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"Bout` time you woke up, kid." a voice called from what seemed to be the left. "You've been out quite some time…"
Frisk opened their eyes and was met with a small cabin room. As they looked up to the voice they found a blond male sitting there. His blue eyes locked on with Frisk's as they made eye contact.
"You've been asleep for three months now, a lot has changed." he stated, handing Frisk a cup of tea. "I'd love to hear how the dreams were when you were out. Kept mumbling something about a Doctor or something."
Frisk tried to sit up but his hand came down on their chest. "Woah calm down there. Your body is still pretty tired after all that fighting you did back then. Even though you been` sleeping a lot your body is still regaining its aura. You must not understand how much energy you've burned through."
Memories of the fight with Omega Flowey and Cinder flooded back into Frisk's mind like a brick hitting a window. Sans' death, Asgore's death. If they were here… why didn't the reset work? And why was Chara silent?
The man stood up from his seat and looked out the window. "I'm sure you're confused, and you want answers. Sadly, anything past my knowledge might as well be off limits. A lot of bad things have happened in your absence…"
Frisk stared in disbelief, "Why? What happened when I reset?!" They cried in desperation. They thought back to the good times they had experienced so far. Was all of that nothing?
"The world believes you're the one who led the terrorist attacks on Vale, and also the one who brought the monster into the stadium that went on a three day rampage." He then turned to face Frisk once again. "Currently you're the most wanted person in all of Remnant my friend. Lucky for you… my semblance allows me to see through illusions. Someone framed you and your friends."
Frisk threw the covers off of them and slung their legs over the side of the bed, disregarding his earlier comments not to move. Pain didn't stop them from getting back up when they fell into the Trash Zone. The world went dark for a moment at the sudden movement but they regained their vision after a moment. "W-where's Sans? Papyrus? Asgore? Undyne?"
The man sighed. "I knew you'd ask, so I asked Ruby, and I don't think you'll like the answer though. I'm honestly not sure if you're mentally ready to handle it." he added in that last part while looking at Frisk with concern to get the point across.
They didn't care about 'mental health' and 'personal well being'. All they cared about right now were their friends. "Where are they. My friends." Frisk asked, almost sounding like a statement more than a question.
He sighed again. "Sans is dead and so is the Snow King. Asgore I think you know him as. Undyne and Papyrus were the only ones to make it out of that Death Arena. No idea where Undyne is, but I've heard rumors of Papyrus being in a soup kitchen."
Frisk deadpanned at the news. Not even CHARA could kill Sans. How could anyone, no anyTHING be that powerful..? They had seen Asore's limp body in front of Omega Flowey but had hoped he was just unconscious. Is this the price to pay for an attempt at genocide? "And who are you then?"
"I'm surprised you don't recognize me. Well at least my features that is… my name is Taiyang Xiao Long. Father to Ruby and Yang." he smiled. Taiyang did have the features of the two siblings.
"I could see that." Frisk told him, attempting to hold back the sorrow in their eyes. "You have Yang's hair… and Ruby's face."
He laughed. "Yeah I get that a lot. Say kid you must be hungry… Do you want a bite to eat?"
Frisk slid out of the bed and looked out the bedside window. It looked like a steamy summer day outside. Emotions began to pour inside of Frisk as it set in that Asgore and Sans were gone. They clenched their fist at their side. "Who… w-who killed Sans?"
Taiyang put his hand on their shoulder as he noticed Frisk brushed off his question. "Violence isn't the answer Frisk. I'm taking care of you until we can get your other two friends and get you home. Ruby told me you're not from around here so until you're home, you're my guest.."
"Why can't you tell the others it was an illusion? Why can't I reset? Why does Sans have to be gone when I need him the most…." Frisk started to break down. Taiyang pulled them in for a hug just like Toriel would.
"Look kid. Life ain't fair. Not in the slightest, but based on all that mumblin`` in your sleep I'd say Sans wouldn't be the kind of guy to let death get in the way of something. Neither should you." he wiped away a few of the tears that had begun rolling down Frisk's face and smiled. "It's a shame I gotta keep you a secret, but we'll make it work alright?"
Frisk nodded.
"This is my grandfather's house. I told Ruby and Yang I came here for a getaway vacation after I found your body down in the woods. No idea what it was doing down there, but you're safe here. Safe from the humans at least." he told them. "For whatever you decide to do, that's on you. I've got two daughters to take care of. I hope you understand."
Frisk nodded again. "I got it. I don't want you being caught with me anyways, Ruby and Yang need you. You know where to find me if anything goes wrong. I'll deny any claims to you as well."
Taiyang let go of them. "Thanks kid. I'll be here with you for the rest of the week but then I'm off." he smiled at them then ruffled their head.
"You never mentioned why you couldn't tell everyone it was an illusion if your semblance was to see through illusions." Frisk added.
He locked up for a moment before sheepishly rubbing the back of his head and answering. "Well.. that's the thing…. You see I've had a little problem with the authorities. I kinda put a baby in Qrow's sister...and there was that one drinking accident up north… and when I caught fire to the teacher room back when I brought Yang to school for the first time…" he mumbled that last part but had a big blush going on as he thought of how embarrassing it was.
Frisk might not have Sans around… but maybe life wouldn't be so bad after all.
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One Week Later
Qrow walked into the club, but this time he wasn't here for a drink. Ever since Ozpin disappeared he'd been forced to stay sober while he filled the void. Luckily for him, his worry might be over soon.
He sat down at one of the tables and waited patiently. His accomplice should be here soon enough. Twiddling his thumbs and thumping his foot to the beat of the club, he waited almost an hour before she arrived..
A girl in a leather jacket walked in and scouted the room for her target. She looked left, then looked right. Then she saw him. He sat patiently waiting for her in a booth at the corner of the club, alone. "Nice to see you again, Qrow." she said as she sat across from him.
He perked up a bit as she caught his attention. "You too, Yang." He reached into his pocket on reflex for his flask but of course there wasn't one. He sighed, "Thank you for meeting me here. I've got something on that cold case with the kid."
"Oh?" she replied, her eyebrows high in surprise. "Do you know where Frisk is?"
He shook his head. "No, but we do have another lead on something about that case in general…" He then reached into his pocket and pulled out three pictures. "Tell me what you think of these." he said, sliding them to her.
She looked over each one, seeing all the details. Each one was a black and white photograph taken by Vale spies. The first one was of a bar, the second a forest back in the winter, and the third a fire by the river. Each had a very easy to spot similarity… a figure with a black cloak on.
"We believe it to have the same aura as the kid." he stated, leaning back in his seat. "You might be getting revenge sooner than you thought."
Yang gathered the photos from the table and stashed them in her hip pocket. She then got up from the table and left without saying another world, her hair a blazing fire. "Be safe kid." Qrow muttered as he watched her leave. He pulled his pocket watch out and looked at the time. "...there's no telling if things could get worse."
With that Qrow got up from his seat and went up to the bartender. "Screw it. Gimme a shot of your strongest." he asked. The bartender laughed as he poured Qrow a drink. He was never sober for too long.
If only he had noticed the cloaked figure a few stools down from him.
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Yang entered the apartment with the three pictures in hand. Her teammates immediately turned to see the angered blonde throw them onto the table. "We have a lead on Frisk."
Weiss was the first one to make their way towards the nightstand next to Yang and Ruby's 'bunk bed'. "A hooded figure." she looked on with disappointment. "What's the proof this is even Frisk? Anyone can walk around in a cloak if they want to. It's not exactly against the law.."
"In the middle of summer though?" Blake chimed in from her bed, her ears twitching as if sensing danger. "I can tell you from my time in the White Fang's later days… you only wear that kind of clothing if you've got something to hide."
"So you're telling me if I wear a hood then I get to be a nasty member of the White Fang too?" Weiss quickly retorted back.
"I've already told you I quit for a re-"
"Enough you two! I know you guys don't like talking much about Frisk anymore after what they did to us… and I know it brings up bitter emotions… but we can find them! If this is our only lead then it's our job to check it out!" Ruby cried out to her sister and friends. Yang placed her hand on Ruby's shoulder.
"She's right." she then placed her fingertips on the corner of the table. "If we're going to do this, we have to do this as a team. Vengeance, for one, will not work."
Ruby placed her palm on the nightstand as well. "Count me in." As she said that Blake wandered from across the room and held her hand out in consideration before adding to the team. "It's your choice now, Ice Princess."
Weiss looked down at her hand in moderation. Frisk had hurt them... betrayed them even. They had thought this entire time Frisk and the monsters were allies until the smoke cleared. Until the monster they called 'Undyne' put a spear in Winter's belly. Where was the justice in that? Why did Frisk disappear right when they had them caught? The monsters caused so much havoc but it was Cinder who had saved them in the end. What a plot twist that was…
"I'm in."
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The four departed from the train and began to make their way down to the cabin that's suspected to hold their target. Only downside is, since it's a recon mission it's all taking place in the dark of night.
"Dibs on talking first." Weiss said as an attempt to stir up a conversation. "To Frisk of course."
The air had been thick with seriousness ever since they left for the train ride and the small talk did seem to help the atmosphere around them. "Well I guess you sorta deserve it after everything that went down. You sure you're not just gonna stab em?" Blake accused her, but to her surprise she didn't get an insult in return.
"No. I'm gonna make sure they come home alive, that kid's gonna pay for messing with my family." She thought back to her sister lying in the street. Unconscious and bleeding profusely. It was like something out of a nightmare.
The rest of the walk was back in silence as they quickly made their way to the house under the cloak of night. It wasn't until a house with a single light inside came into vision that anymore conversation was made. "I take it that's the house we're looking for?" Ruby asked, Yang nodded in response.
"On three we run from our cover and make a beeline towards the house. Ruby you've got the door, Blake you've got the keenest eyes so watch our flank. As soon as the door is open we split up and search the place. Meet back at the front door. Got it?" Weiss told them. Nods came in response. Normally Ruby would be leading but it was Weiss who got to call the shots on this particular operation. "One…"
Everyone readied their weapons and got in stance in preparation. Yang's hair visually flared up in excitement. "Two…"
"Three!" and everyone began a mad dash to the house. Ruby used her semblance to get their first and smashed it down with her momentum. Yang and Weiss followed behind and Blake kept look out while they checked the first room.
A brief pause could be found until Yang called "Clear!" and the last two went inside and shut the door behind them. Good the plan was going well so far… The four nodded at each other and began to look around the house for any clues to Frisk's wear-about, or Frisk in general.
After about two minutes of searching the four came back out into the only lit room, the living room, all empty handed. "Find anything?" Weiss asked.
"Nada." Yang responded.
"Nope." Ruby confirmed.
"Nothing but empty ketchup bottles." Blake finished.
Ketchup bottles? Why would that be of any importance here? Then it dawned on Yang. Back at the bar...three months ago…it was s-
"heya guys. how nice of you to let yourselves in." the figure in the cloak said from the open front door, interrupting Yang's thought. Immediately the squad took a defensive stance. "what? you're the ones who had the spine to break a dead skeletons door. come on show some hospitality would ya?"
The four looked at each other, no longer sure what to do.
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YEH. MESA BACK PEEPS. GOT THIS AWESOME EDITOR WHO'S HELPING MY AWFUL GRAMMAR TOO. SHE'S PRETTY COOL. I ALSO PAY HER IN NON EXISTENT COOKIES. GRAMMAR UPDATES AND SUCH COMING TO ALL CHAPTERS SOON!
So… Yeah I decided to continue this story. I hated the ending I gave it but final's were coming up and I didn't know where else to take it. Soooo…. I paused my other story to think of a continued plot for this one! Wooooooo. I'll be adding more chapters to this and this time you won't be left with a crappy ending either. Thanks for coming back I know it's been a while!
Reviews: pltrgst: Nah it's not. Thanks for keeping it going. And yeah me too. Guest: I sorta forgot Winter was Weiss's sister when I wrote that… Winter just so happens to have the same name as our seasonal maiden :P Not the same person. Thanks for pointing that out. Guest: Don't worry. Sans is OP but he's a glass cannon. Can deal the damage but can't take it. ChocoChipzCookie: Welcome to our somewhat Genocide run! Wooooo :P Tindle: Poor Neutral/Pacifist player… Jk I pity the Genocide players. It's hard :_: (Not just killing either. The emotions.) Guest: Nah. Gaster likes the void xP Evinco: I doooooo. Wait what does this have to do with anything? Torrun451: Yeah. It's on pause for now :P Guest: Someone's actually doing one I really like on SAO/Undertale if you're interested. Takes place with Gaster and has a really neat plot. I'll leave that to him/her. Guest: I know. Please forgive me…. Faustthedead: Under the Fairy's Tail. It's on pause atm for this story though. MechaSniper51: That WOULD be interesting. I really wanna introduce Sans to the German. I forget their names it's been awhile sorry… Pokewarrior: I gotchu. All will be explained my friend. HeroBladeRiyet: Thankies :3, Refer to MechaSniper51's review comment for more on IS/UT. Myra the Vulpix: Thankies! I love Papyrus.. But I like Gaster more. AND I WILL STAY DETERMINED! Quentin3655: Maybe in an AU.
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