Hey guys. Here's the last Chapter before Christmas. Hope you all have a good one (if you celebrate it). Enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 5: A Prince is not a God

Monday 18th August Age 794

"WHERE IS HE?!"

The shrieking yell sounded from the centre of the Capsule Corp. compound and could be heard throughout the halls of the main building. Bulma couldn't find Vegeta, and on today of all days…she was rather nettled.

"I'm sure he's somewhere…calm down, Bulma," Gohan tried pleading with the woman, but she was having none of it. She barged past the Demi-Saiyan and stormed through the halls, searching every room for her Husband. She had already checked the Gravity Room and he wasn't there, so this was a confusing one.

"How hard is it to be here for your own Wife's birthday?" Bulma questioned out-loud. Her guests had already arrived and everything was set-up for a fun birthday party, but she wanted her husband there by her side. It's just a pity she married Vegeta. He'd never be one for festivities like this, and after all the time they've been together you'd have thought Bulma would get that by now. But no, she was forever hoping to change the way Vegeta would behave. They were both very stubborn like that.

Outside, the guests were all waiting for Bulma to return. Luckily they were all Bulma's closest friends so they knew she wouldn't mind them getting on with it without her. Krillin, Yamcha and Master Roshi all decided to get to the alcohol quickly. Majin Buu was already stuffing his face with as much food as possible, with Mr Satan there to look after him. Despite going off with Uub, he did regularly visit Mr Satan, so Bulma made sure to invite him to her Birthday party. He was a friend after all.

Uub hadn't attended, but didn't say why. Noca and his friends were all there and they were hanging out by themselves, away from the adults.

"Where do you suppose your Dad is?" Kiera asked Bra. The Blue-Haired teen was looking rather relaxed despite the way her Mother had been acting.

"He's like this every year," Bra explained, "He just doesn't like parties and things. He's usually in the GR though."

Noca saw that Bra looked very questioning about that fact. It's true that Vegeta would escape to the GR if he got the chance, but Bulma would normally be able to get him out eventually. This time he was no where to be found and that was a little confusing. The difficult thing for Noca…he knew where Vegeta was.

Pan was staring at Noca and could tell her was hiding something. She just didn't know how best to get it out of him. She did consider just asking him where Vegeta was, but Noca could just deny that he knows anything. Would he really lie to her though?

Pan found herself staring at Noca and wondering just what he might know. It wasn't really a huge mystery, Vegeta really didn't enjoy parties so the fact that he was avoiding it today wasn't news to anyone. Noca turned to notice Pan was staring right at him and this made him feel slightly awkward. She held such a scanning expression that Noca was beginning to get a bit worried.

"You ok, Pan?" Noca asked, wanting to see why she seemed concerned. He gave her a small smile and Pan had to shake herself back to reality.

"Yeah…just thinking about something," Pan wasn't lying. She was thinking about something, but she just didn't want to tell Noca what it was. She didn't want to come off as accusing. Noca had a questioning look and wanted to press further.

"Is it something important, maybe I can help?" He asked, but Pan seemed to feel a little conflicting. Noca's brow furrowed and he continued to think about this.

"It's fine. Nothing important," Pan replied, smiling back at Noca. The boy didn't know what to say in response to that so he just returned to the conversation with the rest of their friends.

The rest of the guests continued to enjoy the party, despite Bulma not returning just yet. Nobody seemed worried about her though. The worry was more directed towards Vegeta. Nobody envied what would happen to him when Bulma found him. Sure, she couldn't hurt him, but as his wife, Bulma did have ways to get on his nerves.

Soon enough, Bulma did return to her own party and was feeling rather defeated, but she didn't let it show.

"Hey guys, I hope you're enjoying my Party," Bulma said with a smile on her face. Everyone said happy birthday to her, but someone would say the wrong thing, and inevitably…it was Yamcha.

"Couldn't find Vegeta, eh?" The former fighter said in a questioning tone. Bulma shot him a very dark glare and Yamcha seemed to lose all his confidence and slowly backed away. Bulma started to act as if she didn't care about Vegeta not being there.

"So what if he didn't want to come to his own wife's party. I'm sure he has so many interesting things to do."

Everyone assured Bulma that Vegeta did care and would probably show up a little later. Maybe. Probably not.

Finding some time to get away for a second, by lying about needing to go to the bathroom, Noca decided he best go check on a certain Saiyan. Noca made his way to the bathroom, placed two fingers to his head and focused on Vegeta's location. Sure, no one could sense his power level, but Noca knew where Vegeta was so he was one-up on everyone else.

Noca vanished from the bathroom and reappeared somewhere completely different. The Lookout.

"Hey Dende," Noca said as he appeared. The Namekian Guardian turned around and greeted Noca.

"Good to see you again," Dende greeted. Noca nodded and walked towards the main building.

"Is he still in there?" Noca asked, keeping things subtle. Dende looked at Noca and nodded. "I'm gonna head in there."

"Ok, just make sure he doesn't break anything," Dende said in a semi-panicked state. Noca smirked at Dende and entered the main building.

Meanwhile, back at the party, the teens were all sitting together a talking. Nobody really noticed how long Noca had been gone for until someone spoke up.

"Hey, Noca's been gone a while?" Holline said in a questioning tone. Pan looked up and tried to sense for his energy, but felt it very far away.

"He…he left," Pan stated. She stood up and focused her senses. She really wanted to know what was going on and searched as hard as she could, but just as she started to zero in on a location…Noca's energy completely disappeared. Pan was shocked by that. She opened her eyes and the others noticed there was a problem.

"What is it?" Bra asked.

"His energy…it just disappeared…" Pan answered, not bothering to turn around and face her friends.

"What the hell is going on?" Bra questioned, in a fairly angered tone.

Back up at the Lookout, Noca had just entered a room of complete emptiness. It was white…there was nothing to see. Noca continued forward and ventured further into the void. What would he encounter?

Noca was forced to stop in his tracks when there was a fairly huge explosion far in the distance. Noca wasn't surprised, but he did decide to wait to see exactly what the Saiyan Prince was up to. There were a few more explosions, but nothing to be concerned about. Vegeta was in here on his own by the way, so there was of course not trouble. That's right, absolutely nothing could be negative in this moment.

Vegeta had just finished practising his Final Flash when he heard a loud, angry voice in his head.

"HELLO! VEGETA?" And old voice yelled. Vegeta came to a complete halt and had to shake his head.

"What the hell is that? Who are you?" Vegeta yelled out. In the distance Noca heard what Vegeta said and was ever so slightly concerned, so he decided to head forwards.

"It is I, the Elder Kai," The Elder Kai confirmed. Vegeta groaned in annoyance and descended to the ground.

"This better be really damn good?" Vegeta mumbled.

"Hello, Vegeta?" Another voice sounded. Clearly the Supreme Kai.

"Why are you both in my head?" Vegeta asked, "You have Kakarot there, what do you want with me?"

"Vegeta, this is important…how much do you know about Beerus, the God of Destruction?" The Supreme Kai questioned. Vegeta wracked his brain to find a mention of the name, but wasn't doing too well.

"Should I know anything?" Vegeta asked, just as Noca stopped by Vegeta's side. He was confused, but didn't interrupt. Vegeta turned and acknowledged the teen. Noca had no idea what was going on, but hoped Vegeta would explain it to him at some point.

"Not much…he was asleep for a very long time," The Supreme Kai replied, before continuing. "He's interested in Saiyans and came here to fight Goku and Cilu…both are down."

"What? Kakarot lost?" Vegeta said, shocked. Noca reacted, but still had no idea what was going on at the other end. "Is that fool slacking with his training?"

"No, Beerus is far too powerful. He's coming to Earth to see you next…he wants to know about a Super Saiyan God?" The Supreme Kai continued, with a very questioning tone. Vegeta raised and eyebrow and looked to Noca.

"A Super Saiyan God?" Vegeta said, also completely questioning. Noca just shrugged his shoulders. "What shall I do?"

"Just don't get on his nerves…please. Whatever you do, don't make him angry!" The Supreme pleaded with the Prince. Vegeta seemed fairly worried now and didn't know the best way to react. He just accepted what the Supreme Kai was saying and then the connection severed.

Vegeta turned around immediately and started to head towards the door. Noca was fairly bemused.

"Wait, Vegeta, what's going on?" Vegeta didn't answer. Noca rushed after him, but didn't question anymore. He just saw the intensity in Vegeta's eyes and knew that whatever had been said was serious.

The two of them exited the room and were about to blast away from the Lookout, but Noca reminded him about instant transmission. Noca locked on to the first Power Level he could find, but didn't think before he teleported.

Noca and Vegeta reappeared at Capsule Corp., but of all places they could show up…it was right in front of Pan and her friends. Noca was very wide-eyed out of shock of how stupid he had been and Vegeta then turned to face his student with a look of disgust. Noca winced a little at his mistake, but he had reacted too early, Vegeta still decided to hit him over the side of the head.

"Ok, I deserved that," Noca said in response to that hit. Pan stood up from her seat and glared at Noca.

"Where did you go?" She asked, very sternly. Noca put a hand behind his head and tried to think.

"I went to get Vegeta…" He answered, hoping it was enough.

"And why did you know where Vegeta was?" Pan asked, thinking more about the situation. Noca didn't actually know what to say in response to that and instead looked at Vegeta. The Saiyan Prince had a look of pure anger on his face and he was shaking his head. Noca looked back and Pan and behind her he could see Bulma storming their way.

"Oh shit…" Noca mumbled. Vegeta didn't take his eyes off of Noca and he was very angry about he situation he had been thrust into. Everyone was looking at the two Saiyans and wondering just where they had been. Bulma stopped right in front of her husband and his…cousin.

"Where were you Vegeta?! And why were you in on this, Noca?" She questioned in a very interrogating manner. Vegeta turned around and walked away.

"I don't have time for this," Vegeta simply said as he made his way back towards the main building. Bulma was fairly shocked by this reaction and was preparing to yell at him, but noticed Noca looking back at Vegeta and back to Bulma.

"You aren't walking away from me as well," Bulma told him, in a parental manner. Noca wasn't about to walk away from Bulma, she was far too much like a Mother to him. Noca just gave up and stayed there. Vegeta continued to walk towards the building and thought about this 'God of Destruction' and 'Super Saiyan God.' What could it be about?

"Why would someone like you be taken down by a simple human woman?" A voice called out from somewhere. Vegeta started to look around for the voice and his eyes eventually fell upon two beings and they certainly looked godly. "You are the Prince of Saiyans, right?"

Vegeta was frozen in his position. He was the only person who could see these guys right now and hoped that no one came along and said or did something stupid.

"I…who…what?" Vegeta's words were gone and he was actually fairly concerned for what was coming.

"From what I've heard from Whis here, you are meant to be quite the fighter and a very strong willed man, but I'm looking at a scared Saiyan Prince. That's disappointing…Vegeta."

"He…he knows my name?" Vegeta questioned in his mind. He really didn't know what to say.

"Well, let's just get onto the main point…do you know what a Super Saiyan God is?" Beerus questioned, not wasting anymore of his precious time. Vegeta finally swallowed and decided to answer, hoping the God would just leave them alone.

"No…I don't," Vegeta answered.

Back towards the party, Noca could feel Vegeta's fear and that was something extremely worrying. He turned away from everyone and looked towards Vegeta. He was frozen in place and looking behind a set of bushes. Everyone noticed that Noca also had a very worried expression and wanted to know what was happening.

Bulma started to walk forward and wondered why everyone was acting this way.

"What's going on over there?" Bulma called out. Vegeta turned around in shock and started to panic. She finally made it to Vegeta's side and noticed the two Gods. "Well who are these lovely gentlemen?"

Vegeta didn't respond and remained frozen.

"Well Vegeta, don't be rude…introduce us," Beerus instructed the Saiyan Prince.

"Uh…right, Bulma, this is Beerus and…" Vegeta looked towards Whis and wondered what his name was.

"My name is Whis," Whis confirmed.

"Yes, Whis, how could I forget?" Vegeta said in a very over-the-top friendly voice. He even added an awkward chuckle to the end.

"Well, no sense in keeping them behind the bushes, come and join my birthday party!" Bulma invited excitedly.

"Don't mind if we do," Beerus said, walking forward. He seemed to be acting very polite as did Whis and this shocked Vegeta. Noca rushed to Vegeta's side and needed to know what was happening.

"Vegeta, who are these guys? Is this anything to do with what happened in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?" Noca questioned, feeling very out of the loop.

Vegeta didn't react, all he did was watch as Beerus walked over and introduced himself to all of their friends and family. Vegeta started to clench his fist and Noca noticed this. The teen stepped back and wanted to say something else, but didn't know how to phrase anything. Luckily, Vegeta soon found his words.

"That…God…managed to beat Kakarot," Vegeta said through gritted teeth. Noca was surprised by that statement.

"Wait, Goku's down?" The teen questioned, not believing Goku could be taken down so easily. "What…are we meant to fight him?"

"No," Vegeta replied, rapidly. "We can't fight him…the Supreme Kai seemed scared."

"What do we do then? We can't just let him walk around like he owns the place," Noca said, getting fairly defensive, but Vegeta was quick to correct him.

"Yes he can, he's the God of Destruction," Vegeta stated. Noca stopped and turned slowly to face Vegeta. The Prince looked at his student and nodded to confirm he wasn't kidding. Noca looked back towards Beerus and started to wonder what would happen now.

"Um…what can we do to make sure that he leaves soon?" Noca asked.

"We just have to make sure he doesn't get angry…" Vegeta said. It sounded like a simple task, but it was going to be anything but simple. Vegeta was keeping his eyes on the God, but was taken by surprise when Beerus called out for him.

"Vegeta, come and bring me the finest dish that these people serve," The instruction was said in such an unthreatening way, but Vegeta was still fearful about what things Beerus would be capable of. The Prince rushed off to the Buffet table and grabbed as much food as he thought Beerus would want. Just as Vegeta turned to rush back, another voice spoke.

"Don't forget me, please," Whis said, calmly. Vegeta nodded and rushed to grab more food. He then basically sprinted to the table with all that food and set it down in front of the two Gods.

"I hope you enjoy this food…uh…sirs," Vegeta wasn't used to being in this position and was sweating from the fear. Beerus smirked up at the Prince and started to smell the food.

"Well, it certainly smells edible…what shall I try first?" Beerus said, turning to face Whis. Bulma came forward and recommended the Sushi. Both Whis and Beerus looked at it with a sense of wonder, but they were open minded people and tried it straight away. Everyone waited to see their reactions, but only one person was worried about their response, that was Vegeta.

For the Prince, it seemed like an eternity passed before the reaction came. Amazingly, the reaction was an extremely ecstatic one. Whis put his hands to his face and closed his eyes.

"This is a delightful food. I can't wait to see what else you Humans have cooked up!" He said in a very impressed tone. Beerus had wide eyes and a large grin on his face. He quickly began to scoff down as much of the food that was in front of him and loved every bit of it. Vegeta breathed a sigh of relief and walked away to watch from a distance.

Once they had finished eating, Beerus decided to go and talk to the others and actually enjoy himself at this party. It had been a while since he had been able to have fun, other than when he was destroying things. Whis meanwhile, stayed in his seat and was talking to the women and was even given the chance to hold little Rei.

Vegeta kept his eye on the purple-skinned God and was beginning to feel a little more relaxed about what was going on. Noca also decided to keep an eye on everything, but not as intently as Vegeta was.

As time passed, Bulma came out and told everyone the dessert was ready. Beerus didn't notice because he was busy listening to Yamcha brag about his former Baseball career. Whis was given the chance to try some pudding though and he found it wonderful. Beerus eventually finished his conversation with Yamcha and walked over to see what Whis was doing.

"What is this food that you're now eating?" Beerus asked, eyeballing the almost empty pudding cup. Beerus started to lick his lips. "It looks…creamy."

"Oh, it's wonderful, it's called pudding," Whis responded as he finished the last of his. "But I'm not sure if there are any more."

Beerus had a wide-eyed response to that and looked around to see if he could spot another cup of dessert. He rushed over to one that he thought was full, but was disappointed to see it was empty. Whis had stood up and followed the God, that was when he spotted some.

"Oh, Beerus, there's some over there with the Pink one," Whis said as he pointed over at Majin Buu. The big pink being had an entire tray of pudding and working his way through them very quickly. Beerus walked over and in his most polite tone…

"Excuse me, I see you have plenty of Pudding. I was wondering if you would spare one for me?"

Majin Buu took a single look at the God and a frown crossed his face. Beerus didn't know what to make of the response and held his hand out to show that he wasn't just asking, he was requesting it. Buu looked at the hand and whacked it away.

"No! All pudding Buu's!" The big Majin yelled, getting rather irritated by Beerus' presence. Buu started to work through his Pudding a lot quicker than before. Beerus clenched his fists and moved in to grab one.

"You have plenty, just give me one!" Beerus yelled.

"NO!" Buu screamed as he scoffed down all but one of the pudding cups. Beerus grabbed onto that one and was about to take a bite.

"Now, was that so hard to do?" Beerus questioned as he lifted the spoon to his mouth. Buu started to get angry and stood up. He decided to head-butt Beerus in the back and everyone watched as Beerus lost his grip on the cup and spoon and they began to fall to the ground. The cup landed and spilled everywhere. Beerus continued to stare at it with a look of pure disappointment. He didn't know how to react to it. His hand was twitching a little bit and everyone could tell he was angry.

Vegeta had run over and was looking rather worried.

"Bulma, do we have any more pudding?" He asked, quickly. Bulma shook her head.

"Unfortunately that was all we had, sorry about that," Bulma replied. Beerus straightened up and turned around to face the big Majin. Buu still looked rather angry, but he wasn't going to do anything more. As far as he was concerned he had won.

"You…you stupid, annoying…FAT BLOB!" Beerus screamed in Buu's face. Buu was certainly upset by that statement and started to step back. This only started to make him a lot angrier.

"You call Buu fat…I'll make you hurt!" Buu yelled back and threw a fist at the God. Beerus moved out of the way and sent a Punch deep into Buu's gut, lifting him into the air. He then phased and grabbed Buu by his antennae. The God wasn't even taking a moment to think, he had been annoyed. He was enraged and he was going to take it out on Buu. He started to swing Buu in a circle just by his antennae and then let go, letting him sail towards the ground.

The Majin smashed down into the dirt and managed to crater it a little.

Beerus had a cold glare on his face. He was prepared to continue heading towards Majin Buu and laying a strong beating on him, but was taken by surprise when a Ki blast hit him in the side of the head. Beerus turned, shocked that he had let himself get distracted. The person that had managed to hit him was the Lavender-Haired Trunks.

"Stop causing trouble at my Mom's birthday!" Trunks yelled, flashing Super Saiyan and throwing more Ki blasts towards the God. Beerus avoided them with complete ease. He then phased away and reappeared next to Trunks, about to chop him at the side of the neck, but he was distracted by a weak punch against the side of his head.

Beerus turned slowly to see a Black-Haired man, it was Goten. Beerus smirked and smacked a fist into Trunks gut and swung a kick into Goten's face. The Black-Haired Saiyan was sent soaring, but Trunks quickly moved and stopped Goten from hitting anything.

"You ok, buddy?" Trunks asked. Goten shook off the pain and straightened up. He went Super Saiyan and both of them charged towards Beerus, intending to do give it their best shot at knocking Beerus back. They had no idea how powerful he would be, but they won't give up easily.

Vegeta stepped up and tried to call out for Goten and Trunks to give up with their ridiculous attempts. That wasn't going to help. Both Goten and Trunks were already completely focussed on attacking the angered God and they decided that taking him at the same time would be a great strategy. Goten aimed high and Trunks aimed low, but both Saiyans missed when Beerus moved out of the way at an intense speed. They were shocked by the sheer pace that the God moved.

Goten turned around only to be greeted by the fist of Beerus. The younger of the two Saiyans was propelled towards the ground at a tremendous rate and Trunks was fairly panicked by this. He attempted to thrust a fist into Beerus' gut, but the God turned to the side and let Trunks waste a little more energy. He started throwing a barrage of attacks only for Beerus to dodge all of them.

"WHY. CAN'T. I. HIT. YOU." Trunks yelled as he continued to throw punch after punch. Beerus was still angered, but was starting to calm down as he continued to tease these two Saiyan fighters.

Trunks thrust a powerful fist forward, but Beerus easily stopped it with his foot and pushed the man away. Trunks backed off and growled from annoyance. He started to power up an intense blast and thrust it forward in the hopes of knocking Beerus out of the sky, but the God simply knocked it away. Trunks cursed in disappointment as Goten re-joined his side.

"What shall we do?" Goten asked. Trunks grit his teeth and kept his glare focussed towards Beerus.

"I don't know…" The Lavender-Haired men replied simply, "He's just too powerful…too fast."

Goten looked at his best-friend and then towards Beerus. They both hovered there for a second and then an idea instantly clicked in their minds. They increased the distance between each other a little and then began the ritual.

"Fu…sion…HA!" Both Saiyans said at the same time before touching fingers and merging.

"Once again, the hero of the hour returns! Gotenks!" The fused fighter screamed before charging forward and aiming a barrage of punches towards Beerus' face. Beerus caught the fist with complete ease and pulled Gotenks' arm out of the way, giving him an opening. He simply punched Gotenks in the chest and the fused fighter began to glow, ending with a very shocking turn of events.

Goten and Trunks split apart and neither of them were Super Saiyans anymore. They looked at each other, with very questioning looks and started to get very worried. Beerus then thrust forward hitting Trunks in the face with a crunching kick and then wrapping his tail around Goten's throat. He started to choke the Saiyan man, but was once again caught off-guard by a blast hitting him from a different direction and this one managed to knock him off balance for a second.

Beerus released Goten and the Saiyan fell to the ground. Trunks was also out of commission. Beerus turned around and saw that the Namekian had decided to step up and fight.

"Let's see what you're truly made of!" Piccolo said, removing his cape and turban. He flexed his muscles and cracked his neck. Beerus smiled and then phased right in front of Piccolo. The Namekian was knocked back by the sheer energy of Beerus' movement, but was still in control. He thrust a fist forward and that was caught, with complete ease. Beerus then reacted by throwing his fist towards Piccolo's head in return, but Piccolo managed to dodge it.

Beerus cracked a slight smirk at the abilities of the Namekian, but wasn't going to waste any more time. He released Piccolo's fist and then hit the Namekian in the chest, sending him back and then performing an overhead kick to knock the green fighter down to the ground. Piccolo shot down at and intense speed and crashed, hard. He actually managed to stand up, but only to pass out and collapse once more.

"Pathetic," Beerus muttered turning to look for Vegeta, but only coming face to face with another Saiyan. Gohan.

"You picked on the wrong planet," Gohan said with intensity as his white aura flared up around him. He was stuck in his party going clothes, but he didn't care. His muscles bulged and the shirt he was wearing began to tear a little, but all that was on his mind was making sure this fighting stopped.

"You think you have a chance against me, a God?" Beerus questioned, looking at his nails. Acting as if he was completely disinterested by all that was happening. Gohan grit his teeth and clenched his fists.

"You have no idea what some of us are capable of," Gohan growled as he continued to power up. His Ki grew around him and Beerus was actually intrigued by what was coming.

"You're still no match for me," Beerus stated. Gohan didn't respond, he just charged forward and smashed a fist into Beerus' face, but the God didn't react. He had powered up enough to defend himself against such an attack.

Beerus pushed back against Gohan and the Saiyan was being moved away. He tried imposing his strength on Beerus some more, but the God was far too powerful. Gohan quickly backed away and let some space grow between them. Beerus put his arms behind his back and smirked towards the adult Saiyan.

"I can sense a great power in you, but you're not showing it," Beerus stated. He pulled his arm up to has and started to look at his nails again. "This planet has surely been disappointing for me."

Gohan grit his teeth and charged towards Beerus, going right into an attack. He thrust his fist towards Beerus' face and the God quickly pulled back and avoided the arm. He then swung around quickly and whacked Gohan in the face with his tail. The Saiyan was knocked towards the ground, but managed to twist and stop himself from hitting down. That was when Beerus flashed behind him.

"Hello," Beerus said, grabbing Gohan's attention and shocking that man. Gohan quickly charged forward and swung around throwing a blast back at Beerus, but the God reacted immediately and smacked the blast back towards the Saiyan. Gohan threw his arms up and blocked the attack, only to find out it was Beerus' way of distracting him. The God flew forward and elbowed Gohan in the face.

The Demi-Saiyan was knocked back fairly far but managed to roll through the air and staled himself. He couldn't see Beerus any more though. Gohan kept his eyes wide open and started to swing around, scanning as best he could. He couldn't even sense his opponent and that thoroughly confused the Saiyan and he just wanted to shout in annoyance.

Noca and Vegeta stood side-by-side and watched as everything happened and they were very confused. Neither of them could see Beerus either, nor could they sense him. Noca moved forward as if ready to go on the attack, but Vegeta held an arm out to stop him. The teen looked over to the Prince, but Vegeta had a very serious look written on his face and Noca knew not to underestimate Beerus. Even Vegeta looked scared and that wasn't good.

Gohan clenched both fists and closed his eyes hoping to using his deep senses to find Beerus. He couldn't be invisible, he just had to be moving very quickly. Maybe he could detect the movement if his was clear.

"Closing your eyes isn't a good strategy," Beerus said causing Gohan's eyes to snap open. He was only greeted by the sight of Beerus' fist crashing towards him. The fist connected with the Saiyan's face and Gohan was propelled through the air. He wasn't doing very well.

Noca moved forward again, but this time Vegeta grabbed him by the shirt and pushed him back.

"You are not going up against him!" Vegeta yelled at Noca, acting extremely worried and parental. Noca's brow furrowed and he didn't know how to react. He hadn't see the Prince this serious in a very long time and it really was worrying. He stood up and brushed himself off, returning his gave to the God and Demi-Saiyan. Vegeta looked back up as well. His teeth grit and his fist clenched with all his might.

Beerus started to slap Gohan around. A punch in the gut, a knee in the face, a hammered fist on Gohan's head and then a swinging kick into the Saiyan's side. Gohan was flung through the air again, but quickly regained himself and focused his vision ahead. He got a good sight of Beerus and closed his eyes. Beerus scoffed at that attempt at the same strategy so he just charged in for another attack. Beerus stopped right in front of Gohan and didn't bother to attack. Gohan slowly opened his eyes and wondered what was happening. Beerus just pretended to yawn.

"You're boring me…" The God muttered, but Gohan was offended by that. He quickly swung his fist forward, but didn't bother to hit, he instead phased away. Beerus had gone to move into a block, but Gohan was gone and now he had an idea of what the Saiyan was going to attempt. He put his hand behind his back and smirked. Gohan reappeared behind the God and attempted a kick to the head, but phased at the last moment once more. Beerus had lifted a hand for defence but Gohan's movement was too quick again. They were learning against this God and Beerus was going to take kindly to that.

Finally, Gohan reappeared in front of Beerus and because of the last move, the God had left himself open and Gohan managed to land a strong kick in the God's gut. Beerus stumbled back and as he did Gohan had already started powering up a Kamehameha. He fired it as soon as the blast reached full strength. The wave engulfed the God and there was a massive explosion, shaking the sky. Vegeta and Noca had to shield their eyes and wondered if Gohan had actually managed it.

They looked up and as the cloud and light dissipated, he was revealed. Beerus was unharmed and just started to dust himself off.

"I have to say, that does appear to be a strong attack…" Beerus started, almost making a compliment, "It's a shame your Father had to use the same thing."

Gohan wasn't ready for that comment, he didn't even know Beerus had interacted with Goku.

"What do you know about my Father?" Gohan questioned in a very defensive tone, but Beerus wasn't going to waste any more time. He phased towards Gohan and tapped him on the chest. Suddenly, Gohan was winded and fainted. He started to fall from the sky and smashed down on the ground. Everyone called out, wanting to know if Gohan was ok, but no one dared to move towards him. Beerus opened his hand and started to power up a large purple Ki blast.

"I guess I'll just dispose of the planet now," Beerus muttered to himself, his smirk turning into a satisfied smile. But someone wasn't going to let that happen, and he wouldn't be held back any longer. There was a flash of energy behind Vegeta and a whoosh as Noca became a Super Saiyan and charged towards Beerus.

"No…" Vegeta muttered, knowing he couldn't stop the teen. Beerus was just about to release an attack, but something sparked in his mind and he knew he had to be on-guard. He reduced that energy and turned to his right to catch Noca's fist.

"You should have stayed back with Vegeta," Beerus muttered, staring into the Saiyan's eyes. Noca glared at Beerus and continued to look into his eyes.

"I won't let you hurt them anymore," Noca growled back. Beerus focussed on Noca's eyes and started to notice something.

"I…I can see something inside of you, something…not so different from me," Beerus mumbled, not actually making any sense. Noca raised an eyebrow and started to push his energy on Beerus, actually managing to break the God's guard. Beerus wasn't that easily taken down though. He quickly flipped away and let Noca contemplate what he had been told.

Noca didn't know what to make of those words and decided it wasn't worth dwelling on such thoughts in this situation. He charged forward and swung his fist for Beerus. The God simply backed off, a smirk written upon his face. Noca was annoyed by his missed attack and attempted to make up for it by swinging around and aiming a kick for Beerus' head. The God dropped back and swung underneath and around Noca, ending up behind him. This gave Beerus a perfect opening and the God made use of it by planting a powerful punch into the Saiyan's spine. Noca arched his back in pain and then found himself in a headlock from the God of Destruction.

"You will never bear power such as this…" Beerus whispered into Noca's ear before throwing him forward and launching a Ki blast into him. The blast engulfed Noca and blasted him out of the sky. The teen rolled down through the air but managed to steady himself, almost in time to avoiding hitting the ground, but he still touched down a little too hard and fell to his knees.

Vegeta looked to his student and then up at Beerus and was beginning to get a little rattled by all this conflict. He couldn't stand back and act scared any longer. He flashed Super Saiyan and flew up to be level with the God.

"That's enough, Beerus," Vegeta said, as confidently as he could muster. He knew Beerus wouldn't listen, but it was better to attempt to fix things with words rather than actions. Beerus turned to look at Vegeta and started to chuckle.

"Why don't you prove that you deserve the title of Prince…of all Saiyans?" Beerus said, clearly baiting the Prince. He knew Vegeta would grow agitated by these taunts and was fully prepared to endure whatever the God would throw out.

Vegeta blasted forward and smashed his fist towards Beerus' face, but the God knocked the Saiyan's arm away and sent a crushing blow into his gut. Vegeta fell back and Beerus continue with his attack. He smashes his fist against Vegeta's head and then performed a front flip, kicking Vegeta down towards the ground. The Prince fell at a great pace, but was soon caught. It was Beerus and he wasn't done with the fight yet. He threw Vegeta up and then lifted a finger, sending a small Ki blast into his opponent. It exploded against Vegeta and sent him soaring into the distance.

Beerus phased and then smashed Vegeta back in the opposite direction. He continued to bash him about the sky for a bit, not caring about what damage he was doing.

Noca got up to his feet and stood there, watching what was happening. He needed to attempt to stop it and hopefully a sneak attack would do it. Beerus grabbed Vegeta by the throat and looked ready to end things, but Noca took his chance. He pushed a lot of power into a blast, not even bothering to transform and sent it towards Beerus. The God reacted at the last moment to swat it away and then glared down towards Noca.

He released his grip on Vegeta, letting him fall and then phased towards Noca. He appeared right in front of the teen and kicked him in the gut, winding him. He then grabbed the teen by the front of his shirt and punched Noca away with immense strength. Noca bounced away before falling into the Capsule Corp. swimming pool. Both Pan and Holline moved from their positions and even Bulma moved on as she saw Vegeta falling from the sky.

Beerus stood there proud of himself.

Pan and Holline hadn't headed in the same directions though. Pan went for her boyfriend's body, but Holline…well, she was ready to do her best to protect Noca. She charged for Beerus and began throwing blasts towards him. They wouldn't do anything, but she was ready to try whatever she could. Beerus turned to face her and began laughing.

"You're a weak girl, you may as well give up now…" He called out to her, even though she continued to run towards him. Noca had been helped out of the pool now and could see what was happening. He didn't accept what he was seeing and was ready to get back into it. He was in pain, but he tried his best to move forward.

Holline finally made it to Beerus and attempted to punch, but Beerus caught her arm in his left hand. His smirk faded and he raised his right hand, ready to blast. Noca saw this and immediately phased away. He appeared right beside Beerus and Holline and grabbed onto Beerus' Ki ready arm.

The God was shocked by the recovery and turned to face the Saiyan teen. Noca glared into Beerus' eyes and he certainly meant business right now. Sparks started to shine around his body and he was ready for something. Beerus smirked again as he let go of Holline's arm and the red head backed away.

"You sure are resilient…maybe more so than Vegeta," Beerus stated. Noca wasn't here for more conversation. The spark warped around his body and Noca flashed to a Super Saiyan 2. His grip on Beerus' arm strengthened and the God was surprised by this new level of energy. He wasn't scared or worried though…he was intrigued.

He looked up into Noca's eyes once more and saw the fire of a true Saiyan in them.

"Is this my Super Saiyan God?"

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There will not be a chapter next week. I'm spending time with family for Christmas so I'm going to put it off until I've had a bit of a break. I'm sure everyone understands and is ok with this. Thanks.

Next Time...Chapter 6: He Appears! The Battle of Gods Commences.