The name Master Korin didn't ring any bells for Videl.

'Uhmm, who's Master Korin?' Videl asked.

'Master Korin is an old Master.' Master Roshi answered. 'He trained me back in the day, long ago.'

Videl was sceptical. Master Roshi didn't just look old himself, he looked ancient. How ridiculously old would this Korin guy be?

'Is he still alive after all this time?'

'Yes, he still is.' Master Roshi said. 'I trained for years with him. He's also an expert on seeing the intentions of people, I couldn't get anything by him and I had years' worth of experience seducing hot young gals like yourself.'

Chi-Chi agilely kicked Master Roshi on the back of his head with a lot of force. Where had she suddenly come from?

'I told you not to try anything funny with those sweet girls you old creep!'

Master Roshi slowly got back up.

'Alright, alright, I was just trying to give the lady a compliment. Can't an old man do that anymore?'

Videl didn't consider it a compliment, she barely even knew the old guy. She didn't feel sorry for Roshi at all, if he had made such a comment to Erasa Videl would have punched the guy in his face too.

'Anyway, that's why I think Gohan might benefit going to Master Korin. I think if there's anyone who can quickly figure out what's stopping Gohan from using his powers effectively it's him.'

Videl was getting very curious to this Korin guy.

'Gohan, do you know this Master Korin?' Videl asked.

'Not very well, I met him briefly a couple of times.' Gohan replied.

'We're pretty close to Korin Tower.' Krillin said. 'Why don't you go there now Gohan? If there's a chance Master Korin's guidance could help you, go for it.'

Glancing at Gohan, and feeling her own curiosity, Videl made a decision.

'I'll come with you Gohan.' Videl said determined.

'Huh?' Gohan asked confused. 'Don't you want to stay here with Erasa?'

'I'm curious to this Master Korin.' Videl said simply. 'Maybe I'll learn something too.'

Erasa grabbed Videl's hand.

'I don't want to be alone without you again Videl!' Erasa exclaimed. 'I was so scared last time when I had to fly back on that golden cloud on my own.'

'You won't be alone.' Krillin said, and Lazuli nodded too. 'We'll be here too. And I think it'd be good if Videl goes along with Gohan, then Gohan won't be alone either. It's dangerous out there, it's probably best not to travel alone.'

Saying goodbye to Erasa was difficult, Videl didn't want to abandon her. But at the same time Videl knew she didn't want to let this opportunity slip. This could be the opportunity to learn a whole lot more about fighting.

'Why don't you come along too?' Videl offered, but Erasa shook her head.

'No Videl.' Erasa said tearfully. 'I'm not coming with you, I'd probably just distract you guys all the time with my blabbering.'

'No Erasa, you can come too!' Videl exclaimed while Gohan looked concerned.

'No, I don't wanna distract you and Gohan even more. I can see how important this is to you both, I can see it in your eyes. And you know me, I can't ever shut up. I probably wouldn't understand any of all that fighting stuff anyway.'

'What do you think Gohan?' Videl asked.

'I think Erasa's right.' Gohan said thoughtfully. 'Erasa would probably just be distracting us, I don't think she could help us out at all. I think she's safer here with the others.'

'Just because it's true doesn't mean you can just say it like that Gohan! That's just rude!' Erasa called out annoyed.

'Huh? But Erasa, I'm agreeing with you.' Gohan said confused.

'That's not the point!'

Gohan looked even more confused.

Erasa sighed and hugged Gohan whose body tensed up.

'Oh, I just can't stay mad at ya Gohan.' Erasa said. 'You're just such an adorable clueless dork.'

Gohan turned red again, his body awkwardly tense, and Erasa released him without Gohan having returned the hug.

'Good luck Gohan. I hope this Master Korin guy will be able to help you out. And you really need to learn how to hug!'

'I think you can teach him a thing or two about that Erasa!' Videl said smiling, causing Erasa to giggle.

Erasa then hugged Videl, while Gohan turned to his family.

'Hey sweetie, promise me we'll see each other again soon.'

'I promise.' Videl said, returning the hug.

'Gohan, I don't understand why you have to go!' Goten exclaimed.

'He has to Goten.' Gohan's grandfather said, hugging Goten with a single enormous hand. 'Some day you'll understand.'

'But I don't want Gohan to leave already!'

Erasa approached Goten and put her arm around him.

'Hey, why don't you try teaching me some of that flying stuff in the meantime huh?' Erasa said kindly. 'Let's show Gohan how good you are at being the flying teacher!'

'Really?!' Goten proclaimed excitedly. 'Awesome!'

Chi-Chi looked at them obviously torn.

'Gohan!'

Gohan looked at his mother concerned.

'Be careful out there Gohan!' She called out. 'And Videl, take good care of him!'

'I promise I'll do my best.' Videl said, bowing to Chi-Chi, secretly unsure of what she could possibly do if planet-destroying monsters were to attack the two of them.

'I'll be careful mother.' Gohan said.

'Why don't we meet you guys at the lookout again?' Krillin offered. 'We'll go there once we've gathered all the Dragon Balls.'

'That's a good idea, we'll do that.' Gohan replied, while Videl had no idea what the lookout was.

'I'll slow down so you two can fly out.' Yamcha said, and they all felt the deceleration in the plane. When the plane was flying slow enough they opened the door, and Videl and Gohan flew off, waving the others goodbye.

'Looks like your ki has recovered nicely Videl.' Gohan said.

'Yeah, I feel fine now. Do you know which way to go?'

'Yes, I can sense Master Korin's ki.'

'How far is it to this Master Korin guy?'

'Not too far, I think about 250 kilometres.'

'What the hell Gohan?' Videl exclaimed. 'That's like really far! And you can sense him all the way from here?!'

Gohan sped up a bit, and Videl followed.

'Nah, we'll be there in no time, you can already fly pretty fast. Try to accelerate from your entire body.'

Videl remembered what Gohan had told her earlier after their battle and tried to distribute her ki across her entire body while flying. It wasn't easy but she managed it.

'That's not too bad Videl! Now push it all back at the same time!'

Videl followed Gohan's instructions and she suddenly flew way faster. She felt the wind picking up a lot of speed and she saw the ground moving past much faster. But she hadn't felt any acceleration at all, it was kind of surreal and she got a bit of vertigo. Gohan quickly caught up with her.

'See how fast you're going?'

'I feel a bit dizzy.' Videl said.

'You're not used yet to not feeling the acceleration while your eyes tell you you sped up.' Gohan explained. 'That'll go away with practice.'

Videl was sure she could get this down. But in the meantime she had plenty of other questions.

'Gohan?'

'Hmm?'

'Krillin said something about the Dragon Balls being able to bring back the dead.' Videl started. 'Is that really true?'

'Yes.' Gohan answered. 'After Cell was defeated we wished back all of the people that were killed by that monster.'

'So that's why all those people came back!' Videl suddenly realised. 'But then, why is your dad still dead? Didn't he get killed by Cell too?'

Videl knew bringing up Gohan's dad was a touchy subject, but she had to know. Gohan looked away from Videl, down towards the speeding ground before answering.

'Well uhmm. The Dragon can only bring people back once.' Gohan answered. 'If someone was already revived before, the Dragon can't bring them back anymore if they die again. My father had already died once before that whole Cell stuff.'

'And Piccolo?' Videl asked.

'He was brought back before too, we won't be able to revive him either.' Gohan said harshly.

'I'm… I'm so sorry Gohan.'

Gohan did not reply. As they flew, Videl suddenly sensed a trace of ki coming from behind. Videl and Gohan both looked back but didn't see anything.

'What was that?' Videl asked, fearing that Bobbidy or Majin Buu might have found them.

The trace of ki had been faint, but there was no mistaking the chaotic nature of it. It reminded Videl of the strange reddish ki that Gohan's dad had been using in his fight with Vegeta. She still had no idea what it actually was.

'I think that was a portion of my father's ki, released in his battle.' Gohan replied worryingly. 'Let's hurry up.'

'You know, it felt the same as that weird reddish ki your dad was using against Vegeta. It felt really chaotic, like more chaotic than any ki I felt anywhere else.' Videl noted, her voice both worrisome and curious.

'It's my father's Kaio-Ken attack, he learned it in the afterlife, when he died the first time.' Gohan replied.

'The Kaio-Ken attack?'

'Well uhmm, how do I explain it?' Gohan started clumsily. 'It's like, uhmm, the way I understand it is that you use your ki to trigger an annihilation reaction inside your body, and then convert the energy that's released into much more ki to use in battle. But the energy is very dangerous and volatile, it's pretty much impossible to control well, which is why it feels so chaotic.'

'An annihilation what?' Videl was very confused, she didn't understand much of what Gohan said.

'An annihilation reaction.' Gohan tried to explain. 'Essentially it annihilates small portions of your body, like uhm, inside,' Gohan moved his hand over his abdomen, 'and converts them into energy. It's a form of nuclear reaction, so it produces enormous amounts of energy for destroying small amounts of mass.'

'So you're destroying your own body when you use it?'

'Small parts of it yes.' Gohan said. 'If you use the technique very sparingly your body should heal itself over time again, but it is a technique that can obliterate your stamina or even kill you. On the other hand, the amounts of ki you can gain with it can be so enormous as to multiply your speed and power several times over, depending on how intensively it's used.'

Videl wondered if she would be able to do that. It sounded pretty dangerous but if she'd just use it sparingly and carefully...

'Do you think you could teach me?'

'No!' Gohan replied more determined and strict than Videl had ever heard him.

'Why not?' Videl asked. 'I'll be careful with it.'

'I never learned how to do it.' Gohan replied. 'And to be honest I think that's for the better. I don't have sufficient control over my powers to use something like the Kaio-Ken. And even if I could I wouldn't teach you. You are not even close to ready for that.'

'How can you tell?' Videl protested. What did Gohan know? Gohan had been constantly surprised with her powers over ki ever since she started her lessons in ki! 'You also said I learned all this ki stuff really fast and I was really good at it!'

'Because even my father barely controls the Kaio-Ken!' Gohan said harshly. There was no trace of Gohan's usual insecurity in his voice. 'Even if you somehow managed to trigger the reaction you wouldn't be able to control it! Don't you get it?! This is not a little out of your level, this is way beyond your level! There is absolutely no way you would be able to control it! This is not like learning how to fly where if you mess up you might end up with a broken leg or something! This stuff would kill you, and probably obliterate the entire city you were in as well, if not more!'

Videl flinched from hearing that. She had no idea her body could be that powerful. Blowing up boulders was one thing, blowing up entire cities was something else entirely. She remembered how focused Goku's ki had felt in the battle, how every trace of it was moving in unison and purposefully. And how crazily chaotic the Kaio-Ken had felt. If Goku, who could control his ki that well, was struggling so much with controlling the Kaio-Ken, there was probably a lot of truth to what Gohan was saying.

'Alright, I get why I wouldn't be able to do it.' Videl admitted reluctantly. They were both silent for a minute or so.

'How do you think Erasa is doing in Goten's flying lesson?' Videl asked, trying to break the tension.

'I really don't think she can fly already.' Gohan answered. 'I don't get why she wanted Goten to teach her, Goten's far too young. Why wouldn't she ask one of us to teach her if she wanted to learn it?'

'She just wanted to make Goten happy Gohan, distracting him a bit from all this shit that's been going on.' Videl explained. Videl didn't understand why Gohan didn't get that, wasn't that obvious?

'Don't you think he'll be sad if Erasa won't be able to fly quickly?' Gohan asked concerned.

'I don't know, Erasa probably didn't think that far ahead.' Videl paused for a moment. 'But Goten will be fine. He's got his mother and his grandfather there too, and others to help him with the lessons.'

'I guess you're right.'

'Hey Gohan, something else. What's this Korin guy like?'

'Master Korin is very nice, and also very smart. He lives up in his tower, he's the keeper of Korin Tower. My father also trained with him for a short while, a long time ago.'

Gohan pointed ahead. 'There it is!'

They slowed down somewhat while Videl looked. At first Videl didn't see anything, but then she saw a slim, very tall pillar. No, the pillar wasn't just very tall. It was ridiculously tall, taller than she could even see! As they flew closer, Videl saw there were all kinds of markings on the pillar. They looked like markings you'd find in ancient ruins or something. She saw pictures of birds, of human faces, of triangles, of fish, and of all kinds of other shapes. Now that Videl thought about it, it also looked like art in a way. It was actually quite beautiful.

'Wow!' Videl said. 'So this is Korin's Tower?'

'Yes.' Gohan replied, pointing up. 'Master Korin lives up there.'

Videl looked up and faintly saw something in the sky, but she couldn't make out its shape, it was so high up. Looking down, she saw a village on the ground. Not with modern buildings or roads, it was made up of tents in a forest. She also saw a large fire in between the tents, in a clearing away from the trees, presumably they used the fire to prepare their food or keep wildlife away.

'Who are those people?'

'They protect these lands and the tower, they believe them to be sacred.' Gohan replied. 'They and their ancestors before them have lived here for hundreds of years. But let's go up.'

Gohan quickly flew upwards along Korin Tower, and Videl followed. Videl noticed the markings were applied across the entire height of the tower. Had those people down there climbed all the way up to do that, or could they perhaps fly? It must be several kilometres high.

After a short while they reached the top of Korin Tower. Now that she could see it better, Videl recognised there was a round structure on top of the tower. The bottom floor had four holes in it, presumably the holes were normally used as an entrance and exit when climbing the tower. It didn't look like there was any place for an airplane to land. This tower was probably much older than airplanes. Videl realised Master Korin might not get many visitors if said visitors would have to climb all the way up without any staircase or anything to help them out. It was only easy for Videl and Gohan to get there because they could fly.

As Videl and Gohan entered the structure and touched down inside, they heard a voice behind them.

'Hey Gohan, long time no see. And I see you brought company along too this time!'