The Tale of a Hybrid and a Siren (old version)

The Ultimate Sacrifice

Marina hugged Vaeludar tightly as he lowered the Sacred Sword to the ground. He wrapped a hand around her, which she didn't mind getting a little dirty. Ashes would be wiped from his body, and Vaeludar did just that. A little small raincloud poured over them, and his body was cleaned in seconds.

The raincloud dispersed and left two wet individuals in a warm embrace, and Marina then felt a sudden yank from her if Vaeludar was pulling himself away from her grip. She heard a small grunt, and her eyes looked up to see Vaeludar's face. But her face was caught aware when he pressed his lips against her lips: a kiss.

The action caught her entirely by surprise and it was rather an impulse of him to be kissing her at will. But she was impulsive when she confessed her words to him, and he returned the favor to him. There was a sensational pounding in his heart, and he was sharing it with her. Vaeludar loved Marina.

Their lips pulled away, and Marina saw Vaeludar walking away from her. Her legs nearly took a tumble when she looked at his forehead: blood! It dripped heavily from his hair, and three streams like waterfalls bound around his eyes to his cheeks.

He turned away from her and walked away. He wasn't running, but he was going somewhere he needed to be. Marina followed him across the battlefield and back to the nearby army who moved to pave a pathway for Vaeludar as Marina followed silently behind him.

It was a short walk, but Marina felt it was more of a long walk like a self-inflicted punishment. Marina trailed Vaeludar through the army to the spot where everything started to look familiar. It was the outskirts of town where Vaeludar fought against the minotaur and where Marina was nearly attacked by the black dogs, and it was revealed Uragiru held his sinful power, and the place Sora laid her life for Marina and Vaeludar.

And her body was still there. Vaeludar looked upon the body of Sora if she was a deep sleep. How heroic of her to save both Vaeludar and Marina, but for it to cost her. Sora did the thinkable and saved Vaeludar, so he could end both Lusìvar and Uragiru. Both threats and the Sins are perished forever.

Now he lied died. Her body was positioned in a sleeping position if ready for burial. Beside her was her brother Flavius who was kneeling to see another member in the family had been lost. Her arms laid across her chest without a proper wound that struck her heart from a power that struck her.

Flavius was shocked to see blood dripping from Vaeludar's head as the hybrid knelt beside Sora and placed a hand over her chest.

A green glow rose from his red-scaly fingers and the soft power poured into Sora's struck heart. Her face was lit with a grand emerald scale, and there was a sign of moving from her head. In seconds, Vaeludar removed his hand, and Sora opened her eyes and breathed the air she used to breath.

Sora was alive!

Her state shocked both Flavius and Marina who witnessed the resurrection of a mortal, which never has been done before. Sora's eyes were open, and she looked around her as she was breathing softly. She pulled herself into a sitting position and stared at Vaeludar in confusion. "What is going on? Where..."

Vaeludar pulled himself to his feet. "Powers of sins are spiritual power that can harm only the spiritual essence of a mortal, harming it or rendering it in a petrified state. Uragiru's power didn't kill but hindered you in a near-death state. Your Spirit was only affected, but your body remained unhinged, like being put to sleep for all eternity."

"Hu," Sora replied, softly.

Vaeludar pulled Sora to her feet, and Sora took a glance at Marina who looked away in guilt. Sora maintained her hostility toward the siren. The siren Sora showed around the village and the daily lives of humans dared to take away Sora's love.