In Zero's mind.
"Why am I here? I didn't die" Zero said as he was looking around then he turns to look at a new glass wall that light up "What's that," Zero said as he walks to the new glass wall he can see, behind the glass there was another him but he had Yaminokami "So I had the sword before," Zero said as he looked at himself "You made it" Zero hears. Zero turns around and looked at Avery "I made it?" Zero said "Yes you did," Avery said, "how?" Zero said "You made the sword when you found a missing soul" Avery said "The sword is made out of a soul filled with darkness and hatred but you were the only one to hold and use it" Avery continued.
Back outside of Zero's head.
"Why is he just holding it," Anisa said as Zero opened his eye and grabbed his sword and put it on his back as he walked away.
Zero now knows how to use the sword because of the memories from his past self as he knows the full power of the sword but for him to release it he's left eye must be in its second form as Zero didn't like the pain that the second form makes for his eye.
"I need to find that girl that kissed me," Zero said as he was walking away his team following him "Ready to go back to school," Emma asked "Ya I wonder what's changed," Zero said as he walked to the teleporting crystal "Wait" Zero hears "What do you want me to do?" Lin was run to them "Hmmmm, I want you to train to become stronger" Zero said teleporting away "Really" Lin said "He's so kind" Lin said drolling "This girl is weird" Anisa said as the rest of the team teleported back.