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Author's Note:
I'm done with exams, now I have more time to work on my stories.
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Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the story idea and any OC(s).
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Chapter 21:
Personal Trainer
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Luigi grunt as he fell hard on the ground. He groan in pain and shook his head lightly to rid the dizzy spell. He stood up quickly as the sound of large footsteps approach him.
"Come on, Pipehead" Bowser taunt. "Show me some of that hero power of yours."
Luigi tense and took his fighting stance. With a small battle cry, he ran at Bowser full speed. As the two trained, one koopa was watching them from the stands.
Wendy absentmindedly fiddled with the new jewelry around her neck as she gazed at the battle in front of her. She was so absorbed in her thoughts; she didn't even notice her brother approaching beside her.
"Hey Wend,"
She blinked and turned to the side to see Roy standing next to her. "Oh, hey Roy; what are you doing here?"
"I was about to ask you dat same thing,"
She shrugged. "I had nothing else to do so I came here to see how things were going,"
"Oh yeah? Same here," Roy sat down beside her. "So, you and plumber seem to be gettin' along alright."
She nodded. "Yeah, we talked things through. You can say we're partners now."
"Partners, uh? Cool,"
He leans back in his seat and relaxes. He glances over to Luigi's training, taking note on how the plumber's process been going. The green hero was going fine on when it comes to defensive; however, his offense was on the weak side.
"Well, he seems to be goin' alright in his trainin' although he isn't very strong." He commented.
"It's not a big surprise," Wendy said. "His brother was always the powerhouse and the first to butt heads with Bowser. Luigi is more cautious and tends to be more hesitant which is why he has a higher defense."
Roy nods in understanding. After several moments of silence, Roy glances over to his sister to see her fiddling with her necklace. He frowned in confusion. Didn't yesterday she lost her only pair?
"Hey, I thought you said Junior broke your necklace?" He questioned.
Wendy kept her gaze in front of her. "He did…Luigi brought me a new one."
Roy raised an eyebrow but say no more. He stayed there for a while longer before leaving the training grounds. Wendy stayed there for a few hours before departing herself.
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Luigi let out a quick yawn as he heads towards the training ground. As he enters, he spots Bowser sitting in the center, waiting for him to arrive. He walks over to the Koopa King and greeted him with a bow.
"Good, you're here," Bowser said. "There's been a change in plans. Instead of your usual training, I want you to be hitting the gym to build up your strength." He crossed his arms. "I'll admit you're improving well in your training, but you still lacking in power. So, for these next few weeks, we'll going to be working on boosting your strength up. Now, I'll give you two choices for a personal trainer – me or someone else."
Luigi took his time to think about it. He was already use to training with Bowser but a little change would be nice. After several minutes of debating, he came up with a decision.
"I think I'll try someone else."
"It's your choice." Bowser smirked. He turned and called out his new personal trainer. "Come on out, Roy."
"Roy?"
The purple koopa came out from hiding and stood in front of the plumber with a smirk. Bowser placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Roy here willingly volunteered to be your trainer. Now, normally I rather deal with you myself, but I have full confidence he'll get the job done."
Roy smirked. "Don't worry, Pops; I'll get him into shape in no time."
"Atta boy," Bowser said. "Now, I'm gonna let you two get started. If you need me, I'll be in my room catching some zs."
Bowser let out a loud yawn as he exits out of the training grounds. Once he was gone, Luigi turn back to his new trainer. He had no clue on the purple koopa's training methods and it makes him a little…uneasy.
"Alright Pipehead, first things first – warm up." Roy said. "I want you to give me ten laps around da arena, startin' NOW!"
Luigi jumped at the loud demand. Quickly, he began his laps around the arena. Once he was finish, he returned in front of Roy, panting for some breathe.
"Good, we got yur blood pumpin'. Now we can move on to da other stuff,"
They move over to the gym and proceed on from there. They spent a good 10 minutes on some basic warm up and another ten on some strength training exercises. Once their muscles were all stretch and ready to go, they started using the equipments.
First, they tried the pull up stations. Roy could make a pretty good guess on just how strong someone really was just by the number of times they pull themselves up. He demonstrated a few impressive pull ups of his own before jumping down to give Luigi shot. He timed him as the plumber was able to get 15 in before wearing himself out.
"How was that?" Luigi gasped.
Roy didn't say anything at first. "Do you want yur score on a scale o' 1 to 5… or 1 to 10?"
"Uhm, 1 to 10,"
"Alright; on a scale o' 1 to 10, you scored a 2."
Luigi almost stumbled. "That bad?"
Roy nodded. "I considered 50 as a perfect score and knowing the king, he's expecting at least 40 or higher."
"Great," Luigi sighed and let go of the bar. "There's no way I'll get better in just a few weeks."
Roy scoffed. "Not wit' dat attitude you won't. Now come on, we're not done here. If anythin', we're jus' gettin' started."
Roy turned and started heading to the next station. Not willing to give up, Luigi followed behind him.
"I'll tell you dis plumber," He said. "If I'm not able to double yur score in da next three week, den I'll be known as da worst personal trainer in koopa history."
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Ending Note:
Short chapter today. More will be updated by next week as I finish up my other story, "The Tale of Two Brothers".
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