Chapter Twelve: Restoration
(A/N: Asriel's form is much softer and less fearsome than his demonic fusion form or final boss form. Think of it as an older Asriel about Chara's height (but a little taller) and age (which he is), not the form of the final boss of the Pacifist Route)
"A-Asriel." Chara said, staring at her best friend, her mouth open.
"I'll tell you later." Asriel said, smiling slightly. "Right now, we've got a different problem to worry about."
"Right." Chara said, nodding.
Frisk simply stood in front of Chara, the blank stare still on her face and in her eyes.
"What the f #$ did you do to my sister?!" Chara shouted, the blade leaping up into her hand.
"All I did" the woman said, moving to the center of the room. "Was remove the parts that made her weak.
Chara scanned Frisk's body, using her magic to feel for differences. She realized two things, both of the horrifying her. The first was that Frisk's DETERMINATION was gone. The second was that her SOUL was weak, unnaturally weak. It was as if someone cut her open and bled them out, which, considering Frisk's wounds, might not have been far off.
"Frisk." Chara said very quietly. "What did she do to you?"
"For nine years" the woman said, regaining Chara's attention. "I tried to make her like us, a hunter. But, she was stubborn. She even ran away. We didn't chase her because she'd made it to the Underground. I'm surprised you managed to keep her hidden this well. But, once I reclaimed what was mine, I forced every aspect that made her weak, stubborn, and soft out of her, making her completely obedient to me. Sure, I basically made her soulless, but I don't care. She's completely loyal to our cause now."
Chara slammed a powerful dark magic punch into the woman's face, using her full strength and magic power, adding an extremely powerful pulse of dark magic to the blow, which hit the woman into the wall, creating a giant crater.
"Shut your goddamn mouth!" Chara yelled. She turned to Frisk, who stared at her with a blank expression.
"Asriel." She said, her voice in a growl. "You handle this bitch. I'm going to help Frisk."
"Got it." Asriel said, white fire in his hands. Chara moved closer to Frisk.
"And leave her alive." Chara said, to Asriel's surprise.
"Why?" he asked.
"This kill's mine!" Chara growled, facing Frisk.
Frisk threw a punch at Chara, who dodged and grabbed her wrist, the two of them disappearing.
"Where'd they go?" the woman asked, getting to her feet and looking around.
"No idea." Asriel said, a Chaos Blaster appearing in his hands (A/N: Asriel can use these in this form (which is like an older version of his original form) due to them being created by his own magic, but they're much weaker than when he was fused with Chara or had the seven souls.). "But, it's just you and me now."
With Frisk and Chara
The two of the appeared in the Judgement Hall, Chara still holding Frisk's wrist. Frisk threw punches, which Chara either dodged or blocked.
"Huh." Chara thought. "I thought this would be more of a fight. She's not hitting very hard and her punches are sloppy. Then again, in the seven years I've known her, she's never thrown a single punch. And that bitch said she wasn't violent, so, I'm guessing she didn't throw any then. I mean, sixteen years of nonviolence really wouldn't make you into Goku, no matter what you have done to you."
"Frisk" Chara plead, lowering her LV to return her appearance to normal. "Wake up. Please. For me."
Frisk stopped throwing her punch for a second. However, she resumed throwing it immediately after.
"That's it!" Chara thought. "She's fighting it. She doesn't want to hurt me. I can break her out of this."
Frisk threw a punch that Chara caught, flinging Frisk's arm and causing her own momentum to offset her and cause her to trip.
"Frisk.' Chara said, putting both hands in her pockets. "Remember me. Remember the memories. Remember yourself."
Frisk paused for a minute, something flashing across her face. She looked at Chara with pleading eyes before her blank look came back.
"Just give up." Frisk said in her dull tone. "You won't succeed."
"I won't give up!" Chara shouted, moving towards Frisk and wrapping her arms around the younger girl. "Not on this fight and certainly not on you!"
Chara teleported the two of them to the Ruins, on top of a certain bed of golden flowers. Frisk looked around them, recognition entering her eyes.
"Frisk." Chara said with tears in her eyes, her arms still tightly wrapped around the younger girl, not letting her go. "Remember how you and I first met. I promised I wouldn't let anything happen to you, kiddo."
A spark appeared in Frisk's eyes as her mind went back to a certain point.
Flashback
The girl fell downward, tumbling through the hole. The last thing she remembered before blacking out was hitting the ground.
Later
She came to, rubbing her head. Some of her cuts had reopened, but she'd put bandages on all of them, so it shouldn't be too bad.
She looked around, trying to figure out where she was. She'd been told of the monsters in the Underground, but hadn't actually seen any. Though, she didn't think they were something to be feared, she didn't hold the views of the others that were back where she'd come from.
She noticed a figure leaning against the door. Maybe they'd know where anything was. The girl ran over to her, tripping on a root and falling on her face.
With the figure
"Another human." The figure thought. "Though, there's not a threat in her aura, I can't take a chance. Though, she is pretty young. I'll have to see for myself. This one seems different than the others. I'll keep my eye on her." (A/N: This is the run where Frisk dies. After that run, she knows who Chara is and all that stuff.)
With the girl
The figure moved over to her, kneeling down next to her.
"Hiya!" the figure, a girl who was older than her, said, grinning. "What are you doing down here?"
"I-I fell in." the girl said, looking up at her.
"Must have been a bad fall." The older girl said. "You've got a lot of cuts."
"No." the girl said, her voice quiet. "These are from before.'
"Oh." The older girl said. "Well, what happened?"
"I-I don't want to talk about it." The girl said, looking away.
"Oh" the older girl said, her tone and expression looking sadder for a second. "Okay. My name's Chara. What's yours?"
"Fra—" the girl said as she caught herself, her tone turning softer. "Call me Frisk."
"Okay, Frisk." Chara said, holding out a hand and grinning. "I think we're gonna be good friends."
"R-really?" Frisk asked, looking Chara in the eyes.
"Sure." Chara said. "I'm sure we can be good friends if you want to. We could even be like sisters."
Frisk grabbed Chara in a hug, beginning to cry into her shoulder.
"Thank you." She whispered.
"Don't worry, Frisk." Chara said, hugging Frisk back. "I won't let anything happen to you."
"Well, come on." Chara said. "Let's go explore."
"Okay." Frisk said, feeling better already.
The two of them walked through the door behind Chara. Frisk looked amazed at the interior of the Ruins. A Froggit hopped up to them and Frisk hid behind Chara.
"It's just a Froggit." Chara said, laughing a little. "He's harmless. Just go be friends with him."
Frisk slowly moved from behind Chara and touched the Froggit. The Froggit rubbed himself on Frisk's hand, causing her to laugh and hug the Froggit.
"See?" Chara said. "You just gotta be friendly."
"I've never seen a monster before." Frisk said. "I was always told they were cold hearted killers, but I didn't want to believe it. Now I know it's not true."
"Well, that's good." Chara said, grinning. "Well, let's keep going."
The two of them came to a door that looked like it was to a house.
"So" Chara said to Frisk, the younger girl looking at her. "I've got to go get some stuff, but if you head through the door in front of us, you'll find someone who will take care of you. Don't worry, I'll be right nearby so if you call my name, I'll be there."
"O-okay." Frisk said, nodding. She felt that she could trust Chara.
Chara walked off and Frisk knocked on the door. The door opened, a goat-like monster standing behind it.
"Oh" she said, looking at Frisk. "Hello, my child. Come in. You must have fallen into the Ruins."
"Yeah." Frisk said, nodding. "But, a girl named Chara helped me."
Toriel's eyes widened and her breathing quickened.
"Oh, my child?" she said, smiling nervously. "That name is one I haven't heard in a long time. Come in and tell me what happened."
She led Frisk into the house, closing the door behind her. Outside, Chara watched, silent and unmoving.
"Good luck, kid." She said. "You'll need it down here. But, I'll always be nearby. I'm not gonna go down the dark path. Not this time. I'll take good care of you."
Present time
Chara felt Frisk's DETERMINATION surge as the memories flooded back into her, revitalizing her (A/N: she didn't forget them, she just needed to be reminded to energize her DETERMINATION and SOUL). Her SOUL become stronger, flowing and enveloping her body once again (it's kind of like an aura). Her eyes lost their lifeless stare and became lively again. Chara saw the change and hugged Frisk, feeling Frisk hug her back.
"Chara." Frisk said, her tone happy. "You did it. You saved me. I knew you would."
"Me too, kid." Chara said, holding her little sister close. "Me too."
"So, now what?" Frisk asked.
"Now" Chara said, her tone suggesting bloodlust. "I need to take care of your mother in her last moments."
"What?" Frisk asked before she realized exactly what Chara meant.
"Let's go." Chara said, teleporting them away.
With Asriel
"You're pretty powerful, monster." The woman said, dodging the Chaos Blaster. "You remind me of Toriel, queen of the monsters."
"I've been told." Asriel said, throwing a large amount of fireballs. They moved around the room in random patterns.
"You can't beat me." The woman said. "I have tangled with the likes of Khara Darkspawn. You are nothing compared to her."
"Well, then, how about her daughter?" came the voice of Chara, who teleported in, punching the woman in the face. The woman recoiled and Chara continued her assault.
"This is for my sister!" Chara shouted, dark magic filling the room as she punched the woman into the center of the room, the dark magic surrounding her. Chara leapt into the black circle, transforming once again into the demonic form she'd assumed earlier, her demonic blade reforming. Horrendous screams could be heard and Asriel actually put his hands over Frisk's ears. He himself chuckled as he listened (not gleefully) to Chara do what she did best: fight.
After a minute, the dark magic disappeared, leaving Chara and a floating green heart shaped SOUL. Chara took hold of the SOUL and crushed it in her hands, shattering it. She turned to Frisk and Asriel, who removed his hands from Frisk's ears.
"Problem solved." Chara said, grinning and giving a thumbs-up as if she didn't kill someone brutally and in cold blood.
"That was quick." Asriel said.
"Well" Chara said, shrugging. "I wasn't gonna give her a chance to live, was I?"
"I suppose not." Asriel said. "So, can we go home now? Getting here was a f #$ing chore! I can't teleport very easily, so I had to do it in short bursts."
"Me too!" Chara shouted. "And you don't hear me complaining."
"You've been doing it for years." Asriel countered. "I just regained a SOUL, so I'm new to using my powers on my own."
"Whatever, ya big crybaby." Chara said, chuckling. "Come on. I'll take us home."
"Hold on." Asriel said, thinking. "I just realized something. Where am I gonna sleep?"
"In my room of course." Chara said.
"But, you only have one bed." Asriel said.
"So?" Chara asked, shrugging.
"When I was a flower I stayed in a pot." Asriel said. "But I'm far too big for that now."
"You guys could share a bed." Frisk said, a mischievous smile creeping over her lips.
"That works." Asriel and Chara said, not seeing Frisk's stifled laughter.
"Chara." Asriel said, turning to his best friend. "There's something I've wanted to ask you, but since I was a flower, I couldn't ask it properly."
"What is it?" Chara asked, an idea forming in her head.
"Chara Darkspawn." Asriel said, taking Chara's hand. "Will you go out with me?"
"F #$ing hell yes!" Chara said, smiling. "I'd love to."
"Aww." Frisk said, putting her fists up to her cheeks in daydreamer pose. "Now you guys are an official couple."
"Well, um, that's, uh." Asriel and Chara started, both of them turning redder.
Frisk laughed. In the seven years she'd known Chara, she'd never seen her blush before. This might be something to remember later.
"Well, uh" Chara said, her blush going down. "Let's…go home."
"Yeah" Asriel said, laughing nervously. "Let's."
"First, though.' Chara said, suddenly turning around and giving Asriel a hug. Asriel hugged her back, sinking into Chara's embrace.
"I could get used to hugs this way." Asriel said.
"Well, you'll retract that when our parents find out." Chara said, laughing. "Dad'll crush your spine. He did it to me when he found out I'd come back to life."
"I'll have to avoid it, then." Asriel said. "Luckily, he only comes around twice a week."
"Uh" Chara said. "Today's that day."
"F #$!" Asriel said.
"Come on, crybaby." Chara said. "Let's get home."
Chara teleported the three of them back to the living room of their house (A/N: the mountain screws up teleporting to it, not away from it). Everyone was downstairs trying to console Toriel, including Asgore (who had just arrived) when Chara, Frisk, and Asriel appeared in front of them, Asriel complaining about the bumpy ride and Chara calling him a baby for holding her so tight.
"Frisk!" everyone cried. "You're back!"
They all grabbed Frisk, hugging her in a large group hug. Somehow Asriel and Chara got yanked into the hug, being squeezed with Frisk.
After the hug, Toriel realized that Asriel was there (she was too happy to see Frisk to notice him as being regenerated right away).
"Asriel?!" she shouted, looking at her previously flowery son. "My child, is that you?!"
"Asriel?" Asgore said, staring his son in the eyes. "Is that you?"
"Yeah, guys." Asriel said. "It's me."
"Who's the Asgore/Tori clone?" Undyne asked.
"That's Asgore and Toriel's child, Asriel." Alphys said. "He was trapped in the form of Flowey, but he's somehow come back in his now older form."
"Cool.' Undyne said.
The royal family hugged, Frisk and Chara being dragged into yet another hug.
"Told ya he'd crush your spine." Chara said to Asriel.
"I believe you now." Asriel said.
"So" Chara whispered. "Let's excuse ourselves."
"Good idea." Asriel said.
When Asgore and Toriel released their children, Chara and Asriel stretched their backs.
"I'm gonna crash." Chara said, heading upstairs. "Kicking all that ass has left me tired. Plus I had to hike for five f #$ing days to get to where I was going. Night guys."
"I'm pretty tired too." Asriel said, following Chara up to their room.
"Wait a minute." Undyne said, thinking. "Isn't there only one bed in that room?"
"What does that have to—" Toriel began before she realized where the question was going. "Oh, I get it."
"Well" Sans said. "It seems there's another Dreemurr who's got a hot date."
"Who's the other one?" Asgore asked.
"Your ex." Mettaton said.
"Oh, right." Asgore said. "I forgot. I wonder how these two are going to do things."
"It's Chara and Asriel." Muffet said. "I'll bet it's gonna be wild, however they go about it."
"Yeah." Sans said. "Hopefully, it won't be a baaad relationship."
"SANS!" Papyrus shouted. "THAT WAS A TERRIBLE PUN!"
i'm sorry, i couldn't resist the pun. So, CharaXAsriel. I love this ship. But, it seems like everything is better, but how did Flowey become Asriel once again? Find out hopefully next chapter.
