"Oh, is it morning already?" Kira yawned, rubbing her eyes. She stood up shakily and stretched. She could still only shamble, but she was sure that she would be fine.

"Yeah." Mario said. "You slept pretty long. Now, let's get going. We wouldn't want to waste time."

Kira nodded and they continued their journey. Kira was feeling pretty doubtful though, since about four days had passed. Luigi only had a few days left before…

"What if we already passed it?" Kira wondered. "Maybe it's in a vague place."

Mario facepalmed.

"That, my friend, is EXACTLY why we're going to search every inch of this forest." Mario sighed.

Kira looked down. She frowned upon hard work and dedication.

"Your perseverance…it scares me…" Kira said.

Just then, they heard an unfamiliar voice.

"Finally…" it said, taking a deep breath and a sigh of relief. "We've found it."

They moved passed a few bushes and found a large group of Bowser's enemies, mostly koopas and hammer brothers, and they were holding a bag that had some source of glowing light in it.

"Hey there." Mario said. "What are you guys up to?"

They all exchanged looks and then hid the bag behind them as if Mario hadn't already seen it.

"Why do you ask?" questioned the one holding it. "It's none of your business, MARIO."

"Listen…" Mario said, kneeling to their level. "You see, I'm looking for some magical essence thing. Do you guys happen to know anything about it?"

"Nope." One of them lied.

"Really?" Kira asked, looking them in the eyes. "Because you know, I can tell when a strong source of magic is present."

"That's nice." One of them said. "Now can you please leave us be? We need to deliver this to king Bowser ASAP!"

"For what?" Kira questioned.

"Becau- wait!" he exclaimed. "You're that new apprentice, aren't you? I am SO telling Bowser."

"WAITWAITWAIT!" Kira panicked. "Y-you wouldn't be so harsh as to do that, would you? I never did anything to you guys!"

"Leave us alone and we'll call it even." One said. "Bowser ordered us to find this in order to have eternal life. We got it fair-n'-square, so beat it!"

"But please…" Mario said. "My brother's dying and I really need it. Isn't there a way that we could split it or something?"

"Nope." Said the one holding it. "And even if there WAS, we still wouldn't share."

Mario rolled up his sleeve, ready to kill each one of them.

"I'll make this quick." He said, kicking one of them into another.

"Alright, guys." The leader said. "I didn't want to do this, but CHARGE!"

There were so many enemies that Kira and Mario were outnumbered.

"G-Get behind me, Kira!" Mario demanded as the group slowly closed in on them.

"M-Mario-"

"That's an order!"

Kira tried using some of her magic, but it simply wasn't enough. Using too much of her power tired her out, so she refrained from doing it.

At the blink of an eye, our heroes had been seemingly defeated, as they could hardly even battle on such short notice.

Kira stood up and let her rage take over her. This reminded her of her passion for murder, and she began bashing in some heads and rearranging some faces. She felt like Chuck Norris fighting those enemies like that, and nothing could stop her.

Finally, every enemy was dead. Kira smiled and took the bag. She opened and sure enough, what they had been looking for was right in there- pure magic. But she was just so weak…and she didn't feel very well. Kira was covered in blood, and most of it WAS hers. She fell to the ground in exhaustion and pain, her eyelids becoming heavy. She looked over to find that Mario had done the same.

Except, he wasn't really moving.

ZOMG, will this be the end? Will Luigi ever be rescued? Will Mario and Kira die? Will I stop asking questions? I know what Kira's next major action will be…do you?

Tune in next week…same bat time, same bat channel (If you've ever watched classic Batman, you'd understand that).

Anyhow, no reviews, no continuation. That's life, bub.