Shuta Village, Planet Bomber (15 years ago...)

A red Daman was sitting with his wife at their cottage's porch. The father's name is Gadonami and his home village is about to be overrun by bandits if he does not defend it. His wife, Sogeki-heinami, was also preparing for the raid, but for the purpose of getting their 5 year old daughter out of the place and defending the cottage.

"Aka, sweetie? Bad people are coming here! You have to leave this place, okay? Mommy and Daddy are going to protect the house, mhmm?" The daughter nodded in a confused matter.

"Why are they coming here, Mommy?"

"Remember the story I have told you about the greedy Bombermen who destroys towns at night for their money? The Pata Bandits" Little Aka nodded. "*sniffs* They want to do that to us! *sobs* I- I want y- you to be s- strong and remember t- that your father and I- I love you very much... S- So much! *sobs* R- Run into t- the woods a-and don't l- look back! G- Go!"

The young girl complied as she then ran off into the woods, with a small purse of money and a big sack full of clothes twice her size, Little Akanami ran as fast as her short legs could bring her and accidentally dropped her purse. *Bang! Crack! Hiss! Crack! Bang! Hiss!* Those were the only sounds she could hear as she ran for her life out of the forest. Little did she know, the bandits that attacked... The Pata Bandits, they grabbed her parents and hung their bodies before setting the dying pair and the wilderness surrounding them alight.

Later at an unknown village...

The girl stopped at the gate of a nearby village called YuYu. Exhausted and hungry, she tried to buy food until she finally noticed that the purse was missing. Desparate for food, she begged for some cash and even sold her spare clothes for money... But she only had enough for a sack of 20 purple apples and a bowl. Not complaining, she wolfed down on the first apple and was still hungry. She ate another and then saved the rest for later. Using both the sack that used to hold her clothes and some tree branches, she tried to make a tent outside the village, just like the life she lived back at Shuta. She removed her head's exo-skeleton and laid her trembling head on it. She has no home, no father or mother to comfort her- She has nothing at all now...

"*sniff! sniff* I want my family back!" The Daman cried out as she brought her emerald green hands to her face and sobbed into it. The cold embraced the crying girl as she fell asleep, not knowing that once she runs out of apples, she's going to become more desparate and steal from the local markets. Little Akanami became a thief.

Three weeks later...

"Granny?" A white Bomberman at the age of 7 asked towards his aged grandmother, Momo.

"Yes, dear?"

"What are we going to eat?"

"Oh! Your brother's favorite dish! Charabom Cheese mels! Just be patient, alright Shiro? Now, I want you to look for a charabom cheese wheel!" Momo replied as said kid was looking around for the said food item.

"Hmm... Where's the charabom cheese section again? *sees the sign...* Oh! Here's the last o- Ow!" Shiro was elbowed on the shoulder by a young girl in red near his age range, a Daman who then ran off with the last cheese in stock. "Hey! My grandmother needs that!"

"..." The girl said nothing and ran off with the wheel onto the rooftops. Shiro then chased her near the marketplace's border before tackling her. "Ah!!! *struggles to hold onto the cheese wheel...* I need it!"

"You can't steal this when there are people who need it too! *grunt*" A crowd formed around the two as they fought over the wheel.

"You don't need this! I need this! *grunt*"

"No- *grunt!* You- *grunt* Do- *plop*" The cheese wheel shattered into thousands of pieces, much to Shiro and the girl's horror.

"Nonononononono! THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" The girl shouted out in rage as Shiro looked at her in a similar manner.

"NO,THIS IS YOUR FAULT! YOU DECIDED TO STEAL SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR MY BROTHER!

"*hyperventilates before kicking Shiro in the stomach... Thud!* GET LOST!!!" The girl then screamed out before running out. All Shiro could do now was watch as the crowd disperse and Mighty, Shiro's brother, walk up to him.

"... Did you just fight a beggar?" Shiro nodded in response.

"Sorry, Big Bro... No Charabom Cheese mels..." Shiro then groaned out as he lowered his head.

"... I don't really care about that." Shiro then looked up at Mighty in confusion.

"Huh? Why?" Mighty then explained his reason.

"There will be people more needy than us... Come on! Let's go to Gran now!"

After Shiro told Momo about happened, just like what Mighty told him, Momo told him that he has to help people in need... And that he will get help in return. So to make amends to the girl, Shiro, with the help of Momo, prepared Shiro's favorite dish, Purple Apple Dubimush and covered it with a yellow bandanna that the grandmother recieved on her recent birthday by a certain Dr. Ein.

On the outskirts of YuYu...

There was a small tent with a faint light it. It had holes, patches of cloth and twisted tree braches that kept the tent standing.

"Huh? That's an ugly tent right there... I better give this to her before it gets cold." Shiro said to himself before walking over to the tent. "Hello? Can I come in?"

"No!"

"I have food with me!" The Daman then peeked through the entrance's hole.

"*remembers Shiro...* You hate me... I kicked you!"

"*sigh* It's easier to forgive and forget that to... you know... Can I come in?"

"Mmm okay!" The young girl then exited the tent and shown him to sit at a pair of logs next to the tent innocently. "*notices the container of the dubimush...* What is that?"

"It's for you! *lifts the yellow cloth...* Have you ever tried Dubimush? It's a popular soup here on YuYu village!"

"No... I do not know about it."

"Eat it!" Shiro insisted as the Daman stared at it in confusion before taking a sip out of it. The Daman then continued eating the soup after deciding that she liked it and finished it entirely. "Did you like it?"

"It tastes so good! Thank you for giving this to me!" The girl then hugged him as a thank you. "Uh... What's your name?"

"Shirobom! My parents are King Goldbom and Queen Mushibom! What's your's?"

"... Akanami... My parent's names are Gadonami and Sogeki-heinami..."

"Where are your parents?"

"..." All Aka could do was stare at the ground with tears in her eyes. When Shiro took the hint that she is an orphan, he remembered that he still had to give the bandanna to her.

"... Oh...*brings out the bandanna...* You can have this also!" He gave it to her... Despite not knowing how to wear a bandanna.

"... How do you wear this?" Shiro then folded the bandanna like a triangle and tied it around her neck.

"... I think you look great in it! Uh... Listen, I have to go home now. Just so you know, it's nice meeting you!"

"Same here! Thanks!" Shiro then walked through the gates with the empty container while Aka was looking at the moon, thinking about what Shiro did for her. Little did they know, it was the start of a friendship that will bring the two together over the next fifteen years. For now, Aka was softly whispering to herself. "My parents would be happy that I have my first friend! *sigh* Shiro, when can you show me the entire city?"

Chapter 7 end...

Hey! I did tell you guys a flashback, right? Anyways, this is the backstory of one of our characters... Unless you count chapter 1 of MM:DM Season 1 as Splash Woman's backstory? I don't know.

References:

1. Gado means 'guard' in Japanese and Sogeki-hei means 'sniper'

2. The Pata Bandits are named after the Spanish term 'psicopata'

3. An entire reference to SBR chapter 14

That's all folks!