Sorry Ponystoriesandothers. You had a head start on your fanfic but I am now ahead of you.

Chapter 21: Undyne's Fighting Spirit

'To be fair, charging headfirst into a large strong monster wasn't the best idea.' Jerod thought to himself. He thought it would cool like those charging scenes in movies and videogames. It wasn't so cool when Undyne barreled through all of them. They all got knocked around and got the wind knocked out of them.

Jerod coughed and rolled onto his back, only to have a glowing spear be up in his face. Undyne had a toothy grin as she stared him down.

"Stay still human." She prepared to strike.

Suddenly she glanced to the side as she swung her spear behind her. Jerod heard a clashing sound and the sound of John yelping.

Jerod took the opportunity and did a leg sweep and jumped on his feet. Undyne staggered as she lost balance. John butted her head with the handle of his knife. Jerod quickly ran back to the group along with John. Undyne summoned a large barrage of spears that surrounded them on all sides. Diego summoned a large shield in a dome around them. The spears just bounced harmlessly off of the shield, not even leaving a dent.

"This is totally unfair!" Undyne yelled. Jerod stuck his tongue out mockingly at her.

"Well maybe you shouldn't have gone up against seven humans when you're kind couldn't handle one!" John said.

Diego scowled at John. "Dude, don't antagonize he-"

Undyne punched the shield. It broke through and grabbed Diego by the throat. He gagged for breath as he lost focus on keeping the shield up.

"That's enough out of you." She swiped her spear on him. Diego's Soul quivered as the green glow on him dimmed out. He realized that Undyne just disabled his shield power, like how Papyrus took Delilah's gravity power.

"Hey Undyne!" Caleb was flying over them, hat tipped dramatically. "You are mean!"

Undyne's eyes widened and she glared manically at him "How dare you call me mean! I'LL F*CKING KILL YOU!"

"Language." John wheezed.

Undyne threw a flurry of spears at Caleb. Caleb yelped as he flew around the place, narrowly avoiding the spears. He returned fire at her, his bullets shooting through the spears and at her feet. She grabbed a spear with her other hand and deflected the bullets.

Diego's hands lit on fire and he clawed at Undyne. The sheer heat of the flames made Undyne let go of him. He quickly grabbed his pan and swung.

Undyne caught the pan in her hand. Delilah jumped up behind her and tried to drop kick her. Undyne sidestepped that as well and shoved her and Diego. They both went spiraling back, luckily Delilah used her gravity power to slow them down so the impact wasn't as severe.

"Guys my shield is gone." He groaned.

"Alright. We have no choice but to be on the offensive." Jerod said.

"Got it." Iris looked to Caleb and they both nodded. Iris summoned giant words that said Fish Spear Guard. Undyne threw her spears at them before they could get to close. One flew straight at Iris. She quickly leaned backwards as a spear narrowly flew past her, so close that it sliced the cover of her notebook. Unfortunately Undyne was too distracted and barely had time to react as Caleb unleashed a powerful barrage he was building up.

"Justice rains from above!" He said.

Undyne did lightning-quick swipes with the spear in her hand, reflecting the bullets back to him. Caleb got hit by his own attacks and cried out in pain.

"Take this!" Undyne darts into the air and slashed through Caleb. He gasped and lost consciousness. He fell like a rock from the air. Diego caught him before he hit the ground.

"Thank god, your alright." Diego said as he gave him a quick heal.

"It's almost impossible to land a hit on her!" John said. Caleb started stirring awake.

"Nothing is impossible." Frisk said. He pulled his stick behind him. "Fetch!" He yelled, throwing it at Undyne. Undyne caught it in her hand and used the momentum to launch it back at Frisk. It smacked right into Frisk's eye. It looked like it was going to leave a bruise. "Yeah I can't hit her."

"It's no use. She is way too fast." Chara said.

Jerod stepped forward. "Not too fast for me." He said. His eyes glowed orange as his fists and feet got enveloped in an orange aura. He charged at Undyne, leaving a streak of orange light in his wake. Undyne was surprised by his eagerness and jumped back as Jerod's fist swung through the air. Undyne swung her spear as Jerod brought his fists up. Their weapons collided as sparks released from the clash. They both were struggling to push the other back. Jerod gritted his teeth as he slowly felt his strength drain from the exertion. His heartbeat rose as he sweated profusely. Undyne grinned as she slowly pushed him back.

He never felt fear of losing. He does lose sometimes and gets upset about it, but that is just a game for him and his opponent, no real consequence from the loss. This is different, he realizes that if he losses Undyne will kill him. Sure Frisk can always reload but how many times can that be done before the power suddenly goes away? After all, Chara somehow died despite having that power.

Then he remembered something. A memory of a day that he didn't realize was more important to someone else...

Jerod was walking home from school with his friend John. His other friends wanted him to stay with them but they wouldn't allow John to join them. They felt weirded out by John, calling him strange. So he refused their invitation and decided to walked home with his buddy. It was quite a long walk since their homes were on the other side of town. Hopefully, in a couple of years, one of them will get their licence and drive the other around.

"Are you sure you wouldn't rather be hanging out with Alex?" John asked, he said Alex with disdain. Jerod never saw John or Alex encounter each other but they seem to hate each other with a passion. He never knew why they did not like each other but he never bothered to ask.

Jerod smiled and put an arm around John. "Eh, it's no big deal. I'm not missing out on much. Besides, we got a game of Super Smash Bros to play."

John smiled back but it went down as he looked away. "Yeah..." He said depressed.

"Yo, what's wrong dude?" Jerod asked, clasping his shoulder.

"It's nothing. It's just not fair that you are missing out hanging with them." He rubbed his arm nervously. "I don't want to get in the way of your other friends."

"Hey, I told you it's no big deal!" Jerod said frustrated. "They are my friends but it's my choice who I want to hang out with. After all, it was my choice to introduce myself to you and ask to hang out. Heck, if I didn't bother to talk to you we never would have met, and who knows where we would be now if we never met."

"Yeah, who knows..." John whispered, looking towards the distant mountain. "Why do you still hang out with me?"

Jerod arched an eyebrow. "I don't understand."

"Why me? I mean look at me. I got no friends, get constant mood swings, do nothing but play video games, and fat with no desire to work out. Why would you want to hang out with a loser like me when you can be with other people you would be happy with?" He said feeling melancholic, kicking a random can on the ground.

"Too be honest, I was just being friendly when we first met. Despite our differences we get along pretty well, even if your little sister is a bit of a jerk to me. I never met someone that I enjoy hanging out with as much as us. My other friends are nice but there are some issues I have with them. They may be my friends but you will always be my best friend."

John looked at him with wide eyes. "Best... Friend." John's smile came back and he whiped his eyes.

"Yeah, and I promise that I won't let anything bad happen to you." He said as he gave him a bro hug.

John laughed. "You really are something special Jerod."

"You know it!" Jerod lightly pinched his freckled cheeks. John angrily slapped his hand away

"Arrgh, I hate it when you do that!" John growled.

"Not my fault you got a cute nose." Jerod grinned mischievously.

John blushed. "You really think so?"

"Yeah, all the ladies will be falling head over heels for you with that bad boy."

John's expression turned sour for a second. "Oh."

"Anyway, race ya to your house!" Jerod yelled as he pushed past John.

"What the... Hey!" John yelled out. He had no other choice but to cash after him. They both laughed as they ran home.

Jerod trembled under Unydne's strength. He remembered the screams from John when he died the first time back in the Ruins. There is no way he is going to let him go through something like that happen again... not on his watch.

"RRAHHHH!" Jerod yelled, with adrenaline coursing through his veins. His eyes glowed more fiercely with the burning passion of Bravery. Undyne felt herself be suddenly be pushed back. She staggered back a bit as she tried to regain her footing.

Jerod then got up close to her and unleashed a flurry of punches to her sides. She swiped at him with her spear but he just ducked under it and launched an uppercut to her face. Her head snapped to the side from the blow. She wiped her face and glared at Jerod with fury. She raised her arms over her head and brought them down hard on his back. Jerod coughed loudly as he fell onto his knees. He looked up at her with narrowed eyes and lunged at her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and yelled out as he suplexed her. She collapsed onto a heap.

KO!

Jerod whooped loudly as he jumped up and pumped his fist. The rest of the group cheered as they all slapped his back.

"You did it Jerod, you defeated Undyne!" John said relived. "You really had me worried, I thought you were done for.

Jerod grinned sheepishly. "Well I had a promise to keep." John arched an eyebrow at that statement.

Diego got in between them and wrapped an arm around both their shoulders. "Well the good thing is that we got through her without having to resort to k..."

The group all froze and watched in shock as Undyne got back up. Her armor fell off of her, showing her casual wear underneath. But the thing was that she looked on the verge of collapsing into dust.

"I... I thought I just knocked her out. I didn't mean to hit you that hard..." Jerod said with a bewildered look on his face.

Undyne gave a toothy grin as she clutched her chest "Ngahhh... I guess you were stronger... than I thought..." She fell onto her knees. "So then... this is where... ... it ends... at least I died fighting seven... humans." She whispered the last word as she collapsed into dust. It was kind of strange because the dust was falling unusually slow, like something was resisting. An extra surprise was that Undyne's white Soul popped out.

"Huh?"

All of a sudden, specks of red appeared on the Soul. The dust then suddenly lifted off the ground and slowly collected itself. It started to reform Undyne's body.

"WHAT!?" Everyone cried in unison.

"What the, that's not a normal monster Soul!" Chara said

Undyne appeared again and used a spear to help her back up. She was barely standing and her body looked pale. "No... NO! I won't die!" She shakily pointed her spear at them. "Alphys... Asgore... Papyrus... Everyone is counting on me to free them! NNNNAGH!" She clutched her side as her body shimmered. She her one good eye suddenly shined with passing, literately and figuratively. "Humans! In the name of everyone's hopes and dreams... I WILL DEFEAT YOU!

John's forehead scrunched in concern. "Undyne, what are you doi-" He was cut off as Undyne charged at him. He brought his knife up to deflect the attack. He quickly threw her back with his telekinesis.

"Come on, is that all you've got!? ... pathetic." She said as she charged at them again. Iris whipped Undyne back with her tendril. She barely resisted as her body shimmered even more. "You're going to have to try harder than that! S-see how strong we are when we believe in ourselves?"

"Undyne please stop. Your body is..." Jerod couldn't finish the sentence.

"H...heh... Had enough yet?" She was getting weaker and weaker by the second. She limped over to Jerod and tried to punch him. But all she could do was lightly slap him. The group backed away from her. Her body shimmered more and more.

"...I won't... ...Give up..." She slurred. Suddenly a part of her fell off, like she was melting. "Ha... ha... Alphys... This is what I was afraid of... This is why I never told you..." She fell on her stomach as she barely had the strength to get up. A white puddle spread around the ground by her. "No... No! Not yet! I won't die! NGAHHHHHHHH! I WON'T DIE! I WON'T DIE! I WON'T DIE! I WON'T..." She whispered, closing her eyes.

In all this confusion and panic, Frisk felt something strange. It wasn't coming from his Soul, yet it felt close to him. Almost like... it was coming from his backpack. Frisk quickly opened his backpack. He saw the ancient Artifact in there, it was glowing red and shaking. Frisk pulled it out and held it up.

"What is happening with that thing?!" Caleb asked.

"I don't k- GAH!" Frisk yelped as the Artifact shocked him. He let go of it as it floated in midair. The group stared, astonished at it. A crimson beam enveloped Undyne. Her body quivered as the puddle started gathering up back into her.

"The Artifact, it's restoring Undyne's body." Iris said.

"I can see her life force." Chara said. "She's unconscious but back to full health." The artifact stopped glowing and dropped on the ground. Frisk carefully put it back in his backpack.

Jerod frowned at Undyne's unconscious form. He walked forward and lifted her up. She leaned on his side as he held her up.

"What are you doing?!" Delilah said.

"Look, I know she killed you and she gave us a lot of hell, but we can't leave her like this... not after what I've done." Jerod said. Delilah glared at him. "I need your help, I'm going to take her home and I need you to teleport us there."

She looked like she was debating in her head what to do. She groaned and rolled her eyes. "Fine! Everyone get close and hold on." She ordered. The group did such as she focused on where she remembered Undyne's house to be. They all disappeared in a blue flash.

Did I just turn Jerod into an anime protagonist? Well he was fighting Undyne so...

*Anime powerup scream*

I changed Undyne's green mode power and replaced it with canceling out Diego's shields, because to me that really didn't seem practical against seven kids. (Look up grouptale Undyne images and you will see what I mean). Also it would seem like a boring fight if they just stood there, deflected shields, run away, repeat.

Yeah, I did the Neutral Run Undyne death. It was a pretty depressing death for me. Even if you aren't killing everyone in the game, it's still a shocking sight to watch as Undyne resist death as she attacks again and again, slowly growing weaker until she melts. It's a good thing that Artifact saved her.

Artifact ex machina.

Speaking of which, what the heck even is that Artifact!?

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