Hercule had been busy training for the martial arts tournament but a sense that something was out of place, the feeling was so distracting that he decided that was enough training for the day.

"I'm going to have to look for the disturbance to my training," Hercule announced in a booming voice, not that anyone was listening, he had been training alone.

He wasn't sure what the disturbance was, it was more instinct than anything else, and then it dawned on him what that instinct was, it was his instinct as a parent, something was wrong with his Videl, he just knew it. He paled as he thought of the police work she demanded to be allowed to do. If he had his way she'd be kept at home wrapped up in bubble wrap and cotton wool. His daughter was a free spirit and was extremely stubborn and didn't know how to take no for an answer and he had trouble telling his daughter no when she was so passionate about something.

The first thing he did was try to calm himself down when he called his daughters number, he didn't want her to know how much he worried for her safety. He listened as her phone rang out and his heart seemed to stop a moment when no one answered.

Step two was call the school where he was informed by administration that Videl hadn't been at the school for close to two weeks. He'd been training away from home, and it wasn't uncommon for him to not see his daughter during that time, he had spoken to her on the phone every few days. He felt even more worried to know that she'd lied about the fact that she'd been at school. A phone call to the police department confirmed that they hadn't seen her or heard from her for the same amount of time.

Scenarios went through his head of his daughter being kidnapped and forced to talk to him like normal.

He had one last person on the list to call to check on his daughter, and that was Videls best friend Erasa, the sister to his student Sharpener. He had to go searching through an old phone book of Videls which had been placed in storage to find her number, he knew Videl would be upset that he'd gone through her old things, but at the moment he was more concerned with his daughter's safety than her privacy. As he called he hoped that the phone number hadn't been updated, after all, it was an old phone book.

"Mr Satan, what a surprise to hear from you," Erasa answered the phone happily.

"Erasa, you wouldn't happen to know where Videl is?" Hercule asked the girl who had been friends with Videl since they were small children.

"She's gone looking for Sharpener," Erasa answered happily, not caring that Videl had told her to tell no-one. He listened as Erasa filled him in on how Sharpener had gone to train under Yamcha the baseball bandit and Videl had left to bring him back.

Hercule was now regretting his decision to let Sharpener leave the dojo, it seemed he'd unintentionally pushed his daughter and student closer together. A part of him knew that there was something else wrong with Videl other than her going on a journey since it was only today he'd started to be concerned about her and not when she'd first started her journey. He was trying to decide, did he go looking for his daughter today or did he wait until the martial arts tournament and see if she turned up?

DBZ

"Have you thought about entering the martial arts tournament?" Yamcha asked his student of two weeks. They were currently playing baseball after a hard days training. The young man had proven he was willing to learn and had been dedicated to Yamcha's training regime.

"I'd love to enter, but I'm not good enough," Sharpener told him.

"How do you know you're not good enough if you don't try?" the older man asked him seriously. "Don't get your hopes up thinking you're going to win, but I do believe that you would do well in the tournament. You've got your foundation of training, and all I'm really teaching you is how to control your ki and a different fighting style to what you already know, and you've been picking it up rather quickly.

"Speaking of your ki training, I think I can sense another ki," Sharpener told him with uncertainty, not sure if what he was feeling was correct.

Yamcha stopped there one on one baseball match and started concentrating on the location of the ki.

"They seem to be a martial artist who hasn't had training in how to use there ki much like yourself a couple weeks back," Yamcha told him after a moment. "This person could be dangerous, I want you to listen to me and be careful when we go investigate. They could simply be someone that has broken down, or they could be someone who's a bandit, thief or worse."

Sharpener nodded his head thoughtfully and listened to Yamcha's plan of action.

DBZ

Slowly the two men snuck closer to the ki and quietly as possible, trying not to alert the person to their presence. He would see a person trying to work on the engine of a helicopter with much frustration, a helicopter that was very familiar to him.

"Yamcha, that's my sister best friend, the girl I was telling you about," Sharpener whispered wondering why she was there instead of at school like she was supposed to be.

They watched for a moment as Videl swore and cursed at her jet copter while she tried to fix it. Colourful language of the type he'd never heard coming out of his longtime friend's mouth. With frustration of not getting anywhere, she punched the copter putting a massive dent in the side.

"I haven't seen her that worked up in a long time," Sharpener whispered.

He glanced at his master who looked slightly fearful, his master had told him of his old phobia of woman, and though he was mostly over it, he claimed to still be terrified of the type of woman that Videl just happened to be.

"She reminds me of a friend," Yamcha laughed nervously as the girl beat the crap out of her vehicle.

"I'm going to wait till she's let her frustration out before approaching her," Sharpener informed his master, relieved to find he agreed. He didn't have a death wish and death would be what he got if he approached Videl at the moment.

Videl had stamina, it was another hour and fifteen minutes before she'd finally calmed down enough to approach. With his normal faked confidence he walked up to the girl who he'd loved since he first started liking girls.

"What brings you out here babe?" he asked his school friend who hadn't noticed him yet.

She looked at him in disbelief before she went into a long rant about how he shouldn't go off with strangers for martial arts training just because they were famous. He just stood and admiring her beauty while she screamed at him, letting her rant herself out. Smiling at her words, knowing that she really did care, after all, she would not have come after him if she didn't. She looked like an angel as the sun set behind her while she was ranting.

DBZ

Sharpener and Videl were both surprised when they heard a phone ring. They didn't have any reception on their phones. Videl had ended up staying for training herself when she'd seen how much Sharpener had improved in a short time and had already been out here for five days already. The training was brutal compared to what she got from her dad, and she actually felt herself improving for the first time in years. She hadn't even realised she'd grown stagnant with her training until she'd begun something new. She also found that she'd fallen back into the type of friendship she had with Sharpener when they were younger before he realised she was a girl or at least started treating girls different from his guy friends.

"Bulma, what do I owe the pleasure?" There martial arts trainer asked the person on the other end of the phone.

'Bluma Briefs' Sharpener mouthed at her. He then leant towards his friend and whispered. "I thought they'd broken up years ago, why are they talking to one another? Do you think the rumours are false?"

Videl shrugged. She'd meet Bulma when she'd started her search but had no clue about her personal life. That was Erasa's job to know who's who and who's doing what with whom. She didn't care.

"Wow really, Goku's coming back for the day. Wish it was forever." Yamcha continued talking into the phone. "I already planned to go to the tournament," Yamcha said after a pause. "No, I don't have any plans of entering. I think I'm past that these days." Yamcha laughed.

Yamcha glanced towards Videl. "Yes, she found me. A lot like Chi Chi of you ask me. I have been training both kids. They have potential. Wish I had done this years ago. ... Both of them plan to enter the tournament." After a few more moment's Yamcha said. "I'll see you then."

"So who was that?" Videl asked when Yamcha hung up the phone.

"Bulma just calling about a reunion our friends are having at the tournament for old times' sake. We used to attend the tournaments all the time in our youth before they cancelled the tournaments. When the last one happened, we were all busy with our lives that we didn't attend," Yamcha announced to the teenagers. "She also wanted to know if you found me."

Videl flushed for a moment remembering some of what Bulma had said to her. She sent a quick glance towards Sharpener. She did not like him like that. They were friends and nothing more. He'd do the same for her if something happened because that is what friends did.

"Oh Videl, call your father and let him know you're safe. Word's starting to get out that your father is looking for you." Yamcha told the girl.