Magi: the Journey of a Guardian
Chapter 12: Celebrations and A new Journey!
Disclaimer: I don't own Magi or any of its characters. I only own my OCs!
Last time…
Robin's POV
"Robin-san!" I turned to see three familiar faces who looked very angry. I smiled and watched happily as Yam-san, Masrur and Sharrkan took out the users. I called off Helios and ran to the others and hugged them.
"Oi Robin that hurt! Unlike you, we all feel pain!" Alibaba yelled. I laughed and apologized. I caught Aladdin staring into space.
"Aladdin?"
"What's wrong Aladdin?"
"I felt something just now…?"
Current Events…
Robin's POV
We walked off the boat, battered and bruised to cries of joy.
"It is the dungeon conqueror! Blessing to our heroes!" I laughed and smiled at Aladdin, Mor and Alibaba.
"Well done you all!" Sindbad said welcoming us back.
"ROBIN!" I paled at the familiar voice and was shoved into someone's chest.
"Well done! Your big brother was so worried!" I slammed my fists onto my brother's chest. I can't breathe!
Sindbad yelled about a banquet and my brother released me and poked Sindbad.
"Sin you said we could also…" Sindbad sighed and nodded! Like a child my brother jumped in glee.
"Come on Robin~~ you have to get ready since it's your birthday~~!" eh? I looked at Aladdin, Alibaba, Hakuryuu and Mor who were shocked and confused. Leo-nii hoisted me over his shoulder, grinned and began to walk off.
"LEO PUT ME DOWN! MOR, ALADDIN, ALIBABA, HAKURYUU HELP!" I screamed, my hand reaching out to them. Well at least I can breathe now…
*time skip*
Leo-nii dragged me around with a huge grin on his face and we soon met up with Sindbad and Aladdin.
"Yo Sin!" I placed my head in my hands. This is the worst birthday ever…..
"Wow, Robin you look really pretty!" I sighed and looked at the dress I had been placed in; a sky blue, toga-like dress. I blushed slightly.
"I don't like it….." I muttered.
"Aladdin think things through! Enjoy tonight. Oh happy birthday princess!" Sindbad said with a wink. I groaned. Aladdin grabbed my hand.
"Let's go have fun!" I smiled and nodded.
*mini time skip*
After walking around and having fun with Aladdin things began to brighten up. That was until I heard a scream. Alibaba, Aladdin and I turned to the sound of the scream.
"Didn't that sound like Hakuryuu?" I wondered aloud. Aladdin grabbed my hand and we ran to see Hakuryuu arm on the floor, black ruhk spilled from it. Not good… AH LEO-NII STRIPPED ME OF MY WEAPONS! Damn my stupid brother! I quickly flexed my hands causing the familiar change of them changing to become sharp and claw-like. We watched in horror as the ruhk then formed an odd looking man… I looked closely at his face… That's!?
"Who are you!?" Alibaba yelled, disrupting my thoughts. The man smirked.
"My, don't you recognize me in this form?"
"You're supposed to be dead, Alibaba beheaded you!" I yelled and the guy smirked.
"Point for the little girl in the toga! Perhaps you will recognize me like this!" and changed into the outfit he wore in Zagan.
"Magi, Guardian, King Sindbad, King Alibaba and King Leo! I came to invite you!" he then muttered something and then attacked a few people. The bastard! Sharrkan then came from behind and quartered the magician but he reformed into four replicas of himself. What the…
Child it is a curse of the damned, beware! Do not let him touch you!
Helios!? I nodded and braced myself in front of Aladdin and Leo-nii.
Aladdin! Whatever you do don't let his blood touch you!
Why?
It's a curse for depravity!
His and my own eyes widened as blood fell on Sin and Alibaba while mine and Aladdin's borgs protected us. Meanwhile…
"Pathetic, leviathan…" Leo muttered coldly. We watched as the replica was drowned in a sphere of water.
"My only the Magi, Guardian and the Neathian king noticed… Well for those two it's too late…"
"A curse, huh. Ha Sin!" I sighed at my brother. People went to attack the dark magician but Aladdin called them off. The magician explained his curse and thank kami that Helios forewarned me… but Alibaba and Sin….
*time skip to next day*
Morgiana's POV
"Ah Morgiana! Mor!" I smiled and turned to see Robin who was smiling and waving at me. I ceased training. I smiled.
"Is Alibaba-san and Aladdin alright?" I asked. I had heard there was an incident while I was recovering but…
"Don't worry! They are fine. Aladdin removed the curse on Alibaba so it's all good! You okay now Mor?" I nodded. Clang. Robin and I turned to see Hakuryuu on the floor grimacing in pain.
"Hakuryuu!"
"Hakuryuu are you okay!? Don't overdo yourself, you have lost an arm…" I ask. Hakuryuu smiled.
"That's why I can't afford to rest!" I watched Hakuryuu struggle to stand. Robin tapped my shoulder.
"Look after him, make sure he doesn't push himself. I'll see you later. Hakuryuu, don't worry I'm sure you can get this o work for you but don't push yourself. Bye!" I watched Robin run off… She can be really mysterious….
Aladdin's POV
I smiled at the ruhk, remembering all the happy times.
"Ugo, I'm really happy you sent me to this world, I really like it… but it can be very cruel…"
"Yep, it is a nice world!" Someone said grabbing my shoulders. Eh!? Robin's face looked at min only upside down as she was leaning over me.
"Robin!? Did you…" Robin gave me a wide grin.
"Yep!" She said, smiling and sat next to me and looked at the white ruhk dancing in the courtyard we sat in.
"This world in some ways is a lot nicer than my old one… it's a lot more vivid… and free." I looked at Robin like she was crazy. What is she on about? Robin frowned and poked my cheeks.
"Oi I can hear some of your thoughts if they are loud enough silly! What I'm saying is that I kinda came from another world!"
"What do you mean by that?" I watched as Robin slumped into the ground.
"It's complicated….." She said with a sigh. I leaned over her.
"Robin…"I watched as her face flushed red.
"A-A-Aladdin?" I laughed.
"Don't worry I'm sure you will tell me at some point!" I said with a grin.
"ALADDIN! You shouldn't do stuff like that!" I looked at her confused.
"Like what?" Robin puffed out her cheeks and turned away.
"Never mind!"
"Ah I've got to go see Yam-san!" Robin faced me and smiled.
"Tell her I said hi! You're see Dunya again as well right…?" I nodded. Robin frowned for a second then smiled.
"Okay! Have fun!"
Robin's POV
I sighed and fell back down onto the grass of the courtyard as Aladdin left.
"Ah Robin!" I lifted myself up to see Ja'far. I quickly got up, dusted myself off and walked over to Ja'far.
"What's going on?"
"I thought you, as the guardian, may want to see the dark Djinn vessel as it is the weapon used to harm your magi and his candidate." I raised an eyebrow at Ja'far.
"Lead the way." Ja'far nodded and led me to a hall where a team of magicians, Sin and Dracon were. Sin smiled and nodded at me. I looked at the shattered black Djinn vessel on the table and looked at Sin.
"What have you got from it then?"
"Not much just this symbol." I studied the symbol which seemed slightly familiar.
"I think I've seen this before but I can't remember where…" I muttered and then Yam-san walked in and we found out it was the symbol of Magnostadt. One of the countries that Neathia was allied to…
"Has anyone spoken to the princess?" I sighed at Sindbad claiming he would get some words from her. I nudged Yam.
"He doesn't know does he?" to which Yam-san shook her head.
"Good luck then! Just make sure Aladdin doesn't do anything stupid….. I'm going to speak to my brother about this… I'll see you later!"
I walked out the room and towards the room we were all staying in. I grabbed the clear orb my brother gave me and then went to the roof of the castle to talk to Leo-nii since he left early hours this morning. I tapped the orb and the image of my brother swam into view.
"ROBIN! How are you?"
"Good. Leo-nii I was thinking of coming home at some point…"
"What!? Why!?"
"I was thinking of coming home, establishing my title and doing some research."
"You've got that glint in your eye. What do you mean by research?"
"It seems the black Djinn vessel was made by one of our allied countries so I thought I might go to Magnostadt under the name of Princess of Neathia to research about it…"
"Magnostadt!? Robin you realize he won't let you! Anyway there is something interesting we've found that may concern you!"
"WHY CAN'T I GO?!"
"That story is for another day… But we've found some ruins in the Dragon Mountains at the west of Neathia! From the small amount of translations we've made they seem to talk about the guardian!"
"Really!?"
"Yup! I'll leave you to think about it as I've got work to do…" I laughed as Leo-nii pouted at the thought of work.
"Stop being a baby Leo-nii, your 20 for crying out loud! I'll think about it… If I come to a decision I'll contact you!"
"Okay! Bye little sis!" I laughed as the image disappeared from the clear orb. I watched the sun set and smiled. Ruins talking about the guardian… maybe I can get a better idea of what I'm supposed to do from them… I walked back to the room we were staying in and I changed into a pale blue dress for sleeping in and collapsed on the bed the four of us shared. I stared at the roof. A journey by myself…
*time skip*
Alibaba muttered to himself while Mor, Aladdin and I hugged our pillows.
"For now we will remain here!" Alibaba declared and I gave a slight smile.
"Alibaba, Mor, Robin. I have something to tell you." I looked at Aladdin, slightly puzzled by his words.
"Something to tell us…?" Mor questioned.
"I think very soon… I will.., go on a journey alone!"
"A-A solo journey? What do you mean Aladdin?" Alibaba asked for all of us.
"There's a big school of magic in the country of Magnostadt. I definitely want to go there and study magic."
"But you can do that even under Yamuraiha's wing!" Alibaba said. I smiled at Aladdin.
"I have other reasons too!"
"If that's the case we'll go too! Right Morgianna!? Robin!?"
"Actually I am planning on going somewhere on my own too…" I said, rubbing the back of my neck.
"EH? Really? Where?" The three asked.
"Well I spoke to Leo-nii and they've discovered some really important ruins in Neathia that I want to go and look at. Also it's about time I go home and take on some responsibilities as the princess of Neathia as it's kinda unfair of me loading it all on Leo-nii. Like Aladdin I want to go by myself!" I said with a lop-sided grin at the thought of going home. Alibaba and Mor looked in shock while Aladdin looked at me and nodded. I sighed and pulled a blanket around me.
"I'm gonna go to sleep as I will have a lot to organise tomorrow… Night…" I muttered, closing my eyes as my face hit my pillow.
*Time skip after Dunya's funeral to planning the departure*
"We will depart soon…" Mor said as I walked into the room.
"We will stay with each other until the Akita kingdom… from there I will head east" Hakuryuu said.
"And I will go west." Aladdin said. I smiled.
"I will be going south west to Neathia."
"Robin!" I smiled.
"I have decided to go to the Dark Continent. I want to see my home village. Thanks to you Hakuryuu." Mor said. Aladdin and I watched as his ruhk turned pink. I laughed and Aladdin outright asked Hakuryuu about it.
"Speaking of which… What about Alibaba?"
"He hasn't spoken with me at all lately… and I'm departing the day after tomorrow…"
The day of departure
I sighed and bowed to Ja'far and Sindbad.
"Thank you for having me. I have learnt a lot from you and I hope we'll see each other in the future."
"Be careful on your way to your country Robin."
"I will Ja'far!"
"Robin maybe you could ask your brother if he could help with trad-"
"Sindbad you have to consult my brother not me!" Sindbad sighed and I smiled at Aladdin, Mor and Hakuryuu.
"You are all important guests so be sure to return safe and sound!" Aladdin frowned and I grabbed his hand. He smiled weakly at me.
"In the end he didn't even come to see us off…
"Is he still angry with us…?"
"Cheer up guys! I'm sure Alibaba wouldn't want us to be sad when we're about to set off for a journey!" a gong sounded and I dragged Aladdin onto the deck of the ship and we both looked at all our friends from Sindria.
"We are leaving!"
"SEE YA!" I yelled while everyone on land laughed and waved. Soon we lost sight of Sindria and Aladdin frowned. I hugged him from behind and he sighed.
"Alibaba…"
"Don't worry Aladdin, I'm sure we'll patch things up with him!" I said in a cheery voice.
"Aladdin, Robin is right. We will talk with him later and straighten things out."
"Yeah…. It's not like we will never see each other again. The ruhk will guide and bring us together again!" I grinned.
"That's more like it!" We all laughed and walked towards the edge of the boat to look at the sea.
Shuffle, shuffle
I turned at the abnormal sound but saw nothing unusual. That's odd…. I turned and ran over to the others.
"WAIT FOR ME!"
Alibaba's POV
My name is Alibaba Saluja. At this very moment, I'm on the same boat as Aladdin and the others… Wait why am I monologue-ing!? Anyway they don't know I am here and recently the atmosphere between us is rather awkward… BUT! This is a good chance to make up with them… I will wait in this room where they will sleep tonight…
Alibaba's day dream….
A tired Aladdin, Robin Hakuryuu and Morgiana walked into the room. Aladdin and Robin both looked up and spotted me. Their faces full of shock.
"Alibaba!" Robin cried.
"Alibaba!? Why are you here!?" Aladdin exclaimed. I laughed and waved.
"Hey… Well, I made a decision as well!"
End of daydream
This will be perfect! Though….They are quite late… From outside I could hear the voices of my friends. They're here! Wait….The voices are coming from next door! I quickly pressed my ear to the wall between the two rooms.
"Wow! This room is fantastic!" I heard Aladdin cry in delight.
"I claim the one nearest the window!" I heard Robin sing.
"There are four here so the four of us can sleep here." Morgiana said. I slumped against the wall in horror. I…. I went into the wrong room! What should I do? They seem to be having fun… maybe…
Alibaba's day dream…
Aladdin paused and frowned. Robin looked confused.
"Is something wrong, Master Aladdin?"
"Don't you… feel like… something's missing here…?" Aladdin asked
"Come to think of it….." Robin trailed off in thought.
"Yes… to be honest, I feel like that as well…" Morgiana muttered.
"It's Sir Alibaba! If he's not here, it's just not the same as usual!" Clank! Everyone turned to the door to see Alibaba. A blush adorned both Morgiana and Robin's faces while tears twinkled in Aladdin's eyes.
"ALIBABA!"
"Oh man, you guys really are pathetic!" I said, leaning on the door. The three of them threw themselves at me.
"Alibaba! Alibaba I love you!"
Daydream end…
This is it! I'm sure they'll feel lonely soon!
Meanwhile….
Robin's POV
I laughed as Aladdin swung in the hammock next to me.
"EEEEHH! I have to sleep in the same room as two girls!?" I grinned and sat cross legged in my hammock.
"What's wrong with that!?" I laughed. Hakuryuu went red in the face.
"I-I cannot do that! To sleep near Lady Morgiana and Lady Robin…"
"Isn't that alright you two?" Aladdin asked.
"I don't really mind." Mor said with a smile. I giggled.
"I don't care!" I said throwing my arms in the air. SCREECH! I placed a hand on my ear. What the… It couldn't be… I laughed along with Aladdin.
"Hey. Don't you feel like something's missing here?" Aladdin said.
"Yes I've felt the same too, ever since a while ago…" Mor trailed off. Hakuryuu pulled out a basket of food.
"It's an all-inclusive breakfast! I prepared it here!" Aladdin and Mor exclaimed in awe. Thump… There it is again! I already had my notepad out. I scrawled a message and showed everyone.
'I think Alibaba is next door! Let's play a little joke… Follow me if you get where I am going with this. Thank Sindbad for forewarning us! Now then…'
I sighed and picked up some bread.
"Ne, what do you honestly think about that person?" I asked. Hakuryuu nodded in his, getting what I was doing.
"I've been wondering about that too!" He exclaimed.
"That person who?" Aladdin asked with fake curiosity.
"We mean Alibaba/ Sir Alibaba!" Hakuryuu and I chorused. Understanding what we were doing, Aladdin smiled deviously.
"Ah…..Right…. Alibaba…." Aladdin said in a bored, monotone voice. I decided to hang upside down from my hammock.
"You honestly like him a lot right, Master Aladdin?" Hakuryuu asked with innocence. Aladdin grinned at me.
"Well he was the first person we met properly right, Robin? So it's not really like that. Alibaba… After being with him and rethinking stuff… There have been a lot of things that I have noticed about him…" Aladdin said.
"I agree completely with that Aladdin!" I said, nodding my head. Hakuryuu then asked for an example. Aladdin went first.
"Well… He is not popular with the ladies. It just so happened that he looked at me with eyes full of greed when I was getting along with some beautiful girls… he seemed resentful and was sucking his finger…" I bit my tongue to stop myself from laughing.
"That's not something that someone popular would do." Hakuryuu stated with a mock look of disgust.
I nodded and sat up.
"There was a time in Quishan when we first met Alibaba… See… Aladdin had ran off to some market stall leaving me alone with Alibaba… he looked at me with lecherous eye and began flirting with me, poking me in certain places…" I said nodding, slightly altering the memory of the past. Alibaba didn't touch me BUT he did give me that look… Hakuryuu looked mortified and Aladdin began to shake at the slightly fictional memory.
"Now that I remember, I've seen Alibaba behave in a strange manner too…" Morgiana spoke up. I looked at her curiously.
"He was alone in his room with the lower part of his body openly exposed and was lying in wait with the door open…" My jaw dropped.
"OH MY GOD- HE IS THE LOWEST!" Aladdin, Hakuryuu and I exclaimed.
"I will not forgive him! Only the worst villainous bastard would do such a thing to Lady Morgianna and Lady Robin!" Thump… sob… sob…
I grinned and gave a thumbs up.
"Alibaba down and out!" I muttered and we all crept out the room to next door. We opened the door quietly and grinned at the now crying Alibaba on the floor. I burst out laughing and Aladdin hit me lightly.
"Robin that's mean!" I wiped the tears from my eyes.
"Sorry…!" I said walking up to Alibaba and patted his back, he flinched from my touch.
"Please forgive us Alibaba! The truth is that Sindbad told us that you would come…"
"Yes, it was only a light joke." Hakuryuu said. I bowed to Alibaba.
"Sorry! It was my idea! There wasn't any malicious intent behind it though!" I exclaimed as his body shook.
"Alibaba! Get a hold of yourself!"
"He's right Sir Alibaba! You're crying too much to be a real man." Hakuryuu chuckled.
"YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN'T SAY THAT, YOU CRYBABY BASTARD!" oh dear Solomon… here we go…
"Calm down! Calm down! It was all a joke, Right Mor!?" Aladdin asked.
"I wasn't joking. It really happened."
DOONNNNN
Alibaba and Hakuryuu grabbed each other and began to wrestle. I hand hit my forehead.
"B-But why did you board our same ship Alibaba?" I stepped in between the two boys and held them at arms width from each other.
"Tsk, don't get me wrong…. It's not like I came here to follow you." Alibaba said in a cold voice.
"So you felt lonely and decided to board this ship?" Hakuryuu asked. Alibaba tried to force his way past me but he failed.
"THAT'S WRONG! DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME! I CAME IN ORDER TO TRAIN!" He yelled.
"Train?" Aladdin asked.
"Yeah. I didn't come here in order to keep you company… I will become a gladiator in the Laem Empire!"
"EHHH!?"
"Well that's unexpected." I said crossing my arms. After explaining his reasons Hakuryuu explained about the people Alibaba would meet. A dark look crossed Alibaba's face.
"Alibaba…?" I asked trying to look at his face.
"HE SAID IT ALL!"
*time skip*
Robin's POV
"We'll be arriving soon!" Aladdin said looking out to see. I grinned. The captain commended our efforts and Alibaba was still holding a grudge against us all. I sighed and began stretching.
The boys argued while Mor looked out to sea. I stopped and walked up to her. I looked out and spotted fire at the port we were meant to be going to.
"Ne, Mor can you see the fire?" I said. She nodded. I turned as I heard abnormal movement in the sea water.
"Robin?"
"You two have incredible eyes ladies…" a voice said. My eyes widened as a figure in a sphere of water appeared. He looked like… a kid pirate… all of a sudden a baby appeared on his shoulder. The boy had markings on his face, scruffy clothes and his long hair was pulled roughly into a ponytail. The boy demanded for the goods of the ship. All of a sudden more spheres came out of the water containing more pirates and two ships. I grunted.
"WE ARE PIRATES!"