Chapter Fifteen: Catching Up

"Oh my god, it's so DAMN HOT!" Khara shouted, her face, pouring sweat and all her clothes save her underwear were stripped off, revealing that she actually had a tail, which was most likely tucked under her armor, which was lying on the floor next to her. Almost all her body had fur on it, though it was short and was most likely a thin insulator (which seemed to be working against her currently XP).

"You're telling me." Chara said, coming down the stairs, dressed similarly and falling down on the couch.

"I knew you got your looks from me.' Khara said, looking at Chara.

"Doesn't look as good when it's shiny with sweat." Chara said, looking up at her mother. "Doesn't help that this couch is itchy, though."

"You're lucky." Khara said, wiping her soaked brow. "You don't have fur."

"I'm still half you." Chara said, her body sweaty, but not as sweaty as Khara's. "I get really hot, really fast."

"Trust me" Khara said, panting. "That's why my armor is as thin as it is."

"That must really be nice." Chara said. "But, I really don't wear armor."

"Trust me." Khara said, looking at Chara. "You don't need it. I only use it because I'm a monster. It's not even that protective, it's just for minor elemental and magic protection."

"Khara" Toriel said, coming down the stairs. "Why are you and Khara stripped down on the couches?"

"It's so f #$ing hot!" Chara said, panting. Toriel sighed, rubbing her fingers over her eyes. Another individual that needed a cooler temperature. The air conditioning bills were skyrocketing. It was February, they shouldn't need the house to be at sixty degrees to keep cool.

"Look, Khara." Toriel said, sighing again. "We need to keep the air conditioning bills down. If you guys get so hot so easily, why don't you go take a cold bath?"

"You complained the last time I dumped ice in my cold bath." Chara said.

"That was because you put ten gallons worth of ice in the tub." Toriel said. "That's too much ice. You could have gotten hypothermia."

"I'm half Nekomon." Chara said. "The worst thing I'd have gotten was a little blue."

"Alright." Toriel said, surrendering. "I'll turn the air back on. But, you two need to stop coming downstairs dressed like that. What if somebody sees you?"

"Well" Chara said, reclining on the couch. "They'll see me and my mom sweating our asses off."

"Well" Toriel said, sighing as she went up to turn on the air. "Just put more clothes on when the air comes on."

"Fine." Chara said, waves of cool air blasting from the air conditioner. Chara went to put on her sweater, her mother simply looking at her.

"you sure change quick." She said, putting on her own armor.

"I've learned to be quick." Chara said.

"So, tell me." Khara said, crossing her leg over the other. "What happened since you fell into the Underground? I want to know."

"Well" Chara said as Frisk and Asriel walked into the room. "I was found by the Dreemurrs and they raised me for a couple of years until I ate a sh!t ton of buttercups."

"Oh" Frisk asked, sitting down next to Chara. "Are you telling a story?"

"Sure, kid.' Chara said, putting her arm around Frisk. Asriel sat on the other side of Chara, reclining on the couch.

"What happened next?" Khara asked.

"Well" Chara said, thinking. "I died and then sometime later I revived. I basically went genocide on the Underground and killed everyone (except Sans, who f #$ed me up good). I was trying to get revenge for the humans that killed both you and Asriel."

"They killed Asriel?" Khara asked, looking at the goat-like monster. "What happened?"

"So, when I died" Chara said. "Asriel absorbed my SOUL and went to take my body to my village, where he placed it by the flowers. You know, the ones that shine in the light of the moon?"

"Oh yeah." Khara said, nodding. "I know those."

"So" Chara said. "The villagers attacked him and killed him. I tried to get him to defend himself, but the softy didn't want to."

"Won't make that mistake again." Asriel said.

"So" Chara said. "I revived and wanted revenge. I went to the village and fought them, but they overpowered me and nearly killed me. I did find your journals, though."

"I'd been looking for those." Khara said.

"So" Chara continued. "I went down, did my genocide runs, killed four of the six souls Asgore had, and then found Frisk. She was the reason I stopped."

"That's good.' Khara said, nodding.

"Then me and Frisk rescued Asriel from being a flower." Chara said.

"A flower?" Khara asked.

"Let me tell that story." Asriel said.

Later

Chara was lying with her head on Asriel's legs, snoring. Frisk was laying over her, also asleep, Chara having an arm around her. Asriel was sitting up, talking to Khara.

"That's really interesting." Khara said. "So, you survived that long without a SOUL?"

"Yeah." Asriel said. "I'm not really proud of it, though."

"Fair enough." Khara said. "Trust me, I've killed my fair share of monsters myself in my day."

"Well, I don't want to be acknowledged by it." Asriel said.

"I've got to ask you something though." Khara said, the corners of her mouth twitching.

"What is it?" Asriel asked.

"You dated my daughter, right?" Khara asked.

"Yeah." Asriel said. "For a couple weeks. Then we figured out we should just be friends like we were because of how I was a flower and I'd only just regained my form. I mean, it's pretty much the same as when we were dating, but minus the making out."

"I heard your mom caught you guys making out in your room." Khara said, trying to stifle a laugh.

"Yeah.' Asriel said, rubbing the back of his nervously. "Trust me, my mom is the most awkward person to have a relationship around. The first thing she did was just stare at us for a second. I mean, she knew we were in a relationship, but I guess it hit her at that moment."

"Funny." Khara said, thinking. "I thought she was dating Frisk when I'd first met her."

"Well" Asriel said, laughing nervously. "If Frisk was an option, I'd be out of the competition."

"How?" Khara said, confused. "It's obvious Chara has great care for you."

"Trust me." Asriel said. "Any feelings she has for me are nothing compared to how she feels about Frisk."

"In the romantic sense?" Khara asked.

"In the affection sense." Asriel said. "Not sure if she could even tell if she was romantic towards Frisk (don't tell her I said that). Frisk has always had a very special place in Chara's heart, ever since she met her. She considers her as a little sister and does a whole lot for her. She's actually very protective of her, though Frisk doesn't seem to mind. In fact, she's the only person I've ever heard Chara say 'I love you' to."

"Really?" Khara asked, amazed. "That's amazing. It takes great love and for a Nekomon to say that (oh, I'm sorry. This must not look good for you in terms of dating her)."

"It's fine." Asriel said. "I've seen Chara throw herself into unknown dangers for her so many times. I know she really cares for her."

"I'm surprised they're not dating." Khara said, chuckling. "The way she's sleeping with her right now."

"They do this a lot." Asriel said. "She calls me her 'fuzzy warm pillow'."

"Well" Khara said. "Whoever she dates, I'm sure she'll be happy with them."

"Yep." Asriel said.

At this point Chara began to stir, as did Frisk. The two of them yawned and stretched. Chara sat up, Frisk still laying down.

"you still make a fuzzy pillow." Chara said, hugging Asriel.

"That was a nice nap." Frisk said. "I see why you and Sans like them."

"Yeah." Chara said. "They're very refreshing."

"Well" Asriel said, chuckling. "You missed my entire story."

"It was boring the first time I heard it." Chara said. "And it's boring now. I fell asleep the first time too."

"I know." Asriel said. "So, now what should we do?"

"I don't know about you." Chara said. "But, Frisk, I've got to show you something."

"What?" Frisk asked.

"You'll see." Chara said, heading up to her room. Frisk followed her, her curiosity overtaking her.

"Okay." She said.

"So" Khara said once they were alone. "how good are you at combat?"

"Okay." Asriel said. "Why?"

"I need to regain my full capability." Khara said. "I don't think I'm strong enough to take on my daughter at this moment, especially considering her dark magic capability. I need to gain strength and you seem like you'd present a decent challenge."

"Why are you concerned about taking on Chara?" Asriel asked.

"She's got powerful magic." Khara said. "She needs to learn to control it properly. She has very limited control as it is, so I need to train her to use it."

"Right.' Asriel said. "We've got a place set up that you can use. The Judgement Hall."

"Sounds fitting." Khara said, grinning.


So, Chara needs a little training? I mean, she did turn into a demon and the higher her LV goes, the more insane she can become, so i guess it's needed.

On a different note, i heard the song Warrior by Beth Crowley as i was writing this chapter and i instantly thought FriskxChara (not saying that's th pair, but if you listen to the song and think of that pair, especially if you add a small note of the genocide run, it really fits)