Mario groaned as he sat down and pulled out his bottle of water. Why was it taking the princess so long to contact him!? He'd been waiting all week and he'd yet to receive ANY kind of message from the princess. He'd once wondered if Mr. L wouldn't let her, but he was a gentleman....right?
"Ugh....where are they?" Mario wondered.
He'd already checked darkland with no luck, and he doubted it was anywhere he knew considering Mr. L was once a servant of Count Bleck, and that was back in Flipside, NOT the Mushroom Kingdom. However, the princess was probably calling for help at this point, and he couldn't disappoint her! Or his fans.
"All right, time to get moving again." He said standing up.
Hitting another '?' block, Mario grabbed the cape and began flying across the kingdom again. He wasn't giving up now, when everything was looking bad. He hadn't in the past, and he wouldn't do it now.
~Peach~
The princess had woken up awhile ago, just in time to see Mr. L come in and place some food in her cage. He had put up an electrical barrier around her cage, but undid her bindings, before once again apologizing to her about the irritation they caused her. The more she looked at it, the more Mr. L seemed more....compassionate? Weird.
She sat on her bed, twisting her hair in random circles for a few minutes, letting her mind wander over various things as she always did when she was kidnapped. She hated when she had nothing to do! At least give her a-
WHACK!
Peach looked up to see a book had fallen through the window above her. She quickly scrambled up and looked out to see a Pink Yoshi running off into the woods. Turning back to the book, she realized it was one of her favorite books. Looking back out, she couldn't see the Yoshi anymore, but she discovered the view she had was incredible. She was at the top of a large hill with some trees surrounding her, a small opening to a stream, and a clear view of the western horizen.
Peach sighed once more before sitting back down and opening up her new item of distraction. Had she looked out a moment longer, she would have seen Luigi walking over to the stream getting some water, before casually talking to a few more villagers.
~In the nearby forest~
"WAHAHAHAHAA!! This place is perfect for my new mansion!" A white figure cackled evilly. "A creepy forest, bats, some poisonous pits, and best of all, NO LUIGI!"
The laughter of ghosts could be heard echoing from the forest, startling a few villagers.
~1 month later~
Luigi sighed. He just had to keep this up for about a week more before he had to reappear before Mario, and he would probably have to hurt him again. Luigi hated it when he had to do that, but he needed to be convincing. If he REALLY was evil, he would have had no trouble killing Mario with that first bolt of lightning, but since he had aimed a little bit to the left, Mario could easily shake it off. Heck, HE could have shaken it off! At least it was convincing enough for Mario, not to mention the Princess. Speaking of the princess, it was about time for Luigi to check up on her.
He quickly changed into his Mr. L outfit, (which he had to clean daily because he was sweating so much in it) and walked over to the princess's abode. Stopping in front of the door, Luigi took a deep breath, before changing his voice into that persuasive way he had always been good at. If he had actually tried, he might've gotten Daisy to be his girlfriend, but he decided they were better off as friends. Besides, he liked sports, but not THAT much....
"She's scary when it comes to motorcross...." Luigi said shuddering.
He slapped himself for losing focus, and entered the house.
~Mario~
Mario sighed as he sat at home. There were maps all over his desk, and he couldn't find out why he couldn't find her! He had been searching for more than a month, and he half wished Luigi would be able to take over again, when something hit his front door. Mario jumped before looking to see a Toadstool open the door and pull out a letter from his mail-pack. Mario tore open the top and read every line, hoping it was from the princess.
It wasn't.
Big Red Meatball, (Mario twitched at that)
So, how are you enjoying the wait? Nice and fun, right? I'm terribly sorry to interrupt your busy busy signing of autographs, but I do recall challenging you to a duel.
So, as is proper protocol, I have contacted you. You have had the past month to do whatever, and wether you actually trained for our fight or searched for the princess, it does not matter.
The Dinosaur Island Colosseum is the battlefield we shall fight in. One week from April 23rd. That's the 29th, if your small brain can't think that fast.
Don't be late for your butt-whoopin!
Mr. L
The Green Thunder
Mario crumpled up the letter and stomped out of the house. It was time to get to Dinosaur Island.
As Mario began the trip to the island, Luigi was in his and Mario's summer home, laughing hysterically as he re-read the letter he sent to Mario again.
"I can't believe I actually wrote that," He chuckled as he threw the letter to the other mistakes he had made at first. He had to make sure it didn't reveal anything to Mario, so he would proofread them before finally deciding on the right one.
Luigi composed himself before heading outside to get more food and such. As he walked outside he stopped at the peak of the hill that the houses rested on. Turning to the setting sun, Luigi took a deep breath of the fresh air. Filling his lungs with the pure oxygen, he let his eyes gaze over the sun, completely entranced in it's natural beauty.
His aura of peace was broken as a voice reached his ears.
"Luigi?"
Said plumber jumped before spinning around, finding the princess staring at him with a shocked expression on her face.
"Whoops..." Luigi said as a sweatdrop slid down his head. "And to think I was so close too...."
