From the author: Now we get into the real meat of this story! New characters! Awesome magic abilities! And a hint of romance! Keep in mind these characters are around 17 years old.

3 years after chapter one...

"Reiki! Reiki! REIKI!"

The force magic user opened her eyes after a deep sleep. She saw a good-looking, red-haired face smiling calmly down at her. But instead of waking up civily, she sent a booming wave of force, pushing Yousuke out the door.

"Dammit Yousuke! I have an alarm clock, so I don't need you coming in and scaring the hell out of me like that!" screamed Reiki.

"You're cute when you're angry," said Yousuke. "and you don't scare me. Let's see what Marienne has made for breakfast." He held out his hand to help Reiki up, and she reluctantly took it. On her way down the stairs, she couldn't help but touch her hand gently. The salty smell of bacon emerged from the kitchen, along with a hint of eggs. She saw her best friend, Marienne, cooking at he stove. Ever since she met her, Reiki felt a little jealous, her friend was pretty, with blonde hair and startling green eyes, but in the end they got along very well.

She sat down next to Brock, who was sleeping soundly in his chair. His unkempt mane of hair got in his face and he swatted it away from his eyes. There was a long scar on his left one. Secretly, she had heard that Marienne and Brock had recently become a couple, so she always pretended, for her friends' sake, that she had no idea what was really going on. Brock was a powerful wizard, he used heat magic, he was able to burn enemies and manipulate things by using their heat signatures, but on the other hand, Marienne was a shape shifter and was excellent with hand-to-hand combat. Recently, the four had become the strongest team in Crime Sorcerie, and they were all at S-Class level. They were granted with the traditional name of Team Crime.

Reiki heard a grunt and found Yousuke sitting next to her. His hair was ruffled from sleep, and Reiki held in a laugh. Yousuke saw her smiling and grinned at her.

Crap I'm turning red! thought Reiki. But thankfully Yousuke didn't notice, and stared at the oncoming plates of food coming their way.

"Oi!" exclaimed Marienne, slugging Brock in the head. She could become violent when people didn't eat her cooking. "Breakfast is ready, idiot."

"Yosh! Thanks Mari," said Brock, flashing a small smile at his girlfriend.

The four devoured breakfast, ran out of the house they shared together, and arrived shortly at their beloved Crime Sorcerie.

The foursome were immediately greeted by a blazing fireball that zoomed quickly past Yousuke's head.

"Holy-" Yousuke was cut off when two arms wrapped around his and Brock's shoulders.

"Ah, so these are Jellal's boys! Looks like they could beat the hell of a living soul out of me!" The boys turned, only to see Natsu Dragneel, the infamous Salamander master of Fairy Tail, with his wife Lucy.

"I brought some of the crew here to celebrate Anya's third birthday! You didn't forget, did you, Yousuke?" asked Jellal.

Some of his guildmates, the legendary Ur and Meredy, stared at him as well. Harley, a metal-user, also glared at him with his single robotic whole guild formed a circle around the four teens.

"You better remember, kid," said Reina, the black haired ex-Dark Guild mage.

"Where is her present? I have the cake and everything, but you were in charge of the present!" his mother was in dismay.

"Dammit," Yousuke cursed. But Anya was standing with him, and Yousuke picked her up. She smiled with her father's eyes. A small red mark encircled her eye, proving she was of Fernandez descent. This time, she only hugged Yousuke tighter.

"Yousuke my present,"she said. "Yousuke."

Yousuke smiled and formed a group hug circle, closest to Reiki, then Marienne, Brock, and his family.

"See dad, mom, I didn't even need to get her anything."

Next day

Team Crime stared blankly at the job board. The S-Class board had been filled with bandit defeat requests, which for some reason, bothered Reiki. She paced back and forth uncomfortably, ever so often glaring at the stood in front of her to stop her worrying.

"What's with you? You've been like this ever since we looked through the possible job requests. Something's up, and I need you to tell us," he explained. Marienne and Brock nodded in agreement.

"Fine," she said. "I'll tell you the story. My parents were mages living in Marauna, a small but friendly town that happily coexisted with the local wizards. One day though, a bandit dark guild with overhwhelming numbers killed the mayor of our town and his family, leaving only his two-year-old son behind."

Yousuke nodded. This was the guild that Reiki defeated, and where he met her with Gray.

She continued,"My parents were suddenly accused of letting the bandits into the heavily secured town, juat because they happened to be wizards. After I was born, my parents ran away to live in a small, secluded village many miles from that wrerched town Marauna. We lived there happliy for ten years, until a group of mages ironically coming from Marauna came into the village. Their group conaiated of people that wielded a type of magic that could ultimately dissolve other forms of magic, and they were powerful. Their mission: wipe out every wizard in Fiore."

Marienne stared and let out a small gasp. Brock held her hand and waited for the story to finish.

"Among them was the mayor's son, James, who was twelve at the time. I can still see him in my mind.

They were starting the elimination in the small areas first, and they would go bigger as they moved outwards from Fiore. But, to do this successfully, they disguised as mages and infiltrated many other villages like ours. My parents were unrecognizable compared to ten years ago, so we layed low for a while. No one suspected we were wizards.

"I met James when I went out to explore the neighborhood as I did every day. We talked and became friends over a few months. But on one day, after coming home from my exploring..." Reiki paused and a stifled sob came from her.

"...I found my parents on the floor, dead."

Super tragic, I know. I will explain how they died, and how the Maraunians found out about them being mages (that probably won't make you feel any better but it'll help) Sorry if there are an errors, but please review my chappies!