Chapter Twenty One: Demon vs Demon

"Hey" Alphys said. "They made it out."

"Did it work?" Undyne asked.

"Yep." Khara said. Chara began to stir slightly.

"Maybe even better than you think." Came a sinister voice from behind them. They turned to see the physical form of Arach, an evil grin on her face. "I mean, you managed to get rid of me. But, now I'm in the real world. And there's no way any of you have the power to stop me here."

"I'm gonna enjoy this." Arach said, summoning her magic to her hands. However, before she could do anything else, a powerful blast of dark magic shot her through the wall of the house. Everyone turned to look where the blast came from. It was from Chara, who had woken up.

"Round two, mother f #$er!" she shouted, her eyes burning red.

"Chara." Toriel said, sighing with relief. Chara looked at her briefly before returning her gaze to the object of her rage. (A/N: their yard on the other side of the hole goes into a sort of wooded area)

The demonic girl stood up, Chara standing up as well. They rushed toward each other, summoning their power to their hands. Their fists collided in midair, sending out a pulse of dark magic through the area. However, Chara's blow pushed Arach's back, knocking the demon into the yard. Chara jumped at her through the air, darkness in her hands. She threw a punch that made a small earthquake. Arach was on the ground, Chara beating on her with her fists.

"Khara." The ghostly voice said from beside Khara. "What is the source of that demonic energy I sense? I figured it was you or Chara, but there was a chance that we could be seeing the return of the Servant of Death."

"Ah, Gaster." Khara said, grinning.

"How are you alive?!" Undyne shouted. "I thought Chara dusted you."

"One of me, yes." Gaster said.

Khara turned to the ghostly skeleton and punched him in the arm.

"You're welcome." Gaster said, rubbing his arm. "So, you do still have your strength."

"Of course." Khara said, still grinning. "Not Tori though. She's still a softy."

"A shame." Gaster said. "So, what's the source of the demonic energy that I'm feeling?"

"One of them is Chara." Khara said, pointing to Chara and Arach.

"Wait…" Gaster said, looking at Arach. "Is that—"

"Yeah." Chara said. "That demon fighting Chara is Rachaya (ruh-KHIE(sounds like eye)-uh)."

"Rachaya?" Toriel asked, her eyes widening. "That's Rachaya? I thought Rachaya was different looking than that. At least I don't remember her looking like that the last time we encountered her."

"Who's Rachaya?" Undyne asked.

"She's a demon." Khara said. "She's very powerful, actually one of the most powerful demons able to enter the physical world. However, it seems she wasn't alone."

"What do you mean?" Toriel asked.

"HE was here." Khara said. "He was going after Frisk when she was unconscious."

"Him?!" Toriel asked. "He was inside Frisk?"

"Apparently." Khara said. "But, Chara killed him, she said."

"Frisk." Toriel said. "Are you sure Chara killed him?"

"I think so." Frisk said.

"Hmmm." Toriel said.

"The two of them appearing." Khara said, thinking. "It's odd."

"Yes." Gaster said. "very odd. I wonder why and for what reason they've chosen the two of them."

With Chara and Arach—Rachaya

Chara threw a punch at Rachaya that would have shattered bone had it hit. However, Rachaya dodged, laughing.

"Oh, Chara." She said. "You're still just repeating what you did in the fight from earlier. Now, I'm not giving you any more mercy."

Rachaya threw her arms out to the side, her arms being cloaked in darkness. Her eyes turned red, the green around them turning purple. Her fingers ended in points, the ends sharp.

"If that's all you got" Chara said, chuckling. "You'll never beat me."

Chara threw her own arms out, transforming into her demonic form, her eyes becoming black with red slits, black flames leaking out of them. They bled as did her mouth. Her locket that was around her neck veined black, which seemed to pulse. She formed a bloody, black dagger out of her own dark aura, which flared up around her.

With Frisk, Khara, Toriel, etc.

"That transformation." Khara said. "I'm surprised she went into it."

"Why?" Frisk asked.

"It's not a perfect demon transformation." Khara said. "It's only partial."

"Chara said she used it because it's super easy to just whip out." Frisk said.

"Well" Khara said. "It is, but it's not very efficient."

"But" Toriel said. "I'm sure she can hold her own. One thing I've never seen Chara do is go in over her head (er, without giving her all)."

"Yes." Gaster said. "Even when she fought me, I could tell she was fighting not only to win, but to kill."

"Well" Khara pointed out. "You did shoot her sister."

"Fair enough." Gaster said, crossing his ghostly arms. "Though, since she's using her demon blade, I have a feeling she's trying to end this fight now."

With Chara and Rachaya

"So, we're playing with knives, now?" Rachaya asked. "Fine, then."

Rachaya formed a sword out of her own aura, rushing towards Chara with it. Chara smacked the sword away with her dagger, the two of them swinging their weapons at each other.

Chara slashed her dagger at Rachaya, Rachaya blocking it. However, Chara kicked Rachaya in the side. Rachaya hit a tree in the yard, nearly going right through it.

Chara followed up the blow with a powerful thrust of her sword. She managed to impale Rachaya with her blade, black blood spurting out of the wound.

"Pretty good." Rachaya said, grinning. "But, not good enough."

Rachaya kicked Chara in the chest, causing her to fly back. Chara hit a tree as well, dropping to one knee.

Rachaya walked over to Chara, blade in hand. She slashed at Chara's arm, nearly removing it. She stabbed Chara through the chest, grinning as she did so.

"Payback's a bitch, isn't it?" she asked.

"I gotta say, Rachaya" Chara said, chuckling as her blood leaked onto the ground. "You sure do know how to work your sword. Pity you haven't learned a thing about me."

"I'm not afraid of you, Chara." Rachaya said. She impaled Chara once again, kicking her to remove the blade.

Chara coughed, the wounds in her body leaking large amounts of black blood. Rachaya continued to slice Chara, causing ribbons of blood to appear. Rachaya then stopped, crossing her arms and looking at Chara.

With Frisk, Khara, Toriel, etc.

"Chara!" Frisk shouted, running out towards Chara, only to be grabbed by Khara.

"No." Khara said. "You can't go. She's far too powerful to fight. You're not powerful enough. I can't fight her because I used a lot of my energy to fight her in Chara's mind."

"Let me go!" Frisk shouted, jerking her arm out of Khara's grip. Khara looked at the girl in surprise as she ran over to Chara, holding her tightly and protectively.

"Frisk." Chara said, panting. "Get out of here. I'm gonna stop this demon."

"You're hurt." Frisk said. "You need healing."

"I'm fine." Chara said.

"No you're not." Frisk said, closing her eyes. "Let me help you."

"Don't waste your energy." Chara said.

"Chara." Frisk said, her tone firm. "Let me help you."

"Allright." Chara said.

Frisk took a deep breath, putting her hand on Chara's chest. Her body glowed very, very slightly as energy flowed from her into Chara. Chara's wounds began to close, the cuts disappearing.

"Don't use too much." Chara said, rubbing Frisk's head. "You'll burn yourself out again."

"It's alright." Frisk said. "I'll be fine."

Frisk stopped glowing, energy no longer flowing from her. She slumped forward, exhausted and sleeping. Chara caught her, holding her.

"Healing magic?" Rachaya said, thinking. "So that's why…"

Chara stood up, placing Frisk, who was sleeping peacefully, on the ground behind her, reforming her demon blade.

"Give me everything you've got." She shouted, moving forward quickly, grabbing Rachaya on her arm and impaling Rachaya in the chest.

Chara and Rachaya then began to exchange blows, using both blades and their fists.

Eventually, Chara charged up a powerful blast of dark magic, grabbing Rachaya by her shirt. She punched Rachaya in the face, forcing the dark magic out of her fist, razing Rachaya. Rachaya flew backwards into a tree, hitting it powerfully.

Chara followed up the blow with powerful dark punches and slashes with her dagger, Rachaya crying out in pain.

Chara grabbed Rachaya, who looked at her with fear in her eyes.

"Ch-Chara" she said, her tone nervous and fearful, putting both her hands on Chara's. "Y-you don't want to do this. We're f-friends, aren't we? R-remember the fun times we had?"

Chara looked at Rachaya, her look contemplating.

"Sure, Rachaya." She said, her face turning softer and nicer, however, still remaining in her demon form. "We're friends."

With Khara, Toriel, Gaster, etc.

"I don't think we want to see this." Khara said, crossing her arms.

"What do you mean?" Toriel asked.

"Her tone." Khara said. "I don't think Rachaya's getting off so easy this time."

With Chara and Rachaya

"S-so" Rachaya said, smiling nervously. "D-do you wanna do something? Y-you know? Like old times?"

"Sure." Chara said, chuckling. "How about we—"

With Toriel, Khara, Gaster, etc.

There was a horrendous sound of breaking bones and tearing flesh. Alphys left the room as fast as her legs would carry her. Undyne turned a strange shade of green, looking around to find a trash can. Toriel looked horrified at what Chara was doing to Rachaya. Even Khara and Gaster, who were still desensitized to violence, looked a little sick.

"She's very angry, isn't she?" Khara asked Gaster.

"You couldn't tell from her tone?" Gaster asked.

"I'm just glad Frisk is still sleeping." Khara said. "I don't think she'd want to see this."

With Chara

Chara finished dealing with her inner demon, turning around. Her hands were covered in black blood and floating above her hand was a black heart that was made of fire, a demon SOUL. Chara squeezed her hand around the SOUL, absorbing it. She returned to her normal form, walking over to Frisk and picking her up. She walked back to the others, Khara looking at her.

"Why'd you absorb her SOUL?" she asked, suspicious.

"Are you kidding?!" Chara said. "Do you know how much energy it takes to destroy a demon SOUL?! I used enough energy killing the bitch!"

"Fair enough." Khara said. "I suppose I can't argue with that. And, it's not like any of us had enough power to aid you, so whatever. You won't experience any negative side effects, will you? I know from personal experience that in dealing with demon SOULs, one must always be careful."

"I'm sure it's fine.' Chara said. "Better her inside of me where her power can't be overwhelming than in a human who can't handle it."

"I guess you're right." Khara said. "I guess we should rest to recover. We did just take on a demon of Rachaya's power, even if she lost most of her power entering the physical world."

"Yeah." Chara said, placing Frisk gently on the couch before falling asleep herself.

In an unknown location

"So" the figure said, looking down. "She failed."

"I expected as much." Another said. "However, we mustn't take this to heart. We can still succeed. We still have 'THEM'"

Six glass jars rose up from behind the two individuals, each one containing a different colored, heart shaped SOUL.

"Ah, yes." The first said. "THEM. But, are they enough?"

"For now, yes." The other said. "But, we must prepare for whatever situation may arise. We'll need the two halves for this."

"But" the first said. "What if the two halves refuse to cooperate?"

"There are ways to make one cooperate." The other said. "There are many, many ways to achieve cooperation from someone. You just have to know how to manipulate the situation in your favor. Trust me. We'll have this. We will have it."


So, these guys have SOULs. What could they be planning? And what's all this sh!t they're talking about? Find out soon?