As Alara and Darkia stare each other down for what will be their final battle, Alara carefully plans out her first approach. Darkia glares back menacingly with a confident smirk. "I say we pick up right where we left off. That is, if you can still prove that you're worth my time." Darkia threatens. She then puts her hands behind her back. "If you can get me to use my hands, I'll start fighting you seriously again." Darkia says. "Toying with me is a good way to get yourself referred to in the past tense." Alara threatens drawing her claws. "Hm hm hm. Try me." Darkia invites. Alara snarls before using a burst of speed to punch at Darkia. Darkia moves her head out of the way and begins dodging the oncoming blitz of attacks. As Alara attacks, four grey tentacles grow from her back and try to grab Darkia, who backsteps away to avoid them. Dark purple vines shoot from Darkia's back and speed to combat the tentacles. They wrap each other up, trying to destroy one another. Some of Darkia's vines are crushed and disintegrated by Alara's tentacles, but a few of her tentacles are torn to shreds by the vines as well. This leaves each woman with only one each as Alara still chases Darkia down. Alara tries to sweep at Darkia's feet but Darkia kicks her away, sending Alara flying back. Alara catches herself and 5 more tentacles grow from her back. Darkia puts a field around her and when the tentacles come into contact with it, they immediately turn into atoms. Alara's uses her Cosmic Vision to look at the field as she sprints around looking for another opening. Alara then readies a claw with blue, pixilated energy. "Wave of Chaos!" Alara says as she unleashes the large blue wave at Darkia. The wave comes into contact with the field and grinds into it like a chainsaw. Darkia snaps away before the wave shatters through her field like glass. Darkia snaps behind her about to kick her again, before Alara grabs her leg and starts swinging her. Darkia turns to black goo in her hands before reappearing in front of her. Darkia then inhaled and bellows out a massive dark red ki wave. Alara reels back an Onyx ki blast and fires it back. "I'm not the same, as before!" Alara says as her beam grows in size and starts pushing Darkia's attack back. Darkia raises an eyebrow before she creates two more Dragon ki blasts with her hands to combat Alara's. Alara then combines her Onyx ki with Death ki to even out the clash again. "Well well well! You've certainly been busy. Whatever it is that's lit a fire under you is actually paying off. I'm starting to think you may actually be worth playing with!" Darkia says with a smirk. "Yea, play around if you want to! Any opening you leave, I'm gonna take advantage of!" Alara says. Just then, Alara's two beams scatter off into hundreds of miniature ones. They break away and arc around the beam clash to speed towards Darkia. Darkia is forced to drop her attack and snap away. As soon as she reappears, Alara zips in front of her, reeling back a punch. "Still feeling confident, bitch?!?" Alara shouts as she lands a solid punch to the side of Darkia's face. Darkia slides back from the impact before catching herself.
She doesn't lift her head, but holds a hand down under her chin. A single drop of blood hits her palm and she smiles devilishly. "Hm. That one actually stung a little..." Darkia says softly to herself. Her aura explodes from her body, shaking everything in the immediate Outterverse. "Very well." Darkia says before she looks back at Alara. Alara isn't intimidated, crouching down on all fours. The instant she sees Darkia flinch, Alara takes off, dodging a seemingly endless torrent of ki beams almost too fast and too small for her to see. She can only sense them coming towards her, but is able to react to them with precise movements. "Can't let those hit me. They're too concentrated for me to deflect. Those beams will tear through my body like newspaper." Alara says to herself as she continues to dodge. Alara creates two ki blasts in her hands and throws them in front of her. They curve around like missiles and speed toward Darkia. She uses her free hand to bat the two ki blasts away, but instead of exploding they turn into ki nets and speed back to Darkia. She looks back at the nets and her glare cuts the nets into shreds. Alara uses the small opening to quickly close the distance with a slash. Darkia drops her ki beam barrage and is forced to block Alara. "You weren't kidding, this is much more like it!" Darkia says as she starts to power up. Alara slashes at her again and Darkia snaps away a good distance behind her. Alara turns around and sees Darkia floating behind her with her arms crossed as her aura seeps from her body. "In that case... what do you say we have some real fun?" Darkia says as she starts to transform. A large, scaly dragon tail grows from her tailbone. Two large dragon wings protrude from her back as well as her teeth begin to grow larger and sharper. Her eyes glow red as she smiles evilly at Alara. "I haven't had to expend this much power in millions of years. This is called my Dragonic form. Rejoice, Dark Temptress!" Darkia says. Alara simply rolls her eyes. "I'll try to remember that when I'm ripping your spine out." Alara says as she readies herself again. Darkia's face darkens with her sinister grin seeming to grow wider. "Now then... let's begin the festivities..." Darkia says. Alara dashes in quickly but is stopped by a hard punch to her stomach. Alara coughs up blood before she's sent careening back into the Deeper Outterverse. When Alara finally catches herself, she can't even see Darkia anymore.

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Alara the Dark Temptress
Acción*This story is NOT canon to the events of The History of Tara or Multiversal Journey. (@NDRage-Pyrohinton)* This story will follow the fusion of Tara and Alice and the events that lead to their corruption.