HELLO! WOW, it's been a while, this story's got cobwebs on it! Lol Anyway, I've got lots of ideas churning and since school ended I can write lots of fics (who needs to go outside? This summer our weather has been sucky) so here is a very belated chapter of love you forever

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The little man in the cloak stuttered, but eventually he spilled the words from his vile mouth…..

"The princess has fed her hero some bull about the war.  He now thinks this whole thing is over the Sarasa's trying to seize a pipe to the real world."

Luigi furrowed his brow and dropped the man on the ground with a thud and a mutter of pain from him.  "Amusing, but what importance does that hold for me?"

"the most." The man said menacingly. "Right now Mario is focusing on protecting a certain pipe, with him out of the way, it will only make it far easier for you to grasp what Sarasaland really needs."

Luigi chuckled a little.  "I like the way you think, there will be many coins for this a lone. But please, continue…."

The man was obviously won over easily by quick cash so he almost abruptly replied.  "I also know where all the castle's power and security is kept."

Luigi gave him a glare.  "what are you waiting for? Tell me!"

The plumber's booming voice frightened the man terribly.  "It's in the sapphire brooch that Peach always wears."

"what?" Luigi cried.  "Who would trust that wench with such an important thing inside her little piece of jewelry? She's completely expendable."

  With that he reached into his pocket and took a handful of shiny gold and red coins out. Even without any light beaming upon them, they shimmered and shone within the pupils of the greedy man's eyes. He practically drooled at the sight. "I presume this is enough to fuel any man, now be gone, and return when you have more to tell!"

The man in the cloak scurried away quickly, as if to escape Luigi before he could strip him of his earnings.  He kept the coins cupped in his hands as he ran, like he was savoring the last of their water after a drought.

Luigi's eyes stared off in a daze, flames seemed to light within them.  In order to get that brooch from Peach and break it, or do whatever he had to, she would have to die.

His heart ached over that a little bit.  He still had had a very strong friendship with Peach, and she was the love of his brother's life.

But there was his brother fighting against him, and once Luigi thought back to the burning bodies and gore on the battlefield he didn't need to think anymore. Peach's life alone wouldn't make up for all the sarasa's lost.

He knew what he had to do….

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Princess Toadstool lied on the ground, blood dripping from her wrist, a gruesome scrape across her vein, seeming to dig deep within the green line and send even more crimson fluid onto her dress.

She was free from the pain for once, free from the stress of being in charge of so many people, free from the painful bind she'd caught herself in from that horrible lie, free from the hurt she had caused others that remained on them as it ricocheted on to her.

She felt nothing, saw nothing, and was nothing, just a hump of flesh on the dew-covered grass, as her beloved Toad was.

She had made the right decision, all she had done alive was lead her people into a pot hole and cause her loved ones stress.  Now that she was gone, they would find their freedom and surely guzzle it as if it ran from a spring

Sprawled out on the ground like a bear skinned rug, she appeared so peaceful, yet shocked and depressed, a little desperation lurked on her appearance too. It would certainly shock Mario to see her like this, but hopefully his heart wouldn't shatter into too many pieces.

The dagger, the deliverer of peace to thousands, the giver of death and the thieve of life, lied to the side, barely grazing her fingertip, she had dropped it after she fell when it dug in her wrist.

Her people would cry, their tears would sting their eyes and melt the apples of their cheeks, but soon they would learn that their ruler hadn't been the hero, the real hero was the dagger in all its glory as it swiped out a life that never belonged in the first place.

However, if she had had one more sentence, before she had let the weapon save her people, Peach would have taken Mario in her arms, shed a light tear on his shoulder, and after the final embrace she'd rip herself away and say, "I love you, and I'm sorry I ever had to be alive to make you suffer.  In loving you so much I am giving you the greatest gift imaginable- setting you free to live and be happy." Then she would have dug in deep, so deep the pain would have been unbearable, the cut would have turned a bold red color and her eyes would have rolled back in alarm.  She would have finally removed the thing that had constricted Mario all those years.

The whole surrounding area was silent, as if to mourn over the fair princess.  Tears seemed to roll from the petals of the flowers as they wilted over onto her delicate face. Birds stopped flying and landed on weak limbs of trees to sing little songs overtop of her.

It was over….

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While separated from Luigi Daisy felt no need to contain her tears, she let them flow and she eagerly drew them from her eyes. It was too painful to watch this madness.  The Toadstool army was already defeating hers; the Sarasa's would be too weak to carry on.

They needed a good strategy among other things, and Daisy would have surrendered herself to the Toadstools before telling him this, but Luigi just didn't make a good soldier.  His only purpose for fighting was his love for her, and his anger at his brother, he was acting too foolish and quick to pull the trigger. He was a dangerous child.  But if Daisy told Luigi this, he'd not only be angry with her, he'd come to the ridiculous conclusion that he wasn't worth anything, and Mario had stolen the spotlight again.  All Daisy wanted was for him to forget the war, she just wanted to lie next to him, gaze in his eyes, and feel his body close to hers, knowing that they could forever remain that way.  She just loved him so much…. All she wanted was him to be near her.

But now he wasn't her deeply blazing passion, he was her soldier, and now it was her duty to be his "angel of the battle field"

Daisy just didn't know when the tears would stop. All this depression and worry blended in with confusion was more than her heart could take. Not too long ago she was gushing about her newfound love; she had two friends that were now fighting brutally against her.

How she wanted that life back…

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Contrary to how his once close acquaintances felt, Mario couldn't be happier.  He had won the very first battle, done the king proud for sure, and he was certain Peach was beaming with pride.  He loved impressing her.  She was so beautiful that even when they had come this far, he still felt like he had to prove something to her.

The question was… where was she? Mario ran off on his own for a few moments to find Peach, he was so anxious to see her.

The general had told him that Peach had stopped by the battlefield earlier asking for him.  Apparently he had only missed her by a little bit, but nobody said anything about her taking a carriage ride anywhere, and the chancellor hadn't seen her since the troops had been sent out.

For a few minutes Mario's spirits were even higher.  "Maybe she wants to surprise me!" He thought happily. But while she wasn't there he had a chance to worry about something else.

Had he shot Luigi today? He still couldn't believe his baby brother was fighting against him, and the possibilities of his little twig buddy getting hit by one of his bullets was great.

Mario sighed, he really missed the Mario brothers, what a great team they made…

After one quick flashback to the day of his mother's death, Mario shrugged and started walking in another direction

Another chapter… finally, sorry if it sucks but I had to revive this story. Anyway, if things are a little weird and confusing now, give me a while before you flame me please.  I have this story all planned out and it will all work.  I promie.