I OWN NOTHING

I'll take away any and all pretense and admit that, yes, I, The Swordslinger, am and have always been attracted to odd monster girls. Blame Morrigan Aensland and Felicia from Darkstalkers for that.

This chapter will be much shorter than the previous one, but these are one-shots, length will vary.

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While not a violent person by nature, Frisk knew how to defend himself. His opponent should have known that as the tiny brunet's hands moved in a blur and delivered vicious punches to their form. With a final upper-cut it was all over, Frisk watched his enemy fall down, beaten and unable to get up ever again. And he just waited for the inevitable conclusion to happen after knowing what he had done.

A loud voice called out at him, "You win!" The voice was firmly heard even through the sound of people in the mall the arcade was in.

Frisk smiled at the screen where a blond man in red karate duds was cheering after beating a very voluptuous woman in a blue Chinese outfit.

"I demand a rematch!" Undyne shouted, slamming her fist on the floor so hard that the arcade machines around them bounced up an inch.

The staff would have called out at her, but considering how strong she was they wisely gave her some space. At least Frisk managed to calm her down with pats on the back.

"I don't want your pity, Frisk! I won't give up until I manage to defeat your freaking fiery punches!" she said while trying to fish more quarters, pausing a moment later, "Uh… do you have any money?"

He shook his head no, emptying his own to show his cell-phone – which he remembered he had to get more jetpack fuel for from Alphys – and saw the fish woman's smile drop.

"Well, this sucks." She grumbled, "Ok then, what do you want to do then? I won't settle for anything that won't let me compete, though."

He folded his arms and moved his body into a thinking pose. It made Undyne resist the urge to tap her foot impatiently for an answer. She could be calm, if only someone were there to keep her in line, i.e. Frisk and Alphys. Speaking of the yellow lizard woman, she just arrived looking positively ecstatic.

"Guys, I managed to get a complete collection of the Fatal Fury games!" she said, holding it up while now sporting a red and white baseball hat, with the words "Fatal Fury" written in red fire on the white forehead.

Undyne cheered, "Alright! After seeing the OVAs, I am so picking Terry to beat Frisk with him! If he's that strong as a human, I must win this!"

The boy stared at her blankly, frankly he would have preferred to play as Terry since he liked him as a character.

He was about to remark something, until someone actually kneeled before him, holding his hands in a very awkward pose. It was a familiar schoolboy in a black Japanese uniform, holding his hands with small tears in his eyes. Frisk certainly didn't like how it looked, Alphys blushing face said there'd be many wrong ideas.

"Y-You're Frisk, right!?" the schoolboy asked, "I need your help, ok? You're like… like a monster encyclopedia, right? What I'm about to tell you better be between us, ok?"

And he was quickly picked up by Undyne, and met her spear inches from his face.

"You have three seconds to tell me what you plan to do with Frisk, and you've lost two." She said with her ever menacing bloodthirsty smile.

"I..." he squeaked.

"Undyne, please calm down! He wanted help!" Alphys shouted at her girlfriend.

It took her a moment, but the eye-patch wearing fish woman chuckled, "Oh… Sorry, I kinda didn't hear him. I thought he was attacking Frisk."

She let him go, "Thanks… I guess." The boy said. He had short black and messy hair, and glasses.

"Just make it quick, Frisk and I have a score to settle." Undyne said, towering threateningly over the human teen.

The boy gulped and turned to the squinty eyed child, "R-Right. See, I… I…" he started to sweat, "I like… a monster girl."

Now Frisk remembered him, he was the one dating the green fire girl some time ago when he and Muffet… He really needed to not think on the details regarding the kitchen incident there and then. Here and now, this boy wanted help, possibly in dating Fukufire, the cute girl made of green flames.

"You're close to monsters, and her friend told me that monsters like them communicate better through magic, or express themselves…" he was blushing a lot, "H-How… do you do that?"

Frisk shrugged.

"Wait, you don't even know?!" the boy looked absolutely destroyed.

Alphys walked forward, "A-A-Actually…" she stammered, wanting so badly to help the boy but he was still a stranger, "Monsters, uh… Are made of magic, mostly. To g-get close to one and express yourself with magic is… kind of impossible for you…" she offered a bashful smile.

Frisk knew it was true. He could touch monsters – he did touch more than he thought he'd ever touch with Muffet – and yet he couldn't say he connected as deep as they could without magic.

It was… admittedly frustrating to him. He did want to be more expressive towards his friends and family in a way they knew to bond more, but…

"B-B-But…" Alphys started, now getting the boys' full attention, "Even if you humans are mostly water, you d-don't need magic to… to express yourselves. I mean… Uh… Why not… take her to a nice place like the garbage dump?"

"Yeah, best place to meet monster chicks!" Undyne laughed, her smile splitting her face more than usual.

The schoolboy turned to Frisk, whispering, "Are they pulling my leg?" the smaller child shook his head, "Oh… Ok then. I guess I can try that…"

Frisk remembered that Fukufire's friend liked to skate, so he grabbed the boy by his sleeves and aimed him to a certain direction.

Sure enough, there she was watching her friend walking into a shop for spare parts. Being made of fire, the green schoolgirl had to wait outside.

The schoolboy started to back away, but Frisk gave him a gentle slap on the back, making him yelp but also swallow hard before he moved forward.

But something odd happened as Frisk watched him go and talk to Fukufire.

Undyne and Alphys took notice as they left the mall, finding Papyrus in his red sports car. Even the skeleton, after sharing his spaghetti with the world, had time to see the boy's demeanor.

"Frisk, what is the matter?" the tall skeleton asked after he parked, waiting for Undyne and Alphys to put their purchases in the trunk.

The boy merely shrugged.

"Hmm, I can't return you to the queen like this!" he said, letting his pride and concern merge together into care for his friend, "What is the trouble that I, the Great Papyrus, shall deal with to return your usually stoic face into its more smiling visage?!"

Frisk shrugged again.

"Well, this is a dilemma! But! BUT! The Great Papyrus never gives up until his friends are all satisfied! That's why he made many friends in the first Spaghetti Day after feeding hundreds of people! I shall look into this and find what keeps my dearest friend from being the person I actually considered going out with!"

Seeing Papyrus do his thing did bring a smile to anyone, even to Frisk's usually inexpressive face. One could see a small smile grow whenever the skeleton got passionate about something.

Undyne sighed as she let herself fall on the backseat beside Alphys, "Kid looked a bit bummed out when another boy asked him for advice on a date."

"Oh-hoh! My first clue!" Papyrus cheered.

Undyne tried to recall more, "Kid wanted to know how to date monsters."

"Ah, a second clue! Keep them coming, Undyne!" the skeleton was actually taking notes.

The fish warrior tried to recall more, but couldn't. Luckily, Alphys did have a good memory, "Frisk looked a bit sad when I said humans can't express themselves through magic…" she looked away from the boy at the front seat, feeling like she had betrayed him by saying that. Of course she didn't, but to talk about anything bad about her friends still worried the lizard scientist.

"And now the third and final clue! Well done, Dr. Alphys! With this, the Great Papyrus, can safely declare one thing!"

Undyne leaned forward, her head near the car's mirror, "Out with it then!"

"Patience! These exclamations of the truth must come up with suspense!" Papyrus stated, before aiming a finger at the human in the car, "Frisk wants to express himself to a monster… because he still hasn't got over our date!"

Undyne, Alphys and Frisk remained silent while only the wind managed to stop the silence from buzzing into one's ears.

"What, is that not it?" Papyrus finally asked after getting some blank stares.

And then, someone brought another answer, "Uh… N-Not to be rude, but… I think… I mean, I saw… I mean, I… I…" Alphys blushed a lot, poking her fingers together, "I may have tried to… keep up with Frisk and… maybe, just maybe, made a teensy mistake and… looked too much into something… and perhaps, somehow… saw him… staring at Muffet?"

Her nervous smile didn't make things any easier to digest.

The other two monsters turned to Frisk, and gaped when they saw him blush.

"Oh my god!" Papyrus and Undyne cheered, large smiles on their faces.

The large skeleton grabbed his friend, "Wowie! I can't believe it, my friend finally settled for second best! No, that's mean, they settled for someone that's better for them than even me!"

"Hah! If you date her, I'll make sure to give you tips on how to make you have a great time! Fuhuhuhu! I can't believe how much my little nerd's grown!" Undyne taunted.

Alphys tilted her head in confusion, "I-I thought I was your little nerd."

"You are but you're also my girlfriend, but Frisk is the other little nerd." she said proudly.

"Oh." Alphys' skin turned red enough to make apples look pale.

Frisk sighed and pulled his hood over his face, groaning.

And wouldn't you know it, years later he'd be where he was.

"Argh, how do you do that?!" Undyne shouted as she threw her controller to the floor of Frisk's living room while Charlotte giggled at her latest win.

Alphys adjusted her glasses, "That's twenty to zero in Charlotte's favor."

"Frisk, tell your daughter to not be this good at games!" the angry fish shouted.

Muffet giggled, hugging her husband from behind and resting her chin on top of his head. She was still taller than him, and now by a head.

"Ahuhuhu... Like father, like daughter, right?"

Frisk just wished the little spider girl wouldn't be like her mother in how to get men all... wrapped up.

Ok, he seriously needed to hang out more with Sans to get some jokes out of his system.