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"Yo, those guys were so cool!"
Chara couldn't help but smile at Kid's enthusiasm. The movie had been alright, but honestly, it had been more entertaining to watch the reptilian Monster's reactions to it. It was kind of adorable how he would bounce up and down in his seat when he got excited.
"They were pretty good." She admitted, reaching out a metallic arm to hold open the door exiting the theatre for the armless Monster. The boy flashed her a grateful smile, shaking himself to dislodge some of the bits of popcorn that had gotten stuck on his shirt. "I probably could have taken them though."
Kid laughed.
"Probably. I mean, you can fight Undyne! And she's like, the strongest Monster there is!"
"One of them, anyway." Chara replied.
They walked out onto the sidewalk, greeted by the setting sun as it lowered itself slowly behind the mountain. While Chara couldn't really be adversely affected by the cold in her new body, she was still able to feel the chill in the breeze that swept past them. It would be December in a week or two, she briefly wondered if she should start wearing winter gear. She'd need to ask Alphys how well her new form would do in the snow..
"So, what do you want to do now?" Kid asked curiously, bringing the girl's attention back to him.
"Well, it's still a while before I have to go home, maybe we can walk around for a while," she suggested.
"Yeah, that sounds good!" the boy enthused as reptile and robot began walking side-by-side down the sidewalk.
Chara watched in slight amusement as Kid licked his lips again to make sure he'd gotten everything out of his popcorn from the theatre, and kept checking his shirt when he thought she wasn't looking to make sure he'd gotten rid of all the crumbs.
"I don't know how you managed to eat that entire bag so quick without any hands." Chara remarked, wincing inwardly at her synthetic tones. She still was having trouble getting used to how she sounded now.
The boy looked up a little guiltily.
"Uhh… you did say you didn't want any, right?"
Chara laughed. "Don't worry, popcorn is Frisk's thing. Seriously though, he's like, addicted to the stuff. You know the dimensional boxes he has on his phone? Every single one of them is full of popcorn."
"Yo, no wonder he always manages to have some!" Kid chuckled.
"Needless to say, sharing a body with him, I had more than enough of that to last me a lifetime. Good thing mom's such a good cook, or we'd have been eating nothing but popcorn!"
Kid let out another laugh, and Chara smiled at the sound of it. Hearing the happiness in his tone made her feel warm inside, and knowing that she'd been the cause of it was nothing short of incredible.
When the boy quietened, he flashed a toothy grin at her.
"Yo… you're really cool, you know? I'm glad you managed to get your own body, haha."
The girl blinked rapidly, surprised at his words. "Uhh...I'm glad too." she managed. "And I think you're pretty cool yourself."
The boy looked down shyly.
"Thanks… but I'm not nearly as cool." He looked back up brightly. "I mean… You can make those energy knives, you've got a soul effect… even your eye glows when you activate your magic! That's so hardcore!"
Chara's black brows knit together in a frown, slightly bothered by her date's self-deprecation. While she tried to figure out how to boost his morale, she let her curiosity get the better of her.
"Does the eye glow mean anything?" She asked "It's just an effect, right?"
Kid stopped.
"No way…" He breathed. "Yo… don't you know the story about that?"
Chara looked at him questioningly. After a moment, he began walking again.
"There's a legend." He began, his voice lowered conspiratorially. "I had to write an essay on it once. Way back before the Monsters got driven Underground, there used to always be three Monsters whose power was so great that the magic would leak out of one eye. They were the strongest of all the Monsters, even more powerful than Boss Monsters.
Kid began bouncing excitedly as he talked.
"Undyne gets like that when she goes Undying, and you get like that whenever you use your magic! That means that you're one of the strongest Monsters there is!"
"I… didn't know about that." Chara supposed it wasn't too surprising though. She wondered how Kid would react if she knew that Sans could do the same thing.
Suddenly, a thought struck her.
"Hey, Kid…"
"Yeah, Chara?"
"I've never seen you use your magic."
The boy looked down sheepishly.
"Aw, man. I mean, it's not really anything special. Definitely not as cool as you or Undyne."
"I want to see it."
Kid looked up, surprise in his eyes.
"Yo, really?"
Chara nodded, then looked around.
"We're not that far from the skate park where Undyne and I usually spar. We can go over there!"
Kid still seemed kind of hesitant.
"Are you sure?"
"Come on, Kid. It'll be great! I wanna see what you can do!"
The boy perked up a little at Chara's enthusiasm. He took a deep breath and stood up straight again.
"Alright… but promise not to laugh."
"I promise." Chara responded, grinning and inwardly rejoicing at her success.
It didn't take long to get to the skate park, and Chara and Kid were soon standing in the the middle of the large bowl that she and Undyne favoured for their sparring. She watched the yellow-scaled Monster eagerly, wondering what kind of magic the boy possessed.
As Kid prepared himself, Chara took the opportunity to really look at him in a way she had been unable to when in Frisk's body, and unwilling to do prior.
He was just slightly taller than her, his head spikes looking almost polished and glistening in the dying light. Despite his current concentration, his brown eyes sported the light that they always did, a light of hope and happiness.
Her gaze travelled down. His shoulders had broadened since they had grown, and he was wearing a plain, deep red shirt today, as well at jeans that accentuated his long, strong legs. Usually she didn't think much about appearances, but she really seemed to like just looking at Kid. It probably helped that yellow was her favourite colour...
The boy turned, and gave her a slightly nervous look. Chara brought her gaze back up to his eyes, giving him an encouraging nod, smiling brightly at him as she did so. Kid's lips twitched up in a smile. Then he widened his stance, his tail standing out straight behind him for balance. He squared his shoulders and took a deep breath.
Chara's crimson eyes widened in surprise as a gout of flame poured forth from the boy's mouth. The orange flame extended all the way to the other side of the bowl, it's core burning a bright blue.
As the boy closed his mouth, the fire faded out of existence. He turned his head towards Chara, who had a very impressed look on her face.
"That was pretty good!" She congratulated. "There was a lot of fire there, that attack would be really difficult to dodge!"
"You really think so?"
"I said so, didn't I? You got anything else to show me?" Kid's eyes brightened.
"I do have one other move…"
"Well, what are you waiting for?"
Emboldened by Chara's support, Kid faced away once more, taking another deep breath. This time, instead of breathing everything out in one massive gout, he fired three long bolts of blue flame. They spread out, each of them impacting a different part of the curved wall before them.
Chara was not prepared for what happened when they impacted.
Each one exploded into a shower of smaller orange flames that floated back towards the duo, though they winked out of existence before they got too close. A small scorch mark indicated where each bolt of flame had hit the curved walls of the bowl.
"I've never seen anyone do magic like that… that was really impressive!" the robot beamed, walking closer to the boy. "Have you been training with it?"
Kid shook his head, though his eyes gleamed happily.
"I don't actually use it all that much." The boy explained. "Just when I need to discharge my magic buildup."
Chara let a slow smile creep across her face.
"You know…" She said, a conspiratorial tone entering her synthetic voice. "I bet you could get really strong if you did train. Maybe I could help you with that?"
"Y… You want to train me?" Kid asked, a goofy grin broadening across his muzzle.
In response, Chara hopped back a couple steps, and she let her right eye begin to glow.
"Let's see what you got, Kid!"
The boy hunched over, panting heavily as Chara finally let her magic dissipate. She'd known he wouldn't be able to beat her, but that wasn't the point, was it? She already had a few suggestions on how he could improve on his techniques. If they worked together on this, she was sure he'd improve significantly.
And her plan to keep training with him had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Kid alternatively looked pretty cool when breathing gouts of flame, and absolutely adorable when he was exhausted like this.
"Good work, Kid!" Chara called out, walking towards her date. "You could use some improvement, obviously. But for someone who hasn't actually practiced with their powers before, you did really well!"
Kid finally managed to catch his breath and stood straight again, rolling his shoulders as he did so.
"Haha! Thanks, Chara!" Then he winced, and grinned ruefully. "Man, those orbs of yours really sting…"
"Yeah, we might have to work on your HP too. It's not terrible, but it's a good thing I can moderate the power of my attacks. Speaking of…"
She stopped a couple of feet away from Kid and smiled at him.
"That big flame blast you do is impressive, but I won't get hurt by the orange flames as long as I move, or I could just sit in the blue core until it ends. Next time, try moving your head from side-to-side when you use that attack.
"We can work on that and the other one later, though. I had a lot of fun today!"
"Yo! Me too! Haha! We should totally do it again sometime!"
Chara felt her cheeks colour, but nodded in agreement. Then, unexpectedly, Kid bounded forward, crashing into the mechanical girl, and pressing his torso against her own.
She let out a little gasp, and it took her a moment to realize that the boy was trying to hug her.
Once she understood, she tentatively raised her own arms and folded them around the yellow-scaled Monster. It wasn't quite one of Toriel's hugs, but it was… nice.
"Oh, come on… kiss her, you fool!" Frisk grumbled to himself. He lowered his binoculars for a moment, rubbing at his eyes before putting them back up.
There was a rustling sound from behind him as Sans tried to make himself more comfortable on the branch he was laying on.
"Remind me why we're sitting in a tree watching your sister's first date again?"
"We're in the tree because I wanted a vantage point, and you teleported us here. And we're not watching them. I am, while you're lazing off, as usual."
"Can't help it. I'm bone tired."
Frisk let out a chuckle, then frowned.
"Come on Sans, this is important! I mean, they spent the last twenty minutes fighting each other! Chara clearly needs my help to figure out how a date is supposed to go."
"It's your funeral, buddy. How do you plan on explaining to her that you basically watched her entire date?"
"I'll figure something out." He focused through the binoculars again. "Looks like they're heading home now… Oh well. baby steps I guess. If only my sister wasn't such a prude."
The boy sighed.
"Alright, Sans, let's get out of here. Nothing more to see."
"I dunno, This branch is actually pretty comfy if you lie down on it right…"
Frisk looked over to the skeleton, who was currently lying on the branch, his head facing away from the trunk and his shoulders resting against a fork in the wood. His legs dangled over the sides of the branch, slippered feet swaying in the slight breeze.
"Come on, Sans, I can't get out of this tree by myself, you know how high up we are?"
"It's kind of relaxing, actually."
"Sans, now is not the time!"
"Zzzzzz..."
"Sans!"