"I'm finally going to make good on that promise of mine." You focus on your magecraft and begin to call forth a flame with the property that it will only purge 'familiars' A flame that will selectively burn the monstrous beings that call Sakura their host. "Forgive me if this stings, but I don't have much time." You raise the flame to her forehead, and her eyes go wide at the oddly cold fire. "I am truth given form." You utter the first line of the aria you are still in the process of finishing.

The usage of the aria allows you to more easily manipulate the flame you have created, and you allow the small fireball to turn into a torrent of flame which coats your sister utterly. There's not a part of her body that goes untouched by the flame as it passes through her. There's screaming, but it's not Sakura doing the screaming. No, the screaming comes from two places at once. The louder scream emanates from within Sakura, an inhuman screech of death. Whilst the other scream comes from just outside the room, a more human sounding scream, and more one of pain and rage than of actual death. Sakura however has passed out. Unfortunate that you can't confirm her condition, but your glad that she's not in pain, at least. Despite the urgency, you place your hand on her chest to ensure her heart is still beating and your own heart calms a little when you find that it is.

You don't have long. While Sakura may or may not be free from the crest worms now, she's in no state to walk about. That hardly matters anyway, as you estimate you only have a few seconds before Zouken's now dying physical body comes to exact his vengeance.

Part 6