...was this the feeling of being stumped?
The Shrine Maiden of Paradise, Reimu Hakurei, was of no help to Luigi. Unfortunately for him, she did not care at all.
Alice couldn't believe what she was hearing, too. "Hmm... That's very out of character of Reimu. I suppose I'll have a chat with her later about it... For now-"
E. Gadd barged into the house and looked into Luigi's Wii Boo gamepad.
"WAAAGH!" Luigi was terrified to see the professor suddenly pop up on his screen.
"Luigi!" The professor yelled. "I tried calling you on your Wii Boo, but it had interference, so this was the next best thing!"
Alice was struggling against E. Gadd. "Why are you so in a rush anyway-?!"
"I know where the next captured friend is."
Luigi gasped. "You DO?"
E. Gadd smiled. "Of course! Bringing you here via the new and improved and VERY highly untested Pixelator!"
"Oh nonononono-" Luigi grabbed onto Red Toad.
Red Toad screamed. "Let me go! Or else we'll-"
The Wii Boo gamepad vacuumed both Red Toad and Luigi in, and then vanished without a trace.
Mokou witnessed the whole thing and just shrugged it off.
Luigi and Red Toad slammed into E. Gadd's lab, hugging each other due to sheer fear.
E. Gadd then entered the lab and chuckled loudly. "I knew you'd lot make it in one piece! Even though the Pixelator IS highly untested."
Luigi tilted his eyebrows. "Hooh, you're funny, E. Gadd. Any more jokes and I'll turn you into clown pieces."
E. Gadd blinked. "Is that a foreshadowing or reference? I genuinely can't tell anymore. Regardless! BEHOLD!" E. Gadd pointed to the arch-portal and it was glowing with Kaguya's item.
"That's-!"
"I'm not so sure about it myself, but when that thing started glowing, a thing popped up on my computer! That thing is none other than coordinates to materials that are made to make paintings to trap us all in!"
Luigi shifted his eyes. "Okay, but where's this one?"
"Floating in the middle of the ocean. This one will be no easy task. Water everywhere..."
Luigi shivered and looked at the green goo on his Poltergust. "Gooigi and water.."
E. Gadd finished. "DEFINITELY don't mix. And I don't have a boat to get you all across-"
Red Toad sighed. "Welp, end of the line! Let's just sit back and enjoy ourselves! Living in Gensokyo doesn't seem all that bad."
Luigi shot a glare to Red Toad then looked back at E. Gadd. "Continue...?"
"So I've asked Alice earlier to set up coordinates to a certain kappa's home!"
Luigi got flashbacks. Alice DID mention a kappa earlier when E. Gadd opened up shop.
E. Gadd continued. "Anyway, I sent them to your Wii Boo gamepad. Do feel free to use it if you get lost!" He clapped his hands together once.
Luigi immediately looked at the map.
"...it's in the Youkai Mountain."
"Hop to it!"
Door slam before Luigi could object.
He turned to aim his flashlight. "Why am I the one doing this and not Reimu...?"
He went to check in on Alice but saw a note there.
Apologies for not being home - I will be at the Human Village.
Alice Margatroid
"..huh." Luigi went back into the Forest of Magic to begin his journey to the Youkai Mountain.
Now his second season will truly start.
He hummed nervously as he trudged through the forest.
Silence...
Only his foosteps remained.
Until-
"BOO! Again!"
A girl with turquoise hair jumped out with her purple umbrella.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH-" Luigi slipped up and fell on his bottom. "DON'T EAT ME-Wait, you're... Kogasa!"
Kogasa was the one to be shocked this time. "Wait, you remember me? T-thank you! I mean..!"
Luigi tilted his head in confusion.
Kogasa went back into character. "I mean, hah! I got you again! It's even funnier the second time!" She laughed. "I will tell everyone that the greatest coward of all time is... uh... um..."
Luigi got up, brushing his hat off. "Luigi."
Kogasa smiled. "Well, Luigi, you-"
"...are coming with me." Luigi finished, grabbing Kogasa by the hand and making his way through the forest.
Kogasa went red in the face. "B-but this isn't right! You're supposed to go 'please dont eat me' like last time! Was that, like, not canon or something?!"
Luigi turned his head to Kogasa as he still walked through the forest. "Well I have to have SOME company when dealing with this kappa."
"...and a meatshield." He whispered that last part.
"But the last time we met, you were trembling in fear!" Kogasa protested.
"That was then. This is now." Within a few minutes, he was already at the base of the Youkai Mountain.
Kogasa looked up the mountain. "Oh, hey, I come to the Moriya Shrine all the time!"
Luigi glared at Kogasa. "Then be there instead of scaring me all the time!"
They were walking through the mini-forest with Luigi and Kogasa bickering at each other.
Kogasa pouted. "I can't! I gotta scare people! It's my character!"
"Rumia said the exact same thing, and I beat the snot out of her!"
"Grown lanky man beats up little girls!"
"Self-defense!"
"Are you planning to beat me up too?!" Kogasa was nearly crying. "You're a violent women assaulter!"
"I don't-" Luigi turned to face forward and met with a katana nearly piercing his eye. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
The holder of the katana was none other than Momiji. "Ah. I know those terrified screams from anywhere."
She quickly put her katana aside.
"Hello, Luigi." Momiji smiled brightly.
"..." Luigi got flashbacks of him patting Momiji's head and muttered to himself. "Don't tell me I'm actually getting a harem."
Momiji turned to Kogasa. "And you brought a youkai with you? Bold move."
Kogasa linked her arms to Luigi's arm. "Yep! Mr. Coward and I are in a relationship where he beats me up!"
Momiji had an evil glare towards Luigi.
Luigi flailed his free arm. "MISUNDERSTANDING!"
Momiji continued, still staring at Luigi. "So, what brings you here, Mr. I-Beat-Up-Women?"
Luigi deeply sighed upon hearing that insult. "Kappa."
"Oh, looking for the kappa? She's in Genbu Ravine." Momiji points to a MASSIVE WATERFALL THAT HAD PIPES AS WALLS.
"...yeah. Probably that." Luigi shivered and braced himself to fall off a literal cliff and plummet into water... if those platforms or rocks weren't in the way. Luigi had one foot off the edge.
Momiji and Kogasa watched with keen intent.
"Here I go..." Luigi closed his eye and took the plunge.
He could then only hear wind as he fell down.
Please be lucky...
Please be lucky...
"WAAAAAAGH-" Luigi screamed before being halted. He opened his eye and saw that a mass amount of goo was acting like a rope that was coming from his Poltergust. "Oh!"
The goo reformed into Gooigi. "Ho ho!"
Luigi waved. "Hello...!"
Gooigi went back into Luigi's Poltergust. That was the last time Gooigi would be useful because this place is mostly water. He looked up and saw Kogasa gracefully fall, using her umbrella. Luigi was reminded of a certain blonde princess and that only made him sigh more.
Luigi then looked forward to see a girl wearing a blue outfit with a massive blue backpack. The only part of this girl that wasn't blue was her green hat.
The girl was banging away on a workbench, then turned around to Luigi and Kogasa, showing that the girl had blue eyes.
"Oooh!" The girl spoke. "What a weird human! Are you a human? Naaah, it can't be..."
Kogasa peeked out. "This is the kappa?"
"Yep!" The girl proudly posed. "I'm Nitori Kawashiro! And you are...?"
Luigi introduced himself and Kogasa. "I'm Luigi. And that thing is Kogasa."
"THING?!" Kogasa went red and turned to Luigi with an angry expression.
"I see, I see!" Nitori smiled. "And what's that?" She poked at the Poltergust.
"AAAGH-" Luigi was startled when Nitori suddenly got close. "I-It's my Poltergust! I bust stuff up with this trusty vacuum!"
"A vacuum?" Nitori had an unamused face. "That's all?"
"Y-yes?"
Within an instant, Luigi's Poltergust was gone and so was Nitori. She dashed into her tiny little workshop and made some mechanical whirring.
Luigi turned to Kogasa, and Kogasa had the same expression as Luigi; utter bafflement.
Was Luigi finally going to get an upgrade to his Poltergust?
Nitori ran back, covered in sweat. "It is done. I added a MASSIVE upgrade to this puny device and you'll look cool while using it!"
She handed him back the Poltergust, which looked... exactly the same.
"Although you might need to test out it's kinks... Which is where a stadium battle will come in!"
Luigi gripped Kogasa's arm to prevent her from escaping.
"I'll do it." Luigi nodded.
Luigi was descending down an elevator.
"Why does Kogasa get to spectate but not me..."
There was nobody to talk to but himself.
Another boss fight? Sure, why not. We have tons of boss fights already. What's one more?
Luigi was already starting to regret his decision when he finally came into view of a massive stadium the size of a football field.
The elevator merged with the stadium floor's blue tiles, and there Luigi was. On the floor. He looked at the spectator's seats and saw Kogasa and Momiji.
Luigi glared. "Glad you guys are of help..."
Just then, an announcer speaker came in.
"I'VE COME TO MAKE AN ANNOUNC-wait, no, wrong script..." Nitori fumbled with her papers on microphone as Luigi stared at the speakers with a deadbeat expression. "Ah, here it is! ARE YOU READYYYY?!"
The stadium's blue floor lit up and was now submerged in an inch of water. Well, there goes Gooigi. Thankfully, a spot under Luigi had glowed. The stadium roared to life with a holographic audience and neon lights blaring down, distracting Luigi's spotlight with HEAVY colors.
The holographic audience cheered.
Nitori's laughter roared on the microphone. "That's the energy I'm feeling! Let's GOOOO!"
A rumble was heard as a massive gate opened.
Luigi could almost wet himself in terror. "Oh, you gotta be kidding me..."
A VERY large mammal-like creature swam into the water-covered floor. It's mechanical eyes glared at Luigi and Luigi could faintly see Nitori through those eyes. Nitori was in the cockpit of this...
Mechanical Loch Ness Monster.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no!" Luigi dived out of the way of the monster as Nitori laughed. Luigi gripped his Poltergust. Whether or not it was to test new features...
It was game on.
The Loch Ness Monster began doing laps around the stadium, with the crowd cheering Nitori on.
Every time Luigi moved his half-submered feet, the spotlight followed.
After a few laps, Nitori roared. "Take this!"
The monster aimed it's head at Luigi while moving, charging up a laser beam. It fired and Luigi ran out of the way, thank goodness. Most of his problems could be dodged by simply moving!
Luigi had to figure out what his new feature was, and quickly.
Nitori turned the monster towards Luigi's direction. "Alright, no more messing around! Here I come!"
The monster started to swim towards Luigi. He panicked and tried to get his new feature to work.
"OH NO OH NO OH NO-"
But he was too late. The monster picked Luigi up by the mouth and waved him around a bit. The monster then threw Luigi up into the air and he slammed onto the ground.
The audience roared and cheered as Luigi got up. Well, at least the water softened his blow...
Just then, the Wii Boo notification came up! Thank goodness that thing was waterproof!
E. Gadd's voice was heard as Luigi was focusing on the monster. "Luigi! I am SEVERELY angry at this kappa upgrading MY Poltergust for you, but I think there's a secondary button on the side for you to push!"
The notification disappeared.
Luigi looked at the side of his Poltergust. Next to the Gooigi button was a white button. Luigi pressed it...
The vacuum part of his Poltergust retracted... and out came...
A sharp and long KATANA.
Luigi chuckled. "You're in danger!" He pointed his katana at Nitori.
Nitori gasped. "So you figured it out! Let the games really begin!"
The monster charged at Luigi again, with the latter holding a firm grip.
"Hyaaagh!" Luigi swung his katana at the monster, causing it to malfunction a tiny bit.
He didn't waste any time and used his Suction Shot on one of the eyes.
With enough pull on the vacuum, Luigi successfully yanked off an eye, showing Nitori in the cockpit. "Uh, nice weather?"
The monster got up and continued making it's laps, now more angry than ever. If it ever had feelings to begin with.
Nitori pressed a few buttons and hatches opened up on the monster's side, showing missiles.
"WAAAGH-" Luigi instinctively used the Burst to jump over them. And thank goodness they worked!
The monster charged at Luigi as he switched to Katana mode. He slashed at the monster again and went into Vacuum mode. He pulled another eye socket out.
"You're exposing me!" Nitori cried.
"PLEASE rephrase! First Reimu and now you!" Luigi also cried.
The monster went through it's final laps, charging even faster, Luigi had to switch to Vacuum mode and use the Blow function just to keep himself from getting drenched from the waves that the monster was making.
It then opened more hatches, launching rapid-fire missiles at Luigi.
"NOOOOO-!"
Luigi got hit and the stadium crowd cheered.
Luigi growled as he got up when the monster was charging. He switched to Katana mode as he didn't back down. He swung one last time!
The monster was dizzy but that didn't stop Luigi from using his Suction Shot one more time to bring it's head right off!
Everything went in slow-mo as Luigi popped the monster's head off and slammed it onto the floor, leaving Nitori completely exposed.
Nitori coughed. "Oh, now THIS is art... But we're not done yet-"
"Not done?" Luigi interrupted. "Very well."
Flash with Strobulb.
"GYAGH-" Nitori was shocked by the sudden movement of Luigi.
Luigi dragged Nitori along with the suction device of the Poltergust. Once he built up enough energy...
SLAM!
SLAM!
SLAM!
Nitori was defeated. She raised her hand up in defeat.
"Gh... Luigi... Is the winner..."
The holographic crowd booed Luigi before disappearing and the lights dimming.
Luigi did a little dance. "Oh ho, yeah!"
Of course he did his boss defeat animation.
Defeating a boss and learning a new fighting style for his Poltergust? He was moving up in the world.
What a day!