Author's Notes:

Ah! I forgot something again. Go back to the previous chapters, and listen to the song "Through the Fire and Flames" by DragonForce to make the battle more interesting to read.

Sorry 'bout that.

Another glaring contest was currently happening, with the tension growing by the minute.

Virin and Garble was glaring hard at one another, while they began to open their mouths, with ball of flames forming in them, and fired two fireballs at each other, but it caused an explosion instead, sending them a bit back. Getting back up on their feet, both dragons fired two fire blasts this time, which caused another explosion to occur between them, sending them further back as the two rivals was sent into the mountains behind them as they got shakily back up on their feet, glaring at each other once more as the tension grew even more as the two dragons opened their jaws and fired four consecutive fireballs at each other, sending the other back for a bit. Virin and Garble stood their ground against the other's attack, growling angrily at one another as the tension grew more than ever.

Garble opened his jaws, firing an fire blast from his mouth and aimed it at the smaller drake, who dodged the incoming attack by moving to the right, barely managing to evade the then coming blast of flames. Virin growled at his rival for that puny attack, but not before opening his own mouth and fired his own fire blast that were larger than the taller red's blast, sending the drake on the ground on his back as the taller dragon groaned in pain as he had felt the attack right in the spot where it hurt.

Getting back up on his feet, Garble opened his mouth and fired an consecutive attack at his rival, hitting the then-generated shield that appeared as quickly as the attacks had come, protecting the small drake from the small assaults made by the taller drake. Growling in anger, Garble charged at the shield, slashing against its hard shell as the tall dragon continued with his slash attack against the shield, intending to break it by himself. However, the shield this time proved to be stronger than the other times it was used.

This greatly frustrated the taller red, as he growled hatefully at the protected drake, who smirked deviously at Garble, as he felt the victory coming into his hands. As the two drakes was growling at each other, finally, the shield disengaged around the small drake after a while of waiting for the taller red to attack. Garble smiled evilly, thinking in his pride and glorious victory. As the tall drake moved in for the kill, Virin blocked the strike with his own hands as the taller red growled at the smaller drake as they began to move, with the taller red moving forward while the smaller drake was moving backwards while blocking the strikes coming from the taller dragon.

Growling angrily, the tall dragon stepped back as the smaller drake raised an eyeridge in wonder. Garble opened his mouth, and fired an fireball from his jaws and the ball of flames hit the small drake in the stomach, causing him to groan in pain as Virin glared at his rival for that attack. Garble smiled evilly again, before firing another fireball at the small drake, who finally responded with his own fireball, which resulted in a small explosion between them.

Growling, Garble charged at his rival, knocking him backwards as the two wrestled for supremacy as the two continued on with their brawl. Virin kicked Garble off of him as the small drake got back up on his feet, firing an fire breath at the taller red, engulfing him in flames as the tall dragon roared in pain as the flames was stronger this time around. Virin smirked in victory, but that faded as quickly as it came as the taller dragon spread his wings out, blowing the blazing flames away from his body, glaring heatedly at his rival.

Garble opened his mouth and fired an fire blast from his jaws, hitting Virin directly as the flames was engulfing him this time, with him being unfazed by the fiery blaze. Virin spread his wings out, blowing the vortex of flames away, with his scales shining from the flames that had been around him. It was more like a bath to him than pain, to Garble's irrational growl as the tall dragon charged at the smaller drake, knocking him back as they wrestled again on the ground as they brawled for supremacy once more.

Kicking the taller dragon off him, Virin got back up on his four feet, eyes glowing a brighter colour like at the race all those years back. To Garble, that was nothing more than magic. Nothing like that could ever happen to his rival. But, it was not coincidence, it was truly happening in front of his eyes.

Virin growled hatefully at his rival, who growled back just as hatefully. They took a step forward before dashing towards each other in a blink. They disappeared and reappeared all over the ground, clashing with one another as they punched the other all over his body while kicking in the stomach, trying to take the other dragon down.

Disappearing and reappearing again, the two fighters stopped in front of each other as they glowered at one another, while also snarling at each other while showing their sharp fangs. Virin opened his mouth and fired an enchanted fireball at Garble, who generated an fiery shield around him to protect him, blocking the enchanted fireball just in time as the glowing dragon charged forward, intending to bring the shield down with his bare claws.

Slashing against the shield multiple times, Virin hovered into the air and flew backwards, opening his mouth and fired an enchanted fire blast from his jaws, breaking the shield to million of pieces as they disengaged as they touched the ground, with an enraged Garble at his place. The tall dragon had showed his fangs, with was sharper than before, as they would kill an mere animal when they would make contact with its flesh. But, with dragons, it would just paralyze it.

With that thought coming to his mind, Garble charged forward, pulling his tail by the arm, throwing the small drake to the ground as the glowing drake groaned in pain as the taller drake began to bite into the scales of the small dragon, with Virin roaring in pain as he felt the sharp fangs deepen into his very bones. Blood was coming down to the ground from the bite of Garble, as the tall dragon inwardly snickered evilly as he continued to bite in the wound he had just inflected on the small drake, with roars of pain coming from the small red.

Trying to give a punch, Virin intended to do one punch, but Garble grabbed the then incoming fist from the small dragon, stopping it in its track. Virin continued to roar in pain as the bite from Garble deepened into the wound, until he finally disappeared from place, with the tall dragon's face plunging to the ground, with Garble groaning in slight pain.

Reappearing a couple of meters from Garble, Virin held his wound carefully with one arm, hanging his head as though he was motionlessly in pain. Just then, the drake's inner darkness was beginning to take control over the light. With an explosion, the darkness took over the small drake as he roared loudly, making the watchers to cover their ears poorly.

The spectators was worried for their Guardian. He was under the control of darkness once again. Not good.

Garble, however, was unfazed by Dark Virin. He just sneered coldly at the dark dragon, who snarled back at the taller drake. They opened their mouths, firing two fireballs at each other, but it resulted in an explosion to occur between them. Dark Virin sneered coldly at the red dragon, charging at him as they locked arms in an arm-lock. Unfazed by this development, Dark Virin began to punch and kick the red dragon all over his body, but the taller dragon managed to block each one of the attacks, enraging the dark dragon further into a pit of rage.

Garble blocked two more attacks from Dark Virin, before delivering a powerful punch that managed to send the dark dragon away from him for a few meters, as Dark Virin grunted in small pain. Dark Virin glared at Garble darkly, giving off an threatening growl that made Garble froze in hesitation as he knew that his rival was just being used by the darkness in him. This was still the same Virin as he remembered him. He was a kind-hearted dragon with compassionate and caring nature, nothing like this dark beast.

Dark Virin heard that last, inner statement and roared out in anger at the red dragon, who tensed up as he prepared himself for the worse. The dark dragon obliged to that; he charged at Garble, delivering an immense and powerful punch to the dragon's stomach, causing him to cough up some blood and being sent into the mountain behind him, creating a huge hole in the bottom of the mountain. Dark Virin smirked darkly, thinking victory was his now.

However, Garble shot out of the hole, making contact with the dark dragon's stomach as he delivered an much stronger punch than the last ones, causing the dark dragon to cough up some black blood and being sent to the mountain behind him, crashing into the side of it as it began to crumble down towards the dark beast, who let it come down.

Garble looked a bit fazed at the then crumbled mountain. It might've been an accident to have it crash down on his rival, but whatever. Victory was what he had been more anticipated. But, just as soon as he had a small celebration, the mountain's rocks flew away from where the dark beast had been hit on. The rocks didn't hit Garble, as he had a shield to protect him from the rocks that was happening to come into his direction.

Dark Virin roared out in anger and rage, growling threateningly at the red dragon, giving him a death glare at the same time. Garble was unfazed by the threat, opening his mouth and fired an fire blast at the dark dragon. But, the dark dragon defended himself from the blast as he had a dark, fiery shield around him just in time as the blast got closer to him.

Garble gave a loud bark, charging at the dark dragon whose shield had disengaged at that moment. Dark Virin had little time to prepare himself for the impact, as he was being knocked off his feet as the two wrestled for supremacy as the two continued to roll on the ground in a tense moment. As the dark dragon kicked the taller dragon off him, Dark Virin gave a threateningly bark of his own at Garble, who took the threat head-on as he charged at the dark dragon in a desperate minute of getting the darkness away from his rival.

Both dragons made contact, wrestling on the ground again as they brawled for supremacy over the other. Garble, this time, kicked the dark dragon off him as he stood quickly back up on his two feet as he glared in a threatening manner at the dark dragon, who took the glare instantly as he got back on his four feet. Both dragons opened their mouths, firing two balls of normal and dark flames at each other, hitting the other as he were sent backwards for a few meters. Garble groaned in pain, not liking this.

Neither did the dark dragon. He knew that they were equals. No doubt about it. As both dragons was glaring heatedly at each other, they both thought on one thing. This battle wasn't going to stop anytime soon.