Chapter 20: Confidence

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"What is that exactly!?" Gou yells at Bo while pointing at the large blue squid.

"It's called a kraken matey." Bo said trying to sound like a pirate.

"Isn't krakens supposed to be a giant red squid with eight legs?"

"Red giant squids are related to the kraken but krakens are different. They have an extra leg, blue, and have no beak. They have a large mouth that can take a whole truck!"

"Have you ever fought one before!?" Gou started to tremble.

"Nope." Bo answered bluntly. 'We're doomed' Gou thought.

"How are we supposed to fight it?"

"We are going to have to fight it underwater, I guess." Bo suggested.

"But we haven't even done any practice in the water!" Gou pointed out.

"I know but this is practice in a way. You just have to feel confidence. You will fail with one shred of doubt." Bo said seriously. "I'll help you. Trust me okay! So are you ready?" Gou gives her a worried look but gives her a slow nod.

"Okay, first we need to get into the water. All the reporters have ditched this place but there are still people around. So on the count of three, we are running to the ocean as fast as we can." They grab each other's hand tightly.

"1…" Bo counted.

"2…" Gou joined. They got into a running position, preparing to sprint into the ocean.

"3!" They both said at the same time and ran fast towards the ocean. They jumped off the dock and splashed into the water. Then the girls' legs became fins. Their arms grew fins and scales. Their gills formed as well as their webbed fingers.

'Can you hear me?' Bo's voice popped into Gou's head.

'What!' Gou thought.

'In water, we can telepathically talk to each other. Amazing huh?' Bo's voice explained.

'Sweet!' Gou cheered. They both start to swim to the kraken. Then the kraken spots them and starts to attack. Its tentacles came at them fast like whips.

Gou formed icicles around her and hit them with her tail, aiming for the monster. An icicle hits the kraken in the left eye. They kraken makes a loud cry and hits Gou, slamming her into the wooden pole. Bo quickly swims towards to a close tentacle and takes hold of it. Then she generated a large spark, causing multiple sparks of electricity. The monster shrieks in pain and submerges the rest of its body.

Gou creates five lances and strikes its head. Bo grabs onto one of the lances and touches the head of the monster. Then she electrocutes it. The kraken screamed in pain and grabbed Bo. It threw her into the ground and started to spin her around. She electrocutes it again. The kraken let's go but Bo sunk to the bottom unconscious.

Gou forms five more lances and strikes, hitting the left eye again and some parts if its head. As the kraken was busy getting the lances out, Gou swims to Bo.

'Wake up Bo!' Gou cries. She shakes her but her eyes didn't open. 'Come on!' She smacks her across the cheek.

'Ouch! Fuck you Gou!' Bo woke up instantly and smacks her back.

'Oh thank God!' Gou hugs Bo. 'I thought you were dead!'

'Like I would die that easily and by that abomination of a sea monster!' she said with confidence.

'Confidence huh.' Gou signed and grabbed her hands. 'Got any ideas on how to stop that squid?'

'I think I read somewhere that they were supposed to be extinct. They haven't been seen in a very long time. Maybe we should freeze it.' Bo suggested. 'We can knock it out with my electricity and then you form ice around it then finally then destroy it like the Golem but this time the both of us will do it instead of just you doing the fun part.'

'Got it.' Gou agreed. Then they both turned their focus onto the sea monster.

The kraken heads for them, striking its tentacles at the girls but the girls were able to dodge them. Bo takes hold of one of the tentacles and quickly electrocutes it. The kraken cries out in pain and became unconscious. Then Gou quickly moves her arms around in a circle motions, creating a sphere around the creature. Then she stops her movements, making the sphere turn into a ball of ice.

Bo puts her hands on the frozen kraken and destroyed the block of ice into many pieces with her electricity.

Finally, the monster was dead.

'We did it!' Gou cheered and hugged Bo.

'It's over!' Bo cheered too. 'Now let's get out of here.' Gou nods and they swim to a secluded area on the beach. They lay on the sand, waiting to turn back.

"We…really did it." Gou says out of breath with her gills frilling up.

"We really did." Bo smiles. After awhile, they became human again.

"I have to go. My mom is probably freaking out fright now." Gou says worriedly.

"Yeah, my aunt is probably worried too but I do have a kick ass story to tell when I get home!" Bo says happily as she jumps up and down. Then they both waved good bye and went their different ways.

At Gou's House…

"I'm back!" Gou calls out. Suddenly, her mother hugs her.

"I was so worried about you! What the hell were you thinking going to the port when there was a monster out there!?" Her mother shouts on the top of her lungs. "I thought you were going to die!"

"I'm sorry mom." Gou apologizes. "But when I got there, the monster was gone." She lied, trying to calm her mother.

"Really?" Her mother said.

"Mom, watch this!" Rin calls out. Gou and her mom went to the living room, seeing that the reporters were on.

"The sea monster has disappeared mysteriously. As it raged on the port, it suddenly went under water and never resurfaced. Only large ripples were seen went it went down but it suddenly stopped. People think it has went into an underwater cave somewhere to rest after destroying the port. The police are now checking the port for evidence to see if it was a prank or the real deal. I'm Hiroku Riki and thanks for watching. See you next time." She said and the news goes back to another reporter.

"Wow, it was like it was there for a minute then gone the next!" Gou's mom said surprised. Sousuke nodded his head agreeing with Gou's mom.

"I'm hungry!" Gou says and heads for the kitchen. Then Rin comes out of the kitchen and puts his hand on her shoulder.

"I don't know what you did but good job." Rin whispered in Gou's ear and pats her shoulder and heads for the couch. Gou smiles a little and heads for the refrigerator.

At Bo's House…..

"Bo, I heard the news! What did you and Gou do?" Nana asked her niece, excitedly.

"Some much work!" Bo complains as she sits down and starts to eat her dinner. She describes everything that happened underwater to her aunt in great detail.

"Oh my, are you okay? You don't have a concussion do you?" Nana asked and checks Bo's head.

"I feel fine, thanks Aunty." Bo smiles. They continued to eat their dinner as they talked about their day.

At a TV Station…..

"How did the monster disappear just like that?" Riki questioned herself as she sat in her office, watching videos of the creature that attacked at the port in Iwatobi. "I don't understand how." She mumbles to herself.

"Hiroku-san, what are you looking for?" asked a young man with a backwards red cap and a black sweat jacket.

"Trying to figure what happened to the monster, Shida-kun." Riki answered without looking at him. Shida joins in and helps her watch the videos.

"What's that?" he asked and points to two people running to the water and jumping in. They were covered in some fabric, looking like they are trying to hide their identities.

"I don't know. Good eye Shida-kun!" she praised him and hits him on the back. "Let's dig more and see who these two are." She ordered. He blushes a little as he helped Riki look for more clues.

On the Cliff….

"That's it! That's the last straw!" Hex shouted as he kicked the stones in anger. "These bitches are going to die no matter what! I will do it by my own hands. If you want something down, you got to do it yourself!" he spat and took out a key from under his shirt.

A burst of flames came out of nowhere and formed a large red door with demonic writings on it. He puts the key in the key whole and turns it, unlocking the door. He opens it with great force. Flames came out the door with the sound of dogs barking.

"Come on out my sweeties! It's time to pay!" Hex said as he laughed. The person in the sweats just stood there, watching the man laugh. The person shrugs and leaves the man to his business.

"Milady please!" Hishikawa pleads to the little girl.

"We can't interfere, Hishikawa-san. You know what will happen." The little girl reminds him.

"But they are my students…" He looks down at his feet.

"Soon we will talk to them so don't worry. Let's be patient." The girl smiles at him and squeezes his hand.