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Chapter 26: Diving Dare

Ninety days had passed since Antasma succumbed to the might of the two heroes. The Mushroom Kingdom, being truly honored, had not forgotten their bravery, and did their best to acknowledge them when they could. Everything was great. And it was just another day for the two Toads...

"Come on, come on!" Toad beckoned her along into the car, laughing.

"Okay, I'm coming!" Toadette shuffled in the passenger seat, and the two drove away. They had been invited to the local pool.

"Do you have your swimsuit?"

"Oh, why wouldn't I?" She held up her backpack. "Don't be so worried. We're here to have fun."

"Right." They pulled up to the walkway, and got out. The pool was very large for an indoor pool, as it covered almost the entire room. There was also a hot tub positioned in the center, its waters almost overflowing into the colder pool below. Toadette just looked at it, as if she was ready to dive in. "Not so fast. We have to change first."

"Oh, right." They went into their respective locker rooms, with Toadette almost following Toad into his. After a few minutes, they got out, and sat down at one of the lounge chairs. Toad didn't change anything, except that his vest was thinner and had its ends tied together, so it wouldn't slip off. He also had a blue swimsuit, which was striped. It was Couples Night, so some lovebirds were there, including Mario and Peach. They were already in the water. Toadette turned away, and rolled up her flower patterned swimsuit top.

"Toad, can you spray some sunscreen right here?" She pointed to a spot on the small of her back. She had a worried look on her face.

"What's wrong? You look... You look uncomfortable."

"I don't invite many people to look at me like this." Her swimsuit was another vest, but thinner. It also had one end draped over the other and was shorter, revealing more of her. Toad was applying the bottle of sunscreen, spraying it on her back. "Any people, actually." Toad continued, rubbing it in some more. It felt nice to him, soft and warm, as though he'd broken a barrier to her.

"I can't imagine why." He stood up, and walked around her, admiring the way she looked. "I mean, look at you. Dare I say, you're as beautiful as any of those people." He motioned toward the pool and the people inside.

"There you go again." She giggled, and pat his back. "Always complimenting me."

"Hey, it's what I do. Now, watch this." He ran towards the pool, jumped, did a back flip, and landed in the water feet first.

"Oh, wow! I never knew you were that good!"

"I watched the diving in the Olympics." He shrugged. "I know a few tricks." He then splashed her with water.

"Hey!" She giggled again, and ran towards him.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Toadette didn't listen, and tackled him in the water, submerging them both. When they resurfaced, she splashed him back. Then water enveloped them both as they splashed each other, faster.

"Hey, Toad." He turned to where the voice came from, and Ferb walked up to the edge of the pool. His personality was changed; he now was Toad's friend, but the rivalry was still there.

"Hey, Ferb. What brings you here?"

"Oh, you know. Just chilling. Anyway, I challenge you to a dare. I bet you a hundred coins that you can't do a double front flip corkscrew off the high dive..." As soon as the word 'coins' was mentioned, everyone stared. "With everyone watching."

"How about two hundred?"

"That can work."

"All right, then." He got up out of the pool. "You're on." The new audience let out a 'ooh' of sorts, signifying that someone was about to get busted. Toad climbed up to the high dive, about twenty feet up. He readied himself, pretending to jump off.

"Oh, come on!" proclaimed a heckler, tired of waiting. "Get on with it!"

He leapt up, executing a double front flip corkscrew, exactly as planned. But his momentum led him to keep going, doing another front flip. Midway in doing so, he was hurtling towards the rocky edge of the hot tub. Everyone gasped. However, he did manage to straighten himself in time, as he pushed off the edge, did a back flip, and ended up being caught by none other than Toadette. Cheers filled the room instantly.

"I guess you're not that mediocre after all." Ferb said to him. He gave him not two hundred coins, as planned, but much more than that. He gave him a single silver coin.

"How much is this?"

"A grand."

"A thousand coins?" Toad exclaimed, his eyes wide.

"Yep. For that epic show I just saw."

"Gee, Ferb, thanks!"

"Don't mention it." He whispered. "No, really. My friends would kill me if they found out about this." They chuckled. "I better leave." He motioned towards the locker rooms. "Better get ready for the competition."

"What competition?" Toad asked, but he was already walking away. Then a beep filled the room, from the loudspeaker.

"The Sing-Off competition is in thirty minutes! If you want to prove your ability for that special someone, get in there and sing!" The announcement ended, and Toad hastily got out of the water.

"Oh, shoot! I completely forgot! The competition!"

"You're going to enter?" Toadette replied, astonished.

"Why wouldn't I?" He rushed towards the locker rooms, but ended up slipping on the wet tile, and grabbed the wall for balance. Toadette chuckled, following him.

"Very funny." Toad called back, as they dissapeared past their blue metal doors.

To be continued...