Yay! I got a review! (Fireworks explode) thank you YamiJeff for being the first to review, it makes me happy enough to put out this chapter that I was going to put out tomorrow. And to answer your question, yes that is the starting symbol on the title screen, I think appears under the white word Melee. This chapter has the characters D.K. and Yoshi a bit out of character, my excuse: they're cranky. I own nobody in this chapter.

Chapter 6: Rage For Respect
It was around eleven o clock in Princess Peach's castle. Everybody was tired from the long and confusing days and Yoshi and D.K. were a bit cranky, like Yoshi D.K. probably did not get a good night sleep the night earlier. Peach called them all right away to the castles meeting room. The Smashers thought she wanted to know more about this Master Hand and the previous tournament but she had other things on her mind.

"WHAT!!??" Mario and Princess Peach's advisor yelled at the same time. "YOU WANT TO FIGHT IN THE TOURNAMENT??!!" the two shouted again in unison.

"Yes" Peach said "I think it would be a great idea."

"How?" Luigi asked

"One reason is that if I were to fight it may give Bowser a reason to stop kidnapping me, two if the Mushroom Kingdoms own Princess were to fight it would show how strong ore kingdom is. Third reason is if I fought we would get more than five chances to win and prophet the Mushroom Kingdom." She said in an at first serious tone but ended in a hopeful one.

Luigi was counting on his fingers and looking around the room he did this multiple times.

"Uhh. I only see three"

"How?" Peach asked "There are many people in the kingdom who would fight for the kingdoms benefit and not their own. But they may not beat Mario because he was the tournament champion." She said

"Get to point!" DK said a bit rudely he was tired, cranky, and probably was not about to like what she was going to say.

"Well." Peach continued "Lets say for some reason someone somehow knocks Mario off, probably by cheating but if they fought that opponent would have gotten such a beating from Mario, he would be a cake to beat. And if one of us wins the entire Mushroom Kingdom would benefit."

"How?!" Yoshi said a little harshly, also tired and cranky and knowing what she meant but wanted to hear her say it.

"Well isn't it obvious?" Peach said sounding confident and unaware of the tension that was growing. "Me, Mario, Luigi, DK, and Yoshi represent the Mushroom Kingdom" she said still unaware of the growing anger from DK and Yoshi.

Luigi quickly spoke up "Well princess, me and Mario are behind you all the way, but why can't Yoshi and DK represent themselves or their home areas?" He knows whats was going on Yoshi thought to himself still growing angry.

"Well they live in the Mushroom Kingdom don't they?" Peach said "I see it as a way of serving their country, after all I am the princess and I know what is best for everyone." Yoshi and DK were pissed, Mario and Luigi knew it so they just stayed in the backround, but Peach was just catching on.

"What do you mean best for everyone!?" Yoshi exploded

"ROOAAAARRR!!!" DK had also lost his temper. Peach was confused.

"The Mushroom Kingdom already is successful, safe, and has very little trouble besides Bowser, the money the kingdom receives will probably go into the Royal Bank because nobody needs it, and right back to you, The Royal Bank already has tons of money in it and anything that the S.S.B suppliers can provide you can probably do for yourself and still have a lot left over The bank is supposed to give a certain percentage to its ruler (government) and that is you and you would probably spend it on something that is Absolutely useless!!!!" Yoshi had finished and was feeling a bit better but was still quite angry. He had heard DK roaring in the background cheering him on since DK was too angry to talk. Everyone seemed stunned at the two's outburst, but Peach only seemed angry, she knew she wanted to shout, she also knew that would make her look bad. So she spoke trying to keep herself from shouting.

"Well then, what does the hairy monkey and the green steed suggest we do then?" .she knew what she just said had been a big mistake. Mario, Luigi, the advisor and many servants and gaurds that had been watching all gasped. Yoshi and DK both got up from their chairs, both looked at each other and DK drove his fist into the table while Yoshi did the same only with his head. The table shattered and split in the areas where the ape and the yoshi hit it. Guards came through and were about to attack the two when Peach put up her hand to signal the guards to hold. She knew they would not dare hurt her unless they wanted to be thrown into prison, and if they were to hurt her they would have gone strait to her, they broke the table to take their anger out on something other than her.

Yoshi spoke in a normal but somewhat harsh tone of voice "We will represent what we choose to represent. You assumed without our permission that we would help you but what have you done for us?"

"Well we did save you from that egg a while back." She implied hoping to stop the argument, she knew that it would not end in her favor.

"No" Yoshi quickly replied "Mario and Luigi saved me, and they saved you too, and when they helped me, I helped them which means that you are slightly in debt to me.

"Perhaps. but we did try to help the Yoshi community remember" Peach realized that she would not win that argument either.

"Liar" Yoshi said, but that was perhaps a little too much so his voice softened a bit. "You tried to colonize on our island, you also did it without our leaders permission that may have helped your kingdom but not us."

"well." Peach was running out of ideas. "Well you both still live in the Kingdom and are expected to do your duty and help the community."

GRRRRR!! DK growled under his breath, still too angry to speak proper English, besides Yoshi was speaking for both of them.

"I don't remember seeing any or hearing of any contract that says that Yoshi Island or DK's house belong to any kingdom.

"Well I-" Peach started but Yoshi wanted to end the argument so he interrupted her.

"Besides, this Kingdom has been around for about one to two hundred years correct? Well my species have lived on that island for nearly a thousand years, and DK's family goes way back I suppose, but it gives you no right to order us to do things that will only benefit yourself when you don't need it, You are sti-.(Yoshi was about to tell of how he saved Baby Mario who saved the Mushroom Kingdom many times but he had no proof of this and noone would believe him) We will represent what we choose to represent, maybe if you had asked us politely we would have not been so rough possibly even agree, but right now, me, DK, and our community would benefit a lot more from the winnings than you or your kingdom would. See you in six months." Yoshi turned and walked out of the castle making sure that he was standing upright and not subconsciously in a riding position. DK just stared at Peach who was upset about all this, shook his head and ran after Yoshi. Luigi shouted after them but they did not come back. Peach was just staring at the floor but she asked Mario if he would teach her how to fight for the tournament in six months. He agreed and things seemed to quiet down.

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Yoshi and DK, were walking through the town discussing what had happened and what will happen.

"Think I was too hard on her?" Yoshi asked

"Nah, she need wake up call" DK said

"Well this is no longer about money from now on were fighting for respect and our own pride" said Yoshi

"Agree" DK responded then added "Training for six months may be hard"

"Right" Yoshi agreed as they came to the edge that separates the jungle and the beach.

"See you at tournament" DK said while waving as he ran into the jungle.

"Bye" Yoshi said and also waved as he started for his boat near the ocean. Yoshi thought about what he would do for the next six months, he wasn't coming back unless there was an emergency, then he remembered that last time the tournament was approaching he did not have time to train, he might need a trainer this time around. He thought about the famous Karate Master in the dojo in Toad Town he can train him. However he did not want to be seen in Toad Town after what happened, besides according to the book Paper Mario, Mario beat the master and the students although it was very hard. He thought for a moment as he began rowing home maybe the Yoshi leader knows something that could help him, it was worth a shot to try.

Wow. the things that can happen from lack of sleep, oh well (Ding sound) review time!