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Last time on Keroro Gunso: Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix:
Omnini discuss their past to his little sister, Omimi. He included his first hearing about Omimi going to be born soon, his bullying experience with Akaka, the night his and Omimi's parents were attacked, their first and only 2 weeks at the Orphanage, why did they leave, meeting Zeroro (Dororo) and his mother, getting his fear of needles amplified by that one incident, and Omimi's first word (besides Omnini's nickname Omni). Meanwhile, Suhaha discovered the locations of Shiroro and Kuroro, who was at Olympus Coliseum. He headed for there, striking a deal with Hades- the lord of the dead, who explained that Omnini and Omimi's mother and father cheated death by using a technique from Shiroro's side of the family they survived. But they were down and considered dead for their Souls WERE out of their badly wounded bodies that would normally would kill a person, prompting Hades to drag them down. The Major then parted ways with Kuroro and a begrudging Shiroro after powering them up.
Chapter 11: The Silent Approach
Lanes Between: Beast's Castle
The two ships arrived in the vicinity of the world for the crew to see the Gummi Ship that belonged to Sora and his friends flying in orbit. "Ooh, there's Sora's ship! That means we're hot on his trail de arimasu!" Keroro said from inside of his ship.
"So we land there?" Omnini asked from the other ship. "Where should we land?"
"The Forest will once again be our point of entrance." Dororo answered. "It's a tried and true method, so we can always use it again, de goza-"
"Um, no offense Dororo Heicho, but we have a spaceship that can cloak. Let's just land on the Courtyard this time. Besides, what are the chances of anyone seeing through the anti-barrier anyway, de arimasu?" Keroro said, temporarily. "We need to take a quicker approach this time, de arimasu!"
"…Very well." The lance Corporal reluctantly agreed while he squint his pupils. "But the Organization could be watching though. We should watch our backs, de gozaru."
"Then it's settled! We head into the world, de arimasu!" The Sergeant announced before getting on the pad.
The other members of the Platoon went onto the pad, with the exception of the members not part of the Keroro platoon, who were talking to each other. "Someone needs to stay behind in case some of the Heartless detects the ships and destroy them. For some reason, the Heartless can detect us, even with the Anti-barrier on." Pururu commented. "Besides, I should go as well- I can easily heal the others with my needle without using magic."
Omimi piped up and then said, "I don't wanna stay behind! But what about Tentoto?"
"Tentoto?" Omnini said. He then realized something and then shows a note. "She left this."
The Ivory tadpole blinked and took it, opened it up, and read the note out loud.
Dear, well, everyone. I'm writing this much to my displeasure. The topic?
I'm leaving. The Keron Military Research Headquarters has determined that I have successfully collected enough data on plants, and I'm being assigned to another planet. All I was asked was to do with one of worlds, so I'm very sorry to leave you all, but I will lose my job if I refuse to go back, which is not an option.
I wanted to say goodbye to the Keroro platoon first, Keroro you are a very silly frog and a determined leader. Please continue to care for your team and everyone else as you have with me. Giroro, you are very stubborn indeed! But you're thoughtful, and clever. Keep Keroro under control for me! Kururu. . .umm. Yeah. Just. Umm. And lastly, Tamama-chan. You are a very very sweet and kind tadpole. Keep up the attitude, and perhaps seek counseling for your jealously conflictions. I'll never forget you. I feel like I'm forgetting someone. Oh well.
Omimi and Omnini, you have been the greatest friends to me. Thank you for treating me so kindly.
Tell everyone I said thank you! Hopefully I will visit sometime again in the future, despite our short time together.
Love, Tentoto
At that moment, Tamama had his head down a bit, with Dororo spouting anime tears as he said, "She forgot about me…"
"As usual." Both Siblings plainly said.
"Tentoto-dono…" Keroro quietly said. "It looks like it's just us eight again, de arimasu."
"Maybe it's better this way." Omnini said. "Tentoto is still working directly with the army, so all we did was just deter her a bit. Besides, it was her choice whether or not to leave- not our decision.* As for who should stay behind… well, no one should at the moment."
Omimi looked saddened by all of this before saying, "You sure?"
"Yeah." The black and red tadpole said.
*Note: Tentoto's departure is an example of how OC characters could join and leave the party on their own accord. Although Tentoto DID join the party, The owner of the character (and extension, Tentoto) opted to drop out either Temporarily or Permanently. For Tentoto's case, it's Permanent.
*Tentoto Leaves the Party. She given up her magic and any equipment she had is given.*
Beast's Castle: East Hall
Inside of this gloomy, empty hallway, Sora, Donald, and Goofy were seen walking through the hall. Sora turned to Goofy and said "Shhhh!" to him, causing the dog to cover his mouth. But soon before they approached a door at the end of the hall something catches Donald's eye outside. The white plumed duck looks outside and squawked in confusion a bit. "Donald, Shh!" Sora quietly said as if to make him be quiet.
"Sorry, but look outside!" The magician replied quietly. The other two members gave a glance to each other before following their friend's suggestion. They see a pair of ships fly into view as they stop outside. "You don't think those ships are invaders, do ya?" The duck asked the others as quiet as possible when he shuddered a tiny bit.
"Whoa…" Sora quietly muttered while looking amazed. But then something occurred to him. "Hey, wait…it's that same ship!"
"Huh?" Both allies said looking confused.
"I saw that ship back on the other world we were on. That green one with the eyes on it and the black and white one- it's the ships I saw!" The Keybearer said to his friends as if to explain the situation, but still trying to be quiet.
"Gawrsh, do ya think we're bein' followed by someone?" Goofy theorized, again as silent as possible.
"I think so- and I think the people that ran us down might be those guys." Sora said. "Otherwise, I'm not sure about that…"
"We'll find them later, but right now, we gotta find Belle!" Donald whispered.
The brunette sighed "Alright."
Courtyard
The ships beam down the Keroro Platoon, Winged star siblings, and Pururu as they land as –Waltz of the Damned- begins playing. They struck their forehead icons to change into their human forms. "See, what I tell you- No one should've noticed it, de arimasu!" The Sergeant said with a cheerful look.
"I guess that risk paid off- we're pretty close to the castle." Giroro agreed as he looks towards it.
"Well, what are we waiting for then!" Omnini said as he runs towards the entrance. "Let's head in!"
Dororo jumped upward with the wind and lands in front of the black haired individual right before he reached the doors to the main castle. "I do not believe that is wise to just…barge into the castle, Omnini. We must seek an alternate entrance, de gozaru." He commented.
"Well, you're the ninja. What's your idea then?" The Private third class asked, somehow doing a complete shift to question.
"It's an old Pekoponian castle, like during the times of arcane. It's bound to have a form of secret passageway." The male Lance Corporal said before making a jitsu sign on his hand and said, "Assassin Magic: Kanteiganriki (Insight Judgment)!"
In the blue Keronian's eyes- it showed a silhouette of a member of Organization XIII looking around, defeating the Heartless, and attacking a few statues onto pressure plates with a Keyblade before a wall opens and the Keybearer enters the new entrance. Dororo blinks and then said, "From what I seen… there is an Organization member carrying a Keyblade within their ranks, de gozaru." The ninja said with a grave look, causing the members to give their own reactions.
"Wait, so those guys have a Keybearer as a member?" Omimi asked. "Why would the Organization want a Keyblade user in their group?"
"That part I don't understand either…but I'm afraid we'll have to disregard it for now as we get back on the topic of secret passageway. I do believe we have our point of entrance." The blue Keronian acknowledged. "It appears there's a hidden entrance into the castle. If we push those statues onto those pressure plates, we can reveal an entrance we can use to get in." He points to the statues that looked a bit…out of position. "Getting those statues onto the pressure pads would be easy- though the person used his weapon, we can utilize some teamwork, de gozaru."
"So all we have to do is push the statues onto the plates." Giroro said. "It sounds simple enough to complete."
"I can easily push them back into place!" Tamama said happily. "Just let me do the whole thing!"
Meanwhile Keroro just started to laugh, but using 'gero' as the laughing sound. It brings the others to his attention. "Okay, I'm confused. Why are you laughing, Keroro? Has the idea of manual labor given you a crazy idea?" Omnini asked.
"Yes, an idea but not a crazy one. I got the solution right here, without doing any lifting ourselves and with the use of common sense, de arimasu!" Keroro called out to the others, and then present a new item to the group. It is a black ball-shaped device with multiple round, conical switches on there, each one with a different symbol. There is also an antenna with a red apparatus at the end of a flimsy wire. "The Kero Ball, de arimasu!"
"You took that along?" The Corporal yelled out with an angry expression with the others giving surprised reactions, except for Kululu, who is 'Ku ku ku-ing' away. "Why the hell didn't you tell us then you idiot! We could've used the Kero ball to catch up when we reached Radiant Garden!"
"Hey, don't judge me. I was going to tell you that I brought it along with me, but then again you guys didn't ask." The Sergeant said with pupils flattened and grinning with teeth like Kululu. He then looked to Private third class. "Private Omnini, you're an invader too, technically, so wouldn't you have a Kero ball of your own, de arimasu?"
"Er…I guess you could say that." Omnini replied as the music ends with him taking out his device he used as communications device. He presses a button, and after it blinked once, the device emitted a light into Omnini's hands and materializes a dark red version of a Kero Ball Keroro carried with a grey antenna bulb. The buttons on them didn't look any different. "I mainly use my energy abilities, and use the Kero ball as an absolute last resort. Actually I never use mine at ALL- because otherwise it would backfire in my face. That and it is considered to be over powered." He presses a button on his usual device, causing it retract the dark red Kero ball into it through dematerialization and absorbing the particles. "Besides, if I lose my phone, I always have another device handy to bring out the Kero ball."
"Gero…if you don't want to use your Kero ball, then I guess it's up to me then, de arimasu!" The Sergeant said as he presses a button… only for a random boxing glove to appear and punches Keroro square in the face. "…I forgot my Kero ball has some kinks to work out, de arimasu." Keroro barely said before taking some air and fixing his inward punched face by inflating himself, while the others gave annoyed expressions to that, with Kululu still 'ku ku ku-ing'.
"See? His Kero ball backfired in his face." Omnini admitted with a cheeky look as –Interlude- (From FMA Brotherhood ost) starts playing.
The Sergeant then presses a button that shot a ball of light from his Kero ball and when hit a statue, it glowed, indicating for him to be allowed to lift the statue and places it on the pressure plate. He repeats it twice with two other statues. He was going to move the last statue, but the Kero Ball starts to spark a bit before smoke comes out of it. The Sergeant looks to it, and presses the button, but unfortunately... it sparks and it shuts down. "Mo-ke-ke! The stupid thing broke down on me!" The Sergeant yelled angrily with an expression to match. "Now what are we gonna do, de arimasu?"
"Well, I'm not giving my Kero ball for you to use- It might end up doing the same as yours!" The black and red private called out.
"How would you know that, Private third class!" The green Keronian said out to the younger invader in an angry fit. "Besides, didn't you say you didn't want to use yours, unless it's a last resort!"
"Er… There's another reason why. I said that it would backfire in my face like yours was because…well…I spilled orange soda on mine by accident." Omnini admitted while scratching his head in embarrassment.
In a mini-flashback…
Omnini was seen playing a game when he raised and gave a cheer that he beaten a level. Be when he did, he knocks a glass of orange soda that spills on his Kero ball, which causes it spark electricity. By the time the black and red tadpole noticed it, the damage has already been done… and a boxing glove appears from and socks him in the face, the same way Keroro's kero ball did to him.
Back in the present…
"As a result, we ended up getting in trouble for improper care of highly specialized military equipment when we reported it. Not to mention I ended up getting lowered to a Class C invader."
"They demoted you for that?" Keroro croaked while widening his eyes in surprise. "I didn't think they would do that, de arimasu!"
"That's because we were being irresponsible and as a result they don't trust us as much, seeing our track record." Omimi admitted. "But what did you expect from a couple of children? Sometimes we get into trouble and we get punished (harshly) for it!"
"Then how come you didn't get yours repaired then?" Kururu asked.
"You kidding?" Omnini quietly blurted out. "We don't know how to or even know anyone to repair it! Besides, what could we do with a broken Kero ball?"
"You guys sometimes go for the easy way out, huh?" Pururu said while her left hand on her hips with a bit of an intrigued look. "But you know, you don't have to be invaders- you can be a form of support platoon to help back up other platoons."
"…Huh, didn't think of that." The Private third class admitted while rubbing his chin. "But unless you wanna do some pushing, which we're still open for that, then we can always wait until Sora comes out here or go through the front doors. Either way, if we stay in one place for too long, we're stuck."
"I still say we should go in by the secret entrance, de gozaru." Dororo suggested. "Tamama-dono, it's all you here, de gozaru."
"Okay, desu!" The Private 2nd class announced before getting into position. He then pressed his icon to turn back into a Keronian and easily pushes the statue back into place by the use of some hidden muscles. Upon moving the statue into place, when you face the entrance from a certain distance, you can see a wall beginning to slide open on the left hand side, showing a darkened corridor leading into the castle via a stairway.
"Cool!" Omimi said, looking intrigued and excited.
"Oh, it's just as Dororo said!" Keroro said aloud. "C'mon everyone, we head into the castle, de arimasu!"
Upon entering the castle via the secret entrance, the group moves through a corridor and quickly comes across a room down below. "It appears to be the main entry hall down below." Dororo said upon looking down. "I'll stay here and keep an eye on the ground, de gozaru."
"Can do." Omnini said.
Entrance Hall
The group drops to the ground, with the exception of Dororo. Upon landing, everyone looks around. Giroro then looked around and the looked at the staircase on the right hand side. He blinked and then dragged the young two members to the shadows on the left hand side of the main stairway. "Find someplace to hide- someone's coming." He said.
"Ku ku! Very well." Kululu said as he takes cover in shadows of the other stairway with Tamama and Pururu.
"How come we have to hide?" Omnini said whispering. "And how can you…" Then something looked to of clicked with him. "Wait, why am I asking Giroro about his hearing? He has some unreal hearing- he can practically hear a bird chirp from here. Getting back to the footsteps…could it be Sora and his friends?"
"Or it could be someone else." Keroro whispered. "I'll check it out, de arimasu!"
"Did you seriously forget about lord Dororo?" Omimi muttered angrily while showing an angry expression.
"I didn't, I didn't!" Keroro said, hiding his sweat drop. "Besides, Dororo volunteered to stay up in the passageway in case there's anyone coming, but I don't think he won't be able to look at the entrances from that angle… unless he already did, de arimasu!" He then went up to the stairs and looked to either side. He then took the Staircase on the right.
East Hall
Sora, Donald, and Goofy just reached the entrance of the hall and was about to turn the corner to head down the stairs when Keroro collides head on with Sora accidently, causing them both to fall backwards. Unfortunately, the sergeant falls back down the stairs he came up and yelled, "GERO!" as he rolls down the stairs.
"What was that?" Goofy asked with a confused look.
"I think we may have seen someone with green spiky hair." Donald said, just as perplexed… or rather dumbfounded as Goofy.
"Ooow…" Sora moaned. "What did I bump into?"
"Someone with green hair tumbling down the stairs- I think he yelled something only a frog would say, but who would do that?" The anthropomorphic duck explained.
"That…sounded strange." The Keybearer replied. "I mean, what kind of people who would do that, unless they were like…frog people or something."
Main Hall
Keroro is seen tumbling down the stairs and when he landed on the ground square on his face, the human disguise disappears in a puff of smoke, showing Keroro in his Keronian form. "Idiot." Giroro said as he came out and quickly retrieves the KO'd Sergeant and chucked him towards the shadows of the staircase where Pururu and the others were hiding before the footsteps come down the stairs.
Sora, Donald and Goofy came running down the stairs from the East side and looked around the main hall. "Hmmm…didn't the person you mention and saw bump into me came rolling down here?" The keybearer said while looking around.
"I think so." Goofy said while looking left and right.
"Then where did he go then?" The boy asked the other two. "I mean-"
"Waaaaaak!" The white plumed duck squawked. "Never mind about that one guy who bumped into Sora; we gotta look for those trapped servants!"
"Gawrsh, do ya think we should look for the feller first?" The humanoid dog asked. "I mean if he fell down the stairs, do ya think he may ended up here?"
"Yeah, but how did he disappear so quickly? I doubt he would've been a ghost- otherwise, he couldn't of been solid if he bumped into me." Sora acknowledged. "He must've recovered pretty quickly to hide out while we were coming down after him. Or maybe he has buddies that helped hid him. Either way…I want to look for him, but I think Donald's right- we should focus on finding the Beast's servants. We'll look for the green haired guy later."
The two nodded and headed up the other stairs while the Keronians were looking on. After the footsteps were far enough away… "That was definitely Sora, Donald, and Goofy." Pururu acknowledged quietly as the group emerges from their spots. "Now we know that they're here, now's our chance to catch up to him."
"But what was that about servants Sora was talking about?" Omimi asked. "And what did he mean by 'Beast'?"
"I believe this place is cursed." Dororo replied, causing everyone to look at him. "It carries quite a heavy atmosphere here. My Insight Judgment didn't reveal much as this was over a long time ago. It can only go as far as at least 10, maybe 11 months but on this world* oddly enough, de gozaru."
*Author's note: NOT EXACTLY TRUE. No one knows how far the Insight Judgment can go back, so don't blame me if this is incorrect. But then again, The Beast's Castle wasn't restored until the end of KH1.
"Cursed?" Omnini parroted. "You mean the kind that you get from the Pekoponian pyramids with a mummy's curse, a ghost's curse or anything?" He then gave a shifty/sly eyed look towards Giroro, who had his arms crossed. "Or is this place actually haunted?"
"H-haunted?" Giroro said, looking a bit unnerved.
"Omnini, you should not make fun of Giroro right now- we must find what Sora was mentioning when he was talking about the servants, de gozaru." Dororo said while his eyes looked annoyed.
"How's this for an obvious answer, Ku ku?" Kululu said as he points upwards to the stairs Sora came out of when they entered the room. "We can find out what those three learned if we head up there."
"It's decided then!" Keroro said as he stood up and engaged his human form. "We'll head up to learn what those guys learned, de arimasu!"
"H-how did Keroro recover that quickly?" Omimi quickly asked. She then turned to the Chief Medic, who was carrying her needle out. "…Never mind, I think I got it."
As the group heads up the stairs the Sergeant tried to run up previously, Omnini then noticed and then said in his thoughts, 'Huh...you'd think we would've followed Sora to catch up. But I guess in our case, information comes first... which is sort weird. So much for keeping to the objective. But I swear, do these guys ever learn their lesson?'
East Hall
The group walked through the hall and takes in the surroundings. But something made Keroro feel… strange. "Something about this place is weird, de arimasu…" He commented.
"Agreed. The Atmosphere in this room is actually heavier than it should be." Dororo said, acknowledging Keroro's sense, which is sort of strange... "It's actually quite equal to that of the Main room we were in, perhaps even more de goza-" The ninja looked kind of surprised as the music stops abruptly. He looks around with his eyes studying the room. He then looked to the row of gargoyle statues. He then looked to the one closest to the group and threw a Ninja Star at it. Upon it hitting the wall, the Gargoyle's eyes shined yellow. "It's a trap, de gozaru!"
The Statue suddenly lurched forward, shattering a layer, revealing a Statue with a tall, rectangular pedestal colored in various shades of grey with four steel grey spikes in its base. The statue itself is the upper body of thin muscular gargoyle with steel blue skin and wings of the same color. The hands are four clawed fingers and a grey armlet is seen on the upper left arm of the statue. Its head is a rough triangle shape with inward curving horns with the heartless' usual yellow eyes. The sword it carries has a diamond-shaped guard with a grey blade. –Dance of the Daring- starts playing as Keroro croaked (or rather yelled), "GEROOO!"
Meanwhile, in another room, a woman with brown hair hears the cyell as she blinked and asked, "What was that?"
The woman peered out of her room to see the humanized Keronians pulls out their weapons and begins to attack the statue. They easily defeated the statue with absolutely no effort. But upon the statue's destruction, a black and purplish being is seen flying up, as if leaving and disappears. "A Heartless possessed a statue?" Giroro asked with an intrigued expression.
Kululu then commented. "They appear to have the ability to possess these stone statues. But that one appears to be a purebred Heartless."
Just then several more statues burst into the scene. Some were the statue the Keronians just fought while the others had a different shape but nevertheless the same type of Heartless. At least one of them that have the different shape has dark grey shades of color of the rectangular pedestal, with four steel grey spikes in the base. This one is a muscular wingless gargoyle with light grey skin, dark grey claws, and wears heavy armor with grey and blue shades, and several spikes decorating it. The face dark grey in color with a steel blue conical helmet, steel blue gauntlets on the wrists and eyes the usual heartless yellow. Finally, the axe it carries is a large double-headed axe with a grey and silver blade, a steel blue handle, and several pale yellow rings decorating it. There silver spikes on both ends of the handles. "These ones look a bit different from usual, desu!" Tamama called out.
"Freeze!" Pururu called out, shooting a spell at the statue but upon hitting the statue…absolutely no effect. "Huh? It didn't work!" She tried battle the Heartless back with her needle back.
The axe carrying statue then throws the axe at the group, causing the group to dodge the attack. Giroro catches the axe on the return flight and throws it back at the statues, destroying at least 3 of them with one throw, including the one who threw it in the first place. "Nice throw Giroro!" The Chief medic called out as she attacks with purification needle to destroy a sword-carrying statue and ejects the possessing heartless.
"It appears that magic has no effect on the statues. We have to either shatter it by force or force the Heartless to leave it, de gozaru." Dororo said right before he jumps to the wall to avoid dropping sword strike from a Gargoyle statue and deflects the second attack. Upon deflection, the statue instantly stopped and starts to spark at the head, with the shadowy possessor Heartless appearing. Dororo made several hand signs before saying, "Release!" Upon doing that the Shadowy possessor emerges from the statue, destroying its previous shell, leaving stone rubble on the floor.
"Ku ku ku!" Kululu laughed as he activates his headphones and emitted a loud noise loud enough to shatter the glass in the hallway (Including his glasses) and the statues as well as they burst. "My glasses, my glasses…" Kururu said as pretty much had his facing the ground, looking for any shards of his glasses.
"Kururu, (or Kululu as the case may be) don't you usually have another pair?" Omnini asked with an annoyed expression.
"I usually do ku ku!" The Sergeant major answered before grabbing out another a spare pair to replace his other pair.
Several soldier Heartless appears on the scene as one of them flashed purple before lurching forward to do a drop kick attack towards Omimi. She jumps to the side and counters with her fist glowing with energy to defeat the Heartless. She then throws her sword to slice through several Heartless with Strike Raid. "I got this one!" The youngest female chirped as she catches her sword and attacks with a low sweeping kick to trip up the Heartless. Omnini then cuts in with his Energy Orb and creates several more to surround him instantly to lurch forward. The orbs circle him as the orbs hits the Heartless defeating the rest. "Hey, I said I got them…" The younger sister pouted.
But before two colored tadpole could even respond to that, a new heartless appeared- and a big one at that. The Heartless has the usual shadowy face and jagged teeth, but this one's body is a large, spherical shape with massive arms and hands, short legs, huge feet, and a tiny head. It has black skin that is clothed in a brown bodysuit with gold trim and orange lacing on the big belly of it. They have long curl-toed shoes, black pants with silver trims, and a massive dull gold and black manacle on both wrists with three chain links on them. Lastly, they are topped off with a high dull gold collar that covers the lower face and a tiny wizard's hat ending with the Heartless curl. The heartless' symbol is seen above the laces on the stomach. "Now THAT'S a big target, de arimasu." Keroro said, admitting to the size of the new Heartless.
"Indeed." Giroro responded to the Sergeant with a smirk. "The Heartless must be idiotic- sending a big target against us. FIRE!" He then shot a couple rounds, including two large rounds of fire cloaked bullets at the target, hitting the belly and head of the blubbery heartless. The heartless took both attacks and waddled its way to the group. The Heartless then jumps up and when it landed, it creates a shockwave the group jumped over.
"GRRRR!" Tamama growled before lunging at the Heartless and gives it a punch to its stomach. However- it proved to be ineffective, as the Heartless scratches its head with is blubber filled gut harmlessly safe before swinging its arms and blasted the Private second class back with a lot of force. "That fat belly stopped my attack!" He replied while speaking in his scary tone and look. He then tries again with the Heartless hitting its belly with one arm and comes charging in, using the stomach as its ramming battery. The punch and belly collided and the two bounced back.
"Try a back attack!" Omnini called out. "If the front is protected from physical harm, then try attacking their backs, or even its head!"
"Got it!" The higher ranking Private replied with his normal look and tone before vaulting over the Heartless and attacking with his Okayama punch against the back. However, right before he lands the final punch, the Heartless turns around and pounds his fat belly with both arms in a rage as it glows with an aura. Giroro shoots a Blizzard shot at it, which deals damage, but it turns around, and begins to slide on the ground on its belly, like a penguin on ice! It slams into the group, causing them to be sent skyward, with Giroro taking the chance to grab out his Bazooka and fires a round at the Heartless, destroying it. "Hey, I would've had it if that fat heartless didn't turn around, desu!" The Private said with a frustrated look.
"You were taking too long." Giroro replied quickly.
But before Tamama put up a decent argument, he notices a new Heartless and gave a startled scream, causing everyone to look at him, and the new Heartless. This one is lot like the Heartless the group just fought- A large tubby heartless, only this one is wearing armor all over its body, excluding the small head, which has the usual shadowy face, yellow eyes and jagged mouth, but this one has small gold horns. The large emblem (or artificial) heartless has gold boots, gold and red-violet gauntlets, with golden armor around its neck, a silver and light grey breastplate, a grey zigzagging line around the abdomen, and a large gold and Maroon like shield on the back of it with a gold shooting reticle symbol on it. The symbol is seen on the belly, on the gap of the breastplate armor. "That one looks to be smarter- the armor it's wearing is protecting its back." Kululu said while bringing out his laptop.
"It doesn't take a laptop and genius to figure out his head isn't covered!" Omnini said, pointed to the unarmored head.
"Bringing out my Laptop for a good reason- I'm trying to find an easy weakness for it. As for the obvious weakness, physical attacks to the head are the way to go for starters, ku ku." The curry colored keronian replied.
"Gero- it's my turn then, de arimasu!" Keroro said as he leaps up and strikes the Heartless on the head. It doesn't look phased, but it swung its large fist. Keroro vaulted over the head before the being swung its first fist with Giroro firing a couple rounds of his gun. The Heartless' armor deflects the bullets easily, but it then notices Giroro about to shoot a fire spell at and falls to the floor before the spell hits it to dodge it. It quickly gets back up and swung its arms in a circle, clubbing Keroro to the opposite side of the hall. He lands on his back as he transform back to Keronian form. "Oww…" Keroro moaned.
"Tou-ya!" Dororo grunted as he leaps upward and did a passing slash past the head. The heartless tumbles on its stomach. He then attacks the head with a swift combo before the large being gets back on its feet and attacks with a spin attack with its fists. Dororo quickly changes back to his Keronian form to dodge the fists when the Heartless then leaps upward, much to everyone's surprise, manages to meet the ninja in midair and when they both landed… The tubby Heartless walks off the poor comically flattened ninja Omimi peels out of the ground. The look the blue keronian was absolutely surprised, as his eyes were blank and widened. "That took me completely by surprise, de gozaru…" the ninja groaned.
"I agree- who thought such a heavy Heartless can jump that high?" Omnini agreed.
"I got this!" The youngest member chirped with a determined look, then grabs out from out of nowhere an air pump and puts it in, where should anyone guess, the mouth and blows him up back to normal. Dororo stumbled onto his behind with stars appearing to be spinning around his head. Omimi quickly gives the ninja a potion and afterward, the ninja recovered and flipped onto his feet.
"Thank you, Omimi." The Ninja acknowledged before he makes a new hand sign. "I think we should've utilized this tactic from the start, de gozaru. Assassin Magic: Insight Judgment!" He quickly scans the creature and after looking at it… "Giroro, try utilizing a Fire spell and use it on its head! It'll fall over longer, de gozaru!"
"Got it!" The Corporal replied and fires the spell at the head of the being up close. Upon contact, the figure fell over and looked to be struggling to get up. "Alright, let's finish it of… huh?"
Giroro looked towards the downed Sergeant as he glows with a green aura. As he begins to raise, his Keron star and left eye glowed. He then begins to chant his name as a lock on device appeared over Keroro's eye, with white markings appear on the device over eye, making the eye look like it turned into a lock on reticle shape as multiple lock on marks appeared the head of the heartless. "What the…where did he get that device?" Omnini asked looking at the Sergeant.
"A lock on scanner…" Giroro said, what that device was as his eyes were greyish blue. He smirked as he said, "Heh… So he learned THAT ability. Fall back everyone!"
"Fall back? I thought you're the kind that won't quit!" The Private third class replied.
"Do you want to be hit by a shotlock in action?" Kululu retorted.
"'Shotlock'?" Omimi parroted while looking at the curry colored keronian with an intrigued look. "What's that?"
"Shotlocks are an awesome lock on ability that we can utilize desu! " Tamama answered. "Some shotlocks can either shoot quickly, be a Ragnarok style, a charging maneuver, or even a special attack like my Hyper Tamama Impact or 'Neo Tamama Impact'*! I just didn't need a lock-on tool, desu!"
*Author's note: Neo Tamama Impact is an actual move of Tamama's- In the manga that is.
"What's Keroro-kun's shotlock like?" Pururu asked.
Keroro then levitated as his green aura changes to a white one and then charged forward as he rams at the Heartless' head with multiple passes. On the 15th pass by, he floats nearby as the Heartless gets back up and swung his arms in a full circle. Keroro croaks the first two syllables of his name as he attacks three times quickly while create a light burst of where slammed the ground to deal extra damage. The heavy and armored Heartless was about to crush the sergeant when Keroro slams the ground again, and the light erupts from the ground, defeating the tough heartless. Keroro's lock-on device disappears as he falls over with exhaustion. "Gerooo…." He croaked as he looked slightly tired.
"Photon Charge is the Leader's shotlock. Ku ku ku!" Kululu answered the medic's earlier question as the music ends. "And judging from how he's exhausted, he may have just unlocked it and not used to the after effects."
"…You guys are full of surprises, aren't you?" Omnini said while looking intrigued and as –Just Wondering- starts playing. "But how many shotlocks can we have?"
"I guess that's one way of saying it for Keroro. But that IS strange." Giroro replied. "I never recalled any of us utilizing Shotlocks in our previous combat abilities. And the way Tamama attacked with his Tamama Impact back at Radiant Garden was also in a style of a shotlock…"
"To answer your question… some Keronian can only have one as to focus on their other abilities while others can have about two or even three, but they usually are separate and we're only to use one at a time. Keybearers can also have more than one selection to choose from, but like us can only use one at a time." Kururu answered. "But it appears that our powers have been slightly altered."
"Altered? Altered how?" Omnini asked.
"It could be Yen-Sid's Magic. Or maybe because that we're in the worlds we have to abide by their rules, so our attacks are forced to be modified." Dororo explained. "To put it simply, we can use some of our attacks out in the open, but not all of them, as they now to be 'Deck Commands'."
"Weird…" Omimi agreed as the music ends. "But back on the topic of Tamama, that's a pretty awesome attack coming from a 12, maybe 13 year old tadpole! You got two versions, or even three versions of Tamama Impact to choose from!"
The Private second class blinked on reaction. "I agree, having a couple of attacks to choose from, but, um…I'm actually 19, desu." Tamama said.
"…Wha?" The ivory blinked with her eyes widened a bit. "Y-you're 19? B-but I thought because of your voice, I thought you were a around my age, Y-you know- puberty and everything!" The recruit said as she pointed her finger at the private, albeit a little shaky.
"Nope, I'm 19 now, through and through desu." The Private 2nd class answered.
"Some Keronians mature into their adult stages sooner like in the teenager part of life, like Giroro's older brother while others mature later than others later in life while going through some minor changes, like Pururu-chan or Atlanta-chan de arimasu!" Keroro explained as Pururu gave a cheerful look. But they noticed something up with the ivory tadpole, causing them to look.
Omimi's eyes were blank with her jaw hanging out. "I-I was in love…with a grown-up…I was too young for him…" She was then at a corner huddled up while a depression aura hangs over her. "Now everyone is gonna think I'm a total…total…weirdo…"
Tamama somehow gave a bit of a blank reaction and said, "Huh?"
"…I think we hung with you too long, Dororo." Omnini said to the ninja while giving a sweat droplet. "Well, your…well…trauma switch habit must've passed down to us."
"...Oh dear." Was all could Dororo as he gave a sweatdrop with his eyes closed as the music fades out.
"Excuse me?" A female voice said, causing everyone in the hallway to look towards the door at the end of the hall, to show the brunette from earlier. The brunette appears to a young woman wearing a white shirt, a blue dress with a white apron, and black shoes. She also has her hair let down with it reaching the back, with a blue bow being tied at it that matches the color of the dress. "Are you the ones that entered the castle?"
"Uh-oh." Omnini muttered as the others, Kururu included, gave looks that they somehow already been spotted. Omimi is (still) depressed and Keroro is (still) KO'd. "Seriously? How could you know?"
"I can see your ships outside." The female answered as the pair of space crafts covered in the Anti-barrier is seen. "I didn't think they'll be life outside of this world coming here, aside from the Heartless."
"…Okay, I can be allowed to guess- you're one of the people who know about the outside world, right?" Pururu asked.
"Nyo?" Kururu grunted as the Laptop appears to be flashing, and after pressing a few keys it then activates a scanner that does its job of scanning the woman. The Laptop then shows the ID of the woman and her status- "Ku ku! So you're one of the fabled 'Princess of the purest heart'- Belle is it?"
"Yes, that's my name." 'Belle' acknowledged, albeit supposed to be more surprised than she should. "And if I can guess, you all are of the Keronian race, are you not?"
"How do…you knew about that?" Omnini yelled, although Pururu silenced him by covering his mouth and giving a look at him and mouthed, 'are you trying to get us in more trouble?'
"I can explain if you can come to my room." Belle said as she leads the way to her room. "It's just in here."
"Can we trust her?" Omnini said as he picks up his still depressed sister over his head.
"We can- I don't believe a Princess of a purest heart would deter us, de gozaru. " Dororo said as he approaches the room with Pururu helping a downed Keroro towards the room in Keronian form.
Belle's Room
Keroro was awake when Pururu injects him with a needle as the group sits around the fancy bedroom in Keronian form. Omimi is still in a corner depressed but now in Keronian form herself. "Is she going to be okay?" Belle asked.
"She'll be fine." Omnini assured the human. "She just learned that she's too young for someone. But let me ask you- how do you know about our race anyway?"
"My before my father was all involved with his inventions, he used to tell me stories of a legend of how there used to be guardians of worlds, and how there are maidens that have no darkness in their hearts." The woman explained.
Omnini seemed to of noticed this and gave a bit of a discouraged look upon hearing the word 'father'. "Did you believe it at first?" He asked.
"At first, I didn't think it was true entirely true until I was captured last year by Maleficent…and meeting you all in backwards order. I happen to learn that I was a 'princess' of the purest of heart last year."
"Gero…that must be weird." Keroro agreed. He then noticed a particular name said in the sentence- "Wait, d-did you just say Maleficent, de arimasu?" He spoke again, looking scared.
"What are you even scared about? We never even met the witch, or even seen what she looks like." Giroro argued with an annoyed expression.
"Maleficent is a dark and evil witch that has power over the Heartless." Belle said. "Thanks to Sora and the others, Maleficent was defeated."
"Too bad she's back." Omnini said which caused the brunette to do a take. "According to what we learned from Keroro and the others, they heard that Flora and those other two fairies explain she's back. And our objective is to help Sora on his journey. Things got a whole lot complicated."
"How can she be back?" Belle questioned.
"I guess there's still some life left in the witch." Kururu admitted. "Looks like things are more complicated that we can guess, as the brat said." The black and red tadpole gave a look and stuck his tongue out at him.
"If only we can have some assistance if we can utilize it, de arimasu…!" Keroro said, with his eyes shiny. "We can have at least a fighting chance if we got any!"
"Wait… I think we can get some help." Omnini said before looking at Belle. "I did some ancient history about the subject, and I think our princess friend here in white and blue might help us."
Dororo blinked to that comment and said, "Um, you intend to ask for the help of Miss Belle, de gozaru?"
"She's a princess of the purest of heart, I'm sure she has some special powers to help us!" The Private third class said. "That is, if she doesn't mind helping us. Please?"
"Well… I guess I could help out a little. I mean, your objective is to help Sora on his journey, correct?" Belle replied.
"Oh, of course, de arimasu!" Keroro said while rubbing his hands together in a way of saying, 'Please, please, please?'
"I can trust some of you…but the curry colored one and the green one I can't exactly trust." The civilian dressed princess said, causing the sergeant to pale.
"Good choice, ku ku." Kururu replied, not being ashamed.
"Er…we can vouch for those two." Pururu insisted. "Don't worry- we'll keep them in line."
"Alright then." Belle fortunately agreed. She then looked to be concentrating as eight green lights began to form. She continues to concentrate deeper as the lights began to glow a bit brighter and continues to do so until everyone, except for Belle and Omimi covered her eyes. When the green light faded out, 8 green orbs were present in the air as they float to the current group and entered their bodies via hand contact. Omimi, however, didn't receive hers as of yet as it lands in black and red tadpole's hand without going into his body. She gave an exhausted huff as she lands on the bed. "Those Cure orbs should help you on your journey."
"Oh cool! Omimi come over here!" The older brother called out to his little sister.
"Yes?" The youngest tadpole said as she walked over to the group with the depressed aura she still carried.
"Oh cheer up! It could be a bit worse than you could imagine like with… the incident at the pool." Omnini said to his little sister, who seemed to give off a heavier aura after what Omnini said. "Don't be so childish and take your cure stone."
Omimi gave a bored look to her brother before taking the cure orb into her hands and letting the orb enter her body. "…Where is Sora? Can we find him now, please…?" She said.
"I believe Sora must be in the West Wing by now. If you had entered in the main entrance it's the left flight of stairs." Belle said to the others.
"Ohh, that's right! We came up here to figure out what Sora was doing here and he and his friends mentioning something about servants, de arimasu." Keroro said. "Belle-dono, can you explain to us what's going on, de arimasu?"
"Certainly." The lady said to the Keronians. "The servants were locked down in the dungeons of the West Wing when the master of the Castle began to act…strangely. We never talked like we used to."
"Um, who's the master of the castle desu?" Tamama parroted.
Just then, a roar was heard that caused the room to shake. Omnini gave a scared look as he gave a startled yell and gets near Giroro to begin to shudder in fear as red corporal just gave a blank eyed annoyed look. Omimi shook out of her depression aura upon seeing that scene and held a bit of a giggle as she secretly took a picture. "W-w-what the hell was that?" Omnini stuttered. "Either he's keeping lions in here, or someone can do REALLY good impressions."
"I'm afraid that was the master himself." Belle replied. "You see…it's a long story. From what I can remember from Mrs. Potts, the head housekeeper of the castle, told me the master used to be selfish and, from what Lumiere told me, cruel and spoiled. One evening, on a cold winter's night…an old beggar woman came to the castle and asked for shelter. Prince Adam, the master of the castle, turned her away, all because of her meager appearance."
"Well, I can say that's really rude of him." Pururu said, crossing her arms.
"If I can ask, may you please continue?" Omimi politely said, seemingly out of her depression.
"Certainly! Thank you for asking." Belle said, pleased to see the youngest of the group out of her depression as well as being polite. "The beggar said not to be fooled by appearances, but prince still turned her away. But it was then that old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress."
"Enchantress?" Giroro said, breaking off the still kind of scared Omnini while looking intrigued.
"Yes." The brunette replied. "She turned the Prince into a beast, to fit his cold heart."
"So the roar from earlier… that was the prince?" Omnini said with the human nodding. Just then the roar came again, causing Omnini to stiffen a bit, but not like last time. "…After hearing that story, the roar somehow lost its luster for scaring me."
"But it didn't stop there." Belle said again. "To further punish him, the servants were also transformed too, but not into beasts."
"Not into beasts, desu?" Tamama parroted.
"That's a load off my mind." Omnini said, looking relieved. "Because if she stopped at the transformed too part, I would've assumed that they changed into beasts as well. That's a scary thought averted."
"Me too, de arimasu." Keroro agreed looking kind of relieved too.
"Ku ku! Well I'd be a beast too- my depressing personality would make almost anyone think I'm a beast." Kululu said.
"What do you mean almost? You ARE a beast from what I know!" Omnini said while pointing at him with an angry look.
"There are some people that I don't need to mention that know about me and do not think of me as such." The Sergeant Major replied before his usual 'Ku kukukuku!'
"Wait, you live here too, right?" Omimi asked. "How come you weren't transformed like the others?"
"Well, it happened a long time ago, and I only began to live here almost over a year ago, so the curse doesn't affect me." Belle replied. "But as I said, I was captured, but it wasn't just that, however…. Our world- this particular one- had fallen to darkness and it was destroyed last year."
"Da hell? It fallen to darkness?" Omnini parroted with a quite surprised look. "Then how did it come back to the realm of light and in good condition?"
"Sora had saved this world and many others by defeating the leader of the Heartless and sealing Kingdom Hearts with King Mickey, thus releasing the worlds that were destroyed by the darkness and repairing them." The brunette said.
"So Sora is a hero to the worlds then, de gozaru?" Dororo said, looking a bit happy. "At least we know he has a good amount of experience under his belt, de gozaru."
"…What's a Kingdom Hearts?" Omimi asked with a confused look.
Kululu then said, "It's supposed to be the heart of all-"
"Miss Belle!" A new older female's voice called out in minor desperation, interrupting Kululu and prompting the members of the group to quickly engage their human forms by pressing their forehead symbols. The doors slammed open as a silhouette of a large object appears at the door. The group got into a stance as the slight light showed her that it was pale pink wardrobe with a rectangular nose, rosy cheeks, lilac eye shadow as, what appears to be, a chartreuse floral broach underneath the chin. A woodcut pattern at the top of the head resembles hair, with a gold band around the top of the head, with a good oval on the top of the 'hair'. The doors act like arms as it is seen open, with the curved gold handles creating an outline of a heart. Inside of the cabinet, there are five pink shelves with gold handles lining the right half of the interior, and a brown rod across the top of the left half for hanging clothes. There are two more shelves just under the doors and short four legs. "…Oh dear, am I interrupting something?" The wardrobe asked, making her the source of the voice.
"No…you weren't?" Omnini said, sounding quite confused, and looked more dumbfounded.
"Oi, d-did that wardrobe just TALK?" Keroro asked the others with a surprised look, who nodded.
"Excuse me, but who ARE you, and how did you get into the castle?" The Wardrobe asked with a rather curious look on her face.
"Don't mind them, ma'am." Belle said. "These travellers were just looking for a friend of mine, that's all."
"Do you mean the Brunette boy, the white duck and the dog?" The Wardrobe said, causing the Keronians to give the metal gear alert with red exclamation mark and surprised yells. "He just made it to the dungeon and by the looks of things; I believe he's well on his way to helping the other servants!"
"Oh, that's wonderful!" Belle said, looking pleased. But the Wardrobe then looked to the humanized keronians. "Oh don't worry about them- You can trust them, I promise that."
"Umm…who are you, ma'am?" Omnini asked with a bit of awkwardness.
"I am Madam Grande De La Bouche, the former opera singer of the Castle." The Wardrobe said.
"…You do realize your name means 'much of the mouth' in french, right?" The same male asked, but gave a bit of a scared look upon having the animated furniture give a look. "Meep! I take it back, I take it back!"
"…You must know about a good amount of French to know that, boy. Did you come from the town?" The Wardrobe asked.
"…Noooot exactly." Omnini said. "I'd explain more about it, but then again, I prefer not to."
"…Alright then. Miss Belle, what were you doing?" Madam Grande asked the brunette.
"I felt like those guys could keep a secret, like I could really trust them. So I told them about what happened here." Belle explained.
"You TOLD them about the master and about us as well?" The Wardrobe yelled, looking quite surprised. "Wh-why would you do that? The master will not be happy about that! What if they did come from the town?"
"It is fine, Madam." The human reassured the animated wardrobe with the others nodding. "They won't tell anyone about this. Besides, they must be sided with Sora- if they weren't then they would've forced me."
"So they weren't transformed into beasts- the servants changed into animated furniture." Giroro said with his eyes the greyish blue shade. "Like how you became a Wardrobe."
"Yes, that's right!" Wardrobe said, somehow switching the mood to that of what seems somewhat, at least surprising to the others, calm. "Every servant here has been transformed into a piece of furniture or form of cutlery appearance that bests fit them."
"That detail sounds a bit interesting, de gozaru…" Dororo said, looking intrigued.
"By the way, were you the ones who caused the stone rubble mess in the hallway?" The transformed servant asked.
"…Yes, and we're sorry about that, but the Heartless ambushed us in the hall, disguised as statues." Pururu explained while bowing.
"Ha…those heartless have been nothing but trouble for us. The castle has been in shambles since the master has been taking the battle to the Heartless, what with the claw marks on the walls." The Wardrobe sighed.
"If you want to, and if you can keep it a secret, I can clean up for you!" The chief medic insisted. This caused the others to give a bit of a confused reaction to it. But unknown to the group, a black cloaked man appeared via a portal of darkness was watching them.
NEW ABILITY DETECTED. SCANNING…
SCAN COMPLETE. NEW MAGIC AND SHOTLOCK DOCUMENTED…
Photon Charge: A Light based Shotlock that involves cloaking the user in light and rushing your opponent. Requires 15 locks for full power to be unleashed.
Cure: The Nature based magic that enables them to cast a healing sensation to the caster and allies if they are within the circle. The spell recovers 30% of the caster and allies health at level one, 45% at level 2 (Cura) and 60% at level 3 (Curaga). There are other ways to heal like a Potion, or even a couple of light based attacks. The main spell call is 'heal'.
East Hall
"Purupurupurupurupurupurupuru…"
Pururu in Keronian form used her resonance echoed through the hall as the rubble begins to clean itself and the glass repaired. Both the animated furniture and the youngest members of the group (excluding the Keroro Platoon) looked surprised as the room looked as if it hasn't been touched… "That is INCREDIBLE!" The Wardrobe said, looking at the clean hallway. "Everything looks so…clean! I didn't know you have such a unique power!"
"Actually, cleaning is one of the ways we can use our resonance. Keroro-kun and the others should be able to use it too." Pururu explained to the woman as she reengaged her human form.
"Huh… didn't know that." Omnini admitted, with his little sister nodding in agreement.
"At least Fifi won't have to worry about cleaning anything up for now." The Madam said.
But then a loud roar shook the location again as the group took positions. "I think either the prince found out about our friends, or something's up!" Omimi said.
"Oh dear, I'm afraid the master is definitely angry about something!" The wardrobe said.
"Do you think we should help, desu?" Tamama asked with a determined look.
"Oh heavens, no! If you barge in to the Master's room with him as is, surely he'll tear you to shreds!" The wardrobe said while outright distraught. "Especially ever since he has been since that mysterious cloaked man came here! The master is really grumpy when intruders are in the castle!"
"…Cloaked man?" Omnini parroted as he looks to the others and said, "Do you guys think it's one of Organization XIII's members?"
"I wouldn't jump to conclusions right away." Dororo said. "Have you seen what he looked like, Madam?"
"I believe I seen a tiny bit…he was wearing a black cloak." The wardrobe said.
"…I'm convinced." Omnini said. "Guys, we better find out where that man is, ASAP!"
The others had nodded in agreement, but the Wardrobe looked confused. "Asap?" Madam Grande parroted with a confused look.
"Short for 'As Soon As Possible!'" Omnini said as the he and the others ran down the hallway, leaving the wardrobe with a confused look.
Main Hall
The group runs down the stairs as Dororo stopped as well. He quickly looks around. "Lord Dororo, is something wrong?" Omimi asked.
"…I am sensing a great darkness approaching the castle." The ninja replied as he looks to the main entrance. "I believe it is a Heartless, de gozaru."
"If you could sense it, it must be one of the Giant Heartless Yen-Sid had warned us about." Giroro said.
"…It's outside, on the Bridge!" Dororo said as he heads to the door with the others following him.
But as the group leaves the doors, Belle was seen heading down the stairs, looking around for someone before heading into the doors in the doors on the right hand side upon going down the first set of stairs.
Courtyard
The group was in the middle of the courtyard as they headed towards the source of what Dororo had sensed, to another set of doors. This one looked to be boarded up until Tamama attacks with a punch and thrusts open the doors.
Bridge
The group runs out to the bridge to see a rather… troublesome sight. "Whoa…Mr. Yen-Sid wasn't kidding when the Heartless can get huge, desu…!" Tamama said with his mouth hanging open.
Before the eight Keronians is a large, box-shaped, and appearing to be mechanical Heartless with four wheels, with two on each side of the body. While looking predominantly made out of wood, the face takes up the front side with a red jagged mouth with yellow lips on the lower half. The forehead is black with silver, metal additives on it. Its eyes are a glowing yellow color with the Heartless emblem on the middle of its face. Finally, there is a wooden guardrail on its top, decorated by yellow and red patterns as well as four white spikes. "That Heartless is the most likely source of the earlier dark presence I detected. But I didn't think they could be bigger than the Heartless we faced earlier, de gozaru." Dororo admitted with a bit of a shocked look.
The group instantly grabs out their respective weapons. "Okay, so all we have to do is destroy this thing and the castle is safe, de arimasu!" Keroro croaked. But before they could make their first move, a trio of Heartless appears on top of the larger heartless. All of them wore silver armor, including a bullet-shaped helmet with an opening for their black faces and glowing yellow eyes. All of the helmets sport two short spikes with curled black antennae. They appear to be balancing on a spike of some kind as they don't sport any legs. Finally, they carry indigo colored crossbows that looked to be designed to fire arrows into the air and the emblem is emblazoned on their chests. "Gero! Wh-where did they come from, de arimasu?"
"I guess the Heartless needed some extra defense." Giroro said as prepares one of his guns.
Unknown to them, someone with a black coat was watching the fight from the rooftop of the gate. However, the build is somewhat different from the other organization members seen previously. The member looks down to the ground to see the group members prepare to attack. ('Those guys…') The man began in his thoughts. ('You don't see anyone with clothes like those from this world. Not only that- I doubt Naminé specified any obvious clue them, but I think they could be the aliens…which include them having a human form as a power…')
-Boss theme 1- (From Keroro RPG) starts playing as the group begins to fight the giant heartless. Keroro starts off the fight by unleashing his Sonic Blade attack against the large creature. Each strike somehow pushes the Heartless back a bit to the other side of the gates. Giroro summons a lock-on scanner and multiple missile launchers as they all locked on the giant Heartless. He then unleashes hell upon the creature by firing multiple rockets at the Heartless, all hitting their target, dealing massive damage and creating a smokescreen. The Corporal gives a smirk and said, "If that doesn't decimate it, it should deal some serious damage."
The smoke clears to reveal the boss Heartless with some chipped parts of it blown off. It opens its mouth to reveal a cannon pulling into view as it launches a fireball at the group. "Giroro!" Dororo said as he grabs him out of the way of the blast, which leaves a small fiery pit of where the red could've been blasted. The cannon locks on to Keroro next as he croaked with panic and jumps out of the way as the next shot fired. The silver head of the device rears its head to Pururu, who was ready for it as she holds her needle like a bat.
"Heeeey, batter batter batter batter batter! Heeeeey, batter batter batter batter!" Omnini joked with a cheeky look, with the Chief Medic giving an annoyed expression before the shot was fired. But a shine was seen before the humanized Keronian woman swings, batting the shot back and into the one of the silver armored heartless, defeating it. "Annnnnd he's out of there!"
"Brother, stop making jokes and please help me!" Omimi said before both siblings charge in, only to dodge a shot from the cannon and both striking with their movement attacks (Omnini's Energy Surge and Omimi's Energy Fist), dealing damage to the fortress-like heartless. The fortress retracts the cannon, and of the two remaining archers, one of them shot an arrow into the air, aiming for Kululu as a reticle with a heartless symbol on the ground is seen. When the shot stopped right on the Sergeant Major and the arrows going to rain down on him, his headphones open up, showing mini-rockets as he hops into the air, and let the rockets do the rest as he avoids the attack.
"Hey, Kururu, let's take care of those archers before they become a real pain!" The Private third class calls out to the humanized curry keronian. The other human just reacted with a 'ku ku ku!' before he summons the antennae from both of his headset's sides, which glows with a rainbow aura and produces an energy sphere with the same aura and launches it to a Heartless, with Omnini producing his own, but with an aura forming into a large sphere into his hand tossing it in the same general direction as the other orb, both hitting the archers and defeating them.
"It's defenseless! Now let's finish it off, de arimasu!" Keroro commanded. But then it opens its mouth to show a form of battery ram in its mouth and gathering blue energy. Keroro attacks with a series of combos on it, but the energy being gathered turns white. Upon noticing this, the blue ninja widened his eyes before grabbing both younger members,
"Retreat immediately!" Dororo said, with Giroro and Pururu engaging a pair of energy wings exactly like the one the chief medic used in the Prologue to retreat back, with Tamama and Kururu stepping back. "Leader, you must retreat immediately, de gozaru!"
"Gero?" The human Sergeant croaked in confusion while looking at the others before looking back... to see the energy gone and the large heartless ramming forward. The ram catches the human Sergeant and when it swings it out, the Sergeant was screaming as he was sent flying over the wall, rocketing towards the cloaked ship and hitting the hull of the Keroro platoon's ship.
"That's gotta sting in the morning." Omnini said while shaking his head.
"GRRRR!" Tamama growled. "That damned heartless blasted Gunso-san away! I'll make sure that thing will PAY!" Just as he said that, multiple lock-on reticles appears on the Heartless as he takes in a deep breath, instantly changes back to his Keronian form and executes, "HYPER TAMAMA IMPACT!" And just like that, he fires a large yellow energy beam out of his mouth as it hits the heartless, and pushes the fortress heartless back with it stopping at the other end of the bridge.
"Heck yeah, Tamama's kicking some major butt!" Omnini said before… before noticing the Giant Heartless begins to rev up is wheels and begin to drive on forward, going against one of the Private second class's most powerful attack. "Umm… Maybe not- that thing is going against the Impact!"
"Not gonna happen, desu!" Tamama said while still holding the Heartless back with the attack. But it appears the blackish blue colored tadpole was having trouble, as he is seen sweating and the Heartless, still pushing back the attack back.
In the Courtyard…
Keroro is seen landing on the ground after his skyward blast off from the huge heartless' attack. As he gets up in pain with his face 'Magically' bandaged. "Ooooow…" He moaned. "That stupid heartless just had to blast me away from that attack, de arimasu…" He then stood up as he looks towards the gate. At the other side of it, a huge yellow glow was seen over there. "It looks Tamama unleashed his Hyper Tamama Impact attack, de arimasu!" the green Keronian human said as he runs forward, but as he did, he sees a strange black figure on the wall. "Gero?"
The figure on the wall looked towards the green haired male and points to the yellow glow wordlessly.
"Oh NO!" The Sergeant said, realizing what the person is. "Everyone's in trouble and it's not just with the Heartless, de arimasu!" He then quickly ran towards the doorway leading to the bridge.
Meanwhile, back at the Bridge…
Tamama was still pushing the Heartless back with his Hyper Tamama Impact, but it proved to be useless- soon the beam begin to die down due to Tamama's exhaustion and the Heartless had its battery ram out, although it looked really badly damaged. "With its speed as is with it against the beam, there's way we could avoid it once the beam goes down- We must escape!" Dororo said as he sets his sword away and prepares to rescue the younger members again.
"I can do this, desu!" Tamama said as he still sweating bullets from the overuse of his attack.
The red Corporal gave an annoyed grunt before using the same object used to save Omnini as a mean to jam the wheels, and it succeeded, with the front wheels being pulled off, causing the Heartless to slow down, enough for it be pushed against the wall. At that moment, the smaller Heartless tries to get the boss monstrosity out of its situation by trying to push it away from the wall. The Private then finally runs out of breath and stops the Impact attack to catch his breath. "Aw snap!" Omimi said with the Heartless now shooting towards them, but at that moment, the sudden momentum causes it to topple forward, onto its face, launching the unfortunate silver Heartless skyward, forcing them to disappear. At the moment, several Soldier Heartless appeared and tried to see if they can push the giant one back up onit its wheels.
"Now what?" Tamam said, finally getting a bit of his breath back. "If that thing gets back on its wheels we're done for, desu!" Just as he said, the soldier Heartless, albeit looking small and weak, actually banded together and managed to at least get some leverage for the giant Heartless. One of them pulled back to make some strange noises to call in at least two large Body Heartless to help them out. They got enough leverage to at least show its face.
Omnini then had an idea. He squirms out of Dororo's arms, brings out his Kero ball and presses a button as the device begins to glow. He then gets close and checks the device into the Giant Heartless' mouth. "Everyone take cover!" Omnini yelled as he runs back.
"What did you do?" Giroro asked with an intrigued look.
"I set my Kero ball to self-destruct from inside of the Heartless!" The black and red tadpole said, as the others said, in an outburst, "WHAT?"
The heartless begins to glow red as it begins to float with the smaller heartless immobilized. They hover a couple of feet in the ground. "Kid, you really don't realize just how powerful a Kero Ball really is. One press of a button could pretty much destroy a planet." Kururu said while unusually calm. Meanwhile, Omnini pretty much had his mouth hanging open.
Keroro runs back in as the Heartless starts to glow brighter. From some crazy sense of impulse, Keroro brings out his own Kero Ball, and presses a button on it for the device to bring out a giant hammer and slams the Heartless with it. Like a Baseball heading right out of the stadium for a home run, the heartless was soon far enough away for it be detonated, causing a massive explosion, which causes it to release its heart, as well as the other Heartless releasing their hearts as well as the music fades out.
"Holy crap! To think Keroro was our Deus Ex Machina!" Omnini said, while his voice cracking a bit on the 'machina' part.
"Gero? I was?" Keroro said, unaware of what happened. But then he quickly his bearings and said, "Wait, what am I saying! Guys, there was an Organization member watching us, de arimasu!"
"HUH?"
Everyone quickly took a look around before Dororo looks up to the where the organization member stood and said, "Up there!"
The figure did a bit of a look down to the group before jumping over their heads and landing where the Heartless has stood. He then summons a peculiar weapon- A Falchion-esque sword with a red, purple, and blue shaped blade, resembling a demon wing. The handle bears a blue demon eye with the handle decorated with beads. The blade is pointed down as the man takes a stance- one that is VERY familiar… "His stance- despite it being a bit different, it appears to resemblance the other's stance." Dororo commented before placing his hand on his sword.
The Keronian Sergeant somehow found the blade to look….quite familiar. But he quickly dismissed the thought for now. "Hold on- we know he was defeated all that long ago, but do you think he could've survived, de arimasu?" Keroro asked.
While the Keronians converse amongst themselves the mystery figure seemed to be give a confused grunt, as if he doesn't understand what's going on. Before the group broke out of their huddle… and drawn their weapons to the cloaked man. "We accept your challenge if that's what you're about to say!" Giroro said while point his gun at him.
"I see." The man answered, but with an older man's voice. "I was originally here to watch your fight against the Heartless, but seeing as you guys aren't going to let me get away, and if you really want to know who or what you are up against…I have to warn you- Unlike the Heartless you have just fought, I will prove to be a much harder challenge."
"Let's get on with it already!" Omnini said aloud while taking a stance. "And who are you anyway?"
"Alright, but don't say I didn't warned you. And by the way…" The man said before disappearing in a blink of an eye… and reappearing right in front of the group, saying, as –Another Side- begins to play…
"It's Ansem."
"Huh?" Omnini said, somewhat surprised about the sudden appearance and immediately blocks an attack with his sword. Sparks to begin to grind against the blades as the black haired boy looked to the hooded individual. ('Dang, he's fast…a lot faster than I could ever hope to be.') He said in his thoughts as he swings his word from the lock and delivers a quick blow to the man.
"Your skills are quite rocky…compared to my skill, you'd obviously be looked as a beginner." The man said, being blunt. "Hate to be cocky, but I doubt you'd be able to defeat me on your own."
"Sh…SHUT UP!" Omnini said as he swings his sword in an unorthodox style. He hits Ansem, but he swings his sword landing a direct hit on the boy, causing the boy to revert back to his original form. The younger male could only growl before jumping back into the fray. The boy then attacks with a swing, causing the man to step back and guard with a magic shield. Omnini then made a relentless move and attacks the shield in an effort to break it.
"That kid must be an idiot- does he really think attacking continuously like that would break the shield?" Giroro said while observing the fight.
"The shield obviously can not hold out long, but I must admit, Omnini's skill with the sword is quite…unusual. When he first picked up a blade when he was 12, he accidently put a hole in the wall. My mother grounded him for such a foolish and dangerous move- children at his age wielding weapons without knowing what one is doing like that could be dangerous." Dororo said as his memories play in his head with what he explained to Giroro playing in sepia tone. "No matter how many times my mother said scolded him… Omnini refused to listen. Eventually, when Omnini turned 14, my mother just stopped. Maybe because he explained a bit about his past- about how his father was a swordsman and he made a lot of swords. He said that he remembered that he walked into his father's smithy one day, and saw that he created a lot of swords- over dozens of them, including the sword he and his sister carry. He also remembered that one day, Omnini will become a swordsman if he practiced and learned more of the different styles, so he practiced with a stick. Unfortunately, he had this ideal that a sword is like a stick, only heavier and can hurt a lot more than stick could. He just swung the sword wildly like a child, and before he knew it… he accidently hurt himself."
"That kid should really get a reality check." Giroro said. "Swords aren't like that- they can be designed a numerous amount of things, but they always do same the thing- one move, and either you or your opponent is going to lose something and it's not small like a tooth."
"He did know- he was learning different swordplay and when he and his little sister practiced swordplay, despite their age. Omimi's style seemed kind of unusual, but unlike her brother, it's more controlled- she seen the forms and practiced unlike the brother, who is…to be blunt, stubborn on his ideas to learn on his own. But after viewing a form from a swordplay on Pekopon… something I'm sure at least Atlanta's friend is familiar with, Omnini managed to surprise even my mother- instead of attacking, he was acting on defense and when Omimi was about to land one attack…" Dororo said, and cut himself off to witness the match.
Omnini was sweating from the attempting to break the shield but failed, and looked to have of couple of bruises and small cuts. He held his sword in position while the cloaked male tried to knock the sword out of the way, so he could attack the defenseless boy. The attacks were fast, but Omnini were dodging them them by movement and swing his body away from the sword. But while the attack is going, the man turned into Omimi and at the very last moment, Omnini's eye shines, and he attacks with a parrying blow, knocking the bat wing sword right out of Ansem's hand and into the sky.
"He parried the attack?" Keroro said, looking surprised.
"Way to go brother!" Omimi cheered.
"So he countered Omimi's attack by a parry, like how Ansem was countered?" Giroro asked.
"Yes." Dororo answered.
"Impressive." The man said as the sword clatters away at the other side of the bridge he is on and disappears.
"Heh, didn't think I had in me. Too bad this sword isn't like one of those sabers- otherwise I'd be having a better time." Omnini said. "It looks more one of those… falchion swords."
"I see… However, in case you forgotten, you're not the only one fighting here, remember?" Ansem said. "However, I don't need my sword, the Soul Eater, to fight you at this point." He then points his right hand and index finger as he explains, "The Organization is a lot stronger than any Heartless you encountered- including the one you just fought. At your level, it would a real fluke for you to win against even one of them if they're just playing around with you. If they playing for keeps, it'd be all over."
"So are you mocking us because of how weak we are, or are you telling to shape up or ship out?" Giroro said.
"You guys are already too far in to get out now, so the only option is to become stronger." The man said. "If you choose to leave it will haunt you- One day the Organization might find a way to where you go and when they do and you're not prepared, it could be the end."
"You would know- you're part of the Organization!" Omnini answered. Omimi quickly chimed with a quick "Yeah!"
"…I'm not part of the Organization." Ansem replied, causing some confusion amongst to group. "I'm no one- just a cast away from the darkness. But.. I'm here because I need to show you just how strong that an Organization member could possibly be."
Kururu doesn't looked impressed as he gets his laptop but then the computer began to pick up a strange reading of darkness from him… and it's getting bigger! "Not good…I think he has a heavy reading of dark energy in him… and think he's going to use it- on us!" The Sergeant major said with his eyes a bit more opened, as if surprised.
"RrrrrrrRRAAAAGH!" The man screamed as a large shadowy aura appeared as if realeasing a large amount of energy and out came a strange looking purebred Heartless. This appears to be a being with a hollow spot on the stomach in the shape of a heart- but the thing has no legs- it appears to be a form of…apparition.
"Wh…What IS that thing!" Omnini asked, freaked out at the appearance of the creature.
"A Symbiote- a dark symbiote!" Kururu answered. "It appears to be functioning as a guardian for that guy."
"Wait- so Organization XIII can generate these things?" Omimi said, looking shocked.
('…These guys must be idiots.') Ansem murmured to himself before removing his hood. His face appears to be tan skin, amber colored eyes, and long white hair that is smooth at the back with three spikes on the top and sides of the head. He gave a bit of a sigh and said, "This is going to be a long day. And before you guys could say anything, this is something only I can do."
"Gero?" Keroro croaked before the man floats up and moves forward with the guardian doing a sweeping fist attack with everyone in the path dodging it.
"Keroro, can't you use that Shotlock from earlier to attack that guy?" Omnini asked.
"Gero? Shoto locku, de arimasu?" The confused Sergeant asked, saying the word Shotlock in a weird pronunciation.
"Did you seriously forget, you idiot!" Giroro yelled before dodging a trail of lightning from the cloaked man's attack.
"It appears that leader has no memory of using the Photon Charge Shotlock from before, de gozaru." Dororo said before tossing a few stars that the strange dark being behind Ansem deflected with its fists.
"Seems to be the case- he was KO'd after using it only once." Kururu said.
"What about Tamama Impact?" Omimi asked.
"I'm still a bit exhausted from that battle, desu…" Tamama said. "But I can use enough juice to use another shot." Tamama then took a deep breath before yelling, "Tamama IMPACT!" He then fired another one of his yellow lasers at Ansem who took the attack and hits the wall.
"Tsk… COME GUARDIAN!" The man called out and the symbiote moves in front of its master and blocks the attack with its body, effortlessly. The creature then moves his hands to block the attack further as the man floats towards Tamama who looked nervous while firing the laser. The man looked disgusted upon seeing the laser die down with the tadpole fallen over from exhaustion. "Tsk…take about a raw stench…that laser practically stinks of darkness."
"GRRR…" Tamama growled, with him moving around in an angry twitch as he looks at the opponent.
"I didn't think you'd take a raw emotion like Jealousy and turn it into a powerful attack… But even that attack is no match for me." Ansem said before he had the Symbiote creates orbs in its hands and throw them at the group. Omnini counters by throwing orbs of his own into the attack, and they collide in a big explosion creating a smoke screen. Giroro takes the opportunity to summon the missile launchers and prepares to unleash hell into the smoke. When the smoke begins to clear, Giroro fires missiles in multiple directions, all of them heading towards the man in the cloak. Unfortunately for the target of the missiles, he gets bombarded on all sides: The symbiote that could protect him can't move fast enough to cover that much space in a short amount of time.
"Giroro, how could you! He was here to test us, not annihilate us, de gozaru!" Dororo said, looking a bit distressed.
"I don't think he's phased all that much." Omnini said as the smoke from the missile explosion clears.
Ansem looked to be covered in dust as he lowers his guard a bit. The Symbiote looked to still guard the front but then the man slumped over a bit. "Yeesh… talk about serious firepower." The man said before tossing an object into the air it looked to be a potion but in a bigger bottle. He stood up from the attack. "You guys got what it takes to fight with serious fire power, but… Hey, weren't there 8 of you?"
"Gero? Eight of us?" Keroro croaked. And then a number counter to count The Sergeant, the Private third Class, The Lance Corporal, The Corporal, The Sergeant Major, The Private Second Class and the Recruit. However, there was one head missing… and it was right behind the man!
"You must've forgotten about me. And I must admit…I'm a bit disappointed." Pururu said right as she injects the man right in the behind with an injection needle. "Inserting cleansing energy, at maximum power!"
Just like Vanitas in the earlier chapter, the man is covered in rainbow electricity as light seem to course through his body. It also badly affected the symbiote as it got electrocuted, and after a few seconds, it disappears into the dark male. "What…is this…energy?" He strained to ask.
"This is purification energy- it's designed to clean out, or at least disrupt darkened or tainted individuals." The chief medic answered as the music fades out. "This dark energy must be incredibly strong for you to resist!"
The man seemed to of give a smirk as he answered, "Well, maybe I'm using this power to help my friend. But as much as I want to be rid of it…" He then struggled to move his arm back to where the needle is and when he got ahold of it, much to the normally lilac Keronian's surprised face, he then said not with his own voice, but a voice a younger male's… "I still need the power of darkness!"
"What?" Pururu said aloud before getting tossed forward by the man. She unfortunately lost grip of her needle and at the first chance Ansem got, he somehow charged a purplish flame from his right hand and shot a purple fireball at the needle, destroying it. When the medic landed, the shards of the broken needle fell in front of her and when she recovered, she gave a surprised gasp with eyes widened at the remains of her tool to possibly stop the man.
"Pururu-chan!" Keroro called out before looking at the man with an angry look. "You will…you WILL pay for that, de arimasu!" The sergeant then started to glow with a radiant aura as the device used for his shotlock from earlier appears. Multiple lock-on reticles appeared on the man, much to his confusion. The sergeant then glowed with a white flash and attacks with light as he uses the Photon Charge Shotlock from earlier and does a good amount of damage to the man with the attack with the man using the dark shield but that appears to be nothing when he attacks in multiple angles.
Pururu seemed to be witnessing the battle first hand as she sees her normally useless friend easily held back the man effortlessly using shotlock. She seemed to of given a bit of a smile to her friend and said, "Alright. If someone like Keroro-kun could develop a form of courage by seeing us fight, then I should too. I wasn't planning on staying on the sidelines- I'm part of a grade A platoon!"
At the moment, the broken needle shards began to glow a lilac color which catches the attention of Giroro, Kururu and the medic as the others hold back Ansem. "Ku ku! It appears the shards of your broken tool are responding to your will." Kururu said.
"How can a weapon exactly respond to our will exactly?" Pururu asked with a confused expression.
"Remember? The worlds have different rules for all of us Keronians, so maybe the weapons could also become stronger through our willpower." Tamama said. "So maybe our will could also create new weapons from broken ones, desu!"
"…Right." Pururu commented before reaching to the shards of her needle, and after a large flash of light, which caused the medic to cover her eyes and revert back to her Keronian form. When she did, the shards of the needle turned into a new weapon- a lance that looked to be the same design as a the one she seemed to be familiar with as a child, but more fitted to be her size. The point is a Violet laser point in the shape of a star, and the side of the weapon looks just like her needle's gauge. She picks it up and when she did, the weapon glows with medic as it and she show and a lilac colored aura around herself. She then gave a determined look before she attacks with a lance that appears to be floating, but seems to be expelling energy from it as she attacks the man with a combo with the weapon creating two streams of light from itself. After the couple of more swings, she shoots an orb from the weapon. The man deflected with his sword but the chief medic then took the opportunity to fault over the man again and use a special ballerina pirouette to spin, with the energy strands from earlier forming around her. The man took multiple hits from the ensuing attack, being lifted into the air from the multiple impacts, and after being blasted back, the nurse attacks with the Purification needle attack from earlier but this time it gained an extra boost as the dark individual was being shocked with more purifying light than before.
"The reading of darkness is starting to go down. But…I'm beginning to pick up a weird reading." Kururu said. "He's no member of Organization XIII, that's for sure- he does have a heart. Ku kukukukuku!"
"Now that the darkness is lessened around him, I have to agree with Kururu- he does have a heart within him." Dororo said. "The heavy darkness within his body made it difficult for even me to detect the heart, de gozaru."
"He HAS a heart?" Omnini parrorted. "Then… who or what is he?"
Pururu pulls the needle out of him, which reverts into the shape of the staff Pururu used in the Land of Dragons and retreats back to the group as the man looked to of doubled over in pain. The man began to glow with radiant light causing the group to cover their eyes. But when the group uncovered their eyes, they were left to a stunning sight. "It…it can't be!" Giroro said, looking surprised.
"Is…is that guy who Yen-Sid described to us?" Omimi asked, looking shocked. "You know- Sora's fri-"
"I'm afraid it's the case." Dororo said while accidently cutting off the youngest member, albeit a bit surprised.
A new person was hunched over to where Ansem once stood. It was actually a young male with silver long hair that reaches to slightly beyond the top of the back. He has a paler complexion compared to some of the group, defined features, and a black blindfold covering the eyes. Though the eyes can't be seen he seemed to be a bit surprised about what happened. "Wh…what kind of power did you guys use on me?" The boy asked.
"Gero! Isn't that…It's Riku!" Keroro croaked upon seeing the boy as the boy's respected scene begins to play. (Riku's Theme)
"!...How did you guys know who I am?" The boy said as he struggled to stand up but Dororo helping him up.
"We heard of you from Yen-Sid, a retired Keyblade Master who guided Sora and us." Giroro explained. "Tamama was the one who asked about you, but we didn't expect you to be in another form."
"You must be talking about the form I took on when we fought." Riku replied. "I guess that old master didn't tell you everything."
"He did mention that Sora had to fight you last year while you were being posessed. Ku ku ku!" Kululu commented.
"But, I don't get it- how did you manage to change me back into this form? I let Ansem's darkness runs its course and yet… I got changed back." The boy said, looking to himself.
"The darkness must've been disrupted enough because of my cleansing energy from my needle." Pururu explained. "Remember? It was designed to make sure to clear out darkness, or at least disrupt."
"You do realize you're wearing a blindfold, dummy." Omnini said.
"…You're using a Blindfold on yourself…to keep your eyes from learning the truth- to fool yourself, correct?" Dororo said.
"You're a lot smarter than you look." Riku said. "I guess I was wrong about you guys about being idiots." He then looked to the Keronian Sergeant and Private Third Class. "Well, almost."
"HEY!" Both Keroro and Omnini blurted out.
"Anyways, about what the nurse said about her needle- it has to be the case, because I can still feel Ansem's darkness in my heart." The male said, placing his hand over the heart's general area. "It shouldn't be long until I change back."
"Tama… You were really strong in that form, desu. No one could ever have the power to hold back my Tamama Impact before, desu!" Tamama admitted.
"That was because I was using some of Ansem's power in that earlier fight." Riku explained. "His dark shadow was still in my heart even after Sora defeated him last year. When it invaded my heart, we fought with each other for control of the heart, until I won. But recently…I had to fight someone incredibly tough. So in order to win, I had to use the darkness. And I was stuck in this form ever since, calling myself Ansem."
"Talk about wearing the face of your enemy…" Omnini said, in awe of the boy's story.
"YAAAAH!" Omimi shrieked, who was looking at the sky of the castle. The group (including the silver haired male) looked to the sky as well, and saw a beam of light radiating towards the sky.
"Oh no! Sora found the gate! He's going to leave, de arimasu!" Keroro said in a panic. "Everyone, prepare to depart!" He quickly ordered, and the 7 members were seen heading towards the castle. "Riku you should come with us too, de arimasu!"
"Wait- why would you want me with you? Besides- I can't be found how you guys find me…especially Sora." Riku said.
"We'll take you with us for now until you recover your strength. Besides, with that disruption, you wouldn't be able to use those powers you have, right de arimasu?" The Sergeant said to the boy.
The silver haired boy looked like he didn't say a word, but decided to try to open…something. But after a while, it looked to of failed. He tries again, only to fail again. He then gives a defeated sigh and said, "Fair enough. But what should I call you then? Calling you a frog person would be strange."
The green keronian then gave a salute and said, "I am Sergeant Keroro of the Keroro Platoon, de arimasu!"
As the two head back to the courtyard…Sora chimes in for a narration. 'I didn't even know Riku was with those guys when I left- maybe because I still had a job to do. But then again, so did them. The Keronians were trying to catch up to me. And Riku? Well, he got caught up with them. I could've met up with him, but…I guess Riku is trying to hide himself from me, because of what he explained to Keroro and the others.'
End of Chapter 11
CHARACTER DATA UPDATED AND ACQUIRED. SCANNING…
SCAN COMPLETE. UPLOADING AND GROUPING NEW DATA…
Levels, Powers, Equipment data
Keroro Levels up to Level 9!
Giroro Levels up to Level 9!
Tamama Levels up to Level 9!
Kululu Levels up to Level 9!
Omnini Levels up to Level 9!
Omimi Levels up to Level 10!
Dororo Levels up to Level 10!
Giroro:
Missile Salvo (or Full Weapon Giroro) became Level 2!
Pururu:
Learned the Spell Weaver command style! Attack with Magical based attacks that give you a better reach for battling foes, and attacks. Finish with a Pirouette finish that you can guide and deal additional damage.
Gained the Purification Lance! A needle constructed from the remains of Pururu's shattered needle into an easy to carry model. Its spear head is the needle's point, and the main base the needle's gauge with the point and base color changing with the Chief medic's command style. Its spear head changed to a Lilac star shaped head when Spell Weaver is engaged. It could be possible that the main base can also change.
Character ID
Belle
First appearance: Beauty and the Beast
Rank: N/A
Occupation: Inventor's daughter and 1 of the 7 Princesses.
The Wardrobe
First Appearance: Beauty and the Beast
Rank: N/A
Occupation: Former Opera singer.
Enemy ID
Heartless:
Shadow (Purebred)
Neoshadow (Purebred)
Soldier (Artificial)
Assualt Rider (Artificial)
Nightwalker (Artificial)
Rapid Thruster (Artificial)
Bolt Tower (Artificial)
Large Body (Artificial)
Large Armor (Artificial)
Crusader (Artificial; The silver Heartless riding on the Infernal Engine. They don't exactly have a name so why not?)
Infernal Engine (Artificial; Boss)
Extra: What the…?
Shortly, after the group arrived back to their ship...
Suhaha is seen inside of the ship with a space suit in place of his usual coat and looking around until he went into Tentoto's temporary room and found the Blizzard and Cure orbs she left. She took them into his hand and then he brings out a Fire and a second Blizzard Orb. "This should at least cover for their magic abilities." He quietly said as he put both orbs away. "Now to get the orbs to them and that should cover their magic abilities."
But when he came to leave, he suddenly stops in front of Omnini and Omimi, who were giving him a bit of a look as the older brother asked, "What are you doing here, Major?"
"Oh, uh…I was getting just getting something for a couple of things for some…friends of mine." The white and grey tadpole said, while beginning to sweat as –laughter and merriment- starts playing.
"And it just so happens to be in our friend's room, unless you are getting Tentoto's things." The younger of the two tadpoles commented.
"…Yes, it seemed that Tentoto forget- er, forgotten something here, so I was getting it for her, yes." The Major said, hiding the real reason why he was here.
The siblings looked to each other and seemed to nod at each other, then said, "You're lying."
"Okay, I was getting these orbs to a pair of Keronians that I managed to come into contact to." Suhaha said. "…By the by, you wouldn't happen to check your e-mail, did you?"
"Ummm…no?" Omnini said. "I didn't get the e-mail- when I get new E-mail from someone else other than the army and my friends, it would either be spam or something else, so I just place them in the junk section."
"I don't have an e-mail." Omimi said while looking at her brother with an annoyed look. She then said, in a mocking voice "HE doesn't let me have one because I'm not old enough.
"You're not." The black and red tadpole muttered.
"But I turn 10 tomorrow morning!" The Ivory tadpole yelled while looking angry.
"Doesn't mean you're ready to know stuff than you really should be. I unintentionally learned the birds and the bees when I was five from mom and dad, and the reason why I was too curious for my own good." Omnini muttered.
At that moment, Suhaha heard what his grand… er, the Private third class said, with the three giving a bit of an…awkward stare at each other before turning and said quietly to himself, as he slapped his own face, "Aaah…oh my god." He then spoke in his thoughts, 'Shiroro, have I taught you nothing? Never tell your children that subject until they are old enough.'
"Ummm…?" The youngest tadpole tried to spoke up and then said, "Mr. Major, sir? Did you just hear an alarm?"
"Huh? Oh right. Check that e-mail, you two. It's important- believe me." The black Keronian said while walking off. "As for Tentoto's stuff, I apologize for lying to you. It was an excuse for me to get these orbs for a couple of people."
"Ummm, okay?" Omnini said and after Suhaha left the ship, the two didn't see him covering the four magic orbs with his light and dark energy and sent it towards Olympus Coliseum, whose star was seen at a distance. Back with the two… "What was that about an alarm*?"
"Oh, uh, nothing!" Omimi answered while sweating a bit.
*Note: Omimi heard the Abridged alarm. If you don't get it, watch Lord Slug in which one character pretty much explains something to someone that they REALLY shouldn't explain, especially to villains. Here's a hint; "Well tough luck Jolly green *Censored* because I'm the only one here with a radar to find them!"
Next time:
Hearing the news of their parents being alive, kicking, and previously members of the army, Omnini and Omimi appear to be on edge about getting to Olympus Coliseum as soon as possible, even going as far as to try break off from the group and temporarily deter the mission to rescue them. But when their ships get pulled in towards Radiant Garden, alongside Sora's ship, the goal of reaching Sora draws nearer than what they expected. Meanwhile Giroro, Kululu, and another member of the army reminisce about what had happened 11 years ago, but from another Keybearer's Point of view- Ventus' friend, Terra.
Next Time on Keroro Gunso: Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix:
12: Bonds of the Vast Earth
MAN that took too long about making this chapter. I had a LOT of trouble making this one, especially since some of the scenes I wanted to do involve Tentoto. Unfortunately, Tentoto's owner Girogal101 of dA wanted to get out of the story, forcing Tentoto to drop out much sooner than expected. But…it actually removed the roadblock and it was back in business. So I would like to apologize for the huge delay, but I would like to also let you guys know that I'm back in…considering that I've been trying to find a job. I do have a life you know, folks. : P Anyways, hoped you like this chapter!
