Chapter 8: Diriri's Secret

"Do you really…want to know…." Diriri said in a unsure voice. Shadodo paused to think. " Yes Diriri you can tell me anything." Shadodo replied. " Fine…then sit down….." Diriri again said in a unsure voice. Shadodo and Diriri sat down to listen.

" It all started…when I was young: I was a young and happy tadpole back then, always bounced of the walls, and always ran my mouth. I lived in a large village with mother and father. I loved many things about myself, but the one thing I loved the most…was my tail. If you were a woman in my village the more unique your tail is….the more beautiful you were. But I thought of my tail of more than just beauty….it was my pride. One day, a day I would later on hate, I was with my friends and as usual we were causing mischief. We were trying to sneak some food out of the school cafeteria. However someone came in and saw us, we tried to run away, but I got caught on the fence, and was left behind. The man found me and told the authorities what had happened. Sense it was allowed were I came from, I was set up for punishment. The next morning, they dragged me to a red room, the room was filled with many other tails and knifes. One of the people grabbed a butcher knife and….cut my tail off. Along with cutting my tail off, I was banished from the village.

"And….. that is what happened…" Diriri said in a quiet voice. Shadodo then looked at Diriri and then looked at the stub on which Diriri's tail would be. Shadodo then said," I hate to hear that". Diriri then looked up at Shadodo. Shadodo then said," That must be hard for you to not have a tail". Diriri then replied," Yes it is". Shadodo then said," I wish I could stay longer but I have to leave". Diriri then interrupted him by saying," Wait, I –I want to tell you something". Shadodo then looked back and stopped in place and turned around. Diriri then said," Do you know, how to say goodbye in my Neron Keronian"? Shadodo then looked puzzled and said," No, I don't think I do". Diriri then bowed her head down, and looked at shadodo and told him to the same. Shadodo then bowed. The two of them both bowed at each other, then Shadodo left.

Shadodo then went into Keroro's room. Keroro then noticed Shadodo and asked him what was wrong. Shadodo said," Do you know that Diriri is a girl"? Keroro replied," Yes I do". Shadodo then asked," What really! How do you know". Keroro replied," Well I have to know everything about you don't I"? Shadodo then chose not to press on and left.

Then all of a sudden, the alarm went off. Everyone rushed to the hangar, while Keroro rushed to the super computer to see what set off the alarm. Keroro was the surprised to realize that it was the Chameleons who were trying to take down the base. Everyone leapt inside of their mechs and headed out. When they got outside, they saw a group of Chameleon units. Keroro, and Gyrara began shooting while Shadodo, and Denbobo started sniping them out. Surara then was able to take out the leader, and then the rest of them tried to retreat, but Diriri killed them before they could do so.

When the Keroro platoon got back inside the began discussing the current situation. Keroro announced," My fellow platoon members! It unfortunately seems that we are being targeted by the Chameleons! For whoever does not know what or who the Chameleons are they are a race of space invaders that we just recently had a war with. Even though that battle was quick, and easy for most of you, more are going to be coming afterwards so be prepared!".

Keroro then left the hangar and went to the gym to work out. Surara then had a thought to himself ( Were those really the Chameleons. I knew they would try to strike back at some point. But, all I need to do is kill as many of them as possible. I need to get revenge for what they did to my father).