Zokiki Presents:

Quest on Planet Junan

Zokiki POV

"Tororo!"

Garuru sighed as I stormed into the control room of the ship. I was ticked with that little runt, "That is the last straw, you little nose-picker! Where are my dice?"

We heard Tororo's voice on the speaker, "Pu pu! Whatever are you talking about?"

I crossed my arms, "Don't make me call them. I promise you, I'll Slice-and-Dice your whole little hideout to pieces if that's what it takes." I was dead serious, "I will get them back, you little runt, one way of another."

He laughed, "Pu pu pu! And you're supposed to be as smart as Kululu? Yeah right! You can't even find me on one little ship!"

I sighed, "Slice-and-Dice."

We heard a lot of noise and slicing from the other end of the speaker. Tororo didn't sound like he enjoyed it what-so-ever. Suddenly, a swarm of tiny dice with small blades coming out of every dot burst through the floor. They quickly formed together and made two simple dice. I held up my hand as they shot towards me and caught them.

The whole platoon and I looked down the hole in the floor to see Tororo in his now hacked up room. He looked mad, "Look what you did to all my equipment!"

I scoffed, "I warned you."

Garuru sighed, "Must you two continue to damage my ship in this silly argument?"

I grinned, "Kikiki! Sorry about that, boss. The boys and I will fix it!" I gave Tororo a look, "Though he can take care of his room himself."

I tossed my dice in the air and they changed from. They became two keronians. One was entirely black with no features at all except for a white cap. The other was the exact opposite, being white with a black cap.

I held out my hand and they did the same. My eyes began to glow as I traced the damage with my hand, seeing the repairs in my mind. The two with me traced the same way I did, except their hands started to glow and the floor started to repair itself. They, being connected to me, could see what I wanted done in the repairs, and since I was incredibly smart, I knew how to fix it perfectly. I even fixed in a hatch for the runt. Of course, it wasnt fancy like his old one.

Once we finished, my eyes stopped glowing and the two became dice in my hand again. I grinned, "Ki ki! All finished!"

Garuru smirked, "I always find that very impressive."

I laughed, "Kikiki! But of course! I live to impress! Kiki!"

Tororo popped open the hatch, "This is a pathetic job! No handiwork at all!"

I smirked, "Yes, but this way I'll always know how to get into your little hideout. Kiki!"

Suddenly, there was an alert on the big screen. I hopped into my chair and started typing fast, "Its an SOS from another keronian platoon."

Garuru looked serious, as usual, "Pull it up on screen."

I did, revealing a young keronian girl. She was a black keronian with black ponytails from out the back of her midnight blue helmet, white underbelly, and big sky-blue eyes. Her ponytails were purple halfway down towards the ends. The symbol on her helmet was a blue rose. Her helmet was very simple with a microphone that reached her mouth.

She looked desperate as we could barely see her through the bad reception, "Hello? Anyone there?"

Garuru did the talking, "This is First Lieutenant Garuru of the Garuru Platoon? We got your SOS. What seems to be the problem?"

The girl spoke, "First Lieutenant Garuru? I didn't realise that's who he had for emergency contact!"

I was kinda surprised, "We can actually put down Garuru for emergency contact? I thought it was against the rules to call up a First Lieutenant directly like that!"

Garuru looked concerned, "Only old friends can. Just who are you, miss?"

She spoke, "Sarara of the Triple 9 Platoon, sir!"

Garuru was greatly surprised by that, "Kyukoko?"

Sarara nodded, "That's our platoon leader, sir. He was just captured by the natives of Planet Junan in the Eastern Galaxy! We can't seem to rescue him ourselves and we're certain they have terrible plans for him, sir! We're out of supplies after a crash landing caused by the natives and now we're stuck on this planet! We desperately need some help, sir!"

Garuru spoke, "Alright. Just stay where you are and we'll come find you. Can you activate your beaken, Sarara?"

She sighed, "Only Mijiji knows those things, but he was injured in the crash, so I don't think he can help."

I spoke up before Garuru, "I could walk you through it if you can tell me what kind of ship you've got."

She looked from the screen, probably looking for the ship name and model number. She spoke, "Well, it says this is a Meteor Maxxer Cruiser. Does that help?"

I was surprised, "Wait, did you say a Meteor Maxxer Cruiser? Where the frog did you get one of those? They're practically extinct!"

Sarara sighed, "It belongs to Mijiji. He built it himself, so I don't know how much of the information on it is useful."

I groaned, "Could have told me that before, sweetheart." I started searching my files for something to help. I stopped at a page and pulled it up on the big screen right next to the girl's picture. It had five different control panels on it.

I sighed, "Ok, do you see a series of lights at the top of the control panel or the bottom?"

She looked, "Top."

I took out two of the panels in the page, "Ok, what colors of those lights?"

She checked again, "Red and yellow."

I removed two more from the page, "Got it. Ok, you should have a Pixer Control Panel installed on your ship, meaning the beaken switch is at the top, third button from the very right. It should be green."

She looked and smiled, "I see it!" Just then, a small map appeared on our screen of Planet Junan, where a little red dot was blinking.

I smiled, "Well done, Sarara!" She looked proud.

Garuru spoke, "Alright, Sarara, just stay put until we get there. If anything comes up, call us right back. Do you copy?"

She nodded and gave a salute, "Yes, sir!" Then the connection was cut off.

Garuru turned to me, "Well done there, Zokiki. Quick thinking."

I grinned, "Kikiki!"

Garuru spoke, "Alright, let's head over there and lend them a hand."

Everyone took their places and we started off for Planet Junan. I glanced back at Garuru, "By the way, who's Kyukoko? Must be a good old friend since he could contact you directly."

Garuru sighed, "We were cadets together. We keep in touch. He has his own Platoon and he's always traveling to new planets."

I was curious, "If he was cadets with you, that means he was probably there when Racaca was a cadet too."

He nodded, "He was. He was one of the survivors when Racaca first went traitor."

I smirked, "Amazing how much one crazy girl can bring soldiers together. You and me, you and Kyukoko, and who knows who else!"

Garuru sighed, "Yes, but from the sounds of it, he has his own troubles. What would Planet Junan want with Kyukoko?"

Pururu spoke, "The sooner we get to Junan, the sooner we can find out. That girl looked awfully scared. She looked like she was still a tadpole too."

Garuru looked determined, "We need to get over there ASAP."

We all saluted, "Yes, sir!"

Junan was a jungle planet, so it was difficult looking for somewhere safe to land. Once we found a spot, Garuru had Zoruru, Pururu, and Tororo stay onboard, just in case. Taruru, Garuru, and I headed out to find Sarara and the Triple 9 Platoon.

I followed the blinking dot on my handheld device. I'd built it during my time with the Garuru Platoon, so it was fully capable of connecting to the ship whenever I wanted. I could drive the ship from the ground if I wanted. Something I had learned from Kululu in our cadet days.

We walked through the jungle. I led the way while Garuru held his gun ready and Taruru watched our surroundings. I kept my dice in hand, just to be safe.

After a while, I pushed aside some branches to see the crash sight of the Triple 9 platoon's ship. It was a wreck! Garuru led the way over to find Sarara and the rest of the platoon.

We came to a large hole in the ship's side, probably the impact location. There wasn't any light inside. Garuru led the way in as I turned off my handheld.

We walked in quiet through the ships' corridors in darkness. I held my dice out and they gave off a soft, teal glow. It wasn't much, but enough to see our way. We walked on, hoping to find some sign of Sarara or her comrades.

Then I heard voices from up ahead. We moved quietly closer, listening to the voices. I then heard Sarara's voice, "It won't be long now. I'm sure they're close."

We heard another voice, "Are you sure they got the right information? I could have come help you out if you'd have told me. OW!"

Sarara spoke again, "Don't over do it, Mijiji. Besides, they have what they need. I activated the beaken, so they'll find us just fine. They know what they're doing."

We walked up to the door that the voices were coming from. Garuru tried opening the door, but it was locked.

We heard the one called Mijiji's voice, "Oh drat, those creeps found us."

I spoke up fast, "Its ok! We're the Garuru platoon! We're here to help!"

Sarara spoke, "I know that voice! That's the keronian who I talked to on-screen!"

I smiled, "Yeah, that's me. My name is Zokiki. I'm here with First Lieutenant Garuru and another member. Will you let us in?"

I listened as the door was unlocked. We walked in and was surprised to see a sword at my throat. I stopped, surprised.

There stood a dark grey keronian with a large black blotch around his right eye, black underbelly, red eyes, and a burgundy hat. His symbol was two black katanas crossing each other. His hat was that of any assassin in the keronian army, except it was burgundy with black sides and a black ninja headband with his symbol on it. He also wore the black mask most assassins wore. He had a cutlass in hand and its sheath was strapped to his back by a black belt that went over his shoulder. He also wore black, finger-less gloves.

He looked me over, then sheathed his cutlass and gave a polite bow. I figured he was supposed to make sure we weren't trying to trick them. Pretty smart really.

I saw another keronian in the room. He was laying on a metal table with a pillow to prop him up. He was a brown keronian with black stripes on his arms and legs, white underbelly, black wavy hair under a bright yellow paperboy cap, and cyan blue eyes. His symbol was a blue compass pointing North. He wore a compass on a dark brown cord around his neck and a light brown belt full of tools.

He looked pretty beat up and had an injury in his side. He was wrapped up pretty well for being on a crashed ship. He looked us over, "Well, I guess they are the Garuru Platoon after all. How Kyukoko go the First Lieutenant as an emergency contact, I'll never understand."

Sarara and the assassin keronian gave salutes. Sarara smiled, "Thank you for coming, sir."

Garuru returned the gesture, "We will help as best we can. First we need to know just what happened."

Mijiji sighed, "That lousy princess shot my ship right out of the sky. We came to look for something important on this planet, but our mission was cut short. When we crashed, her soldiers showed up and nabbed Kyukoko. The rest would have taken us too, but Kyukoko managed to put the ship under lockdown, protecting us. After they left, I undid the lockdown, but there was nothing we could do for him."

He looked around at the damaged ship, "My beautiful ship. Ruined. After all my hard work."

Sarara sighed, "Don't mind him. This ship is his pride and joy. He spent years building it, so he gets sentimental when it gets damaged."

I smiled, "Understandable. It really is an amazing ship, even after all the damage."

Mijiji sighed, "Thanks."

Garuru spoke, "Well, before we rescue Kyukoko, we need to get you all to our ship. You'll need to be taken care of. Our medic, Pururu, is on the ship. She can have you fixed up."

Mijiji smirked, "A lady medic? That's all you had to say." He tried getting up with help from the assassin keronian. He limped along, which I knew would slow us down.

I whispered to Garuru, "We'll have to really be careful getting back. If the natives are out looking for us, they'll easily catch us if we're not ready for a fight."

Garuru nodded, "I agree. We'll have to move slow for him. You and Taruru keep your guard up." Taruru and I gave a nod of understanding.

With that, we headed out. I stayed to the right and Taruru stayed to the left of Mijiji and his comrades. Sarara and the assassin helped him walk while Garuru stayed at the front, leading the way. Having a near photographic memory, I could remember the way back to the ship.

Sarara spoke softly, "We haven't properly introduced ourselves. I'm Sarara." She turned to the assassin, "And this is Airroro." The assassin gave a nod.

Mijiji sighed, "And I'm Mijiji."

I smirked, "I'm Zokiki, the boss is of course Garuru, and the tadpole is Taruru."

Taruru crossed his arms, "I am not a tadpole."

Garuru sighed, "Don't start, you two. Stay focused."

We both spoke, "Yes, sir."

As I walked, two glowing blue, slightly transparent, floating figures appeared at my sides. They were tribal keronian ghosts. The spirits in my dice, X and Z. Though, only I could see them since the dice were in my possession.

The one was a dark teal keronian with gold eyes and red underbelly while the other was a white keronian with lime green eyes and grey underbelly. The white one even still had a tail. That was X and the other was Z. The black and white forms they took where only their physical forms. X was the white one while Z was the black one.

Z spoke, having a slight accent, "Be careful, Master Zokiki. I sense we are not alone in this jungle."

X nodded, "You and your comrades must hurry."

I understood and spoke, "There are others nearby. We'd better kick it up a notch."

Garuru knew about my connection with X and Z and nodded, "Alright." He turned to the others, "Keep your eyes and ears open. We're not alone out here."

I tossed my dice up and down in one hand as I listened. We were halfway to the ship. A little farther and we would have been fine.

Suddenly, a volley of arrows flew at us. I tossed my dice out at them, "Slice and Dice!" My dice split up into a bunch of tiny dice with blades, slicing right through every arrow.

Then large lizard men charged out at us. They were as tall as Pekoponians, but very hidieous. They had large, sharp teeth, shiny green scales, and blinking third eye lids. They wore royal soldier uniforms and carried large guns or long spears.

Garuru groaned, "An ambush. Everyone to the ship! Hurry!" Garuru got Mijiji on his back and we ran for the ship.

I yelled to my dice, "Cover us!" My mini dice swarm shot around like flies around the Junanans, slowing them down. I ran after the others.

Suddenly, the ground started to shake and open up. One crack opened up under Garuru. Mijiji pulled to one side, letting them fall to one side safely, though he felt pain when he hit the ground.

Taruru jumped to safety and reached for me. I grabbed his hand, but the ground crumbled under me. Our grip wasn't strong enough as my hand slipped from his. Taruru gasped as I fell, "Zokiki!"

Sarara was in just as bad a situation as the ground shifted under her and Airroro, tipping them back and dropping them down the hole too. The three of us fell fast into the darkness.

Then nothing.