Characters- Mario Daisy Goombella Flurrie Shy Guy Wendy Larry Ludwig Iggy Morton Lemmy Bowser Jr. Bowser Kammy Bombette Kooper Jojora Gus Tiny Lakilulu Jurina (OC)
Jojora and Goombella went back into the hotel room.
"So wait, why did Flurrie want us to come back here for exactly?" Goombella asked, setting her shopping bags down.
"Not sure. She just said to come back here because she has a couple of people that she wants us to meet badly." Jojora answered.
"Huh, I wonder who it could be then. I hope it's a celebrity!" Goombella shrieked in excitement.
The door slowly opened and in came Flurrie with Daisy and Mario.
"Oh, good you're here guys! This is the infamous Mario and the lovely Princess Daisy. Well, you already know who Mario is, Goombella so I guess that intro wasn't directed towards you, heh heh." Flurrie said.
Goombella almost dropped her jaw at the sight of Mario. She hadn't seem him in so long and it felt weird just being near him again.
"Hi! My name is Jojora!" She greeted and shook Mario's hand.
"Hi there. Hey wait a second...don't I know you from somewhere?" Mario asked.
"What...? Oh yeah! I remember now, you showed up at Joke's End and tried to kill off me and my best friend! How have you been?" Jojora humorly and weirdly explained.
"Umm...just fine...I guess..." Mario said, weirded out by her weirdness.
"Hi, I'm Daisy. It's a pleasure to meet you." She greeted and shook Goombella's hand.
"Oh no, it's a pleasure to meet YOU! A princess...that's just so cool. I've met another princess before ya know, her name was Peach!" Goombella said.
Daisy's smile disappeared at the mention of Peach. She was reminded of her little encounter earlier.
She forced her smile back. "Oh, Peach? I totally know her. I was best friends with her, ya know. How did you meet her?"
"It was during the time when Mario went to Rogueport to save Peach from that shadow demon thingamajig. Didn't Mario tell you?"
"Oh no, he told me the story and about meeting with you and the other partners but didn't really to go into much detail...well anyways, it was nice meeting you." Daisy said and went to go greet herself to Jojora.
"...She seems troubled..." Goombella thought in her head.
Mario walked over to her. "Hey there Goombella. I haven't you seen in what feels like years." He said and hugged her. She hugged back. "How have you been this whole time?"
"Oh...just trying to get my life back on track I guess. Other than that, there really isn't much new stuff in my life." She answered, trying to seem happy.
"I see. Nothing much new for me either...well that's actually not true. There IS something new going on in my life and it's extremely important that I tell you guys about it." Mario explained.
"Oh my. Is it bad?"
"I believe so."
"Hi, I'm Jojora! I'm a mystical fairy!" Jojora happily greeted.
"A fairy? That's interesting...I guess. I'm Daisy. Princess Daisy to be exact." She greeted back.
"Nice! I've never met a princess before. What's it like being one?"
"Oh, it's really nothing special, unlike everyone believes. You just stay in a castle, rule over a country and set for the rest of your life...uhhh, scratch that 'nothing special' part actually." Daisy blushed in embarassment.
"Alright, now that that is done...MARIO! You said you had something important to tell us?" Flurrie asked.
"Yes, I did! Now sit down, cause this might be long." Mario said.
"What's going on? Is something bad going to happen?" Jojora asked.
"Maybe." Mario answered. Jojora glanced to Goombella in slight fear. "So what I'm about to say will shock you both Goombella and Flurrie. I'm not so sure about you Jojora since you weren't involved in it but...umm...do you guys remember that Teketeke scythe the killer used last year? Well, it's back. Daisy found it in the same cabin and she confronted Tiny Kong and when she went there again, she encountered Lakilester who, for some reason, tried to kill her with the scythe. Now, I have no idea how or why the scythe got all the way over here from Rogueport, but clearly something is up...or WAS up."
The three girls all widened their eyes and were clearly freaked out by what he said.
"No...NO NO NO! Not again! There is no way in hell I am going through all that shit again!" Goombella yelled.
"Wait, we don't even know if someone's still planning to do another copycat murder spree! Lakilester could've easily been planning it and I just happened to be in there at the wrong time and I killed them before he could do anything." Daisy reassured.
"Oh. I like that theory better!" Jojora said.
"Oh dear. But if what Daisy said is true, then we shouldn't have anything to worry about, right? I mean, what are the chances that another person is doing yet ANOTHER copycat of the Teketeke murders? Very low, if I must say. Besides, the only people that know of the scythe's existence are now just you two." Flurrie said.
"Well, from what we know, yeah. But we're going to the forest later to get the scythe and destroy it because it's clearly still causing too much trouble, as weird as it may sound." Mario said.
"Good! Damn good. We don't need someone else stumbling upon it and getting any crazy ideas." Goombella nervously spoke.
"But what should we do if this IS another murderer trying to replicate the Teketeke deaths? I mean, obviously I've never been involved with either of the cases, but I imagine it would be pure hell having to go through it twice." Jojora said.
"If it's another murder spree, then we best go now and destroy the scythe before someone gets it...which I don't think would really be a problem because nobody goes into Mushroom Woods anymore with the whole murder case from last year." Mario said.
"Except for those Koopa Kids of course..." Daisy whispered.
"Eh?" Jojora uttered.
Mario rolled his eyes. "Well, yesterday we went there to check the place out and found two of those snotty koopa kids hanging around the cabin. But I wouldn't worry about them because it's not like they're gonna do anything with it!" Mario tried his best to reassured the group.
"Hold on here, so you went there yesterday to check out the place but you didn't bring the scythe along with you to destroy it? WHY?" Goombella demanded to know.
"Because I...uhh...starting feeling really sick suddenly and I felt like I was gonna faint so we just decided to leave it there and come for it today instead!"
Goombella stood up. "Are you fucking kidding me? YOU JUST LEFT IT THERE? WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WRONG WITH YOU? HOW COULD YOU LEAVE A MURDEROUS WEAPON OUT IN THE OPEN WHERE ANYONE CAN TAKE IT?" She literally exploded.
"Okay calm down, sweetie please." Jojora said and pulled her back.
"I...I guess we didn't know what we were thinking. God! WE'RE SUCH IDIOTS!" Daisy yelled and smacked herself.
Flurrie just sighed through all this. "Look, you two just go and destroy the scythe. I have a table reading to go to. I'll be back whenever I can."
"Wait! Shouldn't we come with you two? You know...just in case?" Jojora asked.
"No, it's better if you stay here. We don't want you to get involved in any possible danger. Now, if you'll excuse us we must go. We'll walk out with you, Flurrie." Mario said and waved goodbye. The three exited the room.
"So...what was with that outburst?"
"Sorry, I just do NOT want to go through all that crap again. It was traumatic enough as it was."
"Right. I have to use the bathroom."
She rushed into the bathroom and slammed the door. She then got out her cellphone and called somebody.
"Hello?"
"Yeah, Jurina? It's me. You know how you always said you wanted to be involved in a murder case because you could pretty much take down anyone in your way and be a hero and blah blah blah? Well, your chance might be coming up soon. The Teketeke murders are happening again. Well actually, the infamous Teketeke scythe was found in those woods where the people got all killed and such, and some guy tried to kill this girl called Daisy but she killed him before he could kill her...uhh, anyways so yeah, your time to become a prime...whatever it is that you wanna be is coming soon."
"Excellent. This sounds like fun. But it's too sketchy as of right now. Call me back when there's more a of a case going on."
"Got ya."
Kooper was in his house, relaxing and reading the Mushroom Times newspaper while drinking fresh lemonade.
"Let's see here...bomb attacks at the cheese factory? Doesn't that place get attacked like every week? I don't see how that is news. What else is here...Sunglass World going out of business? No surprise there, they have the cheapest sunglasses I have ever seen in my life. I still can't believe I paid 100 coins for that pair with the shades that fell out easily. What else, what else...EH? Someone might've gotten killed last night?"
His cellphone started to blast out, which almost made him fall out of his chair. He picked and frustraingly sighed as he saw that it was Bombette calling him...again.
He answered it. "Yes?"
"Hi Kooper! It's me, Bombette!"
"Yes I know it's you. What do you want?"
"I just wanna confirm that you ARE still going to the movie set with me tomorrow. You are, are you?"
"Yes, I am! You do realize this is the third time you asked me this, right?"
"It is? Oh gosh, I'm so sorry! I'm just soooooooooooooooo excited that I'll get to be on a movie set for the first time ever in my entire life AND I get to meet the amazing Flurrie again1 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!"
"I know. You told me THAT before too. Sheesh, I've never seen someone so excited over something..."
"Oh! I also need to tell you something. Parakarry called me last night and said he has a meeting with his boss tomorrow morning so he's gonna be late to the movie set he said for us to go on without him."
"Oh, alright then. But wait...Parakarry called you? And not me?"
"Yeahhhhh...why?"
"Erm...no reason! Just wondering why he didn't call me too at the least...yeah..."
KNOCK KNOCK!
"Ooh, someone is here, Bombette. I have to go now so I'll see you tomorrow. Bye!"
"Kay bye!"
He hung up the phone, went to the door and opened it.
"Hello...WHAT THE!" Kooper shrieked.
In front of him was Lakilulu, sobbing uncontrollably.
"OH KOOPER, IT'S TERRIBLE! SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED AND IT'S ALL MY FAULT!" She screamed.
"Lakilulu? What...what on earth are you doing here? What's going on?"
Lakilulu wiped her eyes and tried to calm herself. "I-I'm so sorry to disturb you Kooper but I just didn't know where to go...-sniff- c-can I please come in? It's awfully hot out here."
"Umm yeah, I guess." Kooper said and let her in. She quickly went to a chair at the dining table and sat herself. She looked exhausted.
"Uhh can I get you anything at all?"
"-Sniff- Yes...please...I'd like some water with ice if you could..."
"Okay okay." Kooper nodded and rushed to the kitchen. "So, mind telling me what's gotten you so upset?"
"-Sniff- It's Lakilester...me and him had a huge argument and he ran away. It was over 2 days ago! I've tried to call him numerous times but he hasn't responded! I've looked all over Flower Fields but no luck. Kooper, I'm really scared that he's hurt!" Lakilulu explained the best she could.
Kooper didn't know how to take all of this in. "My goodness! I'm awfully sorry to hear that. I really am. What were you guys arguing about anyways?"
Lakilulu swiped the glass of water from his hand and took a big gulp. "I found out that he cheated on me so I outed him and we fought about it then he just left me...-sniff- Who knows where he could be now?"
"HE CHEATED ON YOU? What a scumbag! But I don't understand why you think it's your fault when he's the one that did the cheating." Kooper yelled.
"Because I was the one that started the argument! And how can you call him a scumbag when you've been friends with him for years?" Lakilulu retaliated and took another gulp of water.
"Friends? More like acquaintances. We don't even talk that much...actually I can't even remember the last time that we did talk! Also, it isn't your fault. You have every single right to call him out on that. Cheating on someone is one of the most disrespectful things someone can do." He stated proudly.
"Oh my gosh. You know, you are absolutely right! Why the hell am I getting so upset over this? That guy is the idiot, not me! After so many years of giving him all my love and THAT is how he treats me? He's a fucking bastard! I can't believe I cried over him!" Lakilulu stood up and stomped her foot on the floor.
"There you go. You don't need him. Like I said, he's scum." Kooper said and grabbed her empty glass.
"Yeah yeah! But...why am I not happy though? Oh, I remember now! It was because I saw on the news earlier that poor mailman guy had been brutally murdered, well, supposedly..." Lakilulu said.
Kooper dropped the glass and it shattered into a bunch of pieces. "Wh-wha-what did you just say?"
"You didn't hear? I can't remember his name but, some mailman's house had blood splattered all over the front porch and the police assumed it was murder but they couldn't find his body so now they're searching all over the city for him."
"No...please don't tell me who I think it is..." Kooper whispered to himself as he ran back to the dining table. He read the section where he saw the suspected murder title.
His suspicions were correct as he saw Parakarry's name in the reading.
Mario, Daisy and Flurrie walked out of the hotel and back onto the busy sidewalk.
"So how do you two plan on destroying that cursed scythe?" Flurrie asked.
"Well, I have a lot of tools in my castle so I'm pretty sure I can figure out something." Daisy answered unconfidently.
"Don't worry Flurrie, we'll get it destroyed somehow. I wanna say that we COULD just throw it in the sewers or in the ocean, but seeing as how it made its way back all the way over here, I don't want to take any chances whatsoever." Mario said in absolute seriousness.
"I understand. Just do what you have to do, okay? No pressure at all." Flurrie nodded.
"Well well well! If it isn't Mario and his pesky little friends!" Called out Bowser from behind him. The three turned around and grunted at the sight of Bowser and Kammy.
"Ugh! What are you two doing here?" Daisy asked, crossing her arms.
"We're heading to the grocery store to get more shroom cakes and jelly ultras. What, is it illegal for us to go for food shopping? Sheesh, you people get more obnoxious each time I see you!" Bowser scoffed.
"Well I certainly wouldn't be talking if I were you." Daisy rolled her eyes.
"Sigh...Flurrie, surely you remember Bowser and Kammy, right?" Mario said, not in the mood to be annoyed by the likes of Bowser.
"Erm...yes." Flurrie awkwardly responded.
"Hmph!" Kammy grunted and turned her head away.
"So this is what's remaining of the Mario crew, eh? A tomboy dim-witted princess and an overweight joke of a plumber. Sad sad sad." Bowser shook his head.
"Don't you DARE start with us! Now is not the time unless you want to get your ass kicked...AGAIN!" Daisy angrily shouted.
"Pshh whatever! We better get going. Oh! One more thing that will depress you even more, have you seen the news today?"
"No...why?" Mario asked.
"Heh. News is reporting that Parakarry was killed last night in his house...well, MAYBE. There was this huge blood splatter on his porch but his body hasn't been found yet so police are on a search for him throughout the city. How's that for depressing? See ya!" Bowser evilly laughed and crossed the street with Kammy.
"What? No...No! NO!" Mario screamed and covered his mouth in total shock.
"Parakarry? He's that mailman guy...right?" Daisy said, who was shocked as well.
"Oh my...Parakarry! I just met him yesterday too! He said he was gonna visit the movie set with those two other people! What were their names...oh, Bombette and Kooper! Gosh, my poor head feels like it's spinning...and speaking of that movie...-looks at cellphone clock- OH MY STARS! I HAVE TO GET TO THE TABLE READING NOW OR ELSE I'LL BE LATE! I'LL SEE YOU TWO LATER!" Flurrie shrieked and rushed off.
"WAIT! WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT KOOPER AND BOMBETTE?" Mario yelled to her, but she was too far away now to answer him.
"I don't fucking believe this! Yet ANOTHER copycat is doing this! This is getting to be beyond ridiculous now." Daisy complained.
Mario was deep in thought for a second as he stared out into the street. So many thoughts and emotions were running through him all at once that he felt like he was gonna faint.
"Mario? Are you okay there?" Daisy asked.
Mario faced her with a serious look. "We have to go destroy that scythe right now." He then marched fast back to the van.
"Wait, don't leave me behind!" Daisy ran after him, not liking the fact that she had to run in her heels.
A few minutes passed and they both reached the car and got in. Daisy started it up and drove off.
"So Mario, if Parakarry DID get killed by the Teketeke copycat person...then wouldn't that mean the scythe in the forest would be gone now?" Daisy questioned, trying to keep her focus on the road.
"I don't even know. We have to try to look there, though. Parakarry being killed...or just 'missing' could simply be a coincidence. Either way, I am going to find out who captured him and kill them myself. I'm tired of dealing with all this murder bullshit. I just wanna live a drama-free life you know?" Mario said, rubbing his forehead.
"Tell me about it! But I guess there really is never a way to escape drama. It's unfortunately everywhere you go." Daisy remarked.
"I still can't believe we just left that scythe there. I mean really, who does that? Leaving a murder weapon out in the open! So ridiculous!"
"Let's not talk about it..."
"And about what Flurrie said just a few minutes ago...something about Kooper and Bombette visiting her at the movie set? I wonder how they got involved in meeting up with Flurrie." Mario said.
"I think I remember those two. They helped you defeat Bowser and take that Star Rod thingy back like ten years ago, right?"
"Yeah! But it's so weird though. I haven't seen them in so long. I would call Flurrie and ask her more about this and where this movie set is at, but I lost her number."
"Well, after we're done with the scythe, we can head back to the hotel and ask Goombella and that fairy chick."
"And we also need to tell them about Parakarry...on an unrelated note, I seriously for the life of me can't remember what I did last night."
"You really should stay away from the alcohol. I don't want to see YOU get hurt now."
More time passed by as Daisy finally returned to the woods. They both got out and quickly headed in.
"Do you remember where we left it at?" Daisy asked, looking everywhere she could.
"I'm pretty sure it was on this path...OH! RIGHT THERE!" Mario pointed and ran to it. He gasped as he noticed something was on the blade.
Blood.
"Good! Now we can- woah! That's blood! Erm, right?" Daisy asked, immediately starting to worry.
"...That wasn't there last time we were here." Mario said, eyes wide open with fear.
"So, does that mean Parakarry was killed...with...this?" Daisy asked again, hoping Mario wouldn't say 'yes'.
Mario looked away from the scythe and up to the cabin. He suddenly dashed for it.
"HEY WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING?" Daisy yelled, completely annoyed at the fact that she had to run in her heels once again.
Mario stormed into the cabin and took a quick glance from what he could see. Nothing out of the ordinary. He ran to the back and saw Lakilester's body again, slightly decomposing.
He ran into the bedroom and dropped to his knees.
On the bed was Parakarry split in two, with blood covering the bed sheet and blankets.
"Mario, can you PLEASE just slow down for once and tell me what is going...AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Daisy screamed as she stumbled upon the body.
Mario couldn't help but shed a tear. He just couldn't believe someone has come back to kill all his lifelong friends again.
"We need to call the police. There's just no way we are gonna be able to handle it this time." Mario said, wiping his eye and stood up.
"The police? Why? They couldn't even stop freaking Roy Koopa back in Rogueport! What makes you think they'll be of help this time?"
"Because we're gonna need all the help we can get if we want this to stop once and for all. Here is what we'll do, we'll call the police, have them come over here and investigate and whatnot, meanwhile we'll sneak off and destroy the scythe. Simple as that!"
"Umm what now? Why can't the police just take the scythe and get rid of it instead?"
"Because I want to be sure that the scythe is gone for good! Who knew that a simple killing item could be such a problem..."
"Fine whatever! But what the hell am I suppose to say to the police then?"
"Just tell them you saw someone carrying what looked like a body bag into the woods and that's it. Nothing more, nothing less!"
Daisy sighed, getting a headache from the complex situation. "Fine. I'll call them when we get back to the castle. Now let's get the scythe and go already." Daisy said and quickly exited the cabin.
Mario looked back into the room, at Parakarry. He almost started to cry again because Parakarry was one of his closest friends but that's all overwith now thanks to whoever the hell is doing this.
He followed Daisy out and they both got the scythe and ran to the van.
EOC.
So the two FINALLY got the freaking scythe and are now going to destroy it once and for all. But will something hinder them from doing so? Who do you think will die next? Please review.
(Also, if you're bored with this fic now, I completely understand...I'm just not ready to kill off any other characters yet. The reason is because I like to develop them a bit before killing them but it's kinda hard doing that because of the huge amount of characters and different settings. Plus, we still have like 10 chapters to go.)
