Deception

Epilogue

The red Keronian woke with a start, sitting bolt upright in his sleeping bag, wiping the tear trails off his face, afraid that someone would see them even though he was alone. It had been two years since the incident but every night since then his mind had replayed the events like some kind of torture machine he couldn't stop. Starting with Kururu's death, then moving on to Keroro, Tamama and himself getting Dororo out of the lab, him then finding out what had happened and nearly ending up committing suicide over the fact that his partner had murdered someone... Every night he had to endure these events, each replay of it being worse and more graphic than the last, the images carved in his mind becoming warped and unbearable. He had tried on many occasions to stay awake but found that he couldn't. He would've slept with Dororo if it wasn't for the subconscious screaming and tears, and he figured that having the ninja beside him would make it worse. There were scars on the blue Keronan's body that would never fade, burn marks that must hurt like hell...just like the invisible scars and burns that the red Keronian were victim to.

And he knew they would never fade.