Judal, Aladdin, and Kouha all went to breakfast when they were in the dining room the only person in the room was Hakuryuu. Aladdin smiled and pulled Judal across the room back to their seats from the night before. Aladdin sat down first and looked at Hakuryuu who was looking at both of them a little shocked, "Well, you guys seem to be getting along a lot better than you were yesterday?"

Aladdin nodded, "I found out that he is actually really nice."

Hakuryuu still continued to look shocked, "You can't be talking about him. He's never been nice a day in his life."

Aladdin shook his head, "But he is. He washed my hair, dried it and braid it by hand which takes so much time. Then he let me wear what I wanted to and it doesn't matter if I'm a girl or a boy. Which is nice because with what I am wearing now you can't tell if I'm a girl or a boy."

Hakuryuu laughed slightly realizing instantly what was happening. He looked at Judal and knew that the black haired magi had a huge crush on his little blue haired friend. He also was wondering if Aladdin was starting to like Judal back seeing as they were holding hands when they came in, "Sounds like you had lots of fun, since supper last night."

A frown made its way onto Aladdin's face thinking about the shift he had gone through last night. Judal sensed the rise in tension after hearing Hakuryuu. He set his hand on Aladdin's shoulder and tried to calm him a little bit. Aladdin looked up at Judal, his eyes wide as he gently leaned into his touch. Before he turned back to Hakuryuu, "I had a really bad shift last night, but Judal was there to calm me down. So I'm okay now."

Hakuryuu decided to look past the fact that they slept together last night and decided to be more concerned about Aladdin, "Have you guys figured out a way to get the choker off?"

Aladdin shook his head and looked down, "No one has any idea. When I was still in Sindria we were looking for a way to remove it, but they never figured a way out. Then I came here and now I don't know if they figured out a way to fix it."

Hakuryuu nodded, "You should go see Kouen and talk to him about getting help from the empire's magicians."

Judal who was sitting beside Aladdin decided to comment on that, "That's actually a good idea, I'll remember to talk to him when we go back to see him later."

Hakuryuu looked at Aladdin, "Where did the choker come from?"

Aladdin frowned, "I picked it up in a dungeon because I was curious about it when I saw it. While I was looking at it Alibaba took it from me a clipped it on my neck."

Hakuryuu sighed, "He should have known better than to do that with something that came from a dungeon. For all, he knows it could've killed you instantly."

Aladdin's hands were shaking as he said what he was thinking, "Honestly I think that might be what happens if I don't get it off of me."

Hakuryuu was tapping his finger on the table, "We need to get in contact with Sindria because the situation is getting worse. I'm assuming that they have all the stuff you guys found in the dungeon to look for answers in."

Aladdin nodded, "Yeah, that's what they were doing when Judal came and got me. Everyone was looking for a way to get it off of me. Hopefully, if we can get in contact with them then they'll have the answer."

Judal frowned, "But then you'll leave me."

Aladdin sighed, "I didn't say that this time. I mean sure I want to go home, but it's not like I can't decide all on my own to stay."

Judal was happy to hear that and was having a hard time holding back a large smile. That meant that Aladdin might choose to stay with him in the end. He knew that whether Aladdin chose to be with him or not they would still probably need to get help from Sindria. If they didn't then just as Aladdin had said earlier he feared the youngers shifting would get worse and worse until it took away his life. The worst part is they didn't even have any idea how much longer it would be until that happened. It could happen tonight or in a week, maybe even longer. Yet he knew deep inside with how fast the changes were getting worse, that Aladdin probably wouldn't have a lot of time to fix this.

They had just started eating supper when Aladdin could feel it happening again, Yet this time it started slower. He could feel the heat in his body rising a lot slower than it had any time before. He looked at Judal and was just about to say something when the pain struck him. He didn't even know what to compare the pain to this time. It hurt a lot worse than it had any time before. Usually, the worst pain was in his chest but this time it was in his chest, arms, and back. One second he was managing to suck in air and the next he could force even a tiny bit of air into his body.

Judal had instantly stood up and was at Aladdin's side. Trying to calm him down but nothing was working. The same phrase repeated over and over again in his head due to how scared he was with this happening to the smaller.

'He can't breathe.'

Hakuryuu had already made it around the table and was standing on the opposite side of Aladdin as you both tried to get him to calm down. But there was no way of getting it to happen this time. Last time the younger could still breathe a little bit this time clearly he could not breathe at all. Hakuryuu had been saying something trying to get Judal's attention but he was too focused on Aladdin to notice. It took Hakuryuu physically shaking his shoulder to get his attention back, "Judal you have to use magic to open his airway. You need to use healing magic on him. Hurry."

Judal looked at him, "I can't use healing magic enough to help anyone."

Hakuryuu pushed Judal out of the way and picked Aladdin up, "Let's go we have to be quick."

Judal took his wand out knowing what Hakuryuu was planning and used his magic to teleport them to the throne room. Kouen was confused to see them but stood up when he noticed Aladdin in Hakuryuu's arms. He looked at, "What happened?"

Judal was to shocked to respond, so Hakuyuu did it, "He can't breathe. You have to use your healing magic on him from your djinn."

Aladdin didn't even have the strength to struggle he was in so much pain so he just remained still tears streaming down from his eyes. Hakuryuu set him down on the ground in front of Kouen who quickly pulled out his metal vessel. He released the magic from the phenex and a pink phoenix appeared to cover Aladdin's body after a few seconds Aladdin took in a big breath of air. He breathed heavily trying to take in as much air as possible. Judal knelt down beside him and picked Aladdin up so that his upper half was in his arms. 5 minutes went by before he started having troubles breathing, by 10 minutes Aladdin couldn't breathe at all again. Which caused Kouen to use his metal vessel again. This cycle continued for over an hour until finally, all the pain stopped and his breathing returned to normal. Without even saying a word Aladdin passed out of exhaustion.