"There we go! That should do it," Cranky said, finishing the last layer of bandages.
"Thanks Cranky. My foot is definitely way bette now," Luigi said, putting his shoe back on.
"Yeah yeah, whatever! Just don't step on any more thorns, ya hear me? Kids these days don't know what they're getting into. Especially during the 8-bit days! Those were the good times."
Bubbles and Buttercup give Cranky a confused look. Blossom looks at Mario and whispers, "What does he mean by 8-bit days?"
How the heck does he answer this? "Um... He just means like back in the mid 80's, back when I saved Pauline, my old friend from crazy gorillas," Mario whispered back. Blossom nodded in understanding.
"Well nonetheless," Cranky continued, "Donkey Kong and I'd like you all to meet the Kong family. Mario, Luigi, wanna help me and Donkey Kong introduce them?"
The brothers both nodded. They walked over to the other members of the Kong family and introduce each monkey.
"This is Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong's best bud and nephew," Mario said. "He helps him out a lot during his adventures."
"And this is Dixie Kong," Luigi mentioned. "She's helped Diddy Kong save Donkey Kong when he was kidnapped by King K Rool."
"Who's King K Rool?" Bubbles asked.
"He's the arch nemesis of Donkey Kong and the ruler of the Kremlings. King K Rool tried many times to steal his bananas for whatever reason."
"And we still don't know why," Cranky mentioned. "Seems like he'll never give up, will he?"
"That is very true," Mario replied. "Anyway... this is Funky Kong and Tiny Kong." The tall, buff monkey with sunglasses came bursting through the window with his surfboard, assuming his name was Funky, and the girl with two pigtails named Tiny came flying in as well.
"Wassup y'all! Need any transportation or weapons? You can come to me, I got all the stuff," Funky exclaimed.
Cranky and Donkey Kong looked at him for a moment before Cranky said something. "Yeah, he may be a reckless grandson of mine with his new fangled technology, besides Donkey Kong, but he's good help. Oh, and Tiny is Dixie's younger sister. She's helped Diddy Kong and Donkey Kong defeat King K Rool in a wrestling match!"
Bubbles' face lights up due to each and every monkey she sees. Then she starts to squeal and all of the monkeys are delighted to see her this happy and start throwing her up in the air.
The others watch as she giggles as the monkeys throw her up in the air. Blossom starts to smile and Buttercup just rolls her eyes. Cranky watches as well.
"I know your pipsqueak sister is an animal lover but... isn't she gonna get sick?" Cranky asked.
"Nah, she'll be fine. Besides, Bubbles looks like she's having a lot of fun," Blossom replied.
"A little too much fun," Buttercup claimed. "It makes me want to-"
"Let's go out and let Bubbles have her fun," Mario said. Luigi and the girls nodded. "Cranky, DK, keep an eye on her will you?"
"Ahh, sure whatever! She'll be fine in our own hands... and the monkeys," Cranky replied with a hint of happiness. Donkey Kong hoots in agreement.
With Cranky Kong's reassurance, Blossom, Buttercup, Luigi and Mario get out of the wooden shack and climb down the ladder. They start looking around the jungle until they heard a stampede of Kremlings arriving.
The heroes kept looking around when suddenly they heard a stampede arriving to the shack. The girls assumed that judging by their crocodile-like looks, these must be the kremlings.
"Oh no, the kremlings are coming!" Luigi exclaimed.
"Are they enemies to the Kongs?" Buttercup asked.
"Yes! They've been trying to get the Kongs since Day one. Especially towards Donkey Kong."
"We gotta warn Bubbles," Blossom said.
"Right behind you Bloss," Mario agreed.
They climbed up the ladder back to Donkey Kong's shack to warn Bubbles. As they get up and barge the door they see the innocent girl still having fun with the monkeys, with Donkey Kong twirling her around like a ballerina.
"Bubbles, we gotta go!" Blossom exclaimed.
"What's going on? We're in the middle of monkey business here," Bubbles said.
"There are a bunch of kremlings that are out to get us," Luigi mentioned. Cranky's face turns into frustration.
"The kremlings are at it again?!" Cranky asked. Mario and Luigi nod.
"Who are the kremlings?" Bubbles asked.
"Lemme tell ya somethin', little girl. The Kremlings are no good crocodiles sent out by King K Rool to try and defeat Donkey Kong. Why, they've been at it for as LONG as I can remember. And also... they don't really play fair."
"Those dumb meanie crocodiles!"
"Yeah and they're gonna destroy the shack if we don't stop them sooner or later," Buttercup explained.
"Well what are we waiting for?! Let's go get them!" Mario exclaimed.
Donkey Kong decides to come along with the heroes as well. As they go down to the grassy ground, Cranky yells, "GET THOSE DARN KREMLINGS AND MAKE ME PROUD!"
The Kremling army marches towards us and we get everything ready: Mario's fireballs, Luigi's thunder powers, my ice breath, Bubbles' thunderclap, and Buttercup's laser eyes.
"Okay, ready everyone?" Mario asked.
"Ready!" everyone said.
"Ready, and... CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!"
The Kremling leader and his army start charging towards the heroes and it starts off easy. They begin firing their powers at the kremlings: As a result they get knocked down. However the kremlings keep coming but Bubbles forms as a ball, Buttercup picks her up, and she throws her down towards the other kremlings which result in a strike if you were in bowling.
"Strike!" Buttercup cheered.
Mario throws some fireballs at the kremlings until they've turned into complete charcoal. A couple of them start running around as they have their tails on fire. Luigi uses his thunder powers to electrocute the kremlings and they've turned into black crocodiles.
"You're gonna pay for this!" a kremling exclaimed. "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA-" His shrill war cry has been cut off thanks to Blossom's ice breath. She then taps the now frozen kremling and he slides off to the ground.
"The pink bug-eyed girl froze our soldier!" The Kremling leader shouts. "GET 'EM BOYS!"
The kremlings shout in a determined manner and Buttercup cracks her knuckles for a beatdown. As they come running towards us, she knocks each of them out and Bubbles assists her with her super sonic scream, blowing all the other kremlings away. Bubbles sticks her tongue out at them.
Donkey Kong has a giant barrel ready to throw at the kremlings. He looks for the perfect spot to aim and he throws the said barrel at that spot. The kremlings try to run for their life but failed because they got squashed by the barrel.
"Not so fast!" the Kremling leader exclaimed while jumping on the barrel. "You're still no match for-" His phrase is cut off by the barrel squishing the leader as well.
"Good job Donkey Kong!" Bubbles says happily.
Donkey Kong expresses his gratitude by hooting and Bubbles giggles. Soon they start to hug each other. It's really heartwarming.
"Aww that's really cute," Mario said.
"Uhh guys?" Luigi said. "The banana hoard's missing." He points to the now missing banana hoard behind the shack. Donkey Kong hoots in anger and pounds his chest.
"Not the banana hoard!" Bubbles exclaimed. "That's the monkeys' treasure!"
"Those damn kremlings..." Mario growled.
"They took the bananas while we weren't even looking?!" Buttercup asked.
Blossom nodded. "I'm afraid they might have."
"Argh, these dumb crocs are gonna get it now!"
Donkey Kong hoots as if he's trying to tell them something. Bubbles hoots understandably. Her sisters couldn't understand a word he's saying but Mario translates it for them since he's known him longer.
"Donkey Kong says he's going to go up the shack to explain what's going on to everyone else," Mario said. Donkey Kong nods and goes up to the shack. Everything's silent for a moment until Bubbles pipes up.
"Can we have Donkey Kong come with us?" she asks.
Mario looks hesitant while he and Luigi look at each other. "Uhhh-"
"I think that'd be helpful, but please don't bring him home," Blossom said. "You know what happened the last time you brought an animal to our house."
"But-" Bubbles was interrupted by Buttercup.
"You brought a whale home and he caused a lot of problems!" Buttercup explained. "He couldn't even fit anywhere."
Mario and Luigi just stared at us dumbfounded.
"Wait a minute... you brought a WHALE home?!" Mario asked. Bubbles slowly nods.
"Did it dry up?" Luigi asked.
"It did, so we had to put him in the bathtub, but THAT didn't work," Bubbles explained, "and we put him in every single place we could think of but he couldn't fit. Then we put him in the lab and filled it up with water."
"It was a close call until the professor came home," Blossom said. Her face starts to falter as she thinks of the professor. Mario notices but he doesn't say anything.
"Yeah, the whole house flooded when he opened the door and he lectured her about the animals and that she should let the whale go," Buttercup said.
"I see," Mario said.
Bubbles' eyes water up a little but she wipes them off. "The whale seemed really lonely though..."
"Aww there there, Bubbles," Luigi said, squeezing Bubbles' shoulder lightly. "The whale belonged in the ocean right? So you did the right thing."
"Thank you, Luigi."
And the two hugged for at least a minute until Cranky called after the group. "HEY KIDS! COME UP TO THE SHACK!"
They go up to the shack, not knowing what information he may bring about the banana hoard.
A/N: Ooooh boy, this isn't gonna be good. First Luigi's injury, now the kremlings were here to steal the banana hoard, Donkey Kong and his family's treasure! What might happen next? How will Bubbles react? Find out in the next chapter... oh yeah, and don't forget to read and review ^^
