Hey it's Lex again with a little fic of Bowser and his youngest son bonding. Hope you enjoy it!
Dis-claimer: I do not own anyone in this fic, they all belong to Nintendo.
Ok, now starts the fic! Bowser's gone fishin'
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The Koopa Castle, home of Bowser, his advisor and assistant, the koopalings, and a bunch of minions was warmed by the morning sun. In a large room slept the king, Bowser Koopa (Fun Fact: I heard Bowser's Japan name is Kerogg) on a king-sized bed engraved with his figures. An alarm clock and a picture of him with all his kids at his birthday sat on a metal nightstand. The clock of alarm rang to wake up the koopa king who pressed the snooze button. The alarm continued to ring and the king grew annoyed as he repeatedly pressed 'snooze'.
At last Bowser sliced the alarm in half and sat up in his bed with a hungry yawn. It was a Saturday morning; meaning that today he wouldn't try to kidnap Peach again, and that all the kids were off from Kamek's schooling. He tiredly got off the bed, putting his nightcap on a rack and replacing his soft sleeping shell for his regular spiked one.
With heavy footsteps, Bowser went to the bathroom and got out toothpaste and his own toothbrush, brushing his fangs clean. After that he washed his face and did the other morning tasks most of you when you wake up. A hungry Bowser walked off to the kitchen to find all his children there, as well as Kammy and Kamek his two assistants.
Lemmy,Ludwig, Larry, and Roy were all in conversation while Iggy played with his spoons, Wendy looked at herself in a mirror, Morton munched on his Coco Koopas (a Koopa version of Coco Pebbles), Kamek and Kammy glared at each other from across the table, and Jr… wait, where was Jr? Bowser was pounced on by his youngest son who screamed "DADDY!!" very loudly.
"Hey Jr" Bowser greeted, used to being pounced on and walked over to the fridge. Jr ran to his chair next to his father's and began eating his Fruit Koops (a koopa version of Fruit Loops). Bowser opened the food storage to find it empty. He checked the cabinets and only found Wendy's Special-K, Morton's Coco Koopas, Jr's Fruit Koops, Roy and Ludwig's Waffles, and Iggy, Lemmy and Larry's pancakes.
"Not exactly what I thought of, but eh" Bowser muttered grabbing the cereal boxes only to find them empty. "Oh great, now Im gonna starve" Bowser grumbled as he walked over to his coffee maker only to find that Kamek had token the last cup of coffee. Bowser groaned once more and walked over to his seat, sitting down and watching the others eat.
"You can have some of my Fruit Koops daddy" Jr offered to his dad, pushing the bowl to him. "Thanks Jr" Bowser said, though Fruit Koops were too sweet for his taste it was better than nothing. He took a spoon of the rainbow cereal and swallowed, it didn't taste so bad after all.
Jr watched with a smile as his dad ate the cereal, ignoring Roy who had thrown a spoon at him for no reason. The dining object missed and was eaten by Chomper, the pet chain-chomp. After the breakfast was over with, all the koopalings returned to their own things. Wendy chatted online with her friends, Larry, Lemmy and Iggy ran around with Chomper after them, Ludwig went to his room to practice an organ, Morton talk about random things to no one in particular; Roy punched Mario dummies in his room. All there was left was Kamek and Kammy who were arguing about who was Bowser's favorite, and Jr who walked beside his dad watching him.
"Um, Jr. What are you doing?" Bowser asked his youngest son, who had his trademark bandana around his neck. "Watching you do stuff" he said simply. Out of all the kids, Jr
Was the one who was mostly attached on his father. Following him, copying him, ect. "Can we go play baseball? Can we? Can we? Can we?" Jr asked with a bounce in his step.
"Maybe tomorrow, son" Bowser replied glancing over at Kamek as if saying 'He's at it again'. "Your King-ness, might I suggest that you find a way to replenish the refrigerator? Kammy could play with Jr while you do" Kamek said professionally. Jr smirked as he remembered what happened last time he played with Kammy.
Jr was standing on a large tower of koopas while holding his magic paintbrush. Hammer bros, and other minions singing while Kammy protested from down below. "OH I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING! OH I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING! OH I JUST CAN'T WAIT!-" Jr sang, a koopa tripped causing the whole tower to sway threateningly. "TO BE KING!" Jr finished as the whole tower slammed onto Kammy, the song ending and the backround turning back to the castle. "I think I just broke my hip and spleen" she groaned from under the koopa pile.
Kammy gulped nervously, but then she got an idea. I suggest that you go fishing with Jr? The Cheep-Cheep are biting more these days" she asked Bowser, hoping that she wouldn't have to baby-sit Jr again. Jr forgot all about his plan and hyperly said 'CAN WE?!' over and over again. Bowser thought this over for a moment, if he went fishing he could bring in a lot of fish to eat. And he was in the eating mood, so there was only one thing to say.
"Ok, fine. I'll go fishing with Jr while you two take care of the others." Bowser stated as he headed to the hanger to get his Clown Car. Jr jumped in the air with joy and ran off to get some fishing poles from the koopa closet. The koopa closet was known to have anything for almost everything, you could everything from Roy's old sunglasses to hiking gear, and even Luigi's missing shoe!
Jr opened the closet door and rummaged through the objects. He pulled out a tackle box, two fishing hats, an inflatable boat, two fishing poles, a beach ball, and he also took Luigi's shoe for no reason. He stuffed the items into the tackle box and rushed to his room, put on his lucky bandana and grabbed his magic paintbrush which he pocketed in his shell. (AN: Jr has a sub-space pocket in his shell just like all the other koopas.)
Jr scurried quickly back to the hanger and chucked the tackle box in the Clown Car before jumping in himself. Bowser got into the Clown Car and started it up flying off to Cheep-Cheep Lake. Kamek watched them leave and then walked off to take care of the other koopalings.
As the Clown Car soared through the air, Jr became impatient and began to draw doodles in the air with his paintbrush. "Are we there yet?" Jr asked excitedly holding the glowing brush. "Jr, the Cheep-Cheep Lake is twenty-three miles away. Just be patient" Bowser said as he pushed a button and pulled four levers. What seemed like an hour passed by and Jr had gotten bored of doodling and pocketed the paintbrush.
"Are we there now? If we don't get there soon, we'll starve to death in this cold cloud-filled place. What would we do then? What I ask you? Would we become cannibals and eat each other, then be food for the buzzards that will peck on our dead scaly bodies forever like pelicans with dead-ness. Or would we jump off wishing to land safely in food but instead land hard and splat like an egg of rotten-ness on a side-walk?! The mayonnaise of our doom is coming into the sandwich which is our lives that will have doom mayonnaise. WHY?! WHYYYYYY?!" Jr wailed, forming tears in his eyes and screaming to the heavens.
"Jr it's only been five minutes, and Cheep-Cheep Lake is half a mile away now. Oh yeah, and you've been hanging around with that Fawful bean guy too much" Bowser said, chuckling at his son's attempt to act all dramatic like in those soap operas that his mother-in-law watched. "Drat, five days of Ludwig and Wendy's Drama Class gone down the drain" the younger said, his plan had been plotted out in three minutes and acted in two.
Soon enough the lake they were looking for had appeared; Bowser steered the Clown Car onto the side of the lake to park it there. Jr wiped off the fake tears from his eyes, grabbing the tackle box and his fishing rod eager to start fishing. Bowser followed with his own fishing rod and tied a hook onto the string. "Ok Jr, we'll need the boat to get to the middle where all the good ones are at." Bowser explained as he removed the inflatable boat from the tackle box.
Jr nodded excitedly and watched as his dad inflated the boat, or at least was trying to. The Koopa King blew and blew as fast as he could to inflate it but only succeeded in burning it. Jr took out his paintbrush and began drawing on the ground while Bowser stomped his foot angry that the boat was burned. By the time that Bowser calmed down Jr had already drawn a life-sized boat that peeled itself off the ground and turned real.
"Look dad, I made a new boat. I wanna call it the S.S Koopa!" Jr said excitedly as he put his things into the boat and pocketed the paintbrush again. Bowser shrugged, he didn't plan on having a graffiti boat but it was better than nothing. The king pushed the boat out into the lake and crawled in before it got too far away. Jr reached into the tackle box, pulling out two fishing hats. He handed one to his dad and putting one on for himself. Bowser put the hat on and baited his rod "Ok son, here's what you do. You have to cast the line reel nicely like this" Bowser gave an example by casting his line.
"Like this?" Jr asked as he cast his line halfway as far as his dad had done. "Right, now you just sit and wait" the Koopa King stated before leaning back to relax and try to enjoy himself. Jr pouted and sat down on the boat; waiting was not a great thing for him to do as most kids can't wait.
The youngest Koopaling sighed and decided to take out Luigi's shoe from the tackle box for no reason. All of a sudden around five cheep-cheeps jumped into the boat and flailed around trying to get the shoe. Jr's eyes lit up as he grabbed them all and threw them into the tackle box's sub-space caught fish pocket. "I knew I grabbed that shoe for a reason!" Jr said happily as he pocketed the smelly shoe to use it later.
(Meanwhile, in the Mario Bros house)
Luigi shivered violently, dropping his bag of nachos. "Someone's using the force of the shoe-a incorrectly-a. I must stop-a them!" Luigi said determinedly. "Lets-a go" said his brother, Mario. Outside the window a Shadow Siren with a green striped hat and green hair mopped the floor (1). "Im not being ridiculous, that-a shoe is-a very powerful-a. In the wrong-a hands, it can-a be used wrongly-a!" Luigi explained. "Thanks-a very much-a for playing my game-a" Mario suggested.
In the backround, the Shadow siren had stuck the mop into a bucket of cement and was trying to get it out. "Im-a not gonna forget about it-a!" Luigi replied frustrated. The Shadow siren in the backround had swung the mop free of the cement, but the bucket had slammed into a chain chomp! "Mama Mia" Mario said, offering his own shoe to shut Luigi up.
"I don't want your shoe-a, I want my shoe-a." Luigi said, trying to think. The Shadow Siren ran around in the backround away from the chain chomp while screaming loudly. "SHUT UP-A! IM-A TRYING TO THINK-A!" Luigi roared completely out of character, throwing Mario's shoe out the window and knocking out the chain chomp.
"Its-a me, Mario" Mario said handing Luigi his nachos. Luigi sighed before sitting back on the couch. "Shmuck" Luigi grumbled and stuffed some nachos in his mouth. The Shadow Siren sighed in relief before continuing to mop.
(Back at the lake)
Bowser had drifted asleep for a few seconds but awoke when he heard some person scream about a shoe. A while passed with nothing happening other than the sounds of the water. Then finally Jr felt a tug on line and excitedly reeled in "I GOT ONE! I GOT ONE!" Jr said happily, although right there the line snapped and the fish got away. The youngest koopa blinked twice and tears formed in his eyes. "It got away…" Jr whined sadly, but then realized something and dived right into the lake.
Those Isle Delfino swimming lessons came in handy then as Jr swam after a very large cheep-cheep that was bigger than him! That was the fish that got away, but no fish got away from Jr this time. He wanted to impress his dad and also bite that cheep-cheep in dinner. Jr swam faster and managed to slice both of his claws on the large fish right in the gills.
It wailed painfully before jumping out of the water and landing right on the boat. Bowser's eyes widened and he quickly stuffed the cheep-cheep into the sub-space pocket. His son swam up to the surface and took a large gasp of air before crawling back into the boat. "Did you see me daddy? I kicked that fishes' big butt!" He exclaimed proudly. "You sure did son" Bowser said and gave him a pet on the head before returning to fishing.
Jr used his flame-breath to dry himself off, and then took off his bandana to squeeze out the water in it. Jr sneezed and returned to fishing. There was nothing for quite a long time; Jr's splash might have scared away the Cheep-cheep. "Daddy?" Jr asked. "Yeah?" his father replied. "If Mama Peach isn't my mama, who is?" he asked curiously.
"Well Jr. I think you're old enough to know by now. Your mother is-" Bowser was interrupted by a tug on his line. "You caught one daddy!" Jr said excitedly. Bowser reeled it in and then pulled it out of the water. It wasn't a Cheep-Cheep at all, it was a green Shadow Siren's hat! Jr was puzzled by this but was startled when a gloved hand snatched it away. The hand went underwater and soon the Shadow siren who owned the hat rose out of the water.
"Hey, how would you like it if I took that pointy shell of yours?" he complained, tilting his hat slightly to let a Cheep-Cheep out and onto the deck. "Who are you?" Jr asked the strange Shadow siren. "Name's Le- Uh, Beaner. Im Beaner and Im not Lexthehedgehog (2)" Beaner said with a gloved finger crossed behind his back.
"Right… well, see ya later" Bowser said, casting his line again. The Shadow siren tipped his hat and dived under again, not to be seen until whenever he was 'needed'. "That was weird" Jr shrugged, taking Luigi's shoe out once more. This time the boat filled up with cheep-cheeps, each was snapping at the shoe like hungry parakeets. Bowser stuffed them all into the tackle box, although more jumped in. "sub-space pocket full" the toolbox droned in a mechanical voice, even though it wasn't even electric.
back at the Mario Bros house
Luigi twitched "they're-a at it again-a" he shivered. "Weegie" Mario grumbled. "I AM NOT THROWING A TANTRUM-A!" Luigi cried, getting up and stomping his feet. "MARIO TENNIS! WHOO-HOO!" Mario screamed. "SHUT UP! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE MISSING A MAGICAL SHOE!" Luigi wailed, running upstairs to his room and slamming the door. Mario's eyes shifted "Let's-a go"
He whispered. Princess Peach came out from behind the couch, Daisy from behind the TV, Birdo from the toilet, Toadette from the lamp, Goombella from Mario's pocket, Lady Bow from thin air, Bombette from the air vent, and Dixie Kong from the carpet. They began the world's first eight-way kiss when footsteps came from the stairs.
The females all ducked back to their hiding places while Mario pretended that he was stuffing his face with nachos the entire time.
Luigi came down with the Poltergust 3000 and FLUDD strapped to his back. "I'M-A GONNA TAKE ACTION-A! CHARGE!" Luigi shouted before running through the wall and towards the lake. The girl's all jumped back out and smiled, Mario smiled back. He was gonna have some fun.
back at the lake
Jr threw the cheep-cheeps out, although more came into the boat. It seemed as if they would drown from the weight. "What are we gonna do?" Jr asked, ducking to avoid a tail. "FRY THESE-" Bowser didn't finish his sentence before letting loose a large flame, baking all the cheep-cheep into a golden crisp.
Jr ducked more to avoid being burned by the flame, making sure to throw many of the cheep-cheeps out as they were crisped and to eat one for every twenty he threw away. Soon there were no more cheep-cheeps in the boat. Jr pocketed the shoe and grabbed an oar from nowhere. "Let's get back to shore, we got enough right?" Jr said before rowing back to shore with his dad.
They reached the edge of the lake and tossed the supplies into the Clown Car before jumping in too. They started the engine and flew off into the sky. Luigi arrived at the lake to find a Shadow siren sitting on a rock drawing 'Lex rUlz' on the ground next to a drawing of a hedgehog.
Luigi pointed the FLUDD nozzle at him "WHERE'S MY-A SHOE?!" Luigi roared, his face turning redder than a termite's blood. His nose turned into a boiling sausage. Spit and snot flew out of his mouth, along with chucks of digested food that all missed Beaner by an inch. "The spiky shells took it." Beaner replied as if nothing had happened. Luigi grabbed the Poltergust 3000's handle and shot out its contents at Beaner. All that came out was dirt though, and some boos. "That-a dirt is gonna stain in a second-a" Luigi added.
Beaner shrugged and dived into the water, leaving Luigi to run towards the castle to get his shoe back. Bowser and his son arrived back home, entering the living room to see that Kamek and Kammy were tied over a pit of lava. The koopalings were all dressed as Indians dancing around (no offense to any Indians reading this). "KING DAD'S BACK!" Iggy cheered.
Bowser got his apprentice and advisor down and drained the lava from the pit. "Yeah, I'm back. Now help me get the cheep cheep into the fridge." Bowser said putting the tackle box on a table and opening the caught fish compartment. The koopalings did that same thing, carrying the giant cheep-cheep together.
Later that night after dinner, Jr jumped into his bed and then looked out his window. Bowser came and tucked his son in. "Dad, can you leave the light on?" Jr asked. "Sure son" Bowser told him. He hugged his youngest before exiting the room. Jr waited before getting up and grabbing his paintbrush.
He opened the window and stared at the sky. No wishing star this night. Jr sighed and closed the window, it was his bed time and he was tired.
Meanwhile Luigi left to his and Mario's house for some rest. The girls had long left, leaving Mario sleeping with a smirk. Luigi noticed make-up and lipstick all over his face and growled. The perfect revenge came to mind; he filled a bowl up with warm water and dipped Mario's hand in it. He left to his room with a mischievous smile.
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Here are the footnotes.
1: It's-a me, Lexthehedgehog in Shadow Siren form. I'll pop into the story many times and often break the fourth wall. Shadow Siren isn't the only form.
2: LIAR LIAR, HAT ON FIRE! I use the code name Beaner to hide my identity from the characters.
So remember to review, see ya. -Lex