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Epilogue

It's the bottom of the ninth with bases loaded. I should probably mention that this is the rematch between Mario's team and Wario's team. This time, though, they were tied 10 to 10.

The red plumber anxiously paced back and forth in the dugout, speaking a little too harshly to his team. "This is it, guys. One of us has to get a home run and win the game. If we do, I'll take us all out for pizza and cookies. If we lose,--"

"You'll take us to the outskirts of the Mushroom Kingdom and leave us there?" Luigi wondered.

"...No. I'll just sit in the castle and eat cookie dough for the rest of the day." Mario finished.

Luigi frowned and rested his head on his knees. "I'll never get to see the outskirts of the Mushroom Kingdom." he complained.

Mario glanced around at all his players. "Now, who hasn't batted yet?"

No one raised their hands. Except for...

"Oh, me! Pick me! I haven't batted yet!" said Luigi, waving his hand excitedly.

Mario tried to ignore his brother. "Uh, anyone else?"

"Me! Me!"

"Anyone at all?"

"Oh, pick me! MEEEE!!"

Mario sighed and finally gave in. "Ok, Luigi. Fine. You can bat."

"Yipee!" Luigi cheerfully jumped off the bench and grabbed a baseball bat. He was about to run out onto the plate, but Mario grabbed him by the overall strap.

"Just remember, Luigi," began Mario sternly, "This, is your last chance!"

Luigi simply smiled. "Don't be too hard on yourself, Mario." And he ran out of the dugout, leaving Mario's mouth hanging open in shock.

Wario snickered when he saw Luigi step up to home plate. "Mario too chicken to try again?" he taunted.

"Leave my brother out of this!" Luigi countered. "I'm the one who's gonna win the game!"

"You're just gonna have to hit it, first!" Wario laughed. He immediately threw a pitch.

And Luigi missed. "ARGH!"

Mario groaned and slapped his forehead.

Wario sneered, "Is that the best you can do?"

"You show me the best you can do, and I'll show you the best I can do." Luigi reasoned calmly.

Wario shrugged. "Ok." And he threw a faster ball.

Which Luigi missed again. "No!"

Mario covered his face with his hands and moaned. "Why me?"

Luigi huffed. "That's your best?"

"That is so not my best." Wario replied with a sly smile. He began charging up. "THIS is my best!"

Luigi gulped and clutched his bat tightly.

"Luigi!"

Luigi looked past Wario and saw Daisy on third base. She was waving her hand and grinning.

"You can do it, Luigi!" she encouraged. "I know you can!"

Luigi grinned and nodded in response. He focused on Wario again and got himself ready. Wario finally threw the ball with all his faty might...

And it hit Luigi!

"YEOOOWWW!!" Luigi screamed, falling to the ground and covering his eye in pain. "OW! OW! OOOOWW! MAMA MIA, THAT SMARTS! WAAAAAAAAAA!" But to his surprise, everyone was cheering. Luigi felt himself being picked up and heard everyone chanting his name. When he finally had the courage to look, he saw that he had won the game. He grinned and waved his arms at the audience as his teammates carried him around.

When they finally put him down, Mario instantly hugged his brother while sobbing, "Thank you so much, Luigi!"

"Hey, Bro, are you crying?" Luigi asked, feeling a bit uncomfortable.

"You have no idea how much this means to me!" Mario sobbed on Luigi's arm.

Luigi stepped back and let Peach take Mario away. "Uh, yeah, you're welcome." Just then, Daisy ran up to him and gave him a great big kiss on the cheek, and Luig thought he was going to faint.

"You did it, Weegie!" Daisy beamed. "And I'm so proud of you!"

Luigi felt himself blush ten shades of red and he responded bashfully, "Aw, it was nothing..." He then rubbed his black eye. "But it sure hurt."

Meanwhile, Mario was gloating to Wario over his victory. "I won and you lost! I won and you--"

"SHUT UP ALREADY!" Wario yelled in frustration.

"But I'm not done!" Mario told him. "I won and you--"

"Mario!" Luigi called, running up to him. "You'll never guess what--"

Mario whipped his head around and interrupted, "Can't you see I'm busy gloating?"

"But Mario, we just found out that the scoreboard was malfunctioning!"

"WHAT?!"

"No, that's a good thing!" Luigi explained, "It means we won 15 to 8 in the seventh inning!"

Mario's eyes widened. "You're telling me...that we won the game...TWO INNINGS AGO??"

Luigi grinning and nodded excitedly. "Yeah! Isn't that great?"

Mario blinked and looked like he was in a trance. "Ohh..." he moaned before fainting.

Luigi stopped smiling and looked down at his brother. "Uh, Mario?" He waved his hand in front of Mario's face, but his brother still didn't respond.

"What's wrong with him?" Peach asked, coming up to Luigi.

"I think I overwhelmed him." Luigi answered.

Daisy then asked, "Should we do something about him?"

Luigi put a hand on her shoulder and replied, "Nah, as I always say: let sleeping brothers lie." And he and the princesses began their victory walk back to the castle.

Well, there you have it! So, how was it overall? I don't know if I'll do another Mario fic again, unfortunately. I'm going to be working on a NiGHTS fic, and then maybe a couple of Pokemon fics later in September. In case you're interested, check them out! And Black Lotus Flower, once again, THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING AND REVIEWING! :D

Phew, now that that's over with, France, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, and Germany, here I come!