Foreword: Remember how Cooler walked away to rule his now dead father's empire? I think we should have a look at what the new Emperor of the Universe has been doing during during the Android saga in this chapter of Some Help it's a Cooler Interlude as I figure out how the Buu Saga will play out.

Cooler smiled as he sat in King Cold's throne on his way back to the Planet his family ruled from; Planet Sleet. It was a marvel of technology which was named after a clever ancestor with resources that Cooler was going to take full advantage of.

Cooler: "First I need to inform the people of the 'tragedy' that has befallen King Cold and assert myself as ruler. After that I can work on innovations and changes to the business but best of all I can finally train as hard as I wish without some brown-nosing tool reporting to my father. (Sigh of delight) Let's get the business done first, then to the pleasure of combat."

Cooler arrived on Planet Sleet quickly and set about making announcements to inform the people of the change in management.

Cooler: "Attention people of this fine empire, it's getting renamed the Cooler Empire because both my brother and father are dead. I intend to get rid of hunger and sickness in tmy universe and make the strongest military in existance. I am now Emperor Cooler, you may refer to me as Lord Cooler but if you call me your enemy you'll die instantly. Any questions?"

There was a moment of deafening silence before a resounding cheer erupted from the crowd.

Crowd: "HAIL LORD COOLER! HAIL LORD COOLER!"

Cooler smiled and ended his announcement to get started on the technological developments he wanted, going to the Center of Development to put in what he wants built

Scientist: "The training room with gravity settings I understand, but the teraforming ships with small scale versions for on planet use? And the new model of healing pod model with the solar power rechargeable powercells? I am curious of the cause my lord"

Cooler: "The teraforming ship is for turning barren but stable planetoids into either livable environments for housing sale or planet-wide growth centers to supply food, drink and medicine supplies in such abundance they're cheap. The small scale versions are for planets that are already inhabited so as to enhance the quality and quantity of their farm lands. Both versions give way to opportunity for export and employment."

Scientist: "I can certainly see the benefit to such technology. And the more potent solar powered healing pods?"

Cooler: "Free public medical care so be sure to mass produce them"

Scientist: "Of course Lord Cooler! We are fortunate to have such a generous and forward thinking Emperor"

Cooler: "Homelessness, hunger and disease all conquered by the great Lord Cooler. The training room will be reserved for military use however."

Scientist: "Why so exclusive?"

Cooler: "Encourages people to join the Cooler Force and ensures that my military is the strongest. Naturally I will be using the training facilities as well to improve myself as well"

Scientist: "But aren't you already the strongest?"

Cooler: "My father and brother thought they were and got complacent. I don't intend to make the same mistakes."

Scientist: "Ah, a wise mindset Lord Cooler. I will get the development of this technology started for you."

Cooler: "Thank you Doctor"

The scientist bowed to Cooler before running off to get to work, leaving Cooler with a serious look on his face.

Cooler: 'I know there are beings out there stronger than I am and not just Majin Buu or Beerus the Destroyer. I need to be stronger so my universe doesn't get wiped out by some monster or capricious God, my efforts will not be wasted! All will know how great I am!'.

Having set up the seeds for a fruitful future in technological advancement, Cooler's next move was to change the way his forces set about expanding his influence to a more diplomatic and beneficial one.

Cooler: "Alright soldiers, while you are all prepared for combat I will inform you that conquest through conflic will be scaled back and the Cooler Empire will be adding planets to the fold via a showing of superior technology and resources."

Cooler showed a slide show of the benifits of joining his Empire and the sheer amount of resources projected to be available to the people should they live under Cooler's care.

Cooler: "If the inhabitants do not wish to join, simply leave a dozen healing pods and five farming teraformers as a gesture of goodwill to discourage outright opposition and rebellion. The fact that more benefits come from joining should be enticing enough to sway them to our side. Should the locals be hostile? A non-lethal show of force will surffice and given how members of the Cooler Force will have access to top of the line training facilities, such a show of force shouldn't be too difficult. In summary; scout, speak, supply and if opposed, show strength. Simple enough?"

Soldiers: "Yes Lord Cooler!"

Cooler: "Good, the training rooms and medical pods are in production and I will be testing them alongside you. I do intend to lead by example after all."

Soldiers: "Hail Lord Cooler!"

As Cooler left the speech, his mind was already buzzing with an idea to have an administrative council to deal with the day to day running of his empire with himself only stepping in when it conserns the entirety of the empire. He knew that Berryblue was excellent council and could find more people of pragmatic disposition like hers.

Berryblue: "You want to leave the boring stuff to others while you improve yourself, right?" (Smug knowing look)

Cooler: "...correct"

Berryblue: "You want to take down Majin Buu and Beerus the Destroyer too so you can brag about it too~?"

Cooler: "...not just to brag"

Berryblue: "Ah, I forgot. You want to keep the universe too. My mistake"

Cooler was aware that Berryblue was teasing him and while he did have some sentimental feelings for his childhood caretaker, he also was aware that Frieza would have maimed her for such remarks and that if he attacked her he would be no better than Frieza. The smug look on her face also showed that she was aware of these facts too.

Cooler: "You are one of the few people I can trust are intelligent enough to do the job and to get others just as capable. It's for the smooth running of the empire"

Berryblue: "It's so sweet that you think so highly of me. Alright I'll help the empire...Mr Grumps."

Cooler: "That nickname wasn't funny when I was a kid and it still isn't funny now"

Berryblue: "It's funny to me now run along and let me work Fussypants"

Cooler: "That nickname isn't funny either!"

Cooler hears Berryblue chuckling as he leaves the room to let her get to work. He wished she wasn't so mouthy.

As days turn to weeks then months, Cooler tests out the training rooms and medical pods with his soldiers while waiting for the teraforming machines, finding that the latest room can go to a high enough setting to be a hard workout for him but also go low enough for a scientist to enter and get his feedback on the machine. Cooler and a few of the larger aliens in his employ found the healing pods a bit too small and after an amendment of design everyone was happy with the results.

At the beginning of Cooler's second year ruling the teraforming machines both planet and personal were tested and found ready for mass production and use, the healing pod and training room needing tweeks before they could be mass produced as well but things were going swimmingly. Sure there was the odd supporter of Frieza or King Cold occasionally attacking him but they were weak and easy enough to blast to death, especially after his more intense training regime. The losses of a few zealots were nothing compared to the influx of recruits and hires coming in from his less destructive means of adding planets to his Empire and while a few planets chose to remain independent, those planets were friendly to his forces and not inclined to attack him. No hostility, no rebellion and no need for Cooler to stop his training.

Cooler: "...Wait...I was supposed to meet the Heeters to discuss safety procedures and installing the teraforming machines to their ships." (Disgruntled groan)

Cooler shut off the training room and cleaned up, getting something to eat before going to meet the Heeters. He wasn't going to be late but if he kept training for another hour before realizing he had an appointment he would have been.. A few minutes later and he landing on the Heeter's base in an asteroid, calmly walking through the halls as members of the Heeter force saluted him and having the door opened to the main meeting room to see the four leading Heetersl Elec, Oil, Macki and Gas huddled together with Elec talking lowly to them.

Elec: "So when he arrives we have the machines trap him and then we-"

Cooler: "Am I interupting something gentlemen and lady?"

All four Heeters jolted in place before whipping around to look at him, showing their light blue faces filled with dread and making their dreadlocked hair whip around slightly as well. The only girl in the group put on a shakey grin.

Macki: "L-Lord Cooler! What a pleasent surprise! Care for a drink? Some snacks maybe?"

Cooler: "An explanation on who you were going ot trap with machines and what you were going to do next would be nice."

Macki lost her smile then tried to run away from Cooler only for his tail to grab her ankle and cause her to faceplant which was followed by being flung into a wall hard enough to embed her into it and knock her out.

Cooler: "Let me guess; You don't like that I've changed how things are done and believe you would do better in charge. Sound about right?"

Elec winced then opened his mouth to call a retreat when Gas charged forward to attack Cooler, earning Death Beams through both of his legs and forcing Gas to catch himself with his arms, putting him in perfect position for Cooler to kick Gas in the head hard enough for him to flip through the air and slam into the wall behind Elec and Oil, shattering the wall behind them and leaving the two shaking in place.

Cooler: "You know, I just can't have people so happy to stab me in the back in my employ. Sorry Heeters, you're being let go and if you decide to cut short your plan of betrayal then your severance package will include a medical pod and personal teraformer for your asteroid."

Elec considered the idea and opened his mouth to agree only for Oil to launch at Cooler and be hurled into the ceiling and drop to the floor with a crunch that made Elec's skin tint green.

Cooler: "I get the impression you are the brains of this operation. I expect that you would be intelligent to take the peace offering and step back into line. Right?"

?: "No he wouldn't"

Cooler: "Hmm?"

A young man with light green hair that sweeps upward and a red right eye stands at the open door with a set of dead guards. Cooler recognizes the young man as a Cerealian and remembers that his brother and the Heeters wrecked the planet and sold it to the Sugarians. Cooler gave a disappointed sigh at another strong race thrown to the wind by his brother's stupidity.

Cooler: "Ah, a Cerealian. My idiot brother vandalized your home with the Heeters help for money. Teraforming would have made a perfectally servicable home for the Sugarians without wiping out your people. Cerealians had such high potential, it's like Frieza went out of his way to make the dumbest decisions."

The green haired man was surprised that his vitriol for Frieza was shared by Frieza's own brother?

?: "My name is Granolah and your brother used the Saiyans to destroy my home"

Cooler: "I am the new Emperor of the Universe; Cooler and Frieza attempted genocide on the Saiyans as well over a scary story of a Super Saiyan. I'll give you 3 guesses how that turned out"

Granolah: "Frieza was killed by a Super Saiyan?"

Cooler: "Indeed, and it could have been avoided if Frieza wasn't a malicious little pest. Serves him right. Would you like to do the killing blow on the Heeters? They are the last remaining arbiters of your suffering."

Granolah nodded and pointed his index and middle finger at Elec before firing a beam through their head, killing them instantly. He did the same to Oil, Gas and Macki, putting an end to the Heeter Force's leadership.

Cooler: "Nicely done. Care to work for me Granolah?

I'm creating more homes for people without via teraforming and providing a means for free food and medical care across the universe and you would make an excellent addition to my military"

Granolah: "...I'll think about it"

Cooler: "Fair enough. Planet Cereal is getting personal Teraforming machines for farming and healing pods regardless of your choice."

Granolah: "T-thank you Lord Cooler!" (bows with respect)

Cooler nods at Granolah and moves to the PA system, pressing a button and clearing his throat.

Cooler: "Attention Heeter Force, your leaders are dead by the hand of Emperor Cooler. Your choices are as follows; One. You can fight me and die like insects. Two. Join the Cooler Empire and have stable employement with benefites and insurance in addition to being well payed. Or finally you can stay here as an independant faction with a set of Teraforming machines and healing pods as a gesture of good will from my Empire. Select one among you to act as a representitve and have them tell me your decision within the hour. That is all"

Granolah stared at the understanding that he didn't expect from such a powerful and brutal combatant. He was sorely tempted to take the job but he did have to know where the Saiyan was.

Granolah: "Excuse me, may I know where this Saiyan is?"

Cooler: "As long as you know that revenge isn't profitable then sure"

Granolah flinched making Cooler sigh.

Cooler: "Both your race and the Saiyan race were demolished by Frieza. You have nothing to gain from attacking them. Besides, the Saiyan I saw was younger than you so I doubt they had a hand in your people's destruction. Don't pick a battle that doesn't have a tangable benefit, like money or resources."

Cooler walks over to the Heeter's throne, smirking at the choice to have a throne at all before lounging on it and enjoying the comfort. Granolah looks thoughtful before giving Cooler a thankful nod and leaving, he had a lot to talk with Monaito about.

Scared Heeter Soldier: "I-I am here to announce that the Heeter Force has decided to become part of the Cooler Force. We are in your care Lord Cooler"

Cooler Smiles and launches into a speech of what the Cooler Force is expected to do and the best way to perform their duties, informing the new member representitive of the sizable pay and benefits to joining Cooler's cause of improving his universe which makes it better for everyone else.

On King Kai's planet, the named Kai is watching Cooler with surprise at the fact there was basically a good Frieza.

King Kai: "Huh, and here I was thinking a bonechilling monster was gonna be terrorizing the universe, guess I'm wrong...heh 'bonechilling' heheheheh"

King Kai kept his eyes on Cooler in case things went south and he needed to get Goku, Gohan, Piccolo or Bansuri involved. He would leave them alone and let them have their peace. (Note, this is the second year into training to prepare for the Androids and King Kai is blissfully unaware).

Cooler's third year into ruling passes and Cooler is loving his life, with the number of livable planets going up and the sheer abundance of food, drink and medical herbs on both farming planets and living planets, the cost of food has plumeted to almost nothing and the general health of the universe was fantastic. Cooler was very pleased by the fact that his average soldiers were Ginyu level of raw power but his elites; Cooler's Armed Squadren, made Cold's Ginyu force look like a joke.

Captain Sauza who led the force was a deft hand with an Energy Blade, Neiz who had a paralysis attack that made for easy targets for non-fatal takedowns and captures, Dore who was a tough frontline fighter that could take the strongest attacks without a scratch and finally Granolah, a sniper who could hit any target regardless of distance or cover that Cooler was delighted to have on board and ascended to elite status with remarkable speed.

Cooler's Empire teraformed every stable barren planet they found to be frought with plants that make food, medicine and oxygen so as to ensure people could work and breath comfortably and provided small scale teraforming to already established planets to bolster their farming and providing healing pods to promote good health. Cooler even met Monaito on Planet Ceral and remarked that Namek was in good condition now and that he should provide Teraforming machines and healing pods to them to show his good will at some point in the future.

His newest soldiers came from the Planet Zoon which like Planet Vegeta had ten times the standard gravity and was suffering from a famine when he had arrived. This crisis was easily solved and his empire got more soldiers and more farmland for resources. He was eyeing up Pui Pui for his Squadren due to his remarkable speed, said speed improved by training at a hundred times standard gravity making him a difficult target for even Granolah.

What pleased Cooler most of all? His own gains. He was loving his gravity chamber, three hundred times standard gravity with turrets firing at him was a fantastic workout that Cooler was absolutely loving! There was no way he was going back to the normal push ups, sit ups, and shadow boxing he was doing before, this technology was a dream come true and Cooler was able to do these workouts in his fifth form so he could really cut loose. Cooler could feel he was ready to make a new form and he know exactly what he wanted; a golden form with a golden aura like the Saiyan that made his life so much easier. He was going to have to go back to Earth with Healing Pods and Teraformers as thanks for the service they have done him. Life was good.

Kikono: "Lord Cooler, a 'large metal tumor' has beset planet Zoon"

Cooler paused his training and gave his lead scientist a baffled look.

Cooler: "Metal Tumor?"

Kikono waddles over to Cooler to hand him the report and Cooler instantly saw why that description was being used.

Kikono: "None of the scouts we have sent have returned and have gone radio silent, but our cameras did pic up robots capturing the locals and dragging them into the metal mass."

Cooler considered sending his Armed Squadren but decided to just deal with this himself, no use in wasting more resources if they didn't have to.

Cooler: "Set a course for Planet Zoon. I will not allow some 'Tumor' to infect my universe"

Kikono: "Yes Lord Cooler!"

Mere minutes later Cooler's ship was two planets away from Zoon to avoid being shot down and Cooler simply left his vessel and flew through the void of space, quickly getting to Zoon's armosphere and seeing a line of people being made to march into the apparently machine tumor. Cooler sniped the robots forcing compliance and freed the people who swiftly went to the opposite side of the world from this machine. Cooler floated down to the ground and looked around.

Cooler: "I don't see how a bunch of buckets and bolts could kill my men"

?: "They are MY men and they're not dead. They're powering the Big Gete Star"

Cooler recognized that annoying voice and turned to see Frieza but he was metallic looking.

Metal Frieza: "Like my upgrade Brother? I think chrome suits me"

Cooler: "It's silver which suits you perfectly. The silver meddal of being the best loser"

Metal Frieza: "GRRRRAAAAGH!"

The now metal tyrant rushed at his brother but negleted two facts. First, Cooler trains and knows how to actually fight. Second? Cooler LOVES fighting and doesn't treat combat like a chore like Frieza does. In conclusion? Cooler was trouncing his metal brother without even needing to transform to his fifth form. The only thing keeping Frieza in the fight was the fact that everytime Cooler ripped off a part of Frieza, Frieza simply grew it back. Cooler even tried punching Frieza's head off only to find that grows back too!.

Metal Frieza: "Oh hohohoho! What's wrong brother? Can't beat me? That's nothing new"

Cooler: "How about this?"

Cooler transforms into his fifth form, making Frieza widen his eyes in surprise and fear.

Cooler: "You know, I've always wanted to smack the arrogant smile off your face and now I can"

Metal Frieza opens his mouth to retort only for Cooler to smack his bottom jaw clean off, making Metal Frieza backpeddal franticly as his face regenerated.

Cooler: "Let's try complete disintegration and see if that solves the problem"

Cooler holds up a hand, charging an energy blast in it. Metal Frieza about faces and tries flying into the Big Gete Star before he is engolfed by and energy blast and turned into molten slag. Cooler gives a satisfied nod before walking into the Big Gete star, walking down hallways, blasting things that look important and freeing people from their bound state. Cooler does get irritated by the wires trying to snare him and drain his power but he rips them out from the wall, floor or ceiling they come from. Cooler finds an impressive looking door and figures there must be something important to blast to bits inside so he blasts through the door and walks in, taking a few steps before the hole he made in the door is sealed up and the room goes pitch black before a light turns on to reveal hundreds of Metal Friezas.

Metal Friezas: "You may have freed the others, but I have a far more powerful battery in my grasp: You"

All the Metal Friezas set upon Cooler who is having trouble not only with the numbers and power but also the fact they regenerate and the power draining wires coming out of the floor. Shattering Frieza's with physical attacks and finishing them with blasts allowed Cooler to destroy a staggering 200/300 Metal Friezas, the machine visage showingf panic as they got more and more desperate until they managed to bind Cooler completely with power draining wire.

Metal Frieza: "I'll admit brother, you had me worried for a moment but in the end the better brother won. With you as my power source I'll make everything in the universe a part of me AND rid myself of the Super Saiyan that haunts it!"

Cooler perks up and realizes that Frieza is so scared of a Super Saiyan he would clutter himself with metal. Cooler clenched his fists and reached deep, it was now or never and he really wanted to freak out Frieza with his own Super Form..

Metal Frieza: "Oh? You're giving up?"

Cooler: "No, powering up. HAAAAAAAARGH!"

Cooler erupted with a golden aura, the appearance causing Frieza to have flashbacks to Goku beating him on Namek, his eyes widening in horror as Cooler turns Golden, the sheer power of the form causing the Big Gete Star to overload and for things to start exploding. Seeing the explosions, Cooler keeps pumping power into the machine and uses telekinesis to lift the machine off the planet so it can explode with minimal damage to the planet.

Cooler: "This universe is mine Frieza and after I kill you it'll be even better!"

Metal Frieza: "No! No! nononono! NoOo!"

Metal Frieza could only watch as his bodies exploded along with the Big Gete Star, Cooler managing to lift the metal tumor out of the atmosphere before it blew up, sending bits of metal raining down. Cooler panted and dropped out of his Golden form as he floated back down to the planet, the locals already crowding around to see what happened.

Cooler: "This mess will be cleaned up shortly, my ship is arriving after that rather flashy explosion and will have resources and personnel to fix the damages and restock your food"

Local: "Thank you Lord Cooler!"

Cooler smiled and waved as he flew up to his ship to take a break as his men landed and fixed what was broken, fed the hungry and picked up the metal for future use. Cooler sat in his chair, tired but pleased with himself.

Cooler: "Heh, I'm hundreds of times better than Frieza. Hahaha! (Sigh) that was exhausting, guess I need to get a better grasp of this form and make it so it isn't so draining. I'll do it...Later"

Cooler drifted off to sleep in his chair, the Emperor showing he had what it takes to fight whatever threatens his universe.

King Kai: "Wow! That was hardcore! If Cooler made more quips it would be like watching a badass action movie! (Sigh) Wonder what the guys on Earth are doing?"

King Kai set's his sights on the Earth and bears witness to Bansuri unleashing the strongest energy blast he'd ever seen straight up into the air while standing in an arena, whoever was being hit being completely erased.

King Kai: "...The hell did I miss!?"

...And that folks is what happened with Cooler after leaving Earth. Will this affect the story in the future? Keep reading and find out as the story gets into the Buu Saga next time on Some Help.