Author's Note:

I figured that with WarioWare: Gold being released in North America today, I should write a chapter centered mainly around Wario, while featuring characters from the WarioWare series. Some of which I've been waiting to debut in this story for so long. With that out of the way, on to the reviews:

"Will KOS-MOS or T-elos mention the events of Xenoblade 2? (Since they showed up as blades) will you make a chapter with the Smash girls hanging out with the Dead or Alive girls? Can you also include Kasumi interacting with Leia and Litchi? (Lauren Landa is Kasumi's current VA) and finally, what are your thoughts on Nintendo Switch Online subscription? (Since it will be similar to Playstation Plus)"

They probably will. I can make a chapter with the Smash girls hanging out with the Dead or Alive chicks. And I can have Kasum interact with Leia and Litchi. My thoughts on Nintendo Switch Online? I don't really have any, to be honest. Moving on to el pollo campero:

"Since I was re reading this story over again, I was wondering if you were gonna do another musical fanfic like the "Sweeney Todd" musical? I personally feel "A Chorus Line" would be hilarious!"

"A Chorus Line", you say? That would be comedy gold, right there...like WarioWare: Gold! (Sorry I couldn't help myself...)


Episode 137: Anxiety

Aside from being a greedy fatso who ate dozens of garlic a day, Wario was known for being the founder and head of WarioWare, Inc. - a company that specialized in making microgames. Microgames were short minigames that had a simple rule and gimmick to them, and had to be beat in an X amount of seconds.

Of course, Wario, being the greedy lazy bum that he was, hired a bunch of employees to make the microgames for him. Other than Ashley, the young witch, these employees included Dribble and Spitz, Orbulon, Dr. Crygor, and a woman who caught much of Wario's affection, Mona. For the most part, the employees of WarioWare, Inc. have been severely underpaid, and Wario seldom listened to their pleas.

But today...today, that would change, and for the better.

"C'mon Dr. Crygor, do you seriously have to come today?" Wario spoke into his cellphone as he ventured into the lounge. He was biting away at his fingernails like a madman. "You'll be cutting into my spa time! Way to throw me off schedule!"

"Pipe down Wario, you've never been to a spa a single day in your life!" retorted Dr. Crygor, his voice heard from the phone. "You even said that spas were for women. I take it you changed your stance? Or are you just looking for an excuse?"

"I didn't change a single thing...I'm just trying to tell you that I'm very busy today. I can't invite any friends over, you guys will hold me up! Why can't we just have this 'business meeting' another time?"

"Because you said that we would meet today at the mansion, on August 3rd. Did you not?" Clearly Wario did say that, as evidenced by the nervous look on his face. No way he could get himself out of this pickle now. "You said that we'll have our business meeting, and then you'll give us the pay raise we all deserve!"

"Oh yeah, I did say that in that group text, hehehe...well in that case, I should see everyone soon, in the meeting room. Somebody at the mansion will show you the way. Let the others now that we're starting the meeting at 5 o' clock sharp - anyone who comes late, or doesn't show up at all, will be fired!"

"Will do, Mr. Wario! I'll be sure to inform the others right away. See you soon!" After both Wario and Dr. Crygor bid their farewells, Wario placed his phone back in his pocket, still feeling very nervous. Wario had never given ANY of his employees a pay raise, but today was going to be a first in the making.

Wario: Those dumb employees...except for Mona...kept bugging me about getting a pay raise, and I promised them in a group text that we'll have a business meeting at the mansion to discuss said pay raise, and other important stuff! How was I supposed to know those losers would take my promise seriously?! Even worse, if Mona shows up, and finds out about my crush on Palutena...I'll be done for!

"Everything okay, Wario?" Zero asked the fatso, as he was reading a comic book. Most likely one published by Archie Comics. "You don't look so great...what were you talking about during your phone conversation?"

"All my employees from WarioWare Inc. want to come over to the mansion, to discuss some silly pay raise!" stated Wario, wishing he could go away and disappear. "They've dealt with not having a raise for the longest now, and all of a sudden they wanna start moaning and complaining about getting a few extra dollars! But, I'm afraid that's the least of my concerns..."

"What else are you worried about, Wario?" asked Kamui, who was seated on a couch. Wario looked down at the floor and sighed; he was about to admit something that he wanted to keep hidden from the others since episode 30.

"I don't know how you guys will feel about it, but...I have a crush on Lady Palutena." This was obviously shocking to both Kamui and Zero, as their eyes grew wide with great shock. "Which is problematic, because there's this girl that likes me, named Mona. And she likes me ...a lot..."

"Hold up, is Mona that high school chick that has multiple jobs and whatnot?" questioned Zero, as Wario reluctantly nodded. There was something wrong about Wario having romantic affiliations with a girl of Mona's age. "Dude, she's like in her teens, why did you even like her in the first place?!"

"Well she could've graduated from high school already, for all we know...but the point of the matter is, I haven't told Mona about my crush, and I don't wanna break her heart. What should I do, what should I do?"

"I think you just need to take some time to relax..." replied Kamui, getting up from her couch and heading over to Wario. She massaged the fatso's shoulders, reminding herself to disinfect her hands later. "...some relaxation will be great for keeping your mind off your problems, don't you think?"

"Yeah, you're right Kamui - all this constant worrying will make me stressed out! And then I won't be able to conduct my meeting! Even though I don't wanna do it in the first place. I'd say we go to the spa!"

"Or I can take you to the beauty salon, and have someone there tend to you. I'll keep you away from the ladies, so they won't feel threatened by your poor hygiene."

"I have poor hygiene?" Took Wario a while to finally figure that out. "Huh, I guess I do...let's just head to the beauty salon, before I catch the worry warts!"


Life for Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings has been pretty incomplete without their father, Bowser. The koopa king, who brought Calamity Ganon to the mansion mainly out of spite, was banished indefinitely from the mansion by Master Hand, with no timetable for when he would return. The absence of Bowser has left the koopa's children in a state of disarray.

Case in point, Bowser Jr. and Larry, who sported despondent faces as they were playing a game of Frisbee out in Mario's front yard. Bowser Jr. sighed as he threw the Frisbee at Larry, who was too sad to even catch said Frisbee, as the objected bonked him in the head. Larry afterwards heaved a sigh, and Peach watched this happen from the window of Mario's home.

"You should seriously do something with Bowser's children, Mario," the princess said to Mario, who was feeding Poochy some dog food. "I can't stand to see them in such a depressive state...you should cheer them up!"

"Thanks, but no thanks-a Peach, I've already tried," replied Mario, as he went to go put the bag of dog food away; Poochy, having already eaten his portion, followed Mario to the kitchen, wanting more. "Nothing I do will make those-a children happy, until Bowser returns."

Mario: Tried speaking with-a Wendy, thought I could connect-a with her through some girl-a talk...you know, things like hair, make-a up, nails, movies, cellphones, and even Robert Pattinson! After that Pattinson bit, Wendy questioned-a my sanity and called me a pedophile, then slapped-a me and left. Guess Robert Pattinson isn't as cool-a as he used to be...

"Are you throwing in the towel because of your conversation with Wendy?" asked Peach; Mario was too afraid to answer yes. "Didn't I warn you that having 'girl talk' with Wendy wouldn't work! Sometimes you never listen..."

"So girl-a talk only works when two girls-a are speaking with one another?!" questioned Mario, who honestly had no idea how right he was. "If Wendy doesn't appreciate me, then Lord-a knows how the other children will-a react...maybe you should engage-a with the Koopalings."

"Me, engaging with the Koopalings?" Peach earnestly smiled, looking around nervously; the princess had plenty of excuses. "Not sure if that's a good idea...they'll probably refer to me as their mother. That would get annoying very quick!"

"Which is why they'll do-a better with you, because-a they'll love and appreciate you more. I've kicked-a Bowser's keester so many times, that his children dislike-a me to the core! Especially Bowser Jr."

Suddenly, a loud thud could be heard on the roof of Mario's home, making Mario and Peach jump in fright. The big noise also alarmed Impa and Lana, who came out of their room. And Jennifer...oddly remained silent in the nursery.

"Everyone stay-a here," ordered Mario, as the plumber went outside and climbed up the ladder to his roof. Yes, Mario had a ladder used for accessing his roof. Don't judge the man. On his roof, Mario found Fox and Falco, both looking like they had skydived from a safe distance without parachutes.

"That was...totally wicked, dude," remarked Fox, his body wracked with pain, as he bumped fists with Falco, also wracked with pain. Both pilots looked like they had quite the adrenaline rush.

"Mama mia, where did you come-a from?" Mario asked the pilots, who were both laughing together. "Cut it out with-a the laughing, just tell me!"

"Toon Link 'over-inflated' his bounce house, and made it bigger and better than ever," explained Falco, as he sat up on Mario's roof. His neck flared up, making the avian pilot wince. "Fox and I gave it a try, and as you can see, we kinda...went overboard."

"An over-inflated bounce-a house, huh?" Mario stepped over to the edge of his roof, and peered down at Bowser Jr. and Larry, with Larry throwing the Frisbee at Bowser Jr.'s head. No reaction whatsoever. "It must be tons-a of fun, isn't it?"


While Fox and Falco had fun, bouncing away in Toon Link's bounce house, the same couldn't be said for Pit, who found himself in quite a predicament - the angel's head was somehow stuck in the exhaust pipe of Master Hand's Lamborghini, and it wouldn't budge. This wasn't the fake car featured in episode 109, mind you - this was the real deal. Master Hand, Palutena, Viridi, and Kirby were present in the mansion driveway, with Volnutt diagnosing the situation.

"Yup, his head is stuck in there pretty tight..." stated the robot, with Master Hand concerned for the well-being of his dream car, and everyone else concerned for the well-being of Pit. Good to know where everyone's priorities were at. "...we might have to cut the exhaust pipe, so Pit can be freed."

Viridi: Apparently Pit marveled at how big the exhaust pipe of Master Hand's Lamborghini, and he dared to stick his head inside. His reason? "Nobody else has done it before." Don't get me wrong, I love Pit to death, but if I had a million dollars for every idiotic decision Pit made, then I'd be richer than that guy from Amazon!

"Noooo not my precious baby!" wailed Master Hand, refusing to let Volnutt do anything to his dream car. Even pushed the robot away, for good measure. "Can't you just, I don't know...pull Pit's head out of the exhaust pipe? Wouldn't that be easier?"

"It would also be more dangerous," Palutena pointed out, wondering how Pit got himself into these kind of situations. It was quite a mystery. "One bad move and we might decapitate Pit!"

"Oh please, Pit's an angel, he's immortal. He'll live...somehow. He could be the Headless Angel, or the Headless One! Yeah, that would be an awesome marketing ploy, I should mark that on my list..."

"Guys I can't hear anything, what are you talking about?" Pit spoke up, his voice muffled by the exhaust pipe. "Have you guys figured out a way to get me unstuck? Also, why do I smell gas...?"

"I'm terribly sorry, Master Hand, but cutting open the exhaust pipe is the only way we can save Pit," Volntt told the giant hand, who refused to believe a single word the robot said. "Otherwise people are going to drive the Lamborghini with Pit having to keep up." Volnutt would return to the mansion, to fetch some items. "You guys wait out here, I'll be right back."

"I'll be right back as well..." said Master Hand, as he vanished away. Palutena, Viridi, and Kirby were about to tell the giant hand to stay, but what was the point?


If there was anything the Smash Mansion was known for, it was having a bunch of paintings, hanging up on the walls. A LOT of paintings. Paintings of brawlers like Mario, Link, Donkey Kong, Snake, Cloud, and the like. Champion Link would be the next brawler to receive this treatment, when Smeargle painted a lovely painting of him and the four Champions of Hyrule, ready to be seen by others.

"A little to the left...a bit over to the right..." Champion Link instructed Link and Layton in the foyer, as they were holding the mansion's newest painting. "A bit over to the left and...PERFECT!" Link and Layton held up the painting in the desired spot, as they hanged up the painting on the wall...or so they would, if they had something to hang it with.

"Shoot, I forgot to bring the nails..." frowned Layton, snapping his fingers in disgust as he walked away. "I'll be back, you two!" As Layton left the foyer, Link rested the painting on the floor, accidentally dropping the painting on his foot. The Hylian yelped in pain, as he grabbed his foot and bounced around.

"Not a single word, or a laugh..." Link angrily pointed at Champion Link, who was biting his bottom lip to prevent himself from laughing.

Link: Thanks to that stupid painting, my big toe is all black and swollen. Leia said it'll take a few days to heal. You'd think that the hero of Hyrule... *coughs twice* ...would have regenerative healing properties, but I see Hylia's slacking on her job...

Layton: How is it even possible for a mansion to have so many paintings? I mean, I get it, it's a mansion, but we have a painting at literally every corner, on every square inch! We've got paintings of Captain Rainbow, Zant, Rayman, and even the United States Olympic men's basketball team!...Okay, I will admit, that's a group picture, but it still counts in my book.

Once Link was done hopping around on one foot, there was a knock at the door. Both Link and Champion Link answered the door to see who it was, and there they saw an orange bulldog and a yellow cat, both wearing blue uniforms like they were car repairmen...when in actuality, they were taxi drivers.

"Look alive Dribble, you gotta make a first impression..." the yellow cat, sounding almost sage-like, said to the bulldog, who was picking his nose until the cat slapped his knee. The bulldog stopped what he was doing, before clearing his throat.

"Uh, nice to meet you gentlemen - Dribble and Spitz, at your service!" the bulldog introduced himself and the cat to Link and Champion Link, sounding professional. "We came here for a meeting with our boss, Wario. We just wanted to come early..."

"As they always say, the early bird always gets the worm!" exclaimed the yellow cat, Spitz, sounding sage-like as he knew how. "Mind if we come in?"


Following the events of Calamity Ganon, Sonic promised to himself that he would be a better pet owner to Shaymin, and the hedgehog would fulfill his promise when he was in his room, brushing Shaymin's hair. Tails watched his best friend brush his pet from his bed, as he found himself smiling.

"I thought you said brushing hair was only a girl's thing to do," Tails said to Sonic, who was brushing Shaymin's ears. Those ears sure felt delicate in Sonic's hand.

"And I thought you'd be the great pet owner you think you are, and take care of Suzie," Sonic fired back, attempting to cut in deep. "Speaking of whom, where is Suzie anyway? Fed him to the Rayquaza outside the lake?"

"It's a 'she', Sonic, a she." Yeah, but you still referred to Suzie as an "it", Tails. Checkmate. "Suzie is getting a bath from Isabelle. I would bathe Suzie myself, but I don't like to get myself wet..."

"Same here man...can you believe that there are weirdos out there that enjoy getting wet? Like, they have these water balloon fights, and water Nerf gun battles, and they even do it with their CLOTHES on! What sick weirdo would even..."

Sonic's rant would be interrupted, when he heard a notification sound from his cellphone. Sonic glanced at this notification, with bulging eyes, and gasped as he sped out of the room.

"Sonic what is it, where are you running off to?" Shaymin called out, before exchanging a nervous glance with Tails. "You didn't even leave my brush behind!"


Earlier this week, a new room was added to the Smash Mansion - the table tennis room, where residents can go and play table tennis at any available table. What was meant to be an extension of the gaming room instead found its own place, and now Cloud and Sora were playing table tennis with one another, after the latter constantly begged the former.

"Serve's up!" shouted Sora, throwing the tennis ball up in the air and hitting it with his paddle. The ball zipped past Cloud and hit a wall, as Cloud turned around and shook his head.

Sora: I've beaten Cloud in most friendly competitions - downed him in solitaire, beat him in Connect 4, and toasted him in a few arcade games. The wins don't feel as grand, since Cloud hardly gives it his all, but hey, a win's a win...even if your opponent doesn't want to play you.

"Awesome job Sora, keep it up and the game will probably remain scoreless," Cloud told the Keyblade wielder, as he retrieved the ball. He tossed the ball to Sora, who was determined to redeem himself.

"My serving technique might be out of whack, might have to change it up..." stated Sora, before bouncing the ball on the tennis table. He had to get in the groove, find the right mojo. "...maybe I should serve backhanded? It's worth a shot..."

"Cloud, Cloud, Cloud, I have an emergency!" Sonic rushed inside the table tennis room, wielding his phone. The hedgehog bumped into Cloud, before showing him what was on his phone. "You gotta take a look at it man, I'm pretty scared..."

"You're scared of a picture of Cream you have saved unto your phone?" Cloud raised an eyebrow; Sonic looked over, and saw that he had opened up his images gallery by accident. "Didn't know you liked Cream like that - you always put her and her mom on blast."

"Whoever said I put them on blast? It's called keeping it real, Cloud. There's a huge difference." Sonic took his phone, and pulled up his messages. "This is what I wanted to show you." Cloud took a look at the text message Sonic pulled up, reading it very carefully. The text message read...

I will kill you...wherever you are, I will find you and KILL you...

At first glance, Cloud didn't think that much of the threatening text message; he imagined it was some kind of hoax. Sonic thought otherwise, as he was acting like he was living his final hour.

"What's the big deal?" asked Sora as he came over; Cloud showed him the text message, and Sora read it out loud. "A death threat, huh? Doesn't sound that menacing - sounds like something a little kid would say."

"You sound like you've dealt with a lot of psychopaths in your travels, Sora," remarked Cloud, who had no idea how right he was. Suddenly, Sonic jumped unto Cloud, clutching his collar.

"Cloud you gotta help me man, this man...or woman...is out to kill me!" panicked Sonic, stressing the importance of the situation. "They must already know where I live...who knows if they want to kill somebody else!"

"Chill out, it's not that big of a deal," Cloud said gently to Sonic, grabbing the hedgehog and placing him back on the floor. His lack of concern was very concerning to Sonic. "I'm sure it's just a prank..."

"A PRANK?! Cloud, were you born yesterday or something?! Do you not know cellphone etiquette?! What person sends another a death threat via text message, and be all like, "Ha ha ha, I sure do hope whoever receives this message takes it as a joke!' Who, Cloud, who?" Sonic was increasingly becoming more distressed, and Cloud didn't want to see this distress anymore."

"If I find the guy who's threatening you...will you stop panicking and leave me alone?" Why couldn't Sonic just ask Layton and Luke instead? Probably because the hedgehog still didn't think that highly of the two.

"Yes, that's all I'm asking for! Don't know why this mystery person wants me dead, but a guy like you could rough 'em up. I'm counting on you Cloud, I really am!"

Cloud: I'm stuck doing people favors again... *sighs* ...but on the flip side, at least I can get away from Sora for a little while. Really don't want him as my Dr. Watson.


While Palutena wished to remain with Pit, the goddess of light still had some obligations to fulfill - like cooking dinner for tonight. And Master Hand didn't like making substitutes for dinner responsibilities. So after a trip to the pantry, Palutena went to the kitchen, where she found Asuka preparing some sushi rolls, and Coco checking Crash's BMI (body mass index).

"Let's see, Crash...if you were a human, given your current weight and height, your BMI would be..." Coco keyed in the calculations into her laptop, and she found herself greatly surprised by the BMI number that popped up. "...your BMI would be 35.6! You would be an obese human!"

"Wouldn't that make Sonic obese too, since he's around the same measurements?" asked Asuka, with her five prepared futomaki rolls laid out in front of her. Futomaki rolls, Hanzo Academy's finest.

"Sure would, but don't tell Sonic that, we won't hear the end of it." Coco looked over at Palutena, and saw the materials the goddess had gathered - boxes of noodles, chicken broth, barbecue sauce, and other items that obviously didn't go together. "Lady Palutena, what exactly are you trying to cook?"

"Hmm, you said something?" Palutena looked up at Coco, before looking down at her materials. "Oh yes, these are materials I gathered from the pantry...they're for our dinner tonight." Gonna be one sucky dinner, then. "I think you'll be surprised at what I'm whipping up!" Palutena went to the cabinet to get a cooking pan, but banged her head against the upper cabinet. And it didn't faze her in the slightest.

"Lady Palutena are you okay, you look pretty unwell..." Asuka said to the goddess of nature, seemingly stuck in a trance as she grabbed a mixing bowl. Oy vey...

"No, Asuka, I'm totally fine! Not like I'm worried about Pit or anything like that." Palutena tried to play off any worries about her with a heartfelt smile, before slipping on the kitchen carpet and falling on the floor. Something was definitely wrong.

"Yup...it has something to do with Pit, doesn't it?" Coco asked Palutena, as the goddess got herself off the floor. She had no other choice but to admit the truth.

Asuka: Pit's been stuck in the exhaust pipe of the Lamborghini since pretty much this morning, during breakfast. Quite frankly, nobody outside of Pit's group of friends cared that much - some stopped by to snap pictures of Pit, and pose with him. Thankfully for everyone's sake, the Lamborghini wasn't signed. Would've been a funny, yet lethal way of leaving your mark on history. Or, in this case, stupidity.

"Well Pit is just in an uncompromising position, and sometimes I can't think straight when his safety and well-being's in danger," explained Palutena, who managed to love and care for Pit in spite of his idiotic faults. "I mean, how can I even cook, while Pit's stuck in the exhaust pipe?"

"If it makes you feel any better...we could cook in your place, Lady Palutena," offered Coco, as Crash gave her a crazy look. Was Coco out of her mind?! "Granted, I'm not that great at cooking...but...neither...are you...so..."

"I can cook dinner too!" volunteered Asuka - better her than Coco. Her sushi rolls could put smiles on the residents' faces. "The little experience I have might be enough. Or maybe..."

"Look, you two, I appreciate the offer, but I can't just let you take over for dinner," smiled Palutena, pleased by Coco and Asuka's kind gestures. Crash, on the other hand, was on the fence. "You know Master Hand doesn't like having to switch up who's cooking..."

"Master Hand won't know if we just give you all the credit," interjected Coco, as Palutena found herself thinking. This would be a great way to see if Master Hand was really as "all-knowing" as he claimed to be.

"Alright then...I'll give you three your chance to shine. If dinner turns out to be terrible, and I'll be willing to take the fall. I'll just hang around the kitchen to make things less conspicuous, while you three do the cooking."

"Cooking? Did someone say, cooking?" questioned Aku, as he showed up to the kitchen. "Can I be a part of this cooking too?!" The floating mask eagerly asked Coco, unaware of his own limitations.

"No..." Coco responded as flatly as possible; Aku held his head down, as he floated away. "...but you can be on the lookout for Master Hand, if you want. You can do that much for us..."


During the first part of the episode, Peach pegged her husband Mario to do fun activities with Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings, to keep their heads high with their father banned from the mansion. Mario seemingly found his solution...he ordered Fox and Falco to found up the Koopalings, and bring them to the backyard, where Toon Link's bounce house was.

"Kids, what is this-a bouncy, inflatable object before-a you?" Mario asked the Koopalings, with Fox and Falco standing with him, as he pointed at the bounce house.

"...that would be a bounce house," replied Ludwig, feeling like his intelligence was being questioned. And he wondered why he disliked Mario, to an extent.

"Correct Ludwig, and what exactly is bounce-a house meant for?" The Koopalings felt like Mario was treating them as if they were brain dead morons, and they did not appreciate it in the slightest.

"Obviously it's meant for bouncing, what else would it be for?!" questioned Lemmy, losing his patience with Mario like the other Koopalings were.

"Correct you are-a Lemmy, but it's also meant-a for something else...something called FUN!" Mario gave a huge smile with his arms out wide, and not a single Koopaling was impressed. They thought Mario was hamming it up to a tee.

Fox: What a stand-up guy Mario is, looking out for his arch-nemesis' children...that's what you call a nemesis who cares. His mom would be proud. *pauses* ...Pauline is his mom, right?

"Ask yourselves, Koopalings...how much fun do you usually have bouncing in the bounce house?" Falco asked the kids, expecting a different variety of answers. You could imagine the pilot's surprise, when there was only silence.

"We never been inside that bounce house, to be honest," stated Bowser Jr., pointing at the green shell on his back. "Toon Link forbid us from going inside, because of our spiky shells. We've never been in a bounce house, ever!"

"I'm sure that's not the reason - Toon Link is just discriminating against you because you're all ugly," remarked Fox, before looking at the bounce house. "Or maybe, he just wants the bounce house...for HIMSELF! And maybe perhaps Young Link, too."

"Get on with it you three, what are you trying to say?" asked Wendy, who appeared like she was ready to let out a big yawn. "This already feels like a waste of time..."

"What we're trying to say-a is, is that you shouldn't let-a Toon Link, or your shells, or-a your ugliness prevent you from the number one-a rule in life...having fun," stated Mario, being extremely firm. Had to be this way, to get on the Koopalings' good side.

"I thought being healthy was the number one rule in life," stated Morton, leading the Koopalings to wonder what the number one rule really was. "Or was it to love your life, and love others? That might be number two."

"Yeah, yeah, nobody cares-a what the number one rule-a truly is. What's important, is that you go inside-a that bounce house, and bounce-a away, to your heart's-a content! Screw what Toon-a Link thinks!"

"You're really gonna let us bounce inside the bounce house?" asked Bowser Jr. with a smile, as Fox and Falco went over to the bounce house and unzipped the door. The opening of the door was alluring to the Koopalings - even Iggy found himself hyperventilating in excitement!

"It's all-a yours," smiled Mario, stepping out of the way, as Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings happily ran inside the bounce house. When the eight youngsters were inside, Fox zipped the door shut, as he and Falco took a step back to watch the Koopalings go at it.

"Mario, my dude...you actually did it," Fox said to the plumber, who watched the Koopalings bounce in the bounce house. "You made Bowser's kids happy again." Indeed, Bowser's kids were actually happy for once, as they were having fun in the bounce house.

But unfortunately, that fun wouldn't last any longer. The bounce house started to deflate, as holes were punctured throughout, thanks to the Koopalings' spiky shells. Mario panicked as the bounce house deflated, until the air inside of it was gone away. Once the bounce house deflated, Mario, Fox, and Falco saved the Koopalings, taking them out of the deflated inflatable. None of the Koopalings were harmed...like they would even be harmed to begin with.

"That...was...WICKED!" exclaimed Bowser Jr., as he did the rock out sign with both of his hands. "Wish we could do that again! Just gotta patch up the wholes and inflate the bounce house and...uh oh."

Bowser Jr. said "uh oh" because the very kid who purchased the bounce house was standing in the backyard flabbergasted, with his partner-in-crime eating some malasadas...Toon Link. The buddy cop and Young Link had just exited from the mansion, and saw the deflated bounce house. Toon Link was more than upset, inhaling and exhaling as Young Link awkwardly walked away.

"I AM GOING TO WASTE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!" Toon Link shouted out loud, at the top of his lungs, his face turning red. With the many holes in the bounce house, the Hylian might have to start from scratch.


Celica: Wario was quite worrisome when he came to the beauty salon - he was distressed about his business meeting, and the fact that his teenage love interest (which, admittedly, would be weird for anyone else around Wario's age) would be coming later distressed him even more. But, thanks to my so-called "expert" massaging skills, Wario is more relieved, and is in a great state! Wish I could say the same for my hands...

"Hope you enjoyed my massages, Wario!" Celica told the fatso, as she walked him and Kamui out of the beauty salon. Imagine how disgusted the ladies felt when Wario was in their presence. "Judging by your candor, it seems like my technique worked."

"It sure did, and my back feels better, almost good as new!" exclaimed Wario, wishing Celica could massage him all day. Celica would have to use some safety gloves. "In fact, I forgot why I was even worried about in the first place!"

"You were worried because of that meeting with your WarioWare employees, and also Mona," stated Kamui, before seeing two girls walk down the hallway. "Say, isn't that one of our employees?"

Wario saw the two girls approaching, and gawked at who it was. One of the girls was Zelda, elegant and pretty as she ever was. The other one? Penny Crygor, known as the brainy granddaughter of Dr. Crygor. Wario didn't expect to see Penny so early.

"In general, she's really into research and technology, it's kinda her thing," Zelda conversed with Penny, speaking about the Zelda of Breath of the Wild fame. "I think you two would be good friends."

"Anyone who likes science like I do is a good friend in my book!" smiled Penny, before encountering Wario. The fatso was still gawking. "Oh, hiya Wario, good to see you again! I see you haven't changed much!"

"Penny what are you doing here so early, thought I told you the meeting started at five!" Wario frowned as he pointed at the young genius. Wario wanted his employees to be early, but he didn't expect them to show up this early.

"Yeah, grandpa told me about the meeting and how you planned on firing anyone who came to the meeting late, which is why most of us came earlier than usual. Dribble and Spitz already showed up, and Jimmy T. and Orbulon showed up as well!"

Just then, Marth was seen screaming at the top of his lungs, as Jimmy T. was chasing the hero-king down the hallway. Those two go way back...

"What part of 'get away from me' do you not understand?!" Marth yelled at Jimmy T, nearly losing his breath. Good ol' Jimmy was giving the hero-king quite the workout.

"But Marth, I gotta show you some spanking new dance moves I recently learned!" Jimmy T. said to the hero-king, still hot on his heels. "My dance moves will change your opinion about me forever!"

Jimmy T: You know, I think I get why Marth doesn't appreciate my dance moves...he's a medieval guy, and from where he's from, dancing must be frowned upon. Or perhaps the only dancing they do is the basic stuff, like shuffling your feet, or moving their hands. Marth clearly has no idea what he's missing out on.

After Marth and Jimmy T. were gone, Orbulon would show up, appearing out of nowhere and scaring the pants off of Wario and company. The white alien approached Wario, and strange enough, he was holding a cellphone.

"Wario, look, I got a cellphone!" Orbulon happily showed off his cellular device to the fatso, who couldn't care less. "It has so many cool gadgets! Like a search engine, a calculator, and...ooh, a flashlight!" Orbulon turned on his flashlight, shining light into Wario's eyes.

"Gah, get that away from me!" Wario turned away and covered his eyes, fanning Orbulon away with his hand. "Watcha trying' to do, blind me or something? I don't have any funds for an eye appointment..."

"Typical Wario, being super cheap as usual," Kamui whispered to Celica, as the two girls giggled. Wario glared at them, and the giggling subsided.

"Hey Wario, Mona is hanging out with Dribble and Spitz and the two Links in the living room, you wanna see her?" Penny asked Wario, knowing that the fatso had affections for Mona. As much as Wario wanted to see Mona, he could not let it made known that he harbored a crush on Palutena.

"Wario would love to see Mona," Kamui answered for the fatso, making him nervous and also angry with Kamui. "It's been a while since he last seen her, isn't it?"

"Yes it has, Kamui, yes it has..." Wario replied gingerly, before turning to face the princess. "Kamui you ignorant turncoat, I thought you were on my side..." Wario said quietly.

"I AM on your side, Wario...I got it all covered." Wario should just be quiet, let Kamui do her thing, and hope for the best.


Cloud was still on the hunt for the guy that sent Sonic the threatening text, and the swordsman didn't feel like leaving the mansion. He was still fairly certain that someone was just pulling Sonic's tail, sending him threats just for the fun of it. However, since Sonic treated the situation seriously, Cloud ought to treat it seriously as well.

But how could Cloud solve the mystery, when he had Sora tagging along with him?

"Sora for the last time, I don't need your help, I got this," Cloud kindly told the Keyblade wielder, as he was seated in the darkened interrogation room, with the only light source coming from the lightbulb hanging from the ceiling. "Why don't you go play with your imaginary friends?"

"You claim that you don't need help, yet you're sitting alone by yourself in this interrogation room," stated Sora, thinking that he could solve this text message mystery better than Cloud could. "Seems to me like you're throwing in the towel already!"

"Am not...I'm just waiting for someone to come. He knows a thing or two about threatening messages, or so I've heard. I would greatly appreciate it if you left, so I can be in the right mind-frame without being annoyed by you..." So Sora left the room, disgusted by Cloud's behavior.

Sora: Cloud may not think I have what it takes, but one day, I'll prove it to him. One day, Cloud will see. One day... *spots Ike* ...amirite, Ike?
Ike: You're standing in front of the door...I need to get in...
Sora: Are you working with Cloud, Ike?
Ike: Dude if you don't move out of my way...
Sora: Okay, never mind, disregard that I ever said anything... *moves away*

With Sora gone, Ike entered the interrogation room, and saw Cloud seated in the center, at a round table. Ike would join his fellow swordsman at the table, taking a seat in a wooden chair.

"Ah, Cloud Strife...we meet again," said Ike, placing his elbows on his table as he looked menacingly into Cloud's eyes.

"We literally just talked to each other early afternoon," stated Cloud, in a terribly deadpan tone. Really wanted to get this whole thing over with. "Don't treat this like it's a bigger deal than it's supposed to be."

"Hey, excuse me for trying to be dramatic! Such a buzzkill..." Ike should know that Cloud seldom participated in fun - unless there were snowballs involved. "So what's up, what's the big dealio?"

"Check this out..." Cloud took out Sonic's cellphone, pulled up the threatening message, and showed it to Cloud, who furrowed his brow. "Sonic received this message out of the blue today, and he's worried sick about it. I thought that maybe you know who sent the message."

"And what possibly made you believe that I would be the right guy for the job?"

"Aerith did tell me about that one time you tried to prank call her..." Ike, being reminded of that, kept his mouth shut. "...and speaking of which, I think this text message is a prank message. Someone's trying to ruffle Sonic's feathers. For what reason, I don't know..."

"Lemme take a look at the phone number..." Cloud would show Ike the phone number listed, as Ike nodded his head in thought. "...that number looks oddly familiar, and with that being said, I might know who our culprit is."


Meanwhile, at the fitness center, Wii Fit Trainer was having a fitness consultation with Takamaru, who wished to be more fit and healthy. He thought that since he was a samurai, he should always be in tip-top shape.

"I'd recommend eating lots of fiber, doing crunches twenty times a day, and jog around the block a few times to keep your body active," Wii Fit told Takamaru, after the consultation was over with. "And stay away from fat and cholesterol, they're bad for you!"

"Does that mean I can't eat seafood and dairy products?" panicked Takamaru; seafood and dairy products were pretty high in cholesterol, and they were also a huge chunk of Takamaru's daily diet. "Will I have to eat tofu food and salad forever?!"

"You're allowed to eat seafood and dairy...but only in moderation. Eating too much will clog your arteries, and increase your risk of having a hear attack!" Wii Fit took out a health pamphlet, and gave it to Takamaru. "Just follow the guidelines of this pamphlet, and you'll be A-OK!"

"Easier said than done, as I always say...thanks a bunch, Wii Fit!" Takamaru left the fitness center with the pamphlet, leaving Wii Fit happy and content. Always pleased the fitness trainer to do good things for others.

Takamaru: I have decided what my body goals for this year will be... *shows up an image of a tanned bodybuilder, with Takamaru's face photoshopped on the head* ...looks pretty realistic, don't it? I expect to achieve this build by the end of October, no later than September. They'll have a picture of me next to the word swole one day. Once I submit swole into the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

Before she could return to her daily exercising, Wii Fit would be ambushed by Cloud and Ike, though Ike did more of the ambushing. The swordsman knocked Wii Fit to the floor, while Cloud just watched.

"Admit it, Wii Fit, you were the one who sent Sonic that threatening text message!" frowned Ike, holding Wii Fit's hands behind her back. Where was the buddy cops when you needed them?

"What text message are you talking about?" questioned Wii Fit, trying to fight Ike off of her but to no avail. Ike had her good. "I never text Sonic to begin with! I blocked him ever since he accused me of being anemic. Even referred to me as mayonnaise!"

"Show her the text, Cloud!" Cloud took out Sonic's cellphone, and showed Wii Fit the text message. Wii Fit raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Hold on, I never sent that message..." Uh oh, looks like Ike was in the wrong... "...in fact, why would I sent a message like that to anyone in the first place?!"

"So this isn't your phone number?" asked Cloud, as Ike got off of Wii Fit and helped her up. This whole thing was turning into quite the wild goose chase.

"Nope, it's only one or two digits off. But I can't help but feel like I've seen that number before...someone called me in the middle of the night, and they left behind a voice message. And it was from that very number. You wanna hear it?"

"Sure thing." So Wii Fit took out her cellphone, found the voice message, and played it for Cloud and Ike.

"I'm going to kill you...I'm going to KILL YOU..." the voice message sounded, as a distorted voice was heard. One so distorted, that it left Cloud and Ike with more questions than answers.


Let's see how Crash, Coco, and Asuka were handling things with cooking dinner for tonight...which was spaghetti and meatballs.

"No Crash, don't put the noodles down there, we just cooked them..." Asuka told the bandicoot, who was pouring the noodles down his pants. Because he was Crash and he did not know any better. "Great, now they're contaminated...guess we have to cook some more noodles, then."

"Well on the plus side, all the meatballs are done!" announced Coco, as she took the meatballs out of the oven. You couldn't possibly screw up meatballs, unless you somehow overcooked them. "Just gotta put them in the spaghetti sauce and..."

"ACHOO!" Crash sneezed on the meatballs, getting his snot all over them. Coco was mortified, as she went to the trash can and dumped the contaminated meatballs. Asuka and Coco should cut their loss, and dispose of Crash immediately.

"So guys, how's it coming along?" Palutena popped out of the dining room to ask Crash and company, wanting to see their progress.

"Crash sneezed on the meatballs, and also poured the noodles we just cooked down his pants...but other than that, everything's going swell!" replied Coco, before Crash went to the pot of spaghetti and threw up inside of it. Coco and Asuka's faces sank, as Palutena found her eye twitching...

Palutena: This is...this is good, yeah. Just a learning experience for Crash, Coco, and Asuka. *laughs nervously* Totally not like I'll get in trouble for anything, or even worse, lose my chef duties... *laughs nervously* ...how bad would THAT be?


Away from the kitchen, chilling in the living room, were Link, Champion Link, Layton, and Luke, hanging out with a few WarioWare employees - Dribble, Spitz, Dr. Crygor, 18-Volt, and - wait for it - Mona. The folks in the living room heard Palutena screaming from the kitchen, with an ear-piercing sound.

"Yikes, by the sound of it, tonight's dinner is going to be a catastrophe," remarked Champion Link, his ears slightly ringing. Palutena seldom got that loud, unless someone were to call her a ma'am. "Especially with Crash having a part of it."

"Guess you could it'll be quite the Crash-tastrophe!" joked Spitz, hoping to receive an ovation from the others. But all he got was dead silence, and maybe some crickets here and there. "C'mon, I know you liked it!"

"That was a terrible joke Spitz...you should definitely stick to being a taxi driver," Dribble gave his take on Spitz's terrible joke. "You're not cut out for being a comedian."

"Well at least I'm a better comedian than Wario..." retorted Spitz, before the yellow cat looked up...and saw Wario, standing by with Kamui. The fatso was grinning from ear to ear, albeit nervously.

"Hi everybody," Wario waved to his employees, his eyes darting towards Mona. The young lady looked at Wario with a smile, waving to him; that made Wario even more nervous.

"Look everyone, it's the man of the hour, Wario!" exclaimed 5-Volt, pointing his fingers at the fatso. 5-Volt was only in the fourth grade (unbelievably), how did he have a job at WarioWare already?! "Or, at least until 5 o' clock...but it's great for you to show up, Wario!"

"Don't mention it, I'm only here because I wanna be nice, as hard as that can be." Wario received a nudge from Kamui, making him step forward. "Did you just touch my butt?" Wario angrily whispered to Kamui.

"Is that Mona over there?" Kamui whispered to Wario, spotting Mona seated next to Luke. "Why don't you go speak with her? Make sure not to do anything drastic!"

"You really want me to speak with...you know what, I've trusted you so far, so I shouldn't lose the faith now." So Wario, sucking up all his pride, marched towards Mona...before being knocked down by Orbulon, who rushed inside the living room with his cellphone.

"Dr. Crygor, Dr. Crygor, I have an emergency!" the alien said to the scientist, leaping unto the couch and nearly killing Link in the process. "My cellphone is stuck...I haven't touched it for one minute, and now, it's stuck on this screen!" Orbulon showed Dr. Crygor his cellphone, the device stuck on the lock screen, which, strangely enough, had Captain Syrup as the wallpaper.

"That's because you haven't put in your password, you ninny..." stated Dr. Crygor, swiping left on the phone screen to reveal the password prompt. Orbulon saw this and was amazed...and also felt stupid, at the same time.

"So all I had to do was swipe right or left? I see...thanks, Dr. Crygor! Now I must insert my password...which I unfortunately don't know." This caused Dr. Crygor to sigh; yet another case of someone up there in years, needing phone assistance from someone younger than them.

Luke: A grandpa having to help a young person with their cellphone, that seldom happens...What do you mean, Orbulon's over two thousand years old?!

"Wario are you okay?" Mona got off the couch and approached Wario, still lying on the floor. Mona offered to help the fatso up to his feet. "Orbulon knocked you down pretty good..."

"I'm doing better now..." Wario grinned, once he was back up. He saw Mona smiling at him, and he tried his best to keep his composure. "...I'm still living, so that's good. Orbulon didn't even get a single scratch on me!"

"That's good...say, you wanna join me on the couch?" A very tantalizing offer, but one which Wario was on the fence about. He would sit with Mona, but that would mean that he and Mona were a couple. His heart, frankly, was with Palutena now.

"I would, but I can't, because...because reasons." Mona was unsure of Wario's answer, as she cocked her head to the side. She was really expecting a finite answer. "My butt really hurts from that fall!"

"But you said that Orbulon didn't get a single scratch on you," stated Link; speaking of Orbulon, the alien was now snapping selfies of himself, though his camera was pointed the wrong way. He'll get the hang of it soon.

"He didn't get a single scratch on me...everywhere except by buttocks. My butt is in some very aching pain, and it's all thanks to Orbulon!"

"Yet you didn't land on your butt at all, you landed on your stomach," stated Luke, making Wario's seat even hotter than before. The fatso's lists of available excuses was dwindling by the minute.

"Come on Wario, just tell me why you won't sit with me, I promise I won't scream!" implored Mona, with sweat pouring down Wario's face. It was almost like a waterfall.

"I can't sit with you because...because...because I love a certain woman!" shouted Wario - and with that, the fatso darted out of the living room, unable to look in the face anymore. Poor Wario, he must really hate himself right now...

"Wario, wait up!" Kamui shouted to the fatso, as she chased after him. Mona just stood there, with a blank state, seemingly unable to process what Wario said. The fact that fatso liked someone else (Palutena) was quite alarming to the young lady.

"Poor woman..." Champion Link had this to say about Wario's love interest.


Geno was in the foyer, checking out the new painting of Champion Link, when he heard the doorbell ring. The Star Warrior answered the door, and saw Amy, happy and petite.

"Hi Geno, is Sonic home?" the pink hedgehog asked the Star Warrior, as she was holding her purse. Must have a bunch of goodies inside.

"Yes he is home; he's hiding from some guy that wants to kill him," replied Geno, leading Amy to furrow her brow in curiosity. "...he's in the ball pit room, and case you might be wondering. Just follow me..."

Geno: Sonic has been hiding at the bottom of the ball pit for a good while; Hisui and Kohaku are there, but they don't seem to care about Sonic's status. Personally, I wouldn't blame them.


Geno took Amy to the ball pit room, where Hisui was seated in a folding chair, drinking some soda while walking the Duck Hunt Dog...on a small treadmill. Efficiency.

"...please don't judge me," Hisui told his plea to Amy, as she and Geno entered the room. In the ball pit was Kohaku, who was inspecting the colored rubber balls one by one. "You DO realize you're supposed to play in the pit, right Kohaku?" Hisui asked her little sister.

"But I thought balls were just for throwing and hitting..." replied Kohaku, before she looked up and saw Amy, dropping the balls in her hands. "Amy Rose, you've returned! And I see you have a purse..."

"Yes, sure do - I promised Sonic I'd get him some candy," smiled Amy, as she took her purse out and opened it up, revealing some candy inside. "Provided he brushes his teeth twice a day, rather than twice a week. Is Sonic in the ball pit?"

"He's at the very bottom of the ball pit...it would take a Lakitu to rescue him," replied Hisui, before a mumbled voice was heard from underneath the colored balls. "I'm not expert, but it sounds like Sonic doesn't want to be saved..."

"We'll just see about that!" Amy dropped her purse unto the floor, and dove into the ball pit. She later came out of the pit with her man, and pulled him out from the rubber balls.

"Wow Amy, you look cuter than usual today," Sonic said to his girlfriend seconds after he was out, before Amy slapped him. "OW! Should've given me a warning..."

"Why on earth were you hiding in the ball pit for? You know you can't breathe down there...also, what's this about some person wanting to kill you? Is this some kind of big misunderstanding?"

"No Amy, not at all! Some loser sent me a text message today, saying that they wanted to kill me! I don't know who sent or, or why they sent it, but it left me shook So I took it upon myself, and hid in the ball pit, so the killer won't find me."

"You honestly believe this supposed killer will come to the mansion and kill you?" Master Hand could just hire a bunch of dudes to fend off the killer; Sonic obviously didn't think that through.

"The killer could go invisible, and sneak inside the mansion without being caught. Not even X's security system will spot him."

"You know what you should do, Sonic?" Amy placed her hand on Sonic, with the blue blur looking at it. "You should stop being scared, and start being a man! All your constant paranoia is going to break you, trust me. You should man up, and get over your fear!"

"Listen to that girl, she knows better than you," Hisui advised Sonic, leading the hedgehog to glare down the young man. Hisui just shrugged.

Hisui: Guess some people can't handle the truth...

"Yeah, you're right Amy, I should get over my fear and be a man..." said Sonic, before grabbing Amy's shoulders. "Thank you Amy, for allowing me to see the light! From here on out, I'll be as manly of a man one can ever be! Woo hoo!" Sonic sped out of the ball pit room, now devoting the rest of his day to...well, being a man.

"Do you think I should hold off on giving Sonic candy?" Amy asked Kohaku, who mulled over the question.


Mario, Fox, and Falco got the Koopalings in trouble, when they let them bounce in the bounce house and cause it to deflate, making Toon Link very angry. For that, they were all punished, with the eleven forced to stay inside a jail cell...which was formerly Toon Link and Young Link's closet. Came with the metal bars and everything.

Because of all small the "cell" was, Mario and company felt extremely cramped, with little to no wiggle room whatsoever. With the buddy cops on patrol duty, Jacky was hired to be the warden, as he sat in a folding chair reading a car magazine.

"Nice going Fox and Falco, some fun we're having..." Bowser Jr. glared at the pilots, his head sticking out through the bars. Lemmy was also suffering from the same fate.

"Blame Mario, this whole thing was mainly his idea," stated Falco, before spotting Mario texting away on his cellphone. "Mario, aren't you gonna say something?"

"Shh, I'm trying to text-a my wife!" frowned Mario, before typing the rest of his message. Once he was done, he pressed the send button. "There, done! Now, what-a were we talking about?"

"Man, I can't believe we have to stay inside this makeshift jail cell for an entire day!" pouted Larry, unable to move his arms or legs. Hopefully his shell wasn't puncturing anyone. "All because we deflated that bounce house..."

"Trust me kiddo, your sentence is gonna end sooner than you know it," remarked Jacky, as he flipped a page in his magazine. So many cars for the racer to ogle at, but Wanderlust will forever be his one true love. "Hopefully after today, you Koopalings learned your lesson."

"Oh we learned our lesson already...never trust Mario again," replied Wendy, as the Koopalings all glared at Mario. The plumber smiled sweetly, trying to deflect the blame.

"No worries - as Jacky said, our sentence will-a end sooner than we know it," assured Mario, insinuating that he had some kind of plan up his sleeve. "Our help-a is on the way..."

That help would seemingly arrive, when Jacky heard some climbing sounds from outside. Sounded like someone was climbing the walls of the mansion.

"Wonder what that could be..." Jacky wondered, as he got up from his seat and went to the window. He opened up the window...and was soon greeted by a certain Sheikah.

"Surprise..." said Impa, as she punched Jacky in the face and sent him flying towards the door. The Koopalings cheered on for Impa, as she entered the "police station" and closed the door. "Princess Peach told me that you were in trouble - better be glad I obliged to come." Impa said to Mario.

Jacky: Impa's punch...was the greatest punch I've received from a girl. Sorry, little sis...and Eileen...and Pai...and Vannessa.

Impa: Again doing favors for Mario...but at least I'm not writing down lists. I'll take what I can get.

Mario was more than relieved to see Impa, who got out her sword as she was about to release the "prisoners" from their jail cell. Jacky quickly stood up on his feet, ready to stop the Sheikah.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you!" the Indy car racer warned Impa, like he expected the Sheikah to stop. "Toon Link and Young Link will get you if you release Mario and the others!"

"Bowing down to little kids, aren't we?" questioned Impa, cutting in deep into Jacky and making him hold his head in shame. "If I were you, I'd leave, regardless of what those two have to say. And besides, I AM Impa...so I have superiority over those two Links anyway."

"You're right, you're right...I should probably go now." Jacky, recllecting whatever dignity he had remaining, left the "police office", and allowed Impa to cut down the metal bars, releasing Mario and company. They all fell out of the closet at once.

"Hooray, freedom, we're finally free!" exclaimed Bowser Jr., able to pump his fists in the air. Poor fella was getting awfully cramped in there. "Quick, let's hide in Mario's bunker so those buddy cops won't find us!" The Koopalings ran out, on their way to Mario's house.

"I think we should-a hide too, just in case," Mario said to Fox and Falco. "Though we should spread-a out - pick a location other than-a my bunker." With the bunker already taken, where else could Mario, Fox, and Falco hide?


Wario absolutely hated the fact that he made his confession to Mona earlier. He was pitying himself, thinking less of himself as a man, and more as a simpleton. The fatso was in his room, head against the wall, with a look of dismay. Kamui, Ashley, and Red were there to keep him company.

"Look on the bright side Wario, at least you got to express your feelings!" Red told the fatso, who did his best to tune everyone out. "Better out than in!"

"Red's right, you had to make your confession known to Mona sooner or later," agreed Kamui; Wario was starting to wish he hadn't heeded Kamui's advice. "You can't just have her think that you like her, when you like someone else!"

"True, but I didn't want to tell Mona, straight up..." stated Wario, before walking away from the wall with his head up high. "...now, I'm too scared to conduct my meeting. What if Mona keeps giving me that look, and I freeze and stammer my words? I've dug myself a hole that I can't get out of..."

"Well nobody told you to fall in love with a goddess in the first place," remarked Ashley, leading Wario to glare intensely at her. "As Lady Palutena once said, mortals and immortals don't intertwine...her words, not mine."

Ashley: Wario isn't cut out for Mona, who is still in her teenage years. He also isn't cut out for Palutena, whose beauty alone makes Wario completely out of her league. Wario should just do what Doc Louis does - fall in love with inanimate objects, like his money, and call it a day.

"What am I going to do, Kamui?" Wario asked the princess, who thought of a valid solution. "I can't be in the same room as Mona, after what I told her...it might make me uncomfortable! Just thinking about Mona's presence makes me all sweaty..."

"The meeting does have to go on..." stated Kamui, with her finger underneath her chin. "...it would be a bad sign if you were a no-show. I'd say you go to the meeting, but pay as little attention to Mona as possible. Look at everyone else instead!"

"I can't do that, that's just as effective as picturing everyone naked! And everyone knows that tactic only works for women!" Did Wario even have any substantial evidence to prove that? "I should just hire a stunt double to conduct the meeting for me! Yeah, that's what I'll do!"

"Or Ashley can concoct a potion that will solve your problems." Ashley frowned at Kamui; with the history Ashley had with potions, there was no way the young witch was going to make another potion for anyone ever again.

"Eh...since this isn't a love potion or anything, I guess I'll give it a try," Ashley shrugged her shoulders. What could go wrong. "So, what kind of potion am I making?"


After a hard day's work of patrolling the mansion, it was time for Toon Link and Young Link to head back to their "office". They expected Jacky to be killing it at his warden role, reading magazines while ensuring that Mario and company were in their "jail cell".

But when the buddy cops entered their office, they were shocked to see that Jacky was gone, as well as their prisoners. The jail cell bars were cut open, and the folding chair...well, that was still there. But Mario and company were nowhere in sight.

"We've...we've been breached!" exclaimed Young Link, as he took out his walkie-talkie and turned it on. "Send the backup, I repeat, send the backup!" The Hylian said into his device, before putting it away. "...just needed to get that out of my system."

"I don't blame you one bit," smiled Toon Link, as he patted his fellow buddy cop on the shoulder.


Determined to find out who Sonic's supposed killer was, Cloud, Ike, and Wii Fit where in the printing room, glossing through the phone books for the mysterious number. Sonic would walk by the room, strutting his stuff, when he saw Cloud and company inside.

"Hey Cloud, Ike, Wii Fit, guess what?" the hedgehog asked the three, who all looked up when their names were called. "I have made an important, life-changing decision today...today, I have decided to become...a man!"

"Uh...congratulations, bro," congratulated Ike, unsure of what else he was supposed to say. Cloud and Wii Fit, they were pretty much in the same boat.

Cloud: Sonic may be a man in his own mind, but he's still a kid to me. For whatever reason, a part of me wants it to stay that way. It just seems...right, I guess?

"That's right - Sonic the Hedgehog, the blue blur, is now a man!" exclaimed Sonic, pointing to the sky like he was some kind of superhero. "No longer am I scared of anything - not even that guy that wants to kill me! 'Cause I'm a man now!"

"Yeah, about that guy...Wii Fit received a voice message from him," stated Cloud; Sonic stopped his charades, as he looked at Cloud. "Basically he threatened to kill Wii Fit, and he was using this weird, distorted voice...quite strange."

"Aha, I knew my killer was a man! That'll make it easier for me to lay a beatdown on him. Man vs man, mono e mono!" Sonic started throwing punches left and right, doing his best Little Mac impersonation. "I'll let my fists do the talking!"

"Not so fast Sonic - we haven't uncovered the killer's identity yet," Wii Fit told the hedgehog, who was still throwing punches. He was bound to hit someone if he didn't stop. "Which is why we're consulting the phone books. Why don't you run along, while we take care of business?"

"Yeah, that sounds like a plan!" Sonic walked away, still throwing punches. Good thing he wasn't going overboard with his manliness, unlike some people (*cough* Jacky and Akira *cough*). "That killer is gonna get what's coming for him!"


With the WarioWare meeting drawing near, Isabelle and Dunban were getting things ready for Wario in the meeting room, with Isabelle vacuuming the floor and Dunban organizing bowls of mint on the table. What a thoughtful guy that Homs was.

Entering the meeting room was Wario, who was strangely being escorted by Kamui and Ashley. Which was weird, because it wasn't like Wairo was blind; his eyes were clear as day, with no signs of cataracts.

"Hi Wario - Dunban and I have prepared everything for you, so that your meeting will go exactly as planned!" Isabelle told the fatso, vacuuming the rest of the meeting room. "Everything is spotless!"

"I even threw in some mints, for your employees to nibble on," stated Dunban, holding up a bowl of mints for Wario to see. "You like?"

"What bowl of mints are you talking about?" questioned Wario as he looked around, before looking straight at Dunban. "Oh, yes, those are some great mints, well done Dunban!" Wario wasn't looking at Dunban, but rather at Dunban's pants. Which left Dunban confused.

"I'm glad...you like them," Dunban responded confusingly, as he placed the bowl away. Something was clearly off about Wario.

Kamui: The potion Ashley gave to Wario was a potion that makes Wario temporarily blind, without affecting the appearance of his eyes. That way, Wario can conduct his meeting and look at everyone, without having to see Mona. Escorting Wario will be a pain though...

Indeed it was a pain, as Kamui and Ashley escorted Wario to the front of the meeting room. They directed the fatso to the end of the table, and they also had to help him sense where the table was. Best to get Wario comfortable with his surroundings now.

"Silly Wario, you can't have the mints for yourself!" chuckled Dunban, as he saw Wario grab a bowl of mints, trying to see what it was. "Save some for your employees, darn it!"

"Oh yeah, you're right," replied Wario, as he placed the bowl back on the table...or rather, the floor. Dunban sighed, as he continued his work. Just then, Mario, Fox, and Falco ran inside the meeting room, ducking underneath the table and hiding under there. "Wha, who goes there?" Wario questioned, overhearing Mario and company.

"Don't mind us!" Mario called out, before one of the pilots banged his head on the table. Fox could be heard yelping in pain.


You'd have to think that tonight's dinner was bound to be a trainwreck, given the turn of events today. Not only did Crash pour noodles down his pants, but he also sneezed on the meatballs and threw up in the bowl of spaghetti sauce, contaminating everything. If dinner was prepared by Coco and Asuka, fine, but Crash was out in the kitchen ruining things.

But, despite the challenges Crash provided, Coco and Asuka were finally able to finish their hard work, as their dinner spaghetti and meatballs was finally complete. Now it was time for Palutena to judge the food, and give Coco and Asuka...and maybe Crash...her critique.

"Here's one bowl of spaghetti and meatballs, hope you like it!" Coco handed Palutena a bowl of spaghetti in the dining room, hoping that the goddess enjoyed it. Taking her fork, Palutena dug into the spaghetti, pulled out a spoonful of noodles and sauce, and took a bite out of it.

"Mhmm...mhmm...mhm..." Palutena said as she chewed the spaghetti, before swallowing it. Coco, and Asuka waited for the goddess' critique, expecting to hear good things. "This spaghetti...might be one of the best spaghetti I've ever tasted!" Hearing this made Coco and Asuka elated, and Crash was quite elated too. "Why, this might be better than my own spaghetti." That's not saying much, Lady Palutena.

"We're glad you liked it, Lady Palutena! We would've made some garlic bread, to go along with the spaghetti, but Crash kept throwing us for a loop...also, you might wanna clean out the oven."

Cilan: Why...why is Crash's fur in the oven?

"Thanks to us, dinner...has been saved," remarked Asuka, able to rest after a job well done. Soon, Volnutt showed up at the dining room, wanting to speak with Palutena.

"Lady Palutena, I have some great news!" the robot said to the goddess, grabbing her attention. "Thanks to Mr. Game and Watch's trusty saw, I got Pit's head out of the exhaust pipe! Master Hand...and to a lesser extent, Aku...tried to hold me up, but I got the job done. Master Hand's car will get a new exhaust pipe soon."

"I greatly appreciate it, Volnutt; hopefully, Pit learned his lesson," replied a relieved Palutena, her worries washing away. Pit would soon enter the dining room, running up to Palutena and hugging her.

"I'm finally free, Lady Palutena, I'm finally free!" the angel exclaimed, as he hugged Palutena tight. But not enough to the point of suffocating her. "I couldn't breathe, with my head stuck in that exhaust pipe! Don't know how I survived, but I ain't complaining..."

"Just promise me you won't get your head stuck again..." Before Pit could make his promise, he saw a bowl of spaghetti, on the dining room table.

"Ooh, is that spaghetti and meatballs I spy? You made spaghetti and meatballs while I was away? Are we having it for dinner, Lady Palutena?"

"Actually, it was Crash, Coco, and Asuka who made the spaghetti...but yes, we are having it for dinner. Though, it wouldn't hurt if we left a few others try out the spaghetti themselves...my critique might not be enough."

"Wario's employees are in the mansion, why don't we treat them to some spaghetti?" suggested Volnutt...no, Volnutt, what are you thinking?! "Give them a little something to remember their visit by."

"That sounds like a splendid idea!" Oh no, Wario isn't going to like this...


It was now five o' clock, which meant it was time for the meeting to begin. Wario was with his WarioWare employees - Ashley, Mona, Jimmy T, Dr. Crygor, Penny, Dribble, Spitz, Young Cricket, Master Mantis, Kat, Ana, 5-Volt, 9-Volt, and 18-Volt - with Kamui and Isabelle with him, for moral support. Mona was seemingly unfettered by Wario's confession earlier.

"Mom, can 18-Volt and I go to the arcade room?" 9-Volt asked his mom, as he tugged on her apron. "I heard they have Balloon Fighter down there!"

"Not until after the meeting is over, sweetie," smiled 5-Volt, patting her son on the head. 9-Volt folded his arms; he was too young for business meetings. Same could be said for Kat and Ana.

Isabelle: Wario made me print out "important documents" for WarioWare, Inc...basically he told me to type down random numbers, and present them as if they were part of a financial statement. Which totally didn't raise my suspensions about Wario's shady business practices at all.

"Alright people, it's meeting time!" announced Wario, as he took the "important documents" and stacked them together. Took him a while to find the documentation, because of his blindness. "Now, everyone say something so I'll know that you're here."

"Um, Wario, I think you can, you know, use your eyes to see who's present," stated Young Cricket, confused like all the other employees were. "They are functioning well, is that right?"

"Of course, of course! Silly me! I can see everyone here! Everyone's present? Excellent! So let's begin!" Wario stacked the papers once more, this time missing the table. The employees were left scratching their heads; Ashley remained silent.

"Not everyone is here - Orbulon hasn't shown up yet," Kat pointed out, noticing an empty seat. And right on cue, Orbulon entered the meeting room, noodling around on his phone as expected. That alien's gonna get fired soon.

"Sorry I'm late everyone, I was too busy playing this game I downloaded, Candy Crush!" apologized Orbulon, closing the door behind him and taking a seat. "I keep touching the candy, but nothing is happening..."

"...before we officially begin, Wario, I just wanted to say that Mike was unable to attend the meeting today," stated Dr. Crygor, hoping that Wario didn't mind the robot's absence. "He's at my lab, repairing my karaoke machine..."

"Yeah, yeah, nobody gives a crap about that robot, or your stupid machine!" retorted Wario, wanting to get the meeting over with so he could get away from Mona. "Let's just get this meeting started!"

"If this is like any of the other 'business meetings' we had, Wario will just say one or two things and call it a day," Ana whispered to Kat, as Wario took a glance at his made-up documentation. The fatso couldn't see a thing.

"According to this financial statement, our total funds for July 2018 is..." Wario began, before looking up at Kamui; he looked left, when Kamui was on his right. "...what is that number right there?" Wario asked, as he pointed on the piece of paper.

"That would be sixteen dollars," whispered Kamui, turning Wario's head back to the documentation, as she pointed at the number in question.

"Ah, yes...our total funds, for July 2018, is sixteen dollars! I repeat, sixteen dollars!" Sixteen dollars was quite a low amount for WarioWare Inc, as the employees seemed bewildered; Ashley showed no emotion.

Isabelle: Wario never specified how big the numbers were supposed to be. So, it was his loss.

"Sixteen dollars is...a pretty depressing number," remarked Master Mantis, unsure if that was a real number. And it wasn't. "Are you sure that isn't for something else? Or maybe that's the funds for one day?"

"I don't see you making any microgames, Master Mantis!" frowned Wario, as he pointed...at Penny, who was seated on the opposite side of Master Mantis. You could literally cut the confusion in the meeting room with a knife. "Now let's continue, before I have to throw some hands. Let's take a glance at the funds overall for the year!"

"Wario I don't mean to be a bother, but...when are we gonna start talking about our pay raises?" asked 18-Volt, as Wario started fuming. Always annoyed the fatso when his employees ever brought up anything about a pay raise.

"We'll get to it when we get to it! Just don't rush me! Let me go through all of this crud, so we can discuss your...oh who could that be?!"

Wario frowned, when he heard knocking on the meeting room door. Kamui left her post to go open the door...and guess who came in? Palutena, along with Pit, Volnutt, Asuka, Crash and Coco, holding bowls of spaghetti in their hands. A bad scenario for Wario - one which he could not see. But he could hear.

"Greetings, WarioWare employees...spaghetti and meatballs for everyone!" exclaimed Palutena, as she and the others gave each employee their bowl of spaghetti. Except for Ashley. "No, Pit, Ashley's with us, she'll have her spaghetti later," Palutena told the angel, who was about to give Ashley spaghetti.

"Oh yeah, that is right..." said Pit, taking the bowl away from Ashley, who didn't care in the slightest. "...I'll just eat Ashley's portion, then." Pit gobbled down the spaghetti in one big gulp, leading Palutena to smile.

"Excuse me ma'am, but we don't have any spaghetti," Young Cricket called out to Palutena, on behalf of himself and Master Mantis; Palutena did her best to keep her cool. Just then, Kirby entered the meeting room, with third bowls of spaghetti; one bowl was on his head.

"There's our spaghetti!" exclaimed Master Mantis, as Kirby handed him and Young Cricket their spaghetti. "Is there any chopsticks?"

"I'll be right back with those," responded Kirby, placing the bowl of spaghetti on his head on the table and dashing out of the meeting room. All of the WarioWare employees were eating and enjoying their spaghetti, thereby interrupting Wario's meeting.

"Is that...is that-a spaghetti I smell?" asked Mario, as he appeared out from underneath the table, along with Fox and Falco. The plumber saw the bowl of spaghetti left on the table, and heartily ate it. "Mm, so delicious!"

"Mario? Hiding underneath the table this whole time?" marveled Dr. Crygor, who clearly did not care for Fox and Falco enough. "What a quaint surprise..."

Aku: Think I did a great job at fending off Master Hand...never once did he think about wanting to check on how Palutena was handling things in the kitchen. Though I believe Volnutt might've done a better job at keeping Master Hand busy than I.

"Wario, we aren't interrupting your meeting, are we?" Palutena asked the fatso, who had to look around for the goddess of light. Kamui turned Wario's head towards where Palutena was standing. "I just wanted to treat your employees, if you don't mind!'

"Well, Lady Palutena, I do mind, actually!" replied Wario; a few moments ago, he would've said otherwise. "I wanted to get this meeting over with, so my employees would stop bugging me about their pay raise! And thanks to you, you're holding me up!"

"C'mon Wario, you don't have to yell at Lady Palutena like that!" Pit told the fatso, wiping the spaghetti sauce off his toga. "Besides, you shouldn't yell at Palutena anyway - I mean, she IS your crush!"

At that moment, Mona gasped, as a poignant silence filled up the meeting room. Wario shared his secret love for Palutena with four people he could trust - Pit, Viridi, Sonic, and Lara. And now, thanks to Pit, there were only three people in Wario's trust circle. Palutena and Mona were left momentarily speechless.

"Wario...you're in love...with her?" questioned Mona, as she pointed at Palutena.

"You...have a crush...on me, Wario?" questioned Palutena, as she pointed at herself.

"I simply cannot believe it - Wario ditching Mona for a goddess!" Orbulon exclaimed in shock, unable to comprehend what just went down. He took out his phone, and typed away. "I must now post my thoughts on social media, and send it out to millions of earthlings who couldn't care less about my feelings! And...send!"

"Hands up in the air where we can see them, don't make a single move! You're under arrest, for destroying bounce houses and breaking out of jail!"

Suddenly Toon Link and Young Link entered the meeting room, finally finding their runaways in Mario, Fox, and Falco. The three criminals held up their hands, not wanting any trouble.

"Told you we should've hid in your bunker instead..." Falco frowned at Mario, with the buddy cops' arrows pointed at him. To think Mario wanted to 'spread out'...

"Excuse me everyone, can I have your attention?" asked a certain swordsman, as Cloud showed up, standing in the meeting room doorway and grabbing everyone's attention. "I've been going around the mansion, asking everyone for their phone numbers...two of my, er, acquaintances, received threatening messages from this mysterious number, and I'm trying to find out who this number belongs to. So, everyone listen up...who here has the number..." Cloud took out a slip of paper, and read it. "...five five five, forty-one thirty six?"

"That would be me, the mighty Orbulon!" responded Orbulon, standing up so he could be recognized. "I recently got a new phone from Dr. Crygor, and I've been sending messages like crazy! Text, voicemail, you name it!"

"Wait...so you were the one who sent those threatening messages to Sonic and Wii Fit Trainer?" Orbulon now found himself in the hot seat. Meanwhile, Mario, Fox, and Falco wisely went back underneath the table, with Mario bringing his bowl of spaghetti with him.

"Yes, it was my doing...but I have a good explanation for my actions." Unfortunately for Orbulon, he wouldn't get to his explanations, for the buddy cops tackled the alien to the floor and handcuffed. "Wait, stop, I wasn't finished!"

"Orbulon, you're under arrest for threatening members of the Smash Mansion, without consent!" Toon Link told the alien, as Young Link handcuffed him. What did the Hylian mean, 'without consent'? "Anything you say or do will be used against you, in the Court of Smash!"

"No, you don't understand, I sent those messages because I was trying to be funny! Why does everyone have to take every little thing seriously nowadays?! Is that how earthlings operate now, taking things seriously? Tell me, TELL ME!"

"Save it for the judge, you extra-terrestrial loser!" Young Link snapped, as the buddy cops escorted Orbulon out of the room. With his work done, Cloud left the premises.

Dr. Crygor: Buying cellular devices for aliens...that's now on top of my "Things I'll Never Do Ever Again" list.

With Orbulon arrested, the focus was brought back to Wario, who was outed by Pit for having a crush on Palutena. Wario's employees knew the secret, Mario knew the secret, the bandicoots knew the secret...but most importantly, Mona and Palutena knew the secret.

"Wario, you never told me you had affections for another woman..." Mona said to the fatso, in extreme disbelief. "...let alone a flipping goddess. How long have you had your crush on her?"

"...approximately two years," Wario sheepishly replied, increasing the shock factor created by the revelation. "I entrusted Pit and Viridi to keep it a secret...but I guess I trusted the wrong people."

"But...why...I thought we were tight together, I thought that out of all the females in the world, the only one you cared for was me! Why don't you love me anymore, Wario, why?"

"Probably because you're an egregious workaholic," theorized Pit, trying to keep it real. His response earned him a nudge from Coco.

"Let's just say that the feeling...the feeling wasn't that mutual," replied Wario, with a very sheepish grin. Mona didn't know what to think of Wario anymore, as she stared down the fatso all angrily and stuff.

"And to think, that this whole time, I thought it was..." the young lady remarked, as she left the meeting room in a fit of anger. Wario, with his sheepish grin still intact, turned to face Palutena, who was quite angry herself.

"Sooo...Lady Palutena...you wanna...get it on?" Wario asked the goddess, even though he was facing Jimmy T. and made him feel uncomfortable. Kamui turned Wario around so he was facing the right person.

"Thought I made it clear to everyone that mortals and immortals cannot romantically intertwine..." replied Palutena, leaving the meeting room as Wario dropped his jaw in disappointment. The awkwardness was at an all-time high. Soon, Kirby returned, with some chopsticks.

"What did I miss?" the pink puffball wondered as he looked around. 9-Volt pulled on 5-Volt's apron, just dying to go to the arcade room.


With Sonic's "killer", Orbulon, finally arrested, the hedgehog no longer had a looming threat of death hanging over his head, which meant he could continue the rest of his day without any worry. The hedgehog confronted Orbulon in the hallway, the alien handcuffed by the buddy cops, while holding a bag of sweets Amy gave him.

"Eh...he's not exactly a man, so it won't be a fair fight," Sonic had this to say about Orbulon. "It won't be man to man, as I was expecting. But thanks for capturing the crook! And make sure to give Cloud my thanks, too!"

"Will do, speeding blue bullet!" replied Young Link, as the buddy cops took Orbulon to their police station. The buddy cops and Sonic went their separate ways, with Sonic heading down to the foyer with his bag of sweets, ready to splurge away.

Once he made it to the foyer, he saw a downtrodden Wario, sitting in a chair below the Champion Link painting, down in the dumps with Kamui patting his back. Curious, Sonic went over to speak with the fatso.

"What's the matter, Wario - meeting didn't go as planned?" Sonic asked the fatso, before he could open his bag of sweets.

"Guess you could say that...everyone learned about my crush on Palutena, thanks to Pit," replied Wario, looking down at the floor despondently. The effects of Ashley's potion finally wore off. "It left Mona devastated, and I doubt she'll ever see me the same way again..."

"It was only a matter of time...honestly, I'm surprised you kept your secret under the wraps for so long. Not gonna lie, that's pretty impressive!"

Ashley: It's official - blindness potions are off the menu. At this point, I should just retire from doing needless favors for everyone.

"It was impressive indeed...until Pit spilled the beans," grunted Wario, possibly having a serious vendetta against Pit now. "Because of him, Mona is heartbroken, and Palutena is probably disgusted with me, and there's not a thing I can do about...it?" Wario looked down, and saw Sonic's bag of sweets.

"Maybe some good ol' candy might cheer you up," Sonic said to Wario, in a rare act of kindness from the hedgehog. Wario looked at Sonic crazily, before snatching the bag away from him. "I don't need it anyways."

"I sure do feel a lot happy now!" Wario opened up the bag, and popped the pieces of candy into his mouth, without even removing the wrapper. No shame whatsoever. "You sure you don't wanna change your mind?"

"No, no...you deserve it more than I do. Besides, I should start improving my hygiene. Brushing my teeth twice a week isn't gonna cut it!"

"I understand...perhaps I should start doing the same, too. To be on the safe side." Wario continued eating the candy, as Kamui smiled. But not because Wario was eating the candy, of course. "Thanks for the candy, Sonic!"

"No problemo!" replied Sonic as he walked away, with a smile on his face. The hedgehog felt bad for Wario, but his act of kindness made the fatso feel better.

Sure, Wario's big secret came out, but as Red said, it was better out than in...