A/N: This is a filler chapter, so sorry if it's shorter than all the rest. I promise Chapter 8 will be more action-packed!
Luigi carefully made his way down the viewing platform when he heard the Moriya Shrine doors open. "A-ah!" A green-hair lady peeked out the doors, showing a white-and-blue shrine maiden outfit. Luigi gulped a saliva of relief.
This was probably Reimu.
"H-hey... hi...?" Luigi awkwardly waved.
The green shrine maiden looked. "Ah! A visitor! And a human for once, how rare! My name's Sanae! Yours?"
Well, there goes the chances of her being Reimu.
"O-oh, me? I'mma Luigi."
"Well, care for a homestay? It's getting into sunset and soon will be night."
Luigi peeked into the Moriya Shrine.
Sanctums everywhere.
"...Maybe I'll hold off on that." Luigi shuddered about getting lost in that tiny little shrine. "Anyway, I would like to stay and-" Luigi turned around to meet a person with a frog hat. With eyes and everything. Luigi could only see blonde hair as he fell in terror. Thankfully not off the mountain.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Eep." Luigi winced. He was more concerned about the frog hat than the actual girl.
Sanae sighed. "Suwako, you didn't have to scare him!"
"Did I scare him?" Suwako looked down at the trembling Luigi.
"Eeeeeiiii..." Luigi made fear noises.
"Ugh, I can't with that guy!" Suwako rolled her eyes. "All I did was have a hat to his face! Nothing scary about that!" She stepped back and folded her arms. "Who's this broad, anyway?"
"Did you just call me a-?!" Luigi was mad.
"This is Luigi. He's a visitor of the shrine who somehow climbed the Youkai Mountain!" Sanae introduced Luigi.
"Hmm..." Suwako did a thinking emoji. "Did an annoying crow tengu bully you?" She teased, poking Luigi's nose, which aggrivated him a bit. "Then you wet your pants a little and only now has the stain vanished-"
"I beat the snot out of her." Luigi said out loud.
"You."
"What."
Suwako and Sanae said at the same time.
Luigi walked to the edge of the platform with dramatic music playing. He pointed at the monstrosity he created below him. Suwako and Sanae shivered violently.
There was Aya, dizzy and conked out from her recent battle with Luigi.
"Yikes.." Sanae managed to breathe out. "So, how did you beat her? Was it that strange vacuum on your back?"
Luigi looked at his Poltergust. "Well, yes, but actually no. I just used the Poltergust to pelt boulders at her until she dropped."
...Sanae looked at Luigi like he was a mass murderer.
"What? I was desperate!"
Suwako just went back to the front of the shrine and sat down on the steps. "Sit down, Luigi. We could talk for a while. It gets pretty lonely without much visitors making it this far."
Sanae also went and sat down on the shrine's steps.
"M-must I?" Luigi shivered
"It's an absolute must." Sanae's eyes went dark.
"A-aye aye!" Luigi saluted and sat down in the middle. Between two girls who could kill him at any moment. Luigi felt... stressed was the LIGHTEST way to put it.
"ANYWAY." Suwako coughed. "Why did you come up here in the first place?"
"I wanna find the human village." Luigi admitted. "I got lost so I went here for a view..."
Sanae was about to say 'are you that stupid' but held off against it. She then spoke. "Well, you better get going before night falls. It's kinda hard to see in the dark."
Luigi whipped out his flashlight.
"...Not for you, anyway." Sanae chuckled.
Luigi rubbed his eyes. "I'm kinda turning into a nocturnal if I say so myself... Bad for my health, as I have everything-phobia."
"Really? Why are you so scared? How much have you suffered through?"
Luigi remembered all the times his suffering had 'ended'...
Crying tears of joy upon seeing his dizzy brother...
Hearing Mario say the words "That's my bro!"...
And everyone reuniting once more, with Mario saying "Way to go, bro!"...
Luigi felt something. He put his gloves to his eyes and they came out damp.
"Tears...?" He mumbled to himself.
"Luigi?" Suwako and Sanae stared.
"I never even stopped to think how much I suffered." He looked at the night sky with his blurry and teary eyes. And now, come to think of it...
"Can I eat you?"
"I'm the strongest!"
"Lanky human!"
The taunting words of Rumia, Cirno and Aya came back to him. It was just another day of survival. That's all that mattered. Living to see another day and rescuing everyone once more.
Luigi got up on his feet.
"Luigi?" Sanae repeated herself. "What's the matter?"
"I have suffered, yeah, that's true." Luigi didn't look back at the two. "But I will suffer to save my friends. Even if I get scared at everything."
"LUIGI." Suwako suddenly yelled.
"AA-yes?" Luigi shivered.
"Oh, yeah, you are scared of everything." Suwako held in a laugh.
Luigi felt like he could punch this child-like figure into oblivion, but his human morales prevented him from doing such an act.
"Listen here, child-"
"I'm a goddess. One of the oldest." Suwako said with a smug face. Even the frog hat was emitting a smug aura.
Luigi's jaw hung open a bit. Of course she was a goddess. Nothing in Gensokyo made sense.
Luigi put his hand out. "Okay okay okay... I get it. I'm not stoppin' for tea or anything. I'll get lost in your shrine. I was only here for a view of Human Village."
"Ah. Right. You should get going then?"
"Sure can do." Luigi did a salute. "So long, friends! Yippie-kai-yay!" Luigi did a cringe-as-heck exit while shuffling and moonwalking.
"You think this is funny?" Sanae said to the exiting Luigi.
And Luigi's final words was a really big wheeze.
Since this is a filler chapter, I'll answer all your reviews personally here!
Nan The Keyblade Master: Well, it's been over 6 parts since you last reviewed. Guess this is 'more of this'! Hope you're still enjoying it.
Havel the Hevel: If things keep going this way, Luigi may lose his mustache at this rate!
James Birdsong: Good that you think this is good!
VolcanicFlare: Oh jeepers, I just read an essay there. Yeah, I'm aware that the male population isn't extinct, but thanks for the reminder and extra tips!
Guest: To put it simply, he cheated. He activated 'Debug Mode'!
ChackMete: Bullet L at this point is just one giant meme mess. How many memes have you spotted?