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I woke up to someone patting me on the cheek.

"Mindy, wake up! Mindy, wake up!" The person kept saying over and over again. I uselessly tried to push their arm away, but I was too weak and tired.

"Let me . . . sleep." I mumbled.

"You have to wake up. I need to see if you're still all right," the voice said. I sleepily opened my eyes, and saw a big blue frog in my face.

"AAAAHHHHHH!" I screamed, trying to struggle away from the thing. It held me down, and tried to talk to me.

"Mindy! It's me, King Kai! Stop struggling!" I stopped immediately. How did I get to King Kai's?

"How did I get here?" I asked, while putting a hand to my head. My whole body felt sore.

"You used instant transmission to get out of the fight before you died. Luckily Goku arrived right after you teleported. He saw what Vegeta did, and wow was that guy angry!" He chuckled as I assumed he was remembering the fight.

"So, did we win or not?"

"Goku is in the hospital right now, but yes, we won." The smile on his face was infectious. I was about to jump up and down, until when I tried I gasped out in pain.

"Is Goku going to be all right? I need to go see him." I stuttered out through the pain.

"Goku will be fine. He is one tough cookie. And you can't see him yet, you still need to heal just like him," King Kai huffed, and I sighed in frustration.

"How bad are my injuries?" I asked, hopeful I wouldn't have to stay in a bed for long.

"A broken arm, shattered knee cap, three broken ribs, and bruises that cover almost all of your body," I winced at how bad the results were.

"How long will I have to stay in bed?"

"Only for about two weeks. You Saiyans heal fast. Plus, you're in one of the best hospitals in the whole entire Northern part of the universe!" He chuckled, and I looked at him strangely. So this was the ultimate master of Martial Arts?

"I can't stay in bed for two weeks! My friends and family need me!" I tried to get up again, but King Kai pushed me down.

"How about this? If you stay in bed for two weeks, I will train you. How does that sound?" I still frowned, but nodded my head.

"Alright King Kai, but I wont be the easiest patient you've ever had. I hate staying in bed." I tried to cross my arms, but then I saw one of them was wrapped in a cast.

"Your brother is doing the same thing!" King Kai gave a whole belly laughter, and then wiped his eyes after he was done.

"I wish I could see him," I sighed longfully.

"I can always show him to you. And you can talk to him." My eyes became huge. Get to talk to Goku? Heck's yes! I nodded my head frantically.

"Ok, now all you have to do is put your hand on my back, and think of Goku." I did what he said, and a moment later, an image of Goku in the hospital clouded my mind. He had his eyes opened, and was talking to Gohan.

"Hey Goku! It's me, Mindy!" I yelled mentally, trying to get his attention. Everyone in the room froze, and Chichi was freaking out.

"H-how is that Mindy?" She asked, and her voice shook with fear.

"Aunt Mindy!" Gohan cried.

"Hi Mindy! Are you at King Kai's place now?" Goku asked. I nodded my head, but then remembered he couldn't see me.

"Yeah, and I'm in the same predicament you're in. In a hospital bed, yuck." We both laughed at the same time.

"Aunt Mindy, how did you escape from that Vegeta person?" Gohan asked, looking around the room trying to see me.

"Krillin reminded me that I could use instant transmission to get out of there. Though, I should have used that on all of us at the very beginning, when things were already getting out of control. I'm so sorry." I bowed my head in shame. So many could have been saved if I had just thought it through.

"Instant transmission, what's that?" Goku asked me.

"It's where you can teleport anywhere where there is a life source. I found it in one of Kami's old scrolls."

"Piccolo . . ." Gohan whispered. An even greater pain crossed through me. I needed to see Piccolo.

"King Kai, where are the others and Piccolo?" I asked, voice shaking to near hysteria.

"They're on their way now. They will be here in a month actually." I wanted to jump for joy. I was going to see Piccolo in a month.

"Hey guys, everyone else is on their way to King Kai's! You don't have to worry about them too much!" Everyone cheered. Then King Kai interrupted us.

"Mindy, it's time to say good-bye. You need your rest, and so does Goku." I nodded my head at him, then looked back at the rest of the group on Earth.

"I have to go guys. I miss you all. Good luck trying to find new dragon balls. I will help as soon as I can. Bye now!" The connection was cut off. I felt instantly alone. How was I going to survive laying down in a bed for two weeks? I would rather take on a dozen Vegeta's then do this.

"Mindy, go back to sleep. We still have a long ways to go," King Kai said. He was more right then ever.

ONE MONTH LATER . . .

"Come back here you little grasshopper man!" I yelled to Gregory. The little guy laughed, and zoomed ahead.

"Oh no you don't! I will catch you, you little green guy!" I was running at Gregory at full speed, and I didn't even notice the shadowy figure until I almost ran past it. The figure was leaning against the tree, with his arms crossed, and one leg was on the tree.

I knew that position. I had seen the same guy stand like that a thousand times. I stopped completely, not sure what was happening. My mind started working again, and I realized who it was.

"PICCOLO!" I screamed, running towards him as fast as I could. I jumped on him, and gave him a huge hug. Unfortunately, Piccolo didn't seem prepared for my outburst, because we fell on the ground. I laughed, and hugged him closer to me.

"You're choking me Mindy," Piccolo stuttered out breathless. I instantly let go, and when I was about to get up, accidentally hit Gregory with the hammer.

"Ow! Why did you do that for?" He whined. I gasped in surprise, then started jumping up and down.

"I hit Gregory, I hit Gregory!" I laughed, taking Piccolo's hand as I pranced around. "Who's Gregory?" A familiar voice asked. I turned around to see Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu talking to King Kai.

"Hi guys! Haven't seen you guys in forever! And Gregory was the last obstacle before I could train directly under King Kai."

"Still the same as always. Always looking for a fight," Tien said, and I nodded towards him seriously. Fighting was my life.

"I'm not the only one looking for a fight. We are both at the same place, are we not?" I asked, and Piccolo chuckled softly.

"How did you get here before us? And where is your halo?" Yamcha asked. I touched the air around me where a halo should have been.

"I'm not dead. Right before I did though, I used instant transmission before it could happen. The bad part is when I got here, I was in bed for two weeks, then I got to start training. I got here a whole month before you guys." I bowed my head in shame when I remembered I could have saved them all.

"You're telling me that you could have used that teleporting thing anytime you wanted? Why didn't you save us?" Of course Yamcha would be the one to voice out my shame.

"I'm sorry, I forgot-"

"You forgot! How could you forget somethi-"

"Enough Yamcha. Leave Mindy alone. Besides you would have been mad if she used it on you." Piccolo butted in, and I smiled in thanks. I would still always have that shame though on my shoulders.

"I'm glad to see you were able to hit Gregory, Mindy! Now you can train directly under me," King Kai said, breaking the tension. I smiled a little, but still upset about everything.

"Now for the rest of you, before I train you, you need to make me laugh." All four of their faces were priceless. I remembered when King Kai made me do the same thing. Yamcha smirked, to tell you the truth he was funny, even though at times he could still be a jerk.

"Yo mama cooks so bad, your family prays AFTER they eat." King Kai threw into a fit of giggles, and I did the same. Piccolo didn't see it as funny, so his face stayed the same. The same with Tien, and Chiaotzu thought it was just plain mean. Chiaotzu put a finger on his chin, thinking of a joke.

"Um . . . How many blondes does it take a change a light bulb?"

"How many?" King Kai asked.

"Zero, because they couldn't even find it in the first place." King Kai laughed, a lot more than he did on Yamcha's joke. I threw into more fits of giggles. Tien looked very nervous.

"He isn't very funny." Chiaotzu whispered into my ear. I nodded in understandment. I had trouble making a joke up too, but surprisingly it was super funny. He said that I was a natural just like Goku. I smiled at the thought, Just like Goku.

"What do you get when you cross a poodle and a chicken?"

"What?"

"A poodken!" Tien yelled. King Kai didn't laugh, he just had a stern look on his face.

"I heard that ton of times. New joke." Tien scratched the top of his head. Yamcha started to mouth something behind King Kai.

"Huh, Um . . . You can tune a piano, but you can't tune a fish!" He yelled into King Kai's face. King Kai burst out laughing.

"Ok, Ok, that was funny!" He wiped a tear from his eye. King Kai turned to Piccolo.

"I'm not here to make the fat man jolly. I'm here to train."

"Well you can't train unless you tell me a joke. Plus, I'm not that fat! I lost a few pounds over the month."

"A few? Looks like you gained more than you lost." King Kai's face turned red with anger.

"Piccolo . . ." I trailed off, then King Kai started laughing.

"You are excepted Piccolo," King Kai said, then looked at the rest of the group.

"Ok. Now I want you to chase Bubbles."

"Whose Bubbles?" Tien asked, everyone's faces asked the same question. King Kai pointed to Bubbles who was eating a banana.

"We have to chase a monkey?" Yamcha asked, his eye brow raised quizzically.

"Don't underestimate him, he's fast! It took me two weeks, and apparently it took Goku three weeks to catch him." I said, looking at Bubbles then back at the guys.

"I'm not chasing a monkey around," Piccolo said, sitting down to mediate. I huffed and crossed my arms.

"Fine, you can chase me."

"Aren't you just a bigger type of monkey?" He asked, looking at me with a bemused smile.

"So? It would help you pass, would it not? But I have to warn you, I am ten times faster than Bubbles."

"Fine, I'll do it. Only because I want to settle a score with you for chickening out death." He smirked.

"I did better than you! At least I defeated Nappa! Unlike you, you got killed by him." Tien raised an eye brow.

"Mindy, you so got to tell us the full story when we get the chance. Piccolo said that he just died and that was the end of it." Tien said, about to ramble.

"Sorry but if Piccolo doesn't want you to know, then I can't tell you. Now you better catch that monkey! You too Piccolo!" I said, running away from him. Piccolo took a few steps forward, but it looked like it was difficult for him.

"Why am I so slow?" Piccolo asked me.

"The gravity here is ten times stronger than Earth's. Good luck because I'm already used to it!" I said, running off as Piccolo tried to run at me.

"Hey! I'm going to be ninety by the time you catch me!" I yelled over to Piccolo, and he seemed to get more angry. His run became a little faster, but not fast enough. This went on for a while. The others still weren't able to catch Bubbles, and Piccolo still couldn't catch me.

"Forget this! This is stupid, I'm not going to waste my time chasing after you," Piccolo said, as he went to go meditate by a tree. I was not going to have that. Piccolo needed to go through this exercise. I climbed up the same tree, and hung upside down right infront of his face.

"Come on green bean, you need to catch me," I said sweetly to him. He grunted at me, and shook his head. I heard the others as they had just caught Bubbles. I looked over at them, and saw how happy all of them were. Before I knew it, Piccolo had grabbed my cheeks, and turned me to face him.

"I caught you, now what do I do?" I glared at him angrily, then an idea hit me. My glare went away as I smiled at him sweetly.

"You have to give me a kiss now!" He looked confused for a moment, then he seemed to get the idea. He blushed profusely, and looked around the place.

"Mindy, I don't know how-" I pressed a finger to his lips, halting his words. I leaned forward, and Piccolo did the same. Our lips touched briefly before King Kai interrupted us.

"Piccolo! You caught Mindy! Good job! Now you can try and hit Gregory!" Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu looked at Piccolo and I weirdly. I could see they were shocked beyond belief. I blushed extremely, then dropped down gracefully to the ground.

"Now Mindy, you need to start your training with me. I want you to be at your strongest before you leave." I nodded my head solemnly. I left Piccolo and the rest of them to continue their own training.

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