Mario wakes up and yawns and stretches. "Ah! What-a lovely morning! Did-a you have a good-a sleep, Luigi?"
"I had a nightmare where I was in the middle of a racing course and I got ran over by several racing cars…" replies Luigi.
"Nonsense! That's-a just a dream! Let's-a go for breakfast!"
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At the canteen, many people are eating breakfast. "Da food here sure eez good!" says Mario.
"I wonder where the others are?" asks Luigi.
"Some of them are here." Mario points to Yoshi and Kirby who are at a table at the corner.
DK comes walking by with a tray of fruits, and he asks the Mario Bros., "Can I sit here?"
Mario pulls out a piece of paper and writes, "Yes."
"Thanks!" So DK sits down and eats his breakfast consisting of nothing but fruits.
"I wonder when a race is going to start?" wonders Luigi.
"I'm sure there will be one today," says Mario.
Just then, a brown bear comes to DK and says, "Hey, can you by any chance be Diddy's relative Donkey Kong?"
DK turns to him and asks, "Did you said something to me? Hey… Aren't you Banjo?"
"Yes I am! You still remember me, right?"
"I don't remember you? Of course I remember you! It's been a while since we met! How's everything?"
"Things aren't going the best around these days. That's why I joined this race and if I win, I want to ask Carma for a happy and relaxing lifestyle."
"So where's Kazooie?"
"She's at the table eating. Oh, I better go now. She's going to throw a fit if I leave her waiting." And Banjo runs off.
Mario shows DK another paper that writes, "Your friend?"
"He's a good friend of Diddy, but I know him also."
"Well, if it isn't the plumber who is one of the Smashers," says a voice.
Mario turns to the source of voice and sees Mr. 3!" Mista 3!"
"Oh no! Hide!" screams Luigi, and he hides under the table.
"We meet again!" says Mr. 3.
"What-a do you want-a theez time?"
"I don't see any reason for revenge, but I should thank you for defeating Crocodile. Now I'm free to return to my former job!"
"Killing, right?"
"No, it's art! I was an artist before I became a killer. Now I am returning to become an artist, and I joined this race so that if I win, I will become the greatest artist in the world!"
"Right…"
"Hey, you better believe it! I got some great talents! Don't believe me? Watch!" Mr. 3 produces wax from his hand and shapes it into a form of a mini-Mario statue. "See?"
"Pretty nice!"
"Keep it as a souvenir if you want to!"
Just at this moment, they all hear beeping sounds, and they look at their certificates.
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At another table, Kazooie is waiting for Banjo to return, and when he finally did, she says to him, "You kept me waiting! Where have you been?"
"Met an old friend," replies Banjo, and then he hears a beeping sound. "Uh? What's that?"
"That's your certificate ringing! How can you not recognize that sound after hering it so many times during the preliminaries? It means that our race is set!"
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Mario looks at his certificate. "Hmmm… So I'm in da next race."
"So am I!" says Mr. 3. "Well, this is a good chance to get back at you for that time back in Halloween Town!"
"I thought you said you're not planning on revenge!" says Luigi.
"Did I say that? Oh well, see you at the race!" And Mr. 3 walks off.
"I have a bad feeling about this…"
"Relax, Luigi. There is no way he can get-a back on us," Mario assures him.
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"Oh look! I'm in the race too!" says Kirby, looking at his certificate.
"That's great! I hope you win!" says Yoshi.
"The course is called Wild Flower Meadow. I wonder how do you get there? Wait, there's more message written on it. It says to go to the Transportation Building."
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"Transportation Building? What's that?" asks Luigi.
"Don't-a know. We'll just have to go there and find-a out ourselves."
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A priest is walking through the streets, shouting out, "Anyone who is interested in seeing the race please proceed to the racing theater. I repeat, to the racing theater! It's on the south block of the city!"
"What's that place?" wonders Young Link.
"Perhaps we get to view the race there?" says Link. "Let's just go."
So they all go to the south block and enter a movie theater-like building. The inside is very similar to one too, as there are lots of seats and a large monitor in the front. They are even selling snacks at the entrance!
"What's this place?" asks Ness.
"Are we going to watch movie?" asks Parry. "I always wanted to go to a movie theater, but they said pets are not allowed…"
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Meanwhile, all the racers are gathered at a place called the Transportation Building. "Oh, you're here too, Samus!" Kirby says to Samus.
"I'm in this race also," she replies.
"But what are we doing here for?"
"Listen up, everyone!" says a priest. "Now that all 30 of you are here, we will now transport you to the course."
"Isn't the course in this city?" asks Wario, who appears to be in this race also.
"Unfortunately no. In fact, all the races of the finals will not be held in Sedan Headquarters. This place is rather small, so it's impossible for any racing tracks to fit here."
"Then why do we come here?" asks Waluigi.
"It is necessary to hold the opening ceremony in Sedan Headquarters, but the races will not be here. Your first race is in Wild Flower Meadow, it's a place in Toyota that is famous for flowers."
"How do we get there if the course is not here?" asks Banjo.
"Simple! See this large portal machine here? This is a Transporter; it will take you to various places. We will use this to transport you to Wild Flower Meadow."
"I see."
"Got any questions?"
"Is the rules still the same as the preliminaries?" asks Samus.
"Pretty much the same, except there are 30 racers this time. The first 3 to cross the finish line will get prizes, but the last 3 to cross or whoever got destroyed are lost. And also, there is only one chance in this race; if you lost, then you're disqualified."
"You mean it's not like the preliminaries where you have 3 chances?"
"Unfortunately, no. This is the finals, so we have to eliminate racers as fast as possible so we can get to Carma quickly."
"Oh… This is so bad… I better do my best!"
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At the racing theater…
"And you will watch the race from over here," explains the instructor there.
"So it's like a movie after all!" says Falco.
"And it's good that there is air-con so we don't have to burn to death under the hot weather," says Peach.
"And there are more kinds of snacks too!" adds Yoshi while munching popcorn and drinking soda.
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"So racers, please get into your cars and drive through this portal as soon as it is opened," says the priest, and he goes to the control panel and presses several button combinations. Then a large glow appears in the gateway of the machine, and one can see a sunny flower field through it. "Okay, it's open! Now go in, for the race is going to begin!"
So the racers get into their cars and drive through the portal.
"I have a bad feeling about this…" says Luigi while trembling.
"Don't-a look at things so badly," Mario tells him.
Luigi closes his eyes as they drive through the portal. When he reopens his eyes, he finds himself out in a meadow. "Whoa! When did we get here?"
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At the theater, the giant monitor turns on. "Yay! It's starting at last!" says Parry.
"I see Kirby!" points out Yoshi.
"And I see Mario also!" says Bowser. "He better win! Because I want to race with him to see who's the best!"
"I see Banjo and Kazooie too!" says DK.
A guy pops up at the monitor and announces loudly, "Hello everyone! My name is Repeata, and I am the younger brother of Talko, who was the announcer for the preliminaries. I, Repeata, the younger brother of Talko, who was the announcer of the preliminaries, will be the announcer for this race held in Wild Flower Meadow. I, Repeata, the younger brother of Talko, who was the announcer of the preliminaries, will announce to you this race held in the Wild Flower Meadow by following the racers using my Super Mini-Jet."
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At the racing course…
"So are you racers ready to begin the race that is held here in Wild Flower Meadow?" asks Repeata.
"Just hurry up and get on with it!" says Wario. "I don't have the patience to wait for you to repeat everything!"
"All right then, the moment I, Repeata, the younger brother of Talko, who was the announcer of the preliminaries, give the signal, you may begin the race that is held here in Wild Flower Field." Repeata raises his hand and says, "Three! Two! One! Go!"
The racers just stay in place, looking at him.
"I, Repeata, the younger brother of Talko, who was the announcer of the preliminaries, said go!"
"You didn't fire the gun," Samus tells him.
"You want the gun? Then fine!" Repeata takes out a gun and fires it against the sky, and the racers are off! "There they go! I, Repeata, the younger brother of Talko, who was the announcer of the preliminaries, will now follow them using my Super Mini-Jet!" He hops into his jet and zooms after them.
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Unlike the previous races, I'm not going to bother listing all 30 racers. Instead, I'm going to list down racers who will play a significant role in this race. These will be the ones I will be focusing on: Mario Bros., Wario Bros., Samus, Kirby, Mr. 3 and Ms. Goldenweek, Banjo and Kazooie, and an original character named Flamer.
Samus is the first in lead, along with a few others unnamed generic racers. A guy riding a motorcycle tries to get past her, but she slams him away with the side of her starship. "Out of my way!" shouts Samus.
Another racer driving a Ferrari zooms past him, and she instantly blasts him to pieces with a single plasma shot.
BANG!
Kirby is not too far behind her. If ever anyone catches up to him, he would suck the person in and spit him or her away.
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Not too far behind, the Mario Bros. is having a sort of a duel with the Wario Bros. Actually, it's the Wario Bros. who wants to fight them; the Mario Bros. doesn't have the intention to fight back. "You're not fighting back, are you?" Wario asks him.
"You're so annoying!" Luigi says to him, and then he got hit in the face by a ball Waluigi threw.
"You're getting on my nerves too!" says Waluigi.
Suddenly, a wax knife flies pass between them. They all turn around and see the Mr. 3 pair catching up. If you are curious, Mr. 3 is driving a car made of wax. It's surprising that something made of wax can run! "Vengeance shall be mines!" says Mr. 3.
"Oh no! The wax guy is here!" cries Luigi.
"Don't-a worry! I can counta hiz attacks with my fire!" says Mario.
"Take this! Candle Lock!" Mr. 3 fires a large stream of wax from his hand. The wax hits the back wheels of the Red Fire and sticks it in place. "Gotcha!" And he uses this chance to run past them.
"Oh no! We're stuck!" cries Luigi.
"I can handle theez!" Mario hops down from his car and places his palm against the waxed wheel. His glove begins to emit heat and it melts the wax, thus freeing the car again. "There!"
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"I don't know who you are, but you did us a favor of stopping that stupid plumber," Wario says to Mr. 3.
"That was for something in the past," says Mr. 3. "But even you are my enemy in this race. So do not blame me for being evil towards you!"
"Oh yeah? Bring it on!"
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Banjo and Kazooie are somewhere in the middle, with some slower racers behind them. Their car is looks like a typical sport car, but the outer covering is painted to look like Banjo's face. "Take that!" says Kazooie as she shootsan eggat a racer who is catching up.
The egg hits the racer in the face and blinds him, and he crashes to the side of the course.
"Ha! Bull's eye!"
"Can you be a bit nicer, Kazooie?" Banjo tells her. "I don't want to see lots of people hurt just for this."
"Hey, this is a race, so we have to be aggressive at times."
Suddenly, they see an explosion coming up from behind and a couple of cars are hurled into the sky in flames.
"Whoa! What was that?" wonders Kazooie?
"Did I hear an explosion?" asks Banjo.
"You did… Hey, there's someone catching up!"
Behind them, a guy with orange, spiky hair and wearing a black shirt with the words FLAME written on it is catching up furiously. He is driving a sports car painted with pictures of fire all over.
"That guy looks freaky! But he's still gonna go down from a hit of my egg!" says Kazooie. As the guy approaches, Kazooie shoots an egg at him, but the guy easily dodges it.
"You dare mess with I, The Flamer?" says the guy, who you know as Flamer. "Prepare to get flamed!"
"I think you're the one who's gonna get flamed!" Kazooie shoots a fire egg at him. If you want to know, fire eggs are orange eggs that explode on contact.
Flamer sticks out his hand and grabs the fire egg, and then he crushes it in his hand. Surprisingly enough, the explosion and the flames of the egg didn't hurt him!
"What!"
"I have mastered the power to fight with fire! I can understand the language of fire and to use them in battle! Prepare to get flamed!"
"That doesn't make sense!" says Banjo.
"Pointless Flaming!" Flamer raises one hand into the air and then a ball of fire appears in his palm. The small ball of fire explodes and small specks of fires are sent flying in every direction.
A speck of fire touches Kazooie's wing and she screams, "YOY! HOT!" She quickly rubs it against the seat to get it off. "Why you! You'll pay for messing with my lovely feather!"
"This guy's scary! Let's get away from him!" cries Banjo, and he steps on the pedal to zoom away.
"Nobody can escape my flames! The only way you can protect yourself is to use a flame shield, but there is no such thing! Prepare to get flamed! Pointless Flaming!" Flamer uses the same attack again and the fires go flying after the duo.
"Drive faster! Banjo!" cries Kazooie. "He's doing it again!"
"I'm driving! I'm driving!" says Banjo. "Try to get him off me!"
"I'll try!" Kazooie continues to shoot eggs at Flamer, but he is able to dodge them, either that or he grabs the egg and crushes them.
"Nobody can escape my flaming! Random Flames!" Flamer again creates a ball of fire in his palm and hurls it into the air. The ball of fire explodes in midair and fireballs rain down at random spots.
"It's raining fire!" screams Kazooie. "That guy's so scary!"
A fire drops on Banjo's head, and he says, "I think I smell something burning."
"Your head's on fire!"
"Really? Hmmm… OW! IT BURNS!"
Kazooie gets a bottle of water and pours it on his head to douse out the fire. "There! Now we must do something about that flame guy!" But then an idea comes to her mind. "Since he's on fire, let's cool him down with some… ice eggs!"
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Mr. 3 creates a knife wax and hurls it at Wario, who quickly moves his head back to avoid it. "Hey! That's dangerous!" Wario tells at him. "Waluigi, get him!"
"Yes sir!" Waluigi takes out a bob-omb and hurls it at the wax car.
"You think you can get me with that?" says Mr. 3, and he creates a wax bat and knocks the bob-omb high into the sky, where it explodes in midair, and frying some birds in the process.
Waluigi pulls out a spiked shell and throws it at him again, and as usual, Mr. 3 bats it. But instead of flying away, the spiked shell shatters the wax bat into pieces, and then hits Mr. 3 in the face.
KLONK!
"Ow!" cries Mr. 3. "How dare you! Miss Goldenweek!" But Ms. Goldenweek is asleep in the back seat of the car. "Ms. Goldenweek! Wake up!"
Ms. Goldenweek pops awake and yawns, and then says drowsily, "Yes, Mr. 3?"
"Do something about those two!"
While they are fighting and driving, they are approaching a bridge that hangs across a wide chasm with a raging river below. The bridge is very wide and sturdy, so it can support many cars at once.
Ms. Goldenweek looks at the Wario Bros. and says, "I can do something about them."
"Ha! What can a little girl do?" says Waluigi. "You should go to kindergarten!"
Ms. GW takes out an easel and some paints and begins mixing colors together until she gets the color black. "Black is the color of betrayal," she explains. "Even your best friend and relatives can betray you." She dips her paintbrush into the black paint and swings the paintbrush at Waluigi. Some drops of black paint lands on top of Waluigi's hat.
"Waluigi, are you doing something about them?" asks Wario while driving. Suddenly, Waluigi grabs him by the neck and begins choking him. "Ack! Wal… luigi… What… are you… doing…?"
"Good work, Ms. Goldenweek!" says Mr. 3. "Now let's see them beat the crap out of each other!"
This kept on going until they are crossing the bridge. Waluigi then punches Wario in the face over and over, not giving Wario a chance to fight back. "Stop it! What's wrong with you!" screams Wario. Using all his might, Waluigi shoves Wario off the car! "WAAAAAAA!" Wario falls towards the river below, but he is able to grab onto a branch on the side of the cliff. "Help me! Somebody help me!" He looks down to see several sharp rocks on the riverbed and also the raging river itself.
Meanwhile, Waluigi took control of the Wario Car and went on ahead himself, driving next to Mr. 3's car. "See ya, sucker!" Mr. 3 calls out to Wario.
"That Waluigi! I'll get him for betraying me!" says Wario angrily while holding onto the branch for dear life.
"It seems like Waluigi has betrayed his partner Wario!" says Repeata. "Can Wario escape the fate he is in right now that is caused by Waluigi? Or will he fall to his doom below which is the sharp rocks on the riverbed and the raging river?"
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"Mr. 3…" mutters Peach. "And also Ms. Goldenweek…"
"I thought we saw the last of him already!" says Captain Falcon.
"Mr. 3, Ms. Goldenweek, and I are the only Baroque Work agents left that aren't captured," says Bon Clay.
"What is he doing here?" asks Ness.
"He says he wants to become the greatest artist in the world."
"I doubt it. He's quite an evil man," says Peach, thinking back when she was almost turned into a wax statue by him.
"He almost succeeded in killing me, Link, and Peach," says Zelda.
"Yeah, but good thing Kirby and Mario saved us in time," says Link.
"Let's hope he doesn't remember any of us," says Peach.
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Meanwhile, Samus is still in lead, and nobody is around her because they're all destroyed. "Ha! I'm just too good!" she says proudly to herself, but then she hears someone shouting at her.
"You're not getting away that easily!"
She turns around and sees Kirby catching up. "So you want to challenge me?" she asks. "Then fine! I don't care whether you're friend or not, just bring it on!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
Banjo and Kazooie are getting flamed by Flamer! Wario is hanging between life and death! What will become of their fates? Read the next chapter to find out!
Note to BK fans: Sorry if Banjo and Kazooie are out of character. I know extremely little about Banjo-Kazooie series. I only put them into the story because my good friend Yoshizilla begged me too, so I did it in order to satisfy him.
So what do you think of this chapter? Let me know it in your reviews and also post some comments on my original character Flamer!
Remember, no flames allowed! I won't be happy to see any.