The battle between Mario (who is posing as Dr. Mario) and Peach continues and no one in The Field could tell who was winning at this point. The two had to fight for real now because they realize both of them can't come back. Mario was having trouble truly fighting with Peach. He loved her and he couldn't fight her, even if she is fighting him.
Peach noticed that she was winning and whispered "We have to battle!"
Mario answered back "But I can't."
She ran over to him and kicked him in the face. She yelled "Then you will lose!"
He fell on the floor and got back up and went over to her. He ran over and kicked her in the stomach which sent her back. Mario began to run to her again and he grabbed her by the legs, while she was still sent flying, and spun her around a couple of times and then let go. She was almost going to fly off the edge of the arena, but she took out her umbrella and used it to slow her down.
"Nice attack, but if you really thought that I was going to fall off the edge from that then you're not as good as I thought." Peach taunted.
She could see Mario's eyes burned with hate. She knew it would be like poking a wasp's nest if she insulted him, but she did it anyways. She took out a vegetable and threw it at him, but he took out his cape and reflected it right back at her. She took out her umbrella again and used it like a baseball bat and hit it right back at him. Mario didn't expect that move and almost got hit by it, but he ducked at the last second.
Mario was going to ran straight at her, but he heard something. He could see Peach heard it too. Mario said "What is that?"
Peach went to the edge and looked down, it was lava down below, and it was coming up! Peach jumped onto one of the platforms above them and Mario was left confused. He wasn't confused for long when he saw lava was rising and he was getting burned. He screamed in pain and stood on his left foot, then his right, then his left again. He then jumped up to the platform Peach was on, but he slipped and his hand was the only thing left on the platform.
He begged "Peach, please help! I can't hold on much longer!"
Peach walked over to him and said "Don't worry, Mario! I'll save you!"
She was falling right into his trap. When she was going to reach for his hand, he was going to grab it and put his other hand on the platform. Then he was going to throw her off the platform into the lava. He knew it was evil of him to do that, but he had to win. She wanted him to fight for real and that's what he was going to do.
Mario's plan was about to work, but Peach took out her umbrella and poked his hand hard with it. He was not expecting that at all and let go of the platform and he went into the lava. When he hit the lava, it burned him bad and his clothes began to burn away, He jumped out of the lava and onto a platform Peach wasn't on.
Peach looked at him and he looked awful. This was her image of Mario in her mind after he battled Bowser and lost. His clothes were burned, his shirt was completely gone. His hats on fire and he had burn marks all over his body. She was about to cry, but she knew she had to hold it in.
A hammer appeared next to Mario and he grabbed it. He put it above his head and held it with his right arm (his left arm was so damaged that he couldn't even move it) and hit the ground with it. He continued doing this and jumping to the next platform to get closer to Peach.
Peach was trapped. She was on the edge of the platform and Mario was coming closer to her. She couldn't go down because the lava was still there. Every second Mario got closer and she stood there waiting. He was on the same platform now and was now ready to hit Peach. He put the hammer above his head and it down and hit someone. Mario saw that Peach was still there and what he hit was Toad. Toad was now high in the air and the princess had no one to help her out anymore.
Samus ran back to where everyone was and she screamed at the top of her lungs "Stop the battle!"
Everyone looked at her and Master Hand shouted "This battle was so much fun to watch! Why do you want to stop the battle!"
Samus answered "That is not the real Dr. Mario!"
She showed everyone a man who looked like Mario in her arms.
She continued "This is! I found him in the forest and he told me all about his plan to make Mario fight for him! I knocked him unconscious and I brought him back here."
Master Hand shouted "He tricked me! The battle between Mario and Peach is over!"
Mario was about to hit Peach, but they both teleported back into The Field, with all their health and cloth not damaged. Mario asked "What happened?"
Crazy Hand answered "The battle has been called off since we know all about Dr. Mario's plan to make you two fight."
Master Hand announced "Because Dr. Mario tried to fool me, Mario and Peach will go to the second round and Dr. Mario is disqualified!"
Dr. Mario woke up and asked "What happened?"
Master Hand yelled "Goodbye!"
Dr. Mario screamed and disappeared and Samus went over to Mario and said "Here is your clothes back."
She gave back Mario's clothes and said "Follow me! I have to talk to you guys about something."
They both followed her and they were alone in the forest. Mario put his clothes back on put the Dr. Mario clothes on the ground. "I guess this is the end for Dr. Mario's clothes. I think we all remember how special these clothes were, but who cares. Let's see them burn." Mario joked.
Samus and Peach began to laugh and Mario burned the clothes. Peach asked "So what do you want to talk about?"
Samus said "I just couldn't believe we tricked those hands. We beat the system!"
Peach laughed "I can't believe I made it past the first round."
Mario said "I can't believe I made it to the second round and I didn't even have to fight my true opponent in this round."
They heard footsteps coming closer and they saw it was Luigi and Yoshi. Luigi asked "Um…I'm confused; what happened?"
Mario said "It's a long story, but I guess we have nothing better to do."
They began to tell Luigi and Yoshi of what the exciting story of what really happened and how they 'Beat the system'.