Chapter 7: Chain-Chomp Trouble
It was another beautiful morning, minus Larry throwing his Bomb-Omb Alarm, across the room, or in an already a cranky mood. It was replaced from the normal sound it usually makes, with "Yoshi's Theme". A sweet, melodic, and overall soothing song for an alarm clock.
The blue-haired koopa yawned softly, clearly from a long, well rested slumber. He opened his eyes slowly and stretched out his arms and back. He sat there in his bed for a few seconds taking in the music, and finally reached over, turning off his alarm.
He yawned again thinking about what happened last night, then he remembered. He and Lemmy kissed and the thought of it made him blush a bit. Larry didnt need to forget it as it was the highlight of his week.
(Ah..it wasnt a dream. Awesome.) He thought happily.
Larry jumped out of his bed in his pajamas, ready to start the day.
As soon as he grabbed his shell from a box, he put his claw through it's armhole. Before he fit it over his head, he heard ,"Hi Larry!" which made him drop his shell on the floor in panic, making him run and hide in a corner. He was shaking and his heart was beating fast, then he turned around to see Lemmy coming out from under his bed.
Larry was utterly confused and still shaking, then he stopped when Lemmy held out his claw to pick him up. He grabbed his claw and got up with a scared expression.
"Scaredy cat!" Lemmy laughed.
"Were you there the whole time?" He said in an offended tone, but it was more of curiosity and annoyance mixed into one.
"Well for..about 2 hours I would say."
Larry was still a bit confused why and asked what was he even doing.
"I missed you so much, so I kind of decided to come and lie down under your bed. You snore by the way." He chuckled a bit.
"Oh.." He relaxed a bit.
"Yeah..Im sorry," Lemmy said nervously smiling. He backed up so Larry could have some room to walk around.
"Yeah I didnt mean to.." He shyly remarked. Larry, then, picked up Lemmy and rubbed his cheek against his softly with tender love.
Lemmy giggled a bit and laughed. "Heh. Stop! Your making me flattered." He laughed more. He loved the way Larry was playful with him, it was cute.
Larry, on the other hand, loved his laugh. It wasnt a creepy one you would hear in horror movies, it was more of a happy, playful laugh, the one a baby yoshi or koopa would make. He eventually stopped after another minute of snuggling his cheek and put his younger brother down. He was cute in his sky pattern pajamas, they were his thing, Lemmy loved patterns like stars on his ball, or stripes and repeating colors on his clothes, and his hair of course.
Speaking of that, he decided to rub his rainbow-like hair gently and Lemmy blushed even more, he enjoyed it more, probably more than the cheek snuggles. The way he did it was slow, and Lemmy nor Larry minded it, it was a gesture of playful nature, and the way you would pet an animal.
Larry chuckled and said ,"Alright well that's enough for today, we gotta get ready for the mall." With that, he stopped rubbing Lemmy's hair.
"Yeah, we should!" Lemmy said and ran out of his room smiling.
Larry smiled and shook his head, "Cute." and went back to putting on his shell without interruption.
Lemmy was skipping down the hallway at this point and accidentally ran into Iggy.
"Oh sorry!" Iggy said in his usual tone.
"Thats fine, but good morning Iggster!" Lemmy said. That was his nickname Lemmy made up, Iggster. Iggy didnt care, the nickname was cool anyway.
"Morning to you to Lem!" as he still stood in his way.
"Could you possibly move please? I need to get ready." He politely said.
"Sure..but could you tell me why were you in Larry's room?"
Lemmy sweat a bit at that moment and Iggy caught on. Iggy was a curious cat, he never stopped sneaking and trying to figure out everyone's secrets. Only then, he wasnt a loud mouth, however sometimes it would be too shocking that he HAD to tell King Dad or every other koopaling.
"N-nothing.." Lemmy assured and tryed to get by Iggy. That was a fail, as Iggy grabbed his arm and faced him towards him.
"Tell me Lemmy, please." Iggy said calmly, with a straight face. To Lemmy, it seemed like fear or intimidation.
Lemmy, however, managed to escape his grasp and ran to his room, shutting the door quickly behind him, just as Morton came out of his room, behind Iggy who was facing his back towards him.
"Hey Morton...have you noticed Lemmy and Larry have been acting...strange..lately?" Iggy said, not even seeing or noticing Morton, but sensing his presence.
"Eh, they are just doing their own thing." He shrugged and walked past Iggy to the living room.
(Meanwhile)
Kamek was ready to go to the mall with the koopalings while Bowser stayed home to take care of the Chain Chomps. The Troops were supposed to guard the Chain Chomps on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, however they took off to a vacation. He didnt have anything better to do anyway, he didnt want to kidnap Peach or terrorize Mario and the green guy either.
Kamek was fixing up one of the airships to go to the mall with and it seemed to be going well. He was just fixing up the motors with a few Hammer and Boomerang Bros.
"Alright, just pass me the booster." Kamek said.
"Here you go Master Kamek!" As a Hammer Bro tossed one to Kamek and he attacked it inside one of the motors. He used a wrench to screw it into place and it fit in like a puzzle piece.
"Great work Troops! Now go see if King Bowser needs help rallying up the wild ones!"
"Yes sir!" All 6 of the koopas said and left the room without stalling.
Kamek got up from under the ship and washed off his claws. He dried them off and walked back upstairs and heard someone stomping. He was confused until he heard a voice.
"Hey Oldie!" A voice echoed. Kamek quickly realized who it was as soon as he saw Roy come down to the dungeon towards him.
Kamek rolled his eyes and muttered ,"Ugh...its master roy."
"What is the matter Roy?" Kamek asked unenthusiastically.
"Is that ship ready or what?"
"Yes, I fixed up the motor and everything else is set." and with no 'thank you', Roy left.
Kamek rolled his eyes. "Would it kill anybody here to say Please or Thank You?" As he continued upstairs and went to the back quarters, where King Bowser was handling the 'pets' like thwomps, chain chomps, fireballs, piranha plants, etc.
He was giving Bones and playing fetch with some of the dog-like creatures.
"Hi Master Bowser!" He said.
"Oh hello Kamek, you are heading out?" He asked, getting up and heading to his assistant.
"Yes I am, I fixed up the ship and we are leaving right now. Just waiting on the koopalings." Kamek said proudly. He didnt want to let his King down.
"Well, good work Kamek. Thank you." He said and Kamek smiled.
(Finally, SOMEONE says Thank you around here..) he thought.
"No problem my lord.." He bowed and left. Bowser went back to his issues as one of the gates had a missing screw in it, which held a dark blue chomp in.
"Hmm...I need to find a screwdriver.." he muttered to himself and left for a few seconds to get one from the Lab.
There was a metal clank, and then thudding. As the chain chomp hopped down the hallway out of the mini pen, into the castle.
Roy walked into the main room of the castle, where the front entrance was, as Ludwig leaned on the wall, tapping his foot patiently with rhythym.
"Hey Nerd! Where is everyone?" He yelled.
"Getting ready, I dont know. Geeze, you need to chill Pinky." he said. Roy growled.
"Do you WANT to taste my fist?" He snickered.
Ludwig was about to roast him again but was interrupted by the sound of running and screaming.
He and Roy turned to see Iggy, Wendy, Morton, and Lemmy running towards them in fear. Ludwig and Roy were confused at first but then they saw what they were running from. They heard barking and thudding, and they looked to the side of their brothers and sister and saw what they knew was, a dark blue chain chomp.
It was shiny, a very navy blue color, hurling at the 6 of them. Roy stood in front of it and puffed up his chest in a tough way.
"Want a piece of me-" and the chain chomp ran him over, tossing him aside to the ground still coming towards the others.
They were trapped in a corner and it growled more, getting slowly more closer to them. Barking more veciously.
"Dont eat me! Im too young!" Lemmy cried in shock and fear.
"T-take Wendy! She's more delicious!" Iggy stuttered and pushed her in front of them. She then turned around as if she were possessed and gave Iggy a 'Ima murder you' look. It got closer and barked. They were gonna be it's soon-to-be-lunch.
"Hey Blue Face!" a voice yelled.
The chain chomp turned around and saw Larry with a casual white and dark blue stripe shirt, with his shell shined out for the mall, and his arms crossed.
"Come at me!" He yelled. He then whisteled for it, and the chain chomp ran towards him.
"Larry! Watch out!" Ludwig warned, scared his brother was gonna be a snack.
The chain chomp was hopping towards the brave koopa who still had his arms crossed with an intimidating look. He was ready for death, or so it seemed. It was like a bull running at its prey, it seemed to be Game Over for Larry.
However, they underestimated him as they closed their eyes.
"I cant watch!" Lemmy yelled, covering his eyes and facing down, scared his lover was going to die.
Larry, who wasnt even shaking one bit as it drew closer every second, held out his claw in front of it's path as if to tell it to 'Stop'. Surprisingly enough, the chain chomp stopped in front of his claw.
Then, he rubbed the creature's hard and smooth forehead, or head? Larry couldnt tell, but it didnt matter, the chain chomp barked happily at Larry. It was obedient and all he had to do was put his claw out.
The other koopalings finally opened their eyes and Lemmy looked back up slowly, uncovering his eyes to see the sight of Larry petting the chain chomp happily. They watched without a word, and Kamek came in the room when he heard them screaming. He didnt say a word either, they just watched.
"Bad boy! Go back to your pen. Dont attack brothers or sister!" He yelled at the dog like being, as it literally whined and hopped away, past Kamek back to the quarters.
"Larry." Iggy started.
"Hm?"
"That. was. Bold! You were so courageous right there! So awesome!" Iggy ran over and squeezed him in a hug.
"Teach me that one day!"
Larry laughed as Iggy let him go. "I am a pro huh? Maybe I'll teach you a thing or too sometime."
Lemmy was still standing in awe. Awe and Shock, that his brother just practically saved them and himself. Ludwig looked at Lemmy who was staring and had an idea of something to say.
He leaned over and whispered,"He's a keeper.." and Lemmy's face turned red.
He looked up at Ludwig who just shrugged and smiled.
"H-how do you know?" He asked in embarrasment.
"Larry told me. Dont worry, I wont say this to anyone~" As he pretended to zip up his lips and throw away an imaginary key.
Lemmy was still red. He wanted to be squashed by a thwomp.
