Fighting Kite (bird) in dreams
A high, graceful scavenger — opportunism dressed as elegance.
How fighting changes the reading
Fighting in the dream layers in active conflict — the symbol's energy has been mobilised against something. Take note of what it is fighting; the dream is often naming the actual conflict that has been below the surface of your waking life.
The base reading of Kite (bird)
A kite in a dream — the bird, not the toy — is the dream's image of the opportunist whose movement looks beautiful from the ground. Kites circle, ride thermals, and pick up what has already fallen. The dream uses the bird when you are watching, or being, someone who collects credit and resource without doing the kill. A kite circling overhead is the dream marking the presence of such a person around you. A kite you are flying with, or flying as, is the dream asking whether the elegance of your method is hiding what you actually take.