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Gokiburi Prince: Hum… You know there are TONS of Mario and Sonic crossover on the Internet aside from SMBZ? Just take a look at the fanfic section my crossover is in and you'll find a lot of crossovers with these two in. I highly recommend you read "Mario and Sonic: Heroes Unite!" by Azurixx, probably the best Mario and Sonic crossover I've seen. In my opinion, it's better than SMBZ (yeah, I totally said that).
AndieTiggerPyro: No characters who appeared after Paper Mario 2 and Shadow's spin-off game will make an appearance. I want to make this as close to the canon of both series as possible. It would be weird if, for example, Rosalina made an appearance even though this story is supposed to take place before "Super Mario Galaxy".
Anyway, here's the second chapter.
Chapter 2: Being Tricked
In some forest on this newly fused world, a certain red-wearing plumber was laying on the ground, unconscious. Gradually, Mario woke up, opening his eyes and seeing the blue sky. He sat on the ground, rubbing his head while groaning. He looked around, trying to learn where he was. To his surprise, he found Luigi, unconscious and a few feet away from him. Mario quickly came near where his brother was.
"Luigi! Are you alright?" No answer came. "Luigi! Wake up!"
"Mama, I don't-a want to go to school-a today!" The green-wearing plumber said, obviously sleeping.
"I'm-a not Mama. I'm-a your bro!" Mario replied.
"Give-a me five minutes, Mama."
Mario tried to shake his brother hard enough to wake him up. It didn't seem to work. Mario sighed before thinking of a way to wake up Luigi. He looked around and saw a pond of water near them. The red plumber looked back at his brother.
"Well, since I have-a no other choice…"
Mario grabbed his brother and carried him over his shoulder. He came near the pond and threw Luigi in the water. The later instantly woke up, panicking in the water.
"Ah! I'm-a sinking! Help!" He screamed until he realized something. "Wait…" With his feet, he was able to touch the bottom of the water pond, while the water only reached half of his body. Luigi smiled sheepishly at that. "Nevermind, no one is-a sinking." He looked up and saw his brother standing on the grass. "Mario! You're-a the one who threw me in-a the pond, right?" He asked, angry to see his brother doing that to him.
"Sorry, Luigi. It was-a the only way to wake-a you up." Mario said, apologizing.
"I wish you found a better-a solution." Luigi said as he went out of the pond, grabbed his green hat, squeezed it to get the water out of it and put it back on his head. "By the way, what happened last-a night? I forgot."
Mario thought about last night, trying to remember what happened. He then suddenly remembered the events.
"Oh, I remember! There was an explosion with Bowser's-a machine. He had all the seven-a Star Spirits, plus-a the Star Rod. He also had Peach… Peach!" He exclaimed in panic. "Where is she now?"
"Over here!"
Mario and Luigi looked up. Peach was hanging on a branch in a nearby tree.
"Don't-a move, Peach! We'll-a get you out of there!" The red plumber exclaimed.
"Do it quickly, because I don't how much longer I'll be able to…"
All of sudden, the branch broke itself, sending the princess to fall towards the ground. As fast as he could, Mario arrived right below her and caught her in his arms. Both sighed in relief.
"Oh, Mario… Thank you for catching me." She said, smiling before kissing him on his cheek.
The plumber blushed at that.
"Hum… Bro?" Luigi said.
"What is it, Luigi?" Mario asked before putting Peach on the ground.
"I don't-a want to interrupt your romance-a with Peach, but…" The green plumber pointed towards him. "I'm-a not sure-a we're at home."
Mario and Peach looked at what Luigi was pointing at. Some feet away from them, there were things they've never seen before. The first thing they've noticed was a huge loop-de-loop, with several others in the distance. They also saw lots of rings floating above the ground. Luigi then noticed some panel on the ground. The panel had an arrow on it. The green plumber went near that panel and looked at it.
"Are you thinking of-a something?" His brother asked.
"Well, it's just that this-a panel looks-a weird to me…"
Luigi put his right feet on it. All of sudden, he was running incredibly fast.
"Luigi!" Mario and Peach exclaimed in shock.
"What's-a going on? Somebody help-a me!" The green plumber exclaimed.
Running so fast was so tiring for him, he needed the feel to break. He did break, but this caused him to trip and land face first on the ground. Luigi stood up, groaning. Mario and Peach quickly came near him.
"Luigi! Are you alright?" Peach asked.
"Yeah, but let-a me give-a you an advice. Don't EVER step on that-a panel!" Luigi exclaimed in annoyance. "Unless you want to lose-a weight."
Mario looked at the dash panel. He then looked back at the rings floating above the ground, pondering for a while.
"You know, these-a rings remind me of all those-a coins I collect on my adventures." Mario commented.
"Maybe we entered a dimension where those-a rings are the coins of-a that dimension." Luigi commented.
"Probably…" Peach said. "Personally, I think we should move on and try to find where we are."
Both plumbers nodded at what she said. Soon, all three of them began moving, looking for someone or something that would help them get back home.
About one hour later, Dr. Eggman was riding his Egg Mobile in the sky. The Egg Mobile was a small hovercraft with a shape almost similar to an egg, with a small round lamp in front of it. The mad scientist looked down, trying to find anyone that could fit Bowser's description of the dragon's archenemy. At this moment, he was above some forest.
"A guy wearing red with a mustache, with possibly a guy in green and a young woman in pink… They could be anywhere in this world!" He exclaimed in annoyance. "I'd be lucky if I suddenly run into them and… Wait!"
He noticed three people walking in the forest. Eggman took a pair of binoculars and looked down. He saw none other than Mario, Luigi and Peach, all three of them walking on a path. The mad scientist smirked evilly.
"Right now, I AM lucky!"
Eggman put back the pair the binoculars and rode his Egg Mobile to go past the trio while making sure they wouldn't notice him right away. He landed his hovercraft between some trees and got out of it. The mad scientist came near a bunch of trees close to the path the plumbers and the princess were walking on. Eggman looked at them, seeing they were coming close to him and they hadn't notice him yet.
"Time for the plan to begins." He said to himself.
Eggman sat down near the tree… and started crying in despair.
"It's a disaster!" He exclaimed while crying. "It's over now! There's nothing we can do about it!"
Mario, Luigi and Peach were taken by surprise to hear someone crying. Mario then looked at where the crying was coming from. His friends and him came near where Eggman was and finally noticed him. The trio looked at each other before looking back at the scientist.
"Hey… Is there-a something-a wrong?" Mario asked to Eggman.
The latter turned his head around, acting like he hadn't notice the plumbers and the princess before. He stood up, rubbing his tears away.
"Who… Who are you?" Eggman asked, looking sad.
"My name is-a Mario. This is-a my brother, Luigi, and this is-a Princess-a Peach." The plumber replied while pointing at the other two. "Do you have a problem? We might help-a you."
"Oh, I'm not sure you could help me with my problem." Eggman said, looking away.
"Well, at least tell us what is your problem and we'll see if you use our help." Peach suggested.
"Hmm… Oh, alright." The mad scientist said, looking back at the trio. "I am Dr. Allen." He said, lying on his identity. "I am a scientist who is studying the Chaos Emeralds."
"The Chaos Emeralds?" Mario asked.
"Yes, the Chaos Emeralds. Don't tell me you've never heard of the Chaos Emeralds…" The plumbers and the princess shook their heads, meaning 'no'. "Oh, I get it! You three must be from that other world. Am I right?"
"Other world?" Luigi asked, confused. "Wait… Does that mean we just travel through space?"
"Well, sort of. Let me explain…"
Eggman then went on tell a story that was half true and half false. He said the Chaos Emeralds were seven emeralds with incredible powers, especially when all seven are together. Dr. 'Allen' was studying the Chaos Emeralds when he was suddenly attacked by an evil hedgehog named Sonic. The hedgehog came to steal the Emeralds as it would allow him to take over the world. 'Allen' tried to stop Sonic, but it caused an explosion that covered his whole planet, known as Mobius. Mario and his friends jumped in shock at the last part.
"The same thing happened to us last night!" The princess exclaimed.
"You're sure about that?" Eggman said, pretending to not already know what happened.
The plumbers and the princess then told him what happened to them with Bowser and the Star Spirits.
"Well, then… That confirms my theory about my planet being fused with yours! The reaction caused by the Chaos Emeralds, along with the reaction caused by the Star Spirits happening at the same time, is what caused both of our worlds to become one!" Eggman said.
"So, that's-a why we've-a seen all those-a strange-a things, because-a they're-a from-a your-a planet. Those-a rings and those-a loop-de-loops… They're-a from-a where-a you live!" Luigi said.
"You forget that-a panel-a with the arrow on it." Mario commented.
"Don't-a remind me that…" The green plumber said, frowning at the thought of the panel.
"Speaking of-a which, Dr. Allen… Have-a you seen anything that might-a be from our world?" Mario asked.
"Well, I've seen some strange turtles a couple of hours ago. I've seen some turtles before, but nothing like those." The mad scientist said.
The plumbers and the princess looked at each other, already guessing he saw the Koopa Troopas. Soon after, Peach thought about something, rubbing her chin while thinking about it. The plumbers noticed that.
"What are you thinking, Peach?" The red plumber asked.
"Hmm… The more I think about it… What if the Star Spirits and the Chaos Emeralds were brought together and made another reaction similar to what happened last night? Would it be possible to have our worlds back to normal, Dr. Allen?" She asked to the scientist.
"Of course, that sounds logical! In fact, it sounds like the only good thing to do." Eggman said. "There's just one problem though. Sonic might be searching for the Chaos Emeralds right now. And if he learns of the Star Spirits…" He suddenly gasped in terror. "I fear what would happen if he gets his hands on all of them!"
"Ah, don't-a worry, Dr. Allen!" Mario said cheerfully. "We'll-a get those Emeralds and those-a Stars before-a that Sonic ever-a come-a close-a to them!"
"You… You really think you can do that?"
"Oh, yeah! We've been on several adventures-a before." Luigi said.
"Well then… I guess it's settled. You will find them before that diabolical hedgehog and you will not only save your world, but mine as well!" Eggman exclaimed with joy.
"What about you, Peach?" Mario asked to the princess. "You wanna come with us?"
"Well… I'm honestly tired of being the damsel in distress, so… Sure! I'll be glad to join you two on this adventure!" She replied, smiling.
"Good!"
"By the way, what does that hedgehog looks like?" Luigi asked to Eggman.
"Sonic is blue-furred with red and white shoes. There's a good chance you might see him with a two-tailed fox and a red-furred echidna. They're just as bad as he is." The mad scientist explained.
"Got it." Luigi said.
"Come on, you two!" Mario said to Luigi and Peach. "We have-a the Star Spirits and the Chaos Emeralds to find. Let's-a go!"
His brother and the princess nodded to him. Soon after, all three of them ran away, ready to go on another adventure. Eggman smirked evilly when they left.
"They have no idea what they're getting themselves into…" he said to himself.
Unconscious at the bottom of a hill, a certain young fox was unconscious. Slowly, Tails opened his eyes, regaining his consciousness. He sat up, rubbing his head and groaning.
"Ow, my head… Where are the others?" The fox looked around and saw Knuckles and Sonic, bot unconscious. The echidna was on the hedgehog's back. Tails ran towards them and stopped near them. "Knuckles! Sonic!"
The echidna opened his eyes, waking up. He groaned as he sat up.
"Hey, Tails… Where's Sonic?" He asked.
"Right under you, Knux." The hedgehog said, waking up and frowning at the echidna sitting on his back.
"Oops! Sorry, Sonic." Knuckles said as he immediately stood up.
Sonic stood up as well, dusting himself right after.
"Okay, guys. I remember that Eggman had the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald last night. I also remember the explosion. I just don't know where we ended up." Tails said.
"I don't know where we ended up either." The echidna said.
"Well, I don't know where we are, but it sure looks weird." Sonic said as he looked around.
All three Mobians looked around. They saw large mushrooms, lots of green pipes and many floating blocks with an interrogation point on each of them.
"Those mushrooms remind me of those on Angel Island." Knuckles said.
Sonic came right under one of the blocks and hit it by jumping. The interrogation mark disappeared, with a red mushroom with white dots. The hedgehog grabbed the mushroom and looked at it.
"Hmm… I wonder what that is…"
The hedgehog ate the mushroom at once. He had a weird sensation in his stomach. Sonic then felt incredibly healthy.
"Are you alright?" Tails asked.
"I feel more than alright, buddy! I feel like I've eaten nothing but healthy food in all my life!" The hedgehog exclaimed cheerfully. He then hit another block. However, instead of a mushroom, it was a green and orange flower that appeared. Sonic looked at it, arching an eyebrow. "I wonder what that is."
Sonic ate the flower. Suddenly, his blue fur was now all orange. Tails and Knuckles couldn't believe their eyes.
"Sonic! That's just…" Knuckles began to say.
"Yeah, I know. It's weird." The hedgehog said while throwing his hand in front of him.
Suddenly, a fireball was shot from his hand and hit a nearby rock. All three Mobians were extremely surprised to see that.
"Wow…" Tails said, amazed.
"Okay… This is wicked!" Sonic exclaimed, grinning.
The hedgehog ran around, shooting fireballs for fun while making sure he wasn't hurting anyone. All of sudden, he missed his shot and accidentally shot a fireball towards Knuckles. The latter jumped high in the air, screaming before landing back. He glared at Sonic, the latter smiling sheepishly.
"Eh, sorry, Knuckles. I didn't…"
One second later, Knuckles punched Sonic. The hedgehog then landed on his back. At the same time, his orange fur went back to being blue. Sonic sat up, looking at his fur. He tried to shoot a fireball, but it no longer seemed to work.
"You're no longer able to make those fireballs, Sonic?" Tails asked.
"I guess not, Tails."
"Hmm…" The fox began to ponder about it. "Maybe Knuckles' punch is what caused you to lose that power. Just one hit and it vanishes."
"If it means he can no longer shoot them at me, I'm fine with that." Knuckles said, still bitter about earlier.
"Sorry, Knuckles! I wasn't aiming at you!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Yeah, I know. Sorry for the punch." The echidna apologized.
"Well, how about we check what all the other blocks have inside? This should be a lot of fun!" The hedgehog said.
"Shouldn't we first try to find where we are?" Tails asked.
"Eh, it can wait. It won't take us too much time to check those blocks."
"Well… Okay then." Tails shrugged.
Unknown to the Mobians, Bowser was flying above them, riding a white and green vehicle with a green propeller and the face of a clown named the Koopa Clown Car. The dragon just spotted Sonic and his friends. He watched as the three of them were trying all the items that were in the blocks.
"They fit Eggman's descriptions. Perfect!" Bowser said to himself.
Memorizing where the Mobians were, the dragon flied away and landed in a place that was far enough from Sonic and his friends. At the moment, Tails was wearing a black helmet and a black shell on his back. The fox was throwing lots of hammers from out of nowhere.
"This is impressive! That's a great attack to do!" He said, enjoying what he was doing.
Meanwhile, Sonic had raccoon ears above between his own ears, along with a raccoon tail next to his own tail.
"Feels weird to have an extra pair of ears and one more tail… but this is so cool!" The hedgehog said while flying.
"Hey, Sonic! Looks like I'm not the only one with two tails and who can fly!" Tails said, chuckling.
"You got that right, buddy!" Sonic said. "Hey, Knuckles! What power did you…"
The hedgehog stopped flying when he saw the echidna. Sonic fell on the ground and just stare at Knuckles. Some seconds later, the hedgehog was laughing out loud. It turns out Knuckles was wearing a frog suit. The echidna was frowning. Tails noticed him in his frog suit and couldn't help but chuckling.
"Stop that, you two." He said.
"Sorry, Knuckles, but… Man, you look ridiculous in that outfit!" Sonic said, trying to stop laughing.
"Look on the bright side." Tails said. "You must have great powers with that."
"I jump high." Knuckles said, not impressed.
"Well, that's a good power." The hedgehog said. "And I bet you swim with that thing too."
"I already swim well enough, Sonic. The only one who would need to swim well is you."
"Oh, I'm hurt!" Sonic said, pretending to be hurt in a melodramatic way. "Seriously though, that frog suit doesn't seem useless." He said in a sincere way.
"Help! I need some help!"
Sonic, Tails and Knuckles were surprised to hear that. They turned their heads around and noticed Bowser coming towards them.
"Who is this guy?" Sonic asked.
"I don't know. Never seen him before." The fox said.
Bowser pretended to notice them for the first time and came near them, looking in despair.
"Oh, please! You three! You must help me! If not, then my whole kingdom is doomed! Worst, my whole world is doomed!" Bowser said while kneeling and pleading to them.
"Whoa, whoa! Calm down, big guy!" The hedgehog said, trying to calm the dragon down. "First, tell us who you are and what we can do to help you."
"Alright, then. I am King Augustus." He said, lying on his identity as well. "I come from a peaceful kingdom where everyone is having a good life, in the Mushroom World. Last night, I received the visit of the seven Star Spirits. Everything was fine with them. But suddenly, we got the unexpected visit of that nasty man known as Mario!"
"Mario? Who is this guy?" Sonic asked.
"He's the most evil person I've ever met!" Bowser replied. "He tried to capture the Star Spirits and use their powers to conquer the whole world. I've tried to stop him, but this caused the Star Spirits to use their powers in a way they never used it before! It caused a beam of light to cover our world… And now, I feel like our world's been mixed with another." He said, almost sobbing.
"Wait a minute…" Tails said. "Almost the same thing happened to us before."
"Really?" Bowser asked.
In the following minutes, the fox told to the dragon what happened to them last night. Tails then started to think about something.
"You know what? I have the feeling the reaction of the Chaos Emeralds and the reaction of the Star Spirits may have caused Mobius to be fused with the Mushroom World." The fox said.
"You know what else this means?" The dragon asked. "If Mario learns of the existence of your Chaos Emeralds, he will no doubt want to get them along with the Star Spirits. Who knows what he will do with the combined powers of all of them!"
"That doesn't sound good." Knuckles said.
"Someone must stop Mario from taking over the world! If nobody stops him, it'll be over for everyone!" Bowser exclaimed in despair.
"You have nothing to fear, King Augustus!" Sonic said. "If anyone's willing to teach a lesson to that Mario guy, it's me!" He said, smirking.
"As always, you can count me in, Sonic!" Tails said.
"You guys will need some muscles. I'm coming too." The echidna said.
"Thanks, guys!" The hedgehog said, giving them a thumbs up. "We'll find the Chaos Emeralds and the Star Spirits. If we ever meet Mario and he causes us trouble, we're gonna give him some troubles of our own!" He turned around to face Bowser. "Speaking of which, what does he look like?"
"He has a mustache. Mario also wears blue overalls and a red cap."
"Good. Anything else we should know?"
"You might find him with a guy who looks like him. He has a green cap, though. Mario might also be with a young woman who has blond hair and wears a pink dress. She may look like a sweet and gentle princess, but don't ever let her appearance fool you! She's just as evil as Mario." Bowser lied.
"Thanks. That should be enough." Sonic turned to face Tails and Knuckles. "Alright, guys. It's time for us to go on another adventure!" he cheerfully exclaimed.
The hedgehog ran away with his incredible speed while the fox and the echidna were following him. Bowser looked at them running away while smirking evilly. One thing neither the dragon nor the Mobians knew was that someone was hiding in some nearby bushes at the moment. That someone listened to the whole conversation with no one ever noticing him.
"So… The Chaos Emeralds are being searched again, along with those Star Spirits… If someone's going to get the emeralds and the stars, it will be me." The mysterious individual said to himself.
That person left the bushes, disappearing in a nearby forest. Bowser turned around and looked at the bushes, thinking he heard something. He checked the bushes and saw nothing at all. The dragon shrugged, thinking it was just the wind moving the bushes around.
End of chapter.
Mario and his friends are on their way of finding the Star Spirits and the Chaos Emeralds, without even knowing they were mixed together. Sonic and his friends are also on their way to find the same things. And it's only the beginning…
Bowser's fake name, 'King Augustus', is a reference to an episode of "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show", titled "The Great Gladiator Gig". Eggman's fake name, 'Dr. Allen' , was just a name I choose at random. Also, lots of power-ups from "Super Mario Bros. 3" made an appearance here: the Hammer Brother suit, the Raccoon suit and the Frog suit.
I won't reveal who was that mysterious individual in the bushes. Guess all you want, but I won't reveal it until the right moment in the story.
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