Chapter 26: Loving Loser, Loveless Victor

Chapter XXVI

Fred Nerk glanced at Lao Shi, and nodded. Both dragons had come to an agreement.

"Cover us Sabrina," said Fred, as he took to dragon form.

"What are you doing?" muttered the Scarlet Knight as she knotted two arrows on her bow, she sighed, "you dragons,"

XX

Jake rushed in, with a slash he attempted to strike at the Dark Hunter's face. The grey dragon was prepared, and brought his wings together in a defensive position, the bladed ends slashed at the American Dragon's arms, drawing blood.

The ferocity of the fight was not lost on him; he knew that they were simply fighting with their base instincts, on what was in their hearts. He refused to open his mouth to engage him in dialogue; the time for talk had passed. Now it was time for action, time for death and mayhem.

"You may think that you are evenly matched with me," said Adren, with a peculiar scowl, "but you are nothing compared to my raw power,"

Jake said nothing as he continued his rampage on his enemy, no matter what, he was determined to win. He glanced down at his girlfriend who lay in pain on the soft grass of the stadium, then back to the face of his enemy. He had to win.

"Not to worry Jake!" said Fred Nerk as he appeared from nowhere and blasted a breath of fire at the Dark Hunter, "your backup is finally here...to back you up,"

Jake pounced, but was batted aside with a quick blow from the grey dragon's left arm.

Fred blasted a steady breath of fire at his opponent, locking him in place. He stopped with a grin, "that ought to keep you occupied,"

Lao Shi attempted to attack the Dark Hunter from behind, but was caught off-guard and sent crashing into the green grass below. The elder dragon managed a moan of pain before passing out.

"Wow," muttered Fred, "what are we? Ducks?"

"Nerk pay attention!" shouted Jake.

"More like a sitting duck if you ask me," said the Dark Hunter, instantly in front of him.

"How did-," managed Fred, in an attempt to avoid his enemy's attack.

Adren Karr roared a tremendous ball of fire that blasted the foreign dragon out of the sky, incapacitating him almost instantly. The grey dragon grunted in annoyance as three arrows came towards him almost simultaneously, but with a strong flap of his left wing he dispelled their speed and deflected them.

The Dark Hunter roared in laughter as Sabrina's face filled with confusion, "None of you can even touch me,"

"But I can," said Jake, now above him, with a well aimed slash he felt his claws once again sink into the Hunter's flesh, the slash on his face would remain as a scar. The Dark Hunter cried out in pain as the red dragon retreated a few paces.

Grinning to himself, Jake breathed a fire-ball into his hand, "What did you say about scratching your face?"

The shock on the Dark Hunter's face was replaced by pure fiery rage that paralyzed the American Dragon.

"I swear to you, American Dragon," said Adren, his face dripping with blood once more, "that I will kill you!"

He roared such a powerful roar that Jake felt his head almost splitting apart, the sound wave gave his body such a shock that it felt as if his skin was peeling off of his body. Then it dawned on him, Adren was using both his dragon's magic and his wizard's magic in conjunction. The only thought on his mind however, as he drifted into darkness, was that of Rose.

"I love you...Rose,"

XX

The Dark Hunter reverted to human form with a sigh as he watched his opponents all fallen heroes, lying in almost a wasted position, "Pitiful,"

He glanced at the only standing member of the fighting team, the Scarlet Knight, "I have no quarrell with you Scarlet Knight, I'll be on my way," he glanced back at Rose, and felt the feeling that kept creeping into his heart, the longing to be next to her, the desire to simply kiss her.

He realised in his fight with the American Dragon, that he wasn't angry or upset because she was in love with the dragon, he was angry and upset that she WASN'T in love with him. But he accepted this, in the end, even if they were on other teams, enemy sides, he still wanted her to be happy. Adren guessed that that was the problem, with being in love. He closed his eyes, and said a soft prayer of apology, "I'm sorry Rose,"

Adren Karr, Dark Hunter and Huntsmaster, walked out of the stadium, beyond exhausted, but happy.

I'm sorry that my chapters seem to be so short, I'm slowly wrapping this up. The next chapter will be a bit longer, and my epilogue will be short(ish). lol

Second to Last Chapter, will be up soon. Sorry for the Anti-Climactic finish. lol.

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