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Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the story idea and any OC(s).

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Chapter 24:
A Shocking Surprise

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Luigi stand in defense as he stood against Bowser, ready to get started in their sparring match. It's been a total of five weeks since he started training with Roy. The two made trained hard to improve his strength, take an extra day off just to make sure they don't over work their muscles. Now it was time to see the end result of all their hard work.

"You nervous, Greenie," Bowser asked.

Luigi shrugged. "A little,"

"Good; you should be,"

Bowser crouched down and launched with an immediate attack. Punches were flying but Luigi dodge them all ease. He used his super jump to leap over the Koopa King and land behind him. Bowser turned around and went after him, continue swinging punches.

"Is that all you can do, plumber? Dodge?" Bowser said. "Where's that strength I was expecting?"

Luigi didn't say thing but continue to evade Bowser's attacks. For some time, it continued on like this. Every once in a while, Luigi will throw a punch or a kick of his own but for the most part it was just him avoiding Bowser's attack.

At a close call, he loses his footing. He tries to regain it but Bowser wouldn't give him the chance. Once he saw an opening, he aim for his unprotected spot. From the corner of his eye, Luigi saw the fist coming. He couldn't move fast enough to avoid it so he did the next best thing...

He blocked it.

It took both of Luigi's hands just to block Bowser's one. At the moment, the two appeared to be even and at a standoff. Bowser smirked and started pushing forward. Luigi grunt as he tries to push the large koopa back. Unfortunately for him, his opponent was much too big and much too powerful. He easily got him down on one knee.

"And here I thought you were actually going to do better." Bowser scoffed. "Guess I shouldn't expect so much from Mario's loser brother."

Luigi growled. He was starting to hate when people compare him with Mario. Mario, always the hero, always the brave one, always the strong one...Well, not anymore. Luigi was strong, and he's going to prove it too.

'Use your anger to your advantage,' He remembered Roy telling him.

Luigi closed his eyes, summoning the anger within him. He felt a familiar tingle feeling in his hands as he starts to push back against Bowser's strength. The Koopa King raise an amuse eyebrow at the plumber as he slowly got back on his feet.

"Well, I guess you got more guts than I thought." He said. "But will it be enough?"

He pushed harder, causing Luigi to stumble slightly. Luigi grunted as he tries to stand his ground. He wasn't going to let up – not by Bowser, not by Mario, not by anyone.

"What's wrong, Green Stache; weak in the knees?" Bowser taunts.

Luigi growled. "My name…isn't Green 'Stache…It's…LUIGI!"

At this something unsuspected happen. A sudden of shock rang though Bowser as the plumber shoved him back with all his might. This came as a surprise to him that he actually managed to stumble backwards. Seeing his chance, Luigi came at him to attack. Bowser block out of his stun expression. He moved to block it only to find out that he couldn't.

With all his might, Luigi shove Bowser away from. The large Koopa was surprise when he felt a shock with the plumber's sudden boost of strength that he actually stumbled backwards. Seeing his chance, Luigi came at him to attack. Bowser saw him coming and try to lift his right arm to block it only to find out that he couldn't.

'What the…' Bowser glanced back at his arm. He could barely move it. It was almost like he was paralyzed.

'But now?' He thought. But then he remembered something. 'Wait the plumber…'

Bowser turned his focus on Luigi just in time to clumsily dodge his attack. He tried to regain his posture but Luigi wasn't going to give him any chance to recover. He continued his assault causing him to fall on the defensive side.

The plumber was fast so he got overwhelm pretty quickly. He just narrowly dodged a punch when he noticed something from the corner of his eye.

Sparks…Small but noticeable blue sparks. And they were coming from the plumber's hand.

Bowser quickly realize where his paralysis had came from. When he saw another punch aiming towards him, he used his fire breath to distance himself from the plumber. Luigi jumped away from the flames and landed just a few feet from Bowser, panting heavily.

"Bwah, ah, ah, ah," Bowser laughs, although it wasn't to mock him. "Well, that was unexpected; I didn't think you'll be producing sparks from your hands."

Luigi frowned when he said that. Sparks? What did he mean? He held up his hands and immediately saw what Bowser means.

Small sparks of blue static electricity were dancing around his gloved hands. Luigi stared down at them with shock silence, surprise at this strange ability he had developed. He couldn't remember anything like this before except…

'Wait…' He thought suddenly 'It couldn't be…is it?'

As Luigi recollects an old memory of his, Bowser was looking over his arm. He rolled it, feeling the paralysis wearing off and mobility returning to him. He smirked, and looked back at the plumber who was still looking at his hands in awe. Perhaps he was stronger than he leads on.

"Now that's the kind of fighting spirit I like to see." Bowser said. He didn't know the plumber had electrical abilities. When and how he got them, he wasn't sure nor did he care. It's how he could use them is what matters to him.

"Come on, plumber" He said, preparing himself for another round. "Let's see what else you can do."

Luigi glanced up at him before looking down at his hands again. He clenched his fists, feeling the sensation of this power flow through him. He let out a small sigh and looked back at the king.

"Right,"

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By the time training had ended, Luigi was both tired and happy. Sure he might have some new bruises that will be throbbing later, but at least he wasn't the only one feeling the pain tonight. And thanks to his restored ability; training with Bowser was going to be different for now on.

"So, how did it go?"

Luigi paused from his walk and turned around. Roy was there, casually leaning against the stone wall. Luigi smiled; eager to tell his trainer the outcome of their training.

"It went great. I manage to land a few good hits on Bowser. I'm sure he'll be feeling a little sore later."

"Really," Roy smirked, straightening himself up. "Well, something worth talking about during dinner."

"And that's not all," Luigi continue "Watch this…"

He held up his palm and concentrate. Roy looks at him, unsure what to expect. Luigi felt the warm tingle sensation in his hand as electric fiery sparks appeared.

"What da shell?!" Roy said, completely surprise.

The Thunderhand… A technique he had learned from the Thunder God during his adventures in BeanBean Kingdom. It made Luigi smile to see his once forgotten power returning to him.

"How da heck did you do dat?"

Luigi shrugged. "I don't know, it just came to me while I was sparring with Bowser. I actually had it for years; I just forgotten about it until now."

"You don't say," Roy said adjusting his glass. "Dis day is turnin' out better than I thought."

Luigi couldn't help but agree with him. He left soon after that and continue his path to his room. On the way there, he spots Iggy in the hallway. The yellow green koopa seem to be having trouble with the laptop in his hands. He paused in front of him, to see if he needed any assistance.

"Is everything alright, Iggy?"

The yellow green Koopa turned to him. When he saw who it was, he scoffed and focused back on his laptop.

"If you call having a mess up laptop alright, then yeah," He said sarcastically. "Stupid thing won't even turn on anymore and I had all my work saved on there too."

"Can I help in some way?" Luigi offered.

Iggy glance at him and raised an eyebrow. "Uh, thanks but this is the job for a computer expert but a pipe expert…no offense."

"Some taken," Luigi mumbled. "But still I would like to help."

Iggy thought about for a moment before shrugging. "Okay, it's not like you can make it any worse than it is now."

He hands Luigi the laptop. The green plumber studied it as best as he could, pressing several buttons to see if they'll do something. He hummed, trying to think of a solution to Iggy's problem. An idea came to him when he looked back at his hand.

"I'm going to try something," He said mostly to himself.

He held the laptop in both hands and started to concentrate. He felt the sensation of the Thunderhand activating as small blue sparks appeared on his gloves. The sparks jumped from his hands and lash onto the laptop. Not too long after that, the screen turned on as if nothing happened.

"There you go," Luigi said "It just needed a little spark."

"What the…?" Iggy said; surprise to see he had actually fixed it. "How did you do that?"

Luigi smiled. "Let's just say, I have the magic touch."

Iggy frowned by his meaning. He shook his head, deciding not to question it any further. "Yeah, well…thanks."

"No problem,"

Luigi left the koopa to himself after that. Once the plumber was gone, Iggy started looking through his laptop just to make sure the plumber didn't mess anything. Not only were his documents were fine, but his processor was running faster than it did before – almost like it was brand new.

'That's some magic touch,'

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