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It was a little tense around the castle for the next few days.

To say that security was tighter around him was an understatement, he didn't go anywhere without one of his parents... the female ones, sticking to his side like glue. Even right now, while Naruto was going around Toad Town and inspecting the damage that had been done to the town by Bowsette's Koopas and Goombas, he had the most sensible member of his mother figures standing next to him with her hands in her hoodie pockets.

"You are okay... right, mentally? I know kidnapping is a very serious matter." Goomba spoke as she looked at him carefully, trying to see if his cheeks were twitching. She learned that his cheeks were the biggest tell what emotion he was feeling. When he was feeling particularly stressed out, his left cheek would twitch a little bit, small twitches that only a mother would notice from her son. She saw that there were small twitches, so he wasn't unaffected, but he wasn't as stressed out as when King Toadstool had passed on all of the royal responsibilities onto Naruto when the boy was 12 years old.

Naruto was staring down at the Toads who were rebuilding everything that was damaged, though all of them were turn to smile and wave at him, and he would smile and wave back at them.

"I'll be fine, a little shaken still, but I promise, I'm fine." Naruto told her with a honest tone. He wouldn't say the event hadn't been weird and unpleasant, but at the same time, he hadn't been badly treated by Bowsette either. She had made sure that he was well fed, had a comfortable place to sleep, though her constantly keeping an eye on him to prevent him from attempting escape had wracked at his nerves. "I'm-"

Goomba gave him a a look.

"Don't push yourself, you can take a day off."

"I have to at least make sure my people are okay. I know the casualty count was zero, but we need to make sure that nobody was seriously injured." Naruto's words warmed the hearts of the surrounding Toads who heard him. The amount of care he showed for his kingdom and those who lived in it, was their favorite quality about the Prince. Naruto felt a hand on top of his head, and looked to see Goomba-Girl petting him. By instinct, he actually blushed and looked away. "... please... not in public Mom." Naruto whispered to her.

She just smiled and took her hand away.

"Red pipe to red pipe Luigi, not red to yellow... oh, Prince Naruto!"

A large amount of water had blasted a familiar Green Plumber out of a house, and into the street, with a familiar Red Plumber following behind him with a concerned look. The elder brother helped his younger brother up to his feet, just in time to see as their prince arrived and saw their mistake. Naruto was just surprised to see them helping Toad Town get restored back to it's prime state. Mario and Luigi both gave a bow to Naruto, who blinked a little, before he responded with a gentle bow of his own.

"No, please, no need to be so formal with me. Your sister saved me, the Mushroom Kingdom owes your family a dept of gratitude. Mario Mario, Luigi Mario, I thank the Mario family from the bottom of my heart." The sight of a prince bowing to a pair of plumbers must have looked rather odd, but Naruto wasn't above bowing to those who held a lower social status to him. If not for the Mario Siblings, the pipes of the castle would be busted, and he would be married to Bowsette right now. He was surprised when he saw the brothers huddle up together, and seriously start to speak to each other.

Wow, plumbers were quite odd, most people didn't actually ask for anything, from what he heard from Princess Daisy.

Princess Daisy, now there was an issue he didn't like dealing with.

'Ew, just thinking about her makes me cringe.' Naruto thought with a groan, why was that girl so... just the way that she was, and generally difficult to deal with. "You've decided?" Naruto asked when he saw the brothers had nodded their heads. Coins, political positions in the Kingdoms, new jobs that would better suit their desires, he could grant then nearly anything within his power to give.

"We want a cake, you see, we don't often get to eat it... and rumors say that the castle has an amazing cake recipe." Luigi came forward nervously and asked, Mario just looked like he was dreaming about the cake already.

"Mario, help, I'm blarg... nevermind, fixed it... we are going to get mouth wash later though!" So Peach was in the house, still doing her job it would seem, even after saving him, it warmed his heart to see such a hard working person.

"I see no reason why I can't grant that. I'll go back to the castle right now, and get started on baking. Those rumors are 100% correct, my family has a secret recipe we've been passing down for generations. I've always wanted to make the cake." Naruto smiled wide, seeing this was something that he not only had no problems giving them, but he would enjoy inviting them to the castle when the cake was done. He would send them a letter for sure, making sure that the Mario family would get their cake. Goomba-Girl just smiled proudly, since her son never got to see many other humans in his life. He was usually surrounded by Toads, and his family, so she was just happy to see him interacting with others for real.

Toads were loyal, if kind of stupid, subjects that would do whatever he said, that wasn't real interaction.

Mario had hearts in his eyes.

He could taste that cake already!

"Mario, Luigi, is it red to red and green to green, or red to red and green to yellow here!?" Peach asked from inside of the house, and the brothers were snapped from their delusions with panicked looks. Naruto blinked, before he saw two plumbers running towards him with freaked out faces. The next few seconds were a first for Naruto, because he was tackled to the ground by an overweight and lanky pair of plumbers. The two covered his body completely, just in time two, because the house that Peach's voice had come out of exploded.

Exploded, yes, exploded.

Peach was sent flying out of the house with a rocketing force, landing face down on the ground, before skidding across the street, covered in ash with a great grin on his face.

"... Green to yellow it was... What are you guys even doing out... PRINCE NARUTO!" Peach was standing upright again and using her sleeves to wipe away the soot from her face. She tried to make herself as clean, or at least presentable, as possible now that she realized she had just blown herself up in front of royalty. Mario and Luigi were both getting off of Naruto, and helping him stand to his feet. He fixed his crown, and dusted off the back of his suit, before he cleared his throat, red cheeks since he had just been tackled to the ground like that.

"Its ago Peach, Prince Naruto is going to be baking a cake for us-"

"Please, put out the fires you started... that is the biggest concern right now, not looking good." Naruto looked at the flaming remains of the building. Goomba-Girl had already run off to go get help for that, leaving him with the plumber siblings and the rather useless Toads. He could already see all of the closest Toads were going into their own homes and bring out buckets of water to help out.

Seeing the fire was mostly taken care of, Naruto decided that he would make his exit, overall repairs were going very well. Other than this minor set-back, and honestly it would be fixed in no time, the Toads were excellent when it came to repairing and building stuff. Say what you want about their competency as warriors, but they were excellent construction workers.

-At the Castle, Later That Day-

"So, what is he doing exactly?" Piranha Plant didn't often see Naruto in the kitchen, actually baking. She knew that he wasn't exactly the very best at cooking, but his father had forced him to learn baking young, so Naruto usually avoided actually cooking. It was one of the few things King Toadstool insisted on Naruto learning, though the man was pretty incompetent overall.

"Baking a cake, he finished the cake, he's just making the frosting right now." Koopa smiled as she stood at the side, and watched Naruto work.

She was happy Naruto was doing this for the one that rescued him, and her family.

'Orange slices as decoration, and maybe a combination of cherry and strawberry to line the edges? Chocolate though, the cake has to be chocolate.' Naruto thought about how he was going to decorate the cake, grin on his face the entire time as he stirred the the chocolate frosting to the right consistency.

*Ding*

"Ah, the cake is done, better take it out!" With that, Naruto ran across the room and opened up the oven, pulling the impressive cake out. He took a sniff of it's aroma, before he smiled down at the pinkness of it. "Strawberry cake, with chocolate frosting, and fruit toppings... I should bake more often. Oh, this cake will be better if I frost it after I finish it!" Naruto had the idea that a cooled cake would be better after a hard day's work for the Mario siblings.

It would combo well with the vanilla ice cream that he had!

*Crash*

"I'm back, and I'm here for you Prince Naruto!" Bowsette crashed through the window.

Koopa and Piranha Plant jumped into action right away.

"Wait! Stop, I'm baking a cake... wait 10 minutes before you do anything! I don't like leaving things unfinished, it will really bother me!" Naruto shouted when Bowsette reached for him, and both she and his mothers stopped in their tracks. "You, start chopping these fruits. The oranges need to be thin slices, cut the strawberries in half." Naruto walked towards Bowsette and handed her a knife, before he went over towards Koopa and Piranha Plant.

"... Huh?" Bowsette didn't know what she was suppose to do with this.

"You heard me, I said start chopping." Naruto grabbed her hand, and started to guide her into chopping the fruits the way he wanted them chopped. With a huff, he walked towards the cake and grabbed the frosting bowl. "For future reference, don't kidnap me when I'm in the kitchen, it's really rude... way more rude than just kidnapping... I said start chopping ya know!" Naruto gestured to her idle hands, and she renewed her efforts with a love-struck look on her face.

She didn't know the Prince had this side to him.

"... She's going to kidnap you." Koopa pointed out to him.

"Yeah, but not until I finish this cake Mama." Naruto told Koopa, as he started to frost the cake. "... Anyway, you two don't start a fight, you're not fighters. You two should just take this letter... and make sure it gets where it is going... I insist." Naruto gave Koopa and Piranha Plant a letter.

It was addressed to Peach, and when they saw that, they got the message on what they were suppose to do.

They nodded and left the room.

"Ah, baking with my beloved Prince... it's just like we're newlyweds."

"We're not getting married, I just refuse to leave anything I start unfinished. I said I was going to bake a cake, so I'll bake a cake." Naruto grabbed the fruits that she cut up, and started to place them in decorative spots all over the cake. It only took moments, but when he was done, he lifted the cake and moved it towards the fridge with a nod.

...

"Now?"

"Now, you may kidnap me." Naruto raised his arms up, and she grabbed him by the waist and threw him over her shoulder. She jumped out of the window and into her Koopa Clown Car, before the two of them started to fly away.

Bowsette knew she was kidnapping him, but for some reason, she couldn't help but think that he was the one who was in charge.

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Koopa - Mama
Shy Gal - Mother
Goomba - Mom
Piranha Plant - Mommy