A/N: Again, I'll be translating Yoshi and Birdo's dialogue. The translated speech will be in Bold.
Yoob returnsWhile this was all happening, on Yoshi's island, Birdo was busy in her garage. The garage, like the rest of her house, was coloured pink and had red ribbons painted on the wall. There were several shelves stacked with paint, mostly pink and red. Birdo was busy playing mechanic, trying to repair the Turbo Birdo. It had developed a bad oil leak, and since there was no service station on the island, she had to do it herself. She was wearing a pink apron, which was almost completely covered in oil when she came out. The leak wasn't quite fixed yet but she needed to clean up and have a drink. She grabbed a nearby cloth to wipe the oil off her hands and her face. There was still a little oil on her hands. She went towards the door in the back of the garage when she heard a knock at the garage entrance. She turned to look and saw Yoshi at the entrance.
"Hi Birdo." Yoshi greeted. Birdo waved and walked over to him.
"Great to see you Yoshi." Birdo greeted back.
"What were you doing to your car?"
"It had an oil leak. I was trying to fix it but I'm not having much luck."
"You take a rest. I'll have a go."
"Are you sure? I don't want to work you."
"It's no bother. I've just finished fixing one of my cars myself."
"Well, ok then." Yoshi went over to the Turbo Birdo and began working on it while Birdo went to wash up. She went from the garage to her kitchen. This was also mostly pink with red ribbons on the walls. The kitchen was stacked with all of the common things that you'd find in a kitchen, with the addition of a small television in one corner. Birdo turned the television on while she washed her hands and took her apron off. She did feel guilty about letting Yoshi take care of her vehicle problem but he did insist. She kept half an eye on the TV while she was washing the oil off of her hands. The current programme, which was her favourite programme, was suddenly interrupted by an emergency news bulletin, fully catching Birdo's attention. She looked up as soon as the bulletin began.
"This is an emergency bulletin from princess peach's castle. An alien army is attacking the kingdom. It is believed to be the return of the shroob army that had invaded several years ago. It is feared that the princess, along with several guests that were present at the castle, have been abducted by the shroobs. Citizens are advised to stay indoors and wait for further announcements." The announcement sent a shiver down Birdo's spine. She didn't know who the Shroobs were but could tell that there was big trouble. She didn't know what she should do at all, if she could do anything. She turned the television off and poured herself a glass of water to try and take her mind off what she had seen. Truth be told, she didn't want to believe it herself. She had always had nightmares about an alien invasion, so the news article had left her a little traumatised. She felt her heart skip a beat when she heard a footstep in the kitchen. Thankfully, it was only Yoshi, wiping his face and hands with a rag.
"Are you ok Birdo?" Yoshi asked. Birdo jumped a little but sighed with relief when she saw Yoshi. She didn't want to tell Yoshi about what she had seen.
"I'm ok. Just a little bit unwell." Birdo lied.
"Perhaps you should rest."
"I'll be fine with a glass of water."
"Ok. I've fixed the car. Shall we test it?" Birdo was incredibly nervous about testing the vehicle, especially because of what she had seen. But she didn't want to make Yoshi suspicious that she was worried about something, so she decided to agree.
"Ok. Let me finish this drink." Yoshi nodded and poured himself a glass of water himself after washing the oil off of his hands and face.
"I'll have this drink as well, then we'll test the car."
"Sure."
"I wonder how Mario's doing."
"Was he doing something today?"
"He was going to princess peach's castle for toadsworth's birthday." Birdo's heart skipped a beat. She realised that Mario was one of the guests that had been abducted by the shroobs. All of a sudden, she wanted to tell Yoshi about what she had seen. Yoshi did notice Birdo's sudden shock when he mentioned where Mario was.
"Birdo, are you sure you're ok?" Yoshi asked. Birdo took a deep breath and looked at Yoshi.
"Yoshi, there's no point in attempting to conceal it anymore. I've just seen the news. The mushroom kingdom is being invaded." Yoshi nearly dropped his glass of water in shock.
"What do you mean?"
"An alien race called the shroobs. They have attacked the castle and abducted everyone there."
"Did you say shroobs?"
"Yes. Why?"
"My father told me about them. They invaded when the Mario brothers were only babies."
"What happened to them?"
"It's complicated. Even I don't really understand the specifics, but they were defeated by the Mario brothers."
"Yoshi, what do we do?"
"For one thing, we stay inside just in case 'it' is back."
"'It'?"
"I dare not say the name. It's a giant Yoshi-like creature that is taboo topic amongst the Yoshi's."
"What did it do?" Yoshi took a very deep breath. He didn't want to say anything about this monster but Birdo needed to know, just in case it was back.
"It ate Yoshi's." Birdo shuddered horribly. The thought of a giant cannibalistic Yoshi scared her. She dared not ask anything else about this creature. Instead, she went to the window and looked outside, almost as if she was expecting this creature to suddenly attack. Inside, she was worried. Since the Yoshi and Birdo races were similar, this creature might eat her if it did attack. The thought sent shivers down her spine. She put the glass that was in her hand on a nearby work desk, sat down on a chair and then buried her head in her hands. Yoshi then realised that telling Birdo about the creature had been a mistake. He went over to her, knelt down and put a hand on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry Birdo. I should've never told you about that creature." Yoshi said. Birdo looked up at Yoshi.
"No Yoshi, it's my fault. I should never have asked about it."
"Birdo, do you want to leave the island before the creature arrives?"
"Leave the island?"
"I've decided that I want to help my friends."
"But how do we defeat all these shroobs?"
"According to my father, they had a secret weakness that destroys them. E.gadd should have the formula in his lab."
"Where is E.gadd's lab?"
"I wish I knew. All I know is that it's somewhere in a forest on the mainland."
"That doesn't help much."
"It gives me a start. Did you want to come with me?" Birdo remained silent for a moment. She wasn't sure whether she wanted to come or not. Truth be told, over the past few days, she had developed a crush on this Yoshi. She did feel that he was too reckless for his own good, but she could see his reasons for this trip. His friends were in serious danger, and if this creature had returned, they would be in danger if they did nothing. It appeared that no matter where they went, they would be in danger. She eventually looked up at Yoshi again.
"Yoshi, I'm coming with you."
"You want to come with me do you?"
"Even if I didn't, I'd be in danger if this creature is around. Besides, I'm a fairly good fighter when I need to be."
"Ok then. Just be careful, I'd never forgive myself if you got hurt."
"What does that mean?" Yoshi hesitated in his response. He hid his face with his hands to hide a small blush that had appeared.
"You're a friend. I don't want any of my friends to get hurt." The tone of Yoshi's voice told Birdo that there was something else, but she decided not to argue.
"I'll be fine Yoshi. We'll take the Turbo Birdo, just in case we get attacked."
Birdo and Yoshi climbed aboard the Turbo Birdo, like they had done when they had entered the Mario Kart: Double Dash tournament a while ago. Yoshi was on the back while Birdo was driving. They were driving on the only road on the island to try to get to the one place where they could leave the island, the port. Birdo was still highly worried about what Yoshi had told her. Her main concern was what would they do if the creature that Yoshi had told her was on the island. If it was, everybody they knew would be in major trouble. Birdo put this thought to the back of her mind and concentrated on getting to the island port. Along the way though, they came across a shroob roadblock. There were about five shroobs in the road, preventing them from going on. Birdo pulled the car to a stop when she saw the shroobs in the way.
"Yoshi, are these shroobs?" Birdo asked.
"Yes, those are shroobs." Yoshi replied. The five shroobs were looking at the two dinosaurs and the car.
"Yoshi's are still on this island then." One of them said. Yoshi couldn't understand what the shroob was saying but, much to her surprise, Birdo could understand them.
"But what is that other creature?" Another asked.
"They look similar. It might be another type of Yoshi."
"I'm a Birdo!" Birdo shouted. Yoshi looked at her with shock.
"You can understand them?" Yoshi asked.
"Why is that such a surprise?"
"Because nobody else can. I certainly can't."
"Then why can I?"
"What do we do with them?" A shroob asked
"They could prove a useful power source." Another replied.
"Power source?" Birdo asked.
"What are they saying?" Yoshi asked.
"They said that we might be a useful power source."
"I hope that doesn't mean what I think it means."
"Bring it in." One of the shroobs said. One of the others pulled out a small device that looked like a walkie-talkie. It began speaking in a whisper so nobody could hear. The others pulled out some ray guns and aimed at Yoshi and Birdo.
"I'm getting us out of here." Birdo shouted. She put the pedal to the medal, turned the Turbo Birdo around and sped away, with Yoshi hanging on for dear life. When they were out of range of the shroobs, Birdo slowed down and allowed Yoshi to regain his composure.
"Birdo, next time you're going to do something like that, give me more warning." Yoshi managed to say in between gasping for breath.
"Sorry Yoshi, but I'm not sticking around to find out what 'it' is."
"They were bringing something in?"
"One of them instructed the others to 'bring it in'. I don't particularly want to find out what 'it' is." Yoshi gulped.
"I have a feeling I already know what 'it' is." Before the discussion could continue, a group of about three shroob saucers appeared overhead. Yoshi and Birdo were able to see them because of an enormous shadow. When they looked up, they saw that the three ships were carrying between them what looked like a giant Yoshi egg. It was coloured pink with green spots. Birdo looked at the egg awestruck while Yoshi swallowed a huge lump of hard sweat.
"That is a big egg."
"Birdo, that is the egg of the creature I told you about."
"The Yoshi-eater…is in that egg?"
"It is. This was the 'it' that you heard the shroobs mention." Both dinosaurs could only watch in horror as the shroob ships dropped the giant egg in front of them.
"Yoshi, I'm going to get us out of here as fast as I can."
"Birdo, go as fast as you can. We need to place as much distance between us and the egg before it hatched."
"Where do we go?"
"The village. We have to warn everybody." Birdo nodded and put her foot down. She turned the turbo Birdo around and they zoomed away from the egg. About a second after they had gone, the egg hatched.