A/N: hey guys this is my first magi fanfiction so please be nice okay? And I'm sorry for the wrong grammars and the ooc of the characters.

Title: Never Again

Rating: T

Anime: Magi

Pairing: Sinbad x Ja'far, Sinja

Genre: Tragedy, Romance

Warning: AU, Cursing, Bad Grammars, Mention of M-Preg, Almost Character Death.

Summary: Sinbad remembered it clearly, when he was still 14 years old, Ja'far was still 10. Their first meeting at the tower found at Imuchakk. When black rukh came out from Mahad, Vittel and Ja'far's body forming a Black Djinn. He remembers it clearly as day and he thought that's it's gone from his adviser's body, he's wrong. Now he will have to pay… no… more likely his adviser will have to the pay price for having that stupid and naïve thought… what happen if something different happen when Judal destroyed barrier surrounding and protecting Sindria? What if Al-Thamen wasn't after Alibaba? Even when they succeeded on conquering Zagan's dungeon, they can never bring someone's back to life, not without its body and rukh missing.

AU: when Judal entered Sindria, Dunya Musta'sim and Isaac didn't went after Alibaba and the others, and the war at the 'Magi: The kingdoms of magic' never happen…

Read and enjoy

Story START!


"Household vessel: Bararaq Sei!" Ja'far shouted attacking Judal who block it with a Borg. Ja'far gasps before Judal attack back with a whirlwind, sending the ex-assassin to the wall behind the latter.

"Get out of the way small fry. I want Sinbad." Judal stated, adding a 'Not,' in his mind. Ja'far swayed a bit while standing up, spitting the blood from his mouth he held his blade at the very end of his wire before growling out.

"What did you say?"

"Stop it, Ja'far." Sinbad ordered, the former blink before kneeling. Judal smirks at the said king.

'He left him at the shadows.' He thought.

"What are you doing here, Judal?" Sinbad ask, demanded. Judal hums in amusement and confusion, while leaning forward.

"Your face looks terrible Sinbad." He said, looking worried and concern. "What's that thing you've got on your face?"

"I'm sure you didn't come here to talk about my face." Sinbad stated… (A/N: AU Starts here)

"You're always so cold." Judal commented before grinning. "However, are you sure it's alright to leave your friend alone?" he taunted, Sinbad's eyes narrowed.

"What do you mean?" he growled out, Judal licks his lip.

"Al-Thamen wants someone, Sinbad. And it's not you but your friends." He answered then Sinbad immediately smirk.

"Well, you and your organization are a bit too late." He said. "Alibaba-kun is on his way to conquer Zagan's Dungeon." He explained immediately Judal smirks.

"Who said that we're after the midget and his king, Sinbad? I said one of your friends, 'long time' friends." The former's eyes narrowed.

'What is he getting at?' the king thought, Judal hummed.

"Actually his vulnerable right about….. now…"

Sinbad blink in confusion before swiftly turning around and look at Ja'far, who is still at the place where Judal's attack threw him and is coughing heavily.

"Ja'far!" Sinbad shouted, planning to run towards Ja'far, who shakes his head.

"Don't come here Sin!" Ja'far shouted before coughing up again this time heaving up some blood.

"Ja'far!"

"Lord Ja'far!" everyone who is present at the courtyard shouted, worriedly and then Judal laughs.

"Hahahaha! He's the one I'm talking about Sinbad! You sure are naïve!" Judal laughs harder making everyone to either glare or growled at him.

"Judal…." The king gritted out.

"But you know, you guys are a bit late. What took you so long, geezers?" Judal, who ignored them, look up. Sinbad immediately look up, his eyes widening when he saw Ithnan, Apollonius, Zurmudd, and Byoin, who entered the barrier without them noticing, floating above them with their armies.

"Al-Thamen!" Sinbad roared, Ithnan and the other Al-Thamen, including Judal who flew towards them once Sinbad saw the Al-Thamen, smirks at them.

"Sinbad, Sinbad…" Ithnan tsk-ed, "You're so naïve. Even though you're the king of the seven seas, you are nothing but a stupid, immature king!" they laugh at them, Judal just smirks before looking at Ja'far, who is leaning at the wall, tired, while blood drops down from his mouth, and his closed eyes, staining his white robe.

"Ne… Sinbad, aren't you going to help your precious adviser?"Judal mocked at him, pretending to be Sinbad when he's worried about his friends, while pointing his wand at the said adviser. The king, generals and soldiers swiftly turn around to look at Ja'far, gasping at his condition.

"Ja'far!" Sinbad shouted, worriedly, running towards his adviser who was at the brink of passing out. Ja'far opens his eyes when he heard his king shout his name, he glance up, when he saw some movement. Widening at what he saw, he stands up immediately only to fall in his knees at the first step. Ja'far snaps his head to look at his king once he caught himself after falling to his hands and knees.

"Stay back Sin! Stay back!" he shouted, Sinbad immediately stop, trusting his adviser's word and not a second later huge icicles that would have hit him if he didn't followed his adviser's warning. Sinbad gritted his teeth before glaring at Judal who smirks at him. Not a second later, Sinbad heard Ja'far coughing harshly, the former ran towards the icicles and looks, between the gaps of each ice, at his adviser.

"Ja'far!" he shouted worriedly before he was push aside by Drakon who breathes out fire to melt the ice.

"Do it Judal." Ithnan stated just loud enough for all of the Al-Thamen to hear. The black Magi nodded and point his wand at Ja'far then circled it. Ja'far who was coughing harshly non-stop, was then trap by a borg. The latter look up when he no longer felt the rough ground he look around him and notice he was trapped. Gathering his remaining strength Ja'far crawled weakly and touch the borg before pounding it weakly.

'Sin,' Ja'far thought. 'Sin, what is inside me? Is this the same one at Imuchakk? Sin….' After mentally asking his king Ja'far swayed and fell down at the bottom of the borg when said borg began to float, and as if on cue the icicles melt and just in time for the Sindrians to see Ja'far being float away from the ground. Sinbad's eyes widen and run towards Ja'far, who weakly lift his body, stopping when can no longer reach him and watch his adviser being brought towards their enemies.

"Ja'far/ Lord Ja'far!" all of them shouted.

"King Sinbad!" Ithnan shouted looking down at them while touching the top of the borg patting it. "I declare…. WAR!" he roared, resulting for the Sindrians eyes to widen and Ja'far to snap his head at him before coughing.

'Even movements made him weak…' Ithnan thought, smirking while glancing at Ja'far.

"What?" Sinbad growled.

"War Sinbad, war, you're not deaf so stop pretending that you didn't hear the word war. Besides if you want to see your adviser alive, you and your people will fight against us, Al-Thamen… war is the only thing we want Sinbad. A war in exchange's for one's life." Ithnan smirk before glaring at Ja'far who chuckled.

"Your worse…. than a demon…. It made you seem…. so pathetic." The former assassin panted. Ithnan growled before kicking the side of the Borg making Ja'far to be thrown aside and coughs out more blood once he hits the side, considering the small space he is in.

"Ithnan!" Sinbad shouted angrily, while inside he is worried for his adviser. The Al-Thamen look down and saw each one of their enemies are glaring at them.

"I don't know what you get by declaring war to us. How much as I hate war, I, however, can't forgive you for harming my best friend! If you want war I'll give you war!" Sinbad declared his people roared in agreement, Ja'far looks at them with wide eyes. The king held his hand up, silencing his people.

"A war, you and your people against me and my generals!" as he said those statement the remaining generals line up behind him, Ithnan smirks at him.

"Find I agree at that deal of yours. In an hour Sinbad, meet us at the forest and sea of the south." He stated before looking at Judal. "Return the Kouen Princess and her companions back to their own empire." The magi nodded and with the flick of his hand the said people disappeared, appearing in their castle, all except from the prince who, with Alibaba, Aladdin and Morgiana, are fighting against Zagan's pet. Ithnan look back at them.

"One hour Sinbad, one hour only is your time." He reminded before they disappeared behind a black smoke taking Ja'far with them. Sinbad gritted his teeth trying to look at his adviser behind the cover but couldn't and before they know it they disappeared.

"Damn it!" he roared punching the ground making a crater.

"King Sinbad why won't you allow us to fight?!" one of the soldiers asks then questions are being shout out.

"That's right King Sinbad! We want to fight and protect our country!"

"We want to save Lord Ja'far as well!"

"Please let us fight King Sinbad!"

The generals watch their soldiers protest while Sinbad fume before he finally snapped.

"Shut up!" the latter shouted, the others shuts their mouth immediately.

"When I build Sindria I promise that we will never ever join a war. But the life of my best friend and adviser is in stake; however, I just can't let any of my soldiers die. If there's any promise that I shouldn't broken, it's the promise I made to Ja'far, 'Never let one of our people die because of some war.'" With that said the king and the generals proceeded to the door.

"Evacuate the people, make sure they are safe." Sinbad said to Drakon who nodded before bowing and left their formation.

"Sinbad," Masrur started the former glance at him. "We'll get him back." The fanalis continued, the others nodded.

"I'm sure you can help him, Sinbad. You did help him when we were still young." Hinahoho said, Sinbad blink before looking at him.

"Hinahoho, if I remember correctly, at the tower in Imuchakk, Ja'far, Vittel and Mahad were coughing and crying out blood correct?" the king asks, Hinahoho nodded before his eyes widen.

"Could it be that they wanted Ja'far to be a Djinn?!" he asks the others look at them shock.

"There are lots of possibilities. But when if it's coming to the point Ja'far will be a black djinn that is something I will not allow to happen." Sinbad stated, looking at his generals, his eyes full of determination.

'I'll get you back Ja'far, I promise.'


At the southern part of Sindria

The Al-Thamen as well as Ja'far appeared at the southern shore of Sindria, Judal glance at Ja'far before scoffing when the latter weakly glares at them.

"It's useless small fry. Your glare…" the borg then disappeared making Ja'far's eyes to widen, when he was starting to fall the magi knee-ed him at the stomach while saying. "Won't work on us!"

"Gah!" Ja'far grunted spitting out some blood once again before he was elbowed at the back by Judal, making the former to fall at the sand, hard.

Boogsh!

When the dispersed sand disappear the Al-Thamen saw Ja'far on his hands and knees, coughing more blood out. Judal grins at him and was about to land when Ithnan held his hand out and land at the shore instead, but not before saying to Judal.

"You can leave now, Judal. We can tell you how Sinbad suffers."

The magi pouted before shrugging and left Sindria going back to his empire. Ithnan lands at the shore smirking sadistically at Ja'far loving how he cough out blood.

"What… *cough* do you want *cough* with me?" Ja'far ask. "You didn't just kidnapped me, use as a hostage just to start war. There has to be another reason." Ithnan chuckled before laughing maniacally, stopping and grinned darkly at Ja'far with his right eyebrow raised.

"You're quite clever for someone who is raised to be an assassin." He started, said assassin glared at him wiping the blood from his chin with the back of his right hand, before slowly standing up. "But you are quite correct you know. I didn't kidnap you just to be a hostage. I want you to be our black Djinn. You might not look like it but you will be one of the powerful Djinn if you become one." Ja'far look at him as if he was crazy.

"Do-don't screw with me! Like I'll be your Djinn I rather die than be one of your pawn!" Ja'far shouted gesturing with his hands as he talk. "Besides how can I be your Djinn?! It's impossible I can never, ever be your Djinn! You Fucking Bastard!" Ithnan's patience snapped for he had slapped Ja'far at the cheek when he finishes talking.

"Shut up." He demanded, Ja'far was stunned for a moment there before glaring at Ithnan while holding his right cheek where he was slapped. A vein pooped out from the Ithnan's forehead gritting his teeth, the latter grabs Ja'far neck and slam him at the boulder beside him. The latter struggled making Ithnan to tighten his grip and the former to claw at his hand.

"Listen here… you will be a Djinn whether you like it or not." He stated, the adviser glared at him. "And how you'll become one? I'm sure you still remember Falan right? You ate something she gave you making you Djinn with your two friends."

"How do you know about that, Ithnan?" the ex-assassin growled, breaths hitching when Ithnan tighten his grip even more.

"Isn't it obvious, Ja'far? I saw your past with the help of Judal and also I can sense it. It still there inside you, forming insides you, slowly but surely." Ithnan stated looking at Ja'far's stomach before touching it. When he did, Ithnan grin while Ja'far look at him with wide eyes full of fear.

"You feared something. You fear that your king will die, abandon you and most of all you fear…. Rejection!" the Al-Thamen leader declared and look at the adviser's fearful, wide eyes.

"You fear that Sinbad will reject you…. You…. You fell in love with your king! You fell in love with someone beyond your reach!" he then laughs. Unconsciously lessening his grip from Ja'far, who hung limply from his grip and his eyes closed, and tears run down from it.

'He knows it, he knows everything…' Ja'far thought, Ithnan, who stopped laughing the moment the first tears escaped from Ja'far's eyes, just smirks at him before letting Ja'far's neck slide down from his grip, watching the bruised paled neck.

'He's a wonderful and a perfect submissive.' Ithnan thought, licking his lips while watching Ja'far, who's on his hands and knees. Ithnan hum for a moment before kneeling in front the adviser and grabs the latter's chin with his thumb and index finger before tilting it up to make Ja'far look at him.

"Don't cry…" the former said 'gently', while wiping the tears falling from the latter's eyes with his other hand. "Don't cry Ja'far… you can forget about Sinbad… you can forget about your king and everything." Ithnan look at Ja'far while inwardly he was grinning, darkly.

'This is perfect. Ja'far will not only be the perfect black Djinn, he'll be the perfect weakness against Sinbad as well. Once Ja'far destroys Sindria, Sinbad will be depress and denied Ja'far, rejecting him and will absolutely try to kill his adviser. Ja'far who had already fallen to depravity will be more fallen, that he can no longer control himself or his emotions and will kill the king. And I, who created him, will release him from depravity, comfort him and make him my spouse and had many children that not many women could give. After all Ja'far came from the white haired clan and the last one at that, and if what the record say is true, that even the male of the white haired clan can give birth and the child will have the strength, abilities, or the weakness from both parents then mine and Ja'far's children will be the most powerful one, and the clan will be form again. It's like killing two birds with one stone, Sinbad will be killed and Ja'far, who is the cause and effect of everything, will be mine just how I wanted.' He chuckled darkly, while still keeping a gentle façade on his face.

"Don't cry Ja'far." He said patting the latter's head.

SLAP!

The Al-Thamen, who are watching all this time from above, gasp not believing that Ja'far just slapped Ithnan, who was glaring at the adviser, after all those comforting words. Ithnan's glare then disappeared when he saw Ja'far smirking at him.

"You gentle words won't work on me," Ja'far stated before standing up. "After all, I wouldn't be the former chief of Sham Lash if I fall for such words!" the adviser declared before kicking Ithnan at the head, making the latter to fly to the water. The former took some few steps forwards before stopping.

"Gukk!' he grunted and grasp the clothes at his chest.

'What is this?' Ja'far thought. 'My heart is pounding like it's going to explode!' breaths hitching, Ja'far screams falling to his knees while clawing the clothes at his chest. Ithnan, who was on his hands and knees, spit some blood and water from his mouth, watching Ja'far before standing and walks towards the fallen general, the former smirks. Ja'far look up when he saw the former's shadow looming above him, grunting in pain when his hair was grabbed and nearly screaming in pain once he was lifted from the sand.

"Ja'far, Ja'far… you should be careful on your actions. Well let me tell you why your suffering right now." Ithnan said, the general glared at him. "Do you remember when I touch your stomach? I secretly put a spell to make your grow a bit faster and for your black ruhk to multiply more. You might want to know this as well." Ithnan then let go of Ja'far's hair before pushing the latter down, making him to lay at the sand. Ja'far panic inwardly and hits Ithnan's chest when the latter looms over him. Said person just smirks before grabbing the adviser's wrist with one hand above the latter's head, while the other slides insides Ja'far's robe. Ithnan lean downs Ja'far ear.

"You can absorb others black rukh and depravity when you kiss them." With that sand he slam his lips onto Ja'far, who's screaming got muffled while struggling.

'It's pointless, they're already forming inside your head. The illusion I'm giving you that is.' Ithnan though, while above them Al-Thamen smirks.

"Ithnan-sama sure is enjoying this." Apollonius said, Zurmudd pervertedly chuckled at his statement.

"Who wouldn't?" he asks, "that adviser is a silver haired, who are said to be a hardworking, wonderful, perfectionist, beautiful and most of all hot submissive or dominant."

"I hope Ithnan-sama would allow us to touch him." Byoin stated. After a few minutes of Ithnan forcing himself to Ja'far he let go and watch Ja'far's daze and teary eyes.


Inside Ja'far's mind

"How could you Ja'far! You destroyed Sindria and killed a lot of our… no my people!" Sinbad shouted, glaring at Ja'far, who is looking at him with wide fearful and teary eyes.

"Sin…" Ja'far gasped out.

"Don't call me that! You disgust me! You destroyed my country and say you love me? You're so gross! You're better off dead!" Ja'far steps back, before falling to his knees and covers his ears and close his eyes tightly.

"I'm sorry…" he whispered before he was surrounded with darkness and the image and scene being replayed again and again.

'I'm the worst…' Ja'far thought.

Outside


Ithnan smirks with glee, watching black rukhs beginning to surround Ja'far. Silently he flew towards his group, his smirk remaining on his face.

"Let's wait at the forest, delay the king and his generals for a while, meanwhile waiting for our newest black Djinn and the sea of black rukh to appear." He ordered.

"Ithnan-sama, wouldn't Sinbad see what we are doing? And shouldn't you curse your fate just to become a Black Djinn?" Apollonius asks the former look at him.

"No, he wouldn't see or know what we did to his adviser. I asks Judal before he left, telepathically to cover us with some illusion where we just left his adviser alone at the shore. And it's true that you have to curse your faith to be a black Djinn, we can use the old style, the one Falan created. Where you just use all the black rukh inside and out of the body and let it gather around and fall you to depravity. King Sinbad wouldn't see it coming." He said, they nodded before going down to land at the forest.

'We're waiting… Sinbad.'


At the palace, insides Sinbad's office

"What do you mean I need to stay here?!" Sinbad roared watching the generals flinch at his outburst.

"Listen Sin—" Sharrkan began only to be cut off by the fuming king.

"No! You listen to me! Ithnan and I made a deal that we're fighting against them in exchange for my adviser's life! And by we, I meant you, the generals and myself!"

"But Sinbad what if something bad happen to you?!" Pisti exclaimed, the others nodded in agreement. Sinbad slam his hands at the table in front of him.

"I don't care!" he roared, the generals look at him with wide eyes while he look at the table.

"I don't care… I don't care if I got hurt! I don't care if I die…" he then snaps his head to look at them, gasping when they saw tears flowing down from his eyes.

"The only thing I care is the life of my adviser, my best friend. The only thing I want is to have my adviser back... is that too much to ask?" desperation is already clear in his voice, something they didn't usually saw at the king's personality. Yamuraiha then gasp, they turn their heads and look at her.

"The magicians, who are watching the Al-Thamen's movement, told me that the Al-Thamen just left Ja'far alone at the shore, south part of Sindria." She said, they all look at their king, who looks back at them with pleading and desperate eyes. They smiled.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go get our first general and adviser back, and your majesty you're coming as well." Sharrkan stated, Sinbad smiled happily

"What are the plans my king?" Spartos smirks, said king then became serious.

"Drakon and Hinahoho I want you to take care of their armies, help them as well Spartos. Pisti I want you to watch if there are more enemies, reinforcement coming from the sea. Masrur take care of Zurmudd, Sharrkan you will have Byoin and Yamuraiha, I'll Apollonius to you. Leave their leader, Ithnan to me." He ordered, the generals nodded before leaving the room. Sinbad sighs before dropping down to his chair.

Rubbing his forehead, Sinbad look at the drawer of his table, leaning down, the king reach for the bottom and last drawer of his table, he open it and took out a green scroll before unrolling it showing a painting of Ja'far who was giving him a beautiful smile. Sinbad smiled remembering it was the first time he saw Ja'far smiled at him for real. He remember the reason of Ja'far's smiles, it was the time he announce to Ja'far to be his adviser of Sindria.


Flash back

"Ja'far, you would follow me always right?" Sinbad asks, looking at the sunset with Ja'far beside him.

"Of course I would, what kind of question is that?" his best friend said.

"Then Ja'far, be my adviser, be the adviser of Sindria! And… stay beside me forever…" Sinbad declared. At first Ja'far expression was shock before it slowly turn into a smile.

"If my king wishes it, then I will." He said, Sinbad, brought a scroll, an ink quill, a bottle of ink out of nowhere and immediately began to draw.

"Stay like that Ja'far." He said, the former blink before smiling. When Sinbad was done he looks at it within arm length away.

"It's not exactly the same with the real one but it'll do. Right, Ja'far?" he smiled at his newly appointed adviser, who is standing beside him blushing, the said adviser turn around.

"B-ba-baka!" he said before leaving the shore.

End of flash back


Sinbad chuckled upon remembering it, as well as how his best friend avoided him for a month because of embarrassment, before touching it.

'It was the day I've fallen in love with him too.' He thought before rolling it, and putting it back to the drawer.

'I'll promise I'll save you Ja'far.' He thought before standing up and leaving the room. 'After all, you're my sanity, the reason why I still haven't fallen all the way to depravity.' Before the king knew it he was already standing at the front door of the palace with the generals waiting outside and the soldiers wishing them their safety.

"Rest assured, I'll bring our adviser back if it's the last thing I do… if I don't then I'll blame and kill myself." He said, even though he was planning to make the last sentence as a joke it didn't work.

"Please don't be like that your majesty, think of something positive. Lord Ja'far would always tell you that." One of the soldiers said the other nodded in agreement Sinbad smiled.

"I still think it's better to expect the worst though, Ja'far is being a meanie if we thought about it." he pouted, the soldiers and generals laugh, except from Masrur who just smirks. The king then smiled and looks at the mountain where the Al-Thamen are.

"Let's go!" he declared, his generals shouted.


At the south part of Sindria

"You made us wait, your majesty." Ithnan said, watching the arrival of the king and his generals except for Pisti, who was using her bird to watch the sea.

"Shut up Ithnan." The king demanded, eyes turning into slits. "Where's my advisor?" he growled out, Ithnan shrug.

"Waiting for you… however you have to get through us if you want to save your adviser."

"Should we begin then?" Sinbad asks, his generals went into a fighting stance. The Al-Thamen smirks, Ithnan raise his right hand before swiftly bringing it down, the Al-Thamen then jump followed by the generals who went after their assigned enemy.


At Drakon and Hinahoho

Considering that their king only ordered them to handle the armies, who are just made of black rukh, made it a bit easier if only they aren't that many.

"Che… this worse." Drakon said before breathing out some fire. Hinahoho nods at his statement while piercing the enemies with his spear.

"We just have to fight." Spartos said, landing beside them and they began to attack…

"You're too light! Is there no one heavier?!" Hinahoho roared, swinging his weapon, while Spartos keep on piercing them and Drakon is either breathing out fire or firing arrows.

After a long fight with the enemies they finally defeated them… Drakon and Hinahoho went to Sinbad while Spartos when to assist Yamuraiha.


At Sharrkan, in a small island

Byoin smirks, and unsheathes his sword, making Sharrkan to smile and unsheathes his sword as well. Clash!

Was heard as Byoin and Sharrkan swords clash at each other, Byoin rapidly tried to stab Sharrkan while the white haired man gracefully block it as if it was nothing. They continued to fight while Byoin was starting to get frustrated, he jump away from Sharrkan and land few feet away.

"You're not bad, fellow swordsman." He said, "But you're no match for me when I'm wielding a dark metal vessel." As he said that he raise his sword and use it to cover his face, then at the tip of the hilt where a eight pointed star is found, it began to brighten up then Byoin shadow began to grow, creating a body, a clone. Sharrkan look behind him and block the attack before side stepping to the side.

"One more body." Byoin stated, Sharrkan gritted his teeth looking at his enemy who shouted. "Can you still dodge!?" him and his shadow clones run towards Sharrkan who blocks it, not noticing another body forming behind, he gritted his teeth before his eyes widen and was already too late to dodge. He got wounded at the back, Sharrkan fell down on his knees while Byoin smirks.

"My bad." He said, pointing his sword at Sharrkan. "There was one more body." Sharrkan look at him angrily. Sharrkan wound was bleeding badly, while he look at Byoin who is looking smug.

"Does it hurt?" Byoin asks, still pointing his sword at Sharrkan. "You pitiful household vessel wielder, I will do you the honor of using my greatest power to bury you." Byoin smiled sadistically and raise his sword.

"Extreme Magi: Zetul Zetul Zaraam!" then a bright light came from his sword. More shadow clones appeared pointing their swords at Sharrkan who use his sword something he could lean on.

"Oh well," Sharrkan started moving his sword in front of him. "I guess I'll borrow my king's power too." He added and brought the sword to his face covering his mouth.

"Household Vessel: Foraz Saiqa!" he then jump the moment lightning covered his sword. Byoin followed him.

"A mere household vessel isn't strong enough to save you from my attacks!" Sharrkan swings his sword, while Byoin attack him from the ground. And when Sharrkan landed he swing his sword around him cutting the clones in half as well as Byoin. Sharrkan walk away his sword raised up, stopping and swing his sword again and brought back to normal from its chain like sword form.

"Sorry bud, but I have total control over where my sword strikes." He said this he turn and look at Byoin before going back to his king.


At Masrur, in a small island as well

Zurmudd smirks, Masrur look at him emotionlessly.

"I will squash you!" Zurmudd declared, six black arms appearing at his back while said hands flew up and form a huge arm, while Masrur look at it emotionlessly not dodging the knuckle coming at his way even when it went to squash him. Zurmudd smiled before raising an eyebrow and looks confuse. Masrur was still there standing at his place while holding the arm like it was nothing.

"Hmph. You prided yourself on your strength, I see." Zurmudd stated, "Have it your way! Witness the power of the black king!" the arm was lift away from Masrur and then Zurmudd body was then covered with rainbow color.

"Djinn equip: Alf Al-Yad!" he declared and then he was all black with violet streams on it. And another arm appeared. Together it attack Masrur who went into a fighting, then his eyes widen when he saw the eight pointed star, at the center of a circle, found on the palm of both hands brightens before it close itself. Masrur cross his arms over his chest and then exploded but Masrur got away, by jumping from the smoke, unscathed.

After Masrur jump away from the explosion, Zurmudd kept on attacking him while he dodges.

"Let us end this!" Zurmudd shouted, and then suddenly the arms began to attack Masrur even more.

"Hyah! Hyah! Watch it!" he kept on saying while Masrur face remains emotionless and dodging it.

"Watch yourself or you'll get crushed!" then suddenly arms there are more arms appearing.

"Oh, what will you do now?"

"Household Vessel: Bararaq Kauza." Masrur finally said, before speeding to the left and just in time to avoid the attacking hands. Masrur immediately run towards Zurmudd who looks shock before puncturing his hand at Zurmudd chest and through his back. Said fallen enemy spit out some blood before falling back to the ground and his Djinn equip gone. Masrur look at his hand satisfied, before running and going back to his king.


At Pisti, above the sea

Pisti flew above the sea , using her whistle to call the sea monsters.

"Now everyone, devour those weird black things!" she ordered pointing at it.

Said sea monsters then attack it, only to melt. Pisti gasp in shock.

"No way." She said. 'Sinbad need to know about this…' she thought before flying back to where her king is.


At Yamuraiha, above Sindria

The magician glared at Apollonius who smirks at her, before attacking her. Apollonius kept on attacking Yamuraiha who covered herself with a borg before it got destroyed. The woman gritted her teeth while the pervert geezer laughs and rubs his chin.

"As long as I have my dark metal vessel, Al-flash, I can cut through a magician's borg like it's paper!"

"We'll see about that!" Yamuraiha shouted back. "I'm sure all of your forces are under attack by now." She added knowing that Hinahoho, Drakon and Spartos are doing all they have just to stop the army.

"Ha! You can't possibly think that this is all we have!" he shouted, Yamuraiha gasp, her eyes widen when she saw what those black sea of rukh did to the sea monsters and watch as Pisti flew away from it.

"Once that black mass swallows everything your country is done for!" Apollonius said, then attack her. Yamuraiha however just kept on dodging his attack by flying away, while slowly the sea of black rukh came closer to the barrier of Sindria.

"They've made it this far already?!" She exclaimed before Apollonius tried to hit her.

"You can't afford looking on the other side!" Apollonius said, Yamuraiha then block his attack with water, he said. "Your light is weakened from using your secret technique. When you run out of magoi you won't be able to do that much!"

Yamuraiha glared at him while watching the sea of black from the corner of her eyes, as it goes to the barrier surrounding Sindria, before the light of her staff circle disappeared, making her gasp

"It seems like you've run out of magoi!" Apollonius laugh and then his metal vessels surrounded Yamuraiha who looks at it gritting her teeth. Before it attack her, hitting her hat, the covers of her ears and the shells on her chest. Apollonius laugh pointing at her.

"You deserve it!" he exclaimed watching her robe becomes shredded and trying to cover her chest while glaring at him. "After all, sorcerers can't stand against wielders of metallic containers!" he laughs.

"Disgusting old man," Yamuraiha stated.

"Huh?" Apollonius look at her confuse.

"You talk too much, I bet you're all bark and no bite." She taunted, the old man's eye twitched.

"Damn you! I'll show you my total magic armor!" he declared, then his metal vessels began to enter him. "Extreme Magic: Flash Al Araf!" he then had an arms of a crab and a body of bug with a tail of a scorpion under him. An eight pointed star forming at the mouth of the but before some light gather inside it.

"Die!" then a beam was fire at Yamuraiha, who had her eyes close and open her eyes before it could hit her, then a sphere circle appeared blocking the attack and sent it to the black sea of rukh, destroying half of it.

"Impossible. How could she repel my extreme magic?" he said to himself. "Why?! You ran out of magoi!"

"What you destroyed just then were magic artifact I created myself! They're the only magic-containing devices in the whole world." She said, her hand below a particle of said artifacts.

"How?! You're just a sorceress!"

"Sorry, I'm an extremely talented sorceress!" she said smiling at him smugly. Apollonius face then fume.

"Damn you. Damn you! Damn you!" he then went to attack Yamuraiha who dodge to the right and then Spartos's spear pass through her and went directly to Apollonius stomach killing him immediately.

"Without magoi, even if you have a metallic container, you're powerless!" Spartos declared. Yamuraiha smiled at him before they went to their king.


At Sinbad,

"What do you exactly Ithnan?" Sinbad said, Ithnan hummed in thought

"Aren't you going to fight me king Sinbad? Your generals are fighting you know." He said, said king gritted his teeth.

"Not unless you tell me what you want I won't fight you!"

"SIN!" he heard Pisti shouted, Sinbad look up his eyes widen when Pisti explain to him the situation. He then glared at Ithnan. Ithnan smirks before looking behind him and then his smirk turn into a grin before he look at the king, who had two more generals in addition.

"Well, you seems to know about the sea of black rukh then do you want to know what happen to your adviser?" he taunted, the king and generals eyes narrowed.

"What do you mean?" Sinbad asks through clench teeth. Ithnan raise his hands and shouted.

"Come here! My adviser!" with that said, some black rukh began to fly from below the cliff behind Ithnan. Sinbad's eyes widen when slowly his adviser, his Ja'far began to float up, while being surrounded by black rukh, so many that they were seen with the naked eyes.

'Impossible!' Drakon and Hinahoho thought.

'No… no…. not a Djinn…. Ja'far is safe… he was no longer under Falan spell… no way!' Sinbad thought, then Ja'far landed beside's Ithnan who then wraps his arm around Ja'far's waist earning a glare from Sinbad.

"Do you know why I wanted Ja'far, Sinbad?" Ithnan asks, titling the adviser's chin and made Ja'far look at him. Sinbad just glared at him.

"I'll take that as a no." Ithnan stated, then let's Ja'far chin go. "Ja'far's clan is a very rare and powerful one. And considering his the last one of his clan he should be treated with utmost care, he shouldn't have been worked and enter some battles. Why?" he then grin darkly at the king.

"Because he can bear a child!" he declared, Sinbad and all of the generals, who just arrives, eyes widen at the revelation. "Yes, you hear me right. Your adviser can bear a child and the child can have the ability, the power and weakness of their parents. Yet you didn't know how pathetic Sinbad!" with that said Ja'far began to fly away, the black rukh bringing him back to the cliff.

"Now, let us fight king Sinbad! You win you'll have your adviser back, I win then he'll be mine!" Ithnan declared, Sinbad gritted his teeth and look at his generals.

"Do something about those sea of black rukh." He ordered, his generals hesitated before nodding and left the king and Ithnan alone. Sinbad look down his bangs covering his eyes.

"Do you want Ja'far because he can bear children?" Sinbad asks, Ithnan raise an eyebrow.

"Of course, to me every human who can bring wonderful things in this world is important precious."

"Is that your other reasoning about saying that human are tools?"

Ithnan smirks, looking at the king, with his head held up high.

"Why my king, that's a way to explain to things but if you want to know then you're right… it's my way of saying that humans are nothing more than golden tools!" he declared, then Sinbad form began to shake.

"I see, then I'll make sure you won't get Ja'far, Ithnan!" he roared and look at Ithnan with furry in his eyes.

"Spirit of domain and submission, Focalor!" Sinbad said, "Come to me." Ithnan point his staff at Sinbad and watch as Sinbad change his form, he then smirks.

"Idiot." Ithnan said. "If you conjure your magic armor in that state… the spell will grow stronger while draining your energy!" with that said the curse Sinbad had began to hurt him making the king to grant in pain and went into seems like a boxing stance. His arms cross above his head and knees bend.

"Very well… you will also taste our father's power!" then Ithnan attack Sinbad with black rukh hitting the king's arm and making him to grab his head and grunt. Ithnan laugh before gasping a "Wha-?" in shock. The black and white rukh was gathering into a ball at the outside the chest of Sinbad.

"What is that?" Ithnan asks, scared. Before gasping when his curse went to the ball, disappearing, Sinbad smirks.

"Black rukh?!" he said, then Sinbad was covered of half white rukh and black rukh.

"Unfortunately, I was already cursed!" Sinbad said, his arms besides him. "Your curse was too little." Ithnan gasp and steps back.

"You didn't…" he pointed at the king, who's arms are being surround with a whirlwind of both rukh before going to his palm.

"Since, Alibaba went to Zagan and the generals taking care of your so called special weapon… I hadn't planned on using this spell 'till the end, but…" Sinbad then joins both whirlwind. "You've plan to take my adviser away…. I can't allow that, you know."

"You're already halfway to depravity?"

"Foraz Zora!" Sinbad shouted, firing his attack.

"Kill your king, Ja'far!" Ithnan shouted before screaming in pain, when he got caught at the attack, before he turn black and then turn into dust his doll appearing but was destroyed by Sinbad's attack.

"We need them for our future, Alibaba and Aladdin, especially my adviser." Sinbad said before he return back to his normal. He sighs and was about to go the cliff before freezing.

"RRRROOOOOAAAAARRRRRRR!" Sinbad heard, his mouth slowly opening and then slowly a huge hand with sharp nails appeared from the cliff and grab it followed by another before it lift itself up. Sinbad gasp, stepping back at what he saw,

"A Djinn?" he asks himself, before his eyes widen with realization.

"Kill your king, Ja'far!" he remembers it, Ithnan's last words.

'That bastard! He couldn't defeat me so he let Ja'far to do the work!' he thought before looking up, and gasping again when he saw Ja'far, the Djinn minotaur, watching him carefully.

"J-Ja'far?" Sinbad asks, the minotaur blew out his breath.

"Si-sin?" he ask, said king smiled.

"Ja'far!" he shouted happily and went to hug him only to stop when Ja'far growled at him.

"What's wrong Ja'far?" Sinbad asks fearfully, the former open his mouth and breathes out a beam, the latter breath hitched before he jump to the side and roll over when the beam went after him before it disappeared.

"What the-?" Sinbad said, looking at the cut forest before looking at Ja'far who began to walk towards him.

"Ja'far what's wrong?! Ja'far!" he shouted, said adviser remained quiet and slams his hand at the place where Sinbad was before the said king jump.

"Ja'far!" the king keep on shouting, but it was useless he's adviser was attacking.

'Damn it! What did Ithnan do?! Ja'far…. Wake up Ja'far!' the king thought, before snapping his head back and watch the Djinn carefully.

'Gomen Sin, I can't control my body! Please do something… Sin!' he heard Ja'far thought, he watch it and watch before gasping when he saw his adviser's upper body outside the Djinn stomach but was slowly being absorbed.

"JAA'FAAARRRR!" Sinbad shouted running towards his adviser, swiftly dodging the hands of the Djinn.

"Wake up Ja'far!" Sinbad shouted, grabbing Ja'far's shoulder and inhaling deeply Sinbad began to pull his adviser's body making the minotaur to roar in pain.

"Come on!" Sinbad shouted, pausing when he felt Ja'far's body twitch and move. "Ja'far?" he said softly, said person then looks up and saw his king's face.

"Sin?" he asks. Grinning happily, Sinbad nodded before looking behind him and notice the Djinn left coming after him.

"Shit!" he cursed, before the hand grabs his body. Sinbad struggled at the hand, not letting go of Ja'far right hand, which the king caught when he was lifted from the ground, the Djinn tried to pull Sinbad a bit far away from his host but he couldn't Sinbad strong grip to Ja'far's hand, made him stay within arms length from the stomach.

"Sin!" Ja'far shouted. Before his eyes widen behind Sinbad, he saw the sea of black rukh climbing up.

'What?' he thought, Sinbad look at Ja'far before following his gaze and his eyes widening when he saw that the generals hasn't finish it yet.

"Damn it!" he shouted, then he heard the Djinn roared before he fall to the ground still holding Ja'far's hand. He looks up and saw Yamuraiha and Pisti, the magician was panting while the princess was landing in front of them.

"I thought I told you to take care of it!" Sinbad shouted, Yamuraiha nodded while Pisti answered.

"We tried your majesty, but there isn't enough oil to use, to burn it!"

Sinbad gritted his teeth before looking at Ja'far who squeezing his hand.

"Ja'far?" he asks, Yamuraiha and Pisti gasp when they saw Ja'far torso is nearly entering the Djinn body.

"Shit!" Sinbad curse and grab Ja'far left hand and began to pull while, Pisti and Yamuraiha distract the Djinn which made it a bit harder for Sinbad. Having no choice on what to do, Sinbad step on the Djinn's flesh that was surrounding Ja'far,

"Don't worry Ja'far, I'll save." Sinbad said before grunting and pulled his adviser away, from the corner of his eyes, Sinbad watch the mass of black rukh before looking at Ja'far, who was shaking his head and smiled at him. Sinbad's eyes widen when he's adviser pulled him near his face.

"Ja'far?" he asks, Ja'far smiled.

"After what I will do to you Sin, let go of me and made the Djinn followed you to those masses." He said, the king shakes his head.

"Are you nuts Ja'far! You'll be swallowed by the body once I do!" Sinbad shouted, Ja'far shakes his head.

"I don't think so Sin, as long as I have a white rukh, I think I can make it." Ja'far stated, Sinbad look at his adviser, gaping. Ja'far sighs before leaning towards his king and kisses him. Yamuraiha, Pisti and the king gasp, while Ja'far keeps his eyes close, silently transferring Sinbad's black rukh to his. Few seconds later Ja'far let go his head throw back before hanging limply, Sinbad let's go of his adviser hands.

"Ja'far?" he asks fearfully, after noticing that his adviser was turning a lot paler. The latter looks up and smiled at his king.

"I love you, Sinbad." He said before his eyes roll back and hang limply allowing the Djinn to swallow him.

"Ja'far!" Sinbad shouted and tried to catch the visible hand before he was thrown away by the Djinn making him unconscious.

"Your majesty!" Yamuraiha and Pisti shouted.

"Take care of Sinbad for me…" the heard Ja'far's voice said, they look at the Djinn who began to run towards the mass of black rukh…


Inside the Djinn's body

'Ithnan is pathetic…' Ja'far thought, 'he knows that I can be the most powerful Djinn there is but what he didn't know that my clan can control our Djinn depending on who gives us the rukh… earlier Ithnan give me the black rukh making me to follow his orders but now it was Sinbad, who unconsciously give me both although the white rukh is little it's enough for me to control this.' He thought before looking behind him and saw Pisti and Yamuraiha trying to wake Sinbad up who began to stir.

"Sorry Sin… I love you…" he whispered a single tear left his eyes before he turn and look at the target.

"You won't be harming my family!"


Outside

"Sinbad!" Pisti shouted, Sinbad groans and open his eyes watching their scared and worried face carefully.

"Sorry Sin… I love you…" he heard, gasping Sinbad look at the back of his adviser Djinn, eyes widening when he saw it jump through the barrier and the masses of rukh.

"Ja'far!" he shouted and run's after it, Yamuraiha and Pisti below him. They blink when they notice that the rukh who manage to climb up the barrier began to go down. They stop at the cliff, Sinbad gasp when he saw his adviser's Djinn standing at the center of the sea of black melting, the lower body melting while the upper remain intact.

"ROOOAAARRRR!" it shouted before breathing out another beam, destroying everything.

"Sin!" they heard the other generals shouted, they look at the left and saw the other running towards them, while watching the Djinn.

"Sin, where's Ja'far?" Hinahoho asks, Sinbad look back at the Djinn and they followed his gaze gasping when they saw the inside of the Djinn. There was Ja'far panting while watching the sea of black disappear, the adviser looks up and smiled at them, using his last strength Ja'far threw something to Sinbad who caught and look at it.

It was the jewel on Ja'far's forehead.

"Ne… Sin… you know I might give this jewel to the person I love the most."

Sinbad suddenly remembered it, Ja'far's words that nearly broke his heart when he said he would give the jewel to someone important to him.

"No…" Sinbad whispered before looking up and saw Ja'far closing his eyes, his blades on his hands.

"Household vessel: Bararaq Sei!" Ja'far shouted just as the Djinn blew another beam and circle his weapon around the Djinn's body while the beam circle around him, considering that the only masses of rukh that where left are those clinging at his body trying to melt him.

"Don't Ja'far!" Sinbad shouted before his adviser was covered with brightness and so bright that it made them cover their eyes.

BBOOOOOMMMM!

It exploded, struggling all their might to remain their it didn't work they throw back hitting the tress and boulders behind them the last thing they saw was the light disappearing and a feeling of emptiness before everything went black.


An hour later after sunset

"Mister Sinbad!" Sinbad snapped his eyes open panting, before looking up and saw Aladdin looking at him with relief.

"Mister Sinbad is awake!" Aladdin shouted, Sinbad blink.

"Aladdin?" he asks, the former look at him and smiled, although it looks like it was a force smile. Frowning for awhile, Sinbad then sits up and look around and saw that the soldiers as well as Alibaba, Morgiana and Harrkuryu are helping the generals to either stands up or help then drink the water… however there isn't a sign of his adviser.

"Aladdin," Sinbad began, the magi tilt his head. "What time is it?" he asks, the soldiers who heard his question looks down and answered instead.

"An hour after sunset my lord." They said, Sinbad slowly stands up,

"The explosion happens two hours ago, as well." They added, making their superiors to freeze.

"What?" Sinbad asks, looking at the soldiers, who shake their head. "Two hours? Then where's Ja'far?"

That question however, made everyone except the generals to freeze and look at the ground guiltily. Sinbad look at them with wide eyes while shaking his head.

"I'm sorry your majesty… when we went to where the explosion is, we didn't see lord Ja'far or his body… except for his keffiyeh." The soldier said, the king's knees began to buckle before he fell down to the ground. While the generals' watch him tears flowing from their eyes.

"No… no…" he whispered, Aladdin close his eyes.

"Gomen mister Sinbad, I tried the Solomon wisdom to call mister Ja'far's rukh back here to wake you up but his rukh isn't here." He said, Sinbad look at him.

"What do you mean, Aladdin-kun?" Yamuraiha asks, Aladdin looks at his teacher before looking at the ground.

"I'm sorry but it seems that mister Ja'far's rukh is…. Destroyed…. Not even a single rukh is found."

"No… no… no!" Sinbad shouted, walking towards the cliff.

"Your majesty!" the soldiers shouted and run towards their king and grab his waist and began to hold him back.

"No! it's a lie! Ja'far isn't dead! Ja'far isn't dead!" he said, struggling from the soldiers grip.

"Ja'far! Ja'far!" he shouted reaching towards the sea. The generals look away before Masrur steps forward, and went to their king. The soldiers then let go of their king when Masrur was behind him before the said king was lifted by the latter.

"No! Masrur! Let me go! Ja'far is somewhere out there! He's alive Masrur! Let me go!" the king said hitting the fanalis back before looking back at the sea, tears falling from his eyes while trying to reach it…

"JJJAAAA'FFFFAAAAARRRRRR!"


Three day later

"Sin please! Open the door and come out!" Yamuraiha shouted, pounding the door of their king who was sitting at the couch watching the sky lifelessly.

'No… Ja'far…' the king thought.

"Sin! Ja'far's funeral will be held tomorrow! Come out please you are needed there for your speech!" Drakon said, Sinbad shakes his head,

"Ja'far isn't dead." He told himself.

"Mister Sinbad if you don't come out now, what would mister Ja'far think!" Aladdin shouted, Sinbad head snaps.

"What would Ja'far think?" he mumbled.

"There are papers filing up! Both at yours and Ja'far table, Sinbad! If you don't take care of it, Ja'far would stress himself about it! What do you think he will say to you if he saw you like this!" Hinahoho shouted, Sinbad, unconsciously began to stands up.

"Mister Sinbad." This time it was Morgiana who speaks. "We might not be so close but I'm a bit close to mister Ja'far who told me his secret." She said, Sinbad looks at the door.

"He said, 'Morgiana-san, can you do me a favor? If something bad happen to me and Sinbad is not his normal self tell him this, that I will not forgive him if the papers at the table whether it's his or mine began to pile up, tell him that to never blame himself and tell him that…. I love him like a lover should.' He told me that mister Sinbad. Please respect mister Ja'far's last wish." She said before leaving the place followed by the other generals.

Sinbad who was leaning at the door panted and grabs his clothes on his chest.

"Ja'far… I love you too…"

"I'm sorry…. I'm so so sorry…"

"I love you… my jewel…."


The next day

"Do you think Sinbad will come out?" Pisti asks, wearing a white robe the same with the generals.

"Who knows, the only thing that will bury is Ja'far's keffiyeh, and Ja'far is important to the king…" Sharrkan said arranging the collar of his robe.

"He'll come." Drakon said they all look at him. "Ja'far is Sinbad's best friend, I'm sure he would come just for him… he always does."

"Yes, I always does." Sinbad answered from behind them. They turn around and look at the door where Sinbad is standing wearing the white robe they wore.

"Sinbad…" they said, Sinbad smiled at them.

"Can you do me a favor… don't call me sin…" he said, they blink before understanding him.

'That nickname is given to me by Ja'far, it belongs to Ja'far.' Sinbad thought before they proceed at the courtyard where they'll bury Ja'far's keffiyeh.

"Ja'far, is a serious person, who gets angry easily. He is most often the voice of reason when I'm doing something outrageous. He tends to scold me a lot, despite being his King, older, and stronger than him. Ja'far, love Sindria so much that he sacrifice his life to save us….I… we'll miss you Ja'far, wherever you are." Sinbad stated, tears flowing out from his eyes his people cried as well, loving the strict adviser even though he was rough at them for the first time, he loves them and they love him back.

"Watch over us, Ja'far…" with that said Sinbad walks down from the small stage they made and walks towards the left side of the stage where Ja'far keffiyeh was found and will be buried. Leaning down Sinbad put a jasmine flower at the glass before leaving, one by one each of them give their flowers to the fallen adviser and watch the headpiece buried.

'I love you, Sin…'

'I love you too, Ja'far… always…'


Tbc

Epilogue will be the next chapter…