A/N: Hello everyone... Sorry that I made this story semi dead and blame me for that. My co-op writer I.D was waiting for my return, but knowing that I'm using my phone to write a story seems to be difficult for my case. Also, when I wasn't writing for a while, announcing my hiatus before. I was thinking what would the readers feel they are waiting behind the bush, with the addition of cooing pigeons passing by. Anyway, now that I'm (we are) back... I will try my best to continue the story. Also, since most of the people chose Erza for Eddy, it's decided. We are gonna pair her up with our self-proclaimed leader of the Eds. But it will be slower in development.

P.S: In addition, we would want to write the Galuna Island Arc. But instead, we are going for a different, yet original arc. Sorry for those who are expecting to have that arc on progress, but my partner doesn't like it and its now shut down. Now, on to the story! :3.

Chapter 5: Mystery Island

After a night in prison thanks to the decision given by the Magic Council; The Ed's, Erza, Natsu and Happy are finally being set free after a warning that if they are causing any trouble again, who knows what will happen to them. Currently back at the guild, Ed was sleeping somewhere and snoring loudly without any care in the world, Double is reading a book about magic and as for Eddy, he's with Natsu who acts the same as him, running in circles like twin idiots.

"OH YEAH! FREEDOM AT LAST BABY!" The hot-headed duo shouts in enthusiasm.

"What a good way to break the ice," Gray remarked with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Very reckless... That's so not manly at all!" Elfman added with his usual "man" remarks.

As the pink haired Dragon Slayer stopped for awhile and glanced, to see the scarlet haired girl trying to eat her favorite cheesecake and he went to her, who's at the bar for a moment to relax. Eddy raised an eyebrow and followed for a bit just to observe them. Double D, now sitting at the chair, face palmed while lowering and shaking his head, because he's gonna challenge Erza in a bad timing.

'Oh no...'

"Hey Erza. Remember the deal, I'm gonna challenge you right now!"

"Oh. Just let me finish my cheesecake and I'm good to go," She informed, taking a slice of her favorite food. However, the battle driven Natsu seems to be impatient and will do everything in his power to make her grab her attention to him.

"Forget the cheesecake and -"

It was a mistake for him to make her favorite a second priority. The dark aura is slowly seeping around the red head because it pissed her off greatly and because of his love to battle her, she stood up and instantly slugged him with a right hook that hits his left cheek that sends him flying and crashed down to the wall, knocking him down before she sits down to her seat. Everyone in that room was scared for a while since a pissed off Erza is not something that people wanted to see and even Eddy saw that scenario, almost peed his pants. But, he recovered immediately. How did she do that? She goes near to Natsu and punched him in the face, hard. Never tell Erza Scarlet that her cheesecake is the second priority. Eddy noticed the commotion and he laughed like a madman, pointing at the unconscious Natsu afar.

"Hahahahaha! Man, that ash-brain will never learn a damn thing!"

"Eddy!" Double D was going to scold him as usual, as he saw that the short Ed mocked the salmon haired boy, who's currently out cold, "Laughing at someone's defeat ain't funny!"

Gray groaned and lowering his head, face palming. He mumbled that he wanted to beat Erza so bad and yet, he can't even defeat Ed as his memory is still fresh about Natsu, defeated by eating a "Stink-Make: Buttered Toast", snickering at the moment. Happy couldn't agree with the Ice making wizard even more that the Lump is hard to be taken out. The Celestial wizard does hopes that he doesn't do something stupid yet again. Yet, she's looks at Ed, who is now awake, recharged and is now in front of Double D thanks to his strong sense of smell. Currently, he's sitting, barking and sticking his tongue out like a dog.

"Arf arf! Train me Double D!"

Rolling his eyes thanks to his antics, Double D grinned as he pulled something out in his breakfast coming from his plate which is the ham part. He noticed that the simple-minded Ed followed himself to what he held. He only throws it as far as he can and the Lump dashed in on the other side of the guild hall by fours, in order to eat it and when he jumps midair, he catches it with ease and only crashed in the wall, face first before he slumped down to the ground.

"I'm okay..."

Mira noticed of what Ed did and she tried to hold her giggle... Correction, laughter. But to no avail as she laughed that the tall Ed boy is doing something stupid, to which it amused her before she regained composure.

"Atta boy Monobrow!" Eddy cheered before he's laughing in a hysterical manner once again and which causes him to roll on the floor and Happy, along with Lucy thinks that he's crazy though they cringed of what Ed did to himself. Before they can think about it, the blue Exceed saw hot headed friend groaning, before he's sitting up and holding his head, since the Titania packed a punch.

"Aye, you'll get her next time," Happy patted his head.

Makarov, grumbled and shaking his head, as he's sitting at the bar while looking at his children, "To think that the Council would stoop down so low that they are using my own children as bait."

"Don't worry Master," Mira tries to give him the assurance, as she sees the room filled with smiles and boisterous voices, "It would take a lot more than something as that to keep as that." Thanks to those words coming from the gentle girl of Fairy Tail, the guildmaster nodded and sighs in relief.

As the beanie wearing Ed is done eating and then reads a book about magic yet again, Cana leaned over to look at what Double D is currently reading right now, "Hey there Smartypants! What cha got there?" Because of the personal space that is invaded, he decides to calm himself down, before greeted the alcoholic drinking girl of Fairy Tail,

"Oh! Uh, greetings Cana." He began to wonder about this book, 'It's one of the seven books she lends to me. It has the archives that can help boost my magic power to its full potential.'

With the scenario of Natsu, he growled that Erza gave a cheat shot to him according to his analysis and he stares Happy to stop patting his head and the flying cat obliges as he stood up, complaining and pointing at the red head afar who didn't bother to entertain him, "Hey! I wasn't ready yet! That was just a warm up!" To make his annoyance getting higher, Eddy went near to him and patting his shoulders, to "sympathize" him as he snickered at the fire wizard.

"Get a grip Coal Head. At least that you put effort to it."

Natsu slapped his hand out of the way and giving the loud mouth Ed boy a fiery glare, looking down at him, growling before he snapped on anger with a flaming aura as his background, "OH YEAH?! CARE TO PULL A CHEAP SHOT WHILE YOU'RE AT IT!?"

"I'D SAY THAT THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHEAP IS YOUR OWN BRAIN, VOLCANO BOY!" Eddy roared, giving his stare the same intensity as Natsu gave to him and a yellow aura is surrounding him.

While they are at all, an icy aura is surrounding to the ice wizard and he also gave the two his own death glare and he added, "And also to yourselves, morons..."

The people noticed that it is a three-way staring contest while they are gritting their teeth. However, that didn't last as Erza got annoyed once again due to their anger issues and she went near to them and hammered them like nothing happened, which causes the trio and their bodies to slam down to the ground face first. She glared at them in an icy manner as the red head brushed her hands before putting them to her hips, "There. Now, will you three stop?"

"Ymmmmssss... Mmmmmm (Yes... Ma'am)..." The trio muffled in unison, with each of them having lumps in their head and falls into unconsciousness.

"Oh look Double D. There's something in your arm," Ed points at a certain arm of a woman, who is leaning on his shoulder, causing Double D to gulp and flustered due to the fact that Cana is putting a grin on her face, feeling cozy and such. Lucy feels shaky, looking at the trio who are obviously in la la land, commenting that what Erza did was a bit too much and Happy agreed with the Celestial Wizard.

"She sticks like glue Double D," Ed commented, tilting his head that Cana smirked as she glanced up at the beanie wearing Ed, flustered when he's looking at the booze loving wizard. He gulped while trying to release her from him, only that she positioned herself to be comfortable of him. This causes him to sweat up.

"Ed, please don't encourage her more."

"Oh?" Cana smirked, eyeing on this smart Ed, "You know there's more things than reading the pages."

"And what are you trying to imply?"

While his face becomes red like his shirt in his world, suddenly Cana seems to be releasing him to which she feels drowsy, causing herself to fall asleep. Even Ed and Eddy were surprised to see everyone is asleep, after he got up from a certain punishment to which the short Ed moaned in pain. While they feel awake, they are obviously yawning and getting drowsy, to which they saw a man in a mysterious clothing who is looking for a job and apply. However, he noticed that the Eds are still awake to which he's surprised with each of them replying in certain ways. It seems that Makarov ordered him to release that Sleep spell before he leaves the place.

"Ummmm, hello?"

"A ninja!" Ed tries to play the guessing game, only for the mysterious man to question if this guy is an idiot or what. Giving that triumphant look with pure sheer confidence, the simple-minded Ed added, "Oh! Better yet, a phantom!"

"Just shut up Ed."

"Master Makarov, who's this mysterious gentleman?" Before he could answer his question, Ed is still up to his shenanigans and stuff to which he exclaimed in excitement, in obvious reasons that their fellow guildmates won't be getting up soon.

"Oh! I think that he came from the dimensional of the pla-" He only got sucker punched by Eddy, who got really irritated by his stupidity and demanded him to shut up. Makarov however, he wasn't amused by their actions and telling them to keep their mouth shut. Sighing, he regained his composure and answered them in a calm like matter to keep this situation a secret. Yet, the man answered the Eds their questions anyway.

"You can call me Mystogan," He only passed them by and added a reminder, without looking at anyone while leading towards the exit, "Think of this that the conversation never happened." Eddy wanted to stop this man from getting out, for answers of course. Only Makarov telling him that he's an ally to begin with to which the hotblooded teen groaned that he has a point. Double D only nodded in approval, crossing his arms and eyes closed.

'An ally huh?' Eddy wondered, but then again he realized that the man didn't attack them at all when their guildmates were put to sleep.

"5...4...3...2...1..." After counting down to one, Mystogan vanished in thin air, causing everyone to groan to wake themselves up, with the exemption of Natsu, who might be snoring for now. Gray, holding his head and shaking that drowsiness off.

"Man, my head."

"That's very unmanly..." Chimed Elfman.

"Aye," Happy agreed to what the Take Over Mage remarked, though there's drool at the side of his mouth, "I was dreaming about fish... It was heaven for me~!"

Gray suddenly realized that he knows that certain someone who did this to us, "Wait, don't tell me that Mystogan came here?"

"Mystogan? Who's that?" Asked a confused Lucy, who is stretching herself up from that sleep. Due to that question, the Eds only looked at each other and keeping themselves silent, despite that Ed wanted to tell them about that "ninja" or "phantom", whatever the adjective he's spewing about Mystogan. They remembered that the guild leader told them to keep a secret, knowing that the very imaginative Ed would tell them. Whispering, Eddy informed them in a nervous manner

"They wanna know who that dude is."

"Remember what the master said? Don't tell."

"How about in a different language?"

The Eds wanted to keep this one a secret, Gray however, did the exact opposite and answered that question of Lucy, "Well, he's that Fairy Tail Mage who is ridiculously strong. Of course we don't know what his face look like under that mask of his."

"He ain't gonna show his face and he's not man enough to do so," Remarked Elfman, clenching his fists.

"He's that strong?" Lucy was curious about it.

"Definitely!" Gray nodded and explained just a little, "Other than Erza, he's also an S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail."

"No way!" The blonde haired Celestial Wizard was surprised by that statement to which reasons why she admired this Guild. Suddenly, Cana rubbed the back of her head and mumbling to herself.

"Geez, I will never get what's under his mask."

Eddy can hear that and snickering since it's just like the mystery of Double D and his hat. No one knows what's under it. But before this talking about Mystogan, a blonde haired man, who seems to be wearing headphones and he has a scar at his right side of his face, seems to be in a shape of lightning, looking down at the people below, giving that air of arrogance, to which the short boy didn't like one bit of it.Q

"Oi, oi. Can ya give the man some privacy?"

"Is that you Laxus?" Asked an unamused Wakaba to which the man scoffed and making Natsu wake up, seeing at the sight of man makes his blood boil and wanted to kick his ass for good. The man shrugged, eyes closed, looking down to those who are below him. Smirking, he replied to all.

"Mystogan is a type of guy who wants to keep his privacy and there are times that you should keep your noses out of other people business," Noticing that the Eds are here, he gives them a look that he could care less about them, "I can't say the same about these three newbies. Yet, let's keep this a secret between us and that old geezer right there?"

"Sure... Whatever," Eddy growled in a low manner and he's reluctant that he didn't lash out, exploding like the usual.

"Wait... Are you the man named Laxus?" Asked Double D, feeling a bit uneasy due to his power.

"Hey Laxus!" Before that said man can answer the question, the certain Flaming Dragon Slayer snarled, with his fist clenched and giving him a nasty glare that he's ready to fight, "Get your ass down here and fight me you coward!"

"Hah!" Laxus scoffed, giving him a grin, "The fact that you can't beat that Redhead, how much more from me Fire Breather? I guess that eating charcoal doesn't give you any brain power, since you are just a pest compared to me."

"Oh yeah?! Come here and fight me right now you bastard!"

Ed can feel that Laxus' power is lightning due to his scar which is like a shape of lightning. He wasn't sure about it since he didn't see it, yet its a gut feeling coming from this imaginative Ed, "Oh! He looks like someone from the comic book of "I got shocked from an Oat Meal Series", Volume two~!"

Natsu can't take it anymore that the blonde haired man was ignoring the hot blooded Mage and jumped in to attack this man, only to get stopped from a gargantuan palm that belongs to their guild leader, who would proceeding to tell him that he can't go to the second floor... As of the moment. Eddy was confused at the commission until he can hear Laxus, bragging that causes his blood pressure to rise which is almost at his peak as Double D was beside him, calming the so called leader down. Suddenly, he gave a hardy laughter before answering in a prideful statement.

"Oh come on, aside from Mystogan and that Redhead, nobody is worthy to pick a fight and as for the strongest" He points to himself, "You're looking at him right now!"

"What an arrogant jackass..." Eddy cursed and groaned, crossing his arms while lowering his head, huffed. Double D was feeling despondent by the revolutionary answer by that said teen, who acts a bit like him... But like so proud that he's stronger and powerful than God.

The Eds' resting place

As they are having a break, Eddy was steamed when the first time he meets Laxus and grinding his teeth, aggravated due to his team. His slammed his fists against the wall and he reminds the man of one thing, Kevin. They come to Fairy Tail to become strong, not remembering their pals in Peach Creek when someone acts brattish, high and mighty and the like. Ed was reading some comic book for God knows where did he get that said coming. Double D, feels so fixated like Eddy and nodded in approval.

"I can't believe that some punk is currently residing Fairy Tail," The short Ed growled and looking his hands, before balling it into a fist, added some speech, "He sounds like a jerk. If he thinks that we're like some small fries, he's has gonna get another thing coming!"

"Fix your grammar first Eddy before giving yourself a declaration of a showdown to the man." Double D shakes his head, since maybe his tempter is making his head a bit messed up.

"Can you just shut up for once smartypants?" Eddy demanded, adding with irritation coming from his voice, before taking a deep breath which the hot-headed teen doesn't do that much, unless money is involved. He declared, bursting with confidence that he's like Natsu, "We're gonna prove him wrong!"

"Don't add the salt Eddy!" Ed reminds him with his strange ways of making metaphors in his speech, while reading his comic book without any disturbances.

"Ed's right Eddy," Double D got the message and added, "Let's be thankful that he did resort to verbal approach and not mindless, irrational, barbaric violence." Giving that calm look, he feels discontented because Laxus' magic power is way too powerful than the three of them combined... For now.

Due to the logic coming from his smart friend, he hated to admit. He's right, "Okay fine," With fire in his eyes, not literal like Natsu's. He kept that calm look, which mentally he surprised himself and crossed his arms, "But if that bastard wants to remark something that makes my blood boil, we're gonna give him a taste of hell!"

"Unless he planned on doing something that's harmful to us or the guild," Double D replied in a very pacifism manner, to which Eddy scoffed. Groaning, the greedy teen wants to earn some money since scamming means going to jail in this world.

"Hey Sock Head. How about finding some jobs for us?"

'Still demanding as always Eddy,' Double D sweat dropped, before getting the message and grinned as he showed his gap teeth that indicates a grin formed in his face, "Ah yes~ I'd say a nice mission to indulge our concerns should prove to be most appropriate," He stood up, fixing himself while leading towards the exit, "Coming Ed?" He glanced, looking at the simple-minded Ed.

"Right through the door Double D!" Ed gives a goofy grin on his face and laughed heartily, following the brains of the group. Eddy turmoil got up as he puts his hands on his pocket, huffed.

They went downstairs and left their place, looking up the skies to which that it's dusk and the majority of guild members already left to go back home. There are only a few core members left remained the place; Makarov, a nonchalant Laxus at the second floor, Mira, basically everyone with Natsu and Happy as an example and Cana, who's currently chugging, idle and tending herself to a half empty booze mug.

Before anything goes, the Eds arrived and entered the Guild hall to which Eddy was all fired up for a reason that Natsu understands what the short Ed feels... Especially when it comes to the arrogant Mage like Laxus. The trio noticed the guy and Eddy turned his head away, clicking his tongue. But latter couldn't give a single damn about them nor even noticed them.

"Time to find some jobs!" Eddy turned around to face the duo and ordered like the usual, "Go find some jobs for us. Chop chop!" He clapped, though Double D frowned of his approach and sighs that its Eddy that he's dealing with. As for the simpleton, he's only excited and wondering with hype, leaping back and force to which the so-called leader had to calm him down, before going to the request board.

"Ohhhhh~! Does this include beating up monsters and such?!"

"Stop jumping like an idiot Ed!"

"Okay, stop bickering gentlemen and let's pick one that has a farther location. With the added geography in our experience, we could navigate and further adapt to various regions," Double D suggested and then suggested a mission to which that they are now in front of the request board.

Eddy shrugged and he goes with the flow, "Sure, whatever. A nice vacation could make us relax for a moment."

'Just because I said vacation doesn't really mean slacking off Eddy,' The beanie wearing teen sweat dropped, shaking his head before noticing that the leader of the Eds is currently checking out some mission list.

"Escort? Nah. Delivery? Boring. Bandits? The price ain't right."

"Oh stop being so picky Eddy," Double D frowned at his choice of words, "It wouldn't hurt to start out small. We could use the experience."

"And use it to by more ham for breakfast," Ed chimed in with his random remarks and Eddy seems to be fuming a bit before yelling out to his pals.

"Alright alright! Sheesh! Double D sounds more of a whiny girl and Ed, just stop," He groaned and mumbled before snagged an island request which offers them the price worth fifty thousand jewels. Ed however, he noticed that he can't tell what of class are they getting of that said mission. Flipping the paper, he noticed the price and grin appeared in his face, before laughing like a maniac and stated.

"This will put us in the big leagues baby!"

"Ah yes... Big leagues," Double D sweat dropped that Eddy is way too pumped up and excited for this kind of mission. He sighed and asked him a question as usual, "Are you about that Eddy?"

"Don't be a sourpuss Double D," Eddy grinned, gripping the paper tight, "We can get the job done~"

Unbeknownst of the Eds, Cana eavesdropping by and she takes an empty seat to which she's doing the usual stuff. Drinking booze and whatnot. She smirked with interest, making her wonder, 'It seems that they are starting to get used of the Fairy Tail life I see. This is interesting~'

"I suppose that it won't hurt a bit. At least we can accept it," Double D chuckled nervously due to adrenaline rush, running through the coarse of Eddy's veins before wondering, "What does it say?"

"Hmm, it says something about this island called Zen Island," Eddy repeated to what it says and he continued, "It says something about a small platoon and that they need wizards who can keep them at bay and remain on the harbor."

While the Eds discussed their plans to prove Laxus wrong to enter this type of mission, Makarov heard the trio as he grumbled under his breath due to the alcohol consumption, before picking up the mug to chug down his drink, "I see. You three be careful, and be sure to stay cautious. This is a big step in your growth as Mages, so perhaps you should have an experienced Mage tag along."

"What?! Oh come on gramps!" Eddy complained with a baffled look on his face, "We're too old enough to be baby sitting by someone ya know!"

The guild leader sets the mug down, shaking his head by the stubborn Ed and his foolhardy decision, "No. You need the experience... Maybe in the later run. But for now," He glanced to his right, seeing Cana drinking a barrel of Booze like the usual, "Cana?"

"Hmmmm?" She glanced at the old man with an idle reaction.

"You seem to be idle," Makarov stated before getting into the point, "How about you tag along with the Eds on their mission? They could use someone of your experience."

Upon hearing that suggestion, Double D was getting super nervous to have Cana tagging along for their mission. Chuckling nervously, he can feel the butterflies churning down his stomach due to a nerve rackling moment before he began to stutter, "Well... U-u-ummm... Y-yes... Perhaps her experience can bask ourselves in exposure for experience."

"Why is Double D shaking?" Ed scratched his hair, oblivious at the situation that his pal has been through.

Glancing at the situation, Eddy grinned mischievously as he knows what's going on. Ed keeps on insisting to know what happen before the teasing Ed told him that now's not the time to ask such questions due to the fact that he wishes Erza to do the same to him. But for now, he has important goals to achieve and that's to become rich and proving that arrogant blonde bastard wrong.

After hearing that proposal given by Makarov, Cana stretched herself up and her cards are prepared to help the Eds completing the mission. She walked over the Eds with a serious, no nonsense look despite a very nervous Double D shows that blushing face of his, to which she ignored for now. She began to give them some important instructions to know.

"Be sure to meet me at the station in an hour. Be sure to bring any necessary tools. Anything'll come in handy on a mission such as this."

"All covered up Booze chick~!" Eddy gave her a confident smile, with a thumbs up.

Cana nodded, before turning her back to leave them for their preparations, working with her for the first time. She stopped for a moment, making the Eds confused a bit, to which she glanced a bit to face Double D, smirk added, "Oh yeah. Try to stay focus~" She winked at him and left, causing the sock wearing Ed with a face full of red out of embarrassment as he pulled the beanie to cover his eyes.

"Oh brother," Eddy crossed his arms, rolling his eyes that he can't feel the same way.

An hour later... Train Station

With Cana waiting for the trio to arrive, Eddy walks in first as usual taking orders as Double D only rolled his eyes following him. However, the one that carries their humongous stuff is Ed, to which he used his strength, in which the Money Wizard doesn't want them to get late... Money comes first is what comes to his mind.

"Say Double the Sock Head," The boy glanced at the smart Ed, doubt is what his look said, "Is that Alcohol Chick arrived at the train station?"

"I'm pretty that she goes early Eddy," Double D reassured him.

"Are ya sure?"

"I'm not so sure about it," The brains of the group chuckling nervously, in which Eddy gave him a deadpan look before regaining composure, "But since she was assigned to help us in participating, it's best that we assume she's already prepped." Then, he remembered Mystogan who was the mysterious S-class Mage of the group, making Double D curious.

"Still, I began to wonder who's this 'Mystogan' character has in terms of characteristics?"

"Oh I got it!" Ed, still carrying the stuff but all sweating as he raised his hand. Eddy and Double D gave him a look that is truly the equivalent of 'Is he serious?'. Nonetheless, he answered in his own way, "He might be a ninja phantom, releasing a vampire spell to drain the blood of victims in their sleep!"

"Hardly Ed," Double D shakes his head that Ed might be reading too much of his comic books or his over-the-top imagination, "Mystogan doesn't seem the kind of guy to act out of pure bloodlust." Ed only whined in response.

"Save that for fillers or something," After he stated that to Ed, to his surprise due to his doubts, Cana was already there and she looks different compared to when she's at the guild. She's having her feathery purse and looks ready to go, yet idle at the moment wearing that serious look on her face.

"She's early?!" Eddy gasped that he doubted or judged her too early, due to her drinking habits.

"Don't judge a book by its cover Eddy," Double D sighs, making the ringleader of the Eds snorted in annoyance.

"Probably she's thinking if there are good alcohol drinks and whatnot."

'He didn't listen at all!' The Sock wearing teen was shocked in though, observing that Eddy only shrugged.

Eddy waved out towards the brunette. "Hey, boozer! Over here!"

Hearing the call clear as day, Cana turned her head with a raised brow, giving a questionable stare at the direction of the sound. What she saw – to her mild surprise – were the Eds. Taking action, she casually strolled on over, standing in front of them with a hand to her hip. The lush smiled.

"Well you boys sure got good timing." She chimed.

"Why, good morning, Miss Cana." Double D replied.

"Morning to you too, Double D~" She flashed a wink towards him. To her satisfaction, it left Double D paralyzed. 'I swear, this guy is way too easy.' "So what do we got?"

"O-oh! Right!" Catching himself, Double D pulled out the flier and presented it to Cana. "Well, as you can see, our assignment is a containment and restrain priority. We must procure safety within an island in the southern reaches."

"It's all south from here, guys." Ed said.

"And how."

Cana looked over the description, mumbling to herself, quite incoherently at that. Once she finished up, she handed the flier back to the brains and adjusted her strap to her purse. "Alright," She huffed. "Guess we got ourselves a little journey ahead of us. Train, and then by boat."

Double D turned towards the train. "So, uh, how long do you think this ride will last?"

Cana smirked. "For you, it'll be a wild ride~"

"What?"

"By morning. Then boat may be 6 hours…I think."

"Say WHAT?!" Eddy shrieked. "6 hours?! That's gonna take forever! Hasn't this place ever heard of planes or taxi cabs?"

"Can't say they do."

The train whistled, signaling for any and all remaining passengers to get aboard. Time ran short, and the group knew it came time for their big step to be taken.

"Come on, guys!" Ed shouted. To his and everyone's shock, he was already in the train, head sticking out of the window like a dog. "There's plenty of room for everyone!"

Eddy went wide-eyed. "When did you get inside?!"

"Inside where?"

Once against, everyone nearly floored. Ed, however, smiled as if nothing happened.

The train moved throughout the land, passing ravaged terrain, leading towards serene meadows, over bridges, and throughout the train ride, everything was as smooth as skin. Night fell upon the long train ride, resorting to an exhausted team in one of the compartments of the train.

Ed yawned loudly up to the ceiling as he slouched between Ed and Double D. Once his yawn finished, the bags under his eyes were so heavy that his gaze grew sluggish. "So…sleepy…" A second later, Ed's head hung, his snoring coming around.

Eddy looked away, irritated. "Great…" He yawned as well, making a wide gap and showing his teeth for a moment. "How'd it come to this?"

"That's the drawback of coordination, Eddy." Double D informed. Even he was unable to suppress a yawn.

Cana looked through her purse, but even she caught wind of the Eds' statements. "Yeah, hotshot. Your friend knows what's going on." She told Eddy. "Now where is it…?" She grinned. "Ah, there we go!"

She pulled out a booze bottle, making Eddy and Double perk up.

"AHA! I knew it!" Eddy accused.

Double D shook his head. "Why?"

"Oh relax you big sissies. It's a long train ride, gotta have something to drink on, right?"

Eddy gave a despondent look at Cana before hunching forward. He yawned once more, this one lasting a second longer than the previous. "Bah, who cares? At this point, I'm too tired to even care."

"If I may interject?" Double D interceded. "Why not some water? It'd do you wonders and flush out the toxins your little…ahem, 'hobby' possesses."

"Relax, it's not like I'm drinking on the job." Cana waved dismissively. "Just the train ride. No harm in that, right?"

Eddy rolled his eyes away. "Ugh." His sulking averted towards Ed, whose snoring was remarkably loud. It sounded like an animal. "Geez, this guy is getting annoying."

"Then plug your ears, shorty."

Cana's comment earn her a glare from Eddy. The lush put her hands up in innocence, silently taking back her remark and leaving Eddy to acquiescently settle down. "Fine. Getting some shut eye." Eddy closed his eyes, turning away on the soft cushion as Ed snored along.

With Eddy and Ed now sound asleep, that only left a rather fatigued Double D and Cana to remain up.

"P-please excuse my friends." The sockhead apologized. "He means well, just a little temperamental is all." He gave a glance towards Eddy. "It's just a little difficult for us to get accustomed to things. I'm sure things will look up eventually."

Cana took one final gulp of her drink and sighed for air. She gave him and the sleeping Eds a look. "Well, Double D, I can tell ya this much; you got to take your time making those steps." She grinned. "As long as we all have the other's backs, I think we'll get along just fine."

Double D smiled back. "Thank you."

Cana's grin grew into a more impish smirk. "Oh, getting soft on little ol' me~~? Such a sweetheart~"

Double D swallowed a lump, trying his best to control his flustering. Suffice to say that by his weak blush, he was faring better than better. He hurriedly sat himself idly beside his friends. "Oh, uh…g-guess it's getting late. See you in the morning!"

With that, Double D fell asleep as fast as Eddy did. His arm was used as a makeshift pillow as he, Ed, and Eddy were all snoring, with Cana chuckling as she used her side of the seat and sat on it like a sofa. She, too, had went to slumber away.

The train whistled as dawn broke out. The sky was partially dark, but even the woodland creatures were aroused by the whistling of the train that pulled into the nearby station.

As the Eds were fast asleep, snoring away like last night, Cana was already up, looking down at them with a frown. "Alright boys, get up."

Double D was the first to wake up, his dreary gaze noticing the beams of sunlight blazing through the curtains. The stinging sensation meant morning had come, and that meant it was time to get up. Once on his two feet, he turned towards the others.

"Eddy? Ed?" He reached for Ed's shoulder, trying to shake him awake. "Ed~? Rise and shine, sleepyhead."

Drool seeped from Ed's mouth, snoring loudly. A loud snort from him made Double D recoil. "Breakfast!" He blurted out, but retained slumber.

Double D sweat-dropped. "Eh, guess you…have a point, Ed."

Suddenly, there was a loud, insidious growl that came from the pits of Ed's stomach. The train car vibrated harshly, startling Cana and Double D alike. Both were as bewildered as can be while Eddy was rudely awakened by the sound, falling onto his face. The shock awakened Eddy almost instantly, albeit leaving him dazed.

Once Ed's belly subsided, the train car stopped palpitating, and Cana regained balance. "Well…didn't see that coming." She remarked bluntly.

Double D – who hung onto a rail nearby – turned towards Cana. "I believe food will do."

Wide awake, Eddy's ears perked at the words spoken by Double D. "Breakfast?! I'm in!" In a hurry, he rushed out of their sector of the train car. "Hurry up! There's an omelet with my name on it!"

"Omelet for Ed, Double D!" Ed was up as well, following Eddy in his wake.

Double D sighed as he and Cana were in tow. "Loveable oaf."

Cana smiled at the sight of the trio, doing their stuff as usual.

Eddy hurried along, zooming out of the train. "Last one is the rotten egg!"

"Table for four!" Ed yelled as he ran behind, disregarding the way people were startled by his and Eddy's rush and shout.

Double D finally got out of the car hopping off and onto the train station. He looked towards the direction the Eds were going. "Can you two please slow down?! Who knows what'll happen?!" He cried out. "Good grief."

Cana hopped off next, landing beside Double D. Her snickering caught Double D's attention.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing. Your friends sure are lively. They remind me of Natsu."

Double D looked back ahead, watching them run off. "I suppose so." With that, he and Cana hurried along, rushing to catch up with their friends.

The Port – 1 Hour Later

After finding a local café, everyone within the group was making way towards the nearest port. They walked down a wooden dock, their stomachs filled with contents consisting of breakfast material.

"Ah~, man. I've been waiting to dine on something like that for a long time." Eddy sighed.

"Two eggs are better than one. With bacon." Ed added, following behind.

The Eds and Cana offered no other comments as the rest of the walk along the port was silent. According to the directions Double D's job request stated, the job was to take place on an island known as Zen Island. As questionable as it was, no input could change it. When they reached the docking area for the ship, all four were shocked to see the number of patrons on the dock, lined up and gathered around.

"Man, what's with all the people?" Eddy questioned.

"Probably because that island is coming around a special time of year. It's the most likely scenario." Cana said. "From rumors I've heard, their docks are under lockdown, so our best bet is using small time ports or the seashore to make land.

Eddy took note of what Cana said ad turned towards Ed. From past experience, he remembered the little cruise scam, and was tempted to use Ed as the engine. But considering it was so long away, and they didn't have the time, Eddy dismissed it, albeit with a meek grumble.

Double D put a hand to his chin. "I wonder what's so special about Zen Island to attract so many tourists?"

"Oh! Maybe they're using Kung Fu to draw victims into fights to the death!" Ed imposed.

Cana didn't seem amused. "Doubt it, but to be honest, I wouldn't know either. I only got hold of one rumor that there's this special festival. I think it has something to do with lacrima. The place gets big jewels for selling so much of it and its crafty weaponry."

"You mean arson material?" Double D questioned. "That isn't good."

"Apparently these Flash lacrima work much like fireworks, in a way. But recently they've been putting restrictions on them due to hazards. And the recent news is that the supply is cut off due to confliction in the harbor."

Eddy rammed his fist into his palm. "Then I say we bust up these guys, grab our loot, and enjoy some nice fireworks with popcorn!"

"With lots of butter." Ed added.

Double D crossed his arms, showing objection. "Are you sure it's that simple, Eddy? I say we should observe and ask them about his mishap, then take appropriate action as needed."

"Well I say your plans are a load of boloney!" Eddy retorted.

"With bread?" Ed added, again.

Hearing their commotion, Cana sweat-dropped. "Let's just get in the boat already."

The line shortened up drastically, leaving the passengers to take refuge along its open decks. With the vast boat filled and the Eds and Cana were all nearby chairs set on the boat, certain for relaxation if needed.

As the boat sailed off towards open seas, the Eds couldn't help but overhear a few remarks here and there.

"Can you believe it? The Flash Festival is almost here, and we're gonna see it first-hand!"

"Yeah, I'm psyched too!"

"Me too, but have you heard of the commotion on the island? Apparently they're having issues and I think they're experiencing difficulties."

"Well let's hope it's fixed soon. The festival is the day after tomorrow, and I sure don't want to miss this for the world."

"This will be bad if it can't get fixed."

"I know! This is a rare opportunity!"

Ed turned towards the others. "Do you think there will be streamers?"

"Please worry about decorative celebratory material after the mission at hand, Ed." Double D insisted.

"Well I say we chill until we get there." Eddy turned towards the open seawater, looking out with a smirk. "It's all smooth sailing until then."

Cana gave one more yawn before she looked down to her purse, where she pulled out the same liquor bottle from before. She began sipping from it, gulping down several ounces before letting up. She sighed. "Well this'll be interesting. We'll just wait and find out what we're up against."

Ed smiled. "I bet we are going to the Gates of the Dragon of Zhang Wang, Xiao Fan**, where it has wings and knowing of its elements!" Of course that was his fantasy taking over. Ed personally would love to see a dragon, of course his friends thought he has gone nuts.

Eddy pointed his finger at his head and twirled it, signaling Ed is nuts.

Double D chuckled as he began taking a seat on the ship. "Well, at least he's consistent."

Cana took the seat next to him, the booze bottle resting beside her. "You got that right."

Zen Island

A place of culture and wealth; prosperity key to its ecosystem and basis of operations. Everything from all around looked very similar to Chinese culture. Bells and décor resembled Chinese columns and drapes. It had many of people wandering around the highest point, which was its righteous tower, where the ruler was said to watch over all of Zen Island.

In an undisclosed building within the island's inhabitance, it was all dark, save for the abundances of embers flickering from candles that ignited altogether, giving birth to light. The light illuminated elsewhere from certain confines. Two figures were seen standing side by side; man and woman. The man had long silver hair with an intricate silver crown, a silver robe adorning his body. The female had a red robe with yellow edging, her dark shoulder length hair tied in a bud.

The woman graciously overlooked the city from the window. "It seems that the Flash Festival will be starting soon, due to the number of visitors incoming." Her gaze averted towards the shores, where many ships were coming forth.

A fellow follower knelt behind, bowing his head. "Your highness." He graciously said. "Everything is all set."

The man's eyes narrowed as he faced the windows. "I see…" He raised his head, averting the line of sight from the sea to the sky. The sun beamed down on his white skin, glistening like ceramic gloss. "So it seems that the time has come. This year, the Flash Festival will most certainly be one to remember."

The woman beside him chuckled. "In good time, my lord. All in good time." She turned to face him, her dainty hand slowly rising and cupping his face. She gave him a look of security. "Your family has brought greatness to this island. It'd be a shame if your brother went and ruined it."

The man stared longingly at her, grinning. "I know, dear. I know." He pulled away, facing the sun's reflection. "The sun is bright, but will what we have be even brighter? We shall soon see." He turned away, this time swiftly pivoting to face behind. "HUANG!"

The lackey behind raised to his feet, revealing himself to be a burly man with a black mohawk going all the way down to his neck. He had a red eye, while his left eye was shut with a scar on it. He had black armbands with an intricate sun-like red insignia designed on it. Wearing a battle vest, he also adorned black trousers and brown boots.

"Be sure to have everyone set. Make sure everything goes as planned."

"Yes, your highness Liu Sung." He nodded. "We shall follow you, and make sure that Dai Long does not have his way this year." With that, he turned and walked off, the door behind him shutting.

Another figure showed himself, revealing a sash around his spiky brown hair and had thick glasses. He adorned a stylish black vest and tan pants over boots. "The people are to come. Shall we make do with the waiting game?"

Liu Sung nodded weakly while smiling expectantly. "Of course, Seito."

Hours Later

Small loading docks in slants on the beach of Zen Island. All of the inhabitants took up the beaches and the upscale island's city alike. They all looked peaceful and loving, having fun times, even with the population leaving everything cramped.

Among the passengers who were docking, Cana and the Eds followed along with traffic. Once they have reached the sandy beaches, all their eyes widened.

"Holy cow! Take a look at this place!" Eddy shouted.

"It's bigger than a cereal bowl!" Ed exclaimed.

Double D walked along, staring at the numbers as they began making way up the beach. "There has to be thousands crowing around! I wouldn't be surprised if we were the last load of passengers allowed onto these beaches.

Cana whistled. "Boy, thousands would be quite the understatement there."

"Who cares about numbers?! Let's just go already and get some stuff!" Eddy, dismissing logic, ran towards the exit of the capital.

"Wait for me!" Ed followed behind.

Double D reached out. "Fellows, wait…" The realization sunk in, and all he did was shake his head. "Oh, who am I kidding?"

Eventually, the group managed to make way off the beach and onto the solid ground of the capital of the relatively small island. Everyone was happily playing, and the Chinese décor astounded the eds. What was the most amazing feature was the huge tower that stood in the center of the humungous stretch of the public. Within the public, one could get lost very easily if not careful. The Eds and Cana found themselves on the main street, where saw children running around with flashy objects and sparklers. Not to mention food and other merchandise.

Eddy looked around, his mind boggled. "JUST LOOK AT ALL THIS! IT'S LIKE STRIKING GOLD, ONLY IT ISN'T!"

"Do we get a home run or strike out with gold?"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, Ed." Eddy looked at everything around him, all of which was in gold. His eyes were basically dollar signs. "We're so gonna be rich!"

Double D was having difficulties lagging in the back. He huffed and puffed, barely catching up with his colleagues. "Can you two please show some self-control please?"

"Wow, look at all these drinks~!" Cana looked around, her mind racing as she could see the most exquisite amounts of liquor and adult beverages in some peoples' hands. "This place surely is a paradise. Maybe afterwards I'd a few barrels to chug on the way home."

"Not you too." Double D groaned. With Eddy and Ed in their own worlds, and Cana distracted with booze, Double D finally snapped. "HOLD IT!"

With his shout, Eddy, Ed, and Cana whipped around and faced Double D.

"Pardon my intrusion, but if I may make a suggestion, wouldn't it be better to rejoice after we finish our job? The sooner the better."

Cana would've interjected, but seeing as how Double D had a point, she acquiescently backed off…for now. "Alright, let's get going then. This place ain't gonna save itself."

"Awwwwww..." Ed and Eddy groaned in disappointment. But Double D's point overruled their desires, and thus they followed alongside him.

"Killjoy." Eddy weakly muttered.

Double D pulled out the flier once more, taking directions to where the client was to be held. "We'll have to make a few good turns, but otherwise, our destination should be around here somewhere…"

"Oh! Oh!" Ed pointed up towards the tower. "I bet we'll find a dragon dormant in there or something!" His hilarity caught a few eyes of some tourists, some who gave questionable gazes towards him and his pals.

Cana pinched the bridge of her nose, groaning. "Maybe you should tape that mouth of yours shut."

"Yeah, for once, I agree with booze girl over here." Eddy pointed a thumb at Cana to illustrate his point.

The guys traveled down towards the directions set, making way past abundance of people, while trying to persuade themselves from the souvenirs. It was hard, especially with the greedy Eddy, but due to confetti and décor, making out addresses on the island was harder than it was meant to be.

Eddy looked all around, putting his hand towards his chin and discerning possible locations. "Now, if I were a ruler or an important client, where would I be?"

"Close to a bathroom." Ed said.

Double D raised a brow. "Well if you were a ruler, Eddy, I would think that you'd be more satisfied with jawbreakers and women than a natural abode..."

Eddy shot a glare at the now-chuckling Double D. "Shut up. What about you, wise guy?"

Cana took in a sigh. "Geez. You guys done yet? Otherwise we got a place to be." She pointed up to somewhere.

"Huh?" In unison, the Eds turned all their attention towards the huge tower in the center of the capital. It towered with exquisite might, beguiling the trio.

"It's obvious that a ruler needs a high point to watch over his subjects, so odds are he's in there."

Eddy snapped his fingers. "Good idea! Come on!"

With that, Eddy rushed on up towards the tower entrance, his companions following behind as the guards confirmed their guild marks. Seeing the job request, the guards uncrossed their staves and allowed the Eds to follow behind, the guards in tow. However, a bystander who looked like a tourist was watching from nearby. When he saw the four ventured inside, he looked away and tapped his earpiece.

"Hey, it's me. We got trouble…"

Throne Room

The throne room was as intricate as the boundless tower itself. Large golden banners aligned with candle-lit lanterns atop, with red pillars encompassing the area. Sitting on the throne of intricate design was a man with a bright white robe, with a dark silver crown pinched into his shoulder-length white hair. He sat expectantly as his throne overlooked the window, which showed the whole northern end of the city.

The man retained a calm yet cumbersome expression. The doors to his room opened up, the creaking getting him to narrow his eyes.

A fellow guard walked up, reaching meters away before kneeling to the great leader. "Lord Dai Long."

"Yes?"

"Your majesty, we have visitors."

His eyes narrowed. "…are they armed?"

"We did a check. They're actually Fairy Tail Mages."

Dai Long retained a calm face, but his eyes showed some sense of relief. "Send them in."

"Yes, sir!" The guard left the throne room, fetching the mages.

"Fairy Tail Mages, huh?" A sultry voice called out from behind. The voice caught Dai Long's attention, making him look towards the nearby pillar with surprise as a woman with a red robe with yellow edging appeared, her dark hair in a bud. She gave him a coy smirk.

"Meixiang." Dai Long said.

The mistress bowed towards the ruler. "Your majesty."

"Where have you been?"

She only retained a smirk as she inched closer, her body turning as she stood by his side. "I had to deal with errands. Not to worry." She raised her head. "Our guests are arriving."

The attention shifted as the guards entered the throne room, both diverging to opposite sides as the Eds and Cana ventures into the room, all of them marveling at the décor and spectating the shocking ornaments. Eddy especially was pleased.

"Check it out…" The leader of the Eds marveled.

"My lord. Such resembling design." Double D said. "I never would've expected Chinese embroidery is a secluded place, especially around Fiore."

"Well it certainly would put any tower up to date to shame." Cana added.

They all stopped before his majesty, where he looked down towards them with a grin. "I welcome you to my domain. We're honored by your presence, mages of Fiore." He greeted.

Ed pointed towards him. "Look guys! It's-!" He was silenced when Eddy stuck his hand over Ed's mouth, muffling out whatever he had to say.

"Ignore him, he has gas." He dissuaded.

Meixiang grinned as she stepped up. "You must be the Fairy Tail mages." She gave a subtle bow. "We are pleased to have you with us."

Cana bowed in compliance. "We're pleased to be here as well."

Double D followed Cana's example, bowing before the emperor. "And how we should be the ones honored to step foot into a prestige land."

Eddy reluctantly bowed too, but only to show respect unless he wants his friends to end up in a prison cell. Ed bowed too, but he bent too far down, hitting his head against the floor.

Dai Long smiled, as he keeps his calm and collected persona despite of of Ed's shenanigans. "Greeting, young ones. I trust you are here for the request, yes?"

"Sure am." Eddy answered.

Double D stood back up. "With all do respect, your majesty, can you please allow detail and possible backstory? Any and all information available would truly benefit our endeavors."

Dai Long turned towards Meixiang, both nodding in understanding. The permission seemed to have been granted. Meixiang took up the ropes from then on.

"Actually, it all started about two weeks ago. His majesty and myself were noticing that our supplies in regards to our mined lacrima were depleting, as if someone has been pillaging them."

"Pillaged? For what?" Double D asked.

"Probably for black market prices." Cana said.

"Regrettably so." Dai Long said. "The Flash Lacrima we find and manifest on Zen Island are mainly used to celebrate the Flash Festival every 5 years. We don't ship it to other fundamental locations due the more…destructive results."

"Huh?" Eddy raised a brow.

"When used properly, it's like a firework or signal. But, as our ancestors have also learned, they can be devastating like dynamite if used improperly. But I am afraid it gets sickening from there."

Double D blinked. "Really?"

Dai Long nodded. "The black market is understanding, but these past couple of Festivals have been...tumultuous. Our engineers have been careful in making the lacrima, but the past couple of times upon being used were proven hazardous. This caught some interest not just by the black market, but also attracts the attention of Dark Guilds. Fortunately, our harbors aren't open, so no lacrima can leave the island, and those going in must be verified by an official guild."

"Which explains all those verifications we had to go through." Cana said.

"Correct. Though, we have but another flaw this year. We have rumors that some underground force is sanctioning these materials…and we have just found out that these rumors are true."

"We believe that the public may have taken some measure of notice." Meixiang continued on. "And to ensure safety, we have limited the number of Flash Lacrima this year. From what we can tell, with the number of lacrima stolen, it may be enough to extinguish an entire army."

Eddy's eyes widened. "Say what? That much fire power in those little rocks?!"

"Yes." Dai Long answered. "Each individual by itself is weak, but remember, there is power in numbers. There are two outcomes that can be drawn from this: Either they try and target the city, or they'll leave the island via the harbor. We want you to scour the island and find and restrain whoever is deemed responsible. Bringing down the culprit should bring everything to a stop."

"This year must not proceed without worry. If you can find and contain the culprit before the festival, we'll pay you royally. Be sure to be discrete of this matter. As far as we know, you might already be tagged." Meixiang warned.

Eddy gave a twisted look. "The heck's that mean?"

Meixiang narrowed her eyes. "I should warn you to drop the questionable tone, young man." She warned. "That attitude may very well lead you to a cell rather than a reward."

Before Eddy could lash out, Double D thankfully intervened. "Please pardon my friends." He turned towards Eddy and Ed. "We must behave. Remember the last time we ended up being, well…of our compliance? Does Era ring a bell?"

Eddy and Ed both went stiff as they recalled how they ended up in that cell. It was beyond uncomfortable, and they had absolutely no space, nor comfort. The memory was still fresh from the other day.

"Ouch." Ed said.

Eddy regrettable backed off. "Fine, fine. But we'll stop whoever did this. Count on it."

Cana put a hand to her hip. "So your saying scouts are posted all around? Maybe if we corner one, then we might have a clue where to start."

"That, or we can follow individual scouts. My hypothesis is that if there are a large number in one area, the location of the perpetrator should be within its center."

"That'll take forever!" Eddy exclaimed.

"He may have a point." Cana pointed out. "I say we investigate a little before we do that."

"Well said." Double D said.

Eddy turned and waved at the emperor and mistress. "Alright, well don't you worry about a thing. We'll knapsack these guys and get the loot, and we can all get on with our lives! See ya!" Eddy turned with Ed following, both making way out of the throne room with a less enthusiastic Double D and Cana following behind.

With them vacating, the guards followed behind, closing the door as they followed the Eds out. With the space vacant, Meixiang and Dai Long were alone once more.

"You didn't tell him 'that'?"

Dai Long lowered his head. "...it wouldn't matter in the end. Whether or not he'll come to his senses is unpredictable." He looked out the window, seeing the Fairy Tail Mages depart. "Everything has a point of no return. Once crossed, the only thing to do is take matters into a more...definitive manner."

Meixiang gave a coy grin. "You're taking this more personal than it should be."

"It's been personal from the beginning…"

Huang ventured into the same domain as before, standing nearby Seito as he watched Liu Sung overhear from a lacrima standing on the desk in front of him. Once Dai Long's voice trailed off, the connection was cut off, and the unknown man gave a calm yet harsh glare out towards the city.

"Fairy Tail, they say?" He moved slowly to the side, walking around the desk. "So Dai Long went that far in lengths, I see."

Huang bowed. "Your highness, I have gathered and rounded up forces. We should be on high alert for the time being."

"The mistress should be back anytime now with the plans set in motion." Seito answered.

"Good, very good." Liu Sung grinned. "Everything is working out as it should be. As for those Fairy Tail mages…do keep an eye on them."

Huang looked up. "How close?"

Liu Sung turned around, his boots tapping against the ground. "Enough to know their every move. Tell the nearby units via Communication Lacrima."

"Yes, your highness." Huang got to his heels and hurriedly exited, ready to enact the plans given out.

Seito craned his head towards his majesty, half-grinning. "Your majesty, I would believe that the mistress would like to make friends with them."

Liu Sung turned and looked out the window. He looked down, watching as the streets were filled with joyous folk and children. Among them, he could see his own scouts crawling within the numbers. He knew somewhere hidden beneath the cover, those four were lurking, and he had to snuff them out.

His smirk widened. "Yes, I suppose getting acquainted would benefit." He turned towards the lacrima on his desk, the woman in question having shut off communication as well. "This should be fun…Meixiang."

*Ed makes a reference of a Chinese fried rice or a Taiwanese slang (which fits in the EEnE dirty jokes.)

Hi guys! This is Insane Dominator writing the concluding A/N, and might I say we are proud to have made a comeback. It has been a year and a half since our last attempts at writing, and we apologize extremely for that reason, but we had our individual reasons for doing so. My buddy has begun moving from genre to genre, and now he has been working on stuff like Love Live: School Idol Project as an example and making steps to go there. Still, he has a life, and as for me, I have been hung over on my own projects for so long. We hope that you can forgive us, but we'll be working hard in coming around every now and again to make sure this story isn't dead. So guys, thanks for the wait, and even though this may be cheap, we still hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Thanks!