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CrystalPhoenixBlader here. bringing in another chapter to the fanfic. The battle with the dreaded King Boo has happened for Luigi and Takane, but two questions still abound. What’s to be of the Dance Battle, now that two participants, one from each team, had no choice but to leave it and what’s to become of Azusa’s fate? …Wow, I sure left quite a cliffhanger there, did I? So, anyways, I do not own any of the Mario characters or the iDOLMASTER characters, the Mario characters belong to Nintendo and the iDOLMASTER characters belong to Namco Bandai. So, with that out of the way, let’s return to this intense moment!
…Wow, am I already at the twentieth chapter already? Wow, time sure flies!
**Mario & iDOLMASTER Party**
Chapter 20
Luigi and Takane vs. King Boo!! Show Your True Courage, Luigi!
*Creepy Steeple ~ Main Hall*
*Insert Theme: “King Boo’s Illusion” (Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon)*
Takane , steadfast in her resolve to stop the dreaded King Boo, and Luigi, who was quivering in fear, stared face to face with the wicked Boo. However, the Dance Battle was not concluded with a victor yet.
Before the silver-haired Idol readied herself for the upcoming battle, Eri ran to Takane in great concern.
“Takane, what’s going to happen to the dance??” Eri quickly asked the elegant Idol, to which she gave a calm response as she readied her revolver.
Takane turned quietly to Beldam and made a solemn request, “Is it okay if Eri takes over the lyrical portion of the dance in my place? Daisy-hime can cover for Luigi-san on his part of the dance.”
Beldam thought long and hard on the request, and , upon seeing the new situation that is already getting out of hand, decided, “Mweh, I guess I can arrange for that. However, you and Luigi will have to forfeit 20 Coins for this to happen. You know that, right?”
Takane calmly smiled as she turned over 20 of the Coins she kept and 20 of Luigi’s, “It’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.” Without hesitation, the Silver Queen dragged Luigi, picked up the Poltergust 5000 from Prof. Gadd, and, without batting an eyelash, walked straight towards King Boo with a fire in her eyes.
“Well, little silver-haired human! I never thought someone other than Luigi who would have the nerve to oppose me. Though it is amusing to see the little meddler cowering like a mouse again!!” The dark lord of the Boos laughed as he peeked at the cowering Luigi, who hid in fright behind Takane.
“More likely it will be YOU who will learn your place!” Takane snorted as a dark smoke began to envelop the three. Producer-san, fearing of what might happen to one of the beloved Idols he is producing, ran to stop her, but alas, when the smoke cleared, Takane, Luigi, and King Boo were nowhere in sight.
“Takane…what were you thinking??” Hibiki wondered in worry as she pondered the Silver Queen’s fate. Beldam quietly sighed as she announced that the Dance Event will continue…without Luigi and Takane.
*End Theme*
*King Boo’s Subspace*
*Insert Theme: “King Boo Battle” (Luigi’s Mansion)*
The area Takane looked at when she lowered her guard after getting caught in the smokescreen was completely different than the Creepy Steeple, save for the very cobblestone floor itself, which Luigi was still trembling in horror on. Observing her surroundings, the silver-haired Idol quietly noticed that a dense swirling dark puprle aura was in every direction with no visible way of escape.
“You sure are pretty brave to just challenge me like that, human! However, that also makes you very, very foolish!!” King Boo sneered at the elegant Idol, holding a dark purple bubble through telepathy that contained a now unconscious Azusa, binds removed, to which she didn’t even bat an eyelash as she readied her revolver.
“We’ll see in the end who is the bigger fool.” Takane frowned as she readied to fire a shot without hesitation.
King Boo looked at the revolver and smirked, “Heh, you honestly believe a silly little pea shooter like that will make you stand a chance against…”
*BANG!* *BONK!!!*
Takane puffed out the smoke from her revolver after firing a headache-induced shot right into the dark ghost’s head, leaving a visible lump. “You were saying?”
Upset by the fact that Takane just attacked him without a moment’s notice, King Boo became furious. “Grr….I take it back. You’re even worse than Luigi!! I am SURELY gonna mark your grave for that!!!”
“Let’s get on with this then.” Takane reloaded her empty revolver and braced herself, while Luigi could only watch.
*End Theme*
Meanwhile…
*Creepy Steeple ~ Main Hall ~ Cobweb Stage*
*Musicless…for now..*
With Takane and Luigi out of the action, the continuation of the Dance Battle had to be decided between the Idol duo of Eri and Yayoi, and the Team Mario duo of Daisy and Toadette. Eri, sweating a bit, due to tension, wondered if leading the dance in place of the elegant Idol was even such a good idea.
“Oh man, what do I do?” The former hikikomori began to get severly nervous, but then Ai and Ryou went to cheer on their friend.
“You can do this!!” Ai cried to her friend while Ryou cheered for Eri to do her best. Reassured of her friends’ support, Eri began to give a calm, yet determined gaze.
“Alright, let’s get this over with!” Eri concluded as she picked up the spider web-coated microphone.
*Insert Team 765 Pro Dance Theme: “Kyun! Vampire Girl” (Eri) (The iDOLMASTER: Dearly Stars)* (It was by request…)
Gripping her microphone, Eri, along with Yayoi, danced to the beat of the song. Even without the beloved Silver Queen to lead, the two Idols were still proving to be a considerable match for both Daisy and Toadette. Of course, they weren’t gonna sit around and eat potato chips during all this!
*Insert Team Mario Dance Theme: “Daisy’s Theme” (Mario Strikers Charged)*
Altering their plans, Daisy led the two-person effort, in an attempt to really show the Idols what she can possibly do! Toadette provide the right kind of backup that the Sarasa Land princess needed for the dance. The Boos can’t help but love the tenacious duo for their strong effort and appeal, however, the Idols were far from done.
Meanwhile, Bowser, now miffed that King Boo put a major wrench in his plans and disappeared with Azusa, decided to alter his plans a bit as he stared at Haruka and Chihaya.
“Haruka, do you think Eri will stand a chance without Takane to lead the way?” The blue haired Idol asked her close friend.
“It’s going to be hard to tell. But with the serious effort Eri’s putting, plus the support from AI-chan and Ryou-chan, I doubt she will let up.” Haruka answered calmly, with Miki quietly staring, somehow having a hard time chewing her onigiri. Seizing his chance, Bowser decided to attempt a diving catch at the two Idols, much to their shock as they turned around, but before anyone noticed, Mario and Yoshi dove into the defense! Yoshi, seizing his chance due to instinct pulled out an egg with green spots and skillfully pelted the Koopa King square in the face, making him wipe out and tumble clumsily into the floor….and right into the Shadow Sirens! Fortunately, Vivian notice the Koopa King first and was very alert in alerting her brethren. “BELDAM!! MARILYN!! DUCK!!”
The two other Shadow Sirens look at the direction of the large Koopa shell and panicked!
“GUH!!!!” “MWEH-EHH?!?!” Beldam and Marilyn wasted no time in ducking into the shadows to evade Bowser, just in time before the Koopa King crashed into the wall…. and pretty much knocking himself out for a bit..
“Whew, we’re evenly matched..” Daisy panted in a small bit of exhaustion, but refused to give up, when all of a sudden. Toadette lost her footing and bumped into the brunette princess. “Ouch!! Toadette, be careful!”
“Sorry!” The Toad girl apologized, but unfortunately, the buzzer sounded, resulting in a loss for the duo.
*End Themes*
“No no no no no, YOU KLUTZ!!!” Daisy scolded herself, trying to hold back tears, but as she was getting pretty close to crying, Eri walked over to the saddened princess and placed her hand on her shoulder.
“Don’t feel so bad, Daisy-hime. If Luigi-san were here, he’d have really appreciated your efforts!” The former hikikomori assured the Sarasa land princess. Within moments, the brunette princess cheered up and smiled. “You’re pretty good there, Eri! I can understand why your own Producer picked up! You’ve got amazing talent there!”
“Thank you, Daisy-hime. You and Toadette were’nt so bad yourself. I just wish Luigi was here right now” Eri smiled, while Daisy, remembering that the green plumber, along with Takane, was absent through all this, and for good reason too.
“Speaking of Luigi, I wonder how he and Takane are doing against King Boo.” Daisy began to think for a moment.
“Oh, I almost forgot about them!!” Producer-san realized that the silver haired Idol willingly tagged along to fend off the dark Boo.
Before anyone noticed, everyone in the steeple noticed the same purple smoke King Boo, Luigi, and Takane vanished into, and, one by one, disappeared in the smoke.
*King Boo’s Subspace*
*Insert Theme: “King Boo Battle” (Luigi’s Mansion)*
The rest of Team Mario and the Idols, as well as the Shadow Sirens, Doopliss, and a dazed Bowser find themselves in a bizarre location, enough to strike nerves on the Idols.
“Ami, this is starting to look like something out of a bad dream!” Mami began to have shivers down her spine, to which her twin couldn’t help but stick close for comfort.
“I..I’m scared!!” Yukiho whimpered in a very frightened tone, to which Makoto and Ryou kept close, although they too are starting to get terrified themselves.
“Gulp…this is tense…” Iori grew uneasy as she rode on Yoshi, who was trying hard to keep a straight face, despite the gravity of the situation and the amount of sweat dropped to the floor.
“Alright-a everybody, let’s-a all keep calm. We’ll-a find our way-a out of dis…I hope.” Mario, acting as the voice of reason, quickly attempted to assure everyone that they will get out of this predicament in one piece. (Yeah, easier said than done.)
After a few more steps, the group arrived to see an intense battle as Takane, with the unerring skill of a gunslinger whose skills were tempered in America’s “Wild West”, shot the silver-tipped bullets from her revolver while gracefully dodging King Boo’s attacks, much to the dark king’s annoyance. Luigi, however, kept taking cover, trying to escape in fear, but having no results whatsoever.
“Luigi! Lend me a hand please!” Takane called out to the frightened plumber as she evaded another attack.
“Wha…c’mon-a Takane! Where am I supposed to attack?? Besides, something seems to be blocking off the vacuum’s function here!!” Luigi protested; it somehow seemed the battle was going in Takane’s favor instead of the green plumber.
“Hehehe…noticed it now, little plumber?? With the power from the Dimension Comet, the first thing I did was to block off the main power function of that accursed Poltergust! You would’ve been already put into a permanent sleep by now…however, that wrench now had to disrupt things!” King Boo sneer as he took another ht from Takane’s bullets, this time to the cheek.
“..So that’s why the vacuum isn’t working??” Takane wondered, however, a small brick came out of nowhere and struck her hand, completely disarming the Silver Queen of her weapon.
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “To the Moon!” (The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask)*
“Hahaha…I’ve got you now, you little silver-haired nuisance…and while I’m at it, I’ll add a few of your friends as extra power!! Mwahahahahaaa!!!” King Boo cackled as he let out a few dark bubbles that quickly went towards the Idols and Team Mario!!
“AAAAHHHH!!! MAKOTO-CHAN, PRODUCER-SAN, HELP ME!!!” Yukiho screamed as she was caught in the bubble. Unfortunately, Mario and Daisy didn’t fare any better…
“MAMMA MIA, NOT AGAIN!!!” Mario yelped as he became encased in another bubble. Well, at least Daisy was not one to give up easily, but…
“Hey, HEY!!! DON’T PUT ME IN THAT!!!” Daisy struggled to break free, but got encased as well, which really aggravated her enough to pound on the bubble, with no satisfactory result.
Trapped in the bubble, Takane turned her attention to Luigi, “Luigi-san, please listen to me!”
“Ta..Ta..Takane?” Luigi, looking a little tear-ridden, looked at the trapped Idol.
“Listen to me. I know how scared you are of that guy, I get it! But if you don’t do something soon, the Creepy Steeple..no, scratch that, the whole world! Remember when you gave that advice to Yukiho back at the ruins? About what Princess Daisy said? Well, now it’s my turn to say this! DON’T GIVE UP! I KNOW you can beat that ghost a third time, and it’s not just me, everyone else here believes in you!”
Luigi froze quietly for a moment, then looked at the group,
“You can do this Luichii!!” “Mm-mm! That stupid ghost won’t know hit him!” The twins cheered happily.
“You beat that jerk before, you can do it again!” Iori quickly assure the green plumber.
“I know you won’t let us down.” Ritsuko nodded.
“Mwee-hee-hee, with Mario out, it all falls to you now! I’d like to see what you, his own brother, can do!” Beldam cackled cheerfully, knowing her magic, as powerful as it is, won’t do squat right now.
“We all believe in you, so go and show ready you really are!” Haruka beamed with a wink, while Chihaya calmly nodded with a smile.
Surrounded with all the support Luigi couldn’t help but weep tears of joy for a bit. So much time in the sidelines, and now he was given a chance to save the world in place of Mario, Luigi was quiet for a moment and in that realization that there are people who still believe in him despite how easily frightened he was, the sorcerer-clad green plumber began to show gaze of fiery determination for his friends. (Wario and Waluigi kinda sat this out…spoiled sports…)
“My my, such strong support!” King Boo snarked while he fired a bolt of energy….right at the group! But as Luigi quickly noticed the bolted and dove in the way to take the hit instead, a bolt of light from the Dimension Comet passed through the illusion King Boo made, knocked away the attack, and poured its energy onto the green plumber!
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Pursuit ~ Casting Magic” (Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney)*
Much to everyone’s surprise, a forest green aura cloaked Luigi like a veil, and much, to the timid brother’s surprise, his strength was increased tenfold! Not only that, but the Poltergust 5000 underwent a drastic change, adding an enhanced suction drive for better performance and a larger, more resilient bag. The Poltergust 5000 XL, as it is now from the power-up by the Dimension Comet, shimmered beautifully like a gem.
Luigi picked up the vacuum in wonder, then to his newfound strength, then recalled how Iori, then Haruka and Chihaya got a major power up and realized if the three Idols would be more powerful from the Dimension Comet’s light, then he won’t be an exception to its might as he put on a serious face as he faced King Boo.
“So it seems you’re powered up as well, huh Luigi? Doesn’t matter, your powered up Poltergust still won’t stop me!!” King Boo sneered as he got ready to suck the life force out of Mario, Daisy and Yukiho.
Luigi’s face turned grim as he readied himself, “I don’t-a think so. NEGATIVE ZONE!” The sorcerer-clad green plumber, true to the garb he was wearing at the moment, casted enchantation of dark magic engulfing himself and King Boo in a dark purple sphere of negative energy built up from being in Mario’s shadow for too long.
“Wha…WHAT IS THIS?! My..my magic is failing!! Aghh… I’m feeling really queasy from this…wait…NO! MY BARRIER AGAINST THE POLTERGUST!!!” IT’s RUINED!!!” King Boo cried out in agony, that the dark energy from the Negative Zone were putting major afflictions to his magic. Tired from the Negative Zone’s effect when it dissipated, the dark Boo laid on the ground fatigued. “No…this can’t be possible….I was this close…THIS close to world domination!! How could I lose to Luigi a third time?! DARN IT ALL!!!”
“Sorry, King Boo, but the nightmare is-a over!” Luigi announced as he turned on the vacuum, and suddenly a strong vortex of wind began to suck up the dark boo like a black hole!!
“WHAT?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!” King Boo screamed his last as the Poltergust began its work to suck King Boo inside. Determined to not get inside empty-hand, the dark Boo grabbed the bubble that held Azusa, but a small chunk of rubble hit King Boo in the head, making him lose grip on the Idol as the bubble flew out of the subspace…and the dreaded ghost sucked completely inside the vacuum’s bag.
*End Theme*
*Creepy Steeple ~ Main Hall*
*Insert Theme: “We Won the Case! ~ The First Victory” (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)*
With the incident concerning now put to rest, Team Mario and the Idols find themselves back inside Creepy Steeple. Luigi, satisfied that his foe had been defeated again, fell calmly to his knees in fatigue.
Mario, Daisy, and Yukiho, freed from their bubble prisons, ran to the tired Luigi.
“You did it, Luigi! Wow, never expected to be the ‘damsel in distress’ again, but, whatever, right?” Daisy cried out happily.
“Arigatou- Luigi-chan!” Yukiho hugged Luigi and kissed him on the cheek.
“Hey, Yukiho, don’t leave out!” Daisy cried out to the timid Idol as she went and kissed Luigi on the other cheek, which made the green plumber’s nerves go haywire.
“Oh…mamma mia…now I’m-a wishing I didn’t get to be-a this popular..” Luigi mumbled in a daze.
Mario walked up to his brother, with Producer-san and Ritsuko by his side. “You did-a good, Bro! Nice-a job!”
“I’ll say! You saved our lives there!” Ritsuko smiled, which made Luigi blush even more.
Two Stars appeared and each flew to the green plumber and the Silver Queen. Before turning to Hibiki, Takane looked at Luigi and couldn’t help but smile, “You really are Mario’s brother after all.”
Just then, Bowser woke up from his unconscious state, only to find doodles on his face. “Wait, WHAT?! WHAT THE HEY?!” Aggravated, he turned to the party, only to see a giggling Ami and Mami holding a make-up kit. Realizing that the mischievous duo seized their chance to doodle on him before being dragged along with everyone else, Bowser reached for his notepad inside his shell. There, he crossed off Ami and Mami’s names, muttering quietly, “Geez…you know what? Whenever I want to grab another Idol, I am NOT going for EITHER of those two! They’re only going to make a mess of things! Best to save my troops some trouble in the long run!” After that, the Koopa King sighed, then turned around in thought. “Oh well, at least I’m not leaving empty…handed?”
*End Theme with Record Scratch Sound*
Bowser turned to see one more problem that just occurred…Azussa, the Idol he successfully kidnapped…was missing…again.
*Insert Theme: “Panic!” (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)*
“GAHHH!!! WHERE’D THE IDOL GO! EWHERE’D THE IDOL GO?!?!” Bowser turned frantic in looking for Azusa, but had no luck. Turning desperate, the Koopa King turned to his arch-nemesis. “Yo plumb-scum!! What happened to Azusa??” Mario, looking a little surprised, reacted, “Dat’s-a what I was-a gonna ask you!!!”
Takane, patching up her wounds with help from Hibiki and Yayoi, decided to inform the two arch rivals. “Before Luigi sucked King Boo in, I remember he tried to take one of us along with him, but had lost his grip.” Knowing that he, Takane, Daisy, and Yukiho are still present, Mario, along with Ritsuko, traced the bubble’s trajected path.. only to realized and drop their jaws at where it ended.
“Da…Multi Destination Pipe??” Mario completely froze, realizing one fact.
“Oh no…Azusa could be anywhere in the world right now!!” Ritsuko yelped, then drooped down, muttering one thing. “I don’t get paid enough for this..”
Ami and Mami, now realizing that the wayward Idol could be anywhere, ran to Ritsuko, “Hey, Rit-chan, is Azusa-neechan gonna be okay??”
Left with no clue of the Idol’s whereabouts and little hope, Ritsuko could only wonder, “We can only hope right now…”
*End Theme*
Meanwhile, in a far off place…
*Isle Delfino ~ Gelato Beach*
*Insert Theme: “Gelato Beach” (Super Mario Sunshine)*
After being unconscious for a while, Azusa opened her eyes to the sound of the waves of the sea. Lifting her self up, the wayward Idol found herself on a small isle near a larger island with sunny beaches,. What’s more, Azusa had found that her clothes have changed again, as she is no longer in her “Kyun! Vampire Girl” attire, but an outfit consisting of a white and blue sleeveless shirt with a sailor collar and bikini bottoms.
“Ahoy there, landlubber!!” A loud voice called out to Azusa, who immediately turned to see an old Bob-omb with a sailor captain’s hat and a wooden steering wheel on the back where a fuse should be.
“Who…who are you?” Azusa asked the sailing Bob-omb, to which he hopped off the ship he is under command of with a crew of sailing Bob-ombs.
“Fret none, young lass! I am meaning to ask, what’s a lady like you doing here?” The wise old Bob-omb asked, but then took a closer look at Azusa and realized something. “Short blue hair…nice build…you must be one of the Idols of this ‘765 Pro’ I kept hearing the landlubbers of Isle Delfino cheering on about….Azusa Miura, savvy?”
“Oh my, yes. That’s my name…but who are you?” Azusa tilted her head in confusion of how this seafaring Bob-omb would already know of her.
“Harrumph, don’t you worry there! I am Admiral Bobbery, the saltiest Bob-omb of all the seven seas! Tis a pleasure to make your acquaintance!” Bobbery acquainted himself with the feel of a seafaring veteran.
“Mr. Bobbery, by the way I’m dressed right now, this island is the next place for the next part of the Mario Party?” Azusa calmly asked, to which the admiral beamed.
“Aye, you’re a smart lass, you are! Something tells me you came in prematurely, though. Come! To my cabin! We have much to talk about!” bobbery offered, hopping back onboard his ship. Azusa, having no idea on where to go, decided to take the Bob-omb sailor’s offer.
*End Theme*
And that’s the end of another chapter! Whew, the battle got crazy, and now Azusa’s been launched away from Bowser’s grip, only to end up on Isle Delfino! In case you didn’t notice, Bobbery, the seafaring Bob-omb from “Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door” is one of the new hosts for the next arc, the rest I won’t say…yet…! I changed the age rating on Fanfiction for this story in preparation, ‘cause, you know, the Idols, as well as Peach and Daisy, will be in swimsuits in the next arc! Best be prepared, otherwise one will regret it! Will Mario and the Idols learn in time of Azusa’s whereabouts before Bowser does? And how will the part at Creepy Steeple end? You just have to stayed tuned to find out!

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CrystalPhoenixBlader here. bringing in another chapter to the fanfic. The battle with the dreaded King Boo has happened for Luigi and Takane, but two questions still abound. What’s to be of the Dance Battle, now that two participants, one from each team, had no choice but to leave it and what’s to become of Azusa’s fate? …Wow, I sure left quite a cliffhanger there, did I? So, anyways, I do not own any of the Mario characters or the iDOLMASTER characters, the Mario characters belong to Nintendo and the iDOLMASTER characters belong to Namco Bandai. So, with that out of the way, let’s return to this intense moment!
…Wow, am I already at the twentieth chapter already? Wow, time sure flies!
**Mario & iDOLMASTER Party**
Chapter 20
Luigi and Takane vs. King Boo!! Show Your True Courage, Luigi!
*Creepy Steeple ~ Main Hall*
*Insert Theme: “King Boo’s Illusion” (Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon)*
Takane , steadfast in her resolve to stop the dreaded King Boo, and Luigi, who was quivering in fear, stared face to face with the wicked Boo. However, the Dance Battle was not concluded with a victor yet.
Before the silver-haired Idol readied herself for the upcoming battle, Eri ran to Takane in great concern.
“Takane, what’s going to happen to the dance??” Eri quickly asked the elegant Idol, to which she gave a calm response as she readied her revolver.
Takane turned quietly to Beldam and made a solemn request, “Is it okay if Eri takes over the lyrical portion of the dance in my place? Daisy-hime can cover for Luigi-san on his part of the dance.”
Beldam thought long and hard on the request, and , upon seeing the new situation that is already getting out of hand, decided, “Mweh, I guess I can arrange for that. However, you and Luigi will have to forfeit 20 Coins for this to happen. You know that, right?”
Takane calmly smiled as she turned over 20 of the Coins she kept and 20 of Luigi’s, “It’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.” Without hesitation, the Silver Queen dragged Luigi, picked up the Poltergust 5000 from Prof. Gadd, and, without batting an eyelash, walked straight towards King Boo with a fire in her eyes.
“Well, little silver-haired human! I never thought someone other than Luigi who would have the nerve to oppose me. Though it is amusing to see the little meddler cowering like a mouse again!!” The dark lord of the Boos laughed as he peeked at the cowering Luigi, who hid in fright behind Takane.
“More likely it will be YOU who will learn your place!” Takane snorted as a dark smoke began to envelop the three. Producer-san, fearing of what might happen to one of the beloved Idols he is producing, ran to stop her, but alas, when the smoke cleared, Takane, Luigi, and King Boo were nowhere in sight.
“Takane…what were you thinking??” Hibiki wondered in worry as she pondered the Silver Queen’s fate. Beldam quietly sighed as she announced that the Dance Event will continue…without Luigi and Takane.
*End Theme*
*King Boo’s Subspace*
*Insert Theme: “King Boo Battle” (Luigi’s Mansion)*
The area Takane looked at when she lowered her guard after getting caught in the smokescreen was completely different than the Creepy Steeple, save for the very cobblestone floor itself, which Luigi was still trembling in horror on. Observing her surroundings, the silver-haired Idol quietly noticed that a dense swirling dark puprle aura was in every direction with no visible way of escape.
“You sure are pretty brave to just challenge me like that, human! However, that also makes you very, very foolish!!” King Boo sneered at the elegant Idol, holding a dark purple bubble through telepathy that contained a now unconscious Azusa, binds removed, to which she didn’t even bat an eyelash as she readied her revolver.
“We’ll see in the end who is the bigger fool.” Takane frowned as she readied to fire a shot without hesitation.
King Boo looked at the revolver and smirked, “Heh, you honestly believe a silly little pea shooter like that will make you stand a chance against…”
*BANG!* *BONK!!!*
Takane puffed out the smoke from her revolver after firing a headache-induced shot right into the dark ghost’s head, leaving a visible lump. “You were saying?”
Upset by the fact that Takane just attacked him without a moment’s notice, King Boo became furious. “Grr….I take it back. You’re even worse than Luigi!! I am SURELY gonna mark your grave for that!!!”
“Let’s get on with this then.” Takane reloaded her empty revolver and braced herself, while Luigi could only watch.
*End Theme*
Meanwhile…
*Creepy Steeple ~ Main Hall ~ Cobweb Stage*
*Musicless…for now..*
With Takane and Luigi out of the action, the continuation of the Dance Battle had to be decided between the Idol duo of Eri and Yayoi, and the Team Mario duo of Daisy and Toadette. Eri, sweating a bit, due to tension, wondered if leading the dance in place of the elegant Idol was even such a good idea.
“Oh man, what do I do?” The former hikikomori began to get severly nervous, but then Ai and Ryou went to cheer on their friend.
“You can do this!!” Ai cried to her friend while Ryou cheered for Eri to do her best. Reassured of her friends’ support, Eri began to give a calm, yet determined gaze.
“Alright, let’s get this over with!” Eri concluded as she picked up the spider web-coated microphone.
*Insert Team 765 Pro Dance Theme: “Kyun! Vampire Girl” (Eri) (The iDOLMASTER: Dearly Stars)* (It was by request…)
Gripping her microphone, Eri, along with Yayoi, danced to the beat of the song. Even without the beloved Silver Queen to lead, the two Idols were still proving to be a considerable match for both Daisy and Toadette. Of course, they weren’t gonna sit around and eat potato chips during all this!
*Insert Team Mario Dance Theme: “Daisy’s Theme” (Mario Strikers Charged)*
Altering their plans, Daisy led the two-person effort, in an attempt to really show the Idols what she can possibly do! Toadette provide the right kind of backup that the Sarasa Land princess needed for the dance. The Boos can’t help but love the tenacious duo for their strong effort and appeal, however, the Idols were far from done.
Meanwhile, Bowser, now miffed that King Boo put a major wrench in his plans and disappeared with Azusa, decided to alter his plans a bit as he stared at Haruka and Chihaya.
“Haruka, do you think Eri will stand a chance without Takane to lead the way?” The blue haired Idol asked her close friend.
“It’s going to be hard to tell. But with the serious effort Eri’s putting, plus the support from AI-chan and Ryou-chan, I doubt she will let up.” Haruka answered calmly, with Miki quietly staring, somehow having a hard time chewing her onigiri. Seizing his chance, Bowser decided to attempt a diving catch at the two Idols, much to their shock as they turned around, but before anyone noticed, Mario and Yoshi dove into the defense! Yoshi, seizing his chance due to instinct pulled out an egg with green spots and skillfully pelted the Koopa King square in the face, making him wipe out and tumble clumsily into the floor….and right into the Shadow Sirens! Fortunately, Vivian notice the Koopa King first and was very alert in alerting her brethren. “BELDAM!! MARILYN!! DUCK!!”
The two other Shadow Sirens look at the direction of the large Koopa shell and panicked!
“GUH!!!!” “MWEH-EHH?!?!” Beldam and Marilyn wasted no time in ducking into the shadows to evade Bowser, just in time before the Koopa King crashed into the wall…. and pretty much knocking himself out for a bit..
“Whew, we’re evenly matched..” Daisy panted in a small bit of exhaustion, but refused to give up, when all of a sudden. Toadette lost her footing and bumped into the brunette princess. “Ouch!! Toadette, be careful!”
“Sorry!” The Toad girl apologized, but unfortunately, the buzzer sounded, resulting in a loss for the duo.
*End Themes*
“No no no no no, YOU KLUTZ!!!” Daisy scolded herself, trying to hold back tears, but as she was getting pretty close to crying, Eri walked over to the saddened princess and placed her hand on her shoulder.
“Don’t feel so bad, Daisy-hime. If Luigi-san were here, he’d have really appreciated your efforts!” The former hikikomori assured the Sarasa land princess. Within moments, the brunette princess cheered up and smiled. “You’re pretty good there, Eri! I can understand why your own Producer picked up! You’ve got amazing talent there!”
“Thank you, Daisy-hime. You and Toadette were’nt so bad yourself. I just wish Luigi was here right now” Eri smiled, while Daisy, remembering that the green plumber, along with Takane, was absent through all this, and for good reason too.
“Speaking of Luigi, I wonder how he and Takane are doing against King Boo.” Daisy began to think for a moment.
“Oh, I almost forgot about them!!” Producer-san realized that the silver haired Idol willingly tagged along to fend off the dark Boo.
Before anyone noticed, everyone in the steeple noticed the same purple smoke King Boo, Luigi, and Takane vanished into, and, one by one, disappeared in the smoke.
*King Boo’s Subspace*
*Insert Theme: “King Boo Battle” (Luigi’s Mansion)*
The rest of Team Mario and the Idols, as well as the Shadow Sirens, Doopliss, and a dazed Bowser find themselves in a bizarre location, enough to strike nerves on the Idols.
“Ami, this is starting to look like something out of a bad dream!” Mami began to have shivers down her spine, to which her twin couldn’t help but stick close for comfort.
“I..I’m scared!!” Yukiho whimpered in a very frightened tone, to which Makoto and Ryou kept close, although they too are starting to get terrified themselves.
“Gulp…this is tense…” Iori grew uneasy as she rode on Yoshi, who was trying hard to keep a straight face, despite the gravity of the situation and the amount of sweat dropped to the floor.
“Alright-a everybody, let’s-a all keep calm. We’ll-a find our way-a out of dis…I hope.” Mario, acting as the voice of reason, quickly attempted to assure everyone that they will get out of this predicament in one piece. (Yeah, easier said than done.)
After a few more steps, the group arrived to see an intense battle as Takane, with the unerring skill of a gunslinger whose skills were tempered in America’s “Wild West”, shot the silver-tipped bullets from her revolver while gracefully dodging King Boo’s attacks, much to the dark king’s annoyance. Luigi, however, kept taking cover, trying to escape in fear, but having no results whatsoever.
“Luigi! Lend me a hand please!” Takane called out to the frightened plumber as she evaded another attack.
“Wha…c’mon-a Takane! Where am I supposed to attack?? Besides, something seems to be blocking off the vacuum’s function here!!” Luigi protested; it somehow seemed the battle was going in Takane’s favor instead of the green plumber.
“Hehehe…noticed it now, little plumber?? With the power from the Dimension Comet, the first thing I did was to block off the main power function of that accursed Poltergust! You would’ve been already put into a permanent sleep by now…however, that wrench now had to disrupt things!” King Boo sneer as he took another ht from Takane’s bullets, this time to the cheek.
“..So that’s why the vacuum isn’t working??” Takane wondered, however, a small brick came out of nowhere and struck her hand, completely disarming the Silver Queen of her weapon.
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “To the Moon!” (The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask)*
“Hahaha…I’ve got you now, you little silver-haired nuisance…and while I’m at it, I’ll add a few of your friends as extra power!! Mwahahahahaaa!!!” King Boo cackled as he let out a few dark bubbles that quickly went towards the Idols and Team Mario!!
“AAAAHHHH!!! MAKOTO-CHAN, PRODUCER-SAN, HELP ME!!!” Yukiho screamed as she was caught in the bubble. Unfortunately, Mario and Daisy didn’t fare any better…
“MAMMA MIA, NOT AGAIN!!!” Mario yelped as he became encased in another bubble. Well, at least Daisy was not one to give up easily, but…
“Hey, HEY!!! DON’T PUT ME IN THAT!!!” Daisy struggled to break free, but got encased as well, which really aggravated her enough to pound on the bubble, with no satisfactory result.
Trapped in the bubble, Takane turned her attention to Luigi, “Luigi-san, please listen to me!”
“Ta..Ta..Takane?” Luigi, looking a little tear-ridden, looked at the trapped Idol.
“Listen to me. I know how scared you are of that guy, I get it! But if you don’t do something soon, the Creepy Steeple..no, scratch that, the whole world! Remember when you gave that advice to Yukiho back at the ruins? About what Princess Daisy said? Well, now it’s my turn to say this! DON’T GIVE UP! I KNOW you can beat that ghost a third time, and it’s not just me, everyone else here believes in you!”
Luigi froze quietly for a moment, then looked at the group,
“You can do this Luichii!!” “Mm-mm! That stupid ghost won’t know hit him!” The twins cheered happily.
“You beat that jerk before, you can do it again!” Iori quickly assure the green plumber.
“I know you won’t let us down.” Ritsuko nodded.
“Mwee-hee-hee, with Mario out, it all falls to you now! I’d like to see what you, his own brother, can do!” Beldam cackled cheerfully, knowing her magic, as powerful as it is, won’t do squat right now.
“We all believe in you, so go and show ready you really are!” Haruka beamed with a wink, while Chihaya calmly nodded with a smile.
Surrounded with all the support Luigi couldn’t help but weep tears of joy for a bit. So much time in the sidelines, and now he was given a chance to save the world in place of Mario, Luigi was quiet for a moment and in that realization that there are people who still believe in him despite how easily frightened he was, the sorcerer-clad green plumber began to show gaze of fiery determination for his friends. (Wario and Waluigi kinda sat this out…spoiled sports…)
“My my, such strong support!” King Boo snarked while he fired a bolt of energy….right at the group! But as Luigi quickly noticed the bolted and dove in the way to take the hit instead, a bolt of light from the Dimension Comet passed through the illusion King Boo made, knocked away the attack, and poured its energy onto the green plumber!
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Pursuit ~ Casting Magic” (Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney)*
Much to everyone’s surprise, a forest green aura cloaked Luigi like a veil, and much, to the timid brother’s surprise, his strength was increased tenfold! Not only that, but the Poltergust 5000 underwent a drastic change, adding an enhanced suction drive for better performance and a larger, more resilient bag. The Poltergust 5000 XL, as it is now from the power-up by the Dimension Comet, shimmered beautifully like a gem.
Luigi picked up the vacuum in wonder, then to his newfound strength, then recalled how Iori, then Haruka and Chihaya got a major power up and realized if the three Idols would be more powerful from the Dimension Comet’s light, then he won’t be an exception to its might as he put on a serious face as he faced King Boo.
“So it seems you’re powered up as well, huh Luigi? Doesn’t matter, your powered up Poltergust still won’t stop me!!” King Boo sneered as he got ready to suck the life force out of Mario, Daisy and Yukiho.
Luigi’s face turned grim as he readied himself, “I don’t-a think so. NEGATIVE ZONE!” The sorcerer-clad green plumber, true to the garb he was wearing at the moment, casted enchantation of dark magic engulfing himself and King Boo in a dark purple sphere of negative energy built up from being in Mario’s shadow for too long.
“Wha…WHAT IS THIS?! My..my magic is failing!! Aghh… I’m feeling really queasy from this…wait…NO! MY BARRIER AGAINST THE POLTERGUST!!!” IT’s RUINED!!!” King Boo cried out in agony, that the dark energy from the Negative Zone were putting major afflictions to his magic. Tired from the Negative Zone’s effect when it dissipated, the dark Boo laid on the ground fatigued. “No…this can’t be possible….I was this close…THIS close to world domination!! How could I lose to Luigi a third time?! DARN IT ALL!!!”
“Sorry, King Boo, but the nightmare is-a over!” Luigi announced as he turned on the vacuum, and suddenly a strong vortex of wind began to suck up the dark boo like a black hole!!
“WHAT?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!” King Boo screamed his last as the Poltergust began its work to suck King Boo inside. Determined to not get inside empty-hand, the dark Boo grabbed the bubble that held Azusa, but a small chunk of rubble hit King Boo in the head, making him lose grip on the Idol as the bubble flew out of the subspace…and the dreaded ghost sucked completely inside the vacuum’s bag.
*End Theme*
*Creepy Steeple ~ Main Hall*
*Insert Theme: “We Won the Case! ~ The First Victory” (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)*
With the incident concerning now put to rest, Team Mario and the Idols find themselves back inside Creepy Steeple. Luigi, satisfied that his foe had been defeated again, fell calmly to his knees in fatigue.
Mario, Daisy, and Yukiho, freed from their bubble prisons, ran to the tired Luigi.
“You did it, Luigi! Wow, never expected to be the ‘damsel in distress’ again, but, whatever, right?” Daisy cried out happily.
“Arigatou- Luigi-chan!” Yukiho hugged Luigi and kissed him on the cheek.
“Hey, Yukiho, don’t leave out!” Daisy cried out to the timid Idol as she went and kissed Luigi on the other cheek, which made the green plumber’s nerves go haywire.
“Oh…mamma mia…now I’m-a wishing I didn’t get to be-a this popular..” Luigi mumbled in a daze.
Mario walked up to his brother, with Producer-san and Ritsuko by his side. “You did-a good, Bro! Nice-a job!”
“I’ll say! You saved our lives there!” Ritsuko smiled, which made Luigi blush even more.
Two Stars appeared and each flew to the green plumber and the Silver Queen. Before turning to Hibiki, Takane looked at Luigi and couldn’t help but smile, “You really are Mario’s brother after all.”
Just then, Bowser woke up from his unconscious state, only to find doodles on his face. “Wait, WHAT?! WHAT THE HEY?!” Aggravated, he turned to the party, only to see a giggling Ami and Mami holding a make-up kit. Realizing that the mischievous duo seized their chance to doodle on him before being dragged along with everyone else, Bowser reached for his notepad inside his shell. There, he crossed off Ami and Mami’s names, muttering quietly, “Geez…you know what? Whenever I want to grab another Idol, I am NOT going for EITHER of those two! They’re only going to make a mess of things! Best to save my troops some trouble in the long run!” After that, the Koopa King sighed, then turned around in thought. “Oh well, at least I’m not leaving empty…handed?”
*End Theme with Record Scratch Sound*
Bowser turned to see one more problem that just occurred…Azussa, the Idol he successfully kidnapped…was missing…again.
*Insert Theme: “Panic!” (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)*
“GAHHH!!! WHERE’D THE IDOL GO! EWHERE’D THE IDOL GO?!?!” Bowser turned frantic in looking for Azusa, but had no luck. Turning desperate, the Koopa King turned to his arch-nemesis. “Yo plumb-scum!! What happened to Azusa??” Mario, looking a little surprised, reacted, “Dat’s-a what I was-a gonna ask you!!!”
Takane, patching up her wounds with help from Hibiki and Yayoi, decided to inform the two arch rivals. “Before Luigi sucked King Boo in, I remember he tried to take one of us along with him, but had lost his grip.” Knowing that he, Takane, Daisy, and Yukiho are still present, Mario, along with Ritsuko, traced the bubble’s trajected path.. only to realized and drop their jaws at where it ended.
“Da…Multi Destination Pipe??” Mario completely froze, realizing one fact.
“Oh no…Azusa could be anywhere in the world right now!!” Ritsuko yelped, then drooped down, muttering one thing. “I don’t get paid enough for this..”
Ami and Mami, now realizing that the wayward Idol could be anywhere, ran to Ritsuko, “Hey, Rit-chan, is Azusa-neechan gonna be okay??”
Left with no clue of the Idol’s whereabouts and little hope, Ritsuko could only wonder, “We can only hope right now…”
*End Theme*
Meanwhile, in a far off place…
*Isle Delfino ~ Gelato Beach*
*Insert Theme: “Gelato Beach” (Super Mario Sunshine)*
After being unconscious for a while, Azusa opened her eyes to the sound of the waves of the sea. Lifting her self up, the wayward Idol found herself on a small isle near a larger island with sunny beaches,. What’s more, Azusa had found that her clothes have changed again, as she is no longer in her “Kyun! Vampire Girl” attire, but an outfit consisting of a white and blue sleeveless shirt with a sailor collar and bikini bottoms.
“Ahoy there, landlubber!!” A loud voice called out to Azusa, who immediately turned to see an old Bob-omb with a sailor captain’s hat and a wooden steering wheel on the back where a fuse should be.
“Who…who are you?” Azusa asked the sailing Bob-omb, to which he hopped off the ship he is under command of with a crew of sailing Bob-ombs.
“Fret none, young lass! I am meaning to ask, what’s a lady like you doing here?” The wise old Bob-omb asked, but then took a closer look at Azusa and realized something. “Short blue hair…nice build…you must be one of the Idols of this ‘765 Pro’ I kept hearing the landlubbers of Isle Delfino cheering on about….Azusa Miura, savvy?”
“Oh my, yes. That’s my name…but who are you?” Azusa tilted her head in confusion of how this seafaring Bob-omb would already know of her.
“Harrumph, don’t you worry there! I am Admiral Bobbery, the saltiest Bob-omb of all the seven seas! Tis a pleasure to make your acquaintance!” Bobbery acquainted himself with the feel of a seafaring veteran.
“Mr. Bobbery, by the way I’m dressed right now, this island is the next place for the next part of the Mario Party?” Azusa calmly asked, to which the admiral beamed.
“Aye, you’re a smart lass, you are! Something tells me you came in prematurely, though. Come! To my cabin! We have much to talk about!” bobbery offered, hopping back onboard his ship. Azusa, having no idea on where to go, decided to take the Bob-omb sailor’s offer.
*End Theme*
And that’s the end of another chapter! Whew, the battle got crazy, and now Azusa’s been launched away from Bowser’s grip, only to end up on Isle Delfino! In case you didn’t notice, Bobbery, the seafaring Bob-omb from “Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door” is one of the new hosts for the next arc, the rest I won’t say…yet…! I changed the age rating on Fanfiction for this story in preparation, ‘cause, you know, the Idols, as well as Peach and Daisy, will be in swimsuits in the next arc! Best be prepared, otherwise one will regret it! Will Mario and the Idols learn in time of Azusa’s whereabouts before Bowser does? And how will the part at Creepy Steeple end? You just have to stayed tuned to find out!