Toriel shot numerous fire balls at Ciara, as she managed to dodge most of them. The ones that hit did burn, but Ciara didn't really notice the pain. Then Ciara started running towards Toriel, as she threw more fire her way and a wall of flames. Any living thing, like the trees and plants in the area of fire, didn't burn at all.
Ciara dived through the wall of fire with a leap that brought her before Toriel. She kicked the Life Embodiment in a swift movement that Toriel barely had time to block. She was kicked over to her side on the ground.
'How could she have that much power in a kick?' Toriel thought, but when she turned over to get up, Ciara's foot planted itself on her stomach to keep her on the ground.
She aimed the gun towards Toriel's face with a lopsided grin.
"Sooo... if I kill Life... does that effect every other life in this world? Would children be unable to be born? Would mortals fail to grow? Could all mortals perish along with you? Hm... LET'S FIND OUT! AH hahahahaHA!" Ciara cackled, as she aimed the gun barrel towards Toriel's chest, where her soul would be.
Toriel struggled to get up as the gun charged, but Ciara's strength seemed to grow as she kept her on the ground. However, in her fit of madness, Ciara forgot about Sans as his scythe flew around her waist and hooked on her. He pulled on his other scythe since it was chained and was able to yank Ciara up in the air and into a streetlight nearby, denting it with her body. Toriel was able to get up on one knee, although her body was shaken from the previous threat. Sans pulled back his scythe, as Ciara flopped on the ground, with the gun sliding a few feet away from her. Sans saw this as an opportunity, as he un-summoned his scythes and flew after the gun.
'He can make it!' Toriel thought, but she gasped when she saw Ciara lift up her head suddenly.
When she saw Sans going for the gun, Ciara sprang up and grabbed for it as well. The two had both hands on the gun: one on the handle, and one on the barrel. They were tugging the guns back and forth, and then Ciara tried to push the gun forward to hit Sans in the face with it, as he tried to do the same. The struggle was real, as Sans couldn't understand why her strength seemed to grow every moment.
Frisk had returned after the mystery cloak-wearer disappeared. She stood with the group of friends to watch over them, as they began cheering Sans on:
"Take her down Sans," Joseph said through his tears as he still held Karol close to himself, with Joe next to him.
"Come on Sans. You can do it!" Joe said.
"Please, stop her," Rini also said, as she hugged her brother.
"Don't let that traitor go..." Caroline said, with furrowed brows while still holding Jonathan.
"Come on man! You can do it!" Corvin said, tears still falling while clinging to his brother.
"Get her back. GET CURTAIN BACK, SANS!" Marisol shouted.
"DON'T GIVE UP SANS!" Frisk also cheered.
Sans and Ciara heard their cheers, as Ciara looked at them with a scowl and said,
"Naive fools. I'll deal with them after you!"
Hearing their cheers, Sans could feel his soul react, but he realized that it was the new part of his soul that was reacting the most. He looked at the glass cage and saw Curtain's soul moving towards him, as if it was banging the glass.
He heard a voice from his soul say, 'Your scythe... get me out... it's not unbreakable... your strong enough... we are strong enough... your scythe...'
Sans recognized the voice to be Curtain, and he immediately pulled back and let go of the gun, while Ciara stumbled forward but still held the gun. As she got her footing and looked up, Sans quickly summoned one scythe and swung it at the glass box. It stabbed into the glass, as Sans let go of the scythe and stood back. Ciara stumbled back a few steps, and was surprised to see that the scythe pierced the glass.
The gun started to shake as rays of light shined through the cracks, and one light ray hit Ciara on the arm as she screeched and released the gun to hold her damaged arm. The gun spun upward, horizontally, along with the scythe about twenty feet in the air. When it reached its peak, the gun cracked and burst into pieces that fell in various parts on the ground.
As the swirling light and scythe slowly came down, the light began to take shape, with Curtain's soul in the center. Everyone looked on in surprise, as Ciara finally looked up with widened eyes. The light finally reverted back to normal as Curtain appeared, although she was still flipping while holding the scythe.
With one quick slice, Curtain slashed at Ciara with the scythe in fury as she finally landed on her feet. Ciara and Curtain stood frozen in place, with Curtain holding the scythe downward while Ciara's eyes were widened.
A slashing sound was heard, as a glowing blue cut marked from the top of Ciara's head to her chest, symmetrical all the way down. Ciara screamed in a deeper voice that didn't sound completely normal, as a mist of red popped from the cut around the front and the back of her head.
"NOOOO!" Ciara howled, as she reached a shaken hand towards Curtain.
Curtain straightened her stance as she looked at Ciara with serious disgust.
Suddenly a dark portal opened up behind Ciara, as Sans jump-kicked her inside. She screamed as she fell into the portal, and then it closed up with her inside. After a moment of silence to make sure no other threats were around, Sans and Curtain turned towards one another. Sans noticed that Curtain had a belt made of black fur and feathers that extended out like cape skirt just above her ankles. Curtain noticed that Sans' pants were blue, as well as the skull on his belt.
However, they would discuss this later because they were so happy to see each other, safe and sound. With watery eyes, Sans and Curtain hugged, never wanting to let go and risk being separated again.
As they did this, Frisk helped Toriel onto her feet.
"Thank you, my child. I am glad they are safe... I have work to do now," Toriel said, looking towards the group of friends who held their lifeless friends.
"What are you going to do, Miss Toriel?" Frisk asked.
"Revive... it is not their times. They can all still return," Toriel said, as her hands glowed white-gold while she lifted them up and they shined brighter.
While doing so, the lifeless humans and monsters began to breathe and move again with life. A cry of happiness filled the air, also coming from the harbor, as all of the lifeless ones were revived.
"Karol! Babe!" Joseph cried out, as he stood up and twirled Karol around in his arms.
"Oh Joey!" Karol also cried out as he stopped twirling her and they hugged.
"Oh thank goodness!" Joe said, tears streaming down his eyes, as he hugged both of them.
Rini was crying in Hare's arms, as he hugged her to comfort her, while a few tears fell from his eyes.
"OhgoshwhathappenedCarolineIthoughtIwasdead! I'msohappytobealive!" Jonathan said, crying, as Caroline was hugging him with a smile while also looking at everyone else.
"Dude, don't ever die like that again!" Corvin said, hugging his bro with a serious expression and tears.
"I will become the greatest dodger of random beams in the world bro. I'm so happy to be back," Kelvin said, also hugging his bro with a serious expression and tears.
Frisk was happy to see everyone alive and well. She saw a movement of red, as she looked to see Marisol running straight towards Sans and Curtain when she was sure that everyone else was alive.
"Curtain!" Marisol called, with happy tears to see that she was alright.
Curtain and Sans pulled away from one another, and when Curtain saw Marisol, she started running towards her friend.
"Marisol!" Curtain called out, and the two were able to hug.
"You're alive! You're okay!" Marisol said.
"Yeah! You guys are too! I'm so happy!" Curtain said.
After a moment, they separated from their hug, as Sans walked over and stood next to Curtain. Marisol looked towards him and hugged him, which surprised Sans.
"Thank you for saving her. You really are a good guy," Marisol said to him, and Sans smiled and patted her back.
"SANS!" A familiar voice called, as Marisol pulled away from Sans.
The three looked around, and then they noticed Papyrus running towards them.
"Papyrus?" Sans said, as Papyrus picked him up and hugged him.
"Oh my gosh, Sans! I was so worried when I felt a shift and I knew you were in trouble so I came straight over! I'm so glad you're okay! And Curtain too! All of you!" Papyrus said, as his eyes watered, and Sans petted his brother's head to calm him down.
"Any lost lives have been restored. I am glad to see that you two are alright," Toriel said, as she approached them with Frisk.
"Lady Toriel! You are here as well!" Papyrus said, as he put Sans down while Toriel nodded.
"How is that?" Curtain asked.
"I revived them. Their lives were not meant to be lost, and it had just occurred, which makes it easier to revive them," Toriel said, and Marisol hugged her.
"Thank you," Marisol said, as Toriel hugged her back with a smile.
After Marisol released Toriel, Sans and Curtain stood side by side.
"What shall you two do now?" Toriel asked them.
Sans and Curtain looked at each other and held hands.
"We want to..." Curtain said, as they smiled at each other.
"Be together," Sans said, as they laid their foreheads together.
Toriel smiled and nodded, as Frisk smiled along with Marisol and Papyrus. Then Curtain and Sans kissed, as the four looked away to give them privacy.
Marisol felt that someone was looking at her, as she turned to look at Papyrus. Their eyes locked on one another, as they couldn't tear their gazes away for even a moment.
"H-Hello, Ms..." Papyrus said, with a light orange blush and a nervous smile.
"H-Hello, um Papyrus, right? I'm Marisol," Marisol said, with a light pink blush and a small smile.
"Marisol… that is truly a lovely name," Papyrus said, as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Thank you… your name is unique as well," Marisol said, as she softly rubbed her forearm.
"Why thank you. It's very nice to m-meet you," Papyrus said, extending his hand towards her.
"It's very nice to meet you too," Marisol said, shaking his hand.
Although they stopped shaking hands, their hands stood together as their eyes didn't look away from one another.
Sans and Curtain separated from their sweet kiss, and they turned the others, noticing Papyrus and Marisol holding hands and staring at one another. Sans was surprised at their interaction, as Curtain's mouth was open in surprise.
"Eh hem," Sans said, bringing the two back to reality as they released hands while their blushes darkened.
"Oh, um, hey brother. Heh. I was just greeting Ms. Marisol," Papyrus said, rubbing the back of his neck, while Sans smiled.
"Ohhh, I see how it is, Marisol. If you want to date a Skele-reaper, that's fine. But when I want to date a Skele-reaper, everyone loses their minds," Curtain said, with her hands raised, although she was smiling from her own joke.
"Your situation wasn't the same! And I never said I wanted to date him! We just met!" Marisol said, with her hands as fists on her hips and a darker blush.
"Y-Yes! I agree. We have just met," Papyrus said, and then he looked at his brother with narrowed eye sockets and added,
"And if we decide to date, I won't make a locket or attempt a kiss-of-death."
Sans rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, as everyone else chuckled.
When everyone was settled, the other friends were finally informed about what was going on. They were all asking questions, although Toriel had to leave because she needed to inform Asgore of what had happened, especially since Ciara was involved. Sans decided that it would be best to tell him, although he was concerned if the other Embodiments found out about Curtain. Toriel reassured him that no one would bother her under her watch, and Sans thanked her for that. After she left, Frisk was answering everyone's questions along with Papyrus, while he and Marisol were standing next to each other without realizing it.
Sans and Curtain looked on at all of them, and they were glad that they were safe. They held hands, as they looked towards one another and smiled. Sans reached with his other hand and placed it on Curtain's cheek as Curtain placed her hand on his cheek bone.
"Thank you for saving me," Curtain said, with a loving gaze.
"Heh. Well, you were the one who told me to use my scythe," Sans said, as he gave her a loving smile.
"You really heard me… Huh, that's interesting," Curtain said.
"Yeah. It looks like there's a lot more to this soul exchange then we thought," Sans said.
"Well, on the bright side, we could figure this out together," Curtain said, as she kissed him on the cheek.
"Heh. That makes this even better," Sans said.
"I love you, Sans."
"I love you too, Curtain."
And that -sniff- is the end -sniffle- of Deathly Exchange. -cry-
I had fun writing this story, with the cliff hangers, and plot twist, and battle, and love.
This was so much fun that... I'm thinking of writing a similar series of stories about a Sans and a Curtain meeting... maybe from those other universes as mentioned in this story... What do you guys think? Each story wouldn't be as long as this one though.
Also, I have a secret chapter that I'm going to release sooner today or tomorrow that has to do with this story, and a preview at the end of it for the series I mentioned above.
Stay tuned peeps!
