I wrote this about two days after the last one. Rewrote the ending a bit before posting.
Mario and Toad were walking along a dirty road on the outskirts of Toad Town. "Hey, Mario, what was it like, fighting Bowser and his minions?" Toad asked. "I bet it was awesome!"
"Not really," Mario sighed as he stuffed his hands into his pockets. "Basically, Bowser would kidnap Peach every other year or so, when the entire kingdom would be off guard due to some stupid festival… I'd take off after them, single-handedly fight my way through 6 monster-infested regions, and battle Bowser almost to the death. And do you know what I would get when I finally saved Peach? A peck on the nose and a slice of cake."
"Oh."
"And then the following year, Peach would always invite Bowser to go-kart or play golf or something all summer. It took me a while, but I finally realized what was going on. So the next time she was kidnapped, I didn't follow. I've been trying to live life as a 'normal person' ever since."
"That's a pretty sad story, bro," Toad commented. He looked up at the sky. "Hey, what's that up there?"
"What? What is it-"
A Koopa Clown Car suddenly fell out of sky and crashed into Toad, flattening him. Bowser and Bowser Jr. crawled out of the wreck.
"Bowser?" Mario asked in disbelief. "How'd you find me? I've been off the grid for months!"
"That doesn't matter!" Bowser growled as he got to his feet. "You've been evading me like the worm you are all this time, but that ends now! We shall engage ourselves into combat once again, but this time, only one of us leaves alive. So, what will it be, Mario? The time has come to make a decision; will you grovel and beg for your life, like the coward you've proven yourself to be, or will you actually face me- wait, where did he go?"
Mario, who had run away during Bowser's monologue, was nowhere to be seen.