Yo. So, I didn't get the immediate response I was hoping for with Chapter 1, but that's ok. I've been gone a while so it will take time for people to filter back. Not gonna lie, I may have put a few things into this short arc that weren't necessarily needed, but everything I do adds character moments (Usually) and it's also based on things I'd like to see. I like to have a lot of action and then sprinkle in some Slice-Of-Life, but don't worry. I'm not going to put as much into this story as I did with the last. I have a lot to get through with this story so putting loads of Filler moments would be a bad idea.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 2: Summer Holidays

Thursday 8th August Age 793

A week on from the confrontation with Gohan and everything was settled down. Gohan's and Noca's relationship didn't appear to be instantly corrected and repaired, but the groundwork had been done to ensure things would be fixed soon. In the meantime, Bra recommended that the entire group spend a few days together and Noca found himself dragged along to Satan City mall. Not always the best day out, but at least he was spending time with his friends. Time that didn't involved school or invading aliens.

Once at the mall, Pan and Noca immediately met with Bra, Dom, Holline and Kiera, but they were made to wait for the arrival of Kareshi. For some reason he was running late and hadn't told anyone why. Either he had overslept or was busy with something else. Bra seemed disappointed by Kareshi's late arrival, but didn't say anything on the matter.

When Kareshi did finally showed up it seemed he had decided to go with the 'accidentally overslept' excuse. One they had all predicted would be an option in his mind. To Bra, it didn't matter if he was late or on time. At least he was there to spend some time with her. They hadn't seen each other in little over a week and she was beginning to miss him. Could the same be said for Kareshi? If it could then it was certainly hard to tell.

All he did upon arrival was start talking to Noca and Dom. Yes, he greeted Bra, but she felt like she was being ignored, at least a little bit. He seemed to be more interested in whether or not Dom and Noca had played a brand new video game or seen a new movie than he was in his own girlfriend. That didn't sit right with the group, but no one was about to call him out in front of everyone. Someone would have to have a private work with him.

Pan shot Noca a look that made him understand she wanted him to be the one to ask the question and see what was going on with Kareshi, but the teen wasn't looking forward to such a conversation. Once in the mall though, the boy found themselves split from the girls in one of the bigger stores and started wandering aimlessly to find an exit from the Women's section. The girls had foolishly lead the males in here and now they were trapped.

"Where is the freakin' exit?" Dom questioned, getting rather agitated. Noca shook his head and put a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"You need to calm down a little," Noca said with a half smile. Dom glared back, but it wasn't meant in a serious manner. Noca chuckled, "What? It's not my fault we're stuck."

Dom smirked and turned away to try and find a new route. Meanwhile, Kareshi followed them, but was busy texting someone on his phone. Neither Dom nor Noca cared enough to enquire as to whom he was speaking with, but they did want his attention and assistance. He was the one to have spent more time in a mall than the other two boys, but he wasn't being at all helpful in this scenario.

Luckily, they soon found their way outside, only to find the girls there waiting.

"Where have you three been?" Bra asked, giggling at the looks on their faces. Those expressions told the story. They were a bit perplexed by the layout of that shop and how the girls were already out. None of them even held a shopping back and Noca sighed. Kiera laughed and stepped towards him.

"You know better than to expect us to buy something in the first shop we visit, right Noca?" Kiera said, patting him on the arm and continuing to the next shop. Noca looked to the side, sighed again and then turned to face Pan with a pleading expression.

"When can we leave?" Noca asked, plain a simple. Dom then appeared at his side.

"I am too curious as to when we can go home," Dom said, his language clearly better than Noca's, but he only cared about getting his point across. None of the boys wanted to be here, but they weren't going to force the girls to let them leave. Meanwhile, Kareshi seemed to still be busy on his phone and that was starting to get to Bra, if only a little bit.

Bra looked away from her boyfriend and back to the other two boys before informing them, "We'll go home when I've had enough shopping."

"So…never?" Noca responded bluntly, earning himself a slap on the arm from his Blue-Haired friend…wait, not friend, they were actually cousins now. His Blue-Haired cousin. That's better.

Noca rubbed his arm, pretending to be hurt and that earned him an amused smirk from Dom, but Noca shot him a fake glare. The two chuckled together before following the girls. Kareshi was still tagging along behind. Eventually, Bra found a shop that she saw good enough for her attention and dropped in to have a look at some stuff. Noca, Dom and Kareshi once again followed in, but the boyfriend of the Brief girl wasn't paying much attention and accidently drifted off in a different direction. Dom recommended that he and Noca take a look for things that may interest them. Neither noticed that Kareshi was no longer with them.

Down an aisle with the stuff Bra was looking for Pan took the time to ask her something. She had noticed her best friend seeming pretty angry at something and had to see what it was. Both of them hated seeing the other angry or upset.

"Bra, are you ok?" Pan asked, Bra didn't respond immediately and made out she was looking intently for something. Pan sighed and asked again and this time the Blue-Haired girl turned around and apologised.

"Sorry Pan, I don't mean to seem annoyed with you girls, but I'm a little frustrated with Kareshi right now," Bra stopped and looked up and down to see if Kareshi was anywhere near. He wasn't. She moved in closer to her friends, "He's been really distant. It's difficult to get replies from him, but today he's been on his phone almost the entire time…I just don't get it."

None of the three girls knew exactly what to say. None of them had really been fond of Kareshi and didn't understand Bra's attraction, but Bra obviously liked something about him and that had made her happy. But right now she clearly wasn't happy and the girls were finding it hard not to voice their opinions and concerns. They hoped that the situation would sort itself out and tried to assure Bra that he probably had a lot on his mind. Bra just accepted the response and made sure to keep on a happy face for the rest of their day out.

Until…

Once they left that store they managed to re-join Kareshi and he was finally off of his phone. It didn't seem like he had anything important to tell them, so was he just being ignorant? The group started to head further into to mall and soon there was a group of three boys approaching them. They were close to Kareshi's size and it didn't take long for everyone to notice they were players from their school's sports team. There was an audible sigh from Bra as Kareshi looked up and smiled.

"Hey guys!" he greeted, walking up to them and joking around. They seemed to be in conversation while the others stood back and just let it happen. Bra was beginning to look fairly annoyed now and wanted to say something, but also didn't want to make a scene. Kareshi seemed to be done talking and turned around to face the others and Bra was about to breathe a sigh of relief…

But…

"Hey, so I'm gonna head off with these guys," Kareshi said, and now Bra had enough. She glared at her boyfriend for a second. Closed her eyes. Breathed in and then turned away from him.

"Fine," she said bluntly before storming off in the opposite direction. The other three girls quickly turned and followed after the Brief Girl. Kareshi seemed pretty shocked, but one of his teammates spoke to him and then they all walked off joking around. Noca and Dom remained standing there and didn't know what to do. They could've tried to persuade Kareshi to change his mind, but for some reason they just didn't. Maybe it was best?

The two boys looked at each other before turning and walking in the direction the girls rushed off in. They didn't rush after them and knew the girls would want a chance to calm Bra down, so they took a slow walk in that direction. It gave them a chance to talk as well.

"What do you think is Kareshi's problem?" Dom questioned, seeming fairly disappointed in his friend's decision. Noca shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't really know. He just doesn't seem that keen on spending time with Bra at the moment," Noca clearly had a confused expression and didn't understand why Kareshi was acting this way. Dom certainly had a problem with it.

"Why though? What's his deal?" Dom was getting a little more worked up. Noca made an attempt to calm Dom down, not wanting another angry friend today.

"Hey, don't worry, I'm sure it's nothing big," Noca started, putting a hand on Dom's shoulder. "Kareshi doesn't seem like a relationship genius, I doubt he even knows he's hurt Bra's feelings."

Noca was clearly trying to make the situation a bit more light-hearted and Dom understood Noca's motives for doing so. He just decided to agree with his friend, "I know…I just don't like it."

"I said don't worry, let's just make sure nothing else upsets her today," Noca suggested as the two of them continued on. They soon caught up with their friends and the girls decided they had enough of the mall for the day and suggested they just head to Satan City park and relax in the heat. The boys agreed. They all quickly grabbed themselves drinks from a local shop and then started to make the walk to the park.

Finding the best place to relax in the park had been made a hard task due to the amount of people that had decided to venture out on this reasonably warm day. Luckily they still managed to find a fairly decent place to chill out and they managed to keep away from any larger crowds so that was a plus. They had their privacy that way.

The six of them just all talked amongst each other, joked around and had a genuinely good time. They made sure not to think on Kareshi although it was assumed that Bra still had it on her mind, but all they could do in that case was keep the conversation going about something else.

He wouldn't openly admit it in this moment, but Noca felt really happy with life at this time. No big bad events seemed on the horizon as of yet, although this Kuyato person had been named and that was clearly a threat to be prepared for, but how could they be prepared for something that they weren't even sure would come. Could Vernege really be believed, and who was the cloaked person that Noca spoke with? All things that still needed clearing up, but right now Noca wanted to hold his girlfriend in his arms and sit a chill out with his friends.

He put his arm around Pan and pulled her in a little closer and she returned the gesture by putting her arms around his torso. The two cuddled up to each other, while continuing their conversation with the others.

Unfortunately, that conversation would soon be disturbed by a sound in the distance. Some sort of alarm started to screech from further in the city and that caught the attention of every single person in the park. It wasn't unusually for alarms to go off in Satan City, people knew there had been a lot of crime there in past. Some people started to pass it off and return to their business, but…

BOOM!

A loud explosion sounded from the same direction and once more, everyone sprung to attention and some people even started to run in the opposite direction. Noca jumped to his feet and started to move in that direction. He could hear more screams coming and he knew he should go and check on it. He turns back to the group and is surprised to see them all step forward and suggest they carry on ahead to check it out. Noca agreed and off they went.

All six of them started running and soon enough they came into view of the street that had been affect and they could see a large black cloud and some flames coming from further down. Dom was quick to realise where it came from.

"That's the Science Museum!" The blond boy shouted, quite angered to see it happen to a place he was fond of. Bra stepped forward as well.

"Damn, what should we do?" Bra asked. She turned to Noca, hoping for an answer, but his eyes were fixed on something heading their way. The silhouette travelling towards them seemed to walk awkwardly, but Noca was still getting ready for some sort of huge fight. He clenched his fists, but once the figure was out of the black smoke cloud the others could clearly see that something wasn't quite right about it.

"What the hell is that thing?" Kiera asked, not getting a clear view straight away.

Dom started to step forward trying to get a better look at it, "Looks like some sort of Robot?"

"Possibly an Android," Bra said in surprise as she grabbed the back of Dom's shirt and dragged him back away. She clearly didn't want anyone getting hurt. Noca stepped forward and looked around. He was formulating a plan. They didn't know how dangerous this robot might be.

He turned around and looked to Pan and Holline, knowing they were the fighters of the group. "You two, help cover me by taking the outside route. Don't give it any space to escape," Noca instructed. The two of them listened. Pan ran to the right and Holline to the left. Noca, meanwhile, would head up the middle. He wanted to draw the robot in his direction so he would be in with a quick chance of taking it down.

The robot hadn't actually taken any notice of the teens yet and was instead firing its weapons towards people, but it appeared to only be doing it in a threatening fashion and wasn't actually trying to kill anyone, but explosions told a completely different story. Noca noticed one of the robot's attacks come very close to a person and that was when he knew he couldn't wait anymore. He charged towards the robot and stopped dead in front of it. The robot halted any movement and turned to face the teen. It started to analyse him and Noca just let it. At least it was distracted. The teen had to remain vigilant though. He couldn't let his guard down.

The robot finally seemed to stop analysing him and actually started to speak, but with a very robotic tone, would you believe?

"New target acquired. Threat level…highest."

Noca raised an eyebrow and didn't know what to expect, but then the robot lifted its arm and started to fire its weapon once more. Noca leapt back to avoid any damage, but found the bullets to be ordinary, meaning they did no effect to the teen. He shook his head slightly and then started to walk towards the robot once more. Once within reach he reeled his arm back and sent it crashing right through the robot's face, effectively taking it out of commission.

Noca pulled his arm out of the robot's head and watched as it collapsed to the ground, sparking. The rest of the teens all approached to take a better look at the robot. There was obviously no longer a fear factor about the machine. Noca had taken it down with such ease. Bra dropped down beside it and started to examine the technology around it. She seemed fascinated, while Noca stood and pondered on where it had come from and why it was here.

"Look at all this tech," Bra exclaimed, clearly in awe. "We should get this to my Mom, she'd love to take a look at it." Right as Bra said those words a bright red light started to flash on the robot and everyone was suddenly quite worried about what it could mean. It even started to make a beeping noise and that was when Noca made an assumption.

"It's a bomb, move!" Noca shouted as he flashed Super Saiyan and moved towards it again. The rest of them moved away as Noca made sure to keep his aura raised to a protective level. The small little robot that had caused a slight issue shone brightly before erupting in a great explosion that engulfed Noca. Pan turned around and called out for her boyfriend, but the smoke cleared to reveal that Noca was unscathed aside from some torn clothing. He lowered his arms and looked around at the debris. He cursed to himself that there wasn't a way to find out where it had come from. He really thought they could have found some important information.

Bra approached and looked around at the damage and then up at Noca. "So much for that idea, huh?" She said with an awkward smile. Noca smiled back, but kept his gave fixed on further up the street. Specifically, the museum. He wondered what the robot was actually trying to do and felt the need to investigate further. The teen started to walk further up the street, slightly confusing his friends.

"What is it?" Pan asked, rushing up to his side. Noca looked around at the damage from the Robot and then into a hole in the wall of the museum.

"I wanna know why the robot attacked," Noca responded. Noca entered the building through the hole and found himself in some sort of laboratory. Wait, it actually was a lab. Noca looked at the tech that he was unfamiliar with and tried to spot something that looked obviously out of the ordinary. The only problem with this, the place was in a mess so it was all out of the ordinary. There were some scientists trying to clean up as the teen walked in. Pan tried to tell Noca to ignore it, but he was already oblivious to her. It didn't help that Bra and Dom both wanted to look around as well. Pan rolled her eyes and decided that she may as well join them. The last three of the group followed in and all tried to help Noca look around for some sort of clues.

The first thing Noca saw out of the ordinary was a person that he recognised. Someone he had spoken with before. It was Teki, the teacher from school. Noca went up to him, the man looked a little shaken and the teen knew it would only be right to question what had happened.

"Hey," Noca called out, getting the teacher's attention. He looked rather surprised to see Noca, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. "What happened here?" The teen Saiyan asked.

"Oh…well I heard the attack and decided to come and check to see if everyone was ok…" Teki said, it seemed like he was in a rush to get out of there, but Noca wanted to ask more questions. Teki quickly stopped that from happening. "Unfortunately I didn't see anything."

Noca was a little disappointed not to have any more information, but he wouldn't let it get him down for too long. Soon enough he heard a scientist call to one of his colleagues and say something to her. The middle-aged, female scientist rushed over to her male colleague's side and enquired as to what he had discovered. Noca and the others all heard the conversation.

"What is it, Rick?" The female asked.

"I've searched all over and it appears that only one thing was taken…it was…" Rick stalled and looked rather upset and angry about this, "They took the chip." The female scientist looked really disappointed to hear that news as well and sat down in a chair. She put her head in her hands a muttered something. The teens were all confused, but one of them decided to question it.

"Uhm…hey," Dom greeted, walking over to the scientists, "Might I ask what it is you've lost?"

"It was something secret that we had been working on for a very long time," The female responded. "Not for teenagers to find out about."

In response to that, Bra walked over and introduced herself, "I'm Bra Brief, daughter of Bulma Brief, CEO of Capsule Corp." The two scientists were rather shocked that she was there. "I can assure you that anything you tell us is purely confidential…we won't tell anyone, we're just…we're big science fans." Bra smiled at Dom after she said that and the blond boy blushed a little bit.

The scientists seemed to change their minds about keeping it from the teens and decided to explain what it was.

"Fine, we'll let you kids know. By the way, I'm Fiona Winters, and this is my Partner, Rick Simmons," She introduced before moving over to a computer and sitting down in the seat. "We've been working on a very Advanced Super-Computer System for a long time and we were making some huge progress."

"Wait, do you work for King's Systems?" Bra asked, quickly. Fiona was taken by surprise at the outburst and started to chuckle.

"So you know about us?" Fiona questioned, a smile still on her face, despite what had happened.

"Of course I do," Bra said proudly, "I'm the good child in my house, I actually pay attention to what work my Mom is interested in." Bra turned to her friends and explained herself. "My Mom has been trying to work with King's Systems for a very long time, but these guys try to stay independent."

"You must be a very smart girl," Fiona stated, earning a giggle from the blue-haired teen. "She's right, Capsule Corp. have been hugely interested in us for a very long time now. And this was one idea they were always excited about."

Fiona opened a file, but then took a moment to think.

"I don't understand why they took the chip..." She questioned out loud. Bra raised an eyebrow and wanted to ask further, but Fiona turned around in her chair. "We were working on a form of Artificial Intelligence and that was the first chip we had managed to completely construct."

All the teens were very shocked by what had been revealed and didn't know what to say.

"You mean…you guys…were making AI a reality?" Dom asked, completely awestruck. Fiona nodded.

"Yes, and despite losing the chip, we still have all the data. While it would take some time to reconstruct the chip and reprogram it, it is still possible," Fiona continued. As she showed the teens some of the files, Teki began to wander a little bit around the Lab and appeared to be looking for something. Rick noticed this and approached the man.

"Anything wrong, sir?" Rick asked. Teki turned and shook his head with a friendly smile.

"Nope, just taking a look at your tech," Teki took a glance, "It's very good, but it certainly isn't Alpha Industries quality."

"I thought I recognised you…you approached us before," Rick said. He seemed a little annoyed now. "As a rival to Capsule Corp. I don't feel comfortable having you here in our lab."

Teki smiled and chuckled.

"That's ok, I was just leaving anyway," He said, turning around and heading towards the hole in the wall. He stopped by a desk and placed a card down. "If, by any chance, you're interested in choosing a business partner then give me a call."

Teki didn't look back, he just stepped out of the wall and continued down the street. He reached the end and turned down a small alleyway before pulling out a communicator. He clicked the button and waited to hear a response on the other end. Soon another voice came.

"Teki, I saw the news. Couldn't have kept it quiet?" The older voice asked.

"Sorry, Omega. I just needed to ensure the distraction was grand enough that I could go completely unnoticed," Teki responded, feeling very pleased with himself.

"Did you get the item?"

"The chip is safely in my possession, but they still have the files and ability to create a new one," Teki explained, "What shall I do about that?"

There was silence from the other end for a bit and Teki couldn't bring himself to say anything else right now. Omega was clearly thinking and needed a little time to come up with a good enough idea.

"I can be placed at the scene…and they have my card," Teki said, coming to the realisation that he may have done something stupid. "That would all be telling evidence if we were to release the system to the public."

"The public?" Omega questioned, chuckling afterward. "This will never reach the public, this system will be used for so much more. We will change the world."

"But what about the files that they have? How do we erase them now?" Teki questioned.

"We know hackers. We have more robots. We have endless means to take down any competition," The sinister sound in Omega's voice was almost terrifying, "We'll be fine."

"What will we do?"

"I'll explain the plan when you're back here. But, I can assure you, we must make sure all evidence of you being there, is erased. Is that clear?" Omega stated.

"Yes sir," Teki replied. He thought about the fact the teens knew he was there, but none of them suspected Teki of being a criminal and they would have no reason to believe he was involved. Everything would work itself out in the end.

Back at the Lab, Fiona was still showing the files to the teens and they were getting really excited with what they were seeing.

"Everything you guys are doing looks fantastic!" Dom exclaimed. It's just so unfortunate someone tried to sabotage it all.

"At least they only have the chip. They may be able to replicate the system, but we hold patent and what they did is very illegal," Fiona explained.

"If they manage to release some form of the system to the public then we'll know, plus they'll have a hard time completing it without the finishing touches," Rick expanded on Fiona's point. The teens realised that everything wasn't as bad as it seemed and they should be happy that King's Systems weren't completely destroyed by the loss of their chip.

Bra and Dom were still interested in finding out more about the system and wanted to stay a bit longer. The information was fascinating for them and they loved it all. The two scientists were very pleased that the teens were excited but they had to get them out of there so they could clean up. But Bra had a final question.

"So, if you're creating an AI you must have some sort of brilliant name for the system. What is it?"

Fiona and Rick were amused by their persistence in finding out everything they could. It really pleased them that people were this excited about their work.

"Nothing too amazing, just 'King's Artificial Intelligence' or K.A.I. for short," Fiona revealed before leading them out, "Now, you should head on home."

The teens said goodbye to the scientist duo and began to head back to the park. They had to navigate a rather large crowd that had formed to see what the whole event had been and some people had recognised Noca as the person who had destroyed the robot and they were trying to thank him, but the teens wanted to avoid all of this. They just boarded one of Bra's Capsule-Planes and headed back to Capsule Corp. They may as well spend the night together.

It had been an interesting day, but there were many more of those to come and Noca would be prepared for anything…except maybe…

Thursday 15th August Age 793

Date night for Gohan and Videl. Also…the first time that Noca and Pan would be left to look after a certain child Saiyan. Rei.

It was safe to say that both teens were dreading having to look after the baby, but they couldn't deny it was also going to be a fantastic experience. Not only would it help them for their own future, but it would also be the perfect chance to show that Noca and Pan were mature enough to do something as serious as this. Gohan was confident in them and that was all they needed to be sure everything would be ok. There was always a little worry, but Pan couldn't hide her excitement and actually babysitting her own little brother. She was especially happy that Noca was here to share it with her.

"Well, it's time for some training," Noca said, standing up and heading to the door.

"What?" Pan called out, looking rather angry to hear those words, but upon hearing the sound of Noca's laughter she managed to realise he was only joking. He was just trying to mess with her. "That's not funny…I may be excited to do this, but it's still gonna be difficult on us."

"Hey, your Dad has faith in us to do well and we just need to keep that in mind," Noca explained, doing his best to keep her spirits up. He could see the look in her eyes and it told him that Pan was rather overwhelmed by the responsibility that had been heaped upon the couple this evening. Noca let a smirk crawl across his face, knowing that he and Pan would be fine if they stuck together through it. She had been looking forward to having a chance to look after her little brother, but now that the moment had finally arrived, Pan was scared.

Noca vowed to be as much help as he could, but he too had to admit it was something to be a little wary of. He had never looked after a child before, then again he was only 14-years-old, as was Pan.

Videl had made sure to leave the teens with everything they needed to make sure Rei would be fed and clean. Pan and Noca just needed to keep an eye on him, keep him entertained and put him to bed at an appropriate time. By this time, the first part had already been taken care of and all that was left was for the teens to play with him for a little bit. Rei seemed to be very prepared for this moment and was in a very energetic mood. That didn't bode well for the inexperienced teenagers.

Pan was just playing with a few of Rei's toys when all of a sudden the little baby grabbed a hold of one of his toys and threw it across the room. Now, babies would do this kind of thing, but when Rei did it…

"Ow!" Noca exclaimed when he felt something plastic take him completely by surprise and strike the back of his head. The boy turned around to see Rei giggling like he had just accomplished something great. Pan was also trying to hold back a laugh, but had to remain strict to tell Rei not to do it again.

"No, bad Rei. Don't throw things at Noca," Pan said, sternly, pointing her finger. Rei giggled, moved forward and grabbed his Sister's finger. Pan thought it was a cute gesture, but then the squeezing started and Pan was sure she felt bones cracking. She winced in pain and tried to pull her hand away, but ended up dragging Rei along the floor. "Rei, let go!"

Pan wasn't angry with her Brother, but she was feeling a lot of strength and that was both surprising and unnerving. It was great that she had such a strong little Brother, but he shouldn't be hurting his sister. Noca walked over and lifted Rei away, getting the baby boy to release his Sister in the process.

"Now, why would you want to hurt her?" Noca asked in a childish voice, looking into Rei's eyes. The boy started to giggle at the Teen's face and then unleashed a powerful slap that stung across Noca's cheek. The teen made sure to remain composed, but he had no guard up, no raised Ki…and that hurt.

Pan was up on her feet and took the baby from Noca, and in her strictest voice she said, "Now, that was mean. I'm putting you to bed."

Rei continued to giggle. Pan shook her head, smiled and put the boy down on the floor.

"He's a handful…" Pan said to Noca.

"Yeah, but he's your brother," Noca replied, looking back at his girlfriend with an amused smile. Pan sent a fake laugh in his direction.

"Yeah, well one day he'll be your brother-in-la…" Pan stopped herself from finishing that sentence as a blush started to cross her face. Noca chuckled at her reaction. He moved to the couch and sat beside her.

"You get so embarrassed when you think about that possibility don't you?" Noca questioned. Pan continued to blush and tried to look away from her boyfriend. "It may happen one day, we accept that, right?"

Pan looked back and laid a quick kiss on her boyfriend's cheek. "Of course, Noca." The couple's sweet moment was cut short, but a smashing sound and some more hysterical giggling. Both Pan's and Noca's gazes snapped towards the sound and they saw Rei sitting on top of a shelf and underneath it was a smash Vase. Pan stood up in shock and looked ahead.

"That was very expensive…Rei!" Pan said, scared about what her Mother and Father would say. Pan rushed over to the mess and started to clean it up, but then Rei decided that he would continue his fun and decided that he had the perfect moment to jump off of the shelf. Noca was quick to react and phased forward to catch the little boy. Rei looked up at his unwanted saviour and sent a pout in his direction. Noca smirked down at the baby.

"You have a long, long ways to go until you're faster than me," Noca told the boy. Noca looks from Rei down at Pan, as she cleans the mess. He can see the stress in her eyes and moves down next to her. "Hey Pan, why don't you lay down for a minute. I can keep an eye on Rei."

Pan looked up at her boyfriend and contemplated it. "No, I can't let you do that."

"Pan, I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. Lay down."

She takes a look at the genuine smile on Noca's face and then the extremely playful look on Rei's. She sighs and then nods to her boyfriend. He helps her up off the floor and she lays down on the couch. Noca watches her close her eyes and drift into a peaceful state and he prepares himself to entertain the child.

Noca sets the boy down on the floor and sits there to watch what he gets up to. Rei starts to crawl towards his toys and begins to play with them as if everything was normal. Noca furrows his brow and starts to laugh a little. Rei was a strange little guy and Noca was looking forward to getting to know him some more.

About half-an-hour passes by and Pan is up and ready to help Noca again. As she wakes up Rei rushes towards her and in doing so, leaps through the air and tackles her back to the ground. Pan hits down hard and starts to get angry and a little upset.

"Why is everything going wrong?!" Pan half yells, tears almost in her eyes. Noca is quick to realise what is going on.

"Wait a second, Pan. Rei senses your nerves. He knows you're scared and that's why he's acting this way. He's trying to settle your emotions, but he doesn't know how." Noca explained. Pan looked at him, judgingly.

"Is that really what's going on?"

"I don't know. Could be, makes sense right?" Noca replied in an amused tone. Pan smirked, but soon that smirk turned to a look of fear as she noticed something behind Noca. He turns around slowly and then spots what had grabbed Pan's attention. It was Rei, ever so slowly, flying towards the door. He was giggling all the way as his body struggled through the air, but Pan didn't see it as a laughing matter. She was about to run after him, but Noca immediately phased in front of the baby boy.

"Where are you going, little guy?" Noca asked in a casual tone. Rei ignore the boy and sailed slowly past his head. He came into contact with the door and pressed against it. Nothing happened, of course, but Noca knew what Rei wanted. "Oh, you wanna go outside?"

Noca reached for the door handle slowly.

"NOCA! NO!" Pan screeched in response.

"Hey, don't worry. I'll be there with him the whole time. It'll be fine," Noca assured her. Pan was visibly shaking with fear at this idea, but Noca went ahead with it anyway. She trusted him, but she just wasn't sure what to expect. She turned away as both boys went through the front door and then she started to tidy the living room.

Outside, Noca was watching as Rei floated in the air just ahead of him. The teen couldn't help but smirk at the sight. This boy was only 6 months old and already showing he had some sort of control over his Ki. This was definitely interesting and had Noca thinking more on the capabilities of Saiyan children. Obviously they can't control when the Ki is breaking out, but they do react to it. Rei was reacting to it by showing off or maybe he was just having fun.

The small boy started to lift up into the air a bit more and was making an ascension. Noca made sure to position himself underneath Rei, so that he could catch the boy if he started to fall. Rei wasn't paying any attention to his surroundings and continued to go up. Noca followed on, he began to rise so to keep the distance between them as minimal as possible whilst giving Rei the freedom to roam.

Rei finally reached a comfortable height and started to continue forward. Noca moved with him, only this time he went closer.

"Hey, what you looking for?" Noca asked, again in a bit of a childish tone. He knew it sounded a little stupid, maybe patronising, but he was speaking to a baby after all. Rei did nothing, but gurgle back a response hoping that Noca would understand. The teen chuckled and continued to follow and watch the boy. Noca could see the look on Rei's face and it was one of pure enjoyment. He loved being up in the air and this sight definitely hit Noca. He began to smile some more.

Rei eventually turned around and moved towards Noca. He started to fly circles around the teen. Apparently he was getting used to flying. This truly was a shock, but Noca just let it happen. He knew he was fast enough if Rei started to lose control over his Ki. After some time, Pan finally came outside and took in the sight of Rei flying around Noca. Her Boyfriend and her Brother. After the stress she had experienced, this actually made her smile.

She started to fly towards the two of them and stopped in front of Noca. "Are my two favourite boys having fun?" She asked in a motherly tone. Noca cocked his head at that and still wore a smirk on his face.

"Well, Rei was showing me how good he was at flying," Noca said, motioning to the baby.

"Is he now?" Pan questioned, keeping the motherly tone going, "I must say, he's brilliant at it."

Rei heard what she said and turned around. He darted towards her again, but this time Pan's reflexes reacted and she caught him. She held him in her arms and looked down at her little brother. She smiled at his happy little face and he smiled back, but then he let out one hell of a yawn and Pan knew he was tired.

"We best put this little monster to bed," She said to Noca. The boy looked at her, smiling and nodded.

"Yeah, I'll be there in a minute though. Just gonna take a second," Noca told her. Pan smiled and moved over to give him a kiss on the cheek. She the returned to the house and went to put Rei to bed. Noca watched them and still had a smile on his face, but once she was inside his look become one of complete seriousness and focus.

He turned to look over the whole area he was in and marvelled at the beauty. Then he let his thoughts take over.

"Look at this. Everything has been great the past few weeks. So calm…so…peaceful." Noca looked back to the house and then closed his eyes before returning to looking ahead."It just begs the question…what's over the horizon?"

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Next time...Chapter 3: Progression