Smash Life Chapter 219: Samurai, a super smash brothers fanfic

Author's Note:

Samurai Shodown is being released today, on the Switch. Because of this, this chapter will feature characters from the game, such as Haohmaru. A whole bunch of samurais up in here...okay, not really. Guest reviews:

"Will the Mega Man Zero and ZX chapter be up next? Has Yusuke had any interactions with Chrom? (They're both voiced by Tomokazu Sugita and Matt Mercer) a scene of Kasumi from Persona 5 Royal interacting with Eleanor from Tales of Berseria and Bernadetta? (Erica Mendez voices all 3) does Meta Knight have a jar of candy like he does in the Kirby anime? Does Kirby's animal buddy Rick have an Australian accent? A scene of Amy, Xiaoyu, and Sakura interacting with each other? (Since Amy likes Sonic, Xiaoyu likes Jin, and Sakura likes Ryu) and finally, what are your thoughts on XCOM 2 and Catherine Full Body that are rumored to be getting Switch ports?"

Due to the focus on Samurai Shodown, I couldn't make this chapter related to Mega Man Zero and ZX. Yusuke did have an interaction with Chrom, in episode 195. I can have Kasumi interact with those two ladies. Meta Knight does not have a jar of candy, I'm afraid. Rick does have an Australian accent. I wouldn't mind doing a scene with Amy, Xiaoyu, and Sakura. And I don't have any particularly strong thoughts about XCOM 2 and Catherine: Full Body getting Switch ports. For some reason, that Catherine game frightens me...up next is Promtheus:

"1) Well with Sora out of the bargain of Smash, I think you should make a chapter of Master Hand vs. Disney...

2) I would like to see a egotistical genius showdown between Brio and Fawful (I've mentioned that guy too much have I?)

3) How well does a chapter work with Sans, Cuphead, Risky, Shantae, and Shovel Knight work?"

1) Master Hand vs. Disney...oh my. I would have to make that one a two-parter, depending on how things go.

2) That would be epic! Seeing Brio and Fawul's personalities clash would be pretty awesome to see.

3) A chapter focused around five indie characters...I dig it.

Derick Lindsey has two questions about the next wave of Smash DLC:

"So apparently the 6 DLC fighters chosen should be the last ones for Ultimate (which I can see 12 DLC characters should be more then enough) but do you think Sakurai is throwing people off by saying that and at the end of 2021 surprises them with a 3rd fighter pass or is he being serious this time that this will be the last one?"

I think he's being serious; I'd like to think that Sakurai would (hopefully) be done developing new content for Ultimate by the end of 2021. I can respect Sakurai for being a hardworking dude, so it wouldn't surprise me if we somehow get a third fighter's pass. Somehow. Moving on:

"Speaking of which who do you have on your wishlist?"

Aside from Crash, I can't think of another character on my wish list. I would say Lara Croft, but we already have one DLC character from Square Enix. And Gordon Freeman is a pipe dream. Last up is PinkRose4452:

"Can we see more of Travis, since we haven't seen an appearance of him in a while?"

Of course! Travis was supposed to appear physically in the last chapter, but that frankly never happened. But he will appear again, one day...

Episode 219: Samurai

If you might recall, Master Hand was noticeably absent during the past two episodes. And there was only one reason for that absence...Seattle's newest football team, the Seattle Dragons. Master Hand, allowing his so'called "Seattle pride" to consume him, went around Seattle and King county promoting the Dragons, with some assistance from residents like Rosalina and Tom Nook.

You'd think that the residents would be down in the dumps, with their fearless leader being away from the mansion for so long...ha, as if! For the residents, not having Master Hand around was the most peace and quiet they could ever have. Not a single soul complained about Master Hand being away, not even Isabelle.

But today, Master Hand would be at the mansion from dusk till dawn, as he sent out a few residents to carry out his deed and promote the Dragons to the Seattlites and beyond King county. The giant hand would make his way inside the foyer, where he saw Nakoruru feeding her pet bird Mamahaha some bird seed.

"Would you like some more seed, Mamahaha?" Nakoruru would ask the hawk, who gleefully ate the bird seed that was in the palm of Nakoruru's hand. Master Hand would float over to Nakoruru, doing his best not to disturb Mamahaha.

"Nakoruru, I've been meaning to ask you a VERY serious question," Master Hand said to the shrine maiden, wanting to stress how important his question was. "Why did you name your hawk companion Mamahaha?"

"Whatever do you mean, Master Hand? Nobody has ever questioned Mamahaha's name before." Congrats to Master Hand then, for being the first of many.

"It's just that, Mamahaha is such a funny name. How did you even come up with it? Was your mom some kind of comedian, and you named your pet bird Mamahaha to pay tribute to your mother's comedic genius?"

"My mother wasn't that much of a comedian...so no, I didn't name Mamahaha to pay 'tribute' to some nonexistent talent. But if you must know, Mamahaha was named before we ever met."

"Then maybe you must know the true origins of his name. Is Mamahaha a Japanese name? Or is it Chinese? What about Taiwanese, it is Taiwanese?"

"Mamahaha is a female bird..." Nakoruru always hated it when people erroneously referred to Mamahaha as a male, and it made her frown each and every time.

"Okay, but that doesn't explain the origins of his..I mean her...you know what, I'll just ask again later, since you wanna be difficult."

Master Hand: Sometimes I really want to take Nakoruru seriously, but I've come to notice that she sucks at naming things and it makes it hard for me to hold her to such a high standard. Just the other day, when some folks were doing arts and crafts, Nakoruru named her creation "Spoony" because, and I quote, she "couldn't think of anything else". Obviously she's going to be a terrible mother.

"Another question I want to ask, why are you hanging around near the window?" asked Master Hand, seeing that Nakoruru was now peering through a window while seated on the windowsill. "Waiting for your boyfriend to show?"

"I don't have a boyfriend," replied Nakoruru; Master Hand lowkey expected Nakoruru to pause and then say "...yet", but he was only met with disappointment. "I'm on the lookout for a few friends."

"Regular friends...or boyfriends?" Nakoruru didn't answer Master Hand's question, for she gasped happily before running out of the mansion. "Boyfriends it is...had a feeling that Nakoruru was into polygamy."

Master Hand, being nosy, appeared outside the mansion to check out Nakoruru's "boyfriends". Instead, all he saw was a giant samurai dude, a pirate-looking lady of African descent, a Chinese woman wearing a green Qiapo, and another samurai dude, one of medium heigh. These folks were with Nakoruru, and were having a word with the Mario Bros.

"I'm confused, where are all the boyfriends?" questioned Master Hand, knowing for a fact that the two samurai guys were far from boyfriend material. At least in his own eyes. The giant hand floated over to Nakoruru, needing to ask the shrine maiden some questions.

"Nakoruru told me that the people at the Smash Mansion love to fight, which was why my pals and I came along for a trip!" the giant samurai dude explained to the Mario Bros, with a grin on his face. "I can't miss out on a good fight!"

"Oh, believe-a me, Haohmaru, Ryu and Ken are gonna love-a you..." Mario said to the giant samurai guy, as the named "Haohmaru" rang a bell to Master Hand. "...they love fighting more than anything-a else!"

"They value it over breathing," added Luigi, as Master Hand was now within speaking distance with Nakoruru and company. "I've seen-a Ryu hold in his breath, until some-a one challenged him to a fight."

"You were the one-a who challenged him, weren't-a you?" Mario gave Luigi a curious look, and Luigi would lift up his shirt to show Mario and company a sunken chest.

"I didn't want Ryu to give up-a his life, and I nearly gave-a up my own by giving him the challenge..." Luigi put his shirt back down, as Mario and the others looked amazed and disturbed. "...could've literally punched a hole-a through my chest!"

"Nakoruru where are your boyfriends?" Master Hand questioned the shrine maiden, who was feeling slightly embarrassed by the question. "I know those two men aren't your boyfriends."

"What, you don't think I'm boyfriend material?" Haohmaru confronted Master Hand, before getting a real good look at the giant hand. "Wait a second...you must be Master Hand!"

"That's right, the one and only!" Master Hand's confusion vanished away, after having his ego stroked. "Nakoruru must've told you stories about me."

"Oh yeah, she's been telling me stories about how you like to go through the women's drawers when the ladies at the mansion are asleep. Kinda funny. I'm Haohmaru, by the way, nice to meet ya!"

"How did Nakoruru...even know that I did that?" Master Hand was now frozen solid, fearing that Nakoruru might pass on Master Hand's secret to someone else.

Nakoruru: Master Hand might think he's slick, but I hear him rummaging through my dresser whenever I'm asleep. Don't know where he finds the motivation to do that, but apparently I'm not the only victim...

Samus: I check the contents of the drawers in my dresser before bed, because I know to expect a few thieves when you're living at the mansion. So I know what's up whenever my pajama shorts go missing.

Master Hand: I just prefer women's wear over men's wear...what's so wrong with that?

"Hey Master Hand, why don't you meet the rest of my friends?" Nakoruru said to the giant hand, snapping him out of his frozen trance. "Master Hand, this is Darli, Wu, and Yashamaru; Darli, Wu, and Yashamaru, this is Master Hand."

"Top of the afternoon," greeted Darli, the pirate-looking lady of African descent. She looked absolutely ripped.

"Pleased to meet you," greeted Wu, the Chinese woman with the green Qiapo. Looks a little nervous speaking to Master Hand.

"I will find and kill the Shogunate..." vowed Yashamaru, the other samurai guy who didn't even greet Master Hand - almost like he was stuck in his own world. Everyone gave him weird looks.

"Ignore him, he has a bunch of personal issues..." Haohmaru advised Master Hand, whispering to the giant hand as he pointed at Yashamaru. Yashamaru was looking into the distance, stoic as ever.

"Duly noted..." responded Master Hand, making a mental note in his head. "...so, Haohmaru! I overheard that you like to fight. Anything else you like to do?"

"I sure do love the taste of sake! You got any sake at the mansion?" Sake was a kind of alcoholic beverage, and Master Hand wasn't that keen on having alcoholic beverages at the mansion.

"Uh...we used to have sake, but we, uh, drank it all up at our Super Bowl party. Very tragic. I'm sorry that we don't have any..."

"Don't-a listen to him, he's just bluffing," Mario told Haohmaru as he interrupted Master Hand, who couldn't believe that Mario would cut him off like that. "Speak with the mansion's connoisseur, Cilan, and he'll give-a you some sake."

"Then what are we waiting for, let's get this show on the road!" Haohmaru headed to the mansion to get some sake, as Master Hand was internally screaming out of his mind. "Everyone hop aboard the sake train, let's go!"

"Hasn't even taken a sip of sake yet, and he's already acting drunk..." mumbled Darli, with Nakoruru giggling as she and her friends followed after Haohmaru.

"Aw, come on, Master Hand, what's the worst-a that could possibly happen?" Luigi asked the giant hand, who was left in shambles. Yeah, what was the worst that could possibly happen...

Haohmaru hasn't even been at the mansion for less than half an hour, and the big fella had drunken every glass of sake that Cilan offered him. The samurai finished his most recent glass, with a big cheeky grin on his face.

"More sake, please!" Haohmaru asked of Cilan, who was standing by, while Nakoruru and the others were hanging around with Haohmaru in the dining room.

"I'm afraid to inform you that you drank all of our sake," Cilan told Haohmaru, who was very much surprised. "You just drank the last bit of sake we had left..."

"That's no big deal. Give me the finest glass of bubbly that you got!" Haohmaru refused to be satisfied, unless he had one more sip of alcohol.

"You drink up all our bubbly too...I would give you some of our stronger beverages, but those will just make you unconscious!"

"If I ever knock myself out, then I would do it while doing something that I love! Lemme see how 'strong' your other beverages really are!"

"Is drinking alcohol a favorite hobby of his?" Cilan whispered to Nakoruru, with Haohmaru humming patiently and waiting for his drink.

"His second favorite hobby..." Nakoruru whispered back, before Haohmaru let out a giant belch. One that could be heard all the way from Vancouver. "...just get his drink, before he beats you up."

"Understood." Cilan quickly left the dining room, sparing himself from catching a few hands from Haohmaru. The connoisseur clearly valued his life.

"I'll be off, gonna go find something to build," Darli said to the others, as she left from the dining room table. "Gonna get my hands dirty..."

"I need to let out a few negative emotions I've been building inside," said Yashamaru as he too left from the dining room table, wishing to spread his brooding negativity somewhere else. "Let me know when you're ready to head back, Haohmaru."

"You're gonna leave too, aren't ya?" Haohmaru would ask Wu, who was nervously twiddling with her fingers. Wu had a very nervous streak going on with her.

"I think...I think I have to use the bathroom," Wu replied meekly, feeling flustered as she quickly retreated from the dining room. Dropped the chair she was sitting in to the floor as she made her leave.

"Well, Nakoruru, I guess it's just the two of us for the rest of the day!" Haohmaru grinned at the shrine maiden, aggressively wrapping his arm around her. Nakoruru looked uncomfortable, as Haohmaru squeezed her tight.

"Just the two of us...and Mamahaha," murmured Nakoruru, who couldn't recall Haohmaru ever being this touchy. Could be the sake.

Waluigi: I learned a valuable lesson last week...about myself. And the lesson, was that I fear no one! Which means that by default, I don't fear Ryo. I haven't spoken with Ryo since last Friday, but that must mean that he's trying to avoid me. Must've scared him to death, when I confronted him and got all up in his face. He's probably running to his little sister, for all we know. I'm gonna confront Ryo again, and let him know how I really feel, but I'm gonna need a certifiable hype man first...

"One bottle of Bacardi, coming right up!" announced Cilan as he returned to the dining room. He wouldn't get that far to Haohmaru and Nakoruru, when Waluigi ran into him from behind and caused the connoisseur to drop the bottle of Bacardi in his hand.

"Waaa!" shrieked Waluigi, watching perilously as the bottle of Barcardi dropped to the floor and broke into a million pieces. The contents of the beverage were spilled on the floor, as Haohmaru was shook.

"Darn it Waluigi, you made me spill that drink!" Waluigi had inadvertently made Cilan angry, and making that connoisseur angry was a pretty hard feat to accomplish. "Thankfully, that wasn't the only bottle of Bacardi we had left."

"I'm so sorry, Cilan, I was trying to perform a sneak attack on you!" As Waluigi apologized to Cilan, Haohmaru angrily got up form his seat and took out his sword. Nakoruru was powerless in stopping the samurai. "I was merely testing your awareness."

"You idiot, you wasted my drink!" Haohmaru shouted at Waluigi, pushing Cilan to the side so he could confront the lanky man. "You know what happens to people who make me mad? They get crossed up!"

"Please don't hurt me, sir, it was purely an accident!" Waluigi pleaded to Haohmaru with begging hands, not wanting to meet his end at the hands of Haohmaru. "Why, I'd much rather get my butt kicked by Ryo than you!"

"I'm gonna make you pay for this!" Haohmaru held his sword up high, with Waluigi flinching in fear and turning away, but Haohmaru just...stopped in place. The samurai slowly lowered his sword. "Wait, did you say, Ryo?"

"Yes, yes I did." Waluigi directed his attention back to Haohmaru, who was now back in a tranquil state of mind. "Ryo Sakazaki. Do you know him?"

"Heck yeah, I know him! We're not really friends, but we're more or less acquaintances. Nakoruru told me that Ryo lives here at the mansion."

"Then I'm sure you know about the woman that Ryo likes, King. And I just so happen to like her, myself..."

"You're in love with Ryo's girlfriend?! That's pretty crazy, I'll say. How did this even come about in the first place?"

"It's a bit of a long story," Nakoruru said to Haohmaru, who placed his samurai sword back in his holster. "But Waluigi here is now stuck in a love triangle."

"Precisely, which is why I'm looking for a way out of this mess that I'm in," stated Waluigi, who was now ready to tell the others his dastardly plan. "Only solution I have is to confront Ryo, beat him up, and take King all for myself!"

"Silly Waluigi, you can't just beat up Ryo and steal his girlfriend like that," Cilan said to the lanky man, wagging his finger. "Ryo and King have been together long before you infringed upon their relationship!"

"You say that, Cilan, but I know that King is the one for me. And you are gonna be my hype man, and help me fulfill my goal!" Waluigi was now pointing at Cilan, who was very much against Waluigi's plan.

"Now this is just beyond preposterous! Waluigi, just be a man and tell Ryo that you're sorry for making his girlfriend attend the ice cream social with you. I'm sure that King apologized already to Ryo for agreeing to..."

"You know, I really like where this plan is headed," grinned Haohamaru, finding himself in favor of Waluigi's plan as he scratched his chin. "Especially if there's fighting involved, in the end!"

"Please tell me you aren't going to hurt Ryo..." Nakoruru said to Haohmaru, before sighing and facepalming at her samurai friend. "...this is going to end so poorly."

"Hey, this string bean can't beat Ryo the way he is now! The poor guy needs someone big and strong like me, in order to put Ryo in check!"

"That's right, you let Cilan know!" Waluigi grinned at Haohmaru, thinking that the samurai was referring to Cilan...when Haohmaru was actually pointing at Waluigi. "Wait, something's not right here..."

"What are we waiting for? We got some stuff to do, before you can give Ryo a piece of his mind!" Haohmaru grabbed Waluigi, and left the dining room. "Hurry up, Nakoruru, we ain't got much time to waste!"

"This could very well be Waluigi's last day on earth..." Nakoruru said to Mamahaha, who was perched atop the shrine maiden's hand. As Nakoruru left the dining room, Cilan stared despondently at the Bacardi spilled on the dining room floor.

"Since nobody's here anymore..." the connoisseur said as he looked around the dining room, before getting down on all fours...and licked away at the Bacardi. "...hmm, this feels way more satisfying than it should."

Yukari was revealed in the last episode to have a case of the flu, which meant that the young woman had to get as much rest as she could while her body fought off the infection and whatnot. Her Persona buddies were giving her support, with Minato doing more than what he could bargain.

Of course, the other residents were free to help out for Yukari in any way they could. One of those residents was Sonic, who was tasked with buying some throat lozenges for Yukari. Leia and Dr. Mario used to have throat lozenges at their disposal, but Pit ate them all up thinking that they were candy.

"Me and the boys are gonna stop by the pharmacy, to buy some lozenges," Sonic said to Amy, speaking with his girlfriend on the mansion porch. "Sadly, I don't have enough room in my car for you."

"Aw, you just don't want me to waste your time while I look for beauty products," smiled Amy, as she squeezed Sonic's cheek real tight. Cheek squeezing was one thing Sonic had to endure, as a boyfriend. "It's fine, I understand."

"Awesome. I'll be back sooner than you know it!" Sonic gave Amy a thumbs up, as he left the porch and went over to his car. Amy watched as Sonic made his way over to the mansion's driveway, to his car.

Sonic: So glad that Amy and I got rid of that stupid love contract - Amy has been more tolerable ever since we put that contract behind us. Now instead of hanging out whenever Amy wants, we hang out whenever I want! So if I wanted to hang out past midnight and stay up to four in the morning, while going through the same Taco Bell drive thru over and over again, Amy would be happy to oblige. She's crazy like that...in a good way.

Amy went back inside the mansion, wondering what she could do to pass the time while Sonic was out running errands. Inside the foyer, the pink hedgehog found Crash seated on the floor, chewing on his own shoes with Aku watching over him.

"Sometimes I truly wonder if you're part dog, Crash..." Aku said to the bandicoot, who was trying to tear out the soles of his shoes with his teeth as Amy came over.

"Aren't those the new sneakers that Crash got for Christmas?" Amy asked Aku, as Crash moved on to tearing his shoes apart completely. A waste of money.

"Crash has only tried on those shoes once since Christmas. And I have to say that I'm surprised - I thought he'd give up on them by Near Year's Eve!"

"So you enjoy building things, too?" Cortex was heard from nearby, causing Crash to stop tearing up his own sneakers. Crash dropped his torn-up sneakers to the floor, as he ran to the nearest hallway and saw Cortex speaking with Darli.

"I'm a shipwright - building things is sort of my thing," replied Darli, as she and Cortex walked together down the hallway. Anyone who had an affinity for building stuff, Cortex took great pride in. "I enjoy building ships."

"Me too! Although I'm more of an airship person...I can show you how to make an airship, if you like." Crash furrowed his brow, as he did not appreciate Cortex getting along with anyone. Imagine how the bandicoot felt whenever he saw Cortex and Tiki being together.

"What is it Crash, is Dr. Cortex devising another evil plan?" Aku asked the bandicoot, as he and Amy joined Crash at the end of the hallway. "Given Cortex's track record, I'd say we leave him alone."

"He's got other plans in mind..." said Amy, watching as Crash was following closely behind Cortex and Darli without making a single sound. "...we should follow him."

"Still think we should leave Dr. Cortex alone, but we can't let Crash out of our reach..." Aku and Amy had no choice but to follow behind Crash, making sure to keep the bandicoot in check whenever the time called for it.

Yashamaru held a grudge against the Tokugawa Shogunate, for the group was responsible for the execution for his father. His hatred for the group ran deep - just thinking about them made his blood boil. Yashamaru didn't expect to find any members of the Shogunate at the mansion, but anyone who dared to speak in favor of them was bound to find themselves in some deep trouble.

"I take it that the vending machine isn't working?" Meta Knight asked Yashamaru, having entered the vending room and seeing Yashamaru pushing against one of the vending machines. Yashamaru was screaming - either because he didn't have enough muscle to knock the machine over, or because he just felt like screaming.

"No, just trying to vent in the best way possible," replied Yashamaru, before he stopped pushing on the machine and took a breather. "What will it take to knock this contraption on the floor?"

"Just unplug it from the wall, and you should be good to go." Yashamaru, being terribly old-fashioned, didn't know a thing about plugs and whatnot, as he just stood there confused. "It's not as hard as you think..."

"I'll just move on to something else instead..." Realizing that he was no match for the vending machine, Yashamaru moved on to one of the gum drop dispensers, attempting to lift it off the floor. Meta Knight shook his head at Yashamaru's futile attempts.

"The guests at this mansion get weirder and weirder..." the Star Warrior had this to say, as he went to one of the vending machine. Meta Knight checked for any quarters in his imaginary pockets, as Pit showed up and went to the vending machine adjacent to the one Meta Knight was standing in front of.

"Psst...is he some kind of maintenance guy?" Pit whispered to Meta Knight as he glanced over at Yashamaru, unsure of what the samurai was trying to do.

"No, he's just some guy who is terrible at vandalism," Meta Knight whispered back, finally finding the quarters he was looking for. He inserted them into the coin slot that was at his height. Very convenient. "Pay him no mind."

"Maybe I can help him out." Pit went over to Yashamaru, watching as the samurai struggled to lift the gum drop dispenser off the floor. Surprisingly, it didn't take Pit that long to see what Yashamaru was doing wrong. "Hey buddy, you gotta unscrew the screws first!"

"Leave me alone, I got this..." replied Yashamaru, mustering all the strength in his body to lift the gum drop dispenser. Turns out he didn't got this, as Yashamaru gave up pretty quickly. "...this thing is sturdier than it looks."

"Yeah, that gum drop dispenser is pretty indestructible. Tried to break the glass by banging my head against it, and all I got was a headache for like, five days! It's as hard as a rock!"

"You would know that, Pit..." said Meta Knight, as he got his bag of beef jerky from the vending machine. It insulted Meta Knight to the core, how many quarters that beef jerky was worth. "...don't go around hurting yourself again."

"Uh, you do the same, Meta Knight!" Pit said to the Star Warrior, who left the vending machine room, before holding out his hand to Yashamaru. "We never met before, haven't we? I'm Pit!"

"I'm Yashamaru Kurama, I'm a samurai," Yashamaru introduced himself to Pit, making the wise decision not to shake Pit's hand. Who knows the places that Pit's hand has been.

"You're a samurai? That's pretty cool! You must know Samurai Jack - he's arguably the coolest samurai there is. The gold standard."

"I don't have the faintest idea of who this Samurai Jack character is...but just do me a favor, and stay out of my way. I'm not in a good mood now..."

"Why not? Is it because I mentioned Samurai Jack? Are you feeling insecure, because you know fact Samurai Jack might be a cooler samurai than you?"

"No, it's just that I'm bitter over the execution of my father. The Tokugawa Shogunate executed him out of false charges. Hated them ever since..."

"A bunch of evil dudes killed your dad? Well that sucks." Suddenly Pit smiled, and it was a pretty devious smile at that. "But if you ask me, I know someone here who works for the Tokugawa Shogunate..."

"Y-You do? Does this person have any responsibility for the execution of my father? You must tell me!"

"Not only that, but they're the ones who directly killed your dad in the first place! So, Yashamaru...you wanna hear more?"

Charles was about to turn three next month, and Luigi and Daisy couldn't be any happier for their son. Turning three years old was a big milestone for any toddler, and Luigi and Daisy wanted to celebrate it the best way they could.

"Daddy you have a really big nose!" Charles called out his own father, who was sitting on the living room couch reading the newspaper. A very typical dad thing to do.

"I know, son, I know," smiled Luigi, doing his best to maintain his pride as he flipped a page in his newspaper. Better watch out, Charles - one day you'll have a nose just as big as Luigi's!

Luigi: It's a double standard, I tell-a you...little children say whatever's on-a their mind, and people act like it's the most adorable thing ever. But when us adults say what's-a on our mind, we get-a criticized, or even cancelled! No wonder why most-a people agree that being an adult sucks some-a times.

As Luigi continued to read the newspaper, Daisy entered the living room while holding her nearly three-month-old daughter, Deanna. The princess saw Charles on the living room floor, playing with a bunch of toy blocks.

"Have you started planning for Charles' birthday party next month?" Daisy asked Luigi out of curiosity, as Luigi flipped over a page in his newspaper.

"I have already begun-a preparations," stated Luigi, before taking a sip from a cup of coffee that was seated next to him. Sipping coffee, another typical dad thing. "And don't worry, I didn't tell-a King K. Rool about the party...no 'birthday fireworks' this year."

"Oh thank goodness...literally thought that our house was gonna burn down!" Daisy looked over at the table that Luigi's cup of coffee was seated on, and saw something amiss. "Sweetie, did you get the mail?"

"The mail-a man came today? Must've forgot." Luigi kept on reading his newspaper, as Daisy groaned and left the house. Luigi grinned to himself, after Daisy went through the front door. "Works-a every time..."

Daisy was outside holding Deanna, as she rummaged through her mailbox to retrieve her mail. She was shuffling through the mail and holding Deanna in her arm at the same time, like a pro.

"Bills, bills, bills bills, bills..." said Daisy as she shuffled through the mail, wondering why she had so many bills in the mail today. "...'free chicken nuggets for a year'? Ha, what a bunch of crap that is..."

As Daisy headed back inside her house with the mail, she saw Pit speaking with Yashamaru outside the mansion, with the corner of her eye. Whatever the heck Pit was discussing with Yashamaru, the princess did not wish to know.

"What? You mean that swordsman with the mask was the one who executed my father?" Yashamaru asked Pit, as his stoic deposition was momentarily replaced by a look of astonishment. "The man in that room is a member of the Tokugawa Shogunate?"

"Meta Knight is most definitely a member, one hundred percent!" confirmed Pit, who was greatly impressed that he was able to easily manipulate Yashamaru. Might be his finest accomplishment, to date. "He definitely looks the part."

"But I don't get it...most members of the Tokugawa Shogunate are samurai. Meta Knight looks nothing like a samurai!"

"That's the point - he doesn't look like a samurai on purpose, just to throw you off! Don't you see?" Pit had Yashamaru all wrapped around his finger.

"Yes, I can see clearly now, I think..." On one hand, Yashamaru didn't know whether he should fully trust Pit or not, but on the other hand, he felt as if that the angel was speaking the truth. "...Meta Knight must be punished for what he has done!"

"Yeah, show him no mercy!" Now knowing what must be done, Yashamaru retreated back inside the mansion. "Hey, wait up for me!" Pit would chase after Yashamaru, not wanting the samurai to get too ahead of himself.

Fox and Falco were walking through the hallway, on their way to the Star Records room. They had returned from the tower, where they had a word with Krystal.

"So the wedding date has been moved up to April 3?" Falco asked Fox; the day of the wedding was previously on April 10. "I think we can roll with that."

"Good thing that Krystal was flexible enough to agree to the change," said Fox, who was pretty excited; his wedding checklist was nearly coming to an end. "We still have a month left to take care of any last-minute necessities."

Falco: We had to move the wedding day up a week, because Cloud supposedly had "big plans" for April 10. Because Fox and I are pretty respectful dudes, we moved the wedding date out of our undying respect for Cloud. If whatever Cloud has planned for April 10 isn't that big of a deal, there will be major consequences...

Fox and Falco arrived at the Star Records room, where they saw an unexpected woman seated at the Star Records desk with Big Top. It was Wu, who was reading a book alone by herself...and Big Top.

"She looks kinda thick, not gonna lie..." Falco whispered to Fox, getting a good look at Wu. Bet you that he wouldn't say that around Katt Monroe.

"Keep that to yourself, buddy," Fox whispered back as he patted Falco on the shoulder, before he and Falco slowly approached Wu. They tried to reach the Chinese woman without making a single sound...

"Hi Fox and Falco!" Big Top loudly greeted the two pilots, who jumped back after their cover was blown. Wu looked up from her book and screamed, when she saw Fox and Falco in her presence.

"Wh-Why are you here?" Wu questioned Fox and Falco; she purposely hid herself in the Star Records room so she wouldn't have to put up with the residents, but she chose the wrong place to stay in.

"Better question is, why are you here?" retorted Fox as he pointed at Wu, before looking at Big Top. "Big Top, who is this woman, and what business does she have in our office space?"

"Beats me, but she sure is cute!" exclaimed Big Top, proving that he had a rather exquisite taste in women. "Not to mention that she's a bit on the thick side!"

"Even Big Top knows what's up," Falco said to Fox, who completely disregarded the avian pilot's comments as he directed his attention back to Wu.

"So, you think that you could just read your book in our room and get away with it?" Fox interrogated Wu, as he walked around the Chinese woman. 'You think that you run this place?"

"I can explain - I just wanted some peace and quiet!" stated Wu, defending herself as she quickly stood up while holding her book. "Also, I wasn't reading this book...I was actually studying."

"You were...studying?" Fox couldn't help but laugh out loud, laughing hysterically as Falco was laughing along with him. "Studying, up in here? Why are you even studying in the first place?!"

"I was just studying about my family's history...why is that such a laughing matter?" Wu looked offended, as Fox and Falco kept on laughing. Even Big Top was laughing, despite not knowing what was so funny.

"Studying is a combination of two words - studious, and dying," explained Falco, as he and Fox were now holding back on their laughing fit. "Are you trying to kill yourself? You wanna die from having a big brain?"

"Yeah, you want your brain to explode into a million pieces or something?" asked Fox, who didn't seem that keen on studying. Gotta wonder how the pilot was able to breeze through school. "Studying is lame."

"Well...it just seems more productive than what you two are capable of doing," defended Wu, cutting in deep into Fox and Falco. Both the pilots felt insulted.

"More capable than what we are doing?" Fox looked around in disbelief, not expecting Wu to make such a comment. "I'll let you know, Fox and Falco have done much more cooler things than you can imagine. We both own a record label!"

"And we've traveled through space multiple times," added Falco, making sure to let Wu know about his and Fox's space expenditures. "Which is way more cooler than your precious little 'studying'."

"Traveled around space, hmm? I would honestly love to see that," said Wu, who seemed awfully open to the idea of traveling around space. While Wu's comments expressed her interest in space travel, Fox and Falco perceived it as sarcasm.

"Bruh, I think she's trying to challenge us..." Falco discussed quietly with Fox, under the assumption that Wu was doubting the pilots' abilities.

"Yeah I know, I feel the same way," responded Fox as he nodded his head, before he and Falco directed their attention to Wu. "Okay, woman, you've left us with no other choice...we have no choice but to make you eat your words."

"What do you mean, you're going to make me eat my words?" questioned Wu, as Fox and Falco were delighting themselves in proving Wu wrong.

"Basically, Falco and I are gonna take you in one of our Arwings, and fly around space. Then, and only then, will you see what we're capable of."

"You're going to take me on a trip through space? How delightful!" Wu was very much looking forward to his interstellar trip, as she clapped her hands together and smiled.

"She doesn't even know what she's getting herself into..." Falco snickered with Fox, who couldn't wait for the short little trip through space to begin. "This is gonna be so epic..."

Link and Cloud were heading down the hallway, the two swordsmen minding their own business. They saw Zelda exit from Yukari's room, with a blanket in her hand.

"There you two are," Zelda said to Link and Cloud as they came nearer, acting like she was looking everywhere for the swordsman duo. "Can you two keep Yukari company, while I take care of some things?"

"Isn't Yukari being quarantined?" Link asked Zelda, who furrowed her brow at the Hylian. Link shrugged, not knowing what he did wrong. "I wasn't asking a disrespectful question..."

"I want you boys to keep Yukari entertained, as much as possible. Thanks to her flu, she's a little down in the dumps. The others haven't really done much to lift up her spirits."

"I'm afraid that you're asking the wrong people for the task," Cloud said to Zelda; the swordsman couldn't even entertain an infant like Deanna, no matter how hard he tried.

"Well now's a good chance for you two to redeem yourselves. Now get in there!" Zelda would push Link and Cloud inside Yukari's room, where they saw Minato, Kanji, and Yusuke standing around. Yukari was seated on her bed, and was covered in a blanket.

"Oh, it's just you two..." Yukari said to Link and Cloud, understandably sounding uninterested as she flew her nose into her tissue. So far, the feeling was mutual.

Kanji: Hehe, Yukari doesn't have mono, which means that Minato and Yukari have yet to kiss...meaning that I still have time to kiss Naoto. Gotta make sure to do it before Minato gets his kiss in. And if I kiss Naoto before Joker kisses Makoto, then that'll be the cherry on top! *pauses* Please tell me that Joker and Makoto haven't kissed yet, I need some bragging rights...

Joker: Only one person knows that Makoto and I kissed, and that would be Toad. Due to paranoid people like Kanji, we're just going to leave it at Toad only.

"Uh, hello, Yukari...we are your entertainment!" Link greeted the young woman, showing off his jazz hands. Cloud did no jazz hands, as he kept his hands in his pockets where they belong.

"Did the actual entertainers die on their way here?" questioned Yusuke, daring not to put Link or Cloud in the category of entertainers. "This has to be a joke..."

"Jokes? Yeah, I got jokes! Here it goes..." Link rubbed his hands together, ready to tell Yukari some jokes. "...what do you call a carnivorous fish that lends money? A loan shark! Get it? Ha ha ha!"

"Ha ha...ha," laughed Yukari, albeit in an very non-amused tune. Link was laughing his butt off at his own crappy joke, while smiling at Cloud and nudging the swordsman at his side.

"It's a miracle that we're still friends..." Cloud grumbled at Link, whose laughter slowly began to die down. Once Link's laughter went away, it immediately grew quiet in Yukari's room.

"I have other jokes, if you wanna hear them," Link said to Yukari, only for Minato to stop the Hylian from speaking by putting his hand in front of him. "Oh, you got a joke to tell, Minato?"

"No - I'm just saving Yukari from being bored to death," replied Minato, as Link clutched his pearls and looked at Minato feeling insulted. "Also, we want real entertainment, not you posers."

"Posers? Who are you calling posers?" Link took a step back, preparing himself as he wished to prove Minato wrong. "I'll show you..." The Hylian took out his Master Sword, making Cloud and the others weary.

"Link, why do you have your sword out...?" asked a very cautious Cloud, backing away from Link in the event Link hurt the swordsman or anyone else...or himself.

"Fox and Falco 'entertained' me when I had that horrible headache a few years back, so I'm just gonna emulate what they did. It's all about execution..."

Byleth and Beleth were in the gaming room, seated on a couch together. They were having a conversation with Sothis, a girl that only the professors could see.

"We can both assure you that Wario is not an ogre," Byleth said to Sothis, as Wario was nearby eavesdropping on the conversation while playing pool. "He's just an obese, long-waisted...midget."

"With a very bad temper and foul flatulence, I might add," added Beleth, with Wario gritting his teeth as he listened closely to the professors' words. "Wario is truly an enigma...but in the worst ways possible."

"Hey, what's going on over there?" Byleth looked over the couch, and saw Haohmaru and Nakoruru with Waluigi. Waluigi was blindfolded and holding a lightsaber, as he was knocking down targets held by Nakoruru...at least he was trying to knock them down.

"Can you please stop aiming for my head?" Nakoruru pleaded to Waluigi, having to duck Waluigi's erratic swings repeatedly. Many times Waluigi was close to nailing the shrine maiden in her noggin.

"Maybe you should just stay still!" retorted Waluigi, who clearly had no idea what was going on; Nakoruru was standing still the whole time. Byleth and Beleth came over, while Haohmaru was watching Waluigi's progress closely.

"Any reason why he's wielding a lightsaber?" Beleth asked Haohmaru, before he and Byleth ducked their heads as Waluigi swung mightily with the lightsaber. Could've decapitated the professors' heads if he were using a sharp blade.

"Waluigi here says that he wants to fight Ryo Sakazaki," Haohmaru explained to Byleth and Beleth, who knew that the love triangle involving Waluigi, Ryo, and King would somehow lead to some fighting. "It's my duty to make sure Waluigi is well-equipped, before his face-off!"

"Ryo might expect me to throw some hands, but I'm gonna catch him off-guard with an armed weapon," explained Waluigi, who tired himself out from swinging lightsaber as he took off his blindfold. "He won't know what's coming for him!"

"And you're using a toy lightsaber over a samurai sword?" questioned Byleth, who knew that it was unwise to question Waluigi's ways of thinking. Waluigi was a vagabond who thought much differently from everyone else.

"I offered to let him use my blade, but he opted for that toy sword..." grunted Haohamaru, as he facepalmed at Waluigi and the choices that the lanky man made. "...a toy sword he stole from someone, I might add."

Corrin: My lightsaber, it's gone missing! It was in my room, and now it's gone...Don't tell me that it's just a "toy", you ignorant fools have no idea of how powerful my lightsaber can be!

Waluigi: They say that you can't bring a sword or a knife to a fist fight...must be the same kind of idiots who say that you can't bring a magic wand to a gun fight! Although I do remember bringing Kamek's wand to a gun fight before...it didn't end well. For me, that is. Wanna see where I almost got shot at?

Knuckles: Waluigi got shot at...but I didn't? *frowns* He's somehow more blacker than I am. I gotta change that!

"I, am not...A LONG-WAISTED MIDGET!" Wario shouted at Byleth and Beleth, running towards the professors with his pool stick. The fatso leaped into the air, trying to aim at the professors, only to miss terribly. Instead of Byleth and Beleth, Wario struck the two targets that Nakoruru was holding.

"Glad that he wasn't aiming for my head," remarked Nakoruru as she was looking down at Wario, who was lying on the floor. Wario hit the floor hard, and was left writhing in pain.

"I was off the mark...but I made my message...very clear." Wario slowly helped himself off the floor, grabbing his now ailing back as he took his pool stick and returned to the pool table.

"The targets have been destroyed!" cheered Waluigi, taking credit for what Wario had done as he triumphantly held his lightsaber in the air with both hands. The victory was short-lived, as Corrin entered the gaming room and snatched the lightsaber away from Waluigi.

"You're not worthy enough to be a Jedi..." Corrin told Waluigi in a deep tone before walking away, expecting Waluigi to feel disenchanted to the core. Waluigi, needless to say, felt nothing.

"You can still use my blade if you want," Haohmaru said to Waluigi, as he offered the lanky man his samurai blade. "Hopefully, it's not too heavy for you!"

"Eh, it's not like I have much choice..." shrugged Waluigi, before Haohmaru tossed his sword at the lanky man. Waluigi nearly poked his eye out, trying to catch Haohmaru's sword; Nakoruru looked on nervously, expecting things to turn out worse as the day went on.

Being the assistant groundskeeper to Mr. Game and Watch, one of the things that Dark Pit despised doing the most was cleaning the bathrooms. It didn't matter if the doppelganger was cleaning the bathroom mirror, or scrubbing the toilet, cleaning bathrooms was the least favorite part of his job.

"Who in their right mind would want their bathroom to smell like lemons?" Meta Knight asked Dark Pit, while holding a can of bathroom cleaner. Dark Pit was cleaning out the bathtub, scrubbing aggressively.

"How am I supposed to know?" responded Dark Pit, making sure that he got any nook and cranny of the bathtub. "I just use that crap because Mr. Game and Watch told me to..."

"Whatever makes the bathroom shiny clean, I suppose..." Meta Knight placed the can of bathroom cleaner back on the floor, before hopping on a stool near the bathroom sink to wash his hands.

"Hey, Meta Knight, if you ever see Pit, can you let him know that he left his toothbrush in the bathroom sink again? It was a pain getting that thing out of the drain..."

"I'll let him know whenever I see him again." Meta Knight was done washing his hands, and was now exiting the bathroom. "He might be annoying that samurai guy to death..."

"You!" someone shouted at Meta Knight, who only took a few steps out into the hallway. Meta Knight looked to his right, and saw Yashamaru standing with Pit, pointing at the Star Warrior.

"I believe you're talking to me?" Meta Knight asked Yashamaru, as he pointed at himself. Yashamaru was indeed talking to Meta Knight, as he marched furiously towards the Star Warrior.

"You're the one who killed my father, aren't you?!" Yashamaru was now standing in the presence of Meta Knight, still pointing at the Star Warrior. "Don't try to hide it, I know that you were responsible!"

"Why would I kill your father for? I don't even know the man! In fact, I barely even know who you are!" Yashamaru shook his head, thinking that Meta Knight was lying to get himself out of dodge.

"That's what you want me to think. You must be the Tokugawa Shogunate's go-to guy for executing people, aren't you? Why did you execute my father?!"

"I am not a member of this Tokugawa Shogunate group! And I would never, in my life, execute anyone!" Meta Knight would look behind Yashamaru, and saw Pit standing by. "Pit, tell this man the truth!"

"Please go easy on Meta Knight, Yashamaru!" Pit called out to the samurai. "I really don't wanna get in trouble with Master Hand!" Meta Knight sighed, figuring that Pit would be no help at all.

Pit: I feel like I'm doing the right thing. Yashamaru needed to let off some steam, so I told him that Meta Knight executed his dad. Meta Knight is a boring dude who needed some excitement in his life, so I got him all entangled with Yashamaru. I've killed two birds with one stone! Or is it two bees with one stone? Two bees with one stone just sounds so much better.

"Can you leave me alone, I did nothing wrong," Meta Knight said to Yashamaru; he would walk away, but he knew that Yashamaru would follow him around wherever he went.

"How can I leave you alone, when you're the one who wrongfully executed my father?!" questioned Yashamaru, as he took out his samurai sword. Meta Knight backed away, as an armed Yashamaru crept closer to him. "You'll pay for what you've done!"

"This is not good..." Meta Knight knew that his best option now was to fly away, and that's exactly what the Star Warrior did as he turned around and flew away. Not having the ability to fly after Meta Knight, Yashamaru put his sword back.

"I'll speak with you later, Pit...I have some revenge to exact," the samurai told the angel, before running down the hallway. Shortly after Yashamaru left, Dark Pit exited the bathroom, and saw Pit in the hallway.

"Oh, there you are, Pit," the doppelganger greeted the angel as he walked over to him. He took out a toothbrush from his pocket, showing it to Pit. "Here's your stupid toothbrush...it was stick inside the bathroom sink again."

"My toothbrush! I've been looking all over for it!" exclaimed Pit, as he took the toothbrush from Dark Pit and kissed it. "Thanks Pittoo! Now to see if it still works..." Despite using no toothpaste, Pit brushed his teeth with his toothbrush, which made Dark Pit disgusted.

"You are so disgusting..." Dark Pit shook his head at Pit, as he turned around and walked away.

Sonic got the deed done, and purchased some throat lozenges from the pharmacy. The hedgehog returned to the mansion, with the fellas that he went to the pharmacy with - Tails, Sans, and Yosuke.

"You think Yukari is gonna love these lozenges that we picked out for her?" Sonic asked the others, as they were making their way to Yukari's room.

"I mean it's just throat lozenges...I don't think it really matters as much," replied Tails, who was Sonic's designated tag-along whenever Sonic went out around town to run errands. "What matters is that Yukari's throat feels better."

"if yukari was a small horse with her sore throat, she'd be a little hoarse," joked Sans, giggling at his own silly pun; Sonic and the others just looked at the skeleton. "sorry guys, i couldn't help it..."

"Can you literally do anything other than make lame puns?" Yosuke asked Sans, who dared not to stop doing the shtick that he did best. Even if it came at the annoyance of many others. "Your jokes are driving me insane..."

Sonic and company would reach Yukari's room, where they heard some gagging sounds coming from inside. Fearing that Yukari might be in serious condition, the four ran inside Yukari's room...only to see that the gagging came from Link, who was down on all fours with his Master Sword lying on the floor next to him.

"What did we miss?" Sonic asked Yukari and the others, growing increasingly concerned as Link was coughing out blood. It was only a few drops of blood, but it was still a major sign of concern.

"Link here attempted sword-swallowing for the very first time, and failed miserably," explained Cloud, who was surprised that Link didn't seriously injure or even mortally wound himself. "He only did it just to entertain Yukari."

"Wow Link, you nearly tried to kill yourself just to keep Yukari entertained? That's next level right there!" After a while, Link finally stopped gagging.

"I wasn't trying to kill myself...I just stuck my sword down the wrong pipe by accident," replied Link, finding the willpower to speak as he slowly stood up. "It was a valiant effort..."

"...and a complete and utter failure," Cloud would finish for Link, who stared at the swordsman feeling hurt. "C'mon Link, you know it's true..."

Link: Definitely should've practiced sword-swallowing before today. You may never know when you'll have to entertain somebody. Hylia may frown upon me for how I use the Master Sword for stuff aside from heroic deeds, but...it's whatever.

"Are those the throat lozenges in the bag, Sonic?" Minato asked the hedgehog, seeing the shopping bag that the blue blur was holding in his hand.

"Oh yeah, the lozenges, how could I forget!" responded Sonic, as he took out the throat lozenges and tossed them to Yukari. "There ya go, Yukari!" Yukari looked at the throat lozenges, furrowing her brow.

"Seriously, Sonic, you couldn't get me the flavored ones?" Sonic frowned at the hedgehog, while holding up a bag of menthol-lyptus throat lozenges. Menthol-lyptus sounded like some kind of substance you'd make in chemistry class.

"Does the flavor really matter that much to you? It's not like throat lozenges are candy." They were most definitely candy to Pit. "And those lozenges are adult unisex, meaning that they don't discriminate!"

"Not sure what that has to do with anything...but these throat lozenges better make my throat feel better. My throat's been killing me..."

"How about some tunes, to make you feel better?" Link suggested to Yukari, who balked at the idea; Link's sword-swallowing act was more than enough to witness. "I'll be right back!" Link left the room, to go look for a music player.

"I'll do whatever I can to stop him," Cloud told Yukari, as he too left the room and began chasing after Link. "Link, get back here, man!"

"i can tell some puns, to fill the void," Sans said to Yukari, who had a list of puns ready to go for occasions like these. "what about some vegetable puns? you can't really beet those."

"I'd much rather have whatever Link's doing..." said Yukari, although the young woman was entirely confident that Link would be more entertaining than Sans.

Outside in the mansion's backyard, Cortex was gathering some scrap parts together with Darli. The evil, genius, having learned that Darli was a shipwright, planned on crafting an airship.

"My minions sadly destroyed the last airship that I had," Cortex explained to Darli, looking through a blueprint he was holding. Uka was looking over his shoulder. "Those idiotic scoundrels!"

"You're the one who installed that self-destruct mechanism into your airship," Uka pointed out, making Cortex look and feel very foolish in front of Darli. "So who's really the idiotic scoundrel?"

"To be fair, I installed that mechanism mainly for self-defense...it was the minions' fault that one of them had to press the button. But no worries, Uka, I won't be making that same mistake again!"

"Do we have any wood?" Darli asked Cortex and Uka, as she was going through the inventory of scrap parts. "You can't make a ship without any wood."

"I never really thought about building an airship with wood...but, if it works for you, then it'll work for me!" Cortex placed his blueprint on the ground, and walked off. "The Yiga Clan might have some wood for us to use."

As Cortex made his way to the Yiga Clan hideout, Crash poked his head out of the shrubbery. Amy and Aku also poked their head out of the shrubbery, although Crash had no idea that the two were there.

"We should seriously stop Crash, before he does something bad," Amy whispered to Aku, seeing Crash smiling and rubbing his hands together. With Cortex momentarily gone, Crash could cause as much mayhem as he wanted.

"Well what's the worst they he could possibly do?" questioned Aku, before Crash ran out from the shrubbery and grabbed Cortex's blueprints. "Crash, leave those blueprints alone!"

"What the...?" Darli frowned, when she saw Crash messing around with Cortex's blueprints. The shipwright confronted Crash, and tried to pull the blueprint away from the bandicoot. "...keep your hands off that blueprint, you vermin!"

"You think we should do something now?" Amy asked Aku, as Crash and Darli were caught in a tug-of-war over Cortex's blueprint.

"I don't think so, Crash is kind of weak," replied Aku, throwing some lowkey shade at the bandicoot he was destined to protect. "That woman will have that blueprint back in no..."

Suddenly Cortex's blueprint tore apart, as both Crash and Darli landed on the ground. Each one had half a piece of Cortex's blueprint.

"Look what you've done...Cortex's blueprint is now ripped apart!" Darli scolded the bandicoot, who would've felt some shame if the blueprint had belonged to anyone other than Cortex. "What do you have to say for yourself?"

"Oh, Darli, I'm back!" Cortex called out to the shipwright, as Crash grew panicky. The bandicoot tried to run away, but he was too late...Cortex and Uka returned to the backyard, with Cortex holding many pieces of wood.

"Busted..." said Uka, seeing the torn-up blueprint. Cortex dropped the pieces of wood unto the ground, before gasping when he saw what happened to his blueprint.

"Noooo, my precious blueprint!" the mad genius screamed, before snatching Crash's piece of the blueprint out of his hands. Strangely enough, he held the piece close to his best. "It was so young..."

"It's just a sheet of paper, Dr. Cortex...it's not that big of a deal." But it was that big of a deal, as Cortex gritted his teeth angrily at Crash.

"You! I know you were responsible for tearing up my blueprint, Crash Bandicoot! Why would you do such a thing?!" Crash was unfazed by Cortex's anger - rather, the bandicoot just found it amusing.

"He tried to rip your blueprint apart, while you were away," Darli explained to Cortex, who felt more compelled to hate Crash even more. "I tried to pull it away from him...and this was the end result." Darli held up her piece of the blueprint to Cortex.

"Do you have any idea how long I've been waiting to build an airship?" Cortex was all up in Crash's grill, trying to make the bandicoot regret his actions. "Ever since my minions destroyed the last one, I've been feigning to make a second airship! Not only because I need a mode of transportation...but also to impress Tiki!"

"Who is Tiki?" The mere mention of Tiki's name was enough to make Cortex's heart flutter, as the mad genius was ready to give Darli the 4-1-1.

"Oh, just some lady from the Assist Tower that I've been keeping my eyes on...she's a very sweet and caring woman, perhaps the nicest lady I've ever met. I like her a lot."

"Dr. Cortex is delusional in thinking that he even has a chance with Tiki," Uka told Darli, certain that the shipwright would agree with him if she ever saw Tiki in person.

Cortex: Tiki already knows that I'm a charming man with high intellect...but what she may not know about me is that I'm a far bigger inventor than people give me credit for. Seeing the airship that I've built will undoubtedly make her swoon!

Uka: "Charming man with high intellect"? Did Cortex somehow get himself confused with Professor Kukui, from the Alola region?

"And thanks to you, I have nothing to show off to Tiki!" growled Cortex as he pointed at Crash. "You're always ruining my life, aren't you?" Crash, slowly having some sympathy for Cortex, looked around on the ground and picked up a wrench.

"Does he even know how to use that thing?" Uka asked Cortex, as Crash went over to one of the scrap parts lying on the ground...and hammered away with the wrench in his hand.

"I think the vermin might be having a change of heart," observed Darli, as Crash went over to hammer away on a piece of wood. Crash sure as heck was building anything, but he was sending some kind of message.

"You might be right, Darli...not even Crash can overlook the tenacity that I have to impress Tiki," commented Cortex, as Uka groaned and rolled his eyes. "So happy that you're coming around, Crash!"

"Mind if we hop in?" Amy asked Cortex, appearing out from the shrubbery with Aku while holding her Piko Hammer. Crash, seeing Amy, tossed his wrench away and snatched Amy's Piko Hammer, before hammering away...this time with an actual hammer.

"Ah, yes, the more the merrier! My new airship will be in tip-top shape! Now, Crash, would you please return Amy her hammer?"

Samus had a strong tendency to be a very stoic person - it was pretty hard to make the bounty hunter laugh. Whether it was a joke, or just a funny sight, making Samus laugh might be one of the more difficult tasks anyone could do. Many residents learned that from experience.

"What was it like, going on a date with Lilina?" Villager asked Roy in the kitchen, while Samus was fixing herself a glass of water.

"It was a very fun time, the food was delicious," replied Roy, as thinking about the burgers he ate made him smile with glee. "Ate so many steak burgers, that I almost passed out. I was looking like a chipmunk!"

"Ha ha! Man, I wish I could've seen that. Can't imagine how that felt like in public." Villager and Roy were both laughing, but the same couldn't be said for Samus.

"Who knew that looking foolish in public would be so hilarious..." the bounty hunter said to himself, as she took her glass of water and left the kitchen. Samus would make her way to the living room, taking a sip from her glass...

...only to spit out its contents when she saw Waluigi, dressed up as a samurai and carrying Haohmaru's sword. The lanky man was standing around with Haohmaru and Nakoruru.

"Your training has now prepared you for this very moment," Haohmaru said to Waluigi, as he put his hand on the lanky man's shoulder. "Are you know ready to take on Ryo Sakazaki?"

"Heck yeah, I was born ready..." replied Waluigi, before sporting a more serious despition as he bowed down in front of Haohmaru. "...I mean, yes I am, sensei."

"What am I even looking at right now?" questioned Samus, who was now stifling her laughter; seeing Waluigi as a samurai was too funny for her to not laugh at. "Waluigi, why are you pretending to be a samurai?"

"Pretending to be? PRETENDING TO BE?!" Waluigi glared at Samus, wishing to give the bounty hunter a piece of her mind. "I'm the best samurai this mansion has ever seen!"

"And that's only because he's been training under my watch," stated Haohmaru, as Waluigi showed off a few of his sword skills. He nearly cut off his hair, which was tied up just like how a samurai's hair would be.

"Ryo won't know what's coming for him, once I beat him to submission with my sword. He's gonna bring the fists, and I'm gonna bring the fury, and everything else!"

"Okay, stop it Waluigi, you're gonna make me laugh..." pleaded Samus, who was laughing a lot more than she usually would. Hadn't laughed this much ever since Knuckles and his pals sang Christmas carols to her.

"Let's leave her alone, Waluigi; it's clear that she won't stop doubting you," Haohmaru told the lanky man, in disbelief that Samus would have the absolute gall to laugh at Waluigi. "We have bigger fish to fry!"

"Yes, sensei..." nodded Waluigi, getting all serious again as he followed Haohmaru out of the living room. Nakoruru would also follow after Haohmaru, before she had to whisper something to Samus.

"This might be the last time you'll ever see Waluigi..." the shrine maiden whispered to Samus, extremely fearful about the outcome. "...I'm just being honest."

"Well at least he lived a good life, I guess," Samus whispered back, not entirely worried about whether or not Waluigi made it out of his fight with Ryo alive. Nakoruru walked away, as Samus was now giggling. "A good life...heh."

Meta Knight was more cautious than ever, for Yashamaru was on to him. Thanks to Pit, Yashamaru was convinced that Meta Knight executed his father, and the samurai refused to leave the mansion until he got his revenge.

"Meta Knight, what's the matter with you?" Meowth asked the Star Warrior, who had just exited the lounge looking around cautiously. "Somebody's out to get ya?"

"Yes, someone's out to get me..." replied Meta Knight, before looking left and right, and also up at the ceiling just for good measure. "...I've been accused of executing someone's father!"

"What?! You executed someone's father?!" Meowth looked shocked at Meta Knight, not expecting the Star Warrior to be capable of assassinating anybody. "I had no idea you had that much in you!"

"I do not, I would never kill anyone...this is just a false accusation." But that wouldn't stop Meowth from spreading the news to others, such as Altaïr and Snake who were both passing through the hallway.

"Guys, this man Meta Knight straight up killed somebody's father!" Meowth said to Altaïr and Snake, as he pointed at Meta Knight; Meta Knight waved his hands in front of him to Altaïr and Snake, in an effort to dissuade them both.

"Welcome to the club, my friend..." Altaïr said to Meta Knight, patting the Star Warrior on his shoulder before walking off. Snake looked at Meta Knight, with a smile.

"Shoulda told me earlier that you were in the business of killing parents," the former spy said to the Star Warrior, wishing that he had known about Meta Knight's assassination tendencies sooner. "Would've introduced you to mine..."

Snake: Meta Knight being a possible assassin opens up a window of opportunities - not only can he kill off my mom and dad, but he can also kill that stupid Johnny Sasaki. Not that I'm currently interested in chasing after Meryl or anything - I just want Johnny to pay for messing up my love life.

"This is too much...I have to get away..." said Meta Knight as he flew down the hallway. The Star Warrior eventually ran into Yashamaru, who had his samurai sword out ready to go.

"Thought you could run from me forever?" Yashamaru asked Meta Knight, who decided to stop running away from Yashamaru as he took out his sword. "You will pay for what you have done!"

"If it's a fight you want...then it's a fight you shall get!" Meta Knight and Yashamaru were ready to fight, as they circled around in the middle of the hallway staring each other down.

"Yashamaru!" Pit called out to the samurai, before arriving at the scene. He saw Meta Knight and Yashamaru during their staredown, both men looking to be the one to strike first. "Uh oh, I might be too late..."

"Too late for what?" inquired Palutena, who showed up behind Pit and saw the intensity brewing between Meta Knight and Yashamaru brewing. Something about the face-off made the goddess of light frown. "Pit, why are those two about to fight?"

"Good question..." Pit snicked nervously, having a lot of explaining to do...

Cloud was unable to stop Link, which meant that Link was still entertaining Yukari with a few tricks he had "learned" from Fox and Falco in episode 94. The Hylian was juggling balls in front of Yukari, albeit terribly, with music blaring from a music player he had found. "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence was the song choice.

"Hey Yukari I got some stuff that I want...to give to you," Sonic said to the young woman as he returned to her room, only to trail off when he saw Link juggling - or at least attempt to juggle.

"Remember Yukari, nothing is impossible," said Link as he was juggling with two balls...for he had dropped the three other balls he was juggling with on the floor. "Anything is possible!"

"Why do I hear Evanescence...?" Furrowing his brow, Sonic walked over to the music player and immediately pressed the stop button. Link stopped his juggling act, and glared at Sonic.

"Sonic, what was that for?" the Hylian scolded the hedgehog, as he picked up the balls he dropped off the floor. "I wasn't even done!"

"Sorry dude, but juggling and gothic metal don't go hand-in-hand. Also, your juggling skills are pretty wack."

"See, Link? Even Sonic thinks so," Cloud said to the Hylian, who was grumbling as he put his juggling balls in his pockets.

Cloud: Do I receive second-hand embarrassment, from the things that Link does? Not really. I've so used to Link now, that I don't even feel embarrassment anymore. Is that a bad thing?

"Is that cash?" Kanji asked Sonic, who appeared to be holding a few wads of dollar bills in his hand. "Are they for you?"

"No...they're for Yukari!" replied Sonic, before running to Yukari's bedside and presenting the young woman his wads of cash. "The thought that counts! Hold out your hand, Yukari!"

"No thanks, Sonic, I don't need any cash or anything," smiled Yukari, although she appreciated Sonic for being somewhat thoughtful. "You can keep the money yourself, I'll be fine."

"I said hold out your hand..." repeated Sonic, this time through clenched teeth, and Yukari had no choice but to hold her hand out. Sonic would place a dollar bill in the palm of Yukari's hand - each one worth a hundred bucks - and kept on doing it over and over again.

"Sonic, where did you find all that money?" asked Link, out of curiosity; Sonic couldn't have a ton of money in his bank account, unless he secretly held a high-paying job somewhere.

"I got it all out of Wario's bank account; Sora shared Wario's info with me, before he head back to his universe. Just tell me when to stop, Yukari..."

"Is this even necessary, why are you giving Yukari money for?" asked Cloud, as Yukari looked helpless with each Benjamin that was placed in her hand.

"Aren't we supposed to spoil residents, whenever they're sick or injured? Did we not spoil the crap out of Shulk when Lara injured his hand?"

"Yeah, but that's different. Master Hand forced us to do that against our will. You're just spoiling Yukari for the heck of it."

"I really don't want any of this money, Sonic," Yukari told the hedgehog, who stopped piling the Benjamins into her hand. "I can just do with the money that I have."

"Stingy person, aren't ya?" Sonic asked Yukari, as he took the dollar bills out of Yukari's hand and placed them in his imaginary pocket. "Guess I won't be gifting you that Ford Mustang, then."

"A Ford...Mustang?" questioned Minato, as Sonic got up and was about to leave Yukari's room. "Don't tell us you stole an expensive car, Sonic!"

"Nah, I didn't steal it...I borrowed it, from B.D. Joe. But since Yukari doesn't seem to want it, I can return that car to B.D. on time. So, thanks Yukari!"

"You're welcome?" responded Yukari, as Sonic left her room. Perhaps some gifts were better off withheld...

"Wanna hear some Naughty by Nature?" Link asked Yukari, who glared down the Hylian. "Yeah, I'd say no to that, too..."

Daisy was outside walking to her mailbox once more, this time holding an envelope that she wished to put inside the mailbox. Accompanying her was Luigi, who wanted to let off some steam.

"That Charles said that my nose-a was big!" Luigi complained to Daisy, who was barely listening as she was checking to see if the envelope was sealed tight. "My own son, who has the audacity to pick-a on his father!"

"I've picked on your nose many times before, and you never say anything about it," stated Daisy, as Luigi stopped in place, frozen in sudden realization.

"My wife-a does it too...?" As a confounded Luigi continued to stand there in amazement, Daisy reached the mailbox and placed her envelope inside. After lifting up the flag, Daisy saw a small envelope inside her mailbox, and curiously took it out.

"It's from Fox..." Daisy opened up the small envelope, taking out a small card. Luigi, now out of his frozen trance, went over to Daisy, so that he and his wife could read the card together.

"Hmm, it says that Fox and Krystal's wedding has been-a moved up to the 3rd of April," said Luigi, after reading the card. It was now official; the wedding of Fox McCloud and Krystal would be on April 3. "Fox and Krystal, they're copying us!"

"Why, because they're getting married on Friday the 3rd?" Daisy gave Luigi a playful smile, nudging the plumber in his side. "Like we did, four years ago?

Soon an Arwing flew towards the mansion, before slowly descending down unto the mansion grounds. After the Arwing landed, Fox and Falco got out of the vehicle, along with Wu and a queasy cameraman.

"Hey man, did you get any footage of us flying through outer space?" Falco asked the queasy cameraman, who was tasked with recording footage of Fox and Falco's space journey for the documentary. The cameraman just puked all over the ground. "I'll take that as a no..."

"Thank you for the ride through space, Mr. McCloud and Mr. Lombardi!" Wu thanked Fox and Falco, bowing down before them in a formal manner. "You both have greatly broadened my horizons."

"We're glad that you liked it," replied Fox, who was hiding a snicker.

Fox: Man, we really showed up that Wu, didn't we Falco? Did you see the look on her face? Ha!
Falco: The best part about showing someone up is seeing them look like a fool. Seeing Wu so amazed, as we zipped through the stars...wish we had that on film. Stupid cameraman...

"Fox, you copycat!" Luigi called out to the pilot; Daisy tried to cover the plumber's mouth, but Luigi would break away. "Why are you getting married on Friday the 3rd, in April?"

"Is it that big of a deal?" Fox called out to Luigi, unable to sense how offended Luigi was apparently feeling. "It's just a date, bro."

"Just a date?! You're just trying to show-a me up!" Daisy would grab Luigi around his waist, and forcibly drag her husband back inside her house. "Let me at him, let me at him!"

"He thinks I'm trying to show him up..." Fox shook his head, as Daisy dragged Luigi inside her house and slammed the front door. "...just who does he think I am?"

Ryo was chilling in the lounge, enjoying conversations with Tom Nook and Dark Samus...but mainly Tom Nook, since Dark Samus obviously couldn't talk.

"I've heard that Iori is putting together a jazz band," discussed Tom Nook, as Haohmaru poked his head inside the lounge and saw Ryo standing near a window. "Has he ever told you about this?"

"No, this is my first time hearing about it," replied Ryo; he knew that Iori was an awesome saxophone player, but he never heard him perform in an actual band. "Where is he looking for members?"

"Right now, he's starting off at the mansion. I know about this because K.K. Slider told me, after Iori approached him about joining his band. K.K. would be fantastic on the jazz guitar."

"Oh yeah, he can play a real mean guitar...always enjoy hearing him play on Saturdays. Probably the highlight of my weekends."

"Ryo Sakazaki!" Haohmaru called out to the fighter as he stepped inside the lounge with the nervous Haohmaru. "It's been a while."

"Haohmaru?" uttered Ryo, as he looked over at Haohmaru; Tom Nook and Dark Samus also looked, even though they didn't have to. "I had no idea you were at the mansion today."

"A few friends and I came by just to pay Nakoruru a visit. But, that's besides the point right now...anyways, I know someone who has a bone to pick with you?"

"A bone to pick with..." Suddenly knowing who Haohmaru was referring to, Ryo let out a sigh. "...please don't tell me who I think it is."

Cracking a smile, Haohmaru moved to the side, allowing Waluigi to jump inside the lounge. The lanky man, dressed as a samurai, was holding Haohmaru's sword proudly.

"Hiyah!" shouted Waluigi as he viciously sliced the air with his samurai sword. One good look at Waluigi's samurai getup was enough to make Ryo laugh.

"Waluigi, you look absolutely ridiculous!" Ryo pointed and laughed at the lanky man, who was looking mean and serious. Tom Nook was laughing too; Dark Samus wasn't laughing, but you could just pretend she was.

"How could you laugh, after all the things you have done?!" The vitriol was seeping from Waluigi's response, as Ryo stopped laughing and looked confused. "You took my family...you took my friends...you took all that was dear to me..."

"Waluigi picks the wrong days to act like a drama queen..." grumbled Tom Nook, while Dark Samus found herself facepalming at Waluigi's insanity.

"Is this about King?" asked Ryo, as Waluigi nodded his head. "Look, Waluigi, nobody told you to take my girlfriend to the ice cream social without me knowing."

"SILENCE!" boomed Waluigi, now wielding Haohmaru's sword boldly as he was ready to attack. "King is all mine, and I won't let you have her any longer. Now, Ryo...prepare to DIE!"

Letting out a battle cry, Waluigi ran towards Ryo and struck the fighter with the slash of his sword...only to miss horribly. Thinking that it was his turn to attack next, Ryo lightly punched Waluigi below his right collarbone, causing Waluigi to spaz.

"Wah!" shrieked Waluigi, spazzing out of control as he spun around backwards and crashed into a wall. The lanky man then clutched his chest, as he spat out blood...actually, it was ketchup mixed with hot sauce.

"Is that supposed to be blood?" questioned Ryo, as he stared at the red substance Waluigi spat out on the floor. The fighter then looked at Haohmaru and Nakoruru, who were just as stunned.

"We both have nothing to do with that," Nakoruru informed Ryo, speaking on behalf of Haohmaru and herself. Waluigi picked himself off the floor, leaning against the wall and acting like he was in pain.

"You struck me in my vital organs!" Waluigi frowned at Ryo, playing up the imaginary injuries he had suffered from Ryo's meager punch. "You literally punctured a hole through my stomach!"

"Punctured a hole through your stomach?" chuckled Ryo, as Waluigi was now holding his right arm as if it were bleeding. "I was nowhere near your stomach! Got you below the collarbone!"

"You may think that, but I know better...because you have severely injured me, I have no other choice but to defeat you through means of plot armor!" Waluigi closed his eyes, looking like he was meditating.

"Are you...taking a nap?" Tom Nook asked Waluigi, veritably confused by what kind of "plot armor" the lanky man planned on utilizing against Ryo.

"Shut up, Tom Nook, I'm trying to have a flashback - everyone knows that the hero grows stronger and becomes invincible after they have a flashback moment. Just gotta find the right flashback for this situation..."

"If you're the hero, does that mean I'm the villain?" asked Ryo, distinguishing whose roles were what in this fight. If you even wanna call it a fight... "I wouldn't really consider myself a villain, if we're being honest."

"SILENCE!" Waluigi opened his eyes, staring down Ryo with a newfound determination. "Now that I had my flashback, and learned a new move in the process, there's no way you can beat me! Not unless you strike me in my knee. That's my weak point."

"Thanks for the info..." Ryo eyed around the lounge, wondering why Waluigi would tell him where his weak point was. "...so are you gonna attack me, or what?"

"Of course I am! Since you're too strong, I would have to fight you another day...but given the gravity of his fight, I shall not give up!" Waluigi let out another battle cry as he ran towards Ryo with his sword...

...only for Ryo to kick the lanky man in the knee. That was where Waluigi's weak point was, and Waluigi was writhing in pain as he fell down on the floor.

"Wah, how did you beat me, how did you find out my weakness?" Waluigi questioned Ryo, acting like the fighter had figured him out a split second ago. Nakoruru was relieved that the "fight" came to an end, but Haohmaru was disappointed.

"It was almost like you told me..." replied Ryo, as he squatted down and looked at Waluigi. He had won the fight, although it required little effort out of him.

"Well now that you've beaten me...does this mean that I have to become your friend?" This was an interesting offer presented from Waluigi, one that nearly caught Ryo off-guard.

"Nah...you don't really have to." Ryo stood back up, before walking out of the lounge. Waluiig just laid there on the floor, looking up at the ceiling, as Haohmaru and Nakoruru approached him.

"Waluigi, I hate to say this...but you're not worthy enough to be a samurai," Haohmaru told the lanky man, before taking his sword and leaving the lounge. Waluigi, who was unfazed by Corrin's comments earlier, was definitely hurt by Haohmaru's.

Haohmaru: The only things I taught Waluigi was how to properly wield a samurai sword. All the other crap he did, that's all on him. What was he thinking, spitting out that fake blood concoction...

Waluigi: I performed terribly in my fight against Ryo. It might've been Haohmaru's sword - that sword gave me too much power. And plot armor.

"Nakoruru...did I do well?" Waluigi asked the shrine maiden, who was looking down upon the lanky man. "Did I put up a good fight?"

"You didn't die...so that's a plus," replied Nakoruru, Waluigi took whatever positives he could get. "But you're still stuck in that love triangle...so there's that."

Cortex and company were finished working on Cortex's airship, and Cortex was ready to show off his newest contraption to Tiki. The mad genius walked Tiki outside to the mansion's backyard, with Uka tagging along.

"Your eyes are still covered?" Cortex asked Tiki, who was being walked to the backyard while she had her hands over her eyes.

"Yes, they're still covered," replied Tiki, anticipating whatever Cortex planned on showing her. "Are we there yet?"

"A little bit closer and...here we are! You can uncover your eyes now." So Tiki took her hands away from her eyes...and saw an airship, made out of scrap metal and wood, in the mansion's backyard. Crash, Aku, Amy, and Darli were all gathered around the airship.

"It's an airship that Dr. Cortex built," Uka explained to Tiki, who was looking at the airship in awe. Crash exclaimed "Ta-Da!", as he presented the airship to Tiki.

"You built this, Cortex?" Tiki asked the mad genius, who was looking and feeling mighty smug. He could give himself a pat on the back.

"I did build this airship...with help from a few others." Cortex brought Tiki's attention to Crash and the others, not wanting them to be discredited. "Did it with a torn-apart blueprint..."

"Wow, that's amazing! I always knew that you were a superb inventor, Cortex, but I never knew that you could cooperate so well with others...especially with people like your so-called arch-nemesis, Crash."

"Frankly I didn't know either..." As Cortex said this, he stealthily took out a list that read "Important Traits That Can Win Over Tiki", and added the word "cooperation" to his list. "...I learned so much about myself today."

"Yo, Cortex, is that a new airship I spy?" asked Sonic as he rolled up the backyard, in a red Ford Mustang. "Really digging the aesthetic!"

"Sonic...where did you find that car?" Amy asked her boyfriend, knowing that he was guilty since Sonic was looking real nervous.

"...uh I'm off to B.D. Joe's place, bye now!" And with that, Sonic quickly rolled up his window before driving off.

It seemed like Meta Knight and Yashamaru were about to come to blows, but their conflict came to an end before it precipitated...thanks to Palutena. Speaking of Palutena, the goddess gathered Meta Knight and Yashamaru together in front of the fitness center, with Pit.

"Anything you want to say to these two?" Palutena asked Pit, with her hands on her hips. It was now time for Pit to fess up, as the angel sighed.

"I'm sorry, Yashamaru, for telling you that Meta Knight executed your dad...he did nothing wrong," Pit apologized to Yashamaru, who now had regret over ruining Meta Knight's day. "And Meta Knight, I'm sorry for accusing you of executing Yashamaru's dad."

"Better not let anything like this happen ever again," Meta Knight sternly told Pit, not wanting anyone else to go through the things he had endured today.

Palutena: I made Pit do the rest of Dark Pit's groundskeeping duties, and clean the remaining bathrooms in the mansion. Had to make sure he wasn't cleaning with his recently found toothbrush. Cleaning the bathrooms seems like a worthy punishment for Pit, no?

"I should get going - Haohmaru and the others might be heading back home," said Yashamaru as he left the premises. "Until we meet again, whenever that may be." As Yashamaru walked down the hallway, he came across Mario.

"About to leave?" Mario asked Yashamaru, who nodded his head. "Well, have a safe-a trip back home!" Mario continued on his way, humming a happy tune as he went to the fitness center.

Inside the fitness center, Mario stopped by Leia's office, knocking on the office door. Leia opened the door, and saw Mario.

"Hi Leia, do you have-a some sanitizing gloves?" Mario asked the nurse, before looking inside the office and seeing Waluigi lying on the patient bed. "Also, what's-a wrong with Waluigi?"

"Nothing's wrong with him - he just waltzed inside my office after diagnosed himself with severe injuries that he doesn't even have," explained Leia, while Waluigi was playing up the imaginary injuries he was suffering from. "Nakoruru told me that..."

"My pancreas, it's still ruptured!" whined Waluigi, as he grabbed his pancreas and rolled over on his stomach. "My broken ribs...Leia, heal my broken ribs!"

"...I'll get you some sanitizing gloves." Leia left the doorway, and came back a moment later with a pair of sanitizing gloves that she handed to Mario. "Here ya go!"

"Thanks!" Mario thanked Leia, accepting the sanitizing gloves and walking away. As Mario walked away, Cappy soon perked up.

"What was up with Waluigi back there?" the talking hat asked Mario, also questioning why Waluigi was dressed up as a samurai. "You think he might've tried to confront Ryo earlier?"

"Could-a be...something tells-a me that Waluigi is letting this love-a triangle get to his head..."