Almost immediately upon returning home, Isamu told Sutokeru everything. About how he's Zedd's exact opposite, about how the one cannot exist without the other,... in short, how Zedd's death would cause his own demise.

Upon hearing all of it, Sutokeru appeared a little shocked, but recovered just as quickly: "So be it."

Everybody at once looked surprised when he said that.

"I'm sorry to have you... turn incapable of expressing yourself..." Sutokeru told them, in response to how they look, "... but if it's the only way of..."

"Didn't you hear what tou-san just told you?" Urara sounded particularly surprised.

"I did." Sutokeru replied, "And it doesn't matter. I already know what's happening when one dies..."

"Didn't you say you're afraid of that abyss?" Tsubasa could not understand.

"I guess I should start getting used to it." Sutokeru replied.

"What about Ginny?" Houka wondered, "Are you just gonna leave her like that?"

"Do you know what she's done while you were asleep?" Hikaru asked him, "She never left your side, not even to eat or sleep."

"Not to mention to use the bathroom." Kai said, with a disgusted tone to his voice.

Houka smacked him on the back of his head: "You idiot. Show some respect."

"But he's right." Makito had to admit, "What do you think she'd say if you're prepared to die to beat Zedd?"

"Look, our fight's been personal from the very beginning." Sutokeru replied, "It's only natural that this fight can only stop when both parties are dead."

"Well, then it's settled." Houka said, "I'd better get her here."

Sutokeru looked up: "Who?"

"Why, Ginny of course." Houka said, "Don't you want to spend some time with her before this ends?"

Sutokeru suddenly didn't know what to say, but Houka didn't care about that, as she left the room either way.

Upstairs she went, and found her mother, along with a girl, of whom Houka was sure she's never seen her before. But after a few seconds, she did recognize her.

"Ginny?" she said, "Is that you?"

Ginny recognized her name was said, but she couldn't understand what Houka asked her. Miyuki quickly said something to her, before turning to her daughter: "She's been spending too much time in that lair. Thought she needed a little touch-up work before meeting with Sutokeru again."

"I see." Houka agreed, "It may be best if you'd hurry, though, he..."

She couldn't finish her sentence, as there were cries, coming from downstairs.

"What was that?" Ginny sounded concerned, which was enough for everyone to guess what she was asking.

All three together, they ran to the secret room, where they found everyone knocked down, safe for Hikaru and Isamu, who were standing as though they were frozen.

"What's going on?" Miyuki asked them.

"Su... tokeru..." Isamu only just managed to talk, "He... does... his thing... on us... again..."

"He used them against us..." Kai added, "... took that urn with him and fled."

"What happened here?" Ginny didn't understand a word that was said, "Where's Matt?"

Somewhere far away from there, Sutokeru could be found, holding the urn that kept Zedd captive. He looked at it, with a sense of determination.

"This urn can't keep you there forever." Sutokeru said, "I know that, those Magitopians know it, and you know that. Let's settle this, right here, right now."

He placed the urn somewhere at a safe distance, after which he raised his Magi-phone, aimed, fired, subsequently breaking the urn and unleashing Zedd.

THE END

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