Fight or Spare

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Naruto x Frisk

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Story Start

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"I have to admit you're arrival is a bit of a surprise. Whenever arrivals appear in the ruins they are usually human children." Naruto remained fairly silent. "I will not pry into your past, but I do hope that you might share your interesting tell with me one day." Toriel ended the statement as they arrived to what seemed like the first of a series of rooms. "Before we proceed there are things you need to know. These Ruins are full of puzzles filled with diversions and door keys. Solving the complexities of each room is necessary in order to navigate."

Naruto watched as she demonstrated by solving the stone puzzle and then flipping the switch resulting in the door opening.

"I think I got the grasp of it."

"Mentally adaptive I see. That will be of great help." Toriel walked into the next room. Naruto followed and found that there was a training dummy in it. "Do you know how to materialize your soul?"

Naruto brought his hand in front of his chest as is heart began to materialize. "Yeah that much I know, but doesn't this seem counter productive? Doesn't this put my life at risk?"

Toriel gave him an inquisitive look. "Having mastery of your manifestation and how you interact with the world is important. The magic that emanates from us allow us to connect with other beings and manifest our spirituality and manifests our choices based on our instincts. For instance, try striking up a conversation and express genuine, positive emotions."

Naruto wasn't sure what to make of what the woman...goat...being was telling him.

"Uh...Okay...Hi there dummy. Your stitching seems rather well put together. You look quite nice."Naruto stumbled back when suddenly a black box pops up between him and the dummy. He looked around, shock as the world around him teemed with magical energy as a faint barrier of sorts sprout up.

[You talk to the DUMMY.]

[It doesn't seem much for conversation.]

[TORIEL seems happy with you.]

He look over to the woman who was smiling with joy. It was weird. He could feel it. He could feel her emotions and he continued to push out his senses as he tried to understand more of this strange phenomena. He realized he could only go so far before he felt some sort of barrier. Trying to push forth caused a gripping pain on his heart causing him to walk back into the arena.

He went over his options and mentally options fluttered through his mind.

Fight.

He could destroy the dummy.

Act.

He could continue to choose to talk or some other action.

Item.

He didn't really have anything on him to use.

Spare.

This one was glowing in a bright gold.

The whole thing was rather weird. He chose spare.

[YOU WON!]

[You earned 0 XP and 0 gold.]

The FIGHT seemingly over, everything reverted to normal, and his soul returned to him. "What...what was that?"

"A phenomena of magic. All beings carried magic and magic influences the and govern the very laws of our reality. A conflict between souls occurs in the spiritual and mental realms during the same time our bodies interact in the physical realm. No one knows when or how this phenomena began, but it always occur when one learns how to manifest the power of their soul. "

"I...where I came from we never manifested our souls that way. This is all new to me." He could already feel the headaches coming with trying to figure this stuff out. "What else do I need to know? Like how did a dummy accept my offer to spare?"

"Well, the box is versatile. The magic of that realm allows the creation of the box so none speaking monsters so they can communicate with others. They even translate body movements and hand signals."

"Fine, but what about the money thing?"

"As for gold, most monsters will pay you depending on how you handle the FIGHT. And every FIGHT gives you experience."

"I think I understand." He was beginning to understand the oddities of this realm. "I am ready to continue." He told her as she led him to the next room.

"There is another puzzle in this room...I wonder if you can solve it?"

Naruto looked around the room for the puzzle and it's possible solution, the only thing he could see that was unusual was an odd pattern on the floor, it looks like a small lightening bolt.

"Ribbit!"

"Hhm?"

[Froggit attacks you!]

Naruto spins as something leaped at him. It landed on the ground near to him.

Act.

He had the option to check?

He got a snippet of data from the creature including the tidbit that life was difficult for this monster.

That was actually kind of sad. "Wow, that sucks!"

[Froggit didn't understand what you said, but was flattered anyway.]

Naruto was just so confused. Toriel proceeded to come over and gave the Froggit a stern look, the Froggit looks at the floor and hops away like a kid being made to go to its room.

[YOU WON!]

[You earned 0 XP and 0 gold.]

"This is all just so odd."

"This is the puzzle, but...Here, take my hand for a moment."

She doesn't really give him much of a choice, she took his hand and walked him through the spikes which seem to retract in the same lightening bolt pattern from the room's floor and they safely make it to the other side.

"Puzzles seem a little too dangerous for now."

"I could have done that Toriel." He couldn't help but feel a bit cuddled.

"Best to be safe than sorry. You are just beginning to understand the nature of your soul. I would hate for you to be overwhelmed."

He was about to say something, but then decided to relent. There was still much to learn about this strange world. "We're passed all the puzzles right?"

"Yes, in this part of the ruins there are no lethal or mobilizing traps, but there are diversions that can lead to you getting lost if you're not careful."

"Well, I have nowhere to go so I need to get used to this area and I hate to interrupt your daily routine to have you have to chauffeur me throughout the entire ruins so is there a place I can come find you after spending some time looking around?"

Toriel looked thoughtful for a moment. For a brief moment she wanted to argue, but decided against it. "Forgive me, I am so used to dealing with children I overlooked that you might be rather independent. I have an idea. I will give you a CELL PHONE. That way we can keep in contact."

Naruto couldn't help but gape a bit. A cell phone? This was not what he was expected. The one she gave him was an old model as well, but he assumed it work.

"If you have a need for anything, just call."

"Thank you."

She gave him a soft smile before walking away into the next area and leaving the blond alone. He had no idea how large the ruins were, but getting himself familiar with the area would be for the best considering he had no idea how long he was going to be here. He also needed to become more familiar with his soul power as well. He was going to be in for a rather interesting adventure.

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Chapter End

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Next chapter will skip forward a few months. Won't say anything else because spoilers.

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