Ever since they could remember, everyone had always called them, "The Mario Bros." It was their thing. They had lost their parents as young children, and had taken care of each other since they could remember. As time went on, Mario gained a mustache. Luigi gained theirs shortly after, always seeming to be just behind their brother. As the twins grew older, they stayed close to each other. Luigi admired Mario for many reasons; his courage, his strength, his resourcefulness, and mostly, his faith in them as a team.

Another trait of Mario's that Luigi liked was that he was able to keep secrets as well. Most people didn't realize it just because after all this time, Luigi had given up. Not on life or anything that dangerous, but on being identified correctly. Luigi would sometimes look at girls and be jealous, not because Luigi was gay or anything and wished to be brave enough to state it, but because she was so small in comparison to other girls where it seemed to matter. Lucia had always been "Flat" and more like a male in her figure's build. Over time, she had eventually given up on being called a girl and just had her name changed to Luigi, even going so far as to make herself a fake mustache just like her twin brother. While Mario had some concerns on this, he knew that he could always count on his "Bro." to back him up in a fight, and goodness knows that Luigi knew she could depend on her brother to try his best to help her when she needed it.

While Luigi knew that being gay wouldn't be a problem in the Mushroom Kingdom, she found that she was still attracted to men, even though she often had to pretend to be one herself. In fact, sometimes she forgot she even was a girl. The only real time she could be a girl, herself, was when she had gone home while her brother and their friends were celebrating the latest win against Bowser or whatever enemy had come up this time. It would be then that she'd go home and treat herself like a girl; brushing out her hair and even occasionally putting on a nice simple green dress with a green headband that had an L on it, with her fake mustache sitting on the sink, forgotten until the next morning. These were sometimes the nights that Mario worried most about his sister. Mario would sometimes come home from the party to find his sister having fallen asleep crying about how she didn't have as large breasts as Peach or Rosalina, or as shapely curves as Daisy or Pauline. Even Toadette and the female villains didn't have this much trouble with their identity, as most everyone knew they were girls! Sometimes when the Mario was alone with his sister on an adventure, and he knew no one was around, he'd call her Lucia just to remind her that he knew who she was. It was a small gesture that meant the world to her though.

Mario and Luigi were heading up to the palace to check on Peach and Daisy one sunny morning when Mario finally asked his twin something; "Why don't you just tell them if it bothers you so much?"

"Huh?"

"About your… gender…"

"Oh, um… well… it's a sensitive thing bro…"

"Yeah, but it'll get Daisy off your case about dating her." Mario tried to point out.

Luigi just shook his head. "Maybe, but maybe not. Look, can we just see what the girls wanted and get going. Bowser's likely to show up again if we keep stalling."

"Heh, yeah, alright… but… don't forget, they are our friends. I'm sure they'll understand if you explain it all."

"Yeah, and next you'll be telling me that I can get a date with Prince Peasley and that you finally asked Peach out, eh?" The taller twin jested as her brother started to turn as red as his shirt.

"Maybe, he did give you that yellow rose after all."

"It was so that we could be identified. In case you didn't notice how unpopular we were in the Beanbean kingdom, you were just as unpopular as I was for once." Luigi chuckled while Mario scowled.

"People should give you more respect. You're there with me on almost every adventure! Heck, you've saved my life a-more times than I can count."

"Funny, I can only count three times. Two of which were from King Boo, and the other was from Bean Fever when I got you that cure. I'm not all that brave, bro." Mario actually stopped, which in turn caused his cross-dressing sister to stop and look at him funny. "What?"

"NOT all that brave? Lucia Tatiana Mario, I swear… you faced mansions filled with Boos, you've gone up against King Boo himself, you've faced off with me against Bowser and the Koopalings, you've gone all over the world with me just to save a girl I can't even ask on a date! You do all this, and you say you aren't brave?" Luigi just shrugged, as though all of that didn't mean a thing to her. "Mama Mia, Lucia Tiana Mario, one of these days…"

"What? I shake and freak out every time I see a Boo, not to mention whenever we come face to face with Bowser. That's not brave."

"You eventually get over it and do what's right though, that's brave." The two had started walking again.

Luigi again shrugged. "Whatever you say, big bro." Luigi then sighed as she raised a hand and pointed dramatically towards Peach Castle, which was once again smoking and seemed to have some sort of Bowser themed ship in the side of it. "Behold! Our next adventure of fighting a guy who still can't take a hint that the girl doesn't like him."

Mario rolled his eyes. "Come on, ya drama queen, the princess needs us."

"Let's a go!"

When the Mario "Brothers" entered the castle, they were startled to find that not only was Bowser there, but so was Wendy O. Koopa, the only female Koopaling under Bowser's command. Bowser was covering his ears as his daughter rambled on about needing advice on fashion as she dug through a portable closet. Apparently, she had tagged along to get advice from the only women she knew, which were the princesses. Mario's eye was twitching as the strange scene played out in front of him.

Luigi just sighed. "Um, I can… handle this one, if you want to get rid of Bowser…"

"You sure?"

"She's looking for an idea for a new outfit by the looks of it. I think I can handle that."

"Alright…" Mario walked over to Bowser to figure out what the heck was going on.

Luigi made his way over to the tied-up princesses and Toads, including Toadsworth, who were all being forced to give commentary on the girl Koopa's outfits. Luigi waited a few minutes after seeing Bowser just groan and go back onto the ship while Mario shook his head and sat down, questioning what was even going on.

Wendy was still looking through the closet, trying out styles in a flash as she tried to figure something out. After a few outfits, Luigi spoke up. "What's the occasion?"

"Huh?" Wendy looked over and finally noticed the two plumbers. "What do you care, you don't know anything about fashion. When was the last time you got a style update?"

Luigi shrugged as Mario finally got it into his head to start untying the captive audience while Luigi distracted the Koopa. "I'll admit, it's been a while since I've worn anything but overalls and green shirts, but at least I have a good reason. Now, what's the crazy occasion that made you come all the way down here just for some fashion opinions?"

Wendy glared at Luigi before rolling her eyes. "Fine, if you must know, Papa said that we had to look our best when he finally takes over the world, and I've been wearing the same thing for years and he still hasn't managed it, thanks to you two!" Luigi shrugged again, a seemingly tired look on his face. "So I figured if I changed my outfit, maybe we'd have more luck." Luigi rolled his eyes this time and walked over to the wardrobe. "Wh…wha? What are you doing?"

"Helping so that you can leave for the day." Luigi looked through the wardrobe carefully, taking note of all that was in there so she could best handle the situation. "Got it."

"Huh? But you're a boy! You don't know…" Luigi pulled out a simple pink gown with black trimming that fit over the Koopa's shell, a set of black pumps for her feet, a pink beaded necklace, and a large black bow with pink polka dots. "Whoa… okay, maybe you do know something about fashion…"

Luigi smirked as she handed the things to the young Koopaling. "Try these out, and then get going, I don't think Bowser will wait for you forever, and it'd take a while to bring you back home." By this time, Mario had already finished untying all the prisoners. Most of the toads were running in fright of the young shellback while the princesses and Toadsworth were looking at Luigi strangely. Wendy ran into the closet while Luigi turned to face the others. "What? You don't need to fight to win all the time, ya know."

"Nice going, Weegee!" Mario smiled brightly.

Luigi shrugged and managed to pick up the gold bracelets that Wendy usually wore. She started to shine them and had finished when the young Koopa came out. "Here ya go. Now, you should get going."

Wendy was so happy with her new look, she had completely forgotten that she was supposed to hate these guys and fight them. She nodded and used her pink tipped wand to put everything away and then bounced off towards the airship. "Thanks!" She shouted as the ship left.

Luigi just chuckled while Mario burst into full on laughter. The princesses were just stunned, and Toadsworth had fainted. No one had been captured for once, and no one had gotten hurt for once! When Mario finally calmed down, he looked at his taller twin. "And the award for saving the day in fastest time goes to Weegee, for doing it before the princesses were even kidnapped!"

"Hehe, yeah, well, she just needed a new outfit. Not the worst thing we've dealt with." Luigi blushed, somewhat embarrassed that the others had to see her save the day this way. "Why didn't you girls figure something for that?"

Daisy and Peach looked at each other before laughing at how right the green plumber was. They could have even solved this one themselves! "Hehe, I guess we're too used to being rescued by you boys." Daisy chuckled with a hint of flirtation in her voice before noticing Luigi flinch, sigh, and then frown. "Luigi… is something wrong?"

"Nothing… well, since that's our usual once a day emergency, I'm going to head home. SOMEONE needs to do the chores around the house." Luigi gave a slight glare at her "Lazy" twin brother.

"I could help if ya want, Luigi…" Mario started, noticing that Luigi was still slightly upset about being flirted with by Daisy and being confused for a boy for all these years.

"Mario, the last time you tried to help, you dropped a plate just because you heard the mail man coming. Maybe I'll let you help with the laundry... so long as you don't pretend to be a Boo and try to scare me again." Luigi rolled her eyes and started out of the castle.