ME: Hello to you all! Welcome to the third chapter of my newest story, Hunted by an angel. Once again I would like to thank all my wonderful reviewers, I love you guys!

TAZ: Don't thank them, what have they ever done for you?

ME: Shaddap! (Slaps Taz upside the head.)

TAZ: What, no anvil?

WHAM!

ME: Heh heh heh. Now, DISCLAIMER TIME!

IF I OWNED DRAGONBALL Z, DO YOU THINK I'D POST THIS ON FF.NET? NO, I DIDN'T THINK SO. LET'S JUST FORGET YOU EVER BROUGHT IT UP, OK?

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NOTE: Videl is a lot stronger in this fic than what she should be.

(**) Means…. oh forget it. You all know what they mean by now. On with the chapter!

1 Back on Earth

"NO WAY!"

"Are you serious?"

"But, how did you know it was there, brat?"

Gohan sighed, Vegeta wasn't always the smartest of people. (* Or Saiyans*) "I told you, I found it by accident. I didn't even know what it was until that guy, Tetsuo told me."

"So you found a way to regain your mortality without the use of the dragonballs. Wow Gohan, I'm impressed."

"Yeah!" Trunks added. "This is so cool Gohan. We could go up there and charge people to go through it!" Vegeta smirked. 'That's my boy!' But his mate didn't share his enthusiasm. "No Trunks, we have to keep this a secret. Think of what the Kai's would do to us if they found out."

"Yeah, I suppose you're right Bulma." She smiled. "Yes Gohan, I'm always right." She paused for a second and then said. "You'll have to go home and tell your parents about thi……. oh, sweet Kami. Chi-chi!" Gohan head jerked up and he looked at the now panicking blue-haired genius. "What about her?"

"She doesn't know you died. You were supposed to be at her house yesterday!"

"Actually I was meant to be there two days ago." He smiled the Son grin™ and scratched the back of his head. "I was already a day late." Vegeta and Trunks sweatdropped, Bulma started to panic even more. "Oh man, she's going to kill you. You'd better go home now and you'd better hurry." She took a box out of her back pocket. "Here, you can borrow this capsule car." Gohan picked up the capsule. "Thanks Bulma I'll retu…." He looked at the capsule again. "No, you know what? I think I'll fly there, it's safer." He tossed the capsule back and walked out.

Now back to the Grand Kai's planet, right at 'the core'.

She sitting alone, the near darkness engulfs her and hides her. Her ebony hair has lost its shine and her crystal blue eyes, that everybody once said were so beautiful, had lost their sparkle. Blue ice tunnels, that was all you could see now. The room was nothing more than a cell. About eight feet long, ten feet wide and with only one light up on the high ceiling. The Kai's did allow her to train in the cramped space though. They had given her some weights and sometimes some real food to keep her strength up to train. Over two hundred years, that was how long she had been in the 'core'. The prison the Grand kai made for fighters who couldn't be sent to the HFIL for one reason or another. Underground with a very high temperature.

Not all of the prisoners were criminals, many were planetary heroes who were being punished for foolish mistakes, or accidents. Just like her. It was her mistake that sent her here. She didn't deserve it really, after all, she was a hero. One of the Earth's warriors from all those years ago. Defending it from all the evils that attacked it. At a time when the human race was young and weak, she was it's saviour.

Satan Videl was the daughter of a very rich man named Hercule. They lived in a very large house one the edge of South town, where Mr Satan was mayor. She developed her ki powers from a very young age and only used them to help people. The people of West town called her the 'warrior ice-queen', because she maintained her tough-girl image and never married. Hell, she never even had a serious boyfriend despite her father's numerous attempts to marry her off, she stayed single. And was perfectly happy that way. But there was one man who never gave up. He was a rich salesman from the west named Sharpener, and he was by far Hercules favourite of all of his daughters suitors. Sharpener tried several times to make Videl want to marry him, but every time he tried he got shot down. Eventually, bitter and angry with her, he gave up trying to make her love him. But if he couldn't have her, then nobody could.

He went down to the town bar and began to spread rumours about Videl. He told people that she was a witch and returned to haunt and attack the people she had saved. And because he was wealthy, it was extremely easy to bribe those people into testifying against her. She was tried and found guilty by her own father, he cared more about getting re-elected mayor than protesting his daughter's innocence. She was burned at the stake. Even though she had powers beyond that of a normal human, she couldn't fight the flames and they quickly engulfed her.

When she awoke, she was standing at King Yemma's desk. He gave her permission to go along Snake way and train with King Kai. (*It's not only the Z senshi and King Yemma who made it to King Kai's planet in this fic.*) She made it along and trained for several years with King Kai. A fast learner, Videl soon learned all that King Kai had to teach. So he gave her permission to go to the Grand Kai's planet and train with him instead.

The Grand Kai saw how powerful she was, and gave her a special job. She was to be the new guardian of the forbidden door. Only the strongest warriors were given important jobs like that, so obviously she accepted. But one day it all came crumbling down. Videl had guarded the door for nearly fifty years now, and it had been fifty years since she had seen another person. It couldn't hurt to leave her post for just a little while, could it? It could. When she left the door, someone got through. His name was Kirin, and he was a Saiyan who had wreaked havoc on the entire solar system until he was destroyed. Once he was alive again, he went back to his life of destruction. Videl had failed. And as punishment, she was sent to 'the core' for five hundred years.

That was all long while ago, and she was still doing time. Keeping up her training was all that kept her sane, unlike some of the other prisoners. Many went nuts in under a month. But Videl was strong, she would never give up. 'I failed them all.' She thought miserably. 'So many died because of my mistake. I deserve to be here.'

BANG! Her head jerked up off her knees. "Huh?" There was a loud noise outside. 'Must be a new prisoner, wonder what this one's done.' Standing up, she walked over to the door, so she could hear things better.

"No…. please, you can't. It was a mistake! Forgive me………..please." It was Tetsuo being dragged to his cell by several guards. He put up a good fight, but they got him in eventually. He was put in the cell right next to Videl's.

"DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!" His terrified screams echoed all along the corridor. Videl was unmoved. This was a scene she had seen (*Or heard even.*) many times before. Turning round, she walked back over to the corner she was sitting in. But then she heard a scraping sound outside, and her door opened, light flooding the tiny cell. The guard was a tall, grim Namekian. "Come with me." He said. "The Grand Kai wishes to see you." He turned on his heel, and Videl followed him.

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ME: Yes, another chapter wrapped up! Sorry for it being a bit shorter than the last, it's mostly just about how Videl ended up in 'the core'. Next time, Videl will arrive on Earth for the first time in hundreds of years.

Until then, review!