After mere minutes of discovering mutual love for each other and the possible lack of a future, the room fell into a sort of silence. Giroro pulled out the cylindrical computer and communications device he carried and placed it on the table. After turning it on he selected his written reports menu on the blue hologram screen and began typing his written report to present to the higher ups. Natsumi rested her head on her hand with her elbow on the table's edge. She watched as his fingers moved across the keys.

Every few sentences Giroro's eyes would shift slightly to the side, catching a glimpse of her soft smile. The pink in her cheeks made him feel warm and he bushed in return before he coughed and tried to focus on his work again. The cycle repeated making Natsumi giggle.

"You know, you're kind of cute when you blush, and when you're working." Natsumi giggled again. "You're so focused."

"You haven't seen me work on my guns yet." Giroro chuckled lightly. Natsumi's eyes widened slightly.

"Do you have a collection?" She leaned a little closer curious to know more about him.

"Remind me again later, I'll show you while we wait for the response from the higher ups." He responded with a bemused half smile. Natsumi smiled wider and nodded her head as she sat up and then leaned forward, resting her chin on the table. She placed her hands so that they cupped the edge, and stared at him. He snorted loudly and removed his hands from the screen to place one over his mouth and the other on his stomach to keep from bursting out into laughter- she looked like a begging puppy dog. He half expected her to sprout dog ears and a tail before barking at him and whining expectantly.

She looked at him in confusion, but stayed as she was. He waited for his outburst to settle back down before clearing his throat and silently resuming his work. He chuckled every now and then when he glanced over at her still looking at him that way.

"Hey, hey Giroro. What was so funny?" she asked. She leaned forward pushing up with her hands so that her torso came closer to him, her inquisitive face coming right next to his. He began to sweat profusely as he fought the urge to look at her again. He could feel her breath on the side of his face. His will was quickly breaking down as he imagined how cute she looked. Finally he cracked and quickly glanced at her, and nearly toppled backwards. She cocked her head to the side inquisitively and smiled as she heard him mumbling.

"T-too damned cute….." he muttered under his breath, blocking part of his blushing red face behind one of his arms as he avoided looking at her.

After a few more minutes he had resumed his work and she sat back in a normal position. She started tapping her fingers to songs she remembered and waited for Giroro to finish.

"What's going to happen?" Natsumi asked.

"Well first I'll have to give my formal report." Giroro sighed.

"How many reports do you have to give?" She straightened up.

"They have to cross reference both the written and formal and compare my reactions and emotions during my formal report. It helps prove if I'm telling the entire truth. I wish I could just simply lie to them and protect you but I just can't. I have to maintain my professionalism with the higher ups at all times…. It's my duty." he looked at her with sadness in his eyes. She placed her hand on top of his and met his stare with a look of compassion and understanding.

"Do what you have to, I'll leave destiny to decide my fate." she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and let him finish writing his report.

Once he finished he looked at her in silence, her smile melting his heart. He got up and headed out the door, Natsumi following close behind him. They walked silently down the hall, the quiet clapping sound of her bare feet against the cold floor matched by his own froggy steps. When they reached the elevator he entered the code bringing it down to pick him up. He turned to speak once more to Natsumi only to find all the jumbled words he was going to say became trapped in his chest as Natsumi quickly placed her lips on his. She kissed him deeply and passionately for several moments only releasing him when the elevator dinged, announcing its arrival. He stared at her in surprise as she hopped backwards placing her arms behind her back and giving a nervous but cheerful smile.

"Good luck. Go get 'em my soldier." she cheered him on sweetly as all he could do was wave his hand, stunned by her sudden actions and only came to his senses when the elevator doors closed. He looked down at the hand he'd just waved with in deep contemplation over what he was about to do. There was a high chance he was sending the woman he loved to the execution block with his own two hands. It broke his heart but as a soldier he had to fulfil his duty; no matter what the cost. He just hoped that cost didn't include her.

The trip up the elevator and down the hall to the commanding officer's room seemed long and eerily quiet. Giroro clenched and unclenched his first around the cylindrical device as he waited to arrive at the top floor; finally it dinged alerting him that he had arrived at his designated floor. Keeping himself calm and cool he stepped off the elevator shortly after the doors opened, a dryness lingered in the air around him that no one else seemed to notice. As he approached the twin doors of the command room they almost seemed to loom over him making the Keronian Corporal feel smaller than he was.

Composing himself, Giroro raised his tiny fist and rapped on the door. The three steady beats echoed around the empty air in halls.

"Who is it?" a voice called firmly, the sound slightly muffled by the closed door separating them.

"Corporal Giroro sirs. I'm here to give my report." He responded formally. After a brief pause another voice responded through the door.

"Enter." the voice commanded. Giroro cautiously pushed open the door and entered the room.

The room was a large area with a singular semi-circular shaped desk encompassing the majority of the space. The five commanding officer's that were present for Giroro's report hearing sat around it leaving Giroro standin in the center of the room practically surrounded by them. They addressed him respectfully and he responded to them in the same manner. After exchanging their somewhat formal pleasantries they got right down to business. Giroro transferred his written report to each of their electronic devices similar to his own for them to view.

"I'm here to give my report on the taming of Dangerous Pekoponian Slave X814." Giroro began.

Choosing his words carefully Giroro recounted his interactions with Natsumi aka Dangerous Pekoponian Slave X814. He began with reminding them of her behavior when she had originally been captured by the Keronians and all else she had done to defy them thereafter. Giroro told them of the events leading up to that moment (leaving out a few details of course, especially the ones about them being in love) and finished giving his report to them in a short amount of time.

"Thank you Corporal Giroro that will be all for now. Please return to your post until we come to deliver our orders." One of the commanders explained.

Giroro saluted them and turned to leave, the doors creaking slightly and slamming shut behind him. When he left the room the commanders all exhaled deeply.

"Well that was surprisingly disappointing." One of them commented.

"Mildly irritating I'd say. Should we send someone else in to do the job instead?" another responded. A third one shook his head silently before answering.

"No, no, no. Corporal Giroro is the best at what he does. If this Dangerous Pekoponian Slave X814 is too much for even him to handle let alone tame then there's no one else out there who could do it any better." the others nodded in agreement.

"It's astounding really, that there's actually someone out there that even the best we have couldn't tame. I never thought I'd see the day." the first one mused.

"Honestly the very idea of it frightens me." a fourth responded. "What's to say this Pekoponian won't quickly become a threat to the Keronian army? Who's to say that there are or aren't others like her out there waiting to rise up and destroy us?" the fear he spoke of was self evident in his eyes.

"Hmm… You do have a point. However this is something we must all agree upon." the first informed him.

"I say we execute her to show all other slaves what it means to defy the Keronian race!" the fourth yelled, slamming his fist upon the desk.

A silence fell across the room, it was several moments before the fifth and final commanding officer spoke up.

"So, what do we do now? Essentially we cannot waste a good soldier like Corporal Giroro by having him babysit this prisoner forever. However we cannot send this slave out into the markets knowing full well the threat she poses to the Keronian way." the others were silent as he spoke.

"What we really need to ask ourselves is what is in the best interest of the Keronian race?" the room went silent once more. Once each of the commander's seemed to have decided they looked at one another once more.

"So it seems we've all come to a decision then?" The fifth asked them.

"Yes, we've decided…"

Meanwhile…

Giroro took his first step off the elevator; the moment he had stepped fully onto the floor he heaved the heaviest sigh of his entire life. Walking down the hall, part of the weight for what is to come lifted from his shoulders. He entered the room where Natsumi sat waiting for him. She turned around and smiled at him.

"So how'd it go?" she asked as he sat down next to her at the table.

"The easy part is over, now all we can do is wait for their decision." his face darkened as he imagined the worst. Natsumi crawled over to him and placed her hands on his shoulders.

"No matter what happens I won't go down without a fight." she spoke lightly in his ear.

"Just like a good soldier would." Giroro chuckled. Natsumi began to massage his shoulders in silence as the time passed slowly. After several minutes passed by Giroro reached up and wrapped his hand around hers. Gently he placed his lips on the back of her hand and kissed her. She blushed lightly and placed her palms on his cheeks, after staring into his eyes for a few moments she kissed him passionately once more.

They sat with him sitting in her lap as they awaited the inevitable arrival of the commanding officer's and their decision. Just as they imagined the elevator soon dinged announcing the arrival of someone else, most likely the higher ups. The two of them went out into the hall to meet them. They stood in the hall and saluted each other.

"Corporal Giroro, I assume you know why we have come here?" one of them asked.

"To deliver your verdict sir." Giroro responded. The higher ups nodded and looked back and forth from Giroro to Natsumi, before resting their eyes on Giroro once more.

"We have decided, that Dangerous Pekoponian Slave X814…. Will be executed, on the grounds of being a threat to the Keronian race."

-To Be Continued…