A/N: I know It's extremely short. I'm sorry! This might be a bit confusing so let me tell you now. Cloud refers to Zack as the physical portion and Jenova as the mental (the one speaking) because I wanted to make sure that you guys knew that he knew that Jenova was in control and not Zack. If you have any questions feel free to PM me!
Cloud ducked underneath the buster blade he called his own in a different time. Twisting his smallest blade to the fusion sword, Cloud made an upward strike at Zack. He pulled enough of his strength not to do too much damage to kill him, though Cloud was hoping to cause enough damage to make him stop. Cloud knew that Zack wasn't really Zack, but that stupid—His thoughts were stopped when, Zack jumped backward, strapping his blade to his back. Against all odds, Cloud wanted this to be the end, but Zack fell into the Rush Assault limit successfully knocking the air out of Cloud's lungs and sending him flying. The impact of the wall left Cloud seeing stars. He had to get up though. Vincent was the first to be knocked out during the beginning of their fight; Cloud was the world's last hope of preventing another Sephiroth. Cloud had to get up!
The echoes of the footsteps coming closer alerted Cloud to presence of someone walking closer. He tried to focus on the figure in front of him, but he was still having issues with getting air into his lungs. Sharp and agonizing pain pulled him out of the haze. Looking down to the cause, Cloud's heart almost stopped at the sight of the slimmest piece of the fusion sword piercing him in the exact location that Sephiroth's did before Cloud killed him the first time.
"Look at that," Jenova purred. "This time, I shall kill you. Oh savior of the world, Gia's last hope."
Blood pumped through Cloud as his rage built. Head butting Zack and making a mental note to apologize to his friend when all of this was over. He tried to reach up and yank his own weapon from him but Zack's right hand caught his wrist with lightning speed while his left hand went straight for Cloud's throat.
"It was so dumb of the planet to send you back with only Zack. Of course, you do have some of your other friends, but you are scattered and weak. Your friends seem to be the tipping point for you, but now you've lost." Jenova boasted.
Cloud's vision swarmed. He tried to pull Zack's grip off him. He tried to lash out. Nothing was working. He could feel his strength leave him. He could feel his very essence leaving him. He looked over toward Vincent, he too was not moving.
"You shall die knowing you've failed this time." Jenova whispered in his ear. "I will take away all that you've cherished. Perhaps I shall start with your red-head love?"
Cloud Strife saw no more.
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