Disclaimer: As usual, I don't own anything.

Author's Notes: Thanks for all of your reviews:D I bet you liked the pie fights in the previous chapter! Playing Mario Party 6 was really fun and I finally completed Super Mario 64 DS. I got 150 stars and I already seen Princess Peach.

Surferljb: I thought you did spy on your English teachers. I guess I was wrong, huh. Anyway, you really did see Ms.E kissing Mr.A when you're looking through the window? I bet it's just as gross as when Flurrie gave Mario a big kiss in Chapter 2-Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

After this, here's Chapter 8 for you to enjoy!

Chapter 8: Gifts for the Birthday Princess

Mario and his friends were still at the same spot, chatting to each other.

"Mario, how come you don't want to say something to the princess yet?" Goombario asked.

"Yeah, you can tell us. We won't tell anyone." Goombella said, trying to encourage the plumber.

"Err…um… I can't say it." Mario replied.

"Why?" The partners questioned.

"Because it's really embarrassing to tell you guys about what I'm giving to the princess." The red-clad plumber answered.

"Aww… please, pretty please?" Koops said in a whining tone.

"…sigh… when Goombas fly, the answer is still no." Mario says.

"Mario, should we go to somewhere very quiet? You did say that you're going to tell me in private." Princess Peach reminded the plumber.

"Okeydokey!" Mario said with a smile. He then turned to his other friends. "Guys, stay here while Princess Peach and I go somewhere else in private, so don't even think about following us if we don't notice you, okay?"

"Okay." The old and recent partners replied.

So, Mario and Peach walked away from Mario's team, Toad and Toadette, leaving them to wait for the plumber and the princess to come back.

Mario and Peach were still walking together, having a nice discussion.

"So…um… Mario, what do you want to tell me?" The princess asked.

"I wanted to tell you that I've got a birthday present for you." The red-clad plumber replied.

"Really!" Peach said in a surprised tone.

"Uh-huh. Err…um… should we stand still for a moment?" Mario inquired.

"Okay!" Princess Peach said with a grin.

They then stood still at where they are. Mario was standing still with his hands behind his back and Peach was looking at him with a puzzled face.

"Mario, what are you doing?" She questioned.

"Err…um… happy birthday, princess!" Mario smiled, bringing out a bunch of flowers and giving it to her.

"For me! That's so sweet of you, Mario! You deserve a kiss!" Peach said with joy.

Mario took off his red cap and holds it to his chest. Peach slowly walked towards the plumber and gently kissed his nose. Mario was blushing bright red. He then put his cap back on his head.

"Mario and Peach sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G…" Some voices sang.

The red-clad plumber and the princess turned around to face Mario's partners standing behind them.

"Hey! I told you guys not to follow us!" Mario shouted.

"Aww… but we want to see what you two were doing." Koops whined.

"Yeah, we wanna see what you two lovebirds were up to." Yoshi agreed.

"Did the princess really kiss you, Mario?" Goombella asked.

"Err…um… how did you know that the princess kissed me?" The plumber questioned.

"Because me and the others saw you got been kissed while you and Peach didn't know that we were right behind you two." The goomba girl answered.

"Oh. But coming here to see what we're doing is actually none of your business." Mario said.

"Aww… why?"

"Err…um… I can't tell you."

"Come on! You can tell me."

"I can't."

"Why?"

"…sigh… because it's between me and Peach, so I cannot tell you."

"Alright, I understand. Hey! I almost had forgotten to finish singing that song!"

"What song?"

"Err… the song me and the others sang before."

"Really? Then what is the song?"

Goombella looked at her friends, and then her mates looked at her.

"The song is…err… um…" She said.

"So… um… what is the song you're trying to tell me?" Mario asked.

"… First comes love,…" Goombella and the other partners continued to sing.

"Mamma mia! Not this again! Not this in front of the princess! You're embarrassing us!" Mario groaned.

"… then comes marriage, then comes Ms. Mowz in a baby carriage." Mario's group sang (except Ms. Mowz) and started laughing themselves to death.

"Hey!" Ms. Mowz yelled.

"Why are you saying 'hey' for?" The female goomba inquired.

"Because you said, 'Ms. Mowz in a baby carriage!' Since when I was part of Mario's date?" The mouse exclaimed.

"Um…excuse me but Peach and I didn't actually have a date. The princess just kissed me, that's all. Whoops! I shouldn't say that." Mario accidentally said, covering his mouth.

The partners and Princess Peach stared at the plumber. Mario was blushing really bright red.

"Mario! You shouldn't said that out loud!" Peach bellowed.

"Sorry. Heh, heh." The plumber said with an embarrassed smile.

"I guess you shouldn't say that in front of us, huh." Goombella replied.

"Yeah, I shouldn't. Me and my big mouth." Mario mumbled to himself.

"Hey! I thought that I always kiss Mario all the time!" Ms. Mowz hollered.

"Not all the time!" The goomba girl says.

"What do you mean?" The mouse questioned.

"What I meant is you're not the only one who kisses Mario, I do it, Princess Peach does it, Flurrie does, Vivian does, I think, and other people who kisses him." Goombella answered.

"I kissed Mario! No, wait! I remember when Mario and I met each other in Twilight Town when Mario was a shadow. He helped me find this important thing, that's supposed to ambush him and I kissed him. I then joined him to help him get his body back, his name back and you guys back." Vivian told her friends.

"Oh but I didn't know that you kissed him." The goomba said.

"I really did kiss him! You don't believe me?"

"Of course, I believe you!"

"Really?"

"Yeah! You said so."

"Oh."

"So princess, do you forgive me of what I said earlier?" Mario asked.

"Of course, I forgive you but you shouldn't say that out loud since we're keeping that a secret from anybody in here." The princess said with a smile.

"Oh." The red-clad plumber replied.

"Peach, heads up!" A voice exclaimed.

Mario, his team and Peach turned around to see a princess wearing a beautiful yellow dress and a crown on her head. She then threw an item. It is heading towards to the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. Peach caught the object.

"Thanks, Daisy! What is it that you threw at me?" She shouted to her cousin.

Daisy and Luigi walked to where Mario, the princess and his friends were.

"It's a birthday present from me. Open it and find out what I gave to you." Princess Daisy explained.

"Okay!" Peach grinned.

She untied the pink bow and carefully ripped the colourful wrapper to see a sparkling new necklace. Peach holds it up. The necklace is gold with a pink love heart gem. She then wore it on her neck.

"So, do you like it?" Peach's cousin inquired.

"Yes, I like it. It's really beautiful!" Princess Peach said with happiness. She went to her cousin and hugged her.

"Aww, don't you just love hugging your friends or family?" Vivian smiled in a calm way. "Isn't that SO cute!"

"It sure is, Vivian, it sure is." Mario agreed.

"My, my, that's the most precious thing I've ever seen!" Flurrie replied.

"Yeah, that's real precious!" Goombella assented.

Luigi came over to Peach and Daisy, holding a little bag in his hand.

"Happy birthday, Peach. It's not much but I hope you like it." Luigi said, giving the little bag to the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Princess Peach looked at the bag and then gazed back at Mario's brother.

"Err… you gave me a bag but what's inside it?" She asked.

"Open it and find out!" Luigi replied.

Peach slowly opened the bag to see 200 coins inside it.

"Gee, thanks Luigi! It's a different present from your brother, huh." She replied with a big smile.

"Uh… yeah. Actually, what did my brother gave you?" The green-clad plumber inquired.

"A bunch of flowers." Princess Peach answered.

"Hey, Luigi! Do you wanna play tennis?" Daisy asked.

"I love to but I'm not sure if Mario wants to play it." Luigi replied.

"Oh. Hey Mario! Do want to play a game of tennis?" Daisy inquired.

"Okay! But I'm not sure if Peach wants to play that game?" Mario says.

"Cousin, do you wanna play a tennis match with us?" Daisy asked.

"Yes but we have to ask Toadsworth if he wants to be the referee for this. I'll go find him while you find Toad and Toadette, okay?" Peach said to her cousin.

"Okay." Peach's cousin nodded. She turned to Mario. "Mario, find Yoshi in here to be the audience."

"Do you mean Yoshi, one of my recent partners?" The plumber questioned.

"Nope. I mean the yoshi we always hang around with in Mario Golf tournaments, Mario Tennis tournaments and also in your adventures and other fun activities." Daisy told him.

"Oh." Mario said. "So, I guess we should get going, huh."

"Yes, we should." Princess Daisy replied.

"Okay!" The red-clad plumber said with a grin. He turned to his other friends. "Guys, stay here while I'll have to go and find Yoshi."

"But why do we have to stay here?" Goombario said in a whining tone.

"Because I need all of you to be our audience for the tennis game." Mario told to his mates. "And while I'm playing tennis, don't even think about using pom-poms to cheer me on because I'll get embarrassed, okay?"

"Okay." The partners nodded.

"So, let's go and find them, shall we?" Peach said to Mario, Daisy and Luigi.

"Okay! Let-a-go!" Mario exclaimed.

So, Mario, Luigi, Peach and Daisy walked away from Mario's partners, leaving them to wait for their return.

Toadsworth was talking to Toad and Toadette somewhere near the buffet table.

"Do you know where the princess is?" The old toad asked.

"Um… no." Toad answered.

"Yeah, I don't know where she is, as well. I think the last time I see her was when she went with Mario to somewhere very private." Toadette replied.

"I see, so you really don't know where she went to." Toadsworth says.

"Yep." The two toads said.

"Excuse me, Toadsworth but I need to talk to you." A voice said.

The old toad turned around to face a familiar princess wearing a pink dress and a crown on her head.

"Where were you, princess? I was looking all over for you." He questioned.

"Sorry Toadsworth, I was talking to Mario somewhere else." Princess Peach apologized.

"I see, so why are you here?"

"Um… do you want to be the tennis referee?"

"Yes, I do. Where's Master Mario?"

"He went to somewhere to ask Yoshi."

"I see."

"Princess, where were you?" Toad asked.

"I was talking to Mario somewhere else, like I said to Toadsworth." Peach replied.

"Oh. Do you need help, your princess-ness?"

"Yes. Can you and Toadette go to the storage room and get two large baskets full of tennis balls, tennis net and 4 rackets. Can you do it?"

"Uh… yeah but how can Toadette and I carry all that stuff?"

"Then I'll help you with it."

"Okay."

"Toadsworth, meet us at the second floor." Peach said to the old toad.

"With pleasure, princess." Toadsworth replied with a smile.

So, Peach and her servants went to the storage room while Toadsworth was on his way to the second floor.

Yoshi is still at the buffet table, eating the food. He was still eating until he got been tapped on the shoulder from behind. He turned around to see Mario.

"Pardon me, Yoshi but do you want to watch me and my friends play tennis?" The plumber asked.

"Yoshi hungry. Yoshi eat food!" Yoshi said.

"Uh… yeah. Do you want to watch me play tennis?"

"Yoshi yes! Yoshi play tennis!"

"So, you're saying you want to watch me play?"

"Yoshi yes!"

"Oh. Just come with me, Yoshi."

"Yoshi stay here. I is so hungry."

"But you already ate loads of food from the table. You should be full up by now."

"Yoshi not full up. Yoshi stay here."

"…sigh… Mamma mia." Mario sighed. He grabbed Yoshi's hand and dragged him away from the buffet table.

Mario's old and recent partners were still at the same spot, waiting for Mario, Luigi, Peach and Daisy to come back.

"What's taking Mario, Luigi and Peach so long?" Goombario inquired.

"Yeah, I'm getting a bit worried." Bombette agreed.

"Do you think they're just slacking around and taking a rest somewhere?" Yoshi said with a wondering face.

"Yoshi! They're not slacking around! They're just looking for some people!" Goombella yelled.

"Sor-ree!" Yoshi said, sarcastically.

"You know you can be annoying sometimes." The female goomba replied.

"What did you just say!" Yoshi shouted.

"Uh… nothing." Goombella says.

"…sigh… here we go again." Vivian moaned.

"Sorry guys, I kept you waiting for so long!" A voice hollered.

Mario's group turned around to see Mario coming towards them, dragging someone behind him.

"Mario! Where were you?" Goombario asked.

"I was at the buffet table asking Yoshi if he wants to watch me play tennis." Mario replied.

He then let go of Yoshi's hand, leaving him sitting on the floor. Yoshi was looking around, wondering where he was right now.

"Mario, who's that on the floor?" Goombella inquired, looking down at Yoshi.

"That's Yoshi, one of my friends I hang around since the Mario Kart series, Mario Golf series, Mario Tennis series and other activities. He even appears in my adventures sometimes." The plumber told her.

"Sorry Mario, I took so ages someplace else!" Another voice bellowed.

Mario and party turned around to see Peach, Toad and Toadette holding the tennis equipment.

"Did you get everything, princess?" The red-clad plumber questioned.

"Yes I did but holding all that stuff is hard work!" Peach replied.

"Where's Toadsworth?"

"He's waiting for us at the second floor."

"Oh."

"Peach, I can't find Toad and Toadette anywhere!" Another voice exclaimed.

As usual, Mario, Peach, Toad, Toadette, Yoshi and Mario's gang turned around to face Daisy and Luigi coming towards them.

"Princess, me and Daisy can't find Toad and Toadette anywhere!" Luigi says.

"That's because they're right here!" The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom told him.

"Oh." The green-clad plumber said.

"Mario, why is Yoshi sitting on the floor?" Daisy asked, gazing at Yoshi.

"Because I dragged him here since he won't stop eating the food." Mario answered.

"Oh, no wonder he's sitting there!" Princess Daisy replied.

"So, should we go to the second floor and meet Toadsworth?" Peach asked her friends.

"Okay!" Luigi said.

"Sounds good to me!" Daisy smiled.

"Okeydokey!" Mario said with a grin.

"Yoshi!" Yoshi exclaimed with joy.

"Then let's go!" Princess Peach Toadstool yelled.

So, Mario, Peach, Luigi and Daisy were on their way to the second floor with Yoshi and Mario's old and recent partners following behind them. They went up the stairs and opened the double door with a star on it and it shut behind them.

To be continued…