Stars wide and bright all throughout the night sky had a certain Saiyan staring up in tranquility at the bright cosmos.
Goku sighed in his serenity and lay back into the soft grass. He lie upon a green, healthy hill by his home- a spot he'd usually go to when he needed to think, or even let his mind wander. How far his mind would go, sometimes wondering about the far off worlds, and the strong souls out there. But then a thought entered his mind. A thought that wasn't all too rare. He thought of his opponents. All of his lifelong opponents, and how somehow, some way- some would come to be his dear partners today.
Goku frowned with this thought.
"What did I do so different that made them have such a change? What did I do to those who didn't become part of our partnerships..?"
The first he thought of was those who he had no choice but to kill, lamenting the choice- wishing it could've been different.
But then something burned his heart. When he was fighting his greatest adversary, they both fought layer after layer of increasing strength, testing each other's perseverance.
Goku grimaced hearing the replayed scream of Krillin's agony. That anger that erupted within him in is awakened form, blazing with golden radience. That anger that nearly blinded him entirely.
Such violence and hatred that erupted and it wasn't until it was too late that he woke from his angered haze.
Frieza had even asked him before they began to fight more seriously if He wanted to join his most elite forces and they'd see the universe and all before them.
"He and I weren't fighting... we were learning... and teaching each other... and somewhere in the fight- it all turned sour." Goku shivered and curled up slightly.
"Now after years in hell... all he feels for me is pure hate... he won't rest until I'm dying at his feet and writhing in pain."
Goku stood up and felt suddenly quite determined.
"I need to make amends, and I need to let him … I need to let him release his anger."

Goku placed his two fingers onto his forehead and concentrated. He found his target. With a swift -vwip- the Saiyan arrived at Snakeway, in line for seeing King Yemma. Waiting patiently for his turn, he walked along the single file line with the spirits of the departed. A few of the lower demons recognized Goku and waved hello, and held out cookies or bread. Goku respectfully declined their offers and continued on the way to King Yemma until finally meeting him face to face.
"Ah, Goku, what brings you here to my domain?" Yemma asked as he leaned over his large table, adjusting his glasses to look down at the determined young man.
"Hey King Yemma, I was wondering if I can visit someone in Hell." Goku piped up at him.
"Um, well sure, I sup- You know, I'm not even going to ask, I trust that you know what you're doing." he huffed as he wrote Goku a 'Hell Pass ' Token.
"Nope~!" The Cheeky Son Goku laughed.
"I figured." Yemma Chuckled and shook his head.

Giving the token to Goku he directed him to the stairwell down to hell and instructed him to show the token to the Demon at Hell's gate and he'll take care of the rest. Goku smiled, bowed his head and headed down the stairs. Down the way, Goku met the Demon, who directed him into a large white room that had a split for the hell dwellers, and the visitors. Each small bubble was private so they wouldn't be intruded upon. The demon came to Goku with a pen and pad.
"Please write your name and the name of the resident you are visiting- and we'll fish them out of their confinement."
Goku smiled and wrote the required information, and took an empty bubble. He waited for no more than two minutes when he heard a loud crashing noise from the other side of the room. It was the voice of Frieza, screaming and howling to be let in.
the door was slammed open by Frieza who looked oddly cheerful as he bound over other creatures and looked for the right bubble number.
"Bubble 2?! Where IS IT!? BUBBLE 2-AHA!" Frieza rushed over into the bubble and it sealed with his entry. But the strange joy he emitted just a second earlier diminished immediately seeing Goku.
Goku stared in absolute confusion what Frieza could've been so happy and excited about.
"Um, hi Frieza." Goku greeted from the other side of the split bubble.
The look of sheer disapproval on Frieza's face was overwhelming. He seemed so stoic and slightly broken.
"So...um... What were you so excited about?" Goku dared to ask.
"None of your business." Frieza stated blandly.
"Oh... um-"
"Why the Hell are you here? What purpose could you serve by Coming HERE? Did you want to remind me of my Failures? Did you come to Offer some sort of deal? What do you want?" Frieza growled angrily and bitterly from his side of the bubble.
"Well, Frieza... I was thinking about all the fights I've had and the one that seems to always make me regret so much was our fight."
Frieza looked bored already, gripping his head and groaning. Goku frowned and watched as His former adversary slowly lowered his head down, and pound his head into the shelf.
"Alright fine, I have a question for you Frieza, who did you think was in here? Because obviously, it wasn't supposed to be Me."
"IT'S NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS YOU DISGUSTING PRIMAPE!" Frieza slammed the shelf angrily as he jolted up from his irritated slouching.
"Frieza, the reason I came here was to Apologize!"
"Yeah? Well SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS!" Frieza retorted.
"I don't think you understand, I Am here to-"
"I DON"T CARE YOU STUPID MONKEY! LOOK WHERE I AM! DO YOU SEE ANY POSSIBLE REASON WHY I SHOULD BE HAPPY HERE!?"
"n-no..."
"NO! AND WHAT LITTLE HOPE I HAD BEFORE ENTERING THIS GOD FORESAKEN BUBBLE HAS BEEN SPIT ON, PISSED ON, RIPPED TO SHREADS AND LEFT TO DIE!"
If Frieza wasn't separated from Goku by the small glass, he'd have the Ape by the throat, and Goku could hear it in his voice, and see it in his eyes.
Frieza was breathing heavily as his anger mounted up higher and higher.
"Hey Frieza, wait right here, I'll be right back." he said suddenly with a positive smile.
Frieza raised a confused brow. How was he so calm and positive?! It'd probably make him split a vessel if he weren't so confused.
Goku exited the bubble and ran over to the Guard. He whispered to the guard and the guard thought a moment before grabbing his radio and saying something inaudible to Frieza as he watched from the bubble.
Goku smiled gleefully and gave a thumbs up to the guard and walked out the door.
Frieza was so impossibly lost, until a second guard came and let him out of the bubble. The guard directed Frieza out the visiting hall and towards a HUGE safe-like door.
Goku was brought in alongside the Icejin with another Guard.
"I don't know what you have planned, but I don't condone it one bit." Frieza growled through gritted teeth.
"I asked them for a special request, and they agreed." Goku said. "They're going to let us be in this large confinement room that is absolutely indestructible, and sealed with a strong energy." Goku happily explained.
'What kind of plan does this monkey have?' Frieza couldn't help but think.

The door opened and the two guards let them inside. Goku smiled and watched the two guards seal the door tight with only Frieza and him inside the decently large confinement.

"What are you playing at?" Frieza asked suspicious of the cheeky Saiyan.
"Frieza, I want you to 'let me have it.' And don't hold back anything." He said simply.
Frieza looked at Goku with absolute confusion. What did this monkey REALLY want?
"….I think you've lost your mind." The tyrant finally said shaking his head in his confusion.
"No, I mean It Frieza. I want you to finally take out ALL of your anger out on me. Kill me if you see fit, make me scream for your mercy- I don't care, I don't want you to hold anything back."
Goku made ready to receive the worst punishment of his life, and all this just to try and see what made Frieza so Rage-filled.
Frieza crossed his arms.
"No."
"What WHY?!" Goku whined suddenly.

"You're planning something, I know it- and I don't trust one bit of it."
Goku looked absolutely flabbergasted and he grumpily placed both fists against his hips. He thought about it for a while and then he got a devious smile across his face.

"Hey Frieza, you never answered my question. What were you so happy about? I seriously have never seen you so giddy!" Goku commented.
Frieza growled. "It is none of your business."
"Really? None of my business huh? Well seeing you leap and jump like a cute little lamb into the visiting bubble sure was a different sight I probably won't forget soon. IN FACT! I should tell Vegeta about it!" Goku Giggled.
"I'd sooner pin your mouth shut!" Frieza hissed angrily.
"Actually, I think I'll tell Vegeta right now, I can just-"
Goku was cut off very suddenly by a sharp pain of Frieza's fist across his face. Frieza breathed heavily with seething anger. He stood straight and tense with so much anger welling inside. It felt so good to shut up that smug monkey. Frieza was trembling with clenched fists.

Goku felt a small smile on his lips. It has started.
"Go." Goku murmured.
With that, Frieza lunged at the Saiyan with full brute anger and hatred fueling every punch and kick and hit. He felt everything within him well up, ready to break like a tsunami over a frail cement wall.
Frieza Punched as hard as he could, his knuckles on the verge of spiting with the unrestrained power against Goku's face. Goku hazily glanced up and was immediately greeted with a rounded kick to the side of his head. Goku staggered to the side, with blood trailing down his chin. Frieza rushed up at him and firmly planted his knee into Goku's gut, making him exhale sharply as he was winded and thrown back from the force. Goku hit the wall and leaned back against it, sliding down as he regained his breath.
Frieza inhaled sharply as Goku slumped to the ground after the last hit.
"Why aren't you fighting back!?" Frieza yelled out at the Saiyan.

Goku smiled and refrained from saying anything. Frieza growled deep from his chest, lunging forward and picking up Goku by throat.

"It's ALL your fault!" Frieza hissed angrily. "ALL OF IT!"
Frieza charged a bright red ball of ki in his palm and Goku's eyes widened.

'This is gonna hurt!' Goku winced.
Frieza brought the searing hot ki into Goku's gut and Goku cried out. Frieza threw him up and aimed a punch directly on his burned wound. He nailed Goku hard causing him to fly back into the wall and ricochet off and thump onto the floor.
"You came to ruin everything. On Namek, I came for one simple thing. And because of who I am, you label the bad guy. We began our fight, learning a little bit about each other- AND I EVEN OFFERED YOU SOMETHING OF GREAT VALUE!"
Frieza kicked Goku's side to flip him, keeping him face to face. He pointed his finger at Goku and squinted.
"You denied my offer, but surely I thought you come to your senses after we continued. But no, you took everything away from me. You and you so called 'friends' killed my dearest men, killing them in the most offending way. I'm sure you, knowing how you are, you would've spared them? Right? But it didn't happen. You killed me and my family- Hell even after my return- I felt it that victory was in my grasp. I could sleep again… see someone I hadn't in such a long time. Hell, I don't even know if you killed him too and destroyed our race."
Goku seemed very confused.
"You and you're family were the last of your kind?" he mewed, concerned of the answer.
"we weren't sure, The last we saw of our planet, it was being raided and pillaged by a certain race, killing men, women, children, even we weren't sure, The last we saw of our planet, it was being raided and pillaged by a certain race, killing men, women, children, even my mother. But I held no grudge, since I was only a hatchling …"
Frieza shot Goku's bicep earning a loud screech from the Saiyan.
"DOES IT FUCKING HURT!? GOOD!" Frieza stepped on his punctured bicep and crushed it angrily.
"Think of it! Feeling half of your body being gone, and your insides slipping out, and every thought of your father, brother, son- all of them are somewhere far off, and we are one less! Thinking of your closest friends, who lay slaughtered in the crumbling lands!"
"Y-you have a son?" Goku huffed out.
"….Yes, are you surprised? My dear baby boy, alone somewhere without his dear daddy to protect him from the damn pirates of space, Once they found out about my death- imagine how quickly those hounds would've gone after my son! By god, they would catch him, torture him, enslave him, and harm him, they would kill him slowly! How would you feel to think that your son may have to endure that?! AND NO ONE WOULD BE THERE TO PROTECT HIM! "
Frieza grabbed Goku again but with his tail and lifted him up to make him suffer.
"You took so much away from me! And I want you to feel the stings of my hatred on every fiber of your being."
Frieza punctured Goku with his death beam multiple times all throughout his body. Goku screamed each time and blood began to drain heavily from his mouth.
Frieza grit his teeth and he brought Goku down and stared hard into his dark eyes.
"Why won't you fight back?"
"Because….Frieza…. you need this."
Frieza rose a brow and stared at Goku.
"What are you talking about?"
"Look… you're not …. Tense anymore…. You're….relieved."
Frieza thought a moment and looked over Goku. Did he knock his brains lose?
But then again, he wasn't wrong. He didn't feel that pure rage anymore, but he was still upset.
"Can't you see…Frieza…? I wanted you to …do this… you had become so bent with…with anger and spite… that it drove you... mad… and … and I'm so sorry for what I've done to you…"
Goku heaved out with much difficulty. Frieza lowered Goku onto the floor and unwrapped his tail from Goku's neck.
Goku breathed heavily, lying sprawled oddly upon the floor, but he never stopped looking at Frieza. The tyrant knelt down and stared at Goku. What did the Saiyan want? For him to accept his apology? For them to make amends and start like nothing ever happened?
"Goku, I don't know what is going on in your small little brain, but it can't be good. What is it that you want to accomplish from this?"
Goku smiled and giggled softly.
"I want you to be happy again."
Frieza seemed a bit doubtful. "You ARE stupid…"
"You'll see…." Goku slowly stood up in pain and dragged himself to the sealed door.
"Before I have the door opened… is there anything else you want to get out of your system?" Frieza walked up to Goku and waited.
"I think I have one." Frieza stated. "And brace yourself, because, I have the entirety of my being within it" he said with slightly glistening eyes.
Goku swallowed nervously. He didn't know if he could handle another attack in this current state. Frieza rose his hand and Goku readied himself-but a sharp slap across the face was what he received.
Goku raised his hand to his reddening cheek and whined. "Aa-oow...!?"
"does it sting?" Frieza huffed at him.
"Yes!" Goku rubbed his cheek.
"Good" Frieza tapped his tail against the floor. Goku fell silent for a moment, but then giggled softly to himself. He leaned onto the large, heavy Door and knocked on it three times. The demon guards on the other side knocked twice. Goku knocked twice too, and the large sealed door opened. The Guards seemed highly shocked to see Goku in the shape he was in. Goku chuckled and reassured them everything was fine before looking back at Frieza and waved goodbye. Frieza seemed unsure about what Goku was trying to accomplish after all this... it couldn't be just simple therapy.
Frieza was taken back to his personal hell, and Goku was taken back to king Yemma. King Yemma and Goku carried on a conversation about what had happened, and although the giant was rather confused, he allowed Goku to come back when he needed.

A few days passed and Goku had recovered from Frieza's anger and he felt better than ever. He snuck out of his home and transmitted to King Yemma's place again. King Yemma wrote Goku another token and Goku made his way down to the visiting hall. He took a bubble and waited patiently. Frieza came in a bit confused, wondering if Goku had come back. When he entered the bubble and saw the smiling Saiyan, Frieza felt a soft smile and he rolled his eyes.
"I don't know who I was expecting, but I suppose it couldn't be worse." Frieza chuckled.
Goku smiled and chuckled.
"So Monkey, what are you after this time?"
"Well, I wanted to know more about you and what you did."
"You want to know about my Job? Or how I worked with my men?"

"Yes!" Goku chimed excitedly.
"What are you expecting to hear? A stonehearted villain who stole invalids and threw them into some camp and brainwashed them to change their former beliefs? Are you expecting to hear about some monster who only works on fueling the fear and despair of his men and enemies?"
Goku's smile had vanished and he scratched his head nervously.
"Well, that's what everyone seems to demonize you as, which is why I want the truth…from you."
Frieza raised a brow and crossed his arms.
"Well, ask a question and I'll answer it truthfully."
"Um… let's see…" Goku hummed curiously. There was much he could learn, so what would be the best thing to ask first?
"Tell me about you and your family." Goku said, getting ready to listen and learn."
Frieza seemed shocked that, that was the first thing the Saiyan wanted to know. The Icejin took a deep breath and began.
"Our family had escaped the disaster of our home planet, but we never knew if we were the only ones to escape, or if the rest of our race succumbed to the ruthless invasion. My father's father was a part of the planetary trade business, and after his death, the jobs were inherited onto my family. My father divided our power evenly between the three of us, and sent my brother and me to opposite universe ends in search of planets, supplies, and anything else that would be profitable within the planetary trade system. When looking for planets, we needed to know about the resources of the planet, the stage of life, the terra properties of the planet, all sorts of details. Often there were planets with high resources and plenty of valuables for a planet, but it was inhabited by a sentient species. So we had to make a decision, do we spare the creatures and risk losing our profits and meals for every single soldier on board, or eradicate the species as quickly and painlessly as possible, and cleaning the planet afterwards and make it ready for purchase."
Frieza chuckled at Goku's unbelieving expression. Perhaps all of this business talk was too much for his puny brain to handle.
"You look at me as if I speak to you in a foreign language! If you have something to say, say it!" Frieza spat out at Goku.
Goku shook his head.

"No Frieza, It's just… strange to hear your side of things… Usually people never take the time to learn about the true sides of people and just stick with Labels and immediate appearance."
"Oh, trust me Goku, I am No saint- and I have no problem admitting that. Yes I have sinned- But you need to know that with every layer of this entire universe, comes an order and ultimate hierarchy… Some are given it… Some are born into it… And some, like you, have to fight for it. Some of us have no choice in the matter, and some are free little birdies, carefree and careless…."
Frieza had a stern look in his eyes. It seemed that even in his deep and consuming red eyes, there was a hint of envy for those who were so carefree. Goku stared at Frieza for a moment.

"Tell me about your workers. Who were they?" Goku decided to change the subject, as it seemed like a rather bothersome topic.
Frieza stopped for a moment and thought.
"My men… Yes, well most of the soldiers and workers I and my family had, were people who surrendered their planets to us, or who volunteered from their home worlds. Trust me, they were no Slaves. Sometimes when we landed on a planet, the inhabitants wouldn't put up a fight, and rather, would ask for work, so they could survive… the species that usually did this had ill planets- ones that they couldn't heal on their own. So when we arrived, they asked for work, but in reality, they got the better deal; work, a home, food, and a chance to survive. The planet they'd leave would be combed for anything salvageable, then destroyed to reach the metal-rich cores of the planets. It was hard for many of them, but they were able to change for the better. We own At least a few hundred planets that were dedicated for living. So the species' families' all would take refuge on these planets, building lives and homes. The strong and able-bodied came onto one of our ships, or were moved to other planets where their daily labors and work would earn them pay, and they could prosper. There were always jobs to be done."
"Did you have any of your soldiers that you were close with?" Goku asked curiously.
"Ha, I don't think you Grasp how long I've been around. How old do you think I am Goku?"
"Um…. 25?" Goku guessed roughly after eyeing Frieza up and down for a moment.
"Dear Gods, No. That's about how old my Son is!" Frieza laughed. "I'm not THAT small now, am I?" Frieza looked at Goku with a smile.
"Oh! Um…huh…" Goku seemed a bit lost.
"Goku, My race ages differently than Saiyans and Humans. Although You Saiyans keep youthful strength in your bodies, my Race can literally live for hundreds of years and keep their strength. My Father Is 746... My brother is 289, and I am 154."
Goku's eyes were wide and his jaw dropped in shock.
"So Goku, to Answer your question- Yes, I was very Close with quite a few of my Soldiers. Because in some occasions…I'd practically raise them. So they'd look up to me. And if you can't take my word for it, I can name a few, and you can have them fished in here to tell you themselves." Frieza raised his hands and clasped them together. His tail swayed back and forth and he sighed, thinking about those memories.