Author's Note: Thank you all for the reviews and everything. They're really appreciated. After this episode, there's only one more episode left and then Gelato Beach! Enjoy!

Super Mario Sunshine Adventure

Episode 7: Shadow Mario in the Park

Sauntering along the beach, the six heroes roamed the place, wondering where they would be finding their next Shine Sprite at next. It was still bright and early in the morning and everyone had already eaten breakfast, which consisted of banana waffles, potatoes, and chocolate milk. The babies had enjoyed the feast immensely and devoured everything that they had, they even ate the leftovers!

So, as the heroes went on along the beach while thinking of where the next Shine Sprite would be, he suddenly appeared out of the blue! He was like lightning as he rushed past them and into Pinna Park, holding that devious Magic Paintbrush of his. Truthfully, everyone was simply SHOCKED to see him show up!

"It's the imposter!" cried Silver.

"Impostew, impostew!" giggled the little babies, Baby Peach and Baby Daisy.

"That fiend!" yelled Pauline.

"We gotta get that faker!" shouted Sonic.

"It's Bowser's son!" yawped Mario.

Then all of them immediately went after Shadow Mario as he entered Pinna Park, disappearing from their sight. Sonic, however, was so much faster than everyone else and instantly caught up with Shadow Mario, jumping in front of him and making him halt in his tracks. The blue hedgehog peered intently at the doppelganger that was Bowser Jr. Mario soon joined him while everyone else continued to catch up.

"I found you, faker!" Mario spat out at Bowser Jr. heinously, pointing a finger at him.

Shadow Mario tilted his head to the side, smirking. "Faker?! I think YOU'RE the fake Mario around here. YOU'RE comparing yourself to ME? Ha! You're not even good enough to be my fake!"

"I'll make you eat those words!" Mario howled, now jumping into a battle with Shadow Mario.

Sonic frowned and thought about the conversation that Mario and the imposter just had. "Huh," he muttered thoughtfully, hand on his chin. "Somehow that conversation seemed VERY familiar to me…"

As Mario and Shadow Mario stared battling it out, the others arrived on the scene and turned to Sonic for answers. "Did we miss anything?" Silver wanted to know, worried that he might have missed something very crucial!

"Not really…" trailed Sonic, shrugging.

"Thank goodness!"

So, anyway, Mario and Shadow Mario continued to fight it out. Mario came at Shadow Mario with a nasty squirt of FLUDD. Shadow Mario managed to dodge it by ducking and then the fiend used his Magic Paintbrush to swing it at Mario's legs to trip him up, but Mario was quick and he jumped over the swing at the last minute, smirking afterwards in satisfaction.

Irate and full of contempt, Shadow Mario unleashed a series of wild yells and immature shouts as a child would when he or she couldn't get dessert before dinner! Like a feral animal that had escaped a zoo, the fiend leapt at Mario and brought his Magic Paintbrush down upon Mario's head, which Mario failed to evade that time.

"MAMA MIA!" the red plumber yowled.

"Mario, are you alright?" FLUDD questioned Mario with worry dancing in his tone.

"No, FLUDD, I'm not!"

"…I was only concerned for your wellbeing. There was no need to retort so harshly."

Mario only groaned.

Pauline had taken Baby Daisy and Baby Peach back over to the Yoshi-Go-Round, but they preferred to ride the Clam Cups instead that time. So they went on over there while Sonic and Silver stayed to watch the vicious war between Mario and Shadow Mario that was occurring.

"Ha, HA!" Shadow Mario cackled like a Boo as he swung his Magic Paintbrush in mysterious and impressive ways, handling it like a true pro. He did a backwards flip and then landed stylishly on his feet, much like Mario would have done. Actions completed, Shadow Mario darted forward and attempted to shove the end of his Magic Paintbrush into Mario's gut.

Mario parried it with his arm and then delivered a nasty uppercut to the imposter's jaw. Shadow Mario was too slow to react that time and allowed the blow to make contact with his jaw, sending him back a few feet. Seeing his chance to do more damage, Mario used FLUDD and squirted more amazing water onto the clown.

Squealing like a pig that was about to see its demise, Shadow Mario wriggled around on the ground and sputtered loudly as he was being sprayed with water. Not wanting to get sprayed anymore, the fiendish clown slid to his feet like a graceful dancer before hopping over and catching Mario with a devastating hook to the head.

"Oooooh!" Silver hissed, witnessing the violent hit that Mario got caught with.

"That one's gotta hurt!" Sonic cringed.

Dazed and a little dizzy, Mario stumbled back while seeing Shine Sprites. Literally. Tiny Shine Sprites floated around his head as he tried to get un-dizzy. FLUDD desperately tried to wake the plumber up because Shadow Mario was preparing to make another strike.

"Mario, get a hold of yourself!" yelled FLUDD.

Managing to do so at the last minute, Mario leaned backwards and watched as Shadow Mario's Magic Paintbrush slid through his view. Mario was leaning back so far that he was almost performing a backbend! Grabbing the Magic Paintbrush, Mario pushed it aside and then straightened up, spraying Shadow Mario in the face with FLUDD.

Shadow Mario collapsed onto the ground on his belly and pounded his fists into the concrete below, totally spent. "Darn it all! I'll remember this!" he complained before dispersing into nothingness.

Once that was over, a Shine Sprite appeared and Mario took it while breathing heavily. He looked over at his friends and saw that they were all applauding him for his super cool victory.

Yeah, Mario was awesome!