David ran down the path of the winding indention before reaching the bottom as he saw Ghirahim with the unconscious Zelda with a glow surrounding her.
"Ah...so the so called Demon Slayer has come to save the princess. How cliche." Ghirahim said.
"So called? I'm the real deal. And honestly, I don't really care about prophecies and all that stuff. I'm just here playing my role so that my friends up above can play theirs." David said.
"Well it doesn't matter. Once her soul has been exorcised, my master shall appear once again. After all, I am his most trusted servant, or rather his most trusted sword." Ghirahim said. "I think it's time you were finished for good." he said as the two were soon raised up multiple platforms. "This is your end. An Endless Plunge!" he said summoning his sword.
"Heh… If I had 1,000 yen for every time I heard that." David said drawing Blizzard Edge.
"Yes yes, you would be very rich. But this time I'm afraid…" Ghirahim siad. "Your end is now."
Ghirahim started the battle with the two of them clashing blades with one another before David knocked him over before stabbing into him, the two of them descending down to a lower level.
"Have you had enough yet? Why not save yourself the humiliation and give up now?" David asked.
"You wretched brat!" Ghirahim said ditching his usual sword before summoning a larger one.
"Wow… Someone even more stubborn than I am." David said as he dashed towards Ghirahim.
Ghirahim was quick to block as the two clashed swords with one strike after the other, continuing to fight one another until David was able to get him off his feet again before piercing him again.
"Surprised? Well, you really shouldn't be. This is what I do, after all." David said. "I bet even Muzan Kibitsuji will have a hard time with me now."
"Muzan Kibitsuji...frankly I don't know who that is." Ghiraim said.
"You don't? Guess that doesn't make you all that much of a strong demon, then." David said.
"I do...and he's here." Ghirahim said as the Imprisoned rose up and devoured a bright light from Zelda. It roared as darkness surged from it before standing there was a man with dark skin and hair made of flames and glowing red eyes. "He has finally returned!"
"Hmph… Doesn't matter much to me. My pals can take him down easily." David said.
"Master...I am so glad you have returned." Ghirahim said approaching Demise. Demise just looked down at Ghirahim before plunging his arm through Ghirahim before pulling out a sword as Ghirahim faded.
"Aw… He beat me to it. Well, it honestly doesn't matter anyway. One thing still remains the same." David said. "Still, this is how you treat him after everything he has done for you? Talk about ungrateful."
"Compassion for a mere sword...what a fool you are." Demise said.
"That's right, I am a fool. But that compassion has won over the hearts of so many people. You should try it sometime." David said.
"That's the reason you mortals are so weak...all this talk of weakness like compassion." Demise said. "I think it's time you were put out of your misery."
"I'm about to show you that compassion isn't a weakness. For you see...even if I'm just one person, I never fight alone!" David said.
"Enough of this prattle." Demise said as he raised his sword as he and David clashed, creating a massive shockwave.
"Here we go… Breath of Ice: Eighth Form! Subzero Talons!" he said as large chunks of ice were launched from his sword.
"(A Breath sword style? So...he's a Demon Slayer from that place)?" Demise pondered as his sword was knocked away from his hands.
"What's wrong? You've lost focus for a moment there." David said.
"You fool of a human. Even when you slay me, you will never know peace. As for them, an incarnation of my malice shall always go after those reincarnated from the goddess and the spirit of the hero. You and your descendants and their descendants shall never know peace." Demise said.
"Never know peace, huh? Sounds like a very heavy sin to bear." David said. "But, I have resigned myself to this kind of life. Even if what you say rings true, as long as there are those willing to fight for the sake of creating a new world for the people...my descendents and my family line will fight like we always have!"
"Then you are a true fool!" Demise said.
"True, but do you even know what the Fool represents in the Arcana." David said, taking out a Tarot Card. "The Fool represents new beginnings and infinite possibilities. Considering my lack of resignment towards fate, it fits me quite well, wouldn't you say?"
Demise simply laughed before David laid the finishing blow as Demise faded away into nothing.
"And this 'fool' will keep coming back as many times as it takes." David said as he takes his leave.
The skies had soon cleared as Zelda spirit returned to her as the group gathered up inside the temple.
"Well...guess this is it. Demise is gone for good." Sheer said.
"Yep. Skyloft won't have anything to worry about now." David said. "You were a big help too, Groose. We couldn't have done this without you."
"Yes. Well I hope you all enjoyed this tale from the Legend of Groose, but it's about time we all headed home." Groose said.
"Legend of Groose…? Good luck with that." Miu said.
"I don't know… I think there might be some people out there that might be interested in it." David said.
"Wait, Groose, there's something I need to ask you before you leave." Hope said.
"Yeah, what is it?" Groose asked.
"Did you happen to come across a man who was selling some sort of…"
"Invincibility elixir?" Groose asked.
"Yeah thats right. Wait, how did you know?" Akane asked.
"Because I bought one from him before the Loftwing race." Groose said holding the bottle.
"Let me see that." Eddy said. "Ha. What a chump. This is just a bottle of soda that was left out in the sun too long."
"I knew it. An invincibility elixir was just too good to be true. There's no way it would have the same effect." David said.
"Did he say anything about where he was going?" Cheetah asked.
"Well, after I bought the last bottle, he said he was planning to restock and come right back that same day. But he never came back." Groose said.
"Well, at least it proves that he was once here." David said.
"Okay, it's obvious he never planned to come back. Apparently once he sells all his current stock, he skips town before anyone gets wise." Gray said.
"Let's see...he'd have to go somewhere with people he could easily scam. Maybe somewhere with a…" Shuichi said before looking at the locations. "He's only visited each universe once. The only one he hasn't gone to yet is Standard."
"He could be anywhere in Standard." Hope said.
"Not necessarily...I have a good idea where he's gone. Someplace where he knows he might make an easy score." Sunset said showing some news about Yokohama on her phone.
"So, we'll be going back to Yokohama? Ace is gonna be pretty pissed that we went there again without him." Zelos said.
"He'll live. This is more important. Especially with all the info we got on our previous visit." David said.
"Right. Then his score would probably be these Guild guys and their leader." Rainbow said.
"Then I guess we know where we're going next." Cheetah said.
David took notice of Cheetah's tone, but decides not to question it right now. "Alright, I'll give Emi a call and see if she'll give word of our arrival to Dazai."
"Guess I should be going. I need to keep looking into the elf situation." Cliff said.
"Alright. Let us know if you find anything." Genis said.
"I will." Cliff said as he walked off.
"In the meantime, looks like we're putting our detective caps on again." Mark said.
"Yeah...we're going back. And from the feel...it might be an all out war." Jexi said.
To be continued...