"It's a me-a Luigi. I've come up with a new chapter~!"
'Wait. Why the hell did I even agree with this?'
Luigi was standing in front of Rosalina's room. Door right before his eyes, jittery was the right word to describe him at the moment
'Ah crap. I swear I'll fire whip that hand the next time I see-'
He abruptly then face-palmed, and without clear orders from his brain he quickly knocked on the door. He only realized on how reckless that last action was when the usual 'Come on in' reached his ears.
'Make that 2 fire whips', he said in his head before slowly opening the door. He gulped for a second before sticking his head out of the door. Before Rosalina can let out a word, Luigi quickly opened his mouth, "Um… I'm sorry about this Rosalina. But can I-", Luigi took a deep breath, 'Crap this'.
"Um, stay the night here?".
Luigi made sure he put some pressure on the 'stay the night' and put on a face to hint that this is NOT what he would do by his free will. Needless to say, Rosalina's eyes widened before Luigi quickly resumed.
"No no no no no! I wouldn't if I can choose! Er, I mean, blame Master Hand on this! He's the one who forced me to- what, I mean!", word to another word came out frantically from Luigi. With nothing making sense.
"Luigi. Calm. Down", Rosalina interjected in. "First thing first, what brings you here?".
Luigi stayed silent, before speaking up, "After dinner, Master Hand told me that my room is out… for some reason. Then he asked me to sleep in another room while giving me this", Luigi held up the letter. "The instructions lead me to here. I don't know what he had done with his brain, but it sure as heck malfunctioned the moment I'm told to stay in a girl's room.
"…Did he give you any reasons?".
"He doesn't want me to stay in others… because well, I heard some were ticked because I finished Classic for the first time here… Or so he said".
"And why did he choose here?".
Luigi shrugged, "No clue".
Rosalina closed her eyes briefly, before smiling and said, "Well, do make yourself at home".
Luigi looked at her, "…You don't mind?".
"Of course not. If I was to decline, it'd be against orders and ignorant on your side as well".
Luigi returned the smile, "Appreciate it. I better get my things in before anyone sees me".
Luigi then did what he said. After setting his bags, he went to sit on the bed. Rosalina was writing something on her desk, so he took his time to observe his surroundings.
Rosalina's room was designed similar to his. The main difference is on how her room is coated with space painting all over the walls, and the floor was coloured to resemble the surface of the moon. The beds were treated the same way, giving the room space-like atmosphere overall. Aside from that, everything else is similar to his.
His dozing off was cut off when knocks could be heard coming from the door. Luigi snapped and looked around in panic. Rosalina guided her finger to the bathroom, and there he goes. The space traveller then opened the door to reveal the culprit of earlier affair…
"Rosalina! Is Luigi here?"
Luigi almost choked on his own saliva, 'What the hell is Mario doing here!?'
"Umm… No", Rosalina replied. "What happened?"
"I saw the sign on Luigi's door…", Luigi's eyes widened, "And it said 'For anyone who wanted to see me, sorry, but I'm out for now -Luigi'…".
Luigi's jaw dropped, 'One slick move Master Hand. One slick move…".
"And when I went to Master Hand, he said something along the lines of 'He told me he DID reported, but he didn't want anyone to know where he is'… So I tried asking people from our world, but none of them know… and here we are"
"Well, I haven't seen Luigi since dinner, so you may want to look somewhere else?"
Mario sighed, "Alright, thanks". He then walked off to his own room. After making sure he is out of sight, Rosalina closed the door, with Luigi coming out of his hiding spot as well.
"Did you put that sign?", Rosalina asked.
"No… Well, Master Hand probably did, but not me".
"…I'm curious on why he chose me instead of tucking you in Mario's room though".
Luigi rolled his eyes, "Now that I think about it, me in Mario's room would make much more sense…"
"You don't have any clue? Not even a little bit?".
"Search every cells in my body and they will say 'no'".
"Convincingly?".
"As wide and large the universe is, yes".
"So bro", Crazy Hand started. "Why did you send Luigi in to her room? Wouldn't Mario's a more logical choice?".
"I know what his burden until now", Master Hand replied, not looking away from his work. "He needed to get his 'Classic Mode story' off his chest. Even if it's just one person, he at least will be more comfortable answering those constant questions from the rest of Smashers… And she was the only close friend and the most trusted one off the list".
"Really? That is all?".
"I'd be lying if I said that".
"…?".
"I have seen things", Master Hand explained. "And I feel that I need to express my gratitude to him. It was an accident, but he did went through it and helped us both". Master Hand smiled.
"And I don't plan on leaving him alone on his life".
Luigi was left in his mind on his temporary bed. Tommorow, he had to find out whatever is causing the energy readings. He know it is not such a hard work, but he was chosen because of an unforgettable old foe. An enemy, that he was reminded of, and he could not help but to fall helplessly on the haunt of the memories of his 'accident'.
'What if he is not dead?', Luigi asked in his mind. 'I clearly saw him exploded. But even though it's slim, I still can't get my thoughts off him. Why am I getting this kind of vibe? A vibe that constantly tells me that he IS indeed still alive?'.
Luigi rubbed his forehead, head hung low. With eyes closed, he began to be attacked by constant visions he could never forget. That giant, that beast, those swords, his copy… and lastly, the core. He remembered every moment of his 'life-or-death' battle. After all, who wouldn't be reminded every now and then about such big event in your life? Has he fought bigger threats? He would not neccesarily say bigger, but he definitely had fought such battles, but an aspect of this battle was new to him.
Not only that he fought the evil alone, but he was also constantly reminded on the only help he received during the struggle. Simply a mental help, but hadn't it been done, he would've been a goner. He did contained the foe alone, but that was simply looking on bones and blood. Had people look inside of the jar, they would find out that there was a help he received… from his own mind.
'This is making my head hurt', Luigi thought. 'Master Hand's past is definitely mysterious to all of us. He never told us anything. How did he has THAT thing inside of him? And why? Maybe it was his heart? Master Hand wouldn't have lived after that!'
Luigi paused his thoughts when he realized what he had just came across.
'Wait, Master Hand has a heart?'
"Luigi?", Rosalina's voice then can be heard. Luigi shrugged off his thoughts and turned to the blue-dressed female.
"What's wrong? You were dozing off quite deeply".
Luigi rubbed the back of his head, "Um, it's nothing".
"If you have problems, I can help".
Luigi was urged to tell her his current matter, but then remembered his secret and buries the idea, "No… No, it's nothing really".
"Alright. If you have something you need to share, I'm all ears", she then went back to her writings.
"Thanks…", Luigi whispered.
As he went back to his thoughts, he couldn't help but to consider telling her what really happened to him in Classic Mode. 'Surely she won't tell anyone…?', Luigi said in his head. 'I… kinda need someone to pour my worries right now… But Master Hand told me to keep it a secret…'.
Luigi looked to the cosmic traveller for a moment, before bringing his head low while squinting his eyes, 'Maybe… just maybe, she can keep this confidential to everyone…".
"Alright, Rosalina, I lied", Luigi spoke up, gaining Rosalina's attention.
"Lied about what?"
"About that just now, I actually DO have a problem".
"Is that so? I'll listen if you want to…".
"You can listen if you want to… but you probably won't believe me".
"Why would I? Is it something about…".
"A secret of mine. Actually, this is also Master and Crazy Hand's…".
Rosalina stared at Luigi, "Luigi, I don't think I should-".
"Nonono, it's okay. I… just have to get this off my chest. I can't keep this any longer…".
Rosalina got up from her desk, and sat beside Luigi on his provisional bed. "My mouth is shut", she said while looking at him.
Luigi looked at her, before nodding and opened his mouth, "This… this is a secret… when I cleared Classic for the first time…".
He then shut his eyes and began to tell Rosalina what happened to him before reaching Master Hand. He told her he was able to select his own paths, each path having different enemies, but the objective is the same, to be the last man standing. He recounted on how they can be super-sized, or on how they can be as hard as metal throughout the entire fight, or on how they suddenly appeared in a team of ten and attacked him.
"And then…", Luigi said, "I reached Master and Crazy Hand… in Final Destination. This… is where an accident happened…".
Rosalina leaned in, "…Accident?".
Luigi nodded, "An affair… that will scar my head forever…".
The screen then turned white.
Flashback
"Aaannnddd…. That's the last of 'em!", celebrated Luigi after punching the last Mii Fighter into oblivion. Luigi clapped his hands in vertical motion before a bright light surrounds him
"Impressive, you manage to get this far in this new Classic Mode. And there I thought this was a bit too much…", Master Hand's voice echoed throughout the stage.
"Very well, now for your next and final challenge…", the bright light then shines brightly and disappear, taking Luigi with it.
The scene changes into a stage the smashers had known well, Final Destination. This stage floats in the outer space, constantly showing the Earth exploding and many other sceneries that are actually illusions. They rewind nonstop for unknown reasons but to Master Hand. This does not bother the smashers though, as it's considered the 'fairest stage' as this stage only consisted of a large platform. No gimmicks, no hazards, no small platforms, just the stage alone.
The bright light makes another of its appearances, before bringing back Luigi into reality. At first, he was confused, before looking below and saw he was HIGH above the ground.
Needless to say, he looked at the screen, with a 'Well, crap. Of COURSE this happens to me' face, before falling facefirst to the ground. He groaned as he picked himself up, 'I've had enough of this falling sytle, thank you'.
When he got up, he heard a familiar laugh. A gigantic, right-handed white glove came into the scene, clenching itself into fist, and was followed with another, more hysterical, laugh. Luigi turned to see its owner, he saw another gigantic, but left-handed white glove flying towards the stage as well, fingers flailing like mad. The two hands flew and fist-pumped into each other.
Luigi stood, looking towards the twin hands.
'Master Hand… and Crazy Hand. Wow, it's been a while since I saw them fighting together', he muttered. The identical hands then separated themselves from each other, and now are positioned in front and behind Luigi, readying themselves to fight.
"This is it, your final challenge", started Master Hand. "Get ready for a whoopin'!", Crazy Hand yelled, fingers swinging like mad. Luigi rolled his eyes, 'The guy never betrays his name…'.
Luigi got into his fighting stance, which looks similar to those of Mario's, "Alright, let's-a go!".
Master Hand readied himself up, before charging at an alarming speed towards Luigi. Luigi quickly jumped out of his way, only to hear another hideous laughter above him. Looking up, he saw Crazy Hand is already above him, fingers pointing down.
Raising an eyebrow, Luigi flipped and did a bicycle kick, hitting home at one of Crazy's fingers. The hand, however, did not seem to flinch, he let out a chuckle as he magically dropped bombs out of his fingers. Luigi was taken off-guard by this, and one of the bombs exploded on his back.
"OW!", he yelled, trying to hold the pain, because he was currently falling to…
Master Hand's fingers lasers.
He gasped, abruptly spinning his body, hands out-streched, forming a small cyclone as he floated in the air. He quickly made his way to the other end of the stage to avoid the lasers. He then let out the air he had been holding by streching his body as he finished his spin, pausing himself in the air, but unfortunately not hitting anyone.
However, he quickly noticed Master Hand is right behind him. He swiftly turned his legs around and did a dropkick to the hand's back. The hand, just like his brother however, didn't even flinch. Not wanting to get caught in another trap, Luigi fastened his fall to the ground.
Upon hitting the ground, he dashed towards Master Hand, who was fully aware of his presence and currently facing Luigi. He jumped towards the hand, and did a karate chop. Master Hand was quick enough to dodge out of Luigi's assault, and then smirked as he saw Crazy Hand doing another one of his crazy antics.
Luigi landed, noticing the hand's no effort to make another attack. Master Hand pointed to a way, with Luigi following him with his eyes.
Crazy Hand was literally rocketing through the space.
And Luigi was unlucky enough to be the goal of Crazy's flight.
Luigi jumped once again, narrowly dodging the left hand's try to take him to a free space-rocket ride…
Before getting slapped by Master Hand and crashed to the ground.
Luigi lied on the ground, face-first. He groaned once again and picked himself up. Panting, he thought, 'Their teamwork is legitimately crazy… Why is this two-on-one fight again?'.
He then dashed toward them again, now shooting a Fireball to their way. The hands lazily dodged it and wondered if Luigi was desperate to land a hit on them.
Unfortunately, he wasn't, and Crazy Hand was headbutted by Luigi's 180 degree head-swing. Now showing some pain, he gasped and looked behind him, only to find no one. He heard Master Hand's cry, and looked to his brother's way. Luigi had also attacked the right hand with his trademark, unusually strong, finger poke.
The green plumber wasn't done, he 'charged' himself, and aimed himself at Crazy Hand. He felt the power flowing inside him and after a short while, the hands are still recovering from the surprise attack he did, he rocketed towards Crazy Hand at a respectable speed, and hit the hand dead on. Not waiting to hear his foe's yell of pain, he adroitly spun and encased himself in a tornado and slided towards Master Hand, his hands slapping his gigantic foe like crazy. He erupted the air at the end of his spin, giving Master Hand another surge of pain.
Luigi rolled backwards and looked up, seeing Master Hand was still recovering from his assaults, but…
"…Where's Crazy Hand?", he asked, unsure who to.
Luigi then heard a steel voice, he looked up and saw Crazy Hand trying to peel the air with his fingers. Luigi was left questioned what his foe was trying to do, but he knew it's not going to be pretty. Luigi then jumped and spun himself around for another bicycle kick and hit the hand once again. However, Crazy Hand held up, and was left unwinced. With the last dig, he slid himself to the left, opening a giant portal that was sucking Luigi in. Luigi gasped, and tried to do anything he can to escape, but luck was not on his side, he was sucked in and to the portal.
Darkness, is the only thing Luigi can feel and see right now. He was left unanswered on where he is, but his thoughts were interrupted when he felt a surge of pain hitting his body. He didn't know what is causing this, he just felt a massive amount of pain in his body. He screamed as he clutched his body, hands grasping his sides in a X position, but he realized his voice could not vibrate the air and nothing is heard. He continued to suffer from the pain as he curled up to a ball, silently cursing as his endurance on taking the pain decreased, and he felt like dying.
Crazy Hand closed the gigantic portal, and helped his brother float back. Master Hand, however, slapped his brother's attempt and asked him, voice surrounded with anger, "YOU IDIOT! What have you done!? Do you realize that you just KILLED him!?". Crazy Hand straightened himself, "Calm down bro! Look above!", Crazy pointed up, with Master Hand following his gaze. Sure enough, a small portal had appeared, and Luigi fell, or rather, was thrown off from inside it, and slammed the ground with a loud 'CRASH!'.
Luigi was motionless, laying on the ground. The hands looked uneasy, unsure if he is still alive or not. "Nah", Crazy Hand started, "He'll survive this wacko thing. This is only designed to send him lots of pain, but not so much that it kills him on the spot!". Master Hand glanced, giving off a questioned face, "I didn't know you had such power…".
"Yeah… That portal was hurty, but THIS plumber ain't done yet…", Luigi's shaky voice could be heard. Both hands turned towards where their enemy laid, and sure enough, Luigi was trying to get up, but his struggle could be seen. Shakily, he got up, and looked up to face his foes, then he directed his attention to his body. He no longer feel pain, and he was none left with bruises. He pressed some parts of his body, checking if some marks are left, but he felt nothing, which means he indeed wasn't bruised.
'Great… torture portal… How did I not see that coming…', Luigi mentally face-palmed himself. 'But anyways…', he looked up again, and straightened his stand and struck a battle stance once again, but the he saw Master Hand… acting… weird…
"Uh… Master Hand… are you alright…?", he asked hesistantly to the right hand. Crazy Hand notices this, and was surrounded with worry himself, "Bro!? What's wrong!?".
Master Hand felt pain as his power to float drained. He then fell to the ground, shaking with pain. Luigi and Crazy Hand quickly went over to his side.
"Master Hand!?", Luigi yelled. "Come on! What's wrong with you!? Don't tell me I hit you a bit too hard!", but then Luigi mentally kicked himself. 'What is wrong with ME? Like, seriously… I'm talking to the guy who withstood GANONDORF'S smashing! And that guy hits like a moon!', Luigi decided it's no time for such matter, and focusing back to the still shaking hand.
Luigi and Crazy Hand panicked. They never saw Master Hand fall like this. Something must had gone wrong…
"Ack…", Master Hand struggled to get his words out, "That… the core… is… coming ou-". That was his last statement, before a part of his body exploded and released seas of black particles. Luigi and Crazy Hand were taken aback by this, and quickly backed off, still worried with the fate of their friend.
"What in the name of… WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON!?", Luigi yelled loudly, covering his face from the black particles that was still surging out of Master Hand's body. This forced him to stumble backwards, and he fell on his back. He tried to see, but his vision was completely dominated and obscured by those black particles. The same fate also happened to Crazy Hand, as he continued to yell out to Master Hand, with seemingly the endless black colors kept on answering him.
This continued for a few moments before the black particles changed direction, now focusing on one position, precisely behind the stage. The black particles now was forming some kind of a humanoid monster, purple light shone in its 'head'. Luigi looked at the gigantic being with a face of terror. He looked to the direction where Master Hand previously laid. There sure enough, he saw the right hand. However, he was no longer shaking. Master Hand laid motionlessly on the ground. Fear building up, he tried to run to the hand, but just when he is nearing his helpless friend, a gigantic black hand slammed itself in front of Luigi's trail, blocking Luigi's path and sent Luigi tumbling back. Luigi looked to the left, realizing the hand belongs to the black, gigantic humanoid monster.
"GAH! LET ME GO YOU JERKS! OR ELSE I'LL…!", Luigi was surprised to hear Crazy Hand's voice. He turned to him, and he was shocked to find the left hand was now trapped inside 'ropes' of black particles. It may not look like much, but the 'ropes' are doing a great job limiting Crazy's movements, to the point where the hand is helpless and can only shout and curse. Luigi turned back to his fallen friend. And then back to Crazy, and then to the monster, and to Master Hand again.
"No…", Luigi muttered silently, before feeling anger flowing through his body, and he turned to the huge monster, pointing his finger to it. "YOU! WHO ARE YOU!? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!?", Luigi shouted at his maximum possible voice. The humanoid however, didn't seem to notice him, and it brought its hands up, glancing at them for a second before letting out a hideous evil laugh. Luigi stood there, and watched as the monster kept on laughing. It doesn't comfort him a bit.
Finally, the humanoid spoke, "HAAAA… IT HAS BEEN MUCH TOO LONG SINCE I'M FREE ON MY OWN…".
Luigi was confused to hear it, before he yelled again, "HEAR ME, YOU FREAK WITH NO FACE! WHO ARE YOU!?".
The humanoid finally paid Luigi its attention, "AH… THE WORLD… HAS CHANGED… SINCE THE LAST I SAW IT… IT SEEMS… HUMANS HAVE LIVED… A LOT LONGER THAN I THOUGHT…".
Luigi was about to yell again and protest on how it just ignored him, but the humanoid then continued, "THAT MASTER HAND FOOL… HE SEALED ME LONG AGO… AND NOW HE SHALL PAY FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE!", and with that, the humanoid brought its right hand up, and swung it in the direction of Master Hand, ready to crush him into pieces…
But then it felt nothing had been attacked. It raised its hand and saw Master Hand had been moved by Luigi to the other end of the stage. Apparently, Luigi used his own body and crashed himself right to Master Hand while also pushing him, resulting him leaning to the hand's thumb.
The humanoid, voice booming with anger, shouted with its' eerie aura vibrating everything.
'YOU… DARE OPPOSES ME!?". Luigi could felt a gust of wind, a strong one. He covered his face as he held his stand so he doesn't get blown out of nowhere. However, after he finished, he noticed Master Hand was nowhere on his side. Panicking, he looked around. Then he looked at the humanoid's side.
Master Hand was chained yet supported by another 'ropes' of black particles. Master Hand still looked unconscious however. Before Luigi could shot a word, the humanoid spoke, "NOW… I SHALL LET YOU CHOOSE… LITTLE ONE…", Luigi raised an eyebrow, but not letting his fighting stance out of his body.
"NOW CHOOSE… DO YOU WISH TO OPPOSE ME, MASTER CORE…. AND LET YOUR DEATH BE LONG AND PAINFUL… OR… ", the humanoid, proclaimed himself to be 'Master Core', continued, "DO YOU WISH TO DIE… AT ONCE WITH THOSE TWO FOOLISH HANDS… AND LET YOUR DEATH BE QUICK AND PAINLESS…".
Luigi stood there, processing what the humanoid just said, 'Master… Core? What in the name of 1-Up… Just what the heck is going on here!?'.
But he had no time to think, he already had the answer long before Master Core even asked. He silently smirked, and with no second thought, he dashed and jumped to Master Core's head, trying to hit him with a karate chop, but the humanoid simply brought his hands up and blocked the hit. Luigi used the opportunity to kick the hand and bounced back, flipping in the air before landing on the ground.
"I SEE YOU CHOOSE TO DIE IN SUCH BRUTAL MANNER…", Master Core said eeriely. Luigi landed on the ground, and looked up with a confident smirk. "Yeah.", Luigi stood up, "Except for the fact that I won't die here… Because the only one that will die is YOU!".
Luigi straightened himself up, 'Is this even real?'.
Luigi dashed, 'Me, fighting a villain?'.
He then used his trademark high jump to get face-to-face with Master Core, 'Me, get to save my friends for once?'.
He brought his hand up, 'Me, going between the lines of life and death?'.
He smirked, as he threw his hand down to Master Core's hand, which had been raised beforehand. Master Core itself also seem quite amused on the green plumber's attempt. Luigi then met eyes-to-face with Master Core, gritting his teeth.
'HELL YEAH I AM!', Luigi shouted with confidence in his mind, before kicking the hand, flipped in the air, and landed on solid ground.
The battle… had started.
Luigi charged himself up, before noticing Master Core pushed his head forward. He reflexively blocked the impact, and was sent flying to the ground, but he managed to recover before he crashed. Master Core then swiped his hand along, with Luigi ready to jump out, it's only that...
The swipe was not directed to Luigi, and instead to the air above him.
Luigi was left dumbfounded, and was like 'What?'. But then he noticed something, he quickly bent his body to the back.
And fortunate for him, he managed to dodge the actually delayed swipe. He let out a sigh of relief.
'Gee… Playing trickster now, are we?", he thought. He immediately dashed towards Master Core again, jumping to his head once more, and finally bringing his leg out, peforming a powerful kick, and hit home at Master Core's glowing head. However, just like the hands, Master Core does not seem to be bothered by it to the slightest.
Master Core wasted no time to catch the plumber in his hand, and held a tight grip on the plumber. Luigi struggled to get out, but it was no use. He was stuck in Master Core's hand.
Master Core laughed, and brought his hand to his head, trying to insert the plumber to the insides, and the plumber would most likely be tortured.
"HA… FAREWELL, FOOLISH HUMAN…", Master Core said as the Luigi came closer and closer to his head.
Luigi froze in fear. eyes as big as the Moon, 'OH SNAP! If I'm thrown inside him, it's going to be a straight game over! Come on now Luigi! Think think, THINK YOU CAPPED HEAD!", he yelled inside him.
As Luigi drew closer and closer, Luigi finally snapped up with an idea. He was merely inches from the humanoid's head… right before Master Core yelled and stumbled back, his grip was no more.
Luigi apparently had lighted his hands up in flames, automatically frying Master Core's grip.
Smirking, Luigi then quickly spun around, formed his cyclone once again, moved toward the now aching humanoid. Extending his hands right in front of the humanoid, he wasted no time to deal powerful barrages of attacks to the monster's head. From karate chops, drill kicks, even heatbutts. He knew nothing but to harm Master Core as much as possible.
Master Core now was the victim of Luigi's barrages of very quick yet very powerful attacks. Though, he didn't flinch and slowly straightened himself up, even though he was clear in pain. Master Core quickly brought his hands to the only platform in Final Destination, grasping it firmly.
Luigi noticed this weird act of the core, quickly spun back to the platform, which was at the moment gripped by Master Core. Master Core, with his immense strength, lifted the platform high up. Luigi stumbled from the force, but finding he was in no harm's way.
"Uh…", Luigi started. "I don't remember asking for elevator service".
Suddenly, something hit him from behind, and this took Luigi by surprise and he was then laid on the ground. He looked up, and saw a group of energy balls floated around. Groaning, he stood up and rubbed his now aching back, 'Of course…'.
He noticed an energy ball flying towards him. Not wanting to get hit twice, he quickly ran away from it. This repeats for a few moments before Master Core gave up his grip and returned the stage on its original place.
However, he wasn't exactly 'returning'. He just released his grip and let the stage fall. This made Luigi lose his footing, and when the stage stopped, sensing it is now in its original place, Luigi smashed to the ground head-first.
'Oh man, this guy really knows how to give his victims a broken bone or two…', Luigi thought as he lazily got up.
He looked at the black humanoid, 'Great, at this rate, he'll outfight me. Oh God, no…'. Luigi's confidence decreased as he realized his attacks aren't doing much damage at all. But then he looked closely at the humanoid.
'Wait', he thought, 'Is it just me, or my attacks are making those black… small thingies chip away, bit by bit?'. He then tried to remember if his hypothesis is true, but Master Core made no attempt to sit by, he brought his head back, focusing a lot of energy on it.
Luigi is still oblivious by this attack, his head still hung low, eyes closed, trying hard to dig to his memory. Finally, he gave up, opened his eyes and raised his head.
There he saw Master Core gathering energy.
And the glow of energy were apparently ugly large.
And Master Core was almost ready to release them.
'…..'
"Well, crap".
A second after, Master Core pulled his head back even further and heatbutted the stage. Luigi barely made a run for the heck of it, and was relieved to see himself unharmed. However, another problem loomed him, unusual energy balls was released from the impact, looking ready to explode. Luigi made no effort to curse and instead he immediately ran to the edge of the stage.
'Oh no no no no no no no no no! Come on! Step it up my legs! I'm almost there…!'. he panicked as he is nearing the edge. Not waiting himself to actually arrive at the edge, he abruptly jumped off.
And right after he had jumped, the energy balls exploded, releasing waves of energy in cross direction, one nearly fried Luigi if he had been half a second late. Luigi then used his Super Jump Punch to grab the ledge, how he can jump out of thin air he himself had no clue.
Luigi grabbed the ledge, and climbed back up. He glanced at the now upright humanoid, then he looked at his head.
The glowing purple light in his head.
The glowing light.
Luigi snapped his fngers at that very moment when an idea struck his head, 'I GOT IT!'
Luigi then ran to Master Core, jumping to him as he always did.
Master Core sighed as he swiped his hand, "O LITTLE STUBBORN ONE… HOW MANY TIMES… DO YOU PLAN TO PULL THIS SAME STUNT OVER AND OVER…". However, as he finished swiping his hand, he felt no human touched his hand. He then shot a look to the stage, Luigi wasn't there either. The left-confused humanoid was searching for the green plumber, until…
A force hit his head. Hard.
Master Core winced. Luigi apparently had used his cyclone to rise up high and came crashing down to Master Core's head. As the gigantic monster flinched, Luigi used that time to deliver a few kicks and punches.
But that was only his 'bonuses'.
Luigi then jumped off and floated right in front of Master Core's head. He used his Green Missile technique to shove himself to the inside of Master Core's head.
Luigi smirked, 'Well, you are now allowed to curse'.
Luigi then focused his fire power in his left hand, and it was bursting in flames. A second after, he forcefully lodged his hand to the purple core and with a gritted teeth, smashed his hands up.
Master Core's head then exploded in burst of flames, as he roared in pain.
The force Luigi made from his Fire Jump Punch earlier sent himself up. Luigi quickly maneuvered himself to the stage below. He landed successfully on his feet, and glanced upwards.
Master Core's form had been destroyed.
Luigi smiled, and relaxed his body. It was finally over.
"Whew, that was tough… But glad this is over", he said at particulary no one, but he was happy nonetheless.
"HA. DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH, LITTLE ONE"
Luigi snapped, eyes widened. The black particles had began focusing in one place again, but this time it's not behind the stage, it's on the stage itself.
The black particles gathered up again, and slowly forming a being that resembles a beast. The beast had a large, crocodile-like head, with a scorpion-like body, as well as its tail. Luigi was taken aback by this, but he then struck another battle pose.
'Great. One after another…', he complained.
"I SHALL ADMIT. YOU… ARE STRONG INDEED… I AM SURPRISED YOU LASTED THIS LONG…", Master Core said as he gritted his teeth and played with his mouth for a bit.
"BUT YOU SHALL NOT LIVE AFTER THIS… I HAVE NEVER LOST A FIGHT… BEFORE I WAS SEALED INSIDE THAT DAMNED HAND…THAT IS".
Luigi posed a questioned face, 'There he went again. Sealed. Just what the heck had happened with this crazy guy?'. His thoughts were interrupted as Master Core took a step forward in an intimidating motion. Then Master Core leapt out upwards. Luigi gasped as he looked above.
The beast was falling, RIGHT above him.
'Oh no!', Luigi adroitly rolled forward, as far and as fast as he can. Fortunate for him, he was unharmed by the fall, but the shockwave blew him away for a few metres. Luigi groaned as he got up, glanced back at Master Core, only to find the beast wasn't there.
'What. He sure move fast…', he thought.
However, he wasn't safe. He was unaware of the gigantic mouth agape behind him coming at ridiculous speed. The mouth instantly gobbled Luigi, and took him by surprise as he struggled to get out from the beast's head, but he can't.
"NOW YOU SHALL PAY…", Master Core muttered. A second after, a thunderbolt suddenly appeared and electrouced the beast, or rather, the poor plumber that was stuck inside him. Luigi shouted and yelled in pain as electricy made its way to his body. Master Core was apparently unharmed, but that was the least of Luigi's concern right now. Right now, he was being fried alive!
Luigi helplessly yelled at his maximum possible voice. 'Cr-Crap! Dammit- Wh-what a-m I supp-pposed t-t-t-to d-d-do no-ow!', he cursed. He struggled to open his eyes, trying to hold back the massive pain.
There it is.
The glowing light.
Desperate, he focused his power at his hands, and with a terrible loud shout, he slung himself to whatever in front of him, and jackpot, he managed to punch the glowing light. This instantly sent pain to Master Core.
As he roared, Luigi quickly with whatever power he has left jumped out, landed, and quickly spun around and did a powerful kick to Master Core's mouth. This made the beast flinch, and Luigi quickly took that opportunity to light up his left hand again.
With a ridiculous face because of basically anything that had happened to him, he forcefully inserted his hand to the beast's inside, and once again brought his hand up powerfully, smashing the glowing light in the process once again. Luigi shot up, but wasn't able to balance himself and fell flat on the ground, facing up.
Master Core let out another cry of pain before dissolving again. Just when Luigi hoped in his little power left that it's truly over, the remaining particles gathered in one place again, now in the middle of the stage. The particles then formed a shape that resembles a gigantic sword. Luigi lowly gasped as the particles apparently weren't done. Out of the gigantic sword, four smaller swords slid out of the back, and they floated together to the air above, readying for a fight with the already exthausted plumber.
"HMPH. SUCH PERSISTENCE…", Master Core said. "BUT I SEE YOU ARE POWERLESS NOW… HA! FIRST, I MUST CONGRATULATE YOU FOR MAKING IT INTO THIS FAR… YOU WERE BOTH ASTUTE AND STRONG, I MUST ADMIT…".
Luigi smirked at the comment, but he didn't replied. He knew it's over. 'So I guess I'll be dead after this after all… I pity myself', he lightly chuckled, apparently being unlucky enough to have his life end here…
"BUT FIRST, BEFORE I FINISH YOU OFF… THERE IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU…"
Master Core aligned his four smaller swords into each other, forming a shape of a square. He then focused his energy, and sure enough, there was electricity coming out of the individual swords' end, directed at the center of the square. The electricity got bigger and bigger, and so did Luigi's eyes, he then braced himself in his laid position for a finishing attack, closing his eyes…
But it wasn't.
Luigi, noticing no pain, shakily looked up. There, where the sword square previously lies, there is a ball. Then the ball was sucked in by a portal above and disappeared.
Luigi glanced at Master Core, still not finding any power to get back up, "What… what was… th-that f-for…?", he asked with shaky mouth.
"I HAVE TELEPORTED THAT BALL OF ENERGY INTO YOUR WORLD… OR PRECISELY… THE WORLD YOUR KIND CURRENTLY RESIDES IN…". Luigi's eyes widened.
"AND I HAVE… DESIGNED THAT BOMB… TO DETONATE… IN TEN MINUTES… ", Luigi gritted his teeth. He damned himself. If he was stronger, he could've prevented this… If he was better… he could've defeated him… But he wasn't…
'Crud', he thought. 'Apparently destroying me wasn't enough… Forgive me, everyone… I'm… I'm just…'.
Just when a ray of hope surfaced in Luigi's head, Master Core said again, "DO NOT THINK… THEY'LL ABLE TO STOP IT… IT MAKES NO SOUND, OR ANY KIND OF VISIBLE PRESENCE… IT WILL APPEAR INVISIBLE, AND THE DETONATION CANNOT BE UNDONE…".
Luigi would have slammed his fist to the floor, if he had the power. Now, he is laying powerlessly… and is waiting for the final blow…
"NOW… THE TIME HAS COME… FOR ME… TO ERASE YOU FROM EXISTENCE…", Master Core said as he separated his swords, and aligned them to surround the helpless green plumber.
Luigi hopelessly smirked, 'Well, I'm done for.'
Everything… had been lost.
The first sword slashed through Luigi, sending him up to the air and wounding his already battered body.
'I guess this is the end.'
Second slice.
'No matter what… Just promise me guys…'
Third.
'Just… stop that bomb… alright?'
Fourth.
'I-I'm useless at stopping him. No, you guys MUST stop it.'
The biggest sword readied itself.
'Do it… for me… for the universe…'
It looked ready to chop Luigi down to pieces.
'And Mario…'
The sword swung down.
Luigi closed his eyes, and still managed to crack a smile even when his fate was inches away. Everything seemed slow, very slow… until Luigi let out a tear off his eyes and let out the eternal truth.
'I love ya, big bro'
And then everything went black.
FALCON PUNCH
FALCON KICK
I CAME UP WITH A NEW CHAPTER
AROUND 7K WORDS TOO
WHAT
IS THIS REALLY THE AUTHOR WHO CAN'T COMPLETE 3K WORDS CHAPTER IN TWO MONTHS
Okay okay LOL! Yes yes, I completed another chappy!
Yes, truly. This chapter is like 7k of words. Compare that to Prolouge's 1k and Chapter 1's 3k, that's quite a huge difference :P.
To be honest, I actually had wrote about Master Core fight a while ago. And to be more honest, it is LONG! How long? Nonsense is like 30 pages in Microsoft Word. Yes, if I wanted to, I can be hardcore like that.
Okay! So first we had Luigi sent to Rosalina's room, and now we have him confessing his 'secret'! Uncover on how did Luigi versus Master Core battle plays out only in Sm- this isn't time to adversite, duh.
Anyway, I will be dividing the fight in two parts. Next is up to next chappy. Plus, Luigi is dead... or is he? After all, how can he survive?
And for those who ask, yes, I loosely base this off the actual fight in SSB3DS. Luigi's moves are also adaptated to here. And that last attack is actually '5 slashes of death' Master Core has in SSB3DS! And some twists are added in too!
As always, R&R! Enjoy the chapter, give critics if you have those, and stay tuned for more chapters!