Chapter One: What Did You Do?!
Tora and Tettia sat in the purplenette's large house, which she shared with Masrur and his other two, lesser wives (compared to Tora, who was Masrur's original wife). It had been a few months since everything went down and Alibaba was killed, and the purplenette could tell her half-Fanalis best friend was missing the blond terribly. "Wanna do something fun, Tet?" she asked, smirking at the red-head.
Looking up from the table they were sitting at, Tettia spoke quietly, "What kind of fun?"
"I dunno~ how about being a fucking starfish for a day?!" exclaimed the purplenette.
Rolling her red eyes, Tettia replied, "No, how about no. Masrur! Tora's trying to get me to be a starfish with her!"
Masrur popped his head in from another room and looked at Tora. "No. You are not to do that… understand, Tora?" he sternly said.
"What the hell are you gonna do if I do it, huh?! Marry another woman?!" exclaimed Tora, getting ready to do the spell.
Tettia's eyes widened. "Tora! Tora, no! Stop it," exclaimed an increasingly horrified half-Fanalis.
Tora smiled evilly as she mockingly whipped (the dance move, do not ask) and a poof of smoke surrounded both her and Tettia. "Well, this is new… usually we'd just flop to the floor and say blueh. What happened," questioned the purplenette as she looked around.
The half-Fanalis rubbed her temple. "What did you do?! Where are we? This isn't your house, Tor…" she muttered.
"Yeah, thanks for fucking pointing out the obvious, Tet. I don't know where we are, so don't ask me!" retorted the purplenette, who was very confused as well.
Tettia groaned, "I told you not to fucking do that! Gah! Now we don't know where we even are!"
"Look, I'm sorry! I didn't think I would do this! I never have fucking done this before! This is totally fucking new," exclaimed a confused Tora.
Taking in their surroundings, the half-Fanalis noticed that they were in the mountains, specifically a mountain pass. "Hey, Tora… you do realize that we're in a mountain pass, aye? One I've never seen before either," said the red-head.
Whipping her head to look back at Tettia, Tora's mouth hung open to speak; however, a very — familiar — male's voice came as a response, "Sasan Kingdom, huh… a place carriages can't go through and can only be reached by crossing a mountain range on foot… what business do we have in this country?"
Another male's voice, higher in pitch — like that of a pre-pubescent child came as a reply, "Sasan is a natural mining town surrounded by mountains on all sides. Metal produced in Sasan is noted for having the highest quality and best purity in the world. Recently, this country even became trading partners of Reim's. For the fledgling Sindria Trading Company, we need to secure a trading route through Sasan for our future."
Tettia and Tora looked at one another. "Fledgling Sindria Trading Company?!" they both exclaimed in a hushed whisper. "Tora did you do what I think you did?!" hissed Tettia.
"I don't know, Tet! Let's go towards the voices, yeah?" Tora hissed back.
Nodding, Tettia and Tora walked towards the voices. The duo followed the deeper voice as it said to the young boy, "But… while we're gone, is it really okay to leave the company in the hands of Vittel and Mahad? Rurumu is there, too, but she also has to look after our child, so she won't be working."
"It'll be fine. Vittel is working hard to become the company accountant, and even though Mahad is silent, he observes people well and is good at taking care of employees. I'm not worried if it's those two. Besides," came a familiar voice to the best friends.
As they rounded a corner, the two girls come face to face with three men, well, one was a child. The three men looked very familiar to the two girls. The ponytail bearing purple-haired man was looking away from the red-head and purplenette, looking at his two friends far behind him. Pinkish-red and crimson eyes clashed with one another, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?! they thought. Turning their gazes away from each other, the duo looked down at the boys the purple-haired boy was talking to: a white-haired, freckle-faced boy and a giant bluenette.
Unbeknownst to the young purple-haired man, there were two women standing in his path. He continued to talk, "This is our first time in this country, so as the head of the company, I have to go… ri—" he was cut off as he walked into Tettia.
Snapping his golden gaze forward, the young man looked Tettia in the face as they stumbled. Quickly grabbing the red-head's waist, the young purple-haired man steadied themselves so they would not fall, causing the red-head woman to squeak in response. Tora had jumped a good ten feet away, so she would not go down with them, should they have fallen.
Tettia had screwed her eyes tightly shut, having braced to the impact with the ground that never came. After a few moments of nothing happening, she peaked her eyes open, only to have a very similar male's face only inches away from her own. Remaining silent, Tettia's eyes analyzed the young man's face. The easy smile, the golden eyes, the gold hoop earrings… she had a vague idea who this young man was, and the notion was enough to have Tettia's face turn tomato red.
"I'm sorry, miss…? What is your name," asked the young man.
Tettia bit her lip, embarrassed by the closeness of their faces, whether it was intentional or not. "M-my name is Tettia… but you can call me Tet," she stuttered.
He smiled and replied, "Nice to meet you, Tet. I'm Sinbad, head of the Sindria Trading Company! Hey! Ja'far, Hinahoho! Come up here and meet two girls that are up here!"
"There is no way there are women here. You just want a woman to be here for you," said Ja'far as he and Hinahoho walked up. They were stunned to find that there were, indeed, two women.
Tora looked from Sinbad, who was still holding Tettia's waist, to the young Ja'far. She slapped her hands over her mouth to try and stop hysteric laughter from erupted; however, it failed and Tora burst out laughing. "What the fuck did I do?! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Look at how small everyone is!" laughed Tora.
Sinbad then realized he was still looking intensely into Tettia's eyes, holding her close to him. "Oh, my apologies, I'm sure that was quite uncomfortable," he apologized.
Tettia waved her hands in front of her tomato-red face. "Oh no… I-I'm fine. That wasn't uncomfortable… I just didn't know what to think…" she trailed off to mutter to herself, "…with you being young and that close to my face…"
"Who is your friend, miss? And why is she rolling on the ground?" asked Ja'far, looking down at the purplenette.
Tettia pulled Tora up off the ground. "Tora! Introduce yourself!"
"Fuck you, bitch! But, sup, I'm Tora. I'm Tet's best friend, so do anything bad to her and you're dead. Also note, I am fucking scary when you piss me off so… don't piss me off," said Tora, looking over at Sinbad.
Sinbad immediately threw his hands up in the air. "Why are you so hostile with me, Kitty?" he asked, apparently knowing what her name meant.
Immediately, Tora drop-kicked Sinbad into the nearby rock-face. "YOU DON'T GET TO CALL ME THAT!"
Blatantly ignoring what her best friend just did, Tettia kneeled down and held out a hand towards the young Ja'far. "Hello, nice to meet you, Mist— I mean, Ja'far; I am Tettia but you can call me Tet. May I call you Jaffy?"
Ja'far reached out and shook her hand, "Nice to meet you to, too, Tet…" he said.
"I'm Hinahoho, nice to meet the both of you," said the blue-haired giant, with a sweet smile.
Tora appeared beside Tettia. "We're all gonna be the fucking best of friends! Especially two certain people," said Tora as she nudged Tettia.
Tettia knew exactly what she was referring to. "Gah, you're impossible. Did you leave Sin…bad making out with that rock-wall?" questioned the red-head as she looked over at Sinbad. Sure enough, he was still eating the rock wall. The half-Fanalis walked over to Sinbad and removed him from the wall. "There you are, can you stand?" she asked.
"My head still is spinning. In all honesty," he said.
Tettia wrapped one of his arms around her neck and held him up. "Tell me when your head stops spinning," she said.
Ja'far and Hinahoho looked at the red-head in awe, how could she hold up Sinbad? "How is she doing that?" asked the young white-haired boy.
Tora rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Tet's showing off that she is a half-Fanalis. Bitch, put your husband down and get over here!"
"TORA!" yelled Tettia, snapping her head to glare at the purplenette. She would not be dropping Sinbad. "One, he's not my husband — he doesn't even know me well enough! Two, shut the fuck up!"
The purplenette smirked. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Keep telling yourself that. I'm sure he can get to know you really quickly."
"TORA!"
"What?!"
Rolling her crimson eyes, Tettia looked at Sinbad. "Anyways, should we continue, Sin?"
Sinbad looked over at Tettia and smiled lopsidedly, "Yes, please!"
"Onwards!" exclaimed Tettia as walked forward, Sinbad not leaning on her as much anymore.
Hinahoho walked beside Tettia and ruffled Sinbad's hair. "Also, you say that, but you really just wanted to go on an adventures, didn't you?"
Tettia and Tora laughed as Sinbad retorted, "Haha! A new country really makes me excited!"
"Geez… what a kid," both Ja'far and Tora sighed out loud.
The red-head lightly pushed Tora's shoulder. "Hey! You can't put him down, you got excited as hell when you realized where we are," she exclaimed.
Huffing, Tora crossed her arms as they walked. "He's still a kid…" They came into the view of the city and it was an amazing sight. The large city was seemingly carved into the mountain. The Sasan kingdom: a small country built on a high elevation at the base of a mountain. It is a religiously devout country that believed in the old gods. Sasan calls the outside world impure and has broken off exchanges with other countries. Consequently, it was often called The Pure Land.
Immediately, everyone was amazed. "A-amazing!" exclaimed Sinbad and Tettia.
"Everywhere I look is gold and silver!" gushed Tora.
We have to get our hands on these mineral resources no matter what! Gold! Gold! thought a greedy Ja'far.
However, the Sasan kingdom want nothing to do with visitors. One of the citizens noticed the outsiders and said, "Outsiders?! Oh… they're pagans from the impure world, we mustn't have anything to do with him."
A soldier came up behind the outsiders and said, "Except for a select few, in this country they have no exchange with the outside world. Please refrain from any conspicuous behavior." The soldier escorted them to the Diplomatic tower of the palace.
"You want to trade with Sasan? Impossible!" said the diplomatic chief.
Apparently, Tettia and Tora were now lumped in with Sinbad and the Sindria Trading Company. "Eh?" questioned Sinbad.
"Sasan doesn't interact with the outside world. I cannot accept any transactions with your company… so, please go home," he said.
Ja'far jumped in, "Please wait! Excuse my rudeness, but you're currents exchanging iron and mineral resources with the Reim Empire. As a company from Reim, why are you unwilling to do business with us? I don't understand."
"That's nothing more than an offering as proof of the friendship between the Reim Empire and the Sasan kingdom. Sasan's resourced are all blessings from the Gods. The Reim Empire taught us their beliefs, so it can be said that we are comrades. They're not things to sell to pagan merchants. Sasan will not approve of anyone that does not have their proper spirit. If you understand, then please go home."
Tettia and Tora stood behind Hinahoho, keeping their mouths shut. They did not know what to do in this time period. Ja'far started to say something, but was cut off by Sinbad. "… if that is the case, I'd like you to teach me. Not as a merchant, but as an individual, what can I do to build up a friendship with Sasan…?" asked a confident young Sinbad. "I wonder what I can do for your country. I want us to share our cultures, faiths and my resolve to work together. If it's for the future of this country, I can do anything."
Tettia's breath caught in her throat as she looked at the young Sinbad. Tora noticed this and nudged her, whispering, "You have it so bad and you haven't even known this King Moron for even an hour."
"S-shut up… he's still basically the same…" whispered Tettia.
"Except that he doesn't know you like our good, old King Moron does. He just met you and you both basically almost kissed not even five minutes after getting here," whispered Tora.
Rolling her eyes, Tettia whispered back, "Shut up…"
"Well… Sasan welcomes like-mindedness and we won't refuse devout followers. If you truly desire to build up a friendship with Sasan, visit the Sasan Knights. The Sasan Knights are a group of high-ranking clergymen who synthesize Sasan's doctrine and are the absolute guide for our citizens… among them, there is the secretary-general of the Sasan Knights: the Knight King, Darius Leoxses. The top-ranking knight who protects Sasan, the most powerful person in this country. If you can get the knights to accept you, then the kingdom will accept you as a comrade. However, they prize doctrine more than anything in Sasan, and are its strictest followers… it won't be easy."
Sinbad had a determined look in his eyes. "Hmm… Sasan Knights, huh? Sounds interesting. They really exist. Okay! I'll go and have a talk with the Knights right now! Thanks for the assistance, wise-man," exclaimed Sinbad as he bolted towards the exit.
Tettia sighed and followed after him, once again, she will have to make sure that the idiot does not do something too stupid. "Wait! If we are rude to the knights who control the power in Sasan, we won't be able to remain in this country?!" exclaimed a worried Ja'far.
"He can't hear you," said Hinahoho and Tora.
Outside, Sinbad neared a young lady, but Tettia stopped him. Grabbing him by his collar and lifting him away from her, she asked, "Ma'am, may I bother you to ask where we can find the knights?"
"Uh… in the highest part of the city," replied the woman.
Waving, Tettia walked off, still hold Sinbad by the collar. "Thank you ma'am," she thanked.
At the highest part of the city, Sinbad and his gang arrived at the gates. "Pardon me! Please let me join the knights!" he exclaimed with starry eyes.
Tettia pinched the bridge of her nose, this was Aladdin all over again. "We told you there'd be no damn response! Now let's go! I'm hungry," exclaimed Tettia.
The purplenette snickered. "I have some chocolate in my bag, should you need it," she muttered to the red-head.
"We both know that's a lie," retorted the red-head.
In response to Tettia's previous statement, Sinbad twirled around to look at her. "I want to join the knights, Tet! Therefore, I will! Ah! There goes the Knight King!" he exclaimed, quickly turning away from the red-head and bounded towards the gate.
Tettia face-palmed, groaning, "Why! Tor, he's like you… but worse…"
"All right, I'll try boldly from the front…" said Sinbad, but was cut off by the guards' spears. "Why?! I'm not suspicious! Ok, just let me speak to him."
"You look suspicious by saying that," both girls said.
"Ruffian! Suspicious person!" exclaimed soldier reinforcements.
Sinbad ran away, "Reinforcements! Run!"
They ran back to the trading facility, where they all sat eating. Tettia and Sinbad were eating kababs while Hinahoho drank and Ja'far and Tora ate something else. "Well that was eventful…" said the purplenette.
"Yeah, it sure was. Thanks, Tora. We were supposed to have an ordinary day!" hissed Tettia.
Tora looked at Tettia and sighed, pointing her fork at the red-head. "Look, woman, this is ordinary! You have been my friend for years and you damn-well know that is what I do!"
"True…" mumbled Tettia.
