WaSho Palace Dungeon (Bottom Floor)...

"I'm feeling hope, I see a brave new world..." Shiro muttered as he closed his eyes and reminisced of his past... Of what took him to this point as to why he revealed his actual identity. Bagura raised his fist and fired a ray of lightning. Time slowed down and felt like- *fwomp!* an eternity.

YuYu Village, Planet Bomber (10 years prior to now/Shiro's 12th Birthday)...

A young Shirobom and Akanami laid down on the grassy field, watching the clouds that passed by. Today's Shiro's Birthday, and he has been going to YuYu Village less often so that he can be with his family more while serving with the Jetters. With the two are Indigobara and Purplerosu (Purple Seamstress), fighting over the last piece of cake Shiro made.

"Shiro?" Aka asked as she sat up, wondering on what Shiro's doing now.

"Yeah?"

"What are you doing now that you have all seven Bomb Stars?" Closing his eyes, Shiro tried to make things sound alright. He did fight Mujoe all because of those weird crystals.

"I- I gotta be with my family... I also gotta work in the Jetters full time. I'm still going to train to be the strongest though!" Purple then turned around to Shiro.

"What happened about seven Bomb Stars?" Shiro chuckled and shown six of his Bomb Stars.

"*click!* I got all seven two years ago, remember Purple? *click!*" This made the girl in purple blush a little for forgetting that, looking the other way.

"Sorry! I forgot... All I got are si- Where's your seventh?"

"It's in my heart!" The three looked at him like curious Charaboms.

"Did you get operated on?" This disappointed Shiro. Of all the things his friends have said, THIS is the answer?

"Uh... No, Indigo. It just means I hold someone close to my heart. Mighty's Jetter badge is my seventh Bomb Star!" Purple then contemplated as to who or what is close to her very self.

Wanting to continue their conversation earlier, Shiro then continued with what he was saying.

"After everything that's been going on already, I decided that I want to protect others!" Aka gave a look of confusion again.

"How?"

"By becoming a one-of-a-kind Bomberman! A hero!"

"That sounds weird!" The two giggled and hugged each other.

"I forget about that!"

"Shiro, haven't you noticed that your head is becoming cubical with bushy eyebrows?" This made everyone laugh from Indigo's joke once more. They continued chatting as the day went by, with Shiro having to go to the Jetters HQ for something important

At Jetters HQ, Planet Jetterz the next day...

The Jetters (Shout, Misty, Birdy, Bongo, Gangu and Shiro) gathered around a new round table, where Dr. Ein was yimmering and yammering about new dropships being made for the Jetters.

"...but enough about the ships though!" This garnered everyone's attention. "We are here to talk about renaming the Jetters organization, code names for all of us and the face of the Jetters! I vote for Starch-Force."

Everyone gave him weird faces, thinking that they will dress up in cereal boxes. He meant Star-Force, but that is both copyrighted by some random military faction somewhere else in the universe.

"What about Bomber-Guard?" Shiro asked all of a sudden. "Lots of people from Planet Bomber are trying to apply for the Jetters."

"Eh... That sounds better suited for a division of us in Planet Bomber, Shiro." Shout replied as she then tried to think of something. "What if we swap Bomber with Jetter? Since you gave us the whole 'Bomber-Guard idea?"

"So what? Like Bombers instead of Jetters?" Gangu asked all of a sudden.

"No... What Shout means to say is that we can call ourselves the Jetter-Guard!" Misty answered all of a sudden.

"Heh... Sound like a good idea." Birdy replied, giving a sense of pride to Dr. Ein as he then accepted it.

"Jetter-Guard it is then! As for our code names? I will be Dr. I"

"I'll keep my name." Shout replied.

"Badge."

"Bongo, Bongo!"

"Gangu, of course!"

"Birdy."

"..." Shiro didn't know what to pick, but he chose something that will constantly stick to his very self. "...Call me... The Explosive Bomberman!"

"Hm... Flashy name. Let's use you as the poster boy, Shiro. Make an angry face for the camera!" As Dr. Ein brought in a camera, Shiro's eyebrows connected with the eyes, giving him the face of a Layer.

"Like this?"

"Perfect! You like a different person! *beep! beep! beep!* Unfortunately, we have to put this meeting to an end. We will report any situations to all of you later. Later that day, Shiro had to stop Mujoe and the Hige Hige Bandits from destroying Planet Bomber... This marked the beginning of Shiro's alter-ego, Bomberman.

Back to the present (January of 2020)...

He opened his eyes and decided on a random, but effective strategy. He then blinked a few times, selecting his armor and weapons, along with chips to use. Throwing a chip into the air, Aka noticed that it had a green body with a yellow lightning bolt. It went into a slot on his left Punch Glove, giving off a kid's voice saying "Battery!". It was a gift from Rock a few days before the launch.

Summoning an Omni Shield Combo, Shiro spun in front of Aka and activated his armor, summoning a shield that enveloped the two. The lightning strike fueled the potency of the shield, increasing the area of the force field protecting the two. Once the sparks dissipated, Aka charged out, summoned Shi-Shi's armor while transforming into a Lobber and throwing a bomb at Bagura's head, triggering an explosion with the Wave Cannon's blast making contact with the bomb. With a groan, Bagura blocked it, pushing the flames back with a fierce glare and a wave of his hand.

After seeing the power of the shield, Bagura growled in jealousy. HE should have that power, HE can use that power to torment his most audacious of attackers, and HE wants that power.

"I should have murdered you before you joined the Jetters! The pain you have given me throughout your pathetic existence is excruciating!" Looking back at the fights going on with a nervous stare, Shiro swapped to his normal armor, with his Kick Boots swapped for Dash Boots, enabling him to dash a short distance at the cost of not kicking. Grabbing Aka by the hand, he dashed towards Mega Man, who was shooting bombs from the air with his Mega Buster.

"Oh... Pratfall!" He couldn't get there in time, so he grabbed the nearest ally and threw her like a spear.

"HEY! What are do- AHHHHH!!!" Shiro didn't even bother looking since he and Aka were trying to get to Rock also, detonating as many explosives as possible.

Rock/Mega Man's POV...

HOW MANY PEOPLE DID THIS GUY SUMMON?! I am literally seeing a tsunami of explosives! This isn't even like fighting Dr. Wily at all! I have to deal with a crazy doctor that has a grudge on dad, but Shiro has to deal with an oversized Papa SMURF that has the powers of Thanos, Sans and Emperor Palpatine?! I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES- *BANG!* I should stop ranting in my head right now.

I raised my Mega Buster and fired three shots, but that only blew up a few bombs. By a few, I meant only three, and those didn't even start a chain reaction! I had to take cover, but before I can try running, I felt a hand grab my arm... AM I BEING MOLESTED?! I looked at the person who grabbed my arm- Splash tackled me before I could even get touched by a single explosive.

"Are you okay, Rock?!"

"Splash?! How did you get here so fast?" Being a nice sister, albeit more on the Sweet-Home-Alabama side, Splash pointed at Shiro and Aka, who were hurling everything they got at the very bombs that tried to kill me. We fired at a few, but when a Marble came at us, Splash managed to hit it dead on.

"*fishwing! BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG!* WHAT?! A RAINBOW?!" The marble was vaporized, with a rainbow coming out, creating a ray of destruction that made it look like Pride Month in all of it's raging glory. "It's pretty, it's cool... But a FRIGGIN' RAINBOW?!"

Shiro and Aka came to us, but when a giant angry penguin-thing waddled towards us with a chainsaw in it's arms, it was pulled back by two electric whips and knocked down by a finisher that had... blue tentacles. The best friend of a sterotypical Japanese lady, in my mind. An explosion came out of the two, engulfing the two in a high-octane explosion.

"*OCTO BANISH!* SEIYA! *BANG!* An OOO clone got up from her crouched position and kicked the thing away from us. She had a blue coin combo on her belt-thing. Uh... From what I learned from Eiji, that's an Orca, an Electric Eel and an Octopus for the head, torso and legs. "Oreelopus OOO, ready for action!"

"SHUT UP, MEZOOL!" A red OOO shouted out as he slammed an undead castle guard into Plasma Bomber's Plasmic discharge. That was a little to anti-climactic for me, anyways.

After the OOO clones jumped off to knock out more of the undead, I looked back at Shiro. We locked eyes and looked back at Bagura with sour glares. We then saw Taizo and Kissy land next to us, burned, but still alive...

No one's POV...

Taizo was glad Masuyo landed before the strain can harm their unborn child, but in the mind of the driller, landing next that Rock and the white and blue alien they met a few months ago. (They didn't know that New Year's passed already.)

"'that blue-skinned alien with the bushy gray beard can kill all of us if we fight him alone!' Kid, I don't know what we can do to stop him!" Shiro then gave a grin, signifying that he has a plan.

"I have one, but I don't know where she is..." They then wondered of whom the Bomberman was talking about.

"Who?"

"Deral..."

Chapter 26 end...

References:

1. The Bomberman backstory in Simply Stupid

2. Battery: A custom power up meant to overcharge electrical gadgets by absorbing electrical attacks

3. Papa Smurf

4. Thanos

5. Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars

6. Rainbow beams of death.

7. Pengy from Bomberman Quest... But he's armed

8. Mezool and Ankh from Kamen Rider OOO

9. Remember, Masuyo's pregnant currently. This will be a major part in Simply Stupid at the end of this series' main story

10. I forgot about Deral! We'll see her soon enough

That's all, folks! Sorry I didn't post in a while...