Outside, the crowd are cheering whereas Azalea and the Kongs are worried about the inevitable outcome this'll lead them to, only for Cranky Kong to tighten his staff with prayers.
"Surprisingly, the boys are more than I expected." Goro calls while hiding behind the crowd.
Standing by his side is a familiar young boy In white eating an apple and a woman in a red dress.
"Of course they are. They've learned a lot from their mistakes. I'm just glad that I found this lady lost all alone a few days after Bowser's attack in the Mushroom Kingdom." Kinosen chuckles while tossing an apple core into the bin.
"Speaking of the Mushroom Kingdom, the lady with you is making a new city there? When?" Goro asked.
"In a few days. The pipes are almost done and the boys are going back home soon. But first, once the fight ends, I'll be challenging their need to return to Brooklyn." The woman in red sighs while explaining the situation on her end.
"And Bowser?" Goro asked.
"It's not my place to face him directly. Besides, Princess Peach is being held captive by a prince after all." Said Kinosen.
The woman remained silent while turning away from Goro and Kinosen.
"I know who you are. You're worried about them, are you? What are they like to you?" Goro is curious about the woman's dilemma, leading the woman to turn back to Goro and open her mouth.
"Mario and Luigi. They're my little brothers." The woman answers while leaving.
"Wait a minute… You're…"
"That's right. Many thought she died, but she's actually alive. Now, we wait for the moment." Kinosen smirks as he puts his finger on his lips.
To Goro's surprise, this is the woman that Mario and Luigi lost a week ago.
"Figured you say that. Also, they're heading to the Flower Nation afterwards." Goro informed.
Kinosen knows while waving and vanishes along with the woman, leaving Goro alone as he continues watching the battle.
Back inside the palace, ice shards are spiking up as a Katana has pierced through an ice shield.
"Gotcha." Minmei has the chance to knock Luigi out after seeing Luigi's overalls Back to green and dark blue.
"Luigi uppercut!" Luigi finally called out his own attack by swinging his fist upwards, punching Minmei by the jaw which caused her to crash onto a large ice shard. "Hm! I don't wanna do this, but I have to protect my brother."
With Luigi eating a blue flower, his colour changes his hat and shirt blue and his overalls green, Minmei is surprised that Mario and Luigi, despite being outsmarted, still have more tricks up their sleeves.
Luigi's ice flower left: 3.
"Ngh… Not bad, plumber. It seems I have gotten easy on the two of you. The real fun has just begun." Minmei stands back up as she turns her katana into a naginata pole, pointing at Luigi.
Luigi himself is carrying a couple of ice balls while preparing to fight again.
With Minmei vanishing with light speed, this catches Luigi off guard, leading him to look around, fearing that his opponent will no longer hold back.
"Luigi!" Mario hastily arrives as his ice sword quickly catches the blade of the naginata pole, leading Minmei to gasp and then leap back.
It never stops as Luigi dodges the blade as Mario blocks the same blade.
Finally, a crack on Mario's ice blade has him thinking that Minmei's weapon is the same as her army's blades.
Before the ice blade smashes, Mario lets go of the sword and slides down by tripping Minmei and jumping to land on her chest, alerting Minmei to roll as Mario stomps on the floor.
With Minmei dashing behind Mario, Mario himself looks behind and finally jabs his leg onto Minmei's stomach, leading her to be pushed back harder and roll over on the floor as well as dropping her naginata pole that is further away from her.
As Minmei opens her eyes, she can see the Mario bros raising their arms as a large snowball grows above them, leading Minmei to reach her arm towards a pole until she drops her arm, admitting her defeat towards the Mario bros.
Incoming, The snowball is falling like a meteor as Minmei is about to meet her demise.
A loud bang occured.
It's quiet.
It's cold.
It's… Snowing?
The building inside is snowing in September, causing Minmei to gasp with surprise as she can see whiteness in her palace halls.
"Snow? But why?"
"We don't want to kill you. You're their princess. Also, we want to take on Bowser as much as you do." Mario said as he and Luigi appeared in their normal coloured overalls.
"Yeah. Although it was scary, we don't wanna hurt you." Luigi pointed out.
Minmei can see the owners of the Sunstar sparing her as a way of kindness, even though they hate Bowser, they won't kill him.
"I guess this is it. Normally I win by default, but the first time in my life I see a couple of ordinary humans that beat a Kong, manage to defeat me. Mario and Luigi of the Mushroom Kingdom, a promise is a promise. The Chai Kingdom will assist not only the Mushroom Kingdom, but the Sarasaland Empire to triumph against the Darkland's king Bowser Koopa." Minmei declares her announcement to the Mario bros, leading them to gasp with surprise.
Outside, the citizens of the Chai Kingdom are silent and flabbergasted about what they just witnessed; their princess is defeated by a couple of outsiders.
"Th-... They did it. They beat Minmei." Azalea is speechless after seeing what the bros did.
"That was awesome!" Suuko cheers with excitement.
"As expected from the boys. They really are something else." Cranky Kong chuckles.
"YEAH! Haha!" Donkey Kong lets out a loud cheer as he catches many people's attention. "Everyone! We can no longer fear the king! With the outsiders on our side, the princess is bringing in more of us to fight back!"
With murmurs going on, a Pionpi raises his hand as he and a human little girl are standing by Donkey Kong's side.
"We actually betted on the Mario bros. I don't wanna be a coward anymore." A Pionpi admitted.
"Yeah. They're our hope. I heard they defeated Donkey Kong, so I wanted to see how they could beat gong-zhu." The little girl explained.
"Me too." A goomba called.
With more admitting their support for the bros, the remaining ones that voted for Minmei are now outnumbered as they realised they lost the bet.
"Big sister! Did you hear that? That means the Chai Kingdom is saved!" Azalea laughs while holding Daisy's hands.
"They did… Luigi…" Daisy can see why Luigi is there to protect her, it's the same as his brother Mario.
As tears drop from Daisy's face, Daisy herself is glad to see not only her father's uncovered mystery, but Mario and Luigi's efforts to stop this madness from happening.
"Daisy… Her sons. They're here. I'm sorry for painting you as a murderer. You can now move on. Farewell, my child. Tell Azalea I'm sorry…" The emperor smiles as he fades from Daisy's mind.
"Dad…" Daisy's voice trembles as she reaches her disintegrated father.
"Daisy?" Azalea can see Daisy breaking down in tears as she sobs. "Dad…"
Azalea then frowns as she comforts her older sister while grieving for her own father as the whole city cheers for celebration.
Flower Nation
Inside a bedroom, Peach is watching it all from her phone as she's overjoyed to see what Mario and Luigi had done to make a bet and win.
"Thank goodness. Mario, you idiot. You could've lost a kingdom to the Chai Kingdom." Peach whispers while wiping her tears and then looks out of the window.
Once Mario and Luigi come, they'll save her and reason with the prince, even though bad blood will come between them.
At the bathroom, a maid appears with Haru's nightwear as she sees him sitting bare in a hot bath.
"The outsiders have won." The white haired maid, Lillie, informs with no reaction to the prince's body.
"I know. Lillie, what are the relationships between you and my parents?" Haru asked.
Lillie had no questions as a sudden question caught her off guard.
"Ever since they took me in, I felt different. They treated me well, even though I lived there as a maid." Lillie answered.
"That's right. I made you my maid before Peach's departure to the outside world. Remember when I let you stay in my room? I never view you as a sister at all because you're a waste of space." Haru is honest about his feelings towards Lillie.
"But you did care for me. As much as I am a lowly maid compared to others, I will still be by your side, even if the outsiders pose a threat to you."
"Hmph. You're so kind that it's disgusting." Haru sighs before standing up.
As Lillie takes a single step forward, she halts as a green caterpillar with a crown approaches Haru with a worried look on his face.
"You wanted to see me, don't you Florian?"
"Yeah. The outsiders are coming by tomorrow, so I recommend that you treat the guests as kindly as you usually do." Prince Florian said.
"Oh. Sure thing, Florian. The boys do need their hospitality after all." Haru pulls a fake smile while sounding cheerful.
"Oh. That's good. Excuse me, miss. Lillie."
"No, excuse me, your majesty." Lillie bows while Florian leaves.
After Florian leaves, Haru stops smiling as he sighs.
"Do you hate the outsiders?" Lillie asks while still calm.
"I barely know them. But Mario, the red outsider, is the kind of person that irritates me to no end. I don't hate them, I'm just frustrated that they're able to tolerate Peach's foolishness." Haru answers with honesty while sighing.
Lillie understands where Haru is coming from as she's putting the nightwear on Haru as a way to get him prepared for his night.
While Haru leaves the bathroom, Lillie places her hand on Haru's shoulder while lowering her head.
"Haru… What kind of girls do you prefer to be with?" Lillie asks while massaging Haru's back.
"A woman who's honest. A woman who has a heart. A woman who's not a liar. A woman who is just like you, disgusting yet helpful." Haru answers as he leaves the bathroom. "You should go to bed, Lillie. Tomorrow or sooner, the outsiders will be here. Prepare a little game competition for us."
"Yes, my prince." Lillie bows after tensing up a little.
After the door closes, Lillie places her hand on her chest with silence after being told what Haru meant about the type of woman he desires.
"Someone like me. If I was a princess, would you marry me?"
Brooklyn
Gasping with joy, Mario and Luigi's mother is pleased to see her sons being victors as she's relieved to see them surviving a battle that almost got them killed.
"My baby boys… Thank goodness."
Before she stands up a door is knocking which surprises the woman abruptly.
"Who is it?"
As Mario's mother approaches the door, she comes across something unexpected as she gasps out of shock and horror.
"Hello, Mrs. Mario."
"Kamek!? But… How?" Mario's mother had bare witnessed the koopa that appears in the outside world alongside 2 hammer bros as they tap the hammer on their hands.
"Kekeke… You should thank that other outsider. She fixed the pipes for us to pay a visit to an old friend of ours." Kamek chuckles.
"Pauline? What did you do to her?" Mario's mother steps back as Kamek isn't supposed to be outside his world.
"Oh nothing happened to her. So this is where my lord places his honeymoon. Boys! We must prepare a ceremony for our lord!" Kamek orders while clicking his fingers.
"Yes sir!" The hammer bros salutes and turns away as Kamek stands and approaches the woman.
"You know Princess Peach Toadstool, correct?" Kamek asks out of curiosity.
"Why should you know?" Mario's mother asked.
"Since you know the former king and queen of the Mushroom Kingdom, you should let the princess know about their status."
"You mean they're…"
"Exactly. Why else that old mushroom Toadsworth kept his mouth shut from exposing the truth behind the royal family. Or are they really?"
Mario's mother can see why Kamek arrived there, just to inform her about the truth, but was a threat to her children after hearing what Mario and Luigi were doing.
"Your king… You all harmed my kids. I'll never forgive you and your kingdom. All this for Peach!? What kind of monsters are you!?"
"If I had to admit the truth, it's for our lord's needs and the Mushroom Kingdom will be ours once the princess marries him. As for Mario, you should tell him to dump the princess." Kamek requested with sinister intent as Mario's mother lowered her arms and looked into Kamek's glasses.
"What'll happen if I don't?"
"Then say goodbye to your sons." Kamek lets out a cackle while pointing his wand at the mother.
As he slams the door shut, Mario's mother hastily rushes towards her phone, quickly typing Mario's number while standing out of fear.
Ringing…
Ringing…
No answer.
"No… Mario… Luigi… Pauline… Why? Why did it happen all of a sudden? Please… Live." Mario's mother prays for her children's survival after hearing a warning from a robed koopa wizard that is Bowser's servant.
How did he know the pipes are connected to the outside world?