Four thousand words. That's how long this chapter is. Thanks to XFangHeartX and Inkwolf17 this chapter has been edited and is not finished. I'm not a prophet, I can't predict what will happen next in the story but whatever changes happen in the story I hope they don't feel too stupid to you. Please read and review.
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Morgiana panted before she went back over to Aladdin and Alibaba.
"We are really happy you didn't go with him, Morg," Aladdin said.
"Yeah..." Alibaba scratched the back of his head while blushing. "We are glad you're on our side."
"Yes," Morgiana said. "As am I."
"The attack may be over, but they might try to surprise us again," Sottitta said. "I want everyone to go back to the houses you were grouped in and do not come out until I tell you too. That's my order as leader of this kingdom."
Sottitta bellowed like a mother telling her kids to stay inside. His men groaned and then they walked into their houses. All except for Tau, Morgiana, Aladdin, and Alibaba moved. Tau was climbing over the wall to Yin. Aladdin and his friends were walking towards a house when Sottitta stopped them."
"Halt for a moment."
"What is it?" Alibaba asked.
"It's about your friend Morgiana. I don't think a lady should be sleeping in houses with lots of men. The men may want to have a war with you, but they love the warm flesh of women. It would be unsafe to be around them. And since you three are not on our side...you should sleep somewhere else."
"But...where will Morg sleep?" Aladdin asked.
"I can't ask any of you to sleep outside. If it's okay with you...I have a house where we settle fistfights. It's actually nice. You two can sleep on the bottom and your female friend can sleep on the top. What do you say?"
"I guess that works," Alibaba said. "Thanks."
Sottitta took them to his house and turned off all the lights to let them sleep. Morgiana was sleeping upstairs in a warm bed. Alibaba was sleeping on a carpet with Aladdin in his arms. They looked so cute together. Sottitta closed the door and locked it. He wanted to be sure they couldn't leave unless he wanted them too. And he couldn't have anyone getting in the way. He had important things to take care of; one of them involved Tau.
'Don't think I don't know you're behind there, Tau. I could hear you trying to get over the wall.'
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Meanwhile, with Nimitako...
Nimitako used the time the girls were attacking Yang to run out of the house and find a way out of this awful kingdom at war. He ran to Tau's boat. It was to his surprise that Tau's boat was burned. His boat Swan was not only burning...it was sinking into the water.
"Well, I finally found you."
Nimitako had gasped before he turned around.
It was Tau. He was standing behind him with his Djinn Aze Zel out of his Metal Vessel. Aze Zel waved to Nimitako and he waved to the wolf-faced Djinn. It was to Tau's horror he saw Swan, his precious boat, sinking into the water.
"My baby!"
He then glared at Nimitako.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?!" he questioned.
"ME?"! Nimitako questioned. "I DIDN'T DO A DAMN THING! IT WAS LIKE THIS WHEN I GOT HERE!"
"Tau, I don't think Nimitako would do such a thing," Aze Zel said.
"Why the hell wouldn't he?" Tau asked. "He hates me and he wants to get back at me bringing him here, what better way than burning my ship?"
"Because as Nimitako informed me he wanted to get back to Sindria, and your boat was the only vessel that could take him back there. It was the only other boat in this kingdom."
"If anything, those crazy women probably burned it!" Said Nimitako.
Tau his head after losing Swan. His head was turning red because he was frustrated. But Tau walked up to Nimitako and talked to him.
"I know you don't like me, but I want to get off this island any way possible. I saw how your friends flew in here on that flying turban. If you tell them I'm a friend of yours and was only lying to protect you...I'll give back everything I stole. My golden elephant...and I'll come quietly to prison."
"...You promise?" Nimitako asked.
"I don't really have a choice. Once I get on your turban, you'll take me anywhere because if I jump off I'll fall to my death. And the three of them plus you...I wouldn't stand a chance. That little Magi friend of yours is too scary."
"What's a Magi?"
Tau's jaw dropped.
"Are you serious?!" He asked. "You have absolutely no idea what a Magi is?!"
"Now is not the time to get mad over Nimitako's simple mind," Aze Zel said. "Let's find Nimitako's friends and get out of here."
"Friends? Does one of them have blue hair?" Nimitako asked.
"Yeah," Tau said. "Calls himself Aladdin."
"Aladdin!" Nimitako was so happy he ran over to Yang. " I finally get to see Aladdin for me."
"Wait for me, you little brat!"
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Later on...
Nimitako was looking through windows of every house to find Aladdin, Morgiana, and Alibaba. He ran to the windows, jumped on the houses to look through the windows, and even ran into houses that were empty. Tau was having trouble keeping up with him.
"You're not gonna find them in the houses," Said Tau.
"Don't be so certain, master," Aze Zel said. His head popped out of the crack in Tau's metal vessel. "While you were climbing over the wall I overheard Sottitta talking to them. He said he was taking them to a house."
"Well, where did he take them? I can't get out of here until I find that blue haired twerp and get on his flying turban."
"Stop calling Aladdin that," Nimitako hissed.
"I don't care what your little pals name is. Once we get to Sindria, I never have to see him ever again."
"Master, if we are going to look through rooms may I suggest we look at the room where they have fistfights." Tau got angry and raised his Metal Vessel to his face so he could talk to it.
"Why would they be there. I was only there for less than one minute and I saw it was covered in people's blood."
"They could always wipe it away with a mop."
Nimitako was already on his way over there.
"If he gets there before me I won't be able to make his friend take me back to Sindria."
"You're lying, Tau. There's no way you would go to Sindria unless you were planning something on the way back. Perhaps you were waiting until they were over the water and then use me to create a fish that could fly you to an island."
Tau had a big smirk on his face when his Djinn reminded him of his plan. "You know me too well. The poor little kid doesn't even know what I'm planning. Of course, I wouldn't leave without something so after I find a boat I'm coming back here to get my golden elephant."
"I thought it sank when the Swan was burned."
A comical vein appeared on Tau's forehead.
"WHO ASKED YOU?!" he shouted.
To Tau's surprise, Nimitako ran right back towards him. He looked happy. " I found my friends. They're in the fistfight house just like Aze Zel said."
"...That was quick," Tau said.
"Let's go."
Nimitako grabbed Tau's hand to pull him towards the fistfight house. Tau would slap Nimitako's hand away, but his hands felt too warm against his hands. Tau was so mean to him he forgot Nimitako was just a kid.
On their way to the fistfight house, they ran into the leader Sottitta.
"Going somewhere?" he asked.
Without eyes, Tau didn't know if Sottitta was trying to be intimidating or not. All Tau know was he was standing in his way, why? He was completely alone. Maybe it was because he didn't have his loyal men was why he looked more intimidating than he did before. Nimitako didn't catch up to that and walked up to Sottitta.
"We are going to met my friend Aladdin so he can take us off this island."
"Who are you?"
"My name is Nimitako. Isn't Aladdin here because he was looking for me?"
"Aladdin?" Sottitta repeated. "Sorry, never heard of him."
"Don't give him that," Tau said walking towards Sottitta with his finger pointed at him. "That's what I said when that blue-haired child asked me if I knew Nimitako was. Don't listen to him, he's just lying so you'll stay here and fight in his army."
"I saw my friend Aladdin," Nimitako said. "I saw him sleeping in the fistfight house with some guy named...I can't remember. I just know I saw him in Sindria."
"So you do know where Aladdin is? Have you spoken to him?" Tau didn't like this. Sottitta was asking him questions like he was seeing how much Nimitako knew and then he would try to kill him. Whatever the boy does he should not say he hasn't spoken to him.
"No. When I saw him, I ran back to find Tau because I promised to bring him with me."
"Stupid little brat!"
Inside the fistfight house, Aladdin began to stir as he heard voices outside.
"Hmm?" he hummed.
Outside the fistfight house, Sottita was taking a short sword out of his shirt. This short sword had a gold hilt and a blade that looked similar to Alibaba's. The difference was his was blade was green. Sottitta took out a short knife from the other side of his shirt. Tau unsheathed both his swords while Nimitako took his knife with the rope dart around it out.
Aladdin poked his head outside to see what was going on and gasped upon seeing Nimitako.
"A-Alibaba! Morg!" he called. "Wake up! It's Nimitako! He's outside!"
"You should have stayed on your side of the wall, boy," Sottitta hissed at Nimitako. It confused Tau because he didn't sound like the sweet blind man everyone told him about. "I was going to use your friends to kill the citizens of Yin. Do you want to know a little secret? I was going to kill everyone here next."
"That's awful!" Nimitako shouted raising his knife in self-defence. "Why would kill your own friends?"
"Because they make me think of what it means to be alone. Spending time with those idiots has been nothing but torture. Only one other person shares my thoughts of being alone and she wants to kill everyone on the other side to do it. Being alone is the greatest feeling in the world. You get to hear your regrets to the end of your days and you get to know what it's like to have all the time to tell yourself how you would bring this world back from its own extinction."
Nimitako growled at this.
"Hate me if it makes you feel better, but I'm not the only one who thinks that way. Use that hate if it will help you stops me. But before we fight...do you want to say good-bye to anyone?"
Nimitako launched his rope dart at Sottitta. Having no eyes and a bandaged wrapped around his head made it difficult for Sottitta to see where the rope dart was launched. The rope dart wrapped around his arms.
Tau attacked while Sottitta had his arms wrapped. Sottitta raised his sword...stabbed himself in his own arms. The blade penetrated his arm, but no blood spurted from him. The rope darts moved away from Sottitta's arms and went back to Nimitako. Tau thought it was Nimitako trying to recover them for Sottitta's attack, but he was looking at his rope darts.
Tau swung his sword at Sottitta's neck. Sottitta raised his sword to guard Tau's strike. Sottitta pulled out his knife and swung at Tau, but he had another sword. If things had worked out, Tau's sword would cleave through Sottitta's three finger arm. Sottitta's sword illuminated with green light and Tau was pushed back.
"What the hell?!" Tau questioned.
"Not the most clever quip when someone stops not just one but two attacks. Remember when I reversed the damage I took against Morgiana? This sword allows me to do it again and again every time I stab my own body."
"That's cheating!" Tau shouted.
"It's only the power of my Djinn Vessel. If yours can't do it, then you just weren't fast enough to capture the dungeon before me."
"Nimitako!"
Nimitako had gasped before he saw Aladdin, Alibaba, and Morgiana rush out.
Tau rushed towards Sottitta again with his swords. He didn't know what he was thinking other than this distraction was the perfect chance to swing at Sottitta. Morgiana ran in front of Tau and delivered a roundhouse kick. Tau blocked putting his swords together, but after he blocked she kicked him in the chest sending him falling to the ground near Nimitako.
"Nimitako, that man is trying to kill the leader!" Morgiana shouted.
"I heard him the first time!" Nimitako shouted back.
"Stay away from him and we will fight him," Said Alibaba.
Alibaba attacked with his black sword. Tau took out his harpoon and used the Djinn inside of it to send a shark made of solid dirt towards him. Alibaba sliced through the shark, but Tau appeared preparing to slice through him with his two swords.
"Look out, Alibaba!" Aladdin shouted. "Halharl Infigar!"
He then fired a giant fireball at Tau.
Alibaba listened to Aladdin's warning and jumped out of the way when he threw the fireball. Tau took the attack directly. It burned, but it would take more than a fireball to hurt him. Alibaba reappeared to make sure Tau wouldn't get back up. Nimitako appeared in front of him and raised his arms guarding Tau.
"N-Nimitako?!" Alibaba questioned. "What are you doing?!"
"Sottitta is using you," Nimitako warned. "He wants your help so after you're done he will stab you in your backs and kill everyone in Yang."
Alibaba and Aladdin both gasped.
"What this boy is saying isn't true." That voice came from someone who wasn't here when the battle started and wasn't allowed to be here. It was the women from Yin, Chantelle. "Nimitako is delusional because he's been tortured by this man and made to believe he's his friend. He's not his friend, he's been using him."
"Who's there?!" Alibaba questioned.
"Show yourself!" shouted Morgiana shouted.
"I'm right here."
Alibaba felt a cold hand touching the nape of his neck. He turned around and swung his sword at the person behind him, but she blocked his weapon with a fan. Her fan was green just like Sottitta's with scorpion green figures drawn on it. Alibaba was pushed back by a strange force, and the cut he made in Chantelle's fan was replaced with a perfectly good fan (no cut marks).
Chantelle jumped in the air and kicked a clueless Alibaba in the face. Alibaba almost fell down but was pulled forward into Chantelle's foot. Her kick was much stronger than the last one. Alibaba was sent back to her a third time about to feel a kick stronger than the last two, but Morgiana rushed in kicking Chantelle.
It was a battle between two girls. Morgiana had the strength, but Chantelle had the agility. She punched her repeatedly. Her fists were stopped by Chantelle taking her fan out and blocking her fists.
"Why are you fighting for a bunch of filthy boys?!" Chantelle asked.
"They're my friends. They not only saved me but they help me every day building a new life from being a slave." Morgiana twisted her fist against Chantelle's knuckles and growled. "Something with evil like you would never understand!"
"Evil?!" Chantelle repeated.
"Yeah, evil!" Tau yelled at her. "You and your brother killed your own King and Queen to start a stupid war, and then you try to kill everyone else. That's got to be so evil it makes betraying someone who gets your things seem like a gentle punch."
"Sottitta isn't my brother. He's my husband."
Everyone gasped at this.
"Why would you and your husband want to destroy Yin?" Nimitako asked.
"And why would you two want to destroy Yang?" Tau asked.
"Do you want to tell them or should I tell them?" Chantelle asked.
"I think you should tell them," Sottitta said.
"Nonsense. You explain it better than me." Chantelle cooed.
"But you're the one with the prettier eyes." Sottitta flirted.
"Aww. Thank you." Chantelle blew a kiss to Sottitta.
He couldn't see it.
"Uh...I think this is a rather complicated relationship," Alibaba said with a sweatdrop.
"As my husband was going to say...these two kingdoms were created by two stupid families. It was decided Queen Nea and King Shoui were to be married. A drunken dispute between the Kings made Nea's father create the kingdom where only females could live where and Shoui's father created his kingdom where only males could live. That decision was the worst decision any King could make. They filled the male side with heartless thieves and filled the female side with angry women."
"Ouch," Said Tau.
"As my husband was going to say...these two kingdoms were created by two stupid families. It was decided Queen Nea and King Shoui were to be married. A drunken dispute between the Kings made Nea's father create the kingdom where only females could live where and Shoui's father created his kingdom where only males could live. That decision was the worst decision any King could make. They filled the male side with heartless thieves and filled the female side with angry women."
"Ouch," Said Tau.
"I worked my way up to stand in the Queen's throne room. That's where I met Sottitta. He came to the Queen's throne and begged her to take down the wall her father put up the wall. Nea was more than willing to say yes. Nea's mother, however, didn't want her daughter to disobey her father's last wish. I loved Sottitta the moment he asked for help. He was different than those men who only wanted tits and wine."
Aladdin blushed at the thought of rubbing his face in a woman's chest, but then shook his head.
"If Nea and Shoui were only following their parents orders...couldn't you have just waited until their parents had passed on?" Nimitako asked.
"Nea's mother was sixteen when she had Nea and even when my King Shoui lost his parents he wouldn't take down the wall," Sottitta said. "I really didn't want to kill the only man who treated me as something more than a slave...but they had to die...both of them. Their bad ruling made this kingdom a forgotten kingdom. Forgotten it is then no one should stay in it."
"If it's so bad why didn't you just kill yourselves and let everyone else live?" Alibaba asked.
"...That would be selfish, wouldn't it?" asked Chantelle.
"Yes," Sottitta agreed. "We are trying to help this world from feeling so much pain. When they're dead, they can forget the turmoil and the chaos. They would have more control in the afterlife than here."
"But we would be lying if we said we didn't try to kill ourselves before," Chantelle said. "Sottitta put a knife against my bosoms and I put a knife against his breasts..."
"You what?!" Morgiana questioned.
Sottitta took off his clothes that hide his body and showed it to them. There were no wounds on his body. Sottitta took out his green sword and stabbed it into his chest. A hideous stab wound appeared on his boob. All the boys looked at Chantelle.
"Aren't you going to show us your stab wound?" Tau asked. Aladdin, Alibaba, and him looked like drooling idiots waiting to see her boobs.
However, Morgiana promptly covered Aladdin and Alibaba's eyes.
"HEY!" They cried.
"You don't have to cover their eyes," Chantelle cooed. "I was never going to show my scar. These bosoms are for my husband."
"He doesn't even have eyes to see them!" Tau yelled.
"The point is we survived because we want something none of you have," said Sottitta.
"What is it?" Nimitako asked.
"All married people want it. We wouldn't be married if we didn't have one," Chantelle said.
"We don't hear them anymore. Ever since the two kings made the law people of gender have to be on a side, they were taken away from us, " Chantelle said tearing up a little.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" Nimitako stomped his teeth and yelled.
"...Kids," Chantelle answered.
"KIDS?!" Everyone shouted at the strange answer.
"My wife and I always wanted a child to make us a real married couple," Sottitta said. "We wanted it to live in this kingdom. We can't let it live where everyone wants males and females separated. If our plan works, we can raise it until the child is sixteen."
"And then we will take our own lives for killing our friends," Chantelle said like it was no big deal.
"THAT'S WAY TOO CRUEL!" Shouted everyone. Even Aladdin was in comical anger.
"We don't deserve to live," Sottitta said grabbing his wife's left shoulder. Like a kitten, she pressed her head against his shoulder and made a sound like a cat's meow. "Most of the people here lost their chance to live by taking other's lives. Our decision was stupid but so was the decision by the Kings and their Queens. They had so much power and money they thought they could change the law in their own way...who are the stupid ones? The ones who make the mistakes or the people that try to fix their mistakes?"
"People are distorted because they are rulers," Chantelle said with a strange giggle. "It's like a ripple in the dirt. What comes out of that dirt is more than a fish. It's a monster. The Kings and Queens created monsters in this country. One's name is Della. You saw how she despised men, didn't you?"
"So you think that because the one who ruled you is dead, it doesn't mean their sins are gone?" Alibaba asked.
Hearing all of this reminded him of what Cassim said in Balbadd.
"That's right. The sins of the one create the sins of the many." Chantelle took out a blade. It was a normal short sword she carried around in her shirt. She gave it to Sottitta, swinging it and then holding it over his head. Sottitta didn't have eyes, but he knew where Alibaba was. He was looking at him. "And I'm about to put my sin right through your heart."
"No! Stop!" Aladdin cried.
"We can't depart until everyone in this kingdom is dead. That means you as well, Alibaba!"
Sottitta charged towards Alibaba with the sword in his hand. Alibaba was frozen remembering the horrors of what Cassim said to him. Morgiana rushed in, grabbed a barrel, and used her mighty strength to life the barrel and lobbed it at Sottitta. The barrel high in the air would fall right on top of Sottitta. His super hearing gave him the chance to dodge the barrel, but he didn't hear Morgiana jumping at him or Aladdin unleashing a fireball.