"EEEEEE!!!!" Daisy screamed as the propellor blades approached. Luigi was far below gazing up at the distressed princess...but then, before HE even knew it, he was in the air! Jumping from ledge to ledge created in the ruined side of the castle, Luigi rose higher and higher. Daisy was now parallel to him, but still far to the side. Luigi, in an amazing and death defying jump, sprung from the edge of a ledge with a patented "wall-jump" and sored toward Daisy.
The Green Clad Plumber reached her just in time, and in a continuous motion, grabbed the Princess and pulled her rope from the rocky side as he started his decent. The Kooper Kopter's mighty blade started to rip into the castle the mille-second after Luigi and Daisy were out of the way. One moment of hesitation by Luigi at any point would have spelled doom for the Princess of Sarasaland.
As the Koopa Kopter crashed into the castle, the loud sound of rock being chipped away and ground into distracted those on the ground. "Luigi!" Mario yelled in concern, and he leapt over the stunned Bowser and ran to catch his brother. But Luigi's momentum from the wall-jump was taking him out of range of Mario...
Wario then turned to see what all the fuss was about, and looked up to see a Luigi and Daisy missile streaking at him at incredible speed! "Waaaaaaaaa!!!!" was all he could react with.
Luigi and Daisy stuck Wario hard, causing the three of them to tumble back into Waluigi, who wasn't even looking, but was more concerned with the advaning warriors of Tatanga. The four then proceeded to bowl right over these afore mentioned warriors, causing them to scatter.
Mario stopped as he saw the chaos...just the oppurtunity Bowser had been waiting for! Mario felt the King Koopa's claws grasp his neck from behind and pick him up off the ground!
"Bwa ha ha ha ha!! Now, after all these years, I will finally defe--" but Bowser was suddenly caught off guard as a large rock from above struck his head hard. The Koopa Kopter had continued to chop through the castle wall, and while it itself was being well mangled, it was sending debris falling everywhere! Bowser dropped Mario, who rolled out of the way as more rocks fell. Bowser rubbed his head, then looked up at Mario. "Grrrr!!!" he growled as he readied for attack, but BAM CRASH POW!! the rocks from above fell, this time bigger and more abundant, and the Koopa King was buried in the fray...
Tatanga, a little ways behind Bowser, obsered as the Koopa was crushed. "I am triumphant once more! Tatanga the Conqueror rises agai---" but the Aliem Emperor was then stuck with a large rock himself from above. In his bragging, Tatange had failed to realize HE was in the danger zone as well! He looked up too late, and was buried in an avalanche like the Koopa King.
At these occurences, the two armies stopped mid-punch. Their fearless commanders had just been taken out...Neither army knew quite how to react...
"Run away!" one Koopa Troopa yelled, which sent both armies back into chaos, but this time the chaos of retreat. Goombas scampered away and were trampled by Stone Warriors; Fighter Flies were knocked out of the sky by Para-Troopas; Bob-ombs and Bomb Turtles alike were exploding for no reason.
General Guy tried to keep order. "Stand you ground men!! That is an order!!" Also, Sphynx
attempted to calm his troops, but both failed. The two realized all was lost, and abandoned the Chancellor, Toad, and Princess. They ran to the rock piles and mananged to pull Tatanga and Bowser free. Both leaders were badly bruised and beaten.
Finally, the two armies separated, and each hurried off back to whence they came.
Mario, breathing heavily, observed the battle field. The side of the castle the Koopa Kopter hit was ripped up pretty bad, but that wasn't his top concern. He saw Luigi, Waluigi, Wario, and Daisy all still in a pile, then saw Peach, Toad, and the Chancellor standing nearby with shocked and confused looks on their faces. The area around them looked terribly beat up. The melee had left quite the impression.
"Is..is everyone alright?" the Plumber asked.
"Get off of me!!" Wario shouted as he pushed Daisy and Luigi off of himself. Daisy, still bound, fell backwards onto her backside. "Ow!"
Luigi had only flipped over, and was on his feet in a second, stepping over to the Princess. "Are you okay?" he asked helping her up.
Daisy winced in pain as she stood, but then looked at the Younger Plumber and smiled. "I am...thanks to you."
This caused Luigi to blush. "Thanks to him?!" Wario said, standing behind them.
The whole venture to rescue you was my idea! And WHO broke your fall? ME! I want credit were credit is due!" He then shoved Luigi down to the ground and stood face to face with Daisy. "Go ahead, Princess, you can kiss me!" he gave his trademarked "Wario toothy smile" and then closed his eyes and puckered up.
WUMP!! Daisy, still bound in the ropes, kicked her foot right between Wario's legs.
"Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...." Wario said distressed and wide eyed. He then toppled to the right and laid on the ground in terrible pain. Waluigi just looked on with a surpirsed look.
Daisy then knelt down to Luigi. "Are YOU okay?" she asked. Luigi smiled as he looked at Wario riling on the ground. "Never been better!"
**A week later**
The Toad Town Post-Koopa Invation Re-construction Crew had done it again, restoring the castle grounds to their original splendor in no time. Princess Toadstool then held another grand get together for those involved in the recent battle.
It had taken the Royals a little while to get back into things. Tatanga's spell was a stong one, and Peach found herself still referring to him as "Master Tatanga" and such for a few days. Peach and the Chancellor felt extremely guilty for what they had done, but Mario assured them it was not their fault. Daisy stayed for a little longer then she had expected in order to help Peach out around the castle.
In the throne room, Mario and Luigi just had entered. Wario and Waluigi were already there. Peach had not wanted to invite them, but the Chancellor pointed out that they DID help in this mess, and deserved to be rewarded as well. Toad and a variety of other Toads, including Tayce T. and others from town, were also there. Peach smiled at Mario as he came in.
"Oh, good, you're all here! Now we can start the ceremony," the Chancellor stated "*Ahem*, dear fellow Mushroom Kingdomites! In recognition of bravery above and beyond the call of duty, and saving this castle, town , and kingdom from certain doom being brought by no less than TWO hostile armies, I hereby declar this day to forever be known as...um..." He looked at the Mario Bros and Wario Bros both standing at attention, "ARIO Brothers day! Yes, that should cover it." He smiled and then said, "Now let's all enjoy a great feast in their honor!"
The party ensued. Peach went over to Mario. "Thanks again...I even forgive the slap." she said with a smile and a wink. Mario blushed. "Aw, gee...Just doing my job!" Peach kissed the plucky plumber right on the lips, causing Mario to go as red as his cap!
Luigi observed the two from a distance, then felt a tep on his shoulder. He turned to see Daisy. "Those were some pretty nice stunts you pulled you know...to save me," she
said.
Luigi took off his cap and started playing with it in his hands. "Aw...it wasn't anything, Princess...."
"Daisy," she corrected, "Call me Daisy."
"Okay Dais--" but he was cut off as the Pricess stepped forward and planted a kiss right on his lips! Luigi opened his eyes wide in surprise, then closed them again as he smiled.
Wario stood a few feet away, arms crossed and face fuming, as he watched Daisy kiss Luigi. Waluigi, standing next to him, gave a quick laugh and said, "Guess she doesn't thank everyone with a kick to the groin. Just you! Heh heh!"
Wario punched him out and went to over to the food table.
Daisy released the kiss stepped back and smiled at Luigi. "I need to be going. Father was expecting me back a while ago. I'm sorry."
"Oh...Oh..okay..." Luigi stuttered, still obviously stunned.
"Hey, call me, okay? Peach has my number. And I'll try to come around here more often..." she gave him a little wink. "Strictly for the tennis matches, of course..."
"Of course..." Luigi repeated, his eyes practically shaped like hearts.
Daisy gave a little wave as she waled off and out the doors. Mario came over to his brother.
He patted him on the back and simply stated, "See? The good guys get the girls!" Luigi, still looking at the door where Daisy had walked out of, just smiled and sighed, "Yeah..."
*****THE END*******
