Alright, I needed to step out of my usual stories for a moment before my head exploded from lack of inspiration... And seriously? Has no one posted a story about the Seven Deadly Sins for Mario? I tried looking one up, but I guess if you want something done you gotta get it yourself. So I, Raphadelia the Adventuress, will take on this task...unless I haven't looked hard enough... I'm sure someone has thought of it...
Anyway, most people see the Seven Deadly Sins as the Koopalings (shown in a lot of Internet fanart) but as some of you may know... I don't play by the rule book...
So here's what's gonna happen:
Bowser, Bowser Jr, Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, and Daisy are all going to be my sinners... XD I know I just pulled them all from an invisible hat... And bam, there they are... Now I know you're wondering what sin could Saint Peach possibly commit. Or the heroic Mario Brothers? Okay Bowser, yeah we all know him...but the others... Quite the chin tapper...but I've got seven chapters that say otherwise.

Note/Disclaimer: I own no one or no thing but the brain that thought of this... Oh, and mind you, the characters' used in this story will be distorted to fit their supposed sin...but not too much to where they're basically OOC completely...just...anyway

This first Sin is less so to do with money, but a greedy desire for fame and affection...maybe that's lust? Nope...pride? Hmm...this one I found to be the hardest to do XP the others are super easy...but Greed? Maybe that's why the Koopalings (especially Larry) are associated with it XD!

Eh, I tried...all I can say


One Deadly Sin: Greed

As the Heavenly opposite would most likely agree, Greed is a nasty desire that's frowned upon to those of brilliant nature. It's a powerfully overwhelming emotion that can engulf anyone if touched by the slightest bit of power, fame or wealth. Some can fight this Sin, but those are the the ones who are pure and unnerved by evil's clutches... So why in the Mushroom World would Mario be the one captivated by it?

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World 6-5

New Super Mario Brothers Wii. I'm almost positive everyone has played it before, right? Well if not, imagine rocky mountain terrain surrounding Mario, Blue Toad, Yellow Toad, and Luigi. But now they've stopped at a vast pool that will take them to their next stage closer to Morton Koopa Jr's Boss Castle.

The quartet hopped, skipped and flipped across the short land stops, to obtain the Flag at the end of the level.

"Watch out for that pesky Porcupuffer, Yellow!" Mario called out to his yellow-headed companion.

With warning received too late, wrong footing caused poor Yellow to receive a spiny punishment from an angry Porcupuffer.

"Gah! Darnit! I shrank!" Yellow growled.

"Don't worry, I see a Question Brick up a head!" Mario cried out to others.

"Good thing too!" Luigi chuckled slightly. "We're almost too small to fight!"

"It's on high grounds! That stupid fish breath won't reach us from up there!" Blue Toad laughed.

Despite their shrunken to size by various incidents (Pfft, ametuers...), the four climbed up to the high ridge where the power block was located. Mario, being the fastest of the group, raced ahead to open the up block for every to have a fair share. Three Super Mushrooms and a Propeller!

"Gee, what luck! But who do you think should take the big one? Well, Mario can have it, since he's the leader, but let's hurry to catch those Mushrooms before they fall..."

"Off the cliff like they just did?" Blue Toad sighed.

"Hey! At least Mario go the Propeller! So it wasn't a total waste!" Yellow cheered.

"Then I guess we're gonna have to stick to each other like glue so no one loses a life." Blue advised. "Me, Yellow, and Luigi only gots one more before a reset!"

Mario nodded as he continued onward.

"Wait Mario! If you keep going ahead of us like that, we'll be dragged along by the screen and hurt by some unforeseen something!" Yellow cried out.

"Oh, sorry. I'm just ready to get outta here!" Mario smiled as he stopped to turn back.

"Unless a giant Porcupuffer comes to eat us first!" Luigi shouted, pointing behind them. Even on higher grounds of the mountain, the water rose high threatening to submerge them, but stopped at just the right level. However, the nightmare didn't end there, the Porcupuffer was honing in on the group for revenge.

With quick reflexes, Mario flew up, seconds before Blue could latch onto him. Blue Toad was instantly killed along with his Yellow friend, leaving only the Mario Bros. "Mario! We need to collect more coins to bring them back! We're on a streak here, a whole game with no resets!" The younger called up to his brother.

Mario dutifully nodded and together the two brothers worked together to collect as many coins as possible. Finally, the Flag was in their sights, but they only needed one more coin to make a set of one hundred.

"Mario! The last coin! The high clouds are covering it!" Luigi pointed upwards.

The red hero nodded. "Yeah, but I need your head if I'm gonna make a jump that high!"

"Well you'd better make it quick, bro! Here comes Ugly Face!"

Angrier than before, the giant Cheep-Cheep hybrid swam towards the two, mouth open and ready to eat the two rather than jump them as any other would do. "Wow he must be mega mad!" Mario commented in shock.

"We don't have time to waste, Mario! I'm still small and only have one life! We can't lose me too!"

"Don't worry, Luigi pal, you can count on me." Mario declared as he took a leap atop Luigi's head. With a faithful bounce, Mario prepared to spin, adding the extra boost he needed to tackle the last coin. At that height, he could've reached to top of the flagpole, giving him the extra life he needed to max-out at one thousand ten lives. He didn't need it, but a princess would be impressed with such power... And it was right there.

"Mario what's taking you so long? You're gonna hit the ground before you even reach the sky!" Luigi shouted up. "Hurry up! That thing is getting closer!"

Two choices; disappoint his friends by forcing them to do a reset...or impress the Princess and possibly other girls?

"Mario! Hurry before-" the panicky voice of his brother was cut off when the Porcupuffer attacked.

Now I really have to choose...

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"Woohoo! Mario! You da man!" A Mushroom citizen cheered. He, among others, were gathered at the platform in the center of Mushroom Market, celebrating a win for a certain red hero.

"That was an undeniable new record!" Another cried out.

"Maxed out lives!"

"Incredible!"

Said praised savior, gleefully drew in the applauds from his adoring fans. "No thanks necessary, I'm just doing my job." The hero called out to the roaring crowd. Among those faces, an appreciative grin etched across a well-known princess's face.

The crowd's endless noise faded away to the back of Mario's mind, as he stepped down from his soap box. Approaching the beautiful dame, he flashed a smile back. "Hey, princess."

Peach blushed and tried to hide her giggles. "Thank you for rescuing me once more from King Rage-breath's castle."

"It's the only thing I can do for the attention of my people, and for you princess." He kneeled and tenderly pecked Peach's hand as she offered it.

"A people pleaser, you are Mario..."

"And I do this for you, to prove my worth... I go at these dangerous missions alone, for you..."

Through the happy celebrations that surrounded the two, far off on the edge of the festival, a lone trio stood apart.

"The fame, the new records, the girls..." The tallest sighed. "Why doesn't the princess look at me like that?"

A shrill, upset voice answered his question. "I can't say I don't agree. I mean we share our brilliant excellence..."

"...our endless devotion..." The last of the trio groaned.

"And yet the wealth, glory...and girls...go to him!" The first snapped. "We should be the one having our faces printed on every Nintendo Magazine! We should be the ones who should have our own toothbrushes!"

"Actually, we have a line of toothpaste." The second interrupted happily.

"With me looking like a clumsy fool!" The first snarled.

"Calm down, Luigi, it's nothing to get hyped up about...maybe next time-"

Luigi threw a menacing look towards the third speaker. "I AM CALM! Just because you see me ranting, doesn't mean I'm mad!"

"Well, if you're not angry, you sure as Mushrooms are crazy!" The second whispered to his friend.

"I don't know why you two are so darn calm! It began in World 6 and hadn't stopped since then! He's been a no good, dirty sleezeball and you know it!"

"If I didn't know better, I'd say you were jealous, brother!"

The three turned around to see Princess Peach and Mario arm-in-arm, watching the three curiously.

"If I didn't know better, brother, I'd say you were a greedy pig!" Luigi barked back.

"Blue, Yellow, can you believe him? Calling me the greedy pig!" Mario scoffed.

The Blue and Yellow Toads exchanged looks before shyly replying. "With the princess in our company, we really shouldn't show disrespect to her champion." Yellow put in.

"It's best if we kept our mouths tight shut!" Blue added.

"Well, I won't!" Luigi growled. "Deepest apologies princess, but without us, this lazy excuse of a brother of mine wouldn't be in your presence...or you wouldn't be in his! As you'd still be locked up!"

"As if..." Mario huffed in disbelief.

"Why do you think when you mess up so many times on your own, Super Guide Luigi, has to show you how to do it?!" The green hissed.

"May as well put emphasis on 'super', because there's nothing special about you, all you do is copy my swagger. And all I have to say is, Envy."

"You can't break fourth walls when this series just began!" Luigi growled.

"I do what I want and say what I want. Now if you'll excuse me, I believe the princess was gonna court me to her private gardens as my reward... The one I deserve because I'm the one everyone knows... For years, everyone thought you were just the Lima Bean that followed me." Mario snickered and began to lead the way back up the path to Peach's Castle, until he paused. "And still no one knows your name..."

Once he was gone, Luigi continued to glare after him. "Well, those years have long gone!" He grumbled under his breath. "And I have made my name known! I am a master Boo Hunter, with a destiny of my own! I am an original! With a permanent color scheme! I AM LUIGI!"

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What could it have been to change our hero's attitude? Could a Sin really be that strong to change one's entire outlook on life? Seems so, as a choice between a girl's affections and his friends overpowered the good nature of a true hero...with the illusion of fame and undeniable praise from bystanders. This feeling of Greed for more and more attention seeks a destructive path between comrades and more so...brothers...


Maybe that wasn't the best representation of Greed...more like Pride in the end...but it was caused by greed so Ha! Anyhow, it was all I could do to make Mario not seem too much like Wario...probably why no one wanted to take this task...

I actually got the idea for this chapter from a family night I had with my family...and I apparently 'cheat' by taking all the power-ups and run ahead of the screen to 'kill' everyone or have a deviant love to throw someone off a cliff...or pop their bubble over a danger zone...XD haha I know I'm awful...so I tried to recreate that final moment to be that way XD

But I will continue on!... Next Week:

Two Deadly Sins: Wrath

~Raphadelia the Adventuress