Now, now, boys, you know we'll stay friends, no matter what. :D
But I wouldn't say that my only arguments were that "they don't look like dragons to me".
Also, since I LOVE dragons, and I know almost everything there is to know about them, I've check up on that Japanese mith. In that myth it says that the Islands, alon with the pillar was created by ONE god-like creature, that once it has finished it's work, banished from this world. Now, I couldn't find much on it, but one of the descriptions says "the diety would be transforming into two different shapes, wich both represent the biggest trust in world. Those two were a soldier and his trusty horse." Also it said that this creature gave it's life to create the Pillar.
This was from a book about ancient myths my sister has(she's studying mythology), so I'll just leave you guys to think about this a bit...
Oh, yeah...
Owned.