𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕞𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝔻𝕦𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕕𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕒

Ch.44- The Final Chapter

Hello People! We realized that there were too many plot holes from last chapter so we made one more chapter to fill them up. 

-Painted_Ladybug

The Potatoes stood there, in the Grove of Heroes, where the real Kalpavriksha was planted. All of the soul parents, and even the living parents of the group, made it to the ceremonial cremation. Agni himself lit the pyre, his fire burning brightly.

Aru stared numbly at Boo's body, watching as his body went up in flames.

Most of the gods and goddesses stood firm, but their head faced the ground as they mourned for Boo. Urvashi was sobbing on the ground, hugging Aiden, whose face was equally streaked with tears. Hanuman stood tall, sadness etched in his eyes. Brynne cried silently with the twins. Nikita subconsciously grew small garlands of numerous flowers, woven together, and honorarily put them on a plaque made for Boo.

The plaque read: 

*𓅨~𓅨~𓅪~𓅪*

Shakuni, Modern day Subala or Boo

Estimated to be born around 3208 BCE and 3088 BCE

Fallen in battle in the 21st century

Friend to many, Family to others

Mentor of the modern day Pandavas/Potatoes

Sacrificed himself to destroy the vile soul of Duryodhana 

A Deserving Hero

Forever remembered for his sacrifice

To save the world he tried to destroy

*𓅨~𓅨~𓅪~𓅪*

There were a few things set aside. The gang had found broken items in Boo's pockets, splattered with blood. With a heavy heart they gave them off, making sure they were safe. Four things salvaged in the small pile of items (which were in decent shape) that belonged to Boo, were set on a table nearby.

The items were his jewel, a locket, a polaroid he always kept in his pocket, and a potato that looked pretty new. His jewel was given to Aru for safekeeping in the museum along with the locket. Aru opened the locket silently only to see a small and old painting of a beautiful woman with jewels sparkling on her neck and adorning her long, luscious black hair. Almond shaped eyes, framed her face with grace, and the utmost serene smile was placed on her lips. The locket had another side to it. On the other side was a photograph of all of the Potatoes and Boo in his ten year old form. It was taken at a school dance. Aru's hand trembled as she showed it to everyone else and put it on, fingering the necklace gently

The polaroid was taken about a year ago, and it was a picture of all of them, but Boo was sitting on Aru's head as a pigeon. This was given to Aiden. Finally, the Potato was set in the burning pyre with Boo - a sacrifice to Agni Deva.

Aru watched the distribution and went through her thoughts, reliving what had happened to Boo for the 20th time.

𓅨~𓅪

After Keira was trapped in the lamp and banished to a realm of time, the lines on Aru's face had disappeared. She tried to reach Kara to tell her the good news, but stopped short when she realized that Kara had once again been sent to Lord Yama's realm. Keira's magic kept Kara aive, which meant, since Keira was stripped of her powers in the lamp, Kara was gone - officially.

The council appeared in front of them, about to congratulate them. They felt that Keira was defeated. They stopped once they saw the body on the floor. It had taken the gods time to digest what they were witnessing.

Once they had everyone's account as to what had happened, the Gods had removed the curse of silence on the rest of the jewels - as a gift for the Pandavas. It was what Boo would have wanted.

Karen was so saddened and weak that she couldn't transform out of her compass form for about a week. That meant staying in the pocket of her dead master until she was found by the Potatoes in the space she was in.

As Aru blinked out tears from the memory, her mind started racing. She suddenly had questions springing into her head - some she couldn't ignore. She got up and looked Hanuman in the eye, "Can I ask you something?"

Hanuman nodded solemnly, staring off into the distance.

" About Keira... How did her anger help me trap her in the lamp?" Aru asked, curious.

Hanuman blinked before sighing, "Aru, Keira was blinded by the hatred she felt when er... Boo 'betrayed' her. Her anger was hidden inside. She was so focused on the fact that Boo betrayed her that she wasn't able to comprehend what had happened around her. That is why Boo was able to get to her and immobilize her so you could finish the deed."

Mini sniffled after crying, her tears staining Rudy's shirt, " Can we make a promise right now?"

The others looked at her, eyes bloodshot and red from the tears. She blinked, "Can we promise to always stick together, and... "

"And what Mini?" Aru asked softly, trying to wipe her tears.

"Keep a Potato in our pockets like Boo?" Mini said the last part whimpering.

Everyone gave her thin lipped smiles, and nodded.

𓅨~𓅪

As she had promised, Aru told everyone she knew about Narasimha's story, reminding them to pass it on. However, the empty hole in her heart didn't fill up again. Every minute she expected Boo to pop out of the shadows alive and well as he once was. Everyday she was disappointed over and over again.

She never lost hope, though. Aru had a strong gut feeling that he'd back. One way or another, the Potatoes would see Boo again.