Citrine had just taken Cobra's Dragon Slayer powers from him by force, and was now on the move again to hunt down the problem dragons in the area.
Having spotted a Dragon chasing a blonde haired boy he pursued it to the City's Central Square.
"What are you spacing out for!?" Sting yelled as he entered the square looking at his fellow Sabretooth member
"Sting!?" Rogue said with surprise.
"I'll lend you a hand, let's do this!" Sting confidently responded
"You... Took one down already?" Rogue responded filling with hope at the thought of his fellow guild member joining him having already shown victory was possible.
"NAH... I Brought it with me!... HAHAHAHA" sting cried out in laughter as the wall behind him exploded revealing another Dragon.
"WHAT!?" Rogue Exclaimed in shock "You think this is some kind of joke?!" Rogue angrily added
"Well whatever happens happens... We're a team, after all!" Sting grinned.
"Let's Show 'em the power of the Twin Dragons" Sting exclaimed looking at his brother in arms.
"Yeah, Lets go" Rogue responded as they turned to face their Dragon foes.
At that moment without warning The Metal Dragon Soldier called Scissor Runner flew across the Square; a large circular shockwave was seen cutting vertically through the air at the dragon's previous position.
Both Sting and Rogue stared in confusion at the figure before them standing at the epicentre of the shockwave. "Heh, nice one" Sting happily shouted at the stranger before he noticed the wings.
"Huh, what are you?" Rogue said in confusion "Your wings?... and your smell?"
"You two have time for that now?" Citrine responded as he raised a finger pointing at The Water Dragon Revire who was preparing a Breath Attack.
Both Sting and Rogue quickly jumped in opposite directions to avoid the breath as it blasted through the centre of them, narrowly missing the two as it continued on through several buildings behind them.
"WHO ARE YOU?!" the voice from across the square called out as Scissor Runner the Metal Dragon who had previously been punched from behind across the area regained his composure.
"I'm Citrine, Pillar of Light! I'm ordering you two to stand down!" Citrine responded back ensuring that both dragons heard him loud and clear.
"Well that's too bad Your Majesty" Revire said with sarcasm as he continued "Unfortunately we don't take orders from you" Revire the Water Dragon Snapped.
Citrine Sighed, "Well if you want to remain as Obsidian's Pawns even here then that's your choice. But it is not wise when faced with the White Queen" Citrine responded.
"White Queen? But you're a dude?" Sting interrupted the concept of chess lost on him.
"I can't reveal my true human form just yet Citrine responded" with a wink that sent chills down Sting and Rogue's spines.
"Well in any case..." Citrine stated before vanishing "CHECKMATE!" the Voice of Citrine finished coming from overhead, as a large current of white lightning arcing into him from the clouds as he hovered 50 meters in the air above Revire.
"Pulsar" Citrine calmly spoke the word as a circular ball of energy compressed between the two golden wings points above his head and in a flash a powerful laser shot down in a sweeping motion across the square, landing a few meters away from the 2 dragon slayers but slicing both the large dragon bodies in half.
Sting and Rogue both scared out of their minds from what looked like a narrow escape soon noticed the lack of collateral damage the beam had left, the power decimated the 2 dragons themselves however on the cobble stone road between them there were only a few bricks in a line that were melted.
"What!.. What the hell was that! Are you trying to kill us!?" Rogue screamed at Citrine as he hovered above.
"Was that Holy Magic just now!?" Sting questioned as Citrine descended, landing near the two Dragon Slayers.
"Technically Yes, but it was actually a combination of Holy and Lightning. Holy for precision and lightning for power as it directly counter the Dragon Elements of Water and Metal their affiliation to the Dark helped give the Holy side a little boost but the Lightning would've been sufficient." Citrine responded but the blank stares on Sting and Rogue's faces didn't give the impression that it sunk in.
"Well either way, I'm pleased to say that the 2 of you are radiating light, which I'm happy to see" Citrine smiled as he said this but Rogue and Sting just looked at each other puzzled.
"Um... thanks? But now that we have time, what are you?" Rogue replied However as he did a brief flash occurred.
*not too far from their position Ultear had just finished casting Arc of Time Last Aegis*
"Was that Holy...? Wait What!?" Sting stopping midway through his question as he had déjà vu remembering the answer provided.
Citrine didn't respond, instead he took off like a flash of lightning in the direction of the time magic distortions epicentre.
Citrine landed gently beside the hunched over body of a heavily breathing woman who was clearly in pain, without a moment's hesitation he placed a healing shield over the woman to ease her suffering.
"You did this? For a mortal the price is Fatal!" Citrine let out a sigh, his eyes changing to a Dark Blue as he inspected the woman, "I can see your life force pouring out of you like a severed artery" He added with concern.
"I'm evil... I deserve this... This is all I can do to repay my sins... and I couldn't even do that right... Heh" Ultear responded with a shake in her voice.
"Really? Then why do you sound so sorry? For an evil person you seem to have a lot of sorrow. Only those with hope can worry, so are you saying hope is evil?" Citrine questioned.
Ultear eyes began welling up in tears "It's done now, I don't regret my actions... this is all I can do"
"That may be true; it is all you can do." Citrine agreed before calmly adding "But ... it's not all I can do"
Citrine placed his hand over the healing shield he had erected over Ultear "you may have sacrificed your remaining life for your spell but I can still give you some of mine?"
Ultear stiffened in shock, she never expecting to hear this statement "why would you help me?" she remarked.
"Because I can, it's not that big of a loss to me." Citrine responded before closing his eyes in focus, as a steam of light left his hand. The light pooled inside Ultear as it filled the void left by the rapid departure of her Life Force.
"It may not be as much as you had before but it is about a decade. Live, you may think your evil but I can see a light in you even if you cannot, I'm sure others around you have noticed it also. If you have sins to atone for death will never wipe the slate clean, but your actions today should go a long way towards that goal." Citrine said with a smile.
"As a side note..." Citrine paused a second before continuing "The shield I placed on you was able to prevent the majority of the aging process your time magic was trying to impose on you. You have only aged about 1 year" Citrine said this triumphantly as if declaring war on wrinkles.
However, that hadn't even crossed Ultear's mind until then so she was left at a loss as to how to respond to the last statement. But, everything else this mysterious stranger had said she took to heart "Thank you... *sniff* I will" Ultear said as she tried to unsuccessfully stand up.
Citrine looked at Ultear this time with a more serious look on his face "Remember my words though... you still have your magic, and the mana associated with it will still continue to replenish... However the life span on its container is only a decade, so make the most of it".
Citrine paused a moment before adding "A Family may not be a bad idea, I know this from experience" He smiled at Ultear as he began to fly upwards into the sky his eyes changing back to purple he shouted "By the way my name is Citrine".
"I will... Live on" Ultear quiet reassured herself as she simply lay on the ground letting everything that had transpired sink in.
A few moments later she sat up slowly as she could hear Gray Fullbuster's voice exclaiming that he was alive and that he could see the future. Ultear realising the worth of her action burst into tears... during the overflowing of emotion that she hadn't felt in a very long time she muttered "Thank you... Citrine" to herself as she wept.
