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A/N: This was originally posted on Spacebattles under the author name 'The Tower', which is also myself, under the same title name. These chapters are from the extended edition thread, which is my early edition chapters with less errors as well as more content (about 50% more) but exactly the same story. You can read the early edition chapters on Spacebattles if you run out of chapters here to read and just can't wait for the better longer versions. I am up to 15 chapters of the early edition chapters on Spacebattles right now(5/7/2018). However, I suggest that it would be better to just wait for the longer and better chapters to be posted here.

Chapter 1 – Arriving on Namek.

In my spaceship flying towards Namek, I stand next to my hover chair with my eyes closed, trying to sense the energy signatures within the ship. I am in my private chambers inside my spaceship, and I would be looking out the window, if I didn't have my eyes closed. On my hovering throne sits an almost empty glass with only the dregs remaining.

Normally, I would have been freaking out about everything that has happened. However, I am completely calm. This is because luckily (or perhaps not) when R.O.B. put me here I gained not just Frieza's body, but his memories and his personality as well.

It's not like the fictions you read where the main character has to spend time figuring everything out. It was like Frieza's whole life up until that moment was concatenated onto my own. Everything he did, every decision he made, it is like it happened to me, which is annoying, since he had already lived a few hundred years by this time, which is much longer than I had lived as a human.

Frankly, he was not as evil as one might think; he was just bored out of his mind, and not really caring about people so much weaker than himself. He is not evil to be evil, but instead evil to be amused.

It has been a few hours since I have gained this body, and I am only slightly annoyed at losing my height as a human, I used to be taller than most. However, I pushed the annoyance aside; I don't want to turn into my father, King Cold.

The very first thing I did was drain a glass of wine that Frieza, the previous Frieza anyway, had been savoring in one gulp, only to realize that I can't get drunk anymore. I no longer need to eat, drink, or breathe. I do not need to sleep or even go to the restroom. However, I can do it for pleasure, except for the going to the restroom bit; I can't ever do that apparently.

Wait, if I can eat and drink, why can't I poop? What am I, Kim Jong-un? That is seriously weird.

The second thing I did was be relieved that Frost Demons have all the normal male equipment and that they are just wearing bio-armor in their true form. It turns out that without the armor all Frost Demons are actually completely white (like paper), except for their eyes, just like you would expect from a race that evolved on a ball of ice.

My bio-armor contains a lot of purple on it due to it being one of my favorite colors; also, it is a sign of royalty, due to me being a prince. However, if I ever, for some reason, decided to renounce my lineage and remove myself from the Cold Royal family, I would most likely go blue instead.

And yes, Cold is my last name; I am literally named Frieza Cold or perhaps Cold Freeza, we don't use English anyway so who knows if my name has an I in it or not. My name is a play on the words, freezing cold. Well it's not all bad, at least I'm not Cooler Cold, like my brother whose name is a wordplay on an Ice Box, or Cold Cooler if you will. Even worse, I could have been named Cooler Light. I shudder at the thought. Or is my name actually a play on a refrigerator freezer? I block the thought from my mind, my name is definitely based on freezing cold.

The third thing I did was realize that being able to sense energy would be really useful in fight as well as just life in general and that I should learn it right now, since we are a few hours away from planet Namek.

Now, Frieza had never really trained at all in his life. He was already so much more powerful than everyone he never really saw any point in training to become stronger. He had however, spent a lot of time learning how to do things with the energy he already had, mostly due to boredom. He could use his energy in hundreds of different mostly useless but interesting ways as well as a few dozen highly useful ways.

And so, since I remember Vegeta learning how to sense energy in like one second, after he learned it was possible. I thought that I could acquire the same technique in one fourth of a second. Two hours later, I am still trying different things.

Damn it, why is this so difficult?

Maybe, it is because I have so much more energy than everyone else on my ship. It might be like trying to find a cup of water in the middle of the ocean. Or I could just not be doing it right. They never did explain how it worked on the show.

...

This is annoying.

My spaceship would soon be arriving and being able to sense energy would be extremely useful, since I think we are only going to be ahead of Vegeta, Bulma, Krillin, and Gohan for a little while, hopefully, at least a couple of days.

I try to condense my energy, but I have a hard time controlling it, even in this form. I can't condense it; it is like trying to make water use up less space by pushing at it.

Can I keep my energy from leaking out like Zetsu in Hunter X Hunter? That is probably more effective for me anyway.

None shall escape me. I pull it all within myself.

…

I still can't sense any energy but my own and I have no idea if that made me invisible to scaning or not.

For now, it does not matter; I don't have the time. I will just have to go as I am and learn it later.

I let go of my power, holding it in is uncomfortable. I will likely not need to hide my power anyway while on Namek.

Soon the door to my private room opens and Zarbon walks in.

Zarbon is the second in command of my galactic empire of almost 500 planets. He is much stronger than most in the galaxy, but that is not why he is placed so highly within my organization. He is my most competent subordinate. This is not due to his power, but due to his intelligence and cunning. He manages my empire, deals with diplomacy, handles the most important assignments, directly advises me on all matters, and deals with hundreds of other problems before I even know of them. Although he is vain and values beauty and his physical appearance above all else, he is loyal to me and his vanity in no way hinders him.

"Lord Frieza, we are about to enter orbit around planet Namek." He informs me.

"Zarbon, when we get there, I want you to keep the ship in orbit and scan for the strongest energy on the planet. I will to go down to the planet by myself." I say with a faint smirk. I do not turn to look at him. In fact, I did not move at all.

"Ah, of course, Lord Frieza." He seems to be surprised, but does not question it.

"Bring me our best scouter, and when I am on the planet I want you to monitor any spaceship activity. Notify me concerning all movement. If a ship is leaving destroy their engines, but if they are landing don't bother them, I will handle it myself." I command.

"Understood, Lord Frieza." He acknowledges.

I hope that the ship scanners can find Nail, so I can skip the rest of the elders and go straight for Guru's house. However, it might not be that easy, I seem to remember that Nameks normally go around with lowered energy.

I go back to trying to sense the other energy signatures on my ship.

Damn it!

Without thinking, I am holding a red ball of energy in my hand, on the edge of shooting it randomly. I catch myself before I blow up a wall of my ship in anger or worse breach the hull. This is seriously frustrating. I let go of my energy and take a deep breath to calm myself.

That damn monkey Vegeta, how did he get it so fast? My hand tightens in anger.

Ah, forget it.

I get in my hover pod and hover to the bridge, because why walk when you own a hover throne and no one else does.

"Lord Frieza, here is the scouter you wanted. It is my own personal scouter, the best on the ship. We are currently scanning the planet." Dodoria says proudly.

Dodoria is my third in command. He is weaker and less competent than Zarbon, but he is stronger and smarter than most. He frequently handles away missions since often times Zarbon cannot be spared. It is extremely difficult to find competent subordinates like Zarbon and Dodoria who are loyal, smart, and strong. Strong people in the galaxy usually never manage to graduate kindergarten, are seriously disloyal, or will die before working for me.

I silently put the scouter on, I am still angry about not being able to sense energy. However, I tell myself that even if I learned how to sense Ki, I would still keep a scouter anyway to keep in contact with my subordinates or use its other useful features.

"Send me the coordinates of the strongest signature you currently have. I am going to go down. Stay here and report to me if anyone arrives or attempts to leave. Do not come down to the planet. And do not let anyone escape." I already told Zarbon this, but I repeated myself for the rest of the crew.

I hover to the airlock, but leave my hover pod there. I am going to do this quickly. My hover pod may be really cool, but, even in this form, I am much faster than it is.

Once outside the ship, in space, I marvel at the beauty of it for a moment with the stars as a backdrop for the green planet Namek. Then, I power up causing my energy to flare. However, just before I fly off, I notice something. Maybe it is because I had just spent the last few hours trying to sense energy, but when I powered up I sensed some of my own energy bouncing back towards me.

Ah!

I can't believe that I was so stupid!

I spent all that time trying to feel other people's energy when all I needed to do was sense my own energy! I quickly power down and close my eyes.

Yes.

Yes!

That's it!

Unless you are actively holding your energy in, your energy naturally escapes and larger amounts escape when you are powering up or a charging an attack. The scouter detects this energy and gives a number based on that, which is also why it appears goes up when you charge an attack. Your energy is not actually going up but the scouter reads that it that way, since more energy is escaping.

However, sensing the energy yourself uses a completely different method. It is a red herring to say that you are sensing someone's energy. In fact, you cannot sense any energy but your own. You are sensing your own naturally escaping energy bouncing off of an energy source and coming back to you like radar does. Higher energy levels bounce your energy back harder. So, it is easy to tell when someone's stronger or weaker that you are, but it is hard to say exactly how much stronger or weaker they are.

Once you know the trick, it is so simple.

"HAHAHAHAHA." I laugh.

It is so easy; I can't believe I spent hours on this.

But wait, if the scouters can detect energy that way, why can't I detect it that way too? I frown in contemplation.

Well, I guess it does not matter; at least I have a way of sensing energy now.

I power back up and blast off towards the coordinates listed on the scouter with a grin.

Hum… My energy would bounce off of someone even if they are holding their energy in. Holding the energy would probably keep a scouter from finding you, but not this Ki radar sense. The only way to do that would be to completely absorb or disrupt all the energy that is bouncing off you, like a stealth fighter. But, right now, I do not know exactly how you would do that. However, I know that it is possible to at least make it harder to be found, Krillin did it often enough and he's Krillin. Although, maybe I am sensing energy differently than they do.

All this thinking is distracting me from the awesome fact that I am flying while in outer space without any kind of space suit or spaceship, and that I am about to enter the atmosphere.

Frankly, this is the coolest thing that has ever happened to me.

I might even praise R.O.B.

…

I shake my head. Nah, he's still an asshole.

I flare my energy to shield myself from the burning air friction while I slow down to speeds that I can keep up in atmosphere. Everyone emits more energy when flying fast for this reason. However, this makes it easier to be detected by scouters. Or I guess they could be doing it because they don't have full control of their energy.

I touch down smoothly and soundlessly.

I love being a Frost Demon.

I look around and see green.

…

Green everywhere.

Every island is green from the grass growing everywhere, the few trees have green leaves and even green tree trunks, hell even the water is green from too much algae (I hope that is the reason). The people too, I suppose.

This might well be the greenest planet in the entire Galaxy.

Well, I guess I shouldn't complain. Most would say that the Frost Demon's home planet is worse. Although, I personally find the ice planet beautiful.

The Frost Demon's home planet has white everywhere. It is so cold there that one would never expect any life to evolve there. The planet's atmosphere would be lethal to most races due to it never getting warmer than around 40 Kelvin and it has very few forms of life other than us. It has no water, unless you count the ice, but it does have beautiful rivers of liquid nitrogen. It is really no wonder that we evolved into not needing any of the things most races need to survive.

I click on the scouter's communications.

"Zarbon, Dodoria, are you there?" I say into the scouter.

"Yes, Lord Frieza, I am here." Zarbon's snobbish voice answers.

"Zarbon, have you finished scanning the planet yet?" I ask.

"We have finished scanning the planet and you currently have the highest energy signature's coordinates. We will continue monitoring and report any updates to you." He reports to me.

"Good work, Zarbon." I approve and give a small nod, which he can't see.

I power up again and start heading towards the coordinates. While I do so, I try to use my new Ki radar sense to scan for strong energy readings. However, it will be hit or miss until I get used to it.