So cute! I love when I read about Judar and Aladdin being like brothers.
"Why am I doing this again?" Judar grumbled.
Aladdin turned his head to look up to him, and gave him his most innocent smile, "Because, as you have said before, I am, 'too annoying to argue with'. Remember?"
Judar grumbled, "That's why I agreed. But I would like to know why you chose to drag me here…"
Aladdin and Judar were walking around the outdoor market, along the outskirts of Balbaad's palace. They were holding some kind of an event in the previous days, and now they were selling all of the goods for cheaper, and better quality. Aladdin, being as naive as he was, decided that he wanted to use all of his spendings here, by the end of the day. And his knowing how he might easily be ripped off, he brought Judar, so that he could basically stand there and glare at people who tried to give Aladdin a bad deal. At least, that's the answer he eventually gave him…
Judar stared at him blandly, "So… I'm basically here to call out the terrible deals?"
"Yep~"
Judar turned around and started to walk away. "I'm leaving."
Aladdin looked to him in shock, "What?! Judar!"
Aladdin ran to stop him, but just as he was about to grab his hand… he tripped.
His foot caught onto a crack on the ground, and he gave a light eep as he waved his hands as he fell face first onto the ground. Judar looked back and could only sigh at the sight of Aladdin face planted into the ground. Jeez, what a klutz. Judar walked over and grabbed the top of his head, and pulled him up so that he couldn't touch the ground. "Chibi, why didn't you just bring that Ali-what's-his-face?"
Aladdin looked up to him with a pout. "Alibaba-San isn't as intimidating. He may be a prince in this country, but even if he acted tough, everyone here knows that he's too nice."
Judar blanked, "Okay, understandable, but couldn't you have chosen someone else?"
Aladdin shook his head to the best of his ability. "Sure, but I didn't want to." He smiled to the dark Magi cheerfully. "We didn't exactly get off on the right foot before, and I really want to get to know you better. You and the other magi's."
Judar let go of him, dropping him to the ground, before crossing his arms in arrogance. "Why?" Aladdin froze up for a moment, before looking down in slight sadness. "Well… Even if none of us are really all that close, I… I look to you guys as if you're my family… Growing up, I only knew Ugo-Kun, but he never even spoke to me until a bit before I came to this world. And he's gone now, so I don't exactly have any family…"
Judar looked to him in surprise, before looking down in slight remorse. Aladdin pulled out his wand and looked to it with a bitter smile. "The original owner of this wand… She was an old wizard who took me and called me her child, saying that I was now apart of her family… When she passed away, that was the first time that I ever cried on behalf of another person. She and Ugo were the closest things I ever had to a family." He wiped away the tear that shed down his cheek, before he looked up to Judar in hope and happiness, not realizing that there was still a tear in each of his eyes. "That's why- I wanted to get to know you, Yunan, and Scheherazade better! Even if I don't really know the others, and you and I don't really see eye to eye, you guys are the closest things I have to family now. I… I want to know what it's like, to have a real family…"
Judar didn't respond for a moment, before he knelt down to Aladdin and wiped away the smaller Magi's tears. He picked him up into his arms in a hug carry position. He turned and continued to walk through the streets filled with stands of shops. "Come on kid. Let's get through the shops quickly before it starts to get dark. I want to take you somewhere after we're done here." Aladdin sniffed and wiped his eyes before nodding, "Uh-huh."
They went through almost every stand, and Aladdin ended up using most of his money on sweets and food. Come around the begining of sunset, they were both carrying a large bag of food and objects. Judar threw out his flying cloth, and they both put the bags onto it, before taking their seats and flying off. Just as they were flying away from Balbaad, Aladdin started to notice they were flying in the wrong direction. He frowned to Judar. "Judar? Where are we going? Aren't both Kou and Sindria in different directions?"
Judar nodded but didn't show to change his direction. "We're taking an extra errand. It may take a bit, so you might as well sit back and relax for a while." Aladdin nodded, not even thinking to question where they were headed. He opened one of the bags, and took out a large watermelon giving half of it to Judar.
After eating, Aladdin pulled out an item he had bought frivolously being told it was a Magic Tool. It was oddly shaped, with a thick handle, and some small metal stick called a trigger. He pointed it towards the sea below them and pulled the trigger as instructed, and nearly fell back at the aftershock waved thrown by the beam shot from inside the tool. It his the water, and exploded swiftly and violently, sending and explosion of water pillared up before them, causing Judar to pull back on the cloth before they were hit.
He threw a glare to Aladdin so fast, the smallest boy wondered if he had gotten whiplash. "The hell Chibi?!"
Aladdin smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, I just wanted to try out the Magic Tool I had bought. I forget what the person at the stall called it-"
Judar snatched it and tossed it back into the bag with a humph. "It's called a gun, kiddo. They aren't normally Magic Tools, but they are pretty rare. You actually lucked out with getting that one, seeing as there's only less than a hundred ever made. This one in particular was called a Beam Gun, and I would prefer it if you didn't use it to try and kill us!"
Aladdin pouted for a moment as he crawled behind Judar, and rested his head upon the older Magi's back with a slight bonk. "Where are we even going? I'm tired now…"
Judar rolled his eyes,"How old are you again? I know you're small, but are you still that young to need a nap?" When no answer came, Judar looked behind him to find Aladdin had already fallen asleep. He sighed and grabbed the little blue, pulling him onto his lap. Aladdin smiled a bit in his sleep, as he snuggled into Judars lap happily. Judar looked ahead, seeing a hint of their destination on the horizon.
Aladdin opened his eyes to be met with the sight of a marble white roof above him, and a cushiony comforter around him. He sat up and looked around, finding himself in a large and impressively decorated bedroom. By the light toned baby colors and decor, he would guess the bedroom belonged to that of a female. Wait a minute.
Aladdin looked around confused. "Judar?"
The door opened, to reveal a guard who bowed to him. "Aladdin, Judar and Lady Scheherazade are awaiting you."
Aladdin looked surprised by this. Scheherazade? Was he in the Reim empire? They had been flying in that direction after all.
He got up and followed behind the guard, up to a throne room of sorts. Scheherazade and Judar were there, and by the looks of it, they were not so pleased with the other. When they spotted him, Scheherazade smiled and walked over. "Aladdin, it's a pleasure to finally meet you."
Aladdin bowed politely, but Scheherazade smiled and giggled lightly, before taking him and hugging him happily. "There's no need for that, silly."
Aladdin hugged her back, and looked to Judar confused. "Judar, why did you want to come to Reim? Weren't you banned or something from this place?"
Judar huffed in annoyance, "Yeah I was, and I'm questioning how you still managed to stay asleep when they started throwing spears, arrows of fire, and magic balls at us! Scheherazade would have burned us to the ground happily, if not for the fact that you were on the cloth as well."
Scheherazade glared towards the dark Magi. "For very good reason, Judar." She looked to Aladdin cheerfully. "But that is besides the point. Aladdin, I wanted to talk to you for a moment before we head out."
Aladdin looked surprised by this, hearing that Scheherazade would be leaving with them. From what he had been told, she never left her palace. Seeing his surprise, she giggled lightly. "We're going down to the outskirts of the Dark Continent, to meet up with the wandering Magi Yunan."
Aladdin looked to Judar confused. "Is something wrong?"
Judar huffed in annoyance, "Yeah, there really is. We'll tell you once we meet up with Yumom."
Scheherazade glared at him. "His name is Yunan."
"Whatever."
Only part 1, don't worry. You will love it if you like them being all family like.
Au Revoir~
