Sorry it's taken so long to get this chapter up! I've been losing motivation thanks to my boyfriend getting me hooked on TF2…

But hopefully now I'll be updating faster! Thanks to my reviewers! You guys keep me going!

GiroNatsu4ever: I picked up on your hint (ha-ha) and I'm happy to say there will be some fluffy romance between these two at times.

SilverFairy966: I'm sorry to say that there will be a few deaths involved and at least one will be one of the frogs. It won't happen for a few more chapters though, so please stick around!

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Keroro felt a tinge of fear and worry crawl up his spine as the ship landed in the yard only a few feet away from where he and his platoon stood. This was normal for him, however. Especially considering who the ship belonged to.

To his immediate right stood Tamama, now clean and in proper order, while to his left stood Giroro. The red frog's eyes were dangerous and his muscles tense; a clear sign of his discomfort. To Giroro's right stood Dororo, expression calm but revealing a tenseness deep within.

The ship's hatch opened and the platoon saluted as the other team slowly filed out to stand opposite of them.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Sergeant Keroro."

"Oh, the pleasure's all mine, sir!" Keroro was hasty to reply. His words dripped nervousness and his expression conveyed the same message.

The purple frog eyed him from behind his yellow shades for a moment before turning his attention to Giroro. A slight smirk cracked his lips which made the dharma tense further.

"So I heard one of your squad is sick. And judging by who's standing here I can easily guess who that would be." Garuru pointed out in an almost bored tone.

At this statement, a poorly suppressed laugh came from the First Lieutenant's right and all eyes turned to the one who had made the noise. The salmon colored tadpole held his hands over his mouth, a look of amusement being wiped off his face at the steely glare of his leader.

After a moment of awkward silence spent staring at the tadpole, Garuru redirected his gaze to the green frog in front of him. "We will be staying here until your squad is cured. No sense in leaving Pururu here on her own." Keroro nodded once and gave a nervous smile to the other.

"You talk like I'd be in danger, Garuru-chuii." The pink frog teased lightly with a smile. The purple frog chuckled softly and turned to look at the medic.

"I'd like to have a look at Kururu as soon as possible. How bad is he?"

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Kururu was hating life right now. Being poked and prodded with cold instruments to figure out what was wrong with him was not his idea of fun. That, and Tororo kept snickering every time he happened to make a sound of distress until the tadpole had had to be shooed out of the medical room. Not being able to see was just icing on the cake.

"Did any glass get in your eyes when your glasses broke?" Pururu asked from in front of him. Right in front of him. It made the yellow frog jump slightly. He could tell the female was invading his personal space.

"Ku! Nothing got in my eyes. And I won't show you so don't bother asking."

Pururu rolled her eyes at his stubbornness and backed away slowly. "Well if you want to risk losing an eye, that's fine with me. But the good news, at least, is you don't have anything serious." The chirping tone she was using made Kururu want to throw up again.

"The bad news is that whatever you're sick with is hard for me to diagnose. Actually, all my tests have come up negative. It's extremely odd." The end of her sentence was trailed off silently, though he could hear her mumbling to herself under her breath. "Oh well." She suddenly said in a way-too-happy way. "I guess we'll just have to do a few more tests."

Kururu let out a low sound, halfway between a sigh of frustration and a growl. It was something Pururu had never heard and would never hear again.

And it unnerved her how the sound made her skin crawl.

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Lazy chapter is lazy and half-assed again…

Oh well. At least now I'm getting back on my roll. I'll never attempt to write stories from my notebook to my computer again. Everything changes so much when I do that.

I'm sorry if I make any of the Garuru platoon too OOC; I've never seen any of their episodes except for the first one that Taruru comes in. So Taruru will have his tadpole personality in this story; he will be an adult though because I do know that's how he is now.

Please review and let me know if there's anything I can do to make this story better! Thanks so much!