Author's Note: I want to try to post a chapter at least once every three to five days though I might post more than that. Perhaps one a day or even one every two days. It just depends. Also, I dunno if I forgot to put Kirara in the first or last chapter but let's act as though I did. Also, the pants Sin got from Kagome fit around his waist but are tight everywhere else and short on him, due to him being seven inches taller than Kagome and more muscular than her.
Also, have you guys ever seen Lithium burn? That reddish pink color is what Fanalis hair makes me think of. Also, I will skip parts of episodes in chapters if I feel they're not that important to the overall story.
Wretched and Divine
Importance of a Magi
3rd Person Point of View, Omniscient
"I'll take care of the bill. You three can stay here as long as you desire," Sin says, placing his hand on his chest. Kagome frowns, eyes narrowing slightly.
"Wow!" Aladdin exclaims.
"I'd rather not. I'm perfectly happy sleeping outside," Kagome comments. Her eyes harden as they stare into Sin's golden eyes similar o her brother's. "I'd much prefer not to owe you a damn thing. You might try to weasle a certain type of favor out of me." Kagome finishes with a serious expression. Sin's mouth gapes open as his eyes widen in shock. Kagome's eyes flicker over the hotel. "Besides, even though I can afford this place, it seems rather guady."
"Look, you won't owe me anything. Think o this as my way of repaying you for your kindness and generosity in letting me borrow your clothes," Sin says, sincerity coming from his tone. Kagome looks at him blandly. 'While he isn't lying, I get the feeling he will end up using this to his advantage somehow.' Looking behind her at Aladdin's and Morgiana's crestfallen faces, she sighs.
"Fine, we'll let you pay the bill for us. However," Kagome begins, getting into his personal space. "If you step out of line or I get the slightest hint of you trying to take advantage of it in a sinister way, I will kick your ass and we'll leave." Sin smiles, laughing as he walks up the stairs. Suddenly, guards surround him as push him back.
"Who the heck are you? Shady bastard!" One shouts. Kagome smirks, chuckling softly at the turn of events.
"Really? What's so shady about me?" Sin asks as he struggles to get through the guards, making Kagome tsk and frown.
"What's so shady about you?" She asks as she walks up the stairs. She slaps the back of his head. "Fucking baka. You're half naked but the only clothes you have on—my pants—leave nothing to the imagination and are probably scarring everyone here with your...miniscule lump outlined in my sweatpants. You're basically busting out of them fat ass," Kagome growls as she grabs him by the ponytail and yanks him back. "Stop fighting them. It's only making worse stupid."
She continues to berate him as two men watch, slightly amused as Sin is put in his place by a small woman. "There he is," A man with flaming reddish hair says.
"Really now," The white haired individual says, his tone filled with exasperation. "What on earth did he think he was doing anyway?" He stares disapprovingly at a cowering Sin. Walking toward the pair, he watching the two's behavior. His confusion and curiosity deepens when he notices the weapons the woman carries. Tilting her head to the side slightly, Kagome eyes the approaching man with a stoic expression.
"Am I correct in assuming you know this bumbling fool of a man?" Kagome asks, her silky voice cold and detached yet polite. The man pauses in shock for a moment before resuming.
"Yes. Sorry for any trouble my master may have caused you. Why don't you all come inside so we can discuss these things?" The white haired man offers.
Kagome glances at the two men, accessing everything about them in a few seconds each. Re red haired individual is taller than Sin. He wears golden armor on his abdomen with golden cuffs on his wrists and ankles. A white cloth is wrapped around his waist, covering a portion of his armor. The cloth parts a few inches above his knee of his right leg in the front and ends an inch or so above the metal cuffs on his ankles. The man's scarlet eyes gaze indifferently at them.
The shorter man has a head full of white hair, similar to InuYasha but cleaner looking. Creme colored robes with green stitching in areas and an inch of green stitching lining the neck adorns him. He as a green cloth held on his head by a golden band around his forehead. The man wears a polite smile. His dark blue-black eyes stare back at them, accessing them as well. Freckles litter his nose. Kagome notes, 'How very soul was once completely submered in darkness. Even though it no longer is, his soul and aura still carry some darkness. After all, once you let the darkness in, it never truly leaves. It changes you.' Her eyes harden slightly. 'He was probably an assassin, mercenary, or something of the like before considering the quality of the darkness that's a part of him.'
"Excuse me but you're a Fanalis right?" Kagome's piercing gaze locks onto the red headed man who nods. "I thought so. Your eyes, among other things, have it away." Kagome contemplates for a second. 'Perhaps he and I can spar sometime. If we're lucky, he'll even train Morgiana.'
Kagome arches a brow. "So long as the pervert over there follows the terms we agreed to, we'll be fine," Kagome replies smoothly.
"Now, as for you, let's try to do something about your state of dress," The white haired man says, pushing him along.
"I'll see you later Aladdin, Morgiana, and miss," Sin says smiling, waving as he is dragged away. "Why don't we all meet up for some food later today?" The Fanalis male looks at Morgiana who looks up before he walks away.
"Surprised huh? To think that she's a Fanalis, just like you," Sin says.
"I am. Yes, it is rather unusual," The red headed man says.
"By the way Sin, surely you weren't robbed of all of your belongings by those hideous thieves, were you?" The white haired man says.
"Sure was," Sin replies, a smile on his face. The man marches over to him angrily.
"Not just your clothes but every piece of your equipment too?" He demands.
"They took every last thing," Sin replies sheepishly. Groaning, the white haired man grabs Sin by his throat, shaking him.
"What's the matter with you? Did you forget what that was?!" He yells out. Sin laughs.
"It's okay, it's okay," Sin chuckles out. "I'll find a way somehow. Just leave it to me."
"Oh really? When are you going to finally awaken to your responsibilities as our King? Matter of our nation, Sindria, huh King Sinbad?" The white haired man asks incredulously while Sinbad just stares at him with a bored expression. Hearing someone clear his or her throat, everyone looks at the doors. They see Kagome leaning against the doorway.
"How much of that did you hear?" The white haired man asks. Kagome snorts.
"The entire conversation. You're loud as hell. I could hear you all the way down the hallway," Kagome replies, a fait trace of amusement tinting her tone. Rolling her eyes at everyone's tense posture, she pushes off the doorway.
"Relax. I already knew Sin, or should I say King Sinbad now, was differnet, that he was a metal vessel user," Kagome says. Holding hip her hand, she silences the white haired man from asking how she knew. "Please, it's quite obvious. Anyway, I came here to finish the talk I was having with you earlier today before you ran off." Her frozen eyes bore into Sinbad.
Suddenly, a breeze swirls in the room as Kagome moves in a flurry of movements. Holding Sinbad's face at her level, she glares into his eyes, her piercing gaze unnerving him. "If you try to take advantage, hurt, or exploit what I have claimed as mine, I won't hesitate to put you in your place. If it comes to it, I'll even put you down. Where I'm from, pack is everything. If you hurt, in any way, shape, or form, one's pack, he or she is well within his or her rights to kill you. There's a fine line between trying to act in the best interest of everyone and just being a manipulative bastard. Also, you should be careful of playing the fool. If you let others underestimate you too much, you'll end up damning your people and everything you care about," Kagome says, her voice frigid and deadly. She lets go of him and starts walking away.
"You can't talk to him that way! Show him some respect!" The white haired man exclaims after getting over his shock as he stands in her way. She arches a brow.
"Show him respect?" She questions, snorting. Her eyes harden, darkening from oceanic blue to almost blackish blue like her hair. "Respect is like trust. It's something that's earned, not given out freely." With that said, she walks around him.
"Since you're here, do you want your sweatpants back, miss?" Sinad asks. Kagome pauses at the doorway. Turning her head to stare at him, she looks at him as if he's stupid.
"No. As far as I'm concerned, they're contaminated since they touch your naked body. Burn them. I have more," She replies . Cocking her head to the side slightly, she contemplates something. She says one last hint before she leaves. "My name's Kagome. Use it."
"Help yourselves. This is a Balbadd specialty, an herb baked Eumera sea bream," Sinbad says, smiling as he sees Aladdin and Morgiana drooling over it. "I almost forgot. I haven't introduced you to my subordinates. This is Ja'far and this is Masrur." Looking at the two females, Sinbad says, "Like Kagome said, Masrur is a Fanalis, same as you." Masrur starts a conversation with Morgiana.
"Kagome, why aren't you eating anything? I haven't seen you eat the entire week we were travelling to Balbadd. You caught us food and cooked it but you need are anything," Aladdin says, catching the entire group's attention.
"You're right. In fact, you didn't eat anything the three weeks you were in a coma as a slave. Depending on how long it took the person to transport you, it's possible that you haven't eaten anything in five weeks or more!" Morgiana rushes out softly, her voice and expression twisted with worry. "Is it because of the marks I saw covering your body and the ones on your face?" Kagome looks up.
"No. I'm just not hungry." She gets up. "You shouldn't speak of things you know nothing about. Don't point out things that could end up being sensitive topics. Especially with people you've only know for a short while. They aren't very likely to give you a straight answer because they don't know you well enough to trust you." Kagome bows her head slightly, her bangs covering her eyes. "I do care for you but I don't even talk about what happened with my brother so don't ever bring it up again." She turns, grabbing her book and sitting as far from them as possible so she can calm down.
Kagome tenses as she sees Aladdin raise Ugo's flute to his lips. She appears by his side, placing her hand on the flute right as he blows into it, summoning Ugo. "Shit," She curses. Ugo turns, kneeling down and looking at her. He bows before offering her his hand to step on.
"It's been awhile since any of my kind has seen any of your kind, Lady Miko," He says inside her head. Kagome tenses, looking up sharply.
"How do you know that?" She says softly.
"Your mother, Lady Midoriko, and your father appeared in Alma Torran many years ago. In fact she was pregnant with you at the time. Your mother may be very proud of you, Lady Kagome," Ugo replies. Kagome's eyes clench shut, a tear threatening to fall.
"I wouldn't know. She died sighting for her and my life while I was still in her womb. Father protected her in the midst of the battle when she went into labor by erecting a powerful barrier," Kagome replies. Lowering her voice, she continues, "Father died as well in the battle. Midoriko and father became just two souls in the Shikon no Tama." Kagome's hands subconsciously stray to where the Jewel was ripped out and to her chest where it as merged with her.
"Lady Midoriko is dead?" Kagome nods. "I see. Well, believe me when I say she would be proud of you. She loved you with all her heart as did your father. They were good people and strong warriors."
"Where I come from, she was dead for many centuries, at least 7 I believe," Kagome murmurs. "I know they were."
"So King Solomon's prediction is coming true after all. You are far more powerful than a normal Magi seeing as you were able to conquer a few dungeons of your own. Your reiki isn't magoi at all but it can affect tainted people and black Ruhk, cleansing them. Added in your yokai heritage and you're something completely new. You will be vital in stopping the war."
"Alma Torran? Is that the place my mother showed me from her memories?" Kagome murmurs.
"Everything that you need to know will be revealed to you when the time is right," Ugo says, setting her down. While Ugo and Kagome had been in a conversation, Sinbad was talking to Aladdin about him being a Magi as well.
"You don't know about me? King—"
"No. None of us do. You're not as famous as you thought," Kagome says, interrupting him. Sinbad turns white at her comment, sulking.
"Oh Kagome! What did Ugo want to talk to you about?" Aladdin asks. Kagome smiles a sad smile, looking up at the blue Djinn.
"He was telling me about two people who were very dear to both of us and many other people," Kagome replies. She places her hand on Ugo. "Thanks Ugo. You have no idea how much your words have helped."
"You can understand Ugo?" Aladdin asks.
"Of course. Though that was the first time he's talked to me," Kagome muses. Sinbad recovers long enough to go on a rant about himself, telling about him conquering seven dungeons and establishing his own nation. Aladdin bursts his bubble by not showing any recognition, causing Kagome to smirk.
"So mister, what is a Magi?" Aladdin asks. "I guess I don't really understand that much about myself yet." Sinbad hums, thinking. He opens his mouth to speak.
"Aladdin, a Magi is known as a Sorcerer of Creation. Like magicians, they can use magoi to perform spells. However, unlike magicians, they can also use the Ruhk around them, yes those golden little butterfly looking things, to preform spells. Magi are loved by the Ruhk you see. Magi have the power to summon dungeons and lead people to them like you did with your fried Alibaba. Magi have the power to shape the world," Kagome explains, causing Sinbad and Ja'far to date at her in shock.
"How are you so knowledgeable about Magi Kagome?" Aladdin asks. Kagome pauses, looking into Aladdin's eyes.
"Because where I come from, we have one Magi ourselves. She isn't a part of the three Magi here. She's been around for more than six thousand years. However, she hasn't raised any dungeons or chosen any King's Candidates. She said that she would choose someone when they showed they were worthy of it, that if she was drawn to them, then they would become her King's Candidate. She's loved by the people despite the fact that most people except the royalty, don't know that she's a Magi," Kagome says softly. "All they know is that their nation is safe because of her.p, that she is he reason they're no longer persecuted and hunted. That he has done many great things for them selflessly, without want or taking anything in return."
"There's a Magi on the Dark Continent?" Morgiana asks, surprised.
"The kingdom I come from is more than just the Dark Continent beyond the Great Rift. It is everything beyond it," Kagome explains gently.
"Kagome's right Aladdin. The fact that you generate enough magoi to manifest a Djinn means you're a Magi. Which means you're amazing. In fact, since you're so amazing, I have a favor to ask of you," Sinbad says.
"What is it?" Aladdin asks.
"Do you think you could help me capture the thieves who've then this country into an uproar?" Sinbad asks, placing his hand on his chest.
"The only reason you're asking for our help—yes, our help because neither Morgiana or I would allow him to try to do it himself— is because you don't have a single metal vessel on you because your dumb ass let yourself get robbed," Kagome comments, stepping next to him. Kagome whispers, "Remember what I said earlier." Baking away, Kagome smirks at his face.
"Wait Sin! We should really discuss this first! Are you actually going to involve these children?" Ja'far asks. Kagome frowns.
"I'm not a child. In fact, I'm older than you or anyone else here Mr. Ja'far so don't mistake me for one," Kagome murmurs loud enough for the group to hear, shocking the entire group.
"What are you worried about?" Sinbad asks, folding his arms. "Aladdin is a Magi, isn't he? And he has enough powers to have been chosen by fate." Ja'far frowns more. Sinbad turns to smile at Aladdin and the others. "Not to mention the fact that Kagome is right about me not having a single metal vessel." Ja'far starts scolding Sinbad.
"Aladdin, it's up to you. If you want o help, we will. If not, then we won't. However, if either of you come in harm's way, whether or not we are helping, I won't hesitate to protect you," kagome says softly. Kagome looks at Morgiana. "However, seeing as Morgiana wants to go back to her homeland, she'd probably end up going by herself if you decided not to help." Morgiana looks down, blushig. Aladdin thinks for a second before deciding.
"Okay, we'll help."
Author's Note: Wow that took longer than it really should have. Anyway, here's the third chapter.
Word count: 3,250