Meanwhile with David and his group, they had somehow managed to work their way to the indoor garden of the mansion without fully realizing it.
"Wow… Nice scenery." David said, taking in the sights.
"This might actually be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, besides the plains of Hyrule." Sectonia said.
"You guys have traveled to a lot of places, have you?" Josuke asked.
"I wouldn't say a lot, but… We have seen quite a bit. We've even developed some techniques we think you might like." David said before looking down.
Rohan, sensing that something is bugging him, decided to use his Stand. "Heaven's Door!" David's face opened like a book. "Now, let's see what we've got… Huh? What is… So that's it!" Rohan saw something that said "I killed Zenrus in front of Mikleo."
"Yep. That's right." David said. "I killed an innocent life, the person that took care of him, right in front of him… Of course, I didn't have much of a choice."
"It was a tough decision, but we had no choice as it was the only way to stop Heldalf." Teba said.
"Although, I think the reason he dismissed the Tapus was because he still feels guilty about it." Ming said.
"A guilty mind troubled by death. Taking an innocent life can always weigh heavy on one's mind." Vera said.
"But we can't just let that get in the way of the main mission." Sanji said.
"We believe that the Tapus would come back to him if he is able to come to terms with this guilt." Ramona said.
"Oh, isn't this such a lovely collection of men." a voice said as they looked around.
"That voice…" Josuke said as the big flower in the garden opened up as Aphrodite was sitting inside of it.
"Hello my handsome little boys." she said laughing.
"So, you must be Aphrodite." Sectonia said. "According to Vera, that's the namesake of the Greek Goddess of Love."
"How fitting, since she's the Genre General of the Romance branch." Ramona said.
"I'm not much into greek. I love plants more than greek things. Especially this lovely little plant from the magic universe." Aphrodite said applying lipstick before doing a kiss as lips materialized in the air as they flew right at Genis. After they hit, hearts replaced his eyes.
"Tell me what to do, my love!" Genis said.
"Kill your friends for me." Aphrodite said as he turned against them.
"So thats what she can do! Kinda fitting, like Riemsianne's Demon kiss." Toma said.
"You like my ability? Its called Love Gun. See the plant I was talking about is used to make a powerful love potion or in some cases, a lipstick. And with my power, I can fire my kisses like bullets and make anyone they hit fall madly in love with me and become my love slave." Aphrodite said.
"Thats unbearably addictive. Especially since you already have someone dating you, being Flux." Erica said.
"Please. Flux is my true love. The love from all of you means nothing." Aphrodite said kicking Genis into the wall as he got back up still with hearts in his eyes. "You all can die for all I care. Die from my love."
Aphrodite fired more kisses into the air as they zoomed to them.
"Incoming!" Toma said.
"Okuyasu!" Josuke said.
"Tell me what to do love!" Okuyasu said with hearts in his eyes.
"Erase your friends." Aphrodite said.
"Okay!" he said as a white and blue humanoid stand appeared. "The Hand!" However, the lucid fighters were able to get out of range.
"This is nuts! We have to stop this, fast!" David said.
"But no matter who we send, she'll just charm them to her side!" Leia said.
"Can see though?" David wondered. "Erica! Jump out." David said as Erica jumped as a kiss hit her, but surprisingly nothing happened.
"Ah. You figured out a weakness. I can only use it to charm men." Aphrodite said.
"Yeah! Female weakness! Cant hit the opposite gender!" Rainbow said. "Ramona, wanna help me mess her up?"
"I'm on it!" Ramona said as she got out her hammer but before they could attack, Aphrodite kicked Ramona away shocking Rainbow before stomping her into the ground.
"Please. Just because I have men fight for me...doesn't mean I don't know how to fight." Aphrodite said smiling wickedly.
"No… Not again." David said looking at Genis and Okuyasu. "Will I be forced to kill another innocent life?"
As David was thinking this over, Sanji then slapped him across the face. "You're a man aren't you?" he asked.
"I know, but… I can't hurt them." David said.
"You need to pull yourself together!" Sanji said. "Besides, you won't have to lift a finger." Sanji said charging at the two love struck men as he was kicking them.
"See. You aren't alone in this. We have your back." Toma said.
"Look, Dave." Scott said. "What happened to Zenrus was not your fault. It was just a circumstance that was forced onto you."
"Youre a hero, heroes don't succumb to doubt. Your friends need you. Pull yourself together!" Rainbow said weakly before being kicked away.
"Silence, harlot." Aphrodite said.
"She's right. But...Aphrodite will just turn me like the rest." David said.
"Maybe not. May I have a moment?" Rohan asked.
Aphrodite was kissing and attacking all over the garden at anything that moved before she saw David standing there with a serious look. "You're just giving up? Well, if only more men were like that." she chuckled.
"Shut up." David said.
"My! How heartless! I can fix that." Aphrodite said firing as kiss at him. While it did hit, it did nothing to him.
"What?" Aphrodite said with a scowl.
"Thanks, Rohan." David said as his face opened to reveal an entry. 'I am unable to fall in love'
"You...you're just throwing love away? Then you do not deserve to exist in my world." Aphrodite said charging in with a kick on the way.
David caught the kick and pushed her back. "Geez… Never thought I'd be this ruthless… But… They're right. The life I took wasn't my fault, but something I was forced into. I never realized that, so I kept beating myself up over it, when I really didn't have anything to blame myself for. But you… By turning my friends against me, you made me relive that pain. There's no way that I would fall in love with someone like you."
"Gahhh!" Aphrodite said. "Then I'll make sure you never love again!" she said as her next kick was glowing pink. "Love Killer Kick!" she shouted.
At that point, a lightning bolt went in front of her, stopping her attack.
David smiled at this. "They're here. Sorry about earlier."
The lightning faded, revealing it to be the Tapus.
"Ah, don't worry about it, kid! Everybody has a rough day at some point." Tapu Bulu said.
"But now that you are back, may we please finish with this wretched woman?" Tapu Koko asked.
"Got it. Rohan!" David called.
"Right. Heaven's Door!" Rohan called and wrote an entry. 'I will reinstate my pact with the Tapu Guardians'.
The guardians circled around David as Aphrodite look frightened. "Take her down." he smiled as they charged at her as she screamed. She was then seen knocked out and twitching as the hearts in her victims' eyes broke as they returned to normal.
"Ugh… That was a hot mess." Scott said.
"Wait… If the Tapus are back, then… Does that mean…" Leia said.
"That's right. I'm sorry to have worried all of you." David said.
"Aw, we weren't worried!" Leia said.
"Yeah, we knew that you would come to terms with it in the end." Lloyd said.
"Yes. We were planning to return to Alola, but reconsidered considering this man's mental situation." Tapu Koko said.
"He was overcome with guilt, but we knew that he would manage to come to terms." Tapu Fini said.
"But now is not the time to exchange these pleasantries." Tapu Bulu said.
"We now must go against the one leading this family." Tapu Lele said.
"And ultimately stop Black." David said. "Good to have you guys back."
The small group ran off leaving Aphrodite to recover and make a call. "Sorry, honey. I couldn't stop them." Aphrodite said.
"Don't worry, baby. You just get yourself out of that mansion." Flux said on the other side as he was in some abandoned building. "Just leave the rest to me." he said getting out a sniper rifle along with an xray scope as he could see the study where he was. "I've got it all under control."