Phoenix

Kira and Ayame

Sting smiled wide before stepping in front of her.

"Well you've come to the right place, Emiko. I happen to know a lot about dragons."

"You do?"

"I mean I should hope so. I was raised by one afterall."

Emi let out a small gasp before she recovered her flat exterior. She stood silent, and Sting took that as a sign to continue.

"I can tell you all about them if you want."

"Which type of dragon slayer are you?"

"I was raised by the white dragon, Weisslogia."

"WHITE DRAGON?" Emi screamed, not being able to hold in her excitement.

Sting laughed at her rather uncharacteristic reaction.

"I've been studying the white dragon for years. Are you a holy element dragon slayer or a light dragon slayer? Can you purify things unholy? Can you breathe like a dragon? How do you get energy? Why--"

Lector laughed and landed on Sting's head.

"Sting, I think you broke her. She looks like she needs a reset."

Sting laughed at his partner before turning back to the hooded girl.

"To answer you questions. I'm a holy elemental dragon slayer. I can purify with a couple different techniques. I can also breathe out holy light and I get my energy by eating things that are white."

Emi nodded before regaining her composure.

Lucy laughed, "Well I guess we know how their friendship started now."

"Not even close," Sting countered.

"Wait, really?"

"I'm very sorry for rambling. I'll be heading to the bookshop now."

"Oh come on, Emiko! I was just getting started. Don't you want to kno--"

"I can read it in books. Besides, I know enough about white dragons now. I've been studying them for years."

Lector looked at Sting and shrugged his shoulders as Emi walked away.

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Emi sighed as she sat down underneath a large tree. She was enjoying the shade on an otherwise very hot day. Her cloak wasn't helping her heat, as it was a dark black. She closed her eyes before her foot was lightly kicked. She snapped her eyes open to see Sting standing over her. Emi quickly sat up and glared at the boy.

"What do you want? Can't you see I'm relaxing."

"How are you still wearing that cloak? It's way too humid for dark clothing like that."

"Hey asshole, hurry up! We're going to be late getting back and then the master will kill us!"

Sting looked over his shoulder before telling the shouting girl that he would be there in a minute. He turned back to Emi and held his hand out for her to take. Emi eyed the hand before getting up by herself.

"You wanna come somewhere that's nice and cool?"

"No."

"You don't have to take your cloak off. It'll feel nice on a hot day like this."

"Sting! Get your ass over here!"

"You should probably go before she drags you to where you're going."