Finding the Way Home

8:Guilt

Kid 2's POV (the original Kid, for those of you skipping chapters, Kid 1 is the original and Kid 2 is the evil one, and btw I forgot to mention this in the last chapter, but when it switched to Kid 2's POV it went  back to when Kid came to this world and stuff, but when it moves back to Kid 1's POV it will move back to the present.)

I had duplicated my father's mirror from the death room, so if I needed to I could check up and see where people were. After my dream, I decided I would check up on Maka and Black Star, no doubt they were hanging out.

What if the reason she rejected me so much was something going on between her and Black Star? I thought. What if the entire time they were just seeing each other behind my back?

Those thoughts were interrupted when the mirror had started to show Black Star, Tsubaki, Maka and........

.....Me?

I blinked in confusion. How the hell could they be with me if I was here?

About an hour later

I hardly bought a word that came out of the mouth of the me that was with them, but I could see his soul, and it looked almost exactly like mine used to. There really wasn't much other explanation.

I decided to keep looking at the mirror, just to get more information.

I'd learned that the me in the mirror was from another universe, that lived in a different version of this city, and he had been sent here to kill me because Blaire had accidentally gotten him in trouble with the order of the Shinigami by raising Black Star, Maka, and Soul from the dead. I'd also realized that the version of me in the mirror had been in love with the Soul from his world (which I found a bit weird, considering I've never personally liked any guy in my life. Like, ever. I never even went through that bi-curious phase like most people do. 

The other me was walking with Black Star and Maka, and at one point, Black Star said the exact opposite of what he told me before Soul died. None of it lined up. Before, he had said he didn't care about dying, that he would fight to get me back, but now he was saying it was a pointless fight, and not even worth it, and didn't think it was worth dying for.

After that, Black Star started walking ahead of them, and Maka started whispering in the other me's ear.

"Don't take the way he treats you personally." Maka said quietly, trying to not let Black Star hear. "When the you he knew betrayed us, he was probably the one who felt the most betrayed out of all of us. He's been embarassed about it ever since, but before that-"

"Don't you dare finish that sentence, Maka." Black Star said, even though he seemed too far away for him to hear them.

"He was in love with this world's version of you." Maka whispered twice as quiet as before.

When I heard that I just stared at the mirror, not even processing what was going on.

That's when I remembered what I had said to Black Star, after Asura had taken over my soul, just when my soul completely given in to Asura. When my soul was taken over by him until it was separated from me, my memory became a blur, but I could remember this loud and clear now.

I could feel that part of the old me- no; the real me- fighting back against who I've become even harder than before. Even though I wasn't in control of myself at the time, I wouldn't forgive myself for saying that, for hurting Black Star like that.

I pushed down those feelings, the new me striving to come out on top, to put the me I used to be back down, and it worked.

But that memory stayed in my mind, the memory of the lie I told Black Star, and what I did.