World 1-5: Introduction
As we waited for the elevator to reach the desired floor, I decided to chat with the helpful and shy blonde girl.
"Tell-a me, dear. What's your name?" I ask her.
"M-My name is Iwabitsu Ayumu, Sensei. Nice to meet you." She responds with a quick nod.
"Oki Doki, Ayumu. Nice to meetcha too." I nod as I let out a smile.
"But-uh... Could I ask something from-a you? I'm-a still new to this city, you see." Curious, I request her help.
"B-But of course! If there's anything I can do to help you, I'll try my best!" She perks up, determined to aid me, which I appreciate.
"So um, I saw a bunch of students on the way-a over here... but I didn't see any-a male students. Why is-a that?" I question her.
"I'm sure Kivotos only has girls as students, Sensei... The only males I have seen are the animal folk and the robots that assist our city with c-commerce and trading." She explains.
So Kivotos is an all-girls school/city, huh...
...
Wait, robots?! Was I so focused on Polterpup that I didn't notice them?
"I-I see..." I scratch my forehead. I need to pay more attention to my surroundings...
"Tell-a me, Ayumu. Am I gonna need an ID? I don't think I brought mine from home." I question her once more.
"B-But of course! If you don't have one, we can easily make a new one exclusive to Kivotos!" She answers it, nodding profusely.
"Hmm... Hold on, maybe I forgot to take it off my suitcase and it is still there." I tell her while taking out my suitcase and commence the scavenging inside of it.
I asked her to hold some stuff that was inside of it, such as my flashlight and Suction Destruction.
"Is this... a compressed air gun?" She says it to me.
"Yeah, I used-a many weapons before, but this-a one is the only one that I feel at ease to use."
I pick up the Poltergust. "It and my Poltergust are my weapons of-a choice, it's like-a they are part of my body."
I wear it and dig even further into my suitcase, putting my Dual Scream 3D in my pockets, and I seem to find three things deeper in the suitcase.
One: My old passport from the time I went to the Beanbean Kingdom with Mario. It even has the old photo with me posing like I'm ready to fight, hehe.
Two: One of those mushroom-shaped phones that I used during one of the many parties I had with my friends... Good memories. But the Dual Scream exceeds in everything so I'll probably have to sell it or something.
Three: A black rectangular card... What is this?
"Ah, that's a credit card, Sensei!" Ayumu tells me upon seeing the card.
"What's a credit card?" I ask her back as she looks at me confused.
"You don't have credit cards where you live, Sensei?"
"Nope. We always-a pay for our stuff with coins, since they-a are everywhere." I respond to her.
"Coins?" She asks me, confused.
"Mhm... Oh?" I found some leftover coins inside this suitcase! Lucky me!
A total of 50 gold coins. Not bad!
"Here." I gave Ayumu 1 coin, just to show her how we did transactions.
"T-T-This is...!" She starts trembling rapidly.
"W-What's wrong, Ayumu?" I get nervous.
"I-I-Is this gold? No... p-pure gold?!" She exclaims loudly.
"I... I think so?" I ponder, putting my hand on my chin.
Nobody ever questioned them back at the Mushroom Kingdom since they were always in the open and were easily obtainable so... I guess? Especially since there are red, purple, blue... so many coins back home!
"S-Sensei, y-you p-probably don't u-understand, b-but finding gold in Kivotos is r-rare to come by!" She tells me, still anxious.
"Y-You could say a single coin that you have could be equal to an e-entire piece of Wolfsegg Ore!" She finishes while trying to catch her breath.
"... Is that-a lot?" I ask.
"IT IS!" She blurts it out while puffing her cheeks... Adorable.
So it seems that I have a small fortune in my hands, huh? And if I find the right buyer, I can increase it even further, like that bank game with streets I played alongside the dragon folk.
"A-Anyway!" She gives me the coin back while blushing a bit. "T-The credit card is used to make transactions in Kivotos. But make sure to use it wisely!" She warns me.
A credit card, huh? But... Why is it that... I feel like this thing is not supposed to be used for that. Like... it is for something else, but I don't know what. Sigh, I'll have to find out later.
BEEP*
Before I could ask her for more information, the elevator came to a stop as we reached the 12th floor.
"Luigi Sensei, The Vice President Nanagami Rin awaits you." Two girls await for me outside of the elevator, most likely to guide me to her as I exit the elevator.
"Thank you, Ayumu. Go play with-a Polterpup too while I talk with-a her, ok?" I tell her.
She nods... and I can see a small smile forming on her face before the door closes. She probably wanted to play with him as well, hehe.
As the two students guide me to Rin's office, I observe the environment in which the GSC works.
From what I can see, the GSC mainly works with paperwork and some political stuff... Which I have no idea how it works.
In the Mushroom Kingdom, everything was solved through a council of Toads, but the final call was always given by either Princess Peach or Toadsworth.
I guess you could say that Rin-chan is the Princess Peach of this place. I just hope there's no Bowser around here wanting to kidnap her or something.
'Defence Office', 'Finance Office'... They must work hard to keep this place safe and alive, kudos to them.
"Luigi Sensei, we have arrived" The girl with light blue hair speaks up as we stop in front of an office... 'Supervision Office'.
She knocks on the door and slightly opens it. "Acting President Rin, he's here." She announces.
"Let him in." I can hear a voice coming out of the room. Must be her.
The two students bow as they leave to their prior posts. As for me? I gently open the door and prepare myself for who seems to be the acting leader of Kivotos.
Upon entering the room, I see a bunch of windows behind a desk right in front of them. The room is quite beautiful, I'll say.
Sitting down behind the desk was a girl, looking tired from the paperwork that seemed to be neverending on top of her table. Upon seeing me, and seeing a chance to rest her head and hands, quickly gets up and approaches me.
The girl has long, straight black hair, dark blue on the inner side, getting more saturated towards the bottom, with full black bangs on the front. She also wears glasses and has big ears like the blonde girl from before, but she has an air of... maturity around her. If the girl below was a descendant of the Hero, this one is the descendant of the Princess of Hyrule, for sure.
Her halo appears as a dark blue crown that becomes lighter at the front with three stars of different sizes. Her garments are almost the same as those of the girl back in the Mushroom Kingdom, except that she wears a dark blue tie with 3 stars on it and a pair of white short gloves, different from mine. She also uses a coat that, from what I can see, looks almost like the starry sky on its inside.
My god, there's just a word for her. She's gorgeous, no joke.
"It's nice to meet you, Luigi Sensei." She starts, bowing as well.
"My name is Nanagami Rin, Vice President of the General Student Council, Chief Administrative Officer, and the current Acting President of Kivotos, the academy city."
"It's-a nice to meet you as well, Rin-chan." I respond, only for her to get annoyed by what I just said.
"Sensei, please refrain from calling me 'Rin-chan'. It's unprofessional." She says with a cold stare at me.
Uwah... She must be the tough type of person... B-But no worries, I can manage that.
"I-I apologize, Rin."
"...Apologies accepted. That also confirms a few things." She puts her hand on her chin.
"Now... Could I see the letter entrusted to you?" She raises her hand waiting for it.
I quickly give her the letter addressed to her, which she quickly opens and reads its contents.
"..."
"... I see." She deeply sighs, with a bit of disappointment on her face.
"It is her handwriting... and her goofy demeanor, it's just like her to do something like this." She gives a soft and small smile before going back to me.
"Pardon my uncertainty towards you, Sensei. But I only say that because I still don't fully understand your abilities or your capabilities."
"No, it's-a okay, Rin. I must-a earn respect somehow, right?" I tell her.
It was like that back home, it will be like this here as well. I got nothing to lose.
Liking the answer I gave her, Rin nods and decides to trust me.
"Luigi Sensei. I know everything must be very confusing to you right now." She shows concern for me, and I affirm to her that it is okay.
"Firstly, I would like you to follow me for now."
"There's something I require your help with."
"Let's just say that it is a grave matter... That could determine the very fate of the academy city." She finishes and kinda gets me nervous, making me gulp.
I can do this...! If not, the city is gonna suffer a lot! I told myself that I would be this city's hero, didn't I? Now it's time to show my worth!
She then starts walking towards the elevator, which I follow. She presses the button for the reception area.
Oh my, I didn't even have to say anything for her to go down to the others... I should still tell her though.
As the elevator slowly descends to our current destination, Rin goes towards the windowed part of the elevator and calls my name.
"Luigi Sensei, albeit our meeting was abrupt, allow me to properly say this."
She then raises her hand and shows the entirety of Kivotos to me through the window.
"Welcome to Kivotos, Luigi Sensei."
"I know our situation is not the most appropriate, but I hope you can enjoy your time with us."
Although she looks like a cold-hearted and harsh person... Deep down, she is a sweetheart of a girl.
I simply smile at her, knowing the truth.
Knowing how this elevator takes forever to move...
"Rin, may I ask-a few questions?"
I decided to ask a few things to Rin. Every bit of information might help me on how to become a hero here.
"Of course, Sensei." She nods.
"What is Kivotos exactly?" I ask.
Rin is taken aback by this, probably being the first time someone asked about Kivotos as a whole.
She puts her hand on her chin and thinks, concluding. "Hm... What I can say is that Kivotos is a massive city, home to thousands of academies."
"The city is bound to be different from where you come from. You might even find it hard to fit in at first... But something tells me that you will adjust in due time."
"After all, you were chosen by the GSC President and her twin sister, Azula."
Huh, so the name of that girl back home is Azula? Good to know.
Yeah, it was just like when I was moving out from home... It will be hard at first, but I'll manage.
"We can leave the details for later. Right now there's a big problem that needs to be solved as fast as possible."
"What is it?" I ask.
"The city is in total anarchy." As she says that, explosions can be heard from outside, prompting me to quickly glance out the window.
What I see is... unbelievable. Groups of girls fighting against each other, one with police uniforms and the other with delinquent-like clothes and black masks with an X on them, with what seems to be different types of guns, but unlike my Suction Destruction, their guns shoot small bronze versions of Bullet Bills, except they aren't homing towards them like the ones back home, but it is so quick, you may not see them coming at all!
But what surprises me is the fact that those same bullets are hitting the girls head first but... they aren't wounded at all... To which I'm thankful. I mean sure, they are shooting each other with what seems to be deadly weapons, but just like in my world, they don't seem to sustain terrible wounds that might bring the worst situation possible... Death.
A concept that unfortunately I'm familiar with.
I still remember some folk during the Black Void incident... Tippi and Count Bleck, who left the world together... I still remember what happened to the Sammer's Kingdom once the void caught them. It was a white and blank space with some debris of what was once a land filled with great warriors that Mario brought me to. He said he wanted to pay respects. I don't know what the warrior's faces were during the moment since I wasn't with Mario at the time, but he just told me that they were... "In utter despair" and "completely hopeless".
God, that adventure sucked and I hate remembering it! I'm just glad that Flipside is not a part of the Mushroom Kingdom.
"Sensei?" Rin asks concerned. I was lost in my thoughts once more... *Sigh*
"Yeah... Just-uh... Recalling some-a bad memories." I try to hide my worries with a smile... But I doubt Rin trusted it. She's smart after all.
Before she had the chance to say something, the elevator makes a *Ding* sound.
We have arrived.
"O-Oh yeah, Rin. A few people were waiting for you." I warned her.
"Ugh... I knew it would come to this eventually. It's ok, I'll deal with it." Anger comes from her eyes, almost the same as someone very dear to me when she's pestered with something annoying.
Note to myself... Never make Rin angry.
As the elevator door opens, we see that the reception room has been filled with even more students than before, most likely because of a certain haunting animal.
"Polterpup, I'm-a done talking to her! Come-a here now!" I call him.
The moment he hears my voice, the pup ejects himself from the crowd of girls and launches himself onto my face, which he uncontrollably starts licking.
"S-Sensei?!" Rin, although looking angry, is showing genuine concern towards me.
"I-It's-a alright, Rin. This is-a my pet. He always-a does that when I get back-a home." I answer her with a grin followed by a few giggles.
Before Rin could say anything, the girl with blue hair and ponytails quickly approached us.
"Wow, I can't believe you managed to get her down here. Thank you!" She gives me a bright smile.
"Now, Acting President! We're been waiting for far too long! We want to talk with the GSC President right this instance!" She demands.
"Indeed. I was waiting for you, Chief Officer. Things are escalating to a whole new level and we need to discuss possible actions." Said the tall girl.
"The doggy is leaving...? I-I mean, T-The Head Prefect wants to discuss some terms with the GSC President!" The girl with glass responds, trying to hide her blushing face and the fact that she wants to be with Polterpup for longer.
The girl with white hair just stays silent. I think it's because she's just accompanying someone.
Wait... They don't know what happened to the president.
With a swift snap of her fingers, Rin gets the attention of all the demanding students.
"Hello, representatives of neighboring academies' student councils, disciplinary boards, and those who have way too much free time on their hands." With her eyes closed and an annoyed smile, she starts speaking.
"I'm well aware why you irksome- I mean, important representatives have come here today." She nonchalantly comments while looking at them with an irritated look.
Yup, she's totally angry.
"If you know why we are here, then do something ab-" Before she could finish, Rin put a hand in front of her face.
"I understand your worries... After all, I'm not blind to all the happenings outside."
"Increase in the number of thugs..." She says to the white-haired girl,
"...power outages everywhere..." She points to the blue-haired one,
"...some escapees from the Federal Correction Bureau..." she speaks to the girl with glasses,
"...unknown weapons and transportation going all over Kivotos by 2000%" and finally to the tall girl.
"...and all the fuss." she finishes.
The girls looked at her flabbergasted, as if she had answered everything they were going to ask her to fix.
"Sigh... Believe me, I know that all the academies are in a critical position and if I could do something about it, I would..." She tries to explain...
"Then where is the GSC President?! If you can't fix it, then get her and make her fix all this mess!" ...Just to be interrupted by the blue-haired girl once more.
"That's the problem..." She looks at her ID. "...Millenium-chan."
The girl simply looks at her with anger in her eyes, clearly showing hostility towards her.
"The GSC president is not here at the moment. She has gone missing." She tells everyone this important piece of info.
... Wait, so that means that since the president is gone, they can't do anything? Is this a hierarchy thing or what?
"Wait what?!" The girl with blue ponytails says it out loud while the elf girl with glasses gasps.
"So the rumors were true..." The tall girl speaks.
"Indeed, so I'll keep this short. The General Student Council has no authority because the top administrator of the Sanctum Tower has disappeared without any warning." Rin drops a huge bombshell on them.
W-Wait, if she's not here... Then how are we gonna restore the city?! C-Calm down, Lu! There must be a way to fix the city still, right?...
Right?!
"But." Thank god there's a 'but'!
"We were searching for a way to bypass the verification scan, and it just so happens that the solution is right here in this room." She proclaims.
"You mean you've found a way, Chief Officer?" The tall girl asks, hoping for a good answer.
"Yes, that's correct." She answers her, making everybody there relieved.
Uwah... I wonder what that could be...
And then she starts looking at me.
"Sensei here is the solution to our problems." She tells them.
"... Eh? Me?!" I point towards myself.
... Wait, I do?! I know I said I wanted to be a hero, but right now?! I-I mean, I'm not mentally prepared for this!
I start sweating, hoping that the girls won't notice... Only to be approached by the one with medical knowledge.
"Are you alright, Sensei? You are sweating a lot in a well-ventilated room..." She looks at me with worry in her eyes, acknowledging my new title.
"A-Ah... It's-a alright, I'm j-just a bit anxious, that's-a all... But thank you so much-a for checking." I pet her head gently, making her blush a bit.
"O-Of course, I'm a medic! ... And you are the owner of the cute pup so... I don't want him to be sad." She says while I giggle a bit.
"Well, he did show us that he can be trustworthy..." The sci-fi guns girl comments.
"And that he's very caring of animals... Or at least, ones with... certain conditions." The tall says it, still a bit confused with the ghostly pup.
"Plus, he does have this air of... I don't know... brave aura on him?" The white haired-girl questions.
Upon hearing that, I puff my chest with pride.
Yeah, they are right. I'm supposed to be a hero right now, so act like Mario just for this once, Lu! You don't need the help of a hypnotist this time to be like him!
Although I seem to assure them, they are still doubtful of my abilities, much like Rin was.
"But he doesn't seem to be from Kivotos. Am I wrong?" The elegant girl with black hair says.
Rin nods. "Yes, This is Luigi Sensei. May not seem like it, but he was personally selected by the GSC president herself."
"She chose him... the missing president? This is not making any more sense than what that dog is." She complains outloud.
Well, I suppose so... but right now is not the time to think about that. Let's introduce ourselves to them.
"Hello, girls! My name is Luigi and I'll be your new Sensei starting today so, nice to meet you all!" I bow to them.
"A-Ah yes. Nice to meet you too, Sensei. I'm Millenium's Science School..." She stops.
"Wait, why am I even introducing myself?! I'm here for-"
"Don't you worry about that irritating girl, Sensei. We have other things to do right now." I feel like Rin's glare could kill a goomba with a single look... geez.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING IRRITATING?! I am Hayase Yuuka, so don't you dare forget that name, Sensei!" She angrily tells me her name.
"Nice to meet you too, Yuuka." I tell her with a smile.
The other girls also introduce themselves.
The tall girl begins. "I'm Hanekawa Hasumi, vice-president of the Trinity's Justice Task Force. Nice to meet you, Sensei." She bows.
"I'm Morizuki Suzumi, a member of Trinity's Vigilante Corps! It's an honor to meet you, Luigi Sensei!" She shakes my hand.
"I'm Hinomiya Chinatsu, I'm the medic of Gehenna's Prefect Team. A pleasure to meet you, Sensei... and your pup as well." She smiles at me and Polterpup.
"It's my pleasure, everybody!"
With a clap, Rin redirects our attention to her.
"Alright, now that you all know each other. It's time for us to move, Sensei." She explains to me.
"You are to serve as the advisor of the new club the GSC president created by the missing GSC president. The Federal Investigation Club: Schale."
"And it's not your average club either – It's more akin to an extrajudicial organization that focuses on solving problems that students may have all around Kivotos."
You mean I can help as many students as possible and I don't need to do this alone?
"And since it's a federal club, you will be allowed to register students from any of the academies to become members of Schale. And you don't have to worry, as each academy region can perform battle activities with restriction."
And I can go to missions with any students just like the ones I went alongside Mario, beating the bad guys too? Heck yeah, I'm already feeling pumped for it!
"As to why the president created a club with so much power? I have no idea." She shrugs.
"So first things first, we need to take you back to the Schale building, located 30 kilometers from here, Sensei. There's something in its basement, at the president's request for you." She finishes.
"I shall take you there myself." She concludes.
I simply nod, hoping that nothing bad happens...
She then picks up what appears to be a cellphone and starts touching its screen with her fingers, different from my mushroom phone, which only has buttons! Is this... Technology at its finest?
"Momoka, I need a helicopter to take Sensei to the Schale building as fast as possible."
A figure shows up from the little rectangle! I-Is this a ghost?! I'm quite shaken by this!
What appears is a girl of small stature who has short pink hair tied into two twin-tails on the sides with a pair of tiny black horns with mint green tips and mint green eyes, but what surprises me is the long blue tail she has!
She's wearing a sleeveless uniform with golden buttons with a dark-blue tie alongside a white leather jacket with golden buttons, zippers, and black, gold-buttoned cuffs and her halo looks like it's made up of five individual four-tipped stars connected to each other's side, forming a circle. A small demoness!
"Ah, that club room located on the outskirts of the D.U., right? I'm afraid I can't do that."
"And why is that, Momoka?" Rin glances at Momoka with a deathly stare.
"One of the seven prisoners has escaped the Correction Bureau and it's wreaking havoc around the area. It's crazy!" She explains.
Chinatsu can't help but sigh... This was the reason she came here after all.
"What?" Rin remarks with a displeased look.
"It seems that she gathered all the thugs in the area and started destroying everything to get revenge on us. They even got a Crusader Tank of all things!"
Oh no... I suspected that the General Student Council had enemies, but immediately after I got to know them...
"I think they want to enter the Schale building because it belongs to the GSC president. They must think that there's something valuable there." She says.
... Me and the girls can't help but just open my mouth by the amount of coincidences with all that is happening right now.
Like c'mon...
"Ah, my food arrived! Sorry senpai, I'll talk to you soon!" As Momoka says this, the hologram disappears, meaning the call is over.
I think after hearing this, Rin started to lose her temper to which I quickly tried to calm her down, touching her shoulder gently. I think that she would have punched anything or anyone in sight if I hadn't stopped her right there.
"T-Thank you, Sensei... I'm fine. This is just a minor setback, that's all."
Although she says that... she is not fine at all. How can I help her...
!
"E-Excuse-a me, girls!" I call the 4 girls still next to us, which looks at me in return.
"Please! Can-a you help us take-a the Schale building back from these-a thugs?" I ask them.
"What? Why do we have to do th-" Before Yuuka had the chance to finish it.
"It's so reassuring to have you trustworthy academy representatives here with us." Rin took her torch and nab it, grabbing everybody's attention by surprise.
"Eh?" Yuuka says, kinda scared by the sudden rise in confidence in Rin's voice.
"You guys are going to help us bring peace to Kivotos, so let's go." Rin orders them to do so as she walks towards the heliport, telling Ayumu to call a helicopter big enough to transport 6 people.
"W-Wait, I never agree to this!" Yuuka screams, just to fall under deaf ears once again.
But as we slowly follow behind her, I talk to them.
"Girls, I'm-a sorry for Rin's outburst towards you... She must-a be extremely stressed by all of the current events."
"But please, help us restore order to Kivotos!" I bow to them.
They quickly wave their hands from side to side.
"S-Sensei, there's no need for you to act like this!" Yuuka tells me, concerned.
"That's right, we will gladly help you!" Suzumi excitedly tells me.
Both Chinatsu and Hasumi nod in affirmation.
"Hehe, thank you girls!" I tell them, giving them a big smile.
...
I don't know what awaits us close to the Schale building...
A battlefield filled with girls with guns... and a dangerous criminal.
I'm kinda scared... But also excited! This is going to be my first time in combat ever since I left the cafe back home!
Are they strong? Maybe even stronger than Mario? The curiosity is killing me!
I hate to think this but... I can't wait to reach that battlefield, hehe!
Author Notes:
Next chapter we will finally see what Luigi is capable of in the world of Kivotos! Will he be able to handle Kivotos' Gunfest with his many abilities and skills? We will see!
Polterpup is gonna end up creating a whole fan club for himself this way, lol!
Also once again, I placed hidden references in this chapter, can you find them all?
Let's finish for now with a Luigi Theory this time:
It's speculated that in Mario Party 3's story mode, Luigi is the Main Character.
As for the reason why? If you choose any character that's not him, Luigi will take its place during the campaign. Think about it, hehe!