DISCLAIMER: I do not own Sgt. Frog or any of the characters used in this story.

First off, I am sorry about my absence, I know this was supposed to be up last weekend but something was brought to y attention that I had to deal with, and I never got the chance to sit down and write this. For that, I apologize.

ALRIGHT! The next chapter in Tough Love is finally here, this time, from Natsumi's perspective. She is viewing the situation MUCH differently than Keroro is, however..


The sun began to move from it's spot at the center of the sky, and begin to fall to the west, signifying that it was almost one o'clock, almost time for the Hinatas to leave for their family vacation. While they SHOULD have been packing, it had been delayed by Keroro's scheme.

Natsumi sat in the alleyway, cowering. As far as she knew, Keroro had shot her brother and all of her friends dead, and she was all that was left. She began to cry into her hands a bit, wondering what brought him to do this.

Stupid Frog… Why… Why have you resorted to this…? She thought, then remembered. All the times that she had wronged Keroro for pointless things. All the times she grounded him over one of his additions to dinner, or scolded him for not making the bathroom clean enough, or beat him for failing another stupid invasion plan.

"Could this… Could this all be my fault? Could I have led him to do this?" she asked aloud, to no one in particular. "Could I have led him to commit homicide? Did he just… just shoot all of my friends and family to get back at me…?"

Just then, she heard footsteps coming from the alleyways in front of her, and she held her hands to her knees, terrified.

"Lady Natsumi… Where are you…? I want to… ask something of you…" Keroro's voice echoed through the alley, growing closer. She just buried her hands in her knees and started to wail, knowing what was coming next but refusing to accept it.

This is it… This is how I go out… At the hands of Stupid Frog and his stupid gun! And it's all my fault! I'm sorry, everyone! I'm sorry that I did this to you all!

Keroro rounded the corner with the KSTFG raised at Natsumi.
"HAHA! I've got you now, Lady Na-" he stopped, noticing her crying. "Lady Natsumi?" he asked, lowering the weapon a bit. "Lady Natsumi what is-"

Natsumi saw the opening and dashed out, punching Keroro in the face, causing him to drop the gun,and stumble backwards.

"GERO?!" he shouted in surprise, holding his wounded cheek.

Natsumi dashed for the gun and lifted it, aiming it at Keroro as she backed away from him.

"Stay down, Stupid Frog." she said, her voice shaky.

Keroro looked at the KSTFG, then to Natsumi.

"Lady N-Natsumi! I-I can explain!"

"CAN IT YOU PIECE OF GARBAGE!" she yelled, closing her eyes and pulling the trigger.

The first thing that Keroro felt was a surge of pain, then everything was numb. He couldn't move, as expected, and no matter how hard he tried, his body would not obey him. The second thing that was different was that he involuntarily thought of Natsumi, and his feelings towards her. Then, he felt his brain betray him as his thoughts escaped from his head.

Lady Natsumi… I can't...I can't just please her! No matter how hard I try she hates me… No matter what I do for her or how much I try to show that I care, she hates me… Even some of my invasion plans were FOR HER, and yet, she hates me… No matter WHAT, she HATES ME… SHE WILL ALWAYS HATE ME AND THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT! Despite this, I cannot bring myself to hate her… Lady Natsumi, she's different... Different from other Pekoponians… Even now… as she attempts to kill me... I cannot bring myself to hate her like she hates me...

"Wh...What…?" Natsumi asked, shocked. "What am I… What am I hearing?" she looked around, but no one else was there besides Keroro and her.

Wait. Am I hearing… she moved her eyes down to Keroro.

She looked at the twitching Keronian on the ground, to the KSTFG, and looked at the small swirl on the gun. "This… This isn't a normal gun… is it?"

Keroro struggled to speak.

"N.. No… Lady Natsumi… Why would… I turn a real gun… to you? I don't… hate you…"

Then Natsumi understood.

"This.. This reads thoughts, doesn't it? It doesn't hurt people at all!"

"Correct… Lady Natsumi… I never wanted… to hurt you… I only wanted… to find out… why you hate me so much…" Keroro said, trying to get to his feet, but failing.

"Stupid Frog… I don't hate you…" Natsumi said, softly, looking down at the paralyzed frog. "I've never hated you... "

"G..Gero…? Then why do… why are you…"

"Why am I so hard on you? That's an easy one! It's cause I love ya!" Natsumi said, chuckling.

"Wha… Like…. Tough Love…?" Keroro asked.

"Exactly! That's why I'm hard on you! I want you to be strong, and this is how I do it!"

"I… I can't… believe it…" Keroro drooped his head lower into the ground. "I'm… I'm so sorry, Lady Natsumi…"

"Don't.. Don't worry about it, Stupid Frog. I don't hate you for it. I just.. I don't know why you didn't tell me." Natsumi said, sounding a bit disappointed and mother-like. "I thought you were fine with how I was acting. I had no idea that you were just… taking it in silence."

"I… I thought…" Keroro started to say, but Natsumi cut him off.

"You can explain it to me when you're better, alright? I'm going to get you home first." Natsumi said, picking him up.

"A...Alright.." Keroro said, twitching.


"Aaand… there we go." Kululu said, hooking up Keroro to a machine. Strapped up next to him was Fuyuki, Giroro, and Koyuki, all knocked out by the drug that the machine was pumping into them. "I thought that something like this would happen so I made a machine that reverses the effects quickly.

"Thank's, Kululu." Natsumi said. The words didn't sound right together, but she spoke them anyway.

"Ku. Just don't say I never did anything for ya." Kululu responded, a small crack appearing in his glasses.

A few hours later, they were all awake. Most of them had made complete recoveries by now but Keroro was still moving a bit slow, due to him being shot most recently. He leaned up against a wall and sighed to himself.

"Gero… The KSTFG really does pack a punch, doesn't it?" he asked, to no one in particular.

"I dunno, I haven't been shot by it." Natsumi said, smirking and walking up next to him.

"Ahh, Lady Natsumi, heh… sorry about earlier, gero.." Keroro apologized, a small bit of sweat running down his brow. It was the response his body was used to giving when apologizing to Natsumi.

"Don't sweat it, Stupid Frog." Natsumi responded, slugging his shoulder.

"Gero? So, you're not mad?" Keroro asked, shocked.

"Ya know, I gave it some thought, and no, I am not mad. It is my fault that you were led to do this after all, so if anything you have the right to be angry with me."

"Oh… Well, that's a relief.." Keroro said, awkwardly smiling.

"Yeah, I guess it is." Natsumi said, smiling back.

They both stood there, staring at each other in silence for a few moments, before Natsumi finally came to her senses.
"I-I uhh I'm gonna go check on Koyuki and Giroro!" she yelled, blushing and scrambling off.

Huh… I wonder what that was about… he thought, before looking to the KSTFG sitting on the small table to his left. He thought long and hard about what he was gonna do next, then sighed.

"Maybe another day." he said, as he began to limp off towards his room.


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Hmm.. That ended about as normally as any Sgt. Frog episode normally would, right? I think so, at least. How'd you guys like it? I know that there wasn't any romance and that might be a little bit click-baity on my part, so sorry. To make up for that I will definitely be writing more KeroNatsu because, if I am being honest, I absolutely adore this ship. So, if you are looking for KeroNatsu, look forward to more stories from me! At the time of posting this, I have already begun the sequel to this story: "Otherworldly Vacation," which will deepen Natsumi and Keroro's relationship even further.

Thank you for reading all the way through my fic, and as always, I hope you enjoyed!