Unconditional Love

Chapter 8

A/N: Thank you to those who have added this to your reading lists and for the votes in the last chapter. I really appreciate it! I hope all of you enjoy this chapter!

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"So, this friend of yours. Who is it that got captured by Bowser?" Donkey asked as he, Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad were sitting around a table having some breakfast. The table consisted of bananas. Lots and lots of bananas. The dining room they were in was large and matched the rest of the jungle décor that was found throughout the large castle.

"It was our new friend Y/N. She comes from the same place as Mario and Luigi," Peach answered.

"Ah. I see. I bet this is all a trap."

"It has to be."

"We have to get her back though. One way or another," Mario said.

The doors to the dining room burst open with such force. Luigi and Toad jumped in fright from two guard Kongs coming in.

"Your highness, there are some Koopas here attacking the city," one of them spoke, clearly out of breath.

"There's a lot of them. They're pillaging everything!" The other guard spoke.

Donkey sighed, "Great. Let's just hope a few karts were done before they got here. Gather more guards for battle."

"Yes, your majesty," both guards replied and scurried out of the dining room.

"Ugh! What a pain!" Toad said.

"Yeah, really," Luigi agreed.

"We need to get moving. I knew Dad was going to get up early along with a few of the mechanics to work on the karts this morning." Donkey got up from his seat and everyone followed behind him.

Everyone made their way toward the garage where karts were built. It thankfully hadn't been broken into and a good number of karts were finished. A lot of them had guns that shot out banana peels, turtle shells, and coconuts. They also were large, and some could seat up to four people.

"These are looking good!" Donkey said as he inspected some of them.

"Yep, just finished the last one," Cranky replied.

"That's great! We need to get going and help the city. Koopas are here attacking."

Cranky's eyes widened, "Yes, let's go. Everyone! Pick your karts and hustle!"

The mechanics along with several other Kongs were scrambling around, picking out karts that would best fit them. While everyone was doing that, Peach, Mario, Luigi, and Toad had headed out of the garage to help some of the guards fight off the Koopas. Power ups were used along the way by the princess and her three companions. The Koopas had broken into the stadium and had grabbed some of the power ups that were left in there from the previous day.

With most of the Koopas knocked down, the Kongs in their karts came out and shot down more of the enemy. Peach opened up the entry doors of the kingdom and saw that the Yoshies were unharmed. Relieved, she climbed up onto her pink Yoshi. Mario, Luigi, and Toad got to their Yoshies and climbed up. The Kongs in the karts had used a different exit/entrance area made specially for karts. They met up with Peach and the others.

"Alright. To Bowser's Castle everyone! Let's go!" Peach shouted as she got her Yoshi going. Everyone followed her as she led the way.

A crowd of turtles was waiting for the princess, plumbers, Kongs, and mushroom man not too far ahead of them. The turtles had spears at the ready with a few of the turtles hovering in the air with their white wings keeping them aloft and weapons out.