It's a new year, but it is still 2019 in the story currently.
I don't own any of the characters unless I say so.
Shiro knelt to the ground as Bagura looked at the now demolished wall. Falling over, the Explosive Bomberman brought out a pink heart that had three stars on it. Team Theta Collobopsis will be back to reload their ammunition, so he will have to make the best out of it.
"I have to do this for everyone..." He looked back at his past and smashed the object like mirror. It felt like the world was watching him as some of his wounds heal. Infact, cameras silently came in and filmed the spectacle to show the entire nebula. Not a single television set was left out in showing the spectacle. He picked up his exoskeleton and slowly placed it back on, seeing the cameras from afar. When Bagura looked back at the semi-healed Shiro, he only saw red as his nemesis got up once again. "...I'm fighting for everyone I care about. What is your reason for everything YOU have done?!"
Bagura smiled at that. "I wish for power, dominion over everything, and to see everyone of my adversaries suffer!"
"You used one of my family members as a prison guard... Tried to kill my family with another member of my family... Killed innocent people! Took over one of the biggest nations in the Bomber Nebula and abused it! Enforced MASS SEGREGATION on the Layer, Lobber and Daman ethnicities as a whole! You don't deserve power with that mindset nor should you even try messing with powerful forces! You even revived the dead and brainwashed them!" Shiro shouted as he swapped between his Bomberman persona and his normal self as Prince- no, Emperor Shirobom. "You took over when the previous emperor, King Goldbom, left his empire to a worthy heir."
With Rock and the others, they caught up with the Robot Masters and Bombermen. When they recieved the information, they were surprised that the Kamen Riders with them are still breathing.
"R- Rock?! How are you here?!" Splash exclaimed as she, Bomb and Fire Man woke up from their comas.
"I think it has to do with HIM." Splash gave an adorable, but curious look.
"Dr. Wily?"
"No... Bagura."
Cheeryyuki came in with a smile. "I got cameras watching Shiro like flies! Are there any villages or colonies we should take note of?"
"YuYu Village!" The Planet Bomber Royal Family called out.
"Likawae Village." The four Commanders and Mauve Cilary fist-bumped each other.
"Grid City..." Responded The Custom Battler Captains (Bo, Neongee, Plasmajet/Plasma Bomber and Magnet Bomber).
"The Jetters and Justice Department Division Headquarters." Nitros, Altair, Artemis and the Elemental Knights proclaimed.
Aka kept silent as she and Shi-Shi were conversing in her head. Tears were coming across her face as she came into a sense of realization.
Aka's consciousness...
"... Why aren't you coming out that often?" Aka asked as she and Shi-Shi sat on a plain wooden bench. Shi-Shi wore a white robe with pink bombs displayed like polka dots.
"I- I'm fading, Aka. Just like what I told Shiro before we stopped Wily's mech..." The Anti-Virus murmured out as she stared at the flocks of birds and mechs flying across the sky.
"What did you tell him?" Leaning back, Shi-Shi threw a water balloon at a sign.
"If I merge with someone, I will permanently become a part of them and will just be a memory. Shiro loves you, Aka, I don't want him to be miserable after Wily shot you with a rail gun turret and Deral poisoning you." Aka stared at Shi-Shi as she tried to understand what is going on.
"I- I'm absorbing you?!" Pulling one of her sleeves, Shi-Shi shows Aka her faded arm.
"That's why I haven't been possessing you recently. I'm becoming YOU. You have to make your own choices again. You get to keep my armors, bomb placement abilities and new features, but this is the end of the line for me..."
"Can't you last a little longer?! I have to help Shiro! I have to help the others... Can't we?" Shi-Shi looked down.
"I don't know... But I think we can!"
Back to reality...
"*sigh* ...Shuta Village... I want everyone in a radius of 8 billion light years to know WHO and WHAT are the Bomberman species as a whole!"
Likawae Village...
"...ook over when the previous emperor, King Goldbom, left his empire to a worthy heir." Every single bomber in that village watched a massive holographic projection of the incident, courtesy of Mauve Cilary. One of the inhabitants, Purple Seamstress, watched in awe, seeing a childhood friend stand his ground after a heavy beating.
"Shiro?!" The seamstress whispered to herself in awe as the large projection of one of her closest friends/actual emperor denounced the current emperor.
"To think that the same person who created the Hige Hige Bandits..."
YuYu Village...
"...Garaden Empire, Buggler Army..." Many of the inhabitants of Shiro's home village watched as Shiro ranted, wondering what he is doing there in the first place. Indigo smiled as he flipped his baton like a cane.
GCPD/CuBa Program facility, Grid City, Planet Scrapheap...
"... Five Dastardly Bombers, Four Bomber Kings, the Super Combined Bombermen, You did all of this for power?!" The GCPD were having a field day watching one of their former agents go on a tirade on the now falsified emperor's actions, cataloging and decrypting everything he just said.
Jetters HQ, Planet Jetterz...
"I'm happy to be the brother of Mightybom, one of the strongest Bombermen in history. I'm proud to serve as the second official Bomberman of the Jetters and Justice Department Division, I- I'm proud to be of service to everyone in the Bomber Nebula for crying out loud!" The Jetters and their many squadrons looked at Shiro/Bomberman in pride.
"Go get 'em, Shiro!" A Human woman shouted out as she and the other members of the first Jetters team watched him pour everything out. Shout watched, remembering the incidents and organizations that mentioned. The other OG Jetters, Birdy, Bongo and Gangu, were smiling as they saw Shiro give a piece of his mind at the right time.
Back at the WaSho Palace Dungeon (Bottom Floor)...
"I want to make this clear to everyone that... I am the rightful ruler of the Bomber Nebulan Empire." Looking at Shiro, Bagura wondered why he said 'everyone' instead of 'you' until he saw the cameras in shock. Shiro removed his exoskeleton again, just to emphasize that he is the real deal, brown hair waving as he swapped between his normal self and his Bomberman-self. "I AM EMPEROR SHIROBOM, THE EXPLOSIVE BOMBERMAN, THE CRUEL TACTICIAN, BENEVOLENT DESTROYER, ONE MAN BATTALION, AND WRATH OF THE HEAVENS! IF YOU BELIEVE THIS FRAUDULENT 'EMPEROR' KNOWN AS BAGURA... Why did you guys do this in the first place?"
Shiro paused after saying that, using the monikers that smeared his reputation when he was a teen and the last being the title many powerful beings refrained from calling him due to the darkness welled in his heart after so many died.
His friends and family looked at him in worry. His former enemies stared in shame. This was someone who counted his miseries in secret because of his fears that more will die because of his identities.
"I'm doing the best I can to appease everyone even when I am not being thanked for doing so. I even threw out my childhood at age ten after what Mechadoc did. I should have died over and over, but I am here without a doubt. I'm tired of running. I'm tired of brutally killing my enemies as to punish and scare other wrong doers. My friends, family, and I are just trying to go home..." Everything was silent as Shiro stopped switching personae. The entire Nebula was stunned at his statement, so Bagura realized that he has to silence him. As for Aka, she sprinted to Shiro as fast as she could. Bagura was preparing himself to throw something, and she doesn't want to know. A spark lit up as she ran, knowing that she had to be with Shiro every step he takes.
"Grrr... I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR INSOLENCE!" Summoning a massive pressure block pillar, Bagura threw the thing like a javelin towards the Bomberman. With the thing flying as fast as a bus, Shiro braced for the worst... *ba- crack- ack- ack- ack- ack!* But it never came as a Daman Marble penetrated the entire thing like a shish kabob.
Aka stood there with her Omni Shield raised up as she looked back at Shiro with a confident smile. "I'm not going to let my fiance die!"
"Thanks, Aka..." The two hugged before arming themselves to the teeth with bombs.
"You dare defy my power?! I BROUGHT YOUR ALLIES SO THAT I CAN TORTURE THEM!" The tyrant known as Bagura clenched his fist as he summoned an army of revived Bombermen... Controlling all of the undead now, Bagura was about to sic them all onto the two when he heard something.
"Henshin! *Let's Game! Mucha Game! Mecha Game! Watcha Name? I'm a Kamen Rider! Mighty Jump, Mighty Kick! Mighty Mighty Action X!* EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS PISSED OFF ABOUT THAT, YOU BAKA (IDIOT)!" Ex-Aid shouted as he, Mega Man, the Kamen Riders, Dig Dug, Kissy, Kirby and the Popstar dwellers readied themselves. Infact, everyone armed themselves! Oddly enough, seven colorful Kamen Rider OOOs to go with that also.
"This place is definitely not Earth, but we have to help our friends!" Mega Man replied as he equipped his Mega Buster ability and brought out a second Mega Buster. Mighty and Cheery stared at Mega Man, trying to comprehend where is Earth.
"Earth?"
"Enough about the Blue Planet. We have to stop that massive guy that Ex-Aid shouted at!" Nitros shouted out as he brought out a Red Bomb.
Everything was still as Bagura stared at everyone in the room except those under his control. Shiro coughed as he brought out a fuseless bomb.
"*cough!* I forgot to mention that I was gonna remodel this dungeon into a meeting area or an extension to my hideout before you tried to take over, Bagura!" Shiro threw the bomb up and punched it as hard as he could like a volleyball, sending it into Bagura's nose and scorching his beard with a large explosion.
"*bang!* MY GLORIOUS BEARD! You will pay for this, Bomberman! First my rule, now my beard! ATTACK!" The army of revived Bombermen charged forward as a loud bang came forth again. Not from anyone in the room, but from the smoking barrel of a gun. White Hero arrived with Theta Collobopsis and some of the dimensional counterparts of Shiro and a few others.
(Play Bomberman 2 DS- Feeling Hope (The Three Dastardly Viruses)...)
"Knock 'em out! Don't kill anyone!" Hero shouted out as he, Atomic White, Dance, Gen and Gladius charged forward... With Hero and Gladius holding grenade launchers.
"Custom Battlers/Jetters! Spread out and defend our allies from Bagura's forces!" Mighty and Mauve called out as their subordinates obeyed the instructions.
"MAUVE, OSCILLATION BLAST, NOW!" Bo shouted out as he and Cheery blasted marbles and tossed concussive explosives at a bunch of incoming bandits.
"On it! *ping! pop! pop!* Aaa~!" Eight holographic speakers appeared behind the Daman as she did a melodic tone, each speaker giving a massive blast of cursed cloud in eight directions. It stunned the attackers into hitting each other.
Mega Man and the Robot Masters shielded everyone because of their laws of robotics, so they were forced to aid everyone instead of fighting. The Kamen Riders and the Popstar dwellers did their part in knocking out everyone and destroying any lethal object standing in their way. Everyone did their part, but every knocked out foe brought forth four extra to compensate. Bagura looked like the end of Shiro, but the Explosive Bomberman had one thing to say:
"I'm feeling hope, I see a brave new world..." In the iconic words to the people of Planet Bomber's greatest hero, It'll be a blast.
Chapter 25 end...
We are close to the end, everyone! Happy New Year!
References:
1. King Goldbom from SS: Stupid Bomberman Rangers
2. Sadly, Shi-Shi might not make it...
3. Purple Seamstress and Likawae Village from SS: Stupid Bomberman Rangers
4. YuYu Village
5. Grid-City from Custom Battler Bomberman/Bomberman 2
6. Bomberman Jetters
7. Shiro never revealed his status in SS: Stupid Bomberman Rangers... He was a vigilante at the time
8. Indigobara
9. Kamen Riders Ex-Aid, Poppy, Ghost, Fourze, Nadeshiko and OOO along with the Greeed transforming into OOO's combos. Read Rider Prick! as to how and why!
10. Dig Dug and Kissy are with Kirby and the Popstar dwellers, ready to fight
11. The DIMENSIONAL counterparts of Shiro, not the universal counterparts since I might write a story about Buggle!White Bomber. Read White Might as to why Might isn't there
12. Namco X Capcom's Brave New World
13. Feeling Hope from Custom Battler Bomberman/Bomberman 2 DS
14. Shiro's motto in SS: Stupid Bomberman Rangers
15. In the prequel for SS: Stupid Bomberman Rangers, SS Prequel: Super Bomberman Rising, each arc was a title used by many as a moniker for Shiro. An example would be The Cruel Tactician, which had Shiro go into a small war between a murderous android and himself.
That's all, folks! We are near the climax!