Here is the next chapter for Soulless, after this chapter I might not post for a while since I need some time off writing but I will still be reading Wattpad and Fanfiction so pffff. Recommended music of the day: BTS Mic drop x Black Pink Dudududu. Sorry if it is a bit to short.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or Adventures of Sinbad (Why you ask of this? Hehehe keep reading on)
Party Time? Chapter 7
Everyone stood there, frozen in place, on behalf of what they just witnessed. Did they just see Lucy just a second ago? Some doubted it but then again, Lucy is one of the only celestial wizards left and that blond hair and those warm chocolate eyes were hers. Natsu shook off his shock and tried to go after her but was halted in his tracks when a bright shower of light stood in this way.
He was used his arm to shield his eyes and put it down when it disappeared but stood their dumbfounded, Loke stood their with a serious look on his face with a hairstyle that looked like a lion's mane and a suit, what was the most surprising thing was he wasn't surrounded by girls or flirting.
"Its nice to see you guys again, sorry I disappeared so suddenly after you guys left for the joined guild mission. I had other things to take care of." Loke smiled but went back to the serious look in his eyes, "But I can't let you guys get to Lucy."
Everyone stood shocked of what he just said, why was he being so protective of her?
"Come on man, you gotta be kidding, right?" Gray asked, silently hoping that Loke was joking around, "I mean, Lucy is our best friend."
Erza nodded, "We all thought she was dead then it appears that she is Mystic, we want to see her again, Loke, so please let us through." She begged.
Loke's eyes widen, it was a rare opportunity to see the fearsome Erza Scarlett beg on her knees.
he frowned and shook his head, "As much as I would like to I can't." He looked to the side, avoiding their gazes.
Now they were confused, "What do you mean you can't?"
He looked up at them dead in the eye, "Because my name isn't Loke, my real name is Leo the Lion, leader of the Twelve Zodiacs and I have a contract with Lucy Heartfilla." They all just stare at him wide eyed, "She told me to keep you guys at bay while she tries to find Ree- I mean R to help her escape."
Natsu growled as his fist began to let out steam, "Hell no she won't! After leaving us for so long then she just leaves us again for no good reason! I won't let her!" He then charged at Loke who narrowly dodged it and punched him in the stomach with his Regulus punch, sending him into Gray's Ice make Shield.
"Natsu," He looked at Gray's serious face, "I want you and Erza to go after Lucy, I'll stay behind and fight Loke. He may be contracted to Lucy, but he still is Loke and I know him well."
Natsu and Erza nodded and ran into the forest, Loke tried to stop them but was struck by Gray's Ice make Lance, "Your battle's with me, Loke."
Loke smirked but that quickly faded away into a frown, "Do you really think you can defeat the leader of the Twelve Zodiac by yourself? You've gotten quite full of yourself, Gray?"
Gray didn't take his eyes off Loke just in case so he didn't try anything funny, "The guild masters will help me, right?"
He looked behind as his jaws dropped to the ground to see the guild masters relaxing like they were on holiday, "NO FUCKING WAY?!"
He sighed as he stripped off the clothes he had just put on after the fight with Lullaby, "Alright then, let's do this!"
Lucy leaned against a tree to catch her breath, she heard rustling behind a bush and saw Natsu's spiky pink hair popping out making him stand out.
She sighed, He never changes, does he?
She took a bronze key that was in a shape of a sword with intricate designs, "Open, gate of the hero, Hercules!"
The ding dong sound once again rang in the air as a man with caramel brown hair and sky blue eyes wearing a simple white chiton with a lion cape (The Nemean Lion) as a cloak materialized in front of Lucy. He turned around to Lucy who was panting from all the running and summoning two spirits at once. The bright light made Natsu jump out of his 'hiding' place and into the open.
"What can I do for you today, Lucy?" He asked her with a dashing smile, she rolled her eyes and pointed at Natsu.
"I need you to stop him, don't badly injure him just stop him from following me while I escape." He nodded, letting her escape once again.
He faced him and was about to strike at him until a dash of red hair shielded him with its sword, it then turned out to be Erza with a stern look plastered on her face.
"I see Lucy has acquired new spirits... Natsu, you go on ahead and catch up with Lucy while I'll deal with this spirit." She said while the 'spirit' growled in annoyance.
"This 'spirit' has a name which is Hercules." He growled as he lunged for Erza, his celestial bronze sword Yūsha (I made it up, it means hero) in hand while she blocked it with her Heaven's Wheel Armour.
She pushed him away and charged at him, nodding at him which gave him the signal to escape the battle that was about to commence and chased after Lucy.
Luckily, thanks to his dragon nose he was able to track down Lucy easily, he finally caught up to her by the side of a lake so he snuck up to her as quiet as possible and grabbed her by the waist. She widened her eyes and was squirming in his tight grasp trying to pry off his arms.
"Let me go! Let me-"
"Calm down, Lucy. It's me, Natsu..." She stopped struggling and calmed down but she started to break down, crying in his warm embrace.
"Natsu...please let me go...I can't-"
"Why?" He cut off her as she looked at him with those innocent eyes he missed, "Why did you fake your death? Do you know how upset all of us were then we saw you die in the guild? Erza almost sacrificed herself just to save me and the rest of us at the Tower of Heaven, so I ask you again. Why did you do it?" He said in a terrifyingly calm tone.
She gasped a little from his sudden outburst but pushed him away and stood up, "I'm sorry if I almost died, Natsu but I just can't explain it. Now if excuse me, Natsu, I'll be taking my leave now."
As she was about to walk away he grabbed her hand and pulled her into a warm hug, surprised at first then she started to tear up and eventually hugged him back.
"Please stay, Lucy... I want you to come back to the guild with me, please?" He pleaded.
She nodded and continued to stay in this position until Erza made her appearance and halted in her tracks when she saw Natsu and Lucy in each other's lovers embrace which made her blush, making Hercules crash into her in result leaving them on the forest floor. They quickly got off each other and saw Lucy and Natsu just staring at them, Lucy then smiled.
"Hercules, you can return to the celestial spirit world now." He gave her a small simple bow then returned back.
The ride back was a silent and uncomfortable I mean that would make sense, wouldn't it? The girl who they thought to be dead was sitting right in front of them, her golden yellow hair perfectly laid out outlining her facial and body features quite well. Makarov was the one to break the ice.
"I won't force you to answer but why didn't you at least tell us that you were alive?" She only turned away and gazed out of the window, admiring the scenery passing by.
He sighed as they all gave each other a look but were surprised at Lucy's answer.
"She told me not to tell you guys, she said that I have to train harder so I could get stronger for the upcoming events in the future..." Natsu was about to open his mouth but Erza smacked her hand over his mouth, he crossed his arms and laid back.
Lucy was surprised at the very least, Natsu usually would shout out what he wanted to say but this wasn't the case.
"Who is 'she', Lucy?" Erza asked as Lucy owlishly tilted her head to the side.
"Isn't it obvious? It's R who told me I should train." All of their mouths hanged open as she lightly chuckled, "Close your mouths or else you'll attract flies!"
Gray closed his mouth, "Lucy..." His bangs covered his eyes as his fist started shaking, "Why? Why did you stay away from us this whole time?" He looked up with tears in the corners of his eyes until he let it go.
She flinched at the sight of him crying so freely, she looked at Erza who began to comfort Gray to stay strong but she could that herself was trying to keep a strong posture. She then looked to Natsu who was trying to avoid her gaze and looked the other way, she glanced down at the keys in her hands which warmed up to her touch and glowed a soft yellow light.
She then started to cry too, she sobbed in her hands grabbing all of their attention, "I'm -hic- so -hic- sorry for -hic- not telling you -hic- guys straight away -hic-!" She hiccuped between each word.
They all grouped around her and hugged her, surprising her until she found the strength to hug back.
No offence to them but I think hugs are too sappy, that's my opinion but I wrote this because in anime logic who doesn't like hugs from their favorite character? I mean sure, if I met my favorite characters (*cough* Alibaba, Deku and Karma *cough*) then I would hug them... okay maybe not Karma since he is uhmm psychotic but he is my psychotic bae friend. I am so sorry for you reading my random ramblings and carry on reading below :P.
When they arrived at Magnolia Station, they got off the train and headed towards the guild hall. When exited the station they received many strange and shocked looks from the people.
"Isn't that Fairy Tail?"
"Yeah, I heard their team saved the guild masters."
"Hold on a minute, isn't that Lucy from fairy Tail?"
"Yeah, I heard she was dead two years ago!"
"Those look like some good grapes, Imma go buy them!"
The one person who doesn't have a serious comment.
Before the entered the guild hall, Natsu stopped her.
"You might wanna take a deep breath first before we go in," She nodded and took a deep breath, she sensed a warm hand on her shoulder and saw Erza with a kind smile on her face.
"Don't worry, Lucy, everything will be fine." Erza stated as she smiled in response to that.
She then pushed open the doors as the loud chattering died down when they saw the figure at the door way, gasps and muffled sobs could be heard from the crowd. She stepped forward and beamed at them.
"It's nice to see you, minna." Disbelief ran through their heads, but when they saw the faces of Team Natsu it was obvious that they were faces of pure joy and not forced.
"LUCY/LUCY-NEE-SAMA/LUCY-SAN!" They all rushed towards her and tackled her to the ground, crushing her underneath all their weight."
Lisanna was the closet to Lucy in this ginormous hug, "Lucy-san! I'm so sorry for being so naive!"
She rubbed her head with a sympathetic smile, "I forgive you, Lisanna. I've always had... but please, get off meeee!" She choked out as the weight of the guild members started make her struggle for air.
When they didn't listen, Natsu's fist was engulfed in flames as he punched the members away with his Iron Fist attack, annoying them they ganged up on him.
"What was that for?!"
"Is it so bad to welcome back a former friend?!"
"Idiot! We should teach you a lesson but not in front of Lucy!"
"I need a break from all this drama, hey a beer over here!"
Laughing at their antics, Lucy placed a hand on Natsu's shoulder smiling at them, "Forgive him you guys, he only wanted you to get off me since I couldn't breath."
Makarov's eyes twinkled with amusement, "Now that's all over, let's get this party started! Mira, bring out the beer!"
She smirked as she gave him a thumbs up, "Sure thing old geezer, hey bro could you help me?"
He flexed his muscles, "Sure thing sis, after all helping is MANLY!" They all awkwardly chuckled at his phrase as he headed down to the basement with Mira as they cheered and celebrated the return of their once thought dead guild mate.
Later on in the middle of the party...
Lucy sat on a table with lots of presents and beer jugs surrounding her, the party they had thrown for her was a lively one probably the liveliest Magnolia ever witnessed. R had walked in the middle of it and had dodged an incoming chair that was flying towards her, she looked for one sane person amidst all of this and saw Lucy so she weaved through the crowd and sat next to her.
She giggled, "They never do change, don't they?"
Reese rested her head in her arms, "Frankly I think its getting tiring, but their excitement never rests. Reminds me of someone else I knew..."
Lucy perked up, "Who?"
R tapped her chin, "Let's see...idiot with purple hair in a pony tail and a major playboy... ah yes, Sinbad."
Lucy eyes widen as her jaw to the floor, "You mean, Sinbad? As in the first person to ever capture the first Dungeon?!"
R hummed, "Yes, I suppose that vaguely reminds me of him..."
Lucy fell to floor in exasperation but got back up to her feet, "Please tell me how you met him!"
R shrugged, "Sure, now if I remember correctly it was two years ago..."
Flashback...
A/N: Reminder, R is Reese, continue.
Reese was sitting beside Mavis on Tenrou Island, just talking until small white birds started to surround Reese. They both knew what was going to happen next so Mavis made a promise with her.
"When you come back, the next time you visit please let me with you!"
Reese smiled, "I won't forget."
She then disappeared along with the Rukh leaving Mavis alone. In a bright place, she heard faint noises. Were those voices?
"I have seen everything I needed, take this emblem as proof of your capture and you should also take this."
"A golden flower? But why?"
"You'll see... now I will teleport you out of the dungeon."
Dungeon? Isn't that ominous structure that first appeared in New Partavia?
She then heard cheers of praise that quickly turned into shouts of hate as she then heard a calm voice, after a boy's voice saying.
"Release me and bless me with your help."
She smiled as the Rukh once again circled around her and transported her to the outside she opened her eyes she had found that her clothing and surroundings had changed , she was wearing a white baggy crop top with golden designs and an oval ruby at the bottom revealing the top part of her cleavage, she had long sleeveless sleeves (?) that started from her shoulder to her middle finger and thumb, to finish it off she wore white baggy harem pants with gold designs on the top an another ruby supporting it along with fancy leather sandals. Her hair was down, leaving it up to her checked for her necklace and her charm bracelet, finding it she felt relieved to see it was still there.
She looked around at her surroundings and saw herself, a boy with long purple hair in a ponytail and wore an unusual outfit with gold hoop earrings, a man with strange green clothing and long pale blond hair in a plait as he was holding a staff. There were also soldiers with shocked expressions with a boy with their spears up probably because:
1. Some random girl covered in the Rukh just appeared out of a flower.
2. A fair amount of energy was pouring out of her.
The blond haired man smiled as he looked at the purple haired teen who also had a look of shock on his face, he snapped out of his gaze and nodded at Reese, "Thank you for assisting me, mysterious one."
She nodded as she summoned vines to shield herself from the soldiers as she then introduced herself to him.
"My name is Reese, I am a travelling independent mage, what is your name?"
He smiled widely, "My name is Sinbad from Tison Village, the first Dungeon Capturer and I plan to change the world with this power! He said as he raised his sword to the sky, emitting a bright blue light.
Her eyes widen when she saw a great amount of Rukh flutter around him wildly, 'So he is the one I must help...'
Sinbad and Reese looked at the blond haired male as them and the treasure floated in the air.
"Yunan! What's going on?"
He smiled in response, "This is my gift to you Sinbad."
They then shot across the sky, landing in Tison Village with Sinbad crashing into the bags of treasure while Reese landed on her feet. A boy with a white bandanna across his head ran up to Sinbad along with a lady behind him, "Sinbad! Why would you leave Ersa for two months ?"
She raised an eyebrow at this but followed after him and manipulated the wind to carry his treasure, people stared at her ad she walked by with the treasure trailing above her . She then saw the Rukh slowly leaving a small house and headed towards it only to sense a sad vibe from there. Who was this Ersa to Sinbad?
As she approached the doorway, she heard a shaky voice along with sobbing.
"Honey, is that you? If I'm seeing you then this means I don't have much time left in this world. Our Sinbad has left on a journey with your sword. He looks and acts so much like you but he has your kind heart, he is always headstrong, reckless and full of energy..."
"Mum," He choked out, Reese's eyes widening, filled with sympathy.
"Sin..I love..you..." She then went limp.
The women at the door started sobbing while Sinbad was shaking, letting his tears drop freely to the floor. She walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, "There is nothing I can do to cave you mother but I can assure you that she is in a better place, she is with Badr within the Great Flow looking over you..."
A few days later...
The news that a Dungeon had been captured by a mere 14 year child had spread like wildfire across the land, cheering up war-worn the other hand, the fact that the Dungeon had been captured by a citizen child made the nobility think bitterly about the capturer.
"So your the one they call Sinbad, huh?" Seredine glared as Sinbad gave her a charming smile.
"I'm flattered to know a pretty girl like you know about me." She growled as she lunged forward to strike him with her sword.
"Do you ever shut your mouth?"
He easily dodged all of her attacks and knocked off her chest plate, revealing parts of her cleavage making her blush in embarrassment and quickly cover it with her arms. He then picked her up and threw her over his shoulder, "Wait a minute, what are you doing?!"
He smirked, "Isn't it obvious? I'm taking you as my hostage!"
"Princess, no!" Her attendants shouted as they helplessly stood by and watched as she was carried away onto a boat.
He then plopped her into a barrel on one the side of the boat as another woman sat on the other side, "Did he take you hostage as well?"
She shook her head and sighed, "Unfortunately I came on my own tradition," She gave her a questioning look, "I mean free will."
They then started to move as Sinbad hopped on board, he looked at Seredine and smiled while picking up the barrel was in and threw her into the sea not far away from the shoreline.
"Yunan tells me that barrels are kinda cosy so you should be fine until help arrives, welp it was great having you as my hostage, you little cutie." He winked at her flirtatiously.
Her head popped out of the barrel and waved her hand in the air furiously, "I'll never forgive you for this Sinbad!"
He waved her comment off and sailed into the distance, his arms wide open embracing the cold fresh air. Reese sweat dropped at his dramatic pose, "Did you really have to do that?"
He grinned, "Yeah, after all its all for changing the world."
She shook her head, "I will never get you sometimes."
A few days later out at sea...
Sinbad fell to the boat's floor frozen, saying that he was cold was an understatement. It was fucking freezing! He shivered as he then looked at Reese, who was also shivering badly,hugged her legs close together, although she was cold she still had a bit of warmth in her so he huddled closer to him making her glare
at the male.
"W-what are y-you doing, I-idiot?" She chattered through teeth
"We s-should h-huddle together to maint-tain body heat s-so we w-won't f-freeze to death!" He exclaimed as he shivered some more.
Reese would've took out her Fire Phoenix crystal but there was no fire nearby so that wasn't possible, she finally sighed in defeat as they both huddled closer for more warmth until they heard a roar in the distance making them snap out of their freezing state.
She then summoned her Air Phoenix Crystal and manipulated the wind to speed them up, when they arrived at the scene they saw a man with blue hair missing a large narwhal by an inch and a girl laying unconscious on an upturned boat. She felt the boat rock a bit as she then saw Sinbad shirtless and pointing his sword at the monster, his sword emitting a blue aura.
"Lightning Strike, let's go!" he shouted.
A deep rumble banged through the dark, cloudy sky then a lightning bolt crashed down on to the large narwhal, electrocuting it to death surprising the blue haired man. Sinbad smirked in victory as she just sighed in annoyance.
"You know, I could have just drowned it easily, right?" She crossed her arms.
"But where's the fun in that? Plus you have to admit, it was pretty flashy."
"Flashy attracts unwanted attention."
"You're no fun. Wait a minute-" He then hugged his bare chest, "I-it's freezing!"
Reese then karate chopped his head, "Idiot!"
They then started to argue, more like Reese lecturing Sinbad, not noticing the blue haired man was blankly staring at them, 'I seem to be out of the loop...'
Reese, being the mature one out of the both of them, then stopped arguing and noticed the man staring at them as she laughed nervously at him, "Sorry you had to wait there, do have any place nearby we could stay? We've been adrift at see for quite a while you see so the idiot had lost his sense of courtesy."
Sinbad gave her a 'hey' earning him a slap on the back, the man sighed and nodded. He gently picked up the girl in his arms and swam towards them, getting into their boat Reese then summoned her Water Phoenix Crystal to control the waves to carry the narwhal to shore. Sinbad stared at Reese.
"You really depend on your powers, don't you?"
She shrugged, "Eh, you could say that but to be honest with you, there have been times where my powers have brought me misfortune. Speaking of powers, wanna check out my water guns?" She asked the last part ecstatically, water circling her hand that were in a gun pose.
Both men quickly shook their heads which Reese pouted to, she sulked at the corner of the boat away from all of them drawing circles on the wooden floor muttering 'party poopers' under her breath making both men sweat drop at the 'mature' girl.
When they arrived at shore, the waves laid the narwhal on the sand just beside their boat as they got off they then heard groaning behind them and turned around to see the girl with blue hair waking up. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the group of them then at the narwhal behind, her eyes sparkled as she ran upto the dead beast and climbed on top of it.
"You did it! You really did, Hina! Now you can prove that your not just a swimmer!" Hina flinched and looked down but she didn't notice.
She slide down it, poking its burnt scales, "Why is it burnt?"
They did a little panic dance behind her back until Sinbad fortunately 'saved' them and took her hand into his, "That doesn't matter, what matters is how does someone like you look so dazzling?" I have no idea if this is what he says but meh.
Her eyes widen then stared at him with a blank look, "Huh?"
He let go and turned around, muttering 'shit' under his breath while Reese was uncontrollably laughing on the floor. After they had sorted the situation out they started a campfire on the side of a small cliff, they introduced themselves as Piprika and Hina.
"The reason why his name is Hina is because to get your warrior name you must hunt a Southern Narwhal and now that he has done that he can finally ask her out!"
Hina blushed and told his sister to stop, "You two know so much about to each other, don't you?"
She nodded while Hina stayed silent, "Well yeah, since we're not allowed to leave the village that often we get to know everyone so we're like one big family!"
Reese smiled sadly at her, "That's sound like fun."
Sinbad stopped munching on the charbroiled narwhal chunk that they had cut up into pieces, "What's wrong?"
She shook her head, "Nothing, its just...my mum is always so busy and I always see my dad at home, my brother...I haven't seen him ever since my boyfriend died..."
They stared at her with sympathetic eyes, "Well there is no use for moaning for the past, we can only hope for the future!"
They carried on eating in silence until they fell asleep, Pipika fell asleep on Reese's lap as she laid her head ontop of Piprika's both slightly snoring. Only Sinbad and Hina remained awake, Sinbad loomed over the two of them.
"This is a golden moment, I'll show little Miss Perfect who- hey, is there something wrong?"
He looked at Hina who was staring at the sea, "How can I go home? I didn't even kill the narwhal, you did. This doesn't prove anything for me..."
He then stood up and placed a hand on his shoulder, "hey, don't worry about it. We just figure it in the morning."
Unbeknownst to them, someone was awake and listening in on their conversation.
The next morning they set off to Imuchakk in their boat, Piprika and Sinbad kept pestering Reese for more stories of other places she had travelled to-
"Wait, how many places have you traveled to?" Lucy asked.
She responded with a glare, "How many time do I have to drill into your head that I DO NOT LIKE TO BE INTERRUPTED!" Fortunately her outburst went unnoticed by the rest of the guild who were busy getting drunk, she knocked back a flying chair that was coming for her at the person, "Now as I was saying-"
-and so she eventually told them with Hina listening in. They then arrived at the snowy terrain of Imuchakk as Sinbad sneezed, the two of you had a new pair of clothing fitting for the weather but it was the best they could do I mean after all the cold never bothered them anyway. Sorry, I had to make that pun.
Anyways, when they arrived they saw people gathering at the entrance while children ran up to them excitedly. An old man came up to them with a proud look on his face, "My son, you have finally come home."
"Father! We're back!" Piprika ran up to him and hugged him while he rubbed her back, he then spotted the two of them.
"Hello there sir, my name Sinbad and I-"
"Outsiders are not allowed in Imuchakk, leave immediately." He cut him off as pointed to the bay.
"Wait, they have something to tell you!" Piprika quickly fitted in.
He narrowed his eyes at Reese who only smiled in return. They were then lead into a cabin on top of a hill, they then sat down in front of the old man and was offered some steaming hot soup.
"Now I ask you, what are you doing this icy region? I have given you a new set a clothes and my kind hospitality so speak." Sinbad placed his bowl soup on the floor.
"My name is Sinbad, my friend over here is Reese," She then glanced at them then carried on drinking her soup, "We are travelling all around the world to establish a friendship with all countries, starting with Imuchakk."
The old man inspected Reese, "And what about you?"
She smacked her lips together and set her finished bowl of soup on the floor, "I follow him no matter how stupid the situation is, after all I am his baby sitter."
He slipped out a 'hey!' making him receive a slap on the head, the old man chuckled at their childish antics as he then circled round to Hina, "A strange structure has appeared up north in the mountains, we are sending a team to search the place and-"
"Don't," The old man gave Sinbad a questioning look, "That place isn't just there for show, the place is what you call a Dungeon."
Hina rubbed his chin, "I've heard of that, its a place where plenty of men have ventured inside to capture it only for it to be conquered by a 14 year old boy then adventuring with a girl who emerged from a flower."
Sinbad stood up, "That boy is me while the girl is Reese," She then gave them an awkward wave.
The old man glared at them, "I do not tolerate posers in my village."
Sinbad then stood up and unsheathed his sword revealing a warm blue glow with the eight pointed star the placed it back, the old man rubbed his chin, "I suppose that emblem represents your capture of the Dungeon but what about her?" He pointed at Reese.
She remained a calm facade, "Are Sinbad's words not the truth?" Sinbad looked taken back, she had never used his real name before.
The old man looked tense then relaxed at her calm face, "I believe you, we must prepare Hina's warrior festival before dawn! Come, you can join in the festivities!"
Later on...
Reese laid down on her bed, staring at the ceiling thinking over the past events. She looked over at Sinbad who was soundlessly asleep muttering things in his sleep, he had too much to drink from the celebration. She rolled to the other side, not noticing a dark figure entering the cabin discreetly as he sat on the scaffolding above Sinbad.
He smirked and lunged down with Sinbad unknowingly kicking him in the stomach trying to flirt with a woman in his dream, he crashed onto the floor making a loud thump only awaking Sinbad and Reese.
They leapt out of bed now alert of the danger that stood infront of them, before any of them could make a move the figure threw red strings at Sinbad tightly and started jumping around the room. She tried to help him but got kicked back by the boy.
Sinbad remained calm as he watched the boy approach him with arrow heads in hand only for him to block him with his one free arm.
"You missed a spot." He then threw him back in to the wall making the strings drop to the ground, he quickly got up and lunged for him again but he then saw Sinbad's sword glow. His eyes widen as he slashed at him, Reese ran over to him and tied him up with Hina running in.
"Are you serious, idiot? You could have killed him!"
"In all honesty, he tried to kill me first."
"That does seem fair..."
"Hina, you weren't even here. Come on, let's move some stuff out of the way." She said as he heard scraping and chattering. They then started to interrogate him, Sinbad stood firm with his arms crossed fully recovered from the fight while sat with her legs crossed.
"Who are you?! Why are you trying to kill Sinbad!?" Hina shouted as Reese placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Calm down, shouting at him will do nothing but scare him."
"You really think I'm just some scared little kid?" The boy said as Sinbad crouched down to his level.
"At least we now know you can speak, tell me. Why are you trying to kill me?"
Hina stood there shocked, "How are you speaking to him so calmly? He is trying to kill you!"
He faced Hina, "I'm using words as discipline, he is still a kid."
"Who are you calling a kid? You're one as well!" He shouted
"I'm older than you."
"Yeah he might be older but he is totally irresponsible." He glared at her.
"What you mean I'm not responsible? I captured a Dungeon.
"You threw a princess in a barrel for no reason and took your shirt off in the freezing cold, not to mention you drunk wine while your still under aged I beg to differ, idiot."
The boy watched as the two of them continued arguing, secretly cutting the rope. Reese then spoke out of turn.
"Stop cutting the rope," His eyes widened, how did she know. She then faced him, "You're a bit too young to kill people, reason?"
He glowered, "Why would you want to know?"
This time Sinbad spoke, "Partavia must have sent you to kill me, like she said to be an assassin at a young age is quite remarkable."
He let out an audible sneer and stared him in the eye, his emerald orbs staring into his golden ones, "Did you just sneer at me? You have some serious attitude problems...are you even listening to me?"
He broke away and looked to the side, Reese sighed, "At your age you shouldn't be even doing this, what did your parents teach you?"
She could see in his eyes that this was originally forced, slowly turned into his daily lifestyle. She couldn't help but feel sympathetic.
"Don't look at me with those eyes, I hate it! Shut your pathetic mouths!"
"You should watch your mouth, don't you think that will bring shame to your parent's name? From how the way they raised you?" He then started laughing.
"I killed my parents! And it felt good as well! What, are you scared now?" Reese beated Sinbad to it as she slapped him in the face.
"You shouldn't be proud of that, they are the ones who raised you from when you were the child, the people who loved you the most, the only people you could trust...no matter how good or bad the reason must have been they are still your flesh and blood!" She shouted as everyone looked startled at her.
She never shouted, especially at kids. Maybe this triggered something from her past...
"Who do you think you are to judge me?" Reese gazed into his eyes as she placed a hand on his forehead as both of their eyes turned white.
"What's going on?"
The two's minds muted out the sound around them as they traveled through his memories, flashes of when he was once a joyful child playing with his parents, all with smiles present on their faces. Then it turned a corner to blood splattered all over the floor, two lifeless bodies laid on the floor as he knelled on the floor crying, then the life of him being an assassin flashed in their minds until it was up to date.
She released her hand from his head and smiled, "Don't worry, Ja'far. Leave that life behind. You're all alone, so what? Have you forgotten what you have and what is yours? Your blessings aren't your flaws, they are your strength."
(I might have stolen some lines from you can be king)
He stumbled back, surprised she could even use that kind of magic. He hadn't heard that name in a while, Ja'far...
His eyes soften, obvious that he wanted to take her hand, but it then suddenly turned cold as he slashed her cheek blood spilling onto the floor with the thin blade, she didn't notice the blood dripping from her cheek.
"Reese!" Sinbad called out as he glared at Ja'far.
Before he could grab him, smoke filled the room making it difficult to see. They all coughed as Sinbad heard one final thing.
"Next time I will kill you, Sinbad. But don't bring her into this." He breathed into his ear as he could hear nimble footsteps exiting the cabin.
Reese then used her Air Phoenix Crystal to clear out the smoke as Reese and Hina looked confused at what had happened, she looked at Sinbad who was showing hints of distress.
"Are you okay?"
He jumped from the comment but then looked at her cut, "You're bleeding!"
She touched it but waved it off, "Who hasn't seen their own blood? What I should be worried about is you, what happened?"
He shook it off and grinned, "It's nothing, where's Ja'far?"
They all looked around to see that he had disappeared into thin air (In our case thick smoke), Piprika ran into the room.
"Are you all okay? We saw smoke coming from this cabin and came as soon as we could!" Hina calmed her down.
Reese couldn't shake off the feeling that people were keeping secrets, she called it a night and went to sleep.
The next morning...
Someone slammed the door open, waking up a disgruntled Reese and a surprised idiot.
"Wassup?" She grumbled while rubbing her eyes, her hair a wild mess. No one wakes up perfect.
"It's Hina!" She showed them a note, "He said that he went to capture the Dungeon to prove himself worthy!"
Both of their eyes widened as they both stumbled out of bed and quickly changed, Sinbad was the first to finish.
"Where is the Dungeon?" She pointed towards the northern mountains and looked back to see Reese just standing at the door, "Sorry but I can't-"
She cut him off, "I'm not coming, there something that must be done. Go."
Little did he know that she knew what Ja'far had told Sinbad, he ran off into the direction Hina ran off in as Reese then closed her eyes.
"You might wanna take a couple of steps back, don't wanna get sucked in." They did what they were told and stepped back, they started to fell rumbling under their feet as a large black hole in the ground emerged and sucked Reese into it then disappeared without a trace.
When she then popped out of the ground, she shook of the dirt on her and looked around seeing herself in a icy blue treasure room and saw a ruby necklace. She smiled and lifted herself up to the second storey.
"I hope you don't mind if I just watch their battle from here, Valefor." She heard a soft hum and used a clairvoyance spell, "Secanza!"
Then a screen appeared out of the mist and revealed Hina and Sinbad fighting against Ja'far, a stretchy man with a gorilla man along with a green haired armored boy and someone who struck someone familiar to Reese. She waved it off and continued to watch their battle until Hina took Sinbad into his arms and swam away with him leaving the sorceress to freeze the lake.
They then picked up the orb and placed it into the hole in the door, pushing it open revealing the treasure. She couldn't even be bothered to hide herself so she stood in place but they didn't notice her.
"So what now?" The pink haired stretchy one asked as Dragul walked towards the necklace.
"We must summon the djinn," He then rubbed the tips of his fingers against the gem as it glowed releasing a large blue wolf-like djinn.
"I AM VALEFOR, THE FOURTH DJINN OF ICE, THE DJINN OF FALSEHOOD AND PRESTIGE. WHO SHALL CLAIM MY POWER?" He bellowed as she rolled her eyes to his dramatic entrance, he seriously reminded her of Igneel.
Drakon stepped forward, "I shall claim that power."
He raised an eyebrow at him, "And what shall you do with it?"
He placed a hand across his chest, "I will present it to the emperor with the power and serve my country."
The djinn yawned, "Aw, and after putting so much power into this first impression, they are quite the pathetic candidates," He then shrunk down to a more cuddlier version of himself, "I think that was a waste, don't you think Reese?"
"Well, it depends on how you look at it. I personally thinks its a noble and stupid answer," They then looked up to see her perched on the railing, Ja'far's eyes widen and accusingly pointed at her.
"You! What are you doing here? I thought I told Sinbad to leave you at the village!" She twirled her hair.
"He did but I came by my own accord to watch over the fight, don't worry. I'm not here to capture the djinn, why should I? I am the one who created the first ten djinns and gave them power." They all stared at her in disbelief except the sorceress, she then pointed at her, "You however are not permitted to be here, dark vessel."
She took out her Light Phoenix Crystal and chanted, "Binding fate," Then light coiled around Falan as she then transformed into a doll, Dragul picked up the doll bewildered at what the sorceress was.
"What the..."
"Unfortunately she isn't dead, her real body is someplace else. And unfortunately I can't reason her about Alma Toran..." She mumbled the last part.
Just then Sinbad and Hina ran into the situation, Sinbad immediately noticed Reese watching.
"Reese? What are you doing here? I thought you stayed in the village?" She shook her head.
"I never said I would stay the village, I said that I wasn't coming. Like I said to the assassin, I came by own accord to watch over the fight." She left Sinbad speechless.
Dragul ignored them but Valefor didn't, his face cracked into a amused grin, "Well I seems we have more challengers arriving, fine I will now set up a challenge." Vittel stepped forward.
"Could we partake in the challenge?" He asked while he grinned.
"Of course, all of you have the potential to become King Vessels." Reese squinted at the djinn, she obviously knew what he was playing at. She had created the djinn, he was trying to turn them against each other with this game he was playing at.
He then summoned a small cat, "This is my descendant , Minfor, if you catch him then you can claim the power as king. If no one is able to catch him then, " He looked down grinning, "You will all be trap in here forever with one another." He then returned to normal and lazily pointed at Reese, "Except her, she can leave whenever she wants."
She remained an indifferent look, "Do whatever you numskulls want, I'm only here to supervise."
They began to try and catch the nimble creature until Sinbad suggested that they should all work together to catch, obviously lying about not partaking because he already had a djinn. Did they not realize it would snatch it out of their hands? Cause that was what he did.
They all shouted profanities at him until he let out that he desired the djinn the most, claiming that he wants to change the world. Suddenly swarms of White Rukh swirled around him then picturing an older version of him, she smiled but then frowned as she saw Ja'far Sinbad trick him and slash his hand.
"Are you sure about your decision, Ja'far?" He whirled round.
"What do you mean, lady?"
She jumped off the ledge but not landing on the floor but on the air, "You don't have to walk the path of darkness anymore, you can take the door you should have taken before but someone before taught me everything and everyone is tied into the string of fate. It has decided for this mission to be mandatory, Ja'far make your decision."
He slightly gasped and looked to the ground, about to say something until he began to choke up some black substance along with Vittel and Mahado. they all took a step back in fear except Reese who stood paralyzed, confused and frightened on what was going on.
"That magic...how?"
"They ate one of my dark berries that turns them into a black demon," A calm voice said as it turned out to be Falan with closed eyes, "They are the perfect power source for the beast, their Rukhs are completely pitch black with their consciousness aimlessly floating around."
Reese growled, "Falan, why don't we just talk it out? You free them and I-"
"No more compromising, you honestly remind me of that annoying Solomon." With a flick of her hand the beast began to move, "Now you will join him in death."
Time skip because it taking so long...
All of them watched the demon began to reform from Ja'far, Reese growled, deathly glaring into Falan's poisonous green eyes then at the pale assassin body being consumed by the dark Rukh. She did the unexpected and summoned her crescent staff chanting a spell, "Memerious Alclenze!" Then a bright light shined out of his eyes, slightly blinding everyone as she looked back at Sinbad.
"Sinbad! I need you to stick your hand into Ja'far! I'm using a spell to transfer you into his mind similar to Solomon's Wisdom, please help him rise from the fallen. Help me not suffer no more, if I could I would be there with him but this spell is already putting a strain on me so hurry!"
He nodded, following her instructions and stuck his hand into him.
He opened his eyes to see his eyes in a white realm with bloody footprints leading up to what seemed as a young Ja'far crying with an older version shouting at him that something was for survival. Sinbad stared at them sadly then remembered Reese's last words before he got transferred here.
"You've lived a past life but that doesn't define who you are, to remember who you are you need to forget what they told you to be."
"How can I do that after all I done? Who would forgive me?" He cried as he then unexpectedly hugged him.
"Me, your friends and Reese. She begged me to help save you since she couldn't come here because of the spell." Then a small white rukh fluttered with swarms of it following on after.
As they both opened their eyes, they both laid on the ground.
"Glad you both made it back alive, thanks to you the demon is gone and I've destroyed Falan's doll to prevent her from coming back." She eyeballed Sinbad, "I think there is something you should claim."
He grinned, "Thanks for helping along the way, Reese!"
She dismissed him, "Don't mention, now go before I decide to close this dungeon." He walked towards Valefor and took the amulet as their surroundings dissolved into the outside world with large bags of Treasure overfilling them. As they cheered their captures, Dragul said his goodbyes to Sinbad and walked off into the distance not knowing his Household magic.
She smiled and began to walk off to until Sinbad stopped her, "Where are you going? The party is going to start."
She smiled, "Unfortunately my mission ends here, I must go back to my friend who is waiting for me, "She summoned a hood, "But our paths cross once again."
Jeez that was really long
Arigato~
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