I'd like to thank everyone for their support in this story and as such I've decided to unleash another chapter straight to the audience. I hope you enjoy.

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Videl flew towards the destination, a jumble of thoughts running through her mind. She had decided to fly to the 247 forest area on the weekend and just tell her friends that she was on a business trip. That way it wouldn't look as suspicious... hopefully.

Videl had spent many hours trying to find any clue as to who might have sent the message, but even with forensic science she could find no fingerprints except her own. The only thing she could go off was the seven stared circle in the corner. From this she could tell that it had been sent by someone who had been at the tournament, or someone who was in with the whole scheme of things. Not only that, but they were the seventh strongest member, or so it seemed if Videl's theory was correct.

She looked forward, focusing her mind to the task at hand. If the information was correct, then this was the spot where Master Korin lived. One thing that her mind had kept floating to was what Gohan had meant by 'demon blood.' The fact that he was the son of two of the greatest fighters alive could have meant that he was just freakishly strong by his genes; after all, the exploits of Son Goku were legendary.

Videl blinked a few times to try and deduce the tall white thing in front of her. As far as she could tell, it just stretched higher and higher into the sky with no real end, but those sorts of things were impossible. The closer she got however, her rational thoughts kept slipping away as she found herself peering out the top of the windshield in an attempt to see the top of the spire but to no luck. Deciding to land at the base, Videl sent her jet copter towards the ground. What she found was not what she expected.

Landing her vehicle in a clearing, she found herself in a small village but the vicinity was void of life. While there were buildings it seemed to have been abandoned long ago, not a single soul stirred which made the situation more than a little awkward. Swallowing deeply, she walked to the base of the spire and looked directly up, the pillar stretching farther than her eye could see.

All around the spire were hooks stretching out, making it possible to climb the pillar to wherever it led. However Videl wasn't going to go wasting her time to overcome such an obstacle since she had a jet copter nearby. Jumping into the driver's seat, she revved up the engine and took off into the sky, her vehicle climbing vertically upwards.

For the better part of half an hour, the jet copter climbed into the sky, warning lights flashing as it had never meant to be flown that high. Finally through the windshield, Videl saw a platform and a smile spread across her face. Pushing the copter past its limits, she landed on the platform and looked around.

There were ceramic pots lined up everywhere and a cat standing on its hind legs but apart from that nothing special. "Wait a second," said Videl turning her attention back to the cat. It was white in colour and was standing on its hind legs with a staff in its hand. "I must be hallucinating, the air is so thin up here," said Videl trying to explain the situation to herself.

"Good excuse but wrong," said the cat with a smile causing Videl to squeal like a frightened school girl. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to alarm you," said the cat slightly startled by Videl's reaction.

"I'm sorry I must have over reacted," said Videl breathing deeply, trying to understand what was going on.

"Who's there?" asked a man as he walked in from an adjacent room wearing a samurai sword at his side. "I didn't order any pizza today," he added while picking his nose.

"You must be Master Korin," said Videl with a polite bow towards the slightly fat man.

"Ha, that will be the day, name's Yajirobe," answered the man leaving Videl confused slightly.

"I'm Korin," said the cat causing Videl to go wide eyed realising that the great master Gohan and even the Chinese emperor had been talking was a cat less than three feet in height.

"This is awkward..." said Videl slowly trying to compose herself.

"Unless you are here for something specific I must ask you to leave," said Korin turning his back to her.

"I want you to train me," blurted Videl wondering if this cat actually knew how to fight.

"I will not train anyone unless they first past a test," said Korin turning his head back to Videl.

"What's the test?" asked Videl.

"You've got to climb the tower," said Yajirobe in a bored tone as he sat down on a recliner.

"No way!" exclaimed Videl shaking her hands. "This tower is massive; there is no way anyone could climb it!"

"That fat ass over there did it," said Korin pointing at Yajirobe with his staff.

"I don't believe it," proclaimed Videl before shifting into a fighting stance. "If you can beat me then I'll believe that you were able to climb up this tower," she said with a smile.

With a sigh, Yajirobe got to his feet just as Videl charged at him. Videl threw everything she had at him but was unable to land a single blow as he dodged everything effortlessly. She threw a punch at his head but he bent to the side as he lifted his foot and drove it into her stomach forcing her back a few feet. Catching her breath back, Videl realised that she wasn't fighting at her full potential due to the fact that there was less air up this high in the sky. As such the air that was surrounding her was denser, meaning it was harder to move. Clearly since this man lived here he was accustomed to the difference in atmospheric conditions and had a distinct advantage.

Videl prepared herself once again and Yajirobe's shoulders slouched. "I was hoping you were going to be more of a challenge but clearly I was wrong," he said with a shrug. This infuriated Videl and she charged forth driving her fist forward but found herself looking at nothing but air, her opponent having moved faster than she could comprehend. A cold sensation ran down her body as she felt metal gently touch her neck. She turned her head slowly to see Yajirobe holding the samurai sword he had carried and now had it positioned to kill her. The one thing she couldn't shake off though was how quickly he had moved from one spot to the other, his speed being quicker than her eyes could keep track of.

"That's enough Yajirobe," said Korin banging his staff on the ground. Yajirobe sheathed his sword, the sound of the blade running down the sheath sending shivers down Videl's spine. Korin then turned his attention to Videl. "Until you can climb this tower I will teach you nothing," he proclaimed before walking away. Videl looked at him and with seething anger charged at him but before she knew it, Korin had knocked her to the ground with his staff.

He looked down at her with squinted eyes as he pressed the tip of the staff into her throat. Even though she struggled to push the staff away her strength was nowhere near enough to cause Korin's grip to waver. "Don't try to sneak up on an old master, you still do not know anything about this world and until you climb this tower I will teach you nothing." He removed the staff and Videl felt oxygen return to her lungs as she breathed what little air there was deeply.

Videl couldn't believe it as she got to her hands and knees; she had been bested in a fight by both a fat man and a cat. Sure they had the advantage since they had gotten used to the difference in atmosphere but she was the daughter of the self proclaimed man who defeated Cell. She had been working for the police force for years and not a single criminal had gotten away after she had arrived on the scene. It just didn't make sense.

Getting into her copter, she descended towards the Earth. The platform vanished from view as she got closer and closer to the ground. Once she reached a steady height, she turned her thrusters forward and headed towards Satan City. There was no way that she could climb that tower but she would defeat them no matter how long it took. She needed to do some heavy training to enable her body to adjust to denser air. She was going to take a leaf out of Son Gohan's book. She was going to get some weighted accessories and wear them around the clock. As she flew she made a plan that she would return to the tower in a week. For the first two days she would wear two ankle weights and two wrist weights that weighed two kilograms each. That way she would be carrying a constant eight kilogram weight on her at all times. After two days she would adjust each weight to three and a half kilograms, meaning she would be carrying an extra fourteen kilograms in total. For the final three days she would wear weights that weighed five kilograms each, meaning she would be carrying twenty kilograms which would no doubt slow her down.

However, once she took the weights off she would be stronger than before and if she could manage to accelerate her speed while wearing the weights to her normal speed when not wearing the extra weight her maximum speed would increase. The plan was perfect and she smiled as she flew towards the shopping district of the nearest town, she was going to start right away.

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Sorry for the delay but I've been bogged down with assignments and work. Hope you enjoyed and please review.