Determined Love (Charisk)

Chapter 25: Hopes and Dreams

      The world around the girls seemed to fall apart as Asriel stood before them, towering over like Asgore. The ground beneath them seemed to disappear completely, and it felt as if they were floating, yet there was still solid, black ground at their feet. 
     Everything seemed as if they were in a large field of empty space. All around, there was just black, yet somehow, it was illuminated. Asriel could be clearly seen, floating above the girls, looking down on them with an evil grin. 
     Asriel smiled, as he launched red-ish-white flames at the girls.
     They carefully dodged the fireballs being sent towards them, being careful where they landed, both girls fearing the ground would eventually disappear. 
      Chara looked up at her brother, looking him in the eye. 
      Asriel faltered at Chara looking at him, but composed himself and shot a big grin, raising his hand in the air.
      Color blasted from all directions. They blasted past the girls in variations of colors. Purple, red, green, yellow, and blue. Even Asriel left a mesmerizing rainbow trail as he floated around the two. The whole world seemed to bend, shift, and curve around them, making for a psychedelic sight. It seemed this was the end. 
      The True Final Battle was just beginning. 

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      "You know.." Asriel said, after his long bout of silence. "I don't really care about destroying the world anymore.." He shook his head, and shrugged, laughing slightly to himself. He rose his arms in the air, and his hands sparked. He flew back and charged an electrical attack. 
      "Chara move!" Frisk yelled. Running away from the giant electrical shock waves coming for them. 
      Chara heard Frisk yell, but couldn't react. She just stood there, staring at her brother. She didn't know what to do. The whole world around her seem to fall apart, and she couldn't focus. 
      The shock wave and electrical storms blasted into Chara.
      Frisk dodged them quickly. She jumped to her right, and saw another electrical blast come for her. She braced herself, and let the bolt hit dangerously close to her, and used the momentum of the blast to launch herself out of the way of anymore electrical attacks. 
      Chara fell over, and coughed out blood. She could feel the magical electricity course through her, hurting every second. Her HP was 3/20. She was struggling to catch her breath. 
      "No!" Frisk yelled, running over as fast as she could. She wrapped her arms around Chara and picked up just her head. "Chara! Why did you stay still?" Frisk said, in a panic. 

      Chara still struggled to catch her breath, her breath shaky and heavy. "F.....isk...." Chara said. She looked into Frisk's eyes, now wide open, she had tears forming, and her face was one of complete worry. Chara felt bad for making Frisk this way. 
      Frisk hugged on to Chara tight, holding on to the dream of a peaceful life with Chara on the surface. Hoping, somehow, someway, Chara would get up. 

      *As you kept dreaming, you felt the space in your inventory grow smaller* 

      Frisk looked in awe as Chara began to glow slightly in her chest. 
      Chara's eyes grew wide, as she took a deep breath and found the strength to stand up on her own, releasing herself from Frisk's hold. "What..?" She questioned, looking at herself. She wasn't bruised, or damaged in any way, and she felt better than before.

      *A dream for a better future, and a wish for a new strength, has rejuvenated your SOUL. HP fully restored!* 
 
      Chara looked at Frisk. "I'm sorry." She said.
      Frisk smiled. "Don't scare me like that again!" She said.
      Chara looked up at Asriel, who just looked bored, and found the will within herself to survive. She still wasn't sure how this was possible, but at the moment, she really didn't care. Asriel was a threat to her, and a threat to Frisk. She would do anything in her power to make sure he didn't hurt her. 

      Asriel looked down at the girls and groaned. "Yeah, real cute," He said annoyed, "but just know.." He smiled again. "After I defeat you two, and take complete control over the timeline, I'm just going to RESET everything." His eyes flashed a obsidian black, as he summoned two large swords from thin air. "CHAOS SABER!" He yelled. 
      Chara braced herself, finally ready for an attack. She was focused.
      Asriel teleported near the girls at quick haste, and began to swing his giant swords.
      Every time he was about to slash, he moved his head to the right or left. Frisk noticed this right away, and started to move in opposite directions to avoid his slashes. 
      Chara, on the other hand, was dodging off of pure instinct, letting her body move on its own as she skillfully dodged slash after slash. It reminded her of when her and Asriel used to play FIGHT with sticks long ago. 
      Asriel eventually grew annoyed of the girl's evading, and let out a scream as he clashed his swords together, causing them to break, sending shards flying. 
      "All your progress... every one's memories... I'll send them all back to zero! Including YOU, Chara!" Asriel said, as his hands started to spark up again. "TAKE THIS!" He pointed his right hand in the air, shooting magical lightning bolts, and pointed his left hand directly at Chara, shooting shock waves. The waves seemed to bend space around them, as they came for Chara.