Before the final battle against the evil King Richter can begin, we must look back to what exactly had transpired during the battle against Crosk, continuing where it left off in chapter 53...

"Sorry, but I'm not going down here! Prepare to face living hell!" Crosk snapped.

Two large, furry paws emerged from the portal behind Crosk, and Byakkyo let out a high-pitched shriek. "EEEEEEEEEEEIIYYYYYYAAAHHHHHHH!! IT'S A GIANT BEAR?!"

Then, a giant fury head popped out, but it had no eyes and was just two giant slobbering mouths full of jagged shark-like teeth, snapping and snarling for food. Byakkyo's face fell.

'I liked it better when I thought it was a bear...'

The rest of this odd monstrosity crawled out, revealing its lower section to be that of a squid's, with many furry tentacles covered in spikes. Snickering, Crosk leaped on top of the creature's head and stood there with a victorious look on his face.

"W...What the hell is that thing?!" Ima cried; she had soon regained consciousness after Be-bebe gave her a Senzu Bean(1).

"This little guy is my new pet; I found him just loitering around in hammerspace one day. Do you like him? His name's George Bush..." Crosk explained.

"YOU FIEND! NAMING HIM AFTER SUCH A DESPICABLE CREATURE! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT MERE MISTAKE!" Be-bebe snapped, and then he ran behind Bu-bubu and squeaked, "Alright! Make 'em pay, little sis!"

"NOOOOOOO! LET US DO SOMETHING!" B.B. cried, and he came sliding in while riding Hiragi like a surfboard towards the enemy.

"SUPER FIST OF THE HILARIOUS COMEDIAN: SURF'S UP, DUDE!" Suddenly, a huge wave of ocean water formed underneath Hiragi's body, and now B.B. was hanging ten! Then, they crashed right into Crosk and George Bush, but the attack did nothing except get them wet.

In retaliation, George Bush punched Hiragi and B.B. in mid-air, sending them flying backwards. "CURSES! WE'VE BEEN...FOOOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLED!"

Bu-bubu bit her fingernail worryingly. 'Argh! What can we do against a crazy-ass kid that can pull just about anything out of hammerspace, and his giant mutant alien pet? This sucks! If only Don Patchi-kun was here...'

"ARGH! YOU GUYS...ARE PISSING ME OFF!" Crosk created another, smaller portal over his head to drop out a high-powered weapon of sorts, but instead he got a weird round orange creature with spikes dressed like a scantily clad wannabe-popstar girl.

"Hey, big boy," it purred, poking Crosk's nose playfully, "Let's go paint the town greenish-yellow tonight..."

"WHAT?! IS?! THISSSSS?!"

Bu-bubu gasped happily. "DON PATCHI-KUN! YOU'RE REALLY HERE!"

Then, the spiked oddball punched Crosk hard across the face and leaped backwards, landing next to an ecstatic Bu-bubu. Now back in his normal attire (which was nothing, actually), Don Patch struck a pose and exclaimed, "ALRIGHT, PUNK! I'LL TAKE YOU ON!...AND I'LL DEFEAT YOU WHILE I'M AT IT!"

"...YOU SUCK!" Byakkyo yelled at him.

Crosk was about to reply, when two more figures fell out of the portal on top of him; it was Bo-bobo and Jelly Jiggler...and they were dressed as Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba respectively!

"My friends are the key to my success, Kaiba-san..." Bo-bobo said in Yugi's dubbed voice.

Jelly Jiggler scoffed and snapped in Kaiba's dubbed voice, "ARE YOU SURE IT ISN'T BECAUSE YOU ARE ACTUALLY AN EGYPTIAN SPIRIT WHO FOR SOME REASON IS THE MASTER AT A GAME HE'S NEVER EVEN PLAYED BEFORE?!"

"...Maybe."

"ARGH! GET OFF OF ME!" Crosk shouted, and he flung both Bo-bobo and Jelly Jiggler over to the others. Now back in his original attire, Bo-bobo struck a pose and exclaimed, "ALRIGHT, PUNK! I'LL TAKE YOU ON!...AND I'LL DEFEAT YOU WHILE I'M AT IT!"

"...YOU ROCK!" Byakkyo yelled at him.

Don Patch was not pleased about this in the slightest.

Growling like a dog, Crosk clenched his fists and thought, 'AAAAAAARGH...WHY DID THOSE THREE FOOLS HAVE TO SUDDENLY APPEAR?! THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM NOW...HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WIN?! HOW?! HOW?! HOW...NO. I MUSTN'T FRET OVER THIS. I'LL JUST KILL THEM ALL AT ONCE!'

Smirking, Crosk pointed down at the group and exclaimed, "GEORGE BUSH...KILL THEM ALL! NOW!"

Roaring, the mutated monster charged at them. It was alot faster than any of the good guys had expected, and it was too sturdy to be stopped easily; how would they be able to escape it?

Ima couldn't take it anymore. Running at the charging beast, she jumped high into the air and shouted, "SUPER FIST OF THE BLACK JACKET: CONSTRICTING CLOTH!" The sleeves of the jacket stretched out and flew towards Crosk in an attempt to ensnare him, but instead she wrapped up something else: it was Dio Brando(2).

'I...I'VE PICKED UP A WEIRDO!' Ima thought in horror.

"Muda, muda...(3)" the weirdo chuckled, before both he and Ima were smacked by one of George Bush's paws, smashing them into the wall.

"DON'T WORRY, GUYS," Bo-bobo exclaimed, "I KNOW JUST HOW TO STOP THIS FREAKISH BEASTIE!"

"HOW?! HOW?! TELL ME! TELL ME!" Jelly Jiggler cried in excitement.

Grabbing Jelly Jiggler by the head, Bo-bobo stretched him out, and then flung him straight at the monster's face. "GO GET 'EM, JELLY!"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH?!" Tears streamed out of Jelly Jiggler's eyes as he came closer and closer towards George Bush's two gaping mouths...but then his expression changed to a confident one. Taking out his NU hanky, Jelly Jiggler shouted, "TAKE...THIS! IT'S MY...NU-HANKY SLAP!"

Jelly Jiggler gave George Bush a small slap on the nose with his hanky...and the hulking beast spat out a huge explosion of blood before collapsing sideways onto the ground, dead.

"...IT ACTUALLY WORKED?!" Bo-bobo cried; even though he threw Jelly Jiggler in the first place, he hadn't expected that to happen!

Crying out, Crosk accidently fell off the collapsing defeated monster, and felt the bones in his left arm crack apart the moment he hit the ground. Cursing, he tried to push himself back to his feet. 'I can't lose...I can't lose...no...why can't I lose? I...I don't know...why am I even fighting in the first place...augh...it hurts...'

Walking up to Crosk, Don Patch smirked and asked, "Aww...what's wrong, wittle boy? DID YOU HURT YERSELF? You gonna cry now, huuuuuh? HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH?! YOU LOSERRRRRRRR..."

Snarling, Crosk kicked Don Patch off to the side. Then, he stood up and began making his way towards Bo-bobo and the others. The 'L' on his forehead was beginning to diminish, hinting that Vilidimar's control over him was weakening.

Twitching violently, Crosk placed his hand over his face as he whispered, "DESTROY...DESTROY...DESTROY...DESTROY...DESTROY...DESTROY...DESTROY..."

Stepping forward, Ima shouted to him, "CROSK...DON'T FORGET THAT WE STILL HAVE A MISSION TO DO! REMEMBER? WE NEED TO MEET BACK UP WITH THE OTHERS! YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT?!"

Clutching his head, thousands of memories began to flash through Crosk's mind; memories of the 'Explode Saga'. He felt like his head was going to split in half, and he fell to his knees and screamed loudly.

'DESTROY...DESTROY...DE...DEST...DESTRO...DESTROY...DE...DESTROY...DEST...DE...DE...D...'

"NO! YOU MUST KILL THEM ALL NOW!!" ordered an old, wheezy voice inside his mind; it was Vilidimar.

"YES! KILL THEM...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!" Crosk cackled, and he ran at Ima with full intent on killing her. As he reached out to grab her, instead he grabbed something else; the orange T-shirt of his older cousin, Rijue.

"R...Rijue..." Ima stammered in suprise, blushing slightly.

Picking his nose, Hiragi thought, '...Even these OCs are getting more screen time than me!'

His expression full of fury, Rijue punched Crosk hard across the face. "I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, CROSK...BUT DON'T YOU EVER TRY AND LAY A SINGLE FINGER ON IMA, ESPECIALLY NOT IF YOU PLAN ON KILLING HER!"

In the background, Don Patch, Jelly Jiggler and Bo-bobo were now dressed as cheerleaders and dancing to the 'YMCA' song.

"YOU BASTARD!" Crosk attempted to strike at Rijue, but the green-haired boy closed his eyes and said, "...ZA WARUDO."

Don Patch gasped. 'HEY! I USED THAT MOVE TOO! HE'S DEFINITELY COPYING ME!'

Although time was slowed down, only Crosk had been affected by it. Turning to the others, Rijue said, "You guys go on ahead and take out that King Richter guy before it's too late..."

"...What do you mean?" Bu-bubu asked him.

"Head up there and you'll find out." Rijue replied, "Now...just go, okay? I'll take care of things here."

After a moment of hesitation, Bo-bobo and the others quickly ran into the elevator nearby and took one last look at Rijue before the door closed.

Now, we go back to present time, where the final fight shall begin...


THE REFERENCE INDEX:

(1) - Senzu Beans from the Dragonball series heal people back to full health as long as they aren't dead!

(2) - Dio Brando is a main villain from the Jojo Bizarre Adventure series.

(3) - "Muda, muda" is Dio's taunt/catchphrase thing.