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Sans laughed at his joke while Papyrus raged on how he should stop making jokes and patrol more. Gaster walked behind his two sons smiling and writing in an old and waterlogged notebook. The joke Sans made was lost to time, but he could never forget what happened next...

"Sans! Look out!"

The fear and panic in his little brother's voice made Sans turn around. A wormhole-thing opened up near Grillby's. Said fire elemental was holding onto his bar door holding a couple of his patrons to the ground. Gaster was holding back Papyrus and more Snowdin residents back with bones. The vortex-like winds had already lifted him off the ground before his dad or brother could reach him. He could feel himself being slowly pulled toward the portal.

"Sans!"

"p-papyrus, dad! help me!"

Sans tried to use a shortcut, a blaster, anything to help him get away, but something was interfering with his magic. His magic was completely useless to him now.

Papyrus could hear every ounce of the panic and distress from his older brother, and it scared him endlessly. He rushed to help Sans, hurriedly bypassing his father's outstretched hand. He grabbed Sans's hand, and caught the edge of his jacket sleeve. His other hand was firmly wrapped around one of Undyne's spears. Said spear was lodged in the ground, unwavering.

For a brief second, Sans had hope. Hope in his brother and hope in that spear. A loud ripping came from his sleeve where Papyrus's phalanges gripped it. The more his sleeve ripped, the more scared he became. After a few more seconds, the inevitable happened.

His sleeve ripped completely.

He grabbed at Papyrus's clothing, trying to keep himself grounded. He managed to snag Papyrus's scarf, but it was a futile effort. He was sucked into the portal thing with Papyrus's scarf clutched close to his chest. Flashing rings of blue and white came and went at impossibly fast speeds. The speed was making him nauseous and he felt his lunch coming up. Blinding pains coursed through each and every one of his bones and joints. He felt terrible pains before, one of the worst being from GENOCIDE ROUTES from Frisk and Chara, but this...This was horrible. The worst pains he ever felt in, probably, his whole life.

<~>

The wormhole opened back up and he felt himself land in a head of metal and trash. Shakily standing up, he took in his surroundings. It looked to be a back alley and he fell into a couple of trash cans and trash bags. He had a massive migraine pounding away in his skull. He wrapped Papyrus's scarf around his neck, not wanting it to escape him.

"Hello? Hey man, are you okay?"

Sans jerked his head up and made eye contact with a human boy with red eyes and black hair. Sans immediately concluded he was on the surface. Maybe human sorcerers wanted to summon some monsters to the surface for fights?

He ran down the alley, not prepared mentally or physically to deal with a human. His magic was completely drained. He couldn't use any of his magic but it was all gone regardless. His dad's annoying voice flooded his mind, but he was glad it did.

~"Sans, there will be times when you won't be able to rely on your magic. In those times, the best choice you have is to flee. Run away to live and fight another day. Wait for me and your brother and we'll fight as a family."

So that is exactly what Sans did. Sans booked it down the alley. He won't be able to wait for his dad and bro, but he could recuperate his losses. The human ran after him and caught up to the unathletic skeleton with ease. Sans felt tired, more than he usually did. He fell face first into the pavement under him. His nasal cavity felt...strange.

"Oh crap! Don't worry man! I'll have my mom come help!"

Sans's face felt hot. He felt the human pick him up and start running. Within minutes he was lifted into some kind of machine.

"Mom! He's burning up real bad!"

"We'll take him back to the house, if he gets worse we'll take him to the hospital."

"I'll carry him to the car!"

"Okay, but calm yourself Eijirou, we don't want to needlessly injure him, do we?"

Sans groaned and tugged at Papyrus's scarf. He noticed immediately that the scarf didn't pull at his cervical vertebrae. The comforting feeling was replaced by an uncomfortable choking feeling. Was something lodged in his neck and skull? He would have to investigate at a later time. He...wasn't feeling too hot...at the moment.

<~>

"Ma! He's waking up!"

Sans opened his eyes to the same black haired human male, a similar looking older human female, and an older blonde human female. The black haired human female shooed the other two out of the room to finish dinner.

"Hey, sweetie. Are you okay? You gave my wife and son quite the scare."

"I'm fine. Where am I?"

"My house near Musutafu prefecture."

"What? No...no, I was just in Snowdin. I...Where am I?"

"I've...never heard of Snowdin. What happened?"

"I wish I could tell ya lady. The last thing I remember was Papyrus - where is it?!"

"What's wrong?"

The sudden panicked aggressiveness caught her off guard.

"Papyrus's scarf! The-the-the cloth- the red scarf I had with me!"

"Don't worry sweetheart. I had it cleaned. It's right here."

She got up and walked to the nightstand next to the bed. Papyrus's scarf lay neatly cleaned and folded in her hands. Sans snatched it away from her, holding it close to his chest.

"Th-thank you, human."

"Human? Kid, what happened to you?"

"I don't know. One minute I was joking around with my brother, and the next I'm being sucked into some kind of worm hole."

"Sounds like a transdimensional type of quirk...So, what was Snowdin like?"

Sans didn't like the prying nature of this woman, but he could tell she had no noteworthy sins and that she was genuinely curious and worried.

"Can I use your bathroom first? I'm, bone-tired , and could use a shower."

"Of course. I'll have Eiji bring some of his old clothes up for you."

"Thanks."

The blonde woman showed him to the bathroom. He paced in the bathroom, trying to figure out why the humans haven't killed a skeleton monster yet. Maybe life on the surface has evolved over the past couple of years. Then he saw himself in the mirror. He nearly destroyed the mirror with his magic. A familiar bright blue eyelight stared back at him with a Gaster Blaster poised to attack behind him.

Sans dispelled his blaster and turned his back to the mirror. His hands rose to his head to clutch at his...hair.

"Calm down, Sans. Just calm down. You're still you, just in a new, human body. Everything is going to be fine. You've had to deal with way weirder crap before."

"Hey, man! Ma said you wanted a shower, so I got you some clothes. Can I come in?"

"Sure."

Sans pulled himself away from his unnerving reflection to look at the human kid opening the door.

"Hey. When you're done with your shower, dinner's ready for ya! Ma made katsudon!"

"No problem, kiddo."

"Kiddo? Dude, you're the same age as me."

"Maybe in this body, but I'm much, much older than you."

Sans used his magic to push him out and lock the door.

"Might as well get used to this flesh suit."

Bone white skin, black sclera and irises, with pupils, light gray eye bags, messy white hair falling just below fleshy human ears, a fleshy human nose, pale pink lips... He quickly looked down and his new, fleshy human hands with black fingernails. With a shaky breath, he paced his hands at the hem of his shirt.

Sans shed his dirty white shirt and blue shorts, and looked into the mirror again. He had assumed that looking like a tubby skeleton, he would look similar to a human. Not even close.

He was as skinny as could be. He looked healthy enough, compared to the human male who was Frisk's father. That human was apparently on a, see-food , diet and was disgusting to look at. However, he was still short. He used to be 4'5, but now he looks 5'4. Still short, but taller than what he used to be. He supposed he should be relieved to still be alive above anything else.

Sans had to take a minute to figure out how to work the shower. After he did, the former skeleton took a hot shower, actually enjoying the feeling of hot water. He was never able to feel temperatures this well before, and it was amazing.

"Hey dude, I got a towel for you."

"Okay."

Sans got out of the shower and opened the door. Water pooled on the ground below him and he was more relaxed now than he'd ever been. The human's face went bright red after seeing him naked and threw the towel at Sans.

"Thanks!"

Sans laughed at the retreating human before closing the door. He dressed himself in a black shirt and a pair of red shorts. The shirt hung on his frame like a dress and the shorts had to be tied tightly around his waist to prevent them falling off. Papyrus's scarf was secured around his neck. He wasn't about to part with it anytime soon.

"Sweetie, are you hungry?"

"Yup, thanks for your help lady."

"Please, call me Ichika. I hope we'll be able to talk more over dinner. I want to help you, if I can. I'm a scientist, so I might be able to help, if only a little. My wife Natsumi is a police officer, she might be able to help you in ways I can't."

"If I gotta call you Ichika, you hafta call me Sans. I'll tell you what I know."

Sans followed the black haired human, Ichika, down the stairs where the blonde mother and son sat waiting with full bowls of food. The human kid was staring at his bowl with a fiery intensity that Undyne would be proud of. Sans was seated next to Ichika and across from the kid. His food was delicious and he went back for three extra bowls until he felt full.

He could feel the inquisitive stares on his head, but he refused to acknowledge them. After eating four whole bowls of food, Sans was ready to speak. He patted his new stomach, feeling satisfied. Ichika sent her son to the kitchen to wash the dishes while she and her wife sat in front of Sans.

"Alright so, like I told you earlier, Ichika, I'm not sure what happened. I was joking around with my little brother, and a second later I'm being sucked into a wormhole-portal-vortex-thingamajig."

"Is your world any different than ours?"

"Definitely. Where I'm from, I'm a skeleton monster, same as my brother and father. Snowdin, my home, is a perpetually snowing village of monsters. When I was in the wormhole thing, I was in agonizing pain. I assume that's when this meat suit was forced on me."

"When you say monsters -"

"I mean monsters. My friend Alphys is a lizard woman, her wife Undyne is a mutated fish monster, my family are skeletons, King Asgore, Prince Asriel, and Queen Toriel are royal monsters, etc. We monsters that populate the Underground are peaceful and don't cause chaos or whatnot. That's not to disregard the existence of humans. Humans all live on the surface after forcing all of Monster-kind underground."

"I see... Well, it honestly sounds like you were brought here via a transdimensional quirk. It's an unbelievably rare type of quirk, but they can happen."

"I don't think there is anyone in Japan who has that type of quirk. They would've had to be registered at the station, the hospital, or the Hero Commision. It was either a child who just got their quirk or an unsavory character.

"Great, so what's a quirk?"

"Come up to my office. I'll give you the rundown of this world's power dynamics, laws, and anything else you might need to know."

Sans followed Ichika upstairs and spent the next three hours learning about quirks, basic human culture, money, heroes and villains, and how justice is handled.

"Alright, I think I understand enough for now. This body is *yawn* so strange."

"I bet. I'll have a futon set up in Eijirou's room for the night. We can continue tomorrow."

"There's more?"

"Yes. You shouldn't spread it around that you're from a different world. Villains, governmental officials, or even heroes would seek you out and try to get you. Regardless of your actual age, you look like Eijirou's age. If I enroll you in his school, you can learn more about the world than what I can tell you. You would essentially be a foreign exchange student. Sound good to you?"

" Tibia , honest with ya, it sounds fine, but would that even work?"

"It'll work out fine. Now let's get your, sleepy bones , to bed."

"Heh, good one."

Sans was down a hall. The walls were decorated with many pictures of the human family he'd been interacting with. Baby pictures, family outings, etc. He might've never had those moments with his own family, but it made him homesick. They reached a dark red door and the blonde and kid were setting up a bed near a wall.

"Sans, this is Natsumi and Eijirou. I know you all already met, but introductions never have a time limit. Eiji agreed to room with you until we can figure out what our next step will be. I hope you don't mind."

"Nah, it's cool. Nice ta meetcha Eijirou, Natsumi. I'm Sans. Sans the...human."

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"Sans! Bro,It's time to get up!"

"Nooo...five, more...years."

"Dude, we're going to be late for the exams! We overslept!"

Eijirou pushed Sans out of his bed.

"Fine, I'm up."

Two years have passed since Sans arrived in this world of humans. He still wore Papyrus's scarf almost religiously, to keep the piece of his little brother close by. His registered quirk was called Shortcut, but he had all access to all his magic. His Gaster Blasters, bone attacks, his weak healing, and his Soul manipulation.

Sans was resistant to most forms of change. So he wore the same or a similar outfit every day. A baggy pair of navy colored sweatpants, a loose fitting white shirt, and a baggy, extra large, blue hoodie with white fur on the inside. Sans was never able to put any "meat" on his new human body, so the baggy clothing helped obscure the fact he was literal skin and bones. He ate a lot of food so he knew that wasn't the issue. It had to have been the lack of naturally occuring magic.

(pause! hey guys! chibi sans here! as the leading scientist in monster biology and magic, i'm here to give you a lesson! a monster, no matter the species, is composed of magic, duh obvious basics here. this type of magic is called "innate soul magic." it's exactly as it sounds. a monster's soul is responsible for creating the magic that creates a monster's physical body.

the counterpart for "innate soul magic" is what i call "unrefined magic." this type of magic is created by nature and by the culmination of living beings in one area and nature. "unrefined magic" was a blessing in the underground. Due to our lack of food products after the great war ended, monsters had to plant what seeds and other vegetation they had for monster survival. with the "unrefined magic" in the underground, we were able to grow many crops like wheat, water sausages, potatoes, etc. We never had a good line of access to meat, however talented monsters were able to create substitutes with the crops they grew. I'm just happy we had wheat. Wheat leads to yeast and yeast leads to the best damn whiskey grillby's can serve! until next time! chibi sans outtie.)

Sans shook his head, riding his thoughts as he was rushed to get dressed by his pushy bro. By that point Natsumi and Eijirou both knew about his origins. It only made sense to tell Ichika's wife and son about his home and his former species. It would've killed them both inside if they tried to lie or keep secrets from the two rays of sunshine.

Natsumi might've seemed serious when they first met, but she was a cop and a detective (this world's equivalent to the Royal Guard) so she just jumped into cop mode to avoid seeming panicked. She was a real sweetheart with a level head.

As for Eijirou, Sans really wanted to keep the whole thing from him even, but he eavesdropped when he told Natsumi. Eijirou was like Papyrus in a lot of ways. When he first met him, he was quiet and almost always nervous and scared. During Sans's two year stay with him and his moms, Eijirou grew from his metaphorical shell.

He knew it was thanks to a literal pink skinned girl he'd seen him hang out with during middle school. He was more confident, dyed his hair, and was getting to be more and more of a good person with every passing day.

Sans would forever be grateful to that Ashido girl for helping Eiji. She reminded him of Undyne a little bit in that way.

<~>

Running down the sidewalk to the prestigious UA High School was not something Sans wanted to do ever again. His ear was nearly talked off by how excited his little brother was.

"Hey, Eiji, I know you're excited, but my eardrum can't handle all the yapping. And I can't walk anymore."

"Don't be mean bro! I'm excited! Aren't you?"

"Maybe. I guess your excitement rubbed off on me."

Sans gave Eijirou a noogie. Said faux redhead got himself free only to fix his hair back on top of his head. He then checked the time on his phone, hauled Sans over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, and started running again. On the way in, Sans could see a few interesting humans.

A boy with dark green hair walking with a girl with brown hair, a stiff guy wearing a fancy suit with weird protrusions from the backs of his lower legs, a pissed looking blonde boy, and a certain pink skinned girl he remembered vividly from middle school. The sight of Ashido Mina made his lazy grin morph into a smirk and his eyelights form into single stars.

They eventually sat in a crowded auditorium listening to the Sound Hero, Present Mic talk about the giant machines they'd have to fight. Sans fell asleep halfway through, only waking up when Eijirou nudged him.

"Bro, go to the giant doors with a giant red A on the door, kay?"

"Okay, what am I doing?"

"Just fight all the robots you find. The more you destroy, the more points you get."

"Sounds simple enough. See ya lil bro."

Sans followed people who were talking about the A door and yawned when he got there.

"Alright kiddies, go destroy many robots!"

The doors opened after some sultry voice spoke over an intercom. There was no way Sans was getting trample for this. He stepped out of everyone's way and gave a big stretch as the hoard of teens ran out pushing and shoving. He opted to lazily walk and watch the humans fight each other more than the robots.

With most of the humans more focused on their fellow competitors, it was fairly easy for Sans to hotwire one of the smaller robots and rewire it to attack other robots. He made sure to follow his robot and help many humans out of dangerous situations. He didn't keep track but he didn't care too much. With the amount of cameras placed everywhere, the heroes/staff were keeping track of everyone and their points.

Sans's robot was destroyed by the same ashy blonde he saw outside. A strong scent of burnt caramel and smoke assaulted Sans's senses before anything. It was mildly pleasing to him. They held eye contact for a couple seconds before the blond "tched" at him and flew away. Well, more accurately, his hands exploded and that made him fly away. Sans ignored the twinge of heat in his cheeks and rewired a new robot.

And thank Toby Fox he did. The ground started rumbling and made him lose his balance. A fake telephone pole fell and pinned Sans's legs to the ground.

"Crap."

He didn't think his legs were broken, but damn they hurt like nobody's business. He made a little remote and linked it to "his" robot's central computer. He was riding on his robot's hands as he saw a giant robot stomping down the fake streets.

All the humans were screaming and fleeing, except for one. A human boy with a large tail; a tail that was pinned under a large amount of rubble. To top it off he was unconscious. Perfect. Take note of the heavy sarcasm.

Sans used his robot to get to the kid. He summoned a Gaster Blaster to vaporize the huge robot while he got the kid to safety. His robot had Sans in its left hand and the kid in its right.

"Hey, kid. Wake up."

Sans slapped the kid's face a couple times to wake him up. And it worked, though his cheeks were red.

"Huh? What?"

The boy's eyes shot open, but he groaned in pain. His voice was incredibly hoarse and there was no denying his tail was broken in multiple places. Definitely not something Sans could help with his weak ass healing talent.

"Yeah, try not to move so much. I'm pretty sure the bones in your tail are broken. Here, you need this more than me."

Sans gave him his water bottle and the human chugged half of it before talking again.

"Did you rescue me?"

"I did. Why? D'ya have a, bone , to pick with me?"

"No! Thank you. I could've died if not for you."

"Don't mention it. Are ya in pain?"

"Y-yeah."

"The test will be over soon.I don't have any meds on me. Did ya get any points?"

"A couple, but I don't think it'll be enough."

"Welp."

Sans made the robot lift the tailed boy by the back of his martial arts uniform and started walking to an area with other robots.

"I can't help your pain, but I can help ya get some points."

Sans watched as the kid fought robot after robot with his fists and feet alone. So, after splinting his tail with a piece of dulled down metal, Sans let the human destroy his robot once he was out of harm's way. E.g, slouching against a fallen tree.

"Thanks for helping me get more points! My name is Ojiro."

"Sans, and don't worry about it. I had nothing better to do."

Sans offered a lazy grin and limped beside Ojiro to the entrance of the exam. A short old woman was handing out sweets and kissing everyone's cheek. The people she kissed started healing at an accelerated pace. Sans was deeply impressed and not jealous of her clearly superior healing in the slightest.

The older woman, Recovery Girl, gave Sans and Ojiro gummies before she was rushed off to area B.

"It's been real Ojiro. I hope you make it into the class you want."

"You too. You'll be a really great hero one of these days."

Sans used a shortcut to travel to the auditorium where Eijirou was talking to a girl with green vines for hair.

"Eiji, let's go. Natsumi is making takoyaki and tempura tonight and I am not missing it."

"Okay okay, I'm coming! Bye, Shiozaki, I wish you luck!"

After Eijirou grabbed Sans hand, he used a shortcut to go back to Eijirou's house.

Natsumi: "Hey boys. Welcome home."

Ichika: "How'd you two do? Spare no details!"

"I think I did awesome! Sans?"

"Who knows. We'll find out when we get the results."

"Dude, did you keep track of your points?"

"Was I supposed to?"

"Umm, I don't know. Maybe?."

Natsumi: "Go get showers and change out of those nasty, sweaty clothes. Dinner's almost done."

"Okay!"

Sans was dragged upstairs and they took turns taking quick showers. He wore a light blue shirt and a pair of white sweatpants. Eijiro wore a red and black equivalent. They sat at different sides of the small four person table and enjoyed a bountiful seafood dinner.

Sans's first time eating seafood had him a little apprehensive, with Undyne as his brother's best friend, but figured out that the fish here wasn't sentient so it didn't matter to him. And it was delicious no matter how it was prepared.

Ichika: "Sans, it's your turn to do the dishes. Eijirou, it's your turn for laundry."

"Okay."

Sans summoned small blasters to carry the dirty plates to the sink as he yawned and scratched his head. He threw a hanging piece of his scarf over his shoulder to wash the dishes without getting it wet. He let out a sad chuckle. Papyrus would be so happy to see him actually doing housework.

<~>

"Hey Sans?"

"What's up, bro?"

"What if I don't get into UA?"

"What are you talking about?"

"What if I didn't pass the entrance exam? My quirk isn't all that flashy, so maybe I didn't get any attention from the pros."

"Eijirou, you don't need a super flashy power. Just be yourself and use what you have available to you. If you worry about what you can't do, you'll never see what you can do. You're awesome enough as is. And if the UA staff can't see that, then they're gonna have a bad time."

Eijirou's laughter made Sans sigh in relief. A shoe flew over Sans head.

"Shut up, Mr. Funny Bone!"

Sans laughed and pinned Eijirou with a Gaster Blaster.

"No fair!"

"Heh, all's fair in love and war, and I didn't hear rules laid out. Good night, Eiji."

"Night Sans."

<~>

"Sans! Wake up!"

"Nooo. You can't make meee. There's no school today."

"Our exam results came in!"

"But it literally just happened yesterday."

Eijiro tore open his envelope and a hologram disk fell on his desk. A projection of the Gun Hero: Snipe filled the wall.

"Greeting Young Kirishima. You have scored thirty nine villain points, and thirty five rescue points. Your grand total of points amounted up to seventy four. Good work and welcome to the Class 1A hero course."

Sans smirked and patted Eijirou's shoulder.

"Told ya you'd make it. Now for me."

"Sans opened his envelope and tossed the disk where Eijirou's was. The overly sexualized heroine, Midnight, replaced Snipe on the wall.

"Hello sweet boy. You scored eighty nine villain points, and seventy five rescue points. The fact you helped the Ojiro boy was so sweet the board decided to grant you an extra five points, for displaying such sportsmanship. Your grand total of points is one hundred and seventeen! Congratulations young man! Welcome to the Hero Class, 1-A!"

Sans and Eijiro stared at the wall where midnight had been, in disbelief. So that was the sultry voice he heard on the loudspeaker.

"One hundred and seventeen?! Dude, that's so awesome!"

"I didn't think I'd do that well. I didn't even try!"

"Dude, we're going to be in the same class!"

"Good thing too, I wouldn't want you to feel, bonely , without me."

The two fell into stitches and the Kirishima family plus Sans celebrated over a big luxurious breakfast of fruit, waffles, and tea. Sans was lowkey excited for his hero academia.

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"Boys! Time to get a move on!"

Sans was shoved out of his bed by an already dressed and smirking Eijirou.

"Come on! Bro, get dressed!"

Sans slowly got dressed in his provided UA uniform. He wore a belt to keep the pants on, tied the jacket around his waist, and wore Papyrus's scarf around his neck instead of the red tie. Eijirou wore the uniform correctly, proud of Sans for finding his own style. They both walked downstairs. Sans was yawning and rubbing the sleep from his face.

"Hey my two boys. Excited for your first day of hero school?"

"I'm ready to go back to sleep. Where's Ichika?"

"In her office doing some work. Eijirou, come help me with the fish."

"Okay Mom!"

Sans walked down the hall to Ichika's small home office.

"Hey, Ichika?"

"Good morning Sans. What's up?"

"I just wanted to know how your research is doing."

"Not too great. The magic sample you gave me was helpful, but ultimately it didn't provide more information."

"That sucks, but it's not the end of the world. Breakfast is ready by the way, a growing scientist like yourself needs brain food."

"Right, totally forgot Natsumi was making breakfast. Let's go."

Sans walked downstairs with Ichika and took his regular seat. Eijirou sat across from him and they ate a hearty breakfast before heading off to school.

<~>

"No."

"Please!"

"Eiji, no. We are not riding a Gaster Blaster to UA."

"Aw man! It'd be so cool! Can we use a shortcut instead?"

"Heh, fine. Grab on."

"Yes!"

Sans held out his arm for Eijirou and they took a shortcut to the front of the UA building.

"I'll follow you. I'm still, bone-tired ."

"Alright, let's go."

Sans followed Eijirou through the school until they found the giant door with 1-A above it. They were the first students to be there actually. The two sat in desks right next to each other, unaware of the yellow sleeping bag on the ground by the teachers desk.

"So. The kid with the strange quirk. I wonder what he'll do in this type of setting."

Sans leaned his head down on his desk as Eijirou spoke excitedly from on top of his own desk.

"Sans, what do you want your Hero Name to be?"

"Hmm? Heh, I don't know. When the time comes, you can choose for me. I might do Skeletor for the memes."

"Oh, what about Gaster Blaster Man!"

"Absolutely not."

Aizawa saw a little of himself in the white haired boy. Sans looked disheveled, but not dirty. He resembled a skeleton, in Aizawa's opinion, with his black eyes and white irises. The way he wore the uniform piqued Aizawa's curiosity. For a boy his height, the uniform should've fit properly, but it hung on his body loosely.

"Sans, are you still tired?"

"Yup. Just call me, the Grim Sleeper ."

"Dude, really?"

"Sorry, are my puns too, humerus , for ya?"

Eijirou snickered, but tried to hide it. Aizawa grew confused about the two's relationship.

"Hey bro, really though, I'm bone tired. I'm not one to repeat the same material, but wake me when class starts."

"No problem man."

"That explains that question, but what is the kid's deal?"

Sans quickly fell asleep on top of his desk. Slowly, more students filled into the room. The tailed boy Ojiro noticed Sans white hair, immediately recognizing it. He went to greet Sans, but was intercepted by his redheaded companion.

"Sorry, my bro's sleeping right now. Do you need him for something?"

"Uh, sort of. I wanted to thank him. He really helped me gain points in the entrance exam."

"Oh, the judges found him to be real sportsman-like and granted him an extra five points."

"That's a relief. I tried to give him some of my points, but Present Mic said that wasn't allowed and that he had the highest score out of everyone. He kinda mumbled that, but the Voice Hero can't really mumble."

Ojiro rubbed the back of his neck and laughed nervously.

"I'm so happy for him; so manly of my bro."

"Hah?! What do you mean highest score?!"

"Yeah man. My bro here got one hundred and seventeen points in the exam."

"What?! That damn extra -"

A book was thrown and narrowly missed the loud mouth's head.

"Blondie, if you don't shut up, you're gonna have a real bad time."

Sans sat up and opened his eyes.

"Tch, fucking skeleton freak."

"Aww, thanks for the compliment. I do try. Hey Eiji. Oh, I know you. Ojiro, right?"

"Yeah, thank you for helping me in the entrance exam."

"No problem. Don't mention it. I really don't care all that much."

"It took you all fifteen seconds to quiet down."

<~>

Sans stood outside as his new teacher, looking just as tired as him, stood in front of the class. He was talking about something that Sans couldn't be bothered to pay attention to. Eijirou would explain it to him later anyway.

"Bakugo, how far did you throw a softball in middle school?"

"Sixty seven meters."

"Throw it again, but use your quirk."

"Die!"

Sans snickered at Bakugo.

"Seven hundred and five meters. During the physical fitness tests, you will use your quirks so I can get a better read on your capabilities."

Mina Ashido, Sans and Eijirou's friend from middle school jumped up.

"This is gonna be so much fun!"

"Fun?"

Sans winced as he mentally prepared himself. She triggered his trap card.

"Since this is just a fun game, whoever ends up in last place, that person will be expelled.

Sans flinched, knowing he'll have to put effort into the tests. Rip his lazy pride.

<~>

Sans liked to think he did fairly well in all the tests, except the softball throw. His "quirk" wouldn't be able to actually help him.

"Gaster, you are supposed to use your quirk!"

"Calm down ponytail. My quirk is called Shortcut. It's basically teleportation. It's not going to be really useful here."

"So, he's playing dumb? What are you hiding?"

"Hey bro, I'm gonna get a drink. You want anything?"

"Nah, I'm good."

"Kay, be back soon."

Sans, took a shortcut to the convenience store a block away, bought a grape soda and a red gatorade, and teleported back to where his class was.

"Eiji, catch."

Sans threw him the gatorade and drank his soda.

"Soda makes you gain weight quickly, kero."

"I know. That's why I drink it."

"Why?"

"Well, my froggit friend, my quirk is, uh...very physically taxing. The more weight I have the more I can use it."

"Oh! That's sort of the same as my quirk!"

"Really ponytail?"

"With my quirk, I can create anything I want so long as I know how they're made, but they're created using the lipids in my body."

"Sounds awesome. Hey Eiji, I'm gonna take a nap. Carry me."

"Sure, no problem bro."

Sans was lifted onto Eijirou's back and promptly fell asleep.

<~>

"Sans...It's time to get up you lazy bones!"

Sans bolted awake, falling out of his chair. The class was empty save for Aizawa in his sleeping bag.

"It was just a dream Sans. Just a dream."

"What was your dream?"

"Oh...you're awake?"

"Yeah."

"Where’s the class?"

"They were all sent to lunch."

"Why didn't Eiji wake me?"

"I told him to leave you. I have some questions for you. For starters, who is Paps?"

"Oh, uh his name is Papyrus. He's my little brother."

"I thought Kirishima is your brother?"

"I sorta adopted him as a brother. We're not related."

"Alright, why is there no information on you anywhere? It's like you appeared out of nowhere two years ago. And why does the uniform, meant for a boy of your height, hang on your body like they're five sizes too large?"

I, uh...No idea?"

"If you don't answer -"

"Hey Sans!"

Eijirou ran into the classroom with two trays packed with rice, hamburg steak, and salad.

"Hey bro. Did you grab my lunch?"

"Yup! Here."

Eijirou pulled a chair next to Sans’s desk as Sans ate the food. Aizawa was shocked that Sans had to eat so much food, surely his quirk didn't require that much food. The class started filing in as soon as Sans polished off the second tray of food.

"Eiji, can you take me to the cafeteria?"

"Mr. Aizawa?"

"Go. Here's a pass. Be quick about it."

Eijirou took the passes and led Sans out of the classroom. Sans and Aizawa shared a suspicious look between each other. Aizawa knew then that Sans was hiding something. And he was more than determined to find out what.

<~>

"So, you have concerns for the Gaster boy."

"He's hiding something Nezu."

"I know. Isn't it fascinating?"

"You knew?"

"Of course I did. He never existed before two years ago, as I'm sure you're aware. During the entrance exam, he was aware of every camera's placement and didn't do much to particularly stand out, which, in turn, made him stand out that much more. He only lost his spatial awareness when the Mashirao boy was unconscious and he seemed to have summoned a large dragon-like skull beast that vaporized the Zero Pointer robot. Not to mention he hardwired two robots that I myself had a hand in designing. It was interesting that he was able to summon a little heart in front of the Mashirao boy and used it to make him levitate off the ground. If you're worried for the other students in your class, I can always send your husband in to help in case he is dangerous."

"Hizashi has his own classes. I'll be fine on my own. Just have a camera installed in my room. I doubt he was purposefully trying to avoid cameras during the exam. He isn't as spatially aware as you think, but he is smart. Extremely so. He avoided my questions when we were alone, and left immediately after."

"Oh? That is quite interesting."

"You said you were sending my class somewhere earlier. Where?"

"To USJ. If Sans truly does harbor malice toward heroes or civilians, USJ would be the best place to observe him."

Chapter Text

"Eiji, why didn't you wake me, I would've walked."

"I didn't feel like shoving you out of bed this morning. It was easier to just dress and carry you here."

"Fair enough. Why are we outside in costumes?"

Sans stood next to Eijirou with all their classmates wearing their custom made hero costumes. Eijirou didn't bother waking Sans that morning. He dressed him, carried him to school, and now that he was awake, he was outside wearing a costume.

"I'm glad you asked, Gaster! Today we are doing combat training! I will draw lots and you will form teams of two! One team will be heroes and the other will be the villains! The villains will have a nuclear device they have to protect from the heroes. The heroes will have this tape and if they wrap it around the villains, that villain is out. All the hero has to do is touch the device and detain the villains. Only then will the heroes win."

<~>

The teams went as follow :

Team A: Aoyama and Asui - Villain

Team B: Mina and Iida - Hero

Team C: Uraraka and Yaoyorozu - Hero

Team D: Midoriya and Satou - Villain

Team E: Eijirou and Todoroki - Hero

Team F: Ojiro, Mineta, and Koda - Villain

Team G: Shouji and Jiro - Hero

Team H: Bakugo and Sans - Villain

Team I: Hagakure and Kaminari - Hero

Team J: Sero and Tokoyami - Villain

<~>

Sans tuned out most of the fights, but paid close attention to Eijirou's battle. Eijirou didn't even get to do anything. Todoroki froze the entire building and walked in by himself. Eijirou yelled after him but wasn't able to do anything. Sans was a little annoyed on Eijirou's behalf, but faked a chuckle and patted his bro's back when he walked inside.

"Oi, skeleton freak, let's go!"

"I'm coming. Don't blow a gasket."

<~>

"I'm so tired. Eiji, I want katsudon when we get home."

"Idiot, they can't hear you."

"I know. So here's our plan."

"Don't tell me what to do, you damn skeleton extra!"

Bakugo stormed out of the room, leaving Sans alone with the device. Shoji crept in, facing the doorway, walking backwards into the room. Sans hid behind the bomb and heard him muttering into his earpiece to Jiro. He then took a shortcut in front of him and wrapped the "hero" in his capture tape hanging him outside the window.

"Hey, Boom Boom boy, I took care of the dude. You need help with the other one?"

"The hell did you call me?!"

"Shut up, I'd like to not go deaf."

Sans took his comm from his ear and hung it from his neck. He rubbed his poor ears.

"I don't know how you capture Shoji, but I will stop you, villain."

"Buddy, you're gonna have a bad time."

Right eye disappearing, left eye glowing bright. Sans used a few shortcuts to hop all around the earphone jack girl, disorienting her. Each time he did that a blaster was inadvertently summoned and scared her speechless. Sans was positive the camera wasn't able to pick up the blaster since it was so tiny. When she was dizzy enough, Sans wrapped one of his opponent's arms in capture tape.

She was soon being dragged into the hall, with a confused Shoji next to her. He waved to the camera signaling that the fight was over.

"The villains win!"

Sans untied the two and took a shortcut to Eijirou. A firm slap to his back made him fall on his face.

"Oh, I'm sorry Young Sans! You did an amazing job, however you must work on communications."

"Oh, I'll be sure to work on that. You might want to make sure that they're okay though."

Sans was hoisted up onto Eijirou's back and pointed at the still speechless girl and multi-armed boy. All Might went to do just that.

"Eiji, I'm hungry."

"How much did you use your quirk?"

"Not much with him, caught him by surprise, but I used my shortcuts to disorient her."

"So a lot?"

"A bunch. Give me food."

"After the next match."

"Ugh, wake me when it's food time."

Eijirou kept Sans hoisted on his back while he watched Teams I and J fight. Then he was walking to the classroom with all of his classmates.

"Hey, um. Kirishima, can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

They stayed outside the classroom with Sans out cold and lightly snoring and drooling on his back.

"What's Sans's quirk?"

"It's called Shortcut. It's so manly and flashy!"

"That's not all, is it? There was a weird skull thing in the bomb room when he was teleporting all around me. I'm not stupid. What was that thing?"

"Okay, come to my place after school. I'll explain it then, please don't mention it to anyone."

"I better get some straight answers or I'm going straight to Aizawa."

"Alright alright, just don't say anything to anyone else, please."

Jiro gave Eijirou a skeptical look before walking back into the classroom.

"Sans, why do you put me in these situations?"

Eijirou walked back into the class with his new friend Kaminari making jokes about him getting a love confession on the second day of school. Sans slept through most of the day, only waking up to use the bathroom or eat some food.

Eijirou ended up carrying Sans over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Sans was awake, but only enough to be aware as to who was the closest people around him and Eijirou. Not awake enough to do anything else. As Eijirou gathered their stuff to leave, he was lucid enough to hold proper thoughts and walk.

"Thanks Eiji. That was a great nap."

"I bet. You slept most of the day."

"I know. It was glorious. Ten outta ten,, I would recommend."

"Try not to do it again please. I had to take two sets of notes and carry you everywhere."

"Alright, I'll try to not sleep in class for as long as I can, but I won't make any promises."

"Thank you. By the way, we're having a dinner guest, so be presentable."

"By which Mom's standards?"

"Ma."

"Well then, I guess we should take a shortcut then."

Sans and Eijirou took a short cut back to Eijirou's house, missing a spiral of goopy, ink-like sparks appearing and disappearing next to the spot they were standing in. 

Chapter Text

Sans was dressed in a clean white shirt, black slacks, and his blue hoodie for dinner, despite Ichika's attempts for him to go without it. He helped set the table with Eijirou. In reality, He hung off of Eijirou's back while levitating the bowls and cups into Eijirou's waiting grabbers.

"Eiji, you never told me who was coming over."

"My bad, it's Jiro. From class? She demanded to know what was up with the weird skull thing she saw or she would go to Aizawa who would go to Nezu."

"I'm assuming that's bad?"

"I think so. Ma?"

Ichika walked out of the kitchen holding the big hotpot, Natsumi holding a packet of dried seaweed, bonito, and a bowl of thinly sliced beef.

"It could depend. I've never met the principal, so I can't give a proper answer, I can give an educated guess from what I've heard. He could help us find a way to send you home, but he could also think we're crazy loons and have Eijirou taken away, put you in an institution, and we could be arrested. With those odds, we're better off keeping this to ourselves for the time being. San's could you get the vegetables from the kitchen?"

"S-sure."

"Geez, I don't want that to happen."

Sans brought his cup back into the kitchen to fill it with ice and cola. He drank slowly, thoughts running rampant in his mind with the bowl of vegetables floating behind him.

Eijirou snickered at Sans's preoccupied mind, moving a chair out of his way and taking the bowl before it missed the table. Sans didn't even get into his seat. He went to sit, but missed the chair completely and fell on his back. He held his cola upright to avoid wasting a drop. Finally turning back into the world around him, Eijirou and Natsumi were laughing hysterically, Ichika was snickering behind her teacup, and the newest arrival, Jiro, starred in abject confusion.

"That's what you get for not paying, bro! Go ahead and next to Jiro."

Sans chuckled at his own expense and took Eijirou's hand.

"Thanks bro. Yeah, I shouldn't have gotten so lost in the ol' noodle. Hey Jiro, welcome to Eiji's house. Let's eat!"

Sans quickly filled his bowl with some of the veggies and boiling broth, dumping his own bowl of meat into his bowl. Sans's bowl was much larger than everyone else's due to his intense appetite. Jiro watched in fascination and slight disgust as Sans downed bowl after bowl of soup, meat and veggies. Soon after everyone finished eating, Sans lounged on the sofa with a full belly and absolutely no weight gain.

"How can you eat so much food and not gain any weight?"

"It's a gift. So, Eijirou told you we'd explain to you what I am. Didn't he?"

"Sort of."

"Well, hold your questions until I'm done talking. I'm not from around here. I'm from a different world with no name. My people and I were forced underground by the humans and mages and we lived there for several centuries. Many horrible things happened and were resolved, but I'm not going to get into that. Two years ago I was sucked through a wormhole vortex thing and ended up in this fleshy human body.

Eijirou and Natsumi found me with Ichika, they helped me get accustomed to both this body and this world. My registered quirk is called Shortcut, but in reality, I don't have a quirk. In my world, quirks don't exist. We have magic. Bone magic is common for my species to have, levitation is something any monster can learn given they work hard enough. My Shortcuts is something only I can do -"

"What about that weird skull thing?"

"Please don't interrupt me. That skull is called a Gaster Blaster."

Sans summoned a small blaster in his palm as a demonstration. The small blaster hovered in his palm looking around for danger before its teeth dulled into rounded bumps, had two light pink marks appear on the bone, and landed on Sans's shoulder.

"My father created this magic himself and taught it to me. My brother was unable to learn it. Now you can ask your questions."

"Okay, you say "your kind" and "your species." What are you?"

"Great question, and one that is a, skele-ton, of fun to answer. Me, my dad, and my little brother are Skeleton Monsters. In my world, Monsterkind was forced underground by the humans, as I said before. Everyone in the Underground created a monarchy with King Asgore in charge. He led the attack against the humans. My father was the leading scientist with my friend Alphys as his assistant, her wife Undyne is the Head of the Royal Guard with my brother as her student, and I'm... Anyway, I think you get the point."

"Normally I'd laugh and congratulate you on a well written story. But, the way you're talking is too serious for you to be making this up. I guess you want me to keep this a secret?"

"I...yeah. I don't want my life in jeopardy before I return to Snowdin."

"Snowed in?"

"Snowdin. It was my home town in the Underground. Always covered in snow, always snowing. In my opinion, Snowdin is better than Hotland. Too much heat and Lava for my bones. I don't know how Papyrus could handle it. Pops enjoys Waterfall, and it's an okay place to go, but Snowdin's forests can't be beat."

Sans spoke of his home with fond memories flowing through his mind. He was speaking with such a happy tone, he was unaware of the tears flowing down his face.

"I hope Papyrus and Gaster are safe without me. I'll go start on the dishes. Eiji, don't wait for me."

Sans quickly stood up from the table, bringing his bowl and cup to the kitchen. When alone, he silently cried into Papyrus's scarf. It was strange, it was like he could feel the warm, bony hug of his brother, but the thought only upset him more, taking a shortcut to his room, cleaning the dishes with a single snap and stacking them neatly on the counter for one of the others to put away. Sans laid under his covers calming himself down. Eijirou walked in, seeing the shaking lump under the covers.

"Hey, Sans? Don't worry. We'll find you a way home. I promise you that."

"It's cool. Even if I can't go home, I got a great new little brother. Papyrus would be thrilled to have more family."

"Heh, goodnight, Sans."

"Night, little brother."

As the two went to sleep, a vibrant spiral of bright orange and warm red sparks circled the room.

✂︎🕈︎♏︎🕯︎●︎●︎ ♌︎♏︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎❒︎♏︎ ⬧︎□︎□︎■︎📪︎ ♌︎❒︎□︎⧫︎♒︎♏︎❒︎📬︎ 👎︎□︎■︎🕯︎⧫︎ ⬥︎□︎❒︎❒︎⍓︎📬︎✂︎

Chapter Text

"Sans, it's time to- oh. You're already up?"

"Yeah. Morning bro."

"Are you okay? Your eye's acting up."

Sans looked up from his book, into the mirror in Eijirou's hand. Sure enough his right eyelight was gone and his right was blown up, blue, and a tiny red light was in the middle. With a groan, Sans willed his magic to calm down, returning his eyelights to normal.

"Just a bad dream bro, it really, rattled my bones ."

Seeing the lack of laughter in Eijirou, Sans sighed out a quiet hum.

"Don't worry Eiji. It was just a bad dream. Nothing too serious. Come on, we don't need to be late to school. We can grab some grub there."

Sans latched onto Eijirou's arm and took a shortcut to the UA cafeteria. He and Eijirou had a relaxed breakfast of rice porridge, a fried egg, and bacon. Sans started dozing off immediately after eating. Eijirou sighed as he lugged Sans to the classroom under his arm. Being the first ones there, even before Aizawa, Eijirou let Sans sleep as he left to fill up his water bottle.

As soon as Eijirou left, Bakugo arrived. He saw the sleeping Sans, growing annoyed for no particular reason.

"Oi, Skeleton, wake the hell hell up."

Bakugo shook Sans's shoulder, none too gently. Sans, now startled out of his sleep, threw a sharp left hook. He was roused out of his sleepy state by a sickening crunch. Bakugo had thick blood streaming down his face with a shocked look on his face.

"Hey, Bakugo, you're here earl - oh shit, what happened?!"

Sans looked at his still curled fist with a bit of blood on his knuckles. Wiping it off on his pants, he turned to Eijirou.

"Hey Eiji, hold him still for a moment. I think I accidently broke his nose."

"Accidently?!"

Bakugo was now out of his shocked state as Eijirou held him, preventing him from hurting Sans. Carefully touching both sides of Bakugo's broken nose, a soft green light shone through the pale fingertips. Bakugo's nose was fixed and no longer bleeding.

"There you go. Eiji, that took...more energy than...I thought. Good night."

Sans fell backwards, quickly caught by Bakugo.

"Shitty hair?"

"He can heal very minor injuries, but it takes a crap ton of his energy. Here, a clean shirt that doesn't look like you committed a murder. While you're out, bring back some food for my bro? He needs more energy."

"Tch."

Snatching the clean shirt, Bakugo stormed out, running into the rest of his "Baku-Squad", or as he called it, his squad of dumbasses.

"Kacchan, what happened to you?"

"Fucking Skeleton broke my nose when I woke his ass up."

"It doesn't look broken?"

"That fucker healed it Raccoon Eyes. Home Depot, go to my locker and get my bento."

"Why me?"

"Because I said so."

Sero grumpily made his way down the hall. Sans eventually woke up, but was extremely drained. Healing magic, while somewhat common among Monsters, was still extremely difficult to use and he wasn't good at it at all. So he didn't use it all that often.

"Eiji, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to break his face."

"Bro, it's fine. You healed him right after so there was no long term damage. You okay though? You never get that violent when people wake you up."

"I was having the same nightmare as last night."

"That bad? I'll ask Ma if there's something she can do to help you."

"Thanks Eiji, I'll try not to lash out like that again. I think your friends are here bro. You go, I'm chill right now."

"If you're sure."

Eijirou gave Sans's snowy hair a good shuffle before going to his friends. Sans stayed awake, with his head down, fighting the new, and unpleasant phenomena, a headache. He never got one when he was still all bones, but now his fleshy body got one after every night of no sleep or nightmares or if he overused his magic.

Sans felt something hit the top of his head. It didn't hurt, it felt more like someone trying to get his attention than someone being angry with him. Looking up, Bakugo stood there with a bento of grilled fish, two onigiri, fruit, a lightly salted rolled omelet, and a thermos in his other hand.

Silently, he placed the bento and thermos on his desk and stomped back to his seat. Taking a sip from the thermos, Sans guessed it was coffee. Sans didn't like coffee because it was typically a bitter drink and he hated bitter foods, but the coffee had the perfect amount of bitter and sweet. The food was good too, full of bold flavors with the onigiri hiding a small amount of spicy mayo in the middle. He didn't normally like spicy food, but the flavor was great and the spice helped him wake up a bit.

"Thanks Bakugo. This is really good."

"Don't look too much into it. It just means we're even, Bonehead."

"Oh, is my nickname getting an upgrade?"

"Shut the fuck up!"

Sans laughed as he savored another sip of the divine bean juice.

"Got to hand it to you Boom Boom Boy, I hate coffee, but this is delicious."

"What'd you call me?!"

"Chill out Angry Pomeranian, it's just a joke."

"I'm not a fucking dog!"

"Yeah I know, you're more of a Cat-suki."

Sans busted into peels of laughter with the Baku-Squad as Bakugo yelled in indignation. After he calmed down the rest of the class and Aizawa shuffled in. Aizawa still didn't trust Sans. After the Combat Training with All Might, he trusted the too-thin boy even less. Nezu's USJ Training is today, so he was interested to see Sans's quirk in its entirety.

"Shut up and let's go. We're going to a different location for your Hero training today."

Sans was carried out of Eijirou's back, the red haired boy still worried about Sans.

"I'm fine Eiji."

"I'm not taking any chances. You fell asleep standing and almost cracked your head open on the sidewalk and I don't want that to happen again."

"Okay, that was one time, and I'm not tired anymore. I drank coffee."

"Okay."

Sans now stood next to Eijirou, walking next to him to the buses outside. Eijirou ended up sitting with Kaminari, and Sans with Todoroki.

"Hey Peppermint Boy."

"I'm not a peppermint."

"Are you sure? I could hold up a piece of peppermint candy right now and wouldn't be able to tell the difference."

Sans chuckled (ahem giggled) at his own joke, with lightly dusted blue cheeks. Sans spent the majority of the bus ride blissfully unconscious, much to Eijirou's exasperation. Bakugo took it upon himself to hoist the unconscious Sans on his own back, with the excuse of weight training.

The real reason was to judge Sans's weight. He could tell immediately that he had no muscle mass, anywhere on his body; the complete opposite of Eijirou's body type/weight. Bakugo pulled Kirishima off to the side when they got off the bus.

"Shitty hair, is he eating properly?"

"What?"

"He has no muscle mass or any kind of fat on his body."

"That's because of his quirk. He can't gain weight like we can. He can down three jumbo hotpots by himself and not gain more than two pounds. My moms were worried at first, but resolved to make him more fatty foods."

"Kirishima. A word. Bakugo, go join the others with Sans."

Aizawa appeared from nowhere with a narrowed look in his eyes. Bakugo clicked his tongue and did as told.

"When did you meet Sans?"

"Um...my mother told me not to answer questions about Sans without him present. That it's an invasion of his privacy."

"I'm just asking when you met. I won't pressure you to tell me about his past."

"Okay, I guess that's fine. We met three years ago. I don't think I can answer any more questions."

"His quirk. Explain it to me."

"That's easy! It's so cool, it's called Shortcut! He can teleport anywhere he's been before if he has the destination pictured clearly in his mind. Really useful when we're almost late to school."

"Alright, thank you. Go join your classmates."

"Okay sir!"

Eijirou ran off to get Sans. Aizawa lifted his phone to his ear.

"Did you get all that Tsukauchi?"

"Yeah. The only information we have on Gaster W. Sans is his middle school records from two years ago to today. Kirishima was definitely hiding something, so keep an eye on him. I don't think he's a villain, but I would like to hear this young man, Gaster speak. Next time you're alone with him, get me on call and ask him questions. I might be able to get a read on him. I have to get back to work. Good luck Shota."

"Thanks. Bye."

Aizawa hung up and stalked back to his class.

"What are you hiding, Gaster W. Sans."

Chapter Text

Sans hung off of Eijirou's back loosely. He stayed on his back purely because of Eijirou's tight grip on him. He took Sans from Bakugo when Aizawa was done interrogating him.

"Ok class. Kirishima, wake Gaster up."

Sans, now standing on his feet, struggled to listen to Aizawa. He was thankful Eijirou was helping him walk with the others. Sans saw Aizawa and a person in a marshmellow looking suit on edge and in fighting stances. That made him wake up real in record speed.

"Those are real villains!"

Sans couldn't believe it. Real villains had some serious cojones to invade a hero sanctioned area with actual heroes present. Stuffing his shaky hands into his pockets, Sans watched in awe as their teacher went ham on the thugs. Sans was being pushed toward the exit, but a purple misty guy blocked the path.

"Eijirou?!"

Eijirou and Bakugo leapt at the purple mist, but everyone around him was sent to different areas. Sans was on a mud covered hill. He quickly took a shortcut back to Aizawa, but saw him being beaten by a large disgusting creature with an exposed brain.

"W-what the hell?"

Sans tried to grab the thing's soul, but the creature's soul wasn't normal. It looked like it was stitched up. Like multiple people's souls were torn apart and only a couple of pieces were stitched together. His stomach lurched. He was going to be sick.

"Gaster!"

Aizawa was yelling at him.

"Gaster, get out of here!"

"T-that thing. It isn't normal! What happened to its soul?!"

A large and menacing Gaster Blaster appeared behind Sans, shooting a large beam at the creature. Aizawa was freed, but couldn't move. Running to him and grabbing him, Sans shortcutted into a tree.

"Stay here Sensei. I'll take it from here. Hold onto this for me."

Sans gave Aizawa his scarf and shortcutted back to the field. The creature was nowhere to be seen. Until he was hit in the side and sent flying. The creature stood there, not even fazed by Sans's attack.

Sans's eye glowed a menacing bright blue, but he noticed Midoriya, Tsu, and Mineta behind a rock. He had to be careful not to hurt them. Bones sprouted from the ground, impaling the creature at all angles. The creature broke through and started healing himself. A Gaster blaster appeared again and shot small, but calculated strikes at the creature.

"Sans! Aim for the brain!"

A bone launched Sans at the creature, a sharpened bone in hand. The sharpened bone stabbed through the creature's brain, stopping his regenerative process. Dropping the blood covered bone, Sans felt dizzy. He could feel wind rushing around his head as he waited for the ground to meet him halfway. Strong, warm arms caught him before that. When did he start falling? What was even going on? Why was he so sore?

"Rest now brother. You've earned it."

Where had he heard that voice before? He can deal with it when he wakes up. Right now he just wanted to sleep.

<~>

A man with skin and hair, just as white as Sans, black sclerae, pale white eyelights, an orange hoodie, sage green sweatpants, and a freakishly tall height, held Sans's unconscious body close to him. Aizawa eyed the man with caution.

He appeared from nowhere, from a ring of bright orange and tar-like sparks, only to prevent Sans from hitting his head on the ground. He held Sans with such care that Aizawa knew without a shadow of a doubt that he was Sans's family. The similar appearance was the only confirmation he needed. The rest of the class made it back to the field and they all mistook the new person for a villain. The new person raised his arm and was surrounded by a bone cage. Kirishima pushed his way through.

"Are you Papyrus?"

The man was shocked that a human knew his name.

"Sans talks about you a lot. You can crash at my house for the time being."

"Thank you human. I hope my brother hasn't caused you any trouble."

"No way man. He helps with chores, cooking, and whatnot."

"That doesn't sound like Sans."

The proheroes showed up soon after. Aizawa vouched for the pale man as Sans's real brother. He was questioned, but the proheroes couldn't make heads or tails of the strange language he spoke. He was eventually released and Kirishima took him home.

<~>

"So you're the Great Papyrus Sans keeps going on about."

"Sans talks about me?"

"Yes, quite a bit too. It's hard to believe Sans is your big brother. He fell, short, in genetics I see."

"A pun. I hate to admit it, but ever since I was separated from Sans, I've missed him making those awful puns."

"I'm sure Sans will be thrilled to see you, Papyrus."

"Yeah, if only he'd wake up. I've never seen him use so much magic before. It's strange."

"We'll have to come up with a name for you. Sans's fake name is Gaster W. Sans, so I guess your fake name will be Gaster D. Papyrus.

"What? Why use Father's name like that?"

"In this world people have surnames. Mine is Kirishima. It comes before or after your original name depending where you go or where you're from. Sans told us he was your father. W.D Gaster, so on official paperwork, I put Gaster's name as a surname. Does this make sense so far?"

"Yes. Why am I a human now? I was able to see Sans through one of Dad and Alphys's inventions, so I was prepared for this fleshy meat suit, but I still don't understand how it happened."

"My hypothesis is that our world doesn't have the same levels of natural magic energy your world does. So, through the wormhole that brought him here, his magic must've changed his physical form to adapt to the new, less magic rich environment."

"That's what Father thinks too. He and Alphys prepared this human outfit so I wouldn't be half naked."

"And we thank pops and Al for that."

"Sans?!"

Sans sat up smiling widely, tears caught in the corners of his eyes.

"Hey bro! I missed ya!"

Papyrus pulled Sans into a bone crushing hug, sobbing.

"Sans! I missed you so much! Don't ever leave me like that again!"

"I...I promise bro. How'd you get here anyway?"

"Nyeh heh heh! Alphys and Father worked tirelessly to build a machine to send me to where you were. There were few failed attempts, but I was finally sent through when you collapsed!"

"Oh, heh. Sorry 'bout that."

"Don't be! You're so strong! I had no idea! You'll be an amazing addition to the Royal Guard!"

"Hey Paps, were Pops supposed to come with you?"

"Yeah he was, but I'm not entirely sure he made it through after I did. I'm sure Father will find another way to get to us."

"Right. In the meantime, this is Ichika, Natsumi, and Eijirou. They've taken me in through this whole mess."

"I thank you all very much humans."

"Paps, Eijirou is like a new little brother."

"Really?! I'm a big brother now! Nyeh heh heh! I will be the greatest big brother ever!"

"I'm sure you will bro. I'm sure you want to get a job to help your new family with money, right?"

"Brilliant idea Sans! I will get a job as soon as I can!"

Sans sent a thumbs up to Ichika. There was no way her salary as a scientist could afford to feed both of them. Sans couldn't get a job until after school ended for him, but Papyrus was tall enough to easily pass for an adult.

"Natsumi, could you help Papyrus get a job as a police officer?"

"I could give it a shot. He'll have to study the laws and rules here first, but I think he'll do great as an officer."

"Thanks Nats, I appreciate it."

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"papyrus, help me!"

Sans grabbed Papyrus's scarf, but was sucked through the portal anyway. Undyne threw a spear attached to a rope through the portal for Sans to grab onto. Flowey lept after Sans, but fell face first into the snow. The rope was severed and fell uselessly on the snow.

"Father! What happened to Sans?!"

"I am not sure. Flowey."

Gaster took a petri dish from his lab coat pocket and scooped up some discolored snow left behind by the portal. It was a pale, shimmering lilac instead of the offwhite it was supposed to be.

"Take this to my lab. Tell Alphys to set up my microscope and centrifuge."

"Right!"

After taking the dish, as carefully as his vines possibly could, Flowey traveled through the ground to the patch of dirt and grass Gaster and Alphys set up for him in the Hotland Laboratory.

"Alley! Smiley Trashbag was taken by a magic portal! Gaster needs his microscope and centerfudge ready for him ASAP!"

"U-understood!"

Alphys and Gaster worked tirelessly, studying and researching the strange anomalies in the snow. Papyrus on the other hand spent weeks turning the Underground upside down with Undyne and the Royal Guard searching for Sans or any traces of the portal that took him. Snowdin, Hot Land, Waterfall, The Ruins, there was nowhere they didn’t check and then double check.

Papyrus ended up going to Asgore. He wound up owning a quaint flower boutique in between Snowdin and Hot Hotland. When discussing what happened, Papyrus learned of Sans's job as the Royal Judge. He then, of course, took that information to Gaster. Neither of them knew of Sans's job and Gaster was more than a little intrigued.

During the year, several iterations were able to show Sans through a goopy tar-like portal. They weren't able to go through the portal but they saw Sans. He looked healthy, if they ignore the flesh and meat on his bones. Their brother and eldest son were turned into a human. Papyrus came to a quick conclusion that he needed a more covering outfit in the same were to happen to him. After that day he adorned a white shirt, dark green cargo shorts, and a bright orange hoodie.

After a full year Gaster and Alphys finished a prototype portal with Sans's old jacket. The jacket was their only linking piece to Sans. The machine took the faint magical signature from the coat, and formed a portal. It was a little off in color, but it worked nonetheless.

"Who will be going through?"

Gaster faced the room of the Skeleton family's closest friends. Undyne, Papyrus, Mettaton, Flowey, Toriel, and Asgore.

"I will."

Everyone turned their heads to look down at Flowey.

"I want to find him just as much as any of you, and I don't have much to live for anyway so if that thing dusts me, you can fix it!"

Flowey leapt at the portal, but as soon as he passed through it, the portal exploded. Bits of metal were sent flying, but thankfully no one was harmed.

"Alphys?"

"I-it worked! H-he went th-through!"

"Let us hope he can find Sans. We have to fix the portal."

After working for another year the portal was back, this time with Sans old slippers in place of his coat. The portal was now behind many sheets of plexiglass, to protect the onlookers.

"After two years we have the portal back up and running. Who will go through with me?"

"I will Father."

"Alright. Let us be off. Alphys, I put my faith that in the case of the same results from last year, there will be no issue in your capable claws."

"I-I won't le-let you down, Doc-doctor!"

Gaster and Papyrus walked to the portal. They both entered, but the portal exploded just as it did two years prior.

"Papyrus! Gaster!"

"Th-they we-went through!"

"We need to hurry and fix it!"

<~>

Papyrus couldn't hear his father anymore. He was whisked through the sparkling blue, purple, and white tunnel-like portal. He ended up in a wide open, dirt field with humans all around him. He then noticed, like he suspected a little under a year ago, he was turned into a human. He finally registered that he was in a tree, with a very injured human holding his old scarf.

The one that Sans had grabbed years ago to try and tether himself to Snowdin. Yanking the scarf from the human's hands, it went around his neck. He scanned the field and found Sans. Fighting a huge monster.

"Sans..."

Jumping from the tree, he ran to where Sans was. He won the fight, but seemed exhausted after the fact. Papyrus caught him as he collapsed.

"Rest now brother. You've earned it."

Sans fell asleep quickly in his grasp. Many humans started to surround him and Sans, so a bone cage was formed with Papyrus's magic. He'd been practicing his magic in hopes of reaching Sans's level of power.

<~>

"That's when you started talking to me. I wanted to thank you all for taking care of my brother when I couldn't."

Sans was sleeping in Papyrus's arms, too lazy and tired to actually go upstairs to his comfy bed.

"I'm sure when Father gets here, he'll be just as grateful as me!"

"I bet. Taking in so many monsters, we might need a bigger house."

"I will help pay for it! The Great Papyrus will repay a debt to the Kirishima family!"

"Thank you, but it's not necessary. We were going to get a new house anyway so we could have a plant room. It was just put on hold after a while. You can come with us to scout out a new house though. Since you'll be living there too."

During the house discussions, Eijirou took Sans stairs to sleep more comfortably. It seemed like Eijirou was the only one aware of Sans not actually sleeping.

"Bro, I know you're not sleeping."

"Heh, got it in one."

"What's up? You never pass up a good nap."

"I...I'm not sure I want to go back to the Underground."

"Why not?"

"Well, when I thought there was no way back home, I started getting used to this life. No resets, no saves, no genocide routes... here, it's so much simpler. School, friends, heroes, villains, even cheesy teenage romance! It's peaceful. It's easy. I don't need to worry about a reset. Don't have to resign to dusting during a genocide route. I like it here, I even like this flesh suit I wear. Is that awful of me to even suggest that I don't want to go home?"

"Sans, I don't think Papyrus cares about that. I'm sure he's just happy that you're safe. When your dad comes, I'm positive you'll be able to stay here if you just talk to me."

"Heh, thanks bro. I felt the sentiment in my bones, but for real, thanks Eiji. That meant a lot."

"Anytime bro. Anytime."

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"papyrus help me!"

Flowey watched helplessly as Sans was sucked through a colorful wormhole portal thing. He couldn't believe this was happening. He and the skeletal comedian were just starting to get along. 

Halfway through the year, Dr. W.D Gaster and Alphys built a portal to look for Sans. Sure there had been plenty of monsters more qualified to look for the elder skeleton brother, but to Flowy, it was a personal mission to get him back. No one else in the Underground knows about the reset, of all the crap he, Sans, and that bastard human had been through. He needed Sans back.

When he leapt through the portal, it felt worse than dying. The humans back then really hurt him as he fled, but this was worse. So much worse, and so much more painful. He truely wondered if Sans survived at all. He did only have one HP.

Landing in a dingy alley with a broken mirror, several overfilled trash cans, and a moldy suitcase, he carefully looked around. A faintly glowing blue spear and a dust and dirt cover bone prompted him to get up and run. 

Wait, run?

Slowly, he looked down. Furry legs, furry arms, and uncovered furry abdomen. Running to the broken mirror he saw he...looked like himself. Before he died and the experiment to bring him back as Flowey. His ears, his hands, his feet, everything was there, in his former princely glory! Turning to the gross suitcase, he pried it open with his claws. 

An old, mody business suit greeted him. The white button up shirt seemed to be the only piece of clothing without grime and minimal mold. The shirt was slipped on and secured at his waist with the leather belt. 

He picked up Undyne’s spear first. It immediately reacted to his magic. It thrummed with new life. From the semi-sentient spear feeding from his magic, the faint blue glow was replaced by a warm and vicious red. Undyne spears gave off a cool feeling, like water. This spear reacted to his fire magic, giving off a magical warmth. 

Tucking the spear and bone into the belt, with easy access if the need arose, he walked toward the alley's exit. It was close to nighttime, humans and monsters still walked about, taking into small bricks. He was quite shocked that monsters and humans weren't attacking each other. He saw a cat monster walking slowly before stopping by a tree, but he didn't let his attention stick to him for too long.

Said "cat monster, Tamakawa Sansa noticed the young child attempting to hide behind a tree. The child's attention kept flitting from one person to another, keeping his hands close to a glowing spear spear. The child wore a grimy white shirt that looked more gray. It had many holes, but was still decently covering the child. Tamakawa pulled out his cellphone and called Detective Tsukauchi. 

"Hey Tsukauchi, I'm in Kagoshima prefecture right now. There's a small child wearing nothing but a thin white shirt and a belt...Yes it covered what needed to be covered, but it's obviously old, ratty, with many frayed rips and tears. They don't have pants for crying out loud...Yeah, they look on edge. Like they think someone is going to attack them. They're hiding behind a tree, watching everyone walk by...Doesn't look older than ten, but it looks like they have a mutation quirk, so they could be younger than that...Nothing like that, like a really fluffy goat lion hybrid...Okay, I get him fed and properly dressed. I'll see you at Kim's Barbeque."

After hanging up with Tsukauchi, Tamakawa approached the kid. 

"Hi bud, I'm Tamakawa, what's your name?"

"Fl...Asriel Dreemurr."

"It's nice to meet you, are you hungry?"

"Yes."

Tamakawa didn't know whether to be relieved that he didn't have to persuade the kid to follow him or worried that he didn't put up a fight. Taking him to the Korean barbeque was far easier than telling the staff there what was going on. And they understood immediately!

A couple of plates of beef and chick later Asriel was leaning back in his seat, rubbing his full belly. He hasn't had actual food in literal centuries.

"So, Dreemurr -"

"My name is Asriel."

Okay. So, Asriel, what's your favorite color?"

"Green and yellow."

"Would you like some new clothes in those colors? We can come back here afterwards."

"Okay."

Asriel didn't trust this cat monster but he was inadvertently giving him information about this world. This cat monster was a "policeman", that world's royal guard. The food gave no healing stats no matter how much you ate. Humans and monsters got along so well, it's like there was never a war between their two races. The human servers were so polite to both him and the cat monster, that it weirded him out a little. 

Getting out of the squishy red booth, the cat monster held his hand as they walked to a strange looking machine. Not wanting to look out of the ordinary, he got into the front seat, next to the cat monster. The machine roared with life, scaring Asriel a small bit. He forced himself to calm down, seeing as the cat monster wasn't looking scared or worried. 

"I forgot your name. What is it?"

"Tamakawa."

"Too long, I'll call you Tama."

"Okay, we're almost there."

The machine stopped and Ariel was more than willing to get out of the monstrosity. Tamakawa held his hand again, much to his annoyment, as they walked inside the build. There was clothing everywhere. Looking down at his gross shirt and belt, Asriel felt a bit self conscious.

"Go ahead, pick out an outfit you like. Ma'am, could you help him, I have to make a call."

"No problem sir. Come here sweetheart. I'm Himari. What's your name?"

"Asriel."

"Let's find you the best out, okay Asriel?"

"Okay."

Thankfully she didn't hold his hand incessantly. She took him to a variety of childish looking shirts. With her help, he was wearing a plain, pale yellow shirt, a dark green zip up hoodie, and a pair of khaki cargo pants.

"Don't you want shoes?"

"I don't need shoes."

"Okay honey. How old are you?"

Taking a moment to think back to his appearance. 

"I'm eight." 

"You're quite mature for an eight year old."

Asriel paid the comment no mind as he picked up a black leather belt from a table. Himari showed him how to put it on. He quickly tucked his spear and the bone into the belt before following Himari to the front. 

"It seems that your friend's a little busy. I'm going to take my break early and take you to the arcade."

"No thank you."

"Oh? Is there something you'd rather do?"

"No. He's done talking into the brick."

Tamakawa approached them, paid for the clothes and took Asriel to a large open field with strange metal contraptions. 

"What is this place?"

"It's a public park."

Walking on the grass, the same golden flowers Asriel died in grew instantaneously. Thinking about that, made him smirk. He quickly vanished into the ground and popped up several feet away. He kept doing that until he was tired and hungry. He found Tama talking to a human, putting him on guard. He stood in his golden flowers as the two males walked up to him. 

"Hey, Asriel. This is my friend Tsukauchi. He's going to take care of you."

Tamakawa quickly left.

"Okay. My name is Asriel Dreemurr."

"Nice to meet you Asriel. Mind if I ask you some questions?"

"No."

"Wonderful, let's go sit on the bench."

Asriel traveled through the ground to the bench, sitting down instantly.

"What's your quirk?"

"What's a quirk?"

The human had a strained and worried smile on his face. 

"A quirk is a person's special ability to do extraordinary things. Like those flowers you created by walking on the grass."

"So this world calls their magic quirks, and from the lack of magic in Miss Himari, she didn't have one. So not everyone in this world has a "quirk."

"My quirk's name is Flowey."

"R-really. That's a, uh, really clever name. How old are you, Asriel?"

"Eight."

"Where's your parents?"

"My parents are...dead."

There was no way he was telling this human where his parents were, not that he could ever get to them. 

"I see."

From there, for an entire year Asriel was forced into living in a foster home. It wasn't terrible though. His foster parents were called Shota and Hizashi and they had a cat called Smore and an older son called Hitoshi. 

Asriel didn't forget his mission, but it wouldn't hurt to have a home base in the meantime, right?

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With his new foster family, Asriel was able to learn a lot about this world. He was right in his initial thoughts about quirks; there were three kinds, emitter, mutation, and transformation. 

However that also meant that he was wrong about humans and monsters co-existing on the surface. The cat monster he met wasn't a monster at all, his quirk was just a mutation type of quirk. So in this world, despite having his magic and former body, people's first thoughts of his appearance would be that of a child with a mutation quirk. 

One of his foster parents, Shota, was quick to find out about his nature magic. Though it was easy enough to write off as a nature based emitter quirk. From his reaction, someone having two quirks was rare, but not unheard of, so hee was safe from invasive questions. 

For the time being, Shota was teaching him a good way to fight with his nature abilities. That's when he lost control over his fire magic. Instead of appearing in his hand like it used to, a huge jet of flames came shooting from his mouth in one of their sparring sessions, catching both of them off guard. Shoat was knocked into the side of their house with a big burn on his forearms. 

"Mr. Shota!" 

Asriel quickly gained control of his fire and ran to him, panicking. 

"Mr. Hizashi!"

Hizashi ran outside and saw his husband out cold with Asriel crying over him. 

"Help him! Please!"

"It's okay, Azzy, it's going to be okay, go inside and try to calm down, alright? Hitoshi will make you cocoa."

That day, Asriel worked tirelessly to gain even more control than he already had. Shota was fine in the end, even complimenting his abilities. He spent the dinner of that day complaining about his students at the "best hero school in Japan" which brought Asriel to where he was now; outside the UA high school. 

Shota was complaining about his student "Sans" and his mysterious background. If that didn't raise alarms in Asriel's mind, nothing would. So he followed his foster family out of the daycare they put him in (much to his annoyment) and followed them to the school. There was a very thorough ID checking station at the front gate, so he traveled through the ground to the front door without the guard even noticing him. 

He lost Shota when he took the caution to sneak through the ground, but thankfully there was a school map in the front of the hall system. Making his way through the halls, he came across a large library, a huge kitchen, and a weird looking gym. He finally made his way to the 1-A classroom, he had to quickly duck out of sight. 

"Stay put, and don't destroy anything. I have to speak to Nezu." 

He watched Shota walk out of the classroom, and down the hall, rubbing the back of his neck. Asriel took that opportunity to slowly open the door. The older kids inside looked at him strangely, until a pink girl ran to him and picked him up. 

"Oh my god, you're so cute!"

<~>

Sans slept almost peacefully when Mina's screams made him wake up and fall out of his desk. 

"Bro, you good?"

"I'm good Eiji. What's Mina going on ab-"

Sans and Asriel locked eyes. Quickly, without thinking, Sans shortcutted to Asriel, then outside the entire building, keeping close to the windows. He made sure Eijirou would be able to still see him. 

"Asriel? How are you here, are you okay?"

Asriel burst into tears and launched himself at Sans. Sans, let him hug him to bits and cry into his shoulder. Sans had to wait until he calmed down enough before setting him on his feet and kneeling down in front of him. 

"Explain what happened."

"You were sucked away through that portal and everyone was trying to find you! Gaster was able to make a machine able to locate you. I chose to volunteer and jumped through before anyone could argue. I wound up in a gross alley where I found these."

Asriel materialized his fire red spear and one of Sans's old, discarded bone attacks in his hands. 

"Is that one of Undyne's spears?"

"Yeah, she threw it at the portal and it went through with you. I don't understand how I'm back to my old body or how you're a human, but I'm happy I found you! Papyrus is going to be happy!"

"About that, Paps, is already here. He showed up a week ago and is working with the police force here. Where are you living?"

"With Shota and his husband and kid."

"Gaster, Kirishima, and Asriel report to Principal Nezu's office, immediately."

"Looks like the jig is up lil buddy."

"Don't call me that, smiley trashbag." 

"Heh, nope."

Grabbing Asriel's wrist, he shortcutted inside the classroom, grabbed Eijirou, and shortcutted into Nezu's office. Ichika, Natsumi, Papyrus, and Present Mic were there. 

"Take a seat boys. We have some questions."

"Hey bro."

"Hello Sans!"

Papyrus rushed to hug Sans, but was restrained by Aizawa's scarf. 

"So you do speak Japanese."

Sans grabbed Aizawa's bright yellow soul and gently moved him away from Papyrus, allowing Papyrus to wiggle out of the scarf and hug Sans. 

"Sorry teach, you can't restrain my bro like that, you understand. So Nezu, you want to know what we are and where we're from. Am I right."

"Nail on the head. We know you are not from around here. You, Sans, only started to exist two years ago, your brother only a week ago. We are only now realizing that Asriel is from the same place you are from, am I correct?"

"Yup. Where we're from, we don't have last names. We are only Sans and Papyrus. Asriel does have a last name though, Dreemurr, right?"

"Y-yeah."

"Thought so. Don't expect to get more information than I'm willing to share Nezu. I've been alive for well over ten thousand resets. Try me and find out."

Sans's left eyelight switched from white to a brilliant blue to a bright yellow. Nezuu smiled, but under that smile was a smirk of challenge. 

"Alright, I accept your challenge. Everyone may leave the room." 

After everyone left the room to sit in the lobby outside the door, Sans smirked. 

"Let the fun begin."

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Sans and Nezu sat across from each other. Sans's usual lazy grin was now sharp. Calculating and cold, forged with thousands of resets of knowledge. Nezu was smiling his usual casual terrifying smile with beady black eyes. 

"So Sans, what's -"

"Yeah, hold up. That "declaration of challenge" was a bluff, to look good in front of my little bro. I'll tell you what you what to know, and in return I stay in UA, my brother and the Kirishima family get some sort of protection as well as a small stipend of money a month to help pay for expenses. Do we have a deal? Oh, and Aizawa can be in here as well cause I know you're gonna tell him what I say anyway."

"I believe we do. Aizawa, please come back in."

Aizawa quickly walked in, eyes glowing red. 

"So, ask away, and you will get all the answers you want."

Sans's grin went back to lazy and carefree with his eye light back to white.

"Where are you from?"

"Snowdin. It's a town in the Underground under Mt. Ebott."

Aizawa cut in.

"There isn't a place anywhere in the world called Mt. Ebott, nor this "Snowed in" you speak of."

"Yeah, I know. I'm not from this world. I was just strolling around, with Papyrus, when I was sucked through a portal thing. I ended up in an alley where I met Natsumi and Eijirou. I was going into a sensory overload because of this flesh suit and they helped me. Ichika taught me about this world and enrolled me into Eijirou's school two years ago. Since she had a government job, she was able to create documents to make me a citizen of Japan. I technically wasn't a real person in this world before two years ago."

Aizawa seemed to calm down as he sat down, and Nezu seemed most interested. Aizawa spoke up.

"Sans, you said you were in sensory overload because of "this flesh suit." What do you mean by that? What were you in Snowdin?"

"Great question. Me, my bro, and my dad are skeleton monsters. My world doesn't have quirks. Just humans, monsters, and magic. My family are the only skeleton monsters in the entire monster population. When I was attending junior high school, I thought that other monsters arrived with me, but later learned, with a lot of embarrassment, that they had mutation quirks."

A bright blue blush showed on Sans's cheeks as he rubbed the back of his neck. 

"I was concerned that your parents starved you as a child so that was why you were too light. I assume that's because of your origins as a skeleton monster?"

"Yup, check this out."

Sans lifted his shirt showing off his stomach. Going down, each of his ribs were on full display and this pit of his stomach was sunken so deeply, Aizawa's concern shifted to him having a stomach at all. 

"Don't blame Asriel for any of this Aizawa. He went through hell and back."

"What do you mean?"

"The way he is now, in his fluffy glory, is what he looked like before he died."

"....What?"

"Listen, I'm only telling you this, cause I know he won't mind, because I'm the one telling it. His adopted human sister, Princess Chara, was killed by a human hating monster. Asriel took her body to the surface to return to the humans to bury properly, but the humans," 

Sans spit out humans with venom,

"attacked him believing he was the cause of her death. They chased him back underground. Before he could descend the entrance safely, he fell. He died at the bottom of the entrance. One of my friends, Alphys, the deputy Royal Scientist, conducted an experiment on the golden flowers where he died. He was reborn as Flowey, a sentient, bloodthirsty, golden flower. We spent a couple hundred resets fighting each other, before the human arrived."

Sans clutched the front of his shirt so tightly, his bone white hand turned light pink and trembled slightly. 

"Anyway, he's not bad anymore. In fact, I think being his old self would be beneficial to his mental health. He's a good kid, and if you don't mind me asking, how has he been doing under your care?"

"He's quiet, but he's strong. We spar together once a week, and his, now realizing it's magic and not a quirk, is quite strong."

"Quirk? What name did he give it?"

"He said his quirk was called Flowey."

"OmTF, that is hilarious!"

Sans busted out laughing, bright blue flush stained his cheeks, with light blue tears build up at the corners of his eyes. This was the most emotion Aizawa had seen out of his student since he started the term. 

"So, Sans, according to our deal. The Kirishima family will be moved to a house closer to the school, for easier protection granted by the heroes. They will also be receiving a stipend of seventy thousand yen every other month. If you both agree to it, I can have a large house built within the school grounds for both the Aizawa-Yamada family as well as the Kirishima family."

"It doesn't matter to me, or Papyrus. I'd even wager Asriel would be okay with it. This is more of a discussion for the two flamboyant couples to go over."

"I'll get Hizashi and the Kirishimas’ in a room to go over it. Sans, take your brother and Asriel back to the classroom."

"You got it teach."

Sans left the office to see Asriel sleeping with a note clutched in his hands. 

"Poor kid, the past few years must've been exhausting for you. Sleep all you want." 

Taking the note, Sans chuckle.

"Hello brother! I, the Great Papyrus, was called away to the police station with Mrs. Natsumi! Mrs. Ichika went to the bathroom. If you need me, give me a call and I'll be there before you can say a pun! Nyeh heh heh! Love, Papyrus"

"Whelp, looks like it's me and you kiddo."

Sans scooped Asriel in his arms and headed down the hall.

"Sans?"

"What's up, As?"

"Mm hungry."

"I bet. I'll take you to Lunch Rush for a quick snack. That should tide you over until lunch."

"Ookay."

Taking a shortcut into the cafeteria, Sans waited behind class 1-B while they got their lunch. 

"What the hell are you doing in our line? You were called to the principal's office, are you getting expelled? Here for your last meal? What with this kid?"

Sans pushed the blonde annoyance away with a large bone. The bone kept him away long enough for him to order and pay for three large platters of steamed pork buns. After he had the food in hand, he shortcutted back into the 1-A classroom. Midoriya was hanging out with his friends, the Baku-Squad were congregating around the angry blonde and Sans desk was being stalked by the excited pink raccoon. 

"Sorry Mina, not right now. Asriel needs to eat."

A small barricade of bone surrounded his desk, allowing Asriel to eat in peace. Sans snacked on a bun or two, but only to keep his magic strong. This new body required more sustenance and rest than his last to sustain his magic output. Asriel finished off the last of the pork buns, rubbing his belly contentedly. 

"Food tastes so yummy."

"I bet. Now, my classmates deserve an introduction, don't you think? Nothing about the Underground or magic."

Sans was careful to whisper the last part.

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Asriel knew he would cause chaos for Sans, and he was living for it. Sans was fielding questions and preventing everyone from touching him. Asriel drank a tall glass of chocolate a nice girl made from her stomach. He liked her and the chaotic mess he made for Sans. 

"Quiet down and back to your seats."

Aizawa walked back in and gave both him and Sans an exasperated look.

"As I was saying before I was called away, Principal Nezu is having each class do a "normal" school activity for Valentine's day. The options were on little paper slips the homeroom teachers had to draw from. Thankfully we are not doing anything crazy. You will each do a valentine card, candy, whatever and give it to someone. I am counting this a small part of your grade so don't muck this up. Now go put on your uniforms, we're going to gym beta to prepare for the Sports festival."

Asriel saw some numbered silver briefcases slide out from the wall and everyone started grabbing a certain number. Sans set him on his shoulders as he grabbed briefcase number one. 

"Asriel! Here, I made this for you!"

The girl who made him the chocolate milk handed him a neatly folded white and blue outfit. 

"Yaoyorozu?"

"Don't worry sensei. It's a child size of the standard gym uniform."

"Alright. Sans, take him to the locker room with you, and you have my full permission to deal with Mineta if he tries anything, to anyone."

"No problem."

Asriel gave Aizawa a nervous wave as he was carried to the locker room. Once inside a surprisingly clean room, Asriel was set down and gently pushed into a stall. 

"Here Az. Be quick lil buddy."

"Don't call me that."

Asriel changed his clothes quickly, but got his arm pinned behind his back. 

"Sans?"

"What's up Azzy?"

"My arm's stuck."

"Alright, come on out."

Stepping out, Sans helped undo the top of the uniform and unpin his arm.

"Thanks Comedian."

"No problem, lil bro. Hey, I'm headed to the bathroom real quick. Stick close to the green haired kid, got it?"

"Yeah, sure."

Sans ruffled the fur on his head and headed out. Asriel walked over to the green haired kid who was staring and muttering to himself. 

"Don't go near that nerd. Come on Goat."

"Goat?"

Asriel found himself over the shoulder of an ashy blonde boy. 

"Kacchan, you don't hold kids like that."

"Shut up stupid Deku!"

Asriel watched the greenette and blonde bicker one-sidedly as he was picked up by a red and white haired boy. 

"Hello Asriel, I'm Shoto."

"Hi, Shoto."

Shoto carried him out of the locker room on his shoulders. Asriel knew the sight was adorable and fully expected Sans would take a blackmail picture. 

"Are you really Sans’s little brother?"

"No, not really. But he treats me like one. Other than Papyrus, who's his real brother, Sans likes to take in honorary brothers and sisters. I'm an honorary brother like the red shark boy."

"His name is Kirishima. Where are you guys from?"

"Somewhere far away and unknown to most hu- people."

"What's Sans's favorite food?"

"Ketchup, why?"

"Ketchup?"

"Yeah, he'll literally drink from the bottle. I still don't know why, but he loves it."

"What's his favorite color?"

"Blue, why?"

"No reason, what does he like to do?"

Asriel, now getting an idea of what was going on, smirked at a faint blush on Shoto's cheeks. 

"He loves to sleep and make trashy jokes and puns. He's also an amazing scientist, and is incredibly smart for his age."

"Is he?"

"Yup, he's also super strong!"

Asriel smirked at the blush plaguing his ear tips. 

"Come on squirt. It's time to go."

Asriel was levitated over to Sans's shoulder. 

"Hey lil buddy. Have fun with Todoroki?"

"You have no idea."

"So this is the famed Asriel San's told me about. You sure gave him some trouble, huh?"

"He knows?"

"Yup, he and his mom were the first humans to find me when I arrived."

"Well it's nice to meet you..."

"Call me Eijirou or Eiji."

"Okay Eiji."

Asriel allowed Sans to carry him to the gym, but gave side glances to Shoto. He could obviously tell the boy had a crush on Sans, but he was too nervous to do anything about it. Maybe he would confess during the card exchange? 

"Oi, brat."

Asriel realized he was standing on the ground. Sans was off in the distance mock fighting Eiji, but he was really just dodging attacks.

"Oi, I'm talking to you."

"Sorry, what's your name?"

"Bakugo Katsuki. I have some questions about the Skeleton Freak."

Asriel could feel an inner smirk growing, but he kept his face in a lucid smile. 

"Ask away Katsuki!"

"Cheeky punk. Favorite color?"

"Blue."

"Favorite food?"

"Ketchup."

"That's disgusting."

"Don't insult his favorite food, he genuinely enjoys it."

"Tch, whatever. Hobbies?"

"He likes to read, sleep, and make dumb jokes and puns."

"Thanks -"

Asriel tried to shake his extended hand, but he was stuck, same on the other side. Looking down, a dark purple ball connected his arm to his side. two small human hands squeezed his chest after playing with his ears. Asriel grew scared.

"SANS!"

A flash of blue and a scream later, Asriel was now freed and shaking in Sans arms. The smallest human had a mangled face. 

"Dude, awesome, you destroyed him in one punch! I didn't know you had it in you!"

"He screamed so I helped him."

Shoto and Katsuki glared at each other as Shoto wiped blood from his knuckle. 

"Well, thanks for protecting my bro Todoroki. I really appreciate it." 

Asriel was hugged tightly in Sans arms as Shota ran over from the green haired kids group.

"What happened."

"Fucking Grape Pervert sexually assaulted the kid. Icy Hot beat the crap out of him before Skeleton Freak could."

"Thank you Todoroki. Everyone back to the classroom."

The small human was restrained by Shota's capture weapon and dragged, none too gently, the human somewhere else. 

Asriel clutched onto San's costume, only now taking it in. A bright blue spandex shirt tucked into black spandex tights. His hair was pulled away from his face with bone white, tinted lensed goggles. He wore boots similar to Papyrus's but black and blue instead of red and brown. On his right sleeve and back was the secret Deltarune symbol. 

Deltarune was a secret guard that ranked higher than the Royal Guard. They worked in the shadows, led by a human called Kris and a reptile monster called Susie. He was only aware of the Delarune because of his royal blood, but he didn't understand how Sans knew about it.

"Curious?"

"Yeah, how do you know about the Deltarune?"

"Before Krissy boy was captain, who do you think led them beforehand?

"Mom or Asgore."

"Nope, all me Azzy. I was the previous head of the Deltarune."

"That's so cool."

"It was okay. When I stepped down and had Kris become my replacement, that's when Asgore promoted me to be the Royal Judge."

"Okay, that makes sense."

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💥Bakugo Katsuki💥

Katsuki sat at his desk in his bedroom with a notepad and pen. There were scribbled out ideas on the notepad and crumpled up wads of paper in his wastebasket. 

"Gah! How the hell do I do this?!"

"Katsuki?"

"The hell do you want?!"

Masaru stood in his son's doorway, leaning on the frame with a soft smile. 

"I heard you from the kitchen. Do you want some assistance?"

"Unless you know how to incorporate disgusting ass ketchup into chocolate then buzz off!"

"Ketchup in chocolate?"

"Aizawa-sensei, is forcing us to exchange fucking valentines for grades, and the Skeleton Freak in my class likes ketchup, so I was going to combine it with the damn chocolate, but I can't fucking figure out how!"

Katsuki gripped the sides of his hair tightly in anger. Masaru chuckled and eased his son's hands from his hair, massaging his scalp lightly. 

"It's okay Katsuki. You can only get so far with pen and paper. Come on down to the kitchen and we can experiment. I got some fresh cocoa pods delivered for you to experiment with anyway. I can order some ketchup online while you prepare the pods and cocoa beans. Sound good?"

"Hmph."

Katsuki gently bumped his father's shoulder on their way to the kitchen. 

"Heh, you're welcome Katsuki."

🔥Todoroki❄

"Shoto, what are you doing?"

The youngest Todoroki child stood in the kitchen covered in red, brown, and pink. His older sister stood in the doorway confused next to his older brother, who was laughing hysterically.

"I was making a valentine for my classmate Sans. It exploded."

Fuyumi gave Natsuo a little slap to the back of his head and started to wipe the baking mishap from her youngest brother's face. 

"Okay, let's try this again. What type of chocolate were you trying to make?"

"A ketchup kind."

"Huh?"

Natsuo's laughter halted as his own confusion paralleled his sisters. 

"A...ketchup, kind?"

"Yes. Sans's favorite food is ketchup, but I don't think it works with chocolate."

"That's because it's not supposed to. How'd you try to combine them?"

"I melted the store bought chocolate and mixed ketchup into it and put it in the microwave. That's when it blew up."

Fuyumi sucked a breath and dared a look at her baby. The microwave, while not broken (thank god) was covered in burned chocolate and ice.

"The ketchup caught on fire so I used my quirk to put it out."

Fuyumi sat down before she passed out. Her kitchen was a disaster.

"Shoto, clean the kitchen and clean it very well before we start the chocolate. Natsuo, since you think this is so funny, you help him. I'm going to the store. If either of you use this kitchen while I'm gone, I will *BEEP* *BEEP* you both until you *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*. Is that understood?"

Fuyumi wore a tired smile as her younger brothers were pale and sweaty. 

"Crystal!"

"Good, I'll be back in twenty minutes. There are sandwiches in the fridge with a jug of juice. Eat something before you start cleaning. Dad won't be back until tomorrow, so don't worry about him seeing this."

🦈Eijirou and Sans💀

"Sans! Try this!"

Eijirou shoved a homemade chocolate cake pop into Sans's mouth. 

"It's good Eiji. Did you put your soul into it?"

Sans snorted at Papyrus's groan in the kitchen. He'd been learning how to make ramen from scratch with Yamada-sensei teaching him. The Kirishima and Aizawa-Yamada families agreed to move into a bigger house close to the school, (more on that next chapter). 

"Sure did! I'm making my valentine for Mina, so I made it with strawberries. Is it good?"

"It's good, but I have an idea for yah. How about a pink macaron with a chocolate strawberry filling."

"That sounds so good bro!Do you think Mom knows how to make it?"

"Why bother her? I know how to make it."

Being bored when Eiji goes to his study dates with his friends, Sans took up baking as a hobby. Initially it was supposed to be a joke hobby to add ketchup to sweets to prank people, but he actually ended up enjoying baking and took it seriously. His pies were just as good as Toriel's in his own opinion. 

Sans stretched his whole bone. Feeling his bones pop was still a weird occurrence to him. Papyrus eyed him suspiciously as he walked into the kitchen. 

"Alright Eiji, go get this stuff."

 Sans gave him a list and prepped his baking station; even donning a dark blue apron Ichika custom made for him when he took up baking. It had "BONE Apple Tea" in big bubble letters. 

://:A/N, I'm not writing out the recipe, so use this link if your interested;; https ; thefeedfeed.com/thejamlab/strawberry-and-dark-chocolate-ganache-macarons ://:

Sans placed the finished macaron cookies on a cooling rack so everyone could taste them. 

"Brother, this is delicious! I didn't know you could bake!"

"What can I say bro? You had to get your talent somewhere."

"These macarons are so good Sans! I'll definitely make these!"

Aizawa watched the former skeleton chuckle, rub the back of his neck, and form a light blue blush on his cheeks. It only made him regret the object All Might and Nezu forced him to take. 

Hizashi smiled knowingly at his husband and pecked his temple. 

"It'll be okay Sho. You won't ever need to use it."

"I hope you're right."

"Mr. Shota?"

Asriel stood in front of them with a small plate with two of the macarons. 

"Come'ere you."

Asriel was snatched up and cuddled between them as they snacked on, surprisingly good, macarons. 

<~>

Papyrus left the kitchen to go train in the backyard leaving Eijirou and Sans alone in the kitchen.

"Hey Sans, who are you making a valentine for?"

"Hmm...I don't know, but the person Sato picks is getting one heck of a sweet treat."

'Back to this again, huh? Deflecting the question Comedian?'

Asriel watched the two talk when he remembered the day prior. He smirked, knowing Sans was getting two different valentines. 

"Why don't you make one for Jirou?"

"Nah, Kaminari obviously has a crush on her."

"Maybe Tsu?"

"Nope, Tokoyami laid claim to that one."

"Wait really? That's so manly! What about Bakugo?"

"Boom Boom Boi? Yeah, I can do that.He di protect Asriel from that fucking perv. Even now that twerp pisses me off. It'll be a good way to thank him."

"Great! He likes all things spicy, and we have hot sauce. All you have to do is dump that into the chocolate and you're done! Easy peasy."

"Eiji, that's not how you make spicy chocolate dummy. Watch and learn."

://: https://www.thespicehouse.com/blogs/recipes/chili-chocolate-bark ://:

"That's spicy, tasty, but so spicy!"

"Think he'll like it?"

Eijirou nodded frantically while chugging milk from his favorite shark glass. Sans popped a piece into his mouth and nodded approvingly before putting a label/warning on it and putting it into the freezer.

💥Bakugo Katsuki💥

Katsuki took a bone mold out of the freezer. He and Masaru both ate one before recoiling. 

"I think we perfected the recipe Katsuki."

"Thank fuck, I don't want to eat ketchup again for a long while."

The last of the chocolate was put into a little cheesy valentine's box and back into the freezer. 

🔥Todoroki❄

"Well Shoto, I'm saying it. You have no culinary talent whatsoever. If I ever see you in my kitchen again, I'll skin you alive."

"Okay Fuyumi."

"Cheer up you two! If your classmate likes ketchup so much just get him a bottle of ketchup."

"Thanks Natsuo."

"Anything little brother. Hey, Fuyumi, can we eat now? It's eight and I'm starving."

Oh my god, I forgot to make dinner. Natsuo, take Dad's card and order take out. I want sushi."

"I want cold soba."

"Got it, the best noodles and fish in town!"

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At UA, without Asriel (unhappily), Sans sat at his desk with gifts on his desk. A light pink, neatly wrapped box with a dark blue ribbon, a dark navy blue plastic box with a tiny light blue heat pattern, and a plastic see-through baggie with little chocolate hearts on the inside. 

Starting with the pink box, Sans opened it to see a nice, glass ketchup bottle. Instead of a label, it had a "Happy Valentine's Day" sticker. Sans tucked it into his hoodie pocket for later.

He opened the blue box to reveal a dark, almost red variety of chocolate bones and hearts. Taking a bone, he tossed it into the air, and let it fall into his mouth. The taste of ketchup and high quality chocolate permeated through his mouth, making his eyes blow wide with shock. 

"Eiji! Taste this!"

Sans force-fed Eijirou one of the chocolates before he could speak. He immediately spat the "chocolate out as Sans ate another one. 

"Bro, that's so gross!"

"Bro, it's ketchup, in chocolate! It's amazing!" 

Sans ate another piece quickly, dramatically "melting" into his seat. He kept the box on his desk as he ate one of the plastic bag's chocolates.

"Hey Sans - oh! You got one too."

"Yeah, it's good. I think it’s professionally made."

"That's from me."

Both boys turned their heads to face Yaoyorozu. 

"I asked my chef to teach me how to make chocolate, but I made too much. So I gave some to everybody!"

"Well done Deputy Class Rep.  You did an amazing job, they're delicious."

Sans passed his bag to Eijirou under his desk when she walked to Jirou's desk.They were good, he didn't lie, but he liked the ketchup chocolates much more. 

"KIRI!"

Sans ducked as the pink blur of Mina Ashido jumped over his desk to tackle Eijirou. Sans did, however, subtly levitate the hot pink and black striped box filled with the macarons on his desk so they wouldn't get destroyed. 

"Kiri, they're so cute! I love them!"

"Thanks, but Sans taught me how to make them."

"You bake Gaster?"

"I dabble. Yeah I showed you how to make them, but you still made them by yourself bro, don't sell yourself short."

Sans tactfully left out the fact that he replaced the dough Eijirou made with one he made. Eijirou's dough was too thick and wouldn't have been able to be piped into the right shape. He was trying his damnedest to get it right, so Sans helped a little bit, just to give him some confidence.

Mina hugged Eijirou tighter as the BakuSquad made their way over. Kaminari swung himself to sit on top of Eijirou's desk. Mina hung off of Eijirou's back while Sero and Bakugo stood to the side of Sans’s desk. 

Eijirou was quick to notice Sans gift to Valentine to Bakugo in the trash. It made him seeth in anger. His brother's trial and error with his severe aversion to spicy foods, it took Sans nearly five times to perfect the recipe. He had a vicious smirk under his easy going grin. 

"Hey Sans, do you think you can make that chocolate again?"

"I guess, but I thought -"

"Yo, Sansy made chocolates for someone!"

Kaminari's eyes blew wide and he leaned forward. 

"Who'd you make them for?"

"No I- " 

"He made them for Bakugo."

Eijirou glanced at the now stunned silent blonde with a nasty look.

"It was a spicy chocolate bark, took him AGES to make it right."

"Eiji, it did not take ages. Maybe three hours, but not ages. I made it as thanks for him protecting Asriel. Eiji told me you liked spicy foods. I hate spicy...anything really, but I won't make you something you don't like. How were they?"

"I haven't eaten them yet. I'm saving them for lunch. I'm not going to mess up my schedule for chocolate."

Eijirou's smirk wormed its way on his face. 

"Chocolate bark...Hey Kacchan, didn't you just -"

Bakugo quickly made an explosion and blew up Kaminari's face. Sero was also quick to tape his mouth shut. Sans was confused but ate another one of his ketchup chocolate, (ketch-late?) hearts, which put a content smile on his face. Kaminari was quick to rip off Sero's tape to cause more drama.

"OoooOoooO! Sansy got chocolates! Gimmie!"

Before Sans could warn him, or Bakugo could yell at him, he tossed a bone into his open facehole. He gleefully gave one chew, paused, a tentative second chew, and promptly spat it out. 

"Dude, those are disgusting!"

"Says you! I think they're amazing! Combining ketchup and chocolate is no easy task! I'm seriously debating tracking the person who made them down and begging for that recipe!"

Eijirou noticed Bakugo's ears go bright red. 

"Oh ho ho~ My best friend has a crush on my bro, huh~ Mina'll have a field day."

"Alright, get in your seats."

Shota finally woke up and smirked at the obvious feelings between his most capable students. His husband and Kayama owed him four thousand yen each. Teachers needed something to do when they're not actually teaching. He told his students to grab their suits and head to Ground Beta. 

Katsuki strayed toward the back of the class as they filed out of the room. Kirishima distracted Sans so he didn't notice the box in the trash. He snatched the sleek, pale orange box with a blood red ribbon. He thanked every lucky star he had that no one threw anything out. 

"Ahem."

He turned his head to see Aizawa's outstretched hand. 

"I'll put it with your stuff so get going."

Katsuki turned his head and placed it in his teacher's hand before running to the locker room.

<~>

In the locker room, Sans changed into his costume; bright blue spandex shirt tucked into black spandex pants, his bone white hair pulled back with equally white goggles with tinted lens, black and dark blue steel toed boots, Deltarune symbol on his right sleeve and back. 

(If anyone can help me contact an artist who can do this, or willing to make it themselves, please let me know. I really want this to be immortalized, as weird as that sounds)

Sans was napping on the bench with a towel over his eyes. Eijirou was finishing getting dressed when Bakugo rushed in. He purposefully took his time getting dressed, so everyone except him, Sans, and Bakugo were in the room; one of whom was out cold. 

"Enjoy those chocolates?"

"You knew."

"I did. Sans hates spicy foods, loves cats, loves pudding, loves ketchup, and loves Echo Flowers."

"The fuck are Echo Flowers, why the fuck are you telling me this."

"Cause you like my bro. Since you like my bro, and since you are emotionally constipated, you might need to know what he likes and hates."

"I don't like that Skeleton Freak!"

"Oh~ then why did you get the chocolates from the trash?"

"Tsk."

"Hey, I have to use the toilet. Carry Sans out there, kay!" 

Kirishima ran out of the room, leaving Sans alone with the angry blonde. Said boy groaned and attempted to roll on his side. His tiny body slammed into the linoleum. 

"That really rattled my bones, huh Eiji? Eiji?"

Sans stood on unsteady feet as he surveyed the locker room. Eijirou wasn't in the room, but Bakugo was. He was at his locker tying his mask into place. 

"Hey Ground Zero, where'd Eijirou go?"

"Ground Zero?"

"Yeah, the starting point of a nuclear bomb. You're pretty much a walking, talking bomb yourself, so ground zero is the best nickname for you. I can come up with another, if you don't like it."

"It's fine. Call me what you want."

"Alright, Ground Zero! Where'd Eiji go?"

"Shitty Hair left to the bathroom. Are your legs working?"

"Not really, but I can- "

Katsuki hid his smirk, and lifted the small former skeleton onto his back. 

"Alright, then. Mush Ground Zero." 

Sans sported a light blue blush on his cheeks, while Katsuki's ear tips were burning. Katsuki ran out into the hall and down to the back doors. 

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For their hero training that day everyone was paired up to spar. Being the last two on the field, Sans and Katsuki got paired up. Sans worked on his dodging and Katsuki worked on how many explosions he could make in a short period of time. By the end of the class, both boys were exhausted, Sans more so. Katsuki ended up carrying the sleeping boy on his back to the locker room.

Todoroki gave him a pissy look, but otherwise stayed at his locker. Sans woke up briefly to shower and get dressed, but went right back to sleep. Katsuki carried Sans back into the classroom before everyone else.

"Hey Skeleton Freak, wake up."

"Hmm? Oh, hey Ground Zero. What's up?"

"Here."

Katsuki thrusted a piece of paper in Sans's hands with a violent blush on his face and ears. Sans, upon reading the paper, had a similar bright blue blush on his face. The paper held the recipe for the ketchup chocolates (ketchlates if you will) but also had a little question at the very bottom.

"U-um, yeah sure. Today after school sounds good to you?"

"Y-yeah. I'll show up at your place at 4:30, okay?"

"Yeah."

Katsuki quickly left the room, not wanting to show off his flaming face. Sans was also blushing up a storm as he pulled up his phone.

<~Kirishima Gaster Group Chat~>

Sans - Ichika! I ned u to com get me from scool!

Ichika - What? Are you okay Sans?

Papyrus - Brother, are you alright?!

Sans - Sory Paps, wron chat.

<~Ichika & Sans Private Chat~>

Sans - Ichika, please com get me!

Ichika - Why?

Sans - I was asked out on a date!

Ichika - Say less, I'm on my way, tell Eijirou that I'm coming, you're both being pulled today.

Sans - Ur a saint T_T thank u

Ichika - No problem, be ready, I'm almost there

Ichika has signed off

Sans has signed off

When Eijirou walked into the room laughing with Kaminari, Sans stood up and dragged Eijirou out faster than anyone had seen him move all year.

"Bro, Sans what's up?"

"Ichika's coming to pick us up."

Sans grabbed him and shortcutted to the front of the building where Ichika sat waiting in her car.

"Get in."

Sans quickly got in the back seat pulling his knees up to his chest.

"Ma, what's going on?"

"Our sweet Sans has been asked out on a date! And we are going to help him prepare for it."

"Yo what! Dude who was it?!"

"Eiji!"

"Nope, wrong answer. I know I didn't ask you. Who is it?"

"Hmph. Bakugo..."

"Haha! This is awesome! I knew he wanted to ask you out, but I didn't think it would be so soon!"

"You knew?!"

"Obviously! He's my best friend and you're my bro, it was glaring obvious."

Ichika didn't stop driving until they reached the mall.

"Alright boys, first we hit up the food court, then we go to the clothing store."

"Sounds good Ma."

Sans's blush didn't leave his face the entire time there. When they finally left the mall, Sans had the perfect outfit hugged to his chest as he slept off his emotional exhaustion the way back home.

"His first ever date. Do you think it'll go well Ma?"

"I sure hope so. I remember Bakugo from when you brought him over that one time. He's a polite young man, but with his personality, his inferiority and superiority complexes, I really can't say for sure how it's going to go."

"If it's anything to go by, he made ketchup chocolate for Sans. Anyone willing to go through countless recipes and ketchup torture like that for my bro, he's gonna be great for Sans."

"Let's hope. Sans, wake up. We're home."

"Huh...Home? I have to get dressed!"

Sans shortcutted to his room and got dressed faster than lightning.

"BROTHER! SANS!"

Papyrus burst through the door when Sans started changing his shirt.

"PAPYRUS! GET OUT!"

Sans threw a pillow at Papyrus's face, blush reignited on his face. Papyrus left the room as quickly as he arrived. Sans quickly pulled his shirts on and tied his new shoes before going downstairs. Ichika took a picture of Sans blushing, smiling, and rubbing the back of his neck.

"Brother, what's going on?"

"Sans has a date!"

"A date? Sans, that isn't a good idea. When we go home, she can't come with us. You'd have to leave her behind."

Sans's blush vanished, and he looked at the ground, refusing to meet his brother's eyes.

"Papyrus. A word in the kitchen."

"Sure Ichika."

Papyrus's arm was grabbed none too gently and dragged into the kitchen. Eijirou hugged Sans tightly to comfort him.

"Don't listen to him Sans. You don't have to go back to Snowdin if you don't want to."

The door opened and Aizawa, Yamada, and Shinso walked in.

"Sans, Kirishima. Why'd you leave school early?"

"Ma'll explain in the kitchen after she's done chastising Papyrus."

Sans hid his eyes from his teachers, so they wouldn't see the tears and his magic acting up.

"Sans, let's go back to our room. We can chill there while we wait the forty-five minutes."

"Okay..."

Sans walked back upstairs and finished getting ready. After forty some minutes, the two boys heard the doorbell. Sans straight up shortcutted downstairs to open the door first. Bakugo stood there wearing a dark orange shirt, black jacket, black dress pants, and black sneakers.

Katsuki blushed brightly when Sans opened the door. The white haired boy made no effort to tame his hair whatsoever, but Katsuki liked the messiness. Sans wore a light blue t-shirt, black pants, a white and dark blue flannel tied around his waist, and white sneakers.

"Hey Ground Zero. Want to come in?"

"Sure. You sure opened the door quickly."

At first Katsuki smirked at the violent blush on Sans's face, but then his eyes bugged out of his skull when he saw his teachers drinking coffee on the couch, smirking at him.

"Don't ask, it's a long story. You've already met Asriel."

The small child smirked at Katsuki and hugged Sans leg.

"Azzy, go hang out with Shin, kay?"

"Sure Sans."

"Thanks Flower Bud."

Sans snorted when Asriel shot him a look.

"Anyway, this is Ichika and Natsumi, Eiji's moms'."

"We've met before sweetheart. It's good to see you again Bakugo. Treat Sans right, okay?"

"Of course I will!"

Katsuki caught sight of a tall man with the same pale complexion and hair as Sans standing in the kitchen doorway. He looked shocked and not particularly happy.

"Sans, your date is a guy?"

Every single person in the room tensed up immediately. Aizawa and Natsumi had to be held back from tackling him.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing, I thought -"

"Sans, Bakugo, before you get going, please escort Shinso, Eijirou, and Asriel to Kayama's."

"R-right."

Sans shakily lifted Asriel and quickly left the house. The walk to Midnight's house was short, so the two were quick to go to the cafe Katsuki mentioned. They sat down and ordered their food.

"Was he your brother? I remember him from USJ."

"Yeah, his name's Papyrus. I'm sorry, I didn't think he'd react like that."

"It's not your fault so don't apologize for his dumbassery. So, I'm curious about your quirk. I know it's not just Shortcut."

"Keen Observation, Ground Zero. Yeah, I can shortcut anywhere I've already been, but I can also summon Gaster Blasters, bone attacks, and soul manipulation."

"Okay, what's a Gaster Blaster and What's Soul Manipulation?"

"This is a Gaster Blaster."

A small blaster materialized in Sans hand.

"It was created by my father, and he taught me how to summon it."

"It's tiny."

"Only because a bigger one would cause panic in here. I can make them any size I want, and even give them bodies if I concentrate hard enough. Soul manipulation is much cooler. Hold still."

Raising his hand, his right eye light fading and his left glowing bright blue, Katsuki's soul appeared in front of his chest, where his heart would be located.

"This is your soul. Every soul is a different color. Your soul is...red..."

"Is that a bad thing?"

"Huh, what, oh, no no no! It's not bad! Red means determination, ambitious. It's perfect for you."

"Can you see your own soul?"

"I can pull it out, but I'm not able to see it."

Sans let go of Katsuki's soul and gripped his own. like always, he could feel himself holding it, but he couldn't see it.

"Yellow?"

"That makes sense. Yellow means Justice. Impartial and fair."

"Heh. Little Richter."

"What old man?"

Katsuki glared at an older man sitting at a table by himself.

"Hmm, sorry young man. I mean no disrespect."

Katsuki instantly picked up on the heavy German accent, and thought back to his foreign language class in junior high. He chuckled when he remembered his German lessons.

"Da liegst du nicht falsch, Opa." ("You're not wrong, old man.")

The old man smiled warmly at the two boys before getting up.

"Enjoy yourselves on your outing."

The old man left. Sans was confused as he looked between Katsuki and the old man.

"What do you say? What does "richiter” mean?"

"Richter, it means judge in German."

"I like it. I haven't been called a judge since I was back home."

"You were a judge?"

"N-not really. Just a fake one for the neighborhood children because they liked to play pretend court. I was always roped into being the judge."

Sans felt wrong for lying to Bakugo, but he couldn't really tell him that he's from a different universe and was a lazy, skeleton monster, who was the Royal Judge for the Monster King.

"Not that I don't appreciate the cafe, I don't think I should head home for dinner. Should we go to your place or a restaurant? I'll pay."

Katsuki took out his phone to tell his parents that he'll be home soon.

"We can go to my house. I just texted my parents so they know we'll be there soon, Richter."

"Oh~ Ground Zero has a new nickname for me~ What happened to Skeleton Freak?"

"If you don't like it I can always go back to Skeleton Freak."

"No, it's fine. I like Richter. It makes me feel closer to home, if that makes sense."

"Heh, it makes plenty of sense. Ready to go then, Richter?"

"Of course, Ground Zero."

Sans and Katsuki got up and left after Katsuki paid for their coffees. Their walk turned into a jog when it started to rain. They both took cover in a covered bus stop.

"Rain..."

"Yeah? What about it?"

"Where I'm from, we didn't have rain. It was always snowing."

Sans took advantage of the opportunity and ran into the rain. Katsuki watched Sans jump in puddles and laugh like a kid. He eventually ran after him and they had fun. They got each other wet by stomping in puddles.

Katsuki and Sans's phone had one thing in common. Their guardians both installed trackers. Masaru and Mitsuki and Ichika and Natsumi pulled up in their cars. Both sets of adults watched their respective charges have fun together. Natsumi gave Mitsuki a change of clothes for Sans and asked if he could stay the night. Mitsuki readily agreed and the Kirishima parents drove back home. Mitsuki watched her son a minute longer, before calling out to him.

"Katsuki! Let's go!"

Katsuki jumped when his mother's voice was heard over the rain. Sans had to do a double take when looking at Katsuki's mom and Katsuki himself.

"You look so much like your mom."

"No I don't!"

Katsuki forgot about his mother in favor of chasing Sans through the rain and tackling him into wet grass. Sans laughed endlessly while Katsuki trapped him in a headlock and gave him a noogie.

Mitsuki took a picture of her son actually acting his age. She sent the picture to Masaru, the proud father manning the wheel in the car.

"Katsuki! Let's go! Any longer in the rain, you'll both get sick!"

Mitsuki took a spare umbrella from the trunk and made her way to the two boys. Katsuki took the extra umbrella and shared it with Sans.

"Try not to be in the rain any longer than necessary. Your dad and I will have dinner ready by the time you get home."

"Thanks, mom."

Katsuki begrudgingly called his mother "mom" in front of Sans to not show Sans his and his mother's usual conversational skills. After Mitsuki and Masaru drove off, Sans tried to get out from under the umbrella to enjoy the rain some more.

"Oh no you don't, Richter. We can't have you getting sick."

"I'll be fine! I never get sick!"

"If you get sick, don't come crying to me."

Katsuki let go of Sans's wrist, and the pale boy ran out in the rain. His messy white hair stuck to the sides of his head and forehead. Despite being completely soaked from the rain, probably freezing cold, the smile of pure happiness forced a smile of adoration on Katsuki's face.

After a small sneeze, the smile vanished. Katsuki shrugged off his best jacket to sling over Sans shoulders.

"Yup, no more playing in the rain for you Mr. Richter. Under the umbrella."

Katsuki hugged Sans close to his side with the umbrella mostly over Sans.

"Aren't you getting wet?"

"My quirk can keep me warm. Don't worry about me Mr. Skin and Bones."

Sans grumbled and pouted, but blushed furiously when he realized something. Katsuki's arm was hugging him tightly to Katsuki's right side. Katsuki, having only now realized this, blushed too, but refused to let go. In fact, he held onto him tighter, sharing his body heat.

After roughly five more minutes of walking, the two boys finally reached Katsuki's house. Katsuki let Sans in and they both left the soaked shoes in the genkan.

"Good you're both here. Good god, you're both soaked! Masaru, get some towels! Alright, here's what's going to happen. Katsui, you're going to use the shower in my room, Sans, I'll show you to the second floor bathroom."

Masaru bright two huge towels for the boys to wrap themselves up in. Masaru lifted Katsuki off the floor in a bridal hold.

"What the hell old man?!"

"Shut up brat! I don't want you dripping water all over my floors!"

"Shut up you hag!"

Sans laughed as Mitsuki lifted him the same way. Katsuki was dying of internal embarrassment that the first time he brought anybody to his house, he was being carried like some chick to the bathroom by his dad and his date was having the same treatment by his mom.

Sans was set in the tub on the second floor.

"I'll bring you a fresh towel, and some clothes."

"Alright, thank you Mrs. Bakugo."

"Please, call me Mitsuki, darling."

Mitsuki left the room to go to Katsuki's room. She took Katsuki's favorite black shirt with a skull on it and a pair of his thickest thermal sweatpants. She kept the boxers from the clothes Ichika gave him, but kept the rest in a reusable tote bag. She wanted to see her baby's face when he saw Sans in his best lounge wear.

She set the clothes and a thick, fluffy blue towel that just went through a tumble in the dryer. Sans used a coconut scented shampoo to wash his hair. Too strong of smells make Sans nauseous now that he was a human. Katsuki always smelled like caramel and a crackling fireplace; it always put him at ease.

Sans stepped out of the shower and checked himself out in the mirror. His stomach was still sunken in, but he couldn't see his ribs as clearly as he used to. It took a couple years and a few months, but his new stomach was SLOWLY filling out. Probably, in a few more years, he'll have abs!

The shirt hung off his body and he had to tie the pants drawstrings right tight to get the pants to stay on his hips. The towel hung on his head, too lazy to really dry his hair. He took a shortcut to the genkan and walked through the living room into the dining room. Katsuki was already there tossing a salad in a large glass bowl.

"Anything I can help with?"

Katsuki turned to face Sans but no words escaped as his face erupted in flames. Masaru smirked and gestured to the two with his eyes. Mitsuki smirked and took the salad utensils from her son.

"Katsuki, why don't you take Sans into the living room while your mother and I finish up. You can pick out a movie for later."

Katsuki silently led Sans into the living room and sat on the couch with Sans next to him.

"Your hair is still wet."

"Yeah, I was too lazy to dry it. It'll dry on its own."

"Here, face me."

Sans did so, confused. Katsuki took the towel and started rubbing his head dry. The circular rotations put Sans in a drowsy mood. He was almost asleep when the towel was removed.

"Boys, it's time to eat."

"Richter, wake up."

"Nooo. Ground Zero is being meaan."

"Well Ground Zero is going to carry you into the kitchen and dunk your head in ice water."

"Noooo, I'm up I'm up. No ice water."

Sans stood up and groggily followed Katsuki into the kitchen. He sat in a chair next to said blond, now rubbing the drowsiness from his eyes.

"Alright, Sans we have some oyakodon and salad. Are you awake enough to serve yourself?"

"Yeah, thank you Mitsuki. It looks delicious."

Katsuki, having known that Sans was still a little too groggy, helped his date plate himself some food.

"So, Sans, are you excited for the Sports Festival?"

"I guess so, I just hope I don't sleep during the competitions."

"Think you'll beat our brat?"

"Hey -"

"Probably, I did come in first in the entrance exam."

"Tsk."

"Still salty about that, Ground Zero?"

"Hmph."

Katsuki stuffed a cherry tomato in his mouth to avoid talking.

"Ground Zero? Are you planning something, Katsuki?"

"No, that's a nickname I gave him. Because his quirk is Explosion."

"Clever."

They spent the rest of the dinner talking about UA and their hero course over dinner. He wouldn't admit it out loud, but Katsuki was pleased Sans got along well with his small family.

Mitsuki and Masaru did the dishes while the two boys watched a new American horror movie called IT. Mitsuki didn't care for it, and neither did Katsuki, but Masaru, and apparently Sans, were scared of the demonic clown.

The married couple watched from the kitchen as Sans jumped and clutched onto Katsuki's arm. Katsuki was blushing but wrapped his arm around Sans's waist to bring him closer to his chest.

Sans felt the warmth radiating from Katsuki's chest. The previous drowsiness hit him in full force. He did try to fight sleep (for once), but the pull was too strong. He snuggled into Katsuki's chest and went out cold.

Katsuki stiffened and almost immediately relaxed when he heard tiny snores coming from Sans's unconscious body.

"Go take him to your room, Katsuki. We'll clean up here."

"Thanks old man."

Katsuki lifted Sans into his arms and carried him upstairs into his room. He wanted to just lay him on the bed to get the futon out of the closet, but Sans had a death grip on his shirt.

"Don't go...stay, please..."

"Fine, I won't go anyway, Richter."

Katsuki weaseled his way to lay on the bed, and Sans moved to lay on top of him. Katsuki readjusted the blankets, and fell asleep quickly.

Mituski and Masaru snapped many photos and sent some to Natsumi and Ichika.

<~ MEANWHILE~>

"Hey Ma, where's Sans?"

Ichika looked at her son from over her phone. She smirked and motioned for him to come over. Eijirou looked at a picture of Sans in Bakugo's clothes, sleeping on top of his best friend, a line of drool escaping his mouth.

"Send that to me."

"Already did. Go get ready for bed."

"Yeah, night Ma. Tell Mom I said night."

"I will, now get that butt to bed."

Ichika kissed her son's temple and sent him on his way.

"I'll say this. You sure know how to pick em Sans. Good luck."

Chapter Text

Sans woke up in bed, feeling uncomfortably warm and stuffy. He was on a cushy surface but he couldn't open his eyes because of the bright light streaming through a window.

"Hmm, Sans? Morning."

"Wha... It's hot."

"What?"

Katsuki pressed the back of his hand to Sans's forehead. Sans's face was flushed light blue, his speech was slurred slightly, and his skin was sticky and clammy.

"Katsuki, Sans, wake up, Katsuki, what's going on?"

"Dad, I think he's sick! What do I do?!"

"First, calm down. Second, get out of bed. Go to the medicine cabinet and get a cooling patch. Then make some rice porridge. We can keep him comfortable until The Kirishimas' can come get him."

Katsuki was tripping over himself to get to the bathroom. Masaru chuckled and tucked Sans into the covers. Katsuki returned with a cooling patch.

"Thank you Katsuki. Now go make some porridge with honey."

Masaru laughed at his son. Katsuki was acting like him when Mitsuki was sick when they were his age. Like father, like son. He kept Sans's temperature regulated until Katsuki came back with a bowl of bright red porridge.

"Katsuki -"

"Sans likes ketchup. So I put some in the porridge."

"He can't have that, Katsuki. It would make him more sick to have that much ketchup. Please remake it with a little bit of honey."

Katsuki grumbled and took the bowl back to the kitchen. Masaru shook his head and placed a thermometer in Sans's mouth; holding it in place so it didn't fall down his throat. While he waited for his temperature reading, he took out his phone.

Masaru and Ichika chat

Masaru - Hey, Ichika? It's Masaru. Sans caught a cold. Would you or Natsumi mind coming to get him?

Ichika - Hey, it's Natsumi. Ichi is still sleeping. I'll be over to pick him up. Think you can wait a little longer?

Masaru - No problem. Katsuki's making him porridge right now. See you soon.

Masaru has signed off

Masaru put his phone on the nightstand when he heard the thermometer beep.

"99°? Any higher, we'd have to take you to the hospital."

Katsuki rushed in with a bowl of perfect, golden rice porridge and a bottle of cold and flu medication. Katsuki stuck close to the bed and watched with hawk-like precision while Masaru fed Sans spoon after spoon of the porridge. Sans turned his head away after the tenth spoonful.

"Here, Katsuki. Take this to the kitchen. Natsumi will be here soon."

"You take it."

Masaru sighed, but one look at his son, holding Sans's hand, made him smile and ruffle his hair.

"Alright. Try not to wake him up. I'll be right back."

Masaru took the half empty bowl to the kitchen, where his beautiful wife was nursing a cup of coffee.

"Good morning, gorgeous."

"Too much sap, too early in the morning."

Masaru laughed and kissed her temple.

"Where are the boys?"

"Katsuki's keeping an eye on Sans. He, unsurprisingly, caught a cold. Natsumi is coming soon -"

The doorbell rang rapidly.

"Is here, to pick him up."

Masaru walked to the door, and barely backed away in time when it swung open to show, not his friend, but a tall, pale, white haired young man bursting through the door wearing a police uniform. He was tripping over himself to yank his shoes off before running toward Katsuki's room. Mitsuki rushed into action and clotheslined him.

Papyrus fell backwards while Natsumi laughed hysterically in the genkan. She was also wearing her uniform. The cuffs on her belt rattled as she bent over herself.

"I told you to wait! Thanks Mitsuki, this is Sans's brother Papyrus D. Gaster."

"Where is Sans?!"

"Calm your ass down, and you can -"

"The hell are you doing here?!"

"Katsuki, listen -"

"No, you heard that bastard yesterday!"

"He didn't say it out of malice. It was a genuine shock for him. He loves Sans more than his own safety, as you can see."

Katsuki glared venom laced daggers at Sans's older brother.

"You hurt him again, I'll kill you."

Katsuki's tone sent shivers up the spine of every adult in the room. Usually it's always bluster when he threatens people, but this time was different. His voice was level, cold. Full of vindictive promise.

"Sans is in here."

Katsuki led Papyrus into his room, where Sans lay on his side, in a fetal position, clutching the blankets in a death grip.

"Sans..."

Papyrus kneeled next to the bed. He took off his gloves and ran his fingers through his older brother's hair, just relishing the fact that Sans was alive and okay.

"I guess he doesn't have one HP in this world."

Papyrus carefully wrapped Sans in the blanket he had a death grip on and lifted him gently in his arms.

"Paps?"

"Hey Sans. Are you feeling alright, brother?"

"Mm sore, and can't breathe right..."

"Don't start panicking Papyrus. Take him to the cruiser, I'll be out in a minute."

Papyrus did as requested of him, protecting Sans with his whole body. Natsumi laughed into her hand.

"Masa, what was his temperature at, did he eat or drink, you know the deal."

"When I last checked his temp, it was at ninety-nine, ate half a bowl of rice porridge with honey, and he has not used the restroom yet, no vomit either. Thanks for coming so quickly Nat. Did we pull you from your duties?"

"Yeah, but it's no worry. We were in the neighborhood and I grabbed Ichika's phone by mistake when I left. We'll drop him off at the hospital with Eiji and Ichika'll pick him up from there when the paramedics approve."

"Attention units, we have an A/R at Higo Bank in Kagoshima Prefecture."

"10-4, 22-7-0-5 on route, requesting additional back up, and RA for potential hostage injuries."

Natsumi started panicking.

"Thanks for taking care of him, I have to go, right now! Papyrus start the car!"

Natsumi ran out of the house, grabbing her shoes on the way. She forced Papyrus in the passenger seat. Eijirou cradled Sans as he looked frantically between his mom and Papyrus.

"Sweetie, are you buckled?"

"Yeah?"

"Good. Hold on tight."

Natsumi sped out.

"Papyrus, turn on the lights."

"Mrs. Natsumi, what is an A/R?"

"There is an Armed Robbery in process at the bank close to our old house in Kagoshima. Hold on tight."

The blaring lights allowed Natsumi to speed through traffic and she skidded to a halt in front of the bank. Three ambulances and a fire truck arrived with them.

"Eijirou, take Sans to the ambulance over there and stay in that truck. If I see you before it's safe, I will ground you until your deathbed, do you understand me?"

"Of course mom. I'll go, and I'll keep Sans safe."

"Papyrus, escort them to that ambulance, and I swear to god if you shoot me, I will have your badge. Go."

<~With Eijirou K.~>

Eijirou carried Sans and ran next to Papyrus until he and Sans were securely locked in the truck. The paramedic quickly took Sans and hooked him up to a nasal cannula, an iv drip, and held a thermometer in his mouth.

"Was he shot?"

"No, he has a fever."

"Natsumi's kids?"

"She's my mom, Sans is sorta my brother."

"She sent me pictures. I love the one of Sans going on his first - holy shit!"

"What?!"

"His temperature's at 104°. Kid, put this mask on and stay on that side of the truck."

Eijirou did as told and watched as the paramedic did her job. He was terrified and had no idea, magic or not, if Sans would be okay.

<~With Natsumi K.~>

"Papyrus, stay behind me!"

Natsumi charged forward and burst into the bank, gun aimed at one of the robbers. Papyrus had his gun trained on the second one.

"Sir, put the gun down, now."

"Get out before I start shooting people!"

"I would advise against that sir. Right now, we've got the most accurate snipers in Japan focusing their sights on you. If you shoot anyone, you will leave this facility in a bodybag. Drop the gun now."

"Dude, snipers?! I did not sign up for this!"

"Shut up Hatori! We have gone too far to just stop now!"

"Hatori, you don't have to go through with this. Drop your gun and get down, and you can get a reduced sentence."

"I don't want to go to jail!"

The robber shakily got on the ground and slid his gun toward Natsumi.

"It's-It's not loaded! I didn't want to kill anyone!"

"I told you to load the damn thing!"

"Sir, if you move a single muscle, I will shoot you. Hatori, I want you to slide on the floor over to me. But I want you to move slowly."

"No, I-I need to make this right."

Hatori jumped to his feet and body slammed the other man to the ground. A bang was heard just as Hatori slumped to the side. Before he could stand back up, a gun smacked into his face and he fell to the ground, unconscious. Natsumi threw the unloaded gun at him to prevent him from doing anything.

"Papyrus, restrain him."

Natsumi rushed over to Hatori and saw the bullet wound in his stomach.

"Papyrus! Get the paramedics in here now! Applying first aid."

Natsumi took off her jacket and applied pressure to the wound.

"I needed...the money...my little sister....she's in the hospital....cancer....No one...will hire me...she'll die....without treatment."

"Hatori, if you can stay awake, I will help you. You don't have to rob banks to help your sister."

"I'm...so tired..."

"No Hatori stay awake. Keep talking to me. How old is your sister?"

"Kai is...seven...she is such a...sweetheart...will you...take care of her...if I...don't make it?"

"How old are you, Hatori?"

"I'm...fifteen....next week."

"You're a minor? Where're your parents?"

"Dad was killed...overseas in...Pakistan...Mom died in...childbirth with Kai..."

"When you survive, you and Kai will come to live with me. Where are those damn paramedics?!"

Papyrus rushed in with three paramedics.

"Take over, I applied first aid with constant pressure. Victim's name is Hatori, gunshot wound to the upper-left abdominal region. Do not let this boy die so help me god."

Multiple bones held down the shooter by his ankles, wrists, waist, and neck.

"Papyrus, the bones on his wrists."

"Right."

The bones on his wrist lost their orange glow and fell to the side. Natsumi was quick to cuff him as tightly as she was allowed to without getting penalized.

"Take him to my cruiser and go check on the boys, make sure they're okay. I'm riding with Hatori to the hospital."

<~With Papyrus~>

After Papyrus locked the man in the cruiser, he practically ran to the ambulance he escorted the two boys to. When he saw his older brother, the skeleton he looked up to the most, hooked up to an iv drip and a respirator, he felt his entire world shatter.

"We're taking him to the hospital.Sir, I cannot have you here. I'm friends with Natsumi. Sans is in good hands."

"No! He's my brother, I have to be with him! Eijirou, get out!"

"Papyrus!"

Natsumi stormed over to the ambulance.

"Get to the damn cruiser and take that man to the precinct. Sans will meet us at the hospital, and you need to do your damn job! Eijirou, you are to ride with Sans and make sure he's stable. I want hourly reports and for you to text your mother where we are, understood?"

"Yeah, no problem mom."

Papyrus gave Sans one last worried look, and a pissed one to Natsumi, before going to the cruiser. He hopped into the driver's seat, started the engine, and sped down the road. The poor steering wheel looked to be conforming to Papyrus's tight grip.

"I swear, when I'm out of these damn cuffs, I'm going to -"

"Going to what? The boy you shot is going to live,, so you're not very good at killing people are you? My brother is alone, and because of your idiotic stunt, I can't be there for him."

"Your brother shouldn't be such a damn weakling then!"

"Don't speak about my brother. Sans is not a weakling. Unlike you, Sans is smart, and has the biggest soul of anyone I have ever met."

"Sans? What a stupid name. I should've saved the bullet from Hatori and used it on him instead!"

A bone with a tapered point almost pierced the man's neck, only a couple millimeters from causing actual damage.

"You will never speak of my brother in such a vulgar way, filthy human."

Papyrus's right eyelight glowed bright orange, the same orange glow that surrounded the bone. The man wet himself, and stayed quiet for the rest of the ride, fearing what Officer D. Gaster would do to him otherwise.

<~With Sans~>

Sans woke up in the hospital, with a strange plastic thing up his nose and a sharp metal rod in the back of his hand. Eijirou was sleeping on his right, Bakugo on his left, Ichika and Natsumi spoke to a doctor in the hall, and Papyrus slept uncomfortably on a small couch.

"Hey sweetie, are you feeling okay?"

Natsumi rushed over to him, while Ichika stayed with the doctor, quietly arguing.

"I feel like I was left in Hotland and my skull feels like it's in Waterfall."

"SANS!"

Papyrus tripped over himself to hug Sans. When he made it to Sans, however, he was very gentle with a small, but warm hug.

"Richter."

"Hey Ground Zero, sorry if I scared you this morning. I never get sick."

"Sure doesn't look that way to me."

"Richter and Ground Zero, eh?"

"Eijirou smirked at them both.

"Isn't it too soon to be having pet names for each other?"

Both boys' faces went up in flames, and Sans covered his face with his pillow. Everyone in the room laughed at their mild embarrassment. Except for Papyrus, his grin tightened, and he couldn't help but cringe at the fact.

Eijirou tactfully didn't say a word when he saw Sans and Bakugo intertwine their fingers; he did hide a smirk and send a picture to Mina of course.

Chapter Text

Sans sat in the locker room by himself. He wasn't sleeping, but was calming himself down. He was dressed in his gym uniform while sitting on one of the benches. His head was resting in his palms as he took in deep, shaky breaths.

It was finally time for the infamous Sports Festival. If he could use all his magic, he would be first in everything, but he can't. His only registered quirk is Shortcut, and that won't be very useful during this event.

"It's okay Sans. You don't have to use all your magic to be good! But I'm screwed if there's combat."

Sans groaned heavily in his hands, trying to sink into the bench.

"Talking to yourself, Richter?"

Sans jumped almost a foot off the bench. Katsuki stood in the doorway, wearing his gym uniform, snickering at Sans's fright/embarrassment.

"Didn't take you as the type of person to sneak up on people, Ground Zero."

"Well, I've been calling you for the past few minutes. What's on your pale ass mind that has you zoned out so much? Nervous for the festival?"

"Big time. Shortcut is my officially registered quirk. I'm a lil bit nervous to see how it will go."

With good reason. Without the rest of his magic, Sans is basically a walking, talking potato. He isn't physically fit, or particularly fast. Hell, he didn't even know if he had more than 1Hp in this world!

"Sans, calm your pale ass down."

Katsuki knelt down in front of Sans, taking both of his cold and shaky hands into his own.

"You're going to do just fine. Shortcut is all you need to kick everybody else's ass in this whole damn tournament."

"Thanks Bakugo. I...I really needed to hear that."

"When you're not using my nickname, you can call me Katsuki."

"Alright, my big, strong Katsuki."

A small pink blush bloomed on Katsuki's face, due to the thirteen thousand megawatt smile that radiated on Sans's face. This same blush exploded into a beautiful symphony of red and blue when Katsuki surged forward to kiss the tip of Sans's nose.

"When I win, you better give me the real thing, got it!"

"Of course, mighty Ground Zero. If I win, you gotta take me on another date."

"Heh, I can definitely work with those terms. Now, are you ready to head out?"

Now on his feet, Katsuki held out his hand for the former skeleton to take. Sans took that opportunity to peck the extended palm and shortcut his way onto Katsuki's back, before the explosive blonde realized what he did.

"C'mon Katsuki! The Sports Festival awaits!"

Katsuki huffed indignantly, smirked, and took off running down the halls. It was a good thing he had a tight grip on Sans's skinny legs, or else the frail boy would feel off at the start. The running stopped when they got outside. The festival wouldn't start for another hour, so they had time to walk around, eat some food, mingle with their peers, etc.

"Is everything cool with your brother, Papyrus right?"

"Yeah, he wasn't against us dating because you're a guy, he's dating a guy back home called Mettaton. More along the lines that he was genuinely surprised that I was dating in general and the first person I took interest in was a dude."

"...I'm the first person you dated?"

Sans, now realizing what he shared, groaned in embarrassment and buried his face in Katsuki's shoulder.

"When you've known everyone in your small ass city from birth, it's kinda hard to find dating material. Especially when you have someone to look after."

"Who'd you look after?"

"O-oh, just some neighborhood children. To babysit for pocket money."

"Do you have anything planned for the weekend?"

"Yeah, Aizawa is going to start training me alongside his kid, Shinso. Would've been helpful, I dunno, a few weeks ago and not after the friggin Sports Festival."

"He must have his reasons. We should start heading over."

"Why're you telling me? You're the one walking. Oo, before you do, I need coffee, or ketchup. Something to keep me awake."

"Already got you covered, Richter."

Katsuki pulled a thermos from literally nowhere.

"Where were you hiding that?"

"I got my ways. Drink."

Sans took a big swig of the drink, before his eyelights widened and his gaze on Katsuki took into amazement.

"You combined ketchup WITH coffee?! Marry me~"

Katsuki knew Sans was joking with the "marry me" thing, but his face was still scarlet nonetheless. Sans was nursing the coffee, savoring the beautiful flavor (to him) for as long as he could.

Eijirou and his other friends watched from a distance. He and Mina snapped pictures to send to his moms and the rest of the class. He also made sure to text them not to say anything or face Bakugo's fiery wrath.

"Hey! Bakugo! Gaster! Over here!"

The two boys looked over to Mina's LOUD yelling. Katsuki's face morphed into a scowl when he saw his Squad Dumbasses. Only at Sans's insistence, aka him shortcutting onto Kirishima's back, did Katsuki make his way over.

"Hey bro, and co. What's up?"

"Oh, you know. Waiting for Mic to officially start the festival. I can see moms, Papyrus, and Asriel up there."

"Really? Where?"

Eijirou pointed out their family to Sans, not that he needed to. Papyrus had a large, pale orange banner that read, "GO SANS!" in massive, dark blue lettering. Sans's face adopted an equally massive dark blue blush on his face. He watched Papyrus flip the banner to a black side with massive red lettering that read, "GO EIJIRO!" and he burst out laughing. Eijirou looked back at the banner, only for his face to light up.

"HELLO LISTENERS! PRESENT MIC IS ASKING ALL STUDENTS TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE FIELD!"

"That's our cue guys. Let's do this!"

Sans was set on his feet, standing only a foot taller than Mina and four feet shorter than Katsuki.

"WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE ANNUAL UA SPORTS FESTIVAL! ALL OF THIS YEARS FIRST YEAR STUDENTS, RANGING FROM THE HERO DEPARTMENT TO GENERAL STUDIES WILL SHOWCASE THEIR SKILL TO ALL THE PRO-HEROES SITTING IN THE CROWD TODAY! NOW, A WORD FROM OUR FIRST YEAR REPRESENTATIVE, SANS W. GASTER! A BRIGHT AND SHORT, YOUNG MAN WITH DUAL QUIRKS CALLED SHORTCUT AND GASTER BLASTER! GIVE IT UP FOR - HEY OW! STOP THA -"

Sans prepared a speech on Aizawa's request, but he had no idea his Gaster Blasters were going to be mentioned. He walked onto the platform and stood in front of the microphone.

"WHOO! GO SANS!"

Sans chuckled into the mic when he heard Papyrus yell out.

"Thanks Pap. Hello and welcome to everyone who took the time to come out to watch the Sports Festival, and to the hardworking students eager to show off their efforts to be here. I think that every student here has done an amazing job in the school work and training their quirks. And the teachers also deserve thanks for putting up with a large amount of superpowered, angsty teens every day without much rest. So to every student participating in this festival, good luck and go Plus Ultra."

Sans walked off the platform, quickly going to hide behind Katsuki. Applause was coming from literally everywhere; from his own class, the pro-heroes, the parents, Papyrus (louder than most), even the other classes who weren't very fond of the hero course students. Sans buried his burning blue face in Katsuki's chest while Katsuki rubbed his back.

Katsuki was immensely proud of Sans, of his magnificent speech. If he was the first year rep, his speech probably would've pissed off everyone. Sans speech however, made everyone feel good. Made them energetic and competitive in a good way.

"Did you know about the blaster thing, Richter?"

"No. When Aizawa asked me to write the speech, he said that there would be a surprise for me, and I guess that was it. My odds of doing well in this event just went up a BIG percent."

A small blaster was summoned in Sans's hand. After the blaster looked around for the danger, and not seeing any, it rested on Sans's shoulder. It was still ready for battle if the need arose.

Most of the 1-A class had no idea that Sans had a "second quirk", but when Sans materialized a small dragon-like skull creature, they knew it was true. After the festival, Sans was in for one hell of an interrogation.

"NOW THAT WAS A SPEECH! CLASS 1-A'S SANS W. GASTER HAS QUITE THE SILVER TONGUE! FOR THE PRELIMINARY EVENT IS AN OBSTACLE RACE! ONLY THE FIRST FORTY EIGHT STUDENTS WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT EVENT! COMPETITORS TO YOUR STATIONS!"

Sans was squished into place as everyone rushed to stand in front of a huge door.

"THREE, TWO, ONE! GO!"

Sans summoned a five by five meter Gaster Blaster, sat on top of it, and rode it above everyone out of the narrow tunnel. Since Sans had access to one of his biggest magical assets, he was taking it easy, helping those who seemed to need it. He sat criss-cross with his hands on his feet.

He watched Katsuki fly ahead of everybody, using his explosions and Todoroki "skate" ahead of everybody. Sans spent a few minutes helping people stand after slipping on the ice before zooming ahead to where he found Todoroki freezing the Zero Pointers from the entrance exam.

They looked very off balance, and his suspicions were confirmed when everyone came running out. The vibrations from their shoes hitting the pavement sent the robots crashing down. Three thirty meter Gaster Blasters appeared, Sans's left eyelight turning bright blue and his right vanished. Standing on his feet, Sans swung his arm down and all four Gaster Blasters vaporized the abdomens on top of the frozen robots.

Snapping his fingers, making the three thirty meter blasters disappear, and summoning fifty or so twelve foot blasters to quickly rescue those about to be crushed by the blasters. Sans again zoomed ahead to a massive pink powder minefield, where Midoriya was digging with a big piece of scrap metal. Sans, having determined the field safe enough with a simple bang and pink smoke, started lazily flying down the trek.

The biggest bang sounded behind Sans, causing him to spin around with his blaster on full alert. A green blur flew past him, Katsuki, and Todoroki. No longer flying at his leisurely pace, his blaster flew past Katsuki and Todoroki to catch up to Midoriya. Sans was impressed with Midoriya's clever and quick thinking. He probably would've done the same if he couldn't use his beloved blasters.

Midoriya still ended up crossing the finish line first, but Sans was in second, Todoroki in third, and Katsuki in fourth. Sans was exhausted, and close to passing out. He used a lot of his energy helping people not get seriously injured and he was seriously suffering the consequences now.

"Richter, you good?"

"I'm exhausted."

"Try to hang in there. The next event is starting. Sans was hoisted onto Katsuki's back when Mic started "talking" again.

"TALK ABOUT A RACE! I CAN SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT THE SPORTSMANSHIP SHOWN BY THE FIRST YEAR REP WAS TRULY THE ESSENCE OF PLUS ULTRA! THE NEXT CHALLENGE IS A TEAM EVENT; A CAVALRY BATTLE! YOU ALL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO PICK YOUR THEM AND GET INTO POSITION! FIRST PLACE OF THE PRELIMINARY EVENT IS WORTH TEN MILLION POINTS! GOOD LUCK!"

"Hey Ground Zero, what's a cavalry Battle?"

"A four person team is in a horse and rider formation. The rider is on top with the other three on the back left and right and in the front. We can be on the same team, and since you're tired, you can be on top. You won't have to do much, but keep our headbands safe. We can have Shi- Kirishima join us, but we need one more person."

"How about Sero? He can use his tape to secure the headbands to my neck."

"He already joined a team. Oi! Raccoon Eyes! You're on our team! Shitty Hair! Get over here!"

And just like that, a team was formed. Katsuki was in the back left, Eijirou in the front, and Mina on the back right. Sans had all the headbands closed tightly in a small blaster's mouth, hugged tightly to his chest. He was dozing in and out of the whole match, but he never let go of his blaster. He was shaken awake when he was on Katsuki's back. He grinned sleepily when he heard their team got second out of the four teams allowed to move on.

"ALRIGHT! TIME FOR WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! THE FINAL EVENT IS A FULL ON BRAWL! EACH PERSON WHO WON THE CAVALRY BATTLE WILL FACE ONE ANOTHER! THE WINNER OF THAT FIGHT WILL MOVE ONTO THE FIGHT FIGHT, UNTIL THERE IS ONE WINNER! FIRST FIGHT, MIDORIYA IZUKU AND SHINSO AIZAWA-YAMADA! THE FIGHT WILL BEGIN IN TEN MINUTES, SO GO GET READY AND HYDRATE!"

Katsuki knew Sans somehow slept through the whole announcement so he carried Sans to where all the food stalls were. Some hotpot vendor looked to be questioning his life choices when Katsuki showed up.

"I need three big hot pots, one beef, one fish, and one vegetable. I'll also have spicy teriyaki chicken, and two bottles of ketchup!

The vendor's face lit up in joy, not even bothering to question the ketchup or voice that he didn't do teriyaki. But damn it, this was the first customer he had all day so screw it!

"Right away! That'll be thirty thousand yen, and it'll be ready in thirty minutes!"

"Good. We'll be sitting out here."

Sans slept on Katsuki's lap now. Katsuki had him positioned to where his feet and legs were draped around the picnic bench and his right side leaning heavily on Katsuki. The ketchup and two cups of ice water with lemon were dropped off by a young woman who looked at Sans with big stars in her eyes. Katsuki glared at her until she went away.

"Richter? Sans, it's time to wake up."

"Nooo. It's too early..."

"I have ketchup."

Sans made grabby hands without opening his eyes so Katsuki gave him one of the waters. That made him open his eyes, but mostly in confusion than anger.

"Drink the water. You can have your ketchup afterward. I got you some hotpots to help you get back some of your energy."

"Thanks..."

Sans was still a little out of it while he drank the water. He nuzzled his pale head right into Katsuki's warm neck.

"Spicy teriyaki chicken?"

"Mine."

Katsuki ate his chicken quickly and popped a mint in his mouth to not upset Sans's stomach. Sans, now finished with his water, popped the same straw into one of the ketchup bottles and happily drank away, more awake than before. The vegetable hotpot arrived first, and Sans surprised Katsuki by eating it all under five minutes, all while looking proper and without making a mess. Sans shared some of the seafood hot pot with him, and ate the whole beef one on his own.

"That was the best lunch ever! Thanks for lunch Ground Zero!"

"Of course it was the best! I bought it for the best person ever!"

"Me?"

Sans playfully cupped his face and fluttered his eyelashes.

"No, me!"

Sans and Katsuki burst out in laughter at the joke.

"C'mon. That Raccoon Eye's fight should be done soon. She was paired up with Home Depot."

Still drinking his ketchup, it was flipped onto Katsuki's back and they (Katsuki) raced to the student seating to watch the fight. Mina won the fight, but only because Sero lost his footing on the edge of the platform and fell onto the grass.

"ALRIGHT FOLKS, NEXT UP WE HAVE SERO HANTA VS TODOROKI SHOTO!"

That fight barely lasted five seconds. Sans was concerned about Sero. Being engulfed in a block of ice that big surely would injure someone. Sans handed his ketchup bottle to Katsuki and took a shortcut to the edge of the platform.

Todoroki's eyes lit up when he saw Sans, but darkened when the pale boy took Sero's arm over his shoulder and disappeared. Sans took a shortcut into Recovery Girl's office. She wasn't there, and since Sero was unconscious, Sans used his healing magic to help dissipate the quickly onset hypothermia and superficial frostbite. It was a good thing he lived in Snowdin his whole life; his healing specialized in ice and snow based injuries.

"Gaster?"

"Hey Sero. You feeling good?"

"I'm a little cold and hungry, but overall fine."

"Good. We'll get you some food, a blanket, and we can go back into the stands to watch the next fight."

"Where's Recovery Girl?"

"Oh, uhh, she was here a little bit ago and left before you woke up."

Sans wrapped Sero in a blanket and shortcutted them both to the food vendors.

"Welcome back young man! What can I get for you? Another three hot pots?"

"No thanks, I would like some cold soba, some yakisoba, and a ketchup bottle."

"Right away! That'll be eight thousand yen and it'll be ready in five minutes!"

"Thank you!"

Sans gave him the money and sat on one of the benches with a Sero burrito.

"Did you use your quirk to get me to Recovery Girl's office?"

"Yeah. My home town is a winter wonderland all year round, so I'm very keenly aware of the danger of frostbite and hypothermia."

"Thanks man. I appreciate you saving my ass. So...Gaster Blasters?"

"Heh, I didn't want to showcase that but Aizawa forced my hand."

The small blaster on his shoulder was fed more magic to keep it from disappearing completely. It flew off of Sans shoulder and hovered around, looking for danger. Sero watched the little blaster with a look of awe.

"It's so small. The ones in the race were huge!"

"I can control the size of each blaster I summon."

"Here you go! Do come again!"

"Thank you."

Sans took the boxes of food, Sero's arm, and shortcutted back into the student seating, which was clear of Katsuki and Uraraka.

"Where'd Ground Zero go?"

"Who's Ground Zero?"

"He means Bakugo, Midoriya. Bro, his fight is next with Uraraka."

"Thanks Eiji. Hey, Todoroki!"

The dual haired teen looked over at Sans and caught a box that flew at his face.

"Eat up."

Sans gave the yakisoba to Sero and drank his ketchup while watching Katsuki and Uraraka walk out onto the platform. He was hyper focused on the fight, not noticing the smirking faces of his classmates. Uraraka's meteor shower attack greatly impressed Sans. It was clever and counted on Katsuki destroying most of the platform. Katsuki was, unsurprisingly, unfazed and destroyed everything with the biggest explosion of his life and she inevitably passed out.

"WHAT AN AMAZING FIGHT! BAKUGO KATSUKI MOVES ON AND URARAKA OCHAKO MOVES TO RECOVERY GIRL! NEXT FIGHT IS SANS GASTER VS IIDA TENYA!"

Sans took a shortcut to the platform while Iida ran there.

"WHOO, GO SANS! THAT'S MY BROTHER!"

Sans face lit up in blue and he hid his face in his hand..

"Paps..."

"Your brother?"

"Yeah."

"I won't lose to you, Gaster."

"Alright."

Sans yawned and sidestepped a flying kick aimed at his face. His right eye light was gone and his left was glowing bright neon blue. He was gathering his magic. Swinging his hand down a smaller ten foot Gaster Blaster appeared and flew toward Iida. It collided with his chest and tried to push him out of the arena.

Iida managed to push himself out of the way and rush Sans. Sans materialized another blaster and managed to swap places with it, just narrowly dodging another kick. Sans made the blaster knock Iida into the air and snap its jaws over both his legs.

"It's been fun Iida. But this is my win."

Iida struggled, but was set gently on the grass outside the arena.

"THAT WAS THE MOST GENTLE WIN OF THE DAY FOLKS! SANS GASTER IS NOT ONE FOR HURTING HIS FRIENDS! SANS GASTER MOVES ONTO THE NEXT ROUND AND IIDA IS LEFT BEHIND! THE NEXT FIGHT IS MIDORIYA IZUKU VS SHOTO TODOROKI!"

Sans shortcutted his way back into the student seating, yawning a great amount. Katsuki made his way from his previous seat to sit next to the ever exhausted Sans. He pulled his thermos out of nowhere (again) and handed it to Sans.

"Thanks Katsuki."

Sans leaned his weight on Katsuki, and lucidly drank the ketchup infused coffee. Katsuki's face was light pink as he ran his fingers through Sans's hair. Most of their classmates were at the food vendors getting some food and drinks. After a few minutes, Todoroki and Midoriya made their way out to the arena.

There were ice shards flying everywhere, causing every single person to shield their faces; or in Katsuki's case, Sans's face. Sans slept through the entire fight so far much to Iida's annoyance.

"How is he able to sleep through this?!"

"Iida, he sleeps through Mic's English class, you think he won't be able to sleep through this?"

Uraraka and Iida bickered in the back while Katsuki turned his head to glare at them. Sans was waking up slowly, to catch the end of the fight, where Midoriya was launched out of the arena in a wall covered in ice. Luckily Sans wasn't awake enough to assist the self destructive boys to Recovery Girl's office.

Sans stretched his arms, feeling the joints in his arms pop. Katsuki slung his arm over Sans's shoulder.

"NOW THAT WAS A FIGHT! MIDORIYA IZUKU IS SENT TO RECOVERY GIRL AND TODOROKI SHOTO MOVES ON! FOR OUR NEXT FIGHT WE HAVE KIRISHIMA EIJIROU VS SANS GASTER!"

Sans groaned and shortcutted to the arena. He sat on a blaster while yawning and rubbing his eyes. Eijirou jogged up onto the platform.

"Good luck bro!"

"You too."

Eijirou instantly hardened his skin when he saw the blaster open its mouth. He tried running forward but was sent flying with the attack. Eijirou managed to slam his fists into the concrete and managed to stay on the very edge of the arena. He was only grateful Sans was awake enough to tone down the intensity of the attack to not vaporize him, just push him back.

"Can't get rid of me that easy bro!"

"I know. Look up."

Sans's sleepy smirk put Eijirou on edge when he saw a smaller three foot blaster above him. It smacked him in the face and knocked him off the platform on the grass.

"IS IT ME, OR ARE SANS GASTER'S FIGHTS GENTLE AND QUICK? REGARDLESS OF THAT, HE'S STILL THE WINNER! HE MOVES ON AND KIRISHIMA EIJIROU DOES NOT! OUR NEXT FIGHT IS BAKUGO KATSUKI VS TOKOYAMI FUMIKAGE!"

Sans rode his blaster off the platform and sat on the grass with Eijirou. Eijirou pulled Sans onto his criss-crossed legs and sat his head on top of Sans's.

"Good fight bro, but you really should put more effort into them."

"I know, I'm conserving my energy for the finals. Me and Katsuki made a bet, and I won't lose."

Eijirou hugged Sans tightly as they watched Tokoyami surrender the fight, ten seconds in.

"THAT HAD TO BE THE QUICKEST FIGHT YET, IF YOU CAN EVEN CALL THAT A FIGHT! THE SEMI-FINALS ARE HERE AT LAST! SANS GASTER VS TODOROKI SHOTO!"

"Wish me luck bro."

Sans rode a new blaster onto the stage and walked to his side. Todoroki walked out onto the field and didn't wait for anything. He sent a massive tsunami of ice at Sans. It had to be twenty meters tall. Sans acted quickly and trapped himself inside a blaster's mouth, to protect himself; there was no chance in Toby Fox's good name that he would dodge it. Making the blaster break all the ice with a violet shriek, everyone was confused to see the Gaster Blaster and not Sans.

Everyone's eyes bugged out when they saw Sans climb out of the blaster's mouth. For the first time of the day, his lazy smile was replaced with a violently yellow and blue left eyelight and a deep frown.

"My turn."

The blaster behind him vanished and was replaced by ten, five meter blasters who's attacks hinged on Sans's raised arm. Todoroki sent another wave of ice toward Sans and created a wall of ice behind him. Sans's Gaster Blasters all grew another five meters. Sans's arm shot down, palm facing the incoming ice.

Each blaster shot their attacks, destroying the ice as quickly as it came and shot Todoroki out of the arena, breaking the ice wall behind him, and the concrete wall on the edge of the arena created by Cementoss.

Todoroki was rendered unconscious in the student seating, where the area he landed was destroyed. He had multiple bruises and a possible broken bone or two. Sans lifted his arm back up, and vanished each of the blasters. Eijirou was quick to catch Sans when he fell backwards.

"THAT WAS THE MOST INTENSE FIGHT SANS GASTER HAS BEEN IN TODAY! HE MOVES TO THE FINALS WHILE TODOROKI SHOT IS SENT TO RECOVERY GIRL! NOT SO GENTLE WITH THIS FIGHT, I GUESS! AFTER A TWENTY MINUTE BREAK FOR SANS GASTER AND BAKUGO KATSUKI TO RECHARGE AND ENERGIZE, THE FINALS WILL BEGIN!"

Katsuki was quick to take Sans and take him to the hotpot vendor. That man was ecstatic and already prepared the food Katsuki demanded before. Katsuki chuckled and paid him the money and took the food to the table.

"I need another order of this chicken old man!"

"Right! Give me five minutes!"

Sans was shaken awake and grumpily ate his hotpots, three cups of lemon water, and two bottles of ketchup. Katsuki ate his spicy chicken and water.

"Our fight is next, Richter. You better give it your all."

"Trust me, I will. I won't lose our bet. Also, here's a bit of incentive so you do your best, though I'm sure you won't need it."

Sans leaned over the table and kissed Katsuki's left cheek. Sans's face was light blue, but Katsuki's face was a furious scarlet.

"Think of that as an incentive to get your prize if you win. Are you excited?"

"Oh, I'm winning this whole damn tournament!"

"ALRIGHT LISTENERS WHO'S READY FOR THE FINALS!"

Sans shoved the last bits of the seafood hotpot into his face and shortcutted both of them to the arena.

"HOLY- SANS GASTER USED HIS QUIRK TO GET THEM BOTH HERE! THE LEVEL OF SPORTSMANSHIP THIS YOUNG MAN HAS IS ASTONISHING! BUT WE WANT TO SEE THE FIGHT THAT DECIDES THE WINNER OF THE UA SPORTS FESTIVAL!"

Sans, surprisingly, started the fight by sending three ten foot blasters flying at him. Katsuki flew over them and toward Sans. Sans shortcutted behind Katsuki and tried to elbow the back of his head. His elbow was caught and he was thrown across the arena.

Sans shortcutted again right in front of Katsuki, surprising the blonde with his light blush and lazy grin.

"Hey."

Sans caught Katsuki off guard by kneeing him in the gut and using a blaster to knock him off his feet. Katsuki was back on his feet and blew up the blaster trying to knock him out of the ring. Sans surrounded Katsuki with about twenty ten foot blasters. They all fired at once, but Katsuki blew up half of them, but was still sent flying. Sans shortcutted behind Katsuki and used a huge blaster to trap Katsuki in its mouth.

"I've already seen this trick, Richter!"

Katsuki blew up the blaster he was in and used his explosions to build up his momentum to ax kick Sans's outstretched hand. Sans, realizing what he was planning, shortcutted away and sent more blasters at Katsuki.

These blasters were blown up, but served as the distraction Sans needed. He was twenty feet above the platform with two small blasters under his feet. Behind him were ten five meter blasters. Sans swung his arm down and they all fired. Katsuki tried to fight the force of the blasts, but the ground behind him was crumbling away and he was losing his balance.

"This fight is mine!"

One, two foot blaster collided with Katsuki's chest and shoved him onto the grass. Sans was exhausted with a capital E after that. He used so much magic, but he won. Both the festival and their bet.

"AND THAT'S IT! THE WINNER OF THE SPORTS FESTIVAL IS SANS W. GASTER! lETS GIVE IT UP FOR, NO WAIT....HE'S SLEEPING?!"

Sans was sleeping standing up on his blasters, still twenty feet in the air. The pro-hero Kamui Woods, helped get Sans down and handed him off to Eijirou, who was laughing hysterically. Papyrus, Natsumi, Ichika, Hizashi, Aizawa, Shinso, and Asriel made their way down from the stands. Eijirou was holding Sans while walking next to Bakugo, who was trying to take Sans from him.

"No way man, you got to hold him all day! It's my turn damn it!"

"Tsk! You get to hold him every damn day!"

Papyrus ended that argument by snatching Sans into a tight hug where he snapped awake and started yawning and stretching.

"Is the fight over? Who won?"

"You did, brother! The Great Papyrus is so proud of you!"

"Heh, thanks Paps. You can set me down now."

Sans and Katsuki were corralled back to the fixed arena where four differently sized podiums stood. Sans stood on the highest, Katsuki the second highest, Todoroki on the third, and Tokoyami on the fourth.

All Might gave them their medals, which they all received gratefully. Sans had a laugh when everyone assumed he would say Plus Ultra, but his laughter was cut short when he fell asleep on the podium.

Chapter Text

Sans was in his classroom, trying to doze off on his desk. His class had a free period, so Katsuki sat next to his desk with the rest of his "Dumbass Squad" around them. Their relationship was exposed when Kaminari was asking him when their wedding would be and if he could be the best man. Sans was a bright blue mess in stitches while Katsuki chased after the electric type blonde.

Right now though, he had to decide what Hero Agency he wanted to intern with and that was keeping him awake, much to his annoyment.

"Why're you still awake, Gaster? I'd have thought you'd be out the moment free period left Mr. Aizawa's mouth."

"I can't sleep. The Internship is bothering me. Paps want me to go somewhere safe, but the only safe agency belongs to Uwabami, and there is no way I'm going on live tv to promote products of any kind."

"What are your top three choices?"

"Snipe, The Wild Wild Pussycats, and Gunhead."

"If safety is a concern of your brother's, Gaster, why don't you go with the Pussycats?"

Mina agreed with Kaminari almost immediately.

"Yeah. They specialize in mountain and forest rescues and I heard from one of the teachers that they've taken time off for the rest of the school year and summer. You wouldn't be doing anything dangerous and you would still be able to learn under them."

"Cool. I guess I'll go with that then. Now that that's outta the way, I can finally get some -"

"Hello my sweet Class 1-A~"

"Oh come on."

Sans groaned and let his forehead smack against the desk. He was just getting ready to sleep. Katsuki gently shuffled his hair in sympathy.

"Alright, your free period is over. Get to your seats."

Katsuki ruffled Sans's already messy white hair before grumbling back to his desk.

"Midnight is here to help you choose your hero names. If I were you, I'd be careful with what you choose. There's a really good chance the name you choose now will stick with you for the rest of your life. So take this seriously and don't be an idiot."

Aizawa left the room with his sleeping bag, presumably to the staff room.

"Alright children. I will give you each a whiteboard and a marker. I want you to write down the hero name you want, and I'll help you revise it. Oh, and you'll each present them to the class. Good luck~"

Sans stared at the whiteboard as he racked his brain. Should he make his nickname Skeletor for the memes? Nah, too predictable. Bone Boy? Gross, absolutely not. He silently watched his classmates present their names with pseudo confidence. There were some good ones; like Froppy, Tentacole, Tsukuyomi, Red Riot, etc. However, there were some really stupid ones; "Can't Stop Twinkling", Pinky, Uravity, Deku, Shoto...

Sans respected Iida for taking up the mantle of Ingemium. He found out through Uraraka about what happened to Iida's brother. He felt bad about it, but didn't know why. Iida's brother was alive, injured and forced into an early retirement, but alive. Sans chalked it up to his human body giving him new emotions and sub emotions to sadness.

He nearly burst into laughter when Katsuki tried to argue "King Explosion Murder" was a good hero name. He DID lose it when he changed it to "Lord Explosion Murder."

"Stop laughing Richter!"

"Sorry, Lord Explosion Murder."

Sans's laughter increased and he fell out of his desk. Midnight smirked at the faint upward shift of Bakugo's lips. She knew these two had something.

"Oh dear, looks like we've run out of time. We'll come back to you lovelies after lunch break. Shoo now, before all the good food is taken~"

Sans got to his feet suppressing a yawn. Katsuki was in a heated argument with both Eijirou and Todoroki, even though he was yelling and Eijirou was laughing. Sans smiled, glad his bro got along with Katsuki so well.

He left the classroom, with his hand in his hoodie pocket. His hoodie made him look bigger than he actually was, but he wasn't wearing it anymore just to wear it. Because of his small human body, he got cold very quick and it didn't show how skinny he really was. He didn't like answering questions about himself.

"Yo, Gaster!"

Sans turned around, only to narrowly dodge...something. A sharp blade was embedded in the ground behind him with a piece of his hoodie.

"Wow, you actually dodged. Looks like Monoma was right."

A tall dude with a bug-like head glared at him. He had a fluffy looking green mohawk and pincer things coming from his mouth. Sans grinned at him, but narrowed his ear, preparing his magic to defend himself.

"I don't think we've met before. Is that any way to greet a new pal?"

"We're not "pals." Why would I want to be friends with some useless ass skeleton looking freak."

He wouldn't lie, that cut him a little. When Katsuki used to call him that, it was a friendly jab with no hostility, but this dude really didn't like him, for whatever reason.

"Cool. I'm going to lunch now. Thanks for the skeleton comment, but it kinda ribbed me the wrong way."

"What the fu- "

"Sorry, I'll stop, bugging you now."

Sans snickered into his hand.

"You little -"

"Oi!"

A loud explosion interrupted the bug-boy from finishing his sentence.

"Hey bro. Was this guy bothering you?"

"Nah, it's just a new pal of mine."

"Are you lying, Richter?"

Katsuki had the taller boy by his shirt collar. The boy's eyes were blown wide, and he was sweating profusely. It looked like the boy's collar was starting to burn as smoke came from his palm.

"Why would I lie to you, Ground Zero?"

"Bro, what happened to your hoodie?"

The boy looked to be regretting his life choices at that point.

"I accidently scared him and he used his quirk. He didn't mean to and already promised to replace my hoodie after school."

Sans sent a smirk at the boy.

"Right, pal?"

"Y-yup! Just an accident! Please don't hurt me!"

"Hmph, fine!"

Katsuki dropped the boy on his ass and slung Sans onto his back.

"Hey bud, wanna join us for lunch? I promise Ground Zero won't bite. Eiji might."

Sans laughed as Eijirou sputtered.

"S-sure."

The boy walked next to Eijirou as the four of them walked down the hall.

"So, pal, what was your name? I didn't seem to catch it in that chaos."

"Kamakiri Togaru. I'm in 1-B."

"Great to meet you Kama. Did you get any internship offers?"

"Yeah, uh, I got one from Snipe."

"I decided to go with the Pussycats. Ground Zero, Eiji, who'd you choose?"

"I'm going to Fourth Kind! He's a manly and intense pro!"

"Best Jeanist. He's the number four pro hero."

"I hope Pap is chill enough with the Pussycats being my choice."

"Bro, I'm sure he'll be thrilled it's not a dangerous agency like Endeavor's, Todoroki said he's an abusive man."

"He did send an offer to me, but I didn't want to go to his agency regardless. I don't like his face."

Katsuki and Eijirou snickered at Sans's comment, while Kamakiri balked. Sans got a sweet mango curry, Katsuki got a spicy chicken sandwich (I hate myself, I almost wrote sanswich, now all I can imagine is Sans in two pieces of bread) , Eijirou got a fruit sandwich, and Kamakiri got oyakodon.

Sans's nose crinkled at the spicy smell, but thankfully his sweet curry masked most of it. He listened to Katsuki and Kamakiri argue about pro heroes. Eijirou and him spoke quietly about his not-so-secret crush on a certain pinky girl in their class.

"Yo, Gaster!"

Kaminari and Mina plastered themselves on Sans and Eijirou's backs, with Mina being on Eijirou.

"What good did you get?"

"Mango curry with ketchup."

"But I don't see ketchup."

Sans grin grew wider as his eyes narrowed. You've activated my trap card. Sans reached into his hoodie and set four bottles of ketchup on the table. He popped the lid off one and started drinking. Kaminari narrowed his eyes at Sans and snatched the bottle from his hands and took a big swig. His eyes widened comically before spitting all on Katsuki and Kamakiri.

"That's actually ketchup?!"

Sans, Eijirou, and Mina burst out laughing as the two boys chased a sketching Kaminari around the cafeteria.

"Come on bro, lunch's almost over."

"Kay."

Sans tucked his spare bottles back into his jacket, throwing out the one Kaminari contaminated. He laid on Eijirou's back the whole way back to class while Eijirou and Mina talked about their hero names.

Sans once again stared at his white board, with no idea what to write down. He listened to more names his classmates gave. Cellophane, Sugar Man, Anima, Creati...

"Gaster and Bakugo. Since you both can't come up with your to-be alias at the moment, you'll have an extension until your summer break is over. That should be plenty of time for you both to come up with something. Until then my sweeties~"

Sans groaned and took out his phone. He started playing a mind numbing idle game, unable to sleep.

<~With Natsumi K. and Papyrus~>

"I hate paperwork."

Papyrus groaned as he stretched across his desk.

"Same. Hey, here's some money, go get us some sandwiches and coffee. We're going to need the brain fuel."

Papyrus took the money and walked down to the vending machines. He got two fruit sandwiches and two coffees before he heard some guys in the holding cells talking. He was the only officer in the immediate area, so he decided to eavesdrop on them.

(For easier reading, they'll be C1 and C2, edit: I was super uncomfy while writing this)

C1 - "Did you see the Sports Festival?"

C2 - "Hell yeah I did! The kids fought their best, and I'm proud of my nephew for getting into the final rounds."

C1 - "That Gaster kid looked cute. He's such a fucking twink."

C2 - "Bro, what?"

C1 - "What? You're telling me you didn't want any of that?"

C2 - "Dude, that's a literal child you're talking about."

Papyrus looked down when he felt something dripping on his foot. He gripped the coffee too tightly and it was crushed in his hands. He calmly (like Dumbledore) walked into the room and unlocked the guy's cell.

"Come with me."

Papyrus gripped the guy's arm, thankful for the station's lack of funding, meaning no cameras. Anywhere.

"I will let you go, if you see nothing, human."

"S-sure?"

Papyrus dropped the keys outside the cell and took the man out to his cruiser, shooting off a quick text to Natsumi.

Papyrus- Miss, Natsumi. I am headed to the store for better food than fruit sandwiches. I will return in a little while.

Natsumi K.- Nah, don't worry about it. Just head on home and I'm almost down with the rest of the paperwork. The kids and Sans will be home soon.

Papyrus drove his cruiser deep into the forest, a good mile away from the station and civilization itself.

"Where the hell you taking me?"

Papyrus's eyelights were swallowed by his now blood red sclera. He stopped the car and dragged the man by the hair to a rundown cabin hidden behind a cluster of trees and boulders.

Opening the door, a rancid and putrid smell hit the man in the face. Other than a dirty cutting board and butcher knife, a locked meat locker, and a locked door, the cabin was barren of anything. Then he noticed the rust colored stains on the walls, ceiling, and floor.

He was lifted off the floor by his shoulders and a sharp, agonizing pain erupted from the back of both shoulder blades and under his ribcage.

Papyrus let go of his, allowing him to sink on the rust and blood covered hooks. The man's pain increased tenfold when he wasn't being supported by Papyrus's hands. Papyrus walked toward the butcher knife, almost like he was in a trance. That's when he heard the voice.

"He was talking about Sans. Are you really going to allow him to say such...vulgar, nasty things about your beloved brother?"

"No. Nobody talks about Sans, or should even think about my brother that way."

"What are you going to do Papy? What are you going to do to the man who spoke and had such nasty thoughts about him?"

Papyrus swiftly threw the knife at the man's leg. Seemingly unaware of the screams.

"He does not deserve life. His soul is dark and filthy."

Papyrus yanked the butcher knife from the wall and unlocked the meatlocker behind him. Bodies of roughly men and women hung inside. Most were dead, but the ones who were still living were missing massive chunks of flesh, several limbs, and one even had their stomach slashed open, and their organs sitting on a rolling cart in front of them.

When the door was opened the ones still alive started screaming and crying at the sight of Papyrus.

"You shouldn't have spoken so badly of my brother, human."

Papyrus was out of his uniform and now in a set of mint green surgical scrubs, absolutely saturated with blood.

A little box appeared in front of the man's face.

"You have entered a fight with: 
"PAPYRUS" 
Hp - 57 
DEF - 18 
ATK - 86 
EXP - 97 
LV - 18  

"Let us begin, shall we."

Chapter Text

"Remember Papyrus. Stay with me. If we get separated anything can go wrong."

"Don't worry Father! The Great Papyrus will do the best job ever!"

Gaster and Papyrus stood in front of the newly repaired portal. Gaster had sent Alphys and Undyne home for the night.

"Are you ready to find your brother, Papyrus?"

"Yes!"

Gaster took a step behind Papyrus and smirked at a floating, transparent child in a bright green and yellow striped sweater. Blood started flowing down from the child's eyes as she shrieked with joy and flew into Papyrus's skull.

"Did you say something Father?"

"No, my son. Let's go find your brother."

Papyrus's dark eye sockets lit up blood red.

"Remember Chara. Don't make yourself known too soon. In order to truly take over this boy's weak will, you must make yourself out to be his own thoughts. It will be a tedious process and may take a while, but it is paramount to getting a new body for you."

"Hehehe, time for mayhem! You better uphold your end of the deal, WingDings!"

The possessed Papyrus walked into the portal with Gaster walking through several minutes after, when the hoodie was vaporized. This time, he put Papyrus's pet rock into the machine's Cross Dimensional Magic Locator. The portal lit up again and Gaster walked through.

<~>

Gaster reemerged on the roof of a tall building. He black, silk robes no longer covered graying. Ashy bones, but ashy, pale skin.

"I knew that would work. Hmm? It seems WingDings isn't possible with such a...fleshy human body."

Gaster summoned his Gaster Blaster, his bone attacks, and a thick, oily black goop.

"Good, my magic has transferred over nicely. Now, to find my...son."

Gaster let out a snicker and walked over to the roof exit. He walked down the stairs and into a bar-like room where a light blue haired man-child was griping about a, nomu? As soon as the few people in the room noticed the pale scientist, he was surrounded.

"Who are you and how'd you get here?"

A lizard looking monster in a mask held a knife in front of Gaster's throat.

"Pathetic."

Flicking his wrist, the goopy black substance dragged them all away from his person, leaving him to dust off his robes.

"Who the hell are you?!"

"My name is W.D Gaster. I have come to the wretched place to find my offspring, and maybe to do experimentation while I wait."

"Tomura, didn't the master say he needed a new scientist?"

"Yes."

"Bring him to me. And get him some proper attire."

A gravelly voice resonated through the bar, making Gaster's new eyebrow rise. He allowed the purple mist to teleport him to a restroom with a change of clothing and a mirror.

Dark gray hair; sunken, black cracks; light gray eyelights in an oily black void; ashy gray skin. Gaster's new human-esque body repulsed him, but he couldn't do anything about it at the present time. He dressed himself in a strange black, cloth robe that had to be tied. He left the restroom, only for the purple mist to fix his new robe.

"This is called a kimono. I take it, you're not from Japan."

"No, I'm not. Take me to your master."

Gaster walked behind the mist down an old, rusted wall to a room where an eyeless human was hooked up to countless machines.

"You may leave us, Kurogiri."

"As you wish."

The mist, Kurogiri, vanished, leaving the barely alive human lump and Gaster.

"Hello, W.D Gaster, I am All for One."

"Salutations. I hear you are in need of a new scientist."

"Yes. My last one...didn't follow orders."

"Pity. If you think I'm some lap dog, then you are sorely mistaken."

"No. You are a true man of science, and the father of one Sans W. Gaster, am I wrong?"

"That name is atrocious. His name is simply Sans. So you know where my incorrigible child is."

"Yes, he has taken up residence with a little family called Kirishima, and is in the Hero Course in UA High School. He is currently at the top of his class, in both school work and hero studies."

"Yes, my son was initially taught by myself. When he was...brought to this place, I assume this Kirishima family took my child in and enrolled him into the hero school."

"Are you interested in getting your child out of UA to learn here?"

"No. I think leaving Sans in that school will make him a stronger vessel for me in the long run."

"Elaborate."

"Sans was created by me for the sole purpose as a stronger vessel for my consciousness to take over. My current form will last for, at most, another few weeks. It is already deteriorating, so I will have to find a new, temporary form to take over, before Sans is ready. I will accept the open scientist position if you can provide a vessel that can last a few months."

"I see. Take your pick from this."

A clipboard fell into Gaster's outstretched hand as he looked over the many humans and monsters.

"This one. Haise Kai, quirk X-Ray."

"A grunt with a relatively weak quirk. One moment."

AfO pushed a purple button and Kurogiri appeared.

"Master."

"Bring me Haise Kai, immediately. He should be located in the Hassaikai Shie warehouse five."

"As you wish."

Kurogiri disappeared and reappeared with a lanky man with long, greasy, black hair and taunt, pale skin.

"Where am I?! Who the hell are you people?!"

Gaster smirked and forced both his and the man's soul to emerge. The man's soul was a deep burgundy; MALICE .

Gaster's smirk widened and fused their souls and plunged them back into the man's chest.

"I will be unconscious for a couple minutes during the transfer."

Gaster's old body melted into a goop and Haise crumpled to the ground. Slowly, the black hair on Haise's body grew lighter in color until it was a flawless white. His skin grew paler in color, his fingernail darkened to black. Gaster's silk black robes manifested from the goop and wrapped itself around Gaster's new body, as the wrinkled tee, pants, and sandals dissolved into black goop. The eyes snapped open to reveal two black voids with two white lights.

"That's better. This meat sack will last me a few months. Where is this lab, All for One?"

Kurogiri led him to the lab and gave him the rundown on Nomu. The one at USJ was an utter failure."

<~<~<~>~>~>

Papyrus held his head as he rifled through Natsumi's medicine cabinet, searching for the human drug aspirin, to hopefully ease his headache.

"Pa~py~..."

"Hello? Human Eijirou, is that you?"

"No Papy~ I'm a little monster who knows what is good, and evil."

"Wowie! That's so cool! I'm going to tell Sans!"

"No! Sans won't understand, he'll take me away from you! You don't want to get rid of me, Papy, right?"

"Of course not. I won't tell Sans. What should I call you?"

"Call me Chlo. I'll help you decide what's right and wrong! We'll be the best of friends, forever!"

"Wowie! That'll be so amazing! I'm going to become what humans call a policeman. It's like being a Royal Guard, but on the surface!"

"I'm so happy for you!"

Chara stayed out of Papyrus's ear until after they saw the panicked messages from Sans in the shared group chat.

"I hope Sans is okay."

"I don't know Papy. He seemed pretty scared. What if some meanie is bullying him?"

"No, Sans is much too strong for that Chlo."

"Maybe as a Skeleton Monster. He's a human now. And from what we've seen, humans are pretty weak creatures; with the only exception of the Great and Powerful Papyrus, of course."

"Sans being...bullied?"

"Whoever is being a meanie to Sans should face justice, right Papy? They could be beating him down, screaming disgusting, vulgar things at him. Are you going to let that stand?"

"No."

Papyrus's black eye holes flicker red for a brief moment before returning normal.

"Sans will tell me if he needs my assistance. Come Chlo! Lets go make our famous spaghetti!"

<~>

Papyrus watched as Sans descended the staircase dressed in a light blue t-shirt, black slacks, a white and blue flannel, and white sneakers.

"Papyrus, Sans going on a date isn't a great idea. When you have to go home, Sans will be too attached to this...HUMAN to go with you. He'll want to stay in this wretched place to be with his date."

Papyrus agreed, eyelight going crimson for a brief flash.

<~>

"Chlo. Sans went on the date."

"I saw. Don't worry Papy! There's still time to fix this! You still have to find your Dad right? Maybe he can help deal with Sans!"

"I hope so. In the meantime, all I can do is train to protect him. The stronger I can become, the more I can protect him!"

"That's the spirit Papy! I'll even share my spirit with you! It'll help you get stronger!"

"Aww! Thank you Chlo!"

Chara smirked and carefully fused his soul with their spirit, entirely. Papyrus slumped against the wall, but recovered with one eye completely red and the other normal.

"Did it work Chlo?"

"It did indeed my friend."

Over the course of a few weeks, Papyrus got quieter. More, rough with the suspects. More violent in general. There was one time he'd woken up in the kitchen holding a knife with a drippier version of his spaghetti sauce. Too tired to deal with it, he washed the knife and went back to bed.

When Sans got sik, and he had to take the vile human man to the station, he nearly impaled the man's through with his magic.

"Easy Papyrus. If you "punish" him now, Natsumi will suspect you of something. Best to wait for later."

"He is like the others. He is a disgusting piece of human trash Chlo."

"I'm more than aware. But if you're caught dealing with him, you won't be able to protect Sans anymore!"

"Fine."

Papyrus silently drove down the streets. His first kill had been entirely an accident. A woman who was criticizing Sans's unhealthy addiction to ketchup. He followed her as he walked through the woods with hiking gear and slit her throat from behind.

"OmTF, what have I done?!"

"It's okay Papy! She deserved it! She was bullying Sans! The whole point of us sharing a soul is so I can help you, and believe me when I say, she deserved what you did. Filthy human. Judging your precious brother for doing the things he loves! The nerve!"

"You're right Chlo. She didn't deserve her life, at all. I will continue to protect Sans. With everything I have!"

"Good."

Both of Papyrus's eyes bled with crimson light as he dragged the body to an abandoned cabin in the woods. Inside he had found several human corpses just rotting.

"Chlo?"

"You did this, remember?"

Papyrus did remember. He remembered killing dozens of people and stashing them here. Each and every one of them had something nasty to say about his brother. His regret faded into a disdain for the pathetic humans. He vowed that he would let no one get away with bullying Sans again.

<~>

"N-no more! Please, mercy!"

Cold, and moldy spaghetti was force fed to the disgusting human criminal whose very presence repulsed Papyrus.

"Mercy is not to be given to a filthy child predator who had his sights on my brother. Now, eat your spaghetti so we can continue our fun."

The man sobbed. He had been through days of none stop torture. The only times he got a break was when he'd answer his phone to talk to his family. He was supposedly on a fishing trip with a human he met at the market.

The breaks weren't very long. Only lasting twenty or so minutes. Then, it was back to scalping, the removal of finger and toenails, the peeling of skin, burning, stabbing, etc. The worst, is when the pale man would force gross and mold covered pasta down his throat. It healed him and gave him a temporary relieve from the pain, but his shock, pain tolerance, and mental damage was reset too, so he had to relive the torture every damn day until the man with red eyes decided to kill him.

The previous victims of Papyrus's wrath listened to the screams and sobs of the newest victim. They were glad they got a reprieve from their own torture, however brief. They knew when he was done torturing that man, their torture would return, but for now, they wait.

Chapter Text

A/N: Prepare yourselves, this is gonna be a pearl clutching, squee inducing chapter. An adorable break from the previous chapter's heaviness.

Katsuki got ready for his second date with Sans. He was going to surprise his pale date with a trip to the local festival. He dressed himself in a black yukata with a burnt orange obi. He told Kirishima what Sans should dress in, so he didn't spoil the surprise.

From what he learned from his last date, Sans was born and raised in a place where snow was the primary weather, so Greenland, Russia, Switzerland, etc. So he was positive that he had never been to a festival like this. He packed his money pouch with all his allowance, tucked it into a pocket he'd sewn personally into the inside of his yukata. He didn't care for pickpockets.

"Oi, hag! I'm leaving for Richter's place!"

"Don't be out all night, brat! And don't call me a hag!"

<~<~<~>~>~>

Sans was standing in front of a mirror while Eijirou helped him put a yukata on properly. It was an azure blue colored fabric with a darker navy obi.

"Eiji, why do I have to wear this thing? It's not uncomfortable, but it seems a little excessive for a cafe or park."

"Don't worry bro! You're dressed perfectly! You don't want to go on an empty stomach so Ma made some onigiri for you."

"Yum."

Sans ate a small platter of the onigiri with ketchup. Shota knocked on the door before Eijirou let him in. Asriel stood behind him, as Shota looked a tad bit guilty.

"Kirishima, do you happen to have plans tonight?"

"Uh, yeah. Denki, Mina, and Sero invited me to go to the arcade. What's up?"

"I don't trust those three to find their way out of a paper bag. Sans, I'm sorry to ask you this, but could you possibly take Asriel with you? I have to take Hitoshi to a doctor's appointment, Hizashi has his radio show, and your mothers are having a date night. I can't exactly leave him alone, and you already know how Kirishima's friends are."

"It's no problem. Does he have to be in one of these stuffy things too?"

"Yeah. Kirishima, do you have Yaoyorozu's phone number?"

"Naturally. Here."

Eijirou dialed Momo and tossed his cell to his off duty teacher.

"Hello Yaoyorozu. If you don't mind, I need a favor....A child's yukata for Asriel, do you remember him?...Good, thank you. How fast can you get here?...Great."

Shota hung up the phone and the doorbell rang.

"I'll be right back boys."

"There's no way Yao-momo got here that quick, right?"

"Well, Eiji. Five hundred yen says one of her servants has a teleportation quirk."

"I'll take that bet!"

Momo walked up the stairs and through the door with a measuring tape and stars in her eyes.

"Thanks for calling me! I'm always happy to help!"

"Yao-momo, how'd you get here so quick?"

"Oh, my maid, Akira, has a superspeed quirk. We were already in the area, only a mile away, so we came here after our weekly trip to the planetarium. So it was no trouble getting here at all."

Sans and Eijirou looked at each, silently declaring their bet a draw. Momo took Asriel's measurements, before making a black yukata and a green and yellow ombre obi.

"Since you're covered in fur Asriel, your yukata is made out of a lighter material, so you won't suffer through heart exhaustion."

"Thank you Momo!"

"By the way, are you two going to the -"

Eijirou was quick to cover her mouth and drag her out of the room, leaving Sans and Asriel confused.

"Dudette, don't tell him where he's going. Bakugo's taking him to the festival as a surprise for the second date."

"Aww, how romantic!"

"Right? My bro has quite the night ahead of him. Don't tell him yet."

After walking back in the room, Eijirou and Momo found Sans sleeping on Eiji's Crimson Riot bean bag chair.

"Bro! Wake up! You can't wrinkle your clothes now!"

Momo laughed while Eijirou hurriedly started fixing Sans yukata and she started helping Asriel his own.

"Gaster, I didn't think you slept this much."

"I was too nervous and couldn't sleep last night. Exhaustion is hitting me all at once now."

A massive yawn cut through Sans's body. Momo stifled her laughter and sneakily clipped two little, yellow bows next to Asriel's ears on his head.

"Alright Asriel! All done! I'm going to take a picture for Mr. Aizawa, so hold still."

Sans snickered at the little bows and didn't notice Eijirou tie the back of his hair into a baby blue bow as revenge.

"Alright bro. Try not to fall asleep, this yukata took a long while to perfect, and I won't be there to fix it. Blasty should be here soon -"

They hear the doorbell ring followed by some impatient knocking.

"Or he's already here."

Sans's face exploded in bright blue as he shortcutted downstairs. He opened the door to reveal Bakugo in all his handsome glory.

"Hey Ground Zero. You sure do clean up nice."

"I can say the same to you, Richter. Ready to go?"

"Yeah, but um. Asriel is coming with us. Everyone else has stuff to do, and Eiji is hanging out with the rest of your squad and Aizawa didn't trust them to keep an eye out for him. Do you mind?"

He did. Abso-fucking-lutely he minded! Now Sans's attention will be split! But...

"No, it's fine. I wouldn't trust those dumbasses with kids in any sense!"

There was no way in hell he would make Sans feel terrible about his situation. Sometimes, shit happens, and there's no other choice but to deal with it. Plus, the relieved smile Sans gave him made it all worth it.

"Great! Yo, fluffy-buns it's time to go!"

Katsuki snorted at the ridiculous nickname.

The small goat-child ran down the stairs, the top of his head, literally on fire.

"Don't call me that!"

Sans patted out the fire. He was certainly not a stranger to his fiery embarrassment. The small yellow bows were burned away, but Sans's bow remained on the back of his head. He took Asriel's hand and smiled at his blonde date.

"Let's go, Ground Zero."

Katsuki gripped Sans free and started leading him down the street. The festival was taking place in the park where a part of their first date happened. It was maybe two blocks away from the house, so Katsuki prepared drinks. A ketchup bottle and a grape soda. He hadn't anticipated a third person to attend the date.

"Here."

Sans took his ketchup and Asriel took the soda.

"Thanks for the refreshments Ground Zero."

"Thank you, how do I open this?"

"Here."

Katsuki took the glass bottle and popped off the little metal cap.

"Here brat."

"Not a brat, bitch."

Asriel drank his soda while Sans choked on his ketchup.

"Asriel! Where did you grow a potty mouth?! I haven't had you for more than an hour and Aizawa is going to kill me."

Katsuki cackled as Sans shook Asriel by the shoulders.

"I heard Hitoshi say it to Bakugo's dumb blonde friend when they were in his room last week."

Sans went bright blue and looked at Katsuki who's laughing was halted and resumed more violently.

"Katsuki, it's not funny!"

Sans was struggling not to laugh, cause the situation was damn hilarious. He failed his battle and burst out in belly aching laughter. Luminescent blue tears pricked at the corners of his eyes from laughing too hard.

"We're here."

Sans's laughter slowed until it was replaced completely with an excited blush, and his eyelights literally shaped themselves into little, sparkling stars. Bright golden lights, warm colors, happy faces everywhere, laughter from small children, the smell of cotton candy, and the feeling of calm that washed over his small frame.

"Welcome to the festival Richter."

"Let's go!"

Katsuki's hand was gripped tightly and was dragged through the narrow lane, barely missing bumping shoulders with the other people. Asriel ran behind Sans, the smells of burnt sugar and deep fried treats made his stomach growl.

"Azzy?"

"You hungry brat?"

"I'm not a brat, bitch. I'm not hungry. I ate at the house. Mr. Shota gave me ramen at the house."

"Ouch. Aizawa is not a very good cook. It had to be store bought cup ramen. Let's get some food."

Sans grimaced at the awful food memories, before lifting Asriel into his arms and jogging over to a food stall. They were selling fried chicken, takoyaki on sticks, yakisoba, and cold soba. Todoroki would love that cold soba.

"Whaddya want to eat bud?"

"What's yakisoba?"

"Fried noodles and veggies. Do you want to try some grilled fish or squid?"

"Fish? Like Undyne?!"

"No, no, no! Normal fish! Not like Undyne! Let's get takoyaki. You've had that before."

"Takoyaki is good. What's it even made out of?"

"Meat! Just meat and sometimes cheese."

Katsuki smirked at Sans's panic. Their friend Undyne probably had a fish mutation quirk. Smart move not telling the kid about the octopus.

Asriel happily munched on the takoyaki on a bench, while Sans and Katsuki watched from a small distance.

"Sorry about Asriel. I know you wanted this date to be special."

"It's as great as it can be, because you're here. You don't need to fucking apologize, if anything Aizawa can fucking apologize. He could've forced his husband to take the brat to his damn radio show."

Sans heard Katsuki talking, but he was laser focused on that first sentence. He was a dark blue mess. A soft splashing sound dragged his attention from his thoughts. Katsuki was fussing over Asriel, trying to mess up his fur while he ate, so Sans walked over to a small wood and plastic pond with small golden colored fish. A semi large golden and black fish swam through the smaller golden fish.

"You have your eye on our featured prize, huh young man?"

"What?"

"Holy- You're the winner of the sports festival!"

"Oh, yeah. I'm happy everyone enjoyed the event. What is that fish there?"

"You must not be from Japan. This is called a koi fish. They are said to be the beginning stage for great dragon evolutions. This one is called a butterfly finned golden dragon. Would you like to try winning her?"

"I'd like to try. How do you play?"

"You take this little paper scoop and try to scoop as many fish as you can. When your scoop breaks you have to pay for another one. For you, you can have the first scoop free of charge."

"Thanks."

Sans subtly used his magic to levitate the koi on the paper scoop so it wouldn't break and so he wouldn't get in trouble.

"First try. Amazing! Here, I'll bag her up and send you on your way."

"Richter."

"Heya Ground Zero, Azzy. Look at my catch."

"Heh, leave it to you to get the best fish."

"Fish? Like the grilled fish?"

"Yeah little buddy. Here. Your first pet."

The plastic bag was handed to Asriel, who's eyes were sparkling.

"What are you going to name it, brat?"

"Her name is Undyne. The real Undyne will laugh when she finds out."

"Alphys would appreciate the name."

The three boys got a big cotton candy to share, unaware of three pairs of eyes on them. Sans had a nagging feeling someone was watching one or all three of them, but since he was the winner of the Sports Festival and Katsuki was the second place runner up, he ignored it. It was probably another human who recognized them.

"Denki! You're sitting on my hand."

"Scootch over Kiri!"

Eijirou, Kaminari, and Mina watched the date happen. Mina was squealing whenever she saw Bakugo doing something gentlemanly.

"Sans, I need to use the restroom."

"Alright bud. Let's go find one."

"No need. I saw one over there. You stay here and I'll be right back. Hold onto Undyne II for me."

Asriel walked away, made two turns, and traveled through the ground to pop up behind the three idiots.

"Hello."

The three jumped out of their skin and spun around. Kaminari accidentally sent a mild electrical charge into his friends. Asriel snickered at the shock.

"You may be able to hide from the comedian and Bakugo, but I can hear you. You can't hide from my ears. I am the master at hide and seek."

"Heeey Asriel! You wouldn't rat out your good buddy Eijirou, right?"

"I don't know. What's in it for me?"

"Little extortionist. What do you want?"

"Mr. Shota borrowed my spear a couple weeks ago for something. He didn't give it back yet. I want my spear back. He might be at the house now. I want my spear."

"Done. I'll head home and find your spear. Just don't tell Sans and Bakugo."

"Alright. You have until we come home."

Asriel traveled through the ground again and popped up behind Sans.

"Hey bud. Find the bathroom?"

"Yeah. Where'd Bakugo go?"

"He's playing that game over there."

Katsuki had a fake rifle in his hands shooting at plastic geese as they moved quickly across a couple wood and metal beams. So far, he hadn't missed one yet.

"Congratulations young man! You have your choice of prizes!"

A woman with a dog mutation quirk was wagging her tail and was gesturing to a row of special plushies.

"Psst, hey, that boy is your date right? Get him a plushie he'll like."

Katsuki gave her a barely audible grunt, and looked over his options. There was a giraffe, several types of cats, a few different kinds of dogs, and even a large snake.

"I'll take that one."

Katsuki pointed to one of the dogs, it was pure white with beady black eyes, and a slightly curled tail, like a retriever. It was one of those jumbo plushies, so it was Asriel's size, give or take. Sans eyes blew up into stars with a bright blue blush, when Katsuki handed the dog plush to him.

"Sans, it reminds me of Toby."

"You know, he kinda does look like him, doesn't he?"

"Toby?"

"Heh, back home there's a stray dog everyone dubbed Toby. He loves to mess with people and loves to torment my brother and Azzy's mom."

Sans squeezed the plushie tightly and dragged Katsuki and Asriel away from the festival, to the duck pond that acted as the park's centerpiece. Asriel remembered a certain feature of his modified magic. He handed Sans Undyne II to Sans and ran along the edge of the water. Beautiful, glowing, blue Echo Flowers sprouted from the ground, filling Sans with a sense of longing.

"I...I didn't know you could do that bud."

"I found out two years ago, when I arrived."

"What are these things?"

Asriel gave Sans a smirk before continuing his run along the water.

"These are Echo Flowers. They usually only grow back home in a place called Water Fall. Here, hold Toby for a sec. Here is a special little feature of my favorite plant of all time."

Sans carefully plucked one of the flowers, cupped his mouth and whispered something to it. He handed the flower to Katsuki and placed Toby on the ground, out of his way. He offered a confused smile to Sans.

"Hold it up to your ear."

Katsuki chuckled and decided to humor Sans. He lifted the flower up to his ear and narrowed his eyes when he heard a whispering voice.

"Lift your head and face me, Ground Zero."

The voice was clearly Sans's, but it was echo-y. Go figure, Echo Flower.He lifted his head to face Sans like the flower said, and was met with a face. On his face. It took him a good few seconds to figure out what happened. Sans had kissed him. When he finally put the pieces together, Sans had his dark blue face hidden inside Toby.

Katsuki's face was burning, but his victorious smirk was very prominent. He yanked Sans by the waist to him, dropped the dog plush, and kissed him, this time with more passion. Asriel stood behind a tree with Eijirou, Mina, and Denki watching theri first and second kiss go down.

"Get it bro!"

"Damn, I wish Hitoshi kissed me like that."

"Aw, don't be jelly Kami!"

Asriel stayed silent, happy that Sans was happy and in love. Toby Fox knows he needs it.

Chapter Text

"SANS WAKE UP!"

Papyrus, Asriel, and Eijirou jumped on Sans's bed, expecting to dogpile on the sleeping boy. Sans was smart and used a shortcut to escape to Eijirou's bed.

"Hey bros, and Azzy. Good morning."

"MERRY CHRISTMAS BROTHER!"

"Heh, merry Christmas to you too bro. Why don't you and Azzy head downstairs and wait for me and Eiji to get ready for breakfast."

"ALL RIGHT! DON'T GO BACK TO SLEEP! I'LL KNOW IF YOU DO!"

Papyrus left Sans and Eijirou's room with Asriel happily perched on his shoulders. Their room was decorated very plainly with Sans bed holding homemade ketchup bottle lights and Eiji's held normal Christmas lights. Sans ketchup lights were made with actual red glass ketchup bottles with fairy lights inside. Todoroki and Deku made them for him as their joint Christmas present to him.

Eijirou waited by their door while Sans slipped on his fluffy black and orange robe and his favorite pink slippers. Mina and Denki had Momo make the robe to look like Katsuki's hero costume to tease Sans and Katsuki, and it worked, but it easily became Sans's favorite thing to wear. Sans also slipped a little box into his robe pocket, before sluggishly making his way over to Eijirou.

"Come on bro!"

"Keep your pants on, Eiji. I'm coming."

Sans grabbed Eiji's arm and took a shortcut into the kitchen. He took a special red and green ketchup bottle from the fridge and walked into the living room. Katsuki sat on the couch with Papyrus excitedly blabbering on about everything. The big tree in the room was a dark evergreen with silver tinsel, a range of dark and light blue ornaments, and golden lights. On top of the tree was an orb of golden magic created by Alphys.

The small humanoid woman sat near the fireplace on a quilt, in a light brown nightgown underneath Undyne's arm. When they arrived into the new world, Alphy's magic manifested into a "mutation quirk" so she had some golden scales going up her arms, legs, the soles of her feet, her cheeks, and her forehead. She also had her lovely tail, only smaller to more accurately fit her smaller, 5'5 body.

Undyne on the other hand was just as amazing as you can imagine. Long, flowing red hair, bulging muscles, a tall 6'3, dark brown skin, narrow yellow eye. She wore a black tank top with a pair of white sweatpants.

Papyrus was sitting in front of the tree with Asriel sorting through the presents, Shota and Hizashi sat on a couch, whispering to each other with gushy, love struck grins, Hitoshi was napping in an armchair with Denki on his lap. Said blonde menace was braiding different parts of the purplette's hair. Ichika, Natsumi, Eijirou, and Mina all took up the second couch. Ichika and Natsumi cuddled and Eijirou and Mina laughed at Christmas memes on Mina's phone.

Katsuki and Sans sat on the only loveseat. Katsuki was laid on it, with Sans in between his legs, resting the back of his head on Katsuki's chest. Everyone was with the person they love, (except Papyrus and Asriel,) and were having a great time.

"ALRIGHT! THE GREAT PAPYRUS HAS SORTED THROUGH ALL THE PRESENTS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ASRIEL! WE WILL PASS AROUND EVERYONE'S PRESENTS NOW!"

Sans gave Shota a coffee cup about twice as large as normal with cat paw prints all over. Hitoshi and Denki got matching sweaters that say "I'm with LoverBoy" and "I'm LoverBoy", Denki got the I'm loverboy one. Hizashi was easy, he got a new leather jacket and boots with his hero name on the back of the jacket.

Mina got a brand new make-up kit with colors that compliment her skin tone. Undyne got a hefty book about weapons in the new world, where to get them and how to use them, written by Sans after much research. Alphys got three anime box sets with the manga to go with it. Ichika and Natsumi got a set of tickets to go to a lakeside cabin retreat for a vacation.

Papyrus got five cookbooks all ranging from different topics. Asriel got a camera and blank photo album with a note saying, "Your mom would love to know what adventures you went on when you see her again."

Sans got a fancy bluetooth wristwatch from Hitoshi, a cat themed travel mug from Shota, a wireless microphone from Hizashi, a box of assorted candies from Mina, a blue winter hat from Denki, battle training gear from Undyne, a new science kit from both Ichika and Alphys, a light blue cape from Papyrus, a still living Echo Flower in a dark green and light yellow pot , and a gold bar necklace with Katsuki engraved with orange crystals.

Katsuki wore a similar necklace with Sans engraved on it with sapphires. It was so cute, Sans leaned up and pecked his cheek.

"Thanks Ground Zero. I love it."

"Good. I know you got me a gift, Shii-Kirishima wouldn't stop pestering me about how much you worked on it."

"Heh, Eiji is such a big mouth. Come on, it's in my room."

Sans intertwined his fingers with Katsuki's and took a shortcut into his and Eijirou's room. He grabbed two boxes and a wrapped book.

"This one first."

Katsuki took the book and tore the paper. An annoyed grin slowly formed as he read the title.

"101 Jokes and Puns That'll Tickle Your Funny Bone!"

Sans burst out into laughter as Katsuki stared at the cover, a picture of Sans dabbing.

"Richter, I swear to god -"

"Here, I hope you enjoyed your gag gift."

Sans tucked the book under his arm, and handed Katsuki the second, sleeker, pale orange box. Katsuki opened it and was met with row after row of ginger colored candies.

"I made them. These are ginger flavored bon bons. I know you don't exactly like chocolate, so I subbed it. If you eat one when you're injured, depending on the injury, it'll heal you."

Sans jumped when Katsuki bit his own arm, drawing a bit of blood.

"What the hell are you doing, Katsuki!"

Katsuki popped one of the bon bons into his mouth and watched a pale green light glow around his bite mark. The bite mark healed without traces of blood or a scar.

"Neat trick Richter. How about you -"

Sans punched him in the gut and hugged him tightly.

"You ever do that again, I'll do more than punch you."

"Sans, lets not -"

"You won't get cuddles for a whole month."

"Okay okay! I won't do that again!"

Sans took a smaller, recognizable box from his robe pocket. Katsuki opened it to see two rings. One was a gold band with a colorless heart in the center. The second was a silver band with an upside down with another colorless heart in the center.

"The gold one's yours. Put it on."

Katsuki slipped the ring on his left index finger, and watched the heart turn into a bright, gleaming ruby. Sans put his ring on his right ring finger and the gem turned into a golden, twinkling topaz.

"The gemstones react to your soul's primary color. Also, this might be me being a worry wart, but they also have another purpose. If you or me are in danger, the other's ring will start to try and pull you to where the other is. Do...do you like it?"

Katsuki pulled Sans in his lap and planted a kiss on him. Their impromptu make-out session was interrupted when Sans started smacking his shoulder, needing to breathe. Katsuki pulled away and he pressed his forehead to Sans's, panting equally as much.

"Safe to say you like the gift."

"I do. Let's head back downstairs and get some breakfast."

"That sounds great."

Katsuki slipped his ring onto his necklace chain to hang over the gold bar. Sans kept his ring on his right ring finger, too lazy to really move, and not caring about getting teased for it.

The two boys took the stairs, to soak up as much alone time as they could. Everyone had a hearty breakfast of blueberry waffles and bacon, before the antics started up. There was a game of charades that, surprisingly, Shota and Sans kept winning. Katsuki was on Kirishima's team, due to being in the bathroom when teams were being made.

There was also a cookie decorating contest. To no one's surprise Katsuki was the hands down winner with Asriel as his partner. Sans was the loser because he decorated his cookies with ketchup and white buttercream to make little santas, and while they looked stunning, they tasted horrendous to everyone but him.

They all went to Kim's Korean Barbeque for lunch and made the staff's day when they spread the holiday cheer. After they went home the games continued with a scrabble championship. Katsuki and Sans were in the semi finals and after Sans beat him, he went up against Ichika, who won against Alphys. The two scientists took three and a half hours before Ichika won. There was celebratory hot chocolate and naps for those who didn't cook; aka the children and Sans, who slept on top of Katsuki.

Their Christmas dinner was legendary. Ham, potatoes, fried chicken, veggies, biscuits, and apple and blueberry pies. After dinner the karaoke started. No one really wanted to do it except Papyrus. And Papyrus being Papyrus, dragged Sans into it. They sang Mariah Carrie's iconic Christmas song, All I Want For Christmas.

All of a sudden, the room went dark. Sans looked around as his friends started turning to dust and their HP dropping too quickly for his liking. Katsuki, who he had been holding on to, gave him one last kiss before he too dusted away in front of him. Sans broke down and fell to his knees, clutching his nice blue vest, screaming in agony.

"Why so sad, Comedian? Did you think I wouldn't want to continue our game?"

The human stood before Sans holding their oh-so precious kitchen knife.

"You!"

"...."

"I'll see you again soon!"

"S..nss.."

The floor underneath his feet started falling and there was nothing he could grab onto to save himself.

"SANS!"

Sans eyes snapped open and a three foot blaster appeared next to him, ready to fight. Katsuki stood in front of him, looking like he'd seen a ghost.

"Sans, are you okay? You were having a nightmare."

Sans launched himself at Katsuki and started sobbing his soul out into his chest. Katsuki's heart started crumbling in on itself, unable to sooth Sans's heart wrenching cries. Soon after the chest of Katsuki's night shirt was saturated with tears, he passed out.

Sans was staying at Katsuki's because after their date...

<~Flashback~>

Sans, Katsuki, and Asriel made it back to the house after Asriel "caught" them making out. The walk back was peaceful and Katsuki left them at the front door, his another chaste kiss and a good shuffle of fur before making his trek home.

Sans was on cloud nine, but that euphoric feeling quickly evaporated when yelling and screaming was heard.

"Asriel, stay behind me."

Opening the door with his magic ready, he saw Eijirou screaming at Ichika and Shota.

"What would possess you to think that they're dangerous?! They have been nothing less than nice since they arrived!"

"It wasn't my idea Kirishima! Nezu asked your mom to make it, in case something happens!"

"And that was a good enough reason for you Mom?! In case Sans goes all dark and evil?!"

"Eijirou, I-"

"Woah, woah! Everyone calm down, break it up. What is going on here?"

The two adults froze and stared at Sans, with his worried gaze and kiss swollen lips.

"Sans!"

Eijirou engulfed him in a hug and dragged him away from his mother and teacher.

"These two made a machine to kill you, Papy, and Azzy if they thought you would turn out to be evil!"

"What?"

Sans looked at Shota, who averted his eyes.

"Ichika, tell me you didn't..."

"Sans, it was just a precaution. Scientist to scientist, you know it was the right thing."

Sans felt his heart start to break. One of the first humans he met in this world, the first one he told about his home, about his life, made something to kill him? To kill his brother and Asriel? Sans's head started swaying. He snatched Asriel off the ground and bolted out the still open door. He could hear people yelling for him and even running after him, but he couldn't stop. He eventually stopped running outside the festival where Katsuki was getting into his dad's car.

The people he'd been living with for maybe a month, maybe two, wanted to kill him? He didn't know what to make of that. Back in the Underground, Monsters talked their problems out so nothing like this would happen. Humans were simple creatures, but Sans is one now. Would he become as predictable as them? Would he stop treating people fairly, and act irrationally? Shoot first, ask questions later, as he had heard Natsumi say once?

"Richter?"

Sans dropped Asriel and started crying. Fat, glowing blue tears started traveling down his cheeks. Katsuki rushed to pull Sans into his chest. Sans sobbed into his chest while Asriel tried to explain what happened.

Masaru strapped Asriel into the front seat and Katsuki corralled Sans into the backseat. Sans laid on his stomach with his head on his chest. When they reached Katsuki's house, Sans was calm enough to actually explain what happened.

"Eiji's mom and Aizawa have made precautions to neutralize myself as well as Asriel and Papyrus. I couldn't handle it and ran out with Azzy. Pretty childish, huh?"

Masaru shook his head and patted his shoulder. Katsuki was in the guest room setting up the bed for Asriel.

"I don't think it's childish at all. Hell, I'm forty-two and I probably would've thrown things at them and screamed bloody murder. You handled that situation the best anyone your age would've. I know you boys ate at the festival, but are you hungry? Katsuki told us about your appetite. Is it caused by your quirk?"

"Y-yeah, I need a lot of energy for my quirk, so I sleep a bunch and eat as much as I can, whenever I can."

"Alright, we have a big bowl of curry in the fridge. Don't worry, I made it, so it's not spicy."

Sans got dressed in Katsuki's night clothes and Asriel was dressed in one of Masaru's shirts. They both ate three bowls of curry before Mitsuki got home. Then they all watched a comedy movie. Katsuki and Mitsuki wanted horror, but Sans's choice of a comedy won out because of Asriel. In the middle of the movie, Sans, Asriel, and Mitsuki were all out cold. Masaru took his wife and Asriel to the guest room and his bedroom and Katsuki took Sans to his room.

<~End Flashback~>

Sans may have been unconscious after his sobbing, but he was still very much aware. He felt Katsuki lay him back onto the bed, and hug his body close. The kid was in the new world. The kid RESET the new world, who knows how many times. After his body woke up, he kissed Katsuki's forehead and took a shortcut into the school library.

He took books on welding, gemstones, and quantum physics. His past self's idea with the ring was a great idea. Only he would teak it a small bit. Depending on the severity of the danger the ring bearer was in, the ring would force him to shortcut to their location. He made one for Katsuki, Eijirou, Asriel, and Papyrus. He was also brushing up on his knowledge of quantum physics with a large cup of straight, black coffee. He couldn't stand the taste, but it did its job and kept him awake.

If the kid really was in the new world, then he needed to do something. Build something to prevent them from using more RESETs. It took him a whole day to make just one of the rings. For four days Sans wholed himself in a science lab closest to the library he was in. He made sure it was clean and spent the four days it took to make those rings in that lab.

He did, on occasion, leave to the cafeteria to get sandwiches from the vending machines to replenish his magic, but that was it. The rings took a lot out of him, but he either didn't care or notice that his human body needed to eat too.

On the fifth day, Sans was delirious with hunger and sleep deprivation. The only time he really interacted with people was when he tapped into a blaster's vision to pass out the rings. Papyrus was on his fishing/camping trip, so he had to wait. Asriel was at home so he had to wait too. Eijirou and Katsuki got their rings, with a little slip of paper explaining what they did.

In present time, Sans was stumbling from the library to the science lab, nose deep in a book. He had deep purple bags under his eyes, and his hair was oily. He was using the wall as his only support while walking.

Shota was walking toward him when Sans walked past the classroom. He caught up to his student halfway to the science lab. He rushed to catch Sans when he tripped over himself and fell to his knees. Shota watched him struggle to get back on his feet for a good minute, before gripping his upper arm and helping him to his feet.

"Let go of me."

"You're lighter than usual. You also haven't been in class or sleeping."

"Why'd you care? You wanted to get rid of me, remember. Just making your job easier by doing it myself."

"Sans, that is not– ugh, I never wanted to get rid of you. You are my favorite, and best student."

"Yeah, like I'd believe that. If you'll excuse me...I have...to get back...to my wor..."

Sans fell forward.

"Sans! Shit."

Aizawa caught Sans and held him up. Sans was sleeping, and it didn't look like he was gonna wake up anytime soon. Aizawa lifted the sleeping boy up and started speed walking to the Recovery Girl's office.

"Aizawa? Where's the fire?"

"Gaster is unconscious. I suspect he hasn't been eating and I know he hasn't been sleeping. Set up -"

"Aizawa, if you start telling me how to be a doctor, I'll hit you with a wooden spoon."

"Alright, alright"

Aizawa chuckled and laid Sans out on the bed. Recovery Girl hooked Sans up to two IV drips to help restore his fluids. Outside the door, Eijirou and Katsuki stood eavesdropping on their teacher and school nurse.

"Shota, where'd you find the poor boy? There is an obscene amount of caffeine in his system and not a lot of food. It looks like his body absorbs his food immediately after consumption."

"He was in hallway 1-A2. I think he was coming from the library and headed to the science lab. He had this book on him."

" The Space Time Continuum Theory Book 3 ? This is advanced stuff Shota. I know you don't teach this, this is reserved for the students Nezu personally teaches."

"I know. I don't think he had a pass on him to get the damn book, or why he even has it in the first place. I'll go check out the library and then the lab and see what I can find. Radio me when he wakes up. I've got questions for him. Should I bring food? Water?"

"Not until I call you. Right now, It'll go cold and go to waste. I'll take a fruit salad and a mango juice."

"I'll tell Ecto. See you later."

Shota sent a text to Ectoplasm and started walking to the library. If he saw a redhead and a blonde hiding behind the doors to Recovery Girl's office, he wouldn't tell anyone. In the library, he asked the librarian where Sans had been sitting.

"Follow me, son."

Shota followed the older man to a secluded table in the third year section. The table was stacked with books about quantum physics, space time, welding, human anatomy, quirk history... The collection of books was very concerning to Shota, but he needed to give Sans the benefit of a doubt.

"That young man has such a penchant for learning. He comes into the library in the mornings with his big ol' coffee mug and doesn't leave this table until lunchtime, then he returns and stays for another couple of hours and doesn't leave until I'm ready to leave. Then I don't see him again until the next morning. I will say though, he doesn't look like he's getting sleep. Is he okay?"

"Yes, don't worry Shunsuke. He's with Recovery Girl sleeping."

"Oh, that's great. Here, give this to him on my behalf. Three of the third years made it for him, I think you know them. Togata Mirio, Amajiki Tamaki, and Hado Nejire? They came in quite a few times and even sat down to read with the boy, though he never acknowledged them. I don't think he even knew they were there."

Shunsuke gave Shota a card with a double helix and on the inside it had a sloppy drawing of the three third years and Sans. It had "Invited" in big bold letters.

"HEY GASTER! You are invited to Nejire's place for a study party! Can't wait to see you there!"

Shota chuckled. Even when out of commission, Sans was able to befriend anybody.

"I'll make sure he gets it. Tell them that he's in the infirmary so they don't think they got stood up."

"No problem. Bye Shota."

"See ya."

Shota walked back down the hall, passing where he found Sans and straight into the science lab. The first thing he noticed was that it had recently been cleaned. Like, meticulously so. Cleaning supplies were still in the room and the room smelled like bleach. There was no sign of anyone being here except Sans.

White boards were everywhere. A strange language, resembling the ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, that Shota couldn't make heads or tails out of, littered countless papers. The white boards held numerous equations that Shota was nowhere near smart enough to deal with. So he decided to call the one person who was. Or, was it a mouse bear?

<~>

"Hello Aizawa! To what do I owe the pleasure of your call?"

"Come down to the science lab in hall 1-A2."

"Why? The room should've been cleaned out by now."

"What?"

"It was a science lab, but since we've got better ones, I was planning to refurbish it into a study room for the second and third years."

"Well, it's currently still a science lab, in use. Get down here."

"Alright. On my way."

<~>

"Fascinating! These equations should be well above where Sans is in his studies."

"Well what do we know about his life from where he came from?"

"Nothing. When we interrogated him, he cleverly shifted our attention onto your charge with jokes, and Asriel's tragic and vicious past. All we know is that he and his family were skeletal monsters and his "quirk" is just magic. Other than that he was a blank slate, up until now."

"What do you mean?"

"He's obviously intelligent. I would say he is equal to or smarter than me. He is able to read and, assumedly, understand quantum physics and space time. Who's to say he doesn't know more."

"Right, well...we should leave everything here and wait for him to get well enough to explain everything."

"Well? I wasn't aware he was sick."

"He found out about that damn machine you had the Kirishima matriarch make to combat them if they got out of line."

"How'd he react?"

"Like any child who found out that the people you live with are so scared of you, that they're willing to kill you. He ran out of the house and is staying with Bakugo. Kirishima isn't even staying at the house. He was pissed at us and is staying with his friend Ashido."

"Hmm. I had suspected this as an outcome. Is he eating properly?"

"I don't think he's eating at all. Or sleeping for that matter. There was a shit ton of caffeine in his system, so he must've been guzzling coffee."

"I would like to see Sans. Is he awake yet?"

"No. He's with Recovery Girl and she'd call me if he woke up."

"Ahem, Shota. We have a problem at the infirmary."

"What's that issue?"

"Your class. Get down here and get them in line, before I really do break out my wooden spoon."

"Alright, we'll be there soon."

Nezu climbed up Shota's body and hid in his scarf while Shota ran down the hall. His class was standing outside the door with Recovery Girl in front of them.

"I am well aware you are worried about Gaster's wellbeing, but I cannot allow any of you in right now. He is resting! Aizawa, control your kids!"

"Alright, everyone pack it up and get back to the classroom."

Midoriya - "But Mr. Aizawa, what is wrong with Sans?!"

Sato - "Is he sick?"

Momo - "I can make him some medicine!"

Before the circus could continue, Shota had Iida escort them all back to the classroom.

Aizawa - "What a headache."

Sans - "You're telling me. Man, thanks for making them leave, teach."

Everyone's heads snapped back so quick, Recovery Girl was worried they got whiplash. Sans laid in the bed still, his right arm draped over his eyes and his left leg propped up.

Sans - "Mind dimming the lights a small bit? I feel like I just had a bender at Grillby's."

Nezu - "You drink?"

Sans - "Used to. Can't really get a drink looking like this. I'd be laughed out the door. Damn I miss whiskey."

Shota dimmed the lights and sat next to Sans's bed.

Aizawa - "Sans, are you alright? You haven't been acting like yourself."

Sans - "Sorry. Finding out people want you dead, kinda puts a damper on your mood."

Nezu - "If I may, Sans. No one wants you to die. It is a precaution. The machine doesn't even cause mental or physical damage. It just renders you unconscious. There are humans that would love to get their hands on you and force you to fight against us. I am very aware that you have a good head on your shoulders and would never fight us willingly. Do you understand now?"

Sans - "Sorta, I think. Can I leave now? I have some stuff I need to get back to - OW! What was that for?"

Recovery Girl stood next to his bed holding a pink, wooden spoon.

Recovery Girl - "I am done dealing with this attitude. You are not going anywhere right now, and so help me, if you set one toe out of this bed before I say so, you will not leave this office for a week. So lay there, shut your trap, and eat you food. Understood?"

Sans - "Y-yes ma'am!"

She smiled warmly and handed Sans a tray with two servings of katsudon, two oranges, a salad, a bottle of milk, and a juice box.

Recovery Girl - "You better eat all your food, or I'll have to give you a gastric feeding tube, and trust me, neither of us want that."

Sans - "W-what is a gastric feeding tube?"

Aizawa - "It's a tube that goes through your nose, down your throat, into your stomach, and it pumps liquidized foods into your stomach."

Sans ate a piece of the fried pork very quickly, making the small old lady smile at him.

Recovery Girl - "I'm going to the little ladies room. Call me if anything happens, Shota."

Aizawa - "Alright."

After she left the room Sans had already inhaled one of the pork cutlets with tears streaming down his face.

Sans - "It's so good~"

Nezu - "Good. Lunch Rush was offended you stopped eating his cooking."

Sans - "Why, he has over a hundred other children to feed. What difference do I make?"

Nezu - "Yes, he does have a whole school to feed, but he told me that no one ate his cooking with as much enthusiasm as you."

Sans - "Heh, I'll go apologize to him after the Warden lets me leave."

Nezu - "Splendid! Now, we were just in the science lab. You seem to have made your own. Care to explain what we saw?"

Katsuki and Eijirou once again snuck out of their classroom to listen in. Eijirou was nervous about Katsuki finding out about Sans, but he deserved to know. Katsuki on the other hand was relieved that Sans was awake. Kirishima wouldn't let him go into the room, but didn't force them to leave either. He had the ring Sans made for him on a necklace chain he took from his mother's jewelry box. The gemstone turned into a ruby heart the second he touched it. Kirishima's ring had a light orange citrine heart shaped gem on his and he wore it on his right middle finger.

Sans - "Heh. I didn't think I'd have to deal with this yet. Fine. Ask me your questions, and I will answer them honestly, though I won't make that a promise."

Shota narrowed his eyes at the odd phrase, but didn't question it.

Aizawa - "Why haven't you been eating or sleeping?"

Sans - "I believe I slept and am still eating."

Nezu - "Shota, let me ask the questions. Sans, can you explain to me the strange dialect in the lab? It is written on every single one of your papers."

Sans - "Shit. I didn't even notice. It's called WingDings. I'd speak to you, but this flesh suit isn't capable of producing the correct sounds. My old man taught it to me when I was still a little babybones."

Aizawa - "What was your father's name?"

Sans - "W.D Gaster. If you can't tell, his full name is WingDings Gaster, but nobody calls him that. Just Gaster."

Nezu - "I see where you got the inspiration to make your alias."

Sans - "Nope, that was all Ichika. Told her about my dad and she came up with the name. It's weird that almost everyone calls me by my dad's name, but I got used to it."

Aizawa - "What was your job back in Snowdin?"

Sans - "A sentry. Back in the Underground humans would sometimes find their way in. It was my job to find them, catch them, and take them to the Royal Guard."

Nezu - "I'm detecting humor, in your tone?"

Sans - "Yeah, I sucked at it. Never caught a single human, and never really cared to. If they left everyone be I didn't bother to deal with it. It was just a glorified naptime for me."

Nezu - "Fascinating. However, I know that wasn't your only job."

Sans - "Heh, I knew there was a reason people called you the "smartest creature in the world." Yeah, I was the Royal Judge. When monsters, or humans, posed a threat to the King or those around them, or even just wanted to meet with the King, it was my job to judge them, and/or "deal" with them, if you catch my drift."

Aizawa - "So you were the Royal Judge, Jury, and Executioner. How did you decide who was good and bad?"

Sans - "By looking at their Soul of course. I'd show you yours, but my magic is too weak at the moment."

Aizawa - "How is your magic weak? You didn't seem to have this problem before?"

Sans ate his last orange slice and sighed heavily.

Sans - "Time for a Monster biology lesson. As you said, I haven't been eating or sleeping properly. Like your fleshy human bodies, Monster Magic is highly dependent on the Monster's energy. The past four days I have been working on no sleep and just enough magic to craft four rings for those I deem as closest to me. Katsuki, Eijirou, Asriel, and Papyrus. If they are in danger this ring,"

Sans showed the two adults a gold band with a swirling white and yellow gemstone in the shape of an upside down heart.

"will force me to shortcut to their location, depending on the severity of the danger they're in. It's a two way street though. If I'm in danger, the ring closest to my location will incessantly pull its bearer to me. Their bodies can't handle my shortcuts on their own, so the pulling method was the best I could do for them."

Nezu - "That is quite the scientific feat. How did you manage it?"

Nezu had a smirk on his face, for whatever reason. Sans didn't care enough at the moment. He laughed, his pride overshadowing his humility.

Sans - "Well when your dad is the Royal Scientist and you are the lead scientist on Monster Magic and Souls, you tend to be pretty smart in certain things."

Nezu - "Shota?"

Aizawa - "Yeah, I hooked up the nitrous oxide to his breathing thing. He should be high enough to speak freely without hiding anything."

Sans - "You're a hoot, Aizawa. Hehe, where's my Katsuki? I scared the shiznik outta him the other night. I want cuddles."

Aizawa - "What do you mean you scared him?"

Sans - "I had a nightmare about the RESET and I scared him. I can't stand the RESETs. I will make RESETs go bye bye! No more RESETs for this world! That's a funny word. REESSSEET."

Aizawa - "Sans, what was your nightmare about?"

Sans - "A RESET, obviously! It was a happy Christmas party with everyone there! Alphys and Undyne were even there! Everyone was having such a great time! That ham was amazing! Do you have ham here?"

Aizawa - "Sans, the nightmare?"

Sans - "Oh yeah! Then that damned human showed up and everyone dusted away right before my eyes. I couldn't save anybody then, so I am going to save them now. That damn human ruined my life in the Underground, they are not ruining it here."

Sans's face held a serious look, and his ring had a dark crimson color and started to mix with the white and yellow. That all disappeared when he looked at his closed fist and started panicking.

Sans - "Aizawa! My fingers are gone! Someone stole my fingers!"

Aizawa - "Open your hand, Sans."

Sans opened his hand and wiggled his fingers and started giggling.

Sans - "Aizawa found my fingers! Yay! Next round's on me boys!"

Nezu - "Sans, what does it mean to, "dust away?"

Sans - "Dying, obviously! You sure are dumb. When a Monster dies, their body goes, poof! Their body crumbles and their dust is in a pile on the ground. I remember the first time Papyrus got dusted. It scarred me for life."

Despite the horrifying statement, Sans was playing with his hair and giggling. Nezu sucked in a breath and asked the heavy question.

Aizawa - "Sans, what is a RESET?"

Sans froze and his hands fell into his lap. He lifted his eyes to meet Nezu's somberly. His mood went from happy and giggly, to serious.

Sans - "A RESET is exactly what it sounds like. The damned human is called Frisk. They teamed up with Asriel's bloodthirsty sibling to kill every Monster in the Underground. Every single time, when they reached the Judgement Hall, I would kill them. Over and over and over again! They just kept RESETing and continuing their fight with me until...I got dusted."

Everyone, Shota, Nezu, Eijirou, and Katsuki froze in horror. Sans never told Eijirou that he died. Katsuki, learning all of this at once, was taking it well, until he learned Sans had apparently died.

Sans -"No matter how many times they killed every Monster in the Underground, they RESET everything back to the beginning. I would wake up in my bed, from a nightmare that just kept happening. Do you know how frustrating that is? To be stuck in a time loop with some evil, bloodthirsty brat, and not being able to do anything about it, because you're the only damn Monster who remembers?! That, whenever you tried to tell the others they shunned you or brushed you off, like you were blowing smoke out your ass?! And when you finally end up somewhere, where there shouldn't be anymore RESETs, that damn kid and the damned spirit follow me here, to continue making my life a living hell!"

Tears streamed down his face as his hands gripped the bedsheets, so tightly his knuckles were turning pink. The glowing, blue tears snapped Katsuki out of his horrified state and he burst through the doors like a speeding bullet. In an instant he was at Sans's bedside, pushing Sans's face into his shoulder.

Eijirou and Recovery Girl stood next to Shota and Nezu while Sans cried his heart out. Recovery girl started shoving both Shota and Nezu out of her office. They had put her patient into emotional distress and roofied him?! That is grounds for a massive lawsuit! She scolded them heavily in the hall while she left Eijirou and Katsuki to calm Sans down.

Sans - "Katsuki?"

Katsuki - "What's up, Richter?"

Sans - "I'm sorry."

Katsuki - "For what?"

Sans - "Not telling you what I am or where I'm from."

Sans was sniffling and rubbing his face dry on Katsuki's blazer.

Katsuki - "I don't care. You are Sans, the student at the top of our year, winner of the Sports Festival, drinker of ketchup, and my boyfriend. You love your family and Echo Flowers. You are loyal to those you love. I don't need to know anything else."

Sans - "Not even my age?"

Katsuki - "You aren't fifteen?"

Sans - "My body is. Mentally, I'm over five hundred years old."

Katsuki - "Wow, you're an old fart. If that's the case why aren't you wise yet? Still drinking ketchup and making puns. You're you, nothing more to it."

Sans let a true, bright smile and a heartfelt laugh escape him. Then Eijirou had to ruin the moment.

Eijirou - "Bro! When'd you make it official?! I didn't know you two were boyfriends yet!"

Sans's face burst into blue flames and hid in Katsuki's chest. Katsuki, whose face was beet red, turned to the red head, whom he'd forgotten was still in the room.

Katsuki - "Get lost Shitty Hair! And if you tell anyone what I said, I'll kill you!"

Eijirou - "Sure thing Bakugo. Mina'll love this!"

Eijirou took off down the hall. He wasn't planning on telling anyone, but just wanted to rile Bakugo up.

"Thanks for being there for me Katsuki."

"Hmph, I'm not going to abandon you at your lowest, that's a dick thing to do. Get some sleep. The internships are in a week and you need to build your muscle mass again. So once Recovery Girl clears you, we're training."

"Ok...good night, Ground Zero."

Sans cuddled up to Katsuki after he made himself comfortable on the bed and soon after, quiet snores filled the room.

Chapter Text

Ever since the talk in Recovery Girl's office, Sans, Asriel, and Eijirou moved back into their house. Sans was still a little wary of everyone, but he ultimately decided to trust everyone again. Some would call him easy to trust and quick to forgive, but he never liked holding grudges against his loved ones. Too much effort in his opinion.

It was a solid week after the infirmary incident. Sans ate as much food as Ichika could give him and he trained on a daily basis with Katsuki and Eijirou. He was back to the way he was before his stupid RESET memory/nightmare.

Katsuki was great for helping him train. They kept things slow until Sans got back into the flow of things and had his magic back up to snuff.

"Gaster!"

Now he was walking into the classroom, sipping on a ketchup bottle. Ichika, Katsuki, Eijirou, and even Nezu didn't want him to return to school until he was better. He sidestepped a dogpile tackle from Eijirou's friends and chuckled at their attempt.

Sans - "Heh, better luck next time."

Sans sat in his seat. Eijirou and his friends surrounded his desk.

Sero - "Gaster, are you feeling better?"

Kaminari - "Kirishima and Kacchan told us you were sick."

Mina stood in front of Sans's desk and Kaminari hung on his back.

Sans - "I'm fine, don't worry. Just a stomach bug. Did I miss anything important in class while I was gone?"

"Not really. We did some normal school crap. We head out on our internships today!"

Mina pumped her fists up, clearly excited. Sero chuckled and continued her statement.

Mina - "Yeah, Bakugo was here a minute ago. I have no clue where he ran off to."

Sans - "I have an idea. So, where're you guys headed?"

Kaminari - "I'm going to Snipe's Agency. He might be able to help aim my electrical output better than the wide range stuff I've been doing."

Sero - "Aizawa doesn't have an agency, but I'm going to intern with him. I try to use my tape to mimic his scarf, but he could also teach me hand to hand. He was pretty strong from what I saw at USJ."

Mina puffed her chest out with her hands on her hips and a smug grin on her face.

Mina - "I'm going to accompany you to the Pussycats. They are one of the greatest Search and Rescue Agencies in Japan."

Sans gave her a grin, but he was internally screaming. He barely managed to keep Eijirou's crush a secret in class. There was no way he could do that if they were going to be together for two whole weeks.

Sans stood up and grabbed Eijirou's arm.

Sans - "Hey bro, wanna get a drink with me?"

Eijirou - "Sure?"

Sans was quick to drag his brother out of the room and around the corner.

Sans - "Eiji, I am not gonna be able to keep your crush a secret anymore."

Eijirou - "What crush, I don't have a crush, what are- "

Sans - "Can it bro. I know you like Mina"

Sans cupped his hand around his mouth, to quietly expose Eijirou. Said boy's face lit to match his hair.

Sans - "Look bro, me and her are going to be living together for two weeks. You know I can't lie, and I'm running out of ways to dance around the subject. You need to tell her before I end up doing it by mistake."

Eijirou - "Alright. Alright. I'll think of something. Can you tell her to meet me where we took our first apprehension test?"

Sans - "Done. I'm saying this now, Eijirou. If you chicken out, I'm trapping you both somewhere and telling her myself."

Eijirou - "I'll tell her."

Sans shortcutted to the classroom.

Sans - "Hey Mina, Eiji wants to talk to you on the p.e grounds. You know, the one where Aizawa did that quirk apprehension test?"

Mina - "Um, sure? Why doesn't he just come back here?"

Sans - "Heh heh, whos to say. You really should get down there."

Sans made a strange yelping sound and nearly jumped out of his skin when a pair of beefy arms wrapped around his waist.

Katsuki - "Calm down, Richter. It's just me."

Sans's face lit up in embarrassment as Kaminari and Sero snickered at him. Mina was gone. Sans turned his head to smile at and kiss Katsuki's cheek.

Sans - "Hey Ground Zero. Hey guys, let's go. We're going to see something fun."

Sans held Katsuki's hand and led him and the other two boys through the school, to a window overlooking the p.e grounds. They saw Eijirou having a slight panic as he waited for Mina.

"What's Kirishima waiting for - ACK"

Sans - "Shhh. Watch."

Sans gently elbowed Kaminari in the ribs when he saw Mina jogging out to his bro. They couldn't hear anything, but the facial expressions were adorable. Mina's face was turning a hot pink, and Eijirou's face matched his hair. Mina looked really happy when Eijirou was done talking and jumped on him with a hug and a kiss.

Sans opened the window and the two outside could hear their friends and brother cheering and catcalling them.

Sans - "Get it bro!"

Kaminari and Sero laughed even harder when Sans shouted that, but he wasn't sure why. Katsuki smirked and squeezed Sans from behind.

Katsuki - "'Bout damn time he confessed to her."

Sans - "I know right? I had to force his hand. I did not want to accidentally spill the beans at the internship."

Sans smiled at his bro. He was so proud of him. In fact, he hadn't been this proud ever since Papyrus confessed his "undying, everlasting affection" to Mettaton.

Katsuki lifted his smol boyfriend onto his back and started leading his group of dumbasses + Sans back to the classroom. On the way, they ran into Eijirou and Mina. Mina was hanging off Eiji's back, in a similar way Sans was to Katsuki. The two Pussycat interns smirked at each other and gave each other a thumbs up.

Sans - "I knew you could do it bro."

Eijirou - "Fine, you were right. I just needed a kick in the ass to get things moving. I'll get you a ketchup bottle at lunch."

Kaminari held a serious thinking face for a good few minutes. Eijirou patted him on the back, chuckling nervously.

Eijirou - "Denki, my guy, don't think so hard. You might fry your brain."

Kaminari - "Dudes, and dudette, Everyone here has a lover, but Sero. Kacchan and Gaster, Kiri-bro and Mina. Dude you are lonely!"

Sero - "No I'm not. I have a boyfriend."

"What?!"

Eijirou, Mina, and Denki surrounded him, shaking him from all sides.

Sero - "What? I don't put my love life on blast like the rest of you."

Kaminari - "Who is it?!"

Eijirou - "We need to know!"

Eiji and Kaminari started badgering him while Mina was in deep thought.

Mina - "Is it Iida?"

Sero's face lit up and he shouted in shock.

Sero - "How the hell did you guess that fast?!"

Mina - "I remember him holding your hand at the entrance ceremony."

Sero - "Ugh, damn it Tenya. Yeah, we've been together since middle school. He went to Soumei, I didn't, but we met online and started going out a week later. Hey, where'd Gaster and Blasty go?"

Said boys were back in the classroom. They never stopped walking as they enjoyed the peaceful quiet on their trip. Sans was sleeping while cuddling Katsuki's arm. Momo made him a black and blue striped blanket to drape over Sans's back. Aizawa came in with his sleeping back over one arm and his coffee cup in the other.

Aizawa - "Bakugo, wake up Sans."

Katsuki did so, very reluctantly. Sans groaned and sat up, bleary eyed. Eijirou, Mina, and Denki burst through the door, tripping over themselves.

Aiawa - "You're late. Go sit down."

Sans sleepily snickered at them and stretched his back. Feeling those little pops in his spine still freaked him out sometimes, no matter how nice they felt. He folded up his new blanket and rested his head on it.

Aizawa - "Okay, as you all are aware, your internships start today. I'm giving you each a piece of paper. After school today, you are to pack and go to the place on that paper, so you better not lose it. Some of you will end up together, or with some kids from Class B. I get reports on how you're doing, so you better not act like idiots. Now scram. Yamada is waiting for your English lesson."

Sans packed his stuff and blanket back into his bag and tried to walk out the door. Eijirou got to him and lifted him on his back.

Sans - "Hey Eiji."

Eijirou - "Hey bro! Still tired?"

Sans - "Yeah, but I figured a walk would wake me up some."

Eijirou - "Maybe, but I wanted to carry you."

Sans - "Fine by me bro."

Sans slouched on Eijirou's back until they got to Hizashi's classroom. Their assignment that day was to quiz each other on their English vocabulary. Then they had Midnight's class, of which Sans slept through. He does not, and will not care about Modern Hero Art History. After that it was lunch, then modern lit. with Cementoss, then their last subject of the day, math with Snipe.

Sans, Katsuki, Mina, and Eijirou all walked back to their homeroom together to get their papers from Aizawa.

Aizawa - "Sans and Ashido. Bakugo. Kirishima. I don't want to hear anything about you four acting like four year old children. At the very least, take this internship seriously. It'll help you build up contacts in the hero world, so don't screw it up. Now get out of here and go pack."

The four left the room. Mina kissed Eijirou on the cheek, sending the poor boy in a red mess. Katsuki kissed Sans temple, making him giggle.

Eijirou - "Come on bro."

Sans grabbed Eijirou and shortcutted into their room at their house. Sans and Eijirou were forced to pack early thanks to Natsumi's insistence, so all they had left to do was pack their toothbrushes. Sans took his phone out of his pocket after feeling the vibrations.

Papyrus - "Hello brother!"

Sans - "Hey Paps. How's your fishing going?"

Papyrus - "It is going swell Sans! I'm sorry I can't be there to see you off."

Sans - "Aw, Paps, don't worry about it. When are you coming home though?"

Papyrus - "Soon. I think in two more days."

Sans - "Alright. Well, I have to get going. I'll see you when you get back."

Papyrus - "Bye Sans."

Sans - "Bye bro."

Sans was happy that Papyrus was having fun on his fishing trip. Maybe this was his way of getting used to the new world they were in? Sans hoped so. He really didn't want to leave.

Eijirou - "Hey bro, was that Papyrus?"

Sans - "Yeah, he's coming home in another day or two. You ready to go?"

Eijirou - "Yeah. Let's go back to the school and part from there. I texted you Mina's address so you two can walk together."

Sans - "Cool, let's go say bye to the others."

Sans and Eiji bounded down the stairs and saw Natsumi reading a book and Ichika working on her laptop. Asriel was drawing a picture on the ground with some crayons Ichika bought him. Eijirou stood by the door grabbing their umbrellas since it was starting to rain.

Eijirou - "Hey, we're headed out to our internships."

Ichika looked over her laptop and took her glasses off to smile at them. Natsumi absentmindedly waved from behind her book.

Natsumi - "Bye boys. Be safe."

Sans - "Heh, bye Mom."

Everyone froze. Natsumi dropped her book, Eijirou dropped their umbrellas, and Asriel broke his crayon. Sans's face was the darkest shade of blue it had ever been.

Sans - "BYE!"

Sans shortcutted away, leaving Eijirou behind. He stood in front of the school panicking.

Mina - "Gaster!"

Jumping out of his skin, he looked up to see Mina dragging a hot pink leopard print suitcase. Sans suitcase was a light blue with black accents.

Sans - "Mina, I need you to end me."

Mina - "Why? What happened?"

Sans - "I called Eiji's mother mom!"

Mina burst out laughing and Sans pulled his hood over his face and tightened the drawstrings.

Sans - "Don't laugh at me!"

Mina - "Sorry man, I can't help it! That's like calling Aizawa, dad."

Sans - "I know. I need to go to your place before we start heading to the pick up spot."

Mina - "Why?"

Sans - "So I'll be able to take a shortcut if I need to."

Mina - "Oh! Yeah, no problem!"

Sans and Mina made the surprisingly short trip over to her house. Then they had to share her umbrella down to a, thankfully covered, bus stop. An older man sat in a car waiting for them.

"Are you two Sans Gaster and Ashido Mina?"

Mina - "Yes?"

"Hello there. I'm Sasaki and I'm here to drive you two to your internship."

Sans and Mina hurriedly got into the car, excited for their first day of training.

Chapter Text

Sans and Mina got out of the car in front of a large, dense, and rocky forest.

"Hey, Sasaki, aren't we supposed to meet- "

The old man sped away down the road they came from.

"Gaster?"

"Mina, call me Sans. We're gonna be living together for two weeks. So let's just drop the formalities."

"Okay Sans! What are we supposed to do?"

"Beats me."

"Hello Kittens!"

Sans and Mina jumped and looked all around them.

"I'm at the main house! I am Mandalay, one of the Pussycats! My quirk is called Telepath! Gaster and Ashido, welcome to the Beasts Forest. Your first task is to get through the forest to the main house. Good luck my Kittens~"

Sans caught Mina from falling as the ground shook violently under them.

"The hell is that?!"

A large bug-like monster erupted from the ground a few meters away from them. Sans and Mina climbed aboard a blaster and flew over the beast.

"Ohh~ One more thing I forgot to mention. Play nice with Pixie Bob's Beasts."

"You've got to be kidding me!"

Mina held onto Sans's waist for dear life. Sans summoned three five meter blasters. One went to fight the bug-beast and the other two followed them as they flew over the forest. The two encountered a few more of the beasts made from mud, but Mina's acid and a couple of Sans's blasters took care of them. They had been flying for a good hour, maybe two two, and Sans's magic was dwindling much too quickly for his liking.

"Sans! There! I can see the house!"

Sans shifted his yellow and neon blue eye to a quaint cabin with four colorful blurs. He pulled Mina down in front of him and had the blaster go faster. A wall of mud stopped their flight and carried the two to the ground. Sans was passed out from using so much of his magic so soon after recovering.

"Sans?! Wake up!"

"Don't worry Kitten. He's just sleeping. Come, let's get you two settled in. Sasaki dropped off your luggage a little while ago. Do you care about sharing a room or would you like your own?"

"I don't mind sharing with Sans, but you should ask him when he gets up."

"Wonderful! Let's get you and your sleepy litter-mate into your room."

Mina lifted Sans onto her back, taken aback from how light he was for someone taller than her.

"Tiger, can you take them and their bags to their room?"

"Yeah, no problem. C'mon kids."

Mina followed the tall, muscular man to a nice room with two beds, two dressers, and a little mini fridge.

"Make yourselves at home. We'll have dinner when he wakes up."

Mina dropped Sans on one of the beds and took her suitcase to one of the dressers. She put a picture frame of her family. She also had a picture of her and Eijirou from middle school set up next to it as well. Next to that was a picture of her, Kaminari, Sero, Eijirou, and Katsuki. Sans thought it looked nice. Especially since they took the picture after drawing glasses, a mustache, and cat whiskers while he was sleeping.

"Cute pictures."

"Sans! Thanks! I have an empty frame that needs filling~"

Sans chuckled and got to his feet. Mina quickly took her camera out. It was an old, silver polaroid camera, but it was adorned with anime and animal print stickers. Mina stood in front of Sans and held up a peace sign with her eyes shut. Sans slung his arm over her shoulder and stuck out his tongue. After the picture snapped and printed, Mina put it into the light purple frame.

"Maybe later. I'm pretty hungry and, bone-tired ."

Mina laughed and led Sans out of their room. They wandered the halls until they found the dining room with the table packed with food.

"Hello Kittens~"

The two "kittens" found one of the Pussycats, Ragdoll, standing behind the counter. A small child ate a bowl of curry and rice while glaring daggers at them.

"Mina, you go ahead."

Sans waved his pink friend off before walking toward the child.

"Hey there kid. What's your name?"

"Why the hell do you care, damn hero wannabe."

"Hm, I don't really care, but since we're both currently living here, we might as well get to know each other. I'm Sans. Sans the Skeleton."

"You're not a skeleton."

"Really?"

Sans playfully patted himself and looked inside his shirt.

"Could've fooled me. So then, lemme try again. I'm Sans, Sans the human."

Sans grew a smug grin when he succeeded in making the kid laugh.

"So, what's your name kid?"

"Kota."

"Hello Kota. I may be a, numbskull , but I'm thinking you have a, bone to pick , with heroes. Mind explaining it to me, bud?"

"Why should I tell you?"

"You don't have to. Heck, you don't even have to be talking to me. I'm just a wandering pile o' bones with, no body , to talk to."

Sans got even more chuckles out of Kota, making him laugh a bit.

"So bud. Wanna tell me why?"

"....."

"Heh, it's okay if you don't want to. Ya know what, I'll be right back. I'm gonna grab myself some grub."

Sans ruffled Kota's hair and walked toward a different table. He made up three bowls of ramen with thick pieces of chashu and a few pieces of naruto. Sans took his bowls back over to Kota and started eating and joking around with him. Kota was laughing and that made Sans feel good. When he saw the poor kid, he was angry at everything and too guarded. So to hear carefree laughter coming from him, filled Sans with relief.

Mina was having a grand old time with Pixie-Bob. Sans was happy his best friend was having a great time. Sans's phone started quietly playing a cutesy shoujo theme song. Sans didn't remember which, but he still thought it was adorable that Katsuki liked shoujo anime and manga. He quickly accepted the video call. Katsuki's face flooded the screen, but Sans couldn't see the ashy blonde, spiky hair he loved.

"Hey Ground Zero."

"Hey Richter. How're you liking your internship so far?"

"It's going good so far. I kinda passed out from overusing my quirk."

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine now. I had a nap and I'm eating some ramen."

"Do you have enough food to eat?"

"Yeah, I got three big bowls. Hey, meet my new pal, Kota."

Sans shifted his camera to show Kota, who glared at Katsuki.

"The hell's that?"

"Be nice Kota. This is my boyfriend, Bakugo Katsuki."

"Another hero?"

Kota spat out the word hero like it personally offended him.

"He wishes. He's at his internship now."

"The fuck's your problem, brat?"

"Katsuki. Be nice or I'll hang up."

Katsuki gaped at Sans, shocked. He never had a problem with how he talked to people before.

"Kota has had some bad history with heroes and doesn't like them anymore."

Kota flinched and stared at Sans.

"Hit the nail on the head, yet again, Richter."

"Do you expect anything less?"

Sans winked and stuck out his tongue. He then chuckled and ruffled Kota's hair.

"Sans! Is that Bakugo!"

Mina launched herself and hung off of Sans's back.

"Hi Bakugo! How's it hanging at Best Jeanist's agency?"

Katsuki panned his camera out to show his hair, flattened into a side part on his head. Sans and Mina were shocked speechless. For five seconds.

"Omg! Bakugo, what happened?!"

Mina and Sans were laughing their asses off.

"Stop laughing!"

Katsuki's outburst poofed his hair back up, making Sans laugh even harder. Sans laughed so hard he fell backwards and dropped his phone on the table.

"Richter?!"

"I'm good. It's good to see my angry pomeranian again. Aside from the freaky hairdo, how's Best Jeanist's agency working for ya?"

"He forced me into a pair of jeans and spent the rest of the day dealing with my hair. How about you two?"

"Me and Mina had to make our way through the Beast's Forest! Sans was awesome! We flew over everything!"

"Yeah, I used a blaster to fly us above the forest, but I didn't expect the place to be so far so I kinda passed out from overusing my quirk."

"So you've said. Don't overwork yourself too hard Richter."

"Aww! Bakugo is so sweet on you!"

"Shut the hell up Raccoon Eyes!"

"Heh,I know Mina. He's a big softie. Hey, Ground Zero, Eiji's beeping through. Talk to you later?"

"Yeah. See you then."

"Bye."

Sans hung up and accepted Eijirou's voice call.

"Bro! Mina!"

"Hey Kiri!"

"Hey Eiji. Sorry for uh...leaving you at the house."

"Don't sweat it bro. Did you tell Mina what happened?"

"He did indeed. The first thing he said to me when we met up."

Sans groaned in embarrassment and covered his face with his hand. Kota was now interested in what could make the skeleton looking boy so flustered.

"ANYWAY. Eiji, bro. This is Kota. My new lil' buddy."

"Awesome, hey little dude! I'm Kirishima Eijirou! You take care of my bro for me, kay?"

Kota stared at the tanned, obviously muscular redhead and then at the pale, scrawny albino next to him.

"How are you two related?"

Before Sans could explain that they weren't, Eijirou quickly cut in.

"He's my brother!"

"Eiji!"

"Were you adopted?"

"You could say that."

Sans sent a pleading look to Mina, but the girl was in hysterics and was no help whatsoever.

"What's wrong, bro? Am I, ribbing you, the wrong way?"

Sans snorted, but kept his head turned away from the phone.

"It's okay if you didn't like that joke, bro. I've got a ton more. A, skele-ton."

"Eiji, stop."

Sans was barely keeping his laughter in at that point. Tears were building up and he was going blue from how hard he was trying to stay silent.

"Hey Kota, what is a skeleton's favorite instrument?"

"I don't know."

"A trom-bone."

Sans's restraint snapped and he laughed so hard, the soup broth he drank came out his nose.

"Ow! Eiji! Don't make me laugh when eating!"

Sans was snickering, but his nose hurt like hell. Human bodies were still weird to him.

"Sorry bro. Hey, I just got a text from Ma. She says you left something at the house."

"What? I could've sworn I got everything. Did she say what?"

"Nah. Just asked me to tell you to pop over to grab it."

"Alright. Hey Kota, hang onto this for me. Be right back."

"Where are you going?"

Sans smirked and took a shortcut into his bedroom. He slowly made his way downstairs, seeing the living room and kitchen void of life.

"I-Ichika?"

"I'm in the dining room!"

Sans slowly walked into said room and saw her typing on her laptop.

"Is Natsumi at work?"

"Yeah. One of the prisoners turned up in a...less than ideal way. Here, don't open it until you're back at your internship."

"Okay? Thanks. Sorry about...early."

"Sorry for what? I don't remember anything for you to apologize over. Have fun on your internship, son."

Sans's face burned as he took a shortcut back to the Pussycat's building, holding a little gift bag.

"Bro?"

"She told me not to open it until I got back. Where'd Mina go?"

"She wanted to test out the hotspring. I'm going to bed now."

"Good night Kota."

"Bro, I'm gonna get going too. Fourth Kind does not take well to being late."

"Alright bro. Goodnight. Talk to ya tomorrow."

Sans hung up his phone and looked at the bag. He sucked in a breath and stuck his hand inside. He pulled out a black picture frame. The photo inside was taken on Eijirou's last birthday. Sans and Eijirou were in front of Ichika and Natsumi. Eijirou was wearing a black muscle shirt and a bright red birthday hat. Sans was in his hoodie, but he too wore a party hat with a matching party horn in his mouth. Ichika and Natsumi were smiling in the background, both wearing the same party hats, only Natsumi's face had splotches of red and white icing.

On the picture frame, in white letters, read; "My two wonderful boys." Sans smiled, and walked back to the room he woke up in. Mina was there drying her hair. She was in a hot pink crop top and black shorts.

"Hey Sans. Is that what you forgot?"

"Heh, yeah. Ma was just making sure I had it with me."

He set up the frame on the empty dresser, making Mina squeal.

"Night Mina."

"Night, momma's boy."

Chapter Text

"Psst! Sans! Are you awake?"

"Nooo."

"Good. I want deets about Bakugo."

"Whhyyy?"

Mina crept out of her bed and crept over to Sans bed. Her head peek over the edge like a cat. Sans was sprawled out on his stomach, eyes scrunched up, drool dribbling from his mouth, a couple pieces of hair was stuck in the corner of his mouth and the rest was all over the place, and one leg was sticking off the bed. Sans's right arm was pinned under his body and under his right was the sheets bundled up in a ball.

"San-sy~"

Sans opened his right eye, saw Mina's cat-like eye, closed his eye again, and burrowed his head under the cover.

"Nooooo."

Mina dragged Sans off his bed and winced when he hit the ground with a thud.

"Oooww."

"Sorry Sans."

"You're fine. I'm up."

Sans yawned and rubbed the back of his head.

"Hey Sans, did your hair grow?"

"Huh?"

Mina was right. Sans's hair was down to the bottom of his ears.

"Look's it. Why'd you wake me up again?"

"I can't sleep. I need deets on your relationship."

"I don't know what you want to hear."

"Is he cute when you two are alone? Does he treat you well?"

"He's a perfect gentleman."

"Who said "I love you" first?"

"What?"

Sans yawned, not catching what she said.

"Who said, "I love you" first."

"Neither of us? Is that important?"

Back in Snowdin, Monsters said it to their loved ones, but nobody said it out of necessity. Apparently, judging from the appalled look on Mina's face, it was VERY important.

"Sans, have you...have anyone ever said that to you?"

"What, "I love you?" Yeah, my bro. When we were younger, I was the more mature one out of me and my brother, despite our five year age gap. I would read him his favorite story, Peek-a-Boo with Fluffy Bunny, he would nod off and he would say it before conking out."

"What about your parents?"

"My Dad isn't really one to voice his emotions. He's a real hardcore man of science. Taught me everything I know."

"Okay, but he did show you love right?"

"What'd you mean?"

"Like, parental affection. Playing catch, going fishing, playing games, etc. Literally any activity."

"We did science experiments, and he would take me to the...market, when I was just a little babybones. We would search around for any spare tech and use them to build machines."

Yeah, when Sans was a babybones, Gaster would take him to the Garbage Dump to check if anything useful fell into the Underground. That's where he found Papyrus's storybook and most of their household items.

"That's it? You have to have some happy memories with your dad? Did he do anything with your brother?"

"Look, Mina. You wanted to ask about me and Katsuki's relationship. Not about my father."

Sans's tired eyes narrowed dangerously at Mina.

"This is so much more interesting."

"Too bad, so sad."

Sans started crawling back into bed, annoyed.

"Okay! I'll stop. So, what do you plan to get Bakugo for his birthday?"

"I don't even know when his birthday is."

"What? Really?"

"Yeah?"

"His birthday is April twentieth. When's your birthday?"

"April first."

"Seriously?"

"Yup. Now you know why I'm such a jokester."

Sans smirked proudly at his date of birth.

"Awesome. How'd you celebrate last year?"

"What do you mean?"

"Did you have a party?"

"No? The only birthday party I attended was Eiji's and it was cool."

"What about you? If Kiri didn't give you a birthday, I swear -"

"No. I never told him or his moms about my birthday. My family doesn't celebrate birthdays. Dad doesn't have time and I had stuff to do. Birthday parties are for children."

"What does that make Kiri? Or me? You're never too old for a party."

"Alright, you got me. I'm not a huge party person I guess."

Sans got to feet and yawned again. He felt bad that he unintentionally insulted his bro and best friend.

"Mina, I'm bone tired. I'm going back to sleep."

Sans flopped face first on his bed and shimmied under the covers. Within seconds, he was out like a light. Mina pulled out her phone and crept out of their room. She walked down the hall until she found the dining area and adjacent kitchen. She really wanted a midnight snack. She took a cookie from a plate that had been left out.

"Mina, what do you want? Do you know how late it is?"

"Sorry Kiri, but I got the biggest scoop on Sans."

"What?"

"He's never had a birthday party before."

"Yeah, I already knew that. He told me and my moms that he doesn't like celebrating."

"Since his birthday already passed, I want to throw him a super belated party! What d'ya think? Yay or nay."

"Mina, I love you, but Sans might not want a party. And how do you know his birthday passed?"

"He told me when it was. Ooo! Better idea! No belated party, but I'm going all out for his sixteenth!"

"Alright. I know I can't change your mind, so hell yeah! You'll throw the greatest sixteenth party ever, babe. Now I'm going back to bed. Oh wait! Before I do, when is my bro's birthday?"

"April first."

"HA! Go figure! Alright, I'll text my moms and the rest of the class. Night, babe."

"Night Kiri."

Mina hung up, finished her cookie and went off to bed.

Chapter Text

Sans woke up, stiff and annoyed. He didn't get much sleep, but he could deal. He couldn't exactly fault Mina for it, she just couldn't sleep and was curious about him. She was still a kid and naturally curious. Currently, he sat in the dining room with a cup of coffee.

"Sans?"

"Oh, morning Kota."

"You're putting ketchup in your tea."

Sans looked down, and he was, in fact, squirting ketchup into his cup.

"Nice."

After a quick few stirs, Sans chugged the ketchup-y drink, mortifying the young boy. Sans laughed and dug into a bowl of blueberry oatmeal. The reheated berries popped, so when mixed, turning the oatmeal bright blue. Sans added in cinnamon and honey.

"Sans!"

"Hey Mina. Were you able to get any sleep last night?"

"Yeah, um... Sorry about bugging ya."

"Eh, don't sweat it. Water under the bridge."

Sans patted her shoulder and yawned.

"Hello Kittens~"

Mandalay stood in front of the table as Sans started dozing.

"Aww, still sleepy."

"Sorry, his quirk needs a lot of energy."

"Don't worry, I'm aware sweetie. If you won't mind, carry him outside so we can begin your training."

"Okay! Upsy-daisy."

Mina hoisted Sans onto her back. He may have been unnaturally light, but he was still taller than her, so it was a little awkward. Sans was stirred awake, but enjoyed the free ride outside.

"Okay, so Pinky. Your quirk allows you to create acid. You can also control the viscosity of said acid, correct?"

"Yup!"

"And Gaster -"

"Sans, please."

Sans was used to his classmates calling him by his father's name, but he didn't want to hear it from adults. It felt weirder.

"Alright. Sans, your quirk allows you to summon "Gaster Blasters" and teleport, did I get that right?"

"Sorta. Yeah I can summon my blasters, and it's not teleportation. It's just a shortcut. I bend the space between two places, and travel through the void to get to where I want. I can only take a shortcut to somewhere I've already been, so I can't go somewhere like Spain or Russia."

"Hmm. Alright. Pinky, I'm sending you to Tiger and Ragdoll. She's over by the mountain. Sans, you'll be with me."

Sans slid off Mina's back and followed Mandalay into the forest. Pixie-Bob was already standing there making small cats out of mud.

"Alright, I want you to make a blaster, as large as you can."

"Sure."

Sans summoned a ninety meter blaster, scaring the wits out of the two pro-heroes.

"O-okay! Now, make as many of those as you can."

Sans made two more ninety meter ones before he felt his magic giving up. Causing the blasters to vanish.

"Okay. How many Gaster Blasters can you make, without worrying about sizes?"

"Taking size out of the equation, I can make over five hundred twenty foot blasters. If we're talking really tiny blasters, say only...two feet... Maybe over six thousand."

"Okay, it's relatively clear we don't need to train that part of your quirk. Does distance matter with your shortcuts?"

"Nope, as long as I've been there at least once before, and have a clear image in my head, I can go wherever I please."

"Is there a duration?"

"Hmm...I think I can do, maybe ten shortcuts back to back before needing more energy."

"Great! That's something we can work with. What about close combat? There will be times where you can't rely on your quirk."

"Well, Miss Mandalay, see these massive muscles? I am the strongest one in my whole class."

Sans's words were very sarcasm heavy, drawing a smirk out of Mandalay and a snicker from Pixie.

" Tibia , honest with ya, I'm pretty weak. I am a master at dodging however. Never been beat in a snowball fight yet."

"Alright, we'll get Tiger to help you with weight training tomorrow. For today, we'll work on your shortcuts."

<~>

Sans was exhausted and starving. His magic had been stretched to its limits. He had to walk all over the forest, the houses, and the mountains; and that was the easy part! Sans had to use shortcuts to go all over the damn place without eating or sleeping. After his twenty-first short cut, he was flat on his back on the mountain, struggling to stay awake. Everytime he fell asleep, Mandalay added a weighted bracelet to his wrists and ankles. He had three bracelets on each.

"Good job Sans. Can you do one last shortcut back to the house, or do we need to send Tiger to get you?"

Sans found Mandalay's telepath quirk to be interesting, but startling at times.

"Hah, I can try another shortcut to the main house, but I might end up somewhere unexpected."

"Well then, it's a good thing you're interning with Japan's best search and rescue crew."

"Don't I know it. Okay, make room, I'm going to try to shortcut in front of the door."

Sans stood up and started walking. There was the short passage through the void, and...he was back at his house. On the kitchen table. In the Pussycat "Kitten's Uniform" Ragdoll made them. With Natsumi cuddling Ichika from behind while Ichika made Pancakes for dinner.

"Sans?"

"Hey Ma. Do we have any more snacks, or ketchup, or anything to replenish my magic?"

"There are some brownies in the fridge. Take the whole tray back with you to share."

"Thanks Mom."

Sans was a little hesitant to continue calling them Ma and Mom, but they didn't reject it, so Sans was embracing it wholeheartedly. After snacking on two brownies, he successfully managed a shortcut back to the main building, but he wasn't on the ground. He was on the roof.

"Sans! There you are! When Ragdoll couldn't find you the Pussycats left the Beasts Forest!"

Mina was so happy Sans wasn't trapped anywhere or really hurt. She quickly sent a text to Tiger that Sans was back and stuck on the roof.

"So where'd you end up?"

"Back home, strangely. Here, Ma made some brownies."

Sans lowered the brownies on a very off balanced blaster.

"Can't you get down using a blaster?"

"Nope, my ma-ENERGY is totally gone right now. I'm gonna take a quick nap."

"Alright. I'll wake up when they get here."

Mina smirked behind her hand. Sans was incredibly cute in his uniform. Thankfully she was spared the oversized cat hands, having the need for her hands to be uncovered. She loved her outfit nonetheless. It looked like Sans's, but instead of blue it was varying shades of pink and white and instead of the bones in the pattern on his skirt, she had flowers.

"Ashido!"

Mandalay waved at her. Sans shot awake with his left eye glowing bright yellow in panic.

"I wasn't sleeping!"

"Sans, chill, your training is over for the day."

"Oh, good. In that case."

Sans flopped backwards, sleeping like a log. Mina started laughing at Mandalay's dumbfounded expression and helped Tiger get him down.

"I was planning to have you two cook your dinner for tonight, but Sans is unconscious."

"Not if you keep talking. Tb.F, everytime I hear you talk when I sleep, I think of those damn bracelets."

Sans laid on the ground, unable to find the strength to move his arms.

"Well, you're up now, so you can still make your own food. Good night Kittens~"

The Pussycats disappeared into the house leaving Sans and Mina outside.

"Mina, can you help me? I can't move."

Mina laughed and slipped the bracelets off his wrists and ankles. Sans slowly walked into the building and all but collapsed on the bench.

"What's the game plan Sans?"

"I don't know. You want spaghetti? Pie? That's all I can do."

"Sounds good to me!"

"Heh, okay. Just, give me a sec."

Sans slowly got to his feet, and shakily walked into the kitchen. Sans boiled the noodles and mixed in the sauce. It wasn't anything special, but it was something. Toriel was a great teacher and taught him how to make a really good homemade spaghetti during one of the resets, but he didn't have the time to do so right now.

"Here ya go."

Sans plated himself and Mina and sat down.

"It's kinda plain, but this was last minute. I'll make a really good one tomorrow."

"Alright!"

Sans ate his pasta, remembering what Toriel would say. She would say, "Great first try Sans! Are you sure you have never cooked before? Next time try adding in a bay leaf and a touch of sugar to balance out the sauce's bitterness."

"Sans?"

"Huh? What?"

"Sans, are you okay? You haven't touched your food."

"Oh, heh. Just a little nostalgic."

"About?"

"My old friend Toriel. She's Asriel's mom. She's actually the one who taught me to make this, though she would've done some things differently."

"She sounds nice."

"You don't know the half of it. We would tell each other bad jokes through a door constantly."

"Why through a door?"

"Why, for knock knock jokes, of course."

Sans winked at her and took a big bite of the pasta.

"Eh, it could use some more spices and a little more, thyme , on the stove."

Sans snickered and almost dropped his fork a few times. Mina took care of their dishes when they were done eating. When she came back to the table she saw Sans wiping his eyes.

"Sans?"

"Hey Mina."

She could see his eyes shining with unshed tears.

"Sans, are you okay?"

"Just a little homesick."

"Do you miss your dad and friends back home?"

"Yeah. I...Before coming to Japan, I never left my hometown. I grew up there, born and raised around everyone there. Asriel and Papyrus joined me here eventually, but I never spent this much time away from my Dad. I miss him."

"Can't you take a shortcut there? Say hi, catch up and come back?"

"No. I tried. Several times. I'm not able to go back. I should be grateful to have Paps and Azzy here."

While he spoke, the tears welled up and threatened to leave. Mina felt her heart go out to him. There wasn't anything she could do except hug him and rub his back.

"You'll see them again Sans. I promise."

Sans smiled and hugged Mina back, nestling his face into her shoulder.

"You shouldn't make a promise you can't keep."

Chapter Text

Sans was uneasy. He had been expecting weight training today, or even close combat lessons. Right now, however, he, Mina, and Ragdoll were in their Pussycat/"Kitten" uniforms walking from Ragdoll's car to a mall. Apparently she overheard their conversation the night prior, and convinced Mandalay to let her take the two out.

"Ragdoll, while I appreciate the outing, did we really have to be in uniform?"

Sans's face was burning as he tried to tug his skirt to hide the tops of his pale thighs, not covered by his stockings. He wanted to hide in a closet when Ichika and Natsumi saw him in the outfit, but he got over that cause they were his mother figures, and they didn't care. People all over the parking lot stared at them, whispering to each other.

Mina was owning her outfit. It hugged her curves nicely, and she loved the varying shades of pink and white. Made her feel cute. Sans liked the outfit too, but he wanted the ground to swallow him.

"You should embrace the uniform Kitten. You look cute, and who cares what people think."

"SANS!"

"Oh no."

Sans was snatched off the ground and hugged tightly by the one and only, "Great" Papyrus.

"Brother, what are you wearing?"

"My uniform, Paps. Please put me down now."

Sans was set on his feet. Papyrus wore a simple black muscle shirt, having gained more body mass than Sans had, despite being there longer, and a pair of black pants. He had a bag of produce with him, so Sans assumed he just left.

"Ragdoll, Mina. I'd like to introduce you to my brother, Papyrus."

"Hello, Sans's companions."

"Nice to meet you, Papyrus!"

"Sans, I must head back to Ichika's house. Stop by later, I have something I want to discuss with you."

"Sure bro. No problem."

Papyrus left for his cruiser and the three finally made it into the mall. They walked around for a bit before Ragdoll wanted to check out a toy store. She wanted to get something for Kota, since he didn't want to come with.

"Hey Sans, any idea what was up with Papyrus?"

"No clue. Mina, does it make me a crappy brother if it bothers me he doesn't see my new home as his second home? I mean, he doesn't want to stay here, he really wants to go back to our hometown, but... I don't know, am I pushing what I want on him?"

"Nah, you're fine. Honestly, he doesn't have to see the place you call home as his home too. Is he trying to force you to go back home?"

Mina internally smirked. She was gaining more insight on her bestie, by asking carefully placed questions. And it was working.

"Eh, he did when he first showed up, but he stopped when me and Ground Zero had our first date. I think he's irritated that, while I am homesick, I don't want to go home yet. He was really annoyed when I went on that date actually. He said he didn't want me to have emotional ties to Japan."

Mina frowned at that snippet of information. If Papyrus really cared for his younger brother, wouldn't he support him? Want to be happy that he found love?

"Think Kota'd like this?"

Sans held up a black slingshot with a packet of multicolored balloons, obviously intended for water balloons.

"I think he'd love that."

Sans let Ragdoll buy the toy and they continued their walk through the mall. Sans and Mina bought Eijirou some Crimson Riot posters and new shirts since he shreds through every one he has. Sans ended up buying Katsuki a new rock climbing kit that had a cute little bone pattern. He and Mina had a laugh about that.

"Hey kids! Over here!"

Ragdoll was in front of the many restaurants in the mall. It was a little British tea shop. They all went in for lunch. Sans got earl gray, a blueberry scone, and a burger. Mina got hot chocolate, a chocolate chip muffin, and nachos. Ragdoll got an iced tea, plain sugar biscuits, and fish and chips.

The food was great, if a little pricey. Sans took the fancy "Catsup" bottle with him, using a straw to drink.

He snickered at the blushing looks sent at him turned to horrified disgust.

"Sans! Look!"

Mina pointed at a darkly lit store. It was American, called "Spencer's" . The place gave off a creepy vibe, but he allowed Mina to drag him inside when Ragdoll was distracted. Safe to say, he was a blue faced mess on the way out with Mina laughing her ass off.

"There you two are. What do you two want to do, spa or pet store?"

"Pet store!"

"I don't have a preference."

Sans shrugged his shoulders while trying to burn his more recent memory. The two ladies dragged him to the pet store. While the two girls were fawning the little baby bunnies and puppies and kittens and whatnot, Sans walked around the store. He was thinking of getting Katsuki a collar as a prank. He was already looking at one. A thick banded red collar with small, dull, gold studs and a small gold hoop for a nametag.

"Rrroww."

Sans blinked and looked down. A light gray cat brushed against his shin.

"Damn cat! There you are!"

A scruffy employee rushed the cat and lifted the poor thing by its scruff. Sans smile grew strained and grabbed the man's soul. A dark violet; perseverance, disciplined, proper, obsessive. Sans took the filthy cat and dropped the man.

"Can I ask why you're obsessing over this cat?"

"She's a little escape artist. Everytime I put her back in her crate, she finds a way out. She's, unfortunately, going to be put down. I'm on a little bit of a time crunch, can you give her to me and carry on with your shopping?"

"Yeah. I'll take this collar, a smaller dark blue collar, a cat leash, and some treats. I'll also take a cushy cat bed."

The man's face lit up and he got really happy.

"Of course. Follow me and we'll get her all cleaned up."

"Yeah sure. How old is she?"

"Only a year old, still a kitten. She's a Maine Coon so her fur'll get quite long as she gets older. She herself could grow into a massive size."

"Does she have a name?"

"No, I usually give the cats names if they don't have any when we get them, but today was the last day we were allowed to keep her. She's typically too aloof. I'm happy she found someone she liked."

The man, Kai, groomed the cat to perfection. Her fluffy white coat made her big blue eyes pop. She was fitted for a collar and leash Sans paid for her and the items he wanted. A cushy halloween skeleton cat bed, the blue leather collar with a blank tag and little gold bell, cat food, bowls, treats, and some toys.

"What should I name you?"

Sans thought hard until he snorted.

"Alright, I got the perfect name for her. You ready?"

The man smirked and readied his typing fingers, ready for one hella long name.

"Do your worst, kid."

How strange, no one ever referred to Sans as a kid before. It was nice.

"Heh. Her name will be,"

The man stared at the computer screen with complete focus.

"Mayo."

The man made a choking sound as he pounded on his chest.

"W-what?"

"Her name will be Mayo."

"Are you sure? Once she knows that's her name, you can't change it."

"Trust me, I'm more than sure. Mayo is gonna be the best girl in the entire store."

"Excuse me? Wanna run that by me again, skele-boy?"

Mina stood behind him, with her hands on her hips, an eyebrow quirked, and a playful scowl on her lips.

"Oh my apologies, great and humble Pinky Panther. Best girl in all of Japan."

Mina snorted and eyed the cat, Mayo, curiously.

"You're getting a cat?"

"Yup. Her name is Mayo."

"So I've heard. Why are you getting her?"

"She was going to be put down, and I always wanted a pet. My Dad was, uhh, allergic."

In truth, Gaster hated domesticated animals, preferring to experiment with them. Sans took Mayo's tag and attached it to her collar. His contact details were on a second tag behind it. He then attached her leash to her collar and let her stand on his shoulders.

"Hey Kittens~ and actual kitten?"

"Her name is Mayo. Say hello to Miss Ragdoll, Mayo."

Mayo meowed up at the stunned, and slightly proud pro hero. Technically students weren't allowed to bring their pets to their internship or their work study, but given the fact he didn't bring her, but adopted her during the internship, that was a finely executed loophole.

"Nice to meet you little Mayo. Let's go to the vet and get her an impromptu appointment, on me."

Sans had a blaster carry his bags while he cuddled with Mayo. She was a quiet, water loving, cuddly cat if he's ever seen one. Sans quickly grew attached to Mayo. Loving her down to the very last strand of fur. When he was in the car, she started kneading his legs, getting ready to lay down, but he didn't feel claws.

"We're here! The best veterinarian office in town! Hey look, I see one of my friends!"

Sans was getting out of the car and attaching Mayo's leash when Mina squealed.

"Bakugo! Kiri!"

Sans's face lit up as he tried to get back into the car. It was locked.

"Dammit Ragdoll."

"Richter?"

Sans turned slowly to face his boyfriend, who was blushing just as much as he was. Katsuki's hair was back into a side part, and Sans couldn't stand it. He reached up and gave his hair a violent shuffle, fixing it back into the spikiness he loved.

"Hey Ground Zero. What brings you here?"

"Don't know about Kirishima, but that Jeans Bastard has me parading around trying to make a good impression on people."

"Is it working?"

"No. He is too short tempered and brash. Pleasure to meet you, Gaster. I'm Best Jeanist. I believe I sent you an offer?"

"Yeah, sorry about turning you down."

Sans could see the Number Four Hero's eyes crinkle as he chuckled.

"Bakugo talks about you nonstop. Are you two together, perchance?"

Both boy's went darker, one of whom started yelling at him. (I'm sure you can guess who.)

"Uh, yeah. He's my boyfriend."

"I see. Thank you, and nice dress."

Sans groaned and was pulled into Katsuki's arms.

"What's its name?"

"Her name is Mayo. I rescued her a little while ago."

Katsuki snorted and gave Mayo some scritches under her chin and behind her ears.

"Bakugo, let's go. I have to fix your hair."

"Ugh. See ya later, Richter."

Katsuki stole Sans's lips for a heavy kiss and ran after his week's mentor, blushing madly with a scowl. Sans was dazed, not fully understanding what happened. His cheeks were painted a faded periwinkle as a giggling Mina and Ragdoll pulled him into the vet's office.

Thankfully, it wasn't too busy, so they were able to get Mayo in right away. They took her temperature, weight, vitals, a blood test, urine test, and got ready to chip her.

"So young man, where'd you adopt this cat?"

"I got Mayo at the petstore in the mall. She was going to be put down."

"Well, I hate to break it to you, but she'd already chipped."

"What?"

Sans's heart broke. He couldn't keep her without effectively stealing from someone else.

"We're called her owners now. They should be here soon. If they don't want her or they don't show, we can transfer the chip data into your phone and send you on your way."

Sans opted to wait, to hope for the best. Mina sat with him, rubbing his back comfortingly.

"Hello?"

Sans looked up to meet the gaze of a saddened, smiling woman.

"I was told you found Ghost."

"Yeah. In a petstore, ready to be put down."

Sans tried to keep the bitterness from his voice, but he couldn't help it.

"I'm glad you found her, but I'm afraid I can't keep her anymore."

"Really?"

"Yes, my son had depression and regular panic and anxiety attacks so we got Ghost as an Emotional Support Animal. My son...took his life a few months ago and the cat ran out of the house when I was going through his things. I tried to find her, and even put up fliers, but to no avail."

"Do you take her claws away?"

"Yeah, it pained me to do that to her, but I couldn't trust my boy to not use her claws to hurt himself. Here, all the information for her chip and her current medical papers, and even her work vest and official document proving she is an Emotional Support Animal. I already paid for the appointment myself, seeing as I put you in distress. Did you..did you give her a new name?"

"Yeah, her name is Mayo."

"I like it, a good name for a sweet girl. Thank you for finding her. Give her some treats from me."

"Thank you."

She gave the two students one last sad grin before leaving. Sans was es- cat -tic. He got to keep Mayo! Sound the party horns!

"Alright son, here is Mayo. Her chip has been updated, the bill was paid, a clean bill of health, and one happy kitty. I'll set up a bi-monthly check up appointment for you and text you the details."

"Thank you. Hey Mayo."

Said cat was purring and rubbing on Sans's leg. He laughed and lifted her to his shoulders.

"Ready to head back?"

"One sec."

Sans slipped Mayo's work vest into his bags in the trunk and hopped into the car.

"Now we're ready."

Chapter Text

Sans wanted to die. Or, at least he felt like he was dying.

"Come on Gaster! One more rep!"

Sans lifted the bar up for the tenth time, with very shaky noodle arms. He got the bar up and Tiger helped him pull the bar onto the rack. His arms fell to the ground, his face flushed and out of breath.

"Great job, kid. Let's get some water and we'll take a small break before moving on."

"Sure thing."

Mayo sat nearby watching over them until they finished. To Sans's delight, and immediate relief, the Pussycats adored Mayo and she was allowed to stay for the rest of the time he was there. Mayo was lifted into Sans's arms and he snuggled his face into her fur. All the photos on his social media ranged from Eijirou, Katsuki, Mina, and now the current flood of photos was all Mayo.

"Hey Sans, Mayo, Tiger. How'd lifting go?"

"It was great. I lifted the bar a whole five extra times."

Sans's weight training was going at a snail's pace, being set at only thirty pounds. Mandalay smiled and ruffled his messy hair.

"That's great to hear. You don't seem to be picking up any weight though, are we feeding you enough?"

"Yeah, it's just something with my quirk. I don't gain weight very quickly, and I can lose everything I do gain in an instant."

When Sans was obsessing over his research, he lost almost every once of weight he managed to gain within his two and a half year time in the new world.

"Hmm, I think I'll drop the weight training altogether. How familiar are you with support items?"

"You mean like Aizawa's scarf?"

"Yeah. Our boots, cat gloves, goggles, and the ears on our heads are also support items. Weight training may take too long to really show progress. So I'm going to have Power Loader come over later in the day. We'll get you outfitted with support items, best suited for your quirk."

"Cool. Hey, I have to pop out for a bit. My bro came home yesterday and he needed me for something."

"Alright, we text you if we need you to come back. Don't stay out forever."

Sans went to his and Mina's room and changed out of his uniform. He slipped on his iconic outfit, white shirt and black basketball shorts with a white stripe going up his leg. He tied his hoodie around his tiny waist.

"C'mon Mayo. Let's go introduce you to my bro."

Mayo made herself comfortable in Sans's arms. Sans kissed the top of her head and took a shortcut to the living room.

"Hey Sans."

"Hey Ma. Is Paps here?"

"No, Natsumi took him to the market. He forgot to get the leafy vegetables. They'll be back soon. Wanna help me clip coupons?"

"Sure, did he tell you why he wanted to talk to me?"

"No. It was strange. He showed up and told us that he needed to speak to you, but...I don't know. It was really weird. Is that Mayo?"

"Yeah, got her yesterday. Did Eiji tell you about her?"

"Yeah, she's a cutie, I set up a kitty corner in your room."

Mayo jumped down and laid in Ichika's lap. Sans happily clipped coupons with Ichika for fifteen minutes. Sans ended up going up to his room to check out the kitty corner. A litterbox sat in the corner. Next to it was a little table with febreze and a scooper. Sans let Mayo wander around the room while he lounged on his bed.

He supposed he should feel bad that he could relax at home when he isn't busy, but hey. He was on his bed, cuddling Mayo.

"Sans! Papyrus is here! Come on down, hun."

Sans let Mayo rest in his arms and made his way down the stairs.

"Brother, what is that?"

"A cat bro. Her name is Mayo, isn't she cute?"

"Yesss. Miss Ichika and Natsumi. Please take, Mayo, into the other room so Sans and I can be alone."

Sans was worried now. Papyrus was acting, not like himself. Nonetheless he let Ichika take Mayo and he sat on the couch.

"Bro, are you okay? How was your fishing trip?"

"Sans. We're leaving."

"Wait, what? Why are we leaving? Where are we going?"

"I have acquired a house for us to reside in. After we move in, we can get you out of that school and focus on going home."

"Paps, wait -"

"When we go home, everything can go back to normal."

"Papyrus, hold on -"

"I know little Frisk must be missing you. Father must be eager to start our lessons again."

"Papyrus!"

Narrowed eyelights rounded on Sans.

"What, Sans."

"I don't want to leave! I like it here. We can find a way to bring everyone here. Wouldn't that be better than living in the Underground?"

"Sans, this is not our home. We are intruding on these human's lives. This is not the surface we have tried endlessly to get to. So be quiet and let us go."

"No Papyrus, why can't we -"

Sans's head snapped to the side, a bright red mark on his cheek. He couldn't hear anything. His body was being pulled away from Papyrus, who's eyes were scarlet. Natsumi was screaming. Ichika was pulling him up the stairs. Mayo was hissing and pushing herself against Sans's legs. Sans? He was in shock.

Where was Papyrus?

"...."

What happened?

" S... "

Why was Papyrus leaving?

"Sa..."

Why was Natsumi screaming?

"...s"

Why was Ichika crying and stroking Sans's hair?

".a..s.."

Why did his face hurt?

"Sans!"

Sans flinched and brought his small, pinprinked eyelights to meet Natsumi's. She gently moved his head to the side and dabbed something on his cheek. He flinched away from it. 

It stung.

"He's going to need stitches. Wrap him in the weighted blanket and let's go. I'll text Bakugo and Eijirou, and put Mayo in her vest."

Stitches? What did he need stitches for? What happened? Why are his questions not getting answers?

Something heavy was draped over his shoulders and Mayo was snuggling in his arms. He absentmindedly petted her fur, feeling something drip from his cheek. A drop of something landed in Mayo's fur. He tried to brush it away, but the spot kept growing. He could feel someone trying to move him.

Scared, Sans was now encased in a small ring of bones. His unblinking eyes stared at the growing spot of red in Mayo's fur.

"Sans!"

Hmm? Was someone calling him? What did they want?

"Richter! Let me in!"

Richter? The only person to call him that was....

"Kat...suki?"

Sans's vision cleared and he saw himself in a circle of bones with Katsuki, Eijirou, Ichika, Natsumi, Aizawa, and Hizashi standing outside the bones with clearly distressed faces.

Sans took his magic away from the bones. He didn't know how they got there in the first place. The bones lost their blue glow and fell to the ground. He was now rushed by everyone.

"Hey, what's happening? Aren't you two supposed to be at your internship? What brings you two over?"

"Everyone, leave. I need to talk to Sans, alone."

Katsuki had to be dragged out by Aizawa and Eijirou combined. Natsumi sat next to Sans, who dropped his calm facade.

"Natsumi, what happened?"

"Me and Ichika were in the kitchen. I wanted to listen in on your conversation, but Ichika said not to. When we heard you yelling, we watched Papyrus strike you with the back of his hand. He was wearing that ring you made him, so when he struck you, the ring made a deep gash in your cheek. I forced him out of the house and Ichika quickly brought you up here in case he tried anything."

"Did he say anything after he...hit me?"

"No. His eyes were completely red, though. His face was blank and he didn't try to fight me at all. When we get you to the hospital, they'll do a mental stability test and probably keep you overnight for observation. You had a pretty nasty case of shock and I doubt it's completely gone just yet."

"What about my internship?"

"I'll let them know what happened. Before we leave, can you tell me what you two were talking about?"

"He got a house somewhere and just told me that we were leaving. I said I didn't want to leave and I guess that's when he hit me."

"You are not leaving. Not If I have anything to say about it. You are my son, if someone tries to take you away, I'll shoot them."

Sans smiled and let the built up tear run down his face. She wanted him to stay. He was going to stay. He was devastated and angry and confused, but he was relieved.

Chapter Text

Sans decidedly did not like hospitals. The amniotic smell made him nauseous and seeing so many people in lab coats made him uneasy for some reason. He chalked that bit up to nostalgia from missing his dad.

Getting stitches in his cheek wasn't fun. Especially with Mina and Eiji sobbing like he was dusting away. Katsuki hadn't let go of his hand ever since he left his room with Natsumi, the only reason for that being he couldn't cradle him from behind with the doctor working. Not that he minded, or anything. He gladly welcomed the loving gesture.

Natsumi was filing a report with her coworkers just outside the door, speaking in hushed tones so Sans and the others wouldn't hear them.

"Welp, Papyrus is off the grid. We can't find any paperwork saying he bought a house, there's no way he had enough money to actually buy a house with only a junior cop bi-weekly salary, and there are no houses in the immediate area for sale or sold in the past month. He actually resigned from the station, saying that you two and Asriel we're going home."

"I don't want to think about Papyrus doing something shady."

"I understand Sans. I'll go across the street and grab some fried chicken. You three make sure he doesn't leave until I get back. Aizawa and Hizashi are in the hall if you need them and Ichika will be back from questioning in a few minutes."

Natsumi kissed both Sans and Eijirou's foreheads and left the room. The doctor smiled and finished up the stitches.

"You'll have a scar, but it'll be superficial at best. Press the call button if you need anything."

She too left the room.

"So, Ma and Mom are happy about that slip up?"

"Shut up Eiji."

"What?"

Eijirou laughed and held his hands up in mock defense. Katsuki had already moved behind Sans, making sure that his grip was tight around his waist.

"Oh, Eiji, he didn't tell you?"

"Mina, don't -"

"Your mom gave him a copy of your birthday picture -"

"Mina, please."

"With a caption saying, "My Two Wonderful Boys" on the frame."

Mina grinned smugly at the two boys.

"Dude! That's awesome!"

Eijirou and Mina started chattering like birds about their internships. Katsuki was eerily silent. Sans expected him to be screaming about Papyrus and how he didn't trust him, but he was quiet.

"Hey Mina, could you get us some drinks?"

"Sure thing! Let's go Eiji!"

Mina all but dragged Eiji out of the room giving Sans a thumbs up.

"Katsuki? Are you okay?"

"Shouldn't I be asking you that?"

"Maybe, but I'm asking you. How'd you get to the house so quickly?"

"The ring."

Katsuki showed the ring on a necklace chain around his neck.

"It started pulling me by the neck, and I remembered what you said this thing did, so I ran. I saw Shitty Hair at the door, pulling it off the hinges."

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, Eiji was worried about you honey."

Ichika walked into the room and sat on the bed near Sans's knees. She then rubbed his hair.

"Bakugo dear, please give us a minute."

"I'm going to find the other two."

Katsuki kissed Sans's temple and left the room, grumpily.

"Sans, are you okay?"

"I think. I don't remember a whole lot after what happened, but I remember you crying. Are you okay?"

"The whole ordeal just reminded me of what happened with my ex."

"What happened?"

"When Eijirou was four my ex-wife died in a drug overdose. Before that, she was very abusive to both of us. I don't think Eijirou remembers her, but it was a horrific time for us. Two years after she died when Natsumi and I were just married, my ex's dealer came to the house demanding payment for the drugs my ex stole. He tried to kidnap Eijirou, but Natsumi tackled him. I rushed Eijirou up the stairs and locked us in the bathroom while Natsumi dealt with him."

"I'm sorry that happened to you."

"Yeah, it's in the past, but seeing you like that, and assuming the worst, I panicked. I'm sorry if I scared you."

"You have nothing to apologize for. I should be apologizing about Papyrus."

"No, he isn't your responsibility."

"Damn straight."

Natsumi walked into the room with three bags and two buckets.

"As far as I'm concerned, Papyrus is a grown ass man, capable of making his own decisions. He made his bed and he can fucking sleep in it. Now shut yer trap and eat some chicken."

"But Mom, how can I eat if I'm to keep my trap shut?"

Ichika snickered behind her hand while Natsumi gave Sans a noogie. Eiji, Mina, and Katsuki all entered back into the room, relieved to see Sans laughing and joking around with the older ladies.

Everyone enjoyed their food over jokes and word games that Sans dominated. Of course that all had to end when Sans's doctor, Mrs. Tanaka, walked into the room with a confused look directed at her tablet.

"Hello Sans. May I speak to you and you guardians in private?"

"We'll be right outside the door bro."

Eijirou messed up Sans's hair and left the room with a giggly Mina and a scowling Katsuki in tow.

"Sans, when was the last time you had an eye appointment?"

"A what?"

Tanaka looked like she had a mini stroke right there.

"Alrighty then! I'm referring you to my college for an impromptu appointment in two days. I'll conduct a basic eye test now, though, just to get a scope of how your eyesight is."

A white board with letters and numbers manifested out of thin air with a long pointer stick.

"Alright Sans read the top row for me."

"Okay? X, N, H, K, L, P."

"Good, next line?"

"Erm, J, F...M...O...B?"

"Okay, next line please?"

"Those are just squiggles. I can't read that, is this how an eye test usually goes?"

"Yes. I don't want you doing any hero work until after your eye appointment."

"What?! I'm on my internship for UA!"

"Sorry young man, you heard her. I'm sending an, eye-mail , to your teachers. They'll be keeping an, eye , on you when we can't. If I get word that you did something that goes against the doctor's orders, you'll be put in the, cornea , for a time out."

Natsumi and Sans laughed their asses off while Ichika smiled exasperatedly at her wife and son.

"I'll make sure he gets to the appointment. Thank you, doctor."

"Of course. Have a good night. You're free to leave whenever you're ready."

They shook hands and Tanaka signed off on the release forms.

"KITTEN!"

Ragdoll was being held back from tackling Sans as soon as he left the room. See the form of Mandalay, all the drowsiness left his body in an instant. He was terrified to sleep around her. Ragdoll and Pixie-Bob were being held back by Tiger while Mandalay remained one of the only two Pussycats calm.

"Sans, what happened? We received a text from Ashido that you were in the hospital."

"Just some family mumbo jumbo. Sorry about not being back on time."

"I think I can let it slide, given the circumstances. Let's head back to the house. Power Loader is waiting for you."

"Okay!"

"Actually, Miss Mandalay. Sans was expressly told NOT to partake in hero work until after his next appointment. I'll email you the details."

Sans groaned into his hands, catching a subtle wink from his current hero mentor.

"Not to worry! We were just going over possible support items to help Sans be a hero. Nothing physical. All we'd be doing is discussing, maybe a measurement or two."

"That sounds...reasonable enough. Sans, if I hear you doing anything other than talking about your support crap, I'm dragging you home and dropping all the house chores on you for a month. Understood?"

"Yes, Ma."

Sans grinned sheepishly at the no-nonsense Ichika. Eijirou hugged Sans, and Katsuki pulled him into a violent kiss, no longer shy about PDA. After the tiny makeout, a dazed and very blue Sans was guided outside, by a crew of laughing cats and Pinky Pather. They loaded themselves into a nicely sized jeep with Tiger behind the wheel.

Sans ended up falling asleep on the trip back. No one had the heart to wake him. Not when he just had stitches put in his face for god knows what. With the help of Pixie, Mina manovered Sans to lay on his side, with his head in Mina's lap. Mandalay bunched up her sweater for a makeshift pillow, and Ragdoll used her sweater for a blanket.

Sans slept restlessly, but he didn't wake up at all. His dreams were full of lab coats, crying, and pain, but he was unable to wake up.

Chapter Text

Sans was chilling outside with Mandalay and Power Loader.

"So what do your blasters do, exactly?"

Sans summed a decently sized, five foot blaster. Said blasty boi was floating around looking for danger. Seeing there was none, its teeth dulled down into little rounded bumps and it snuggled under Sans's arm.

"My blasters are, to some extent, sentient. If I keep them summoned for a long enough period of time, they start to keep themselves on this plane instead of me. They generally just float around and when I give the command,"

Sans raised his arm, causing the blaster's neon blue eyes to glow and its mouth to open. Sans arm shot down, pointing at a mud beast Pixie-Bob had made for his presentation. The blaster shot its laser and the beast was vaporized.

"The blaster controls how dangerous their laser is, but I'm the one who ultimately has the final say. I can judge my opponent's threat level and adjust their laser accordingly."

"When you say "judge", can you be specific? How do you do this?"

"By looking into their soul of course. Give me one second."

Sans quickly took a shortcut back to his house, where he found Asriel sneaking a cookie off the cooling rack, burning his hands a little before shoving it in his mouth.

"Comedian?"

"Hey bud. Wanna help me explain my "quirk?"

"By doing what?"

"I wanted to show them your soul. That cool with ya?"

"I... Do I even have a soul?"

"Don't know, can I see your ring? The one I made ya?"

Asriel pulled the ring out of his pocket. The stone was an upside down, cloudy diamond heart. Love, indicative of his original Monster Soul. Sans smiled fondly, and pulled Asriel's soul and his own from their chests. Asriel's eyes widened and he nearly started crying with joy.

"Sans? What's going on with your soul?"

"What do you mean? I can't see my soul, what color is it?"

"A swirling white and yellow. Can a soul be two colors?"

"A human one, a Monster soul is always white though...What position is it in?"

"Upside down, like mine. It's just white and yellow."

"What is the dominant color?"

"White. The yellow is very pale and I almost didn't notice it."

"Interesting. Whelp, that is research material for another day. Shall we go?"

"Okay."

Asriel grabbed another cookie, and Sans sat him on his shoulders before using a shortcut to go back to the Pussycat's house.Power Loader nearly choked on his tea when Sans popped back in.

"Mandalay, Power Loader. This is my little bro, Asriel. He's gonna be my presentation for how souls work. Stand still Azzy."

Asriel stood in front of the two heroes and Sans once again pulled his soul from his chest. Asriel's pure white soul shone just as brightly as the diamond on his right ring finger.

"This is a soul. Souls can come in many different colors, and each color has its own traits and meanings. White is the basic color, standing for Love. Thanks Azzy, why don't you head on inside? I'll take you back home in a little bit."

"Okay. Don't take too long, Comedian."

Asriel ran inside the house, eager to explore the new area.

"Mandalay, can I check you?"

"What's that mean?"

"Think in video game terms,"

Something Sans was relieved to learn about.

"I would be able to see your stats. Your Hp, ExP, and LV."

"Alright."

*You've entered a fight with Sosaki Shino.*

*You check, Sosaki Shino*

*Hp- 473* *Atk- 205* *Def- 327* *ExP- 2* *LV- 1*

*Sosaki Shino Checks Sans*

*Hp- 1* *Atk- 1* *Def- 1* *ExP- 0* *LV- 1*

"I'd appreciate it, if you ask before you Check me. It's considered rude where I'm from."

"That isn't part of your quirk?"

"Nah, that's just something everyone in my town can do. As I was saying before, Hp, ExP, and LV. Hp stands for Hope, ExP stands for Execution Points, and LV stands for Level of Violence. When I check someone, I see a layer beyond that, that no one else is able to. I can see their sins."

Mandalay stiffened and her stare narrowed and grew heavy.

"I look over people's sins and their stats before making my judgment. Mandalay, your stats are great. They're just what I expected they'd be given your heroic career path. Any questions so far?"

"Not about souls or the blasters. I'd like to know about your shortcuts, is it teleportation?"

"No. Mandalay thought the same thing at first. See that tree right there, the one Mina is napping under? I napped there yesterday, so I have already been there. I can bend the distance between here and there by traveling through the void."

"What is the void?"

"Unimportant. So anywhere I've been before, I can go simply by having a picture of it in my mind."

"Alright. I got enough information for some support items. I'll see you after your eye appointment."

"Geez, does everyone know about that now?"

"Yes they do, and you can thank your mother for that."

"She's not actually my mom, you know?"

"You call her mom, and that's good enough for me. You have a good head on you, so I think she's as much as a mom you will ever acknowledge. Same for that blonde one too."

Mandalay and Power Loader sat together, quietly drinking tea and sketching out base designs. Sans found Asriel and Kota and was keeping an. Eye-socket , on them while they played around. Eventually Sans dozed off against the same tree Mina was under. Asriel and Kota curled up under either of his arms and dozed too.

Mandalay was happy her nephew was acting his age and not going around cursing her fellow hero colleges. Sans was, surprisingly good, with kids. He knew how to take care of them, reason with them, have fun with them, and even get them to eat foods they don't like.

Before Sans showed up, Kota refused to drink milk. Sans had him play games with him. If Sans won, Kota would have to drink ketchup or milk, and If Kota won, he got a slice of carrot cake or a piece of candy. Kota has yet to beat Sans in any kind of game, but he never argued against the terms, and Sans still always gave him cake despite the arrangement.

Mandalay kept watch over her interns and two children while they slept in the sun, smiling softly and snapping a picture.

"Majima, what type of weapons or other items are you thinking?"

"For a weapon, I'm thinking a bo staff, a sword, or maybe a scythe? He brought up judgment a few times and it made me think of a grim reaper, sooo."

"Fun, any items?"

"I was thinking of sound canceling boots, so when he teleports -"

"Shortcuts."

"Shortcuts, he lands without making a sound. Also something like night vision or thermal detection goggles for at night. Regardless, these are just base designs. Only Nezu has the final say on Gaster's items."

"Why? He doesn't usually take a stance on support items like this, does he?"

"No typically. He generally lets me do my own thing, except for students he's taken a keen interest in."

"That's something to keep a closer eye on. Clearly, there are some things this young man only told the principal. Thanks for coming down, Maijima. I appreciate it. Dinner's on me next time."

"I'll hold you to that."

Maijima kissed Mandalay's cheek and left for his car. Mandalay kept a close watch over her small litter over a cup of iced tea and a book.

Chapter Text

Sans sat stiffly in the eye doctor's office. Ichika and Natsumi sat on either side of him. Ichika was on his left fiddling with her own glasses; a semi thick, dark green frame with thick lenses. Natsumi was reading reddit posts on her phone on his right side. Natsumi had her arm draped over Sans's shoulder, absentmindedly rubbing his arm.

"Gaster, Sans?"

Sans jumped, but followed the lady at the encouragement of his mother figures. He was sitting in a chair and his chin was placed on a small rest in front of a weird machine.

"Look through the eye holes, and focus on the little house."

Sans did so and saw the little house. It was cute, small, yellow with a red roof. A small burst of air shot Sans in the eyes, startling him back in his seat. He was then moved to lay in a chair where his dilated (the doctor explained afterwards) eyes had to follow a penlight. After a few more tests he had to lay back in the chair.

"This is gonna sting a bit, but try to keep your eyes open."

"Okay?"

San kept his eyes open, until a terrible stinging invaded his left eye socket. The doctor had to pry his right eye open to do the same torture to that one.

"I need you to blink."

Sans was able to after a few moments, and the stinging slowly faded into an irritating, wet feeling in and around his eyes. She handed him a papery plastic pair of sunglasses and was led back out to the main area.

"Alright, go pick out some lenses you'd like."

Ichika helped Sans pick out a thin, circular pair of dark blue frames. After giving them to the lady, Sans had to wait an additional twenty minutes before his glasses were ready. By then, his magic healed his eyes, off came the sunglasses and on went the glasses.

"Woah."

Sans whole life was always a bit blurry, but that came with being a skeleton, glasses don't work with eyelights, but now... He may still call them eyelights, but Sans was now a human with real human eyes. There's no reason glasses wouldn't work for him now! Sans just never connected the dots, having adapted to blurry vision for his whole life.

Now he could make out the little freckles on Ichika's face. The faded scars on Natsumi wrists and face. The delicate white star shapes his eyelights formed. He was now curious about how Katsuki looked, unblurry; or even Eijirou for that matter.

While Sans looked at everything with literal stars in his eyes, Natsumi and Ichika smiled proudly, knowing the decision they made the night prior was the right one. They quietly paid for the glasses and two extra pairs and took Sans to the car.

"How's everything looking with new eyes?"

"Amazing."

Sans was hardly paying attention to Natsumi's teasing, far too enraptured in the colors passing by the window at the fast pace Ichika was driving. Shades of blue, yellow, green, brown, red. Everything looked so amazing to Sans, now that they weren't blurry.

"I bet now with better eyes, fighting will get many times easier."

"Yeah..."

"Eijirou will want to spar when we get back. You two, Ashido, and Eiji's new friend Tetsutetsu are doing joint training with each other right?"

"Yeah..."

Natsumi sent a mischievous smirk at Ichika.

"Bet you can't wait to make out with Bakugo~"

"Yeah...wait what?"

"Oh great! I'll call him and let him know! He'll be so happy!"

"MOM! NO!"

Sans's face was as blue as his glasses and he tried to take the phone away from Natsumi's hand.

"Enough you two. I don't want to crash."

Sans slumped back in his seat, groaning into his hands.

"So, the doctor chick said you have a severe case of nearsightedness, and a detached retina in your right eye."

"I don't know what that means, but that eyelight either fades or vanishes completely when I use any type of magic. I can see out of that eye without any sort of problem."

"Weird. Anyway, are you ready to spar with your brother?"

"Yeah. Though, I'm upset that this is the second to last day of the internship. It feels like I was barely here because of the shit with Papyrus."

"Oh well. Just think, in two days, you'll be able to see Katsuki in person all the time and not on a phone screen."

"Yeah, I guess that'll be good."

Despite his disregarding attitude, Sans's cheeks bloomed a light blue tone that gave him away. Natsumi smiled and patted Sans's knee.

"BRO!"

As soon as Sans was out of the car, Eijirou and Mina tried tackling him. Sans avoided it by shortcutting next to Mandalay.

"Nice glasses, kid."

"Thanks, adult. Eye 'm, pretty fond of them myself!"

Sans snickered and had to constantly use his shortcuts to avoid Eijirou. Apparently their sparring session started the second he was out of the car. With clearer eyes he could see the faint, almost indistinguishable freckles running across his nose, the little cracks and indents in his hardened skin, the black roots in his hair starting to show, and the determined, excited look in his eyes.

Mandalay and Ichika spoke quietly to each other over virgin fruity cocktails. Natsumi and Tiger were locked in a drinking contest. The two were downing beer after beer. The other two Pussycats were supervising the two sparring groups. Pixie-Bob was with Sans and Eijirou and Ragdoll was with Tetsutetsu and Mina.

Really, the only reason Eijirou and Tetsutetsu were actually there, was because Fourth Kind's hands needed a day to rest from constantly hitting the two boy's hardened heads.  Mandalay was taking notes on each student-hero's strengths and things they need to improve on. For Sans's brother and Tetsutetsu they were nearly invulnerable while hardened, but they could work on their duration. Mina was improving with her acid, and with her natural flexibility, gymnastics could do wonders for her. Sans was showing the biggest improvement by far. He could shortcut back to back, almost thirty some times, before his body started to shut down. His new glasses greatly improved this, by being able to see things more clearly. It was a shame she'd have to give up her rowdy kittens. At least she had them for the summer.

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Sans was awake in the earlier hours of the morning. Since the Pussycats had to deal with his bs all week, he might as well leave them with a good breakfast. He woke up around five in the morning, making fluffy cinnamon bunnies with a sticky sweet icing and berries, some rolled omelets with salt, and some bacon, because bacon is good.

He was also making Starfait or trying to. It didn't taste exactly like the MTT branded Starfait, but that was probably because he had real ingredients and not edible glitter and frosting; this Starfait was made with homemade whipped cream, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and a single sliced strawberry on top with a mint sprig.

He even set the table! Each place setting had a cup of milk, a cup of tea, or a bottle of ketchup. He placed all the food on the table so everyone could get themselves the amount they wanted. If nobody wanted the heavier breakfast, Sans had blueberry oatmeal and toast on standby, and if everyone wanted the spread he made originally, he could feed the standby food to a small blaster he made for Kota.

He made the small blaster on his second day in the internship. Kota was a good kid, and while Sans didn't know what happened in his past, he deserved a companion. The blaster was around long enough for it to produce and subside on its own magic.

Its eyelights were a deep purple color. It had a small skeletal, dragon-like body. Along with its deep purple eyelights, a pair of bright lavender, small, circular blushes were on its cheekbones. A deep purple colored tongue was in its mouth.

As it lived on its own, it started to develop its own personality. It does subside on its own magic, but it does need food to actually make its own magic. As soon as Kota named it, it would officially become his companion and grow alongside him.

"Sans? What time is it."

"Morning Mina. Wanna help me wake your Aunt and the others?"

"Why?"

"So everyone can eat breakfast."

"If you made it, I'm down. I'll get Tiger, Pixie-Bob, and Ragdoll."

"I'll get the other two."

Mina snatched a piece of bacon before running off. Sans chuckled and walked down the hall. Mandalay was already dressed and locking her door when Sans found her. She was dressed in full civvies, making Sans feel underdressed in a pair of blue and white pajama pants and a solid, light blue shirt with some flour splotches.

"Sans, what is on your shirt?"

"Oh, I was, ham-bushed , in the kitchen by some flour. You're looking, egg-cellent , today."

"You're awful, cheerio , today."

"Ayyy!"

Sans shot some finger guns at her, proud of the first pun she made during his time there.

"I made breakfast. Head on down to the dining room. I'm going to fetch Kota."

"Thanks a, brunch , Sans."

Sans snickered all the way down to Kota's dark green door. Opening it, Kota was out cold with quiet snores coming from his tiny body.

"Go wake him up buddy."

The blaster flapped its little bone and magic wings from its place on the roof. It dropped to the ground and ran over to Kota, where it started licking and nuzzling his face. The sight made him miss Mayo. The sweet white cat was with Ichika at their house so she could explore and know that house was her home.

"Sans!"

Kota was finally awake and was starstruck over the blaster.

"Morning, bud."

"Sans, what is this?"

"A little gift, from me to you. I'm leaving tomorrow and you could use a new skeleton friend when I'm gone."

"What's her name?"

"Whatever you want it to be, bud."

Kota stared deep into the blaster's purple eyes, until he smirked at Sans.

"I'll name her Jelly."

Sans's bit back a laugh. Obviously, Kota was messing with him, but the blaster attached herself to the name immediately.

"Nice ta meet ya Jelly. C'mon kid, breakfast is ready."

Jelly lifted Kota on her back and flew out of the room. Sans jogged behind them, laughing.

"Holy shit! Kota, what are you on!"

"Jelly!"

Sans snickered at Mandalay's parental panic. He's been there many a time with Papyrus...when he was a little babybones, nothing but smiles and nyehs'...

Sans was brought out of his depressing thoughts by people reaching for food and gushing over his cooking.

"Sans! Kitten, where'd you learn to cook?"

"An old friend from my hometown. She taught me the basics of cooking, and I taught myself Japanese food when I got to Japan."

Sans helped himself to two cinnamon bunnies, three rolled omelets, and a couple strips of bacon. Everyone ate laughing over jokes. Sans even saw Kota slipping some bacon to Jelly. Sans tried to start doing dishes, but Tiger and Mina pushed him from the room.

"You cooked, so it's not fair to make you do the dishes."

Sans chuckled and left them alone. He went to his room to get dressed in a pair of white jean shorts, a bright blue short sleeved shirt, and his black sneaker with orange laces (a gift from Katsuki.) Mandalay and Pixie-Bob were discussing their plans for the upcoming week, and Ragdoll was napping off her food coma in the sun. Sans went to find Kota. The kid was ecstatic to have his own companion.

Kota was behind the house shooting water from his hands. Jelly was jumping all around, getting wet while trying to get the water in her mouth.

"Heh, hey Kota. Wanna go to the pet store and get stuff for Jelly girl?"

"Heck yeah!"

Kota was flipped onto Jelly's back.

"Jelly, come. I don't need to be separated from you."

Sans held the blaster and kid close as he took a taxing shortcut to the mall's pet store. When they got there, Sans was out of breath and breathing heavily.

"Sans?! Are you okay?! I thought you said distance didn't matter with your shortcuts!"

"It doesn't. I never said anything about passengers, did I? Whelp, it's no bones off my back. C'mon, browse around for a bit. I'm going to get a quick snack."

Sans watched Kota and Jelly run off into the store, leaving him to pick himself up and trudge to the vending machine. An arm grabbed him by the waist, and pulled him against a well muscled, and frankly, very familiar chest.

"Well, I hadn't expected to see you here, Ground Zero."

"Why're you here, Richter? Shouldn't you be with the Pussycats?"

"I made everyone breakfast and took Kota out to get some things for his new companion."

Sans turned around, leaning against the vending machine. He proudly showed off his new glasses, of which a small pink tint coated Katsuki's cheeks.

"New glasses?"

"Yup, you like them, Kat-su-ki?"

"I do."

Now it was Sans's turn to blush as Katsuki pressed him against the vending machine. Sans hands clutched at the hem of Katsuki's shirt as he was "devoured" by his fiery blonde.

"Sans!"

Sans shortcutted the store entrance where Kota was blushing violently and covering his eyes.

"Hey Kota! Did you find anything you liked?"

From the tips of his ears to the top of his neck, Sans's face was burning blue. Katsuki was leaning against the poor vending machine, snickering under his breath. After a few seconds of his boyfriend panicking, he made his way over and scooped Kota up onto his shoulders.

"Come on kid. Richter will go get his snack and recharge and we will get the things you need for your pet."

Katsuki took Kota inside, giving Sans enough time to calm down and eat.

"Where's this pet I keep hearing about?"

"Her name is Jelly. Why were you macking on nii-chan?"

"He's my boyfriend."

"Okay. I left Jelly in the bed aisle."

Kota directed Katsuki to where all the pet beds were. Jelly was lounging on a large cushy, dark red dog bed.

"Did Sans give her to you?"

"Yeah! Nii-chan said this morning that she was my new skeleton friend!"

Katsuki nodded and lifted the "pet" on her bed so she didn't have to move. Sans eventually caught up to them, when they were comparing treats.

"It doesn't matter what kind of treats you give Jelly, but they do have a preference for bones and meat."

"Okay nii-chan." Kota was comparing two large meat covered bones while Sans looked at Katsuki. He may understand most of the Japanese language, but there were still some words that evaded him, mainly from never hearing them used.

"Big brother."

Sans was giddy the whole shopping trip after Katsuki translated for him. He even took Kota to a little donut shop for a little treat. Sans got an apple fritter, Katsuki a plain (no icing, filling, etc), and Kota got a cinnamon twist. Katsuki and Kota walked around while Sans lazed on Katsuki's back. They eventually reached an indoor park where Kota and Jelly started flying and doing stunts for the other kids.

Sans rubbed his smushed cheek against Katsuki's left shoulder blade.

"I missed this back~ Woe is me, the torture of walking and running on my own was horrible~"

"Heh, lazy drama queen."

"Damn straight! I'll take that title anyday. Who knows, that might be my hero name."

"Nah, it'll be so much cooler than that."

"What 'bout you? Given any thought to the great Bakugo Katsuki's hero name yet?"

"A bit. That Jean-Bastard's been useful in brainstorming, and he came up with one. "DynaMight."

"Nope. Sorry babe, but that name is dumber than my old pet rock. You'll come up with a name as great as you."

"You better fucking believe it! You ready to go back to school tomorrow?"

"Being carried almost everywhere, free food I don't have to make myself, intermittent naps in every class, midterms? Hell yeah I'm ready to go back. One thing though. Can't believe I forgot to do this."

Sans coated his hand in a very fine layer of magic and ruffled Katsuki's hair violently. The slicked side part was magically assisted into its normal state of spikiness. Sans rubbed his face into the soft spikes laughing (read giggling) quietly.

Passersby awed at the cute couple moment the two highschoolers were having. Best Jeanist stood by, leaning against a tree, silently applauding The young Bakugo on raising his public opinion.

This little couple moment showed the public that the explosive blonde was family oriented and was extremely loyal to those he loved. He did take slight offense that the Gaster boy called his hero name suggestion "dumber than his pet rock" but that wasn't the only possible name on his list. He was also unhappy that the neat hairstyle that took literally an hour and a half to do.

Back to the lovely couple, Sans was now sleeping soundly on Katsuki's back, drooling a small bit on his shoulder.

"Hey, Jelly. It's time to go home."

Katsuki had to whisper yell to the little blaster since Kota was sleeping like a baby. Jelly held her new, deep indigo leash to Katsuki. As she grew in the day, she was learning. She was reasonably intelligent and knew that she had to have a leash or she'd be feared.

Sans clung to Katsuki's back like a koala, Kota was cuddled up into his arms on his chest, and Jelly's leash was wrapped around his left wrist loosely as she walked beside him, easily keeping pace. Katsuki was ignoring the civilians around him, searching for the annoying pro hero he came with.

"Bakugo. When I left you, I didn't expect three tagalongs when I found you again."

"Tch. Don't talk so loud. They need more sleep."

"Alright. Are we taking a detour to drop them off?"

"Obviously."

"Alright, let's go. Try not to shed in my car."

"She doesn't have fucking fur."

"I was talking to you. Your hair is a mess."

Hakamada was silently pleased that he wasn't subjected to the blonde ruffian's screaming for the twentieth time that day. He corralled the kids into the backseat and the skeleton dog(with wings?) into the passenger seat. Jelly rested her skull into Hakamada's lap, enjoying the occasional scritches she received. She too enjoyed the smooth ride back to her home with an undisturbed nap.

Katsuki sat in the backseat, obviously. Sans was strapped in on his left with his arm around his shoulders. Kota was on his right, where the child slept. Katsuki had one of Hakamada's spare jackets folded on his lap and Kota's head rested.

Hakamada put on quiet, wordless music to fill the silence and to put the Gaster boy at ease. His face was scratched and he was trembling. If he was being honest, he was positive the poor kid was having a nightmare. His current charge was doing his best to soothe him with shoulder rubs and sweet whispers, but it wasn't enough.

Thankfully the classical piano, violin, and cello was enough to soothe the small high schooler. Sans's sleep was peaceful once more and his face snuggled into Katsuki's side. Hakamada wished he had a camera. In his rearview, he could see his charge's face light up when his boyfriend cuddled into him.

It was nearing dusk when Hakamada's car pulled into the Beasts Forest.

"JEANIST!"

"Hello to you too, Sosaki. Get Tsuchikawa to make a clear path for me to get through. I forgot to make the turn for the house's driveway."

"No problem! She's happy to do it!"

The ground underneath the restored black station wagon, lifting above all the trees. The car and its occupants were carried all the way to the Pussycats's main house, where a couple people were waiting for them. The car was set down with a light thud.

The Kirishima trio waited off to the side with Mina and the Pussycats stood close by. Ragdoll shook out her arms and bounced from foot to foot.

"Nice!"

Katsukia and Hakamada were quick to shush her. Jelly helped Hakamada get Kota out of the car and Eijirou helped Katsuki with Sans.

"Shitty hair. What're you doing here?"

"Mandalay called Ma and wanted us to pick Sans up. She thought it'd be good to let him and Mina off a little early."

Eijirou cradled Sans in his arms, and carried him to his Mom's patrol car. Mina was already in the back left seat. She made the middle seat as comfortable as she could and she had blankets and pillows on standby, ready for her sleepy bestie. Eijirou moved his brother into the middle seat and climbed in after him.

Sans's head was leaning heavily on Mina, so she moved a pillow to lay on both her and Eijirou's laps and covered him in at least two blankets. Eijirou strapped Sans in and kept his brother from falling off the seat.

Katsuki waved pathetically, looking like an abandoned puppy. Hakamada placed a heavy hand on his shoulder.

"Come on kid. We have to head back now."

<~>

Sans slept almost peacefully the entire ride home. He did shift a lot while sleeping. Mina was permitted to sleep over with Eijirou and Sans, since it was late. Eijirou carried Sans up to his bed and Natsumi helped her son set up a foldaway futon in the boys' beds. Eijirou gave up his bed to his girlfriend, not waiting for her to sleep on the slightly dusty futon.

Sans slept comfortably in his own cushy bed and he seemed to fall into a deeper sleep the second his head hit the pillow. His unconscious body wiggled around until his neatly made comforter, sheets, and pillows was in a balled up nest. 

Chapter Text

Sans was barely awake. When he woke up in the morning, it was Mina and Eijirou pressed to either side of his body. For the first time since arriving in the new world, Sans woke Eijirou up, and was proactive in getting ready for school.

Then he went back to sleep at the table. He wore his crumpled UA uniform as per usual, but he also wore Papyrus's scarf. Despite what happened, the scrap of clothing reminded him of simpler times. When Sans was looking after him and when Paps was a smol babybones obsessed with becoming part of the Royal Guard.

After Eijirou and Mina were awake and fully dressed, Ichika served breakfast. She made sure to shake her second son awake to actually eat. So yeah, Sans was nibbling on his fourth bacon, sausage. Egg, cheese, and tomato sandwich, barely awake.

After his seventh sandwich, Eijirou lifted him onto his back and he and Mina raced each other to school while Sans slept.

The familiar smells and rambunctious activities of the classroom was enough to make Sans wake up, but not completely. Eijirou and Sero were quick to laugh at Katsuki's seemingly permanent side part. Sans's sleep-addled mind wasn't laughing though. He shortcutted behind his boyfriend, slowly climbed on his back, and tried to fix Katsuki's hair, with no success.

"Even Sans can't fix your hair Pretty Boy!"

"What'd you call me?!"

Katsuki's hair poofed back to its natural spiky state. Being so close to Katsuki's head, Sans got a big face full. Sans was happy and rubbed his face into Katsuki's hair. He was quick to go back to sleep.

"Yo, extras. Make sure no one wakes him up."

Katsuki whisper yelled to his friends. Eijirou helped maneuver Sans so he clung to Katsuki's front. Eijirou ruffled Sans's white hair before joining the rest of his friends to quiet down the rest of the class.

Aizawa walked into the classroom with his coffee and sat down, reading something on his tablet. He lifted his eyes to the confused faces of his students and choked on his hot drink. Coffee was dripping from his chin as he coughed into his jacket.

He skimmed over his kids and his best and brightest was sleeping on Bakugo's lap. He had a koala ear headband on, a wooly sweater, a koala eye mask, and a little gray bowtie. Momo slowly hid a little plastic branch of eucalyptus. Aizawa pinched the bridge of his nose and heaved a big sigh.

"I'm not gonna question this, just...Kirishima, put him in his seat."

Aizawa went on informing his kids about their final exam and his threat of summer school and reward of training camp. He knew either Bakugo or Kirishima would tell Sans everything he would need to know, but he wrote everything down before he dismissed them to their English class. He gave Yaoyorozu a slip of paper with a link to wild animal merch before she left.

<~>

Sans woke up three hours later in lunch, baffled by the blanket, pillow, eye mask, head band, sweater, bowtie, and plushie surrounding him. After a few seconds of confusion, he figured that Momo made everything at the request of others. He kept the headband on, the blanket on his shoulders, and the bowtie around his neck.

The plushie was frankly very cute in Sans's eyes. He didn't know what animal it was, but it was hugging a ketchup bottle. It was plush and very huggable. It was definitely something Papyrus would own if it came to the Underground. It would have a very special spot on his bed. Sans named the little plushie Nebula.

Recently Sans missed stargazing. Back in the Underground, there were no stars. But in his little personal lab connected to his father's, he had a small observatory. It was placed in such a way that his telescope was able to see through a hidden hole in the Underground.

The blue and white skies were nice; however the delicate blues, blacks, purples, and glittery star covered night sky was gorgeous. During his time in the new world the night sky and stars were the furthest things from his mind. Now? He was out a few nights with a hot drink and a blanket just looking up.

He was thinking of getting a part time job to get the money to get a new telescope and to set up a little observatory. He was positive that his new family would love to help out, and he planned to utilize them, but he wanted to get the money first for supplies first.

"Bro? You up now?"

"Hey Eiji. What time is it?"

"Almost time for hero training with Aizawa and All Might. Are you awake enough to do that?"

"Yeah, just lemme get a ketchup bo-... Where's Ground Zero?"

"Right here."

Sans was lifted from behind and was in a tight bridle hold by the very blonde he wanted. Sans's face went up in flames and smiled sheepishly at Katsuki.

"Bro, I'm gonna get you lunch! Bakugo, don't drop him."

"As if I would Shitty Hair!"

Katsuki's earlobe was trapped in Sans's fingertips and the pale boy yanked hard.

"Don't curse at my bro Katsuki."

"Ok, ok, let go! You're pulling my damn ear off!"

Sans chuckled and took a shortcut to the lunchline to snatch a ketchup bottle from some poor kid, and went back to the table. Katsuki sat there rubbing his ear and mumbling to himself.

"Sorry Ground Zero. I'll make it up to you next time."

Sans leaned over and gave Katsuki's cheek a little peck before sipping on his ketchup beverage. Katsuki hugged Sans and pressed his face to his boyfriend's shoulder. Eijirou came back with two trays filled with hotdogs, potato salad, and a couple bottles of milk.

"Here you go bro. What'd you think we're doing in Hero Training?"

"No clue, but considering All Might's "teaching" probably one on one or team fights. He's not really creative. If Aizawa is leading the class this time, probably nap class."

Sans snickered while taking a big bite from his hotdog. Katsuki shook his head, and stole a chip from Eijirou. After Sans ate his food, he was cocooned into his thick gray blanket and was slung over Katsuki's shoulder.

"Bakugo, is that Sans?"

"Heya teach. Sorry for sleeping so long, but I was, bone tired."

Sans was set on his feet and he put his blanket, sweater, and Nebula off to the side. He kept the headband and bow tie on, much to everyone's, (literally everyone's,) joy.

"Okay, so today we're going to be focusing on dodging, quirkless combat, and balance. Too many times I've seen heroes and villains get hit by very easy to dodge attacks and their combat deeply affected by uneven landscapes.

Both sides of the hero/villain coin also rely heavily on their quirks and brute force, which makes both sides predictable. As you all know, Erasure is not a physical or combative quirk, so I am well versed in quirkless combat. Gaining and perfecting these skills will make you better heroes. Obviously I will lead the quirkless combat group, but I am having two of you lead the other two."

Everyone looked at each other, but Sans grinned lazily. He could dodge in his sleep, so that is exactly what he planned to do.

"Asui, you are in charge of the balance."

The froggy girl "kero-ed" and blushed a light pink.

"And for the dodging group...Sans, you are in charge of that."

Sans groaned and hung his head. Shota's subtle message to him was clear. "You are not sleeping during this class period." Sans was not confident in his teaching abilities, at all. He tried teaching Papyrus how to shortcut, but it was...very unsuccessful. He shuddered at the flashbacks.

"No complaining. Okay now, this class lesson will be a four to six day project. You all will be separated into three groups to learn under me, Sans, and Asui. Depending on how quickly you learn the skills, you could move to the next group or help your current group leader. Some of you might need extra help, so you'll be able to spend an extra lesson or two working on it.

Sans, Asui. Both of you stand over here. It's time to separate you lot. For Balance training, when I call your name, stand behind Asui. Aoyama, Iida, Shoji, Midoriya, Kirishima, and Ojiro. For dodging, Ashido, Kaminari, Uraraka, Sato, Tokoyami, and Jiro. For quirkless combat, Bakugo, Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, Sero, Hagakure, and Koda.

Once you get into your groups, listen to your group leaders. If you have a problem with Sans or Asui, bring it to the attention of the adult supervisor. Cementoss is supervising the balance group and Snipe is with the dodging group. Get going."

Sans walked, unhappily, away from Aizawa and Asui. He found himself following Snpe to an area with raised circular and square platforms. Snipe leaned on a tree a couple feet away pretending to read a book.

"Okay so...dodging, dodging... How to teach you..."

Sans was working his brain down to his last cell to think of something. Then he smirked evilly.

"Let's get you all on these platforms."

Sans helped Denki, Uraraka, and Jiro onto their platforms. Everyone else had no problem getting up.

"Hey, Sans! What're we doing?"

"Good question, Mina. Hey Snipe, do you have any projectiles on you?"

"Always do."

Snipe kicked a box over to Sans's feet, eyes never leaving his book. Maybe he really was reading. Sans dug through the box, laughing sinisterly as he took out a potato gun and two bags of little, black and white bean bags.

"So, "class", time to start the lesson. All you have to do, is dodge. Should be simple enough right? I'm going to shoot these at you, after ten minutes, everytime you get hit is one push up. Go."

Sans was cackling. He repeatedly hit each of his classmates in their limbs and guts. By the end of his ten minute mark, each of them were doing at least twenty pushups, some of them did more but twenty was as low as the number got. Even Snipe was snickering from his place from under the tree.

Sans looked over to Aizawa's group and flushed blue with a soft grin. Bakugo was holding his own quite well against Aizawa. Oh, how he longed to nap on his boyfriend's back; alas the stupid grouping prevented him from doing so. He was salty, and he fully planned to take advantage of pummeling his group with bean bags.

<~With Asui T.~>

"Um, Mr. Ishiyama, can you make the ground uneven and difficult to move around in?"

"Of course."

The cement underneath their feet started deforming into jagged cliffs, rounded and slick bumps, and long bars similar to balance beams.

"Thank you, sir. I'll hop around and help you, but I want you all to run around. If you fall, I'm putting a red sticker on your back. Mr. Ishiyama will move the ground around randomly too, so watch out. Kero."

Tsuyu, true to her word, literally hopped around the area, helping people and putting stickers on their backs. Iida had the least amount of stickers at five and Aoyama had the most at seventeen. Eijirou did okay with only ten.

The froggy girl was far more merciful than Sans. By a longshot.

<~With Aizawa S.~>

Aizawa had his hair tied up in a bun, and he was evaluating his kids' natural strength. Unsurprisingly, Todoroki and Bakugo were tied for being the strongest without their quirks. The two tied for the weakest was, also unsurprisingly, Yaoyorozu and Koda. Koda didn't want to hurt anyone and Yaoyorozu, while fighting, was too nervous to hurt her classmates.

Aizawa had his work cut out for him. He looked over to the other two groups he assigned. Asui was doing a good job, helping her classmates improve with their footing and postures. Sans on the other hand... His other six kids were covered in black and blues, as they were pelted with little objects. Sans was cackling away like a witch and Snipe apparently saw nothing wrong with it, seeing as he was snickering right along with the pale "child."

Sans's group ended up doing multiple pushups after maybe ten fifteen minutes. Sans looked over to his group and watched Bakugo spar with Yaoyorozu, trying to help her gain confidence in her strikes. Sans's gaze said he was proud of his boyfriend, but he was also checking in on his other classmates. Most likely judging how he would teach them.

<~Back With Sans~>

Sans didn't think he would ever get tired of pelting his classmates with bean bags.

"Dude! Why do you keep hitting us like this?!"

Kaminari was whining as his noodle arms struggled to hold his weight during his pushups.

"Yeah! There's no way you could dodge these things! They're tiny!"

Uraraka was already done with her new set of pushups, but her arms and chest were littered with bruises.