Author's Note: In this chapter, I felt like introducing you guys to Bowser's castle. Since I am finally approaching the epic battle of Baby Bowser, I think it would be nice to see the kind of things that goes on in Bowser's castle.

Hope you enjoy the chapter!

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Chapter 35: Ride the Ski Lift

"Why couldn't we be in some warm tropical climate? But NOOOOOOO! We have to be in this stupid cold!" nagged Shino as he treaded through the deep snow.

His entire body shivered from the gust of wind that blew from the North. Despite such cold weather, the sun shone brightly from the sky, but the snow reflected the sunlight causing Shino's eye to strain. His hands covered his eyes from the harsh sunlight, but that only made his vision worse as he can only see what is below him. Shino accidentally tripped over something.

"Who did that?!" roared Shino assuming that it was someone's foot. Shino's eyes slowly focused on the ground. He saw that it was a snowball. He looked at the snowball and kicked it.

The ball rolled down a small hill causing the snow ball to become bigger and bigger. The ball rammed everything that crossed its path until it came to a halt on top of a small hill. The ball rolled backwards and it rammed Shino.

"Where did this ball come from!" cried out Shino, "who ever left that snowball there is gonna die!"

"Attack!" yelled a young Shyguy. Suddenly, a large group of Shyguys surrounded Shino. They threw snowballs at him until Shino and the baby were completely covered in snow.

Shino emerged from the snow and held a snowball in his hand. He glared at the group of the Shyguys.

"What are you gonna do with that snow ball? Kill us!" taunted a red Shyguy.

"You're gonna pay for that!" roared Shino.

Shino was buried in more snow from the Shyguys' shower of snowballs. Shino shook the snow off his body.

"I refuse to-"

Shino was pelted with more snowballs.

"I refuse to…" said Shino in a much weaker tone until he was pelted with more snowballs. Shino popped out of the mountain of snow he was covered in.

"Can I ever finish my sentence!" snapped Shino, "I refuse to be-"

A Shyguy tossed a snowball at Shino's face. Shino countered that snowball with an even bigger snowball he made from the snow he was buried in. The giant snowball knocked the Shyguy into the snow. For some reason, the Shyguy stopped breathing.

"You actually killed someone with a snowball!" cried out a Shyguy.

Shino gave a surprised looked and rushed to the Shyguy that collapsed on the snow.

"Whoa, I really did. I didn't know I had it in me," said Shino.

"You are a murderer," gasped a Shyguy.

"Do you want me to shove that snowball up your throat!" snapped Shino.

All of the Shyguys backed away from the angry Yoshi. Shino continued to threaten the Shyguys with the snowball until they are about 20 feet from the Yoshi.

"That is more like it," said Shino menacingly, but he couldn't help but wonder: was it even possible to kill someone with a snowball?

Shino dropped the snowball and kicked it. The snowball grew to the size of Shino's body by the time it dropped to the bottom of a small hill. Shino walked up to the snowball and pushed it up the hill until he couldn't push it any farther. He jumped on top of the snowball and continued his path from there.

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Kamek was in his room staring at the crystal ball. He finished setting the traps in Sluggy's Castle so he was able to return to Bowser's castle before the Toadies returned to cause more chaos.

He used the crystal ball to scroll through each of the Yoshis that are helping Baby Mario, especially the Blue Yoshi and Yellow Yoshi. They are the ones who usually beat Kamek's minions to a pulp. He can see their every movement, but only one by one. It was quite common for Kamek to spy on a Yoshi while the other Yoshi is trying to grab the baby.

Kamek slammed his face onto the desk.

"I finally know how the Toadies feel," mumbled Kamek, "I got to do something other than stare at my crystal ball."

Kamek rose from his seat and walked out of the room. He stood in the middle of the long hallway, looking for a place to go. Kamek knew all of the rooms by heart, but he is not used to leaving his room without a broomstick to carry him.

His stomach growled.

"I might as well try out some of the food in the cafeteria," said Kamek to himself.

He waved his magic wand and teleported to the cafeteria. Once Kamek appeared at the entrance of the cafeteria, all of the Koopas and minions ceased movement. Kamek walked to the line of the cafeteria in the eerie silence that suddenly haunted the room.

The Koopas and minions were not used to Kamek's presence ever since the rumor spread. When Kamek picked up a spoon, the entire room gasped.

"It's just a spoon!" cried out Kamek as he waved his spoon to show it to the minions.

"Oh my god, is that some kind of raping device!" cried out a Koopa.

"What does a spoon has to do with…you guys are sick!" roared Kamek, "I am going to cut all of your payment if you continue to mock me!"

"Sorry man. It's just that I actually thought you were a-"

"Don't you dare finish that sentence! Just continued eating your stupid lunch and let me be in peace,"

Kamek looked at the selection of food that was available buffet style. He grabbed a chicken leg and some rice and sat on an empty seat. Before Kamek had a chance to take a bit of his chicken, he heard the cafeteria door slam open.

"Leave me alone you stupid Toadies!!" roared Kamek, but the ones that were on the door were not the Toadies, but it was baby Bowser.

"I am so sorry Prince Bowser!" cried out Kamek once he realized that it was the young prince of the Koopa Kingdom.

Suddenly, Bowser burst into tears.

"You call me stoopwed," sobbed Baby Bowser.

"Is that how you treat a little kid?" said a Koopa guard.

Kamek grabbed Baby Bowser and rocked him.

"Do I look like the fatherly type!" snapped Kamek.

No you do not. Not at all," responded a guard.

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Shino walked through the snowy terrain until he spotted a strange object from a distance. He allowed his eyes to focus on that object until he was able to see that it was a ski lift. Shino continued to walk straight, apparently heading towards the ski lift.

"Hey there Yoshi, would you like to ride the ski lift?" asked a Shyguy that Shino completely ignored.

Shino continued to walk straight until he realized he couldn't go any farther. A large gap blocked the path. The only way for Shino to cross the huge gap is to ride the ski lifts. Shino walked back to the Shyguy.

"So would you like to ride the ski lift for a fair price of 150 coins?" offered the Shyguy.

"No I would not like to ride thee ski lift for a fair of a price of 150 coins!" retorted Shino.

Shino grabbed the Shyguy and tossed him of a cliff.

Ha ha! You failed to realize that I am a Flyguy! Get it? I'm fly! A guy that is fly and I fly? Oh I crack-"

Shino tossed a snowball at the 'Flyguy's' propeller causing the Flyguy to fall to its demise. Shino hopped onto one of the ski lifts and continued on.

"He's breathing!" cried out a Flyguy who was carrying a weak Shyguy, the same Shyguys Shino almost killed. "He only had an asthma attack,"

Shino felt very tempted to toss a snowball at those Shyguys, but he had to control himself. Would Sirius really appreciate him if he were to act up?

"Boggety boggety!" cried out Carl in front of Shino.

Shino shrieked, but he quickly grabbed a snowball and slammed it onto Carl's face.

"I'm blind!" cried out Carl as he flew in random directions, searching for his partners.

"I can't believe Carl did it!" exclaimed Bob, "you owe me 25 coins Mitch!"

"I admit, I didn't know Carl was able to do it, especially with the Yoshi that needs anger management," said Mitch.

"I do not need anger management!" snapped Shino. He grabbed more snowballs and began to toss it at the Toadies.

"Run away!" shouted Bob.

"Wait for me!" exclaimed Carl, who tried to remove the snow from his eyes.

Shino spotted the row of trees where Sapphira stood and waited. Sapphira spotted Shino and waved her hands to signal Shino.

"Yeah, yeah, I see you Sapphira," said Shino as he jumped off the ski lifts and landed right in front of Shino.

"Nice entrance," commented Sapphira.

"Thanks. Well here is the baby that is needed to be sent to Sirius. Have you seen her?" asked Shino.

"Yes I've seen her with Edward and Sapphira,"

"No, curse you Edward! If you dare touch her even a teenie bit, I am gonna beat the crap out of you!" shouted Shino.

"Even if it was a handshake?" asked Sapphira.

"That is even worse!" shouted Shino.

"How's a handshake terrible. There can be worse than handshakes,"

"You're right…a hug,"

"That's not what I'm talking about Shino,"

"Then what could you be-"

Shino's eyes grew big all of a sudden.

"Darn it Sapphira, you have such a dirty mind,"

"I wasn't thinking anything dirty. You're the one with the dirty thought. Now you made me think of it,"

"Think of what?"

The two Yoshis stood silent for a moment. They had no clue what they were talking about the whole time.

"Hey wait, since you're her best friend and all, can you tell me what does Sirius like!" exclaimed Shino enthusiastically.

"Of course Shino! Well, her favorite color is yellow-"

"Obviously,"

"And she likes strawberries and kiwis,"

"Go on,"

"She told me that she have always dreamed of traveling outside the island,"

"Okay, that is too much. Something smaller,"

"But she told me if that someone were to take her out of this island, she would love them to the end of time. Not even death could stop her from loving that person."

"Please Sapphira! Something easier!"

"Fine she likes chocolate,"

"That is more like it. Where can I get some chocolate?"

"The underground Shyguy city,"

"Yippe!" shouted Shino as he burst into speed and jumped into a nearby warp pipe. Sapphira looked at the baby and smiled.

"I missed you so much. Are you ready?" said Sapphira to the baby.

The baby remained silent.

"Let's go!"

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Who doesn't like chocolate? XD

Color of the Day: Red

"Red is the Color of Patience." Shino?!? Oh puh-lease! Well he is definitely patient for one thing: wait for Sirius to love him. Shino can have patience under certain one circumstance: no one pisses him off. XD

Patience is one of the seven heavenly virtue. In World 5, I will be analyzing the good quality of the Yoshi!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Snowballs fights are fun, if you are not such a crazy thrower!! XD