Hey, it's the beginning of a new Arc in Noca's story. This one will feature more filler/Slice-of-life moments, but there is also a big character event that happens through this arc and is something I had laid the groundwork for a while back. Hope you enjoy.

Arc III: Passing Time

Chapter 7: Uneasy Peace

A cloud of smoke slowly moves away to reveal a fiery battlefield. The ruins of a city littered with the bodies of hundreds, maybe even thousands. Blood runs through the streets, debris everywhere and the creak of breaking structures, but the biggest noise of them all…the silence. Not a single person or sign of life could be heard. This was a City of Dead.

Only one person walked through. Dragging their feet through the debris and dirt. Stepping in the puddles of blood. Their white boots scuffed, their black bottoms shredded, their torso cut and scarred…their face, menacing…guilty…but weak. Just as much as the street was covered in the dark red of blood, so was this person's face. He was beaten and he slowly tried to stumble to freedom.

Another set of footsteps can be heard in the distance, coming from the shroud of smoke. The injured being turns to move in the opposite direction, but through the smoke clouds he can still see the shadow of his enemy. The man responsible for the state he was in…the fierce being that showed exactly what his rage could be capable of.

A light flashed from within the smoke and propelled through the thick air and slashed right through the weakened being's chest. He fell to his knees and looked up, his eyes clearly showing the intense pain he felt. He desperately tried to speak, but only encountered more pain. He coughs up blood and falls flat, still choking on the blood coming up from inside his body. He managed to move his head and look up as the shrouded figure moved closer.

The feet of this powerful person stopped right before the weakened man's face. The injured warrior tensed up and closed his eyes. The powerful man reeled his foot back and swiftly smashed a kick right into the man that lay before him. The bloody and beaten man flipped up and fell on his back against a broken chunk of concrete. He felt the material shred at his back as he slid down and came to a rest of the shards of glass that covered the ground.

He couldn't move. He was in far too much pain and nothing was happening. The powerful warrior continued to walk slowly towards his opponent. The being kneeled down in front of the weak man and an evil smirk crossed his face.

"You…you are…unstoppable…" The weak man started to mumble. His fear getting the better of him. The powerful being started to chuckle, but the weaker of the two continued, "You are capable…or far more evil than you realise…and you will be the end…of everything…"

…

"Noca…"

The weaker man facial feature finally became visible through the blood and scars. It was Vernege...

The stronger man slowly moved forwards, his face finally revealed from the shroud of darkness and it was, indeed, Noca.

He clenched his right fist and propelled it through Vernege's chest, and then…

…

Noca shot out of bed and had to stifle a painful scream. He put his hands over his mouth and tensed up. He flashed Super Saiyan, illuminating the entire room, but only for a second. His power died down and Noca fell flat on his back. He struggled to calm his erratic breathing and his fists remained clenched. The Saiyan teen could only continue to stare up at his ceiling as the events of that powerful dream ran through his mind.

It had been a while since that even had happened, but now his mind was finally starting to bring those pained memories back to him, but that was a very vivid dream. Noca sat up again and looked at his hands. He started to think over the state of whatever city they were in and that's when realisation struck.

He had been responsible for the damage…the destruction…the…death.

Noca put his hand over his eyes and tried to push the dream out of his head. It was far too early in the morning and he just needed to get some more sleep before school the next day. He moved to the left and stood up out of his bed. He shook his head and went to the bathroom.

Noca stood over the sink, not bothering to turn the light on, and splashed water on his face. He closed his eyes and placed his hands on the counter. He leaned forward and a took a couple of deep breaths. Shaking his head one more time, Noca turned away and re-entered his room. He sent a casual glance towards his clock.

4:42am

The Saiyan teen knew he would get back to sleep after that immense experience. He quickly put on some jogging bottoms and a random top and headed out into the hallway. Slowly, Noca walked down the stairs and towards the front door. He stepped out into the fresh country air and breathed it in. He didn't know where he wanted to go, but his legs just carried him forward. Noca came to a halt near the lake and just stared across it.

The only sound that could be heard was the calming tones of a few early-birds. Noca closed his eyes and let himself become immersed in those sounds. It was comfortable, soothing.

"Noca…" A dark, whispered voice found its way to Noca's ears and broke him from this sense of serenity. His eyes snapped open and he looked across the lake. He could swear he saw a figure wearing a black cloak, standing there, facing his direction. Noca shook his head and nothing was there. He shut his eyes and dropped to his knees. For some reason he felt weak all of a sudden. It didn't make sense. Noca opened his eyes again and started to look around. Everything appeared to be shaking, his head felt light and he was dizzy. He started to rock forward slightly, but then a gentle hand arrived on his shoulder.

Noca knew this presence. It was familiar, soothing and helpful. Noca started to feel better and slowly turned around. A smile starting to form his face…but that was until his eyes met with the owner of that hand. It was the very same cloaked figure. Noca moved away, almost falling into the lake, but managing to steady himself. He looked back at the figure and was starting to feel fear.

"Noca…" The voice said once more, making the teen feel a huge sense of unease. Noca tried to get a word out, but the figure suddenly charged forward, punching him in the chest and shouting "WAKE UP!"

Noca flew back and splashed down in the lake…

…and then he shot up out of bed, coming face-to-face with Pan, who was taken clearly by surprise. She stumbled back and almost screamed.

"Damn it, Noca," She said, slightly annoyed, "You terrified me."

"I…I…" Noca looked around, shocked by his surroundings. He was still in bed. He was sweating profusely and his breathing was heavy. He looked at the clock, needing confirmation of the time and date.

Tuesday 23rd September Age 794 – 7:45am

Noca blinked a few times and then looked back at Pan.

"Why are you so sweaty…what's wrong?" She asked, clearly concerned for her boyfriend. Noca swallowed and met her eyes.

"Just a bad dream…I'm ok," Noca lied, smiling back at her. She smirked back and leaned in to kiss him.

"Well, get ready," She said getting back off of the bed and walking to the door, "We'll be late for school otherwise."

Noca looked back at her and smiled. Once she left the room he looked to the bathroom and pondered on that strange experience.

School passed by as it usually did for teenagers, slowly. Once out though, Noca, Pan and Bra all headed back to Capsule Corp. Noca would be meeting Vegeta for a training session while Pan and Bra would just hang-out and wait for Noca to finish. They weren't exactly keen on just sitting around and waiting, though. Pan would like to do some training, but she couldn't just ditch Bra and do that, plus she didn't really want to join Noca's and Vegeta's training. That stuff could get pretty brutal, and painful.

Instead, the girls just went for a walk through West City. They didn't have anywhere they particularly wanted to go, but they could just browse some shops and have some time, just the two of them. They stopped by a little Café to get themselves a drink. Pan went with a Latte, and Bra got herself a Hot Chocolate. Everything was just pretty simple. They would talk about each other's relationships and how things were. Even the topic of what would happen once the two of them had finished school came up. Considering they were both going to turn Sixteen in this school year they would need to know where they were planning to go afterwards.

Pan didn't have any ideas. She wasn't one for a scientific job, and she didn't really want to follow her Father's profession. Too much paperwork. Bra was certain she would follow her Mother's footsteps and become a scientist and one day manage Capsule Corp. Pan had complete faith in Bra achieving that feat, but that still didn't help her situation.

Bra suggested Pan try something that could mean a job with Capsule Corp. as well, but the Quarter-Saiyan girl still wasn't so sure. Bra didn't realise she had opened up such a great dilemma for Pan and felt a tiny bit guilty. She changed the topic and the girls started to joke with each other as they continued on their walk through the city. They were coming close to the shopping centre, but then they became distracted by some huge commotion.

Groups of people were headed towards the business sector and everyone seemed to be a little bit worried. Pan watched as everyone rushed towards the commotion. She looked back and Bra.

"I think they're heading towards the tower?" Pan wondered. Bra seemed to have a bit of urgency to her now and rushed ahead of Pan.

"We need to see what's happening," Bra told her friend before walking off. Pan quickly caught up and the girls rushed along with the rest of the crowds. They eventually came into full view of the tower and could spot something on the side of the building…climbing up.

Pan and Bra moved to the front of the crowds, but found that police had already come and blocked the area off.

"Sorry, no civilians past this point," An officer told them. Bra tried to push through.

"I am Bra Brief, this is my Mother's company. Let me in!" Bra yelled. Pan held her back as the officer stepped forward.

"We're sorry Miss Brief, but we can't let you past," The Police officer told her, sincerely. Bra glared at him, but turned away. Pan stepped forward.

"What about the people inside?" She asked.

"We've asked them to stay put, for now. We need to know how much of a threat this thing is…first," The officer told her. Pan thought for a second and then stepped forward again.

"Let me check it out, Mr Satan's my father and I can handle myself," She said confidently, but the Officer held her back.

"Sorry, but no one can go through…no one."

Pan and Bra stepped back and moved through the crowd again. This time Pan was leading. Bra didn't even know where her friend was heading, but once they came to a clear space out of view. Pan revealed all.

"I'm going to fly up there and see what this thing is," Pan told her friend, but Bra wasn't sure of this idea.

"You're crazy, it could be dangerous," Bra tried to talk sense into her.

"It looks the same as the robot that we saw before, I can deal with that just fine," Pan said, giving her friend a confident wink before slowly taking off and moving towards the Capsule Corp. Tower. Bra still wasn't so sure, but she just wished her friend luck.

As Pan flew up to meet the robot, it began to drill into the wall. It was only about halfway up, but apparently it thought this was the right spot. One of it's hands was gripped onto the wall. Apparently this robot didn't have the ability to fly. Pan slowly moved towards it the closer she got. She hoped it would come of sneakily, but the robot had something flag up on its sensors. It knew Pan was coming close. It turned around swiftly and leapt from the wall, tackling Pan and breaking her concentration. It forced its weight down on her and made her fall towards the ground.

Both Robot and Saiyan fell at a pace as Pan struggled to push the bot off of her. She was beginning to get fairly panicked as she knew the ground was coming ever closer. She eventually managed to kick the bot away and use her energy to stop herself. She came to a halt mere inches from the ground, but was so unfocussed that she still lost control and dropped. Pan was now within the confines of the Police barricade. The robot had fallen just metres away from here and was unscathed.

The robot started to sprint towards her and attempted to tackle her once again, but Pan dodged out of the way by moving to the right. The bot quickly turned and attempted a kick for her side, but the girl was quick to catch its leg. It was exactly the same design as the previous robot, but it definitely had a better sense of skill. It opened up a wrist launcher and started to fire machine-gun like weapon at the girl. Pan let go of the bot's leg and rolled away. She avoided all the gunfire and then sprung back at the bot.

She landed a flat foot against the robot's chest and knocked it back. It quickly stabilises itself and then turned to instantly fire a rocket at the tower doors. Pan quickly zipped past the bot and went for the rocket. She gently managed to get in front of it and move it up towards empty space. The teen then acted quickly at fired a Ki blast to detonate it.

The rocket exploded and everyone started to breathe again, but Pan had distracted herself. The robot jumped for her and pinned her against the wall. They cracked against the glass and Pan couldn't move away. This bot was certainly stronger than the last one. Pan was extremely uncomfortable. That was when the robot moved its arm towards her neck and revealed a small needle. Pan's breathing instantly became erratic when she noticed that and she was already doing her best to move, but to no avail. The needle was coming closer to her neck and Pan was getting scared she couldn't move either of her arms.

Suddenly, the robot was struck on the head and it turned to face the culprit. Bra had managed to come forward and threw something. The robot adjusted its attention. It started to scan Bra and made a successful beeping noise.

"New target identified: Saiyan." The robot said. Pan certainly made a mental note of that. The robot aimed its right arm at the Blue-Haired girl and preparing to fire the weapon. Pan acted quickly finally having the robot distracted. She swung her legs up and kicked the robot's arm off. The bot turned to try and plunge the needle into her neck, but Pan punched it in the chest ripping out wires in the process. It started to spark and then collapsed to the ground.

Pan caught her breath and calmed herself. Bra rushed over and hugged her.

"You ok?" She asked the Raven-Haired teen. Pan smirked.

"I'm good…but…it was looking for a Saiyan," Pan told her best-friend. Bra looked down at the bot and raised an eyebrow. She was unsure of what to think of it. She quickly clicked her fingers and grabbed a capsule, deciding to put the robot inside. "What are you doing?"

"We're going to take this robot to my Mom, she'll be able to study it then," Bra said, believing it was the best idea. Pan looked up as people started to come over.

"Fine, let's just get out of here first," Pan said as she grabbed her friend and flew off quickly. They landed back outside the Compound.

"Please don't do that again Pan…I didn't enjoy that," Bra said, brushing herself off.

"Sorry, needed to get out of there quick," Pan said, smiling, but then it disappeared, "We can't give your Mom that robot."

Bra stopped and turned to face her friend with a perplexed look written on her face, "Why not?"

"Because what if it's a spy robot…what if it has access to everything that happens inside the Compound…what then?" Pan questioned. Realising just how bad this could turn out. Bra contemplated it and then sighed. She agreed, but it would've been interesting to see what made that bot tick. Pan held her hand out for the Capsule. Bra handed it to her and then the Quarter-Saiyan vaporised it with an energy blast.

"We won't be able to keep this a secret…it will be on the news," Bra told her friend as they walked through the halls.

"I know, I saw it."

The voice didn't belong to Pan. The girls turned around slowly and saw Noca standing there, a smirk on his face.

"Well, we dealt with it," Pan said as she smiled back, "And you're in a better mood now."

"Vegeta and I talked it out and you know, fighting helps," Noca said, smiling again as he put his arm around his girlfriend. The trio walked down the halls as Bra and Pan told them what had happened, even though Noca had seen the news, but he obliged.

Meanwhile, Vegeta was in the shower and thinking about something important.

"Is Noca having visions of the future…are they trying to tell him something? How can we help it?"

"Questions for another time, Vegeta." A voice spoke back to the Prince and he was shocked

"Who are you?" Vegeta asked, but there was no reply. He clenched his fist and turned off the shower. "Whatever…I'll find out eventually."

Time passed by as both Noca and Bra turned 16-years-old. Noca didn't want a fuss made about him, but there was a simple party set-up at Capsule Corp. He appreciated it, but would've preferred something quiet. Meanwhile, Bra had a family party and then a party with school friends involved. Unfortunately, no matter how much she asked her, Bulma wouldn't let Bra have alcohol at her party. She didn't want drunk teenagers on her property. She needed to maintain her status as a good Mother.

The party was still a success and soon after, winter arrived. Snow began to fall. School finished and it was time for…CHRISTMAS! But first Noca had a training session with Vegeta. The terrible weather conditions would serve as some very good environmental training and both Saiyans were ready to give it their all. They settled on a nice valley for their fight. They were isolated and everything would go swimmingly.

Sunday 21st December Age 794

Pure white snow covered the entire valley in a huge blanket. It was astounding how much snow had fallen this year. The icy wind swept through at a gentle pace and the scenery looked untouched and peaceful. Just like a blank canvas. Not a single disturbance in sight.

A sudden explosion caused a huge rumble to occur and a lot of now started to roll down into the valley some more, effectively working to way to fill it up. The silence and peace of the area was finally disrupted and the cause of this…Noca and Vegeta.

A body flew from the location of the explosion and smashed down into the snow, rolling all the way to the edge, almost falling into the valley below. The person was surrounded by a powerful golden aura and was wearing a battle armour, with black underclothes. Noca had been taken off-guard by that powerful explosive attack and needed to recover quick. He slowly pushed up and got back to his feet. He clenched his fists and cracked his neck, focussing up into the air.

A figure appeared behind the teen and then sent a cracking kick into Noca's ribs. The boy was flung to the left and smashed down into the snow once more, but put his hands out and pushed up to flip back to his feet. Noca then swung around and threw a Ki blast towards Vegeta, but the Prince was already charging towards Noca. In the movement he managed to swat the Ki blast away and then aimed a fist for his opponent's head. Noca caught the fist and then threw his own one in retaliation, but Vegeta was equal to it and caught it without hesitation.

Noca hadn't seen this predicament coming, but acted first and attacked with a head-butt. The impacted forced Vegeta to gain some distance, but Noca had already moved fasted to get into the attack and performed a jumping kick with both feet, into Vegeta's chest. The Prince stumbled away some more, but wasn't going to get caught in another attack and pushed himself into the air. He stopped about 10 metres up and sent a barrage of Ki blasts down around the teen.

The blasts were coming from Noca's right so the teen started to jump and roll to the left in an effort to stay out of reach. The were coming down very rapidly and regularly so the teen had to make sure he was on top of his movements. He was doing well, but the Saiyan Prince was beginning to feel the frustration of his futile attempts and instead stopped the barrage and tried something a bit more effective.

Vegeta held up one arm, aimed towards Noca and powered up a large Ki ball. He smirked and then fired the attack, not even bothering to yell the name this time. It was, of course, the big bang attack. Noca had stopped when the final Ki blast landed down and had now placed himself in a very difficult position. The ball of energy blasted down towards Noca at an immense pace and the teen could only throw up a cross-armed block. The ball exploded against Noca's body, covering the air in smoke, and impairing the teen's vision.

Noca accidently inhaled and took in some of the smoke so he began to cough quite a bit. He tried to wave the smoke away as he continued to choke, not knowing what to do in that situation. That was when he sensed an approach and was in no way ready for it. Vegeta came in through the smoke and crunched an uppercut into Noca's gut, throwing the teen into the air. Vegeta swiftly grabbed Noca's leg afterwards and then slammed him down on his back. The Prince followed up by dropping a strong right punch towards the teens face, but Noca quickly rolled to the left slightly and jumped up, kicking Vegeta in the back.

The Prince started to stumble forward, but quickly swung around to try and strike Noca, but the teen flipped back and pounced off of a rock, propelling himself back at Vegeta. The Prince had let his guard down so Noca was given a clear passage to strike his knee right into Vegeta's face. Noca then pushed past and landed behind the Prince. The teen was prepared to keep going with his attack and swung around swiftly to land a strong right punch into the Prince's lower back. Vegeta arched a little in pain, but wasn't give any breathing room when Noca swung a left hook round into the left side of Vegeta's head.

Vegeta started to stumble to the right, but shook it off to charge back in and try to take an advantage in this challenge. He lunged back at Noca with his right arm reeled back, ready to punch. The only problem with this was that the teen had also charged in with the same idea. Both fist clashed into each other and there was an erupting shock wave that occurred due to the sheer output of energy from each Saiyan's arm. The shock wave rumbled all the way through the valley and started to cause mini-avalanches. It was definitely a lot of power. There were plenty of cracks heard from the cliff edge that both were standing on. Neither decided to move as there were small sparks of energy around their bodies, signifying their rise in power.

Soon enough, the cliff edges started to crumble down into the valley and that was a sign that they should move away, quickly. Both jump as it starts to fall away. Noca just about manages to make it as the first bit of land he makes contact with breaks away, but a swift rise made sure he made it. He could fly after all, so it wasn't that difficult a situation to get out of. Noca took a second to regain his composure and took a look down into the valley, to get an idea of what he would have landed in.

This was a big oversight from Noca as he completely ignored the fact that Vegeta never gave anyone a chance to rest. The Prince phased and got Noca with an uppercut as the teen started to turn around. Vegeta then followed up with a powerful barrage of punches into the teen's chest and gut before performing a back-flip-kick up into Noca's chin and sending him up. Noca wasn't that easily beaten down, however and managed to roll and then dropped back towards his opponent. He hammered his fists down on the Prince and managed to knock him down into the valley below.

Vegeta crashed down through many tree branches and fell beyond Noca's sight. He took to the air and hovered above the valley, facing the direction that Vegeta had fallen and he slowly raised an arm, preparing some sort of Ki attack. The only thing is, he didn't even need to use it as a glint of light caught the teen's attention and another Ki attack came flying towards him. Noca's eyes went wide as the blast fired towards him, but he had enough pace to dodge out of the way and avoid harm. That blast had been a diversion though. Vegeta flashed up towards the teen and stopped right in front of Noca, blasting him away from close range. The teen was sent crashing back down into the snow once again.

He slid along the ground before flipping up and landed back on his feet. He looked up to see that Vegeta was already charging down and he decided to follow suit. They both charged at each other and clashed once more. Upon clashing there was a huge flash of golden light and they were completed shrouded by energy. Once the light started to die away there was a reveal of both Saiyans fighting at the Ascended level, throwing rapid punches and kicks at one another.

While in the exchange of attacks, Noca attempted to send his right foot up to connect with Vegeta's head, but the Saiyan Prince swung up a left arm and blocked the kick. Due to Noca's awkward position Vegeta had another clear opening to jab a right fist into the teen's chest. That would've hit, had Noca not had an increased level of speed and blocked with his right arm. Vegeta, knowing that neither of them could make an attack in this scenario started to slowly move Noca's leg down, clearing space for him to send in a left hook.

The teen was knocked to the side and then Vegeta leapt towards him and hammered his fists towards the boy, but Noca put both of his hands above his head and blocked the incoming hammer blow. This put a stop to the attack effortlessly, but Vegeta continued by using both feet to kick Noca in the gut. That was effective enough to knock Noca away, and break up the swift attacking. But Vegeta wasn't done yet. The Prince jabbed his right fist forward, but once again Noca was on hand to block it with both his hands.

With Vegeta's fist firmly caught by Noca's grip, the teen was given the chance to take another advantage in the battle. He pushed his energy to that one location and let an explosive blast build up. Due to the close proximity and the lack of space to grow, the blast instantly detonated, throwing both Noca and Vegeta away from each other. They both landed back on the ground, but barely let their toes touch the snow before they were at each other's throats again. Noca used instant transmission to trick Vegeta into thinking he was coming for him, but the teen put himself into a very advantageous position once more. He was up in the air above and charged down with a kick, dropping into Vegeta's back. The Prince slammed down into the snow as Noca flipped back higher into the air.

Once at his preferred distance, the boy unleashed a barrage of ordinary Ki blasts. They slammed down on the ground and space around Vegeta. Even a few were direct enough to make contact. Vegeta wasn't in a very good position right now. Noca ended his barrage with a final, single blast. This one contained more power than the previous ones and was intended as a finisher. He threw the ball down on his teacher and it collided, making an almighty flash of light that flooded the area. This was in stark contrast to the black clouds that loomed over the are. More bad weather was on its way.

Noca hovered in the air, still. He could feel the winds getting stronger and the sharpness of the freezing cold scraped against his skin. He was already warmed enough by his energy, but it wouldn't be that way for too much longer. Not with the drastic change in weather. Some more snow began to fall as Noca kept his eyes down on Vegeta. The Prince had started to move a little and Noca could sense an increase in power. That was when Vegeta turned around and reveal a massive amount of purple energy growing in his hands. Vegeta pulled his arms back to the left side of his head and smirked. Noca knew what move was happening and prepared his own attack. He pulled his hands to his right side and powered up some blue energy. Meanwhile, the snow was getting worse.

Vegeta thrust his hands forward yelling "Galick Gun Fire!"

While Noca did the same, instead yelling "Kamehameha!"

Both energy waves sailed through the air, the snow and the wind, not fazed by the strength of the atmosphere and instead crashed into each other, emitting a large output of energy over the area. It seemed that the more the energy of the two fighters increased so did the weather, and it didn't bode well for either of the fighters. Both were unfocussed on their attacks and were pulling off, but Noca more so than Vegeta. The Prince saw this and managed to push his attack through.

The Galick Gun broke through the Kamehameha and soared right towards Noca. The teen was taken by complete surprise and was well and truly beaten by that attack. The blast crashed into his body and exploded, throwing Noca from the scene back down into the valley. The greater strength of the Wind and Snow was impairing Vegeta's vision and he couldn't spot where Noca had landed. He moves in the direction that Noca had fallen, but had to hold his arms up in front of him to block the snow and wind. He scouted the area, despite not having a clear line of sight, and everything was getting worse.

He eventually comes to an opening and sets down on the ground. Trying to look around was a task in itself. The wind couldn't make its mind up on where it was going and that was infuriating to Vegeta. He couldn't see anything either. He called out for Noca hoping to receive some sort of response, but nothing was coming. He crossed his arms and waited for a second, but then he was suddenly smashed into from behind and knocked to his knees.

That attack had come from nowhere and was confused. He slowly got up to his feet, finding it difficult because of the weather, but he persisted. He turned around on the spot and called out for Noca once more. Then he was hit from the left and stumbled to the side, managing to stabilise himself easier this time. Until he was struck from behind once again. He stumbled forward, but stopped himself from falling. He smirked, knowing that Noca had used this to his advantage and had continued the fight. He didn't give up because of the bad conditions and Vegeta was proud of that. He even noticed that the teen had returned to his base form to hide himself better. It was an entertaining technique.

Noca was even masking his energy, making things that much worse. Vegeta took a step forward, but was easily hit in the face and stumbled back some more. He growled in annoyance and was struck no the side again. He yelled out in anger and then dropped his power away. He was going to play Noca's game and hide in the snow. Now there was no more golden light. Now sound of fighting. No Vegeta. No Noca. Just snow…and wind.

A sudden flash of burning golden light erupted once more and the two of Super Saiyan 2s had clashed once more. They were throwing punches and kicks at each other with far more intensity than before and it was a sight to behold. If anyone was watching. Both of the fighters pulled away and then charged forward with energy attack, smashing together and there was finally a huge explosion which resulted in…nothing.

…

The snow had stopped. The wind had died down for now. The are was silent. Not a single trace of fighting was left. The snow blanketed the entire area and everything was peaceful. There was some slight movement from beneath the snow as a hand pulled out and started to come further from beneath the surface. As more was revealed it becomes obvious that this person is hurt, cut, bruised and their clothes are very damaged. Their spiky dark hair is wet and covering part of their face. Noca was exhausted and he was certainly happy that the fight was over.

He completely pulled himself out of the snow and started to drag his feet through and kept his eyes on the ground as if looking for something. Eventually his eyes fall on a gloved hand. Noca reaches down and grabs the hand, pulling on it to soon show Vegeta. He was in the same position. Exhausted, cut, bruised and bloody. They two smirked at each other and then took off, starting to fly towards the Capsule Corp. compound.

When they eventually landed down on the ground, Bulma rushed out to give them both Senzu beans and scold Vegeta.

"If you're not training with Goku or Gohan non-stop you have to find some other poor soul, don't you?" Bulma yelled in her Husband's ear. He just waved her off and stood up, walking off into the building. Bulma shook her head and then helped Noca up. He was fine now, but the sudden shift in temperature was a bit confusing to his body. As soon as he entered the building with Bulma holding his arm he called out to Vegeta.

"Hey," Noca called. Vegeta stopped and turned his head slightly to show he was listening. "Next time we start at Super Saiyan 2."

Vegeta nodded before continuing down the hall. Noca smirked and then let Bulma help him warm up so that he could be ready to head home. He really felt like some progress had been made in that fight and he was truly excited to take it further. After the whole event with Beerus, they had a level to aspire to…and that was interesting.

So, I have to say, I had no idea how to start this chapter when I was writing it so I went with another Dream sequence to show that the effect of killing someone was still getting to Noca. As I was writing I decided to do the dream within a dream thing because it felt cool, if I'm honest. Let me know what you think in a lovely review!

Next Time...Chapter 8: Relationship Trouble