Keroro Gunsou: The Azumanga Daioh Adventure! Chapter 28

O.K.; it's finally done! The next chapter is here!! Razz

I know it's been a while; and I want to thank everyone for your patience and continued support! I really do appreciate it; and it's always great reading your comments and thoughts and I love knowing that you all like the fanfic! It makes it worthwhile for me to write...so, I apologize again for the slowness of my updates.

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Oh, and just to note...I probably won't be updating this again until August; due to me going on vacation until then. I leave in a week; so I'll be gone for some time. I might do a chapter while I'm gone; but I wouldn't bet on it. Wink

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Keroro Gunsou: The Azumanga Daioh Adventure!

Part 28: “Kamiya: The school watch operation begins! De arimasu!”

“Having just lost her best friend Terere and now her mom; Kamiya Yumenna now faces down a foe with a mysterious weapon that allows him to control time…” The narrator states as Kamiya stands in the foyer area of her house; just feet away from her mother who’s still frozen; as Tokiki fires his Time Disruptor weapon at her.

Kamiya quickly ducks behind the wall; narrowly missing Tokiki’s blast. “Impossible! I never miss!” Tokiki shouts angrily; staring in disbelief as the wall starts getting a small blue aura haze over part of it from where the blast hit.

“You’re not getting away that easy, Pekoponjin!” Tokiki shouts; wiping around the corner and firing his weapon blindly.

Moments later; he looks and sees that the toaster is now covered in a blue haze. “Ugh…” Tokiki sighs; putting his hand over his face.

Suddenly some movement catches his peripheral vision; and he fires again; only missing Kamiya by mere inches as she runs into the hallway.

“Stand still…” Tokiki shouts as he rushes after her, “…permanently!”

He fires again; still missing Kamiya by only inches as she flees up the stairs as fast as she can. Kamiya looks back momentarily to see him fire again; this time shooting the steps in front of her.

She steps on the time-frozen steps; causing them to instantly shatter and send her falling face first onto the top landing of the stairwell.

“You put up a good fight, Pekoponjin…” Tokiki states as he walks up the stairs slowly. Kamiya looks back down at him; still breathing hard as with fear in her eyes as Tokiki walks up the stairs a couple of steps.

“…I will make sure you’re-” Tokiki finishes when they both hear a creaking sound getting louder and louder.

Tokiki looks up slowly; only to see the chandelier he had hit with his missed hallway blast, swinging and breaking loose from the unaffected ceiling base.

“Oh you’ve got to be kidding me…” Tokiki mutters limply as the chandelier breaks free and smashes down on him.

“That was…lucky!” Kamiya barely breathes out; still panting from running for her life and scared out of her mind. She quickly gets up and races towards her room; slamming the door behind her.

“Meanwhile…” The narrator states.

“Damn it all!!” Tokiki shouts; tossing the shattered remains of the chandelier off him and dusting himself off quickly. He quickly looks around and notices the door to Kamiya’s room is now closed.

“No cheap trick like that’s going to save you, you pathetic Pekoponjin!” Tokiki shouts; jumping over the broken stairs and landing on the top step.

He rushes up her room and fires his weapon at the door. He kicks it; causing it to shatter into a pile of dust and debris.

“Ah, yes…there you are…” Tokiki grins as he sees Kamiya’s silhouette through the dust; lit from behind by the lights in her room.

“Yes, here I am…” She replies; causing Tokiki to squint a little in confusion but remain focused.

Suddenly; his jaw drops open in shock as Kamiya stands before him; dawned in her Powered armor with one of her beam sabers in her hand.

“No…they were right! She does have special powers!” Tokiki states in total disbelief; still staring in wide-eyed amazement.

Kamiya looks at him in confusion; but shakes her head a moment later. “You wanted a fight, Tokiki-san;” Kamiya comments, staring him down, “…Let’s do this!”

“Oh no.” Tokiki mutters limply as he quickly turns and runs away as fast as he can. “That’s not what I expected.” Kamiya comments limply; but shrugs her shoulders and starts chasing him down the hallway towards the stairs.

Tokiki quickly turns around and fires a shot at Kamiya as he runs. Kamiya blocks it with her beam saber; only to see it freeze in place and shatter on the ground as she drops it.

“Ah, so you’re still vulnerable to my weapon…” Tokiki comments as he notices this; stopping on the stairwell and staring back up at her.

“And you’re still vulnerable to this!” Kamiya shouts; generating her mega-cannon gun from subspace and pointing it at him.

“Oh shit; now that’s a gun!” Tokiki shouts; ducking at Kamiya fires a blast at him. Kamiya’s blast plows through the stairwell; having aimed below him; causing it to blow up and send him flying across the house.

Kamiya activates her jetpack and lands near where Tokiki ended up. He tries to get up; wincing in pain as he breathes deeply.

“No way I’m losing this battle; fool. They’ll kill me if I fail…” Tokiki comments; holding himself up on his hands and knees.

“Who will?” Kamiya asks; pointing her gun at him.

“Allow me to tell you…” Tokiki begins; raising his weapon and firing at Kamiya again. The blast hits her shoulder armor; causing her to drop her gun and quickly disconnect her armor before the blast travels to her body.

“You’re going to run out of armor eventually; Pekoponjin…” Tokiki smiles evilly; standing to his feet and wiping a little blood from his face.

“And you’re going to stop this; NOW!” Kamiya shouts; generating her other beam saber and slicing off the ends of Tokiki’s weapon.

“NOOOOOO!!!” Tokiki screams; watching in horror as his weapon starts to malfunction and spark wildly. He quickly looks down and reaches for Kamiya’s gun.

“Not this time…” Kamiya mutters coldly; her boot standing on the barrel of the gun as Tokiki tries in vain to pull it out.

“No, no, no…” Tokiki mutters; looking around quickly in all directions.

“Bring back my mom now; or else!” Kamiya demands; holding the beam saber inches from his face.

“I can’t now…” Tokiki replies, holding up his arm, “You’ve ruined my weapon!”

Kamiya looks at him in shock; her expression changing slowly to sadness.

“I…” Kamiya begins; unsure of what to say as she lowers her weapon slowly.

“Fool!” Tokiki shouts; running away as fast as he can. Kamiya looks up in shock; realizing what’s happened and she tosses her beam saber at him as hard as she can.

The beam saber skewers the wall; missing Tokiki by a long shot as he rushes out the back door as fast as he can.

Kamiya watches this and sighs limply in defeat; moments later reaching down and picking up her gun. She looks around at the house; seeing it in shambles from their battle; and then over at her mom; who’s still frozen in place.

“I’m sorry Mom…this is all my fault…” Kamiya mutters as a tear starts to roll down her face. She walks a few steps towards her mom; but stops.

Kamiya reaches towards her neck and presses the button on her necklace, causing her armor to disappear. She takes off her necklace and looks at it solemnly.

“It is all my fault…because of my rash actions; you may be stuck like that forever. If I hadn’t wrecked his weapon; I might have been able to get you back…” She cries; clenching the powered necklace tightly in her hand and squeezing it as hard as she can.

“Damn it; why is this happening to me?!” Kamiya shouts suddenly; tossing her powered necklace aside as she collapses to her knees and starts crying uncontrollably. “Why is everyone against me?! What did I do wrong?! Why me?!” She cries out; sobbing only feet from her still frozen mother in her partially destroyed house.

“Elsewhere…” The narrator states.

“Report, Unit 3.” A voice commands; crackly and broken up as Tokiki stands in a dark alley. “You’re breaking up; I can barely understand you.” Tokiki replies; talking into his broken Time Disruptor.

“What happened? Was the target neutralized?” The figure asks; hidden from view by the distorted image on the screen.

“No; she wasn’t! The bosses were right; the Pekoponjin possesses some sort of armor…it appeared alien in origin; almost Keronian; but I could be wrong.” Tokiki replies.

“Keronian you say…” The figure replies with a tone indicating thought. “Yes. She was too powerful for me; she nearly killed me.” Tokiki replies.

“I’m surprised you were taken out by a lowly Pekoponjin.” The figure replies coldly. “Shut up; you bastard! I didn’t survive this long by being a weakling or some sort of coward! I was drastically out-classed and I knew it; so I had no choice but to retreat, damn it!” Tokiki shouts angrily.

“And you couldn’t stop her with your weapon?” The figure asks with little emotion. “Well; I tried; but it didn’t work…the beam takes time to spread and she was quick enough to avoid it completely affecting her.” Tokiki explains, “But I did manage to eliminate her mother; which is how I was able to escape.”

“Interesting…so the Pekoponjin has other contacts outside of the pink Keronian who she’s always with.” The figure replies. “Yes, Unit 1…” Tokiki replies; thinking a little, “Do you think that there are others?”

“Possibly. Other Keronians are active on Pekopon outside of the pink Keronian; and I surmise that she’s had at least some form of contact with them; if the bosses are correct.” The figure replies.

“Yes…they did mention something like that; now that you mention it…I can’t remember it now; some obscure low-ranking platoon from the Keron Army…” Tokiki comments; trying to think.

“The Keroro Platoon.” The figure replies with reaffirmation.

“Yes; that’s it!” Tokiki shouts; remembering all of a sudden. “Perhaps it’s time we eliminate them as well; just to be sure that they don’t provide any assistance to our main target.” The figure replies.

“As well? You mean you’ve eliminated others?” Tokiki replies with confusion. “Yes. The pink Keronian was tracked down easily and eliminated. She no longer poses a threat to our mission.” The figure replies with a crazed smirk.

“Well; at least you did your job…” Tokiki replies sarcastically; rolling his eyes a little, “...And what of Unit 2? How’s she fairing?”

“Unit 2 has done her job; for now…she infiltrated the school where our target is in attendance at; and ensured that she feels that her friends have all abandoned her. But now the target will be searching for someone to turn to; according to the bosses.” The figure replies.

“How do you know that?” Tokiki asks. “I have a communication channel open with them, Unit 3.” The figure replies.

“Oh…how nice for you…” Tokiki mutters sarcastically. “You are the new operative, Unit 3. They do not trust you enough to have a communication channel with you.” The figure replies, “Besides; your species has a long and ugly history with them; so they don’t trust Keronians to any great degree.”

“What are you talking about?” Tokiki asks; looking at the figure in confusion. “It’s none of your concern right now, Keronian. You are to do as you are instructed and you need not know anything further.” The figure replies.

“Shut up! You aren’t the bosses; you can’t tell me what to do!” Tokiki shouts angrily. “Need I remind you that I was the one who helped you escape from prison?” The figure asks.

“Noo….” Tokiki replies with a sigh.

“Good. Then listen, and listen well. We will meet at these coordinates and implement repairs upon your weapon. Once that is done; you will resume your attack on the primary target. In the meantime; I will take out my target and Unit 2 will continue to ensure that the other sentient beings on this planet who know the target do not get in the way of our mission.” The figure explains.

“And what are the bosses going to do? Sit around on their lazy asses all day?!” Tokiki shouts angrily.

“No. They are going to oversee the mission; like they have been already; from the sidelines…” The figure begins, “…and they don’t have asses.”

“Uh…that was just a figure of speech…” Tokiki replies limply with a sweatdrop.

“Your Keronian humor fails to impress and also fails to make itself noticed, Unit 3. Do as you are instructed and meet me at these coordinates.” The figure replies coldly.

“You know what? You can just kiss my multi-colored, shiny-” Tokiki begins when the transmission cuts out mid-way; leaving him only to clench his teeth in anger.

“Damn that woman…” Tokiki mutters angrily as he walks out of the alley.

“Elsewhere…” The narrator states, “…A single knock on a front door comes…”

“What was that?” Natsumi Hinata asks groggily; sitting up in her bed in her pajamas and wiping her eyes a little. She sits up in her bed and puts her slippers on.

Now more awake, she walks down the hall and over to Fuyuki’s room; knocking on the door with some force. “Fuyuki! Fuyuki! Wake up!” Natsumi shouts.

“What is it, Nee-chan?” Fuyuki shouts back, trying to stay in bed. “I heard something; it sounded like a knock at the door or something.” Natsumi responds.

“Who’d be at the front door at this time?” Fuyuki asks; still in his room. “I don’t know. Come out here and check it out with me!” Natsumi states, knocking on his door again.

“You’re probably just hearing things, Nee-chan. Go back to sleep.” Fuyuki replies lazily. Natsumi starts to get pissed off when suddenly the doorbell rings; causing both of them to freeze in fear.

A few seconds later Fuyuki’s door opens and he looks at Natsumi with a little fear. “Who do you think it is?” Fuyuki asks. “I don’t know…do you think we should answer it?” Natsumi asks back.

“I don’t know. It could be dangerous.” Fuyuki responds.

Suddenly Dororo and Koyuki drop out of the ceiling and land near Natsumi and Fuyuki; causing both of them to jump.

“What’s wrong, Natsumi-san?” Koyuki asks, grabbing her arm in concern. “Koyuki-chan?! What are you doing here?” Natsumi asks in shock.

“I sensed you were in fear of something; so I came as fast as I could.” Koyuki responds with a giggle.

“Oh…” Natsumi responds with a sweatdrop, “…Yeah. There’s someone at the front door; but I don’t know if we should answer it or not.”

“Oh really?” Koyuki asks, placing a finger on her lip. “It might be someone who needs your help.” Dororo comments.

“Or it could be someone here to kill us…or something.” Fuyuki responds. “But why would a killer ring the doorbell?” Koyuki asks; causing a heavy atmosphere to fall over everyone else.

“Yeah, good point,” Natsumi replies; realizing the stupidity of the moment, “Will you come with us and check the door?”

“Of course, Natsumi-san!” Koyuki replies happily; rubbing her cheek up and down Natsumi’s arm affectionately.

They make their way down the stairs together; walking cautiously towards the door and into the small foyer area. Natsumi gulps as she slowly reaches out towards the door handle; and slowly turns it open.

“There’s no one there.” Fuyuki replies; looking out of the now opened door and seeing no one. “No, there’s someone there.” Dororo states; sensing someone in the darkness of the night and points out suddenly.

“Isn’t that Kamiya-san?” Koyuki asks in confusion; looking out and seeing a dark figure walking away from the house in the darkness.

“Yeah, it is!” Natsumi states; finally able to see her. “KAMIYA-CHAN! KAMIYA-CHAN!” Natsumi shouts; causing Kamiya to stop in mid walk and turn around.

Instantly; they notice the light from their house shining off of her face; and realize that she’s been crying. “Kamiya-chan, what’s wrong? Come in, please!” Natsumi shouts to her and Kamiya slowly starts walking towards the house.

“A few minutes later…” The narrator states.

“What happened? Why are you crying?” Natsumi asks as she sits next to Kamiya. Dororo hands Kamiya a cup of tea.

“I don’t know…I don’t know about anything anymore…” Kamiya replies limply; hanging her head in frustration.

“Please tell us what happened.” Dororo states, sitting across from Kamiya next to Koyuki and Fuyuki.

“I don’t know where to begin…first it was at school with Terere-chan just leaving me and my friends abandoning me there too; then I was attacked at home by some sort of Keronian with a weapon that froze time and he got my mother; and I ended up wrecking his weapon and now I don’t know if I’ll ever get her back…” Kamiya explains as she begins to cry again, “…I didn’t know where to turn! I couldn’t trust any of my friends from school anymore and I don’t know Atsuko-chan’s phone number; so I came here. I’m so sorry for coming here so late and bothering you with my problems…”

“Don’t worry about it; Kamiya-dono.” Dororo replies reassuringly, “You say you were attacked by a Keronian?”

“Yes. I don’t know who he was; but he kept saying that he was working for someone…but never said who. His name was Tokiki.” Kamiya explains.

“Tokiki…why is that name familiar…” Dororo asks himself rhetorically; then he suddenly remembers.

“Tokiki? Are you sure it was him?” Dororo asks again. “Yes. That was his name; he had a hat that looked like some sort of a joker hat or something and it had little bells on the end and-” Kamiya explains when Dororo nods in agreement, causing her to stop.

“Yes, that’s him alright…but I can’t believe it…” Dororo replies. “Can’t believe what?” Kamiya asks as she sniffles a little.

“I knew Tokiki-dono a long time ago; when I was very young. I didn’t know him real well though; he was a clown who entertained at children’s birthday parties.” Dororo explains.

“WHAT?!” Kamiya shouts in shock; staring at him in amazement.

“Yes, I remember it still…” Dororo states; cueing a flashback in his mind.

“You wants to see me pull a space-rabbit out of my hat?” A younger-sounding Tokiki asks as he stands in front of a table on a lawn back on Keron. Chibi-Pururu, Chibi-Keroro, Chibi-Zeroro, and Chibi-Giroro all sit together on the lawn with Garuru, his dad, Keroro’s dad and Zeroro’s mom sitting in chairs a short distance away.

“I do! I do!” Zeroro shouts happily; waving his arms about. “O.K.! Now look carefully…there’s nothing in the hat…” Tokiki explains, showing the inside of his top hat. He holds up the hat and grabs a wand off of the table.

“Alright; now I just tap this magic wand on the brim of this hat; and presto!” Tokiki shouts as a giant space-rabbit jumps out of the hat and starts hopping away. All of the kids start clapping happily as Tokiki bows a little.

“Do another trick! Do another trick!” Keroro shouts happily; bouncing up and down as he sits on the lawn. “O.K.; let’s see…” Tokiki replies with a happy smile, grabbing a balloon.

“I’ll make a balloon animal for the lucky birthday boy. How does that sound?” Tokiki asks happily; smiling at the kids. “Yay!” Zeroro shouts happily; clasping his hands together in joy.

“Alright; just gotta do one last thing and…” Tokiki states lightly as he twists the balloon; finishing as he speaks.

“Here you go; a nice space-doggy!” Tokiki proclaims happily; handing the balloon animal to Zeroro. Zeroro takes it happily and holds it in his hands; admiring it.

“Let me see it, Zeroro-kun!” Keroro shouts; standing up and grabbing the balloon animal. “Let go, Keroro-kun!” Zeroro shouts as they start struggling with it back and forth.

Suddenly; the balloon animal pops; and Zeroro starts crying. “Oh, don’t cry! I’ll make you another one; it’s O.K.!” Tokiki shouts.

“That was so mean, Keroro-kun…” Dororo states in the present; ending his flashback by going into trauma mode.

“Is he O.K.?” Kamiya asks; looking up at Koyuki. “Keroro-san was really mean to Dororo back in the day.” Koyuki comments; picking him up and holding him closely.

“I can’t believe that Tokiki-san was so nice back then; he was such a nice guy…I wonder what happened?” Kamiya asks rhetorically.

“He became a criminal.” A voice responds; and they turn to see Kururu standing in the doorway. “Kururu? What are you doing here?” Natsumi asks; looking over at him.

“I live here; of course…ku ku ku.” Kururu responds, snickering. Everyone sweatdrops a little upon hearing this.

“What were you saying just a minute ago?” Fuyuki asks a few moments later. “Tokiki is a criminal now. According to the records of the Keron military; he lost his job as an entertainer and couldn’t find a job again; so he went and turned to crime. He started robbing stores and stealing ships; and eventually gained enough money to purchase weapons. He started off small; but eventually got that weapon you mentioned, Kamiya-dono; his trademark Time Disruptor.” Kururu explains.

“That explains a lot.” Kamiya mutters with a nod. “There’s more,” Kururu continues, “He was eventually arrested by the Space Police. According the records; they eventually tracked him down to one of his many hideouts; where he was lying in a blue haze. It ended up being that he had used the weapon on himself; trying to reverse his aging process; and it worked, making him young again; but ultimately led to his capture. They locked him away for all of his numerous crimes on a remote asteroid prison.”

“How did he escape then?” Natsumi asks. “Well; the space police were puzzled by that too. They didn’t know how he did; all they knew is that he had help.” Kururu explains.

“They didn’t know?” Natsumi asks; noticing Kururu’s tone of voice. “Yes, but now they know.” Kururu replies.

“How? How did he escape?” Kamiya asks. Kururu snickers lightly in his usual manner. “Two words: Alisa Southerncross.” Kururu replies.

“WHAT?!” Kamiya shouts; instantly rising to her feet. Fuyuki's mouth drops open; having the same reaction to the news as Kamiya.

“That’s impossible! I can’t believe it! There’s no way that Alisa-chan could’ve done something like that! That has to be a mistake!!” She shouts hysterically.

“It’s not. They were able to recover part of the security film from the breakout and the Keron Army was given a copy in order to assist with the capture of the criminals and Alisa.” Kururu explains; producing a small video screen and handing it to Kamiya. “Look for yourself, ku ku ku.” Kururu comments.

They all gather around the video monitor as the video starts playing. The image is grainy and broken up; but it’s clearly apparent that Alisa breaks into the room; taking down the guards in the room with Nevula and tossing them aside as Nevula smashes the controls to the locks on the cells of the prisoners; allowing them to escape and flee in all directions.

"Alisa-chan?" Fuyuki merely mutters as he watches the video.

“No…I can’t believe it…” Kamiya mutters in shock. “I’m so sorry, Kamiya-chan…” Natsumi gently states; placing her hand on Kamiya’s shoulder.

“What’s going on?! How can this be happening?!” Kamiya shouts; tossing the video monitor on the ground. Everyone jumps as it shatters on the ground.

“I don’t understand! This can’t be happening! Alisa-chan’s one of my best friends! How could she do this?!” Kamiya shouts; slamming her fists onto her knees repeatedly.

“I have a feeling that something more is going on here…” Kururu replies lightly. Suddenly Kamiya looks up in horror; covering her mouth in fear.

“What’s wrong?” Natsumi asks her. “Oh god no…no!” Kamiya mutters simply; trembling a little.

“What?” Natsumi asks; grabbing her and looking at her. “When Terere-chan ran away; I was going to look for her…but Alisa-chan came to me before I could and said she would look for her for me…” Kamiya replies with fear, “…What have I done? Oh no!!!”

“Don’t worry; we’ll help you!” Natsumi shouts, still holding Kamiya. “I think that Nishizawa-san should be able to track down Alisa-chan. I can't believe she did this either...maybe Nishizawa-san will be able to find out what's really going on.” Fuyuki comments.

“Is there anything else we can do?” Natsumi asks. “Kururu; can you help at all?” Fuyuki asks him; looking over at him.

Kururu thinks for a moment; then starts laughing in his usual manner. “Ku ku ku.” He simply responds, nodding a little.

“Is there anything else we can do?” Koyuki asks, looking at Kamiya. “I don’t know…I’m so scared right now…” Kamiya replies, trembling and sniffling still, “…I don’t know who I can trust anymore. I’m even afraid to go to school tomorrow; I don’t think I can face anyone with how I am now.”

“We’ll go to school with you then!” Koyuki replies. “What?” Natsumi quickly retorts; looking over at Koyuki, “We just can’t go to school with her like nothing at all!”

“Kamiya-dono needs our help though.” Koyuki replies with concern. “If you all could come with me to school; I’d really appreciate it…I’m so afraid right now…” Kamiya replies.

Natsumi looks around nervously, and then finally sighs. “Alright; we’ll go to school with you. I’m sure the stupid frog can do something to help us blend in better there.” Natsumi replies; rolling her eyes a little.

“What about our school, Nee-chan?” Fuyuki asks. “I’ll take care of that.” Kururu replies; walking away afterwards.

All of a sudden; light starts trickling in through the window; causing everyone to look up and see the Sun starting to rise.

“Wow…it’s morning already?” Natsumi asks in amazement. “Looks like we don’t have long to prepare then. I’ll go wake up Gunsou and see if he can help us out.” Fuyuki replies as he starts walking away.

“Thank you all…I really appreciate all that you’re doing for me. I’m so sorry that I had to come to you with this…” Kamiya replies. “Don’t worry about it; Kamiya-chan. We’ll help you out; and get to the bottom of what’s going on here.” Natsumi replies with a reassuring nod.

“A few hours later…” The narrator states.

“I don’t know about this…” Natsumi replies; looking at herself in the school uniform of Kamiya’s school.

“Well; it’s not like we have a choice. We have to appear as students as her school.” Fuyuki replies; standing not too far away in the male school uniform.

“I think you look really cute, Natsumi-san!” Koyuki replies happily, also in the school uniform; as she rubs against Natsumi’s arm with her cheek happily. “Koyuki-chan…” Natsumi replies nervously; unsure of how to respond.

“You could say, a unique approach?” Angol Mois replies; also in a school uniform.

“I’m surprised you called me in for this,” Saburo replies, who’s also there and in a boy’s school uniform, “It’s pretty rare that Kururu calls me for anything.”

“Well; we need all the people we can get to help us figure out what’s going on.” Fuyuki replies.

“I’m glad we can help you with this, Kamiya-dono, de arimasu!” Keroro replies; standing in his teacher Pekoponjin suit he used at Kamiya’s school before.

“Oh no; you’re not using that, stupid frog!” Natsumi shouts, grabbing Keroro by the head and yanking him out of the suit. “Gero!” Keroro shouts as Natsumi holds him by the head and stares him directly in the face.

“We have to use that, I’m afraid…” A voice states; causing them both to look down and see Giroro leaning on the doorframe; polishing a gun, “…We’re setting this up as a stealth mission; to observe Kamiya-san’s activity at school and see if anyone’s interfering with her there. We need Keroro to go and act as a teacher and monitor the activity in the classroom.”

Keroro looks back at Natsumi; who’s still glaring at him; but she ultimately sighs and tosses him towards the suit. He hits it and knocks it over; but crawls into the suits again without saying anything.

“What about the rest of you?” Natsumi asks Giroro; causing him to go and flinch a little. “Dororo’s going to monitor the outdoor activities; Tamama’s going to monitor the activity in the cafeteria; I’m going to monitor the hallways; and Kururu…well…” Giroro begins when Tomo Takino walks into the room.

“Tomo-chan?” Kamiya asks, surprised. “Not quite, ku ku ku…” Tomo responds in Kururu’s voice as her chest opens up to reveal Kururu inside the suit.

“I should’ve known…” Kamiya replies with a sigh. “I made sure not to make the same mistake as last time, ku ku ku…” Kururu replies as he closes up the suit again.

“Elsewhere…” The narrator states.

Inside the real Tomo’s closet; she sits asleep as a small machine with Kururu’s symbol on it floats around her; emitting waves of energy to keep her asleep.

“Back with the Hinata’s…” The narrator states.

“So, you think this is going to work?” Natsumi asks Tomo. “Of course!” Tomo replies; with a wink; causing Kamiya to hide her face in shame.

“Well; let’s do this then!” Kamiya proclaims happily; causing everyone to look over at her.

“I’m sorry…I just feel a lot better now. It’s nice to have such great friends like you all.” Kamiya replies sheepishly with a bow. “No need to apologize, Kamiya-dono…I’m just glad we can help you out.” Natsumi replies with a smile as everyone starts walking towards the door.

“Meanwhile, a short distance away…” The narrator states.

“Hmm…” Alisa Southerncross mutters from on top of a nearby telephone pole; looking down at the Hinata house as she sees everyone start leaving.

“Units 2 and 3; we’ve got a new situation here. Apparently we were incorrect to wait until morning to strike at the Keroro Platoon. They have already mounted a counter attack against us. Unit 2; this applies especially to you…you have to take them out and ensure that the primary target does not notice you doing this; is that clear?” Alisa states.

“Affirmative, Unit 1…” Atsuko replies with an evil smirk, speaking into a small communicator as she stands just outside of the school. She puts the device back in her pocket and walks towards the school; flipping her hair back as she walks.

Alisa flies away as the group leaves from the Hinata house. “Unit 3; have the repairs on your weapon been completed yet?” Alisa asks.

“Not quite yet, Unit 1,” Tokiki replies, “I still have a few more frequency adjustments to make to ensure the correct time loop is achieved. If I don’t; they could still be mobile inside the time bubble.”

“Affirmative. Finalize your repairs and converge upon the school where the main target attends; Unit 2 may need some assistance.” Alisa replies.

“Oh? Are you there already?” Tokiki asks into his communicator.

“No…” Alisa replies with an insane grin, “…I’m going to take care of something…personal. Over and out.”

Tokiki sighs as he fiddles with the settings on his weapon. “This is becoming more work than I had previously anticipated…” He mutters limply.

“Meanwhile…” The narrator states.

“Well; there it is!” Kamiya proclaims; showing off the school as they all walk up to it.

“I’ve already use the Little Police satellite to ensure that they all know who we are at your school. A wave is being emitted over the complex by the satellite; ku ku ku.” Tomo explains with a smile.

“You’re really got to stop that…” Kamiya replies limply with a sweatdrop, “…Tomo-chan doesn’t laugh like that, at all.”

“It doesn’t matter. They won’t know the difference.” Tomo replies with a smile, raising her finger to emphasize the point.

“So, what classes do we have?” Saburo asks, looking over at Tomo. “You’re all in one class each. We set it up so at least one of you is in a class with Kamiya-dono at all times though. This is to see if anything happens in other class periods as well.” Tomo explains.

“Oh yay…” Natsumi mutters with sarcastic enthusiasm.

“Class will be starting in a few minutes.” Dororo replies; standing next to Koyuki. “Take these, ku.” Tomo states; handing small cards with instructions and class assignments to everyone.

“Alright; here goes nothing…” Natsumi mutters as they all walk into the school yard.

“Not too far away…” The narrator states.

“These” “Sentient” “Beings” “Are” “Very” “Odd…” A series of voices state; hidden from view, “It” “Will” “Prove” “Most” “Interesting” “To” “See” “What” “Happens” “Next…”

“Back at the school…” The narrator states.

“Ah, good morning Kamiya!” Atsuko states with a sly smile as she walks up to her. Kamiya continues to take off one of her shoes and puts it on the shelf.

“Atsuko-chan! It’s good to see you again!” Kamiya shouts, “You wouldn’t believe the night I had! It’s been crazy; I tell you!” Kamiya explains.

“Oh? What happened?” Atsuko asks with a slight smile. “Yes, what happened?” Natsumi asks Kamiya as well; standing next to her and giving her a look.

“Well; maybe it’s just me overreacting. I’m prone to do that.” Kamiya replies sheepishly with a slight bow.
“Oh, it’s fine. You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to; I was just curious…” Atsuko replies; trailing off as Kamiya finishes putting on her shoes and starts walking away.

Natsumi looks up momentarily, only to see Atsuko give her a look and walk away after Kamiya; leaving Natsumi confused.

“So, want to tell me what happened?” Atsuko asks again as she catches up with Kamiya. “Well; I don’t know if I should…” Kamiya replies slowly.

“Do you not trust me now?” Atsuko asks; placing her hand gently upon Kamiya’s shoulder. “No, I do…it’s just that…” Kamiya begins when she sees Giroro in the hallway; looking up at her.

“Oh.” Atsuko replies, causing Kamiya to turn around suddenly. “I understand; it’s just something you don’t feel comfortable talking about.” Atsuko quickly replies; covering up her tracks.

“I’m glad you understand. I’m sorry.” Kamiya replies with a bow. “Don’t be sorry, Kamiya. I’m only here to do my job, and I want to help you.” Atsuko replies with a smile.

“Thank you. You’re a good friend.” Kamiya replies back with a smile and walks away. Atsuko walks after her; kicking Giroro as she walks past him.

“Oops, I tripped…” Atsuko replies with little effort to cover her sarcasm, “…They really have to do something about that bump in the floor back there.”

“Bump in the floor…” Giroro mutters angrily; dusting himself off.

Suddenly he turns around to see a young girl staring at him. Can she see me? Giroro thinks to himself; sweatdropping a little.

“Ah!” Osaka shouts, pointing at Giroro. “Ah!” Giroro shouts; stunned and frozen in place.

“Hello. Who are you?” Osaka asks in English; causing Giroro to look at her in confusion. “English?” Giroro asks in Japanese.

“Are you a friend of Mike’s?” Osaka asks; as a series of question marks appear above Giroro’s head.

“Who’s Mike?” Giroro asks; puzzled beyond reason.

“Well; if you are; say hi to him for me. I hope he remembers me.” Osaka replies lazily as she walks past him; leaving Giroro only to stand there completely confused.

“What just happened?” Giroro asks himself rhetorically, his eyes blank and a big sweatdrop running down the back of his head.

“Meanwhile; elsewhere…” The narrator states.

“Hello class, de arimasu! My name is Kerono Keropachi; and I’ll be your teacher for this period, de arimasu!” Keroro proclaims from inside his Pekoponjin teacher suit; writing his name on the chalkboard at the front of the class.

“Why’s he introducing himself again?” Kagura asks Yomi, “It’s not like he’s been our teacher for this period all year or anything.”

“Oh man…” Kamiya mutters; overhearing this and setting her head down on her desk in shame.

Looks like she was right… Atsuko thinks to herself; looking around and seeing Saburo sitting a few seats away and back up at Keroro at the front of the classroom, …They’re really trying to figure this out. We might have to act quicker; after all…

“Say Kamiya; do you have a pen I could borrow?” Atsuko asks politely. “Huh? Oh yeah, here you go.” Kamiya replies; turning around and handing Atsuko a pen. “Thank you.” Atsuko replies with a smile.

“O.K. class; you may now break into study groups and prepare for the upcoming test, de arimasu.” Keroro replies happily, “I’ve already passed back your assignments; de arimasu!”

“I think he’s enjoying this a little too much…” Saburo mutters sheepishly; watching Keroro work up there. Suddenly he turns and sees Atsuko standing next to him.

“Say, I was wondering if you wanted to be part of the study group with me and Kamiya?” Atsuko asks him; staring him down and smirking a little.

“Uh…” He mutters lightly; and looks over at Kamiya. He sits and thinks for a few moments. “Yeah, sure.” Saburo replies with a nod.

“Good. Thank you, I mean…” Atsuko comments; walking away. Saburo looks at her for a moment; and picks up his desk. “O.K. if I move my desk over by you two?” Saburo asks; holding up his desk. “Oh, sure.” Atsuko replies, her hands hidden underneath the desk she’s sitting at next to Kamiya.

“So, have you prepared for the test at all?” Atsuko asks him as he sets his desk down and takes a seat at it. “Yes, I have…” Saburo replies with a tone of determination as he stares her down.

“Oh…so you want to see if you can quiz me; is that it?” Atsuko asks. “You could say that.” Saburo replies with a smile.

Atsuko stands up and walks over to him. She extends one of her hands and he grabs it; and they shake hands.

“Alright; then let’s begin; shall we?” Atsuko asks him; pulling out the pen that Kamiya had gave her earlier as she sits back down.

Saburo takes out his special pen and they start writing down different answers to different sections of their assignments.

“Impressive…” Atsuko remarks; looking over and seeing his answers. “I could say the same for you.” Saburo replies back; seeing her answers.

Suddenly; his pen starts to skip and eventually stops writing all together. “That’s strange…” Saburo mutters; looking down at his pen.

“Oh, what’s the matter? Pen run out of ink?” Atsuko asks politely. “Yeah…I don’t get it. It usually doesn’t run out of ink like this.” Saburo replies.

“Oh…that’s a shame…” Atsuko replies with a slight smirk, “Would like to borrow my pen?”

“No, that’s alright. I always use this pen, so I’ll have to go get it refilled. Excuse me.” Saburo states as he stands from his chair and walks away. Tomo notices this and follows him out of the room.

“Odd…Kerono-sensei didn’t say anything to those two…” Kagura comments, having watched Tomo and Saburo leave.

“I knew it…” Atsuko comments with a smile. “Knew what?” Kamiya asks, sitting at the desk next to Atsuko now. “Well; it seems like the teacher’s been getting light on people lately; that’s all.” Atsuko explains; covering her tracks.

Looks like the bosses were right…he does have a very special pen that one of those Keronians gave him… Atsuko comments, lightly tapping a small container of ink, Luckily I still have my pick-pocket skills. He’ll never figure out that I drained his pen out of ink while he was so busy moving his desk over here.

“Outside of the classroom…” The narrator states.

“What’s wrong with the pen?” Tomo asks Saburo as he hands it to her. “It’s not working. I think the ink’s dried up in it or something.”

“It shouldn’t...” Tomo replies; taking the pen and swallowing it. “Isn’t there an easier way for you to examine the pen?” Saburo asks; sweatdropping.

“Ku ku ku…” Tomo snickers as puts her hand in front of her mouth.

“This is odd…” Tomo replies. “What is it?” Saburo asks her. “Well,” Kururu says from inside the Tomo-suit; looking up at a screen with a diagram of Saburo’s pen on it, “…It’s almost completely empty.”

“Really?” Saburo asks with concern. “Yes. It looks like it was cracked open and leaked out…almost appears to be by force. Did you drop the pen at all?” Kururu asks him.

“I’ve dropped it a few times; but it’s never leaked on me before.” Saburo replies.

“Hmm…well; I think that’s what happened. I can refill it; but it won’t be until we get back to my lab.” Kururu explains, “Until then; I’ll hold onto it.”

“O.K. Thank you, Kururu.” Saburo states with a smile. Tomo nods in response and they both walk back into class together.

“Meanwhile…” The narrator states.

“Well; that’s it for today, de arimasu! See you all tomorrow, de arimasu!” Keroro shouts happily as the end of the class bell rings.

“I think that assignment was rather easy today. What did you think of it, Atsuko-chan?” Kamiya asks; grabbing her book bag.

“Yes, it was easy. It didn’t seem like the teacher knew what he was doing at all.” Atsuko comments sarcastically as she walks past Keroro; causing steam to shoot out of his head as he clenches his fists.

They walk out of the classroom together and head out towards the next classroom.

“Today’s been kind of a strange day so far…” Kamiya comments, looking around as she walks with Atsuko down the hallway.

“Yes, it has…” Atsuko comments with an evil grin, “…And I’m sure it’s only going to get stranger, my friend.”

“Not far away from them…” The narrator states.

“I don’t know…something about that girl makes me nervous.” Saburo comments as he stands with Keroro and Tomo in the hall; watching Kamiya and Atsuko walk away together.

“We’ll have to watch her…according to this school’s roster; she just transferred here,” Tomo replies, “…There may be more to her than meets the eye.”

“Elsewhere; far from the school…” The narrator states.

“Daddy? Are you O.K.?” Alisa asks as she stands on top of Nishizawa Tower; looking up at Nevula; who’s sitting on top of her head. “I don’t know…I have a strange feeling…something I can’t explain…” He states.

“There she is! We’ve located the target!” A voice shouts; and Alisa turns around and backs up in shock.

Floating a short distance away from her is the entire NPG military; with hundreds of helicopters and planes cruising towards her. At the front of the group is a small pink helicopter; with Momoka and Paul in it; with a megaphone attached to the outside.

“What’s going on here?” Nevula asks, looking at the oncoming armada.

“Fuyuki-kun told me that you were a criminal wanted by the Space Police for breaking a criminal out of prison; and we’re here to take you in!” Momoka announces over the loud speaker.

“Impossible.” Alisa comments. “We haven’t done anything like that. We haven’t spoken to Fuyuki in a long time; and we haven’t freed any criminals from prison; I can assure you of that.” Nevula replies.

“Who am I supposed to believe? Fuyuki-kun; or a rival for Fuyuki-kun’s love?” Momoka shouts.

“Rival?” Alisa mutters quietly. Suddenly she looks out to see Momoka putting on her Momo-kaiser armor.

“Oh no…this isn’t going to end well.” Nevula comments as Alisa looks around; only to notice that they are completely surrounded on all sides by planes and helicopters.

“Paul; keep the army on standby,” Momoka states as her inner Momoka shows through, “I’m going to take care of her personally!”

“Yes.” Paul simply replies as Momoka flies out of the ship and floats towards Alisa.

“I do not want to fight you!” Alisa shouts out, looking at Momoka. “Then you’ll come with me and go to prison?”

“I will not go to jail for a crime I did not commit.” Alisa states.

“Then it looks like you have no choice but to fight me!” Momoka shouts; charging up her cannon arm and aiming it directly at Alisa.

“As a confrontation between Alisa and Momoka comes into play; what will happen next? With Alisa working with Atsuko and Tokiki; what will her ultimate fate be? And what will happen next for Kamiya at school; being totally unaware of her connection to her enemy, Atsuko? And who’s the mysterious bosses who are instructing the 3 operatives?” The narrator asks in concern, “Keep watching and find out!!”