Level 01
The Pit and RUINS
*silently gives Undertale Character Meme to Sans and ?*
Sans: ...
?: ...
See? It's real.
Sans: ... So, instead of working on ErrOR - ReAL WoRLd, you do this? *eyelights go out* What the hell is wrong with you?
?: ... No, just... no!
Sans: I actually agree with him; just no!
Well, too bad! It's not like someone's about to make a fanfic about it.
Sans: ... Fuck you.
?: What!?
Heya! Roxas here, and, yes, taking a break from said story due to writers block (it seems I only get ideas to start fanfics instead of continuing them) and IRL problems (*cough**cough*GSArts*cough**cough*schoolingeneral*cough**cough*lifeisabitch*), the latter being the reason why I stayed away from the computer.
Also, my parents have no idea what I'm doing with said computer.
And they never will.
So, with that said, I have a few things to point out:
1) I'm technically not sure what to do with this, since most of the fanfics that has this AU tend to put the cast in the Smash Mansion rather than in the Underground. Maybe do both... if that's possible?
2) For Undertale, Frisk is the main character. For Smash Bros, Ness is the main character. Frisk and Chara are the only people that is gender-neutral (if that wasn't that obvious)
3) I don't know why, but do you think His Majesty from Dreamland is that lazy and smart?
4) If you think Smash Brothers will let AUs in, then no, they're not.
As always, I do not own Undertale or Super Smah Brothers; Toby Fox and Nintendo do. I do, however, own the plot. I also do not own anything that isn't related to Undertale and Super Smash Brothers unless said. They belong to their respective persons.
*Greetings. I am Chara.
There are a million, even a billion, reasons why a gamer, nevertheless the whole squad of the Smash Mansion, should be acting like Sr Pelo in the Underpants Genocide video he made when this sentence is spoken. Some might say that it's a warning that Satan's behind that door, waiting to reap your soul and do whatever to it. Some might say that it's a dead child wanting to kill you, which is what an Undertale gamer might say.
Or, it's the former the gamer might accept as a reason.
But, the real reason why the Smashers are pissing their pants is the fact that it's Chara. Period.
I don't think you need an explanation.
"Dammit! This is why you don't do genocide!" Link cried hysterically, pulling himself into a fetal position. "She will come! She'll end you ALL!"
"Link, shush," Zelda states, sighing. "And Chara's gender-neutral; they aren't a girl."
Ness decides to be funny and pick the 9th of September to play through Genocide. Due to playing it eariler, he knows how to dodge/play the game. It was only on that day that he plays the first Genocide of the game, making a big show of it by getting all of the willing Smashers to stay huddled in the living room so they could see the playthrough on the giant flat screen TV the living room provided.
They started the playthrough at 9 at night.
Now, it's well past 1 in the morning, and everyone's still awake, including Ness' friends: Rosalina (actually sleeping), King Dedede (tried to stay awake; the longest in his record was half past midnight), Kirby (actually awake, and eating popcorn), Yoshi (actually sleeping next to Dedede), Samus (still awake, drinking coffee, which could be the reason why she's awake), and Bowser (how he's friends, he doesn't know, but he's sleeping next to Rosalina). Ganon was there, telling Ness some tips as Link had the game and he played it (Ganon: did Genocide, but couldn't get past Sans, who should be dying in a lake of fiRE IN A SPECIAL PLACE IN HE- *gets cut off*; Zelda: Ganondork, let's keep that to yourself :). Okay?) as well as Zelda and Link. Lucas and Matt (Villager) were sleeping, the former sleeping next to Ness, who sat on a red beanbag. Mario was there as well as Luigi, the latter of the two sleeping on top of King Dedede.
It wasn't after King Dedede started to nod off is when things took a serious turn.
You see, before the King of Dreamland nodded off, Ness was on his way to the Castle at the Capitol, having just beaten Undyne the Undying (Ness, to be honest, would never approach the fish-woman with a bad attitude, ever) with his trusty Toy Knife. Everyone was already on edge when the Monster died, seeing that the only Monster that seemed to have any resistance is, well, no one.
That wasn't until they ran into Sans.
And Link starts screaming.
Of course, they ran into Mettaton, turning him into his EX then NEO form, and defeating him easily, but never did the Smashers know...
Know how indefinitely they're are so screwed...
After a rather accusing speech from the short skeleton, Ness finds himself in a FIGHT with Sans, who then proceeds to do his famous speech, the child dodging the attacks thrown at him. After a long battle (Ganon and Ness switched controllers so that they don't end up falling asleep from dying and dodging too much), it has come to the point where Sans has finally tired out (Ganon: *the one who did it* YESS!) and decided to...
Not.
Do.
Anything.
At.
All.
Ness and Ganon could only stare at the screen, disbelief written on their faces as they see Sans' shit-eating grin brighten up. They heard Zelda comment at how disappointing that was for the two, knowing about Ganon's hate-filled speech for the skeleton several months ago.
How disappointing was that?
Ganon, being the one with the controller, decides to move around while Sans slept, his eye on the FIGHT button, trying to see if the red SOUL would ignore the white boundaries and go to it to end it all.
Until the box moved to the left when Ganon went to the left boundary and pushed on it.
"... Found it," the villian whispered to himself as he continued to go to the left, Ness and Samus rooting for him to end it. After getting to the button, he presses it to hit Sans, who got out of the way until the skeleton got hit the second time, ending the battle between the two.
"...papyrus, you want anything?"
That hits the children and light-hearted with the feels. Ness and Matt beginning to tear up from the feels being punched into their SOUL.
"... Well, damn," Ganon grumbled, moving Frisk across the corridor. "That's goanna leave a mark."
They got to Asgore, who they killed, and went to Flowey, who they also killed.
Now, it's Chara.
*The next morning*
Master Hand knew damn well that Ness had staged a gaming marathon in the living room, said person sleeping soundly on a red beanbag with Matt right on top of him. How nice, the giant hand grimly thought, noticing the King of Dreamland stirring in his sleep, I have to clean up the mess. He snaps his fingers loudly, making the Smashers in the living room wake up with a jolt. Dedede falls off the couch along with Yoshi, landing on the floor back facing upward.
"What the hell," Bowser grumbled, shaking his head and looking at Master. His eyes then went wide. "... Shit."
"Yes, 'shit' it is," Master scowled, Ness starting to wake up and look at the angry hand. "Did you forget about the curfew I set up several days ago?"
Everyone nodded quickly. Dedede groaned as a response. "Then... why?"
Ness looks at the guilty people then glances at Master. "... It's a gaming marathon, sir."
Master tsked and sighed. "... And, when did this gaming marathon happened?"
"Nine at night, sir."
Rosalina wanted to say something but Bowser beats her to the punch and lightly nudged her side, silently telling her to be quiet.
"And... what game is it?"
Oh Lord; last time that happened, Falco was stuck being Mike of Five Nights at Freddy's because of him doing a run similar to what they did. He never went near a pizzeria with animatronics as entertainment ever again.
"... Undertale."
There was a tense silence, probably because Master's trying to think of a punishment for the folks. The only people who got caught were: Bowser, Rosalina, Kirby, Dedede, Yoshi, Samus (and her mug), Ness, Matt, Lucas, Jigglypuff (came in during Ganon's screaming), Falco (came in due to Dedede calling him up on his cell), Sheik (Zelda and Sheik are two different beings; he came in due to Zelda's pleas of leaving Link alone with Ganon), and Fox (came in with Falco).
Ganon and Link left before morning, completely avoiding the whole punishment. Lucky them.
"I know! Ness."
Ness gets up and nods, indicating that he's listening.
"Dedede!"
The portly penguin gets up, nodding as well.
"I wonder what would happen if Ness has a knife and Dedede," Master says loudly, pausing, "has bones."
Oh no, everyone, especially Ness, thought. It's happening oh shit it's happening-
"That's your punishment," Master finishes, snapping his fingers, teleporting everyone into a black void, Samus glaring daggers at Ness, who flinched at the action.
"... Master Hand," Falco grumbled, staring at him. "I have-"
"You're with them! You had a choice, and you took it," Master explained. "Now, I hope that what I do doesn't effect your head since I have to do some tinkering-"
"Uh, how about no-"
"How about yes, Dedede?" Master says, an invisible sneer crossing the hand as he snaps his fingers, sending everyone to their roles, leaving Ness with Master Hand.
"... Goddammit, I'm Frisk, am I?" Ness stated, glaring at Master.
"And guess who's the skeleton."
Ness didn't want to think about it. "... I don't want to know, sir."
"Good, you know the story; continue it."
Long ago, two races ruled this earth
SMASHERS and INVITEES
Of course, you know the story.
But... what if I told you the reason the SMASHERS were
in the Underground is because of a punishment...?
Oomph!
Ness groaned, the pain from the fall radiating from his left arm. Slowly getting up, he looks at his surroundings. Just a bunch of rock and golden flowers at his disposal.
"Shouldn't done that at nine at night," Ness grumbled, testing his legs to see that they're fine. He's playing as Frisk, now, and it bothers him that everyone that's whisked away had no memories of the Smash Mansion at all. "Shouldn't even done it, period." He knew about the Night Guard Falco incident; now he's wondering what the other Smashers are calling this one. "Probably nothing, Ness," he scowled at himself, checking inventory to see a stick and a bandage equipped as DEF. "Because they don't know squat about Undertale." He finds the exit and walks there, taking out the stick as some use of a weapon, which might not do him good since it would break upon contact with something hard like rock.
"Okay, let's play, shall we?"
As he neared the end of the hallway and found a door, he cautiously walks in, seeing a green patch of grass with a oh my god Master why-
Jigglypuff as Flowey, Ness thought as he lets the stick leave the front of his tense body. Clever, Master; I see what you did there.
The Puffball Pokémon has now become what Ness could say the only flower with two petals that's pink that serves as ears in the Underground. The iconic curl is there but the face... the face is one of Flowey's. The flower perks up as it sees Ness' tense body come out of the shadows the light from above casts.
"Howdy! I'm Jiggly, Jiggly the Puff!"
... Master Hand, why subject me to this torture?"...Hi," Ness says, slowly waving his hand. "... Where am I?" Ness wanted to make sure Jigglypuff (hell no to Jiggly the Puff) is staying along the script.
"Hmm," it says, the smile looking forced, "you must be new to the Underground, aren'tcha?"
New, Ness wanted to say, as in "I don't know what to expect" new. "... Yeah?"
"Golly, you must be so confused right now. Someone 'ought to teach you how things work down here. Well, I guess little old me will have to do, huh?"
Oh, jeez; Jigglypuff will ruin Flowey's reputation after this, Ness thought as the flower says that it's ready and turns the whole world into the FIGHT encounter. The boy looks around, amazed as he sees the battlefield, contained in a small white border that, he guessed, is the "box". He looks down to see a red, glowing heart the pulsed like a heartbeat. Beautiful, Ness thought as he looks up to see his LV and HP, respectively at one and twenty/twenty.
"You see that red heart over there?" Jigglypuff says. "That is your SOUL, the very accumulation of your being!"
"Oh," Ness says, looking at Jigglypuff then at the SOUL. He better watch out for that one.
"Your SOUL starts out weak, but can grow strong if you gain a lot of LV."
Then, you'll become a heartless monster and end up killing the whole Underground, Ness thought as he nods.
"What's LV stand for? Why, LOVE, of course!"
"LOVE? Sounds fun," Ness commented, knowing exactly what happens if he gains LOVE.
Jigglypuff perks up, and says, "You want some LOVE, don't you?" Ness nods. "Don't worry, I'll share some with you!" It winks and several pellets appeared behind it, spinning deadly and aimed at Ness. Ness wondered whether or not he should dodge it or not. "Down here," Jigglypuff explained, its leaves pointing at the box area Ness is in, "LOVE is shared through..." Jigglypuff paused. "Little white... 'friendliness pellets'."
Ness mentally sighs, knowing damn well that Jigglypuff, like Flowey, had to be the first person to do the GENOCIDE Ending's tutorial. Toriel does the PACIFIST Ending's tutorial using the MERCY button. NEUTRAL Ending's tutorial... is a combination of both.
"Now, you wants some?" Jigglypuff asks, Ness nodding. "Well, com'n! Get as many as you can!" The pellets flew towards Ness, who, with a look of "I know what I'm doing", took one of them.
Maybe I should've just went with the dodging, the boy thought as pain seared throughout his body as Jigglypuff's happy face went straight to a demonic look with fangs. He looks up to see his HP one/twenty, the whole yellow bar now a red with a hint of the same yellow at the left, just a sliver of it. Damn, does this hurt just as much as in the game?
"YOU IDIOT!"
Ness now had every right to be scared as hell; it's a murderous flower, for Pete's sake! The face just made Jigglypuff scarier that his usual self back at the Mansion. Ness can't help but feel helpless in this situation.
"In this world, it's kill or BE killed."
Well, duh; I knew that, Ness thought as friendless pellets started to surround the boy.
"Why would ANYONE pass up an opportunity like this?" Jigglypuff exclaimed, cackling as the pellets moved in on Ness.
"Well, I don't know!" Ness yelled, the friendliness pellets closing in on the red SOUL. "I thought you'll be nice!"
As the friendliness pellets continued to close in, the boy could've heard the cackling stop. The pellets continued their assault, now mere inches away from the SOUL. Ness could see Jigglypuff giving him a hollow look, probably cause of the statement he said a few seconds ago.
"...What," the flower grumbled, the face scrunched up into a scowl, "kind of idiot are-"
The flower couldn't finish its sentence due to looking towards its left (Ness' right) to see a star-shaped object slam right into it, making it fly across the room. Ness, to his surprise, had no idea what just happened. He prayed that Jigglypuff actually survived that ordea- wait, Flowey did. Never mind.
"Oh, what a poor, innocent creature! Are you hurt?"
Ness didn't need to look at the person speaking in front of him; he knew where that voice came from.
"I am Rosalina, caretaker of the RUINS."
Yeah, he didn't need to look up at all. Master, why did you have to drag everyone? "... Hi," he says, wincing due to the pain he took earlier. Rosalina, seeing this, gently placing her hands on the boy, green wisps of air circling around Ness, who already felt better. He mentally checked his HP to see that it's back to good STATS. Now that he mentioned it, he had no ATK or DEF points; good, since he wants to let it stay that way, especially the ATK.
"Now, then, come with me. I will help guide you through the catacombs." The woman gets up and walks towards a door on the other side of the room. Ness, after looking for any signs of Jigglypuff, walks to the door, sliding inside before anything else happened to his SOUL, said thing floating hovering over his chest. With one more scan of the area, he went into the next room, leaving the other room empty, save for one certain flower, who appeared on the green patch of land.
"... That son of a bitch!" Jigglypuff seethed, glaring daggers at the door that closed behind Ness. "I almost had him! If she didn't come by... argh! I could've had his SOUL!" The flower fumed and sighed deeply. "Calm down, Jiggly; it's going to be okay. Just... go and keep an eye on him. Yeah! That's what I'm going to do!" Snickering, it goes under the soil, leaving the room empty once more.
"... Master Hand."
The hand groaned. Ever since the remaining Smashers heard about the punishment, they quickly bombarded him with questions that seemingly he had no answer to.
"Master Hand! Someone on the phone wants to talk to you."
The hand, now in his beloved, if not, human form, looks at the speaker with his dark blue eyes that was partly covered by his nicely combed white hair, now gray due to the brightness in the room. He lets his hand out, prompting the person to give him the phone. "... Thank you, Meta Knight. Now, who is it?"
The Smasher, Meta Knight, shrugs. "I do not know, Master Hand. All I know is that they were invited to the tournament."
As Master Hand dismissed the Smasher, who walked out of the office and closed the door behind him, the person brings the phone to his ear. "Yes, this is Master Hand, who may this be?"
"hey, uh, we're hangin' out on your front lawn; quite nice if you ask me." There was a shout outside, prompting Master Hand to appear outside on the porch to see...
A short skeleton with a phone next to its skull and a blue jacket staring at him in front of the person, a permanent grin stretched on its skull. Startled, he scoots away towards the front door, eyes wide and scared. For once in his life, he's scared.
"SANS! WHAT DID YOU DO! YOU SCARED THE HUMAN!"
The skeleton takes the phone off its skull and ended the call. "sorry, bud; it appears that i scared you to some extent."
Master Hand could only stare at him. Clearing his throat, he says, "Are you kidding me?! You almost gave me a heart attack!"
The skeleton looks at him, his grin turning into a smile. "Nope, I'm Sans, Sans the skeleton, and I don't have a heart, therefore cannot give out heart attacks."
Wolf, who opened the door due to someone telling him to, heard the "Are you kidding me" conversation, was on the floor, trying hard not to laugh loudly. There was also giggling from the lawn; from Master's place, it was a human child and a goat monster.
"ah, someone who relish my jokes," the skeleton, Sans, says, looking at the howling wolf (LOL). "he mustard love puns, if you ask me."
"SANS!"
The child and goat monster were laughing now, including Wolf, who was crying at the moment. Master mentally noted that he needs to find himself some peace of mind before the jokes got worst.
"what, paps? the guy thinks i'm punny!"
Cue in Wolf howling and the goat monster snorting.
This is going to be a looong day, Master thought as he decides to stop the action before a pun war happens.
'Cause last time that happened, Dedede won that one...
And caused a large portion of the Mansion deemed destroyed.
"Welcome to the RUINS, my child."
Ness breathed in awe as he took a look around the first area of the Underground, the soft re- wait red? It's Smash-themed Underground, noticing Rosalina's gown, which held the Delta Rune, the circle replaced with the Smash Ball. Ness couldn't call it the Delta Rune anymore; it'll be the Smash Rune.
Rosalina's on the path with the door that leads into the other room. Ness spots a glowing yellow shape on the fallen orange leaves, which he placed was a SAVE Point. He walks up to it and pauses, unsure about how to save. How do I... He places his hand in front of the star before hearing a voice in his head.
*Seeing the RUINS and the fact that Rosalina is Toriel fills you with DETERMINATION.
[PROGRESS SAVED]
"Are you ready, my child?" Rosalina asked as Ness bounded up the stairs. After seeing Ness nod, she walks to the door and goes in, Ness following after her. He then finds himself in a room with a closed door with buttons and a lever.
"The RUINS are a mix of puzzles and pathways. In order to survive in the Underground, you must familiarize with these puzzles." Rosalina steps on the outer buttons and activated the switch, making the door open and walking through it. Ness took his time to look at the puzzle. He wondered what awaits him at Snowdin, who's "Sans" and "Papyrus" and the puzzles.
Oh wait, he knew who is Sans.
A shiver went up his spine as he walks through the door, joining up with Rosalina. "... Miss Rosalina, I'm cold," Ness says, the woman looking at him. "Is there anyway we can go faster, wherever we're going?" Ness shivered even more.
Rosalina thought for a minute then lets out her hand and summons a small fire ball, maybe about the size of a ping pong. She then swirls her hand over it to create a small cat, which Ness gasps in awe. Rosalina then places the cat on Ness' shoulders, which didn't burn him. "There, that'll keep you warm, my child."
Ness felt a lot better with the cat curled around his neck like a scarf. The two continued on, Ness activating the switches in the room and walking behind her and entered a room with the dummy. Rosalina looks at the dummy and says, "Now, some Smashers might come and attack you. You will enter a FIGHT."
Smashers? Like... Monsters, Ness thought, looking at Rosalina. "Okay... what do I do, then?"
"Have a friendly conversation," Rosalina responded. "Stall for time and I'll help resolve the conflict." She then looks at the dummy. "Why don't we practice talking to the dummy?"
Ness looks at the dummy and finds himself in a FIGHT, the dummy staring back at Ness. He then looks at the bottom of his vision to see the FIGHT, ACT, ITEM, and MERCY buttons. He presses ACT and takes him to an option screen with the words Check and Talk. He decides to press Talk since that's what he's suppose to do.
*You talked about how life is so troublesome sometimes.
*...
*...
*Rosalina seems happy for you.
YOU WIN! YOU EARNED 0 EXP AND 0 COINS.
"Alright then, let's move forward."
As Ness and Rosalina went in the next room, Ness found himself facing... a Primid.
How wonderful. Just when the hell did Master Hand decide to use Subspace characters as the other Monsters? Since Ness is in a FIGHT, he had no choice but to press ACT and look at his choices. Due to the fact that he doesn't CHECK often, he looks at the two other choices, which were Threaten and Compliment.
... I doesn't matter if I choose either; it'll be flattered anyway, Ness thought as he presses Compliment.
*You told the PRIMID that it looked nice.
*The PRIMID had no idea what you said, but was flattered anyway.
Rosalina appeared besides the Primid, who looked at her and went away. Ness noticed the scowl on her face.
*YOU WIN! YOU EARNED 0 EXP AND 0 COINS.
After exiting out the FIGHT, Rosalina and Ness continued their way, pausing before a puzzle that looked dangerous.
"It appears that this puzzle is a little bit dangerous for now. Here," she says, holding out her hand to Ness. "Hold my hand; I'll guide you." As Ness took her hand, he remembered the part of the game where Frisk and Toriel walked through the spikes. He went back and found that he couldn't go to the part of the puzzle where the spikes didn't give. After going through the puzzle, Rosalina continued her way, leaving Ness alone in the room.
"Now... let's continue, shall we?"
As Rosalina walked into the next area, Ness decided to go ahead and, after saving, go do the puzzle again. The next area was only a long corridor with a white pillar at the end. Rosalina then crouches to Ness height and got both of his hands in her hands. "Now, you must make your way to the hallway, but... please, forgive me." She lets go of a confused Ness as she runs further into the hallway. Ness, still confused, tried to rack his brain of why Rosalina is acting like this, if Master decides to go along the game's plot line.
"I was just testing you on your independence."
Ness looks around and realized that he had to walk to the end, like Frisk did when Toriel told them to walk the hallway. That means... he will do the "whoopee cushion" trick, therefore scaring the complete shit out of him-
"Oh wait, let me walk," Ness muttered to himself, walking to the end of the corridor, shaking that thought of that meeting as he stops at the end of the hallway. He then walks to the pillar and looks behind it, where Rosalina stood. She looks down and comes out of the shadow of the pillar, a smile on their face. She seemed quite contented with what Ness did, which struck him odd.
"My child, you did exceptionally well. I was just testing you on your independence." She took out a old-fashioned cell phone (you know, the big-ass ones) and gave it to Ness, who took it with a surprised look, the look originating from the fact that the phone is much bigger in real life than in the game. "I have to leave now; I have some errands to do. Stay put, will you, my child?" Ness nods and Rosalina takes off, leaving him in the room.
The room, by Sans' standards, is about a 5 in his rule book; some were neatly put away in the cubbyholes and drawers while some were stashed in the corner, closet, and desk. Even the top of the dresser is messed up with a bunch of stuff.
A room fit for a stressed out king.
Master Hand, after snapping Wolf's and Sans' mouth shut with his godly powers (never would he ever piss of the hand again; Wolf agrees as well), gave the keys to Sans before he disappeared on him.
Yeah, nice going, Master Hand.
The bed itself is a full size with light red sheets and a blue comforter, the pillows a soft color of red and yellow. Sans found himself on the bed, staring at the beige ceiling, hearing the loud shouting of his brother and another person -Ike, isn't it? He's asking for a golden sword- outside the room, all muffled by the walls.
When Master Hand explained what happened the other night, Sans can't help but snicker, along with Undyne, at the group that got in trouble. Sure, he heard about the Underground and Frisk's adventure being a game in other worlds; hell, even he played the game himself, but when the hand said that Ness did a Genocide marathon that lasted until morning...
Well, he didn't like it one bit.
As much as he wanted to hit the kid, it's just a game, therefore the life of the Underground hasn't died yet. Ness, who was with a whole bunch of other Smashers, were caught and were downright playing out Frisk's adventure, Smash edition. And the owner of the room?
He's Sans himself.
The skeleton chuckled how Master managed to put the other Monsters in rooms that suited them without their preferences in front of him, but he can't deny the room being the right room for him. In fact, the two kids Toriel adopted so long ago are here, in the rooms of Matt (The Villager) and Lucas. The funny thing is that since Asriel is technically Flowey, Master, to make Toriel happy, made Asriel and Flowey two entities, the latter entirely pissed about the whole ordeal. To make it worst, Master turned the flower human.
Wonderful.
And, that same flower is now Sans' roommate.
Wonderful, again.
There was a knock on the door, Sans getting up from the bed. "who's there?" he says.
"...Orange," a soft but fierce feminine voice answers. Sans knew who this person is.
"orange who?" he asked, getting of the bed and creeping towards the door.
"Well, orange you glad it's me?"
Sans snickered loudly before opening the door with a beaming Toriel in front of it. "heya, tori, nice joke."
"Why, thank you," the goat queen says, her smile getting wider. "I need you to do something."
"and?"
"I don't know how to make coffee, and the only person who knows is Samus, who got caught."
Sans can't help but look confused, his bone-brow going up. "...tori, why?"
"Well... uh... Flowey wants some, and he came to me."
Oh. The human-turned flower. Sans sighed and said, "i'll go and do it; i make coffee too, anyway."
"That's wonderful! He's waiting at the kitchen, okay?"
''kay."
Toriel waved goodbye and left Sans to silently walk to the kitchen, which is a floor under him. Since having a meet-and-greet turn into a fight between Flowey and Ganon (turns out Ganon not only hates him but Flowey as well) the whole mansion had added a new rule, and that is to satisfy anything the human flower wants. Peach made sure of it.
As he entered the kitchen, Flowey looks up from the 3DS Frisk gave him, a scowl forming on his face. "Oh, it's you."
If Sans were to help a girl out on finding the ideal boyfriend, Flowey looks exactly like the one he'd look for. Golden blonde hair both parted at the middle that stopped at the jawline, a somewhat of a child's face with crimson red eyes that, Sans noticed, narrowed at him, and light peach skin. He wore a black tank top that could've belong to Snake, which had a bunch of tears and rips due to being in fights with them, and brown baggy pants that stopped tightly around the half of his calves.
Well, call him ideal, but he has an attitude of a villain.
"... I thou-"
"i'm the only person who knows how to make coffee," Sans quickly says, his eye sockets narrowing at the boy. "now, what's up."
Flowey taps on the handheld game. "Playing, you idiot; can't you see?"
When Flowey turned into a human, the first thing he did was cover himself with his arms and hands, which was expected from everyone as decency was on his mind at the time, but the plants weren't part of the plan.
*Flashback!*
"Uh-oh."
Sans looks up to see that a bunch of vines with leaves were all over the office, making it hard to see where the human was at. He sees Undyne with her spear cutting one of them off but growing as soon as she cuts them, making her yell out a frustrated cry.
"well, damn," Sans stated, looking as Frisk, who looks back at him with a disapproving look.
"It looks like Flo-
*Flashback abruptly ends*
"YOU IDIOT! I'M CALLING YOU!"
Sans snaps out of the memory and looks at Flowey, who's glaring at him. "... what?" he asks casually, looking at him.
"Jesus! I keep calling you, but you wouldn't listen," Flowey grumbles. "Anyway, you poured too much."
Sans looks back at the counter to see, much to his surprise, coffee dripping off the counter, collecting at the floor. "shit."
"Yeah, 'shit', Sans, 'shit' it is," Flowey sarcastically says, sneering as Sans went to grab the rag off the sink to clean up the mess. "Besides, what'cha thinking?"
"what's wrong with you."
Flowey snickered. "Well, what's wrong with me? I'm curious, that's what!"
Sans took a glance at the analog clock that's on the wall, saying 9:00 at night. Curfew hours. The Undertale guys didn't have to follow the rule due to being people from a whole company, but Paps tended to follow orders, and he expects him to be sleeping loudly in Kirby's room. "curious about what? i got no secrets to hide." Sans could hear him scoff from his seat.
"Yeah, of course you do. DAMN YOU, SANS, you do have secrets to hide! Just tell me!"
"then, what's good of a secret when it's in the open?" Sans heard a frustrated groan from the human as he finished cleaning and placed the rag in the sink, where someone who has dish duty the next day will question why a brown-stained rag is in the sink. He opens a cabinet door and peers inside, where coffee stuff is located. "creamer?"
There was silence, until, "Probably; this is my first time drinking it. Wolf told me that a little creamer makes it better instead of the bitter black, whatever that is."
"it's black coffee. black, as in nothing in it. it's pure ground coffee." His magic carried two small creamer packets and poured it in for him. After stirring it, he gets the freshly made coffee and places it in front of Flowey, who looks at it. "... is your motor abilities okay?" He really didn't want to say that, but seeing the human look at it for a few minutes made him think twice.
"... You out for my ass, aren't you."
It came out more of a statement than a question, and Sans can't help but scowl at Flowey. "look, the kid wants you alive for some damn reason, and i bet it's because he sees the good in you too, despite you being SOULess."
"That's what they say every time!" Flowey cried, giving Sans a look of disbelief. "Look, I know you hate me due to me being half of the RESETs, but I don't know why the hell Frisk wants me around. Even Ganon had a damn point!"
It's true. Ganon, during their meet-and-greet, cruelly made Frisk sad by just stating the obvious: Flowey. Sans, Undyne, and Toriel all have a sense of anger with the flower, but when Frisk started to cry...
Well, that's when the flower stepped in and said fight me.
"sure, he has a point," Sans muttered, his eye sockets hollowed out. "but that didn't answer everyone's question: why did Frisk bring you."
Flowey grasped the handle of the mug. "Maybe they thought that I'll be less cynical than I am if I'm in an environment that, I don't know, promotes cynicism."
Sans sighed. "well, it's their wish. and they got it." He sees Flowey take a sip, his motor skills okay to begin with, and sees a look in his red eyes that meant fascination. "you like it?" The blonde nodded. "wonderful; another coffee lover."
"I fucking hate you, Smiley Trashbag," Flowey hissed, glaring at him.
"glad the feeling's mutual."
Ness found himself incredibly bored as soon as Rosalina left. Sighing, he walks to the exit and looks around, seeing fallen yellow leaves under a SAVE Point, another pathway, and a Primid standing a few feet from where Ness is at. The boy realizes that it's the same Primid that he came across back at the hallway. He approaches it and waves to it, who gives off a cheery vibe.
Then, the phone rang.
Getting it, Ness says, "Uh.. yes?"
"My child? Is that you? Are you still there?"
Ness, realizing that it's Rosalina, says, "Yes; I am."
"Good. Just hold on a minute, okay?"
Click...
He faces the Primid, and the Primid starts talking. "I heard you are quite merciful for a Invitee. Down here, the Smashers might FIGHT you. If possible, use MERCY. If they are at low health, use MERCY."
Ness nods.
"Remember, using MERCY is just another way of saying that you won't FIGHT."
After that speech, Ness goes to the SAVE Point and saved his progress.
*Playfully crinkling the leaves underneath your feet fills you with DETERMINATION.
[PROGRESS SAVED]
Ness looks at the other path behind the Primid. Wondering what's in it, he pops his head in there, and sees a bowl of candy on top of a pillar in a room with two channels of water flowing from the wall. "Candy," he says as he entered the room. He remembered about the fire cat and picked him off from his neck, who purred in response. Giggling, he puts the cat on top of his head, which made the cat stretch out before curling up on it. He comes up to the candy bowl and took one out. After safely placing it in his inventory, he heads out and into the right way of the RUINS, where he encounters a...
Bronto Burt. Wonderful.
The Bronto Burt is quite shy, which struck Ness odd. Shaking off the thought, he presses the ACT button and looks at his choices. Before he could even press Console, the Bronto Burt ran away.
YOU WIN! YOU EARNED 0 EXP AND 0 COINS!
"Well, that sucks," Ness grumbled, wondering where the money would start coming in. After sighing, he encounters another puzzle, which requires falling into holes and coming out on the other side. When Ness got past, he found himself into another FIGHT, which was just another Bronto Burt.
Okay, Ness, the kid thought as he presses the ACT button and presses Console. You can do this.
*You try to console the BRONTO BURT.
*It was so scared that it fled.
YOU WIN! YOU EARN 0 EXP AND 4 COINS!
Coins?! He finds himself holding four standard-issued Smash coins, the dim lighting of the RUINS making it shine dully. He has money. Actual money. Smiling, he puts it in his inventory and continued on, where he trips and...
A line of Moles cover his way. Wonderful, again.
Pressing the ACT button, he looks at his choices. There's the CHECK, like always. There's DANCING... Maybe...
*You shake your hips.
*The MOLES, despite being made out of flesh, shake back.
*What a meaningful conversation.
The Moles squeak as they start attacking him, Ness yelping as he dodges and and tries not ot get hurt. After the attacks died down, Ness goes straight to his MERCY button and slams on it, seeing the words SPARE and FLEE, the former yellow. Knowing that they can be all spared, he presses it, ending the FIGHT. After checking his STATS to make sure Rosalina won't flip, he continued on, falling several times due to the puzzle being the one where he had to memorize the way from the floor below. After getting through, and saving at the mouse hole that had a mouse that seriously wants that cheese on that table, he finds himself in the room where you encounter Nabstablook...
Oh, who's Nabstablook?
"... Huh, where-"
Lying down, on the fallen yellow leaves, was no other than Luigi, pretend-sleeping wearing bright green headphones on his head. He even looks translucent, making him a real ghost. Why Luigi takes Nabstablook's place, Ness will never know.
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"
Ness looks at the ghost, unsure of what to do. Should he really force him out of the way and start a FIGHT with Luigi?
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"
He appears to be sleeping, since he's practically saying the letter 'z' over and over again, a detail Ness so happened to hold on during his playthrough of Undertale.
"Please, go away..."
Sighing, he decides to move poor Luigi out of the way, which turned into a FIGHT.
"Oh... hello... there," Luigi says, his face in an eternal frown. Ness presses the ACT button and looks at the choices. In his playthrough, he chose the cheer button, which always made Nabstablook smile.
*You try to cheer LUIGI up.
*LUIGI feels a little bit better.
"That's... nice," Luigi says shyly, a bunch of white tears going straight to Ness, who dodged them with ease. That's fitting, since he's technically a shy guy and tends to get sadden by stuff easily, Ness thought as he evaded all of the tears, some going around the box to rain down on him again, which he dodged as well. Well, no offense, Weegee, Ness added. After the attack is over, Ness goes to the MERCY button and sees the name still white. Not SPAREable, yet. The boy decides to change it up a bit for the ghost.
*You flirt with LUIGI.
*LUIGI feels a little bit better.
Ness waited for an attack, closing his eyes. When two seconds passed, he opened his eyes and saw the phrase "NOT REALLY UP FOR IT. SORRY." The child giggled as it became his turn once more. He presses the Cheer option again.
*You try to cheer LUIGI up.
*Luigi feels a little bit better. He wants to show you something.
"Do... you... want to see... something?" Luigi says, Ness raising his eyebrow in curiosity. Luigi starts to cry again, this time the tears were defying physics and were going upward, a thing forming on his head. It took a few moments for Ness to figure out that it's his iconic green hat, a little faded like the rest of Luigi with the 'L' on the middle part of the hat if facing it from the front.
It was the most beautiful thing Ness has seen in his entire life.
"What... do you... think about it? I call it...'dapperhat'."
It's now Ness' turn, and he as no idea what to do. Maybe he should downright flirt with him, which ends the battle, or he could compliment him, which ends the battle. He could cheer for him, which still ends the battle anyway. Why the hell not? Ness presses the ACT button and then the Compliment button.
*You compliment him on the Dapperhat.
"Oh no..."
The fights ends, which made Ness internally pissed that he didn't get any Coins since there's a bakery sale up ahead. Luigi now floats instead of being on the ground, which means that he's about to get about of the way.
"I thought... you might be one of those Newcomers that might fight me..."
Ness was taken aback. Did Master Hand seriously go as far as setting up the six other SOULs? That's quite a bunch of work for him. "No. I don't like fighting. I like making friends!" Yeah right, Ness. You still have to talk about that Subspace incident with Dedede, and he isn't your 'friend'; he's your associate, nothing more. Oh, how Ness wanted to become the King of Dreamland's friend, but couldn't due to that incident. It's a wonder that he gotten the portly king in the room with the others.
"Oh... friends..." Luigi pauses, like he's trying to think of anything else to say. "So... I'm in your way... I'll leave." And he disappears, the pathway clear of any obstacles. Ness continues along, finding himself in the split way, the sale ahead and the true path just to his left. He decides to got to the sale and see what they got. As he got there, a lone orange fox was curled up around a basket with some pasteries and jugs of liquid. Ness then sees that instead of spiders, it's foxes.
Oh, and look at that; Fox was the only fox in the damn living room. Why Muffet, Ness didn't know. Maybe it's the fact that Fox is kinda greedy for his own good...? "Just my luck," Ness uttered under his breath as he finds that his stash of coins aren't enough. He didn't need to go near the sign; Muffet always overprices her treats, anyway. What he could do is pet the little fox, who complied within seconds, Ness giggling every time the fox purrs. The funny thing about it is that foxes can withstand the cold until a few hours. Poor foxes. "Okay," Ness says, as he gets up from his crouching position. "Gotta go now' tell your leader that I pet you, okay?" The fox nods as if he understood what Ness said to it.
"Good; see ya!"
He encountered more Primids, Moles, Bronto Burt, even a dancing Koopa until he got to the place where the big, dark brown tree is at, the base surrounded by yellow leaves. He spoke with a Primid that talked about yellow names being SPAREable. He didn't pick on Waddle Doo. He ate his veggies for the Piranha Plant and learned that green means HP back. He saw Luigi again during the 'find the switch' game. Rosalina called a few times and he even called her Mom and said a very dirty joke (Rosalina: ... Oh my... that's funny.). He actually lost a few HP due to him being a little late in timing when it came to a Primid attacking him.
Out of all of the things that happened, Ness successfully befriended every single Smasher, or Smashlite for the minor characters, like Goombas and Koopas, in the RUINS.
"Man, that took a while," Ness grumbled, exhausted at the fact that his HP is down at 1 and solving puzzles that took him a long time to solve even when he did it on the playthrough (Ness: 30 minutes per puzzle... not the greatest feat; Ganon got out of the RUINS playing Pacifist the first time, and he got past that area fairly quickly) as well as being tired in general.
He goes to the tree, seeing how a tree is growing in the Underground, especially in the RUINS, out of all places.
"I hope he's alright.."
Ness recognized the voice and looks to his right, Rosalina taking out the bigass phone and dialing him, the ringing coming from the bookbag he had. All she had to do is look to her left...
"My child!"
Yep, there she goes.
"Are you alright?! Here, let me heal you." Rosalina gently presses her hands on the child's shoulders and Ness felt himself healing from the touch. After a few moments, he finds his HP maxed out but the fatigue still lingering. Rosalina seems to catch on and says, "Ah, you're tired. Come, my child."
Ness agrees and follows Rosalina into the house. He spots a SAVE Point, but tells himself that he'll get to that later on; right now, he's tired, and sleep might do him some good. Rosalina guides him to a room with a child-sized bed and Ness crawls in, and is out like candlelight.
"So... Smashers."
The next morning was nothing but chaos as the Undertale gang made their way around the mansion, some of the Smashers eager to help them go to the office, Wolf being one of them. As much as Sans wanted to sleep due to kicking Flowey off the bed and creating a silent fight between the two, this had to be done first. Once they got to the office, Wolf waved them off and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
"Oh, yes. That one," Toriel says. "The ones that can actively participate, right?"
"Yes, Toriel," Master states, smiling. He uses his human form due to the fact that a giant floating hand might be too much as well as the children questioning stuff. "I will have you fight against some of the Smashers here, but I think I know who's going to make it as an official Smasher. The rest of you that didn't make it, I might make you... hmm," he paused. "This is hard."
"of course, handy, it's hard," Sans stated, staring at him with a dead look. "is flowey eiligble?"
"WHAT," Flowey deadpanned.
"Of course! He has magic, whether no SOUL or not, so he's eiligble."
Of course, Master had to know about Flowey's 'special' condition. In fact, now that he pointed that out, everyone was eager to take away the spots for Smashers due to the probability of him cheating. Flowey knew for a fact that he won't get to top 4 due to his eagerness to getting everyone killed, but hey, at least he tried.
"That's nice," Asgore muttered. "How about the children?" He shows Asriel, Chara, and Frisk.
"... Oooh, a problem." Master thought for a few minutes. "Well, I could have them as one group, due to the very staggering DETERMINATION that balances them all out. So..." Pauses. "The more Damage they get, when they get the Smash Ball, the chances of Chara showing up." Master knew Sans' grudge against Chara, so he had it like that. "... If Chara does come out, instant K.O. for everyone else on the platform."
"That's cool!" Asriel says. Chara didn't say anything. Frisk signed frantically, probably telling Master Hand thank you for adding Chara and Asriel. Sans showed a faint frown on his skull.
"Sans-"
"i'm good with it," Sans says quickly, the frown going away.
"Wonderful. Now, I just need Smashers..." He smiles. "Do you want to know who's the Sans of my punshment?"
Toriel would be quite delighted to, as her face showed it. Sans and Flowey were eager to know the room's owner for a few minutes. Frisk is excited to see someone else with Sans' powers. Alphys wanted to know as well as Undyne. Asgore wanted to know if he's royality, though he knew the chances. Chara wanted to know if he is just as lazy and weak as Sans. Asriel wanted to know if the guy could be friends with him.
With a snap of his fingers, a portal appeared on the ceiling. "Now, we wait, because as stupid as he could be, he's smart not to walk-"
"oooooOOOOOOOOH SHI-"
If Sans weren't a nice guy, he be laughing oh wait, he's laughing. He, along with Undyne, were laughing tears as the person groaned and looked up. He had long sky blue hair that parts ways at the middle like Flowey's and pale skin. The most striking feature is the dull and lifeless grey-blue eyes that seem to go straight pass everything in the room. Maybe being struck to the ground has problems. Huh, didn't Undyne hear a couple of gaming otakus talk about someone who drew...
"... Oh my," was all Toriel could say as the guy decided to leave his face on the floor.
"ARE YOU OAKY, HUMAN?" Payprus asked, concern in his voice.
"Well, I didn't know you'll be Sans. I thought you might be Asgore," Master deadpanned. He looks at the guys. "Hey, I randomized it, okay."
"... Are you okay, mister?" Asriel asked, crouching down to his level. "You look tired."
"Guess what, Your Majesty." No respeonse. "I need a Smasher that could determine the ranks of these guys. Could you do that for me?"
Well, at least Asgore's wish came true; he is royality.
"... Do'z it mean that I don' hafta be in 'de cold?"
That accent. Oh stars, it's him.
"Maybe," Master says.
"Good."
He gets up, and Undyne notices that he wore a loose grey-blue shirt and long black sport shorts. He gets up and leaves the room.
"... My, isn't he a grumpy person?"
As everyone else filed out of the room due to Master telling them to gor find the guy, Undyne and Sans were the last ones to go out.
"Isn't that weird," Undyne says, "that a Smasher can changed like that? I thought he'd be a little arrogant or egoistic."
"true, but if master had the RESET deal, then i'm not surprised; i turned out like that, you know."
"You did?!"
"yeah, i told you, didn't i?" Sans remembered that he told everyone about the RESETs and him being affected by it. Cue in Payprus and Toriel feeling sorry for Sans.
"You did. You didn't say anything about how you felt when it happens." She pauses. "Yeah... not only that, but..."
"but...?"
"He's a royal, right?"
"mm, that's right."
"... The only royals that have blue hair is Marth and King Dedede."
Sans looks at her with a confused expression.
"And we just saw Marth..."
Oh no, undyne, don't say it-
"... Dedede's you?" Undyne asked, looking as Sans, whose eyesockets were hollowed out. "... Huh, that's funny. Alphys brought up the AUs, and isn't... Storyshift? Isn't that when you're king?"
*DEDEDE knew that SANS was in front of him. How lucky.
Dedede thought he wouldn't get to see the Mansion again. In fact, it's quite facinating what that blasted hand can do. Making you think that dejá vu can be a bitch sometimes, Undertale being a prime example of that statement. Anyway, he had better days, so he isn't complaining. Leaning against the wall that blocked him from accidently entering the teleporters, the stage being Final Destination with no Items, he waited for the newcomers to arrive.
Jeez, I got other stuff to do, like making sure the kid that comes out of the RUINS isn't genocidal, the human thought as he heard the door open with a kick. Cue in Undyne and Sans coming through, along with Toriel and Frisk along with the rest of the gang.
"Well, y'all here," Dedede says, his eyes half-closed in a lazy way. "So, y'all newcomers or somethin'?"
"Yes," Asgore says. "Now, I heard you are able to pick the first opponent. Who would it be?"
Dedede knew where this is going. The newcomers can choose which one should fight first. Meh, as long as he's able to stay longer in the Mansion, then it's fine by him. "...The... uh... trio... kids."
Asriel, Chara, and Frisk looked up at the king, smiles crossing their faces. He heard that they are count as one Smasher, like the Ice Climbers and the Duck Hunt Duo, so why not fight them first?
"Cool, come over here, then."
The gang goes to the viewing room to see the kids and Dedede already in the battle field, Frisk seemingly the person on there. Sans wanted to say something but bit his tongue. Frisk can dodge, yes, but what about attacking? Isn't that the whole point of Smash Bros? Just fighting?
"Okay!" Dedede bellowed. "This is a one-on-one match, no stock, no items. Kid, you have one chance. It's how it goes."
Frisk nodded, their neutral face not going down. The king then nods back. "Alright, I'm goanna give it all I got!" A maniac grin stretches on his face, reminding Chara, who's in the sidelines, of Sans' manical grin. Said skeleton is having same thoughts about the grin. "So, prepare, kiddo. We're all goanna have a fucking good time."
There was silence in the viewing area as the matched started, the king rushing towards the child, materializing a large brown mallet in his hands.
"That's great," Undyne finally stated, everyone else staring at Dedede in disbelief. "He just cursed at them."
The smell of a baked pie woke Ness up. Yawning, he sat upright and blinked. He tried to remember what happened before he fell asleep, yet couldn't think of anything. Getting out of bed, his eyes went straight towards the pie that sat there on the floor. It smelled like blueberry-peach pie. Huh, didn't Rosalina told him anything about that? Like, did he totally answered blueberry and said no to the statement about peach and his face scrunching up in disgust?
He doesn't know, but he knew where he's at. But...
"So, what should I do, now?" he mutters to himself, picking the plate of pie and examining it before putting it away in his bag (hammerspace rules, you guys) and locked eyes with the cracked-opened door. He remember that, in the game, Frisk went to ask Toriel if they could go home.
"Maybe I should do that," Ness says. He then remembered about the SAVE Point and headed there, mindful about Rosalina.
*Seeing HOME and the realization of your destination fills you with DETERMINATION.
[PROGRESS SAVED]
Heading back inside, he goes to the living room, where Rosalina sat in her medium-sized light blue rocking chair, reading a book about something. The room, in general, looks exactly like the living room in HOME, Undertale version. Hell, if there were a difference, it would be Rosalina, the chair, and the book she's reading, which is titled The 72 Facts About Star Bits. Ness remembered about Star Bits being currency and snacks in Mario's cosmic world.
"Ah, you're awake, my child."
Ness looks up to see Rosalina glancing back at him. "Oh... yeah, I am, Mom." That's a thing he's been doing; calling Rosalina Mom from now on. She's a big motherly figure in the Mansion, so calling her Mom was fitting.
"Ah! That's wonderful; how did you sleep?"
"Great!" Now, it's the hard part. "... Mom, I have something to tell you."
"Hmm?"
Should I? But... it won't hurry up the story, and that's just depressing. "... When can I go home?" Ness shyly asked, look at the ground so he could avoid Rosalina's eyes. Making everyone that didn't need the punishment stay here longer than they need to is kinda selfish and depressing, in Ness' point-of-view. In fact, he bets that Dedede's intching it get out of here.
"... Hmm, are you sure?"
"But, I want to go home." And see if Dedede isn't still sour to me.
"... I must do something," Rosalina says suddenly , closing her book and briskly walking to the exit of the room. Ness knew where she's heading; it's the basement, the only place he hadn't thought of to explore.
"... Well, crap." He walked to the front area and sees the stairwell that leads to the basement. With a look of determination, he walked down the stairs and entered the basement. Being pyschic, he knew something's off the minute he got there. It wasn't Rosalina, who's actually doing what she's doing, but...
There's one person missing from this hell of a loophole.
Ness then shook the thought off, Master probably taking them away for something he needs and that Smasher was perfect for the job. He then spots Rosalina.
"... Please, go upstairs, my child. I could provide you anything." She walks off.
Ness follows.
"I could give you an education! I could read you stories at bedtime!" She walks off.
Ness follows, anyway. Once he caught up with Rosalina, he sees here stand in front of a large door that had the Smash Rune on the red doors. He knew where this is going: she's going to destroy it, leaving him here for the rest of his life forever.
Goddamn it, Rosalina. That goes for the same to you, Toriel. Ness sighed at his thoughts.
"This door leads to the rest of the Underground. Once you go through this door, you cannot go back." Rosalina turns around to face Ness. "My child, there are dangers out there. There are Smashers that will go after that SOUL of yours, as you are the last SOUL to break this Firewall we have. Now, be a good boy, and go upstairs."
Firewall? Like the Barrier? That's a cool name; if we're the Undertale characters, then the Barrier should be Firewall, since we're digital beings, though Undertale is a video game... "Rosalina... Mom, please. I want to go home," Ness says with finality in his voice.
"... Ahh, then prove it."
Wait, prove? Prove what? "What?"
"Prove that you can survive."
And Ness finds himself in a FIGHT with Rosalina, and it smells like heartache and the resolve to say sorry.
Sans was the last person to go, since it's been decided that Flowey goes before him. After Dedede and Flowey get out of the teleporter, the latter actually winning for real, the skeleton is ready for the king.
So far, Undyne, the Dreemur Trio (Asriel coined in the name) and Asgore are potential Smashers, deemed by Dedede, though he doesn't get final say. Toriel and Papyrus were the only two Monsters that went for Assist Trophy, which they both end up getting, leaving Alphys to be the one that doesn't participate at all, though Dedede's cool with it as well as Master, who showed up to see what's up with the group.
"So, are ya ready, Sans?" Dedede asked as the two teleported to the battlefield.
"ready as ever, your majesty," Sans says, his grin going up.
~Song: Electric Rabbit - Gourmet Race (Remix) by ElectricRabbit on Youtube
The first thing Sans did was evade Dedede's hammer blow, which prompted him to teleport out of the hammer's way the second time. His left eye burned cyan as a blue bone shot up from the ground, making the man gain damage. The bone disappears and Sans stood in front of Dedede, a smirk plastered on his face.
"well, i deal first damage," Sans stated, Dedede's glare boring into his SOUL. He blinks and noticed that the king isn't nowhere to be found. He then finds himself on the floor, his damage up to Dedede's.
Welp, this is going to be hard.
It was probably a while, and Ness died right on the spot several times, which is really frustrating for him as this happened several times when he played it. In fact, that same frustration is killing him at teh moment. He forgot what to do in this situation due to playing it long time ago, which was a year. He kinda hated the fact that he forgot about the fight as well as figuring out that talking to Rosalina isn't going to work.
Then, he remembered about the Primid that said that he had to spare someone even when their name isn't yellow. Maybe this one is one of those times...
It's his turn, and he decides to press on the SPARE button.
*ROSALINA sees through you.
A line of stars went straight towards Ness, one of them nicking him, chipping of 1HP off his health. Dammit, Ness thought as he checked his health, which is 08/20. That isn't good.
Especially since this is his seventeenth time attempting this.
Ness rummages through his ITEMS and brought out a Smash Candy (Master, you suck at naming things), which maxed out his health.
"Please, my child; fight me!"
Ness shook his head and Rosalina threw out some more attacks, which weren't on point precision, Ness just standing there. He knew that Rosalina doesn't want to fight him in fear of losing another child, but she's forced it on herself.
If she just agree and let Ness go...
Ness pressed the SPARE option.
*...
*ROSALINA is acting aloof.
This time, the attacks didn't even touch Ness as they traveled towards the edges of the boxes. Ness knew he's getting to her; just a few more SPAREs...
Ness, once again, presses SPARE.
*Why?
Rosalina looks at Ness for a good two minutes and says, "My child, what are you doing?"
*ROSALINA is preparing a magical attack.
"I don't want to fight you!" SPARE.
*...
*...
*...
"My child, I could... take care of you here, where there is no more danger for you."
*ROSALINA is acting aloof.
Ness, once again, presses the SPARE option, determined to get Rosalina to understand.
*... My child!
They exit out of the fight and Rosalina stares at Ness with tears in her eyes... well, eye since the right bang is concealing the other one.
"I'll know you'll get bored once you know the RUINS by the back of your hand; it's small and doesn't fit for a person like you. I must say, though, you have a lot of DETERMINATION."
Ness beams with this compliment.
"Hold on to that. You might need it." She looks at the door. "Besides, be careful out there; there are Smashers that want your SOUL... Bowser..." She glances at Ness.
Bowser's KING? "O-Okay," Ness says, a little shaken by the fact that Bowser is King of the Underground.
"Now, I mu-"
Ness went straight towards her and gave her a hug, Rosalina returning it after a few minutes of shock. Letting go, Rosalina starts to walk away, but not before she looks back at Ness, who waved back at her.
"Goodbye, my child." And she's off.
The battle was two hours long.
Two hours.
... How... how can ONE still be standing after two hours of a no-item, no-stock one-on-one battle?!
Well, Sans and Dedede has done the impossible.
And, well, only one hit can take them both out.
All of the residents in the Mansion were watching now, seeing and betting who'll win the match, most of them betting on Sans.
In fact, said skeleton is tired from the constant dodging he had to do along with Dedede's taunting. Boy, did that get under his sk- wait, he has no skin.
"Well, give up now, Sans," Dedede says between pants, also showing signs of just being tired from all of the fighting. "I don't think you got much longer."
"same goes to you, pal," Sans states, breathing heavily.
The match, in general, was nothing but curses and bones and mallets flying at each other, mostly curses and bones due to Dedede being a Sans, therefore throwing bones at him as well. The funny thing is, they both reached their limit, and only a hit will take them both out, depending on who gets to lay the last attack. If either one of them had a strategy from the start, they would've used it by now.
Now, as in "I have nothing to loose" now.
"Fuck you, ya lazy bag of bones!"
"haven't seen myself as lazy for a while." It's a true fact; for the past two hours, he been the busiest skeleton on the planet, the task being dodging the man's attacks and trying to just stay on the stage. There been times where one had actually pushed the other towards the edge, but not far enough that they were counted out or couldn't get to the edge in time.
"Doesn' mean 'dat ya still ain't lazy!" Sans could hear the irritation that made up Dedede voice as well as feel his own irritation as well. He had enough magic to do one more attack as well as Dedede and the energy to swing his mallet at least hard enough to throw him off the stage...
"knock knock."
He can't help but giggle to himself as Dedede's irritated and cold expression went straight to a confused one. Perfect. "... Who's there?"
ah, he caught on. "dunk." With his magic, Sans conjured a basketball hoop behind Dedede while summoning several bones behind himself to distract Dedede from looking behind him.
"...Dunk... who?"
Sans snaps his fingers and Dedede felt his body grow heavy, heavy enough that he couldn't move. He was then surrounded by a light blue aura and was dragged straight towards Sans, who was grinning.
"get dunked on, you bastard," Sans whispers as he throws Dedede through the air, and into the hoop, said hoop having nothing under it, Dedede screaming in anger as he got out.
"geeeeeeeeeeet duuuuuunked on!" Sans yelled as the announcer yelled game.
When Sans and a pissed-off Dedede got out of the teleporters, the whole room fell silent as Sans' grin went wide.
"i'm a smasher, now."
Undyne, in all of her amazement, starts to grin. "That's awesome, Sans! I thought you couldn't fight!" This resulted in Dedede saying some Japanese swears under his breath.
"undyne, i can fight; i just choose not to." That resulted in Undyne mentally slapping herself for being that stupid.
"Well, now that all of you guys have attempted a fight," Master bellows, getting everyone's attention in the room, "you can all celebrate in the commons. Dedede, stay where you are." Cue in more Japanese swears. "Dismissed."
As everyone filed out, some of them carring Asriel and Frisk over their heads, Dedede and Master were left in the room. The latter glares at the former, who just smiles.
"Ness just got passed Rosalina," Master says, Dedede's face lighting up. "He's heading straight to Snowdin; your domain. I suggest you get there before Ness beats you."
Dedede stares at the floor, like what a child might do when their parents are scolding them. Master saw this and sighs. "...Want to know how much?"
The king looks up. "...How much... what?"
"RESETs."
Dedede's hair overshadows his eyes. "... How much," he says in a dead tone.
"... Hmm, 2015?"
Ness knew that Jigglypuff would be waiting for him as soon as he got out of the long hallway. The flower looks great as ever, its face an eternal smile.
"Real clever, boy," Jigglypuff says, their face turning into a smug expression. "You didn't kill anyone and spared the lady, even when you know that she'll kill you so that your SOUL won't go to Bowser."
Yeah, fuck you, Jigglypuff, Ness thought as he sighs. "What is your problem, exactly?"
"Problem? Why, I want that SOUL," Jigglypuff spat, its face turning into one of those nasty ones. "Then, I'll become a GOD and ERASE everything!" It starts to cackle, making Ness laugh nervously in response. "I'll keep an eye on you; just you see! And remember, in this world, it's kill or BE killed!" And it goes under the ground, making Ness nevously laugh louder as he reached the door that was the exit of the RUINS.
He looks back and smiles as he gets out of there, determined to set everyone free from this hellhole of a punishment
SMASHTALE
BY ROXASOLINA LOMBARDI
Done! And more than 6,000 (Edit: 12,00) words to boot!
Sans: I can't believe you actually did this instead of ErrOR - ReAL WoRLd.
?: I can't believe you actually did this instead of leaving us Smashers alone.
... You two suck, you know that?
Wow, I'm done. This is the first chapter, and it has more than I written. On my computer, it's somwhere in the 70s in KB, which is a lot if you ask me. Anyway, this is it; the opening of Smashtale, an AU that isn't mine but belongs to someone on Reddit...? Just look up "smashtale" on Google, and you'll see who made it. I think it's a collaboration, so honestly I have no idea who was the original creator, though thank him for the wonderful idea. Some of the lines are from the game, which shouldn't be a surprise, but the rest of them are based on those lines.
So technically, I could have Rosalina and Ness have pie but instead had Ness fatigued.
Anyway, I hope you actually enjoyed this chapter of Smashtale. If you're wondering who the characters are, just google the pictures and there should be a character meme; that same character meme is the one I'm using, though I changed it up a bit to fit certain needs.
Au revoir, mes amis!