Hello everyone out there!
First things first: Magi belongs to the amazing Ohtaka Shinobu, my OC to me, there might be spoilers for those who accidentally landed here and haven't read Magi that far and references to our world.
The official translation in my country told me that his name is Judar so his name will be Judar *I had to rewrite this chapter a few times because of that -.-°*
Even so, please have a fun time reading!
Day 5 Meeting Judar
Do you really think it is okay that you joined the fog troupe as well? Orobas asked Lenka with sorrowful voice. They walked over a bazaar in the early morning to inspect the damage done in the night before. Apparently the fog troupe hadn't raided this area, so the merchants were still selling food and jewels in their shabby stalls. She stepped over a muddy puddle and shrugged slightly while watching out for more.
I haven't joined them, I just followed to watch over Aladdin.
He is really not like a Magi right now. Way too weak.
That's why I mind him. Sadly I can't do more because I have to take care of not changing the cannon as well.
What cannon?
Just ignore what I just said, the girl thought. Something had catched her attention. A food stall selling fresh fruit was exactly the thing she needed now, not only to prevent scurvy but as distraction from her worries as well.
"Do you still take gold coins or just paper money?" she asked the owner who nodded overjoyed. Lenka relaxed. The man was probably one of the very few in the city who accepted payment in coins. Her mood brightened significantly.
"Then I'll take twelve peaches."
She paid for fifteen and went on to search for a place where she could eat her snack. Luckily the streets were empty because almost every citizen had went to the palace to know what the result of the debate between Alibaba and the king was going to be. Lenka decided to sit on a roof over a small garden with green grass, a few blooming bushes and an old olive tree. If olive trees existed in this world. It could be a the equivalent to an olive tree that only existed in this world and in no other. That brought up a new and way more important question: did they have cocoa trees? Probably not. And even if they had no one would have the technology to make chocolate. She really missed chocolate, Micaela, the internet, ice cream and television, the best combination to solve any kind of problem, not exactly in this order though.
Lenka snickered. If she told Micaela about the night before her friend would presumably have almost an heart attack, then a hysteric laughing fit followed by a bombardment of questions and an analysis of Sinbad's kissing technique plus a comparison of him in the manga and in the reality she was now while eating a mountain of chocolate chip cookie ice cream and finally Mica would hug her and tell how proud she was that Lenka hadn't reduced him to a pulp because he tried to hit on her. And then the redhead would try to worship Orobas for being such a good djinn. That would be a very funny and very embarrassing evening. If she ever returned back to London.
Orobas gave her a mental poke and interrupted her monologue.
Why did you take peaches?
I like them. They taste like home, she answered and picked one out of the small bowl she was given in addition to the fruit. The peach was sweet and juicy and Lenka sighed delighted. At least the food was great, even though they had no chocolate and ice cream. Ice cream would have been very tasty now. Balbadd was a very hot and damp city as it was built as a port city. Luckily her hair didn't curl and she didn't get a sunburn very fast...
"Are those peaches you're eating?" a voice asked from behind and above her. The girl turned her head just to look into red eyes. A young man in black clothes similar to her own floated in the air, his long black braid swinging freely. His grin said he would certainly cause mischief if she wouldn't take care of him and her surroundings. The Rukh orbited around him and chirped like mad, black and white ones alike.
OHMYGAWDIT'SHIM! her inner fangirl shrieked.
What the heck is wrong with you?! Who is the guy? Orobas yelled back.
YIIIIIIIIIIIII!
My ears! My ears!
Lenka decided to maintain a cool outward appearance despite her inner excitement, continued to munch her piece of peach, nodded and pointed at Judar, then patted on the roof on the other side of the fruit bowl and handed him a peach. The Magi grabbed the progeny and landed on the spot she had patted. The golden arm cuffs glinted in the sunlight as he bit into the peach.
"Not that bad."
Lenka nodded and nibbled at hers while her inner fangirl jumped in frenzy and squeaked while the djinn screamed at her to tell him who the fellow was.
"Have eaten better and worse."
He snickered.
"Yep. Why are you sitting here eating peaches?"
The girl licked the sweet juice from a finger.
"The roof is warm."
Judar nodded, spat his stone down into the garden and reached out for another one. Then he stared at Lenka and tilted his head.
"Your clothes have the same style as mine," he said amazed. Her inner fangirl and Orobas were near overloading her mental capacity so Lenka started to grin then placed her stone on her other side before she took another peach.
"Not intentionally. I liked them so I bought them. Just had them change the pants. Take as many as you want, it's not like I could eat them all at once."
"I could," he grinned mischievously.
"There are eight left now. I had bought twelve. Once I managed to eat eleven in a row and then I felt really weird."
Judar chuckled and grabbed his next.
"I managed sixteen before my stomach went funny," he bragged and Lenka laughed.
"Sixteen? Must have been world's record."
"I bet it was. Why are you here?"
Stop flirting with her you girly lad or I will turn you into a torch!
CONTINUE; JUST CONTINUE, GNIHIHIHIHIHIHIHI!
LENKAAA!?
Lenka bit in her third peach to delay her answer.
"On the roof?"
"In this foggy excuse for a town. I really want to destroy it. It's too hot and damp."
Lenka shrugged and gave him another peach.
"Jobs to do."
"What jobs?"
Apparently she had awoken his curiosity. Lenka grinned and placed her stone next to the other two.
"I am a kind of guardian. I guard a special kind of people."
Judar cupped his chin in his hand and waved with his half-eaten fruit.
"Special people. I'm special too."
The dimensional traveler decided to reveal a bit more. She had to if she wanted to keep a friendly relationship with the black Magi. So she reached out and poked a white Rukh that fluttered at her knee.
"I'm special as well. I can see them."
Judar's eyes widened as she poked another Rukh. She had definitely awoken his curiosity.
"You really can see them," he whistled. "How?"
"I'm from a place without magic and got here by the Rukh's will, so they're visible to me."
He snorted.
"There's no place without Rukh. And you have much magoi."
Lenka stretched her fingers and smiled at him. She had decided to take another step to keep him busy and her inner fangirl waved and cheered her on while Orobas continued to threaten him.
"It's magic. What's your name anyways? Mine is Lenka."
"Judar," he answered and took another peach. His fifth? Sixth?
"So what do you do in Balbadd, Judar? Except from eating peaches."
DON'T SAY YOU'RE HERE TO FLIRT WITH MY LENKA, Orobas growled when the Magi shrugged.
"Stuff. Sleeping, ignoring people, meetings with the king... Oh. I should go. Meeting with the king."
He snatched another peach, stood up and winked at her, grinning mischievously.
"See you, boobies."
"Peaches! One last thing!"
He turned around in the air and blinked. Lenka had pulled Orobas out of her shirt and swung the pendant in front of her.
"I protect people like you. People who can give me something in return."
Judar blinked again and grinned broader than before. Her inner fangirl gave standing ovations for her courage.
"I think I'll like you."
He's up to no good!
You told me Sinbad is up to no good as well.
But this guy has nearly fallen!
Can't your scorching white flames cleanse black Rukh, can they?
They can but he is still up to no good.
Whiny djinn. You are the one dangling between my boobs, so stop sulking.
The night had begun a few hours before. Lenka sat on a stone in the fog troupe's hideout and combed her hair to bind them into a high pony tail. She had been waiting for Judar's return and with every minute he didn't show up she got more nervous. The traveler checked her bag a third time, sighed then stood up and hid at one of the entries to the hall. From this new spot she saw where Sinbad stood while commanding the fog troopers around and through the hole in the roof as well. The king had tried to speak to her a few very awkward times since the kissing incident but luckily Ja'far or Aladdin interrupted them before they broached the delicate topic. She knew that he was a serial womanizer yet she was sure that she hadn't given him a reason to approach her. She wasn't dense, just inexperienced because the two relationships she had in the past four years lasted not even three months. Summed up. Despite her appearance she was more the boyish and independent type so her only explanation was that her boyfriends were so intimidated by her, her social standing, her intellectual superiority or something like that that they broke up.
A change in the Rukh's movement caused Lenka to look at the hole in the roof; the starlight was blocked by a angled flying object, a black figure almost invisible for the inattentive observer.
"Here he comes again," she told Orobas.
"Hey Sinbad!"
Sinbad frowned, his expression shocked. Judar jumped off his carpet that flew through the roof and walked towards Sindria's king.
"Hey, stupid king!" he greeted. "What are you doing here?"
Lenka had to admit that Sinbad caught himself surprisingly fast. He knew what Judar would do if he showed a weakness – utter destruction.
What are these?
Pills against bruises.
Bruises?
"Judar, were you sent under Ahbmad's orders? Or did the Kou empire send you?"
The Magi frowned for a second then beamed brightly.
"No no! It's nothing like that! To tell you the truth, those things don't matter to me at all!"
"What do you plan to do with this country?"
The purple-braided man nearly screamed. His calm fled faster than fog in the sun. Lenka reached out, grabbed a man standing in front of her and pulled him back.
"Run," she whispered. "This guy is capable of destroying an entire country. Alarm as many guys as you can and leave. Quietly."
The fog trooper nodded and hushed outside. The girl shifted to the next man, gave him the same explanation and task. Then she took a peek at the men standing in the middle of the room. Judar praised the Kou empire and his dungeon capturers while Ja'far told Aladdin who the foreign man was. She managed to alarm two more before she herd Aladdin's yelp.
Ohhh Fuck!
Judar stared at the boy and the boy stared back at the older Magi.
"Hm? Who's this guy?" the oracle asked mildly surprised. Then he turned his head to the king.
"Hey Sinbad. The Rukh around this guy are weird. Who is he exactly?"
Oh fuckohfuck what shall I do what should I do?
First, don't panic, Lenka. You said this guy wasn't that-
"THIS CHIBI IS A MAGI? NO WAY!"
Okay. We should panic. What is the plan?
"'Magi' are supposed to be amazing beings!" an upset Judar nearly screamed, pointing on his chest. "When Rukh was sent out to change the world they're considered the strongest magic users with the largest amount of magoi in the creation of the world. That's 'Magi'!"
Oh holy Solomon you thought of protecting that guy? Lenka! He's insane!
Shut it, he will need medical treatment when Ugo has flattened him like a pancake!
He will WHAT?!
YOU are the djinn supposed to see future!
Punch! Judar's right fist had hit Aladdin's left eye.
Owww poor boy! Orobas yelped and Lenka rushed forward.
"Peaches! Stop picking on children please!"
Judar looked up and his expression brightened.
"Boobies! What are you doing here with these people? Wait," he blinked at her who had fed Aladdin the small white homeopathic pills she had found in her medicine-kit. Then he seemed to notice something and his jaw fell.
"Is he the one you're guarding? No way!"
She shrugged and stuffed the vial back in her bag.
"He's the one who needs protection the most at the moment."
Judar frowned.
"Are you his king candidate as well?"
"I'm not."
"Then whose," he gnarled, "Yunan's?"
Lenka snorted and shook her head.
"As if. Maybe it was his dungeon, but I'm not his candidate."
Judar calmed down instantly.
"Okay. Be mine."
"What?!"
The Magi snickered as he herd not only Lenka, but the other people who knew him screaming in disbelief. The dimensional traveler shook her head again.
"Wasn't Sinbad your goal?"
Sinbad gave her a appalled glance while Judar shrugged and beamed at her.
"You have even more magoi than him and no country yet."
"And you have Kou."
"I could leave Kou if you ask me."
Lenka calmly looked in his eyes.
"I will protect you if you choose to cut your ties with a certain organization. You know I can. And I know you can do this."
He stared at her, shocked, insecure how to answer. Lenka sighed.
"You know where you can find me, Peaches."
"Fine!" he snapped. "Oi, Chibi! Do you have another dungeon capturer protecting you?"
Aladdin was still shocked but when Lenka stoked his head he seemed to recover significantly. Morgianna and Alibaba stared at her until she nodded and tilted her head in the direction of the other Magi. Judar sighed and closed his eyes.
"Whatever. I'll just find him by myself."
He lowered his head for a second, and when he faced the people in the room again he seemed to see through them. His stare gave the dimension traveler goosebumps. Then he smiled a little bit.
"I've-" he took a step forward.
"Found-" he took another step.
"You!" he pointed on Alibaba who had stepped in front of Aladdin. Judar stared at him for another second before saying:
"I seem to remember you."
Lenka slowly stepped back and placed her bag near the wall.
"You're the guy that was bullied by Ahbmad earlier today."
Alibaba's eyes widened in shock, especially when Judar started to giggle.
"You looked so horrid then! I saw you scream at the top of your lungs, but you were treated like nothing and you even cried in the end when you were called a maggot!"
The black Magi was laughing now, Alibaba trembling with anger and queasiness.
"Really," Judar covered his face with one hand, the other was still pointing on Alibaba.
"You're such an useless guy..."
"HE'S NOT USELESS!" Aladdin screamed, catching everyone's attention. Judar looked slightly surprised when the younger started to scream at him, defending his friend.
"He's a brave person! There's no way he is a useless person!"
He is as well, Orobas said and Lenka nodded.
Get ready. We'll djinn-equip after he hurts Alibaba. I'd love to say something really cool.
The djinn's laughter filled her head when Lenka concentrated on the story again. Judar seemed to be amused now.
"Chibi, is this guy really a candidate for king that's worth such high hopes?"
Alibaba glared at him while the Magi reached into his scarf and pulled his short black wand out.
"I don't see it..."
Get ready.
"At all!" he screamed and shot the magic he had gathered at the tip of the red jewel towards Alibaba. It hit the blonde prince in the stomach and he flew backwards into a wall.
"Look! He's way too weak!"
Morgianna jumped to his side, Sinbad turned from the boy towards Judar and opened his mouth-
"SPIRIT OF FAITHFULNESS AND TRUTH, DWELL IN MY BODY; COVER ME WITH THE SCORCHING WHITE FLAMES OF PURITY!"
Judar spun around just to see the flames shrouding Lenka and started to laugh.
"What can a simple dungeon capturer do against a Magi?"
Then he stopped laughing and his red eyes went as big as saucer plates.
"Oh."
"Whoa!" cheered Aladdin and jumped upwards. Sinbad grinned as well while Ja'far and Alibaba started to blush. Lenka looked down. Her fierce roar caused the ground to shake. Flames erupted from crevices, flickering angry.
"THATS NOT DJINN EQUP! THAT'S PERVERT EQUIP! WHY ELSE AM I WEARING A FUCKING T-STRING ?! I'LL SPANK YOU SO HARD THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SIT FOR A WEEK!"
"It suits you," the djinn said beaming with pride and audible for everyone. Lenka closed her eyes, inhaling deeply to continue her scolding.
"YOU-"
Grope.
"Amazing. They are even bigger than I thought. And soft as well."
Lenka's eyes flew open just to see the raven-haired Magi drooling over her breasts. His hands managed to cover more than the blue pieces of cloth attached to the golden chains hanging from her choker. Lenka herd Aladdin's cheer a second before she punched Judar in the stomach, grabbed his right arm and shoulder-threw him. His magic shield, the borg protected him from the impact and he bounced away just to land next to Aladdin who gave him an admiring look.
"That was very brave. Good luck."
"Huh?"
Judar's eyes followed Aladdin's back for a second as the boy ran away. That second was enough. Lenka tackled him, ramming her sword with both hands next to his head in the ground, her right knee placed on his bare stomach. Then she lowered her head, her now white hair brushing his shocked face.
"You're so dead, groping peach boy."
His next borg threw her backwards into a wall but she somersaulted and managed to land with her feet first, then jumped forward, her foothold crumbling. The flames of her stole followed her movement as if they were living beings as well. Judar flew upwards, Lenka followed him slashing upwards down at his barrier and kicking it in the same motion. She heard a satisfying crack, the Magi bounced left but Orobas' sword was there to meet the protective magic.
"I'll slaughter you for defiling my purity!"
These boobs are mine, the djinn howled.
Judar's face blushed.
"I did not!"
Lenka stabbed his borg.
"These are private property! How dare you?!"
"I did not-"
She kicked the glowing ball.
"For fuck's sake, hurry up and apologize!"
Judar threw a quick set of ice spears at her. Lenka met them with fire.
"You were provoking me!"
"This is the djinn equip's fault!"
Flames whirled against ice while the people on the ground hurried to find cover.
I'll change the equip.
"Then don't djinn equip!"
"Then stop hurting my friends!"
Lenka stopped in mid-air and grabbed her sword's hilt with both hands. Judar's eyes widened.
"You-"
"Got you."
The dimensional traveler waved with both hands and fire balls rained on the Magi who blocked with his ice magic. Lenka growled and landed, then her djinn equip disappeared.
"What's up, Boobies?" Judar asked with a grin and floated deeper.
"My equip wore off. It was my first."
"Yeah, I see, but what now? That wasn't even extreme magic."
"I'll go sulking!"
He blinked. The audience was stunned.
"Might be better if you go," he agreed. "Cool your head."
Lenka whirled around just to see him raise his wand. Ice covered her feet before she was able to get away, grew up in an instant. She managed to take a deep breath before the magic ice covered her face.
The motions outside were much faster than before. Lenka couldn't cope with them. Lightning flashed, blue whirled. Her thoughts were really, really slow. A voice in the back of her head called her name, again and again. A person in golden armor tried to break her shell. She knew his name. Masrur the fanalis. The ice was too thick. He wouldn't be able to free her. He needed fire. She needed fire. Her djinn!
Orobas...
Lenka! It looks really bad now, Ugo is wounded!
I command... you... to make me...
I know.
The metal vessel grew hot and the heat spread over her body. The ice cracked, shattered and Lenka could breath again. She held up with her sword and started coughing. Masrur took her other arm to help her stand.
"Let's get out."
Lenka shook her head then raised a flame wall in the blink of an eye to counter Judar's magic.
"Sorry, but I need to protect them."
She dropped the wall and jumped in the direction of her bag, leaving the surprised man behind. A loud boom. Sharp pain. Her vision blurred. The djinn equip wore off again. The dimensional traveler hit the wall right next to her luggage, unable to tell what had caused the pang. Then she saw the blue djinn punching the black Magi's protective shell. It felt like she had received the blow instead of the borg and Lenka was convulsed with pain.
Holy Solomon...
Protect the ones choosing kings.
Masrur was at her side again and Sinbad as well but Lenka ignored them. The pain and the voice booming in her head was too much.
"Stop it, please," she groaned. Cold hands tried to help her, grabbed her arm, her arm-
-hands big hand grabbing her arm choking her pain so painful stop it stop it-
"Stop it!"
She wrestled herself free just to see Judar stabbing Ugo's chest.
"No!"
Everything slowed down again, crystal-clear images flooded her mind. Aladdin's shocked face. The ice piercing the djinn. Judar smirked, thinking he had won. Then Ugo raised his hands and grabbed the borg.
"Stop it, Ugo! He will break!"
He? Why he? Not it?
The djinn ignored everything, squeezing further.
"I made an oath! Stop it!"
The borg cracked. Judar's bones snapped in the merciless grip. Luckily he fainted in an instant. Lenka did not. She received the pain the Magi wasn't able to feel and the screams he couldn't scream left her mouth instead.
Protect the ones choosing kings.
The Magi fell to the ground like a rag doll a child had dropped. Blood trickled from the djinn's hand. Ugo stood up and raised his arms, palms to the sky. Red light surrounded them. Heat spiraled through the air.
Lenka wasn't able to scream any more. She grabbed her bag and rushed forward to stop the djinn, Sinbad yelled her name. People stumbled away as the impact shook the floor, stones, smoke and flames shot upwards. Orobas' magic protected her, white fire like a borg covered her body. Rukh fluttered into the flames and the traveler felt the energy returning to her body, even though she was still shaky from being frozen, the pain and the sudden flashback.
Lenka stopped at the edge of the crater. Ugo was alone. No smoldering pieces of Magi on the ground. She looked up at the sky and sighed at the aspect of a huge flying carpet. That was the next hurdle to take.
And another chapter finished! Sorry for the cliffhanger but I will upload soon!
I have a rough outline for the story but some chapters multiply because of a certain person's actions *glares at Lenka who waves back* good for you, the story will reach more than thirty chapters, bad for me, I will have to write them. Just kidding.
Reviews! I'm addicted to reviews! Thank you so very much,
Kios Denlion: He really is and I'll keep writing *so thankful*,
2160184: I tried to hug my laptop and I plan on updating weekly now – I have the time, school's over *grins*,
guest who reviewed on June 19: I really hadn't planned his action. Seriously!
hecate600: *Lenka blushes at your flattery* I hope I can manage to get the picture I've drawn of them scanned and uploaded so you can fawn over him *snickers*
guest who reviewed for every chapter posted until now on June 27: Answer for 1&2: Thank you! I'm overjoyed! *Squeals* Answer for 3: Pairing? Well, someone Orobas will approve of *laughs* I thought of a few guys, but you will see *laughs devilishly* Answer for 4: He did *snickers* and here is your update.
One last thing: Orobas doesn't wear t-strings in his djinn form and a male dungeon capturer wouldn't as well. I think he designed a very revealing outfit exclusive for Lenka, that's why he said he would change it *Lenka hits him because he hasn't up to chapter 11*
Yours,
TheMultipleMeExperience