"Run, run, RUN!" Yoshi thought to himself with an angered look on his face. "I quit living here! If dad won't give money to his kingdom, then I won't be there to support him! It's painful to see that I lived in a nice warm castle while the rest of the kingdom starves in shacks!" It was 6:43AM. Yoshi had been running from his home for about two minutes, right after he woke up. He had been running away because his father, King Yoshi, wouldn't give money to his poor Kingdom. He lived in paradise while the commoners looked like peasants. Yoshi was in pain to see this, so he decided he was going to make a load of money for his Kingdom, and show his dad how a Kingdom should be treated. He had everything he needed: Food, clothes, money, a laptop, a sleeping bag, black paint, and even more food, all wrapped up in two backpacks. He spotted a boat that was headed for the Mushroom Kingdom. "Time to put on my disguise." he thought to himself. He got out his black paint and sprayed it all over the green parts of his body. He now looked like a black Yoshi. He stepped on the ship with many others, most Shy Guys. "That will be 100 coins for one person please." The guard said as he stood in front of the door. Yoshi had 3000 coins in the bank, and 200 coins in his backpack. He took out half of them and gave them to the guard. "This way please." he said as he motioned his hands pointing to the end of a hall. At the end of the hall was the room labeled office. As he walked in, a shy guy said "You sir, will be room 219. "Ok" Yoshi said as he walked to a left hall. "The room that your looking for is on the second floor, sir." the shy guy clued. "R-Right." Yoshi said as he walked to the elevator. When Yoshi finally found his room, he sat on the bed. "Great, this is going out as planned. Now I need to find a job once the ship gets on land." Yoshi then got bored and turned on the TV. It was an commercial with a green toad. "Stupid commercial." Right as he was about to press the next channel button, the green toad said," Want money?" Yoshi's eyes widened as he stared at the screen. "Good at soccer? Well, the event of the year has come again because Striker Cup is going to begin! Each Kingdom has a limit of 2 team entries. The winning team will receive 1 million coins! For more info, go to our Striker Committee website for rules!" Yoshi thought, "Wow! I should enter for the Mushroom Kingdom!" Yoshi pulled out his laptop from his backpack and went to the internet. He typed the green toad's exact information. It then showed a paragraph of information about Striker Cup.
Each team has a limit of six players. 1 Kritter, 4 players,(One on the bench,) and one captain. Each team will play every team once, even their ally team from the same kingdom. Then, the best eight of those teams will compete in a tournament for the Cup. The 4 players need to be one of these species: Koopas, Birdos, Hammer Bros., Monty Moles, Dry Bones, Toads, Shy Guys, or 1 player of your choice. You can have more then 1 of the same species. For example, 2 Koopas and 1 Dry Bones would be fine. The following Kingdoms or places that are entering are: Sarasaland, The Beanbean Kingdom, Yoshi's Island, The Mushroom Kingdom, DK's Jungle, The Haunted Grounds, and The Lava Kingdom. If you enter, may you have the best of luck! -Toadsworth, the head of the Striker Committee
"Hm... I need to find a way to enter!" Yoshi said to himself.
*1 week later*
"We have reached our destination. Please watch your step off the boat." the loudspeaker boomed. As Yoshi walked off, with the black paint still on him, he thought, "Maybe a good lunch will clear my mind, I still need to find a way to enter the Striker Cup." As Yoshi walked around, he spotted a sign that made his tongue stick out and drool. "Luigi's Pizza and Pasta... Yummy!" Yoshi ran into the store, just to find it empty. "Um, hello? Is the store closed?" "No" replied a voice behind a door. A man with a green shirt and dark blue overalls walked through the door. He had a green hat with a white circle on the center. On the white circle was a capital "L." "Hello. My name is Luigi. How may I help you today?"" I would like the biggest pasta you've got!" replied Yoshi, with a grin on his face. "Ok would you like a drink with that?" "No please." When Luigi was making his food, Yoshi went into the bathroom to scrape off the old paint and put on a new layer. As soon as Luigi came out with his pasta, Yoshi drooled. "Well someone's hungry today!" laughed Luigi as he saw Yoshi's face. Yoshi dug through his food in no time. He was full though, so Luigi came out with the bill. "10 coins. Wow! So cheap! Thanks!" "Uh, not problem." Luigi smiled. "Now I gotta find a way to enter Striker Cup!" Yoshi said, not knowing he had been thinking out loud. "You're entering too?" asked Luigi. "Well, I'll try!" replied Yoshi.
"What's your name buddy?" Yoshi stood frozen. He hadn't thought of a fake name. Thinking fast, he told Luigi, "Just call me Dark Horse." "Well," began Luigi, "I'm entering for Sarasaland. So we will be rivals." "Oh" "My bro, Mario, is entering for this team, the Mushroom Kingdom. Maybe I can convince his friend, Peach, to let you in!" "Gee, thanks!" Yoshi said with a happy look on his face. "Well shoot." "What?" Luigi asked. "Well, I need a place to sleep." Yoshi told Luigi. "You can stay at our house!" Luigi replied, "Well, if Mario is ok with it." Just then a customer came in. "Oh, no!" Luigi panicked, "Rush hour's starting!" "I thought you didn't get much business!" Yoshi told Luigi. "Yeah, the store's usually empty at that time." Luigi told Yoshi, "Rush hour's from 6-8PM. That's when I get a handful of customers. Here, you be the waiter and take their orders. I'll cook!" "Alrighty!" Yoshi replied to Luigi's orders.
When the last customer left, Luigi said, "Time to lock up the store." As soon as they left the store, Luigi said, "Hey, follow me. My house isn't that far." When Luigi stopped about ten minutes later, he said "We're here!" When he opened the door to his house, he called out, "Mario?" "I'm here Luigi!" A voice replied. A man walked up to the door. He was slightly shorter and wider than Luigi. He dressed like Luigi. Instead of green and blue, he wore red and blue. An "M" replaced an "L" on the white circle on his hat. "Hey Luigi!" Mario welcomed, but then gave a suspicious look at Yoshi, "And who's this black Yoshi?" "Oh, this is Dark Horse, and he wants to enter Striker Cup for the Mushroom Kingdom." Luigi replied. "I bet he wants the money, too." "Yeah," Yoshi thought to himself, "I really need the money." "Well," Mario began, "it isn't so easy to enter Striker Cup. Peach needs to like your team's skill, and so do I." "I'm up to the challenge!" Yoshi yelled proudly. "I like your spirit!" Mario said, "And Peach will like it too!" "Um, Mario?" Luigi asked, "Would it be ok if he stayed here with us tonight?"
"Well... why not?" Mario replied, with a smile on his face. "We might be in the same team, after all." "Yay!" Yoshi rejoiced. "You'll be sleeping on the couch. It rolls into a bed." "Ok, as long as I can stay." Yoshi chuckled. As Luigi set up the couch, Mario told him about teams. "So, where's your team?" Mario asked. "Well... I don't have a team." "Uh oh." Mario said in disappointment, "Knowing Peach, she'd like to see your team this Saturday. Today's Thursday, so you've got 2 days to get a team. Just in case you don't find a team in time, I'll tell Peach to wait a week." "Well, I'm just gonna need to get lucky!" Yoshi replied. "Bed's ready!" Luigi announced joyfully. "Thanks for everything. You've been a ton of help." Yoshi said. "No problem!" the brothers chorused. To notify Yoshi, Mario said, "We'll be sleeping upstairs. Good night." "Good night." Yoshi repeated. As Yoshi set down his two backpacks and jumped onto the bed, Yoshi thought to himself. "I'm gonna need to get a lot of res-" Yoshi was knocked out from all the excitement.