The pipe from the desert leads the heroes back to Townsville... except that they were near a private harbor with a lake full of boats. This looks like a really nice place to cool off right after a hard day of exploring a pyramid.
"Huh, this must be Townsville's private Harbor," Luigi says.
"It's the same old Townsville," says Buttercup, "it just has a secret harbor. With boats and stores, and good old Malt's Shop... this harbor's got all the things you'd want."
"Yeah, the harbor is a great place to unwind," Blossom agrees. Then she points to a spot on the harbor. "This looks like a good place to sit!"
"It does look like a good spot. Let's set up right here," Mario suggests.
He places a towel down while Luigi gets the sandwiches from the brothers' picnic from earlier out of his pockets.
"I'll get the ice cream," Buttercup says as she flies down to the shop.
"I'll get the chips!" Bubbles exclaimed, flying with Buttercup.
"And I'll get the drinks!" Blossom said, catching up with her sisters. "Wait for me girls!"
"I got the hot dogs," Mario called out to the girls. "And Luigi's got sandwiches!"
"Only one of the best sandwiches around," Luigi tells his older brother with a smirk. Mario only rolls his eyes.
"Bro please. I can beat you in a sandwich making contest any day."
"Ha ha, I'd like to see you try some time!"
A few minutes later, the girls came back with the drinks, chips and ice cream. It's about time! I was about to die from hunger, Mario thought.
"I didn't know what ice cream you liked, so I just got you and Luigi chocolate," Buttercup says giving the ice cream to Mario and Luigi.
"How'd you know that's my favorite flavor?" Luigi asked in amazement. "I LOVE chocolate!"
"I like all flavors," Mario said, "buuuut I'd say chocolate's one of my top 3 favorite flavors."
"Yay! I'm a lucky guesser!" Buttercup cheers.
"This sandwich is really good! And so is this hot dog!" Bubbles says.
"Glad you like 'em!" Mario exclaimed. This sure is a fine picnic indeed.
Luigi suddenly gets a camera and starts taking pictures of Mario and the girls. Buttercup and Mario weren't ready but Blossom and Bubbles were. Then he points the camera towards himself and tells us, "Say cheese!"
The others do as they were told and the picture shows the two brothers' arms slung around each other, Mario giving out a peace sign, Buttercup sticking her tongue out, Bubbles doing a cute pose and Blossom's hand on his shoulder and her other giving out a thumbs up. This will definitely be a moment to remember.
After the heroes finished eating our food, they sat on the edge of the dock and put their feet in the water. Ahh... that feels nice, Blossom thought. It felt so much better than the time the Powerpuff Girls got so many sunburns under the sun they couldn't even do anything. That was the worst experience of their lives.
"Man, this reminds me of the time I went to Delfino Island," Mario mentioned.
"Really? You did?" Blossom said. Mario nodded. "What happened?"
"Ah well... Princess Peach and I were having a nice time until things got a bit out of hand."
"Did ya fight a monster?" Buttercup asked.
"I did: Two of them actually," Mario explains. "Bowser and his son, Bowser Jr. Bowser wanted Peach for his family vacation so he got Bowser Jr. to disguise himself as Shadow Mario and framed me for messing up the island. I mean I JUST got here at the time this took place!"
"Oh no! What happened during the framing incident?" Bubbles said.
"The piantas arrested me without any reason and put me in jail. They never gave me a chance to explain! But I got a chance to escape jail and nobody ever noticed."
"Ha ha, smooth move Mario," Buttercup claims. Mario chuckles and Blossom rolls her eyes.
"So anyway, the pinatas made me clean up the mess that Shadow Mario had made," Mario continues, "and they let me off scot free. This is also where I got F.L.U.D.D. When I got finished cleaning up the mess, I went over by a statue to talk to Peach, but Shadow Mario just kidnapped her on top of Corona Mountain. That's where I had to go save her from the Bowser family and what not."
"I saw that whole thing on the news!" Luigi said. "You did good bro."
"Aww thanks," Mario bashfully said.
"Wait wait wait. About FLUDD... can he spray love and joy?" Bubbles asked.
"Ugh Bubbles..." Buttercup said.
"He can talk and he can spray water," Mario answers.
"What does F.L.U.D.D stand for?" Blossom asked.
"Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device."
"Is it like a jet pack?" Buttercup asks.
"Yes! It can go at turbo speed like a rocket and it can glide through platforms."
"Well... you know what it can't do?"
Everyone looks at Buttercup with a puzzled expression as she stands up.
"CANNONBAAAAAAAAAAALL!" She then jumps in the water and splashes the four of them. Her sisters shriek. Mario jumps back and Luigi screams.
"Buttercup!" Blossom exclaimed. She looks at the pink clad with a stubborn expression. "...Take THIS!" She jumps in the water and splash Buttercup with the water.
"Hey no fair!" Buttercup says, splashing her sister back. They giggle as they splash each other in the water. Mario and Luigi chuckle as they watch the two girls and Bubbles looks curious.
Mario and Luigi give each other a mischievous glance.
"Hey Bubbles. You ready?" Mario says.
"Huh? Ready for what?" Bubbles asks. Mario and Luigi snicker a little.
"You'll see," Luigi says in a sing-song voice. Mario grabs Bubbles' left arm and Luigi grabs the other arm. Then they start to swing her three times.
"One... Two..." Bubbles starts to giggle, oblivious to what they're doing.
"THREE!" They throw her in the water and Bubbles shrieks in joy. And SPLASH! Bubbles is in with her sisters and starts laughing. Mario and Luigi start to laugh too.
"Aren't you guys gonna get in?~" Bubbles asks curiously.
"Nah, we're gonna sit this one out," Mario says.
"Besides, what if there's MONSTERS?" Luigi asks.
"Actually, there are some monsters," Buttercup says, "but they're not so bad."
Luigi breathes a sigh of relief.
"Now we gotta get Mario and Luigi in there," Blossom said.
"But how?" Bubbles asks.
"Oh I got a good one," Buttercup says with a smirk. She gets out of the water and gets behind the two brothers.
"Hey Mario, Luigi, there's a nice monster there waiting to be beaten up!" Buttercup says in a sing song voice. Mario gets in a ready position and looks around.
"WHAT? WHERE?!" Luigi asks in fright while looking around.
Buttercup then shoves them in the water and gets back in. The girls laugh about what just happened and Mario just gives her a high five at what she's done. Then he notices some surfboards behind the dock.
"Let's do a little surfin'," Mario says.
"Heck yeah! Gotta warn ya though, I'm a pro at surfing," Buttercup claims.
The group gets the surfboards and starts surfing the waves out on the dock. Then a tidal wave emerges from the lake.
Each of them have their own style to tricks on surfing: Buttercup does a back flip and pulls out a shark from the water, Bubbles does a handstand and does a cute tip toe around the board, Mario pounds a question mark block out of nowhere and a green one up mushroom comes up out of nowhere, Blossom picks up her surf board and does flying tricks while trying to keep the wave going and Luigi accidentally slams into a monster who says, "Do you mind?" and tail whips Luigi back into the water.
The heroes keep it up with their tricks until Buttercup takes it overboard by having a monster in one hand and her surf board on the other. She does an air guitar when suddenly a tidal wave takes them out and their surf boards are gone.
"Wipe out!" Bubbles exclaims. The five heroes laugh hysterically until someone unexpected comes along to interrupt their fun.
A/N: DUN DUN DUNNNNNN. At first sight the heroes get on the beach, someone unexpected always has to come and ruin their fun. Who could that be? Who knows? Is it someone from Mario's world or the Powerpuff Girls' world? Find out soon and stay tuned for the next chapter~
