It's finally here! I'm sorry for not updating for like...forever, but with my vcation and unmotivation, I wasn't really eareg to write. Good news is though, is that I am now. I hope that I will get the next couple of chapters in at a quicker pace (It'd be nice to get 2-3 this week). I'm sure that you've probably thought that I quit on the fan fiction, but NEVER BELIEVE THAT. Even if I don't update for weeks, I WILL CONTINUE THE FAN FICTION, so PLEASE always trust that the new chapter will come. Anyways, enjoy!
Murder in the mushroom kingdom
Chapter 12-The 'Shroom Delight
It was several hours later. Detective Goom and Hamma had left, having found no clues, whatsoever. Apparently their 'tremendous breakthrough' plan wasn't going to be as successful as they had hoped…
Hamma did mention a few things of interest, though, and also had Mario and the others lead him to where the window had been smashed the night before. Detective Goom merely stood back and watched as his assistant did all the work. If an onlooker would have been watching this, they would have concluded that Hamma was the detective!
It was almost seven o'clock, and none of the four could escape the fact that they were hungry. Especially not Daisy, considering that every twenty minutes she would repeat that she was going to eat somebody's arm off…For someone who's so worried about gaining weight, she sure didn't act that way…
It had been decided not long after seven that it would be a great idea to 'break the natural routine and spend a night at a restaurant'. What restaurant, exactly? Well, Mario got to choose, and he certainly could not miss out on an opportunity to eat at the 'Shroom Delight…
One of the main reasons why Mario ever-so-loved that restaurant was because it was an all you can eat pasta buffet. Mario and 'pasta' always went well together, but it was always a fear that Mario would eat so much that he would just have a heart attack or something…
The group of four, consisting of Mario, Peach, Luigi, and Daisy, had reached the buffet at about seven-thirty. If it hadn't been for Peach demanding to fix her hair, they could have gotten there only a little after seven…
The place was fancy…very fancy, which Daisy admired. She had always loved extravagance, especially in restaurants. She was never fond of eating at a place that was small and wasn't quite up to her standards. However, she oddly loved the Mushroom Diner, even if it wasn't the cleanest place on Earth…
"Follow me, please…" The Birdo waitress said, as soon as she noticed that the group was in need of a seat.
"Could we have a booth?" Mario asked quickly, before she wound up sitting them at some boring table…
"Yep, one just opened," She said, smiling, turning around to lead them in the direction of the booth, "So you come here often?"
"I do…" Mario said, "And so does my girlfriend, Peach, and my brother Luigi…"
"Ah…" She nodded, glancing at Daisy, who was still shaking her head in response to the waitress's previous question, "Here we are…"
The group sat down. Mario smiled in excitement, acting as though he was sitting on a roller coaster that was about to start…Gee, it was only a restaurant…
"Drinks?" The waitress asked, looking at the group of four.
"Water for me…" Peach said quietly, glancing at the anxious Mario. It almost looked as though he were about to erupt from his seat and make a mad dash to the food area. Peach almost wanted to tell him to calm down…
"Water? Gotcha…"
"I guess I'll take water, too…" Luigi said, as soon as he realized that Mario was still busy thinking…or just too excited to think…He sure had a weird brother…
"Yeah, me too…" Daisy was third to reply. Generally she would've gotten something else, like an iced tea or something, was she just really wasn't in the mood…for that matter, it seemed as though she was never in the mood for anything recently…ever since that murder happened…
"I guess we'll all just have water…" Mario concluded, standing up from the table. He shoved Peach off the side of the booth so he could get out. He was one crazy guy…when it came to food…
It took only a few minutes for everyone to get their food and get back to the table. Mario was carrying two plates of spaghetti and a small plate filled with three pasta shells that were smothered in Alfredo sauce…
Luigi and Daisy actually managed to restrain themselves from fourtee- err – three plates of pasta, while Peach merely made herself up a plate of salad: her favorite food.
"So any ideas on the case?" Luigi asked to Mario as soon as everyone took their seats. The plumber didn't respond, however…either he just didn't hear him, or the slurping of pasta was drowning any voices out…
"Mario?" Luigi asked again, laughing a little. He actually thought that this was just some kind of joke that Mario was pulling on him to mock his love of pasta, but when Mario ate, you're going to have to wait for about an hour if you wanted to speak to him and get a response…
"MARIO!" Peach yelled, hitting his arm.
He choked a little on a mound of spaghetti he was eating at glanced at her, "What, Peach?"
"Luigi asked you a question!"
"Oh…" Mario said, rather sheepishly.
"I asked if you had any ideas on the case…" His brother said.
"Well, I have a feeling that Toadiko is involved…somehow…" Mario said, taking a bite of spaghetti. Luckily he wasn't eating like a maniac, so they could actually get some talking in…
"But why?" Daisy asked, a it confused. Well, everyone was confused, fort hat matter…
"I'm not sure yet…" Mario said, glancing down, "But don't you get that same impression from her?"
"Well, I didn't, until she said 'don't get in my way' or whatever…she practically confessed!"
"I know!" Peach said, rather loudly, which was quite unusual for the soft-spoken princess, "It was like she was mocking us!"
"Or she was getting worried…" Mario added quietly.
"Huh?!" Daisy blurted, "Why would you say that?!"
"Well…" Mario started, "A lot of times, criminals who know that they are starting to get caught, will actually try to fluster us and do stuff like that, out of complete nervousness,"
"Seriously?" Daisy asked, unsure of whether or not the plumber had a clue of what he was talking about…maybe the spaghetti was just getting to him…
"Yeah…"
"Wow, I never knew that…"
"Neither did I…" Peach agreed, glancing at her boyfriend, who began to eat his pasta at a more normal pace.
"How do you know all this, anyway?!" Daisy was quite curious as to why Mario had such knowledge. Maybe he really should be a detective…
Before Mario could answer the princess's question, his cell phone began to ring. Who could be calling him? Luigi, Peach, and Daisy were all right there!
He flipped the cell phone open and looked at the number, which he immediately recognized. It was Hamma's cell phone number. He had remembered that, earlier that day, he gave Hamma his cell phone in case he needed to contact him about the case…maybe their tremendous breakthrough was working…, "Hello?"
"Hello, Mario?" The voice on the other line asked. Hamma sounded nervous and, well…not himself…
"Is something wrong?"
"Yes, there is…" Hamma said quickly, "It's about Detective Goom!"