Next Chapter in the story is now posted! Some of you may question how Cooler is here, because if you follow the original DBZ Timeline he was defeated and killed by Goku. But then Dragon Ball Super has made drastic changes to the timeline and took a slightly different route than GT. That said, I brought Cooler back. Hey, it's fanfiction and anything's possible. Enjoy :)
The battle was getting more complex as it went a long. At some point though Frieza was starting to get the upper hand. Both combatants were now quite bruised and bloody. Until Cooler started grinning, "Why don't you show me this next form you have taken? Your men told me of your new and improved 'Golden Form' after all. So stop stalling and show me." Frieza narrowed his eyes, "Because I gathered I didn't need my golden form to defeat you. But here you are, surprising me yet again. If that is what you wish then fine." He grounded out. He started powering up and his aura started to shift from red to gold. He concentrated hard and within moments he was decked out in his shiny golden form. Cooler observed the next level of transformation. But instead of being stunned or nervous he smiled at his younger brother again and clapped in a mocking manner. "Well done, brother. It certainly suits you. But I think we both know it still looks better on me." Frieza's eyes widened in surprise, "What?" Cooler started to chuckle, "Yes, I myself can achieve that form. I've been able to now for quite sometime. Perhaps even longer than you have." His grin slowly turned into a scowl, "Not everyone has the luxury of gaining such power in only a handful of practice training matches. You always brag how you hardly ever had to train. That everything came natural to you. Though I must say I like that you were proven how wrong you were to skip out on years of training. Otherwise you wouldn't have been defeated not once, but on a few separate occasions." He finished and directed his gaze to the two saiyans observing the fight from the sidelines. He then focused back on Frieza in front of him. "Unlike you I didn't waste time sitting around while conquering worlds. I always dedicated time and effort towards training so that one day I really could be better than you in every way. Including exceeding my limits and becoming even more powerful than you. That is how I found myself shattering my limits one day during some vigorous training exercise and was able to do this." With a great shout Cooler's aura shifted and there was a blinding light for a brief moment, making everyone covering their eyes. When the light subsided, there stood Cooler also in 'Golden Form'. Everyone was shocked to see this striking new development. Both arcosian brothers have now achieved golden form status. This could only end in disaster. But Frieza bit back his surprise and dropped back down into fighting stance, while Cooler did the same. When they charged and met head on, there was a mighty collision that shook the area around them. Sending out small shockwaves. They were trading blows in rapid succession at an even faster rate now than before. It lasted for a few minutes before Cooler was able to find his opening and nailed Frieza in the gut. Frieza retaliated with a kick to Cooler's side. They still seem to be evenly matched. Whenever one dealted a powerful blow to the other. They quickly recovered and resumed the fight. Cooler screamed again powering up more and fired an energy blast towards his brother. But Frieza fazed out of the way last minute only to return with his own barrage of ki blasts. Pretty soon the whole sky was being lit up in a spectacular light show of ki blasts from both fighters.
Down below Goku and Vegeta were still watching the fight closely and making sure no stray blasts were anywhere near Bulma and Waverly's position. Luckily from what the saiyans last saw Bulma moved the cruiser even further away from their previous position. There was a loud crash and huge dirt clouds were kicked up. Not a moment later a pissed off Cooler shot from the dirt clouds and rammed into Frieza, knocking the wind out of him. Cooler than shot a small powerful ball of ki point blank range into Frieza's chest. This sent the smaller arcosian shooting through the sky at high speeds. His decent was only slowed down and stopped when he hit one of the many rock formations and cliffs that surrounded the area. It didn't stop there. Cooler let loose a string of blasts down into the large dirt cloud where his brother crash landed. More explosions from the powerful blast shook the earth below and brought up more clouds of dirt and debris. Goku was starting to get concerned that Frieza could be in trouble. He was getting ready to power up and step in when a hand on his shoulder stopped him. The orange clad saiyan gasped and looked back at Vegeta who only shook his head and told him to 'Wait'. Goku turned back to Frieza's position. With a mighty scream and another explosion, the dust quickly cleared to reveal Frieza charging up again. The power emanating from him making the crater he created from his landing spread even bigger around him and creating more shockwaves. Frieza raised a hand, palm up to the sky and charged up a red ball of ki that was starting to grow larger and larger above his hand. When it grew to huge proportions he hurled it at Cooler. But his older brother created a large ball of ki of his own and sent ot right back. Both large masses of energy collided and both arcosians had their hands out in front of them trying to push the powerful balls of energy towards the other. Cooler powered up, his golden aura fluttered and grew as he put more into his push. The balls which were once at a stand still in the middle started getting pushed back closer to Frieza. The smaller arcosian grit his teeth and had his own flare of powering up and with another yell pushed back harder. Sending the great balls of energy back away from him The energy started moving back towards Cooler now. But neither one was ready to give in. They both continued to power up and continue pushing for the next minute. When it looked like Frieza was about to win and push the energy into his brother. Cooler last minute abandoned the attack and quickly moved out of the way. Letting the energy sail right pass him into the sky. He fazed in next to Frieza and kicked him in the head. Before Frieza could recover, Cooler executed more hits to his body. Before finally whacking his younger brother across the face with his tail. Frieza's head snapped to the side from the hit and again he hit the ground hard. Huffing and puffing Cooler spoke again, "I'm giving you one last chance, brother. Join me and I'll spare this world, your lover, and bastard child from annihilation." Frieza gritted his teeth and pushed his battered body upright, "We both know that is a complete and utter lie. Don't try and use those tactics on me brother. You of all people know I've mastered that art long ago." Cooler chuckles, "How right you are, Frieza. Your right, this planet is too good to pass up for a good profit. If it's any consolation though I may just keep your human. I myself would like to find out what it is you find so enticing about her. As for your child. Well, I like to think I'm not that cold. It is after all family. I could also keep them for myself. After all we need someone to carry on the family business if you won't." Frieza growled and heaved himself forward fast, catching his brother off guard. He rammed his fist hard into Cooler's solar plexus making him cough up some spittle and blood. "You will never touch My Wife or Child. I will kill you before I let that happen," he gritted out. Frieza then flung his knee into the same spot he punched. There was a cracking sound as some of Cooler's ribs broke, making the larger arcosian cough up some more blood. Cooler clenched his teeth and growled. He grabbed Frieza's leg and twisted it until there was another cracking sound. This time from Frieza's leg making him hiss in pain. But Frieza was too clouded with rage to let the pain slow him down. He fired a death beam into Cooler's chest. He didn't stop there, he fired a few more beams riddling Cooler's body with more holes.
Cooler dropped to the ground on his hands and knees as blood started spilling out of him from the numerous holes. Frieza limped over to him, "This fight is over. I'm giving you one last chance to leave with your life, Cooler. If I were you, I would take it." As he was saying this Cooler's golden form melted away back to his final form. "No, I refuse to back down from the likes of you again, brother!" To Frieza's shock Cooler pushed up onto his knees and fired one last powerful blast at Frieza. The blast left a nice size hole in Frieza's abdomen. Blood pooled in his mouth. Before his power began to drop he charged up one last powerful blast and fired at Cooler. The blast consumed Cooler's entire being, the older arcosian screamed in agony as his body deteriorated from the intensity of the blast. Once the smoke cleared, Cooler was no more. Frieza's golden form faded away back to his natural form. He staggered a bit before falling to his knees, clutching his deadly stomach wound. He noticed out of the corner of his eye Goku and Vegeta flying towards his position. As they drew closer he fell backwards onto the ground. His vision was starting to get hazy, when he felt someone lift his head. It was Goku, his voice sounded a bit muffled but he felt him shove something small into his mouth and he made out the words, 'Chew and Swallow' from the saiyan. Frieza did just that and within moments the pain dissipated and with a gasp he shot up into a sitting position. He looked down at his abdomen to see where there was once a massive hole the size of a softball to brand new healed flesh. He looked at Goku and nodded, "For once you didn't forget to bring those things. I must say I'm quite astonished you remembered this time." Goku smiles and laughs, "Yeah, truth be told I didn't have them last time because I left them on top of the toilet before I left to fight you that one time last year." Frieza rolls his eyes, "I could only imagine where you could've possibly have left them this time if you forgotten them again." Vegeta cut in, "If you two are done. We need to get back to the cruiser and get Waverly to the hospital." Frieza looked around and spotted the yellow cruiser on a rock formation in the distance. He lifted off and headed straight there, "Why didn't they leave and bring her back to the city!?" Frieza shouted back at the saiyans. "Hey, your guess is as good as ours. Who knows why they're still here," replied Goku. They sped up and witin the next few minutes they touched down by the cruiser. They could clearly make out Waverly's anguished cries from outside. Frieza came to the door as Bulma opened it to allow everyone in. Frieza spotted Waverly near the back, leaning on some pillows against the wall. He made his way over and knelt down by his wife who was clutching her stomach. "What on earth are you two still doing here!? You should've left for a hospital hours ago!" Waverly grumbled in annoyance and pain, "Nice to see you too, Honey." "Waverly, why didn't you leave?" he asked. She lets out another pained groan, "Because I didn't want to do this without you. I need you here." Another contraction tore through her drawing out another pain filled cry. He put an arm around her and turned to Bulma, "We need to leave now. She will require more medical attention then we can give her." Bulma went to start up the cruiser and take off. Within a minute they were airborne and headed back to the city. Bulma looked over her shoulder slightly, "It will take us anywhere between a half hour to forty minutes to get to the city and get to a hospital." Waverly clenched her teeth, "I don't think I have that long. I can feel it moving down, it's coming soon." Goku took a seat up front next to Bulma and Vegeta moved up front too. While Frieza stayed behind holding onto Waverly.
Frieza tried to comfort her as best as he could. But the contractions were coming in stronger and much closer together. At that point her cries were getting louder, "I...can't...I can't...it's coming...it's coming now..." She spread her legs and was breathing hard. She started pulling at her sweatpants trying to get them off. Frieza at first tried to stop her. But she made it clear the baby was coming now. He pulled her sweats down a bit and got a big surprise. He saw the beginnings of a head emerging from her lower region. "We're not going to make it there in time. It's coming now!" said Frieza. Bulma cursed and set the controls on autopilot. She went to a small cabinet and pulled out an emergency first aid kit and a couple more blankets. She made her way to the back, put on some gloves, and gave Frieza one of the blankets. "Pull off her sweat pants and drape this blanket over her legs." He wasted no time and gently pulled them down and off. Then he draped it over top of her lower area. Bulma instructed her to keep her legs spread. She too saw the head crowning. "Okay Waverly, whenever your ready." Frieza kept an arm around her back, grasped her hand, and coaxed her to push. She gave a push that quickly ended in a small scream. It was the most agonizing pain Waverly has ever felt. It felt like her body was being ripped apart. She had a death grip on Frieza's hand. Both he and Bulma kept encouraging her to push. Each push was pulling forth another scream from the young woman. It got to the point she didn't want to push anymore, she was just in too much pain. But they told her she had to keep going, it was almost over. A few more pushes should do it, they said. She hunched forward and bared down. More tears flooded her eyes, mixing with her cries. Frieza kept reassuring her, saying it's going to be okay. She squeezed his hand harder as she pushed down again. Bulma said she was doing great and that she was almost there. She was really starting to get tired though, all this pushing combined with the pain was sapping her energy. They could tell she was losing energy and told her to give one more big push. Waverly wasn't sure she could do it. She looked over at Frieza with a fresh wave of tears in her eyes. He gave her a small smile and kissed her forehead. "You can do this, Love," he whispered. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She pushed with the last remaining strength she had left. Soon she felt the pressure and pain subside and the cruiser filled with a new smaller cry of a baby. "Here she is, it's a girl!" said Bulma. She carefully swaddled the squirming infant in a blanket and handed her to Waverly. She smoothed some of the baby's pale hair back, rubbing her tiny equally pale cheek. The baby's cries quieted down and was soothed by her mother's touch. Her tiny hands peaked out from a crease in the blanket. Frieza rubbed a finger back and forth over his daughter's little hand. She was beautiful. She had the same pale white/greyish skin as her father. A full head of soft hair, the same exact color as her skin. She had dark lips, nails, and black rimmed eyes that surrounded familiar crimson colored eyes. She had human ears and feet. No tail or bio gems were present. And she didn't have the black lines on her face that stretched from under her eyes to under her chin. Waverly smiled and kissed the top of her daughter's head. "She's cute guys! What you going to name her?" came the voice of Goku who made his way to the back after the delivery was over. The two new parents shared a quick glance before turning their gaze back to Goku. "Icera," replied Frieza. Goku smiled, "Cool." Bulma pulled the blanket down a little further to cover more of Waverly's lower half. "The city is straight ahead, should be there in five minutes," announced Vegeta. Waverly adjusted her position a little and placed a hand under Icera's head for support. Frieza kept an arm around his Wife's back to keep her steady. "How you feeling now? Is there still any pain?" he asked Waverly. "Some, not nearly as bad as before though. I'm feeling much better now. Though I feel like I could sleep for a week." He smiles, "You can rest as soon as we land. We will be arriving shortly." Small movement pulled their gaze back to the tiny infant in Waverly's arms. Icera pulled a hand up by her cheek and gave a big toothless yawn and her eyes started to droop shut.
He wraps his arms around both Mother and Child. "Guess your both due for some rest." Pretty soon they were landing on top of the hospital roof on the helipad. A few doctors rushed out the doors to meet them on the roof. Bulma called the hospital in earlier and informed them of their incoming arrival and to be on stand by. The cruiser door opened and out walked Frieza, carrying Waverly who was carrying a now sleeping Icera. They at first didn't know what to make of the strange alien man carrying the young woman. But Bulma snapped them out of it and asked the doctors to lead them to a room. They took them down in the elevator to the Maternity floor and to a vacant room. He placed them on the nearest bed and a nurse started to access them. "Is there anything you need Miss?" asked the nurse. Waverly nodded, "Some water would be nice." The nurse brought over a large water bottle with a straw and she asked Waverly some more questions. The nurse checked down below to see if there was some vaginal tearing and felt around her pelvic bone and asked if there was pain when she pressed on certain areas. Waverly shook her head. She told the nurse she was just a bit sore and very exhausted. The nurse then asked for the baby, so they may assess her, take measurements, weight, and some blood. Waverly gently handed the sleeping newborn over to the nurse. She took Icera to one of the counter. She put the tiny baby girl on a scale and wrote down her weight. Then moved her over to take measurements. Lastly they took drew some blood into a small vile. Icera whimpered a little from being pinched by the needle but didn't fully rouse from sleep. She cleaned the baby off a little with a soapy sponge from a small water basin, and gently patted her dry. She put her in a diaper then swaddled her in a clean soft pink blanket and put a little white and pink cotton hat on her head. Before the nurse gave her back the infant, she put Waverly in some padded underwear and a fresh pair of sweat pants before pulling the blanket up and making her comfortable. Then she returned Baby Icera back to her Mother. Frieza who stood off to the side staying out of the nurse's way returned to Waverly's bedside after the nurse finished with the both of them. He leaned over to look at the newborn in Waverly's arms, "Can't believe she slept through all that." He said with some laughter in his voice. Waverly got a little chuckle out of it too, "Yeah, guess she's a bit of a heavy sleeper." Waverly bit her lip and glanced over at her husband before smiling, "You want to hold her?" He smiled and nodded. Waverly carefully handed the sleeping baby over to her father. It's funny how both Waverly and Frieza were very petite, yet the baby still looked very tiny in his arms when he held her. She snuggled further into his chest, enjoying the warmth from his body heat. He caressed her little cheek with his thumb and kissed the top of her head. When he pulled back he look down to see a smile form on her sleeping face and her eyes opened briefly to look up at him. His breath hitched for a moment at the sight. He felt nothing but love and protectiveness over the tiny child in his arms. She never took her eyes off her father's face. She was studying him as much as he was studying her. Waverly, who quietly watched the cute exchange from the bed knew this little girl was going to have her father wrapped around her little finger. He started to slowly rock Icera back and forth, pulling another toothless smile from her. He smiled back and continued rocking her. She freed her hands from the blanket and held them slightly out to the side. He placed one of his fingers in her tiny hand and watched her wrap her fingers around his larger one. For a newborn, she had quite a strong grip. After a few more moments, she yawned again. She closed her eyes and fell back asleep to the rocking motion, but she never let go of her Daddy's finger. He looked over at Waverly, to see her laying on her side facing them. She too was dozing off. Frieza heard a small commotion in the doorway and saw Goku about to walk in and say something. But Vegeta stopped him at the door, shook his head, and shushed him. They remained outside while Mother and Daughter slept. Frieza rolled his eyes and turned his gaze back to his now sleeping Wife, then back to his daughter. 'Yes, he had no regrets to this new lease on life.'
That turned into one whopper of a chapter! Hope everyone enjoyed the intense fight scenes as well as the adorable fluff at the end. Until Next Time ;)