It was a beautiful Friday morning as thousands of the citizens and creatures of the Mushroom Kingdom arrived on the spot. Several racers were already on the race course, ready to give it all their got in the brand new Mario Kart tournament.

"Welcome, welcome, to the very, very, very, exciting first race in the brand new competition... the brand new Double Dash incarnation of Mario Kart!" A green-shelled Lakitu exclaimed as he came floating down in his smiling cloud.

The audiences cheered as Lakitu took a bow, clearing his voice so that he could be able to speak.

"I'm Lakitu, and I'm happy to be, once again, the announcer for all of the following races! Now, let's go see our racers!" Lakitu pointed out as he floated above the Mario Kart competitors.

"Yahoo! It's a Mario time!" Mario exclaimed as he waved to the audience, hogging as much spotlight as possible.

Luigi grumbled as he folded his arms, poking his slightly older, fatter brother. "How come you never let me get a word out of anything?"

Mario laughed as he pushed Luigi on the nose, wagging his right index finger at Luigi as he stuck his tongue out. "Ohohoho! Silly Luigi, Trix are for kids!"

Luigi made an awkward face as his eyes widened, staring strangely at Mario. "...What does that have anything to do with-"

"WAA HAA HAA!" Wario heartily laughed as he pushed Luigi aside, grabbing Mario by the collar as he smugly grinned. "So, chubby, are you ready to have the great Wario crush you?"

Mario growled as he pushed Wario away, dusting his blue overalls. "You-a wish, Fartio! I've got a lot more tricks up my sleeve." He chuckled as he formed a red hot fireball on the tip of his left index finger, holding it in front of Wario. "Too bad you can't do anything-a like this!"

Wario scoffed as he rolled his eyes. "Please. Wario doesn't need fireballs to stay on top... I've got something better!" He laughed as he turned around, shook his big, beautiful butt at Mario, and waddled towards his purple-colored car, which was actually a car.

Mario shook his fists as Luigi approached Mario, patting his older brother on the shoulder. "Settle down, bro. You'll beat him during the race," Luigi reassured as he smiled, apparently forgetting what he was trying to tell Mario earlier on.

Sighing, Mario nodded his head in agreement as he turned to Luigi, smiling. "You're-a right, Luigi. Let's-a get ready for the race!" He proclaimed as he and Luigi ran to Mario's kart, the appropriately named Red Fire.

Bowser and Bowser Junior arrived in the Koopa King, with the two Koopas deciding to walk up to Toad and Toadette, who were both preparing for the race.

"Are you sure we're going to be fine?" Toadette whimpered as she looked around, feeling nervous from the loud cheering crowd.

Toad placed his right hand on Toadette's right shoulder, smiling at her as he winked. "Don't worry about it, Toadette. Remember, I'm going to be here with you." He quickly turned around as he heard Bowser's abrupt laughter echo around the race course.

"Heh. Look who it is. Shrimpy and his dumb girlfriend." Bowser stated as he glanced at Toadette, who whimpered as she hid behind Toad.

Toad growled as he got angry at Bowser, stepping up for Toadette. "Toadette is not my girlfriend! She's my sister! And back off, slime for brains!"

Bowser rolled his eyes as he laughed at Toad's pitiful insult. "Oooh, slime for brains, I'm so threatened. You honestly think you could handle me on the road?"

Toad stuttered a bit as he took a step back. "Well... uhh..." He gulped as he turned to Toadette, who had a somewhat concerned look on her face. Growling, Toad turned back to Bowser, being more determined as he stepped up towards the Koopa King. "Just you wait, Bowser! I'm going to tear you a new one!"

Bowser laughed as he folded his arms, shaking his head as he watched Toad stomp off to his bluish, lightweight kart with Toadette. "Tear me a new one... what a laugh." He bent down, patting Bowser Jr. on the head. "All right, son, let's take home the gold and win this one for the Koopa Kingdom!"

Bowser Jr. laughed as he pumped his fist in the air, smiling widely. "For the Koopa Kingdom!" He chirped as he jumped in the back of the Koopa King, with Bowser sitting in the front seat.

Toad turned back to Toadette, reassuring her that things were going to be okay. "Come on, Toadette, let's go have fun with this thing!"

Toadette nodded slowly as she agreed, smiling for Toad. "You know what? Let's go have fun indeed!" She and Toad jumped into Toad's personal blue kart as they prepared themselves.

Lakitu whistled loudly as he waved the race flags. There were nine pairs of racers on the race course, being Mario and Luigi, Princesses peach and Daisy, Toad and Toadette, Yoshi and Birdo, the baby Mario Brothers, Koopa Troopa and Paratroopa, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, the sneaky Wario and Waluigi, Bowser and Bowser Junior, and finally Petey Piranha and King Boo, the most unexpected characters to join up.

"Make this a good race to start up the Double Dash tournament!" Lakitu exclaimed as he pointed forward, shouting, "Ready... 3... 2... 1... GO!"