Another bit of casual life for most. Nothing too serious, though it's a tad longer than the last chapter. Might not be the best...but I had some fun with it.
Hope you do as well.
Chapter Start!
Undyne marches onward with Alphys meekly following behind, though managing to quickly pick up her step every now and then. She wore her Delta Rune badge on her hip while making her way towards the location she marked on the group's phones. It was funny. A long time ago, Undyne had definitely settled into being a police officer to protect the peace of the city, disbanding the Royal Guard in the process.
Now it has unofficially been reborn as serious dangers to the city have happened too many times. A police force simply isn't expansive enough, at least not the usual police force, as they were still around. Undyne's Royal Guard has received many upgrades during it's growing up, and having it's latest one seems to put some confidence in everyone of them, including the ones to recently join them.
Which is why she called for a training session with the strengthened Royal Guard, to better build their new strengths, and compensating for their weaknesses as best they could.
Undyne eventually stops a bit, Alphys accidently bumping into her from behind. Hearing her mutter a quick apology, Undyne turned towards the group in question, simply lounging around and relaxing, waiting for her. Of course they would come to attention once seeing her, though a few of them would still take a bit of rousing to get their attention. Such as Red...who seems to be bobbing her head to something on her phone with earphones over her canine ears. Sitting next to her was...
"Muffet?"
"Salutations, Undyne! Alphys! Wonderful day we're having, wouldn't you agree?~" The spider beamed, having a glass within one of her hands and sipping it gracefully. "Ahuhu...it's gotten quite hot, you see. A it of cool lemonade ALWAYS helps cool one down. My lovely spiders do take enjoyment of the heat, as do I. But you know what they say about too much of a good thing..."
"That so?" Undyne scoffed a hand on her hip. "So what would you do if you've actually gotten too much of Chara?"
"There's no such thing." Muffet casually dismissed, ignoring the slight hypocrisy of what she said before, as she began sipping more lemonade a fellow spider brought for her.
"Riiight...So! What's your partner in crime listening to?" Undyne said as she lightning leans towards Red, still having no care in the world while listening to her music.
"Ahuhu! I do believe my beloved Ribbon Buddy has found her favorite song! She's had it on repeat for twenty minutes!" Muffet beamed. She lightly tapped the canine's shoulder and pointed to her ears. Red gasped at the contact and jumped, her headphones sliding off and hanging from her neck. She failed to notice.
"Lady Undyne! Sir! Ma'am?! Captain?! I mean, uh...!"
"Chill out, Red. We're not doing that kind of meeting, at least not today." Undyne waved nonchalantly. Curious, she brought the earphones over her head to listen for herself.
'They see you as small and helpless; They see you as just a child. Surprise when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild!'
"Huh...I think I heard this one before." Undyne said casually before setting them back down and gazing at Red. She noticed her change in wardrobe; Red was wearing a pink red dress-ahem, combat skirt-with, what looked like a red bag strapped around her shoulder. And of course she kept her signature cowl and cape, and her pink curled hair remained prominent.
She looked adorable. Adorable and deadly.
Perfect.
"I'm gonna take a shot and say that's kinda how you're feeling about all the dangers we're gonna be up against? What happened last time only proves it's never gonna stop if we're sitting idly by."
"Of course. I'm willing to progress ever further to accomplish my goals and protect whatever I wish to protect." Red said resolutely. "And I've decided that a major step towards those things...is becoming a master at swordsmanship. Of course I'm fairly effective with magic bombs and chakrams, I place confidence in my swordplay being my best asset."
"A Master Swordswoman, heh? Will this be flowing into your position as Asriel's self-proclaimed 'Champion'?"
"While this goal will surely help make that one easier, it's not why I'm doing this." Red shook her head. "I know becoming a more skilled and powerful Swordswoman will help be become better as Asriel's champion. And more than that, a champion for Monsters. But I'm doing this because it's what I want to do. I'm doing it for me."
"That so?"
"Yes. After all, how can I protect Asriel if I can't even protect myself?"
"That's...a pretty fair reason, actually." Alphys smiled while rubbing her paws slightly.
"Yeah. I did whatever I could to support Asgore when Gerson had retired. Now that Gerson is un-retired, and we have you along with us, the Dreemurr's have three champions to watch their backs. It's gonna be pretty awesome. A Sword is your signature weapon. A Hammer is Gerson's signature weapon. And a Spear is mine."
"Hmmm..." Muffet thought slightly, crossing one leg over the other. "Gerson the Hammer of Justice. Undyne the Spear of Justice. Red the Sword of Justice. That actually sounds like quite a gathering of titles, if I must say so myself." Muffet clapped. "Oh! Oh! We'll call you three 'Trio of Justice'!" Just think of the marketing campaign I can invest in with those names!~
Undyne and Red blinked while thinking over the name. The former nodded while rubbing her chin, then smirked. "Hey...yeah. That doesn't sound half bad!"
"Indeed. I'll admit it has quite the ring to it. And it shall be quite well-known, given enough time and action." Gerson voiced with a small smile, approaching them with a wave and nod. "Young ladies. Would you mind Gerson the Gentleman to take part in this meeting?"
"Hey, there's no need for you to ask. You've got seniority." Undyne reasoned. "Anyway, this food to see you. Now all that's left is-"
"MEEEEEEEEEE!~" Papyrus slides into the fray, a trail of bones following him from a few moments, until he came to a screeching stop. He stands tall, his scarf flowing freely...which was strange because it wasn't windy. "I HAVE ARRIVED! AND I DID SO ON TIME, AS ALWAYS! GOOD DAY, FRIENDS!"
"Hello, friend." Dynamo said with a small smile. Papyrus beamed, and was rather quick to run over and give Dynamo a hug. The large gator gently wrapped his paws around him and returned the embrace happily. He was much more cuddly than he looked and acted.
Undyne grinned as she then turned and clapped twice, rather loudly. "Alright then, ya punks! Rollcall time! The Pack!"
"Here." Doggo raised a paw.
"Present!" Red raised her paw, as well as hopping high.
"We're here." Dogressa and Dogamy raised their paws in unison.
"Hmph." Ice Wolf grunted with a slightly raised paw.
Lesser Dog and Greater Dog barked with raised heads.
"Excellent...how are your families?" She asked this rather tenderly, and Alphys nervously pressed her paws together as a result.
"We'll...they've been stuck together for so long without break. While they were Ultimately okay with it at a certain point, it will take some time for them to fully recover from it. It'll be a miracle if they recover at all." Dogressa informed.
Alphys sighed quietly at this, but nodded. Rehabilitation was never easy, but she was sure that the monsters could pull through. "All right then. Next, the Pride."
"Present." Shamir raised a paw.
"Here!" Ribras and Rasha raised a paw in unison.
The ones known as Greater Cat and Lesser Cat meowed and raised their heads in attention.
"Right here." Parvos lazily waved a hand with a slight smirk.
"Here I am!" Will added with a meow.
"Very nice." Gerson nodded. "Now then. Scythe's League?"
"Scythe is here." Scythe said with a chuckle.
"Hmph." Dynamo huffed but made his attendance known.
"I'm in attendance." Dyra noted with a nod.
"Here we are." Twins Akai and Warkie raised their paws.
"Excellent! Everyone is in full attendance!" Undyne clapped while wearing a cheek grin on her face. "Right then! We're gonna have ourselves a training session together! Slightly different than usual, with a different theme and format, same goal. The name of the session is 'Cats and Dogs'! With Reptiles on the side for good measure."
"Hoh? What will we be doing, Warden?" Parvos asked playfully. Undyne rolled her eyes but nonetheless chose to answer.
"You all will be pushing your magic to a comfortable limit...then you will try to go beyond that. And you'll do so while cooperating as a team." Undyne said. "I do this training with Asriel whenever we can. Surpassing one limit after another when we feel confident enough to manage it. And with the current level surpassed, a new one is reached."
"Huh. That so?"
"We've each continued to tap into an entirely new reservoir of power. Best we get a handle on it now so that we'll be able to better handle battles in the future. Because we all know there's gonna be more."
"Be ominous about it, sheesh." Will sighed. "Fine fine. How are we going to do this?"
"Split into several teams. Dogressa, Dogamy, and Doggo against Ribras, Rasha, and Shamir. Greater and Lesser Dog against Greater and Lesser Cat. Will and Ice Wold. Red and Parvos." Red and Parvos locked gazes, one glaring, and the other was quite smug.
"Looks like we're fighting again, Little Red Slicing Hood."
"I'm gonna kick your butt, and wipe that STUPID smug grin off your stupid face!"
"It's hard to take you seriously with your squeaky barking.~"
"My barks are NOT squeaky! Ruff ruff! Arf!" Red defied, unknowingly proving Parvos' point. "Grrrrah...Dog biscuits! Forget words! Our swords will do the talking!"
"I dunno, I'm a pretty smooth talker.~"
"Parvos. I WILL relinquish you of your coffee milk stash if you keep this up." Undyne warned.
Parvos froze, then lowered his head submissively while waving his paws. "H-Hey...no need to be drastic, Warden. I'll behave. Just...don't take my coffee milk."
"That's a good kitty. Alrighty, get in your group, peeps! Time limit is free minutes!"
The canines and felines each for into got their assigned groups. Dogressa and Dogamy faced against Rasha and Ribras. And Red was facing Parvos, once again. They were pushing their respective magics, gazing in each other's eyes. Parvos could still see the silver within her, how they've gazed at him with such intensity that it's difficult to comprehend that it's coming from a sixteen years old girl.
Meanwhile Will was just gazing up at the buff Ice Wolf, who was gazing down at him with his arms folded. The smaller feline sweatdropped. Set me, the smallest feline, up against the largest and physically strongest of the Pack...sure. That's totally fair.
Red narrowed her eyes as she dashed forward for a lunge. Her eyes flashed silver as she envisions him deflecting her lunge and managing to slash of her cheek. The flash ends, in which she turns the lunge into a feint, ducking under his daggers, then swiftly turning and slashing upwards towards his arm. He barely manages a dodge.
"Your Soul of Intuition. Seems like it allows you to see certain attacks ahead of time that you know is seriously harmful to you than you can afford, and counter effectively...depending on your reflexes." Parvos deduced as he and Red traded numerous slashes.
"Hmph." Red huffed as they clashed blades again, creating numerous magic sparks. On the side, they could both see Dogamy and Dogressa trading similar slashes with their feline counterparts and their halberds. Even though the latter was quite literally wielding a halberd made of magma, the canine pair were able to counter effectively with increased magic coursing from their paws into their halberds. Doggo and Shamir were doing the same, their dual swords clashing every now and then, neither being able to land a sufficient cut.
They could also see Greater and Lesser Dog against their feline counterparts...they had mostly forgone fighting and simply began petting each other's heads.
Undyne promptly facepalmed. "I forgot to place a rule against petting...fair enough, that's my fault."
"THERE'S NO NEED TO BE TOO UPSET. PETTING DOES SEEM TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE, WOULDN'T YOU AGREE? AFFECTION BEFORE ALTERCATION!" Papyrus said with a cool smile.
"Yeah but that's not the point of...ugh, whatever."
Red and Parvos clash blades again, with Parvos briefly using both of his daggers in an attempt to push her back. "You're pretty cutthroat for a sixteen years old monster wolf, aren't ya? Yeah, you've certainly made that clear for as long as I've known you."
"What's this even about?"
"I'm just saying. For someone as young as you to be so merciless in battle...it speaks volumes. It ain't a bad thing." They both jumped away from one another again, landing on their feet while slightly skidding across the ground. "If anything, it's good you're like that. Serve as a bit of a foil foil for the exalted Prince. We know he won't willingly muster the necessary killing intent when it's needed. Not like you can. Only makes it that much more important for you to support him whenever and however you can."
"Why do you even care?" Red asked, very curious but not enough to drop her guard.
"Just giving you my two cents. That's all." Parvos shrugged as his dagger became coated in black lightning, and he slashed at Red again. Her silver eyes flashed as she shifted right to dodge, only barely missing a few strands of hair in the process. She retaliated before he could fully recover, and slashed diagonally upwards. He managed to jump back and dodge, but still got a slight cut on his shoulder.
Cheeky Pup...
"Times up!" Undyne called out, and the practice duels stopped immediately. Each team was trying to catch their breath as soon as they could, trying to stay standing. They had indeed began with their magic at full capacity without becoming fully destructive, and began slowly pushing past that limit the more time passed. Obviously three minutes wasn't enough for complete accuracy, but the results could well be seen. "Alright then, that's one small step for progress! We'll be able to increase the duration the more sessions we have!"
"Whatever soothes your stormy ocean, Warden." Parvos says with a tired smile. "So...coffee milk?"
"Keep on good behavior and I'll consider giving you a bottle."
"Sweet."
Gerson nodded as he and Alphys turned towards the remaining members. "Alrighty then, ya whippersnappers/fellow reptiles. It's your turn. Me and Alphys are gonna be yer partners this time around. Just the two of us."
"Just you two? Are you quite sure about that?" Dynamo asked, slightly skeptical.
"Wa ha ha! What's the matter? Feelin' hesitant to face off against an old reptile like me? Remember who I am, my dear boy. And also remember that I can still pack quite a punch!"
"And besides..." Alphys interjected, gesturing to Warkie. "Warkie uses Sound Magic, but mainly as reconnaissance. He's not a fighter like his brother Akai."
"Quite obviously." Dyra huffed while adjusting her own glasses. "As such, it might be best for him to set this session out. Not that he doesn't know basic defensive maneuvers, but he is unfortunately unable to perform very well in battle."
"That's right. He sticks to what he does best. Gathering information from a safe distance with Drs occasionally helping, while his brother and the rest of us usually take care of the scraps we get into." Scythe explained with a nod.
Gerson nodded. "I see. So this shall be a double one-on-two then. That makes it a bit better. Alright! I'll take Scythe and Dynamo. Alphys will have Dyra and Akai. Seems like a reasonable match up to me!"
"I mean, if you say so..." Alphys' muttered a bit anxiously while pressing her paws together. "I mean, if you think so, then I don't have anything against it."
"VERY GOOD, THEN IT'S SETTLED! YOU GO ON WITH THAT, WHILE I SPEAK WITH FRIEND WARKIE IN PRIVATE." Papyrus declared while grabbing Warkie's paw and gently pulling him to the side, much to his surprise. When he got a safe enough distance, he called out to them again. "DO BEGIN WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN. WE'LL BE RIGHT HERE, OUT OF YOUR WAY."
The two groups nodded as they each surged their magic and proceeded towards their respective opponents. Gerson twirled his hammer a few times and balanced it on his shoulder. Scythe and Dynamo looked at each other, then towards Gerson again.
"...Dynamo. Don't underestimate him because he's small and an elder."
"Scythe. He is the Hammer of Justice. Underestimating him would be foolish." Dynamo says calmly. "My new comrade Papyrus, and our new superior, Undyne, speak of him with high respect and regard. And that recognition is well earned."
"Indeed. Formally I was well-known simply for surviving the War. But now I'm plannin' going quite a ways past that, ya see? It's a sort of resolution I made to properly enforce my declaration out of retirement." Gerson huffed with his arms behind his back. "Don't be shy now. Come at me."
Scythe took a deep breath as his claws were coated with dark ice. He soon rushed towards Gerson and slashed at him with said claws. Gerson proceeded to duck low to dodge, then jump upwards when Scythe tried a tail swipe-also coated in dark ice-at his feet. A tortoise he is, slow he is not. Gerson has proved himself again and again to actually be quite nimble when he wished to be. Dynamo jumps in and attempts to punch at Gerson with his fist coated in metal, only to grunt when he misses with another well-timed jump by Gerson.
In the meantime, Dyra adjust her glasses, Alphys doing the same while also manifesting a wrench within her paw. The same wrench she used before. Dyra didn't miss this detail, emphasized with a raised eyebrow.
"You seem to have gained some appreciation for using a wrench as a melee weapon." Dyra commented, gathering her psionic magic.
"As a scientist and inventor, I find that it suits me." Alphys shrugged as she gripped her wrench with both paws, and it charged with energy. "While we do this, mind telling me more about your psionic magic?"
"...Very well, my rival. I suppose a bit more and tell can't hurt." Dyra decides as she holds out one paw, a ball of psychic darkness in her paw, and it sprouting multiple tendrils that shot forth towards Alphys. Alphys twirled the wrench in an arc, it forming a energy field around her that deflected and cuts off many of the tendrils before they could hurt her. She stopped twirling, nearly falling over clumsily, but managed to regain her balance and straightened her glasses.
"From what information we've gathered so far, monsters are actually much stronger than we've led ourselves to believe. And a Magic Awakening is usually the trigger." Alphys stated as she swings her wrench sideways, sending a wave of energy towards Dyra, which she managed to deflect with a shield of psychic wind. "And so far, we know several ways to trigger that awakening. A strong enough monster enduring a death experience, a powerful enough monster constantly training their magic to break it's current boundary, having your potential awakened by someone else, or absorbing a human soul."
Dyra paused a bit, before she nodded. "The near death one was what happened with me.. I'm a monster esper. A creature made of magic who's also capable of psionic power. Pretty dangerous combination, wouldn't you say?"
"Truly. And...I'm guessing certain people found that kind of ability to be an effective weapon?"
"A weapon and scientist first. But as a person with feelings? Barely." Dyra noted as she telekinetically snatched Alphys' wrench from her paws, tossing it away with a flick of her paw, then sending a wave of psychic water with a flick of her other paw. Alphys raised both paws as a wall of hard-light data to block the water wave, feeling the pressure but otherwise standing strong.
"That's terrible! Us scientists have lives too!" Alphys shouted. "We have so much on our minds, so many ideas, it tends to overheat us. Not taking a lengthy break once in a while, we'll just burn up entirely, and that's a detriment to our growth!"
Dyra blinked a bit, then sighed as she lowered her paws. She smiled just slightly, as a bit of blood ran from her nose. "...Well said...my rival."
Alphys gasped. "Oh my God! Are you okay?! Your nose is bleeding!"
"It tends to happen when I'm pressing the limit of my magic...your wife did say for me to keep it at maximum." She said woozily while shaking her head and wiping said nose. "It tends to happen, I'll be alright...what, you don't believe me or something?!"
"I do! I do believe you!" Alphys blinked as she cancelled her magic and lowered her own paws non-threateningly.
"...Very well." Dyra huffed while standing up straight. She blinked and noticed Akai simply standing by, realizing what happened. "...Oh. Sorry Akai. You didn't get to do much."
"Hey, you were insisting on following through with this rivalry thing. I'm not gonna try and stop you, so long as you're civil about it." Akai shrugged. "Anyway, you alright?"
"Yes. I just...need an hour or two to like down, is all."
In the meantime, Warkie was watching the practice duels from where he was, with Papyrus sitting next to him. He could see the hesitance on the reptile's expression, and figured he could help out a bit.
"YOU SEEM TO BE A TAD DISPLEASED WITH YOUR CURRENT POSITION, WARKIE. MIND TELLING ME WHY?"
"It's...it's nothing too serious." Warkie said quietly while pressing his paws together. "It's just that...I know that it's very important for me to be the one who does the reconnaissance. It's my specialty. So when I get wrapped up in a pretty big brawl with nowhere to hide...I tend to get intimidated. And not in the 'i'm in danger' way. More like the ''am I useful here?' way..."
"OF COURSE YOU'RE USEFUL, WARKIE. RECONNAISSANCE ID QUITE A KEY POSITION IN MANY CIRCLES! NOT EVERY BATTLE IS WON THROUGH BATTLE ALONE! INFORMATION TENDS TO CHANGE EVERYTHING!" Papyrus says while lightly patting his shoulder. "AND BESIDES, YOU'RE A PART OF THEIR FAMILY, AND MY COMRADE. WE WOULD ALL KEEP YOU AROUND REGARDLESS. PROTECT YOU AND NURTURE YOU. BE YOUR FRIEND, YOUR FAMILY. SO DONT YOU WORRY ABOUT BEING USEFUL, BECAUSE YOU'RE FRIEND, FAMILY, AND COMRADE FIRST. HOW USEFUL YOU ARE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT."
Warkie blinked slightly while tilting his head. "Huh...you're a pretty positive guy, are you?"
"His brother considers that to his best quality. And I must say, I do agree." Muffet smiles fondly while sipping the rest of the lemonade in her glass, then swirled it slightly. "Oh Undyne Dearest! I do believe we've passed the three minute mark by at least twenty-five seconds ago. Let's get everyone inside for more lemonade. How about some pink lemonade this time?~"
Undyne sighed as she waved her arm. "Alright everyone, we're done for today. Do whatever you'll do on your breaks, and stuff like that." Everyone nodded-the Pack saluting-and began moving along. She raised a hand. "Parvos!" She dialed on her phone a bit and something manifested from the dimensional boxes. It was a bottle of coffee milk. She tossed it to him, and he catches it easily. "You actually performed decently. I would prefer you keep that up."
Parvos grinned and did mocking salute. "Any time, Loving, Understanding Warden.~"
"Don't test me." Undyne glared. Parvos grins mischievously while bowing and making his exit with the rest of his group, being scolded by Shamir, Ribras, and Rasha. All three of them were telling Parvos to stop provoking Undyne, while he shrugged them all off and simply drinks his precious coffee milk.
"Dynamo." Gerson called out. "Your manipulation of earth magic armor is quite admirable. Your proficiency with it is impressive. The versatility can be increased if you can focus it to certain points. Protecting the certain part of your body that's being attack...try that for a bit. It does come with risk of leaving other parts of your body unprotected, but it would be effective in preserving your magic energy."
"Ah. Full body armor would be hard hitting AND defensive, but it would sap my energy a bit quicker. So depending on the situation, it would be better to focus on a certain part of my body while defending and attacking against certain things." Dynamo nodded. "Thank you. I understand the concept, though putting it into practice might take some work I'm more than willing to put in."
"Ah, very good, fellow reptile."
Alphys waved at the leaving Dyra as she pressed her paws together. She considers herself mentally unstable, though she seems to have a pretty good handle on it...I know she'll be alright though. She has brothers, and loyal and supportive friends to help her. Alphys sighed softly while stretching her arms a bit. She blinked as she noticed Undyne sliding her arms around her from behind, and lightly nuzzling her neck. "Undyne...?"
"You continue to amaze me with how much stronger you've gotten, Al." Undyne says soothingly.
"It...it is pretty amazing how much stronger I've become...but..it's nothing compared to how much stronger you've become." Alphys mumbles with a small smile. "And...you've become more patient. You normally would have kicked Parvos' butt by now."
"Oh, I wanted to. Believe me, I REALLY wanted to." Undyne sighed. "But...he's my comrade. An annoying comrade, but a comrade nonetheless. I plan on taking care of him and watching his back. Even without the promise I made to Ratoveros. I'll do it because that's what I wanna do." She blinked while scratching her head. "Well. That and becoming super awesome with every other melee weapon I can summon."
"Wait, really?"
"Pfft, heck yeah. My telumkinesis allows me to summon so many different weapons. Course the spear is still gonna be my trademark weapon, but I might as well. Being able to summon all those weapons and not seeking to master any of them...I dunno. Makes me feel...incomplete. And obviously I wanna keep improving, stuff like that. The last thing a warrior like me needs to be is a one-trick pony. Ya get it, don't you?"
"Of course. I get it, really. And if you really think you can do it...I say go for it!"
"Course I can! And I'm glad you support me.~" Undyne grinned as she pulls back from the small lizard and gives her rear a not-so-subtle pat, making her gasp and blush brightly. "Keep up the amazing work, Alph.~"
"G-Gah!" Alphys' sputtered, before she spun around with a blush spread across her face. Though she clenched her paws and moved forward. Undyne raised an eyebrow, but grinned and allowed herself to back against the wall. Alphys pressed her paws against the wall as well while gazing up towards her with a cute pout. "I-I can't have you doing all this stuff and not pay you back...so...I'm gonna do that!"
"Oh? A bit of initiative from you, Al? I like it.~" Undyne grinned, though she then tilted her head. "Well...there's a bit of a problem with this position, Al."
"What's that supposed to...oh." Alphys blushed again as she realized the problem...poor lizard was a tad too short for a kiss position like that.
"Hey, it's alright. I gotcha." Undyne says slyly as she lightly picks Alphys up to face level, then pulled her closer and gently locked her hands under her rear. She blushed even more, while Undyne grinned at her once again. Undyne's eye lowered suggestively. "Go ahead, you lead.~"
"K-K-Kay...!" Alphys' sputtered again. Though she regained her nerves for the moment, placing her paws on her shoulders and pressing forward for a kiss. Their eyes slid closed, with Alphys lifting her paws and moving to cupping her cheeks, with her tail lightly coiling around her leg. Even though they've been married for quite some time now, it was still a bit difficult to believe. But it was quite real, and very nice for Alphys. She's gotten bolder herself. Her past self would have never had the nerves to pull this kind of thing off, much less kiss her at all. Even right now she was blushing much harder than Undyne...but she was holding on quite well. And that's quite the progress for her personally.
Undyne soon breaks their kiss, but keeps her face close to her lover's, smiling quietly. "Hey...ya know I love ya, right?~"
"And you know that I love you right back.~" Alphys says, still blushing but wearing a much cuter smile than before. Undyne soon sets her down as they both held hands. "Let's go home and have some instant noodles.~"
"Basic and to the point. Sure, why not?~" Undyne nodded as they both left the training area, both smiling and feeling quite happy with themselves. Undyne had quite a lot to work with considering the canines, the felines, and now the reptiles.
But she was confident she would be a great leader for all of them, and a great friend.
Yep. As much as Undyne personally dislikes Parvos, she's willing to try. And so are the others, as rough as relationship with them as they have.
Besides, Parvos will end up being quite important soon...but not in the way he probably expects.
Until next time, dear readers.~