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Author Note: Two new stories at once...is it legal? Well, I guess it is...it is now. :) ;) Okay, this story got inspired while I was talking to my bestest friend and sister figure Samantha/Sam on the phone. I hope yall love up...and even more so to you, Sam! ^_^

Time for me to make this showy! :)

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"Ugh..." Marvelous groaned loudly, "what is that noise?" Another cry bounced off the walls of the Gallen, rousing him only further from the nap he was taking.

"Sorry, mina," Gai was wearing a bashful grin as he entered, "but she was alone..."

"An Earth child?" Joe paused his sit ups to stare at him as he sat the long, curly blonde haired girl down on the couch beside Luka, who scooted over quickly.

"Like I said, she was alone," he knelt to the five year old's level, "hey, sweetie. It's alright."

"Mommy..." she moaned, "Daddy..."

"She wants her parents, stupid!" Luka smacked him on the back of his head, making him wince and rub his offended skull.

"I couldn't find them!" he protested, "I just needed to calm her down!"

"We're not helping you, if that's what you're thinking," Joe shrugged, "your problem." And he resumed his situps.

"Yeah," Luka stretched as she stood up, "I have a nap...now." She left for her own quaters, and the Earthing looked helplessly at Ahim and Doc, who had been playing cards.

"Hakasae?" he looked at the blonde.

"I don't do...children," the blonde quickly went into the kitchen, and Ahim smiled gently.

"I will assist you, Gai-san," she promised, rising and going over to stroke the child's hair, "it is okay, child. What is your name?"

"C-Ca-Carly," she spoke softly, and she smiled.

"Oy, Carly-san," there was no doubt she liked being called "Ms. Carly", "well met. I am Ahim, and this is Gai-san."

"Oy," she was finally making eye contact with the two, "Mommy...said the Pirates were bad."

"Not really," the redhead shook his head, "we're the ones who protect you from the ZangyZack."

"They bad..." the gray-eyed girl looked pretty confused, "why did Mommy lie?"

"She didn't," Marvelous opened one eye lazily, "to some point."

"Look, don't worry bout it," Gai just smiled at her, "how about some ice cream, huh?"

"YEA!" she bounced eagerly, and Ahim gave her a hug.

"You are very cute," she smiled, "like a...princess."

"You used to be a princess, right?" Carly's eyes were twinkling, "wow, you're still so pretty..."

"Argitgto, Carly-san," the former princess smiled, covering her discomfort on that subject, "you are too. You will be as pretty as a queen one day."

"Hey, kid," the Pirate Captain stretched out, groaning as his muscles popped, "leave her alone."

"Marvelous-san..." she turned to him gracefully, looking even more troubled, "please, she did not mean anything by it..."

"How do you know that?" he had both eyes open now, and he was staring the five year old down, who looked near tears. The princess stepped in front of his line of vison and wrung her fingers nervously.

"She is only five years of age..." she tried to explain this to her oblivious idol, "she doesn't know...she is very innocent."

"Yes!" the blonde piped up beside him quickly, nodding, obviously nervous of this man.

"Yeah, whatever," he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, "time to attend to an important matter." And the next thing they knew, he was asleep again.

"Marvelous-san..." she smiled, slipping his coat off his shoulders and hanging it up neatly.

"You love him!" the little girl sang, and her cheeks flushed to the color of her suit.

"Ice cream!" thank goodness Gai came in to save her, balancing three bowls in one hand.

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"Cute kid," Gai commented as they watched Carly race off back home.

"You handled her very well," Gokai Pink smiled up at him, "she adored you, Gai-san."

"You were really good yourself," he complimented, "what was up with the others?"

"They did not have families like we did," she recounted their pasts, "Joe-san only had the ZangyZack army bullies, Luka-san was homeless, Doc-san is so shy, and Marvelous-san...I am not sure."

"You can only imagane," he chuckled, "I wonder what it'd be like if he was ever a father." She didn't seem to notice the glance he aimed at her.

"I am sure he could handle it...but it is unlikely that it will ever happen," she smoothed down her dress a little, "have you ever thought of having a family when we find the greatest treasure in the universe?"

"Course I have..." he shifted his weight a little, "the thing is...I don't know with who they'd be."

"I am positive you will find that special girl," she patted his shoulder gently, "oh my." An army of Gormin was terriozing citizens below them.

"Let's go," he pulled out his Moterbite with her, "Gokai Change!" Both of them jumped, hitting the ground gracefully and starting to fight.

"This is all?" a whiny child voice made them pause their fighting for a minute, "Daddy said that their would be more than this!"

"What is this?" Gokai Pink gasped as she saw the little Scormin waddle out into the center of the action.

"I am Walz Gitalizaz," he announced himself proudly, "Lord Waltz Gilz's little brother."

"Brother?" both Pirates looked at each other before Gai laughed.

"How cute..." he cooed, and the younger Scormin nearly bit his hand off. Instead, he twisted his ankle, kicked him in a bad place, and sent him flying into a car.

"You may want to rethink that," he smirked, "I am far more powerful than my brother. Gormin...ATTACK!" He snapped his long, pointly claws, and the metal heads charged them.

"Where is Marvelous-san and the others?" the former princess ducked and kicked desperatley, getting warn down quickly.

"I don't know," he kicked one of him, "I'll call them."

"Aren't you all pretty in pink?" Walz Gitalizaz smirked at her, "let's see how beautiful you were when you were about...five, maybe?" He reached to his wrist and turned a sort of dial, and a powerful, lighting-shaped blue streak hit her in the head directly.

She gave a cry of pain and collasped, the Gormin blowing back with her. There was a flash of pink beneath the rubble, and the Earthing gasped, finishing off 'his' group and rushing to the fallen building.

"Ahim-san!" he tore wildly at the debree, and finally he saw a edge of a frilly pink dress. But what he found underneath about put him into cardiact arrest.

"Who...are you?" the little girl who was obviously Ahim blinked, looking scared, "where...?"

"I don't know what's going on..." he swallowed nothing, "but we've got to get you out of here." He scooped her up, bundling the oversized pink dress and blouse around her tiny, five year old body.

"Sorry bout the wait," Marvelous jumped in front of the two with the others, "where's the Scormin?"

"There..." he pointed to Gitalizaz, "Ahim-san..." He looked down at the crying child in his arms, and Luka gasped, rushing to her.

"That's Ahim?" she looked around, like she was praying this was a joke, "this guy's steak." She was the first to charge in, Marvelous tailing her and firing his gun.

"Wait for me!" Gokai Green scrambled after them, and Gokai Blue turned to his friend, "Get her back to the ship. We'll take care of this guy." He pulled out his sword and charged in quickly, growling fiercley.

"Let's go, Ahim-san..." he started back toward the Gallen, and she started to fight wildly.

"No!" she wailed,"no, no, no! Mommy! Daddy!" He'd have to question that later, since she was really fighting.

"It'll be okay..." he was walking slowly, since most of his energy was into making sure she didn't escape, "we're...going...home..."

She obviously didn't believe him. It took forever, but finally managed to set her down on the couch of the Gallen and collaspe beside her. She was curled up in a little ball, not looking up.

"You're very cute, Ahim-san," he spoke catiously, and she only trembled. That's when Marvelous came walking in, carrying a big sack over his shoulder...and it was moving.

"I think," he opened up the sack, "I've figured out what that Scormin's power was."