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CrystalPhoenixBlader here, bringing in another chapter to the fanfic! Guess what? A first mini boss battle in the fanfic, and it’s up against Larry Koopa and Petey Piranha! We must hope that both the Idols and Team Mario are ready!Also, I originally intended for the title of the last chapter to be called: “The Melancholies of a Seafarer & a Songstress”, but because of letter limitations at Fanfiction, I had to shorten it. 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 aside, let get back to the fun in the sun!
Come to think off it, I’m doing this arc in the middle of June.. in actual summer! Coincidence, much?

*Opening Theme: “Godly Summer” (The iDOLMASTER 2)*
**Mario & iDOLMASTER Party**
Chapter 25
The Battle Against Larry & Petey! Double the Peril!

*Isle Delfino ~ Sirena Beach*
*Insert Theme: “Bob-omb Battlefield ~ Main Theme” (Super Mario 64)* (Couldn’t find the music this time, so I had to think of one involving Bob-ombs..)
The action continues at the shores of Sirena, well known for its beautiful scenery at sunset (Though it isn’t right now…) Against her better judgement, Ritsuko was to face Daisy in the mini game, “You’re the Bob-omb”! Two forklifts manned by two of the workers from the nearby Hotel Delfino placed two King Bob-ombs, giant Bob-ombs with golden crowns on their heads, at each contestants’ spot with five push lever triggers. Only one would detonate the King Bob-omb, while the others would fall short.
“Um, don’t you think this is a little TOO dangerous?!” Ritsuko quickly objected to the idea without hesitation.
“Don’t worry! The worst that’s happened is the affected person getting knocked into the air by the explosion and having a face full of dirt!” Daisy smiled as she braced herself.
“Somehow that is not getting me really excited about this…” The intelligent Idol sweatdropped as she frowned at the Sarasa Land princess. Within moments, the event started and the two contenders scramble for what each would believe is the right trigger and push it down. Upon the first push-downs, both the fuses sizzled short, which led Ritsuko and Daisy to scramble to another lever of choice and frantically pushed them down. Oddly, whether it was by chance or not, Daisy’s fuse went poof, while Ritsuko’s…
*KABOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!*
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, YOW!!!!!!” Daisy screamed as the explosion knocked her airborne. Ritsuko froze in utter shock as the tomboyish princess plummeted to the seawater-soaked sand…and made a hole in the shape of her body…
*THUD!*
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Fun Fun Fun Dayo” (Lucky Star)*
“Oops… sorry about that.” Ritsuko frowned of the blunder that, this time, SHE made.
“Funny…. Very funny..” Daisy deadpanned as the forklift’s crane picked her up. “Hey… HEY!! Don’t pull me there!”
The intelligent Idol turned and sighed, wondering what sort of mess she actually had put herself into. However, she sadly did not have time to ponder that thought as both teams were whisked off to Bianco Hills for some reason…
*End Theme*
*Isle Delfino ~ Bianco Hills ~ Bianco Village*
*Insert theme: “Bianco Hills” (Super Mario Sunshine)*
The entire group appeared at a small village at Bianco Hills, known for the windmills that reside there, as well as a large windmill by the nearby lake. A frightened Piantaran to the group, hands flyingflipping around in panic.
“Oh, this is terrible! That… thing form back at the past incident.. IT’S BACK! IT’S BACK!! SOMEBODY, DO SOMETHING!!”
“Please-a sir! Calm-a down! Whatza goin’ on?!” Mario quickly asked the frightened creature.
“That thing…it’s back! And for some reason, some little turtle with wild cyan hair is adding to the mess with ice cubes. I did once say I needed to cool down, but NOT LIKE THIS!!” The Pianta villager screamed, but before he could say another word. A large wad of goop flew and splashed over the Pianta.
“Augh.. HELP ME!!!” The hapless creature cried out as he sunk within the goop. Hibiki, looking at the goop, realized one thing. “This is like what happened to me, only WORSE!!”
“Mario, everyone, look!!” Peach, alert, pointed to a large familiar oversized Piranha Plant fireing goop from its mouth all over the village. Mario was in complete shock, easily recognizing the creature in question.
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “This Moment Can’t be Reckless” (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)*
“PETEY PIRANHA!! He’s-a back!! But.. we’ve only gotta one F.L.U.D.D.!” Mario recognized his foe at Bianco Hills but was left in a predicament.
“Don’t worry, Mario. As with your Idol friends, I too can draw power of the Dimension Comet to even up the odds!’ F.L.U.D.D.’s voice called out form the nozzle, which made the red plumber lighten up.
“Wait, how? You don’t even have hands!” Miki scratched her head, which drew unimpressed stares at her. “..What?”
“Easy. The Squirter Nozzle is all I need.” F.L.U.D.D.’s voice responded as it pointed the very nozzle upwards towards the very satellite flying across the stars at the moment. Without warning, a dark gray light flew from out of the Dimension Comet and into F.L.U.D.D., creating eight colored copies of the multipurpose water pack. Haruka, of course still held the original.
”Wha..what just happened?” Ritsuko stuttered as she tried to clean her glasses over the sight of red, dark orange, carnation pink, yellow, naval white, green, cerulean, and peach colored copies of the water pack, complete with the same functionalities as the original for the duration of the contest at Isle Delfino.
“These are copies of me for the contestants to use for the duration of the beach events at Isle Delfino. You will use them against Petey Piranha and the turtle creature accompanying it, though statistics show an 85% chance that the turtle in question is not Bowser Jr. However, unlike the original Flash Liquidizer , there is no artificial intelligence installed in the copies, so what you do with them for the duration of the Isle Delfino event is of your own discretion.” The original F.L.U.D.D.’s voice informed the young producer before she went to equip the green-colored water pack.
“Ritsuko, be careful, okay? I wish I could help, but..” Producer-san wished, but the smart Idol smiled.
“It’s okay, Producer-san. With Mario as well as the rest of us, this battle will be over with pretty quickly!” Ritsuko spoke calmly before joining with Mario, Peach, Daisy, Blooper, Ai, Hibiki, and Ami to the village’s central area.
“Aye, good luck everyone! Yumeko, Mona, Ayane and I will make sure to watch over everyone while you battle that fiend! I’d personally wish to join with my explosive.. personality, but I know this isn’t my place to do that.” Bobbery smiled. Yumeko began to sigh for a moment. “I swear, this is like something out of a cartoon! ..Huh?” The good rival of Ryou noticed something sneaking by the bushes and, taking the Lolita icon with her, decided to personally investigate the area.
*Temporarily End Theme, Insert Theme: “Syrup’s Gang” (Wario Land 2)*
“Wow, so these city girls as well as Mario’s little troop are dealing with some icky stuff to open the way to the treasure of the Mushroom Majesty? And that greedy little Wario is with them? Oh boy, won’t the Captain be pleased to hear this!” A bandana-wearing anthromorphic duck holding a large boomerang on his back, snickered as he spied on the very action going on. Yeah, unfortunately, his stealth left much to ask for as Yumeko grabbed him on the collar without hesitation.
“Alright, bill-brain! What’s your business here?!” Yumeko frowned, drawing the attention of the rest of the group. As Wario stepped closer, he recognized the very c reature and yanked him off him the Idol’s grip in a seething rage.
“YOU!!! Alright, what does that scallywag Captain Syrup want now?!” Wario glared angrily at the duck, known as Dangerous Duck, or D.D. in short.
“Ooof.. wouldn’t you like to know, Wario?” D.D. snarked, only to have his bill gripped even harder.
“Wow, whatza goin’ on, Wario? And who is that guy? He doesn’t seem very scary to me.” Luigi asked the chubby miscreant.
Wario sighed then turned to Yumeko, “Yo, uh, Yumeko was it? ..Bah, whatever, have this guy tied up! I’m afraid I’ve got some explaining to do about who this bozo works for!” And so, Wario decided to explain to the rest of the Idols about his OTHER rival, in terms of greed, that is…
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Boss Battle” (Super Mario Sunshine)*
Mario, Peach, Daisy, Blooper, Ritsuko, Ami, Hibiki, and Ai, each with their own F.L.U.D.D. copy, ran to the site of the incident, making certain to dodge any goop droppings in the way. Upon making it the group saw the enormous Piranha Plant and another Koopaling on a new mech trying to goop and freeze things up.
“Hold it right there, Wendy!” Ami shouted out to the Koopaling, who responded with a confused stare.
“Uh..dat’s not-a Wendy, dat’s-a Larry.” Mario corrected the twin, who responded with a silly dumbfounded gaze at the Mushroom kingdom hero.
“Geez, Mario… your little Idol pal here needs work at recognizing us Koopalings. I was just gonna scoop her up.. but King Bowser had just wiped her name, as well as her twin sister, off the list!”
“Wait… Bowsa doesn’t want-a Ami or Mami anymore?” Mario questioned, to which Ami pouted.
“Nope… anyways, don’t think you can beat Petey like the last time you faced him, even with backup!” Larry snorted as he readied the controls of the Ice Chuckster Mech to back up the oversized plant.
*VS. PETEY PIRANHA & LARRY KOOPA*
Mario and Ritsuko got a head start spraying water at Petey Piranha, but the attacks were blocked off by Larry’s Ice Chuckster Mech, who froze the water into ice cubes.
“Nice try you two stupid-heads! .. Wha.. HEY!!!” Larry taunted before getting shot in the face with water and getting knocked off his mech by Hibiki and Ami.
“Nice shot you two! Mario, do you that strange blue tower near that plant?” Ritsuko smiled, but then noticed a strange blue tower with wavy water patterns on the exterior.
“Dat-a wasn’t-a here before…. Hey! I think-a you might-a be on to something!” Mario realized what the young Producer was talking about and turned to Blooper and Ai. “Hey, can-a you two spray da water tower while Ritsuko and I distract-a Larry?”
“Sure thing, Mario-san!” Ai eagerly agreed while Blooper had a few second thoughts.
“Easy for you to say, since this thing is so heavy, bloop!!” The poor squid whined, being greatly encumbered by his own water pack and nearly falling on its face, much to the delight of the spectators..
“To be honest with you, Blooper-chan, I’m a little nervous too. But I know we can win this, as long as Mario-san and Haruka-chan are there to watch my every move!” Ai smiled as she and Blooper rushed to the water tower and began firing water onto the water tower to fill its supply.
“HEY! What are you doing?!” Larry reacted by firing a wad of ice at the Idol and the squid, which caused them to freeze for a bit.
“YIPES! TOO COLD! TOO COLD!!” Ai yelped as he hair stood on end from the frigid attack.
“ACKK!!!” Blooper’s eyes bulged as he wasn’t able to withstand the cold.
Fortunately for the frozen duo, the tower was filled up enough that the water poured into Pete Piranha’s mouth as it tried to fire out goop. In no time the plant’s stomach began to bulge as it fell on its back.
“OH NO!! PETEY!!” Larry gasped as he frantically pressed the buttons , unfortunately, ice chunks were the only attack it could do, so the panicked Koopaling had to physically ram into Petey to try to get the water out of it without hurting its weak point… the belly button.
“Mario! Now’s our chance!” Ritsuko called out as she and the red plumber ran quickly to Petey and simultaneously perform a Ground Pound and Spiral Stop altogether on the belly button.
“BLAAAARRGGG!!!!” The gargantuan Piranha Plant cried out in pain as it spitted out all the water it swallowed and spilled it all over the group. The water spilled was warm enough that it thawed the ice containing Ai and Blooper.
“Aghhh!! I don’t believe this!! Better ready the second cannon!” Larry cried out while reboarding the mech, and readied the second ice cannon for twice the trouble.
“Look out!!” A civilian Pianta cried from a distance to warn Dasiy and Peach, who dodge quickly.
“Oh no, I’m not being the damsel in distress again!!” Daisy cried out as she readied her orange F.L.U.D.D. copy. Peach, unfortunately, got caught in Petey’s goop attack.
“MAARRRRIIIOO!!!!” The Mushroom Kingdom cried out in peril as she sunk within the goop.
“MAMA MIA!! Hang in dere, Peachy!” Mario scrambled to spray water to free the princess from the goop.
“Thank you, Mario! Aww… my hair’s ruined!” Peach sadly frowned as although she is quickly freed, she is still covered from head to toe in icky goop.
“Allow me, Peach!” Hibiki turned her attention to the princess and, recalling how Haruka cleaned her up earlier, decided to use the Squirter Nozzle of her cerulean F.L.U.D.D. copy to clean Peach up.
“Thank you, Hibiki! I was worried that this goop would never get out of my hair!” Peach thanked the Okinawan Idol.
“Know how you feel, Peach-hime. I was worried about that too earlier! But enough of that, we’ve got an oversized flower to take care of!” Hibiki smiled with confidence as she stared at Petey Piranha.
Using the same strategy, the group managed to distract Larry a second time, this time letting Peach and Hibiki fill the water tower and for Ami and Blooper to deal the pian, although in the squid’s case, it was a high speed tackle on the belly button instead of the usual Ground Pound.
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Petey Piranha Battle” (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)*
“Aghh!! Okay, that did it! Time to get serious!!” Larry shouted angrily while banging his hands on the control, and added a third final cannon. The humongous Piranha Plant too has had enough of horsing around and decides to get serious by whipping up tornados that knock whoever it catches off their feet.
“WHOA!!!” Hibiki and Ami got themselves caught in one of the tornadoes and were spun around like crazy under they landed on their butts in a daze.
“Oww… don’t I get enough punishment for one day?” Hibiki groaned as she tried get herself back together. Ami, however, wasn’t as fortunate.
“Ooh… what pretty stars!” The poor Futami twin could only say as little yellow stars spun over her head.
Seeing the carnage erupt from Mario and Ritsuko’s desperate attempts to knock Larry off his mech, only to end up with chills down their spines to piles of goop covering the village. Hibiki bean to think of a counter measure that would truly assure victory, seeing that Petey conjured another tornado that sent Peach and Ai airborne.
“Oww… don’t I get enough of bad hair days?” Ai frowned as her hair was all poofed up from the tornado.
“ Ugh, this is not going as planned. Mario, any ideas?” Ritsuko frowned as she gasped for breath from the crazy battle.
“Ugh.. not-a sure Ritsuko..” Mario gritted his teeth in frustration, but then his expression changed when he noticed Hibiki, taking Blooper with her, sneaking by the oversized Piranha Plant by swimming in the water slowly to avoid detection. ‘Whatza Hibiki doin’?”
Sneaking behind the action, the ponytailed Idol and the hovering squid cleverly sneaked by the action with a cheerful zeal that nearly rivals Yayoi’s, and in no time flat, manage to make it to the blue water tower without any trouble.
“Hey, Blooper, let’s try firing smaller sprays on our F.L.U.D.D.s so that wild haired turtle doesn’t notice us!” Hibiki suggested to the white squid. The squid was a little doubtful, feeling that it might take a bit of time, but decided if the whole group is to win this time, then that was the way to go.
Menawhile, Mario and Ritsuko were getting fatigued from their crazy battle. “Mamma mia, dis is not-a goin’ so well…”
“I know… whose bright idea was to send… oh yeah, the son of Bowser sent those two here…” Ritsuko frowned, nearly reaching her limit from the goop spilled on her face, the ice chunks that kept getting in the way, and the whirlwinds conjured by Petey Piranha that kept knocking her off balance and made her hurt her foot. To make things worse, Petey Piranha was just about ready to let loose a large goop attack that would encase all in its radius to be sucked in!
“Oh no!” was the thought on all the remaining participants’ minds, except for Daisy, who looked at the water tower.
“Hey, uh, not to be a party pooper, but um, why is the tower filling itself?” The Sarasa Land princess pointed out, which confused Larry Koopa.
“What are you talking about, desert girl?? The water tower’s not gonna… HEY, WAIT A SECOND!!” Larry turned to the tower and, to his shock which made the Koopaling’s jaw drop, saw the tower being filled to the brim by Hibiki and Blooper!
“Hey, Petey! Hope you’re thirsty!” Hibiki sarcastically yelled out as the water gushed out of the tower and into Petey Piranha’s mouth! Too filled with water, Petey Piranha struggled to keep flight, and in its effort, accidentally knocked Larry and his mech into the air!
“OW!! PETEY, WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?!” Larry cried out as he was “blasting off” into the sky, mech and all! (Oh man, I’ll never get tired of that old Team Rocket line!)
Finally, the gargantuian Piranha plant fell backflat on the ground, which was enough to give Hibiki the time to give the heads-up. “Everyone! Now’s our chance!”
Without hesitation, all 8 members or the group rush towards the creatures and delivered their last Ground Pounds and Spiral Stomps on the exposed belly button.
“WEARRRGGHHHH!!!” Petey Piranha screamed while its body turned into the color of the icky brown and white goop it was firing. After a few moments the goop dissolved into the ground and disappeared.
*End Theme*
*Isle Delfino ~ Bianco Hills ~ Village Entrance*
*Insert Theme: “Minigame Results” (Mario Party 9)*
All of the participants taking part sighed a breath of relief and finishing off Petey Piranha and knocking Larry away.
“Whew…I don’t I’ll ever take plants for granted like that ever again… Ritsuko sighed as she rubbed her temples over the thought of how a plant could be this enormous.
“I’ll-a say! He also-a showed up-a on some past adventures, but for-a him to-a team with-a Larry, that-a blew my mind!” Mario agreed. Thankfully, the group only had few injuries aside from still having some goop all over them in a way that they finished a paint job a little sloppily.. and the fact Ami is still recovering from her dizziness. “Ooh, somebody make my head stop spinning!”
“It’s alright, sugar. Just take it easy!” Daisy supported the dazed Futami twin by supporting her shoulder. However, all will not calm down as easily as Producer-san, with Yukiho, Makoto, Ryou, and Mami tailing him, ran to Ritsuko and Mario with a concerned look on his face.
“Ritsuko! I’m afraid we’ve got another situation on hands. Producer-san reacted as he went to catch his breath.
*End Theme with Wheel Skid sound, Insert Theme: “Huh?” (Final Fantasy 5)*
“Another?!” Will that Bowser calm down with his shenanigans?” Ritsuko began to emit that familiar dark ominous aura, which made everyone in the group very nervous.
“Wait a minute Ritsuko! This one’s not about Bowser at all!” Producer-san yelped while flailing his arms like crazy.
“Your skinny Producer’s right, Glasses. An old rival of mine’s come to the island of her own agenda. One rivaling my own greed for riches!” The gruff voice of Wario sounded out as he and Mona walked to the group, his face shown as very serious with his glare.
“Anotha riva??” Mario stared at his old rival in a stupefied look. “Since-a when?”
“For a long time, Mario. Well.. maybe not as long as you but still a long while. Also, it’s really nice to see ol’ Wario’s OTHER rival, one of a different aspect.” A voice emanated nearby. The group turned to the source of the voice, to see a woman wearing a magenta tank top concealing her bust size with a magenta bandana covering part of her long curly brunette hair standing coolly under a palm tree with her arms folded and a confident smile on her face.
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Captain Syrup’s Pirate Shop” (Wario Land: Shake It!)*
“CAPTAIN SYRUP!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE OF ALL PLACES?!” Wario angrily snarled at the infamous female pirate captain.
“Heh, been a while, handsome! Since you so kindly asked, I’m here for the treasure of the fabled Mushroom Majesty!” Syrup sarcastically smirked while telling her reason for being in Isle Delfino unannounced.
“Pah, well you’re outta luck! The treasure will NOT reveal itself unless the Superstar of Isle Delfino has been revealed!” Wario retorted to his just-as-greedy rival, who still smirked, but then took a gaze at Hibiki.
“Well, well, looks to me you’re familiar with sunny beaches, sweetums! I could tell by your tanned skin!” Syrup smooth-talked Hibiki, who turned extremely nervous.
“Hey, back off from her, you wrench!” Ritsuko glared dangerously at the pirate captain, enough to make her uneasy.
“My lord, I haven’t seen anyone other than Wario who stood up to me, the infamous captain of the Black Sugar Pirates like that! Well like it or not, that treasure is going to be mine in the end!” Syrup glared with her gritted teeth.
“We’ll see about that.. right after the Idols and Mario’s little group get done with the events of the party here.” Wario snorted while picking his nose.
“..Idols?” Oh, I see… you four are part of that famous 765 Pro lot I keep hearing about from the landlubbers lately. Well, I’m a patient woman and, personally, I prefer baubles over hostages anyway, so, ta ta!” Syrup smiled while eyeing Hibiki, Ai, Ami, and Ritsuko before disappearing without a trace.
“That.. that wrench!!!” Wario growled angrily while the Idols now have no clue as to what happened..
“Dat-a really sounds like-a trouble, but does-a Bowsa know about dis lady?” Mario looked quietly with concerned eyes.
“Highly doubt it, Mario. But leave that woman to me! I still owe her for that ruckus with the Bottomless Coin Sack!!” Wario quickly insisted, a raging fire burning within his pupils.
“I can tell this, in the end is this Captain Syrup an ally or a foe? Hard to say…” Producer-san can’t help but worry that his Idols might have ended up with more than they bargained for this time…
*End Theme*
Whoa my…. The fierce battle between Larry Koopa and Petey Piranha is concluded… but now Captain Syrup, captain of the Black Sugar Pirates and Wario’s own rival in terms of greed has now revealed herself to Team Mario and the Idols. And, boy, is Wario mad! Will Syrup’s mysterious appearance signify anything good or bad in the long run? And with Bowser Jr. still patiently preparing, what is to become of the Isle Delfino event? You’ll just have to find out next chapter!
And one more thing, what is Bowser himself going to think when he actually meets Syrup face to face? Even I don’t know….

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CrystalPhoenixBlader here, bringing in another chapter to the fanfic! Guess what? A first mini boss battle in the fanfic, and it’s up against Larry Koopa and Petey Piranha! We must hope that both the Idols and Team Mario are ready!Also, I originally intended for the title of the last chapter to be called: “The Melancholies of a Seafarer & a Songstress”, but because of letter limitations at Fanfiction, I had to shorten it. 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 aside, let get back to the fun in the sun!
Come to think off it, I’m doing this arc in the middle of June.. in actual summer! Coincidence, much?

*Opening Theme: “Godly Summer” (The iDOLMASTER 2)*
**Mario & iDOLMASTER Party**
Chapter 25
The Battle Against Larry & Petey! Double the Peril!

*Isle Delfino ~ Sirena Beach*
*Insert Theme: “Bob-omb Battlefield ~ Main Theme” (Super Mario 64)* (Couldn’t find the music this time, so I had to think of one involving Bob-ombs..)
The action continues at the shores of Sirena, well known for its beautiful scenery at sunset (Though it isn’t right now…) Against her better judgement, Ritsuko was to face Daisy in the mini game, “You’re the Bob-omb”! Two forklifts manned by two of the workers from the nearby Hotel Delfino placed two King Bob-ombs, giant Bob-ombs with golden crowns on their heads, at each contestants’ spot with five push lever triggers. Only one would detonate the King Bob-omb, while the others would fall short.
“Um, don’t you think this is a little TOO dangerous?!” Ritsuko quickly objected to the idea without hesitation.
“Don’t worry! The worst that’s happened is the affected person getting knocked into the air by the explosion and having a face full of dirt!” Daisy smiled as she braced herself.
“Somehow that is not getting me really excited about this…” The intelligent Idol sweatdropped as she frowned at the Sarasa Land princess. Within moments, the event started and the two contenders scramble for what each would believe is the right trigger and push it down. Upon the first push-downs, both the fuses sizzled short, which led Ritsuko and Daisy to scramble to another lever of choice and frantically pushed them down. Oddly, whether it was by chance or not, Daisy’s fuse went poof, while Ritsuko’s…
*KABOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!*
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, YOW!!!!!!” Daisy screamed as the explosion knocked her airborne. Ritsuko froze in utter shock as the tomboyish princess plummeted to the seawater-soaked sand…and made a hole in the shape of her body…
*THUD!*
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Fun Fun Fun Dayo” (Lucky Star)*
“Oops… sorry about that.” Ritsuko frowned of the blunder that, this time, SHE made.
“Funny…. Very funny..” Daisy deadpanned as the forklift’s crane picked her up. “Hey… HEY!! Don’t pull me there!”
The intelligent Idol turned and sighed, wondering what sort of mess she actually had put herself into. However, she sadly did not have time to ponder that thought as both teams were whisked off to Bianco Hills for some reason…
*End Theme*
*Isle Delfino ~ Bianco Hills ~ Bianco Village*
*Insert theme: “Bianco Hills” (Super Mario Sunshine)*
The entire group appeared at a small village at Bianco Hills, known for the windmills that reside there, as well as a large windmill by the nearby lake. A frightened Piantaran to the group, hands flyingflipping around in panic.
“Oh, this is terrible! That… thing form back at the past incident.. IT’S BACK! IT’S BACK!! SOMEBODY, DO SOMETHING!!”
“Please-a sir! Calm-a down! Whatza goin’ on?!” Mario quickly asked the frightened creature.
“That thing…it’s back! And for some reason, some little turtle with wild cyan hair is adding to the mess with ice cubes. I did once say I needed to cool down, but NOT LIKE THIS!!” The Pianta villager screamed, but before he could say another word. A large wad of goop flew and splashed over the Pianta.
“Augh.. HELP ME!!!” The hapless creature cried out as he sunk within the goop. Hibiki, looking at the goop, realized one thing. “This is like what happened to me, only WORSE!!”
“Mario, everyone, look!!” Peach, alert, pointed to a large familiar oversized Piranha Plant fireing goop from its mouth all over the village. Mario was in complete shock, easily recognizing the creature in question.
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “This Moment Can’t be Reckless” (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)*
“PETEY PIRANHA!! He’s-a back!! But.. we’ve only gotta one F.L.U.D.D.!” Mario recognized his foe at Bianco Hills but was left in a predicament.
“Don’t worry, Mario. As with your Idol friends, I too can draw power of the Dimension Comet to even up the odds!’ F.L.U.D.D.’s voice called out form the nozzle, which made the red plumber lighten up.
“Wait, how? You don’t even have hands!” Miki scratched her head, which drew unimpressed stares at her. “..What?”
“Easy. The Squirter Nozzle is all I need.” F.L.U.D.D.’s voice responded as it pointed the very nozzle upwards towards the very satellite flying across the stars at the moment. Without warning, a dark gray light flew from out of the Dimension Comet and into F.L.U.D.D., creating eight colored copies of the multipurpose water pack. Haruka, of course still held the original.
”Wha..what just happened?” Ritsuko stuttered as she tried to clean her glasses over the sight of red, dark orange, carnation pink, yellow, naval white, green, cerulean, and peach colored copies of the water pack, complete with the same functionalities as the original for the duration of the contest at Isle Delfino.
“These are copies of me for the contestants to use for the duration of the beach events at Isle Delfino. You will use them against Petey Piranha and the turtle creature accompanying it, though statistics show an 85% chance that the turtle in question is not Bowser Jr. However, unlike the original Flash Liquidizer , there is no artificial intelligence installed in the copies, so what you do with them for the duration of the Isle Delfino event is of your own discretion.” The original F.L.U.D.D.’s voice informed the young producer before she went to equip the green-colored water pack.
“Ritsuko, be careful, okay? I wish I could help, but..” Producer-san wished, but the smart Idol smiled.
“It’s okay, Producer-san. With Mario as well as the rest of us, this battle will be over with pretty quickly!” Ritsuko spoke calmly before joining with Mario, Peach, Daisy, Blooper, Ai, Hibiki, and Ami to the village’s central area.
“Aye, good luck everyone! Yumeko, Mona, Ayane and I will make sure to watch over everyone while you battle that fiend! I’d personally wish to join with my explosive.. personality, but I know this isn’t my place to do that.” Bobbery smiled. Yumeko began to sigh for a moment. “I swear, this is like something out of a cartoon! ..Huh?” The good rival of Ryou noticed something sneaking by the bushes and, taking the Lolita icon with her, decided to personally investigate the area.
*Temporarily End Theme, Insert Theme: “Syrup’s Gang” (Wario Land 2)*
“Wow, so these city girls as well as Mario’s little troop are dealing with some icky stuff to open the way to the treasure of the Mushroom Majesty? And that greedy little Wario is with them? Oh boy, won’t the Captain be pleased to hear this!” A bandana-wearing anthromorphic duck holding a large boomerang on his back, snickered as he spied on the very action going on. Yeah, unfortunately, his stealth left much to ask for as Yumeko grabbed him on the collar without hesitation.
“Alright, bill-brain! What’s your business here?!” Yumeko frowned, drawing the attention of the rest of the group. As Wario stepped closer, he recognized the very c reature and yanked him off him the Idol’s grip in a seething rage.
“YOU!!! Alright, what does that scallywag Captain Syrup want now?!” Wario glared angrily at the duck, known as Dangerous Duck, or D.D. in short.
“Ooof.. wouldn’t you like to know, Wario?” D.D. snarked, only to have his bill gripped even harder.
“Wow, whatza goin’ on, Wario? And who is that guy? He doesn’t seem very scary to me.” Luigi asked the chubby miscreant.
Wario sighed then turned to Yumeko, “Yo, uh, Yumeko was it? ..Bah, whatever, have this guy tied up! I’m afraid I’ve got some explaining to do about who this bozo works for!” And so, Wario decided to explain to the rest of the Idols about his OTHER rival, in terms of greed, that is…
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Boss Battle” (Super Mario Sunshine)*
Mario, Peach, Daisy, Blooper, Ritsuko, Ami, Hibiki, and Ai, each with their own F.L.U.D.D. copy, ran to the site of the incident, making certain to dodge any goop droppings in the way. Upon making it the group saw the enormous Piranha Plant and another Koopaling on a new mech trying to goop and freeze things up.
“Hold it right there, Wendy!” Ami shouted out to the Koopaling, who responded with a confused stare.
“Uh..dat’s not-a Wendy, dat’s-a Larry.” Mario corrected the twin, who responded with a silly dumbfounded gaze at the Mushroom kingdom hero.
“Geez, Mario… your little Idol pal here needs work at recognizing us Koopalings. I was just gonna scoop her up.. but King Bowser had just wiped her name, as well as her twin sister, off the list!”
“Wait… Bowsa doesn’t want-a Ami or Mami anymore?” Mario questioned, to which Ami pouted.
“Nope… anyways, don’t think you can beat Petey like the last time you faced him, even with backup!” Larry snorted as he readied the controls of the Ice Chuckster Mech to back up the oversized plant.
*VS. PETEY PIRANHA & LARRY KOOPA*
Mario and Ritsuko got a head start spraying water at Petey Piranha, but the attacks were blocked off by Larry’s Ice Chuckster Mech, who froze the water into ice cubes.
“Nice try you two stupid-heads! .. Wha.. HEY!!!” Larry taunted before getting shot in the face with water and getting knocked off his mech by Hibiki and Ami.
“Nice shot you two! Mario, do you that strange blue tower near that plant?” Ritsuko smiled, but then noticed a strange blue tower with wavy water patterns on the exterior.
“Dat-a wasn’t-a here before…. Hey! I think-a you might-a be on to something!” Mario realized what the young Producer was talking about and turned to Blooper and Ai. “Hey, can-a you two spray da water tower while Ritsuko and I distract-a Larry?”
“Sure thing, Mario-san!” Ai eagerly agreed while Blooper had a few second thoughts.
“Easy for you to say, since this thing is so heavy, bloop!!” The poor squid whined, being greatly encumbered by his own water pack and nearly falling on its face, much to the delight of the spectators..
“To be honest with you, Blooper-chan, I’m a little nervous too. But I know we can win this, as long as Mario-san and Haruka-chan are there to watch my every move!” Ai smiled as she and Blooper rushed to the water tower and began firing water onto the water tower to fill its supply.
“HEY! What are you doing?!” Larry reacted by firing a wad of ice at the Idol and the squid, which caused them to freeze for a bit.
“YIPES! TOO COLD! TOO COLD!!” Ai yelped as he hair stood on end from the frigid attack.
“ACKK!!!” Blooper’s eyes bulged as he wasn’t able to withstand the cold.
Fortunately for the frozen duo, the tower was filled up enough that the water poured into Pete Piranha’s mouth as it tried to fire out goop. In no time the plant’s stomach began to bulge as it fell on its back.
“OH NO!! PETEY!!” Larry gasped as he frantically pressed the buttons , unfortunately, ice chunks were the only attack it could do, so the panicked Koopaling had to physically ram into Petey to try to get the water out of it without hurting its weak point… the belly button.
“Mario! Now’s our chance!” Ritsuko called out as she and the red plumber ran quickly to Petey and simultaneously perform a Ground Pound and Spiral Stop altogether on the belly button.
“BLAAAARRGGG!!!!” The gargantuan Piranha Plant cried out in pain as it spitted out all the water it swallowed and spilled it all over the group. The water spilled was warm enough that it thawed the ice containing Ai and Blooper.
“Aghhh!! I don’t believe this!! Better ready the second cannon!” Larry cried out while reboarding the mech, and readied the second ice cannon for twice the trouble.
“Look out!!” A civilian Pianta cried from a distance to warn Dasiy and Peach, who dodge quickly.
“Oh no, I’m not being the damsel in distress again!!” Daisy cried out as she readied her orange F.L.U.D.D. copy. Peach, unfortunately, got caught in Petey’s goop attack.
“MAARRRRIIIOO!!!!” The Mushroom Kingdom cried out in peril as she sunk within the goop.
“MAMA MIA!! Hang in dere, Peachy!” Mario scrambled to spray water to free the princess from the goop.
“Thank you, Mario! Aww… my hair’s ruined!” Peach sadly frowned as although she is quickly freed, she is still covered from head to toe in icky goop.
“Allow me, Peach!” Hibiki turned her attention to the princess and, recalling how Haruka cleaned her up earlier, decided to use the Squirter Nozzle of her cerulean F.L.U.D.D. copy to clean Peach up.
“Thank you, Hibiki! I was worried that this goop would never get out of my hair!” Peach thanked the Okinawan Idol.
“Know how you feel, Peach-hime. I was worried about that too earlier! But enough of that, we’ve got an oversized flower to take care of!” Hibiki smiled with confidence as she stared at Petey Piranha.
Using the same strategy, the group managed to distract Larry a second time, this time letting Peach and Hibiki fill the water tower and for Ami and Blooper to deal the pian, although in the squid’s case, it was a high speed tackle on the belly button instead of the usual Ground Pound.
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Petey Piranha Battle” (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)*
“Aghh!! Okay, that did it! Time to get serious!!” Larry shouted angrily while banging his hands on the control, and added a third final cannon. The humongous Piranha Plant too has had enough of horsing around and decides to get serious by whipping up tornados that knock whoever it catches off their feet.
“WHOA!!!” Hibiki and Ami got themselves caught in one of the tornadoes and were spun around like crazy under they landed on their butts in a daze.
“Oww… don’t I get enough punishment for one day?” Hibiki groaned as she tried get herself back together. Ami, however, wasn’t as fortunate.
“Ooh… what pretty stars!” The poor Futami twin could only say as little yellow stars spun over her head.
Seeing the carnage erupt from Mario and Ritsuko’s desperate attempts to knock Larry off his mech, only to end up with chills down their spines to piles of goop covering the village. Hibiki bean to think of a counter measure that would truly assure victory, seeing that Petey conjured another tornado that sent Peach and Ai airborne.
“Oww… don’t I get enough of bad hair days?” Ai frowned as her hair was all poofed up from the tornado.
“ Ugh, this is not going as planned. Mario, any ideas?” Ritsuko frowned as she gasped for breath from the crazy battle.
“Ugh.. not-a sure Ritsuko..” Mario gritted his teeth in frustration, but then his expression changed when he noticed Hibiki, taking Blooper with her, sneaking by the oversized Piranha Plant by swimming in the water slowly to avoid detection. ‘Whatza Hibiki doin’?”
Sneaking behind the action, the ponytailed Idol and the hovering squid cleverly sneaked by the action with a cheerful zeal that nearly rivals Yayoi’s, and in no time flat, manage to make it to the blue water tower without any trouble.
“Hey, Blooper, let’s try firing smaller sprays on our F.L.U.D.D.s so that wild haired turtle doesn’t notice us!” Hibiki suggested to the white squid. The squid was a little doubtful, feeling that it might take a bit of time, but decided if the whole group is to win this time, then that was the way to go.
Menawhile, Mario and Ritsuko were getting fatigued from their crazy battle. “Mamma mia, dis is not-a goin’ so well…”
“I know… whose bright idea was to send… oh yeah, the son of Bowser sent those two here…” Ritsuko frowned, nearly reaching her limit from the goop spilled on her face, the ice chunks that kept getting in the way, and the whirlwinds conjured by Petey Piranha that kept knocking her off balance and made her hurt her foot. To make things worse, Petey Piranha was just about ready to let loose a large goop attack that would encase all in its radius to be sucked in!
“Oh no!” was the thought on all the remaining participants’ minds, except for Daisy, who looked at the water tower.
“Hey, uh, not to be a party pooper, but um, why is the tower filling itself?” The Sarasa Land princess pointed out, which confused Larry Koopa.
“What are you talking about, desert girl?? The water tower’s not gonna… HEY, WAIT A SECOND!!” Larry turned to the tower and, to his shock which made the Koopaling’s jaw drop, saw the tower being filled to the brim by Hibiki and Blooper!
“Hey, Petey! Hope you’re thirsty!” Hibiki sarcastically yelled out as the water gushed out of the tower and into Petey Piranha’s mouth! Too filled with water, Petey Piranha struggled to keep flight, and in its effort, accidentally knocked Larry and his mech into the air!
“OW!! PETEY, WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?!” Larry cried out as he was “blasting off” into the sky, mech and all! (Oh man, I’ll never get tired of that old Team Rocket line!)
Finally, the gargantuian Piranha plant fell backflat on the ground, which was enough to give Hibiki the time to give the heads-up. “Everyone! Now’s our chance!”
Without hesitation, all 8 members or the group rush towards the creatures and delivered their last Ground Pounds and Spiral Stomps on the exposed belly button.
“WEARRRGGHHHH!!!” Petey Piranha screamed while its body turned into the color of the icky brown and white goop it was firing. After a few moments the goop dissolved into the ground and disappeared.
*End Theme*
*Isle Delfino ~ Bianco Hills ~ Village Entrance*
*Insert Theme: “Minigame Results” (Mario Party 9)*
All of the participants taking part sighed a breath of relief and finishing off Petey Piranha and knocking Larry away.
“Whew…I don’t I’ll ever take plants for granted like that ever again… Ritsuko sighed as she rubbed her temples over the thought of how a plant could be this enormous.
“I’ll-a say! He also-a showed up-a on some past adventures, but for-a him to-a team with-a Larry, that-a blew my mind!” Mario agreed. Thankfully, the group only had few injuries aside from still having some goop all over them in a way that they finished a paint job a little sloppily.. and the fact Ami is still recovering from her dizziness. “Ooh, somebody make my head stop spinning!”
“It’s alright, sugar. Just take it easy!” Daisy supported the dazed Futami twin by supporting her shoulder. However, all will not calm down as easily as Producer-san, with Yukiho, Makoto, Ryou, and Mami tailing him, ran to Ritsuko and Mario with a concerned look on his face.
“Ritsuko! I’m afraid we’ve got another situation on hands. Producer-san reacted as he went to catch his breath.
*End Theme with Wheel Skid sound, Insert Theme: “Huh?” (Final Fantasy 5)*
“Another?!” Will that Bowser calm down with his shenanigans?” Ritsuko began to emit that familiar dark ominous aura, which made everyone in the group very nervous.
“Wait a minute Ritsuko! This one’s not about Bowser at all!” Producer-san yelped while flailing his arms like crazy.
“Your skinny Producer’s right, Glasses. An old rival of mine’s come to the island of her own agenda. One rivaling my own greed for riches!” The gruff voice of Wario sounded out as he and Mona walked to the group, his face shown as very serious with his glare.
“Anotha riva??” Mario stared at his old rival in a stupefied look. “Since-a when?”
“For a long time, Mario. Well.. maybe not as long as you but still a long while. Also, it’s really nice to see ol’ Wario’s OTHER rival, one of a different aspect.” A voice emanated nearby. The group turned to the source of the voice, to see a woman wearing a magenta tank top concealing her bust size with a magenta bandana covering part of her long curly brunette hair standing coolly under a palm tree with her arms folded and a confident smile on her face.
*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Captain Syrup’s Pirate Shop” (Wario Land: Shake It!)*
“CAPTAIN SYRUP!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE OF ALL PLACES?!” Wario angrily snarled at the infamous female pirate captain.
“Heh, been a while, handsome! Since you so kindly asked, I’m here for the treasure of the fabled Mushroom Majesty!” Syrup sarcastically smirked while telling her reason for being in Isle Delfino unannounced.
“Pah, well you’re outta luck! The treasure will NOT reveal itself unless the Superstar of Isle Delfino has been revealed!” Wario retorted to his just-as-greedy rival, who still smirked, but then took a gaze at Hibiki.
“Well, well, looks to me you’re familiar with sunny beaches, sweetums! I could tell by your tanned skin!” Syrup smooth-talked Hibiki, who turned extremely nervous.
“Hey, back off from her, you wrench!” Ritsuko glared dangerously at the pirate captain, enough to make her uneasy.
“My lord, I haven’t seen anyone other than Wario who stood up to me, the infamous captain of the Black Sugar Pirates like that! Well like it or not, that treasure is going to be mine in the end!” Syrup glared with her gritted teeth.
“We’ll see about that.. right after the Idols and Mario’s little group get done with the events of the party here.” Wario snorted while picking his nose.
“..Idols?” Oh, I see… you four are part of that famous 765 Pro lot I keep hearing about from the landlubbers lately. Well, I’m a patient woman and, personally, I prefer baubles over hostages anyway, so, ta ta!” Syrup smiled while eyeing Hibiki, Ai, Ami, and Ritsuko before disappearing without a trace.
“That.. that wrench!!!” Wario growled angrily while the Idols now have no clue as to what happened..
“Dat-a really sounds like-a trouble, but does-a Bowsa know about dis lady?” Mario looked quietly with concerned eyes.
“Highly doubt it, Mario. But leave that woman to me! I still owe her for that ruckus with the Bottomless Coin Sack!!” Wario quickly insisted, a raging fire burning within his pupils.
“I can tell this, in the end is this Captain Syrup an ally or a foe? Hard to say…” Producer-san can’t help but worry that his Idols might have ended up with more than they bargained for this time…
*End Theme*
Whoa my…. The fierce battle between Larry Koopa and Petey Piranha is concluded… but now Captain Syrup, captain of the Black Sugar Pirates and Wario’s own rival in terms of greed has now revealed herself to Team Mario and the Idols. And, boy, is Wario mad! Will Syrup’s mysterious appearance signify anything good or bad in the long run? And with Bowser Jr. still patiently preparing, what is to become of the Isle Delfino event? You’ll just have to find out next chapter!
And one more thing, what is Bowser himself going to think when he actually meets Syrup face to face? Even I don’t know….