A Forgetful Mario Helped by friends Chapter 5
"Mario! Luigi! Time for breakfast!" Mario heard Mrs. Ketchem call. He looked around the room, very happy. He looked at Luigi for a while, he felt so happy to see his brother! So sweet, and kind! Mario thought about his life for a bit, it was the same thing everyday in his world. Get up, dress like a red plumber, hear about your girlfriend getting kidnapped or your brothers girlfriend getting kidnapped, saving said girlfriend from an evil ugly giant crocodile/monkey, taking her to her kingdom, celebrating, going to bed. Day-in and day-out. Mario thought about how much better it was in this world, doing all kinds of random stuff! He decided that when he got back he would start doing more of his racing with his friends on go-carts, playing Olympics with his and Sonics friends, and maybe some extra stuff with his brother! That would be nice, Mario thought more about it for a long while...
"Mario! Luigi! Are you coming?" Misty called. Ash saw that Misty was worried, he was to. Did Mario trail off again? Or did something happen to Luigi? "Maybe they're just sound sleepers." Ash suggested, mostly to himself but also to Misty. "I'm sure they're fine!" Brock said, putting the last touches on Mario and Luigi's cinnamon mushroom omelet. "I don't know..." Misty worried. "Mario! Luigi!? Are you awake?" She called again. "Yes I am-a!" Mario shouted back down. "See?" Ash asked, again more to himself than to Misty.
"Luigi..." Mario whispered to his brother, gently tapping him, he didn't feel anything though... Maybe he didn't get to tap? Luigi blinked a few times, and looked up at Mario. "Hi, is it mourning?" Luigi asked. "No!" Mario said in a sarcastic voice. "I'm waking you up to tell you that I painted the night sky light blue! Yes its mourning!" Luigi let out a small laugh, but Mario noticed that Luigis voice sounded different... Also, Luigi normally woke before Mario! Also, Luigi wouldn't laugh at that normally, he would just stare at Mario, confused! The brother with him yesterday was Luigi, but this man, was not. Mario jumped back words as the double got up, staring at Mario. Mario walked over to the fake Luigi and put his hand on the chest. Sure enough, Mario went right through! It was a hologram. "S-S-So-Y-ou -you..." The hologram turned into a Bowser, Donky Kong and... Team Rocket hologram! "Hello Mario!" Bowser laughed wickedly. "I see you found out that we kidnapped your brother!" Mario couldn't move from the fear and sadness that took him over when he saw what the picture transformed into!
"Mario!" Called the Luigi on the screen. He was hanging, tied up, on a cliff, with Bowser holding giant scissors, and Team Rocket holding the two princesses. "If you want your brother released," Bowser said in his evil voice. "come to this cliff, and bring the ruby your brother hid from me!" Mario stared at the screen confused, what ruby? He saw Luigi crying and shaking his head as the screen went off. "What ruby?" Mario asked himself. He searched the room, looking, then he saw it. A red sparkle under Mario's bed. He pulled out the ruby and saw a letter taped to it. The letter said:
Dear Mario,
Make sure Bowser DOES NOT get this ruby! If he uses it correctly, he will be able
to brain wash 5 people! I bet I know who's on his list and why! I know you do to!
He will do ANYTHING to get it, but no matter what DON'T GIVE IT TO HIM!
I know you have many people you care about, he'll use that as an advantage!
So, I repeat. DON'T GIVE THIS RUBY TO BOWSER NO MATTER
WHAT! I better get some sleep. Please keep this safe!
Love, Luigi.
Mario felt tears roll down his face as he read the letter. He couldn't let Bowser hurt Luigi. He just COULDN'T! "I have an idea..." He mumbled to himself. He got out of bed, and walked down stairs. "Hi Mario!" Ash greeted Mario as he came down stairs, stomping his feat (Not in an 'I'm angry' way but more in a 'ok, I'm in charge now!' kind of way) He told them everything that happened up stairs, then grabbed a stool and and a drawing board and went to work. "We are going to go to the mountain, but with a FAKE ruby from the old guys lab!" He explained, pointing to Professor Oak, who had no idea how he got there. "I will bring the fake ruby to Bowser while Ash and Pickachu go handle team rocket, and Misty unties Luigi. Brock will tame Donky Kong and lure him into a trap set by old-man-oak-a. Any questions?" Everyone except Professor Oak nodded. "Yes, Why do you keep calling me old!?" Demanded Professor Oak. Ash liked Mario's plain. It was very easy to do, the enemies wouldn't notice, it would be perfect! Everyone ignored the Professors question and got ready for the trip.
"Hut. 2. 3. 4. Hut. 2. 3. 4. Hut. 2. 3. 4.!" Brock shouted as they walked down the endless road. Brock was leading the one-at a time-line in an army suite, Misty was behind him, reading the map or practicing untying very difficult nots without letting the object tied in them fall, Mario was behind her, carrying the fake ruby and paining ways to distract Bowser, Ash and Pickachu were behind him planing the battle, in the back was Professor Oak who was mumbling that he was only on this journey to help Ash, Misty and Brock and that He didn't care much about Mario but cared a little about Luigi. They walked and walked as they passed the border to another region, one they haven't been to yet. Of course Ash wanted to catch the rare pokemon in his region that were commen in this one but Misty held him back. "Hut. 2. 3. 4. Hut. 2. 3- OW!" Brock yelled as he bumped into a hard brick wall! Ash watched as he fell to the floor.
Mario watched as a pretty girl with a black and white dress, short, wavy blue/blond hair, and nice red cheeks came out. "Oh! Are you ok!?" She asked Brock as she helped him up. "Yeah, I'm ok..." He told her in a dizzy voice. "What's your name?" Misty asked. "I'm Christina! What're your names?" She asked in an embarrassed voice. "I'm Misty, over there's Ash, the guy passed out is Brock, over here is Mario, and that's-" Misty wasn't able to finish because the woman laughed hysterically. "Oh! That's Professor Oak! My kids are big fans! Joseph! Liam! Come out here!" Professor Oak tried to run, but two brothers who looked like twins came running out the door. The shorter twin had spiky brown hair, where the taller twin had longer blonde spiky hair. They both had VERY bright blue eyes and tanned skin even though they clearly spent most of their time reading, playing video games, learning, solving large equations, and other indoor prodigy stuff like that. The taller one had a... Luigi shirt under a green lab coat and the shorter one had a Mario shirt under a yellow lab coat!
"Hi Professor Oak!" They shouted, running over too the Professor before he could escape. "I'm Liam, and this is Joseph!" The taller twin introduced. They played 20 questions with then turned and saw Mario! "MARIO!?" They yelled as they ran towards him. "Hi Mario! Where's Luigi? What's your favorite smash game? Why are you here? Would you like to play 'Mario Kart 7' with us? What's that ruby? Is it a new thing for Mario? Hey! Since your name is Mario, do you like Agario? Sorry, bad pun!" They asked these and many more! Mario didn't really have time for this. So they all said good bye after Pr. Oak agreed to show up at their birthday party. "That was fun!" Ash laughed as they walked away, hearing the excited cheers from the cottage behind them.
"We're almost there!" Misty cheered as they walked faster. Pr. Oak was now carrying Brock as they walked down the road. "Hut, 2, 3, yay." Brock cheered in a groan. "I hope they haven't hurt-a Luigi!" Mario cried in a worried voice. "I'm sure he's fine." Ash answered in a comforting voice. "You know, this is the bravest thing he's ever done... You know, stealing the ruby from Bowser, writing the letter, telling me to stay away in the video..." Mario thought out loud about it to Ash as he felt tears on his face. "I hope he can keep this courage for a little while longer! What if Bowser can't stand the wait any longer? What is he just..." Mario stopped and fell to the floor. He couldn't bring himself to walk. "Hey, Mario, how about when we get home with all your friends we have a celebration before you get home?" Ash suggested to take Mario's mind off things. "Ok..." Mario sighed, standing up and wiping the tears off his face. "There's the mountain!" Misty shouted. "Halt!" A very familiar voice called to them in a firm voice. They turned to see none other than Gary Oak who ran ahead and blocked the path.
"Gary!?" Everyone except Mario gasped. "What are you doing here?" Ash asked, confused. "Well, this is a Pokemon reserve and I'm the professor of this region! The mountain has a huge town on it, but the town only has my staff, me, and the pokemon living in it! I was just on my way back when I saw you all about to get in!" Gary yelled. "Hey! For your information, We're here for a reason!" Ash yelled back. Gary calmed down, and took a breath. "Sorry for yelling guys, I just feel that these Pokemon are important and if poachers got in it would be bad." He apologized. Gary stood for a moment, staring at Mario. "Oh!" Brock said, suddenly feeling better. Brock explained everything about Mario and Ash explained in a loud voice why they were here. "Hey, if you have a Pokemon, want to battle Mario?" Gary asked. "We don't have time for that!" Ash yelled. "We have to-"
"Gary," Misty began as she put Ash aside. "Have you seen Team Rocket around here?" Gary looked at her for a minute, as if he was insulted, then demanded "Why would I let that dumb trio of poachers in!? Never Ever! I would NEVER- Oh... wait..." He mumbled looking like he was feeling stupid. "I'M AN IDIOT!" He shouted in anger as he let them in. "I believe you..." Ash whispered as Misty punched him. "They came over, disguised as some JR. Professors, and said they had found two knew pokemon! I let them and the odd giant Crocodile and Monkey in! I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID SOMETHING SO DUMB!"
They walked trough the mountain path following Gary who was walking very fast. When they finally got to the top, Mario asked Gary to help Pr. Oak with the trap. Gary agreed and they got in there positions. Mario walked over carefully, and stood in front of Bowser. "Well hello Mario. So glad you could make it!" Bowser greeted in an evil voice. "Do you have the ruby?" Mario nodded and handed Bowser the fake ruby. "So, I'll be taking my brother NOW!" Mario pretended he was yelling 'now' because of Bowser pushing him aside, but he knew that would happen. He was really yelling the signal. "One second. Lets have a talk." Bowser grinned as he pointed to two rocks to sit on. Mario decided that he better make this a long, and good distraction. He couldn't let Bowser see through the plain. "No! I want to get Luigi now!" He said in a voice that he forced to be stubborn. He tried to get past again and let Bowser push him toward the rocks. Before Mario sat, he saw Luigi crying and struggling! Mario looked and saw the rope coming undone!
He shook his head at Luigi in a reassuring way that made Luigi calm down. "So Mario, do you know what this ruby can do?" Bowser asked as his wicked smile grew. Mario shrugged and pretended to guess, "I don't know, look pretty?" Bowser let out a laugh and shook his head no. "You see Mario, I'm going t use this ruby for a special need." Bowser played a little with the ruby while Mario pretended he was focusing on Luigi in worry, when he was really watching Misty untie him, Ash distract team Rocket, and Brock taming Donky Kong into the trap. "I will use this ruby to propose to Princess Peach. She will be my bride." Mario felt a strong rush of anger towards Bowser. He remembered the plain, and calmed down. Mario forced out a laugh and cried, "Good luck getting her to say yes! Why would she marry the creepy jerk that keeps kidnapping her!?" Bowser laughed and Mario saw that the distraction was working! He looked over again to see Donky Kong eating enough Bananas to last (even for him) ten years in the trap, Luigi safely on the ground with Misty, and Team Rocket shouting in the sky "Team Rockets Blasting off AGAIN!" Everything was complete! There was only one more thing to do.
"Well Bowser, this has been fun and all," Mario laughed. "but we better go." Bowser stared at Mario confused. "Picka-CHUUU!" Pickachu yelled as a huge thunder bolt hit Bowser making a thud as he fell to the ground. "Check-and-Mate!" Mario cheered jumping on Bowsers back. Luigi climbed on and the two brothers hugged each other. Finally, the two brothers untied the princesses and told them evrything. "Wow!" Princess Daisy exclaimed. "Are you ok Mario? Are you ok Luigi?" Princess Peach asked. "Yes." They said. Professor Oak took back the pokemon from Mario, who thanked "Thank you for the pokemon Pr. Old, but turned out I didn't need one!" Professor Oak sighed, then yelled for the last time "IT'S OAK! PROFESSOR OAK!" Just then Gary came back to help them with the enemies. "Hi Old Gramps!" He greeted as Professor Oak mumbled "I give up!"
They walked the long journey home and had a celebration before sending Mario, Luigi, P. Peach, P. Daisy, Bowser, and Donky Kong (the last two were being toking by force) back home. "I'll miss you Mario." Ash and Misty yelled at the same time. "Hey!" They both yelled at each other. "Good-Bye!" Mario and his friends yelled. They all held hands and Bowser and Donky Kong's cages tightly while Brock tied tight nots to make sure they wouldn't get separated. They all called goodbye to each other for a while. Finally, Mario and his friends jumped in the portal made by the real ruby and jumped into the purple swirls. The trip was tough but they all made it back home safely. Mario looked around his home, happy to be back, but also hoping to go see his friends soon. He decided to keep the ruby so he could get back to the pokemon world later.
After the farewell, Ash walked up to his room to pack. He opened his door and thought for a moment. He hoped to see Mario and Luigi again someday. Ash walked to his bed and packed a few things, but then he noticed something. A red envelope and a green envelope one his bed. He picked them up and each one had a letter from his new friends. The letters said:
Dear Ash,
Thank you for helping me and my brother! I hope that we see you again!
If you like, I know a way we can keep in touch! You see, there's a dimension
tunnel I found so we can send letters back and forth! I hope you like that
idea! I hope you wright back! As you can see, Mario sent one two!
I also sent you a gift, so I hope you enjoy it! Tell everyone I said hi please!
From, Luigi
Dear Ash,
My brother was really proud about finding the space
tunnel! I'm proud of him to, but more about this experience
than the tunnel. I'm so glad he's safe, and that I'm
safe, and that the two princesses are safe! I decided to
keep the real ruby so that I can visit you again sometime!
This was the greatest Thanks Giving ever! I bet Luigi
agrees! I hope we will see you again soon!
From, Mario.
Ash smiled as he read the two letters. He shown them to Pickachu and continued to pack. After packing, He told everyone about the letters. Then, he looked at the small gift inside Luigi's letter. It was a seed that would plant king mushrooms! Ash gave the seed to his mom along with the instructions on how to garden it, and finally left. He hoped to see those two again someday.
The End