Okay, now we see what's happening on Pekopon. But first, I want to say something really quick. Obviously, the girls look a lot like the guys, but I decided that the girls, unlike other Keronian females you meet during the show, actually wear clothes. Dresses, actually. And Gertrude's belt just goes around her waist, not her shoulder. At the very end of my story, I'll post an entire chapter about my mental vision of the girls, but until then that's all I'll tell you, unless it's subtly hinted at in the story.
Around The Same Time…
"STUPID TOAD!" Natsumi yelled, running down the stairs in a fury. She'd just been listening to Mutsumi's radio show when a loud crash from downstairs had interrupted the part of the show she waited for every time; the letter reading.
She burst through Keroro's bedroom door, eyes aflame, only to find four of the five frogs in shock, the other laughing hysterically and rolling on the floor, tears of mirth streaming out from behind the glasses Natsumi still didn't understand how he could see through.
The source of the crash, she saw, must have been the table getting overturned when Dororo fell from his nook in the ceiling and landed on it. That didn't sound like him, though. He wasn't clumsy…
"Kululu! What happened?" Natsumi demanded of the jubilant frog.
"Kukuku… We've just gotten a message from headquarters. Apparently, they've gotten tired of our general incompetence. They've banished us from Keron and are sending a replacement team. We're supposed to tale them in and let them take control of the base! Kukuku…" Kululu replied mirthfully.
"What? And why are you so happy about it?" Natsumi asked, shocked, confused, and annoyed. So they were going to have more annoying frogs living in their basement?
"Oh, nothing in particular, mostly just that I've known this was going to happen for a long time, now. Kukuku…" Kululu replied.
"How did you know? And why don't you care?" Natsumi asked suspiciously.
"I hacked into their network, of course! Kukuku… I've been intercepting the higher-ups' e-mails since before we left Keron! Kukuku… And I don't care because you Pekoponians are wonderful test subjects. The only Keronian that's any fun to mess with and experiment on is Giroro, and he's stuck here just like me! Kukuku…" Kululu explained. Natsumi didn't like the sound of the test subject thing, but she had noticed that Kululu tended to make Giroro's life a misery, although under Keroro's orders. That's something they had in common. She wondered why…
Kululu continued to laugh husterically, and Natsumi frowned, thinking of something.
"Wait a minute, Kululu. Won't this new team be actually, you know, serious about conquering the planet?" Natsumi asked, the horrible realization washing over her.
"Kukuku… Who's to know? But if I were you, I'd prepare myself for a life of horrible slavery! Kukuku…" Kululu replied. Some of the other frogs were starting to snap out of their motionless shock.
"So, we can't ever go back?" Tamama asked, his voice quivering.
"Pull yourself together, soldier! Real warriors don't cry!" Giroro said gruffly, standing up shakily.
"Don't worry guys! I'm sure it's all just a big misunderstanding! Remember last time? It was just a medical checkup!" Keroro said, and was going to say more, but a knock emanating distantly from upstairs interrupted.
"I have to go get that! One sec, you guys!" Natsumi said, and ran upstairs distractedly, her interrupted radio show all but forgotten. She opened the door…