Well, I'm back. Chapter 2, hooray! Just a bit of warning, this chapter could get more serious as time goes on, just lettin' ya'll know. OK, here we go.

"OK, are you sure you can still fight?" Mario asked.

"Yes, stop asking!" Luigi retorted.

"Sorry," Mario replied. "Which way should we go?"

They had come to a two way path. "I dunno, left?"

"There's a Piranha Patch about three feet into that."

"Well, you asked for my opinion," Luigi defended.

"My my, you have a hot temper," Mario teased.

"Yeah? Well, you're short!"

"Oh. What a great comeback. I'm so hurt," Mario responded sarcastically. "Besides, you'd be a few inches shorter than me if your feet weren't so big."

Luigi glared at him. "That draws the line!" Luigi attacked him head on. Mario defended himself, and finally landed a punch on him. He stumbled back.

"Go ahead into the path. I'm sorry you came."

"Ok, then, I will," Luigi agreed, stepping onto the road. A Piranha Plant revealed itself and hissed at him. He jumped back.

"We should stay together."

--

"Woah, that's far." Luigi peered out over the gargantuan lake, deep as an ocean.

"Well, there's no jumping over that," Mario reasoned. "We'll have to swim."

They both took one last look at the freezing water. Then, they jumped.

After they made there way almost halfway across the lake, they couldn't talk to each other anymore, they where too out of breath.

Suddenly, 6 Cheep-Cheeps grabbed Mario, pulling him underwater before he could utter a yell. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem; he'd just beat them. But three things got in the way. He was slow moving underwater, he was still exhausted from the swimming, and not to mention the fact he couldn't breath.

"How much farther?" Luigi asked, out of breath. No response. "Oh, I see. The silent treatment. Well, two can play at that game!"

Deep below the surface of the water, an underwater battle, well, beating was taking place. Four of the fish held him in place as he struggled to get to the surface, with no evail. The remaining two where punching him with such speed, you'd think they where on land. Pretty soon, his heart was hammering behind his rib cage, demanding more oxygen. One of the Cheep Cheeps punched him in the stomach, getting rid of any air he had left.

This was it. He was going to die, drown. There was nothing he could do, he was done for, killed by some Cheep Cheeps. As his vision went fuzzy, he saw a huge thing soming, overshadowing the fish, who swam away. Oh great, now I'm in for it, he thought as he lost his grip on conciousness.

--

When he woke up, he was looking up at some smiley faced clouds. OK, he could see, that meant he wasn't dead. He sat up. He realized he was soaking wet.

"Hi!" He turned. Luigi was sitting there, also covered in water. "So, you decided to be alive?"

"Where are we?" Mario asked.

"An island I found," Luigi explained. "I stopped in the water to rest, and I didn't see you anywhere. I figuered something had gotten you, so I went under to look."

"How'd you fight off that huge thing?"

"That 'huge thing' was me riding a Boss Bass," Luigi replied. "Cheep Cheeps are afraid of them. Thought you where dead for a few minutes."

"I'm not sorry you came," Mario apologized. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it," Luigi replied. "You'll have to return the favor, though."

"You'll have to get into a life threatening situation first."

"Never mind."

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"C'mon, it's your move!" Bowser roared.

"I am not going to play checkers with you!" Peach yelled. "You're cheating, anyhow! Let me out of here and bring me back to the Mushroom Kingdom, you bastard!"

"Quit being so mean and move the damn piece of plastic!" Bowser shouted.

"Ugh, can't I be tortured instead?" Peach pleaded.

"No, this is more fun!"

Peach wimpered, moving the red checker across the board.

Uh, that last scene was a little disturbing. Even I wasn't expecting it, and I'm the author.

Oh man, I love nearly killing the people in the story! It's such good fun! So expect more of it. Mwah.

Self Proclaimed Fanfic Writer,

AzoNintendo