Chapter 34: Metamorphosis

"It's been four days! Where the fuck is Bo!?" Gou screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Gou relax, she'll show up eventually." Rei tried to calm her down.

"How can I? Even her aunt doesn't know!" Gou squatted on the ground.

"Is something wrong?" Makoto appeared in front of her. She didn't say anything and quickly stood up and walked past him.

"Its nothing Makoto-senpai." Rei said to cheer him up. "She's just worried about Bo is all."

"I don't know anymore…" Makoto sighed and shrugged with a hurt expression. Then he looks up like he remembered something. "Oh yeah about Bo, Haru saw her the other day."

"Really!? What did he say!?" Rei yelled.

"She was in bad shape. She even yelled at him for trying to help her. He said that her eyes were glowing like topazes in the light or something romantic like that."

"Thanks, Makoto-senpai!" Rei ran passed him instantly. He ran towards Gou, grabbing, and then carrying her over his shoulder and turned the other way.

"What are you doing!? We got school! The great Ryugazaki Rei doesn't skip school!" Gou scolded him.

"Only if it is about friends in need!" he yelled back. "Makoto said that Haru met her the other day and she wasn't doing well. He said her eyes were glowing and she seemed to be even angrier than before."

"Something is wrong with her! That bitch! Why didn't she say anything!?" Gou kicked a tree.

"Maybe she didn't know what was going on?" he said. "We can ask her when we find her. So let's split up. You can take the left side of town and I take the right. When one of us find her, we'll call, alright?"

"Yeah, I guess that's a plan. Alright, let's go find her!" Gou agreed and the two split up.

Hours Later…

"I can't breath anymore!" Gou wheezed on the main street. She sat on a bench and tried to take easy breaths. She gets her phone and dials Rei's number. "Rei did you find her?"

"I didn't." he said. "I'm starting to get worried."

"Wow you are actually caring for Bo? Like seriously. Since when did this happen?"

"At her house when you were...having a difficult time. I saw how much she cares about you just like all of us. I think I might have judge her way to quickly."

"Yeah rumors don't mean anything. Well some are true but anyway I'm glad you got to see that part of her."

"Wait, they're true." he said. Suddenly women screamed down the street where Gou was resting.

"I have to go!" she said hanging up. She ran down the street and saw that a convenient store was robbed.

"She was crazy!" a man shouted at a cop. "Some blonde rushed in here and broke my store door! Then she starts eating the food like an animal. I tried to stop her by getting a broom but that girl...she was monster."

"God damnit, Bo!" Gou cursed and called Rei to meet up.

….

"What happened!?" Rei freaked when he heard what happened at the store.

"Bo has completely lost it!" Gou kicked a trashcan angrily.

"Damn...where can she be now? What's left?" Rei said in frustration.

"The beach…" Gou thought. "The beach is the only place!"

"Are you sure? She can be at the park."

"There's no way she'll be there." Gou shot him down instantly. "There are a lot memories there that we would both like to forget."

"Because of...that?" Rei said hesitantly.

"No there's more. When we find her we will tell you so many stories that you wouldn't believe happened. Now, let's go!" she said dragging him to the beach.

At the Beach…..

"Look there she is!" Gou shouted spotting Bo at the shore.

"Bo!"

"Boboa!"

They called her name until she finally looked over. When they saw her face they stopped. Her skin was scaly and dried. She has find on both sides of her face and had pointed teeth. Her eyes were glowing like Haru said.

"Grr…" she growled.

"Rei go hide." Gou said getting in front of him.

"Gou-"

"Now!" she shouted him. He nodded his head and ran off. Bo got on all fours and hissed at Gou.

"Remember me, Bo? I'm your friend. I'm Gou." Gou said gently but there was no effect. Bo suddenly became bigger and more monstrous. Her clothes ripped and revealed yellow skin covered in scales and dry skin. Her hair disappeared and left a bald head. Her eyes were large and glowing yellow. Her arms and legs were thicker and muscular. She has a tail with spikes went up her back. There was electricity emitting from her but they were larger than what Bo did.

Bo roared and jumped Gou. Gou moved out of the way. She went into her fighting stance and quickly moved her arms and got water from the ocean to become frozen lances. She strike them in Bo's back but it didn't leave a mark. She got more water and continued to attack Bo.

"Her skin is too thick!" Rei shouted. Then Bo looked over at him and dash towards him. You quickly covered Bo in water and then freezes her. Gou ran to Rei and pulled him.

"We got to go!" Gou shouted. She heard the ice breaking as they ran. "We got to go find somewhere more secluded!"

"That abandoned road with the bridge that goes over that creek in the other side of town!" Rei shouted. "Nobody uses it even though they asked for it. Come on, I know a shortcut!" Rei said taking the lead. They felt the ground shake and heard Bo's roars. Her heavy steps were getting closer and closer.

"We better hurry it else we are dead meat!" Gou warned and continued to run with Rei to the abandoned bridge.