"Okay, who's gonna be the one to break the news to him?"
Everyone was crowding a confused Luigi in the 'arena' near Human Village.
"Fine, fine." Mokou raised her hands. "I suppose I'll tell him." She then turned to face the green plumber. "You. Do you remember what exactly happened?"
Luigi gained traumatic flashbacks to his brutal beatdown by Yuuka while still sitting down.
"uuuuh..."
He then remembered his loss of limbs during that scuffle and his incoherent screams of agony and suffering.
"..." He looked at his perfectly-intact arms and hands. "I should be dead..."
Mokou pulled out the bottle that Luigi drank. "Remember this 'Youkai Elixr'?"
Luigi nodded.
"WELL it turns out it's actually the Hourai Elixr."
...
Luigi blinked.
"Eh?"
Mokou sighed, twirling the bottle in her palm. "I assume you don't know what that means. Okay, so you know the way that I'm immortal and stuff?"
He nodded again... Then he realised. He gulped heavily. "Please don't tell me-"
"Yep. The Hourai Elixr makes you immortal but still feel the pains!"
"Oh no!" Luigi quaked in fear.
"Luigi!" Mokou called.
"No!" He shook his head while flailing his arms.
"Luigi!" Alice called.
"No!" His jaw was hung open.
"Luigi!" Reimu called.
"No!" He grabbed his hat and hid his cowering face.
"LUIGI!" Red Toad yelled.
Luigi covered his eyes and cried out comically large tears.
They all sigh.
"Luigi!" Mokou called again. "This is actually a blessing! You can save your friends while not worrying about death!"
Luigi shook his head in dismay. "No...! The pain of death is still there! Yuuka proved that!"
"...it's gonna be hard to convince him." Red Toad rolled his eyes. "Alright. Lemme take a shot at it. Oi! Luigi! If you keep moping like that, you're gonna not save Mario!"
Luigi gasped, and instantly went on his feet! "Okie-dokie! I got it!"
Everyone muttered out of Luigi's hearing range.
"He's so easy."
Reimu folded her arms, as everyone was situated just outside the entrance of the Human Village. Everyone was facing Luigi. Reimu started. "Alright, we got off on the wrong foot since you were captured by Yuuka..." She awkwardly scratched the back of her head.
"It's fine... It's fine." Luigi shook his head dismissively.
Reimu held out her hand. "I'm Reimu Hakurei. Shrine Maiden of Paradise."
Luigi raised his hand and shook it. "I'mma Luigi! Number one!"
Thus bonded the unbreakable protagonist friendship.
"Oh yeah, Luigi!" Red Toad shouted. "It's been, like, a week! Shouldn't your ship be done right about now?"
"Oh, right!" Luigi smacked his own head in ignorance. "I nearly forgot! I'll be going! See you all then!"
Luigi dashed off before E. Gadd could explain he could just use the Pixelator.
The sound of Luigi's breath overtook his footsteps. He really wasn't up to energy, especially after that run-in with Yuuka.
He wiped his forehead and looked at his glove. Damp with sweat.
His blurry eyes grasped the surroundings. Near the Youkai Mountain again. That's good.
He started to scale up the first slope of the mountain when he tripped and landed stomach-flat.
A distant voice was yelling at someone. "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!"
Another voice yelped. "I-I'm sorry. It's just my ability..."
Luigi got up on his feet to see Nitori and a green-hair girl. Luigi tilted his head. "...Have we met before?"
"..." The green hair girl turned to Luigi. "Ah. You're fine. No... we haven't met before, I don't think. My memories are a bit slow today... so, ah, just call me Hina."
"Hina, eh? Nice to meet you."
Nitori jumped a bit. "We're getting sidetracked here! Oi! Luigi!"
"Y-yes?!" He instantly stood to attention.
"I built the ship! It's big! It's massive! It's big enough for a boss fight!"
"..."
Luigi was gone.
Nitori looked up. "Eh? Where'd he go?"
Luigi was seen walking down the mountain. "Welp. I'm out. Done with this. Honestly, I'm not doing any more boss fights. The last time I did, I sucked a tongue."
...Out of context.
"..." Nitori turned to Hina. "Hina, if you would please."
Hina stepped down the mountain to grab Luigi by the collar and drag him back up. "You need to behave yourself."
"Nitori started it!" Luigi whined.
They were now atop the deep drop of the waterfall.
Luigi's knees were weak, arms heavy, mom's spaghetti.
"Do I have to go down there again?"
The kappa pulled out a remote. "Nope! Stand back, everyone!"
Luigi and Hina both stepped back.
Nitori pushed the big red button on the remote as the ground at the bottom of the waterfall slowly rised up.
Out of fear, Luigi pulled out his flashlight and pointed it towards the hole. And..
Lo and behold, it was a MASSIVE blue-themed ship. It honestly looked bigger than Peach's Castle.
"...All of this for one guy?" Hina jawdropped.
"I... ah hah.." Nitori scratched her own hair. "...may have gone a bit overboard.
"Mama mia.." Luigi barely sputtered out. "...wait."
All the immersion was ruined.
"How are we gonna get this to the ocean?" He turned to Nitori.
"Dammit!" She stomped her foot. "I knew I forgot SOMETHING! If only I had a plot convinience right about now!"
...Luigi's Wii Boo gamepad started to ring.
...Luigi pulled it out. "Hello?"
E. Gadd suddenly had useful information. "Oh boy! It looks like you're stuck, Luigi! Thankfully, I have a plot convinience ready! You see, the Pixelator can also transport large objects such as that ship!"
"Alright, we can move the plot along! Not bad!" Nitori proudly sparkled in joy.
E. Gadd pressed buttons in his lab as Luigi was transported first.
He landed on his behind. "Ow.." He got up and looked around to see some kind of docks.
"Phew... Must be out there somewhere..."
Something huge was being pixelated in the air above the ocean. The ship manifested and crashed onto the water.
"WAAAAH-!" Luigi turned around and ran away from a big tsunami.
But alas, he was swallowed by a wave.
The wave calmed down before it could harm anyone else and Luigi emerged, covered in seaweed and carrying a dark blue-hair mermaid girl.
"WAGH!" They both scream as the mermaid jumped back into the ocean as Luigi stood there flabbergasted.
He pulled out his flashlight (which still works, thankfully) and aimed it at the ship. It truly was massive. "Wooooah..."
A plank came out from the side of the ship and made it's way toward Luigi.
It shadowed over him. "Uh oh."
He ran in place before finally diving out of the way from an incoming plank drop, said plank leading up to the ship deck.
"ow... Phew..." He got up again, craning his neck to see the deck. "It's huge.."
He slowly got up, his nervous shaking legs making it hard for him.
He finally got up onto the deck, and sure enough, just as Nitori said, it was massive. It could fit the entirety of Toad Town's residents.
"She really went overboard..."
Noises were heard as the ship plank snapped back inside the ship. Luigi yelped. "Ai-!"
The ship automatically started to move. "H-huh?! It's autopilot!"
He ran to the back deck of the ship to see the view, Gensokyo gradually getting smaller.
Luigi fell asleep, using his two hands as a pillow. Grand as this ship is, it didn't come with bedrooms.
The ship creaked, waking him up. It was now night time. "Huh...? Hello?" He looked up, stars blanketing the purple sky.
Purple. The color of the woman he hates. Waluigi was a secondary concern now.
He walked to the edge of the ship. Water everywhere. Fear of drowning kicked in...
But then he turned to the direction of the front of the ship and he soon found out why the ship stopped.
And there..
was another portrait of a Toad.
"Ah. I got it...!"
The ship moved just enough so the Toad portrait was floating in the middle of the deck.
"Ah-hah!" Luigi reached his arm out to grab it but...
Something swooped in and nabbed it!
"...damn it."
Luigi looked up to see who nabbed it. The Toad painting was floating higher up now. No way he can reach that. Then a voice roared out.
"That ship is huge! Are you overcompensating for something, ze?"
That specific word caught Luigi's attention. He grinned at first to hear a Shrek reference, but then he looked to the side of the painting to see a certain blonde witch. "Marisa!"
"Aaah, you still know me? I'm easy recognisable, yknow? Glad you got that fact in!" She proudly smirked.
Luigi put his right foot forward a bit as he sneered at Marisa. "Give me that! That's really important!"
"Aaaah... No. I'm just gonna borrow this real quick. Hope ya don't mind!"
Luigi sighed. "I've heard rumors that you never return the things you borrow..." He then clenched his fist and spoke up. "Go steal something else instead!"
"Tried. Can't." She shrugged. "Every time I even go to borrow a book from a big mansion, I get into a close shave with a magical eggplant!"
...Magical eggplant? Luigi shook his head. "I have no idea who you refer to. But I need that right now!"
Marisa gripped her broom tighter. "Well, you know what I do Patchy when she doesn't let me borrow stuff? I have a little spar!"
...Patchy? These names were more confusing by the second.
"Well, spar's on, Marisa! Let's see if I can compare a magical eggplant and a magical... lemon! Oooh! Got'em!"
"Ooh, good comeback! Let us see you dodge THIS!" She flew away!
Major Boss: Marisa
"Huh? WAAAH-" Luigi screamed as Marisa was charging straight at him from the side. Seeing as she was homing in, the first instinct was to jump.
And so he did, using the Burst. Marisa was unaffected by the wind and flew back up in the air.
"Huh. Fancy that, you dodged my attack at lightning speed."
Luigi pulled out his Strobulb and attempted to flash Marisa.
"That little spark?" She cackled like a witch. "That's not gonna get me from way up here!"
Luigi's idea sparked in his head. He would WAIT until she's down again.
She flew down, but not all the way. She threw a row of red potions as they explode instantly. Luigi noticed the red smoke. Probably don't wanna inhale that even with the Poltergust. Thank goodness they went away shortly after.
Marisa's floating stopped as she shot ice potions at him. Luigi took this chance to change his Poltergust into katana mode and swung at Marisa. The broom got cut a bit as she gasped.
"Hey! Watch the-"
Luigi took no time to quickly change back into regular mode and stunned her with the Strobulb. He pulled the broom this time and literally whacked Marisa on the head with it. "OW OW OW-"
She snatched the broom back and flew up, using her ice potion technique again, but directly above Luigi.
"Eh?! WAHH!" Luigi ran, as the ice magic actually homed in a little.
"Ugh!" She groaned. "This should keep you busy!" She went back to the red potions and as soon as she set her trap, she flew into the background.
"Oh no! She's gonna rush again and I'm trapped! Gooigi! Do something!"
Gooigi spawned from Luigi's tank as he switched to katana mode. He waited until Marisa was close and swung! She was knocked off her broom.
"You're not gonna get me this time!" She spawned rainbow orbs around herself that rotated to act as a weapon. Gooigi dissipated to go back into Luigi's tank.
"Think, think! Oh! Right!" Luigi thought as he backed up from Marisa as he balanced on the edge of the ship. "Eat plunger!"
"MMMMF-" Marisa's face got violated with a plunger as the orbs disappear. Luigi beamed as he gripped the plunger with his hands instead.
To test his strength, he literally used the plunger as a hammer to slam Marisa onto the floor.
"Ooh, that's gotta hurt. I'm surprised I have so much strength after Yuuka."
Marisa got up, fuming. "There's no way I'm gonna lose so early so easily!" She pulled out a pink potion and downed it in her mouth. Instantly...
"That was a healing potion, huh..."
"Yep!"
"Dammit... Three more slams!"
Marisa flew up and gripped something important. "Not yet! MASTER SPAAAAARK!"
"oh no"
Marisa suddenly fired a laser beam of RAINBOWS that basically cut the ship in HALF.
"To show you the power of my Master Spark, I beamed this boat in half! Now come at me!" She charged at Luigi as Luigi went into katana mode.
She kept bashing as Luigi kept slashing, Marisa attempting to fly in different angles but Luigi kept backing her out, chipping away at her HP.
How was Luigi able to keep up? There was a Toad's life on the line. His eyebrows lowered as he gazed at Marisa with his Poltergust in her broom.
"Please don't."
But it was too late. Luigi hauled her over and slammed her into the wooden floor. Comically, stars were circling around her head.
He did it.
He actually did it.
The nightmares of the second arc was done... He threw his hat high up in the air. "OH HO..."
And caught it.
"YEAH!"
Major Boss DEFEATED!
"Okay, okay...!" Luigi balanced. The ship was still large enough while cut in half. The Toad painting was now floating in the middle.
Luigi, for SURE, used his Dark Light device and slowly but surely...
A Toad fell out. But it wasn't Red Toad, it was different, with blue polkadots on his mushroom hat instead of red. The blue shirt was still there.
"Wagh- WAAAGH!" Blue Toad screamed as Luigi caught him in his arms. "N-nooo! Don't turn me into a painting again, K-" He looked up. "Luigi! It's you! YEEES!" He jumped down and clinged to Luigi's leg. "Where are we?"
"We're on a ship!"
"You saved me on a ship! You know what that means!"
They raised their fists up in the air.
"YAAARRR HAAAARRR!" They cheered.
Yep, the two unknown figures were still talking to each other
"I've tried THREE times. This for sure is going to work. It's another dimension entirely."
"I don't know..."
"I know. You're staying in there anyway. I'm done with you."
Arc 2 done! When there's an arc done, there's review reviews!
VolcanicFlare: Yep. Reimu is just Reimu. Since the PC-98 eras she's known to not give a fuck.
Entityman: If anything Chapter 12 taught you... no... Luigi is never safe.
Guest: ...geez im updating keep calm
Yuderu: Yep. Screwed.
Guest: uuuh... The two ghosties? They'd make the most sense, but I don't wanna give spoilers away... (yes, they're in it)
Yuderu: Yep. Screwed. Told ya so.
VolcanicFlare: this is only the beginning :)
T: In my darkest minds... there's something haunting me... The thing that haunts me is... Giving the green light to Chapter 12!
James Birdsong: I think I'm updating too fast. And then I procrastinate!
Megan: Yippeee!... that's a good thing, right?