-Third Person P. O. V.-

-At Zenmen Hakai-

A sigh rang out in the room. "Foolish wizards."

"Are you watching Crime Sorciere?" Kata asked the master.

The female master turned off the lacrima and sighed again. "Yes. I've been keeping a closer eye on them than usual."

Kata laughed. "Because they are coming after us? Or because the little red head girl is with them?"

"Both reasons are part of it, but there is another. I want you to inform the others, but do not tell Reito."

Kata raised an eyebrow. "I suppose this has to do with him?"

The master nodded. "Yes. It seems that his old friend is with them as well."

Kata's eyes slightly widened, but she remained calm. "Ah. Vastia, I presume?"

The master let out an amused chuckle. "Sharp as always, Kata. I warn you, do not tell him."

Kata bowed. "I will not. But, only under one condition. You have been observing Crime Sorciere for a while now, and you have not explained how your lacrima is able to do so. Care to divulge me?"

The master thought for a moment. "Fine. It will change nothing. This is just a simple communication lacrima. This one, however, is unique. It's counterpart was shattered into fragments, as small as raindrops. Ame was the one who  filled a cloud with those fragments, and now, this lacrima can see everything underneath that cloud. Simple as that."

Kata laughed. "Ame sure is an odd one. Though, perhaps that is an advantage to us."

Those were her last words before she left the master's room.

-Erik P. O. V.-

Morning came quickly to me, probably because I was the first one awake.

Meredy was sleeping next to that Lyon guy. Good for them.

Jellal was cuddling with Erza in their sleep. Even better for them.

I looked over at Kinana. She had her head on my lap. That's fine.

Sawyer was in his hammock, and Richard had fallen backwards off the log and was sleeping on his back.

Macbeth was still sleeping, so it was business as usual, and Sorano was in the bushes.

I carefully got up off the log, making sure not to wake Kinana, and stretched.

"Let's see... Who's mind do I want to read this morning?" I mumbled.

I find it really convenient that I can read people's minds while they sleep to hear their dreams. I get no visuals, of course, but that might be a blessing in some cases.

Yesterday I read Jellal's mind to find that he was dreaming about marrying Erza. His vows sucked.

I wonder if his little red head has similar dreams. Let's find out.

I sat down cross legged next to the cuddling couple and closed my eyes. I focused on Erza's mind, blocking out all other possible noises and distractions. Focus... Focus... Almost there...

"...ore... ...ake..."

I'm starting to hear her dreams.

"More... cake..."

Cake? She's dreaming about cake?

"More cake... more Jellal..."

Here we go. Getting interesting now.

"Jellal... you made this huge cake for me?"

Damn it, come on! Stop dreaming about cake! I want some juicy details, here!

"Oh! Jellal! You popped out of the cake!"

...the fuck?

"Jellal! Why are you naked!?"

This is more like it.

"Jellal! What are you..? Oh..."

Is this the climax?

"Oh... Jellal... Oh..."

Maybe I should stop listening before it gets too weird.

"HARDER! JELLAL HARDER!"

Yup, abandon ship.

I opened my eyes and stood up.

Geez, this woman is intense.

You sure pick some weird one, don't you Azure?

-Third Person P. O. V.-

"So, do you guys plan on fighting any of those criminal wizards?" Ishi asked, munching on a slab of granite. "Cause I want to fight the poison slayer. I've never gotten the chance to fight another dragonslayer before, and he's a second gen, too."

"Oh, so Ishi wants to fight the poison man?" Nise asked cheerfully.

"Yeah, so shut up Nise." Ishi retorted, not phased.

Nise pouted. "Why is Ishi always mean to Nise? Nise Nise just wants to have fun! Nise Nise just wants to play with the fun little wizards! Nise Nise's dream is to play with everybody!"

"Who are you planning on fighting, Nise?" Reito asked, leaning against the wall.

"Nise Nise wants to fight the sleepy boy! Nise Nise wants to wake him up and play with him!"

Reito chuckled. "Yeah, that's great. I'm taking down the ice-make wizard. I won't let him beat me. I'm the best ice wizard in the world. That's always been my goal, my dream."

Ame sighed, dreamily. "I don't care who I fight. As long as I win the heart of my beloved Reito-kun! It will be my dream come true!" She had hearts in her eyes.

Ishi groaned. "Shut up. You're as annoying as Josei."

"What did I do to you?" Josei asked, playing with her breasts.

"You and your damn brother annoy me so much, that's what you did."

Josei pouted. "My brother? Oh, him, that's right. He's just a joke. I enjoy having fun with a joke like him! He only shows up when he needs to, just like a joke always should! I wonder if those Crime Whatever guys will enjoy the joke?"

"That, we'll have to wait and see." Kata said, walking into the room.

"'Sup, Kata." Reito said, flashing a peace sign.

"Reito. Boss wants to see you." She pointed her thumb over her shoulder at the room she just left.

Reito chuckled. "Okay. See you guys in a minute."

As soon as the doors to the master's chamber closed, Kata turned back to the others. 

"Okay, what's going on?" Ishi asked.

"Crime Sorciere is bringing an interesting choice of backup."

"Like who? We already know that they're an ice wizard, a requip mage, and some random healer."

"The requip mage is Erza Scarlet."

The members were silent.

"Master's okay with this?" Ame asked.

"She doesn't care about their past, she wants to use her to awaken Zeref." Kata answered.

"Well, that's not that bad. Why does she not want Reito to know that?" Josei asked, poking at her cleavage.

"That's not what she wants to hide from him. She wants to hide the ice-make wizard. Lyon Vastia."

Ishi almost choked on his granite. "THE Lyon Vastia!?"

Kata nodded. "Yes, that's why we can't let Reito know. We have the same objective for Erza Scarlet and Lyon Vastia."

"We need to capture them both. Alive."

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Do you guys like the members of Zenmen Hakai? I'm trying to make them interesting characters.

Speaking of which, how would you guys like to see what they look like!?

Well, thanks to RinMaru, I can show you! Here's the first one! Nise Nisemono!

I think he looks pretty cool. I'll be delving into his past and history and character and such more in this story. Like about his scar, the meaning of his ghost earring, and that red ribbon.

I hope you guys enjoy getting to know these new characters!