Lost Innocence

Lost Innocence

He wasn't sure how long he sat there. The moon shined above him now, lighting the flowers around him in it's pale glow as he buried his face in the blue hoodie he held. "L....Lost....." As he moved, dust spread gently around him, falling out of the hoodie and onto the flowers below. "It isn't.....isn't fair.....I....I...." He moved his tear streaked face away from the blue fabric, his bells tingling slightly. "Why? Why'd you do this? Leave me alone in your creepy woods....jerk face." He chuckled brokenly as he looked up at the tiny glow in front of him.

The red and blue SOUL floated serenly in front of him, the glow almost brighter in the moonlight. "Heh...you've waited this whole time....for a monster SOUL you've sure stuck around...." Chaser took the SOUL into his gloved hand with care, pulling his own SOUL out. It was usually a vibrant green, but a dark, almost sinister purple was begining to overtake it. "Heh...I...I never showed it to you...did I?" He closed his soft green eyes as the memory played in his mind.
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Chaser sat next to him in the small, blue flower bed, Red and Blue off with Lost's blasters, exploring the woods. "So...you're SOUL's different?"

"Hmm? Oh....yeah...." Lost shifted anxiously where he sat when Chaser suddenly got into his face. "Uhm....space please?"

"Only if I can see it!"

"H-huh?"

"Your SOUL! Can I see it? Please~?" He begged with big green eyes. Lost blinked his own red and blue ones before sighing. "C'mon...promise not to steal it."

"Honor among thieves?"

"Absolutely."

"Uh huh." Lost smirked under his scarf and allowed his SOUL to appear. It was red and blue, the colors swirling in the center. "There....happy?" Chaser stared at it, the light from the SOUL pulsing gently. His own SOUL seemed to pulse with it and he gripped his chest gently. "What's wrong?"

"It uh.....has a small crack there..." True enough, a tiny almost invisble crack was formed at the tip of the heart shaped SOUL. An imperfection in an otherwise perfect SOUL....it's a shame and...and kinda sad.... "Why is it there?"

".....I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of Green."

"Oi, I said call me Chaser!" Chaser huffed and Lost let out a small chuckle. "Can....can I...touch it?"

"......Sure." Lost handed the SOUL to him and he very gently took it.

It feels so warm...and yet....heavy. He thought, stroking it gently. Lost gasped and huffed. "Aww, ticklish~?

"Stop that." Lost flicked his forehead and Chaser laughed, his bells tingling with his movements. "So show me yours."

"What?"

"Fair's fair. Now show me your SOUL." Before Chaser could answer, a shrill cry from Blue made him stand. Summoning his scythe, the red blade glowed and his hand flinched briefly. His SOUL returned to him and he looked at him. "Stay put ok? I'll go get them. And promise you'll show it to me, got it?"

"H-hey I can come too!" Chaser tried to stand but Lost's blue eyed blaster sat on him. "Hey!"

"Sorry, Master's orders." She said as Lost vanished into the woods. Chaser watched him go and sighed.

"...Ok....promise....."
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"Promise.....yeah...what a shitty promise to make. I broke that one so badly....I'm sorry." He looked at the two SOULS, both of them pulsing in unison. "......Can I even do this? You're a monster SOUL....." He sighed and placed his own back in his chest. "Well...here goes nothing...." He took the SOUL and placed it in his chest. The moment the SOULS touched, he felt something ignite inside him. He let out a loud gasp and hunched over on the ground, gripping the blue hoodie and striped sweater tightly. "GH!!!!!"

His chest glowed brightly in the dark as the two SOULS merged, and he let out a loud scream as his back arched painfully. It....it hurts.....IT HURTS....make it stop.....please make it stop!!!! He thought, his fingers digging further into the hoodie and the dirt beneath him.  He screamed as the pain spiked, forcing him onto his side as he curled up tightly. Why...why does it hurt?! Is this....this what you felt Lost? Is all this pain...your sins?
The moon above began to darken, and thunder roared in the distance. It did nothing to cover Chaser's pain filled screams as his body was straining with the added SOUL.
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"Hey, are you ok?" Chaser touched Lost's shoulder when he whirled around, scythe in hand and Chaser barely dodged. "Wh-whoa watch it!"

"......Purge...I...I must....I....." Lost's voice sounded empty and quiet, making a chill go down Chaser's spine. "The sins...I must..."

"H-hey man, calm down...it's ok..." Chaser raised his hands as Lost trembled. "You know...I normally don't do this......but...." He moved in and held Lost's arm at his side to prevent an attack and he kissed his cheek gently. He then pulled him into a hug when he heard Lost's weapon hit the ground beneath them, yawning slightly before moving away. "There you go.....better?"

"Y-yeah....sorry....sorry I..." Lost sighed and rubbed his head, a soft, blue blush on his cheeks. "I just...."

"...." Chaser moved a little closer when he saw Lost tremble. "Was it always so bad?"

"Yes. I just...killed without ever really thinking about it. It was simple: you sin...you die." He explained. "But then I met Hope...and she helped me open up again...and then you came and I-" He felt another kiss to his cheek and he smiled a little. "Flirt."

"Only serious for you sugar cookie." Chaser winked and laughed when Lost blushed harder. "What, don't like the nickname~?" He poked his cheek playfully and Lost swatted his hand.

"Yeah, don't get your bells in a twist over that nickname. It is not sticking around!" Lost huffed, clearly embarrased. Chaser continued laughing when teeth met his suddenly, instantly shutting him up. He groaned and gripped the blue hoodie in front of him when Lost moved away.

"H-huh?" Chaser blinked, dazed slightly.

"Take that, you little cookie crumb."

"COOKIE CRUMB?!" Chaser stamped his foot angrily as he ran after Lost. Blue and Red popped from behind a bush, snickering at their cell phones.

"Posting it to Undernet?" Red grinned.

"NATURALLY!!!!" Both Lost and Chaser turned at Blue's voice and they froze. "UH-OH...."

"Blasters....." Both RB and BB floated down next to Lost.

".....Ravage them...." Chaser said next to him. The blasters ran after Red and Blue, the two cackling as they fleed.
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Chaser stood as the pain increased, his screams echoing in the dark woods.  He gripped as a fire seemed to light behind his right eye, his legs trembling beneath him. "GYAH!!!!!!!!!!" He fell to his knees again, dragging his limbs through the dirt as rain began to fall hard. He slowly rose, rain turning the dirt into mud as he moved, staggering left and right as the pain seemed to pulse with his fusing SOUL.

He felt something trip him as he walked almost blindly through the dark woods, landing in the mud. "Ngh.....ugh...." The pain increased again, his hand covering his eye and digging into his skull. He stood again, covered in mud as he continued to stumble in the dark, trying to make it to the edge. "Paps...Blue...." He groaned in pain as he fell again, the pain dizzying and rain cold against his bones. "Red......" Feeling another shap pang he cried out and fell back down, sobbing and cringing. "Lost....."
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Chaser sat in Lost's blue flowers, curled up with his knees to his chest. "Red and Blue...oh god they're......they're gone.....erased....they...." He felt arms behind him, encircling them with warmth. "Lost...."

"Shh, it's ok." Lost took his scarf off slowly, wrapping it around Chaser's neck gently and kissing his cheek. "It'll be alright. We know what we have to do....who to find." Chaser sniffled and Lost placed another kiss to the opposite cheek. "Shh....we'll fix this."

"......Can we really? Everywhere I go, the worlds around me just...vanish. How can I be so certain that yours won't? That you won't?" He asked, trembling in Lost's hold. Lost sighed and turned Chaser around, keeping his hold loose so Chaser wouldn't drift off. "I've lost them....Papyrus.....my own timeline. If I lost you too, I'd-"

"Shh...." He placed a gentle hand to his cheek, his blue and red eyes soft. "Chaser.....I'm not going anywhere. You.....well in a way you've saved me already. From myself...my sins."

"Pfft, no I haven't." He looked down, his cheeks slightly warm.

"Yes you have. If it weren't for you and the others....who knows where I would have ended up...how far gone I'd be." He admitted, his hands trembling softly. Chaser took his hands and Lost looked into his green eyes. His own were filled with pain, and Chaser could almost see the ghosts of his past haunting him there. He moved in slowly, pressing his mouth against Lost's in a gentle, warm kiss. Lost sighed and held Chaser closer, not wanting to let go. After a few moments they seperated, Chaser's face covered in a blush. "You liked it?"

"Y-Yeah...you've done that before...so I thought....maybe I'd do it too...." Chaser mumbled. "Did....did you like it?" Lost chuckled and pulled him into another kiss, one hand holding his back and the other behind his head. Chaser sighed and closed his eyes, enjoying the feeling, and not wanting it to end.

"Yes....yes I did. And I'll do it as many times as you want to." He smiled and Chaser smirked.

"I want about 4,000 more kisses.....is that ok?"

"Heh, fine...." He kissed his cheek. "One...."

"No, not like that!"
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Chaser stood, gripping the spot over his right eye, fumbling in the dark when his foot slipped. "AAAAHHH!!!" He lost his footing on the mud and began a long tumble downwards, hitting a large rock as he fell. He groaned in pain as he continued rolling down a hill. As he came to a stop, his consiousness was swimming in and out, his head throbbing and eye burning.
Ngh...no...gotta....gotta stay awake.....He thought and tried to drag himself forward, only to feel dizzy and slump back down. No...losing it.....I can't...... His eyes rolled in his head as he desperatly clung to consiousness.  Lost......I can't sleep now.....I can't.....

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Chaser felt himself getting thrown to the ground, his head colliding painfully with a tree. "CHASER!" Lost ran over, holding him and shaking him gently. "C'mon...stay with me here.....c'mon..."

"You're both so annoying.....can't either of you just fucking die already?" Chaser could barely register getting placed on the ground, something cushoning his head. Lost stood in front of him, blasters at the ready and his white t-shirt flapping wildly in the wind.

L.....Lost.....Chaser reached for him, but his hand went limp as his head swam from the blow. No...please no....don't do this......

"Error......I'll make you a deal." Lost said. He was exhausted, leaning heavily against his scythe as the handle was stained with deep red.

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Chaser shook his head as the rain finally stopped, the clouds moving away from the moon. He groggily dragged himself to the banks of a small lake, splashing some water in his face. "Ngh.....it still hurts but...." He looked at his reflection, and when he moved his hand from his eye, he gasped in shock. "M...my eye...."

In the reflection of the water, one green eye glowed softly, but in the right socket, his eye was now a mix of red and blue, pulsing with every heavy breath he took. This....this is..... He toughed the rim of his socket gently, flinching a little at the ache. "Heh.....no wonder this hurt so damned much...." He coughed and took another handful of water, drinking it down and sitting on his knees. He focused on his SOUL and pulled it out.

His SOUL was now a swirling mix of red, blue and green, the colors mixing gently with one another. ".....It's beautiful. Yet it...it hurts..." He looked at his stats and his eyes widened in shock. "They merged with Lost's?! LVL 23?!" His stats had all incresed signifigantly, and he shivered at the sight of it all. "So all that pain...I guess it was his sins.....now they're mine to bear too..." He slowly stood, leaning against a tree. "I need to get back up there...." He shrugged his old green hoodie off, ruined from the mud and rain. "...I don't need this anyways." He hung it on a branch and slowly made his way back up the hill.

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Chaser's body moved against his will. No...no no no stop...stop! He thought frantically, a red and black string tied tightly around his SOUL and body. Please no...stop....... His hand raised,a bell wound on the yellow ribbon and aimed at Lost. Please move!!!! Lost turned and dodged it in time before suddenly jerking. Error had taken the chance to strike while Lost was distracted, and the skeleton slumped heavily against Chaser, the smaller now released from the strings.

"Deal." Error cackled before flickering out of existence, back into the Void. Chaser slumped to the ground, Lost's head resting in his lap as he began to panic.

"No....no no no....." He tried to heal his lover, but Lost grabbed his hand gently. "Lost please-"

"It's.....it's ok......" He said, his voice was raspy and low.  He coughed and his bones grew gray in color. "It wasn't.....your....fault...."

"Lost? Lost?!" Chaser held him closer, his face close to his as he "You protected me! If I was stronger I could have helped you! I-" A shaky finger touched his lips and tears made their way down his cheeks. "Lost......please don't go...."

"Sorry.........but I....will never leave you alone......" He closed his eyes and forced his SOUL out. "...I was told once to take a SOUL from someone I loved once.....my little sister....and now....I entrust it to you.....Chaser." He smiled tiredly, feeling a hand in his. "Take it....keep it....and....promise me....something...."

"Anything....I promise anything...."

"Don't.....don't be....be like me....." He said softly, his eyes dimming in their sockets. "Do not.....lose yourself.....like I....did...."  Chaser sobbed softly, clinging to his lover.

"Please don't go....don't leave me here....alone. Please...you're all I have left....."

"You're strong...Chaser. You'll be....ok." He let out a soft chuckle. "Hey....move closer please?" Chaser scooted as close as he could. "I...I love....you Chaser....." He whispered. Chaser's eyes widend and he held Lost closer.

"Lost....Lost I...." He felt him go limp and watched his eyes go dark before closing. "No....no no! Lost I....I love you too! Please don't go....please!!!!!" He held him as his body began to crumble into dust. "No stop....stop it!" He pulled Lost closer, panicking as his body turned into dust, a soft breeze blowing it away. He clung desperatly to the sweater and scarf, in shock as the last remains of his lover blew away. "No......" He held the sweater close, burying his face in it as he let out a loud, painful wail.

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Chaser made his way back to the small flower patch, the sweater and scarf still laying in the wet grass. Crap..... He picked them up gently and laid them on the rock nearby, wringing them free of water. He tied Lost's hoodie around his waist, the scarf now wound around his neck. "I won't lose it...I swear Lost. I know it meant a lot to you...now I think I know why." He held a hand out, and a large, red bladed scythe formed in his hand. "Seems I can do this too...."

He looked down at his arm, a thin ribbon with small bells attached to each end tied there gently. "You worked so hard in making this didn't you? Heh....." He took it off and wrapped it around the hilt of the scythe, then took a larger one with one of his own bells.

He tied it securly around the other one, and it hung over the blade. When the blade glowed, he flinched, feeling something warm drip down his hand. "Blood....so this is red magic....heh...." Tears fell from his eyes as he brushed them away. He looked up at the moon, his smile filled with
sadness. "It's such a beautiful night outside....isn't it?"

He bent down and plucked one of the flowers, holding it gently in his hand. "The moonlight is soft.......the owls call into the dark....." His eyes glowed ominously in the dark, the scythe at his side as he began to walk into the dark of the woods. "On nights like this.....monsters like me...." He grinned as he squeezed the flower, blue painting his other hand as red painted the one holding the scythe. ".......go hunting for the kill." He made a hollow laugh as he vanished in a blur of green, red and blue.