Phoenix

Guardian

A/N: So I posted this chapter in two separate ones just because I thought it went better, but I still posted them at the same time. Thanks!

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"Did that just happen?" Yukino tested.

"I thought you said the weaker of the two would die!" Natsu shouted.

"That's how it works," Rogue said, defending Rufus and his explanation.

"It seems," Rufus stated, "that there might have been a power difference we didn't know of. This whole time I assumed that Emi was clearly the stronger of the two, but if this is happening then it's actually Sting who is the stronger one."

"No way," Gray breathed. "That guy is stronger than Emi?"

Sting immediately turned back around when he heard a thump. His eyes widened and he knelt down beside her.

"Em? Are you okay?"

She didn't respond, and he looked around and so no sign of the dragon.

"...Em?"

"This is great!" Wrath exclaimed. "Now that she's finally dead, I can relax. You know, killing her was my only goal when I hunted her down, but I think I'll entertain myself by killing all of you as well!"

Sting glared at Wrath, tight fists forming at his sides.

"You're gonna pay for everything you've put her through, you hear me?!"

"Weren't you supposed to be dead already?" Wrath asked, bored with the dragon slayer.

Sting went to say something, but he saw Emi's hand twitch. He rushed to her side once more and helped her up.

"Don't scare me like that," he chided. "You made me think I lost you."

"Oh what? You can 'die' but I can't? Double standards much? I'm tired."

"Well if you're not dead, and I'm not dead, does that mean--"

He was cut off by a roar that shook the entire city. Buildings were breaking apart and falling over from the shockwaves. Sting and Emi looked upwards and smiled wide when they saw a golden dragon circling the city.

"Holy shit," Rogue choked.

"They did it?" Natsu questioned. "That's so cool!"

The dragon swooped down, its wings destroying the multiple buildings that it touched. It hovered above where Sting, Wrath and Emi were standing.

"Which one has summoned me here to this town of rubble?"

"Uh, that would be us," Sting explained as he pointed to Emi and himself.

"What do you want with my time, boy? I'm very busy."

"Mister Guardian Dragon, sir, if I may?"

The dragon shifted his gaze over to the short white haired wizard and urged her on.

"Well, we summoned you to help us with the Sin."

"Sin? As in Seven Deadly Sins, the demons from the Book of Zeref?"

"Yes, sir."

"You want me to help you defeat the Sin?"

"Yes please, Mister Guardian Dragon, sir."

"Which one of you is the dragon slayer?"

Sting raised his hand. The dragon sighed before landing on the ground, sending tremors throughout the city. Almost everyone present fell over from the violent shakes. The dragon demanded that Emi and Sting get on his back, and they quickly did so.