~ Videl: Warrior Princess
Title: A Devil's Child and Life
Category: Videl's life and background info
Disclaimer: I do not take credit for Toriyama's great creations, blah, blah, blah…DBZ yak, yak, yak... Let's see ya get me now ya dirty lawyers! Heheheheheheheheh!!!!!!
Author's Notes: Now, Videl is my absolute favorite female character on DBZ, and it upsets me that Akira Toriyama never tells or shows us what happened to her before the Great Saiyaman Saga. So with much caffeine, joy, and coverage of the Saiyaman Saga, I was happy to write this for y'all. I had spent a lot of time on this, and I am proud of the finish product (or most of it anyway). Gohan and Videl are also my favorite couple, but this story is not just about them; it also involves Goten, Trunks, Lime, Vegeta, Bulma, Goku, Bra, Mr. Satan, Piccolo, Dende, Chi-Chi, Tien, Yamcha, 18, 17, 16, Krillin, and Marron. There is a lemon alert with this but just about all the good fic I've read has it.
Enjoy!
Chapter 1: The Woods of the Green Omen
"Videl, get back here!!" her mother yelled. She had to realize that she might have to stay with her drip of a husband forever just so her daughter could live a good life if she couldn't get enough money for a good lawyer. Videl turned around and smiled at her mom and waved. Her hair was just long enough to put up in pigtails, but Videl refused to wear her hair like that. She preferred to wear it in a ponytail, even though her mother liked it in pigtails. All her life Videl had never loved anyone but her mom and wanted to grow up to be just like her. The only thing Videl loved more than her mother was fighting. Fighting, the one thing her mom ever hated. Videl could never understand why. Even though she her mom hated it, Videl found fighting to be fun and challenging and exciting and dolls and tea parties to be boring.
"C'mon Mommy, I want to play in the woods again!!" Videl begged. Her mother's face shot up with fear.
"NO!!! VIDEL COME BACK HERE NOW!!!!!" her mom wailed, but Videl had already ran in, not heeding her mom's warning. There was something in the woods, something that Videl, at that age, could not understand. She went racing after her daughter, hoping to catch her before something could happen. "Videl!" she cried, "Videl! Videl, where are you!?"
"Momma! Over here!!" she yelled, and Diabla ran over. Videl pushed herself out of her mom's embrace and pressed a button with a green dragon on it, and a "door" opened from what seemed like a huge old oak tree. She turned around, flashed her mom the giddiest smile, and replied, "C'mon Momma, this seems so cool!" Before her mom could say anything, Videl ran in. Diabla chased after her, whispering her name, careful of what awaited for them.
"Videl, let's go home now!" she whispered at her child, who was watching something going on below. However, Videl did not respond at all, she kept watching whatever that was going on. "Videl!?" Diabla crept over and gasped at what she saw. The Green Scale Gang was meeting right here. These guys smuggled just about anything you could think of: heroin, cocaine, weed, and morphine. They also committed every crime in the book, but they could not be caught, no matter how hard the police tried.
"Now listen, the police are getting smarter. There's a chance that they might find out about this operation," Rocky explained, a worry tint in his eyes.
"So, are you sayin' we should drop the whole operation?! Are ya tryin' to boss me around Rocky?!" Alcaptone, the boss, sneered. Rocky shook his head nervously.
"No, no, no…Of course not boss!" he chattered quickly, his voice full of fear. A couple of gangsters behind him revealed their weapons, two handguns and a switchblade.
"Good…Rocky, I want you to take a break. A permanent break," Alcaptone replied, and before poor, frighten Rocky could do anything, the thug with the switchblade dashed over and literally stabbed Rocky in the back through the heart, killing him instantly. Diabla gasped and shielded Videl's eyes from the murder, preserving her daughter's innocence. "Clean up this mess," he grunted, and the men hastily got the job done without any comment. "Anyways, as I was saying, the operation will be carried out in two weeks. And then, we'll take on the city." He let out a evil laugh, and his men, nervous about what Alcaptone might do, laughed along.
"Mommy, what are they talking about?" Videl whispered softly to her stun mother. Diabla cut her off quickly.
"Keep quiet my little Dragon Flower," she ordered. (Dragon Flower was her nickname for Videl) Now the only thing that could make Videl wince were snakes. (Videl became afraid of snakes ever since a viper threaten to bite her face a year ago.) And of course, as luck would have it, Alcaptone was obsessed with them; he had the whole place crawling with all kinds of green snakes. Just then, a green snake came slithering by on the stairs that Diabla and Videl were hiding on and slid onto Videl's hand. Videl looked down at her hand and gasped with fear.
"AAACCCKKKKKK!!!!!" she shrieked before Diabla could stop her. Diabla clasped her right hand over her daughter's mouth and toss the snake off the stairs onto Alcaptone's side but not before it bit her.
"What was that?" Alcaptone asked, looking around as well as the rest of the gang. Then, even though Diabla slowly scooted back from the light, he glanced up and saw Videl. "GET HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he bellowed, and the guys ran up to do just that. Without any hesitation, Diabla grabbed Videl and ran as fast as she could, faster than she ever ran before. She ran up the steps, only tripping once or twice, hearing the goons close behind her. Finally, she got outside, and she smashed the button, making it forever shut. Her lungs and legs were burning from the chase, but she kept on running, running until she came out of the woods and back in the park.
"Mommy? Mommy, are you okay?" Videl asked her mom as she was gasping for air, and her face was a deep scarlet. Not responding, Diabla dragged her feet and her daughter to the car. It was a red BMW with black leather interior. "Momma? We're out of the woods, isn't okay now?" Diabla gave no answer and mashed the accelerator until she reached home. A servant rushed out, worried and frighten, and opened the car door.
"Miss Diabla, I trust that yours and Miss Videl's visit to the park was eventful?" he asked, but Diabla only sat there gasping. Videl hopped out and went to the servant and tugged on her mom's arm.
"C'mon Mommy! Let's go inside, Cook can make you feel better! Please Mommy! Please, let's go in!" Videl begged. Diabla smiled at her weakly and fainted.
TWO DAYS LATER….
"Daddy, why is Mommy sick?" Videl asked, tugging on her dad's arm in order to get his attention. Her dad looked at her a moment, unsure of what to say.
"Well…. Mommy's….uh…umm…going to be fine Videl! Yea, that's it! She'll be fine in a couple of days! All she needs is a little rest!" Mr. Satan lied. Videl stared at him quizzically for a second, doubting him. However, being so young, she believed him and ran to go "play" boxing with one of Mr. Satan's students. As soon as she was gone, he turned to Dr. Mic, one of the best doctors in the world. "Doc, how is she really?" Dr. Mic shook his head sadly.
"I'm afraid she'll never get over this. It seems like she was infected with some kind of poison that I don't know of. There's a slim chance she'll live through it, but I'm afraid, she'll have to be look after for the rest of her life," he answered.
"Can't you give her anything?!!" Mr. Satan demanded, but Mic, again, shook his head.
"No, there's nothing I can do."