At the Meltrandi Fleet.

"Authorization from the Fleet Commander?"

"Granted."

"And the scout ship's report?" Viola asked.

"Yes! Their report confirms the craft location." The technician replied. "It's currently orbiting the Earth's moon. Fold communication has been established with the craft. It appears to be set to automation."

Viola nodded her head in approval. "Good, that means Kruger is still there. Anyway, set a course for Earth."

"Checked. All preparation completed. Course has been set, Were are ready to fold any time, ma'am."

"Proceed forward. All hands, Fold!" Viola ordered.

"Roger!"

"Initializing fold in ten seconds!"

The massive two kilometers long Meltrandi gunship began to glow pink with a slight hint of purple as the fold bubble enveloped the ship. A massive portal began to form at the ship's bow.

"…3,2,1..Fold!" The gunship then proceeded to enter Fold Space. Its destination was Earth.

At her quarter, Alyssa Sear was preparing for her mission that she'd received earlier. It seemed that, once their ship had reached its destination; Alyssa was to commence her mission immediately, but before that, she had something important to do.

Sitting at the communication console across her bed, Alyssa accessed the fold communication system. She wanted to record a message for her friend, Natsuki Kruger.

'Here it goes,' Alyssa thought, "it's better then nothing right, Kruger?" The computer flashed a message indicating its activation. "Ready."

"Kruger, what the heck are you doing?" Alyssa sighed and continued.

"I'm going to tell you something, so hear me out. First of all, Kruger! Commander Viola is coming to Earth. I don't know what she's planning, but I do know this. If you don't want her to know where you are, you better turn off that tracker you're carrying. Secondly, please for goodness sake, report in!" Alyssa said in an intimidating and irritated tone.

After a few seconds of consideration Alyssa then added, "oh, by the way good luck on whatever that you're doing there. I hope it's worth it cause Viola is mad, mad I tell you!"

Alyssa then laughed and waved. While doing so, she'd stuck her tongue out at Natsuki and saluted, "Alyssa out!"

~T~

It's been a few days after the meeting with her double. Natsuki Kruger was currently home alone at Shizuru's apartment.

Lately Shizuru had been busy with her work and founded it extremely difficult to juggle time between work and play.

Natsuki realized it also and had tried to pull her weight around the house. In between the time that she did research for her mission, Natsuki would make sure that the house was clean while she'd waited for Shizuru to return.

Natsuki remembered Shizuru talking about how harsh her new boss was on her. She also remembered what Shizuru had said about her past relationship with her boss. Natsuki didn't understand too well due to her lack of experience, but from what she had heard about this Tomoe person, she wasn't too pleased.

After thinking about it for a while, Natsuki began to get angry. "Perhaps, I should go talk with this Tomoe person?"

"No." Shaking her head against the idea, Natsuki felt that it would only cause trouble for Shizuru. So she decided to think of other ideas.

"Maybe I should go see Shizuru?" Natsuki mused. "Yes, she should be off work soon."

Having decided to meet Shizuru, Natsuki grabbed her jacket and swiftly wore it. She patted own her pockets, and felt the wallet that Shizuru had brought for her during their many outings.

"Yep, all there." Natsuki said, as she grabbed the extra key that Shizuru had stashed for her under the phone book. She then promptly headed for the door.

Right after door slammed shut, a noticeable series of beeps were heard under her futon. Unfortunately for Natsuki, She'd forgotten to take her communicator with her.

Meanwhile at Nao and Kuga's apartment. Natsuki Kuga was pacing back and forth in front of the couch. It was a reasonable size couch that both Nao and Natsuki brought together with their allowance. Since their schooling needs were taken care off by scholarships, their only concern was their apartment's rent and other necessaries, thus they could afford a couch.

"Will you quit that already," Nao whined.

"Shut up, idiot!" Kuga replied and continue to pace even faster.

Nao who noticed this, began to tease Kuga. "Well, what's the big deal anyway? Isn't Shizuru your friend? You've been calling her almost everyday since we got back from the mall. Just go see her already, stop being jealous of Kruger!"

Natsuki faced Nao fiercely with a look of determination, "It's not like that Nao. You wouldn't understand. I regret lots of things, but no matter how much I do, I don't think it'd ever be like before. I know I'd hurt her, but I just want to be her friend again, Nao!"

"Oh. Like before? Did something happened between you too?" Nao asked.

"She was my best and only friend at the time. Not just any friend, but more like a sister. I …" Natsuki was at a lost for words as she sulked in sadness.

"Well?" Nao pressed on.

"I said something dumb, I was scared and I didn't fight hard enough for our friendship. I'd always assumed that because we were good friends, we'd eventually return to normal again. You know like how people have quarrels and makeup afterward? Well, things didn't turn out the way I thought it should. The next thing I knew, she graduated and left before we could reconcile. I didn't even get the chance to apologize." Natsuki finished with her face casing downward to avoid Nao piercing glance.

"Sounds like you being an idiot like always." Nao said and smiled kindly.

Nao seeing Natsuki visibly sadden continued, "I'm sure you have matured. And with that maturity, you gained wisdom, but the past is the past. What you make of 'now' is what's most important. Be her friend again, Natsuki. Gain what you think you'd lost. Don't regret it."

Kuga looked back at Nao, and smiled warmly at her. "Thanks Nao, you know you can be nice some time! I'm surprised."

"Oh shut up! You better act fast before Kruger steals her… just saying you know? Nao retorted.

Natsuki nodded in agreement, "you can say that I'm selfish, but you know Kruger has the right to be her friend too? But still, I don't want to regret anymore."

Natsuki then laughed lightly, "I'm going to make her like me so hard that she'll want me back!"

"Go get them girl! You're so irresistible!" Nao cheered and genuinely thought, 'good for you Natsuki.'

"Alright I'm going to visit her house, you think she'd be home?" Natsuki asked.

"I think so, won't know till you try, honey." Nao casually responded.

And so Kuga did just that. She decided to visit her old friend Shizuru.

~T~

"Oh where the heck am I, Zentran?" Viola asked the man that she randomly grabbed off the street.

"Who the hell are you lady?" Staring down Viola impressive set of breasts, the man smiled confidently at her. "I mean, how can I help you miss..?"

Viola simply smirked, a very seductive smirk. In return, the man was hopelessly defeated by her beauty, her blood red eyes and her luscious honey haired. In his dazed the man didn't notice that Viola had grabbed him closer; bringing forth his head closer to her and she whispered, "Viola," in his ear.

After hearing her name, the man was seemingly happy as he snaked his arms around her waist. But before he could go any further, Viola had punched the man in the gut so hard that he reeled over and fell on his knee.

"Call the police! Somebody! This women is crazy. She'd just assaulted me!" The man hollered.

For Viola's concerns, the man was drawing too much attention, so Viola kicked him, as lightly as she could of course. The man was now whimpering.

"Ah, looks like the tracker says to go north, so I go north, easy." Viola smiled, then she returned her attention toward the man.

"Sesannu!" Viola spoke in Zentradie as she clutched her fist. The man ducked down with his arms rapped around his legs and his head ducked between his knees. What a pitiful sight, Viola thought. She didn't want to hurt the poor fool. She'd simply wanted him to remain silent while she was concentrating.

She felt that the man was unworthy of her attention.

"Negronta," was all she said to man as she casually walked toward her destination.

To Viola, Kruger had always been her rival. Although she'd worked so hard to exceed Kruger, even to the point of out ranking her rival. Viola still couldn't understand her obsession with Kruger.

Perhaps she was irritated that Kruger hadn't acknowledge her achievements. Perhaps she was jealous of Kruger's popularity or even, perhaps she's lonely. "Ha, how absurd."

Viola mentally dismissed the notion. "Kruger always like this, always acting superior, like she doesn't want to talk to anybody. Well I'll show her who's better!"

Viola then reached her designated point, which was the site of an upstanding apartments complex.

"So this is where Kruger is staying, huh? She'd be so surprised. I wonder how she'd would react? I bet she'd be so mad!" Viola laughed, unable to contain her excitement, since she couldn't wait to see the looks on her rival's face.

"Ha, so Alyssa thought she'd be first get to Kruger, huh?" Viola laughed again, dismissing the notion until she heard someone shouted, "Shizuru!"

Natsuki Kuga rushed across the street to meet Viola, whom she'd thought was Shizuru.

"Del yar!" Viola was caught off guard by Kuga sudden arrival.

"Hi Shizuru, what are you doing outside?" Kuga said, catching her breath as she breathed in heavily.

"Kru…?" Viola managed to say as she turned to face Natsuki Kuga. 'Kruger? How did she know I came here?'

"Eh? You don't have to be so formal Shizuru. Just Natsuki is fine. After all we're alone, right?" Kuga smiled lightly.

'Oh she smiled? At me?' Viola was caught off guard by Kuga's cute attitude, but quickly regained her composure.

Having relaxed a bit, Kuga continued, "I came to visit you. Took me a while to find this place! I'm so glad that I seemed to catch you at a good time. "

'Shizuru?' Viola was confused, 'what the heck are you playing at Kruger.'

"It seems like a lovely place you have here." Kuga beamed. "Hum, if it's okay, can we go inside?"

Viola was at a lost for words, 'I didn't know Kruger could be this… cute?' she thought.'

Shaking her head out of stupor, Viola replied with a question of her own. "Well, I would like to go inside too. So how are we going to do that?"

"Don't you live there, Shizuru?" Kuga inquired as she pointed to the apartments.

'Again, she's calling me Shizuru,' Viola thought.

'She's acting weird, but whatever, I can deal with it.' Viola shrugged. "No, but I thought you live here?" Viola was even more confused by the strange turn of events.

"No, I don't live here, I thought you live here." Kuga was also confused.

Kuga was now pretty visibly upset, although she tried to hide it by facing away.

Kuga frowned, "I see, I guess you didn't want me to know where you really lived, huh? Sorry to have bothered you."

Seeing Kuga upset, Viola felt horrible for the first time in her life. 'What the heck is this feeling in my chest? Can this be, this feeling? It can't be...DECULTURE!'

Like a light bulb flashing, Viola decided to lighten Kuga's mood.

"Hey..huh… Krug..er..I mean Natsuki?... Yes?

"Yes?" Kuga nodded her head to follow Viola's words.

"I would like to show you this place too, but I don't know how to get in!" Viola staggered, waving her arms in the air to convey her words through her body language.

Kuga just giggled, "okay, I guess you lost your key then?"

"Key? I don't have any key..." Viola hastily replied.

Kuga raised her eyebrows, "oh, why don't you said so in the beginning!"

"Will you be alright?"

Viola nervously laughed, "I'm fine."

'The tracker must have fooled me, why the heck am so I nervous. Damn it, Kruger!' Viola mentally cursed.

"Hmm. Then how about this, do you want to go for a drink or something, you know somewhere together?" Kuga managed to find her courage and asked.

"Sure?" Unsure what to said, Viola decided to go with the flow. Kruger was acting weird and she was going to play along too, she was not going to let Kruger make a fool out of her.

'Is this really Kruger?' While lost in her thoughts, Viola didn't notice that Kuga was dragging her off by hand. And so off they go.

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Zentradie language:

Del yar: Show yourself, reveal, ambush!

Sesannu: Silence, shut up

Negronta: Dishonorable, unworthy

Deculture: mean unbelievable, impossible. Or WTF. Depending on context. It's also used as slang like 'bad" mean "cool." Thus the meaning change to something like cool, or incredible.

Okay I can't believe I wrote a longer chapter! Personally If I was in their position, I can't choose. I like all of the girls haha. In the future chapters, there will be more actions, I hope. Thanks everybody!