When Luigi DID peek out of the front door and saw something in front of the door like a parcel, his face lit up. "Oh ho ho HO! Now we're TALKING!" Luigi brought the device into the house.
Alice looked at the device. It was red with a tube containing green goo in it. It also had other gizmos attached to it. Luigi attached it to his back and wore it like a backpack. "Ta-da!" He posed.
"...What... is that?" She questioned.
"The Poltergust G-00! I need to see if it still works for battle."
"Battle, huh...? I've got some dolls for you to try it out on."
"Sure... but won't that kill them?"
"It's only training, they won't die." Alice confirmed. "Shanghai, Hourai. It's training time." Everyone went outside.
"Hrm..." Luigi fiddled around with his flashlight as Shanghai and Hourai were just standing outside.
"Feel free to begin." Alice instructed.
Luigi aimed his flashlight and charged up something. He aimed at the dolls and released a powerful blast of light known as the Strobulb. "This is what I use to stun enemies before the real combat!"
"I see. It even stunned the dolls. Impressive." Alice nodded. "Then what?"
Luigi aimed his Poltergust and started vacuuming up the dolls, but not to the point where they would get in. "Suck 'em in! Or I can blow 'em away." Luigi then used the blow feature to push them back.
Alice sighed and then a couple of dozen dolls surrounded him. "More often than not, you'll be swarmed like this. What do you-"
She didn't even finish her sentence as Luigi gushed himself up to the air with the Poltergust, creating a Burst of air that knocked everyone back. Alice was... stunned to say the least. But sadly for Luigi, some of the dolls had shields.
That didn't matter for Luigi, as he fired a plunger "This is my Suction Shot." and whammed it onto the shield. He pulled back and SLAMMED the shield (even yanking it from the doll) to the other side of the ground, breaking it.
Luigi felt a tap behind his shoulder. When he turned around, no one was there. There was a doll always behind him. Alice slowly said, "How about this, then? Surely you can't get them no matter what?"
"..." Luigi just had the most genius idea. He looked at the green goo on his Poltergust. He then pushed a button and the goo leaked out, creating a green gooey version of Luigi while he himself went unconscious. "Ho ho!" The goo-Luigi exclaimed. He went behind Luigi and used the Strobulb on the doll. He then used the Poltergust to shoo it away from Luigi.
Alice... was... majorly shocked. "Who.. what... huh...?"
"Bye bye!" Goo-luigi bid them farewell as he went back into Luigi's Poltergust Tank. "Gooigi!" Luigi proudly announced.
"H-huh... I mean... it works... b-but...?"
"I pull him out when people only watch out for MY actions."
Luigi heard a rustle in the bushes. "Rumia must be near... I-I gotta face my fears!" Luigi ran off.
"Luigi, wait-!" Alice called out, but Luigi went forward. "Do you have any idea how ridiculously reckless you are?"
Luigi turned to Alice. "I gotta save my friends! They've been captured!"
"Captured? Friends?" Alice tilted her head.
"I'll tell you when I get back." Luigi wandered off back into what's now known as the Forest of Magic.
"..if you ever do..." Alice worridly looked at Luigi as she went back inside her house.
Luigi peeked out from behind a tree. "Hello...?" He aimed his flashlight around, finally having the comfort of Gooigi on his back (literally). He trudged slowly onto a wide open area... very suitable for a boss fight. He walked right to the middle of the "arena" and then heard a voice he was familiar with.
"Hello again, mister!" It was the childish-like Rumia again.
"Agh!" He turned his flashlight and was shaking, but not as much as when he was defenseless before.
"So you decided to let me eat you?" She smiled wildly. She swung her arms upwards as darkness burst out, covering the edges of the area so Luigi couldn't escape.
"N-n-n-n-o! I'm defending myself this time!" Luigi stood his ground at long last.
"Ah, that's boring! Stay still! This will be quick!" Rumia charged at him.
Luigi felt as if the boss fight had started. So instead of diving out of the way, he ran out of the way as Rumia bumped into a tree, getting dizzy for a bit but quickly regained consciousness. Luigi thought to himself, as that might be the winning scenario. Just to be sure, he waited until she charged at him again, and then flashed the Strobulb. Of course, she had a bit of darkness protecting her, so not even the Strobulb's brightness got through to her. Luigi got bumped by Rumia, (due to being slower because of the Strobulb) but thankfully she hadn't taken a bite of his skin yet.
"Aaah, stay still!" She charged at him again while T-posing. Luigi ran out of the way and she ran right smack into a tree. She got dizzy again.
Finally, Luigi approached and used the Strobulb. She was stunned and Luigi grabbed her dress via the Poltergust. He dragged Rumia along until he felt the energy to SLAM her across the ground. He repeated the slam then, and again. Three slams before Rumia broke free.
"Did you just attack me without using danmaku, mister?"
"D-Danmaku?" Luigi shivered. Luigi then FLINCHED as two lasers came from Rumia, forcing Luigi to stand still in front of her. "H-huh?! What is this?!"
"Danmaku!" Rumia repeated. She then fired what appeared to be bullets that got closer and closer to Luigi. He couldn't simply run or else he'd be hit by the lasers. He looked at his Poltergust and thought for a few seconds. He tried using the blow function to blow the bullets away. Surprisingly, believe it or not, it actually worked, and Rumia dodged out of the way of her own bullets. She covered herself with darkness.
"Hmm.. I don't think she's stupid enough to try the same trick twice..." He thought as Rumia kept shooting bullets while carefully dodging the ones Luigi brought back. An idea clicked into his head.
Holding the blow trigger, Luigi then brought out Gooigi into play, with the real Luigi fading into unconsciousness. "Ho ho!" Gooigi called out as he slipped behind Rumia. For some reason, Rumia did not notice Gooigi.
Gooigi then activated the blow function on his Poltergust. It blew some bullets back and hit Rumia on the back, leaving her darkness extinguished. Gooigi struck her with the Strobulb and then pulled. He slammed her down three times before letting go again. "Bye bye!" He called again before going back into Luigi's Poltergust.
"How the heck did you hit me? I had eyes on you!" Rumia ranted.
Luigi shrugged.
Rumia then took up and took flight.
"You can fly?!" Luigi panicked.
"All of us can! Welcome to Gensokyo!"
"G-Gensokyo?" Luigi paused.
During Luigi's train of thoughts, Rumia had hit him with a danmaku bullet. It stung and hurt like hell.
"Gah!" Luigi exhaled from the pain. He looked at the spot where he got injured. Bloody and bruised. Great. He was gonna have to finish this before he would die. And so he did. He aimed at Rumia and fired a plunger at her. It stuck to her feet.
"Ah, get it off!" She shook it but Luigi already grabbed the tip with his Poltergust. He pulled back and did the final three slams.
SLAM!
SLAM!
SLAM!
Rumia now was struggling to get out of the Poltergust.
"If you stopped T-posing, you might have an easier time gettin' out!"
"But I must! It's my character!" Luigi's Poltergust slightly rumbled as Rumia said her last words. It literally shot her out like a cannon and smacked her headfirst into a tree.
Luigi winced at Rumia's pain. He felt a little bad, but she was still breathing, just unconscious. Luigi just realised he beat the first 'boss fight' of this adventure. "Oh yeah!" He cheered in victory.
He turned back to go back to Alice's house. As he was humming the victory theme from Dark Moon, his thoughts quickly stopped as he turned to a tree. He saw... a painting. And someone in the painting, being petrified. When Luigi saw who it was, his heart and jaw dropped. "Oh no... Oh nononononononono!" He ran to the painting, which contained Professor E. Gadd, being stuck. Within the rush of deja vu, Luigi fidgeted with his flashlight. He then turned on the Dark Light and freed the professor.
SLAM. He fell hard on the ground. "Mmrgh..." He struggled to get up. He was getting old after all. Luigi offered to help him up, but Gadd refused. "No, no... my pride hurts..." He slowly and crookedly got up on his feet. "Who's there... anyway?" He adjusted his glasses as he looked up at Luigi. In an instant, his frown turned into a big wide smile. "Luigi!" He called out.
"Hey! Professor! It's been a while!"
"Yeah, a whole hour... You are precisely the last person I'd meet twice in a row. What a coincidence!"
"I-"
"Now isn't the time for questions or thoughts!" E. Gadd interrupted. "What matters is, we gotta get back to the hotel! C'mon, Luigi! Get me out of here now!"
"N-n-n-n-n-no!" Luigi refused. "M-m-m-m-m-Mario!" He tried to explain.
"All of your friends have been captured again you say? Including Mario?" E. Gadd sighed. "This is the fourth time..." "Okay, clearly you survived this long... Do you have any shelters?" He looked up at Luigi.
"Hmm..." Luigi pondered... Not really... Alice let him stay one night... But it might be worth another shot. "Okay... Over here!" Luigi beckoned as he turned back to Alice's house. As he turned, E. Gadd noticed one thing.
"Is that the Poltergust G-00? But it was at the hotel an hour ago!"
"Same story as how YOU got here! There's this blonde lady named Yukari that transported everyone here! I think... She definitely transported me here."
"Ah, so not King Boo? Good."
"Y-yeah." Luigi immediately shivered upon hearing his enemy's name. He also shivered because... it started raining. "Huh... It's raining."
"Hurry up, Luigi!" The professor intimidated him as if he wasn't going fast enough. During his run, Luigi picked up a purple umbrella. Cool. Purple isn't that fashionable for Luigi thanks to a certain rival of his, but it'll make do. He handed over the umbrella to E. Gadd and then ran faster to Alice's house.
Then they arrived. E. Gadd clearly out of breath from how old he is. Luigi was about to burst open the door but then he remembered Alice's first warning. He then.. knocked on the door. Lightly.
The door opened, revealing the blonde hair woman known as Alice. "Ah, Luigi, you learned to knock this time." She joked.
She then paused, and realised.
"...Luigi?"
"Yes, it's-a-me? Luigi?" Luigi shrugged.
"Wow, you're still alive. I'm impressed." Alice said with no change in her facial expression, she then looked further down to see the professor. "Um, who...?"
"Ah, that's Professor Elvin Gadd, my mentor." Luigi added.
"Residential genius!" E. Gadd praised himself. Luigi just raised an eyebrow. There was a thunderous echo that made Luigi jump out of his skin a bit.
Alice just realised how soaking they both were. "Oh, I'm so sorry! Come on in." She directed them with her hand and then saw E. Gadd holding the umbrella.
"Uhm, that umbrella..." Alice knows something.
"Yes?" Luigi and E. Gadd just looked at her.
"Never mind. It looks good."
Luigi just awkwardly shuffled indoors. "Purple isn't my strong suit."
"Why?" Alice tilted her head slightly.
"You wouldn't get it."
After the professor and plumber made their way in, Alice softly closed the door to her house.
The first of MANY boss fights is done. Rumia may seem easy, but she's only the first boss. Be prepared for much, much more as Luigi embarks on an odyssey in the sunshine, maybe to defeat approximately 64 bosses in the galaxy? Who knows, but this task is far danger than Luigi's average 3D world.