Princess Peach looked at Mario, a kind smile on her face. "Thank you Mario." She said, bending down and kissing the plumber on the cheek.

Mario blushed bright red, as he rubbed his neck embarrassed. "It's no problem Princess. You know I'll always be here to rescue you."

"And I would always be grateful for that." Peach responded.

Yoshi began pacing around, anxious on how Mario was.

'Is he alright? Did he defeat Koopa? Is he not...dead?'

All these rampant thoughts were running across Yoshi's mind not stopping until the green dinosaur saw Mario alive and victorious.

The castle door suddenly opened, startling Yoshi. He stood still his heart beating a mile a minute.

'Please let it be Mario. Please let it be him.'

From within the castle emerged two figures. Yoshi held his breath as he got a better view on who the two figures where. His heart soared in joy seeing Mario, alive and well along with a lady in a pink dress and crown. (Yoshi assumed this was the Princess)

"MARIO!"

Mario looked up, hearing the call, and beamed seeing who it was.

"YOSHI!" He cried out.

Yoshi started running towards Mario, his eyes watery with tears of joy. Mario let go of Peach's hand, and began running towards the green dinosaur as well.

Both extended their arms out as they grabbed each other in a full embrace. Yoshi snuggled onto Mario's shoulder, a small smile on his face.

"I-I-I thought…"

Mario shushed him, petting Yoshi behind his head. "I'm here now old friend, and I will never leave your side ever again."

Yoshi's head shot up, looking at Mario in shock. "You knew?!"

Mario gasped a look of shock on his face as well. "You too?"

"I thought I was the only one who knew…"

"When did you start to remember?" Mario asked.

"Back at the fortress. You?"

"When we took that small break." Mario replied.

Yoshi paused. "Was that what you wanted to tell me before you went inside Bowser's Castle?" He quietly asked.

"Yes." Mario responded.

Yoshi began laughing.

"What's so funny?" Mario asked amusement in his voice.

Yoshi wiped tears from his eyes. "For so long I thought I would never meet my best friend ever again. Years later, here he comes waltzing back into my life again, and I couldn't even recognize him."

Mario began laughing as well. "At least you remembered sooner than I did. I couldn't even remember how you even looked like!"

"We're such horrible friends." Yoshi sighed. "We couldn't even recognize one another."

Mario put his hands on Yoshi's face, and lifted it up making the dinosaur look directly at his brilliant sapphire eyes.

"We do now." He responded, smiling brightly.

"Yeah...we do now."

"Mario!"

Both plumber and dinosaur turned towards Peach, who was looking near the side of the castle. "I found some eggs that were hidden in the ground!"

"My buddies!" Yoshi gasped, as he let himself go from Mario's grasp.

The green dinosaur quickly ran over to where Peach was and crouched on the floor.

"They're all here! Red, Blue, Pink...everyone!"

Mario approached Peach and Yoshi, who were quickly getting the eggs from the hole they were buried in. He crouched down next to them and began to help as well.

When they were done recovering the eggs, about two dozen stood in a big pile ranging from all different colors of the rainbow.

"You did it Yoshi! You saved your buddies!" Mario congratulated Yoshi, patting him on the back.

The green dinosaur blushed, and looked down at the ground. "I couldn't have done it without your help Mario." He said, looking up at the plumber gratefully.

"And I couldn't have saved the day without yours as well."

Done. There's more. Are you all happy now? I'm done for the week. See you next time! Zzzzzz...