"Prince Bowser Jr, can you please hurry up you're gonna make the team lose" Junior heard over his headphones. He grabbed a hand full of chips before smacking them into his mouth and chewing down. He watched his own player start to run towards the starting line, its gun in place ready to go,
"Ay I've been busy all day I need my minutes to load up" he snarled stuffing more chips in his mouth. Well that was a lie. Really what he was doing was just waiting for Toadette to leave so he could set up his video game console in her bedroom so he could play it all was a better idea than working on his dads plan. The video game made a pop noise allowing Junior's character blast off. His eyes flaring up in entertainment as he pressed the buttons as fast as possible trying to get into first place so quickly. As he kept at it with his game he could hear in the far distance the door to the bedroom slowly begin to open up. He just ignored it as he continued running taking out his gun in the game and aiming it toward the rival team, "come on" he whispered. Footsteps were heard from the bedroom door,
"Hey" he heard a voice from the right of him as he continued bashing out his controller. He rolled his eyes ignoring the voice, which only made it come closer to him,"what are you playing?" Junior turned his head slightly seeing Toad staring up at him, his face with interest. He just rolled his eyes and continued button mashing his controller. Toad came a bit closer into his comfort zone looking up at the TV,"Is that Mushroom Wars?" he continued to bug. Bowser Jr heaved a sigh, knowing full well he would just keep asking questions the more he played,
"Mushroom Wars 2 : Revenge Of The 7 seas to be exact" he scuffed Toad only slightly nodded his head,
"Cool, could I possibly play with you? I know this game pretty well enough myself" Toad replied Bowser Jr rolled his eyes again. Sure he had to get used to the dumb ass anyways right? He grabbed his extra controller and handed it to Toad who jumped onto the bed next to him.
The two boys sat in silence as Junior connected the second controller to the console. The two of them beginning to play their game. Toad button mashing faster than Junior as his character screen spread farther than his own. It made his blue eyes suddenly widen as Toad grabbed every item needed in a quick amount of time, "HEY!" Bowser Jr growled as he continued to run.
Toad just let out a laugh as he picked up his gun in game and began to shoot. Junior gripped his controller, oh heck no he wasn't gonna have anyone beat him, not in one of his favorite games! "How dare you!" he growled. Turning the oppiste way in his game and heading towards some enemies shooting them and getting more points, he was steady catching up to Toad, "Hmm, you seem to really know how to play this-GAME" Bowser Jr pointed out as he grabbed his controller tighter. Toad only nodded,
"Yeah when there's nothing going on in the castle me and my friends play this game a lot" he replied, "it really gets us up and going" he laughed. But than suddenly shut his mouth, "ah shoot I probably shouldn't of said to you" he gasped. Bowser Jr cocking his head a bit confused. Why would Toad be an inclined to think that?
"Huh?" he swished his head the other way, stating at him for a few seconds. Toad shook his head,
"It's just that… you might use it against us… You're probably gonna tell Bowser all about it aren't you?" he asked horrified. Bowser Jr only nodded his head,
"No…" he sat there quiet focusing on his game again. Was this maybe the reason Toad didn't like him? Did he think he was some evil monster? He shook his head pushing him slightly, "I'm only here to get rid of my dad and take over the Mushroom Kingdom myself" he yawned, "But I'm not gonna do it like how my dad does it. Invading right away would be dumb. You gotta have a bigger plan" he yawned. Toad gave him a look,
"What do you mean?" Bowser Jr only nodded his head, Spinning his controller around before setting it back on his lap. Toad looked at him carefully, "Junior… be honest… are you just dating my friend for your own personal gain?" he asked with a sudden sigh. Bowser Jr's tail suddenly stood still as he slowly paused his game to look over at the him. He tried so hard to not grab Toad by his neck and almost choke him to death from even trying to ask such a thing,
"Do you seem to have this idea, that just because I'm Bowser's top minion that I'm purely out to get the Mushroom Kingdom" he growled. Toad looked heavily scared. But Junior slowly breathed in and than out again, "She approached me first you know. You remind me of my dad at times you know that?" Toad put his hand on his stomach not liking Junior's remark very well. Junior put his hands down squeezing the bed sheets, "Don't make me run away again. I'll take her with if I have to" at this point he was shaking. Was it hard at this point to just be independent?
This made Toad almost instantly close his mouth. Junior kind of wanted Toad to jump off the bed and leave at this point, he was so irritated at him that he just wanted to be left alone. But instead Toad shut his eyes , tilting his head slightly lower as he breathed in and then out slowly, "I see..." he said before opening his eyes once again, "Well then I have another question for you? How do you exactly plan to take over the Mushroom Kingdom with just Toadette alone?" he asked. Bowser Jr shrugged,
"Well I'm for sure gonna start with some minions"
"and just how are you going to do that? Last I heard most of them are loyal to your dad" Toad tilited his head. Bowser Jr sighed… yeah he did have a point… it would be amazing to go out there right away and revolt against his own dads army by making his even bigger. Toad looked up and thought to himself, "well I have an idea. How about instead of taking over the Mushroom Kingdom right away. You try and take over the Darklands from your dad" he smiled. Bowser Jr lifted his head to look at the mushroom his face in disbelief,
"Take over my dads OWN kingdom?" he yelled in surprise. How had he never exactly thought of that? His dad and Kamek told him what to do almost all the time. This made thoughts begin to pace into his head. His father bowing down to him, him building the machines he always wanted him to build, Junior getting stacks of cash from the kingdoms own profit. There was a sudden grin on his face as Toad rolled his eyes to the right,
"Of course if you did that you would have to wait till your dad was to old to even work" Junior continued thinking about all the praise he would receive, how everyone would compliment him, listen to him all while ignoring what Toad was saying, "and you would have to get a main minion. Doesn't seem like it would be that hard to get a koopa egg " Bowser Jr shook his head getting out of his day dream when he heard "koopa egg" he looked up at Toad, suddenly smiling and grabbing his shoulder,
"A koopa egg?" he said interested. Thoses were so easy to get, he could easily grab one from the Darklands mountains, just the thought of it excited him! It was like a light bulb went out of his head as Toad said thoses words.
"Yeah, they could be your main minion or something. But I would advise you to wait till you are-" Bowser Jr grabbed his shoulder making him stare at the turtle awkwardly and frankly a bit scared,
"THANKS. I'm gonna go get one" Bowser Jr jumped down from the bed excitedly,
"Your welcome-WAIT WHAT!" Toad voice was deeply in shock. Bowser Jr started walking towards the door, Toad quickly following him, "Bowser Jr, you do know you have to raise it-" before he could finish his sentence, Junior gave him a look,
"Look bud I'm perfectly aware of that. I can raise a minion it ain't that hard to do"he laughed. Toad although a bit hesitant at first grabbed his hand pulling him closer using his tippy toes to just reach the koopa's face.
"You have only been on this planet for what? 16 years do really think adopting an egg is gonna automatically make you have a minion?" he asked. Bowser Jr pulled back. What was this Toad even thinking? A prince like himself knows everything about raising minions! Toad than suddenly let out a sigh,"Look.. I don't want to keep fighting with you. Considering I don't want to lose my friendship with Toadette, but out for your own safety I really think you should wait,besides do you even know where to get one?" he asked.
Bowser Jr nodded his head. Seeing Toad's concern,"Look I understand that and I'm pretty sure I can take care of a minion. I've taken care of sick ones, ones that are hurt. Even at one point gave one a back massage I know what I'm doing"
"But they don't just hatch fully grown how long do you think it took for you to fully grow-HECK, you're still growing" Bowser Jr suddenly looked at him with concern. Oh… he definitely had a point taking care of a minion would be a giant responsibility."Look, maybe you should stop being selfish and maybe look into your own plans before you do anything as extreme as this" he suggested Junior cocked his head,
"Selfish? I had this plan in mind for Toadette and I both" he chuckled. Toad adjusted his vest slightly giving the prince a dirty look,
"DUDE, you almost went off and out right grabbed a koopaling egg without even her dead approval, just because you want to revolt against your dumb dad!" he replied back edging himself towards him in dismay.
Bowser Jr let out a growl,"my dad isn't dumb" he mumbled. Toad only rolled his eyes. Junior was aware of that he probably should ask Toadette first however, but he didn't know if it would be worth it or if would care,
Suddenly Toad pointed at him once again, giving him a serious look "Listen, if you want to keep a stable relationship with my best friend I suggest you at least go out and talk to her about doing things instead of doing something without a plan. I know her well enough, she may seem cuddly and kind to you right now, considering your status as a prince, but as she get's more comfortable with you, you're gonna start to notice she can be just as selfish as YOU and if you don't learn how to handle that both of your relationship is gonna fall and I am not gonna feel sorry for you" he blinked thinking and taking a few seconds to think about that. He didn't even notice any evidence of her being as selfish or rude as him? Heck even when they were kids not once did he see her as mean. Just annoying that she was with Mario at all times, latching onto him… trying to make herself feel special for her own work… just the thought of made him blush a bit, this toad really did have some difference from her own species,
This suddenly gave him an idea" I could always march down to Princess Peach's Castle and talk to her about it" he responded. Didn't seem like a bad idea to him. But Toad disagreed,
"No not right now, she's doing work stuff you can't just go down and bug her and besides if the other guards saw you, you would definitely be mauled. This made Bowser Jr peak out a laugh. Who would maul the Prince of the Darklands? Let alone by some dumb Toads,
"AHAHA, please I'm a prince, I can just sneak in and they won't notice a thing!" Toad looked up at him noticing his size,
"hmm" he said slowly circling around him, "you're like two maybe three times the average Toad here, so good luck with that" Bowser Jr just sighed turning himself around and heading closer to the door...