Chapter 53: The Final Battle Part 3
"Boboa…" Nana covered her mouth as she witness Bo turn into ice.
"Haru…" Makoto whispered to see his best friend. Haru was at the wall with little to no expression whatsoever. Suddenly he went on his knees and tears fell from his cheeks.
"Haru-chan…" Nagisa whispered.
…
"No, no, no, no, no…" Gou whispered and cried thinking about what just happened. 'Bo is...is….gone…" She thought. She remember the last thing that Bo mouthed to her.
I believe in you.
"One down, one more to go!" Chigusa and the ghost laughed. Gou didn't move. She laid there in shock and was completely lost in her thoughts. Then Chigusa made a wave and hit Gou and smacked her away into a group of trees.
'I don't have the energy to fight anymore…' Gou thought. She laid on a tree as she recalled Bo's final words and actions. 'I believe in you? Bo, why did you say that? Chigusa...is my friend? She has been awful to me...she's not my friend.' Suddenly all the words that Bo said to her replayed in her head. 'No! I can't give up now. Bo always has a point! She's always been the smart on when it come to people! I have to do this for her! For Chigusa as well!'
"Chigusa!" Gou screamed her name. "I'm sorry!" saying that made Chigusa stop.
"What do mean you're sorry?" Chigusa said without the ghost.
"Don't listen to her, child." ghost said touch Chigusa's cheek.
"I'm sorry that I didn't notice your pain! I didn't know that you were hurt!" Gou shouted dragging herself to her.
"Shut up! I don't want to hear it from you!" she shouted and pushed Gou into the group of trees again.
"Please, listen to me!" Gou continued to speak, dragging herself again. Chigusa continued to send her back into the broken trees as Gou kept on dragging herself out.
"Chigusa!" Gou screamed one last time. Chigusa then slammed her back and Gou never got up again.
"Good job, my child." the ghost praised. "Now, let's get rid of all the ones they loved and who have hurt you."
"Yes, Ida." Chigusa agreed and created a large frozen hammer for the ghost. They approached the dome and raised the hammer above it. As it went down a sudden wall of ice stopped it. Chigusa turned and saw Gou in her mermaid form, raising her hand. She dragged herself to Chigusa and clung onto her leg.
"I'm sorry I didn't notice the pain you were in…" Gou said in a soft voice. "I'm sorry that I didn't help you when you needed me…"
"Get off me!" Chigusa yelled and hit Gou over and over but she didn't and held on tighter.
"I was angry at you!" Gou raised her voice, making Chigusa stop. "You...you were spreading rumors and other hurtful things about others ever since we got into high school. When we were in middle school you were kind, generous, and the most wonderful girl I have her met! But, now you hurt others and became someone I don't recognized! What happened to my best friend!?"
"You're lying! You don't care!"
"I do care! I care about you more than you know!"
"Then why didn't you realized sooner!" Chigusa yelled.
"I didn't know…" Gou confessed. "You didn't tell me...I didn't notice because I was so angry at you for hurting others but now I want to know! Who hurt my best friend? Who changed you into something that you're not! I want to help you and heal you so that you can be you again...Please, tell me…" she begged. She looked up at Chigusa with tears all over her face. Chigusa had a shocked expression and didn't move.
"My...father left me…" Chigusa finally answered.
"My child, don't!" the ghost yelled at her but she ignored her.
"After my mother left in the fifth grade, my father used to hit me and do things to me and told me I was like my mother. Beautiful but a trashy woman who loved to have affairs. I used to hide it until my father disappeared in the first year of high school…"
"My child, stop this nonsense!" the ghost yelled.
"Shut up, Ida!" Chigusa screamed silencing the ghost. "I started to act out and then Makoto comforted me one day and he just stole my heart! But, when I see him with you his face becomes soft like I have never seen it before so I became jealous. Then Ida showed up at my window and told me a way to get you two separated. She told me to get the blood of Watanabe Boboa and put it in food, drink, something to get it into you. I got Kisumi to help me to do all these things to hurt you!" she got on her knees.
"And I forgive you!" Gou hugged Chigusa tightly and rubbed her back.
"I put a spell on Hana and Kairi so that they would stay with me and do whatever I wanted." Chigusa confessed
"I forgive you."
"I hired Hex to do my dirty work when Kisumi's golem failed."
"I forgive you."
"I hired Shank to kill you when nothing was working."
"I forgive you."
"You worthless child!" the ghost interrupted and wailed a hideous scream. Chigusa started to scream and clawed at her face. Suddenly she went quiet as the ghost pumped over.
"Gou…" Chigusa whispered to her. "Help me…" then Gou smacked away and she hits the dome. She lifts her head and sees Kisumi struggling to get something off his chest.
"Kisumi?" Gou groaned in pain as she went close to him to help.
"Boboa...is not...dead...yet." he said as he ripped a pendant of his neck. "In five...minutes she will be...so take this...and jam it into her chest...it will break...the spell…" he explained handing her the pendant. "Then get Bo to electrify...her and sever the...connection between...the spirit and Chigusa...be sure to pull it out quickly...hurry...before Chigusa...is lost forever…"
"She's far from here. I won't make it in time." Gou said staring at the statue in the distance. "Put fear into me!" Gou blurted out. "If you scare me now...my defense mechanism will come into effect." she as she started to wheeze through her gills.
"Well...you asked for it…" he suddenly smirked and pulls Gou and kisses her. Gou was shocked and didn't move away from him. Her heart thumped rapidly in her chest. When he pulled away he fell over onto the flooded ground. "I guess it worked…" When she looked at her legs they were flippers and then she quickly skid to Bo.
"Please work!" she pleaded and she used all the force she can muster and shoved the pendant into Bo's frozen chest. Yellow light consumed her and finally Bo was back to normal. "Bo!" Gou cried. Unfortunately, Bo was blue and unconscious. When Gou touched her cheek her eyes suddenly opened but they were white and clear. Electric volts came out all around Bo as she stood up slowly keeping her eyes on Gou. When Gou whispered her name Bo swung her arm to hit her. Gou was able to get out of the way in time.
"Oh no, I forgot to pull the necklace out…" Gou said under her breath. Bo kept swinging her arms around generating a larger spark each time. 'Maybe I can use this at my advantage! If I get close enough she'll attack Chigusa and then I'll be able to separate them!' Gou thought dodging Bo. She quickly sets her path towards Chigusa and then when she got close enough she suck and Bo grabbed Chigusa, shocking her.
"I'm really sorry about this, Chigusa!" Gou apologized as she creates a frozen sword and cuts the line connecting the ghost to Chigusa. They both screamed in agony as Bo's electricity began to become more and more powerful. Then Gou hits Bo and sends her up to the ghost. She grabs that large woman and electrifies her.
"I SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOUR FAMILY FROM THE BEGINNING!" the ghost screamed. "I'VE SHOULD HAVE KILLED THAT CHEATING BASTARD THEN THIS WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN!"
"Wait...she's the one who cursed Bo's family?" Gou said in shock watching the ghost slowly disintegrate into dust. When the ghost was completely gone Bo fell and hit the ground hard enough to make a quater. Gou quickly removes the pendant out of her chest and Bo regain to go back to her normal state.
