Part two of this double dip is what I like to call chapter 3. Following that same similar path to power. The next part is where we start to get interesting.

Chapter Three: **********

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Videl passed the days before the Cell games torn between wanting to see what would happen, and the urge to head for the land of Korin. In the end she was glad she waited in the city and watched the broadcast. There was no doubt of what truly happened in her mind, and she wasted no time once her father got home to call him on it.

"I am the greatest ever, I beat cell with absolutely no help from anyone, no one at all." Came the call of Mr. Satan, alerting his alleged daughter of his presence. In a second she was in his face about the claim.

"Father! I saw the TV! There is no way that you beat cell. You are no where near as strong as the men on the ridge." Shouted the young girl at her shocked father.

"Now, now honey you don't know that!" Came that fatherly tone he usually reserved for in front of the cameras.

"Of course I do! Master Tenshinhan is much stronger than you let alone that blonde man. He was THE Son Goku." She said, as if the statement ended the argument.

"Come now sweetie, you don't know what you are talking about. Leave the martial arts talk to us grownups." He said dismissively as he turned to go greet his fans. 'Maybe I should invite a few of the more attractive fans to celebrate with me in private while I'm at it.'

Behind him a small voice said. "I know better. I know because. because I am stronger than you now." With that, she realized that her quest was without cause. That she could never force her father to love her. No he was too drunk with fame to even admit that he was in over his head. He was no longer the man that she remembered. He might be able to get back there, but no matter how far she went towards him, they would never be close again if he was doing, coincidentally, what he is doing right then. 'He is just walking away, ignoring me.'

She walked slowly to her room. By now they shared a suite in the finest hotel in Orange Star City. Once she was there she thought about her quest to be strong again. Then she thought about how nice it was to help those people a few days ago. 'That is what I can do. I can be the hero that HIS ego will not let him be. I can give back all that he takes. But to do that, I must be stronger.'

'I will go to Korin. I will go right now, and find that master, find a real father figure at least. Maybe..' She would not even finish that thought. Maybe find someone to love her.

She grabbed a credit card that he had left her for emergencies and headed straight to the airport. She used it to buy and one-way ticket to the city closest to Korin, then on a bus to a small town only a few hundred miles away.

A day later Videl found herself in small town on the outskirts of the forest that was the outer edge of the holy land of Korin. She stayed only long enough to get supplies for her trek, as this town was suspicious of outsiders dating back to an attack by an assassin before she was born. Once she told them she was headed for Korin they were kind enough to sell her supplies and hurry her on her way. So within 48 hours of her decision, Videl began her walk towards the center of the forest.

No more than a days walk into the thousand-mile journey, Videl could see the giant totem ahead of her, urging her to continue. Not once had she entertained the idea of flying over the trees in a plane. 'This is as much training as my climb will be.' She reassured herself. In reality she was equally daunted by her task, as she was excited. There was no need to hurry, she would get there in due time.

Once Videl stood at the base of the Totem she could not take her eyes off of it. She had used it as motivation for her journey through the thick woods, and now it was her objective. Still she could not help but marvel at its impossible height.

"It is like it reaches up clear to Heaven." She said to herself.

"You have no idea how true that statement is, young one." Came a friendly but strange voice from behind her. She turned quickly to find a native looking man towering above her. As she looked about she saw that she was in a small simple village. Her awe changed to fear that she might have offended these people of the land who lived at the base of the tower.

"Do not fear young one. I am here to encourage your quest. You seek the knowledge of the master atop this tower and the strength only his holy water can bring. You are the youngest to ever try such a feat, and yet I am confident you will succeed. My name is Upa, and our small village is here to protect this holy land, and to pay homage to the ancient tower. One of the ways we do that is to give encouragement to the occasional challenger to the impossible height of this totem. And sadly, to give whatever comfort we can to those who fail. Come now, tell me all about yourself as we offer you a meal and a place to spend the night, as it is too late to ascend the tower this evening."

The next morning the young girl thanked her hosts profusely for all of their encouragement as they ate a simple breakfast. She had checked her supplies from the town, even with special climbing capsules for food. They had a rope that you could tie to the tower that stayed onto the meals even after it opened.

"You mean Son Goku climbed this tower when he was a boy?" Asked Videl, a little surprised but given that master Tien had referred her here, not as much as she could have been.

"Yes, he quite literally saved my life." Replied Upa.

"Mine too!" Laughed his father, the kind giant man now known as Bora. Upon hearing his father, Upa joined in. Laughing at a joke only they knew, even Upa's wife didn't seem to get it, but she soon smiled anyway.

"I have heard that he is far and away stronger than any man." Asked Videl.

"He was even then, but I imagine you are as well, since you were sent here by his friends." Said Upa.

"I dunno about that." Replied Videl a little ashamed at to where her curiosity of the legend had taken her. 'I don't want them to think of me as like my father, even if they don't know who he is.' She thought.

"Now is not the time for this, you need to begin your journey. We are confident that you will make it, and know that we will be here for you waiting, no matter how long it takes or how you come back down." Said Upa, in a reassuring manner. He did not get to say that enough, and certainly not to one as worthy as this little girl. 'She will make it, and be the first one to do so, who has not flown above us to the temple in a very long time.' He thought with pride in his new friend and a certainty that only came from meeting the greatest hero of his time as a boy not much older than her.

"Here I go, wish me luck!" Yelled Videl as she fastened her restraints and began her ascent.

"You will not need it, but good luck anyway my young friend." Replied Upa, still with his confidence.

"Good luck." Yelled Bora and Upa's wife together.

As Videl climbed out of sight, but still far from the top, Bora turned to Upa and asked. "Is it just me, my son or does she remind you of Goku?"

"Not in the direct way, but there is something there. Like she will be a hero like him someday." Replied the younger man as they watched the tower for a moment, before returning to their own lives. Guarding the holy land and just living the simple life of their people.

==== Far above the sagely being called Korin looked down to the bottom of his tower then to his roommate, and thought of what he had done to his hermit status. He thought, looked into one of his pots, and then concentrated, before he spoke. "Say, Yajirobi. Would you like to know the winning number for next week's West Capital lottery? You'll have to hurry but you can just make it in time to go win." He said as he scribbled some numbers on a piece of paper.

"Sure, I bet I could live for a couple of months in style with a jackpot like that, hey what gives? You trying to get rid of me?" Asked the portly man.

"In a word, yes. But only for a month or so, got a new student on their way up. I need to be a hermit to train someone." He said, while listening in on the trespassers thoughts for ways to win the argument.

"Training, awe man! That is just what I need! Traipsing about at all hours for what, your silly reward? I am outta here!!" Claimed the mountain man as he pulled out his special high altitude plane capsule and headed for West Capital and his own reward.

"Alone at last, how long will it take for this girl to get up here? After the Kame Sennin training that gear is just weighing her down. Well I gotta set out the pots at least." Said the old sage to no one in particular.

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A/N: Korin can use his pots or jars or whatever you may call them to look in on the world, and maybe even the future. So I just gave him a hand getting rid of Yajirobe. I mean if you went all that way only to meet him, you would be disappointed. Well thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it.