Coal Dark Ice

A story about Videl and Seventeen. Yes, yes, I know. I'm a fan of strange pairings. Deal with it, all you normal cannon-couple people! I'm non-cannon, and some people like that. Well, here it is. Videl and Seventeen have a bit of a run in. I know, it's A/U and TWT since the two never would have had a chance to meet if Seventeen was absorbed by Cell. So... in my sick and twisted little world... Cell never got ahold of my Seventeen!

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Videl Satan sighed, running her slender fingers through her dark hair. She rolled her sea grey eyes, becoming increasingly annoyed with the increasing crime rate of the city. It was like the evil doers wanted her to kick their asses. She cracked the knuckles of her right hand against the palm of her left as she ran, making her way to where the call for help had been made from.

Wonderful, she thought. They sent me out here to the middle of nowhere, and for what? There's not even anyone here...Her eyes scanned the area, and she wondered if this was even supposed to be the place.

She jumped as she heard a dark chuckle from the inner shadows of the darkened alley. "This doesn't seem like a very good place for little girls to be playing, all by themselves..."

The voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't quite put her finger on who it was. Something about that arrogant, patronizing tone... He stepped out of the shadows and into the overhead light of a street lamp. Videl wasn't impressed in the slightest. "Seventeen! What in the hell are you doing out here?!" she asked, irritated by the fact that she had been awakened to deal with the raven haired android.

"Well, I do need your help, Videl. That's why I called for you." he said simply, seeming completely at home in the middle of a grungy part of the city. He stood out against his surroundings, seeming pristine and like a fallen angel against the murky backdrop of the slums.

"What do you mean, you need my help? What in the hell could you possibly want with me?" Videl asked, quickly becoming impatient with the android's games.

"There are many things I want from you, but let's not be so forward, hmm? Do you have any other distress calls to answer, tonight?" he asked, his icy blue eyes holding her gaze.

Videl wondered what he was up to. There had to be something going on, and she was becoming increasingly worried about the fact that she was out here all by herself. She could fight rather well, but she didn't know if she'd be any match for the android if he tried to do anything to her. She ran over her schedule mentally. "Tonight is supposed to be my night off, at least, it was until you sent in a distress call..."

Seventeen smiled softly, a genuinely pleased smile, not his usual cold and calculating smirk. Videl was slightly taken aback as he asked, "May I make amends by taking you to dinner, Videl?"

She stuttered for a moment, thinking up a million reasons why her father, Hercule, would never allow her to go out to dinner with an android. She shook her head. She was twenty-one now, for Kami's sake. Why was she still letting her father control her life? She looked up at Seventeen with a sense of finality. "I'd love to have dinner with you, Seventeen."

"Wonderful," he said, taking her hand in his and pressing a gentle kiss to it. "I'm glad you didn't refuse me, Videl." he said with a small smile.

The girl thought that it was strange for the android to be so genuine and kind, but she said nothing of it. Maybe her father and Vegeta just brought out the worst in Seventeen. Perhaps this was what he was really like when he was away from the battlefield.

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She smiled as she watched him eating, he seemed to enjoy the food more than anyone she had ever seen before. It was rather ironic, since androids didn't need to eat in order to survive. Seventeen had known that Videl wasn't an expensive restaurant type of person, so he had taken her to a fast food joint. They sat together in one of the booths, sitting across from each other. Videl sat in the swivel chair and Seventeen was in the back of the booth, leaning against the green vinyl cushions.

She was enjoying her very thin, and obviously hastily thrown together, burger much more than she had ever imagined she could. She still couldn't figure out why the android had asked her to go to dinner with him. It, as well as his unusually cheery behavior, were puzzles she'd have to figure out later. She was too busy having fun to think about that, now!

As she watched Seventeen happily drink his chocolate shake, she shook her head with a little laugh. He paused and looked up at her. "What's so funny, Videl?" he asked as he swallowed the sugary concoction.

She was captivated by his gaze, her sea grey eyes deeply penetrated by his icy blues. She sat there like that for a few moments, doing nothing other than looking into his eyes, shocked at all that they promised her if she stuck around. She reluctantly turned her gaze away, a bit of rosy color rising high in her cheeks. "Well," she began, "I've never seen someone so passionate about food before..."

That's not the only thing I'm passionate about... he thought with a bit of a smirk. Aloud, Seventeen said, "Just because my body doesn't do anything other than burn it up doesn't mean I don't enjoy it, you know." He took another sip through the straw to demonstrate.

Videl nodded. "I think it's cute actually," she said with a little smile.

"Cute?" Seventeen asked, a bit miffed and taken off guard.

"Yeah, cute. You know, adorable. Kind of like watching a kitten playing with a ball of yarn."

Wanna make me purr? he thought, shaking his head slightly to clear the thoughts. He had to get to know her first. He wasn't going to make the same mistake he made with her. He almost shuddered at the thought of what had happened. He wasn't going to let that happen again. He was going to go about this the right way, this time around.

"You think I'm cute, huh?" he asked, giving the girl a wink.

It seemed to fluster her all the more, causing Videl to blush a deeper shade of red. Taking a deep breath and regaining her composure, she said one simple word, one that implied much more than its usual connotations. "Yes."



A/N- Whatcha think? Any good? Think I should continue it? There may be lemons in it, if anyone thinks there should be. Not right away, of course. This story may have prequel and sequel opportunities... Hope you enjoyed the start of it!