Disclaimer: Same as chapter 3.

Author's Notes: I've pulled out all of the tricks I had out of my hat in order to make this story as funny and as enjoyable as possible. I also didn't expect to update it as fast as I had because of school.


"...Rose, I don't like where this is going!" Ein exclaimed.

"Too bad, you can't escape my telepathic connection!" she replied.

Ein could now clearly see the pictures being formed into his mind like a home video. He saw himself going to the springs, alone. He looked around and saw no one so he took off his clothes and dipped into the springs. With his cupped hands, he put them into the water and then brought his hands back up towards his face. The water gave him a fresh feeling as it hit his face. Ein heard some soft rustle in the bushes but he ignored it and sat in the water for a period of time. The video's image quickly disappated as Ein interjected.

"Rose, how did you get such a view...oh you didn't...you did not do such a thing..."

"Oh yes I did, but not in the way you think. I was merely only keeping an eye on you to make sure nothing happened..." Rose trailed off.

"But something did happen, didn't it?" Ein quickly questioned.

"Indeed it did, now if you let me rewind here..."

The images quickly returned to where it stopped but was now in a speedy reverse to where Ein put the water on his face.

"Right here, when you heard the rustle in the bushes." Rose said.

Ein could now clearly see Rose in her familiar form. She was hiding in one of the nearby bushes near the springs, and no doubt, she could see Ein sitting there in the water. The rusting noise came from the bush next to Rose. She crept slowly through the bush to see who it was. Rose had exclaimed to herself as she saw Fia, blushing red and had a great view of Ein. Rose was astounded at the sight when she had stepped on a dry leaf. The seemingly loud crackling sound alarmed Fia and looked towards the source of the noise. Rose quickly dove back to where she had come from and Fia continued watching Ein from her hot seat. The images were disrupted by an outburst from Ein,

"You mean Fia was watching me bathe in the springs?"

"What?" Serene shouted.

"Er...I mean...ah crap." he said to himself.

"Is this true Fia?" Lina questioned.

"Fia spying on Ein, this is quite interesting indeed." Cierra added.

They all awaited a response from Fia who was behind the stove, placing a tray into the oven. As she closed the oven door, she peered over the stove, darting her eyes around the room.

"Uhm...n...no I wa...wasn't..." Fia stuttered.

As she slowly stood up straight, everyone gasped.

"Fia is a bad liar!" Lina yelled.

"Fia, how could you! You're just as bad as Ein!" Serene added.

"Hey!" Ein argued.

"Did you see anything Fia?" Cierra asked with a devilish grin.

Everyone watched as Fia's face was a red as a tomato. Her mouth was dry as she tried to make out words, but failed miserably. Malice could not stop grinning as she was thinking of a great punch line to announce. Rose was sitting there at the table, also grinning to herself.

"Perfect, and now to watch the fireworks." she thought to herself.

"Fia is a pervert too!" Lina sang.

"I can't believe she was spying on him too!" Serene said.

"...Wait what do you mean 'too?'" questioned Cierra.

"Er...wait, I didn't mean it like that..." she replied, waving her open hands about.

"You were spying on me too, Serene!" Ein exclaimed.

Serene was also blushing red in the face. She quickly turned around to cover it but it was too late, everyone else had seen it already.

"Haha! Serene is a pervert too!" Lina sang out again.

"Shut up, squirt!" Serene retorted, still red in the face.

"Bwaaa! Serene is a meanie!" she cried out.

"Serene...just admit that you saw me bathing..." Ein started.

"I...no...but...and...alright! Fine, I had a quick glance..." she yelled as she turned around, folding her arms across her chest.

Ein raised his eyebrow and looked at Serene.

"Come on Serene, you have to give me a little credit here. I'm not that guillible."

"...Ugh. Fine. I was looking for you. You just happened to be...bathing when I found you..."

"And instead of shouting for me, you were hiding somewhere watching me bathe!" Ein questioned.

"...I...er...well, you see...I..." Serene stuttered, pushing her index fingers together. "...I saw Lina there too!"

As she pointed, Ein quickly turned his head around towards Lina's direction and so did everyone else. Lina's face was quickly turning red as well.

"Hehehehe...Lina doesn't know what Serene is talking about..." Lina said.

"Lina...but...I thought you had chores to do at the time." Fia said.

"Er...well...Lina finished early...so Lina was looking for Ein as well..." Lina struggled to form the words.

"I can't believe this! The only one that hadn't watched me was..." Ein started before slowly drifting his words to face Cierra.

"...What? Why...are you looking at me like that Ein?" Cierra questioned.

"Lina saw Cierra hiding in the bush next to me!" Lina exclaimed, happily taking the attention off of her.

"Now now, hold on a minute..." Cierra started, slightly blushing.

"There is no way I'm holding on. All of you shouted at me when I had accidently walked in when you were taking baths, how come when you were watching me, you were all ninjas about it!" Ein shouted in frustration.

"Now now, calm down Ein..." Cierra said.

"I will not calm down! Next thing you know, you're gonna say...Soala saw me as well!" Ein said pointing at Soala.

"Er...well...about that..." Cierra replied. "She...was kinda with me at the time..."

Ein had looked at Cierra with bulging eyes as he lowered his arm slowly, before it flopped to his side. He slowly looked back at Soala who was now also blushing.

"Soala? Are you serious?" Ein questioned.

"Uhm...well...it's quite a funny story actually..." Soala started, but Ein cut her off.

"Is there anyone else I should know about?" Ein shouted.

"Well, I did see...some kind of funny fish in the water when Ein had got out of the water..." Lina butted in.

"Fish...? Wait, fish...there's only one person I know that fits that description!" Ein looked around the stage and found the person he was looking for sitting in the audience. "Meute!"

The lights faded out as two spot lights closed in onto the undine sitting in the crowd. As the spot lights hit their mark, it was clear that Meute saw Ein naked from underwater as now she was blushing too.

"I...well...it...it...it...was...La...die's...idea..." she managed to say.

The spot lights now quickly shined above Ladie as now she was blushing too.

"I...I would never do such a thing to master Ein!" she denied as best as she could but someone butted in.

"Nya! Mursya saw you hiding behind a rock nya!" Mursya chimed in.

"You saw me too?" Ein questioned.

"Of course nya! But unlike everyone else, I gladly admit I did nya!" she replied.

"Okay, I've had enough of this. Everyone who saw me bathe on that day, raise your hand." he commanded. As he looked around the room, one by one, everyone slowly raised their hands up. Ein was absolutely flabbergasted.

"Everyone in Elendia was there?" everyone had nodded in approval.

"Wait! Those three didn't put up their hands!" Serene exclaimed as she pointed towards the judges table. Ledah, Malice and Rose looked on at the bulging eyes of everyone else.

"Heh. I've known Ein since we were in Asgard. Infact, quite often we bathed together." Ledah stated.

Everyone's eyes were now opened even more and their mouths wide open. They all looked at Ein with those wide eyes. Ein didn't expect Ledah to openly admit that to everyone and he quickly took on the defense.

"We were very good friends! It's nothing like what all of you had done, since you spied on me!"

"Don't forget that you did the same thing to us..." Fia said, with a glare.

"But it was an accident! And you saw me anyway! You were spying on me for quite a while and none of you even owned up to it!" he quickly countered.

"But that's different...wait, you and Ledah bathed together? So...Ein...what does he look like? You know...under all of that clothing..." Cierra asked with a curious look.

Ein was now blushing as he tried to avoid answering the question but when Ledah had heard what Cierra asked, his eyes widened for a split second, surprised and slightly embarrassed. Malice was the only one to notice this and decided to use it to her advantage.

"Oh, what's this? Ledah is shaken up? This is a rare occasion indeed!" she announced.

Everyone wondered what Malice was talking about but as they turned their attention towards Ledah, they all saw what she was yapping on about. He raised his eyebrow and cocked his head to the side, trying to maintain his poker face but to no avail. Everyone saw he was blushing ever so slightly and his head wasn't held up as high as it normally was. Ledah glanced at Malice from the corner of his eye and she was enjoying this situation, laughing and she had finally beaten Ledah.

"Ein...I'm sorry, but I have to do this, for my sake and for your own." Ledah thought to himself.

Malice stopped laughing as she turned towards Ledah, who was smirking to himself.

"Hmm? What's so funny Ledah? You've finally lost all control of your emotions have you?" Malice sneered.

"Absolutely not. I was just reminiscing the times Ein and I shared when I also remembered that I saw someone who was watching us. It didn't matter to me at first, but then I kept seeing that same person, every time I bathed with Ein. It started to bother me, so I decided to investigate."

Malice stopped laughing and found it difficult to swallow, drops of sweat formed around her forehead as Ledah kept telling his story.

"It turns out that this person was a female and had blond hair. I asked around and it turns out that this particular person is here right now."

As soon as Ledah said these words, Ein looked directly at Malice. She slowly turned her eyes towards Ein as she was now blushing. His mouth was wide open, unable to string any words together to make a coherent sentence.

"Also, as it turns out, this particular person wasn't interested in watching me at all. When Ein was bathing alone, I saw her there hiding behind one of the pillars, watching him."

Everyone was now laughing as Malice was as red as red could be. She held her head low, unwillingly wanting to meet the eyes of the others but someone caught her attention.

"Ein and Malice sitting in a tree!" Lina started.

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Serene chimed in.

"First comes love, then comes marriage!" Cierra sang along.

"And then comes a baby in a baby's carriage!" Fia finished.

Everyone was now roaring in laughter at the song by the quartet. Ein and Malice glanced a quick look at each other before looking away again, still red in the face. Ein had to do something to not only get the attention off of himself, but also Malice. Ein then looked at Rose and grinned.

"So, Rose, what about you then?"

Rose quickly froze at hearing the words. She had to think up something quick, otherwise she will be embarrassed in front of everyone, by Ein. She could never let that happen, but she couldn't say that she was the same familiar that was labeled Gateau by Cierra.

"Well, er you see...funny you mention that..."

"...Go on..." Ein said, smiling evilly.

"Ever since we traveled together...I had to keep an eye out for demons when you were bathing so...I guess I took a quick glance now and again...but nothing compared to everyone else gawking at you!"

Rose sighed to herself, managing to dodge a bullet. Ein was determined to crack Rose for what she had caused. He could feel the fire burning inside him, the power to go all the way, nothing would stop him. He had the perfect idea to take Rose down from her high horse, but Rose was well aware of his plan. She was thinking quickly of a way to stop him. It suddenly hit her, the perfect idea. It didn't matter if it was true or not, she had to do something to prevent Ein from revealing who she was. It was risky, but Rose had to do it.

"Oh, did I mention that when I had visited Asgard, I stumbled upon a very rare scene..."

Ein stopped in his tracks, and was worried. He looked at Ledah too and he could clearly sense that he was worried too, even though he didn't show it.

"That one moment, how did Rose know about it?" he thought. Rose looked at Ein and smiled evilly. "I'm such an idiot! She can read my thoughts! Ledah...I'm sorry..."

Rose was smiling as she continued on with the story, "I saw, Ein and Ledah together, alone." Everyone was hanging on from her every word, waiting for the crushing blow which would scar Ein and Ledah for an eternity. Even Malice was listening intently.

"Ledah and Ein...they shared a special relationship, everyone knows that. What I saw however, was truly beyond this special relationship all of you had thought. What I saw with my own eyes, they do not lie. Their lips met with the other and they shared a passionate moment..."

Everyone's eyes were as big as dinner plates. They looked at Ein, then at Ledah, then at Ein again. The words which Rose had spoken still had not completely sunk in yet. Ein summoned up enough courage to speak, even though it would break the utter confusion and focus on him, at least they wouldn't be gawking at Ledah as well.

"Uh...it's no..not how s...she says it is...I tripped over a rock and...I fell on Ledah and...he caught me in his arms but...he fell over too and...it was an accident..."

Serene looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Suuuure...like the time you 'accidentally' destroyed the golem and you just happened to stumble upon everyone that was bathing in the springs."

"But...but..."

"She has a point there Ein..." Fia added, blushing slightly. "It's okay, Ein. Some people just have different preferences..."

"It's nothing like that!" He yelled.

Suddenly, a voice echoed from the speakers, breaking the weird atmosphere surrounding the room.

"30 minutes have elapsed."

"Ah! My main course!" Cierra exclaimed in a worried tone as she hurried back to her home-made rotisserie.

"Mine too!" Serene added as she followed suit.

"Lina's broth should be ready now!" Lina announced as she skipped back to her bench.

"Ah, my main course needs a new glaze coat too." Fia said calmly as she walked back to her area.

"...My tomatoes!" Ein shouted as he dashed back to his stove.

Malice was still in a state of shock at what just happened, her mouth a wide, gaping hole. All of the controversies, events, and embarrassing moments were forgotten in a blink for everyone, except herself. She was puzzled as she looked at the group of five working away.

"This is just ludicrous. All of that just now, they have now completely put aside and are at full blast once again. Their physical and mental strength is off the charts...No wonder I was beaten by them." Malice said to herself.

If there was one consolation prize Malice had throughout the whole ordeal, was that she experienced a Ledah that was shaken up and taken by surprise.