The Wandering Otaku (Akashida's Awakening)

When the Shadow went down with Lola’s last move, she would look back at the real Akashida Karasuma with a wide grin on her face, “I apologize for that taking so long. I must admit, this is my first time fighting.” She would move to the side a little so that Akashida had a clear path to the Shadow. She was not need for this next part and she knew it. She was confused by how the Shadow was speaking, however. She was not aware that Shadows could act this way. It was almost as if it she had just fought a normal human, but that wasn’t possible. It was obviously a Shadow. She would have to see if anything else like this had occurred recently. How now though, she had to wait for the real one to act.

When the fight ended, the ringing in Akashida's ears started to subside. His heartbeat started slow down.

He was stunned. Too much in awe about the fact that the fight before his eyes was real. Not something out of a video game. He was also frozen in fear about how the twin was saying the truth as well. In the end, Akashida truly thought about all of the bullshit in his life. The addiction to his games, the attention he wanted, and how the child in him died long ago.

| Shit. Is this really me? I can't believe it. |
He started to have his flashbacks.
Akashida heard children laughing. However, he was in his dark, cold, and dirty room. Feeling empty inside like a... machine.
Living his monotonous cycle by 4 hours of sleep, being entertained, and eating 1 meal.
He was like a machine, living a life that was...routine

| I'm gonna have to face my problems eventually, huh, Akashida? |

Akashida started to tear up. "God dammit." He whispered to himself.
He wiped his eyes and started to walk up towards his shadow.

Akashida looked into the eyes of his shadow.
"You're right. I hate everyone. I believe that everyone, myself included, should die. No one would help me. I felt so empty inside."

Akashida started to tear up again.
"I never thought my inner child would come back. Not like this."

He started to pull up his shadow up and started to hug him.
Akashida then cried all of the tears he had locked up.

All of the child's tears that he locked up in his empty soul.

"I am you and you are me."

Lola would smile as Akashida embraced the Shadow before him. She had just witnessed firsthand the awakening of a User and it made her heart flutter. She would bow to the person know standing before her, “Congratulations on awakening, Akashida Karasuma. The power you have now is yours, and I pray that you will use it wisely from this day forward.” With her head still turned to the ground, she would let out a sigh. Standing back up, the boy could see that her demeanor had shifted to one that was much more laid back, “If you don’t mind, I’m going to drop the formalities. I’m an attendant, but I’m still not good at being so uptight.” She would stick out her tongue with a grin, “My name is Lola, by the way. I live through those blue doors you’ll be seeing around the place. Feel free to stop by whenever you want. I and my siblings are always willing to help out whenever you may need us. Well, depending on the situation…” There were some cases where they couldn’t help and she knew it, [color=#3333ff] “I’m just glad that the fighting is done. I wasn’t feeling too well near the end of that.” She’d rub the back of her head before kneeling down to feel the sand she now stood on, “How strange. I wonder why you ended up here of all places.” She would shrug, regardless of what she thought, "Anyway, Just go through that portal and you should be back in your world. Take care, Akashida."

Akashida looked at Lola. She was interesting. She sounded like she was a newly appointed angel.
| Awakening? Attendant? | Akashida has a lot of questions regarding himself and how he got there.

Akashida looked at Lola and gave her a puzzled look. "So wait... what do you mean by Awakening? Are attendants basically Angels? Can I see my mom? I have so many questions to ask you..."

Then he thought about his whole ordeal. About how he was going change himself and how he was going to live his life without running away. He then stopped giving Lola the puzzled look and gave her a more reassuring look.

"You know what? Forget it. I'll be fine. I can see you anytime, right?"
Akashida then walked over to one of the portals. Especially the one that leads towards one of the highest roofs on campus.  Before he walked in, he turned around to Lola.

Akashida gave her a bow. "Thank you, Lola. I'm forever grateful." He then raised himself off and did this:

Hand Gesture:

to Lola. "Ciao." Akashida then walked towards the portal.



It was dark and cold. Night was certainly the time of day. However, Akashida liked it. He needed time to think. Especially after all of the craziness that happened just now.

Well, that and all of his life.