We all looked at him in confusion.
"What do you mean fusion? Like what Frisk did?" Asgore was the most confused out of all of us.
"No, not exactly. Hear me out. During these past few years of reforming planets, we got a report of one of the lone planets being inhabited by people who follow a fighting lifestyle based on fusing their bodies together into one being. It was said that their leader, known as the fusion master, will teach the technique to pairs of foreigners, given that they beat him in battle by working together." I stood there and thought about it for a moment.
"That plan might just be crazy enough to work. Where is the planet located?"
"It's not far from Cauliferon actually; if we teleport there, then take ships, we can make it to the planet in a few hours."
"Alright, let's do it then. Wait, Alphys, where's Stryker's body?"
"Oh. I-it's over h-here, with the o-others." She led the way to a long room, filled end to end with stasis pods, and 10 of them were filled with human bodies. I walked over to Stryker's pod, his body laid there, completely healed, but unresponsive, the machine was the only thing keeping it alive. I put my hand on the glass cover.
"We'll win this for you buddy. We'll get you back." Suddenly, mine and Cellio's scouters went off with an alarm saying that a pod has been stolen from the shipyard. "It has to be them. They want to harvest stronger souls. Cellio, let's go, now! Time is wasting." He nodded, we looked to the others and they knew what we had to do.
"You guys go ahead. We'll take care of things here." Undyne said this as she summoned two spears. We nodded and went to the teleporter to go to Cauliferon. Once we arrived, we decided to explain the threat to the king and put the planet on alert as well as send troops to protect any weaker planets.
"Understood. You seem to be in a hurry, so take my royal transport ships, they're the fastest of all the fleet."
"Are you sure sire?"
"I'm sure Cherik, now go." We went and took the royal space pods, with Cellio putting in the coordinates.
"Cellio, I hope you're right about this fusion thing."
"I hope so too. Given the speed of these things, we should arrive at the planet in about an hour and a half."
"Who knows what could happen in that time. But we need to keep on target." We flew off through space, and as I stared out into the dotted blackness, I couldn't help but think about what this menace was doing.
We arrived right on schedule, landing carefully in an open field close to a city, or rather a village. We got out and walked to the village, where we were greeted by the natives; they looked quite similar to humans, but they were light blue, completely bald and the tallest one only stood about 4' tall. The villagers dressed in baggy pants and cutoff, slight V-neck shirts; the stronger ones, the ones I assumed were the warriors, dressed in a single strap, full torso, metallic chestplate and slimmer cloth pants to allow for better movement. Parting the crowd was an older male, who dressed like the villagers, but had a red and green striped robe around him, he was the one who spoke to us.
"Greetings otherworldly travelers. Welcome to planet Unificor, my name is Zancor, I am the elder of this village. Tell me, why have you both come?" Cellio and I looked at each other before he spoke.
"We've come... to see the fusion master." This sparked a commotion among the crowd, but was silenced with one hand.
"That is a very daring request. Why do the two of you wish to learn the art of fusion?" I took charge this time.
"There's a great threat roaming the universe, much stronger than anything we have ever faced, and the two of us defeated Zoltris-" He stopped me right there.
"Wait, so you are the mighty Cherik and Cellio? We've heard all about your great endeavor and how you brought the tyrant and his empire down. If this threat you say is even mightier than Zoltris, then that is reason enough to lead you to the master." He brought forth two guards and talked to them in a whisper, then he turned back to us. "Follow them, they will lead you to the grand temple and allow you access." We bowed in respect, thanked him and followed the warriors. It wasn't a long flight, just a few minutes, but the temple was enormous; a giant, multi layered pyramid made from, what seemed like marble, but I knew it was something else. We landed at the base, and the guards out front allowed us through; we took a wooden elevator upwards and ended up in a wide room, but it was completely empty.
"Ummm, where is the fusion master? Is this the right place?" Cellio was just as confused as I was, but then the warriors walked in front of us, essentially fist bumped and created one person who had features of the two, but his power was enormous.
"I am the fusion master. I could tell that the two of you showed truth and pure intentions once you began to explain. If you wish to learn fusion, you must prove it to me you are capable." We were in awe at this, but I snapped out of it to ask him the obvious.
"How do we prove we're capable of learning?" He got into a defensive fighting stance.
"You must best me in battle. Both of you at once." He powered up and we felt the true extent of his strength. Cellio and I powered up to our maximum base forms and began to attack. We split and rushed him from both sides, he expected it and grabbed both of our fists to fling us aside, but we thought this through, and once he grabbed our fists, we both grabbed an arm and threw him to the ground in front of us. He picked himself up and smiled.
"Excellent. Show me more." He went on the offensive and took the both of us on at once with punches that seemed to be both coordinated and random at the same time, which gave us problems for blocking. He spin kicked the both of us to a wall and rushed forward, but before he arrived, Cellio created a smokescreen, I stayed low, while he went around. When I saw the master confused, I uppercutted him with an energy gauntlet, and immediately afterwards he was body slammed from the front by Cellio and chucked into the opposing wall, where I finished it with a volley of energy blasts. We waited for the smoke to clear, where we saw him slowly climb out of the wall. He gave a laugh and defused, becoming the two previous people once again. They spoke by continuing thoughts, which was kind of awkward, but cool.
"Excellent job, the both of you."
"Your skills in working with one another have shown to be great."
"We shall show you our fusion technique,"
"and you may stay as long as you like to perfect it."
We both bowed in respect at them. They bowed back, then turned to face each other.
"Watch closely."
"The process is slightly complex." They connected their right fists in a vertical lock, then their left; they then turned them inward for a horizontal lock, before they kicked off of each other in perfect synchronization, both doing identical arc flips midair. After landing with their right foot back, their left foot crouched beneath them, right hand on the ground and left in the air, they charged at each other with their right hands in a fist, getting ready to punch. The moment they punched and connected in the most epic fist bump ever, they both glowed in a white light and fused together once again.
"What you just witnessed was the basic synchronization ritual for fusion, but as a pair of fusees become more and more synchronized, they can shorten the ritual, until a point they completely fight as one person, without a delay to a single thought. Once two people reach that state, such as the two lifelong friends that created me, they are able to fuse and unfuse on a whim, without the need for a ritual." We both stood there in awe at this, but we knew we had a job to do, although I did have a few questions.
"So, just how strong is the fusion?"
"Excellent question. Over many years after inventing and using the fusion, it was confirmed that the power of the fused fighter is twice the added powers of each individual fighter multiplied twentyfold."
"Wow, that is extremely powerful. But how long does it last?" I wanted to know all that I could about this.
"As long as the two minds within stay as synchronized as possible, the fusion can be held indefinitely. One more thing before you begin to practice. Multiple people can join together with this technique, but be warned, the more minds together, the harder it is to keep synchronized." We nodded.
"Alright. Cherik, you want to try it out?"
"Let's do it." We began the ritual. following every step we witnessed. The moment our fists collided, nothing happened. "Umm, did we do something wrong?"
"Just a slight bit wrong. Cherik, you landed with your right foot behind you while Cellio, you landed with your left foot behind, as well as having to switch hands halfway before contact."
"Heheh, woops?"
"Remember, you must mimic each other perfectly. By the way, dont worry about which foot of hand goes first as long as you are mirrors of each other. Try it again." We stood in front of each other again, this time being absolutely careful to do every move identically. Everything was going well, the steps leading up to the kickoff, as well as the kickoff itself, went off without a hitch. Then my foot slipped as I was about to launch forward and I fell on my face.
"Ok, ok. That was my fault, I take full responsibility for that. This time will be successful, I can feel it." The fusion master chuckled at us.
"Not to worry, I'm in no rush. Well, I wish I could say the same for the galaxy. And the universe for that matter."
"We each powered up to maximum and prepared to do the ritual one last time. We connected, kicked off, backflipped, then launched in perfect sync. Finally, the deciding factor happened, we pulled back our right arms and then threw them forward, connecting at one precise moment. All I felt was a surge flowing through me and I saw the two of us becoming light and merging together. I opened my eyes and didn't see Cellio in front of me, but I could somehow still feel him.
"Woah, intense." I instantly covered my mouth as it sounded like both of our voices at the same time.
"Cherik?"
"Cellio?" I suddenly delved within my mind to see that Cellio was within the combined space as well, we succeeded in the fusion. We looked to our side and saw that the fusion master was clapping.
"Great job boys, you managed to do it. The power I feel from you right now is far greater than that golden haired form either of you exerted when facing me."
"Thank you master." We bowed to him and he did the same. "So, as long as the two of us don't fall horribly out of sync, this fusion will last?"
"That is correct. I knew from the start, from the way you two fought, that you would learn this almost instantly." We smiled, then looked at ourself in a mirror wall. Our fused body had both of our features, making us look like our long lost third brother. We were taller than I was normally, but slightly shorter than Cellio's full height. Our build had the Cellio's bulk, but at the same time it was lean enough to not lose much of my speed. Our armor looked pretty much the same, except that we wore my leg armor design along with side flaps as well as having a purple scouter rather than a blue and a red one.
"Alright, I think I'm ready to face Frisk." We unsynced our minds and defused, giving one last bow to the master.
"Thank you for teaching us this. We'll never forget it." He gave one more bow and sent us on our way, wishing us luck. As we flew off, I called our father, hoping he had intel on Frisk.
"Cherik, is that really you?"
"Yeah, it's me. Cellio is here too. What's our situation on this thing?"
"It's bad, they've already destroyed over 20 planets and there will be more where that came from. The thing is, before they blow up the planet, life forces just vanish from everywhere." I realized just how bad this threat really was, they were stealing souls from planets all over the galaxies and using them for power.
"Where are they now, and how long have they been there?"
"They just arrived on a planet about 3 lightyears from your location, if you leave now, you might still be able to stop them."
"We're on our way. Just stay safe and give us the coordinates." I hung up and we landed at our ships. As we took off, we saw the villagers waving goodbye; just another sign of what needs to be protected.
