Alina knew that Drake was in no condition to fight. She wasn’t even sure he would be able to stand up properly. Much to her surprise he stood up, though he was unstable. After he regained his balance he then reached back, signaling for Alina to give him his swords. So she went to Solly and grabbed the swords to give to Drake.

‘Maybe he might be able to fight after all’ Alina thought to herself. Then she handed him the Demons Heart and he dropped it almost instantly.

‘Or not…’ She thought.

“You sure you are ok?” She asked concerned.

“Fine. I started the fight… I’ll finish it.” Drake answered coldly.

Drake then reached down for his sword and managed to hold on to it without dropping it. He then extended his left hand for his Demons Eye. Alina was hesitant to give it to him, but she reluctantly handed it over. Once he grabbed it she could tell he was struggling just to hold it and keep it up.

“You done yet? I’m getting bored!” Yuming yelled.

“Hahahaha thanks for waiting but I’m ready now.” Drake replied.

Yuming looked at him and began to laugh. Just by looking at him she could tell this would be an easy fight. He could barely stand; how he could possibly do any more than that was beyond her. But she didn’t care; either way he was dead.

Once Drake made eye contact with Yuming she dashed in. Not even feeling the need to draw her weapons she grabbed Drake by the throat and lift him up; when she couldn't lift him off the ground she opted to crushing his windpipe. 

"The hell! Why is he so heavy?!" Yuming thought to herself.

Solly and Momo both looked at each other, ready to jump in to help him but paused when they felt a dreadful and menacing aura. That same feeling caused Yuming to let go of Drake and take a few steps back out of instinct. Yuming looked to see where the aura was coming from but didn’t get the chance. She had to quickly draw her twin daggers to block Alina’s attack.

Alina had charged in with her Katars drawn and aimed for Yuming’s throat and heart. Yuming skillfully blocked both and took yet a few more steps back to get out of Alina’s range. It wasn’t good enough and Alina was right on top of her before she could react. Alina once again aimed for Yuming’s throat and heart but this time she pulled the trigger on the Katar aimed for the throat. Yuming wasn’t expecting that, but she needed to stop the attack. She once again blocked the blows which is exactly what Alina wanted. As soon as Yuming’s dagger was in between her blades, she pulled the trigger again to close it, snapping the dagger in half.

Yuming didn’t even think twice about disposing of the blade, but she still had to stop the Katar that was aimed at her throat. So she quickly pushed the Katar up causing Alina to miss. That didn’t stop Alina who knew Yuming would try and jump back again. With that in mind she grabbed her left leg with her tail. At the same time Alina went to swing out her blocked Katar to free it and rotated the one that got pushed up so that the blades became vertical. She then pulled the trigger again to release the blades.

However, Yuming saw through it all. Instead of taking a jump back, she simply ducked out of the way and quickly released the second dagger so her hand wouldn’t get cut up. While crouched down she delivered a palm strike to Alina’s stomach causing her to hunch over in pain. Before Alina could change her posture, Yuming rose up to knee Alina in the jaw; however, Alina saw the knee coming and before Yuming could fully connect Alina leaned farther forward and stopped the knee with her forehead. She knew the hit would hurt, but it would hurt Yuming even more. After the hit, Alina just started laughing. She was enjoying this; now she knew why Drake loved this feeling so much. The rush she felt fighting someone 'above' her level, knowing full well that one mistake could be the last.

Quickly Alina pulled Yuming’s leg with her tail and tackled her to the ground. From there Alina tried to stab Yuming, but Yuming hit the blade away. To Yuming’s surprise, Alina intentionally let go of her Katar before Yuming could hit it and grabbed it with her tail. From there Alina went to stab with both of her Katars and punch with her now free hand. Knowing that Yuming would only be able to stop two of them and that she would stop the two Katars to avoid a fatal blow; which is exactly what Yuming did. Then she got rocked by Alina’s punch and she hit a lot harder than Yuming was expecting. The force of the blow contorted her face and slammed it into the ground. But she knew she couldn’t keep her eyes off of Alina. She is far more dangerous than she leads to be; she is not only able to keep up with Yumings speed, but is actually faster and physically stronger. So what part of her is only one Fox Tail? Then she looked into Alina’s eyes and they had changed; both in looks and the emotion they gave off. Now both eyes gave of a cold, dark, murderous intent and they had formed three black rings in the iris of her eyes.

Then it happened; Alina smiled an evil, twisted grin and let go of her Katars all together. She then rocked Yuming again with another punch even more powerful than the last. Over and over again she unloaded on Yuming, each hit sending waves of pain through her whole body and knocking her senseless. Finally Alina got careless and left her torso open as she swung up to unleash the most powerful punch yet. Yuming quickly took advantage of the opening and grabbed Alina’s tank top to pull her in. As she did she used her other hand, put it on Alina’s stomach and flipped her off. Thinking quickly, Alina managed to flip around and land on her feet, but her back was facing Yuming, who quickly jumped on to try and put Alina into a choke hold. That plan was quickly thwarted as Alina reached back and pulled Yuming up onto her shoulder, then shoulder dived to the ground landing on Yuming’s sternum. 

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When they landed, Alina felt the sternum crack and give a little as Yuming groaned in pain. Now Alina knew she had to target the sternum and try to get it to break and end the fight quickly. She put up a good start, but she was getting tired very quickly and needed to end the fight. At the same time though, a part of her wanted to drag out the fight. She was enjoying it and wanted to savor every precious second of the thrill.

However, both of them noticed the other one was out of breath. Alina’s previous exhaustionwas taking effect and the damage that Alina did to Yuming started kicking in as well; leaving both trying to catch their breath. But Yuming wasn’t going to allow it. Realizing that Alina was taking a second to recover, Yuming pulled her into a triangle choke. When Alina moved to counter it, Yuming instantly rolled out and transitioned to an omaplata. The sudden transition took Alina by surprise, but it was a tactic she used against Drake in the past. So like Drake in the past, she resisted on just her brute power alone. Straining every muscle she could, Alina pushed back against Yuming. Knowing she isn’t as strong as Drake she needed to do something else or her shoulder and arm would break. Quickly she grabbed Yuming with her tail and pulled her back, slamming her into the ground. Alina tried to tighten her tail around Yuming’s throat however, Yuming had already pulled the tail off her neck and had stood up. Still holding onto Alina’s tail; Yuming swung her overhead slamming her into the ground. Before Alina could register what had happened Yuming was already on top of her; ready to start pounding away. As Yuming hit Alina she felt as if Yuming’s hits were weak. Then again just about anyone’s hits would be weak compared to Drake's. None-the-less, those hits were doing damage and Alina needed to stop them fast.

Just like how Alina telegraphed her punch earlier, Yuming made the same mistake and threw her arm back; more because she was running out of steam and it was hurting to breathe and move. Alina took full advantage of it and did a palm strike right to Yuming’s sternum; sending a wave of sharp pain throughout her body. As Yuming went flying back, Alina grabbed her shirt and pulled her in for a head but right to the bridge of the nose; breaking it and making it that much harder for Yuming to breathe.

“She’s doing this on purpose!” Yuming thought.

“Intentionally restricting my breathing; every attack she has done has been to accomplish that goal!” Yuming finished her thought.

Yuming was right, Alina was looking to systematically disable her opponent so she could have as much fun with her as she pleased. Though the sternum was a wonderful accident, dealing all that damage to Yuming’s face was for the sole intent of limiting her breathing; thus slowing and weakening her. But with the addition of the cracked sternum, Alina has now achieved her goal and can move on to targeting the joints. However, Alina knew she was short on time and she had to hurry before she was completely exhausted and could no longer fight. It was already difficult just to try and catch her breath, let alone plan and formulate on the fly like she had been.

After the two of them stood up from the head but, Alina charged in for the attack. When she saw Yuming put up a guard, she changed her plan. Instead of the running kick she was planning she now ducked in low and rose up to hit Yuming’s sternum again. She felt it crack more under the force and smiled. She knew it was close to completely collapsing. As Yuming rose up in the air from the blow, Alina grabbed the back of her head, pulled it in and smashed it with her knee. Yuming flipped back from the impact and landed hard on the back of her neck, briefly knocking Yuming out. Next thing Yuming realized was Alina standing over her with her foot on her chest.

“You know… You can’t save this place. And you can’t stay the same.” Alina mumbled with a murderous smile.

Alina thought about breaking joints to enjoy the anguish, but she didn’t want to risk Yuming fighting back anymore. So her best plan was to finish off the sternum and end the fight. With that in mind, Alina lifted her foot up and stomped down on Yumings chest. The impact completely broke the sternum and caved the rib cage into the lungs.

Yuming coughed up blood, and her breathing became very labored. Each breath more difficult than the last. But she had some final words to say before she died.

“I can… see how… my… sister… would lose… to you…” She started between labored breaths.

“But not… to that… worthless… piece of… shit…” She struggled to finish.

That set Alina off. Now the one thing she wanted to do was watch her die slowly. But not before she managed to get some final words in as well.

“That ‘piece of shit’ is the one who single-handedly took down your F.E.A.R.” Alina started.

“He is even faster and stronger than I am, but that fight took everything out of him!” Alina said, getting angrier by the second.

“A worthless bug like you wouldn’t have stood a chance against him! But you are right about one thing. I am the one who killed your skank of a sister.” Alina said with a demonic grin.

The whole time Alina was staring at Yuming. The angrier Alina got the clearer the image of Yuming burning became. At the peak of her anger, that image became reality. A glowing light came from every opening in Yuming’s body. Her eyes, nostrils, mouth, ears and cuts all started to glow as she screamed in pain. Soon after her whole body started seizing up and with one final scream her body spontaneously combusted and then quickly turned to ash; leaving nothing behind.