Spyro meets Pyro

by Nova Pyro

This is the story of how 2 great dragons who come together to protect both their worlds. Will they fall or will they prevail. This is my second fanfiction. Take a look and reply. I'll keep posting as much as i can.

26. Chapter 26: The Ultimate Fire Dragon

Spyro meets Pyro

Chapter 26: The Dragon King Reborn

Last time on Spyro meets Pyro: Spyro had been pitted against the destroyer of the gods of Olympus Kratos. At first they seemed evenly matched, countering blow for blow with their variety of weapons. Spyro almost lost his soul to the god of war until he remembered he was not only fight for his life, but lives of those he loved. Looking deep into his soul he found the true power of the purple dragon and once again engaged Kratos. After destroying all of Kratos's weapons, Spyro managed to deal the final blow and claim his victory. However it would seem the bond between Pyro and Star is beginning to fade. Will Pyro be able to win his battle, will Star ever see the truth, and how will they ever get out of this mess? Find out now on Spyro meets Pyro and make sure to leave your reviews.

The sun rose once again over the icy ground of Dante's Freezer, and the creatures who lived there. As the suns heat beamed into the cell of a certain fire dragon his eyes opened revealing his dagger shaped pupils.

This fire dragon was Pyro, and boy was he mad. Today was his day to battle and he knew who he was facing. He knew he would need every last ounce of his strength to win this fight, but he also knew that he would have to keep a clear head. He couldn't focus on anything but the battle at hand.

He tried to focus on his energy and thinking up a strategy or two, but his mind was not able to stay completely focused. His thought's kept drifting to his mate and to the female who was causing him constant trouble.

He knew he had to fix things, but now was not the time. He had a battle to win and if he didn't have complete focus he knew he would die. Not only that but, he was actually beginning think that maybe there was nothing worth fixing.

The dragon king then cleared his mind and began to focus his inner fire to it's highest levels. A wolf came by his cell and said, "It's about time to fight, your highness." The red dragon turned around with his eyes glowing and burning red as he said, "I'm ready."

The wolf opened the cage and stepped aside as the fire dragon came through. As the dragon was walking he heard an all to familiar voice call to him, Fraxus. "Are you sure you're ready for this fight?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." Fraxus sighed as he said, "Look, I know that you're upset about the whole Star thing, but you have to focus. You can't let you feelings and emotions cloud your judgement."

Pyro nodded showing he agreed. He then took in a deep breath and let a serious look come to his face as he prepared for the fight of his life.

As the fire dragon walked he looked to the side for a split second and then looked again. He looked to see there was an opening in the wall frozen over with ice. As he kept looking he began to think of a plan.

As he thought of the last parts of this plan. He continued to follow the wolf who was standing by waiting for him. Pyro the let a devious smile come to his face as the last bits of his plan came to his mind.

The wolf lead Pyro to the meeting area, removed his collar, and opened the gate. Pyro walked inside and the wolf closed the gate behind him.

As the fire dragon entered the room he was met with looks from everyone. They were all thinking the same things. Spyro's battle nearly ended in his death. Since Pyro was the strongest among them, his opponent would have to be someone who could not only match his might, but also his fire power.

As the fire dragon walked inside he looked over to Sparx and Star who were standing to the side with sad looks on their faces. Pyro looked ahead to the others ignoring them.

He walked up to Spyro and the others and began to speak. Razor watched as Pyro talked and looked over to Star and Sparx who were still looking ashamed of what happened the other day.

Razor didn't know all the details, but he did know what he saw when Pyro came back. Pyro's mind was completely dark and there was something there that wasn't right. He had to figure out what was wrong and he had to figure it out now.

Pyro finished speaking with the others and prepared for his battle.

Razor walked over to Star and asked, "Star, what's going on here? Why's Pyro being so distant and serious? He didn't eve speak to you when he came in."

Star sighed and said, "Pyro and Sparx had an argument yesterday and I tried to break them up, but Sparx said what I told him about Pyro." "What did you say about him?" She then gave him a timid look and said, "I told him that I thought Pyro was getting closer to Glacia. After he heard that, I told him I didn't trust him and that we should stay apart for a while."

Razor's pupils eclipsed his eyes as he received this big shock. He then said, "Have you lost your mind?! Pyro loves you more than anything. You're the one thing that keeps him going no matter what happens. He'd fight through a whole army if it meant protecting you."

Star was the one to have a look of shock this time. She then asked, "H-He… told you that?" "More than once. Look Star, you have to talk to him. If he doesn't have you there for him, not only will he not have that drive, but from what I saw of his mind yesterday, he will give in to the darkness. You'll lose him… forever."

Star looked over to him and saw the look on his face, Razor was right. She then said, "How could I be so stupid. After everything he's done for me I go and say all that. He won't listen to me, he probably won't even let me get close to him."

Razor then said, "You have to try Star. I'll go with you, and try to convince him to listen." The white dragoness wiped the tears from her eyes and nodded. She then stood up and followed Razor over to their king.

As they came closer Pyro noticed them and turned towards them; his senses were on high alert, and for good reason. As he saw Star was behind Razor, a look of anger combined with a look of pain came to his face. He turned away from them back to the gate and waited for his battle to commence. Razor then cleared his throat getting Pyro to turn to him.

He then said, "Uh… Pyro, Star wants to speak with you." The grey dragon stepped to the side and let Star move forward.

The white dragoness timidly stepped forward and tried to speak, "P-Pyro look I… I know you must angry about what I said, but I" "I don't have time to talk right now and I don't want hear your excuses. You said what you meant yesterday, and I don't think you can say anything that would change how I feel right now."

As she heard him say those words tears began to form in her eyes, but deep down she knew she deserved that. Pyro let out a deep sigh, got up, and said, "Look I've got a tough battle coming up and I need my full concentration, so just… go sit next to one of the others."

Star wanted to stop him and plead with him to stay so they could fix things, but she knew that he was right. As she watched him walk away she noticed that Pyro's bond mark had changed; it had gotten thinner.

She then turned to Razor and whispered, "Razor look, his bond mark." Her friend took a look and saw what she meant; Pyro's bond mark had shrunk and as he watched closely it was still shrinking very slowly. Razor's only response was, "Uh oh."

Spyro and the others looked out through the view window and noticed the wide view. He then yelled to the others, "Hey guys check this out!"

Everyone came running to see the battle field had be stretched over a mile long and the walls had been stretched up to 100 ft high. Stella then swallowed and said, "I'm guessing this means that Pyro and his opponent are going to need the space.

Conner then remembered that Pyro told them who Spyro's opponent was but not who his would be. He turned to his brother and asked, "Who is your opponent anyway bro?"

Everyone turned to Pyro as he looked around at all the frightened faces. Pyro knew that they were not going to like the answer. He then turned to them and said, "My opponent is… Volaxus." As those words reached his brothers ears, his pupils shrunk so much, they looked like periods at the end of a sentence.

He then said, "Is that a joke, tell me your joking. Y-You can't be serious. Theres no way you'd actually go through with this right?" Pyro gave his brother a stern look giving him his answer. Conner then yelled, "ARE YOU COMPLETELY OUT OF YOU'RE MIND!"

Razor then said, "Whoa, whoa, take it easy Conner. I'm sure Pyro can handle it, he's faced tough opponents in the past."

Conner then shook his head and said, "He's never faced anyone like Volaxus before. You don't understand what he's really getting himself into." Sparx then said, "I know I'm going to regret asking this, but who exactly is this Volaxus anyway? From what I can tell by the way you're panicking he's not a nice dude."

Conner then said, "Volaxus is a dark fire dragon with unimaginable power. He was born inside of a volcano and was bathed in it's lava along with the dark magic of 6 Necromancers, and the metals forged and crafted from 'dark mater' that come from deepest points of the shadow lands after being corroded in evil for years. Nothing could stand in his way and no one could defeat him. His dark fire was strong enough to destroy mountains, his body is filled with lava he was born in, and his ultimate attacks are like nuclear bombs. No ordinary creature could ever hope of lasting more than five minutes against him, and that's only if they're extremely lucky. Even his own brethren who were created in similar ways feared his power. He was finally stopped when 7 white wizards combined their magic and sealed him back into the volcano from which he came. If Pyro fights in this match, I doubt that he'll survive."

Star turned to him and said, "You knew about this and you didn't say anything? Pyro, why wouldn't you tell us about something like this."

Pyro turned to her and said, "Because I knew that if I did tell you'd waste your time worrying about me and Spyro and trying to convince us to forfeit our battles. We all need to get out of here and finish preparing for the final battle with Aikis and his subordinates."

Spyro and the others wanted to argue, but they all knew he was right. He then continued, "We can only leave if we battle and win. I knew what was at stake and I made my choice. Besides it's not like you should care what happens to me now anyway."

The fire dragons words felt like an arrow had gone through her heart. Star knew that she deserved that for causing him pain, but that didn't meant she liked it. She had to stop him before he got himself killed.

Just as she was about to say something a wolf came up to the gate and said, "You there dragon king, it's almost time for your battle to begin. You'd better get into position."

Pyro walked up to the gate and said, "Alright, I'm ready. Let's go!"

The wolf guard opened the gate and Pyro walked onto the battle field. As he did he noticed it had been widened out by some kind of magic. He expected this for he and his opponent would need the space for their battle.

As Pyro began to walk forward someone reached through the gate and grabbed his paw getting him to stop and turn around. As he did he saw that it was Star.

She begged with tears in her eyes, "Pyro, Pyro please you can't do this. I know you're strong, but there are limits to your strength. I know what I said yesterday hurt you, but I was just scared that I was losing you to someone else. If you go out there, you'll die. I won't be able to live with myself if I lose you now. Please, I'm begging you not to do this!"

Pyro was surprised by this outburst and gave her a look of surprise and pity. He looked down at her paw and turned his around so he was holding it and stepped back towards the cage.

He then said, "Star, listen I know you're worried, but there are times when challenges are thrown our way, and there's no avoiding them. The only way to deal with them is to face them… whether we want to or not. This is my challenge and I have to face it.

The white dragoness closed her eyes as more tears came down; she knew he was right and that there was no stopping him this time. She then felt a warm touch on her face and opened her eyes to see Pyro right in front of her.

He smiled and said, "I promise that I will come back no matter what. So just sit back and watch while I win this fight."

She wiped the tears from her eyes and nodded. Pyro then placed his head against hers as she breathed in a deep sigh. The white dragoness felt her heart begin to heal with the contact. As Pyro pulled away and let go of her hand, she knew she couldn't stop him anymore.

All she could do now was pray and have faith that he would win.

Star watched as Pyro walked into the center of the newly widened out arena. As she watched she suddenly heard someone speak, "I do hope he wins. I'd hate to lose such a fine dragon so early in the game."

Star then looked to the side of the gate to see Glacia standing just outside it. The ice dragoness then jumped into her seat and prepared to watch the battle. Star let out a loud growl, but decided to let it go.

The announcer cracked his knuckles and prepared to do his job.

"HELLOOOOO EVERYBODY! TODAY WE HAVE A SPECIAL BATTLE FOR YOU FOLKS. TODAY WE HAVE THE KING OF BURNS, THE DEFEATER OF ARMIES, THE MASTER OF FIRE, THE KING OF THE DRAGON CITY, PYRO THE DRAGON!"

Pyro stood tall as the crowd began to make an uproar and cheered for him. The announcer had given him a very nice entrance.

He then looked into the sky to see that his opponent had just arrived.

The announcer continued, "AND HIS OPPONENT! THE BEAST BORN IN THE LAVA OF THE DARK VOLCANO. BATHED IN DARK MAGICS OF THE NECROMANCERS, AND GIVEN THE POWER OF THE SHADOW FORCES. I GIVE YOU THE TITAN OF DARK FIRE AND MAGIC, THE BRINGER OF DEATH, AND PYRO'S OPPONENT, VOLAXUS!"

As the announcer said this a giant dark figure appeared in the sky. As the figure came closer it's size became vividly clear.

Everyones eyes came wide as the figure landed. It was Volaxus. He stood tall as skyscraper and was as long as a train. His body looked like that of a volcano, his scales as dark as burned rock and the spaces between them flowing with lava. His eyes were like burning fire with a large black dagger in the middle staring down at his next victim. The heat coming off this mighty titan was like feeling the lava of a volcano flow right past you.

Pyro stood his ground showing no fear at all towards his opponent.

Volaxus then let out a loud and defining laugh as he said in his dark and twisted voice, "So you are the mighty Pyro. King of all dragons and ruler of the dragon city. You don't seem like you'd be anything more than sport for me young one."

Pyro snorted and said, "I see the tails I have heard of you pale in comparison to actually seeing you. I must say you are indeed a force to be reckoned with."

Volaxus smiled at hearing those words, and thought, 'This young one has been raised well. Not only does he respect his elders, he's quite nice manners.' Before he could say anything Pyro continued, "However I worn you that underestimating me will only result in you're defeat. I'm not just fighting for myself in this battle but for my friends as well. So let's go!"

Volaxus chuckled and said, "Brave words my fellow fire breather! Let's just see if you are up to the challenge of facing me!"

The announcer then said, "ALRIGHT GUYS, YOU HEARD EM. THEY ARE READY TO START. THIS WILL BE A BATTLE FOR THE AGES; THE KING OF THE DRAGON CITY VS. THE TITAN OF DARKNESS. WHO WILL WIN THIS EPIC BATTLE? LET'S GET IT ON! FIGHTERS BEGIN!"

With that the two dragons began their battle.

Volaxus attacked first unleashing a giant black and orange fire stream straight at Pyro. Reacting quickly the fire dragon leaped into the air and opened his wings. He then unleashed his own fire stream which was almost of equal size.

Volaxus moved one of his wings in front of him blocking the flames. He then swung his wings out blowing the flames back at Pyro. Pyro was about to take his fire back, but he noticed it was slightly darker than before; his fire had been tainted.

The dragon king used his pyrokinetic ability to pull the flames in. As he did the he condensed it into 10 tiny fireballs. Once he was finished he threw his arms forward making them rain down upon his opponent.

Once again the titanic dark dragon shielded himself behind his wing blocking the attack. Pyro growled and flew down at his opponent full speed. As Pyro closed in, he activated his red nova mode increasing his speed and force.

Everyone watched as the fire dragon's tail blades and claws lit on fire, and the fire on his body flared. He then began to roll himself into a ball and yelled out, "Blazing Buzzaw!" The red flames engulfed Pyro's body and turned it into a flaming disk.

As the attack came in Volaxus readied himself and lifted his left paw. As the disk came in Volaxus smashed his fist in the ground making red cracks appear on the grounds surface. As the cracks began to spread and reach out to Pyro's area, a pillar of solid magma shot up stabbed the disk in the center.

Spyro and the others gasped and as they figured Pyro had been stabbed by the attack. Spyro then looked over to Razor and saw him smiling. He then looked at the psychic dragons eyes moving meaning he was watching something.

As Pyro's attack finally faded and dispersed everyone received a shock, he was gone.

Volaxus began to scan the arena, looking for his opponent. He then caught a glimpse of something in corner of his eyes and turned his head. Before he could react the titanic fire dragon received a powerful blow to his face, making him skid backwards.

Everyone looked to see it was Pyro who had blasted him. The fire dragon was now glowing blue, his second stage of nova mode.

Flare then said, "Wow, he's like a glowing star." Flame then said, "I think he shot him with a 'comet' shot, but how the heck did he move that fast?"

Razor smiled and said, "That's Pyro's 'Fire Flash'." Cynder then asked, "Fire Flash?" The psychic dragon nodded and said, "Pyro is normally someone who can use power, speed, and agility; however sometimes he meets opponents who easily outspeeded and outflank him, like me or someone near you're build, Cynder." The black dragoness nodded knowing already how fast and agile she was by nature.

Razor continued, "So he had to come with different ways to use his powers. His nova mode was the answer. By fluxing his power through his entire body he can either increase his speed or his power at will. The 'fire flash' is his ultimate speed technique. Even I could barley keep up with it when he first showed it to me."

Back in the battle Volaxus decided to go on the offensive and swung his right wing. This action shot a wall of fire at the now blue glowing fire dragon. Once again Pyro used his super speed to dodge the attack and circled around as Pyro flew he began unleashing a barrage of attacks from fire streams, to fire balls, to comet shots.

However he began to notice his attacks weren't causing any noticeable damage. Volaxus's body seemed to be completely unharmed. Just as Pyro was about to turn a corner he looked ahead to see Volaxus paw coming at him.

The giants paw swatted Pyro at of the sky and into the ground like a tennis ball. The force of the hit and impact caused a crater to be formed.

Pyro easily pulled himself out of the pit and got back to his feet. He then turned to his opponent just in time to see him preparing an attack. The giant black and red dragon held his maw up and shot a giant black and red fire ball into the sky.

Everyone watched as an explosion followed. Pyro watched the sky and narrowed his eyes as he saw something coming down. Everyone watched as over a dozen giant black fireballs rained down from the sky. Volaxus then lifted up his right paw and pointed at Pyro and said, "Raining Meteor Strike!"

The fireballs instantly changed direction and went towards him. Pyro activated his 'fire flash and tried to dodge them. As he looked back he saw the fireballs were pursuing him and they were gaining on him.

The fire dragon then snorted and flew up in the air with the fireballs in hot persuit. As he reached as high as he wanted to go he closed his eyes and activated his white nova mode. The shift created a boost for him pushing him farther ahead of the fireballs.

This gap was all he needed to gain some leverage. Pyro then spun around and yelled out, "Dragon-Fire Blades!" Pyro spun around and used tail blades, wings, and claws to launch multiple white fire blades, slashing the incoming fireballs.

As the fire dragon finished off the last one he narrowed his eyes back down at Volaxus. Volaxus smiled and taunted him by lifting his paw and telling him to come down.

Pyro dove down at his adversary full speed and prepared to attack, but just as he got close enough, Volaxus held up his left paw and shot black fire into the fire dragon's face. Pyro eyes were forced closed and he tried to pull out of his dive, but it was too late.

The dark fire dragon reached up, grabbed him, and began to crush him in his paw. Pyro screamed as he felt the shear power of this titanic dragon begin to crush him. His screams of agony reached his friends and it pained them to hear it.

Volaxus however smiled as he heard the young dragon scream and writhe in pain. He decided to make it more intense and lit paw up with dark fire. Pyro's screams became louder and more intense as the pain coursed through his body.

Everyone back in the seating area was on edge as they watched.

Star was in complete shock. Pyro had done so many amazing things up till now. In the past he has vanquished armies, defeated powerful enemies, destroyed the ancient Deinosutran, and mastered these many elements. She thought he was unstoppable, but now here he was being crushed by someone she had never even heard of and she could do nothing to help him.

Pyro then thought, 'I thought I knew… what I was getting into, but… this is just unbearable. But I can't give up. Its time to show this guy who he's messing with.'

Volaxus began to grow curious as Pyro's screams stopped and watched as his body began to shine brighter and brighter. The black flames began to dissipate and Pyro began break free of the monsters grip.

Volaxus then thought it was time to end this. The titanic dragon then opened his gigantic wings which could probably cover a football field and flew into the air. As he reached the height he thought would be enough, he lit his paw back on fire and tossed Pyro into the ground.

He then flew down and crashed onto the exact spot. Everyone watched as Volaxus just stood there standing on top of Pyro. Everyone was speechless.

Spyro then said, "No, this can't be. It can't be over, he can't be done. He just can't." Star was thinking the exact same thing as she watched this horrifying scene.

Volaxus the finally said, "This battle is over." As he said this the dark dragon suddenly felt his paw begin to move. Everyone watched as something began lifting the giant monsters paw.

As his paw reached up it was revealed to be none other than Pyro. The fire dragon was now in golden nova mode and had activated his lava gauntlets. The gauntlets had transformed into giant golden, fire paws and were holding up Volaxus's paw.

Using his super strength the golden dragon threw up Volaxus's paw, spun around, and used his gauntlets to deliver a powerful punch to the giant dragons side. The force of the blow sent Volaxus skidding sideways, but he quickly regained his balance and faced Pyro.

Pyro narrowed his eyes at his opponent and thought, 'Ok, time to get up close and personal.' The fire dragon then shot forward like a golden rocket breaking through the sound barrier with super sonic speed.

As he got in close, the golden fire dragon activated his gauntlets and prepared to do his speciality, paw to paw combat. He pulled his arm back drove a powerful right hook into Volaxus's muzzle, followed by a left uppercut to his jaw. He then used the momentum from his uppercut to spin around and back fist his opponent in the face with his right giant fist.

Volaxus then threw his own right hook at Pyro's body sending him to the ground, and kicked him away with his left paw sending him flying backwards.

Pyro then thought, 'Aw man, it feels like he broke a few of my ribs. My hips starting to hurt too. Ok I've held back long enough. After this attack I've got to transform!' Pyro flipped over and got his balance back.

Afterwords he activated his gauntlets, threw his giant paws forward, and sunk them into the ground. He then let himself fly back a little farther, and finally yanked his arms forward with all his strength. As he shot forward he summoned his comet element and let the power accumulate in front of him.

Everyone watched as Pyro's body took the form of a golden comet, and shot forward creating four shockwaves. Sparx then asked, "What is that?" Stella then said, "That's the same move he used to reach the lightning fortress when we fought Sterns's army.

Spyro then said, "He used it in our fight against Sterns when he saved me." Flame then said, "He's using his comet element to increase the velocity and power. What is that move?" Star then said, "That's the…"

Star/Pyro, "Golden/Golden Comet/Comet Rush/Rush.!"

As Pyro zoomed forward he hit Volaxus in the center of his chest and sent him flying into the stadium wall. The explosion that followed was golden and everyone watched as the golden dragon flew out and landed in the center of the arena.

Flare then asked, "Star, what does the 'Golden Comet Rush' actually do?" The white dragoness gave her a side glance before turning back to the match as she began her explanation. "The golden comet rush utilizes the full destructive power of Pyro's ancestral energy. By focusing the energy through his entire body and pushing it on the outside of his body he creates a small barrier around himself. He then uses his super speed to push into the barrier and turns himself into a comet. This is a form of drafting which allows Pyro to gain new speeds and break through the sound barrier. His highest speed using this technique is mach 3, but I think he just hit mach 4."

Candice then asked, "So is the fight over." "No." Razor answered in a serious tone. "That was just Pyro showing that he's not some push over Volaxus can take lightly. Now they're both going to get serious. The real battle starts right now."

Back in the battle Pyro stood still waiting for Volaxus to emerge and finally he did. The titanic volcano looking dragon stepped out and stood in front of Pyro.

He then said, "I must say, I was wrong to underestimate you. It would seem you are a worthy opponent. However I have not used my full power, if that attack was the best you had, you are in for quite the torturous battle."

The golden dragon raised a brow and watched as the Volaxus readied himself for the real battle.

Suddenly the ground began to shake and Volaxus body became shrouded in black flames. The flames began to spread across the entire arena.

As the ground shook cracks began to split the earth and yet Pyro stood perfectly still holding his ground.

The sky became dark and the clouds turned to storm clouds. Dark winds and mist began to swirl around and Volaxus as he gathered his full strength.

As everyone watched the winds and mist blow away, they saw a giant sphere of black, red, and orange fire. Suddenly the sphere burst open revealing Volaxus's transformation.

Volaxus had now grown in size, and his body looked like volcano with multiple vans of lava. His body radiated dark black and red fire like an aura as he stood there. Everyone could feel his power as he pushed outward from his body throughout the entire arena.

Glacia smiled and said, "Most impressive, how will you counter that Pyro. You've done very well so far, don't let me down now."

In the waiting area everyone watched in surprise and awe as they say Pyro's opponent change. Conner gulped and stared. Stella watched as his entire body shook in fear. Feeling for him she placed her paw onto his. Conner turned to her and smiled, thankful for the gesture.

Sparx then said, "And I thought he was big and ugly before. Now he's titanic." Cynder then said, "We shouldn't have let him go. I don't think he can win… he was tossing Pyro around like a rag doll, but now I can feel his power from here."

Razor then said, "Haven't you guys learned anything. Pyro will never give up no matter what the odds. He's been fighting to save both our worlds and he always has something worth fighting for. He can win this as long as he doesn't give up, just like Spyro did. Let's not make the mistake of doubting our friends a second time."

Razor's speech brought a smile to everyone's faces, and they all turned back to the fight. Razor then continued, "Besides, what we just saw was round 1. Now that it's round 2 Pyro's gonna go all out."

Pyro stood there looking up at Volaxus.

The giant dragon then asked in his distorted voice, "Well little Pyro, now that you've seen what I'm really capable of, are you frozen in fear. I suggest you give up now and beg for mercy while you still can. You may loose your dignity, but at least you'll keep your life."

The golden dragon just stared at him without a single emotion accept anger showing on his face. He then looked above his head and into the sky. Being curious Volaxus looked up to see what the young dragon was looking at.

Not seeing anything he figured the young dragon was making up some strategy or saying a prayer. Pyro was doing neither of those things, he was looking at the sun. The fire dragon then looked pulled up his right paw and looked at it sternly.

After gathering his thoughts, the fire dragon closed his fist, closed his eyes, and began to concentrate.

Everyone watched as a shockwave erupted from Pyro's body and his body erupted in flames. The fire dragons body was then surrounded by a fire dome which made his eyes shine like jewel in the darkness.

Then everyone's ears received a shock as the fire dragon let out a mighty roar as his power began to skyrocket.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, GUUUUUUUUUUUU!"

The waves and pulses of heat came out one after another reaching the each corner of the stadium and raising the temperature inside the stadium as well.

Back in the stands everyone was astounded with the level of power they could feel from where they were and how strong it was.

Suddenly Flame, Flare, Star, and Ember's bodies and their weapons began to glow. Spyro then asked, "What's going on?" Star then responded saying, "It's Pyro, his power is resonating with our fire cores, and our weapons."

Flare then said, "This is just unreal. How is he generating that much power, and how can it still be rising?"

Glacia was also impressed, as she watched the power pulse out of the fire dragon. Although she tried to hold in her excitement, she couldn't hide the smile that was on her face.

She then thought, 'Jones told me about him, but he never told me he was this powerful. It feels like his fire is reaching deep within my soul as it washes over my body. Oh, he truly is a prize. Malefor will love to have him join our team, but before that I'd like to have some fun with him first. Now let's see how this battle plays out.'

Back in the arena Pyro's power continued to rise, to a point where even Volaxus was astounded. The giant dark dragon thought to himself, 'This can't be. How can one so young wield this kind of power? His fire energy is off the scale, I can feel his power resonating with my own. Heh, I must admit, he is quite something.'

"HHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, AHAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHH!"

The sphere Pyro was inside of suddenly exploded and turned into a pillar of fire and double in size as it reached high into the sky.

Candice who was watching with complete disbelief received a shock as the earth beneath her feet began to shake. Everyone else became flustered as they tried to keep their balance as the quakes continued.

Flame then said, "It feels like the whole stadium is shaking. Man if Pyro keeps this up, this whole place could come down!" Sparx who was having trouble keeping his balance fell over on his face. As he picked himself up he said, "I just wish he'd get it over with already."

Spyro then looked out onto the field and said, "You can do it, bro."

Pyro's screams of power became louder and the pillar began to shrink, the last bits of Pyro's transformation were settling in. It seemed the fire dragon was trying to bring his power under control and tame his inner fire.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, AAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHHHHH, AAAAAAAAAAAAAA, NRRAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW,

NNNNNRRRRRGGGGRRRRUUUUUUUUUH,

NNNNNNNRRRRRAAAAAAAA, HAAAAAAAAAAAA, HAAAAA, HAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

As the dragon kings mighty roar echoed through the stadium the pillar of fire flowed into Pyro's body and an explosion flew throughout the stadium making everyone shield their eyes.

As the heat and light died down everyone looked from behind their arms, wings, shields, or whatever they were hiding behind and looked into the arena.

In the stands, everyone had been blow onto their sides from the blast and got up to look at what had happened. Candice then said, "You know the next time he's going to do that, I hope he gives us some kind of warn… Flare, what's wrong?" The fire dragoness had a face of complete awe as she looked into the arena. Hearing Candice's question she pointed into the arena and Candice's face soon turned the same.

Cynder was helped up by Spyro, who turned back to the arena with a serious look on his face. The black dragoness dusted herself off and asked, "What in the name of the devine creator was that?" Razor then said, "That was Pyro getting serious. Like I said before, this is where the battle really begins."

Cynder looked out onto the field and saw what everyone was gawking at including Glacia who had more of a smile on her face.

As Volaxus looked his face went into one of complete surprise. He marbled at Pyro's new body. It was a symbol of all fire dragon kind and if there was a such thing as perfection he would be really close. His body had once again grown to the size of an adult dragon, but his elemental master body had changed. His horn were now much sharper and along their golden frames were fire desines carved onto the sides. His body had muscles in all the right places, and the places that were not looked lean and tough. His spikes were shining like pure polished gold, and ran all the way down his back like the blades of a saw. The biggest change was his tail blade which normally was two, but now looked like the sword of a knight from the dark ages. Pyro had been reborn as an even stronger fire dragon master.

Volaxus wouldn't admit, but he was impressed, very impressed. He said aloud, "Well, well, well this is unexpected turn of events. I love an unexpected turn of events. Now that you've powered up. Let's just see what you made of young dragon."

Pyro's eyes flashed open revealing eyes that glowed like rubies in a dark cave and burned like wild fire untamed and pulsing with power. He then spoke in his new deep and powerful voice, "This is where the battle truly begins. You're about to learn the true ability of the dragon king. Now come! Let's get this started!"

With that the true battle between these fire titans had finally begun.

This time Pyro attacked first. He opened his enormous wings an took off into the sky and unleashed a fire stream so large and powerful it looked it came from a bomb explosion.

Volaxus roared out loud as the attack made contact. He then looked into the sky to see Pyro diving at him with great speed. The dark dragon held up his paw and unleashed a large sphere made of black lightning at Pyro.

The fire dragon was moving too fast to dodge it and received the full force of the attack. The sphere warped around him and began to electrocuting him all over. The dark lightning coursed through his body causing great pain to the fire dragon.

Volaxus smiled as he heard his opponents screams of agony. He then began to clench his paw which increased the intensity of the dark lightning and shrunk the sphere.

Pyro gritted his teeth as the lightning coursed through him, but he knew this was no time to lose himself. The fire dragon closed his eyes and summoned his own power of lightning. As Volaxus's lightning passed through him he converted the lightning to his own and stored them in the center of his body to let the power build.

As his screams died down everyone locked their eyes on the sphere. Suddenly the sphere sent out an electric pulse shocking Volaxus and making lose control of the sphere. Pyro then roared out loud as the sphere turned blue and came under his control.

The fire dragon then smiled as he tucked he began to spin like he would if were using his blazing buzz saw. He then began to let out small bits of lightning that filled up the sphere and made glow even brighter. Pyro's body became hidden from view as the sphere began to spin as well.

He then yelled out loud, "Let's see how you like this Volaxus! Raaaa! Lightning Comet Crush!"

Suddenly the sphere began to launch multiple lightning spheres down upon the dark dragon who had to shield himself behind his wing and kept stepping back as they continued to rain down upon him.

As the last of the lightning shots flew out, Pyro finally appeared in the sky and looked around for Volaxus in the cloud of smoke he created. As the smoke disappeared everyone received a shock. Volaxus was gone.

Pyro looked around frantically for his opponent but saw no sight of him. A ping suddenly went off in his mind, it was Fraxus. His dark side then yelled, "You fool, he's behind you!" Pyro eyes shot wide as he finally felt the dark presence behind him.

As he finally turned around all he saw was Volaxus's giant paw inches from his body. It was like in that exact moment time slowed down for the fire dragon, and as the paw made contact it all speed back in an instant.

Volaxus whacked Pyro out of the sky with tremendous power, shooting into the ground like a bullet. He then dove down in an attempt to crush him, but Pyro's body had grown accustomed to such heavy blows, and he jumped out of the crater and out of the way.

As Volaxus landed he spun around swing his giant tail at Pyro. Having no time to dodge, the dragon king was hit with the massive tail, once again being sent flying into a wall. Instead of being stuck in the wall Pyro bounced off of it and landed back on the ground.

As he recovered he saw Volaxus's giant tail coming in for another strike, but this time he stood on his back legs, stuck his claws in the ground, and caught it, sliding back a few feet.

Feeling the pressure of the tail, Pyro pushed off of it and backflipped into the air where he opened his wings once again.

The dragon king gritted his teeth and took in a deep breath. As he breathed out he yelled, "Gatling Comet Gunner!" A barrage of fire balls at the speed of a machine gun, but the size of basket ball's flying at Volaxus.

The fire-balls may have been small, but they still powerful, and because of their speed, Volaxus had no chance to counter attack. Pyro then began to fly around still unleashing the barrage of comet shots.

As the elemental master continued his onslaught Volaxus decided it was time to put this kid in his place, but then he began to think, 'This child is definite problem. I better make sure I have some insurance just in case this battle goes south. This may take some time, but when if this battle turns out of my favor this attack will kill him without fail.'

He began to study Pyro's movements and when he came within range he unleashed a dark fire stream.

Pyro was forced to stop in his tracks directly above Volaxus, giving his opponent the opening he needed. Volaxus opened his maw and shot two large condensed fire-balls at Pyro. Pyro reacted and dodged them, but was then hit by Volaxus's enormous left wing. The power of the blow knocked Pyro into the air. The blow was very powerful and it took all of his physical power to pull out of the blow and flip himself up right.

The dark dragon then looked up and thought, 'Now that I have some insurance to make sure this battle stays in my favor, it's time focus on the battle at hand.'

As the dragon king gained his bearings again, he took in a deep breath and launched a giant lava geyser upon Volaxus, landing a direct hit on his right shoulder. Although the attack did no severe damage it had succeeded in making the dark dragon very angry.

Volaxus summoned his own power of lava into his leftt paw which looked a red and black hole of swirling lava. The dark dragon then yelled out, "Magma Spear!" Everyone watched as lava traveled underground towards Pyro.

Pyro looked into the ground and waited for the attack; little did he know the attack was not coming from the front. A noise suddenly caught Pyro's attention and he turned back. Suddenly two spears of solid magma shot out from the ground, and stabbed in his back and right wing.

The young fire dragon roared out in pain as the two spears impaled him. Back in the stands Star was beside herself as tears began to form in her eyes. Spyro was just as horrified as he watched his brother fight.

Everyone was on edge as Pyro the strongest dragon on their team so far, being pushed to his absolute limits. Razor then said, "Something's not right. Pyro normally would have been able to dodge an attack like that."

Conner nodded agreeing with the psychic dragon as he followed up by saying, "You're right, I've seen him dodge faster sneak attacks then that. I've done some myself. He's not completely focused, something's distracting him."

Spyro then said, "Well whatever it is, I hope he can get it out of his head and focus on this fight because if he can't he won't be able to win."

Back in the ring Pyro tried desperately to get off the spears that had impaled him. As he was about to break the spears he looked up to see Volaxus one again gathering power into his paw, but this time it was his right paw.

This energy looked like mini black explosions, and orange fire lashing and swirling around his paw. This wasn't the same attack. Volaxus smiled as he swung his arm and yelled out his next attack dark attack, "Desolation Claw!"

The 'Desolation Claw' was just like his dragon fire blade. Four claw shaped fires flew at Pyro and slashed him all over his body. Everyone watched as the blades slashed him and his blood flew into the air.

Pyro face was one of shock and agony as the blades ripped through him, however the blades had also cut the magma spears and fallen out of his back. The dragon kings body was screaming out in pain, but the pain was drowned out by his new anger, and the fact that he knew that this wasn't a battle he could afford to lose.

The dragon king then thought, 'This is bad. I'm throwing everything I've got at him, and it's barely doing any damage at all. As long as the suns out I can use it's energy to refill my energy and heal my minor injuries. That may help me stay in this fight, but that won't allow me to win. Ok, it's time for me to try that new move; right now it's either do or die.'

The dragon king narrowed his eyes at Volaxus before using his wings to fly high into the sky. Volaxus watched as his opponent climbed higher and higher up.

As Pyro reached as high as he wanted to go he began to call upon all his powers of fire making his body glow and generate a high temperature of heat.

Back in the stands Flame began to get a funny feeling inside him. He then thought, 'This is the same feeling as before. My heat core is resonating with Pyro's, and it looks like I'm not the only one. Ember, Star, Flare, and Spyro are feeling the same thing.'

Flame then asked, "You guys feel that too?"

Spyro, Flare, Star, and Ember nodded revealing Flames suspicions to be true. Spyro then asked, "What do you think he's doing up there?" Razor stepped beside the purple dragon and said, "I don't know, but whatever he's doing it's gonna be big."

As Pyro continued pushing all his fire energy to the surface, he stretched his arms out to both sides. As he did this four spheres appeared around him and began to circle around him. The spheres began to circle faster and faster as they began to rise over his head.

He then folded his wings and dove for Volaxus with the spheres following him. As he gained speed the spheres began to change shape and looked asteroids. Pyro then began to spin himself as the spheres continued to circle around him.

Ember swallowed and asked in worried tone, "What is he doing?!"

"I don't know, but whatever it is, it's going to be big." Flare said in a just as worried tone. Sparx then said, "It looks like he's turning himself into a drill or a fire tornado."

Razor eyes then widened as he said, "It has to be, he finally figured out how to do it." "Do what?" Spyro asked curiously. Conner then asked next, "Yeah, what's going on, what's he trying to do?"

Razor then began to explain, "About three months ago Pyro and began to brain storm new moves we could use on powerful opponents that could actually challenge us. You've seen mine, 'Pyschic Infinity', but Pyro's was one I never thought he'd be able to pull off. Before he was planning on using his individual nova modes to pull it off, but now he's using his fire forms. He said it was called the…"

Back in the ring, Pyro began to spin even faster making the spheres over lap over him and fuse into a single sphere in front of him. He then activated his 'Golden Comet Rush' increasing his speed and rotation making what looked like a comet turned into a hurricane with fire, lava, and light lashing out in every direction.

At the same time Pyro & Razor, "Dragon/Dragon Twister/Twister!!"

The attack flew at Volaxus with incredible speed, the dark dragon jumped out of the way to dodge it, but it immediately turned around and struck him in tearing through his body and leaving a giant gash along with hundreds of slash marks along his left side.

Star and the others stared in complete shock at this sudden display of power and control.

Star then asked, "H-How, how the in the name of Devine Creator did he do that?"

Razor then said, "I think I can explain it. Pyro's nova form increases his physical and elemental power, but he's never done it with these other fire forms inside his body. Combined with the training he did by himself in that time room his body must have been strengthened greatly. He must have increasing his bodies power and insurance to deal with super high speeds and movements. The dragon twister is a move of a such blinding speed that you have very sharp eyes and above average battle sense to dodge it."

Spyro then said, "I guess Volaxus must have both he dodged it twice. Pyro's last shot just grassed him.

Candice then said, "But look how much damage just a graze did to him. How is a move like that even possible?"

By rotating your power around you and then spinning yourself you can balance out and combine energy through a stable balance of rotation. After that's done increasing your own body speed sharpens the edge of said energy making more like drill. Combining these energies however makes them incredibly dense which means you have to be moving at constant constant speed to keep from being weighed down by the pressure."

Flare then said, "So if you took a direct hit from the attack… you'd be getting hit by the pressure of the combined energy and receive excess damage from the rotation and speed."

Razor nodded and said, "If this guy were a normal dragon and that attack had hit him dead center, he would have been left in pieces. However what I can't figure out is how Pyro can see where he's going."

Ember was the first ask, "What do you mean, are you saying he shouldn't be able to see?"

The psychic dragon nodded and said, "You see for the attack to work, Pyro has to able make the fire completely solid which would make it impossible to see in itself. Added with the way he's spinning so fast, he shouldn't be able to see anything."

Flame then asked, "Wait, doesn't his blazing buzz-saw work the same way? So he must see the way he does when he uses that too."

Star then said, "It's heat."

Flare then asked, "What did you say?"

"I said, it's heat. Pyro and I have the ability to sense as see heat signatures. Pyro can ever differentiate them. So when he's spinning he hones in on the heat source of his enemy. And since he's not spinning his body around in a circle but facing forward he can actually see where Volaxus is by using his thermal vision. Since Volaxus's body is like a volcano he's like a beacon for Pyro's attack."

Everyone was completely baffled, even after explaining all that, they still couldn't believe what they were seeing.

As Pyro circled to finally nail his attack on Volaxus the dark dragon once again gathered his dark energy into his right fist. As Pyro came in he threw his fist forward and yelled out with a new found anger towards his opponent, "Blazing Darkness!"

Then what looked like a mini dark fire cyclone appeared on his paw and clashed with Pyro's dragon twister.

Everyone watched as the attacks clashed. The force created from the opposing forces blew everyone back and forced them to shield themselves. As it continued they noticed that Pyro's dragon twister and Volaxus's blazing darkness were spinning in opposite directions.

Finally the attacks dispersed sending Pyro bouncing and skidding across the ground and Volaxus skidding back while dragging his claws.

The volcanic dark dragon then looked his eyes on Pyro and narrowed his eyes in anger. He couldn't allow this. A dragon so young, but so powerful was impossible. No one had ever pushed him so far or lasted this long before. He swore he would make this dragon pay for his insolence. He would show him true pain.

The dark dragon leaped into the air and slammed his massive paw down on top of Pyro getting to roar out in pain. He was then picked up by Volaxus and brought to face level, before the titanic dragon began to crush Pyro's body in his gigantic paw.

Pyro fought to keep from being crushed using every ounce of what was left of his physical strength to fight against Volaxus's grip. Just before he could break free Volaxus reeled his arm back and tossed Pyro across the arena.

The sheer force of the throw was so powerful, Pyro couldn't pull himself out of it, and get his bearings back. As he began to lose speed he bounced across the ground creating small craters and cracks until he finally slammed into the far stadium wall.

As the full effect of the blow hit him, Pyro felt all the air in his body rush out of him as he coughed up blood from the impact. He then fell forward and lie flat on the ground writhing in pain.

Everyone watched in shock as they thought the battle had finally come to end. As they all watched in they received a sudden shock as Pyro's right paw moved to his side and began to push off the ground. They continued to watch as Pyro slowly but surely pushed himself up on all four of his paws and faced Volaxus once again.

Volaxus growled and once again unleashed his 'Desolation Claw'. Pyro reacted by spinning around and unleashing his dragon fire blades. As the attacks clashed they dissipated leaving nothing but embers left.

Pyro reacted first and once again unleashed his 'Blazing Buzz-Saw' at Volaxus. The attack wasn't as big as last time, but it was still dangerous

Everyone watched as Volaxus flew into the air as he began to pulse with dark energy, but Pyro wasn't about to let him off easy.

Using his bodies momentum, he pushed himself out of the fire wheel, grabbed it, and tossed it upward after Volaxus.

Volaxus looked back to see the sphere coming in at the last second. He turned to the side just enough to not have his wing sliced off, but still received a massive gash along his back that took. The buzz-saw had also taken off a few of his back spikes. Pyro growled that the attack missed its mark, but was glad it had done some serious damage.

Volaxus growled at the young dragon before composing himself and letting a small dark chuckle out. Pyro let confused look come over him as Volaxus continued to chuckle to himself.

The giant dark dragon finally ceased his chuckling, but still held a smile on his face as he locked his eyes down upon Pyro. Pyro narrowed his eyes once again and began to growl, but stopped as Volaxus began to speak.

"I must say young Pyro, I am very surprised. Although it annoys me that you've lasted this long, I must admit that you are a highly impressive fire dragon." He said in a very clam tone of voice.

Pyro couldn't help but smile towards those compliments, but he knew that Volaxus had some kind of explanation that probably went with those kind words, and an action that would probably be difficult for him to overcome.

Volaxus smiled and continued to speak, "As a reward for your skill and power I will leave you with a personal secret of mine. You see, being born in the dark fires of that mountain, and bathed in the dark magic of the Necro Mancers that created me, I was naturally inclined to obtaining as much dark power as I could furthering my powers. Every time I killed an enemy strong enough to oppose me, I absorbed their strength making myself even more powerful. Until I finally became the most powerful pyrokinetic being in my dimension. It would take any well know warrior 1,ooo years to reach the level of power I now poses, and even then it wouldn't be enough because by then I would increased my strength even further. Now is the time for you to surrender this fight to me."

Pyro's immediately turned to slits as he growled and got into his battle stance.

Volaxus's smile disappeared as he said, "You are annoyingly stubborn. Obviously you will continue to fight until their isn't a breath left in your body. So… Let's see how much power you have left to stop … THIS!"

Volaxus then lifted his paws above his head and began to push all his dark fire energy dark magic into a sphere. As more energy poured into the spheres center it increased in size.

Pyro watched as the sphere began to grow and grow in size right above his head. Everyone watched was well with the same agape faces. Flame then asked in worried screamish tone, "What is he doing?"

Spyro then said, "I don't know, but I do know is that if that attack hits the ground we're all dead!" As everyone heard that they all looked from Spyro to Pyro, then back up to the dark sphere that continued to grow in size.

Star's face was the most worried as she watched the attack that could be the end of the dragon she loved. Her eyes fell onto Pyro as she weakly said his name in worry, "Pyro."

In her own space Glacia watched in pure disbelief as Volaxus prepared his attack. She then thought, 'What was Malefor thinking this will kill us all. This is Pyro's battle so he's the only one who can stop this. I just hope he can."

As Volaxus pushed the last bits of his dark energy into the sphere he smiled and lifted his fore arm high. He then looked down and yelled down to Pyro, "Well, here you are Pyro! This is your test! Can you overcome this, let's just see you try!"

The sphere was the size of the entire arena and looked like a black sun. It pulsed with dark energy and was obviously well condensed.

Pyro looked up but not in shock, but determination. His eyes like him were ready to face the attack head on. He would not let fear into his mind and he would not give up.

As Volaxus saw him his face changed from one of excitement to one of irritation. He then thought to himself, 'Those eyes, how can he still have those eyes? Well I see that he never makes them again!'

Pyro roared out loud gathering whatever power he had left. As everyone watched they saw purple tattoos begin to appear on Pyro's body. Then suddenly his body erupted and was covered in purple fire making him look like Spyro. The glow then increased as purple lightning began to spark out of him as well. Everyone kept watching as they saw what looked like purple whips lash out of his body as well.

Candice then asked, "What are those whip things?" Cynder looked closely and finally realized what they were. She answered, "It's wind. Pyro learned the element of wind!"

Sparx then asked, "But I don't understand. What's he trying to do?"

Spyro then said, "He's gathering every bit of power he's got left inside his body fusing it with convexity. He's going to give it everything he's got to win this battle."

Flare then said, "But that thing is too huge there's no way he can stop that! He has to give up or he could die!" "Normally, I wouldn't be one to doubt a friend, but Flares right. He can't possibly stop that in the state he's in."

"NO!" Everyone then turned to Razor as they saw it was him that yelled. He then continued as he said, "Pyro is not about give up! He never gives up! He keeps fighting no matter what, because he knows what he's fighting for. He can do it!"

Spyro then said, "Razor's right! Pyro can do it! We have to have faith in him just like he did in all of during our battles."

Everyone looked to each other letting smiles of determination come to their faces. They all then turned to Spyro and nodded and looked back into the ring

He readied himself and pull his arms back as he yelled, "LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT DRAGON KING! PLANETARY NOVA DESTRUCTION!"

Pyro opened his wings and shot off like a rocket leaving a cloud of smoke where he was standing. He flew towards the sphere just as Volaxus launched it. The sphere bathed the entire arena in black light and weight of it began to bear down on the audience and the others.

Pyro reached out his paws as he came within 4 feet of the sphere and thought, 'No matter what, I have to stop this attack. And. I. Will.'

Pyro and the sphere finally struck each other and the collision created a purple and black shockwave to fly out.

Everyone watched in pure as these two forces battled for dominance of power. Pyro pushed with all his might as Volaxus used his dark power to try and force the sphere forward.

Volaxus then pulled his arms back and shot them forward with all his strength sending out a black shockwave from his arms hitting the sphere and pushing it forward. Pyro tried to fight back as the mass of dark energy began to push him back towards the ground.

Pyro felt the sphere's pressure increasing, but he wasn't about to give up. He once dug deep inside himself and increased his power output. The purple glow around him increased in size and began to push the sphere back into the sky.

This continued on and on as they both battled for dominance.

Volaxus then said, "Well as much as I have enjoyed this, It's time to end this battle once and for all!" The dark dragon then shot two black beams from his paws into the sphere further increasing it's size and density.

Pyro's eyes shot wide as the force of the object suddenly doubled what it was be kept trying to push back, but no matter how much power he kept putting in he just couldn't push the sphere back up. Pyro was forced back into the stadium as the pressure and power of Volaxus's attack kept pressing down upon him.

Pyro's back paws finally touched the ground as the sphere continued to crush him, but he wouldn't quit.

Pyro then thought, 'Is this it? Is this how it ends for me? No. NOOO!'

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"

Suddenly Pyro's body exploded with golden energy. He reached deep into his soul and summoned his ancestral energy to the surface.

Volaxus face went into shock as he thought to himself, 'No this can't be. It would seem I need my trump cards after all. They should both be finished charging by now. Yes they are and their on their way back. Even in the end if I lose this small struggle I still win the battle.'

He then pulled his fist back and punched the sphere making it go up slightly.

Spyro then said, "His powers exploded and he moved the sphere up." "Yeah, but it's only a little he has to get it back in the air!" Flame said in a bit of worry. Sparx then said, "Uh guys, I don't think he's done yet, look at his arms!"

Pyro had once again activated his gauntlets and which had become giant golden fists. Pyro then began to repeatedly punch the sphere into the air creating golden shockwaves with each blow. As he reached the maximum height he could reach he pulled back his fist delivered the strongest punch he could muster sending the sphere right back from where it was launched by Volaxus.

Star then said, "He-He did it. He really won."

Pyro began to breath hard as his body began to relax. Pyro's body then began to throb in pain. His whole body began to writhe in pain.

Spyro began to eye his brother and said, "Hold on a minute, I think something's wrong with Pyro."

Razor used his psychic power to analyze Pyro's body. His eyes then shot wide as he realized what was wrong. He then said, "No, no, no this is bad!" "What's wrong Razor?" Stella asked quickly.

Pyro's ancestral energy is almost completely gone. He's nearly exhausted all of it." Hearing that Star looked back up to Pyro in pure worry. Sparx then asked, "What does that mean? Can't he just recharge it or something?

Star then shook her head no and said, "No, he can't. Pyro's ancestral energy is usually self sustaining, but even it has a limit." Sparx then said, "I-I still don't understand the problem." "The problem is the ancestral energy is part of Pyro's soul. If he ever completely depletes it… he dies." She said in a stern yet worried tone.

Candice then said, "Well at least the battles over. Now he can rest and recharge."

Razor then began to scan for any sign of Volaxus, and he found something rather odd; there was no sign of him at all. There was no body, no body parts, no pieces of flesh, not even ashes, but there were still remnants of his energy. That could only mean…

Razor then said, "No, this battle isn't over. Volaxus is still alive!"

Everyone then looked to the psychic dragon in shock before looking back out onto the arena.

Everyone then looked in shock as the dark dragon finally reappeared. Pyro turned around slowly with his eyes as wide as they could get. Volaxus then looked down at him with a cocky smile.

He then said, "Now don't tell me you're all done. Well I suppose that this is truly then end then." Two sphere suddenly came down from the sky appeared on the opposite sides of Volaxus over his shoulders.

He then said, "You should feel honored young dragon. Not many get see my most powerful attack. You see these spheres are the same fire-balls I shot at you after you used your barrage on me. They've were deep in space absorbing the solar energy of the sun, and the cosmic energy of space. Combined with my dark power these two are the same as two nuclear bombs. As I said this is then end."

Volaxus then slammed his paw on the ground, and said, "Magma Pillar!" A pillar of solid magma appeared and nailed Pyro in the gut sending him flying into the air. He then lifted his paw pointed his claw upward making the two spheres fly after him.

As the sphere's flew up they came with in 1 foot of Pyro body. Volaxus then snapped his claws as he said, "Goodbye Dragon King, Nuclear Darkness!"

As they exploded a white light flashed in the sky blinding everyone and as the explosion sent out shockwaves through the sky and on the ground. Everyone screamed as the aftershock of the explosion pushed them back into their seats, and pushed their seats back as well.

As the light died down and everything settled down, everyone looked into the sky an saw no sign of Pyro. Although they doubted there could have been anything left of him after a blast like that.

Spyro and the others all looked with plain disbelief. Razor then said, "No, it-it can't be true." Star then said as tears came to her eyes, "Please, please no. Please Pyro you can't die. Please don't be dead."

As they looked Sparx spotted something in the air. He then yelled, "I see something!"

Everyone looked up and saw that it was not one thing but two. As Razor narrowed his eyes they opened up even wider and his mouth began to open in shock.

The two objects hit the ground and clanged making dust fly off the stadium floor. As the dust blew away the objects were revealed to be … Pyro's lava gauntlets covered in ash and burnt severely.

Volaxus then began to laugh out loud as he had finally attained his victory. He then yelled, "It is as I said! THIS BATTLE IS FINALLY OVER!"

Star continued to look in disbelief. She then placed her paw on the gate and then yelled out in pure agony, "NOOOOOOOO!"

Razor then stepped beside her and placed his paw on her shoulder as tears began to well up in his own eyes. Star then whipped around and said, "Razor, Razor please tell me he's not dead. Tell me he's still alive. He can't be dead, he can't be!"

Conner then said, "Star, it's over, he's gone. That last attack was like two nuclear bombs going off at point blank range. There is no way he could have survived that."

Star then broke down on Razor and cried into his chest. Spyro couldn't hold back his tears either and neither could the others.

Flame was about to start crying, but turned away from the others. He walked up to the gate and thought, 'I'm not taking this anymore. I'm not going to let Pyro die in vain. I'm going to kill this guy in Pyro's pl… what the heck.'

Flames eyes then landed on Pyro's gauntlets. The gems at the hilts were glowing, and the glow was beginning to grow brighter.

Flame then said, "I-I don't believe it." Ember turned to him and nuzzled next to him as she said, "I know Flame, I can't either. I can't believe he's gone."

"That's not what I can't believe." Ember then looked up and asked, "What are you talking about?" The fire guardian then said, "Guys, I think Pyro is still alive."

Everyone turned to Flame with confused looks on their faces, but turned back to the arena as the announcer began to speak.

WELL FOLKS IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE DRAGONS HAS FINALLY FALLEN. THE WINNER IS THE DRAGON OF BURNING DARKNESS VOLAX… HUH?"

Volaxus then turned to the announcer and saw that he was looking up. He then looked up himself and saw what he was looking at.

Suddenly back in the stands Spyro and the others received a shock. Flame, Emebr, Star, Spyro, Cynder, and Flare all began glowing.

Flame then said, "I can feel it. Something's resonating with my fire core and from what I can see it's resonating with you guys too."

Cynder then said, "Spyro, do you really think he survived… what are you looking at?" They all turned to Spyro with his mouth opened wide and his wide eyes locked onto something in the sky.

They all looked into the sky and saw what looked like a small sun with something in the middle of it. The sun began to descend into the arena shining a bright light over that looked like the suns rays over the arena.

Suddenly the sun flashed shining a white light over the arena. Everyone watched as the sun began to condense in on itself. Then the sun began to take shape into an all to familiar figure.

Razor then said in a bit of disbelieving tone, "I-Is that? Can it really be…" Spyro shook his head and said, "I dare not believe my eyes." Star looked as a look of shock which transformed into a smile as she saw who it was.

In the middle of the arena stood a shining red who who had an outer red and orange fire glow around him. This dragon was Pyro was alive.

The outer glow around radiated flowed around him making him look like he was a being of the sun itself. It encircled and looked like was apart of him, and like was alive. Pyro's body had also changed. Along his newly red glowing body which leaner then usual were new ancient looking orange markings that looked very similar to the symbols he saw back in Volcanus's volcano. On each of his shoulders were the symbols of each of his fire forms, and on his back between his wings along the line of his bond mark, was the symbol of his family.

As Pyro finally opened his eyes he immediately locked them on Volaxus who was staring at him in utter disbelief, and so was everyone else in the arena.

Glacia then thought, 'This is just incredible. He's got more power then he did when this match began. I can't believe this. He is the one we need."

Volaxus growled at his newly reborn opponent and said, "So tell me… Pyro, just how did you survive that blast. It should have incinerated you."

Pyro began to explain speaking in a new echoey and loud tone that was obviously a side effect of his new body, "During the entire fight I was watching you, seeing if you would make a mistake. You thought I only used my thermal vision when I used my dragon twister and blazing buzz-saw, but in reality I had been watching you with my thermal sight the entire time. So when you attacked me with those fire balls you shot into space I immediately saw that they were irregularly formed and kept them in mind during our fight. As the fight continued my ability to sense heat began to increase along with my transformation and I began to sense a heat that was coming from neither you nor me. It didn't take me long to figure out it was those fire-balls you shot at me that were the sources of this heat."

Volaxus then snorted as he asked, "So you knew the entire time. What stopped you from stopping me from making the attack? Did you just hope that you would be able to finish me off before I used it."

Pyro shook his head and said, "No the moment I figured out what you were doing I knew there was no way of stopping the attack. Defeating you before you used it was an option, but I was already too exhausted to rush in at you like that. So there was only one option. I had to fully exhaust my inner fire. However my plan backfired on me when you launched your planetary nova destruction. I had to use all of the convexity and my own ancestral energy. My ancestral energy is apart of my soul, so when I nearly drained it, it left me weaker then I would like, but as you can see, the results were the same."

Volaxus was beside himself. He just couldn't figure out how this dragon, how this child could have done this. He then asked, "What I want to know is how you survived that attack and how you gained this new power. Those explosions were far too massive for you to escape and your body completely drained you did not have the strength to block them either. So how?"

Pyro began to explain, "As you said I was weak, that is exactly why I was still alive."

"What do you mean? That makes no sense!" Volaxus obviously angry.

Pyro continued, "It will once I explain. You see years ago when I became the elemental master of fire, I gained the power over fire itself. Meaning I can absorb the energy of any heat source including other fire dragons attacks."

This news hit Volaxus like a bell hammer hitting a bell. He then said, "So you absorbed my attack?! That explains why you've changed. You absorbed so much of the heated energy it actually changed you. But I don't understand, you didn't absorb any of my attacks during our entire battle!"

Pyro nodded and said, "That's right I didn't. You Volaxus you are an embodiment of darkness. If had absorbed even one of you dark fire attacks, I would have been corrupted. When you told me that your spheres had absorbed the solar energies of the sun that was all I needed to hear. I knew you had to include a small amount of your dark power so you could control and detonate the spheres, but that was all. I absorbed your attack and used the energy to fully restore all of my power."

Volaxus growled loudly as Pyro explained, just as he was about to say they should continue their fight a thought came to him.

He then asked, "You said that you drained your ancestral energy which was apart of your soul. How could you possibly find a replacement for such a pure source of energy? Did you convert the heated energy?"

Pyro shook his head no and said, "No, to refill that I need pure energy. You see as I was absorbing your attack I was getting weak from absorbing such a mass of power. I didn't think my body was going to hold out."

Flash Back:

As the explosions commences Pyro holds out his arms to both spheres and begins to absorb the power within them.

The energy flows threw his paws and wraps around his arms as it flow into the center of his chest and spreads out to the rest of his body.

He begins panting as he still has much to absorb, but his body is already warn out. But he knows that if he stops now the explosion will do some mager damage that he might not be able to heal from; he had to hold on, he just had to.

The light of his ancestral energy began to fade, and his body began to weaken, but as he continued absorbing he felt a new power begin flow into him giving him strength.

Pyro's eyes shot open as he thought, 'What is this energy? I can feel it giving me strength. It's flowing into me through the spheres and… it's making ancestral energy surge.

Suddenly Pyro's ancestral energy core expanded and pulsed with new energy returning his strength and giving him a new kind of power. He continued to absorb Volaxus's attack, pushing his body to its limits and driving himself to convert the energy and reach a new level.'

As he finished his body flashed and exploded in a bright golden orange light. As a sun shaped sphere appeared around him. He examined his new body and felt his new strength.

End of Flash Back-

Pyro's composure hadn't changed in the slightest as he continued his explanation. "The cosmic energy from your attack is what refilled my ancestral energy, expanding my soul and my power. This allowed me to fully absorb your attack and reach a new level of power."

Volaxus growled as he heard that this young dragon had done something completely unheard of. The dark dragon then smiled and chuckled to himself as he said, "You can any trick you like, but it will only prolong your destruction. Now face your end, little Pyro." He then lifted up his paws and summoned a sphere of dark energy.

Pyro stood there staring at his opponent. He then narrowed his eyes at Volaxus. The dark dragon launched the attack, but Pyro didn't move a muscle; everyone watched as they saw the attack make contact and exploded in an orange and black explosion.

Everyone looked through the cloud of smoke created from the attack for any sign of Pyro. As the smoke finally cleared they were all shocked to find no sign of him at all; he was completely gone.

Volaxus began to scan for him across the arena and yelled, "Where are you, where?!" Suddenly something caught Volaxus's eye. He saw something with a bright orange and golden glow coming in from his right, and just as he turned to it, he was whacked in the face and sent skidding back.

He then looked to the side to see that it was Pyro who had attacked him. The young dragon had punched him with his magma gauntlets fist mode, which were now glowing with the same energy he was.

Pyro snorted as he said, "You don't get it do you. Like my ancestors before me I have evolved and gained new power for the sake of my friends, their world, and my home. I have become stronger than you can possibly imagine. I AM THE ULTIMATE FIRE DRAGON, PYRO THE DRAGON KING!"

As Pyro said that his body exploded with an outer aura which looked like raging orange and golden fire, as his body and the ancient orange markings along his body erupted in an equal glow. His eyes went from their normal circular shape to their predatory dagger shape.

Volaxus let out a loud roar as he summoned the full force of his dark power making an outer glow of dark fire appear around him.

He leapt at Pyro with surprising speed and threatened to tear him in half with his claws. Pyro's left giant orange and golden fist blocked the attack and he delivered a powerful right hook with his right sending the titanic dragon skidding backwards.

He then took in a deep breath and yelled out, "Cosmic Fire Stream!" Volaxus looked in utter shock as a giant stream of golden and orange fire sparkling with what looked like silver stars at Volaxus. The fire engulfed Volaxus and blasted the area around him.

Everyone watched as the smoke cleared and looked upon the arena as they saw Volaxus's body smoking and the area around either covered in burn marks, ash, or was melted.

Pyro then narrowed his eyes at Volaxus and said, "Volaxus this fight ends now!"

The dragon king disappeared and reappeared below Volaxus. Before the dark dragon could react, Pyro unleashed his ancestral beam and blasted the dark dragon into the sky. Volaxus reached at least 100 ft in the air before he rolled out of the way of the beam and opened his wings. He then looked forward to see Pyro before him.

The dark titan yelled out, "I will not be humiliated by a child! This will be you're end!"

Pyro shook his head and said, "No, this battle will end with you'r defeat and your death! I will finish you with the technique I gained becoming an elemental master!"

Suddenly Pyro's body began to radiate with all his elemental energy. His friends watched as he looked a rainbow star in the sky. The rainbow aura expanded farther and farther and began to lash out in all directions.

Finally Pyro let out a loud roar and extended his arms. As he did this six spheres appeared around his body. These spheres were the cores of his inner fire: his normal fire, his nova fire, red, blue, white, and gold. The sphere were pulsing with energy and were glowing just as bright as he was.

He then extended his right paw foreword making the spheres launch out and surround him and Volaxus. The spheres then changed shape and looked like dragons made of fire. As the shapes finally began to settle each of them looked exactly like Pyro.

Pyro then yelled, "This is my attack! Nova Furry!"

Pyro's already glowing body lit on fire, the colors matching his new body. He then disappeared with is new super speed and flew over to his first fire dragon; the one that looked like normal fire.

As Pyro came in contact with the fire dragon, it dispersed and was absorbed into his body making his outer fire expand and and change to that color. After fully absorbing the dragon Pyro shot off towards Volaxus and slashed him. The slash mark was very large considering his monstrous size and everyone in the arena gasped at Pyro's new display of power.

Spyro turned to Razor and asked, "What is he doing, what's that attack?'

Razor didn't take his eyes off the battle as he began to explain, "Nova Furry, was the attack Pyro developed when he first became an elemental master. It utilizes the full force of his fire power."

Sparx then asked, "So… how does it work?"

Razor continued, "He begins by blasting his inner fire and nova cores out of his body as you've just seen and activates his nova mode. Before his spheres didn't change their shape into dragons, I guess that's a bonus. Anyway after he charges up enough power he flies around collecting and re-absorbing each sphere. By doing this each sphere gives him a surge of power which he uses to attack his opponent. He collects the sphere in the order of how powerful they are and once he's collected them all, he uses all their combined power to finish off his opponent."

Just as Razor said Pyro dashed towards the next sphere, his red nova sphere. As he did this his body erupted in red flames as he slashed Volaxus again. Next he used the blue sphere, then the white, and finally his gold.

Volaxus was writhing in pain as he was repeatedly slashed by this onslaught of attacks.

As Pyro preformed his last slash he flew above Volaxus as he once again glowed with rainbow fire. He opened his maw and unleashed a giant rainbow fire stream blasting Volaxus back into the stadium.

As Pyro flew back down the gaint cloud of smoke began to fade away and he saw Volaxus lying motionless on the ground. His glow died down and his body went back to its normal elemental master state.

Candice then asked in a worried and awed tone, "D-Did he win?"

Her question was answered as they all saw Volaxus's arm move. He began to push his body up and once again stood to face Pyro.

He then screamed down in anger, "I am the destroyer of lands, the annihilator of armies, the dragon dark fire! I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED BY YOU!"

Pyro shook his head and said in his normal voice, "You just don't know when to give up. I am one who thinks everyone has a right to live, but since you won't back down, I have no choice but to end this."

Pyro's scales suddenly lit up again as his transformation kicked in and his voice once again changed as he yelled, "THIS is my new ultimate technique, SUPER NOVA BLAZING DRAGON STRIKE!"

Pyro body erupted in fire as what looked like a giant dragons head engulfed his body. As he stormed towards Volaxus the fire took the shape of a giant Chinese dragon completely made of fire glowing the same color as Pyro's new form.

The titanic fire beast stormed forward and struck Volaxus in his chest before blasting and streaming into the sky. As it did it roared out loud and its fiery body raged out lighting Volaxus on fire.

The dark dragon roared out in agonizing pain as Pyro's fire burned him.

The giant golden and orange dragon then turned downwards and dove at Volaxus and opened its maw. As it did a giant fire sphere formed in its jaws blazing with same level of power it was. As the dragon finally impacted a powerful explosion that looked like it was setting the very air on fire flew up and spread throughout the entire arena.

Everyone in the arena had shocked faces and wide open jaws. As the smoke cleared Volaxus's body was nowhere to be seen except for the ash that was flowing out of the arena and scattering to the wind.

Everyone kept staring as Pyro's teenage body appeared through the smoke. Even Glacia was left speechless at Pyro's display of power. He truly was the 'ultimate fire dragon'.

As everyone stood there in silence, clapping was suddenly heard. Pyro turned to see that it was Glacia who was clapping, with a big smile on her face. Then he began to hear more clapping throughout the stadium.

Then in a surprise the whole stadium began an uproar in cheers, whistles, and screams. Pyro, being a crowd pleaser smiled and raised up his fist into the air in victory.

The crowd cheered even louder as he did so and they watched as he made his way back to the stands his body still smoking.

As he made his way to the cell gate, the wolf stepped aside, opened the door, and bowed as a show respect. Pyro nodded to wolf and went inside.

As he made his way in deeper he collapsed on the ground. Everyone rushed over to try and help him and treat him. Flame tried to touch him, but as soon as his paw touched Pyro's scales he got burned.

"Yow! His body heat is crazy high, even I can't touch him." the fire guardian said in a bit of shock. Star then walked up next him and asked, "Pyro, are you alright?"

He opened his eyes and said, "My body, it's burning. It hurts." Razor began to scan Pyro's body and saw that his entire body was over heating and increasing the damage of his internal injuries. The psychic dragon then said in a stern tone, "We've got to cool his body down now!"

Just as he said that a new voice came saying, "I think I can help with that." Everyone turned around to see it was Glacia. She stepped passed the dragons and walked up to Pyro's still smoking body, but as she did she was met with Star standing in her way nag growling.

Glacia smirked and said, "I may be an ice dragoness, but I must say you're much colder than I am. Letting your jealousy get the better of you and leaving your mate in pain."

Star then looked back and saw the pained look on Pyro's face. That alone was enough to make her stand aside. Glacia then stepped forward and began to examine Pyro's body. She then placed her paw on his side immediately taking it away as she felt the heat it was giving off.

She then said, "This should help." She began to breath a low but very strong ice mist over Pyro's body which began to create steam as it came in contact with his scales.

As the cooling mist began to cool down his body, Pyro felt his eyes closing as his body began to shut down so he could rest. His eyes finally closed and he fell into a deep sleep.

Pyro showed almost immediate signs of relief as his body began to cool down. Glacia stopped her breath and said, "Take him to medic chamber. Once he wakes up bring him to my chambers, theres something I'd like to discuss with this fire dragon."

The wolves followed her orders and one of them picked Pyro up and began to carry out of the room.

As the wolves left Spyro said, "Ok everyone, that's our cue." Cynder, Star, and Sparx were confused. Sparx then asked, "What are you guys talking about?"

Razor answered by saying, "Pyro has a plan on getting out of here and we're about to put into action. The first stage has already been set in motion. If we don't act now, we'll have to keep fighting. Alright now here's the plan."

Will Pyro's escape plan work? What is he planning to do? What is Glacia planning on discussing with him? All answers and more will be answered in the next chapter of Spyro meets Pyro. Please leave your reviews and thanks for the support. Until next time everyone!