Excess Express at Day (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

Cabin 5: Sora and Vivian

Cabin 6: Mario, Donald and Goofy

Cabin 7: Lightning, Goombella and Flurrie

Cabin 8: Koops, Yoshi and Bobbery

"So, I guess it's just us." Sora said as Vivian nodded.

"Right." Vivian said. "So...Sora...I want to ask you something." She said as Sora turned to her. "I was wondering...if you would like to have a little date tonight in the dinner car." Vivian said, putting her fingers together nervously and blushing.

"Sure, I'm game." Sora smiled and then got an email on his SP Mailbox. "Huh, didn't know they had internet on here." He said as he took it out.

"Come to Cabin 6, I'll get the others in here. – Mario." Sora read.

"What's Mario calling us for?" Vivian wondered as the two went over to the next cabin.

Donald was pacing around the room while Goofy was looking outside as everyone else was in the cabin. "So what did you call us for?" Lightning asked.

"This." Mario said, showing them a piece of paper.

"It's just a piece of paper with writing on it." Goombella said as Yoshi walked over to get a better look.

"Get off the train now or this entire thing will have a sticky syrupy explosive surprise." Yoshi read.

"WHAT?!" Koops yelled.

"That surprised us too." Mario said. "I think I'm going to report this to the conductor." He said as he walked out.

"Hey! I'm coming with you too!" Sora exclaimed.

"Wait for me!" Vivian said as she, Lightning, Yoshi and Donald walked with them.

"If you'll excuse me, I'll be taking a nap now." Bobbery said as he walked back to his cabin.

"Ditto." Koops said.

"Oh hello, Mario." The Toad conductor said. "What are you doing all the way over here?" He asked.

"We came to report this." Mario said, holding up the paper.

"S-sticky syrupy explosive surprise? Oh dear..." The conductor said. "Well...if there's anything suspicious, I'll tell you right away." He said as Mario nodded.

"Thanks." He said as they walked back.

As soon as they got into the dinner car, there was a commotion going on. "What's going on?" Yoshi wondered.

Pennington (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"Now, settle down people." A penguin detective said. "I am a detective so please settle down." He said. "Anyways, you were saying, Chef Shimi?" He asked.

"Yes, of course. When I was busy chopping up onions, I wiped my eyes for a couple of seconds because you know how onions are, when I opened them up, the pot disappeared!" He explained.

"Interesting...so your pot disappeared out of the blue. I decided to call this case 'The Mysterious Pot that Disappeared when Chef Shimi cut up onions.' Yes, that has a nice ring to it." He said as he smirked. "And I just know who did it, the person who did it...WAS THE WAITRESS!" He exclaimed.

"Wh-WHAT?! Nuh uh! NO! I noticed something on the ground and when I went over to pick it up, I heard Shimi scream, and that's when I noticed the pot was gone." The waitress said.

"My apologies, my accusation skills are a bit...rusty if you will." He said.

"This whole mystery thing sucks. I'm going back to my room." A Toad said.

"Oh? A bit of a hurry, are we? Indeed, you are. I have just figured out the suspect...AND IT'S ZIP TOAD!" He yelled.

"ZIP TOAD?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WAY!" The waitress yelled. "Zip Toad is the most famous celebrity Toad out there! No WAY he's the one responsible for this!" She exclaimed.

"Hmm, then who is responsible for this? Hmm, this may require a lot of thinking here." Pennington said.

Donald looked to the floor and noticed something. "Hey look!" He exclaimed as the rest looked down.

"A trail?" Lightning wondered.

"Maybe it leads to the suspect." Yoshi said as he cracked his knuckles. "If someone stole MY lunch, I'd be a little pissed off too." He said as they followed the stew trail.

They kept following it and then it leads straight to Cabin 10. "Straight in here, huh?" Sora wondered as they walked in.

"Oh hello! What brings you here?" A fat toad asked as he made a loud burp. "Sorry."

"Well, there's a trail of stew on the ground and it leads straight in here." Lightning said.

"Oh I see, the chef's food gets taken and you BLAME the chubby guy! NOT NICE." He exclaimed in annoyance. "There's nothing in here and you DON'T have to look in the drawer." He said.

"Suspicious..." Vivian said as she went over to the drawer.

"Hey! I said you don't have to look in there! Are you deaf?" he asked.

"Quiet, criminal." Yoshi said, as he suddenly smiled. "I always wanted to say that." He said as Lightning rolled her eyes.

"Let's see, Nintendo Power, Kid Icarus: Uprising guide book, a Playbo-WHAT?!" Vivian exclaimed in disgust, glaring at the Toad.

"Huh, how did THAT get there?" He wondered, whistling casually as Donald glared at him.

"Let's see, Nintendo 3DS, a pot, a picture of the conduct-WAIT A MINUTE..." Vivian said as she took out the pot.

"OH COME ON!" The Toad exclaimed.

"How did he fit it in there?" Mario wondered as Pennington walked in.

"So it was Heff T. all along." He said as he casually walked in. "Yes, I JUST noticed the trail." He said. "Though, makes me wonder how he was able to fit it in." He wondered.

"Sorry, as soon as I noticed he was making the stew...I just couldn't help myself so I just took it." Heff T. said.

"Yes, well...this wraps up this mystery." Pennington said with a nod. "And you guys...i'd like you to speak to my room privately. It is Cabin 9." He said as he walked away. "Oh, and return the pot, if you may." He ordered as he

"Well that wraps is up, I guess." Sora said.

"I'll be headed back to my room. Later." Donald said as he walked away.

"Same here." Lightning said as she walked away too.

Excess Express at Day

"Well, we might as well return this." Vivian said as they walked back to the dining car.

"Oh! You returned my cooking pot!" Shimi exclaimed as he looked inside. "Why, he licked it clean! I'm impressed!" He smiled. "I guess he must really enjoy my cooking." He said as they walked to Pennington's room.

"Ah, you came." Pennington said.

Pennington

"Now, don't tell me your names, I know who you are." He said as he looked at Mario. "You are the famous Luigi!" He exclaimed while he looked at Sora. "While YOU are the famous Roxas!" He said as he looked at Vivian and Yoshi. "And yet, I don't know who you are." He said.

"Luigi?" Mario tilted his head.

"Roxas?" Sora asked.

Meanwhile...

Luigi was on the boat talking with his friends when he stopped talking. "Something wrong?" Riku asked.

"I feel someone used my name on someone else...but who?" he wondered.

Lazy Afternoons (Kingdom Hearts II)

"So I told Larxene if she wouldn't stop bugging me, I'd seriously burn her." Lea told them.

"It's like she really likes you or something." Xion said.

"Yeah, but I'm NOT interested in THAT lightning chick." Lea said. "I'm more of a person who likes pyros."

"Doesn't surprise me..." Xion muttered as she looked at Roxas. "Hey, dude...you okay?"

"Huh? Oh yeah...I just had this feeling someone called Sora my name." Roxas said.

"Oh please, who could mix you two up? He's a brunette and you're a blonde, it's not like everyone is going to mix you up, right?" Lea asked.

"I dunno...one time I heard Demyx called Roxas 'Sora' when we were still in the Organization." Xion said.

"Ah, he was just being a knucklehead." Lea said.

Back with them...

Pennington

"No no no, it's Sora and Mario." Sora said.

"No need to introduce yourselves, Roxas and Luigi. Now, about that threat you received in your cabin. Yes, I know about the threat. A syrupy explosion that will result in stickiness. I think the family next door... the Bob-omb family will have something to do with this. Go check the cabin, will ya?" He asked.

"Did you say Bob-omb family?" Yoshi asked, sweatdropping at this.

Sora looked out Pennington's window before he walked out with them. "Mario, how about you and Yoshi figure this out while Vivian and I go do something?" Sora asked.

"What do you mean by 'something'?" Mario asked as he noticed Vivian blushing and putting her fingers together nervously while Sora just rubbed his arm, looking away from Vivian. "Ooooooh, I see." He smiled. "Sure, I'm cool with it." He smiled.

"Thanks." Sora said as he and Vivian walked away.

"What in the world were they talking abou-...Oh my god." Yoshi said, eyes widening. "I THOUGHT HE WAS INTERESTED IN KAIRI! IS HE SERIOUSLY GOING TO DO IT TO VIVIAN?!" He yelled, causing Mario to roll his eyes as they walked in the next room.

Laughter and Merriment (Kingdom Hearts II)

"No! Are you serious Goldbob? No. What he NEEDS is an education so I thought we give him a calculator or something EDUCATIONAL." The lady Bob-omb said.

"TWO WORDS SYLVIA. CHEAP AND BORING. What Bub needs is a sports car or a helicopter...OR MAYBE A TRAIN!" Goldbob exclaimed.

"ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!" Sylvia exclaimed.

"Hey look, it's Gonzales." Bub smiled as he looked at him. "Oh! And the Yoshinator." He said.

"Oh, you watched us from the Glitz Pit?" Yoshi asked.

"Yep. Anyways, I don't need ANY of that stuff my parents are saying. I would like...an autograph from the train engineer. I just really admire 'em, you know?" He smiled as he handed a piece of paper to them.

"Okay, sure." Mario said as they walked out of the cabin.

"You know, I can imagine going to your home, I bet it's very peaceful. Probably romantic when it's sunset." Vivian said.

"It's pretty and romantic." Sora smiled.

"Oh that's awesome!" Vivian smile as the waitress came to them with two plates of chicken parmesan.

"Here you go, you cute couple!" She giggled as she walked away as Mario and Yoshi walked in the dining car.

"I still have a sneaking suspicion they'll do it later tonight when we're all asleep." Yoshi muttered.

"They're just having a candle lit dinner, nothing too serious." Mario said.

"Well you never know..." Yoshi muttered as they walked out of the car.

"Hey Mario, have you seen Sora?" Goofy asked.

"He's having a candle lit dinner date with Vivian." Mario said as they walked past him.

"Ooooooh..." Goofy said, looking at Donald.

"He's growing up." Donald chuckled.

"Hmm? Oh hello, what are you guys doing here?" The engineer said.

"The little Bob-omb wanted an autograph from you." Mario said.

"Bub? Oh I'm honored!" He smiled as he wrote his name down. "Never knew I had a fan, I'm so happy." He said as he gave it to Mario. "There ya go." He said as Mario nodded and ran off with Yoshi.

"Sora...are you actually flirting with me?" Vivian asked, blushing.

"That's what dates do, don't they?" He smiled as Mario and Yoshi walked back in.

"Oh thanks..." She smiled.

"I swear, I am going to tell Kairi everything..." Yoshi muttered as they walked out of the dining car.

"Here you go." Mario said, giving the autograph to Bub.

"SCORE!" He smiled. "Thanks." He said as Mario and Yoshi nodded as they walked out.

Kairi (Kingdom Hearts II)

"Thanks for the date, Sora." Vivian smiled as she kissed him...RIGHT when Mario and Yoshi walked in.

"Mama mia...another girl kissing him." He said, scratching his head.

"What a ladies man...I am so jealous." Yoshi muttered as he then noticed Sora returning said kiss. "DAMNIT, QUIT RUBBING IT IN!" He yelled as Sora and Vivian didn't hear them as they casually walked back to their cabin.

"Don't they make a cute couple?" The waitress asked, giggling at this.

"I need to get a kiss from a girl...SOON." Yoshi said as they walked back to their cabins.

Suddenly, I shipped Sora and Vivian as I typed this story up. Is that bad?