I'm sorry for the wait…I had been very busy and I didn't have time to update fanfics, but it's finally here! So enjoy chapter 4!

"STUPID FROG!!" screamed Natsumi in rage as she grabbed the frightened Keroro by the top of his head. "TELL US WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED TO KOYUKI-CHAN AND DORORO?!" she demanded, while Fuyuki, Angol Mois, and the rest of the platoon stood cowering near by.

"I-I…uh…" Keroro shuttered; trembling throughout his small green body. "I-If K-Kururu is correct…they…were transported elsewhere…"

"Then bring them back!" Natsumi ordered as she dropped the frog on his fanny.

"I would have already if I knew how to work it!" Keroro snapped to the red-head, irritated as he stood up to his feet.

"Kukukuku…" snickered Kururu as he stood forward; getting everyone's attention. "Even if we knew how to work it; it appears to be damaged now." he explained as he walked to the lantern-like invention that seemed to now have a thin column of smoke drifting from the space between the lens. "You don't need to be smart like me to figure that out…ku ku ku…"

"Jerk…" Tamama muttered.

"Fix it then!" Natsumi demanded, "I want my best friend back!"

"And my comrade!" Keroro added, "Who'll lend me his pay if he's gone?!"

"Gunso…you're really selfish…" Fuyuki sighed, sweatdropping.

"A…choo!!" Dororo sneezed before sniffing a little as he and the kunochi Koyuki made their way across the snowy plain that led to the range of small mountains where they were heading.

"Are you alright, Dororo?" Koyuki asked, concerned as she turned around to face the blue frog.

"I don't whether it was a hint of a cold…or someone was mentioning me." Dororo replied, sighing.

Koyuki giggled a little at the answer from Dororo. At least she had Dororo here with her while stranded. She was actually happy to be with Dororo of all people; after all, they were pretty good friends and were quite close.

She blinked in surprise as she realized that her cheeks were burning in this kind of temperature oddly.

"Koyuki-dono…are you alright?" Dororo suddenly asked, concerned as he watched the girl.

Taken by surprise—which surprised her as she was a ninja—and hesitated for a moment before answering the blue frog, "Oh, sorry, Dororo…I just…went off there." She looked ahead as if to drop the subject as they continued their way.

Dororo watched the girl still, blinking; noticing her hesitation. He was curious to find out why Koyuki acted like that, but decided it was best to drop the question as they finally found themselves to the floor of one of the mountains that led uphill into the range with many more trees growing about.

"It seems like we're here." Dororo said, before looking around once again for any sign of life besides them. It had made him confused that they had found no other inhabitants in this strange place…surely there might at least be small animals or such roaming about?

He wasn't the only one nervous about this as Koyuki tried to hide it by suggesting, "We better get going uphill, huh?"

"Oh, yes, Koyuki-dono." Dororo quickly agreed before he followed Koyuki up the hill, trying to make sure he keeps close to her…since he was still worried about that vision that involved his dear friend.

However…he suddenly had the distinct feeling that they were being watched by something. He didn't see anything…but something in his senses told him there was something close by. All he could do at the moment was keep on his toes.

After several minutes of climbing the hill—and Koyuki helping a Dororo who tripped and fell almost half-way to the bottom—they had reached the top part where they both could get a clear view of the plain that now lied behind them.

"Thank you again for your assistance, Koyuki-dono…" Dororo sighed as he took a breather, with Koyuki standing beside him was looking ahead as there was a large pass created by larger hills by two sides and more trees growing about, almost making the two ninja grow tiresome of just seeing snow and trees everywhere…

"Guess that's where we go through…" Koyuki muttered, beginning to walk towards it, but suddenly stopped as Dororo suddenly warned:

"I hear something…" Dororo explained, alert as he made a grab for his katana. "Someone is close…"

The kunochi became instantly alert also as she made a grab for her katana too and for several tense moments, they stood standing their ground and waiting…waiting for the possibly unknown threat that could come at them at any moment…

In almost a flash, three human like men wearing black armor that covered most of their body, say for the eyes that were visible through part of their helmets, appeared before the ninja, their eyes fixed on the two.

Taken by sudden surprise, the ninja pondered on how these strange men had such speed as they didn't seem like ninja—and their armor would be it difficult to move at that speed! However, they knew it wasn't the time to think about this as Koyuki made her first move as she attempted to strike the one of the men closest.

To her own shock, she found herself hitting nothing but air as the armored man had suddenly appeared instead behind her, and before she could react quickly enough, she was grabbed and found a long blade to her throat, preventing her from doing anything.

At least we know there is life here… Dororo was already charging to Koyuki's aid, but was blocked off by the last two men in armor that seemed to tower over a being of his size. Definitely a disadvantage to being a small alien frog.

They exhibit such speed… Dororo thought to himself as he took what might be the few moments to figure out a plan to defeat these enemies and help Koyuki. I'll have to try to match their speed.

He broke from his thoughts and dodged one of the men just as they lurched at him and missed being attacked by a toe. Thankful for his keen sense, he once again dodged as the other man had appeared behind Dororo in an attempt to grab the frog, but ended up crashing face first into the other armored man.

Now to help Koyu—, he would suddenly cut off again from his thoughts as the armored men were both behind him, also unable to react quick enough, he soon felt his face being squished into the ground by one of the men's boots and barely able to move or even lift his head up in that matter.

Koyuki grit her teeth somewhat threatening as she tried to struggle a little from one of the enemy's crutches and also keeping mind that a sword was to her neck and she couldn't do it so much otherwise it would cut her. "You leave him alone!" she shouted to the enemy pushing Dororo down.

"Oh, it's a him?" the man holding Dororo down spoke as his eyes were in Koyuki's direction. It almost made her shiver at the sight of the eyes that seemed to resemble a red color.

"Release us." Dororo said as calmly as possible as told in his voice—and to the fact his face was in the ground as he tried to lift it up.

"Like hell we will…we've finally managed to grab ourselves a couple more slaves!"

Slaves…? Dororo pondered.

"Let's just go already." the man nearest to the one holding Dororo down, urged impatiently. "They'll be waiting for us and you know how impatient they can get…"

"Okay, okay, you're right…" agreed the one holding a sword to Koyuki's neck. "Make sure you take any weapons from them that they might have, and then we'll tie them up."

"Got it." stated the third man as he took the katana from beside Dororo and held it up.

There's goes my weapon…

"Got hers too." said the one who was the apparent leader of the three as he went over and grabbed Koyuki's katana, while she was immobilized from the second armored one's blade.

Guess we have no means of escape at the moment… Dororo thought.

He soon found himself a few minutes later tied up and walking beside Koyuki, who was tied up also as they were forcibly being led down a path through the small snow-floored forest by the three figures in armor.

As they were led deeper and deeper into the endless forest, Dororo could feel that he was getting colder by the minute. He wasn't exactly keeping track of time as he didn't know what time it was with dark clouds covering the sky entirely since the moment he and Koyuki arrived in this strange place.

Dororo would have found a means of escape by now if it wasn't for the ropes around him and their 'guards' keeping a close eye on them.

The trip seemed to have gone on for a while…though it made the trip a little more smoothing with Koyuki walking next to him. He was very glad of that at least.

"I wonder where they're taking us…" Koyuki whispered after a long time of silence, while the men paid more attention to their conversation.

"I'm wondering that too, Koyuki-dono…" Dororo agreed, looking ahead. "They did mention something about slaves…"

"I really hope that we'll be able to get away soon…" the kunochi had whispered to Dororo and glancing at the men to see if they hadn't heard.

"Don't worry, Koyuki-dono, we'll somehow escape." Dororo assured the girl who seemed to have teal eyes filled with what was possibly fear.

Koyuki smiled at the blue frog; feeling some of her fears already beginning to slip away, with Dororo returning the smile beneath his mask.

They would find a way…and find a way to get home.

Keroro yawned sleepily to himself as he, his platoon—excluding their missing lance corporal—the Hinata children, and Angol Mois were sitting inside the Sergeant's bedroom as they waited for Kururu to fix the invention near by with numerous tools around him.

The green alien would have at least passed the time by building his new Gunpla model that he had gotten earlier before this sudden incident. He couldn't out of fear that Natsumi might get really angry with him if he even tried it…

Getting up casually and passing by an impatient Natsumi and an Angol Mois staring up at the ceiling, Keroro went to Kururu as he looked over the yellow frog's shoulders.

"Tell me, Kururu; how is the process for the repairs?" Keroro asked with a calm smile.

"Kukukuku…gotta give it more time, Captain." Kururu replied, without looking at him and continuing to work. "If you had the high brain power as I do, you would know that it takes time to fix damages like these."

"We can't wait any more time!" Natsumi shouted as she stood to her feet, glaring towards Kururu. "We have friends who might be in some danger for all we know!"

"Sis…" Fuyuki began, trying to find the right words to calm his sister.

"She's right though." Giroro agreed as he looked at Kururu with a glare also. "One of our comrades is out there somewhere! You never abandon your fellow soldiers!"

"Giroro…"

"Not to mention that if we don't bring Dororo back…his family and Headquarters will be asking questions." Keroro added with a nervous chuckle, earning looks from almost everyone.

"Kukuku…such impatience." Kururu looked at everyone, "If I do work on it at a faster pace…I expect a pay in return."

Everyone else glanced at each other, thinking the same thing. How can he be more of a jerk!?

"I'm waiting." Kururu said, watching everyone. "What's the answer?"

Sighing, everyone besides Kururu seemed to be going into their pockets trying to find what currency they had on them at the moment.

Kukuku…I can already hear the sound of money being slapped into my hand.

Yeah, and that's the end of this chapter obviously. I don't know when I'll update chapter 5…but it should be soon, I promise. It actually took me a while to type this up o.o

Find out what might happen to Dororo and Koyuki next chapter!

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