Keroro Gunso

Keroro Shotai and Raido Shotai – Can't we just work like normal invaders? …de arimasu.

Tamama waited for Raido and his Platoon to come into the base anxiously the next morning. Raido and Hikiki had decided to stay with Masaru again. The rest of the Keroro Platoon waited for them patiently.

At last, Tamama heard voices from the hallway. Shortly after, Nozizi came through the door excitedly. He left a small trail of white powder that coated his feet and hands.

"I win!" he grinned, "Konichiwa, everybody!" Daikiki dragged himself in.

"Oh, lard, I think I just lost twelve pounds…" he panted.

"Hey, guys! Glad you made it!" Keroro smiled, closing the manga that he was reading. Eddodo ran in frantically. Hikiki ran in after him. They were apparently playing chase. The four all appeared rowdy. Finally, Raido rushed in.

"Sorry we're late!" he apologized, "Guys! Settle down! What part of 'Hold on' don't you understand?!"

"You sure are bossy, Raido-senpai," Nozizi grinned.

"I'm not being bossy! I'm giving you orders as your leader, so you need to listen; it's important that you do!" Raido insisted. Daikiki head-locked him.

"Aw, you're our leader?" he laughed, giving Raido a noogie, "C'mon, Rai-rai, you're still the same kid that rescued me from the trashcan!" Raido struggled to release himself.

"Would you quit?! I'm serious!" he growled.

"Attention!" Keroro announced. The four subordinates of the Raido Platoon stopped what they were doing immediately and saluted Keroro. Raido's jaw dropped.

"You GUYS!" he groaned. Keroro stood up.

"At ease," he said. The four ended the salute and awaited orders quietly.

"Well, now that our new allies are here, we can start planning out this invasion!" Keroro said with a smile.

"Hai," they chirped. Raido folded his arms angrily. It was apparent to Tamama that he envied Keroro's leadership experience.

"First of all, does anyone have any suggestions?" Keroro asked.

"How about this one?" Giroro started, "Build a big ship, put big guns on it, blow up stuff, invasion complete?" Keroro stared at him.

"That was… AWESOME! LET'S GO WITH THAT!" he grinned.

"Well, glad to see it went nicely the second time I ran it by you," Giroro smiled.

"Yes, and I hope you realize that if it fails that the funding comes out of our paychecks, right?" Kururu asked. Giroro got quiet.

"Didn't it take you several hours to come up with that plan?" Kururu asked with a sly smile. Giroro's face reddened.

"Sh-Shut up!" he barked.

"Are we still taking my plan into consideration?" Dororo asked, "The one about making sure that there were flowers on every street?"

"Okay, Dororo, I've been nice, but that was not a good plan from the start," Keroro said bluntly. Dororo was hurt.

"It's because there are Pekoponians who have allergies to pollen. There can't be peace for everyone if Pekoponians are suffering from allergies," Hikiki explained, "I'm sure Gunso was trying to say that, right?" Keroro was quiet.

"Um… not… really…" he said.

"I was thinking about it!" Raido blurted angrily.

"Well, thank you for your concern, Raido. That's much appreciated," Hikiki said plainly. Raido looked irritated.

"So… you guys don't have any other ideas?" Keroro asked.

"No, Gunso," Hikiki replied. Keroro seemed disappointed. He scratched his head.

"Did you ever consider looking for something in the house?" Nozizi asked. Tamama frowned.

"We've lived here for over three years," he snorted, "Gunso-san probably did that already; he's not stupid! Right, Gunso-san?" Keroro sweatdropped a lot.

"Well… I never really considered searching the house per se…" he murmured, twiddling his thumbs.

"HAH! Tamama just called you stupid!" Giroro laughed. Keroro and Tamama glared at him.

"Well, why don't we do that?" Nozizi smiled, twirling around, apparently thrilled with the idea of searching through things.

"Guys, that's not really a good idea," Raido spoke up, "If someone catches us, we-"

"You worry too much, ya sissy!" Daikiki laughed, "I think it's a great idea!"

"Yeah, there can't be any harm in it at all!" Keroro smiled. Raido looked distressed.

"You too…?" he asked Keroro stressfully.

"This should be done with caution," Dororo said, trying to take Raido's side. Everyone else was already getting up and heading out around the house. Dororo sighed. He was tired of being ignored. He looked over at Raido.

"Sorry… I tried," he said. Raido shook his head slightly.

"It's alright…" he replied. Dororo stood up and walked to his side.

"You've kind of lost control of them, haven't you?" he asked.

"Yeah," Raido sighed, "They were pretty good about it the first couple of weeks, but then when they remembered that I was their best friend, they stopped treating me like their leader and started thinking of me as their old childhood friend again. Now, I'm not really a leader to them, just the best friend who suddenly became bossy."

"Even Hikiki seems to be caught in this…" Dororo muttered.

"Yeah, unfortunately. I least expected it from her. At least she still knows that

I'm not JUST her best friend but also her boyfriend. Really, I'm just the guy she likes to mess around with… I'm hoping she comes around sooner or later." Dororo merely nodded at first. He and Raido both began to walk. They left the room to pretend to look. Finally, Dororo looked over at Raido again.

"You should tell them what you told me…" he said. Raido shook his head again.

"They wouldn't listen. I'm just going to keep at what I'm supposed to do," he said.

"But they're not doing what THEY'RE supposed to be doing!" Dororo said loudly, "They're supposed to listen to you as their leader! Didn't you have any form of leadership when you were all younger?"

"Somewhat. But that's when we were hanging out. That stuff wasn't important," Raido said quietly.

"It doesn't have to be. Leadership is leadership. As a subordinate who is commonly pushed around, I still have a lot of loyalty to Keroro-kun as my best friend. If your Platoon is really a group of your best friends, they should listen to you!" Dororo insisted. Raido was quiet awhile.

"Then I must not be a good friend to you," he said, "Because I can't do what you ask of me. They won't really let me say it." He walked ahead of him and downstairs. Dororo sighed. He understood that Raido didn't want to complain, but something needed to be said. Just then, Hikiki walked around the corner with Kururu. Dororo had to speak for his friend. He went to them.

"Hiki-chan? May I have a word with you?" he asked. Hikiki cocked her head. Kururu made a disdainful groan.

"I'm sure it won't take too long, Kururu-senpai. I'll only be gone for a little while," Hikiki promised. She went to Dororo, "What's up, Dororo-kun?"

"Come with me," he said quietly. He walked to an emptier part of the hall. He turned to face Hikiki. Kururu followed them with a suspicious stare. Dororo frowned.

"Do you mind?" he asked.

"Yes," Kururu spat.

"For Pete's sake! It's not like a love confession; will you give us some space?!" Dororo barked.

"Oh, well that changes everything," Kururu said, walking off.

Hikiki chuckled.

"Wow, I've never seen you lose your cool like that," she smiled, "I guess you decided not to take anymore of their cr-"

"Well, I'm surprised Raido hasn't!" Dororo snapped. Hikiki's smile faded immediately.

"What…? Dororo, what are you talking about?" she asked a bit quietly.

"You've got Raido pretty upset; of all people, YOU should've noticed first," he said angrily.

"I-It's not like that! Kururu's just my best friend! I don't- …" Hikiki stammered. She looked around before lowering her voice to a whisper, "The one time I kissed him… I wasn't thinking. Nothing has happened since then…" Dororo blinked. There was a part of him that wanted to burst out laughing. However, he remained respectful.

"I… wasn't talking about that," he coughed. Hikiki's face reddened.

"Well-! Then what are you talking about?" she asked nervously.

"I'm talking about your loyalty as a subordinate," Dororo said sternly. Hikiki blinked.

"I don't understand. I'm pretty loyal to Raido," she said.

"Huh, funny. That's not the way Raido and I see it. It's not just you; it's the other three too. You might not have noticed, Hiki-chan, but you guys don't listen to him when he gives you an order."

Hikiki opened her mouth to protest, but then paused. She closed her mouth and her eyes shifted around the floor very vaguely as she thought about Dororo's words. After a few moments, she cupped her hands over her mouth.

"Oh, wow, you're RIGHT! I haven't followed a single one of Raido's 'requests' in the past few weeks…" she muttered, "I thought he was just getting bossy…"

"No. He's your leader as well as your lover, okay? Please make a commitment as an employee and a girlfriend," Dororo said. Hikiki merely nodded. She was quiet awhile. Finally, she walked off quickly.

Dororo felt bad that he had to scold, but he felt that it might be the only way to convince her. He wondered if the same effect would work on the other three. He decided against experimenting; Raido had to speak up for himself. This made him curious to see what Raido would do if he knew that Hikiki could be easily convinced. He decided to watch from afar.

He followed Hikiki to the top of the stairs. There, he stopped and watched her as she went to Raido. She immediately threw her arms around him, nuzzling her forehead against his shoulder. Raido blushed.

"Um… well, this is, uh… certainly abrupt…" he said nervously. Hikiki kissed his cheeks.

"Why didn't you say anything to us?" she asked between kisses, "I didn't know that we were being so disrespectful to you. I'm so sorry… I promise to start listening from now on, Raido-kun…" Raido continued to blush.

"Dororo put you up to this, didn't he?" he asked. Hikiki's face reddened.

"Well… he pointed it out… but I'm glad he did because I don't think you would've! I don't want you to be unhappy with us and not give us reason."

Raido was quiet awhile. Finally, he smiled and embraced her.

"I had a feeling that you might be easier to get to than the others. You understand things better," he said.

"Well, like I said, Dororo is the one who pointed it out. You need to speak up, okay? You can't be a shy little tadpole forever," Hikiki said.

"And the guys can't think I'm bossy forever either," Raido protested. Hikiki nodded.

"I'm sure we can talk some sense into them; they are our friends after all," she said.

"I'm sure you can help me a little… right, sweetie…?" Raido cooed.

"Right, sweetheart," Hikiki smiled. Raido smiled back and kissed her.

"'Kay. Thanks, hon."

"You're welcome, darling."

"ALRIGHT! ENOUGH! YOU GUYS ARE GONNA MAKE ME BLOW WACDONALD'S IF YA DON'T STOP ALL THAT FLIPPIN' ROMANTIC YUCK!" Keroro barked from across the room. Raido and Hikiki chuckled, rolling their eyes.

"Sorry, Gunso," Raido called to him.

"Yeah, sorry," Hikiki added. Dororo snickered as Keroro rolled his eyes and walked off. Raido and Hikiki put one arm each around the other's back and walked to pretend searching. Dororo figured that he had played his part. The rest was in their hands.

Later that morning, Tamama came back into Keroro's room with much disappointment in himself. Keroro was already waiting there, much to his dismay.

"Hey, Tamama! Didja find anything?" he squeaked. Tamama swallowed and perspired.

"N-No…" he muttered. Keroro shrugged.

"Ah well, it can't be helped," he said. Giroro and Daikiki came into the room.

"Did you find anything?" Keroro asked. The two Corporals shook their heads. Eddodo, Dororo, and Kururu came with the same answers. Raido and Hikiki made the blunt confession that they weren't looking.

"Augh, looks like we have to rely on Nozizi-kun to bring back something…" Keroro sighed. The door opened and Nozizi skipped in with something behind his back.

"Konichiwa!" he singsonged.

"He actually found something!" Dororo smiled. Nozizi grinned.

"It's not important…" he giggled.

"Well… what is it then?" Kururu asked. Nozizi pulled out an undergarment of Natsumi's. Giroro and Daikiki immediately developed nosebleeds.

"It's a weird hat that I found in Natsumi's room," he announced. Hikiki's face reddened.

"Nozizi… that's not a hat…" she mumbled. Tamama felt a bit uncomfortable. Dororo looked a bit unnerved as well. Raido and Keroro backed away into a corner.

"Nozizi, put that back!" Keroro gasped.

"She'll kill us!" Raido exclaimed, trembling fearfully.

"No, no, no… don't put it back…" Daikiki grinned.

"C-Can I hold it…?" Giroro grinned. Kururu started giggling uncontrollably. Eddodo snickered inconspicuously.

"YOU GUYS ARE SUCH PERVERTS!" Hikiki screamed.

Nozizi handed Giroro the clothing article. Giroro held it up triumphantly.

"This has been donned by Natsumi!" he announced. Daikiki poked at it.

"This is a rare blessing…" he grinned.

"Guys, it's a bra. It holds up mammal breasts; what can you possibly find thrilling in it?" Hikiki asked.

"That thing touched Natsumi's-?! EW!" Nozizi shrieked, flailing his arms in attempt to rid himself of "cooties."

"Okay, you've had your fun, now put it back…" Raido said nervously.

"Bossy, bossy…" Daikiki said, "Why send back the gift from the heavens?"

"THAT'S NOT A GIFT FROM THE HEAVENS!" Raido barked.

"Oh no? I think you'd disagree if it were Hikiki's…" Daikiki grinned.

"Please! I don't need to wear one; I have the anatomy of a Pekoponian amphibian, like the rest of you! Raido is very well-behaved anyway, right?" Hikiki asked, looking over at Raido. He was very quiet and his cheeks were bright red. He gradually developed a nosebleed. Kururu also developed a nosebleed.

"Well, congratulations, Daikiki, you've poisoned his mind," Hikiki huffed.

There was a knock on the door.

"Stupid frog! Explain why there's a huge mess in my room!" Natsumi barked.

"Ohhhhh, we are so DEAD…" Raido whimpered, pacing around frantically.

"Um, it's just a monsoon, Natsumi-dono!" Keroro said quickly. Hikiki shot him an exasperated stare.

"A monsoon?" she asked.

"Shh Sh-Shush!" Keroro hissed through his teeth, putting one finger to his mouth.

"STUPID FROG, DO YOU REALLY THINK I'M THAT STUPID?!" Natsumi screamed.

"Well, I was hoping," Keroro muttered quietly.

With that, the door went flying open. Natsumi marched in furiously.

"ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT!" she snarled. Raido and Keroro both cowered behind Hikiki. Natsumi's eyes briefly glanced at her clothing article. She abruptly looked over at Giroro.

"G-Giroro…?" she stuttered. Giroro's face reddened.

"N-Natsumi…" he started.

"I tried to tell him," Nozizi spoke up innocently. Giroro shot him a glare.

"N-Nozizi!"

Natsumi took back the bra, her face pink with embarrassment.

"Of all of the stupid frogs… you were the least expected… to do something so perverted…" she snarled. She stepped out of the room quietly.

"Hoooo, that was close," Keroro sighed.

"Nozizi… I swear…" Giroro snarled. Nozizi rubbed the back of his head and sweatdropped.

"Well, at least I didn't get caught," Daikiki grinned.

"Whoop-dee-flippin'-doo…" Giroro muttered.

"Wait a sec… if Giroro was the LEAST expected… …WELL, WHAT THE HECK DOES SHE TAKE ME FOR?" Hikiki yelled.

"She doesn't consider you a stupid frog. THAT'S why," Keroro sweatdropped.

"She'd BETTER not think I'm some kinda perv; you guys earned yourselves that title.…" Hikiki hissed.

"Hey, I wasn't the one with a smirk on my face!" Raido barked, glaring at Daikiki.

"Look who's talking! You're the one who had your face stuck to Hikiki's all morning!" Daikiki spat.

"THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" Raido howled, his cheeks flushed.

"Hey, hey! Settle down!" Keroro spoke up, getting between the two, "We're not going to get anywhere if you two start fighting. You said you'd help us with the invasion! You PROMISED…"

"He's right, maybe SOME of us should start listening to our leader," Raido hinted.

"Okay. So, Gunso-san? What be the orders?" Nozizi asked with a grin. Raido slapped his forehead and groaned. Tamama, on the other hand, wanted to explode in fury. Gunso-san was HIS pet name for Keroro.

"Well, we still don't have a plan. Unfortunately, 'Spark of Inspiration" didn't seem to work in this situation…" Keroro sighed.

"We still have 14 days…" Raido said.

"Don't say that! He'll procrast-" Giroro started.

"Oh yeah! We've got two whole weeks! Let's just blow today off and go play outside like we did on the last day we saw each other!" Keroro squealed.

"YAY!" Nozizi squeaked.

"…procrastinate…" Giroro finished, glaring at Raido. The lightning bolt-stomached Keronian shrugged.

"Not my fault," he said. Sadly, he spoke the truth. It seemed that the invasion would be much more difficult with Keroro's procrastination – even under a 14-day pressure.