Chapter 4: Here Comes Trouble

Yellowy: Tag! You're It!
Luigi: Naw! You're It!
Bluey: Gotcha! Yellow Mario's It!
Wario: Get back here!
(Luigi and the yoshis along with Mario, Wario, and Waluigi were playing Tag. Wario was currently It and we wasn't gaining any ground. Everyone was too fast. Wario decided to target Mario because speed wasn't one of Mario's specialties.)
Wario: Ready or not, here I come.
(Wario dived at Mario, but caught only sand.)
Mario: If you want me, you gotta catch me, Loser!
Luigi: Nyah nyah!
(Wario tried his luck with Luigi only to be outmaneuvered by his superior jumping skills. He got the same thing with all the yoshis: too quick and too jumpy. By this time he was rather tired. He decided to take just one chance at his brother, Waluigi.)
Waluigi: Think you can catch me? I'd love to see you try.
(Angered by this comment, Wario closed his eyes and threw himself at Waluigi. He touched something with his left hand just as he hit the ground.)
Wario: Now I've got ya.
(Wario opened his eyes. Had he tagged Waluigi? Nope. As it turned out, he landed between Waluigi's long legs and got one of the palm trees.)
Purpley: Trees don't count, you know.
Waluigi: Yeah. Tag something that can run.
Wario: Huff...puff...so...huff...thirsty...puff...
Purpley: Thirsty? The waterhole is the place to go. Let's all go there.
(Everyone followed Purpley into the forest. Luigi and Oshi trailed behind.)
Oshi: That was some great jumping.
Luigi: Yeah. You were pretty good too.
Oshi: Thanks. I wanna be just like you.
Luigi: Aww. Hey, I noticed you can speak clearly.
Oshi: Check this out: Yoshi shi yo, Yoshi
Luigi: What is that yoshian for?
Oshi: I said "I love you, Luigi".
Luigi: Hoo boy. Too cute.
(Meanwhile, on beach, two people have arrived. The first one, Vicky, had a gray uniform and a net in hand. Her eyes were green and she had long, blonde hair. The other one, Nicky, also had a gray uniform on and a net in his grasp. His hair was also long and blonde, but not quite as long as Vicky's. His eyes were brown.)
Vicky: I'm so happy I could kiss the ground.
Nicky: I don't think that is a good idea.
Vicky: I knew following that yellow ship was a good idea. I thought we were lost for sure.
Nicky: But I'm the one that thought of that.
Vicky: Be quiet and get your blow gun out. We gotta capture some animals or we'll lose our jobs as zookeepers.
Nicky: Yes ma'am.
(Nicky got his bamboo blow gun out and ran off with Vicky. At the waterhole Wario and half of the yoshis drank some of the water.)
Purpley: Well, what do you think?
Wario: (quickly) Slurp...slurp...this is surprisingly good...slurp...slurp...
Waluigi: Don't go too fast. You might drown and Mario will have to do CPR on you again.
Luigi: You sick weirdo!
Mario: Is it me or is there a lot of exclamation points?
Luigi: What are you talking about?
Mario: Nothing. Never mind. I must be freaking out. So what do you yoshis do for fun?
Blacky: To tell you truth we didn't do much until Luigi came, but then he taught us how to play Tag, Hide-and-Seek, Tic-Tac-Toe, and Rock-Paper- Scissors.
Waluigi: Luigi, you didn't tell me you were a pioneer.
Luigi: Well I'm no Davy Crockett. Anyways, let's head back. I thought of something new to teach. It's called Duck-Duck-Goose.
Yosheta: That sounds like fun. Oh Boy!
Mario: Another exclamation point. What the heck?
Luigi: Don't freak out, Mario. Don't freak out.
(Everyone follows Luigi to the beach. No one had any idea that zookeepers were on the island. When they got to the beach, Luigi started to explain the new game.)
Luigi: Okay everyone. Sit in a circle and I'll show you how it's done...
(As Luigi was talking and tapping yoshis on the head, Vicky crawled out of a nearby bush.)
Vicky: Say. What are those things? Nicky, check this out.
Nicky: Be right out.
(The bush next to Vicky's rustled a few times, then Nicky popped out.)
Nicky: I found a cocoon. You want it?
Vicky: Bugs bug me. Check out the size of those lizards.
(Vicky pointed to the yoshis, who paid very close attention to Luigi.)
Nicky: Oh yes. One of those could replace our Komodo Dragon quiet nicely.
Vicky: We're not replacing Mr. Komody. He's one of our favorites.
Nicky: I don't think he can hold on much longer. Besides, these look way cooler and they seem to adore the guy in green and blue.
Vicky: Yes. I see. They appear quite tame. Oh look, the red one said 'Who goes first?'.
Nicky: What does that mean?
Vicky: I don't know, but it sounds cool.
Nicky: Let's see if we can buy one.
(Vicky and Nicky walked up to Luigi and tapped him on the shoulder.)
Luigi: So that's how to pl- Ack! Who's there?
Nicky: Sorry to alarm you sir, but I couldn't help but notice how well trained your lizards are.
Luigi: Yoshis are so cute, aren't they?
Vicky: They're called yoshis?
Luigi: Why of coarse. Didn't you know that? You're standing on Yoshi's Island.
Vicky: We are?
Luigi: You didn't know that either? You're not from around here, are you?
Nicky: Sir, we work at a zoo and we're running a little low on animals. We can't have a successful zoo without animals, so we're in a little bit of a fix. We believe a yoshi would make a very good attraction. We'd like to buy one for...say...five hundred coins?
Wario: Holy smokes! That's a lot of money!
Mario: More exclamation points. I think I'm freaking out.
Luigi: I don't want your dirty money...
Vicky: Say what?
Luigi: I said I don't want your dirty money. How can you people keep animals in captivity?
Nicky: Fine. I'll double it. I'll give you one thousand coins for one yoshi. How do you like that?
Luigi: The answer is still no.
Wario: I don't know about that, Luigi. If split evenly among us, you'd get two hundred fifty coins.
Oshi: What are coins?
Vicky: Aww... How cute. He wants to know what coins are.
Luigi: He won't need to know because I decline.
Nicky: But sir...
Luigi: I decline...hmph!
(Luigi folds his arms and turns his back to the zookeepers.)
Nicky: Well if you change your mind, come find us. We'll be waiting.
(Vicky and Nicky started to walk away.)
Vicky: If he doesn't want to sell one, we'll have to steal one. Like it or not.
(Vicky and Nicky disappeared into the forest.)
Blacky: What was that all about? What is a zoo?
Mario: A zoo is a place where animals are trapped and they can't do anything they want. You don't want to go there. Isn't that right, Luigi?
Luigi: Right. I have a bad feeling about this.
Wario: What feeling is that? The feeling that you should have taken the money?
Luigi: No, you imbecile. The feeling that those guys will do anything to get the yoshis. And I can't let that happen.
Oshi: Uh...hey. Were we going to play?
Luigi: Sorry Oshi, I'm going to sit this one out. You guys go and frolic. I'll sit here.
(Luigi sat in the shade of a palm tree.)
Luigi: I don't think this is good.