Mario and Sonic: Heroes Unite!
Chapter 25: High Seas!
Skies above Daisy Resort
It was almost dusk by the time our heroes arrived at Daisy Resort. The Chop Chop Helicopter hovered above the area. The heroes peeked through the windows to get a glimpse of the resort.
The Daisy Resort was humongous. First off, the resort itself was a seaside resort. There was a large, orange hotel. In front of the hotel, were two large fountains, both having statues of Daisy and Luigi on them. Near the hotel, was a town that had baroque-styled buildings. The town had loads of entertainment for the resort residents, such as cinemas, nightclubs and restaurants.
The resort also had a docking area, where the Daisy Cruiser was docked at. Near the docking area, was the lighthouse. It stood near the end of the racing circuit that also ran through the whole resort area. It was used for racing events Daisy Resort held.
"Whoa!" Sonic exclaimed. "This place looks amazing." Tails and Amy agreed with him. They've never been to a resort in a long time and already did the resort look great.
"I'm-a telling you guys," Luigi began. "you're going to love this place. There is so much stuff to do here."
"Yeah!" Yoshi joined in. "My favourite thing about the resort is the food. It's so delicious!" His mouth began to water just thinking about the resort's food.
The Chop Chop Helicopter started to descend into the Helicopter pad on top of the hotel. The heroes climbed out of the helicopter and headed inside the hotel. They were being led by a few of Daisy Resort's workers, which consisted of Orange Toads.
The group decided to wait in the lobby area of the hotel. At the time, there were lots of people entering and exiting the hotel, either to relax inside or to hang out in the town's various pubs. The lobby had a check-in desk, couches for relaxation and large, sphere chandeliers to light up the room.
The heroes sat on the couches, a bit exhausted from the day. After adventuring on a tropical island, going on a rescue mission in a jungle, carefully treading through a toxic forest and searching in the sandy deserts, our heroes greatly deserved a break.
"Uhm...Tails," Sonic said. He tapped his friend's shoulder to get his attention. "I have a question for you." The fox turned to him, carefully listening. "So...you know how cruise ships weigh almost a thousand tonnes? Well...how does something like that float on water?"
Tails chuckled. "Oh..don't worry, Sonic. I'm sure the cruise ship won't tip over. Here, let me explain how it works." Soon, Tails began how cruise ships were able to float on water due to it's shape, density and other things that boggled Sonic's mind. "...and that's how a cruise ship floats!"
"Uh...thanks Tail." Sonic said, pretending to understand what Tails had said.
Meanwhile, Luigi was constantly observing the lobby area, waiting for Daisy to arrive. Mario saw how impatient his brother was becoming. "Hey Luigi, she's-a gonna be here soon. Just relax for now."
"I know..." Luigi responded. He still kept an eye throughout the lobby. "But, it's been a long time since I've seen Daisy. And now the time I do get to see her is during her birthday and I haven't gotten a gift for her! What am I supposed to do? She might be mad at me!"
Mario patted his brother on the back. "Don't worry, bro. All that matters is you're here. That's the best gift you can give right now."
Luigi looked at him with disbelief. Mario gave a simple, assuring nod to him, as if to say, "I'm-a you're big brother, so believe me."
Suddenly, a loud shout filled the lobby area. "Hey guys!" It was Daisy. She had just entered the hotel and was heading towards the group, waving at them. Peach was the first to greet her. They gave each other a hug.
"Oh, Daisy! It's so nice to see you." Peach said to her. She quickly took out her gift that she bought for Daisy. It was in orange gift box and had a red ribbon wrapped around it. She handed it to Daisy. "Happy Birthday Daisy."
Daisy took the present and carefully removed the ribbon. She opened the box and took out her birthday present. It was an exquisite-looking necklace, made up of gold and sapphire jewellery. It sparkled from the light in the resort lobby.
The heroes were struck with awe when they saw the necklace.
"It's so beautiful!" Amy gasped. She wished she had a necklace like that.
Yoshi was also pretty interested in the necklace. "Hmm...I wonder what it tastes like."
Daisy put on her necklace. "It's gorgeous. I love it!" She hugged Peach again.
Afterwards, the Mario Bros. greeted a Happy Birthday to Daisy. She gave a hug to each of them. Yoshi also gave her a hug, but kept his eye on the necklace the whole time. Afterwards, Sonic, Tails and Amy were the only ones left.
Peach showed them to Daisy. "Sonic, I'd like you and your friends to meet Daisy. She's the owner of the resort and the ruler of Sarasaland."
"So you three must be the ones from the other dimension." Daisy said. "Peach has told me about you guys."
"Yup! That's us." Amy answered. "I'm Amy Rose. It's a pleasure to meet you." She shook Daisy's hand.
"Hi! I'm Miles Prower," Tails introduced himself. "but you can call me Tails." He also shook Daisy's hand.
"And I'm Sonic," the blue hedgehog pointed to himself with a grin. "Sonic the Hedgehog. I just want to say, Happy birthday, princess."
Daisy smiled. "Aww, thanks! You three seem really nice." She turned back to Peach. "So, why don't we head out to the Daisy Cruiser right now? We have a lot of birthday partying to do! "
The rest of the heroes agreed. They soon exited the resort and headed out for the dock area, where the Daisy Cruiser was waiting for them. They all couldn't wait for the events that were planned for the night. Well, almost everyone.
The heroes already arrived near the lighthouse area where the cruiser was docked. While the heroes were walking, Sonic had terrible thoughts about the cruiser. What if the boat sinks? How does a big ship even float on water? They better have life jackets there! His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a voice.
"Sonic? Are you okay?" The blue hedgehog looked up and saw Amy in front of him. She had a curious look on her face.
"Oh...Amy." Sonic said. He didn't want to tell her that he was still worried about the ship. "It's nothing, really." He tried to assure her, but she crossed her arms. Amy knew that Sonic was still afraid of going on the ship.
"Sonic, there is nothing to worry about. Nothing bad could happen on the ship." she reassured him. She slowly walked up to him, giving him a "But, if you're still afraid, you could hold my hand on the boat."
"Uhh..." Sonic wasn't surprised from Amy's attitude. He knew she liked him, and he really cared about her too. It was just that he didn't return the exact same feelings. "Thanks, but I think I'll be okay now. Maybe next time." He looked forward and saw that the rest of their friends were already far ahead of them. "Hey, we should catch up with the others."
Amy was slightly disappointed. She followed Sonic to the others. While they were walking, she thought about her and Sonic. Was there ever a chance they would be together? She had been chasing him all these years, but nothing ever changed between them. Throughout the years, there were times she thought of giving up, but she had a striving force that kept her going.
The two hedgehogs caught up with the others. They found themselves staring in front of the Daisy Cruiser. It was titanic in size! On the sides of the ship, you could see the numerous windows of the cabins. There was also a large picture of Daisy's face on the side, clearly indicating it was her cruiser. There was a long canopy walkway that led to the ship's entrance.
Daisy turned towards the others and held her hands into the air. "Come on, everyone! It's time to party!"
The heroes cheered. One by one, they climbed up the canopy walkway, looking forwards to the night's festivities...
Bowser's Castle, Laboratory Room
The laboratory was being used at the moment by Dr. Eggman. After Bowser approved of his blue print for their "doomsday" machine, he hastily started building it. The Koop Troop rounded up the necessary supplies he needed to build it. Eggman had the machine covered under a large, beige blanket. He didn't allow anyone, except for Bowser himself, to look at the unfinished machine.
The laboratory door suddenly opened. Bowser slowly entered the room, holding a submarine sandwich on a plate. "How is progress going, doctor?" Bowser asked. Eggman was under the blanket, busy working on the machine. "I brought you something to eat. Thought you might be hungry from all the excessive working."
The doctor slipped out of the blanket. He removed his goggles and wiped off the sweat on his forehead. He turned to Bowser. "Progress is going as planned. If I keep at this rate, the doomsday machine should be finished in no time." He put down the wrench in his hand on a nearby work table and picked up the sub sandwich on Bowser's plate.
"Good," Bowser said, nodding in satisfaction. He looked at the blanket that covered the machine, curious to what Eggman had finished. "Do you mind if I see?" By the time, Eggman had already finished half of his sub sandwich. He put the food down on his work table and carefully lifted part of the blanket up, allowing Bowser to see the machine. He was impressed by Eggman's work. "Good work, Eggman."
"Why thank you, sire." Eggman said. "I can assure you, once this machine is done, Sonic and Mario won't stand a chance against us!
"Indeed it will!" Bowser added. He gave a short, evil chuckle. "They'll be on their knees, begging for mercym from us!" He started giving out a long, evil laugh. Eggman joined him. They couldn't wait to stomp their arch-rivals like little, annoying bugs.
Suddenly, Junior walked into the room and, once again, saw the two villians laughing maniacally. "Uhmm...papa?" Bowser and Eggman quickly stopped laughing and looked back at Junior. They couldn't believe they've been caught laughing like two crazy maniacs again.
"Uh...what is it, Junior?" Bowser said, embarrassed again.
Junior shrugged. "I don't know. I just heard laughing and decided to see what was going on." He noticed the beige blanket that seemed to cover something big. "Hey, what is that?"
The two villians looked back to the covered doomsday machine. "Oh this," Eggman said. He patted the machine with his hand. "It is a project that me and your father are working on."
Junior nodded. At the moment, he wasn't interested in their machine. "Okay, well, I've got to go." Bowser and Eggman nodded and turned back to their doomsday machine. Junior was about to leave when suddenly he heard a sparkling noise. It came from his pocket. He stuck his hand inside and took out the purple Chaos Emerald the shadow figure had given to him. It started to glow with a purple aura.
"Hmph...that's weird." Junior said, with a surprised look. "It wasn't doing that before." He stuck Chaos Emerald back into his pocket and left the laboratory room.
Surprisingly, the Chaos Emerald stopped glowing when he left the room.
Daisy Resort, On the Daisy Cruiser
Night had fallen at Daisy Resort. The Daisy Cruiser had left the dock and began sailing across the ocean. The ship was lit up everywhere. On the ship, guest of Daisy's birthday party were enjoying themselves.
The Daisy Cruiser had loads of entertainment for the guests. In the dining room, there was a huge food table, offering lots of delicious treats. Outside on the ship's deck, was where the guests could hang out. There was a stage on the deck where the band for Daisy's party was performing.
The heroes had separated at the moment, deciding to look around the ship at their interest. Yoshi had rushed into the dining room, hoping to eat as much treats as possible. He dragged Tails along with him, even though the fox had wanted to play around with his Gadd DS Horror. Amy and the princess' chose to hang around the deck area. Mario, Sonic and Luigi headed for the arcade room on the ship.
"Come on!" Yoshi called back to Tails. He was almost at the entrance of the dining room. Tails had a hard time keeping up with Yoshi's speed. Once he finally caught up, Yoshi was already inside the dining hall. Tails entered the room, and was surprised to see so many guests inside.
"Wow! There weren't so much guests like this outside in the deck area." Tails exclaimed. "The food must be amazing." He slowly walked into the crowd of people in the dining room, carefully looking around for Yoshi. The guests had filled almost all the dining tables. The fox was surprised that there was so much food for so many guests.
Tails headed for the dining table, assuming Yoshi was already there. The dining table had a long line of hungry birthday guests. There were plastic forks, spoons, knifes, plates and cups for the guests. A whole variety of food was offered at the dining table, including birthday cake, punch and even lasanga! The punch bowl had an ice sculpture of Daisy in it to keep the punch cold.
"Hey Tails!" someone shouted. He looked and saw Yoshi carrying three plates of sweets. Each plate was piled up high with cupcakes, cookies, brownies and doughnuts. Yoshi peeked his head to the side to see Tails. "What took you so long?"
"Uhm...I got lost in the crowd." Tails answered. He was amazed Yoshi could carry so much food. But he knew the dinosaur would do anything to fill his seemingly bottomless belly.
"Well, don't be shy! Take something!" Yoshi offered Tails. He moved closer to the fox so he could choose what treat he could eat. Tails carefully grabbed a mint chocolate chip cookie and took a bite out of it.
"Mmm! This is really good." Tails said. Yoshi nodded in agreement. The both found a table so they could eat their treats.
"Alright!" Yoshi said, carefully putting down the plates of treats onto the table. "I challenge you to an eating contest. Each of us get a plate of treats and race each other to see who can eat it all the fastest. Winner gets the other plate of treats as a prize. Are you up for it?"
Tails gave him a weird look. "Uhh...thanks, but I'm okay with just a cookie." He continued eating his mint cookie. Yoshi rolled his eyes, thinking that Tails wasn't up for the challenge. He was about to enjoy his plate of treats when suddenly he heard his name being called. He looked around the dining room and saw a pink Birdo waving at him. He was pleasantly surprised.
"Hey!" Yoshi shouted back. The Birdo came up to their table and took a seat beside Yoshi. To Tails' surprise, the two seemed to hug each other.
"Uhh...who is this?" Tails asked out of curiosity.
"I'm Catherine." the Birdo introduced herself. She was a typical Birdo. She looked like a dinosaur, with a rounded white belly, red tail spikes and purplr spots on her cheek. She wore a big red bow on her head and had a diamond ring on her left hand. The most prominent feature of Catherin was her funnel-shaped mouth. Unlike the low-pitched voices Birdos had, she had a higher-pitched feminine voice.
"Catherine here is my friend." Yoshi said to Tails. The fox noticed the smile Yoshi made when he said "friend". Yoshi turned to Catherine. "Catherine, this is my friend, Tails."
"It's nice to meet you." said Catherine. She whispered something to Yoshi, causing him to giggle.
"Uhm...okay." the fox seemed a little weirded out by Yoshi's behaviour with Catherine. He sensed there was more things going on between them. "So...how did you guys meet?"
Yoshi began to explain how he and Catherine met. Peach had held a tennis tournament at her stadium, the "Peach Dome". It was a doubles tournament, and Catherine desperately wanted to join, but she did not have a partner. Yoshi had bumped into her at the sign-up station, and after see her dilemma, offered to be her partner. During the tournament, they soon became friends. After they lost the tournament, they began to hang out more. The two became so close to each other that they've became partners in almost every sports tournament.
"Wow." Tails said in a surprised manner. "So, I'm assuming you two are both, let's say...boyfriend and girlfriend?"
Yoshi blushed for a moment. "...I guess you could say that."
Catherine giggled. "Oh, Yoshi. I just love the way you blush. You look so cute when you do that." She held Yoshi's hand. "Do you think you can come out to the deck with me? I want to give you something." She led Yoshi outside, leaving Tails alone at the dining table.
"Gee...I never thought Yoshi had the charm to get a girl." Tails said to himself. He soon finished eating his mint cookie. He took the opportunity to play around with his Gadd DS Horror. While he was playing, he caught something at the corner of his eye.
Near the food table, was a figure, covered in a brown cloak. The figure turned to him. Tails was shocked at what he saw.
Oh no...it can't be...
There, staring right at him, was the shadow figure. The two stared at each other for almost a full minute. Suddenly, the shadow figure laughed. A purple mist covered him and he soon disappeared. No one else in the dining room appeared to have seen the shadow figure.
I have to tell Sonic! Tails thought to himself. He wasted no time. He quickly got up from his chair and rushed out of the dining hall, joping to tell his friends before something bad might happen.
At that moment, a loud roar of thunder echoed out in the distance. Storm clouds began to fill the beautiful night sky...
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To be continued!
The shadow figure is on board! Are the heroes in danger? And is Bowser and Eggman's "doomsday" machine really dangerous for Mario and Sonic? Tune in next time for the next chapter of Mario and Sonic: Heroes Unite!
Author Notes: This chapter took me really long to make! Hope you guys liked it. There was so much I wanted to add in this chapter, but I didn't wannt it to become too long. Anyway, here is some fun trivia. Catherine, Yoshi's "girlfriend" is based off the character Birdo in the Mario sports games. Her first appearance as Yoshi's partner was in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. In the games, Birdo and Daisy have good chemistry together, e.x. Mario Super Sluggers. I thought it was appropriate for Birdo to appear at Daisy's birthday party.
Regarding to why the Junior's Purple Chaos Emerald was glowing, think about who are the star children. Do you think there is some meaning to why the Purple Chaos Emerald glowed in certain areas? Hmm?
Anyway, look forward to the next chapter. See you guys next time and thanks for the support! Check my profile for updates on my stories!
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