Chapter Fourteen

The Case of Papyrus and the Followers

The next morning Shadow woke up and got ready to go back to school. It was a weird thought but she knew it was for Papyrus. It didn't stop her from looking nice though. She threw on a simple black dress that looked nice but not too nice. It was something that could be worn on a casual date. By the time she finished her hair and makeup Sans had appeared out of nowhere.

"Hello Shad", Sans greeted.

"Hey Sans", Shadow responded.

"You ready to go?"

"Yeah I'm good to go", Shadow responded.

Sans grabbed her hand and the two vanished from her small apartment. They appeared in front of a really nice looking school but soon enough Shadow realized something, "Is this Imperial High?"

"Yes it, why?" Sans questioned.

"This is my high school, I went to school here. I know the principle here, he's a very kind old man. I'm sure he'll help us." Shadow said with a soft smile.

"I hope so, or else he's gonna have a bad time…" Sans' left eye flashed blue.

Shadow put a hand on his shoulder and he seemed to calm down a little, "Let's start with talking to him first. Okay?"

Sans nodded and the two went into the school. Shadow led him to the front office, "Hello, I'm Shadow Knight and this is Sans Skeleton. We're here to talk to the principal about Papyrus Skeleton in regards to bullying."

"Bullying? I didn't realize there was a problem like that. We strive for a friendly atmosphere for all students, monsters and humans alike." The receptionist said.

Shadow nodded, "So may we see ?"

She nodded at Shadow and showed them the way to his office, "He should be free right now."

"Thank you so much."

"Hello?" Sans called out when they entered the office. An old man turned around. He was wearing a nice dress shirt with a tie and some slacks. He was losing his hair it seemed, seeing that the top part of his head was bald.

"Why hello there", he said, his voice was calm and sweet, "What can I do for you?"

He didn't seem to mind the fact that Sans was a monster at all, "My younger brother Papyrus Skeleton has told me yesterday that he was getting bullied. He also reported that these bullies were actually trying to physically hurt him. This is unacceptable. He's a monster if he's too badly injured he can turn into dust. Even a single hit can kill him if thrown right."

"I'm so sorry I didn't know that something like this was happening at my school. I will have a word with those kids. He might be facing some racism no matter what we do though. I hope you understand I can only do so much before it's out of my hands. I do understand that he can't fight back. Your kind is still so new, everyone is looking for a reason to hate you all. I will do my very best in helping your brother. I'm sure Miss Knight here can testify that we do our absolute best protecting our students from such things."

"Oh , you remember me?" Shadow asked.

"How could I forget one of our brightest students, it seems that you're doing a lot better. Those cuts seemed to have healed nicely." He said sounding rather relieved.

Shadow nodded and turned to Sans, " was like a grandfather to me after my parents died. He did everything in his power to protect his students from things like bullying. This is a safe school. I'm sure this will be handled."

"If it's not those bullies will have a bad time. I don't care what happens to me all that matters to me right now is the well being of my brother." Sans said, his left eye sparking blue.

"I can't promise much but your brother will not die here. That is a promise I know I can keep." He said with a confident look on his face.

Sans nodded and the sparking stopped, "I'm placing my trust in you ."

"I hope to live up to expectations."

With that, the two bid farewell to the man and Sans took Shadow to work. The day went on normally from that point forward. The rest of the week was really calm as well, nothing amazing really happened. When Friday came around Shadow found herself with Sans at the bar again.

"How's Paps?" Shadow asked taking a sip of her gin.

"He's doing much better, is a man of his word. I'm glad you were right Shad." Sans replied.

"It's not that I'm right, I just really trust the man. He helped me when I was bullied, I don't know how he did it but when he saw the cuts on my arms and the pain in my eyes he stopped the bullies in their tracks." Shadow explained.

"Sounds like he's magic", Sans replied.

"That's rather possible, they can look completely human, so those that looked human probably avoided being sent underground. Therefore they mated with humans and made hybrids. It's possible that he is one of the rare hybrids."

"That's a very far stretch Shad, hybrids? We don't even know if monsters and humans can mate." Sans responded with a frown.

"I think they can", Shadow said getting up and drawing attention to herself.

Sans got up too, "You think, you don't know doll."

His voice was belittling as he spoke down to her.

"Don't belittle me, bucko!" She glared at the man and walked out of the bar. She turned around a bit to give him one last glare before storming off.

"Shit."

"Shit is right, you pretty much pissed off a carebear. I'm impressed old friend", Grillby smirked at Sans.

"I need to go after her", Sans said starting to head out.

"Better hurry, I saw some figures following her when she left!" Grillby shouted to Sans as he reached the door.

"Fuck!" Sans broken into a ran and plowed right through the hooded figures following Shadow and ended up practically running her over. His arms wrapped around her tightly as he held her to him. Within moments they were back at her apartment. Seems that Sans didn't want to take risks and teleported there.

"What the fuck Sans. Couldn't you see I needed space?" Shadow shouted at him.

"Fuck space! There were these hooded figures following you. I know we haven't known each other long but I can't stand the idea of you getting hurt." Sans replied with a pleading look on his face.

Shadow looked shocked at what he said. She had no idea he felt that way nor that she was being followed. She had a sneaking suspicion that they were harmless though, "Alright then, thank you, Sans."

"Can you forgive me? I really didn't mean to belittle you like that." Sans asked.

"I can, and I will Sansy~ but you gotta do something for me."

Sans gulped and brought out honey seemingly out of nowhere, "I feel like I'm in a sticky situation, I hope this ends up being a sweet deal. I honey think I deserve poor treatment." Sans replied trying to lessen his punishment with puns.

Shadow giggled, "Don't think puns will save you."

"Well, what do I have to do?" Sans asked.

"I dunno yet, I'll tell you when I come up with something." Shadow shrugged.

"Grillby knew you were getting followed", Sans said out of the blue.

Shadow looked confused at the sudden subject change but caught on quickly, "He did? He's the one who told you?"

"Yeah, but he told me as I was going to chase after you. He was right though, I plowed right through those hooded figures. I didn't see who it was but I found it weird that Grillby knew about them. It's even weirder that he didn't tell me about it till they left." Sans said with a frown.

"That is pretty weird, I wonder why he would do something like that. Maybe he only realized after I left?"

"Maybe, I really hope that's it. Grillby is a good guy he wouldn't betray us."

"Betray?"

There was a knock at the door. Sans didn't get a chance to answer Shadow since she went to the door. Looking through it she saw the three hooded figures. Shadow didn't know why she did it but she opened the door. The three of them walked in and removed their hoods to revealing a guilty trio of Alphys, Papyrus, and Undyne.

"What?" Was all Sans and Shadow was able to say.

"Hey punks"

"HELLO HUMAN SHADY AND SANS!"

"Uhh hey there…"

"So Grillby was trying to scare me into hurrying after Shadow with you guys", Sans deadpanned.

"Hehe sorry, Sans and Shady we were kinda trying to figure out where you go every Friday night so we followed you. Then we saw you with Shadow and when she left we were trying to go after her and tell her to forgive you We couldn't let the ship sink!" Alphys blurted out.

Shadow and Sans both frowned as the three laughed nervously, "Wanna give them a bad time?"

"No, they were being innocent. No need to fight with them. How about we have another anime night and watch more Fairy Tail? Tomorrow morning till… let's say six?" Shadow chimmed.

"I SUPPOSE THAT IS A WORTHY PUNISHMENT FOR THE STALKERY THAT WE HAVE PARTAKEN IN!" Papyrus smiled at them.

"Good, see you all at ten. Now out of my apartment. Go home, guys." Shadow shooed everyone out.

"So Sans, wanna pick me up from here at seven for our date?" Shadow smiled brightly.

"Uh sure", Sans looked taken back by how confident Shadow sounded and acted.

"Good, see you at ten, we're going to your place, of course, let the others know for me. Goodnight." Shadow kissed his cheek then pushed him out as well.

"Geez what a night, I really need some sleep." Shadow started getting ready for bed excited for what tomorrow will bring.

Sans, however, was still standing at the door dumbfounded by Shadow's actions. He was rather worried about what his punishment might be.

Pikachulover66 here, sorry for the slow filler chapter, things will get somewhere next chapter, probably.