UT!Asgore and UF!Asgore. Two kings from two different universes. One was relatively peaceful which had its degree of suffering but tries to stay somewhat hopeful...the other has become a complete anarchy under UF!Asgore's rule. Monsters were suffering even more pointlessly than his own universe, but this version of him didn't seem to care too much about his subjects at all. There were a lot of things that Asgore couldn't stand, and that was a leader who didn't treat their subjects like actual living things. He wondered if the death of Asriel in this future was the cause for this terrible change. But , that was certainly not an excuse for him to banish the only family he has left and allow the Underground to do what it wants with itself, which is to slowly whittle itself away until it completely destroyed itself.
That was not going to fly with him. Not by a longshot. He was going to shut this down before it could get worse. Even if he didn't particularly like this specific universe, that didn't mean he wanted it to freeze. So he was going to save it regardless of his personal feelings.
"I can't let you continue to lead the Kingdom into destruction this way. I'm going to beat some sense into you and save the denizens of this universe." UT!Asgore declared with a roar as he clashed trident with UF!Asgore, magic sparks emitting from the clash as they tried pushing against one another. Regular flames from Asgore rose fiercely behind him with this declaration, while UF!Asgore smiled sadistically as he pushed against his counterpart as well, black flames accompanying behind him and growing ever larger and fierce the longer they clashed. They both pushed forward which simultaneously pushed them both back in opposite directions, stopping themselves by jabbing their trident into the ground.
"You're far too soft. Pathetic. You actually have a bleeding heart for a people that don't even belong to you. You don't have any obligation to help them, especially if you're intending to make me change my ruling methods." UF!Asgore declared with a maddening grin as he spins his trident around to slash at his counterpart's armor. Much swifter than he looked, UT!Asgore dodged it by jumping back, skidding a few feet before stopping. He then throws a multitude of fireballs towards his sinister counterpart, which he countered by rapidly spinning his trident around and deflecting nearly all of them in multiple directions, At the very least, the good Asgore didn't have to worry about-somewhat-innocent bystanders in the crossfire.
Crossfire. He swears that Sans might get a kick out of that joke if he heard it aloud. Too bad he wasn't here to help him out right now, he could really use the assistance. The more help he had, the faster he could get this over with without significant damage. Though it appears there was going to be something significant happening whether he wanted it or not. At the very least, he could minimize the damage to himself and his counterpart. For how long, he couldn't be certain. But he also didn't want to risk too much.
"No one should be ruling a Kingdom the way you do." The good Asgore counterpart declared with a vicious snarl. "And you shouldn't try and discount my degree of softness. You don't keep order on an entire race by being soft. But you also don't take it to the extremes that you have. Your lack of compassion has been turning these monsters into something they shouldn't be, especially if they wish to reach the Surface! The humans would never accept you with attitudes like this!"
"That's because I'm sharing no interest in reconciling with humanity." UF!Asgore snarled while pushing away his cape, his black mane rustling a bit, as smoke emitted from his nostrils after taking a deep breath. "No. After claiming the seventh human soul, I shall absorb them all before ultimately shattering the Barrier apart after so long. It has delayed my desire for conquest for far too long!" He says with disdain at the thought of humanity imprisoning the King of Monsters in some inescapable hellhole. The counterpart, however, could only see this viewpoint with contempt and horror.
"How could you think such a thing? Conquest isn't going to make you feel any better!" He should know. After a brief flash of anger ending after some time, he's regretting even momentarily gaining a mindset such as that, because it wouldn't remove any of the pain he felt for losing his family. Being trapped within that situation was completely unfair to Asgore, yet he had no one to blame but himself...he refused to blame Chara, despite their very significant involvement in their family falling apart. He made the call and has come to deeply regret it, yet he could not back out of it. This Asgore, however was still fully intending on destroying humanity when the Barrier was broken. It didn't matter that this wasn't his universe, that simply wasn't something he was going to allow happen if he could help it. It might even be the key to saving this universe from being frozen and completing an altered but approved Pacifist Route.
"Hmph! Like I said, this shouldn't concern someone as soft as you! You have absolutely no place here!" UF!Asgore declared while briefly slashing at his counterpart, who countered by swinging his own trident towards him, the weapons clashing briefly and once again pushing them back in opposite directions. This time UF!Asgore avoided trying to close the distance this time, essentially raising his paw to make pillars of flames erupt from below to burn UT!Asgore while his guard was seemingly down. He wasn't easily fooled by said attack, however; he was easily able to jump away from the rise of the attack once he got a proper sense of which pillar of flames would rise first. The flames rose up from the ground, actually being able to tear apart the earth for a few moments just to try and burn him.
"It doesn't matter if I have no purpose here, I cannot simply walk away when I know there's something I can do. Especially when that something involves teaching someone as tyrannical as you a few important manners!" Asgore roared again as he tigthened his grip on his trident and swung at his evil counterpart with great force. Said swing resulting in a wave of flames sent towards his counterpart with the intent to scorch him. Being just as much a fire elemental, he was able to easily slash the flame wave in half after slicing vertically. That left an opening for UT!Asgore to charge right at UF!Asgore and ram into him, causing him to crash into the wall and cratering it. UF!Asgore stumbled back in surprised and grunted as his jade-eyed counterpart attempted to keep him pinned. He unfortunately wasn't pinned for long, a free paw gathering fire magic in his paw and slamming it into his side, causing a small explosion that caused him to gasp and force him off.
UF!Asgore grinned as he lightly brushed himself off as more flames gathered around him. "You don't seem to fully believe in what you're taking action for, do you? Because from where I stand, you seem to be quite hesitant to gather the courage to fight me. That is not a weakness I share with you, obviously. So do you really believe you're in a position to judge me the way you are now? I say again, this world has nothing to do with you. Walking away would be quite easy for you. But you're not going to do that, are you? That seems to be even less likely for someone like you. And I must say, that mindset will eventually become your undoing."
"I don't believe it will. I will not forsake my compassion as easily as you did. I will keep holding onto it, there ae people even counting on me to hold onto it for as long as I can. My lack of compassion once did more harm than good, I cannot allow that mistake to be a constant." UT!Asgore narrowed his eyes and looked into his counterpart's eyes to prove his resolve. "Just like I cannot allow you to continue the way you are now. This world needs a moe compassionate leader, not one who will freely and happily allow it to fall into anarchy. As I say again, that is not a trait that a King should have!" With renewed vigor, the good counterpart made the attempt to again defeat his counterpart as quickly as he could, which the latter seemed persistent in extending their conflict to unnecessary degrees.
He wasn't deterred at all. In fact, he was more determined than anything else at the moment.
With another strong roar, UT!Asgore swung his trident, sending yet another stream of flames across the room, yet in a much faster manner with more intense flames to accompany the swing. These flames actually succeeded in pushing UF!Asgore back a few feet. But he wasn't done by a long-shot; he runs towards UF!Asgore as a multitude of fireballs launched towards UF!Asgore. Each of them grew several times bigger before launching directly into the tyrant's chest, each of them resulting in an explosion that continuously pushed him back. There's very little time to waste being locked in battle with this version of myself. I must not give him time to recover. No time to retaliate. No time to think of a counter. I shall beat the clock by defeating him as swiftly and forcefully as possible! This goal kept Asgore focused and ruthless doing whatever he possibly can to keep his counterpart off-balance, and to keep him from seriously retaliating.
UF!Asgore's eyes widened significantly as his defense slowly begins to crumble, regardless of how well he was trying to keep it up. All of a sudden his counterpart was taking a much more proactive approach when it came to his identical enemy; he refused to allow him any amount of time to think of or take any action that would result in the battle turning towards his favor. This change was startling, given how a few moments ago he was greatly hesitating to even gain the courage to attack him. It was such a drastic change in such a short amount of time that it alone served as a major distraction for him to rebel against the now surprisingly one-sided battle. This was further proven as he was once again smacked enough to be sent far, smacking back-first into a wall, causing yet another crater. It didn't stop there, as a larger fireball was sent his way, causing a much larger explosion than the other smaller one, and was much more devastating than them too.
When the smoke clears up at last, UF!Asgore gasped as he slowly fell forward and supported himself by propping himself with his arms and coming face-first within Asgore's trident, it being mere inches before him. He was baffled for a few moments by how the seemingly weaker, identical self was able to overpower him the moment he stopped wasting time. Whatever he was rushing for, he was dead-serious about it. At the very least, his resolve was definitely real, even if it escaped his understanding. Regardless of this, he was highly expecting to be executed right on the spot. This was shown by the fact that Asgore simply pulled his trident back and made it disappear the moment he was sure that his counterpart was no longer a danger.
This act baffled him for a few moments, before he decided to slowly stand up and gaze at his identical self in a fit of confusion.
"Did...did you just...spare me...? Why would you do such a thing after all of the criticism you've given me for how I ran my kingdom...? There's no way that you could possibly feel positive feelings for me after I've just..."
"As much as I do find how you've managed this Kingdom to be utterly deplorable, there's no reason for you to have to die. Because you and I are, in a way, very much the same. I don't truly believe that you are someone who is filled with a great amount of evil. You still have a chance at turning yourself around from this, as hard as it might possibly be for you. You're me in a different alteration, so I do believe that you can manage this change if you truly work for it."
"...If we really are the same person with different alterations...then I really don't think I wish to know how I grew to be as soft as you." UF!Asgore groaned as he shakes his head. He then raised his paw, and briefly shot a ball of flames towards a flash of crimson light. He slowly approached the flash of light after striking it with flames. The one who was responsible for the flash was the one known as UF!Sans. He had recently arrived and has seen the end of the two king's battle. He was intending to simply blindside UT!Asgore while his guard was down, but his counterpart obviously wasn't about to let that happen. "Treachery once again, Sans? You sure enjoy trying my patience when I'm in my worst mood, do you? I must say, it is truly starting to get old. I'm tempted to simply burn you to ashes and be done with it."
UF!Sans seemed to have many regrets for this decision, as he was currently sweating and pulling on the collar of his jacket. sheesh...i'm pissin' everyone off today...and much more than usual.
"Now now, I'm sure a reasonable punishment can be reached for him later. But right now, it is best that we spare him, for he is still needed." UT!Asgore declared, patting UF!Asgore's shoulder in order to calm him down somewhat. After this, he sees the others slowly enter the throne room to see that both Asgore's were still very clearly alive, which was a big relief to the ones trying to keep everyone alive. He smiled at the sight of Asriel in particular being alive and well, picking him up and hoisting him over his shoulder. "My son...I'm ever so glad that you are alright. You've managed to get here safely. This brings me great relief..."
"It wasn't easy for me, Dad. There were a lot of things that didn't want to cooperate with me or the others. But other than that, things were going relatively well for everyone." Asriel declared as Flowey slowly detached from his arm and landed on the ground. Asriel slowly jumped down from Asgore's soldier as he gently held out his alternate soul, and moved on to break the Barrier.
In the meantime, UF!Toriel walked up slowly to UF!Asgore, completely disregarding UT!Asgore. The former attempted to speak, but he was swiftly silenced before h could begin. "Don't speak. Just...don't speak. We have many things to talk about, there is no doubt about that. But not now. Now...I'm simply going to do this, and not question how nice it might feel." With this, UF!Toriel slowly wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into a hug. UF!Asgore was briefly startled by this, wondering what could have brought out such a nature, especially after he was the one who banished her to the Ruins in the first place. He then spots the child that was most likely responsible for the change: Frisk. They were supportively smiling at the two of them, and gestured for him not to question it right now, and to simply return the hug. Which he eventually did, albeit with a small smile.
Moments later, everyone would hear the sound of the Barrier effectively shattering into pieces, and the human souls being let free. Asriel returned as his own custom soul was restored into his chest, before gazing at his own party. "We're finished here...we should go." He then turns towards UF!Toriel and UF!Asgore. "I suggest that you give you people some time to rehabilitate themselves...life on the Surface would definitely be much easier if you were to teach them that humans aren't their enemy anymore. I'm sure Frisk will help you along that path...Frisk is really smart." He says with a genuine smile as he turns and begins to leave, with the rest of the party following him out.
UT!Sans was the one briefly walking next to him, slightly curious. "you're really gonna leave them as they are without some sort of fanfare? you must have a lot of faith in them."
"They're not nearly as evil as they claim to be. Trust me Sans...they'll soon turn themselves around. I believe in it. ANd I know Dad believes in them too." Asriel assures. Sans reluctantly stays silent as they left the world of Underfell at last, thinking of a safe place to go. SOon enough, the same door appeared before them, and they soon entered it without much trouble.
They would now have to check in with Ink and Core!Frisk, alongside everyone else still waiting for them back in the Omega Timeline. They would take a break to collect themselves, then make their way to the next universe.
But for now, it would seem that their objective has been reached.
The Underfell Arc has finally come to a close. Took me long enough, right? Now they'll finally return to the Omega Timeline and rest for the next adventure. It will be a bit of a two-chapter resting period before the mission picks back up.
Just a heads up. A pretty well-needed heads up for the moment. I was a bit caught up in things, so I hope you can forgive me. I told you I would try my hardest. I meant it, and I can very well assure it.
Until next time!