#also if you guys know a really good christian funeral hymn that doesnt mention Jesus that would work in this scene hell yes please tell me

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This is an EXTREMELY rough draft on my version of the creation of the Vampire Killer in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. It begins as Leon and Rinaldo go outside after they find out Sara overheard their conversation.

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Sara: Leon... what were you talking about with this old man? Why was he telling you to kill me? I dont want to die. I- I dont even know what's going on. What do you know that you're not telling me?

Sara was disturbingly frantic in her barrage of questions.

Leon: Sara, listen. Calm down, let me explain.

Sara: Why are you so calm? Why-

Leon: Sara, please listen... That vampire who kidnapped you, Walter. He's infected you with vampirism.

Sara: I'm a vampire?

Rinaldo: No, you're not a vampire yet. Although, in time, the infection will spread. [[You'll feel it. And you will be a vampire.]]

Sara: So, you plan to kill me for it?

Leon: No! I don't. Sara, I love you. I came here to save you and that's exactly what I'm going to do.

Rinaldo: Leon, you don't know what you're dealing with. How exactly do you plan to cure her?

Leon: All I need to do is kill Walter. Since he's the source of Sara's curse, killing him will kill his magics on her.

Rinaldo: Don't be absurd. You told me yourself that he's immune to your attempts. You're not capable of harming him or his magics.

Sara: Leon... is that true?

Leon: ...yes. None of my attacks worked on him. His magic is extreme and he's impenetrable.

Sara: I don't understand. He's somehow invincible and all-powerful?

Leon: Sara-

Sara: STOP!

Sara collapses and grunts in agony as an overwhelming pain engulfs her heart and her fingertips start to feel the sensation of frostbite.

Leon: Sara-

Sara: I said STOP!

Sara points her knife at Leon, warning him to stay away.

Leon: Rinaldo, what do I do?

Rinaldo: Well... there's the Blood Bond-

Leon: That's not the only thing to do, you know that. Walter's not invincible, I just need a stronger weapon.

Rinaldo: That whip is the most powerful weapon I've ever made, and you are the most powerful wielder of that weapon. How exactly do you think I know how to make it stronger other than this ritual?

Leon was stunned silent, disbelieving of a method that requires a seemingly unnecessary sacrifice. (Maybe put something reminiscent of Joachim here)

Leon: Would you be so insistent on this ritual if your daughter were in the place of my wife?

Rinaldo froze as Leon's question tore at his soul, but reminded him of his heartbreak when Walter turned Justine. He searched up and down for another way but didnt have the time to actually save her before she caused more harm. He forced himself to gather the resolve of killing that monster, formerly his daughter with the same whip Leon wielded. But this time IS different. He'd studied anti-vampire transmutations, rituals, and other crafts. He learned a lot more for the sake of his revenge on Walter Bernhard, and he remembered his heartbreak, his lament.

Leon: I'm telling you how important this is to me, Rinaldo. Sara is my life. Let me save her.

Sara: Leon... my heart hurts... I can't... feel.. my hands.... my neck is swollen. Am I... turning? Please, you have to stop this.

Leon: I will, (insert consolation here)

Leon started to break down, the sight of his wife in distress started to warmly blur. Rinaldo finally realized that there was still time to do something.

Rinaldo: Leon, go inside. There's a black tome with a green trim. Bring it here.

Leon: Alright.

Leon wipes his tears aside and walks inside the cottage.

Rinaldo walks over to Sara and kneels down.

Rinaldo: Sara, can you stand?

Sara looks up at Rinaldo. Her eyes showing different hues in pain. His eyes show nothing but yearn and sorrow.

Sara: Rinaldo? I'm hurting... so very much. Please help.

Rinaldo: You're going to be okay, Sara. I promise. I need you to give me absolute trust and stand up for me.

Sara: Am I going to be okay?

Rinaldo: You are going to okay, and you won't be a vampire. All I need you to do is stand and trust me.

Sara knew this old man was genuine in his intentions and with his request. She stands with a newfound motivation to live and fight this curse inside her. Leon comes back with the tome and tries handing it to Rinaldo.

Rinaldo: Do you know what that is, Leon?

Leon: I'd assume a tome designated to alchemy. You're looking for a different method.

Rinaldo: No.

Leon: No?

Rinaldo: I'm giving that tome to you, Leon. I want you to give it to Mathias. There are some secret techniques I've added to that tome that he can make good use out of.

Leon: Okay... what does this have to-

Rinaldo: I plan on taking Sara's vampirism for myself... and perforning the Blood Bond Ritual.

Leon: What? Why? You can't. I need you. You don't have to sacrifice yourself like this.

Sara: Rinaldo... are you sure of this? Giving your life to cure me?

Rinaldo: I am, as there is a lot my death would bring. It would bring the power of my whip to be able to defeat Walter, and as a vampire, my death would reunite me with my daughter, who suffered a fate similar to yours. And it would give you two the life you deserve. One where you have each other. Thick and thin. Peace and conflict. You two shall never be separated, even in spirit. I have the power and the will to make it. So, shall it be.

Leon: But you deserve a life just as much as us.

Rinaldo: Dont be so petulant, Leon. I'm just an old man, bound to the fate of this vampire who has willed Sara's death as he did my daughter's. What I need you to realize is once Walter is defeated, my sacrifice will not be in vain. I trust you to do this Leon. You've gone through so much for Sara's sake, and even for mine. I made this weapon, and it's only appropriate that I be the one to complete it.

Leon: Rinaldo... thank you. You'll have the revenge you deserve. Sara and I will have the life we deserve. This, I promise to you.

Rinaldo: That's all I need from you... thank you... actually, hand me that tome for a second. I need to make sure I'm going to be doing this correctly.

Leon hands Rinaldo the tome and he flips the page over to some information on the crimson stone. Specifically on how it can take the soul of vampires. He flipped over to 'tainted souls' and how vampirism was more of a fusion that took time to fully fuse. He devised a ritual where he'll make his own soul a sort of catalyst for Walter's vampiric energy, leaving Sara's soul intact, and by making Ronaldo's own soul tainted, Blood Bonding with his own whip would create the Vampire Killer, a weapon capable of destroying Walter.

Rinaldo: I've decided all I needed, thank you. Set this aside so we may begin.

Leon takes the tome and sets it aside. The three then form a line at Rinaldo's request so that Sara is beside Rinaldo and Rinaldo is beside Leon. He has to perform basically 2 different rituals.

Rinaldo: Sara, how are you feeling?

Sara, with volleys of tears down her face: I'm sorry, and grateful.

Rinaldo could no longer hold back the tears starting to stream down his face. He felt immense love for these people he had just met, and a long awaited reunification was to be made.

Rinaldo: As am I. Ok, I need you to focus your spirit on me. Clear your mind of your pain or any inhuman thirst you might have.

Sara: Ok.

She stared at Rinaldo for a couple of seconds before closing her eyes, clearing her mind, and focusing her spirit on Rinaldo. A runed circle started sprouting below them as he started the transmutation.

Rinaldo: All Becomes One in Infinity...

Thou Whose Soul Hath Been Tainted Shall Be Wholly Purified

Thine Hatred Shall Be Mine As Shall All Powers Bestowed Upon Thee

I Accept My Fate As To Succumb to Thirst

To Never Walk the Light

To Be Undesired By All

To Be Eternally Damned in Life and After Death

Grant Me Your Curse!

A red mist emerged from Sara's heart and slowly migrated inside Rinaldo. He grew significantly paler and was under the same excruciating pain Sara was under not much earlier. He held himself together long enough as to complete the spell.

Leon: My God, you actually did it. This whip isnt responding to Sara anymore.... but... it responds to you in its place.

Rinaldo: hehehe, did you really just doubt my abilities?

Leon: Hahaha, sorry, I'm just....

Leon couldnt hold back his tears anymore. Everybody was fucking crying.

Rinaldo: Jesus, not you too...

Leon hugged Rinaldo tight. This was his last human experience with him.

Leon: We've been through so much... I dont want to do this.

Rinaldo: I know, Leon.

They both felt each others tears on their clothes. Sara hugged Rinaldo from behind and he started to feel her tears as well.

Rinaldo: Its weird. I'm in so much pain, yet I'm crying too much to realize it. We have to begin, Leon.

Leon and Sara each gave one final squeeze before finally letting go. Sara stood to the side and Leon stood in front of Rinaldo.

Rinaldo: Leon, think only of your hatred. Think of your revenge on Walter for all he's done to us, then focus your spirit on me.

Leon again wiped his tears, focused on his loss and the revenge he would take. He closed his eyes and focused on Rinaldo.

One final circle began sprouting as Rinaldo began his final transmutation.

Rinaldo: All Becomes One in Infinity

Undesired and Cursed Soul

His Blood Accepts Your Hatred

For The Power to Slay Your Kind...

Do it now, Leon!

Leon: I swear to you... no more will suffer your fate!

Leon did not hold back on his strike against Rinaldo. The tip of his whip having so much velocity and energy from the transmutation, that it killed Rinaldo after he let out a pained cry that echoed in the Forest. With the echoes gone, his body fell to the ground, the power of his tainted soul fused with the whip. It was finally done. Sara ran to Leon and hugged him tight as Leon reciprocated with the same intensity. Both whispering "I love you" to one another and crying.

After some moments to themselves, they made a grave for Rinaldo at the back of his shack. They grabbed a tall rock for his headstone and picked some flowers to make a wreath for him. They had been crying hard for a while so their voices started to get hoarse. They were both kneeled in front of his grave.

Sara: He said his daughter was turned in to a vampire by Walter, right.

Leon: That's right. And the rest of his family was killed by her.

Sara: We should say a prayer for them to be reunited. All of them.

Leon smiled and held both of Sara's hands gently.

Leon: Let's do it, together.

Sara smiled back. The two closed their eyes and bowed their heads, their foreheads intimately touching.

Leon and Sara: (insert official funeral hymn words here)

After they were done, the crying and sadness went away for a while. As the two finally had each other. But Leon still had one thing left to do.

Leon: I need you to stay inside for me. I have to go and kill Walter.

He picked up the Vampire Killer and felt the immense power and hatred stored within. This whip is meant to kill the kindred of the night. The hatred was so strong it was even responding to the eternal blood moon above. This whip had the power to destroy Walter, and now that it was in his, hand, he became hellbent on doing so.

Sara: Leon, take this.

It was Sara's engraved dagger that Leon gave to her.

Leon: Are... are you breaking up with me?

Sara: What? No! Leon, my dagger is SILVER. And vampires dont like silver or things going through their heart, right?

Leon: Oh.... right....

Leon was completely uttered in shame as he had ruined all the dramatic tension because he was being dumb.

Sara: I want you to show my hatred toward him for me as well. Show him that, I'm still here, and my fire lives within you. Just like Rinaldo.

Leon: With pleasure, love.

The two kiss one last time before he sets out for the castle once more.

-END CHAPTER-