Chapter 2: Everything Changes

Saturday 27th January Age 792

Noca's new home was in one of the best locations possible for training. It may be within a forest-like area, but with loads of fields surrounding it. There were also some rocky locations. This would mean that Noca could get up to all kinds of training whilst here. He was really looking forward to starting as well. Goku may not be teaching him, but surely his son is the next best thing and after being informed about Gohan's mystic powers, Noca knew he was in the presence of great strength.

The family took a Capsule plane to their home because Noca was unable to fly. Once they had arrived Noca was immediately shown inside his new home. As he walked in he was met by a hallway with a staircase close to the front door. Towards the end of the hallway Noca could see the kitchen/ dining room. To his left was a door that led to the living room and to his right was a room that looked like an office.

"Welcome to your new home Noca," Gohan announced as they walked further inside.

"Hope you like it," Videl said as she put her arm around Noca. "Come on, I'll show you to your room."

Videl led the way up the stairs and Noca made sure to follow closely behind. As he came upstairs there was another hallway and he followed Videl to a door that led to the bedroom he would call his own. She showed him the room. It wasn't as large as the room at Capsule Corp. or Bra's bedroom for that matter, but it was good enough.

It had a bed, a wardrobe, a desk with a computer and an en-suite bathroom. Noca was pretty impressed by what he had. He had never had his own computer, but he had used one before when in his village.

"It's great, thank you Videl," Noca said as he turned around and smiled at the woman standing in the doorway.

"It's not a problem, we've always had this spare bedroom…" She was about to leave, but then remembered that she had something to give him. "Oh before I forget…here."

Videl handed Noca what looked like a Capsule. Noca took it, but didn't know what it would be.

"Thanks, but what is it?" He asked.

"It's a Capsule that Bulma gave us. It stores a lot of clothing. Basically an entire wardrobe and the sizes are adjustable. So it will be perfect for you," She explained to the confused boy.

"Oh cool, this will be great…" He responded, thanking her with a smile.

"Oh and one last thing…you definitely need a haircut," She suggested with a little laugh.

"Heh oh yeah, I was thinking that earlier," Noca replied, laughing as well.

Videl smiled at Noca and left him to settle in. Noca made sure that everything was set for him. He put the photograph of him and his mother on the bedside table. He then put his training Gi in the draw and kept the rest of his ripped clothing in his bag, which he just threw in the wardrobe. He would probably just throw away what he didn't need.

Once he was set he went downstairs. He didn't want to be rude to Gohan and Videl so he thought he would sit downstairs with them. As he walked down the hall he saw that Pan was sitting in her room, but she didn't appear to be doing anything.

When he eventually got downstairs he saw that Gohan was wearing his training Gi. It was orange with a blue undershirt, blue belt and blue wristbands. Noca was a bit confused as to why he was wearing it.

"Hey there Noca, settled already?" The Demi-Saiyan asked with a smirk.

"I didn't have a lot of things, so I just sorted out the stuff I actually cared about," Noca explained.

"Well I figured seeing as we're not doing anything for the rest of the day, I would introduce you to my training and you can prepare for school on Monday, tomorrow," Gohan explained before starting to walk away and then turned to face the boy again. "What do you think?"

"Start my training today? Ok!" The teen exclaimed, feeling very happy.

"Do you have any training gear?" Gohan asked before leading Gohan out.

"I have a training Gi that my grandfather wore, it kinda fits me, it's a little baggy though…" Noca explained.

"Well to make it more comfortable you can wear the one I wore when I was your age," Gohan suggested as he proceeded to leave the room and soon returned with a Gi similar to that of the one he wore during the Cell Games. It was purple with blue wristbands and a blue belt. The shoes were black. Noca quickly went upstairs to put it one and he honestly felt over the moon about starting his training so soon. He was so excited.

He and Gohan went outside, but not far away at all, so it was obvious that it would only be light training. Gohan stopped in a large field and turned to face Noca.

"Ok…so what do you know already?" Gohan inquired, not wanting to start without having an idea about where he should start.

"Uh…well…I know some basic martial arts and I have some knowledge of energy," Noca answered, but then looked towards the ground in disappointment. "I just don't know how to use it yet…"

"Well then, I'll teach you about energy today then, but first," Gohan sat down on the grass and this earned a confused head-tilt from Noca. "I want you to do a few warm-up exercises and then 4 laps around this field."

"Ok," Noca responded with a nod.

He then started with the warm-ups that Gohan instructed him to do and then once he was ready he started the laps. It didn't seem bad at all. Noca knew his training was going to get very tough and he was determined to show his full potential during all this training. He didn't want to reveal anything about his Saiyan heritage, he didn't know why, but he felt that it was best that Goku be the first to know.

Inside the house, Pan was in her bedroom and sitting at the window looking out. She could see Noca training and she was surprised that he was holding himself well. She had to admit that he did look pretty well built up, much like Goten and Trunks were at that age and she could only assume that her father was the same. Pan noticed she was getting distracted by Noca's training and returned to her history essay about the Cell Games, but she couldn't help looking up every now and then. She noticed that Noca had finished his laps and was doing a few push-ups and sit-ups and other exercises.

"Bra was right…he is cute," Pan thought to herself, before shaking her head and telling her brain to shut up. She didn't really know where that had come from, but she certainly didn't want to think about that right now.

Once Noca was done, Gohan decided it would be time to move onto the main focus for this training session.

"Now onto Energy. We call it Ki. To bring it out you need to look for your centre. You need to look deep inside yourself and find where that energy is stored," Gohan explained, remembering when he taught Goten and Videl to use their Ki.

"I think I know how to do that already," Noca told Gohan, and that managed to earn a surprised look from Noca.

"Really?" The Demi-Saiyan asked.

"Yeah, I think I can find my Ki, but I don't know how to use it…" Noca explained.

"Well, try and get that Ki into the rest of your body, try and make it flow," Gohan requested of the teen.

"Uh…I don't think I quite understand, but I'll give it a go…" The quarter-Saiyan responded.

Noca closed his eyes and found his centre again. He had been able to locate it easily because of his experience with it before. He looked into the energy and felt it. He couldn't use it, but he could feel it and this must've meant that he could use that as a way to get it under his control. Noca pulled at the energy and he started to feel it move around his body. He was successful.

He opened his eyes to look at Gohan and he smiled at Noca and nodded to show that he was doing it. Noca remembered how he had managed to form some slight energy in a ball form before and he thought he would try that again. He held his hand up and let his Ki move right to the palm of his hand. Just like Noca expected, a small yellow Ki ball formed.

"Well done. Now that you can do that, then we can start moving on to all the different ways that you can manipulate your energy," Gohan explained before thinking about what would be best, but soon settled on the ideal task. "We'll start with something that is great to know…flying."

"Awesome, so what do I need to do?" The boy asked.

"The same thing as before, but instead of trying to form an energy ball, you push the Ki down. You don't need to start with much, just enough to push yourself up and then you start to add more and maintain a level of control so that you can move through the air," It was a lot for Noca to take in, but he was sure it wouldn't be too difficult to understand.

"Ok…I get it…ok…so like this…" Noca found his energy again and pushed it down to the ground, but he must've used a little too much.

Well I say a little…he definitely used too much as he was propelled into the air about 100 feet. Gohan was shocked at how much Ki was put into it and he stumbled back a little. Even Pan, who was still looking out her window, had got up and stared out in shock.

"That's a lot of energy, this Kid is strong,"Gohan thought to himself with a smirk plastered on his face.

Noca was in the air, but he wasn't moving. He had managed to stay still in the air and hover there. He knew that he had used too much Ki so he started to pull back his power a little and he started to descend back to the ground.

"You used too much energy there, Noca," Gohan informed the teen.

"Yeah, I know. Sorry about that, but I really did pull back a lot…" Noca revealed as if it was casual that he had to hold back so much energy to ensure he didn't destroy touched down on the ground perfectly and Gohan was a little surprised by what Noca had said.

"Pulled back a lot? How powerful is this kid?" Gohan thought to himself.

"Well, give it another go and try and maintain some movement…and the right amount of control," The Demi-Saiyan requested of the teen.

"Ok…I will," Noca replied.

Gohan sat down on the ground and watched as Noca tried the process again. He lifted off the ground a little and with the perfect amount of Ki used. He then started to move from side to side and around in a circle trying to get the hang of the movements. Gohan was shocked by how quickly he was getting it. He had never seen someone learn so quick, well not since he trained Goten. Gohan was so impressed by the speed at which Noca had been able to grasp this ability. He realised that this training was going to be easy and fun as well.

In no time Noca was flying around the area and was able to monitor his Ki usage, but with him it just seemed that he would never tire out from flying. Noca landed next to Gohan with a huge smile on his face.

"Thanks so much Gohan, this is great, I've never been able to experience something quite so fun before," Noca exclaimed with a wide smile on his face. He was truly amazed that he held these abilities within.

"Yep, being able to fly is great, but right now I think that's all I want us to do," Gohan told the teen as he started to head back towards the house. Noca was a little shocked as he didn't feel at all tired out and he really wanted to keep going.

"Really?" Noca questioned in disappointment.

"Yeah, you'll be surprised, you may be fine now, but once you start fighting or using other Ki techniques your body will start to drain quickly and I don't think you want that," Gohan explained with a smirk.

"No of course not," Noca responded whilst thinking about the truth to his energy.

"But I'm not sure that will happen if I'm a Saiyan." He thought to himself.

When Noca and Gohan went back inside Videl was just getting off of the phone.

"Hey, that was Bulma and she says that Noca will be fine starting school on Monday," She announced to the two of them as they entered the room.

"Well, that's great isn't it?" Gohan said to the boy, but Noca was really that enthusiastic about school.

"Eh, it should be alright…" The teen muttered, simply.

"Well, why don't you go off upstairs and find something to do?" Gohan suggested.

"Ok," Noca replied as he started to walk towards the stairs, but stopped and turned to face Gohan one last time. "Thanks again Gohan."

"Not a problem," Gohan responded, smiling at the same time.

Noca went off up the stairs and as he was walking past Pan's bedroom he noticed the door was open and glanced inside. He saw that she was sitting at her desk, still doing her work. Noca moved towards the doorway and leant against it. He wanted to try a strike up a conversation, but he didn't really know how to talk to Pan.

"What do you want?" She asked after feeling the presence close to her. She didn't want to be disturbed and Noca sort of got that feeling from her and started to feel awkward.

"Uh nothing," Noca said as he was disappointed that she wasn't interested in talking with him. Noca was about to walk away, but had something else to say. "I was just trying to think of a way to talk to you…"

Pan was a little surprised that Noca was actually going to try and make an effort with her. She turned in her chair and faced the boy. He was still wearing the Gi and she could see his muscular body up close now. The girl was a little stunned by his body, but didn't make it clear.

"Why do you want to talk to me?" Pan asked quickly so that she could move away from the thoughts of how he looked.

"Because I'm going to be living here now and I believe that we should try and be friends," Noca answered with a smile to show that he was in fact friendly.

"Uh, I guess so," Pan responded, about to turn back around, but she realised she couldn't leave him standing there. "You can come in…"

"Thanks," Noca replied with a nod and a smile. He then stepped inside the room and managed to get a proper look around. Pan's room was about the same size as his, maybe bigger. It may have been a girls bedroom and there were things that clearly pointed to that fact, but it wasn't really too apparent on a first glance. It definitely wasn't as girly as Bra's room was, but Bra seemed like much more of a girly girl than Pan was.

"So how's that essay coming along?" Noca asked, trying to find some way to start a conversation.

"It's just dreadful," She exclaimed as she turned around to face Noca again, "I shouldn't have to write about everything that happened at the Cell Games when everything everyone knows is just a lie concocted by my annoying grandfather!"

"You mean Hercule right?" Noca questioned.

"Yeah?" She responded with a furrowed brow, "How did you…"

"Pan, it was international news when it all happened," Noca interrupted, "Plus my mom knew about it and it was in a history book I once read…'Mr Satan and the History of the Cell Games.'"

Pan rolled her eyes, upon hearing the name of the book, but felt a little better when Noca continued to finish what he had to say.

"It was more like fiction rather than a history book…" He joked, managing to get a laugh out of Pan. This actually served to please him because he really needed a way to get her to act more friendly around him.

Pan laughed at what Noca said and this pleased him that he had actually managed to get her to act friendly around him.

"So you know it's fake?" She asked.

"Of course, my…uh…mom said that when she watched the footage of the games she could tell that it was one of the Saiyans that won, she assumed it was Goku," Noca explained to the girl sitting in front of him. She smiled before revealing the truth.

"It was my dad actually, he was the boy at the Cell Games…" Pan revealed.

"Wait! Gohan was the boy that fought Cell?" Noca exclaimed, feeling just a little bit amazed. "Wow, I knew he was strong, but…wow…"

"I know, but it's so strange that there haven't been any threats in the past 17 years…" Pan stated as she turned in her chair again.

Noca nodded in agreement, but he couldn't help thinking about Omega and Dazir and how they were definitely threats to him.

"So if you don't like this essay topic, why are you writing it?" Noca asked.

"My teacher, Dr Price, yeah…doctor…" Pan couldn't help, but laugh at the use of Doctor in his name. "He said that it should be the easiest topic for me and the best way for the rest of the class to know about it…"

"So basically, he didn't want to teach the class about it?" Noca questioned with a chuckle.

"Basically…" Pan responded.

"Hm…well I'll let you get on, I need to go and brush my hair…" Noca joked and he made sure it was clear by winking at Pan as he walked out of the room.

She laughed a little and noticed that he did in fact have very long hair. As Noca left the room, Pan realised that he was as friendly as Bra said he was, but she still seemed suspicious about him. Like when he stalled on the topic of his mother.

Noca returned to his bedroom and closed the door behind him. He dropped onto the bed and despite the long night's sleep he had the previous night he felt like he wanted to go straight to sleep. He was nodding off a little when there was a knock on his door.

"Come in," Noca called out as he sat up and looked towards the door.

It slowly opened and Pan came in. She was holding a box in her hand and she walked over to the bed.

"I thought you might need this," She suggested as she handed the box to him. Noca took the box and opened it to reveal a top of the range Capsule Corp. mobile phone.

"Thanks, but why?" Noca questioned as he looked up at her.

"You'll be needing a way to contact people when you're here, and I got a brand new Capsule phone from Bulma for Christmas, so I thought I'd give you my old one," Pan explained to him, but then realised that it seemed like she was giving him some old phone. "But don't worry, it's the current top phone, I'm not giving you a hand-me-down…"

"Oh well thank you Pan, this is great…" Noca replied. He would have appreciated the gift from her even if it had been a phone that was released 2 or 3 years ago. He had never had his own phone before so this was brilliant for him.

Pan smiled at Noca and turned to walk out, but as she did she noticed the photograph of him and his mother on his bedside table. She turned back and pointed to the photo.

"Is that your mother?" She asked softly, not wanting to stumble onto a bad topic as if it was nothing.

"Huh?" Noca looked to the photo and his composure instantly changed. "Oh…yeah…that's her…"

"What's her name?"

"Emna…" Noca answered whilst keeping his gaze focussed on the photo.

"She looks really nice," Pan responded, whilst smiling in the boy's direction, despite him not looking towards her.

"She was…" Noca replied as he turned around and looked in Pan's direction again. She had noticed that Noca said was. Past tense. That must've meant something.

"Ok, well I better get on with my essay then, see ya," She smiled at him as she walked out of the room and Noca smiled weakly in her direction.

Pan walked out and closed the door behind her, still contemplating that one word.

"Was?"


Monday 29th January Age 792

It was Monday morning and Noca was in front of the mirror just making sure he looked alright for his day at school. He had a lot of clothes to choose from and this just made things a lot more difficult for him. He had managed to make a reasonable decision the night before though, with some help from Videl.

He had gone for the white trainers with a little red. A pair of black jeans and a yellow polo top with a small Capsule Corp. logo on it. Noca was also given a watch to wear. It was Gohan's, but he didn't mind. He decided that Noca needed a watch. He made sure to check his hair one more time as well. It had been cut a lot shorter than what it had been. Considering it had been about 5 months since his last haircut it had gotten out of hand, but now it was at a length similar to that of Gohan's during the Cell Games.

He liked it and he was going to stick with it. Noca grabbed the bag he had for his school stuff, threw on a black jacket and made his way downstairs. He had a quick breakfast with Pan and was given his lunch by Videl.

"You ready for today?" Videl asked him.

"Oh god no…" Noca replied with a little chuckle.

"You'll be fine," The mother reassured him and this earned a smile from the teen.

"I should be…"

Pan was thinking about someone who was in her classes that Noca would probably have to steer clear of. She sort of hoped that Noca wouldn't end up in any trouble on his first day, considering that she would be expected to look out fro him as well.

When Noca and Pan were ready they stepped out of the house and were about to fly off.

"Think you can keep up?" Pan asked as she slowly ascended into the air.

"Of course, but it's a matter of wanting to…" Noca groaned as he followed suit.

Pan smirked a little and then the two of them flew off and started their journey to school.