My sisters were playing animal crossing loudly in the room while I tried to concentrate so this chapter might not be the best.
"Go onto the boat to sell your things!" Might be somewhere in here. Ever try to write when other people are talking? I tried to play music loudly to drown them out.
Anyway another Giroro and Natsumi chapter.
Giroro was just sitting on Natsumi's couch in horror. He- a proud keronian soldier, was now Natsumi's thing to do with as she pleased.
He had been beaten, his dignity had been stripped. And what horrified him the most was that he no longer cared. There was one thing or person in his mind and that was Natsumi. Love at first punch had very much applied to him and he was deep in it.
He didn't know what to do. So he just sat silently in shock.
Aki came home, parking her many giant large beasts in the yard. She was a beast tamer and a pretty good one at that. She had conquered her fears of animals and instead created them to be her puppets.
Seeing the destruction to her house it was easy to guess what had happened. Another alien had attacked her and her daughter and Natsumi most likely turned them into her slave.
She stepped into the kitchen and peered into the living room, hoping to see whatever poor alien sucker Natsumi had picked up this time.
It was some weird frog red frog alien. He looked gruff and tough, but when Natsumi turned her back he would look at her with such wonder, such love, it was very clear he was dazed by her attractive nature.
Aki beckoned her daughter forward into the room.
"Just a second, Giroro. My Mom's home. I'll get you settled in soon." Natsumi waved good-bye to Giroro, glaring at him as she left as if to keep him there.
Aki sighed and crossed her arms. "Another one? Why didn't you just kill this one?"
"I've turned him into my sex slave." Natsumi said honestly, "Just like I do to most of them. You should be used to this by now."
Aki rubbed her head. She really did feel sorry for these poor aliens almost. Aliens were evil, but what Natsumi did to them...They didn't have a chance. "He won't pass your tests. He obviously finds you attractive. You're not going to get what you're looking for with this one."
"I know." Natsumi said softly, "He thinks he's my sort of sex slave, but he's obviously into it. I mean he hasn't even tried to run." She smashed her fist on the counter, "This is why I hate aliens. They're all terrible. But I'm not going to kill someone good. I need to prove that he's evil before I kill him."
"By seducing the poor guy? Just put the sucker out of his misery." Aki frowned. Natsumi didn't need to make Giroro think he was going to live by being her sex slave and then being into it, and killing him for hitting on her because he thought it was his job.
"All men are pigs. He'll prove that more than anything. And then I won't feel any guilt whatsoever when I end his life." Natsumi said coldly. "So stay out of my affairs. You and I both know that I won't actually sleep with him. His title is only for show."
Aki nodded. She was glad that her daughter wasn't banging an alien, but Natsumi sure did have a weird habit.
"You can continue talking to him." She wondered how quickly this one would fail before he begged Natsumi for sex, thinking that was what Natsumi wanted, signifying his doom.
Aki decided to stay out of her daughter's affairs.
Natsumi hurried back to the room. Giroro hadn't moved. "That was my Mom. She just came home from work." Natsumi explained.
Giroro frowned. Her Mom? I didn't see her much around this place when I was staking things out.
"So I want to put some ground rules about your slavery." Natsumi put up her fingers to start counting down, "You will not try to escape or start any trouble. If you try to invade I will kill you."
Giroro nodded, that made sense.
"You can live in my room, I guess. The fridge is yours to raid, I don't know what you can eat." Natsumi shrugged.
That's not really slavery. That sounds more like I'm just some roommate. Giroro thought to himself.
"When we consummate our relationship will be up to me. There is no need for you to initiate any sort of sexual contact." Natsumi glared.
Giroro nodded. So...It will just be a surprise for me. He gulped. There wasn't an odd sort of fear at this statement. More anticipation that he tried to push down. Pushing it down didn't help it at all.
"I don't understand why you...Um...Need a sex slave." Giroro coughed awkwardly, "Does...Does your own race not satisfy you?"
He couldn't blame her if she was a little out-of-species. After all, he was quickly learning that about himself.
Natsumi frowned. "It's because all men are pigs. I don't want a boyfriend. This is better and easier for me." She shrugged.
Giroro was about to defend his sex that they weren't all pigs, but then realized out of most of the men he had met that was sort of true. I think the only one who hasn't ever had a creepy pervert comment is my stand up brother and Zabubu. The two non-pigs.
And he couldn't really defend himself. After all his eyes were wandering all over Natsumi's body.
"There must be someone out there that you like of your race though," Giroro commented, "Maybe someone out there isn't too terrible." He realized quickly that his question was just based on trying to figure out if Natsumi currently had a crush.
I'm pathetic, aren't I? Giroro thought to himself.
"Honestly when I just started going through puberty I did start showing somewhat of an interest in boys." Natsumi admitted, "I mean I don't mind how they look. It's just that back then there was nobody who shared my interests. They weren't as tough as me and they didn't care about joining the army to defend the planet. They didn't care. They were shallow."
Giroro's eyes sparkled. Those are my interests! Mine! He smiled. If I was on your planet I would have been the guy you were looking for!
"So what happened for you to start collecting pretty boy aliens?" Giroro asked. "It would make sense if you just kept distant from them."
"When I was about twelve I was attacked by a creepy alien." Natsumi took a sip of some hot water, "Just like all you terrible male aliens he jeered at my developing body, feeling I wasn't tough and just some sort of disgusting walking sexualization or something. I felt insulted and demeaned so I taught him a lesson." Natsumi grinned. That was when she had decided to give the aliens what they wanted. Take them home, make them feel like they would have her and then end them violently. "I told him he didn't deserve me, but I decided to do exactly as he had done to me, sexualizing him. He was humanoid and pretty enough to be kept in my house as part of my collection and that's when it started." Natsumi explained.
Giroro nodded. That made a little sense. He looked around though, "Where is he now?" He was unaware that Natsumi hadn't actually done anything with him. She had killed him.
"I grew bored of him." Natsumi gave a sinister smile. Giroro could guess what Natsumi's boredom was.
Giroro sighed. She's so cool! She just kills whoever wronged her. She's such a tough warrior princess. He swooned. I...I wish Natsumi was a keronian, if we were on the same side she'd be my perfect woman. We would have been so happy together if we weren't enemies.
He knew though that they were enemies. So he had to stuff his growing feelings down. This love was just not meant to be. It would have never worked out.
I'm a warrior not a lover. It doesn't matter how sorry I feel for her or how much I like her I need to escape and find my platoon mates. Giroro tried to shake his head desperately. He had to get Natsumi out of his head.
He couldn't follow her rules. He had to escape. He wouldn't just accept the conditions she had thrust on him.
She might have had his heart but she could never have his body. He would escape like his life depended on it.
He remained unaware that it did depend on it.
He wouldn't lose his spirit. He would fight back. And throughout the days of imprisonment, he tried multiple times. He lay in wait while she was at school setting up traps and trying to run away.
He put Natsumi's life in danger, but she'd always punch him in the face, deflecting his gun fire. She always had such a strong warrior spirit.
He tried to escape 12 times. All more extreme and stunning than the last time. Sometimes he'd be close to getting out of the door, but Natsumi would press a button and he'd fall through a floor panel and end up back in her room.
He tried so many times. And he always glared at her when he was on the ground, hissing and bruised and battered.
"You can't imprison me, Pekoponian." Giroro hissed.
"It looks like I already did." Natsumi would smugly say. He wasn't going to leave as the days turned to weeks.
Eventually Giroro was fully bruised and battered. Their fights would last full days, but it wasn't that he didn't enjoy them.
Natsumi looked down at him as she polished her robotic arm. "You know, you're the first alien that's fought back so much." It was an observation, but it sounded a bit like respect.
Giroro smiled. He knew what their relationship truly was. They respected each other as enemies.
He could live with that.
He tried to get up desperately, from their latest battle. It was night. "Let's take a break. I can try to escape tomorrow." He offered.
He knew he couldn't win this particular battle.
Natsumi frowned. She didn't want him to try to escape at all.
"I'm going to go take a bath then and cook up some dinner." Natsumi scowled.
"I can cook something simple." Giroro offered. He had seen some yams in her fridge. It was time to actually make them.
Natsumi looked at him suspiciously like he was trying to poison her, but then nodded. She'd see what he had in store.
In a few moments she came back to the kitchen to see Giroro with some roasted sweet potatoes.
"This isn't a peace offering, pekoponian." He said gruffly. "It's just a small break."
Natsumi took the roasted potato. She took a large bite out of it. I love these things. "You make them pretty well."
Giroro grinned. That was what he wanted to hear.
"I still don't understand why...Why you're being nice to me." Natsumi frowned, "You're my slave. Why would you make me delicious food? Are you already used to this life?"
Giroro shook his head. "The food is a break from the war. I'll never give up against you." He declared. "We fought well, we're both fatigued. And I'm not being 'nice' as you call it. I just don't see myself as your slave. I will never be a pekoponian's slave. If you have a problem with that, kill me, but I will never stop fighting back." Giroro proclaimed.
Natsumi nodded, chewing her potato thoughtfully. She scooted in her chair closer to Giroro. "...You know this is the first moment I've actually had a real conversation with an alien." She admitted, "Eaten a meal like normal people with one."
"This is a break in a battle. Not a normal meal!" Giroro hissed. But Natsumi wouldn't listen. Instead she was looking at the potato thoughtfully.
She wasn't poisoned yet. "I've always just killed aliens. Never talked to them."
"I've killed a lot of my enemies too." Giroro bragged, "But...I suppose I've never found myself in a situation like this either. I never felt the need to learn about an enemy."
"Why this time then?" Natsumi asked. Was it because he was her sex slave?
"It's best to learn about your enemy if you want to beat them." Giroro said honestly.
Natsumi was silent as she set down a cup of water. "I'm tired." She said loudly. "Let's go to bed."
T-together...? Giroro thought to himself. He tried not to explode. He followed her despite his better judgment.
She usually let him sleep in a tent in her room, but this time she pat her bed. "You can sleep with me tonight. In my bed." She cooed. She looked at him almost seductively.
Giroro gulped. "I...I suppose refusing isn't an option. Is...Is this the moment of consummation that you were talking about?"
"No. I just want to sleep. I'm tired." Natsumi frowned. It was clear as she unbuttoned her shirt and took it off to change into her pajamas that this was more than her just being tired.
Giroro looked away out of politeness. But he got into the bed with her.
I suppose this will be one of the first tests. I bet he'll try to touch me or check me out or something. Natsumi grinned. The ones who pretended to be nice were usually the worst. She was sure they were terrible even on their planets.
Giroro didn't look over to her unbuttoned shirt though. Instead he lay down. "Good night I suppose then, Natsumi."
Natsumi waited for anything. For him to jump at her or try something, but instead he tried to curl up in her bed and be comfortable.
She was confused. He honestly wasn't trying anything. As she lay down, trying to drop her guard so he could attack, she noticed how comfortable it was to have another person in her bed. Honestly another person and just to have them by her side.
It felt nice. She put her one human arm around Giroro, pulling him closer as he slept. He didn't seem to notice. Instead he nuzzled up sub-consciously but politely.
Natsumi smiled to herself. She had never felt this comfort before. It's nice. She realized. It was nice to have Giroro in her bed.
Maybe he wasn't like other aliens. Maybe Giroro wasn't as bad as she thought.
Giroro was still asleep when Aki sneaked into Natsumi's room. She picked Giroro up out of the bed. Putting a finger to her lips to shush him, she dragged him outside of the room.
"You're still alive." She remarked.
"You're the mother of the house. Or the general I suppose." Giroro glared. Was she going to try to kill him too? He wasn't going to be Aki's sex slave. That was an honor for Natsumi only.
He was glad he had slept so well.
"My daughter's learned more about you than any other alien that's stayed here. You two are similar in a way. You're much too alike. And it's rare that someone lives this long." Aki hissed. "So for that, to protect Natsumi from whatever evil you have planned, I have to kill you."
There was growling and hissing as she opened a door. Giant cats with huge teeth leaped towards Giroro.
"I'm a beat master. I give terrifyingly normal animals to the laboratories and they gene splice them and turn them into these, making sure they're completely loyal to me and can not refuse my commands. I've told them to kill you." Aki glared.
Giroro grit his teeth as he jumped out of their clutches. He smiled. "Too bad you have mostly cats."
"Why is that?" Aki asked.
Giroro pulled out a grenade. "Because I'm great with them." He threw a grenade over and some of the cats chased it. He then flung himself on one of their backs and pet it under it's ears.
To Aki's surprise it started purring.
"Who's the most pretty kitty in the world?" Giroro coeed in a soft voice. "You are! You're the best!"
The cats dropped like flies as Giroro managed to befriend each of Aki's beasts.
"I'm getting dogs next." Aki frowned. She needed to go to work anyway. She sighed. Killing Giroro would have to wait.
Giroro glared at her. He knew he was on her hit-list, but at least he was prepared.
Eventually Natsumi woke up to see Giroro sitting on a cat's belly and petting it.
"What." She looked totally surprised.
"I named her Ms. Furbottom!" Giroro smiled, "Isn't that a great name?" It was a terrible name. "Catch the grenades kitty. Retrieve them!" Giroro threw grenades around. Ms. Furbottom chased after them, hitting them away.
Natsumi couldn't believe it. She had never seen anyone befriend her mother's beasts. Despite herself she started laughing.
"W-what's wrong?" Giroro asked, looking at her.
Natsumi wiped away some tears. He had never heard her laugh before. "It's just so unreal. You're so funny!"
Giroro didn't think he was funny, but he liked hearing Natsumi laugh. He smiled as she laughed.
I wonder what things would be like if Giroro and I lived together just as friends. If the world wasn't like this and everybody didn't hate aliens. It might have been nice. Natsumi knew that could never be though. She wondered if there was a possibility of hiding Giroro from the authorities and just living with him like normal. But that was impossible.
In a different world, thinking of them being friends seemed nice. But although Giroro was nice, she'd have to kill him eventually.
It was nice to spend time with him though for some reason as the two started learning more and more about each other.
Giroro liked spending time with Natsumi, getting to know her. But he knew their tentative friendship and relationship couldn't last forever.
The dreams and nightmares of what could be happening to his three platoon mates worried him. But if he couldn't leave the Hinata house he couldn't save them. And he now knew that Keroro was not here. Hinata must have been a common last name.
I need to save them. I need to go to them. Giroro knew this. But Natsumi wouldn't let him. He might have to hurt her for his platoon mates, to save them.
During their nightly sessions of eating sweet potatoes together, he drugged one of the potatoes with a sleeping serum. Natsumi now trusted him enough to not check for poison.
As she bit into the potato and swallowed it, she fell to the ground. Her eyes widened as she realized what had happened.
"I'm sorry, Natsumi. I have to find my platoon mates." And Giroro really was sorry. He would never see Natsumi again.
Natsumi tried to get up, to reach over to Giroro to strangle him. "Traitor!" She felt betrayed. She had trusted him. This is why I never should have trusted an alien. Why did I think we might have been friends for even a moment? Why did I enjoy spending time with him?
Giroro didn't want to see Natsumi's face as she cursed him and fell asleep. He turned his back to her.
"Good-bye forever, Natsumi." I will not forget you.
And he escaped the Hinata house, running to the forests.
He pulled out his small broken communication device almost immediately. He had gathered enough materials at Natsumi's house to fix it at least a little bit. He managed to fix it up to get some of the recordings by his platoon mates. Some of the conversations they had left.
"Don't worry about me, guys! I'm living with a nice rich girl. I live in luxury!" Tamama's voice was on a speaker. "Look up the Nishizawa mansion if you hear this. I'm there."
Giroro felt more peaceful at that knowledge. So Tamama's fine. He felt relieved. But then Tamama kept talking.
"Mr. Sergeant's fine too. He lives with Momocchi's boyfriend and they're like best friends. He's totally happy so I doubt he'll be seeing any of you guys. Me and him will just be totally lovey-dovey while Kululu and Giroro do whatever weird things they want. Bye-bye!" Tamama turned off the speaker.
Giroro's eyes widened. Keroro was fine too? He abandoned the mission to befriend a pekoponian? He's totally fine? Giroro felt betrayed by his best friend. Why hadn't Keroro looked for him?
He scrolled through the rest of the messages, quickly hearing about Keron leaving as well- the goal was now to survive and invade.
Giroro dropped to the ground, throwing his communication device on the ground in anger. Keron had abandoned them?
I trusted them! I trusted them all! He was now stuck on this planet forever. There was no real mission. His friends were gone and he didn't care about finding out where Kululu was. He was losing hope.
All he was was a keron soldier. If they had left him, he wasn't anything. He felt pointless, worthless.
Keroro had abandoned him too.
If everyone has abandoned me I should have just stayed with Natsumi. She made me feel whole. Why had he left her? She was the one good thing about this planet.
He didn't need Keroro or Keron. He had her. But he had ruined that relationship by betraying her trust. Now he had nothing.
He stood up slowly. He had to go back. For once as he looked into his heart he realized exactly what he wanted. And it wasn't too help the traitor Keroro or Keron, it was to be with Natsumi.
Natsumi was his home now. She was his purpose.
But he had to much honor to apologize. I know. I'll come back and fight her! When she beats me she'll take me as her prisoner just like she did before. Then it will be back as normal.
His heart was hers. There was no point in not giving his body too. He smiled and headed back to Natsumi's house.
Natsumi was very mad that Giroro had escaped. She was gathering all her weapons when he slammed the door open.
"I'm back. And I'm ready to have a re-match and fight you again. Don't think you'll win this thing." Giroro hissed.
Natsumi looked surprised. "W-why did you return? You were free!" Was he really that stupid.
Giroro shot at her. Natsumi dodged. Was this his way of begging her to take him back?
She smiled and decided to take what he was offering. She didn't mind having him as her prisoner after all.
Natsumi dodged several of his attacks as she got closer and closer. Quickly she plunged her hand at his throat.
"You're my prisoner." She quickly put a collar around his neck. "And you won't ever leave again." She hissed.
Giroro smiled. He was fine with that. There was no place he would rather be than by her side.
Things were left unfinished here. I can't just leave. His heart and now his body belonged to her. She had beaten him as he was punched into a wall.
"Even with this collar I won't let you beat me. I'll always fight against you." He put on a tough front. It was all a lie though.
Natsumi glared at him still hurt by his betrayal. But she gave him a quick nod. She'd allow him back into her house.
Giroro smiled to himself.
I'll be a good war prisoner this time. Giroro decided. This is my second chance. And I have honor. He wanted to pretend he wasn't there willingly after all. He was a prisoner. That was all.
He was happy to be back with Natsumi though.
Natsumi was still very mad at Giroro when she went to school the next day.
"We have something very exciting happening today, a transfer student!" The teacher announced, "And a famous one at that. She's from the ninja clan- the knights who protect the people."
A door opened and a girl with a long green pony-tail walked in. She wore sort of sleek, black scientific armor all around her body. Natsumi couldn't see her eyes because she wore a face mask- the mark of the ninja tribe. None of them ever showed their faces wearing fox like masks instead.
She noticed a small sort of shuriken star drawn onto her outfit. "I'm Koyuki Azumaya!" The girl bowed, "It's a real pleasure to meet you!" She threw a knife at the ceiling to hold one of the ceiling panels on.
"Koyuki...The janitor could have taken care of that if it fell." The teacher sighed.
Koyuki was weird. She carried knives wherever she went.
Natsumi smiled. She related to wanting to fight. Maybe this girl was as weird as her. And she always admired the ninja clan. They were like knights, everyone thought of them as sort of superheroes protecting the common folk.
Koyuki sat down next to Natsumi and looked at her. Natsumi looked distant.
"Natsumi Hinata. It's real nice to meet you." Natsumi smiled.
Koyuki drew closer as if she was trying to smell Natsumi. "Hmm..." She paused to herself. "Can I ask you something weird?"
"You're going to anyway." Natsumi shrugged.
Koyuki seemed to relax as if almost mischievously. "Have you ever met an alien species called keronian?"
Natsumi tensed up. What does she want with Giroro's species? She wondered. She didn't answer. But she knew this girl had some sort of connection to Giroro.
Koyuki would be an interesting classmate to have.
Please review. So yeah...I was going to have Dororo's chapter be next, but...Uhhh...I don't really have a legitimate excuse on why Kululu gets to be next again.
I am sorry. There is no excuse.