Dark clouds had gathered in the sky, and hung like a thick depression over the little forest. Tala sent forth his familiar, Wolborg, once again in the hopes of regaining victory and his lost friend. A sort of obsessive blind numbness had settled over Kai, the way it had once before when he had put his Grandfather's project, Black-Dranzer, to use. Tala realised that unless he was beaten, unless his link to Black-Dranzer was severed, there would be no saving Kai. A surge of blue fire answered the rush of Wolborg, who narrowly dodged. Behind Tala the trees caught and began to smoke once again, until he called upon a blizzard, the same way he had numerous times during this battle. The white wolf bore down on the black phoenix, understanding his master's will; despite the disadvantage, Wolborg would struggle on 'til neither he nor his master could continue.
Tala considered for a moment how things had always played out before; Kai would have the clear advantage, but Tala would twist it to become his friend's disadvantage. Sadly, his old tactics did not seem to be working against the dark type familiar, and he feared that he would soon be merely another obstacle overcome to the tainted Kai and Black-Dranzer.
"You've got nothing left to impress me, Tala; I've seen everything million times before" Kai's voice was cold, hard and even more aloof that it had ever been "You're stale and stagnated, you've got nothing more to show me and you're no longer worth my time; stand aside"
Tala chose not to respond, instead he put his effort into invoking his cyborg focus, a little gift from his former mentor, Boris; but it gave him an edge. He fed his strength into Wolborg hoping to build up just enough for one last fatal attack; maybe then he could destroy the foul project once and for all.
"Not going to answer me, Tala?" Kai asked, his tone one of harsh mocking "Could it be that you're using your cybernetic enhancements, no matter they won't help you here; let's finish this, Black-Dranzer!"
Tala braced for what he knew to be a devastating onslaught, but in the wake of his attack Kai would be vulnerable if Tala could hold out that long. A swirl of blue fire was builing around the Beyblade holding the dark twin of Dranzer; one of four sacred familiars; the heat was rising exponentially and melting Tala's ice. With a dramatic sweeping gesture, Kai unleashed his attack, and the swirl of blue flames engulfed its surroundings including Wolborg and the unsuspecting Tala. As the fire raged around him and consumed him, Tala's only thought was that he'd failed everyone, and then darkness took him.