I would like to thank AnimeOtaku535 for once again editing this chapter. I don't want to mistake the author's gender, so AnimeOtaku535 is a very good beta reader. I would also like to thank XFangHeartX who co-authored and helped me write this chapter before I met AnimeOtaku535. Please read and review.

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"...I guess it's time I dropped the charade," he said.

Judar's handcuffs turned into ice and shattered in his hands. The king backed away in horror when Judar touched his uncle's handcuffs and they turned into ice followed by exploding. The king tried to run to unlock the handcuffs of Tau and Nimitako, but Judar fired a large piece of ice that went through his foot.

"AAAAAAAAGH!" the king screamed in pain.

"Good work, Judar," the man praised.

Judar knew what he had to do next. He had to kill the king. Judar raised his wand out about to use a spell when the queen of yang jumped down and slammed her fist through the wood. She was aiming for Judar but he jumped away from her.

"Nice try, old hag!" Judar shouted.

The queen pulled a small blade out of her clothes. She used the knife to cut off the bangs in her eyes. Her eyes were gray and burning with anger. She jumped and landed on the boat crashing through it. She jumped out holding a weapon.

"Whoa!" Tau exclaimed.

She was holding a blade unlike anything Tau has seen before. It was a four sided ring of swords with a small circle she could put her arm through. On her right shoulder was a skull missing its jaw and she was wearing black clothes with black bands wrapped around her arms.

"What the hell kind of sword is that?" asked Nimitako.

" One my people built to help protect the king," she said turning her blade around over her head. " Before I became the king's wife I was paid to protect him with my life. And I did. He didn't buy me with gold or jewels. He bought me with a choice. That choice was he would die tomorrow or live with me as his queen."

' I like her,' Tau thought. ' It's too bad she couldn't save him in our time.'

"You think you can match the power of a Magi?" the man asked. "Don't make me laugh! JUDAR! KILL HER!"

Judar used his tiny red pointed wand to summon purple electricity around his body. He pointed the wand at the Kings wife and fired a bolt of electricity. The queen pulled her hand back and threw her four sided blade at him. The blade went through Judar's electricity and nearly cut through him, but he rolled to another side of the boat, her blade cutting through the top of the wood. If Judar fell in the electricity he would have electrocuted himself and died.

The man with the goatee used his magic book to summon the same ice monster he used against Tau. It fired five spikes of ice at her. She defended herself spinning the blade around and cutting through the ice. She jumped in the air and slashed her weapon around the monster. When she was down the ice monster was cut down through his stomach and fell into the water.

"Damn!" the man cursed.

The queen was much stronger than anyone the man with the goatee expected to find in yang. She stopped chasing his nephew Judar and walked towards him. The man with the goatee cowered not having enough time to summon something new. Suddenly, the light seemed to go away. She stared in the air and saw something big floating in front of them.

An island!

"Land!" Tau shouted.

" Judar!"

The man with the goatee was talking about his nephew controlling the island to fly above them. He was using gravity to lift an entire island in the air. It was powerful magic that was amazing for a boy his age to do.

" See that? If you don't do what ask the island will fall and you will all be crushed under it," The man with the goatee laughed.

" So will you," Nimitako said.

"What are you doing?!" Tau questioned.

" I'm telling him what's wrong with his plan. Even if he was on a Magic Turban it couldn't fly fast enough to save them. Unless he got on it first, but Judar needs perfect concentration for his spells. If he lets go he won't have time to get on the turban and he'll be crushed under it."

" How do you know all this?" Tau asked.

" Aladdin taught me."

"Man...that kid's rubbed off on you."

" You don't have to worry about Judar," the man with the goatee smiled. " He isn't fool enough to let that island crush him. The moment he lets go he'll use his magic to protect him from the island while the rest of you are crushed to death."

"Coward!" shouted Nimitako.

Nimitako's cuffs were gone. He thought it was the queen of yang who freed him or Sottitta, but it was the king of yin who freed him. He was looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Thanks," he said.

The king didn't say anything, but he looked like he enjoyed being thanked. He and his wife lifted the bench. Under the bench was a hole. It was big enough for anyone to squeeze through. Nimitako had no idea how he missed it, but he could use it to beat Judar and the man with the goatee.

'Here goes nothing,' he thought.

Nimitako jumped down the hole. Nimitako landed under the floor. There was no light under the floorboards. Nimitako however could see a light seeping in through the floorboards. He crawled towards the light.

"Perfect," he whispered.

Nimitako crawled to the spot where the light was seeping through. He pushed through the boards and got out in front of Judar. Judar looked at Nimitako with an insane look.

"Oh, boy," Nimitako muttered.

It was at that moment Judar put the island down away from the boat. The man with the goatee was angry but Judar didn't care. He hugged Nimitako.

" I am so happy to see you," he said.

"Huh?!" Nimitako questioned.

" You are the only one here I care about. When everyone is in trouble you just jump in and save them. I love it. I can't wait to make you fall into depravity."

Nimitako gasped quietly as a brief flashback shows him, talking to Aladdin in Sindria.

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"Falling into depravity?" Nimitako repeated. "What the hell's that mean?"

" Well when we are born we have two kinds of Rukh. There's white Rukh and there's black Rukh. Rukh isn't something we can just have, it's something that comes to us. When we fall into depravity Black Rukh comes."

"How does that happen?" asked Nimitako.

"It happens when our hearts are clouded with darkness and hatred," Aladdin answered.

" Are you telling me this because my heart is clouded in darkness?" Nimitako touched his heart.

"No...but it's starting to," Aladdin said.

" Is there any way to stop it?"

"There is one way."

" What is it? Whatever it is I'll try it."

"...Whatever anger or transgression you have...let it go," Aladdin said with a serious expression.

" But I can't. This anger is for the monsters that killed my father." Nimitako hit the ground. His actions made Aladdin jump. " How can I forgive them? How can I forget what they did to him?"

"I know it's hard," Aladdin said, "but if you continue carrying on like this, you'll just make bad things come."

Nimitako didn't like hearing how he was doing something bad. He really wanted to help his father by finding the twelve monsters that killed his father. The more he thought about it the more tension grew from his believe that Black Rukh was flying over his head and trying to make bad things happen. Nimitako let out a sigh and said " Okay Aladdin...I promise I won't carry on the same way I've been doing until now. I will stay in Sindria and train."

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Nimitako tried to live up to that promise. He really wanted to be with Aladdin and tell him how he would never fall into depravity, but Judar was a reminder of that unhealthy memory.

'What should I do?!' he thought. 'Aladdin...if you were here, what would you do?!'

Nimitako remembered how Aladdin had some kind of magic. He could shoot fireballs at people. That wasn't going to work with Nimitako. He had to think of another plan to stop Judar from making him fall into depravity. Nimitako had to say something to Judar to stop this but it couldn't be a lie. Aladdin said lying adds to Black Rukh.

"Why are you just sitting there, gawking at me?" Judar asked.

" Judar..." Nimitako needed time to explain things to Judar. He looked like someone who needed heavy convincing to do the right thing. " Do you have any idea what you're doing?"

"What are you talking about?" Judar asked.

" People are getting hurt! That man who is taking care of you doesn't care about you. He's just using you to destroy innocent lives."

" I know."

"What?!" Nimitako questioned in shock. "Well, if you know, why would you go along with it?!"

"...Because," Judar started with a smirk, "I like war."

Judar liked war? How could anyone like war, Nimitako thought staring at Judar like he was some kind of monster. He scared him but at the same time...he made him angry. Nimitako jumped up and punched Judar in his face. He regretted it the moment he did it.

"You shouldn't have done that," Judar hissed, holding his bruised cheek. "RAMZ AL-SALOS!"

Then, he sent bolts of black lightning at Nimitako.

Nimitako couldn't find a place to run. If he jumped in the water the lightning would electrocute him. Luckily for him he was picked up by a friendly hand on the red Magic Turban. The one who was holding him was Tau. Both king's and queens of yang and yin were also flying on that turban. The boat was destroyed by Judar's magic.

" Judar, you fool! You destroyed my boat!"

"It's his fault!" Judar barked.

" Well stop him!"

Judar grounded his teeth together. He didn't like being ordered around. Using his gravity magic he lifted two pieces of rock off the island and threw them at the Magic Turban.

"Oh, jeez, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO!" Nimitako cried.

The Magic Turban flew forward and flew up before the rocks could hit it. The rocks fell into the water making a big splash. The man of the goatee was not happy about his Magi showing him nothing. He took out his book and read a spell. " tunin-alththal!"

Suddenly, a torrent of water appeared, forming the shape of a huge dragon!

The water became a dragon. A dragon that roamed the water and swallowed ships faster than Nimitako could swallow a grape. It followed the Magic Turban. It was faster in water than the Magic Turban was flying over the sea. It jumped out of the water and almost swallowed everyone.

"WHOA!" Tau cried.

The queen of yang sprang into action. Using her four sided weapon she slashed the dragon's face making it roar and dive back into the water. It wouldn't stay in the water forever. Sooner or later it would strike again.

"We have to hurry and get to land!" shouted Nimitako.

The man with the goatee knew they would do that. He told Judar to used his gravity magic to lift the islands out of the oceans. They had to fly away before the islands crashed into their turbans.

As they flew, Tau spotted something up ahead. It looked like some sort of tower.

" Is that a dungeon?" He asked. Tau moved in the front to see what Nimitako was looking at.

" That is a dungeon. I know a dungeon when I see one."

Nimitako decided to fly the Magic Turban to the dungeon. But when they got closer The man with the goatee tried his hardest to stop them. " Capture them and eat them!"

The dragon splashed out of the water in a torrent of water. It stretched its claws and grabbed the turban.

"Oh, damn, we're screwed!" Tau cursed.

" Maybe not, Master?" Aze Zel said to him. " If you can get on land than I can help you fight this creature."

"Sounds fine, AS LONG AS WE LIVE!" Tau shouted.

Tau jumped off the Magic Turban holding his Metal Vessel. He used Djinn Equip turning it into a long brown harpoon. He kept twirling making the dirt going into his harpoon.

"Whoa...cool...!" Nimitako whispered in awe.

The dragon,The man with the goatee created swam to him and tried to eat him. Tau moved the dirt to create a ball of sand that covered his mouth. The dragon's mouth was stuck. By the time it cracked Tau slowed down his fall to land safely on the island.

"Here we go!" Tau said.

Tau had all the land he needed to stop this monster. He twirled his vessel and launched a large spike of dirt at it. The dragon dived under the water.

"Where do you think you're goin'?!" Tau asked with a smirk.

He used Aze Zel's power to move rocks on the island into the sea. He knew where the dragon was moving just by the sound it made below the island. He could feel his rocks hitting the dragon.

Those rocks weren't enough to stop this dragon.

It soon lunged at them, preparing to devour them all whole.

Tau used the ground to move away from the dragon. Tau moved away again when he did a backflip and almost crushed him. Tau dodged but he didn't know how much longer he could do this.

" Master, if I may make a suggestion..." Aze Zel poked his little head out of the Metal Vessel. He moved to Tau and spoke softly. " This dragon can become a friend."

"What?!" Tau questioned.

" I can communicate with him the same way that creature in the throne room talked to you and Nimitako."

"Oh, for the love of Solomon..." Tau grumbled. "Fine!"

Tau walked to the front of the island. He waited for that dragon to get out of the water. It got out and it growled with those giant teeth.

" Stop!" Aze Zel yelled. " We don't want to hurt you."

The dragon stopped growling, looking at him in confusion.

" Don't want to hurt me?" The creature was saying something. Tau couldn't understand what it was saying, but Aze Zel did. He didn't even understand Aze Zel now.

' Could this dragon be a Djinn?'

" Are you a Djinn?" Tau asked.

The dragon made a big sound Tau couldn't understand. What he said Aze Zel understood and repeated to Tau. " He says no."

" Well that's good news," Tau muttered.

" He also says he wants to rip open your chest to see if he can find your soul and eat it."

Tau's jaw dropped comically.

" Ask him why he thinks I'm something he can eat?"

"Do we really have time for this?" Nimitako asked.

Tau looked up and saw Nimitako flying on his Magic turban alone. Tau didn't care where he dropped them off but he had one question.

" What are you doing here?"

" I came to find you because I was worried about you," Nimitako said.

" You shouldn't be here. You should be clearing the dungeon...it's our only chance to win."

"I'm not going anywhere without you!" Nimitako shouted.

"Why are you so worried about me, anyway?!" Tau questioned. "I'm just a piece of trash that you shouldn't even be around!"

" Master, your more than a piece of trash," Aze Zel said. " You are-"

The dragon roared with its mighty lungs. Everything went into deafening silence. Then the sea dragon climbed on the island with its talons and whip slashed its tail at Tau.

"Oh, man!" Tau cried before he was slammed into a palm tree!

" Tau!"

Nimitako flew down and slashed his knife at the dragon. The dragon's eyes were strong. Nimitako's knife barely hurt him. The dragon growled and swiped its claws at Nimitako. The Magic turban descended fast enough to get out of the dragon's claws.

"Missed me!" Nimitako shouted.

The dragon wasn't too keen on missing. It snapped its jaws at Nimitako but its jaws could never capture him. Tau was cheering Nimitako for his victory. Nimitako flew down and picked Tau up. He flew away from the beast.

" What are you doing?" Tau shouted. " You were winning."

"I think we've wasted enough time here," Nimitako said. "I have a feeling that the only way we can get home is with this dungeon!"

Nimitako was right. This battle could never be won if they just blindly attacked every creature The man with the goatee summoned. Their only chance to win was to clear the dungeon. Hopefully this dungeon would give them the Metal Vessel they needed to go back to their time.

"All right then...to the dungeon!" Tau shouted.

The two friends and Tau's Djinn flew to the dungeon. They were watched by Judar and The man with the goatee. Judar was rubbing his cheek where Nimitako punched him.

"It still hurts," Judar grumbled.

" Patience," said The man with the goatee. " With your skills you can change this dungeon to make it more challenging to them." The man with the goatee smiled and rubbed his goatee thinking about the sinister things about to happen. " They won't get out of that dungeon alive."

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Tau and Nimitako were falling into the pits of the dungeon. It was a long life threatening fall to the bottom. If Tau didn't grab a tree branch and grab Nimitako's hand they would have fallen into a big rock and broken every bone in their bodies.

"You okay?!" Nimitako asked.

" I'm fine," Tau said glad he didn't break every bone in his body.

"Pull me up, will ya, kid?"

Nimitako took out his rope darts. He wrapped their hands together to help pull them down really slowly. Something snapped out of the bottom and almost ate his legs.

"WHOA!" Nimitako cried. "WHAT THE FUDGE?!"

It is revealed to be some kind of giant flytrap plant with humongous sharp teeth!

"OH, JEEZ, KID!" Tau cried. "GO UP! GO BACK UP!"

Nimitako climbed up the tree with Tau. The plant was big but it couldn't reach the top of the tree. The good news was there was only one of those things down there. Tau had one idea on how they were going to get down.

" I'm going to cut this plant down."

"You sure about that?" Nimitako asked.

" Do you have any better ideas?"

"...I see your point. Just try not to die."

Nimitako used his little fingers to untie the rope around his and Tau's arms. Tau climbed down with both his swords unsheathed. When he made it down the plant snapped at him. Tau quickly jumped off the tree and rolled in the dirty water below.

"Ah, gross," Tau murmured before he dodged another bite from the plant.

Tau was running away from the plant as it continued to bite at him. Tau slashed his swords at the plant but its teeth were sharper than his swords. Tau used his swords to create sound waves to distract the creature, and he ran at the beast to slash his roots.

Soon, the plant toppled to the left, nearly falling over.

" You did it, Tau," Nimitako said letting go of his rope darts and falling on the floor.

Tau caught him in his arms before setting him down.

" Welcome to a dungeon," he said. " It's a dangerous place to be. The good news is you don't have to be strong to survive a dungeon."

" So your saying we won't run into any more trouble?" Nimitako asked.

" I never said that."

Nimitako gave him a glare.

"Here in a dungeon," Tau explained, "you put your life on the line. It's not just about how strong you are, but you gotta have the smarts to get your way to the goal. Get what I'm saying?"

" I understand. It's not a race. You want us to stay safe and get to the dungeon without any problems."

" That and stay by someone who has actually cleared a dungeon."

"He's right, you know," Aze Zel added. "A dungeon is no playground."

" If it's dangerous shouldn't I be holding your hand or get carried on your back?" Nimitako asked.

" You could, but then the Djinn at the end of this dungeon won't see you as a worthy candidate and pick me. I don't know about you but one djinn is enough for me."

"...I see," Nimitako said.

Tau and Nimitako walked through the door. Dozens of sharp teeth stuck out of the door stopping them from turning back.

"WHOA!" Nimitako cried.

Tau wasn't that impressed by a door of teeth. He kept moving while Nimitako stood there amazed over it. Nimitako eventually stopped staring at the door and ran back to Tau. Tau could see the door. It was a long walk from where they were.

And the more they walked...the farther the door seemed to get away.

"What the hell?" Tau asked in confusion. "What's going on? It's like we're not going anywhere!"

Tau was looking at the door and walking towards it which was moving him like he was tied to a hand and sinking in cold water. He should of been looking at the same place Nimitako was, up. He saw something moving in the ceiling.

"Uh...kid?"

"What?"

Nimitako ran at Tau and took his Metal Vessel. " What are you doing with-"

Nimitako swung Tau's Metal Vessel at the wall. The Metal Vessel created a sound wave that made the creatures in the ceiling fly away. They got to see what they really walked into. A desolated land of green dirt and black trees. And on the other side of this land was a set of black stairs.

"What the...?!" Nimitako questioned.

Suddenly, two holograms appeared in the sky. One image looked exactly like the little boy Judar and the other image looked like the man with the goatee. The image was created by the black book he was holding.

"You two?!" Tau questioned.

" Yes," Judar smiled. His smile was like looking at a man slaughtering a sheep.

"Creepy little kid...!" Tau muttered.

" This isn't an ordinary dungeon," Judar smiled. " This is my dungeon. I couldn't change all of it but I made it a lot harder than the ordinary dungeons."