"What's the matter with you?" Kold asked. "I thought you'd be happy. We're on Earth. You can finally get that saiyan back for what he did to you."
"Yes, I'm well aware of that." Frieza said impatiently.
"So what's wrong?"
"Nothing!" Frieza snapped. "Nothing's wrong, okay?!"
"If you don't get out of that mood of yours -"
"Sorry!" Frieza seemed even more annoyed. Kold looked at him.
"What's wrong with you, son?"
"Nothing." Frieza said, more calmly. "Just leave it, okay?"
"Ever since that pretty - boy Zarbon died you've been like this." Kold commented. "Granted, he was by your side for many years, but it's not like he was anyone important. Actually, he was rather annoying."
"Zarbon was not annoying!!" Frieza shouted. Kold stared at him, taken aback by his outburst.
"Not annoying?" he didn't seem to notice that Frieza was actually sticking up for Zarbon. He just took it as an argument. "He thought way too highly of himself. I mean, it's not like he was royalty or anything. And he was such a pansy!"
"You stop right there!!" Frieza's tone was even louder. "You - you IGNORANT, stupid, worthless baka son - of - a - bitch!" he snapped. "You never know anything about anything so don't pretend you knew anything about Zarbon!!"
"EXCUSE ME?!" Kold roared. "Do you mind repeating that?!"
"Yes! I don't have the time for you!" Frieza answered back.
He turned to fly off, but not before Kold could get a word in.
"You ungrateful little brat! How dare you speak to me in that manner!!" he growled. "You apologize this instant! I only came to this planet for your sake! AND I was the one who came to your rescue and had you healed after you'd screwed up getting the dragonballs!"
"Well you know what?! I wish - " Frieza stopped dead in his sentance as something struck him. "I wish..." he paused for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face. Kold stared at him in disbelief. Frieza had never looked so happy!
Frieza looked at him.
"The dragonballs..... Father, you're a genius!" he flew up and kissed the older changeling's forehead. Kold's eyes widened in surprise and he watched as Frieza zoomed off faster than anything.
"Where are you going?!" he called after him. But Frieza was too far away to either hear or care.
~~~~~
Goku felt a ki he'd wished he'd never feel again coming closer.
"Damn it..." he mumbled. He looked towards the force. Sure enough, there was Frieza. Wait - was that Frieza? Half of him was metal. He had half a face, an arm, and a bit of his chest to call his own. The rest of him was just metal. Weird.
Goku got into a fighting stance, so he'd be at least ready if Frieza was here to fight. No doubt he was, though.
Frieza landed a few feet before him. Goku glared at him.
"What are you doing here?" he asked coldly.
"Where are the dragonballs?" Frieza demanded, ignoring him.
"I asked you a question." Goku replied.
"I don't have time for this, you moron!" Frieza snapped. "Just tell me! Do you have them?"
"What do you want with the dragonballs?" Goku inquired.
"That's none of your business!" Frieza growled. "Just tell me. Do you have them or not?"
"I'm not telling you anything." Goku said stubbornly. "What, do you want to wish for immortality again? I'm not as stupid as you think. Even if I did have them, I'm not gonna just gonna give you the dragonballs so you can kill us all."
"I don't want immortality!" Frieza argued angrily and impatiently. "Christ, it's a pain in the arse living as it is!"
"Huh?" Goku looked at him, and resumed his normal standing position. "If you don't want to become immortal, then what DO you want?" he asked.
"Like I said, none of your business." Frieza replied. "I'll ask you one last time. Do you have the dragonballs?"
"I'm not answering until you tell me what you want them for." Goku still refused to back down.
"Arr, you BAKA!" Frieza shouted. "Fine then! I'll find the damn things myself!" he was about to zoom off, when Goku got his attention.
"Better hurry if I were you."
"... Huh?" Frieza looked over his shoulder at Goku. He turned around to face him. "What do you mean?"
"Yeah, I know where the dragonballs are." Goku told him. "And I also know what's about to happen to them." this was the introduction to the lie he was about to tell to try to get Frieza to answer him.
"What will happen to them?" Frieza asked.
"Didn't you hear?" Goku said casually. "After Namek, we all agreed that it'd be too risky for them to stay around. So we're gonna destroy all of them. And no more will be made."
"Wh - what?!" Frieza's eyes widened. "Are you serious?!"
"Deadly. After all, if they're gonna attract guys like you who only wanna cause trouble, then it's best if they don't exist at all." Goku replied.
"But - but you can't DO that!" Frieza protested. "You can't!"
"Sure we can. In fact, they're due to be destroyed in just a couple of hours." Goku informed him.
"NO!" Goku's eyes widened in surprise and he let out a gasp as Frieza grabbed his shirt and pulled his down to his height.
"You destroy those dragonballs and I swear I will kill you!" Frieza threatened.
"Sorry." Goku smirked. "But the orders have been given. If you wanna stop them being destroyed you'll have to go now."
"Where are they?! You tell me!!" Frieza demanded.
"Sorry. I can't do that." Goku shrugged.
"Goku! This isn't a game! I'm serious!"
"Damn right it isn't a game." Goku said. "Now tell me what you want with those dragonballs."
"Goku, please!!" Frieza screamed. "I need them!"
"What for?"
"T - To revive Zarbon!" Frieza let out. "There, are you happy?!"
Goku looked at him.
"Are you kidding me?!" he pulled away from Frieza. "I'm not gonna let you revive Zarbon! Why don't I just give you your entire army back? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? Come on."
"I don't want him to do any harm to you, baka!!" Frieza shouted. "Just give me the damn dragonballs!"
"Sorry, Frieza. I can't risk it." Goku really did sound a little sorry.
"Sorry?!" Frieza yelled. "Sorry isn't good enough! Goku, you have to!" he cried. "You don't know how much you have to! For God's sake just trust me!"
".... I... I can't." Goku said. "You promised me you'd never return to Earth. And here you are. Now you look me in the eye and tell me you didn't originally come to kill me."
".......... You can trust me this time..." Frieza swore. "I promise you that."
"But the thing is, you break your promises, Frieza." Goku said. He looked at him with no hatred in his eyes. Just what seemed to be sorrow or pity. "Listen, I still believe you can change. So if you leave now, I'll pretend like you never came here. Just don't come back, and you can carry on living. Okay?"
"NO!" Frieza screamed, grabbing Goku's shirt. "You don't understand!" he fell to his knees, looking at the ground and still clinging onto Goku's shirt desperately. "I can't go on alone anymore... if it's without him, there's no point in you keeping me alive... You'd just hurt me more if you did..." Frieza raised his head, and Goku could see that his eyes were glistening.
"Goku..." tears slowly escaped Frieza's eyes. "If you won't bring back Zarbon... then at least don't let me live without him."
Goku looked down at him sympathetically.
"Hmm..." he gave a smile. "Okay... I'll give you what you want."