A note from me: Hey everybody! Its chapter 7! And its not short! (At least not by my standards.) Oh, and I would really like to hear your feed back on this chapter because it took me a while to just attempt to get it believable. And you'll see what I mean by that once you read the chapter. But please: reviews, reviews, reviews! And now, where was I? Uhhh... oh, that's right. I will now conveniently refresh your memory from the last chapter:
There sat Mario on the couch…and he was…
...reading a book. What'd you think he was doing, dying or something? Sheesh, you guys want a climax every chapter. Mario looked up when he saw Luigi walk in.
"Hey Luigi! Man, I'm reading the best book ever. It's about two guys who are best friends and the next thing you know it, they hate each other because of one little thing and almost kill each other. Isn't that the craziest thing?" (Time out for a sec: do you readers believe in foreshadowing? If so, HINT!)
Luigi was just kinda staring at Mario in disbelief for a second but then he remembered what he had to do.
"Umm, about that, Mario. I… really don't know how to tell you this, but-"
Just then Peach and Toad waltzed through the door.
"Hi guys! We just went out to pick some blueberries. We'll be having blueberry pie tonight, my treat!" Peach gave Mario a sweet smile as she spoke.
"YES! I love blueberry pie!" Mario exclaimed.
Luigi looked at Peach and Toad with all of the hate in the world as they went to the kitchen door and beckoned Mario to follow. Mario then looked back at Luigi.
"What was it that you were gonna tell me, Luigi?"
"I'll tell you later tonight, Mario," said Luigi, not wanting to tell the evil peeps' secret from where they could hear him.
After the dinner and the blueberry pie Peach suggested that they took a walk in the forest. The whole time, Mario and Peach held hands and called each other those sick lovey-dovey names like poochie-woogums. Luigi scuffled behind with Toad as they did so. They then returned sometime after dark. The moment they walked in the door Toad requested that they watched the Titanic, which is a movie that is like 5 hours long. By the time they had finished the movie Mario was getting tired.
"I'm gonna hit the sack. See you in the morning!" Yawned an unsuspecting Mario as he went to his room. Once he was gone, Luigi scowled at Toad and Peach.
"You stalled for time purposely, didn't you?! You just don't want me to get the chance to talk with Mario about what's going on. Oh, you'll see, I'll foil your plots yet!" And with that, Luigi stomped off to his room, po'd.
The next morning, Luigi awoke and saw that Mario's bed was empty. He ran into the kitchen and saw that it was deserted.
"Anyone home?" Luigi's call echoed throughout the house. He then saw a note on the table in Mario's handwriting:
Peach, Toad and I went to the museum of herology to see me in the hall of fame. We'll be back around 1. -Mario.
Luigi looked at the clock. It was only 10 o'clock!
"Gggggrrrrrrr," Luigi muttered under his breath. Something had to be done about Peach and Toad or he would never be able to stop their evil plan! He then decided that the moment they got home, he would tell Mario. Otherwise, he might lose his brother forever!
Luigi paced the floor, looking up at the clock every 5 minutes. There's got to be something I can do to pass the time…Luigi thought. Suddenly, an imaginary light bulb went on above his head again. Our hero knew exactly what he would do: nap time! Luigi jumped onto the couch, closed the shades, and was snoring in mere seconds. Too bad poor Luigi won't even be able to imagine the horrible things that will be on him after this, shall we call it, nap of doom.
Luigi awoke to a brightly light living room. He then glanced at the clock: 4 PM!
"Man, I really was out…" Luigi said out loud. He then heard his brother's voice.
"Has anyone seen my autographed Babe Ruth baseball? I always keep it right here on my dresser and now it's gone. You know, the one I caught when Peach and I went to that no hitter game and that I cherish beyond belief…"
No he doesn't. Why the heck would he even care about that baseball? Probably because of Peach, Luigi thought to himself.
Mario then walked into the living room. "Oh, Luigi. You're awake! Have you seen my baseball?"
Luigi shook his head. "Nope, sorry."
Suddenly Peach burst into the room, Toad not far behind her. "I think you do know where it is, Luigi."
Luigi gave the eeeevil princess a "what the heck are you talking about" sorta look as she pranced over to the couch he was on. "Oh, well then… what's this?"
Peach reached into our poor hero's pocket and pulled out the baseball!
"What!?" Luigi and Mario both said in unison and their eyes met.
"Luigi? But…" Mario couldn't continue. Luigi knew that Mario wouldn't believe that load of bologna, but I guess Luigi didn't know the new Mario.
"How could you?! You knew what that baseball meant to me!" Actually, it really didn't mean anything, like Luigi has previous thought. Mario could've cared less about what happened to that baseball in the past. But not anymore. Mario, what's gotten into you?! was all that Luigi could think. He then realized that he needed to defend himself.
"Mario, I didn't swipe it! You know that I wouldn't! Mario!" Luigi cried out. But his brother wouldn't listen. Mario gave Luigi a harsh look and swiped the ball out of Peach's hands. He then walked out of the room, leaving Luigi alone with Peach and Toad.
Luigi just sat on the couch, motionless. He never cared about the ball before…how could he do this to me?! Now he hates me! This is terrible… how could he side with…PEACH! Luigi then remembered that he was in the room with the two villains who had ruined his very life.
"How dare you!!!" Luigi shouted angrily and before he knew it, he was on top of Peach and hitting her as if she were a punching bag. He let all of his anger that he had built up do the work. Words flew out of his mouth like bullets. "This is all your fault! Frame me, will you?! Take that! And a couple of these!"
Toad decided he wasn't going to let Peach be beaten up and joined in on the fight.
"Don't you lay a hand on her! Do you even know who she is?! She's royalty!" Toad shrieked. But Peach's frightened cries for help and Toad's insults flew right over Luigi's head.
Just then Mario ran into the room and saw what was happening. Much like a father would, he ended the fight.
"STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!!!" Everyone froze and Luigi settled down. He had never been the angry beat-everyone-up type and was usually the kindest person you'd ever meet. But after what Peach and Toad had done to him…
Luigi now knew that he was in BIG trouble. Mario took in all that was happening and stomped over to Luigi. Luigi looked at Mario and was genuinely terrified. This was not the Mario we all knew before… Luigi knew that he should now fear for his life.
"That's it!" Mario cried, and he pulled Luigi off of the bruised princess. "And I call you my brother!!!" Mario roared at Luigi. That hit Luigi real hard. Luigi's eyes filled with tears.
"Mario, I-" But Mario cut him off.
"How can you even lay a finger on my beautiful princess?! You've caused enough damage for one day… and its time to end it!"
What's that supposed to mean? thought a scared Luigi. And with Luigi dwelling on those last words, Mario did something that he had never done before in his entire life. With one fist clenched, he socked Luigi where it hurt. Luigi fell to the floor and curled up into a ball, crying. Not wanting to fight against or hurt his beloved brother, our poor caught-off-his-guard Luigi took the final blow without a fight. WHAM!
The last thing Luigi saw just ripped his heart to shreds. After Mario hit him hard across the head, our now evil brother went over to the crying Peach and held her tightly. He glared at Luigi with a new found hate. Finally, Luigi saw nothing as he drifted off into the dark.
