Author's note: Hello again! GiroGirl723 here. I've been forgetting to do disclaimers, so here:

Disclaimer: I don't own SGT. Frog/Keroro Gunso. If I did, Giroro and Natsumi would have gotten together ages ago.

Anyway, enjoy!

6

Approaching Keron

Three days passed by quickly. It took me thirty-six hours to stop getting lost in the enormous ship, but everyone was surprisingly happy to help direct me back to where I needed to go, although I suspected they were mentally chuckling at the 'clueless Pekoponian'. Then again, I got the hang of it much sooner than the rest of the Pekopon Platoon, as everyone had taken to calling us humans. Everyone else pretty much stuck with their partners the whole time. Of course, I hung out with Giroro a bit, but for some reason things felt so much more awkward between us.

The Pekopon Platoon did lots more than getting lost though. We were introduced to several high-ranking military officials. We learned Keronian etiquette and customs- the rare times it was acceptable for Keronians to wear clothes (usually at formal events), ways to greet people depending on how you knew them (fortunately, very similar to greeting people in Japan), how to eat certain space foods, et cetera. We discovered that unless you knew a soldier extremely well, you always addressed them by their rank, and were always very respectful. (That was going to be a hard one for me.) We even tried our hand at resonating- I'm proud to say I was actually good at it, even though obviously Japanese names are harder to resonate with then Keronian (although I really would pity an American if they tried it).

On the third day on the Grand Star, I was sitting on my bunk with my earbuds in (contrary to popular belief, Keronians do have ears, they just aren't easily seen because of hat flaps), listening to Eminem (I know, hard to believe that was my style of music, but I actually thought he was pretty talented), when Koyuki came darting in. "Natsumi-san!"

I quickly pulled out my earbuds. "What is it?"

"We're here! We're approaching Keron!"

I frantically threw my things into my bag. "Do you and Momoka have your stuff?"

"Yeah. Come on, hurry!"

I ran to the command center with Koyuki to find the Keroro Platoon and the rest of the Pekopon Platoon gathered at the large window in front of General Ororo. There it was: Keron, a bright green planet with large yellow stars all over it. "Is that natural?" I asked.

"No," Ororo explained. "Since there are so many planets in the Gamma Galaxy, we each project a special image into space so we can tell each other apart. We'll be able to see the natural formations when we get closer."

Sure enough, soon the image faded away to reveal a more natural-looking green dotted with patches of blue- obviously water. It was absolutely beautiful, though a foreign site to see so much green and so little pollution.

"It's amazing," Fuyuki said breathlessly.

"There's like, no deserts anywhere," Momoka commented.

"Ah, that's because the whole planet is immensely cool and humid. It's what we Keronians adapt best to," the General said.

I nodded. That made since, seeing as they were virtually very advanced, humanoid frogs. "How long until we land?"

"Thirty minutes, maximum."

Soon we could see a large airport, with a huge conflagration of shifting color- hundreds and hundreds of Keronians gathered together, waving.

"Are they all here to see us?" I said in disbelief, while Mama began to scribble frantically in a notebook.

Orara laughed. "Yes. These are both soldiers and civilians. They are all so excited to meet Pekoponians, especially ones amiable to Keronians. Many of our citizens are curious about your culture, so you may have a lot of questions."

"Wow," I mused. I had never expected such a warm welcome. Right when I was beginning to make out individual buildings, we stopped. "What's going on?"

"The Grand Star is too large to land. You'll take skimmers down." Orara paused. "I will remain on-ship, as Morara will be guiding you down." He stuck out his hand. "It was a pleasure to meet you, Pekopon Platoon."

I accepted the handshake. "Thank you so much for inviting us."

Orara then turned to the Garuru Platoon, who was also present. "Lieutenant Garuru, Chief Medic Pururu, you will stay with the Keroro and Pekopon Platoons. New Recruit Tororo, Lance Corporal Zoruru, Private Taruru, you will have a term of leave for the time our visitors are here, although you are welcome to accompany them."

The Garuru Platoon saluted. "Yes, sir!"

Then all sixteen of us turned around to follow Morara to the air hatch.