Author's Note: So not gonna say much. As usual, it's been a while since I posted. So I hope everyone enjoys.


Judal and Kougyoku were following behind Aladdin slowly. Even though Judal had been healed he was still really weak. So with Kougyoku's help to hold him up, they were making their way in the direction Judal sensed Aladdin's magic. Judal had explained who he had fought with to Kougyoku and they were both worried for their safety.


From the moment they had entered the dungeon Judal's group had gone through hell. They were never alone from the second they got here. Alibaba and Morgiana had arrived before them. The two had been cleaning out the dungeon before they would head to see the djinn.

Of course, Judal hadn't been even close to nice when he ran into them. Yet he hadn't exactly picked a fight with them either. He didn't care if they were here as long as they didn't bother him on his mission to get the metal vessel.

So when he ran into them he teased them a little expecting them to get a little ticked off but in the long run for them to just ignore him. Instead, Alibaba used his djinn equip and was instantly on the attack. Morgiana wasn't as quick to attack but soon joined in when Judal and his group started fighting back against Alibaba's attack.

After fighting for a day Judal was the last one in his group alive. The others didn't stand a chance without at least a household vessel against Morgiana. So like the weaklings they were Morgiana crushed them. She clearly hadn't wanted to do it, but between Alibaba's anger encouraging her and the dumbasses egging her on she did it. While Judal fought a far too serious and enraged Alibaba. Judal was sure that Alibaba was taking out his anger about Aladdin leaving, out on him. Yet even then Judal was surprised by how overly strong Alibaba had become over the years. Judal hadn't really fought with them much since Aladdin had disappeared he didn't understand where all this strength came from. What were they training the entire time Aladdin was missing?

Judal was exhausted after another half a day of fighting. How was it even possible for this brat to last this long. Judal had a constant flow of magoi coming into his body, yet he was tired and it looked like Alibaba was fine. It wasn't possible for him to have better stamina than a magi was it.

Judal made one miss step and it ended with him getting a huge area of his side cut open. Then more wounds were created as Alibaba took advantage of his momentary weakness and continued to attack, slicing him up. Then with one last look at his injured body, Alibaba and Morgiana had headed further into the dungeon leaving Judal there to die.

Judal managed to fight his way through hordes of dungeon monsters until he found a safe place to collapse. While resting he had managed to stop the bleeding in his large wounds, and then he had passed out.

He had awoken to the feeling of a large burst of magoi. He couldn't tell exactly who it was but he knew it was another magi. His heart was wishing it was Aladdin because he hadn't seen his small lover in a couple days, and he was worried about whether the younger could handle them being apart for this long.

No one would understand how mixed his feelings were when he saw Aladdin and Kougyoku appear from around the corner. He was beyond happy to see his blue haired magi. Yet he was worried and scared because he could tell Aladdin was about to fall again. He knew that if he did fall that he would probably go after his own friends. Which was something the smaller would regret when he went back to normal once he calmed down.

Judal watched as Aladdin healed him before he turned to leave. He had fallen and all Judal wanted was to reach out and stop him. But he was still too weak to move after him. So he and Kougyoku only watched as Aladdin walked away to kill two of his own best friends.


Judal could feel Aladdin's magic become stronger suddenly and he knew Aladdin was fighting. They wouldn't make it in time, and Judal knew that he was the only person who could stop Aladdin in this state. If they didn't get there both Alibaba and Morgiana would be murdered sadistically, and Aladdin would lose something beyond special to him. Judal looked at Kougyoku, "We have to hurry up, it's not that much further."

They moved as fast as they could possibly go through the dungeon with Judal being exhausted, Kougyoku was basically pulling him to go faster because she knew they needed to get there quickly. She didn't like Aladdin much but she definitely knew the little magi brat would regret killing Alibaba and Morgiana. They were two of his best friends, and even though they were apart right now he still cared about them. So they needed to find him and stop him before he did something that they couldn't fix. She was hoping Judal knew what to do when they get their because she was pretty sure if she had to step in and fight that he might actually kill her, which was something she wasn't looking forward too. She didn't really fancy the idea of dying today.

As they rounded the corner they entered a large room to see Aladdin standing over Morgiana's blood covered body. He had Alibaba floating in front of him also covered in blood. Both Judal and Kougyoku were actually worried that they were too late, but Judal pushed off of her and began to move slowly closer to Aladdin anyways. He got as close as he could before he collapsed, and Aladdin moved fast so he was in front of Judal to catch him. Aladdin held him up, "Why did you follow me, I would have come back for you once I was done."

Judal took a deep breath and then placed his hands on Aladdin's shoulders. Judal looked him in the eyes and spoke, "You have to stop."

Aladdin frowned but didn't move away, "Why would I do that? They hurt you."

Judal shook his head, "That doesn't matter. I can't let you kill them because it will hurt you once you go back to normal."

Aladdin started laughing, "You're joking right? Why would I give a fuck if I kill them. All they've done since I got back was hurt me. Now they did something even worse, something that I won't just put up with. They hurt you which is something I will not allow them to do and get away with."

Judal leaned down and wrapped his arms around Aladdin's body, "Please go back to normal, you have to let this go. I'm okay. I just can't let you do this."

Aladdin rested his head against Judal's chest, "I can't let them get away with this."

Judal hugged him tighter, "It doesn't matter. Just go back to normal. Please for me. I'm here with you so you don't have to do this. They didn't kill me I'm still here."

Aladdin didn't say anything in response, he didn't move, he did absolutely nothing. Judal tighten his grasp on him, "Aladdin?"

He still got no response so he released Aladdin and pushed him away to try and get a look at him. When he saw Aladdin's eyes he knew something was wrong. He shook Aladdin trying to get his attention, but it was like Aladdin wasn't in his own body. One eye was blue and the other one was red, and Aladdin didn't respond at all. Judal was about to speak when Aladdin dropped to his knees. Judal followed him as his body gave out, but he wasn't paying attention to his own condition as all of his attention was focused on Aladdin.


Aladdin had just been standing with his face pressed against Judal's chest when suddenly he was standing in an empty space staring at himself. He was met with red eyes that could see into his soul and had a hard time looking away. But after a few moments, he noticed the strange black hair and wicked smirk covering the imposter's face. He noticed he was back to normal and then the realization came to him that the thing in front of him was his personality when he had fallen into depravity. Aladdin growled out as he spoke to the monster in front of him, "Why can't you just leave me alone?"

The smirk only grew on its face, "Why would I leave? You don't want me to leave really. You like this part of yourself."

Aladdin shook his head, "No, I want you to leave, I don't want you here anymore."

It moved closer and he wrapped his arms around Aladdin as he tried to pull away, "I wouldn't be here unless somewhere deep down inside you knew that you still need me."

Aladdin yelled at it, "I said I don't need you just leave me alone."

It sighed as it let him go, "Fine, I'll go away for now but trust me when I say this isn't anywhere near over yet. I'll be back the second you feel scared. Because the only reason I'm even here is to protect you."

Aladdin stood shocked as it disappeared. It had said it was here to protect him. Why would it say that when all it has done is cause him problems.


Aladdin heard someone calling his name as he finally returned to reality. He saw Judal kneeling in front of him with worry on his face, "Judal, what happened?"

Judal ran his hand through Aladdin's hair, "You were just gone. Your eyes were open but you weren't responding."

Aladdin nodded as he closed his eyes for a second. His head was killing him and he was in an extreme amount of pain. The pain didn't really matter though because Judal had been able to bring him back before he could kill anyone. As long as he was once again in control everyone was safe and he could relax. He opened his eyes and the world was spinning. He suddenly felt really nauseous as he leaned over and threw up. This time changing back was worse than it had ever been. Something about it this time had been a lot worse, it was also the first time he had actually wanted to lose control. When he had seen Judal hurt he had given into the depravity. Aladdin looked at Judal, "I don't know why but I can't tell I that I fell a lot deeper into it this time. I actually saw it, the depravity version of myself. I've never seen it ever before this day, and it spoke to me. It told me that it's here to protect me."

Judal shook his head, "It doesn't really want to protect you it just wants to destroy the things that hurt you."

Aladdin looked at the extremely injured bodies of Morgiana and Alibaba, regret was covering his face. He had hurt them to such an extent without even caring a little bit. Aladdin forced himself up on his feet and moved haphazardly across the opening. When he reached them he collapsed on the ground his staff in his hand. He cast the strongest healing spell he could use, and in the process almost lost consciousness. He remained awake through sheer force. Kougyoku sat beside him gracefully and began to check them over, "It worked as far as I can tell their bodies are in perfect condition. They are only asleep now."

Aladdin nodded before he grabbed his head. He felt like someone was stabbing him repeatedly over and over again. He bit his lip to try and make the pain go away but it wouldn't. He looked at Kougyoku, "We need to gather everyone up and leave here before I pass out. As long as I am awake I can just teleport us back to the palace. But if I pass out it's a long flight back. So let's hurry up and get out of this dungeon before I lose consciousness."

Kougyoku did as Aladdin said and soon they had made their way out of the dungeon. Aladdin was sitting beside Judal leaning against him as Kougyoku made sure everyone one was together. They had all decided to just take Alibaba and Morgiana home with them. Since none of them wanted to wait for them to wake up because they needed to rest. Aladdin sighed, "I just wish I could go to sleep."

Judal laughed slightly, "We both can go to sleep once we get home. You just need to use a few more spells to transport us all back."

Aladdin smiled, "I can do it in one spell I just need her to bring everyone near me."

Judal nodded, "How far can you transport people in one shot?"

Aladdin thought about it for a second, "Probably anywhere on this planet other than straight to the dark continent because that place is really far away. It's also much easier to do it if I've been to the place before."

Judal smiled, "Damn that's amazing."

Kougyoku walked over to them, "I think we're ready to go."

Aladdin nodded and raised his staff. There was a bright light and then they were in the throne room sitting in front of Kouen. He was slightly shocked by their sudden appearance, but stood up and moved over to them anyways, "Are you guys okay?"

Aladdin smiled, "Hey. I brought him back, so can I go take a nap now."

Kouen laughed, "Can either of you even stand?"

They looked at each other before Judal spoke up, "I can with a little help."

Aladdin shook his head, "Nope, I can't. If I'm being honest I can see 3 of you right now. That's how dizzy I am."

Kouen frowned by how not serious Aladdin was acting with how bad he was feeling. Kouen looked to Kougyoku who had just given the guards instructions to take the other 2 to a guest room, "Can you come over here and help Judal walk to his room while I carry Aladdin."

She nodded moving over to help the black haired magi up. Kouen did as he said he would and picked Aladdin up, Aladdin looked like he was going to be sick. So he closed his eyes to help with the dizziness as they headed to Judal's room. Once there Kouen set Aladdin down on the bed. Kougyoku released Judal, who just sat down on the edge of the bed. They both looked completely beat so Kouen and Kougyoku left them to rest.

Aladdin was lying down with his eyes closed when he felt Judal move closer to him. He smiled as he leaned closer against Judal's body. Aladdin opened his eyes and rolled over so he could look at him, "You promised cuddles."

Judal sighed before a smirk made its way on to his face, "I'm pretty sure we agreed to more than just cuddles."

Aladdin smiled before he shook his head, "I'm to sick to do something like that right now."

Judal laughed, "Yeah, I don't really think I have the energy to do anything like that either."

Aladdin pushed his face into Judal's chest, "But I still want to cuddle."

Judal wrapped his arms around Aladdin and held him tightly. Today had been a close call, Judal had almost bled to death, and Aladdin had almost done something he would regret for ever. But they had managed to make it through. Aladdin had managed to stay in control of himself and Judal was okay. They were both okay.


They had both slept an entire day after getting back, and when they woke up Judal was no longer exhausted. While Aladdin felt a little better, he definitely did not feel great. He was still tired and he still had a slight headache. No matter what they did his headache wouldn't go away. Aladdin was lying in the bed with his head on Judal's lap while the dark-haired magi ran his fingers through his hair. Aladdin had his eyes closed as he focused on Judal's hands instead of on the killer headache he'd been plagued with since returning. He had almost managed to fall asleep when he heard a voice, "I'm the only thing that can make you truly happy."

Aladdin's eyes flew open and he sat up surprising Judal, "Did you hear that?"

Judal shook his head, "I didn't hear anything. Why what did you hear?"

Aladdin had a confused look on his face as he looked around, "It's nothing. I probably fell asleep and my dream spooked me awake."

Judal nodded before standing up from the bed, "How's your head?"

Aladdin moved so his legs dangled over the edge of the bed and looked up, "Basically the same, but I can tolerate it enough to move around."

Judal smiled, "Then let's go get ourselves something to eat."

Aladdin nodded before standing up. Judal moved towards the door opening it as they headed out of the room. Aladdin winced as they walked into the well-lit hallway. It definitely was not a nice feeling. He groaned and Judal stopped to look back to see Aladdin covering his eyes, "What's wrong?"

Aladdin stayed quiet for a few seconds to allow his head a short rest before he responded, "The light made my headache worse. I should have realized that this would happen."

Judal frowned, "Do you want to head back inside?"

Aladdin shook his head, "No just give me a second for my eyes to adjust and then we can go."

Once he was ready they Continued their trek across the castle. When they got there the room was empty which was probably due to it being an awkward time in between lunch and dinner. Aladdin sat down and rested his head on the table as Judal sat across from him. They wait a few minutes before the maids came in and asked them what they wanted to eat. Judal asked for what he wanted and then ordered some soup for Aladdin because of the others headache. It had caused him to be very nauseous lately. Aladdin didn't really care what he had to eat as long as it didn't make feel worse.

Aladdin had only closed his eyes for a moment when he heard the voice again, "Just let go and I can make all the pain go away."

Aladdin's eyes flew open from surprise but he didn't voice his concern this time, luckily Judal didn't notice his strange behaviour. He was worried that if Judal noticed that it would make him worry and he didn't want that. He'd already caused enough problems when he lost control last time in the dungeon. He didn't want to trouble Judal even more with whatever was currently happening to him. He knew whatever was slowly happening was bad but he also knew that there was nothing anyone else could do to help him.

Whatever was happening had been caused by something he only now realized was deeply rooted within him. The fallen version of himself had said he'd wanted to fall, and he was right the last time, he had wanted to willingly give in. Yet he didn't truly know if he had wanted to change the other times. Each time before he had wanted a way to escape from the torture of something. The first time it had been loneliness, the other times had been from his friends who wanted him to be something he no longer was. At all times he felt like they had been judging him and he didn't want that. He just wanted them to accept who he was so they could move on with their lives, and when that didn't happen he'd wished for a way to escape. Had him falling been the answer he'd seeked. Yet how could that be, he'd been on the edge of falling into the depravity since he was younger, before he'd even come to this world. Finally it hit him, this was different then the way he had been falling before. Depravity shouldn't have made another version of himself. Something had changed after Solomon sealed his memories and the depravity away the first time. Since he'd gotten his memories back it's like the part of him that had been falling into depravity before had mutated which would make everything make sense. The rules to why he was falling had changed, now it was like his depravity had formed it's own personality. He'd created a new persona to cope with what had happened and it'd only taken the form of him falling into depravity as a way to hide while it tried to take control of his body.

He closed his eyes as he heard the voice again, "Don't be scared. I'm only here to help you. I'm here to keep you safe and to protect you from all outside harm. Just let me have control."

Aladdin tried to ignore the voice as it continued to speak. He didn't want to listen to something that only wanted control of his body. He was terrified of what would happen if he wasn't able to remain anchored. Judal was making him not want to escape, he made him want to be here with him. Aladdin reached across the table and grasped Judal's hand to calm himself down. Judal was happy to weave their fingers together as they held hands, but worry edged into his mind with the way Aladdin was acting, "Are you okay?"

Aladdin didn't exactly know how to respond but was saved from answering when the food arrived. Aladdin smiled releasing Judal's hand and happily started eating. Judal saw the way he was acting and let his question go before he dug into the food himself.


To say that Aladdin was slowly being overwhelmed by the voice was an understatement. The voice had slowly increased the amount it talked to him. By now it was speaking to him at least 50 times a day. Which didn't sound like much until he realized it meant it spoke to him at least twice an hour. It wasn't making him angry or anything like that. No it would just speaking to him over and over again. Whispering soothing words about how it could save him, about how it could make the headache and all other pain go away, about how it would always be here for him. If Aladdin hadn't had Judal right by his side this entire time he would have given into it a long time ago.

The voice wasn't the worst thing about today though because today he was supposed to go see Alibaba and Morgiana. Which was something he hadn't been to eager about since they had gotten here. He'd almost killed them and that was definitely something he regretted. He wished he wouldn't have lost control of himself so easily, but they'd hurt Judal. Which was another reason he didn't want to see them. They'd hurt Judal, the thing most important to him and he didn't really want to forgive them for it yet.

Judal had been very honest about what he thought when Kougyoku had come to speak with them about a meeting with the others. He didn't think that it would be good for Aladdin to see them, but he also said that he would go along with whatever Aladdin decided in the end. While Kougyoku and Hakuryuu both had come and talked to Aladdin saying that he should give them a chance. While the entire time the little monster within him screamed out in anger wanting out. It still with every ounce it could muster wanted to kill them. Aladdin at this point didn't know what he should think. He wanted to see them, while at the same time didn't want to see them out of fear of losing control again. Which he realized would probably start getting harder to revert back from. Yet he had to see them so he'd agreed to the meeting as long as both Judal and Kougyoku were there to get him out if he needed to leave.


So now his small group which for some reason also included Hakuryuu walked down the hallway headed for the small guest area of the castle that Alibaba and Morgiana were staying in. When they walked in Alibaba was standing in the corner looking out the window while Morgiana was waiting on the couch to see Aladdin with a smile gracing her lips. Aladdin sat down on the sofa across from Morgiana, Judal on his right and Kougyoku on his left while Hakuryuu stood behind them. Aladdin frowned as he looked at Morgiana, "I'm sorry."

Morgiana shook her head, "It's okay Aladdin you weren't in control of yourself."

Aladdin looked down at his hands where he a strong hold on Judal's hand to keep himself calm. A few seconds went by before finally he looked back up and spoke, "But I still wanted to hurt you guys. This time I lost control because I was angry and wanted too. You guys hurt Judal and I wanted to hurt you."

Morgiana didn't know what to say as she looked away from him. She glanced at Alibaba for help, but he was on the other side of the room not ready to speak to Aladdin yet. He felt guilty for pushing Aladdin to do such a thing out of his own anger. The room was completely silent for a few minutes, no one knew exactly what to say to diffuse the situation. Aladdin was about to say something when the annoying voice decided to speak, " Let me kill them. You know deep down you want them to hurt as much as you do."

Aladdin's eyes widened as his grip on Judal's hand tightened. Judal tightened his grip in return and whispered into his ear, "Is something wrong? Do we need to leave?"

"Let me help you."

Aladdin nodded before he looked at Morgiana, "I'm sorry but I have to go."

"Let me kill them already. You can't fight me forever, and when you finally let go it will be my time to take control and remove anything I deem is harmful to us. THEY NEED TO DIE ALREADY."

He stood up and walked out of the room Judal's hand still tightly in his grasp. Once they got outside Aladdin let Judal go and put his hands up to his ears and leaned his head against the wall, "Shut up, Shut up, Shut up. GET OUT OF MY HEAD."

Judal was right beside him speaking try to figure out what was wrong but Aladdin couldn't hear him over the loud booming voice in his head. As it asked to kill his friends over and over again in his head. It took a few minutes before the voice quieted and Aladdin calmed down enough that he noticed he'd collapsed and that Judal was kneeling on the floor beside him. Judal pulled his hands gently down from his head and held them, "What was that?"

Aladdin moved sideways and leaned forward pressing his head into Judal's chest as he breathed out deeply. He sighed out before he told Judal what he'd been keeping secret from everyone, "I've been hearing voices since a few days after we got back."

An even more concerned look settled on Judal's face, "What are they saying?"

Aladdin bit his lip slightly trying to decide on what he should say, "Mostly it's been telling me to let it kill them, but it's also been trying to convince me to let it take control."

Judal frowned, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Aladdin grabbed Judal's shoulders as he looked him in the eyes, "I didn't want to believe it was happening, or accept what I think it means. I was scared."

Judal was shaken by how scared Aladdin looked, "I could have tried to help, and I definitely wouldn't have let you come here today. If you'd just told me we could have handled it together."

Tears formed in Aladdin's eyes as he started shaking, "I don't think will be able to handle anything. I don't even know if what's happening to me really is even falling into depravity anymore. It's something different and that terrifies me. What can we possibly do to fix this if even I don't know what's truly wrong."

Judal just hugged him in an attempt to console him, "At the least, I could have been here for you to talk to about it. I'm here for you to cling onto when scared. For you to lean on when you need to cry."

Aladdin's continued to cry, "But what happens if next time I change I can't come back? What if I kill the people I love?"

Judal ran his hand through Aladdin's hair before he kissed his forehead, "It doesn't matter what you become or who you hurt, I will always be there for you no matter what.

Aladdin melted into Judal's touch before he voiced his final and biggest concern, "But what if at some point I hurt you?

Judal smiled, "You would never hurt me, I know that for certain. No matter how out of control you get I will always be completely safe when I'm with you."

Aladdin's tears began to slow, "Are you sure."

Judal nodded, "As sure as I can possibly be."