Hey guys here's the next chapter, I hope it was worth the wait. I've been dealing with graduation and after grad stuff so, hardly any free time. Also I made a new cover art just for the story to celebrate the tenth chapter. YAYZ! I'll most likely tweak it later on but it's good for now. Read on and enjoy!

WARNING: some mature language is included in this chap... but nothing too fun yet. *giggle*

A few hours have passed since Natsumi brought Giroro back home. Kururu had set up a mini hospital room for Giroro and Dororo. The room next to it was a small padded cell that held Keroro wrapped in a white cloth.

"Why is mister Sergeant in there and not in bed like the other two?" Tamama asked, as he looked through the small window.

"The effect of the candy has caused him to hallucinate. We don't want him breaking anything important in case he sees something dangerous." Kururu walked by the cell writing notes on a clipboard. "I need to go check on the others and make some minor tests ku."

Upstairs Fuyuki managed to get Natsumi to move from the middle of the hallway and onto the couch. Once he told her she could sit down, she dropped and curled her knees up to her face and stared at the space in front of her.

Fuyuki sat in the matching chair to the side and tried talking to her, letting her know that Kururu is going to take care of Giroro. That he knew what was wrong and is currently working on a cure. She didn't let out any signs that she heard him or that she was anything more than a decorative human sized gnome for the living room.

He sighed and they continued to sit in silence, waiting. Suddenly footsteps could be heard from upstairs and Fuyuki looked up to see Aki step out of the darkness.

"Hey I'm sorry for sleeping through the day; I must have been really tired. What would you two like for dinner?" she looked at Fuyuki waiting for a response.

"Mom something is wrong with Giroro." He led her into the kitchen and explained each detail. With every word, Aki became more and more serious. When Fuyuki finished the briefing, Aki calmly marched in front of Natsumi.

She looked into the deep and seemingly emotionless eyes. They reflected the worried mother image but didn't show any acknowledgment that she was there. Placing her warm gentle hands on Natsumi's she said one thing, "You need to go see him."

They stood outside of the door waiting. Natsumi had one hand draped on the handle. She knew what vision awaited her on the other side and she was afraid to see him like that ever again. No one was going to force her to go in.

The longer she stood thinking, the more she could hear a slight voice finding its way through the others. Getting louder and louder the bigger it got. Soon she could hear that she is afraid, but she needed to be by his side. To let him know that she was there for him through everything, and she always would be.

Slowly she turned the silver knob in her fingers, and peered through the crack to the wall ahead of her. Opening wider, she could see Koyuki sitting at Dororo's bedside. He had one IV strapped to his right arm and shaded a light aquamarine. The usually cheerful girl looked up at her solemnly and looked back to the floor under her feet. Breathing in deep and preparing for the tears that already started treading down her soft cheeks, she opened the door further to find the frog she was looking for.

Giroro was lying still on the bed breathing every now and then with the help of a machine hooked up to his left. To his right were IV bags and a machine to track his heart and others that Natsumi didn't know the purpose of. His color had washed down to a grayish magenta. His eyes shut tightly and his teeth clamped together.

Natsumi stumbled closer to him and collapsed once she reached the side with the least amount of computers. The sadness poured from her even faster and heavier. She placed her shaking hand on one of his that wasn't pin cushioned with needles in hopes that he would respond.

Aki stepped in looked at Natsumi and nodded to Koyuki before leaving again closing the door quietly behind her. Natsumi looked at the face of her warrior, crippled by the pain he felt.

"Giro…" She sniffled before trying to speak again. "Giroro, please say something to me."

Her heart began to feel even heavier than before and she dropped her head on the bed. Squeezing his hand tighter, holding him closer. She felt herself fall to pieces and she began to cry even heavier.

"Natsu…mi…." The shaking girl stopped moving and breathing. She looked up hoping that he really spoke. Giroro turned his head slightly towards her. He had one eye half-open and inhaled deeply. "Natsumi… Please don't cry."

Natsumi opened her mouth and began to speak when Kururu burst through the door. She wiped away most of the tears and waited to see if he could cure her demon, and return him to normal.

"Good you're both here. Now I can tell you just exactly what's going on." He flipped through his clipboard of notes.

"What caused them to become like this? Can you make them better?" Koyuki pleaded to the yellow keronian.

"All three of them are feeling the effects of a potion I concocted to only heighten a type of hormone. I wanted it to work with both base hormones that induced most of the feelings one experiences but it literally increases one hormone. Natsumi you've had this before and so have others but they have higher estrogen levels than these too. From the results, the more testosterone one has the deadlier the potion will be. Only Giroro has high enough levels for it to be fatal."

"You mean that this is all because of your stupid sex drug?" Natsumi could feel fire burning through her heart.

"Kuu it was only supposed to end in pleasure not pain. I only need to find a way to increase his testosterone, but everything I have will increase the estrogen and that won't make things any better." Natsumi stood up and stared at the ground. She began to whisper softly.

"Kururu, if you don't have that cure on you right now… I suggest you GET THE FUCK OUT!" She knelt back down next to Giroro. Kururu stood frozen for a few seconds and then chuckled before leaving.

"I'm... surprised you didn't kill him." Natsumi looked back to Giroro and gave a small smile.

"I wanted to really bad, but if I did then no one would be able to help you." Natsumi caressed is paled cheek. "You won't leave me… right?"

"Not a frogging chance. I waited too long to finally tell you and I am definitely not going to lose to something this stupid." Giroro tried sitting up but immediately decided to lay back down when he felt a sharp stab in his back. "It sure hurts a lot though."

Giroro looked past his love towards Dororo and Koyuki. The ninja girl held the discolored hand close to her chest as she leaned into Dororo. Every now and then, a stray tear would fall to him and he would raise his other hand to wipe her cheeks dry. Giroro chuckled.

"It looks like we're not the only ones." Natsumi whispered.

Shortly after, Kururu entered again with two vials of baby blue liquid. He handed the bigger one to Natsumi and the other to Koyuki.

"Here have them drink these. It's the opposite of the other one so it should return their testosterone to normal." The girls gently tilted the vials slowly pouring it into their lover's mouths. "Kukuku."

Natsumi straightened up and looked at Kururu.

"What is it? Why did you make that laugh?"

Kururu hid his smile behind his hand and chuckled more.

"Kuku I just hope it doesn't over power them. We don't need you two playing nurse. Kuuuu."