Keroro POV
"KERO!" was all I could say. I was in the central of our secret underground base watching the big screen. It was Tororo who had sent the message. And it was horrible! The rest of the platoon, including Dororo this time, were all shocked. Garuru's ship was under attack and we watched as they were defeated. Giroro looked the most upset by the video. Tororo appeared on screen from what looked like a very lousy and small camera.
Obviously he was trying to send the message without anyone seeing him on his side, "And now they've taken Garuru and are planning to do horrible things to the rest of us! And worst, she plans to conquer fifteen planets before she goes after Keron! And I have a good feeling she'll succeed!"
Then we heard a voice on the other side, "Hey! He's got a camera!"
Tororo managed one last thing, "DO SOMETHING!" And the message ended. We were silent as the message sank in. Someone was conquering planet after planet and was the going to conquer Keron as well.
Mois spoke up, "You could say, Emergency?"
Giroro looked really upset, "Someone actually defeated Garuru? That can't be. Just who could pull that off?"
Kululu was typing something, "There was a name attached to the massage. I'll pull up a picture. Is this person familiar to anyone?" Then a picture appeared on screen.
It was Giroro that gasped in horror, "Racaca!?"
I looked at the picture, "A girl keronian?" I laughed, "Kero kero kero! A girl? A girl defeated Garuru? Don't be silly, Kululu! You probably pulled up the wrong person."
Giroro turned to me, "Don't you know who that is!?"
I just blinked at him, "Should I?"
He glared at me, "Are you kidding!? That's Racaca! The most wanted keronian on all of Keron!"
Dororo suddenly seemed to remember, "Wait, you mean the same one you told us about as kids from Garuru's cadet days?"
Giroro nodded, "The same, I'm afraid."
I still didn't know who he was talking about, "Still not following you, pal."
He jumped up in front of me and started shaking me, "She is the most evil keronian alive and you don't even remember!? Even your own father fought her once and she still got away!" The room was spinning as he finally stopped.
He left go of me, "I can't believe she's back. I thought she got lost in a black hole or something!"
Kululu was looking up information, "Says here she's been missing for the last few years. And it's quite obvious what she's been doing the whole time." A picture of the galaxy appeared on screen.
We all looked as Kululu explained, "Don't you see? She's been conquering planets through out the universe for the last two years, collecting armies as she went. Never has there been such a conquest in the history of Keron." I was shocked. This simple girl took over thirteen planets when we couldn't even conquer one after four years.
Tamama obviously felt the same way, "Wow. She took over thirteen planets in two years and we're still trying to take over Pekopon after four years. Wow, we really suck."
I sighed at him, "Yeah, thank you for that, Private."
Kululu spoke up, "Ku ku, actually fourteen planets as of yesterday."
We all looked at him, "Fourteen?!"
Kululu laughed, "Kukuku! That's right. Shortly after defeating Garuru's platoon, she took over another planet called Pokepon."
I looked at him, "Pokepon? Like Pekopon?"
He did a little more typing, "That's right. It's said to sit on the exact opposite side of the galaxy of Pekopon, making them near exact mirrors of each other."
I was amazed, "A second Pekopon? Wow! To conquer two Pekopons would be awesome!"
Kululu laughed, "Kukukukuku! Too late now. Racaca's already conquered it, remember?"
I crossed my arms, "No fair! If I knew there was a second Pekopon out there, I would have conquered it too!"
Giroro yelled at me, "But you can't even conquer this Pekopon!"
Kululu was surprised, "There seems to be something else. Something is headed for base directly from space, and they're coming in fast." We were all surprised.
I turned to Mois, "Quick, Mois, pull up the camaras!"
She got to work, "Already on it, Uncle!" Then a camera feed came in on the big screen.
We were surprised by what we saw, "Isn't that..."
Shivava POV
"We're gonna die!" was all I could manage as we fell to Pekopon at dangerously high speed. We could only scream like little girls as we fell through the air. Dark Keroro and I held onto each other as my disk fell. We had been flying it a full straight day with three people on it when it was only meant for one, which in the end overloaded it. Doruru was trying to fix it as I and Dark Keroro could only watch the planet getting closer and closer.
We could make out buildings as we grew even closer. Doruru worked as fast as he could, but nothing he tried was working. To think, we escaped a doomed planet, just to be crushed by another one. It's twin, no less.
We could make out people. Oh I was so sure we were going to die as we saw the Hinata house come into view below us. Doruru gave up, knowing it was too late. We all held each other as he were just about to hit.
Suddenly, a giant baseball glove appeared, catching us. Though, we still flew face-smack into the side of the barrier. We groaned in pain. Man my face hurt. We managed to put our faces off the wall.
Dark Keroro rubbed his cheek, "What happened?"
Then the mit lowered us to the ground outside the house. We looked to see the Keroro Platoon standing there with the Hinata family. They all looked pretty surprised to see us. I knew they would be.
Then Keroro noticed Dark Keroro and got all excited, "Dark Keroro!" He ran over as I brought down the barrier around the disk.
Keroro hugged Dark Keroro, "Welcome back!"
Dark Keroro was surprised at first, then was happy, "Hello again."
Keroro let go and looked excited, "What brings you all this way? And why were you, you know, falling to your deaths?"
Doruru sighed, "Shivava's disk overloaded just as we entered the atmosphere."
Giroro obviously still didn't trust Doruru, "What are you doing here, Doruru?"
Doruru smirked, "Nice to see you too, Giroro."
Then I noticed the evil look I was getting from the minor character kid, "What are you doing back here?"
I laughed, knowing he hated when I did that, "Since when did I have to start answering to you, disciple?" As I expected, he started seething, which I enjoyed to watch. Then I noticed Dark Keroro watching the Hinata family still at the door.
The one named Fuyuki ran over, "Welcome back, Sargent!"
Dark Keroro smiled, though it was sad, "Hello, Fuyuki." I knew he was thinking about the Himatas. He looked pretty sad, which made me feel bad for him again. I glanced at Doruru, who looked just as sympathetic. The Keroro Platoon noticed our mood.
Fuyuki spoke up, "What's wrong?"
Dark Keroro looked at the ground, "We had just escaped invasion on our planet. My home... it's gone." Everyone gasped.
Dark Keroro looked close to tears, "My family, my friends, everyone; they're all gone. I couldn't help them."
It was the yellow guy who spoke up, "Ku ku. You were on Pokepon." The Keroro Platoon gasped. Doruru and I were pretty surprised that he figured that out, but Dark Keroro looked so sad at the mention of it, I didn't really care to ask.
The mother, Aki I think, smiled, "Why don't you come inside? I'm sure you're all worn out."
Dark Keroro spoke softly, "Thank you, Ako." Then he caught himself and covered his face with his hands, feeling miserable all over again. At that moment, I started to wish we were still living our empty lives as before.
Keruru POV
I snifled as Natsumi gave me a cup of tea. Shivava and Doruru stood beside the couch where I sat, like loyal companions. I was glad to have them with me. It made me feel that I didn't lose quite everything yet. I found it hard to look at Natsumi, Fuyuki, or Aki since they reminded me of my lost family.
It was Fuyuki, who was already a good friend to me since last time I was on Pekopon, who spoke first, "So, you were on Pokepon this whole time?"
I nodded sadly, "I have been living with the Himata family. They are your counterparts."
I pulled out a little photo that I always kept in my scarf. I handed it to Fuyuki without looking at him. He took it and they all looked at it. Natsumi was surprised, "Wow, they looked almost exactly like us."
Fuyuki looked excited, "That's so cool! Do they act like us?"
I shook my head, "Not quite."
Shivava spoke up, "Fuyuko is a shy geek, Ako is a real thorn-in-your-side diva, and don't even get me started on little miss Natsuki."
Natsumi gave Shivava a mean look, "And just what is that supposed to mean?"
I spoke up, "She's very kind. She's been my best friend ever since I landed on Pokepon. She always treated me special and always put me first. At least, she was. She wanted me to leave them. She wanted me to escape." Natsumi watched me. I felt that ache again as I tried not to let it show. I missed them terribly, and I was afraid for them.
Keroro sat beside me, "Don't worry, Dark Keroro, I'm sure they're fine."
I spoke softly, "...Keruru."
He looked at me, "Huh?"
I managed to smile, "My name. It's Keruru."
He smiled, "Wow, even your own name! That's great!"
I smiled up at him, "Thank you." Then I noticed Aki, and quickly looked away, "Though, Natsuki was the only one who really saw me as their friend, besides Koyuyu."
Natsumi was surprised, "Koyuyu? You mean like Koyuki?" I looked at her, remembering the ninja girl from before, "Yes, I believe so. She is very shy and different, so we get along quite well. She and Natsuki call themselves my friends. Fuyuko and I are friends, but he still doesn't really know how to show it. Ako doesn't like me very much. I'm not sure why, but she seems to hold some kind of grudge against me."
Aki smiled and hugged me, "Well, I think you're wonderful!"
I smiled, "Thank you, Aki."
Then Natsumi got excited, "Wait, what about Saburo?"
I looked at her, "Uh, Saburo?" She seemed to really like this Saburo person, "Was he with you when I was last here? The boy with the pen?"
She nodded excitedly, "Yeah, do you have him there too?"
I thought about it and immediately shivered. I remembered him now, "He's not like his counterpart, I can assure you."
She wanted details, "What's he like? Is he still dreamy? Does Natsuki date him?"
I thought about Natsuki and Sabara dating and shook the thought out quickly, "No, no, no. Never! That can never happen."
Natsumi looked surprised, "Why not?"
I sighed, "His name is Sabara and he's awful. He's an evil spy for the government."
Fuyuki smiled, "That's funny. That's what I thought Saburo was when I first met him."
I sighed, "He tries to catch my team and I so he can prove to his superiors that aliens exist. He's very dangerous. Well, he was. He's probably gone by now too, along with the others." The others all looked sad for me again.
Kululu spoke up, "Shouldn't we be asking ourselves something?" Everyone looked at him. He laughed, "Ku ku ku. If Pokepon was the fourteenth planet on Racaca's list and she's working towards fifteen, what do you think she's planning next?" Everyone was silent a moment, though I didn't understand the question.
Then the Keroro platoon looked horrified. Keroro jumped to his feet, "KERO! She's after us next!"
I gasped, "She's coming here too?"
Doruru looked concerned, "Just what is she up too? Racaca shouldn't have command over all she has!"
Shivava sighed, "Yeah, just what's going on here?"
Giroro looked serious, "Racaca is conquering planet after planet and is coming here as her fifteenth conquered planet so she will have a large enough army to conquer Keron."
I and my comrades were shocked, "She's going after Keron?!"
I caught myself, "Wait, what's Keron?"
Keroro spoke, "Keron is our home planet! How could you not..." He stopped, "Oh yeah, you were created here on Pekopon, so you really wouldn't know that."
I looked at him, "And she plans to come here next?" I thought of what happened on Pokepon happening here and felt horror. I jumped to my feet, which surprised Keroro and he fell back, "We can't let that happen! She will destroy everything!"
Shivava was on my side, "That witch must be stopped! Whatever it takes, she must not take over Pekopon too!" I noticed Tamama seething at Shivava's obvious confidence. I was glad to see Shivava actually caring now.
Doruru smiled, "We won't let her get away with what all she's done."
I looked at them, "Doruru. Shivava." They smiled at me. They really were my companions.
Giroro sighed, "Easier said than done. She not only already conquered fourteen planets, but she also defeat Garuru's platoon!"
Doruru looked shocked, "She defeated Garuru's platoon?!"
Giroro sighed, "Yeah, and if she can do that, what makes us think we stand a chance?"
Then someone walked in. I'd never seen this Pekoponian before. His short blond hair and bright blue eyes weren't familiar to me at all. He smiled, "Cool, more frogs!" He walked in, "Sorry we took so long to get back. The movie had a long line."
Then I saw the one they call Koyuki walk in with him. She smiled the way Koyuyu smiled only very few times and only at me, "What's going on?" She saw me and smiled, "Hey, I know you! You're that copy of Dororo's friend!"
The boy was surprised, "A copy of Keroro? Cool."
Keroro spoke up, "Li, this is our friend and my copy, Dark Keror... I mean, Keruru!"
Li smiled, "Oh I remember, Fuyuki told me about it! The third Kiriri I believe is what created him, right? And after he defeated Kiriri, he went off into space!" He held out his hand to me, "Hi, I'm Li! I'm Aki's brother!" I was surprised. He looked no older than Natsumi, yet he was their uncle?
Fuyuki smile, "Li was adopted by our grandmother a year ago, and while she's on a long trip, he's staying with us!"
Li smiled, "And boy what a time it's been. Alien frogs, monster-eating girls, powerful copies; it's pretty awesome!" Koyuki held his arm the way I'd seen her hold Natsumi's arm when I was last here. She seemed very affectionate towards him and he seemed to feel the same way back. Li smiled, "So, what's going on?" The others looked at each other.
Dororo spoke up, "The planet is in danger and we must come up with a way to prevent it from happening."
Li smiled, "Sounds cool! Let's do it!" I sighed. As Giroro had said; Easier said than done.
Garuru POV
I woke up in a cell, my head throbbing. I sat up and looked around. It was a dark, empty cell. I was sure I was on Racaca's ship. Then I noticed something. I was alone. Where was my platoon? Were they hurt? I stood up, though it hurt to do so. I was still pretty injured after that battle. I walked over to the door of the cell, though that was as far as I could go with the chain that was shackled to my leg. I looked around to see no one there. I glanced into the other cells as best I could, but they all seemed empty. Where was my platoon? That was all that mattered. Their lives were my responsibility.
Then I heard a door open and someone walking my way. I backed away from the door as someone walked over. I immediately knew who it was. She smiled at me, "Hello, Garuru. Long time, no see." I felt that awful feeling in the pit of my stomach just like when she had me cornered as a cadet. She grinned, "Afraid, Garuru?"
I stood strong, "I do not fear you, Racaca."
She laughed, "Oh you will soon."
I glared at her, "Where is my platoon? What have you done with them?"
She grinned an evil grin, "I had each of them tied up and locked into their own pods, then sent floating in space in different directions. Who knows where they are now?"
I felt horrible. My platoon stranded out in space, alone and bound. And there was nothing I could do to help them. This was my fault. I clenched my fists.
Racaca laughed, "I can see you're upset. Perfect. Now you know what I can do. Even you don't stand up to me, Garuru. That's why I'm granting you a chance to live." I didn't look at her. I didn't want anything from her. She was a vile criminal and I would have no part in her evil. She grinned, "I am offering you a place on my new platoon."
I was surprised and looked at her. Her own platoon? Who would be insane enough to join her? She noticed my surprise and was quite satisfied by it, "Yes, I have my own platoon. You can meet them later, but first things first." She looked at me hard, "Will you join my platoon? Of course, you wouldn't be lieutenant, since that is my rank. You would be my private third class."
I couldn't help but think of how humiliating that sounded. To be a private third class? That was below even Tamama of Keroro's platoon. I had a lot of difficulty containing my anger, but that only entertained Racaca more. She grinned, "So, what do you say? Live as my third class private, or die right now."
I was going to say I would rather die with my dignity, but she obviously knew I would and spoke up first, "Or better. I could let you live in this prison until I go and pick up that little brother of yours."
I felt my heart stop for a moment, "Giroro."
She smiled, "Yes, Giroro. I remember him. He used to hide in the bushes and watch you do drills with his little friends. I always thought it was cute how he admired you so much. It would be an awful shame if you had to watch him die, wouldn't it?"
I couldn't find anything to say. I could only listen. She continued, quite happy with her process on me, "If you turn me down, then I'll just make you stay in here until I find poor little Giroro, then I'll make you watch as I feed him to my Sharkadons."
I couldn't even dare imagine that. I turned away from her, not wanted her to watch my weakness. She smiled, "So, will you join my platoon?" She knew she already had me. How could I say no?
I spoke softly, "I'll join you're platoon."
She grinned, "Excellent. I'm glad you still see reason, Garuru." I could only stand there and feel my shame. What would Giroro think of me now?
