Paper Mario X
Chapter 36: Yo She's Found!
Mario explored with Sushie, and Parakarry located another letter in a tree. Samus remarked about how he wasn't such a good mailman, and he glared, even though it was likely to be true. Link stayed as far from Sushie as he could get -and everyone made sure of that. Mario took everyone back to the previous area, and they went to Spear Guy's little island. Mario let Link remove his anger out on the guy (which made Sushie freak out), and he hit the red block it was guarding. Mario equipped the Power Quake badge and carried on. Kirby frantically pointed out a purple Yoshi in a tree, but the weren't able to reach it. Instead, they swam to the west.
Swimming in another pond, Samus pointed out a Super Block. Link didn't want Sushie to get it, but at the same time neglected the idea of Goombario powering up. Who did he hate more…? That was no contest. They took down a Spear Guy with some back up, went over a few branch bridges, and Link tossed Goombario into the swamp before he could hit the Super Block. He could be heard sobbing underwater as Sushie gained the power of a Super rank. He sputtered back to shore with Link laughing.
"I feel better now," he stated. Goombario grunted.
"Are you not mad at me anymore?" Sushie hoped. Link squinted at her. "Still very mad at you." Sushie sagged.
They headed northbound, and there was even more water.
"What kind of an island with a volcano has so much water?" Samus pondered.
"It's one of the many wonders of the world…" Sushie sighed.
"Another wonder is how Goombario is still alive!" Link remarked.
Goombario scowled. Kirby wanted to go down an east path, but Mario had better instincts than Kolorado and Kirby. He sailed across to a big slab of land with another Spear Guy patrolling it. Mario and Sushie, Link and Bombette, Kirby and Bow, and Samus and Kooper took the guy, and three jungle Fuzzies, down.
"All right Mario! There's nothing here!" Kirby observed, raising his small hand for a smug high-five. Mario shook his head and parted some bushes, revealing a pipe hidden in them. He smirked to Kirby as he went down.
"Dark! Dark! Someone get Watt!" Goombario wailed. Mario sighed and swapped Sushie for Watt. He turned her on and found out they were in a cavern of some sort. Looking up, they discovered a crying baby Yoshi on top of a rock. Sushie and Mario quickly hopped up there to rescue him. He stopped crying when he saw Sushie.
"There was this flower than spun around and I thought it was way cool so I got on it. And then I spun around and around in the air and flying and then I ended up here!" the green Yoshi explained. "I didn't know how I got here. It was so dark…and scary…and I couldn't find a way out. Thanks for coming to get me out of here. I can see how to get out now, so I'm going straight home."
The Yoshi left them, bumping Mario in the process. He let go of Watt, tumbled over Goombario, and fell off the edge. Link tried to help Mario, but ended up stepping on Goombario who screamed and made Kooper have a heart attack and run face first into the pipe.
"Where's Watt?" Kirby echoed.
"I simply can't take anymore of the dark!" Bow cried.
"Maybe it's not so bad…"
"Don't try any moves Kirby!"
"Darn it!"
"I found her!"
"OW! That's ME you moron!"
"How could that hurt you Samus? You're in a suit…"
"Why is everyone commenting about my suit! I could obliterate all of you with the press of a button you know!…HEY! I hear your footsteps! Get back here!"
"WATT!"
"I'm…um, over here!"
"WHERE! I can't see-oomph! KOOPER!"
"I'm not Kooper!"
"Sorry Parakarry. Why are you on the ground?"
"I was searching for a letter! A postman's work is never done…"
"In the dark with everyone hunting down Watt? You're really stupid."
"I know mail-ital arts!"
"I'm shaking. Are you going to stamp me or SEND me away? I bet it's a package deal! Ba hah ha ha hee!"
"…shut up Link."
"I'll letter know! Ha!"
Finally, after 15 minutes of fighting, tripping, pain, crying, bad jokes, and darkness, Mario regained consciousness from his fall and grabbed Watt, who was floating by him the whole time. When Watt lit up the room, she showed everyone they were right by the pipe and could've gotten out.
"…wow."
"We are so stupid…"
"We never speak of this again."
"Agreed."
They awkwardly exited out of the pipe with Mario too flabbergasted to do anything. Kirby begged to go east, but Mario ignored him and went west down the water way. After cutting a bridge out of a stump, they found a light blue Yoshi kid bawling on the ground. Kirby didn't bother looking at the smirking Mario. He turned his attention to the young one.
"Wuh-wuh-Waaa! Sniff, sniff…We were playing hide and seek. I had to be "it" but I couldn't find anyone at all. I was wandering around, and then I got lost," he sobbed. He faced Sushie. "You were right Sushie. The jungle's really scary. Thanks for coming all the way out here to find me…I'll be a good boy from now on and listen to you…Mario, will you be "it" for hide and seek instead of me? I'm going home now!" He ran off, somehow getting home without a Cheep Cheep.
"Now we can go the way I said we could go…" Kirby huffed, ushering them all toward the waterway and back onto some shore. He literally pushed everybody down his path…and into a Spear Guy.
"Nice one Kirby…" Kooper whispered as he clutched his stomach.
"So impatient!"
They took down the guy with a cranky Kirby as Mario chopped down another tree. In the distance, they could see a statue like one they saw in the village. Samus heard something rustle and instantly aimed her gun in the direction of the sound. In the same second, a jungle Fuzzy was twitching on a tree, apparently hit with something. Everyone glared at her but she defended with the fact she couldn't resist. Link rolled his eyes and told Sushie to paddle south, to another piece of land.
"You guys are heavy!" she wheezed.
"It must be all the Shrooms…"
"Well lay off!"
"Is that snoring?"
Everyone quit bickering and listened. There was a soft snoring in the breeze. Kirby looked up in a tree and found the purple Yoshi he noticed earlier. He smacked the trunk with the end of his hammer a few times and the child plummeted out of the tree.
"Ugh…morning."
Everyone:?
"Hey, it's Mario! What's the matter with you? You were looking for me? Oh? Sushie too? We were playing hide and seek and I got really sleepy. I figured I'd take a nap here. There's nothing to wory about. The jungle's not so bad. I am starting to get a little bit lonely though, so maybe I ought to head back home. Bye now!" The Yoshi disappeared. Bombette started to play with the red and black flower and Link gently tugged on her braid.
"What? I'm having fun!" she protested.
"We might be helping out, but we're still wasting time! I can't have you lollygagging either!"
"you…are impossible!" Bombette grumbled as if she had her arms folded.
Sushie called for them to come on as Mario knocked another tree down. The log led to where they began. Link kicked some dirt and cursed. They retraced their steps back to the northern part, swam to the east side, and went down the east path. A cry of help rang out.
"Yeeeeeekkkkk! Somebody help me!"
Everyone shrieked at he sight. A Yoshi kid was stuck between two Putrid Piranha. They were snapping at the crying child.
"YAHHHH! I'm so scared!"
"That's just plain cruel…" Link grunted as the Piranhas lunged at the group. Mario bonked the first with his hammer and Sushie used her squirt move. They both took a snap at Mario.
"Mario might be a battle hog, but don't bite him!" Link scoffed while performing a sword slash. The first plant was defeated. Bombette waddled over to the second and detonated. Another 5 was taken, but it was still alive. It appeared in front of Link and breathed out in his face. Link stumbled at the poisonous gas. The plant seemed to chuckle. Kirby made a face at that as he swung his hammer into the side of the piranha's head. That drained the last little bit of HP it had. Bow congratulated Kirby and he attempted to make a muscle.
"They just don't make these things any easier…" Kirby sighed while standing in a heroic pose. Bow faced palmed while everyone else groaned. The yellow Yoshi finally got it together.
"Wuh-waaa! Are they all gone? I thought those things were going to eat me right up! Thanks for saving me Mario! I'll do whatever Sushie tells me to do from now on. I don't even want to do bad things anymore. I just wanna be a good boy. I'm going home now. Bye!"
Once the Yoshi scurried off, Samus moaned. "Only one more to hunt down. Then we can get back to business."
"But we've checked everywhere!" Kooper cried.
"There's gotta be some place!" Parakarry retorted.
Eventually, they ended up on a dock they've been on before, but this time they could pick up some faint crying.
"The Yoshi!"
Everyone looked in the bushes in the area. Goombario's bush was actually an M bush again. He wailed, but no one helped him. Finally, Bow found the child behind a flamboyant green one. He was bawling away, but quit after he saw Bow's face. Sushie quickly hopped over.
"Aii! That was so scary! We were playing hide and seek and there was this weird plant and it trapped me here!" the small red Yoshi blubbered. "Sushie was right…we should've just stayed inside the village to play hide and seek. We should've obeyed her. Thanks for coming to get me. I'm going home now…"
Sushie was touched. "They learned their lesson!"
"Great. Now that this story has a happy ending, let's get back on track," Link urged.
"About time! I can't take anymore of this murky water! Ew…" Bow complained.
Kirby tried to dry her off, but was smacked away. He frowned while Samus pulled him back toward the village.
Kolorado was standing in front of the tree with the ravens. Link and Kooper were surprised to see him still alive, but shook it off.
"Where'd the chief go?" Watt asked.
"I think he's in the other part of the village…" Bombette replied. Mario and the crew found him in the center island next to the same statue they noticed in the jungle. They all dashed over to tell him they were done.
"I just want to get this over with!" Samus groaned.
"I just want to save my best friend!" Link snarled.
"I just want a snack! Seriously! When was the last time we ate?" Kirby whined.
"Mario, I must thank you. You have saved the children of our village. I feel that no expression of our gratitude could be enough. You truly are a hero. We appreciate your valor. At least, I can do this…You still wish to go to Mt. Lavalava don't you?"
"Yes your lord! YES!" Link let out.
"I have remembered a good way to reach the volcano. Please come this way."
The chief waddled to the statue and began to fidget with something. "Huh? I thought it was…somewhere around here…Oh yes. I found it. Here it is. Take it, please…"
Mario took the object from his hands and stared at it.
"Whoa…a Jade Raven…" Link gasped.
"It's beautiful!" Bow gaped.
"Just like you!" Kirby tried. Bow rolled her eyes, even though Kirby knew that's what she did when she blushed.
"Score!" Kirby added mentally.
"What…is it? What does it do?" Samus asked.
"Whenever events beyond our control occur on this island, we ask the help of Raphael the Raven, the island's master. If anyone can help you reach the volcano, it's Raphael the Raven. He lives in the depths of this island. If you place that Jade Raven in the statue of Raphael, the way into the depths of the jungle will appear…" Chief explained. "I haven't been to see Raphael since I was a young Yoshi. I remember it was incredibly difficult to find him because the jungle's trees and shrubs covered the way. I'm sure you'll find the path. May all your wishes come true."
"Wait just one minute!" Sushie paused. "Why in the world would you want to go to Mt. Lavalava? I'm sorry, but I can't keep my mouth shut when I hear someone talking crazy."
Samus, Kirby, Bow, Bombette, Kooper, Parakarry, Watt, and Mario had to hold Link back from turning Sushie into…sushi.
"We already told you stupid fish! You sent Sonic up there, and that's where he is going to be burned to death!" Link roared.
"It's VERY hot and VERY dangerous in that volcano! If you aren't extremely careful and extremely lucky, you'll be roasted to a golden brown!"
"THEN WHY WOULD YOU SEND SONIC UP THERE! ?"
"LINK! Good God!"
"I think I have some soap somewhere..."
"But you don't care! You guys are going up there anyway! I do NOT approve of this!"
"I don't approve of you sending Sonic to his doom either!"
"I'm sorry I sent him up there, but the volcano didn't get active until he entered! I don't want anyone else taking chances unless it's necessary!"
Mario then gently explained that they were also trying to save a few girls from Bowser. Sushie suddenly became touched, and caved in. Link screamed at that, caring about saving the kidnapped but not about his about-to-die best friend? Samus and Mario gripped him tighter while Kirby smacked him across the face. He sighed, and glared at Sushie.
"Then there's no time to waste!" Link concluded, raising his sword to the sun. "We need to get to the volcano as soon as possible!"
"I'm with ya there Link!" Kirby agreed.
"I just want to get off this island! Too much green!" complained Samus.
Mario agreed and everyone put their hands in the middle. Sonic would be saved. No matter what the cost.