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Responses:
Anters: Thanks, that helps a lot. But just for the sake of sanity, I'm keeping you as a girl when you appear on the finale of the Amazing Race, okay?
Nintendo Nut1: Of course, I broke tradition by giving a prize to the 6th place winner. However, the 6 teams that remained are all my favorite characters from SSB: M, so it was very hard for me to eliminate one of them, you know?
Anase the Shadow Alchemist: You are very welcome.
LegoMan727: ...good. I don't want to have a mafia visit me in the middle of the night...but I'm still keeping a MP5 next to my bed just in case!
The quote by Canas comes from a story by Link015! Great author!
Nintendo Nut1 was nervously pacing around the room, staring at the map and the teams that were left. "Oh dear...I don't want Link to be eliminated, but now what is going to happen?"
"Shall I answer your question, or shall I leave you to your pacing?" Turning around, Nintendo Nut1 met a young man of 14 and noticed that he was like her in some ways. He had the characteristics of a wolf, just more defined. His hair was stripes of black and white and had grey eyes. His hair was spiked, and so were his clothes, a space general's suit of red and black with various spikes on the shoulders, waist, and forearms. "Well, well, this is interesting. You are part wolf, are you not?"
"And so what if I am?" Nintendo Nut1 yelled.
"Calm down. I am ShadowHawkX3, the co-host for this chapter." The werewolf said. He grabbed Nintendo Nut1 by her wrist and made their way to the set of Amazing Race.
"This is DK Isle, the land of the tropics, as it is called, known for the finest quality fruits in all of Nintendo." Nintendo Nut1 explained. "This beautiful tropical island was named 'Most Beautiful Land' in Nintendo Walker. Within is Jungle Japes, a thick jungle in the depths of DK Isle that served as the 9th Pit Stop in a race around Nintendo."
"The teams that checked in last leg have a mandatory rest period where they can eat, sleep, and mingle with the other teams." ShadowHawkX3 finished. "The teams have no idea what will happen next in this race, and must follow a set of clues to their next location. Yoshi and DK, who were the first to arrive at 12:30 pm, will depart at 12:30 am."
Yoshi and DK
1st to depart, 12:30 am
Location: Jungle Japes, DK Isle
"So, where to next?" Yoshi asked as he read the clue. "'Go to the Lanuvalo Airport and take a charter...'"
"Teams must now navigate the city 4.5 miles back to Lanuvalo City on the coast and make their way to the airport." Nintendo Nut1 explained. "Once there, teams must sign up for 1 of 2 charter flights, one at 8 and the other at 8:30, and fly to Toad Town in the Mushroom Kingdom. Teams will find the next clue at Club 64 on the port."
"Let's go." Yoshi said, pulling out a machete and hacking through the jungle.
Roy and Lilina
2nd to depart, 12:42 am
Location: Jungle Japes
"I hope we win...we are so close!" Roy announced.
"We will, don't worry..." Lilina said as she read the clue. "It say we must go to the airport."
"Let's go then." Roy said, following the trail of cut vegetation Yoshi left behind.
Pikachu and Pichu
3rd to depart, 12:46 am
Location: Jungle Japes
"Good lord, Toad Town?" Pikachu asked. "I have no idea where that place is!"
"Oh, come on, it's probably not that bad..." Pichu started.
"Yeah...I hope not..." Pikachu muttered balefully, chewing on a stick before running off after Pichu.
Link and Zelda
4th to depart, 12:49 am
Location: Jungle Japes
"Well, well!" Zelda announced after reading the clue. "Toad Town is a rather interesting place to go to, huh?"
"Indeed..." Link concurred as he hopped onto the taxi.
Ness and Mewtwo
5th to depart, 1:01 am
Location: Jungle Japes
"I suggest we find a way to be first before we leave the island..." Ness said as his eyes lulled over the clue with misgiving. "I don't want to be eliminated..."
"At least we get cash prizes now..." Mewtwo quipped.
"Yes, but still..." Ness muttered as they got into a taxi and drove off.
DK Isles International Airport
Lanuvalo City
Yoshi and DK
Currently in 1st place
"This must be the charter flight, right?" Yoshi asked as he pointed to a Cessna that was being guided onto the runway. "So that's how we get to Toad Town?"
"That's right!" DK announced as he entered the terminal. He noticed the two flights and signed up for the 8:00 flight. He watched as Pikachu and Pichu strolled in and sign up for the 8:00 flight, along with Link and Zelda, leaving the other two teams on the 8:30 flight. "That was fast..."
"I know." Pichu said as the clock struck 3. "But what do we do now?"
"How about we check into a hotel and sleep?" Zelda suggested. "It's not going to hurt..."
"Meh, as long as we don't miss the flight." Yoshi chimed in. "Besides, I think we'll have some people mad at us..."
4¾ hours later
Yoshi, DK, Link, Zelda, Pikachu and Pichu smiled brightly as they boarded the first flight to Toad Town, leaving the other teams naught but crumbs to feast upon.
"All the teams are now on the charter flights bound for Toad Town in the Mushroom Kingdom." ShadowHawkX3 said. "On the 8:00 flight are Link and Zelda, Yoshi and DK, and Pikachu and Pichu. On the 8:30 flight is Roy and Lilina and Ness and Mewtwo. Once they land, they must locate Club 64 at the town's port to receive their next clue." ShadowHawkX3 then blurted out, "KICK THEM ASSES, ROY! YEAH!" This earned him the stares of the whole studio as he sheepishly apologized. "Sorry..."
Toad Town International Airport, Mushroom Kingdom
Charter Flight #1 from DK Isle
Pikachu and Pichu
Currently in 3rd place
Location: Fields near the Pleasant Path, Toad Town outskirts
"Good lord..." Pikachu said as he glanced around the field. "Everything's in Technicolor!"
"What did you think it would be in, monochrome or something?" Pichu snapped.
"It's just so...unique here, that's all." Pikachu said. "There too much color here..."
"I guess that's true..." Pichu said, his eyes swirling from the color.
Link and Zelda
Currently in 2nd place
Location: The main square, Toad Town
"Oh dear..." Zelda said as she tried to walk across the square, but to no avail. "I can't cross the town without accidentally kicking one of the Toads!" She glanced over to the message board, where a pile of Toads were lying unconscious. "Help!"
"I think I crashed into a Toad myself..." Link said, annoyed. "Why did they have to be so freakin' short?"
Yoshi and DK
Currently in 1st place
Location: Outside Club 64, Toad Town port
"YAY!" Yoshi squealed. "I found the clue!"
"Let me see..." DK shoved Yoshi out of the way and read the clue.
"Watch it, you big ape!"
Ignoring Yoshi's comment, DK read, "'Road Block: Who's ready to dance the night away?'"
"A Road Block is a task only one person may perform, and no one person can do more than 6 in the entire course of the race." Nintendo Nut1 declared. "In this Road Block, that person must head inside and perform in a fad spreading across the Mushroom Kingdom: Dance Dance Revolution! YAY!" Nintendo Nut1 did a bit of a happy dance and continued, "That person must get a score of at least C in order to gain the next clue."
"You should be dancing." Yoshi pointed to DK. "Besides, I used up all my Road Blocks."
"Man, but I have two left feet..." DK complained as they entered the club.
Charter Flight #2 from DK Isle
Roy and Lilina
Currently in 4th place
"Whoa..." Lilina breathed as they entered the city. "Talk about something out of a kid's book..."
"Quite true..." Roy acknowledged. "Who knows what will happen here?"
"We could find the clue..." Lilina said as she spotted the familiar clue box next to the docks. "I think that's it right there."
"Talk about luck..." Roy said. "This Road Block has to do with dancing..."
"Oh, I want to do this one! Please?" Lilina's face had assumed the look of begging and had her usual puppy-dog eyes on her.
"Fine...just don't do that again..." Roy said.
"YAY!"
Ness and Mewtwo
Currently in last place
Location: The docks, Toad Town
"Dude, this is freakin' cool!" Ness said as he strolled through the town. "It looks like a kid's dream here!"
"Indeed..." Mewtwo said as they made their way to the clue box. "You like to dance?"
"I guess..." Ness said as he got inside.
Club 64, the DDR Arena
Ness had every right to be nervous. He was competing against DK, Zelda, Pikachu, and Lilina and he was shorter than all of them! What made it more challenging was that the song they were to dance successfully was already picked out for them; they had no chance for screw ups. Ness just was jumpy; the others' feelings were more concealed, more ominous. This time was when the referee shouted, "Is everyone ready to boogie?"
"I hope so..." Ness said.
"Dance!" he shouted as the song, Everything or Nothing by Mya, began to blare over the stereos.
'Okay, here we go...' Ness said as his feet followed the pattern of up, downs, lefts and rights that showed up on the monitor in front of him. He watched some of the others and sighed in relief; DK was slipping and crashing all over the pad, and Pikachu was running around just to reach the panel on time. Ness grinned.
Halfway into the song, he noticed Lilina stand on her head and spin on the center, using her hands to touch all of the needed panels while she break-danced. This served as a great distraction for DK and Pikachu; her skirt fell down while she was spinning and they obtained a nice nosebleed for themselves. She grinned slightly; the dance had done its purpose.
"You do know you're missing several marks, right?" Lilina said sweetly at DK and Pikachu as they stared at her.
"Oh, shi-" DK growled as he tried to recover.
"Cursed are you, even thought you're very hot..." Pikachu said.
"..." Lilina just stared at Pikachu for a full two minutes before she realized that she missed several marks herself. "Crap!"
"Ha ha! You deserved that!" Pikachu announced, laughing at Lilina.
"Shut up!" Lilina yelled.
"Oh dear..." Ness said. He decided to watch the argument; his mind's eye could see the dance pad, anyway. He watched Lilina toss a Thunder tome at DK and fry him up and Pikachu KO Lilina. "Man, how'd we lose to her if Pikachu downed her so easily?"
"You were not fighting well, that's why." Zelda quipped.
"You little..." Ness pulled out his baseball bat and bashed Zelda's leg with it.
"YEOWWWCH!" Zelda was clutching her leg in pain and collapsed just as the referee stopped the dance contest.
"Okay, here are the scores as follows: Lilina, 750 of 800; Zelda; 798 of 800; DK, 451 of 800; Pikachu, 499 of 800; and Ness, 800 of 800." Ness was satisfied; everyone else was pissed. Pikachu was spluttering and vowing revenge; Lilina was kicking the machine in frustration; DK was smashing the game in frustration; Zelda just grinned. "All of you get the clue."
"YAY!" Lilina cheered. "I got it!"
"You did..." Roy muttered, blushing furiously. "That was unexpected, to say the least..."
"Oh, shut up!"
"I do agree that was a crazy match..." Link said as he and Zelda read the clue. "'Make your way to the city gate and search the lake...'"
"Teams must now make their way to the main square, where the city gate is located." ShadowHawkX3 said. "Once they make it, teams must obtain some scuba gear, jump into the nearby lake and comb the bottom to find an artifact vase. Finding it, they must clean it off as best as they can and present to the scholarly Toad Russ T. in order to receive the next clue."
"Scuba diving, huh?" Link said. "This'll be fun..."
Roy and Lilina
Currently in 1st place
Location: The main gate, Toad Town
"Anyone knows where the scuba diving gear is?" Roy asked a Toad. Shaking his head no, Roy spluttered, "Where'd they hide the scuba gear?"
"I don't know!" Lilina yelled as she searched the bushes nearby. "They must have hidden it somewhere!"
"Where is it!" Roy shouted.
Yoshi and DK
Currently in 2nd place
Location: The main gate, Toad Town
"I don't know what they're screaming about..." Yoshi said as he watched Roy and Lilina search frantically for the scuba gear. "It's over here..." he added, pointing to a pile of scuba gear sitting next to the lake.
"Yeah, but don't tell them that." DK warned Yoshi. "I think it's funny to watch them squirm."
"You're a sadist, aren't you...?"
"Oh, shut up."
Link and Zelda
Currently in 3rd place
Location: The main gate
"My, isn't this becoming quite the eccentric..." Zelda said as they watched Roy and Lilina stumble around frantically for the scuba gear and Yoshi and DK laughing their minds out. "I think the race got to them..."
"Well, that's true." Link said. "It is as in the words of the wise man Canas: 'This whole army is full of individuals, whom, on their own, should belong to a mental ward. However, their fighting prowess on the battlefield proves that they work best with each other.'"
"...that was deep..." Zelda said.
"...yeah, it's best for us not to think about it too much..." Link agreed.
Ness and Mewtwo
Currently in 4th place
Location: The main gate
"Hey, this if fun." Ness said as he and Mewtwo silently slipped into the lake while the other teams were watching the others screw around. "So what are we looking for again?"
"I believe that we're locating an antique vase." Mewtwo answered in response to the young psychic.
"Would this count?" Ness asked, holding a vase made of gold and encrusted with emeralds and rubies at its rim.
"Yes, very much so." Mewtwo replied as they surfaced. "But don't tell-"
"I FOUND THE VASE!"
"...too late." Mewtwo vigorously massaged his forehead with the palm of his hand as the other teams finally took notice and started.
"ACK! They found the vase!" Lilina screamed. "There's only one thing for us to do!"
"What would that be?" Pikachu asked as he and Pichu popped up behind her.
"YEEEK! Don't do that!" Lilina screamed, hiding behind the redheaded swordsman.
"This should be fun to watch..." Ness said from the dressing rooms as he changed out of his swim trunks and into his normal clothing. "Man, everyone's pissed..."
"Yes, but it shows them weak for not finishing the task at hand..." Mewtwo added.
"Shut up!" the other teams yelled as they stripped down to their swimsuits and wended over to the lake.
"Wow, Lilina, you look cute!" Roy said as he saw Lilina in a blue two-piece.
"Thanks..." Lilina said, blushing furiously.
"Good, we're in first." Mewtwo said. "Now where is this Russ T.?" After locating the scholarly Toad's house, Russ T. gave them the clue, which Ness took to reading. "'The battleship U.S.S. Mushroom fired the first shot in the Mushroom Revolution. Locate the ship...'"
"Teams must now locate the U.S.S. Mushroom, a battleship currently at dock in the Toad Town port." Nintendo Nut1 explained. "They must board the ship and search the decks until they find the clue box next to the cannon that fired said shot in the Mushroom Revolution."
"This should be good..." Mewtwo said as the other teams got their clues.
"Crap! We better go!" Ness panicked as he grabbed Mewtwo and dragged him back to the port.
The U.S.S. Mushroom docking bay, Toad Town Port
Pikachu and Pichu
Currently in 1st place
"By Lugia's wings, who would think such a huge ship would be here?" Pichu asked as he stared at the battleship. "I didn't see anything like this back home in Brooklyn..."
"I hear that..." Pikachu gaped. He quickly changed the subject, probably to draw their attention away from said ship. "So, the clue is aboard this monstrosity, huh?"
"That's what the clue said..." Pichu replied, skittering up the gangway and onto the ship itself. "Man, the deck is huge! ECHO! Echo! echo! ECHO. Echo. echo."
"What in Raikou's lightning are you doing?" Pikachu said, staring at Pichu with polite incredulity.
"Um, something..." Pichu then spied a clue box at least 5 feet northeast from their position. "I know! I was searching for the clue, and I used echometrics to find it!"
"Echometrics?" Pikachu repeated in skepticism.
"Yes...echometrics."
"Okay, then..." Pikachu just stared at Pichu as if he had grown two heads, made his way over to the clue box and pulled one out of the clues. He then grabbed Pichu and ran back down the gangway to the street vendor nearby, probably to avoid giving away the clue box's location. "'Detour: Shop or Schlep...'"
"A Detour is a choice between two tasks, each with its own pros and cons. In this Detour, teams must choose between Shop or Schlep." ShadowHawkX3 answered. "In Shop, teams must locate Gumbo's Diner and purchase five ingredients for them for use in a spicy stew eaten as a specialty here at the Mushroom Kingdom: carrots, potatoes, peas, tomatoes, and strictly 2.25 pounds of beef. Once they give these ingredients to the head chef, he will give them the next clue."
"In Schlep, teams go to Thingus Books and find 150 books for delivery to the local library at Princess Peach's Castle." Nintendo Nut1 finished. "Once they deliver all the books, teams must arrange them orderly on the bookshelves provided to receive the next clue."
"Well, I would rather buy food instead of haul books somewhere..." Pichu said.
"Then we shall shop until we drop!" Pikachu announced and watched as Link and Zelda boarded the U.S.S. Mushroom. "Let's hurry and find this 'Gumbo's Diner'!"
Link and Zelda
Currently in 2nd place
Location: The U.S.S Mushroom
"Well, here's the ship, but I don't see a clue..." Link said.
"But look at the size of this ship!" Zelda awed. "It would suck if we went to war against them and they brought out this bad boy!"
"Yep...our fleet would be at the bottom of the sea by then..." Link agreed. "Hey, Zel! I found the clue!"
"Good, good." Zelda replied wholeheartedly. "Shop or Schlep? Never heard of that before...ah, let's shop!"
Yoshi and DK
Currently in 3rd place
Location: The U.S.S. Mushroom
"Whoa...you could fit a lot of fruit on this boat!" Yoshi said as he marveled at the battleship.
"I agree." DK said. "I could store all the bananas in the world on this thing..."
"If it were me, I'd store pineapples!" Yoshi retorted, stumbling and falling in front of the clue box. "Yo, Deek! I found the clue!"
"One: don't call me 'Deek'." DK protested. "And two: LET ME SEE!"
"Geez, don't have a cow!" Yoshi said. "Shop or Schlep..."
"I can do Schlep all by myself!" DK said. "Allow me, Yoshi."
"Go ahead; I insist!" Yoshi said, relieved.
Roy and Lilina
Currently in 4th place
Location: The U.S.S. Mushroom
"Wow...it's huge!" Lilina said.
"What amazes me is that steel can actually float..." Roy replied, glancing around the ship. "Whoever thought of this must have modernized warfare."
"True...So, Roy-hey! I found the clue!" Lilina yelled. Tearing it open, she read: "Detour: Shop or Schlep. What do you think, Roy?"
"Carrying books from point A to point B sounds a lot easier than ingredient-hunting..." Roy noted.
"Then Schlep it is!"
Ness and Mewtwo
Currently in last place
Location: The U.S.S. Mushroom
"Crap..." Ness muttered when they reached the clue box. "We're in last place, huh?"
"Yep..." Mewtwo said. "Shop or Schlep...ah, let's just teleport all the books over to the library. That will make things easier for us."
"True." Ness agreed as they teleported to Thingus Books.
Gumbo's Diner, Toad Town
Pikachu and Pichu
Currently in 1st place
"So, we need to find carrots, potatoes, peas, tomatoes, and 2¼ pounds of beef...that sounds easy." Pichu said.
"But look at the marketplace..." Pikachu said, pointing to the various stores in and around the market. They were selling beads, food, toys, anything that sold. Pichu sweatdropped and said only one thing in response:
"Crap."
Link and Zelda
Currently in 2nd place
Location: The market near Gumbo's Diner, Toad Town
"This is going to be a challenge..." Zelda replied as she and Link crowded into the marketplace, where several people and storekeepers were as commonplace as grass in Hyrule and were making more noise than a rocket engine.
"Yep..." Link agreed "It amazes me how people can find what they're looking for in a maze such as this."
"I hope this doesn't get too hectic..."
Thingus Books, Toad Town
Ness and Mewtwo
Currently in 3rd place
"That was fun." Ness said, dumping his load of books messily onto the floor of the castle library.
"Be careful with those!" Mewtwo snapped. "We're not going to receive the clue if you treat those like freakin' bricks!"
"Fine..." Ness replied as he began the monotonous work of placing the books onto the empty shelves.
Yoshi and DK
Currently in 4th place
Location: The Street to Princess Peach's Castle, Mushroom Kingdom
"I think you didn't read the clue correctly..." Yoshi said.
"Why?" DK asked, heaving the books over to the library.
"They said to take the books. They never said anything about the freakin' bookshelf!" Indeed, DK was heaving the entire bookshelf on his back and stomping over to the castle and its library. Yoshi purposely lagged behind to pick up the books that occasionally fell out. "Good lord, what would the library people think?"
"At least we don't have to put the books on the provided shelf..." DK said, looking at the bright side.
"Point taken..." Yoshi just sweatdropped and sighed.
Roy and Lilina
Currently in last place
Location: The Street to Princess Peach's Castle
"DK's mind is gone..." Lilina said as she carted at least 90 books on a dolly to the library. "What was he thinking, tearing out the whole damn bookshelf?"
"I don't think he was thinking anything..." Roy said as he carried the remaining 60 books to the library. "He's obsessed..."
"With what?"
"Winning, probably." Roy winked at Lilina. "It's in all of us now. Some just take more extreme measures, though."
"Indeed..." she said as DK tripped and crushed the bookshelf, leaving nothing but books and splintered wood. "HAHA!"
"Sucks to be them." Roy said as they walked past.
Gumbo's Diner, Toad Town
Pikachu and Pichu
Currently in 1st place
"Finally!" After unloading their purchased ingredients to the head chef, he gave them the yellow envelope they desperately needed. "Let's see...'Go to the next Pit Stop, the Shooting Star Summit...'"
"Teams must now make their way to Shooting Star Summit, a revered hill gently sloping upwards towards the starry skies of the Mushroom Kingdom." ShadowHawkX3 explained. "This beautiful summit, constantly in view of the meteor showers so common to the land, is the Pit Stop for this leg of the race. The last team to check in will be eliminated. KICK THEM ASSES, ROY!"
"Well, at least now we can relax!" Pikachu declared, Pichu cheering all the while.
Shooting Star Summit, Mushroom Kingdom
"Isn't it interesting to find out that this sacred valley is the Pit Stop for a race such as this?" ShadowHawkX3 replied.
"You do have a point there, my boy." a voice replied. It was basically a yellow star with beady eyes and a beard. "But we can't prevent progress."
"Quite true, Eldstar. You really have seen it all..." Nintendo Nut1 agreed.
"Yep..." At this point, Pikachu and Pichu were skittering up the steps to the summit, where Nintendo Nut1 and ShadowHawkX3 were waiting. "Pikachu and Pichu, I am glad to say that you are team number one!"
"Well, that's good. I love it when we are first!" Pichu squeaked.
"Yes, you do." Eldstar replied. "Here you go, ya' crazy younguns." He handed over a red box with the Mushroom Kingdom logo on it; the 10th Souvenir Set in the race. Pikachu and Pichu were about to open it when Roy and Lilina ran up behind them, gasping, out of breath, and collapsing onto the warm dirt. "Well, I believe the 2nd place team has arrived."
"We're second?" Lilina gasped. "Yay...we're not last..." she announced as she fell back down onto the ground from exhaustion.
"Man that was fun..." Roy muttered balefully. "Never anger a Toad with fireworks strapped on his back, or you'll get burned..." Their clothes looked and smelled somewhat singed, but otherwise they were in one piece. Roy collapsed onto the ground, using his sword to hold himself up.
"As long as you are still in the race, I do not mind." ShadowHawkX3 said. He picked up Souvenir Set 9 (see ch. 10 for details) and swirled his cloak unnecessarily, shouting "I will return!" before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. After that was Link and Zelda and Yoshi and DK, leaving the poor psychics in last place.
"Ness and Mewtwo, you are the last team to arrive. I'm sorry to tell you that you have both been eliminated from the race." She handed them both a Souvenir Set and the 5th place cash prize of $6,250 and watched as they left, somewhat happy.
"Well, we tried our best and got this far...I have no regrets." Mewtwo said.
"Yeah, and we also got money!" Ness added, showing the readers the sack of money.
SEASON FINALE IN TWO WEEKS! STICK AROUND FOR THE HEARTSTOPPING FINALE AT THE SMASH ISLAND! YAY!
The next co-host will receive the following gift set:
A Shooting Star Summit miniature
An Eldstar figurine
The Super Mario Artbook
Mushroom Kingdom and You: The Tourist's Guide
The Super Mario Bros. movie starring Bob Hoggins and John Leguizamo
The Mushroom trophy
The Mario Kart: Double Dash video game
Farewell! May fortune flood your stories, folks!
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