any more time. He shot towards Noca again and threw his fist forward. The young Saiyan moved out of the way very swiftly, but Vegeta twisted in the air and landed a strong kick to the boy's face. Noca was knocked across the ground and rolled a couple of times before placing a hand down to stop it.
Noca looked up, smirked and then powered forward. He ran towards his opponent, but he knew that Vegeta was going to be ready for it. The Saiyan dodged to right and plunged his fist deep into Noca's gut.
The teen Saiyan bent over the fist, but was quick to lift a hand and grab a hold of Vegeta's armour and then flew up to the air. He got quite high before twisting in the air and then shot down to the ground and threw Vegeta's body into the dirt.
Vegeta crashed on his back, but he managed to move quick enough to kick up into Noca's gut and threw his opponent of guard. Vegeta then flipped away and landed on his feet before straightening up and crossing his arms.
"Why are you holding back?" Vegeta questioned with a sigh.
The young Saiyan stood up straight and looked towards Vegeta with a raised eyebrow.
"I received a huge power boost and you want to hold back!" Vegeta was getting pretty annoyed. He wanted a challenge and he sure as hell expected one against Noca, especially after what he had seen the previous day.
"It's only a spar…right?" Noca questioned as he tilted his head.
"Of course, but we're Saiyans. We treat every fight the same. Considering we get…"
"I know…we get stronger each time we are beaten or brought to the brink of death," Noca interrupted, getting annoyed with Vegeta's constant mention of that Saiyan fact.
"Right…now remember that and come at me with all you have!" Vegeta ordered with an angered yell.
Noca looked at Vegeta with a little hesitation, but just shrugged his shoulders and then he charged forward to attack. It was a very pacey charge, but Vegeta was prepared. He easily flipped over Noca and kicked into the back of Noca's head with his heel and the teen Saiyan slammed down on the ground.
He rapidly jumped back up though and then threw a fist into Vegeta's face. It hit him square in the jaw and it knocked Vegeta up in the air slightly. He quickly stopped himself by using sticking his arms out wide and looked back as Noca was charging towards him again.
The prince didn't get time to react as Noca immediately threw a fist forward and smacked Vegeta in the chest. He backed away, but was soon enough flying back in for another attack. He charged the teen and threw a right hook that struck Noca in the side of the face. He then followed it up with a left punch into the ribs. Noca bent to the side, but as Vegeta prepared to hammer his fists down, Noca regained focus and kicked up into the prince's gut.
Vegeta smirked as he backed away and powered up a Ki blast in each hand. Suddenly Noca realised that if he focussed on his opponent he could pinpoint their movements. Like it had happened before in battle, he noticed that things slowed down around him, but he could still move at a regular pace.
He smirked and waited for Vegeta to fire his attacks. The Saiyan prince unleashed a barrage of Ki blasts and they were all coming towards him. The teen was on top of it though. He knew what to do and he would be able to act quickly. He managed to move at such a pace that he barely appeared as a blur to Vegeta and he was able to knock every one of the blasts back in the prince's direction.
It was great for him to watch as all of the blasts sailed towards Vegeta and he would struggle to try and avoid all of them. He was darting back and forth manically trying to avoid all of the attacks and was clearly struggling to do so. They had shot back at him faster than he had originally fired them.
Eventually they stopped and Noca was relieved to see that the prince looked a little frustrated, but didn't waste any more time before trying to dart back in. Noca managed to see things slower again and easily dodged to the side and kicked Vegeta in the ribs. The Saiyan prince was knocked away and tried to throw up a defence. He saw that Noca was already preparing to come back in so he had to be ready for that.
The boy stopped just in front of him and threw a strong fist into his chest and the prince was winded. He stumbled back across the ground before falling down. He was breathing heavily, but he was still impressed with how Noca could take control so quickly, but it only helped in thinking about what he should use their sessions for.
He stood back up slowly and attempted to power up to his absolute limit. He unleashed everything he had and the wind was starting to pick up. The only good thing from that was that it was a cool breeze and Noca enjoyed the feeling considering how hot it was. He couldn't lose focus though.
He kept his eyes on Vegeta as there were blue sparks frantically zapping around his body. He was pushing Super Saiyan 2 to its limit, but Noca could feel that the prince was wasting a lot of energy. So he had to expect a very rapid attack to come in. He would need to waste time so that Vegeta would tire out without Noca having to attack him again.
Vegeta finally finished powering up and charged towards Noca instantly. He moved so quickly that it seemed he had just phased out and reappeared in front of the boy. Noca had no chance as he was immediately flung high up through the air due to a very strong attack.
He was flying up through the air, but just as he slowed himself there was an attack hammered down on his back and he was fired towards the ground once more. Noca was inches from the ground when he felt himself stop and saw that Vegeta had grabbed his Gi. The prince smirked and then unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks on the Saiyan teen.
Noca was in such a defenceless position and he couldn't avoid any of the attacks that were coming in strong. Vegeta was proud that he had the teen in this position, but what he didn't realise was that Noca still hadn't managed to completely recover from the previous day's fight. Vegeta didn't realise this, but Noca was fighting with his slight injuries.
The Prince pulled away and attempted to throw and very strong punch, but the teen was quick to knock the arm away and attempted to throw his own punch. The adult Saiyan managed to put an arm in front of him and block the incoming attack. Noca then pulled back and attempted a kick, which was also blocked. Vegeta then threw a fist right at Noca's face and the teen Saiyan fell away from him and dropped to the ground and to his knees.
Pan and Bra were still sitting upstairs in the former's bedroom and looking on at the fight. Both of them were surprised that Noca was struggling against Vegeta despite the previous day. Pan came to the assumption that Noca was still tired out from the previous day and upon using her senses she could feel that Noca was extremely exhausted.
Vegeta wasn't letting up though. He charged down to the ground and kicked Noca in the face sending him flying just inches away from the ground. The prince then followed after him and grabbed his leg and stopped him.
Noca looked up at the prince and saw the smirk that appeared on his face. It was a little worrying and it seemed that Vegeta really meant business in this battle. The Saiyan prince then threw Noca passed him and up high into the sky. He then aimed his index and middle fingers towards the boy in a style similar to his dirty fireworks.
A Ki blast fired out of Vegeta's fingers and shot right towards the teen. Noca didn't have any means to move out of the way and didn't realise the blast was coming towards him, except for the fact that he could sense it. Noca managed to open his eyes and realised that the attack was within inches of his body and there was no time. The blast crashed into his body and there was a huge explosion around his body and a smoke cloud covered his position.
Suddenly Noca's body fell from the sky out of the cloud. Inside the bedroom Pan stood up from her chair and half-shouted out for Noca. Bra turned to look at her and then returned her attention to the fight as Noca's body continued to fall.
Vegeta made a slight snigger and then phased out and reappeared just by Noca's body as it was falling. He took a grip around the scruff of Noca's neck and lifted him up.
"This is poor…I though you were stronger," Vegeta mumbled to the boy in disappointment.
Vegeta then started to pound punch after punch into Noca's face. They were strong punches, but they weren't the most brutal of punches. Noca tried to move out of his grip, but he was feeling far too weak at the moment.
"Your fight yesterday shouldn't serve as an excuse. You should be much stronger!" Vegeta screamed at the teen.
Noca was getting really frustrated in this position and was struggling to keep his attention on the fight.
"Come on Noca…" Pan whispered, even though Bra heard her.
"Dad's really not holding back…" Bra muttered in response.
Pan was still staring out of the window with determination for the boy to do so much better. Noca could sense Pan's determination and managed to focus some more of his energy. He managed to swing in the position and kicked Vegeta right in the gut.
He immediately phased out and reappeared above Vegeta then choosing to slam his fist down as a hammer. The attack landed on the back of Vegeta's head and he was sent flying down to the ground. The Prince struck the ground and then Noca descended slowly.
As he touched the ground he immediately dropped out of his Full Power Super Saiyan form and dropped to his knees once more. Vegeta stood up slowly and glared towards the boy before realising he was giving up.
"Fine! We'll continue this tomorrow then," Vegeta grumbled.
Noca nodded at Vegeta and tried to stand, but was feeling a little weak and fell down again. Vegeta turned around and sighed as he walked on to help the boy up.
"Come on you…we'll get you healed up and you can get some rest…" Vegeta said with an odd tone of kindness.
"Thanks Vegeta…" Noca managed to mumble even though he was almost completely out of breath.
He led the teen Saiyan back into the building and he instantly had the girls from upstairs coming down and fussing around him.
"Are you ok?! You seem really exhausted!" Pan cried out in concern.
"Yeah…I'm fine…" He managed to reply.
Pan was checking his face and cleaning up any of the blood that had started to drip from his nose and mouth. Bra was watching the two of them and smiling. She really wanted the two of them to get together properly.
A loud voice from the next room caused everyone to focus their attention to the doorway. They soon realised that it was Chi-Chi's and Vegeta was immediately moving towards an exit.
"I'm going to go for some solo training," Vegeta exclaimed before blasting off away from the location.
The rest of the people in the room kept their attention focussed on the doorway and soon saw Goten come rushing through.
"Mom, please! We're not thinking about that now!" Goten exclaimed, whilst trying to get away from his mother.
"Why? Think about it. You and Valese have been together for such a long time. I really believe the two of you should be getting married soon!" Chi-Chi yelled in excitement.
Goten sighed and groaned as he rushed outside the door and wanted to fly away. Chi-Chi was still trying to shout out to him and get him to return and consider what she was saying.
"So Chi-Chi has her new thing then?" Noca asked with a little laugh.
"Yeah…you should have heard her when you and Vegeta were out training. She really wants him to get married. He'll fold eventually…" Pan explained with a little giggle.
"Is that what happened with your Mom and Dad?" Noca looked to Pan after asking the question and saw that she had a very questioning look on her face. It seemed that she really didn't know how her parents had actually got together.
"Hm…I'll have to ask my mom later…" Pan muttered.
Noca sniggered slightly and then stood up slowly and made his way up to his bedroom so that he could get showered and rest up from his training.
A Few hours passed and everyone was downstairs about to eat dinner. They were just waiting for Vegeta to get back from his training and also for Bulma to arrive. She had been doing some work over in West City and trying to sort out the issues with getting it all repaired.
When the rich scientist finally arrived she seemed to be very tired. She had plenty of complaints about all the people and contractors that she had to talk to throughout the day, but was just hoping to get her city put back to normal.
About 2 minutes after Bulma arrived, Vegeta also returned.
"I sense the woman is here…I want my food now," Vegeta ordered as soon as he entered.
"Oh look there's my husband. He was being sweet and waiting for me to arrive before we have dinner. Isn't that nice," Bulma stated in a fake happy tone.
"Don't get the wrong idea. It was these people who made me wait!" Vegeta exclaimed as he pointed to the rest of them.
"Just let me have this one Vegeta, otherwise I won't give you the good news I have!" She exclaimed with a glare on her face.
Vegeta suddenly seemed to be a little excited. Which was hugely surprising, but he soon confirmed why.
"The GR is fixed and I can go home?!" He exclaimed with an uncomfortably happy smile on his face.
"What? No of course not," Bulma responded with a wink.
Vegeta returned to his normal self after hearing that.
"No, but the city can be back to normal in a couple of months and I have ensured that we can go back to Capsule Corp. by the end of the week!" Bulma revealed with a very pleased smile.
"How can those humans get the repairs done that quickly? No one can do that!" Vegeta questioned with his back turned to the group.
"Well, you could, considering how fast and strong you are," Bulma stated in a flattering tone.
"I'm flattered, but us Saiyans do not build. It is beneath us," Vegeta muttered as he continued to look away.
"Oh yeah and I forgot, your whole civilisation must've just sprung up out of the dirt," The blue-haired scientist replied that left the Saiyan Prince speechless and the rest of the people in the room started laughing. Vegeta was getting a little annoyed and was about to change the topic.
"Uh…well…how is it the city can be built so fast?" He asked, despite not being interested in the topic.
"Damn! Should've asked about food."He thought to himself in annoyance.
"Mr Satan is offering to help with the funding. That means that we can hire a hell of a lot more people to get in and repair any damages and that would mean that we could rotate the people working on repairs. It will be done in no time," Bulma explained to the group with a very relieved smile.
"I guess it's a pity we can't use the dragon balls. We still have almost an entire year left…" Gohan said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Can everyone shut up about the city and can we please eat?!" Vegeta yelled, getting very impatient now.
Everyone actually agreed with the Saiyan Prince and they all sat down and dug into their meals.
Noca sat with Pan and Bra to eat his dinner and during the entire meal he took in the sight that was the whole group. He was just so happy to have finally returned home to this new family and just being able to watch them all was really great.
This had been his first day back and he was looking forward to what the future would bring him.
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