Chapter 6: Explosive Entrance

Night of the First Day… 56 hours remain…

"So what you are saying is…" The Happy Mask Salesman began, "Your people were sealed Underground for a century, but were freed by some human? But then… you were back where you started?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes." Sans confirmed his statement. "This so called human, as I told you, isn't innocent. Yet neither is yours…"

The Salesman let out a low growl. "For the last time, he is a Hylian. And where you are isn't the same place as your so-called Underground. This LOVE you are talking about doesn't exist here."

Oh really… Sans thought to himself. "Your LOVE is so high even I can't read it. LOVE is an acronym, it stands for Level Of Violence."

"You've already explained this to me skeleton. But here is the difference… The beasts of this world are evil creatures, incapable of feeling." He explained with venom in his voice. "Your LOVE doesn't matter here."

"Heh, we'll see about that bud." He glanced to the side. "But… I gotta warn ya…" The lights in his eye sockets disappeared. "If you lay one finger on any of our monsters, I won't hesitate to kill you."

A small laugh came from the man. "If you insist skeleton. But… I'll say the same to you. If you kill this boy, you are crushing all of our chances of anyone here living."

"Nah…" Sans's grin widened. "I'm pretty sure it's the other way around." With a small wave of his hand, Sans was gone.

"So… Let me get this straight…" Flowey said, perched on Link's shoulder now. Being on the arm of the child had proven very difficult when it was his sword/shield hand. "You… are going to listen to someone rant, then wait for an old lady to get robbed?" The flower asked suspiciously.

Link nodded, walking towards the laundry pool. The flower had asked so many questions about Link's motives on the way here. He would gladly answer them, only trying not to give away the fact that he could reset the clock. Although, it already seemed like Flowey somehow knew that…

The confusing thing is, Flowey seemed to insist that someone had time traveled. How much could Link trust this new companion? Tatl, on the other hand, was not pleased. She couldn't help but get a bad feeling around that flower. It was as if… something horrible was perched on her partner's shoulder. "Yes Flowey, Link sorta knows what he's doing."

Flowey turned his… head? towards the fairy. His face turned to one of fake hurt. "Aw, I'm just wondering how he is so sure? After all, it's a bit odd that he knows exactly what's going to happen…"

"And I find it odd that you are butting into our business. We agreed that you would help us, and we'd offer protection. Not you nagging about every detail." The fairy said with a huff.

"C'mon, I AM trying to help. But I need to know what's going on BEFORE I can." He complained. "It doesn't help that you're very vague."

Link rolled his eyes at the shenanigans of the two. They were not going to get along… Guru-Guru was just up ahead so he could obtain the Bremen Mask. Hopefully these two wouldn't argue about anything else on the way…

His hopes were crushed. Tatl and Flowey wouldn't stop bickering the whole time Guru-Guru ranted. As angry as the man was at them for arguing while he was speaking, Link still obtained the Bremen Mask.

Not to mention, the two were STILL fighting. "You just got here. We aren't going to reveal secrets!" Tatl complained.

"Is the ball with two wings mad? How cute!" Flowey mocked. He turned to Link, trying to use the boy to his advantage. "C'mon, tell this fairy I'm right?"

Right about what… Link thought. He hadn't been listening to what they were bickering about. His eyes darted between the two allies, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, the most brilliant yet stupid idea came to Link's mind. He donned the Bremen Mask, and began marching away.

"HEY, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?" Flowey screeched over the sound of Link's ocarina. The boy paid no attention, continuing to march towards North Clocktown. "Hey, nutcase!" Flowey slapped Link with one of his leaves, annoyed that he couldn't use his vines from this position.

Tatl snickered in amusement. Seeing Flowey this mad was priceless. "You think this is bad? I have to deal with him EVERYDAY." Tatl complained.

Flowey shot her a glare, before his face returned to one of disgust. "I honestly wonder how the hell you put up with him."

Mission successful. They hadn't realized, but Link had just made the two stop fighting. It was honestly easier than he expected. But, now that those two were finally silent, Link could handle Sakon at North Clocktown. It was nearly midnight…

He was supposed to be there already! Rushing through the small arch separating one area from another, he drew his sword. What he saw, made his blood run cold. Flowey tensed up around his shoulder while Tatl hid behind the boy in fear.

The warrior fish-like monster, Undyne, had beat Link to it. Some monsters were watching from the sidelines. What sent Link into a spiral was the fact that Undyne did something to Sakon. There was a flicker of a light blue heart on his chest. What was happening?

Flowey bent over to Link's ear. "Link, plant me."

As weird as this sounded, he agreed, placing Flowey into the soil. The plant disappeared Underground, running off to who knows where. Did Flowey just abandon them? Undyne swiped a green spear over Sakon. Link flinched, waiting to hear the sound of blood, but opened his eyes, seeing a green heart in the place of the light blue one…

He had to do something. Sakon had done terrible things in the days of Termina, but Link couldn't just sit by and wait for his death. Some of the monsters had spotted Link. Fear seized his soul as one of them looked straight into his eyes. That skeleton… that same one seemed to be staring into his soul and judging him for his sins…

Link was jarred back to the fight between Sakon and Undyne. The man was trembling on the ground, trying in vain to block the spear with his hand. Undyne loomed above him. She mumbled something, but Link could not hear. She brought the spear down.

Metal clashed upon metal, giving a satisfying clang of weapons. Link stood over Sakon, blocking Undyne's spear from coming into contact with the man himself. The fish woman looked to him in surprise and astonishment. Link's hand began glowing with brilliance. Everyone's gaze shifted to Link's glowing hand.

This never happened before… The triforce of courage NEVER activated while in Termina. Not to mention, the Triforce should have still been in the Sacred Realm. Something wasn't right. Using the triforce as a distraction, Link knocked Undyne off balance, exposing her to attacks.

He didn't attack yet, keeping an eye on Sakon. Just as he predicted, the thief was scrambling off with the bomb bag regardless. With a yell, Link threw a well timed Deku Nut right into his face. "Argh, MY EYES!" He screamed, falling onto his face. Luckily, the bag didn't blow up.

Undyne had regained her composure, readying her spear. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?" She yelled at the boy.

"I could ask you the same question!" Tatl retorted.

"You…" She took a step forward. A look of shock was plastered onto her face. "You've killed… so many… What even are you?" She asked with disgust. "WHAT ARE YOU?"

What did she mean? He had only killed when a monster was attacking him… Link arched a brow in confusion. He gasped as a golden heart protruded from his chest. It was brighter than the triforce on his hand… But, it seemed to look like one large heart encasing four smaller ones... The warrior charged him, a spear ready in her hand. He raised his shield in defense, ready for the impact. However, she never reached the boy.

A vine whipped across the ground, tripping the fish woman. She clumsily face planted into the dirt, humiliated. Suddenly, Flowey popped from the ground with a smug look on his face. "I told you I'd help."

Tatl, on the other hand, was not too sure. "Uh Link… now might be a good time to do the thing…"

Looking up, Link's eyes widened. The skeleton was powerful. Beast-like skulls appeared in the sky behind the hooded skeleton, seemingly waiting for one flick of his wrist to fire. There was no time. The maws of the skulls opened up, revealing a white beam heading straight his way.

In a panic, Link raised his shield. The beam barely managed to sear his shoulder. This was bad. That skeleton had just made one of his heart containers diminish. That should have only left a scratch! There was no time to play the Song of Time. He'd have to fight his way out of this one.

Tatl rushed over to Sans, analyzing the opponent. "Sans, he may look lazy, but he's quick on his feet. You need to use more of an effective strategy than slashing for this one."

Bones shot up through the dirt. Link barely did a backflip on time to dodge them. He flinched, hearing the charge of one of the skeletal beasts behind him. He would have been hit if it wasn't for a vine wrapping around the skull and sending it crashing to the ground.

Link tried to move, only to see he was planted into the ground. The heart was now blue… He prepared himself to block another attack that never came. He opened his eyes, confused at what he saw next.

They had all almost made it to the town. Finally, after everything suddenly going back to on the mountain, the monsters had made it. Well, not every monster. One, Monster Kid, had been dusted along the way.

Along a snowy pathway, a tragic event had taken place. While they were trying to navigate through the various clumps of snow, everyone heard a yell coming from the back of the group. Instinctively, Undyne had run towards the tail-end of the monsters to see what the commotion was.

Frisk had idiotically stayed away from that. Worry had made its way into their mind, but they pushed it away. They were such a freaking idiot. When yells from Undyne were heard from the back, they knew something was up. Not to mention, the ever so helpful Chara nagging at them to stop worrying.

When Undyne came stomping through the crowd, monsters began murmuring. That murmuring turned to gasps of disbelief. What happened next… well… The rest of the walk had been hushed. His dust, mingled with the snow, had been collected before continuing on. A funeral would have to wait.

Why was this happening? How had everything changed this much? First Sans had disappeared… now Monster Kid? He had never died in any of the runs… "Aw… C'mon Frisky, why so gloomy?"

Now was NOT the time. "Chara… Please just go away…" Monster Kid's death was taking a toll on the human. As if this wasn't enough, they had finally reached a human village to try and integrate.

A demonic giggle came from the ghostly human. "Are you seriously moping over that kid's death? Aw! How can you be so sensitive after you have killed them all more times than you can count!"

"S-Stop. Monster kid n-never died!" They complained, trying to find a loophole. But, the ghost was right. Frisk was worse than whatever killed Monster Kid.

"Frisk, after every genocide timeline we eradicate the world." Chara floated higher up, perching themselves on a balloon positioned in the air. The glowing red of their form stood out in the night sky. "And when I get bored of this timeline, I'll kill everyone here."

Frisk was ready to respond, but before any words could get out an old lady screamed. Both Frisk and Chara's heads flicked to the source of the noise. "Hey! Watch where you're going!"

A man had knocked the lady over, beginning to sprint away with a bag of unknown contents. Undyne was the first to react, charging towards the thief. The man's eyes widened as he picked up the pace in panic. He was too slow.

"Give that lady back her stuff!" She yelled. A green spear shot through the air, cutting the sack off of Sakon's back. Undyne was epic at times. His soul had switched from light blue to green. Frozen in place...

The man rolled over, trying to block with his hand. "I-I'm sorry. I don't m-mean any trouble."

Undyne wouldn't kill a human. But, she had succeeded in getting the woman back her belongings. "Don't let me catch you doing this again." She stated. Sakon nodded, sweating. She whipped out a green spear, preparing to change his soul back so he could move. What happened next surprised her, along with everyone else.

*Link 152 ATK 102 DEF LV 51 2500/2500 HP

*What happens when something stronger than you appears?

*...

*Stronger than someone who killed an entire race…

Fear seized Frisk's mind. This was not good! Curiosity was one thing, but now, Frisk thought they were crossing the line. This reset had gone too far. What if this new being could even stop them? Even through the power of loads, Frisk had no chance of beating him.

"Resetting so soon… are we Frisk?"

"I'm not listening to you Chara. This has gone too far now." Frisk gasped as the boy's hand began glowing. "Chara, this is getting too dangerous!"

"Who are you to say that? You killed the entire Underground in a day Frisk…" Chara stopped when Sans appeared, floating in the air. The boy effortlessly blocked it, only getting hit just a bit. "That's it. This kid is too powerful. We are resetting."

Link's feet touched ground, a flower wrapped around his shoulder and a fairy at his side. He was stuck in his Deku Scrub form yet again. Only three heart containers were with him. Not again...

Pay attention that Flowey is still with them... What would that do? Eee hee hee

Also, the soul is gold for a reason. I wonder if the other LoZ crossover guys knew this... Gold is associated with illumination, love, compassion, COURAGE, passion, magic, and wisdom.

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