Chapter Four- Prisoners
Minsa led ChiChi and Bulma quickly back to her room. ChiChi was going to be staying with Bulma and Minsa while Bardock was gone.
ChiChi glanced at Bulma, her eyes questioning what was wrong with Minsa. Bulma shrugged, as they hurried to keep up with Minsa's quick pace. When they arrived back at the room, Minsa instructed them to wash and dress. Then she left saying she would go check on Goku, Gohan, Yamcha, and Krillin now.
ChiChi seemed to hold her breath through the whole time that Minsa was gone.
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Minsa hurried down to the lower levels of the kingdom where the jail, and various torture chambers were.
"My Lady, what brings you down here today?" A guard asked respectfully.
"I wish to know what has happened to the prisoners from Earth."Minsa stated sharply.
"As far as I know they are still in a cell down here. Do you wish to see them or speak to Nappa? He has been keeping watch over them as far as I know." the guard informed her.
"Both." Minsa answered.
The guard answered, and strode down the hallway, with Minsa close in toe. When they reached the end of the length of the hall, there was one more door, and Minsa shivered at seeing it. The guard looked at her strangely, before opening the door. Nappa was sitting in a chair, resting it seemed. In front of him with bars made out of eletric ki, and behind the bars, sat three miserable looking men and one child.
Minsa shut her eyes for a moment as memories flooded back, and shook her head to see Nappa quickly standing respectfully.
'At least this oaf has enough sense to stand in front of me.' Minsa thought with a smirk.
"Should I leave now my Lady?" the guard inquired.
"You may." Minsa answered quickly.
The guard seemed to dash out of the room, leaving Minsa with the dull-witted Nappa.
"What may I do for you Lady Minsa?" Nappa asked, trying to stifle a yawn.
"I wish to know what is being done with these prisoners as of now."
"For now, and probable until their death day they will be kept in this cell. The King has decided against putting them in the Arena."
"And will their death be natural or execution?" Minsa inquired further.
"It depends on their behavior, but as of now it will be natural."
Minsa noticed that Nappa had smirked slightly as he spoke, and she winced. Nappa was probably going to torture them until they did retaliate so that they would be exceuted.
"Leave now Nappa. I wish to interrogate the prisoners."
Nappa hesitated for a moment, but at seeing Minsa's stern look, his objections were never spoken.
Krillin, and Yamcha were now paying close to each other, but Gohan was sleeping, and Goku was still in his mindless state.
"W-What do you want?" Yamcha stuttered out.
"I mean you no harm. I come on the behalf of Bulma and ChiChi."
"Are they alright?" Krillin asked nervously.
"They are quite well. They are both staying with me presently, but that is not why I am here. Bulma and ChiChi asked me to come here to see if you were alright."
Krillin and Yamcha glanced at each other.
"Gohan, Krillin and I are fine. But we're worried about Goku. He hasn't spoken in days." Yamcha replied.
Minsa looked at the man with the sleeping child in his lap. She suddenly had another flashback of a memory and touched her head.
'This people are going to be the death of me if I keep remembering my past,' Minsa thought. 'Should I do the technique? It might save this Goku, but I'm not sure I'd be able to do it.'
She looked down at Goku, once the strongest man on the planet Earth, now reduced to almost a shell. In that moment she knew that she had to attempt the technique.
"If you let me, I will attempt a technique on Goku that may make him better."
"What will it do to him?" Krillin asked, still wary of the green-haired girl.
"I will actually go inside his mind and try to wake him up. Try to reawaken his soul to show him that he has a reason to live. But if he truly has no reason to live then he will die." Minsa stated.
In truth it was a technique her people has used to enter each other's minds and bond. But Minsa figured that if she went to a different part of Goku's mind, she could reawaken it, without creating a mental bond with him.
Yamcha glanced at Krillin again.
"I think it's our only choice Krillin."
Krillin thought for a moment, before nodding slowly.
"You can do it."
Minsa stuck her arm through the ki bars, and gently placed her slender index fingers to Goku's grimy forehead.
Instantly she found herself in Goku's mind. Where his mouth was silent, his mind was not.
Minsa grimaced as she Goku play scenes of all his failures in life over and over again.
'This poor guy, such a good heart and a tough life,' Minsa thought with a sigh.
However she had to get to work.
'Maybe if I find memories of his son, since he can still save him. Maybe even memories of ChiChi would help.'
Minsa was able to quickly gather memories and tried to push them over the dark memories. She felt Goku slowly begin to reawaken.
'Who are you?' his thoughts called to her.
'My name is Minsa and-'
Minsa didn't have time to finish the thought as she was suddenly torn from Goku's mind. She felt the flinch of pain that he gave however.
When she opened her eyes to see what had pulled her out of Goku's mind, she saw Riroku looming over her.
"What do you think you were doing?!" he hissed at her.
Minsa was lost for words, and she was sure that Riroku was going to kill her. She had used their people's most ancient technique to save a prisoner.
"How dare you go fishing in my mind for techniques!" a voice suddenly yelled behind them.
Minsa turned disbeliving to see Goku standing yelling at her. Then she realized that he was trying to get her out of trouble.
Riroku looked down at her and smiled.
"Maybe there is hope for you yet Lady Minsa." he said, putting a hand on her cheek.
Minsa was still lost for words, and Riroku pulled closer to her, and the next thing she knew, he was kissing her strongely. He pushed his tongue into her mouth, and she wanted to gag. She pushed him away, but he still smirked as he left the room.
Minsa wiped her mouth and spat.
"Oh my kami! That is the most disgusting thing that has ever happened to me!" she yelled, spitting some more.
Gohan was now awake, and all four of the guys were watching her.
She then realized that their eyes, were on her, and she stopped, and blused a deep crisonm red.
"I'm sorry. Are you ok Goku?"
Goku nodded.
"But wait! He said you were looking for techniques! What did you do? Revive and then try to still his moves?" Yamcha yelled.
"It was just a hoax to try and get that guy out of here." Goku said turning to me. "Minsa didn't even look at my fighting 'moves'."
Minsa suddenly looked down at her watch.
"Oh crap... I have to be leaving. ChiChi and Bulma are going to be flipping. I'll tell you're all alight right now."
They nodded.
"And thanks again!" Goku said as Minsa sped out of the room.
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Author's Note: Yes, I know still no B/V, but it will come! I promise! But things have to work out with Minsa first, some maybe in the next one to three chapter Bulma and Vegeta might start to notice each other, you know? Because I don't want this to be, "Bulma is miserable, Vegeta is miserable, Vegeta and Bulma find each other, Bulma and Vegeta hate each other, Bulma and Vegeta start to like each other, Bulma and Vegeta love each other, Everyone lives happily ever after." Ok, enough of that. Email me or join my mailing list at vegetaztwin@hotmail.com, or just review! :)