Notes:
"Talking"
'Tsuna thinking'
(Intuition)
[FIGHT WORDS]
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Tsuna woke up in a patch of golden flowers, and was shocked to find himself relatively okay. His throat was a bit sore from screaming the whole way down, and he had no way to know how long he was passed out…And he was inside the mountain, were monster were said to be.
"Hiee, I don't want to die…"
He held a hand to his throat, shocked at how week his voice was, and Wondered if he had severely damaged it
'…What am I supposed to do if I can't talk? What if I scream? I scream at everything…' Because I'm a coward.
Tsuna resolved to use his voice as little as possible, so AS to not do any more Damage
He stood up and looked around, it was very dark, he could barely see, outside of the patch of light he was in.
'which is to be expected I suppose, considering' As he looked around he saw that there was a path, and so he fallowed it, and was lead to an odd looking door, and with a glance up, walked through it.
'after all, I'm not going to get home by staying there, there's no way that those boys will tell anyone about this.'
The first thing he saw when he went into the new room another golden flower, but unlike the patch he landed in, it was just one flower that was about was tall as he was (witch just meant that when people told him he was short they weren't lying, if a flower was as tall as he was… It didn't even look like a sunflower) He looked Around, and seeing nothing but another door, turned back to the Flower.
The flower had a face. 'IT HAD A FACE!'
"Howdy!"
"I'm FLOWEY."
(run away)
"FLOWEY the FLOWER!
'Were those other Flowers that I landed on Monster too? Did I kill a bunch of Monsters?'
"Hmmm…"
'I'm a murder, I've killed, never mind that their monster murder is murder'
."You're new to the UNDERGROUND, arent'tcha?"
Tsuna nodded his head slowly.
"Golly, you must be so confused."
Again he nodded, confused on how friendly the Flower Monster seemed - the stories would have you thank they were evil 'Not that being evil gave him the right to kill them'
"Someone ought to teach you how things work around here! I guess little old me will have to do."
'I hope he doesn't know that I killed his fellow Flower Monsters….'
"Ready"
'No.'
"Here we go!"
He nodded, not ready to chance his voice by speaking, even if it was rude.
He felt a pull on his chest, and looked down, only to see an orange heart floating into the air in front of him 'OH MY GOD' IS THAT MY HEART!'
"See that heart? That is your SOUL, the very culmination of your being!"
That was the culmination of his being? It seemed so…weak, not very bright…'but doesn't that make since? It's not like He was very bright…'
"Your SOUL starts off weak. But can grow strong if you gain a lot of LV."
He could grow strong? Stop being dame? Be less of a disappointment to his mom? What was LV?
"What's LV stand for?" can he read my mind? "Why, LOVE, of course!"
…The only person that loved him was his mom, so he guessed a weak soul made even more since…
"You want some LOVE, don't you?" He did
"Don't worry I'll share some with you!"
Really? But they had only just met…
Flowery winked at him with his tongue sticking out, Tsuna giggled lightly, this flower was kind of funny, and nice, helping him like this.
"Down here, LOVE is shared through…little white…friendliness pellets."
There were white things floating in the air around Flowey 'I don't like those…'
"Are you ready? Move around, get as many as you can!"
(DON'T TOUCH THEM)
Tsuna jerked, and missed all of the pellets.
Flowey's expression seemed annoyed 'I don't want him mad at me…'
"Hey buddy, you missed them."
'Buddy? Were they friends?'
"Let's try again, okay?"
He nodded, he would get them this time. Once again they came toward him and once again (DON'T TOUCH THEM) he moved away, he didn't even think about it, and certainly didn't mean to. Flowey seemed even more annoyed with him…
"Is this a joke? Are you braindead? RUN. INTO. THE. BULLETS! Friendliness pellets."
'He said bullets….'Tsuna did not run into the bullets, he didn't even need the strange feeling/Voice thing telling him not to, the flower was just like those boys from before, pretending to me nice…
His face turned super scary
"You know what's going on here, don't you?"
Tsuna rapidly shock his head.
"You just wanted to see me suffer."
Bullets surrounded him in a circle, there was no where he would move it without hurting himself.
He was going to die…a flower was going to kill him; he was so useless…
"Die."
"Heiii" The bullets started moving closer. The flower was laughing at him. He didn't want to die…he couldn't even scream for help, who would hear his weak voice?
Suddenly the bullets were gone and his throat no longer hurt, Flowey looked confused too. A fire ball came out of the dark and knocked Flowey away.
A large goat-like monster came into view, he trembled with fear, what if she tried to hurt him to?
"What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor innocent youth…"
Tsuna calmed at her voice, it was soft and calm, she wasn't going to hurt him. He wasn't sure how he knew that, but he did.
"Ah, do not be afraid, my child. I am TORIEL caretaker of the RUINS. I pass though this place every day to see if anyone has fallen down. You are the first human to come here in a long time. Come! I will guide you through the catacombs. This way."
She turned and started walking, Tsuna followed after her. His throat felt better, so he deiced to try talking.
"Um, my name is Tsunayoshi, but most people just call me Tsuna."
Toriel looked down and smiled at him "That is a wonderful name, it has been awhile since I have had new company, I Will show you all around the ruins."
It was not long before they walked thought the door and into a new room. This one was much brighter, and had two staircases that lead up to the same walkway, there were pretty red leaves in the room. Toriel was walking up the right staircase, so he followed her up, and through the next door.
This room was different, it had six stones sticking up, with two in the middle, there was a sign on the wall.
"Welcome to your new home, innocent one."
'New home? But I want to go back to my old home, to my mom. Surly there was a way out?'
"Allow me to educate you in the operation of the RUINS."
She walked on four of the stones, avoiding the two on the path, and then flipped the switch, opening the door.
"The RUINS are full of puzzles. Ancient fusions between diversions and door keys. One must solve them to move from room to room. Please adjust yourself to the sight of them."
'So... look around the room?'
Tsuna saw a sign on the wall and walked to it, the sign read;
*Only the fearless may proceed.
*Brave ones, Foolish ones.
*Both walk not the middle road.
'oh, it's a hint to the puzzle...it's not that hard, even I could figure that out...'
Tsuna followed Toriel to the next room.
"To make progress here, you will need to trigger several switches. Do not worry, I have labeled the ones that you need to flip."
"Okay." But before that he was really curios what those signs said.
he went to the little wooden one first.
"Press [Z] To read signs! Press Z?"
"Oh! that is a joke between a friend and I, do not worry much about it." Toriel said, a laugh in her voice.
He then walked to the older sign in the wall.
'Stay on the path...well, ok.'
Tsuna then walked across the little bridge, and saw the switch, with yellow arrows and word saying 'Please press this switch - TORIEL' And so he did as he was told, pressing the switch, after which he followed Toriel across the next bridge, to see two switches, with the same yellow arrows and words, it was also the one that the path led to, and so the sign he had read earlier made more since. 'it was another hint.'
He pressed the second switch. And jumped when spikes he hadn't noticed before sunk into the ground super-fast.
"Good job, little one! Let us move to the next room."
'I was just doing what I was told, even I can fallow such easy instructions.' But he walked after her to the next room, moving quickly over were the spikes had been, weary that they may come back up.
The next room had a stuffed dummy in it.
"As a human living in the UNDERGROUND, monsters may attack you." 'Why!' "You will need to be prepared for this situation. However, worry not! The process is simple. When you encounter a monster, you will enter a fight."
"But I don't wanna fight!"
"Worry not, you need not fight, while you are in a FIGHT, strike up a friendly conversation. Stall for time. I will come to resolve the conflict. Practice talking to the dummy."
'Are fight and FIGHT two different things? Well...if I just have to talk then it'll probably be fine...but I always mess up when I try to talk...I guess that what the dummy is for...'
He walked up to the dummy, they stared at one another for a long moment, Tsuna Feeling dumber by the second.
"u-uh um, I-I I…." He could feel his face turn red, talking was not his strong suit, he couldn't do it, not even to a stuffed Dummy. He turned on his heel, and walked behind Toriel, hiding his face in his hands.
"...you ran away..." Oh no, now she knew how dame he was.
"Truthfully, that was not a poor choice. It is better to avoid conflict whenever possible. That... however, is only a dummy. It cannot harm you. It is made of cotton. It has no desire for revenge...Never mind. Stay close to me and I will keep you safe."
She still wanted him around even though he ran away from a stuffed dummy? She was really nice...
Tsuna looked at the dummy once more, but it didn't do anything, he walked through the door after Toriel.
"There is another puzzle in this room...I wonder if you can solve it?"
'Doubtful...'
They walked through the room, until Tsuna tripped over a frog, who then proceed to hop in front of him, he tried to go around, but the frog just hoped back in front of him.
"Hiee, I'm so sorry. I don't even hate frogs, I think there cool."
The frog didn't seem to understand what he said, but it did blush 'can frogs blush?'
And then Toriel came, and the frog hopped away.
"Thank you Toriel."
"It was fine; I will protect you."
Tsuna saw another sign and stopped to read it.
'The western room is the eastern room's blueprint...is it another clue?'
They kept walking until they came across A small bridge, leading to a floor of spikes surrounded by water...He was going to die.
"This is the puzzle, but... Here; take my hand for a moment."
He took her hand, and she led him across the floor of death, and showed that some sunk into the ground, not stabbing them.
"Puzzles seem a little too dangerous for now." She said when they made it across, and they walked into the next room.
"You have done excellently thus far, my child. However, I have a difficult request to ask of you...I would like you to walk to the end of the room by yourself. Forgive me for this."
And she walked away. Really Fast. Really, Really Fast.
'This isn't a trap is it? is she going to hurt me like the flower wanted to?'
(No)
'No, she wasn't going to do that, nothing would happen, it's probably a test of some sort, and even he could walk done a hall...slowly, so he didn't trip.'
This is a really long hallway... 'The Ruins are really big…will it take very long to get home? I' don't even have any food.'
He couldn't see Toriel at the end, but as he walked by the huge pillar, she came from behind it.
"Greeting, my child. Do not worry, I did not leave you. I was merely behind this pillar the whole time. Thank you for trusting me. However, there was an important reason for this exercise...to test your independence. I must attend to some business, and you must stay alone for a while. Please remain here. It's dangerous to explore by yourself. I have an idea. I will give you a CELL PHONE. If you have a need for anything, just call. Be good, alright?"
"I will" And she left, he was all alone...
...
...
...
"...maybe I should call her, make sure the cell phone works..."
ring. ring.
"This is Toriel."
"Hi."
"You only wanted to say hello...? Well then. Hello! Hope that suffices. Hee hee."
Click...
What should he do now? he didn't want to bother her...
So he waited
And waited
...And waited...
Leaning against the pillar while sitting down, Tsuna sighed.
"I hope she gets here soon...I still need to find a way home; I don't want mom to worry..."
...
...
...
...
"Ring..."
Tsuna jumped not expecting the sudden noise in the silence, before quickly answering his phone
"Hello! This is TORIEL."
"hi"
"My errands are taking longer than I thought they would."
"it's ok..."
"You must wait 5 more minutes."
"alright."
"Thank you for being patient."
"Its fine."
Click...
"Five minutes isn't that long..."
(you should go through the door)
should I...
(you'll miss so much)
I don't want to miss things...
...
...
...
Tsuna went through the door.
His phone rings "HIEEEEEE she's physic!"
He answers it.
"Hello? This is TORIEL."
"...hi.."
"You have not left the room, have you?"
He had nothing to say.
"There are a few puzzles ahead that I have yet to explain. It would be dangerous to try to solve them yourself. Be good, alright?"
Click...
He should go back... There was no way he could do this...
(You can do this)
He could do this.
He saw another white frog, and decided to see if he could talk.
"Ribbit, ribbit. (Excuse me, human. I have some advice for you about battling monsters. If you ACT a certain way, or FIGHT until you almost defeat them... They might not want to battle you anymore. If a monster does not want to fight you, please... Use some MERCY, human.) Ribbit."
"he could speak frog, omg, he could speak frog, why?'
"Ok, I don't want to hurt anyone anyway."
Tsuna saw a darker hallway, and the feeling he got said it wasn't dangerous, so he went in. In the room was a stand with a bowl of candy, two paths of water, and some ivy on the far wall, the bowl of candy had a sign that read ' take one' So he did, and seeing nothing else in the room, walked out. He saw a large pile of leaves, and did what most children would do, ran through it.
(Playfully crinkling through the leaves fills you with determination.)
"What was that?"
When he got no answer from the frog, he decided to shrug it off and ignore the strange filling, and went back to the path.
The next room had two strange vent like things in the walls, and the floor in the middle looked...week; but going back seemed pointless, and turning around had only led to him being hurt before. besides something told him he would be fine. He walked over the weak looking floor.
And fell.
He landed in a pile of leaves, the room had two doors, He went to the one on the right, inside was a ladder, he climbed up, and came out of the vent like thing on the other side of the weak floor. He looked at the hole from where he had fallen, shrugged and turned around.
Right into a monster.
It looked like an insect, and had winds and arm. It also looked near tear.
(It's called Whimsun)
"Um, ar-"
Halfway through his first word, Whimsun burst into tears and ran away. Tsuna was left dumbfounded, and feeling strangely bad, despite having done nothing.
After a few moments Tsuna decided to keep going. As he walked through to the next room, that had a rock in the middle, along with a grey square on the floor, and a sign on the walls, spikes blocking the way, His phone rang, he quickly answered.
"Hello? This is TORIEL. For no reason in particular...Which do you prefer? Cinnamon or butterscotch?"
"oh, I um, like cinnamon more."
"Oh, I see. Thank you very much!"
Click...
He hadn't even taken five steps when his phone rang again.
"Hello? this is TORIEL. You do not DISLIKE butterscotch, do you? I know what your preference is, but... Would you turn up your nose if you found it on your plate?"
"OH. no butterscotch is fine; I don't mind ether."
"Right, right, I understand. Thank you for being patient, by the way.
Click...
He waited a few moments to see if it would ring again. When it didn't he went to read the sign.
"Three out of four grey rocks recommend you push them...What? Can rocks recommend things in the underground?"
Tsuna pondered this a he pushed the grey rock, which was surprisingly easy to move, on to the square. This spikes went done the second the rock was on the square, and Tsuna kept going.
The next room had another vent thing, and weak looking floor, lots of weak looking floor...
He decided to stay near the wall.
Which turned to be a bad ideal, the second he turned the corner he fell and landed on more leaves, he looked around at the leaves and the path they made before seeing the sign, and hoping for a clue of some kind, went to read it.
"Please don't step on the leaves...
"OH, sorry I didn't mean to, I fell..." Tsuna was careful to not step on the leave as he headed back to the same are he saw the vent in the room above, hoping for another door and ladder. And there was one. Once back up, he decided a different approach and walked from the small are he knew wouldn't fall to the next wall he continued to the other wall. He didn't fall, so he decided to fallow this wall. He made it three steps before falling, and once again, went back up.
He walked to were the second hole was, and then walked straight up, and once again he made it to the wall. He fell once again, but made it all the way to the door the next time
The minute he stepped through the door a Monster was in his way. (Its name is Moldmal)
It was a jelly looking thing that was moving up and down.
"Um...Hi?" Tsuna moved side to side, Following the way it moved, not really sure what to do. The Moldmal kept wiggling, and then started wiggling away, Tsuna watched it go, before continuing on.
This room had three grey rocks and grey squares. He pushed them to their squares. until the last one...
"WHOA there, pardner! Who said you could push me around?"
"I-I'm so sorry, I need you to move over there."
"HMM? So you're ASKIN' me to move over?"
"y-yes."
"Okay, just for you, pumpkin." The rock only moved a little bit.
"um could you err move a little more?"
"HMM? you want me to move some more? Alright, how's this?" The rock moved up.
"Oh, no. I uh, need you to move to the grey square..."
"HMM? That was the wrong direction? Okay, think I got it." The rock moved to the square this time and Tsuna nodded his head and walked to the door. But the rock moved off the square, and the spikes came back up. He went back to the rock.
"umm, excuse me, but do you think you could uh, stay on the square?"
HMM? You wanted me to STAY there? You're giving me a real workout." The rock moved back. Tsuna kept his eye on the rock as he walked back to the spikes, when the rock didn't move, he quickly walked to the other side, and out the door, calling back a "Thank you!" because he had manners.
The next room was more a hallway. The only things in it were a small table with cheese on it, and a mouse hole. He inspected the cheese. It had been there for quite a long time, because it was stuck to the table...
He looked back to the small mouse hole, and smiled
(Knowing the mouse might one day leave its hole and get the cheese... It fills you with determination.)
There was that strange filling again. Not wanting to think about it he moved on.
The next room was shaped like an H and in the small way to the Doors was a... ghost lying in a pile of leaves
'HIEEEEEEE IT"S A GHOST!" Tsuna held his hands to his mouth, not wanting to bother or anger the ghost. After a few moments he had calmed down, and went up to the ghost
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
ZZZZZZZ... are they gone yet? ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..."
The ghost just kept saying 'Z' Out loud repeatedly, Tsuna thought he might be pretending to sleep. He didn't know what to do so he just sat down hoping the ghost would move soon.
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..."
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..."
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..."
It was mush later that Tsuna decided that he was going to have move the ghost to keep going, even
(The Ghost is named Napstablook)
Tsuna smiled at the ghost, not sure what else to do.
Napstablook started crying, and Tsuna panicked, waving his hands and telling him he was sorry, once he stopped crying he looked a little bit better. So Tsuna tried to tell him a joke, in hopes of making him Laugh.
"What do you call a ghost who scares chickens?
A poultry-geist."
Napstablook laughed lightly, but didn't cry, so Tsuna thought he was doing good.
Napstablook seemed happier. "let me try."
"sure."
He cried and his tear floated up, forming a top hat.
"I call it dapperblook, do you like it?"
"Yes! it's very cool. You look great with a top hat!"
"oh no..." the Ghost Faded, " I usually come to the RUINS because there's nobody around...but today I met somebody nice... ... oh, I'm rambling again I'll get out of your way."
And Napstablook faded form existence. Tsuna decided to go through the brighter room first.
There was a small web and a large web, and a sign. Tsuna read the sign.
"Spider Bake Sale
All proceeds go to real spiders."
'I am kind of hungry, Tsuna looked through his backpack and found five gold coins. 'Were did they come from? Magic?'
He went to the smaller web and found it cost, seven, he sighed and left the room.
After Walking out he saw something on the ground, bending down he found it was a handful of gold coins, he looked around, and saw no one, he called out, asking if they belonged to any one, and got no response, so he picked them up.
'now I can have a doughnut!'
Tsuna walked bake to the spider bake sell and bought a doughnut, but something in his head told him to save it, so he did.
The nest room was a long hallway, with three frogs standing around. Tsuna talked to each of them.
The first frog;
" Ribbit, Ribbit. (Sigh...My friend never listens to me. Whenever I talk, They Skip through my word by pressing [X] That's right...Pressing [x]... Well, at least you listen to me.)
He had missed most of what the frog was say, more focused on trying to figure out how to hit [X]
The second frog;
"Ribbit ribbit. (I heard using 'F4' can make you have a 'full screen.' But what does 'F4' stand for? 'four frogs'? I have only seen a maximum of three frogs in this room... This is troubling, to say the least.) Ribbit."
Tsuna also only saw three frogs, and didn't know what 'F4' or 'full screen' meant.
The Third Frog;
"Ribbit, ribbit. (I have heard you are quite merciful, for a human...Surely you know by now a monster wears a YELLOW name when you can SPARE it. What do you think of that?)"
"It's very helpful to know."
"(It is rather helpful. Remember, sparing is just saying you won't fight. Maybe one day, you'll have to do it even if their name isn't yellow.)"
Tsuna nodded, and walked on, leaving the room. But as he walked away his phone rang.
"Hello? I just realized that it has been a while since have cleaned up. I was not expecting to have company so soon. There are probably a lot of things lying about here and there. You can pick them up, but do not carry more than you need. Someday you might see something you really like. You will want to leave room in your pockets for that."
Click...
Tsuna nodded, and walked on.
Another monster started a FIGHT with him
(Loox is Its name)
"...Ummm, hi?"
"finally someone gets it."
Loox then walked away, leaving Tsuna Staring and wondering why monsters were so weird.
The next room had a sign right at the entrance.
"There is just one switch." While looking for a switch of some sort, Tsuna once again fell down a hole. As he was failing he saw some other rooms, and figured that the switch was in one of them. Before going back up, he saw a ribbon and picked it up. As he was examining it some word floated into his brain.
(Faded Ribbon - Armor DF 3. If you're cuter, monsters won't hit you as hard.)
Tsuna in hopes that the words that floated into his head were true, tied the ribbon into his hair. It's not like anyone from Namimori was here to see him anyway.
He went back up, and went to the next weak spot he saw. There was no switch here, but there was a strange green thing sticking out of the ground, as Tsuna went to touched it, he entered a FIGHT.
(Vegetoid)
Tsuna stared at the monster carrot ' and god how scary is it that the brief fear of vegetables he had when he was five had a base in reality' Drumming his fingers on his belly. The...uh, Vegetoid seemed to light up and said,
"eat your greens" and started throwing veggies at him, he Caught a green one, and Vegetoid buried himself back into the ground.
He went back up; this time he went to a farther away weak spot. There was no switch in this room, but Napstablook was there, he went to talk to him.
"What are you doing here Napstablook?"
"I fell down a hole...now I can't get up... go on without me...wait, ghosts can fly, can't they...oh well..."
And once again he faded away. Tsuna went back up. He went to the spot to the right. There was nothing in that room. He went to the spot under it. He saw another Vegetoid in the ground, and avoided it.
He went to the last weak spot; the switch was in there.
"Figures that it would be the last place I check...'
He hit the switch and went back up, the spikes now gone, he moved forward. There was another sign, along with three pillars and three switches, a green, blue and red one. he read the sign.
"The far door is not an exit. It simply marks a rotation in perspective...Huh."
He continued to move forward, in the next...change of perspective he read another sign.
'If you can read this, press the blue switch.' After looking for a moment he found the blue switch behind a pillar. After hitting the switch, he moves to the next change in perspective, and read the sign.
'If you can read this, press the red switch. And so he did.
'If you can read this, press the green switch.'
This next room was not a change in perspective. It had pile of leaves in the shape of a cross. He could go up or right. he decided to go right first. He saw another frog.
"Ribbit, ribbit. (Just between you and me...I saw TORIEL come out of here just a little while ago. She was carrying some groceries. I Didn't ask what they were for...We're all too intimidated to talk to her.) Ribbit."
And Tsuna knew how that felt. He had wanted to talk to several people in school, but was simply too scared to. They might yell at him, or in one person's case, bite him to death. he didn't want that, so no matter how he wanted to talk to them, he didn't. He looked at the door, and decided to see what was in it.
It was a balcony of some sort, and there was a city. It went so far that it made a skyline, and it was very pretty. Tsuna stared at it for a while before looking around the rest of the balcony, and saw a small toy knife, he picked it up. he didn't know if it would be useful or not, since it was just a toy, but he kept it regardless.
He went back to the cross of leaves and headed up.
And immediately heard Toriel's voice,
"Oh dear, that took longer than I thought it would."
She walked down, and next to the tree that had no leaves on it, but many surrounding it. Toriel took out her phone when she looked over and saw him.
"How did you get here, my child? Are you hurt? There, there, I will heal you. I should not have left you alone for so long. It was irresponsible to try to surprise you like this."
"Surprise?"
"Err...Well I suppose I cannot hide it any longer. Come small one!"
Tsuna fallowed Toriel past the tree to see a house
(Seeing such a cute, tidy house in the RUINS gives you determination.)
Once again ignoring the strange feeling Tsuna fallowed Toriel inside.
He was immediately hit by a delicious smell.
"Do you smell that?"
"yes."
"Surprise! It is a butterscotch-cinnamon pie. I thought we might celebrate your arrival. I want you to have a nice time living here. So I will hold off on snail pie for tonight."
Tsuna's eyebrow furled, "But I d-"
"Here, I have another Surprise for you." As she walked down the hall, Tsuna feeling slightly bitter over having been cut off, decided to look around first.
The first room had a large staircase going down, a small bookshelf, and a table with a large plant on it. Inside the table was an old calendar from the beginning of 201X. The books in the bookshelf were very warn, and looked to have been read many times. The room to the left appeared to be a living room and dining room. It had a fire place going, with a comfy looking chair in front of it, and a large bookcase next to it, and fireplace tools next to that. The dining table had three chairs and a plant on top of it.
The chair seemed the right size for Toriel, and the fireplace's fire wasn't burning hot, just pleasantly warm. He could but his hand inside.
(Not that fire had ever hurt you before...)
Going to the book case he pulled out a random book, it turned out to be a history book, he opened it to a random page.
'Trapped behind the barrier and fearful of further human attacks, we retreated. Far, far into the earth we walked, until we reached the cavern's end. This was our new home, which we named... 'Home.' As great as our king is he is pretty lousy at names.'
"hehe, that's kind of funny, a king that's bad at names..."
He went into the next room and found a small kitchen. The fridge had a bar of chocolate, and the stove seemed to have never been used, and on the counter was the pie, it smelled really nice, but was also very hot, he could still see steam.
He walked back to where Toriel was.
"This is it..."
She took my hand and led me to a door.
"A room of you own. I hope you like it!"
She pated my head, and as I went to open my mouth I smelled something else.
"Is something burning...? Um, make yourself at home!" and she ran off, to save the pie that wasn't in the oven from burning. He decided to look at 'his' new room. The room was peach in color, with old toys, and kids shoes in a variety of sizes, there were striped shirts in the armoire, and a really comfy looking bed, and suddenly feeling how tired he was, he decided to take a nap, he could ask Toriel how to leave later.
He woke up an unknown amount of time later to a dark room, and a piece of pie on the floor. He picked it up, and left the room. Before talking to Toriel he decided to explore the rest of the house. The next door seemed to be Toriel's room. There was a Cactus in the corner, and he giggled lightly remembering his mama telling him that cactus were just tsundere plants. Toriel had a dresser, which Tsuna did not look in. There was a large bed, and another bookshelf, Tsuna took another random book out. It was an Encyclopedia of subterranean plats. He opened it to a random page
''Typha' - A group of wetland flowering plants with brown, oblong seedpods. Know more commonly as 'water sausages.'
"huh, that's interesting. Was that the plant in the hallway?"
Tsuna looked at the open book on the table, and was that it was a diary of some sort. He read the part that was circled, his curiosity getting the better of his manners.
"Why did the skeleton want a friend? Because she was feeling BONELY..." Tsuna stared at the pun for a moment before he started giggling. Not wanting to be caught by Toriel he left the room.
Further down the hall there was another door that said 'Room under renovations.' And a mirror. He looked at himself in the mirror. He looked at his big brown eyes, and his fluffy brown hair that always stuck up. He looked a lot like his mom. And he was glad for that, even if his bully's called him girly sometimes, he would rather look girly then look anything like his no-good dad who broke him mamas heart. He sighed, straightened his shoulders, and went to ask Toriel how to get home. He wouldn't be like that no-good man; he wouldn't leave his mama to cry.
Toriel was sitting on her sit, reading a book. He went up to her.
"Up already, I see? Um, I want you to know how glad I am to have someone here. There are so many old books I want to Share. I want to show you my favorite bug-hunting spot. I've also prepared a curriculum for your education. This may come as a surprise to you... But I have Always wanted to be a teacher... actually, perhaps that isn't very surprising. STILL. I am Glad to have you living here. Oh, did you want something?"
"um...err, I'm really sorry, and I would love to stay with you...but I need to find a way out and go home...my mama will be worried, and I promised to never leave her...could you please tell me how to get out?
"What? This... this IS your home now. Um... would you like to hear about this book I am reading? It is called '72 Uses for Snails.' How about it?"
"I would love to hear about it, but I must leave, please, tell me?"
"Um...How about an exciting snail face? Did you know that snails...Talk? Really. Slowly? Just kidding, Snails don't talk. Interesting."
"That's funny...B-but I need to know how to leave...I-I don't want you to be lonely, but...but I can't leave my mama alone either...you could come with me?" Tsuna looked up at her from under his hair. He didn't want her to be sad...But he had told his mama that he would never leave her, and he couldn't just break that, not when she would be sad.
"...I have to do something. Stay here."
She got up and left quickly, he followed her down the stairs.
"You wish to know how to return 'home,' do you not?"
"y-y-Yes."
"Ahead of us lies the end of the Ruins. A one-way exit to the rest of the underground. I am going to destroy it. No one will ever be able to leave again. Now be a good child and go upstairs."
"w-What! Don't do that!"
She kept walking, he ran to catch back up.
"Every human that falls down here meets the same fate. I have seen it again and again. They come. They leave. They die. You're a naive child...If you leave the RUINS...They...ASGORE...Will kill you. I am only protecting you, do you understand? ...go to your room"
"I do...but...I won't die, I'm determined, determined to make sure mama knows that I didn't leave her." She said nothing and walked forward again, Tsuna once again running to catch up to her.
"Do not try to stop me. This is your final warning."
And she went off again, and once more he fallowed. They were at the end now, with a large door in front of them. Toriel was facing the door, he walked forward.
"You want to leave so badly? Hmph. You are just like the others. There is only one solution to this. Prove yourself...Prove to me you are strong enough to survive.
And he entered a FIGHT with Toriel.
He couldn't think of anything to say, but he could hurt her and he couldn't run away...
She sent fire balls at him, but even when one hit him it didn't hurt him. Fire had never hurt him, though he didn't tell people this. His mother wouldn't care and he had no friends to tell things to.
Tsuna refused to fight Toriel. She was a nice person, she wanted to help him, he would love to stay with her, but he couldn't abandon his mama, so he would just Stand there until she grew tired and could no longer fight, and then he would move forward.
"What are you doing?"
She must mean how he wasn't fighting or running.
"Attack or run away!"
He would do neither, he refused to hurt her, and he refused to abandon his mama.
"What are you proving this way?"
"Fight me or leave!"
"no." He wouldn't, he would do neither.
"Stop it."
"Stop looking at me that way!"
Was he looking at her in a strange way? Was it because for the first time in his life he was determined about something? Did it make him seem different?
"Go away!"
He wouldn't. He ran from everything, but he wouldn't, Couldn't, run from this.
"..."
"... ..."
"I know you want to go home but..."
"But please. Go upstairs now."
He shook his head, he could not.
"I promise I will take good care of you here."
"I know, but it's not about me."
"I know we do not have much, but..."
"We can have a good life here."
He knew that, there was no doubt in his mind. The only mean monster he had met was Flowey. She had made him a pie and gotten a room ready, even though she knew how dame he was, running from a dummy. There were no bully's...It was very tempting to stay, but...but he couldn't leave his mama, he refused to be anything like his father.
"Why are you making this so difficult?"
"I'm sorry..."
"Please, go upstairs"
"...I can't...I-I... I'm sorry." He Couldn't be like that man.
"..."
"Ha ha..."
"Pathetic, is it not? I cannot save even one child."
"It's not your fault." She didn't need to blame herself, trying so hard to stop him, it wasn't her fault.
"..."
"No, I understand. You would just be unhappy trapped down here. The RUINS are very small once you get used to them. It would not be right for you to grow up in a place like this. MY expectations...MY loneliness...My fear...For you, my child... I will put them aside."
"it's not like that..." he whispered.
"If you truly wish to leave the RUINS... I will not stop you. However, when you leave... Please do not come back. I hope you understand.
She hugged him, saying "goodbye my child." and left. He was left there crying, feeling like the worst person ever. He didn't what to hurt her, he didn't what her to be lonely...
But he didn't want that for his mama either.
Once his tears had stopped, he stood up, and opened the door. He walked down a long hallway that got lighter the farther he walked. The end was black, and he couldn't see what was behind it, but he swallowed his fears, and moved forward.
And imminently wanted to run far, far away.
The Flower was there.
Flowey the flower was there, and he was talking.
"Clever. Verrrryyy clever. You think you're really smart, don't you? In this world, it's kill or be killed. So you were able to play by your own rules. You spared the life of a single person. Hee hee hee... I bet you feel really great. You didn't kill anybody this time. But what will you do if you meet a relentless killer? You'll Die and you'll Die and you'll die. Until you tire of trying. What will you do then? Will you kill out of frustration? or will you give up entirely in this world... and let ME inherit the power to control it? I am the prince of the worlds future. Don't worry, my little monarch, my plan isn't regicide. This is SO much more interesting."
And then he laughed his scary laugh and disappeared, and Tsuna was left shaking, scared...But he moved forward, and he wouldn't stop.