Gah, so long ago I updated...
I'm so sorry, I had so much work for school again. And February was my most difficult month so far (I have to read 3 books for school, make a huge project for Biology,...). And I had to do all these things in my vacation, so I couldn't make any updates. I just managed to make this one for a bit and now finished it in March.
Still, I appreciate the reviews I get, thank you. :)
Anyway, let's-a-go!
Some time after they had stolen from Wario, Yoshi was flying above Mushroomy City as the sun was setting.
Mario and Luigi nodded to each other as each took a bag of gold and threw all the gold on the street.
One poor Toad held a bowl, waiting for people to give him some coins. Mario threw a golden vase into his bowl and the man woke up surprised.
Also, a poor mother and her 2 childs were walking down the streets until some golden coins fell in front of them that Luigi threw.
"It's a miracle!" the mother said surprised as she sighed in relief while her childs ran to get the gold.
They flew further down the streets, throwing gold to all the persons. When they ran out of gold, Mario took out the golden flower that Wario first had.
"Let me guess, you're going to give it to Peach?" Luigi chuckled.
"Ofcourse!" Mario laughed in response as they flew back to the castle.
A few minutes later, they arrived at the balcony of Peach's room as Mario and Luigi jumped of Yoshi.
"Woah!" Mario said as he found Koopa the Quick growling at them.
"Gah!" Luigi yelped as he hid behind Mario.
"E-easy, Koopa." Mario said a bit uneasily as he was forced to stand in a corner of the balcony, "Y-you know me, I'm M-Mario!"
It was no use as Koopa the Quick kept growling until it jumped into Mario's arms and licked his face.
"Hahaha, okay Koopa, okay!" Mario said laughing as he petted Koopa the Quick, "I'm glad to see you too!"
"P-phew." Luigi sighed as he wiped some sweat from his face and began to pet Koopa the Quick too.
Suddenly, Mario gently put Koopa the Quick back on the ground.
"How do I look?" Mario asked to Luigi.
His younger brother tried to response, but an other voice was earlier.
"I think you look fine." Peach chuckled as she walked out of her room.
"P-Peach!" Mario said surprised as he turned to Peach.
"Where were you?" Peach asked, "I missed you."
"I had to pick up a few things." Mario chuckled as he grabbed the golden flower and gave it to Peach, "This is for you..."
"Oh, Mario!" Peach said in surprise as she looked at the flower in awe, "It's lovely!"
Princess Peach grabbed Mario and gave him a kiss on the mouth.
"It must have cost a fortune!" Peach said afterwards.
"Ah no, it was a sale." Mario chuckled before both walked inside.
"I'd like it if you would join us for dinner tonight." Peach said as Yoshi flew to the garden while she put the golden flower in a vase and Luigi walked inside too, "My dad is going to make a royal announcement."
"And he wants us there?" Luigi asked.
"Yes, it's about Mario." Peach responded as both Mario and Peach hugged each other.
"Am I in trouble?" Mario asked.
"Let's just say, this is a dinner you don't want to miss." Peach chuckled.
"Peach, what's going on?" Mario asked with a smile.
"I promised father I wouldn't spoil the surprise." Peach responded, "You've made quite an impression, you know..."
"So, he's not in trouble?" Luigi asked, chuckling.
"Ofcourse not." Peach chuckled, "You guys defeated Bowser and saved Mushroomy City!" she smiled at Mario, "And you rescued a princess..." she turned back to both of them, "You are heroes!"
"I guess so..." Mario trailed off as Luigi looked a bit shy to what Peach said, before Mario chuckled, "That's me!"
Peach suddenly noticed Mario's clothes were a bit dirty from the events with Wario.
"You may want to change your clothes before dinner, though." Peach chuckled.
"S-sure!" Mario chuckled before Peach walked out of her room as Mario sighed afterwards, "Why do I have to wear dirty clothes when I'm trying to make an impression on her?" Mario asked to no one in particular as he laughed.
Luigi chuckled to this as he saw he looked a bit dirty too.
"I'm going to change my clothes too, Mario." Luigi said, "So, I'll be off to our room, are you coming?"
"Okay, let's-a-go!" Mario exclaimed as they walked out of Peach's room.
In the meantime, Kamek was sitting on the roof of the castle.
"Seems like only yesterday that Bowser was running Mushroomy City..." Kamek sighed, "Then he got corrupted with power, it seems his kingdom back home wasn't enough... When we were still in his kingdom, he atleast treated me with respect! As a real advisor!" Kamek sighed once again, "I can't live here outside on my own and I can't go back to his kingdom because if I return alone, they'll think I did something to Bowser!" the Magikoopa thought about something, "Then, I'll have to get myself into this castle in Mushroomy City..."
Some time later, Mario and Luigi walked out of the castle in their prince clothes.
"Well, my dear brother Luigi. Shall we see what the common people are doing today?" Mario said as he imitated a real prince.
"Ofcourse, prince Marty-o." Luigi said in a formal way as he bowed to Mario.
The Mario Bros. laughed at this as they walked on their way outside of the castle, unaware that Kamek was looking from above.
"We have time to stroll untill our dinner with the sultan." Mario said as Kamek looked in surprise.
"The street rats are living in the castle now?" Kamek asked confused before he got a plan, "Wait a second, this is perfect!" Kamek flew to down the streets, around a corner very close to where Mario and Luigi were walking, "I'll just let them get some sympathy for me and I'll be in the castle in no time!"
Kamek took some dirty ground and put it on his robe and his face so he looked very dirty.
Then, Mario and Luigi walked around the corner.
"M-Mario!" Kamek gasped as he flew over to Mario and Luigi on a broken broomstick, he fell on the ground and crawled to them, "I-I finally got free of Bowser!"
"Kamek!" Mario said surprised, before he grunted, "What are you doing here?"
Kamek was still gasping for air, fake ofcourse, before Mario grabbed him while glaring.
"Gah! Gently please!" Kamek yelled, before he got out of Mario's hand but was driven into a corner.
"You're not fooling us this time, Kamek!" Luigi exclaimed.
"W-wait, I was under Bowser's control!" Kamek tried as Mario and Luigi came closer to him.
Kamek flew up in the air, on a new good broomstick. Mario and Luigi jumped after him, but failed to grab him.
"You traitor!" Mario called after him as the brothers ran after Kamek who was flying down the streets.
But, just when they turned around a corner, Kamek flew into a Dry Bones, followed by Mario who flattened Kamek between him and the Dry Bones. And then Luigi ran into Mario, flattening both Mario and Kamek.
The brothers and the Magikoopa fell onto the ground. They looked up to see Wario and his Dry Bones thieves.
"Y-you!" Luigi exclaimed, surprised and scared.
"You!" Mario exclaimed, surprised and with a glare.
"Who?" Kamek asked confused.
"Hmm, you look familiar..." Wario said, rubbing his chin.
"Those are Mario and Luigi!" the Dry Bones said annoyed, rolling their eyes.
"W-what? Uh, yeah, ofcourse!" Wario said, "Kill them and their mascotte, thingy!"
Mario glared even harder, Luigi gulped and Kamek's eyes widened as they got up and ran or flew away.
A lot of the Dry Bones cornered Mario and Kamek in front of a pile of barrels. Mario used his shoulders to bring the pile out of balance so some of the thieves got trapped under the barrels.
An other Dry Bones ran to them with a hammer. Mario quickly grabbed a barrel and held it in front of him, preventing the hammer from hitting him.
When the older Mario brother saw an opening, he threw the barrel to the Dry Bones. Unfortunately, the Dry Bones dodged but it hit one of his companions. When that same Dry Bones which got hit looked up, he saw Kamek in front of him. It grunted at the Magikoopa as it prepared its hammer.
"U-uh look, I'm not a friend of the street rats!" Kamek tried.
It was no use as the Dry Bones slammed his hammer down, the Magikoopa dodged it just in time.
When Kamek had flown past Mario, the ex-plumber grabbed a stick which he slammed into 2 Dry Bones. Those Dry Bones landed on top of the Dry Bones that was chasing Kamek.
Kamek and Luigi gasped as Wario cornered them with a hammer. Luigi had found enough courage to run away in time, but Kamek got hit by Wario as a fight between them started.
In the meantime, Mario was having trouble holding back the Dry Bones with his stick, before it broke by the force of the hammers.
Kamek had managed to push Wario on a plank balancing on a barrel while Mario and Luigi got captured by the Dry Bones.
The Magikoopa grabbed a flower pot and threw it on the other end of the plank which Wario was thrown on. This caused to launch Wario into the air horizontally, into the Dry Bones who were almost going to kill the Mario Bros. with their hammers.
Mario and Luigi took their chance as they kicked and punched the Dry Bones and Wario, causing them to launch into the air. Not far from there, they landed into a market stand on top of some melons.
"No, no!" the owner of the stand exclaimed, "My melons are ruined!"
"Ugh, just go away..." Wario grunted.
"G-guards, guards!" the man called.
"What is the trouble here?" Razoul asked as he and his Hammer Bro's came to the owner.
"These men ruined my stand!" the owner exclaimed.
"Oh-oh, umm, I've got to go!" Wario exclaimed before he ran away, followed by the Dry Bones who were followed by the Hammer Bro's.
Mario and Luigi watched the thieves run away as Kamek, who stood next to them, panted.
"C-cowards!" he panted.
"U-um, thanks for your help, Kamek." Luigi thanked, a bit uncomfortably.
"Y-yeah, we wouldn't have defeated them without your help. Y-you saved us." Mario said, also uncomfortable.
"I did?" Kamek asked confused.
"I guess you deserve a fair treatment by the sultan." Mario nodded.
"WHAT?!" Kamek asked surprised, "THE SULTAN?!"
Some time later, in the garden of the castle, Mario put Kamek into a small cage.
"Don't worry, Kamek." Mario chuckled, "I'll convince him that you're a good guy now."
"But, he hates me!" Kamek said, before he yelled after the brothers who were leaving, "And what about the princess?"
"No problem!" Mario laughed, "I'll just make sure Peach doesn't see you untill I got her prepared!"
"Got me prepared for what?" Peach asked as she came into the garden.
"Gah!" Mario and Luigi exclaimed surprised, as they hid the cage with Kamek in it behind their backs.
"U-um..." Mario said, "Let's go for dinner, I'll tell you the surprise there!"
Mario grabbed Peach by her arm as they walked back to the castle.
"Is something wrong?" Peach asked worried.
"Oh, no!" Luigi exclaimed, "Everything is just fine, believe me!"
"You aren't hiding anything from me, are you?" Peach chuckled, "Some secrets?"
"S-secrets?" Mario asked, "O-ofcourse not! I almost lost you once that way!" he grabbed Peach's hands, "I'll never make that mistake again..."
Peach nodded with a smile, before the couple tried to kiss.
So, will Mario tell about Kamek? Are we going to see Wario and his gang again?
There's only one way to find out, wait for the next chapter! Hopefully it won't be that long... With a bit of luck, I can have it finished in April.