Chapter Three – Videl kicked and punched through the air as she self- sparred. She was determined to get stronger. At least strong enough to stand a chance against what coming, she thought as she flipped back to the ground, exhausted. Gohan had been watching her the entire time. He was trying to thing of the best way to engage Videl's problem. How he should train her. At her best, she could get no stronger than maybe Yamcha or Tein, he sighed silently within his mind. He hated seeing such determination go to waste for what it truly deserves. And the fact he wanted her to have whatever she wanted so she could be happy wasn't helping either. He remembered how he was brought up as a warrior. Piccolo's kidnapping and training his to face Vegeta and Nappa. He had a pathetically small amount of his hidden power released by Guru on Namek. Also being trained over the 3 years between the death of Frieza and the arrival of the androids and Cell. The lucid images of he and his father training for him to become a Super Saiyan for the first ever came to mind. And even becoming a Mystic shot a million memories through his head. Then he shot up suddenly in realization.

"Videl," he called. He was back in the air, flipping and kicking.

"What is it, Gohan?" he asked as she landed before him.

"I didn't want to be the one to tell you this but chances are you knew this already..." he began.

"Know what? Tell me already..." she said impatiently.

"Humans can control their ki, its true. But they don't have the potential to reach the level of power needed to do what you're aiming for..." he replied reluctantly. She laughed.

"I know that. But I don't want to stand around and do nothing! If you guys fail then I need to be as ready as I can be to..." he cut her off with a kiss. Her eyes brightened as she kissed him back in surprise.

"I wasn't finished," he smirked. Then she smacked him.

"What are you trying to say then?" she demanded. His smiled widened.

"A chance to become stronger than even a Super Saiyan," he told her. Her shock was obvious by the expression on her face.

"How then?" she wondered. She wasn't distrusting Gohan but she still found what he was saying hard to swallow. Her stronger than a Super Saiyan! The thought made her excited. Then I could get back into the game, she laughed in her head.

"Follow me," Gohan said suddenly. He blasted off into the air slowly. Or at least it was slowly for him anyways. Videl shot after him. He was heading for the Palace. It was the most spectacular thing she had ever seen. The castle rose high off mountain and gleamed and sparkled magically. "It's awesome isn't it?" Gohan asked her.

"What is this place?" she whispered, eyes wide.

"It's the Supreme Kai's Palace," he told her. She felt at peace here. It reminded her of the serene feeling she felt at Dende's Lookout. It was much stronger here, she realized.

"This is too much... I never thought places like this could exist... And here I am on an alien world belonging to the Gods of the universe and I was raised to think such things were tricks and sissy fair tales for the weak. That strength alone was the world's only comfort," she said.

"Your father was to thank for that," Gohan assumed. She only nodded, enjoying the sense of peace.

"The view is great but that isn't why we're here. We're here to see if you can have your hidden powers released. This guy called Old Kai is one of the most powerful being in the universe because he can raise the powers of anyone he chooses by tapping their true potential. Power he told couldn't be released any other way," Gohan told her. Her eyes sparkled with excitement. They entered the Palace, Videl soaking in every detail as if they were her last. He left through a different entrance/exit than the one they just came in, entering the Sacred Gardens. Videl stopped suddenly.

"What's up!" she said. He turned around to look at her.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"I can't go out there. There's some kind of field stopping me from following you," Videl said. She blasted the entrance with a ki blast but it phased out as the magical field around. She tried to go forward yet again but the result was the same.

"Having trouble?" a voice asked.

"Old Kai she can't," Gohan began. He was cut off by the Kai in mid sentence.

"That's because Mortals can't enter this sacred ground," Old Kai said. He entered the main Palace and lead them back outside.

"Why could go through the door way, I wonder?" Gohan thought aloud. Old Kai laughed.

"You haven't figured it out yet, have you Gohan? You aren't a Mortal any more. You much more. Your far more powerful. Not in the areas of how physically and energetically strong your are but how powerful you are influentially. You invoked with Kai magic. In a sense you are a Kai. So anything that applies for one of us applies for you and even that Eidolon as well," Old Kai replied,

"Eidolon's a Kai now too?" Gohan asked in confusion. Old Kai smacked him in the head.

"You idiot! Listen to your elders! Maybe you'd learn something!" Old Kai barked. Gohan's head throbbed comically. "Now Eidolon's magic is called the Darkness Flame. It resembles Mystic magic and works as the same. So in a sense he's like you, a Kai," Old Kai rectified.

"Oh... Does that mean we'll live to be as old as Shin or you?" Gohan wondered.

"I'm not sure. To know that, I'd have to know something I don't. And that is how much the Mystic transformation has changed you. How much closer to a Kai it has brought you. Because that was the original purpose of the magic, you see. But I changed it, tweaked with it a bit, making it do as it does today," Old Kai answered.

"I see. Old Kai I came to ask you a favor. My friend Videl..." he started.

"The beautiful girl you're with?" Old Kai chuckled. Gohan gave him a glare of warning. The old pervert backed off immediately. Videl was confused by the whole thing and decided just to listen as laugh silently at the old character.

"Anyways I want you to do to her what you did to be. I want you to make her a Mystic," Gohan said, this time firmly and with confidence. Old Kai stopped and did not turn to face them. He seemed deep in thought.

"Why," he said after a time.

"She wants to go beyond her potential as a human... As a Mortal like you would say. She wants to get strong enough to handle what's coming for us," Gohan answered.

"There is no guarantee of that even with the Mystic power. There no guarantee that even you're ready for what heading for us, Gohan," Old Kai said.

"But..." Gohan began but was cut off again.

"And are you sure that's just what you want. How can you be sure what you want and what she wants are the one and the same?" Old Kai said.

"I want to get stronger, pure and simple," Videl spoke up for the first time in the whole conversation. "I want this Mystic power if it'll do that for me."

"Then sit, child. If your that confident of your choice. The results on a human may not be exactly the same as they were on Gohan. His genetic blend is much more unique. I'll see what I can do," Old Kai said. Began the ceremony and Videl watched as the Kai made himself look like an ass. Gohan never found out what the exact purpose of the Kai's wild dancing was. He decided he didn't want to know and left her to train. He wasn't too worried about the perverted old Kai because he knew Videl would floor him if he tried anything. He flew off to find the others after bidding farewell to them both. Videl was determined to ascend no matter what. And she would.

This was a shorter chapter but I did it on the school library's computer. Sorry for that. I'll update again this evening. Please review.