Chapter Nine – It Wasn't Me

She doesn't know how long she's been lying there. She can't get up, her spine feels like it was crushed. She contacts Goku telepathically.

Goku… Then she blacks out.

She wakes up and sees Goku and Bulma. She's put a blanket over her ravaged body and puts a senzu bean into her mouth.

"Who did this to you?" Goku asks. She can feel his rage inside her head.

"Vegeta…" Goku storms out and tracks down Vegeta's ki. He uses instant transmission to get himself over there.

"You bastard! Why did you do that to her?" He punches Vegeta in the face, knocking him down.

"She started it! She's not who you think she is, Kakarot."

"Explain. This is nothing like you! Whatever she did to you, it can't be bad enough to punish her like this."

"Actually it was worse." Vegeta turns his back on Goku and remains silent.

"You're not going to tell me? Fine, then I'll just read your memories." Before Vegeta can react, Goku has grabbed his head and touches his forehead with his own. It doesn't take him long to see what happened. He startles back in utter disbelief.

"It can't be…"

"Do you understand now, Kakarot?"

"She'd never do anything like that… This must be a mistake."

"I know what I saw, Kakarot. It was her alright. I couldn't sense her and she put spells on me she used before during sparring matches."

"I'll go and sort some things out," Goku says. "You stay here until I get back."

He takes off and flies back to Capsule Corp.

Gee's still in shock. Goku tells her what he just learned from Vegeta. She shakes her head.

"It wasn't me…"

"Someone tricked him into this, Gee. I don't know why, but…"

"I know," she whispers. "I guess I can tell you now, since I already lost all of my powers. In order to become a Magician, I had to remain pure. I wasn't allowed to sleep with anyone. If anyone wanted to stop me from becoming a true Magician, this was probably the easiest thing to do."

"So you're saying there's some evil Magician out there who did this to you?" Bulma asks.

"It must have been a Magician. No one is better at deceiving people than they are."

"Alright. Now what?" Bulma asks. "I know Vegeta did this 'by accident', but he still has to pay for what he did."

"I'll talk to him," Goku says and teleports back to Vegeta.

"You were tricked by another Magician. It wasn't Gee."

"Are you sure?"

"Why would she lie about something like that? She should have remained pure for the ritual, but after what happened she has lost all of her powers. Whoever this other Magician is, he didn't want her to become one."

Vegeta grabs hold to the nearest rock to support himself.

"You mean… I took away her powers by what I did? And it wasn't her who humiliated me in the first place?"

"That's right."

Vegeta's thoughts are racing through his head. 'I took away her destiny… That makes me as bad as Frieza! I can never make this up to her again, I can't undo what happened.'

He powers up and forms a ki ball in his hand.

"Vegeta, NO!" Goku grabs his arm and smashes the ki blast away.

"Killing yourself is never a solution."

"How am I supposed to live with this, Kakarot? I know I used to be ruthless, but that was when I was on planet Frieza. I had no choice. I only killed people, I never raped anyone before. I took away everything she had!"

"You were deceived. It may sound stupid, but this wasn't your fault."

"I can never make this up to her and you know it."

"Maybe not. But you will pay for what you did. She'll file charges and you'll be convicted for your crime."

Vegeta looks at Goku and nods. "Alright Kakarot, I'll turn myself in. That's the least I can do."

"I'll go with you."

"I'll go alone, Kakarot. You take care of Gee."

Hold it right there!

King Kai? Goku asks confused. Vegeta can also hear him.

What is it? We're kind of in the middle of something here!

You can't turn yourself in, Vegeta. The penalty for rape would definitely be more than three years.

So?

We need you to fight the androids, remember? Now that you have become a Super Saiyan as well, our chance at beating them is a lot bigger than before.

So what's your suggestion? Goku asks.

Vegeta can go to Hell for a couple of years to pay. The other Kais will decide how many years the sentence will have to be. I'll send him back to Earth as soon as the androids arrive.

"Do you agree with that, Vegeta?"

Vegeta shrugs. "Prison or hell… I don't care."

Alright King Kai, Vegeta agrees.

King Kai raises his hands and teleports Vegeta to Hell.

I'll contact you as soon as the Kais have come to a verdict, Vegeta.

Fine.

Goku teleports back to Capsule Corp.

"King Kai sent him to Hell to pay," he tells Gee and Bulma. "He won't be back for years, but he will fight the androids with us."

"I understand," Gee nods.