Hi everyone! This story written by request of blood-stained white queen (I hope you like it!). I don't own magi, though that would be awesome if I did! I would make sure that Aladdin got to eat all the food he wanted! Would have put whole family in characters list, but there's a limit and her family is so big!
"Koumeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii," Koumei patiently waited for his younger brother to stop. He didn't stop. "Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-" How could he hold his breath that long? "Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii." …Oh good, he was done, "Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-"
"YES Kouha, how can I help you?" Kouha snickered at the annoyance on his brother's face.
"When's one-saan coming back?" Really? He went through all that just to ask him when his sister is getting back. He woke him out of his pleasant dream, for THAT? Kouha just continued looked up at him with a pouty face, and though he wanted to, he couldn't just ignore his only younger brother.
"I'm assuming you're talking about cousin Hakuei?" he asked with a sigh. Kouha nodded so quickly his head became a blur. "You know that she's not coming back Kouha." Disbelief crossed his brother's face and his jaw dropped open.
"She's DEAD?"
"NO! But she's not coming back to live here, you know that. She lives in Sindria now."
"No she doesn't." he blinked. Kouha stared back at him, completely sure of himself. Oh, he's trying to do this now, Koumei thought to himself rolled his eyes at his brother. First it was sadness, then avoiding everyone, and now he was trying denial. How long was he going to continue with this? He would have noted anger as well, but he was only mad when someone mentioned Sinbad.
"Yes she does, and she has been for a long time now."
"Nooooo,"
"And despite you being in denial about it you can't change the fact that she is now married to-"
"DON'T SAY IT!"
"Sinbad." And that's where the anger kicked in.
"NOOO! NO, NO, NO, it's not true! lalalala I'm not listening!" Koumei had to plug his ears so that his eardrums didn't implode. "That big jerk, taking our sister away! I want her back, why can't she come back? Where is he, I want to have a talk with him, the stupid king!" huh. Koumei thought Judal was the only one who called him stupid king. "Let's go to Sindria and take her back! No one will know!" Koumei immediately regretted giving his brother the extra waffle for breakfast that morning. He was bouncing off the walls.
"We can't kidnap our SISTER Kouha. Not only would that turn all of Sindria against us, but Hakuei would be angry at you as well. And, by the way, it is ILLEGAL." Kouha waved his hand like that little detail wasn't important in the slightest.
"Details, details. You know that's not important. She wants to come back, I can feel it." Koumei raised an eyebrow at him as he leaned back on the couch to try and get more comfortable. This was going to be a LONG conversation.
"Brother, she's been living in Sindria for years now. Don't you think, if she didn't like it there, we would know by now?" Kouha shook his head, and hurried to give his reasoning.
"No, because they wouldn't let her tell us!" Oh boy. "Just think, Sinbad could be threatening her by, uh, putting poison in her food. And if she ever mentions her dislike for anything Sindria related BOOM! She blows up." That sounded just as ridiculous as that theory Kougyoku's advisor had given him years ago saying that Sinbad had kidnapped at attacked Kougyoku. What was wrong with their country and crazy theories? He decided to blame judal.
Though Kouha's worry and stories could be annoying at times, Koumei had to admit it was kind of funny. His brother had an active imagination, and a very set determination that had been helpful to them on and off the battlefield. Not to mention it was nice to see Kouha caring about his family. Over the years he was even able to talk to his big brother Kouen without having to worry about formalities. It was an accomplishment that both of his brothers were very proud of.
And yet both of them still harboured the fear that one day they would find him covered in the blood of his enemies.
"Look, Kouha, I'm glad that you're worried about your sister, but she's in Sindria now. She's happy, and she's fine. You know that she loves Sinbad and he makes her happy."
"I DON'T BELIEVE! IT'S A LIE!" Koumei decided to leave that part be.
"Not to mention all of the generals and people there treat her better than the citizens here did. They value her more than," Kouha started trembling like a rocket. "I mean, we valued her. Our family did, but not all of the citizens and older generals! Don't worry, she knew you cared about her." He calmed down. "Do you really want to take that away from her? She has a place that she belongs. Isn't that good?" at his words Kouha pouted and turned away. He knew his older brother was right. Of course he was, mei was so smart! Just because he was right didn't mean that he was happy about it though.
"Fine." Koumei let out a sigh of relief. "But she could still visit more. I miss my siblings!" at that even Koumei couldn't help but feel bad as well. The two of them had a big family, but not only did a lot of his sisters used to make fun of him or ignore him, but the few family they did have always left. Kouen was busy as an emperor. Kougyoku, who had married Judal, was always going with him around when he had to do whatever it was Magi's did nowadays. Hakuryuu, now the right hand general, had his own problems to deal with as he had to lead his portion of the army. Even Koumei was always busy trying to go from country to country to make sure everything was in order.
"Perhaps we can call her. She might be able to visit soon." At that Kouha lit up.
"Really! You think so?"
"Sure! It might not be for a while, since Sindria is so far away."
"Hi Koumei, Kouha."
"I mean, it's not like I could just say her name and she would just…" he stopped. Turning, he came face to face with the women of the hour. Their sister Hakuei stood behind them, waving happily, as if she had been there the whole time. "…appear…"
"Wow Koumei! Maybe you really are a magician!" Hakuei laughed as Kouha ran into his sister's arms. "Hakuei, I've missed you so much! Did you have to run away? Don't worry, we'll protect you from him!" all that did was make Hakuei laugh even harder as she hugged her younger cousin.
"Looks like you haven't changed at all Kouha," she commented, but then took a step back to correct herself. "Actually, it looks like you've gotten quite taller." Kouha puffed up his chest in pride.
"Yup! I'm almost as tall as Brother Mei and 'En now aren't I?" Koumei rolled his eyes.
"Maybe, but he still acts like he's ten." They both ignored the 'hey' Kouha shot back at his brother as Hakuei came over and hugged him as well. "It's good to see you Hakuei." She nodded in agreement as she pulled back. Looking around her he checked the scene behind her. "Where's Sinbad? Isn't he with you?"
"No, she ran away just like I said she did! Koumei, we have to hide her before anyone finds out!" he had to admit; his brother was very persistent.
"Kouha, Hakuei didn't run away from Sindria."
"Well, I suppose it did." Both of them turned to stare at her.
"…what?"
"YES! I was right! See, I told you Mei that she didn't like it there! Don't worry sister, I already have a plan set up for this, it's all prepared!" he had a PLAN? Reaching in his pocket he pulled out what looked like a map of the Kou Empire. "First, we need to find Dorji and Toya. They'll hide you away in one of their tents over on the west side of Kou. Make sure to tell them its operation No-more-Sinbad. When Sinbad comes looking for you first we'll tell him that you went out to the forest in the north, but then when he looks for you we're going to have to fake your death. Koumei, that's where you come in, because you're going to have to use your djinn to,"
"Whoa, whoa Kouha, it's nothing like that!" Hakuei reassured him, pushing the map down. "I didn't leave because I dislike Sindria or was angry at him. I just didn't tell him I was leaving is all. He was away on a mission when I left, so I had to tell Spartos and Hinahoho instead." Kouha's face fell just as quickly as it had lit up.
"So…you don't need this?" Hakuei shook his head and Kouha hung his head low, stuffing the map into his pocket again. Koumei almost felt bad for him. But he had to admit, it was impressive that he had already thought out a plan. The fact that he kept that plan in his pocket wherever he went worried him.
"Then why did you come Hakuei? If everything's alright, did you just come to visit?" Hakuei gave him a smile, but it was a sad smile. She shook her head, showing off the new Sindrian trinkets that hung in her hair.
"Unfortunately no. Not everything's alright." Kouha lit up again. "But the problem is NOT with Sindria." and his face fell. "I actually came to see Judal. Is he here?" Koumei tried to remember if their countries oracle had decided to take a trip around the country again. Luckily for them, he remembered the Kougyoku was making him stay at least for a week or two so that she could rest from that last trip they had went on.
"I think so. But why do you want to talk to him?" His question made Hakuei turn a small shade of pink and she couldn't make eye contact.
"I'm just…It's a health thing." Both of her cousins started to worry.
"What's wrong? Are you sick? Is it a disease?"
"ARE YOU DYING?" the other two glared at Kouha and he shrugged sheepishly. "Just asking."
"No, I am not dying, and no I'm not sick. At least I don't think so." When both of them frowned it showed that they didn't understand. "I'm not sure what it is really. Lately I've just been feeling like something's wrong with me, and I thought Judal might be able to help find out what. If I'm cursed or had some magic used against me I'd like to know. I would have asked Yamuriah or Aladdin but…"
"But they were both gone with Sinbad." Hakuei nodded sheepishly. What poor timing. "Alright, let's go find him. But what kind of symptoms are you having?" the two of them headed out of them room and into the hallway. There were a few people walking past, but no one was really paying too much attention to them. A few people noticed Hakuei there when she shouldn't be, but none of them commented.
"Nothing to serious, I assure you. Just small things that have been worrying me a bit. I've been noticing smells a lot more often, things like oranges and fish. Sleep is hard, and sometimes I'm angry one moment and mad another. Also my stomach has been very sore, but the doctors all say nothing is broken. That's why I thought it might be magic, because it could be something that those doctors aren't trained to find…What?" she stopped when she noticed that both of them were staring at her with wide eyes. They looked like they were going to fall out of their heads. "What? What's wrong? Is there something on my dress?" she quickly checked, but saw that her Sindrian styled clothing was the same as ever. Maybe they weren't used to seeing her in that style of clothing.
"...Um…Hakuei…I don't think you're injured," Koumei hesitantly told her. "Those symptoms sound very…common." At his words Hakuei brightened.
"Really? Well that's a relief. What do you think it is then?" Koumei glanced back at Kouha. He just stared back at him, as lost for words as he was.
"It…it sounds like you're,"
"One-saan, are you PREGNANT?"
