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>>Rain<<

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A hiss of pain came from you as you stumbled back. Grillby perked up in concern and snuffed out the balls of fire laying in his palms. He hurried to your side.

Froggit frowned and hopped closer to you till he sat at your feet and was looking up "What's wrong with you? Grillby hasn't even attacked yet!" But as quick as you'd felt the pain in your head, it was gone.

Dizzily you blinked rapidly "I-I... It was just a head rush." You said looking all about. Grillby gave you an unsure look but you simply waved him off and stood tall again "Okay, let's do this." And with that you picked up your large, round shield with the purple crest of the monsters royalty on it and positioned it before you in a ready stance.

Grillby hesitantly stepped away again and got into a ready stance too. He gave you a worried look warily only making you smirk at him challengingly "What, scared I might kick your sorry ass?"

He frowned and shook his head slightly, starting to talk with his smooth, soft spoken voice "No, I'm just worried-" you cut him off by ramming the shield against his body, desperately wanting him to let it go. He seemed surprised but then shook it off and attempted to continue "Y/n you aren't going to shake me off so eas-" you bumped into him again.

"You can't distract me with th-" once again you pushed on his chest, prodding him on. "Y/n-" you did it again, then again when he was about to open his mouth. You smirked at him over your shield and his eyes thinned and he stopped trying to give you his preciously scarce words.

His hands enveloped in hot fire as he threw a quick ball at you, to which you blocked easily. "C'mon Grillby. What's the matter with you? It's like you're scared to get me mad or something."

He shrugged with a slight nod to which you realized that anyone would be scared to make you mad, you've got a fucking demon in your head.

"Oh right..."

He shook his head then threw a low fire ball and a stream of flames that he sent out to crash down on you. You rolled out of the way of the low flame then lifted your shield over your head, just barely blocking the scary blow.

You grinned and grabbed a rock, throwing it directly into his face, cracking his lenses and denting the frame which made them even worse off then they already were.

It took a moment before his rage kicked in, you weren't sure why you did that but using a shield against him was a good call. He shot out forceful bolts of fire that each pushed you back about a foot and made the shield start to get unbearably hot "I'm sorry Grillbyyy!!" You called through your slightly terrified laughter.

You managed well against him though. While his flames whipped around viciously, you were able to get away with only a few minor burns, which was considerably difficult due to his hella scary anger flames.

Undyne had even come by a few times just to make sure you hadn't died, all the while effectively cheering him on. There was a large goat man with her the last few times with a large red trident in his firm grim, you concluded that it was King Asgore due to the strength in his regal gaze along with the way he carried himself. It somehow gave you hope, and from what you could tell, he had the same effect on everyone else.

Anyway, In the end Grillby had won, and it wasn't that much of a surprise. The fight finished with him quickly raising both his firey arms above his head surrounding you in fire, it was hot and you could feel your skin drying out quickly by the intensity of the heat. This made it hard to chose which side to shield yourself from.

"bruh!" you looked around, once and a while trying to fan away the heat with your shield which got increasingly hotter and more difficult to hold. Finally you dropped it before you got too severe of a burn along your arm.

Once it happened you seemed to fall with it, feeling as though you were going to be cooked like a turkey on Thanksgiving.

hopefully served like one too.

Chara seemed pleased with the weak joke and you simply rolled your eyes.

Once Grillby knew you were down he ceased the cage of fire around you and walked to you with an encouraging smile. You took in the sudden coolness of the surroundings with a soft sigh of relief. After a moment of rest you looked up at him while shifting from your stomach to your knees. "Wow Grillbz. That was fucking intense."

He laughed mutely and shrugged his shoulders. "I was a little scared for a second." you confessed tugging on the toque strings with a shaky grin.

Same lol

Did you just say 'lol'?

Hey back off, it's my life!

Yeah, that you're living in my head!

Haters gonna hate.
And you Y/n, are a hater.

Says the one who is an actual murderer.

Bah. That's all just perspective.

The perspective that killing is bad?
You fucking psychopath.

Well, you might feel differently about that soon.

You outwardly groaned, earning a confused and slightly surprised look from Grillby.

After all you just stopped talking and zoned out for a bit then made a sound like you were done with life. He tilted his head to which you simply waved it off "Sorry, just dozed off."

Sans strolled up to you and Grillby. "Wow Grilbz, you worked Y/n down to the bone."

The flame man made no reaction to Sans comment, you on the other hand had to stifle a small amused huff with a cough.

"Uh, yeah..."

Sans smiled slightly at you but then looked away hesitantly, rubbing the back of his boney neck.

An awkward silence settled over the group and even though it was brief it made you shrivel up inside like you just were dipped into recently thawed lake water.

"So, even you're scared too huh Grillby, even being a shop keeper and all?"

Grillby tilted his head, while his flames twirled with confusion. "Nevermind..." He looked back down at his slippers and poked at the ground.

The awkward air settled back in again and you could taste to awkwardness that seemed to coat you all and overflow out of the group too. It was so uncomfortable monsters went out of their way to avoid the three of you

You cleared your throat roughly making both Grillby and Sans look over to you, seemingly desperate for a conversation topic. "Sans!" You said a bit too eagerly, but you were in a hurry to end this horrible atmosphere. "Have you been practicing hand to hand?" The skeleton shrugged with a lopsided grin, seeming to relax into the conversation. "Nah, one deathly blow and I'm gonzo. I'm literally the easiest monster to kill."

You raised a brow, not really believing what he said was true "Really, that's why you're so goddamn terrifying? Everyone is scared of you because of 'low health'?" You mocked with a small smirk. He laughed deeply and shook his skull "Okay, okay, I am pretty badass."

"Woah! Hey now! I wasn't saying that." He put his hand on your shoulder, making you stop talking "Y/n." You looked at his little white eyes and then to his hand. Once you looked at it he swiftly lifted it off of you, returning it to his pocket "you strongly insinuated it."

This made you smile at him in amusement. "Wow, that sure travelled to your head in a hurry." He chuckled softly and shrugged pushing his fist farther in his pockets. "To be fair..." He paused with his mouth open, trying to think of what to say. It was actually a really long pause and you wondered if he was going to finish his thought or not.

"Wh-"

"...you were complimenting me, and not accepting a compliment is rude." He tapped his chin, pretending to think about it hard. "Actually, I think taking back a compliment you give to someone is even more rude." You said cracking a smirk and looking at you.

Damn,
Your true weakness...
Manners...

Hey! It's not like you're all that considerate either.
I bet you're, like, trashing all my brain stuff!

Actually, your head is super clean
Like, it's really clean
nothing is going on up here...
At all.

You're a grade-A asshat.

"Okay, okay fine. You can twist my words as much as you want to."

He simply smiled in response. "Huh, so that's how it is... Hey Grillby, you don't think I'm twisseeehhh-" he trailed off mid sentence when he realized that the flamey man wasn't standing there anymore. You blinked a couple times, surprised at yourself you didn't realize Grillby, the brightest person around, left you both.

Your face scrunched up in an amused, yet awkward smile as you made eye contact with Sans. He returned the smile but it didn't seem all that real to you.

"Heheh, looks like he left." You said carefully while rubbing Thale back of your neck. The skeleton gave you a once over, considering you as if trying to decide what he should say. Finally his indifferent look changed to one bearing a soft smirk "Probably had enough of us lowlives basking in his glory."

You huffed jokingly "Speak for yourself, he loves when I bask!" Sans little smirk grew a bit "Please, nobody has the patience to let you hang around long enough for basking." He fired back harmlessly.

You didn't know what to say at that moment so you just psh'd him many times over while tossing your hand around in disbelief.

The silliness faded into a quiet hush between the two of you two, making Sans scratch the back of his neck and look off to the side while you pretended to hear something behind you and examine it.

"So, uh what're are you gonna do when Flowey shows up?"

You turned to look at him again, slightly relieved he had sparked up a conversation first since your topics were usually sub-par at best. A soft huff left you as you scrunched your eyes closed and smiled warily before facing him completely "Honestly I have no idea, but I feel like I'm much more prepared then I was two days ago." You said through a half hearted laugh.

He tilted his head in a shrug "That'll have to do I guess." He paused, considering his words then looked you in the eye "Do uh... do you think you can, y'know, fight without turning into that sugar high devil child."

...um, that was a direct attack.
I feel his oppression even
through your thick skull Y/n.
...What an asshole!

"Well, I've been getting a bit better controlling. But part of me is kind of scared that, as you know, Chara hasn't been trying to take control as much." You looked over at the other monsters, training as hard as they could to be able to protect themselves and each other.

Your heart ached slightly at the high probability of not all of them making it out alive. "I just hate them so much! Like, when are you just going to get me?!" You groaned and looked at your mismatched feet.

Sans nodded thoughtfully "look, I get it, but I guess you just gotta remember to enjoys it while it lasts, that what I'm doing." He concludes with a large grin that reaches his eyes. You could feel yourself smile too, feeling slightly better about the situation.

Just as he said that a loud yell could be heard not too far off that had caught a few other monsters attention, and as it got closer more and more monsters noticed until everyone's attention was on the little white bear looking monster with blue spikes lining her spine in two rows.

"K-King Asgore!! ASGORE!!" The urgent desperateness in her cracking voice got everyone to be quiet and still as they watched her trip over herself, pushing her legs to carry her faster to the king.

The goat man turned sharply towards the young woman, Making his long beard flail outwards before returning back to his chest. His eyes widened and he sped towards her "What?! What is it?!" He asked catching her as she tumbled forward. "Th-The flower!" She cried out as tear fell out into her fuzzy cheeks I'm fright. "He's going to be here any second!" Asgore lost his breath, the army was not ready yet.

As the woman began sobbing uncontrollably out of fright, he hugged her tight to himself looking all about.

The monsters all began to blather hurriedly out of nervousness and uncertainty. Some turned to each other and hugged while most others follwed the Kings example and looked around for any sign of the flower; side to side, above and beneath.

It made you feel like a caged bird with a cat sitting outside the cage, waiting for the perfect time to kill.

You looked to Sans with a terrified look on your face. "I-I... What do we do?"

For the first time ever, the skeleton had no response. He looked, wide eyed, to his slipper covered feet then to you with uncertainty all over his face. "I don't know Y/n."

It was like your breath was knocked out of you at the fact that he had no idea what to expect. Your breathing was ragged and shallow.

He reached out and grabbed your hand tightly, giving it a reassuring squeeze, you looked to his boney hand in yours.

This wasn't quite enough to clear your mind (well as much as it could be cleared) so you pulled him closer suddenly and hugged him.

It seemed like he wasn't even surprised because he immediately hugged you back right when you pulled him in.

It was the type of hug you'd get when you're certain you'll never see each other again, and since the timeline is so splotchy when it comes to you, it could possibly be the last time in a long time you'll meet each other like this if there is another 'reset'.

"I love you Y/n." He spoke earnestly into your shoulder.

You were overwhelmed by so many emotions you couldn't say anything without risking the sound of a loud sob, (even though your were 100% sure he knew you were on the brink of crying) so you nodded vigorously into his shoulder instead. He understood you were saying the same.

He hugged you tighter as you pushed your face into his shoulder. "I-I lied, I'm no-not ready for this." You said with shaky, sobbing breaths. He nodded "I know, none of us are. But we can't afford to let that slow us down."

He pulled away and ran his sleeve across his face then met your e/c eyes with a determined look. "We have to learn while we go."

Taking a deep breath as best as you could, you steadied your breathing before replying to him. "You're right." You wiped your eyes dry of tears then gained an icy look on your face, hoping it would hold you together and possibly desensitize you from what you were about to witness. "We win this or go out trying."

He smiled at you, but it dropped from his face when an unholy screech filled the air. You both whipped towards the sound from beyond the castle walls.

The death hanging thick in the air fills you with...



Dread...

Save?
[yes*] [no]

Saving...
Saving...
Saved.

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