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“M-Mario…” Luigi whispers, hoping Mario is close by. He was trapped by Bowser again, stuck in a room with a single window in the front of Bowser’s horrifying castle.
“Hey, green stache, looks like your brother ain't coming to save you! Hahaha!” Bowser laughed as he entered the room.
Luigi sighed, looking out the bars on the window. It's true that Mario is taking longer than usual… Maybe Bowser is right? Maybe Mario forgot about him…?
“Oh my g- Luigi you're so dumb. Obviously your brother is coming to save you, he'll take any chance to be the hero.” L hissed inside their shared mind.
Gooigi made a noise of agreement.
Luigi nodded his head outside, “I guess so” he said out loud, not sure who he was even saying it to.
“Giving up so easily? You're taking the fun out of kidnapping you” Bowser noted, shaking his head.
“Okay, that's it. That fucking bitch can keep insulting us, but I'm going to fucking DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!” Gooigi spoke from inside. L and Luigi were wide-eyed with shock, they never knew Gooigi could talk.
Gooigi took over the body, pushing Luigi back to the innerworld.
“W-wait, Gooigi, no!” Luigi tried to get back into the front, but failed.
“Let's go, bitch.” Gooigi rolled up the sleeves of their clothes and jumped on Bowser.
“What the hell?!” Bowser wasn't prepared for a fight, he stumbled back a bit.
Gooigi swung his fist at Bowser's face, and hit with all he had.
“Gooigi, please! He's stronger! He'll hurt us! Please stop!” Luigi kept begging from inside the mind.
“I don't know, Lu, Goo seems to be doing pretty good. He might win this.” L smirked, looking at the fight from the innerworld.
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“-And don't ever do it again!” Gooigi scolded Bowser, who was sitting down, badly hurt, in the corner of the room.
“Alright, alright, I'm sorry!” Bowser whimpered. He definitely didn't expect Luigi to be this strong. Of course, he didn't know this was Gooigi, who knew how to use the body's strength correctly, and didn't underestimate himself.
“Now, I'm leaving, and I expect you to not come after me.” Gooigi opened the door, which had been unlocked when Bowser came into the room.
“Okay, okay…” Bowser sighed, not happy with how his day had gone.
Gooigi walked out, slamming the door shut behind him. He ran through the castle, fighting off any enemy in his way. From magikoopas to goombas, he fought them all off. He then ran out of the dark lands and back to the Mushroom Kingdom.
“We are not in shape..” he mumbled as he reached their house, breathing sharply.
“Yeah, well, usually we don't need to be.” Luigi replied.
Gooigi opened the front door to see a worried Mario and Peach standing and staring at him, happy he's okay.
“Bro! You're okay!” Mario ran to hug him.
“Uh- yep.” Gooigi felt very awkward, he wasn't used to having people see him as a person and not a pile of goo.
“did he hurt you?” Peach asked softly.
“Nah, I kinda kicked his ass. Why didn't you come for u- for me?” he asked, making sure to stop himself from saying ‘us’.
Mario and Peach both raised an eyebrow at the swear word and general lack of anxiety, but continued the conversation normally.
“well, Bowser said that if we tried, he'd end your game, and that's not exactly something we want.” Mario explained.
“Wait for real? But he was like.. expecting you. He was sure you'd come!” Gooigi exclaimed.
“R-really?” Mario exchanged a confused look with Peach.
“Yeah” Gooigi sighed.
Gooigi could then feel himself slipping out of control, Luigi slowly climbing to take his place.
“A-anyways, I'm kinda tired, I'm gonna take a nap. Hehe..” he rushed to say before running to his bedroom to safely switch.
“Gooigi, I don't know how you did it, but thank you anyways..” Luigi whispered as he took control of the body, slowly moving his fingers to make sure he was actually fronting.
Gooigi made a noise of agreement, back to being his usual self.
“Seems like Goo’s back to his normal self. That was pretty out of character for him, though. He's like… our inner peace. How did Bowser manage to anger our inner peace??” L thought out loud in the innerworld.
Luigi chuckled weakly, “I honestly don't know… but I do know that I am tired, so I think it's a goodnight for me..” he laid down in his bed, not even bothering to switch to his pajamas, he was exhausted from Gooigi’s running around.
They felt it was unfair, that they all had to suffer the consequences of the others' actions just because they share a body. But they didn't have much choice.
Luigi ended up falling asleep and having a dream about rolling down a hill with L and Gooigi, and then having a picnic with Mario and the princesses. It was nice.