Night 22- Magi vs. Magi

Magi © Shinobu Ohtaka

Shahra © Me

Alozza © Darkdarling98

"Oh man," Alozza muttered as she watched Aladdin and Judar stand face-to-face, the rukh swirling around the former's staff and the latter's wand. "I got a real bad feeling about this!"

'Aladdin…!' Morgiana thought as she helped Alibaba to his feet. 'It's just like back in Amon…when he fought Goltas!'

Shahra growled, flashing her fangs, but at the same time, she felt uneasy as she watched her "cub" face this menace.

"Well, someone looks like they're ready for a brawl!" Judar exclaimed.

"I don't wanna fight you," Aladdin spoke, "but if you're gonna try and hurt us, I won't hold back!"

"Aladdin! Judar! Stop this!" Sinbad shouted.

"Shut up, Lord Moron!" Judar barked. "This is a fight between Magi! Not even a Dungeon-Capturer like you should interfere! And besides, you couldn't stop me now, if you tried! You don't have even a single Djinn Metal Vessel on you!"

"Urgh!" Sinbad growled.

'Dammit, he's right,' he cursed, mentally. 'I can't do anything against him…but maybe…'

"Masrur!" he ordered.

"Understood," Masrur said as he dashed at Judar with lightning speed, preparing to kick him with his fierce footwork…but then, an orb of light appeared around Judar, stopping his attack.

'Dammit! He's set up his borg!' he thought before he jumped away.

"It's no use," the male Fanalis said. "Without Household Vessels, I can't break through his borg."

"Shit!" Sinbad cursed.

"Let's get started, little Magi!" Judar declared as he twirled his wand in his fingers. "Let's open…with a magoi shootout!"

"A magoi what?!" Morgiana repeated.

Judar held up his wand, where the rukh began to gather at the red topaz on the tip until a giant ball of light had formed!

"Here I come!" Judar shouted before the ball began to shoot beams, all over the place, nearly hitting the Fog Troop, as well as Alibaba and the rest!

"SCATTER!" Sinbad shouted, and everyone did just that, doing their leveled best to dodge the beams, which were powerful enough to put large holes and the walls of the buildings around them, as well as in the ground.

"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!" S Nando questioned.

"BRO, I WANNA GO HOME!" cried L Nando, tears falling from his eyes.

"GET ME OUT OF HERE!" yelled M Nando.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Judar laughed. "Man, I love seeing 'em scramble! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Soon, the beams headed straight for Aladdin.

"ALADDIN!" Alozza shouted.

"GET OUT OF THERE!" Alibaba cried.

Aladdin didn't move, his staff still raised…as it absorbed the beams of magoi and absorbed them into the large ball of light on his staff.

"A-Aladdin!?" Morgiana questioned.

"What the…?" Judar muttered.

"Take…THIS!" Aladdin shouted as he threw the ball of magoi at Judar, who gasped as he attempted to block…but then, the ball just vanished into thin air!

"Huh?!" Alozza questioned.

"What the…oh, yeah," Judar murmured. "Hey, shrimp! Enough of that. There's not in us having a magoi shootout, after all."

"What?" Aladdin asked.

"Since you and I are Magi," Judar started, "you and I both have the protection of the rukh, so our magoi just cancels each other out."

'Cancels…out?' Aladdin repeated in thought.

"So how about this?" Judar asked as he held his wand. "Let's have us a little magic duel, instead!"

"M…magic?!" everyone repeated.

"What's he going on about, now?" asked S Nando, nervously.

"Isn't that what they've been doing, all along?" M Nando inquired.

"Tch!" Judar sucked his teeth. "Goddamn it, I hate amateurs! They just don't get it! Am I right, Sinbad?"

Sinbad just sneered at Judar before looking away.

"Fine, then," the teenage Magi said as he held his wand up, causing a ball of magoi to appear. "I'll just show you wimps how it's done! First off, magoi is pure power, created by the rukh. Simply shooting it all over the place doesn't really do much except for break stuff. However…if you give the rukh a specific command…"

Suddenly, the rukh gathered at the ball of magoi…which soon started turning black, and it was crackling with electricity!

"…You can do this!" Judar finished. "Thunder Magic, you see!"

Everyone gasped at the sight of the ball of lightning on Judar's wand.

"Th…Thunder Magic?!" Aladdin questioned.

"Aladdin!" Sinbad called. "Don't you know any magic spells?!"

"Uh…no!" Aladdin answered, nervously. "I don't even know what magic is!"

"Just as I thought," Sinbad muttered. "The rukh use the magoi they create to give rise to all the natural phenomena in the world! In other words, it is their magoi that generates storms, fire, and thunder…and right, Judar is using the rukh to create Thunder Magic!"

"Enough bark!" Judar shouted. "EAT THIS, YOU LITTLE PUNK!"

With that, he threw the ball of thunder at Aladdin, who gasped.

"Aladdin! Get away from there!" Sinbad shouted.

"Run away, Aladdin!" Alozza cried while Shahra roared in agreement, but the blue-haired Magi didn't run. He set up a wall of magoi in an attempt to block the attack…but the ball of thunder went straight through!

"AAAAAAHH!" Aladdin screamed.

"ALADDIN!" Alibaba cried.

'There's no way he can avoid that!' Sinbad thought. 'HE'S A SITTING DUCK!'

THAKOOM! The thunder ball seemed to collide directly with Aladdin, creating a gigantic cloud of dust.

"Heh!" Judar smirked. "Well, that sure was easy!"

Or so he thought…because when the dust cleared, there was Aladdin…standing underneath a giant, two-headed dragon, which growled viciously at Judar, who gasped in surprise, but then grinned.

"I see," he said. "I should've known you wouldn't go down, so easily, especially with a borg like yours."

"…What kind of a borg is that?!" Sinbad questioned.

"I've never seen it before!" Ja'Far whispered in shock.

Aladdin panted as he looked up at the dragon before he swallowed nervously.

'Thank you, Mother…!' he thought before he glared at Judar. 'So this…is magic!'

FWEEEEEEEP! Blowing his flute, Aladdin soon summoned Ugo, who took a fighting stance.

"W-what's that?!" L Nando questioned.

"That giant from the fortress!" cried S Nando. "What the hell is it doing here?!"

"Not to mention that black-haired guy is pretty strong," M Nando added. "What happens when they fight, here and now?!"

'A two-headed dragon borg…as well as the power to summon a Djinn,' Sinbad thought. 'As far as I know, I've never seen someone use a borg that way…and normally, the bearer of a Djinn Metal Vessel only equips oneself with its power, but the relationship between Aladdin and Ugo appears to be fundamentally different. I've never seen something like this before…so how will this fight play out?!'

"Hey, kiddo," Judar smirked. "That's a pretty interesting thing you got there. A giant Djinn…only Magi like us can make those appear. Okay, fine…I accept that you're a real Magi…but still…my magic's not like that!"

He then held up his wand again, causing the rukh to gather magoi, and not long after, all the fog around the backstreets back to flow towards the tip of the wand, forming a giant ball of water!

"Balbadd is a city of fog," Judar explained. "The rukh can gather unlimited amounts of water from the air…and then, if I give them a certain command…"

Then…the ball of water froze up into a giant spear, made entirely of ice!

"Then I've created my specialty!" Judar exclaimed. "Ice Magic!"

"UWAAAAAAAAGH!" L Nando screamed. "It's a giant ice spear, Bro!"

"Never mind the ice!" cried S Nando. "CAN'T YOU SEE THAT GUY'S FLYING?!"

He was right…Judar was flying…and he didn't even have his Magic Carpet! It was like he was standing in the air!

'He's using both Gravity Magic and Ice Magic at the same time?!' Sinbad thought. 'Judar…he's so powerful!'

"HAHAHAHAHA!" Judar laughed. "So? What do you think, kid? Pretty cool, eh?! Sure, I make it look easy, but it was a hell to learn, and I still can't fly long distances, but I wouldn't get too surprised yet, if I were you. I've saved for the best for last!"

"What's he up to?" Alozza asked, warily while Shahra growled.

Just then, KRIK-KRIK-KRAK! The ice started to split into pieces, creating smaller spears that pointed down at everyone below.

"Uh…I don't like the looks of that!" cried one of the Fog Troop.

"What do we do?!" asked another.

"SCATTER! AGAIN!" Sinbad ordered.

"Eat this!" Judar shouted. "THALG AL-SALOS!"

With a single swing of his wand, the black-haired Magi sent the ice spears hurtling down towards the group, who began to run around in a frenzied panic as they tried to dodge!

"LOOK OUT!" Alozza shouted as she pushed Alibaba out of the way.

"AAH!" Morgiana cried as she easily jumped over one while holding Shahra over her shoulders. As one of the spears nearly skewered one of the Fog Troop, he noticed that the wall behind him began to freeze!

"What the hell?!" he questioned. "What's happening?!"

Soon, the ground started to freeze up, too!

"AAAAAAHH!"

"WHAT'S GOING ON?!"

"THE ICE IS FREEZING UP EVERYTHING!"

As one ice spear went flying towards Aladdin, one of the dragon heads stretched its neck out and bit down on it, shattering it into pieces!

"Damn!" Judar cursed. "That borg of yours is getting in the way, pipsqueak! Doesn't matter. You can't keep it up, forever! I got plenty of spears left!"

As he said this, the large block of ice began to split into more spears, even more than there were just moments ago!

"See what you can do about this!" Judar shouted. "THALG AL-SALOS!"

Soon, the spears came raining down on Aladdin, and the dragon's two heads attempted to bite through them, but it only managed to catch two before its heads were completely skewered, causing it to shatter!

"Oh, no!" Aladdin cried. "What happened?!"

"A borg can only hold out for so long," Sinbad said. "If it's vanished from Judar's attack, it means that Aladdin's starting to run out of magoi!"

Aladdin gasped as the spears came hurtling towards him, but then Ugo picked him up and put him on his shoulders.

"Run, Ugo!" Aladdin ordered. "Hurry!"

Ugo did just that, evading the spears left and right until he jumped up toward Judar, who gasped in shock.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" he cried. "What are you doing?!"

WHAM! Ugo slammed his gigantic palm against Judar, who attempted to defend himself using a borg, but the barrier suddenly collapsed from the force of the Djinn's strength!

"UUAAAAAAAAAAAGGH!" he screamed before Ugo completely threw him right into the ground, creating a fierce wind that nearly blew everyone away!

"Two Magi, locked in battle!" Ja'Far cried. "It's awe-inspiring…yet terrifying!"

"They're both powerful," Sinbad mused. "Except for magic, Aladdin lacks nothing…but can he really win against Judar?"

A pause…but then, Judar stepped out of the dust with barely a scratch!

"Huh?!" Alibaba questioned.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Alozza cried.

"Not bad there, Aladdin!" Judar said. "I'll admit, that's a pretty tough Djinn you got there, but don't think you've won, just yet! After all…I've got more ice spears."

Aladdin gasped before he looked up and gasped at the spears of ice above him, poised to strike!

"Thalg Al-Salos…" Judar smirked, and the spears were sent flying towards Aladdin!

"ALADDIN!" cried Alozza, Morgiana, and Alibaba.

"ALADDIN, RUN!" Sinbad shouted.

The boy's eyes went wide before he flinched, preparing for the worst…but it never came. When Aladdin opened his eyes, again, he gasped in horror as Ugo's body hovered over him…the spears of ice penetrating his back!

"UGO!" Aladdin cried while Alibaba, Morgiana, Shahra, and Alozza gasped.

"Oh, dear Solomon…!" Alozza whispered in horror.

"Ugo…hang on!" Aladdin cried as he climbed up the Djinn's body and up to his collarbone, where the flute was located. "Don't worry, Ugo! I'll give you more power!"

"Wait, Aladdin!" Alibaba cried. "Don't!"

FWEEEEEEP! Aladdin blew into the flute, causing it to glow a golden light. Ugo stood up, the spears falling out of his back…but a white light started to seep out of the puncture wounds they made.

"Ugo! Are you okay?!" Aladdin asked.

"Not bad!" Judar exclaimed. "I'm impressed! But I still hurt him pretty bad…look at those wounds, kid! That's magoi leaking out of his body!"

Aladdin gasped in horror as he watched the magoi continuously seep out of Ugo's back before he seethed angrily and glared at Judar.

"WHY?!" he questioned. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!"

"Huh?" Judar asked. "Why?"

A pause…but then he chuckled.

"Oh, you mean why am I fighting?" he asked. "To be honest…I forget! Hehehehe!"

"YOU FORGET?!" Alozza questioned. "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!"

"Oh, well," Judar said. "Doesn't really matter, anyway! Let's keep playing, kiddo!"

"Huh?!" Aladdin muttered.

"Come on!" Judar urged. "As a Magi, you get it, don't ya?! I've got so much power, I almost don't know what to do with it! Everything's gotten so boring! But this is the most fun I've ever had in a long time, so come on, squirt! LET'S PLAY SOME MORE! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"…This guy's nuts…!" Alibaba whispered in shock.

'W…what's wrong with him?!' Aladdin thought before he looked down at Ugo. 'Also…Ugo's not going back into the flute!'

"Ugo!" he cried. "Ugo?! Come on, Ugo, you're hurt real bad! Please, go back in the flute now! Please?!"

But Ugo just stood there…until he staggered for a moment. Then, he fell to his knees, dropping Aladdin as he did.

"Oof!" Aladdin cried as he hit the ground, and then looked up at his Djinn friend, worriedly. "Ugo! Ugo, please, go back inside the flute! Please, Ugo!"

A pause…but then, Ugo attempted to force himself up, even more to Aladdin's horror.

'Why, Ugo?!' he thought. 'You're my best friend! Why aren't you listening to me! Why won't you go back in?! I'm not even giving you any more power!'

"Oh, come on," Judar said. "Don't tell me it's over, already, kid! Opportunities like this don't come around every so often, so let's go crazy!"

Then, balls of lightning began to form around him, but Aladdin didn't notice, for he was still too worried about Ugo. Judar smirked before he threw the balls of lightning at the young Magi.

"ALADDIN!" Morgiana cried before she suddenly dashed out and grabbed him, dodging the attack as she did so!

"Morg?!" Aladdin questioned.

"Are you all right, Aladdin?!" Morgiana asked. "Hang in there!"

"Huh?" Judar muttered. "A little girl? Where'd she come from?"

"HEY, MISTER NUTJOB! OVER HERE!"

Judar turned to face Alibaba, who roared as he charged at him while holding his knife. However, the older Magi just smirked as he erected his borg.

"Sorry," he said, "but normal attacks won't work on me."

Alibaba growled as the eight-pointed star on his knife glowed, causing flames to burst forth!

"What the- AGH!" Judar cried as Alibaba penetrated the borg and slashed his knife against his left cheek.

"He actually managed to cut through the borg?!" Ja'Far questioned in surprise.

Judar staggered before he felt his cheek, where a small cut had formed, dripping with blood.

"You damned prick!" Judar cursed as he glared at Alibaba. "How dare you cut me!"

Alibaba just glared at him, holding his knife.

"Oh, yeah," Judar muttered. "I forgot…you are a Dungeon-Capturer, after all."

He then pointed his wand at Alibaba, and BOOM! He fired a ball of magoi at him, sending him and several members of the Fog Troop flying!

"DAMN YOU~!" Alozza roared as her body transformed into a naga, again with Shahra running alongside. She hissed viciously as she lunged at Judar, but then he shot them both with a ball of magoi, too!

"Alozza! Shahra!" Aladdin cried.

"Ah, damn…!" Alozza cursed as she lied on the ground, holding her stomach.

"When I said no one interferes, I meant it!" Judar barked. "This is a duel between us Magi, and whether you people like it or not, I'm gonna kill that twerp!"

But then, THWAM! Ugo appeared out of nowhere and slammed his arm against Judar, catching completely off guard!

"AGH!" Judar cried before he was thrown into a wall. Thanks to his borg, he didn't feel the impact as much, but he was still pretty shaken. As he looked up, he gasped upon seeing Ugo charge him with a fist reeled back!

"H-hey, hey, hey!" Judar cried. "STAY BACK!"

BAM! Ugo slammed his fist into Judar's borg, but it soon started to crack from the raw strength!

"AAAAAAH!" Judar screamed. "UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHH!"

SMASH! The Djinn slammed Judar straight in to the ground, to everyone's shock!

"…Did…did he kill him?" asked Ja'Far.

A pause…but then, to everyone's surprise, Judar came staggering out of the dust, again, heavily bruised and bloodied!

"Haa…haa…!" he panted, blood dripping from his nose, but then he gasped when he saw Ugo charging at him again. "What the hell?! Hey! Stop it! WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THIS DJINN?!"

POW! KRASH! Ugo punched Judar into a wall, again!

"Hey, kid!" Judar shouted. "This Djinn's not playing fair! You haven't even been giving him any of your magoi!"

Ugo charged at Judar again with Aladdin chasing after him in an attempt to stop him, but the older Magi raised his wand, creating more ice spears, which he sent at Ugo, but they were soon smashed by the muscular Djinn!

"And that can only mean," Judar started, "that he's running on somebody else's magoi! In other words…THAT DJINN ISN'T YOUR DJINN!"

Aladdin gasped in shock at this while Judar sent more beams of magoi at Ugo, who had no way to brace himself from the attack. A large cloud of dust soon formed…and out of that cloud came one last spear of ice, which Judar used to pierce right through Ugo's chest!

"UGO, NOOOOOOOO!" Aladdin screamed.

"HA!" Judar laughed. "I WIN!"

Or so he thought, for then, Ugo raised both his hands and slammed them on Judar's borg, squeezing tighter and tighter until it started to crack…until…SMASH! He completely trapped him in his palms, causing a sickening crunching sound, mixed with Judar's screams of pure agony to fill the air! Then…Ugo forcibly dropped him to the ground, bruised, bloodied, and broken.

However…the damaged had already been done. More and more magoi seeped out of Ugo's body, and the ice spear that had impaled him still remained, and Aladdin could only look on, horrified.

'Ugo…what's happening to you?!' he thought.

Until Next Night…

Yep...things are not looking good. Honestly, I wasn't looking forward to this part.

So anyway, review, please!