It was a typical morning in the Mushroom Kingdom. Yellow Toad, who was resting from a recent adventure, sat down to play on his new DS when the doorbell rang. Okay, I lied. It was old.

"Who could that be?" he asked himself. He sincerely hoped it wasn't another annoying fan, of which had visited him just yesterday. That's a story for some other time.

He slowly got up and walked over to the door. He tried seeing through the peephole, but couldn't due to his height.

"Why are all of these windows too high for us to reach?" he asked. He simply had to open the door without knowing who was there. His hand grasped the doorknob and pulled, revealing-

"Yoshi?" Yellow Toad gasped. "What brings you here?"

"Uh…hi," Yoshi said. He was obviously embarrassed, as his white cheeks were blushing as red as his tongue. (Yoshis can't usually talk, I know, but this is fanfiction, for crying out loud.)

"Er…I was hoping if….uh…you and Blue Toad could let me stay at your place for a while," he finished. Oh yeah, Yellow Toad and Blue Toad live together. They're brothers, like Mario and Luigi.

"Sure, as long as Blue's okay with it," Yellow Toad smiled. "HEY BLUE! CAN YOSHI STAY HERE FOR A WHILE?!"

Blue Toad was currently in the bathroom, so he had to yell back.

"YES! JUST DON'T BOTHER ME RIGHT NOW, IT'S COMING!"

"T.M.I., and thanks!" Yellow Toad yelled back. "Come in!" he said to Yoshi. "I hope you find our place comfortable."

Yellow Toad gave Yoshi a tour of the whole house which he and Blue Toad bought. Well, they didn't get to tour the restroom quite yet, but most of the house.

"Wow, this is nicer than my house back home," Yoshi said in awe.

"Heh thanks," Yellow Toad replied. He saw a sad glimpse in Yoshi's eyes.

"Is something wrong?" he asked.

"Yeah," replied Yoshi. "You see, Bowser's troops are attacking Dinosaur Land…"

"Oh dear," said Yellow Toad.

"Four Yoshis were selected to help fight him, but I wasn't even chosen," he grumbled. "I'm not even sure if the chosen ones are capable."

"What about Mario and Luigi?" Yellow Toad wondered.

"Those two? I thought they were in Sarasaland or something," Yoshi said. "Plus, I hear that Mario and Peach are having a falling-out, so I don't want to be in the middle of that entire racket. It doesn't seem safe."

"It's okay. You'll be safer here. Bowser won't know anything," Yellow Toad assured. "Hey, want to play some Wii?"

"Wii?" Yoshi asked. "No Wii U? It just came out."

"Still saving up for it," Yellow replied. He walked over to the Wii remote cabinet when he remembered something.

"I just thought of it," he said. "We only have two Wii remotes."

"Two? Isn't that enough?" asked Yoshi.

"Blue Toad has a Wiimote of his own, but he never lets anyone touch it. I don't care, but he somehow can sense it when someone is ready to feel it."

Yoshi got up from the couch and looked at it. "It is nice," he stated. He was right. The remote had a New Super Mario Bros. U sticker of Blue Toad holding a Bubble Baby Yoshi, and Yoshi could've sworn he saw a few jewels pasted on. It was elegant, especially for a Wii remote. His hand reached for it.

"NO! DON'T DO THAT!" Yellow Toad screeched.

Too late.

"WHO TOUCHED MY REMOTE?!" Blue Toad bellowed from the bathroom.

Yellow and Yoshi exchanged glances, knowing the situation was dire.

"Wanna go buy another remote?"

"Let's go."

And with that, the two hurried out the door before Blue Toad could rage any longer.

At the video game shop, there was a huge buzz over a new game that came out for the 3DS.

"Wow, are there usually this many people here?" Yoshi asked.

"No," replied Yellow Toad. "A new game must have come out that people have been waiting for."

A young Toad boy with a yellow shirt (not vest, shirt) poked Yellow Toad on the arm.

"Yes?"

"Have you played New Super Mario Bros. 2?" asked the boy.

"Why, I haven't heard of it." Yellow Toad replied.

"You're kidding!" gasped the young Toad. "It's the one where Mario and Luigi collect a BUNCH of coins! The trailer's on the TV!"

Sure enough, the opening sequence was playing. Yellow Toad and Yoshi looked over, and Yellow Toad's face grew from confused to surprise. The green dinosaur saw this.

"You okay, Yellow Toad?" he asked.

"Uh…I'll tell you later. Let's buy the Wiimote."

At home, Yoshi asked Yellow-

"What's up? You looked weird when you saw that New Super Mario Bros. 2 trailer."

"Dude, I was THERE!" Yellow exclaimed. "So was Blue Toad!"

"What?" Yoshi was confused now. "But only Mario and Luigi were there, no Toads."

"No, I mean we SAW that happen in real life!" Yellow Toad exclaimed.

Just then, Blue Toad walked down the stairs from the bathroom. A horrendous smell filled the house.

"Hey, Yellow, how often do Mario and Luigi plumb?" he asked.

"Uh…I don't know. Why?" Yellow was uncertain over such an odd question.

"They'll be in for a huge surprise if they do," Blue replied. "By the way, did someone touch my Wiimote?"

"No," Yellow and Yoshi said quickly, a bit too nervously. Blue Toad looked at them suspiciously, but shrugged it off. "So, what are you guys talking about?"

"Remember that time that we followed Mario and Luigi around while they were collecting coins?" Yellow Toad asked.

"OH YEAH!" Blue Toad exclaimed. "That WAS fun!"

"I'm going to be telling Yoshi the story."

"OH OH! WAIT I WANNA SAY MY VERSION!" Blue yelped.

"Uh, I was thinking about-"

"So then they were running off collecting their coins, and they were all like 'MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA' but me and my epicness got the best of them! I ran really coolly around, killed SO many Goombas and Koopas, and got 1,000,000,000 coins instead of 1,000,000!"

Yoshi looked at Yellow Toad.

"Is that really what happened?"

"For the most part, no. This is what happened." Yellow Toad began telling the story of where the Toads were during the events of New Super Mario Bros. 2.

Hey! This is my first story about Mario, so it may not be too good (I'm saying, grammar mistakes and stuff) :P I always wondered why they took out the Toads in NSMB2, so this is MY version of it. I know Yoshi can't talk in the games, but anything can happen in these stories :D

Of course, every character in this story (besides the little boy) belong to Nintendo. Wait, maybe the boy 'cause he's a Toad. I'm lost.