Sorry it took so long, kind of in a bad place as of recent :/
Anyways, enjoy~

Natsumi: Breaking

"I still can't believe you come from a world like that…"

"Yeah…it's pretty bad I guess. Your world is so much more interesting and fun."

"If you don't count the frogs…"

"I do count the frogs. They're what makes everything here so interesting. Without them, can you really tell me you'd like where you are?"

We walked in silence after that. She couldn't answer my question truthfully, even though we both knew I was right. If it wasn't for the little alien frogs she hoards, she'd be a normal high school student who has a fan club of over obsessed people and she would be chasing an airhead like Saburo.

I did feel sorry for her though, I sort of understood how she felt. But Giroro isn't like the guys in the real world, he's what every girl would want. He's the prince charming that every damsel in distress awaits for one day to swoop her off her feet and bless her with her very own, happily ever after. A luxury I couldn't get.

The silence presumed for a while, until I noticed her staring at me. She looked dazed and confused, like she was reading my mind.

"Yes?"

"So what's your life like in general? You don't seem to be worried about getting home any time soon."

She was right on that. I wasn't and would not be in a hurry to get back to my own world, in short, it sucked where it is at now. There was nothing happy to go back to. No prince, no fairy tale, no happily ever after.

I shrugged at her and continued walking. Still confused and eager to get some answers, she continued speaking.

"Don't ignore the subject. Anyone would eventually start to worry about their world back home and miss their friends and family and all loved ones-"

I stopped her there with a finger to her lips. I stared into her eyes with such candor as I corrected her, "Loved ones are why I'm hiding here."

She stared back with sadness, feeling like she brought up a touchy subject, where in truth she did. But I wouldn't let that get in the way of me enjoying this world. Then again, she wouldn't drop it so easily.

"You want to talk to me about Giroro and my problems, yet you're hiding from your own. What makes you think you could help then?" She replied coldly.

There, I stopped walking, back turned to her, hands in my pocket. The cold was bad enough, but with the current atmosphere it had turned icy. Every breathe had me in pain as the tiny icicles filled my lungs.

I couldn't answer her, I was too busy trying to hold back any and all unneeded emotions. I swallowed the pain, the anger and the tears. She stared daggers.

"My happiness is irreverent, yours is more important."

"You know that's bull! Everyone is equal, so everyone deserves the same attention!"

"Here I'm no one!" I shouted at her.

"Again that's bull!"

"I don't belong her. I don't exist here. Technically this whole world doesn't exist, yet I'm here dealing with a non existent relationship that everyone back home wants…so you tell me…."

We grew silent again. What was I doing here arguing with her about me? Wasn't this supposed to be about Giroro and her, not me and my problems back home? Better question would be, why do I feel so different here? I can say anything and there will be no repercussions back home…right? Everything here is void of any knowledge by my friends and family and…others.

It felt, like relief.

Natsumi's faint voice caught me attention. I stared at her for a brief moment before turning my direction to a crowd up ahead. Music was blasting from a stage where a band was performing. It caught both our interests. We mentally agreed that it would be best for both of us to go and sit amongst the many chairs next to the crowd and enjoy some music. That's how I dealt with my emotions.


"Sgt. Major Kululu, what is the meaning of bringing that stray Pekoponian back here!?" Keroro screeched at his insubordinate.

Kululu sat indifferently in his chair behind the many monitors that towered in his lab. "What I do on my own is no business of yours, now go and be the useless leader we all expect you to be~"

With a wave of his hand, Keroro, steaming from the ears, stomped out of the lab. Once the door shut behind him, the rest of the platoon stared at him questioningly.

"Keroro-kun, why are you so bent up about that girl being here?" Dororo asked. Surprisingly, Keroro responded to him for once.

"Because! We still don't know her all that well and we've put such trust in her so far! Yet don't you think it's strange she knows so much about us? It's like she's toying with us!" he sneered.

No one understood where his arguments were coming from seeing as the new comer did no such thing to any of them and instead was trying to help.

"Um, Mr. Sgt sir?"

"Hmm, yes private?" Keroro replied coldly.

A chill went down Tamama's spine as he replied, "Kiki-chan hasn't done anything wrong…so why are you mad at her?"

Keroro stared back at him, then his whole platoon, minus Kululu but they all knew he was listening silently.

"Because….she still hasn't done me any favors!" he selfishly whined, throwing a tantrum on the floor. Everyone face palmed at his stupidity and greedy nature. Of course, if he had no benefits coming, he'd be upset at anyone.

"Keroro! That's a stupid reason to be upset at her!"

"Oh? Is it now Corporal? And why do you think so hmm? Is it because she spends so much time with you? Because she's doing you…FAVORS?" he seethed.

A gun morphed into Giroro's hands, pointing it at Keroro's forehead before he continued this foolish rant any longer.

"She does what she does on her own free will. She's even offered to help with the invasion before, she may be a very useful ally in case you haven't noticed" Giroro replied angrily. In the back of his mind he was thinking of a different reason for his argument. True she did him favors, but it's been a long time since he befriended anyone else since he met and fawned over Natsumi. It's been a while since he met someone in the same boat as him.

"Ku ku ku, oh Corporal, is that all you think of her as? Tch tch tch, that poor girl is being used by you then~" Kururu chuckled through the monitors.

Giroro fumed at the yellow demon, yelling profanities in his rebuttal. Kururu just kept laughing to himself.

"Kero kero kero, I see what you're doing! Oh Corporal you sly dog, you've been playing her since day one for the invasion! It's brilliant!"

Tamama and Dororo stared in disbelief at their leader. Was he really this stupid and selfish? They sighed, knowing that at least one of them, under good jurisdiction, had to oblige to his silly ideas. Tamama knew right away, he had to suck up to his beloved boss once more to get on his good graces once more.

"I'm in-"

"Ku ku, I'd rethink that, Sgt. Keroro." Kululu would only ever use Keroro's official military name when he was upset and wanted to degrade him.

"What was that?!"

"Ku~ You see, Uzai-chan is my little experiment and as long as I'm the genius here, you won't have any access to her. The shirt I provided her has an invisible shield that I can modify from here on who to allow near her and such~ So I'd rethink your little plan~" he replied sternly.

Keroro threw another annoying tantrum as Kururu degraded him once more. The platoon grew annoyed by the second at his childish behavior, but the same question ringed through their minds.

"Kululu." Giroro called out.

"Yes my dear Corporal~" the sadistic frog replied, the hint of anger still trailed in his voice.

"What are you planning…"

"Ku ku ku ku ku~ that is none of your concern. After all, why should one measly Pekoponian matter to you? You are only using her after all~"

Giroro clenched his fists in anger as Kululu said the last line.
"It's not true!"

"Ku~ oh I think it is~ You're just too proud to admit it~"

"Shut up you bastard! When I get in there, I'm going to blow you to bits!"

"Oo~ sounds very fun~ I'll get some tea brewing while we're at it my dear Corporal~"


"Still! I don't see what is so attractive about five inch spiked hair!" Natsumi argued.

For the past hour, we had been discussing about the many bands that had gone to play and their band members. Currently, our discussion was on the hairstyles many of them were sporting.

"I don't know, they need an ego boost I guess."

"I think they need a decent hair cut and a shower."

We laughed at the jokes we made about each band. Not one had anyone worthy of our praise. Every now and again, one or two band members would walk by and wink at us or try to talk to either. So we'd pretend to sport different accents and not understand what they said. Or Natsumi and I would pull the boyfriend card or the father card to scare off the cretins.

I remember one of them with long, red dreadlocks running away in fear, dropping his bass at the mere mention of Giroro. Natsumi had gone on about how he had to kill everyone that dared try and take her from him. If they won, they could have her, but she made up a death count of over one hundred, leaving the poor twenty year old running for his life.

"I still can't believe how gullible these guys are! I mean, what person in their right mind would want someone like that?" Natsumi laughed.

I raised my eyebrow, questioning her response. The laughing stopped and she now looked back shyly, rubbing the back of her head.

"That would be me…huh?"

"Yup. A fearsome warrior, dating an even more fearsome soldier. It's a match made in heaven."

"Yeah…listen, I know I've been really mean lately…I guess I just needed the space…he hasn't let me go out without him taking some precautions to make sure I'm safe. It was cute for a while, but then it became an annoying chore."
"I can see your point, but have you tried telling him to chill? Without the yelling that is."

She shook her head bashfully as she thought it over carefully.

"I guess I couldn't find myself being calm, I was so caught up in being annoyed I wasn't even thinking about how generous his protection was. I'm glad he let you and me go out like this without any precautions."

"Well you two ARE fighting, he probably would have if it wasn't for your current situation. I'm honestly surprised you two trust me. Why?"

She looked at me, smirking, almost laughing at the question with her whole being.

"Because it's obvious you're no threat. You came here and did so much for Giroro and now you're helping us out again. I don't think an evil person would help out a relationship and then slightly reveal their life."

Now I was the one blushing from embarrassment. It's true, I let out a lot about myself in the short period of time that I've been here. But I couldn't help it, my words were safe here and I could do anything I pleased without someone having to stop me like back home.

"Kikyo-chan, can you answer me honestly?"

I looked up at her, thinking over anything she might ask me in that second. My better judgment made me nod ahead of time.

"Why are you hiding from your world like this? What exactly are you dealing with?"

Ugh, this was one question I didn't want to answer. It would ruin my mood in an instant. But I owed her some explanation after everything now.

"Basically, my life is one big drama….when it comes to love, I'm old fashioned. I want a gentleman, yet someone who's rebellious and knows how to treat a girl while still having fun…but it's impossible for me to find someone like that. My friends who I love so dearly are trying to get me out of my rut, but they keep making matters worse…."

She was listening intently, waiting for me to continue.

"My boyfriend….he used to be…he used to be someone I loved dearly…but he's changed so much…or as my friend puts it, his true nature finally just revealed itself after all these years and now it's just him being an ass…"

"I've done so much for him, given him so much and at one point he did the same, but it all started to change. He started getting meaner to everyone, especially me. We'd argue so much, and in the end I'd take all the blame just to end the fights. I'd always take the blame, I'd always be the one at fault, but my friends are stepping in finally. They're fighting my battle, which I know what to do, but I don't know if I can go through with it again. There's no love left, there's no happiness, and yet I'm sad when I think about ending our relationship…even if he does use me and slander me and such….stupid, right?"

She stared, bewildered at my story. Her problems seemed childish now. Her she was complaining about a guy who loved her unconditionally, enough to want to protect her every day while mine isn't doing anything other than making me feel horrible each day.

"If he's such an ass, why haven't you ended it?"

"I've wanted to so many times…I just can't stand being alone. I've gotten so used to being in a relationship and needing love that it's torture if I don't have it. Then again, that's what a heart break is…I never got over that period of time we were apart, and I'm just hoping that I'll be stronger now."

"I know you will be."

Now I stared at her, bewildered that she'd have such hopes for me.

"You hardly even know me."

"I know you enough to know you're stronger than you seem."

"I'm weaker."

"Event he slightest weakness in a person can be their strongest moment…I learned that from Giroro….whenever I'd end up crying, he'd be there telling me how strong I was…that my tears were fallen warriors who bravely stood against my problems, a war upon whatever ailed me at the time. They'd be warriors that fell nobly and will never be forgotten."

"He's a smart guy…for a toad."

She chuckled and then nodded.

"Thanks for listening…Natsumi…"

"Huh? Why wouldn't I? You're helping me, so it's only natural to return the favor." she replied, smiling. The corners of my mouth formed into a long hidden smile as I stared at hers. In that moment, I was glad I wasn't home where there were troubles. I'd let those at home battle things out like they always do, and for once, enjoy my life.

"So, how about that shaved ice?"

"Sounds good!"


"Ku ku, you happy now?"

"I…shut up…" Giroro replied with a proud smile.

When he had stormed in earlier to blast Kululu into pieces, he had derailed the corporal's anger by offering to show him what he'd been doing all day, monitoring the two girls. He had heard everything, and was rather happy that his new friend found a way to bring back his Natsumi.

"I still don't get it though, why are you obsessed with Kikyo right now?"

"She interests me is all~"

"There's always something more behind it."

"I'm a perv."

"That's obvious. Now the real reason?"

"Ku ku ku, and why should I tell you?"

"Because I can easily influence her that she'd be in danger if she go near you and she'd believe me!"

"Someone's manipulative~ Would you really want to do something like that after what you heard?"

He grew silent, thinking over the conversation he witnessed and the confession. He didn't want to be like that boy she was talking about. Moreover, he wanted to teach him a lesson. But he knew that wouldn't help anything.

"Just tell me then…it'll be between you and me."

"Ku ku, and her. And eventually Natsumi, and then the Hinata residence all knows~ I know you can't keep anything a secret when it comes to Natsumi, and neither can she."

"You bastard! Why can't you just tell me?!"

"It's more fun if I don't~ Oh put that gun away! Not everything can be solved with violence~"

The lab exploded in a fit of fire with Giroro walking out of it casually. Within the depths of the explosion and destroyed monitors and wires lay Kululu. He uttered a few laughs as he lay on his back in the rubbles. He was way too used to this by now.


Sorry for the wait and the incredible amount of drama from me in here xp like I said, I'm in a bad place right now and this story is kinda like my release on here. Promise I'll try to keep up the story faster

So yeah, review please~