At first as Fai walked slowly over to Ashura, Kurogane felt the dull ache of heartbreak, thinking that the blonde had chosen this man....this monster... over him. But when he saw the clouded look in Fai's eyes fade away, and the small gesture, he finally understood.
Gripping Souhi tightly, he began running, running towards Ashura and the kneeling Fai. Something deep inside him warned him that this would kill him just as surely as it would kill Ashura, but he ignored the voice and ran on, focused only on his goal.
Finally letting out a roar of a battlecry, Kurogane brought Souhi slashing down at Ashura for the second time that day, watching as the blade sunk deep within the Seresuan monarch. Then a bright light came exploding out of Ashura's wound, and he bellowed in agony as pain ripped through him, engulfing him whereever the light touched.
Staggering back, he slumped against the wall, shaking violently as the burning sensation spread through him, causing small wounds and cuts that he'd received from years ago to reopen, shedding crimson blood. But he ignored all this, and only had eyes for the still, unmoving form of Ashura.
Did I do it?