Board :Story Contest
Author :Archon Iyagi
Subject :1st Place by Jiho
Date :11/5
Last Drop Of Blood


    The war between the two clans began over 500 years ago. Once fierce rivals; now unrelenting enemies. Two clans that shared a common ancestor. Family turning on one another. Friends betraying friend. A battle that ravaged the lands as far as the eye could see. The years went on and the memories of these ancient warriors faded the war never ended.  This rift that began with the mose powerful emotion of them all, jelousy.

    Two brothers who were equally strong and qualified set their hearts and ambitions on The most angelic beauty these lands have seen. They were determined to become betrothed to her. At first it was thought of nothing more than pure competition but it turned into a deep resentment of the other. The fighting between the two escalated to a dual to the death. The battle between the two brothers was ready to meet its conclusion when the maiden of this story threw herself into the fray. She sacrificed herself coming in between the brothers in hopes that they could realize that the future of the clan rested with them working together.

Instead they blamed one another for her death. And the battle between them grew fiercer. The clan fractured into Yin and Yang one brother leading each clan. The family and friends within the clan had to decide which side to join which in turn lead to more rivalries and eventually an all out war.

And for hundreds of years as both clans grew in size and power the war never subsided. With each death of a hero a new vendetta was born. Death only led to more death. Hate led to more hate. A never ending cycle. The ages past and the memories of the brothers faded away only to be replaced with new warriors born into the war.

Children growing up hating an enemy they knew nothing about. Training to murder a unknown face they have never seen. It was truly hopeless but anger and hate ran deep within the Yin and the Yang clans. They could not get past the death of their friends and family at the hands of another. The truth of the origin of the war they were fighting was lost only to be replaced by propaganda. The warriors were fighting a lost war.

It was only until the most recent generation of leaders of either clan ascended that things were about to change. They met for the first time on the battlefield ready to take each other?s lives only to be staring into a mirror. They were nearly twins with only battle scars that could differentiate them. It was the first time in over a hundred years that the two sides had a cease fire. There were secrets that had to be uncovered and the two leaders had to be the ones who did it.

Although either leader could not prove it to their respective clans that they were all distant relatives of one another they had a plan to end this war. There was only one way. For blood is the price to pay for blood. The generals and heroes of either side could never forgive the other clan for taking their loved ones. It was decided that the two leaders will sacrifice their lives to ensure a new peace between the two clans. Only fitting these two reborn brothers were finally able to reconcile and make peace in another lifetime. The two clans gathered to witness the beginning of a new age. The two leaders thrusted their blades into the other and that was the final blood drop on the battlegrounds.

-Jiho