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"Dixie? Are you okay, girl?" Daisy asked as the monkey girl was about to come to.
"Wha...what happened?" She asked as she raised her head.
"Oh, some gigantic bomb-looking thing fell on to you and it exploded into thin air, like all the other Mario enemies do." Daisy answered as she helped Dixie stand up. The others walked to the girls.
"Okay, well, there CLEARLY isn't anything here so I highly suggest we get the hell out of this place before something WORSE happens to me!" Dixie shrieked.
"WOAH! What the heck happened to you three!?" Toadette yelled, pointing to DK, Yoshi, and Toad.
"I'd...rather not talk about it." DK said, lowering his head in shame. He had red bite marks all over his body.
"ASK HIM! He got us brutally hurt, cartoon style! He really is a psychopath!" Toad yelled while pointing to Fire Bro. Him and Yoshi having noticeable bruises and marks all over their bodies as well.
"Hey hey hey, it's not polite to point you know!" Fire Bro spat at the mushroom.
"Well, while you guys got damaged to the extreme, I spent MY time beating up some weak spider creature! You should've seen me, I was ripping off its legs and biting its head off!" Birdo bragged to everyone else.
"And yet that did nothing to help out our search whatsoever. Congratulations on wasting your time!" Waluigi said and slowly clapped for her.
"You're one to talk, Mr. Thin-As-A-Pole! I saw you talking with the space queen over there, you were completely indulged in conversation without paying attention to the search." Birdo retorted.
"Okay okay can we please not get into another argument? We'd be wasting even more time doing that. But yes, it's quite obvious the gem isn't in this area. Maybe we thought this location from Merlon's vision was actually a different location?" Rosalina asked as she played with a strand of her hair.
Daisy scratched her head and started thinking deeply. "Hmm...yes, if the gem wasn't here, where could it be hidden at? Where would someone hide it at and not make it totally obvious, but obvious enough that someone who hid it, would remember?"
Toad gasped and snapped his fingers. "That's it! I remember now! Daisy, don't you remember that there's a tunnel in that black cage area over there that leads to a small town? That could be where the gem is!"
Daisy suddenly formed a huge smile. "Of course, how the hell could I have forgotten about that? It has to be in that place, there's no other way. But in order to get to it, the water level has to be raised at its highest, so I'll just go and-"
"No no no no no no no no no no! You've done enough 'hero' crap today so how about letting someone else have their time to shine, eh?" Waluigi interrupted.
Daisy crossed her arms and grunted. "Alright then, big shot, you go find the switch and raise the water level because after all, you OBVIOUSLY know what you're doing."
"Fine! Tell me where the switch is and I'll do it!" Waluigi replied. Daisy turned around and pointed to the top of the brick building.
"It's at the right edge of the fourth floor over there. Think you can handle it?" Daisy asked with a smirk.
"Oh, I KNOW I can handle it! Move aside, everyone!" Waluigi said then ran to the path that led to the third floor.
"Ugh, I can't believe that jackass is doing this mission with us. He doesn't even like any of us! He's never going to have a successful future if he doesn't switch up his attitude, his weight, his nose, and his mustache." Birdo complained.
"Can we stop the negative talk now? Let's do something more peaceful while we wait for Waluigi." Peach suggested.
"What do you suppose we do then?" Toadette asked.
"I dunno, I was hoping someone else could come up with something." Peach shrugged.
"Let's talk about this gem then. I assume that there's going to be a boss fight of some sorts before we actually retrieve the gem so we must be prepared for the most ultimate kind of danger!" DK said.
"Like, totally! If anything, it's going to be a water boss, which means we'll need electricity...which means we clearly need Pikachu for this task!" Goombella exclaimed.
"Does it look like we have a Pikachu here with us!?" Birdo yelled.
"Well someone here could have a pokeball with them! Does anyone have one?" Goombella asked and looked at everyone else.
"Okay let me tell it to you straight, Goombella: Pokemon do not exist! They are never GOING TO exist either! GET THAT THROUGH YOUR HEAD!" Birdo raised her voice.
"I have a question for you Birdo, do you take anger management classes?" DK asked.
"Yeah Birdo! DO you take anger management classes!?" Yoshi also asked.
"Dude, why the hell are you asking her for? She's your girlfriend so you should know!" Toad pointed out.
"Does anyone have any cocaine on them?" Fire Bro randomly asked. Everyone shot their looks at him, wide-eyed.
The water suddenly rose and everyone started floating in it. A few seconds later, and the water stopped rising and they all saw Waluigi swimming towards them. However, his face looked like it was badly bruised.
"Well well well, I certainly didn't expect you to pull it off so easily...but...what the hell happened to your face?" Daisy asked.
"Erm, I tripped...like 20 times." Waluigi admitted in shame.
"Wow, talk about a total loss of balance. Those lanky arms and legs sure aren't giving you a good advantage, are they?" Birdo smirked.
Waluigi shot a glare at Birdo. "You know what, Birdo? You are nothing but a judgmental, arrogant, and cruel little girl! I have no idea how Yoshi even puts up with you when you act like you have PMS all the freaking time! GET OVER YOURSELF!"
There was complete silence after that, creating a few moments of awkardness. Birdo was simply too shocked and angered to respond and Yoshi wasn't sure what to say in her defense.
"Alright this is more than enough. You two need to settle your differences right now otherwise we're not going anywhere. We need the both of you here on this mission with us, fully cooperating and level-headed so we can get all this done simpler." Rosalina stated.
Birdo and Waluigi slowly turned their heads toward each other.
"Sigh...fine. I'm sorry Waluigi for being such a cad to you." Birdo said with sincerity.
"And I'm sorry for being equally cad-ish to you, and for also spreading the false rumor that you drink toilet water." Waluigi said back.
"Apology accep- wait, what did you say!?"
"Sorry for butting in here, but I also want to make an apology statement. Birdo, I'm sorry for insulting you about the whole gender issue, it was super tacky and unoriginal of me to do that. And Waluigi, I'm sorry for unnecessarily attacking your brother. That was also super tacky and an unoriginal insult." Dixie spoke. Birdo smiled at her and they both hugged.
"Eh, don't even worry about it. Your insult holds some truth it though, because I actually think he's GAINED weight over the years!" Waluigi expressed in disbelief.
"Awww this is so sweet! I love it when we have these nice, sugary moments with one another! Don't you all agree?" Peach cheered and clapped.
"Sure, why not? Now let's go, you guys! That gem isn't going to find itself, you know!" DK declared and swam off.
"Well duh, gems are only inanimate objects." Toad replied.
"Toad, it was just an expression. Sheesh!" Toadette said.
The group swam to the black cage where there was a large opening at the top. They climbed up the cage, sticking their feet in the holes in between each cage line and carefully made their way to the top.
"Hooray, we made it! Now what do we do?" Peach stupidly asked for the 59357694534th time. No one even bothered to answer her because they figured it was pointless trying to get anything through Peach's head now.
One by one, they all jumped into the water that was inside the cage.
Daisy clapped her hands, trying to get everyone's hands. "Okay everyone! Now all we have to do is swim down this- OH!" She was interrupted by Fire Bro landing on her head from his jump.
"Wow that was an awesome belly flop I did! Did anyone catch that on camera!?" The maniac cheered. Daisy rose her head up from out of the water and smacked Fire Bro, right on his left cheek, leaving a big red handprint.
"OWWWWWWWWWW! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR YOU BULLY!?" Fire Bro cried.
"For being a moron, DUH!" Daisy yelled in response.
"Oh okay! That makes sense!" Fire Bro cheered again. Everyone then went underwater and swam their way down the tunnel, and the tunnel eventually turned straight forward, then a turn to the left, and that's when they saw the downtown part of Wet Dry World. Toad remembered where the switch to lower the water level was and swam to it. About 30 seconds later, the water drained to ground level and everyone was finally relieved to be out in the fresh air again.
"Yes! The gem's aura is much stronger here, but where could it be possibly?" Rosalina asked.
"Well we obviously should go to door-to-door and ask people about the gem." Luigi suggested.
"Luigi, no one lives here! These are just empty buildings that were designed to make this place look creative and original! I swear to god, you guys are complete FAILURES for not playing Super Mario 64!" Toad raged.
"WELL YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SO CRUEL ABOUT IT!" Luigi yelled and started to cry.
"Like, we are totally wasting precious time, people! Let's get a move on and search already!" Goombella shouted.
"You heard the goomba gal! IT'S TIME TO ROCK AND ROOOOOOOOOOOOLL!" Fire Bro also shouted and ran at straight ahead at a super high speed and crashed into a wall of a building.
DK smacked himself on the head. "One of these days, he's going to get himself killed and I won't be there to attend his funeral."
"Yikes. Morbid much?" Dixie said.
Suddenly, the door from the building that Fire Bro crashed into opened, and out popped a Cheep Cheep.
"Who is making all this racket!? We are about to start a court session in here!" yelled the Cheep Cheep.
"What in the world? What are you doing here? I thought nobody lived in this place!" Daisy said in surprise.
"What the heck are you talking about? Of course people live here, cheep cheeps live here! What, do you think that these buildings were just purely designed to make this place look creative and original without even having anyone live in them?" The cheep cheep asked. Toad lowered his head in embarrassment.
"Point taken I guess. So why exactly is there a court session going on here?" Birdo asked.
"Because there's- GASP! HOLD ON A SECOND! YOU! THE MAN IN PURPLE! YOU'RE THE WITNESS THAT THE DEFENDANT HAS DESCRIBED TO US IN THE CASE OF THE STOLEN GEM! COME WITH ME THIS INSTANT!" The cheep cheep yelled in both shock and anger and grabbed Waluigi's hand and dragged him to the building.
"Wait a second, stolen gem!? WITNESS!? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! GET YOUR FISHY HANDS OFF ME!" Waluigi screamed for his life, too weak to escape from the Cheep Cheep's grasp.
"The gem has been stolen? But how can it be stolen when I feel the gem's aura in this place still?" Rosalina questioned.
"Maybe it's been hidden some place else other than its location that it's suppose to be in. But we have to find out what's going on in there, come on!" Daisy said and led everyone into the court room. When they got in there, they were shocked at how much it looked like an actual court room that you see in real life. There were numerous amounts of Cheep Cheeps sitting in the seats and the judge was also a Cheep Cheep, wearing glasses and a black robe. The gang sat in the last row of seats.
"So, who's in the defendant seat? He looks familiar but I can't quite tell who it is." Toadette said as she squinted her eyes at the person.
"Court is now in session! Mr. Bleck, you have been accused of stealing the Sapphire Gem from its place. What is your defense?" The cheep cheep judge asked.
The heroes all gasped, realizing that the defendant was actually Count Bleck of all people!
"No way...how the hell did he get here and WHY is he here anyways?" Dixie asked.
"I don't know but I've got a VERY bad feeling about all of this..." Toad said in worry.
"My defense is that I did not steal the Sapphire gem and I have been framed! That man in the purple clothing right there stole it from its place and made it look like I stole the gem!" Count Bleck yelled, pointing right at Waluigi. The heroes gasped again.
"Waluigi, how on earth could you steal the gem!? I thought you were a good person!" Peach yelled.
"PEACH YOU IDIOT, I DID NOT STEAL THE GEM! IT WASN'T ME WHO DID IT!" Waluigi screamed in anger.
"I CALL AN OBJECTION IN THE NAME OF ALL THE KIT-KAT CANDY BARS IN THE WORLD!" Fire Bro yelled and stood up.
"OVERRULED! SIR! Please take a seat in the Witness stand." The judge ordered. Waluigi sighed and slowly made his way to the stand and sat on the chair. "Sir, please state your name."
"My name is Waluigi Douglas Cartel McPherson Wario The 3rd." He answered.
"Alright then Waluigi, Mr. Bleck's lawyer will be asking you a few questions regarding the case of the stolen gem. Please answer to the best of your abilities." The judge said.
Bleck's lawyer stood up and slowly walked to the front of the room. The lawyer was a toad girl who had gold earrings and bears a resemblance to Toadette.
"Hello Waluigi, my name is Toadiko and I am going to be asking you a few questions regarding the case of the stolen gem. Please answer to the best of your abilities." She said.
"Umm, the judge basically said what you just said. Were you not paying attention or are you just an airhead, like Peach!?" Waluigi scowled. He was suddenly hit in the head with an Apple Jacks cereal box by the judge.
"ORDER IN THE COURT! You may NOT speak unless you are asked a question!" The judge yelled while slamming down his hammer.
"Hey, you can't throw a cereal box at my head! That's completely against the law!" Waluigi yelled.
"I'M the judge so therefore I can do whatever I want! It's a free country, you know. Now then Toadiko, please continue with what you were saying." The cheep cheep judge argued unfairly.
"Right then. So, my first question is going to be-"
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURP!
The loudest burp anyone could ever think of suddenly happened, which shook the entire building.
Yoshi put his hand over his mouth and giggled. "Sorry, I have issues. Please continue on with whatever you were doing."
The judge glared at the dinosaur. "...Please continue, Toadiko."
"Um...right then...so Mr. Waluigi, where were you at around the time of midnight on last Friday?" Toadiko asked.
"Okay, let's get something straight here, that ugly man over there is accusing me of something I didn't even do! Seriously, I was never even in this forsaken place until today and my friends over there can back me up because they were with me the entire time!" Waluigi said and pointed to the other heroes.
"Yeah! This is complete BS! There is no way Waluigi could've stolen the gem, so you must be confusing him for someone else!" Daisy yelled in defense. Another cereal box of Apple Jacks was thrown at her head.
"ORDER IN THE COURT! NO SPEAKING FROM THE AUDIENCE!" The judge yelled, slamming his hammer down once again.
"Hey Birdo, does that cereal count as fruit? I'm just curious because the cereal box that hit Daisy has the word 'Apple' in it, but they don't look like apples to me!" Yoshi asked.
"How should I know? Just eat the damn thing if you're feeling so hungry!" Birdo said, handing him the cereal box. Yoshi snatched it with his tongue and devoured the box in whole.
"Mr. Waluigi, you say those are your friends sitting in the back row right there? If you don't mind me asking, what exactly is you and your friends' purpose of being here, if what you are saying is true?" Toadiko asked.
"Well you see, there's this guy named Tatanga who is bent on ruling the world and destroying some of it. Some weird psychic named Merlon explained to me and my friends that this thing called the Crystal Star Rod was the only way to foil Tatanga's plans...but the only way to GET this Crystal Star Rod is to get 9 gems, the Sapphire Gem being one of them. We had no idea that this gem actually belonged to you guys in the first place so no, I didn't steal anything so therefore, Mr. Bleckbuster or whatever the hell his name is over there, obviously saw someone that had purple clothing on steal the gem that wasn't me." Waluigi bravely explained.
The audience of Cheep Cheeps were a bit shocked by his explanation and began to talk amongst themselves.
"Mr. Bleck, could it be possible that you saw SOMEONE wearing purple stealing this gem, but you weren't exactly positive that it was Mr. Waluigi?" The judge asked.
Bleck nervously gulped. "Well, I...I...um...okay, yes, you're right. I saw someone in purple stealing the gem, but it was a bit dark so I wasn't 100% sure if it was Mr. Waluigi over there. If you are truly innocent then I apologize, Mr. Waluigi."
"AHA! The truth has finally been revealed! CASE DISMISSED, BRING IN THE DANCING LOBSTERS!" Fire Bro roared and did the Gangnam Style dance. Yet another Apple Jacks cereal box was thrown, hitting him right in the chest. Yoshi gulped up that box too.
"OVERRULED, OVERRULED! We still don't know where the gem is at exactly! All the info that we have right now, is that Mr. Bleck was wandering around the Gem's altar for whatever reason, someone dressed in purple came in and snatched the gem, the police were called by nearby neighbors because they saw some shady activity going on near the altar, police come by and Bleck was caught and taken in for questioning, Bleck defends himself by saying that he was framed and that someone in purple stole the gem instead...which leads us to this point right now." The cheep cheep explained.
Suddenly, a bunch of cracking sounds were heard from above. Before anyone could do anything, an obese Purple Yoshi crashed through the ceiling, which scared everyone in the room and made some run away.
"WHAT IN THE WORLD!? WHO IS THAT?" Dixie shrieked.
"Oh my god, it's Snorlax the Pokemon! Where's a freaking pokeball when you need one!?" Fire Bro panicked.
"THAT'S NOT SNORLAX, THAT'S SOME RANDOM FATASS PURPLE YOSHI!" Daisy loudly corrected.
"Uggggggggghhhhh...man, I knew I shouldn't have ate that gem! I didn't know you could gain 300 pounds just by eating jewelry!" The purple yoshi groaned. Everyone else in the room gasped when they heard what he said.
"You there! You're the one that stole the gem? Well, in this case, ATE the gem!? Why on earth would you do such a stupid thing for? And why were you up on the roof?" The judge yelled.
"I was up on the roof because I wanted to take a nap after I ate the gem because I was feeling extremely tired all of a sudden, and then I woke up looking this! As for why I ate it? It looked super tasty to me! I mean, come on, haven't any of you here had some craving to eat something that wasn't edible?" The purple yoshi asked. Everyone yelled out a bunch of 'Ewwwwwww!' sounds and shook their heads.
"NEVER like that. Not in a quadrillion years." DK answered.
"He has the gem inside of him! We're going to have to get it out of him somehow and we're not leaving until we do." Rosalina said.
"Well, we're going to need a chainsaw for this then. Unfortunately, I don't have my chainsaw with me, so does anyone have one on them?" Fire Bro asked. Everyone gasped again.
"NO! We are not going to use a chainsaw for this! We have to think of another way to get it out of him, that doesn't involve mutilating." Daisy said.
"Hey mister! You say you ate the gem, right? So how come you can't just turn it into an egg and 'push' it out of you like other Yoshis do when they eat stuff?" Toad asked.
"I've tried to do that, man, but it's no use! This gem is totally weird, it made me magically gain a bunch of weight. It's like this thing is some mystical, legendary item." He replied.
"Well...that's because it basically is." Dixie said, scratching her head.
"Hey, wait a second, I have a question...how the heck did this stealing incident happen when the whole town is, like, supposed to be flooded with water? Wouldn't that just make everything that happened within the past 24 hours or so, like, practically impossible?" Goombella questioned.
EOC.
So the good news is that the heroes have found their first gem. Bad news is that it's stuck inside a purple Yoshi. How are they possibly going to get it out of him? Find out next chapter!
