Keroro Gunso: Kingdom Hearts II FM

by Flagstealer

From the Stars, these invaders take on an adventure that traces back to ancient legend. Keroro and his friends go to the worlds to investigate a letter, and found more than they bargained for. But it's more than just fairy tales... Contains Language and Violence. Alt. Universe/Time line owned by a friend, don't hate. REFRESH IN PROGRESS- DISCONTINUED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

21. 17: From the Pan to the Fire

Warning: The following you're about to read contains violence, language, blood (in future chapters) possible awkward moments, hilarious moments, possible spoilers to games and anime, and possible scenes that can either make you say the "What the heck just happened," or "Whoa…"

Last time on Keroro Gunso: Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix (or Tales of Keroro: A New Journey):

Keroro dreams once again of the boy, Roxas who he and his friends planned to make a trip to the beach, but required munny to make the trip. Doing odd jobs around the town, Roxas makes more than enough Munny but lost it the man (who his friends never seen) But what was Riku doing there…and who was that girl Keroro kept seeing? Afterwards, Omnini discussed more of his past about his other caretakers to Dororo and Omimi. Meanwhile Shiroro and Kuroro meets Adidi, a Keronian that was originally hired on to the platoon Omnini once worked with. He received a call from the disguised Puriri to come to the world, only for him to be recruited the group. Shortly before receiving the news, Omimi and Omnini finally reunited with their parents and after separating from the group, the two granted their children a new power…

Chapter 17: From the Pan to the Fire

Pekopon: Hinata Household: Living Room

The Hinatas, alongside the human partners of the group (with Koyuki wearing normal clothes) as well as Shion and Terara were seen in the room as Shion admitted, "I certainly hope that what our discovery unfolded helps Keroro."

"Yeah…Gunso was definitely surprised that we were trying to uncover mysteries of the Keyblade." Fuyuki admitted. "But…I'm worried about what was being blocked out."

"Umm…what are you all talking about?" Chiruyo (from all the way from the prologue) admitted.

Fuyuki did his best to describe what was happening yesterday, including the mysteries of the weapon discovered- the Keyblade. Chiruyo gave a startled look as she admits, "You founded clues to the weapon?! Wh-what is it exactly?"

"From what we learned, it's supposed to be a weapon that acts like a master key to any and all locks. But it's also an odd…weapon that has a power over the heart." Natsumi admitted. "I swear the stupid frogs were hiding something from us, but we founded something that even THEY didn't know."

"What do you mean, 'power over the heart?'" The girl admitted.

"From what I researched, and from what we translated, the Keyblade has the powerover hearts as well- being able to extract the emotional part of the heart- or something among those lines, but only the most vile and evil people can do such a thing with no 'light in their heart' and can even extract his own heart by turning the weapon towards himself." Shion said with Terara glancing around. "But…the odd thing was something is preventing us from researching the rest of information… from what I can make out from it and with own assumptions, perhaps I can complete it. Let's see if I can remember it…- it looked the Keyblade could transfer something from yourself to your target, and if it's successful, it could create some form of influence on someone. I think it could what was discussed earlier with the heart, because it goes to explain if the target's heart is stronger, he could develop a resistance to prevent being taken over. But it could be buried somewhere within you, and when you're weak, it could try to take over again. It could've also enable the influence to become the person and maybe something happens to it because it mentioned darkness…but should the person…try to over the original owner's heart, or beginning to change it, you have to cleanse the heart with a strong light."

"But the question is, is it true?" Aki admitted as the theme ends.

"I'm not so sure. But…we can't go making wild assumptions until we properly translated the text; and even if we did, it might be planted there to make sure we don't try to figure out the truth. If we can, then maybe we can unearth more of the mysteries of the weapon…" The blue haired woman admitted as –Just wondering- is playing. "But we don't even know what was preventing the translation of the device…"

"It's certainly odd- but maybe someone or something doesn't want us to find out more about the information." Saburo admitted with a smile. "Maybe there's somebody trying to make sure we don't learn information. Or maybe it's Kururu and the other's plan that they make sure we learn as little as possible about the Keyblade."

"I don't think it's Gunso and the others…" Fuyuki admitted with a look. "If it were him, then he would've at least let us known that he was up to something like this."

"And not to mention he was definitely secretive about where he is at the moment." Chiruyo admitted. "If that is what you're implying."

"And the last bit of information we learned related to Keroro's Star, and this keyblade…" Momoka admitted. "It might be possible that the keybearer alone can extract the 'influence' or at least stop it. But to fully extract it outside, both the Keyblade and the 'Star' are needed."

"Hmm…what did Pururu and the others said when you told them?" Chiruyo asked them.

"They were definitely surprised when they told them." Koyuki admitted. "Even Dororo was- but Dororo's friend was definitely angry that we tried to uncover the truth for ourselves."

"But they didn't seem to be as mad as we thought- because maybe we knew that we would try to find out more about it sooner or later." Aki admitted. "Kero-chan has his secrets, and we have ours."

Meanwhile, just outside of the Household…

A member of Organization XIII was on the fence of the Hinata house outside of the window view as he gave a silent look with amber eyes seen from underneath the hood. He gave a silent observation before another figure appeared nearby. "Everything is in position." A voice said- sounding a lot like a certain blue haired male (from the Organization).

"Good. Once one of them leaves the house, try to surround them." The man said before looking to the house again.

Nearby, several armed individuals were seen knocked out and tied up, including several butlers and a fairly larger one with an incredibly tall and strong stature, blond hair (with part of it rolled up into two rolls around the head) an incredibly long mustache with a bracket shape to it (on its side), a loose strand seen on top, and thick eyebrows. The outfit, a suit to fit his stature, appears to include a ruffled shirt and blue ascot. Nearby another man in the black coat was seen rubbing his head as he admits with a familiar californian surfer's accent to the voice, "Geez, these butlers and soldiers were hard to handle- that big guy especially. I'm beginnin' to think that Demyx's got the better end of the deal."

"Save the comments." The taller male (sounding a lot like another male of the group) admitted while throwing another male into the pile: Paul. He gave a bit of a groan before some of the Dusks appeared. "Luxord is in charge of 'indulging our guests' while we retreat back."

"Ya sure? I can give 'em a riddle for them to deceiver." The male admitted.

"Save it for the Keronians." The individual said as they disappear into dark corridors, saving one.

"Well then…I suppose that it's time to for the game to be in motion." A figure said with a british accent before showing a card with a distorted King of Hearts on it before throwing it to the sliding window of the house, causing it to bury itself into the window…

While this is happening…

The humans soon noticed the card in the window. Natsumi soon notices the card and when she extracted it, the window suddenly shatters, alerting the group with Terara giving a startled 'Yikes!' before hiding inside of the couch.

Natsumi, while quickly recovering from the sudden shock soon looked to the card- the back of the Card has the Nobody sigils on the cards- one that's white with a black outline while the others blending in to the grey background saving for the lighter shade of grey for the Nobody symbol. "What's this supposed to be?"

"It looks like a playing card, but…what's with the symbol on the back?" Chiruyo asked before glancing to Fuyuki.

"I don't know to be honest, Tsukigami-san. I never seen this symbol before…and it's not even in the books I read either." Fuyuki admitted.

"That's because that's something not from this world." A mystery male said prompting the others to look alarmed. Unfortunately the voice came from outside, so the others had no choice but to look cautious, nodded to each other, and head outside.

As they did the immediately looked around before something appears through a portal with several Dusks surround the group. "Wh…what are these things?!" Natsumi said, angered.

"They don't look like anything I seen before…" Fuyuki admitted before noticing something- they have the same symbol on their head as the card- "Look! They share the same symbol that's on the card! What if it's an entirely new species or even an alien?"

"If it's the other thing, I bet the stupid frog has something to do with this!" Natsumi admitted with a look.

"A Clever guess who knows only little of the outside world." A familiar male with british accent said as -Organization XIII- plays and a dark corridor opens to show a figure in the black coat stepping out of it. "To think a bunch of nosy children and even an adult would consider thinking of their extraterrestrial comrades would forge such bizarre creatures?"

On response the Nobodies immediately looked at their superior with a look…if they had eyes. Fuyuki gave a bit of a look too as he said, "Is he an alien too?"

"Me, considered an extraterrestrial? I'm appalled at such a thing." The figure said before removing his hood showing Luxord's face. "I'm as human as the rest of you. I just a few more tricks than your average human."

"Give it a rest! We know that appeared out of that portal just now!" Natsumi said with a look.

Koyuki tosses her clothes off to show her ninja's outfit with her preparing to draw something, but with someone stopping her. "You…" Aki said before noticing the obviously similar outfit. "Are you associated with the man from before?"

"You must mean Demyx." Luxord responded. "Ah yes- you encountered someone like him once."

This prompts the woman to gives an intrigued look. "How do you know that?"

"We've been observing your activities for weeks." Luxord admitted. "Your friends, the Keronians asked us to…observe you. But we needed to be sure we needed to…trust them so we decided to document their activities as well."

Fuyuki gave an intrigued look before to admit, "So you knew about us as well?"

"More or less. We've been observing most of you but only those who…matter." The Organization member admitted. "We also got the okay for you to be prevented gaining any new…information."

"What do you mean by that?" Aki asked before the figure drew two cards from his side with an identical back to the one thrown, before leaps down, somehow enlarging the cards to his size before using them as weapons at Aki who dodged it…barely with part of her side nicked and her cellphone falling out of the hole in her pants. Both of Aki's children cried out in alarm 'Mama?!' before the male stomped the Cellphone to the ground pieces.

"It appears that our superior has you snooping around and you gathered information about us with our noticing. We're quite a…secret bunch; Now unless you want to be silenced, perhaps you should do well to deteriorate what you learned." The man said before plucking the card out of Natsumi's hand.

"Hold on! Gunso would never hire people like you to spy on us- especially if you're the kind of people that would actually harm someone just so you could keep a secret!" Fuyuki said.

"Hmph, maybe that's the case, but then again…you never knew what he's thinking, correct?" Luxord said before seeing the face of Fuyuki giving a bit of a look before looking down. "After all, you're just humans, who nothing of the world beyond yours, and Keronians who live amongst the stars."

"Maybe we don't know everything about Gunso…" The boy admitted before looking up and giving a determined look. "However…we know just enough about him that he would never hurt us; at least not on purpose. He's our friend!"

"An invader and a victim of invasion capable of being friends…it's quite laughable if I must say. It's no wonder he keeps failing at his job- whatever he has in mind it's all because of a believer of his friend, or a sense of competition to prove that he's better, or someone within his troop thwarts through personal reasons." The Organization member said as the theme ends. "Eliminate all those barricades, and you have a proper invader. The only smart thing he's capable of is keeping his platoon together…and hiring us to make sure you don't interfere."

"That's where you're wrong!" Koyuki and Fuyuki said in said unison as the former drew her weapon, resulting both the Organization member and the ninja clashing as –Rival- (From FE Awakening) plays. "I know Dororo has his secrets, but he also trust us- Dororo would never approve of such a plan! He would never try to harm us in any way!"

"I'm with Koyuki-chan on this one!" Natsumi said as moves through the wiggling enemies into Giroro's tent before a brilliant red light shined through it and she emerged in a different costume; She appears to be wearing a high tech leggings with armor on it, pieces of white, red, and blue high-tech armor on the arms, chest and cod piece overtop what appears to be a blue one piece swimsuit as well as around the neck and hair pieces (with the hair pieces having the familiar white cylinder-like design that could be in use for Keronian Beam Sabers. "Although the Stupid frog has his crazy hijinks and plans, he wouldn't hurt or ask anyone to hurt Mama!" She takes off the stud-like attached of the hair pieces before drawing two energy swords in both hands before leaping into the clash and breaking the two off before the both her and Koyuki attacked in Unison. The attacked resulting in an odd…slit in the left card he used.

"Impressive, however…" The figure then suddenly disappeared with one of his cards before reappearing above the non-fighting members and throwing it. However, Saburo looked to quickly sketched something with a pen before throwing the paper skyward. The drawing glowed before it displayed a real high-tech shield and guarded against assault. "What?!"

"H…How is he doing that?!" Chiruyo asked with a panicked look.

"A little thing Kururu gave me." Saburo said before he tosses something else out on paper and again it transform into another inanimate object- a Trampoline. "Momoka, you know what to do, right?"

"Gladly!" Momoka said in her angry expression with her angry side now displaying before she leap up with the shield disappearing the moment she almost reached it, and slugging the male clear in the face, knocking him further skyward. As soon as she landed, the Dusks looked ready to attack as it looked to be crouching and soon made their way towards the unarmed members who looked alarmed.

"Everyone!" A familiar figure said before bullets fired from inside of the house, hitting the Dusks, and knocking them back. Just then a large shockwave projectile shot from inside and blasted and defeated two of the dusks that disintegrated into nothing. From inside, an exhausted Bariri emerged with a standard rifle of his kind as he admits, "Is everyone…alright?"

"Bariri-san!" Natsumi said, surprised to see him as well as the person next time to him. "Mois-chan!"

Mois, while still looking normal now carried a large staff with a Meteor-like rock in one side and a Crescent moon shape on the other in possession. "Sorry if we're late, everyone! Me and Bariri-san were dealing with intruders that suddenly infiltrated the base to disable our equipment- we were trying to get through them to assist you when you were in danger. You could say, distractions removed?"

"Tera!" A familiar cry said before Terara emerged from nearby…with a tiny bit of rope stick between her teeth. "Shion, Momoka! I found Pierre and Paul and everyone else!"

"Huh?!/ What?" Both rich girls said before both butlers appeared- both Paul and the blond haired male from before. Shion looked surprised as she admits, "Pierre!"

"Forgive me, Ojou-sama; I had a feeling that you were going to be in danger, but before I could act, both me and Paul were knocked out by these scoundrels." The blond haired butler admitted.

"They took us and the guards by surprise- perhaps to ambush you when the time was right. Terara sneaked out to free us." Paul admitted with Terara giving a happy 'Tera!' in response. "We're sorry for the delay, Momoka-ojuasama."

"Th…Thank you…" Shion admitted with a relieved sigh.

"It appears that the tables had greatly turned against me." Luxord said before using the same card trick to disappear and reappear on the fence. "I do believe my time here has expired. Retreat now!"

On response, the Dusks immediately disappeared the same way they came in. However, as they did, the figure created a Dark Corridor. "Hold on!" Fuyuki called out. "Why did you try to trick us?"

"I suppose you can say we were laying the seeds of distrust and doubt amongst you, but I suppose my blatant actions spoiled everything and foiled the trick." Luxord said. "I suppose that I have myself to blame for taking this gamble. However, know this... The next time we meet, you have more than just your lives on wager than you think."

"What?!" The male said before Luxord puts his hood up and leaves through the portal created with the music ending. Afterwards, the group gave a bit of a expression that says that this battle is far from over… "Gunso…what's going on now…?"

"Do you think we should ask the Stupid Frog about those guys?" Natsumi asked.

"It won't do us any good…without any proof the men in black were here, Kero-chan might have a hard time believing us." Aki admitted before packing up her damaged device. However she soon checked something before finding a memory card. "...But then again, luck has been known to be on our side."

Chiruyo soon looked to of slid to her knees and admitted, "I don't even know if you could take so much of this excitement… I think I head home before I lose my nerve a bit further."

"W-Wait!" Fuyuki called out. "We don't know if those will come back or not!"

Chiruyo gave a cautious look before admitting a bit of a reluctant expression. "I can…see what you mean. But then again, after all of this… I think I just want to rest for a long time while I try to understand what happened. Forgive me."

"Wait, Tsukigami-san! At least have someone help escort you home!" Fuyuki admitted with a look.

"I'll handle it." Momoka said, sounding calm. "It's the least I can do."

"Are you sure about this, Momoka?" Shion asked with the blue haired girl nodding. "Alright then. Please hurry back soon."

The girl nodded as the two walked off. Mois sighed as she said, "We should try to contact Ojii-sama, but the beings damaged our equipment- it'll take some time before we can repair it, and even then, we lack a proper technician. You could say, under-prepared?"

"We're going to need to find some way to repair it." Saburo said as he walked forward. "I can help with the parts."

"Th-thank you, Saburo-san!" Mois said, bowing.

Olympus Coliseum: Cave of the Dead: Passage

Shortly after the group just split from the last chapter, a figure wearing a black coat nimbly ran down the way. Donald stated out, "The Organization!"

Sora responded with a quick 'Yeah' before facing Adriel and Atlanta. "That guy in the black coat is someone we've been looking for- villain wise that is."

While Atlanta raised an imaginary eye brow at this, Adidi looks to Sora and admits, "You mean the one with the black coat?"

The male brunette nodded as he said, "Let's go after him."

The group nodded as they made their down further in the cave. As they did, they soon stopped at a split path; One of them leads further down the way normally but the other path has a cave from rock steps that can easily be reached with some simple jumping. "…Well, which one do you suggest we take?" Goofy inquired.

"They both lead the same way- but he could be taking the obvious route or the one he could be hiding in. We'll just have to look both ways by splitting up into two groups." The corporal said.

"How do you know that it'll work?" Donald asked with a look.

"I'm sure the others had said it before, but Giroro-sempai has incredible hearing- trust me, he can even hear things if he has his hearing obstructed, desu!" Tamama said before giving a nervous look and admits in his thoughts ('I learned that the hard way*, desu…')

Note: Episode thirty of the anime.

"Fair enough…" Adidi said, with Sora and the Keroro Platoon checked one way, and the rest of the other group members looked the other way.

Sora's Perspective

Sora gave a bit of a sigh as he admits, "So Organization XIII is on this world too. Maybe it is lucky that we met up with Omnini's parents after all."

"But how we can be certain that they are their parents?" Kururu said. "Think about it- they were trapped down here for a long time- they would've died of hunger or something else. So what I'm interested in is how a pair of fighting fit adults could've survived for years down there."

"I must admit, they seem sincere, but the lack of explanation of how they survived is quite puzzling." Dororo admitted. "He never really talked about his mother at all to me since I known him- ever being adopted by the elderly couple he seemed rather distant- especially after an incident involving Omimi being kidnapped de gozaru. He gradually re-opened up again, but he still rather…quiet about his past."

"WHAT?!" Sora said, instantly stopping. "You mean Omimi was kidnapped when she was younger?! How did it happen?"

"All that I know that afterwards, both siblings was rather intimidated with movies involving experiments de gozaru." Dororo admitted. "She kept muttering that she didn't want to turn in to a monster, de gozaru. Omnini's…more different case of experiments."

"How different?" Sora admitted.

"He doesn't say. He just prefers if it's a horror movie nothing science based that involves splicing and the monster being turned into a villian…" Dororo admitted. "Although he could've been in the rebellious phase when he did choose the movie, even if it would've scared his sister, he would still avoid experimental movies involving villainous experiments."

"Hmmm…" The male brunette sighed…although he did notice something; "Wait, Rebellious stage? You guys have that too?"

"Yes. Tamama Nitou went through that stage a few years ago, de arimasu*." Keroro explained.

Note: Espiode 171

Tamama gave a bit of a look as he admits, "I don't know what you're talking about, desu."

Sora gave a bit of a look before to say, "Wait, we got off topic- what was that about Omimi being kidnapped?!"

"If you could manage to have Omnini talk about it, then maybe he'd more open with us, desu." Tamama admitted.

"Or we could always hypnotize it out of him." Kururu said before adding his trademark 'Ku ku ku!'

Pururu's perspective

The group easily walked down the path as Pururu asked, "So I got to ask- what are your opinions on Omnini and Omimi's parents from first impressions?"

"Why are you asking that?" Donald asked.

"Because those two seem kind strange…and oddly strict to Omnini and Omimi." The lavender chief medic admitted. "But are they really their parents? I thought from their stories that they were dead…and yet, here they are, alive and well…lively. It feels sort of like a dream, doesn't it?"

Adidi was looking at them and admitted in his thoughts ('Hmnm…I do wonder…how they are alive?')

"Gawrsh, that is kinda strange. But we don't really know any of that or them well do we?" Goofy admitted.

"You can't ask me- I don't know what to say to that." Donald admitted.

"Hmmm… Well, I recalled that Kururu mentioned this place was an ancient 'Prison' for the Keronians since the climax of the war." Pururu mentions. "Hades himself made a deal with our superiors- he decided to make this place into a functional Hell for our kind. Some who did things that are unforgivable are locked down here as a prison, others when they are killed for their atrocities are dragged into the pits of this place. And the third one is essentially surviving death by sheer force of will or by unknown means. Omnini's parents don't look like the criminal types, so I'm leaning towards the survival."

Adidi was still listening as he admits in his thoughts, ('Functional Hell?')

Donald gave a curious look as he asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"Hades, Lord of the Underworld and the Undead basically made this place a prison for any bad Keronians who were killed or sentenced down here for all the awful things he or she did. And not only that, there have been cases of death defiant stuntmen or something like that who survived what could've been fatal accidents by sheer will." The Lavender Chief Medic continued. "So the only way for Omimi and Omnini's parents to of survived and yet be here is by the last option- preventing themselves from dying barely."

Adriel gasped quietly as he admitted, "Could…that be why they're still alive?"

"So you're saying that they've been falsely imprisoned?" Atlanta commented with the other Chief Medic nodding. "Then what kind of power would enable them both to live? And unless they're like a certain friend of mine, it would be really odd to be living down here."

"Well…they don't look or sound like they could be evil or anything…they're just...you know- being parents…that's pretty normal." Adriel. Admitted. "But their mom certainly treats me like if I'm her son as well…"

"Well that's true…" Donald admitted.

('Gawrsh, they are right about that Kuroro and Shiroro, but…what could we do? Unless we could figure what they're hiding, how they survived is gonna be a real mystery…') Goofy admitted with a look.

Group Reunited

Once the group met up, Sora then admitted, "There was nothing hiding in the shadows in the way we went."

"Let's continue to move forward then." Giroro nodded as the two continued down the way.

Skit: Egging on the Soldier

Kururu: "Ku kukukuku! I'm impressed with you, Giroro-sempai."

Giroro: *annoyed look* "What are you talking about?"

Kururu: "You do realize that we're in the Underworld, right? Where souls of the Undead, both of our kind and humans exist?"

Giroro: *slight intimidated look* Y…yeah, so?

Kururu: "Aren't you usually afraid of ghosts? I'm surprised you aren't shaking in your feet right now- or your boots in your human form."

Giroro: *annoyed expression* "Hrrrg… speaking of human forms, why didn't we use it when we first met Meg?"

Kururu: "Our clothes would've made things a bit more unusual. Plus, why not you try it out then?"

Giroro: Fine. *Attempts to transform into his human form…only to fail* ?!

Kururu: The Underworld's effect also comes into affecting our own abilities as well. That includes our human forms."

Giroro: *angry look* So you knew about this the whole time?!

Kururu: Ku ku ku! Of course. That would also effect the Pekoponian suits or even Atlanta too for that matter with her other abilities from another species.

Giroro: *closed eye look* Of course it would… *both them walked off screen*

Sora: *walks on screen and in thinking position* ('Abilities from another species…? Is Atlanta a Hybrid?')

*Skit end*

Cave of the Dead: Inner Chamber

The group soon ran in before seeing an organization member emerging from the cave nearby, running towards the group. "Hey Look! Someone's running towards us!" Adriel pointed out.

On response the group grabs out their weapons. However, the man looked to of ignored the group as he said in a panicked tone, "Run! Run away!" On confusion the member escapes into the dark corridor created and promptly shuts after he enters it. In a response, the group gave a quizzical look to that as Sora admits to a quick 'Okay…?' while tilting his head.

"Well…I guess he's not that stranger with the black coat from earlier… But what's up with him?" The beige Keronian admitted.

"That WAS the same guy." Giroro said in an angry look. "He's just even more cowardly than Keroro." On response, Keroro croaked 'Gero?'

Adidi then added, "Wait, but if he's the one…shouldn't we be chasing after him?"

"He already escaped." Dororo said with his pupils flattened. "And our abilities are greatly inhibited with the Underworld- pinpointing his exact location should he still be in this world will be difficult de gozaru."

"But at least we know that they're up to something here, desu!" Tamama nodded. "But I think we should wait for Omnini and the others, desu."

"We should also bring the other two up to speed as well, de arimasune." Keroro said before suddenly bringing out a Gundam gunplay set. "So let's wait here then, de arimasu!"

"Speed, huh? Hmmm…" Adriel admitted, thinking to himself…

Sora gave a bit of a curious look at what Keroro was building before Sora bent down to the Keornian's level and admitted, "What's this thing?"

"Gero? Ah- right! You never seen a gumpla before did you Sora-dono?" Keroro admitted, with the male's somewhat interested expression. "It's a model of a mech seen on television shows on Planet Pekopon."

"Huh…" Sora said before picking up the legs of the model Keroro was working on. "I've never heard of them- back in Destiny Islands, Me and my friends usually are on an isolated islands- and not much access to technology. And I never heard of 'Planet Pekopon' before either. You guys keep mentioning it."

"It's quite a nice place though some of the places are a bit dryer than others. Many, many humans live on the planet, but it's nothing like your world- it's quite advanced, de arimasu." The Keronian Sergeant described. "Of course even humans have squabbles from time to time."

"But how big is the world, exactly?" Sora said, intrigued.

"Think of it as a colossal world- even bigger than the ones you visited previously." The Sergeant admitted. "We'll show you someday, de arimasune!"

"Yeah, but…it's just isn't the same without my friends." Sora admitted, "And not just Donald and Goofy- my friends Riku and Kairi…I want them to see the world too."

"You said that you were looking your friend Riku, right? Did you have any leads?" Giroro asked him (while unbeknownst to the male brunette that he knew where he was).

"No, but I am gonna keep trying." Sora said as he straightened up, handing the Gumpla back to Keroro.

After a short while of waiting, Shiroro and Kuroro soon came down the stairway. "Sorry to make you wait, everyone!" Shiroro said with a happy look while slinging her daughter's sword (or rather, hers) over her right shoulder before it was dismissed by disappearing.

"Omnini is going to be down here shortly, with Omimi soon after." Kuroro explained while dismissing the Yang sword.

Adriel was seen sitting away from the group near a niche in the wall, examining his ring while thinking of something. However, he gave a curious look when he heard something as did Giroro. "Ah, that must them now." Both parents said in unison.

In the entrance from the passage, a black blur was seen as it stopped a trail of black electricity following after him. It looked to be Omnini and yet something's a bit…different about him. He's shown to be slightly shorter than Adriel or Tamama's height, but the face markings looked more coordinated- three triangular markings are seen underneath both eyes, with one red one above the eye, pointing to his symbol on his hat. The skin looked lighter too, making him look more like Kuroro's skin color, and the wings on his symbol looked to be more open, and like the marking red markings previously seen on his belly is now absent (making him a black version of Shiroro…only male.) His expression looked to become a preset scowl before blinking into a normal expression and saying to the others with a happy expression, "Hey guys!"

Adriel gives a bit of a blank look as he admits, "Omnini?" He gets up and walks to him as he continues. "…Did you change your look or something? You look a little different than before…not to mention smaller."

Everyone (who knew Omnini's complaints of his size) gave a bit of a sweatdrop before Omnini exclaimed with a dropped jaw, "WHAT?!" He then gave a comedic angry expression to his parents and yelled, "You guys said the size different wouldn't be noticeable!"

"Erm…" Shiroro tried to say, before actually voicing out, "Maybe, maybe not?"

"Oooh…" The black and red tadpole admits before giving a depressive aura.

"But you do notice the appearance difference quite well, right?" Kuroro admitted.

"Well his markings are all different too- I mean it looked all abstract, but now it looks cleaner." The male brunette said, observing the difference, but foregoing the difference in size with a comparison shown.

"His skin color also changed as well- the color is as light as Kuroro's skin color now." Pururu admitted before she added something else; "Unfortauntely, another notable differences is the difference in height- he became…shorter too." The Chief Medic immediately backed off upon saying the line, and dodged an energy orb thrown by Omnini- but it looked to be sparking with electricity. "Huh? Did something happen to his energy?"

Adriel looked to his friend before admitting to see his friend sparking with black electricity. "Huh? Hey, I do notice the energy is different…"

Omnini definitely looked ticked off as he is seen sparking with electricity as mentioned. "How many times I gotta keep saying it- DON'T CALL ME SMALL!" Omnini blurted out before he actually fired a black beam from out of his own mouth, prompting everyone to immediately give alarmed yells, and scrambled out of the way of the blast (with Adriel performing a spinning jump as well), hitting part of the wall to destroy it. Omnini was panting from the attack as one of his shine spots on his eyes (the biggest one) looked faded completely to blue.

Upon the attack ending, everyone emerged from their hiding spots as Tamama with a bewildered expression, "Did he just copy my attack, desu?"

Adriel emerged too as he admits with a shocked expression, "Wait a minute… that does look like Tamama's Tamama Impact…"

"It does look similar, doesn't it?" Kuroro admitted. "But it's a concentrated energy beam with Omnini's own energy into the attack. By putting together what Tamama's attack with Tamama impact with his imagination, he manifested energy within his throat, condensed it, and then released the energy to puncture the condensed energy out of his mouth, allowing the energy to turn into the attack. But as you can see, it consumed a lot of energy." He then points to Omnini's eyes as he continued. "The eyes are form of functioning gauge to show how much Omnini- or any energy user- left in reserve. The markings will be faded too when you don't have shiny eyes anyways… when all the shine spots in Omnini's eyes are gone, Omnini will run low on energy, and when his eyes become fully grey, he'll fully run out of energy. That's what I've been taught anyways…"

"Wow… That's just amazing…but at the same time, dangerous…" Adriel admitted.

"Precisely." Shiroro nodded. "My…teacher taught me these fundamentals, which I passed to Kuroro, and we both in turn passed them to Omnini and Omimi."

"But you still have one more explanation- what about the electricity coming from the shrimp?" Kururu said.

In response Omnini a comedic angry look while sparking an aura of electricity. "Ah, that's through a special process called the 'Awakening.'" Shiroro admits. "By exposing energy users to opposite elementals, they undergo a special process to summon up through their energy their own elemental. It can be surfaced by many opposites- Fire and Ice, Water and Electricity, Wind and Earth, Even Nature and Poison. Alongside Gravity and Sound (and before you ask, sound is limited when exposed to high intense gravity, while sound effortlessly passes through normal gravity and even a bit stronger gravity). But the most common we used since ancient times was Light and Darkness."

"But why Light and Darkness?" Sora asked.

"True they have their conflicts, but both have a balance to everything- you can't have one without the other." The Army Nurse explained. "They are also called…in some cases, the 'Eternal Elementals'- where we are born in darkness and bathed in light where we end in darkness with the last thing we see the light."

"Interesting…" The beige tadpole admitted. "You guys sure do have a lot of interesting things about your abilities and whatnot."

"Yeah- it took me a while to understand this." Kuroro admitted while rubbing his head. "And I wasn't even born one unlike Shiroro."

"You said that you weren't born with the abilities, Kuroro-dono?" Dororo inquired.

"It was really bizarre when I heard it." Omnini admitted.

"Yes. Truth be told, I was as average as they come until I met Shiroro- it was through her teacher that I learned that there are some people on Keron who are receptive to energy, like myself; and through absorbing energy given or spent that may of disintegrated to dust, you'll soon generate your own energy. I gained this ability through Shiroro."

Flashback: 27-28 Years ago: Keron: School

An image of a tadpole Kuroro (who had his original 'normal' appearance) and Shiroro looking quite young with no horns on her hat (and her original 'normal' appearance) seen hiding with her energy aura glowing. "When we were younger, Shiroro had a crush on me, and I was oblivious to know that. But we also learned that lesson- some Keronians are receptive to energy, AND our energy is linked to our emotions- so Shiroro couldn't stop her energy from showing itself when she was in love. In response, I soon generated my own energy when Shiroro was getting bullied when we actually first interacted as friends, and thus made me become the level of 'normal' Shiroro is standing at.

Present time: Olympus Coliseum; Cave of the Dead: Inner Chamber

Shiroro looked quite embarrassed- to the point her blushes matches the markings in color as she admits, "Aaw, if I knew you were going to tell that story, you could've left out my teacher on this."

"Whoa…" Adriel admitted with a sweatdrop from the information provided. Sora meanwhile gave a bit of a smile to it.

"They were curious to know, so I told them." Kuroro admitted in response to his wife. He then turned his attention towards to the stairs with someone walking downstairs. "Anyways, Omimi should be heading down now."

The group looked to the stairs (with Shiroro stopping her blush) as Omimi soon came down. Sora gave a bit of a tilt to his head as he heard Keronian footsteps coming down- with Omimi finally arriving. Like Omnini, her skin color is different- while still looking white, the skin color actually takes on a blue tint, making it a VERY pale blue color. Her symbol is different too- mimicking Omnini's symbol change with opened wings as well. "Hey Guys!" Omimi said with a happy expression.

"Oh there you are, Omimi!" Adriel admitted with a sweet smile.

Tamama soon approached her as he admits, "There's nothing much different from her, except for the skin color and symbol, desu."

"She certainly looks mostly the same.." Adidi commented, looking over her. "So what did she get?" Omimi smiled sweetly before raising out her hand to summon her energy. But her energy soon waved arounded and even flickered…like a flame. The Beige tadpole gave a blank expression before to admit, "…What's going on?"

"Her energy?" Sora commented before looking around her. "It looks like…white fire."

"That's because her energy now contains the Fire Element." Kuroro explains.

"Er, don't mean to state the obvious here, but her energy flames are all…white." Goofy admits. He then raised his hand over the energy and gave his response. "Well Heavens to Betsy! It is like real fire- her energy's all warm like a campfire in a cold night!"

"Our elemental basically is as controlled as our energy is. And as for the white color…our energy usually matches our skin color, so it's not surprising it's white." Shiroro admitted.

"But wouldn't it be bluish white like her skin color now?" Donald admitted.

"Normally yes, but in the case of energy users…being females often gives a hint to future abilities." Shiroro explained with a smile. "After all, it was a female who first discovered the awakening process."

Omnini admits to a quick 'Ooookay then." However, from near the alcove Omnini blasted with his imitation laser attack, part of the wall looked to of collapsed; it was hiding a fairly large chest. Kuroro notices this and admits, "Ah, so that's he said where it was hidden!"

"Hmm?" What did he hid?" Adidi asked. "…And who's 'he?'"

Kuroro didn't give a response yet- he just approached the chest with a Keyhole-shaped apparatus seen. "…Blast! He locked it up." He responded with a look.

"It's a chest, right? Let me give it a try." Sora said as he brought out the Keyblade. He tosses the weapon into the air, grabs it as fell back, winds up and struck the top of the chest with the blunt end of the weapon. After dismissing the weapon, the chest's lock vanishes, opening by itself.

"Ah yes, I forgot about the Keyblade's function a bit." The Former Captain admitted as he got into the chest. He then showed a sack as he admits, "The Major actually came here in person to help clear any charges to why we were here. He also temporarily returned shortly after Shiroro's outburst that- quote unquote- 'in case we needed to defend ourselves I hid magic orbs that will serve as a viable defense until the others arrive. I also hid one other spell too- one that will help with tougher enemies.'"

"So the Major was here to help you guys- and on top of that, he gave you- and us- magic?" Omnini responded.

Shiroro gave a disgusted look as the Major is referenced. However she soon opened her sack to show a fire a blizzard and a couple of Cure orbs. Kuroro also brought out identical orbs as well before showing a large purple bag containing purple orbs. "So he also brought Gravity Magic Orbs!" Kuroro responded.

Sora was passed one as he admits, "So we'll be able to use Gravity magic again?"

"Better- both Gravity, and Zero Gravity." The army nurse responded.

"Zero Gravity?" Adidi responded.

"Graivty Magic- the power of the stars- enable its users to summon an orb of darkness to crush your enemies flat and ground flying enemies. Zero Gravity is a wide spread spell that when you use it, anything your targeting- enemy wise- will be caught from the user's purple shockwave will cause enemies to float, entrapping them into dark hexagonal paneled spheres." Kuroro admitted. "Strike the enemies while they are in the spheres, and you'll send them into a crazy gyro sphere-like spin that when the spell wears off…they'll be in a daze or confused condition."

"It could also uproot any enemies in the ground." Shiroro nodded.

"Oh….huh. That's not the Zero Gravity I was thinking of… But that sounds like useful spell." Adriel admitted. Sora looked to the orb meanwhile and after it enters his body, Sora then got the idea of how to call out the latter effect of Gravity and called out 'Drift!' releasing a small shadowy wave of darkness from him. After everyone gathered up the Zero Gravity Orb, Adriel then noticed the orbs entering them…and himself. "Whoa…What's going on?" After receiving the orbs from the others (a Blizzard, Fire and a pair of Cure of orbs) Adriel received the Gravity Orb and gave a bit of a look as he admitted, "Wait a minute… Those orbs look…familiar to me…"

Sora blinked to the comment and replied, "Really?"

"Where did you see this, Adidi?" Pururu asked with an intrigued look.

The Beige tadpole checks around himself until digging out a familiar orb. "Right here! I forgot that I had an orb that looks like those orbs as well!"

The Keronians- at least the ones who know what the color of the orb looked like- loked alarmed as Dororo exclaimed, "An Aero Orb!"

"An Aero Orb?" Adidi responded with a blank look.

Omnini points at the dark green orb the long eared Keronian has in his hand as the black and red tadpole admits, "Adidi, to simply put, that magic orb produces wind magic- in the worlds, it's referred to as Aero."

"Wind Magic?" The eared Keronian responded as he looks to the orb he has. "…That's pretty much the symbol of my ring…" As he said that, the orb glows and enters him.

DATA ANALYSIS ACTIVATED. SCANNING…

ANALYSIS COMPLETE. MAGIC UPDATED

Gravity: You can now use Gravity Magic! Gravity has two methods of using it: You can use it to create weight inducing orbs to crush your enemies into pancakes and ground flying enemies or you could use Zero Gravity to send enemies floating up that when used on common enemies and striking their temporary prisons will cause them to go into a head spin, inducing confusion.

The new additions of the group currently updated their Magic. Adidi has acquired Aero Magic!

Hades' Chamber (while the group is discussing their bits earlier…)

Meanwhile back with our 'favorite' flame headed god… "Where do they dig these freaks up? Geez, Louise." 'Hades' responded.

"Oh, they're nuttin' but trouble, the whole lot of 'em." A male admitted, with a sort ruffian tone to him. "So, uhh…what're you gonna do about Hercules?" In front of Hades stood a large tubby anthropomorphic cat wearing what appears to be a heavily modified of overalls with darker shades of blue (with lighter colors on the pockets and shoulder pads), a red t-shirt underneath with black fur seen on the arms with fingerless gloves (matching the color scheme with the overalls). The individual also has a bit of a stubble and two square shaped teeth hanging out pm both the top from the bottom jaw (which looks to be an underbite). Hades gave a bored expression as the individual spoke "He's made mincemeat outta every fighter you sent at him. Pretty soon the Underworld's gonna be standing room only! Say, why don't you just pick someone already dead, and save him the trouble, haha!"

On reaction Hades gave an angered look and was about to stand up to the individual and two underlings of Hades- two imps, one of them pink and far with bitten bat wing on the side, with the other blue-green with long horns- hid behind the otherworldly being. However, the flameheaded god soon has something cooking... "…H-Hades?" The blue imp responded with an intimidated look.

"Dead…Dead is good!" Hades said. "…Or since that old man showed, we can always use those frogs I've had lying around for fodder and wear him down a bit more just in case."

"…Er, frogs?" The cat responded. "Hades, I think ya lost it."

"Oooooh no I haven't. What we have here is a golden opportunity to free up some space and fill in with Hercules." The god admitted. "I pretty much remembered a few things about them now that I think about it. This entire cave-like place that belongs to me is pretty much a glorified prison for a little advanced species called Keronians. Now ever since some ancient war that I don't care about, I actually got to speak with one of those races and made a deal with the leaders; Ya see, anytime someone of their race dies or gets the boot down here as punishment, because of something vile or something- like homicide or something making them infamous, as long as they did something really vile dead or alive, I get drag them by the heels down here to be rotting here for all eternity. Same goes for the whole 'supposed to be dead but not' like daredevils or stuff like that. However, they can get paroled- like earlier an old guy paroled a mother and father by explaining some boring trick with spirits. Not to mention Keronians grow more slowly than some primitive folks- 2000 years to outside of the worlds or so they is like 200 years to them, Or if you want exact math…" He uses a puff of smoke to summon an abacus and begins moving stuff around with feline individual and two imps watch until he showed something; "2000 years for those guys outside the worlds are like for them…50000 years."

"Whoa- those guys are ancient!" the male admitted with a surprised look.

"And they're pretty much 250 times older than anyone they met due to their planet or if you want normal age, 10 times. But then again they're as old as they say here and a few other worlds and places and even a few races that are ANCIENT." The god admitted. "I mean after all, I've been told that ever since them alien's involvement, things went by a little quick and then slow- slow as them. In short- anytime you're in the worlds, you could grow as slow as them or faster. So think of it this way- say you met someone from outside the coliseum and beyond- someone 25 years old and they grow a year at a time while you are 30, and you grow every 10 years. By the time the time you reach 37, they'd be 95 years old, ready to be pushing daisies. But if you started living in the worlds you'll no doubt start to slow down in age… and especially if you're around those frogs."

"Yowch- wouldn't want to be them." The overall wearing cat said, intimidated.

"Now this is where the fun part comes in. And something I actually remembered from a little astronomy lesson here and there." Hades continued as a big spider web scroll was being pull down. "Suppose this web represents the entire…per se, our Galaxy- the areas where the webs cross represents worlds. Obviously one of the areas has to be that one place where Maleficent gathered us- Hollow Bastion, right? Anyways- that place will always be close to the light, but a lot of the areas- this place including- always tend to shuffle around!"

"Yeah, that bit is true but…" The animal male admitted before noticing something; the Web looked bigger on the outside parts of the webs. "Wait, there are worlds here too?"

"Ah, yeah-much bigger worlds than that, bigger than the titan's lunch and hunger for destruction maybe, yadda yadda yadda, that's not important." Hades said. "Well, maybe a couple- one of them being the Keronian homeworld, another someplace where a lot of humans are- basically someplace where time is faster for them- like 10 times as fast, the rest are pretty much hanging around slower time or fast times. Heck there's even a world a bunch of fuzzballs are like creators to other planets to something* but… Details- who needs at this point? Now where were we?"

*note: Remember this line- it's possible hint of a couple of special chapters…

The cat individual tried to think before to say, "Uh, I was cowering, because I mentioned something about sending someone already and save him the trouble and you got mad but didn't?"

"Oh right- back to the dead, dead is good line." Hades said before looking to the audience, "And I know just the warrior."

The individual gave an odd intimidated look but he looked to be holding on to a notepad before quickly stashing it away.

Valley of the Dead

In the entrance of the area everyone walks out to the zone. Omnini and Adriel (or Adidi) decided to peek over the edge to see the eerie green abyss below. Down below, many human faces- even a few Keronians- were seen in the water, wailing as the two immediately got a creeped out look before retreating back. "No doubt about it- this place is total hell." Omnini admitted while shuddering.

Adriel looked around too as he admits, "…Creepy looking for sure."

Giroro gave an intimidated expression as Donald gave a shuddering 'waaaaak' in response. "I'm scared too, Donald." Goofy admitted with a scared look.

Sora meanwhile was one of the few braver souls as he called out, "Hades, come out!"

Kuroro soon looked up as he admits, "…Look at that."

Everyone looked at Kuroro and then looked up. Several hanging cages were seen hanging from the ceiling and some of them looked to be holding Keronians inside. "Th…The legends were true…" Omimi admitted before she looked to hid behind her father out of fear.

"Okay…I gotta admit, this is kind of intimidating." Sora admits. Keroro looked to be sweating multiple droplets from him as she shuddered and croaked 'gerooooo…' Sora briefly looked around before noticing one of the cages on the ceiling opening with an elder Keronian soon looked exhausted before he started to fall to the 'water' below screaming. The group sees the Keronian falls before it hits the liquid. As it did the Keronian started to make a blood curdling scream as the Keronian actually began to rapidly age before the body dissolved, creating another face as it said 'Help me…!' before sinking below. The Keronians looked terrified as well as Sora's group as Giroro just fell to his back in groan. "Wh-wh-what happened to him?"

"Er…the poor guy down there or Giroro?" Omnini asked, hoping not to deter to the former.

"BOTH!" Sora suddenly blurted out. "Especially the guy down there that DIED! What happened to him?!"

"That's the River Styx." Kururu responded sounding grim more than likely from the event. "Anyone who steps into the river below will rapid lose their youth and energy, rapidly becoming an old man and even fade to dust- the immortal soul is trapped down there for all eternity. The only ones who could survive is anything immortal-including gods like Hades."

"Those poor souls…" Sora admitted with a sigh. "Even if they did a lot of horrid things, being trapped down there is awful. But what about the ones that were falsely imprisoned?"

"They wait out the same fate- death has no discrimination- it comes in many forms to those who may or may not deserve it." Shiroro said, sounding down. "We were just lucky to of gotten cleared of our charges and with our youth intact thanks to a trick. A lot of others though…they may not be so lucky."

Goofy sighed at that before finally asking about the fainted Giroro whom just recovered. "But what about Giroro though?"

"Giroro's terrified of ghosts. And after seeing one just being like that…I think so would anyone else who saw an event like that happen." Atlanta responded.

Sora gave a bit of a look before shaking it off- he thinks that he and the others should talk to Hades and leave as soon as possible. Even he hates to admit and with a bitter taste in his mouth- there are some people despite if and when he could do anything, just can't be saved… this look gives Atlanta bit of a look.

Note: If you can't tell what event referenced the Keronian's 'death', I'll give you a hint- Tales game, involves an initially arrogant spoiled brat of a hero and it involves an aftermath of a town being destroyed and seeing someone perishing right in front of them.

Skit: The Imprisoned

Adidi: So, all those cages up there have Keronians in it?

Kuroro: Yes and no- but those up there could more than likely be survivors like me and Shiroro- someone who cheated death by luck, ability, or by sheer force of will. For all we know, they could be a few Keronians civilians who killed someone by accident or by other means…

Adidi: "…Well, whatever the case, we can't just leave them here, can't we? We should set them free!"

Kururu: "We can't. To simply put, it would break the agreement we made- and Hades would pretty much go all out on the Keronian race. And I don't think our superiors would like that. Now if we made a deal with Hades however-"

Adidi: *angry look* "What Ancient Agreement? You mean to tell me that we can't set these Keronians free because of some agreement?!"

Kururu: "Unfortunately. And since Hades is the Lord of the Dead, if he manages to kill one of us, then we'd be his slave – I bet he would even use some of our own kind against us. Even I can calculate that it'll be a losing battle- he is a god after all."

Adidi: *disappointed look* Oh…

Kururu: "Ku kukukuku! Just as well- most of the entire Keronians that are sent down here are serial killers and stuff like that."

Adidi: O-Oh…I see. *Nervous happy look* Well, I guess that we can rescue the daredevils and survivors, but the leave the other guys alone huh? Especially since we can't let them run around again. Eheheh…

Sora: Yeah, Maybe it's a better idea. But for now, let's just focus on getting to Hades and see about getting Herc a break.

Adidi: "Oh boy…well, if it's our only choice…then let's go." *walks offscreen with Kururu*

Sora: *thinks to himself* ('So this world- well the underworld- serves as a prison to the Keronians who committed the most heinous of crimes…but also for daredevils that survived fatal accidents. So now here's the question…how did Omimi and Omnini's mom and dad get down here then? I mean they're not criminals…and they're not daredevils- are they?')

*End skit*

As the group walks up the hill, we shift over to the villains…

Hades' Chamber

A large green Vortex much like before was swirling in the table with the tall cat and the two imps from before it, with the former saying, while intimidated, "By the by, uhh… what's down there?"

"Just the Underworld's Deepest Dungeon." Hades said casually. He then gave a uplifting tone as he said, "This time I'm bringing out the mother of all bad guys!"

The cat glanced to the god and then looked surprised as he admits, "You don't say?" He then carefully retreated back to a wall where the imps somehow are as they looked scared. Pete noticed their behavior and whispered "Hey, uh…whatsyurnames- what's Hades doin'?"

"First off- It's Pain and Panic, and I'm Pain." The Pink imp said, holding his intimidation yet annoyed.

"I'm Panic. And for second, uh… Hades is bringing out the 'mother of all bad guys'." The Blue Imp explained, a bit cowardly. "Personally, Hades is gonna be happy when he drags that guy awake- but what I'm worried that he'll bring out the granddaddy of all bad guys!"

"You mean IF he'll bring out the granddaddy out- even though he is a god, he's not perfect either." Pain whispered. "He might change his mind."

"If…If is good." Panic said. "But then again maybe not…"

"Uh, what did this guy do?" The tubby individual asked. "First the 'mother of all bad guys' then the 'granddaddy?'"

"Well the 'mother' is more like a father- and he's the one who spurred the whole 'daredevil' bit with the Keronians- he existed by cheating death or used something that kept him alive for a long time, or so I heard." Pain responded in a small whisper. "As for the granddaddy- let's just say that guy tried to make two of everyone and everything in where he came from- even the world, but has to get rid of the original or so I heard, all because something related to music told him that his world's gonna go kaput."

"…Whoa." The cat individual admitted. "Sounds like that guy takes the lyrics seriously."

"Yeah- and thankfully those two are in different cells." Panic admitted.

"Er, maybe I should go." The tubby individual tried to do; However, he was too late: Hades drew two fireballs into his hand and threw them into the vortex like before, but instead of turning white and black, it actually turned red. When the smoke finally cleared, a man stood on where the vanished vortex was. He appears to be wearing a blood red haori with blue lining kept closed with two brown belts around it, with the left arm tucked in to make it look like a sling. There's also a brown shoulder pad on the left shoulder, intricately decorated with tan, green, and blue patterns with a beaded ornament that dangles from it. Black pants and shoes with brown straps and triangular metal adorning the latter are seen, with a dark grey spiked hair. From the camera's perspective, he isn't facing it but rather, facing Hades.

The god gives a bit of a laugh as he said to the new individual, "Let's cut to the chase. Here's the deal I'm gonna offer you; I'll let you out of the slammer- no strings- you'll be free as a bird." As the god spoke, individual was looking to his left to anthropomorphic cat and the imps with the former flinching and giving a small wave. "And all for one little job: Fight Hercules, in the coliseum, to the death!"

Part of the man's face was seen- with a stubble seen a swell as a scar over the right eye as the male admits…

"This is my story…and you're not part of it."

The man's amber colored left eye was seen as he brandishes a large zanbatou- a sword that resembles a katana but with heavier black back with a golden pattern on it. He appeared to of sling it on his back as well.

Meanwhile, with the others…

The group just arrived to the door presumably leading up to Hades' chamber- a large opened stone door- when they hear a familiar voice: "Did you forget who you're talking to?! I am the Lord of the Dead!"

"Huh? What's going on?" Adriel asked, hearing the voice.

"I take it that's Hades?" Omnini asked his parents who nodded.

"Hmph- No wonder no one wants to die." A man's voice said.

Sora gave a look as he said, "Sounds like he's talking to someone- c'mon!" The male brunette lead the others up as Shiroro called out 'WAIT!'

Back with the villains…

"You are FIRED!" Hades blurted out, turning (literally) red and erupting in flames as he rushes the man with flames who stopped him with his sword and locked into a standoff. The group just ran in as Donald called out 'Hades!' The god turned back to blue as he notices the three familiar figures as he admits, "You again?" However, this distraction prompts the swordsman to strike with his sword causing Hades to skid back, guarding the attack.

"So this is Hades?" Adriel asked, noticing the blue flame headed god.

"Auron!?" Shiroro exclaimed, seeing the red garbed man.

"You two." The man replied calmly.

"What the- frogs?!" The cat individual, surprised to see the group.

"Pete?!" The three non-Keronians exclaimed.

"You Bozos?" 'Pete' responded surprised to see them.

"Keronians?!" Hades exclaimed.

"Hades!" The frogs replied.

"Panic!?" Pain tried to say.

"Pain!" Panic responded before everyone got a form of '…' before he said… "Right- back to our problem."

-Apprehension- plays and the red garmed male- Auron- says, "Fight!"

The man swung his sword which Hades easily grabs with one hand before throwing back and fisting Auron with a fist of flames. Omimi meanwhile looked to Pete as he she admits, "Umm…are you a cat?"

"Yeah, but…" Pete tried to say before the bluish white tadpole tackled the individual and said, "Wha-hey?! What are ya doin'?!"

"Omimi's got him covered." Sora said to the others. "That big guy is Pete- one of Maleficent's goons."

"I guess so- Omimi's been fond of animals." Omnini admitted as he sees Omimi nuzzling Pete's face but backed off. 'Hey, he's got a muzzle going- that's not cute- well maybe not if's a dog!'

"Well, what'd you expect? I'm from another world. Also I'm a cat!" Pete responded with a look before he gets slugged by Omimi. "Hey, I thought I heard from that dwarf of a frog that you were fond of animals- If Omimi is ya name. So why'd you-"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A DWARF!" Omnini blurted out as he tackled the cat and the three enter into a dustball brawl with Pete getting the beatdown by the two.

"…Wow- wasn't expecting them to hold down that guy easy." Kuroro admitted, surprised.

"Have they always been like this?" Shiroro asked the eminence purple chief medic.

"High expectations and tempers- seems to fit them both a bit." Atlanta admitted while giving a low snicker. "Well, not so much the expectations. But for now, maybe it's better for them to distract that big guy."

"Good plan." Both Parents nodded.

"So you two came back!" Hades said, recognizing the parents. "Well then I could always bring you two back into prison- right after I make frog Soup first!" He looked to flexing his arms as if to prepare more flames.

Auron barely recovered before Hades was ready to strike again, but Sora intervened as he said to the warrior, "Get up!" before assuming the position. Hades shimmies around while turning red as he said 'Huh- that's it!' when stood up. When Sora made the first move, he made a strike, only for an invisible barrier to phase his move into no damage.

"Ha- did you strike with a Keyblade or a feather?" Hades said, mocking the Keyblade wielder who gave a bit of a growl.

"Freeze!" Shiroro called out, launching a Blizzard spell at the god, but again, it does nothing. "Oh come on!"

Adriel was preparing his Mega buster form of his ring, but after observing the battle, he gave a bit of a look. However, everyone was launching their best attacks they have and even trying to exploit the elemental weakness on Hades- but nothing seems to work! Everyone began to retreat back towards the stairs, an odd aura saps off them as Omnini said, "Nothing's working- even for a hothead, Ice Magic does nothing!"

"Something's wrong!" Donald said, looking intimidated.

"I feel kind of funny…" Sora agreed with an odd look.

"It must be the Underworld, obviously." Kururu responded. "This place is locking our more powerful abilities away, Hero and Keronian alike."

"That's Riight!" Hades said with a smirk on his face. "See that's the thing- in the Underworld, Keronians and heroes are Zeroes- comes with the territory."

"Gero?! S-so our attacks won't do any good, de arimasunei?!" Keroro rsaid, now forming a waterfall of sweat before he screamed when Hades lunged at the group. However, Auron intervenes at the right time with his sword, missing just as Hades teleports.

Adriel meanwhile gave a bit of a growl as he produces an energy orb that turns into a blue bomb- similar in design of his symbol. Omnini gave a curious 'what the?' upon noticing it. Adriel yells as he threw it , but Hades disappears just as he misses, blasting Pete away to almost outside, with his giving a yell. "Ah, DAMN IT!" He admitted, not hitting his intended target.

"Nice try, rabbit boy!" Hades said as he reappeared. However Adidi thinks of a new plan before getting an idea, and forming another bomb, and just as he was about to throw it, Hades disappears and reappears right in front of Adriel, smacking him with a double hand attack with his hands on fire.

"Wait, wha- OOH!" Adriel yelled before getting knocked away, released his bomb by mistake and it detonates on him, causing him to yell in pain. He was faced down on the ground from the result as Omnini gave a shocked look.

"Why you…" Omnini growled but as he does so, his right eye glow amber yellow, even turning into it briefly before noticing a rogue shadow on the ground. "?"

"See, what I tell you- Heroes are Zeroes in this place- you can't touch me!" Hades said with a laugh.

"True, but that doesn't stop us from doing THIS!" Shiroro said as she emerged from a shadow with Kuroro emerging as well before Shiroro launches an expanding orb of light, blasting Hades away as he turned back to blue and slammed against the throne but easily recovered.

Adriel sits up from the attack as he rubbed his arm. "Ow…damn it… He's better than I thought- and just when I was about to catch his teleportation…"

Auron gave a look as he said, "Go now!"

"But I gotta talk to Hades!" Sora immediately responded. However, Hades chose the immature route when he had his index fingers in his ears, replying 'What was that?'

"Oh real mature you-" Omnini tried to say before he has to duck the fireball pelted at him, singing his tail as he yelped in pain as he ran around. "GAAAH! NOT AGAIN!"

"It appears that Shiroro's abilities might have an impact on Hades, de gozaru." Dororo admits before batting back a fireball with his sheathed sword.

"Not to sound selfish, but I got a burned tail here!" Omnini said with a look.

Sora noticed Hades' guard was down, but Auron stops him. "We can't fight him here! We have to go- now!"

Reluctant, (for at least most of them) the group retreats while dodging fire balls from Hades. However, Adriel was left behind by mistake as he tried to sit up, calling out, "W-wait guys!" He managed to get up despite the injury and tries to catch up, but his injury was slowing him down. "Gah…that's it." He then decided on an unusual move- He sits down and curled himself up into a ball before actually spinning on the ground to charge up and gain speed and revs up to catch up to the group.

Valley of the Dead

The group re-entered the area from Hades' chamber with Adidi the last one to come out with his technique, rolling right past everyone before coming to a stop, uncurled, then sitting down. "…I forgot that you can do that." Omnini admitted.

The beige tadpole looks to the black and red tadpole and said, "Yep…I still got that trick up my sleeve. I'm pretty sure everyone is gonna wonder about that move* I just did…"

"I'm sure everyone will be nodding in agreement." Omnini admitted.

*Note: …Another hint to another world- just won't say which one.

Meanwhile, Sora, Tamama, Goofy, and Giroro closes the stone door behind them. Once everyone caught their breaths, Donald then asked, "Is he gone?!"

"Don't count on it." The older human admitted as the others gave a confused 'huh?' in response…only for a puff of smoke to appear with Hades giving a sly look.

"Oh…freezie." Omnini admitted.

"Leaving so soon?" Hades asked casually as –Rowdy Rumble- plays.

"Oh come on…" Adriel before coughing a bit and sitting down again. However, he notices someone hanging off the window- the big individual, Pete, from earlier. "Huh?! Isn't that the guy from earlier?"

"Heartless squad- let's show these punks there's no escape from this place!" Pete called out before he gave a large whistle using his hands, and on command several Heartless emerged. A couple of them appear to resemble old fashioned vehicle horns with a round blue body that resembles a squeeze bulb, a golden mouth resembling an instrumental horn. The blue head and antennae resembles a note- the eighth note's quaver with a light blue collar separating the head from body and two yellow eyes. The earmuffs are seen to be orange and yellow in color with the emblem finally noticed on the front of its body. The next bunch appears to be several bats, all of which are oval based and short ears sprouting from the top of the head. The eyes are small, glowing yellow and its Heartless emblem is on its chest. Its mouth is shown to be jagged, and its large wings are attached to either of its sides, each sporting a silver spike close to the Heartless's head. The body is a predominant dark pink however with the wings tipped black and a silver chain is attached to a silver hook and yellow base. One last Heartless joined the frey was just a couple of Shadows.

"Great- figures the heartless would show up." Omnini groaned. "Adriel, are you in any condition to move?"

The male gave a bit of a negative shake. However, Omimi lifts him to her back while she was glowing with an aura of white. "I can take care of him!"

"Um, how are you lifting him?" Sora asked.

"She must be using her energy to improve her strength." Shiroro theorized.

However, Hades soon created a ring of fire around him before it erupts and him yelling angerly to turn red. However, the Heartless gets hit by the attack. In response the horn-like Heartless charges itself with a green spell before leaping up, playing a tune with its sound, and a healing green aura heals the damaged Heartless.

"That Heartless seems to be acting like a healer to the Heartless." Dororo said. "Perhaps it's wise to eliminate it first, de gozaru."

"Not to mention Hades is going to be blocking the way, desu…" Tamama admitted with an intimidated look. "With our powers sealed, we're seriously underpowered, desu!"

Kuroro looked around before to say, "Not quite. Actually we're only little underpowered. Shiroro?"

"Right!" Shiroro immediately used her ability to create ethereal wings to float up to Sora before resting on his right shoulder. "Sora, you mind if I sit here?"

"Uh, what's up?" Sora asked.

"As an energy wielder, I can channel energy into you- and our elements could also have an effect on your combat abilities too." The white and red Keronian explained. "For instance…try striking Hades when I channel energy into you!"

In response, Shiroro glowed with a white aura that went into Sora. In response, Sora's Keyblade was glowing with a light and golden aura. Sora gave an intrigued look before he begins charging as the bat-like Heartless charges, but were caught mid attack, being thrown back to the other Heartless, defeating them. The horn Heartless made a noise similar to charging sound before a couple of Soldier Heartless appeared. However, Sora attacks with a combo, decimating rest of the current Heartless herd and blasting back Hades, who turned blue again. The Keyblade loses the Aura as Shiroro hops off. "What the…?!" The god exclaimed, noticing his power has been toned down.

Giroro, Dororo and Atlanta immediately fired several Ice attacks at Hades, who had to guard against it. Meanwhile everyone took the chance to slip by the god and gets down the slope into the next field. As they arrived, several Plant and even a couple of Heartless emerged from the ground are seen. The plant Heartless in questions all have small, silver lined head with a small reddish face with a jagged maw and yellow eyes, orange spikes around the face on the petals- which are blending from yellow to light-pink. A thin light green neck extends to the body (which has the emblem emblazoned on it) and legs- or rather, roots- buried under small mounds of brown earth. The other Heartless is a very small Heartless with a large spherical head with yellow on the upper hemisphere with green eyes represented with green eyes (and a jagged mouth on the lower half), the wheels, lower half of the head and the horns (seen on the sides of the head) are red-violet, the body (which has the symbol) is orange and the hubcap seen on the wheels is also green. The most notable feature- the drill nose- is brown and pale-yellow in color. However a barrier formed behind the enemies, as well as behind them when the other keronians who were temporarily fighting Hades showed up. "We must make haste! Hades will no doubt be following after us."

"Darn right I am!" Hades said as he appeared from a puff of smoke with an angry expression. "You bozos aren't getting away!"

Several of the Mole-like Heartless dove into the ground with its drill- however, Omimi notices the moles and after faking them out, she kicks one away effortlessly with Adriel firing a round away, defeating it. Omnini meanwhile notices a root sticking up before he decides to pull it out, uprooting the flowers, sending the moles upward. Omnini meanwhile uses his electricity to shock all the flowers, defeating them and with the flowers releasing their hearts. Hades meanwhile doesn't looked impressed but lobs a fireball at Omimi, who yelped before blocking the attack, stopping it while holding on to Adriel. She looked only a little bit injured when she blinked. "Huh…didn't hurt as much as I thought."

"Maybe the elemental is providing a resistance?" Omnini theorized before jumping the attack Hades made with his fiery claws. Hades again uses the fiery circle to turn him red before Shiroro hits Hades with a light orb, disabling the ability.

"What's with that stupid orb?! It shouldn't be doing that!" Hades said with a growl. However, he realizes Auron made a several swing combo with his sword and with a quick 'uh-oh' gets sent back but not over the edge. "Okay, THAT was close. I keep forgetting- though they are mortal, they are deadly to provoke. It's a good thing I'm a god."

"Yeah, but should watch where you are." Kuroro said as he emerged from the ground before simple slashing the remaining males with the burrowed sword.

Hades quickly gets what he means before teleporting away from the edge and regaining his balance. He then took the time to get red before producing flames and lobbing fireballs at the group as they escaped towards the next part of the way until they get down to a bunchof the 'Hook Bats' and a couple of new ones; They're both tall, skinny, humanoid Heartess with a black spherical head and glowing yellow eyes. It has an hourglass-shaped helmet, armored boots, and gauntlets shiny silver, with the helmet sporting a red short curled antennae, dark violet brest plate and pants (with the symbol on the breastplate). The lance that's bobbing nearby with the knights trying to get them with a dark blue with a silver riveted base, a yellow handle with spiked ring around the center. The base also has two curled protrusions resembling horns or ears, with a jagged-toothed…maw and orange angular spiral eyes? But the Lance was definitely unable to cooperate with the knight Heartless. The Lance looked steamed before attempting to rush the soldier who was running before everyone (including the soldier Heartless) dodged the lance. "It appears that this Heartless' weapon has a mind of its own." Kuroro said, observing the situation before sinking into the ground, dodging another lance's attack. As he did, the soldier noticed he disappeard. But then a hand emerged from the ground, and grabbed the Heartless into the ground, and after several beating sounds, a Heart was released as Kuroro emerged. "Next?"

The children gave an intrigued look as dark warrior easily beats through the Heartless with his fists cloaked with energy. Omimi was the first one to admit, "If dad fights with his fists, then why isn't using his sword? And wouldn't the Underworld limit him in one way or another?"

"It is limiting him to be honest." Shiroro admitted. "For one, He's a bit more powerful than this, and for two, he would've used more energy to open a pitfall-esque trap for him to damage his opponent."

Omimi then soon got the idea of something- remembering her dream from before regarding Yin and Yang- of how she represents Yin- of how tough she was. Her father is black in color… Most of Yin is tough, and black, so her father would fit the bill. So… 'Am I like the white dot or something?' She wondered before noticing the Hook bat flying towards her with Adidi shooting it to defeat it.

Sora notices the soldier grabbing the lance and looked to of celebrate…until the lance made the soldier spin in a circle with everyone moving out of the way. The soldier was dizzy with the lance bobbing around but gives a form of Heartless rabble at the soldier. Sora easily defeats it and a bat in one strike which dodging an attack from Hades. Pururu meanwhile summoned a form of dart gun and fires at Hades to provide cover with Shiroro lobbing orbs as well. Hades was using his teleporting ability to close the gap before taking a swipe at Pururu who yelped as she got it before countering with her lance. Pururu counters with a Blizzard spell before the two heads up ahead with the others. When the group finally reaches the entrance of the Valley they entered, a Large Armor Heartless drops down with a Couple of Large Bodies beside it. "Gero?! What are these things doing here, de arimasu?!" Keroro exclaimed.

"Two of them are Large Bodies, but that armor wearing one is a new one to me…" Sora admitted.

"These things are vulnerable to magic." Giroro said before attempting to charge a fire shot, but only fails and fires a normal shot that deflects off the armor. He gave a bit of a growl before to say, "So it's affecting Magic abilities too then?"

"Of course! The longer you're down here, the longer you're bound to feel the Underworld's effects! And guess what- there's almost nothing you can do about it!" Hades said as he summoned forth his rage. "You're all gonna be Herc's punching bags when I finally crack down on him!"

"Not a chance!" Shiroro said as she leapt high and struck the head of the left Large Body. However, its armored cousin notices this and suddenly leapt skyward to attempt to flatten the mother. But then the mother performed an aerial roll to dodge the attack rolling to the others with the armored Heartless landing. "Jeez, with armor like that it can really move! It must be stronger than it looked!"

"Believe us we know- we had our asses handed to us on a silver platter by that thing- if it weren't for Keroro using a Shotlock, we'd be hosed." Omnini admitted. "Not to mention that thing's only weakness is the head AND is weak to fire!"

"…I just noticed something." Atlanta admitted after looking at the being and then looking to Omnini. "Electricity will work just as well- that thing's wearing METAL."

"…Why didn't I think of that?" Omnini admitted before rushing the armor with passing the energy with his electricity, electrocutes the armor before the Heartless falls over, releasing its heart.

The Heartless immediately looked alarmed that their armored buddy was taken down easily before Kuroro and Tamama easily punches down the large bodies, before Auron leap in and deal the spinning strike to the heads, defeating the Heartless. "We have to leave!" The swordsman said to the others before the others nodded. Hades meanwhile tried to stop him before Adriel shoots at Hades' hair which puts it out as the theme ends.

"…Well…this doesn't seem to simmer well." Hades admitted with an eerie calm before deciding to walk up, somehow setting his alight again. "Those fricken amphibians are gonna get roasted…that's an assured plan."

However, as the god soon was near his chamber Pete asks a leasurely question as he was still hanging on the window. "Uh, Haaaades? Can I get a hand up?"

Hades suddenly snaps at Pete as he said, "DO IT YOURSELF!" before lobbing a fireball at him, who yelped in pain before climbing up.

Cave of the Dead: Inner Chamber

The group looked exhausted as they arrived in the chamber, save for Auron, and shortly after catching their breath, Omimi sets Adidi down before walking forward a bit and falls to her right side. Adriel groaned as he said, "…darn it, I thought I had him that time…especially with the plan I was considering doing."

Sora ignored Adidi temporarily before Facing the older man. "Y…you're really good. Are you some kind of hero?"

"No, I'm no hero. I'm just an…" The man tried to explain but stopped himself. Sora was prompted to give a head tilt and responded with a confused 'uh?' The man shook his head before saying something to the male; "Auron."

Sora looked to Goofy before Omnini comments, "I think that's his name."

The Male brunette nodded as he rose and points to himself with his thumb, saying, "I'm Sora." Donald quickly hops onto Sora's back as he said his name 'Donald!', and Goofy shortly thereafter with 'Goofy!', before the three toppled to the ground. Adidi gave a sweatdrop before admitting 'Oh boy…'

"How is it that you know my mom and dad, Auron? I heard mom call your name." Omnini responded.

"So you're one of their children." Auron responded. "They were once put into the same cell as me for putting Cerberus in his place. They seemed to talk about you and your sister a lot until…well, they seemed to of stopped themselves."

"It was because we thought it was too late…" Shiroro responded, sounding disappointed with herself.
"We thought…you two were finished by that creature."

"Mom, we were lucky by our friends here to be here." Omimi said as she walked forward as she points around, "Keroro, Giroro, Tamama, Dororo, Kururu, Pururu, Atlanta and her friends from the Niji Platoon, Adriel, Sora, Donald, Goofy…" She stopped pointing before facing her parents and added on, "and of course, Akaka and the two who took care of us- Mrs. Basasa and Mr. Nagaga. We wouldn't be here if it weren't for those three."

Kuroro notices who the last two were before giving a soft smile. Shiroro looked surprised when Akaka was mentioned. Auron meanwhile gives a smile underneath his jacket. Afterwards, everyone introduced themselves to the parents and Auron, with Adriel last. "I'm Adriel…Adidi is also my other name…And I would show a rank as well, but I'm afraid I have none. I'm not in any teams like the Keroro team…"

"For now he's the same rank as my sister. Besides, Military ranks are gained when do well in the army for objectives and that." Omnini responded. "Then again, we all know that."

"It seems that we all fated to meet. Maybe you need a guardian." Auron asked.

Sora finally pushed Donald and Goofy of by straightening up and admits, "Guardian? Thanks, but no thanks!"

Auron seemed to give a bit of a smirk before hearing Keroro; "Um, Sora-dono, I suggest we take him on for his help- with our strength diminished by the underworld as is. I know you one to take on a challenge, but maybe we should ask for his de arimasuyo." The Keronian seemed to rub his hands together as well.

"He's right." Kuroro nodded. "With our strength decreasing, we'll need Auron to help us."

Sora gave a bit of a look before Adriel notices it and admits with a slightly negative tone. "Well I guess that's not gonna happen; I never joined any military team…I'm a solo Keronian.

"And we're considered civilians- can't really help unless we re-register." Shiroro admits…but then she just realized something: "Aw nuts- I forgot to mention that we were-"

"Military personel? Ah, Don't worry we found a book about you guys." Omnini answered. "We knew that you were in the military. But the question is why did you quit?"

"To have you and Omimi in peace." Kuroro responded. "The jungles were a safe place for us, and we didn't know about the 'Fog of Youth' incident we've been hearing about."

"The Fog of Youth?" Adriel responded with a blank look at them.

Sora tilted his head as well. "The Fog of Youth is an incident that occurred on Keron 11 years ago." Kururu responded before his usual 'Ku ku!' in response. "It was also around the time our race encountered a species called the Unversed."

"You mean the same creature we fought back on the ship?" Sora asked with the others nodding.

"…Did it affect you two in anyway?" Adriel asked.

"It effected the race considerably, but according to the stories we heard, some of our data archieves were deleted. It may not of reached the jungles of where we lived, but it effected everyone in the city, with all matured adults reverting to their childhood forms." Kuroro said, thinking on the Unversed. "We have connections to someone who provided us on what's happening, despite Shiroro's protest."

Shiroro gave a look as Omnini responded, 'Suhaha?' and the mother answering with 'Suhaha.'

"It wasn't limited to that." Dororo added. "At least 3 Keybearers were there at the time to stop the Unversed. But it also showcased what could be their greatest fear within that fog, de gozaru."

Adidi was shocked to hear about the two different effects. "But that's in the past, right? And you guys finished with some data loss- mostly on the worlds- and you guys must've repaired at least some it though 11 years, right?" Sora admitted.

"…Try over 100 years." Auron responded.

The three non-Keronians (except for Auron) gave a blank look before looking to Auron only to blurt out something that could echo through the whole Underworld:

"WHAAAAAT?!"

-The Young Sorceress Foul Mood- plays as Sora said, "You mean to say that you guys lived for over a HUNDRED YEARS?"

"Gerori." Keroro nodded. "As you can probably tell, we ARE technically aliens. Time flows different for each world or for each species de arimasune."

"So you mean that you grow different, like how humans would grow mature at different rates?" Donald asked.

"Yes, as each world is different. But, your world also follows the laws of time of your world too- Destiny Islands follows our time flow as well. So you may of existed over hundred years yourself, de gozaru." Dororo explained.

Several question marks float around Sora's head as he tried to figure it out. "Wait so…I may age as fast as you guys- which means I age- wait uh…" Steam was definitely coming's head as he scratched his head as he said, after giving a loud groan. "This is really confusing! I mean, you guys and us exist for 10 times as long or do we grow ten times faster than possibly anyone else?! Does this mean I'm older or younger than you!?"

Sora was really scratching his head trying to figure out while Auron gives a bit of a smirk. However, this does throw another question to his way- one that the Keronian asks. "Unless Shiroro and Kuroro told you about them, how did you know it?" Giroro asked the warrior.

"The two did explain what they are to me- and between my lifetime and now, I could say that I did see stranger." Auron responded. "If you're done catching your breath, we better leave now."

Sora just gave an exhausted sigh before marching along with the theme ending.

Skit: The Age Theory (Part 1)

Sora: Uh, hey, I don't mean poke information out of you guys, but...how old are you guys anyways?

Omnini: *leasurely look* I already told you, 15. But you want exact age...over 3750 years old.

Sora, Donald, Goofy: *surprised look* HUH?

Atlanta: Time is faster on our world.

Keroro: Gerori.

Omimi: Yeah! For instance... you were asleep for a year, right?

Sora: *nods with Donald and Goofy*

Omimi: "Well, 25 years (well 250 to be honest) have passed on Keron since you were asleep. I'd be a basic 2500 years old by now."

Sora: *thinking position* Wait, so uh... *Mutters to himself in his head* if my math is right, then you grow 25 times faster than humans and you'd be 100, right?

Omimi: *surprised look* What?! No, no! I mean, yeah, but divide that 10 and you get 10 years Pekoponian time!

Sora: "Oooooh, so make that 250 times fast. And if my math is right…then I'll be the same as Omnini too- 3750 years."

Omnini: "Nice guess. And the Childhood Quartet would in their 40's." *Points to the childhood friends with Pururu giving a slight uncomfortable look.* "...Well, excluding our parents and possibly Atlanta."

Atlanta: "Eheh, yeah, Pekopon age I'm around like...37?"

Sora: -Tilts his head back in confusion- "Suddenly I feel like the youngest in the group."

Omimi: "Well technically, I'm the youngest- remember your world runs the same way as ours- so you'll be a human growing on Keronian time. So 10 years on Earth, would be 1 year here. "

Kururu: "Ku ku! I existed for 6000- 6250 years on Keron, so I'd be 24 or 25. And Tamama, 3000 years- well 3250 by now."

Omimi: *Suddenly angry look* "...WHAT?"

Omnini: *confused look* "What 'What?'"

Omimi: "But Tamama said he was like 19 or something!"

Atlanta: "He is." (Or should be.) "I think he made a miscalculation when giving his birthdate…or the scout put it wrong. But then again…time runs different on all worlds."

Goofy: ('I'm gonna guess the scout was wrong and Tamama lied about his age.')

Omimi: *Gives a bit of a cold stare before letting her energy flow out, making it look like she's on fire*

Tamama: *Scared look* Uhhh, should I be scared, desu?

Kuroro: Very. Well, if he's three thousand years old or Three thousand, two hundred fifty years old on Keron, then he'd be twelve or thirteen on Pekopon.

Omimi: *fire grows more intense* ...You obnoxious, spoiled jerk! I can't believe you're that stuck up on thinking you're the best!

Atlanta: *smiles* "Mmmhm I think someone was embarrassed about their markings at tail at the tiiime."

Omnini: *intrigued look* "Wait, then how come if we usually mature at the time of teenage, how come I'm still a tadpole?"

Shiroro: "Ah, that's what people call a late bloomer."

Omnini: *Head drop* "Damn it."

Atlanta: "Late bloomer or like Tamama…his marking and tail are permanent."

Giroro: "Hmph...well mostly his markings."

Atlanta: "Yeaah, he'll lose his tail at some point though, maybe."

Kuroro: "Exactly. So you lose your tadpole tail, you know you've begun to mature."

Omnini: "...I may have been powered up by you two, but do I still feel a bit...small?"

Shiroro: "Well the electricity element DID shrink you down a tiny bit, to a more compact size to enable better electricity management in theory. Buuut... yes."

Omnini: *comedic angry look* "DAMN IT!"

Atlanta: -chuckles- "Yes yes...but it can also be permanent like Tamama by genetics. It's more common in females than it is males. That's why it's a little uncomment to come across a male with the tadpole look like a female with a male look... Like Pururu has tadpole markings, and Obaba has adult markings.

Omnini: "Interesting..."

Sora: "Huh... I guess there are some things that can be affected."

Atlanta: "Yep."

Omimi: *is seen throwing fiery punches at Tamama, who is dodging it like mad while being chased.*

Tamama: *comedic crying look* "Heeeelp!"

Omimi: *angry look* Get back here!

Giroro: *Angry look* Knock it off you two!

Sora: *Sweatdrop* ...Can we get out of here now?

*Skit ends*

Note: This skit was RP'd by me and the owner of Atlanta- she did Giroro and her own character, I did everyone else. I just only tweaked the lines a bit.

As the group ends up reaching the exit of the room, Omnini notices something ans whistles at the group to grab their attention. "Hey guys, you said that we need to leave fast, right? Well, I got just the solution…or rather, Adriel has it!"

"Wait, me? Do what?" The beige Keronian asked with a blank expression while looking at them. "What are you asking me to do?"

Omnini just groaned as he whispered something. "You know- the thing! The thing in which you can move from one place to another in a blink of an eye: The Teleport thing!"

"Oh…right." The beige tadpole responded with a sweatdrop. "Well, I got one trick up my sleeve."

"Really? What's that?" Goofy asked the Keronian.

"Well, let's just say you're gonna be questioning about this ability…and where I got it from." Adriel responded before sighing, then brought out a yellow…familiar shaped gem (in the shape of a known diamond) raising it up into the air and called out "Chaos…CONTROL!" On response, the gem starts to flash a brillian light with colors coming from within. However, the ring suddenly has some static as it Deadpool's voice saying, 'Future Reference Alert, Y'all!' prompting everyone to look at Adriel with the light suddenly stopping with a record scratch. "…What the…?"Adriel looks at the gem and admits, "Wait a minute- that's not supposed to happen!" He quickly glances to the group as he adds, "And by the way, the voice didn't come out of my ring this time…"

"I thought it did." Goofy whispered to the others.

Adidi looked annoyed before shaking the gem and admits, "Come you stupid gem! I know you're a fake, but you have the power of the real thing! You should work! Chaos Control!" As he attempts to use it again, and again fails, Omimi admits, 'I don't think it's working.'

"It must be because Adidi's powers must be effected by the underworld too, desu!" Tamama admits.

The long eared Keronian looked to the gem again (In under the faint light looked orange) as he admits, "Well…my friend did say that since it was a fake replica, it would have some limitations…that's what I get for trying to use this thing."

"…He?" Donald parroted before Auron moved ahead.

"Well, if it's not gonna work, we might as well fall back to walking- walking ain't gonna kill anyone- c'mon!" Omnini admitted as he followed the others up.

Meanwhile, back with Hades…

Pete was seen sitting on the table as he said, "I got Heartless all over the Underworld now. So you can leave those pipsqueaks to me." Pete leapt to his feet as he said, "Still, those pipsqueak frogs are definitely somethin'- especially that white and red one, who could somehow dispel that rage of yours down to nothin'! But what's gonna be trouble is those pesky frogs and those runts!"

"Do NOT remind me." Hades replied in angry tone as he was trying to think of a plan.

"Hey, I got an idea! Let me take of those frogs! I bet them froggies could make Beautiful Heartless- and so can Hercules too! Once we get them pinned down, they'll be fresh Heartless that we can sic on Herc-" Pete tried to say before…

"I said DON'T MENTION THE FROGS!" Hades yelled as he turned around literally on fire and red, scaring the cat individual to backing away. "This is MY Underworld you idiot! It's MY business on how to take care of the brat and those frogs as long as they're down here! So, I'll take care of this MYSELF!"

"Uh, but what about the Heartless? Ya know we could trick one of them aliens into betra…" Pete asked politely before giving a big sweatdrop of what he said. "…Whoops."

"DAAAAAAAARGH!" Hades screamed before literally detonating the room in his rage. Pete, Pain, and Panic were burnt to a crisp before the God calmed down to a blue aura and admits to himself- ('Wow. I never was this angry since those two bozos brought merchandise of Hercules.') The god soon snapped back to his focus and snapped his fingers. On response, a massive, three-headed dog with black short fur and cropped ears. The heads are identical to each other, each sporting the same enormous mouths, pink tongues, and long, sharp teeth. All three heads also feature glowing red eyes, but the legs are rather short, and each ends in a paw with three grey claws. He looks to be quite muscular and also has a thin tail. On command, the god says, "Cerberus, I don't know and I don't care if you don't like frogs, especially after those two easily beaten you a few years back, but those frogs are your dinner and that brat as well. Now GO!" and the dog obediently and immediately heads off.

Meanwhile…in somewhere else.

A familiar individual wearing a black coat was seen walking into the room inside of the sorcerer's tower. The individual bows to the sorcerer, Yen-Sid, as the hooded man admits, "Thank you for the training, Yen-Sid. I'm more than ready to take on the worlds now."

"That may be the case, but do not forget that experience differs whether from reading a book or from first hand." The old master admitted. "Whether or not that you are ready is up to you or up to someone else- after all, you and your platoon went through training together to cooperate and adapt. Some took their training from experience and add on from it, some have a natural talent for their field, others had to grow into their strength or even needed assistance, and there are those who grow stronger to help face the demons of their past or to resolve a dark ambition."

"…You are talking about my platoon mates, weren't you?" The male responded.

"It was generally speaking from my perspective, Garuru. From what you learned here, you should be able to maintain your strength in the worlds and be able to adapt to it. But I fear a presence in you that's…dark and familiar." The old sorcerer responded.

"We were attacked by him 11 years ago." The Keronian admitted. "But his presence seems to be linger for some reason- even he's gone."

"Indeed." The Retired Master responded as he closed his eyes. "The stars told me that Keroro and the others has encountered a foe- one thought to of disappeared since 11 years ago. But the information is…bizarre. They said that the unversed came from within Tamama."

"From within…?!" The man responded surprised. "…You don't think…"

"It is what I think." The sorcerer responded. "You and 5 others were attacked or founded by Vanitas- and if the Unversed came from within Tamama…"

"…Damn…so it is what we think." The male said, sounding angered.

"Unfortunately, fate has a strange way to orchestrate the return of villains of darkness- many a villain that Sora once battled remained or regained their presence just as Maleficent did. I didn't wish to alarm the others but unfortunately, I sensed a dark presence within them that I had never felt since 11 years ago, during the Summer Solstice." Yen-Sid responded.

"The Times the worlds are closer to Keron- during the Solstices of Summer and Winter. Though each world has each a time, they still follow the track of it- some it will probably relive itself- like déjà vu. Then again, maybe time itself can keep moving forward. They still, however, follow a flow of time related to their location." Garuru replied. "But then again, being stuck in a dream as well would count."

The Sorcerer nodded as he admits, "Of course." He looked to the outside as he admits, "Not all the worlds returned. Some are locked away into an entirely different location, where even the Darkness of the Heartless can't reach it."

"Where the Heartless cannot reach it…" The Soldier parroted. He then rubbed his chin and admitted, "and I suppose Hearts sleep in this realm too. But not all of the hearts- just part of it if it still lives within the victims as you're implying."

"Yes." The Sorcerer said before facing the male. "But it is what I feared- if darkness were return, I was afraid it was going to be darkness from the past. He will return- and he will use yours, your friends, and your brother's abilities to resurrect himself and begin anew. He already chose and attempt a new vessel to help reconstitute himself."

The camera pans to now reveal the face of Garuru; He is shown to have slightly tanned skin, with purple hair and a pair of yellow lensed sunglasses hiding red irises. He brought out a purple military hat resembling a Keronian's with his symbol on it with the lip of the cap triangular and positioned in a way to resemble his glare of his Keronian form. He then bowed before to say, "Then I shall depart right away. But if anything happens to unveil the Unversed again while I'm with them…I will have no choice to but to unveil what I was told. But I also know a form of insight- I know there's one place where Keroro and the others will stop off at. I'll rendezvous with them there."

"Very well. But…you should know who the vessel is- or at least what he was trying to aim to but ended up going to another location." The sorcerer responded. However due to spoilers, he mouthed the name of the vessel. But the name was enough for Garuru widen his eyes, before narrowing them again and muttered 'Shit,' under his breath.

Back with the group on Olympus…

As the group headed up, -Drops of Poison- plays as Omnini briefly stopped to hold his head as his balance teetered a bit. Pururu quickly caught him as she asked, "Are you alright?"

"Ugh… Yeah, I think so." The black and red tadpole responded, attempting to stand up. He was still kind of teetering a bit before regaining his balance with the group members looking at him. "I-I'm fine- don't worry. I guess I was still kind of sleepy from last night."

"I don't know…" The lavender medic admitted. "Earlier this morning you were still were sweating quite a bit- in fact, you jumped into the shower right before it warmed up."

"Hey, I'm fine now, aren't I?!" The private Third Class replied, sounding defensive. "A cold shower was just what I need to help cool down!"

"But It's supposed to be November! You know- flu season in a few places! You might be coming down with something, brother!" Omimi insisted while showing worry. "Maybe you should have mom or at least Lady Pururu or Atlanta look into this."

"I said I'm fine, aren't I?" The older brother persisted. "If I were to have the flu, I would've stayed behind to do whatever it takes to help take care of it. Besides, after the shower I was fine! No medicine, no extra rest, no nothing! I'll be fine- I won't drag you guys back any more than I have to! I guess it's just the Underworld's curse for all we know."

"If you say so…" The youngest admitted before walking ahead. "I gotta admit though it is kind of starting to get tiring…"

"You'll get used to it- but also don't forget that Underworld and other places have its different effects on people." Shiroro responded.

But as the group walked ahead with Pururu let Omnini to stand on his own, the second youngest male was holding his head again before shaking it off. But as he walked up…his left eye flashes yellow briefly.

End of Chapter 17

Journal Section

Hades (KG KHII Version):
Hercules (1997)
Lord of the Underworld.

The last time Sora and his friends tangled with Hades, he was using the Heartless to try to take over the world. Together with Hercules, the three friends put a stop to his plans. But Hades is as evil as ever, and won't rest until he sends Hercules to the Underworld—for eternity.

However, It appears that Hades is also a taken on a role of banished Keronians- whether they are criminals sentenced, Daredevils or something through a similar event dragged down for their luck, power, or the odds were proven to be impossible and yet it slipped through, or their body and souls of someone tainted with the blood of the innocence dragged down there. It appears that Hades had nothing planned for them…but then again, perhaps not.

Pain and Panic:
Hercules (1997)
Hades' underwhelming yet crafty pair of henchmen.

The two were ordered to bring a potion to Hercules when he was born and was expected to drink every last drop- but they messed up and Hercules still retained his incredible strength. They still work for Hades, despite their fumbling failures from time to time. Hades however doesn't usually have the patience…but then again who would hire a couple of shapshifting fools?

Pain, the hefty one of the duo is usually seen as cunning and very sly, but that quality is offset by his clumsiness more likely to hurt himself. In fact he got karmic moments like when he decided not to tell hades according to Meg…

Panic meanwhile is a twitchy and nervous individual and usually worries for even the simplest of situations. He's incredibly paranoid and often receives the same punishment as Pain from Hades, whom he fears.

When one of them is nearby, you know the other can't be too far away.

Pete (KG KHII + Olympus version)
Steamboat Willie (1928)

A tough and mean former steamboat captain. Donald and Goofy know Pete real well — he's so bad that King and Queen of Disney Castle, Mickey and Minnie was forced to banish him to another dimension. (although it was Minnie)

Maleficent found Pete there and helped him escape from exile. Since then, he's been traveling the worlds, assembling an army of Heartless for Maleficent. It's pretty certain that the two of them are planning to take over and rule all the worlds.

While on his worldly expeditions after meeting Sora, he learns of the existence of the Keronians in which he can pass on to Maleficent seeing them as just them as a threat being built on.

While on Olympus Coliseum, Pete is collecting an army of Heartless and helping Maleficent in her scheme to take over all the worlds. He's also lending Hades a hand with his collection of Heartless when he learned of the legendary Keronians through the god of the Underworld.

Auron (KG KHII Ver.):
Final Fantasy X

A warrior that Hades called forth from the Underworld.

In exchange for his freedom, Auron was commanded to defeat Hercules, but refused to work with Hades, saying, "This is my story." He did however foster a friendship with Omnini and Omimi's parents hearing their tale after the two was forced to inhabit the same cell when they easily defeated Cerburus.

He doesn't talk about himself very much. What sort of story has he written thus far?

Character ID

Pete
First appearance: Steamboat Willie (1928)
Rank: (N/A)
Occupation: Maleficent's henchmen, temporary leader of the Heartless.

Hades, Pain, Panic
First Appeance: Hercules (1997)
Rank: N/A
Occupation: Lord of the Underworld (Hades), Henchmen to the lord (Pain and Panic)

Auron:
First Appearance: Final Fantasy X
Rank: N/A
Occupation: Unknown

Enemy ID

Heartless

Shadow (Purebred)
Neoshadow (Purebred)
Soldier (Artificial)
Assualt Rider (Artificial)
Nightwalker (Artificial)
Rapid Thruster (Artificial)
Bolt Tower (Artificial)
Rabid Dog (Artificial)
Large Body (Artificial)
Large Armor (Artificial)
Red Nocturne (Artificial)
Blue Rhapsody (Artificial)
Yellow Opera (Artificial)
Hook Bat (Artificial) *New*
Creeper Plant (Artificial) *New*
Crescendo (Artificial) *New*
Lance Soldier (Artificial) *New*
Crusader (Artificial; The silver Heartless riding the Infernal Engine)
Infernal Engine (Artificial; Boss)

Extra: Meanwhile…

Keron: ?

Puriri, the spy from way before was seen walking the streets while whistling to her own self as she passed by an old park. Nearby, there appears to be a tadpole Keronian on the seesaws as he gave a sigh. The spy sees the young man. It appears to have dark blue skin with brown eyes and with a yellow keronian cap with two 'antennae' resembling a plug on top. The flaps shaped like stylized thunders, with that as a symbol on his belly and hat. The Keronian looked to be waiting for something as he gives a sigh. "What could be taking him…?" The young tadpole said with a young male's voice.

"Is there something wrong?" The spy asked the boy, who gave a startled gesture before turning to the spy. "O-Oh! Sorry for scaring you… I was wondering why a young boy like you was doing here."

"I should be saying the same thing." The boy responded. "What's a young girl like you doing out here on your own?"

"….Uh….eheh…" The spy looked to give a laugh while showing a bored look. "Actually I'm a soldier- I'm just short." She then took out something that showcased a bio as she admits, "I'm Corporal Puriri of the Keron army. 17 years old."

"O-oh, so sorry about that…" The young tadpole replied before digging out something of his own, showing a bio of his own. "I'm Private Tikuku. I'm recently assigned to a new platoon that's heading for Pekopon for invasion."

"Tikuku, huh?" Puriri said with a smile while going over the record. "…Hey, I heard that you were once a thief and it says here you've been known for electric abilities and acrobatics. I've heard of you!"

"Uh, really?" Tikuku replied. He quickly checked his own record and said, "I-I thought it would've…" Then it donned on him. "Wait, Puriri? The spy of Fortress- THAT Puriri?"

"Yes, that's me!" The spy replied, nodding.

"I heard your boss hired one of the members of the Dark Wings* thieves!" The thief replied. "Actually, I should know- I was literally there!"

*note: And THERE'S The obligatory Tales reference.

"Wait, you were?" Puriri responded, surprised. "Um…then you must know M-"

"HEEEY!" A new male's voice said before Puriri immediately flinched in response before using her abilities to hide startling the blue tadpole. A new tadpole ran up to the blue one; he was a red tadpole with sky blue eyes, approximately of the same age of the blue one, with a pyramid seen from a bird view as a symbol on his belly and hat, which was green on the top with a tent-like extention that covered the back of his head, completely blue except for two little green squares at the extremities of it. He looked intrigued when he saw the blue tadpole frantically look around. "Hey, is there something wrong?"

"W-well, I just met someone and when you arrived, she immediately disappeared in a light out of fear." Tikuku responded, trying to explain. However, the other tadpole gave a bit of an intrigued look. "I'm serious! She was just literally standing right here talking to me when she heard you and used some light ability to hide! I bet she's still here! You have to believe me Kaworo-kun! We were just talking my past and an old…acquaintance of mine before you showed up! See- her record's still here!"

The red tadpole quickly blinked and glanced to the record of Puriri before it vanished with the red tadpole jumping at it disappearing. "Okay…maybe you were telling the truth." Kaworo replied. "Even if you weren't, it would be pretty hard to explain to mom…"

"Y-yeah…sorry…" Tikuku responded. "But still… it was really weird…she was as short as us- maybe even shorter, like a small child."

"Okay, I'm beginning to think that you're stretching the truth a bit." Kaworo responded before sitting down on a swing beside him. "But still though, even if you weren't…with what just happened now, I'd believe you. But…maybe not all of it."

-Destiny's Union- plays as Puriri emerged into sight at least far away before listening to the two from a distance as the two talked with them swinging a bit weakly. "Yeah, I get what you mean." Tikuku responded before he looked to be excited about something. "But never mind that for now. So…tomorrow's the big day! Finally, we start our first mission for the Keron army!"

"I wonder how Pekopon will be... I've heard lots of interesting stuff about it! I want to play with that 'snow' thing!" Kaworo nodded, smiling happily as he extended his arms upwards.

As the two carried on their conversation, Puriri was looking on to the two with a smile on her face. As the two carried on their conversations. As mentioned just now, the spy simply wondered as the two continued their conversation with the spy listening to some VERY interesting information; they even mentioned a member, about them being brothers- with Tikuku being the adoptive one, about him living on the street and taken in to a group of thieves before being adopted, and something about a teddy bear being fried that resulted in a quick argument. As the two quickly apologized, one of them mentioned a quick fight before tomorrow- with even Tikuku mention about 'allowing him to copy his ability' and before long, the two soon looked to be having a quick fight with the something being kicked was heard- sounding like sand with the blue brother yelling, "HEY! THAT'S DIRTY!"

"I was just repaying the favour!" Jaworo yelled back with a grin before adding, "And now…let the showdown begin!" The two soon got into a fight with the blue tadpole throwing sand and using his abilities with the two enjoying themselves. The spy couldn't help to feel envious before leaving during the battle.

Note: This is basically Puriri watching the two during the Prologue events of 'Electro and the Mimic' from Viroro's 'Viroro Shoutai- Invasion Unit'. Kaworo and Tikuku are technically his characters and it's a form of 'what if someone met this person before the normal event happens' thing. ^^;

Next time on Tales of Keroro: A New Journey (or Keroro Gunso: Kingdom Hearts II FM):

From the Underworld to the Coliseum! Everyone is making a getaway from the Underworld- with their strength sapped, they can't exactly fight back against Hades let alone his guard dog. But something's still eating at them- why is Shiroro and Kuroro still considered alive? Why did they look just as they were almost 9 years ago except for the awakening? What were they able to do just to survive their fatal encounter? And later, the group received a bit of extra training to help deal with the unknown threat- as well as received a plan to fight the curse. But of course, not all things can go according to plan.

Next time:
18: The Bridge of Spirits and Mortals

The next chapter will (finally!) reveal how Shiroro and Kuroro survived their fatal encounter on that particular night. But let me ask you all a question?

Except for those who RP'd with me in the past, how do YOU think Shiroro and Kuroro survived? The vital clues are this;

1. Omnini mentioned something about Spirits in a previous Chapter.
2. Shiroro's not one to talk about her past.
3. Suhaha and another's conversation during the earlier chapters.

Please don't flame too much and please rate, comment, or review wherever this finds its place to be is! Favoring works too like Making this story a favorite to you to read but…okay I should stop now. o.o;

Maybe except this; Pay attention to the lines mentioned- it may allude to several 'crossover chapters' later on.