I finally updated this story. I had half of it sitting around for a half a year before completing the chapter. I feel like there's less and less Saburo every chapter but I suppose that's okay since this is a kurumois story.
Also by the way there is a truth or dare game later in this chapter. I know there's no real point and it's terribly cliche, I just really love truth or dare games in fanfiction and I don't know why? They're fun to read, they're fun to write, fun to rp. Lots of fun. But sometimes they're weird, so please forgive me for including one. I hoped I pulled it off okay.
Saburo didn't know what to do next. His greatest scheme, to just let Kululu and Angol Mois kind of fall in love with each other naturally after giving them the opportunity, had failed. What could he do if a date hadn't set the two of them up? There was only so many things he could do if somehow the date hadn't worked.
Saburo was out of ideas. He hoped that his creative juices would start flowing after taking a stroll along alien street. He made sure to wear a headband with fake antenna so his identity as a human wouldn't be found out, Saburo tried to take a relaxing stroll.
"Hey! Boy! Would you like to purchase some wares?" A woman with an old stretched out face called to him. Her complexion pasty and green like a witch.
Saburo didn't have anything against talking to witches, so he shrugged and walked over. "Not really." He answered honestly.
"But I can see into your soul." The woman said cryptically. "I know what you want. You're having some love troubles."
Saburo gave a low laugh. Not me! My friend. Those con artists were all the same, saying they could see things when they clearly couldn't. "You got me." He faked, "Show me what you got."
The woman smiled and pulled a book out of her long cloak sleeves. "For your love troubles I think this would help you the most."
Saburo frowned as he looked at the book. It didn't look particularly different from any human books, it just looked like a normal book. But the title didn't refer to his love life.
"The Wing man's guide to hooking up a pal." Saburo read out loud. He hadn't ever really refereed to himself as Kululu's wing man, but he supposed that was what he was. I guess this old alien really does have a gift if she realized my love troubles had to do with hooking up a friend. That or she's good at guessing.
He skimmed through the book, trying to make sure it was in a language he could understand instead of some weird alien language. It was.
"Is it cheap?" Saburo asked
"Don't worry, you can pay in yen." The woman told him.
Darn. I kind of wanted to draw my money. Saburo didn't have a problem with giving aliens counterfeit money. It was one of the abilities of his reality pen that he had happened upon.
He handed the old woman the cash and skipped off with the book, hoping it would have several scenarios that would help him out. He skimmed through it again, this time only looking at chapter titles until he stopped at one that looked like an amusing idea that might work.
I need to make them both fall in love with each other. Saburo remembered. Not just making Mois fall for him. He knew deep down that when Kululu had said he didn't like Mois he was badly bull crapping, but until Kululu could stop being a baby and accept that fact without screaming about nightmares he had to make Kululu fall for Mois too.
Although making Mois fall in love with him looks like it'll be super difficult too. Maybe if I make Kululu appear cooler than he usually is...Maybe it'll work. Saburo didn't back down from challenges though. Especially ones that seemed amusing and dealed with people's emotions.
He smiled as he looked at the title of one of the chapters in the middle. "Romantic play" It read
"Making two people act in a play as lovers makes them truly realize how much they care for each other. Romantic plays can make their feelings burn brighter as they pretend to love each other and then it becomes a reality. It also gives several circumstances to see the other in cute outfits, or to force two people to kiss….." He read to himself
Saburo smiled as he read the passage. "Well..." He spoke aloud to himself, "I did always want to be an entertainer."
Kululu was sure to agree to make everyone act in a play for him. After all Kululu was his friend and really did want Saburo to succeed. Kululu was sure to be easily conned.
Saburo tapped on Kululu's lab door. Kululu was still a little ticked at Saburo for setting him up on a date with Angol Mois that proved to be a disastrous failure. But he sighed and let Saburo into his lab anyway.
"What do you need this time?" Kululu sighed. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice...Well there won't be a second time. Kululu narrowed his eyes. He knew Saburo needed something. He could tell from the crackle in the air.
He just hoped that deeply it didn't have something to do with him getting turned down by Mois again. That was something he was still considering if he should erase his memories of, or Mois's. Did she realize he might have been hitting on her at the end? Did he want to have any knowledge of that? Nope. The answer was definitely a nope.
Saburo plopped down a script in front of him. "I'm going to go to college to be an entertainer."
"I know." Kululu frowned. Kululu visibly relaxed at the knowledge that Saburo was here to ask him of a favor about some entertainment thing instead of on a blind date.
"But I haven't ever done anything like directed other people. Usually I'm the star. I was wondering if you could gather up your platoon and kind of...Help me get them to help me." Saburo lied. "I wrote up a quick script for a play and I need actors to see if I can pull this off. Directing, ya know?"
Saburo could tell that Kululu looked annoyed at him for asking for so many favors, especially since to Kululu it looked like the last favor had been at Kululu's expense. I'm not being a bad friend. I'm so sorry Kululu, this is for your sake! Saburo assured himself.
Kululu grabbed some copies of the script and his eyes softened when he saw the 'directed by Saburo' heading. He knew it was important to Saburo to be an entertainer. It was his dream after all.
His dream was far less extravagant. Eat a bunch of curry. But he didn't completely unrelate to Saburo having a dream. As a child, he too had had dreams.
Sure I can. It's easy to scare those losers into doing what you want. Ku, ku, ku." Kululu finally agreed, holding the scripts.
Saburo grinned.
Secretly, Kululu was more than happy to threaten everybody into helping Saburo with putting on a play.
"Ku, ku, ku. So Saburo needs your help putting on a play. And let me make sure you know that if you refuse you'll be helping me with a lot more unsavory things. Ku, ku, ku." Kululu glared at everybody. He of course meant that they'd be his own personal guinea pig but it sent a shiver up everybody's spine.
"But I don't want to help him!" Giroro cried. Kululu put his hand on Giroro's shoulder. He didn't even need to say anything.
He just gave a crooked smile. Giroro shivered and moved to the back.
"Awww, Kululu, you don't need to threaten me!" Keroro bashfully waved his hand, "I love being in plays! I'm a natural star." He pointed to the star on his belly.
Kululu scoffed. He wouldn't actually mind if Keroro couldn't help Saburo.
"I agree with Keroro. Saburo is a nice boy. I'd be happy to act in a play- It would be a nice bonding experience and-" Dororo was cut off and ignored.
"Yay! A play with Uncle!" Angol Mois clapped.
"You aren't invited." Kululu glared, "Saburo asked for the platoon."
"Mois's a part of our platoon." Keroro pointed out, "And I assume he'll want someone to play a female role."
Kululu sighed and gave her a stiff nod.
"I can be a beautiful seductress female better than she ever could!" Tamama hissed jealously. "Then I'm sure the play could turn into mine and Mr. Sergeant's love story."
Kululu didn't care about any of them. Ku, ku, ku. His play is sure to get interesting though. With that cast of personalities in the background trying to be specific roles...Well, it was sure to blow up in a hilarious way.
Still Kululu would try to keep the damage to a minimum. Saburo must have really cared about it to ask Kululu's help.
Saburo smiled as he looked at the Keroro platoon in front of him. He passed out scripts and descriptions of the basic plot and roles to each of them.
"I'm trying to put on some sort of traditional fairy tale." He explained, "And with your personalities in the background, you're sure to bring a more interesting light to my bland characters."
They all looked down at the script. It seemed to be really traditional, a princess from a faraway kingdom gets saved by a prince who was perfect, handsome and kind. Her kingdom was being plagued by the evil demon king who wanted to destroy the kingdom for himself and puts the princess in a slumber. The prince then saves the day, fights off the demon and saves his love and the two run off together.
Kululu tried not to make fun of Saburo's simple plot. Ku, ku, ku. This script looks like it just came out of space wikipedia and he barely put any work into it. He pretended he didn't notice the obvious flaws.
Keroro's eyes sparkled as he read the roles and the script. He was already getting way too into it. "I wonder if I'll be cast as the hero or the princess…."
Giroro crumpled the script into a ball and tossed it onto the ground. If there was no Natsumi there was no reason to agree to help. "I don't want any part of this. I'm an invader, I don't help pekoponians."
"Giroro, don't be like that..." Saburo begged.
"I don't want to be in your stupid play!" Natsumi would have loved to work with Saburo. I don't want to be in any part of this. Hissing, Giroro turned around, "And I don't care if Kululu tortures me." He turned around and stormed off.
"Ku, ku, ku." Kululu wrote a memo to himself to torture Giroro. "It's all right. You didn't have enough roles for him anyway."
"I didn't?" Saburo hadn't actually written the play himself, he really had stolen it off a space wikipedia cite. Screw script writing. I do poetry and even that is sometimes stolen. Script writing is not something I have to practice or interests me at all. He cleared his throat and felt awkward though. "Oh yeah. I didn't! Well...Um, that means more roles for the rest of you. I think the first role I have to give out is the princess."
"Yes, the princess from what I've seen of the script is a kind, generous, naive and rather innocent girl. She's sweet, kind and very beloved by the people." Dororo explained. He did a ninja art and quickly changed into his princess outfit, complete with a wig. "That is why I would be very honored to have this role. I feel like I could be a great princess."
"NO!" Tamama screamed, "The princess role is mine!" He knew Keroro would likely be the prince after all. He hissed and grabbed Dororo by the hem of his skirt trying to scratch at him.
"Ku, ku, ku, ku! This is going exactly as how I pictured it!" Kululu wiped tears from his eyes, "I mean...Uhhh..." He glanced quickly at Saburo. Luckily Saburo was laughing too.
Saburo laughed, "Actually I was going to give Mois the role by default. Since she's um...An actual girl."
"I suppose that makes sense." Kululu shrugged casually. He couldn't find fault in Saburo's logic. "I bet Mois would love the scene where the princess goes into a deep slumber too."
"I can sleep whenever you want! I fall asleep at the snap of a finger." Mois grinned, boasting about the wrong talent to have.
"But...B-but..." Dororo's eyes got all teary over the princess role. He hadn't even had a chance to audition.
"NOT THAT WOMAN!" Tamama screamed.
Angol Mois smiled at Saburo. "Oooh! I'd love to be a princess." She skipped through the script happily. "It seems so romantic. I love love stories!"
Saburo smiled, "Tamama, if it really bothers you, you can be the catty mean girl, princess."
"Oh I don't need you telling me when I can be catty." Tamama swished his head as if he was already a mean girl. He was ready for this role.
"After drawing Mois's costume, I'll hand out the rest of the roles." Saburo promised.
Dororo looked up at him hopefully. All he wanted was to know he got a role. That was all.
Everybody nodded as Saburo worked on trying to figure out Angol Mois's princess dress. They can try to practice for their roles as much as they want. Saburo cackled to himself. He knew he was going to give Kululu the role of the hero, or the charming prince. Nobody would suspect anything.
Keroro was very eagerly talking to Tamama about his role as the prince as Dororo tried to just make sure there would be a role for him.
Kululu meanwhile was leaning on the wall and smiling at Mois, talking to her in a low voice so Saburo couldn't hear him, for fear of him hearing him bad mouthing his script. "Ku, ku, ku...Sure is an interesting script."
"I love fairy tales!" Angol Mois hugged the script close. "It's just so romantic! Your friend is very talented." She was unaware this was not an original script.
"What did you think about the ending? About the prince and princess running away together in sappy happiness?" Kululu asked.
"I loved it!" Mois's eyes widened in joy. "What about you?"
"Well..." Kululu pretended to look at his hand and appear disinterested, "Personally I think that princess would work better ruling the land with an iron fist than being the sort of benevolent monarch, ya know? Ku, ku, ku."
Angol Mois did know. She gave a slow nod. What was Kululu getting at?
"But with Mr. Dreamy face, or otherwise known as the boring prince I doubt their kingdom will have any sort of benefit and will be just a boring land of happiness. So that's why I think that the princess's story would be so much more interesting if she ditched the prince and ran off with the demon king ruling her land with an iron fist." Kululu explained.
Angol Mois giggled a little. "Oh, but Kululu, she already has her land! Why would she need the demon king to rule it with her?" Discussions about fairy tale politics were so much fun!
"Fair point." Kululu nodded, agreeing with her analysis of the play, "But to that I give the point that the demon could probably teach the princess magic in return for ruling her kingdom by her side. Ku, ku, ku. After all he does have plenty of powerful spells."
"And what's to say the princess doesn't already know magic?" Mois pointed out. "I mean does the villain really put her into a deep slumber? Or does she cast it on herself when it's convenient to her to get her out of boring conversations?"
Kululu read through the script again. He could find nothing to disprove Mois's point. He sighed. She's making this play much more interesting. "What insightful commentary. Ku, ku, ku." Kululu complimented. "I'm sure they'll be talking about your points in classrooms after Saburo edits this script considerably and turns it into some big shot Hollywood movie."
"That's if this planet survives that long." Mois pointed out.
"KU!" Kululu laughed. He nodded and smiled at her, but tried to keep himself on track. "So you're saying that the princess should end up with neither the demon king nor the boring dreamy prince? Ku, ku, ku." Kululu continued his discussion. "I'm honestly surprised Mois, aren't you super into romance and all?"
"To me it almost sounds like you have a ship, Kululu. That's rather rare." Mois had a teasing smirk on her face. She was getting better at witty responses.
Kululu took a step back. That was not the case! "I...I just think that it would prove a way more interesting and hectic play if the princess ran off with the demon king instead of her prince charming. It would surely be unexpected and help the story telling. And they'd be a better match. Ku." Kululu tried to defend his decision making.
"I don't know if they'd be a better match. The demon king doesn't have much of a personality besides being evil." Mois pointed out. It was a rather simple story.
Kululu frowned. Maybe he was just seeing more personality than there was on the Demon King. He would help Saburo with his play and would add personality to his dull character. After all the Demon king had great potential to have personality. He reached up about to touch his costume horns but stopped himself.
Saburo hadn't given them to him yet. He was sure he'd be cast to play the demon king he just didn't have the costume. After all Kululu had the role of villain written all over him.
I'd be more than happy to play the Demon King too. It's a fitting role for me.
And he'd be happy to play the demon king, he just...was also sort of taking the opportunity to try to bring Mois to the 'dark side' as he called it. It was basically just flirting though. He was so glad nobody was listening in and falsely interrupting things possibly correctly.
Luckily Mois was incredibly dense and probably wouldn't realize if someone was flirting with her unless they handed her a bouquet of roses. She just smiled a bit as she compared the chemistry between the prince, princess and the demon king trying to find who fit the princess best.
"Look you're playing the princess Mois, so I'm sure she has a personality something like you's. And so I think the chemistry between the demon king character would fit much better with her than the prince. I mean raw evil? They could rule together and conquer all sorts of rival kingdoms! Ku, ku, ku." Kululu pointed out.
Mois smiled. "Well, we'll see in the play. Maybe your ship will prove to be canon and the demon king might win the heart of the innocent young maiden I'm playing."
Kululu couldn't stop himself from smiling. I'm going to so ruin this play. Sorry Saburo, but I'm a jerk till the end. Even to you.
Saburo stepped out from behind a make shift curtain and stage. "I've figured out the last roles." He threw a dress over to Mois, "Keroro will play the demon king."
CRAP. Kululu wanted to say a bad word. He had just set up Angol Mois with Keroro of all people.
Angol Mois beamed. "Ah! So this is what you meant Kululu!" She gave him a thumbs up.
Well I think this was inevitable and sort of meant to be. Dororo fits pretty well as a boring prince guy too. Kululu sighed. Keroro and Angol Mois. Always the end game pair. He laughed a bit to himself thinking about Tamama's misfortune. At least that would be fun to focus on.
"Kululu, also my best friend, will play the lead role of the Prince." Saburo was sure to be obvious about his favoritism, "Dororo will play a tree."
Dororo cried.
Kululu's mouth hung open. OH HECK NO. I don't want to be some dreamy prince guy! He could care less that the guy was Angol Mois's love interest that he was playing, that she was looking down at him curiously. What he really cared about was that this boring character was on the side of good.
He was about to complain against the role, but when he saw Saburo's face and how excited he was at this play he decided against it. He could try...Just try, for his friend's sake. Saburo wasn't going to be around much longer after all.
Maybe he could get through this boring play.
Kululu hated every moment of it, being in the silky and blue prince outfit that Saburo had designed for him, standing on a stage, ready to read lines.
"So how does this work? I'm not good at memorizing things." Keroro pointed out.
"Angol Mois, who is real sweet by the way, loaned me your giant screen in the base to use to flash lines at you, so the audience won't see them but you can read them off." Saburo explained, giving her a thumbs up.
"Still mad at you about yesterday!" Angol Mois gave two thumbs up back about the date she had been set up on.
Kululu avoided eye contact. "Y-yo...Can I switch roles with someone? I'll even be the tree. I just...I'll ruin your entire play by being the hero. Ku, ku, ku." Kululu tried to explain.
"You sure you're not asking because it's a romance play?" Saburo couldn't help but tease.
"I mean I'm not hiding the fact that it's that to. I don't want to play Mois's love interest." Kululu was very forward about the fact about how he was uncomfortable. "I mean we're co-workers! It's a little weird."
"Isn't Mois co-workers with everyone though? So any of these scenes would be awkward for anyone with Mois." Saburo tried to reason.
"I'm fine with it." Angol Mois tried to reassure Kululu. "It's just pretend. And I've never really acted in a play before! I know Natsumi talks about school plays and how much fun they are. But me, well I've never been to school. You could say, a child once again?"
Now Kululu felt even worse. Because now Angol Mois was excited for this play too. He was sure to ruin it for Saburo and Mois because he just couldn't be a prince. It was wrong. It just made his stomach twist to his core.
"Keroro...Captain. Please. Switch roles with me. I'll give you a gundam model..." Kululu tried to bribe.
Saburo glared.
Keroro's eyes glittered, but quickly before the transaction could be made or anything could be set to put it in stone, Saburo clapped his hands.
"I called in Natsumi, Fuyuki, Momoka and Koyuki to watch our play." Saburo frowned. "They're coming here in three minutes. Giroro will probably be with them."
"No rehearsal?" Keroro almost collapsed. "How can any play be done like that?"
"Well this is a play to help my directing ability, not something that needs to be perfect." Saburo told them. "The sets and costuming are complete. So just try to get a feel for the characters and act well and in character and have fun!" Saburo smiled.
Hopefully this will help Kululu and Angol Mois. Angol Mois always was the type to get trapped in fantasy. Saburo assured himself.
Before any more protesting could be made, the doors to the meeting room swung open and Giroro led the pekoponians in.
"This is going to be a huge freakin mess. And I can't wait to see it." Giroro crossed his arms.
"Don't be like that. Anything directed by Saburo will be good." Natsumi was sure of this.
"I can't wait to watch with Fuyuki!" Momoka had a one-track mind.
Fuyuki was just reading a book. He wasn't even paying attention to the stage or anything. He wanted to do occult research instead.
"Good luck, Dororo!" Koyuki smiled.
They all sat down.
Saburo grinned. Every performance only truly begins with an audience. And although they think they're here to see the fairy tale 'The princess of Sweet Dreams' by Saburo, really they're going to see the true performance of Kululu and Angol Mois's love blooming.
Saburo signaled for the tree- Dororo, to draw the curtains so the performance could start.
"Ah! What a lovely day to live in a wonderful kingdom like mine! The grass is green and the birds are chirping. The people are all chipper and happy and they always have a smile on their face like mine." Angol Mois said in a sing-song voice as she entered the stage.
"Halt! You may be a sweet princess beloved by the people, but you're nothing compared to me, the princess from the next kingdom over!" Tamama flipped his hat like a hair flip. "I'm like, so much prettier than you and nicer. Everybody. ESPECIALLY THE DEMON KING. Would be just so much happier if you died. Mmmkay? So you better go do that." Tamama smiled innocently
Hey some of those lines weren't in the script! Saburo frowned.
Things continued like this, them fighting, for a while, until Keroro jumped down from the highest point of the stage.
"I have come to kill you two, after all princesses are my enemy and I want to rule the kingdom!" Keroro was too over dramatic and into his role.
"Augh! Kill the tree, this meat shield! Not me!" Tamama screamed, offering Dororo as a sacrifice.
"I didn't even get any lines!" Dororo cried as Keroro fake killed him.
"I will kill you now." Keroro pretended, and then pressed lightly on Tamama's chest.
"Eeek. Mister Sergeant touched my chest! How naughty!" Tamama wagged his tail and blushed.
Momoka covered Fuyuki's eyes. So did Natsumi.
"Uhhhhhh..." Keroro just looked at Saburo for a long time. Saburo glared and shoved Tamama off of the stage when he wrote stage exit with his magic pen.
"And now I will kill you, princess!" Keroro said dramatically.
"No! Never! Even if I have to flee you and live in the forest I won't ever let you take me from my people!" Angol Mois cried.
Keroro chased her but could not catch her. And eventually the scene changed.
Angol Mois wandered around in a fake forest for a little bit, until finally Kululu was supposed to show up on stage.
They waited for a minute since he was late for his cue. He reluctantly came on, trying not to look at the pekoponians too much and how much they'd probably laugh at him.
Fine. Laugh. Laugh and you lose your tongue if you do. Kululu tried to be positive about being humiliated.
"Hello! It's nice to see you! I'm lost in the forest. I'm trying to find sanctuary in the next kingdom over and ask the king for reinforcements to get rid of the demon king in my kingdom." Angol Mois waved, saying her lines perfectly. "Would you know how to get there?"
Kululu just frowned. He was not in this role at all. "Ku, ku, ku. The king just died. I killed him- I mean he died of sickness." He paled when Saburo face-palmed. That wasn't in the script. "The prince is in charge of the kingdom now, but I heard he just left to go visit his fiance, who was arranged to marry him. Maybe we're in luck and they'll run away and escape bad writing?"
"I don't think that will ever happen. You can never escape poorly written scenario." Angol Mois laughed.
Kululu tried not to crack a small smile. It was hard not to be effected by her laughter. It was a little infectious.
"That's a pity though. I really needed to see him. You see, I am the princess from that kingdom! But a demon has attacked and is after my life." Angol Mois confessed. "I need a..." She winced. "A strong prince to protect me."
"I. Am. So. Sorry." Kululu mouthed. Had Saburo really written this crap? He really did need to have a talk with him.
He glanced at what his line was supposed to be next. It just got worse. You? You're the beautiful princess I've seen in my dreams? Well you're more lovely than I had ever imagined. I never believed in love at first sight until I saw you. You're a vision of loveliness.
It was all sorts of affection and romantic words like that from here. The prince character was all about hitting on the princess now.
Kululu had almost been having fun making fun of things with Mois, but he could not say these lines.
He looked at Saburo who had such a hopeful look upon his face. Kululu bit his lip. He's leaving for America soon. For this dream.
"Y-you. You're the bea-bea..." Kululu just could not stutter the words out. He could not compliment Mois in that way in front of every one. He could only call her pretty as insults! How was he supposed to hit on her.
Angol Mois waited patiently. She just smiled...And stared.
Kululu continued to stutter. And minutes later as everybody awkwardly waited, he passed out. "STOP STARING AT ME!" He screamed.
He could not do this.
The whole play had seemed like a fever dream after that. Saburo was holding Kululu as he woke up.
"It's the last scene. Dororo took over for you to be the under-study, but I want you to do the last scene. Don't worry about the whole fainting on stage thing. Every body has stage fright." Saburo reassured.
"It wasn't stage fright. It was fearing for my life!" Kululu said over dramatically.
Saburo was very confused. He had seen the whole thing and there wasn't any risk of dying. Why the heck was Kululu saying he would die?
It's all right. All that matters is the last scene anyway. The last scene is the most important. "Just get on stage." Saburo directed. "The evil demon king has just put the princess into a deep slumber. You gotta kill him."
Kululu grinned. "Fake killing Keroro? This. This is something I can do. Ku, ku, ku." He paraded up to the stage ready to do the deed.
Angol Mois was lying on the ground. Kululu was a bit unsure if she was actually sleeping or just pretending. Sometimes it was hard to tell.
Keroro was laughing wildly over her, he had glowsticks in his hand instead of rays of light effect.
Kululu had a stage prop that was a knife. All the direction he was given was stab. "I will slay you, evil and incompetent fiend!" He said the line as directed. "And then I will take your place as the greatest evil! Ku, ku, ku! After all I'm the most amazing!"
Saburo face-palmed.
"No! My power!" At least Keroro followed directions as intended. Kululu fake stabbed him and Keroro fell off the stage.
"Ku, ku, ku." Kululu grinned, taking the demon horns that Keroro had dropped off the ground. His now. He put them on.
He glanced at the stage directions. Awake the princess. It said. Easy enough.
He approached Mois. "Wake up?" He suggested in a low voice. Why did I say this was easy? Waking Mois up is one of the most difficult tasks ever! She loved her sleep.
"Princess, ummm...You're...Eyes aren't open. I suppose that's a good thing, but...Please wake up." Perhaps she was actually asleep, after all, she wasn't waking up.
Kululu checked the board for more direction. I love you. My darling, please wake up. He had said the please wake up part, but he'd probably just fizzle out before he could say any of the other stuff.
Awaken the princess with a kiss. The board directed.
This time Kululu's eyes widened. Wait! The script didn't have a kissing scene last time I checked! Had Saburo added it in last minute?
Wait...He was being played again! This was just another scheme to get him to humiliate himself around Mois like that last date had been! Why did Saburo want this?
No. He wouldn't use how I want to make his dream come true to play me...Right? Yet again Saburo might have been a bigger jerk than him.
He couldn't let this happen. He'd make the play better than what it was meant to be. "Well, now that my lover has died...Or perhaps is sleeping, whatever I wasn't into her anyway, I better become the Demon King and take over the world. After all I wanted power, not love. Ku, ku, ku." Kululu narrated, putting the demon horns on. "Bye princess. Guess I was the cool protag after all. Enjoy your nap."
"Hey! You can't do that!" The complaint wasn't Saburo's, it was Angol Mois's. She woke up abruptly in anger. "You're destroying something like a sleeping beauty story! And I love sleeping beauty stories! They're sacred!" She looked really angry as she stood up.
"Sorry but I tried saying 'please wake up'. It was the best I could do. Ku, ku, ku." Kululu shrugged. "Cut me some slack."
"You're supposed to confess your undying love to the princess! Then your tears wake her up!" Angol Mois insisted. "You ruined one of my favorite parts of the play. It was so romantic. And my character gets just left behind while you do cool things? Unfair!" She complained.
"Ick. I'm not crying on you." Kululu tried to let her see things his way. She was taking things way too seriously. He knew she liked fairy tales but maybe she had gotten as into it as Keroro in the end.
"HAHAHA! You got ditched woman!" Tamama laughed from the audience.
"Is the play over?" Natsumi wondered. "That doesn't really feel like an ending."
Kululu sighed. He didn't want Saburo's play to have an unsatisfying ending. "I have become the new demon king. Princess, make your choice. Will you go back to your kingdom that is peaceful and boring and had a mean catty princess who tried to threaten you or will you rule several kingdoms by my side? The choice is yours." Kululu offered his hand.
Mois stopped glaring for a moment trying to figure out what to say now that she wasn't following a script. "But I'm asleep still...This fight and interaction must be part of my dream." She faked. "I can only wake up from those tears and love confession."
Kululu wanted to point to the script. It was a kiss not tears! Not like he could do tears anyway. "You mean a kiss. A kiss is the only thing that can wake you. But unfortunately I was born with a terrible curse upon myself of having only teeth instead of lips...Ku, ku, ku." He faked. "So there will be no kiss. You must wake up on your own."
Angol Mois was conflicted. Stick to the fairy tale and fight Kululu on this even if it meant asking Kululu to kiss her, or thanking Kululu inwardly from saving her from the kissing scene. She seemed like she was having her own inner turmoil and conflict.
Dororo sensed the poor girl's heartache and conflict over a fairy tale being ruined. So he leaped in the air and into the stage.
"I will save you! I can fix this issue!" And with that thanks to the power of Dororo having a mask, Dororo kissed Angol Mois.
Angol Mois's face heated up in shock. It wasn't a real kiss since he was masked, but it was still weird.
"You are awaken fair and sweet princess. I was the tree who was watching over you. Under a curse I finally was given life thanks to your kindness. I love you for letting me save you in the end." Dororo saved the entire play.
Angol Mois had her hands on her cheeks in shock. She didn't know whether she should be freaking out over having a kiss with someone or if that was a kiss. She had not expected any of this.
What. Was the only thought going through both Kululu and Saburo's head. Neither of them had expected this either.
Dororo nodded and bowed. Everybody laughed in the audience and clapped.
"That was a great play, Saburo!" Natsumi smiled.
"It...It was all the better thanks to everybody's weird personalities. They truly brought out the full potential of the characters." It wasn't false, Saburo's words as Natsumi shook his hand.
His plan for Kululu and Angol Mois love had failed spectacularly. Oddly enough the only one closer was Dororo and Angol Mois.
Kululu quickly threw away his prince outfit as Angol Mois still stood frozen to the spot she had stood.
"So what now, Saburo?" Keroro's voice seemed to snap Saburo out of his trance.
Yes. One failure doesn't mean I give up. Saburo knew Keroro wasn't talking about Kululu and Angol Mois but he continued staying on track. He pulled out his book which he had a fake cover on so nobody could know what he was reading, It read as English for the advanced, since he was going to America it wouldn't feel out of place. Ahhh here's one that could work. Truth or Dare can easily be used to make people fall in love. It's an easily used high school or middle school cliché, getting your friends to confess feelings or kiss. Well none of them were in that age group but he was sure it would still work.
"We'll have a wrap party. For a show well done!" Saburo decided. "Everybody cool with that?"
"I got homework to do." Fuyuki frowned.
"Y-yeah! Me too. How about we study together?" Momoka offered.
Natsumi nodded. "I probably should help them. Since I'm older. Koyuki, want me to help you with some questions too?"
Koyuki eagerly nodded.
Giroro glared, but stayed put. He felt like something sinister was about to happen. That Saburo had something in store. And he hoped it didn't have anything to do with Natsumi.
"I would love a wrap party." Keroro grinned.
"Just me, the keronians and Mois then?" Saburo asked. Kululu looked like he wanted to duck out, but he finally sighed.
"No alcohol, mmkay? I'm sure you can handle it even if you're underage because you don't follow the laws properly but...Ku, ku, ku. Never again." He vowed to himself.
For some reason everybody's eyes drifted to Mois. Saburo was very confused.
"I guess we'll have to use another disgusting drink then. That's fine." Saburo hadn't really planned on having alcohol around anyway. It might loosen Angol Mois's lips or Kululu's, but he couldn't buy any. A disgusting drink would prove as an incentive for them to not lie though. "I was hoping we could play a game..."
Keroro and Tamama instantly leaned in closer. "I like games." Keroro said. "This wrap party is already amazing."
"I'm game." Dororo smiled.
"Truth or Dare obviously. Just a nice opportunity to get to know each other." Saburo smiled, "And perhaps...Tease a few of our comrades." He let the words linger hoping that it would make the others that were less likely to play, want to play. He knew how to manipulate their emotions.
Kululu and Tamama sat down. They liked teasing.
So that's what his plan is. Well! I'll turn it around on him. I'll pick on him. Giroro grinned. "I'd love to."
"You dodge out, you drink-" Saburo didn't have a gross drink on him.
Kululu pulled out a bottle of something. "It's something the captain stirred together. He thought he was a good cook. He was not. Most of these alien organs were not meant to be put in a drink or juiced."
Keroro turned greener than normal. "I made some mistakes."
Everyone was sitting in a circle around Saburo. He smiled. All going according to plan. "Good. So everybody's willing?"
"I mean...As long as it's in good clean fun. And not to be mean." Angol Mois decided.
Tamama laughed loudly.
"How bout someone other than me start? Kululu, I was pretty harsh on you before, making you be a prince and all. You go." Saburo offered.
Kululu nodded. He pointed at Saburo as his target.
"Truth."
"Ku, ku, ku. When Natsumi asked you to the school dance a year ago where were you when you said you were busy?" Kululu asked. His grin widened as Saburo paled.
So he's trying to irritate me by asking Natsumi related questions. That's his game. Saburo realized.
Giroro looked a bit worried that Saburo would say something bad. I'll get under that pretty boy's skin!
"I was roller blading." Saburo responded.
"That's it? You rejected Natsumi for roller blading?" Giroro was shocked.
"Well, at the time I had planned on asking Koyuki to the dance. She rejected me and I had said I was busy so I ditched." Saburo winced.
Giroro's eyes widened. "Koyuki?" He was sure Natsumi didn't know this.
"Ku, ku, ku." Kululu grinned.
"Lady Koyuki didn't tell me this either..." Dororo felt left out.
"My turn. Angol Mois." Saburo said quickly.
"I think it'll be safer to say truth?" Angol Mois decided.
Saburo smiled. That was fine. "Have you ever found anyone besides Keroro physically attractive?"
"Why of course." Angol Mois answered simply.
Saburo blinked. That was easy. "Who?"
"You didn't ask that." Angol Mois replied.
"Uncle! Your turn!" Angol Mois giggled.
"Um dare?" Keroro decided.
"Umm...H-hug?" She tried to stutter out and ask him
"Mmkay." Keroro hugged himself.
A leaf blowed in front of Angol Mois's face. That was not she had meant. This was a failure.
Keroro turned to Tamama and waited for him to respond.
"I want a dare too! Give me a cute dare!" Tamama asked.
"Punch a tree outside until it breaks." Keroro directed.
"Easy." Tamama boasted. He came back in mere seconds. "I am a martial artist! I can do this easily!" He glared at Angol Mois, "Woman! Choose Dare! I'll make you do the worst things."
"Hahahah...That makes me say truth." Angol Mois said quickly.
"All right ever murdered someone in cold blood?" Tamama said his eyes getting pointy and beedy and mean.
"Private! You can't ask that! Mois's sweet and innocent!" Keroro scolded.
"Would you have rather I asked her the intimate sexual questions? Because I assure you, I will..." Tamama had sworn to make this game as terrible for Mois as possible.
A shiver went up Mois's spine and she backed up against the wall. "I mean of course I have. I'm the lord of terror. Most of the time I destroy planets, but you know...It's like the difference between having a doughnut or a bagel. Destroying a large group in an instant is healthy sure, like a bagel, but just one, sometimes that can be so sugary and sweet like a doughnut..." She had lost everybody.
They just stared blankly at what she was saying except Kululu. "Man I wish I could have a bagel. Suddenly you've made me incredibly hungry. Ku, ku, ku."
Angol Mois smiled as everybody shivered and Tamama shouted about how he knew she was evil. "Giroro?"
"Truth." Giroro replied, polishing a gun.
"How many kids do you want with Natsumi?" Angol Mois asked innocently.
Giroro sputtered and turned red. He took the drink. "AUGH! It really is the worst thing in the world! It burns. The after-taste..."
"I warned ya. Ku, ku, ku." Kululu grinned.
Giroro was about to ask him his question but he knew there was no way of getting under Kululu's skin. "Saburo."
"Dare." Saburo shrugged.
"Don't date Natsumi." Giroro ordered.
"Long-term, can't happen. It fails as a dare." Keroro directed.
Dororo waited for his turn and to be asked. It never happened.
Saburo smiled it was his turn again. Just as he planned. Giroro would likely always ask him to try to get under his skin. Better keep asking Mois questions. After all if I ask Kululu something too specific he'll get mad for me ratting him out to his platoon mates and he'll become suspicious. Mois had to be the innocent victim. He pointed to her and she looked shocked at being asked again.
"T-truth?" She was getting a little worried.
Tamama's eyes widened. "Saburo, Oh my god...Are you picking on Mois? I mean you've only chosen her."
"What? No. What are you talking about?" Saburo lied.
"I can work with this. I'll help." Tamama grinned.
Saburo ignored him. He would just have to hope that Tamama asked the correct questions about Angol Mois's romantic history, her types, and romantic ideals or thoughts on Kululu. "So what do you mean of course when you said you found other people physically attractive? And who?" Saburo asked.
"Oh." Angol Mois eased up. "Well I stole a pekoponians physical appearance didn't I? Of course I'd have to find her attractive so I can be cute too."
"That's...So egotistical." Keroro frowned.
"Yeah but it can't just be Asami, right? Name at least...Three." Saburo decided. Maybe Kululu would be up there.
"Mmkay. Asami's cute. Natsumi's pretty cute too. If I ever had to stop looking like Asami I'd look like Natsumi." Angol Mois wasn't getting this. "And Kululuko. She's also cute."
"She's my robot suite you know. That's weird." Kululu pointed out.
Giroro grumbled about Natsumi in the background.
"Kululu!" Angol Mois pointed.
"Dare, I guess. I don't want you giving me a sappy truth like 'oh what was your saddest childhood memory, or tell me about your first big romance.' crap like that. Ku, ku, ku." He knew Mois too well.
"Stare at me as long as you can." Angol Mois directed.
It wasn't very long. Soon, Kululu had collapsed again. Angol Mois just pouted.
"Guys. Guys, I haven't been asked yet." Dororo waved in the background.
Kululu awoke at Dororo's cries. But he pretended to ignore him. "Captain."
"Truth. I'm afraid of your dares." Keroro confessed.
"Would you ever date a pekoponian looking female?" Kululu asked. He didn't only ask about this for the female reason, but also because he didn't want another Giroro on their hands.
"Nope. I'll do at least one thing right and not date our enemy." Keroro nodded.
"Ku, ku, ku...Okay...Well then what about pekoponian males?" Kululu asked.
"You didn't ask that but for the record I don't go for pekoponians...Or males! Yeah! I'm not like that." Keroro shook his head dramatically. "Umm...Uhh..." he was about to point at Tamama but for Angol Mois's sake he didn't. Instead he pointed at Giroro.
"Truth. Your dares are awful." Giroro frowned.
"When was the last time you dreamed about Natsumi in an inappropriate manner?" Keroro teased just to be mean.
Giroro drank. He then cried from the grossness. He then pointed at Saburo, like Saburo expected.
"Truth."
"Do you like Natsumi?" Giroro asked.
"Sure, she's a nice friend." Saburo wasn't direct just to be a jerk. Giroro looked irritated.
"Ku, ku, ku." Kululu laughed in approval.
"Mois." Saburo continued the repetitive cycle. Everybody sort of raised an eyebrow unsure of why he was picking on her.
"Truth?" His truths weren't too bad.
"Do you think glasses make someone more or less attractive usually? Would you say you're into them?" Saburo asked a direct question. I did list Kululu as the jerk with glasses type. And he's definitely got the destruction she's into. I just don't know if she likes any part of his...unfortunate appearance.
Angol Mois tilted her head. "I don't know. I mean I don't have a glasses fetish if that's what you're asking. I mean glasses are just kind of a thing that exist. They look cute on some people, but I don't think someone like Uncle could pull them off. Kululu looks nice in them though."
Kululu was turned away from Saburo and everybody. Saburo couldn't tell if Kululu was blushing but he could assume he was from the way the back of his head was a tiny bit pink. Perhaps he had turned away from that comment?
Good. This means there is hope. Saburo decided.
"Uncle! And I assume you are too afraid to choose dare?" Angol Mois asked.
"I'm not a wimp, but...Yeah." Keroro nodded.
"All right! Then my question for you is what can a girl do to become attractive to you?" Angol Mois asked. She was not subtle in the least bit.
Keroro turned deeply pink. "Be a- I'm going to drink. I mean I'm sure my own cooking isn't that bad?" It was. He was coughing and hacking very quickly.
Finally he turned to Tamama when he was done. "Private, truth or dare."
"Truth. Since your dare wasn't the least bit good." Tamama frowned.
"If you could do anything with me what would you do?" Keroro asked, grinning. This was a fun and innocent question.
"Well. I suppose since it's a truth I'll have to answer it." Tamama took a deep breath. "I'd start with covering you in whipped cream and chocolate (censored, censored, Censored ! #!# # )" Tamama's words just got raunchier and raunchier and more and more censored.
Everybody was shocked and silent. Angol Mois's eyes were wide, her hand was over her mouth.
"I...I don't think she's ever heard something so perverted and in detail." Kululu confessed.
"I don't think any of us wanted to hear that." Giroro sighed. There was so much silence.
"UNCLE! Uncle's dead!" Angol Mois yelled, terrified. "There's so much blood!"
"Huh. I thought only Giroro fainted of nose bleeds. I honestly thought there was a fifty percent chance the captain wouldn't process any of it and somehow brush it off and not understand. Ku, ku, ku. I wonder if he'll remember when he wakes up."
"I finally did it! I killed Mr. Sergeant with my dangerous words!" Tamama fist bumped.
Angol Mois just cried over Keroro not understanding he wasn't actually dead.
The game ended in silence and Saburo having to rethink many things. He hoped he was able to sleep properly that night.
He didn't think anyone in that game would though.
What a failure. All I got closer together was Dororo and Mois and Keroro and Tamama. Tomorrow, after deeply suppressing memories, he'd try again.
That was too lewd and detailed even for him.
The true way to have fun with truth or dare games is to actually have fun questions. However I could not or I'd have an M rating so Tamama destroying the game is as far as you'll get.
His speech was much longer than the censoring went on for.
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