Suddenly, there was a blinding flash as Martcha began to disappear. All the energy she was giving off was dispelled, and as the light faded, all the faces that had been stolen were flying away, scattering all over Miitopia. And once the light was completely gone, Martcha was laying on the ground. "Urgh... I-is it finally over...?"

"Martcha!" Susumu ran over and quickly scooped her up. "Martcha, say something! Are you okay?!"

Martcha looked around. "Where... Are we...?" She looked back up at Susumu, smiling. "Don't worry. I'm okay now, and it's all thanks to you. Now, we've got to look... Look... Look out!" she suddenly screeched.

"Huh?!" Susumu turned around to see that the strange shadowy blob was hovering right over her head. Before it could attack her, however, Martcha fired a beam from her staff, trapping the shadow in a green bubble.

The shadow pounded against the sides of the bubble, but could not escape. "Hear me, creature of darkness!" Martcha declared, raising her staff. "I've used powerful holy magic to contain you. You will not be able to escape that bubble, even if you try." Her staff began to glow. "Now, I shall offer you a chance at redemption! Allow yourself to be purified, and live freely amongst the light!"

The shadow, however, seemed to be refusing Martcha's help. In fact, Martcha felt like her head was beginning to hurt. "Grr... I said... Allow yourself to be purified..."

The shadow refused once more, and Martcha screamed and dropped to the ground as the pain in her head got worse. "Martcha, stop!" Susumu picked her up. "That thing... It's going to kill you if you keep going like this!"

"I... Don't understand..." Martcha gasped. "I thought I could free this lost soul and bring it to the light... Why... Isn't this working?"

"...Because that thing never had a soul to begin with."

"Huh?" The group looked over, to see Azamir walking towards them with a sad expression. "Azamir?" Susumu asked. "How did you get up here?"

"When you saved Martcha... The barrier was lowered," he explained. "And this thing..." He looked up at the shadow. "...I was the one who created it."

The group looked confused, until Azamir began to explain. "Susumu. Do you remember what I said about my eyes?" Susumu nodded in response. "When I open my eyes..." He began, carefully opening his eyes in order to demonstrate. "These strange shadowy creatures come out. It's a curse I've lived with since the day I've died. Normally I keep it very well hidden, and normally these shadows are completely within my control. ...Except for this one. This one... Was too powerful even for me. It ended up overtaking me, and causing this whole mess..."

"You mean Azamir was infected with the T-Virus all along?!" Susumu exclaimed.

"Azamir..." Martcha groaned, before turning back to Susumu. "I apologize for everything he's caused. Azamir... Is something of a troublemaker, but he's normally completely harmless."

"It's alright," Azamir spoke up. "But... That shadow... You're not going to be able to convert it. Not a single speck of light remains inside it. Your only option is to seal it away, or..." Azamir looked away as he said this last part. "...You could destroy it, but... I... Would prefer if you didn't. As strange as it is, I am quite attached to my shadows..."

"You're attached to the thing that possessed you...?"

Martcha didn't particularly have the heart to destroy this thing anyway. She raised her staff and spoke to the shadow: "You who have refused my help... You who has shunned the light... I banish you to the farthest reaches of this world! You shall never harm another living being again! Now... BEGONE!" As Martcha spoke, a bright light surrounded her. The shadow was quickly engulfed by the light, and soon disappeared.

"...Where did she seal that thing away to?" Konade asked.

"Does it really matter?" Yardi responded.

Martcha then turned back to Susumu. "Now then, Susumu. Can you see it? All the faces that the shadow stole... They're going back to the people they belong to!" She pointed up into the sky, where all the stole faces could be seen flying back to their respective bodies.

"It's... Kind of magical, isn't it?" Susumu asked.

"You think THIS is magical?" Yardi groaned. "Now can we go yet? It's really hard to breathe up here."

Azamir gave Yardi an odd look, as though he didn't know what he was talking about, but Martcha nodded. "Of course, I'm very grateful to you all for saving me. Azamir will continue to make up for what he's caused, and as for me... Well, I think I'm going to Azamir's castle. Someone has to clean the place up after all! But what about you, Susumu? Where are you going after all this?"

Susumu's response was to scoop all of her friends into a group hug. "We're gonna be adventurers, of course!" She answered. "I wouldn't have made it so far if it wasn't for all of you. ...Thank you all so much!"

"Aw, Susumu!" Konade joined in the hug.

"Here's to all our future adventures!" Sachio declared.

The group sat there hugging for a few moments. Yardi, in the center of it all, was turning bright red again. "Okay, yeah yeah, adventures and all that!" he pulled away from the group, dashing down the stairs. "Love and friendship, now let's go eat!"

Susumu and Sachio looked at each other. "He's kind of a grump, isn't he?" Sachio asked.

"He is," Susumu responded. "But that's kind of charming, don't you think?" She then turned back to the rest of the group. "Come on, everyone! Let's go celebrate our victory!"

And so that's the story of Susumu, the Dark Lord, and the strange god known as Martcha. Miitopia returned to its previous peaceful state... ...But is this really the end? Is the adventure really over? What awaits the party next? Stay tuned for Act 6 of Damn It Azamir: The Movie!

END OF ACT 5