Link drew in a ragged breath as he shot an infuriated glance upwards at Ghirahim, who now held the Goddess sword in his hand. Ghirahim smiled down at the young man, who, despite being knocked over, defenseless, still continued to feign some power in the situation.
It was blatantly obvious just what kind of place he was in.
Stifling laughter at the so-called hero´s defeat, Ghirahim mused over just what method of torture he would carry out on the helpless Sky-Child. Suddenly, an idea floated into his mind; an idea better than any else.
And the best part? Nobody would see it coming.
Noting Ghirahim´s thoughtful state, Link took this chance by attempting to reclaim his sword. Mustering all of his strength, he lunged for it. And, much to his surprise, he was able to take his weapon back from the very hand of his attacker with ease.
And with that, Ghirahim´s plans began to file into place.
Following his strategy from before to attack where Ghirahim´s guard was down, Link continued where the fight had left off; this time being especially careful to keep hold of his sword. After a few minutes, the Demon Lord surrendered, promising that the next battle would be most brutal. And, with a snap of his fingers, Ghirahim vanished into a flurry of diamonds.
Grabbing the heart container, Link could scarcely breathe as he made his way to the door that was concealing Zelda, the one he had worked so hard for.
…Or, so he thought.
As it seemed, Zelda was long gone, leaving Link with very mixed emotions. For, even though she was gone, that still meant that she was out there, somewhere.
Apprehensive from the stresses of the day and just plain exhausted, he was more than ready to return to Skyloft for a good, long rest.
Ghirahim laughed outright at how perfectly his little drama performance had gone. That boy, Link, had seriously believed that he could catch Ghirahim, the Demon Lord off guard? Preposterous!
Still, Link being as gullible as he was would work very well for Ghirahim´s plans.
He waited just outside the temple so he could follow Link back to whatever it was that allowed him to come to the surface at all. Walking cautiously as to not draw any attention to himself, Ghirahim stalked behind Link; that is, until they arrived at one of the Goddess Statues.
Perplexed as to why the boy was coming to such a place, Ghirahim was growing impatient with the boy´s lazy meandering along every damn path. He understood that the child was tired from the fight, but he might as well mind himself.
Then, as quick as a flash, Link was lifted into the air by the Goddess´ power. He flew through the clouds to just above the large cloud line, from where he could see Skyloft before whistling to his loftwing.
It was a glorious bird, as red as an intense fire, and simply quick as a whip! Link flew to Skyloft, where he leapt off onto the platform before making his way back to the Knight´s Academy.
Meanwhile, Ghirahim was momentarily shocked at the speed with which things had transpired. He had never experienced, nor heard of any such phenomenon! Yet, he hadn´t much time, as long as he could still sense the boy´s presence, he could locate him. But, the aura was fleeting; he likely only had a minute or so more before he would be out of luck, his plans ruined.
Ghirahim snapped his fingers, once more summoning the flurry of diamonds to whisk himself to the land where the boy was, the land high above the clouds.