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Here is another chapter.


All of them were shackled as various people of Keroro's crew put chains on their arms. Even the famed Pirate Lords Natsumi and Saburo were at Keroro's submission. Giroro just looked like he could not believe what was happening. Kululu seemed to be laughing, observing and sizing up Keroro.

"Guys! Guys! I want to be captured, too! Don't forget about me! Keroro, you're so mean..." Dororo, the only one free, quickly fixed that problem.

I guess some things never change in any world. Fuyuki honestly hadn't even been aware that Dororo was here. Dororo was quickly shackled, along with Koyuki.

They were all there. Together. And although Fuyuki felt like he should be happy, he felt really out of place. Keroro was the Pirate Lord they had been searching for? Why did he have Angol Mois's ship? How had he even remotely become successful? He still looked like the fun-loving sarge to him.

"I can't believe he sneaked up on us like that," Natsumi growled, looking at Keroro. Her mind was whirling as she wondered if she would survive this encounter.

Is... Is anything going to happen? Is she going to try to kill him? No, is Sarge going to try to kill my sister? Fuyuki was so confused. This world felt wrong... Although some things remained the same like Giroro and Natsumi being partners and Kululu and Saburo being friends and Dororo constantly being forgotten, he and Mois were dead. This was a serious world and he was a tiny bit frightened.

For what purpose had he come here? Had the spirit of his other self wanted to fix whatever fight was happening between Keroro, Saburo and Natsumi? Was he supposed to make them all friends?

Or... was he just supposed to replace him? He had a life. He didn't have time to replace himself. He wanted to go home.

"Onto the ship, m'kay?" Keroro asked. "I can't believe I took both Pirate Lords out. I'm so lucky!"

"How probable was it that the third Pirate Lord was just an idiot?" Saburo whispered to Keroro.

"Judging by the ship he has... very unlikely. There has to be something else about him. He couldn't have become so successful on luck alone," Kululu remarked.

"I kind of want to punch him more than I've ever wanted to punch someone before," said Natsumi.

"Because you were beaten in a matter of mere minutes? Must hurt. You tried to beat me so hard, yet we both got vanquished by this guy," Saburo laughed. He may have also lost, but at least Natsumi was suffering with him. Natsumi glared.

"Don't worry, Natsumi. He won't kill us. I know this guy. He grew up with me in my town," Giroro explained. "And he's a pure idiot. He doesn't have the capacity to kill anyone. Honestly I'm not even sure what he's doing as a pirate... He never seemed the pirate type."

"Most likely he's doing it for the aesthetic. What a terrible reason," Dororo remarked as well.

Saburo sweated. That was his reason? Because he thought being a pirate was cool? He shuddered at Keroro's stupidity.

"Hey Giroro, hey uhhhhhhhhhhh I forgot your name. Didn't know you guys were pirates too?" Keroro greeted as he let them all walk onto the ship, taking up a friendly tone. "I guess this is your lucky day, then! You can work for the greatest pirate out there, me."

"I'll never work under you. I work under Natsumi - I mean, I'm her prisoner," Giroro protested.

"Consort," Natsumi corrected quietly. Saburo, Kululu, and Keroro all laughed - Keroro the hardest.

"What does consort mean?" Fuyuki whispered.

"It's like... a spouse of a reigning monarch," Saburo explained. "Lately the phrase has been used for, like, people... in a person's power. Like... you know, um... someone whose job is to please their ruler... sexually."

Fuyuki made a disgusted face. "SIS!"

"In name only!" she corrected. "Don't worry."

"I do not work with the pirates either," Dororo interjected. "You see, I went on a life-changing journey and learned to be a ninja with my precious friend - "

"Boring! Back to me!" Keroro shouted Dororo cried, "Anyway, your ships and lives are mine. That's how it goes when you pillage things. Tamama, come over here!" he requested.

Tamama jogged over, a Keronian tadpole also dressed like he didn't quite understand piratehood. He had a fancy hat and an eyepatch on his forehead instead of over his eye. "Yes, Mr. Captain!" he hummed, his tail wagging like an excited puppy.

"Line them up! I guess as captain, I'll decide what to do with them, cuz that's my job." Tamama saluted. "Boy, is it fun to be a captain." Keroro rubbed his hands together.

Well. Found Tamama. That was easy. Geez, everybody is kind of accompanying everyone else. Fuyuki briefly wondered where Momoka was.

Koyuki frowned as she looked at Tamama. "You!" she pointed. Tamama froze for a second. He didn't know who she was.

"Ummm... I don't know you," he told her. Koyuki frowned.

"I'm one of the ninjas employed by the Nishizawas. Momoka's bodyguard," she reminded him.

"Oh." Tamama was quiet. "Wh-what does that have to do with me?"

Natsumi looked confused. "Is he one of the pirates that took the Nishizawa heiress?"

Another question answered, Fuyuki thought. He knew Momoka and Tamama were probably together.

"No! He isn't. He was the captain of the Momoka's yacht, Peach, that went out and was attacked by Pirates." Koyuki smiled. "If he survived, it means that she might be alive, too. You promised you'd protect her out on sea, remember? You guys must have been attacked by him - " She pointed to Keroro with disgust. " - and became his prisoners!"

Tamama sighed. He continued his job of straightening out Kululu, Dororo, Giroro and Saburo and passed a sad glance to Koyuki.

"Yeah, I was in charge of Momocchi's ship..." he started.

"Tamama... is this an acquaintance of yours?" Keroro asked. "Should I step back?"

"You're so kind, Mr. Captain! I love you so much!" Tamama smiled.

"But... only as a captain, right?" Keroro asked.

"Uhhh... sure. Suuuuuuureee..." Tamama laughed nervously. Tamama moved to Natsumi to position her in a line next to Saburo. Natsumi tried to slash at him angrily with her shackles.

"You're with him now... The attacker of Momoka! You promised to protect her, but you joined the enemy! And worst of all, fell in love with him!" Natsumi, figuring things out, looked at Tamama accusedly. "You betrayed your employer and let her die, didn't you?"

Giroro looked down awkwardly. "Yeah, whoever you are! Falling in love with the enemy is terrible!"

"Ku, ku, ku. Hypocrite," Kululu teased. Giroro glared.

Tamama took a step back from Natsumi's jab. "He's not that bad! Yeah, he attacked Momochi's and my yacht, but he didn't do anything to harm us! Momocchi was treated with luxury and he offered me a job. He just wanted to play pirate. He's sweet. Like a child."

"Like... Like a child?" Keroro twitched, listening in. "Hey! I'm very serious about this job! I mean, I'm now by default the most important Pirate Lord, right?"

Nobody really believed him. Not even Tamama.

"Then where is Momoka? Is she safe? Can you take me to her?" Koyuki asked desperately. "I came here to find you, for revenge, or to save her. I need to rescue her... It's my job..."

Tamama looked down sadly, and everybody already knew the news he was going to deliver.

"Oh no... What did you do to her?" Natsumi gasped.

"Nothing. I did nothing. And Mr. Captain did nothing either... We were out at sea for many long months, and it was lots of fun. Momocchi liked it, too. She was just as happy to be out here as I was and told me I could return to the inland with her if I wished, or if I really wanted I could stay and we'd always remain friends..." Keroro put a hand on Tamama's shoulder. He knew it would be hard for him to say.

"But...?" Giroro asked. There was always a "but."

Fuyuki wanted to cover his ears. He didn't want to hear this.

"She died of sickness one month ago. You were simply just a little too late. I'm sorry." Tamama balled his hands into fists, looking as if he was going to cry. Keroro awkwardly put an arm around his waist to hold him, until he realized it probably looked gay to the prisoners he was trying to impress, so he quickly took his arm away. He suddenly became very interested with the seagulls overhead.

"No... No..." Koyuki just shook her head over and over again in despair from the words. Dororo was calm. He had already known the answer deep down.

"Anyway..." Keroro cleared his throat. "Uhh... Let's count how many prisoners I have. Tamama, you can go deal with the others on the other two ships. The rest of their crew... Six in all."

"Seven," Dororo corrected.

"Seven." Keroro agreed, forgetting Dororo for a moment. "Anyway, being my rivals, the Pirate Lords... You two," he pointed to Saburo and Natsumi, "will have specially guarded quarters. Giroro and Zabubu, you're old friends so if you want to join me you can." Both of them shook their heads. Keroro frowned. "Ninja girl, I have no problem with you and feel kind of bad about what happened, so once we get to port, you can be freed... I suppose." Keroro frowned. "Uhh... you're his first mate, right?" he asked Kululu.

"Surgeon. Not first mate," he corrected.

"Surgeons are useful. You're mine now. Ain't letting you go."

Fuyuki was still shaking from the news related to Momoka. But he realized that his name had been neglected to be mentioned.

"You all look like you were fighting a while ago. I guess you can rest on the deck while we plunder your ship and tie it to the back of ours. I have a pretty cool ship, don't I?" Keroro looked proud of his cool ghost ship.

Kululu frowned. "You do..." He touched the floor of the ship for the moment, thinking about Mois. He shook his head, knowing the situation they were in was serious, even if they were being imprisoned by an idiot. "Where did you acquire it?"

"He was probably a friend of Mois's," Fuyuki spoke shakily. Everything else was mostly the same in this world. Mois and Keroro's relationship was probably just like that.

Natsumi looked around the ship. "Mois? You mean the Lord of Terror? Are you suggesting that my brother from another dimension is acquainted with her?"

Keroro looked confused. "I don't even know who you're talking about," he blankly stared. "I was given this ship as a gift."

Kululu frowned. Fuyuki's theory did sound kind of likely now. But he had never heard about this guy from Mois's past.

"I just tied the ships to ours!" Tamama smiled, wiping some sweat off his brow as he returned. "We can go now. Adventure!"

"Yeah, I suppose you're right..." said Keroro. "Huh, still have to think about what I should do to these Pirate Lords. Swear allegiance to me, I suppose."

Natsumi frowned, but Keroro and Tamama quickly relocated people and dragged them away.


Saburo and Natsumi had their own rooms while Koyuki, Dororo, Giroro and Kululu were forced to sit on the deck as they waited for Keroro to rearrange rooms for them to be imprisoned in. Koyuki didn't seem to like Keroro or trust him, but Giroro and Dororo mostly had free range of the deck, since their shackles had been taken off. They didn't see Keroro as much of a threat, being an old friend. Just an idiot who had managed to get lucky. They knew they were in no risk of dying.

Kululu remained confused. "How the hell did he become a Pirate Lord?" he asked Fuyuki, who was sitting across from him. Fuyuki was frowning. He had been widely ignored by Keroro, not even given a job. "He's a complete idiot. And he doesn't deserve this ship... No way would Mois give it to him. What's their relationship in your world?" he asked grumpily.

"They're... uhh..." Fuyuki scratched his head. No way could he tell Kululu that Angol Mois had a huge crush on Keroro. It would devastate him. But he suspected it might have been the same in this world and Mois had neglected to mention it. Or she and Kululu had broken up and she had died after the break up, never really planning on coming back. But she didn't seem like that kind of person. "She views him as her Uncle."

"Funny, she never told me about him," he muttered. "But it's not even that that's so perplexing. Saburo for years has been working to become the best pirate in the seas, working his butt off for his dream. And this guy just waltzes in all new and beats him and Natsumi in a matter of seconds with an all-powerful ship? Who is this guy?" Kululu didn't like him one bit. He didn't deserve to have Saburo's dream.

"He's... well, in my world, he's a sergeant who leads an invasion force... And my best friend." Fuyuki smiled a little.

"Your best friend is an idiot," Kululu replied. Speaking of that idiot, Keroro walked out onto the deck, stretching. Kululu beckoned him over.

"I'm not getting you anything," Keroro frowned.

"Ku, relax, I just wanted to ask you a question. I can't fathom your motivation for being a pirate. You totally aren't the type to be one. You probably haven't even killed anybody. So... what is it that drives you to be the best Pirate Lord in the sea?" Kululu asked. Maybe he would be more satisfied with the answer.

"You're going to be mighty disappointed!" Giroro yelled across the deck.

Keroro thought for a moment. "You know action figures? Pirate figurines sell really well. I always wanted to be a figurine and have merchandise of myself. When I was a kid I would play pirate sometimes, and I suppose you could say the reason is just cuz it's cool! I mean, just something to pass the time and make money for, right?" he shrugged.

Fuyuki smiled. Keroro was the light-hearted pirate adventurer that he had always hoped would be in this world. He wanted to hug him.

Kululu twitched. He then flung himself at Keroro, his fingers curled up like claws as if to attack him. What Keroro had said was an insult to everything Kululu knew.

"OW! OW! OW!" Keroro screamed as Kululu tried to pummel him. Kululu would have choked him right there, but he pulled off for a second, covering his eye - the one with an eyeptach over it.

"Urgh... Out of all the times to start hurting, why now?" he groaned.

Fuyuki stayed by Kululu's side, pulling him farther away from Keroro. He knew Saburo would have probably done the same to Keroro. Saburo and Kululu did take piracy a little far. Natsumi would have just hurled him off the boat. He knew his sister well.

"I'm sure... we'll get off this boat soon." He knew Kululu was acting a little weird. Kululu didn't like it here. And he knew Saburo would help him out of this. "Saburo will figure something out."

Giroro mostly ignored their little fight. He wasn't too worried.

"I... I just can't believe Momoka's dead." Koyuki was still held up on that. That was her whole reason for coming out to sea. "She's a strong girl. Really tough. She wouldn't have just died from sickness like that." She couldn't believe it, and she didn't trust Keroro or Tamama. Not thinking much at all and seeing Keroro in pain from Kululu's attack, she rushed up to him with her knives ready.

Keroro's crew rushed up and grabbed her, chaining her up.

"Why does everybody keep attacking me?" Keroro asked. "I'm a nice guy! All I want to do is rule the ocean and force everyone to obey me. What's the problem there?"

"Really, Keroro? What's the problem?" Giroro raised a brow. Keroro sheepishly grinned.

"You'll have to obey me, though. I guess, technically, you're all my prisoners. I'm the winning Pirate Lord!" Keroro hummed. He turned around for a second to go back to his chambers, and then he turned back and looked straight at Fuyuki. "Actually, I forgot about something... You." He pointed to Fuyuki.

"Yeah?" Fuyuki's voice shook a little bit. Keroro had finally remembered him.

"You were requested to meet with my first mate," he said. "I'll take you to his chambers." He grabbed Fuyuki's hand and pulled him down to the belowdecks.

The first mate? Tamama? He assumed it was Tamama. But what did Tamama need from him? Was it something concerning Momoka? Could he help her in some way?

Was that the reason he had come there, to help Momoka or something like that? Or was she really dead? Was it Koyuki who was right or Keroro? Who did he trust?

He was thrown into a nice room as the door locked behind him. And he waited.

Soon enough he'd see the first mate.


A pair that I don't write enough about, but adore the episodes about and ship hard is Momoka and Fuyuki. They deserve happiness and although I don't write them much, usually when I do they're a side pairing. I write them maybe a little more than Dororo and Koyuki, but way less than Giroro and Natsumi, I do enjoy them a lot. It's just that I enjoy their interactions more in canon than in fanfiction. Something about them being animated is just cuter.

Any fans of Momoka and Fuyuki out there?