Fragile Hearts Chapter 1: Oneshot : Fragile Hearts, an undertale fanfic

Oneshot : Fragile Hearts

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Description: What is a warrior fighting for, and how much of a beating can a pacifist take to get them to see reason and kindness? (pacifist OR neutral)!Human vs Undyne. Short oneshot.

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A/N:

Inspired by Jenny's Battle Against a True Hero: Orchestra ver. w/ FanLyrics over on Youtube. Enjoy.

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"I'll show you how determined monsters can be! Step forward when you're ready! Fuhuhuhu!"

The human stumbled back a few steps. Undyne grinned down at them, making sure all her teeth were on display. Clearly terrified, the tiny human in the striped sweater retreated to the corner of the cliff, grasping at air for a moment. Undyne tensed, ready to run down the ridgeline and cut them off back at the bridge. She wouldn't let them get away again! This time, she really had them trapped! And she sent that annoying Monster Kid home, so the human couldn't hurt him.

The human collected themselves, looking determined, then ran back toward the bridge.

"Just like you to RUN AWAY!" Undyne leaped off the far side of the ridge, taking her hidden shortcut at an all-out armored sprint, which was about the human's walking pace. She would beat them there! She was determined not to let them get away!

The bridge came into view from her other clifftop vantage. Undyne skidded to a halt and summoned a spear. The human froze on the middle of the bridge.

"That's it! No more running aw-"

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The human collected themselves, looking determined, then warily marched toward where Undyne stood atop the ridge.

"That's it, then! No more running away! HERE I COME!"

Undyne leaped off the cliff, descending spear first. The human flinched, but not far enough to avoid-

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The human collected themselves, looking determined, then warily walked up to where Undyne stood atop the ridge.

"That's it then! No more running away! HERE I COME!"

Undyne leaped off the cliff, descending spear first. The human sidestepped with ease, then stood without moving.

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"That's it then! No more running away! HERE I COME!"

Undyne leaped off the cliff, descending spear first. The human sidestepped with ease, then stood without moving.

"You? Sparing ME? Fuhuhuhu!" Undyne could almost describe the human's expressionless face as hopeful. "How insulting! I'd NEVER surrender to the likes of you!" To punctuate her words, Undyne summoned a barrage of spears that missed the human entirely. Undyne's eye twitched, wondering how the little cretin had managed to sidestep those too.

Nonetheless, the human didn't retaliate.

"What, you think you're actually DOING anything like this?" Undyne stabbed her spear forward suddenly, winging the human's arm. "I don't want your MERCY! I want your SOUL!"

The human remained impassive.

"Fine, if you won't make it a fair fight, I WILL!" Undyne summoned another spear, tossing it at the human shaft-first. Surprised, they caught it.

The moment they were holding it, Undyne summoned staggered spears from-

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"What, you think you're actually DOING anything like this?" Undyne stabbed her spear forward suddenly, winging the human's arm. "I don't want your MERCY! I want your SOUL!"

The human remained impassive overall, but their lips trembled.

"Fine, if you won't make it a fair fight, I WILL!" Undyne summoned another spear, tossing it at the human shaft-first. They caught it.

The moment they were holding it, Undyne summoned staggered spears from directly ahead of the human. Holding their spear to the side, the human let spears wing their arms.

"I gave you a spear to block my bullets with! Do I really have to spell this out ANY more clearly?!"

The human threw their spear to the ground and-

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"Fine, if you won't make it a fair fight, I WILL!" Undyne summoned another spear, tossing it at the human shaft-first. Weakly, they caught it.

The moment they were holding it, Undyne summoned staggered spears from directly ahead of the human. The human halfheartedly knocked the few spears away from themselves.

"Fuhuhuhu! Now it's a REAL fight!" Undyne shouted.

The human shook their head, throwing down the spear.

"HEY! I said NO MERCY!" Furious, Undyne summoned more spears. The human could easily block them if they were still hold-

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"Fine, if you won't make it a fair fight, I WILL!" Undyne summoned another spear, tossing it at the human shaft-first.

The human sidestepped it. Undyne's eye twitched.

"That was FOR you, punk! CATCH IT!" Undyne threw another spear shaft-first.

They let it clatter to the ground.

"Forget it. I DON'T CARE! I'M NOT YOUR FREAKING KINDERGARTEN TEACHER!" The human flinched at Undyne's sudden bellow. "Unless your kindergarten teacher… DOES THI-"

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"Fine, if you won't make it a fair fight, I WILL!" Undyne summoned another spear, tossing it at the human shaft-first.

The human sidestepped it. Undyne's eye twitched.

"That was FOR you, punk! CATCH IT!"

Undyne threw another spear shaft-first. The human reached out and knocked the spear to the ground.

"Y-... W-..." Undyne could feel her face going red with fury. "You're just a pain in the neck, huh?!"

The human seemed to be exerting effort to remain impassive.

"DIE ALREADY, YOU LITTLE BRA-"

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"I'll show you how determined monsters can be! Step forward when you're ready! Fuhuhuhu!"

The human momentarily collected themselves, then burst into tears, falling to their knees.

Undyne wasn't sure what to do. She decided to keep up her warrior image, leaping down from the cliff to land directly in front of the human. "I wanted this to be a FAIR fight!" She stalked forward. "I thought if I beat you like this… it'd truly show how strong monsters can be." She stopped. "Is THIS really as strong as humans get? Collapsing at the first sign of REAL danger?"

The human sniffled, looking up.

Undyne summoned a spear, gripping it tightly and raising it over her … She… She couldn't…

Images of mecha warriors and magic princesses and giant swords assaulted her mind, all set against the backdrop of a bright sky and greenery thick enough to be a solid color. It wasn't the images themselves that were important, but the person always just out of view. Alphys was always right there with her, whether in the corner of her eye or beyond where other monsters had noses.

Alphys.

For Alphys' freedom from the barrier, and for the freedom of every other monster, Undyne brought the spear d-

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The human momentarily collected themselves, then collapsed to the ground, shaking and crying.

Undyne blinked. What the hell? Was the human having a seizure? She dropped down off the ridge, landing and stomping up to the shivering, sniveling human.

Undyne considered asking if the human was okay, but that would ruin her image! The wind was howling. The ridgeline loomed large overhead. With the human sniffling and unaware, this was the perfect opportunity!

… for a villain.

She stood uncertainly while the human bawled into the dirt. She was fighting for everyone's hopes and dreams, to free all monsters from the Underground. That was a noble cause!

… but killing this child wouldn't be a noble act.

Undyne thought back to everyone she was fighting for. Papyrus. Asgore. Alphys.

Though Alphys wouldn't admit it, the real reason she hated Mew Mew Kissy Cutie 2 was because Mew Mew killed the Big Bad at the end, rather than talking them down like in 1 or 3.

How would Undyne be able to look Alphys in the eyes if she killed this sniveling, dirty human? In cold blood? Right now? It didn't even matter whether they were innocent or not, this was no way to win.

The human kid peeked out at Undyne, then buried their face in their sweater again.

"Stupid brat," Undyne muttered. The human curled up further, flinching at her words. "I'm gonna KILL you later, you hear me?"

The human didn't respond.

Undyne picked the human up under their arms, holding them at arm's length. "You and me, we're going to my place for now, until you get over whatever this is."

They sniffled.

"But THEN I'm gonna kill you! In a FAIR FIGHT!"

To her everlasting surprise, they nodded.

She set off back toward the bridge. "C'mon, this way. My place is AWESOME! It's shaped like a big fish and…" Undyne trailed off, realizing she was using the babbling she needed to fill space when Alphys was feeling down. "... right. It's cool."

The human sniffled again, their eyes drooping further closed.

"... I'm still gonna kill you,' Undyne vowed, though her SOUL wasn't it.

The human began to snore peacefully in her hands.

"... Damnit Papyrus. I knew you'd rub off on me. Stupid skeleton with your stupid pacifism."

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A/N:

Wow, a Oneshot that actually doesn't end up spinning off into some massive work spanning four or five chapters, or killing everyone off! How out of character for me!

Anyway, this bit of Undyne & Frisk angsty pacifist/neutral fluff just popped into my head while listening to the aforementioned music. Undyne doesn't know she has bloodstains on her hands, but she'll have to hope that one day they'll dry.

Enjoy.

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