Why can't we be friends?: Chapter 5

(All characters except the ones I made up are from DBZ, in other words don't sue me. I'm just writing a fanfic here.)

A Dragonball Z Christmas

Frieza sat outside Capsule Corporation muttering to himself.
"Ugh, why is so cold on this stupid planet." he mumbled to himself, shivering a bit.
"Because its december of course. Ya know, winter. I though you would at least gotten used to our seasons by now." said Bulma as she sat down at the table with him.
"Oh well I guess I just haven't been paying as much attention as I should have. Plus I was always away with Goku on a training trip around this time of year. Its sorta weird, the kids have been seeming really.....excited lately I guess." he said, looking sorta thoughtful.
"Well of course they are. During the winter we celebrate a holiday known as Christmas." she said with a smile on her face.
"Christmas? What's that?" Frieza replied, seeming intrigued by the concept.
"Oh yeah I forgot, you don't celebrate christmas on your planet. And you and Goku always seem to dissapear around this time of year. Well christmas is a time when your supposed to spend a lot of time with your loved ones. And you give presents, and have a big meal, and a bunch of other fun stuff." she said winking at him.
"I see. What are presents?" he asked still looking curious.
"I can't explain it all right now. Why don't you find one of the children, I'm sure they would know a lot about that subject." she said with a sigh, getting up.
"And one more thing. If your so cold you should wear clothes ya know." she said as she started walking away.
"Clothes?" he thought to himself as he blinked looking down at his body, which he thought never needed to be clothed. He dismissed this idea, and went back to more important matters.
"Hmmm Christmas. Goku will probably be vunerable. I'll finally have my chance to eliminate him." Frieza thought to himself with a sneer, and almost laughed a bit under his breath. Though he was thrown out of his revery when Krillin walked up to him.
"Hey Frieza I was wondering if you....."
"Just the man I've been looking for. I need to make....preparations." interrupted Frieza as he forcefully dragged Krillin away, talking to him.

"No way daddy, your staying with us this year!" cried Sapphire as she tugged on her father's arm.
"But I really need to train." he answered back, trying to release himself from his daughter's grip.
"No, she's right Cell, you aren't going anywhere this year. I swear if I see you trying to skip out of town to go train, I'll do something hasty." Jade said glaring at him, with an almost evil tone to her voice.
"But I...."
"No! Your staying here whether you like it or not!" they practically cried in unison, pulling Cell back down into the chair. Where he sat there, not having the guts to go against either of them.
"How did I get so soft..." he thought to himself with a sigh.

Elsewhere, a very similar occurence was happening.
"But Chichi I really have to train, this is the coldest part of the month. It makes for more worthwhile training." Goku said, almost complaining as he watched his wife pace back and forth in front of him. While he was sitting in a chair, shifting his eyes back and forth as she paced.
"I swear Goku! What kind of husband leaves his family at christmas!" she sreamed, practically growing fangs.
"Uh I don't know. What kind?" he said, staring at her dumbly.
"You are so dense! Here's the deal, if I don't see you here that entire week around christmas. You'll have to cook your own dinners from now on!." she said, her voice becoming hoarse from screaming. Goku looked to his two children for some help. But they just simply sat at the table, pretending they were engrossed reading the back of a cereal box that was given to them for breakfast.
"You wouldn't do that would you?" he said hoping for some remorse from her.
"I will! And from this moment on, until you swear to me that you won't go anywhere, I'm not cooking you a single meal." she said folding her arms over her chest.
"Oh gosh, well then I guess I gotta." he said putting his hands behind his head.
"Well then I'm glad we are agreed. So I guess you have some shopping to do." she said with a smug look.
"Shopping? But I don't need anything." he replied, staring at her, not understand what she meant. This set Chichi off into another rant about how dense he was. Gohan and Goten just sweatdropped, glancing at each other.
"Whoah. Mom's scarier then Frieza when she gets like this." whispered Gohan to Goten.
"Ya I know. I hope she doesn't notice that we're still sitting here." he answered back, trying to obscure his mother's vision with cereal boxes. Though like she had read their minds, she turned to her two boys.
"And all this goes double for you to. I want to see your bright smiling faces in front of that tree on christmas day!" she yelled, pointing at them. They nodded quickly, and continued to cower at the table.

Meanwhile Bulma sat her computer. Muttering something about how she wished that she had a husband to chew out.
"Darn you Vegita! I swear the next time I see you, I'm going to let you have it good!" she yelled suddenly, startling her father.
"Oops, sorry." she said looking embarrased as she went back to her work.
"What have you considered doing for Christmas anyway daughter." said Dr. Brief, as he glanced at Bulma.
"Do? I don't know, I guess I'll just have a little party with Trunx, you, and mom." she said with a sigh, sounding depressed.
"Well why don't you invite all your friends over to the place for a big party? I'm sure Goku and the others would be glad to come." he said while turning back to look at a moniter.
"Wow! Thats a great idea! I'll send invitations righ away." she got up with a happy smile on her face.
Trunx looked at the entrance to his room as his mother went running by, then blinked as she ran back to say something to him.
"Hey Trunx, could you deliver something for me?" she asked.
"Ok, sure." he replied, thinking that this was quite odd.

Later, Trunx ran down the hallway, and stopped at the entrance to Cell's apartment, and knocked on the door.
"Hello?" said Jade as she opened the door.
"Hello Miss, uh Cell. Anyway, I came to give you this." he said feeling sorta awkward as he handed her a letter.
"What is it?" she asked, but when she looked for Trunx, he was already gone. Off to deliever a letter to Goku. Sapphire came walking over to her mother, who she saw reading something.
"Who was it mommy? And what's that your reading?" she asked, looking up at her.
"Hmmm, it seems that we're invited to a party."
"A party?"
"Yes a christmas party with Bulma, as well as everyone else."
"This will be great! I can't wait!" Sapphire cried, looking very excited.
"Ooooh Cell darling." Jade cooed as she she motioned for Cell, who was doing slow training exercises, to come over to where she was.
"Yes, uh darling?" he said, having a worried expression, since he knew that whatever it was. It wasn't going to be good.
"We have to go shopping." she said with a cute smile.
"Shopping?" he gulped.
"Come on!" she yelled, and dragged him out the door, leaving Sapphire there, giggling.
"I gotta work on some presents to." Sapphire mused as she went off to her room.

Chichi took the letter from Trunx as he handed it to her.
"What's this?" she asked with a soft tone, tired from all her screaming.
"Just read it and see." he said with a grin, before flying off back home. Chichi opened the letter, and as her eyes could be shifting down the length of the paper, a smile spread across her face.
"Goku!"

Trunx landed back at home. He only Krillin and Frieza left to deliver letters to. Though when he walked into the house, he saw his mother already talking to the two.
"Hey we would be happy to go Bulma. I mean my wife will have the baby in only a few months, I'm sure she'll love to have this." he said with a smile, then leaned over to her.
"She's been kinda moody lately." he whispered to her under his breath. Though this turned out to be a bad idea, as 18's super hearing easily picked that up, and walked into the room.
"What was that?!" she yelled, shaking her fist in front of his face.
"Nothing, nothing at all!" he yelped, fearing for his life. Througout this whole ideal Frieza had a smile on his face, that couldn't be distinguished as being of joy, or of total cruelty.
"Just wait Goku, you will soon meet your demise." he thought to himself.

After a few days had passed the day had finally arrived. Everyone left their homes early christmas morning and arrived at Capsule Corporation.
"Hello everyone! Come on in, everything set up so lets have a lot of fun!" beamed Bulma as she led everyone into a large room. And in the center of the room, stood a extremely tall tree. It looked like it would of been impossible to put up, though since many people living at her house were both super strong, and had the ability to fly, so putting up the thing had been no trouble at all.
"Oh my gosh, look at all the presents you guys!" said Goten happily, as he, Trunx, and Sapphire all looked at a very large pile that was under the tree. Their eyes seemed to sparkle as any child's shood on the day of christmas.
"Mommy, can we open the gifts now?" asked Sapphire, as she ran up to her mother.
"No Sapphy, first we are going to have a big breakfast." she said happily. Though this just made Sapphire seem sad, since she had no use for food.
"Ok!" she beamed, in despite that fact.
As they all sat at the table, Bulma stood up and motioned everyone to raise there glass. She observed the crowd and noticed that nobody except her had dressed up for this occasion. As she looked down at her festive, green and red dress, she also looked at her company to notice that not one of them was wearing anything they usually didn't wear. Even Cell's family hadn't dressed at all, and were wearing nothing but their usual armor.
"Ok everybody I would like to make a toast. A toast that we will all continue living long, happy lives, and that this world stays safe from harm. And I would also like to mention that we thank Frieza for becoming a part of our....family." she said with a smile. Everyone agreed with a "cheers" and drank. Everyone but Frieza that is, who had kinda frozen in his spot. His glass still raised, and his usually white face, a light shade of red.
"Stupid monkeys....why are they so...nice." he thought to himself, for the first time his voice sounding unsure in his own head.
"Uh Frieza you can put your glass down now." said Bulma, staring at him. Frieza quickly took heed of this, and put his arm down, his shade of red becoming deeper.
The party continued to go on like that. Everyone was having a great time. The only two people who seemed that they weren't were Frieza and Sapphire. She had been watching Frieza this entire time, thinking he was up to something. Since whenever she saw him, he was always staring at Goku, with a look of murder in his eyes.
After a long wait Frieza finally saw his chance to strike. Chichi had said something to Goku, and he had walked off alone. Frieza stealthily followed behind him. Sapphire, whom had been busy ripping open gifts, had not noticed his departure.
Frieza followed Goku into an empty hallway, and he seemed to be going through a bag that had been left there. Frieza snuck closer and closer, ready to shoot a Freezer Beam right through his back. His finger lit up as he prepared to strike. Suddenly Goku spun around sensing him near.
"Oh Frieza there you are." he said, totally oblvious to Frieza's intentions. Frieza just stared at him. He stared at him not out of surprise for how he had noticed him. But surprise for what he held in his hands. For in them was a gift, with the words "For Frieza" written on them.
"Here this is for you." he said handing Frieza the gift. Frieza took it slowly, and after giving Goku another look, sat on the ground to open it. Goku watched him, wondering how he would react.
Frieza ripped away the paper, and opened the package to find that there were a simple pair of black jeans and a black shirt inside. He took them out for a moment to look at them.
"These are...."
"Yeah, Chichi thought you must be cold this time of year with no clothes on. So she thought we should get you some." he said with a smile on his face.
"Hope you like em." he stated simply, placing a hand on his shoulder. He then after just walked back to the party, taking no heed to the very stunned Frieza sitting on the ground.
"Supid monkeys, all of them." he muttered, his voice trembling a bit, his eyes glittering almost looking like he was going to cry. Then he did something he hadn't done in a long time. He laughed. But this wasn't a laugh of isanity like usual, this was a laugh of happiness. Something that Frieza had not felt in a long time.

The whole day went by with everyone talking and having fun. A fight had almost broken out between Gohan and Cell, when Gohan had mentioned something about how he had let Cell win in the last tournament. But other then that, everything went very smoothly.
Frieza walked outside to get away from the crowd for a moment. He looked up to the sky and watched as snow fell to the ground. As he stared he started to see his motives become blurred in his mind. He watched the snowflakes stick to the black clothing that he had been coaxed into trying on during the party. And as he watched, he went deeper into thought. He was starting to find it hard to hate Goku and his friends. He was finding it hard to hate such nice people, who had been completely willing to accept him, even though he himself was doing it only for revenge. And he was starting to find it hard to see why he had hated Goku and his friends for such a long time.
"Hey Frieza." came Sapphire's voice from behind him.
"What do you want kid." he said turning towards her, his voice not containing as much of an edge as it used to.
"Here, this is for you." said Sapphire, as she shoved a gift in his face. This one said "From: Cell and family." "To Frieza". He looked at the present very much as he had looked at Goku's. But after she proded him to take it, he did so and opened it.
After he opened the contents, he stared at Sapphire who was smiling at him.
"Merry Christmas Frieza."
"Thank you."

The next day Frieza sat outside Capsule Corps, seemingly deep in thought.
"Hey Frieza, I see you won't be so cold now that you got some clothes." came Bulma's voice, as she sat next to him. He looked down at the clothes he had gotten for Christmas and nodded.
"And where did you get that sweater? I don't recall seeing someone giving it to you during the party." she said, pointing towards a slighlty badly made, blue sweater he was wearing.
"Oh this? I got it from.....a friend." he said with a genuine smile towards her, then looked up to see it was starting to snow again.
"C'mon, we better go in, don't want you catching cold." Frieza said, ushering her indoors.

So ended christmas at Capsule Corps. But elswhere not all was well.
Somewhere on a frozen plain, Piccollo suddenly looked up from his meditation.
"What's this? Somethings coming. Something big, and its target is.....Cell." Piccolo stated, as his face contorted with surprise and anger. Though even in heed of this, all he could do was stare into the snowy abyss that he had submerged himself into....

To be Continued.