Natsumi

Ahhrrrggg! I hate going to the doctor! Sick people everywhere, it smelled weird every time I'd come here, the nurses would pretend to be busy, the doctors would take forever to get to their patients and worst of all, everywhere you'd go there were needles! Not to say I'm afraid of them or anything. Who would ever be afraid of something tiny, shiny, and long and pointy and AAHH! O-ok, I admit, I might have a tiny fear of them, but many people do! I hope that stupid frog never finds out…he'd find some sort of way to make my life miserable.

Oh? Did they call my name? Judging by the look on Koyuki's face and her eagerness to help me up, I'm pretty sure they just called me over. Oh well…time to get this over with I thought with a groan as my ninja friend helped me walk over to a new room.

An hour later~

The news I got wasn't as cheerful as I'd of hoped…

Even though my leg WAS sprained earlier, it had gotten worse over the night and the attempts at walking sure didn't help it much either. Slightly broken. How is that even possible? It's either broken or it's sprained, but I somehow get the in between of the two. I guess I should be lucky though, it won't effect my life in any way. Unless someone decides t o cut my leg off or intentionally attack this one leg…Only Kururu would think to do something so low, but I doubt even he would actually go through with it…unless it had to do with their damn invasion…

Why couldn't they just face the fact that unless they decided to kill us, which I know they would never get the courage to do, they'll never succeed in invading. They might as well tell their home planet that Earth was never going to get invaded no matter how many attempts were made by anyone. Why do they want to invade so badly anyways? It's not like the inhabitants of the planet can't come down to visit the place in their free time like all the other aliens here. Why did it just have to be an invasion…

"Natsumi-chan? Are you ok?" Koyuki asked, breaking my intense conversation with myself in my head. I had almost forgotten where we were and that she was there. She had realized that I was tangling and gripping the bed sheets like crazy. "Oh Koyuki…I was just thinking about our alien 'friends'." Of course I'd never admit that I actually enjoyed their company, especially Giroro's. They had been living with us so long that it was almost impossible not to be friends with them. They had made life so interesting over the past few years. Hectic, yet interesting.

"What about them? There's so much one could say about them" she replied with that cat like smile of hers. The most noticeable and the most cutest aspect about Koyuki was her smile. It made everyone feel happy. If she wasn't smiling then something seriously bad had to be happening. "I was thinking…about their invasion…how it'll never happen as long as they have us…Koyuki, you don't think they'd ever try to…kill us? Do you?" I asked her fearfully. She looked back at me in shock, clearly not expect that question out of all the million possibilities I could of chosen. She took her time and just stared into my eyes and then, she smiled.

Koyuki

I was so shock when Natsumi asked such a question! But of course she'd be worried like that. It has been quite a few years and we've had so many close calls with them and their race. But, I knew they'd never have the strength to do it, so I smiled courageously for my dear Natsumi, letting her know it was never going to happen. "Natsumi-chan, they may be invaders, but they are our friends. Close friends at that. If they ever wanted to, they would of done it a long time ago. They've kind of tried before, remember? They couldn't do it. Not even that Kururu" I replied, still smiling as I thought of the silly creatures we knew. She brightened up at my response. I was so relieved that she was smiling again. That beautiful smile that made everyone love her. But there was so much to love about her. She was amazingly athletic, intelligent beyond belief, a wonderful friend, had a body many women crave for, her personality was as sunny as her name, and her eyes were so strong, yet inviting. I remember the first time I looked into those amber eyes of hers. It was the first day of school and she had looked so happy that I was sitting next to her. Even after my weird display of sniffing her, she still let me be close friends with her. That day I impressed her with my back flips, something I had learned during the day was a hard task. To impress such an amazing girl as Natsumi, it's all anyone at that school ever hopes to do. And I, I impressed her.

I was so overjoyed at my memories that I jumped out of my seat and gave Natsumi and loving hug. I had completely forgotten about her hospitalization at that time until she let out a tiny yelp of pain. I had completely forgotten about her semi-broken leg. Quickly I regained my composure and began apologizing like crazy. I was so scared that I hurt her, that I had broken her leg completely and that I ruined her life. "Koyuki-chan, don't worry. It's fine, it just startled me is all" she told me with her beautiful smiling face. I was so relieved. "I'm so sorry Natsumi-chan! I'll be more careful."

"Don't worry about me Koyuki, with all the commotion and uproar the frogs put me through, this is nothing" she replied with a smirk and shrug of indifference. Of course, she was, after all, the warrior princess of planet Earth.

Back at the Hinata Residence~

Saburo

I didn't expect to find what I had in the Hinata household after coming out of the secret base. Fuyuki and Giroro were madly cleaning the house, doing everything possible inside. I understood Fuyuki's reason since he had to do chores and all, but Giroro? He hardly ever lifted a finger to help with any chores, especially for Fuyuki. There's no other explanation, it's either part of an invasion plot, or he's doing it for Natsumi. A tinge of jealousy hit me as I realized my rival was doing more than I was at that moment for Natsumi's happiness. Why was I so tense as I watched him work away? I had never cared before what he did but now, it tugged at my heart and stung every emotion until nothing but jealousy filled my veins. I hadn't even realized that my fists were clenched and that I was biting my lower lip from the feeling. I honestly don't think I've ever felt this way before…I guess, I really have such strong feelings for Natsumi. After an event like yesterday, I don't blame myself now…it had taken a while to admit it, but I…I love her.

True, I didn't know as much about her as say Giroro or anyone else, but then again not everyone knew ever story in her life. And she didn't know all of mine. She didn't know every story of Giroro's or anyone else's. So why should I be left out from this battle? Maybe, I can win against my rival if I tried talking to her some more, tried being there for her more.

A fire was burning inside me that was just waiting to spread and I couldn't hold it in anymore. But instead of losing all sense of control, I kept my calm composure and walked into the room where both Fuyuki and Giroro stopped in their work to look over to my direction. "Yo~ Want some help?" I asked them, urging my usual smile. I could tell Giroro was fuming mad, it was expected. "We don't need your help pretty boy" remarked Giroro in spite. Pretty boy, his genuine name for me and yet it never hit me as hard as it did now. This time, I could feel his jealousy tackling mine, a never ending battle between rivals in love. We just stood our ground, looking back at each other. I couldn't believe that I kept my calm composure with just a smirk in his direction while he glared flaming daggers at me. Fuyuki ended up breaking our stance. "Oh Saburo, um" he started to speak and then paused. That was odd, it almost seemed like he was resilient towards me all of a sudden. Fuyuki had never been reluctant towards my being, so why now? "Actually, you could help us with a few things" he finished off. I could tell he was battling the words inside of his head. Fuyuki was never a mean person, he couldn't reject anyone, and it lightened my mood a bit. But I had to know why he seems so resilient with me all of a sudden. In due time though…right now, I had to commit and oblige to whatever they needed my help with. My only fuel and inspiration over the hours of work, was the thought of Natsumi's happiness.