Chapter 10: Oh, Man, the Shippers Aren't Going to Be Happy With This One. I'm Kinda Sad About it, Even.

Ever since Peach had been rescued, life in the Mushroom Kingdom was going pretty peacefully. Aside for the occasional kidnapping, everything went back to the way it used to be. With all the time on everyone's hands, there was plenty of time to rebuild the kingdom, and in no time, it was back into an even better shape than before. However, this peace wouldn't last. ...Kinda.

It was a relatively calm autumn day when it occurred. Luigi sat in his house drinking a cup of hot cocoa he had prepared, watching the leaves outside fall. He took another sip, warmth filling him. That's when Mario burst in, slamming the door open, yelling at the top of his lungs.

"LUIGI! LUIGI! IT'S AN EMERGENCY!"

Luigi quickly jolted back to face his brother, a mix of fear and anger on the younger brother's face. "Mario, you don't have to shout at me! Just tell me what's wrong!"

"T-The Princess…" Mario panted. "Princess…. S-She's-"

"Princess Peach has been captured again?" Luigi questioned, interrupting Mario's train of thought. "Well, then, let's go rescue her, huh?"

Mario shook his head. "N-No. It's Princess Daisy. She apparently got lost in some place called Remix 10 and-" That's went Mario noticed Luigi had seemingly disappeared in some kind of poof. Mario tuned his head left and right to get an idea of where his brother went. "Luigi? Luigi, where'd you go?"

That's when the bedroom door opened, revealing Luigi, now wearing army clothes and sunglasses, cocking an MP5 even though that's technically impossible, all while "I Am… All of Me" from Shadow the Hedgehog played in the background.

Mario stared at Luigi in confusion in shock. "Um, Luigi? I-I don't think that's all really necessary. I presume it's just a rescue mission."

"Then let's go rescue her!" Luigi shouted, ripping off the army outfit, revealing his iconic clothes underneath. With that he rushed out the door, with Mario following, however, the door slammed on him, crushing his nose.

Mario soon enough got up and went outside too, closing the door behind him. He looked around for Luigi, but to no avail, not being able to pick up on his presence, because, you know, they're twins, or some shit like that. Mario just sighed. "Luigi, please don't be too far off," he thought to himself, not having a single idea where Remix 10 was located.

During Mario's search, he came across Yoshi, as well as his friends. Oh, yeah. I never really mentioned the other Yoshis, did I? Honestly, it would be really confusing to have them in, what with their names being Yoshi and all. So, when they do appear, they'll just be called Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, and the Yoshi that's been following Mario and the others… is still going to be called Yoshi.

"Hey there, Mario!" Yellow beamed. "You seem to be in quite a hurry. Is something wrong?"

Mario nodded. "Yes, there is. You see, Luigi went off to this place called Remix 10 in order to find whenever Princess Daisy went. However, I have no idea where Remix 10 is. Do you have any ideas where to find it."

Blue solemnly shook his head, Red doing the same, but with more sass. That's when Purple stood up, dusting himself off. "I know a way," he finally announced in a calm tone. He took Mario's hand, pointing in the direction of where to go. "Follow me."

Mario gave a somewhat tense nod and followed Purple, the other Yoshis following behind them. Soon enough, they reached a yellow Warp Pipe that gave off a faint multi-colored gleam if one was to view it in the right direction.

"This is the place," Purple stated, still having that monotone voice. "If you're going to find Princess Daisy, though, wouldn't you need help?"

Mario gave Purple a smile. "I would like that very much," he chimed. "Thank you, Yoshi."

Purple couldn't help but give a smile as well, which was a slight surprise to the other Yoshis beside him. Before they could go in, Peach, Toad, and Toadette all ran to them.

"We came here as fast as we could when we heard Daisy went missing," Peach panted.

"Honestly, just going missing doesn't seem like a good enough excuse," Toad huffed. "If anything, she probably got kidnapped by Bowser, or maybe some alien, or something."

Toadette put her hands on her hips and leaned forwards. "Anyway, we're coming with you guys. No is not an answer."

Mario nodded before placing a fist on his open hand. "Ah, I totally forgot! Have you guys seen Luigi? As soon as he heard of the situation, he ran off."

Peach put a finger on her chin. "Come to think of it, I did see him dashing off earlier. Perhaps he knew the way here?"

"Anyway," Toad butted in, "we still have to find Princess Daisy! She's probably waiting for us!" With that, Toad ran towards and lunged at the Pipe, slamming his head into the rim before getting up and hopping in.

Peach gave a worried glance and she hopped in after him, the Yoshis soon following her, with Toadette going in after them. Mario went up to get in the Pipe, but gave one last glance to make sure whether or not Luigi was nearby. With no luck, he heaved a sigh and went in the Pipe.

Little did they know though is that status quo would once again be the deciding factor in everything. By that, only Mario would be the true savior of Daisy. If you seriously thought that fact was the only reason of the title of the chapter, then… you're kind of wrong. Originally, the text box was going to taunt Luigi about how Mario was the only one that was able to rescue Daisy. Eventually, Mario would get so pissed that he would punch the text box with that firebrand technique of his, particles of glass lodging into his fist, as well as his nose, with Peach proceeding to walk him to the castle to patch him up. So, whether or not the story we got is better is entirely up to you, but I think we can agree on one thing: the text box is a dick and needs to die.