-Third Person P. O. V.-

Crime Sorciere and their three guests traveled north for the rest of the day. Not much happened, for story telling purposes. When it started to get dark out, they decided to build a fire in a clearing they found.

"It's getting dark out." Erza said.

"We should build a fire." Jellal said.

"Look! there's a clearing up ahead!" Kinana shouted.

"I'll get some firewood!" Meredy said cheerfully, running into the woods.

"I'll arrange the rocks to make a fire pit." Lyon said, starting to gather rocks.

"How do you know how to make a fire pit?" Erik scoffed.

"You don't know me." Was all Lyon responded with.

Erik shrugged and sat down on a log. Kinana sat next to him.

"Hey." He said.

She smiled. "Hi."

Awkward silence.

"So, you know healing magic?" Erik asked.

Kinana was a bit surprised by the breaking of the silence. "Oh, uh, yeah. Wendy and Porlyusica taught me."

Erik raised an eyebrow. "Who's Porlyusica? A friend of yours?"

Kinana sweatdropped. "You could say that..."

"Why'd you want to learn healing magic?"

Kinana twiddled her thumbs. "I... I wanted to be useful. I didn't know any magic, I've always been that way, so I wanted to be able to help my friends. I'm not that good at fighting, so I thought that it would be best if I learned to heal them."

Erik nodded. "How admirable. But what do you mean by that you've always been that way? You never knew any magic?"

The girl shook her head. "No. I had a very strange past, and I wanted to find some answers, so Fairy Tail took me in. I was a waitress, and sometimes the members would help me. I just want to find an answer someday."

Erik nodded again. "I hope you find that answer someday. I'm looking for an answer as well. Well really, my friend."

Kinana smiled. "I hope you find your friend."

Little did either of them know, their answers were sitting right next to them.

-Jellal P. O. V.-

After we had built the fire, we all sat down on logs. I was going over my paper with the information on Zenmen Hakai.

I sat between Meredy and Erza. On Meredy's other side was Lyon. On another log, Kinana was sitting next to Erik. He was next to Macbeth who was next to Sorano. Richard had a log all to himself, as Sawyer had rested on his hammock again.

"So, are you going to tell us about the mysterious dark guild now, captain?" Erza teased.

"Stop calling me that. And sure. Macbeth, wake up."

Sorano shook him awake.

"Now, you said you don't much info on their master?" Erza asked.

I shook my head. "No. Only that she is a powerful requip mage."

Erza raised an eyebrow. "Oh, a woman? I kinda assumed this crazy requip mage would be a guy."

I sighed. "Anyways, we tracked down some information about the other members. There's 7 in total, excluding the master. The ice-make wizard, a pair of mages with a mysterious lost magic, a lone boy with another incredibly powerful kind of lost magic, a second generation dragonslayer, a god slayer, and another very powerful lost magic user."

"Tell me about this pair of mages. Are they related?" Erza asked.

I nodded. "Yes, there are. Siblings, I believe. Dansei Iten, the brother, and Josei Iten, the sister. According to eyewitnesses, the two are teenagers, though, they are never spotted in the same place at the same time, so some believe that they only team up for very important missions. They use a type of lost magic known as Human Bending. We could not find out much about the lost magic itself, or any of the others actually, but we did discover that it changes a target's view, or at least, it can change the way the target has to battle, which renders their usual tactics null."

"That sounds sounds pretty tough, for a couple of teens." Erza said.

Sawyer scoffed. "Ha! You think those two sound tough? Jellal, tell them about the famous ice-make wizard."

I sighed. "Okay, Sawyer."

"The ice-make wizard. His name is Reito Ame. Considered the most dangerous ice-make wizard in history."

"What's so special about him?" Lyon asked. "Does he use two hands like Gray? Because, no matter what, I will beat him. I only need one hand."

"That's what she said." Meredy whispered.

"What did you say?" Lyon asked.

"Nothing! Continue, Jellal."

I sighed. "Anyway, no. He only uses one hand like you."

"Then what makes him so dangerous?" Lyon asked again.

"Have you ever heard of one of the most powerful ice spells? Iced Shell?"

He gulped. "Yes... Why?"

"Reito not only can perform that spell, but he can do it without turning into the ice."

Erza and Lyon were silent. "I'm assuming you two have dealt with Iced Shell before?"

They nodded.

"Let's move on. I want to hear about the dragonslayer." Kinana said, moving away from their memories.

"Alright. The second generation stone dragonslayer, Ishi Koishi. Like the way Natsu eats fire and Erik eats poison, Ishi eats stone to gain power. He is actually more similar to Gajeel, as he is frequently seen carrying around a rock with him."

"Leave that guy to me. I'm the best second gen slayer around." Erik boasted.

"Laxus might want to hear about that." Erza mumbled.

"Actually, Erik, I haven't told you this, but Ishi is on a whole different level than the slayers like Natsu or Laxus or the twin dragons."

"Why is that?"

"He's not a teenager. He's a 26 year old man."

"Well, I'm 26, so..." Lyon said.

"Yeah, and I could probably beat this guy with both arms tied behind my back." Erik once again boasted.

"Erik, you fought against Natsu when he wasn't even twenty, yet. I'm saying that this man is serious and experienced. He's not gonna fool around like Natsu, be all cocky like Gajeel or the twin dragons, or be a little kid like Wendy, even though she still is pretty powerful. You'll basically be fighting Laxus, except this time around, he's intent on killing you."

That caught him off guard. "Wait, what?"

"Ishi Koishi never has been defeated. He decides to fight someone, he kills them. He destroys a village, he'll kill anyone who fights back. This man does not play around."

I think this was the first time I've ever seen Erik scared.

"Who's next? Tell me about the boy with the lost magic." Lyon broke in.

"I think that's best. This boy uses a form of lost magic called Imposter Magic. He is rumored to be able to change his body to look like any other person, like take over, but he can copy their magic abilities, their voice, almost everything perfectly. The only thing he can't mimic is deep personal memories. He can't mimic memories of important deaths, details of long relationships, stuff like that. His name is Nise Nisemono."

"That's a pretty weird name." Erza said.

"Apparently, people who have witnessed his attacks are terrified by his name. Or are annoyed. Some people actually love his name."

"I guess we'll have to wait to see that in action. Anyway, who's the last person with lost magic?"

"Kata Maindo. Just like Ishi, she is 26. She uses Mind Molding Magic. Witnesses say that she has some kind of... influence over people's minds. Not full mind control, but something similar. Nobody is sure how it works exactly."

"Sounds like another tough one. Tough and mysterious..." Erza said.

"Tell us about the last one, the god slayer." Kinana asked.

"Well, this one's a bit strange. This girl is a Rain God slayer."

"A rain god slayer?" Lyon asked.

I nodded. "Her name is Ame Kami, which means 'rain god.' It's rumored that she was born specifically to become a rain god slayer. Her power is immense, being able to turn a cloudless day into a hurricane in seconds. She is terrifying."

"So that's our competition, huh?" Lyon asked.

"Yep, all of them and the master."

Erza laughed. "Sounds fun! Master requip, mysterious siblings, Ice Cube, the rock city boy, Nise the chameleon, Mrs. Mindfuck, and the little mermaid. Seems like we'll have a challenge, but these guys sound pretty unique."

"Well, so are we."I laughed.

We all had a good laugh.

"Well, I say we turn in for the night. Good night, guys." I said.

We all mumbled some good nights and Lyon used his magic to put out the fire.

"Night Jellal." Erza told me.

"Night, Erza."

-Meredy P. O. V.-

"Lyon." I whispered.

He was still asleep. I rolled my eyes and crawled over until I was lying next to him.

I poked his cheek. "Lyon!" I whispered.

He opened his eyes. "What?" He sounded a bit grumpy.

"Iced Shell... How do you know that spell?"

He was silent.

"You know that spell from Ultear's mother, right?"

He was still silent, but nodded.

"I thought so. Listen, Lyon. When you fight Reito, I want to help you."

He looked surprised. "Why?"

"... I think you're the only one, aside from maybe Gray, who can defeat him, and I want to help. That guy uses Iced Shell like it's no big deal, I bet. I want to defeat him, to teach him a lesson about what that spell does to people! They way Ur sacrificed herself for you two. That spell took away your mentor and Ultear's mother at the same time, so I want him to know how much that destroys lives!"

He was quiet for a moment. Then, he smiled. "Yeah. Yeah, let's do that!"

"Yeah!" We did a high five as quiet as we could.

"We can be partners for this!"

"Sure! Night partner!" He said.

"Good night, Lyon..."

"My partner..."