Author's Note: Hi all! thank you sooo much for the reviews! I'm sorry it took me this long to finish up this chapter ( i didn't expect it to be a month long...), so much going on you know, Kougyoku is on her own little adventure in Sindria hehe without further ado, here it is, ENJOY!

Disclaimer: This piece of awesomeness known as Magi is sadly not mine! I hopped it was! but reality didn't agree with me, meh. I just own the plot of this fanfiction.

Chapter 2 : Sindria

It was a quiet day in the palace, yes that day much activity was centered in the town. It's a special day after all, The Blessing Festival. A festival to celebrate life and remember the dead and also to bring blessing of the Sindria's Guardian Spirit, it's on this day every year the star will light up even more beautiful and radiant, sometimes there will be shooting stars too, it will be a sight to see for the people of Sindria and the tourist that were lucky enough to get the chance to see it, the festivity had always been held in the evening, after sunset to be a exact and up till midnight, some will do star gazing or falling asleep under the stars.

The people of Sindria will gather in the town's hall near the palace ground and the king and his loyal subjects will entered as well to commence the festivity. Though there were this legend or tale that spread around the people of Sindria, it was said that once the guardian emerged from the sea below and guided the lost souls, it is said that whoever set a glimpse of the guardian will be blessed by it, fate will favor this person. Although the King himself hadn't justified this legend or tale yet, but he had hoped for it to be true , even though he wasn't too sure about the source of this legend to be legit ever since it came to his ears, Sinbad had always been awaiting this festival out off all others, to be able to find out the truth. It's always good to have hope, right? life will be more colorful that way, and it does attracted more tourist.

Yes, soon it will be busy time, but there was something that had happened that day that needed to be the center of the King's intention, the 8th princess of Kou was nowhere to be found in the palace ground, this was discovered by the maid that supposedly tend to the princess needs, it was the time for check up but the maid was soon to discovered that the window was opened and the princess was not in her room, she didn't even wear her shoes or bring her metal vessel that was lying in a golden wood chest beside her bed.

"Sir Ja'far." a maid rushed towards the minister in his walk towards the main hall.

"Yes?"

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, it's the Kou Princess, i can't seem to find her anywhere and the other maids didn't have the slightest clue to the Princess's whereabouts, sir." the maid seemed worried.

"Oh? The Princess has finally awaken?... I'm sure she's having a walk somewhere..." said Ja'far as he shifted his gaze left and right in expression to his statement.

"Um...I thought so too but the princess didn't leave through the door...sir."

Ja'far seemed confused by the maid's statement, the maid continued "The Princess didn't leave through the door sir, the window was wide open when i arrived, and the guards that guarding the door didn't hear anything from inside the room, it was until we came into the room that we noticed that the princess didn't wear her shoes and her vessel still in the chest. " the maid said as she showed Ja'far the shoes that was provided for the Kou Princess and the chest that contained the Princess's Vessel.

Ja'far looked Puzzled, then his eyes shifted at the sight of a gate soldier asking for his time. "What is it?"

"Yes, sir. um.. we at the gate saw the Princess of Kou leaving the palace grounds towards the town in a very unusual fashion, she looked a bit frantic and somewhat in a hurry...it's a bit strange...sir if you let me speak my mind..?"

"? go ahead."

"Sir. When we made contact at the gate...it's like the princess is... trying to run away from something and ...she really looked confused about something."

"That is strange... and worrisome..." Ja'far was deep in thoughts and his face grew serious for a split second, "Alright, send out guards to find the Princess, I will inform the king myself, luckily today the king and I will eventually leave for the town's hall to start the festivity, maybe we would have luck in running to each other there, that is all." Ja'far took the chest from the maid's hands, it's more assuring to have this things in the hands of someone who really understands it. With this the maid and the soldier give a respect bow to Ja'far before he proceed his walk.

"This is worrisome." Ja'far said as he recalled the Princess unexpected visit 3 days before.

"Onee-san?"

Kougyoku snap back to reality. "I'm... who?.. um...do you know me?" Kougyoku stated in a worried tone.

"Of course.. not! we just met, right?" the boy looked confused, a bit happy to have a conversation but still, he was confused.

Kougyoku went silent for a second, she was trying to processed what had came to her realization "I-i think i'm lost..." she started again trying to be careful.

"You're lost? e-eh! that's terrible!?...Wait, you're wearing the Sindrian robe...That means Onee-san is from the palace." the boy pointed out to the cloths she has on.

Kougyoku wore a puzzled expression, and then shook her head in hesitant while she let go of her hand from the boy who was crouching beside her.

"Are you a palace maid by any chance?"

Silent was his answer.

"Onee-san must be the King's guest then?"

The boy looked more confused but then he smiled and tried to go with the flow of the conversation "Where were you before you were here, Onee-san?" the boy questioned.

Kougyoku took a glance around her and then shook her head "I'm sorry it's so hazy i-i don't remember." Kougyoku's mind filled with the dark image of stoned wall and flickering candle light, for some reason it scared her and she felt a little dizzy.

"Do you know anyone around here?" the boy continued.

"...No...i guess..."

"Hm... okay than... do you need help?" the boy offered with a genuine smile across his face while he stretched out his hands for her.

"Uh...hm.." Kougyoku cannot bring herself to completely trust the boy beside her, he looked genuine but she was scared of what might happen to her if she put her trust in the wrong hands, she felt that trust was a very important factor to survive in this kind of situation.

Kougyoku begin to observed her company, mentally. She felt that there were something suspicious about the boy, but she can't quite pointed it out.

The boy looked no more that twelve year old, he wore such a sweet smile that can make one's heart melt, his hair was long and fell to his hips and tied back in a low pony tail but his bangs were a bit messy though, his hair were beautiful, the color of white and glimmering in the sunlight it did captivated her...a bit. His skin was a pale complexion matching with his very interesting hair color in her opinion and a matching purple eyes set gaze upon her figure. The boy dressed in all white waist length robe, with a blue sash tied to his waist pulling together his baggy pants.

To Kougyoku's eyes he was almost blinding, with lights reflected from the sun around him for a second she could saw some glow fluttering around the boy, she quickly rubbed her eyes and it was gone, was it just her imaginations? or her mind playing tricks on her in this heat, and she felt the thirst within this heat. Her throat was dried up, a drink will be nice right about now.

"Onee-san, What's your name?" Kougyoku felt like she was struck by lightning, the fact that she didn't bother to remembered her name until she was asked, she really felt scared of what's happening to her, why can't she remember?

'That's right...what's my name?'

Then suddenly something rumbled, it was none other than her stomach, indicating that her stomach asking to be fed. Perfect, so that means she does needed the boy's help much more than telling him that she was lost, she wasn't liking the idea of depending on other people and become a burden to people that she just met for the first time. Kougyoku rubbed her stomach to shut her stomach for making another noise, it was futile though. The little boy began to laugh, hard, alarming Kougyoku.

"Hahaha.. i guess this is fate, right, we meet like this?" the boy finished up his laughter with a smile.

Kougyoku just sat there looking confused. "Well then, I think this is my fate to help you then Onee-san! it seemed that Onee-san can't share her name with me now so until then I will call you Onee-san, is that alright Onee-san?"

In an instance Kougyoku felt that she can trust this 'Shining boy' (it's what she called him in her mind), she was so moved that this boy was willing to help her even though he had never met her before, does he even think badly of her or being suspicious of her? She felt embarrassed to the thought that she was suspicious of this boy who was genuinely wanted to help her. It took her a while just to accept it but she then took his hands, the boy didn't mind the wait. He then help Kougyoku to her feet, Kougyoku firmly squeezed the boy hands in her trembling palms, this had caught the boy's attention and his gaze at her now blushing face, not of embarrassment but from holding down her tear.

"I'm sorry...I can't remember my name...I'm lost, and I don't know where I'm going or where I'm from, please help me..." she said, her voice tremble while she shut her eyes tightly to ensure that her tear wouldn't flow out.

The boy just smiled "And don't forget that you are hungry!" the boy said with joy followed by a laughter.

"Can I ask your name?" Kougyoku sniffed under her long sleeves.

The boy smiled and went silent for a second, "You can call me Sin, Onee-san."

"...Sin...?"

'Sin...'

'Sin-?'

'Sin...-?'

She felt his name has a nostalgic rang to it and she felt that she had remembered something important, but she could not pointed it out. It's a bit frustrating to have something that felt uncompleted(?) but soon she gave up, the more she thought about it she felt her head throbbing again. but she will keep it in mind.

'Sin'

Kougyou felt relieved and safe for the first time today, she felt it was a blessed meeting.

It's almost evening, the streets was full of decoration mostly flowers and there were candles in every corner of the town, it was set up by the people, it's always good to set up the atmosphere and plus the stars will be bright tonight, so candle will do the trick.

It's almost sunset, Kougyoku was walking on the shoes that Sin had gave her, he said it was fate too that he wore the wrong shoes today, it fitted her foot lines very well and it felt very comfortable. Before her bleeding feet were treated by Sin also using some herb that fate decided for him to carry. Of course Kougyoku denied at first when he offered his shoes, she couldn't take it, he will be barefooted, she felt that she had already become trouble for the boy.

The last thing she wanted to do was to trouble the boy that much, he even go so far as to buy her a drink to replenish her dry throat and some food for her to eat. He had combed her messy hair in a double pony tail on each side near her lower ear, he said that it looked good on her, but she wouldn't know, not until he showed her on a water reflection, she had finally remembered what she'd looked like, but she felt that there were something off, she felt that there was something missing from her head. Head? what could be missing from one's head?

What she had known so far from Sin was the place she was now in, an island country that resided in a very dangerous waters, the southern seas, this small island country named Sindria.

'Sindria?'

Sin told her that today was a busy day for people of Sindria, there's a festival tonight and Sin was willing to accompany her to any place she wanted to go in attempt to found out anything that could relate to her or even better, someone that knew her.

In the first place how did she got here? she had thought. Yes, she knew she had run and made it to where she was when she met Sin, but during her walk with Sin she noticed things that she was missing when she were running through the town, many positive things like there are a lot of children, there were many nice people and the air was nice, but she cannot shook the feeling of being out of place, it as if she hadn't belong there from the first place, if it was true, then where did she came from? what business does she have here, more importantly who was she?

"It'll be great if we can find your friends, right onee-san?"

"Friends..." the word sank in and there was this feeling in the pit of her gut, she cannot described it but it something that she had guessed had some meaning to her in a very special way.

"But... what if I don't have any friends here...what if I'm all alone from the start..." Kougyoku's gaze sank to the ground.

"What? of course you do!" Sin gave her a weird look and she looked puzzled by this.

"A beautiful girl like onee-san must have many friends, and onee-san do look like the loyal type." he continued in high spirit. It comforted the nervous Kougyoku, lifting up her spirit at the same time.

It was strange for Kougyoku, this boy named Sin, he knew how to cheered her up, and he didn't even asked any question about her condition or even judge her, he just pull her to her feet and accompany her in her search. This boy, Sin, was a mystery to her.

Kougyoku and Sin had turned and walk through an alley to get to the main street or the bazaar place, she wanted to avoid men with guard outfit if possible every time she spotted them, she felt uncomfortable nearing them and the voice in her head started to give some weird voices, a very hostile voices. It had made her head felt even more dizzy at it is.

From the alley they could go straight up through the bazaar area to the main place where the festival being held. Many people will gather there so it'll be a good chance, and surely they will find something there. At the end of an alley they found a lost little girl, she was no more than 8 of age. The girl was crying, "...mama where are you.." said the little girl between her sobs. Kougyoku and Sin stooped their track and approached the crying girl instead.

"Hello!" Sin started.

The girl broke out of her cry, she sniffed "Hel..lo.." she seemed shy.

"Are you lost little girl?" Sin asked and the girl nodded and started to cry again, Kougyoku who had been watching the little girl felt a feeling emerging within her heart, a vision started flashing in her head of a red jade color haired little girl, she was messy and crying while holding some kind of a ragged doll. Kougyoku felt dizzy and strange again. She approached the little girl and patted her head for comfort, it as if she needed to do this to calm the feeling that now filled her heart. A feeling she can't describe.

"Can she came with us, Sin? we can look for her mother while we're looking." Kougyoku turned to the giggling Sin. She was left confused.

"Well, I was just going to ask her to come with us, i guess you beat me to it, onee-san!" Sin then took the little girl hand and stood her up to her feet. "What's your name little girl?"

"It's Luu" The little girl said in a very embarrassed tone. "Luu, huh, okay." Sin said as he closed his eyes he then put his other hand on top of the hand that holds Luu's and a bright smile appeared and he set his gaze at Luu's eyes. "

"You did well Luu, let's find your mother and let's go home, together." at this Kougyoku glance at Sin for a second and she saw it again, a flicker of glow and it disappeared in a matter of seconds.

At this Luu's eyes widen and her facial expression displaying satisfaction, happy and thankful.

With this kougyoku put out her hand to Luu in gesture to holding hands, Luu comply and the three of them walk through the bazaar place hand in hand.

The festival had begun. The King and his generals had arrived at the appointed place, the King stood on a tall stone podium that overlooked the street from its view, soon after he gave his speech many of the local beautiful women gathered and were crowding Sinbad in attempt to have the pleasure of being touch by their King.

"Wow.." what came out of Ja'far mouth, many time he had seen such a scene and he would always be impressed with a very empty gaze. Every single time. But Ja'far cannot relax yet, not that he ever take it easy or relaxed his body and mind before. He still needs to find the missing Princess, many people gather so maybe she will be spotted around here also, after all, he had some information from the guards that were assigned in the search duty, many eyewitness stating that they had saw a red jade hair colored girl with a Sindrian robe walking by the bazaar area and headed for the towns hall.

Ja'far had brief the situation to Sinbad and the remaining generals before, at the palace. While Sinbad begin the festivity some was scattered to do a search around on their own, like Masrur he choose to search the forest near the cliffs, and Sharkann was patrolling the premises with Pisti but then gotten off track somehow (playing) while Yamuraiha was in the air looking down at the crowds. She could track the Princess down with her water magic by tracking down the Djinn vessel, but without the Princess carrying her Metal Vessel with her, it's pointless to even try.

Ja'far was keeping an eye on his surroundings even at the side of his King. Even though Sinbad seemed to be enjoying himself, his thought was out somewhere. He was remembering something odd that had happened earlier in the palace after the news of the missing Princess came to his ear. In an attempt for precaution measure, Sinbad had used Zepar's ability to found out her whereabouts.

To his surprise, he could not connect his rukh through Zepar's ability to the Princess's mind, he had felt a disturbance in the flow, it was the first time that something that odd had happened. He needed to investigate this matter further.

While the night's still young, the next big thing in this whole festival was some kind of beauty contest held by the people for the people and also for their king (whom in common knowledge has a fondness towards beautiful women), It was a contest to determine the year's beauty and be crowned the title of Miss Sindria it is said it was held to commemorate the day of the guardian of Sindria emerging from the sea, they felt that the guardian should be represented by the females, known for its beauty, Sindria guardian must be a female. The rumor spread fast here. Every female in Sindria can enter and display their set of skills, beauty and their love towards their country Sindria.

Kougyoku, Sin and Luu had just arrived near the town's hall, it was full of people swarming around, the air felt suffocating, Kougyoku felt she could pass out at any second and her head been throbbing the whole time, this was her limit, she needed to stop and rest for a while. And they did, they sat not too far from the crowds near a small fountain that was decorated with beautiful flowers and candles.

"There's a lot of people that gather, huh?" Sin tried to make his way through the crowd to see what was up ahead. Luu was really attached to Sin this time.

"And so many well dressed women as well...and some a bit too revealing.." said Kougyoku nervously. There were a lot of beautiful women and girls dressed up for the festival and to enter you know what. Some looked classy and some look like an exhibitionist type. They pass through the crowds like a little parade. Kougyoku was immersed by the scene displaying in front of her eyes.

"They will be entering the Miss Sindria contest, don't you know about it?" Said a middle aged women near to where Kougyoku sat, it took her attention.

The middle aged women examined Kougyoku's person in the midst of starting a conversation, "I just got back here also, it's been a long time since I've been here and it appears the festival got more and more attention every year."

Kougyoku just nodded in reaction to the middle aged women whom she thought as a beautiful person also.

"So why are you here? I noticed your injuries there." the woman pointed out to the state of her appearance.

"...I'm looking for someone..?" her tone was indicating a question rather than a statement. "Oh? are you lost? Separated from your friends?"

"Uh..Yes..." Kougyoku took a glance to where Sin and Luu was...they're gone?

They're gone!

"S-sin!" Kougyoku jolted from her sit frantically shifted her gaze left and right but all she sees was flood of people swarming in.

Panic! her heart started to race.

The middle age women then grabbed Kougyoku's hand "I know how you can find your friends Quickly . Come with me!"

"Huh?! what wait-!"

With that Kougyoku was dragged into the crowd(forcefully).

Kougyoku was frozen stiff and her eyes were widened.

Literally, she cannot move her body, she felt her entire body was being paralyzed by all of the eyes staring at her person, she didn't like it, not one bit.

She was on the stage. Yes, the very stage that was being used for the so called 'Miss Sindria' contest.

She wanted to hide and ran to the backstage, heck to get out of this- this show! but she was pushed out again and again by the people who runs it. It took them nearly the 3rd time to finally push her out for the crowd to see.

Now that her only exit were blocked she felt like jumping down the stage and disappear completely, but it was hopeless because the stage was surrounded by many people watching. Why did this happen again? o yeah, she had lost Sin and Luu while searching for someone that might knew her or vice versa.

The middle aged women who introduced herself as Meliya sign her up as a contestant, but not before Kougyoku was properly dressed and styled. Her low ponytails were being decorated by various of flowers on each side, and her white dress and robe was tucked in to the right place with a black sash.

Kougyoku didn't want to involve herself by being a contest but Meliya was very convincing, VERY! She said that rather than looking blindly, it's easier to attract everyone's attention instead, this will definitely work! was all that Kougyoku had thought about nervously at first but she soon regretted it.

The crowd begin to cheered, it just took her not more than a second to blush furiously and spontaneously covering her face with the only salvation she had left, her (thank goodness) long sleeves.

"um.. um...!"

"Just Smile onee-san!" yelled sin from the crowd, he was cheering her and waving his arm excitedly with Luu on top of his shoulders.

"Sin!" called Kougyoku in a nervous 'I found you! Don't leave me here, i don't know what to do! Help me!' tone when she set her gaze on his little figure among the crowd.

Hearing his name being called by a familiar female voice, in reflex Sinbad turned his gaze to the source of the call, to the stage not that far from his podium. He saw her.

"Hey! isn't that the Kou Princess there?!" Sharkann noticed, he had just gone back from patrolling with Pisti. Everyone in the podium that known of the situation turned their gaze to the stage.

"Well, this is a surprise." said Ja'far approaching his king's side. The King looked like he was amused by the scene, this ultimately made the girls that surrounded Sinbad to withdraw from where they stood, disappointed that they got lesser time to be by their King's side.

"Woah! what is she doing there? is she entering the contest?!" said Sharkann in a really excited tone, a bit disbelieve.

"Man, I should get a closer look." Sharkann started to walk down the steps bringing the uninterested Spartos with him with Pisti tagging along behind them.

"Keh! Boys." only Yamuraiha's statement as she hover above the podium and then she landed her feet gracefully onto the ground. "I do wonder what's the Princess doing up there? I thought she's not the social type. And here we were searching for her nonstop the entire time.. huh..how did she manage to get up there unnoticed by any of the guards near the area and by us here...i mean isn't she looked obvious?"

Obvious; difference in skin tone and hair color.

"I'm guessing she's not there to compete." Drakon stated closing on to where Yamuraiha stood.

"What do you mean?"

"It would seem she's been eying the crowd all the time, without doing anything to benefit her in the contest whatsoever, the Princess seemed awkward up there... too awkward."

"Well, how about stage fright?" Hinahoho joined the little conversation.

"If she had such things, would she be entering at all?" clarify Drakon.

"You got a point there." Yamuraiha and Hinahoho agreed.

Sinbad decided to stepped down from his podium followed by Ja'far.

After wasting her entire time just standing still, awkwardly. Kougyoku was brought back to the backstage where she were greeted by Meliya. "See! I told you!"

"Yes thank you miss Meliya, but I don't want to be in that position anymore. " said Kougyoku as she bow her head slightly, still feeling awkward a bit leaning her body to the walls, she really needed the rest. In the end the only one who sought out to her was Sin, no one else. Nobody that would utter a name towards her, all she could hear up there was cheering of the crowd.

Maybe she was all alone from the start.

"What are you saying, you looked really good out there! A young beautiful girl like you should be into this kind of stuff. " she leaned at Kougyoku's side.

"I feel like I was dying out there though..."

"Sorry I dragged you here." Meliya eyes softened, " I just had to put you there...sorry.."

Kougyoku raised an eyebrow "What do you mean?"

"Onee-san!" a voice called from afar.

"It's Sin! I must go there." Kougyoku finally caught a glimpse of Sin's figure and Luu's a bit far from the crowd.

"Oh your friends? there will be a closing ceremony where all the contestant be lined up and a winner will be chosen."

"I already accomplish what I wanted to know here...so I don't really want to go back out there."

"Are you sure? well then, can I come with you? I feel bad by dragging you up there, and you don't look to good...uh- hey I don't know your name yet... you didn't introduced yourself after I did, it's a bit rude you know!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude." Kougyoku then shook her head "That's what I was here for.. actually, to found out about myself." Meliya looked puzzled by her statement. "I am lost after all..." Kougyoku walk ahead and Meliya followed.

"So you mean you don't know who you are? where you're from?" Kougyoku just nodded in answering her question.

"Oh dear! a-are you alright?! If you don't have some place to stay you could come with me, I live here, was. but I'm staying in a hotel right now though. I'm a traveling performer you see, I used to live in Sindria but as time went by I travel a lot with my performer friends."

"Can I?" Kougyoku felt overwhelmed "Of course! It'll be boring just to sleep alone in a cold hotel room you know, at my age I want to feel young again by talking to a young girl like yourself!" Kougyoku felt laughter slipped out of her mouth. "Hey, you finally laugh!"

"Um.. Miss Meliya, about the offer, can you let another stay at your place, Sin and I found a lost little girl, shes searching for her mother, her name is Luu."

Meliya then stood still, stopping her movement and what caught Kougyoku's attention was the expression that Meliya was displaying.

"Luu? did you say Luu?"

"Yes. What's wrong?" Kougyoku seemed worried.

"N-no..No- nah I'm just a little surprised that's all. Come! let's not make your friends wait, where are they exactly?" Meliya regained her composure and acted awkwardly energetic.

Suddenly their route was cut off by swarming people around them, they were being crowded by the people.

"Excuse me.." said Kougyoku nervously pushing her way into the crowd. She cannot lose Sin a second time! She was close enough for him to hear her so she give it a go.

"S-sin I'm here! Sin!" In a glimpse her eyes met with Sin's, she felt relieved. But then the crowd was pushing her and Meliyah further away from each other also and to make things even worse she tripped on someone's foot, she awaits the ground to break her fall, but no. She felt a hand took hers in the nick of time and then another hand steadied her body. Her eyes were closed the entire time. When she finally opened her eyes, red jade color met with a pair of golden eyes.

Her heart skipped a beat.

A tall man with Purple long hair was holding her hand in his big palm, he looked high class with all the jewelry he had on. But all Kougyoku did was stare at those pair of gold enchanting eyes. She cannot look away from it. It felt hypnotizing. In realizing this she withdraw her hand from the man's grip instantly. "T-thank you. If you'll excuse me." Kougyoku bow her head and put up her sleeves as a wall to prevent her to stare rudely at the man.

Her first step was stopped by the man standing firmly in front of her.

"Princess, we've been searching for you this whole time, care to tell me what's going on?"

Her heart started to race. This feeling, what is it? she thought.

Kougyoku took a glance by lowering her sleeves, but not all the way down, just enough for her eyes to be seen. She shifted her gaze left and right and notice the crowd were withdrawing and formed a circle around her and the man that stood in front of her, wide and specious enough for her to breath the cool night air.

"Um.. A-are you talking to me?" She asked nervously.

"Yes."

This is it! someone actually knew her.

'Princess?'

"Um... excuse me, I'm sorry but do I know you?" asked Kougyoku nervously while lowering her sleeve all the way down.

The man raised his eyebrow "Yes? what are you talking about Princess? I'm Sinbad." Said Sinbad while laughing and finishing it with a bit of suspicion in his eyes.

Sinbad noticed something unusual around the Princess.

"Sin...bad?" She muttered under her sleeves.

'Sinbad'

'Sinbad'

'Sinbad'

'Sinbad!'

Her head was throbbing and an eerie sound flashed across her ears.

It hurts.

Quickly covering her ears while her head were bombarded with distorted images, Kougyoku let herself fell to her knees and lowering her head facing the ground.

It hurts.

"-cess-" all that she heard, it's hazy.

"Princess!" She felt her shoulders being shook by the same pairs of hands.

"Onee-san!" a hand finds its way to her forehead, it felt cold.

The pain seemed to decrease.

Kougyoku turned to gaze to the owner. It was Sin's. He was there crouching beside her with Luu on his back.

"Let's go." Sin said softly with a smile. White light fluttering around him.

Sin turned his head towards Sinbad who was leaning towards Kougyoku, she followed his gaze trail to the man in front of her, all she could see was his golden eyes shrouded in worries.

Strange.

Sinbad's mouth was moving, he was indeed muttering something, but she couldn't hear it, not just him but the sound all around her had disappear.

It went silent.

"You cannot meet him, not yet, not in this condition you're in." Sin's eyes became softer a bit apologetic.

"The flow was cut off short you see...because of that you're having this difficulty as of now... but I'm here to help. But before I do I need to help Luu first."

"What do you mean?"

"I guess you beat me to it yet again. You found Luu's mother first."

Kougyoku's eyes widened "You mean...Meliya?"

In the corner of her eyes she saw Meliya ran up to her, she bow in respect to the man in front of her.

Sinbad was a bit startled, the Princess in front of him looked as if she's in pain. She needed a treatment. If he must carry her, then he will do so.

But then he saw many fluttering rukh that was visible to him but no one else, his eyes were trained well. It was closing on them.

It was then circling the princess. The princess seemed to notice something and gazed to her side.

"What do you mean?" She finally said.

"Princess, are you all right?"

No reaction, her gaze were set to her side.

"You mean...Meliya?" He heard her say. To him she looked like she was talking to someone, the rukh? no, it can't be. But he must admit there were something strange about the rukh that were circling her.

Sinbad notice someone approaching, it's a woman. She then bowed in a gesture of respect towards him. She introduced herself as Meliya.

"My King do You know her?" She asked politely with good manner, trying not to sound too friendly or rude.

"Well yes, she's the 8th imperial Princess of Kou Empire, Princess Kougyoku."

"P-Princess?!"

"What's wrong?"

Kougyoku set her gaze at the Meliya who was talking to the man.

"Meliya." Kougyoku grabbed Meliya's hand, this captured Sinbad attention also. Slowly the sound all around Kougyoku came back to her ears.

"You are Luu's mother?" Kougyoku continued.

"Yes, I had a child called Luu."

Kougyoku put up a smile of relief, "That's great! Luu! we found her!" Sin quietly put Luu down to her feet.

Sinbad and Meliya were startled at this, in their eyes (Meliya particularly) she was talking nothing more than air.

Wait.

Did she just said "Had?" she then turned to Meliya and stood up to her feet slowly with the help of Sinbad. "Why did you say you had a child?"

Meliya was a bit taken aback with Kougyoku's question. "Why...well that's because she died before I decided to left Sindria to travel that day..." Meliya's said, her expression showed deep sorrow.

"D-died?" Kougyoku shifted her gaze to Luu who looked as if she wanted to cry, her eyes were glittering with tears.

"How could you say that?! can't you see she's right there beside you!" Kougyoku pointed her finger at Luu.

Meliya was shocked, the crowd who were listening to it began chattering, some of the generals; Ja'far, Sharkann, Pisti and Spartos were also there listening and observing, Sinbad in the other hand became more intrigue by the scene.

"W-what are you talking about Princess? t-there's no one there." Meliya shook her head nervously.

"What-" Kougyoku's hand was caught by Sin in gesture to calm her down. Sin gently shook his head, "No Onee-san, let me do it this time, this is what I came up here for, originally."

"I never been able to find Luu all this time because she never reveals herself to me, up until now that is, it's because she felt her mother is finally home that I could find her in that alley." Sin slowly walking towards Meliya while directing Kougoku's hand towards her. Sin wanted Kougyoku to touch Meliya while she was in contact with him. Then it happened.

A bright light engulfed the two.

Meliya's eyes were in tears.

"Luu?! is that really you?!" Meliya finally saw Luu, Her child.

"Mama! you're finally home!" Luu was in tears also.

They hugged each other with passion, Meliya was sobbing while calling Luu's name repeatedly. They looked really happy, while Kougyoku and Sin were watching in the sidelines.

"I'm here just to say goodbye. Then I will finally be able to go home." in realizing to what her daughter meant, Meliya nodded and said her goodbye also after she apologized repeatedly for not being there for her or being a good mother to her, she had pour her heart out after concealing them for years.

Luu then jump down from her mother's caring arms and run towards Sin.

"Did you say goodbye?" Sin asked with a soft smile plastered on his face and Luu nodded in reply.

Kougyoku tried to make out of the situation she was in and she was completely confused. "Goodbye? aren't you going home with your mother, Luu?"

"No onee-san, she will come home with me, because she is no longer belonged here."

"Don't belong?"

"I think it's time for me to tell you my real name, then I will really be able to help you."

"My name is-"

Bright light engulfed the two.

"Sin! what's that?" Ja'far now at Sinbad side seemed amazed at the sight along with others spectators.

"There are some presence there among the two, is it what i think it is?" Sinbad's eyes were full of expectation.

Suddenly the light disappeared and reveled Meliya sitting on the ground crying her heart out while calling her daughter's name. Kougyoku stood as she was before.

Sinbad drew in closer to the two followed by Ja'far.

"My name is Sindria."

"Sindria? Sin- why do you have the same name as this country?"

"Because I am Sindria, it's guardian. Come, let us go. I have a debt to repay.."

"A debt to repay, to who?" with this Sin/Sindria pull out his hand to her while the other was holding Luu's.

Without realizing it her hand was reaching for his hands and they touched.

Bright light blinding her eyes.

She felt her body became heavy and then almost lighter the next second.

She then felt her feet was moving, she was walking with someone guiding her. She opened her eyes and she was walking, that was strange? when did she started to walk? she thought as she was being guided by Sin down the steps.

"A debt to pay.. to you and Vinea."

Sinbad saw Kougyoku reaching her hands out to the rukh, in an instant her body fell to her weight. He was close enough to catch her before she slammed to the ground face first.

It was as if she was sleeping but when Sinbad tried to examined her, he realized that Kougyoku was not breathing, Ja'far tried to checked her pulse and he was shocked that there weren't any.

She was cold to the touch.

"How can this be?! Sin! the Princess is-" Ja'far didn't want to say it. No-no this must be a mistake.

Sinbad then saw in the edge of his eyes the fluttering rukh was shaping an outline of a person's figure for a split second he saw the image of the Kou Princess.

He then hoist her body in his arm, "Ja'far we're going!"

"Where to?!"

"The ocean."

Finished! This has been a pain to write TAT because it's the longest chapter I've ever wrote! once again sorry for the bad English or grammar!

Yeah... I can't resist to make a little side adventure here.. so.. bare with me...

Clarification or fun fact:

-Kougyoku being in a coma state for 3 days after her arrival in Sindira's Palace.

-When writing this i thought it will be cool if there were a guardian spirit residing within its ocean, i mean in the east there's a believes of guardian spirit resting on lands so...i thought why not make Sindria even magical?

-Sin/ Sindria appeared different every time it emerge to the surface and no dominant gender, it could be a female and male, will only showed itself to a distressed soul(?)

-The debt that Sin/Sindria owes, if you all already seen the first season anime of magi you should know what he was talking about ;)

What's to expect in the future of this fanfic: Awkward Kougyoku, relentless Sinbad, watching Ja'far, Jud- Okay too much! That's it for now, i will probably gave hints on later chapters about what to expect, lol does this even matter? :/

Reviews anyone?