-Comedy Romance-

Anime: Sergeant Keroro

Couple: Giroro and Natsumi

Giroro looked at his calendar, the picture at the top showing the best Keron fighter ever known, and the next day was circled many times in red meaning…

"Another birthday…mine…" Giroro said and sighed. He never liked birthdays very much, but his he never like at all. It wasn't like he didn't get any presents, or attention; he just…never got anything he wanted. The only thing I would want is…Natsumi. Giroro shook his head and started to blush, why do I have to be so stupid?

Keroro looked at his calendar, the top picture being one of his favorite Gunpla figures, and noticed…

"AH! Tomorrow is Giroro's birthday!" he said out loud and then thought to himself. The only thing he would want is the world's greatest gun…or…Natsumi. A grin appeared on his face, one of the things he loved the most was to tease Giroro and his love for Natsumi.

"Maybe Kururu can help," he said to himself, turning to his refrigerator that led him to their underground base.

"Ku, ku, ku…perfect I need a test subject on this new 'liquid' I have created," Kururu said, the grin on his face bigger than normal, and turned to a test tube in a cold room. He handed it to Keroro.

"Put it in his food or make him drink it, and he will become human. Don't use all of it, because the liquid only lasts two hours and he will have to drink more to stay in his human form."

"Whoa! That's amazing! I might try it out!"

"I would wait till Giroro uses it, there could be side effects."

Keroro stopped from putting the tub to his mouth, "Um-oh…ok."

He looked at the tube…thinking-how was he going to get Natsumi to talk to a stranger who seems a lot like Giroro?

Saburo then walked in, "Hey guys, Kururu do you mind repairing my pen again? I think the ink ran out or got stuck again."

Kururu nodded and took the pen from Saburo and left him standing there with Keroro. Keroro looked up at him, then smiled.

"That's it…" he said aloud, having Saburo look at him in a questioning way. Keroro had the "Kururu" like look on his face and walked closer to Saburo, "I'll need you for something. Do you want to take a day break from school?"

"Not like I ever really 'go' to it…but sure," Saburo said shrugging as he let Keroro lead him somewhere.

The next morning, Keroro and Saburo slowly snuck over to Giroro's tent. He was still asleep, but was snoring loudly. Keroro grinned, good thing his mouth is open. He pulled a cork off the tube and put three drops into his mouth; looked over at Saburo with a grin, nodded and then the two left.

Later that morning, Giroro felt…odd. He felt squished together in his tent, he sat up and his head hit the top of the tent and stretched it.

"What the…!?" He asked then looked at his hands…human hands.

Soon the whole Hinata residence could hear his scream. Keroro woke up and right away knowing what was wrong. Natsumi woke up and looked out her window, looked around and saw nothing. Giroro had hidden in the bushes, another issue was…he didn't have clothing…only his belt which could only fit around his waist. The only person, well…Keron, that he could think that could do something like this was…

"Kururu...I'm going to kill him for sure now!" He said to himself, still upset about the time Kururu had stolen his belt making him almost leave the group forever.

Giroro pounded on the door, having a blanket wrapped around his waist and was yelling his name.
Kururu opened up, and grinned, "Ku, ku, ku you look really nice…Giroro."

Giroro quickly snatched him, his hand gripped around his neck, "What did you do to me!?"

"H-hey…it was Keroro's idea."

"Keroro? …….Keroro…" Giroro said and dropped Kururu and went to his sergeant's room.

Keroro waited for Giroro to come, he sat in his bed reading manga and had a big smile on his face.

"Keroro!!" Giroro said, opening his door so hard and quickly that it made a loud noise slamming against the wall, "What the hell did you do to me!?"

"Giroro, Giroro, Giroro," Keroro said, shaking his head and putting his book down. He looked back up at his now human corporal, crossing his 'fingers' and smiled, "Can't you see I did this for you?"

Giroro blinked, "What?"
"You obviously don't know that I know your weakness."

Giroro blushed and looked over at the floor, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Keroro jumped down from his bed, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back and tsked, "Natsumi, a wonderful and strong Pekopon, I hate to admit, great 'female, Pekopon warrior; eh?"

"Ugh you got me there, but it doesn't matter…change me back immediately!"

"I can't."

"What do you mean you 'can't'!?"

"You'll have to wait till the effect of the liquid wears off; you have two hours to find somewhere to hide. Then again, here's the chance you can tell Natsumi how you feel. Saburo and I had an agreement, he can take the day off and you can pretend you're an exchange student from another school for the day."

Giroro thought to himself, he didn't mind spending time with Natsumi without her finding it weird; and also without him feeling weird about it.

"Ok, I'll go ahead and agree with your idea just…one problem…I need clothes," he said, looking down at the small blanket wrapped around his waist, being held by his belt.

"Don't worry; I made Kururu make them for you. Specially made for you," Keroro said, smiling happily.

"Oh…and Keroro, what did you mean by you're doing me a favor?"

"Well like I said, I know you're weakness and I'm giving you a chance to be with the one you love. Who knows, she could fall in love with you too. I can't help but be slightly jealous, although I bet I would be a much more handsome Pekopon than you."

Giroro rolled his eyes.

"Oh yeah," Keroro said, before he opened the refrigerator door, "You're name is now Girokazu, got it?"

Giroro nodded.

And so he went to school, not having to wear the school uniform, and was announced to the school about the student exchange. Although it still seemed to confuse Giroro why he seemed younger than his actual age. Well according to what Kururu told him, the liquid brought down his age a bit to even out with the human age and also Keron years and Pekopon years were a bit off…he didn't get it but just ignored it anyway. But the first time Natsumi saw him, she thought he was a really adorable guy. Although at first, she was mad that they had to switch with Saburo since she loved him also…but this "Girokazu" was another hottie. She also was happy that she was chosen to show him around the school and city. And of course, Girokazu couldn't help but blush every time he saw her and was around her. At lunch, he had to make sure he took more of the liquid since his skin started to turn red.

"Well, um, since school is over…we could maybe…go…o-out," Natsumi said, circling her foot on the dirt and was blushing.

Girokazu was too, but agreed anyway, "We could meet up at the park."

Natsumi nodded, "Alright. I'll meet you there." The two parted, and Girokazu decided he shouldn't go back home and just hang around until she would come.

Once Natsumi got home, she noticed something, "Where's Giroro?" She went inside, taking off her shoes and saying she was home, and looked around…where was everyone? Fuyuki was probably upstairs doing homework, but…what about baka frog?

"He's probably somewhere with Tamama or something," she answered her question, shrugging it off and went upstairs to bathe and change into better clothing, making sure to get something warm since the cool autumn air was soon to chill her bones and for the rest of the night.

While down in the basement, Keroro and Tamama where planning something "evil" …as usual.

"Got the camera ready Tamama?" Keroro asked.

Tamama stood up and saluted, "Yes, sir!"

Keroro turned around and grinned, "I always wanted to get Giroro good, and here's the best way…blackmail."
Tamama and Keroro snickered as they waited patiently for Natsumi to say "I'm going!" and then follow her shortly after that.

Natsumi closed the door, not wanting to bothering saying anything since she already told Fuyuki where she was going and her mother was at work, of course.

A few minutes after that, Keroro noticed that it seemed she must've left already.

"But she normally says when she's going!" Keroro cried, now he wouldn't be able to know where they were dating.

"We can find her, Gunsou-san," Tamama said.

Keroro nodded, "That's my private, alright let's go."

"Natsumi-san!" Girokazu yelled and waved as she looked around for him, wearing his usual clothes but also a large, dark brown trench coat.

Natsumi smiled brightly and ran over to him, "There you are!"

Girokazu smiled, blushing as usual, and brought a bouquet of flowers out from behind his back, "I-I got these for you."

"Aw, they're beautiful!" Natsumi said, taking them and smelling them.

Girokazu blushed again, then changed the subject, "S-so…where do you want to go?"

Natsumi looked back at him with a smile, "Maybe we can go to that fair that has been up for a while now."

Girokazu nodded, "Sounds like fun."
As they walked, Natsumi looked up at him, then at the floor, then back up, and kept wondering, why does he seem so familiar to me?

Girokazu noticed her questioning expression, "Is anything the matter?"

"Uh, n-no I just had a feeling…you seem so familiar to me, that's all. But don't worry, I'm just being silly."

Girokazu turned is head, hoping she wouldn't find out who he really was then it would be a total embarrassment, "D-don't mind, sometimes people think things …they could be right but let's just not worry about it."

"Alright," Natsumi said, clinging to his arm as the walked closer to the fair.

They played a few games, some traditional Japanese games and some were just plain fun ones. Girokazu noticed a shooting game, he hadn't been around his guns all day and really needed to hold a gun and shoot something. My poor guns haven't been polished all day either.

"Can we play this game?" he asked, pointing at it and ignoring his weird thought.

Natsumi looked over at it, "Sure, if you want to."

Girokazu grinned, paid for the bullets and began to shoot away. Natsumi stared as she was shocked on how good he was, he didn't miss one target. He even managed to win the biggest prize in there, which he gave to Natsumi.

"Wow, now we have to carry a big bear around," Natsumi said, laughing somewhat.

"Sorry," he said, blushing, "I kind of lost control."

"How are you so good like that?" She asked, her suspicions getting to her again.

"Uh-um…I'm the…best shooter at my shooting club back at home," he said, making something up quickly. If he mentioned being in the army, she'd get even more suspicious.

"Ah ok," she said and smiled.

He looked down at her, normally having to be looked down at but it didn't matter…he just loved her smile.

"Well, do we want to go eat?" he asked.

"Sure, what should we have?"

Girokazu looked around, then noticed a stand of cooked sweet potatoes, "How about…those."

"That seems like a grand idea! I love sweet potatoes! How did you know I did!?" Natsumi said.

"Uh-um…be-caaause…I …I like sweet potatoes too!" He said, although truthfully he really did know she liked them since he had his own garden of them on a far away island, all for Natsumi too.

"Let's eat then!" she said and ran over to the stand.

Keroro looked around in a tree, with binoculars on.

"See them yet, Gunsou-san?" Tamama asked.

Keroro then noticed them walking around, smiling at each other and were eating sweet potatoes, "There they are!"

Tamama looked over to where he was pointing, saw them and took a picture.

"Good one, Tamama," he said, putting thumbs up, "Now try not to waist too much, we need the 'good' stuff."

"What kind of 'good' stuff?" Tamama asked.

Keroro grinned, "You'll see…"

Dororo looked around, he swore he heard his sergeant's voice, "Keroro-kun?"

He looked around more, and soon noticed the green and black frogs in the tree with "spy" equipment.

"Keroro-kun! Tamama-chan!" Dororo said, getting their attention. They shushed him, "We don't want to be noticed!"

"Oh…" Dororo said, keeping quiet and ninja jumped over to them, "What're you doing?"

"Spying on Natsumi and Giroro," Tamama said.

"Giroro…Natsumi…where?" Dororo asked, looking around; he noticed Natsumi…but no Giroro.

"Oh, we forgot to mention," Keroro said, noticing the questioning look on his face, "Giroro has taken this sort of 'potion' to turn him human, and he is now known as 'Girokazu'…to Natsumi and the other humans. Although Natsumi has no idea she's dating with Giroro at the moment."

"Date!?" Dororo yelled.

Keroro nodded, "A good birthday present for Giroro, eh?"

Dororo thought for a moment, he knew that spying on Giroro and Natsumi was wrong…but he could tell it was Keroro who had the idea of giving Giroro the chance to be with Natsumi.

"Alright, "Dororo said, "Just this once, I won't stop you, just…don't do anything bad with those pictures."

"Oh we won't…" Keroro lied.

Dororo nodded and jumped away.

Girokazu and Natsumi soon found a nice, high spot on a hill to watch the fireworks.

As they sat waiting, quietly, Natsumi had the urge to say something. Soon she finally spoke, "Uh-um…"

Girokazu turned to her, "Yes, what is it Natsumi-san?"

"I…I just wanted to say I had a lot of fun today. I never really have been on a date with a guy before," she said, remembering that she once dated her friend Koyuki…but it really doesn't count as an actual date, "So I wanted to say thank you…and I…I…"

She sighed, she couldn't say it. Girokazu blushed, he would have never dreamed of these words coming from her because he knew exactly what she was going to say and just for her sake…he was going to finish it off for her.

"I had fun too, and I…I love you too."

Natsumi looked up at him, he's never blushed so much like this before and neither had she. She looked at the floor, her finger circling around in the dirt; she felt like she was abandoning her love for Saburo…although it was just a crush. Soon the fireworks were in the sky, shining color lights on their skin. Natsumi slowly took her hand and clamped it with Girokazu's, he looked over at her and soon the moment came.

"Tamama! Get the camera ready!" Keroro yelled, seeing the two look at each the way they were and their faces began to draw closer.

Tamama fumbled with it a bit, almost dropping it, and got ready to take a picture with his finger right about the button…ready to push it.

Finally, their lips met and a flash of light could be seen from a tree behind them, although the two never noticed, and continued on till the fireworks ended.

Girokazu had barely any of the potion left, when he went to the bathroom to drink the last bit of it he decided it would be best to start walking her home…by then it would wear off again and he could just go to bed.

"It's getting late…want to go home?" Girokazu asked Natsumi. Natsumi nodded and took his hand as they walked out of the fair.

Keroro and Tamama were already at home, getting their pictures developed. And soon Girokazu and Natsumi were home too; Natsumi was already yawning a few times too.

"Well, goodnight," Girokazu said, turning when they got to the door.

"Wait," Natsumi said, getting him to turn back to her, "Are you going to be at school tomorrow?"

"No, this was only a one time thing sadly…" he said, really disappointed that he only got this chance once.

"Is there a way I can get a hold of you?" Natsumi asked.

Girokazu shook his head, "No, I'm sorry."

"Not even the phone?"

"Well…" Girokazu said, he couldn't think up a lie this time, "Alright…just give me yours."

Natsumi smiled, pulling out a piece of paper that she oddly had in her pocket and a pen and wrote it down; she placed it in his hand and he clamped his hands around it and smiled.

Natsumi had one more question to ask, "Um, this also has been bothering me and I don't know if it's a good thing to ask but…where did you get that scar?"

"Scar?"

"Yeah, the one on your right eye. Well right from where I see it, your left eye but you get my point."

Girokazu brought his hand up to that eye, and then noticed he did still have that scar there. Great, so I'm a human but I still have the scar! What am I going to tell her!?

"Um…it's a long story. Mostly it happened because of a friend…but like I said it's a long story and I don't have time, I have to go."

"Please don't go," Natsumi said, taking his hand before he could leave.

Girokazu could feel he was running out of time, he was soon to transform back into a frog again and didn't have time for this, "Gomen, Natsumi-san."

He than yanked his hand out of hers and ran off.

Natsumi frowned, he was gone. She turned to the door then looked to the side where Giroro's tent was. She remembered something, she had a small present for him upstairs in her room since she knew it was his birthday. She looked over there, he wasn't there.

"That's odd…he's normally there," she said to herself, and then went inside. When she went up the stairs, the thoughts of how familiar Girokazu seemed to her started to get to her. 'Giro' kazu…'Giro'ro…could it be?

Soon Giroro was back to normal and in his tent; he had pulled the blanket up over his head and sat down with his head in his knees. He felt like a wuss acting like this, but love just changed him so much.

"Giroro…" Natsumi's voice came from outside the tent. She had already checked with Keroro and the others, they said he wasn't there so she tried the tent again…this time he was there.

He walked out of the tent, trying to stay normal, "Y-yes?"

Natsumi bent down to him with a smile, "It's your birthday right?"

He nodded.

"Here," she said, handing him a small box and a card, "Happy birthday."

"A-arigatou," he said, taking the present.

Natsumi smiled and it was quiet for a while…till she spoke, "So…where were you all day?"

"J-just…around," Giroro lied, "I heard you were on a date with someone…was it Saburo?"

Natsumi shook her head, "No, with an exchanged student named Girokazu. He was such a cute guy and really nice, and know what…"

"What…?"

"He reminded me a lot of someone."

"Who?"

"You."

Giroro looked up at her, blushing and she was just looking at him with that smile again; although soon the moment was broken by Keroro's voice.

"Oh Natsumi! Guess whose turn it is to clean up!!" Keroro yelled from the house.

Natsumi growled, getting up and storming into the house, "Baka frog!"

Giroro giggled as he heard Keroro's cry for help, but soon turned his attention to the present he received from Natsumi. He read the card first, most of it was in red ink wishing him a happy birthday and such. But at the bottom, something was written in black ink…the same kind of ink that she used to write the phone number. It said "Hey, this may seem odd but…thanks again. I had fun today."

Giroro's eyes widened, did she know!?

Giroro's cat noticed that he was finally home, and also noticed him staring out in space with that look of surprise on his face. She mewed and sat down next to him, looking at the card and tilted her head. She pawed at him a few times, having something in her mouth that she was going to give him as a present. He finally stopped staring and noticed and took it from her, smiling and petting her with the usual laugh that came from him when he was around her. Then he looked up at the sky. It doesn't matter if she knows or not, I did have fun and so did she. Natsumi-san. I love you.