Xebec would then tell Kiyoshi, Nora & Seiko to take care of Yusei and Kairo, before they wake up after they were knocked back by him, causing Riku to slowly get up.
Riku: (mumbling) "...I'll make sure that i-.."
Xebec: (grinning) "...Oh, like the time where my minion, Owen killed your teacher?"
Riku: (serious) "What did you do to her!?", as Riku said this, a small flashback would play, as we would see Riku and Julie, interacting with each other the day she came to the demon realm, as she started crying about her father.
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Riku: (deep breathing, serious) "...I'll make sure to kill you for all the harm you caused and finally end this tournament for good.."
Xebec: (eyeing Riku) "..I like that out of you, Boy.. now show that power of yours, already."
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Riku: (serious) "Now or Never, i promise you this, if i beat you, you must revive my friends or use your power to resurrect those who died...but if i don't, you can take my life..."
Xebec: (smirking) "I like that idea...I accept.", Xebec would stare at Riku until they both looked eye to eye with each other.
Xebec and Riku would start walking up to each other again, but this time they were both at full power, except Riku was more beaten up than Xebec.
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The Logo would appear, as the Opening Theme began to play (Play Ready Steady Go by L'Arc-en-ciel)
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We would be met with Xebec and Riku, staring each other down before they begun to continue their fight.
Xebec: (cocky) "You are doing well, boy... it seems humans are capable for such pitiful things..."
Riku: (angry, gritting his teeth) "...Enough chit chat let's just continue already.."
Riku and Xebec would dash at each other, as they both trade blows at each other, unaware of the minimal space that the trees were creating.
Riku and Xebec's Strikes were radiating through the area, where they were fighting at their full power.
Xebec: (grinning) "...You realize that I'm much stronger than you in every way..." causing Riku to drop his guard, sending him into the ground, forming a large crater.
Riku would slowly try to get up, causing Xebec to teleport in front of him, as he continued slamming his fists at him.
Xebec: (devilish grin, bloodlust) "What Happened to all that bravado earlier, boy... talking about you wanting to kill me? ha, you are nothing but a worthless pest that isn't worth of anything.", before lifting his arm upwards, trying to strike Riku's chest area, he was then sent back by Lilith, Camila & Sayu who protected him quickly.
Lilith: (frowning, worried) "...Riku, are you alright?"
Riku: (badly hurt, trying to catch his breath) "...Y..eah.", making Lilith, Sayu and Camila nervous, but before they turned back to Xebec, they would see him teleport in front of Camila, blasting her away as she was turned into dust.
Camila's screams were heard loudly before fading once the blast finished her off completely, leaving nothing but dust particles where she was standing at.
Riku: (shouting but grunting, upset) "Camila?!..." Riku's eyes widened, causing him to freak out, causing Sayu to smile and tell Lilith and Riku, "Goodbye, My Friend...this move will be a last resort..", as she dashed forward at Xebec, throwing him into the other side of the woods.
Riku: (facing Lilith, upset) "...I fucked up, didn't I...maybe my life was a mistake to begin with..", the words coming from Riku's mouth caused Lilith's face to darken up, before slapping him in the face, tearing up.
Lilith: (serious, tears flowing down from her face) "YOU AREN'T A MISTAKE, RIKU...I CAN'T LET YOU SAY HURTFUL THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF...YOU ARE A DUMBASS YOU SHOULDN'T SAY THAT ABOUT YOURSELF...", Lilith then took a deep sigh before clearing her throat, as she said, "I love you for just being you, just don't forget that... that reminds me, i forgot to tell you...", as Riku and Lilith were chatting to calm themselves down despite having to see their friends dying in front of them, however we would transition over to where Sayu and Xebec were at during their fight.
Xebec: (serious toned, cocky) "You, Child... back down or else your head will be hanging from my fingertips...", causing Sayu to grin before dashing at Xebec, clearly not phased by Xebec's Very Words.
As Sayu grabbed Xebec, She used 100% of her full power casting a destructive like bomb attack, as she said, "Your Reign of Terror ends here.." before shouting words like "Disengage. Burst. Viper. Protect. Explode.", causing her body to glow into a radiating shiny like color similar to a light attack, as she faced Xebec, saying, "I will make sure you are eternally rot in a void of darkness..", Sayu would cry before bidding her farewells to Riku and Lilith but also happy to be able to see Camila, Jiya, Nari & the rest of their classmates again, despite her not really being a student in Arcane Academy or Abyssal Citadel.
Sayu would shout as loud as she can, engulfing herself and Xebec in the blast, as it created a wide like crater, showing that her body is rapidly graying out into dust and that Xebec was still standing despite taking a bit of damage, leaving him bleeding until he started laughing, as his body slowly started to regenerate, as he then stretched his palm out as he began to blasted the stone like figure of Sayu causing her to burn into straight ash and nothing more than just ash.
Xebec: (Serious) "...Now then I'll go kill the last two that are still standing.." Xebec would fly upwards as he tried to search for Lilith & Riku.
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We would transition to the part of the forest, where we see Kiyoshi, Nora & Seiko as they were ready to finish off Kairo & Yusei, but little did they know a threatening but sickening jet black aura would cast around Kairo as a demon like tail and demonic horns appear on his body, causing Seiko, Kiyoshi & Nora to look a bit nervous.
Kairo: (demonic stare, serious) "I'll make sure to give you a quick death...", as he reached his hand out, catching his executioner weapon in order to change it's variant to a Scythe before getting into his fighting stance.
Yusei would slowly get up, as he noticed Kairo in his Diablo State, causing him to finally get serious and go all out, unleashing his darkness essentia to the max, as we started seeing a glimpse of a flashback to when Kairo and Yusei fought together against Ariel and the other time against Yami.
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Yusei: (eyeing Kairo, serious) "I take the woman in front of me, while you take on the two others, alright..."
Kairo nodded in agreement, as they both dashed at Nora, Kiyoshi & Seiko, at their full speed with zero hesitation whatsoever.
Nora: (annoyed) "..Seiko, Kiyoshi hand them now...I'll take out the darkness essentia user.", As she began to chuckle a bit, revealing her magic to Yusei since she was aching to fight him after all this time.
Yusei and Nora would then teleport somewhere to fight all out without hesitation, as Kairo stared at both Kiyoshi and Seiko, ready to fight them.
Kairo would dash straight for Kiyoshi and Seiko, stunning them before they could react by knocking them back into the trees, before firing a Powerful like Blast straight into the radius of the tree where Kiyoshi & Seiko were knocked back by.
Kiyoshi: (in his head) "..Crap, How is this weakling so...Strong."
Seiko: (Worried, In her Head) "...N-No Way, How can a mortal be this strong?"
Kairo would let out a loud scream, before teleporting behind Kiyoshi, causing Seiko to jump over and back kick him into the tree only for Kairo to catch his foot, and toss him into Seiko before Stepping over to them and slamming them into the pavement.
Kairo (Diablo State): (Serious Toned, Cocky) "You thought I'm done making you demons pay for what you done, however I'll make you regret your very existence.."
Kiyoshi: (Overwhelmed, Angry) "You are nothing, I'll make sure of it now."
Seiko: (Eyeing Kiyoshi, Serious) "Kiyoshi, Let's use that technique."
Kiyoshi: (annoyed, serious) "I'll let you boss me around, just this once understand but not again, got it.."
Seiko: (Scared, Worried) "...Y-Yes Sir.."
Kairo would yawn as he then closed his eyes, thinking for a bit before changing his form and stance a bit, as he smiled, saying, "I'll do this for my team and for Wei & Mai....My beautiful wives.", as he cleared his mind with his thoughts, Kiyoshi and Seiko would begin to charge at him at full speed unaware of Kairo's quick reaction time causing them to get kicked into the tree behind them.
Kairo would increase his essentia to the fullest extent that it could go until every part of his body began to crack and break apart, rebirthing him into his third form, HellSaint showing that his right horn, wing and hair were turning into a white color while the left side of his head stayed the same until a Angelic Halo formed from his head but it was cracked, causing his pupils to dilate as his eyes turned black while his pupils turned into a hellish red color.
Kairo would stare at Seiko and Kiyoshi, as he put his executioner weapon on the ground causing Kiyoshi to get insulted by this as he dashed at him out of anger, however Kairo ended up grabbing Kiyoshi's Neck, slamming him, but Seiko would try to knee strike Kairo, only for him to catch her head and toss her into the sky, teleporting before she fell back down, stomping her stomach, as she spat out blood, causing her pupils to fade out of existence.
Kairo would eye Seiko's unconscious body before glaring at Kiyoshi, who looked scared for a bit but decided to dash at Kairo, as he palmstriked him into the ground.
Kairo (HellSaint): "How Futile, Bug."
Kiyoshi: (nervous) "...Y-You Shall Die by...MY HAND!!!" He would stretch his arm out as large speaker appeared, causing Kairo to get on the Defensive as Destructive Music played from it.
Kiyoshi would use his loud speaker and played a metal song that he made called "My Undying Heart", causing the ground around Kairo to freeze him in place.
Kiyoshi grinned cockily, as he then pulled out a pistol from his bag, aiming it at Kairo's Head.
Kiyoshi: (smugly) "Well, this was really annoying, you know I'll make sure to piss on your grave once you get buried dead by my hand-..."
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Kairo forced himself to get up, however he would cause himself to bleed internally, before grabbing Kiyoshi's Head and slamming it against the tree repeatedly.
Kiyoshi eyes began to blink out as his pupils would disappear with blood dripping down his forehead, as Kairo noticed Kiyoshi finally unconscious, he then dropped him on top of Seiko's Unconscious Body, before flying upwards, charging some sort of a mix colored orb attack that looked kinda of Dark but Shiny, birthing the new attack, "Stardust Eclipse"
Kairo: (calm, serious toned) "Farewell." As he then released his energy, blasting Seiko and Kiyoshi, vaporizing them once and for all.
Kairo stared at the crater as he sped off, showing that Kiyoshi and Seiko are dead with their weapons in the spot where they were knocked out at together, lying on the dirt.
Kairo would close his eyes, causing him to deform from his HellSaint form to his Base Form.
Kairo: (tired, power decreased) "..Damnit, I could've finished them off faster than this... I'm getting old for this.", he would pick his executioner weapon up, running to aid Yusei against Nora.
Kairo: (running, serious toned) "..Yusei, I'm coming to help you."
We would transition to a different area in the forest where we see Yusei & Nora facing each other on different tree branches.
Yusei: (serious toned, tired) "...Let's get this over with, already.."
Nora would chuckle before saying, "..I've been waiting for this moment to crush your bones and watch you beg for mercy."
Nora would rush at Yusei, as she started striking him with kicks and punches however Yusei would be on the defensive, dodging each of her attacks while keeping calm.
Yusei: (serious toned) "Are you even trying at this point?", causing Yusei to grab Nora's Fist and use his darkness essentia to perform a technique called "DARKNESS VORTEX", which was an spiral formed from the darkness within his heart turning into a vortex like rotation as he hit Nora with it, causing her to crash into the trees and into the ground, sliding through the dirt.
Yusei: (cont.) "..You aren't as strong as you claimed you were....so I'll just finish you off..", causing Yusei to charge his darkness essentia to the maximum extent possible, before dashing full strength at Nora using his signature attack that he hasn't used in awhile called, "Darkness Slash: Black Hole Equinox", which caused Nora to teleport behind Yusei and send him flying upwards before slamming him into the dirt.
Nora: (serious toned) "You mortals don't deserve to live like me and my Xebec~..", Nora would unleash her essentia for the first time in months as she then stared at Yusei, channeling her curse abilities into her fists, before dashing at Yusei.
Yusei would dodge each attack that Nora tries to throw at him, while thinking about if Kairo, Riku & Lilith are alright, then wondering how to defeat Nora quickly, but he was overthrown by Nora's Speed as she hammered him in the gut causing him to spin until she used her curse essentia to make clones of herself to combo into Yusei, causing him to crash into the ground.
Yusei would dodge in time as Nora dived down to try and spin kicked where he was, causing him to dash forward at her, causing her to spike him away from her, sending Yusei about 6 ft away from her.
Yusei: (serious toned, annoyed) "..This is going to get annoying.., I guess i'll try to finish this as quick as possible.", causing Yusei to close eyes and focus his essentia to his hands, in order to finish the fight with Nora.
Nora: (Serious Toned) "..If I Die here then Xebec, my lover will be the one to kill you next..", causing Nora to do the same thing as Yusei by channeling her essentia to her hands.
Yusei and Nora would dash at each other, as they both unleashed their final attacks, creating a beam clash in the process.
Yusei: (Shouting) "I will never give up hope, NO MORE!!!", causing Yusei's eyes to look similar to his late sensei, Yoshimaru, as he went through Nora's Stomach with his Attack.
Nora would begin to crack as she smiled, telling Yusei, "Thank you for setting free from this evil world...I'll finally be able to rest freely again..", causing her to crumble like stone and blow away in the wind.
Yusei would pray for Nora's Wellbeing, before getting startled by Kairo's Appearance.
Kairo: (Jokingly) "You won, surprisingly."
Yusei: (angry) "Surprisingly? I always manage to win...unlike you, Kairo."
Kairo and Yusei would bicker before laughing at each other, symbolizing that they were both rivals but best friends at the same time.
Kairo & Yusei would then dash over to where Riku & Lilith are at.
We would then transition over to the other side of the forest where Riku & Lilith are at.
Riku: (eyeing Lilith, serious toned) "Whatever Happens...I'll protect you understand Lilith.."
Lilith: (Playful Tone) "..I'll do the same for you, heh...wait, Riku one more thing."
Riku: (confused) "Hm, what is it Lilith?"
Lilith: (smiling) "Happy Birthday Ri-..."
A Hand went through Lilith's Stomach while she said happy birthday to Riku, causing her to cough up blood.
Xebec: (serious toned) "..Goodbye, Sister.", as he then took his hand out of Lilith's stomach, dropping her.
Riku would run over to Lilith, holding her as he muttered, "Don't Leave me Please, Lilith...Don't.." as tears fell from his eyes.
Lilith: (soft spoken) "..Thank You for being my Friend, Riku..", as she finished this sentence, her body stopped as she laid motionless, dead in Riku's arms.
Riku: (crying, angry) "..You are going to pay for this, understand....I'll Kill You.", without hesitation, Riku's Abilities would go haywire as he palm striked Xebec into the trees.
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The Very Background would change as Riku fought Xebec about 6 to 7 Times per Attack, however Xebec would then teleport behind Riku, throwing him into the ground.
Riku: (Angry) "DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE.", Riku would then use another ability that he took, causing him to create 8 giant ball attacks and sent them at Xebec, which surprisingly was able to hit him, damaging Xebec in the process.
Xebec would grin as he gut checked Riku, causing him to spit out in pain, however Xebec wasn't done, as he looked down upon him, saying, "Don't worry, child... I'll send you to meet my sister...", in a mocking but serious tone, as he then lifted Riku up by the neck.
Riku would eye Xebec, while he was getting choked before feeling a orb like blast on his stomach.
Xebec: (smirking) "..This is where your story ends, Riku Akiyama..", as he fired his blast into Riku's stomach, causing him to lose his consciousness as he dropped to the ground.
Xebec would stare at Riku's dying body, saying, "Long Live, Riku Akiyama.", until he sensed two people coming over to him, which were Kairo Kawamura & Yusei Akiyama who were able to arrive but they were too late.
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Kairo & Yusei would drop down in front of Xebec, as they noticed Riku's Dead Body, causing Yusei to snap and unleash his darkness essentia to its max without hesitation, sending a strong strike into his jaw, causing Xebec to fly into the trees and tumble into the ground.
Xebec: (smirking) "This is what I wanted to see.", but while he was about to say something else, he was caught off guard by Yusei who sent a uppercut into his chin, and sledgehammered him into the ground.
Yusei: (Angry) "...YOU. WILL DIE BY.... HAND!!!",as Yusei said this he started throwing dark like blasts into the same crater that Xebec was sent into, before unleashing his "Darkness Vortex" attack, hitting Xebec however that would only injure him slightly.
Xebec would exploit this as he then teleported behind Yusei, sending him into the ground by sledgehammering him down and then kicking him upwards before sending a barrage of blasts to connect into Yusei as soon as he was sent upwards before tossing him into the ground.
Kairo: (worried) "Crap, Yusei!!", as Kairo watched Yusei getting beat by Xebec, he couldn't handle it and decided to go all out and transform instantly into his HellSaint Form, dashing into Xebec, however Xebec was able to gut check Kairo before Charging a Blast large enough to kill both Yusei & Kairo.
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We would transition inside of a World where we see Lilac and Riku inside of her dimension within Riku's Body.
Riku would get up quickly as he eyed his surroundings, asking Lilac, "Where am I, is this heaven or am I in hell?"
Lilac: (smiling) "..you aren't dead as your consciousness is still alive somehow, but this is my dimension.", as she eyed Riku, it was clear that what she'll say is Serious.
Lilac would sigh before saying, "there's a way, I could bring you back to life, besides I was never your true power.."
Riku: (confused) "Not my True Power?", he was kinda shocked but was worried about what she said, doubting himself in the process.
Lilac would walk up to Riku, as she said, "Thanks for being my friend, I really enjoyed our time together.", before Kissing Riku on the Cheek.
Lilac would bring back Riku from the dead, by trading her own life for his life, which caused her own existence to disappear and caused Riku's Ability to use Omnikinesis to become obsolete & useless
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Riku would begin to wake up slowly as he noticed Yusei & Kairo on the ground before he started to sprint over to them, striking Xebec.
Yusei, Kairo & Riku would eye each other before coming to the realization that they aren't strong enough to defeat Xebec, and deciding to retreat and head back to the mortal realm.
Xebec would start to get up slowly, staring at Kairo, Yusei & Riku, before grinning, causing Kairo to be the one who would try to distract Xebec with 2 thousand demonic clones for him to fight against, as the three of them dashed and hurried to where the portal back home was located at, which was inside the tournament building and they evaded most of guards as they activated the portal to their home realm, until twenty demonic guards appeared before them guarding the portal with their lives, causing Yusei, Kairo & Riku to overpower them with ease.
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As they defeated the Guards, the three of them walked inside of the portal, leaving the demon realm for good.
Yusei: (serious toned) "..if we go back to the demon realm, we'll die before we even enter and we are pretty much fucked from there.."
Kairo: (motivated) "Hmm...why don't we train that way we could be no match for our enemies in the near future."
Riku: (upset) "I don't have anything worth to be training, I'm done with this fighting bullshit, I'm pretty much useless now...I lost my Ability to use my own magic...", Riku would walk away but remembered what Lilith had told him, causing him to stay in place before telling Yusei & Kairo in a Tsundere tone that he'll join their training, motivated to get his revenge against Xebec.
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We would transition to 3 Years in the Future, where we see a 18 Year old Riku Akiyama still training with his Brother, Yusei Akiyama & his brother's best friend/rival, Kairo Kawamura.
Yusei and Riku would begin their hand to hand combat training and magic practicing training, without any signs of stopping while Kairo would give Riku some Kendo Training by sparring into a kendo match with him.
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We would fast forward about 3 Hours After Riku, Kairo & Yusei finished their training.
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Kairo: (serious toned) "I'm pretty sure the Demon Realm might remember us but it's kind of our fault for not arriving earlier and not dealing with the threat before he became that powerful to begin with."
Yusei: (suggesting) "Unless, we ask him to transport us about 3 or 4 years before the Demiwars Tournament so before that and the entry exams."
Riku: (serious toned) "I will make sure they get a chance at a future.."
Riku, Yusei & Kairo would decide to form into an alliance, signaling that they will return to the demon realm and defeat Xebec once and for all.
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Kairo would get on the phone with ???, as he asked if they were here already, while Riku and Yusei decided to do some last minute training.
Yusei: (sighing) "While we wait for our group to show up, you'll need to meditate and relearn the basics of essentia and reshaping your soul understand..."
Riku eyed Yusei, as he kinda of understood what he said, as he then sat down, meditating and channeling his aura, until he would randomly feel his soul shaping itself with his essentia aura blazing within his heart.
Riku would reopen his eyes, as he then got up from the ground as he noticed a group of people walking with Kairo over to their direction, showing the silhouettes of 3 Girls and 3 Guys who were behind of Kairo & Hiro.
Hiro: (serious toned) "..So Yusei, that's your younger brother?"
Yusei: (chuckled softly) "Yeah..."
Hiro: (smirking) "Ah, it's nice to meet you." (side note: Hiro and Yusei kinda of hate each other with a deep passion)
Riku: (casually spoken) "Yo."
Yusei and Hiro would stare at each other before laughing with each other, until his teammates would tell him to be serious, causing Hiro to clear his throat as he told his team to bring the time machine over where they were.
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Hiro: (sighing) "June, Xilian you two will accompany Yusei, Kairo & Riku on their mission, alright."
Riku would look at the masks that Hiro gave them which was developed and designed by him & his team which was called "Team Resurgence", the masks all had built voice masking, night vision and a heat sensor on it.
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Riku and the others nodded as they put on their masks, however Riku was offered to ask for a weapon of their choice, making him choose the wooden sword.
Riku would walk into the machine with Yusei, Kairo, June & Xilian inside of it as well, causing Hiro to tell them good luck and wish them well before activating the time machine and sending them back 4 years into the past.
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Hiro would watch the time machine leave, as he wished them good luck, before leaving with the rest from his team, "Team Resurgence".
The Events of Demiwars from the prologue arc to the current arc would begin to rewind, signaling that we are starting over from the beginning in order to save everyone from the predicament that will happen soon, before closing out with the ending credits. (play Just Awake by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas)
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As The Ending Finished Playing, Lilac appeared as she waved at everyone, announcing "This Segment is finally returning for once."
Lilac: (smiling) "Hey, Look who's back. Miss Me?!"
Lilac would eye the screen, saying that, "This segment might return even if i don't exist anymore.. or maybe our creator is leaving things out about my disappearance."
Riku would eye the camera as he asked, "Is this thing still on?", before getting punched in the face by Lilith.
Lilith would smile, saying, "I wish I wasn't killed off... like a guy from your "Kenjutsu Seisen" Manga...i had a hyped moment only for it to get drafted, oh well.."
We would see Tatsuya, Catalina, Hana, Emiyo, Hiroyuki, Utano, Taro & Crystal all together, saying , "First Time?" before staring at each other casually walking away from one another.
Lilith would scream at the clouds as she realized she was reduced and shafted from her main character role after dying easily to her brother.
Lilith: (serious toned) "next time he won't be so lucky..", before she would run off, crying by being shafted like that.
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The Cast of Demiwars would appear in front, as they all bow and saying, "Zero Kaiden Saga has concluded."
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Riku would appear in front of the darkening background as he eyed at the previous main characters, ranging from Akihiro to Kairo before they disappeared from eyeview, ending this arc for good.
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(THIS IS THE END OF THE DEMIWARS TOURNAMENT ARC AND ZERO KAIDEN SAGA AS A WHOLE)
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(THE FINAL SAGA HAS ALSO BEGUN)