K. Since it's a personality swap world everybody's personalities are really weird.
Gonna be honest, I was inspired by the ninth Naruto movie.
Mois was still a little annoyed at everyone who had started the party without her, but she went back to the house anyway.
"I'm back!" She opened the sliding glass door in the back by Giroro's tent. She always entered the house from the back instead of the front. It wasn't like she expected anyone to greet her, maybe Keroro if he was in the room. She hoped he'd apologize.
"Mois!" Mois heard an odd voice greet her, and her name on his tongue was something she had never heard. She looked down to see Tamama grinning at her. "I kind of didn't want you to come so soon, I wasn't expecting you. But that's all right, we can start the party now that you're here!"
Mois looked shocked. They had stopped partying just for her? She noticed a banner on the walls that said 'Mois appreciation! She's the best'
Mois covered her mouth in shock. They had changed the party theme just because they realized she was hurt?
Tamama threw confetti at her. "Whee! Confetti!"
It got all over her hair.
"D-did you make that...?" Mois asked.
"Course I did! This was my idea after all. And I made you a cake too." Tamama pulled out a beautiful looking white cake.
Mois giggled. Tamama hadn't even eaten it yet had he? "You resisted the temptation to eat it?" She was surprised.
"Temptation? Cakes aren't tempting. Yuck, who likes sweets? Well, I guess you might." Tamama laughed, "I packed some carrots for myself."
Mois looked down at Tamama confused. Something is off...I mean at first I was happy that he was calling me by name and set up a party just for me, but a Tamama who eats vegetables? Heck a Tamama that's nice to me? She needed to be on guard. Who knew what kind of trap was lying in wait for her thanks to him. She knew somewhat that Tamama didn't like her for some reason.
"I'm just so happy to see you! I didn't know when I'd see you again. But its good to see my best friend!" Tamama grinned.
Mois frowned. "B-best friend?" Yeah Tamama was pranking her, "I'm sorry I don't believe we were ever best friends..." She reminded him. Maybe she shouldn't be on guard though. Maybe this was Tamama's way of apologizing.
"Oh silly Mois! That's just like you saying you hate me! But I know it's just a joke. I'll get you to be my friend someday!" Tamama laughed, pumping his fist in the air determined.
Mois felt very weird. This just didn't seem right at all. Tamama was being way too nice to her.
She looked at Tamama, really looked at him for once. He looked a bit different than she recalled. For one thing the white on his face was gone replaced by dark blue. It looked a bit smeared like make-up as if he was trying to look more adult. After all, he still had his tail.
Maybe he's trying to mature by being nicer to me. Mois shrugged, although it was weird she tried not to think too hard about it. "Um...I'm going to go off to bed..." She didn't want to be around Tamama any longer. He was creeping her out. She had always wanted Tamama to be friendly to her, but this was just getting weird. "I'm tired."
Tamama nodded, "Ah! You being tired must be why you look different. I can't put my finger on it. Did you change your hair? Your clothes?" He tried to figure it out, "If you ever want to play dress up, you know, I'd love to play with you! I love to do anything with you." The amount of affection Tamama was giving her was almost obnoxious.
"N-no..." Mois nervously side-stepped Tamama, trying to get past him. She didn't get to the base before Keroro ran towards her.
"Mois!" He was holding a rose.
She pinched herself. Was she dreaming?
Keroro had a big grin on his face before he bowed, handing her the rose. "It's been far too long. But I'm happy to see a beautiful girl like you again."
Mois blushed, "B-beautiful?" She covered her cheeks. Keroro was calling her beautiful? He was acting like a prince charming.
"Yeah, beautiful! I would love to treat you sometime, just to ya know be near you." Keroro winked.
He was straight up flirting with her! Mois grinned from ear to ear. This was weird but a welcomed change.
She didn't notice how Keroro kept on glancing at Tamama, as if waiting for him to react more than Mois.
"It's been so long in fact that I would just love to kiss you, ya know in like a greeting?" Keroro nervously stated, glancing again at Tamama.
Tamama sighed, "She's not interested, Mr. Sergeant. Stop trying to make her into one of those girls you constantly flirt with." He scolded, "Stop bothering my friend."
"Why should you be concerned with how I act towards her? Oh, don't tell me your jealous private!" Keroro swung his arm around Tamama, "Well, I'd be happy to help you out with that~..." Tamama weaseled out with his grip.
"Jealousy is a pitiful emotion. I try to help people not feel it, so I would never get jealous of something like that. Adults like me don't get jealous over petty things and I would hardly be bothered by how you treat other people. After all what does it have to do with me? I'm just the private in your platoon." Tamama reminded.
Keroro looked disappointed.
"I have to go!" Mois said quickly. She didn't know if Keroro and Tamama were putting on a performance for her, but this just felt weird. Wasn't Tamama usually more affectionate towards Keroro? He idolized him like a brother! Right?
She liked how Keroro was flirting with her, but something just seemed off about this.
So she ran off.
Keroro glanced at Tamama when she left. "Was there something odd about her?"
"I think she changed her hair color." Tamama told him.
"Ah, I didn't notice. I kind of honestly forgot what she looked like." Keroro admitted, laughing awkwardly.
Not much had changed.
Dororo went back to his household- the cabin in the woods.
"I'm home, Lady Koyuki!" Dororo greeted.
Koyuki looked shocked to see him. "Where were you?" She threw her arms around Dororo, squeezing him in a tight hug.
Dororo smiled and put his arms around her too. Just as he stroked her hair she pulled away.
"S-sorry. That was uncalled for." She was avoiding his eye contact and looked slightly embarrassed. "It's just...I missed you."
"I missed you too, Lady Koyuki." Dororo nodded. Even a short time apart hurt to him. He could deal with it, but he preferred being close to his soul mate. Although he reminded himself that she didn't feel exactly the same.
"And time apart from you is too much. Please tell me where you were!" Koyuki begged. Dororo was happy that she was paying so much attention to him.
Maybe Koyuki did care about him as much as he cared for her. "I was at the park." Dororo said honestly.
"The park? This whole time?" Koyuki looked shocked.
"Well I tried to go to a party too." Dororo knew she knew about the party. But she had stayed home to do homework.
"A party?" Koyuki laughed. "I can't imagine that. But...It's okay if you don't want to tell me. Just please include me more in things, remember me. I want you to care about me." Her voice seemed so desperate.
Dororo softly smiled at her, he reached up and stroked her hair, causing her to blush slightly again which he found odd. Usually Koyuki was quite a physically affectionate person, small gestures never caught her off guard or mad her nervous. "Is something wrong?" He asked, taking his hand off of her hair.
Koyuki shook her head.
"Okay then...Did anything interesting happen while I was away?" Dororo tried to make conversation.
"Well, I got in a fight with Natsumi. She's such a jerk! I hate her." Koyuki frowned. "Luckily my skills made easy work of her. I was able to beat her in the fight." She grinned confidentially.
Dororo paled. Lady Natsumi and Lady Koyuki got in a fight? A physical one? What had happened? "I am so sorry, Lady Koyuki." He apologized, "I am so sorry for your loss."
"It's fine. I didn't like her much anyway." Koyuki replied. "As long as I have you, Zeroro, I'm happy."
Dororo looked at her in confusion. She had just called him Zeroro! Koyuki of all people should have known he was known as Dororo now.
But this was odd. Why had she refereed to him as Zeroro?
Mois wasn't acting too weird in the park. Maybe she knows about what's going on. Maybe she heard from Natsumi about Koyuki's fight with her or about Koyuki calling me Zeroro. Right now Angol Mois was his only other ally. So he slipped off to go consult with her.
Mois was cleaning up in the base, as usual. She had decided against going to sleep at the present moment.
Dororo appeared in front of her, like the ninja he was.
"I...I have to ask you something, Mois." He confessed, "Have you experienced any weirdness? Or heard anything about Natsumi and Koyuki's fight?"
Mois shook her head, "I didn't hear anything about them fighting. That's awful that they're at odds with each other!"
Dororo nodded in agreement.
"I...I did experience something weird, but I just assumed it was Tamama's way of apologizing for today." Mois admitted.
"His way of apologizing?" Dororo looked confused. Was Tamama acting weird too?
"He was being nice to me, Dororo! He said we were friends!" Mois seemed very unnerved by this, it wasn't normal.
Dororo did look shocked by the news. But he slowly started realizing what was going on. "Ah, I see. It's not that anything weird is going on. It's just a prank that everybody's pulling on us! After all Tamama would only be nice to you for his own benefit or scheme." Dororo laughed, "Kululu probably instructed him to be nice. Thinking about it more, he probably set this whole thing up."
"So he's pranking us? That's not very nice." Mois frowned.
"Yes. So you better talk to him. If anyone can get him to convince everybody else to stop and start acting more normal it's you." Dororo instructed.
Mois gave a small nod.
Dororo and Mois knocked on Kululu's lab door. It opened for them.
"I had heard you two had come back." Kululu spun around in his chair. His lab wasn't as messy and smelly as usual, it was more clean and proper.
He had finally cleaned it! It didn't seem so dark and creepy.
"Kululu." Mois gave a small nod to him. She wasn't happy with him at all though for pranking her. Making Tamama nice was something that should only come from Tamama honestly.
"We need your help, Kululu." Dororo requested, "I know you won't do it willingly so-"
"Of course I'll help!" Kululu said quickly getting out of his chair, "I'd help anyone out in need." He flashed a smile to both of them, the nicest smile Kululu had ever used or they had ever seen.
Mois and Dororo's eyes twitched. For some reason they both felt like they were about to lose their lunches.
It must be that saviour fair thing going on. Well I won't be conned. Dororo reminded himself. "Why would you help us for nothing? That doesn't make sense."
Kululu looked shocked, "Why it's my motto! Kindness will win out in the end. Always treat others like you want to be treated!" He gave them a thumbs up.
He was brimming with goodness and kindness.
"Ku, ku..." He covered his mouth. "Sorry about that. It's that darn sub-conscious laughter again."
Dororo and Mois just stared at Kululu blankly. This wasn't right at all.
"So what's been bothering you two? I'll get on it immediately." Kululu offered.
"Um...Well, Tamama's been creeping me out." Mois admitted, biting her lip. This was where he'd probably laugh at her.
But instead Kululu looked concerned, "Creeping you out?" He pulled up a chair for Mois to sit in. As Mois sat in it, she wondered if he'd pull it out from under her at the last minute and start laughing. That seemed like a very Kululu like thing to do.
But instead he acted very gentlemanly, very professional and kind. "I don't want you to be uncomfortable. After all you're my dear friend. So of course I'll help you out if Tamama's bothering you." Kululu smiled.
Dororo waited for Kululu to ask him his problem, the problem with the fight between Koyuki and Natsumi. But just as usual Kululu ignored him in favor of Angol Mois. I guess that makes sense. She is his friend, I guess. But something about Kululu calling anyone his dear friend sounds wrong. He's definitely tricking us.
At first Mois was feeling like she was being tricked, same as Dororo, but as soon as Kululu used the words 'dear friend' to refer to her, she smiled. "D-dear friend?" Kululu had never called her that except if he was using sarcasm. She covered her face smiling just so much.
"Aww, don't cover your face Mois. I love to see your eyes!" Kululu smiled, reaching for her hands and gently pulling them off her face. "After all they're so beautiful. Even in a different form like this one I can always tell it's you." He gave her a sweet smile.
Mois just blushed. A lot. She had never heard those words from Kululu! He thinks my eyes are beautiful? No..Kululu don't say those things in front of Dororo! That's embarrassing. She giggled a bit to herself.
Dororo on the other hand, even though what Kululu was saying was weird, was listening very closely. He was much more observant than Mois and something Kululu had said had struck him as odd. Not that he liked Mois's eyes, after all he could always pretend to, but that he said she was in a different form. She always uses this form. Dororo thought to himself. It's just like how Koyuki called me Zeroro. It's like they know something different.
He continued listening.
"D-don't say those things in front of Dororo..." Mois insisted, "It's embarrassing!"
"Why?" Kululu asked, confused, "It's the truth, isn't it? Why should I be embarrassed about complimenting you?"
"It kind of sounds like you're flirting with me...Are you flirting, Kululu?" Mois was super confused. If Kululu was flirting though she didn't know how to react.
Kululu waved his hands in front of his face, "Goodness no!" He laughed. A normal laugh. "It's just my policy to tell someone if they look nice, it's nice to give compliments. Everybody likes them. And when you compliment someone it returns to you times 10." Kululu grinned. "But it would be just like you to misinterpret that I was flirting."
Yeah. She's pretty obsessed with romance. Dororo remembered. At least one thing was the same.
Kululu turned around and pressed the security cameras on, looking for Tamama to see if he was acting weird. Tamama was on the camera nibbling on some celery.
"Looks normal to me." Kululu shrugged.
Dororo narrowed his eyes. Even if this was a prank he didn't think Tamama would be willing to eat healthy.
"Come on, Mois." Dororo pulled Mois away from Kululu as she waved good-bye.
Something was definitely up.
Dororo tried to figure out what was going on as he walked around the Hinata house with Mois. Eventually they stumbled upon Natsumi peering over a corner and staring dreamily at Giroro.
"Eek!" Natsumi seemed frightened when she realized she had been caught. She looked almost fearful.
"Hello Natsumi." Dororo greeted.
"Don't tell him I was staring at him! Please!" Natsumi begged. "I just think he's really cool!"
"It's all right, Natsumi. Giroro is pretty cool." Mois agreed.
"No, not like normal cool. I think he's cool-cool...I just wish I had the courage to confess to him." Natsumi sighed. "But he'll never like me."
Dororo and Mois both glanced at each other and laughed.
"Of course he'll like you, Natsumi!" Dororo smiled, "He likes you a lot."
"No. He doesn't like me one bit." Natsumi sighed, "Even though he doesn't want to invade this planet and has given up his invader ways, I still wish he would invade...My heart!" She dreamily swooned.
Mois and Dororo's eyes both widened.
No way would the Natsumi of their world be in love with Giroro. It was just impossible. And the way Natsumi was dreamily swooning and quite obviously lovesick wasn't normal.
As Natsumi left smiling, it was Dororo who was the first to suggest it.
"I think we might be in another world. There's too many things that are strange and it seems like people obviously don't know. Like my name, your form, and the fact that Giroro is no longer an invader." Dororo suggested.
"...Another world entirely?" Mois couldn't believe that. An alternate reality? It made a bit of sense. No way could Tamama want to be her friend, Kululu be nice and someone who liked her eyes and Natsumi being in love with Giroro of all things.
"It...It just isn't right..." Dororo nervously chattered.
"Tamama ate vegetables...Kululu's motto revolves around kindness...This is a nightmare!" Mois realized.
They both simultaneously screamed. It was just too weird.
"I swear, I will get out of this nightmare. You are the only normal person to my understanding, so here you are my only ally." Dororo told Mois. They would work together to get out of here.
Mois nodded.
An alliance was born.
Going to keep a list of what kind of personality traits the alternate versions of each of them has.
Zeroro- Goes by the name of Zeroro
Alt Mois- Has a different form.
Alt Tamama- Uses make-up to appear older, values adulthood and a calm state of mind, not being jealous. Really wants to be friends with Mois, but she doesn't much like him. Will try anything to be her friend. He hates sweets and loves vegetables. Not in love with Keroro.
Alt Keroro- A big flirt. You know how in the original so many people fall for Keroro for no legitimate reason and he's oblivious? The opposite here. He flirts with all the ladies, but tends to try to do it to get Tamama to notice him.
Alt Giroro- Gave up the invasion.
Alt Koyuki- Not very physically affectionate. Hates Natsumi, wants to be remembered more by Zeroro.
Alt Kululu- The nicest guy around. A gentleman. Likes Mois's eyes, values Mois's friendship. Values everybody's friendship. Tries not to laugh with a 'ku, ku, ku.
Alt Natsumi- Kind of cowardly and shy. Has a big crush on Giroro.
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