Author's Notes:

This chapter will get an sort of another cliffhanger. I want to at least give you a worthy battle between the two rivals...if I do give you it, that is.

Menacingly walking towards his fallen rival, Garble prepared a fireball attack as he had his mouth open wide. However, to his surprise, Virin opened his eyes and shot straight into the air, managing to dodge the then fired fireball from Garble.

What a close call.

A glaring contest then happened between the rivals. Virin was glaring heatedly at his rival, as did the tall dragon. Their rivalry needs to be coming to an end.

Virin opened his mouth, firing an fireball at Garble, who dodged the attack with a swift movement, firing his own fireball at the smaller drake, who evaded it by flying to the side. Garble fired another fireball at his rival, but the drake dodged the attack again by flying to the side once more. Virin opened fire at Garble, with consecutive fireballs being fired at the tall dragon.

With quick and swift movements, Garble managed to dodge every single fireball, glaring hard at the daring drake, who glared once again back. Garble let loose a fire breath at the smaller dragon, but the small red dodged it by flying upwards, before firing his own fire breath at Garble, damaging him as the tall dragon roared in pain as he felt the breath attack singing him all over.

With the attack hitting him, Virin stopped the fire breath as he looked down at the taller drake with immense hatred. Garble, too, glared at him with immense hatred, feeling the same feeling the other do. Garble fired an fireball at the smaller drake, but he dodged it by flying downwards this time around, enraging the taller drake even more.

Virin fired his own fireball at the tall drake, hitting him hard in the chest, making him fall to one knee, but he didn't surrender as the taller drake stood back up on his feet, roaring out in anger as the rage inside him was greater than the smaller one's own rage.

Garble fired an fireball at the smaller drake, but he dodged it by ducking under the ball of flames, as it swept right above him when it passed through. The taller drake was enrage at this, as he fired an fire breath this time, hitting the surprised dragon as he roared in pain while being flamed alive from the attack. With the attack continuing, Virin spread his wings out, blowing the flames away as he glared angrily at Garble, who glared angrily back.

Virin charged straight for the tall dragon, but Garble predicted this move as he flew upwards to dodge the strike, surprising Virin as he was being pushed to the ground when Garble got back down on his back, before punching restlessly at the smaller drake's head, causing him to roar in great pain as he struggled to get free from Garble's grip.

With a mighty kick, the small dragon managed to get the taller red off of him, sending him face-first into the ground, groaning in pain from the harsh impact with the rocks. Virin stood back up on all four, firing a fireball at the fallen dragon, causing him to roar in pain as he was being hit once again by a fireball from the Guardian of the World.

Angrily, Garble stood back on his two feet, punching hard in the smaller dragon's face, as the punch was enough to break teeth out. But, it didn't break the Guardian's teeth out, to Garble's roar of rage as the tall drake pushed Virin into a mountain from a distance and made his back being hurt from hitting the mountain, before punching him in the face multiple times. Virin, feeling pain in his back and face, bit onto Garble's next punch from the right closed fist, causing him to roar in pain as the small dragon kicked the tall dragon away with a strong kick, sending him back a few meters away from him so the small red could pant for breath.

After having regained his energy, Virin glared heatedly at Garble, thinking on ending this now. Garble shared that inner statement, roaring out in anger and charged for the still drake, but the small drake moved out of the way, making Garble to make contact with the mountain first with his readied fist, causing a hole to appear with the punch.

Raising an eyeridge, Virin shrugged as he flew away from Garble, who followed after him after having regained his position and fired an fireball at the small drake, but the small drake dodged it by flying to the side before firing his own fireball down at Garble, who managed to stop the attack with another fireball, creating an explosion to occur between them.

Garble continued to follow after the flying Virin, who fired an fireball at the tall dragon, but Garble retaliated with an fire breath, causing an explosion to happen again. Stopping in midair, Virin made an Comet Dash as he moved straight down for Garble, who yelped in surprise and shock at being sent down again as they made a huge crater to appear after the crash.

Virin punched Garble in the face, but the tall dragon blocked a few of his punches with his arms, before kicking the small drake off of him when he kicked the small red's butt, sending him into the volcano's mountain side. Getting back up, Garble, in a rage, fired an large fireball at the fallen drake, setting him ablaze as the tall drake began laughing menacingly in a delightful way.

However, his laugh was cut short as Virin stepped out of the flames, seemingly unharmed. An eye twitching, Garble fired another large fireball at the small red, but he finally retaliated with his own large fireball, resulting in a huge explosion to happen between them, loud enough to be heard in the area for the other dragons to hear the commotion. But, the two fighters didn't care as they charged for each other, beginning to slash and scratch one another when they got close enough, making blood to drop to the ground.

Both dragons didn't care about their blood, as they flew backwards as they wiped their cheeks with their right arms before glaring angrily at each other. Opening their mouths, both dragons fired large fireballs at one another, resulting in another huge explosion to happen in between them, sending them backwards for a few meters away. When they got back up, the two rivals fired two more large fireballs at each other, once again resulted in a new explosion to happen between them, sending them even more back.

Garble grunted as he stood back up on his feet, glaring hard at his rival, who glared back as he stood back on his own four feet. The tall dragon fired an fireball at the smaller drake, but the drake fired an fireball as well, resulting in another explosion to occur between them. Roaring out, Garble let loose a fire breath at his rival, whom fired an fire breath as well, colliding with the tall red's own breath attack in an lock.

The lock lasted for a few minutes before it exploded between them, sending them back as they stood back up with a grunt, glaring hard at one another. Garble fired an fireball at his rival, who fired an fireball as well, with an explosion to happen between them. Snarling in rage, the tall red charged straight for the smaller red, who braced himself for the attack. They collided, struggling for supremacy while the other tried to overcome the other one. Biting onto the smaller drake's shoulder, Virin roared in pain as he felt the sharp teeth in his shoulder, before biting onto Garble's own shoulder, causing him to roar in pain as well.

The bite attack continued as they sank their teeth in the other's shoulders, making blood to drop to the ground while they finally reared back as they held their bloody shoulders in pain. Glaring at each other, both had enough of this game as they fired two more fireballs at each other, resulting in another explosion once more. With their healing and regeneration abilities working, and with their shoulders' blood being sealed, both rivals let loose two fire breath attacks at once another,, with another lock to happen in-between them as they continued with the lock. For a couple of minutes, both seemed to struggle like never before, however Virin's powers proved to be more supremacy as his breath grew a bit larger in strength, overcoming Garble's breath as the tall drake roared in pain when he was hit, being engulfed in flames as he roared painfully.

Smirking delightfully, Virin charged at his rival, knocking him out of the flames and in to a mountain, creating a cracked hole when the tall dragon made contact with the mountain. Groaning, Garble's eyes snapped open as he bit onto Virin's neck this time, causing the young dragon to roar in pain as he tried to punch his rival away. After a few more punches, the small dragon managed to get the taller drake away from his then bloody neck.

With an evil smile, Garble went for the neck again, biting onto it as the small drake roared in pain again before trying to punch the tall red away again. However, the tall red held on this time as he sank his teeth in the wound, making Virin to roar out in much pain as he felt the teeth sink into his flesh. Garble continued with his assault, sinking more into the neck of his rival, making him roar out painfully this time.

When Virin had enough, he reared back with a "twig" as a piece of his neck fell off when Garble reared back as well. Groaning in much pain, Virin's healing ability went to work on his wound, sealing it after a few minutes of silence from the two rivals. Panting, the small drake fired an fireball at the then startled taller red, making him yelp in pain from the sudden attack.

Getting back to his senses, Garble tail-slapped into Virin's head, sending him across the ground to the small red's left, causing him to grunt in painn. Virin stood back up, glaring heatedly at his rival who glared back, firing an fireball at his small rival, who fired an fireball as well, resulting in another explosion to happen between them like the other times.

Using his tail, Garble continued with tail-slapping at Virin's head, making him groan in pain after the tenth time. Grabbing the tail on the eleventh time, Garble was caught by surprise as the small drake whirled it around, with the tall red following his tail as he was being thrown into a mountain nearby, making a hole appear in the bottom of the mountain. Garble grunted as he stood back up on his two feet, glaring hard at his rival, whom was unfazed by the stare he was given.

Roaring in anger, Garble fired an fireball at his rival, who blocked it with a fiery shield around him before a fiery steel-like armour appear on his body, as he stood with an almighty expression on his face. Smiling evilly, the tall dragon summoned his own fiery steel-like armour, surprising the smaller drake to great heights. The armour appeared to be of an red obsidian armour, an rare colour for it to be. To Virin, such an armour was unlikely to have, since it was so rare amongst dragon kind.

Both roared out, as they charged at each other, either punching or kicking one another, with neither giving an inch. Garble kicked the small drake in the spot where it was most painful, in the guts. Coughing at this, Virin punched the taller drake in the face, giving him a black eye as the taller drake roared as he punched and gave the smaller drake his own black eye, to the right eye. However, they would give off after a few days, which was lucky for Virin.

Virin held his black eye, glaring with a sharpened look at his rival, who gave the same expression to his own rival. This ends now. Both dragons opened their mouths, firing two fireballs at each other, but they collided with an explosion afterwards, sending them backwards. Both grunted and groaned, getting back on their feet, glaring hard at each other with immense hatred in their eyes, as a spark was seemingly in their eye-lock.

Garble roared, firing an fireball at the small drake, but the drake retaliated with his fire breath, causing the two attacks to explode after a while of being stopped. Virin fired his own fireball at Garble, who fired an fireball as well, making another explosion between them.

Gritting his teeth, Garble let out another roar as he charged straight for the small drake, who braced himself for the potential strike. However, as clever as he was, Virin dodged the strike when Garble got close enough, to the tall red's surprised look but it quickly turned into a immense rage in the eyes as he looked at Virin's bluish-yellow orbs, who braced himself for another attack. Garble obliged, hitting Virin directly as he sprung forward, causing them to collapse to the ground, rolling on it as they both groaned in pain from the sudden fall, but it was intentional on Garble's part.

Virin gave an nerved smile, firing an fireball at the tall red, who blocked it with his arms that were in armour, barely a scratch on it. Gritting his teeth, Virin let loose an fire breath at his rival, engulfing him in flames as the taller dragon roared in slight pain as he spread his wings out, blowing the flames away, surprising the smaller dragon, but not as much as the other times he were unharmed by his fire breath.

With an aura glowing around their bodies, both drakes disappeared from the ground, seemingly gone. However, they reappeared in the air, punching and kicking one another to take the other down. Virin roared as he gave a hard punch to the taller red's face, knocking him back in surprise, but he smirked all of a sudden in the middle of the fight. Virin stared in confusion. What was so funny?

In answer to that inner thought, Garble glowed a brighter red colour as he fired an large fireball at Virin, who fired an large fireball as well, creating an huge explosion to appear in between them, sending them backwards for a few meters.

Grunting, both dragons decided to play fair and square by speeding their way towards the other, punching and kicking one another all over, with their martial arts being greater from the attacks they're doing. With more punches and kicks, both dragons realized something: they were equal.

They held a stare down, glaring sharply at each other. This duel was going to get what they deserves, that's for sure...