Sirius Potter2, if I went and told you who the 7th member was it would be too simple. After all, I have to have some kind of hook in order to keep people reading, so what's wrong with a little guess work?

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Videl stared up at the ceiling, her head trying to figure out the meaning behind Gohan's cryptic message. All across her room were scrunched up pieces of paper. Knowing the intelligence of Gohan, it was possible that the message had been hidden within the words he had spoken. She had written down what he had said word for word, the message had continuously played itself over and over in Videl's mind. She had taken the first letter of every word and tried rearranging them to form a name but she wasn't able to decipher anything. She had tried the same thing with all the last letters of the words before trying every possible puzzle solution she could think of. Eventually she had realised that there was probably nothing hidden in the words and that the message was complete as it was.

"The most unlikely hero of all," said Videl under her breath. A thought crossed her mind that it could have been one of the children but even if they were incredibly strong, children were still afraid of needles and thus a tattoo was likely out of the question. Her mind then drifted to support characters, namely Bulma. "She would be an unlikely hero, she could probably have created a robot that would have written down that note hence there being no fingerprints but Gohan specifically said 'He' in his statement. Even though she fits when he said that she has everything, I've got to think of a male who has everything at his disposal. Her husband?" The thought wasn't an impossible one. He would have access to the technology which would prevent his fingerprints from being on the paper. However that solution only left more questions, even though it was one of the most talked about topics in all the gossip magazines, nobody knew who Bulma Briefs husband was.

Deciding to figure it out later, Videl went to bed, focusing her thoughts on the challenges which she would face with the morning rays.

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"My, my, my, come back for more have we," muttered Korin as Videl jumped out of her jet copter once again before capsualizing it and putting it in her pocket.

"This time it's different," said Videl as she got into her fighting stance only to find herself flat on her back in only a split second in an incredible amount of pain.

"It will be no different until you climb the tower," said Korin as he stood on top of Videl's stomach. "I thought you would have learnt your lesson last time."

"How is it that you attacked me without me even seeing you?" questioned Videl as she buried her face in her hands.

"That is for the master to know and the student to find out, if you want to become a student climb the tower," he said as he jumped off of Videl and turned his back to her.

Seething that her training had done nothing, Videl unpacked her copter and got in, not taking another look at the old master. Hopping in, she fired up the engines before flying horizontally. She turned the vehicle around to face the tower as she sighed in defeat before she noticed something very odd. Coming out of the centre of the roof of the platform was another pole, much more thinner than the original pole but nonetheless it was supporting something.

"Does that mean that there is someone even stronger up there?" thought Videl and with curiosity getting the better of her, she adjusted the copter and began to fly upwards. The sensation was not to last however as various warnings and flashing lights informed her that the machine was not designed to be at this altitude. Videl took notice of the warnings too late as her engine began to choke before eventually stopping completely.

Videl screamed as her copter plummeted towards the ground. Furiously, she tried restarting the engine but no matter how hard she tried the engine wouldn't begin. Frantically, she started beating her fists against the control panel causing cracks to show, hoping she could solve the problem with brute force alone. Tears started streaming down her eyes as she got within a few miles of the ground.

She closed her eyes and openly cried as she waited her inevitable end. The sickening crush never came as the copter velocity greatly decreased. Gently the copter touched the ground but before Videl could figure anything out, she passed out due to a mixture of shock and hyperventilation.

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Videl screamed as she woke up, bullets of sweat running down her face. "There, there honey, it's alright," said Hercule softly as he tried to calm down his daughter. Videl blinked rapidly several times, trying to work out what the hell had just occurred.

"Where...where am I?" she asked finding her voice but it was still a bit shaken.

"You're at home sweet pea, everything's okay," said Hercule. He then wrapped his arms around her in a hug as tears rolled down his eyes. "I'm so glad you're okay."

"Wait what happened?" asked Videl trying to make sense of what was going on.

"They found the wreckage of your copter just outside Satan City," explained Hercule looking his daughter in the eyes. "Then that man from next door brought you home carrying you with his arm saying that you had passed out from shock, but apart from that there were no serious injuries. He said you would wake up after some rest and there would be no point in going to the hospital. That was a couple of hours ago now, but I reckon we should go there now to see if there are any lasting mental effects."

Hercule got to his feet and tried to get his daughter up to her feet but she pulled her hand away. "Don't worry dad, I feel fine," she said lying through her teeth, in all honesty she felt as if she had been hit over the head with a brick. "I just need some rest."

Hercule swallowed deeply, "If you say so sweet pea." With that he guided Videl back to bed before leaving her alone, closing the door ever so gently. Videl sat there, staring at the ceiling, her heart rate still going off the charts when she heard a gentle rap on her window. Curious, she got out of bed and opened her blinds to see Gohan sitting in a nearby tree waving with a stupid grin on his face. Opening the window, she took in a breath of fresh air before speaking.

"Thank you," she said, embarrassed by the fact that she had actually said those words.

"I just so happened to be in the area thanks to that inconspicuous bit of advice," said Gohan with a smile.

"So what actually happened?" asked Videl still feeling weak.

"Nothing to be concerned about," said Gohan throwing a capsule to Videl who caught it without much trouble. "A new copter," he explained. "I had to destroy your last one in order to make a convincing lie to your father."

"You destroyed my copter!" exclaimed Videl.

"Well I couldn't just rock up on your doorstep with you in my arms and no story," said Gohan with a shrug. "Or would you rather I had told your father I found you collapsed a few hundred miles away."

Videl wanted to speak out but she realised that Gohan had had a point. She fiddled with the capsule in her hand, wondering what improvements it had on her older model. "Thank you...I guess."

"Also since you seem to be stubborn about climbing the tower, inside the copter you'll find a piece of paper with the co-ordinates of a place where another master lives," said Gohan. "I didn't want to send you to him at first but he should be able to train you if you give him the chance."

"How many masters do you know?" asked Videl.

"A lot more than you would think," said Gohan with a chuckle. Videl couldn't help but enjoy looking at the smile he had plastered on his face, it seemed so much more upbeat and full of life then the scowl he wore around school.

"Why do you act different when we're alone then when we're at school?" asked Videl. "Like yesterday when we were sitting out while the others were doing track work, we talked freely."

"Even though I can't get too badly damaged physically, what can hurt is here," he said pointing at his heart. "I've made stupid mistakes before and they've ended up costing a lot more than an arm. I guess I'm afraid to open myself up, scared of getting hurt."

"So that hard exterior you put on at school, that's just so that you don't get emotionally attached to everyone?" asked Videl to which Gohan nodded in response. Videl remained silent for a moment, she wanted to ask him so many questions, like what he had meant by demon blood or what Marron had meant by ki shields but none of them seemed to fit in the situation. Instead the words that escaped her lips took her completely by surprise.

"Would you like to go to the Spring Fling with me?"

Everything went silent, even the wind stopped blowing as a smile spread across Gohan's lips. "That's that dance thing in three months isn't it?" he asked in reply.

"I know it's stupid, I shouldn't have said anything, I don't even know why I said it but I guess...ow," she complained as she rubbed her forehead where Gohan had thrown a nut to get her to stop her rambling.

"I'll go."

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