I felt a particularly sharp tug on our bond, making me choke out a scream. The pain didn't come from my body but somewhere deeper than that, a place where no one should be able to reach.
                          
Raising my arms, I grabbed ahold of his wrist, trying to push him away.
                          
Despite this pain, I managed to tap into Zephyr's powers and create lightning, hoping he would let go. The grass burned around me as the manifestation of pure energy crackled, almost like it was out of control.
                          
"Not this time," Azazel growled, a sort of barrier forming around him. 
                          
I furiously tried to increase the power of my lightning so I could crack his barrier but the forces seemed to be evenly matched; pushing against each other. 
                          
Azazel jerked at the string-like bond again causing my element to weaken for a second before I yelled, determined to burn his body completely. 
                          
I think it would be a somewhat better end than seeing a blade sticking out of his body as his blood trickled out of the wound. Hearing his gurgled last words, his eyes slowly fading with the life he could've had.
                          
"No more games, Silver. I've had my fun but it's time for you to die. Zephyr will disappear; my revenge complete and I'll enjoy destroying Shade over and over to my heart's content!" His eyes flashed in a sort of sick madness; a grin just as twisted to match.
                          
Stop making Cloud wear such dark expressions. His idiotic ones suit him better.
                          
My grip on his wrist tightened as I desperately tried to break his barrier before I lost Zephyr forever. 
                          
I was fine dying but I didn't want Zephyr to go down with me. His quirky nature was starting to grow on me. What a curse to have a host like me, knowing from the start something like this would happen. He didn't deserve the pain I'm putting him through; having to fight his own brother, disappearing in a flash of pain, the last thing to feel before he faded away.
                          
I-It's not over yet, Silver. W-we can still fight!
                          
Why? Why is this happening?
                          
Zephyr laughed bitterly. It's the first time I've heard such a defeated sound from him. 
                          
I've...wanted to know that since...the beginning. It's either our lives or theirs. Your despair or Shade's destruction. He w-won't stop until everyone is dead, Silver.
                          
We're killing people we hold dear. 
                          
Fate is cruel. T-this is not something that can be easily ignored.
                          
Our power struggle continued. How will it end?
                          
Lightning still popped around us, the sound deafening, trying to find a weak point in his barrier but I couldn't even create a crack in the annoying obstacle; our power was evenly matched.
                          
"Why won't it break!" Azazel shouted in frustration. 
                          
I didn't say anything; too focused on my attack and trying to ignore the pain.
                          
The red eyed dragon screamed in fury and held his arm out to where his sword lay on the grass. The weapon moved by itself and glided through the air into Azazel's hand. 
                          
It happened too fast. A blur of motion. A sharp spark of agony. Blood staining metal. 
                          
His sword pierced my heart. 
                          
Such a wicked smile, a flash of insanity in his eyes; it doesn't fit Cloud at all. 
                          
The lightning disappeared with a faint crackle, he saw no reason to keep his barrier. He's won.