Previously, on the Mole, the ten players discovered the results of their first challenge, and with that, they started to think about the saboteur's identity. A few mishaps occurred during the Mixed Up Luggage mission, notably Birdo forgetting to label her own item, Flurrie choosing an exemption and deliberately losing three thousand coins for the team and Donkey Kong failing miserably. After a good night of sleep, the ten players will try to win their second mission. What will it be ?

First name : Birdo

Surname : Ribbon

Birthday : May 15

Job : Fashion Designer

First name : Bootler

Surname : Majordome

Birthday : September 6

Job : Butler

First name : Donkey

Surname : Kong

Birthday : March 12

Job : Glitz Pit's Fighter

First name : Noki

Surname : Delphis

Birthday : August 7

Job : Air Hostess

First name : Toad

Surname : Phalloïde

Birthday : June 1

Job : Gardener

First name : Jojora

Surname : Teeheena

Birthday : December 27

Job : Sculptor

First name : Pauline

Surname : Celeste

Birthday : June 16

Job : Model

First name : Mario

Surname : Mario

Birthday : January 22

Job : Plumber

First name : Flurrie

Surname : Cumulia

Birthday : October 29

Job : Actress

First name : Kooper

Surname : Shelic

Birthday : July 7

Job : The Mole's Assistant

3 : Trouble Ahoy !

Kooper was the first one awoken this morning. He quickly took a shower put some clothes on, and walked to the door, opening it with almost no noise in order to not disrupt Toad's sleep. He then made his way to the dining room to eat a little something, when his eyes gazed at something put on the dining table.

"What's this...?" he wondered as his arm reached it. It was a normal letter, nothing was special about it, and yet, he thought it was important. He decided to open it, paying no attention to the warning placed beside it.

Kooper smiled. "Sweet ! I got myself a '+1' for the next quiz !" Kooper giddily hid the envelope in his pocket and sat at the table, as if nothing happened.

Kooper : A '+1' is like an exemption, only less powerful, so I guess you can understand why I'm so happy about it ! Maybe it isn't fair that I won it without doing anything, but, heh, who cares ?

One after another, the players all came down the stairs to sit with Kooper and to eat their breakfast. Mario immediately noticed the absence of their host.

"Does anyone know where Monty Mole is ?"

Donkey grunted. "Why would we care about him ? He can take care of himself."

Mario frowned. "Oh shut up, I didn't ask you to be that rude. If you don't want to answer, you don't answer, it's as simple as that. No need to be an a-"

Bootler interrupted them as he cleared his throat. "Now now, no need to be rude my friends, as you said it Mario. I am also quite interested as to why our host isn't here... Does that mean that we have another free day ?" Kooper laughed.

"I wouldn't count on it. Knowing the producers, I can tell you that something unexpected will happen very soon..."

"HELLO !" screamed Monty Mole at the top of his lung, which startled greatly the players who screamed in their turn, making Monty Mole laugh. "I love my job."

"Thank goodness I'm used to your sudden appearances," sighed Kooper while rolling his eyes.

"Gosh, could you stop doing that ? That's incredibly annoying if you know what I mean," yelled an aggravated Jojora.

"Well, I was just being polite-"

"And annoying," confirmed Donkey.

"Anyway," quickly started Monty Mole, once again choosing the easy way to escape the players' complaints, "I just wanted to tell you that I had some outfits prepared for your next mission which will begin as soon as you will be finished with your breakfast."

"Huh ? We will disguise ourselves ?" questioned an incredulous Birdo. "That seems like a fun challenge !"

"Hmmm, not really Birdo, not really. But I will let you discover it."

Soon, everyone was finished with his breakfast, and Monty Mole led them outside the hotel.

"So, where are we going exactly ?" asked Flurrie as she and the others where following Monty Mole into Pipetown.

"As some of you already know," began Monty Mole, "Pipetown is the center of communication of many lands with Pipe Square. While Pipe Square links many worlds, Pipetown only links together the Party World. I think some of you might have heard about it, haven't you ?"

Pauline shook negatively her head. "I'm sure I haven't."

"As a matter of fact, I do," declared Toad. "And I'm sure Donkey and Mario are familiar with it too. Remember ? We went there during our second party."

"You are right Toad. But what you guys probably don't know is that Pipetown can let you go in each of the Party Worlds. Let's say, for example, that you want to go to Mystery Land. You only have to locate Gate Two in Pipetown, enter it, and then you will have to find another pipe which will lead you to Mystery Land. This is some sort of giant web, actually," explained Monty Mole.

Noki : So basically, Mario, Toad, Donkey and Kooper all have an advantage in this game. That's really unfair...

The little group made his way toward Gate Two and entered it. A few moments later, they were arrived to the hall of Mario Party 2.

"Now, let me explain you a few things," told them the Mole.

"What ? Again ?" exclaimed a surprised Flurrie.

"Yeah, I know, I talk too much. During most of our games, you guys will be provided with disguises, in order for the show to look 'hip' and to raise our audience ratings."

"One, I'm really not sure it will look hip, and two, I hope that's not live broadcasting. If it is, you will look like an idiot," bluntly threw in Jojora.

"What did I do ? Ugh... Well, whatever. When we will enter the warp pipe, you will see a locker room. Logically, you should find clothes, I want you to wear them for the challenge, okay ? Once you are ready, you just have to join up with me at the end of the pipe. There I will tell you what the challenge is."

Mario : Wearing this costume made me feel like we were having another party ! Ah, good times, good times.

Bootler : I never wore any costume before. I was actually fun to wear these kind of clothes... I hope I didn't make a fool of myself in front of national television...

"Aye Aye Captains !" greeted them Monty Mole.

Blank.

Jojora and Donkey were already annoyed, while the others were giggling because of their faces. "Never do it again," only begged Donkey.

"Geez, why can't you take a joke ?" inquired Kooper.

"Please, a joke has to be funny."

Birdo : I'm kinda tired of Jojora's and Donkey's interruptions. I mean, we could be playing the game right now, but nooo, they have to be totally mean and stupid.

"Whatever. Could you please tell us more about the challenge ?" asked Pauline. "Surely, we won't stay here complaining all day long, will we ?"

Monty Mole nodded. "Alright everyone, your next mission is named "Treasure Hunters". You will be divided in five groups of two persons and additionally, you will be paired up with your roommate."

"Awesome !" cheered both Birdo and Noki. The others were also pleased.

"The five groups will have one hour to retrieve a paper, hidden behind many obstacles. In one hour, I will bring to to a place where the treasure is. With all the information you will have found, you will try to discover where the treasure is hidden. Any question ?"

Toad raised his hand. "Isn't it a little too easy ? I mean, the first mission seemed more hard than this one..."

"Oh, but don't worry, it will be difficult, since groups may fail retrieving the clues. If they fail, they won't be able to help you during your search. Last advice : Stay close, yet far to each other. You can choose the area you will investigate and I will provide you with maps. Any other question ? No ? Then we will start."

Monty Mole pointed toward a table on which were placed five maps. Jojora and Donkey were the first to choose. They picked Pirate Town. Next were Birdo and Noki who chose Chomp Jail. Flurrie and Bootler were headed toward the jungle while Toad and Kooper had to go to the Shy Guy Pirate Boat. This left Mario and Pauline with the Skull Cavern.

Jojora : I'm happy to be with Donkey Kong but at the same time I'm a little disappointed, because I think he isn't the Mole and that I will be disadvantaged.

Donkey : Game on, Mole !

Jojora and Donkey had chosen the location the nearest from their starting starting point, so they obviously arrived before all of the other groups. Donkey was leading the way, but both of them were really clueless on what to do.

"Well... Monty Mole wasn't really specific, huh ?"

"You can say that... Let's try to find someone who can help," suggested the big ape.

Jojora thought about it. "I'm not sure... Maybe nobody's here so if we search for someone, we could be wasting time."

"So... What's your plan ?"

"I say we look into the houses first." Donkey agreed, and so they walked toward the nearest house. Jojora tried to open it, but it was locked. After that, Donkey sent a punch but it didn't bulge. He was about to charge a punch, but Jojora warned him about something and he ducked.

"What was that ?" he yelled at no one in particular. The only response he received was a blue ball flying right at him. They both chose to run out of the town to think about this mystery.

Donkey : This was crazy ! I mean, these blue balls were targeting us for no reason at all ! Who knows what could have happened if we had gotten hit ? But still something wasn't quite right with the challenge...

It was only five minutes later that Donkey realized that something was written on the back of his map.

Your goal is to find which key opens which door. The first key is waiting you at the top of the town's fountain. Beware of the blue balls ! If you get hit, the other will have to splash you with the fountain's water. If you are both hit by blue balls, then you lost your part of the challenge.

"Well that's just great !" complained Jojora. Donkey also displayed a look of uncertainty.

"Let's run as fast as we can !" ordered the simian figure. They both sprinted toward the fountain and made it safe and sound. Jojora noticed the key, and Donkey carried her since they couldn't reach it.

"Got it !" she smiled at her partner. "Hey, let's try this one," she offered.

Jojora : I really think Donkey isn't the Mole. Hopefully, I won't be eliminated because of that. He is one of the few people that I actually respect in this show.

Toad and Kooper just departed from the group of eight. They saw a rope which was holding the boat in place, so they jumped on it and made their way carefully to the bridge. Being small and nimble, the two individuals succeeded easily.

Your goal is to reach the captain's cabin. If people see you, they might chase you until you lose them in the boat. Be careful, during your escape you might run into more guards. If one of you is captured, the other can save him or her by going into the bottom of the boat. If both of you are captured, you lose your part of the challenge.

Toad : Our part is pretty easy, I doubt we will fail, really. We are small, fast and agile. How could it be better than this ? If we lose, I will really think a little more about Kooper's place in the game. Even if he is the Mole, I doubt he will sabotage, though, because then it would be a little too obvious.

"So, where do you suppose the cabin is ?"

Kooper shrugged. "The ship isn't too big, so I think we will find it easily... We should probably start with the interior of the boat though." Toad nodded and they both pushed the door, only to be meet with guards. Kooper and Toad ran toward the bridge to escape, and hid behind crates.

Kooper : Our task may be simple but only in appearances since we have to trick people with super stealth skills... And I don't know about Toad, but I don't possess such skills.

"Okay, let's be a little more careful this time around !" shouted Toad as he and Kooper went to the door. Toad signaled Kooper to stay behind him, and opened the door. As soon as he heard the Shy Guy coming, he threw a rock behind him and Kooper. The Shy Guy thought the rock was thrown from the other side, so they started chasing nobody. Toad and Kooper silently entered the next area and did a high-five.

"Let's move carefully," advised Toad as he led the way.

Kooper : Actually, thinking about it, Toad may possess super stealth skills.

The mushroom and the turtle proceeded to advance carefully toward the captain's cabin, but soon Shy Guy located them and start chasing them. While they were hiding, Toad devised a plan.

"Look, how about you try to lure them while I search for the captain's cabin ? You'll have to be fast yet slow enough not to lose them."

"Great plan !" smiled Kooper.

Next to arrive to their location were Pauline and Mario. Skull Cavern being very dark, they were provided with flashlights. The two former lovers were headed toward the deepest parts of the cavern, so they lost no time in preparing themselves.

Your goal is to retrieve the clue from the cavern's walls. Be careful though, shining rocks reflecting light Shroob's color skin might deceive you more than they will help you. Their goal is to sabotage your hard work, so avoid them as much as you can.

"Well, let's go, we have to inspect every single stone if we want to win this challenge !" ordered Pauline.

"I wonder..."

"Mmmh ? What are you thinking about ?"

"Nothing !"

Mario : Actually, I was wondering why the task was as simple as that. Toad and Kooper had to infiltrate a boat full of sailors, and all we have to do is to examine some stones ? Something's strange.

Mario was lagging behind, so Pauline took the initiative to touch one of the stone. As soon as her hand met the hard rock, she began to be stuck to it. "Mario ? I could use a little help right now..."

"I'm coming, I'm coming !" he yelled as he approached the place where Pauline was. "What did you do exactly ?" asked a baffled Mario.

"I tried to put the stone out of the wall but it didn't work and now I'm, like, glued to this very wall !" explained an annoyed Pauline.

"Oh no ! We should have paid more attention to our directions !" said Mario in realization. "Look, this sheet of paper told us that purple stones would be slowing us down !"

"Yeah, that's great, but how about you find something to help me out ? I don't want to stay here forever !" Suddenly, Pauline's hand was released from the wall. "Well, that's convenient."

"Let's hurry, we are wasting valuable time !" exclaimed Mario as he ran deeper into the Skull Cavern.

Flurrie and Bootler arrived to the Jungle Part of Pirate Land shortly after Mario and Pauline arrived at their location. They wished luck to Birdo and Noki and read one more time what they had to do. An obstacle course was awaiting them behind giant leafs. Their task was simple : they had to complete the course. If one of them was to fail one part of the challenge, the other could help him or her. But if both of them were to fail, then they would lose their part of the game.

Bootler was beginning to be nervous. "I am not sure I am in a good shape to do this... This seems risk and dangerous." Flurrie only laughed.

"Let's see the bright side : we are floating beings, so we won't really be tired after this. I personally think it will be a piece of cake !" Bootler looked strangely at Flurrie.

Bootler : One day she is just desperate to be forgiven by everyone, and the other she is just coming back to her usual self. Something is telling me that what she did yesterday was just plain fake. I will follow her every moves from now on.

"Wow... I didn't expect it to be that easy," remarked Flurrie as she was floating above a rope. Bootler was following her and could not refute her statement.

Flurrie : We weren't cheating, because our floating bodies float. They don't fly, so we still had to be careful. But obviously it was more easy to balance ourselves on the rope.

"I have to say, we sure picked the right map !" smiled Flurrie.

"Indeed."

Bootler : What alerts me about Flurrie, is that she makes good choices over good choices. Remember yesterday ? She was the first one to choose an envelope and she ultimately made us lose three thousands coins because she wanted an exemption. Her wanting an exemption could make us think she isn't the Mole and that she really is a legitimate player, but that would be a great cover-up.

They were making progress, and soon reached a stop. They had to jump over some metal bar which was placed over three meters high. Bootler was clearly not amused by that.

"Did they expect us to be athletes ?" Flurrie pointed at something hidden behind a giant leaf.

"Look ! We can use this trampoline !"

Finally, after half an hour of walking, Birdo and Noki arrived at the Chomp Jails. Unlike the other teams, they were not really happy nor confident. They only had thirty minutes to accomplish their task.

Birdo : If I had known that the Chomp Jails were so far away, I think I would have run instead of walking the entire way here. Now we are in a hurry, and everyone knows that you tend to do stupid things when you are stressed out.

"I hope it won't be too hard," wished Birdo as Noki read one more time their instructions.

"Your goal is to reach the end of the cavern where sleeps a golden Chomp named Charz. But to reach him, you will have to not get caught by the sleepy Chomp who are all over the place. If both of you are caught, you will lose your part of the challenge. Basically we have to be very quiet," summed up Noki. Birdo looked into the jail's inside a moment, and decided to head toward their goal.

As soon as they entered the jail, they were dumbfounded by what they saw. One hundred or so Chomp were sleeping peacefully on the floor. The two girls also saw that they could climb to some walls if they wanted to escape the Chomp they would wake up.

"How can we do that ? That's impossible !" muttered Noki, watching the endless sea of Chomp. "We have to maneuver our way carefully or else we will lose."

"Yeah, but we don't have any time to waste so, we'll have to be relatively fast," admitted Birdo.

The two girls were not making much noise as they were walking, but they were not making many progress either.

"Where is this gold Chomp ?" asked Noki at no one in particular. The girls were totally clueless at that moment.

Birdo pointed forward. "I think he is awaiting us at the very end of the jail... So, maybe he is still far away from here..."

"Aaaaah !" shrieked Jojora, barging into a house to escape the shoots coming from behind her and Donkey Kong. "That was so close..."

"I didn't know it would be so hardcore !" commented the strong ape. "So what do we have now ? Another key ? I thought it would be over already !" He looked around the house and quickly noticed the presence of a key hanging up in the air, above a wardrobe. He easily retrieved it and the pair looked at their surroundings.

"Okay, so we have nothing to protect ourselves... Should we just run to the nearest house or should we think about it a little more ?" questioned the blue fairy. After a few seconds, they settled on option one.

The two partners opened the door and instantly ran toward their right, hoping they would reach the house before behind touched. They did reach it, but their key wasn't opening the house and two blue balls were coming their way. Donkey acted as a shield and protected Jojora from the balls, but he was then frozen solid.

"Donkey !" yelled desperately Jojora. She had a choice to make. She could either save him or continue alone. She thought about it and made her decision.

Jojora : Maybe it was the right thing to do, maybe it wasn't. I wasn't thinking clearly anyway, but I had to make a choice. I just hoped it was all for the best...

Toad : I think I'm lost... This boat was much bigger than I expected it to be.

The mushroom boy was struggling to find his way to the captain's cabin. Without Kooper besides him, he was feeling less confident than before. He advanced through the things which were spread out, surely because of Kooper during his flee, and found out that he was just going into circles. Fearing that he was nearly out of time, Toad began to run faster than before. He almost tripped on a Shy Ghy but recovered and zoomed by him.

"Huh ? I don't remember going in here..."

He continued to walk toward a new corridor, but soon heard some noise coming from the other hand. He recognized Kooper, so he quickly decided to hide in a room. Question was... Which one ?

"I don't want to say, but our task isn't really exciting, Mario," sighed Pauline as she rubbed her temples. "It's so boring..."

"Oh don't worry, it will be exciting soon, unfortunately," noted Mario strangely. Pauline raised her eyebrow.

Pauline : Mario kept on saying weird things while we were in the cavern, I still wonder why. Did he know something I wasn't aware of ? I couldn't be certain, but something sure was off.

"Oh, great, just great !" groaned Mario. "The battery is dying on us !"

"Are you kidding me ?" inquired Pauline as she rushed in Mario's direction. Mario was telling the truth, the battery was nowhere near full. "How do they expect us to win if we can't see anything ?"

"Err... We could still use the energy left parsimoniously, you know ?" suggested Mario. Pauline looked at him incredulously.

"And how are we going to do that ?"

Mario was confident. He flashed the light during five seconds and memorized his surroundings. He took Pauline's hand and led her into the maze. "We'll do it that way."

"Hopefully we still have time..."

Bootler and Flurrie had been through many obstacle and knew that they were nearing the end of the obstacle course. They were still confident about their chances of making it to the end before they ran out of time.

Bootler : We are not really the best players around here, physically speaking, of course. I am the oldest of the group, so it would be normal for me to fail these kind of challenges, but strangely I am doing just fine. If I did it, everyone can do it.

"Well, I have to say that I find us really awesome !" boasted the conceited Flurrie.

Bootler cleared his throat. "I wouldn't say it like that, but yes, we did great." They soon approached the final obstacle being a giant baobab. They had to climb it in order to claim the paper they deserved.

"It might be a problem," muttered Bootler. "Did you do some hiking before ?"

"I don't remember, but it shouldn't be too hard. Let's look at the bright side, we can take our time. And we can also help each other, so it will really be easy, or so I think," commented Flurrie.

"Your plan seems easy yet tempting, I say we go for it !" exclaimed Bootler.

The floating bodies put on some security harnesses and began to climb the enormous tree, motivated by the clue which was awaiting them at the top.

Still inside the Chomp Jails, Noki and Birdo had made progress and were now seeing a bright light, possibly emanating of Charz's skin color. They were fifty meters away when suddenly, Birdo slipped on a banana peel.

"Ow ! What's a banana peel is doing here ?" she spoke up a little too loudly. "Huh-oh !" Noki had time no time to save her as a Chomp woke up and caught Birdo in his mouth. "Eww ! Gross ! Let me go you silly dog !"

Noki : I was lost, Birdo was just taken away by the Chomp so quickly, I didn't know what to do. At that time, I wanted to save her, but I didn't know if that was the smarter choice... I was just waiting for someone to tell me what I had to do.

"Birdo !" yelled Noki, panicked. She was still standing at the same place she was when Birdo got captured.

"Noki, you have to win this challenge for us ! GO !" shouted Birdo before disappearing.

Noki gulped and started to run. Unfortunately for her, the ruckus had woken up more Chomp that were now staring at her...

"Here goes nothing !"