I was very busy studying for part of my last test. Sorry again for the wait.

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Chapter 7: The Recalling Dimble Wood

Upon exiting Plack Beach, our villain has reached Dimble Wood once again. Just north of here is Bumpsy Plains, the Bowser Path and finally Bowser's Castle, so Bowser is almost on his way to his castle. He looked around the woods and saw something familiar on all those trees.

"These woods… They look familiar…" he pondered. "Hold on! That's the place where I was sent to once Peach flung me out of her castle!"

"Hmm… So that also might be the place where you got tricked by Fawful." Starlow confirmed.

"Yep; it was here, Chippy."

"Wait a minute, if this is where you started to inhale everything, then why did you went all the way to Peach's Castle?" Mario asked.

"How should I know? I can't tell if the reason is because I wanted or is it because I was controlled…"

"Controlled?"

"Yeah, about that…"

"UURRGH!" Bowser then heard a groaning voice. "Hey! Don't shove!"

"Hold up, who said that…? Hey!" Bowser saw something at the distance.

He saw a group of Goombas trapped in a cage struggling to get some room since the cage was too tight for all of them:

"Ouch, man! OUCH!"

"Haaalp!"

"Can't breathe…"

"I want my mom!"

"You slackers! What are you doing?!" Bowser questioned coyly. That's where the Goombas noticed him. "Some nutjob's after my castle! And you guys are hanging out playing Cram-in-the-Cage?!"

"BOWSER!"

"BOWSER! BOWSER!"

"CAN'T SEE! FOOT IN FACE!"

"BOWSER!"

"Oh man, Bowser… You gotta help us!"

"Your castle already got hit! It was bad, man. Real bad! Some guy named Fawful… Just look! He crammed the entire Goomba squadron in a cage and CHUCKED US!"

"Chucked you?! Goombas don't get chucked, pal!" Bowser replied. "'Marching straight ahead into the enemy's feet!' Didn't you memorize that in Goomba boot camp?"

"It was all real sudden, Boss… We're unworthy. Not fit for stomping."

"Pathetic… So what about the rest of my military? Did the other corps get spanked as bad as you?" Bowser asked.

"Probably… It was brutal…"

"BRAAARGH!" Bowser roared so furiously that he breathed out fire from his mouth. "I TOLD you to train harder! No wonder Mario crushes you!"

"Hey! I'm right here, you know?" Mario spoke bitterly.

"Did I just hear a voice coming from you, Boss?" one of the Goombas asked.

"What?!" Bowser's eyes widened. "No. You heard nothing." He shook his head while crossing his arms in order to hide the fact that Mario was inside his body.

"Oh, okay. I must be hearing things again. Anyway, yeah. Sorry, Boss. Sorry, Bowser." The same Goomba apologized while crestfallen.

"Well, I'll train you chumps up nice! Follow me!" Bowser demanded, forgetting that the Goombas were still trapped.

"Oh! Thanks! Sweet! But… Uh, how do we get off this island, Bowser?"

"I'll make a bridge or something! BECAUSE I GET THINGS DONE. Yeah, instead of crying all the time, I make things happen!"

Bowser then leaves, looking for a way to make some sort of bridge. But not before going on an area where nobody was in sight and scolded:

"Man, that was SO CLOSE, Mario! One of my Goombas almost caught you after hearing your voice inside of me!"

"Okay, I'm sorry, but I had to spit that out!" Mario growled. "It's not my fault that your Goombas get squished all the time! It's because no matter what, Goombas will always be the weakest minions in your army."

"How DARE you speak that to me!" Bowser growled back. Then, he smirked: "Besides, Goomboss, my strongest Goomba, has captured and locked you once, remember?"

"Well, that happened because I was caught off guard! I was trying to free Luigi from King Boo and Wario from Chief Chilly, but I didn't notice Goomboss coming!"

"Whatever." Bowser rolled his eyes. "Man, if that's the case, I should send Goomboss at Mario more often…" he thought before moving on.

Soon, he came upon a large Wiggler statue standing upwards.

"Maybe this thing will work as a bridge…" Bowser thought before grabbing hold of it and trying to pull it out.


Inside Bowser…

"It looks like the Arm Center is reacting once again!" Starlow said.

"All right! Let's stimulate his arm muscles again!" Mario grinned as he and his crew went back to the Arm Center.

There, they saw Bowser's arm muscle doing contractions again. The bros nodded to each other and Mario hit the cannon's switch to start the orb minigame again.

Once they were done, Bowser successfully pulled out the Wiggler statue and it flew to the other side of the shore, creating a bridge.

"Aw yeah!" Bowser fist pumps. "Hmm, let me guess, you guys stimulated my muscles again, right?"

"Uh, yeah…" Luigi murmured.

"I owe you for that! Now to save my Goomba troop."

With that, Bowser crossed the bridge and reached the island where the Goombas were trapped. He approaches the gate and punches it multiple times until it broke apart. The Goombas celebrated:

"You did it!"

"Our hero!"

"High five!"

"Right! And now we take back my castle!" Bowser said.

"GOO-RAH!"

The Goombas then joined as minions, allowing Bowser to use a move in battle called Goomba Storm. Shortly after, another Fawfulcopter came to him and Fawful's voice came from it:

"I have the weeping! Such a reunion of sobs! You have moved Fawful with the family drama."

"Shut up! And don't mess with my minions! Only I do that!" Bowser hissed.

"But now I have chortle time! Fawful scattered your minions like litter from a sad, ugly cat. Are you wanting to hear them? For they are on the TV show. The TV show of your tears!"

A small screen pops out, showing some depressed minions.

"Bowser! Sir! Koopa unit down. Requesting evac!" a Koopa said.

"SOS SOS SOS SOS Bob-omb squad here!" a Bob-omb said. "Come in, anyone! Hello? Anyone copying this?"

"Shy Guy corps reporting. They got us. They got us all." A Shy Guy said. "We're such bad soldiers!"

This made Bowser REALLY furious as he grits his teeth:

"This… STINKS! MY MINIONS!"

"I HAVE CHORTLES! And soon, I have your castle! Fawful will love it there! You will visit, perhaps! Fawful will reserve the Crying Room for the crying for your minions. And the crying will be like a savory soda for my soul! NOW I HAVE FURY!" Fawful spoke before sending out two Treevils at Bowser. "Some fighting will be slowing you!" he finished and left.

"Oh yeah? Just watch me burning these trees down to a crisp!" Bowser smirked before breathing fire at the Treevils, burning both of them. "Heh! They don't call me 'Burning Machine' for nothing!"

With the fight done, Bowser continued to make his way to his castle.


Some time later…

After facing more Treevils and also Trashures, Bowser arrived at the northernmost part of the woods where he saw the Elite Trio pushing a large cannon. They pushed and pushed, until Private Goomp collapsed in exhaustion:

"Hoff… Haff… Hfuhruhurr… It's… It's no good, guys… My back… I tweaked it…"

"Get it together, Private Goomp! Let's scout the area, at least." Sergeant Guy said.

"I wonder what everyone else is doing right now…"

"I bet they're hurting bad. I mean, you guys were there. That scene was GNARLY." Corporal Paraplonk remarked.

"Think we're the only ones who escaped?"

"Yeah… I bet we are… Boy… That was just plain mean! Who plans an attack when Bowser's not there?"

"Ugh… If only Bowser were here, he'd know what to do…" Sergeant Guy grumbled.

"Bowser, man… Where are you? And what are you doing?" Private Goomp wondered.

"Hey! Minions!" Bowser called out, catching the Elite Trio's attention. They turned to Bowser and immediately exclaimed:

"BOWSERRRRR!"

After the Elite Trio explained everything to Bowser, he spoke:

"So… My castle got taken over, huh? That Fawful weirdo wasn't joking, then…"

"Yeah… It… Well, this weird trio just showed up and went nuts. Huge attack, and just like that, they had the castle…" Private Goomp explained.

"Uh-huh, we were doing a, uh, tactical retreat, and we grabbed this cannon to maybe use…" Corporal Paraplonk added.

"GWAHAHA!" Bowser laughed. "Good stuff! And don't worry! We'll get my castle back!"

"Yes, sir! Shoo-rah!" Sergeant Guy fist pumped.

"So… What was the plan with the cannon, huh, guys?" Bowser asked.

"Oh! We were, uh, gonna aim it at your castle, and, y'know… Launch it! And then…bonk!" Corporal Paraplonk answered.

"Sir, the bonking to which he refers is on the enemy heads!" Sergeant Guy said.

"Niiiice! Not a bad idea for a bunch of minions!" Bowser exclaimed. "I'm on board with it! Launch away!"

However, the Elite Trio looked at each other nervously before Private Goomp stuttered:

"Uh… But… We… That… We can't…launch now."

"To be frank, sir, we appear to be lacking ammunition…" Sergeant Guy threw in.

"Yeah, lemme just jump in here and add that I forgot to bring the Banzai Bill for the cannon." Corporal Paraplonk finished.

Bowser's excitement shifted to fury as the Elite Trio sweatdropped and he yelled:

"IDIOTS!"

This caused the Elite Trio to fly backwards a few feet away from Bowser as he continues:

"Wow, why am I not surprised?! Look, chumps, if we don't have a Banzai Bill, go find one! We must've launched hundreds of 'em at Mario over the years. There must be one around!"

"You got it, Boss! We'll find a Banzai Bill right away!" Private Goomp said, but then tilted his head: "So, uh… So where are they at, again?"

This caused Bowser to face-fault before yelling again:

"IDIOTS!"

Private Goomp was sent back again and Bowser growled at the Elite Trio:

"I told you to find one because I don't know where they are!"

"Yikes! Right away, Boss! We'll find one! Be right back!" the Elite Trio shouted and immediately scurried off to look for a Banzai Bill.

"Hey! Why don't YOU go look for one as well?" Donkey Kong suggested.

"What?!"

"DK has a point; those guys didn't seem too reliable." Yoshi pointed out.

"Hey! Oversized ape and Dino boy! I was GONNA look, OK?"

"I'm pretty sure you weren't thinking about that earlier…" Mario stated.

"Oh, shut up! Just let me go look for a damn Banzai Bill, will ya?!"


A few minutes later…

"Man, where the heck I'm going to find a Banzai Bill in these woods?" Bowser grumbled. "Hm?" he came upon a carrot farm at the northeastern part of the woods. "What is this stuff? These look like crops! Who the heck FARMS in this kingdom?"

"Careful! Don't you know? Wiggler Family Farm has raised vegetables for generations." a little voice spoke to him. Bowser looked down to see a tiny Wiggler called a Squiggler standing a few feet away.

"Hey. Bug. Do I look like I care about vegetables?" Bowser glared. "So listen up. You seen a Banzai Bill around here?"

"Banzai Bill? Not here." The Squiggler replied. "Violence isn't farm fresh, no. Here we just have fine organic vegetables free from pesticides. Peach has a standing order. You should try them. Free-range carrots are absolutely divine. Full of vitamins and minerals. Wonderful for a lustrous mane. Aids beauty and dietary health. Also good for burning fat, healing joints, firming nostrils, supplying nutrition to muscles…"

"SHUT UP!" Bowser interrupted the Squiggler. "Vegetables are GROSS! Don't you have any meat?!"

"Meat. Oh, absolutely not. A healthy body craves no meat." The Squiggler shook his head. "And those who make fun of vegetables will one day pay." He then leaves.

"Hey! Where are you going, pip-squeak?!" Bowser growled before following the Squiggler.

Once Bowser lost sight of the Squiggler, he saw a huge carrot planted in the ground, sharing almost the size of a Banzai Bill.

"GWAHAAA!" he laughed in glory. "Talk about a huge veggie! Not bad! If this is all we got, then veggie ammo it is!" he then grabs the carrot and tries to pull it out.

Back in Bowser's body, his arm muscles were once again doing contractions, so the gang had to head back to the Arm Center and do the minigame again. But this time, the cannon appeared much more different and the orbs now pop out from it rhythmically.

After completing this rhythmical minigame, the Mario Bros managed to stimulate Bowser's arm muscles again and he finally pulls out the carrot. He turned around and looks at the Giga-carrot, noticing how big it was.

"Whoa, that is really big. Might not fit in the cannon…" he pondered.

"STOP, THIEF!" a voice yelled.

Eventually, a Wiggler came out of the hole where the carrot used to be.

"The great giga-carrot! Raised by Wigglers for generations!" the Wiggler spoke. "That giga-carrot was grown by my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's generation and every single one since! And you yanked it!"

"Hey, giant talking bug! You seen a Banzai Bill around here anywhere?" Bowser asked, ignoring the Wiggler's speech.

"…You don't care about the story of the Wigglers at all, huh? So, a Banzai Bill? I have one."

"What?! Awesome!"

"Yes, a long time ago, a Banzai Bill fell into the pasture. I have secretly cared for it, telling no one where it lies. Do you want it?"

"Yes! Gimme!"

"Oh, of course, I would, but… You really need to learn a lesson or two about honor. So first of all, you need to take responsibility for yanking out this giga-carrot. Then we can talk Banzai Bill."

"Responsibility?!"

"You heard me! The Wiggler family has been growing this for ages! Growing this huge giga-carrot! Now take responsibility… AND EAT IT! When you yank a vegetable out, be responsible and eat it all. That's been Wiggler law since time out of mind. Waste not!"

"Eat THAT?! It's huge!"

"Fine, don't. But no Banzai Bill."

"Hmmph… OK, fine! Got any hot sauce?"

"By the way, there's a time limit. You have one minute to eat it. All of it. Think of it as a sort of challenge."

"WHAT?! That's…really fast! Lemme taste it first."

"I'm afraid not."

"I hate veggies! What if I scarf this down and get a bellyache? I'm not signing on for that!"

"I suppose that's fair. You may have a taste. But just a little one."

Bowser then walks towards the carrot, getting ready to eat it.

"Here goes! Chow time!" he said before eating some bits of the carrot's end.


Inside Bowser…

"Eh? I smell…carrot." Yoshi sniffed.

"Carrot? Since when Bowser eats vegetables?" Mario questioned.

"If he's eating right now, then we should head to his stomach!" Starlow said.

"Oh, really?! Ugh… I hate smelling Hydrochloric acid!" Luigi muttered.

The group quickly made their way to the Gut Check, located obviously in Bowser's stomach. We could see the stomach's muscle walls clearly. The heroes came into this area by the stomach's duodenum. There was another cannon up ahead, which could possibly be the gastric gland that digests the food.

When the heroes began to control the cannon, they saw many carrot bits falling into the stomach, but because they were so small, those bits appear much bigger, almost at their size length. Of course, digesting all of those bits takes a while. Luckily, the Wiggler said that the giga-carrot held special enzymes that can digest all of the carrot bits at once. Every time Bowser eats some carrot bits and his mouth flashes, that carrot bit has the enzyme, and thankfully, the heroes are able to see a faint glow appearing at the very top of the esophagus that indicate the result of Bowser's mouth flashing. So if they are going to help Bowser digest the whole carrot in under one minute, they'll have to focus on finding the enzymes.

Once the minigame was over, Bowser managed to eat all of the carrot in exactly 45 seconds. The Wiggler was impressed:

"I can't believe it! An eating record! And what a time! Just 45 seconds! How very splendid. Let's have a round of applause for Bowser. Not that anyone saw all that…uh, right?" he looks at the readers.

"Hey! Watch the fourth-wall breaking!" Bowser warned. "Anyway, I took responsibility! Gimme my Banzai Bill!"

"Well, just calm down. Don't panic, don't panic."

"It's all good! Banzai Bill me!"

"What? What do you mean? What were we talking about?"

"Don't start, pal! We had a deal!" Bowser gritted his teeth.

Suddenly, the Wiggler turned red with anger.

"You invade our peaceful farm and contaminate it!" he hissed. "You yank our giga-carrot! And then you EAT it! Now face Wiggler's wrath!"

"You TOLD me to eat it, you idiot!" Bowser growled.

"I must avenge the Wigglers whose legacy you sullied! You must be removed from our farm like compost!"

"Bah! You like compost? I'll compost your FACE!"

The Wiggler immediately charged at Bowser, but he countered with his punch. Bowser then breathes fire at the Wiggler, but he took no damage when he was red like that. The Wiggler then took out a watering can and made turnips grow. He then plucks the turnips to throw them at Bowser. Bowser destroys the turnips by punching them.

Soon, two Leaf Guys came down carrying a large turnip. At the same time, Wiggler charges for Bowser again, but he punches three of the five parts of the Wiggler's body, turning them yellow. That's where Bowser guessed that if he makes all of the Wiggler's body parts yellow, he could damage him. Seeing the large turnip above, Bowser inhaled the two Leaf Guys inside him, and the large turnip fell right at the Wiggler's body, turning it yellow again.

The two Leaf Guys fell down to where the heroes were. The Leaf Guys charged for Mario and Luigi, but they countered with their hammers, giving a chance for Yoshi to wrap his tongue at one of them and send it to the other, defeating the two Leaf Guys.

Back outside, the Wiggler was now weak, and Bowser smirked at him:

"What's the matter? You're weak already? Well, here's something for you! Goomba Storm!"

Bowser took out his stack of Goombas, threw them to the left and commanded them to charge after the Wiggler and tackle him. Bowser also breathes fireballs at some Goombas, causing them to fly into the air and crash down at the Wiggler's head.

"Ouchouchouchouch…" Wiggler groaned in defeat. "I can't bear it if you damage the rest of our organic crops…" he then heads back into the hole and finishes grumpily: "Please, just take this and leave our property!" he throws out a Banzai Bill to Bowser.

"GWAHAAA! We can use the cannon now!" Bowser exclaimed and exited the farm.

To be continued…


Something big is about to happen in the next chapter! Maybe! Please review.