Alright this has been a long time coming and I hope that I don't disappoint. I made the proclamation at the beginning that this would be the greatest story I ever wrote. While some may agree, and others may not it does not matter so long as it is enjoyed in general. (Stupid philosophy making me speak all calm like and shit)

Whether this is just going to be a one off update will likely depend on A) the reviews that I receive and B) Whether or not this chapter gives me the inspiration to go further.

Anyways, I'm proud to present the next chapter of Obsession!

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Videl banged the keyboard of her computer in frustration as she tried to find out any detail about the sacred land of Korin. No matter where she searched she either found herself at a dead end or at some tribal mythology which only really meant that while it went by the Land of Korin to some it was something different altogether in a different language. The Land of Korin could have been spoken in a dead language for all she knew.

Videl wiped her brow of perspiration; she had been staring at the computer screen ever since she got back from the airport where the Chinese Emperor had dumped her and instead preferred to hitch a ride with a famous baseball star. Not only that but they were heading to Capsule Corps where she was having serious consideration about what went on behind closed doors. It was no secret that Bulma Briefs liked to get her hands dirty and if for some reason all of those with tattoos on their back where with her at the moment, which made her a serious force to be reckoned with. But if that was the situation why was the Chinese Emperor there talking with the most powerful business woman in the world, unless they were making a deal of some sort. If she could make an army using the same cybernetics as Gohan's metallic arm there would be no end to the horror which could unfold.

Videl shook her head violently, she was allowing her imagination to go wild and she knew her mind was only exaggerating on rumours that she herself was creating. Taking a deep breath, Videl slumped into the back of her chair and rubbed her eyes with her forefinger and thumb. There was the option of just charging into Capsule Corps and demanding the answers to her questions but after seeing the destruction that they caused to the solid concrete structure of the ring at the WMAT that probably wasn't the smartest of ideas.

Videl became alert as she heard the doorbell ring; she waited for a moment before the ringing was followed by a small jingly sequence, signalling that it was Erasa pressing the button. Getting to her feet, Videl walked through several corridors before coming to the front door, happy that one of the maids hadn't beaten her to the punch. Behind the ever cheerful face the sun was beginning to set in the distance.

"Hey there," said Erasa cheerfully as she held a video tape in her hand.

"What you got there?" asked Videl.

"First off, where were you all day?" asked Erasa in a pout.

"The police called me to escort someone famous to Capsule Corps but there was a mistake in translation since they already had a ride," explained Videl.

"Someone famous? Is that why you're wearing lipstick?" asked Erasa.

Videl frantically rubbed her lips with the back of her hand. One of the first jobs she had done when she had got home was to try and take all of the makeup that had been plastered onto her face for the event. Even though she had gotten most of it off, Erasa was still able to pick up the faintest tinge of red.

"Don't worry about it," said Videl brushing off the topic as she looked at the back of her palm to see a small red smudge. Wiping it on her pants, she had gotten changed into casual clothes right after arriving back at the mansion, she refocused her attention to the tape in Erasa's hands.

"It's the video of the fighting tournament," said Erasa happily. "Since you got knocked out in the opening round I thought you'd like to see the rest of the fights."

Videl had forgotten that Capsule Corps had filmed the tournament and that they had promised to have it on the shelf in such a small amount of time but she brushed that to the side as she quickly snatched the tape from Erasa's hand and charged towards the big screen TV. Videl was happy that her father was out somewhere trying some publicity stunt or another to prove that he still had what it took to reclaim the title in the future. With Hercule out of the way, that meant the ridiculously wide screen television was free, as it rarely was since Hercule enjoyed watching moments of his former glory. Plonking herself on the couch after inserting the video tape, Erasa finding a spot beside her, she pressed the play button on the remote prepared to watch what she knew had to be some of the greatest fighting ever to be witnessed.

She wasn't disappointed.

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Several hours later, the video finally rolled onto the credits as Tien Shinhan held the golden belt high above his head for the world to see. Videl switched off the television to find that the night time had rolled in and the sky was now a sheet of black. She looked to the side to see that Erasa had fallen asleep sometime through the movie, probably around when she stopped asking how people had done this, that and the other. Sadly Videl had had no answer to give on most of those questions.

The opening of the video had been the rumbles and all of those crazy fighters who had spent their time in the back corner of the holding ground had gotten through with ease, the hardest battle probably belonging to Chichi. After that when the rounds had began, after the initial fights including the former champ and former champ's daughter being defeated was when it got really interesting. Whenever two of the special squad made their way into the centre of the ring all hell broke loose starting with the two small children, Goten and Trunks.

From the way that they smiled at each other it was clear that they were the best of friends but at the same time the greatest of enemies. The fight had clearly not been their first as they had continuously reversed and countered every strike that they had sent at one another. They even used those light tricks which the fighters from the Cell games had used but after pausing and watching it closely Videl was no longer certain that these were tricks. Eventually Trunks had defeated Goten by ring out by sending him flying into the outside wall with a solid punch to the face.

After a very uneventful finishing round featuring Krillen and Tien as easy victors, the tournament moved onto the second round of fighting with Yamcha and Eighteen taking centre stage. Even though Yamcha was a veteran of the ring he stood no match to the blonde haired woman as she drove his body into the centre of the ring, creating a split down the middle before kicking his motionless body off the side of the ring. Then it had come to the most bizarre match of all between Mother and Son. They had both walked to the centre of the ring, the match had begun and the hugged before Chichi leapt off the platform and into the holding yard.

After that it had gone back into the serious bouts with Marron taking on Trunks. While Videl had thought that Marron would have had a good chance of winning after defeating her so easily, she was badly mistaken. Marron was forced onto the defensive for the entire battle before being overwhelmed and knocked to the outside of the ring.

The fights had then gone to Krillen and Tien, two seasoned veterans who were no stranger to one another. The fight had been graceful yet full of strength at the same time. By the end of the bout the arena was in several pieces but after Gohan versus Eighteen in the next round, the number of pieces had nearly doubled. Gohan had walked away victorious but the battle had been hard and brutal through and through. Trunks had then taken on Tien in the final round before the final and Tien had shown why he was known as one of the greatest fighters of all time.

Videl had watched the final with anticipation. She had seen it up close and personal and as such she knew what was going to happen and she was angry that a camera had managed to capture the moment where Yamcha had saved her life. Yet there was no image of young Marron floating in midair so there was no proof that that had actually occurred. Videl also knew that she would have been the only witness as everybody else's gaze would have been on the mangled body in the centre of the ring. Throughout the fight she had been trying to get a view of where the fighters had been floating off of the ground but the camera angles had made it impossible to tell. She had been at eye level with the ring floor and as such she had seen it perfectly but once more the camera angles made it impossible to tell what had happened.

A ring of the doorbell caught Videl's attention and caused Erasa to wake. "What time is it?" she asked groggily.

"Don't worry about that Erasa," said Videl comfortingly. "Just go up to one of the guest rooms and sleep in a nice big bed."

"That sounds nice," said Erasa as she got to her feet in a half dazed state. Her feet had started walking on their own; she had down the journey a hundred times over and would likely do it a hundred times again. Videl followed her out of the room but turned the opposite way towards the front door. Opening it, she found nobody standing there and she looked around curiously. Surely nobody had the nerve to do a dash on the doorstep of the Satan Mansion. As she was about to go in she spotted a piece of paper underneath the doormat.

Bending down and taking the folded paper from under the brown mat, she entered her house and closed the door behind her. Switching on the kitchen light, she unfolded the note to find three words.

'247 Forest Area'

Videl looked over the words a few times to try and understand what they meant, as if somebody had left this on her doorstep as a joke. It was then that she saw a small symbol in the bottom right hand corner of the paper. The writer had drawn a small circle with seven stars inside it.

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