Chapter 1: Determination
What is Determination? Well Determination is a power that allows Souls to persist after death. The most determined out of these people are able to Save, Load, and most importantly, Reset. However, there is another substance. This is known as magic. Magic allows a monster to use special attacks. Well what happens, when a determined soul has magic forced upon them. Well...it's not good. There was boy. He was quite a Determined little boy. He always stood up for what was right, and never backed down, no matter what the odds were, but most importantly. He never gave up. However this boy when he was 10, was kidnapped. The government wondered, what would happen if a determined soul, had magic forced upon it. So they tried it. The boy was injected with magic. The government had captured monsters who remained on the surface after most of monster kind was sealed. The results were, terrifying. The boy became powerful, able to use quite powerful magic. However he lost something dear….The ability to feel emotion. His soul was no longer red. It had a red outline, representing his human side. However the inside was white, to represent his magic. The boy went through rigorous training, to turn him into a lethal weapon, should monster kind ever break out of the underground. However when the boy was 16 he was done. He decided to break out, and when the men at the facility tried to stop him….well….He murdered them all with his powers. However the boy wanted to feel emotion again, so he decided to become a sort of vigilante, helping the helpless, in hopes of getting back his emotion. However he did not have any sympathy for criminals. If he ever caught one in the act he would murder them in cold blood. However the boy lived in the forest, living off the land. He even managed to build his own wooden cabin. However, one day….the monsters broke free….and this is where our story begins.
The boy began to walk up Mount ebot, certain something was wrong. However as he walked up, he saw a crowd, a crowd of monsters. He quickly hid, watching them. Finally, he came out, blocking their path.
"You may not pass." He said to them, the monsters looking quite confused.
"Send up your strongest Fighter, if they can defeat me, I shall let you pass."
The monsters begin to panic, however someone steps out of the crowd. It was a little kid, no older than 10. The kid had a long blue shirt, with purple stripes. They wore black shorts that almost came up to their knees.
"If I can beat you, then you will let us pass?" They said, their eyes sparkling with determination.
The boy simply nodded, looking a bit confused. "You are there strongest fighter?" He asked, quite confused why a human child was with them, much less their strongest fighter.
The human child simply nodded, but then pointed at the boy. "What's your name?" They asked, the boy shrugs.
"It doesn't matter, but my name is Katsuya." He said, Katsuya looking at the child.
"My name is frisk, ambassador of the underground." The child said, frisk reminded Katsuya of how he was at their age.
"Well frisk, it seems you will be my opponent, let's get to it." He said.
With that, the area around them turned black, and the two lost their color, turning black and white. Each of two would get 4 options, Fight, Act, Items, And Spare. Frisk went first.
Frisk clicked the Act option, choosing to check Katsuya. His stats read;
Lvl 20, 99 attack, 99 defense. The Ultimate Lethal Weapon.
Katsuya got his turn, however, he decided to skip. Wanting the child to Fight. However, when it came to the child's turn, they pressed Act again. This time choosing to flirt.
"Hey hot stuff, did you fall from heaven, because you look like an angel." Frisk said, winking at Katsuya.
Katsuya simply stood there, emotionless, looking at frisk.
"Flirting huh, if I still had emotion, that may have worked." He said, beginning his turn. This time he chose to fight. The menus disappeared as Katsuya began his attack.
He shot a red blast from his hand, causing frisk to jump out of the way, getting grazed on their arm from the sudden attack, however, Katsuya was not done. He summoned a dozen red knives behind frisk, sending them flying at the young child. Frisk had no time to dodge, being impaled by the knives. The young child collapsed, their soul shattering.
"You chose the wrong side kid." He said, closing his eyes, however, when he opened them he was out of the battle zone, and instead back at the bottom of the mountain.
"What just...wasn't I fighting that kid." Katsuya thought, beginning to head up the mountain. He then encountered the monsters, the same actions transpiring as last time. However, this time when the dozen knives attacked frisk dodged a few, one grazing their cheek.
"What…" Katsuya thought, his turn ending. This kept happening over and over. He would kill the kid, watch their soul shatter, however, he would end up back at the bottom of the mountain, and each time he fought the kid they would get farther and farther, until….
The two entered the battle stage. Frisk pressed spare, however when Katsuya got his turn he stopped.
"Kid….let me ask you something." He said, the kid looking at him in confusion.
"How is this possible, I have killed you at least 20 times already and yet each time I close my eyes and end up at the bottom of the mountain, and we go again, yet you make it past what killed you." He said, frisk looking stunned.
"He remembers?" Frisk thought completely stunned at what they had just heard. But then frisk looked into katsuya's eyes.
His eyes were a cold brown, emotionless, it reminded her a lot of someone else frisk knew….
Frisk looked over more of Katsuya. He wore a simple black t-shirt, covered by a thin leather jacket. His pants were blue jeans, however, they had tears in several places. His white skinned hands were tucked in his pockets. And his shoes were simple black and red sneakers. He had black, shaggy hair, and his lips were red.
"How do you remember?" Frisked asked, looking at Katsuya with cautious eyes.
"So it really did happen." He said to himself, looking at frisk. "I am not sure how but I want to know how you are still alive." He said, his face was very cold, yet serious.
Frisk looked to the side of them, a ghostly figure appears. Katsuya blinked.
"What the hell." He said out loud, causing frisk to look over at him.
"Wait….you can see them?" They asked, Katsuya nodding.
"Chara….do you know how this is possible?" They asked the figure.
The figure then turned into a kid, similar to frisk. However, the kid wore a green shirt, with red stripes. The child looked at Katsuya, then back at frisk
"Sorry frisk, I have no clue….But I think you should tell him about your power."
Katsuya looked at frisk, waiting for them to speak.