Disclaimer: Again my plan to convince a character to help me has failed. Fuyuki almost was within my reach...then more gunshots which I barely avoided this time.

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

Author Speaking

Chapter 11

Fuyuki and Momoka were sitting on the couch in the Hinata house as they anxiously waited for the others to return, if they had even survived that is. They had done their best to get as many innocent civilians as they could out of the chaos but when buildings started falling all around them they had no choice but to get out of there.

If they were in any other situation Momoka would have been excited to be sitting so close to her beloved Fuyuki in an empty house, but right now the only thought on her mind was, 'I hope Tamama's ok...'

There was a knock on the door and Fuyuki immediately sat up and bolted to the entrance. He threw the door open and smiled in bliss at the sight of his friends faces. Without thinking wrapped his arms around his older sister, practically knocking her over with the force of his sudden hug.

"I'm so glad you're safe…" He said slowly as he started tearing up in relief.

Momoka, the calmer of the two, ushered everyone inside and shut the door behind them.

"Ok, can someone please fill us in on what happened?" She asked after everyone was more or less seated in the living room.

The bruised and battered group of Pekoponians somehow managed to all fit on the Hinata's dual couches, Dororo, Koyuki, Keroro, and Tamama crammed on one couch and Giroro, Natsumi, Fuyuki, and Momoka squished together on the other while Kururu was nowhere to be found.

Natsumi ran thought an explanation of the fight and Koyuki's rescue as quickly as she could, looking about ready to fall over at any moment from sheer exhaustion, "-Then we had to get out of there before the police arrived,"

"More like the whole Pekoponian military," Keroro added not sounding much better.

"Were any of you hurt?" Momoka asked them all, though she was looking at Tamama when she said it.

"Were all hurt, but none of us were badly injured," Giroro retorted, still riding his adrenaline buzz.

"But Dororo, why did you go kinda insane?" Koyuki asked him him a soft kind voice.

The Lance Corporal sighed before answering, choosing his words carefully, "I got… upset, and the way I reacted was inexcusable for a ninja- No, it was completely inexcusable for any person, I'm so sorry."

"It's alright Dororo, it's not like any of us haven't blown up a few buildings before!" Tamama comforted him in a joyous tone.

Dororo looked down, he couldn't meet any of his friends eyes, "No, it's not that. I endangered my teammates, I endangered my friends, and I endangered you Koyuki. That cannot be forgiven."

"Dororo…" Koyuki watched sadly as he started to tear up.

"I thought we were finally gonna do it, we could invade Pekopon and I could go home. I wanted to get it out of the way so I wouldn't have to kill anyone or anything anymore. But to do that we needed the plan to work, we needed to keep our identities a secret, we couldn't tell anyone. Then Natsumi, Fuyuki, and Momoka found us out I though, 'Its over. theres no way we're gonna complete our mission now.' I felt hopeless and angry and I decided rashly I was just going to do it myself, 'Hell to the mission, and hell to the platoon,' And that is what's really inexcusable!" By this point tears were freely streaming down Dororo's cheeks and soaking his white scarf in salty water, "I'm so sorry."

Dororo felt something warm and gentle wrap around him, he opened his eyes and looked up to see Koyuki hugging him and she was crying too. He couldn't bring himself to hug her back, not after what he'd done.

He repeated in a whisper, "I'm so sorry."

"I don't care," He looked up into her green eyes and she kissed him softly, "I love you, and that's all that matters, not the mission, not how many people you kill, not even if you never go back home. No matter what you do, I will alwayslove you."

"...Koyuki," Dororo tried to speak but was silenced by another kiss.

The others quietly as possible stood up and left the room, trying to give the ninja couple some time alone.

"Kuku, you guys might want to see this," Kururu's laugh floated up from the basement.

"Oh yeah, your old base is still down there!" Fuyuki said looking for something else to focus on besides Dororo's sob story.

The sextet hopped down through the trapdoor and found the peeling green door with the faded yellow star painted on the front. Without hesitation Keroro opened the door to the room which was filled with dusty boxes and everything seemed shadowed and murky, but these off putting signs didn't bother the nostalgic platoon as they wandered off and explored their long forgotten secret base.

Keroro gasped and squealed in delight, "Our old base!"

"Huh, never thought I'd see this place again," Giroro said as he looked around.

"Wow! I almost forgot it!" Tamama exclaimed.

Kururu was waiting for them standing beside the mini fridge which once lead to the complex system of underground tunnels, but now was a lifeless empty mini fridge with no power running to it.

"Does it still work?" Natsumi asked the scientist.

"Ku… It could, but I'd have to make some adjustments," He responded, deep in thought.

"Hey, where's Mois?" Keroro asked after looking around for a bit.

"Mois? I thought she went with you?" Fuyuki asked, confused.

"We thought she stayed down here with you," Giroro said equally puzzled.

"I hope that woman went back to her planet," Tamama put in, letting his jealous side slip.

"Wait, so no one knows where she is?" Keroro asked, a bit worried.

As if to answer his question, a huge earthquake rocked the underground base and sent the tall stacks of boxes tumbling to the ground.

"Woah!" Natsumi yelled as she fell over ungracefully landing on top of Giroro who turned away with a slight blush coloring his cheeks.

"Kuukuku! Found her," Kururu said with a laugh.

"Hey hon, why do we keep ending the chapters with explosions?" Tamama asked his boyfriend as he got up off the floor.

Keroro responded jokingly, "Cause it's dramatic!"

Sorry about the short break guys! But it feels soooo good to write again after so long! :D

DOROKOYU FEELZ! D'X

I'm really considering changing it from Humor to Hurt/Comfort! XD

So I got halfway through this chapter when I realised, "Oh shit, I forgot about Saburo!" So he'll most likely make an appearance… Never. Or next chapter, whichever comes first.

Also, I just found out! A group of 2 = Duo, 3 = Trio, 4 = Quartet, 5 = Quintet, 6 = Sextet, 7 = Septet, 8 = Octet, and 9 = Nonet!

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