Hide and Seek
(WARNING: it's more... adult-ish now? I guess? Just be warned. Also, it's twice as long as the usual stuff. So, it could be deciphered as two chapters in one.)
"HELLO FROM THE OTHER SIIIIIIDE!"
Chara's head perked to the direction of the scream. Flowey narrowed his eyes at the echo through the waterfall area.
"Dear god..." Flowey said.
Chara went closer to that direction, still viciously quiet.
"I'M NOT DEEEEAD! REVIVED MYSELF! TO CROSS OUT WHAT I'VE BECOME! Though I don't know what that meant, it just fit the rhythm at the time!"
"What the hell is that?" Flowey asked.
"IN THIS FAREWELL! THERE'S NO BLOOD! THERE'S NO ALIBI!"
Flowey continued to look puzzled. "Okay. Seriously. What?"
"It's my angel." Chara smirked hungrily, their eyes glowing red. "I'm going to be God again."
"What about me—"
"Nobody cares!" Chara groaned. Instantly, she went and quickly dashed her way to the sound.
Flowey sniffed, "I'm sure a lot of people do." He scrunched his face. "What am I saying? People love me." He turned to Napstablook behind him. "You love me, right?" the flower inquired.
Napstablook stared at him for a moment.
"I was never here..."
The ghost faded away, completely vanishing.
Flowey snorted, looking back at front. "He totally loves me."
"OH MY GOD, HE'S SO LOUD!" Papyrus commented about Gaster.
Sans and Undyne looked up at him, annoyed.
"WHAT?" the tall skeleton asked.
"we have to find gaster quick before he gets into any more trouble." Sans said.
"I haven't had my bowl of cereal yet." Undyne whined, "Can we do this later?"
Sans slowly turned to Undyne. "bowl of cereal?"
"What?" the warrior fish asked. "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day."
Sans took out a ketchup bottle from his coat and gulped it down. "i cant argue against that."
"Gimme' that." Undyne snatched the bottle from Sans and popped open the cap. She ate whatever sludge of ketchup there was in the bottle. After that, she said, "Bleh! Ketchup is the worst. Why did I think a condiment would be the perfect substitute for cereal?"
"YOU WERE HUNGRY, UNDYNE." Papyrus told her.
"Thank you, Paps. I can always count on you to tell me the obvious."
"WAS THAT AN INSULT?"
Their conversation was shrouded out again by the eruption of a loud noise.
"THINGS THAT BOTHER YOU, NEVER BOTHER ME! I FEEL HAPPY AND FINE! HAHAA! LIVING IN THE SUNLIGHT, LOVING IN THE MOONLIGHT, HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME!" Gaster sung at the top of his lungs, practically screaming. He was going to do things he never did while he was alive, even if it was stupid. Just in case he dies again.
"oh my god," Sans chuckled, "where does he get his flow?"
"That was terrible." Undyne commented. "Whatever Gaster says is terrible."
"I FEEL EMOTIONALLY DISTRAUGHT." Papyrus told them.
"AND I SET FIRE TO THE RAIN! WATCHED IT POUR AS I TOUCHED YOUR FACE!" Gaster screamed, running down the boardwalk. It was getting dark, darker, yet darker. Team sans followed his shenanigans, down to the place where Undyne would strike the floor the human would stand and let them fall to their deaths in the reset timelines. Ya know, that part of the game.
Gaster sped till he was by the edge of the chasm, laughing his ass off.
Team sans stayed close, but not too close.
Gaster continued from the last part of his song. "...WELL, IT BURNED WHILE I CRIED, 'CAUSE I HEARD IT SCREAMING OUT YOUR NAME, YOUR NAME—"
"Royal scientist Gaster."
Sans flinched at that voice, as the others turned to find a child in a green sweater with glowing red eyes. Papyrus and Undyne felt the pits of their stomachs widen. Gaster pouted.
"You don't exist." Chara stated menacingly. "You're not supposed to exist."
Undyne was about to ask what that child was doing there (because only children wear striped sweaters), but Sans held her and Papyrus away.
"Hey, I only died because I swam in a pool of determination, aight?" Gaster replied, "It was awesome."
Chara's smirk widened tremendously. "You swam in a pool of determination?"
"Yeah, funding was expensive as heck. I had to ask Asgore to raise the taxes." Gaster admitted.
"OH. MY. GOD!" Undyne suddenly fumed, Sans holding her back. "IS THAT WHY I HAD TO PAY SEVENTY DOLLARS FOR A TOOTHBRUSH?!"
"Relax, it was all in good caus—Wait a minute, SEVENTY DOLLARS FOR A TOOTHBRUSH?! THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS!" Gaster exclaimed bewilderedly. "WHAT THE HELL DID ASGORE NEED THAT MADE A TOOTHBRUSH COST THAT MUCH!?"
"ENOUGH!" Chara shouted, shutting up the two monsters. The demon pointed at Gaster. "You possess my reset button! I'm going to kill you so I can get it back!"
"thats not how determination works." Sans muttered. "you do realize if gaster has the reset button, youre just a boss battle to him, right?"
"SHUT UP!" Chara shouted. They raised a toy knife, letting it glint in the light. They raised their other free hand and curled it into a fist. Chara rushed at Gaster with intense speed, swinging their fist into his ribs to break them. With her speed, the amount of pressure and force output would be enough to—
CRACKKK~!
"AAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Chara cradled their arm.
"HAH! HOW'D YA LIKE THAT, YOU LITTLE PUNK BITCH!?" Gaster screamed ecstatically in their face. "YEAH! WOOO! TWICE THE DENSITY OF REGULAR BONE!" He pointed at himself, jumping around. "SCIENCE, BITCH!"
Chara grunted, looking down to see a disfigured hand. "Fucking... HELL!"
Sans gasped. "they... they swore!"
"THE CHILD JUST CURSED!" Papyrus exclaimed, holding his cheeks with his palms. If he had cheeks.
"You cussed!" Undyne pointed out.
"This is supposed to be PG-13." Gaster stated. "Child, what you did was against the rules. You can't say hell. Now that's just rude. Hell doesn't exist. I would know; I died!"
"I don't fucking CARE!" Chara stood up, holding her hand tightly, tears running down her red eyes. "I am CHARA, the demon of personal greed! Princess of the underground—"
"you cant be princess if youre a guy." Sans stated. He immediately realized his mistake. "are you a guy? oh no, did i mistake you for a guy all these years? this child is a girl?! ive penetrated you with bones—"
"FUCK YOU!"
"Hey, hey, HEY!" Flowey popped out of the ground beside Chara. "That's three times already that you dropped the F-bomb! Time out, young lad!"
Chara gritted their teeth. "HELP me, you FucKIng serial killeR!"
"Did... did you just... did your voice just crack?" Flowey held in a laugh.
"You're DEAD to me, Asriel!" Chara exclaimed. "No more sex for you!"
Flowey blushed brightly, but at the same time was confused. They never did... that. The thought came into his head and he just felt like killing himself. Then he realized they were trying to ruin his reputation, and this time it was for real! Four monsters just heard it!
"That's not true!" Flowey instantly turned to the others, sweating bullets. "That scandal is false, don't believe it. To be honest, I'm still a virgin. Yes, I've said it, I'm a virgin. An untouched flower."
The others just weren't able to respond with all the stuff that was happening. Then, Sans just broke the silence out of the four.
"are you a girl or a boy?" Sans asked Chara. "cause that would totally change how i would envision you two together."
"What the fuck is happening?!" Chara pointed her knife at Gaster. "I came here to murder that asshole!"
Gaster nudged Papyrus. "She's talking to you."
"I'm going to get my determination back, and I'll finally be able to complete the genocide speedrun on my one hundred sixty-ninth attempt. I'll never have to play this game again!" Chara exclaimed.
Undyne shoved Gaster forward.
Gaster tripped on a rock and fell.
There was a resounding crack.
He laid there for a few moments.
And then a little longer.
And then a little bit more longer.
"Did he just die?" Undyne asked, completely baffled.
"no, of course not." Sans replied. "hes always wanted to do that planking thing. even though that trend finished years ago."
Gaster pushed himself off the ground and did a head spin.
Chara roared as they ran at Gaster, swinging their knife at him. Gaster stopped doing a handstand and turned serious. He summoned a gaster blaster and let an energy wave rip the air. Chara ran for it, sidestepping and continuing her journey. They finally reached Gaster, harshly grabbed him by the shoulder, and stabbed him with the toy knife. Multiple times. The knife dented.
"HAH! TWICE THE DENSITY—"
Chara flung Gaster into the ground, letting his bony face scrape against the floor. Chara took out her stick and smacked Gaster with it. The skeleton got up and smacked them upside the head, sending her flying back to Flowey.
Chara groggily got up, blood dripping from their face.
Flowey whispered, "Hey!", and handed her a real knife.
Chara took it with a smile.
She charged at Gaster with the knife, its real metal blade hummed for his bones. Gaster blocked it with his forearms, leaving gashes on them. He shrugged, since his face had giant gashes on them too. But he had a weak spot, the orange ball that revived him and housed his soul was still firmly planted in his stomach, in plain sight.
Gaster flipped around Chara, summoning gaster blasters to tear her apart. Chara lunged at Gaster, letting the gaster blasters turn to him. His eyes widened significantly, screaming as he held onto Chara for dear life. The gaster blasters fired and Chara took the moment to roll them out of the way.
Chara kicked him, before slashing his black robes with her knife.
Her slashes were becoming faster and faster, as her determination to attack was growing stronger. Gaster was able to protect his orange sphere, but his HoPe was getting low, and this cheating bastard wasn't letting him have his turn. Well, they were both cheating bastards because they didn't count their turns. Chara kept mercilessly attacking, turning his robe into a paper origami.
"Sans! HELP ME!" Gaster cried.
Sans turned to Undyne. "hey, uh... can you substitute for me?"
"Yeah, sure." she shrugged.
"thanks. youre the best, fish lady." Sans said.
Undyne went in the battle and threw an energy spear at Chara, who noticed and backflipped away. With finesse, Undyne grabbed Gaster's wrist and flung him at Chara, distracting her, while she created a multitude of energy spears.
"That's cheating!" Chara exclaimed ironically, watching as Gaster's body flailed wildly at her. "FLOWEY, HELP ME!"
In the background, Flowey seemed to give the "innocent face".
"Who me? In this state?" he asked. "Pfft, I can't do crap to these guys. You're on your own."
Chara gritted her teeth as Gaster finally crashed into her, sending both toppling over the edge of the boardwalk. The two screamed for half a second, before realizing their momentum wouldn't knock them into the ravine. A few rocks fell into the chasm, and that was it.
Chara pushed Gaster off her and brought him over the edge. Gaster held her arm tightly, not wanting to fall in. Chara felt her balance stumble, her heart jumped as she almost fell in. The two struggled to push the other into the chasm, their clash looking like a slow dance, except faster and much more desperate.
Undyne was about to shoot her array of spears, but she couldn't fire while Gaster was in the way.
Chara and Gaster were tied in a match of strength. The adrenaline running through the demon's body caused her to match Gaster's with numbed, bloody hands. The two pushed each other, struggling against each others' hands to push one of them off the cliff.
"You're the angel. Where are your wings? Or is this what an angel looks like in this backwards world?" Chara asked, her foot almost sliding off the edge of a four hundred foot fall.
"Angel? What do you mean? I'm not an angel." Gaster said, "But I did come back to life. I've experienced death... But that's not the definition of an angel."
Chara glanced at the orange ball. She wanted to know something. She retracted her hands, pulling Gaster over as she ducked. She used her knife to slice the plastic ball in his stomach open.
Gaster gasped.
"Oh my god, are you kidding me? I just got back to life!" Gaster exclaimed exasperatedly, his voice glitching out. "ThAT WaS A dicK mOveeeeee!"
Chara felt Gaster's body against her back. That's when she realized she was standing too close to the edge. Her foot slipped, and she found her vision fading away as her whole world went tumbling down. In an instant, Papyrus, with his good-hearted samaritan soul, rushed over to save them from falling.
Papyrus was able to catch Gaster's hand as he slid over the edge of the boardwalk, while Chara...
Chara ultimately fell.
A/N: I had time. So, I made the long-awaited fight between Chara and Gaster. I hope you enjoyed. Please review because this took more than an hour to make.