Author's note: No, I didn't forget about this story. I was just taking a bit get better at my writing, though I didn't it would take this long to do so. Sorry about that. Since I did improved I 'am going to finish what I started. Wish me luck.

SLASH! DANG! CLANG! The battle between Kerorain and Viperain gone on; both sides, giving all they got, never showing any cracks in their defenses, however that came to an end when the Viper took the green Kerorain away in cloud of smoke caused by Viper throwing a smoke bomb. "Keroro!" Dororo cried out unable to do much, but chough. Wasting no time, he rushed to his comrades, despite the injuries he sustained and there they all put their resources to use to find their missing Sargent.

"Ku, ku, ku."

"So you found him, yet?" asked Tamama as his walked right next Kururu who sitting in front of his computer monitor.

"I have not, private. Whoever this viper is, he must be using some kind of cloaking device. It may take some more time before I could get a lock on them."

Meanwhile, Dororo stood serval feet away from his two comrades with a few bandages wrapped around him. Why was he useless?! Even in the heat of battle, when he was noticed, he couldn't protect his friend, he could do little to nothing to stop him! "Dororo?" He looked over to Giroro with his crossed arms and a serious face. "Don't beat yourself up soldier? As much as I hate saying it, Keroro can be smart when he's in a rough spot..." The red Keronain paused, taking a small breath before he said, "He's probably annoying the hell out his captors as we speak?"

"Uh, sure." Dororo muttered. The blue skinned ninja knew his friend hold truth in his words, but he also know that Keroro does tend to push his luck with everybody, himself included at rare times. "Oh, Giroro?"

"What is it?"

"Um, what makes be so invisible to everyone that they forget about me?" The red Corporal sigh.

"Beat the hell out of me, maybe you're too quiet and too distant?"

"Quite and Distant?!" Dororo whined, his friend's words hit him like a skillet to the head.

"Hey guys, we've found something?" Tamama spoken up, bring the two out their conversation and Dororo out of his upset state.

"What is it?!" Giroro commanded as he and his blue friend head towards them.

"Ku, ku, ku, I've found Sarge's badge single." Just then red and blue colored duo's eyes spring wide. "But it's week. They're already leaving the earth's atmosphere. It looks like it'll take more than two days before we catch them."

"T-two day?!" asked the red frog.

"Well, we're aren't getting a strong enough single, corporal. It could take more time."

"But wouldn't Momochi and the others would noticed, if we leave?" asked the young tadpole. "What we are gonna tell them?"

"Ku, ku, ku. Certainly Fuyuki would wander just wear the Sarge went and would want to tag-along."

"Fuyuki? But it's too dangerous for him." Dororo spoken up.

"Hm? Hate to say it, but we'll have lie to them." Giroro said as he crossed his arms against his chest.

"As much as I hate to do so, it looks like we have no choice in the matter."

"But wouldn't they know somethings up when we came back with wounds?" Tamama questioned.

"Hm?" Giroro grunted before he took a breath. "We'll tell them the truth when we come back." The little platoon soon went off to lie to their comrades, though the three that hated to. Tamama, Giroro, and Dororo told Momoka, Natsumi, Fuyuki and Koyuki that they all had important mission that their superiors demeaned them to take. Tamama gotten a wish for good luck with Momoka and Giroro too gotten the same thing, but he also gotten a few homemade cookies for the road to which the red frog took with happiness and gratefulness and 'to tell Sarge that Fuyuki said he will see him later'.

Dororo on other hand had a tad bit harder to say good-bye. Kyoyuki was concerned about his wound that it broke all the more just to lie to her. Despite the two ninja differences, they shared close bound. The blue ninja was about to back the platoon when his friend stopped him in front of the entrance. "Dororo?"

"Koyuki?"

"I just wanted to say good luck with your mission, D and to give you this." She said as knelt down and tied a bracelet with a yellow four-pointed star like the symbol you see on his stomach, beaded through the string. "I've gotten this a while ago. They say, if you give this to a friend that care deeply then it'll protect them, no matter what." Dororo's glisten as he looked at the jewelry. He soon closed eyes and turn his back towards the younger ninja with a smile, however concealed under his mask.

"Thanks Koyuki." The space frog said in a calm tone.

"You're welcome, D, just be careful, okay?" Dororo gave his fellow ninja a node before jumping and dashing away.

Author's note: Just to clarify, I remember a little that Koyuki gave Dororo things like that bracelet in here and worked in same way, though I could be wrong on that, but I digress; on the show several times. For reasons later on, I feel that the bracelet would be a good choice, besides, if I remember right, it's not like the show didn't have its factual information skewed at times.

Let's see how well things go next time. Have a great day. (3