Birabuto Kingdom
"Really!? She can ride a bike!?" Exclaiming behind Luigi, Daisy is surprised to hear that Peach doesn't drive a car, but rides a bike.
"Yeah. Go ask Peach and she'll answer your question." Mario said, leading the way as he and Luigi are driving through a concrete road that is between the sea of sand.
"Huh. I didn't know that. Maybe she prefers bikes over karts." Azalea points out while thinking about Peach's vehicle preferences.
"Maybe." Mario thought.
Driving all the way couldn't be more boring as Mario sighs and turns on his phone to put on a soundtrack that is the Mario Bros Plumbing Service theme tune playing.
This had Daisy and Azalea moving their heads as they enjoyed the beats while Mario and Luigi can already feel the nostalgia seeping into them.
"Brings back memories, huh?" Luigi said.
"Yeah." Mario agreed.
As the 4 are slowing down, Mario halts as he sees someone running on the road.
"Woah!" Mario exclaims while hitting the brakes, alerting Luigi to do the same after witnessing someone.
"Waah!?"
"Ah!" Both Daisy and Azalea shriek as the karts stop.
After both karts stop, the Mario bros and Flora sisters are encountering a girl that appears to be from the beach, seeing as she's in both clothes on her chest and her waist and has a flower as her hair ornament.
"What the heck?" Mario raises his eyebrow.
"Hey, miss, you're blocking the road." Luigi called.
"Oh! Hey! More people!" A girl called as it had the 4 confused.
"Excuse me?" Azalea is now lost.
"Hey! We're driving here! Move!" Daisy snaps as she hops off of Luigi's kart and approaches the girl on the road.
"What do you mean, miss. Scary face?" The girl asks, which causes Daisy to stutter and stop herself from ranting and pat the girl's shoulder.
"Listen, we're going to the Birabuto Kingdom, so could you at least move over and go back to where you came from."
"Hm… If I move, then what do you want from me?" The girl asks as Daisy hangs her head lower, knowing that it's difficult to find something to make her move. "Do you guys have anything?"
"Not really." Luigi shrugs his shoulders as he has nothing.
"Sorry, big sis…" Azalea feels the same as Luigi.
"I know." Mario hops out of his kart and approaches the same girl and Daisy as he stands in front of this said girl. "How about you come with us on an adventure." Mario offers.
"Really!? What's it like!?" The girl asks with excitement, only for Mario to laugh.
"I mean, it may be boring for you youngsters, but to us, it's a heck of a journey." Said Mario.
"That's right. Also, we get to travel around the world to face Bowser." Luigi explained with a positive tone.
"An adventure? Cool! I wanna join!" The girl cheers while jumping onto Mario's arms.
"Seriously? I guess kids these days are all for adventures, huh." Daisy sighs.
"Huh? I mean Peach is an adult and she has that same energy." Mario points out and then looks at the young girl. "So tell me, kid, what's your name?" Mario asks.
"Hm? Oh, I'm… Hm… Su… Suu! I'm Suuko!"
"Suuko? Strange name." Mario and the group are looking at each other and then back to Suuko.
"Alright, Suuko, you can come, but don't get into any trouble when we're out." Daisy warned.
"No problem, miss. Scary face." Suuko pulls a grin as she promises to not get in trouble.
"Also, it's Princess Daisy. Geez, how dense are you, calling me a scary face…" Daisy groans as she mutters.
"Azalea, hold her tight." Mario calls as Suuko leaps in front of Azalea, causing her to yelp before Mario gets back on his kart.
As Mario and Luigi start to move again, both karts are heading straight for the city as both Mario and Luigi.
Mario, Luigi, Daisy, Azalea and Suuko are heading straight towards the pyramid Palace where the king lives.
[Sarasaland Empire. Ruled by Emperor Lotus Flora and his wife, Empress Dandelion Flora. This Empire is a mixture of India, Japan, Arabia and Portugal, populated by not only humans, but toads, goombas and koopas. They're known for cultivating 5 countries that derive from an Egyptian styled nation Birabuto Kingdom, a Chinese one Chai Kingdom, an Easter Island called Easton Kingdom, a Bermuda Triangle island named Muda Kingdom and a similar nation that is the Flower Nation.]
Mario and Luigi are fascinated by their mother's explanation of the world as Mario's writing his notes on his phone.
"So, who rules these nations aside from the Emperor and Empress?" Mario asks.
[Ah. There are rulers I forgot to mention. King Totomesu is the ruler of his kingdom and is still to this day after being the dominant male of the Gao race. King Dragonzamasu of the Yurarin race is the one that rules the Muda Kingdom. The Easton Kingdom's ruler is King Hiyoihoi, the leader of the Tokotoko race.] Mario's mother explains as she's starting to sound confident.
"And the Chai Kingdom?" Luigi asked.
[They have no ruler.] She answered.
This had the Mario bros quiet, not only they didn't know about the horrible fate Chai Kingdom had, but a lawless nation would be the fall of it, as they assumed.
"Hey, Daisy, is it true that they have no ruler?" Luigi asks.
"Oh they have a ruler. The one in charge recently is a princess. She's the daughter of Daoshi, also known as the monk." Said Daisy.
[Wait, really!? But they have no ruler.] Mario's mother gasps with surprise.
"That's because the former king Biokinton was killed after I took the throne. The remains are a part of the sky and Chai Kingdom is left without its ruler for over 5 years." Daisy explains the situation with the Chai Kingdom monarchy.
The group remained silent as Suuko hums a tune that is the Mario bros.
"It seems like you know a lot about our world." Said Daisy.
[Well, I do know your parents. Your father is kind of a hotheaded lovable boy and your mother is a sweetheart.] Mario's mother giggles.
"Heh. I was wondering how much of a sweetheart dad was." Daisy laughed.
Even Azalea giggled.
[Anyway, I gotta go. I have the wrecking crew knocking on the door.]
The wrecking crew, something that Mario and Luigi kept quiet of as they remembered Foreman Spike.
"Blackie…" Mario grunts under his breath.
After the phone hangs up, Mario lifts his head up and then looks into Luigi, Daisy and Azalea.
"So, speaking of this Biokinton guy, does that link to the Emperor's death?"
"Yeah. It seems that Bowser is far more troubling than ever before…" Daisy confirms while lowering her head.
"And how did you know it's him?" Mario asks, squinting his eyes out of suspicion.
"Remember what he did to your sister." Azalea quickly called as it surprises Mario.
"True…" Mario can tell that Azalea wanted him to keep it to himself in order to keep Daisy from falling apart.
"Alright, boys and girls, onward!"
"Yeah!" Suuko cheers while following Daisy as well as Azalea.
With Luigi looking at Mario out of worry, he can tell something is going on with him.
"Bro, you've been looking at Daisy like that for hours. Did something happen between you and Azalea?"
"Luigi. Do you believe me, even if I tell you something that is difficult to stomach?" Mario asks.
"Mario, you're my bro, I'll always believe you if anything is said, but you need to have evidence." Said Luigi.
"Lu… If I tell you, will that change your view towards Daisy?" Mario asks another question.
"If anything, I'll keep my word if there's something about her." Luigi is prepared to hear the truth as he nods.
Mario gulps and then lowers his head, fearing that Luigi's heart will be shattered to pieces.
Then he takes a deep breath.
"I know who killed the Emperor." Mario said before gulping.
"Really!? Who was the killer!?" Luigi excitedly jumps as he grabs Mario's shoulders.
"It's…" Mario can tell it's going to end badly as he's ready to get a slap across the face.
"It's Daisy. She's the one who killed the Emperor. She killed her father." Mario revealed the truth.
This has caused Luigi's smile to instantly drop after hearing what Mario said earlier.
"What?"
"I know it's hard to believe, but Azalea has told me about her history. Apparently, the Emperor was manipulated into abusing Daisy and Azalea to the point that Daisy murdered him. It was 7 years ago as I was told." Mario explained.
In Luigi's mind, all this is hard to believe as someone so cheerful, friendly, feisty and a party animal, actually had someone's blood on her hands.
"You're lying, right?"
"I don't know either, but Gomez and Goro know about all this and Azalea is hiding the truth from her sister in order to protect her. Whoever started all that must've had a vendetta against the royal Sarasaland bloodline." Mario looks into Luigi's eyes while trying not to scare his brother.
"Does that mean Azalea is making sure that those she trusted are keeping a secret from the world? Even you?"
"Yeah…"
In other words, Daisy and Azalea lied to him about Bowser's involvement as if he's not involved at all.
This had Luigi lowering his head after seeing the girl he had a crush on turned out to be something he never wanted to go near.
"But she's not that type of person either. Goro told me that both Daisy and Azalea are sick, both mentally and emotionally. It's not believable, but their illness is the reason why their country is in danger." Mario added as he revealed the same medallion Sunstar as a promise he made to Luigi in order to keep him safe. "Like Azalea was doing for her older sister, I also wanted to protect you. Please, bro, I need you to help us solve the incident that's been happening recently."
This gave Luigi some hope as he can tell Mario is trying his best to make others smile like his childhood.
A young boy growing up as he's unchanged in nature.
Finally, he hugs Mario, accepting the harsh reality that is harming innocent people from all over the world.
"I'll do my best. And I'll make sure to make Daisy smile and make her open up. You, Azalea, Gomez and Mr. Goro are doing a lot to save our lives. You did a lot for me, so let me return the favour." Luigi finally smiles as he pat Mario's shoulder, prepared to go out with a princess like Mario did for Peach.
"That's my bro." Mario laughs while rubbing his younger twin's face and then grin. "Good luck, Lu."
"Yeah. You too, Mario." Luigi is glad that Mario called him Lu after years of not calling him that after their childhood.
Finally, the Mario bros are letting each other go and approach the direction where Daisy, Azalea and Suuko are at, that is Birabuto Kingdom.
Mario and Luigi are ready to face their challenges to save the second and third princesses and find the culprit that is the root of Sarasaland's struggles.
"Let's-a-go, Lu."
"Okie dokie."
Chai Kingdom
Outside of the temple building around a peaceful street, a large koopa and a blue cloaked koopa are marching together as they're hiding themselves from the people of this kingdom, knowing the hostility many have towards a large koopa himself.
"The great news is that the outsiders are separated from the princess, meaning you might have the chance." Kamek said as he keeps him and his lord invisible with his magic as a way to avoid hostility.
Then they're here as the invisibility magic wears off.
"The bad news is that the princess is with that mushroom in another nation that is also cultivated. That means there's no way to get our hand on her." Kamek is worried about his boss' anger as he doesn't want to anger him.
"Heh. I know a solution. When I said about going to Chai Kingdom, I was thinking about talking to the royal leader and requesting her to deal with those outsiders. The festival is coming and normally it's in the new year, but they're doing it early." Bowser explained.
"Mmnrgh… I don't get it, my lord. We know you wanted that and we support it, but why Princess Toadstool of all people, I mean, there's plenty of women to marry."
"Oh, Kamek, Peach is the light that sparks within my darkness, the one who lets a man come out of his shell. Her mysterious aura is a part of her beauty." Bowser sighs as he can feel the beauty that is the princess, leading Kamek to cringe.
"Okay. But she clearly hates you."
"And that's part of her charm. Her beautiful face as well as her smile and her smooth body are the things I must protect."
"And I was wondering why green stache is right about you being a stalker…" Kamek murmurs, realising that Bowser is not normal in his behaviour.
Finally, both koopas open the door.
What's in front of them is a bunch of katanas pointing at both Bowser and Kamek.
"Eek!" Kamek shrieks.
"Hm. Figured she's being guarded by her people." Bowser scoffs as he's not surprised about this.
In front of the koopas are a bunch of cloaked people in an eastern style clothing, like a kimono, and wearing a rice hat with black veil on top and covering their faces, making them both black and grey with black gloves and white socks.
Even Bowser and Kamek couldn't tell if they're all male or there's some female working there.
"King Bowser Koopa. Surrender now or perish." One of the covered guards ordered.
"Oh? And you don't want me to visit the princess?" Bowser asks as his smile widens.
"We'd rather her being safe than you jumping in and attacking us! You're the reason this festival is planned earlier!" The other cloaked guard snaps.
"Alright. I'm sorry. I just want a little meeting, that's all. Your princess arranged that, right."
"Liar." The same guard growled.
"Hold on, we'll let the royal leader decide. If it's all true, then we'll let you go. Don't get your hopes up, monster." The third one said while standing behind both Bowser and Kamek.
"Oh, I won't. Kamek, let's go." Bowser huffs as he orders.
"Y- Yes, sire!" Kamek jumps back up and follows Bowser, who was also following the guards as they're surrounded.
With both koopas being taken to a room where there's more guards and a curtain with a human figure behind it, Bowser chuckles, preparing for a moment to get back at the Mario bros.
"Gong-zhu, is it true that you requested Koopa for a meeting?" One of the guards asks as the curtain stops herself.
"Excuse me? I do not recall interacting with someone like him." The curtain answers.
"Huh?"
"Oh poop." Kamek had realised that he and Bowser were screwed. "L- Lord Bowser, we need to go now!"
"Hmph." Bowser is not surprised that his lie didn't get to her.
"You liar!" The guard yelled.
"Get him!" The other guard ordered.
Bowser is finally against a bunch of faceless hordes with sharp weapons as he's taking a deep breath, making his mouth glow with a charge.
Finally as Kamek takes cover, Bowser roars as a beam of fire releases, causing the guards to quickly block as they yell which had said blazing fire charging towards the curtain.
This alerted the curtain to quickly unsheath her katana as the flames burned the curtains down, but was split by a quick wave from a sword.
Finally, she reveals herself thanks to Bowser's flames.
The maiden of the Chai Kingdom's temple, unsurprisingly has straight bangs as she has 2 hair buns, although her dress is cheongsam, a Chinese dress, albeit long sleeved as a one piece dress and her skin is pale.
"Hm. I didn't expect a barbarian to come in and burn my temple down. Why are you here, King Koopa?" The girl asks while shifting her katana into a naginata pole like it's another one of the Kongs' advanced technologies, but for weaponry.
"What I'm here for is a proposal." Said Bowser.
"A proposal? And why should I believe that?" The girl asks as her tone is calm, yet bitter.
"Remember how you arrange a festival early? Well, during the festival, the outsiders are coming alongside with a couple of Sarasaland princesses."
"Outsiders? You mean the ones I heard about from the Mushroom Kingdom?"
"Yeah. Also, why're you less notified by Sarasaland?"
"We had our reason. Despite the older princess showing care towards us, we don't want to live the rest of our lives being cultivated for many years. We lost the war and we want to stay hidden." Said the girl.
Bowser then grins as he can hear what she said and was about to twist it even more.
"Well, the outsiders and princesses are coming back during the festival to crash and take not only your kingdom, but your throne. It's heartbreaking that you'll end up dead by those stinking outsiders." Bowser lied as he tears up.
"I don't buy it." The girl refused.
Before Bowser makes another excuse, a door bangs open while the group groans by picking themselves up.
"Gong-zhu! Minmei-gong-zhu! Something's happened in the garden."
"What?" Before the girl, Minmei asks…
BOOM!
A loud bang has caused many people to panic as Minmei checks out of the window.
To her horror, she witnesses a large black smog as fire is blazing onto the flower garden, causing some people to summon the rescuers.
In other words, her kingdom is attacked.
"There's even a letter for you." One of the guards holds out the letter that is opened.
[Your kingdom is ours. - Mario and Luigi.]
"Are they…"
"Outsiders? Yeah." Bowser hates to admit it as he lowers his head, answering what Minmei has been witnessing.
In other words, these outsiders cannot be trusted as the Mushroom Kingdom and the Kong Village that kept bragging about their heroism.
It was all a lie.
"But don't worry, you'll still have your festival. Maybe those plumbers won't know that you're busy. In the meantime, let me give you a helping hand." Said Bowser.
"And Princess Toadstool?" Minmei asks as her tone starts to get colder.
"We're engaged, until Mario showed up and ruined our love. He must be stopped." Bowser grunts.
"Then I'll accept that proposal." Minmei concludes her decision.
"Excellent. Kamek, that's plan B part 1 complete." Bowser giggles.
"Haha! Now we wait for the outsiders to come." Kamek laughs.
As the guards are silent, a door is slammed open again, but this time it's the monk.
"Minmei! We're under attack!"
"Father. Prepare the security. The outsiders are coming." Minmei ordered.
"What? Minmei, are you okay?"
"Do it. I need the outsiders, so bring them to me." Minmei isn't having any of it as she refuses to elaborate and wants them both punished.
"Ngh… Everyone! Get your lazy butts up and guard the whole city! The outsiders are coming! Even those ladies are working more than you, so get to it!" The monk shouts as he orders.
"Y- Yes, Daoshi!" The faceless group stands up as they finally leap away from the room.
In the end, Chai Kingdom is now under the influence of Darkland's darkest schemes after Bowser's bribe works on the one who doesn't take sides and avoids as many kingdoms as she could.
But When will they come?