Paper Mario one and a half

Chapter 18, The Quest to Watt

Mario walked back to the hut where Bow and Goombario were sleeping and entered. After walking to his bed, he laid down and stayed awake restless for 2 hours, until he finally fell asleep.

By the time it was 9:00 AM, after 1 hour of sleep, the two partners woke up Mario. Mario, knowing that they would ask about his missing shirt, explained the sad tale of the fake Luigi and the fact that he was a Duplighost. Mario cried a little bit, and then the three walked through the bamboo door and into the main lobby. They sat at a table (which was a bundle of leaves tied in a cube with rope) at the four chairs that were there. Looking at the empty chair (which are tree stumps) made Mario cry again. Bow cheered Mario up, right before the Yoshi Cook came.

"Can I take your order?" asks the primitive dinosaur.

"I will have the Leaf and Mango Salad with some Pepp Water, please." Replied Bow. "And I'll have Fried Stems topped with Seaweed Salsa. Also, get me a Tropical Mango Smoothie." said Goombario.

"Well, I guess I will take 3 Fried Eggs along with Fuzzy Bacon Strips. For my drink, I guess I will take Javajava Plant Juice." answered Mario, who is still slightly emotional.

"Got it, guys! You wait here as I serve your food!" said the Cook, and then he left.

The group waited for 2 minutes as Bow tried to calm down and sooth Mario's soul, but it was no effect. After the two minutes were up, Bow got desperate and used a Recover Shroom on Mario, which somehow actually revived Mario's soul! He said he was feeling better and that he would find Luigi, this time with pride instead of tears. 2 minutes (it took a minute to heal Mario) later, the cook came back with good-smelling, delicious foods! The group was surprised by the food!

The Leaf and Mango Salad had 3 large leaves topped with mangoes and what looked like Ranch Dressing. Pepp Water looked like Soda, and it tasted like it too! Fried Stems are well, 15 chopped small and skinny stems that were fried. Seaweed Salsa was basically green warm sauce.

Believe it or not, but a Tropical Mango Smoothie is only Mangoes with fresh, cold water and Plant Flavoring and that's all! 3 Fried Eggs are 3 fried eggs, Fuzzy Bacon Strips were black and red bacon strips, and finally Javajava Plant Juice was like the Mango Smoothie except it had Plant Juice (quite good, actually) and a fancier cup.

The group ate the food, which was surprisingly tasty. In fact, they liked it so much that they all ate seconds! After they finished, the Cook gave them the bill, which was 90 coins (15 coins per person (45 coins) times two for seconds (90 coins)). From their battle WAY back at the graveyard and from the Robot Wars AND from Mario and Bow's pocket money, they combined had: 350 coins! After paying their bill (they have 260 coins left), they left the hut they slept in, and somehow, another shirt for Mario was waiting for him! On it was a tag. It said:

To Mario,

We know what happened, because we saw the ripped shirt. We could tell it was ripped because of your body being too big, so we use special material for this shirt! This shirt can be stretched to any size, even 900,000 feet, and never, ever rip! Also, it is immune to being ripped by pulling it, which is also probably what happened.

WARNING:

This shirt is NOT immune to being cut, burned, shocked, and every other hazard. It only has a stretch and rip immortality.

Mario put the shirt on and said, "Bow and Goombario, we need to get back to the main Mushroom Kingdom! We really have no reason to stay here anymore if we are looking for Luigi!" The others agreed and the trio ran to the Yoshi ship, where they were greeted by… Kolorado!

"Well, I'll be! I was planning on going to your hut, but you got here early! So, when can we return to Mushroom Kingdom? Truthfully, I'm tired of this place! I have to sleep ON A WOODEN FLOOR!" explained Kolorado.

"Don't worry, we are leaving NOW!" answered Mario, and Mario wrote a note and used a rope to tie it to a nearby tree. It said:

Gone with ship. Come to Mushroom Kingdom Coast for ship.

Mario, Goombario, Bow, and Kolorado

The crew was inside the cabin room with the oars. Mario, not wanting to go through very long and boring oar-moving, put the Speed Engine Model 2099 into a perfect slot for an engine! Technically, he found this in the Speedjet 2100, and the engine he got was last year's engine! After it was in there (and explaining to the three where he found it), they took off into the sea! Mario activated the engine and they sped at a speed of 60 MPH for now, going to Mushroom Kingdom Coast!

DAY 1: 9:35 AM

We set off on our journey to Mushroom Kingdom Coast! So far no problems, but I have the feeling we might experience a very serious problem on our way to the beach!

Mario was piloting the ship, Goombario was inside making lunch, Kolorado was searching the ship for any artifacts, and Bow was on lookout from the Lookout Tower.

This pattern continued until it was 12:35 PM (Mario has a watch, you know!). At this time, everyone came into the kitchen to eat lunch: Meat and Leaf Sandwiches. After Mario ate 3, Bow ate 1, Goombario ate 1, and Kolorado ate 2, they returned to their stations, this time alternating, so Mario makes dinner, Goombario looks for treasure, Bow pilots, and Kolorado is lookout.

DAY 1: 3:42 PM

Still no signs of danger! Wow, this is quite surprising! I wonder what we will find throughout our journey.

By the time it was 5:36, a set of grey clouds were peeking over the blue ocean waters. It didn't reach the ship until after dinnertime, but I am skipping ahead. Backing up to dinner (7:15 PM), the group had Bean Chilly, Fresh Red and Blue Berries, and Leaf and Nut Wrap. It was actually a marvelous job from Mario, so they complimented him and they all gathered back to the middle of the ship to look out at the rainy sky. By now, it was 7:35 PM, and the storm just started.

DAY 1: 7:38 PM

Finally, a threat for our life! We are now caught in a storm, and I'm curious on what will happen!

It was 9:54 PM when the main part of the storm hit the ship at full power! Waves pounded against the bottom of the ship, and the high winds were able to actually pull off one of the sails, which honestly the crew didn't need! After 30 minutes of horrible weather, a Waterspout appeared!

"Holy-" said Mario, but was stopped by part of a pole to rip off halfway and it soaring right past Mario's head and into the Waterspout, where it was incinerated!

"Well, I guess my wish for a strong threat was granted, but this is too much!" said Mario as a piece of wood from the nearby cabin wall ripped off and flew into the storm. Luckily, the cabin was an exercise room, so that room was kind of useless anyway.

Suddenly, the storm suddenly broke up, and a huge black Blooper appeared out of the sea!

"Mario, I know what that is! It is a Dark Blooper! It uses dark energy to create all kinds of storms, like the Waterspout we found!" exclaimed Goombario, happy that he was the only one who knew about this creepy, yellow-eyed Blooper.

Mario threw a fireball at the Blooper, who simply made a Dark Matter Shield to block it. "Write about this in my diary Bow, now!" yelled Mario, which was followed by Bow getting and coming out 1 minute later with the diary. "Got it!" screams Bow, and she writes:

Dy 1: 9:38 PM

We aer fakcing a nwe enmey! Wihs me lukc!

After Bow finishes (she was so excited from the fight, she wasn't even seeing what she was writing), she looks down and exclaims how bad she did! She rewrote it and added more, so it read:

Day 1: 9:40 PM

We are fighting a new enemy! This is some sort of dark Blooper who can make storms with his powers! He also is pretty good at Dark Magic! Also, the storm instantly disappeared when he came out! Maybe there is some connection...

NOW that she was finished, she put away the diary back in the bedroom and quickly floated back to the scene to watch the fight.

So far Mario really hasn't injured the Blooper, while the Blooper has done a lot of damage to Mario. His shirt was fried from some Dark Magic Blast, and he was bleeding from a recent Dark Scratch move. Mario knew he would lose if he didn't do something, so he became Ultra Fire Mario and jumped off of the ship and to the Blooper. He tried to rip his shirt, but he just remembered he couldn't, so he said "awwwww" and landed on the squid monster.

He started then doing some very violent stuff to the Blooper, and it really was violent! Lets just say Blooper's eyeball flew over the ship (spitting blood on the ship as it was soaring above it) and into a jagged rock on the other side that our team somehow passed. BTW, if you are wondering how Mario's ship isn't moving, it is because of one of the 6 tenctacles of the Blooper were holding it. After it died, the ship suddenly lurched and started moving forward! He flew up to the ship, became normal, and the three went to the bedroom.

They without much talk went into their beds (there was 1 double bed (Mario and Kolorado sleep on), a long couch (Bow slept on), and a soft, comforting mini-bed (Goombario slept on)), pulled up the sheets, and fell asleep within 40 seconds. Everyone except Mario, who wrote in his diary.

Day 1: 10:20 PM

We won against the Dark Blooper.

Mario too then turned out the light, pulled up the covers, and rolled asleep.

His dream was very interesting. He saw Luigi getting stolen by a shadow, then seeing Luigi become the shadow. Finally, Mario could hear a voice saying, "…….. kidnapped Luigi!" Mario said "Who?" The voice said "……… did it." Suddenly, a wave of fire suddenly popped up, which abruptly woke up Mario!

Mario's watch said it was 9:20 AM. He wrote in his diary AGAIN.

Day 2: 9:20 AM

I had a strange dream about Luigi being kidnapped! I have to find that kidnapper!

He set his diary down and went to the basement via stairs in this bedroom. Inside he found the three sitting in front of a small fire (it was kept in a stone ring, so it wouldn't spread) in some what looked like beanbag chairs. They were talking and laughing, each with a donut and some coffee on the nearby table.

"Mornin'." said Mario, and the others greeted him too. Mario walked all the way down stairs another beanbag chair from the stack that still had 7 more in it. He walked up to the fire, laid it down, grabbed a donut from the box and coffee from the machine, and he also joined the talk. They were basically talking about their adventures and about all kind of stuff.

Once the time chimed 10:00 AM, the group got up and went back to work! Just like yesterday morning, the same set-up followed: Mario pilot, Goombario Cook, Bow Lookout, and Kolorado, who couldn't find any treasure clean-up man. Unlike yesterday, they are having Lunar (Lunch and Dinner) at 4:00 PM. Time ticked and ticked… until at 2:00 PM Kolorado found a map! He ran to Mario and gave it to him.

It showed Star Island about two-thirds of the way of the journey, and like a coincidence, they say an island shaped like a star! After 1 and a half hours, they reached the island and already past it.

Day 2: 3:35 PM

We found a map from Yoshi's Island to Mushroom Kingdom Coast! This should help us determine how much longer we have to go. The only key point was Star Island, which we just past, so we are two-thirds of the way there! No problems so far again, which is weird.

By twenty minutes, everyone was inside the kitchen. Goombario announced a special for today! This time, he used a net to catch sea animals, so they were having Fried Cheep Cheep, Grilled Crab, Fried Shroom, and for drinks really cold Super Soda Mario put in the freezer at the beginning of their journey.

It was a very awesome dinner, and after dinner, everyone went back to their jobs, switching again. This time, Mario and Goombario were clean-up and search duty, Bow was steering, and Kolorado was lookout.

It was 8:30 before they returned to the room where they had breakfast. They sat around the fire, eating tasty Shroom Cake that they found in the refridge, which they didn't see before. After that tasty experience, they were in bed and asleep by 9:30 at night.

Day 2: 9:20 PM

Well, I'm going to bed for the day! Today was actually quite relaxing, for we had a delicious Lunar, no threats, and tasty fresh Shroom Cake before bed! Yummy!

This time, Mario's dream showed the voice from the last dream in the form of a shadow. It showed the shadow holding a UHTSB bomb and it saying, "It is me, Mario!" Finally, it threw the bomb at the ground, which caused Mario to shoot up in the air and fall, making a blood splatter! This definitely woke Mario up!

Day 3: 7:30 PM

My dream just showed me a very important discovery! The kidnapper of "Luigi" was actually the person who threw the UHTSB in the volcano, so the Duplighost was actually telling the truth!

Mario woke up the three people (who were starting to get up anyways) and explained to them his dream. They were all surprised and obviously believed him. That was the first surprise (the dream), but the second, even more impressive surprise was when they were outside by the ship.

They were in some odd place! This was definitely NOT Mushroom Kingdom Coast! Suddenly, they had an idea and looked behind them. Behind them was some colorful swirl. They must've warped here! The bump where Mario flew up and down was actually feeling the ship bounce up and then down.

The place they were at now was some very HUGE island, and they were surprised to see the whale from Paper Mario one parked by the beach! Someone Mario knew must've came here! Anyway, the ship parked in the sand. After they ate 8 granola bars (2 per person), they stuffed Kolorado's backpack with food and Super Soda and supplies the ship had, like a lantern and a hook they found that was holding a swordfish model. Finally, Mario took a rope and made Kolorado another Hookshot, since Mario destroyed his other one in the volcano. They finished by taking 3 Fire Flowers that he put in his wallet (not really, but let's pretend that is how Mario gets all of those items with him).

At the beach they soon arrived at, there was a rock slope leading to a higher area. They decided to walk to the top, so they did to find a… tarmac road! Yes, a tarmac road, so there has to be life here, right? Right in front of their eyes on the other side of the road was a small set of trees and bushes. Mario's eyes caught a glitter from behind them, so they ran behind it to find…

4 Go-Karts! They all hopped in their Go-Karts and started driving on the right side of the road, hoping that this is with instead of against the traffic, like some roads in the Mushroom Kingdom. Unfortunately, they were driving for 15 minutes when a 18-wheeler was coming towards them! Everyone moved except Mario, whose kart wheel was stuck on a rock! The truck slammed into Mario's kart, which sent it flipping down 150 feet (they were ascending up a hill, still by the coastline) and into the sand! The group waited for 50 minutes (it would've taken 30 minutes, but sands slows Mario's kart down). Of course, they didn't just sit there! They played some games in the small "field with some trees as a border" area with their karts until they saw Mario waiting at the road.

The drive continued for 3 long hours, but at least for entertainment, they drove fast and played around a bit. BTW, they were like 3 miles from the coast now. Anyway, after 3 hours, they reached the top of the mountain that took 1 hour to drive up!

The summit was perfectly flat, so they drove 50 feet until they saw a very long and steep, smooth slope going down! Deciding they would challenge it, they drove down the slope, and very soon they were going at a Super Sonic speed! On the way down, they drove through Mushrooms for boosts to speed it up. In 45 seconds, all of them caught the line of Mushrooms except Bow. Anyway, they shot up and far at the ramp at the end of the slope! Somehow, a continuing road was awaiting a distance forward and down from their current place.

Mario, Kolorado, and Goombario made it to the other side, but unfortunately Bow fell for not getting that last Mushroom, so she fell down. Later on the bottom you could see a small explosion. Unfortunately, Bow was killed in that explosion.

Wait, that was only the sparks from the tires on the Kart catching some trees on fire! Nevermind! She lands with just a small bounce, but no damage to her kart (how is that possible)! Surprisingly, there is a tarmac road down here, so she follows it to meet up with… the other three people!

Now that the trail ended, they switched their carts to "Dirt" since the path now leads into a forest. Mario checks his watch, which shows 12:10 PM, so not that much time passed, actually. The path gets darker and darker as they enter the forest and follow the path. Finally, it is as dark as nighttime, despite it being 12:40 PM!

15 minutes later, they find a steel wall blocking their way! They try pounding it with everything they got, but no luck! Even Ultra Fire Mario punches were useless! After a whomping 7 hours of trying, they give up, Ultra Fire Mario becomes normal, and they take their attention to what looks like a "leaf roof". They walk down the first very steep then much less steep hill to be amazed with what they see!

This area is like a mini-home! There are 5 beds, a "play game thingy", tables, chairs, and even an empty refridge! But the most surprising thing was the bamboo walls and the dirt wall, so it was like a room! There was a wooden door, BTW. They opened it (the windows were cuts in the bamboo) and entered to the soft dirt floor. Thinking this was a great place to say considering it is 8:00 PM, they instantly ate the remainder of Lunar from the second day on the ship, then they put Kolorado's backpack on the bamboo rack. In a few seconds, they were asleep.

Mario's dream shows the shadow turn into the image of…into the image of…INTO THE IMAGE OF…………Surprisingly, the suspense is so strong that it wakes Mario up! He realizes that it is 3:00 AM so he rolls over and falls asleep again. Back in this dream, Mario hears the figure saying, "Mario, remember me? I am-" Suddenly again, he wakes up before he can find out who the evil person is!

Deciding it is just a nightmare, he decides to keep it to himself and not share it with the others. Anyway, it is 8:00 AM now (they slept for 11 and a half hours!) and everyone was eating cold Fuzzy Bacon Strips for breakfast, which was actually quite a tasty treat! Anyway, after their quick breakfast, they drink Mango Juice and head back out to the steel wall to continue trying to smash it down. Suddenly being smart again, Mario gets an idea! He tells Goombario and Kolorado to get some down trees, while Bow looks for some very strong amber. Mario just sits back, drinking a smoothie from the pack Kolorado had while enjoying a small ray of sun. Minutes later the three returns while Mario quickly drinks the remainder of the smoothie and throws it on the ground.

There are four down trees, which Mario says is perfect. He tells Bow to smear the sturdy amber on the right side of the first three, and put them all together. Knowing what he means, Bow does this and puts it together to form some flat, long tree ramp. By now, the other two dolts caught on to the plan and the three moved it in front of the steel gate, knowing what to do without Mario's help. Finally, all four got in their Go-Karts, drove back fifty feet, and went at maximum speed up the ramp to fly over the steel wall with success! Happy that they could do it, they continued the drive.

After a long 6 hours, they finally reached the end of the forest (2:45 PM) and they drove up the dirt ramp and finally onto another tarmac road, this time much larger. Since nothing special happens, they continue for 4 hours (6:45) until they reach an island with a cave in the middle of it. By the cave lie 2 banana trees!

After they got out of their karts and swam to the island, they saw a luminous glow inside the cave. They entered and dropped down like 20 feet at the ledge at the entrance of the cave! It was a big fall, but no one was injured in it. The glow was even brighter than it was back at the entrance! After walking forward, using Kolorado's hook to climb the very, very steep slope (literally a wall), and entering the opening, they came to a long hallway very slightly upwards.

It was 7:20 PM, a 20-minute hike to the end of this unusually long tunnel. At the end, they found… a very bright lantern, and beside it was a note! This is so people can find me. Not knowing what the note means, the four walked through the door and to a room with a warp pipe. They entered to appear at…

Some strange clearing in the trees! It showed a small dirt path leading to what looks like a circle area with berries. They walked to the area and ended up appearing in the area to find Watt!

"M…Mario? What are you doing here?" questioned Watt.

"Better yet, what are you doing here?" counter-questioned Mario.

"I went to Yoshi's Island to check up on you, thanks to a note secretly put in the mailbox while you were in the graveyard… or at least that was what she said in her letter. Anyway, I was going on the whale that we rode to get to Lavalava Island… and entered the odd portal!"

"That was what happened to us, too. The thing I seemed to be the most perplexed about is how you got all the way from the beach to here in this open field. So, tell us! How did you get here and stuff?" questioned Mario.

"Well, I was exploring the beach when I found five Go-Karts behind a bush…" said Watt. Odd Thought Mario. "…so I took one because it looked really fun and drove it along the track until I came to a large steel wall, where I built a nearby shelter with bamboo and stuff. If there is one thing I am good at, it is building primitive shelters!"

That's also odd; Watt has a childish accent. "Why don't you have a childish accent anymore? No offense or anything." questioned Mario.

"I guess the wild just made me do this, if you catch my drift. I don't know, I guess I just got more mature since the battle with Bowser." answered Watt. "So, do you want to see the awesome, far-out hut I spent 2 days on?"

What I hate more than child accent is 1970 speech. Far-out? Oooooooookay. "Sure! I'd love to!" answered Mario.

So the five now walked along a narrow path in the trees to end up… at a place just like a house! And there was what looked like a swimming pool! Everyone awed in surprise, then Watt lead them inside to look at the inside, which was a huge, fancy house (2 rooms (1 bathroom, 1 everything-else room)) inside! A refridge, a leaf bundle sofa, and even a primitive toilet! Everyone went to hang out except Mario, who said he was going to take a walk in the woods inside. The others insisted someone else would come, so Mario picked Watt, since she was the strongest partner from their last adventure. The two left while the other 3 were hanging out.

The walk in the woods was actually pleasant… at first. They started out by walking right into the middle of the trees, trying to look for lost items. It took 2 hours, as the two were spreading out more, until Mario found something cool! He called over for Watt to come and he ran over.

In here they found a Toad Vest. After checking the pockets, they found binoculars, 100 coins, Shroom Beef, a sword for chopping the plants, a Fire Flower, a paper saying his name was Billy T, and Gas Wood Ships for a campfire. About two feet from the vest Watt found a backpack, which they opened to find clothes, a sleeping bag, and a tent bundled up. The third item they found was a broken lantern. The name was "Billy T".

"Odd, all of this stuff belongs to some guy called 'Billy T'!" stated Mario, which Watt responded to be saying, "Hey, look at that flat circle 5 feet from these stuff!" So they ran to it to find… a very horrifying and scary sight!

Sitting here in the black stillness was a dead Toad that had only pants on! And the pants said… Billy T! They saw where he died, for there was a deep, dry-blood scratch mark! This sight scared them, but not as much as a sudden low growling noise coming from behind the nearby tree!

Watt found a book in Billy T's hands, so he pointed out to Mario, who grabbed it and opened the book at the bookmark. On this page was some blood… possibly from the scratch. The page said:

Rabid Yoshi

The Crazy Creature

Rabid Yoshi is a Yoshi (a green dinosaur with a saddle) with no saddle to suddenly jump out of no where and start attacking. Most Rabid Yoshis like to eat into the body of the victim, but there are times, when you are lucky, that he will instead just scratch you dead and leave you. This happens if the Yoshi is full. Chances of this are minimal and shouldn't be counted on. Why is this a good thing? Well, you can revive yourself with a Life Shroom! A Life Shroom revives you to your current state, so if you have no legs, you would get revived with no legs. So, a scratch doesn't affect your body (it does, but not by removing parts), so a recovery is easier to do!

When you are exploring, you should take caution of this event happening in a wild forest, no matter where you are. Always bring a Life Shroom, a lantern that has a 2 percent chance of scaring the Yoshi away, and a sword to battle it.

How do you kill it, you may ask? Simply stab it in the stomach! When it isn't expecting it, stab it to kill it! You can also live in the body for shelter for warmth. It sounds disgusting, but it really is quite warm and relaxing in there... after removing the organs and blood.

Good luck winning against this beast!

NED-MAN THE HELPFUL SCIENTIST

"So I guess we are fighting a rabid Yoshi, ey?" said Mario as he got in a fighting stance, ready to fight.

The fight began by the Yoshi jumping out and attempting to scratch Mario, who did a roll to dodge it. Now, he ran up to it (while avoiding sword-like tongue jabs) and grabbed its tongue when it tried to stab Mario with it. He stretched it out, which got the Yoshi defenseless. Mario then swung the tongue around and around and released the evil dinosaur into the tree. It was bleeding a bit from the mouth, but Mario quickly ran up to it and punched it very fast in the stomach, which caused more blood to pour out of his mouth. The Yoshi closed his eyes, then instantly opened them and jumped out of Mario's grasp!

It turned around and grabbed his neck, which was followed by it twisting Mario's head a little, which caused no bone or muscle breaking, but serious pain anyway to Mario, who fell on his knees and fell, only to be held up by his hands a bit. He started to pant, and then fell down all the way.

Obviously, Mario was not dead, but Watt though that, so she took a deep breath and grew 1.5 times larger. She was mad, so she went up to the Yoshi… and shocked it! The Yoshi's body jolted, but he just made a bad mistake: he ate Watt, which caused his body to fry! Right before it died, it said "Yoshi! Yoshi! Yo, yo, yo...shi!" Watt was studying Yoshi-tongue, so he translated it to "Look in the notes! Look for the source of Luigi's kidnapper!"

After it was dead, Watt knew what it was talking about! She floated to Mario, woke him up with the Super Shroom the Yoshi dropped, and told him about the odd thing the Yoshi said and gave him the note she was holding. It was a huge clue to the kidnapper's presence!

The first letter of the kidnapper's name is: BXXXXX XX.

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Can you guess the name of the kidnapper? Guess in your reviews! Is this a scam to get more reviews? Considering this story's been here for around three months and only a lousy 6 reviews were made, YES!

YEAH, YOU HEARD ME! PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW! PLEASE! I WANT TO HAVE MORE THAN 6 SINCE MY STORY IS ALREADY OVER 25,000 WORDS AND 18 CHAPTERS!

See ya til the next chapter!

Marc5third3