ei guys!! >_writer's block alert!!...oh yeah, and when I reread the past two chapters, they were full of typos... sorry bout that... :p sorry for bieng so rushed...

Stelok-I think so too ^_^
Bunny-err... coz in the last ep of the second stage, Hibiki and the other men were ordered to go back to Taraaku for expeirments for thier close contact with women... and Hibiki yelled "Dita!" and called her aboard the ship to Taraaku... :)
Who am I-thanx! Ü.. by now, you can notice that it wasn't my last chapter... maybe I should start putting those 'to be continued' things in the bottom... ^^;

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Confused Love
Chapter three
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The streets of Taraaku were crowded, as the men watched the ship come to the space dock. The four men, Buzam (aka BC), Duero, Bart and Hibiki, to ever live with females long enough, were about to arive. Some where whispering, they thought that even though they knew the women played a big parrt in deafeating the ships sent by the harvest, they still didn't agree to the idea of bieng allies with thier mortal enemies. Talk about barbaric.

"It's opening!" One of the men exclaimed, as the ships door slowly opened, and out went the ships crew, carrying enormous packages for Mejeruu. Then, Buzam came out, in him soldier outfit now, the men sulluted him, and he salluted back. Duero and Bart came next, Bart doing a clumsy move and tripping over the flat form. Duero rolled his eyes and passed Bart, ignoring him.

"Uchuji-san!! Wait for me!!" Dita's voice said loudly over the whole ship, as Hibiki was halfway through the flatform.

"BAKA!! Hurry up!!" Hibiki yelled back, they seemed to forget about thier deal now and then.

Dita giggled, and jumped out into the flat form, and suddenly froze at all the scared glances the men around them were giving her.

"It's a female!!" Some exclaimed. "We're in contact with one!!" "....they really do look strange...." "Cover your ears!! I hear your ears shatter when they talk!!"

Buzam raised his eyebrows at the crowd, and thier noise dissapeared. He then announced to thier companions that they were to go to the comand center to speak to the commander.

"Uchu--Hibiki-san..." Dita whispered, totally petrified by all the men infront of her giving her those mean stares. She also tried her hardest to stick to the deal, which made Hibiki's name sound like 'uchibiki', which tested the boy from blowing up.

Duero, with a silent grin, looked at Hibiki from the corner of his eyes. "This is how we felt too before..."

Dita blinked, and they desperately passed the crowd to get to the control center, people crowding in on Dita to get a glimpse of a woman. Hibiki, who was beside Dita, was starting to blow up with all the men crowding up to them.

"Get outa the way, dammit!!" Hibiki yelled, and the men slowly edged away, grumbling at his grouchiness. Dita sweatdropped, and smiled innocently at the men. Buzam then led his companions to the control center.

As they entered the building, the commander told showed them thier rooms. Buzam was ordered to go to the meeting room, and discuss with the officials, then explain to his companions what the plan was.

There were enough rooms for Duero, Hibiki, Bart and Dita. Which was all beside eachother's. The four of them sat outside these rooms on a bench, waiting for Buzam to return. Bart was whispering something to Duero, and he suddenly burst out laughing, Duero politely covered his mouth and tried to stop himself from laughing.

Hibiki glared at them. "What ya snickering bout..."

Duero shook his head, and looked out the window. Bart snorted, punched himself, and stayed put.

Hibiki rolled his eyes and mumbled. "Wierdoes." Suddenly, Duero's 3-D transmitor rang. (sorry... I made that up, yeah, coudn't think of anything else...) It was a transmitor Parfet gave to him, so they could contact eachother easily.

"Doctor!!" Jura's face piped in, behind her, was Barnette and Misty. "I said call EVERYDAY!!"

Duero sighed silently. "I'm sorry, but I didn't find the right time."

Misty reluctantly shoved Jura out of the way. "Let me talk to Dita!!"

"Why you, show respect, kid!" Jura yelled form the background, Barnette held her from attacking Misty.

"Quiet, hag!!" Misty yelled back, Duero handed the transmitor to Dita. "Dita-san!! How is it?!"

Dita sweatdropped. "Freaky...?"

Misty narrowed her eyes. "But your so lucky!! Many girls for my planets would kill to be the only female in a nation of guys! Why, think of all the possibilities..."

"Ehh??" Dita replied, quite confused.

But Misty ignored Dita completely. "...and who knows, if you get back, you might be pregnant... oh! I forgot, you guys dont know how to reproduce."

Dita looked even more confused, and looked at Hibiki, Duero and Bart who were listening curiously at thier conversation.

"Aghh!! Get away, you hag!!" Were what they last heard from Misty, as Jura shoved her off the screen, they wrestled a bit over the screen, and Misty finally gave up and left the room in a hurry to find Meia. Barnette gave a sigh of relief.

"Dita! Thank goodness she's gone!" Jura said frantically. "I'm getting wrinkles here... GIVE IT TO BC!!"

"S,she's not here..."

"'he', Dita, 'he'." Jura said correctingly. "But stick to her anyway, 'he' doesn't fit HER. Give it to Hibiki then."

Dita gave it to Hibiki, who shrugged. "What?"

"Hi, Hibiki!" Jura said sweetly. "Do me a favor, the boss wants to speak to BC, when SHE gets back, tell her to contact the boss, okay?"

"Fine, fine." Hibiki said acidly.

"Ja ne!" Jura waved, so with Barnette. Hibiki shut the transmitor off, and gave it to Duero.

After a couple more of minutes of waiting, Buzam soon came, and stood before them, arms crossed and a wide smile.

"You guys will be checked by Phycisians and shrinks." Buzam reported. "That's all."

The three of the guys stayed silent, with a quiet giggle from Dita.

"Oh, and Dita, there is a slight consequence of your bieng here, they asked for a special request."

"Which is?" Dita asked, blinking.

"They need to use you too, to research on how men and women get together to reproduce. Since you're the only female here right now, it's requested of you to accept." Buzam explained. "And may I please ask you personally to do so, because your bieng here wasn't expected in the first place. So think of this as your payment."

Dita blinked once more. "It's fine with Dita... what will they do?"

"Explore the organs of a female."

Blink-blink.

"No way!" Hibiki yelled, standing up quickly. Dita blushed furiously, even she knew she was supposed to be embarassed with this.

"Why, Hibiki..." Buzam repsonded. Bart laughing furiously and Duero slightly coughing to hidee his laugh in the background. "I never knew there was something between you and Dita..."

"Shut up!" Hibiki yelled, at Buzam and at Duero and Bart. "I just don't think it's right."

Buzam nodded his agreement. "I understand, but it will be professional doctors who will be looking after her. They do this things most of the time, and will be customed to it. So, you shoudn't worry at all."

All eyes to Duero, who stared back.

"Pai take care of that, all I do is diagnos." He said calmly.

All eyes back to Buzam now.

"And as you know, science shoudn't be accosiated to maliscousness." Buzam continuned. "And added to that is health, you do remember how you helped Ezra's child?"

"But he fainted..." Bart mumbled, and recieved a glare from Hibiki.

"It's okay, Hibiki-san." Dita said. "Dita agrees to..."

Buzam nodded her head, and smiled at Dita.

"Jura has a message for you, by the way." Duero informed Buzam. "She says the boss wants to speak with you."

"Thank you." Buzam replied. "Why don't you explore Taraaku for awhile, Dita? We won't be starting the experiments for some time anyway."

"Hai!" Dita responded cheerfully.

"Oh and yes, your clothes and stuff are your room now, the girls from Nirvana gave me random clothes for my convenience, so I'll lend it to you for awhile since you didn't bring your luggage." Buzam said. "They gave it to me... since... um, my figure isn't so a mans now..."

Hibiki swore Buzam was blushing. So that's where Dita got the clothes she was wearing now, she wasn't wearing her usual outift, but a sweater and a skirt. He was wondering where those came from...

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"Hibiki-san, Dita finds it creepy here in Taraaku..." Dita whispered softly to Hibiki, who was showing her around the place.

"Just don't wander off, and ignore them..." Hibiki replied. "I just noticed something while in Nirvana, girls befriend faster... and are quicker to adjust..."

"Hai.." Dita answered, grabbing the sleeve of Hibiki, as she was quite frightened by the looks she was recieving. "Do you like it here?"

"Huh?" Hibiki asked, quite startled at the question. That gave him something to think about. When he used to stay at Taraaku, as a 3rd-class engineer, nobody welcomed him at all. They laughed at his petty ideas, and called him unrealistic. They would laugh at him, and pick on him. That even made him stop to think alot, when he was in Nirvana. In Nirvana, people treated him like an equal. For once, he was able to complain to someone, and have that someone listen to him and grant his wishes when a girl kept chasing him around. In Nirvana, he was liked. Sure, there were times like when he was prisoned with Duero and Bart for bieng guys, but after that, the ladies realized thier mistakes.

That made him wonder, when he was in Nirvana, why then did all he think about was bieng back in Taraaku.

"No."

Dita gave Hibiki a confused face. "No?"

"Men don't befriend eachother... they don't look at eachother and respect you when you're friendly. They automatically look at your rank, and when you're low, then that's it. You get no respect at all..."

Dita didn't say another word, she felt sorry for her Uchujin-san.

to be continued