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Vegeta stalked over to us, with a menacing smile on his lips.
"So you all think Kakarot is dead huh? Well sorry to disappoint, but he is alive and fighting Frieza at this very moment!" Everyone looked at Vegeta in astonishment.
"Frieza didn't kill him after all?" I asked, and hope was rising in my chest.
"It's true. When I went to go fight Frieza, dad came back to fight," I almost feinted at the sound.
"Thank Kami!" I screamed in delight, but then something hit me.
"How is Goku supposed to get back home?"
"There is a very slim chance the brave warrior will come back. We will just have to wait and pray," the old leader Guru said. I saw Bulma gathering up some leaves.
"What are you doing Bulma?" I asked her as she made a circle, and put the three leaves in place.
"I'm burning these leaves. If all three of them burn, it means Goku will arrive back safely," Dende started the fire, and I was a little interested in what the leaves had to say. At first all three started burning, but then the wind took out one of the leaves.
"Oh no! This is not good at all!" Bulma wailed, and wrapped herself around her knees.
"My daddy will come home no matter what! I wont let some leaves tell me what is happening!"
"You're right Gohan. Trust in your heart, not these leaves," I looked over at Vegeta, who was sitting alone by a tree. He was laughing hysterically, and I cocked my head to the side.
"What are you laughing about Veggie head?" I called over to him, and he stopped laughing.
"With Goku and Frieza out of my way, you will be the only person standing in my way of being ruler of the universe!" I scoffed at him, then ignored him. Suddenly the old leader Guru said something.
"Such a bright sunny day, full of life. What a good day to die," everyone gasped. What was he talking about?
"Guru! You can't die!" One of the Nameks said.
"It is time my child," Guru pointed at one of the older Nameks, and the guy came over to Guru.
"Listen, I want you to take care of our people and the dragon balls. Use them wisely my children." Guru took one shaky breath, then disappeared. All of the Nameks started crying for their fallen leader.
"Oh no, Guru." I whispered sadly, and held on to Piccolo's hand. His grip tightened on mine, and I knew he was sad too. All of us grieved for the old Namekian, and then we stood there in sadness. I eventually sat down on the grass, cuddling up to Piccolo by a tree.
The sunlight danced acrossed the ground. My patience was waning thin. How could I know about what was happening to Goku?
"Yamcha, is that you?" Bulma asked to the air, and I looked at her crazily. She must have jumped off the mental cliff.
"What did you say? You're saying Goku beat Frieza?" I jumped up in shock. Could it really be true? Gohan ran over to Bulma.
"What's going on? Is my dad alive?" Bulma lost focus again, seeming to concentrate on Yamcha's voice. He must be using King Kai to talk to her.
"Wait. Yamcha said that Goku defeated Frieza, but didn't survive when the planet exploded." She said nonchalantly, and it angered me. No one spoke of my brothers death like that! I stomped over to her, and started yelling in her face.
"How can you be so calm? Goku just died, and you can't even show a tiny amount of emotion!" Bulma put her hand in front of my place, halting my screaming.
"Remember we have the Namekian dragon balls. We can bring him back to life that way," I lost all of my anger and sadness. I stepped back, and nodded her way.
"Sorry Bulma."
"I don't blame you Mind-" She started, but then her face paled.
"WHAT?" She screamed, and I had to hold my ears from her screeching.
"King Kai says that Goku can't be brought back to life. If he is brought back to life, he will go to the planet Namek, and since there is no planet Namek, him and Krillin will both die again in outer space!" Gohan started crying then.
"No! Daddy no!" I went to Gohan, and we both cried on each others shoulder. I was turning into a real softy with all of this crying. Vegeta started laughing again.
"My prophecy came true! I knew that I would one day become ruler of the universe!" I stomped over to him, my anger flaring.
"You will have to go through me first!" I yelled in his face, and his smirk became more prominent.
"Aunt Mindy, let me take him on. I wont let him talk about my dad that way," I stared at Gohan crazily, but I soon receded. This was a fight Gohan needed to fight first before I stepped in.
I also wanted to see how well Gohan would fare against Vegeta. At first, Gohan had the upper hand. He actually sent Vegeta down on his knees! I cheered him on, but then Vegeta seemed to power up, and hurt Gohan really badly. I was about to step in, until Piccolo did it for me. I went to Gohan, and smiled at him kindly.
"You did great kid. Don't let this one little lose put you down." He smiled back at me, and slowly got back up.
"The real reason I didn't kill the kid is because there is a way to save Kakarot. Just wish him back to the check in station in other world, and then wish him back here. As simple as that." I went over to Vegeta, and held my hand out for him.
"I knew you weren't all bad. Thanks for the great idea," he stared at my hand for a while, but when he realized I wasn't going to go away with out a handshake, he reluctantly shook my hand. I grinned, and bounced away from him.
"Now that's how you tame the beast!" I smiled cheerfully, but then I remembered something, where were the Namekians going to stay?
"Hey I have an idea! Why don't all of you stay at my place until the dragon balls come back?" Bulma asked the group of Namekians, and the new leader shook his head.
"We couldn't ask that of you."
"Don't be silly! My place is huge! Besides, you don't have anywhere else to stay." The leader nodded his head, and agreed.
"And that means you too Vegeta! Mindy, I'm sure you would like to stay as well," I rubbed my hand on the back side of my head, a little embarrassed.
"Well you see, I was just going to stay in the woods with green bean over here!" I pointed sideways at Piccolo, and didn't look at Bulma.
"Non sense! You both can stay at my place! Really Mindy, don't be uncivilized!" I looked down at the ground.
"Don't worry, I will arrange for things to be done," Piccolo whispered in my ear, and I nodded at him. No one heard our conversation. Bulma called her father, and soon everyone was headed over to Bulma's.
130 DAYS LATER . . .
With the Namekian dragon balls gathered up, Dende called up on the dragon.
"Your wish is my command," the dragon said, and it still gave me the creeps.
"Tell him to wish for Goku and Krillin to the check through point!" Bulma cried, and Dende repeated it to the dragon in Namekian.
"The one named Krillin has been sent to the check in point. The one named Goku cannot be sent there because he is still alive, sending him there would kill him." My eyes widened at the news. Goku was really alive!
"Why hasn't he come back then?" Gohan asked, and I started to wonder the same thing. Suddenly, Vegeta ran to the capsule corpse space ship, and flew out of there.
"Good riddance," Piccolo huffed. Where was Vegeta going?
"Ask the dragon to send Goku to this planet!"
"Goku refuses to come back. He said that he will be there later," the dragon replied, and I understood fully. Goku was training on another planet.
"Well that old goof! Of course he would train! I should of went with Vegeta when I had the chance!" Then I slapped my hand across my forehead.
"Never mind! I can use instant transmission to where Goku is at!" I was about to do my move, but both Gohan and Piccolo stopped me.
"Please aunt Mindy, don't go. I need you to stay with me!" Gohan's tears started running down his cheeks.
"And what about the wedding Mindy? It would be kinda hard to marry you from outer space," I looked at both of my boys. They were right, I couldn't leave them.
"We should get married before all of the Nameks have to leave!" I jumped around in glee, and Gohan's and Piccolo's faces relaxed.
"Bulma, will you be my maid of honor?" She started to tear up, and ran at me with the biggest hug. I couldn't hardly breathe.
"Of course! Of course! I wouldn't have it any other way!" Bulma gasped as if she had thought of something important.
"Wait! We have to plan your wedding! Four months is not enough time to plan the perfect wedding!" She started babbling about technicalities, and I soon got lost in her rambling.
"Bulma! I just want a simple wedding with only a few people plus the Namekians. Don't go outrageous with it." She seemed miffed, but agreed.
Bulma turned back to Dende, and asked the dragon to bring back Krillin and Yamcha. The two boys came back, and everyone cheered. I was surprised that I missed Krillin a little bit.
130 DAYS LATER . . .
Today was my wedding day. Today I was going to marry Piccolo junior, and become the happiest person on the planet
. My love for Piccolo was blinding, and every time I thought about him in a tux, I giggled. I still remembered the day Bulma told him he couldn't wear his fighting clothes.
*Flashback*
"Piccolo you have to wear a tux! There is no way I'm letting you wear your fighting clothes at Mindy's wedding!" Bulma screamed at Piccolo, no longer afraid of him.
"I am NOT wearing some stupid tux! That thing would look ridiculous on me! No, no way in hell am I wearing that!" Bulma smiled evilly, and still to this day I do not know how she forced the tux on him.
When he was standing in front of the mirror, Bulma smiled brightly at him.
"There you go! You don't look half bad Piccolo! The tux fits you just fine!"
"I look more like a monkey than Mindy!" Piccolo grumbled, and tried fixing the tux so it was more comfortable.
"Oh don't be silly! You have to look debonair at your wedding. Don't you want Mindy's eyes to sparkle when she sees you in this? I'm sure she is going to love seeing you in your tux! And probably even more so taking it off!" Bulma winked suggestively, and Piccolo blushed profusely.
"Fine I'll wear it, but if one person laughs I am going to personally take them out." Piccolo smirked, and held up a fist to show he was serious. Bulma waved him off, not caring about his threats.
"When Mindy enters the room, everyone will be looking at her, so don't worry about it!" Piccolo's face lit up at the image of Mindy in a wedding dress. He went soft at the sight.
"This will be the only time I will ever wear something like this."
*End Flashback*
I was brought back to the present as Master Roshi held an arm out to walk me down the aisle. I wrapped my arm gingerly around his, and we both started gracefully walking.
"Mindy, I'm so proud of you. Never forget that. I will always be your master, but I also see you as a daughter. Please live a happy life with Piccolo," master Roshi told me, and I nodded emotionally at him. Who knew I would cry at my wedding?
More importantly, who knew I would ever get married? I looked down the aisle, and saw Gohan was being Piccolo's best man. It was so cute!
Gohan looked adorable in his little tux, and he would move around a little bit, probably uncomfortable with his clothes. The wedding itself was amazing.
We were outside in the backyard of Capsule Corps, and everything was decked out in white flowers. The sun was shining so brightly, it made everything almost sparkle. Roshi and I finally made it to the end, and my hand was given to Piccolo's.
He squeezed it lightly, and I gave him a loving smile. Our pastor was the new Namekian leader, and since no one on their planet got married, we were going with an ordinary Earth wedding (even though the couple was beyond ordinary).
When it was time for our vows, Piccolo turned to me head on, and held both of my hands.
"Mindy, the first time I met you, you had an air around you that pulled people in. I was intrigued that you were not afraid of me. You even had the audacity to tell me that I should not follow in my fathers footsteps! Still, as hard as I tried, I could not forget you or your words. I wanted to hate you for it, but something changed. The innocence that you and Goku share even while adults made me wonder what kind of person I was. The more I thought about you, the more I wanted to be a better person. So today I stand here with you, hoping that I am good enough to share the rest of my life with you," Piccolo ended, and everything started shaking. Then I realized I was the one who was shaking, and Piccolo gently wiped my tears with his hands.
I calmed down a bit, then started my vows.
"I always thought of what an enigma you were Piccolo. One minute we were giving it all into our training, and then the next we would look at each other with puzzling expressions, wondering why it felt so amazing to be together. Every time I saw you, this wonderful feeling would blossom in my stomach, and I never knew why it would happen. It wasn't till the day you sacrificed your life for Gohan that I knew I could not part with out you. Ever since then I have loved you greatly, and no matter what, you will always be the greatest man in the world to me. I am walking on air at this moment, and will gladly share my life with you."
We traded rings then, and the Namekian said, "you may now kiss the bride," Piccolo swooped under me, grabbed me bridal style, and gave me the most amazing kiss ever. The happiness we were both feeling was pouring out in buckets, and I almost drowned in it.
Everyone cheered for us, and started giving me hugs. I was the center of attention, and I was soaking up every minute of it. Eventually we went inside to have the after party in the lounge. I traded in my dress for my blue tank top, and kaki cargo shorts.
My tail swung around freely as I rejoined the party. There were tons of presents, most of them from Bulma, and the last present was a small box, wrapped with a little blue bow on the top. I opened it carefully, and found out that it was a key.
"What is this?" I asked, and Piccolo stepped forward.
"Bulma helped me buy a house. It's how she got me to try on the tux in the first place. We live just over the mountain by Gohan and Chichi," he looked down bashfully, and I laughed in joy. We had our own house!
"OMG my first house ever! No more living in the woods, or living with Kami! No, a real house!" I squealed, and gave Bulma and Piccolo a huge hug.
"Now for the big finale! We get to wish back the others, and the Nameks get a new home!" All of cheered as we went back outside to summon the dragon. Tein and Chiaotzu came back, and they congratulated both Piccolo and I on a happy marriage.
The sad part was seeing the Nameks go, and knowing that Goku wasn't able to be at my wedding. I missed him so much, but I know somehow he knows that this day happened, and that he is happy for me.
"Dende, I will come see you sometime and bring the rest of them too. This is not truly good-bye," I said to him, and he nodded while him and Gohan held hands. They disappeared, and I sent out a prayer to Kami, hoping for safe travels.
"Come on, lets go home," Piccolo said to me, and after many good-byes, we flew off to our new home.
Ta-Da! AWWW! Mindy and Piccolo are just sooooo cute! I love their vows, and Gohan being the best man! So adorable! I hope you guys loved this chapter and review please!
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