Hyde's Doomed World (Wild Card Awakening)

Fear….
That as all hyde felt as soon as he stepped into that portal, the fear of what he might experience. This forest seemed so familiar to him, too familiar. IT was a reflection of his cowardice, the way he abandoned his friends to save his own skin. “……” Hyde simply wanted to cry right now, but he couldn’t do that, he would stop and wait , simply put on a show for his shadow to enjoy. Hyde knew what he did, and he had to live with it, All he ever hoped for was to never do that again.
Though, the voices he heard in his head caused an instant mind game. Getting on his knees as they accepted him, pleaded to him, and taunted him. It as torture no matter how he looked at them, torture that his shouldered “….” There were three paths ahead of him. Hyde new what path would suit him the most. His usual self would pick hope, but his talk with naomi made him a bit realistic. “Hyde started to wander to hope, but ultimately walked to truth in fear.

“It didn’t make any sense, not much at all. Hyde was walking through his memories, that much was true. Those memories were his, but how could Gina be there in each decisive moment? Everything time something was to happen, good or bad, or something that mattered or meant something at the mist, Gina was there. “ Gage?” What in the world was going on? Is this the truth? Was the truth in fact that Cage was there with Hyde this whole entire tie? The fact that he wasn’t really alone because Gage was watching over him like some sort of guardian angel? It made Hyde wonder who Gage was. Gage ws his friend, that much was certain, but how was Gina there this whole time without Hyde noticing. He was currently watching their first interaction but something a little scary happened.
The images led at him, which startled Hyde. It startled him even more as they pointed at him, Hyde felt a heavy sensation into his body. He wasn’t familiar with the feeling, of something inside of him. Before he could address it, he found his way back into the swamp. He also heard his voice again, but hyde could tell that he wasn’t going crazy, It might be his shadow. “I came for you……… I need to get stronger if I’m going to have a chance. Azores is my home now…. I don’t want to lose it… “ Hyde would then start to walk over to the path of what he will gain.

“What? Is….is that me? I……” Hyde was at a loss of words, he could not make sense of these images of himself. The path that he took was supposed to shadow what he would gain, but not even his gains were making sense. There Hyde was in the realm of light walking through a path of darkness, and even unleashing something from inside himself at a mass of some sort. What did it all mean? So in the end, did I just pick up a responsibility of some sort? Though, Hyde could feel it, something that laid ahead of his path.
“….” Hyde drew his soulbound weapon hand had it close in hand, walking down the path in order to face himself.

………………….. you…… you’re….me……..I have one after all…..but…why do you…. What was wrong with his shadow? A shadow was supposed to be a reflection of his inner self, but the shadow looked so  weak or something. Something was off, but Hyde couldn’t pinpoint his finger on it.  “Give me a second… this is… a lot to take in……are…you really me?.”  his freaking shadow was in front of him. It’s kind of ok when it happened to everyone else, but it’s like the most stressful thing in the world when it happens to yourself. The shadow spoke, and it sounded like Hyde too.

“This is our home, or used to be. But….. we did so many things we didn’t want to…..or had to…and….. our friends…… our comrades…” Hyde shook his head, he was sure that his shadow knew how he felt about being here in this place. Hyde closed his eyes and broke in a cold sweat when his shadow told him that he missed out on a few things that could of made a lot more sense. “ Gina, I just met her…but she was always there with me when it mattered…… no matter what. I don’t understand what that mean….  She’s…. Azores itself? i… I don’t know… I don’t know anything, nothings making any sense! I wanted too know what I would gain, and  a realm of light? Darkness?  Did it all clinch up to me? Was that mass the word creator….and i…. is all it saying that I gained out way out of all of his darkness?  None of those images are recognizable …at all…. “  

It’s not like I wanted anyone to feel sorry for me. What was the point, asking for them to pity me in the sense that I did things that neve really wanted to do in the first place? Was it right to build a relationship off of that in that way? All I wanted was something genuine! That was something I couldn’t have if…. I ruined it….” Hyde would say as he looked down. He had to swallow it all, and it sucked. His shadow was right about everything, or almost everything. It was a strange feeling of sadness and regret.
“All I get is light or darkness huh? I don’t understand any of that, but I do know one thing. I felt something new when oki left. IT was just anger and sadness all mixed into one, you probably could of killed me right here and then, everything started to click, I had to lose so many things for me to actually start listening to people. Remember when we went to all of our friends before we came here? For any bit of closure, and hope that things would change and get better. As much as i hated that pain.... i feel like i needed it... because.... im listening now.....“ Hyde tightened his grip on his spear. “I came here for power, I came here to change. When I was fighting that boom boxer guy, as everyone was expecting me to lay down and die…. I shouldered all of my pain..all of my sins…and burdens, now to give it all away for a quick death? No… “

Hyde would say as he stepped forward. “ I came here for you to tell me that this all means something! It has to mean something! It can’t mean nothing can it?… it can’t be too late to fix everything… or else I would of given up a long time ago. I didn’t come here to give up, or else I would of stayed in the real world and wait for you to take me…..”

“You’ve got to be kidding me.” Naomi would be there in a moment. Not her, but an image at least, trying to make that spear as useless as a twig. She called her boomerang and used what little time she had to use it to try and knock the spear off balance by throwing it. Can't use a weapon you can't aim. Thank goodness for supernatural powers.. She looked at the Hyde she knew with an annoyed face as she went up to him, “Didn’t we just have a talk about this? I could have sworn you weren’t going to let your Shadow get the better of you. I may be able to respect a loser more than a coward, but that doesn’t make you either of them.” Her lips would curl up into a smile, “I choose to believe in you, okay? Don’t get me wrong, we still have our issues, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to abandon you. Who knows, maybe we can still be friends.” She was trying to fix her messed up relationship with him, at least, and this was the first step. Can’t very well fix a relationship with a dead man, “So come on. Stand up and fight back. Or don’t. Just beat his- your- whoever’s butt. We have a relationship to mend. You have worlds to save, with all of us.” She was trying to be nice, in her own way, “You’re our teammate, so… Good luck…” She would fade then. She tried, at least. This was his fight now. She believed her could do it. She had some belief in him, even if she didn’t show it or let her anger get in the way.

The Phantom of Mae Iharu clasped Hyde's hand in a firm grip, as the Black Naginata prepared to stop the Spear from skewering him completely. **Hyde... HYYYDE!** Her voice echoed throught the area. She was smiling at him warmly. **You can't give up now! Think of everything you've been fighting for up to this point! Sure, what he's saying may hurt... But the Hyde I know would never give up. And If you do, I'll never forgive you! Don't let his words drain you. Let them help you instead.** Mae's phantom knelt next to Hyde, smiling reasurringly at him. Shortly after, another voice Hyde would surely recognize echoed through his foggy mind. Kei might not have awakenend to his potential, but his voice would still reach him. **Remember that you're not alone. We're all here for you. So stand up and fight. You got work to do, you know? Show this fake clown who's the real Hyde Mizumi, would you, Partner?** Kei's voice sounded comforting, yet commanding at the same time. **This is far from over. Keep fighting with all your strength. I'm sure you can do this. Even when things may look rough, just smile. That goes far... Now stand back up and show that shadow who's the boss around here!** And with those words, Mae faded away... Her voice still lingering a second after her body vanished.


The black naginata that Mae usually fought Shadows with vanished after it's duty had been fulfilled... Now, the rest was up to Hyde. She could not do anything else... Hopefully, it was enough.