Ghirahim approached the seal that held The Imprisoned cautiously. I put my hand on the hilt of my sword, not sure if he would betray Link and I at this last moment. Before we had went down to the sealed creature, Ghirahim had told us how we could sever him from the sword.

"I was put in the sword as its spirit. Without me, Demise's sword is just a regular sword. To become my own person again, you will have to use the Triforce and the Skyward Sword to shatter the sword. You must hurt Demise enough for him to drop his sword. Pick up the sword and shatter it through the power of the Triforce with the Skyward Sword…" Ghirahim trailed off and looked me squarely in the eyes. "I will have to become one with Demise's sword and I will have to turn on you."

He had taken my hand into his, squeezed it, and kissed my cheek as he had whispered, "I am sorry, Heroine."

He had drawn away, looked at Link, and had said in a serious tone, "Protect her, Hero, at all costs."

Link had nodded in acknowledgement and told Ghirahim he would do as he said. I had looked sadly at the ground on our way down to the place Demise was kept but now I looked at Ghirahim with apprehension as he unsealed The Imprisoned from its prison underground.

The ground rumbled and shook so hard that I thought I would fall over. I steadied myself and unsheathed my sword. I held it skyward and as it shone bright, the three pieces of the Triforce came together and melded into the blade of the Skyward Sword. Empowered by the Triforce, the sword would be able to defeat Demise and shatter his sword.

Black vapor engulfed where Ghirahim and the seal had been. The vapor washed away and a large male figure stood in its place. I felt terror in my bones at the sight of his flaming orange eyes and hair. I felt miniscule next to his muscular frame. I breathed slowly in and out as I tried to concentrate at the task I needed to complete. Link put his hand on my shoulder for a moment to steady me. I nodded my thanks and told myself that I could do anything if Link was by my side.

The male figure brandished his black large sword and with a voice like thunder snarled, "Do not get in my way, children. I am Demise, the Demon King and no one shall defeat me!"

"We'll see about that," I grimly replied and readied myself to attack. I looked over at Link who nodded that he was ready.

With swift movements, we both attacked Demise. He blocked easily and Link and I were thrown back a few feet. Demise walked back to the middle of the field, not bothering to look if we had landed on our feet or not. I had landed on my feet and said to Link, "Distract him while I get behind him. His armor has a weak spot on his back."

Link acknowledged me and with a loud war cry, he attacked Demise's front. I saw pain cross Link's face as I scurried to his back side. Without a moment to lose, I hacked at his weak spot. Demise roared with pain and swung around to hit me. I had jumped backwards just in time, but the sword had grazed my right upper arm. I winced as pain flooded my body. I gritted my teeth and forced myself to ignore the searing pain.

One more time ought to do it, I thought as I saw his back oozing black blood. With a shove of my feet, I started to run. Link saw my movements and he engaged Demise again, even with the large wound I spotted on his leg. With a roar, I hacked once more at his weak spot. Demise crippled over and his sword clattered to the ground. Without waiting for Demise to regain composure, I grabbed his heavy sword into my left hand and ran out of his grasp. I took the Skyward Sword and pointed it upward to charge. When it had charged, I sliced downward at Demise's sword. A large cracking noise resounded but the sword did not break.

"Again!" I shouted to myself and held my sword skyward once more. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Demise rise and take a few steps toward me. My heart pounded in my ears. If I could not break the sword with this second strike, I feared Link and I would die. My sword had charged and I swung downwards again. A larger cracking noise resounded and just as Demise reached me, his sword broke in two.

Demise roared in fury and was thrown backwards by an explosion from his sword. A bright white light rose from in the sword. It grew so bright that I had to shade my eyes. Suddenly, the light was gone and in its place stood Ghirahim. His eyes were no longer black but blue like the ocean and in his hand he bore a saber.

"Allow me," Ghirahim said to me with a smile. My heart rejoiced at his return and I obliged him to do as he willed.

"You traitor!" snarled Demise as he saw Ghirahim approach him. Demise took out a sword from what seemed like thin air.

"It was you who forced me to be your slave. I see no problem in being a traitor against you, Fiend. Now, let's finish this!" roared Ghirahim and charged Demise calmly.

Ghirahim struck Demise's sword again and again, harder each time. Demise could only defend himself from his blows. With one last strike of metal against metal, Demise fell to the ground along with his sword. Ghirahim pointed his saber at Demise's throat.

"They say no one can kill a Demon King, but I don't think they thought a former demon would try," Ghirahim smoothly said with a smirk.

"You fool! I cannot die! I will be reborn and live on in ages to come. No one will stop me then," growled Demise.

Ghirahim ignored him and turned to where I was standing. He said, "If you would do the honors."

I approached Demise and unsheathed my sword. Standing before Demise, Ghirahim took his sword off his throat as I put mine there.

"Maybe you will be reborn, fiend, but if you do, the heroine and hero of those times will rise against you and there will be no hiding from them in this age or another!" I said and ran the Skyward Sword through his throat.

He gurgled once and shattered into a hundred pieces. I raised my sword upwards and it absorbed his fragments, not leaving even one shard behind.

I turned to Link and Ghirahim and said with triumph, "Thus passes the Demon King Demise and his servants in this age."