Luigi vs. Ganondorf: Bout 2
Healing Room B
Ganondorf basked in the light of the healing pod. Here, he found it was the best place to meditate, reflecting upon a win or a loss.
"WAHAHAHAHAHA!" cackled Wario.
Ganondorf winced. It wouldn't be that today.
"YOU HAVE THAT-A CHICKEN ON ZE ROPES! HE WAS ANGLING FOR AN EXTRA LIFE AT ZE END BECAUSE-A HE'S AFRAID OF A-YOU! YOU WILL…"
The words seem to catapult themselves out of Ganondorf's throat, "Quiet,"
In the light of the pitch black Healing Room, Wario's jaw seemed to hang open in aghast registration.
"WARIO, IS. YOUR BOSS!" Wario seethed, pointing to his temple with fingers on both hands, "REMEMBER!"
"Forgive me Wario," Ganondorf grumbled, "It just…it isn't wise to celebrate too prematurely against an opponent like Luigi. He was one of the people who turned the tide in the Subspace War afterall."
Wario picked his nose in thought. Both men winced when the lights came on.
"We will be immediately heading to the next bout," the voice of Mills Frames announced from a hidden speaker. The first stage is Pilotwings, but the second is a mystery."
"Good luck boy," Wario said, "You're going to need it."
Before Ganondorf could object, he was teleported away.
Healing Room A
Luigi
At the same time, Luigi basked in the opposite room's Healing Plant, while Daisy anxiously paced the room.
"You've got the speed edge on Ganondorf," she deduced.
"Hell, Toadsworth does," Luigi quipped, bruises disappearing before his very eyes.
The slightest of smiles pursed Daisy's lips in the greenish glow of the healing plant.
"You're faster than you were when you started," she said, "Use it. You can't be dicking around with items like you did in that last stock."
"Worth a shot, but I see what you mean,"
"I just…" Daisy said, "Wanna make it a moment for both of us, with you at the winner's podium, and we can't do that if you let up on Ganondorf for even a second. Can you do that for me?"
Luigi smirked, "When have I ever denied you anything baby?"
Daisy smirked back, "Good,"
The lights clicked on.
"We will be immediately heading to the next bout," the voice of Mills Frames announced from a hidden speaker. "The first stage is Pilotwings, but the second is a mystery."
Stage: Pilotwings/?
Rules: Best of 3, 3-stock, items high
Music: Tetris Type B/?
3
Luigi couldn't help but smile as he jumped out of a warp pipe. The Tetris music had once been a part of the Luigi's Mansion stage soundtrack. The ease he felt as the Koscheck dance song kicked in couldn't have come at a better time.
2
Ganondorf stepped out of a portal of darkness, sneering as the wind whipped his cape about.
1
Both competitors assumed their combat stances.
GO!
Both Smashers charged, Luigi ducking to the lower pair of wings of the biplane at the last second. Jumping up as he heard Ganondorf stumble to a halt, Luigi began to nail Ganondorf repeatedly with flipping kicks.
"Bah!" Cranky Kong snorted, "Ladder combos are so last decade!"
"I don't think that's what happening," 9-Volt said, "Look!"
Nipping Ganondorf's ankle as the Gerudo King prepared his flaming axe kick left the gray-skinned warlock open for a bevy of flailing punches Ganondorf felt the air beneath him as a second combination of punches knocking him off the biplane.
"Enough you cur," Ganondorf seethed, "Darkness Ch-"
Ganondorf's attempt to bridge the horizontal gap between them was interrupted by a fireball.
"Darkness Ch-" Ganondorf began again.
Another fireball interrupted his plans. Spitting with anger, Ganondorf, shifted his weight, putting all of it behind a kick, clocking Luigi in the right cheek. A kick that would knocked out a normal man barely seemed to stair Luigi, as Ganondorf found himself thrown to the other stage again, once again pummeled by running, flailing punches.
As Ganondorf fell yet again, he heard Luigi activate an Assist Trophy.
"Out of my way!" demanded the visage of Alucard.
"And a container item got caught in the crossfire," 9-Volt announced, "Fans, this is the kind of action you'll only see in Super Smash Brothers!"
Alucard turned into a bat, ramming Ganondorf so hard he flew to the rightmost Blast Zone!
Luigi: 3
Ganondorf: 2
While Ganondorf jumped from the Revival Platform, Luigi retrieved another Assist Trophy.
"You called?" asked Phosphora's visage.
The goddess of lightning and the half-vampire's likenesses pummeled the befuddled Ganondorf. Meanwhile, Luigi leisurely grabbed a freshly-spawn Hothead. Throwing it, it scorched Ganondorf as the biplane pulled away from them, a yellow prop plane serving as the new floor. Luigi blinked at the change, which gave Ganondorf enough time to slip behind him, rasing his sword above him. The wind whistled with Ganondorf's now familiar battle cry.
"DORYAH!"
The blow knocked him far, but not far enough that he couldn't bridge the gap between himself and the stage, picking up a fallen Deku Nut on the way back. Before Ganondorf could realize what the crafty plumber had done, Luigi threw the Deku Nut, the flash of light propelling Ganondorf into the air.
"Looks like he's been taking lessons on the art of slight of hand from the queen," chided Cranky.
As Ganondorf limply fell to the plane, only to be thrown into the air again by the encroaching Hothead, Luigi retrieved a freshly spawned Healing Seed.
"As if this couldn't get any worse for Ganondorf," announced 9-Volt, "Luigi's damage percentage climbs down, down, down!"
Sure enough, Luigi dodged around Ganondorf's wild, furious attacks, the healing seed lessening his damage all the while. As the Healing Seed depleted, a running combination of punches followed by a Luigi Tornado was enough to send Ganondorf to the Blast Zone again!
Luigi: 3
Ganondorf; 1
NEW STAGE: Summit
Music: Clu-Clu Land
It all happened at once. The stage changed from the sunny, warm skies of Wuhu Island to the biting cold of Icicle Mountain's Summit. As the world came back into focus, Luigi took stock of his situation. In the fracas, Ganondorf had retrieved and opened a Pokeball, unleashing Meloetta. Before Luigi knew it, he was being pelted by balls of pure musical energy, trapped in one of Summit's many crevices and unable to move.
"Yes," Ganondorf hissed.
He strode over to Luigi's form, kicking him as hard as he could. The impact caused Luigi to ramp off a jagged corner of Summit, propelling him to the opposite side of the stage. Luigi fired back to the stage with a Green Missile, but a well timed Warlock Punch sealed his first appointment with the Blast Zone of the bout!
Luigi: 2
Ganondorf: 1
Luigi jumped off the platform, the two exchanging punches at a rapid fire pace.
"It's a slobber-knocker by god!" shouted Cranky.
Before Luigi could fire off his next punch, he found himself grabbed by the throat by Ganondorf, held aloft.
"Darkness," seethed Ganondorf, "CHOKE!"
Luigi found himself encumbered by dark energy, thrown to the floor as the vile magic exploded everywhere. Luigi felt a heel connect with his neck as he scrambled to all fours, fire erupting all around him. Before he knew it, he was in the Blast Zone.
"Wow, that ax kick actually paid off for somebody!" gasped 9-Volt, "Color me shocked!"
"I'll color your hide red if you don't shut your smart mouth," Cranky growled.
Luigi: 1
Ganondorf: 1
Ganondorf slid to the bottom platform of Summit, taking a Ramblin' Evil Mushroom with him. With no other choice, Luigi followed, assuming a familiar squatting position.
"GREEN MISSILE!"
Luigi plowed into Ganondorf, the Gerudo fumbling and dropping the Ramblin' Evil Mushroom, Luigi scooped up the filthy fuugus, spraying it for as long as he could. Sure enough, with nowhere to go, Ganondorf now sported a large mushroom on his head.
"UOY REHTOM REKCUF," roared Ganondorf, "RUOY EFIL SI ENIM OT DNE,"
"GREEN MISSILE!" Luigi cried,firing off another one.
Ganondorf unsheathed his sword, a feral roar escaping Ganondorf's seething mouth as he raised the sword above his head.
"GREEN MISSILE!" Luigi shouted once again.
The third fully charged Green Missile was enough to put Ganondorf in the Blast Zone!
LUIGI WINS BOUT TWO!
"And we're tied up!" cheered 9-Volt.
"Something tells me that considering the way this author likes to toot his own horn, this'll be happening a lot," grumbled Cranky.
"We oughta get you some food between these rounds so you won't be so grumpy," chuckled 9-Volt.
"No amount of food or luxury will ever sedate a grumpy old man's sense of entitlement," proudly declared Cranky.
9-Volt sighed, "At least you admit it. Luigi and Ganondorf will get a minute with their seconds and then we'll be going back to the action,"