Lost Chapter 4
The Beginning
It was about noon, and a day after the A.R.M.P.I.T. platoon gained a new member. Dororo brought his new platoon mate, Rajiji back to the secret base under the Hinata's house. She had not met the team's scientist, and when the two Lance Corporals arrived at the house Giroro joined them for protection from that sadist of a scientist. Keroro was off visiting Tamama, who has not met Rajiji yet, and Kururu was in his lab. As Giroro, Dororo, and Rajiji walked through the base, Kururu was already monitoring the group.
"~kukukuu~ So, I finally get to meet our new member," the Sargent Major chuckled.
The trio finally made their way to Kururu's lab. It was an unnerving yellow dome shaped lab. The building looking like a yellow Keronian's head, adorn with glasses and an orange cap. The doors resembled the teeth. Rajiji had a sixth sense; it told her to stay away from this place. She looked to Giroro and Dororo with a worried expression.
"It is ok, Giroro and I will make sure Kururu does not do anything that he should not," Dororo said holding Rajiji's hand.
"Mmm..." she responded and grasped Dororo's hand tighter. "Okay."
Giroro raised his hand preparing to knock on the door, but slid open before he could knock. The sudden movement made the New Lance corporal jump, and snuck behind Dororo.
"~kuku~ Welcome Lance Corporal Rajiji," an eerie voice said coming from a dark corner of the lab, laminated by computer screens. "It seems you have had quite a long ordeal. ~ku~"
Rajiji was a little perplexed by the voice, and her instincts told her to stay away from this frog. The rest of the platoon was somewhat adjusted to Kururu's personality, but she did not except the scientist to know about her already.
"~Ku~ my dear, you have and interesting back ground. Five years ago, your platoon came to Pekopon for a surveillance mission. However, some thing happened where they lost communications with you. From the reports, they tried to look for you. They were three days pass their return date, and HQ demanded they call off the search and come home. ~kukukuu~ they had to leave you behind," then Kururu swiveled his chair to meet Rajiji's gazed. "Then you managed to find your way here by a Japanese manga sold in Indonesia book store."
"How did…" Rajiji started.
"My dear, this house is covered with surveillance cameras… I watch everything that goes on in this house. ~Kuukuu~" Kururu saw the fear in her eyes, and watched Dororo squeeze Rajiji's hand, reaffirming that everything will be alright. "~Kuku~ something else that I am fascinated about is the platoon's specialty. G.A.S.H. I believe it is called right?" Kururu gave a menacing smile to Rajiji. "Genetically Altered Secret Hybrids Platoon. A Keronian platoon with Pekopon animal DNA spiced in to their genes"
Rajiji's eyes widened to the point it seemed they were going to fall out of her head. No one was to know about her platoon. 'How did he get that information?' she though.
~Kukuku~ and if you are wondering how I came up on such top secret info, it was simple I'm a genius. I can hack my way through anything. Don't worry; I wasn't going to do anything too horrible to you, just a standard checkup. I will save the fun exam for later."
Dororo and Giroro saw concern in the new member's eyes. The ninja gave her hand another squeeze, and the weapons expert nodded. Kururu climbed down from his chair and walked into another room and turned on the lights. Then the yellow frog beckoned his patient into the room. Dororo guided Rajiji onto the room, and Giroro stayed outside and gave a warning look to the yellow menace. Kururu knew that look and gave a little gulp. As the check-up proceeded, Kururu was fascinated by her implanted claws; no ordinary operation for a Keronian.
"~ku~ you are quite exceptional my dear. You have endured an extensive operation. Your body has fully accepted the mechanisms and blades. All in all, you are in top shape."
"Um… Thanks," Rajiji said quietly.
"Well, you're done. You can go now," waving a hand. Smiling, Kururu notice how close the two Lance Corporals have gotten already and turned to Dororo, "~kuku~ Take good care of our new team member."
Dororo was a little shock to hear those words, and blushed. He helped Rajiji off the examination table, and they walked out of the room. After the Two Lance Corporals left the exam room, Giroro walked out of the lab with the ninja and new assassin. Rajiji gave a little shiver; the evil vibe Kururu gave off gave her a deep chill. Dororo noticed her discomfort and reached for her hand and held it.
"So the G.A.S.H. platoon?" Giroro asked
"Ya. Keron has been studying Pekopon for several years. A top secret group of scientists were asked to experiment with animal DNA from this planet. At the time there was only a hand full of Keronian couples willing to participate in the program. That is where I came in. My mom and dad choice the Bengal tiger DNA for me, but they didn't want the major features of the animal, like the tail and ears. The scientists kept my genetics simple. And that is what you see." Rajiji gave a weak smile. "The other children looked more like the animals."
Giroro and Dororo just stared at their platoon mate. Part Keronian and Bengal tiger. Giroro walked up to Rajiji and patted her shoulder. "I don't care what you are mixed with. Surviving five years on your own on a foreign planet takes guts and skills. And you have tons of it.
"That frog creeps me out though," Rajiji mentioned.
"He creeps all of us out from time to time," Giroro replied. "But you just need to stand your ground with him; show him you are not afraid. Anyway, I am off to do some training, see you all later."
"I might join you later," Dororo said.
"K…" the corporal waved and trotted off to the training room.
Rajiji wave to Giroro as he took off to train and turned to Dororo. "Where are we off to next?"
Dororo smiled under his mask and guided her to another part of the base. They stopped in front of a door, and a blue hand opened the door. Inside grew an atrium with a variety of plant life. Rajiji's eyes widen at the beautiful spectrum of colors. The atmosphere was warm and inviting. Still holding her hand, Dororo guided her into his sanctuary, and closed the door. The orange female Keronian gazed landed on a flower of rarity. Its pedals were light purple which bled into a pinkish-red color. Its aroma was that of an early spring morning, soft and sweet.
"It is called the Thailand Parrot Flower. It grows in the south-east regions of Asia," the ninja said, watching Rajiji's actions. "It is quite rare."
"You have a beautiful collection," she said as she continued to look at the flowers and plants.
Dororo was never really one to speak his mind, let alone his feelings. But as he watched Rajiji, an energy of confidence seemed to empower his next move. He closed his eye, bit his lip and spoke. "Not as beautiful as the blossom standing in front of me." Then he waited for her reaction.
Her heart fluttered at his words. Turning around, two large greenish-yellow eyes gazed into two powder-blue ones. She blushed. For a moment time seemed to stand still. Footsteps were heard; Dororo was walking over to Rajiji. Just about a foot away, the ninja stopped and touched a brown striped cheek. The other blue hand reached for the mask hiding the blue Keronian's face. Rajiji's heart was pounding, and her face was hot. The cat-like eyes widened as Dororo began to remove his mask. All of a sudden the door flew open. Rajiji squeaked and leapt back, and Dororo quickly turned to fix his mask and then turned to see who barged in.
"Keroro?!" barked Dororo.
Completely oblivious to what was going on, Keroro and Tamama skipped into the room. "Yeah, Rajiji. I just wanted to bring Tamama over to meet you."
Dororo sighed as the moment between Rajiji and he was interrupted. It seemed Keroro spoiled moments like that, always barging in unexpected. The blue ninja quietly walk to the opposite wall, leaned against it, then slid to the floor. He let the Sargent and Private 2nd Class talk to Rajiji. To the new comer, Tamama seem polite and chipper. He asked to see her claws Keroro mentioned, she gladly obliged. The young tadpole was impressed. Keroro however stood back a bit. After about fifteen minutes, Keroro and Tamama left and the two Lance Corporals were alone again. Rajiji spotted Dororo and walked to over to him.
His knees were up to his chest, and he hid his face in his arms which were propped up on his knees. An orange hand rubbed the top of Dororo's head, and he looked up. Hurt filled his eyes, and Rajiji knelt down in front of him. The tender way the greenish-yellow cat eyes looked in to his powder–blue eyes engaged that confidence again. The ninja could not explain it; Rajiji spoke to him, 'It is alright,' with just one look. The ninja unfolded his arms, grabbed an orange hand, and stood both of them up. All Dororo could do was smile behind his mask. Then Rajiji lifted her free hand up to Dororo's mask cheek, and stroked it. A blue hand met hers, intertwined fingers and pulled down the mask.
The female Keronian was speechless. Her heart seemed to beat a million miles per minute. "Dororo…" The sweet sound emanated from her lips.
Something clicked in the unmasked ninja. Staring into those cat-like eyes compelled him to do something he normally would have never done. He released the orange hand he was holding, gently embraced two brown striped cheeks, and pressed his lips onto Rajiji's. At that moment, time was nonexistent. What seemed to be a minute, it turned in to eternity. Dororo then moved one hand around Rajiji's waist, and slid the other behind her hat's veil and pulled her deeper in to the kiss. Then he felt two hands wrap around his neck, and a little bite on his lower lip. He opened his mouth a little, and Rajiji slid her tong into his mouth. Their tongs entwined as the kiss deepened. A wave of tingles engulfed his body. Starving for oxygen the two broke apart. Showing a bit of fang, Rajiji smiled.
"I didn't think you had it in you," Rajiji smirked.
"You know," Dororo started, "Normally I would not have. I would have panicked and ran. But you…"
"Me?" giving a little devilish grin and cocking her head.
"Yes you. You just empower me to take what my heart desires." The ninja smiles back at her. "And my heart desires you. Even though I as only been about two days, I feel that our souls have been connected since the moment we first met."
"I see. Well I suppose I can live with that," she said nuzzling his chest.
"I think I can too." Dororo said hugging Rajiji tighter. "Shall we go see if Giroro is done training?"
"Sure, I still have a match to win anyway. But first..." Rajiji pulled up Dororo's mask back over his mouth. "For my eyes only."
"Indeed," Beamed Dororo, "Alright, let's go."
Then the two Lance Corporals, hand in hand, walked to the training room.