Hopeless Tales (An Undertale AU)

Chapter 12: Welcoming Returns...?

"Y/N, I have an idea. Let's stop by your house for a moment and then head back." Asriel said.

You agreed and began walking to your house, luckily it was one of the very first houses in the neighborhood. Knocking on the door, it was almost immediately answered. As expected, it was your mother, she gasped.

"Y/N, I've been worried about you! This your boyfriend?" She teased, pulling the two of you in.

She was going to shut the door but noticed Temmie waddling in.

"Yes this—"
Before you could even finish, She tightly hugged you and Asriel causing the two of you to make noises of pain.

"Mom–you're–squeezing–us–too–much!" You managed to utter.

She let go. "Sorry sweetie. It's just that I've missed you so much. You even got a cute little monster cat and boyfriend, eh? I support it."

"Thank you. Er, Asriel and Temmie. That's their names." They both did a little awkward gesture.

"Nice. Oh, did you know Miles stopped by and told me you'd be coming by soon? His monster cosplay was really nice."

Miles?!
You and Asriel shared a worried glance, silently going 'Oh shit!'.

"Oh um... that's Miles... it's not a cosplay." You spoke up.

"Oh! That's weird... I gotta go to work, so you two don't burn the house down without me," She said, jokingly. "Bye, I love y'all!"

"Byee!" You and Asriel said.

"baiii!" Temmie shouted as the door shut. It opened up again.

"Did the cat just... talk?"

"Uh yeah. Don't worry, all monsters can speak I think." You replied. She slowly shut the door, giving you a confused stare. You heard the car start up shortly after.

"So Y/N, how about you show us around?" Asriel said, picking Temmie up.

"Sure," You replied. You began showing them around, explaining the purposes of some things that you assumed wouldn't exist in the Underground. Then there was your room.

It changed a bit and was more aesthetically pleasing than 4 years back: You had a tapestry above your bed and some posters lining the walls. Your bed had desaturated F/C on them. Then, of course, your desk and almost overflowing closet with clothes hung at any opening and folded neatly. Overall, it was pretty stylish.

"You have a nice room, Y/N. We can tell who's the favorite child." Asriel said, smirking.

You laughed, "That's actually true."

The three of you sat on your bed and after some idle chatter, you noticed it was still daytime.

"I guess this means we can go to the Underground now." You said, getting up.

"Yeah, I wonder what they're doing back there..." Asriel mumbled, a hint of worry in his voice. He got up as well.

Temmie hopped onto your head to get taken with you two, and you teleported to the middle of Snowdin. Looking around, you noticed no one was there. You, Asriel, and Temmie began strolling the outskirts and area until the three of you walked back to the middle, retracing your steps. Suddenly, a bunch of "Royal Guards" began lining up in front of you, blocking the way. They were all wearing suits like they were at the lab, helmets on, of course.

"Aren't you lowlives fired?" You said.

"Pfft no. Undyne can't find us. He said we are able to take that title of yours if we took you out at least once. However... we want to take you out, permanently." 10 replied.

I feel like Miles only wants to fuck with me since we can't die.

"What title?"

"The Savior of the Underground, you slow?" 10 said.

"Bitch. Don't you know who you're fighting?"

"Nobody cares." 09 said.

"Well... I won But first, let me start off."

You pulled out knife, horizontally bringing it up to your mouth and slowly removing the decorated cover and pocketing it. You waved the blade at them. Asriel and Temmie walked over to the sidelines.

"Who wants to dance first?" You smirked, pacing around.

You heard the Snowdin residents begin to crowd up in each opening, trying to watch.

"Smug bastard... you make me sick!" Guard 11 charged at you, trying to swing, but you spun around his slow attack and stabbed him in his back, then quickly removed your knife, getting dust on you.

"Now you fucks still want to fight?"

And with that, they all began fighting you one by one; the rest is history. The audience and your two companions rooting for you as they watched. You had to throw, stab, or beat them in some easy fist fighting, despite a bit wounded from them getting in cheap shots.

After the fight ended, they eventually got up and began stumbling away, shouting apologies you ignored.

"Tch." You mumbled as Snowdin returned back to their own actions.

"They don't give up, do they?" Asriel questioned as Temmie waddled behind him.

"Yep... now, where were we?"

"Oh right, we should find Asgore. I'll go to Hotland to look for the others. Love you." The two of you hugged and he began to walk away, heading to the boat.

Obviously, if someone needed to be found, it's definitely gonna be in Waterfall. As you walked in, you noticed the damaged areas were already repaired and had been expanded 3x more. The power of the Undeground, you thought.

You walked through the high bridges and caverns for a while, hearing reports of Miles' lackeys and himself lurking around. After turning a corner leading to a dead-end, you noticed Asgore was in it, taking a knee and holding a hand over his heart.

"Asgore? You alright?" You walked up to him and knelt down.

"F-Frisk..." His voice was raspy, weak, and slow. "I need your help..."

"What's wrong?"

"My soul... they have taken it..." Asgore forced a smile and looked up at you. You used your magic to help him recover.

"Who?"

"Those outlaws in some fake Royal Guard doppelganger. We need to go before they return to kill me." His voice began sounding better, but it was still weak.

You nodded were going to teleport, but remembered something. The book stated the being(s) must have a soul...

Sighing in defeat, you helped him up, hooking his arm over your neck and helped him walk. You noticed Waterfall was extremely empty, nothing but silence and very slow chimes. Surprisingly, no one interfered. You led him back to the ruins home, sitting down in the living room.

"Golly, its been long since I've been welcomed here. Human, you are a good leader, right? If I were to die here... would you like to be the ruler...?"

Your eyes lit up at the sudden suggestion.