Hello and welcome to the next chapter of my story. Now I hope that all of you are still enjoying it as much as I am thinking of it. I mean I still truly love writing and trying to place whatever goes on in my head onto "paper"… I just fail to meet my expectations sometimes and don't have time. Such is the story of everyone out there it seems now-a-days. Anyways I don't own dragon ball…sadly. But you know Christmas is coming up if anyone is able to hook me up with ownership as a gift.

Chapter 23

_Mr. Satan_

"Gahaha it has taken a while longer than I thought it would but this place is really looking good now." Mr. Satan stated with a large smile as he patted a man in a suit on the back.

"Y-yes but sir the remaining work will still take another day or two to complete." The supervisor told him a bit nervous as he tried to not be knocked over by the blows.

"What? But that is basically the same thing your boss told me two days ago." Mr. Satan stated looking at the guy who was clearly shying away from his look.

"I-Is that so? Well, I hate to inform you that it will be just a bit longer. I can't do anything about it so please just have a bit of patience. I will have my team work overtime to make sure it gets done as fast as I possibly can for you. After all we have to cater to the world savior the best we can." He told Mr. Satan with a small smile.

"Wonderful you get it! Now call me as soon as it is done; I can feel the power in me weakening with each day I can't properly rest." Mr. Satan told him and happily walked away. The team manager then takes a deep breath and walks into the construction zone while fixing his suit a bit. He then enters the small break room they set up and sat down in a chair next to a few of the workers.

"Hey you ok?" one of the man asks.

sigh* "I am fine just your average time talking to a high value client." The team manager stated taking a cold soda that was offered to him with a quick 'thanks'.

"Ha bet you didn't think that ass kissing would be in your job description when you graduated college." One of the man stated chuckling.

"No I didn't. But I mean when you have to deal with clients that have loads of cash to spend you gotta make them happy. And it seems like they quite like to push around the 'flimsy' workers to get what they want." He stated simply. After all his boss already told him that Mr. Satan was trying to push them faster than what is really possible. But he decided it was a lot less of a headache to act clueless and tell him what he wanted rather than tell him no.

"Anyways I told him that we will be done in two days max seeing as I will be giving all of you overtime to do so." He tells the group around him taking a few small sips of the drink in front of him.

After hearing this the group all look from him to each other for a few silent moments before they all break out in a fit of laughter.

"You actually got him to be happy by saying that? We are on target to get done tomorrow even if we worked regular hours! Man you even got the world savior unknowingly following your plans." One of the men state still laughing.

"Heh, well like I said I didn't think I would have to learn to deal with needy rich people. But I have learned the craft quite well." He stated with a smirk. "Now make sure this stays between us on the team ok lads?"

"Right" the group states happily.

"I am happy that Mr. Satan is just as clueless about how construction works as the rest of the famous people are. Man if it wasn't for the money being so good I'd have told the boss to just stick with the basic customizations and repairs we were doing when we started up." The team head thought as he continued to enjoy a small break. Course they were all suddenly surprised with they the small tv they had going on in the room showed a breaking news article.

"Huh guess the champ will have something else to worry about other than us." One of the team members muttered as the reported showed a live video feed.

_Frazer ; Brolga gym main office_

Frazer was sitting lazily in the head office chair watching tv while looking like he was doing some work. After all if the grunts saw the boss slaking off then they would all try to do so. Luckily his office kept the tv volume completely contained and it was impossible to see unless they entered the room.

"Ah it is good to be the leader. And the best part is that even if the big boss fails I still can keep this place going." Frazer states already content with his possessions. His job of keeping things running was going just as easy as he expected. Course it was at this point that he noticed that the tv suddenly had a new broadcast running. Something that he quickly understood just by watching for only a few seconds.

"Oh no what are these idiots up to now? And why the FUCK was I not even talked to!?" Frazer growled out already trying to think of what to do next.

~In front of Satan City hospital~

A large group of the gang were all standing proudly in the field that was directly in front of the cites hospital. Of course everyone was quick to notice who they were and many panicked while others started to watch knowing something was going to happen. Even the news channels were rather quick to arrive showing up just minutes after the police came.

"We don't want any trouble with all of you. So, please just come down to the station for some questions." One of the officers asked the group. After all they were well known to be quite dangerous even without being armed with any weapons. There was a strict order for officers to at least detain anyone that seemed to be a part of the gang to hopefully lead to new information and arrests. For the city police were beyond angry with how useless they have been to ward of this groups threat.

"Tsk, don't you guys ever learn! We are the ones that don't want any trouble with the city. What we want is for Mr. Satan to get his ass over here and show his 'oh so powerful' moves to us. If he defeats us we will leave." One of the members states.

"There are proper ways to challenge the champ if you guys are so willing. If you would come down to the station-" the officer starts only to stop as he jumped in fright. This being because of a ki ball that blasted a chunk of earth a bit in front of him.

"We ARE doing a proper challenge. This way that lying bastard can't back down showing how weak he truly is. Here there are cameras everywhere clearly showing that it is next to impossible for either of us to hide anything. There has been way too much time since Mr. Satan's own house has been destroyed and neither side is doing anything about it! So we decided to take matters into our own hands. Now come on down Satan we are waiting for you. And don't worry we will even fight you one on one so you can't say that it was an unfair fight." The man stated standing proudly in front of everyone.

"You heard it here folks the gang is calling out the world hero-"

"…we can only wonder how Hercule Satan will respond to this provocation."

"The threat was just made and now we will be waiting live to see what the champ does"

Various news channels were happily reporting while recording everything live. There could only be one of them that would be the 'breaking news' that interrupts every channel so they had to make sure there channel looked as good as possible to get all the views from this event. Meanwhile the rest of them would either end up being watched by some of their normal patrons and maybe seen as a rerun to get a new angle. Either way they were having their own battle beside the real 'battlefield'.

So, of course when a very familiar yellow copter landed a bit away from the hospital each and every reporter were trying to get a perfect view of it and the gang. Something Videl completely ignored as a few even tried to yell out questions to her. Instead, she quickly goes over to the field even ignoring the officers that were calling out to her.

"Ok Videl you got this. Gohan has trained you in this Ki stuff more than enough to handle these goons. Course none of them look like the guys that destroyed our house… They must be some grunts that think they are tougher than they are. Either way this is a perfect way for me to see just what my training has been doing against someone that isn't stronger than me or a low-level crook. I mean even if they are grunts they were at least trained a bit to be this cocky…hopefully." Videl thought. She had already removed her weighted clothes before arriving and was basically ready to go. After all even though she prided herself on being a tomboy even she wouldn't dare to publicly try to take off a layer of her clothes.

"My dad isn't available right now but I am more than enough to take you out." Videl calmly stated as she walked towards the gang. She honestly had no idea what her dad was currently doing but this match was more of a test for herself rather than worrying about him at the moment.

"Hmm, well Miss Satan if you truly want to get demolished then we will gladly help you out." One of the men states with a cocky smirk. "Now who is first?" He asks looking around at the rest of the group.

"Oh me! I have been waiting for months since I started to learn from you guys to get my revenge on this bitch." A rougher looking member states. Someone Videl remembers being a low level crook that thought he was unbeatable as he went on a stealing spree around town. Course he was taken down with next to no effort on her part but she remembered him seeing as he was honestly stunned that someone could possibly be stronger than him. If she remembered right his name ended up being Thurgo or something close to it.

"You know for a group that is trying to 'spread the truth to the people' accepting a crook into your party doesn't help you much." Videl tells the rest of the group who looked at each other for a moment.

"Well when we first started up we needed all the people we could get." The first man stated with a shrug. "Anyways we were telling the truth. You two fight while we watch. No…while the WORLD watches." He adds looking over to the reporters who all had cameras.

"Tsk, you are the ones that should be worried." Videl states getting into her stance. "Ok Videl you have trained in ki for quite a while now. Even if they come at me as a group I should be able to handle them now. I just gotta believe in myself. They won't get the upper hand just because they learned ki now!" Videl thought.

The thug then wasted no time rushing at her with a telegraphed punch that she quickly pushes to the side and hits him in the gut hard enough to wind him.

cough cough* "How did this bitch manage to damage me? The boss said that this ki stuff beefs up our muscles." Thurgo mutters rubbing his stomach. "Tsk, whatever let's see what she does wit this." He states then quickly cups his hands and stands still clearly focusing.

"Hmm. Is he really going to do a ki blast with this many people around?" Videl asks worriedly glancing at all of the innocent spectators. "I guess I will have to see if I can deflect it…but why is he taking so long to attack?" Videl mutters seeing as several seconds passed and the man still was standing still.

sigh* "I wanted to test my new powers but I guess that these idiots won't be the challenge I am looking for." Videl grumbled not caring that several of the gang members around her heard and were clearly upset. Instead she finally gives up her defensive stance and rushed at Thurgo. Before he could even reach she landed a solid kick to his face sending him flying to the other side of the field unconscious.

"If you are going to attack at least make it fast enough that it won't be stopped." Videl told the unconscious man before turning back to the group. "Who's next? I thought I would get a challenge here but if you are anything like him then this won't take long." Videl told the group who got even more annoyed.

"Ok fuck keeping a fair fight she needs to get a beating." One of the gang members called out and a few followed him.

"WAIT!" their apparent leader called out and stopped them. "We are doing this to show the world the truth not for you guys to get revenge. She is just trying to give herself an excuse when we beat her. So, don't fall for her provocations." He stated getting the group to think and nod.

"Yeah you are right! She is just worried because we have the same power that destroyed the mansion. She must just be hiding her fear by trying to get us to mess up." Another states getting everyone to nod.

"…I have fought some dumb criminals before but these guys really take the cake with how delusional they are." Videl mutter then lets out a sigh. "But unlike with Gohan I have a way to test just how much stronger I am…kind of….hopefully." She then refocuses on the fight determine to not let this group of idiots win because she let her guard down. "So, who is next?" Videl asks the group who just look at each other. Eventually another member came out of the crowd and prepped their stance.

"Let's go" the man states and quickly launches out a small ki blast. The slow-moving blast was easily watched by Videl as it came closer. Finally, when it was close enough she reinforced her defense with her own ki and punched the small blast causing an explosion to cover her. The people all around cried out with worry for her but the weak attack was unable to piece her defense. What she wasn't expecting though was her opponent closing the distance in the explosion's smoke and delivering a solid punch to her head. The hit launched her back a little bit but thankfully didn't do too much damage letting her recover quickly and glare at the man in front of her.

"I knew you would try to protect the nosy people…but I did hope you would at least have been injured by the quick blast." He stated.

"Tsk, what a cheap shot."

"You call it cheap but I fight to win." He states as he closes in again. Though she was ready this time and began to trade blows.

_Mr. Satan_

After talking with the construction crew Mr. Satan decided to laze around in his room. So, when he saw the group calling him out again, he quickly dropped his beer in surprise.

"W-what they are coming out again?" He mutters worried. "I-I thought that they would have proven enough by destroying my house. I mean I already had to admit that energy is real. Something that my haters are starting to ask more and more questions about…do they really plan to destroy everything I have build up?" He states but continues to watching. Course he made sure to put his phone on mute as soon as he started to get calls from the police. The longer the situation lasted the more thoughts of various ways to get out of trouble appeared in his mind. Though when he finally saw Videl arrive he let out a sigh of relief.

"Oh good if Videl is there she should be able to handle it. I mean she learned all that energy stuff. Our family's secret is safe great job Videl! Gahaha" Mr. Satan stated with a wide smile now on his face.

_Videl_

Time passed and Videl was now sporting various bruises and scrapes. And while she was panting her fighting spirit was still raring to go. In front of her though the amount of conscious gang members has drastically dropped and the remaining members were clearly shaken.

"I thought she didn't know how to use energy" One muttered.

"We were supposed to be unbeatable with our new strength."

"She beat so many of us but yet she is still able to go on. Just what kind of monster is she?" Various gang members were muttering with their impromptu leader getting clearly upset.

"Grr. You damn Satan! But you can't keep going forever. Lads she is tiring just one more push and we have her!" He told the group who were far too shaken to fight at the moment. Not to mention their whole purpose of showing themselves stronger than the Satan family failed. But of course none of them were thinking of anything that was anywhere close to that point at the moment.

"Haa, if you aren't going to come at me then I will come at you. Let's finish this!" Videl told the group running towards the flinching gang members. Though a surprise explosion stopped her in her tracks the blast destroyed a few inches of the dirt in front of her. Looking around she quickly found the culprit to be floating down to the ground in front of her. It was a man in the gang uniform but unlike the rest of the group he had a mask covering all but his eyes.

"That is quite enough Miss Videl. You have proven your point and my idiot of students have learned whey they need to listen." A masked Frazer states looking at the remaining group who flinched back.

"W-we are sorry boss." One of the members told him but Frazer's eyes still were cold.

"We will talk about this later. All of those still able to move collect your fellow members. We are leaving." He told the group.

"Sir yes sir!" the group calls out and quickly grabs one or two of the unconscious in their arms. Course they were still completely boxed in by Videl and the cops but they all ignored this fact.

"You have won today Videl. I have to say I am surprised that you were able to learn ki to the level that is above these guys already. If we had time I would ask who your teacher was but sadly I need to manage these fools." Frazer tells her with a calm tone even as she glared at him.

"So you are the leader of this new gang! What do you have against us! And why are you doing such horrible things to this city?" Videl asks never once letting her guard down.

"Me the leader? Oh no. I am just one of the men underneath our true boss. But I do rein over these grunts and have to teach them so that is why they call me boss. They don't usually see our real boss but I guess he would be the big boss in this case." Frazer tells her with a shrug.

"Whatever you still need to come with me!" Videl orders only to see him sigh and shake his head.

"I can't do that Videl. My job is to keep these guys managed while my boss tends to something. So while there is no doubt you won this current fight I would appreciate it if you just let it end here and keep your victory." He told her.

"Screw that you are all going straight to jail!" Videl told him with a growl and ran toward them only to have a Frazer launch a ki blast at her. This ki blast was a lot bigger and faster than the previous ones she faced. So, when she put up her defense she still found herself being launched back a few feet.

"Tsk, tsk, you could have left the media with the sight of you being stronger for now. But anyways we still need to go." Frazer states then builds another blast up in his hand that slowly condensed to be a bit bigger than his palm. About 25% bigger than what he launched at Videl. But with this one he points it directly at the cops who move out of danger as fast as they could. Still, he doesn't move his hand and launches the attack forward blowing up the cop car into a ball of fire and smoke. This of course caused those near to panic and run away as the remains of the car burned around the area. "All of you go. We will meet back up at base and talk there. But for now if even one of you get's caught it will be a pain for me…which would make it an even worse pain for you." He threatened the group who wasted no time running through the opening he provided. The fire was still burning all around the area but they paid it no mind and quickly joined the fleeing crowd to disappear.

sigh* "Idiots ruining what should have been an easy task for me…I will make sure to get my revenge on you fools one way or another." Frazer mutters under his breath. "Now it's time for me to make my exit." He then starts to float a bit off the ground only to have to dodge as a ki blast flew past him.

"Not yet I won't let you escape!" Videl told him. Now sporting some slight burns on her arms.

"Look at you. You are exhausted and injured if we were to fight right now you would stand no chance of winning. But my boss said nothing about having to deal with you while he was away. So, why don't you just pretend this never existed and I won't be forced to escalate this mater"

"Escalate! You bastards are the one who did this in the first place." Videl yelled out. She then rushed at him and tried to attack him only for all of her punches and kicks to be dodged.

"Like I said you are exhausted. At this point I bet even one of those grunts actually could end up beating you." Frazer states blandly as he dodged.

"You bastard! Videl calls out then takes a few seconds to build up a ki blast with the remaining ki she had and shot it straight at Frazer who yet again was able to dodge. Thankfully the direction she shot it in made it able to completely go off into the sky before finally dissipating.

"You know when you are tired you really are as sloppy as the grunts. I mean even I would be able to beat you right now. Maybe the boss was right and he will win it all after he comes back in like a month." Frazer tells her. Videl then much to her attempts to avoid it found herself succumbing to the feeling of exhaustion and slowly lost consciousness. "And there she goes out like a light. Guess my stalling job really is done now. Let's try to enjoy the rest of the free times I have…after I punish those idiots for wasting my time." Frazer mutters flying off not even bothering to spare Videl a glance.

As soon as he was gone the cops came rushing over and quickly checked on Videl. Finding her still having a pulse made them sigh in relief before finally calling over the medical staff that were waiting to bring her in.

Hours later

After Videl was brought into the hospital she was given a thorough examination and besides the obvious scrapes damage that was visible did not have any other issues. So, it was assumed that she was having a case of sever exhaustion and was left in the softest medical bed they could find to get some much-needed rest. Eventually though she finally woke up and opened her eyes slowly to see nothing but the roof tiles above her and various hospital noises are her.

"Ugh is this the hospital" Videl muttered still a bit out of it.

"Oh you are awake! The doctor said that it would take at least a few more hours with how exhausted you were." A nurse states in surprise as she enters the room.

"Well you know us Satan's are resilient." Videl mutters as she tries to get up. But she found the nurse trying to push her back down.

"Please just relax miss satan I will call the doctor in for you shortly." She told her with a small smile.

A little while later the doctor came in followed by the nurse that she saw when she first woke up.

"Hello Miss Videl. We are glad that you woke up but please just try to take it easy. You seem to be suffering from a case of extreme exhaustion. So, while I can't force you to do anything I would strongly recommend you take it nice and easy for at least the next week or two to let your body rest and recover." The doctor told her. They then had a bit more of a conversation before they both left leaving Videl alone in the room again.

"Damn it!" Videl growled out punching the bed. "I thought I finally was catching up to Gohan and becoming strong only for some bozo who won't even show his face to be able to beat me. There has to be a way for me to beat these guys. I mean even with all of my questions I can't just let them do whatever they want in my city. I must protect the people…I am going to ask Gohan to train me with non holds anymore. There HAS to be a way for us to step up this training…but why do all of my questions and problems seem to revolve around him?" Videl wondered. For even if she started wondering about her father's lies herself she only caught on because of Gohan showing her things. He truly has muddled up good life that she once had. But for some reason she just couldn't find it in her to actually be annoyed with this.

So I think I will end this chapter here. Now I think that it worked out decently but we will see what you readers think about it. Anyways this time the words came fast to me so hopefully what I was thinking makes sense enough to you readers. I want to make this story as decent as I can without going to crazy. Honestly though I am enjoying writing seeing as it is rather hard to get a decent fight scene written for dragon ball…at least for me. Anyways for now Ja ne.