I never thought I would have updated this story. Wow. And the turn it has taken is very surprising. I'll just let you guys read it and see for yourselves what I mean.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters. I'm just borrowing them for my own amusement.

Mario nervously ran his hand through his hair for about the hundredth time that night. He was standing outside Daisy's palace entryway. He was a little late for the party, but he honestly couldn't make up his mind whether he was going to go or not. In the end he decided he should just suck it up and deal with it though. Daisy's wrath was not something to be taken lightly.

"Come on Mario, we're already late!" Luigi urged him. Both the brothers were wearing nice button down dress shirts with black slacks. Mario's was a soft red, and Luigi's was mint green. The two were escorted inside by a footman, and stared in awe at the dazzling ballroom.

The ballroom itself was huge, on a grand scale only the elite can afford. Pale pink streamers lined the walls and ceiling. Ornate candelabras hung on the walls to give the room a muted ambience. A man in a black suit was playing on a piano in the corner. Other musicians with string instruments stood together beside him. Finely decorated tables lined the sides of the room, a vase of pink roses on each one. Gleaming silverware and fine, flowery china were placed neatly at each table. Tall and ornately decorated windows dotted the sides of the room, alluding to the beautiful gardens outside. There was an impressive staircase at the front of the room. Some couples were lingering on the stairs, while others sat at the tables and ate. A few, more brave couples started to dance on the floor.

"Wooow, your girl sure knows how to throw a party", Mario said.

"Yeah, she sure do-hey! She's not my girl!" Luigi quickly became pink in the face. Mario chuckled.

Clearing his throat, and adjusting his tie Luigi said, "Anyways, speaking of the girls…where are they?"

Nodding Mario scanned the room for a crowned head of blond hair. He saw many blondes, but none were the one he was looking for.

"Oh there you guys are! I've been looking everywhere for you!" Mario and Luigi turned to see Toadette looking a bit flushed.

"What's up Toadette?" Mario asked.

"There's no time! Come with me." The smaller girl latched onto both of their wrists and dragged them across the room.

"Wh-hey!"

"What are you-?"

The two brothers learned that despite her small size Toadette was pretty strong when she wanted to be.

"Wario and Waluigi are here! They heard about the party and decided to crash it!"

Still confused as to what that had to do with them, and why they needed to come right NOW, they decided to just go with her and see what the big deal was.

Toadette led them over to the balcony that was upstairs. There weren't any more partygoers up there, but they could hear people's voices.

"Let go of me!"

Mario gasped. "That sounded like Peach!" He wrenched free of Toadette's grip and ran to the balcony. There he saw Wario holding a struggling Peach against him. He had her pressed up against the ledge of the balcony. Waluigi was there also trying to get ahold of a very rambunctious Daisy.

"I said let go!" Peach screamed.

Wario laughed through his nose at her. "You girls decide to throw this fancy banquet and don't invite us? That seems awfully rude. Don't ya think brother?"

Waluigi sneered at Daisy, and wrapped a bony arm around her petite frame, crushing her tightly to his front. "Yeeeah, we outta teach these dames some manners."

"LET GO OF THEM!" Mario thundered.

Wario and Waluigi turned to look at them, surprised. Daisy took advantage of Waluigi's distraction and stomped her foot down on his own foot. Hard. "Yeeeeeoooooowww!" bawled Waluigi. He let go of the brown haired princess and clutched his tender toes, jumping up and down in pain. Daisy scrambled away from the wiry man.

"Oh Luigi!" Daisy ran into Luigi's arms, seeking his comfort. Luigi instinctively placed himself between her and his evil cousins.

" Wario! You let go of her this instant!" Mario bellowed furiously.

Wario turned to his smaller cousin and sneered. "Oh yeah? And what are you gonna do about it couz?"

Mario looked as if he was about to combust as he saw Peach being held in the arms of his large, beastly cousin. His mustache twitched irritably.

"Oh, I'll-a show you what-a I'm gonna do about it!" Mario's eyes shone brightly with anger. He saw red. Everything was red. He stalked over to Wario. Wario, just as stubborn and headstrong as his cousin, pushed Peach aside and glared at Mario.

"Eep!" cried Peach as she teetered precariously on the edge of the balcony. 'That was close', she sighed, relieved.

Mario suddenly lunged. He wrapped his hands around Wario's throat. Or at least, he would have had Wario not blocked him with his forearms. Wario made a grab for Mario's wrists. He caught one, but Mario jerked backward in time for his right hand to be free. Wario's large, meaty fingers clamped down like a vice and squeezed. Mario cried out in pain as his bones rubbed against each other painfully. He popped Wario on the side of the head with his still available fist. Unfortunately his cousin was built like an ox, and the blow didn't deter him much. Again, he beat him, fist flying in the air over and over. Wario grew annoyed that his punches were starting to affect him, and tried to wrestle Mario down to the ground. Mario knew that if he got on top of him it would be all over.

While all this was occurring Waluigi had eventually recovered from the kick to his toes. He looked on as his brother and cousin brawled. He wasn't as hot headed as his yellow-capped sibling. He liked to be smart about things. More…..sneaky. Coming in, guns blazing and taking on whatever crossed his path was not his style. He would much rather stealthily incapacitate Luigi and Mario from the shadows, and then partake in the luxurious company of the tender Miss Peach and Daisy. He watched as Mario swiftly dove out of the way of what would have been a bone crunching wallop to the ribs. His eyes lazily slid across the room towards Daisy and Luigi. Luigi was protectively holding her to his side. She was grimly staring at the altercation on the balcony. Just by looking at her face one wouldn't suspect she was much affected by the ordeal, but if one looked closer they would have seen the white knuckled grip with which she clutched her male defender.

'Now what to do….'thought Waluigi. He considered his options. He could jump in and help Wario, which would then provoke Luigi to probably do the same since two on one was not a fair fight. He'd rather not do that though, since he had just had his moustache groomed. It was rather difficult to keep it in place already. His second option would be to try and swipe Daisy from Luigi's embrace. The two were already distracted by the display his brother was making. But he knew Luigi would give chase for his beloved princess, and she would no doubt fight him tooth and nail in the process. She was a plucky girl. The third option, and much more agreeable one in his opinion, would be to just leave. He would of course, be essentially abandoning his brother, but he knew Wario could take care of himself. Finally, with a decision made he strolled across the room, hands in his pockets, til he was standing next to Daisy.

Luigi, glaring at him, probably did not even realize that his moustache twitched with repressed fury. Daisy, for her part, seemed more wary, leaning away from his very presence.

"I'll see you around Daisy" He drawled in his nasally voice.

"No" Luigi barked. "You won't."

Smirking, Waluigi stalked off only mumbling, "We'll see about that", as he departed.

'They're going to kill each other' thought Peach as she trembled with fear.

Mario's nose ran red with blood. Wario wasn't looking much better either, with one side of his face, particularly his eye, puffing up with what was probably going to be a very impressive black eye. They'd been scrabbling on the floor for what seemed like hours, but Peach knew was not but a few moments. 'Boy, some party' she thought morosely. Then shook herself, for what was she complaining about? Mario was fighting with everything he had for her. Her. She looked over at her friend. It seemed Luigi was content to stay out of the way with Daisy. 'Jeez. Look at him just standing there while his brother gets beaten to a bloody pulp. What a louse.' Indignant anger on Mario's behalf flooded her body.

All of a sudden a stray elbow came from out of nowhere, and knocked the wind right out of her. Mario had thrown his whole body weight at Wario, which, admittedly, was not a whole lot, but it did the trick and made him stumble backwards at least. Unfortunately Peach had been trapped between the edge of the balcony and the fighting cousins the whole time, forced to wait out the scuffle. So, when they tipped over, knocking her down, she unceremoniously fell over the side.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" She screeched.

Mario's head snapped up at the sound as he watched her pink dress disappear over the edge.

"PEACH!" he screamed, reaching out with a hand, too late to grab her.

Everyone looked on in horror.

"Oh god…" Daisy whispered as she and Luigi rushed to the side of the ledge. Wario' s stomach had bottomed out and he felt like he was going to be sick. This wasn't what he wanted. This wasn't supposed to happen.

Poor peach. I knocked her off a balcony...Oh well!

Peach: *glares*

me: *blinks innocently* ...what?

lol, but anyway please review. I would like to know what you guys think. Especially on my take of Wario and Waluigi. I know I've made them the 'bad' guys, but I'm not sure which way I want their personalities to go...