Disclaimer: I do not own anything.

This chapter is actually one of the rare non-kurumois chapters which focuses on the other characters more. I hope you enjoy.

On Pekopon

The pekoponians knew nothing about the risk of a disease or miasma. They were just going on with their everyday lives, however ordinary those everyday lives were after seven years without their alien friends.

Dororo and Koyuki sat in front of Momoka Nishizawa, the rich heiress of Pekopon. Koyuki and Momoka had grown a lot throughout the years. Koyuki was no longer small and short and instead tall, her hair had continued to grow longer and longer.

Momoka as well no longer had the childish body that she desperately had tried to rid herself of. Instead she was well developed and curvy. She had chosen to keep her hair short though to honor Tamama's memory.

"What do I owe this visit too?" Momoka asked good naturally as her butlers and maids poured Dororo and Koyuki some tea.

"We-" Koyuki was cut off.

"We were wondering if there was any possibility of being able to communicate with the keronians. If you had any new software or mechanisms by the Nishizawa corporation that could communicate with space." Dororo asked.

Momoka frowned, "If I did, don't you think I'd be talking to Tamama?"

Dororo nodded. "Well maybe we can develop something. It would be good to talk to them again, give them our own news." Dororo was wistful, but their seemed to be more to his desire.

"Are you regretting your decision to stay on Earth?" Momoka asked seeing Dororo's forlorn look. Dororo looked shocked for a moment.

"No. It's just...I really really need to talk to Kululu." Dororo confessed. He looked at Momoka desperately. "Your company really hasn't been developing anything?"
Momoka shook her head. She wanted to ask why Dororo was looking for Kululu of all people, but she stopped herself.

"I might be rich." She boasted, "But I can't do the inhumane." She glanced at Koyuki, her new best friend. Throughout the years the two had gotten increasingly close. When all the other humans had started distancing themselves from each other, Momoka and Koyuki had grown closer.

"That's really too bad." Koyuki frowned, "Dororo really thought Kululu would be able to help us." She looked at her tea.

Momoka wanted to prod further but stopped herself. "I understand wanting to see the keronians again." She pat Koyuki and Dororo's arms. "I miss Tamama a lot after all. But seeing him, having him in my life wouldn't change anything." She paused, "Things went sourly with Fuyuki specifically because of me. Tamama in my life couldn't change that."

Koyuki frowned at her with sympathy. "I'm so sorry about that. Natsumi and I, everybody actually...We all thought you'd eventually get together. We knew it."

"It doesn't matter. I was much too shy to make anything of our relationship." Momoka shook her head, "Without Tamama around I soon didn't have any excuses to be near him and Fuyuki...Well he had better things to do than interact with me." She twiddled her thumbs, "I'm glad about one thing that came out of this though." She reached over and placed her hand on Koyuki's. "I'm glad to have you in my life, Koyuki. It's nice to have you as my best friend."

Koyuki grinned a bit. But her smile faltered as Dororo glanced at her.

She cared about Momoka. She really did. But their friendship didn't hold a flame against Koyuki's previous relationship with Natsumi. Her friendship with Natsumi was gone.

"Thinking about Lady Natsumi?" Dororo whispered.

Koyuki nodded.

Momoka frowned at her, not out of jealousy, but out of empathy. "I miss her too." She agreed. "I don't understand why she started avoiding us."

"Probably because of your connection with aliens." Dororo deciphered. "Natsumi didn't act like it was a big deal when Keroro and Giroro were leaving but you could tell she really regretted not begging them to stay. I think she was angry with herself over her own denial for how much she cared about them."

"And then she became hurt by the fact they were never coming back." Koyuki remembered, "She started cutting me and Dororo off because Dororo reminded her too much of them. I think she might have been jealous that he chose to stay and Giroro didn't. But after that she started steadily isolating herself from you, then Saburo, and then even her own brother. Anything that reminded her of her childish past. So I don't see her much anymore."

"I would love to see her again." Dororo looked mournful, "She refused to even attend Koyuki's and my wedding. She claimed she was at work instead, but Fuyuki said she had the day off. So I haven't seen her for a while." He sighed. He was still a bit miffed at Natsumi for not attending his and Koyuki's wedding. She was one of the few friends they could have invited since she knew about aliens and Dororo had no human suit. And she hadn't attended.

Momoka looked apologetic.

"Dororo, we didn't come here to talk about Natsumi, remember?" Koyuki reminded. "Momoka had no links to finding Kululu maybe we should try Saburo. He and Kululu promised to keep in touch, right?"

"Yeah, but Kululu doesn't seem like the type who would keep his promises and keep in touch with anyone. He's just as flaky as Keroro." Dororo sighed.

"Um...Can I ask you why you want to contact Kululu of all people instead of Giroro and Keroro?" Momoka would have assumed Dororo would want to talk to them more than Kululu. After all Giroro and Keroro hadn't yet gotten the news that Dororo and Koyuki were married. Dororo probably wanted to share it with his friends.

Dororo and Koyuki shared a look with each other and clutched each others hands. Koyuki was the one to finally speak.

"Dororo and I...Have been having some issues." Koyuki confessed.

"Iss...Issues?" Momoka asked shocked. And you want Kululu of all people to play your marriage counselor?

"Yes." Dororo nodded, "We've tried everything we can. Done everything by the book, every weird pekoponian wive's tale. But Koyuki can't possible seem to conceive a child. Perhaps it's because our species are too different, but I don't know enough about science and biology to artificially create one or fix the issue." Dororo was shaking in desperation.

All he wanted for the past years was a baby. And they had done everything they could. Kululu was their last hope.

"Dororo and I...We can't make a child. No matter how hard we try." Koyuki frowned, "I've suggested adopting like the ninja clan did with me. I mean I didn't grow up with my parents but because Dororo's an alien...We can't get the adoption papers. Because legally by the system he doesn't exist and I'm not married." Koyuki frowned.

Their wedding had been truly eloping and very traditional. Only close friends and family had attended. But they still didn't have a marriage certificate. It wasn't too bad considering the fact that Koyuki didn't have a birth certificate that wasn't a forgery.

"I want a child." Dororo said desperately, "And right now Kululu is my only means of getting one."

Koyuki gave him a side-long glance like. 'Oh I don't play a part in this too?' She just frowned like he had phrased it a bit weird.

"I'm sorry." Dororo apologized. "But do not worry. I'm sure we'll figure out how to contact him eventually."

It had been rather easy to hack into government files and authorize a ship to leave and also keep it off records. When Kululu wanted a job done, he did it well.

"You know how to land a ship, right?" Kululu said over speaker.

"Of course I do." Keroro snapped in the ship, "Want to see me land a ship, Tamama? I'm great at this." He boasted.

Tamama giggled.

Kululu sighed. "I think I'll just send the location into the auto-pilot. I'm going to land you over by Dororo and Koyuki's hippie hut-"

"Ninja." Giroro corrected.

"It'll be in the same place and because Dororo is dead by all accounts on Keron, it won't be heavily monitored. I doubt after seven years Dororo would have moved. He's the type that probably doesn't try to change things. Ku, ku, ku." Kululu told them.

The ship entered warp speed and in a few hours they had landed in the forest by Dororo's ninja hut. The door opened.

"I won't see what's going on over there, but I will be with you on your communicates device if you need me." Kululu told them, "Good luck. I'll send you Saburo's address." He signed off to do work.

And the Keroro Platoon's eyes adjusted to the light of Pekopon after seven years. They were back.

Stepping onto the grass was almost unreal. And just as Kululu had predicted, Keroro saw Dororo, Koyuki and Momoka too near Dororo's ninja hut.

"Will you be okay? Do you need any new furniture? Anything to help your living spaces?" Momoka asked as she shook Koyuki's hand.

"I'm fine." Koyuki replied.

Keroro, Giroro, and Tamama were shocked to see their friends. Dororo hadn't yet noticed them. Keroro and Giroro didn't know what to say.

Tamama ran forward. "MOMOCCHI!" He yelled and flung himself at Momoka.

Momoka looked shocked at the fact that Tamama had thrown himself at her. After a moment or two she laughed. "Tamama? H-how...How..? It doesn't matter!" She hugged her friend. "I'm so happy to see you!" She laughed too.

"You've got sex appeal! You're an adult! I'm proud of you!" Tamama grinned.

"Imply again that I didn't have any sex appeal and I'll squash this reunion." Momoka hissed. Tamama shut up.

Dororo just stuttered as he looked at Giroro and Keroro who were grinning.

This couldn't be real.

Instead of asking about Kululu, Dororo cried in happiness. His childhood friends. He hadn't seen them for years.

Keroro started crying too, like the crybaby he was. Keroro ran up to Dororo and hugged him and the two cried.

"Nice to see you too." Giroro smiled, "Koyuki. Nice to see you're doing well." He nodded to Koyuki as well.

"It's a miracle! I'm so happy for Dororo!" Koyuki hugged Giroro as well, "But why are you three here? Did you decide to come back?"

Keroro pried Dororo off of him. He frowned. This news wasn't going to be any fun to give that the planet was going to be destroyed.

"Umm...Where are Master Natsumi and Master Fuyuki?" Keroro asked. "We need to tell them why we're here too."

Koyuki frowned. Neither of them had been very happy about Keroro and Giroro leaving and unlike Momoka who had managed to cope anyway, they hadn't really been very good at coping. "They're...Around..." She said non-specifically.

Giroro nodded. "Let's tell them now about why we're here. Momoka's an important figure on Pekopon. I'm sure she'll be able to get Fuyuki and Natsumi soon."

Keroro nodded. He really didn't want to have to do this.

"There's something really terrible I have to tell you. And important." Keroro sighed.

Momoka, Koyuki and Dororo listened closely.

Keroro told them everything. Although his details weren't very specific about the virus and how the universe was in danger if the planet was not destroyed, Giroro would elaborate and chime in to correct Keroro's speech.

"We...We only have a limited number of space in our space ship. We can't smuggle all of Pekopon out." Keroro admitted, "But I don't want our close friends to die with the planet. I want to save you, Koyuki, Momoka, Saburo, Natsumi, Fuyuki, and Lady Mom."

Anyone else was pushing things. That many pekoponians would certainly be found out. Perhaps Keroro could send a letter to Kogoro and Lavie to leave the planet if they already hadn't migrated away after the Keroro Platoon left, and Keroro suspected they had, he had seen Kogoro oddly around. But other people on Pekopon, like Akina, Haru, Alisa, and Momoka's parents would probably perish with the planet.

Alisa would likely survive too though. But man, poor Nebula having to go through another destruction of a planet from an angolian. Keroro didn't like to think about it.

"This is quite a grave situation." Momoka commented taking all of Keroro's words seriously about the virus. She had heard about a few Americans dying from an unnamed disease that sounded like it.

As one of the leaders of the world she had a job to take this seriously. "But we can't evacuate the entire planet. I know that likely you'll be able to convince Mois to destroy things, but you have to understand.."

She glanced at Tamama, "I can't go with you. I am a Nishizawa. If the planet dies, I will die with it." She said solemnly. "It wouldn't be fair to the lower class if I just abandoned things when things got tough." This was her home. She didn't know what life wouldn't be like as a heiress.

Tamama looked terrified at the fact that Momoka had chosen to stay after hearing the truth. He covered his mouth and shook his head. It was worse than 7 years ago when he had left. Because he knew Momoka was going to die.

"I will however gather the Hinatas and Saburo. They deserve to make their own choices." Momoka nodded.

Giroro nodded and glanced at Koyuki and Dororo. He could already guess they would make a similar decision.
"I will also stay on this planet." Koyuki nodded. She pulled out one of her knives. "I'll fight against the sin. The disease. I won't give up on my home world." She vowed.

Giroro frowned. That means Dororo will choose the same as Koyuki. He'll die here. And he had just seen him again.

Keroro and Giroro looked at Dororo hopefully.
"I...I have to stay with Koyuki. She's my wife." Dororo confessed. He showed them a small twig around his finger that nobody had noticed.

"I tried to convince them not to make their rings out of sticks and let me pay for good rings, but...They didn't listen." Momoka sighed, rubbing her forehead.

Koyuki grinned and showed off her twig ring. Somehow it was growing a flower in it. Dororo and Koyuki just had that much of a green thumb.

"Con-congratulations!" Giroro clapped. He wasn't aware that Dororo and Koyuki were married.

"Yeah! I had no idea that was going on!" Keroro smiled. He wanted to be happy with the good news, but he still felt uncomfortable that this meant Dororo would die.

"But..." Dororo started speaking again, "I think we should rethink this decision Koyuki. Think it over rationally. We have bigger plans than dying somewhere. Remember?" Dororo reminded.
Koyuki frowned. "You're not the type of person to be frightened, Dororo. What's wrong? Talk to me." They were supposed to trust each other, but she could tell Dororo was shivering and not telling her something.

"I...I just want to rethink things. Likely we can't fight against a virus." Dororo reminded.

He wants to go with us. Giroro realized. But...I probably need to give him a push. Maybe he could get Dororo alone to talk.

"How about you and Koyuki go get Natsumi, Fuyuki, Aki and Saburo and we'll meet back at the Hinata house?" Keroro suggested.

Momoka nodded. She wasn't much looking forward to seeing Fuyuki again, but it was much better than him dying. She'd do it.

Koyuki and Momoka left. And Giroro and Dororo were left mostly alone.

"So...You want to leave?" Giroro asked. "You regretting your decision to stay? Things not perfect here?"

Dororo's legs were shaking. His knees were getting weak, he collapsed near his old friend.

"I don't know what to do." He confessed, "I made a vow to stay by Koyuki's side on our wedding day, but...If there's a disease...A virus...My immune system..."

"You'll be one of the first to go." Giroro realized with shock. All of the past traumas of Dororo's sickness were coming back to him at the mention of a virus. And Dororo was panicking. He pat his friend's back. "We'll convince Koyuki somehow. I promise you won't die here."

Dororo wiped away some of his sad tears and sniffles. "I'm so selfish!" He snapped, "Why can't I just stand by Koyuki's decision?"

"Because you love her." Giroro soothingly pat his friend's back. "You know she's making a bad choice and you don't want her to die here either. Same as you dying here."

Dororo sniffled. "Yeah...I can't let us stay." He realized, "Never again. I never want to be sick again."

Giroro did something he wasn't much used to. He hugged his friend. Dororo needed it, and he hadn't seen him in so many years. "I'm glad you'll come with us and fight for the one you love."

"Natsumi missed you." Dororo said quickly, realizing that thoughts of Natsumi probably filled Giroro's head.

Giroro stopped moving. "W-what...?"

"She acted tough when you left, but she wasn't the same after you were gone. Seeing you...I'm sure she'll come with you. This time the choice is in her hand's. Not yours." Dororo comforted Giroro too.

Giroro smiled despite himself. He hoped that was the case.

Either way, he couldn't wait to see Natsumi. And he hoped he could save her.

They all managed to regroup at the Hinata house. Momoka had made sure it would be just them, the Hinata's, and Saburo.

Fuyuki was the first to arrive. "I came as soon as I heard the Sarge was back." He had grown older too. But he still had the same friendly boyish face. As soon as he saw Keroro he charged at him. "Sarge!"

"Fuyu-" Keroro wasn't giving a chance to talk as Fuyuki hugged and squeezed the life out of him. Fuyuki was just loudly wailing and crying.

"You were my best friend. My best friend! Always will be! I'm so glad you're back. It hurt so much when you left! I never forgot about you! Are you going to stay forever now?" Fuyuki asked desperately.

Keroro didn't have a chance to answer. He just laughed. Fuyuki was the same as always. "It's nice to see you too."

"Glad to see you're doing well, Fuyuki." Momoka nodded politely to her old crush. Fuyuki slowly let go of Keroro when he saw her.

"It's wonderful to see you too, Momoka." Fuyuki bent down and gently kissed Momoka's hand. He didn't call her by her last name. Instead it was her first in a way that was way too close.

Momoka's face heated up when he kissed her hand. She quickly pulled it away. "Stop that." She argued snidely, "Stop being so suave."

"Suave? I don't know what you're talking about." Fuyuki cooly leaned on a counter. "It's just nice to see you after so long. You look so pretty, Momoka!" He gently touched her hair. "I like how you kept your hair short. It's really cute. It suits you."

Momoka blushed again. "Stop being such a player, Fuyuki! I know you're always like this!" Although she had been shy at first she seemed to be more of her angry violent side. "I'm not like your other girls, Chiruyo, Alisa, and all of the rest! I won't be like the rest of your dumb harem."

"Player? Harem?" Fuyuki honestly looked completely confused. He knew Momoka had been mad at him for the last couple of years accusing him of being a player, but he wasn't sure why. Sure, he was slightly aware that he was popular with a bunch of alien girls and human girls, something he still wasn't sure about why, but that didn't make him a player. "I don't know what you're talking about Momoka."

"Oh don't you?" Momoka crossed her arms. "I saw you on a date with some blue haired girl just last year. Care to explain that?"

"Oh, well she was a mermaid and I was just asking her a bit about her species-" Fuyuki was direct.

Momoka frowned.

"She wanted a date so I accepted. But...It didn't go anywhere. After the first date I politely rejected her. I wasn't interested." Fuyuki tried to be honest. This was what usually happened to a lot of girls. They all threw themselves at Fuyuki and he rejected them. He wasn't sure why all these girls were throwing themselves at him. "So I'm not sure why you think I'm a player! I really am not. Why are you so mad? I didn't do anything."

Momoka just grumbled jealously. Poor Fuyuki didn't pick up that she was just jealous and wanted to be treated different even though she hadn't made any new attempts to win Fuyuki's heart after Tamama left. "Sure. I totally believe you that you just rejected a bunch of beautiful girls who threw themselves at you." Momoka said sarcastically.

"But I do!" Fuyuki defended. He hadn't seen Momoka for a while. He didn't want to fight with her in front of Keroro. They had been so close.

Momoka rolled her eyes. "I'm not dense. I know the way you treat me, being overly flirtatious. You probably do the same with all of them. You're a player, accept it."

"But...But I'm not! Where would you get this idea?" Fuyuki looked at Keroro pleadingly for help.

Keroro looked awkward. He didn't want to get involved with this fight. "Umm...Well, Fuyuki you are really different. I mean the Fuyuki I knew would have never kissed Momoka's hand." Keroro took Momoka's side against his better judgment. "You...Do kind of exude the classic playboy charmer look at the moment."

Fuyuki frowned. "But...But...But..." He just stuttered.

Tamama giggled at the words. "Who knew things would be so reversed between Momochi and Fukki." He could kind of tell that Fuyuki wasn't a player, he was just flirting with Momoka and Momoka was too dense to realize that.

It was funny in a way.

Fuyuki frowned and mumbled a lot to himself.

The next person to enter the room was Saburo. He said a brief hello. "Kululu already told me about all of this. He told me as soon as possible."

Fuyuki and Momoka glanced at Saburo jealously. Saburo was the only one who had kept in contact with his keronian.

It took a good hour for Natsumi to get there. Perhaps she was debating with herself if she should show up, but she finally barged in opening the sliding glass door.

"If this is a prank I'm going to be mad." Natsumi sighed. But then she saw Keroro, Giroro and Tamama standing on the floor. Her anger faded for a moment.

"It's...It's good to see you, Natsumi." Giroro told her, "You've grown up to be outstanding."

Natsumi's lip quivered for a moment. She gave a small nod. "It's...It's nice to see you too, Giroro." She gave a small smile but then quickly looked away.

The room was quiet as everybody stood awkwardly. Apparently Natsumi being there had made it awkward. None of the people there had seen her anytime recently.

"How's work been going, sweetie?" Aki asked.

"I missed you." Giroro said despite himself.

Silence happened again. He had just kind of blurted it out awkwardly.

"Nice going, Giroro." Keroro teased, "Maybe you should take some lessons on how to be smooth from Fuyuki. Although it doesn't look like it's helping him."

Giroro glared.

"I..." Natsumi smiled and blushed a bit, she was looking kind of away. "Thanks." She didn't say much more than that. She was much too proud. But she moved a little bit closer to Giroro to stand next to him.

Giroro felt that that itself was a victory. If Natsumi chose to come with them he'd have plenty of time to catch up.

"All right. Let me catch up Lady Mom, Master Fuyuki and Master Natsumi on the danger the universe is in...And their planet." Keroro told them.

Fuyuki, Natsumi and Aki realizing that this reunion wasn't for any good reason, listening closely.

Fuyuki was speechless. Natsumi just kept shaking her head at the news the earth was doomed. Aki just whispered a soft no.

"I already knew." Saburo looked saddened.

"We want to smuggle you all out of here before the planet is destroyed." Keroro told them, "So we're giving you pekoponians and only you the option to evacuate. But the choice is yours...So what do you say? Do you want to live in space with us? Do you want to have a life with us again and more importantly a life?"

"Coming here put you in danger, didn't it?" Aki realized, "You risked a lot to send us this message and give us this option."

Keroro nodded.

Aki looked sad, "I have to stay. My mother is ailing in the hospital. And earth is my home. It's all I know. I'm too old to change. I know if I was younger I'd probably do great adventuring around space, but...I have too many friends that I couldn't imagine abandoning. And I don't know how the manga industry is in space." She paused.

"More importantly aliens were only a fun idea to me. Something to put on the pages. They were never my life. So I wouldn't do well in space." Aki frowned, "I'll die with earth."

Keroro frowned. So that was already another no, "But..."

"No butts!" Aki frowned, "I didn't finish. I think my kids should go with you. I don't want them to die for my stubborn ways."

Fuyuki and Natsumi looked at Aki shocked.

"I actually think you should all go. You're young. You have more to offer the universe." Aki advised.

Momoka shook her head. She couldn't go.

Koyuki also shook her head.

"Well...I'll go." Fuyuki finally said after a moment. "I always wanted to go to space with the sarge. I begged him to take me with him seven years ago. Who knew he would finally come back for me?" Fuyuki smiled.

"You'll go?" Keroro was gleeful. He smiled.

"Of course. Evacuation is the smart decision after all." Fuyuki hugged Keroro. He glanced at his sister and Momoka hoping that they would follow suite.

Giroro frowned. Natsumi wasn't the type to give up on something like the planet.

"I'll...I'll go." Natsumi finally said, "I can't fight against a disease. And...Although it'll be a big change in my life to have you all back in it, I..." She shook her head. I made a mistake letting you leave. She wanted to say. But she didn't. "It's the most rational decision."

"Rational?" Giroro asked. Since when was Natsumi rational?

Fuyuki frowned. Natsumi was probably choosing this because she wasn't happy on earth. But she might not also be happy in space. He held his sister's hand. They were the same.

Aki smiled.

"I'll go." Saburo also said. "I actually brought my bags here because I was already packed." He laughed, "I'm not dying with the planet. And Kululu warned me several times about Mois that if she actually ever did try to successfully destroy the planet I'd have to quickly draw something to save me with my reality pen. He always took her seriously as a threat." Saburo smiled, "I mean the earthquakes eventually got tiring but I know she actually could destroy this place, especially if Keroro of all people asked her."

Keroro smiled. So that was Fuyuki, Natsumi, Saburo.

"That's it?" Tamama asked.

"No." Dororo said slowly. He got up.

Koyuki looked at him worriedly.

Dororo shared a look with Aki. Aki moved forward and knocked Momoka over the head.

Dororo made a ninja sign and Koyuki passed out.

"They're making stupid decisions because of their pride." Dororo frowned, "They have to come with us. But I couldn't convince them willingly."

"You...You knocked out Koyuki and Momoka..." Giroro frowned, "Koyuki is going to be mad."
"I'd rather her be mad than dead. Some things are worth betraying someone's trust for. Especially since I of all people, being a keronian, know that what you're talking about is real and we can't fight." Dororo had to be serious.

"Save Momoka. She deserves to live and start the Nishizawa empire in space." Aki handed Fuyuki Momoka, "And you better tie the knot with her eventually." She teased.

Fuyuki blushed. "Mom!" He was shocked, "I'm...I'm trying. She's not interested though."

Aki rolled her eyes. She didn't believe that at all. Momoka was just too shy. She leaned down and hugged Keroro good-bye. She then hugged Giroro too.

Finally she hugged her children. Natsumi and Fuyuki were crying.

"Stay safe for me." Aki requested.

They nodded. It took hours to pry them away, but eventually the Keroro Platoon was ready.

And them and there pekoponian friends finally left the planet. And most importantly they were together.

They were going to be safe.

Truth is I have so much character death and get rid of characters to wheedle them down, because there are too many of them on screen at a time. Splitting them up of course would work too, but I don't ever have much for Aki to actually do of interest. So she always ends up dead first.

I just simply don't care for her very much. Sorry Aki. She's too much walking sexualization for me.