His shadow [Ja'far x Oc]

Chapter 5

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Am I floating? I looked and saw Sinbad beside me.

"This is the boy's memories... Talk to him.. Save him Amaris." Beleth appeared and explained.

I heard crying... I looked to my left and saw the child, but there were 2. One was slightly brighter than the other. The one I knew was scolding the other.

"I don't want this anymore!" He wailed, "I wanna go home."

"Go home?!" the darker one yelled, "I will never let you forget that we killed our parents!" He gripped onto his shoulders. "There was no other choice!" They both started sobbing.

"You've been suffering a life of contradictions and lies, that's a terrible burden that no one should bear," Sinbad said walking forwards. I, on the other hand, walked behind the two assassins and pulled them into a hug.

"Stop!" He snapped pushing me off, "What do you know?" He yelled at Sin.

"You're right. There's no way I could know. That said," We both pulled the two into a hug.

"If you don't have a home we'll provide it for you!" I said whilst smiling.

"We'll be your guiding light. You don't have to live a life of lies anymore," we said simultaneously.

"Did you hear me I never let friends die," He yelled shooting some electricity into the boy, which also ended up burning my arm. "Which means I'll never let you die!" Sin used his lighting to disperse the rukh.

"Did you hear him Ja'far?" I asked, "We're not going to let you go!" I yelled as all the black rukh left Ja'far. Once all the lightening stopped I could barely feel my legs, I looked to my right arm and saw it turned purplish once again. This time from absorbing some of the black rukh. The noise started blurring together and I could barely see. I collapsed onto my knees but before I managed to stay conscious.

"You're nothing but trouble," Drakon said as they all gathered around Ja'far. I smiled as I managed to get back on my feet. I may have managed to heal myself but all the pain remained.

"Mister Djinn do you happen to have any weapons here?" I questioned. "My dagger isn't the best for combat."

"Child that is a weapon of the moon, you can simply use some magoi to change its form." He said putting his attention on me.

"Ahhh okay... how?" I giggled sheepishly.

"Focus your power into the hand and envision the kind of weapon you desire." I nodded and closed my eyes. I focused the rest of my energy into the handle of my dagger, I wanted a longer blade to that I had a better chance of winning if I fought an actual person. I felt my body being drained as I did. I opened my eyes and saw my sword. It looked like a standard longsword, because it was the only thing I could think of, also I couldn't make it too complex due to the chance of me passing out.

"You have reached the treasure vault. The sacred place where a king vessel forms a pact with the Djinn Valefor. Come forward and let us choose the king." The Djinn stated as it turned into a much more intimidating form.

"King now is the time to form a pact with the Djinn!" Everyone said on their knees, I included because I thought it was funny. I was proud of my older brother, but now I wanted to look for other dungeons so that I could become stronger.

"I guess I'm finally passing out?" I said before my vision started to fade.

"Amaris!" Was the last thing I heard before I fully passed out.

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I sat up noticing we were back in Imuchakk, I walked outside and saw that Hina was being given his warrior name. I smiled making my way over to Sin and Ja'far.

"What'd I miss?" I questioned as I sat down.

"Amaris why would you be so reckless?" Sighed Sin as he passed me a drink.

"I only did what I thought was right," I smiled and gulped down the drink. "Oh yeah, Ja'far how have you been?"

"Better," he replied making me chuckle slightly.

"Why don't you take the cloth off your face?" I moved my head and started to pull at them until they came off. A look of shock was plastered onto his face. "Adorable," I mumbled before falling into a fit of giggles.

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"It's a great pleasure to meet you. My name is Ja'far, and I'm what you'd call a merchant. We'd be completely tickled pink if you could stock our products at your lovely store." Ja'far smiled. "What the hell was that!?" He slammed his hand onto the table. "I've had enough of this you old hag!"

"Old hag?" Rurumu repeated before giving Ja'far a Rurumu chop. I started laughing as I saw Sinbad shake in horror. Ever since we got on this boat Sinbad, Ja'far, and I were forced to learn tons of manners and the basics of being a merchant.

"Lunch time!" Rurumu announced, "Everyone come and get it!" I quickly ran over and started eating. So good!  I managed to get out of the rest of the lessons and was watching the waves.

Days passed and we finally made it Reim Empire! Tons of people were staring at the large Imuchakk boat as it rode into the port. Once we got off we immediately started setting up. Ja'far and Sinbad starting gathering customers. Two guards came up to Sin and told us that we didn't have a license.

"This is all my fault," Ja'far sighed. "None of the books I read said anything about this."

"It's not your fault the books were old." I smiled as a hooded man came up and bought all of our stock.

As it got later we were exploring and came across a shop that was selling the stock that we had sold earlier.

"Guys look this is 5 times higher," Ja'far said examining the prices.

"He must make his money by reselling, and plays it safe by only targeting non-union merchants," said Sin. Everyone kept saying tons of negative comments.

"Ooh, this is getting exciting!" I laughed at the thrill of becoming a merchant.

"This is the type of thrill of doing this kind of thing!" Sin exclaimed agreeing with me as he continued to rant. "Head back to Imuchakk get goods, and get back her as soon as possible," we all boarded the boat without Sin. I wanted to stay but there was something I wanted to do back in Imuchakk.

"Amaris I was kind of expecting you to stay with Sinbad," Hinahoho admitted looking in my direction.

"I was too actually," I laughed. "But I'm going to try and conquer another dungeon back in Imuchakk."

"Are you kidding?" He slightly snapped. "You almost died last time!"

"That was because of the black rukh and Sinbad's lighting," I argued. "I was perfectly fine up until then." Hinahoho sighed.

"Just be sure to come back alive." I smiled looking up at the moon.

"Of course! I have to be able to change the world with everyone." I said drifting off to sleep.