Things were looking dire, to say the least!

Rabbid Peach left herself behind to deal with a ton of Spirits, Mario's friends AND Tom Phan.

Donkey Kong couldn't help the bros out because he's fighting another swarm of brainwashed victims.

"Kurumi... at this rate..." Shido was weary. Mario and Luigi really didn't want to use force.

A civillian grabs onto Shido's arm. He struggled a bit then heard a clock sound.

The civilian fell to the floor. As did most of the others.

"That's...!" Mario recognised it back in his battle in Raizen High. "The Time-a Eating Castle!"

"Wh-huh?!" Miku stared at the CCTV footage, showing Kurumi's smug face. "Don't tell me she's a Spirit too?! She does not seem to be taken by my performance!" Her eyes watered as she remembered. Shido wasn't affected either. "You think... I'll let you get away with this...?! If I do.. It'll be like that time again..."

Miku sharply turned around and glared at the Spirits who weren't battling with Rabbid Peach.

"Restart the performance immediately!"

Shido and Kurumi made their way inside the show stage area, along with Mario and Luigi trailing behind. The audience were asleep due to Kurumi's Time Castle.

The quartet then noticed Miku on stage.

"Miku!" Shido called out.

Mario thought for a moment. If Miku was here, surely Rabbid Peach must still be persisting...

Mario then saw her on the ground, with a tattered and dirty appearance. She took quite the beating and was also laying unconscious. Not due to the Castle. Effective reminder that those who had 'contact' with Bowser back in the Mushroom Kingdom are not affected by Spirit Power.

Luigi pulled out a mushroom with a red cap and strange eyes. "Mario!"

Mario nodded and grabbed the mushroom. Shido eyed it curiously. "Huh? What's that?!"

Mario jumped to Rabbid Peach, ignoring the presence of Shido but still talked. "It's a Mushroom! I'll-a explain after we deal with this!"

Mario forced the Mushroom into Rabbid Peach's mouth and her wounds instantly healed. She slowly got up.

Miku sighed, with her bodyguards of Spirits and wacky Mario cast standing by her side.

And of course, Tom Phan.

Miku started. "Uuuugh. What's the deal with your voices? Can you please not damage the eardrums of my Spirits or me with that dirty sound? It really is unpleasant. You're so beyond worthless, it's causing harm. Will you please shut up, you walking pieces of trash?"

"Miku! Listen!" Shido demanded. "I have to go save Tohka, the girl that was just kidnapped. So-"

"Didn't I say... TO PLEASE SHUT UP?! Gabriel! MARCH!"

A floating keyboard appeared in front of Miku as she sent power waves.

The supposedly unconscious audience slowly rose up despite the Time Castle still being present.

"Mama-mia!" Mario and Luigi said at the exact same time.

Kurumi wasn't panicking at all. "What a surprise. I didn't think mere humans could move while in my shadow."

Miku had a grin. "What do you think? Isn't it amazing?! Gabriel's power isn't just to make people adore me." She then started pressing her keyboard. "Now, I'm not gonna tell them to just CAPTURE you, no, quite the contrary! Kill those three men in front of my eyes!"

The audience turned to the three men. Shido spat.

Kurumi just giggled more. "You think you have success after doing just that? Because you sure as hell are not beating me!"

Shadows were below the audience as familiar white long hands wrapped around them, restraining the audience.

"Kurumi!" Shido barked.

"I know. I know. I won't kill them."

Suddenly, the Yamai sparked. "RAPHAEL! EL RE'EM!"

"RESPONSE: RAPHAEL, EL NAHASH!"

The Yamai fired a gust of wind at the quartet. Shido didn't jump but the Mario Bros certainly did. They jumped up high and saw the Wario Bros. charging in from the air.

"Luigi! KNOCKBACK BROS!"

Mario curled into a ball similar to a blue hedgehog* and prepared himself.

Luigi nodded. "Understood! KNOCKBACK BROS!" Luigi pulled out his hammer and knocked Ball Mario into Wario and then Waluigi, sending them backwards as the two good bros landed back next to Shido.

Shido thankfully was saved from the knockback of the Yamai thanks to an embracing Kurumi.

"Sorry, Kurumi... nice catch..."

Kurumi laughed. "Don't worry about it."

Shido looked up. "Those four.."

Kaguya was angry. "You're back again so persistently! I will definitely not go easy on you!"

Mario shrugged. "I didn't-a plan so either!"

Wario pointed. "Silence, Mario! I will take effective action against you to make you DIE!"

Clones of Kurumi raised from the ground but were instantly stopped by Yoshino's icicle spears.

"I-I won't let you!" Yoshino persisted.

Luigi actually stood his ground and thought of a rational decision. "Mario! It's time to go to war! Kurumi! You take care of the Spirits! Rabbid Peach! Deal with Tom Phan and Rabbid me! I'll handle the Wario Bros! Mario! Get the Toads!"

Mario questioned Luigi's sanity to have rational thoughts during this time, but no time for questions!

All of Kurumi's clones aimed their pistols and fired at the Spirits while Rabbid Peach charged in with her Blaster.

"I will not let you do that." Yellow Toad was furious as he pulled out a Fire Flower to disperse of Rabbid Peach.

"I won't-a let you do that!"

Mario charged in full-throttal, past the icicles and ran up to Yellow Toad.

He then uppercutted Yellow Toad in the jaw, sending a Shoryuken** that launched him backwards. "Woo-HOO!" Mario yelled.

During the middle of his jump-cycle, Blue Toad jumped up. Mario panicked... but remained calm. He planned for this. He grabbed Blue Toad by the noggin and launched him in the midst of Kurumi's bullets!

He then finally landed on the ground on his feet.

Luigi sweatdropped while clashing Wario's elbow with his hammer. "That's a bit brutal..."

"Don't-a worry!" Mario winked and did a thumbs up. "We have-a plenty of 1-Up Mushrooms!"

Kaguya and Yuzuru kept up their wind. "How annoying it is! Don't you know that you cannot win against hurricane children?!"

Kurumi prepared her trump card. "Zafkiel." And then the clock appeared behind her again.

"Now, Shido, I'll leave everyone to the battle here and you to talk to Miku! Go ahead and convince her not to interfere with Tohka's rescue." She winked as she held her pistol. "Aleph!"

And then she fired at her own forehead.

She sped past all dangers. Tom Phan tried screaming at Kurumi.

She dodged that.

Rabbid Luigi fired his rocket.

She also dodged that.

She weaved her way through the Toads' Ground Pounds and passed a bomb from Waluigi.

Not even Zadkiel's ice breath could stop her. "What is WITH you guys?!"

Kurumi sneaked up to Miku's face until she was right in front of her. She then did a thing that Rabbid Peach usually does.

She stuck her tongue out. "Bleh!"

Miku took a second to process it. She was frightened but took a step back. She inhaled.

Shido looked up at Miku. "Kurumi! She's gonna use her voice!"

Shadowy hands restrained Miku as a Kurumi clone restrained her mouth.

Miku was slowly pulled into the shadows as her muffled screams didn't help anybody.

"Kurumi! That's-!" Shido didn't get to finish his sentence as he was being pulled in too.

Kurumi looked back at Shido. "I've kept MY promise, Shido. Now find a way how to make HER promise! EeeeHEEHEHEHEHEHEHE!"

And then Shido was swallowed to leave Kurumi and Mario's friends to deal with the situation.

Miku stomped her heel. "I have nothing to discuss with you! Just what exactly IS this place?! Something gets in the way every time I use my powers! And to top it all off, I'm stuck with someone as repulsive as you!"

Shido didn't get angry. He faced her head on. "I'm sorry for tricking you. But please stop involving other people! Please release everyone-"

"Be quiet! Please shut up! Don't talk! You think I'll just talk to you after you humiliated me so?!"

"Miku... you can stay a tsundere... But please listen. Do you remember Tohka? That purple-hair girl on stage with me? I'm sure you noticed, but she's a Spirit too. She was kidnapped by a DEM wizard in the uproar. I'm going to go save Tohka right now. So, please, help me save Tohka!"

"What?!" Miku turned.

"I can't say for certain, but even with Kurumi's help, I may not stand a chance to save Tohka... But maybe if you're there, it'll somehow help out!"

Miku gritted her teeth. "I refuse! Why would I do such a thing?!"

"Miku!" Shido was getting irritated.

"I'm tired of this! I do not want to listen to you any longer! Everything you say is a LIE! You have an ulterior motive! Humans are selfish beings! They can't hold anyone so dearly!"

Flashbacks of her memories rushed inside her mind as she turned so Shido wouldn't see her tears.

Shido persisted. "Why do you reject humans? Even you were once-"

A bright light came upon the two as the dark abyss had a tiny light.

Kurumi's voice echoed. "I apologise for interrupting your little chit-chat, but we're about to reach the time limit."

"Not yet-!" They were enveloped in a white light.

And they were back to normal. The view was less than pleasant.

A destroyed show stage, a ton of Kurumi clones pierced by icicles...

Wario, Waluigi, Blue Toad, Yellow Toad, and Rabbid Luigi were laying down, defeated.

Seems like the trio did some work off-screen.

Tom Phan was the only one left floating, and even still.

"Even still..." He spoke in sing-song. "Despite my revivaaaaaal, I was unable to defeat you..."

Mario still had an ounce of energy left in him. "It's-a time for the curtains."

Mario ran up to Tom Phan and uppercutted him.

Flashy effects took place around Tom Phan as he exploded into stars.

Well, that one-episode threat is gone.

Shido looked around. "What a mess..."

Yoshino turned to Miku. "Ah! Miku!"

The Yamai also turned on Yoshino's voice and they noticed Miku laying there. They all flew to Miku.

Shido slowly got up to face Kurumi and Mario.

"I'm-a glad... Tom Phan really was a tough one... But it-a can't get any worse... Ah hah." He nervously chuckled. Something tells him he's gonna jinx himself later down the line. Well, whatever.

Kurumi bent down. "Shido. On your feet. My time is not infinite. It's about time we all depart."

Luigi nodded. He sure as hell didn't want to be here anymore!

Shido disagreed, however. "Please wait, Kurumi! Just a little more-"

He then rolled out of the way from an incoming GIANT ICICLE as it thudded and the slam effect echoed ominously in the stage.

Yep. Yoshino's still the problem. "I-I won't forgive ANY enemies of Miku!"

Kurumi crept closer to Shido. "NOW do you see our dilemma?"

Clones of Kurumi also aimed their guns at Mario and Luigi.

"H-hold on!" Shido panicked. "What about the Rabbid-"

"Zafkiel. Aleph."

They vanished from the scene.

Shido exhaled. "Sorry, Kurumi... I tried to make her promise, but I only made her mad..."

Mario was also sweating. "Tom Phan was-a no cakewalk either... It was-a outnumbering us a ton!"

Luigi then added. "So, why did you leave Rabbid Peach behind?"

Kurumi pointed out. "Well, it's simple. If I brought everyone, then we might as well be witches in medieval times."

Mario shivered.

But Kurumi continued. "I didn't think I'd hear sorry's from any of you, especially Shido. I'm so happy. Now why don't you go pat my head to make me feel even more good?"

Shido gave a nervous smile and just did as she asked.

Kurumi continued while being headpatted. "On the bright side, Miku won't go into trouble or get in our way. And even more importantly, I've made her presence aware of mine."

"That's true." Shido said while still headpatting.

"But - " She casually embraced Shido, the latter going red in the face with Mario and Luigi protesting like mad. "- you were trying to get her to join us while you were in my shadow, weren't you? That implies that my help isn't enough for you?"

"H-hey, that's..."

Mario pointed. "Kurumi! You-a better stop, or your-a waifu levels will increase to-a maximum!"

Shido's and Mario's rejections were caught off by Kurumi literally licking near his ear and speaking with her lips touching his ear. "I'm just kidding. It was a good decision to try and get Miku to join us. We don't exactly know how powerful the enemy is. But oh boy, you're really bad at lying, you know?"

"G-ghh..." Shido was blushing like MAD.

Kurumi giggled as she ran backwards to regard social distancing. "Oh, right. I DO have some news to report!" She raised her skirt like a maid. "I have found Tohka's location."

"Oh, thank goodness!" Luigi clenched his heart. "Now we can go save her! Where is she?"

Kurumi just laughed. "Of course, in the most dangerous place of all. DEM Industries Building No. 1 Of Their Japan Breach."

"..." Mario stayed silent and then spoke. "In-a other words... that ominous skyscraper."

Dramatic lightning flash at the tallest skyscraper.

"Mama-mia..." Luigi held his hat and shivered.

Ah, there's the spiky white-hair man again. The main antagonist of this story riiight next to Bowser. His name? Isaac Westcott.

"It's an honor to meet you, Princess."

He was standing, alongside Ellen, in front of a helpless Tohka in a chair.

Isaac went on. "Or should I say, Tohka Yatogami? I am Isaac Westcott from DEM Industries."

Tohka didn't say anything, just staring at him with a look of disgust and hatred.

Isaac comically turned to Ellen. "I wonder why she doesn't like me."

Ellen just went along with it. "You should of thought more on how to approach her if you wanted her to like you."

Tohka finally let loose. "Are you the one behind this?! What do you want?!"

Isaac didn't flinch. "It's simple. I want your Spirit power to turn this world upside down."

"What...!?"

"But your presence in this world is far too stable. I wonder what it'll take to make you fall down into the insanity of despair?"

"Huuh..." Tohka couldn't believe Isaac was so upfront about his plans.

"What do you think, Ellen? Physical pain is probably the fastest way, don't you think? Electric shock, oxygen removal, or heck, I might remove her nails. That all sounds fun. Maybe remove her teeth too. Or maybe remove your dignity as a woman? Don't you have friends or lovers in this world? I wonder what would happen if we killed them right in front of your eyes."

Tohka got severe trauma from a certain scene. Shido getting pierced by a bullet. She instinctively started to sweat.

Isaac grinned. "Ellen?"

Ellen immediately responded. "The one closest to her is probably Shido Itsuka, as I mentioned earlier. Runner-ups are probably Mario and those... strange rabbit things. Even with this investigation, she reacts when their names are brought up."

"I see." Isaac nodded. "Then we shall wait for him before we continue."

"Wait-!" Tohka screamed. "What do you plan to do to them?!"

Tohka was instantly surrounded by Territory and was struggling to breathe.

Isaac walked away while Ellen stayed a while. "Please behave."

She let go of the Territory and walked away with Isaac.

"Shi-do..." Tohka closed her eyes in exhaustion. The lights in the room faded.

"Yep... It's-a that tall skyscraper." Mario awed as he, Shido, Luigi and Kurumi were on a higher bridge, staring at it.

"Indeed." Kurumi also looked up. "Unfortunately, I cannot determine exactly WHERE she is in there."

"Well... if she's in there, then that's more than enough..." Shido looked up.

"So." Kurumi turned to the three. "Let's review the plan again. Once we reach the building, I will summon my clones to attack the other buildings."

Shido continued. "And by doing that, we'll lower their attack units AND lower defensive units around Tohka."

"Yep! Yep!" Kurumi folded her arms, closed her eyes and smiled.

Buuuut then there was a SPATIAL QUAKE ALARM.

All the normal humans in the city were running for shelters.

Luigi was cowering. "Oh, now what?! There can't be a Spirit now of all times?!"

"Well." Kurumi was calm about this. "That's not exactly the case. That alarm was likely set off by DEM themselves. So that can only mean one thing."

Mario's senses went off as he DIVED to tackle Luigi out of the way. Kurumi did the same with Shido. She just had a smiling face, staring at Shido before she continued. "It means they can have no witnesses to their onslaught."

The places where Luigi and Shido once were was now giant craters.

The quartet looked up to who attacked them. A robotic army. They all recognised them.

"BANDERSNATCH?!"

All the Bandersnatch units aimed their hands to attack them. They fired lasers! Kurumi was quick on her feet to dodge all of them.

Mario, on the other hand, was carrying Luigi and just BARELY jumping over the lasers. "Mama-mia! They aren't-a fooling around anymore!"

Luigi was protesting while being carried. "They weren't fooling around from the start!"

Kurumi jumped higher than Mario as she had a plan already. "Come out and play, girls!"

Clones of Kurumi flew up into the air and started violently ripping some of the units apart. They were ripping off their limbs, their eyes, as well as various other essential parts.

They all turned with an insane smile.

Meanwhile, on ground level, the trio watched with awe.

Kurumi lowered her head. "This is no time to be impressed."

They looked up into the sky to find a few hundred units staring them down.

Kurumi sighed. "Let's change the plan a little. I need you to help me take some of these down."

Everyone turned their heads to Kurumi. Her gaze and her question was directed at...

Luigi.

Kurumi kept going. "Luigi and I will stall the dolls and the Wizards. And then Shido, Mario and I will waltz right on in!"

"You're insane!" Mario shouted.

"N-no..." Luigi shook his head. "Mario... I'll do it."

Everyone turned to Luigi.

"I... I will do it! If it's to save Tohka... if it'll stop Bowser's mad power... Then I'll fight for you.. bro...!"

"Luigi, I...-"

Kurumi tapped her foot as she summoned Zafkiel. "I'd advise you make your decision quickly, Mario."

Mario stayed silent.. And then he slowly nodded, but on the verge of tears.

"I trust you, Luigi."

Gunshot as Mario, Shido and Kurumi were taken away as Luigi stared up at the hundreds of units staring him down.

"Mario trusts me, so I can't back down... even though I seriously want to... But I won't back down! I won't give up...! H-here I go..!"

He went into a battle stance.

Mario was on the verge of puking.

Shido and Kurumi stared at him. "It's fine, Mario... My other selves are telling me your brother is trying his best and surviving."

Shido held his head. "We've no time... We have to get moving NOW. We can't mope around..."

Kurumi turned to walk off. "Yes, of course. The building should be right over-"

A laser pierced through her neck and her entire head fell off!

"Aagh.." If Mario didn't puke before... He definitely did. He turned around, of course. "EEEEEUGH...?!"

THANKFULLY, that Kurumi was just a clone as it disappeared into shadows. Shido turned to the culprit while Mario was puking.

A blue-hair girl with a ponytail. Shido's real sister!

"...Mana...?!" Shido uttered her name.

"Big brooooo!" Mana tackled Shido into a hug.

Kurumi appeared out of a shadow in the wall and giggled. "What a violent welcome, as expected of Mana."

Mana aimed her blaster at Kurumi.

Kurumi, however, tilted her head. "Do you really think that little thing is going to kill me?"

"How unpleasant." Mana's tone dropped cold. "Just a little more and I would have erased that creepy smile from your face permanently."

"What an amusing thing to say! Did someone who survived by chance lose her memory from pure fear?"

Shido spoke up. "WAIT A MINUTE, YOU TWO!"

Kurumi sighed and rolled her shoulders. "Well, this is perfect. I have an unnamed matter to settle with DEM, so I'll depart now. You two should be just fine with Mana."

Shido stepped forward. "Oi, Kurumi-!"

"Rest assured, my other selves will continue their diversion. Well then. Good day!" She leaned back into her shadow and disappeared.

Mana lowered her blaster. "I don't know what agreement you three had, but this is for the best."

Mario walked up to Mana. "We're literally the-a only ones left after we-a took MAJOR damages..."

Mana grinned. "Not quite!" She pulled out two earpieces and tossed one each to Shido and Mario. They put it in and heard a VERY familiar voice.

Kotori. "Shido. Mario. Are you online?"

"Kotori! You're not brainwashed?!" They said at the same time.

"Nah... I'm fine now. I would like to apologise for any mean things I said. Apparently I told you all to 'die'... but it goes without saying I didn't mean it."

"I know." Shido nodded.

"APFPFPFPFPFP!"

Someone spat out dirt as they got up on their feet.

A certain prince of the fearsome Koopa King had just been portalled by his most loyal minion.

Bowser Jr. was on the scene.

"Eeeugh... I got dirt on myself... Yuck!"

He shook himself clean, like a dog would. He looked around. Only having his Clown Car and his current destination was the top of a giant skyscraper.

Junior looked down, trembling. He didn't want to fall off on accident... but he saw the whole city brainwashed.

"What the heck happened..."

He jumped a bit after a thunderous stomp echoed behind him. Junior gulped and backed away from the edge only to meet with something pressing on his back.

He shivered. Junior turned around and was met with a giant spiky turtle monster with a flame aura around him.

Bowser.

Or should we call him Efreet at this point? Bowser was only there in physical appearance.

Junior's voice went hoarse and wavery. "Papa...?"

Efreet's orange eyes stared down at Bowser Jr. They were VERY different to Bowser's normal red eyes.

Junior jumped up and down in happiness. "Papa! Thank goodness you see me this time! I was so scared that you punted me off the streets last time... But I understand! You were very confused about this new world! And I-"

Bowser spoke. "...shut up. Get out of my way."

Junior slowly stopped jumping and had something caught in his eye.

...Tears?

"...papa?"

The monster continued. "I punted you off once on purpose... and I can do it again."

Bowser then punched his own son off the skyscraper as Junior fell to his doom.

Bowser then looked down the edge to see Junior falling. "You're a hinderence to my goals."

He then turned and walked away.

"No. I won't accept it." Kotori refused.

"We have no other option!" Shido insisted this time. "Tohka has been KIDNAPPED! You said it yourself! DEM is a dangerous organization trying to kill Spirits!"

"You don't have to tell me that! Excuse me for trying to save my brother from entering a lion's den! You never consider yourself in the lives that need to be saved!"

"And you're telling me to just leave Tohka?!"

"That can wait until after we make preperations-"

"THAT'LL TAKE TOO LONG! Kurumi's stalling the wizards for us NOW. We won't have another chance like this. We need to go NOW. Kotori! LISTEN! I PROMISE TO BRING TOHKA BACK!"

"Oh, fine!" Kotori slammed her hands onto the chair. "It's not like you'll listen anyway!"

"...I suppose you know me too well."

"...I haven't been your little sister all this time for nothing. Alright. Listen up. That building will probably jam our signal. All we can do in Fraxinus is provide support from outside."

"Yeah, that's more than enough. I'll have Mario and I enter the building. It'll be easy."

Mario turned his head. "Oi, don't-a set off flags..."

Kotori chuckled. "Honestly, the amount of stuff that we little sisters have to put up with."

Mana turned, also laughing. "Then again, I wouldn't accept a big brother who'd turn tail at a time like this."

They started to walk towards the building.

Kotori continued the plan. "I won't allow you to do a half-assed job. The plan will only be a success if Tohka is brought back safe and you and Mana are still alive. Mario is a bonus."

Mario rolled his eyes. "I didn't get-a Isekai'd to this world to get-a bullied."

Someone noticed Bowser Jr. laying on the ground. The figure rushed up to the young prince and checked his pulse.

He was still breathing.

"Thank hell he's still alive..." The figure sighed. The figure in question was a blue-robed wizard. Kamek again.

He pulled out his wand to heal the young prince. "Even when I take him to a safe skyscraper... He's not safe. I think it's time to bring him to a whole 'nother location."

Kamek really focused his magic to open up a portal and set Bowser Jr. inside, closing the portal.

"Please, be safe in there... Oh, that's..." Kamek turned and noticed someone VERY familiar.

A plumber in a red hat.

The trio finally arrived at the entrance, Mana using Territory to block falling debris from the battle of Bandersnatch, Kurumi and Luigi.

Mario couldn't see Luigi, but he knew he was trying his damn hardest.

"We're almost there, you two. Just gotta go in there..."

"Yeah..." Shido looked up. "But with such a large location, I can't help but feel a bit nervous."

Mana activated another Territory.

"Eh?" Mario looked around. "Mana?"

Lasers were fired at the trio with large explosions following it.

Mario and Shido were knocked back. The former jumped onto his feet to see a weapon.

"That's-a the same vehicle Origami was-a piloting!"

The unknown figure spoke. "You sure know a lot. But unfortunately, this is the more powerful version."

That brown-hair woman again. Jessica. Told you she was important!

She fired missiles at Mana, which Mana dashed away from. Mana then dived back in to clash with Jessica as they went up into the air.

"MANA!" Shido yelled.

"SHIDO!" Mario yelled back. "We have-a no time!"

Shido got up on his feet and ran for the entrance.

Mario, after stalling and hesitating by looking up at the battle, ran after Shido.

But then Mario was knocked back by yet another figure. Shido didn't notice and ran straight into the facility.

"Ghhh...!" Mario scratched his behind in pain and looked at the figure who dared stop him. And then his eyes shrunk in horror.

A blue-robed magician that was flying in a broom.

"...Kamek...?"

The Magikoopa laughed. "Kehehehehe! I didn't expect you of all people to be here, Mario!"

He clenched his fist.

But Kamek was furious. "But what I did expect was the beatdown you gave to Lord Junior!"

...Then he eased his fist. "Huh? What are you-a talking about?"

"Denying it. Like a true monster you are, Mario."

"Get out of my-a way! I need to help Shido right-a now, Kamek!"

Kamek laughed again. "Keheheh! Or else what? Lord Bowser's orders were still to destroy you. Even if I question his current rules, I still respect Lord Bowser."

He threatened with his wand.

"Even if we're all Isekai'd to this world, I'll blast you back to the Mushroom Kingdom!"

Mario smirked. "I know. You don't need to tell-a me that. Well, if it's a battle you-a want..."

He entered his true battle stance.

"Let's-a-go!"

These chapters are getting longer and longer each time. Maybe the next one will be very short because it'll be nearly an entire Mario-focused chapter.

*Sonic

**Street Fighter