Chapter 5.0: Time to Shake It Up!

Alboort sat in his seat at the Mario Baseball tournament. Also in the row were Ashley, Red, Toadsworth, Wendy, Iggy, Ludwig, Roy, and Funky Kong. Funky and Roy were chomping down peanuts and popcorn. Iggy and Ludwig were preforming baseball algorithmic calculations. Wendy was sitting idly, blowing and popping her bubblegum repetitively. Red and Toadsworth were jumping near the rails, rooting on the Peach Monarchs. Ashley was quietly examining one of her many spellbooks.

After looking down the row, Alboort nodded and flipped open his laptop. He clicked on his cyber-journal icon and started typing.

Things have been going well, but ever since that close call in Donkey Kong Country, the gang decided to lay low for a while.

Of course, a while to Waluigi means about an hour. He suggested that our team join the current baseball tournament. We've played pretty strong during our first game, but our team seems to be getting a little heady. I admit, I think it's a nice opportunity for the gang to unwind, but I've never been much of a sports man. The team seems to think we'll make the top of the heap th-

Alboort paused as he noticed the bottom of his screen flashing. He clicked on his e-mail icon, and a message came up with an icon that looked like a fusion between a Christmas elf and a woodpecker at the top. He adjusted his glasses and started reading.

Help! Please help!

Our queen, Merelda, has been kidnapped by the Shake King! He said he was taking her to some sort of Pirate-Palooza on his ship! Oh, this is terrible! Please, Team Waluigi! We need help!!!!!

Alboort blinked a couple times. "My, what a brief message." He scratched his head a bit. "However, saving a queen and looting from a king should be profitable. Hey, Wal-" He turned to the seat beside him to see it was empty. He turned to Ashley. "Pardon me, Ashley, but where's Waluigi?"

Ashley shrugged. "He said he was going down to the see Wario or something." She stuck her nose deeper into her book. "Let's see. For a homerun potion, would that be one baseball in the brew for the game or for each hit?"

Alboort jumped up, nearly dropping his laptop. "Wario!?"

Ashley looked up blandly at the Boo. "Yeah. I don't know why, but he decided to go down to the captains' lounge to see if he could find the fat guy."

Alboort hopped out of his chair. "Thank you." He floated away quickly.

It wasn't long until Alboort found the captain's lounge. Finding it unlocked, he burst into the room.

Waluigi and Wario were laughing over a couple cans of soda.

Wario grabbed his gut as he almost fell out of his chair. "So that's why the big ape hasn't made it to the competition." He sat up and quieted his laughter. "Too bad. He's one of the few opponents worth going against."

Waluigi snickered. "Yeah, I know. It's ridiculous, but it's true."

Wario belched. "Is it also true that you guys beat Bowser? Everyone's talking about it."

Waluigi nodded. "You bet, Fatlard. Wasn't that hard either."

Alboort approached the two. "Um, not to be a bother, but what's going on?"

Waluigi and Wario turned to see the Boo. The purple-clad man pointed at the yellow-clad one. "Well, it turns out that Fatlard here was a little smarter thanwhe thought."
"The Beanpole's right." Wario gave a satisfied smile. "I admit that I don't trust much anybody, but I was smart enough to get some insurance for my company." He spun around in his chair, laughing. "And thanks to you guys robbing me, not only am I richer than before, I got a new and improved security system for free and a chance to sue the Diamond City Police Department."

Alboort swallowed lightly. "Well, so does that mean that you aren't going to attack us?"

Waluigi laughed heinously. "Please, me and the Fatlard get into a lot of arguments, but let's face it, we have short tempers."

Wario nodded. "I might attack the Beanpole one minute, then it's all party after the outrage."

Alboort swallowed again and adjusted his glasses. "Well, I'm glad to hear that." He turned to Waluigi. "Speaking of parties, we've been invited to another one, and we need to go to it, now!"

Waluigi held his chin. "Party? Whose party?"

Alboort opened up his laptop and showed the message to the two dastardly men.

Wario grinned. "Shake King, huh?" He turned to Waluigi. "Well, after beating me, you better pop that guy a fair one in the chin for me, because I'm going to kill you if you lose."

Waluigi stood up. "You better smack the Green Bean in the nose with a baseball for me, then. It sounds like I'm out of here!" Her walked towards the door.

Wario laughed. "Just watch out for Captain Syrup on your way there. She's a wily one, and wouldn't give a second thought to robbing you blind."

Alboort and Waluigi waved back at the fat plumber and walked out of the lounge.

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Okay, again, I realize Waluigi is a Mario World character. However, he is associated to Wario, so Wario's worlds should be fair game for a Waluigi game. Besides, Wario characters need more attention.

Shake King also kind of continues the chain of stealing from evil kings, giving Waluigi a sort of twisted Robin Hood image. Instead of "Steal from the rich, and give to the poor", it's "Steal from the rich and give to me."

Also, I realize that Merelda and Shake King are from the Shake Dimension, but let's not make things complicated. Okay?

Anyways, enjoy and review.