Well, here we go, as promised. I was busy on Christmas Eve when I finished this, so it's up a bit late... because of that, I had to cut it down from three acts, and had to shorten the second... so, sorry everyone. Uh... though I don't really think anyone cares... points to review that was sent in by Banana, by the way... not me... I wouldn't review my own work...

Act II: save the santa-man!

Haha, you fell for it. They weren't actually gingerbread warriors. They were more like… tried-to-be-gingerbread-warriors-but-melted-into-a-blob-of-molasses-instead.

So, stepping around the goo as best they could, Bomberman and Black Bomber found their way to the back of the gingerbread mansion. They were sure Santa would be behind the next door, but suddenly, a booming voice stopped them in their tracks.

"You will go no further!" It said, though it sounded like it was coming from the room in front of them. They decided to come inside the door despite the warning, and what they saw shocked them.

Grand Bomer

Standing by Santa Claus

Who was bound and gagged.

"You kidnapped Santa Claus?" Black Bomber gave Grand Bomber a questioning look.

"It-it's not what it looks like!" Grand Bomber insisted.

"What would you want with Santa Claus?"

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH SANTA CLAUS?"

"I told you, it's not what it looks like!"

"Bwahahahahah!" A sinister laugh interrupted their rambling, and Thunder Bomber magically dropped from the ceiling. Somehow. He ended up falling on Grand Bomber's head.

"Darn it! Why didn't that knock him out like in those cheap fanfictions that make no sense and are overly random!"

"Because this isn't one of those cheap fanfictions that make no sense and are overly random?" Bomberman suggested.

"B-but it IS!"

"No it isn't…"

Their argument was cut short by a loud noise from behind the door.

----------Ruki makes his return, finally…----------

… well, kind of as a sort of mom. Fnanit, being of very many brains and free time, was the real reason for Ruki's existence, thereby explaining his robot likeness. We say likeness, but we really don't mean it. He looked pretty much as any of the other bombers, but he was really only a simple very dark gray color with a black mask across his face, and he favored an unusually ridiculously curved sword rather than bombs, though he could use them. He just mostly… didn't. Now, Ruki is about three years old now. And I'm happy to say that his season-long birthday is finally finished. We're not quite sure when Ruki came along, but we knew it was some time in summer or fall. So we celebrate his birthday all fall, really.

Anyway, back to business. Fnanit had found her way into the gingerbread mansion as well, and had found Ruki along with it. "I haven't seen you in a while," she greeted him casually. The two… they didn't always get along so well.

"You brought him here, didn't you?" Ruki shot an accusing look at Fnanit.

"What would I want with Santa?"

"I dunno," Ruki shrugged, "'cause you could steal all his cookies… or somethin'…"

"That don't sound half bad…" Fnanit looked up into the ceiling in thought.

"So you're saying you didn't kidnap him?"

"I was sure you had."

"… We need to stay in better touch, don't we?"

"Yes, Ruki, we do."

----------Back with Santa…----------

At this point, all the Bombers had ended up in the room. Flame Bomber and Thunder Bomber were mercilessly tearing at each other's faces, each trying to capture Santa Claus to give to Pretty Bomber, who was watching the events from a safe distance. Grand Bomber was trying to make off with the jolly old man. Black Bomber and Bomberman were talking to each other casually.

"But, really, it's not like he would've captured him."

"Yeah. Honestly, no one else is here."

"Dude, is Grand Bomber glomping Santa Claus?"

"Whoa. All I know is that that doesn't look nice."

Suddenly, Grand Bomber was knocked out cold by something. Though the gang couldn't quite see what, they saw a short blur of green as something exited the room.

----------After a long conversation between Ruki and Fnanit…----------

"… but I hear she lost fifteen pounds on a potato diet."

"Hm, yeah…"

Suddenly, a green blur zipped past them.

"W-wait! What was that!"

Ruki's eyes widened. "I… I know that bunny!"

----------Back again…----------

The guys were now rushing out the door, trying to figure out what it was.

"I'll bet THAT thing kidnapped Santa!" Bomberman panted. Suddenly, they had the thing cornered in a small room. Bomberman struggled to get a good look around everyone else. He finally caught a glimpse of the thing. "L-Louie!" Bomberman's eyes inflated like giant flapjacks. "AWMIGAWD LOUIE KIDNAPPED SANTA CLAUS!"

The green bunny stared innocently up at everyone in the room. Shoot! He thought. I've been figured out!

"Aww, he's kinda cute!" Grand Bomber giggled.

"VISCIOUS BUNNIES!" Bomberman screamed, lunging at Louie, who immediately zipped off between his legs, out the door, out of the mansion.

"Well…" Flame Bomber sighed, "you just lost us our culprit…"

"THAT'S OKAY!" Bomberman assured him, smacking him on the back.

They all immediately left, kind of bored.

----------Finally, on Christmas day----------

Everyone sat around the tree. For some reason, they were all around the same tree. They all started to open their presents and they were mostly happy with them, though some of them caught fire when pommy dragon burnt down the tree. Flame Bomber and Thunder Bomber ended up, sadly, getting nothing for Pretty Bomber. Flame Bomber still got his scented candle, though! And about five more, too…

When all the unwrapping was done and everyone was happy, Bomberman noticed someone looking around the tree for a present.

"Oh shoot," Bomberman said to himself, "I forgot to get Banana a present!" He looked around frantically and saw a Hige-Hige bandit pass by. He grabbed it and crudely stuffed it in a gift bag, handing it to Banana. She opened the present excitedly.

"My very own!" She squealed, hugging it to pieces. Turned out, Bomberman's Christmas wasn't too screwy after all. Well…

INSIDE JOKE REFERENCE:

Flame Bomber incident: oh, you don't wanna know… you do not want to know…

Glomping: everyone knows Thunder Bomber's my fav'rite XD

Pyro-ninny: it has something to do with me trying to remember what podoboos were called…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Flame Bomber sounds kinda like a ninja turtle in Jetters… and he's always been associated with them somehow, anyway…

Ruki: I really included him for the purpose of being an inside joke… Anyway, he's a little guy I put in a comic three or so years ago and he kinda caught on.

Hige-Hige for Christmas: Banana loves Higes… simple enough…