Chapter 2: How high can you get?

After about an hour of walking, Petey was far enough from Saga. However the ashes and flames of the mansion were still going. As the fire department desperately tried to put out the flames. Petey didn't care however. He just wanted to get home.

Petey Piranha kept walking until sunrise, that's when he stumbled upon a town, Petey figured the construction site was good enough to take about two hours or so of sleep. The unfinished building was about 100m tall. Petey didn't feel like climbing all that way. So he just slept at the bottom of the building.

Earlier that morning…

Chitoge Kirisaki, a high schooler. Was previously getting ready for her morning classes, Just as the unfinished building, was heard with a large thud.

"Probably the workers getting ready for work." Chitoge replied.

She didn't pay much attention to it, as the building was in the works for a while. Her 'boyfriend' Ichijou Raku showed up not to long later. Just as they were walking to school, they decided to stop by the construction site, as they wanted know what the deal was.

Once they arrived, they checked the lobby, rooms and kitchen. All seemed normal, but unfinished and many garters were hanging on small railings. Just as they were about to leave, Chitoge heard a noise, like a deep snoring sound. Raku noticed and looked at the ceiling. Petey Piranha was sleeping on the bottom garter, near the 25m mark.

"Hey you!" Raku shouted. This of course startled Petey from his sleep.

Petey angrily turned around to face the couple. "Humans" he thought. Petey jumped down and roared at Raku. Once they realized that made a mistake, Petey grabbed Raku, and jumped and flapped his leaf wings to the top of the 25m mark.

Chitoge knew she had to save him somehow. So she climbed the latter to the bottom. Petey glared at her, and she knew she was in for a battle,

BGM: 25m (Donkey Kong)

Chitoge didn't know what to do. Until Petey shot a fireball from his mouth down towards a barrel, which caught on fire. Chitoge was puzzled until the burning barrel started spitting out Lava Bubbles. Chitoge realized she had to start climbing the slopes.

Petey saw some wooden barrels near him. So he started to put some in his mouth, then chucked it out. The barrels started rolling towards Chitoge. But she know what she had to do. Since she was a part time cameo in Super Mario Maker. She knew how to run and jump. Which she easily jumped over the barrel. Petey's plan to knock her off, was foiled for now. But he didn't stop chucking barrels. Until she grabbed a Super Hammer. That made dodging barrels easier. One slam of her hammer, easily broke barrels, one by one. Then she made it up to the top.

Out of breath and panting she said, "You'd better give him back!" She shouted.

Petey in response shot a fireball at her. The Super Hammer however, deflected the fire in ease. Which hit Petey back in the belly. So he angrily grabbed Raku and took off to the 50m mark. And roared, this to Chitoge was a challenge. So she climbed the latter to next portion of the construction site.

BGM: 50m (Donkey Kong)

Higher up the construction site, Higher Chitoge's challenge was. Although there weren't any barrels for Petey to chuck. Instead he hurled fireballs at random direction. Causing to create walking Lava Bubbles. They could be destroyed by the Super Hammer but it was dangerous for Chitoge, because she was human.

"Oh jeez!" She announced. "How badly does that thing want me dead?!"

Petey kept hurling fireballs. Which meant more work for Chitoge. Eventually she was out of breath again, to the point she couldn't lift the hammer anymore. So she tried to dismantle the garter by unscrewing the bolts at the ends.

Petey was where this was going, so he tried to cough up more fire. But some of the building collapsed before he could do so. Petey struggled to find balance, like a cartoon character before they fell a massive height. While Chitoge had a smug look on her face as she thought he was going to fall. Instead he flapped his wings and descended upwards towards the facility site, the 75m mark.

"Oh come on!" She cried. But this challenge was more for her to handle. Much more dangerous.

BGM: Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr. Medley (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

This part of the construction site, looked more like a factory. Springs bouncing off of the blended slope, pies or cement being hurled off conveyer belts to other ones to take its place. And garters on tracks moving upwards or downwards.

"Oh crap" she thought. She considered safely going down to save her own life. But a friend never leaves a friend behind. So instead she continued upwards of the construction site.

One by one step she tried to make it towards the track. And realized that the drop would be an instant death for her if she hit the ground. But instead she took a leap of faith, and dropped onto the moving garter. Luckily it was moving upwards, so it was an easy fall down towards to garter moving downwards. Then jumped on the conveyer belt.

Once there she had to continue forward, trying not to get hit by pies or cement. And a little bit of parkour. Jumping over the plates were easy for her. But the next part was tricky. Avoiding springs, while climbing up letters.

"Only one more…" she said, before Petey jumped towards her. This caused her to jump a little and almost loose her balance.

Petey didn't even speak. He just hurled a fireball towards her. She almost got hit, but jumped out of the way just in time. Then she pulled out a blonde box out of thin-air. And chucked it at Petey. This caused him to stumble a bit. Before she built a semi staircase of boxes. Before she rushed over and grabbed Maku.

"Are you all right?" She said almost out of breath again.

"Eh, I could be bett-" as he cut off he gasped and pointed behind her. She didn't resist and looked back. To find an angry Piranha Plant staring right at them. Instead Chitoge made a smart response and stated.

"Hey, nothing lies upon 75m, I've played the original Donkey Kong!" She smirked.

Petey just gave her a glare that said "Want to test that theory?" So then he grabbed Maku and flew upwards again.

"What?!" Cried Chitoge. "Is this possible?!

Petey then landed to the top of the 100m mark. But Petey hurled up other things other than fire or brown goop. It was enemies,

"W-What are those things?" Stuttered Maku.

As she climbed up to see 100m before her. She knew this challenge was more tough than any of them combined.

BGM: The Great Tower Showdown 2 (Super Mario 3D World)

Chitoge just stared silently towards the massive site ahead of her. But then she looked up to find more things useful. So she started upwards again.

Instead of finding a barrel or a walking Lava Bubble. She was greeted by a Goomba. Once he saw Chitoge. He charged right at her. Which she knew how to stomp on them.

"Guess this is a mixture of Super Mario Bros. And Donkey Kong?" She asked herself before climbing a latter.

The second floor wasn't much easier. Platforms that almost seemed impossible to walk on. Many place you had to jump and avoid Goombrats, who were smart enough not to fall off edges. Piranha Plants coming from the bottom in Pipes, and the top were dispensing pies towards a conveyer belt. In which Skipsqueaks were jumping over. Like hamsters running on their own treadmill. But Chitoge threw boxes down to make a platform, and jumped onto the Goombrat, and jumped onto the second. While expertly avoiding everything.

"She's better at platforming than I thought." Maku stated.

Above her was a ? Block. Which resulted in a fire flower. When Chitoge grabbed it. She took a bite of it, which it disappeared and changed her look entirely. Her blonde hair was now white. Her school uniform turned white to red, and oddly her shoes turned white, and she had a little bit of reddish blush.

"Ehhhhh?!" She gasped as she looked at her appearance.

The Goombas knew about Mario using the Fire Flower. So they tried to turn and run. But Chitoge just hurled fireballs nonstop. Causing the Goombas to jump up and fall down off the building in flames. The Skipsqueaks tried to run too, but the treadmill just sent them off the building instead.

"Free walkway I guess?" She replied, after witnessing the chaos.

Onto the third platform. In which she had 2 more to go. Once there she saw Koopa Troopas walking back and forth on garters, with walls of blocks that read: POW, and flashing blue.

Hammer Bros. And Sledge Bros. On stations patrolling the area. Once Chitoge took a step. They noticed her right away. And started throwing hammers at her. To avoid this she ducked and rolled and jumped off the flying Para-Troopa. And landed on a block flashing blue. She tried to catch her breath, because of her near-death experience. But was greeted to more hammers and a dumb Koopa Troopa trying to get to her. But instead kept hitting a block.

"Oh? You want this?" She asked the Koopa Troopa. And grabbed it from underneath. She grunted as she held it up. Instead the Koopa tried to run away.

"Huh? I though you wanted th- oopsie!" She shouted as she lost her balance with the block, and flew towards the Sledge Bro. He tried to deflect it. But instead the block that read, POW hit him in the head, and the enemies in the area braced for impact. This puzzled Chitoge.

Then a loud POW! Was heard and all the enemies were blew off the building. Chitoge scratched her head, and said. "This is one weird construction site…"

Onto the forth platform, she was greeted to a "FIRE!" And a Bullet Bill, followed by a Banzai Bill behind it.

"Eep!" She cried as she ducked out of the way. Just as both Bills collided with the wall. And made a relatively large explosion.

Shy Guys were reloading the cannons, but Chitoge just threw fireballs which sent them flying as well.

"Beggars can't be choosers, I guess." She told herself. But then a crash, and a mad lad swinging his fists destroyed the cannons in a single hit.

It was the Mad Lad: Boom Boom.

"Eek!" She said as she jumped over his incoming swing. But he just turned around and started swinging again.

But this gave her an idea. She let him almost hit her. But jumped right as he was about to hit her. Causing him to fall off the platform, followed by a "AHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhh" and a loud thud at the bottom.

"Yes! One more to go!" She punched the air and shouted.

But it was the boss she had to face. Petey Piranha.

She charged up her fireballs. "I hope you're ready for this!" She announced with a battle pose.

Petey roared loudly in response, and a few rashes on his gums and roof of his mouth from Tae's attack from last night.

He charged at her. And deflected her fireball. But she smirked and pulled out the Super Hammer out of thin air. And collided it with him. Causing them to stagger a bit. Then she charged it up and swung one more time. Causing him to scream in pain. And get sent flying towards the ocean nearby.

"Forget you can hold onto power-ups once you get another one?" She called.

She discarded them and walked over to Raku.

BGM: Ending (Super Mario Bros.)

Chitoge walked up to him breathing heavily, and said "You okay?"

"Thanks, but your boyfriend is in another castle." He smirked.

They both chuckled and waited for the rescue team who just arrived, to help them get back to the ground.

BGM Ends.

Petey got sent flying towards the ocean. In which he it with a loud thud. To which started swimming towards a island, for safety, but noticed. It had a meteor frozen in time.

TO BE CONTINUED…

I made this chapter longer than usual. And wanted more action. If you haven't noticed. Chitoge Kirisaki was actually in Super Mario Maker as a Mystery Mushroom. So I thought I'd use that, to her good platforming skills. Hope you enjoy this chapter. Also the island Petey is going towards, seem familiar?