Sumumu taii: The new girl

Okay, never mind, irregular morning.

In a meadow outside the city, a deep crater in the ground had smoke streaming out of it. Inside was a spherical red ship that was busted and torn, looking like it went through one heck of a journey. A small keronian crawled out. She had a few cuts and bruises, but seemed perfectly fine. The tadpole sat on the grass, looking around at her surroundings. She had a standard white hat, but the ears went down to her hips, one light green and one dark green earring on each ear flap, her eyes were large and bright red, she was dark purple with the color on her face pointing down, a light blush on her cheeks, and a symbol on her tummy and hat, which was a skull wearing a hat. The tadpole’s eyes became very large, and she took a deep breath. and the tadpole began to cry loudly. She felt something soft on her hand, and she stopped crying to look down. It was a light blue sock monkey smiling up at her. The tadpole squealed in delight and picked him up. She stood up and remembered what her brothers and dad taught her about situation like this. She turned on her cloaking device, and bravely walked towards the city. the first thing the tiny tadpole noticed was everyone was wearing clothes. Even the funny, smelly furry things were wearing clothes. She immediately covered herself, embarrassed at her lack of attire. She quickly made her way to the first store she saw, desperate to find something to cover herself up with. She walked into the building, and gaped at the large size of everything. She walked down the aisles, making sure to dodge the big feet of the people around her. She found herself in the pet aisle, and spotted a light blue, long sleeve shirt meant for small dogs. She eagerly picked it up, and slipped it on. It reached past her knees, and was the perfect length for her small arms. She giggled happily and traced her steps back to the front of the store. Before she walked out, she took a marker out of her hat. She drew a happy face on one of the white walls of the store. She smelled her marker, loving the chocolate scent it had, then put it back in her hat. She walked out of the store, setting of the alarms because her new dress still had the tags on it. People gave the front of the store a weird look before going back to their shopping.

Sumumu and the others landed in the meadow, ready to greet whoever landed. They approached the crater with caution, just in case something tried to attack them. Sumumu and giroro were the only ones to peek in, the rest of the platoon preferring to stay back at a relatively safe distance. “there is no one in the ship.” giroro announced. Everyone else looked around, trying to locate the other alien. “they probably went to the city”, sumumu said. “well platoon, let’s find them! Who knows maybe they would like to join us in the pekopon invasion.” keroro said excitedly. Everyone nodded, and climbed on their own hovercrafts. The platoon shot towards the city.

The little tadpole had now reached the edge of the city. She saw a odd cart on wheels with a man handing weird cones with fluffy things on top. She approached the cart curiously, needing to know what he was giving out. She struggled up one of the large wheels, and peeked in. she picked up a brown cone thing with a big white fluff on the top. She sniffed it cautiously, it smelled sweet. She licked the ball on top, and a big smile broke out on her face. It tasted delicious! The tadpole proceeded to stuff the frozen treat into her mouth. Sticky ice cream dripped on to her dress, and waffle cone pieces stuck to her clothes, face, and any other piece of exposed skin she had. The little keronian looked around, wondering what to do next. She saw a thin line of trees that got thicker as it moved away from the city. ‘A forest! Maybe I will find him there!’, she thought. She quickly made her way to the forest. Before she could leave, she remembered something, and ran back to the cart. She brought out her marker and drew a big happy face on it. She put the drawing tool away, and ran off again.

Above the city, sumumu and the others were floating on thier hover crafts. “ugh! We are never going to find them! Let’s just go.” keroro whined. “are you crazy?! This alien might be highly dangerous and try to take over our mission!” giroro yelled. “hey you two! Be quiet! You are going to give me a headache!” sumumu growled. They shut up. “good. Now, lets split up into teams. Tamama and keroro, giroro with me, and kururu can look by himself.” sumumu suggested. Everyone nodded in agreement. Keroro and tamama headed south, downtown. Giroro and sumumu headed east to the shopping district, and kururu went north.

Sumumu and giroro headed to the first store they saw. They hid their hovercrafts, and walked in the shopping area. They immediately split up, to search the area faster. While they were looking, they heard the alarms at the front of the store go off. Both keronians shrugged it off as a pekoponian being stupid. Giroro was going through the athletic section when he saw something that made him stop. It was a bright pink weight set that was very girly looking for a guy item. ’ maybe natsumi would like a gift from her home planet this year’, giroro thought. “are you seriously thinking about getting her that!?” came  a voice from behind him. Giroro just about jumped out his skin, and he whipped around to see sumumu smirking at him. “ don’t do that! Are you insane!?” he yelled. Sumumu rolled her eyes, “I would think you are insane because you want to get natsumi a weight set.” giroro blushed, “she is a warrior, this present would be perfect.” sumumu smirked, “even if she is tough, she is still a female corporal.” giroro gave her a blank look, not getting it. Sumumu face palmed, “maybe she would like something more feminine, like jewelry.” giroro’s face lit up, “of course! I can get my sweet natsumi a necklace! Then, when she opens her present, I can put it on her neck! It will be so hot!” he quickly ran off, forgetting about sumumu. “five more minuets!” the orange frog called after him. Giroro raced to the jewelry aisle, and started looking in the display cases. He searched for the perfect gift for his love. He frantically searched, until he saw something that caught his eye. It was a three piece jewelry set. The necklace and bracelet were made of creamy, bright pearls with small diamonds between each orb. The earrings had a small diamond for the base, and a pearl dangling securely to pull the jewelry set together. Giroro looked at the price, and did a double take. ’800 dollars!? That’s way to much!’ he thought. “that’s pretty.” came a voice from behind giroro. He jumped. Again. And turned around to see sumumu staring at the pearl set. “ don’t DO that!” he yelled. Sumumu ignored him and checked the price, “ 800 bucks? Wow.” giroro let out a small sigh, “I could probably get her those weights.” he mumbled. Sumumu stared at the saddened corporal, and groaned. She flipped above the display case with ease. She landed behind the cases, and snuck up to the occupied sales women. Sumumu swiftly snatched her keys, and walked over to where the pearl set was located. She unlocked the case, and swiped the jewelry. She quickly boxed the gift while giroro watched her in disbelief. Sumumu returned the keys, and flipped back on the other side. Sumumu handed over the stolen jewelry, “ tell no one. I don’t like people thinking  am going soft.” giroro was ecstatic, and tears started to fill his eyes. “thank you”, he whimpered. Sumumu turned from him, embarrassed at his behavior. “come on giroro, are you a solider or are you a keroro. Now, lets blow this joint.”  sumumu said. Giroro froze, “you called me giroro.” sumumu shrugged, “well, that is your name. now, lets get out of here.” the two keronians made their way to the front of the store. Sumumu noticed something different, and stopped. “oi sumumu, hurry up”, giroro called. “ hey look, someone vandalized the store. On the inside! Man, these are some stupid kids! And its not even a gang sign or anything, it’s a big smiley face. How lame”, sumumu said. Mostly to herself. Giroro walked over, and stared at the smily face. He suddenly lunged forward and started to sniff it. “giroro, what the (bleep!) are you doing?” sumumu asked. Giroro looked at her, fire in his eyes and a determined look on his face. “we have to find her. Now.” giroro ran out the store. Curious, sumumu also smelled the mark. “chocolate. Why would someone draw on a building with a scented marker?” sumumu asked herself out loud as she ran after giroro.

The little tadpole had now made her way deep into the forest. She had leaves, twigs, dirt, and mud stuck to her now too in addition to the ice cream. She was very scared and shaking because she was lost. She tried to retrace her steps, but everywhere she went, the trees always looked the same. The child was on the edge of tears as she walked around in a random direction. She then heard a very faint sound of rushing water, and she ran excitedly towards it. She broke through the tree line, and was overjoyed at what she saw. It was a cute little cabin with a little water wheel on the side of it. She checked out the house, and saw it was empty. Tears filled her eyes as she started to cry again. She saw a radio tower in the distance, and decided to toughen up and head towards it. Before she did, she drew a happy face on the door of the cabin.

“hey mister sergeant, I don’t think that was there before,” tamama said as they passed by the same ice cream cart they passed ten minuets ago. It had a smiley face drawn on it. Keroro stopped eating his ice cream he had taken from the cart, and looked to what tamama was addressing. Keroro blinked, “so.” “it could be from the visitor”, the tadpole explained. “your right tamama. Good job! Lets go to the woods and try to find him or her.” keroro ordered. The duo headed towards the forest. Tamama’s tummy growled loudly, and the tadpole sighed. Keroro had gotten only himself an ice cream, completely forgetting about tamama. Keroro stared at tamama, contemplating his next move. Keroro extended the treat towards tamama and grinned, “cant have my solider going hungry.” tamama smiled widely, and took the cone from his leader. ’he is giving me his ice cream! This is obviously his gift of love!” he growled in his head, creepily obsessive side kicking in at the second sentence. He happily licked at the treat, having (in his mind) the best day ever. Keroro watched as tamama’s long tounge busily worked at the treat, some dribbling on his chin and onto his fingers. Tamama brought his hand to his face, licking his sticky fingers free of ice cream. His face was full of pleasure and joy. This made keroro blush furiously, and the green frog looked away. He never noticed that tamama was so…cute. He shook his head of the thought, ‘I cant be attracted to a platoon member! Especially someone so young! besides, tamamas not gay!’ he told himself. They both traveled deeper into the forest.