Lillie finishes healing Dora Team, meanwhile Sakura and Kioji were getting down to the skeletons they could, but Kioji notices the different skeleton among the others -That's...- Kioji says and decides to separate from Sakura to go against the murderous skeleton.
-Hey! But don't leave me with these alone! -Screams the rabbit girl, to which a skeleton takes the opportunity to hurt her with its sword, dropping her bows and arrows -Ugh!-
The skeleton warrior was going to launch another attack but... -HEY YOU, LEAVE HER ALONE!- Gian shouts, who lunges at the skeleton and manages to destroy it, leaving behind some shiny bones and a magic skeleton warrior stone. The robust boy turns around and sees Sakura on the ground -Are you okay?-
Sakura looks at him and smiles -Thank you!- Giant takes her hand to lift her -You are very strong. What is your name?-
-I'm Goda, Goda Takeshi, but my friends call me the Big Gian!- He says proudly as he wipes his nose while blushing.
-Nice to meet you Takeshi.- Sakura's smile makes Gian turn red, apparently he was "arrowed"...Well, outside of the romantic thing, a skeleton had also arrowed him in the arm but Gigante didn't notice -Are you okay?!- Sakura says upset.
-Bah, don't worry! Here I'm an orc, so arrows are like mosquito bites to me- Giant removes the arrow, in Illumia, the skin of orcs are resistant to arrows, and he shoots the arrow at another skeleton and eliminates it
-WOW! That was incredible! - Sakura says excitedly applauding her new friend.
-What can I say? Nobody beats me by being strong!- Says the robust boy even more proud -In addition to being the best singer and chef in the neighborhood!-
-Do you know how to cook and sing?! So do I!- The rabbit girl says excitedly. -But they don't let me sing much.-
-Let's liven up the battle a little then! LET'S BE A DUET!-
Sakura's eyes shine as Gian carries her by the wound and they both begin to sing loudly and out of tune at the same time while they use the ax and arrows to fight, although for the skeletons it's a pain in the ears even if only they were bones, for the pair of singers, they were art. -I can't believe it, now it's twice the horror!- Suneo shouts covering his ears from the pain.
Nobita just sighs while suffering internally but smiling -I knew that was going to happen-
-I GOT YOU, DUMB BOY!- Rioku takes advantage of Nobita's distraction to hurt him but Doraemon sends him a blow of wind with his staff.
-Are you okay, Nobita?- Doraemon says, approaching the silly boy.
-Yes, sorry, I'm still somewhat distracted- Nobita says somewhat embarrassed -But I'll continue, thanks Doraemon-
-Wow, usually Nobita would have been terrified and teary-eyed by Rioku's attempt to hurt him, but he's very calm. I can really notice a difference between his current self and the one from 4 months ago- Doraemon shakes his head -No, now we are together again and together we will face whoever wants to separate us again- Nobita's eyes light up and They both look at Rioku who was just getting fed up with the situation.
-I'm already tired of dealing with you Goraemon, you're going to see how I take the staff and your friend from your face again!- The canine runs towards them with his sword but Nobita manages to intercept him.
-He's not Goraemon, his name is Doraemon!- Nobita shouts annoyed -I won't let you hurt him! You aren't going to separate us again!
Doraemon uses another blow of wind that Rioku tries to dodge but Nobita avoids it by giving him a blow to the torso that, although it didn't hurt him that much, was charged with electricity and managed to paralyze him for a moment, that way the canine couldn't avoid receiving the wind blows. -And I won't let you take my best friend!-
Although they were no match for a Demon King's general apart, both could deal with him enough to leave him defenseless. Rioku only kneels bruised and releasing his sword, Nobita also kneels tired because the mana spell had ended and had already reached his limit. Doraemon just stands in front of Rioku with an annoyed expression.
-Nooo, Rioku!- Onguru tries to approach where the three were but Dekisugi casts a wind spell on him to defeat him with a single blow.
-That confrontation doesn't belong to you- says the wizard boy.
Both Lillie and Shizuka run to help Nobita. -Are you okay, Nobita?- Shizuka asks worriedly.
-Yes, I only ran out of mana because I didn't realize that the spell was over.- The silly boy says smiling carefree, which makes Shizuka feel relieved.
-You really haven't changed, that makes me happy- Shizuka says and although Nobita didn't understand that, he continues smiling. -I wish I could heal you but I don't have a mana spell yet-
-I'll take care of that, don't worry- Lillie uses a firefly spell that hits the boy with the glasses right on the head, which makes him recover half of his mana, which helps him at least stand up.
-Thank you, your majesty- Shizuka says relieved.
-Thank you Lillie- Princess Lillie smiles at Nobita and he does too, which makes Shizuka stunned with a strange feeling for her for some reason, but for now she tries not to pay much attention to that.
-You tricked us by saying that you had Nobita, you messed with my friends, you kicked and tried to hurt my best friend and you tried to prevent me from seeing him again, you are heartless- Doraemon says holding his staff.
Rioku just smiles proudly -Well, what are you waiting for? Finish me, stupid guardian cat!-
Doraemon just looks at him and turns around to go to his friends. -I'm not like you, stay with the shame of having failed, that's much worse than doing what you want to lower me to your level.- The skeletons were beginning to disappear. and the dragon that was with the villains had fled, Onguru was lying on the ground and everything seemed to calm down.
Rioku was growling in annoyance, but then he smiles. -Serious mistake, cat-
The canine quickly stands up and begins to run, hitting Doraemon to push him away and with his arms he grabs both Lillie and Nobita and runs off with them. -Nobita! Princess Lillie!- Shizuka uses her orb to freeze Rioku's legs and stops his movements for a moment.
-Let us go!- Nobita tries to free himself but Rioku held him so tightly that he wouldn't let him use his sword.
-NOBITA!- Doraemon shouts who gets up to take out the hopter.
-Onguru, activate the portal, I have the princess and the Summoned One, with these kids at least the Demon King isn't going to punish us again!- Rioku says desperately and looks at Shizuka who was trying as best she could to keep her feet frozen -Don't bother me girl!- With a wind spell she breaks the ice on her feet and hits Shizuka, throwing her towards Doraemon.
-SHIZUKA!- Lillie shouts upset
Nobita looks scared at what happened and moves annoyed -You hurt Shizuka, monster!-
-Ha, I've been called in worse names before- Rioku says, while Onguru takes the opportunity to walk away and activate a teleportation portal, to which the dog runs towards it -Finally, something went right for me!-
Suddenly Rioku feels two blows at the same time, from Gian with an attack on the arm and from Kioji with a kick to the face, causing him to release his prisoners and throwing him into the air spinning like a top. Gian catches Nobita and Kioji the princess, while Suneo approaches and prepares an "explosive arrow" that burns like a fuse. -See you, dog- Suneo throws the arrow and when it hits Rioku it explodes, leaving him burned and screaming, falling towards Onguru and crashing into him and then the two disappear through the portal.
-Are you okay?- Gian says to Nobita, who was surprised and grateful. -Hey, I can't let a good buddy who just gave me another chance be taken away for the second time.- The robust boy says smiling.
-Gian... Thank you- The clumsy boy thanks him for the most recent action of the robust boy, now believing in his words. -And thanks Kioji and Suneo-
-You named me after Kioji, but hey, I deserve it as penance for the past- Suneo sighs and then smiles.
-Lillie, are you okay?- Nobita says worriedly.
-I just got a little dizzy but I'm fine Nobita, thanks for worrying- Lillie smiles and looks at Kioji and another pair -Thank you all-
Nobita wastes no time and runs out to see Shizuka who was in Doraemon's arms. -Shizuka, Shizuka! Wake up!- He kneels before the nymph -Please wake up!-
The girl with the pigtails regains consciousness and looks at Nobita smiling, making everyone happy. -Thank goodness, she only lost consciousness from the blow- Doraemon breathes a sigh of relief.
-Don't worry guys, I'm fine- Shizuka says smiling.
-I'm happy, I'm very happy- Nobita says while he was crying with joy.
Dekisugi arrives along with Sakura who was cured thanks to him, and uses his healing magic on Shizuka leaving her as good as new. -Thank you Dekisugi- Shizuka says as she gets up.
-Ugh! Kioji! What did you go off to do while we were in this mess?- Sakura pouts angrily.
Kioji sighs and points out that there was still the middle-aged ninja merman skeleton, he had bruises but was still standing, the funny thing is that Kioji was also bruised. -That skeleton is still bothering us!- Says Suneo
-It's not just any skeleton- Dekisugi says seriously -That skeleton belonged to Master Koga-
Everyone jumps when they hear that except Kioji and Dekisugi. -Wasn't that your teacher?- Doraemon asks and the ninja elf nods his head.
-I haven't been able to finish him off, he's too strong, plus I saw the Rioku situation and I had to leave him for now- Kioji says
-No, I know you are very strong Kioji- The wizard boy looks at his partner -You can't beat him because of your conscience-
-Conscience?- Nobita asks confused along with his friends.
-Come on man, they must know, especially Nobi- Dekisugi says with a sympathetic look.
Kioji looks at his master's skeleton and remembers what Princess Sharai said.
"It wasn't your fault what you had to do in Ashuzon."
-Sensei?- Nobita asks nervously, who approaches him. Kioji looks into his student's eyes and sighs again.
-Nobita. Do you remember what Sakura told you about what she happened to my master? -The human boy remembers the story of Kioji told by Sakura
"In that village lived a group of assassins commanded by a middle-aged merman ninja who took him in and trained him since they were the same type of adventurer. The only bad thing is that that village was attacked by two generals of the Demon King, and one of them was Devan, who, upon knowing that Kioji was there, eliminated his master."
-Yes, I remember that part of the story.-
-The truth is that it happened, but not like Sakura told you.- Nobita is surprised by what Kioji told him.
-UUUUUUUHHH?! How not? That's how you told me! What else happened there?- Sakura says indignantly.
-I had discovered what happened to Princess Sharai that time when it was just the two of us, but since it was something very personal to him, I decided not to say it until he was ready to tell it himself, that's why he told you a different version- Says Dekisugi
-Oh, I understand, it must have been horrible- Sakura says.
-But what happened? We found out that this happened because of Cecilia, Princess Loretta's lady-in-waiting. What really happened to your teacher?- Doraemon asks, intrigued.
-It's true that two generals were the ones who turned Noburu into Ashuzon and that one of them is Devan, but the truth is that, in reality: I was the one who murdered my master-
Everyone jumps when they hear that, especially Nobita. -But... Why?- The silly boy says, stunned and sad.
-The other general was Orwan, the Demon King's General of Darkness, he is one of the most senior pair of generals along with the General of Light. When Master Koga wanted to defend us in the midst of all the fire and destruction, at Devan's request, Orwan used a special spell to turn Master Koga into a demon, who uncontrollably was also helping to destroy everything, he lost his soul to become a monster-
-How can generals be so cruel?- Shizuka says dumbfounded by the story and looks at Lillie who also nods sadly.
-Now I understand what follows: Because of what happened, you had to put an end to him, right?- Doraemon had hit on that because Kioji just lowered his head.
-The demon was going to leave there to continue destroying everything and as you know, Ninfu is the town that is closest, even before Erufu. I did what I had to do, taking advantage of the fact that the demon was weak from the bruises before he was converted, it wasn't easy, but Ninfu was in danger and the Master was suffering in that state, he looked at me with his desire that I be the one to finish with everything.-
-Once Devan and Orwan left, I strived to put an end to my master's suffering. In his last strength, my master regained consciousness and smiled at me accepting his fate- Kioji touches his scarf -He gave me the scarf I have now as a last gift and he perished. After that, Princess Sharai found me and I went with her.-
-He welcomed me into her castle, but my conscience hurt me, sometimes I vomited what I ate or I couldn't sleep, so I decided to leave to start my own crusade against Devan, some time later I met Dekisugi and we became companions.-
-So it's true that you want revenge?- Shizuka asks.
Kioji nods -My thirst for revenge and my fear of losing ties of affection because of Devan had dominated me, I treated both Dekisugi and Sakura as work colleagues and now, my only wish was to end Devan in the worst possible ways for taken away from the loved ones that I had.- The ninja boy looks at Nobita -Until I met him- The boy with the glasses is startled -Ever since I met you, I thought you were going to be another work colleague and that's it, but, by spending time with you I have relaxed more, I guess it must be because even though I tried to keep my distance from you, you wanted to be my friend. Now I feel like I have to make Devan pay for everything, but nothing more. And... I appreciate it very much-
Nobita just smiles fondly and Doraemon closes his eyes smiling. -No wonder, after all, Nobita is good at making close friends with a boy his age who needs him the most- What Doraemon says makes Nobita feel shy while he scratches the back of his neck and Shizuka laughs softly in approval what the cat said.
-Kioji, you did well to end your master's suffering, I mean, it's sad to have to do that to a being you love, but it's worse to see how he suffers from pain.- Nobita says -And I think that again, he needs you.-
The silly boy points to the skeleton that was motionless looking at them, Kioji approaches, now without hesitation to help his master again as in the past. Everyone nods to give the ninja boy confidence. -Master, look at everything I have achieved, you said not to put my thirst for revenge above my soul, to face it without anger consuming my spirit. I'll do it- The ninja boy looks at Nobita for a moment -Because like you, I must be an example for someone else-
Kioji takes out a kunai charged with dark energy and looks at the skeleton who in the boy's eyes, was the complete Master of him, smiling and nodding.
-Rest, sensei- With a quick movement, the ninja boy explodes the skeleton who leaves a magic stone, Kioji picks it up and puts it away lovingly, approaching the others. -Thank you Nobita-
-You're welcome, sensei- The swordsman smiles with a sympathetic look.
Dekisugi looks at the dusk -We have finished here and saved Dora Team, it's getting dark, Ninfu is close to us, let's all go there, we have to catch up on many things.- The others nod while Mizuzu rises into the air -Thank you for bring us Mizuzu, you can return to your owner- The dragon obeys and leaves
-THANK YOU MIZUZU!- Nobita shouts saying goodbye to the dragon who is lost on the horizon.
Nobita also looks at the dusk, his friends from his world were already with him, who approach him while he smiles, Doraemon grabs Nobita's arm -Let's go back to Ninfu, ALL together this time- The silly boy smiles with excitement and both the Llumia Team, as Dora Team, return with Princess Lillie back to Ninfu, while Nobita and Doraemon walked side by side smiling that they were finally together again.