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NOW ON WITH THE STORY!

The last 2 hours events played in Peach's mind like a horror film being watched on repeat. She had thought something was wrong, so she called Daisy. Peach agreed to come spend the rest of the night with her cousin and she left for Daisy's place. Only about 35 miles away from her castle, Peach was greeted by a horrid surprise. Marth….. Her Marth… barely conscious. Ike and Roy were tied to a tree nearby, but it wasn't them that Peach had gone to for answers.

"Luigi" Peach's voice shook when she said his name. He was crouched down below a tree just a few feet away from where Marth lay. "Luigi….. what….."

He looked up at her with darkened eyes, and the minute she saw him she knew…..

And that was how she had ended up here. Sitting in the waiting room of Mushroom Kingdom Hospital. She had been there for what seemed like hours, just waiting for someone to come out and tell her that Marth was alive…

Suddenly the hospital doors flew open, revealing a worried plumber with a red hat. "Is he ok? What happened to him? Gosh how could I have been so stupid to leave that idiot alone with m-"Mario was cut off by Peach

"You idiot! How can you walk in here saying something like that? Daisy called and said Luigi was missing-"

"Yeah, 'cus your "wonderful" boyfriend took him!" Mario was furious. He had gotten a call from Daisy saying that Luigi and Marth were both in the hospital. Marth just couldn't stop could he? He had all ready gotten away with the girl that Mario loved, but apparently that wasn't enough.

"MARIO!" Peach's yelling brought him back to Earth. "YOU'RE the idiot. Luigi shot MARTH, NOT the other way around."

"Wha… what?" She was lying. She HAD to be lying. There was no way that Luigi could have ever done something like that.

"Daisy called and said that Luigi was missing, so Marth offered to go out and look for him. I guess Luigi was the one looking for Marth, and apparently he found him." Peach let out a defeated sigh as she finished up her sentence.

"But that doesn't make sense. If Luigi shot Marth… the why is LUIGI in the hospital?" It only took a few seconds for Mario to interpret the guilty look that Peach gave him when he asked this.

"Peach, what did you do?" Mario sounded annoyed.

"Oh Mario, you make it sound like I attempted to shoot him like he shot Marth. All I did was simply punch him unconscious."

"Simply. Yeah, right." Mario rolled his eyes. "So… why did he do it? Luigi, I mean. Why did he shoot Marth?" When Peach gave no answer, Mario resorted to counting up Luigi's behavior over the past day. He had been off ever since Mario told him about their rigged match. And then it clicked. Slowly, Mario lifted his head to look at Peach, who was looking down at her feet.

"He… he did it for me didn't he?" The silence that followed was enough of an answer for Mario to know that he was right. And even though Mario was pissed with Luigi for taking things this far, he couldn't help but feel honored that his brother would go to such great lengths to make him happy.

And as Mario sat in the waiting room beside Peach, who had became silent and no longer seemed present, his only thought was this:

Thank you Luigi, but if you don't mind, I think it's about time I made things right.

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS!

Yes! I updated within 4 weeks! Vicotry! XD anyway, I hope there is no confusion here. If this clears anything up: Luigi shot Marth, so Peach knocked out Luigi.

Hope that helps! Anyway, R&R!