Sorry that it's been awhile. I was working on something new and I was sidetracked because of it. Anyways, welcome to the climax! I don't own Mega Man, Bomberman, nor any of the series mentioned in this. In other words...Read, Review, and Enjoy!
WaSho Palace dungeon...
"W- What are you doi-*crack* Owowowowow!" Bomberman winced in pain as Mecha Bomber poured the liquid into his blood.
"KiLlInG YoU MeNtAlLy." the metal counterpart muttered out as it casually kicked him in the shin. The Bomberman winced as he struggled to get back up. The liquid did not bother him a single bit.
"Hng! I can fight it, you know. I can't feel it at all."
Mecha Bomber gave a disturbed look before it yanked his scarf, tearing off one of the endpoints, and began shocking him from the inside. "DoN't fIgHt iT. yOu'lL OnLy gEt a sTrOkE."
This time, Bomberman felt it. He crumpled down in pain as sparks and steam erupted from his body; Bomberman went back into being Shiro and collapsed with a loud thud. Mecha Bomber gave a cruel smirk as it disappeared in the mist. It will have an easier time to kill him now. Bagura got up and smirked, only to receive a kick by an enraged Mega Man. Mega Man threw three chips and replicated them into his system: Hard Knuckle, Top Spin, and Charge Kick. The Blue Bomber clenched his fists, causing his forearms to double in width and his color scheme alternating to the Hard Knuckle colors.
"What. Did. You. Do. To him?"
Weakly getting up, Bagura had one thing to mutter out: "Revenge is best served on a silver platter..."
"Revenge? All of this for revenge? No wonder your skin is blue. Silver platter. You have fought him for years and never bothered to negotiate?! What is wrong with you?!"
Bagura then gave a cruel sneer without a thought. "A genius like myself does not need anyone to talk to! I should have taken over all of the Bomber Nebula, but I have lost my weapons to do so."
"Maybe you deserved it then! From what I heard from Shiro and Nitros, you destroyed planets with your empires!" Mega Man prepped himself, for whatever came next.
"I had no interest in the colonies of Planet Bomber! All lifeforms are below me-" Bagura received a Hard Knuckle to the stomach, knocking him down to the floor. Mega Man charged at him and swapped to Top Spin, grabbing him by the wrist and spun like a tornado, making Bagura crash into an orb that contained Fourze. "*krksh!* Ugh... Now you have done it, you Blue bucket of bolts!"
The two began fighting and repeatedly slammed each other on the orbs of light, cracking them each time. As the two fought, Dig Dug managed to break Kissy out and managed to go on a roll by destroying the orbs of those that use drills and Daman Marbles. Apparently, drills are really effective in breaking these spheres open other than smashing, which ends up working too well and can harm the person inside the orb and the Daman Marbles sends out glass shards that can make deep scars on the orbs. The moment Aka fell out of her's, she sprinted to Cut Man, Air Man, Heat Man, Bubble Man, Splash Woman, Honey Woman, Momo, and Ki. Said group managed to knock out Gadonami and Sogeki-heinami by knocking the two together.
"What happened here?!"
"Former bandits apparently!" Taking a long stare at her parents, Aka shook her head and gave a quick sigh. She hugged the two unconscious Damans and gave them a heartbroken look
"W- watch over them, o- okay? I- I gotta get to Shiro. SPEED ARMOR!" Said blue and white armor encompassed Aka as she ran as fast as she could to the fallen Shiro.
Cut stood there and looked at everyone in concern. He tapped the heads of Gadonami and Sogeki-heinami lightly. "Once they wake up, we gotta help in fighting Bagura."
Kissy landed behind the eight, clutching her abdomen. Her face held an ill complexion as she looked for Taizo, who was still destroying the orbs.
"WHOO! THAT BAKA IS GONNA PAY! *Rocket on! Drill on!*"
"BREAK THE ORBS! WE HAVE A FEW DOZENS LEFT!"
"HAI!" Kissy spotted Dig Dug and pulled him over for something.
"What is it, Masuyo?"
"I just a kick in my gut... and I think I need to vomit!" the two ran off
The moment Aka reached to her fiance's body, she kneeled next to him and checked for any wounds. He was comatose until something can be resolved in his head. All Aka could do was hold onto him and whisper a few words:
"I- I know that you won't stop, Shiro, in saving others... But if you really are tired of everything that happened... J- just tell me what you need. I'll help in any way possible. That's how much I love you..." Shi-Shi took over and gave a soft smile. "Just let him rest a little..."
Shiro's mindscape...
Alone in a grassy field was where Shiro laid, sprawled on the field like a ragdoll. By ragdoll, I literally mean that he's in an awkward position that he looks like he's scratching his butt. He opened his eyes and blinked a few times before getting up, stretching his limbs.
"*po-po-pop!* Why didn't I feel that?" the Bomberman looked around with interest: The sky was white, and grass, lakes, rivers, hills, paths, bridges, and villages were everywhere. "Wow..."
He walked aimlessly, with no-one to follow nor anyone following him. The Bomberman noticed something that never crossed his mind until now, that there wasn't a single soul in his mindscape despite the noise he heard in the air. When he walked to an orchard, He looked around the area and noticed that there were clones of him, interacting with every bomber, every alien, every living being he has ever met. It was heartwarming, but heartbreaking to see that the statues have shown their fates. By natural means, through violent means, deletion by computer, by his hands; it scared him despite everything he went through that he isn't the 'one-of-a-kind' hero he set out to be. The middle statue was a sentient digital antivirus clone of him from the GCPD named the Bomberman Antivirus because of his uncanny resemblance to the original, nicknamed 'Mini-Shi'. He was fated to die the moment he completed his mission. He was finally met with an adorable, but interesting sight: His kid-self and Aka's kid-self were sleeping next to each other. The two kids then morphed into their adolescent years, with the two chatting at the same spot, laughing and confessing some of their issues to each other, with Aka being in a maid outfit and Shiro wearing his scarf without armor. What shocked him the most was a statue of the two kissing in clothing meant for weddings. There was a simple plaque that said: "You held me up, you never let me down, you're always by my side, always on the ride."
"*sigh* Some hero I've become..." Shiro muttered as he sat on a bench that conjured from the grass. He looked at. the statues with a grimace. "The sole reason why I fight: right in front of me... Am I really a hero, or a fraud?" With the lack of pain and the environment, he deduced that he was in his mindscape... which he never visited even when he is knocked out. When he saw a figure walk to him slowly, he tensed up. He calmed a little when he realized who it was: Deral. "How are you here?"
Deral had a weary look as she trudged her way to Shiro. Shiro weakly waved his arm, wondering how she is in his mindscape. "This is your first time, I presume, Bomberman?"
"I lock most of my feelings away, so I guess so..."
"Mecha Bomber attacked you, right?" Shiro nervously nodded, wondering why she was asking about that. "During our fight with Bagura, I confronted him while you and the others were fighting the revived. Turns out he... He slowed down time in the castle. We're stuck in time while everything else outside is waiting for all of this to end. We have to end the conflict one way or another."
Deral watched Shiro think inside his head, only to see a clone of Shiro pop up beside the original without his scarf nor his armor, and a whiteboard, writing down down some questions and possible outcomes. "Paused in time, huh?"
"When Midori launched me into orbit by accident, with Regelus bringing me down with him, we noticed that a blue dome surrounded the palace."
"*tch!* That's pretty problematic."
"It is."
"So tell me some stuff that is going on. Right now, I'm in a coma until we get this situation settled. So let's get started."
"Okay... This is a little weird. Even for you." Shiro shrugged while his clone did all of the work. The clone began writing anyways.
"So Bagura made this... Mecha Bomber and it was trying to kill me the entire time after you went missing in the fight."
"Yes."
"It pinned me down, poured a fluid similar to your liquid state into my blood, and electrocuted me before I passed out."
"Ooh... I think I know where this is going." Shiro watched Deral wince when she realized what's going on.
"What is it?" Deral picked up the clone's marker and wrote some stuff.
When she finished, she muttered something out quietly. "I'm the Mecha Bomber."
Shiro looked at her with a worried look. He then urged her to repeat what she said. "C- Can you repeat that again, Deral? I swore you just said that you are the Mecha Bomber."
"That's what I said... I am the Mecha Bomber. I was made to kill you and scout for more planets that Bagura can conquer; the sole reason why I found you at KaijiCon was to kill you no matter what."
"Then why didn't you kill me?" Shiro dispelled his clone and looked at Deral for an answer. His liquidated counterpart gave a soft smile as she looked back at what Kuro did for him during that event and then during her moments with every single being she talked to.
"You have people to watch your back and help when you need it... even when you never notice it. The moment Kuro as suspicious of me and invading Aka's memories- you and the others helped me to be a better person- I learned compassion for once..."
"Then why did you put me in a coma?" Deral allowed a portion of her body to separate and form into a hard drive.
"Can you summon something that can play the footage in this hard drive?" Shiro complied as a video player with a port and monitor popped out of nowhere next to the bench. The two watched from Deral's point of view from the moment Rock and Tempo made the dust cloud to what happened. "Thanks."
"No prob."
Earlier during the fight with the Revived (During Ch 27/Ignition now shall start)...
Deral sped off without Shiro looking the moment Mega Man and Quake Woman made their massive dust cloud, helping in knocking out as many undead as she could until she spotted Bagura in the midst of the dust. She charged at him with the intent of striking im down, but he turned invisible at that moment. "This isn't over yet, Bomberman..."
Deral looked around and clenched her fists. She gave a loud and frustrated roar as she looked around. "WHERE ARE YOU, BAGURA?! COME HERE, YOU COWARD!" she felt the air ripple as something lifted her up by the throat. Rendering his face partially visible, Bagura gave a soft growl as he raised a coffin with gold markings.
"Here I am, traitor." Deral's very maker made it clear that he wasn't happy that another result of his power chose to turn against his rule. "I see you chose to side with the vermin."
"A- At first, a- against my w- will... N- Now I'm with them b- because they c- cared for me d- despite th- the w- wrongs I- I did against t- them. I'll gladly d- do the same f- for them, I may use p- people, b- but unlike y- you, I would use them f- for g- good intentions."
Bagura motioned the coffin to open up and threw her into it. "Then I will have to use a memory wipe. A... Reboot, if you think of it that way." he gave a malicious chuckle as Deral's vision went dark. "You should not even hold compassion for these things! I learned that ages ago from your target. I hope you successfully kill him this time..."
Back to now...
"I had a memory wipe. I remembered because of everything you guys did to take care of me, even when I was technically your hostage." Shiro looked down and sighed, wondering what will happen now.
"How do we get out, then?" an unlit bomb fell flat on his lap as Deral walked to an empty space and stood there. "Deral?"
"I want you to hurt me as many time as you need to break our connection. They need a hero AND a leader to help with their conflict." throwing the bomb beyond his reach, Deral was surprised at her target's action. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
"I don't want to kill you! I killed too many people, and look what happened! Those statues that you see around us? I CARED FOR THOSE PEOPLE AND THEY DIED! EITHER I KILLED THEM OR THEY DIED FROM BATTLES THAT I ENDED UP THE VICTOR OF! I'm scared of my duties as Bomberman, Deral. I fight because I know that there is someone that is helpless." Deral looked to the ground, much like her intended target.
If he can't kill her, she will have to provoke him. "Then I'm sorry that I will have to do this..." Deral dashed forward and transformed her right hand into a blade. "FIGHT ME, OR DIE!"
"D- Deral?!" She attempted to stab him but watched as he kept dodging every time. "Stop it!" Deral kept her pace as she unleashed her barrage of attacks. When she managed to make a decent hit, the Bomberman knew he had to fight. Shiro attempted to summon his armor... Only to realize that he cannot summon any of his Custom Battler Armors except for his golden bracelets. "I- I can't transform! *groans* Time to improvise!"
Shiro grabbed his power-up chips and maxed everything but his speed as he donned his personae once more. Deral smirked when she heard the power-up roll-calls: Her plan is coming to fruition. "*SPE- BOM- FIRE- SPE- BOM- FIRE- SPE- BOM- FIRE- SPE- BOM- FIRE- SPE- BOM- FIRE- BOM- FIRE- BOM- FIRE-UP!* Now you are serious!"
The Explosive Bomberman remained silent as he remained in his offensive position. The moment Deral charged at him once more, he inserted two chips that complement his fighting style. *SUPER GLOVE! REMOTE BOMB!* Bomberman slid beneath Deral when she pounced for the kill. He rolled over and sprang up, holding a bomb that steadily grew over time as Deral went for another slash. When he noticed that his bomb gained a skull mark, his signature Dangerous Bomb, Bomberman threw it and ran off, knowing what is going to happen if he set it off. He ran until he was 8 hectares away, with Deral hot on his trail. Bomberman jumped up and remotely detonated his Dangerous Bomb... *BOOOM!* Deral was caught by the blast but was still up and running.
"THAT WAS WEAK!" partially riled up, Bomberman made an Ice-Bomb and shook it violently. He then grabbed two purple vials and drank them quickly. He's going to suffer curses.
"ICE-BOMB!" running back and forth around Deral in speeds she could only see from a speeding car, Bomberman flashed between white and purple, spilling Ice-Bombs that had black skull engravings whilst running for his life. If there is one thing that Bomberman always remembered, it was that Ice-Bombs gave a nice breeze after detonation. Too nice... Again, a massive explosion took place, freezing Deral alive. Nonetheless, Deral was alive still. When she thawed she resumed to fighting her counterpart in hopes that Bomberman can wake up once more. When she got close again, she was struck by an unlit bomb... HER unlit bomb. Bomberman pulled back, tossed Deral's bomb to the air, and took out a large yoyo, sending the bomb straight at her... It was a possibly fatal blow. Deral slumped over, unconscious, and began fading away like a ghost. "*pant pant* The connection- *pant* Is lost *pant pant pant*
Bomberman was alone once more. He gave a long roar and punched the ground, causing the ground beneath him to lift the soil and falter. A faint whisper could be heard as he began calming down and listening to the words uttered. A golden ball of light floated up above, giving him some time to meditate and think.
"... you won't stop, Shiro, in saving others... But if you really are tired of everything that happened... J- just tell me what you need. I'll help in any way possible." Bomberman slowly looked up to the light and smiled. That was Aka's voice... Maybe he can take a break. "That's how much I love you..." he let Aka's words sink in: Once the fight is done, he can finally rest. He just has to finish what was started. At the same time, he can't sit there and let bonds break from distancing and a lack of relation. He has to endure the pain also.
"A hero would sacrifice their well being for others... I- I'm sorry, Deral. I'll do the best I can to finish this, and I WILL make sure things will be better!" the light grew until it engulfed him. Bomberman made his decision: He's gonna carry on until Bagura's defeated once again. "I can't stop until my battle is done. I'll stop when things are finally better..."
Back to reality...
Shiro twitched despite his comatose state. Aka watched him whilst firing some Daman Marbles at the orbs containing the orbs holding Shiro's dimensional counterparts. When she noticed that his actions were almost like an epileptic seizure, she focused on keeping him stable. She tried to lay him on his back when the wounds opened up again, with Deral leaking out instead of blood. After she flowed out, copper came out through those wounds soon after that. Aka patched those by wrapping a torn off piece of Shiro's scarf and her yellow bandanna. When she checked on Deral, she was relieved that the silver blob was alive still. It was at that time that Shiro was conscious once more.
"*hisses* Ow... Deral has a tight grip! Tsk. H- Hey, Aka." his fiance hugged him lightly and looked at his eyes. "What are you doing?"
The red Daman gave a quiet chuckle. "Well... I. had to check if you had a concussion, and your eyes look really nice."
"Mine's as brown as dirt, while yours is as green as a leaf." the two embraced, now focusing on Deral.
"You were in a coma, Shiro. Did you feel anything?"
"... Nope. I found Deral in my head though. She gave me some info as to why she wasn't with us when I fought Mecha Bomber."
"What was it?"
"That she was the Mecha Bomber."
"She was the Mecha Bomber?"
"Against her will though."
Aka looked at Deral and nodded. "I was kinda thinking of killing her on the spot- If she tried to kill you. Stop it, Shi-Shi." the aforementioned Mecha Bomber, Deral, woke up and gave the red Daman a weak stink-eye of displeasure.
"I didn't think that Bomberman was going to knock me out with my own bomb- *cough* I can't function correctly right now..." Shiro shook his head.
"Sorry I tried to kill you."
"That was the plan originally. I hope you guys beat him..." Deral tried to form into her humanoid form but collapsed from the throbbing pain that constantly grew in her head. "I don't think I can join in this time..."
They were cut off by Mega Man crashing into the floor hard. The Blue Bomber looked at the Bomberman and then at Bagura with a dark stare. Behind Bagura, Dig Dug and Kissy aimed their weapons at the tyrant with faces of displeasure. Shiro glanced at Bagura and slowly got up. He tried to summon his armor, but still, he couldn't summon a single part. Deral disrupted the connection to his armors. It didn't matter to him though. He trusted Deral enough to let her live- it wasn't her fault. To Bagura, it was a victory that he crippled his arch-nemesis' arsenal. To Shiro, he was pissed because of many things: that his equipment, Mini-Shi's gift to him before his inevitable deletion, is inaccessible at all, attempting to memory wipe Deral, slowing down time, forcing him and his family flee from their home... It was too much for him to bear.
"... I know what you did..." Shiro monotonously uttered out before bringing out the power-up chips he used against Deral.
Bagura had to scoff at that. "Is that so?"
"You attempted to wipe out Deral's memory and slowed down time here. If you resume time now, your injuries will remain after sustaining them for so long." Dig Dug and Kissy looked at each other in confusion: How long? How long was time slowed down here? Mega Man looked into his Mega Buster's calendar and was baffled at the date. Inside of Aka's head, Shi-Shi pondered on the time barrier and made some calculations. When she made her final decision, she will tell Aka the plan.
"Y- You're right! My calendar says that... I- It's not December 15, 2019, in the Earth calendar! It's June 16, 2020!" Kissy paled at that and felt her abdomen, worried that she might have a miscarriage during this. At this point, everyone was released and surrounded Bagura like a ritual circle, glaring in disgust. Aka used this opportunity to hide behind Kissy. "How do you resume time here?"
In Aka's mindscape...
"This is it, Aka. I'm manifesting most of my energy into a few more Omni Shield attacks. That will dispel most of the energy Bagura has in his body." Aka nodded silently, still thinking about everything that just happened and Shi-Shi's impending death. Shi-Shi felt that and gave the red Daman a hug. "Once everything is over, I promise to say goodbye to everyone."
Aka remained despondent, but uttered a few sentences, breaking from the inner pressure. "I really hope you will..."
Back to reality...
Bagura shrugged and pointed at Shiro with energy crackling at the tips of his fingers. "I do not care until I kill that pathetic WO-"
The Tyrant was cut off by a Shi-Shi possessed Aka jumping onto him, equipping, activating, and overcharging her Omni Shield, stunning him in the process with a solid red shield. The Bomberwoman struggled to pull him down but failed as she felt an arm pick her up by the neck, making her lose control and Aka gasping for air... Bagura lifted her up and forced her onto the ground. "I- I am s- sick o- of y- you trying t- to k- kill us!"
"Oh I will enjoy killing you in front of them then!"
"Sh- Shut up!" Shi-Shi took over, headbutting Bagura without mercy.
"ARGH! Why y-" Shiro interrupted with an uppercut the force of 75,500 tonnes. Bagura flew, right into Dig Dug and Kissy, who used their weapons as bats and knocked him into Mega Man, who used Guts' Super Arm ability to pick him up and throw him at the ceiling, breaking the time barrier. This made everyone affected by fatigue except for the Robot Masters and the Shi-Shi possessed Aka. They heard the stone ceiling crack a little from the excessive force, partially regretting that they damaged the place.
When Bagura fell to the floor at the other side of the dungeon, he got up with a few final tricks up his sleeve, tired beyond compare. He was battered, fatigued, and weak. Looking at his opposition, Bagura erected a dome over the fighters that took down Goldbom, Mushibom, Gadonami and Sogeki-heinami, and himself.
Shiro looked at Bagura with a heavy feeling in his chest. Mega Man looked at him with a faint sliver of hope.
"So he wanted power to destroy anything in his way... If he wants it, bring it to him."
"*PIERCE BOMB!* I have a feeling I know what he's gonna bring out..." a mech that was triple the height of Golem Bomber was erected from the ground, with limbs and body parts inspired by the Five Dastardly Bombers.
Outside of the dome, Plasma Bomber, Phantom Bomber, Mightybom, Golem Bomber and Magnet Bomber backed up a little. They recognized that mech.
"I- Is that what I think that is, Phantom?"
"Yes... That is-"
"GREAT GATTAIDA!" Bagura roared out in glee. He began igniting the floor with fire as he made each stomp, with everyone trying to escape each torrent of flames that came from Great Gattaida's feet. Bubble Man made a giant bubble barrier around those that couldn't get away.
"We gotta find out where his weakness is!" Mega Man cried out.
"I kno-" the Bomberman was interrupted when Great Gattaida kicked him across the dome. "Hng! I did my part in taking down Bagura's possession of Deral! Now I need you guys to take down this mech-" without warning once more, Bagura picked Shiro up and began his attempt of crushing him. Wood Man looked up and noticed that the legs seem to be made out of a material weaker than molded ceratanium. He got Mega Man's attention and pointed at the mech's joints.
"Tell everyone to get him between the legs!"
"Gotcha!"
"... Any last words?" Shiro kept silent and stared at the mech in the face, struggling to make a grimace. Taking it as a no, Bagura was going to use Great Gattaida's massive thumb to crush his hated arch-nemisis' head like a grape when something sharp punctured the mech's servos.
"I SEE A LITTLE SUMTHIN' DANGLING BETWEEN YOUR LEGS!" a voice shouted out, running up Great Gattaida's legs and forcing deep cuts into its servos.
(Play (Remix) Mega Man 2 (Game Boy) : Title by Mundas88...)
Shiro looked down and noticed that cutting into the mech's legs was a shield of leaves made out of pure metal. Wood Man was attacking Great Gattaida with Leaf Shields. "Go! Go! Go!" the log themed Robot Master roared out, cueing Cut Man and Splash Woman to send in Rolling Cutters and Laser Trident blasts at the mech's joints.
"*Shli- Shing- ting- ting!* Blasted robots!" the Tyrant savagely growled, dropping Shiro and sending blasts of lightning at the Robot Masters. It failed to work, recharging the Robot Masters' batteries entirely.
"*B- DZAP!* LET'S GET THIS GOIN', PAPA SMURF!/THE FLAMES OF JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL!" S. Ice Man and Fire Man taunted with pride, weakening Great Gattaida's legs with the combined might of softening the metallic material. When Bagura raised the mech's legs to crush the two, it was cut off by a strong pair of arms that belonged to Guts Man.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY ALONE, YA OLD COOT!"
"Not until I take a life!" the Tyrant retorted as he began pressing a few buttons. Great Gattaida's upper began floating, just in time to see the legs get destroyed inside out by Crash Man and Dig Dug's drill.
The driller looked up and gave a smile when he and Crash Man popped out, knowing that things will be less complicated than it already should be. The only problem will be how high they will have to aim. Ao looked at the floating Great Gattaida and aimed at it with precision.
"Fire Bomb! *Target Locked* Bomber shot!" Ao's bomb made contact, softening the armor. surrounding the mech. Bomb Man, Crash Man, Air Man, Bubble Man and the Royal Bombermen sans Shiro began a heavy salvo of bombs, wind, and acid that helped destroy the torso and arms.
Bagura swung Great Gattaida's arms like a flail, smacking them into the dome's walls, injuring, but not killing any of them. Guts parried some of the attacks and began riding its back like a cowboy, ripping out a few wires that powered the tesla coils. Great Gattaida emitted darkness as it fired purple bolts of Wood Man was struck by a bolt but continued to attack the mech none the less. Bagura tried to eject himself out of Great Gattaida when he noticed that three blue lights were charging at him fast: Mega Man charged up both of his Mega Busters, while Shiro went into his Bomberman persona, doing a rare feat of charging up two Pierce Bombs into Azure Dangerous Bombs.
"CHARGED LASER!/PIERCE BOMB! *Fwampoosh!* AZURE DANGEROUS BOMBS!"
"Oh... no..."
"FIRE!/BOMBER SHOT!" Bagura was ejected out just before two cyan beams and two skull marked explosives with blue flames came into contact with the surface of Great Gattaida, making it melt and disintegrate in a massive explosion that destroyed Bagura's dome. Everyone looked away from the blast and did a victory pose.
(Stop the song...)
The losing tyrant gave a weak glare at Bomberman and attempted to kill him one last time with a powerful blast while he is still distracted... To cut off the head of everything that happened. Sadly, the ceiling began cracking, causing a small portion of the dungeon to cave in... Nobody will have their chance to fight at all. The absorption of life energy was put to a halt, and the effects no longer affected the living. Aka disappeared from the group and let Shi-Shi do her work in stopping the debris from hitting any of the revived or the fighters, while repairing the palace.
"Are you ready, Shi-Shi?" there was a pause until the former Anti-Virus gave a confident, but sorrowful answer. "I'm ready. All I hope for is that we can gather again soon."
Today was a day that changed many things, but at the same time, it is better off said that mercy should be given. Even to those that deserve none of that at all.
Shiro searched through the rubble, trying to save him, hoping that he won't die at this very moment. Hoping that the tyrant can at least face justice while he is still alive. He was hoping that the tyrant will finally admit defeat. Bagura was found but swatted his hand away in response. He just had one thing to ask before his demise.
"*cough* Why is it th- that I cannot even kill y- you?"
Shiro looked at his long time arch-nemesis with a soft, heartbroken stare. Benevolence is key to trust and forgiveness, despite Bagura committing unforgivable acts. "It's because I have the drive to protect others. Bagura, every time you tried to take over the Nebula, I fought you for the sake of others. I don't care if I die or not fighting any threat that threatens peace. You loved my grandmother. Just to quote her- to remind you of everything we did before you turned on us again... The old generation has to cultivate the next with care. You did the opposite, but you defined what should be done to the generations after us."
"*coughs weakly...* And what is that?"
"We can't let ourselves be twisted from our experiences and that we can't force ourselves to hate everyone for no exact reason. I'm sorry, Bagura... You need to rest. *CR- CRACK!*" Bagura died the moment Shiro twisted his neck. It was a violent, but humane death for a dying soul like him. Shiro knelt in front of the dead tyrant, and gave a silent whine that signified his regret. Bagura's position was peaceful, soft, thoughtful smile protruding despite what happened. He felt a crackle of electricity that began eating away Bagura's body, slowly, but surely disintegrating the corpse. A few tears slipped out, but the Bomberman gladly let them out, signifying that maybe... maybe he has done enough over the past decade. Maybe Bomberman won't be needed unless things are really serious...
Deral managed to form back into her humanoid body again, slowly, but surely, limping to Shiro. the ex-Mecha Bomber saw Bagura's corpse disintegrate and gave a sad smile. Her creator is no more... She could have fainted if Kuro didn't catch her before she fell, but he gave her a sad look as he then watched his brother pick up Bagura's ashes and gently laid it down onto the ground.
"So many years of fighting... and Bagura is dead again." Shiro muttered, looking up and realizing that a white barrier prevented the dungeon from collapsing. "Please tell me that it isn't happening!" Mega Man looked at Shiro in confusion, wondering what that was about. The Explosive Bomberman sprinted off to the center of the dungeon, where Aka was the moment she and Shi-Shi began their final move. When he got there, he gave a shout to his fiance as to what is happening. "AKA! SHI-SHI! WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING?!"
The red Daman looked at the white Chimera and gave a soft smile. "THE PALACE IS GONNA FALL APART IF WE DON'T FIX IT!" Shiro came in closer and watched them do their work. A wisp of steam was coming out of Aka, swirling around him like a cyclone. Shiro nearly touched it if it wasn't for a pink ball that pushed his hand away. That hand belonged to a faintly visible Shi-Shi.
"Shi- Shi?"
"Hi, Shiro!" the Anti-virus cheerfully greeted in response. She hugged Shiro gently, feeling the cuts on her counterparts' wrists when he wrapped his arms around her in response to the hug.
"How are you and Aka going to fix the palace's structure?" this caused Shi-Shi to frown and released her hold. She sighed with Aka looking at them with a sad look. This dawned on Shiro as to what is going on. "You're sacrificing yourself?"
"I'm not."
The other alternative versions of Shiro and Shi-Shi arrived with looks of concern. Gladius was going to ask what was going on until he noticed Shi-Shi's current condition. He then tried to say something in the most polite way he possibly could. "End of the line?" Shi-Shi nodded.
"Don't worry. Even if it's a one-way trip and I'm gone, don't worry. I'm not too far. I'll be in your hearts somewhere."
Dance shook her head lightly at that. "Was there anything that you wanted to do?"
"I did it already! I wanted to meet my namesake, to understand their passions, and what it means to be alive, even when there was so much to lose! *exhales softly...* I'm happy that I had a chance to live freely instead of fighting for something that would double-cross me once my job is done" Looking back at Aka, Shi-Shi noticed that the barrier that is helping to fix the palace structure has almost completed and new that her time is up. "I'm sorry that we couldn't have enough time to do stuff together as a group..."
Atomic White placed his hand on the Anti-Virus's shoulder. "A Bomberman's role is to protect and destroy. It's okay to feel down sometimes, but... I don't even know what to say..."
"I know that it's hard, Atomic, but on the bright side, I got the job done."
" You remind me of Mini-Shi." the dimensional Bombermen looked at Shiro in confusion.
"Of who?"
"A dead digital clone of me. You and he would have been great partners together." the Anti-Virus nodded lightly and gave a small grin.
Shi-Shi was going to get back to Aka when Gladius gave a loud bellow. "Go get 'em, Tiger!" Shi-Shi nodded as she faded into the cyclone of steam once more. Rubble began floating off the floor, returning to their original places. The only one affected by this was Crete, who had wet concrete spewing out of his buster like crazy. A flash of light blinded everyone, and a photograph of Crete making a stupid look while blasting concrete at the ceiling with everyone smiling, appeared; before dispersing in colorful pixels...
"Thank you for helping me understand more about who I am..."
Chapter 29 end...
Bagura is finally dead... the next chapter is the aftermath, and the true ending of both Mega Man: DeafMatch Seasons 1 and 2 and SS: Stupid Bomberman Rangers. I will also announce that the new Simply Stupid series mentioned in the last chapter is now out!
SS!Blaze the Cat: Simply Stupid...
SS!Tails the Fox: Off Topic!
SS!Sonic the Hedgehog: Off Topi- crap! I missed it... Can we go to the references already?
Kissy kissy, don't be Pissy.
References:
1. Silver can dye your skin blue... permanently
2. The home Dimension's digital clone of Shiro, Mini-Shi, from SS:SBR
3. I decided to follow with my original plot twist idea of Deral being the Mecha Bomber
4. Saturn Bomberman Fight... Somewhat
5. It wouldn't make sense whatsoever if they fought Bagura from December to June fighting non-stop
6. Gattaida and Great Gattaida from Super Bomberman 3 and Super Bomberman R
7. I followed the original style of Super Bomberman by merging the Pierce Bomb power up with Remote Bombs
8. I guess this is goodbye to Shi-Shi...
Sorry that I haven't completed this in a month... I had to deal with prepping for graduation. Anyways, that's all for now, folks!