Determined Love (Charisk)

Chapter 1: In the Beginning

     Determination. Frisk looked at their text box and saw that word, the only word that has gotten them through their adventure thus forth. They were on a mission to save everyone in the underground, and Frisk would achieve this goal any way they possibly could. At first, it seemed they could never SAVE everyone, there was always that one that Frisk could never get out of their mind, Chara.
     They had never actually met Chara before, but had only heard of their name through Asriel, her adoptive mother and father's son. Whenever Toriel and Asgore dropped off Asriel at Sans and Papyrus' house where they lived, Asriel would talk to them about Chara. He would talk about how Chara hated humanity, and he eventually told Frisk about their plan to destroy it, and how he couldn't go through with it.
     Frisk stopped moving through Hotland and thought about Asriel. "Why did I let Asriel talk me into doing this?" Frisk thought. "There has to be another way to SAVE Chara other than.... This." Frisk looked at their hands, covered in a white dust, clearly visible on their tan skin. Frisk began to cry, as they had done many times during this run. "Oh god! I'm such a coward, I can't go through with this!" Frisk screamed out loud. But something made them move, made them remember their mission, made them think, "I have to SAVE  Chara, no matter what."

*Thinking about saving everyone fills you with DETERMINATION.*

                             *Time Skip*

     Frisk looked in front of them to see Sans, the loveable joking skeleton they once called friend. Frisk started to get tears in their eyes again.
     "what's wrong kiddo?" Sans said, there seemed to be a hint of... concern  in his voice.
     "..I can't do this.." Frisk barely whispers.
     "what, after all that killing without mercy, and now you act innocent and scared? you've got a sick sense of humor kid." Sans' left eye socket began to glow blue.
     Sans launched a barrage of bones at Frisk, which they barely dodged, still with tears in their eyes. Sans brought forth a Gaster Blaster and proceeded to shoot Frisk, landing a direct blow. Frisk's HP shot down low, quickly. They couldn't take much more. Quickly, Frisk hit the [FIGHT] option and tried slicing at Sans, when he dodged perfectly.
     "Wh-what?" Frisk said out loud.
     "what? you think i'm just gonna stand there and take it?" Sans said looking straight  at Frisk.
     Sans launched another bone attack hitting Frisk, sending their HP to 1/99. Frisk couldn't see straight, and tried to reach for the [FIGHT] option, but was quickly intercepted by Sans grabbing their wrist.
     "normally i prefer to fight fairly, but i'll make an exception for you," he said. 
     Frisk looked at Sans with wide eyes and saw Sans summon a Gaster Blaster behind him. Frisk knew this is where they were gonna have to RESET, but before they could, they heard Sans chuckle softly.
     "kid.. before i, well, you know," he gestured towards the Blaster. "you gotta at least tell me."
      Frisk looked at Sans, not sure what to expect.
     "why kid? why'd you do it? everyone was so happy, and, i thought you were too. what did we do to deserve this?" He started to cry. "cause.... cause if this is all one big joke, i'm not laughing! i don't think this is funny in any way, frisk! just, tell me. tell me why... why you did this.."
     Frisk started to cry. They weren't even sure at this point why they did it either, just to SAVE some person they had never met? Was Chara worth this pain? "Sans... I'm... I'm so sorry Sans.."
     "then why, kid? why cause all this pain?"
     "I thought I could SAVE everyone, Sans. I felt so.. Determined to SAVE everyone. And I have, and I will again! I just need to get this last person, this person Asriel always told me about, they said this was the only way, like.. Somehow they knew exactly how to save them! And I promised Asriel, I would SAVE Chara no matter what."
     Sans froze at the mention of the name Chara. He dispelled the blaster, and let go of Frisk.
     "kid. chara isn't worth saving, trust me. please, just RESET and let's go back home, with.... papyrus."
     Frisk considered Sans' offer. They were always so happy living with Sans and Papyrus, and they never had a complaint in the world. However, they wondered, "Sans, how do you know Chara?" Frisk asked.
     Sans' eyes went completely black, and his permanent grin shrunk slightly. He recalled all the timelines Frisk has been controlled by Chara, and killed everyone. He believed this was one such time, but it didn't seem right this time, Frisk seemed reluctant to FIGHT, whereas they normally FIGHT without a problem. He noticed during their confrontation with Papyrus, but he couldn't be completely certain. "kid, i have my ways, but that isn't important right now. what is important is that you RESET."
     Frisk started to tear up again. "I... I can't." They moved their hand to the [FIGHT] option, and before Sans had time to react, he was sliced by the Real Knife. Frisk started to cry and begged Sans for forgiveness.
     "it's... alright.. kiddo. i forgive ya, but i hope you can SAVE chara kid, and i hope this was all worth it....... i'm going to grillby's... papyrus... you...want.....anything..?" And with that he evaporated into dust just as all the other monsters had. Frisk felt their LV increase.
     They fell on the floor, and began to sob harder than they had ever during this run. They ate a Steak in the Shape of Mettaton's Face (weird) to regain some HP, and slowly got up. They walked slowly towards the exit of the hall towards Asgore. They felt scared to meet Chara, relieved their terrible journey was about to end, Determined to SAVE Chara, and hopeful for a better future all at the same time.
     They quickly took out Asgore to SPARE themselves from more pain. "Funny," Frisk thought. "To think I deserve to SPARE myself some pain, when I didn't SPARE or show MERCY to any monster."
     The world became dark, pitch black, but Frisk could see a figure in the distance, and began to walk towards it. Slowly, it was getting clearer, it looked like a person. "Could it be Chara?" Frisk thought to themself. As Frisk got closer, the figure slowly started to get closer to them as well, until eventually, they were face to face.
     Frisk looked at them in awe. They looked similar to Frisk. They were only slightly taller, no more than and inch, but had a slightly different hairstyle. They wore a green stripped shirt, compared to their own purple striped shirt. Their cheeks had a natural red blush to them, but nothing compared to their eyes. A beautiful shade of Crimson that Frisk found themself lost in instantly. Frisk thought they were stunning.
     "Greetings," they said.
     Frisk was still staring into their eyes, they noticed this and began to blush slightly, and cleared their throat in order to get Frisk's attention.
     "Oh! Uh.. I'm sorry, I was just uh.. Nothing! Um, h-hello! I'm, F-frisk! Are you... Ch-Chara perhaps?" Frisk got nervous and stuttered, holding out their hand to greet the new person.
     "Yes, I am actually. How do you know my name?" Chara's eyes glowed red, fascinating Frisk.
     "Um.. A-actually, Asriel told me about y-you. I'm hear to s-SAVE you!"
     Chara jumped onto Frisk pulling out a knife from seemingly nowhere.
     "HOW DO YOU KNOW HIS NAME? WHO TOLD YOU?" Chara seemed furious.
     Frisk was terrified. "Um! He told me! I know Asriel, he's my friend! I saved him and the entire underground!"
     "YOU LIAR! ASRIEL DIED LONG AGO!" Chara inched the knife ever closer to Frisk's neck.
     "I'm not I swear! Asriel is my friend, he told me about you, about your plan, about you poisoning yourself, about the SOULS, about how it failed! He's real sorry about it, and he actually asked me to SAVE you! That's why I'm here Chara!"
     Chara looked at Frisk for a moment and started to tear up, the knife disappeared and they got off of Frisk. Frisk noticed and tried to comfort Chara, but they pushed their arm away. "I don't need you to SAVE me. Asriel failed our mission, I don't even want to see him."
     "Please Chara, please let me SAVE you.."
Frisk started to tear up. "I want to be your friend, and Asriel would love to see you, and I'm sure Asgore and Toriel would too!"
     "You.. You think Mom and Dad would want to see me? After everything I've done to them... Even Asriel?"
     "I know they will, so please... Let me SAVE you."
     ".....fine. But I'm doing this for Asriel and Mom and Dad, not you."
     Frisk smiled. "Of course, Chara, I understand. Now take my hand, we've got to go."
     "What do you mean?"
     "I have to RESET, so we can get back."
     "Okay.." Chara took Frisk's hand, and was taken slightly by surprise. They hadn't touched another person in a long time.
     "You ready?"
     "Yeah, whatever hurry up.." Chara blushed slightly, Frisk noticed.

*Knowing that you finally saved everyone, fills you with DETERMINATION*

                                 *RESET*

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So guys! Give me your opinions on the first chapter! I'm not actually sure if it makes sense, or if it is any good, so comments are appreciated! And don't worry. The romance will come soon, but I had to have a little buildup and backstory ya know? Keep it interesting. If you guys wanna leave suggestions, I'm more than glad to read them, and I'll post more chapters soon! THANKS EVERYONE!