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Luigified531 - The identity of the mysterious helper will be revealed either next time or after that. In the relatively near future, in terms of storyline. I'm glad you liked Dry Bones's song, it was from a ProtonJon video, where he was making up some lyrics.
(Mario Party, Nintendo, and any mentioned works of fiction or products to not belong to me in any way, shape, or form. This is just a story written for fun.
Episode 6: The Yoshi Blues
Location: Yoshi's Tropical Island
Game: Mario Party 1
Team Royal Green: Daisy, Koopa, Rosalina, Petey Piranha
Team W-Shell: Koopa Kid, Yoshi, Hammer Bro., Boom-Boom, Toadette
Team Zero: Blooper, Shy Guy, Dry Bones, Waluigi, Dry Bowser
Bowser was feeling confident today. In fact, he was so confident that a smaller version of his head was sticking out of his shell's neck hole and dancing. A Koopatrol appeared.
"Sir! We're investigating the interloper who's helping the players out, but we'll need a report of what you were doing in Rainbow Dream at the time."
The smaller Bowser head answered. "Hey baby we played a game. We played a bunch of mini games, hey. Team W-Shell won, Royal Greens lost and King Boo had to goooooo-ooooo-oooo! WOO!"
"Excuse him, that's my confidence. Ever since I got rid of King Boo, I've been feeling better about things. I like being the only king around! He'll probably fade back into my thoughts once we land."
"… Yes, sir. We'll patrol the perimeter so that the intruder who may or may not be Luigi or Wario cannot interfere."
…
Team Royal Green/Team Zero:
Koopa was acting nervous around the window, which caught Daisy's attention.
"What's wrong, Koopa?"
"It's Dry Bones. We're flying right next to his team's airship and he keeps staring at me."
"Soon." Dry Bones said, from inside his window. "… Soonely-doodely."
"He's just being weird." Daisy reassured. "Hey Petey, how are you holding up?"
"Eh, I'll be fine. Last time before the challenge, King Boo and I were wondering who the escaped guy was. And apparently now it's some bozo who looks like either Wario or Luigi. You think it's Waluigi?"
Rosalina shook her head. "I sincerely doubt it. Waluigi has no access to any missiles. I doubt he would get away with it, and in addition, he is among the players."
"Exactly, so Bowser wouldn't expect it! What do you think, Koopa?"
"I dunno. … Say, you don't think they were the one who lead us to that shop with that path of coins in Jungle Jam, do you? If so, I don't think Wario would spare the coins, not even to mess with Bowser. But then again, would Luigi have access to missiles? Maybe it really is just someone else."
"What if it's Mario?" Daisy wondered.
…
"Today, two people are on a date, and you gotta make it good!" Bowser said, as everyone stepped off the airships. They were on Yoshi's Tropical Island.
"And who's the blind and deaf Koopa you'll be dining with?" Blooper once again teased Bowser at the beginning of the game. It had become somewhat of a ritual of his, the part of each game that he most enjoyed.
"Shut up! I got a speeding ticket for driving my Doom Boat through here, but I was only going 100 over the limit, I don't see what the big deal is! And I was planning on stealing a Golden Watermelon or whatever from here later on, so I gotta be on their good side so they won't suspect me! So now I gotta make up for the speeding ticket by making sure the Yoshi Elder's son has a good date."
Petey, Toadette, Blooper, Dry Bones, Waluigi, and Dry Bowser all snickered while the other players were all confused.
"Silence!"
Toad stepped in. "The Blue Yoshi and Pink Yoshi will be on a date. First they're gonna have a kart race, then dinner, then a show. One team will do one of the three activities, and at the end of the night, the couple will be asked how their night went. Whoever kept them happy the most wins!"
"Why kart race?" asked Boom-Boom.
"Because they want to race, and it'd be weird without other racers." said Toad.
"So how do we decide who does what?" Koopa Kid asked while crossing his arms.
"A mini game!" Toad sounded happy. "Winner picks what their team does, middle place decides whichever one of the remaining activities they'd like more, and loser has to do whatever's left. Pick your players!"
…
Team Zero:
"Lemme at 'em! I didn't do squat last time thanks to Shy Guy!" Dry Bowser said. Shy Guy dropped his head in shame.
…
Team W-Shell:
Toadette stepped up. "You know, I haven't played a mini game yet."
…
Team Royal Green:
"I'll go!" Koopa tried to sound tough. Petey was lounging, and the two princesses were talking to each other. "… So yeah."
…
Game: Goomba Village
Players: Koopa, Toadette, Dry Bowser
Instructions: After all the Goombas enter their houses, guess which one has the most!
Controls: Point controller (move cursor), A (select house)
Tips: "Pay close attention at all times, and be fast with your pick!"
There were five Goomba houses. Pink, yellow, blue, red, and green. Suddenly these houses were swarmed with a bunch of Goombas. After about a minute, it was time for everyone to decide which house to pick.
"Uh, Green!" Koopa shouted.
"Darn it!" roared Dry Bowser. "Blue then!"
"Yellow."
Then the Goombas were counted. The blue house got the most, followed by red, green, then yellow, and then pink. This meant Dry Bowser won, and Koopa got middle place.
…
All Teams:
"All right, less awesome version of me. How's Team Zero gonna butter up the Yoshi date for me?"
"Whatever you do, don't pick dinner!" Dry Bones said. "I haven't found any better cooks than Fuu-what's-her-face."
Dry Bowser stroked his chin and then decided. "We'll do the last one!"
"Phew! Cooking's still an option! We'll cook for 'em!" Koopa had nightmares about getting hit with the blue shell once.
"So that leaves Team W-Shell with racing. Good luck!"
…
Team W-Shell:
Koopa Kid, Yoshi, Hammer Bro., Boom-Boom, and Toadette were getting set in their karts. They were also issued walkie-talkies. The track wasn't on Yoshi's Tropical Island proper, but rather Yoshi Circuit, from Mario Kart: Double Dash!
"It's just shaped like a Yoshi, how hard could it be?" Koopa Kid may or may not have tempted fate.
Yoshi waved his hand, dismissing the track's difficulty. Toadette seemed confused.
"So do we let them win or what?"
Hammer Bro. shrugged. "I'll throw this hammer up. If it lands on its handle, we let them win. Here goes." Hammer Bro. was promptly ignored by all of his teammates.
Boom-Boom spoke up. "Make race enjoyable. Let them win."
"That may be, but how fun is it to have a guaranteed win? Let's do well, but not succeed." Toadette suggested. "… You know, not succeed as in, 'not beating them in the race'."
"It landed sideways." Hammer Bro. announced. Koopa Kid liked where Toadette was going with this.
"Yeah I guess. Okay kids, let's race! It's only three laps, so let's get this over with!"
…
The race took off. The first portion of the first lap went off without much of a hitch, that is until around the halfway mark. Hammer Bro. ran through an item box. He got a Red Shell and it immediately hit the Pink Yoshi driver, allowing himself to pass.
"Hammer Bro., take it easy!" Toadette reprimanded, her voice emanating from Hammer Bro.' walkie-talkie.
"I can't help it! The item went off automatically!"
"That's ridiculous! There's no way-" A bob-omb flew over Hammer Bro. "… Oh I see what you mean." Hammer Bro. got caught up in an explosion, along with Koopa Kid.
"Gyow!"
"Holy hammers!"
"Sorry!" Toadette yelled as she and the Pink Yoshi drove underneath the other two, still in the air.
At the end of the first lap, the positions were:
1 - Toadette
2 - Pink Yoshi
3 - Boom-Boom
4- Koopa Kid
5 - Hammer Bro.
6- Yoshi
7 - Blue Yoshi
8 - Mystery Racer (Man in black suit and black helmet)
…
Koopa Kid contacted Yoshi on his walkie-talkie. "Hey who's that other guy racing with us?"
"Wow?" Yoshi made a noise on his end which signified that he had no answer for Koopa Kid. "Owowowowow!" Koopa Kid looked ahead and noticed that Yoshi's kart spun out over a banana peel.
"Ha!" Koopa Kid started laughing as the racers were finding themselves in new rankings.
…
"Uh-oh!" Toadette automatically unleashed a Blue Shell that was headed straight for Pink Yoshi.
The Mystery Racer drove up to the Pink Yoshi, and he had a star. Pink Yoshi swiped it from him, though it almost seemed like the Mystery Racer wanted it to be stolen. The Pink Yoshi became immune to the Blue Shell, but Mystery Racer wasn't so lucky.
"Waah!" His voice had an Italian accent.
"Hey! Could he be the guy who's been helping out with the challenges?" Toadette asked Koopa Kid.
"No way! Bowser's boys are keeping security! He can't get in and interfere!"
Hammer Bro. drove past Koopa Kid, on Koopa Kid's end of the conversation. "Unless he's hiding in plain sight by checking into the kart races for the evening." he said. This made Koopa Kid mad.
"… Clever little sneak!"
…
Lap 2 ended with:
1 - Pink Yoshi
2 - Boom-Boom
3 - Hammer Bro
4 - Toadette
5 - Blue Yoshi
6 - Mystery Racer
7 - Koopa Kid
8 - Yoshi
"Blue Yoshi need go faster!" Boom-Boom told the others. He then ran into a fake item block that Koopa Kid set up on the previous lap.
"If you say so! Hahaha!" Koopa Kid said on the walkie-talkie. He enjoyed the fact that he was able to taunt his team without any comeuppance during this challenge.
A few racers, including Blue Yoshi, passed by Boom-Boom. At one point, Koopa Kid found himself driving alongside the Mystery Racer.
"Let's see who you really are!" The miniature Koopa leaned over to pull off the other racer's helmet, but the Mystery Racer bashed his kart against Koopa Kid's and purposefully drove off a ledge to get away from Koopa Kid. "Grrr!"
Yoshi passed Koopa Kid. "Woooow!"
"Dang it!"
Results:
1 - Pink Yoshi
2 - Hammer Bro.
3 - Blue Yoshi
4 - Toadette
5 - Boom-Boom
6 - Yoshi
7 - Koopa Kid
8 - Mystery Racer
…
"Guards, guard, guards! The interloper's here! It's the guy in a black suit and helmet!" tattled Koopa Kid.
Koopatrols began swarming the Mystery Racer, but he lifted up his helmet a tiny bit and ate a Tanooki Leaf. With his newfound power, the man flew away.
"Hm. I could see a bit of mustache." one Koopatrol said.
"We do good?" Boom-Boom asked. Toadette shrugged.
"I don't know. I think the two Yoshis enjoyed their race. We just have to hope they don't enjoy the other things more."
…
Team Royal Green:
The romantic restaurant was a small set-up much like with Peach's Birthday Cake. A few yards away was a table for two on a cliff overlooking the sunset.
"That's pretty romantic. … I miss Luigi."
"So, uh, who's cooking? I can only make sandwiches and Koopa Tea." said Koopa.
"As I have said before, I've fed the Lumas and myself for some time now. I shall lead us in the kitchen. Petey, it may be best if you stay away from the kitchen and take their orders."
"What? I can cook! Hm! Hm-hm!"
Daisy thought for a second. "I dunno. Nobody's ever liked my cooking. And the chefs at my castle usually do it for me anyway."
"Yay-yeah! I get to cook! Ohhhhhh!"
"Stop." Rosalina was firm.
…
"Hi I'm Daisy! What do you guys want to eat?"
Blue Yoshi looked over at Pink Yoshi. "Yoshi!"
"Yoshi!"
"Wooooow! Hah! Hrrrrrm!"
"Wooow!"
Blue Yoshi looked over to Daisy. "Yoshi!"
…
"They want Romantic Pie." announced Daisy, as she walked into the kitchen area. "I guess that's a thing now."
"Got ya covered." Petey pulled out a poorly drawn picture of a pie with a candle sticking out of it. All done in blue crayon. "Oh yeah. It's all coming together."
"What if we fill it with things Yoshis like to eat?" Koopa suggested. "We just gotta find a blue fruit and a pink fruit!"
"Great! … Except they don't exist."
Rosalina was thinking. "Hmm… While Yoshis have an affinity for fruits that are the same color as themselves, fruits of a similar color may suffice. We must find grapes and apples. Petey and Koopa, you two should go search for the apples. In the meantime, Daisy, please ask if they would like an appetizer."
"Got it!" All three said.
…
"Aaah! Aaah! Aaaah!" Koopa was being chased by a horde of monkeys. In the meanwhile, Petey was chomping on some watermelons.
"Sho… how do we find grapesh and applesh?" He swallowed. "There a sign or something that can tell us?"
"Aaaah! Aaaaah! Aaaah!"
…
"They don't want an appetizer, they only want Romantic Pie." Daisy reported back to Rosalina.
"Hmm. Do we even know the ingredients for Romantic Pie? This is bad… I hope those two can hurry."
"Don't romantic foods have some kind of dessert-ish thing in them? So find something like that!"
"We cannot just amass a random pile of desserts, that is how we lost Luigi."
…
Petey was lying under an apple tree.
"They're all yellow. Red apples are only barely pink as it is, what good is a yellow apple? At least the sun's good for me."
A statue shaped vaguely like a person dropped down in front of Petey.
"Huh? What's this?" Petey noticed a note attached to the statue, with an arrow pointing into a thicket of trees. "Eh, why not?"
Petey followed the statue's directions. As soon as he left the area, the statue disappeared in a puff of smoke, with the Tanooki Suit version of the Mystery Racer standing instead. Then he got tackled by a monkey.
…
"Welcome to Grocery Guy's. I'm Grocery Guy. How may I help you?"
"I want apples. Red ones. … And grapes. Enough to fill this grocery bag Rosalina gave me."
"That'll be 40 coins."
"…"
…
"Rosalina, I need 40 coins! You're a princess, so you're loaded, right?"
"I am not true royalty, however."
"I am! Let's see…" Daisy dug around in her orange purse for a few seconds and soon came up with 40 coins. "There."
"Hm. Hm-hm. Hm."
…
Petey soon returned with the fruits necessary. Rosalina noticed that he was alone.
"Where is Koopa?"
"I dunno."
…
"Aaaaaaaaahhh!" Koopa screamed as he was chased all throughout the jungle by the ever growing horde of monkeys.
…
Daisy set down the Romantic Pie between the Yoshis. It was a heart-shaped pie. On the inside, it was half Apple Pie, and half "Grape Pie". She was sure to have the grape half on Blue Yoshi's side, and the apple half on Pink Yoshi's side.
"Yoshi!" The lovebirds said at once.
As the two started eating, Daisy, Rosalina, and Petey were watching from behind some trees. There seemed to be no problems. Koopa walked up to the others, out of breath.
"Where were you?" Daisy questioned.
"I was… being chased… by monkeys…" Koopa started, "I lost them… when I passed some banana trees…" then the poor lad fainted.
…
Team Zero:
The two Yoshis, along with a small crowd of other colors of Yoshi, were all sitting on some tree stumps before a wooden stage with leaf curtains. Team Zero was backstage.
"Okay. Racing went great, and so did dinner, though it was a bit slow. If we mess this up, we'll lose for sure." Blooper summed up the situation.
"Well not unless we get the Bonus Stars." Dry Bones countered. "Or unless we're brilliant at entertaining Yoshis and do great."
"Well Mr. Optimist, can you think of anything we can do?"
"Challenge accepted. Waluigi, go make 'em laugh!"
"Waa!"
…
WALUIGI
"Waaa… waaa…" He was in a panic in front of the Yoshis. They were all rather confused. "I mean- waaaaa-t is the deal with airline food? … No seriously, what is the deal with it? Waluigi has heard that line all his life, and nobody seems to know what the deal is! Why does airline food have to have a deal? Why can it not just be airline food? It is what it is, is Waluigi right?"
This got a few chuckles from the crowd.
…
"Hey, he's actually not failing right away. All right." Dry Bowser noted, nodding with approval. Shy Guy jumped up and down, holding a unicycle. "… Where'd you get that?"
Shy Guy pointed to a statue near the backstage entrance with a sign attached to it, saying 'free unicycle'.
"Nah, if Waluigi keeps it up, we might not even need anything else." Blooper waved a tentacle dismissively to Shy Guy.
…
"And… and…" Waluigi had a good starting joke, but he was out of material now. He glanced backstage. Blooper was making a 'go on' motion with two tentacles, moving one in a circular motion. "… Fishing?"
"No, I'm say- … Sure whatever."
"What is the deal with fishing? Why sit in a boat for hours and maybe catch food when there are perfectly good fruits all over, yeah? 'Oh look at me, I'm surrounded by food what will I do? Oh I know, sit in a boat for a few hours and hope I can catch dinner for tonight!' It is nonsense!"
That got a better laugh from the Yoshis. The lifestyle of a Yoshi rarely involves fishing, if ever.
"Well I'll be." Blooper's voice was inaudible under the laughter. Waluigi was getting a bit of an ego boost from this. A smaller version of Waluigi's head was on a long neck sticking out of his back.
"Hey baby I'm tellin' jokes. I'm tellin' jokes. These jokes are dope, yo. Let's get ready and gooooo-ooo-ooo! Woo!" sang Waluigi's confidence.
"Heh… and do you know what is really messed up? Masks! Why wear a mask when nobody cares? Just why, asks Waluigi. Only a loser would do that!"
The Yoshis started laughing, but then Shy Guy ran out onto the stage and started beating Waluigi with the unicycle, which also killed Waluigi's confidence.
"Waaa! No! Ow! Waaa! Help Waluigi! Ow! No! Ow! Waaaa!"
…
"Dang it, Shy Guy!" Dry Bowser put his palm to his forehead.
Blooper and Dry Bones ran out onto the stage to pull Shy Guy off Waluigi. They grabbed him by his arms, though they were very stubby and allowed for easy escape. The wailing continued, much to the audience's amusement.
"… Let's just ride this out." Blooper said.
Dry Bones sighed. "Yeah…"
…
All Teams:
"Bwahaha! Blue Yoshi's dad, the chief, told me that his son and Pink Yoshi had a great time! That means we're cool! Now they won't see it coming when I steal the Golden Watermelon!"
Yoshi asked which event the lovely couple enjoyed the most.
"His dad told me that they enjoyed… racing the most! The pie was good, but took too long, and the comedian was only kind of funny. Congratulations, Team W-Shell! Now go back to your ship!"
"Yes!" Toadette jumped with joy before following her team back to the ship.
"Now for the Bonus Stars! Tonight we have the Red Star, Shopping Star, and Travel Star! The Red star goes to Team Zero! The Shopping Star goes to Team Royal Green! And the Travel Star goes to…"
Everyone on both teams had their fingers crossed.
"Team Royal Green! Congratulations!"
"Hooray for angry monkeys!" Koopa cheered, the monkey chase giving him the distance that helped his team out. Team Royal Green returned to their ship.
"Well looks like the zeroes are Team Zero!" Bowser had a rather weak jab. "So who's it gonna be?"
Shy Guy pointed at Waluigi. Waluigi pointed back at Shy Guy.
"Well they did get a kick out of Shy Guy. And Waluigi was only kind of funny. I vote for Waluigi." Blooper said.
"Dude, Shy Guy ruined everything! I vote him!" stated Dry Bones. "Dry Bowser?"
"I'm still mad about Dungeon Duos. Shy Guy."
"Bwahaha! Any last words, Shy Guy?"
Shy Guy slouched in shame before a warp pipe opened up under him and carried him away to the dungeon. Then after that, the pipe closed.
"All right all of you, back to your ship!"
…
"Bwahaha! Another team reduced to only four members! This is great!" Bowser was on his throne, talking to Bowser Jr.
"I still can't believe that escaped prisoner snuck in to help, and then got away! But at least we got a better look at him! They said he doesn't look like Luigi or Wario, but he has a similar shape to one of them!"
"Grrr… If it ends up being Mario, I'm gonna be so mad! It's not helping that we haven't found the escaped prisoner! So now we've got two people I need to keep track of, on top of all the losers, Koopa Kid, and Dry Bowser!"
"Then you might not want to hear this."
"What?"
"The Yoshis… the interloper told them you might want to steal it, so they'll be on to you."
"ROOOOOOAR! CURSE YOU, MYSTERY RACER!"
…
Winners' Thoughts:
"Another flawless victory! Soon we'll be the only ones left, then I can crush the other four and win the game for Bowser! Heheheh!" - Koopa Kid
"Yoshi!" - Yoshi
"I'm gonna miss those crazy kids…" - Hammer Bro.
"Boom-Boom like racing. Boom-Boom want be in next Mario Kart!" - Boom-Boom
"Woohoo! I just hope Daisy, Rosalina, or Koopa didn't go to the dungeon." - Toadette
Losers' Thoughts:
"Eh. It didn't make that much of a difference to me who left." - Blooper
"Shake my head." - Dry Bones
"Waaa! What kind of two-bit laugh factory laughs at a guy getting beaten up?" - Waluigi
"Bwahaha! Finally got rid of Shy Guy!" - Dry Bowser
…
To be continued.
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Remaining Players: Daisy, Koopa, Rosalina, Petey, Koopa Kid, Yoshi, Hammer Bro., Boom-Boom, Toadette, Blooper, Dry Bones, Waluigi, Dry Bowser
Losers: Wario, Luigi, Birdo, King Boo, Shy Guy
A/N - This was originally going to take place in Wario's Battle Canyon, but I couldn't think of anything for it that was good, so I ended up with this idea at the last minute and liked it a whole lot better.
A/N - I like to improvise which team wins and loses, but this time I planned for Shy Guy to go. He doesn't have dialogue, so he's very fun to write. I also want to avoid patterns, like if Team W-Shell loses next time, then for six chapters in a row there will have been two losses for each team. I don't want a pattern in the losses. They don't have to win next time, but I don't want them to lose a member either. But things could change. That's just my thought process when planning this story.
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