Jimmy walked out of the house first and the others followed him. They walked out into a crowd of slightly panicked people among them were Goombario's family. They ran up to him and saw the bump on his head. "Oh Goombario! You've been hurt!"

"It's okay..." Goombario replied, grimacing a bit.

"I'm going to treat it when we get to the Toad house." Jimmy stated. "He's not okay, I'm going to check it over. You see, we got into a fight with these clowns and they hurt him." He then smiled to Goombaria and he took out the two Shy Guy Dolls. "I'll give these dolls to you, take good care of them."

"Thank you." Goombaria said as she took them. "Take good care of my brother, Jimmy."

"You know I will." He replied back. "Let's go."

They walked back to the Toad house and walked in. The toad in there was vacuuming the floor and he turned to them. He shut off the vacuum and said. "Welcome to the Toad house. Our motto is "Rest your body and your soul." Do you want to stay here?"

"Yes but only for a little while." Jimmy commented as he set Goombario on the bed. He was groaning and grimacing a little from the hit. "I need to treat him."

Bombette and Kooper went and got some ice and put it into a bag. They gave the bag to Jimmy and Parakarry watched the whole thing. Watt got the first aid kit and gave it to Jimmy and Jimmy took the gauze out and removed Goombario's hat. Jimmy started to blott the injury. Goombario opened his eyes suddenly. "Oww!!"

"Don't worry, it'll only sting a little." Jimmy said softly. "Now for the ice." He put the ice on the bump and it started to shrink a little. Goombario sighed deeply and closed his eyes. "There, now you take a nice rest."

Bow walked into the Toad House and smiled at Jimmy. "Mmm, you're getting good at that."

"Oh you mean the treatment?" Jimmy asked in response. "I took a first aid class in grade nine, it's about all I remember from school. Taking care of this type of injury is really very easy."

"You've got really good hands!" Bombette commented frankly. "He's already asleep!"

"Let's leave him alone." Jimmy said. "You want me to take a look at you, Kooper? You took quite a hit yourself."

"Um, no thank you. I was only hit on the shell." Kooper said as they walked out. They walked out of the Toad House and they sat down in the grass. "So who should we get on our team now?"

"We could go for either Lakilester or Sushie." Bombette replied. "But they live quite far away from one another."

"Let's get Lakilester." Parakarry said. "He'll be able to carry Jimmy over large crevasses, spikes and Lava."

"Or we could get Sushie...she could help Jimmy over water." Bombette Suggested. "We could get both too but we'd better hurry."

"I think we should go to Lavalava island...after all, it's right here." Kooper said.

"Okay, we'll go to Lavalava island." Jimmy said. "Nothing to lose right?"

All of a sudden they heard a loud crash in the direction of the port. Then they could hear and see panicking Toads heading their way. Jimmy stood up and asked one what happened and the Toad girl screamed. "There's a giant squid in the harbor!!"

Jimmy and everyone jumped up and raced to the harbor to see a huge Wiry squid destroying a building. Jimmy ran up to it and shouted. "What do you think you're doing?!"

The squid turned to him and looked him over and a gleam appeared in her eyes. "So it's YOU! Kammy Koopa sent me to destroy you but you weren't home. So I decided to trash the place! The names Kaeli Mari!"

"I won't let you!" Jimmy menaced. "How are we gonna beat her?

"Team attacks!" Bombette shouted as parakarry lifted her up by her feet. She wound herself up and Parakarry dropped her into Kaeli Mari and she exploded. Parakarry was knocked down into the harbor. Bombette jumped fell down to land.

Kaeli Mari resurfaces and screeches in anger. "Surf's up!!" She jumped up into the air and comes down into the water, making a horrible splash and causing a tidal wave. Jimmy and everyone's eyes turned into dots and anime sweat drops appeared when they saw the colossal wave approaching them. The wave crashed down into them and they were swept into the harbor, screaming.

Kaeli Mari saw them swimming helplessly around her and she laughed. "Lunch time!!!" She dove under the water in search for Jimmy and saw him around the bottom of the harbor. "You're mine!"

Jimmy took out the Dizzy attack and the Gusty Blast Badge and put them on. "Let's hope this works...I'm gonna put my all into this attack. Gusty Dizzy!!" He began to spin around at sonic speed and to his relief, caused the water around him to spin and pick up speed. Soon he transformed the harbor into a giant Whirlpool, Kaeli Mari had no where to go. Jimmy stopped spinning and screamed to the others. "Attack her now while the water's like this! Power Jump!" Jimmy rushed up to Kaeli Mari and stomped her hard with the power Jump. Parakarry and Kooper both launched shell attacks and Bombette jumped into Kaeli Mari, exploding. Kaeli Mari snapped at them with her tentacles but they all kept attacking. "Why hasn't the water stopped whirling?" Jimmy wondered but saw his Drakonite feather glowing. "Ah! Feather power!"

They kept on attacking but Kaeli Mari kept swatting them back. She however wasn't preventing all the attacks. With one last power jump from Jimmy, the colossal squid was no more. First there was an explosion of blue and then red and then green and finally yellow. With each explosion of color, Kaeli Mari shrank and soon she was just a normal Bloober of a squid. She slank away and Jimmy gave the victory gesture. "Thatz the battle...huh?" They all screamed in terror when they saw the whirlwater closing up on them. They were tossed onto the shore with little gentleness. Jimmy slowly got up and rubbed his butt. "Ouch. At least I landed on the one part with cushons..." Jimmy suddenly felt dizzy and weak. "Ohh..."

"Jimmy!" They all cried and rushed over to him. "You okay?!"

"I feel kinda dizzy..." Jimmy groaned and finally passed out.

Jimmy looked around and saw himself inside an ancient temple. He was wearing snowy White robes with black streaks along his arms. He looked around and saw that the land was fuzzy and kind of blurred. He looked up to see a beautiful angel-like creature with wings of white and gold tips. Her hair was long, silky and golden. She was wearing a dress that showed off her chest and legs which was white and gold and she had a gorgeous figure, her final grace was her beautiful face with no imperfections. The only thing that was a little odd was that there was a blue tear shaped mark on her cheek, close to her eye.  She smiled to him and reached out. She touched Jimmy's cheek and he looked up and dreamily spoke. "...Who...are you...?" He suddenly woke up and saw everyone was around him. "Hi everyone...I had the weirdest dream. I saw this woman and she so beautiful...she was almost like...an angel."

"Really?" Bow asked. "Did she have wings of white with black tips...like your feather?"

"I...can't remember..." Jimmy said. "I've forgotten most of it."

"Jimmy..." Goombario said. "Thank you for fixing me up."

"No problem!" Jimmy smiled back brightly. "I'd do it again!" He got up off the bed and said. "What's up now? You all want to go to Lavalava island?"

"Okay! The whale's here. Let's take a ride on his back to the island." Bow said. "He'll help us since we've helped him clear the harbor of that Kaeli Mari."

They walked out of the Toad house and into the port. There the Whale was waiting for them. When Jimmy walked up to it, it said. "Hello, Jimmy. Bow told me all about it. Thank you for opening up the harbor for me again. That Kaeli Mari was always bugging me."

"Can you take us to Lavalava island?" Jimmy asked.

"Of course I can. Hop onto my back and we'll be there faster than you can say water-logged!" The Whale replied and everyone hopped onto his back. The whale carried them along the sapphire sea and people could hear the crest of the water crashing into him and the seagulls overhead. They scoped out some low clouds that hung over the ocean. They saw some dolphins jump about in the distance and the sun sank slowly in the west. Goombario was talking to Jimmy while Parakarry and Kooper fought over who gets to go first in the next card game. Bow talked to Bombette about how great it would be to see Sushie again. The Whale docked up on the beaches of Lavalava island and they went south to go into the Yoshi Village.

They saw the Yoshies and they looked like they were having some sort of party. Yoshi ran up to them and said. "Great to see you again, guys! Who are you?"

"My name's Jimmy." Jimmy introduced.

"We're the Yoshies of the Yoshi village!" Yoshi replied. "I'm just a regular green yoshi so people call me Yoshi. We're having our summer festival for we had a great harvest of Star wheat."

"What's star wheat?" Jimmy asked Goombario.

"Star wheat is is used in making star flour which is the best flour in the land. Tayst E. only uses a small amount of it to make things cause it's so expensive. Star Flour is incredible for baking!" Goombario replied knowledgeably. "Yoshies use Star wheat to make Yoshi Cookies!"

"Wow!" Jimmy said.

"Welcome back to the island!" Chief yoshi called. "We're going great here. The volcanic eruption a few months ago made great soil enchancer for the crops and now we've got an abundance of Star wheat. We've got the most cookies we've got in years!"

"Goombario?" Sushie called as she flopped over to them. "Welcome back! Have you seen my granddaughter, Sashimi? She's been a real full time job to take care of."

"Um..." Jimmy mumbled. "Mario, Luigi and the princess have all been kidnapped by Bowser."

"What?!" Sushie cried. "That's terrible! And there's nothing I can do this time..."

"How come?" Parakarry asked.

"My hands are full protecting Sashimi here!" Sushi replied. "...But there is someone I can introduce you to, Jimmy. His name is Lakilester."

"Lakilester!" They all exclaimed. "What are you doing in Lavalava island?"

"Don't CALL me that! My name is Spike!" Lakilester commanded. "And I'm here with my girlfriend Lakilulu on vacation."

"Hi everyone!" Lakilulu greeted. "We're engaged!" At that, Lakilester smiled nervously.

"How would you like to go on an adventure?" Jimmy innately asked and smiled innocently.

"I would!" Lakilester innately replied, responding to Jimmy's hint. "Let's go, RIGHT now!"

"Hey!" Lakilulu protested. "You don't even know what you've volunteered for! For all you know, you could have enlisted in the navy for 200 years!"

"People are in danger! I gotta do something to help...(psst, who am I helping?)" Lakilester whispered and Jimmy whispered back. "...um...Mario, Luigi and Peach!"

"But Jimmy's got enough people to help him." Lakilulu responded. "Besides, we need to talk about our feelings!"

"He needs my help to cross things like spikes and Lava and other stuff that I can do and I'm SURE he needs." Lakilester said. "Let's go immediately."

* * *

Meanwhile, high in the sky still loomed Bowser's Castle. Peach, Mario and Luigi were still trapped in their blocks. Peach sighed and looked out the window. "I wonder if that boy, Jimmy is all right?"

Twink was trying to crash into the block to crack it but wasn't succeeding. "Man, this is hard! And I mean like...HARD!"

"Twink, cut it out." Peach softly said. "You aren't going to be able to free us right now and what's worse, you're getting yourself all scratched up."

"I'm hungry!" Luigi complained. "I wish I had some food!"

"I could get you some!" Twink said as he flew out the window. "I'll be right back."

"Thank goodness for twink..." Peach said. "Oh nooo!"

Bowser walked in and sneered at them. "You're still in your blockies! Well that's too bad. Where's your super strength now?!"

"If I had my ultra hammer..." Mario groaned.

"But you don't so shaddup!" Bowser snapped and then Kammy floated in, she looked a little concerned. "Kammy! What brings you here? Good news?"

"Bowser I want to talk to you." Kammy said as she led him out of the room. She closed the door and said. "We've got to think of a way to bring this kid down..."

"You mean he's STILL around?" Bowser asked.

"He's taken out Cher Ree, The Shy Guy Twins Gouf and Awwf and the assassin we sent for him." Kammy cursed. "I can't believe this kid! I been throwing more and more monsters at him and he doesn't even flinch!"

"We need a different approach..." Bowser pondered.

"How about poisoning?" Kammy suggested, laughing evilly. "We can send a duplighost and another one of my followers. We'll poison him and that'll be the end of his quest. The poison the Bane guys use can be notoriously impotent. I'll whip up a poison that'll be nice and painful." Kammy then looked up in thought. "Well...the guy I got hooked up to this mission has a particular passion for his work...he's actually quite a nut job."

"This time we can't fail." Bowser said.

* * *

Back at the Yoshi village about an hour later, they were enjoying the party and catching up with Lakilester. Bombette turned to Jimmy and said. "I'm going to bed."

"Have a good night." Jimmy replied and she walked off. When she got to the Toad house, she opened the door and went inside. But she went in however, she didn't know it but someone was spying on her. The ghostly figure jumped out and snickered. He transformed into Bombette and snickered again. He dusted the ground and called. "Jimmy!!! I need your help! Come alone and unattended!!"

Jimmy got up and walked to the Toad house down the road and found the Bombette clone all scratched up. "Thank goodness you're here! ^.~ "

"What's wrong?" Jimmy asked. "Are you hurt?! Did something attack you?"

"Well it..." Bombette? began. Jeremy was listening intently until he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. Bombette leered at him. "Well, what's wrong is that you're an idiot!" Bombette transformed into the duplighost and Jimmy turned behind and found a shy guy with a strange mask.

Jimmy jumped to the side and turned to them. "What are you! Help Me!!!"

Goombario and Parakarry instinctually heard it and they rushed to the Toad house. Jimmy struggled to fight them off, he was starting to feel cold and numb in the fingers and toes. "Ohhh, this is..." Jimmy dropped to his knees and groaned from the pain.

Goombario headbutted and Parakarry shell shot the Duplighost and he dissipated in defeat. Goombario turned to Jimmy and Parakarry and looked hard at the strange shy guy. "This is Bane Guy! His specialty is poisoning, but he isn't hard to beat at all. The only thing you need to worry about is being poisoned. Parakarry shot himself into Bane Guy and knocked him into the Toad house, Bane Guy dropped down and passed out. Goombario and Parakarry both ran to Jimmy who nearly passed out. Goombario nudged him "Jimmy... Jimmy!! Are you okay?!"

"No...M-my Stomach hurts pretty bad...and I feel...kind of cold..." Jimmy moaned painfully. "It hurts...unnngghh!!"

At first it was soft but gained in volume. The Bane guy got up and his laughing became unbearable He then began talking derangedly to Jimmy even though the Bane Guy's gaze was on the ground. "Ha ha ha! You should be in pain! Let me tell you the story about a little boy named Jimmy! He's beaten some of our guys and he made some friends who stuck by him in anything..." He slowly looked up and smiled at Jimmy who looked back with pain and sadness. Bane Guy continued. "....But then...he was scratched by the poison dart of Bane Guy...he will feel like he's burning inside... He will feel cold on the outside...he will lose the feeling in his appendages and go numb... he will be in pain... he will become paralyzed by the poison... ... ... ..." The shy guy grinned evilly and then he jumped up on the ground and raised his arms to the sky. screamed with all of his evil and unbearable energy. "...AND HE WILL DIE!!!!" He began rolling on the ground laughing maniacally. "AHH HA HA HA HA!! HA HA HA!...Uh oh!"

Parakarry and Goombario both glared at him and they were breathing hard and lunged, screaming "YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!!" in rage at the Bane Guy. Goombario did a headbutt and Parakarry did a shell shot...but they didn't stop there. They continued wailing on the Bane Guy and he screamed, everyone including some yoshies ran to the scene and they watched in terror as they saw Goombario and Parakarry beating the Bane Guy within an inch of his life. Everyone was continued to be shocked when they just wouldn't stop beating the Bane Guy about. By the end the Bane Guy was covered in his own blood and Goombario and Parakarry both stared hard at the the downed Bane Guy in bitter victory. They ran over to Jimmy who moaned from the pain. He smiled weakly. "...Goombario...Parakarry...thank you..." Jimmy closed his eyes.

Everyone's eyes grew glassy and tear filled and Yoshi and Sushie pushed through the crowd and saw his friends weeping over him. Jimmy groaned and coughed. Sushie looked at the kid's face and whispered sadly. "Poor kid..."

"...He is still alive..." Yoshi whispered. "...however...this is not ordinary poison. The only thing that might be able to neutralize it is golden honey. It might not even work but they say it can cure anything..."

The Toad from the Toad house crept out and asked. "Hey guys! What's the commotion ab--" He looked in sadness at the yoshies as they picked up Jimmy's limp form and carried him into the Toad house. "...Um..."

From inside the house, Yoshi continued. "The honey however is well hidden and not only that, but it's also up high on the mountain so it'll take a very long time to get there. The only ones who could get there quickly are flyers. So only those of you who can fly will be able to retrieve the honey in time. Time's tight too, the way this poison's working, you probably only have until sunrise to get it. That's about 6 hours."

"Let's go get this honey!" Lakilester bravely shouted. "Let's go, guys!!"

"Right! It's my job to protect him!" Parakarry added. "Now's my chance!"

"He done so much to help us Boos so now it's MY turn to help him!" Bow added. "HA HA!!!"

"He's the captain of our team! He protects us so we owe it to him!!" Watt added.

Parakarry, Watt, Lakilester and Bow all nodded seriously and they all flew out the door with Lakilester. Within seconds, they were high above the house and over the jungle. Lakilulu flew after him and saw him go she then shouted after them. "Be Careful, guys!!! Take Care, my Lakilester!!!"

Goombario turned to everyone. "I'll watch over him. If I need you, I'll give you a holler."

"Right." Kooper and Bombette nodded. "Don't worry! They'll be back with the honey."

Everyone left the house and Goombario was left in charge of Jimmy. Jimmy looked at Goombario weakly and he closed his eyes and fell into a surprisingly peaceful sleep. Goombario sighed in relief and told him. "You took care of me...so now it's my turn to take care of you."
 

That's the end of Chapter 8. That was kind of hard to write, tell me what you thought about this chapter by writing a review. ^_^