Hello Readers! Here is a chapter that I wasn't sure would be completed in time, but the bulk of it took me a day to write and that day happened to be yesterday. I, as always, hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 14: Cold Hearted Man

Thursday 29th November Age 791

The sun was a couple of hours away from rising, but that didn't stop the Prince of all Saiyans from getting up and making the journey the house of his student and getting him of bed for a training session. Vegeta was adamant that Noca needed to have complete focus on his training and this meant he needed to ignore rest…at least that's what Noca thought when he was abruptly woken up by Vegeta arriving outside in his bedroom at 5am. Gohan had already been up and was the one to let Vegeta in. Noca would've blamed him, but Vegeta would have found a way otherwise.

Noca woke up to the soothing sound of…

"Hey, boy, wake up!"

Noca shot up in his bed and looked forward to see that Vegeta was standing in the doorway wearing his Armour…as always. The light coming in from the hallway had blinded Noca and he had to shield his eyes. The teen looked to the window, Darkness. He then turned and checked out his clock. He wasn't happy to with what he saw, but because it was early he had to be quiet.

"What the hell Vegeta? 5am, are you kidding?" Noca said in as hushed a tone he could produce when this annoyed.

"Perfect time for training," Vegeta stated with a smirk.

"Hell no…I want to rest. Especially after yesterday's session…you're out of your mind." Noca said in an angered tone as he turned around to go back to sleep.

"You go back to sleep and I'll drag you out of here and beat you within an inch of your life!" Vegeta threatened, hoping that would get the boy out of his bed. Noca was just shocked.

"And you have children…"

"Now is not the time for jokes, it's time to train!" Vegeta was getting to a level where he was close to shouting and Noca was more respectful than that. He sat up again and glared at the Prince. He stayed there for about 10 seconds before sighing and realising there really wasn't away out of this. He got out of the bed and went the wardrobe to get his armour.

"I'll be down in about 10 minutes…" Noca said in a semi-depressed tone. Vegeta nodded and turned to walk away. Noca found the armour and then went to the bathroom quickly before deciding to put it on and meet Vegeta. He looked in the mirror and saw that he was very tired, but he needed to be focussed for this session, especially if he wanted to end it quickly.

Once ready he went downstairs and met with Vegeta. The Prince told Noca that he wasn't allowed to eat anything until their session was finished and Noca felt that was crossing a line. He took a look at the food that Gohan was eating and was starting to really envy the Half-Saiyan. Gohan simply shrugged his shoulders in an apologetic fashion and Noca just sighed as he followed Vegeta. Once outside Vegeta took off and Noca just had to continue following. He didn't really know where they would be training today, but the location didn't matter.

Soon enough the temperature seemed to drop a lot. It had been cold anyway, but it seemed that Vegeta was taking them further north. Noca could feel the stinging of the icy cold wind on his face whilst flying and it was very uncomfortable. Eventually, Vegeta started to descend and Noca thanked the heavens, but they ended landing in one of the glacial regions and it didn't really make Noca feel any better. Vegeta could see that Noca wasn't enjoying the effects of the temperature and it amused him. Noca could tell that Vegeta was enjoying his pain and this just made Noca feel more obliged to make Vegeta feel a lot of Pain once their training began. Noca started doing some stretches and was getting himself pumped for the fight. It was the only type of training Vegeta made him do.

"Spar until you can spar no more!" That should've been Vegeta's catchphrase.

"You ready to go, boy?" Vegeta questioned. The teen Saiyan looked at Vegeta with a hard glare and instantly flashed Super Saiyan. The Prince looked satisfied with this response. He turned to face Noca completely and he too flashed Super Saiyan, but instead of powering to Super Saiyan 2 he just took this level to its maximum. "I should go a little easier on you after yesterday."

Noca didn't like this and moved into a stance.

"Just watch your back Vegeta, 'cause I'm going to kick your ass!" Noca threatened.

"Ooh! A challenge, you're finally serious?"

"I'm always serious, but this time…you really better watch out!" Noca threatened again, but it just wasn't getting the response he wanted. Vegeta was more amused by the teen and it only served to rile him up even more. Vegeta noticed this.

"Go into a fight like that and you will certainly have a lack of focus," Vegeta explained to the teen. Ok. Even though Vegeta always wanted to spar, he did have some good tips and was kind of a good teacher. Both powered to their Maximums when as a Super Saiyan and glared towards each other. Vegeta beckoned for Noca to make the first move, and that he did. The teen lifted off the ground and charged towards Vegeta at a blistering pace. The Prince moved into a defensive stance and prepared for the impact of the teen Saiyan.

CRASH!

Pan's alarm was there to get her up once again this morning and it served its purpose well. After going to bed earlier the previous night she really felt properly rested and actually got up in a semi-good mood. She got out of bed and went to the bathroom to make a start on her normal morning routine. She had just had her shower and brushed her teeth when she felt a very powerful spike in Noca's power level. It was almost as if he was in some sort of conflict.

Pan rushed to dry herself and throw something comfortable on so she could go and check on her boyfriend. She got to his door and knocked a couple of times before realising that he wasn't going to answer. She slowly pushed into the room half expecting him to be sitting on his bed meditating again, but it wasn't to be. Upon walking into the bedroom she saw the empty bed and her she was certainly confused.

"Hey Dad?" Pan called out.

"Yeah Pan?" The man called back as he walked up the stairs to see what his daughter wanted, rather than shouting up the stairs. He saw Pan standing in the doorway to Noca's room and knew what she was thinking.

"Where's Noca?" She questioned, looking up at him.

"Vegeta came earlier this morning and took him for training," Gohan answered. Pan seemed a little upset by that.

"Oh…I was hoping to see him this morning…" Pan said as she looked down.

"Hey don't worry Pan, he'll be back home later. No need to dwell on it. They can take care of themselves," Gohan assured his daughter and he placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled at her before turning and going back downstairs. Pan looked back into Noca's room and closed the door. She went back to her own room so she could continue getting ready for school.

Noca and Vegeta were both going all out in their current forms and this gave them both a better chance to find out who was the better fighter. Their power was close to being level when at their maximums as Super Saiyans, but of course Vegeta was the better fighter overall. Noca crashed a fit in towards Vegeta's face, but the Prince put up his hands and blocked the punch. He pushed Noca back and then spun around and kicked up into Noca's face. The teen was very quick to avoid it by phasing to the side and then attempting another punch. Vegeta reacted at the last minute and ducked under Vegeta's arm to finally land a punch. He struck Vegeta right in the gut and the Prince had to pull away to avoid another quick attack.

Vegeta ignored the pain from his gut and swiftly flashed towards Noca. He struck a powerful knee into the boy's face and that flung him away and into the side of a cliff. The force of the attack was enough to smash Noca right into the ice. It all cracked around him and the cold started stinging his skin. He started to pull himself out of the walls, but Vegeta wasn't one to give his opponents a chance…well, he wasn't like that anymore. Vegeta fired forwards and pushed Noca further into the cliff and they charged all the way through until emerging from the other side. Vegeta slammed Noca down into the ground and threw a barrage of Ki blasts at the boy that almost all hit their target. A lot of the blasts were used to crack the ground around the teen and make it difficult for him to navigate the ice.

Vegeta stopped with his blasts and watched as the ice around Noca started to crack and almost great apart. Noca slowly made it to his feet and as he tried to move forward he soon realised that the ice wasn't going to support him. It started to collapse in on itself and Noca had to do something to act quickly. He powered up a strong blast in his hands and did something to confuse Vegeta. He threw the blast into the ice below him creating an explosion and causing the ground to completely break up. The teen used the cover of the massive smoke cloud to charge up towards Vegeta and inflict yet another attack. He was right in Vegeta's face and the Prince was short on time to react. Noca reeled his arm back and slammed it, full power into Vegeta's face. The punch knocked Vegeta back into the air and he had to twist to get himself back into a suitable position.

Once straightened up Vegeta had to react quick as Noca charged in. The Prince threw up a block at the last second and Noca crashed into that and realised he would need to try something new. That something new would have to wait as Vegeta lifted his hands into the air and smashed them down on Noca's head, once again throwing him to the ice. Noca smashed down and slid across the surface. He came to a halt against a rock and quickly stood up, powered up and Ki blast and threw it towards the Saiyan Prince. Vegeta swatted the attack away and flew down towards Noca. The teen powered up and followed suit. The two Saiyans were charging towards each other at powerful speeds and they smashed into each other in the air, emitting a shock wave that shattered a lot of the weaker rocks and even parts of the larger glaciers in this region.

The Saiyans remained in this position as they both tried to prove who had the advantage in this scenario. Both were pushing all their might against the other and hoped to come out on top, but Noca had an idea that he hoped would work. He held back a lot of power and let Vegeta press forward, but the sudden jolt came as a shock and Noca pulled back so that Vegeta would move forward too fast and lose control of the scenario. Noca span around, whilst still holding onto Vegeta's arms and then he threw the Prince towards the ground. Vegeta span through the air, eventually coming to a halt just before the ground, but Noca had already charged in and the two of them smashed right through the ice and right into the freezing cold water below.

The area had suddenly fallen silent as the battle continued underneath the ground. Suddenly, a bright flash of golden light shone through the cracks and out from the water shot two Saiyans. The difference, one of them was now in control of the scenario and flew up further into the sky with his student in his grip. Vegeta was also in a different form. He had taken this chance to power up to Super Saiyan 2 and that meant he now held the advantage. Noca tried to pull out of Vegeta's grip, but the Prince was far stronger now and Noca wasn't prepared. Vegeta stopped high up in the air and held Noca around the throat.

He powered up some more and then flew back towards the ground. Noca knew what Vegeta was planning to do, so he upped his efforts in trying to break away. It wasn't doing him much help though. Vegeta had taken a major advantage and this bothered the teen. He struggled and moved around trying to break from Vegeta's strong grip, but he couldn't do it. He saw the ground coming very quickly and he braced for the pain. Vegeta pulled up when he was about a quarter of the way from the ground and then he released Noca. The teen was launched towards the solid ground, but at a pace far too quick for him to have the time to react. He smashed down into the hard ground as it cracked around him. He was out of this fight.

Vegeta smirked to himself and landed beside Noca's weakened body.

"You still haven't improved…" Vegeta stated with a disappointed tone, "You beat Tenura, but you can't beat me…"

Noca didn't respond, he just grunted as he tried to move. Vegeta placed his foot on Noca's chest and held him to the ground.

"Take some time to train yourself, boy…we'll continue in a day or two," The Prince turned away from his student and then took off. He left Noca there to ponder what had just happened and what he must do from here. He slowly pulled himself out of the ice and got to his knees. He looked down at the ground and was starting to get pretty angry with himself. It was just like before. If only he had managed to go Super Saiyan 2, but no…nothing was going right for him in training. He wasn't making any progress and his concentration just kept getting worse. He hated himself right now, but he knew not to give up. He couldn't give up.

He punched the ground once as he slowly stood up and looked around at the environment. He was still far too angry with himself and noticed his breathing was getting heavier the more he thought about his complacency. He powers up and takes off, flying back towards his home. As he approached the area, he knew he didn't just want to go home yet, he decided to land in one of the nearby fields and attempt some meditation to help overcome some of the issues he was feeling right now. He needed to improve his concentration, focus and drive. He needed to push himself more, but he also needed to think about why he was really doing this. As Goku said "Power comes in response to a need, not a desire." At this moment, he didn't need to become stronger…Vegeta wanted him to.

A fair few hours passed and Pan was out of school and making her way back towards the forest home. She wasn't with Bra today and had decided to come straight home after school because she really didn't feel like doing anything else at this moment. The girl wanted to get back home and see Noca, and just wanted to rest after a long day at school. She had felt Noca's power spike a couple of times during the day, but that was down to his training session with Vegeta. Sometimes Pan resented that Noca was spending so much time training. She didn't fully understand why he needed to. Sure, she understood the Saiyan need to fight, she had to admit that sometimes she even felt that desire, but the thing is there didn't appear to be any sort of danger at this time. Considering what Pan had heard about the past, she knew that everyone needed to remain vigilant.

Pan was finally reaching her home and a warm feeling of relief swept over her. She hadn't felt any sort of energy spike from Noca in a while so she knew he was done with training for the day. She couldn't wait to get inside and speak to him. The girl wanted to know all about her boyfriend's training session, but she also wanted to talk about her day, no matter how boring it had been. She landed outside the front door and almost rushed in. She walked straight into the living room and said hello to her mother and Chi-Chi, but made sure to be quick and then she rushed upstairs to find Noca.

She knocked on his door, but wasn't given any sort of reply. That concerned her a little, but perhaps he was in another meditative state. She knocked again and slowly pushed the door open. She peeked in, but saw nothing. That was really odd and certainly surprised the girl. Pan continued in anyway and assumed that maybe he was in the bathroom. She knocked on the bathroom door and noticed it was unlocked. Pan made yet another assumption and thought that he couldn't be in there because of the door being unlocked. She pushed in slowly and yet again, nothing. This was getting really strange. She hadn't sense any power level from him for a while, but she knew he was in this area.

She rushed back down the stairs and into the kitchen, but it was empty as well. Back to the living room it was. Perhaps he would be in there now. She entered and looked around, but he wasn't there either. Pan audibly groaned in annoyance and it drew the attention of both maternal figures.

"What's wrong?" Videl asked, clearly hearing the disappointment coming from her daughter.

"Where's Noca?" Pan asked in response. Videl shrugged her shoulders and looked to Chi-Chi, who too hadn't seen the boy.

"I'm not sure Pan, maybe he's out somewhere…" Videl answered and then suggested. Pan pondered it for a second and tried to think about where he would've gone. She would have to try and sense out his power level, which she would find just that bit more difficult if he was either far away or trying to hide it. She walked outside the front door and widened her senses. She managed to pick up the levels of the stronger fighters on the planet, but those weren't the ones she was looking for.

She realised that maybe she had widened her senses a little too much, so the girl decided to narrow them a little and sweep the areas around her. She took to the sky and started to fly around the areas she assumed Noca could be. She kept her eye on the ground below her, but she didn't spot him anywhere. This was a little annoying now. She descended to the ground and stood there with her arms folded. A little more sensing would probably do some help. Pan focussed her senses once more and made she to keep them narrow enough to this area. He just had to be near the house.

It took a few minutes, but…there it was! Noca's signature basically flagged itself up in Pan's mind and she knew where she needed to look. She cheered for herself and moved on to find him.

The closer to his location Pan got the more she felt. She realised he was alone so that was a good thing, but what exactly was he doing all the way out here? Training maybe? She couldn't be sure until she found him. Eventually, Pan made her way up a long path and made it to an opening above a waterfall. Pan already knew this waterfall very well and it was somewhere she had been as a child. She looked off to her left and saw Noca sitting on a protruding rock, right over the waterfall. He was sitting there with his legs over the side and he was just looking down into it. There was no meditation…was he just resting. Pan made her way towards her boyfriend and stopped just behind him.

She didn't really like interrupting him, but seeing as he wasn't meditating or training she saw no problem in letting him know she was there. Pan cleared her throat and Noca turned his head a little to acknowledge she was there. The Raven-Haired girl didn't understand what was wrong with her boyfriend and quickly sat down beside him.

"What's up?" She asked in a gentle and caring tone. "You haven't been home all day…"

Noca turned to face her and for a second just looked at his girlfriend. He let a weak smile form on his face and then turned to face the waterfall again.

"I've just been training with Vegeta…and a little bit of meditation," Noca answered.

"All day? Why?" Pan questioned further. Noca took a deep breath as he thought about the struggling sessions he had with Vegeta.

"I just need to try and break into Super Saiyan 2 and prove to Vegeta that I'm not slacking, that I can do it," Noca responded as he clenched his fist and looked right ahead of him. Pan placed a gentle hand on his arm to relax him a little. She had to think of something to say.

"I…hm…It will happen…I'm sure of it. You just need to…" Pan started, not really knowing how that sentence was going to finish. Noca turned to look at here, thinking she actually had some really good advice. "You just need to focus on you emotions…and…stuff…"

Noca just blinks at the girl and looks away. She started to feel a little disappointed with herself, but that changed when Noca started to laugh a little. Pan's advice hadn't been any different to what he already knew, but he just loved that she was trying to help him. He really needed that and he made sure to let Pan know. He moved to her and put his arm around her. He thanked her and then the two of them sat and looked out over the waterfall. Pan laid her head on his shoulder and pulled in really close. Noca smiled to himself and continued to look out.

"I won't give up."

The next few days passed by without any real concerns for our young couple. Pan still had school on the Friday and had unfortunately been left with a lot of homework to do over the weekend. Noca had been meditating during the day and had also spoken to Goten, who had been there with Valese and Chi-Chi discussing plans for their wedding. Goten always found this a little annoying and thought they were planning it far too early. They wanted a summer wedding, but the excitement had really got to Valese and Chi-Chi. There were a couple of times during the day that Goten had tried to sneak away and even used Noca as an excuse so that he could train, but Chi-Chi always managed to get him to stay. He was also being shouted at for suggesting the wrong things all day. Goten was really starting to feel like he had nothing to do with his own wedding.

Once Pan came home and started complaining about her homework, Noca said that he would be happy to do his best to help her. She, of course, not only appreciated the help, but she really liked getting to spend more time with her boyfriend. Noca had been lucky to not have an encounter with Vegeta, but that just left him vigilant about when the Saiyan Prince may next show up.

Saturday morning was when Vegeta decided to make his move and intrude on Noca's life once more. He and Pan had been making a start on her homework when the proud Saiyan arrived and forced Noca into a training session. Even though Noca didn't try to get out of it, he was still forced into the sessions. He never really wanted to do them, but he was the one who suggested more training sessions. He just didn't expect them to be this often and this tough. Their session on that day was very rigorous and took place in a mountainous region. Vegeta preferred isolation when training and having space was also a priority where he was concerned. Noca agreed with that logic.

Pan was probably the person to take these training sessions the worst. She never liked watching Noca leave with Vegeta to just spar and then he'd come home injured and she would always be so worried about him. Vegeta never went easy on her boyfriend and it just made her start to resent the man. She knew that there was always a reason behind what Vegeta did, but this just annoyed her. Her day looked up a bit when Kiera had decided to make the journey to come see her. She had convinced Erasa to visit Videl so that she could come see Pan. Holline was still working in the bakery so she had that today.

The Sunday looked up for the young couple as they finally got to spend much more time together. The only two downsides were that it was spent doing a lot of homework and Noca was feeling quite exhausted and dejected after his training session. He was still really struggling to break Super Saiyan 2 and it meant Vegeta had inflicted a beating on him. Noca mentioned that there must be some sort of laws against beating a 14-year-old to near death, even if he does happen to be a Saiyan. Nevertheless, Noca would keep pushing on and put in as much effort as he always has.

That was all for the Sunday and then Monday happened and that just led to a little more misery. Pan, as usual, complained about having to go to school whilst Noca didn't, but her parents were resigned to telling her she was acting childish. In a way, she agreed, but she just wanted Noca with her. Things seemed a lot better when he was there. Noca on the other hand, he said he wouldn't have minded going to school. He was being forced into yet another training session with Vegeta and that was always annoying and there were never any results at the end of it. All that Noca discovered in this session as that he and Vegeta were almost completely level when at their Maximum in Super Saiyan. The downside to this was Vegeta saying he would approach every session as a Super Saiyan 2, but claimed that this was the help push his power to the level of Full-Powered Super Saiyan 2. This was still only something that the two Saiyans assumed was possible, but Vegeta was now taking to steps to try and prove that theory.

Both fighters still continued to push their maximums as well, but Noca couldn't just push his maximum all the time, he needed to become a Super Saiyan 2 and then his maximum would be existentially higher. After the tiring session, Noca had a whole day of rest on Tuesday and was ready and rested for whatever the next day had for him.

Wednesday 5th December Age 792

Noca had nothing to do during the day and this surprised him. He still woke up somewhat early and managed to speak to Pan before she left for school, but he wasn't greeted by Vegeta's ugly presence. Was he actually giving Noca and extra day off? The teen certainly hoped. This meant he had enough time to rest and maybe even head out to meet Pan after school. She would certainly like that, so he decided that's what he would do. He made sure to do all her could to help tidy up around the house before setting off so that he'd arrive in Satan City on time to meet his girlfriend as she left the school.

Pan had spent everyday hoping to have Noca waiting outside the school for her. He had only done it the once, but it got her hopes up that it would become a regular thing. She had been wrong so far, but that didn't mean she stopped hoping. Normal she would want to take-off from within the school grounds, but with friends living in the city and the possibility of Noca waiting for her she would leave the grounds with them. After the boring and uneventful day Pan was very happy to see that he dark-haired boyfriend was in fact waiting for her on this cold afternoon.

She rushed over to her boyfriend and fell into a comfortable and warm embrace. This had been a surprise for Noca, but one he accepted. He loved how much Pan adored being with him and it really made him very happy. The two of them said their goodbyes to the other friends as they decided they would head home straight away. Before they had their chance to take off and fly back, Kareshi came forward and called out for Noca's attention. Noca had stopped to let Kareshi say what he needed, but he didn't really want to. Whilst he was becoming friends with Kareshi he did still find him ever so slightly intolerable.

"Hey, I was just thinkin' maybe we should hang out on Friday?" Kareshi suggested in his normal, casual tone. Noca didn't really have a response. He wasn't very good at lying off the top of his head and he didn't want to flat out say yes. Pan looked up at her boyfriend, wondering what answer he would end up giving.

"I…uh, maybe," Noca eventually let out, "We'll see what happens..."

"I really hope you can," Kareshi responded. He seemed to look hopeful and that really made Noca feel quite uncomfortable, but he hadn't said yes so Kareshi wasn't actually expecting anything at the moment. Noca and Pan waved and said bye to their friends before turning away and starting off home.

Once the couple got into the air Pan decided to speak up and mention something that was on her mind.

"You know, you should hang out with Kareshi," Pan brought up. Noca had to quickly stop and look at her with a confused expression.

"Why should I? He kinda annoys me…" Noca explained to his girlfriend. She turned and moved towards him.

"Yeah, he really annoys me too, but he's Bra's boyfriend and so that makes him out friend," Pan explained with a smile.

"But…" Noca wanted to plead his case, but he didn't really have anything to say. Sure he could always make out he was busy, but it was something Pan wanted him to do so he should just accept.

"You should go out with him on Friday, I'm sure it will be fun," Pan said as she held her hand out for Noca and then turned to show she wanted to head home. Noca groaned some more as he took Pan's hand in his and they started to fly off. "At least consider it, Noca."

The boy turned to face Pan nodded whilst muttering an "ok." Pan smiled and thanked him, but Noca was really dreading it. He knew that her and Kareshi both had different ideas of what was fun and that would definitely show on Friday.

Once the young couple returned home they were greeted by something that they both found a little unfortunate and quite frustrating. Well, in Pan's case it was almost quite infuriating. Vegeta was standing there waiting for Noca, as usual. Noca heard Pan's very audible sigh and could sense the anger brewing in her as the two approached the door. Noca turned to face her and saw that she looked very annoyed and upset. This made Noca feel extremely guilty, but he knew that there was no way to convince Vegeta that they leave it for the day.

"We're training today, or did you forget?" Vegeta questioned as Noca and Pan walked towards him.

"No Vegeta, I didn't forget…I just got my hopes up…" Noca answered truthfully. "I would prefer we give it a miss so I can spend time with…"

"There is never any time to rest when you're a Saiyan," Vegeta interrupted. Noca watched as Pan carried on walking past Vegeta and towards the house, but what Vegeta had said annoyed him. Pan stopped at the door and turned to face Noca again.

"Just come see me when you're done," She said to Noca, forcing a weak smile before she walked in, slamming the door behind her. Noca winced a little bit when this happened. He really hated it when Pan was annoyed with him, but this was all Vegeta's fault. Pan's emotions changed from anger to sadness and Noca was starting to feel really bad. He glared at Vegeta and he earned himself a smirk. This was just what Vegeta wanted, but Noca would make sure to show him that it was bad to want this.

"You ready?" Vegeta asked as he powered up and took off.

"If you were going to fly off anyway, why'd you ask?" Noca muttered under his breath as he removed the coat he had been wearing and followed after the Prince.

Vegeta continued to fly at some pace to get to the ideal fighting location. He had chosen something close to Noca's home. While on the way Vegeta could feel that Noca was very annoyed with him and he knew this would play out as an advantage in their training session. The two of them landed at the fighting area and Vegeta proceeded to do a couple of stretches, as did Noca.

"I can feel that you're quite angry right now, use that as an advantage when you fight me." Vegeta explained to the boy. He had his back turned on Noca as he performed his stretches and the teen noticed this.

"Fine…" Noca responded as he flashed Super Saiyan and charged towards Vegeta at an extreme pace. The Saiyan prince turned around just in time to block the punch Noca had thrown. He, however, didn't have the time to become a Super Saiyan so the punch broke through the guard and cracked into Vegeta's face. The Prince was sent stumbling back and even fell to a knee. Vegeta looked up at Noca as the teen powered up more and then charge forwards once again. This time he crashed his knee right into the centre of Vegeta's face and the prince flew back and slid across the dirt.

The Prince slowly started to get back to his feet and looked towards Noca with an angered expression. Sure, he liked it when Noca actually took it serious, but he didn't like being made a fool of. Vegeta stood up and powered up to Super Saiyan 2.

"Come on then, boy. You obviously have some anger to work out. Bring it on." Vegeta taunted. Noca smirked and cracked his knuckles.

"With pleasure."

The teen charge forwards once again and this time Vegeta charged forward as well. The two of them crashed into each other fist first, both striking the other in the face and knocking one another back. The two Saiyans twisted in the air to get themselves back into decent positions and charge for each other once more. Vegeta swung his right arm and Noca had to quickly arch his body to avoid the punch and thought he had succeeded, but then Vegeta swung a left hook around and crashed it into the side of Noca's face. He was pushed back and had to flip to gain a little more distance and give himself time to prepare for the next attack. Vegeta followed on and threw a rapid barrage of punches.

Noca managed to avoid all of the punches and then flew up to gain even more distance. Vegeta grunted and then shot up in his attempt to follow the teen. He managed to get ahead of Noca and threw a fist for the boy, but Noca caught it and then charged his own punch into the Prince's gut. Vegeta bent over and Noca pulled back before performing a spinning kick that struck Vegeta right in the jaw and sent him shooting to the side.

Noca powered up and followed on. He arrived above Vegeta and smashed his fists down on Vegeta's gut. You would've expected Vegeta to fly towards the ground, but Noca acted so swiftly that he stuck his knee underneath Vegeta as he slammed his fists down and cracked the Prince's back over his leg. It was something Vegeta would recover from in seconds, but it still earned quite a loud cry of pain. Noca then moved away and only then did he decided to slam Vegeta's body down towards the ground.

The Prince soared down, but he never reached the ground. At the very last second he powered up, turned around and charged back up towards Noca at a blistering pace. Noca panicked and threw a Big Bang style Ki blast towards Vegeta. The Prince flew head-on straight into the blast. It, of course, exploded and formed a huge smoke cloud. Noca had a momentary sense of relief, but that was cut extremely short when Vegeta shot up out of the cloud and smashed his head right into Noca's nose. The blood gushed out and Noca was knocked back. Vegeta grabbed the boy by the front of his shirt and pulled him forward. He punched him in the face again and let go.

The teen was sent flying away and Vegeta followed up by throwing a huge barrage of blasts at the unsuspecting and injured boy. All the blood on his face clouded Noca's vision, but he could certainly feel the power of the blasts and knew exactly where Vegeta was. He would need to focus on his senses right now. Vegeta continued with the blasts and Noca was feeling the impact of most of them, but some of them he was blocking or cancelling out with Ki blasts of his own. The smoke cloud around the boy was growing ever larger and Vegeta was just shooting and hoping by now. He was soon shocked by a voice behind him though.

"I didn't actually tell Pan what I did the other day," Noca said to Vegeta in a slightly amused tone, "But I guess there's no harm in telling you."

Noca swung a strong fist that smashed right into Vegeta's face and sent him soaring across the sky. The teen then lifted his hand to his forehead and then placed two fingers to it. Suddenly he disappeared and reappeared right where Vegeta was going to end up. The Prince twisted and stopped just short of the teen. Noca smirked at Vegeta before lowering his hand.

"I managed to perfect Instant Transmission…KAME-HAME-HA!" Noca pulled his hands to the side and powered up a rapid Kamehameha and shot it right into Vegeta's torso. The blast pounded right into the Saiyan's body and sent him flying through the sky at an amazing speed. Noca took the chance to show his use of Instant Transmission again, but let's just say…he didn't really perfect it. The technique ended up dropping him some 20 feet closer to the ground. Noca cursed and tried again. This time he ended up closer to Vegeta, but far enough that once the Prince had recovered there was no longer an advantage.

"Perfected it?" Vegeta said with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.

"Ok…maybe no…I kinda lose concentration after a little bit, but I'm getting there," Noca pointed out. Vegeta just rolled his eyes. Noca seemed to find this annoying. "Hey, it's better progress than you've made with it!"

"I don't need it," Vegeta said simply. Noca knew Vegeta would love to have that technique under his belt, but maybe he just didn't have the patience for it. The Prince had enough of the talking and wanted to get back into the fight. He charged back towards Noca and spun to try and kick him in the head. Noca lifted an arm to block the kick and then attempted to punch Vegeta in the gut, but the Prince flipped away from Noca and threw a blast in his face. The blast struck it's target hard and Noca was blinded. Sure, he still had a fair bit of blood on his face as well, but at least it wasn't in his eyes anymore. That blast that made things a little more difficult because his eyes were stinging.

He attempted to shake it off, but Vegeta continued to take the advantage. He sent a tough barrage into Noca's gut and then pulled back his right arm to unleash one hell of an uppercut the sent Noca's head shooting up so fast there was a loud crack. Vegeta then punched Noca in the throat and the boy had to pull away and gripped it in pain. He started cough a bit profusely and felt like he was about to vomit, but luckily he managed to hold back. He sent a death glare at Vegeta a charged for him again.

Vegeta quickly moved to the side and avoided the boy and then swung a kick into his ribs. Noca fell to the side a little and due to his weakened state he was starting to lose altitude. Vegeta capitalised on this by flying towards the boy and grabbing him by the throat and charging towards the ground. Vegeta moved at complete pace and slammed Noca's body into the ground. There was a crater formed by the impact and Noca was looking quite beaten. He slowly picked himself out of the crater and looked right into Vegeta's eyes.

"You can't beat me that easily!" Noca stated as he powered up and charged in for another attack.

Meanwhile, Pan was still sitting in her room and was waiting for Noca to finally come home and see her. She could sense the fight still going on and knew Noca was being dealt some damage. She hated him coming in beaten up, but she'd have to deal with it. She looks at the time and notices that almost 2 hours have passed. (Believe me, it took longer than two hours to write)

Pan decided she might as well have a shower and relax a little bit before Noca returned. She didn't really want to do anything else right now. She went into the bathroom got undressed and then entered the shower.

Back with the training, Noca was finding out that he really didn't have the energy to keep going and Vegeta was finding it easy to beat down the young Saiyan. He threw a few punched and managed to get the boy to stumble back and then with a simple charge forward he sent a powerful punch into Noca's gut that lifted him off the ground and smashed him into a rock. He was worn out, and he was beaten. Noca fell to the floor and could hardly move. Vegeta had seen enough.

"We're done for today, disappointing…" Vegeta stated as he turned around and blasted off home. Noca was left to make some pretty dismal attempts at picking himself up off of the ground. He started to stumble around a little more and fell to his knees. He did learn something from this session. Instant Transmission could be a powerful asset.

Noca made his way home slowly and upon arrival he certainly shocked Chi-Chi. Noca had gone into the kitchen to get some much-needed water and then washed his face off and dried it. Chi-Chi was complaining about how he shouldn't be allowed to just go off with Vegeta and get beaten to a pulp. Noca ignored her as he walked towards the hallway. He was exhausted. Videl had come out of the living room to see what Chi-Chi was going on about and she was shocked to see Noca in this state. Noca just continued and said he'll be fine.

He reached the top of the stairs and remembered that Pan had asked him to come and see her. He stretched himself a little and winced at some of the pain he was feeling. He slowly makes his way down the hall towards Pan's door. Pan was just getting out of the shower and grabbed her towel. She was in her room and was getting some comfortable clothes out of her drawer. She set them on her bed and removed her towel.

This is where the moment happens…not one either person wanted to remember.

Noca entered the room and the exact moment Pan's towel hit the floor. This meant that the next thing that happened was perhaps the most awkward encounter between the young couple yet.

Pan had no idea what to do and just completely froze. She stared right at Noca with really wide eyes. Once Noca's eyes actually fell upon Pan's naked body, he too froze up and his eyes were just as wide. He didn't know where his eyes should go and even if he did, he couldn't move a muscle right now. Both teens were blushing so profusely it looked like they would both pass out. Suddenly Pan was brought back to reality and reacted just as you'd expect.

"Get out!" She yelled at her boyfriend. Noca just nodded and quickly turned on the spot and rushed out of the room whilst saying sorry. He closed the door behind him and rushed off to his own bedroom where he too slammed the door behind him. Once in his room he managed to stop, calm down and headed to his bed. He sat at the end of it and tried to think on something else. He couldn't get the image of Pan's naked body out of his head. He slaps himself, but to no avail. It wasn't helpful in any way, except it hurt.

Pan had finally got dressed and sat on her bed as well. She was in the same predicament as Noca except there wasn't really an image she had to get out. She was just blushing so much. She was going over the whole scenario in her head some more and in a way she didn't really blame Noca for what had happened. She did tell him to come and see her when he was done after all. Maybe she should've been more specific and said, "make sure to knock." She wasn't saying it was her fault, but it wasn't really Noca's. She was just a little embarrassed and shocked by it. But that was it…she was only a little embarrassed.

Noca, meanwhile, didn't really know what to do. He had taken to pacing around his room whilst thinking about what had just happened and he really didn't want to be thinking about it right now. It was such a shock to him that it just wouldn't leave his mind. He really didn't mean for it to happen and now Pan would be a lot angrier than she already was.

He knew he loved Pan, a lot at that, but he really didn't feel ready for this and he was sure Pan felt the same about that. They were still quite young and neither was ready for that level of their relationship, maybe a year or two at the least. This was far too strange a way for to happen and he was a little embarrassed as well. They were only teens and it felt far too odd. He decided to have a shower to get his mind off of things. He was still filthy from his fight and really exhausted so he was going to shower and then get some sleep.

After a nice shower Noca emerged to see that his phone was flashing on the bedside table. He went over to it and saw that there was a text message from Pan. He was a little hesitant to open it, but went ahead with it anyway.

Pan - Sorry about how I reacted. Really didn't expect that today xx

Noca smiled down at the phone and then wrote his reply.

Noca - It's ok. I think it's justified. I'm sorry for entering and not thinking xx

Pan - Don't worry about it, mistakes happen. I'm just feeling embarrassed by it xx

Noca's next reply was sent with hardly any thinking used, to go right along with what he had previously sent.

Noca - Don't be. You don't need to be. I kinda liked what I saw xx

It took Noca a couple of seconds to truly read what he had just sent and then he had to stick with it. It was already sent. He almost cursed out loud, but had managed to refrain himself from doing so.

Pan received that text and was certainly surprised by that honesty. It just didn't seem like something Noca would say. Sure, it was only in a text, but still…he said it. She was blushing all over again and didn't know how to respond. It took her some time and that made Noca feel really anxious.

Pan - Thank you. I knew you would haha. I'm going to bed now, speak to you in the morning xx

Noca was surprised by that reply from Pan and could help the small chuckle that escaped. He sent his reply and then turned around to go to sleep.

Noca – Good night. Love you xx

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