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Keroro had stopped walking minutes ago. Having extinguished the energy that had momentarily revived in him during his conversation with Giroro, he now sat on the earthen floor, fiddling with the hem of his green coat morosely.

"So this is how it ends," he said dramatically to no one in particular, feeling sorry for himself. "Will the great Sergeant Keroro die alone underground on some god-forsaken planet at the boundaries of the universe?" Uncomfortable with sweat, he fanned himself. "The heat," he whispered, squinting. "I'll soon be dried out..."

Overacting made him feel a bit better about the situation. He had tried contacting Tamama not that long ago, but had found that their communicators did not function underground due to some kind of interference, and that had caused his depression to escalate.

He eventually decided that he could not sit there forever, and with an effort he made to stand up and continue on his way. That's when he noticed a white shape in the distance coming toward him.

He scrambled to his feet and looked for a way to hide himself. Not too far behind him was a narrow niche in the wall. He squeezed himself into it.

He pressed close to the back of the niche, his heart beating fast as he heard the unmistakable slow shuffling tread of the Rurlough nearing him.

Keroro held his breath as the white mass momentarily blocked out the green light streaming palely into the crevice, shrouding him in shadow. As soon as he was sure the Rurlough was a safe distance from him he gasped for air, certain that he had felt himself turning purple. He stood breathless for a few seconds before cautiously edging out of the wall.

But no sooner than he stood out in the open did he perceive another figure down the hall. His heart fluttered, but just as he was about to dive into his hiding place again he realized that the figure was too small and dark to be a Rurlough.

Keroro squinted apprehensively, and with a great surge of joy understood whom he was looking at.

Before he even knew what he was doing, he was suddenly embracing Tamama tightly enough to nearly suffocate him.

"Sarge!" the private gasped, squeezing him.

Keroro sobbed profusely. "Tamama! Tamama!" he cried, hiccuping.

He rubbed his eyes and, sniffling, said, "I was miserable without you! If it weren't for that stupid Red Daruma Doll..." He trailed off, peering over Tamama's head. "Hey, wasn't Dororo supposed to be with you?"

"Yeah, but we had to split up when we came to a fork in the path."

A slight frown settled on Keroro's brow. "But he was supposed to stay with you. He wasn't supposed to let you go alone," he muttered.

"Well, we had to split up to cover more area, right?" Tamama replied. He noticed that the corporal wasn't there either. "Isn't that what you and Giroro did?"

"Yeah, but I'm not talking about what we did! I trusted Dororo to protect you!" Keroro said, his voice rising.

"Sarge-" Tamama began.

"Where'd he go anyway?!" Keroro spat, cutting Tamama off. "I have a few things to say to him!" He began to storm off.

Tamama leapt forward and grabbed onto the back of Keroro's jacket.

"Sarge, stop! This is stupid!" Keroro continued to move forward, hindered slightly by Tamama holding him. "You hear me, Sarge? I said to stop!"

Keroro turned abruptly to him. "Tamama, don't you get it? It was bad enough being away from you, and now I find out you were alone too! I can't allow that!" he said, his eyes pleading with Tamama.

Tamama had never seen Keroro so distressed. He could see that he wasn't going to be able to stop Keroro if he was really set on finding Dororo. He decided that the least he could do was go with Keroro and make sure he didn't get into a fistfight with the lance corporal.

"Alright, Sarge, we'll... let's go talk to Dororo and sort this thing out," said Tamama while Keroro continued to struggle against him. "Okay?"

"... Okay," Keroro replied and started calming down a bit. He sighed dramatically, and set off down the tunnel.

Tamama pulled on Keroro's hand. "No, Sarge, you're going the wrong way...," he said, pulling him in the right direction.


Ahh, Keroro. I love you, but you're a little bit of a drama queen :)