Spyro the Dragon: Creation and Destruction

By ValkierieDjermegandre

Disclaimer: Sigh...hey! I still don't own Spyro or any related characters that appear in this story! They belong to their respective creators at Vivendi Universal! I own Spyro's god form, his powers and any original characters including, but not limited to, Atlas! I also own the scenario and not...much...else!! Rawwrr!! Okay? Okay.

Plot: Through time, there has always been one god who has been the object of fear; one who's right hand is chaos…who's left hand is destruction…who's very breath is pestilence. Creation and destruction will clash…as forbidden myth becomes black truth…

Notes: It's here! The next part in my Spyro the Dragon God saga, Creation and Destruction. Mostly inspired by my own need for another story to write and an answer to the requests for the next part of the saga (I'm looking at Draganta the Dragonlord and Nightmare King). Hope you like this too!

Book III: Dawn of Eternity

Chapter XXXVII: Requiem

Earlier…

After the bout between Terra and Hinarious, the latter Sage Dragon lifted the bishōn onto his back and carried him to the shrine. He gingerly placed Terra under the bell's platform and onto the shrine…after which, a magic glyph that encompassed the entire lower area raged with white ether. Hinarious emitted a low chuckle and watched as black dust started to rise from the center of the magic circle.

"Hmm…seven hours, I'd say. Ha, ha…I hope that those dragon Gods are moving fast. Meanwhile, I'll go get ready to entertain my guests when they arrive. Ha, ha, ha…!" Hinarious said. His demonic laughter echoed through the immobile winds and a shadow of a cruel beast started to rise from his own…

Present…three hours left…

After Atlas had blasted Hinarious with a huge meteor, the crimson dragon followed his prey out of the establishment. As Hinarious was falling and slowly escaping Atlas' grip, the God of Destruction streamlined his body to catch up with his victim. He succeeded and after he grabbed Hinarious by the Sage's robe, he proceeded to punch Hinarious furiously with Deimos. After punching Hinarious maybe ten times, the red dragon firmed his grip, spun his victim around in the air and tossed him toward the other temple sections below. Hinarious crashed through a roof below and hit a lower area of the temple, creating a crater on impact. Atlas smirked darkly and followed Hinarious; he crashed through the same roof and hit the floor below, shaking and cracking the ground on impact.

"I will destroy you, Hinarious…there is a special place in Hell just for you!!" Atlas growled. Hinarious smirked, stood straight, and looked at the God of Destruction.

"Hmm, hmm…let us see you try, Atlas…oh, I'm sorry. Lord Atlas…" Hinarious cockily said.

Atlas simply twitched his left eye and charged at Hinarious with a furious battle cry. The God of Destruction drew his arm back and his claws became covered in black mist and stars; he swung his hand in a horizontal fashion and this action caused his claws to stretch out as a harsh whip that was covered in stardust. Hinarious simply bent his body back and ducked under the attack, bending his body back in the proper direction and charging at his opponent. The deity grit his fangs and crossed his arms, allowing the blades on his bracelets to pop off and transform into comets. Atlas smirked and made a pushing motion with his hands, causing the storm of comets to scream towards Hinarious. The Sage stretched his sword out in front of him and took calculated swings to slice the comets in half, allowing them to glide past him harmlessly.

Angered further, Atlas charged at Hinarious once more wielding his fists in protest. He struck out at Hinarious with a series of comet-like punches, their tails made of the chakra trailing from the God's fists. However, Hinarious dodged every attack and after dodging the final attack, he ducked to his left and struck out with a rising kick, cleanly hitting Atlas in his chin. Surprisingly, the God of Destruction was thrown back a considerable way and hit the ground with a resounding thud that caused stone from the floor to radiate from the impact point. Hinarious smirked and walked up to Atlas where he intended to cut him in half with his sword, but Yokurious rushed to Atlas' aid, standing with his back and shield to Hinarious. The shield effectively blocked the dark Sage's weapon and the white Sage countered by taking a broad swipe with his longsword.

Hinarious staggered back, clutching the wound, and Yokurious forced Atlas to rise. The God of Destruction took the chance that was given to him and once again summoned his Shinigami Ryoku. The crimson dragon took hold of Rhanara of the Raging Earth and it transformed into two gold bracelets around Atlas' wrists. He swung both of his arms out and a chain stretched from each one that each ended in a glass orb. The orb on his right chain transformed into an axe that was the same size as the dragon God's body; the handle was black with gold stripes in certain places and the axe head was made up of two axe blades that were silver in color and had red designs on them. The left orb transformed into an enormous spiked ball that was capable of tearing down anything that it came in contact with and could possibly shatter the very earth. There were dark red runes humming all around the sphere and the spikes seemed to have been made of solid Orichalcum. After his weapons had formed, Atlas lifted his right foot from the ground and brought it back down as though he were a sumo wrestler, causing a brief earthquake that shook the entire grounds.

"I'll destroy you, Hinarious!!" Atlas roared, with his green saliva flying from his mouth…

Meanwhile, in the gardens of Nirvana, Terra was slightly stirring from where Hinarious had knocked him unconscious. He looked around and spotted the magic glyph that was giving off a divine, yet also sinister, energy. He looked at the center, which was near his body, and beheld the sight of a chain and crest being formed from black dust. Seeing as he didn't know what any of this was, the silver bishōn simply moved his body and forced himself to stand. This turned out to be quite a chore considering what had transpired before he was knocked unconscious. The wolf had a look of contempt about his face and he started to walk away from the shrine and the gardens, until he remembered that there was no door out of this place. Standing outside of the shrine, Terra looked up at the bell that was above him…it was still and soundless.

"…why am I here? What was ever my purpose…?" Terra said. He seemed to be asking this question of the bell, but he would hear no answer, "Why am I made to be tortured like this? I never knew what all of this really meant…and I won't ever know…"

"Or maybe you will know…" came the voice of the Devil.

"Who's there?!"

"Hmm, hmm…probably just no one…or maybe, just the one you wanted to see."

"Huh?" A black and red cloud stirred in front of Terra…giving him the sight of the Devil, Ryoshin. The enormous Yokkurei sat on the flowers and looked at the bishōn below him, shaking his head.

"And I thought Atlas was a pathetic waste of space in the world. But you, Terra…even though you are the brother to the second most powerful being, you are nothing."

"What?!"

"Even when you had those headphones and you thought you were so strong, you were still a pathetic wretch! Turning your back on the world is one thing…but turning your back on the world and then trying to crawl back into its arms?! How can you possibly be so weak?!" Ryoshin's anger was reflected by his eyes radiating a bright red.

"Weak…?"

"Yes, weak…powerless, even. There is no salvation for your soul…you are not even fit to set foot upon these grounds. You are better off dead…"

"…'A life is only measured by that life's ability to continue to exist'…"

"What?"

"'A life is never a waste as long as that life wants to continue on. No matter what that life has done…a life always deserves another chance.'…my big brother taught me that."

"Cute. And that is actually supposed to affect my words?"

"No, but maybe it'll get you to shut up long enough to realize everything that you're saying!!"

"I am over 5000 years old, scum. My words are the wisest of any dragon's."

"If that's true, than you would know that you can't just tell someone that they deserve to die just because they made a few wrong choices! I could still do some things right!"

"Hmph. You have had so many chances to correct yourself, but you have failed on all accounts. What's more is that you are effectively stuck in this garden until the doors open for another soul. You can't do anything here, so how can you expect to redeem yourself?"

"Arrgh…you led me into that, didn't you?"

"It was you who took the bait, scum. Don't speak words that have no purpose; you will only speak of your own will."

With that sentiment, Ryoshin vanished and left Terra alone. The silver bishōn fell to his knees and punched the ground several times to illustrate his anger…afterward, he simply watched as blood trickled from between his fingers…

Back on the battlefield, Hinarious stood opposite of the God of Destruction that had just drawn his most potentially destructive Ryoku. Atlas showed his fangs that dripped with his venomous saliva, a point that was illustrated by the floor boards being eaten away as his saliva dripped. Yokurious was somewhat intimidated by what Atlas had become…a true demonic anima. Atlas reared his left arm back and thrust it forward, releasing the giant spiked ball and properly sending it at Hinarious. The latter became immediately alert and quickly ducked to the side, allowing the weapon to sail past him. The weapon instead hit a wall behind Hinarious and easily smashed it with a resounding crash; a tremor was most likely sent all across the temple.

Hinarious looked at Atlas for a second…and then took off through the opening that the God of Destruction had made. Atlas let a look of disbelief take his face for a moment and then he went after Hinarious with a loud cry of rage, each of his pounding footsteps shaking the ground…this was because Rhanara increased his weight considerably. Yokurious took off after his comrade, keeping a fair distance away in case the red dragon misfired with the ball.

"Dammit, get back here!!" Atlas roared. Hinarious paid no head to his orders as he dashed up a flight of stairs. "Graagh!!"

Atlas raised his right hand and struck the wall to his right with his axe. This action sent a rush of earth energy through the wall and caused the stone to jut out in the form of rocky spires with razor sharp points. They came close to impaling Hinarious, but only managed to graze his shoulder. The God of Destruction was angered by this more and raised his left hand, slamming his spike ball into, or rather through, the nearby wall.

"Atlas, a moment? If you swing that here, there is a chance that…" Yokurious started. Before the Sage could finish his statement, Atlas shot him a harsh glare.

"Shut up, Yokurious!!" Atlas roared.

Ignoring anything Yokurious may have had to say, Atlas furiously swung his spike ball up the staircase and it tore through the tower wall to the left as it went. Hinarious looked back and responded accordingly to the weapon that was flying towards him; the dragon ducked and the ball went right through the door he was about to open. Ironically enough, Spyro was entering the same room after his bout with Shexeious and, consequently, he had to stop his movement completely in order to avoid being killed by Atlas again. The spike ball smashed into a wall just one foot from Spyro's body and it created a sizable hole by destroying a statue and the wall that was behind it.

"W-what the hell…?" Spyro said, as he backed away from the weapon.

His vision was clear however, when he saw Hinarious enter the room followed by a fuming Atlas and a nearly unemotional Yokurious. The God of Creation drew his sword and stood in front of the dark Sage; Hinarious was then cornered by Atlas to his left and Yokurious to his right. He looked around at all of his opponents and started to chuckle as he tapped his sword on the floor.

"Well, well…you've got me right where you want me, don't you?" Hinarious said.

"Damn right!! So you may as well just give up, Hinarious!" Spyro said.

"Give up? No…lay down on the ground so I can kill you nice and slow? Yes…" Atlas growled.

"Now, now…you don't possibly want to do this here, do you? If Atlas…Lord Atlas decides to let loose here, everyone will die…" Hinarious said, still tapping his sword on the ground.

"Feh…who said I have to let loose in order to kill you? I'll just wait until Spyro weakens you…" Atlas said.

"And I'll do that quickly…" Spyro threatened.

"Sigh…such bold dragon Gods. It's a shame you won't be needed in my new world…" Hinarious said.

"You won't have any chance to make a new world…" Yokurious said.

"This coming from one-arm the dragon?" Hinarious taunted.

Spyro gripped his sword hard and ran towards Hinarious, opening up with a jumping sword attack. The dark Sage stuck his sword into the floor and put his hand out, bending his hand in a matter such that his palm was facing up and his fingers clenched. He put on a serious look and stepped to the side to avoid Spyro's attack; Hinarious then struck out with his foot and kicked Spyro hard in the chest, following up with a palm strike in the white dragon's chin which sent him reeling. Seeing Spyro downed so easily, Atlas grit his fangs and started to run towards Hinarious while spinning his spike ball on its chain. The God of Destruction swung his weapon with a mighty battle cry and the earthquake that occurred would have signaled that Hinarious was hit, but the Sage dragon was soon found to be standing upon one of the rocks that was a direct result of the razed earth.

The angered red dragon jumped up with his axe held high in his right hand, coming down with a strong vertical attack. However, Atlas soon found that his enemy's palm was in his stomach and the red dragon was consequently winded. The gray dragon then delivered a spinning roundhouse that sent his opponent into the ground. Hinarious landed and quickly bent his body when he noticed Yokurious coming at him with his sword; Yokurious glided straight past Hinarious and the latter thrust his palm into the former's back, grounding him also.

"So…is this all you have to show me? If so, then you may as well leave here…you haven't enough power to defeat me…" Hinarious taunted.

"Grr…bastard!!" Yokurious raged.

The white dragon picked himself off of the ground and ran at his adversary with his sword in hand. Hinarious frowned and drew his sword from the ground, pointing it offensively at his opponent. Yokurious ran toward Hinarious and swiped his sword, the latter catching it on his own blade. The gray dragon parried the white's attack and tried to execute his own attack, but the latter sent his foot into his opponent's chest. Hinarious took the blow and was thrown off guard, becoming susceptible to Yokurious' quick three-hit combo and powerful, magic empowered shoulder charge. The former was sent past the crater that Atlas created and crashed into a wall; Yokurious jumped after his opponent, poised to finish him off. However, Hinarious would have none of this…

"You…are very annoying…" Hinarious said.

The Sage dragon parted his arms and a wave of unnatural energy radiated from his body and pushed away all of the debris that was covering him; the tribal dragon tattoo was upon his chest, but the rest of the transformation was willingly stunted. Yokurious was stunned…so stunned that he didn't move when Hinarious struck out with his sword and sent a wave of evil energy through the white dragon; a grand spray of blood was the result and Yokurious hit the ground with a loud thud. In less than a moment, Hinarious was upon him again, harshly kicking Yokurious to send him to his feet again. The white Sage tried to counter, but Hinarious stuck his sword in the white dragon's arm and once he removed his blade and held it high…

"It's over for you." Hinarious hissed.

In a flash of movement, the gray Sage impaled Yokurious with a blade covered in dark energy…the white dragon spewed a great fall of blood and Hinarious smirked with his victory. After removing his sword, Hinarious looked at the downed Spyro and Atlas who were slowly getting back up. The God of Creation looked at Yokurious' bleeding chest; that was where his heart was. Yokurious collapsed to the ground with a near silent groan as he quickly lost blood.

"Yokurious!!" Spyro screamed. A gold aura roared from his body as he became increasingly upset.

"So, is this what it takes to get you to show your true power? Well, in that case…" Hinarious growled. He drew his foot back and kicked Yokurious hard in the gut. Spyro was deeply angered by this action; his eyes darkened to a sapphire blue.

"Damn you!! Bastard!!" Spyro said, as he dashed at Hinarious. When he was within range, Spyro brought his sword up and brought it back down in a powerful vertical attack that caused an explosion of light energy. Hinarious jumped away in time and Adamatinacor struck the floor, causing a nice size fissure to open; the gray Sage smirked.

"That's what I want to see when you get to the Crest of Nirvana…" Hinarious growled.

The gray dragon vanished in a black cloud and left Spyro feeling rage beyond compare. Atlas withdrew his Shinigami Ryoku and walked up to Spyro; the God of Creation angrily stomped his foot on the ground and embedded his sword in the floor.

"Hinarious…" Spyro snarled. Atlas placed his hand upon his comrade's head and jerked it around a small bit.

"Calm down…we'll get up there and we'll—" Atlas started.

"Wait…Yokurious!!" The white dragon God ran over to his dying ally and turned his body over, beholding the gaping hole in the dragon's chest. It was seeping with black smoke. "Y-Yokurious…"

"Master…Spyro…Master…Atlas…there is…no time for me…urk…" Yokurious struggled to say.

"Don't say that, Yokurious! I can heal you!"

"No! Master Spyro, there is no time. You can't afford to heal me and wait for the spell to take its full effect…you have less than an hour to get to Nirvana before Hinarious' plan reaches fruition. You must…go…" Yokurious was slowly beginning to lose his grip on life.

"Yokurious…I…I can't…"

"Don't worry about me; I performed my duties to you and Atlas. Besides…I will be with my little sister…Laxeius…"

"…okay, Yokurious…"

"Spyro…the only way that you and Atlas can defeat Hinarious…is together. Creation…and Destruction…are not opposing…forces. They are…"

Yokurious didn't finish his sentence; he simply closed his eyes and his head nodded to the floor…his body made no movement after that. Spyro also closed his eyes and soon, tears were rolling down those eyes. The white dragon God gripped Yokurious' robe and his pure tears dripped onto the seamless fabric. Atlas watched Spyro's sorrow and simply crossed his arms and shook his head. After a few minutes, Spyro wiped his eyes and nodded to Atlas, signaling that he was ready to move on. The two dragon Gods picked up their weapons and headed through the nearby gate…toward the final battle.

End Chapter Thirty Seven…next chapter, Depth…