After a few seconds of intense staring, Frieza began to laugh wickedly. "My dear brother," he said mockingly, "I'm greatly sorry to inform you that you have lost this little bout."

Cooler briefly had a look of surprise confusion, but it was soon replaced with laughter. "An interesting bluff, brother," he said. King Cold, who had been watching intently, was equally confused. "What does Frieza think he's pulling?" he thought to himself. Frieza began to charge his ki.

"Why don't I let you in on a little secret, Cooler?" Frieza suggested, "Up until now, I've only been fighting at fifty percent of my full power!"

Both Cooler and Cold were shocked. "Damn it, that was only half‽" Cooler thought in panic, "If he reaches his maximum, I may not be able to beat him!"

"Are you ready to face your defeat?" Frieza shouted, as his muscles swelled greatly.

"No! I mustn't let him reach his maximum!" Cooler charged towards his brother, in attempt to disrupt his focus. However, Frieza knocked him back with a ki wave, and then finished powering up. Not wasting any time, he charged at Cooler and punched him forcefully in the stomach. Cooler, in great pain, coughed out blood. Frieza then pushed him back several meters with a ki blast.

"I will NOT be defeated by the likes of you!" Cooler screamed as he launched himself back at his muscled brother. He unleashed a ferocious barrage of attacks on Frieza, who blocked them all with ease.

"What's the matter Cooler?" Frieza mocked, "You seem a bit frustrated!" He then began to unleash his own attacks on Cooler. Cooler was initially able to dodge and block many of the blows, however the sheer force behind them made this very short lived. After a few minutes, Cooler was nothing but a punching bag to his younger brother.

"What a shame brother," Frieza said, "I thought you'd last longer than THIS." He then wrapped his tail around Cooler's neck, choking him. "I want to hear you beg brother, BEG FOR MERCY!" Frieza cackled maniacally. Cooler gasped for air, but refused to do as his brother said. "So be it then," Frieza said, and using his tail, he threw Cooler towards the ground. After this, he sent a barrage of ki blasts at his falling brother.

After the beatdown he received from Frieza, Cooler found himself buried in rubble. "Damn… I won't be able to beat him like this," Cooler though to himself, "I need to transform into my new form in order to defeat him." Cooler contemplated using this transformation. On one hand, he'd be able to defeat his brother rather easily. On the other hand, both his father and brother would now know of the transformation, and seek out its power as well. Having this secret gave him advantage over his family, even if they didn't know it.

This is where universes diverge. In the universe that we are all most familiar with, Cooler decided that the risk of letting this secret slip was too great, and not worth gaining the power his father offered to him. Thus, Frieza became his father's heir. However, in this universe, something different happened….

"This secret is not worth passing up the power I could gain by being father's heir," Cooler concluded. "Besides, once he sees the great power I possess, Frieza with have great fear instilled in him," he added smugly.

Meanwhile, Frieza was haughtily claiming his victory. "Look father!" he yelled, "Did you see him? DROPPING LIKE A STONE! My MIGHTY, ELDER BROTHER!" Frieza was cackling to no end, "So you see father, I am the only one worthy of being your heir!"

King Cold was legitimately surprised. He knew anything could happen, but never expected Frieza to dominate his brother as he had. However, what happened next surprised him even more. A light began to flash from the rubble in which Cooler lied. The rubble was ejected upwards as the oldest son of Cold emerged.

Frieza was shocked that his brother was able to get up after such a beating. Reacting quickly, he shot a ki blast at Cooler. Cooler fired his own to counter it, however in the moment it took to do that, his brother got him in a hold. Frieza gripped Cooler tightly, in an attempt to crush him. However Cooler simply chuckled and began to charge his ki. Frieza began to feel his grip loosening as he noticed a faint glow coming from his brother. Suddenly the armor on Cooler's shoulders popped outward, knocking Frieza back. Spikes began to protrude from his wrists and ankles, as he turned around to look at Frieza. Cooler's eyeballs had gone completely red. As he powered up further, his head armor began to elongate, forming a four-pronged crest atop his head.

"W-what's happened to you?" Frieza exclaimed in shock.

"You didn't think you were the only one with a trump card, did you? Poor little Frieza," Cooler mocked, "'Are you ready to face your defeat?' HA! As if you could ever defeat your elder brother!"

"Shut UP!" Frieza roared in rage.

"As you wish, little princess," Cooler replied. With that, an armored mask covered his mouth, and he charged.

King Cold watched his eldest son in awe. "How could he have found a new transformation?" Cold wondered, "He was just in our species' true, purest form! It also seems the injuries he received from Frieza have healed completely This is incredible!" After he got over the shock, he began to watch his sons intently again. Frieza seemed to be putting up a decent fight, but there was just no way he was going to defeat his brother.

Cooler dodged, blocked and countered Frieza's attacks with relative ease. Then, he decided to blast his brother backwards with a ki wave.

"Damn you!" Frieza shouted. He then placed one finger in the air, and began to charge orange ki into a death ball. "Let's see how you handle this!" he screamed at his brother.

"You fool," Cooler replied, "You know destroying the planet will get you nowhere, I can survive in space just as you!"

"Imbecile, I'm not trying to destroy the PLANET!" Frieza yelled angrily, "I'm trying to destroy YOU!"

"Then you're even MORE of a fool," Cooler muttered as he began to charge his own death ball. However, he charged his at double the speed of his brother. Before Frieza was even finished charging, Cooler launched his attack at Frieza.

Frieza finished charging his attack and launched it just in time. The two death balls collided. Cooler quickly fired an enormous ki blast which pushed the two death balls at Frieza at an alarming speed.

"No!" Frieza exclaimed. The attack was moving quicker than he could block. Frieza was enveloped in the two death balls and Cooler's blast in a blinding flash of light.

Cooler, who had reverted back to his original form, returned to his father, carrying his unconscious brother over his shoulder.

"He put up a good fight," Cooler admitted, "but in the end, I was the one victorious, wouldn't you say father?"

"Yes, Cooler," Cold smiled, "You are now my true heir, son."

And so, the reign of Lord Cooler began.