Sorry for taking so long to update, but WE had things to do. Anyway, here is the next part! WE do not own Mario…and neither do you, so there.

Silence after Bloodshed Part 2

Mario sat on the couch, bored out of his wits. His friends had gone off to a battle at Petal Meadows, a place that was enchanted to remain beautiful no matter what. He would have liked going there, but he might "lose his mind". Come on, I'm as sane as anyone here…he thought.

Luigi was afraid, more than usual. He had never gone into battle without Mario before, and wasn't as qualified as a leader.

"Hey," Said Yoshun from behind him, "You'll do fine, most of us are here, just not Mario."

"That's what I'm afraid of." Luigi answered, "We may win, but Mario would make things a hell of a lot easier."

"Never mind that," Said Larry, not looking up from his iron feet that he was adjusting, "These things are never easy. Accept that, and you've taken a big leap in understanding this war."

Luigi nodded, Larry was right. These things were never easy. Plus, it seemed, they just got harder.

He looked at the opposite side of the field, and saw the enemy. Led by the Wario clones, clones of Wario and Waluigi in their teenage years, who hated the Mario brothers almost as much as Luigi hated them. Luigi couldn't help himself.

"Charge!" He yelled, "Aim for the fat guy and the stick figure!"

That got them mad.

"Hey!" Yelled Wario, "Where's your big brother, shrimp! Did he chicken out?"

Now Luigi was mad. Before they could react, the Wario Clones were hit with a blast of lightning. That hurt…a lot.

"Ow…" Said Waluigi.

Mario decided that he should spend his time training Marty and Lucky in Hammer skills. Too bad they were so…childish.

"Hey, he cheated!" Lucky complained as Marty Knocked him down with a rubber hammer, "He moved before you said go!"

"No he didn't," Mario pointed out casually, "Besides, there are no rules in war, so the enemy can't 'cheat'. So get used to it! Now what have we learned?"

"Kamek cheats!" The two said in unison. Mario sighed and hung his head. Were me and Luigi ever this naïve?

"Forget it; I've got to go practice with the cape. You two can come watch a pro, if you want." The two readily agreed.

Will Mario adjust to his vacation? Will Luigi win the battle? Who stole my wallet? Why am I asking you all these questions? The answers to two of those questions in part 3! I will not write another chapter without 2 new reviews and 1 post on the Future Mario Forum.