Spyro meets Pyro
Chapter 25: Spyro vs. the God of War
Last time on Spyro meets Pyro: Glacia sent Spyro, Pyro, and Candice to train for their battles, and it was Razor's time to fight; his opponent was Darkseid. The battle started out bad for the psychic dragon, but he managed to hold on and fight back blow for blow. Pyro seeing his best friend in danger told him to stop holding back and fight the way he only knew how. Razor seeing that it was finally time to stop acting like a weakling, unleashed his true power and turned the battle around. With his new and power he unleashed his ultimate technique 'Psychic Infinity' defeating Darkseid and claiming his victory. While this was going on Glacia once again made a move on Pyro and this time Star saw everything. Now Spyro's battle day has finally arrived, will he lose or will he prevail. Read and see for yourselves!
It had been two days since Razor's battle with Darkseid. Since then Razor had recovered from his injuries, while Spyro, Pyro, and Candice wrapped up their training. However their time was up. It had been two days, which meant their time for training was over and Spyro's battle was today.
Spyro was with Candice and the ice elder Aquaria learning the last of the water techniques. As he focused his power he turned the ice into water and back again. He could now change the element on a cellular level.
Spyro had mastered the element of water and so had Candice. As Spyro unfroze the water again he formed it into a small thin stream and whipped at the wall. In doing so he created a large slash mark along the length wall. Aquaria lifted her paw showing he could stop now.
She then said, "Spyro, Candice you both are truly amazing. To fully master an element in two days is truly incredible. I now name you both masters of water."
As she said that Spyro's body started glowing a bright purple color. He looked at himself in surprise as he watched his body glow brighter an brighter. Candice then asked in worried tone, "Spyro, what's going on?!" "I don't know, I'm not doing this."
Suddenly the light expanded shining even brighter than before. Then the glow died down and Spyro looked at himself and saw that his body was radiating with a light that looked like purple fire all across his body. Not only that the golden markings had appeared again only this time each of them had a symbol and color of his element inside them except for one; the one on his back right leg.
Soon both the purple fire and the markings disappeared and he went back to normal. Candice then asked, "What in the name of the ancestors was that?" Aquaria responded and said, "Spyro's body is responding to his new power. This is the seventh element he's mastered, now he only has one left."
Spyro smiled and said, "The timing couldn't be better. With my battle today, I have a feeling I'm going to need all the help I can get." Candice and Aquaria giggled at that comment and looked to each other as they saw they made the same response.
Candice then said in worried tone, "I just hope you'll be ok, Flame and Razor barely made it out of their fight's alive. I can only imagine how strong your opponent must be." Spyro smiled and said, "Hey as long as I can tap into that ancestral energy Pyro uses I'll be fine."
Aquaria stepped forward and said, "Spyro, it's not good to rely on someone else's power. Although it's true you both have traces of each other's strength you both can't forget where you come from. You are a purple dragon, you must rely on your own strength, the power you were born with."
Spyro thought for a moment and kept those words to heart. Aquaria then bent down to his eye level and said, "Now, go out there and show them all the true power of the purple dragon, and never forget who you are."
Spyro nodded and smiled at the ice elder who smiled back at him. Aquaria then looked behind him and her smile turned into a look of anger. Both Spyro and Candice turned around and saw why before showing angered faces of their own.
Two wolves and Glacia had come to get them and put them with the others. Glacia then said, "It would seem, you've mastered the element, that's good. Now come with me, we'll go get your brother." She then looked over to Candice and said, "You can stay here if you want, but I'll send a wolf to get you when the fight starts. We wouldn't want you to miss anything."
Candice growled in response at being made fun of this way. Spyro nonchalantly walked over to the wolves and let them slip on his collar. He then followed them without showing even a hint of interest or anger.
As the dragons and wolves walked through the icy hallway, Spyro couldn't help but notice that Glacia was smiling. He then decided to find out what had her in such a good mood. "So, you happy that I might get clabbered in today's match?" he asked with a bit of an attitude. She then looked back and said, "No, I'm just excited to see the results of your brothers training. His battle is the one I'm really looking forward to."
Spyro couldn't help but be confused. He then thought to himself, "Why would an enemy be so eager to see Pyro and just kind of training did she sends him to anyway? I better keep an eye on her for Pyro's sake and mine too."
While he was thinking Spyro suddenly felt his collar get yanked and he gagged a bit in response. He then glared at the wolf behind him wishing he could rip his throat out. He then turned to Glacia who hadn't noticed what happened because she was staring at some strange door.
Inside the Room of Time:
Pyro had just landed on the ground and looked over to his training partner. Fraxus did the same on the other side.
The black and red dragon laughed and said, "I must say we've come a long way since we've been in here. The new techniques, and power we've gained will definitely help in your match."
Pyro laughed and said, "I just hope it'll be enough. Not that it will make a difference our time is up anyway." "Don't tell me you're actually worried. After all you've faced an opponent who was very similar before." Fraxus said with a bit of a laugh.
Pyro then said, "This monster makes the Deinosutran look like wyvern in comparison." Fraxus smiled and said, "Then you better be at your best when you fight. Remember if you die, I die and your kingdom will be left without a king. So make sure you don't have any distractions, and I mean any distractions."
Pyro turned to his other half and said, "Don't worry, I have no intention of dying any time soon, and you can bet I'm not gonna die until Jones and Sterns are gone for good." "That's good to hear, now you better go before that lovely ice dragoness sends one of those mutts in after you."
Pyro stopped for a moment and turned back to the black and red dragon. He then asked, "Do you have a thing for her?" Fraxus gave an evil grin and said, "Well you've got to admit she's quite the looker. Besides who do you think was kissing her when you lost control of your body?"
Pyro growled and headed out the door. As he made his way out Fraxus faded away and once again the room was empty.
Back Outside the Door:
Spyro examined the door and he could have sworn he had seen something like this before. He then looked up and saw the sand timer symbol above the door and then it hit him like a foot ball to the head.
These were the same doors at the White Isles that led to his elemental challenges. He then realized what was going on.
The purple dragon then asked, "Is Pyro in there?" "Yes he is, and he should be coming out any minute now." The ice queen said in a calm tone. A few seconds after she spoke those words the doors opened and revealed the room inside.
A light shined in their eyes blocking their view, but it soon died down. Spyro and Glacia (and the wolves) all looked inside to the shadowy figure of a dragon walking towards them. As he came into light it was without a doubt Pyro.
Spyro smiled at seeing his brother was alright, but he felt like something was different about him. He took a closer look and saw that his brother's body had both new muscles and new scars, which meant that someone or something had been in there with him.
Spyro then saw Glacia pretty much gawking at his brother like some fan girl and rolled his eyes. He then asked, "So uh, what happened in there?" Pyro looked to his brother then back into the time dimension and said, "Ah, nothing much. So how have things been going out here?"
The purple dragon smiled and responded, "We're all doing fine. Razor's unlocked a new ability and my battle is going to start soon. But Star, she's been acting strange since you left yesterday. I thing you should check in on her when we meet up."
Pyro nodded and glanced at Glacia who was examining his body. He couldn't help but a feel a bit embarrassed given the terms on which he left. He then said, "We should probably get moving to meet the others. Let's go."
Glacia smiled and said, "All right, if you insist. After all it's your brother's match anyway." The three dragons accompanied by two large wolves walked towards the arena. As they arrived, they saw that the others had also arrived. Conner was talking with Stella about something. Cynder, Flare, and Sparx were looking out towards the arena; they were obviously worried about Spyro's match. Pyro looked over to see Star and Candice in a corner away from the others.
He then remembered what his brother had told him before they arrived about Star acting strange. He decided to check it out and tried to use his bond mark to see her thoughts. Star felt him try to enter her mind but she used her own bond mark to block him out.
Pyro began to grow confused as he couldn't see anything within his mind. So he decided to find out the old fashioned way and walked over to his mate.
Spyro watched as his brother walked towards the corner where the others were waiting and decided to talk to his own mate. Before he could leave Glacia said, "We'll be back for you later. Your fight doesn't start for a while, so you should prepare yourself. It's going to be a fight you'll never forget."
Spyro then thought, 'I don't like the sound of that, but it's not like I have much of a choice in the matter.' The purple dragon walked over to Cynder and Sparx. The yellow dragon then asked, "So… you ready?" His brother responded and said, "As ready as I'll ever be." Cynder then said, "I know you can win Spyro, but if this is supposed to test you, it must be an opponent of great power."
Spyro eyed Cynder and saw how worried she really was. He took a step forward and said, "Don't worry Cynder, I will win. I've taken everything Malefor and his goons have thrown my way, and I'll do it again… for you and everyone." Sparx and Cynder couldn't help, but let smiles come to their faces as the words left the purple dragon's mouth.
Spyro then looked passed Cynder and locked his eyes on Star and Pyro. He then asked, "Has Star gotten any better?" Cynder and Sparx shook their heads. Cynder then said, "Whatever happened between her and Glacia is really getting to her. I just hope Pyro can snap her out of this."
Pyro made his way over to Star and Candice who were sitting in the corner. He nudged her shoulder getting her attention. The white dragoness turned her head slightly and looked up to see the newly made red dragon.
Her face went from one of sadness to one of pure surprise; Pyro had changed again, but she still knew it was him. Her face soon turned to one of non-interest and she turned away from him.
Pyro walked closer and asked, "Star, what's wrong?" Spyro told me you've been acting strange ever since I left."
Star turned to him and asked, "Pyro, you love me right?" Pyro's eyes shot wide as he said, "Of course I do, you're the most important dragoness in the world to me." Star smiled at hearing that, but she frowned again as she asked, "And you'd never cheat on or betray me would you?"
Pyro was completely dumbfounded by this question, but decided to play it off. He smiled and said, "Of course I wouldn't, and if I ever do, you can beat the daylight's out of me until I come to my senses." Both dragons smiled and laughed at his little joke.
Star looked up into his eyes once more, to see if they had changed. As she looked into his blazing ruby red eyes she saw no change. She then thought, 'How could I ever have doubted him? He's still the same Pyro, and he'd never betray me.'
She then looked at his body and saw the many scars and bruises along his entire body. She then asked, "What happened to you? Where did those scars come from?" Pyro looked at himself and saw what she was talking about.
He then said, "I was doing a little training and my 'training partner' was really strong." Star paid extra attention to those words and said, "Training partner, who was it?" Pyro frowned and said, "I'd rather not say." Star felt her fear and doubt return as he said that.
Pyro smiled again and said, "Anyway it's not important. Listen I need to talk to Spyro about his opponent. You want to come?" Star looked away from him, but then looked back up with a smile and said, "Sure I'll be over there in a minute."
Star then thought, 'I'm over thinking things again. Pyro could have trained with anyone. But then again everyone else was here watching Razor's match.'
While the white dragoness was in thought someone came up behind her and said, "Raur, I must say he looks very handsome like that."
The white fire dragoness turned around to see Glacia standing behind her. She let her anger immediately show as she figured she was talking about Pyro. Glacia then walked past her and stood in front of her as she said, "I must say his training went really well."
Star's eyes shot wide as she heard those words. She then asked, "Wait a minute, are you the one who trained with him while he was gone?!"
Glacia's eyes shot wide as she thought, 'Trained with him?! I sent him in there by himself, and no one else went in there, so how could… wait of course, his dark side. His black flame side must have materialized and trained with him… but I don't have to let her know that. This is just what I need to drive a wedge between them. When I do that the master can get Pyro and his new general.'
Glacia then turned around and asked, "Why, you jealous? Of course I could have gone a little easy with the scratches, but how can any female keep their claws off of him."
Star started growling and narrowed her eyes at this 'ice witch' or more appropriate 'ice bitch'! Star growled as Glacia walked away, but as she disappeared with her wolves she felt a pain in her chest. Her heart was close to shattering at the thought that Pyro had willingly trained with her instead of on his own, like he usually does.
Pyro felt Star's eyes on him and turned to her, she looked at him with a look of surprise and thought he would say something. As Pyro watched her he smiled and said, "Star, you coming? We don't have much time and I think you should hear this."
The white dragoness nodded and said, "I'm coming." She walked over and stood next to Pyro. She then thought, 'I can't believe her, I won't, but there are so many things I can't explain. I'm so confused. I have to talk with him alone somewhere away from the others. Maybe he can clear everything up.'
The white dragoness walked over and sat next to her mate (but will he be her mate for much longer is the question). As she sat down she made an effort not to look at him and just looked downward towards the floor. Pyro looked over to her and noticed her sad face.
He nudged her with his shoulder getting her to look up. She then gave him a half hearted smile as she locked eyes with him. The red dragon then put his head under Star's and began to nuzzle her neck affectionately.
Star's eyes opened wide as her mate did this. As he continued she smiled and began to relax as he continued. He then pulled away and looked into her eyes getting the same action. As he looked into her eyes he could see they had a new hopeful glow to them which put his heart at ease. He and Star turned to the others as they awaited his explanation for Spyro's match which would start soon.
Pyro then thought, 'I better make sure that Star stays safe. If I don't watch out for everyone, especially her, we won't be able to stand against Malefor's forces. Not only that, if I loose her I'll have nothing left to keep me going in this war.'
Pyro's face then became serious. He then looked to his brother's and his friends and said, "Spyro, you and I are going to be in for the fight of our lives. Malefor pulled out all the stops to push us to our absolute limits. He chose opponents so strong that theres only a 20% chance of us getting out of our fights alive."
Everyone looked at Pyro with a look of pure disbelief. They could tell by the tone of his voice that he wasn't exaggerating and he was dead serious. Spyro then said, "I don't believe those are the odds. Who am I fighting anyway?"
Pyro looked up to his brother and said, "Spyro, you're going to be facing someone who is known as the 'Ghost of Sparta' and the 'God of War'."
Conner's eyes than shot wide as he figured out exactly who his brother was talking about. He then said, "Kratos, he's facing Kratos?!"
Spyro then asked, "Who's Kratos?"
Pyro cleared his throat as a nervous look came over his face. The fire dragon then said with a bit of concern and admiration in his voice, "Kratos is Spartan warrior. He's beaten monsters that would make even Malefor shake in fear. His beaten the strongest beings in his world known as the gods of olympus. They were immortal man like people with unbelievable power and nearly unstoppable weapons. Kratos is relentless, and will kill anyone who gets in the way of his goal. After killing the gods he stole their weapons and used them for himself. His power alone allows him to fight monsters 1,000 times his size."
Spyro then said, "I. Am. Screwed. There is no way I can beat someone like that." Pyro then said, "I don't think that's true Spyro. You may be the only one of us who stands a good chance at beating him at all. Your multitude of elements and the power you've gained through your elemental training will allow you to face Kratos."
The purple dragon thought for a minute and nodded to his brother. Pyro then walked forward and put a paw on his brother's shoulder as he said, "Not only that you have something he doesn't have."
Spyro then asked, "Really what's that?"
Pyro then looked over to the others and said, "You've got something that's really worth fighting for and protecting." Spyro looked over to his friends, his brother, and to his mate Cynder.
Spyro smiled with a fierce look in his eye and said, "Well if my odds were 20% before, they've gone up to at least 30% now. I'm going to win this fight, and I'm gonna show Malefor just what this purple dragon can do."
Just as he said that Glacia came in and said, "Hey Purple Boy, your match is about to start. You better get going." Spyro rolled his eyes and said, "Be right there." As he made his way over there Cynder stepped on his tail stopping him in his tracks.
The purple dragon turned around to see a look of worry, along with her teary eyes. She then said, "Spyro, I… I don't think you should fight." "What?" the purple dragon asked in surprise.
The black dragoness then said, "Spyro, you heard what he said. This is going to be dangerous and I don't want you to get hurt. I-I just… I'm just scared that if you go in there you… you might not come back, and I don't want to lose you."
Spyro smiled and placed a paw over hers and placed his head against hers as he said, "Don't worry, you won't. As long as I have you here waiting for me, I'll always have a reason to keep fighting. I'm going to win and come back to you."
She smiled and wiped the tears from her eyes as she looked into his deep purple eyes and said, "You better."
With that the purple hero made his way towards the arena gates. He wasn't just heading for a fight, this dragon was heading towards a battle that would change his life as the purple dragon forever.
As he made his way through the gate he took his spot and waited for his opponent to enter. As he stood in his spot the announcer began to speak, "Alright folks we have a special battle for you today. Today fighting is the legendary purple dragon, the defeater of the Terror of the Skies, the Ape King, and the Dark Master, SPYRO!"
Spyro didn't like hearing Cynder's old title and scowled at the announcer. He decided to ignore him and keep his head in the fight that was soon to come. Cynder also ignored the mention of her old name and focused on Spyro.
The announcer continued, "We all know the legend of the purple dragon, but can he defeat another legend of the same level? Today facing this dragon is the slayer of beasts, the defeater of armies, the ghost of Sparta, and the killer of the gods. Ladies and Gentlemen I give you the one and only god of war, KRATOS!"
As the announcer spoke these words a man stepped through the gate. Spyro's eyes locked onto Kratos, as he examined him. As he examined Kratos he saw that he had pale skin and red markings across his left eye, shoulder, and ribs. He was at least six feet tall and had the body of a pro body builder. He had some kind of golden armor on his right shoulder and arm as well as on the bottom part of his left arm. He wore a red lion cloth around his waist that was covered in blood; Spyro could already guess the blood was from his past opponents or victims.
He then looked down to see he also had golden and white shoes with wings on the back of them; these were the 'Boots of Hermes'. Spyro then looked and saw two glowing red blades; these were the 'Blades of Athena'. The purple dragon looked onto the demigod's back and saw one large blue blade; that was the 'Blade of Olympus'.
Spyro then thought, 'Pyro was right, this guy is not in any way going to be easy to defeat, but I have to win. I may be in for the fight of my life, but this is a fight that I will win!"
Kratos then said, "I have defeated the gods themselves and you face me with this puny dragon. I will be done with you and see that the one who brought me here pays for pitting me against you. I have faced dragons before, and you will die all the same!"
Spyro snorted and said, "We'll see about that!"
Kratos and Spyro faced each other as the announcer continued, but everyone could see the fear in the purple dragons face. Spyro was more than worried, he was just plain afraid, but he was also kind of excited to start this battle.
The announcer smiled and thought, 'So long you purple pest!' He then screamed out loud, "Alright people let's start this match! This a battle of the ages, the dragon of legend and hero of the dragon realms vs the destroyer of gods, and god of war. LET'S GET IT ON! Fighters….BEGIN!"
On that signal Kratos charged at Spyro full speed, without even a hint of fear or hesitation in his eyes.
Spyro's eyes shot wide as Kratos came at him with surprising speed. He then looked down to see his shoes were glowing bright and were the source of that speed.
Spyro decided to stop him in his tracks. He took a deep breath and unleashed a powerful stream of fire. Kratos responded in an instant by throwing his left blade into the ground and pulling himself to that side.
Spyro turned the stream towards that direction only for the spartan to jump over his flames and dodge roll towards him. Spyro growled as Kratos closed the distance in an instant. As demigod came in Spyro readied himself for the attack.
Kratos came in and tried to hack off Spyro's head with his right arm, but the purple dragon caught his arm and held with his newly gained strength. He then tried to swing his left arm and cut him in half, but Spyro caught that one too.
Reacting on his new battle instinct, Spyro put all his weight on his front arms and used all his force to double kick Kratos in the face getting him to stumble backwards. While he was still floating in the air he looked back to see where Kratos was.
As he landed on his front paws he sunk his claws into the ground, pulled his lower half down, and slammed his back legs and tail into the ground. This action caused an earth pillar to shoot up out of the ground, and slam Kratos straight in the chest sending him flying backwards.
Kratos threw his left blade into the ground and pulled himself back down. He then looked up at the dragon with a glare in his eye. The Spartan then said, "Hmph, it would seem… that you might be a challenge after all. Let's just see what you can do purple dragon."
Spyro snorted again and got back into his battle stance. In an instant Kratos spun around and swung one of his blades. Spyro decided to get airborne to dodge this one. He used the strength in all four of his legs to launch himself in the air.
He opened his wings to began to hover in the air. He then began to rain down a barrage of ice shards on the awaiting demigod. Kratos turned sideways and used his golden armor to block all the ice shards that came at him.
Now it was his turn to go on the offensive. He once again launched his blade at Spyro only this time the purple dragon was caught off guard. The blade flew up and hooked into his right side.
Spyro gritted his teeth as the blade hooked into him. Before he could try to pull it out, Kratos pulled him down with overwhelming power. As the purple dragon came in Kratos turned around and slammed the purple dragon on his back.
Spyro felt the wind rush out of him with that impact. Kratos then picked him up and slammed his fist into the purple dragons got once again knocking the wind out of him. The spartan then gave him a right hook to the face sending him flying.
Spyro then thought, 'How can he have so much power?!' Before the purple hero could regain his balance, Kratos once again hooked him with one of his blades and pulled him in. As he closed in Kratos summoned a grey and blue gauntlet, that looked like a lion head; this was the Nemean Cestus.
As the gauntlet impacted with Spyro's face it created a mini shockwave that sent him flying and bouncing off the ground until he finally skid to stop in the dirt.
Cynder put a paw to her maw as she saw how hard Spyro was hit. She felt her heart ache and throb in pain as she watched her mate take a blow that probably would have killed any other run of the mill dragon.
Spyro managed regain himself just in time to see Kratos trying smash his head again. Using the martial arts skills his brother had taught him, Spyro spun on his back and flipped himself up onto his paws avoiding the attack.
The purple dragon then looked up at the god of war and saw him attacking again. Kratos threw a punch with his right arm, but this time Spyro was ready. The purple dragon activated his tail sword and spun around deflecting the gauntlet. In an instant Spyro spins around, covers his fist in earth, and upper cut Kratos in the chin.
Kratos was sent flying through the air, but Spyro wasn't done yet. He called upon his lightning and coursed it through his body, letting pulse through every one of his muscles. He then shot forward at blinding speed and nailed Kratos in his chest. He then opened his maw and shot out a lightning bolt at point blank range shooting the demigod into the ground.
Kratos got up almost immediately knowing that if he stayed on the ground he would leave himself open for a counter attack. Spyro dove down at Kratos and unleashed a barrage of ice shards down onto Kratos who deflected them with his Golden Fleece armor.
Kratos then counter attacked by pulling out the Bow of Apollo and firing a barrage of his flaming arrows. The arrows smashed through the ice and headed towards the diving purple dragon.
Spyro's eyes shot wide, but once again narrowed his eyes as he managed to find a path through the arrows to Kratos.
The young dragon began to barrel rolled, dived, and circled around the flaming arrows that came, and flew past him one by one. He didn't dare let fear into his mind or hesitate with a sing one of his movements, otherwise his speed would decrease and Kratos would have his opening to take him down.
Spyro dodged the last arrow and continued his dive; little did he know that is exactly what Kratos was waiting for.
Just as the purple dragon came in Kratos whipped his arm out. Spyro's eyes shot wide as something flew towards him at super fast speed.
In the blink of an eye something came in contact with the purple dragon and slashed. Spyro then felt a surge of electricity surge through his body through his injury increasing the intensity of the pain.
Spyro clenched his teeth and thought, 'W-What the heck was that thing?!' Spyro opened one of right eye and locked onto the object that had cut him.
The object looked like a three clawed blade pulsing with green lightning. This object was the Nemesis Whip. Spyro was paralyzed by the electricity coursing through his body through his injury.
He then looked to Kratos to see him launch his other whip at him. Spyro focused his mind and began to take control of the foreign power in his body. He then flooded the energy into the only possible conduit, his sword.
As the whip came at him Spyro used his wings and the weight of his blade to spin himself in the air and deflect the blade upward. He continued to spin as he let himself fall.
As came towards the ground he landed on his back legs and launched himself at Kratos. Kratos reacted and spun around and launched his right whip that he had thrown before. Spyro's battle sense was heightened and reacted.
The purple dragon slammed his left paw on the ground and spun himself to the right dodging the lightning whip again. This time he landed on his left from and back paws, and launched himself again.
As he came in he covered his fist in flames and landed a direct blow to his face.
Cynder smiled as she thought Spyro was turning this fight around, but she turned to see Pyro with a stern look on his face; that usually meant trouble.
As Spyro's punch drove home he felt something impact his stomach and knock the wind out of him again. He looked down to see the Spartan's fist in his gut. Before the purple dragon could regain himself Kratos brought down his elbow on the back of Spyro's head knocking him into the ground, hard.
The god of war then jumped as high as he could into the air. He then called forth his red blades and hooked them into the dragon's side. With his blades in place he used all his strength to flip, pull the dragon into the air, and throw him towards the ground.
Spyro was not out of the game yet. As he approached the ground he managed to get his balance back and flip himself over. As he landed on the ground he immediately called upon his earth power and used its power to shoot himself back into sky.
Before Kratos could react Spyro smashed his head into his chest stunning and used his back legs to double kick him. Spyro then looked down expecting the Spartan to fall, but as he turned around, a look of shock came to his face. On the god of war's back were two large feathered wings keeping him airborne.
Spyro couldn't help but growl as he once again starred down his opponent. Kratos opened his wings and flew full speed at the purple dragon. He threw a punch with his right, but Spyro dodged it. He then threw one with his left, which Spyro ducked to dodge that one.
The purple dragon then grabbed onto Kratos's arm, spun on it, and kicked the Spartan in the face with his right back leg. Spyro wasn't done yet, after the kick he spun backwards and wrapped his tail around Kratos's neck. He then used all his strength to flip forward and launch Kratos to the ground.
The purple dragon let a smile come to his face as he folded his wings and dove towards the ground. Kratos stood up once again and faced the dragon. Spyro once again summoned his power of earth, and as he landed he smashed his fist into the ground sending a wall of stalagmites toward Kratos.
Kratos shouted as he summoned his Nemean Gauntlet and smashed the stalagmites. He then switched to his Blades of Athena and launched them at his opponent. Spyro dodged both of them and ran at Kratos full speed.
As he came in Kratos once again summoned his gauntlet and tried to punch him, but just as he pulled back his fist and began to throw his punch Spyro stood on his front paws. As Kratos's fist came at him, Spyro slammed his back paws down and sent himself into a flying back flip and landed behind Kratos.
The purple dragon then jumped up towards Kratos just as he turned around with another punch. As he threw the punch, Spyro used his right arm to deflect the punch downward and punched Kratos in the face with his left arm. He then followed up with another punch with his right.
The Spartan took the blows as if they were nothing and grabbed Spyro by his face. He then used his full strength to smash the purple dragon into the ground. He then began unleash a furry of punches on the trapped purple dragon.
Pyro then said, "Oh man, this what I was afraid of. I can't believe Spyro's being pushed this far, it's taking every move he's got just to match him." Cynder was strickened with fear after hearing those words, but her relief was shot lived as Conner stepped next to his brother and said, "He's not in done yet bro. It's only a matter of time before Spyro counterattacks and if he plays his cards right he can gain the upper hand, but right now Spyro's attacks are barley even doing any damage."
Flame then said, "You can't be serious." "You mean all his attacks have been for nothing?" Ember asked in alarm. Pyro shook his head and said, "No, it's just Kratos is the god of war, and Spyro's normal attacks just don't do that much damage. Not only that it's obvious that the effects of Kratos's attacks are starting to get to him. If Spyro were any normal dragon he'd be dead by now."
Spyro had managed to defend himself from the onslaught of attacks by putting an x-block across his upper half. Kratos decided he would end this right here and now. He summoned his nemean gauntlets, lifted his arms, and smashed his gauntlets down onto the purple dragon with his full strength creating a large shockwave.
Everyone looked to see the crater Kratos had made and saw Spyro lying on his back. Kratos pulled right arm back and threatened to end this fight. Everyone opened their eyes in shock as he waited.
Spyro opened his eyes to see Kratos about to smash him again. His eyes opened wide, but he narrowed them at Kratos as he summoned his power forth. As Kratos threw his punch, Spyro's paw shot up and stopped the punch.
As the Spartan looked down he saw the purple dragon covered in golden markings, and a golden light glowing off his body. Kratos then tried to drive his left fist at the purple dragon, but this time turned his head to dodge it. Spyro then let go of the demigod's hand and let him punch into the ground. The purple and golden dragon then grabbed onto Kratos's arms with his own and used his back legs to kick him in the gut and launch him over. He then summoned his power forth and shot Kratos into the wall with an ancestral beam.
The crowd cheered as loud as they could at seeing this amazing battle. Cynder then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That was too close." Pyro smiled and said, "You're right, but this fight isn't over yet. Spyro still has a long way to go."
Flame swallowed and said, "I can't shake this feeling that, that guy is still keeping something in reserve. That he's waiting for something to happen before he uses it." Sparx then said, "The only thing I've been thinking is that I would be dead already if I were in that arena."
Razor followed up and said, "I don't think even I could beat him, but Spyro can. They both have a variety of weapons and abilities at their disposal, which makes them unpredictable to each other. The only way the winner can be decided is, finding who has the stronger drive to win this battle."
Kratos recovered from the blast and stood on his feet. He pulled out his bow and unleashed another barrage of flaming arrows. Spyro stood his ground and began to deflect the arrows with his, claws and tail-sword.
The purple dragon then jumped into the air and shot an three ice bombs at Kratos. The god of war saw the attack coming and dodged them. He used his blades to pull himself forward to dodge the first two and dodge rolled to avoid the last one. The ice spikes that pierced his body stung, but they didn't slow him down.
Kratos began to charge at the purple, and Spyro charged right back at him. Kratos then summoned another weapon, but this one Spyro hadn't seen yet. It was similar to his red blades, but they were purple and shaped like claws. These weapons were the Claws of Hades.
Kratos launched his left claws forward at surprising speed. Spyro had no choice he had to jump, and so he did. Kratos then launched his right blade and hooked it into the purple dragon. Spyro then gasped the blade hooked into him, he could feel the purple claw draining his strength.
Before he could recover Kratos yanked him to the ground over where he launched the ice bombs earlier. The purple dragon then looked up to see Kratos about to hook another one of those purple blades into him, so he had to act fast.
He then felt the ice beneath him and got an idea. Just as Kratos was over him, he focused his newly mastered water element, and shot a torrent of water into the face of the demigod. Kratos staggered as the water uppercut him in the face. Spyro took this chance to attack.
He jumped up and delivered a powerful punch to Kratos's face. Kratos wasn't about to let this dragon get lead in this fight. He spun around and back fisted the dragon in his face. Spyro reacted again and used the force of the demigod's blow to spin around. He then summoned a golden form of his earth flail, which whacked Kratos across his face.
As the purple dragon landed, he called upon the ancestral energy surging through his body, and used the Golden Comet Rush. He rammed Kratos in his gut and smashed him into the wall.
Everyone in the stands watched as dust covered the area of impact, blocking their sight. They couldn't see Spyro or Kratos at all. A split second later a purple light exploded through the dust cloud and launched Spyro across the ground.
Spyro rolled across the ground and flipped himself back onto his paws. Spyro looked and saw Kratos standing with the same purple claws in his hands. Kratos then summoned his blades of Athena and charged the purple dragon.
He then began to launch his blades over and over again, getting the dragon to back up and dodge, which was all he could do at the moment. He then spun his crimson red blades through the air getting Spyro to jump back out of the way.
Spyro retaliated with a blast of lightning. Kratos dodge rolled out of the way and launched his lightning whip at the purple dragon. The god of war then opened his own wings and took flight after him.
Spyro tried to get him off his tail by going on the offensive. He flipped himself backwards and unleashed a lava torrent. Kratos used the golden fleece to block the attack and flew up after the dragon at a quicker pace.
Kratos then let loose both his whips which were pulsing with electricity. Spyro managed to dodge one of them, but the other slashed him along his mid section. Spyro growled and grabbed at the wound feeling the same electric pain as before.
Kratos wasn't finished yet. He summoned Hade's claws and launched one of them up. Spyro failing to respond was hooked by the claw. Once again his strength began to fade, and his power was drained.
Kratos then gave one powerful yank of his arm, pulling the purple dragon towards him. Spyro was so weak he couldn't pull himself out of it. The ghost of Sparta then grabbed the dragon by his throat and began to crush it.
Spyro struggled to get loose, but his strength was taking it's time coming back. He then looked to see that his opponent had once again summoned his Nemean Cestus. Before he could react, Kratos pulled his fist back and gave the purple dragon a full strength punch to face and sent him hurtling towards the ground like a meteor from the sky.
Kratos then summoned his other gauntlet and dove down after the purple dragon. He then flipped himself over and stomped the dragon into the ground. As the full effect of the impact hit the purple dragon he coughed up blood all over Kratos's legs.
Kratos then punched the dragon in the chest twice and smashed him down with both his fist making the crater grow twice as big. Spyro could feel his bones cracking, his muscles ripping, and his mind fading out.
As the others watched they turned away in horror as the god of war rained down his blows. Cynder watched in utter disbelief as this demigod began to beat the life out of the dragon she loved the most.
Kratos was about to smash the dragon beneath him again, but Spyro wasn't going to give in that easily.
The purple dragon's eyes shot open and he once again summoned his earth powers. He then made two earth pillars shoot out of the ground, and nail Kratos in the chest getting him to stagger backwards.
Spyro heaved as used whatever strength he had left to stand up face his opponent. Kratos then turned to the purple dragon and said, "I must admit you have spirit, dragon. No one else has ever pushed me so far, not even the gods themselves have ever driven men into a stalemate; however this fight ends now!"
The god of war then reached over his shoulder and grabbed the hilt of the blade on his back. He then pulled out a large gold, blue going blade. This was his ultimate weapon that he received from Zeus himself, the Blade of Olympus.
Spyro stared at the blade and saw it resonate and pulse with some kind of amazing power. Spyro then thought, 'I've take too many hits, anymore and I won't be able to move. I have to dodge that blade keep on my toes.'
Kratos then charged the purple dragon without a moment's hesitation with his blade in held high. Spyro's eyes widened as his opponent closed in. Kratos began to swing his blade back and forth, while Spyro dodged with whatever strength he had left.
Kratos then swung upward in a slanted from, getting his purple opponent to jump on his back legs to dodge the blade. Kratos then spun around and kicked the dragon in his stomach making him cough up blood once again and skid backwards as he dragged his claws across the arena floor trying to hold his ground.
Kratos then ran in and swung his across. Without any time to react Spyro received a huge slash along on his arm. Kratos then swung up and slashed him again across his chest. He then swung across again and sliced the dragon across his stomach. The god of war then swung lone last time and slashed the purple dragon in his face.
Spyro tried to retaliate, by blasting an ancestral beam at Kratos, only to have him use his golden fleece to reflect it right back at him.
The beam nailed Spyro in his chest and sent him flying into the stadium wall, making an imprint of his form as he smashed into it. Kratos wasn't about to let him off that easy; he never let his opponents off easy.
He summoned his nemean gauntlet again and smashed Spyro in the chest creating a crater in the wall. Spyro once again coughed up blood as his mangled body hung in place.
Kratos then leaned in and said, "This ends now, purple dragon." The god of war put the Blade of Olympus back on his back and once again summoned the Claws of Hades. The god of war then hooked the blades into the dragons chest and getting him to gasp in pain.
Kratos then pulled and began to drag out the purple dragon's soul. Spyro tried to resist, but his strength once again began to fade as his eyes began to close, until finally, it all went black.
Spyro then heard voices in his head. "We're brother no matter what Spyro and when the time comes we'll put an end to Malefor's and Jones's plans once and for all, together."
"I was sick of sitting in the background when my brother needed me. So i decided it was my turn to be the hero."
"It's like I said Spyro, we're friends for life, and as long as their is breath in my body, I'll use my fire to burn down anything that stands in our way."
"Don't worry purple scales, we'll always have your back no matter what. You'd do the same for us wouldn't you?"
"As long as we stand together as a team there is nothing we can't do."
"All warriors feel fear at one time or another Spyro, but only the truly greatest of warriors can learn to face that fear and master it."
"You are a purple dragon, you must rely on your own strength, the power you were born with."
"Spyro, now is the time to unleash the true dragon within you."
"Spyro, please don't give up. I know you can win this. Just remember what I told you back when we fought Malefor. There is always something worth fighting for."
With that Spyro felt a surge of power go through his entire body and felt a new drive enter his very soul. Suddenly the purple dragon's eyes shot open as the new power inside him began to course through his entire body.
Everyone watched as the purple dragon began to change. The golden glow of the markings began to shift to an even brighter purple glow. His body then erupted with a purple glow that looked like purple fire wrapping around him.
The purple dragon then growled as he grabbed the claws of hades and ripped them out of his chest. He then let out a loud and monstrous roar as he used his new strength to snap the claws off and tossed them aside.
Spyro then once again let out a load roar that echoed through the stadium. The crowd and all his friends cheered as the purple hero's fight spirit erupted.
Cynder then turned to Pyro with a mixture of happiness and confusion as she asked, "I can't believe this, I can feel his power all the way from here. W-What's happened to him?"
Pyro then flashed back to what he heard back to what heard in the lightning fortress. He then said, "It's just like what Solaris told me. Spyro's close to realizing his true potential. He's unlocked the true power of the purple dragon."
Spyro then ripped himself from the wall and stood tall as he faced Kratos. The god of war watched as the dragon's injuries began to heal and his eyes shined with a new light and new will to fight, even if it cost him his life.
Kratos once again summoned his whips and prepared to attack the purple dragon. Kratos then lashed out his left whip, then his right, and then swung the right one across.
Spyro's new heightened battle sense immediately told him how to respond. The purple dragon leaned to right just enough to dodge the left blade and did the same to dodge the right. He then ducked quickly to dodge the last attack.
Kratos then launched both whips at the purple dragon threatening to slash off both his arms, but Spyro did not move. As the blades came in Spyro stood on his back legs, reached out, and caught the hilts of the blades.
Kratos then activated the electrical current in the blades which began to electrocute Spyro's entire body. Spyro then narrowed his eyes at the demigod before him, and began to fight back. Spyro tapped into his power of lightning and electricity and coursed through his body.
As everyone watched purple lightning lashed out of Spyro's body overpowering the lightning from the whips. Spyro then roared out loud as he sent purple electricity down the chains to Kratos. Failing to react, Kratos receives the volts of electricity and is sent flying back.
The purple dragon then sent the purple lightning into the whips making them spin and spin until they floated above his paws, and looked lightning shuriken. Just then Kratos got up and looked upon the dragon that had stolen his weapons.
Spyro then growled as he threw his left arm forward launching the lightning whip/shuriken at the still surprised god of war. He then spun around and threw the other with his right hand. The weapons flew at Kratos with surprising speed.
Kratos used his golden fleece to block the first one but was cut across his chest by the second one. Spyro then charged at Kratos with blinding speed; as he charged he looked like a purple rocket. As he came in he delivered a powerful right hook to Kratos's face.
The blow was so powerful it created a purple shockwave on impact. Kratos wasn't about to roll over and submit. He reached up his right hand and grabbed the purple dragon by the neck. He then delivered two powerful punches to the purple dragons face.
As he threw a third Spyro lifted his paw and grabbed his arm stopping the fist before it hit him. He then stabbed Kratos in his stomach with his tail sword getting him to let go.
The god of war was surprised by the dragon's new strength. In all his years of fighting no one had ever pushed him this far before. He summoned the Blades of Athena and began to swing them at the purple dragon.
Spyro jumped around and used his new found speed and agility to dodge the blades. Kratos then jumped in the air and brought both his blades down. Spyro looked up and saw the blades coming in. He reached his paws up and caught the blades. Spyro growled as the blades cut his paws and force of the blow forced his back paws into the ground.
The purple dragon couldn't allow this to slow him down. Kratos was about to pull his blades back, but before he could Spyro sunk the blades into the stone below him and stood on top of them.
He then shot multiple ice bombs and ice shards at Kratos. The god of war managed to dodge most of them was either pierced or blow back by others. After the onslaught Kratos was covered in shards of ice and his own blood. He then let out a powerful scream and shattered the ice. He then used all his strength to pull his blades free.
Spyro managed to jump off the blades just in time. Kratos decided to give the dragon a taste of his own medicine and summoned the Bow of Apollo. Spyro activated his tail sword, which was now glowing purple and pulsing with convexity. As the arrows came in Spyro used his sword, claws, and even his horns to deflect the arrows.
Kratos was about to draw another when he saw Spyro smile. The purple dragon spun around and unleashed a purple wave of convexity from his tail sword deflecting the arrows and getting Kratos to skid backwards.
The purple dragon then focused on the ice he shot before and turned it into water snakes. He then maneuvered the snakes around Kratos and wrapped up in them. He then turned it back into ice. Spyro knew it wouldn't hold him for long, but he didn't need long.
The purple dragon tapped into his lava power and unleashed a giant lava geyser at the still stunned Kratos. He received the full force of the blast and received numerous burns on his body, but that wasn't what Spyro was aiming for; his real target was the bow. The lava blast hit the bow full on and melted the whole thing.
Kratos soon recovered and continued his attack on the purple dragon. Kratos once again summoned his Nemean Cestus and charged. Spyro took a deep breath and prepared himself for battle. He sunk his paws into the stone floor and called upon the power of the earth.
Then two stones clinged to his arms and formed two dragon headed gauntlets, which he then flooded with the power of convexity. He then opened his wings and charged Kratos full on.
As the two closed in on each other they both pulled their fists back and collided sending out a giant vertical shockwave.
Back in the stands everyone was staring at the two titans fight in their lethal battle to the death.
Cynder and the others all watched with awed expressions on their faces. The black dragoness then said, "He's incredible. I've never seen him fight like this. He's actually matching this guy blow for blow now."
Sparx then said, "Yeah, but the fights not over yet. Spyro's back in this fight, and it looks Kratos is still putting up a strong defense. My bro's up to something, but I don't know what it is."
Pyro watched as his brother and the god of war continued their bout. He then looked at the Claws of Hades, the Bow of Apollo, and the Nemesis Whip. He then realized what his purple brother was up to. Pyro then said, "He's destroying his weapons."
Ember then asked, "What did you say?" Pyro turned to the pink dragoness and said loud enough for everyone to hear, "Spyro's destroying Kratos's weapons one by one. Once he does that he'll have the advantage and he'll be able to end this fight once and for all."
Flare then asked, "Well how many does he have left?" Pyro took a look and said, "I'd say at least 3, but if you count everything 5." "What do you mean?" Cynder asked in confusion. Pyro then continued, "Kratos only has 3 weapons left to use, the Nemean Cestus, the Blades of Athena, and the Blade of Olympus. However he still has the Golden Fleece, the Boots of Hermes, and the Wings of Icarus."
Razor then spoke, "I see, so even if Spyro manages to destroy those weapons Kratos could still use those other tools to his advantage."
Conner then came up and said, "That's not the only problem." "Oh great, what other problems could there possibly be?" Sparx asked in a bit of annoyance getting Flare to giggle at him while he wasn't looking. Conner then continued, "It's that blade of Kratos's back, the Blade of Olympus. That sword holds the power of the gods themselves and was forged in the Flame of Olympus; it's his most powerful weapon. Destroying that weapon may not be possible."
Cynder looked back into the battle and said, "He can do it, I know he can. As long as he doesn't give up he can keep fighting until the end."
Spyro was doing just that. He clashed with Kratos over and over again creating shockwaves that sounded like explosions. The purple dragon was pushing his body, his instincts, and his elements to the limit, but he knew if let up in any way he would lose this fight and Kratos would destroy him without even a hint of mercy. He continued his plan to destroy the weapons the god of war carried, and prepared to make his move.
Kratos came in with a punch with his left gauntlet, which the purple dragon dodged. He then threw a punch with his right, which Spyro dodged again, but this time the demigod pulled his arm back and back fisted Spyro in the face sending him flying backwards.
The purple dragon then used his own weight and the weight of his gauntlets to spin in the air and get his balance back. As he landed he slammed his right gauntlet into the ground sending a barrage of stalagmites at Kratos.
Kratos charged and spun around getting hanging onto the chains inside the gauntlets knock all the stalagmites away. He then charged straight at the purple dragon and pulled his right fist back… which is exactly what Spyro was waiting for.
As Kratos charged in with his right fist and prepared to put all his strength into the blow, Spyro held his ground and called upon the full power of his earth abilities, and focused them into his right arm. He then destroyed his left gauntlet and transferred the earth to his right arm forming a giant spear. The purple dragon the filled the spear with convexity until it glowed completely purple.
As Kratos launched his punch, Spyro jumped to the side, just dodging the blow that probably would have sent him flying into the stadium wall. He threw his own punch forward with all his strength at Kratos's gauntlet. As the spear came into contact with the right Nemean Cestus the spear pierced the gauntlet and broke it apart.
Everyone watched in utter shock as the purple dragon destroyed the seemingly invincible gauntlet. Before Kratos could snap out of his shock Spyro turned his body and back fisted Kratos into the air with giant spike still on his arm.
Kratos used his wings to flip himself into a better position and landed on his feet. Once he landed he faced the dragon once again and prepared himself for the rest of the battle.
Spyro then undid his earth spike and transferred the earth substance back to his left arm still in the shape of a spike though. He may have destroyed one gauntlet, but he still had one left; not only that, but even without the gauntlet his opponent was still incredibly strong. The purple dragon had learned his lesson about letting down his guard, and wasn't about to make that mistake a second time.
Spyro charged at the god of war as he wielded his single gauntlet. Spyro threw the first punch with his right fist, but Kratos used his left gauntlet to deflect the attack, forcing the purple dragon to spin. He then drilled Spyro in his spine with his free fist getting him to yelp in pain. Kratos then tried to punch him into the ground again.
The purple dragon turned his head just enough to see the attack and decided how to react. He dropped his weight forward, and spun to the right ducking under the attack and getting back in front of his opponent. He then slammed his stone covered arm in the demigod's face sending him rolling backwards. Kratos was quick to recover but Spyro quickly zoomed in and stabbed his spike hand into Kratos's shoulder. While the spike was still in, Spyro yanked up Kratos, and drove his stone/convexity dragon gauntlet into his face sending him skidding back.
While Kratos was skidding back he summoned his Blades of Athena and swung it in a round form. Spyro reacted in an instant by jumping up and spinning in the air. As he landed he saw the cross between the two chained blades as Kratos yanked them back.
Just before Kratos could fully pull the blades back to their appropriate sides, Spyro shot a powerful ice stream at the chain, freezing it in place and stopping Kratos. The purple dragon then jumped into the air and shot tow ice bombs at the blades themselves freezing them to the ground. The purple dragon knew this ice wouldn't stop Kratos for more than a minute, so he had to make his move now.
Using his comet dash, the purple dragon rammed his head into the Kratos's chest knocking his weapons free of the ice. He then sunk his claws into his opponents pale white skin and fired an earth shot from point blank range.
The force of the shot was so powerful, it sent Spyro flying into the air and sent Kratos into the ground creating a mid-sized crater.
Spyro spun backwards doing three back flips and finally opening his wings remaining airborne. Kratos got up a bit slowly this time and looked up facing the purple dragon. He let a look of pure rage come across his face as he looked at the dragon that had pushed him so far and caused him so much damage.
Kratos then opened his wings and charged the purple dragon. He then summoned his one remaining gauntlet and was prepared to drive through Spyro and end this fight once and for all. Spyro held his ground and didn't show even the slightest hint of fear.
Cynder then showed a look of worry as she asked, "Why isn't he moving?" "If he gets hit with that he'll be knocked out for sure!" Sparx said in worry of his brother. The yellow dragon then looked to his other brother Pyro who had a calm expression on his face. He then stated, "Our brother is out there! How can you just stand there with that calm expression on your face?! Are you not worried about him at all?!"
Pyro then looked to his worried brother and said, "I'm not worried because I've got nothing to worry about. I know Spyro's abilities and I know exactly what he's doing. Instead of criticizing and doubting him maybe you should have faith in our brother."
"Don't talk to me like you've know him all your life, you've just met him. You always seem to act calm when the others are fighting, are you not worried about the rest of us?! Or have you gotten cozy with that ice witch while you were away like Star said and are just selling us out?!" The yellow dragon said in a bit rage.
That comment hit Pyro hard and he yelled, "WHAT DID YOU SAY!" In that instant Pyro's scales went black and his power fluxed. He was about to attack, when Razor jumped between him and Sparx.
Pyro then calmed himself and turned away from his yellow brother while his scales went back to their proper red color. Flare then yelled, "How could you say that to him? That was just heatless and brainless!"
Sparx was taken aback by the comment and stepped away. He then tried to speak, "I-I'm sorry, I didn't… I was just worried about Spyro is all; I didn't mean to say that." Flare turned away from him was about to follow Pyro, but Star stopped her and said, "It's alright Flare, I'll talk to him. You stay here and see if you can calm everyone down."
The white dragoness ran after him, and found him still watching his brother battle the god of war in the air. Star walked up to him and said, "Pyro, I-I-I can explain." The red dragon turned to her with a enraged look, as he said in an angered tone, "Explain what, that you don't trust me, that you've started a rumor about me, that you're actually thinking Sparks might be right!"
Star face look saddened by her mates harsh words, but she gained composure and made a mad face of her own as she said, "Well I have reasons for doubting you. I saw you kiss her through my bond mark."
Pyro made a surprised look and said, "I didn't kiss her she kissed me, and it's not like I can put up much of a fight with this stupid collar on." "Maybe not, but I didn't exactly see you resisting her either!" Star stated loudly as her anger grew.
She then said, "Not only that, you actually trained with her for the two days you were gone." Pyro then asked, "Where did you hear that?!" "You said you trained with someone, but you wouldn't tell me, and she told me it was her!"
The fire dragon then asked, "How can you possibly believe anything she says?! Are you really so naïve that you'd actually take what she says against my word." Star was on the verge of tears as she said, "Maybe my mistake was thinking I could trust you."
Pyro then grabbed at his head and said, "Look Star it's not what you think. I can explain what happened." "I don't want to hear it. I'm done with all of this. I should have known better to think I could live my life with you."
Pyro then asked in a worried tone, "W-What are you trying to say?" Star then turned to him and said, "I'm saying I made a mistake. I don't want to talk to you, I don't want to even see you right now." Pyro then tried to reach out as he said, "Star please, just listen to me." With one hit she slapped his paw away then slapped him with back of her hand as she yelled, "Just stay away from me!" The white dragoness then took off back into the room with the others leaving Pyro to stand there stunned as he tried to understand what just happened.
A single tear came to his eye as what happened finally settled on him. As he regained himself the dragon felt his rage erupt inside his body and consume his mind. His scales took a dark shade of red that looked like blood.
The red dragon made his way back in there to see his friends tending to his mate as her tears flowed down. He passed them without saying a word and continued to watch the fight. Razor who was standing by noticed Pyro's scales had taken a darker shade and wondered what had happened to him. He tried to read his mind to see what he was thinking, but as he tried he was met with a horrifying image that made his body go into shock and scared him down to his bones. He gasped and fell backwards as he stopped the telekinetic link.
Stella ran over to him and asked, "Razor, Razor what's wrong?' Razor looked over to Pyro and saw the anger written all over his face. He then thought, 'I don't what that was, but I think he needs space right now.' He turned to Stella and the others and said, "I'm fine let's watch the fight.
Speaking of the fight it seemed to have tipped back in Spyro's favor. As Kratos charged again Spyro readied himself and pushed his convexity into his left spear gauntlet. As Kratos threw his punch with his only remaining gauntlet, Spyro stopped flapping wings and fell backwards dodging the attack.
He then wrapped his tail around Kratos's arm, and flapped his wings sending him circling around the arm and above it. The purple dragon then threw a powerful punch with his spear and stabbed it through the head of Kratos's Nemean Gauntlet smashing it as he did the first. He then spun around and gave Kratos a powerful right hook to the face sending him flying downward and impacting hard in the ground.
Cynder then said, "That must have been his plan all along." Conner then followed up and said, "Yeah definitely, dragons are accustomed to flying in the air, but Kratos is only used to flying a specific way and can't maneuver as fast."
Flame then said sadly, "That's probably why Pyro wasn't worried. He knew Spyro had Kratos beat when it came to a fight in the air." Cynder, Sparx, and Star all had the same looks of shock and pain on their faces as they heard this."
Ember then said, "Pyro must have known that Spyro would do that to destroy that guy's gauntlet because he and Spyro think and fight alike." The three dragons soon all shared the same pained faces as they looked over to the dragon they had hurt, who was still angrily watching his brother's match without taking his eyes off.
Cynder was about to go over and apologize, but Razor grabbed her shoulder and said, "He needs some space right now. Just give him some time to cool down a bit." The black dragoness was about to protest when she felt Razor's grip tighten and his paw shaking. She then looked at his face and saw that he was afraid.
Seeing the warning Cynder decided to look back in on the match.
Razor then looked over to Pyro again, but only for a brief moment. He knew if he started staring Pyro would notice. He then thought, 'I what I saw in there is what Pyro's really thinking, he'd kill anyone of us that went over there right now. I've got to keep everyone away from him until he calms down.'
Spyro landed on the ground and faced off against Kratos. Kratos pulled himself out of the hole that his body had recently created, and stood up facing the dragon.
Spyro narrowed his eyes as he saw Kratos reach over his shoulder and grab the Blade of Olympus. He knew that blade was trouble, but he needed to find a way to either destroy it, or get it away from Kratos.
Kratos gripped the blade and prepared to charge, but before he did he spoke. "Dragon, you are truly a powerful warrior. You are the only one besides the gods of Olympus who has ever pushed me so far and even they fell at my might. Before we end this battle once and for all I must know, how it is you continue to fight in these conditions. Where do you get your strength, how do you stand no matter what injuries befall you?"
Spyro thought for a minute, and finally responded to the question, "Normally I would have fallen just as you said. I find the strength to stand up because I have something worth fighting for that I would gladly sacrifice myself 1000 times over to protect. My home, my family, my friends, and the one I love Cynder, they give me strength in my times of weakness, they comfort me when I feel pain, and its thanks to them that I have become as strong as I am today. They are my hope for the future that this war will end one day, they are my strength Kratos."
Kratos then gave a light smile before it changed back to his usual grumpy look, as he said, "Come Spyro the Dragon, let us end this fight once and for all!"
With that they both charged at one another full speed without any hesitation what so ever. As they got close to one another Spyro increased his power of convexity and flooded as much as he could without draining his own power to the sword.
As they finally came within reach they clashed and sent out a wave of power throughout the arena. The two began to make move after move creating more explosions as they clashed.
Kratos swung his blade sideways with incredible speed, but Spyro reacted and jumped just high enough to roll over the blade. The god of war cut his slash short, and swung it back towards the purple dragon again. Spyro spun and parried the blow.
Spyro smiled and used his tail to redirect the sword around him. He then propelled himself forward and elbowed Kratos in stomach with his newly enhanced power. As he bellowed over from the shock of the blow Spyro tried to deliver an uppercut. Kratos knowing this combination moved his head over just enough to dodge the blow.
The god of war then grabbed Spyro's arm, swung him, and tossed him aside. Spyro rolled across the ground before using his left front and back paw to get back on his feet.
Kratos decided to end this fight and stabbed the back of his incredibly powerful blade into the ground with blade part pointing up. Spyro gave a confused look as he saw his opponent do this so suddenly.
Kratos then summoned his blades of Athena and ran at Spyro at top speed. He then began to swing his blades in a tornado like way. Spyro was forced to keep jumping back and dodge the onslaught. Kratos then swung both his blades in a low swing, but Spyro used his four legs to launch himself into the air.
As the purple dragon went into the air, Kratos launched his red blades on both sides and hooked the purple dragon like a fish on both his sides. Spyro growled as the blades stabbed into his sides and hooked into him.
The purple dragon was about to pull them out, but before he could Kratos used all his strength to yank his purple opponent down towards the grounded blade. Spyro looked back as he saw that if he didn't act now, the blade would run him through.
Since he was backwards the purple dragon couldn't open his wings to fly. The purple dragon quickly thought of an idea. He gathered all the fire energy in his body and did fire fury from his current position.
The explosion was so powerful it caused him to stop and float in mid air, and blasted Kratos off his feet. Spyro then managed to dodge the blade and landed on the ground. The purple dragon then acted fast and grabbed onto the blade chains. Then with one powerful yank he pulled Kratos off the ground into the air and above his body.
As Kratos flew over the purple dragon, Spyro opened his maw and blasted Kratos in his chest with a giant beam of convexity that sent him flying high into the air like a rocket taking off into space.
The beam sent Kratos flying high into the sky making him drop the blade of Olympus as the beam dissipated. Spyro narrowed his eyes and said, "It's time to end this!" The purple dragon reached past his back and took off his tail sword. Then with a great deal of strength he tossed it into the air. One that was done he opened his wings and flew after Kratos.
As he flew up after him Kratos opened his own wings and bringing himself to halt. He then launched his twin blades at the charging purple dragon. Reacting quickly, Spyro increased his speed and dodged the blades by flying in between them and towards his target.
As he closed in Spyro activated his fire element creating convexity fire and rammed Kratos in the chest with a convexity comet dash. He then circled around and activated his power of electricity. With his new enhanced speed, the purple dragon flew in before Kratos could put up his guard and drilled his fist into the demigods gut once again. Also because his body was sparking with convexity electricity Kratos received a nasty shock from the punch that sent him flying backwards.
Spyro then activated his convexity lightning and flew through the air at the speed of a lightning bolt. While he was moving he gathered as much power into his left paw as he possibly could. As Kratos came in, Spyro drilled him in the back an electrical sphere that sent him flying again. After that blow Spyro looked up to see his tail sword had finally begun to fall. It was time to end this fight.
Kratos managed to regain his balance and flipped himself back into his battle position. He began to scan for purple dragon but found him nowhere in sight. Suddenly a purple flash from above caught his attention and he looked up.
What he saw was a purple comet coming at him at super high speeds. The comet came and impacted Kratos driving him towards the ground. The comet was Spyro (duh) at his full power. The blow he had dealt to Kratos was an elbow and he was about to attack again.
The purple dragon then punched Kratos in his chest creating a purple shockwave on impact. Before the god of war could recover Spyro began to unleash a barrage of punches, each one creating a shockwave as the purple hero hammered down his opponent with full wrath.
Spyro pulled his fist back and drilled it straight into the middle of Kratos's chest creating a final shockwave of power. He then took in a deep breath and blasted him with a giant convexity beam that dwarfed the won he did launch him into the air. The purple dragon then looked up to see his blade falling towards him right on schedule.
The purple dragon reached up, grabbed the blade, and poured every last bit of his convexity energy into sword. From the blade sprouted an energy blade made entirely of convexity that was at least 8 feet long. Spyro then dove at the crater he had created and saw Kratos trying to get up. Just as he was about to stand Spyro came down and stabbed his blade into Kratos's stomach where his already visible blade wound was.
The blade ran through Kratos until it finally reached end where Spyro's paw was. The god of war lay there completely unable to move. His eyes were still open, but he remained still. After a minute or two the energy Spyro's sword began to fade and turned back into its portable form.
Kratos then turned to Spyro who was gasping for breath. He had used every last bit of his strength in that attack. If Kratos got up now he would be finished. The god of war then spoke, "I'm surprised. I've fought monsters, demons, titans of Tarturus, and the gods of Olympus, and I was never defeated. Now I meet my end at the hands of one dragon. I'm just glad that I met my end by someone of a pure heart, instead of those who clouded by their own power. I have regrets Spyro."
The purple dragon smiled as he heard these words and stood up straight. He then said, "I'm sorry you had to be dragged into this Kratos. I just hope you find peace." "I will dragon, but there is one thing I wish to say before my time is up."
Spyro leaned in closer so he could hear. "Take the blade of Olympus. Combine it with the power of your own blade. It holds the power of the gods, with it you shall become an even stronger warrior. It should be in the hands of someone who knows what true strength is."
With those last words Kratos's head fell to side and his body disappeared into thin air. The audience was in awe of this. This battle had been between two of the most powerful anyone had ever seen; however that is not why there were silent. They had all seen firsthand, the true power of the purple dragon.
Spyro then turned to the blade of Olympus, which was still stabbed in the ground. The purple dragon began to limp over to it until he was right next to it. He then placed his own blade against it, and watched as the blue energy that pulsed through it began to be drawn into his own tail sword.
As he drained the last of it, the purple dragon then looked at the audience around him as they all stared at him in shock. He then took in a deep breath and let out a loud and beast like roar that echoed throughout the entire stadium.
The announcer then snapped out of his awed pause and said, "He-He won! Everybody the winner is the purple dragon, SPYRO!" With that crowd let out deafening cheers and screams for that amazing battle as the purple dragon made his way back over to his friends.
As he did so the wolves gladly opened the gate for him as he walked inside. As Spyro walked in he saw his friends and his brothers smiling at him. As he looked over to Cynder he saw that she wasn't just smiling, but crying. He then asked, "Cynder, is something wron…" Before he could finish the black dragoness ran over and hugged him as tight as she could.
The black dragoness then said, "Spyro, Spyro I thought I lost you." The purple dragon smiled as he asked, "Why, I told you I was coming back as long as you were here waiting for me, and I always will." He then wiped her tears away and placed his paw on her cheek.
Cynder then reached both paws behind his head and pulled him in and locked their maws together in a passionate kiss. Spyro was surprised at first, but he settled and kissed her back. Everyone smiled at the scene and began to back away to give the couple their moment.
Star smiled as she saw the couple enjoy themselves, but her eyes then locked on Pyro who was sitting on a bench in the shadows. Seeing Spyro and Cynder reminded her of how she and Pyro used to be and she began to regret what she said to him. She began to make his way over to him, but as she did Pyro turned his eyes towards her.
As she saw his eyes she stopped in her tracks. Pyro's gentle, calm, and comforting gaze that went with his ruby was gone. What replaced them was a look of pure rage and solitude with eyes that burned with like the fires of hell. She began to back away as his eyes burned into her very spirit.
As the white dragoness began to back away Pyro got up and began to move towards her. She froze in her tracks, but Pyro simply walked past her. She then looked back at him and something that really disturbed her. Pyro's bond mark had grown smaller and his scales had grown darker. Star began to worry for him more than before. she began wonder if she had made a terrible mistake that she would regret.
As Pyro passed his brother he gave him a light smile and continued on his way.
Spyro could tell at a glance that something was wrong. He then turned to Star and asked, "Uh Star, is there something you want to tell me?" The white dragoness then said, "I think I just made a terrible mistake."
Cynder then asked, "Look Star, this is all our faults. We let our nerves get the best of us and we acted irrationally. Right now we all need to rest and give Pyro some time to himself. His battle is tomorrow and he's going to need to focus or he won't be coming back." Star nodded showing she agreed with her, but she couldn't stop thinking about Pyro.
As Pyro walked back to his cell he couldn't help, but feel the pain of as he thought about his mate not trusting him. His anger began to slittely subside as he drifted off to sleep. As his eyes closed he was met with no dreams, but calm and peaceful nothingness."
The dragon king was not the only one feeling the pain of what happened that day. Star was tossing and turning in her bed, and not just because it was uncomfortable, but because of the guilt that was building within her heart for what she had done. She couldn't believe what she had said to her mate and how she made him feel. She had to make things right as soon as possible or she would lose him forever.
Who is Pyro battling in the next day of the tournament? How will Star make things right with her mate. Will this dragon team be a team for much longer? Find out in the next chapter of Spyro meets Pyro and make sure to leave your reviews and check out my other fanfics.