Chapter 2: Not-Quite Pleasure Cruise
The trip has begun, but it will take several hours before Wario's ship reaches its destination. Mario, Luigi and Waluigi are going to have to find some way to keep themselves occupied until they arrive at the sandy shores of Yoshi's Island.
"What the heck was that all about?" Luigi asked. "The empty sacks I mean."
"You know how Wario is," Waluigi replied. "Always running around and looking for treasure. When he gets off his fat butt, that is."
"Heh. That explains it."
"So, what do you guys want to do?" asked Mario.
"I got a little surprise that'll at least keep Luigi busy for awhile," Waluigi said as he opened the suitcase containing the food and dug around in it a bit. What he took out of it was a small package that was wrapped in green and blue paper. "Here you go," he continued as he handed it to Luigi.
Luigi, however, hesitated to take it. "What's this?"
"It wouldn't be much of a surprise if I told you, now would it?"
"This is a gag, right?"
"What's the matter you? Open it," Waluigi insisted.
"I agree with Luigi when he thinks that this is a gag," Mario chimed in. "But open it already! It's certainly got me curious!"
"Okay. If you really think I should..." Luigi said, not so sure if he liked the idea. That soon changed when he tore the paper off.
"Whad'ja get?! Whad'ja get?!" Mario chanted.
Luigi stared at the item that he had gotten with wide eyes. "Si-silver..." was all he managed to say.
"Yes. Pokémon Silver," Waluigi said matter-of-factly.
"Talk about nice!" exclaimed Mario. "Luigi was thinking about picking that up a few weeks ago. Good thing he didn't, huh?"
"But why?" Luigi asked his doppelganger.
"Well, you see," Waluigi began to explain. "When Mario keep freezing me after I ditched you in the storm last year, it made me realize what an almighty idiot I was. So I got you a present. No hard feelings then?"
"Sure. No hard feelings," Luigi said as he shook Waluigi's hand.
Waluigi, however, looked a bit confused and uncomfortable when he did that. Being the rude fellow that he usually is, he was never into shaking hands with anyone.
"Besides," Waluigi continued. "Wario got the Gold version so he needed someone to trade with and all that junk and that's really not my sort of thing."
"Is that so? I'll get right on it then. Grazie," Luigi got his GBC out of his back pack, popped his new game in and began playing.
"Heheh," Mario chuckled. Looks like Luigi has something to do for the rest of the trip."
"Let's see..." Luigi thought aloud when it came time to pick his starter. Chikorita is cute...fire is useful...and water..."
"Hey. Don't pick Cyndaquil," said Waluigi. "That's the one Wario chose."
"Okay then. I'll take Totodile. The little guy kinda looks like a yoshi. Just look at the red spines on his back," Luigi laughed.
"Well, that's certainly an original way to pick."
Luigi was able to keep himself busy just fine with his game. Mario and Waluigi weren't so fortunate.
"I spy with my little eye something...orange," said Mario.
"For goodness sake," Waluigi griped. "If it's my shoes again, I'm gonna slug you."
"Uh..." Mario thought quickly. "It was your right shoe last time. This time it's the left."
Waluigi just growled in frustration.
"Okay. That was bad." Mario admitted. "I spy with my little eye... Huh? What are you doing over there, Luigi?"
Even though getting a new game was exciting, Luigi was still eager to get to Yoshi's Island and meet up with his friends. He turned off his GBC awhile ago and was now staring out the window.
"What's with you?" Waluigi asked and waved a hand in front of Luigi. The green-clad fellow seemed to be daydreaming, however.
Mario waggled a finger. "That's not gonna work. Get a load of this," he said as he got behind Luigi and grabbed one of his overall straps. He pulled it as far as he could, then let go.
"Yow!" Luigi screamed when he got snapped in the back. "What did you do that for?!"
"Just getting your attention," Mario said with a smile.
"What's so interesting out there, anyway?" Waluigi questioned.
"Oh. I just noticed some weird ship outside."
Mario looked out the window and saw a blueish gray ship. There were many small cages on the deck along with fishing nets.
"Odd," he said quietly. "I wonder what those cages are for?"
"Maybe it's a fishing boat," Waluigi suggested. "Some people like sea food, you know."
Luigi licked his lips. "I could go for some clam chowder right now."
"Oh whatever," Waluigi changed the subject. "I'm gonna go mess with Wario. Anyone wanna watch?"
Mario's eyes lit up when Waluigi pulled a laser pointer out of his pocket. He quickly snatched it and ran outside.
"Hey! Give that back!" Waluigi shouted as he and Luigi also leave the cabin.
Outside, they looked around for Mario, but they couldn't find him. Wario was at the helm. It seems like nothing happened to him.
"We're not there yet," Wario said when he heard footsteps. "Give me another hour."
"Is Mario around here?" asked Luigi.
"How should I know?" Wario grumped and turned to face the two skinny guys. "I've been steering this thing the whole time. Now if you don't mind, I'll just go back to doing that so we don't end up in a whirlpool."
"Well, I suppose you got a poin-"
Suddenly, Wario screamed. "Egad! I'm blind! Argh!" He ran around on the deck haphazardly until he ran smack-dab into the wall of the cabin and knocked himself out, causing Luigi and Waluigi to laugh in hysterics.
"Wow! That was stupid!" Luigi howled with laughter.
Up on the roof of the cabin, Mario was also laughing like a maniac. "Oh, man! That was perfect!"
"Hey!" Waluigi snapped. "I said I wanted to mess with him! Not kill him! So revive him! Now!"
Mario simply shrugged, then jumped off the cabin.
"What do you expect him to do?" Luigi scoffed. "Mouth-to-mouth?"
"Why don't you ask him yourself?" Waluigi said smugly as he pointed to Mario who was preparing to do just that.
Luigi was frozen in horror. "Ma-Mario?"
"I know what I'm doing," the older brother said without looking up.
After a few minutes, Wario woke up in a daze. "Whoaaa... Pretty coins. What happened?"
"Well," Waluigi explained. "That idiot made you smash your head on the wall over there, then he did CPR on you. Either he's got guts or he's incredibly stupid."
Wario, not liking what he just heard, ran off screaming.
"I kinda wish I hadn't done that," said a disgusted Mario. "I think I'm gonna be tasting garlic for awhile."
Luigi wasn't paying any attention to the others. He saw a certain familiar island off in the distance...
