Queen Yua was using her evil magic powers to hurt Inoue and Melissa to prevent them from reaching the lab. She spoke a magic word, "Wolenkimua - Shinde" and created a Great Magical Dark Ball, emitting a strong aura, and then threw it towards Inoue to intentionally hurt her. And suddenly someone wearing a black long-sleeved cloak intervened in their fight by using a kendo stick to block her attack.
When Melissa and Inoue both turned back, they were surprised to see the person.
"Inoue, Miss 101, are you okay?" Sato came with Hina (Sato sometimes calls Melissa by her family code number 101)
"Sato, Hina." Both Inoue and Melissa were amazed.
And the one who stopped Queen Yua's attack was none other than Grandma Chiyo. The thing is when they all left for Bunny Land. Granny Chio got a hunch that Queen Yua would definitely try to kill her granddaughter by herself. And also thought that Inoue and the others would not be able to win by fighting her. So, she immediately came to Bunnyland and that day when they all entered the castle Grandma Chiyo was also on the way. Because before Mr. Takahashi came to Bunnyland, he had told Grandma Chiyo about his master plan .
On the way she found Sato and Hina cursing the one who covered them with dried leaves. So she took them with her. Then both of them told her everything in detail about what happened inside the palace a few hours ago. And after listening to them, Granny Chio quickly ran to find Inoue, only then did she see her and Melissa fighting with Queen Yua.
"Grandmother...?" Inoue was surprised to see them. "Icku-Chan, I'll explain everything to you later. But the most important thing right now is to save Minamoto and this world. And only you can do it. Please believe in yourself, you're enough to bring the prince back. Because you are strong." She said giving her a four-leaf clover. "And take it with you. It's a four-leaf clover. I found it on my way. It brings a lot of luck." Inoue smiled at her accepting the clover and responded by nodding to her.
Meanwhile Melissa pulled her wrist saying "Inoue we must hurry before anyone else intervenes again".
"Chio, the most annoying human. Why are you getting in my way?" Queen Yua asked. " long time no see Yua. Well, I had no intention of stepping inside this world or fighting you again. But you left me with choice. Its you, who forced me to come here again by trying to hurt my granddaughter and her love". She replied, smiling. "Your granddaughter? You mean the human girl who turned him into a monster? She's your grand..." Before she could finish her question, Grandma Chio interrupted, " Yeah, she's my granddaughter. Well, now that you know it, what will you do? No, let me rephrase the question, what can you do?" Grandma Chio really annoyed her, which caused her to release her second powerful attack shouting "Enough is enough..." This time Grandma Chio was having trouble stopping her attack, yet she somehow managed to control her. "Ah... tt..tt my back. Oh boy, that's why I absolutely hate traveling...my age makes me weak every now and then" and she cried. "Grandma Chio can we help you in anyway. I guess you can't stop her alone." Sato was really worried about the old lady.
"Why are you asking me this, now? Don't you see how an old lady in her 70s is fighting an evil soul all alone. Who isn't even a human...?" She screamed. "Oh...so she needs our help," said Hina, giving a frustrated look. They both then joined her, and Grandma Chiyo told them an easy way to defeat the queen. She asked Hina to hold her hand to prevent another blow from the queen saying "When Yua makes her next strike, join your right hand with mine and try to stop her by force with your left hand and I would do the opposite. That is how I would be able to share some of my own strengths with you. And when the speed of her power increases, loosen your grip a little and let her come to us with all her might. So that Sato could slash it into two from behind us with her kendo stick." Although she was afraid to do such a risky thing yet she agreed to do so. Her hands were trembling as she was fighting an evil spirit for the first time. But the moment Grandma Chiyo reminded her how she was able to defeat her, her eyes lit up and she stopped trembling.
She again lost her cool and lashed out at them in anger, then used her most powerful attack. Grandmother Chio's plan is accepted by both Sato and Hina. Yua uttered "Wolenkimua-Shinde" released her mightiest power to them. It was such a power that once it touched something, it could completely erase its existence. But because of their unity, they were able to stop her. As the bright light illuminated the entire area, Sato jumped from behind granny Chio and Hina. And using her kendo stick, she slashed that evil blue force, that was in the shape of a sphere in two. Everyone present there including Queen Yua were seriously injured. The mansion flew to the right. The pillars started falling. It seemed as if there was a disaster in the whole mansion. Takemichi, Mr. Takahashi and Bunji, they were all amazed listening that loud sound. Bunji and Mr. Takahashi speculate that it might be Queen Yua.
Then a big pillar was about to fall on Yua, that's when Inoue jumped to save her. Inoue had returned because she was worried about her grandmother and her friends. But she was also badly injured due to that strong power. Despite being in so much pain, she jumped in the middle to save the life of the queen, without caring about her own life. Inoue saved the queen whose sole purpose was to destroy her completely. She lifted her supporting with her left shoulder. And then took her to a nearby wall.
Grandma Chio was conscious when she witnessed her granddaughter saving the life of the prince's mother, and she smiled at them both. After she took her to that wall, she rested her against the wall. Yua's hands were burnt, her left leg was amputated and she had a head injury, "Why...? Why did you save me?" Looking at Inoue with teary eyes, she asked…. Inoue couldn't answer her back because she didn't know what to say. So, she stood there silently.
"Let me tell you..." Grandma Chio said coming from behind Inoue, her left arm was completely destroyed, as she was the only one who tried her best to control the queen's excessive release of evil power. As She had completely took the force of her attack on herself so that Hina wouldn't get hurt much, yet she was also seriously injured, so both she and Sato fell unconscious. " You know my granddaughter never once thought anything wrong about you. She saved you because she thought you needed her help. My Ichika doesn't know how to hurt others." It seemed as though Granny Chio's words were affecting the Queen, she was listening to her carefully." I know, you're also not an evil soul. You are disappointed just because you have lost your husband. And because of your suffering you forgot that the person you are trying to hurt is none other than your own son. When you lost your husband, you should have raised his last remnant, his son. But what did you do? By burning in the fire of vengeance, you have joined forces with that demon. The one who actually killed the king." Hearing this the queen's eyes widened and she asked back "What do you mean I took the side of a demon who..." "Yeah, you heard that right, it was Kabuto who killed the king. In fact it was him who instigated the king to turn the prince into a monster.I know Akihiko attacked his father after he lost his true form, it was because he was disappointed. You may remember, after Akihiko's attack when the doctors came to treat the king. They knew Kabuto, you know that the medicines they were giving to the king were poisonous. All of you had thrown him out of this world only because he had developed his magical powers by accidentally coming in contact with a human, but still he kept working secretly day and night for the safety of the people of this world. When he came to know about Kabuto's evil intentions, he killed him too and put the blame on humans. About all this things, I came to know from Haruto because you never tried to know the truth, even for once as you were blinded by that Kabuto's sweet talk. "
Hearing the words of Grandmother Chio, tears welled up from her eyes. She realized that it was Kabuto who destroyed her entire family. She looked really helpless. "Even though he was just a kid back then, I would never forgive him for hurting his own father..." Inoue and Granny Chio both didn't have words to say, so they decided to keep listening to her.
"But now I don't want him to die, as a mother I want to protect my child... I hope...he comes back safely..." said the queen. Then she looked at Inoue who was standing 3 feet away from her and asked her to come closer. Inoue leaned closer to her in a way so that the queen could easily talk to her. The queen then held Inoue's hand, with tears in her eyes pleading for her to save her son for good". To which Inoue replied by nodding her head. The queen looked sorry for what she had done but did not apologize, probably because of her silly pride.
"Takemichi what are you doing there? Help me control the prince," shouted Mr. Takahashi, looking at the frightened Takemichi who was sitting at the top of a cupboard. Akihiko was no longer under anyone's control, he was just bent on destroying everything. His eyes were red, his ears were big and his nails were sharp, his teeth were growing every moment. His body was just growing on its own. After releasing Akihiko, Bunji tried to make an escape, meanwhile Mr. Takahashi's eyes caught him. He then influenced Takemichi to come down to control the prince by taking the name of Inoue. He said "If you don't want Inoue to get hurt. Stop him..."
These words literally affected Takemichi, and he came down. Then he found two broken legs of a table lying on the floor, which Akihiko had broken earlier. He asked Mr. Takahashi to follow Bunji without worrying about him. Mr. Takahashi replied with a beam "I'm counting on you boy. Hope you don't die..." and he went out chasing Bunji. Bunji went in the opposite direction from the path that was destroyed by Queen Yua's excessive release of power. He was really fast because of what, It was really difficult for Mr. Takahashi to reach him and after running for a while he finally stopped near the main hall and said with a smile, "Haruto...as you know I can't fight you. Even if I try to fight you. I know I will definitely lose to you." Mr. Takahashi was astonished, he was having trouble figuring out what was going through Bunji's mind. "Okay, here's a quiz that will help you figure out the main reason why I brought you here." He added.
He gave him options to find the correct answer,
"First, I wanted to have a long conversation with you because I'm meeting you after a long time. Second, I wanted to kill you from behind. And third..." As he was about to say the third option, Akihiko's roar echoed throughout the palace, even Inoue, Granny Chio and the queen were able to hear him. Hina and Sato regained consciousness from the noise. Mr, Takahashi then realized that Bunji's plan was to keep him away from the prince so that he could not stop him from using his newly awakened magical evil powers. He then saw Takemichi running down the hall following Akihiko.
"I think it's too late, now no one can save this world from being destroyed. Akihiko is no longer like himself," Queen Yua said in a trembling voice. "No, it's not too late yet. Akihiko is still there, I just need to remind him of who he really is." Inoue then moved forward following that voice and leaving Grandma Chio, Hina, and Sato behind. Her grandmother was really worried about her but there was no energy left within her to stop her. So, she sent Sato after her, who seemed much better than before. Hina decided to stay with Grandma Chio, as she was really hurt. Grandma Chio knew that nothing could happen to her granddaughter until she is confident enough to save Akihiko. But still there was something which was bothering her from inside...
"Ah, Inoue, where have you been? You know how worried I was for you..." Melissa saw the two of them running on the way. The thing is that when Inoue and Melissa were heading to the lab to find the prince, Inoue was worried about her friends and granny Chio, so she came back to her friends without telling Melissa anything. And not finding Inoue close to her, Melissa was on her way back looking for her. It was the same with Sato but when she saw her she stopped and said "Ah, Miss 101, we're going to the prince. Didn't you hear him shout? You can come with us if you want. " And she went after Inoue in a hurry. "If you want? What do you mean by this? I was already going that way," Melissa murmured to herself in despair.
Wherever Akihiko was setting foot he would destroy the place. His body was growing like a monster. This time there were thorns all over his body, he looked very angry. "Oh no, have I missed something?" A familiar voice came from behind Mr. Takahashi. As he turned back he found Kabuto floating in the air. His eyes widened as soon as he saw him. "Ah, long time no see Haruto. By the way, I heard you're a traitor, you let those dirty humans enter our precious kingdom. You're just like your brother...wait what was his name. Ah Kai." His words seemed like sharp knives piercing Mr. Takahashi's heart. He was burning in a fire of vengeance. "I think according to you, there is no one here who can beat you. Isn't it? And this is your biggest misconception." Mr. Takahashi said teasingly. Kabuto lost his cool inside, but he didn't express anything, controlling his temper he smiled back. "So let's decide who's the strongest here with a match." Kabuto said, grinning. "You wanna fight with me?" Mr. Takahashi asked.
"Why? Can't we do this..." Kabuto quarried.
"You have too much confidence in yourself. Don't you? Well I will fight you, but on one condition," said Mr. Takahashi.
"Ahahan, and what is that?"
"We will fight with our bare hands without using any kind of magical powers. If you agree with this, I am ready to fight you". Mr. Takahashi said this deliberately to him, it looked like he was plotting something. Because he knew very well that Kabuto is nothing without his magical powers.
To be continued...