Keroro Gunso
Keroro Platoon and Raido Platoon – Here As One… de arimasu.
Tamama and Keroro sat gazing at the counter that headquarters had sent. Fifteen was the number displayed. Fifteen. They only had fifteen days to invade the planet. It seemed hopeless. They had gone through so many plans; each failed one after the other. Giroro sat in the corner polishing his gun as Kururu typed on his laptop and Dororo meditated.
Keroro got up slowly and looked back at the rest of the Platoon. He sighed wearily.
"Does anyone have a suggestion?" he asked. The only response was shaking heads. He sighed again and sat back down, massaging his head stressfully. Tamama felt bad that his leader was under so much pressure. Then again, what else could be done? Unless by some miracle, they would never be able to invade.
"Do you think maybe we need a spark of inspiration?" Tamama asked. Keroro faintly smiled; remembering their friends from so long ago.
"No," he replied, still wearing the smile. He looked up at Tamama, "You've been thinking about them too?"
"I don't think there's anyone in the room who hasn't lately," Dororo said.
"Not me, I couldn't care less about them…" Kururu spoke over his computer. Giroro gave him a smug smile.
"We know you're thinking about Hikiki. You're not fooling anyone," he said. Kururu blushed and avoided looking at him.
"Shut up…" he muttered.
Tamama wanted to clear his mind a bit and got up to leave the room.
"Where are you going?" Keroro asked.
"I'm going outside, I need some fresh air," he replied.
"Good idea, I'll come with you," Keroro said, getting up. Tamama felt himself smile a bit.
As they got outside, Keroro looked up at the clouds.
"There's got to be some way to do this…" he said, "Something safe, foolproof, and simple…"
"You'll find something, Gunso-san," Tamama said encouragingly, "You always have good ideas."
"Not really… if they were good, they would work," Keroro sighed.
He squinted up at the sky.
"Hey… do you see that?" he asked. Tamama looked up; there was a trail of black smoke in a straight line stretching from the sky down to the ground. It wasn't too far from where they were.
"Let's go check it out," Keroro said.
The two walked towards the smoke. It led into the middle of a forest. As they reached the location, they noticed a rather large Keronian aircraft crashed into several trees. Through the smoke, Tamama could see five figures. One was being carried.
"Hey! Can you help us?" a voice called out. The voice was vaguely familiar. Keroro swatted away the smoke.
"Yeah, hold on," he said. As the smoke began to clear out, Tamama began to recognize the five. He smiled a big grin as he saw the familiar Platoon.
"Raido-san!" he exclaimed. The red Keronian grinned as he recognized them.
"Tamama! Keroro! Is that really you guys?!" he asked. He held Hikiki in his arms. She had a rather large gash on her leg.
Tamama ran up to them and gave them both a hug.
"It's been forever! How are you guys?" Keroro asked. Hikiki smiled painfully.
"It's been great," she replied. The other three came a bit closer. Tamama recognized them as the other three of Raido's childhood friends; Daikiki, Nozizi, and Eddodo.
"Eh, look, I know it's been awhile and we'd like to catch up with you guys, but Hikiki really needs some help right now," Raido said, readjusting his hold on her.
"Right! Of course, the house is just over this way!" Keroro said, leading Raido and the others to the Hinata's. Tamama followed. As he walked behind them, Eddodo looked back at him. He stared awhile before smiling.
"Raido friend," he said, remembering Tamama from the brief moment that they had worked together. Tamama smiled.
"Hey, Eddodo," he greeted.
As they got inside the house, Keroro helped Raido and Hikiki down the ladder to the lower half of the house. They went to his room where the rest of the Keroro Platoon was.
"Guys! Look who we found outside!" Keroro exclaimed. Dororo, Giroro, and Kururu looked over and took notice of the visitors.
"Well, speak of the devil!" Giroro smiled, "If it isn't Raido and Hikiki!" Dororo looked at Hikiki's injury.
"Oh, Hiki-chan, what happened to your leg?!" he asked. Kururu shot up quickly from his laptop and went to them.
"Hiki-chan! Are you okay? Is it bad?" he asked nervously. Hikiki smiled at him.
"I'm fine, Kururu-senpai. It's nice to see you haven't changed," she said. Kururu blushed. Dororo got up.
"I'll get the First Aid Kit," he said. Kururu quickly shoved him back down.
"No, I'LL get it!" he said agitatedly, running off to retrieve it. Dororo rubbed at his back where he hit the floor.
"Sheesh, look who's suddenly being helpful…" he muttered.
Nozizi went to him and helped him up off the floor.
"He's like the rest of us when we still had a crush on her," he said with a smile. He looked over at Dororo's swords and his eyes widened in fascination.
"Ohhh! Those are cool! Where did you get them?" he asked. Before Dororo could answer, Nozizi started asking several questions, "How much were they? Were they a gift? Who from? Do you take them out often? Are you an expert swordsman? Have you ever stabbed anybody with one? Did you kill anybody with them? How old are you? Do you have a little sister? Do you have a girlfriend? What's your hair look like? What's your favorite color?"
"Nozi, buddy, settle down!" Daikiki laughed. Nozizi took a second to breathe. Dororo sweatdropped and patted Nozizi's head.
"Cute kid," he chuckled.
Kururu rushed back in the room, nearly knocking Tamama over.
"Okay, I got it!" he exclaimed triumphantly. Hikiki giggled. Raido sweatdropped with a smile.
"Okay, you can help," he said. Kururu acted like it was a privilege.
"Really?" he asked. Raido chuckled.
"Sure, if Hikiki's okay with it," he said. Hikiki nodded.
"It's fine, the gash is only on my shin anyway," she said. Raido rested her on the floor and he and Kururu went to patch up her wound.
"So what all happened?" Keroro asked.
"Our ship ran out of fuel and we crash-landed," Daikiki said, "When it crashed, part of the controls fell from higher up and raked Hikiki's leg. I suppose it could've been worse though."
"Yeah, you're right about that," Keroro replied. He looked over at Raido with a smug smile.
"How is it that as a Wing Commander you always seem crash your ships in order to land on a planet?" he asked jokingly. Raido shot him a joking dirty look.
"Well first of all, how is it that you're a leader and you always seem to be responsible for most of the unfortunate incidences that happen to your subordinates, i.e. Giroro's scar, Dororo's trauma switch, and Kururu's yellow coloring?" he asked smugly. Keroro thought that over.
"Touché," he replied, "Second of all…?"
"Second of all, he's not a Wing Commander," Hikiki piped up.
"What?! Since when?!" Keroro asked confusedly.
"Since we went back to Keron," Raido explained, taking a bottle of rubbing alcohol out of the First Aid Kit, "We went back to convince our old military school to let us form as a Platoon. They agreed to let us form a Platoon and they appointed me as the leader. Since I'm not as involved in the Air Force, they decided to change my rank from Wing Commander to Lieutenant."
"LIEUTENANT?! THAT'S HIGHER THAN ALL OUR RANKS!" Keroro exclaimed.
"Well… to be honest, Wing Commander was an even higher rank. So they technically just ranked me down, but I didn't really care," Raido said.
"Heck, you shouldn't! Lieutenant's still a freakishly high rank!" Keroro said.
"It's nice that the rest of us don't have to fear the name of that rank anymore," Hikiki smiled as Raido cleaned off the gash.
"Why would you?" Kururu asked, unwinding a roll of bandages.
"If you guys remember, Gamama was a Lieutenant. We all had a reason to be afraid of him," Daikiki said.
"Ah, he's probably a lovely little unicorn now, prancing around Candy Mountain with his Little Pony friends," Nozizi grinned, remembering how they disposed of him. Hikiki chuckled. Raido and Kururu finished bandaging her leg. Raido helped her up.
"Thanks," she smiled, giving Raido a kiss on the cheek. She wobbled a bit as she stood independently and gave Kururu a hug.
"It's great to see you again. I missed you, dingbat," she smiled. Kururu blushed. Nozizi walked up to them.
"Do you like her?" he asked. Kururu's face went bright red.
"Eh… she's my pupil… I-I don't have time for a love interest anyway… don't be ridiculous…" he lied, pulling away from Hikiki. He seemed upset with himself for doing so.
"YOU don't be ridiculous. You SO like her. I'll bet you wish she would give you a kiss. Don't you? Have you told her yet? You should. Would you wanna go out with her? Would you wanna marry her? Would you wanna have kids with her? How many? Would I be qualified to be a godfather? How about an uncle? How old are you? Do you have any gum? Do you like fish? What time is it?" Eddodo walked up to him and slapped him over the head, knocking off his glasses. "OW! Megane, megane, megane… "
"Nozizi, shut up," Eddodo hissed. Nozizi located his glasses and donned them, glaring at Eddodo and rubbing his head where he was struck. Kururu, Hikiki, and Raido cleared their throats at the same time.
"Ahem… yes, we're going to second that…" Raido said, putting his arm around Hikiki. Nozizi seemed to realize that discussing his leader's girlfriend with someone else that liked her was rude.
"Sorry, Raido-senpai…" he apologized. Kururu stared at them.
"So… you're still together…?" he said quietly. Hikiki blushed.
"Well… yes…" she replied, leaning her head on Raido. Nozizi took notice to Kururu and his immaturity got the better of him.
"I KNEW IT!" he exclaimed, pointing at Kururu, "YOU DO LIKE HER!" Eddodo snatched Nozizi's hat off his head and shoved it in the little tadpole's mouth.
"Eddodo said shut up and Eddodo mean it!" he snarled. Nozizi yanked his hat out of his mouth, straightening it and putting it back on his head of messy black hair and pouting.
"So, what brought you all back here?" Giroro asked.
"I thought you knew," Raido smiled, "We came back to check up on you guys. Surely, you've invaded by now?"
"Don't call him Shirley, and no we haven't," Kururu replied. Raido appeared shocked and he faced the counter quickly.
"What?! You guys have fifteen days left! You have to do something!" he said.
"Thank you, Mr. Obvious," Kururu said exasperatedly.
"We don't have a whole lot of options left. Pekopon is a particularly difficult planet to invade without doing too much harm," Dororo sighed.
"Why no just fight?" Eddodo asked. Dororo appeared shocked.
"No! We can't hurt the Pekoponians!"
"Why not? Isn't it true that they all just want to dissect you and deliver domestic violence?" Daikiki asked.
"No! If you find the right Pekoponians, they're rather nice," Raido said, "I told you about Masaru didn't I? He could've sent me to a lab but he didn't!"
"Alright, we get it! No hurting Pekoponians; fine, fine," Daikiki chuckled. Keroro looked at the counter. He sighed.
"But we are running out of options. Quite frankly, I think the only one on this Platoon that would want to actually deal some damage on Pekopon would be Giroro," he mumbled. He scratched his head, "I'm afraid that we'll be forced to do something harmful…"
"Not a chance, Gunso," Raido said. Keroro looked up at him.
"What do you mean?" he asked. Raido smiled.
"One thing that I'm pretty good about is returning favors. You helped me get back with my friends right?" he asked.
"Well… yeah…"
"So we'll help you with the invasion," Raido volunteered.
"Really? We're actually going to do some invading?" Nozizi asked.
"Of course," Raido replied, "We are shinryakusha, right? We'd might as well do our job."
"You would really help us?" Tamama asked.
"Why wouldn't we? You guys are like our brothers," Hikiki said.
"Yeah, even though we don't really know you that well, we're willing to give whatever it takes to help you guys out," Daikiki said.
"Well, I personally think this is the perfect opportunity to meet each other!" Keroro smiled, "After all, I don't believe we know much about Raido and Hikiki's other friends."
"Yeah, they don't really know you guys by name. It would probably be a good time to clue everyone in if we're going to be working together, huh?" Hikiki asked with a smile.
"Okay, well, I'm Keroro and these are my subordinates; Tamama, Giroro, Kururu, and Dororo," Keroro introduced, gesturing at each member of his Platoon.
"Nice to meet you," Daikiki smiled, "I'm Daikiki and these two are Nozizi and Eddodo."
"…that's it…? No personal interviews or anything?" Raido asked.
"We'll learn about them in time, don't you worry," Keroro smiled, "And I believe it's lunchtime!"
"Not again…" Giroro groaned slapping his forehead. Keroro got up. Raido and his Platoon also rose. Tamama reluctantly got up along with his other comrades.
"I'll introduce you to Fuyuki and Natsumi," Keroro smiled, "They'll be happy to meet you." He led them towards the door. As Tamama walked away, he noticed that Hikiki lagged behind with Kururu. He looked back at the two suspiciously. Hikiki sweatdropped.
"Um… I'm going to stay down here," she said. Tamama didn't lower his stare.
"Uh-huh…" he said, going out the door. He closed it behind him and listened through it.
"Did you want to see me about something…?" Kururu asked.
"Yes, actually…" Hikiki replied. There was a slight pause, "I got your note."
"Oh really…? So you found it?"
"In the DVD case, yes…" There was a little moment of silence before Hikiki continued, "It was very sweet of you. But… nothing's changed, okay? My heart lies with Raido. I want you to understand…" There was a depressing silence. Kururu sighed.
"I… I understand, Hiki-chan," he replied quietly.
"We can still be friends, right?" Hikiki asked.
"Y-Yeah. Best acquaintances…" Kururu mumbled. It got quiet. Suddenly the door opened and Tamama, who had been leaning against it, fell over. Kururu glared at him.
"Well, hello, Nosy!" he barked.
"Looks like you haven't changed either," Hikiki sighed, "I'm surprised Nozizi's not with you…"
"He doesn't know. I'm sorry…" Tamama apologized, holding his head in pain. He quickly got up, "Raido-san's going to know there's something up if you guys don't go upstairs. So, it's better that it was me and not Raido."
"It's not like I said anything that would have upset him," Hikiki frowned, "Augh, never mind." She limped past Tamama and went upstairs.
Kururu glared at Tamama.
"Is there any reason you can't leave us alone?" he snarled, "If it weren't for your nosiness, Hikiki would probably have more interest in me without having to feel guilt about Raido." Tamama frowned.
"I don't think I've changed the situation between you two at all. I think she just plainly doesn't like you. She's more typical than you think," he spat; his inner demon raged inside of him. Kururu frowned more and shoved past him.
"You don't know anything, shut up," he snarled. Tamama knew that he had cut him deep. Quite frankly, he didn't care.
As Tamama climbed the stairs, he heard a happy conversation. He noticed Keroro introducing the three newcomers to Fuyuki. Nozizi immediately began interviewing him. The fifteen-year-old boy didn't seem to mind answering his questions. Hikiki stood with her arm locked with Raido's. Tamama walked up to her.
"I really am sorry…" he whispered. Hikiki shifted her eyes towards him. She wrapped her free arm around him and kissed him on the forehead.
"It's okay, Tamama," she whispered back, "I'm glad to see you again." Tamama smiled pleasantly. He was glad to see his "big sister" too.
Soon after, Natsumi walked in the room carrying a laundry basket.
"Stupid frog, you forgot to wash the laundry," she snarled. She noticed the Raido Platoon.
"Oh, you're back!" she smiled, then glancing at Daikiki, Eddodo, and Nozizi nervously, "And… you brought friends…" Raido subtly stepped behind Keroro to communicate with her.
"Heh, uh… yeah… um… they're my new, uh… Platoon!" he stammered nervously.
"Hi!" Nozizi smiled, waving to her. Daikiki's cheeks turned pink.
"Hello! What's your name?" he asked, nearly floating over to her. Giroro's face turned red and he gritted his teeth. Natsumi gave a friendly smile.
"I'm Natsumi. And you are?" she asked. Daikiki struck a pose.
"I'm Daikiki," he replied, "I enjoy long walks on the beach, Piña Coladas, and getting caught in the rain! Also, I'm one hundred percent available since Hikiki obviously has no interest!" Natsumi stared at him with a disturbed expression. She fake-smiled.
"Great!" she said sarcastically, "Well! …good luck with that… availability of yours!" She walked out of the room quickly. Daikiki fluffed his hat flaps.
"She totally digs me," he remarked.
"BACK OFF," Giroro roared. Daikiki sweatdropped.
"What…?" he asked. Hikiki slapped him over the head.
"You know 'what', ya flirt!" she snapped.
"Okay… well, now that THAT special moment has passed…" Fuyuki sweatdropped, "What are you all back here for? Are you here for the invasion?"
"Yup," Raido smiled, "Since they only have fifteen days left and since they helped us out last time, we decided to help the Keroro Platoon."
"Oh, that's gracious of you," Fuyuki commented.
"Isn't it?" Keroro smiled, "Hey, since we're all working on this together, I think we should make it clear… if you know what I mean…" Raido grinned. This was apparently an honor, seeing that Keroro never let him join the resonance willingly last time.
"Great! Okay!" he smiled.
KeroKeroKeroKero…~
TamaTamaTamaTama…~
GiroGiroGiroGiro…~
KuruKuruKuruKuru…~
DoroDoroDoroDoro…~
RaidoRaidoRaidoRaido…~
HikiHikiHikiHiki…~
DaikiDaikiDaikiDaiki…~
NoziNoziNoziNozi…~
EddoEddoEddoEddo…~
RESONANCE x10!!! :O Holy snap, that's gotta be SOME kinda record. (Isn't anywhere close to the record) …DANGIT! -throws random object-