Later, all of the racers from the previous grand prix gathered around at Mario Circuit, where the Lakitu from before came down to the double teams of racers, were he was holding a chart on his fishing rod. The characters looked at each other as Lakitu cleared his voice.
"These are the results from the race that has taken here." The Lakitu stated as he blinked several times, pointing down at the chart, "Two pairs did not do well enough to make it, so they'll have to sit out."
Baby Mario and Baby Luigi both started bawwing loudly as they realized that they were immediately out. Peach and Daisy both gasped in shock when they saw that they were also out. The other pairs of racers eyed each other as they noticed that they were mixed with each other, each offering interesting choices.
"So it's followed, the racers who made it are all mixed with each other. Bowser and Petey Piranha are the first pair, followed by Bowser Jr. and Toadette, then King Boo and Diddy Kong, followed close by Mario and Wario, then Luigi and Birdo, with Waluigi and Paratroopa, Donkey Kong and Toad, and finally, the final and eight pair being Yoshi and Koopa Troopa," The Lakitu stated as he pulled up the chart, waving at the other racers. "The Grand Prix will begin tomorrow at ten in the morning. Be sure to be there." And with that, he took off into the clear blue skies, disappearing within the white puffy clouds that drifted by.
The racers looked at each other as they formed their new pairs for the grand prix. Bowser patted Bowser Jr. on the back as he joined Petey Piranha, while Toadette hugged Toad tightly as Toad went towards Donkey Kong. The two young characters looked at each other, slightly blushing as they got nervous.
"Ehehe, so it looks like we're gonna be... together?" Toadette mumbled as she fiddled her fingertips together, looking down at her shoes as she felt speechless, "It's an honor to be able to drive with you."
Bowser Jr. rubbed the back of his head as he looked towards a different way, closing his eyes as he snuffed. "Heh. Don't expect me to be kissing you every race." He turned away, thinking to himself as he tried to keep his emotions private.
Toadette gulped as she held her hands together, looking down as she felt nervous. She gasped as she felt someone touch her by the back of her head. She turned around and looked up, to see Daisy smiling at her.
"First time in a major crowd, huh?" Daisy asked as she winked at Toadette, glancing up at Bowser Jr. "He sure does seem to be the loner type. Maybe you can manage to break through him."
Toadette frowned as she looked at Bowser Jr., then turned to Daisy, still frowning. "I don't know. Bowser Jr. isn't too keen with being on the same team as me..."
Daisy patted Toadette on the butt as she chuckled, telling the young humanoid mushroom girl, "Don't be shy about it, Toadette. I'm sure he'll warm up sooner or later." With that, she left to chat with Peach.
Toadette was left to ponder as she continued staring at Bowser Jr., who still had his eyes closed and arms crossed.
Mario groaned as he had his arms folded, while Wario laughed, poking Mario in the head several times, purposely to annoy the red capped Italian plumber.
"Wa ha ha! Looks like you and-e me will be racing togetha, eh?" Wario shouted as he grabbed Mario's face and shoved his own hideous face into Mario, "But when we win, I get the trophy. GOT IT?"
Mario pushed away Wario as he snarled back. "Why was I placed with you? It's not like we're going to work perfectly together! Sheesh!" He walked away as Wario shook his fat butt at Mario, taunting him.
Yoshi and Koopa both sat down on the smooth green grass, looking up at the clouds with each other as they both sighed. They turned their heads at each other, smiling widely.
"So, together again, huh?" Koopa said to Yoshi as he looked back up, "Heh, this will be great. First time we'll be racing together in the same kart."
Yoshi nodded in agreement as he looked back up at the clouds, pointing at one that looked like a rectangular shaped cookie. "Oh yeah. I have a feeling that this race will be deliciously sweet!"
"...Deliciously sweet?" Koopa blurbed as he stared oddly back at Yoshi.
Waluigi and Paratroopa chuckled as they approached each other, taking out their tennis rackets and holding them as they glanced at each other, with Waluigi's racket colored purple while Paratroopa's was red and yellow.
"So, we're on the same team again. Kind of ironic, huh?" paratroopa stated as he sheepishly smiled, shrugging. "This seems like it'll be a fun, easy time for us!"
Waluigi chuckled as he placed his tennis racket behind him, wrapping his right arm around Paratroopa as he chuckled. "You bet your wings, Pary. We'll easily swipe the competition!" He heartily laughed, with Paratroopa joining in.
Donkey Kong and Toad both glanced at each other as they sat down by a table nearby, with Donkey Kong watching Diddy getting intimidated by King Boo while Toad was concern about Toadette. They looked at each other, sighing.
"I don't know if Toadette can handle being with someone else. What if she panics?" Toad stated as he had bad thoughts, shuddering at the thought of Toadette being horribly harmed on the field. "Oh, I knew I should have stayed out of the competition this year. Poor Toadette."
Donkey Kong scoffed at Toad as he folded his arms. "Pleh! You think you're panicking? Diddy never met anyone here until just recently!" He sighed as he munched down on a banana, glancing back at his monkey partner. "I just hope he doesn't lose his marbles on the field..."
Bowser head butted with Petey Piranha, laughing as he wrapped his right arm around Petey. Petey laughed as he gave Bowser a nudge to the head, followed by slapping the Koopa King on the back.
"So, it's just the two of us together again, huh?" Petey mumbled loudly as he helped Bowser up, thinking back to their earlier years, "I remember when we were so young... I was a huge guy who always jugged the gatorade down..."
Bowser laughed heartily as he patted Petey on the back, mentioning to him, "Oh Petey, your memory is fogged up again. here was no gatorade back then."
Petey blinked as he laughed heartily alongside Bowser, the two bosses boasting loudly.
Diddy Kong rubbed the back of his neck nervously as he sheepishly smiled at King Boo, who grinned evilly at Diddy. "So... you're the king of the ghosts?"
King Boo cackled as he waved his big red tongue at Diddy, proclaiming loudly, "Bwa ha ha! Of course! I unnerve all of those who oppose me!" He got close to Diddy, eying him closely. "Be hopeful that you won't make a mistake on my watch, or you'll be a ghost, too!"
Diddy turned completely white with fear as King Boo continued cackling evilly.
Luigi and Birdo looked at each other awkwardly as they rubbed their own elbows, coughing as they were wondering how to have a conversation. Birdo approached Luigi, but Luigi gulped and hid inside his blue overalls, shivering with fright.
Birdo sighed as she shook her head, turning away and pulling out a red book as she muttered to herself quietly, "Great. The one guy I get paired with, and he can't even have a little conversation with."
