Up a snow covered mountain climbed Jexi, Hope, David and Sectonia as they got closer to the top. Sitting at the top meditating was Drake himself as he was preparing himself for a battle.

"So… You're Drake?" David asked.

There was no response as Drake kept meditating.

"Looks like he's in some sort of trance." Jexi said.

"Doesn't look like we'll be able to get a word out of him." David said.

They then heard a roar as they saw Rayquaza in the sky and below him was walking a one armed dragon beastman, slowly approaching.

"Ryuji…" David muttered. "What happened to you…?"

"Dragonman!" Ryuji shouted as Drake's eyes opened wide.

"I've been waiting for you." Drake said as he got up.

"This is insane…" David said. "I can't believe I'm watching this…"

"I won't lose to you again, Ryuji. This might be our third battle, but it will be our last!" Drake said.

Sectonia looked to David and saw his face. David couldn't believe what he's about to see. If Drake is as strong as believed, Ryuji is going to die.

"Yaaaaaaaah!"

"Raaaaaaaaaah!"

Their fists collided on one another, creating a massive shockwave that made the earth tremble.

"Dragon's Claw!" Drake said slashing through Ryuji's scales. "Dragon's Talons!" he added giving him a quick kick.

"Soaring Dragon Upper!" Ryuji said uppercutting Drake.

"Dragon's Tail!" Drake shouted spinning as his tail knocked Ryuji on his back. "Dragon's…!"

"Dragon's Scales!"

"Breath!"

Ryuji shielded himself just as Drake blasted fire on him.

"This is futile dragonman. I will win one more." Ryuji said.

"I will not accept that...until I get you to quit being with that mafia and reclaim your honor as a dragon!" Drake shouted.

They both charged at one another, fists ready to collide again when Hope blocked them both.

"Stop! You'll destroy everything!" Hope said.

"The Believer of Hope?" Drake said.

"Who are you?!" Ryuji demanded. "This is a sacred battle between dragons."

"Sacred, but not with honor." Hope said. "David! Come out already and see Ryuji again!"

David peeked out from behind the rocks and stood up with a determined look at Ryuji.

"D-David?" Ryuji asked in shock.

"Hi, Ryuji… I bet you didn't expect to see me here, huh?" David asked. "That's right. I watched the whole thing."

"Do not involve yourself. This is nothing that concerns you." Ryuji said.

"What are you talking about? Of course it is!" David said. "The Ginova Family, and Rayquaza… Ryuji, why? Why are you doing all of this?!"

"I did it….to become stronger. Strong enough to protect my last living friend." Ryuji said.

"You think this will do it? Don't you realize how hurt I am just by seeing you like this?" David asked.

"The human is right. Do you not see this is what I am trying to get through to you?" Drake asked. "You are a dragon, a mighty yet honorable being. You cannot just waste your life like this."

"Ryuji… Please… You don't need to do this." David said.

"I will not back down. Not until I am defeated!" Ryuji shouted.

"Fine then." Drake said as he took to the air. "I had a feeling...there might be some intervention. So I have trained for this. I have mastered an art that goes beyond Secret. Ultimate Color Fighting Elite Art! Great Dragon's Raging Spirit!" Drake shouted as behind him manifested the spirit of a large dragon as it roared and flew right at Ryuji.

"Freeze Lancer!" David said, shooting crystals at the dragon spirit. But the crystals were absorbed into it.

"That will not work. Any attack thrown at it or me...becomes power for the spirit!" Drake shouted.

"No… I'll fight him." David said, facing Ryuji and drawing his sword.

"Its too late now!" Drake shouted as the spirit collided with Ryuji creating a massive explosion of energy. Ryuji lied in the crater completely beaten with his entire body in pain. Drake then approached him with a serious look. "You barely held on."

"No!" David said getting between them. "That's enough! You don't have to kill him! Look at him. He can barely stand."

"Move." Drake said shoving David aside as he approached Ryuji. He then raised an arm as it struck. All was silent before they saw Drake had only struck Ryuji's arm stump. It began to bubble before growing from it was a new arm.

"What…." Ryuji said confused.

"I was never going to kill you. I only wished for you to regain your honor as a dragon." Drake said.

"Are you serious…?" David asked. "Is that...why you went so far?"

"I've been down the same path you have, Ryuji. It leads to nothing but darkness and destruction. I will never travel that path again. And you...you shouldn't try to do so either." Drake said.

Sectonia clasped her heart at that, remembering what she went through.

"Drake…" David muttered.

"As for Rayquaza, I was planning to seal it away on another world. Its a dragon that only wishes for destruction." Drake said as he was going to approach it as Ryuji watched. But then Drake stopped. "Something is approaching us."

"What? Who at a time like this?" David asked.

Approaching them was a lone man with wild cyan hair with markings over his body and one arm missing.

"This power…" Ryuji said.

"So...this is where the three dragons are." he said before seeing the four. "A bug and three humans. But two of them I recognize. The blue one of all."

"Who are you?" Hope demanded.

"You do not remember? And you went and tried to make that attempt to be brave...even before I killed that fire dragon." he said smiling.

"Acnologia…" Hope said. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm preparing for the so called war the Dark Wizard has promised. So before then, I plan to kill every dragon I can on other worlds. Starting with these three." Acnologia said.

David draws his blade. "If you want them, you'll have to get past me." David said before Sectonia got in the way and preparing an arte.

"O divine spear, run my enemy through…" Sectonia chanted. "Holy Lance!" Sectonia said as lances of light came at Acnologia. But he smiled as he opened his mouth, devouring the arte.

"What the… Is he immune to light?" David asked.

"You mean an element? I don't have one." Acnologia said as a dark aura surged around him. "I am the last dragon. The death dragon that devours all magic and powers. I AM THE MAGIC DRAGON, ACNOLOGIA!" he shouted assuming his large black dragon form.

"Damn it… How are we supposed to fight this guy?" David asked. "It would be so much easier if I had Masakado's blade already. Damn it, Wolf. You just had to go and be such a power-hungry bastard, did you?"

Acnologia raised a claw to our group before Rayquaza charged into him. "Destroy….dragon king!" Rayquaza roared as the two were battling one another in midair.

"Am I seeing this right?" David asked. "Rayquaza's...helping us?"

"Rayquaza doesn't care about us. He knows he'll get killed if Acnologia runs wild. So he's trying to kill him before he kills us." Ryuji said.

"Okay, that's actually more believable." David said.

"It also provides a good enough distraction." Drake said taking out a small device and tossing it into the air. It exploded to create a large rift of darkness as the two of them fell through it before it closed.

"Whatever world they fell in, those two are their problem now…" David said.

"Its a dark rift bomb. Its set with only one destination: the Realm of Darkness. I doubt being there will make a difference. But it will be a long while before we see them again." Drake said.

"Probably for the best." Sectonia said.

"I agree. That Acnologia guy sounded like a total maniac." David said.

"Trust me. You don't know the half of it." Jexi said. "He was originally human before becoming a dragon by bathing in the blood of the innocent dragons he slaughtered. I had no clue he could switch between the two."

"Just goes to show that some people would do anything for power." David said.

"I suppose its time I left." Ryuji said turning to leave.

"Ryuji? Where are you going?" David asked.

"Home. Perhaps I can find solace by piecing together what remains of our homeworld." Ryuji said.

David thought about this, but knows where he's going with this. "I understand. Be careful over there."

"I'm one of the strongest beastmen ever to be born. I'm not weak like you." Ryuji said with a grin as he took flight.

David chuckles at this. "That's the Ryuji that I know."

"Drake, what about you? Are you going to stay in Hyrule?" Jexi asked.

"No….its time I stopped running from my sins. Its time now that I make amends for all the chaos I have caused. I will assemble a team of my own and we will restore these worlds I have wronged." Drake said.

"Seems like a good place to start." David said. "Maybe we'll see you around."

"Worry less about me and more on you. After all...you have one thing standing in your way." Drake said pointing in the distance to Hyrule Castle.

"That's right. We need to defeat Calamity Ganon so that Hyrule can be restored." David said.

"This is gonna be tough. But, the others should have finished restoring Link's memories. And with all 12 of the Zodiac defeated, the only thing that stands to protect Ganon is Vincent." Jexi said.

"I know. I'll fight him for Masakado's Blade, like the warrior he expects from me." David said. "But before I do, I'll have to thank him for keeping Ryuji alive all this time."

"Just don't let your guard down. Daisy said he killed the previous one using only his own strength and not with his Enhanced ability. This might get hard for you." Hope said.

"This seems like a tall order that I stacked on myself, but I made a promise to some dear friends that I have made." David said. "And I have no intention of dying until I see them fulfilled."

Sectonia nods at this, knowing that he's talking about herself and Ludger.

"Then just one more thing….win." Jexi said with his and Hope's fist out.

"Right." David said bringing his out.

The three bumped their fists as they soon made their way down the mountain. As they did, inside of Hyrule Castle sat Vincent himself in a dark dungeon with Masakado in his hands. "Ah...I can feel it in the air. There's about to be some real excitement going on right now. I feel very excited." Vincent said with a grin.