Geez, I can't believe I haven't got a single review for either of my stories. Oh yah, I'm gonna be posting this story faster then Clash of The Star Rods since it takes place before it.

I do not own any of the Mario characters and they are owned by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems

(When Mario says that means he's saying something like in the Paper Mario games, you just don't know what he's saying.)

Paper Mario: The Shadow Star Spirit

Mario and Luigi bid farewell to Toadsworth and Twink. Then they went down Koopa Road to get the Shadow Star Spirit piece back.

Chapter 1

Koopa Chase

Mario and Luigi started to run real fast.

"We'll catch up to them in no time bro."

After running, they stopped and quickly hid behind a bush being stunned by what they saw. Tutankoopa and the Koopa Bros were having a picnic!? Well the Koopa Bros were. Tutankoopa was facing the road waiting for them.

"Yum! This is a delicious sandwich. It's real good yellow. What do you call it?" said Green.

"Don't know. I just found it on the grass."

"Will you guys hurry up! (Green's in back strangling Yellow) Mario might be chasing us right now," said Tutankoopa.

"Oh cool it Tut," replied Red.

"Tut?" responded Tutankoopa.

"If Mario was chasing us, we would've seen him by now. Am I right?"

"Yah, but he might of stopped in Toad Town and he's on his way right now."

"Oh all right Tut, we'll go. ("Why's he saying Tut?" said Tutankoopa.) Come on guys, let's go before Mario gets here," said Red to the others.

Mario and Luigi then jumped out.

"Hold it right there you guys. We're not letting you go anywhere."

"Oh, what did I tell you Red? What? Oh, Mario won't come right? Ugh, you guys are useless...but don't worry, I'll get us out of this."

Tutankoopa walked up to the bros.

"You shouldn't have come after us Mario Bros. Now, you're gonna pay."

Tutankoopa made a real loud noise. A lot louder then the noise he normally makes. Suddenly 2 Bulky Bob-ombs appeared and charged at Mario and Luigi.

"Come on guys, let's make a run for it," said Red.

BATTLE!

One Bulky Bob-omb charged at Mario and Luigi. Mario jumped over it to dodge it. Luigi jumped on it. As he was in the air, Mario smacked the bob-omb with his hammer, then Luigi jumped on it. The bros then powered up, and hit it with their hammers way far away. But then the bros remembered there were 2. They turned to see the other one with high attack and ready to explode. Mario knew what to do. He ran up to it and hit it with his hammer, then ran over to the edge of the river. The bob-omb (which Mario got mad) charged at Mario. Mario quickly dodged it and whacked it into the river. The water stopped the fuse and the bob-omb just floated down the river.

"Phew, that was close. We should watch out for those guys. Now let's go bro."

The pair headed down the road when they heard a scream from Koopa Village.

"Could it be that they went through…Koopa Village?" suggested Luigi.

Mario nodded. The pair headed into Koopa Village. They heard noises coming from the middle of the village. They rushed over to find Tutankoopa arguing with Kooper and a Koopa Girl.

"Tutankoopa! What's that shiny thing there?" said Kooper as he pointed at the Shadow Star Spirit piece.

"Uh…nothing."

"It looks very valuable. What is it?" said the Koopa girl.

"I don't know. I just found it. It's nothing special. Not like it's part of a set of 4 pieces, which when combined could take over the world. No, nothing like that."

"Um…right…You koopas aren't even supposed to come here. This is a violation. You said as long as you guys don't come here, we can't go near your castles."

"That's the Koopa Bros, not me."

"It's no excuse, you still…(he notices Mario)…Mario! Mario, is that you? Hey, long time no see, huh?"

""

"Uh oh, this is not good," said Tutankoopa.

"Kooper, help! Tutankoopa has a rare piece that can take over the world if combined with 4 other pieces," said Luigi.

"Hmm…" said Kooper as he looked at Tutankoopa, "I never would have guessed."

"Uh on, I'm cornered. Well, I guess there's only 1 thing to do."

Tutankoopa screamed louder then he ever had before.

"COME FORTH ALMIGHTY KING!"

Suddenly, out of nowhere, King Bob-omb came flying down in front of Tutankoopa.

"Yes your leadership," said the king.

"Take care of these fools. If you can't beat them, explode and destroy the whole village! Ah, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"!"

"All right then, I shall destroy you all," said King Bob-omb as Tutankoopa ran.

"Don't worry Mario, we'll help you win this, right Kaiper?"

"Yah!" replied the Koopa.

BATTLE!

King Bob-omb quickly charged at Mario. Mario jumped out of the way. Then Kaiper got in her shell and jumped on Kooper who was in his shell. The 2 spun real fast and slammed into King Bob-omb. He went flying and hit a tree. Then King Bob-omb stood up and threw a bob-omb at the 2 Koopas. Even though they were in their shell, they got hurt. Luigi jumped on King Bob-omb and started hitting him. King Bob-omb powered up, and threw a powerful punch at Luigi. He jumped off and King Bob-omb's punched himself.

"Ouch! That really hurt! Well then, if I can't destroy you, then I'll have to blow up the whole village!"

King Bob-omb then lit his string.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH! What do we do!?" screamed Luigi.

"Um…um…wait…let me think," said Kaiper.

"We have no time to think!"

"Don't rush her Luigi. Kaiper is one of the smartest Koopas ever. She reads a ton of books everyday. Well Kaiper?"

"Got it!"

Kaiper ran into a house. As everyone was talking Luigi rolled his eyes. Then he walked to the top of King Bob-omb and blew out the fire.

"There, all done."

King Bob-omb opened his eyes.

"Do you think that will stop me? I'll just light it again."

King Bob-omb lit the string again and Luigi blew it out again.

"Ack! Why you little!"

King Bob-omb started to punch Luigi. Luigi dodged the blow and his fist hit the crown. King Bob-omb screamed in pain. He started to lick his hand. Kaiper then ran out of the house with a pair of scissors and threw it to Luigi, He cut off the string, then jumped off of King Bob-omb.

"Uh oh, I'm sorry Tutankoopa. I've failed you."

King Bob-omb ran away.

"Yay! Nice job Luigi and Kaiper!"

"Oh yah, hello Kaiper. I am Luigi, and this is Mario."

"Oh yes!" said Kooper, "Where are my manners? Mario, Luigi, this is Kaiper, my friend."

"Nice to meet you. I like to read books and I know a lot about the enemies out there. Of course I don't see Kooper much because he's always traveling with Kolorado. But Kooper has told me a lot about your adventure Mario, and I'm glad to meet you."

"But what are you guys doing here and what was Tutankoopa doing here?"

"We'll tell you after we get their piece from them. They're working for Bowser. If he can collect all the pieces, he'll be able to rule the world."

"What!? That's horrible! Please let me come with you."

"But Kooper, you're supposed to be going on an expedition with Kolorado soon. You can't go. But I'd be happy to go."

"Okay, Mario, please take Kaiper along with you. She'll be a big help."

"Please!" said Kaiper.

"Oh yah," replied Mario.

"Oh yes! This will be so fun. All right then, let's go."

Kaiper joined your team

And so the trio set off after Tutankoopa. They came to a lot of forks in the road. Luckily Kaiper was with them. She knew everything about the roads, enemies, etc. and Mario and Luigi were very impressed. They soon came to the Koopa Bros castle.

"Well, this is the Koopa Bros castle," said Kaiper.

""

"? You say it's smaller then when you and Kooper came here. Well, I guess so. It shouldn't be that hard. Let's go."

The trio headed inside. In the first room, they found a lot of holes in the ground and the door was at the end.

"Um…what do we do?" asked Luigi.

"I think we just walk to the door without stepping on any holes."

"That's too easy. But that might be it. Mario, you'd better go first to make sure it's okay."

Mario glared at Luigi. Then he walked slowly on the path. Mario unknowingly stepped on an invisible switch on the floor. As he passed a hole he heard a sound. "Thump" Mario gulped. Suddenly a Piranha plant came out ready to eat Mario. Mario jumped. Luigi quickly threw his hammer at the piranha plant to hit it. It went back into the hole. Mario picked up Luigi's hammer.

"Phew, that was a close one bro."

Luigi and Kaiper started to walk behind Mario. They all walked slowly. As the hallway grew small, they noticed a giant switch on the floor.

"We have to jump over this thing," said Kaiper.

"Ha! No problem! You go first bro."

Mario jumped real high and landed on the other side of the switch. Then Luigi did the same.

"Um…how do I get across? I can't jump that far."

"Don't worry. We'll catch you if you don't jump as far."

Luigi stepped forward and put his hands out. But he stepped too far and accidentally stepped onto the switch.

"…"

Kaiper quickly ran over to them and turned around. All the piranha plants popped out of all the holes and started to shoot fireballs at them.

"Oh no! Run!" screamed Kaiper as they ran.

They came to a door and quickly went inside and closed the door.

"Phew, that was close."

Kaiper looked up and so did Mario and Luigi. There were a hundred holes in front of them and piranha plants popped out of all of them. They began powering up to shoot fireballs.

"What do we do!? What do we do!?" screamed Kaiper.

"We're trapped. It looks like this is the end."

Mario however thought otherwise. He still had Luigi's hammer. Mario looked at Kaiper and nodded. Kaiper went into her shell and moved towards Mario. Mario stood on Kaiper and held his arms with hammers in them out. Kaiper then spun as fast as she could, spinning Mario too. Then she stopped and sent Mario flying at the piranhas. Mario's spinning hammer attack KOed all the Pirahnas with one huge blast. He was able to deflect all the fireballs too and they were soon all back in their pipes.

"All right Mario! Now, let's go to the next room….Mario?"

Luigi turned to see Mario lying on the ground dizzy. But with the hammers still secure in his hands.

"Oh great."

"Don't worry, I brought some items. Here's a Tasty Tonic," said Kaiper as she gave Mario one.

The team advanced into the next room where there were a ton of stairs. They climbed and climbed and climbed until they reached the top. Then they exited to the top area where Mario and Kooper fought the Bullet Bill Cannons. They were able to see Tutankoopa and the Koopa bros at the end. They were talking and hadn't noticed them yet.

"So are you sure you can beat Mario?" said Tutankoopa as he tossed the Shadow Star Spirit piece up and down.

"Of course, we made our machine more powerful then last time, so we'll beat him for sure."

"Okay, but I'm going to go to my ruins still."

"Don't worry, we'll call you as soon as we beat Mario," replied Red.

Tutankoopa noticed Mario and said "Speaking of which."

"Oh geez it's Mario. Quick, come on guys."

All 5 of them ran into the small castle room above the jail cell

The trio ran into the door. Mario remembered that this was the same place where he fought the Koopa bros last time. They saw no one there except for a Bowser robot. It looked like the one Mario beat last time but was stronger.

"Ha ha Mario! You remember this don't you? We made this robot a lot stronger and now there's no way you can win," said Red from inside the Bowser Bot (like that name?).

BATTLE

The robot moved slowly towards them. Mario charged at them and whacked the robot with his hammer. It didn't do anything. The robot was so strong that it didn't affect it. The robot slammed its arm at Mario and he fell down. Then it started to move towards Mario. Meanwhile, Kaiper threw Luigi. He landed on the robot. He hit it with his hammer on the head but it didn't do anything. He did it again. Nothing happened. The robot slammed its hands at Luigi. Luigi jumped off. The robot hit itself on the head and damaged it greatly. Then it turned to see Mario was gone. Behind it, Kaiper got in her shell. Then Mario and Luigi hit her straight up into the air. She flew. When the robot saw them it was too late. Kaiper, powered up, and slammed into the weakened spot on the robot's head. She went right through and broke it. The Koopa bros all came running out, but they were ready to fight. They all jumped on each other and started to spin real fast. Mario knew what to do remembering from his last fight. He ran over to the ledge and starting making faces at the Koopa bros. They all charged at Mario. He quickly jumped away and all the Koopa bros went falling off of the ledge.

"Not Again!" yelled Red.

"We'll meet again! We'll be back!" said Black as they all fell.

All 4 fell into the jail they fell last time. They got out because they knew that might happen so they put a lot of doors there.

"All right! We did it! Now we have to go get Tutankoopa," said Luigi.

"Yes…but where is Tutankoopa?"

The trio headed into the next room where they found…Buzzar!?

"Mario! Oh no!"

"Uh…Mario, who the heck is this guy?" asked Luigi.

""

"I was told to bring the Koopa bros to Tutankoopa's ruins like I just brought him," said Buzzar.

"Well they're not coming, and you're going to take us there," said Kaiper.

"Ha! First, I'm going to get revenge on Mario for the last battle, then I'm going to tell Tutankoopa that I took care of Mario myself!"

BATTLE!

Buzzar flew high into the air and started throwing sharp feathers at the three. Mario jumped on Luigi and they did the High Jump in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga. Mario was able to barely grab Buzzar's foot and he slowly pulled him to the ground. Buzzar flapped really hard to go back into the air but then Kaiper jumped on him when they were near the ground. Then Luigi jumped on Buzzar and started hitting him with his hammer. Then Buzzar flapped his wings really hard and fast. Mario let go and Buzzar shot into the air. Kaiper almost fell and was on Buzzar's leg now. Luigi whacked Buzzar's wing. He quickly stopped flapping it and they fell to the ground, where Mario powered up, and hit him into the wall.

"Okay, okay, you win. Please don't kill me. Please! I'll do anything!"

"How about you fly us over to Tutankoopa's ruins?" asked Luigi.

"Deal!"

And so, Buzzar flew the three all the way to Dry Dry Desert where Tutankoopa's ruins were.

"Okay, just come back here and I'll fly you anywhere, but only once."

"Okay, see ya buddy," said Kaiper as the 3 entered.

"Buddy?" said Buzzar.

The three entered. They found a ton of bob-omb statues.

"I though Tutankoopa ruled over the Chain Chomps. What happened Mario?" questioned Luigi.

""

"We should just go beat Tutankoopa," said Kaiper.

The 3 walked into the next room. They found a door and a switch. Luigi pushed the switch. The door opened, and out came a lot of bob-ombs.

"Oh no! What do we do?"

"Just hold on a second. As long as none of them light themselves, we'll be okay."

Suddenly, some koopas came out of the door. Then, one of them held up a match and lit it.

"Oh no!"

"Oh yes," said the Koopa, "Ready…?"

Suddenly Mario's hammer flew and hit the Koopa. He and the others went at mach speed running past them all into the next room

"Quickly, push all the Bob-ombs back!" said Kaiper.

They pushed as hard as they could to get all the bob-ombs back into the previous room. Then they pressed a switch in that room to close the door.

"Are they gone?" asked Luigi.

"Shh, listen."

The 3 listened into the previous room. They heard some voices.

"Man, why did they push all the bob-ombs in here with us?"

"Hey, where's that match you had?"

"Oh, it should be on the floor…somewhere."

"Ack! That Bob-omb is lit! Run!"

"Where?"

"I don't know! Just run!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! As the Koopas banged on the door on the other side.

"Tutankoopa…please let us out."

Our heroes heard the sound of a door opening.

"What is it you weak koopas?"

"It's…"

"Oh my gosh! He's lit! I said not to light any till Mario came!"

"We did."

"Run you fools before it's to late!"

"Ah!"

BOOM!

"o……..k, I think its okay to go inside," said Luigi.

The 3 pressed the switch again. They walked inside to see the floor and walls dented and no one was there. There was a passage that led down to another room.

"All right, let's get Tutankoopa!"

The 3 advanced to the final room with Tutankoopa, the only one who wasn't hit by the blast.

"So, you've come."

"Give us back that Shadow Star Spirit piece now!"

"Ha! Never! Now feel my wrath!"

BATTLE!

Mario charged at Tutankoopa with his hammer. Tutankoopa jumped back then tossed a shell at Mario. Luigi ran up and hit it back at him. Tutankoopa then summoned a lot of bob-oms. And he lit them all. Tutankoopa then floated into the air. Mario and Luigi hit the bob-ombs at Kaiper. She started to spin in her shell and she deflected the Bob-ombs into the sky where they exploded. Eventually, one hit Tutankoopa and he came crashing down. The 3 then started whacking him and jumping on him.

"All right, all right, I give up."

"Yes! We did it. Nice job guys," said Luigi as the ganged backed away from him.

"Ha ha ha! I don't think so!"

Tutankoopa then floated up into the air and held the Shadow Star Spirit piece.

"I HATE YOU MARIO! I WISH YOU WERE DEAD! I HATE YOU HATE YOU HATE YOU SO MUCH THAT I"-

Mario then slammed him into the ground with his hammer. He dropped the Shadow Star Spirit piece.

"But I don't understand. I was acting all evil. Why didn't the piece power me up like last time?"

"Heh heh," said Luigi, "That piece only powers up those that act evil when they are unaware that it will power them up. So it won't work on you anymore."

"WHAT! Aw man."

Tutankoopa was defeated. Mario walked over and was about to grab the Shadow Star Spirit piece when-

"Not so fast!"

Suddenly King Bob-omb dropped down on top of the Shadow Star Spirit Piece.

"!"

"Stop right there. You may have bested me last time but now I will win."

BATTLE!

King Bob-omb looked patched up and he wasn't completely round. It was strange. King Bob-omb jumped real high. The 3 ran. But the room was to small and Kaiper was crushed. Luigi jumped on top of him right before he leaped into the air again. He noticed that there was no string on King Bob-omb. As he landed Luigi tried to take off his crown but he couldn't. Meanwhile, Mario slammed King Bob-omb with his hammer. He made a dent inside him. As King Bob-omb leaped, Luigi jumped off. When King Bob-omb landed, Luigi fell from the sky and swung as hard as he could at King Bob-omb. King Bob-omb turned towards Luigi. Mario then powered up and hit him as hard as he could with his hammer, and Kaiper slammed into his at full speed. After all 3 great blows, King Bob-omb started making noises.

"Overload! Overload!"

"Oh great, not again," came a voice.

The King Bob-omb blew up and out fell…the Koopa bros.

"Here come the Koopa Bros," said Red as they all held up their thumbs and made them turn shiny.

"All right Mario, now we're going to get our revenge."

Luigi looked at Kaiper. She was ill from the slam of the King Bob-omb robot.

"This isn't good Mario, We're worn out from those first two battles and now we have to fight the Koopa Bros."

"Ha ha! Today we shall defeat you once and for all!"

BATTLE!

The Koopa bros all started to spin. Then they shot at Mario and Luigi real fast. The two managed to jump over them. But they started bouncing off the walls and each other and they couldn't dodge them. Luigi was hit and he fell to the ground. He saw Kaiper and had a plan. He grabbed his hammer, looked at Mario, and hit Kaiper (in her shell) as hard as he could at Mario. Mario jumped on Kaiper as he slid across the floor. He bounced off the wall and was headed straight for green. Mario jumped off at the last second and kicked Kaiper as hard as he could. Kaiper slammed into green and he shot into a corner. Kaiper then slammed him so hard into the wall his shell started to crack. Green quickly came out of his shell and was knocked out. Yellow came out and started to run over toward green. But, black hit Yellow and he tripped. Right Before he hit the floor Mario ran up and smacked him into the wall with his hammer. He fell on top of green. Both Black and Red came out of their shell. They hopped on top of each other and spun at Mario. Kaiper shot and hit the Koopa bros (directly between the 2). The 2 separated and hit the wall and started to fall toward Mario and Luigi. The bros pulled out their hammer, and smacked them right into the wall and they fell on top of the other Koopa bros, defeated.

"How could we lose again Red?" asked Black.

"I…urgh…why do we always lose!? We build the BEST robots, use the BEST attacks, and they still BEST us! I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT IT MAKES ME SO MAD! ARGH! I'M NOT GIVING UP! GET IN YOUR SHELLS BROS!"

All the koopas got in their shells while on top of each other and started spinning real fast.

"NOW I'M MAD!" said Black.

"WE WON'T LOSE THIS TIME! WE'VE COME TO CLOSE!" said Yellow.

"PREPARE TO DIE!" yelled Green.

Suddenly the Shadow Star Spirit Piece they were holding began to glow just like last time. The Koopa Bros then shot out with energy everywhere!

"Whoa! What's going on red?"

"WHO CARES!? LET'S GET THEM!"

The Koopa Bros charged at the 3 at insanely fast speed.

"Game Over," said Mario.

The Koopa Bros hit all of them into the wall and KOed them all in 1 hit. They then separated and looked at the 3, still mad and raging with power.

"No one beats the Koopa Bros," said Black.

"And now, good bye Mario," said Red as he walked up ready for the final blow.

"Stop!"

"!"

Just then Kooper came flying at full speed right into all of the Koopa Bros. After he hit all of them bad, Kolorado and some other Koopas came and powered up. They then went around as fast as Kooper hitting the Koopa Bros. Kooper then grabbed Kaiper and ran away. The others quickly did the same with Mario and Luigi. The Koopa Bros recovered from the blow and were still powerful, but noticed they disappeared.

"Aw darn it! Now what red?"

"No sweat bros, we still got the Shadow Star Spirit Piece, remember?"

Outside, the Koopas healed our heroes.

"Yah, Kolorado and I were visiting here and I had to help you," said Kooper.

"Well thanks Kooper," said Kaiper.

"Good to see you again Mario," said Kolorado.

"" replied Mario.

Buzzar then interrupted.

"Hey hey, I've got a schedule here. Do you guys want me to take you somewhere or not?"

"Sigh," said Kaiper, "Well, it was nice seeing you guys. Bye."

The Koopas waved good bye and continued exploring the desert. Mario and co. rode Buzzar back to Toad Town.

END OF CHAPTER

And so, Mario, Luigi, and their new companion Kaiper chased and defeated Tutankoopa. Even though they lost to the Koopa Bros, the Koopas can no longer use the Shadow Star Spirit piece now that they know about it, so our heroes can still get it. But where are the other 3 pieces?

---------------------------------------------Bowser---------------------------------------------------

The dark sky signed that Bowser's castle was in the area. At the castle, Bowser sat in his chair.

"Where are the Koopa Bros and Tutankoopa? They were supposed to be here by now with another Shadow Star Spirit Piece."

Suddenly the door opened, and in walked the Koopa Bros.

"What happened to you guys? And my piece, where's my Shadow Star Spirit Piece?"

"We're terribly sorry your evilness, but Mario found out about it. He chased us all the way to Tuankoopa's castle and he beat us to a pulp and stole it."

"WHAT!? MARIO!? NO! Darn it. Now he's come to get them from me. We have to take offensive action. Kammy Koopa!"

Kammy Koopa walked up to him.

"Yes, my lord?"

"Phone General Guy and tell him to take his troops and meet Crystal King at the top of Shiver Mountain. I'm sure their combined forces can protect that piece from Mario."

"My apologies sir, but lately, General Guy hasn't been returning our calls. It's like he isn't listening to us anymore."

"What!? Argh! Fine, then I'll go get him myself."

Bowser started to walk out of the room when-

"Uh…your angriness, what about us?" asked Red.

"Um…you guys go train so that you can become strong and beat Mario, now leave."

Bowser shot out of the castle with Kammy Koopa following behind. The Koopa Bros smirked.

"Heh heh," said Red, "Now that we have 1 piece, it can power us up whenever we want (doesn't know that it won't work anymore). If we can get them all, then we'll be invincible."

The Koopa Bros walked away. However they couldn't help but wonder, "If Tutankoopa used this, how did he lose to Mario?"

Meanwhile, Bowser burned all the enemies in his way to a crisp. They arrived close to the house with Shy Guy's Toy Box in Toad Town.

"Hm…now where is he?"

"All right troops line up," came a voice.

"!" said Bowser and Kammy as they noticed General Guy with some Shy Guys.

"All right troops, you know our mission, we must get the Shadow Star Spirit piece on Shiver Mountain."

General Guy turned and saw Bowser.

"Uh…um…why…Lord Bowser, why are you?"

"I called you to tell you to go help Crystal King guard the Shadow Star Spirit Piece. But why did you say you were going to take it?"

"Oh, I just got carried away. Yah, we got your call, we were just about to go. I just don't like responding. It's a habit of mine."

"Oh, okay then, you better be strong General Guy."

Bowser left. Kammy Koopa walked up to General Guy.

"I'm watching you."

She flew away with Bowser. A Shy Guy looked at General Guy.

"Phew, that was close. What are you going to do my lord?"

"We were lucky this time. Let's hope Bowser doesn't come back again. But for now, come, let us go!"

The Shy Guys marched threw Toad Town.

------------------------------------------------Jr. Troopa---------------------------------------------

In a small playground you could here a voice. It was Jr. Troopa He was playing when a book fell from the sky into his playground. He walked up to it. He picked it up and opened it to the first page. At the top it said "Shadow Star Spirit Piece Locations" Then it had a lot of writing that poor Jr. Troopa could barely read.

"Sha…dow Star Spirit…Piece? I wonder what it is. Oh well."

Suddenly Goompa ran up to him.

"Hey Jr. Troopa! That's my book. I need it back!"

"I thought we made an agreement that I wouldn't come up there if you didn't throw stuff down here."

"I know! I know! And I'm really sorry. But I won't do it again. Now give me back my book."

"NO!"

"Grr…all right then fine. Goombario! Come here!"

Goombario rushed over.

"Yes Grandpa."

"Jr. Troopa took my book. I need you to get it from him."

"All right, you better give that book up Jr. Troopa."

"Ha! Yah right! I'm not afraid of you. Bring it on!"

BATTLE!

Goombario charged at Jr. Troopa. He pulled out his wand and shot a magic blast at Goombario. It hit and Goombario flew back. But he got up and charged, this time dodging Jr. Troopa's attacks. But then, Jr. Troopa put his wand away and had his wings come out. Then he flew into the air right when Goombario jumped at him. When Goombario missed, he crashed to the ground. Jr. Troopa then flew down and hit Goombario with his spike on his head. Goombario flew out and hit Goompa. They looked around to see Jr. Troopa was gone. He then came from behind and slammed them both into a tree. As they landed, Jr. Troopa powered up, and punched them a hundred times, then he kicked them both way out of his playground.

"Ha ha ha! No one can defeat me! This book will be mine forever! Now, what's it say?"

--------------------------------------------------Mario-------------------------------------------------

Chapter 2 will begin shortly

The 3 walked around Toad Town to find Twink waiting for them.

"Mario!"

They ran over to him.

"Hey Mario, did you get the piece?"

""

"Aw that's too bad. Well maybe you'll get it later now that they can't use it. I have some news for you too. According to Star resources network, Goompa in Goomba Village is researching them and knows where some are, so you should go to him."

"All right, thanks Twink. Let's go you guys. To Goomba Village!"

"Yah!"

To be continued…