Hi, and welcome everyone to Chapter 12. Now it's time for Mario and Luigi to begin learning the basic abilities of a giant kraken with the help of Ruby and Agatha. Can they learn the simple steps? Let's read.

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Mario Bros. meet the Gillmans

Chapter 12: Kraken Training - Part 1

A bright Sunday morning shone over Oceanside. The skies were clear, and the wavy waters splashed through the rocks and piers. Many people came out of their homes to enjoy the relaxing morning out on the streets.

Over at one of Agatha Gillman's house estates were the Mario Bros, who recently got themselves up with morning coffee at the kitchen place.

When Mario and his team finished the first bottom floor of Oceanside's sewers, they contacted Mayor John Steinberg about the repairs, multiple enemies living there, and the other five assistants helping them as well. They were given some money sent on an envelope to them and the other five. Right now, the two bros are discussing yesterday's progress.

"So from what we've seen in the sewers, there were plenty of toxic barrels in that room where we faced that giant blooper." Mario reported.

"Uh huh. There's also the fact that the bloopers somehow ended up all the way here. How could it happen?" Luigi speculated.

Both brothers were trying to think about it until Mario made his logic. "Could it be because when I made the Bomber Bill go in the warp pipe, it must've sucked up a variety of bloopers and were somehow transported into Oceanside's sewers?"

"Yeah I guess…" said Luigi.

All of a sudden, Luigi's phone vibrated with the ringtone of a familiar Nintendo system. He took it out of his pocket and saw it was the bros' mother calling. Luigi clicked on the call button and put on speaker mode.

"Hello mother!" both brothers replied.

"Good morning, boys!" replied the mom from the other line. "How are my two wonderful heroes doing at Oceanside?"

"Everything is all great over here." Luigi answered.

"Yep, we managed to fix the first bottom floor of the sewers with the help of a family and some friends of Oceanside, just like you told us." Mario added.

"Now that's the kind of news I was hoping to hear. Your father also wanted to say hi, too. He's not here at the moment, but I will let him know about your progress. Keep this up, and you'll be able to finish in no time. I'll call you boys later, have fun and no funny business." their mom directed.

"Yes mother." Both bros replied, and Luigi hung up. Even when they were in a different city, their mom would always remind them to have full obligation if they wanted to convince more people of their work company.

A knock was heard at the door. Mario and Luigi went up to it and opened it. There stood the Gillman family, waiting outside of the front porch.

"Greetings Mario Brothers!" Agatha announced.

"We decided to come and visit you guys." said Ruby.

"We also brought some fresh doughnuts for our morning dessert." added Arthur.

"Oooohhh, I want some." thrilled Sam.

Nessie barked with joy as everyone came inside. Arthur placed the box of doughnuts on the table while Luigi prepared two more coffees for Agatha and Arthur. Mario handed Ruby, Sam, and Nessie some fresh milk from a carton. Everyone sat on a chair and started their conversation.

Agatha spoke first. "Ruby and Sam had informed me all about your procession. There are rats, ghosts, scarecrows, and big squids called bloopers beneath our sewers?

"And not only that, purple toxic barrels being plastered into the sewers as well? This doesn't sound good at all." Arthur recalled.

"Which is why we need to find out where the barrels came from and put a stop to it." said Mario.

"I really appreciate your hospitality in restoring everyone's condition when we got poisoned and zapped." said Ruby.

Hearing this, Agatha and Arthur got so shocked about the story.

"Sweety, did you say poisoned and zapped?" said Agatha.

Ruby felt intrigued, and she didn't tell them what really happened. Otherwise, she might've gotten in trouble, but she wasn't. So, the four explained how the enemies managed to outwit the team with their desperate abilities. Luckily, the bros had recovery drinks that helped everyone come back in good shape. Agatha and Arthur felt concerned but were relieved everything was okay.

"In that case, we would like to come as well for the job." Agatha announced. She faced the bros. "When is the next revisit of the sewers?"

"Tomorrow morning." Luigi answered.

"Then we have some time to prepare ourselves." Arthur replied.

Sam then remembered something. "Speaking of preparing, do you guys have time to play dodgeball with me? I wanna see how athletic you are."

Mario was ruminating on this and looked at his kraken medallion. "Well, let's see…when will we start learning about Kraken powers?"

"I was thinking in the next two hours we will dive into the water and show you two the basics and then make our way toward the Kraken Kingdom's training course." Agatha responded.

"And since we didn't have time to take a look at the power-ups, we can demonstrate how they work for you guys." Mario added.

"That's a great idea!" exclaimed Ruby. "Maybe Dad and Sam can even use them whenever a dangerous threat happens in Oceanside."

"So it's settled, let's use this day as our time to know each other more." Arthur nodded.

Everyone ate their doughnuts with coffee and milk. Once they were finished, Mario and Luigi went with Sam to play some dodgeball.


Mario, Luigi, and Sam were at a court at the side of the house playing a game of dodgeball. First, Sam asked the bros to launch as many dodgeballs as they could to see how he easily maneuvers them. The bros launched them at Sam, and then he did somersaults, leg extension, swift moves, and caught a dodgeball to throw back at the bros. Mario managed to outwit the dodgeball, but Luigi got conked in the face.

Mario went up and gave his hand to Luigi to get up. Then Luigi turned to Sam. "I didn't know you could move your body gracefully!"

Sam liked his compliment. "Heh heh thanks, which is why I'm considered a legend. Now I wanna see how you guys handle it."

Mario and Luigi looked at one another and nodded. "Bring it on." said Mario.

The brothers stood at the far end side of the court while Sam had a load of dodgeballs in his grasp. Sam made a call to the bros. "Are you two ready?"

Mario and Luigi gave a thumbs-up signal. "We're ready!"

Sam began throwing the dodgeballs at high speed. Mario had some agility over the dodgeballs by doing somersaults, high jumps, and sliding while making a handsome face. Luigi moved his body swiftly and ducked all the balls aiming at him. The bros were doing everything they could until Mario caught a dodgeball and threw it at Sam. He didn't have enough time to react. The ball hit him in the face and fell on his back.

The Mario Bros got worried, so they went over to Sam and saw if he was okay.

"Sam! Sam! Are you okay?!" Luigi shouted.

"Sam, speak to us! I didn't damage your face, did I?!" Mario pleaded.

There was no answer. Mario and Luigi grimaced at each other until a sound was heard.

"Urgh, that…" That voice belonged to Sam, who was trying to wake up from that hit.

"Huh?" Both bros spoke.

"That. Was. AWESOME!" Sam suddenly blurted out. It's as if the pain suddenly went away. "You, Mario, are the most stupendous opponent I have ever faced! Nobody in my school managed to hit me with the dodgeball until you did! How are you so good at it?!"

Mario and Luigi were at first stunned that Sam somehow didn't receive any injury, the latter feeling swell that nothing bad happened. "Well back in our high school days, I was the top player in learning strategies toward dodgeball, and everyone was amazed by my skills." said Mario.

"Me on the other hand, couldn't keep up with so many projectiles. But now that I have trained with Mario, we are considered athletes wherever we go." Luigi added.

"Hey, how is it that you managed to get up easily since I hit you with the ball hard?" asked Mario.

"Oh that, don't worry about it. The best thing about us krakens is that we can handle the slightest pain of an object and never get injured. The only thing that would hurt us is any status effects and powerful attacks, just like what happened in the sewers." said Sam. "Hey we still have some time left before you guys get going to the Kraken Kingdom. Can we play another round?"

Both brothers faced each other again, then turned to Sam and nodded. "Sure, let's go!" said Luigi.

Sam was delighted with their choice as they first picked up all the dodgeballs around the court and went back to playing.


Two hours have passed. Mario, Luigi, Ruby, and Agatha waved goodbye to Arthur, Sam, and Nessie as the four went to the outer edge of Oceanside's pier. They stopped, and Ruby and Agatha turned around at the bros to give them instructions.

"Alright Mario Brothers, are you ready to learn the few basics of a giant Kraken?" said Agatha.

Ruby added her words of wisdom. "Just remember, this is only the beginning of becoming a kraken. The real training will take place in the Kraken Kingdom."

Mario made his battle stance and said, "Oh we got this. No problem!"

"Yeah this'll be a piece of cake!" Luigi added.

Everyone gathered at the end of the pier as they all jumped together into the ocean waters. As soon as they were deep enough, their bodies began to glow, and soon enough, everyone transformed into giant krakens.

"I still can't get over the fact you guys are taller than us, especially taller than Grandmamah." said Ruby.

"I guess the medallions gave us more size in a way if there were giant male krakens." Mario lectured.

"So what do we do first?" asked Luigi.

Agatha answered his question. "First we're gonna go to several places in order to get accustomed to your kraken agility, body movements, and knowing the sea critters. So everyone, come with me."

Everyone followed Agatha into the depths of the ocean, unaware that a couple of bloopers, smackerels, and mawrays were trailing them from a distance by their commander hiding in the shadows.


During their travels, the four krakens went to several places, starting with Shipwreck of the Sweepstakes in Lake Huron, Canada. There, Ruby and Agatha demonstrated how to put their kraken hands inside of a ship asif they were trying to reach something from inside. The bros followed their example and did it easily. The next stop was the Christ of the Abyss in San Fruttuoso, Italy. The female krakens made swift movements around the giant statue as if they were inspecting the monument closely. Mario and Luigi made their moves, and they got the hang of it. Then they went to the Underwater Museum of Art in Cancun, Mexico, where they must make it through multiple statues of women without touching them. Both brothers remained calm and swiftly went through the statues without any problems. Lastly was the USAT Liberty in Bali, Indonesia. What Ruby and Agatha did there was make a sudden burst of speed by catapulting on their feet and rising out of the water to make a dive jump. Mario and Luigi did the same thing, and they made their own dive jumps with ease.

After some time, the kraken group went back to Oceanside and sat near some rocks underwater to take some rest. The Mario Bros were full of joy of how it went.

"Waa-how! I can't believe we managed to go to four specific locations in just two hours!" cheered Mario.

"I guess this beats having to go to another city by car or plane." Luigi added.

Then Mario turned to Ruby. "Were you enthralled by how fun it was like this?"

"Yeah I was…" said Ruby before feeling a little discomfort. "But the fact that Nerissa was the one that showed me all of it."

Agatha saw her daughter's sorrowful face and went up to her, giving a warm hug. "Don't be sad sweety. If things had turned out differently, I would've gladly given you a tour of the ocean venues like a mother-daughter hangout. After all, no more lying…"

"... and no more hiding." Ruby finished as she returned the hug.

Mario and Luigi were looking at this and felt warmhearted. It's just like how they always say nothing will hurt them, as long as they're together. Once both female krakens separated, Agatha made an edict.

"Okay everyone, let's head to the Kraken Kingdom!" Agatha announced.

"Let's-a go!" Both brothers said in sync.

"Let's-a go!" Everyone turned and faced Ruby when she howled the catchphrase. "I thought it would be fun to say it." said Ruby, blushing.

Everyone laughed in amusement as the four giant krakens swam away toward the kraken Kingdom. At a faraway hiding spot lurked the same bloopers, smackerels, mawrays, and their commander again. Their commander was none other than the giant blooper Mario and his team faced in Oceanside's sewers. Only this time, his appearance was now covered in purple poison tanks to his former headmaster. He saw how big the krakens were, but that wouldn't stop him now that he's covered in poison. He would need to rally more sea creatures to defeat the heroes. His underwater pack began hot on their trail to the kraken kingdom.


Alright, Chapter 12 is done. In the next chapter, now that the Mario Bros have started to get accustomed to their kraken forms, they are about to feel the heat of the training happening in the Kraken Kingdom. Will they pass or need more advice? Leave your reviews and see you next time!