Six Spooky Miis

Warning for blood and intense action

He was once again at his mansion, only this time, the stage was in Battlefield form. What this meant was that the stage consisted of one main platform, followed by three smaller platforms, a style which mimicked the Battlefield stage. Half of the night sky seemed swallowed up by a huge, ghostly moon, and the wind moaned hauntingly. Luigi scanned the stage, searching for his opponent.

Faintly, Luigi heard commotion and whipped his head in its general direction. There, he saw the shadowy outline of a pigtailed girl holding some sort of staff. A childish giggle echoed around him as the girl aimed her staff at him and fired.

The plumber didn't waste time gawking. His body corkscrewed, and he rolled to safety, the nerves and synapses in his body firing on all cylinders and his pupils dilating as his eyes fixed on the girl. She stepped from the shadows, smirking at him, and that was when Luigi saw that she was wearing a familiar red dress. He got to his feet as she twirled her staff, fists up, waiting.

The staff swung. Luigi parried it with his forearm and went in with an awesome hook to the body. The girl gasped, and the plumber served up two more body shots, grabbed her, did his down throw and chained off a combo. D-air, n-air, d-air, d-air, f-air, f-air, f-air, side-B. The girl got up, snickered and fired her staff again, the projectile hitting him square in the face. Luigi teched his landing and flip-kicked her, but she bashed him hard with her staff and fired off a starburst of smaller shots before grabbing him, grinning mischievously at him and kicking him into the air. He air-dodged her aerial attacks and came back with his down-B. But before he could follow up, he felt a hand tap his shoulder.

He turned.

A blade slashed.

Luigi landed flat on his butt, his heart stopping cold when he saw the interloper. It was a man dressed in black, wearing a white hockey mask over his face, with two menacing slits for eyes and small holes everywhere else. In his hand, he clutched an ugly-looking blade. Behind him, the girl cackled as Hockey Mask advanced. Luigi sucked in his breath and kicked Hockey Mask in the gut, and then flipped himself onto the topmost platform. He swiftly knocked the girl away with a forward smash, and then glanced up as a blow slammed into him from above.

It came from a Mii dressed like a wizard, his robe red-gold and his pointy hat black. Wizard punched him again, sending him flying. Hockey Mask jumped back in, slashing with his blade. Then, Luigi propelled a karate chop into Hockey Mask's face and threw his fireballs at him, Wizard and the girl, trying to decide who to knock off the stage first.

The girl broke him off by firing a powerful bolt at him. His body spasmed, and he fell, gasping, onto the stage. Sweeping his legs, he lined the trio up like bowling pins and rocketed himself toward them. The girl was knocked back the farthest, but she managed to grab onto the ledge and flip herself back up. Wizard and Hockey Mask double-teamed Luigi, the former doling out brutal punches and kicks while the latter just preferred to use his blade. Having had enough of them using him as their punching bag, the man in pink got them off his back with a Cyclone. But then the girl came at him with a flying kick, and then fired several aerial bolts at him with her staff. He fought her off with his b-air and backflipped to another platform.

Hockey Mask was waiting for him.

There was glee in Hockey Mask's eyes as he played with his blade like his favorite toy and studied Luigi. The plumber breathed in staccato bursts, feeling the beads of sweat on his body. Still, he held his fighting stance. He wasn't about to let this creep get the best of him without pounding him hard!

Hockey Mask slashed. Luigi dodged, dropped and did a low kick, knocking Hockey Mask off balance. Then, he shot a fist forward, squarely into Hockey Mask's face, and then dodged another slash and fired a forward smash into Hockey Mask's midsection. Finally, he tether-grabbed Hockey Mask, pummeled him and slammed him backwards as hard as he could muster, sending him soaring. Noticing Wizard lunging at him, Luigi met him with a down smash, and then he sucked the girl into a Cyclone. As the three of them attempted to gain their wits, Luigi crouched down and propelled himself into his opponents, knocking all three out of bounds.

Luigi took a few deep breaths, refocusing himself. He dashed to the center of the stage, bracing himself for more opponents. A few seconds went by before he was grabbed from behind and flung across the stage!

He landed with a thud, flipping himself over to look at his attacker. It was a vampire girl with long lashes, pale skin, long eyelashes and thin lips, wearing dark eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara and licorice-black lipstick. Two fangs protruded from both sides of her mouth, and a bit of blood was smeared on her chin and mouth corners. Her attire consisted of a frilly, pink, bloodstained shirt unbuttoned at the collar, black skinny jeans and a tattered black frock coat. She grinned down at the plumber, who responded by hefting a fireball at her head.

Luigi leaped to his feet, only to be grabbed by a woman in a crocodile suit and punched toward Vampire Girl. He managed to hit her with a flying kick before she could do anything, but she got back up, grin still on her lips, and brandished two wicked-looking blades. She lunged at him, slashing and hacking away.

But now, Luigi was an even tougher customer than before. His body moved fluidly throughout the mansion, evading as many slices as he could and parrying the others. Whenever she managed to gash him, he got back up. He could wind her with well-placed body blows, stun her with fireballs and knock her off her feet with his breakdance kick. Then, Crocodile Suit joined in the chase, the two of them trying to corner the plumber. Crocodile Suit threw heavy punches at Luigi's face and gut, slowing him down and discombobulating him for a few seconds. She body-slammed him into the floor and against walls. She suplexed him toward Vampire Girl and watched as she set on him with her dual blades. Luigi's nerves were fraying just a little bit, but he still gave as good as he got. He reared back and caught Crocodile Suit with his up smash, and then got her in a down throw for some impressive combos. As for Vampire Girl, he began wearing her down with aerial attacks, thinking to himself that a little damage would go a long way.

As Luigi battled the dangerous duo, he noticed someone else approaching out of the corner of his eye. He tether-grabbed Vampire Girl and threw her into Crocodile Suit before whirling around to face the newcomer. It was—a guy in a golden bear suit?

The plumber rolled his eyes and then nailed the point of Golden Bear's chin with a Fire Jump Punch, and then assailed him with rapid-fire f-airs. But then Golden Bear grabbed and pummeled him before kicking him backwards. Luigi checked his landing and recovered with a Missile, knocking both Golden Bear and an approaching Crocodile Suit away in the process.

Vampire Girl skipped merrily towards him, dual blades at the ready. Luigi faced her, jaw set. He acrobatically ducked between the slashing blades and threw one—two—three punches to her face, followed by a kick to her flank. In response, she sliced him down one arm. Ignoring the sting, he shot that arm forward and caught her squarely in the jaw, and then vaulted over her head, kicking her from above, before tether-grabbing her and slamming her down and pelting her with his d-air and n-air flurry. Vampire Girl dealt out several slashes to the legs, followed by a few generous ones to the hips and body and a swift one across his face.

The attack left Luigi writhing on the ground. Vampire Girl, Golden Bear and Crocodile Suit closed in on him, but he struggled up and leaped to the high platform in the nick of time, causing the trio to collide with one another. His heart rapped a martial beat against his chest, and he breathed in deep whooshes, but he wasn't going to give up. He shot his fireballs at the group as they leaped up to get at him, and then he vaulted from platform to platform, sweeping his legs at them whenever they got too close.

Golden Bear attacked him with a massive uppercut. He flew toward Vampire Girl, who cut him twice more across the face and slashed him five times on his body. Thinking quickly, he threw out his n-air, grabbed Golden Bear, and slammed him forwards, catapulting him into Crocodile Suit. They jumped toward him, and he met their charge head-on, sweeping them both into his Cyclone and rendering them down for the count.

Now, only Vampire Girl remained. She was disheveled, and her blades were stained claret red. Presently, she rubbed the two blades together, producing a sharp zing sound which vibrated in Luigi's ears. Her eyes firmly on him, she shrugged off her frock coat, tossed it off the stage and opened two more buttons on her blouse. Staring her down, Luigi rolled up the sleeves of his pink shirt.

Slashing maniacally, Vampire Girl rushed at Luigi. He cartwheeled over her and did a low b-air at the backs of her knees. His opponent bent in two and fell backwards, allowing him to snag her with his tether grab and down throw her into a punishing combo. She slashed downward with her blades, breaking free, dealing out a kick to the abdomen and two slashes to the shoulder. He tripped Vampire Girl with his wake-up attack and punched her a few times, but she put a stop to that with a jab from her dual blades. He dropped low again and threw a down smash, and then dodged among the platforms as her blades whizzed just inches from him. Whenever she missed an attack, Luigi hit her with a tilt attack or a forward smash, and then slid along the ground to keep out of range. Moonlight danced wildly about Vampire Girl's blades as they spun and slashed here and there, but Luigi corralled his breathing, maintaining his cool, evading and parrying her attacks and slamming rock-hard blows into her whenever he saw an opening.

Their battle went on, the advantage wildly seesawing back and forth between Vampire Girl and Luigi. The latter was growing cross and bloodied, but he'd be caught dead letting the former get to him. He aimed a kick at her, but she parried and sent him sprawling onto his back. Her eyes lit up as she straddled his hips and sliced frenziedly, Luigi doing his best to protect his face and refusing to cry out.

Vampire Girl gave a bone-chilling laugh, her blades now at Luigi's neck as he lay there, cut, slashed and breathing heavily. She thought she had him dead to rights. She was wrong.

POW! A fiery fist collided with her face.

CRACK! Another blow sailed into her midsection, causing her to drop her blades.

KRIIIINNNNGGG! Luigi's mighty uppercut was the final straw. Screaming piteously, Vampire Girl hurtled off the stage and out of bounds.

"GAME!"

Luigi crumpled to the floor upon hearing that word. His body shook uncontrollably, his breath coming fast. He scooted himself against the wall of his mansion, eyes closed, recovering body and mind from that terrifying fight. No way was he turning back—he was almost halfway through. I have to be brave, he reminded himself. I have to be brave.

The shaking stopped, and his breathing returned to normal. His heartbeat quieted, a strange, serene feeling winging through him. He stood up, hopped onto the top platform and made himself comfortable, staring up at the hazy moon in the starless sky.

"Where do all these guys come from?"

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