Love at First Dash

Races, Confessions and Kisses

All characters are owned by Nintendo

Everyone took off, but four karts took an early lead. Mario and Peach, Toad and Toadette, Luigi and Daisy and Wario and Waluigi. Luigi was driving and Daisy was on the back platform. Luigi was trying to hold off the Wario bros. Wario was driving with Waluigi on the back platform. Wario moved to the right side of Luigi and began trying to pass them. Wario bumped Luigi's kart.

"Bump him back" Daisy said.

"I can't" Luigi said "their kart is too heavy, it wouldn't do any good."

Wario bumped them again and pulled up alongside them, then he bumped them again.

"Knock it off!" Daisy yelled.

"Or what Princess?" Wario asked "are you going to politely ask me to stop? Or maybe get your servants to stop me?"

"Actually" Daisy said "I was planning on doing this."

She leaned toward Wario, drew back and punched him in the face as hard as she could; causing him to lose control of the kart and spin out.

"Nice one" Luigi said.

"Thanks" Daisy said.

Meanwhile, Wario finally got the kart back under control.

"Come on" Waluigi said "get back in the race."

"That one is nothing like Princess Peach" Wario said.

Back up front, Toad and Toadette were beginning to fall back. They tried everything they could to catch up, but the tune ups Luigi did on his and Peach's karts were starting to show. By the end of the first lap, Luigi and Daisy and Mario and Peach had a considerable lead over everyone else.

Despite the two teams hitting each other with red and green shells and banana peels, they kept their lead over the field. Luigi and Daisy had the advantage through tight corners, thanks to Luigi's steering adjustments. Peach had mastered the green shell over the years of kart racing, she used her skills to keep them within passing distance. Toward the end of the last lap, Luigi and Daisy had a small lead over Mario and Peach, Luigi and Peach were driving. Luigi hit a double box. He got a mushroom and Daisy got a banana peel. Peach did the same, she got a mushroom and Mario got a red shell.

"Switch places with me" Mario said.

"Why?" Peach asked.

"I'm saving this for the home stretch" Mario said "it always works."

"Ok" Peach said.

They switched places. Luigi saw the movement out of the corner of his eye in the side mirror. He looked at the mirror and saw Mario driving with one hand and holding a red shell with the other. Daisy started to throw the banana peel.

"Wait!" Luigi said.

"What?" Daisy asked.

"Don't throw it yet" Luigi said.

"I've gotta slow Mario and Peach down" Daisy said.

"Just wait" Luigi said.

"For what?" Daisy asked.

"Trust me" Luigi said "just wait I'll tell you when."

Normally Daisy would have just thrown it anyway, but something about Luigi made her not want to throw it. She looked at Mario and Peach then looked at the banana peel.

"Ok" she said "just say when."

Peach used her mushroom, allowing her and Mario to close the gap slightly.