Snow Hakuei
Hi everybody! I'm actually writing this fanfic for Lizardsmtoao. Thank you so much for the amazing review on the rule of the twelve! I was having an interesting week and I really needed the pick-me up. Thank you everyone who writes reviews I honestly go back to them whenever I need encouragement. Writing style goes to chellerbelle. I hope you all enjoy the story!
Once upon a time in a castle far far away there was a large country ruled by a great king. This king and his beloved wife had four beautiful children. The family ruled the country well and they were all very happy.
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"Happy?" Hakuryuu asked. "I wouldn't have called us a 'happy' family.
"I believe in this alternate universe we were supposed to have one Hakuryuu," Hakuei replied.
"This what?' Hakuryuu asked.
"Alternate universe," Aladdin replied. "It's another world that has the same characters that our world has, only the lives they lead are a different one directed by the author. And judging from the beginning of the story I would say this one is likely going to resemble the beginning of a fairy-tale."
Hey guys. Can you try and not interrupt so much? You're going to make the story unnecessarily long.
"Who was that?" Hakuryuu questioned.
"That would be the author," Aladdin replied. "Silversnowflake, right? It's nice to meet you!"
I'm trying to write the story here! You can't interrupt all the time or I'll never finish!
"I'm just trying to help you miss! In case you didn't notice, you forgot to explain what kind of story this is."
"Yeah!' Alibaba replied. "…what is it?"
"Oh, it looks like silversnowflake is writing an alternate universe fairy tale starting with the kou family. Hm, from the looks of the title it is going to be a parody of snow white, which would make Hakuei the princess and the main character! I wonder who your true love is going to be onee-san," Aladdin smiled up at a confused looking Hakuei.
"True LOVE?" Hakuryuu exclaimed.
Stop spoiling the story before I've written it!
"Right. Of course, go ahead."
"Wait, I want to hear more about this 'true love' thing."
"You will if you let the author write the story. Goodness Hakuryuu, don't interrupt her. It's rude!"
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The four siblings included three exceptionally skilled and clever elder brothers. But the third child was a beautiful girl named Hakuei Ren. Even as a young girl Hakuei was beautiful, with eyes that shone like the sea and raven coloured hair and lips the colour of roses.
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"Eyes like the sea?" Hakuryuu mused, glancing at his sister. "No one ever described it like that."
"To be honest, most people have related me to a jewel because of my name," Hakuei replied. "Why would someone relate my eyes to the sea? I'm hardly ever around the sea."
"Yeah," Aladdin, who had read the script, sweated uncomfortably. "W-what a mystery. W-who knows?"
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Unfortunately even for such a wonderful family, life is not kind.
After the birth of prince Hakuryuu the queen grew gravely ill, and soon died. Distraught with the death of his beloved, the king went out in search for another to help fill the void. Eventually he found a women named Arba.
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"Whelp. We're dead." Hakuryuu gulped.
"My dear son, must you be so rude to the women who raised you?" Arba asked.
"WHY ARE YOU HERE?"
"All characters who are in the story are invited to watch, I believe," Hakuei told her brother.
"Wait, all of them? How many people are going to be here?"
"Err…"
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The king fell in love with the woman's beauty and married her right away. But while Queen Arba was beautiful on the outside, she was vain and cruel on the inside.
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"Was there ever any doubt?" Hakuryuu grumbled.
"Why must you be so cruel to me Hakuryuu?" Arba huffed. "If anyone, I'm the victim here! What have I ever done to you?"
"You killed my father and my elder brothers, you brought a group of terrorists into my country, you mentally scared and used me for years, you threatened my sister's life behind her back to anger me, not to mention the only reason you even had children is so you could take over and destroy their lives. And you've been doing this for generations!"
"…Besides all that."
"THE ONLY REASON YOU HAD CHILDREN WAS SO YOU COULD POSSESS THEM AND RUIN THEIR LIVES."
"You are so sensitive. I didn't poses you did I?"
"You tried!"
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Queen Arba didn't care for the good of the country or for her newfound 'family.' She just wanted the throne and all the glory for herself. One night when everyone was asleep, the queen set fire to the royal chambers. The king was killed almost instantly, along with the two eldest brothers who had tried to save their father. That left only the two youngest siblings, both of which were too young to rule. And so the queen got to lead to her heart's content.
She ruled the kingdom with an iron fist, making sure that all the kingdom knew that she was the strongest, most beautiful women in all the kingdom.
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"Actually, I just thought of something," Hakuei spoke up. "Wouldn't it make more sense if the story was told with Kougyoku as the main character? I mean, Arba actually is her step-mother, and while she grew up to be a great empress, she did start off as rather naïve and foolish."
"…I think that's…a compliment?" Kougyoku guessed.
"When you first met Sinbad, you weren't exactly thinking clearly," Hakuryuu answered honestly.
"WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT TIME!"
I considered writing another story with kougyoku as the main character. Still might. But for now, Kougyoku declined the role.
"Why?"
"Why be the princess when I'm an Empress?"
"Huh. I guess that's true," Hakuryuu mused as Kouha sprayed confetti all over his glowing sister. "But wait, doesn't Hakuei become the queen of her country in the end?"
Not of Kou. In this one she would become the queen of the country of her true love.
"Who the heck is this guy?" Hakuryuu asked. IN the background, Aladdin tried to hide from Hakuryuu's wrath. Ooooooh boy this is not going to end well.
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Queen Arba cast the two youngest children aside, feeling they posed no threat to her.
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"So just like the real world then," Hakuryuu replied.
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Every night queen Arba would go to her magic mirror named Isnan and ask, "Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all."
Isnan would reply, "My queen you are the fairest of them all."
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"Ha! Isnan is a mirror!" Alibaba laughed. "Serves him right!"
Isnan grumbled in the corner.
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But as time went on her decision to ignore princess Hakuei was one she came to regret. Princess Hakuei grew up to be a beautiful clever women with a heart of gold, beloved by all the people. Arba began to worry that the young women would start a rebellion and try and take back the kingdom.
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"Hey what about me?" Hakuryuu complained. "I'm a threat to! What about my rebellion? I killed gyokuen, remember?"
"Oh please brother, not another rebellion," Hakuei begged.
"Do you know how many people DIED in that rebellion?" Kouha asked him.
"Hundreds of people that for some reason we never seem to think about again?" Kougyoku reminded him.
"I almost died," Kouen replied.
"And, I should mention that what you did resulted in the sister you swore to protect being possessed by Arba and have her life be out of her control for three years?" Koumei added.
"…Okay, I get it. No more rebellions." Hakuryuu sighed.
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But Hakuei had no desire to take back the kingdom by force. She knew how many lives would be lost, and hoped that someday she would be able to help the people as a simple general, able to keep the people safe and govern those in need.
When Queen Arba heard of her desires she laughed in content. The girl did not care for the crown, she just wanted to help the people! As long as Arba was in charge, she could keep Hakuei under her little finger with no effort.
As time went on, the little Hakuei grew up. She became even more beautiful with age. When she was in her twenties her smile seemed to be made of gold and all would stop to look at her.
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"So…strangers are staring at me everywhere I go?" Hakuei asked. "That sounds…disconcerting."
"It's because you're beautiful one-saan!" Aladdin tried to encourage her.
"Oi, move away from my sister!"
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It wasn't until queen Arba held a great ball that things started to go wrong. The ball was to celebrate her tenth year on the throne, were all would come to bask in her beauty. All the royal families, lords and ladies from all allied countries were invited. The royal court of Balbaad, the leaders of Laem, the king of heliophatt…
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"Ugh, it's starting to get really crowded in here," Kouha grumbled as people began piling in with every new country mentioned. "We don't have enough snacks!"
"Well…at least Judal isn't here," Alibaba shrugged.
...
The royal families of various countries all intermingled. Titus met with his friend Sphintus, Kouha looked for his young friend Aladdin and Kougyoku went off to play with her friend Judal.
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"GOSHDAMMIT WHY?" Alibaba screamed.
"WHAT UP MY PEEPS WHO MISSED ME?" No one raised their hands. "Wow. Rude."
"Where have you been?" Kougyoku asked. "You went missing ages ago! What happened to you after Alibaba got back?"
"Oh that? Well that's easy, I was just-"
Stop talking, I'm trying to write!
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The night came to the part where the royal guests would offer the queen gifts of thanks for the evening. All bowed towards the queen respectfully, giving her praise to her beauty. But Arba noticed each of them sneaking a glance at princess Hakuei who sat at her side.
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"Because they don't do that now?" Kouha snickered while Hakuei blushed.
"No one should be looking at my sister! Who knows what kind of vile thoughts they could have?" Hakuryuu panicked, putting his arm in front of his sister protectively.
"Ha! You should be more worried about the vile thoughts her true love will be having about her!" Judal laughed.
"What true love?" Hakuei asked, scanning the crowd of people. "I'm not romantically interested in any of these people."
Judal stared at the readers. "Gee. I wonder who it could be."
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The last guest was the most famous of them all. The king who had united the countries in an alliance, the dungeon capturer of the seven seas, King Sinbad. Queen Arba had heard tales of the first class singularity and couldn't wait to finally see him in person. When she saw the man himself she was entranced by his appearance. A part of her was tempted to take some time to get to know the king more 'personally' after the ball.
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"Ew, ew, ew, ew!" Hakuryuu ran from the room to try and find a way to cleanse his brain while Hakuei covered her face to try and hide her red face.
Sinbad watched Hakuryuu go with interest. "What about me kissing someone so disgusting to them?" He asked.
"Dude, they just pictured you making out with their mom."
"…EW."
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But the king's reaction was different compared to the rest. "Queen Arba, congratulations on successfully ruling the country of Kou for the past ten years."
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"SUCCESSFULLY?" Hakuryuu complained.
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After giving his congratulations, Arba expected to be complemented on her beauty, or to be asked to dance. But Sinbad was braver than the other members of the royal families and did not fear Arba's reaction. So instead he turned away from her and caught sight of the princess who sat at her side. The king was taken in by her beauty and instantly fell in love with her.
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"Now THAT is a much more pleasant thought to have," Sinbad concluded.
Hakuryuu and Kouha did not agree. "SINBAD? He is her true love?"
Sinbad pouted. "Hakuryuu, I'm hurt! And I thought we were friends!"
"You weren't in love with my sister before!" Hakuryuu argued.
Judal just shrugged while he bit into his peach. "I don't know why you're so surprised. This is one of the Sinei stories you know. Besides," Judal wiggled his eyebrows. "Who knows what weird stuff Sinbad did to Hakuei's body for the three years she was with him?"
"Hey!" Sinbad barked back, ignoring an enraged Hakuryuu being held back by Alibaba and Aladdin. "While I certainly have no objections to spending some…quality time with dear Hakuei…"
"Wait, what?" Hakuei asked.
"…I would never do that to someone who couldn't give their full consent! Besides, she was being possessed by Arba!"
"So?" Judal asked.
"Have you met Arba? Work with her, sure. But get personal, never. That lady is CRAZY."
"Eh, that's fair."
"Did you all forget that I am sitting right here?" Arba grumbled.
"No," they all answered.
She huffed. "Well excuse me! I was a beautiful women when I still had my body you know!"
"Yeah, which was what, 1000 years ago?" Judal shrugged. "Now all you've got is some temporary body of a kid."
"And according to this story, whatever you looked like was nothing compared to what my Hakuei looks like."
"Sorry, 'my' Hakuei?"
Sinbad sent her a sly smile. "Well I wouldn't mind…"
"LET ME KILL HIM, JUST ONE LITTLE SLICE!" Kouha was shouting in the background.
Hakuei on the other hand put both hands on her hips. "I'm not 'yours.'"
"That can easily be changed," Sinbad explained. "Besides, I know almost everything about you."
"Wait, what?"
"Arba used to struggle to stay in character. So I took some time to learn more about you in case your friends asked." Sinbad's smile grew while Hakuei started to turn a little pale. "I certainly loved hearing about the time you wanted to run away to join a circus."
"Whoa, when was that?" Kouha asked, momentarily forgetting his rage.
Hakuei panicked. "I-It was nothing, I was just a kid, my brothers read a story, it was nothing!" Turning back to Sinbad she whispered, "Don't you DARE say a word."
He smiled innocently. "Depends on what you're offering. I'm not above being bribed to keep a secret darling," Sinbad purred.
"Do these lines actually work with women?" Hakuei asked.
"You tell me. Is it working?"
"No."
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Queen Arba was absolutely enraged by the king's advancements towards her step daughter, but to save face she pretended it didn't bother her. She tried to convince herself that perhaps the king just had bad taste and couldn't see that the queen was much prettier. Sinbad was undeterred by the queen's reaction and spent the rest of the evening by Hakuei's side. The two danced to every song and were the joy of the ball much to the queen's envy. Near the end of the ball when it was time to say goodbye Arba overheard Sinbad asking princess Hakuei if they could meet again.
"I certainly would hate to lose the most beautiful women in all the land."
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"Looks like I've got good taste," Sinbad smirked.
"Oh please," Hakuei scoffed. "You only fell in love with my looks in the story. This version of you only just met me."
"It's a fairy tale darling. Which means that there isn't enough time in the story to fill in those details." Sinbad raised one eyebrow at her. "Now if you want to fill in those gaps in real life I'd be happy to oblige."
"No. I've known you for a total of ten minutes and no."
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The queen was outraged. She stormed down to the magic mirror Isnan and asked him the same question she did every night. "Mirror mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all?"
Instead the mirror answered, "My dear queen is fair indeed. But Princess Hakuei is fairer than she."
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"It's really not that hard. Arba's black hole of a heart destroys any kind of beauty she could have," Hakuryuu told them. "And Sinbad, get your hands off my sister!"
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The queen refused to accept this. She called the huntsman Judal and ordered him to bring back the heart of princess Hakuei.
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"Wait, her heart? As in, her actual heart?" Kougyoku shivered.
Judal on the other hand laughed maniacally. "OH YEAH IT'S MY TIME TO SHINE BABY!"
Sinbad growled. "Miss author?"
Um…yeah?
"Just as a warning, if Judal lays one hand on Hakuei, I will end his life. Is that understood?"
…Yeah…crystal…just, uh, let me make a few changes to the story here…
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But when Judal brought the princess into the forest to the forest to kill her he couldn't bring himself to kill someone with such a kind heart.
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"LIES. ALL LIES. I'VE KILLED FOR LESS, WE ALL KNOW IT."
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Instead he warned the princess of what the queen was planning to do and told her to run away and find a place to hide. To appease the queen he gave her the heart of a dear, saying that it was Hakuei's.
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"EW!" Kougyoku cringed at the sight.
"What kind of person is happy by the heart of a dear?" Alibaba asked.
"A crazy one," Sinbad muttered. Turning back to Hakuei he added, "How someone like you could ever come from someone like her is beyond me."
Hakuei crossed her arms in front of her chest. "You really think this is going to work don't you? Stop wasting your time king Sinbad and just give up."
"How about you give up on pretending you don't have feelings for me."
Hakuei rolled her eyes. "Make me!"
Sinbad grinned. "I love it when people say that…"
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Poor Hakuei ran through the forest in search of shelter. After having run the whole night she finally found a small house in the middle of the forest. It was secluded from any civilization, the perfect place to hide.
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"What kind of weirdo builds his house far away from any people so he can be a loner all on his own?" Hakuryuu asked.
Yunan sniffled to the side. "I-It's not that weird. W-why must you be so mean prince Hakuryuu!" He ran away and Morgianna chased after him.
"Ugh! Now look what you did Hakuryuu!" Aladdin shook his head while Hakuryuu watched in confusion.
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When Hakuei went to knock on the door, she found that the door was left open. Curious, and tired form her long travel, she let herself in. It was a cozy little place, perhaps quite large compared to most cabins. It had a kitchen, a living area, a beautiful garden out back and upstairs lay one large bedroom. Seven beds lay to one side, each with their own designs. Hakuei was so tired she took the closest one and fell asleep instantly.
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"Hakuei since when did you make it a habit to go sleeping in strangers beds," Sinbad teased her.
Hakuei glared back at him. "Oh, bite me."
"Do NOT encourage him," Jafar begged.
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When Hakuei woke up the next morning, she was shocked to find she was surrounded by 8 strangers. There was 6 men, and two women. One girl was much shorter than the rest, and two of the men were taller than any human she had ever seen before. Nervously Hakuei asked, "Who are you?"
"We're the eight generals," the silver haired man replied.
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"Eight GENERALS?" Alibaba asked. "Okay, that was definitely NOT in the original."
I'm taking a bit of creative license here.
"It's called snow white and the SEVEN dwarves, not eight," Alibaba complained.
You decide which of those angels shouldn't be included then come talk to me.
"Wait, if Hakuei is with the eight generals of Sindria…" Kougyoku muttered. "Then…Does that mean…"
"Oh HECK no!" Hakuryuu and Kouha both jumped to their feet at the same time.
Sinbad winked at Hakuei. "Looks like you and I will be seeing quite a bit of each other huh?"
Hakuei went pale. "Oh no."
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The eight introduced themselves as Jafar, Masrur, Drakkon, Hinahoho, Sharkkon, Spartos, Yamuriha and Pisti. They had heard of what had happened in the country of Kou and quickly agreed that she could stay. Jafar revealed that the house was actually owned by the king Sinbad, and it worked as a home they could stay in whenever they were traveling in the area. As soon as Sinbad heard that Hakuei was staying there he rushed to her side immediately.
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"This is not how it went in the fairy tale! I object!" Hakuryuu complained.
What, you didn't think that after meeting once they would just fall in love and that would actually make sense did you?
"That's how it works in fairy tales!" Kougyoku argued.
Not in my story sister.
"But I thought Hakuei was already in love with me," Sinbad mentioned. "Not that I blame her. I mean, who could resist me?"
"Did you not read the lines properly," Hakuei argued. "It said you fell in love with me. I never fell in love with you."
"And I have no problem taking some time out of my schedule to change that," Sinbad answered, slipping his arm around her shoulder. "How about we start with the most common way of getting to know someone. Often involving food, perhaps getting a bit dressed up, some conversation…" He trailed off so Hakuei could come to her own conclusions.
"Do…do you want to go to dinner with me?" Hakuei tried to piece his words together.
Sinbad chuckled. "Well, if you insist."
"Dang, she walked right into that one," Alibaba muttered.
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For a while the little group lived together in harmony. The generals and Sinbad often had to leave for work, but would come back with messages about her country. As time went on, Sinbad and Hakuei grew closer than before, and Hakuei began to realize she loved the king just as much as he did her.
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"Team Sin for the win!" Sinbad cheered. Hakuei rolled her eyes while Kouha struggled to break free of Koumei and Kouen's hold.
"Calm down brother," Kouen whispered.
"Just wait Kouha," Koumei assured him. "You will get your chance…just be patient."
"That is NOT what we are trying to tell him here!" Kouen argued.
Sharkkon laughed at the scene. "Looks like the lady killer of the seven seas is falling in loooove. And they even share a house together!"
"I wouldn't talk if I were you," Alibaba advised him. "I mean, you're sharing a room with Yamu."
"W-what? No we aren't."
"The story said that all generals have the same room," Yamu reminded him.
Sharkkon hoped his face wasn't as red as it felt. "…Oh…W-well that doesn't mean anything! It's all the generals, it's not like we're…"
While Sharkkon tried to make excuses, Sinbad leaned over so he could whisper in Hakuei's ear. "Perhaps we could take our little party of two to my private rooms to spend the night, hm?"
Hakuei gave him a puzzled look. "Why would we do that? I think I'll want to be asleep by nightfall, wouldn't you?"
"…Wow, Kou really works hard to try and keep their princesses pure, don't they?"
"Sucks, doesn't it?" Kougyoku huffed. "Our stupid rules won't even let us fall in love."
"What am I, chopped liver?"
Hakuei glanced back. "Was that Aladdin or Judal?"
"…yes."
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Back at the palace queen Arba returned to the mirror Isnan. "Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?"
"My queen is fair indeed, but princess Hakuei is fairer than she."
"But that is impossible," The queen raged. "I have her heart right here!"
Isnan replied, "That is the heart of a dear, the princess lives on.
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"Can she really not tell the difference between the heart of a dear and the heart of a human?" Judal asked. "Amateur."
Everyone else slowly shifted away from him.
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The queen demanded she be shown where Hakuei was. The mirror revealed Hakuei staying at the small cottage hand in hand with king Sinbad.
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Hakuryuu shook his head. "Stop. No. This is not alright. Stop this. Now."
"You might as well get used to the sight Hakuryuu," Sinbad warned him. "You're going to be seeing it more often."
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Queen Arba worried that Sinbad and Hakuei would start a mutiny against her. She knew she was not strong enough to defeat Sinbad and his eight generals, but knew she had to get rid of Hakuei. So she decided to go into disguise and poison Hakuei instead. Using dark magic she conjured herself to look like an ugly hag that would not be recognized.
A few days later the Sindrian residents had to return to their country for a few days because of business matters. As they left, as Sinbad gave Hakuei a kiss goodbye…
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"A French kiss, right?" Sinbad asked.
"A kiss from my fist sounds better," Hakuei muttered.
"I thought you were a pacifist unless it was for defense," Sinbad asked.
"It's not too late to change my mind."
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"I won't be gone long," Sinbad assured her. "When I am done with business I'll come straight back to you. I just wish I didn't have to leave you all alone."
"I will be alright," Hakuei told him. "I will miss you every minute you are gone."
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"No. No I won't." Hakuei corrected.
"Aw, don't worry love," Sinbad assured her. "If I ever go on trips, I'll make sure you can come on every one of them so you don't miss me."
"Please don't," Hakuei replied.
"I'm not even sure it's possible to miss someone every single minute," Alibaba wondered.
"You're going to miss me when I'm gone….you're going to miss me when I'm goooone," Kougyoku sang under her breath.
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"Be careful who you let in," Sinbad advised her. "If the queen is still looking for you that means you are in danger. Don't let anyone in unless it is one of us."
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"Yeah, Because Sinbad wants Hakuei all to himself," Judal snickered.
"That counts as imprisonment," Hakuei informed them.
"I don't see you trying to leave," Sinbad reminded her.
"Maybe there's a reason snow white eats the poisoned apple," Hakuryuu grumbled.
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After promising her king that she would not let anyone in the house until they had gone the group left her alone. When they were gone Hakuei struggled to find ways to entertain herself. As she was trying to bake a pie, there was a knock on the door that interrupted her.
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"PRAISE BE TO SMALL MIRACLES," Hakuryuu sang.
"Honestly, if the queen wanted her dead she could have left Hakuei alone and she would have died from her own cooking," Seisyuun told them.
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While Hakuei wouldn't open the door for the stranger, she opened a window so she could speak to her. "Hello? Who is there?"
"Oh just an old lady from the neighborhood my dear," She told her. "My name is Elizabeth, and I just wanted to come say hello."
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"Huh. So she disguised herself as Elizabeth then."
"WHYYYYY?" Alibaba screamed as he ran for his life.
"Alibaba-kun, did you miss me?" Elizabeth asked as she chased him. Morgianna jumped to her feet with fire in her eyes.
"Morgianna, please," Aladdin tried to calm her. "We're already going to lose Sinbad after this. We don't have that many places to hide the bodies."
Sinbad shivered under the glare of Hakuei's brothers.
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"I'm afraid I cannot let you in," Hakuei told the woman.
"Oh that is alright," Elizabeth replied. "I only came by to say hello. How about a basket of apples my dear? As a homecoming gift?"
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"Hakuei don't eat food from strangers!" Aladdin warned her.
"She has a habit of that," Koumei mused. "When she was first introduced in the show she tried to take milk from the Kouga clan."
"Those people weren't trying to poison me though," Hakuei reminded him. "It was Ryosai, the one who warned me not to eat their food that was trying to kill me." Hakuei paused. "Perhaps that's another reason why I shouldn't be trusting Sinbad in this story."
"Hey!"
"They do say history is doomed to repeat itself," Alibaba shook his head.
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Hakuei was skeptical of the old women but thought it would be rude of her to refuse. She took the basket gratefully from the old lady. "Won't you take a bite darling? I'd hate to find that they weren't to your liking."
"I suppose," Hakuei replied, thinking there couldn't be much harm in taking one bite. And so Hakuei took a bite from the apple. The poison sent her into a coma instantly and sent her sprawling to the floor. The queen laughed and revealed herself as the evil Queen Arba.
"It's done! Hakuei has fallen into a slumber from which she will never awaken! The kingdom is mine and I will forever be the fairest women in all the land!"
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"Do you always explain your plan out loud when there is no one around?" Aladdin asked Arba.
"Of course, don't you?"
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When Sinbad and the eight generals returned they were heartbroken to find Hakuei passed out on the floor. After determining there was no way to save her they decided to give her a proper burial. Grief-stricken and heartbroken, they couldn't bring themselves to cover her coffin. Even in death she was absolutely beautiful, so instead they made her a glass coffin where the sun could still reach her face.
Before they could leave her Sinbad insisted they remove the lid once more so he could say goodbye. Sinbad gave his love one last kiss of farewell.
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"Ew, necrophilia," Judal stuck his tongue out.
"Really? That's where you draw the line?" Kougyoku asked.
"Hey, a guy's got to have some standards."
"I'm not actually dead!" Hakuei exclaimed. "Why are they burying me?"
Huh. You know, that doesn't make much sense. Oh well, can't change it now.
"Yes you can," Aladdin replied. "You just need to go back to the previous part and,"
No interrupting, we're just getting to the good part!
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But the kiss wasn't just any kiss. His kiss was strong enough to wake Hakuei up from her trance as good as new!
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"I thought I was in a coma," Hakuei asked. "How would a kiss wake me up?
"Because it was TRUE LOVEEEE," Kougyoku sang.
"Or perhaps I'm just such a good kisser you couldn't help but wake up," Sinbad told her. "Want me to prove it?"
"I think I'll take the coma," Hakuei gave as her answer.
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All the generals and the king stared at her in shock, unable to figure out what had just happened.
"It was the kiss," Pisti realized with a gasp. "The kiss saved her life!"
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"Ugh. Stop with the gushy stuff," Kouha complained. "I'm going to be sick.
Oh, that could be fun!
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"Only a kiss of true love could have saved her form such deadly poison!" Jafar explained.
"I should probably check again to make sure all the poison is gone," Sinbad decided, swooping Hakuei up into his arms and kissing her again.
…
"OH YUCK STOP HAVE MERCY ON ME!" Kouha begged, melting like a witch in the sun.
"Wow, Sinbad's a sneaky fox even in the fairy tale world," Alibaba laughed.
"Why can't I get you to swoon like that over me now?" Sinbad complained.
"In your dreams," Hakuei frowned at him.
"That's the problem. I want them out of my dreams and in reality."
…
All of them rejoiced for the miracle they had witnessed. Sinbad refused to let Hakuei stay in that cabin alone anymore and the two of them went back to Sindria together. Hakuei was declared the queen of Sindria and the two of them were married immediately, and the wedding was declared the happiest day in all the kingdom.
…
"He kidnapped her, I'm calling it!" Hakuryuu yelled.
"The story says it was the happiest day in the land," Sinbad reminded him. "How could she be so happy if she was kidnapped?"
"Hypnotism?" Pisti suggested.
"Don't give him ideas," Jafar warned.
"I don't feel too happy right now," Hakuei crossed her arms.
"That's because we haven't gotten to the honeymoon part yet," Sinbad told her.
Hakuei blinked. "What's a honeymoon?"
"The Kou Empire doesn't have those," Koumei said, explaining the confusion written on the faces of his family.
Sinbad blinked. Then he grinned darkly. "How about I show you?"
"SINBAD NO!"
…
Back in the kingdom of Kou, Sinbad allied himself with the relatives of the previous king to bring down queen Arba. They dethroned Arba and made Princess Kougyoku the empress instead.
…
"Oh yeah that's my girl!" Kouha laughed giving his sister a high five. "Take down that crazy queen!"
"Okay, I get why Kougyoku was made Empress in our time," Hakuryuu replied. "But shouldn't I have been made king after Arba? Or Kouen?"
You wanted to go exploring with your friends, Kouen didn't want to be king, Kouha didn't want to be tied down by stupid laws and Koumei was too lazy to take that much responsibility.
"…I'll buy that."
…
As a wedding gift to Hakuei, Empress Kougyoku made the previous queen Arba dance on flaming hot coals until they died.
…
"I thought this was supposed to be the happiest day in all the kingdom!" Arba whined.
"Well come on lady, they can't please everyone!" Kouha told her. "That's just not realistic!"
"You know Hakuryuu, you really wasted some great potential to get revenge," Kougyoku told him. "If you'd just waited longer and asked for our help, Arba's death would have been much more satisfactory."
"I'll be sure to call you whenever I need ideas for torture," Hakuryuu cringed.
"I think you may have been spending a bit too much time with Judal lately sister," Kouen decided.
"What makes you say that?"
"Oh yeah burn baby burn!" Judal laughed. "Watch the queen get slayed!"
…
Empress Kougyoku ruled her land with the help of her brothers and brought it back to a place of peace and wealth for all the people. In Sindria Hakuei lived happily with her true love and the eight generals in the palace beloved by all the citizens and able to be the general she always wanted to be. And they all lived happily ever after!
…
"Err, yeah. Happily ever after. That's one way to put it," Judal grumbled.
"Considering where the manga's going lately, I'd rather take this ending any day," Alibaba replied.
"Why? What's happening in the manga?" Sinbad asked.
All of them stared at him in turn. "…Nothing."
"That's sounds ominous."
"Just don't ask," Jafar told him.
"So Hakuei," Sinbad began again, ignoring the previous conversation. "How about you come back to Sindria with me and we test the authenticity of this story? Find out if we really have true love?"
"How can you even say that? You are a king who flirts with every girl you meet,"
"But you're the best for me by far."
"AW!" Pisti and Kougyoku both cooed. Kouha wanted to barf.
"-You already said you never want to get married,"
"I never said never, just not yet," Sinbad corrected. Jafar shook his head at Alibaba who tried to argue.
"You and I are basically enemies,"
"Let's take the time to change that then!"
"-And if we are going by the story there is no way someone could possibly kiss someone to bring them back to life!"
Sinbad paused. He watched Hakuei cautiously, debating what his next answer would be. Hakuei waited out of curiosity to see what his answer would be. Then he took her by the shoulders and brought his lips to hers.
"Mmff!" Was Hakuei's weak protest, more out of shock than anything else.
"Now I don't think that could bring someone back to life," Sinbad said after what seemed to be the longest kiss in history. "But I'd say that was definitely proof that we should give the two of us a try."
"I….Um….I…" Hakuei stuttered. "O-okay."
Sinbad grinned. "Now it's a happily ever after."
"I'MMA KILL THAT GUY!" Both Kouha and Hakuryuu jumped to their feet. Sinbad had to sprint out of the room as the two of them chased him with swords held high.
Aladdin sighed. "Looks like it's time for me to fake an execution again."
This story was so cheesy I was cringing and laughing while writing it. I hope you all still liked it anyway!