Phoenix

GMG Final Battle

"Lector, you want to go for a walk? I think we could both use some air."

"Sting, will you be okay with the master?"

"Let's not worry about that right now. Come on!"

The dragon slayer and exceed exited the inn, Lector following closely behind Sting.

"Sting, where are we going? Don't you think we should stay in the inn?"

"Lector!"

The exceed looked around to try to find the voice that called his name. He looked at Sting when he couldn't locate the voice, and Sting pointed a couple buildings down to where a short figure stood. Lector's heart stopped as he started to recognize the woman. Sting urged him to keep walking so that they could meet the figure. Once they stood in front of the woman, she opened her arms wide and smiled.

"Lady Emiko!" Lector shouted through a flow of tears that slipped down his face.

The two hugged for a couple minutes before Lector pulled away and floated in front of the woman. He squeezed Emi's cheeks, as if checking to see if she was real. The white haired woman gave a small giggle. Lector turned back to Sting and saw that the dragon slayer was laughing as well. They both had their signature child-like smiles, which Lector instantly copied.

"When did you remember?"

Sting answered with another question, "Did you hear that big scream during my match?"

Lector nodded before gasping, "That was Lady Emiko?! I would've helped if I had known."

Emi let out a small titter and assured the exceed that she was fine before returning his face squeeze on his cheeks.

"You both better stop that before you start to turn blue."

Lector and Emi looked at each other with a mischievous glint in their eyes before moving over to the dragon slayer, Emi squeezing one cheek and Lector pinching the other.

"Hey! Come on guys, knock it off. You're making my face hurt."

The pair let go and watched as Sting rubbed his face. The three of them couldn't stop laughing.

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"That's strange."

"What is it, Levy?"

"I just find it weird how her memories were recovered in a big bunch like that."

"What do you mean?"

"She instantly remembered memories from an entire year, but she doesn't remember anything before that."

"Maybe it takes time? I mean, it took this long for a year of memories to resurface. Maybe it just comes back in bursts."

"You're probably right, Lucy."

Emi skipped into the inn, wearing both a cloak and a radiant smile. She happily wandered over to Laxus and jumped on his back.

"You sure seem happy."

"You'll never guess what I got."

Laxus looked over his shoulder and faced the woman before prompting her to continue. Emi jumped off his back and stood in front of him before unfastening her cloak. She stood there proudly as she revealed her new outfit. It was a white outfit consisting of a two level dress which was long in the back and short in the front. The back of the dress formed a point on its tail. She wore white thigh length socks and a pair of black knee height boots. There was soft yellow detailing on the dress, forming a phoenix on the chest area. Everyone looked at her outfit in awe. Some of the guys started staring a little too long, which caused Laxus to glare at them until they looked away.