Chapter 6: Another Food Frenzy

(Early next morning, I reckon it was around seven, Luigi woke up. Everyone else was fast asleep. Despite what Mario said the night before, Luigi didn't get much rest. Luigi looked at his watch and noticed it was too early to wake up the others, but he didn't want to bed down again. If Vicky and Nicky were about he would have to stay alert. Luigi figured the best way to start the day was to have breakfast. He looked in the corner, but found no food. Everyone had eaten it yesterday. Blacky always tried to have plenty of food in his cave and Luigi wanted to get more for him, but he surely didn't want to leave on an empty stomach. Luigi took Mario's back pack and sighed as he took the contents out. He came across a package of blueberry muffins. He gobbled them up, then empties his own back pack and leaves the cave. Not long after he left he found a bush with berries. Luigi knew yoshis like berries so he picked some and put them in the pack. A little later he found a tree with apples. He knew Pinky and Redy loved apples so he picked some of these and put them in the pack with the berries. Later Luigi found some vines with grapes on them. Luigi picked and stored these too. By the time he returned to the cave he also had bananas, coconuts, strawberries, oranges, cherries, two melons, and a watermelon in that order. He couldn't put the watermelon in the pack so he carried it in his hands. When he entered the cave and set the watermelon down, half the yoshis and Waluigi woke up.)
Yosheta: Luigi? Where were you?
Luigi: I was looking for food.
(Now the other yoshis and Mario woke up. Luigi dumped the food out of his pack.)
Bluey: Look at the size of that watermelon.
Orangey: Watermelon's the lucky fruit of the day.
Yellowy; I want it!
Redy: Gimme gimme!
(Redy lashed out his tongue to grab the watermelon, but it was struck with Bluey's tongue. Orangey tried to swipe it when Yellowy whacked him.)
Pinky; It looks juicy and plump...
Oshi: ...and tasty.
Purpley; Must have!
Yosheta: That's my favorite!
(More tongues shoot for the watermelon only to be repelled. Blacky was getting fed up.)
Blacky: Knock it off!
(Blacky dived at the watermelon to block it with his body, but he went too hard and the watermelon burst into pieces.)
Blacky: ...whoops.
(All of the yoshis start to slurp up the chunks of fruit. Wario awakens.)
Mario: Where were you Luigi?
Luigi: I went to get some food. That's what a good leader does, no?
Mario: True. We ate all of it yesterday.
Wario: I don't know what's up with you, but I see some perfectly good fruit by Luigi's back pack.
(Wario ran towards the fruit and started to make a pig of himself. Waluigi simply picked up an orange and started to peel it.)
Waluigi: Uh, say. Where did all of this food come from?
Luigi: I picked it up earlier.
Waluigi: You're joking, right? Since when were you nice enough to get food this early in the morning. All this time I thought you were lazy-
(Before Waluigi could finish his sentence Luigi grabbed him by the neck and pinned him to the wall. Everyone stopped what they were doing.)
Luigi: Take that back!
Waluigi: Cough...say what?
Luigi: Take that back, you scrawny sake of monkey nuggets!
Mario: Holy!
Waluigi: Gag...cough...okay. (quickly) Sorry sorry sorry.
(Luigi released Waluigi.)
Waluigi: Where on earth did you think of that one?
Luigi: I...I don't know.
Wario: Who knew a guy his size had an iron grip like that?
(Nobody knew the answer to that one.)
Luigi: Look, it doesn't really matter. Let's just eat up and- Darn it! It's almost all gone again!
Blacky: Don't worry about it. We yoshis can fend for ourselves.
Luigi: But this is different. There are zookeepers about. They'll catch you if you're not careful.
Mario: I got an idea..
Luigi: If it's anything like your other ideas then forget it.
Mario: We should all go out and look for food. If we stay together those zookeepers don't stand a chance.
Waluigi: And watch them shoot you again.
Mario: You cheeky little...
(The Marios emptied their packs and went out of the cave. Wario, Waluigi, and the yoshis follow. They visited many of the places Luigi went to before. They picked lots of fruit and put it in the packs.)
Purpley: Let's check my house. I think I saw some ripe berries.
(Everyone walked toward Purpley's house. On the way Luigi saw a tree that had a bright red thing near the top. Luigi wanted to check it out.)
Luigi: I'll be with you guys in a sec.
(Luigi got a hold of a branch and hoisted himself onto it, then grabbed another branch and continued this process, carefully taking it one branch at a time. About halfway up Luigi began to get tired. Luigi sat on a branch so he could catch his breath. After awhile of this he went back to climbing. Meanwhile, on the beach Vicky and Nicky were trying to figure out something.)
Nicky: I wonder what yoshis eat.
Vicky: Why?
Nicky: I was thinking about using a net to trap one. I'll need to use food as bait so I wa-
Vicky: I see what you're saying. Maybe if we spy on them we can figure out what they like.
Nicky: Oh good. Let's look for them.
(Luigi finally reached the top of the tree and found out that the red was a...)
Luigi: Heart Fruit! These are hard to get. I wonder what it really tastes like?
(Luigi plucked the fruit and was about to put it in the pack, but he had second thoughts. He wanted it for himself so he put it in his pocket instead. How is he going to get down?)
Luigi: No prob. I'll just get my foot here and... Uh oh! AAAHHH...
(Luigi's foot slipped and he started to fall. At Purpley's house Mario heard Luigi's yelling and then a thud.)
Mario: What was that?
Oshi: Sounds like Luigi.
Mario: How can that be Luigi if he's-
Bluey: He isn't here! We accidentally left him behind!
Mario: Oh shoot! I gotta find him now.
(Mario, Purpley, Pinky, and the children ran toward where the noise had come from. They found Luigi with his head stuck in the ground, thrashing about.)
Mario: Luigi, how the?
Pinky & Purpley: Tee hee hee...
Yosheta: Did he do what I think he did?
Mario: Luigi, try to pull your head out.
(Luigi tries, but fails.)
Luigi: Mmm hmmph mmpf hmm!
Mario: What did I tell you about that word, young man? Hang on. I'll get you out.
(Mario grabbed Luigi's legs and began to pull.)
Luigi: Hmmph hmm mm- Yaaahhh!
(Mario successfully pulled Luigi out.)
Luigi: Mario! Don't stretch my legs! I like 'em the way they are.
Purpley: How did you get stuck like that?
Luigi: Easy. I climbed this tree to pick... a... uh...apple. Yes, that's it. An apple.
(Luigi lied. He didn't like to do it, but he wasn't about to tell them about the heart fruit.)
Luigi: Anyway, I climbed the tree and got the apple, them I tried to get down and-
Purpley: You fell? This is the third time you fell from a tree!
(Pinky, Oshi, and Yosheta laughed.)
Luigi: Guys, that really hurt. Guess I'm not cut out for tree climbing, huh?
Mario: Gee, sorry to hear that. We should have enough fruit so we better meet the others at Purpley's house.
(Everyone walks away. Little did they know that the zookeepers were nearby. They, too, had been attracted by Luigi's yelling.)
Nicky; So the yoshis like fruit...
Vicky: That shouldn't be too hard. This island has enough of it.
Nicky: Look, I'll pick some fruit, then I'll show you the plan.
Vicky: Good. We'll get a yoshi this time. I'm sure of it.