Chapter 5: Boo of Blue

Mario was hit in the back of the head… hard, by an invisible chair swung by an invisible Boo. The plumber fell to the ground. He got back up, and was soon hit down again. Yoshi and Luigi ran to aid the hero. They looked closely for the Boo, who was nowhere in sight. Then he became visible again, in the opposite corner of the room the heroes were standing. Luigi darted over and he stomped on the Boo. This time it was defeated. Luigi grinned.

"LUIGI NUMBER ONE!" he cheered.

"Nice job man," Mario commented.

"Yes, not bad," Yoshi agreed.

"Now where do we go, we just fell down here!" Mario complained.

"Yes, I know," Yoshi replied.

"Maybe we… go through that picture" Luigi stated.

"No, what kind of random idea is that?" Mario asked.

But Mario ate his words, as Luigi walked up to the picture and jumped right through it.

"Oh, that worked rather well…," Mario commented.

So he and Yoshi leapt through… in this room, there were a few crates lying around, but nothing more. 2 ghosts appeared and started hitting Mario (as always… never his friends…). So Mario took some brutal shots, but managed to dodge a few, by hearing the air coming at him. Mario soon dodged every move, as he deftly flipped and twisted in mid air. Yoshi and Luigi just watched him, they were stunned. Then a Boo became visible. Luigi ran and took it out.

"Only one to dodge, bro," Luigi called.

"No problem… Hey Yoshi wanna take this one when it becomes visible?" Mario asked.

"Sure," Yoshi replied. He waited for the moment to strike. Soon, the ghost became visible. Yoshi darted towards the Boo at rapid speeds, and kicked it to the wall. The ghost cried and vanished…it was defeated.

"Ha-ha! Easy as pie!" Mario declared.

"Yup, now how do we get out of this room?" Yoshi asked.

"Perhaps using the barrels…" Luigi said thinking out loud.

"Hmm…. Maybe," Mario agreed. He looked in every direction, not finding a thing. "I don't see anything as to what would help us," the plumber stated.

"I think I know, look up… See that tile up there in the center? On the ceiling? That one tile looks different from the others… Perhaps we can stack the barrels and get up there," Yoshi explained.

"Oh yes!" Luigi agreed.

"Let's stack up the barrels then." So the heroes stacked them up… one by one, until they reached high enough. Mario climbed up and whacked the tile, it broke open. "Good theory Yoshi, it works out," Mario said.

"Awesome! Let's go then!" Yoshi yelled. Luigi climbed up, and Yoshi followed… Soon they were in an attic. As usual, more Boos appeared… but this time… there were thousands of them! However, they didn't turn invisible. Mario darted towards one and punched it… The Boo vanished.

"HAHA! Come on guys, these Boos are easy!" Mario yelled. But, Mario soon got whacked… again and again. He threw his haymakers at the Boos, and they died out, but more kept coming, and smacking. Yoshi and Luigi had the same problem. They knew they couldn't keep fighting the onslaught. Mario started to breathe heavily, he was fighting the most, so he was very tired… especially from his lack of rest after making it out of Bone's Cave. Luigi, had the best chance of survival. He was only breathing mildly, while his allies breathed heavily and panted furiously.

"I can't take this," Yoshi bellowed, still whacking away. He was beginning to bruise and slightly bleed. Mario, on the other hand, was in a worse position. He had just earned a bloody nose, and some heavy swelling on his cheeks (the cheeks on your face). Luigi was basically unharmed, with a small exception of some major smacks. One by one, the Boos vanished, but there were still more to come.

"Augh!" Mario yelped. He soon fell to the ground, but shot back up and continued fighting. He soon developed a rage, and his wounds didn't harm him at all. He soon threw fiery jabs, and the Boos went flying. He was able to block blows, and hit back at the opponent very quickly. Shortly, he was never touched, and he hacked away like there was no tomorrow. Yoshi became semi furious, and started to hurl some eggs. He also swallowed some of the foes. They tasted of nothing, but it worked well, along with barrages of fists and kicks. Luigi fought easily. He dodged some heavy blows, and had a lot of energy on him. He easily deflected moves, and whacked the ghosts. He even performed some great head butts, sending the foes flying.

"They are almost gone!" Luigi called. His allies indeed noticed a lack of an army. They were relieved, and continued to fight. In about three minutes, all of the ghosts were defeated. Mario fell to the ground panting, as did Yoshi. Luigi stood up, beginning a heavy pant. The trio was dead… the energy unleashed in combat faded away. But they were close… they must've been. Mario arose, and Luigi stood up.

"Come on Yoshi, we are almost done man!" Mario encouraged the dinosaur. Yoshi stood up.

"Yes, we are. We can make it," he answered. The heroes looked… and found a door. Mario, leading the squad, opened the door, and led the way. There were platforms going up to a higher floor… Perhaps the ground level floor.

"Just up here," Mario stated… hopefully correct. The heroes nodded and leaped up the platforms. Mario landed and waited for his bro and good friend. Soon they made it up. Mario turned around and was shocked. A blue… Boo stared at him. He was on the other side of the room. Mario took out the enemy log book. "I have never seen this before… Here, page 231… Blue Boo. Blue Boos are advanced to the others. They are rarely ever seen, and are only found in the Uncharted Kingdom. They have only one minor weakness, fire," Mario read. He shut the book. "We need fire," he said.

"Where?' Yoshi asked.

"Yeah," Luigi said.

"I don't know…" Mario admitted.

"You are all fools! You'll never beat me down!" The Boo yelled. It soon vanished, and immediately whacked Yoshi. He fell to the ground, it was a heavy blow. He then became enraged. Yoshi shot back up. Yet, he was knocked over again, this time much harder. Mario kept his eyes aware of what was going on. He's fast… waaay too fast for me he thought. The Boo became visible. Yoshi hurled a punch, that went right through the ghost. It laughed and teleported behind Yoshi. It whacked the dinosaur to the ground for the third time. Yoshi was sweating, on account of his rage.

"I despise you! You will die down!" Yoshi yelled. The Boo threw its fists at Yoshi, who began to dodge them, feeling the wind of the hits. He was thinking about how to beat the enemy down. Then an idea shot up. He dodged the Boo's moves for another few seconds, then he flipped up in the air, over the ghost. Yoshi darted to the backpack Mario had and he opened it up. He was mad, no food was to be found. Until another bright idea came up.

"Luigi, or Mario, use a fire ball!" Yoshi suggested.

"I can't I'm wiped out," Mario responded.

"I'll a do it!" Luigi replied. He darted to the Boo who was trying to whack Yoshi again.

"Hurry it up, I'm gonna get hurt here!" Yoshi ordered. Luigi sprang into the air, and hurled a fire ball, which proceeded to hit the Boo. It soon became very visible… which meant it was prone to the heroes' attacks. Yoshi was fast on the case. He performed a huge head butt that sent the ghost flying. It hit a wall and was dazed. Yoshi ran up and whacked it more and more…until it finally disappeared. Yoshi panted a lot, and he soon fell down. Mario and Luigi arose. They opened the door the Boo was guarding… It led to the outside of the inn. "Exit!" Mario shouted.

At the sound of that, Yoshi shot right up! "VICTORY!" he roared.

"HOORAY!" Luigi cheered.

"Great job team… we are going to a real inn… then we leave. We only have a limited amount of sleep, it's already 2. But still," Mario said.

"Yeah fine," Yoshi agreed.

"It's fine, I already rested before," Luigi said.

So the heroes walked in the darkness… They had had enough already, and their adventure barely began… Mario was indeed nervous, but he needed to save the Princess… and he enjoyed adventures… so in a way, he couldn't wait for what lay ahead of him…

Bowser's Part….

Upon snoring loudly, Bowser was waken up by Kamek.

"You snore so loud! But it's daylight, we must move out. We need to head to this town… that doesn't appear to have a name… I found it an hour ago," Kamek explained.

"Ugh… Fine, get the team, and have them follow me. What time is it?" Bowser asked.

"Fifteen minutes to five sir," Kamek responded.

"WHY SO EARLY!" Bowser demanded.

"We can steal goods at this time," Kamek answered.

"Oh right… simple enough," Bowser said.

Twenty minutes later, the crew was ready, and with Kamek leading and Bowser right behind, they set off for the town. They arrived in fifteen minutes flat.

"Alright, first I need some food," Bowser mumbled.

"Right, we will go to the Super Market and snatch some," Kamek whispered.

Mario's Part…. #2

Luigi had a tough time sleeping, and he heard heavy foot steps outside. He got up and peered through the window. He saw… Bowser going by… with an army of evil. He woke up his allies… Mario grumbled and then woke up.

"What is it?" he demanded.

"Bowser… outside," Luigi said nervously.

"Oh no!" Mario yelled in a whisper. The brothers woke Yoshi up and they crept outside. They only had 3 hours of sleep. Mario saw a Hammer Bro enter the food market.

"They're stealing some food," he told his crew.

"Should we stop them?" Yoshi asked.

"We have to! We are good guys," Luigi answered.

"Yeah, he's right about that. We must fight of our foes," Mario muttered.

"What's wrong?" Yoshi asked Mario.

"Well… I know we need to be the good guys and what not, but we are tired. They are well rested and they have an army… What are the odds?" he asked.

"We can take them," Yoshi stated.

"Yeah," Luigi agreed.

"Alright, let's go then," Mario said. The heroes darted outside and raced for the foes. They entered the food store and Bowser was the first to spot the heroes.

"Hehehehe! You will die here!" Bowser yelled. With that the action started… Bowser vs. Mario: The heated match unfolded……..

Peach's Part……

Log #67: Unwanted Rage

Today I just grew over my fever… but I'm undergoing an uncontrollable rage, and I can't stop it. I'm becoming furious, and soon I may break out and get more food. I have been forced to work hard… near the boiling lava even… I don't get it… Am I becoming evil?

-Peach