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Chapter 2.

They had been arguing for some time now and neither Peach nor Mario had noticed that Luigi had vanished. It was Peach who first noticed his absence. She stopped what she was about to say and started looking about the room. Mario watched her in amazement, even in an argument she could still find time to do something else.

"Erm, Mario…where's Luigi?" Peach asked still scanning the room. Mario looked around and realised he wasn't there.

"Well if I hadn't been arguing with you I might have noticed where my little brother had gone!" Mario answered testily. Peach glared at him.

"Don't you dare blame for your pig headedness," She said as she started to storm out of the front door. Mario watched her leave and sighed in annoyance. Feeling a little guilty at his treatment of her he felt he should follow her and apologise.

"Peach wait…" He called out after her.

Peach didn't answer back, but she did stop at the garden gate. She was watching something down the road. Mario caught up to her and realised that Luigi's car was headed in their direction. They both stood and watched as Luigi pulled up by their side and got out of the car. He looked at them and shook his head.

"Finished arguing?" He asked, knowing full well that Peach would have most likely walked out on his brother.

"Where in gods name have you been?!" Demanded Mario. Luigi saw the worried look on his face and decided to tell them the truth.

"I've been to the police station. I respect your opinion Peach and I do care for daisy but I honestly doubt that Waluigi did anything untoward to Daisy," Luigi said. Peach looked at him in surprise. She hadn't expected him to take such an action.

"How is he?" Peach asked, not sure on what to say.

"Like you care…you already have him down as guilty!" Mario muttered. Luigi rolled his eyes.

"Give it a rest Mario. He's not too good, but then what do you expect? Me…his great rival being the only one to visit him and all. Oh and the fact that he is probably now public enemy number one in two Kingdoms…" Luigi said shaking his head.

"Well if you honestly think he didn't do it then I believe you…" Peach said begrudgingly. Mario scowled at her.

"Oh sure, when he says it you agree," Mario muttered again. Peach and Luigi both ignored him.

Luigi then proceeded to go into more detail about his visit to the police station. As Luigi retold these events, the man accused was now midway through an interrogation. Apparently because of his uncooperativeness two more capable detectives had stepped into the breach.

One was a young human woman, who despite looking young she appeared worn and fragile. This would be a misconception, as Waluigi would be yet to discover. Her colleague was a small toad, who was middle-aged. He had a rough look about him would be no push over.

The three of them were seated in Interrogation Room B. Waluigi was slouched in his chair on one side of the table. The two detectives sat on the opposite side, both giving him stern looks.

"Why don't you make this easier for yourself? Tell us what happened to Daisy," The toad detective said sternly.

"Once again, I do not know what happened to her. When I left her she was fine," Waluigi answered. He was getting pretty fed up of repeating himself.

"Why would she be fine in your company?" The young woman asked, her green eyes fixed upon Waluigi.

"Excuse me?"

"Well it's widely known that she hates your guts…so again I ask why would she be fine?" She asked again.

"It's widely known because the papers write this trash and probably because they have some grand idea's of her and that girl Luigi getting together…" he replied bitterly.

"Oh so your jealous of their relationship?" The woman asked again.

"They don't have a relationship…" He responded flatly.

"Are you jealous of his popularity?" She pressed further. He looked at her and laughed.

"What has this got to do with anything?" He asked; her questions seemed pointless.

"It's got everything to do with the case. Want to know what I think?" The toad spoke to him this time.

"Do I have a choice?" Waluigi asked.

"I think you were jealous of them and their friendship. You went over to her room and argued with her and then you did what ever it was you did to her…" The toad said, obviously thinking he was clever.

"You should be a novelist. I'm not denying that I went round there, but it was to only ask her out for a drink. I was gone by nine," Waluigi told them…again.

"No one saw you leave…" The woman said as this condemned him. Waluigi smirked.

"No one sees me take showers either but that doesn't mean I don't, does it?"

The woman fidgeted uncomfortably. A tinge of red crept into her cheeks and Waluigi suddenly felt he was in control of this farce.

"Now don't be clever. I wouldn't be in you're position!" The woman snapped.

"You don't have any proof that I did anything to Daisy, you're just basing your facts on hear say," Waluigi snapped back.

"No one believes that you're innocent. We have witnesses who saw you enter her room and never leave. We have countless witness's who have seen Daisy turn you down flat and express her hatred for you. Yet you seem to think we will believe that when you left Daisy she was alright!?" The toad barked at him.

"Did she agree to go out for a drink with you?" The woman asked softly, after regaining her composure. Waluigi eyed her up. He smiled at her and responded without hesitation.

"No. Maybe when I'm done here you and me…?" He said knowing full well that she was squirming in her seat.

"I ask you not to speak to me like that otherwise you'll be in more trouble," She replied staring into his eyes as if trying to prove a point. Again a faint blush appeared on her cheeks. Her colleague coughed loudly.

"Perhaps Ruth you should go get a glass of water and compose yourself," He told his colleague with a warning tone. She nodded and gave Waluigi one last look before she left the room temporarily. Waluigi watched her leave and didn't take his eyes off the door for sometime after she left. This point was irritating Ruth's colleague with the way the interview was going.

"Right, let's stop playing games!" he snapped testily.

"She's nice…" Waluigi muttered with a sly grin. He leaned backwards on his chair and only had two legs of the chair touching the floor.

"I think we should end this interview…" He said with a yawn.

"I think not, you still haven't told us exactly what happened on the night Daisy disappeared!" Yelled the irate toad. Waluigi was enjoying this, he had already gotten to most of the constabulary, he now seen off the most experienced woman detective and was almost rid of the toad sat in front of him.

"Fine…I went to the hotel at half eight. Daisy let me into her room and I apologised for all the stuff I've put her through. I asked her for a drink and she declined. I went home rejected…as usual… and went to bed…then I…actually I don't suppose you want to know what I did then, not being any witnesses and all…" He said as he smirked.

This bit of rudeness was the last straw for the toad and he stood up and slammed his fists onto the table.

"Fine have it your way! We'll end this farcical interview and continue it when you've had enough of playing games! But believe me you will-be-going-down!" He snapped at Waluigi before exiting the interview room. In now time two other police officers came in and escorted Waluigi to his cell.

Back at the Mario brother's house, Luigi had finished telling Peach and Mario about his visit to the police station. Peach bit her lip and felt a little guilt about already having Waluigi down as guilty.

No one really knew what to say and sat in an awkward silence. The silence was disturbed however when the local paper was rammed through the letterbox. Peach was the one to go and retrieve it.

"Why bother reading it Peach?" Mario asked. Peach looked at him.

"So we know what Waluigi's up against. You know the press weren't his biggest fan before this…" She replied thoughtfully. Luigi though this was a good idea, Mario however was sceptical.

"It's just a bunch of nonsense though Peach, you know that!"

"I know, but this is the first 'murder' case the Mushroom Police Departments had for years so they'll probably use any information they can, no matter how far from the truth it gets," Peach reasoned, Mario nodded in understanding.

Peach opened the paper and shook her head. She laid the article down on the table for all three of them to read. Luigi sighed in dismay at the paper.

"Laying it on a bit thick aren't they?" Luigi said as he read the story.

Peach read it and snorted in laughter. Luigi looked at her sharply.

"Sorry it's just that they claim Waluigi is in love with her…"

Mario interrupted her.

"He is…isn't he?"

"Yes, well I think he is, any way listen to this…"He has proposed on numerous occasions and has sent many romantic advances towards her. Rumours are that he even wrote her a poem"…as if Waluigi would ever be romantic," Peach giggled. The other two laughed quietly.

"They're making him out to be some deranged lunatic who is obsessed with her and frequently stalks her…" Mario said in a more serious tone. The others nodded.

"It's not looking good for him…" Peach conceded.

"Well I'm not giving up on him…" Luigi said determinedly.

The rest of the day was spent with the threesome discussing ways in which they could help their friend (if that was the right term). Luigi was positive that Daisy was still alive he could feel it in his bones.