Phoenix

Return: Emi vs Dragon Slayers!

"Thank you for all you've done. Thanks to you, I can finally remember."

She went to leave the inn when Sting grabbed her wrist.

"Where are you going so suddenly?"

"To visit home. You all are welcome to come with me."

Sting tried to study her face and when he saw her eyes, it clicked. He smiled softly and nodded. The rest of them looked between each other and shrugged before following Emi out the door. Emi and Sting led the way and eventually stopped at a corner.

"Ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be."

They squeezed each other's hand and turned the corner to reveal a weapons shop.

"What are we looking at?" Natsu spoke up.

"This was where our guildhall was before they placed this shop here."

Emi snapped her fingers and whispered, "Return."

A cloak came whipping through the town and landed in Emi's hands.

"You're gonna wear that again?"

She turned to Sting and smiled before closing her eyes, and holding her cloak away from them.

"Immolate."

The cloak burst into flames and turned to ash in her hands. She looked at all of them with cold eyes.

"I'm done hiding."

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"Why are we in the field?"

"I wish to fight you, Natsu."

"No way! I'm all fired up now--"

"I would also like to fight you, Laxus."

Laxus shrugged his shoulders and agreed.

"I mean, if you wanna--"

"Wendy, I'm fighting you as well."

"Me? But I'm--"

She turned to face behind her and spoke again, "Rogue, you are fighting as well."

"I have no reason to--"

"Gajeel--"

"Yeah, yeah. I get it."

"Sting," she said as she looked to her side.

"Of course!"

"Great," Emi spoke as she walked to the center of the field. "You are fighting me all at once."

Everyone looked at her and gasped. Cana spoke up, saying that she was being ridiculous. The wizards who were challenged looked shocked as well, most of them protesting.

"I need to get stronger," was her simple answer.

"But Emi," Lucy tested, "why do you wanna fight them all at once? Isn't that a little dangerous?"

"The Sins are able to defeat Acnologia with little problem. Acnologia is a dragon, and they are dragon slayers, which means that they have the capabilities to defeat a dragon. If I want to stand the slightest change against Wrath and Sloth, I need to be able to defeat the dragon slayers."

"I still think you're being a little too ambitious with this," Gajeel groaned. "But whatever, I'm up for beating you."

"Please, don't hold back."

Makarov stepped towards her and warned, "You all better not do this. It's reckless and--"

"Fire dragon iron fist!"