The Greatest Enemy: A Super Mario Fanfiction
Chapter 8: Thieving the Thief
Jerry and Emma were walking along the fluffy white cloudy path of Meringue Clouds when they came to a junction.
"Ok, to the left is Rock-Candy Mines, so we will go that way," Jerry said flatly.
"But Jerry? Why can't we go right?" Emma asked, pointing her foot towards a cloudy path which then led to a vine.
"That leads to the haunted area of Soda Jungle. Unless you want to deal with poisonous water, Boos everywhere, a creepy set of deepsea ruins, and the possibility of accidentally entering Gloomy Woods, which is even creepier than Soda Jungle, I would suggest going left," Jerry stated sternly. Emma looked terrified, so she relented,
"Yeah, we should probably go left." They walked straight into Rock-Candy Mines. Both of them walked in silence as they passed by things like the castle of the area, an entrance to a cave, and an entrance to another cave with Spine Coasters. They continued to walk until they reached one of the villages of Rock-Candy Mines, Waddlewing's Nest. There were Waddlewings and Chain Chomps everywhere, but also a lot of creatures often seen in Meringue Clouds such as Foos, and Paragoombas.
"What are they doing here?" Emma asked Jerry.
"After we flooded the village, they must have moved the people from Seesaw Shrooms to here," Jerry explained.
"But how did they do that without us noticing?" questioned Emma.
"Simple: Warp Pipes. They got all of the villagers to jump into Warp Pipes that led to here," Jerry responded in the same flat tone as before.
"You know, you actually aren't that bad when you are not angry," Emma said with a snicker. Jerry rolled his eyes, before motioning Emma behind a building and quickly thinking of a plan.
"Ok, if we head through the village, we might be recognized for what we did back there. My suggestion: we head around the village and then make a beeline for Soda Jungle. Got it?"
"Yes, I got the plan," Emma responded.
"Wow. For once, you actually listened to me," said Jerry, who had an impressed look on his face.
"Yeah, and I'm impressed that you didn't notice that the ? Block you stuffed Luigi into is no longer on your back," Emma said with the same impressed tone.
"Wait, what?!" Jerry said, flabbergasted. They both turned around to see a purple rabbit putting the ? Block into a bag with a mushroom on it and then making a beeline. Jerry started to get enraged,
"Wait a minute! That's Nabbit the thieving rabbit! I hate that guy so much! Did you know he once stole my Nintendo Switch?!"
"Yes, I know, that happened yesterday," Emma said, starting to get a little scared.
"That guy makes me so MAD!" and Jerry lost it. His skin color turned from his normal rusty green to bright red as he stormed after the purple rabbit. Emma followed suit, trying to catch up to the two fast creatures storming through the cliffs.
"Get back here you thief!" Jerry yelled. Nabbit laughed as he made some really tricky jumps over tall bottomless pits and even Pipes with Piranha Plants. After a while, Luigi woke up inside of his ? Block and started to punch and kick it. Noticing the struggle in his bag, Nabbit jumped into a Warp Pipe and landed in a dimly lit underground area before clogging it with a spare Coin. Once underground, he set his bag down and opened it to find the ? Block. He hit it shoving Luigi out of the block and onto the floor.
"What the? Nabbit? I thought we were friends!" Not expecting this, Nabbit quickly changed his expression from joy and glee to apology.
"Oh, right, I forgot you can't talk," Luigi said, his anger cooling off.
"Sorry about that. Anyways, how have you been doing?"
Nabbit shrugged, but not before Luigi noticed the clogged pipe.
"Huh, I wonder what this is doing here?" Nabbit quickly tried to pull Luigi away but it was too late. He pulled the Coin out of the Pipe and Jerry and Emma came down into the underground area.
"Well, look what we have here, a scared plumber and a thieving rabbit. Time to make you both pay!" Jerry shouted, still enraged. Luigi and Nabbit both looked scared, but glanced at each other.
"We worked together once before, so let's do it again," Luigi said to him. Nabbit nodded and the fight began. Jerry and Emma both ganged up on Luigi and Nabbit, so they had to fight back to back.
"Nabbit? You got anything useful?" Luigi asked while dodging a kick from Jerry. Nabbit nodded and reached into his sac, giving Luigi a Nintendo Switch with red and blue Joy-Cons.
"Hey! That's my Switch!" Jerry shouted. Nabbit gulped and put it back in his bag, instead giving Luigi a Boo Mushroom.
"Thanks Nabbit," Luigi replied as he ate the Boo Mushroom. As he did this, he felt more and more weightless before his feet lifted off of the ground and he transformed into a Boo, becoming Boo Luigi. He was a little uncomfortable, as he is afraid of Boos, but he decided he would take what he could get. As Jerry kept trying to punch Luigi, he kept turning invisible and then slapping him with his ghost hands. Meanwhile, Nabbit was running all over the place tossing items out of his bag and jumping high above the two Wigglers. After a while, Jerry and Emma were backed into a corner by the two attackers and their relentless dodging and use of powers/projectiles.
"Emma, you got any bright ideas?" Jerry asked nervously.
Emma searched around and quickly found a block of notice.
"Yes, a very BRIGHT idea," she snickered. She jumped at the Glow Block before activating it, sending a bright flash of light throughout the room. Everyone, including Jerry and Emma, shielded their eyes. Unfortunately, Boo Luigi lost his power-up turning back into Luigi and falling onto the ground face first. As the flash faded, Jerry headbutted Luigi before he had time to react knocking him unconscious again. Nabbit was about to attack the two Wigglers, but instead fled through the Warp Pipe as he was outnumbered.
"Man, Luigi is so weak," Jerry scoffed.
"Do not underestimate your enemy. He would have won if I didn't find that conveniently placed Glow Block," Emma wisely replied. Jerry just shook his head, finally turning back to his normal green skin color,
"And this is coming from someone who has no fighting abilities besides using their surroundings."
"But that's important! You can trick your opponents," Emma replied, annoyed.
"Yeah, well, I am still the better fighter and strategist," Jerry said while stuffing Luigi into the ? Block again. "Now hurry up, Soda Jungle is just around the corner." Both Wigglers jumped out of the cavern they were in, and walked a short distance to the edge of Rock-Candy Mines, before climbing down a rusty ladder made of stone to the edge of Soda Jungle. They walked up to the front castle doors, talking with the Dry Bones that were standing guard.
"Yes, it's us, Agents J and E, now open the door!" Jerry said annoyed. The Dry Bones jumped and quickly opened the huge castle doors to let the two Wigglers in. The Dry Bones looked around before closing it, not wanting anyone to see their nefarious project.
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as it introduced a new character, Nabbit and allowed for more character development of Jerry, Emma, and Luigi. While Nabbit can technically talk in Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, I decided to make him silent as I feel like it fits his character more. Even though this chapter seems very inconsequential now, there are some things in this chapter that will be brought up again in the story. Before I go, I have a question for you readers. Now that the Nintendo Switch is out in the Breath of the Wild (get it?), we currently have two Mario games announced for it: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Odyssey. What other Mario series games would you like to see on the Switch? Feel free to PM me or leave a review, as I have been thinking about this for a while. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and have a great day!
