*laughs nervously* Hey guys...so...what's up?

*dodges knife* Ah! Plzdon'tkillmeI'msosorrydon'tkillmeI'mtooyoungtodie!

Hahaha...anyways...how do I put this? I kinda went on a mini vacation far away from this story for...three weeks? And with no notice beforehand too...whoops.

I blame this all on one thing: school

Also, I know I said I would update only on Fridays...Hey! I fell asleep! It was supposed to be updated yesterday...

Anyways, here's chapter nine.

P.S I apologize for any mistakes I make in advance.

Sans felt tired.

And it wasn't the lazy kind.

Sans was tired of fighting. Why even try if it would just all be reset?

Why even bother?

When he had first arrived in this universe, after he found out that no one could reset, a feeling that was foreign to him blossomed in his chest.

Later, he realized that feeling was something he hadn't had in a very long time, and that feeling was hope. Hope that things could change for the better.

But, then he met the very thing that drained him of his hope in the first place. After all the work and effort he had put into getting rid of it once and for all, it still came back. And it came back stronger than ever. Not only that, it stole what he had been working on for the past three years. His way to get home, to get back to his family, was all ripped out of his grip in just one day.

Sans dodged another red energy blast, but he wasn't really trying his hardest; if he was, he wouldn't felt the heat of the beam when it brushed his coat. Only his survival instinct and the thought of Papyrus were keeping him alive right now.

Honestly, Sans was still numb with shock. He still couldn't believe they were here. Why couldn't they ever go away? No matter how hard he tried, they would always come back. They would come back stronger and more determined than ever be-

"Sans, MOVE!"

Sans snapped out of his thoughts and saw a huge burst of red come flying towards his face. His eye sockets darkened in alarm. His left hand flew up and a wall of bones came shooting up from the ground. The beam collided with the wall. Sans felt sweat poor down his face as he struggled to keep the wall up. With the combination of tiredness and almost non-existent fighting will, Sans was having an extremely tough time keeping the bones from breaking.

"Gotcha!" cried out Natsu as he leapt into air while aiming a flaming fist at the human.

The human stopped with their beams and rolled to the side with ease to avoid Natsu's attack. Sans let down the wall of bones he had been holding up and let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, Sans straightened up. He looked to the side and saw a red beam fly towards where he was standing. His eye sockets widened; there was no way he was going to dodge that in time, and he was too tired to use any of his powers. He took a quick glance at Natsu who was running towards Sans, a shout of panic coming out of his mouth.

Sans took a deep breath and glanced at the sender of the beam. Their eyes were wide open and their mouth was twisted in an evil grin. Sans shut his eye sockets and prepared for the inevitable.

Three, two, one….huh?

Sans waited for the blow, but it never came. Instead, he opened his eye sockets in confusion. In front of him, decked out in silver armor, was Erza. She stood in front of Sans, holding a large shield in front of her.

Erza let out a small sigh of relief. She had barely gotten there in time to shield Sans from the attack. Behind her, she could her Natsu shout out a distant, "Erza, you got to Sans in time!"

Erza turned around to Sans himself. His face was in his ever-so present grin. (Could he not do anything other than grin?) Still, he managed to convey an expression of shock.

"Are you okay?" Erza asked Sans.

"heh, i'm a bit rattled but i'll be fine."

Erza then turned around to face her opponent. They had short brown hair that fell right above their shoulders. Their red colored eyes were wide open and they had a sickening grin on their face.

"Oh my, isn't it the one and only Titania, Queen of the fairies. Well, this has taken an interesting turn."

Erza summoned a sword in her hand. "And your turn will end soon. Who are you?!"

They cocked their head and raised an eyebrow. "Oh, haven't you heard? I'm the guild master of Midnight Barrem."

Erza's eyes went wide. The guild master of Midnight Barrem couldn't be a day over twelve.

Then, the master glanced over at Sans. "Though, a certain skeleton may know me by a different name. After all, he was a great friend. He helped me a lot back when I…first started my journey. "

Erza and Natsu (who had just gotten to their location) turned to look at Sans with questioning expressions. Sans's eye sockets were suddenly dark. His normally relaxed stance was tense.

"Sans…you know this person?" asked Erza.

"And you helped them?!" questioned Natsu.

Sans's smile was tense. He managed to ground out, "it's a long story."

The demon nodded their head in agreement. "A very long story, one told by many runs and..." The guild master smiled their wicked smile. "it was also told by many deaths."

Erza and Natsu glared at the person standing in front of them. Rage was coming off of them in waves.

Erza grit out, "You killed hundreds of people, and for what? What do you have to gain from this?"

"Do you want to know what I gain from this? Sans knows, and in fact, that was part of the reason I'm here right now."

Erza gritted her teeth. "Answer the question."

"Very well. What I have to gain from this is well…nothing."

"What?!" yelled Natsu in rage. "How could it be nothing?! Every single one of those lives you took meant something!"

"that's the problem. to them, they mean nothing because they are nothing."

The two wizards turned their attention to Sans, confused and angry expressions on their faces.

"What are you talking about?!" hissed Erza. "Are you saying that you agree with them?" she said as she jerked her thumb in the guild master's direction.

"no, but why don't you explain you dirty brother killer?" said Sans in a hollow voice.

"I think it would be so much more fun it you told them." They said in a sickingly sweet voice. "Go on Sansy, tell them how you stood there and watched everyone around you fall by my hands. Tell them about how you just stood there and did nothing. Tell them about how you watched your own idiotic brother die and did nothing to stop it."

Sans was shaking with anger. "You don't get to talk about Papyrus like that. Not after what you did."

"And you're going to stop me? Ha! You're so lazy that you just watched me for hundreds of runs before you actually did something. And boy, I was shocked to see that you could actually remember. That was probably the most excitement I had in a while."

Erza and Natsu watched the two go back and forth like a ping-pong match. Confusion was on both of their faces.

Erza analyzed the scene in front of her. Obviously, those two have a past. They both seem to hate each other, but the master said that Sans had helped them before? The master also seemed to kill people that Sans was close to, his brother included. But, they said he just stood there and did nothing? From what I've learned about him so far, he is the embodiment of laziness. However he doesn't seem like the one to sit back and watch his close friends and family get killed. And, what do they mean by remembering and runs? I'm obviously missing something here.

Natsu asked the question that was burning in her mind. He waved his hands wildly above his head. "Hey! What are you two talking about?! We're still here you know!"

The guild master raised an eyebrow. "Oh? You didn't tell them yet Sansy? Well, this will be the perfect time to let them in on it, don't you think?"

Sans remained silent; he had nothing to say.

"Aw, would you look at that. I've finally shut the comedian up for once."

Sans's smile was tense. His eyes were hollow and he radiated nothingness. "You know what they say," he said a dark voice. "The definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over, but expecting different results."

Then, his voice took an edge to it. "You kept going back, over and over again, doing the same exact thing. You murdered everyone, my friends, my family, my brother, and you did that all with a smile on your face. No one remembered a single thing. No one except me. And, you did that hundreds of times. Why? Were you expecting different results? If not, then I can tell you this kid," Sans chuckled humorlessly. "You're officially insane."

Sans smiled darkly. "You know, I thought that I would be the first one to go. But I guess not. You were long gone before I even considered myself to be."

"Well," the demonic child said while twirling their knife. "You know what they say. The kindest are the first to go."

Erza's suspicions were being confirmed as she heard the two talk to each other. She first doubted it, but after hearing the things that the two said, she had no doubt that it had to be true.

"You're the time traveler, aren't you?" questioned Erza. "You kept saying 'runs' and kept mentioning 'going back'. Only a time traveler would say something like that."

The child giggled. Then, they performed a slow applause. "You've finally figured it out. Honestly, I thought it was obvious by now."

Natsu raised an eyebrow. "You're the time traveler."

"Yes."

Natsu stared at them for a few more seconds before exclaiming, "You're just a kid!"

That outburst caused everyone to stare blankly at him. Somewhere in the distance, a cricket started to chirp.

...

"…you just realized that." said Sans flatly.

"That's a bit dim, even for you Natsu." Erza remarked.

"Who knew the Salamander could be such an idiot? Reminds me of a certain skeleton.." muttered the fallen child underneath their breath.

"Huh, no wonder you can run a whole guild! You just went back in time over and over again." exclaimed Natsu.

"that's not the point here buddy." hissed Sans.

"Anyway, now that we've finished our introductions, you should get out of my way. After all, you can't stop me; I'll just keep on coming back."

Erza and Natsu glared at the child as they shifted into their battle stances. By their expressions, Sans could tell they were finally getting serious.

"We are Fairy Tail wizards! We never back down from a fight! Not even if we know we will lose. If we know we have a chance, then we'll take it!" yelled Erza. "You've committed too many horrors. We can't just let you go on continuing them."

"Yeah!" agreed Natsu. "We'll stop you no matter what, cause that's what Fairy Tail wizards do!"

Sans looked bewilderedly at the two wizards. Even though they knew they had no chance at winning, they still fought.

"Ha! You should give up now. Your efforts will prove to be futile."

"Never!" the two wizards cried out.

Then, the two leapt towards the human. Their eyes widened as they tried to dodge the wizards' attacks. Their knife swung in front of them, red beams flying from it. The two wizards either dodged the blast or blocked it.

Sans's eye sockets widened at the sight. The demon actually looked like they were struggling to keep up. The two Fairy Tail wizards worked together flawlessly, with them attacking together or supporting the other. Flames and swords danced together in unison as Erza and Natsu attacked. It was like they were performing a dance.

Then, a sword sliced at the child's ankle. With Natsu attacking with flames on the other side, they didn't notice the sword until it was too late.

That's right…they had a sprained ankle from before. No wonder they were taken down so easily.

They fell down with a small yelp of pain. The two wizards stood over the guild master, rage in their eyes.

Then, a sword appeared behind Erza, raised high above her head. Sans's eye sockets widened as he realized what was about to happen.

The world seemed to go in slow motion as he reached out desperately, "erza, wait! don't do it-"

Then, the blunt end of the sword came crashing down onto the guild master. Erza turned to Sans, hands on her hips.

"I not an idiot, if I killed them, they would've gone back and we would've never known what would happen. Instead, I knocked them out."

Sans shook his head desperately. "they aren't knocked out, they're just pretending! and, you just gave them the perfect opening."

Erza furrowed her brows. "What do you mean? They're obviously knocked out." she said while gesturing to the unconscious child.

"if they can survive multiple hits from my gaster blaster, then they probably aren't knocked out by one hit from your sword."

"That's right Sansy. I guess you've learned something from this."

The trio whirled around and found the child sitting up, knife above their chest. They grinned wickedly.

"Oh, this has been fun. But, I can't lose, not now." Then their gaze shifted over to Sans. "See you in the next run." They plunged the knife in their chest. The two wizards wore shocked expressions on their faces.

Then, the world went dark.

"Sans, MOVE!"

Sans was jostled into reality as he heard the familiar cry coming from Natsu. He instinctively put up a wall of bones in front of him. Like before, the red beam met the wall.

Sans internally groaned to himself. That demon had reset again. Now, all the progress they had made was undone. Not only that, the familiar feeling of a reset had scrambled his thoughts, leaving him a bit shaken.

How could I ever think they were gone forever…of course they were going to come back. Why even bother…

But, then Sans remembered how the two wizards nearly brought the child to their knees. Well, maybe there is some- He immediately shook his head. No, they'll just learn all their attacks and defeat them.

Sans was brought back into the present as he felt himself starting to wear out. He counted down silently in his head.

Three, two, one…there's Natsu.

Sans let his wall fall down. Like before, Natsu flew towards the child with a flaming fist. They dodged it with ease.

Then, a red beam flew towards him.

Here we go again…

"Are you okay?" Erza asked Sans.

"heh, i'm a bit rattled, but i'll be fine."

Erza turned to the attacker and suddenly got hit with a feeling of déjà vu. Had she seen them before? She could've sworn this was their second meeting. Erza wracked her brain, but didn't find any memories of her meeting this person. She brushed the feeling of déjà vu off. She would've known if she ever saw them before.

"Who are you?!" she asked the person.

The person said nothing. However, they had a large grin on their face. "Sansy, how does it feel to go back again?"

Huh? Back again? What are they talking about?!

She turned towards Sans to see if he knew what they were talking about. His eye lights were gone and replaced with dark voids. He definitely knew what they were on to, and he wasn't happy about it.

"i'll say, it wasn't as rattling as the first time."

The child (This seemed too familiar for Erza's liking. She was almost certain this had happened before.) glared at Sans. "Still into puns, huh comedian?"

He shrugged, but it seemed more out of habit then anything. "laughter is the world's best cure. not that you would know anything about that you demon."

"Is that my new nickname now? Or are you still too scared to use my real one?" the child taunted.

"Real one..?" questioned Natsu, who had just caught up with them.

Sans didn't rise to the bait. He just stared at the child with his dark, empty eyes.

Erza was tired of this silence. She needed answers. "Who are you?!" she demanded.

"You already know that." The child replied with a hint of smugness. "You just don't remember. Or rather, it never happened."

Erza glared at the kid in front of her. They were starting to annoy her. Why couldn't any of their enemies ever give them a straight answer?

"They said they were the Midnight Barrem guild master." Natsu informed Erza. "They said they took Lucy."

Erza turned towards the guild master and glared at them, anger bubbling up inside of her. "Where have you taken my friend?!" she demanded. "Return her to us now or suffer the consequences!"

The small child hummed to themselves, and suddenly an ah-ha moment flashed in their eyes. They grinned their sickening grin at the trio and started fingering their knife.

"How about this…" they began slowly. "You beat me and I'll return your friend back to you. Heck, I'll even throw in the comedian's machine and the location of my guild!"

Erza's eyes narrowed. There was obviously a catch somewhere in there.

Natsu started saying, "Of course we'll- oomph!"

Erza clamped a hand over's Natsu's mouth. Ignoring his protests, she asked, "What's the catch?"

"If you lose however..." a grin made its way up the child's face. "I take the comedian for myself and kill the rest of you. And I can tell you this; your deaths will be quite painful."

Erza met the gaze of the guild master. Determinedly, she said, "We'll accept."

The child red eyes flashed maniacally. They twirled their knife and adjusted their grip on its hilt. They settled into a battle stance.

They tilted their head in a come get me gesture. "Game on."

Then the two wizards charged at the child, magic flashing through the air.

Sans stood watching the two on the sidelines. He knew what the two were about to get into, but yet he hadn't said a single word.

They'll never win…not without my help at least. But what's the point? They'll just keep coming and coming. Their determination will never waver. Not until they get what they want.

Sans sighed. He was yet trapped once again in an endless loop. He could tell the two Fairy Tail wizards were powerful; in fact, he would say they were stronger than the human in terms of power levels. But, the demon had time on their side; the Fairy Tail wizards did not.

They would never win. Even if he helped them, told them about their powers during each reset, the child would still keep on coming back.

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind him. "Ice Make: Lance!"

Dozens of ice lances flew towards the guild master. Their eyes widened. With no time to dodge, the child took the blow head on.

As they stood up shakily, Sans could hear them say dazedly, "Huh? I thought Tekishita said he died during the last run…how is he here?!"

Sans himself was surprised. The expression of the demon said enough for him, what they were saying was true.

But…how?! By his expression, he obviously doesn't remember what happened before…but yet, he still managed to come up on top.

Hope started flooding his body. If the wizards could change the timeline for the better, then maybe with his help, they could beat that demon once and for all.

A surge of adrenaline flowed through his body. His left eye started glowing blue. Maybe there was a chance after all.

And if there was a chance, he was going to take it.

Author's Note:

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or Undertale

Okay, first of all, sorry if this chapter is a bit rough. I knew I had to post something so I quickly came up with this chapter in...what? Four hours? That's probably a new record for me. I didn't even read over and edit the chapter like I usually do.

Anyways, looks like Gray has defied Undertale logic and managed to survive his death sentence after the human reset, Erza joins the fight, Sans regains hope after losing it, and Natsu is still oblivious as ever.

Oh yeah, and Lucy is still captured. For all Lucy fans out there, she will be coming back...after the next two chapters? Probably...ish. I don't know. Fun fact: I've actually had the chapter where we finally focus on Lucy written for about...two months now? Yeah, it was supposed to appear like three chapters ago, but Sans and Team Natsu stole my laptop and ran away with the plot. Without Lucy's knowledge of course.

Hmm...there was something else I wanted to say...oh yeah. It's the bad news.

So...you guys may have noticed me not following my "update every two weeks schedule" less and less. One word: school.

Yep, I've been more busy and busy lately and I've taken up a couple of side projects too. So, for the sake of my mental health, I've decided to change my update schedule to once a month. I mean, if you guys really want chapters every two weeks...just say it in the reviews or something. But beware, if you want that, the chapters will be way shorter and probably more poorly written.

Heh, sorry about the inconvenience. Welp, on a brighter note, Christmas is coming up soon. I have an idea for a possible Undertale Christmas fanfic that I might do. Be on the lookout for that possible fanfic if you're interested.

Till next time!