Videl Gets Short-Changed (Inanimate TF) (Patreon)

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Android 18 had taken a dislike to Videl from the start.

When she had heard via Krillin that the girl had straight-up blackmailed Gohan into training her, any interest she might've had in the girl's potential and attitude evaporated instantly. She was a self-entitled brat and nothing more, just like her loudmouth father.

18 didn't tend to give in to flights of fancy very often, as reserved and collected as she preferred to be. As it became apparent the blackmail wasn't going to stop, though, she'd reached deep into herself, dredging up one of many strange, obscure powers Gero had forced into her cyborg physiology.

Had Krillin seen what had followed, he might've been unnerved by his wife bringing out her cold ruthlessness of years past - for a moment seeming more like her alternate self - but he hadn't.

18 didn't stop to ask for Videl's motivations or whether the older woman's assumptions of the girl were true. All she had as evidence were the prodigy's wide, panicked eyes as her form - clothes and all - collapsed into a limp mass of black cloth on the ground as 18's ki overtook her, the printed colors of her old outfit the only hint of her former identity.

18 had been looking for a new pair of sports shorts for cycling, anyway. Her old, not-a-person pair hadn't been able to keep up with the strain. Perhaps Videl would be different.

Maybe she'd even turn her back once she'd learned her lesson, once Gohan had gotten over her disappearance.

Or maybe she would hold onto her.

Between the police manhunt, the uncertainty of whether she'd keep her mouth shut and her current form's inability to communicate past confused, terrified twitching, it was becoming increasingly appealing to simply hold onto her to avoid complications.

And loathe 18 was to admit, the girl wrapped around her thighs felt amazing to wear. The first ride out with her alone had seen her make several covert stop-offs on her route to let off steam.

With such form-fitting style, maybe she'd even be able to convince Krillin to come cycling with her, finally.

She was sure he'd appreciate the view if she herself was so enamored by her new companion.