"Ha…haha…AAAHAHAHAHA!" Frieza tossed his head back, howling in body-racking laughter as one set of emerald eyes and one set of red, pupiless eyes watched him. "Please. Stop! No more! Aaahahahaha!" Then, like a flipped switch, Frieza straightened back up, a sneer settling onto his features as he hissed, "You really are too much, Cooler!"

The elder Arcosian chuckled dryly. "I see you don't believe me."

The sneer on Frieza's face didn't budge, if anything it deepened. "Of course I don't! What sane person would? You've done some truly stupid things in your life Cooler, but this takes the cake. I always figured you were planning against me, though." A sly smile pulled at Frieza's lips as he added, "Only a conniving weakling like you would."

"That's right, Frieza. Get it all out. Say your peace. I've waited this long to kill you, I can give you a few moments to speak your last words."

"YOU FOOL!" A splay of energy rushed from Frieza's enraged body as veins threatened to burst across his body. "You can't beat me! You never could and NEVER WILL! And I don't care how many disgusting, body-morphing rituals you rely in, YOU. WILL. NEVER. BEAT. MEEEEE!"

"Right," was Cooler's quick response before moving forward in a blink of an eye. He materialized just in front of Frieza, his younger brother going from enraged to shocked in a heartbeat. "You've said enough."

With that, Cooler slammed a powerful fist into Frieza's jaw and the tyrant was sent piercing out of the air and crashing into an island. Cooler halted right there, a chuckle rolling past his lips as he watched the carnage of Frieza's impact. "You're next," was all that he said, not even bothering to look at Goku but knowing the Saiyan heard it.

He disappeared again just as Frieza was exploding back into the air.

"COOLER!" roared the younger monarch.

Cooler answered with a halting and punishing punch to Frieza's abdomen. "You're done, Frieza! Finished! And I'll enjoy every second of this!" He paused only a second to enjoy the momentary fear on Frieza's face before slamming a knee into the younger's chin.

Frieza sped off like a rocket. Cooler chased after and caught up in a split second. Another dark chuckle rolled past his lips as he slammed an elbow to the back of Frieza's head. The younger brother was knocked away in another direction, but was sent back towards the ground by an enormous boot from Cooler.

Just as Frieza was ready to impact the same island a second time, Cooler reappeared and snatched his brother up by the throat. "Too easy," he muttered as he applied pressure and could see the horror in his brother's features.

"Ragh!" Cooler looked to the unexpected battle cry and barely caught the glimpse of orange before a boot cracked across his face and he was sent flying for miles across the land.

"Not today, Cooler!" Goku cheered.

Goku watched as the elder tyrant's body retreated across the area before he turned to Frieza. He was on the ground, coughing and hacking up blood. To be honest, Goku would have rather not saved him, but that power he sensed from Cooler was intense. He wasn't bluffing when he said that he'd be killing Frieza, and deep down Goku feared Cooler might've had the power to kill him.

He stepped over to Frieza's body, hoping to help him up. Goku wasn't expecting an alliance – heck he didn't want one with someone like Frieza – but the tyrant had to at least survive for the moment. Between the two of them, they'd be able to topple Cooler and go back to killing one another.

"Frieza, you have to get up! We have to…" Goku was cut off as Frieza began slamming his hands into the ground, a deep guttural roar coming from his body. The Saiyan hero backed off as a roaring, purple aura encased Frieza's body.

"AAAHHHH!" shouted Frieza has his energy grew higher and higher, pouring out like a never ending well. His purple dome of aura expanded, stretched farther and farther.

Goku retreated to the air as Frieza's anger-fueled tantrum looked more and more explosive.

Just then, Frieza sat upright, arms splayed as arcs of purple light exploded from around his body, blowing out energy in the form of hurricane-force winds.

The Saiyan hero forced a barrier through the onslaught and when it finally ended, Frieza was no longer in the ground.

"Up there." He looked to see that Cooler had returned and was focused on something in the sky.

Goku followed and his heart skipped a beat. Frieza was indeed in the sky, and above him was a massive ball of dark energy. That kind of power would destroy the entire planet. "Frieza! No!" he shouted.

"I bet the both you think that you're real slick trying to gang up on me. You probably had this planned from the beginning. Well tough luck you damned fools!" seethed Frieza. "My name is Frieza! And I always WIN!"

With that, the ball of dark energy was thrown forward, aimed directly for the ground. On impulse, Goku wanted to throw himself in front of the ball with some hope of deflecting it, but even with his newfound power, he hesitated. His hesitation was all that was needed for the ball to strike the ground.

Light and energy expanded out in an ungodly amount. A horrifying BOOM! resounded across the area as the bomb struck and the power of it all threatened to blow the hero out to space. He held strong through the maelstrom, fighting against the energy and winds and blinded by the intense light given off.

When it was over, Goku looked beyond the arms he'd held out for protection to see the largest and deepest crater he'd ever seen in his entire life. It was as big as an island and Goku had an unnerving suspicion that it dove off into the planet's core.

"All of those big words and you didn't even have the power to blow up the planet." Goku turned back to Cooler and Frieza, listening as the former mocked his brother further. "How pathetic?!"

Frieza floated down to a similar level so that the trio was nearly the same height. A look of disdain and anger was etched into his face, but he still managed to smile a devilish one. He held up one palm, all five digits splayed. "She's a tough old bird to withstand that, but I give this planet five minutes. Five minutes until the end of this entirely wretched encounter!"

"What's the point, Frieza? It won't prove anything to kill all of us like that!" declared Goku.

Both of the tyrants looked at Goku, confident smirks gracing both of their faces. Goku instantly prepared for the worst.

"It proves a lot when you can breathe in space, monkey!" replied Cooler, another dark chuckle rolling past his lips. "Not that it matters. Namek, Space, hell, heaven…you won't leave me alive, Frieza!"

"You stole the words right out of my mouth," was the sneer of a response from Frieza. "Now then, all that I need is a few seconds to prepare. My 100% is so rarely seen that I need a little time to access it. Surely my brother won't mind waiting, or is he so much of a putrid weakling that he'd strike me down before I reach my best?"

"Take your time. I'd rather kill you at your max." Cooler shrugged with a confident smirk as he folded his arms and waited.

"What say you, Saiyan?" Frieza asked.

Goku looked between the two dangerous villains. He'd never before had an opportunity to fight such powerful enemies and his Saiyan blood was practically roiling with anticipation. So Goku smirked and said, "The sooner you power up, the sooner I can beat you and go home. And I'd prefer to beat you at your absolute best."

"Marvelous!"

A purple aura encapsulated Frieza's body as he began powering up. He couldn't believe how easily it'd been to get those fools to back off. And for their foolishness, Frieza would make them pay. He'd make them suffer, make them wish they'd never been born!

He was going to slaughter that repugnant Saiyan and that imbecile of an older brother!

"RAGHHH!" he roared as he energy began to peak.

He hadn't felt this powerful in a long time, but it was finally time to awaken the monster that was his absolute max! Beyond his raging purple aura, he could see right across to his damned brother. That fool had the most confident of smirks on his face, but Frieza was going to take an especial amount of attention on wiping it off. Permanently!

There it was! He was finished, complete. Now the slaughter could begin!

Not even bothering with pleasantries, Frieza sped off like a bull at his brother. He didn't even give Cooler a second to prepare before slamming his ivory fist into his elder's face. "How does that feel?!" he shouted before slamming punch after punch, kick after kick into Cooler's body.

A maniacal laugh rolled through his body before he topped off the attack with a powerful dropkick that sent Cooler shooting high into the air like a shooting star.

Not wasting a second, Frieza pulled an arm behind his body before thrusting it forward, sending a powerful stream of purple energy into the air. He cackled like a mad man as the blast connected with Cooler and igniting a blinding explosion.

"Frieza…"

The tyrant turned a manic eye to Goku, an evil smile on his face. In a split second, Frieza was above the Saiyan hero. "Now for you!" he shouted before flipping and slamming a powerful kick into Goku's skull.

A spray of blood actually ran from Goku's mouth as he soared out of the air. Frieza didn't stop there, though. Catching up with the hero quickly, Frieza proceeded to hammer an innumerable amount of punches into Goku's freefalling body as they pierced through the air.

"Die, you miserable Saiyan!" Frieza's clasped hands struck Goku's midsection like a bomb and the hero sputtered as he was sent rocketing into the sea.

"AAAHAHAHA! You fools thought you could stand against me?! I'm FRIEZA, Lord of all!" Frieza roared into the darkening skies of Namek, his body rolling with his maniacal laughter.

"Always celebrating before absolute victory. Some things never change, huh Frieza?"

The younger tyrant spun in the air, sneering at the sight of his returned brother. Though, he couldn't help smiling at the trail of blood running from his mouth. "Regretting your decision yet, Cooler?"

"The only thing I regret is waiting this long to kill you. I could've gotten back home with all the time I've wasted on this backwater planet," replied Cooler, a smug smile glued to his face.

"You'll regret even more when I'm done with you!" Frieza sped through air, aura blaring as he charged.

Just as he was ready to crash another fist into Cooler's jaw, the elder disappeared at the last possible second. Frieza came to a gliding stop, a look of shock on his face. He turned back seeing that Cooler had reappeared in his spot.

"I'm not regretting much else, yet," he mocked as he turned a pupiless eye to look at Frieza over his shoulder.

Frieza growled in anger and rushed again. Just as before, Cooler disappeared at the last second as Frieza ran by and then reappeared in the same spot. Not wasting a second, the younger tyrant rushed in yet again just as Cooler disappeared. This time, Cooler reappeared in just enough time to slam an elbow into Frieza's back and knock his brother out of the sky.

Hardly a second later, Frieza rushed up again and Cooler disappeared to dodge, reappearing in just enough time to snatch Frieza by his decapitated tail. "So foolhardy, Frieza. You're losing your focus," he chimed before yanking Frieza back and spinning to crack his heel against his brother's skull.

Another chuckle rolled through Cooler's body as Frieza's body flew away.

Suddenly, he brought a forearm to block his head. A crash of impact resounded and a split second later Goku had appeared with his leg smashed against Cooler's arm. "You fools try the direct approach too much," chided Cooler.

He chuckled again as he wrapped his fingers around Goku's leg and snatched at the hero's head with his other hand. Before Goku could stop it, Cooler slammed the hero's abdomen down onto his knee, pulled him back, slammed his reinforced skull against Goku's head, spun the hero around, snatched him up into a tight bear hug, and pulled the both of them out of the sky.

Taking a page out of Zarbon's playbook, Cooler speared the both of them through the air, crashed them into the water while still gaining speed. The tyrant didn't release Goku's struggling body until just before crashing into the floor of Namek's sea. Goku was left to spear into the ground with an explosive force as Cooler flew back up to the surface.

"Too. Easy." stated the tyrant with another chuckle as he watched the whirlpool form in the water from the sea floor impact.

"COOLER!" shouted Frieza, rushing in out of nowhere with another punch.

Cooler simply leaned back to dodge the attack, a very amused smirk on his face. "Don't announce your attack, you imbecile. Especially against an obviously stronger opponent," he chided once again, enjoying the anger on Frieza's face.

Before he and Frieza could go another round, Cooler was forced to dodge back against as an explosion of golden light from the sea that threatened to knock his head off of his shoulders.

He then outright laughed as he saw Goku and Frieza, both of them standing against Cooler. Sure, they certainly weren't a team, but they clearly only held eyes for the eldest tyrant.

"That's fine. I'll take you both on at the same time. In fact, it will probably give me more of a workout." Cooler watched the duo throw a sideways glance at one another before focusing on him again. He didn't know where this will to fight was coming from, but he loved it! "Don't just float there, come at me!" he declared before allowing his bone mask to move over his mouth.