Dark Keroro POV

I groaned as the sound of beeping refused to stop. I felt consciousness slowly coming to me. I opened my eyes slowly to see a little alarm clock going off. I sighed and pressed the button on top to turn it off. I yawned. I didn't want to wake up yet, but then I smelled breakfast coming from upstairs. I sat up and stretched.

I was in a nice little room in the basement of the Himata Household on planet Pokepon. I had learned when I arrived that this planet was a cross-dimension to the planet Pekopon, where I came from. I didn't mind though. It always felt right to live here. I was a copy of someone living on a planet that was like a copy of another. It was perfect, and I was happy there.

I got out of bed and pulled on my red scarf. It was a present from the Himata household on my third day here. I went upstairs and into the kitchen, where Fuyuko was cooking pancakes. I smiled, "Good morning, Fuyuko." He glanced at me, then back at the pan.

He was awfully shy, but very talented. I told myself I would try to be his friend. I was already friends with his counterpart, so I had hoped they were enough alike that I could become his friend too.

Then I heard noise coming from the stairs. I turned to see my companions, Shivava and Doruru, run into the living room, as if running for their lives. This came as no surprise to me. They were always getting themselves into trouble. Then Natsuki ran in, chasing them. She was furious.

"Get back here you little toads! How dare you try to run after what you did!?" she yelled at them. Shivava and Doruru hid behind the couch.

Shivava, of course, did the yelling back, "We weren't trying to walk in on you in the shower! And it's not like you weren't already wearing a towel! And besides, why would we wanna look at some flat-chested little Pokeponian girl like you?" Suddenly, Shivava was hit with a large dictionary.

I sighed as Natsuki chased them again, though now Doruru had to drag an unconscious Shivava with him as he ran outside through the sliding door. I couldn't help but laugh, though it came out this time as a "Kero kero". I quickly covered my mouth at the sound. It was still quite new to me, and a bit weird. I noticed Fuyuko smile a small smile as he cooked. I smiled; I liked it when he was happy.

Then Ako, the mother of the house, walked in. She saw me and groaned, "Oh, you're still here." She sat at the table.

I never could understand Ako. She was very quiet and didn't seem to like me very much. She was highly against me staying with them at first, but it was when Fuyuko said it would be ok that she was out numbered in votes.

Then Natsuki came back in. She saw me and smiled sweetly, "Good morning, Keruru!" That was my name here. I felt strange calling myself Dark Keroro, and taking Keroro's name didn't seem right either, so I made a new one for myself.

She hugged me like her favorite stuffed animal, "Did you sleep extra well last night? I sure hope so!" I really like Natsuki. She always treated me special. Though at first, she was afraid of me, after we had proper introductions, she grew incredibly fond of me. I found her quite nice too.

She turned to Fuyuko, "Why haven't you given Keruru something to eat yet? Can't you see he's starving?" Fuyuko sighed and sat a plate on the table for me as I hopped up on the chair.

I smiled at him, "Thank you, Fuyuko." He just shrugged and went to turn off the stove. I watched him grab his bag and leave for school.

Natsuki grabbed her bag and kissed my cheek before leaving too, "Bye, Keruru! Keep those idiot toads out of my room, ok?"

I smiled as she left, "Have a good day at school."

Ako sighed and stood up, "Well, I'm out of here." As she passed me, she didn't even look at me, "Don't make a mess while I'm gone. I don't wanna have to come back to clean." Then she left.

I sighed, "I wish I knew why she didn't like me." I ate. Maybe one day I would find out.

Shivava POV

I kicked the crumpled ball of paper across the floor, "I can't believe we have to stay with these Pokeponians!"

Dark Keroro, because I refuse you see him as anything less, was working in his garden, again. Every morning he would come into the yard and water and tend to a little garden full of flowers and vegetables. I just couldn't understand him. He was so... different from before. He was nice, and friendly, and helpful. No longer was he the most powerful, incredible ruler I once knew on Pekopon. I groaned as he watered the plants, "What are you doing?"

He looked at me with those innocent eyes, "I am watering my garden. As I always do."

I crossed my arms, "Why?"

He smiled, "Fuyuko's cooking is even better with fresh vegetables, so I've been growing some for him. It's much cheaper and its my way of trying to show I want to be his friend." I became more annoyed with every word he said. He really was such a child. What happened to the guy I came to admire?

He could see he upset me, "Did I say something wrong?" Just then, Doruru came out.

He saw us and was of course curious, "What are you two doing?"

Dark Keroro turned to him for help, "I think Shivava is upset with me, but I'm not sure why."

I cracked, "It's because you're not the Dark Keroro we came to serve! We didn't come here to try and make friends with the Pokeponians! We came to enslave them! To invade! Why won't you invade them?!"

He looked at me with that look of defiance, "I already told you before, I refuse to hurt the Pokeponians. I do not want to invade them. They have been very kind to us and we should be grateful!"

I groaned, "But don't you remember when you took over all of Pekopon? When you became their king? You were the ultimate invader! Never in all my life had I ever met someone so cunning and clever and powerful! I admired that! I was happy to serve! But now, you're nothing like that! Now you sit here tending to a silly garden!" Dark Keroro looked determined not to let me get through to him as he went back to watering his plants.

He spoke calmly, "Why would I wish to bring harm to this world? It is a beautiful planet and we are lucky to be able to live here."

Doruru was on my side, "Think about it! No matter how nice and pretty the world may look, inside every Pokeponian, there's an evil. They may look and act nice, but we all know there is cruelty, hate, anger, and evil. Remember how good and peaceful the world was under your command on Pekopon? Everyone was happy! No war, no pain, no anger! You were their king and they loved you! Don't you miss that power? To have everyone bow down to you with smiles on their faces?" Doruru and I could clearly see the uncertainty on Dark Keroro's face. He wasn't sure. We knew he believed us, but he didn't want to give in.

To our disappointment, he looked away from us, "I will not hurt the Pokeponians." With that, he walked away.

I groaned, "Just great. He'll never give in."

Doruru sighed, "Be patient. He can only stand out for so long. He clearly knows we're right, but he's a bit stubborn. He'll see reason and invade with us."

I smiled, "Then Pokepon will be ours!"

Keruru POV

I walked alone down the street. I felt very torn and confused. I looked at the Pokeponians going about their day. Several were on their way to work. Some were children being pulled along by their mothers to the market or to school. I was using invisibility to stay hidden from them. I didn't have the same technology as Doruru and Shivava, but I did have some power from when I was created on Pekopon. Though most of my evil power was gone, I still had a few things from then that I could use. This time it was a silver clamp around my wrist that kept me from being visible to the Pokeponians.

There were happy, friendly people around, but there was also mean, rude people too. Even some of the nice people became rude or angry. I knew what Doruru said was true. That no matter how nice this world looked, there was darkness hiding inside it. He was right about everything he said, but I still couldn't bring myself to hurt the Pokeponians. I sighed and continued walking.

Then I noticed my favorite ice cream parlor across the street. Natsuki and Fuyuko would take me with them to get ice cream every Saturday. My favorite flavor was the chocolate with brownie pieces in it. I had to admit I was a bit addicted to brownies.

Then I noticed someone I knew there. It was Koyuyu. A goth girl who Natsuki was trying to train to be a normal girl. She was as dark and gloomy as ever. She and Fuyuko were certainly alike when it came to almost never talking. I walked over, "Good day to you, Koyuyu."

She looked at me, "Hi, I suppose." I hopped up on the table. I had learned that anyone who knew me could see through my invisibility. She was eating chocolate ice cream, as she always did.

I smiled at her, "Why aren't you at school?" She stared at her ice cream. I guessed she was probably still getting bullied. Natsuki had told me about it.

Koyuyu stirred her ice cream with her spoon, "I don't like it here." She looked at me, "Why do you stay?"

I was surprised by her question, "What do you mean?"

She looked at the sky, "You're from another planet, right? Well, why do you stay on this awful one? Why not go to a prettier world without evil?" I was surprised. I'd never really thought of leaving Pokepon. I wanted to say it was because I liked it on Pokepon, but I had a feeling it would only make her feel worst.

I smiled, "I don't leave because I have friends here. I have Natsuki, Fuyuko, and you."

She looked at me with bright eyes, "Really? Me?" I laughed, though I stopped myself again as the "Kero kero" came out. I still couldn't understand that. Doruru and Shivava didn't do it. Koyuyu laughed. I didn't understand my odd laugh, but it certainly seemed to make other people happy. I guess they agree its a funny sound.

She smiled at me, "Thank you, Keruru. You're nice."

I smiled back, "And so are you if you let yourself."

She blushed and looked at her melting ice cream, "You think so?"

I stood up proudly, "I know so. And if you just try to be happy more, you'd agree with me!"

She smiled, "I'll try." I was happy to make her smile. It just reminded me why I didn't want to hurt Pokepon. It was a very nice place if you're looking at it right.

Doruru POV

I groaned as Shivava shot at some targets. I stood up, "You're really losing your touch."

Shivava gave me an annoyed look, "Its not my fault I don't exactly get practice here on this planet!"

I sighed, "A good soldier knows how to keep his skill intact even over long periods of time."

Shivava groaned, "I am not one of your little soldiers, Doruru! I don't need your useless sayings! What I need is a goal! What I need is to invade a planet! Why won't he go for it!?"

I could see this lifestyle was completely out of Shivava's way of life. A quiet, peaceful lifestyle only made him restless and that made him easily annoyed. Back on Pekopon, nothing could get this guy down, now he tended to lose his temper. He shot an enormous beam at the target, blowing it to bits and blowing a large hole in the fences all the way down the street. The blast was incredible, even for him and it came to me as a surprise.

He yelled, "Why is it so quiet around here!?" He was really losing it.

I spoke up before he blew anything else up, "Just calm down, Shivava. Be patient."

He grabbed me, "patient!? It's been too long! I can't stand this!" He collapsed on his back on the ground, "I hate this planet. There's nothing to do. Where is my opportunity to use my great power?" Then I realized it. No wonder he was so sick of this. He never used his power, meaning he was probably overflowing with it by now. I guess that would explain a lot.

I sighed, "Where's your hover disk?"

He looked at me with a sigh, "Why?"

I crossed my arms, "Let's go find Dark Keroro. It's time we talked some sense into him." Shivava was quick to call his hovering disk and hop on it. I flew off with my jetpack and he followed me. We had to get through to that kid. Even I was growing sick of this empty purpose.