Day of Rain: Ten Journeys

Day 6: Day of Danger


Several loud noises put an abrupt end to the quiet around Bomberman's house the next day. A few mechanical sounds nearby, followed by a voice calling out, got Bomberman, Pommy, and Baglion's attention. Bomberman looked out the window. "What is going on out there?" he wondered.

It was then that the frightened cries became nearer and clearer. "Rooey! Rooey!"

Bomberman looked worried. "That sounds like Rooey! I think he's in trouble!" He rushed out the door with Pommy and Baglion.

Outside, the three of them found a startling sight. An enormous floating machine was chasing Rooey!

Completely unconcerned about his own safety, Bomberman ran toward the machine. He was not going to let anyone harm his friend. "Hey! Leave my Rooey alone!" he shouted.

The machine stopped in its tracks, and when he saw who was inside, Bomberman did too. Rooey, noticing he was not being chased anymore, stopped and fell onto the ground, panting.

"So, we meet again," Mujoe smiled evilly.

"You again?" Bomberman said angrily, "Haven't you learned to give up yet, Mujoe?"

"I think you should be the one giving up, Bomberman!" Then one of its large mechanical claws lengthened with impressive speed and rammed into Bomberman, knocking him down.

Pommy and Baglion gasped. Their first instinct was to defend their owner, and so they became angry and charged at Mujoe's machine. Bursts of electricity scattered around Pommy, while Baglion charged up her Ice powers. Two of the machine's claws lengthened, aiming at the two Charaboms, but Pommy and Baglion dodged them. They released their attacks on the machine, but it did not seem to be damaged.

Fortunately, Bomberman was not hurt very much. He watched Pommy and Baglion for a moment, surprised at how agilely they dodged the machine's attacks. Then he stood up and prepared to battle again. He took out a bomb, but at that moment the machine sent a claw out at him. Baglion, in a desperate attempt to protect her owner, jumped in front of him. Before Bomberman could react, the claw grabbed Baglion. Pommy was about to respond by using Thunder Spin on the machine when the other two claws came out, grabbing Rooey and he.

"Myu myu!"

"Baglion!"

"Rooey!"

The three captured creatures cried out as they struggled to free themselves from the claws' grip. Pommy used electricity and Baglion used ice, but the claws seemed to be immune to attacks.

"Haha! What do you think of this?" Mujoe laughed evilly.

Everything had happened so quickly that Bomberman was nearly stunned for a short time, but soon his sense returned as he realized what was happening. His friends were in danger! Bomberman did not want anything to happen to them. Anger flashed in his eyes. "You're not going to get away with this!" he tossed the bomb at the machine. However, the machine was starting to rise into the air, and the bomb missed it.

Mujoe and the Hige Hige Bandits' machine, with Pommy, Baglion, and Rooey still in its grip, rose high into the air and began to move away. Frantically Bomberman threw bomb after bomb after the fleeing villains, but the machine was far enough away that it evaded every one of them. "Bring them back!" Bomberman shouted, but by now his enemies were almost out of sight.

Bomberman growled in frustration. "They really did it this time…they took my friends away." Then he turned and went back inside, slowly and silently.


Pommy, Baglion, and Rooey were trapped in cages at the Hige Hige Base. Mujoe looked at them, smiling evilly. "We've done it! Our plan has worked! Now with Bomberman's friends separate from him, we won't be stopped!" Pommy, Baglion, and Rooey growled at him. They didn't like the sound of that.

When the villains had left, the three creatures looked at the room they were in. The room was small, dark, and empty. Pommy was striking the side of his cage repeatedly, trying to escape. Baglion and Rooey looked at each other worriedly. "Bagli…Baglion? Baglion?" I'm scared…what's going to happen to us? What's going to happen to Bomberman?

Rooey shook his head slowly, just as unsure as Baglion. It looked like there was nothing they could do now…they would just have to wait and see.