Yeah. Second Chapter. Yay. Awkward again. Oh let me remind you that I'm following the anime. I've also changed the Title from Magi: Their Adventures to Magi: Their Magical Adventures. Hope you don't mind.
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Chapter 2: It Begins
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"Ugh…" Kali groaned at the warmness of sun above them. Aladdin collapsed at the heat a while ago and was now on her back, piggyback. She walked down at the street city and turned to a corner, to her relief; she found a cart and walked up to it. She opened at the back of the cart found many watermelon and barrels then put Aladdin there, causing to hit his head as she collapse beside him, groaning.
"Aladdin… you're actually heavier than I thought…" she said, feeling tired and sleepy at the journey as she immediately fell asleep.
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Ugo look at him in shock, surprise at his wish.
"…Is that really your wish?" he asked, breaking the silence as Aladdin smiled.
"Of course Ugo-kun! I can't just leave my one and only friend alone." He said as Kali smiled actually expected him to say like that before she put her hand on his shoulder. He turned around to her and smiled.
"Of course you are also my friend Kali-nee-san, you're a greatest sister and mother I've ever had," he said causing Kali smile as two big giant hands grabbed both of them, startling Kali and Ugo put them each on his shoulder, Aladdin on left and Kali in right, as Kali turn her head at the giant, her face priceless .
"Don't startle me like Ugo-san," she said as Aladdin and Ugo laugh at her reaction, Kali joined them a while later.
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"Alibaba! What's the meaning of this?!"
A man's voice stirred her up from her sleep.
"This… I…" a young man's voice answered as Kali sit up while rubbing her eyes then look beside her and notice that Aladdin was not there.
'Where is he?! She thought in panic, thinking he must have walked somewhere without her before she noticed the shadows outside the cart.
'Maybe he's there…' she thought as she crawled towards the curtain of the cart then took a peak but she turned blue in shock at the scene before her.
"Why does this man have boobs?" Aladdin said while fondling the fat man's breast as the said fat man gritted his teeth. "I love boobs, you know!" he continued.
"Hey, yooooooouuuuu!" the blonde young man screeched as he grabbed Aladdin on the head – much to Kali relief since she saw the fat man's angry expression – and force Aladdin to bow down before the fat man.
"I am so sorry! This stupid kid is actually—"the blonde man said frantically apologized, with his right hand on the confused Aladdin's head. But the fat man ignored his apology and kicked his head. Kali gasped at the cruel treatment.
"Shut UP!" the fat man said while kicking him repeatedly. "You're going to pay me back for those! Every single of them! You'll work for me without pay until you do!" he continued as Kali tighten her grip to the curtain. "Don't you even think about getting away!" fat man said giving him the last kick before walking away with his two minions as Kali took this opportunity to come out.
"Mister, are you alright?" she asked, putting her hand on the man's shoulder, his front hair covering his eyes.
"Yeah, don't worry about me…" he replied, removing her hand from his shoulder as he walked away. She cast him worried glance with Aladdin who also had the same gaze.
"Kali-nee-san," Aladdin called as she turned to him. "Where are we sleeping?" he asked suddenly turning into his chibi form as she blanched actually expected him to be serious.
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A wolf howled through the night as the moon shines above in the night sky and certain man called Alibaba walked through the streets.
"Damn that Budel…" he silently cursing his master as he remembered the events a while ago then his thoughts shifted to the black haired girl in a high ponytail with blue eyes which he automatically sighs.
"Where's does she came anyway? She came just out of nowhere…" he thought loudly before a grin sneered to his face. "Well it doesn't matter… She's still beautiful," he said as he arrived at his 'house' then he opens the door.
"Welcome back, Mister." The girl that he just thought a while ago greeted him who nearly gave him a heart attack, gaping at her.
"W-Why are you here?" he stammered, confused why she was here, a pink blush across his face.
"Ah, we decided to crash in here since we don't have a place to stay." She replied, making herself a makeshift bed as Alibaba sigh finally recovering from his shock as he sit beside to his basket.
"You should have asked me a while ago…well whatever… Ah, wait, you said 'we', who's the other one?" he asked, putting his hand on the apple basket suddenly feeling hungry and when he remove his hand instead an apple, a chibified Aladdin came up while eating his apple.
"It's him, mister. My companion." She said as Alibaba looked at the blue-haired boy in shock then Kali saw Aladdin came flying to her which she managed to catch him.
"You ate all of them!" Alibaba exclaimed noticing there's nothing left in the basket.
"Huh? Didn't you give them to me earlier?" Aladdin said, as Kali blinks at his statement. 'Huh? Since when?' she thought, doesn't remember when he gave that basket that contains apples.
"I did not!" Alibaba said as his stomach growled in hunger while Kali gave Aladdin a glare, annoyed at his action but he just buried his face deeper to her chest causing her to sigh and shook her head.
"Man, I'm in so much trouble if I can't clear a dungeon." She heard Alibaba mutter as she turn her head to him.
"What's a dungeon, Mister?" she asked feigning, Alibaba turning his head to her, staring at her for a while before answering.
"Alibaba."
"Huh?"
"My name is Alibaba." He quickly continued, not wanting her to misunderstand as Kali made an 'O' to her mouth.
"Oh… My name is Kali and this kid here is Aladdin." She said then pointed her finger to Aladdin who hugged her like a Koala Bear as she continued. "About the question earlier, what is a Dungeon?" she said, as it is Alibaba's turn making a 'ah' sound before grabbing a scroll then spread it on the floor.
"Dungeon refers to the mysterious historical structures that started appearing all around the world 14 years ago." Alibaba explained. "And the person who can clear a dungeon gains a mountain of wealth and power. Dungeons hold gold, treasures, and mysterious magical items." Kali nodded; looks like she was right. Aladdin perked up at the last sentence.
"Magic, huh?" Kali muttered then glance at Aladdin who started listening to them.
"Yeah, a rumor says that they are still real magicians out there somewhere." Alibaba said, started to doze off while rubbing his eyes. "What dungeons have are magical items though." He continued sleepily. "Like carpets and endlessly refilling jars of alcohol… But the best items are the magical djinn vessels…" he said as Aladdin talked.
"Mister, where do you find the dungeon?" he asked but Alibaba had already fall asleep due to tiredness as Kali smiled then yawned.
I'm tired too so I guess I should sleep too she thought as she laid down to her makeshift bed then glanced at Aladdin who muttered something to the flute which contained Ugo the giant as she turned not understanding the closeness to each other.
Morning came and a loud voice woke Kali from her sleep.
"Why are you still asleep!?"
She quickly sit up startled at the loud voice then rubbed her eyes before someone forced her to get up as he gently push her out the door, his hands both of her shoulder.
"You too, Kali." Alibaba said as he successfully push her out then closed the door and walked away.
"It's mean to just hit someone out of blue like that!" Aladdin said, following Alibaba behind him as Kali followed behind Aladdin while fixing her ponytail.
"Don't follow me."
"Mister, where would I find one of those dungeons you were talking about last night?" Aladdin asked, walking beside Alibaba as Kali hurriedly follow them as two people ahead of her stopped finally catching them up.
"There." Alibaba pointed to his right as Kali looked where his pointing and saw one of the tallest tower she had ever seen.
"Whoa." She muttered in awe.
"That one's Amon, the seventh labyrinth. That appeared ten years ago." Alibaba said as Aladdin stood there in awe.
"Wow…"
"I'm going to clear Amon and all other dungeons in the world faster than anyone else. And then I'll become the richest person in the world." He continued, determined.
"Do you like money, Alibaba-san?" Kali asked as they finally reached the town.
"Yeah, I need money. Enough to buy a country at that..." he said as Kali raised her eyebrow while Aladdin looked at him.
After a minute of walk…
"As long as you have money, you can buy anything!" Alibaba started to brag as Kali half-listened to him, not interested at his 'money talk'.
"As much as delicious food as you can eat!"
"Delicious food!" But in Aladdin's case, he's delighted and interested.
"And beautiful women too!"
"Beautiful women!" Kali sweat drop, knowing where this was going.
"As long as man has money, he'll be popular!" Alibaba said in his almighty and bragging voice as Aladdin made a 'grabbing motion' in his hands, which made Kali uncomfortable.
"Beautiful women with big pillowy breast will line up to wait for him!" Alibaba continued as Aladdin's happiness has risen higher than a mountain and an annoyed Kali grabbed the rope around Alibaba's neck then brought him down since he's taller than her.
"Alibaba-san…" she sneered at him venom dripping every syllable of his name, as Alibaba still hadn't snap out from his fantasies but they broke their fight when they heard Aladdin bumped someone.
"Are you okay, miss?" Aladdin asked as the girl who bumped at him picked up the pears then easily throws it at the big basket which is propped at her head then stood up slightly glaring at him and walked away as Aladdin noticed the chains clanging when she walked.
"What's that?" Aladdin pointed at the red-haired girls' feet and Kali and Alibaba look at where he's pointing at, as Alibaba eyes widen at the chain at her feet, the girl turned at them noticing that they are staring at her feet. She tried to cover the chain by her dress but basket of pears drooped from her head, completely showing the chains at her feet.
"She's a slave." Alibaba said, answering Aladdin's question.
"Slave?"
"People who are bought and sold." He continued. "They're treated and used like a livestock for their whole lives. What a messed up world we have." He said as Aladdin walked between Kali and Alibaba causing Kali to let go Alibaba and kneels before the girl who is still trying to cover the chains. Aladdin blows his flute; the chains were broke by an invincible force.
"Here you go! Now you can walk freely without hiding your pretty legs." He said smiling as he stands up while people around them started to crowd.
"What did he just do?"
"That boy!"
"What is he doing?"
"Whose slave is that?"
Kali started to get uncomfortable at the growing crowd they're making as she quickly run to Aladdin and the girl while Alibaba grabbed Aladdin's shoulder.
"Hey! This is bad!" he muttered to him, who just blinks at him in confusion.
"Why?" Aladdin asked.
"It's because…" Alibaba trailed off as Aladdin asked again why.
"It's a serious crime to steal slaves you know." The big boobed fat man said when he arrived at the scene while he picked a pear as he walked to Alibaba, pushing the pear to his cheek. "You'll lose an arm. Then what will you do to my recompense?" fat man Budel said as Kali stared at him, frowning.
"What are you talking about? We're just your average guys. There's no way we could cut through the chains." Alibaba said in a 'happy-go-luck' voice as he tightens his grip on Aladdin shoulder.
"Yeah right." Budel said sarcastically. "If you can't pay me back, then I'll make you a slave." He said as he grabbed the girl's hair tail causing Kali to gasp.
"The life of a slave is hard. Even if someone throws you, steps on you," he continued, kicking the girl. "Or does whatever, you can't say a word." He was about to kick her again when suddenly an arm block the kick as Kali glared at him, who looked at her in surprise since she just appeared out of nowhere.
"Stop that." Aladdin said as Alibaba looked at him surprised.
"What did you say, brat?" he spat, a vein ticking at his forehead. "You want me to call the guards?!" he threatened.
"Anything, but that…!" Alibaba pleaded as Budel's minions appeared behind Alibaba, Aladdin and Kali with a dagger at their faces.
"Or maybe I should just kill you right now myself?!" he screeched as Kali narrowed her eyes at him, thinking that he'd gone too low but she suddenly notice Aladdin who was about to blow his flute again as Kali gasp, clearly understanding what he was about to do. "Wait, Aladdin…!"
Two blue big arms sprouted from the flute as it punched Budel's minions and made a strong clap above Budel's head, causing the man to faint from shock. Aladdin and Ugo bump fist each other before the arms suddenly started to shake as it turned pink when he notice the pink-haired girl's presence as he quickly go back inside the flute causing Kali to sweardrop and Aladdin to laughed.
"You're still so shy around girls, Ugo-kun." He said as the girl and Alibaba stared at him at shock.
"Hey! What's going on here?! Someone shouted from the distance as gathering crowd scattered. Alibaba took this opportunity to escape, grabbing both Aladdin and Kali as they ran away from the scene.
Aladdin drank water beside Kali who looked at Alibaba. He took a peek from their hideout then closes it, sighing in relief.
"The guards?" Kali asked as he looked at her answering.
"We lost them." Alibaba said as she sighs and then she saw Alibaba looking at Aladdin.
"Hey, about that flute…"
"Hmm?"
"Something big came out from it, right?" Alibaba said, mimicking Ugo's big arm as the boy nodded at him.
"Yeah. That was my friend Ugo-kun." He said as he continued. "Everyone call him djinn though." Kali nodded in confirmation.
"Ah, I see." Alibaba said, smiling to him and suddenly looked determined as Kali voice her thoughts.
"Something on your mind, Alibaba-san?" she asked but her mind knew that he was thinking about the dungeon but she still asked him to confirm her curiosity.
"Ah! It's nothing. I'm just thinking about something…" he answered which is actually confirmed her curiosity that she was right. Then she saw him again, in the corner of her eyes, turning to Aladdin rubbing his together like one of the merchants trying to convince the customers in a nice way.
"Hey, Aladdin…-san…" He said as Kali raised her eyebrows while Alibaba continued. "Do you like beautiful girls?" Kali sweatdrop. Is that his way convince Aladdin? Then she looked at the boy as she face palmed forgetting that he actually likes girls with big boobs.
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She suddenly found herself sitting beside Alibaba in a nightclub while Aladdin was enjoying himself with the two women with a skimpy outfit across them. Alibaba took this chance to convince him again as Kali just keep silent watching the scene before her.
"Aladdin-san, you said you're on the journey? Do you have any specific goals?" He said as Kali sweatdrop beside him. I'm here too, you know. Aladdin answered him.
"You said dungeons hold djinns, right?" He said as Alibaba nodded.
"You're right."
"I made a promise to Ugo-kun to search out the djinn vessels." He said as Kali stared at him at him. Yes, he actually made a promise to Ugo but she was not included in that so-called search. She asked Ugo about it why she was not included but he answered that it's only for Aladdin and ever since that day, she started to get suspicious at Aladdin identity. "So can you show me the way to dungeon?"
"…Sure." Alibaba replied, reluctant as he continued, suddenly looking determined. "That means, you'll come with me, right?"
"Yup. Kali-nee-san can come too, right?" Aladdin said turning to her, who startled at the sudden attention from both of them as she smiled.
"Of course." She said as Alibaba sighs, like he finally found a solution to his problem. But Kali's case, she slightly uncomfortable at the beautiful girls walking around the club especially they are wearing skimpy outfits. Alibaba suddenly called for the most beautiful girl which startled her as he patiently waited for the girl.
Kali heard a 'click-clack' high heel sound coming right towards them as she looked up but she turned blue in shock, cannot believe that the said girl is actually the most beautiful girl in the club. Is this April fool!? She thought.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Kali blink when she heard the muscular girl's voice, it was actually smooth and beautiful and also at the same time flirty.
"You have a very adorable friend." The smooth voice said as Kali shifted away from Alibaba to make the smooth girl sit beside him while she poured the wine.
"He's not actually my friend."
"Oh, is that so?"
"I decided to never make friends." Alibaba said trying making himself cool as he finally turned to the girl; Kali stifled her laugh when she saw his reaction that the girl he ordered is actually bigger and taller than him.
"I'm Elizabeth." The crooked nose girl introduced herself as she continued. "I am the most talented hostess at this establishment. Let us be well acquainted."
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After Alibaba's suffering who barely make it alive…
"Wow. That was fun." Aladdin said having himself a good time with the girls as Kali agreed beside him even though she didn't do anything at all. "Yeah. Right Alibaba-san?" she turned the blonde as she stifled her giggle again when she saw funny looking Alibaba with many kiss marks, the only reason why Kali was having fun in the nightclub.
"You damn brats, making me search of you." A familiar voice said as they turned. "If you have money for club, what about my recompense?" Budel said with his two minions behind him while scowling at them.
"I don't have any right now." Alibaba said truthfully, fixing his clothes. "But I've decided to enter the Dungeon! Once I clear it, I'll pay you back!" he declared as Budel and his minions just laughed at his declaration.
"Who would believe something like that?" Budel continued to laugh while wiping his tears. "Just you try to run. I'll put your name in a wanted list of every city in this area." A vein popped at Kali's head but still kept her emotionless face, her eyebrow twitching.
"Now choose. Do you want to be arrested or work as a slave the rest of your life?" Alibaba clenched fist as he looked at Aladdin who just stared at him then to Kali who looks like ready to kill Budel at any moment.
"What do you take me for? What do you think my answer is?!"
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Kali sit in front of the cart with Aladdin sitting in her lap who was picking his nose as she sighs. What kind of situation are we getting into? Then in the corner of her eyes she saw something familiar and turned her head as she saw the girl that they encountered yesterday.
"It's that girl…" she trailed off as Aladdin also turned his head, seeing the red-haired slave. "The girl with chain." He said as Alibaba turned where they are looking at then look down, sadness dancing in his eyes; Aladdin and Kali looked at each other.
When they go forward for their destination, Budel behind them started describe about slaves that is probably trying to intimidate the driver, Alibaba.
"A person should not try to reach higher than his given lot in life. A rat is a rat and slave is a slave. Born as a restless trash, always a worthless trash. Wouldn't you agree?"
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"Hey, are you listening to me?"
"Of course, sir! You're so wise, master!" Alibaba brightly said to Budel who smiled in satisfaction then continued to eat his apple.
"You're lying, mister." Aladdin said as Alibaba turned, noticed that Kali and Aladdin has stared at him as Aladdin continued. "Don't you think that if you keep lying, eventually no one, not even yourself, will able to believe your own words?" Kali stop staring at Alibaba as she put her chin on Aladdin's top head. She actually understand what Aladdin was trying say, if you keep lying to those around you and yourself then the people around you will eventually stop trusting you even himself as she clasp Aladdin small hands in comfort.
Dusk came but the caravan still continued to move forward, Kali asked when they are going to reach their destination as Alibaba answered that they will arrive tomorrow afternoon. Kali yawned, burying her nose on Aladdin hair as she closed her eyes. Suddenly a noise woke her up then screams followed after that as the noise seemed to be louder than before.
"IT'S DESERT HYACINTH!"
"Go faster!"
"It really showed up!"
"It's because we're carrying a grape wine!" Aladdin said, slapping the horses to go faster. "Hurry!" The ground cracked beneath them as cart losses its balance causing it to tilt as it crashes to the ground with barrels of wine rolling away from them. Aladdin and Kali stood up to see the situation and a flower-like monster from the underground waved its green tentacles widely. Shouts still echoed through their ears.
"Leave the caravan and run for it!"
"Unload the cargo!"
The slaves were also freed due to the frenzy that monster gave them as Budel just kept spouting orders here and there.
"Alibaba! Leave it and save the cargo!"
"Ah..! Right!"
"You guys too! I'll make sure you're paid!"
Suddenly a tentacle made a loud crash near them as ground where a brown-haired girl was standing collapse. Her mother tried to reach her daughter, the red-haired girl also tried to her but she lost her balance causing them to fall right straight to the hyacinth's mouth. Alibaba tried to reach out for them but Budel crash to him saving his wine, preventing Alibaba to save the girls. The mother of the brown-haired child gasps behind him.
"….!" The hyacinth opens its mouth, catching the girls' then closes it making a satisfying sound as Alibaba and the mother stared in horror when they saw the girls, struggling to get out from the hyacinth's mouth.
"NOOO! Mina! Mina!" the mother tried but a man holds her down, preventing her to go from the hyacinth. "There's no hope for her now." Kali gritted her at the scene before her as backing away giving a good distance from the cliff where the hyacinth and she broke into sprint then jumping at the edge.
'Someone…please… they're going to die…!' Alibaba thought and as if an answer to his thoughts, a figure jumped and he looked up and saw Kali who had jump higher than a normal human. In slow motion, she wrote a familiar character in air, her fingers glowed blue, when she's done she mutter again a familiar spell through her mouth.
"Gladio Salutis…"
Characters glowed then in her hand as light disappears, a beautiful sword appeared; she raised it above her head, making a loud battle cry and slashes through the mouth of the hyacinth as it started to go crazy at the pain she's giving to it as Kali hurriedly run to the mouth since she only made a small open wound at the hyacinth's mouth but large enough to fit a person as she reached out a hand to the girls.
"Here let me help you." Kali smiled at him, struggling as the red-haired girl grabbed the hand, Kali tried to pull them out but the tentacles around the girls prevented her to get them out. A big tentacle suddenly shoot out grabbing Kali's legs surprising the girl as she suddenly can't feel the ground and then next she feel pain at her back hearing a crack. Then everything went black.
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Kali slowly open her eyes feeling familiar at the void space she was in.
Kali, wake up. The others are waiting for you.
…Who are you? Her thought echoed around the space as silence met her.
Wake up. Your friends are waiting for you.
…Friends? She thought, wondering when she did made friends as a light burns brightly above her head, without thinking she reached out for the light, engulfing her completely.
Kali opens her eyes feeling herself rocking back and forth as she sit up wondering what has happened causing her to slide from Ugo's shoulder. She reached out something to support her; her hand met the flute which acts as Ugo's head. She felt something poking at her back as she turned and saw Ugo's big hand who pointed someone ahead of them as she looked.
She saw Alibaba and Aladdin laughing together as Alibaba making weird motion, Aladdin laughed at his action as Kali smiled at them, watching them laugh.
Your friends are waiting for you.
She sighs, finally understanding what the woman in her dreams trying to say. They are her friends, supporting each other, sleeping each other, sharing each other's stories and many other things that friends had done together. She didn't know why but thinking all those things makes her cry.
*Hiccup* (Kali)
"Wha—what's wrong, Kali-nee?!" (Aladdin)
(Alibaba stares at her wide eyes thinking she was cute.)
"?" (Ugo)
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Whew. Chapter two done. Sighs. Finally. Oh by the way as I wrote above I'm following the anime and I hope it's okay with you guys and uhh I'm sorry if my writing style sucks and I know someday it will improve and err thank you for reading my fanfic I'm actually kind of surprise that someone favorite this story (7 of them) thank you for the support. Oh and for my first reviewer Mynx (guest) thank you, your review makes me happy ^^. About the story, I actually don't know Alibaba reacts about Kali I'm sorry that I make him OOC and for the mysterious voice you'll find out and Kali's real identity you'll also find out soon. (Hehe)
And once again guys thank you for your support.
P.S I'm sorry if my English is nonsense here in the story to your point of view (^_^ )
Edited: 01/29/15
Edited: 3/26/15 – I fixed some spelling and grammar errors.
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