Hiya guys! Aw, only (#reviews). Oh, well that's still more than I hoped for when I started this fic.

Alright, so I mentioned replying to reviews!

Guest 1 May 17: Glad you want more, I hope you're one of the recent visitors and that I get to hear something back from you~ :D Would really nice!

Frozen Peaches: I pm'd you, but yep I will be continuing this, and the chapters will sit around 3000~+ words. Hope you really enjoyed chapter two, and like the rest of the story.

Guest 2 May 18: Yay, glad you liked the little bit I wrote, and get a chance to write your opinions of Chapter 2 along with all other chapters.

Random Fan: Well, I love you, too! XD Glad you liked it, and continue to enjoy it!

Guest 3 May 20: As a later reviewer mentioned, their love/hate relationship is very intense! I hope that I can capture that during the backstory, but Judar will be a bit more open with his Moron. Still mischievous, but a bit laid back now that he's welll….. I can't continue on without ruining things. -looks away while whistling "Two Can Keep a Secret"-

JustaSinJuFan: Honestly, I have never really written with a schedule because of everything that goes on in my life. Some days I just want to sleep and not wake up until everything is worry-free, and some days I'm super productive. I can at least say that my stories get updated once a month (occasionally I'll lapse, but I'll apologize profusely if I do)… I hope that's okay with you, I just don't want to make writing feel like work or a chore, getting burnt out again does not make for completed stories. -rubs back of head shyly with a sweatdrop-

HelloILoveYou: Well, I am stoked you like it so much! Do please continue reading on, and hopefully you get plenty of intense feels from the story, I can say that I have a tearjerker/cringe-y plot lined up. Poor Dark Magi is gonna have a tough time later down the road. ;-) -snickers as I play with a voodoo doll of Judar pondering what mayhem I can create for the bastard of chaos-

To those that are reading and rereading, thank you. Seeing that number go up makes me happy! I know not everyone likes to leave words of encouragement, though they are great for when I'm in a slump, knowing you are reading this makes me wish to continue and strive to make you wanna talk about it. :D Eager to get writing, so here's a recap of last chapter followed by NEW CONTENT. WHAT IS IT?

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Groaning above his head had him lazily looking up to see mirthful crimson peering at him. "I hate you." A smile on those small lips and affection in his tone told the risky King all he needed to hear, I love you, and will always love you. While the Dark Magi couldn't say that yet, Sinbad knew one day he would.

"I love you, too, Judar, and always will." Pulling himself from the body under him, a groan leaving both at the sensation, "Let's wash up and get to bed. I think Ja'far will be after us if we don't get up early enough…"

At the mention of the white-haired general Judar grew an evil smirk and twinkle to his eyes, "Aw, can't we piss him off~ It's soooooo much fun!"

"You piss him off enough as is, I'm not gonna suffer his wrath more than I already do." Cupping the pouting chin of the equally childish Magi in both his hands, "But you may just convince me yet~" The purr he got in response had his heart hammering all over again, What am I gonna do with you.

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"DAMMIT SINBAD! JUDAR!" The King jolting up with a sweatdrop hanging from the side of his head as his bedmate huffed and rolled over with the covers over his head.

"Go away Freckles! Sleeping, here…"

"Like hell you are! Up. Now!" Ripping the sheets from both men to get his point across only to realize what a mistake it was to do so. Not the first time he's seen Sin nude, but the aggressive marks littering both pale and tan males would elicit a blush from Masrur.

A mischievous spark in crimson orbs as those dark lined eyes peek from over his shoulder before languidly sitting up, on full display, "Why if you wanted to admire God-like bodies all you had to do was ask nicely~" A dark chuckle leaving the Magi as the ex-assassin turned pink and looked away.

"That is not why I removed the sheets! Gah, just get up! Sinbad, you're late for a meeting with you know who." Immediately fast-walking out of the room Ja'far cursed the dark-haired male under his breath.

Ears perking at the hush-hush of the never mentioned meeting Judar peered defeatedly groaning King, "Sooooo~ Sin, who are you meeting with, that you felt unnecessary to inform me of?"

Having fallen back on the bed with an arm slung over his eyes Sin could only imagine the irritated curious expression that his lover's tone conveyed, "You really don't want to know, baby."

"Don't, baby, me. Who is it." It wasn't a question Judar's mood had swung like usual and Sin could feel the tip of a very pointy wand against his jugular.

"A member of the Kou Empire. Can you not ask-"

"Who is it!" Panic began to rise up in Judar's chest, his body broken out in a cold sweat, as the world started to shrink at an alarming rate.

"Fuck Ja'far. Oh, baby…" Sin sat up trying to think of the best way to calm down the panicking Magi, the air crackling from the concerned Black Rukh. Hyperventilating, Judar dropped the wand as both hands grasped the sides of his head, glossy-red eyes filled with fear meeting Sin's.

"Who is it!" Judar already knew who it was, the broken look on the Moron's face confirming his fears, "Oh…" His panic attack triggered without a chance to stop it as the memories came flooding back.

Judar had just left from the Al-Thamen hangout. Cuts littering his aching body, tears brimming his eyes as he re-clasped the choker around his neck, and fixed his chunnari so that it settled over his shoulders. Biting his lip to hold back a whimper he tried to convince himself that the last several hours of torture weren't in vain. After a close encounter between the Empress and Hakuryuu, Judar had cornered her demanding she leave the scarred teen alone. Gyokuen had turned and made the deal that she wouldn't touch any of her sons if Judar willingly became her plaything…

Plaything he was, she would lock them in a separate chamber, taking his wand, and… The images of her hands raking down his body, pulling at his clothes, and forcing herself onto him had the Magi retching. His skin crawling, the ghost of her grimy hands still in his mind, the disgusting sounds of her pleasure as she rode and choked him. The way she felt around his shaft sending rolls of disgust through him, but he knew better than to lose his erection.

The last time he lost it she slammed his head against the stone hard enough for him to pass out, but that wasn't the worst part... He desperately wished it was, yet he awoke to her cackling as one of her goons took him. The pain from that day always in his mind, reminding his that unless he wanted worse he'd better accept the bad.

Landing on a tree limb overlooking a small pond Judar repeated his thoughts out loud, "I am doing this to protect Hakuryuu, I am not going to let her near him, I will… I will... " Looking down into his reflection Judar didn't see the all-powerful and glamorous Magi he claimed to be, instead he saw a filthy mess brokenly meeting his gaze. He saw a worthless figure in his clothing, dead ruby eyes, a crumpling willpower, stained with markings of someone he didn't love. Someone that just wanted to toy with him, until he himself was a shell.

A sad shake of his head had his usually meticulous braid landing in his lap, even his hair didn't escape the soiling act, as he finally spoke his deepest wish, "I just want to be free," before the dams came down and he sobbed to himself under the lonely moon and stars. The dead of the night only making him feel so much smaller, but it was the perfect setting for someone as worthless as himself.

The scent of sandalwood and loose but warm arms cradling him was what Judar came back to from his terror-trip. He could hear himself sobbing, calling himself low names, but the broken and lonely feeling from the past wasn't as overwhelming as before. A deep baritone humming above him had the ravenette peering up as his sobs became eased out whimpers, the look on his lover's face making his heart clench.

Sinbad had his eyes closed, worry creases marring his brow, and a small frown tugging oddly at normally upturned lips. The purple-haired man should never frown, it wasn't for him, he looked too old and out-of-place with such an expression. Without opening his eyes Sin seemed to know when the worse was over as he spoke, "You're gonna be okay, Judar, you're free and here in Sindria with me. Nothing like Ko, nothing like Al'Thamen, you are not a puppet anymore, okay?" Slowly opening golden eyes while a very gentle and small smile formed as Judar finally collected himself, but didn't detach from the Moron holding him.

"Yeah, well the secrecy still sets me off, who is it, Sinbad." Judar maneuvered himself so that his back was to Sin's chest, one leg propped up on his other bent knee.

A deep sigh raising the comfortable Magi up and down, "Kouen Ren." Large tan fingers began a calming dance through the dark head of hair against his chest the second that the smaller male stiffened, "I assume he is here to find you again, think you can avoid him all day so I don't have to have someone babysit you?"

Crossing his arms over his slender chest with a scowl before looking up at the warm golden eyes above him, "I will not be humiliated like that, Sinbad. I will refrain from being where he can see me, but what do I get in return." A scandalous sparkle adding color to already bright red orbs sending Sin into a chuckling fit.

Using the one trait of the high-strung Magi that guaranteed the desired outcome, unless he found a way around it, the King played coy to pique the younger's curiosity, "That, my wild, is for me to know and you to find out."

"It isn't gonna be another run through with the private bathhouse, is it?" Judar asked as he rolled over to watch as his favorite Moron got up and began to dress for the aforementioned meeting.

Shooting the cat-like male currently eyeing him a coy smile and wink from over his bare tan shoulder, "Maybe… Maybe not…" Finishing arranging his robes and metal vessels Sin walked over to press a kiss to his lover's forehead, nose, then his mouth, "Be good and you will find out. If you get bored Alibaba and Aladdin are in the training room today, Hakuryuu is in the study hall with Spartos, and you know where your favorite person, besides me, to bother is. I will find you when I'm done." Kneeling over the cheshire grinning dark Magi with a smile of his own, "Is that enough to sate your impending boredom?"

"I'm sure if not, I will gleefully take matters into my own hands." He began to cackle like a madman while Sin sighed above him with an eyeroll.

"I love you, be good."

"I hate you, I won't." A tiny (almost unnoticeable) endearing smile on the normally maliciously grinning Magi's lips influenced a beaming and loving smile from the King of the Seven Seas.

Judar laid back in the large canopy bed for a moment as he thought about where to go and what trouble to get in so that Freckles would blow a gasket. I love making him lose that damn facade. Scoffing, the ravenette kicked ups his legs before using that momentum to launch himself (with a bit of air magic to help) up from the bed. Bustling around the room grabbing his freshly cleaned favorite outfit, Guess one of the maids was considerate enough to clean and bring these up… Whatever, I'll avoid them today.

Altering between pulling on his Indian style clothing, putting on his eyeliner, and fixing his mass of black waves. "Dammit it, Sin! Why'd you have to undo my braid and not even bother fixing the mess." An angry huff leaving the Dark Magi as he sat down to focus on detangling and rebraiding the heavy locks, My hair is thicker than your's you, Moron. After a good half hour at fighting with his hair Judar finally cried out in triumph before looking to the painting of him and Sin, glaring at the purple haired male, "I'm going to make you pay for that waste of time and hassle…" A dark glitter to his eyes before the troublesome Magi walked toward the balcony, stepping up on the rail with a wide smirk before falling forward, before utilizing gravity magic to coast through the air.

"Hmm, the Baby Magi is training with his Idiot Candidate… Wonder if I can play." Beelining toward the sparring grounds by the training building Judar collected the water from the air to create ice balls, intending on beaming the two idiots with them.

"Come on Alibaba! All that time in Reim, yet you can't out run me?" Judar could hear the Baby Magi taunt his Candidate.

"You're a magic-user, Ali! Shouldn't you not be physically fit?!" The giddy laughter from the bluenette had Judar rolling his eyes as he strolled up to the doors with his non-threatening weapons circling above him.

"Just because I'm a magic-user and Magi does not mean that I can afford to let my body be weak. So come on! Catch me! You can even Djinn-equip, if that'll help." Creaking the door open slowly and quietly Judar squeezed his small frame through and hid behind the nearest pillar with a maniacal grin.

Peeking around he could see Aladdin running, jumping, floating, being shockingly adept at evading the low grade fire attacks that Alibaba was attempting to hit him with. He's holding himself back from actually hurting the precious little Magi, Judar mockingly cooed in his head, as he readied the ice-balls. He positioned them around the top of the room where the sunlight was shining in, hiding them from sight, before sending two of his six at the blonde. The first strike hitting him in small of his bare back, the second getting him on the thigh, the shock from the cold making him momentarily lose his Djinn-equip.

Re-equipping before he fell too far from the air Alibaba cried out, "What was that!?" Looking toward Aladdin in disbelief, "You said you wouldn't attack me!"

"I didn't, Alibaba!" The younger Magi replied back his azure eyes darting around the room, "Judar?", he called out while futilely scanning the shadows for Black Rukh. The ravenette grinned wider as two more ice-balls were set loose, both for the younger Magi's thick skull. "OW! Dammit, Judar, I know for a fact you're here! I can sense that Rukh, and Sin said we'd be the first you'd seek out today!"

Scoffing, the called-out Magi stepped into the light, a cocky grin in place while both younger males looked toward him. "D'aww, did my little attacks hurt?"

"What are you wanting, Judar." Alibaba demanded with an edge to his tone, still not trusting the allied and changed Dark Magi that Sin goes on about at meetings.

"You're holding back." A scowl on his face, "Are you holding back on a Magi? Think we can't handle it?" As the blonde began to sputter as Judar ripped into him and Aladdin floated into his line of sight with a frown.

"Why Ali?" The bluenette inquired with a pout while the Dark Magi behind him smirked at the tension in the room.

I.. I -uh-... I didn't want to seriously hurt you…" His skin going bright red like the flames around his body.

"Hmmm… Then let me be your target, you pansy." Judar cracked a malicious grin before firing his last two ice-balls at the Prince's back, cackling at his expression when the cold collided with his bare skin.

Alibaba gritted his teeth before charging at the grounded Magi, his sword forming a fireball at the tip, but Judar jumped back and into the air in time to miss the weapon and cast small ice shards at the boy. Alibaba growled out at the older Magi when the shards cut his cheek and arms before spinning the blade in his hand as he charged after him faster.

"Amol Dherrsaiqa."

"Good mean business. Bring it runt!" Judar allowed the younger to close in on him, his pale skin coloring a bit with the heat radiating from Alibaba, before erecting an ice shield around his Borg. The flaming vortex from the sword surround the thick sphere of ice, the ravenette hummed in appreciation as it immediately cracked and melted it, then the heat reached him and he yelped in surprise. "Thalg Thalgeyya!" Ice tornado drew Alibaba in and spit him out across the battle-room.

Inside the spiralling wind and ice magic Alibaba was beginning to get annoyed at the ice cutting into, "Amon", calling out to his Djinn he brought forth more heat and flames. Drawing into himself while concentrating the heat before thrusting his arms and legs out to unleash the heat wave. Dissipating the wind and ice that was assaulting him, Alibaba smirk toward the excitedly laughing Dark Magi.

Dropping his Borg the ravenette stashed the ruby tipped wand back under his choli, "Alright, you stopped being a pansy with me!" A sly smirk was shot at the younger Magi before Judar winked toward the Prince suspended in front of him, "You gonna bore me now, so ta~" Floating back out toward the entrance Judar made off to find his favorite little scarred teen.

"THANK YOU, JUDAR!" Aladdin called out before the sounds of battle re-commenced, with his cheeks dusting a lite pink Judar scoffed back in acknowledgement.

"Whatever, idiots."

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"Haku, I don't think we should be doing this here, love…" Spartos mumbled as the young princess stretched up his body to press a gentle kiss to his parted lips. Hakuryuu smiled into the kiss when Spartos leaned into it, his eyelids lowering, and tilting his head to help the younger have better access.

"But we're alone, Oh~ Spartoooos~" An eeriely perfect imitation of the young bluenette prince had both men jumping apart as though lightning struck them, as Judar floated in from the open window with a smug expression.

Both Spartos and Hakuryuu bright red with embarrassment, the younger sputtering at his friend, "J-Ju-JUDAR! It… It wasn~".

A cheshire grin curling his lips and lighting up his crimson orbs the Magi couldn't help but laugh at their discomfort at being caught. "Was that what you were thinking, my dear Haku?" As the boy darkened considerably with his eyes darting to the side Judar lost it, clutching his sides as deep-bellied laughter escaped him.

"Why do you always pick on me!" Haku cried out with a pout at what was supposed to be his friend.

"Because your innocence, and his reserved personality make for the best reactions! It really is great for boredom, should make it a comedy skit!" More laughter rang out before Hakuryuu beamed him with the blunt end of his polearm in the back of the head.

"Ow!"

"Go find someone else to harass, you bully."

"Fine I will." Both males childishly stuck out their tongues at the other, a smile in both their eyes, as Spartos sweatdropped off to the side wondering how he was still in love with the bluenette.

Of all those that I protected I cherish you the most, Hakuryuu. Judar thought to himself as he bounced back out the window to find his second favorite person to bother above all, Ja'far.

Floating through the garden as a shortcut the ravenette enjoyed that lack of stress that being in Sindria allotted him. In Ko I couldn't shake the feeling of eye always on me, and I always… No, don't think on what she did… It's in the past like Sin said, the kids are grown and more than capable of defending themselves should she ever go after them… I have Haku, the most important one… A fluttering in his peripheral vision tore the Magi from his musings with a confused scowl Judar floated toward it, "Really Moron," upon reaching the item he couldn't help but chuckle.

Judar,

I know you're going to harass everyone I mentioned earlier, you don't change, but I hope that you escape Ja'far without raising attention from our "guests". Be safe and covert, love.

Also, I will find you, don't think you can hide from me on this island.

I love you.

-Your favorite Moron.

"You an absolute idiot!" As Judar read the note with an increasingly warm face he couldn't help but feel his heart flutter with glee, "How could you even know if I was coming this way!" Muttering other words that were the opposite of how he truly felt the once stone-hearted Magi folded the note carefully and slipped it under his choli for safe-keeping. Glaring toward where he knew Sin's office was, "I hate you," before continuing on toward his target.

Okay, that's a bit over 3,300 words of story material, so I'm gonna stop there. I was planning on writing the scene with Ja'far at the end of this chapter then continuing into the beginning of next, but I think you've all waited enough…

I feel like I have a very loose grasp on the characters of this fandom, so I'm sorry if they're outta place and seem OC; I am trying here. This is not my best work and not my most studied fandom, but I did want to add something here so I hope you all like it enough to overlook any wrongdoings on my part.

Let me know how you feel I'll try to work with you on it. Thank you all for reading, have a great day.