"Hey Mario, What's up?" Brighton asked, wondering why he called the gang round
"We can't play... as you can see, we have no 5th player, Toad's family extended the trip and we have no one to fill his place" Mario said blankly
"I am sure we can find some chump to fill his place, he was only 2 foot tall as it was!" Kritter laughed to himself and rested his feet on the desk
"It's no laughing matter Kritter, sure, we are strong without one or two players,
but the rules forbid it, and you do know who we are playing, don't you?" Mario
asked the gang, the other players gave confused looks to eachother. "Hyrule School"
he said, ending the confusion, but starting the panic.
"We have a load of boys that can fill in right? Whaddabout Luigi?" Waluigi asked, but Mario just stared daggers at him.
"What about Daisy?" Kritter asked, Mario gave out more dagger stares, until he broke the silence
"Neither of them can play, Daisy is a girl and Luigi is..."
"...A girl?" Waluigi laughed and high fived Kritter
"One more smart remark from you, and there will be only 3 left in the squad"
Mario threatend, as soon as he said that, everyone including Waluigi froze, eyes
fixed on Mario, this was his version of going beserk since he was a calm person
normally, never lifting a finger to harm anyone.
"Anymore guys in this school that can play?" Kritter asked
"...Wario?" Brighton said, followed by a long burst of laughter by everyone in the room, including Mario
"Why can't Luigi play again? He's our only chance!" Brighton exclaimed
"Heartbreak" Mario said after a long pause, after Mario said this, everyone turned to Waluigi, who just stared blankly back
"Hey, it's not my fault! Daisy just went at me!" Waluigi tried to defend his cause
"So you have risked the team for a girl?" Brighton enquired
"It was before I knew Toad was gone! And I don't want the girl!" Waluigi admitted
"So dump the broad!" Kritter exclaimed
"I tried to! But I can't! I am not one to break the ladys hearts y'know" Waluigi said, admiring himself in the relfection of the whiteboard in front
"What if we just pretend you have dumped her? Give Luigi something to fight for"
Brighton said
"Yes!" Mario jumped up to his feet "Genius!"
"Alright, alright, i'll talk to Luigi, just make sure you don't tell Daisy" Waluigi said , walking off, as he did, the others followed in fashion.
It took 3 days for Waluigi to figure out how he was going to do it. He thought it would be sly to talk into his phone about Daisy and breaking up and such. So he did that.
"Yeah, Yeah, I am gonna dump her, it's too not my style y'know? Yeah, Yeah, Ok then,
i'll tell Jackie Chan to stop stealing your paint..." Waluigi rambled on to the
phantom on the other end right next to Luigi. Like magic, the word 'Dump' made
Luigi smile, and not because Wario was walking past like a dump of lard on legs.
"... I learnt she liked me for my soccer, not for me, not right..." Waluigi
continued.
Luigi got of the bus after school with a spring in his step with Mario alongside.
Luigi told Mario that he would join the team. Mario got home with a spring in his
own. The plan worked and Mario could live another day, but he hoped it wasn't too
late.
Days before Play-Off: 4