Fire Ch4 - Judar x Reader (Magi - AU)

Judar kept pulling (Name) behind him, his grip only growing tighter around her wrist. She wanted to say something, but the dark aura she was sensing from him stopped her from doing so.

He didn't say a word until they reached his room again.

"I told you to stay here" He scrolled under his breath, throwing her in the room with such force that she ended up in the floor.

The girl felt the soft carpet against her hand and cheeks.

"You can't have me locked in here forever! I want to leave! Take me back!" (Name) yelled, while picking herself up from the floor.

"No" He said in bluntly and she hears him pacing around the room.

"Why not?" She insisted.

"You are an ungrateful rat" He hissed, getting closer to her.

"Stop calling me that!" She yelled again.

"You wanna know why I was out all day? Why I told you to stay in here?" His tone was a mixture of tease and menace.

"Yes" She replied sternly.

Judar was almost on top of her when he strongly grabbed her face with both of his hands.

"I was trying to find a way to fix your damn eyes!" He growled.

"Fix... Fix my eyes?" (Name) stuttered, her cheeks dusting a bit pink. He was doing all this because he wanted to help her?

"Yeah. You weren't blind all your life, am I right?"The magi asked in a carefree tone, letting go of her face and walking away from her.

"No, I started losing my sight when I was a child." She explained, rubbing her sore cheeks.

"Well, I guessed right then, but maybe I should just leave you this way. Blind and stupid"

"Hey! That's not fair! You didn't tell me you wanted to help me!"

"I don't. I don't help people" He hissed, gritting his teeth.

"Then what do you call this?" (Name) asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"I'm just curious." He shrugged, grabbing her wrist again.

"Judar that doesn't make any sense!" She insisted while he dropped her on one side of the bed. "How were those men!? What were they doing!?"

"That's none of your business. Just stop asking! Go to sleep!"

(Name) realized that there was no point in continuing arguing with him. The nervousness of the encounter with those men had begun to disappear, and the feeling was replaced by a strong tiredness. Once her body had finally started to relax, she quickly fell asleep.

What she never knew was that Judar, on the other hand, did have trouble falling asleep that night.

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The following morning (Name) woke up alone. Running her hand over the side of the bed were Judar slept, she found the soft fabric cold. He must have left hours ago.

Pulling herself into a sitting position she got out of bed, heading towards the bathroom. The moment she was about to walk in, the three servants that had been taking care of her walked into the room.

As it was starting to be usual now, one of them cleaned the room; others brought her food, while the other helped her get ready. (Name) felt strange being treated that way, but she knew that even if she rejected their help Judar would just send them back to her.

(Name) was sitting on the edge of the bed the moment the girls were leaving the room and she sensed someone else's rukh. One she hadn't felt before. The new person stood by the door, and she heard the servants babbling some kind of greeting before leaving.

"Who are you?" A soft female voice asked from the open door.

"I'm (Name). And you?" She titled her head to the side, still sitting on the bed.

"I'm the eighth Princess, Ren Kougyoku"

"Princess...? Oh! I'm so sorry your Highness!" (Name) jumped from the bed, bowing deeply to the person in front of her.

"It's ok, but if you don't mind me asking... What are you doing in here?"

"Well, I... The magi, Judar brought me here. I'm not sure why... But he says he's going to help me with my eyes" (Name) replied, smiling softly.

"Your eyes? Oh... You're blind" There was sadness in the princess voice.

"Yes"

"And Judar is going to help you? Really!? That's... Unusual" Kougyoku walked deeper into the room, studying the girl in front of her. She somehow reminded her of herself. When she first came into the Palace and she was alone and scared.

"Yes. Well, he's a strange man." A hollow laugh escaped the girl lips "He keeps me lock in here"

"He does? Why?"

"I don't know... He doesn't tell me much"

"Well, I'm the princess and I say it's ok for you to come out for a while, and we can talk if you want" Kougyoku suggested, full of determination "Especially because Judar isn't here" the princess murmured that last part but the girl heard it clearly.

"Are you sure my lady? I don't want to get you into trouble... or me" (Name) played with the sleeve of the kimono she was wearing. She wanted to go out, but at the same time she knew Judar would only get even more angry with her.

"Don't worry. I know how to handle Judar. Come on, let's go outside" The pink haired princess grabbed her hand, guiding her outside the room with her.

The blind girl smiled, feeling the warmth of the sun on her face.

"Tell me (Name), do you know how to make flower crowns?" Kougyoku happily asked.

"Huh?"

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(Name) and the princess sat on the grass, in one of the palace's gardens. Kougyoku had insisted on teaching the girl how to make flower crowns. Taking the blind girl's hand into hers, the princess had guided (Name) trough the required movement and she was shocked to see how quickly the girl had learned. They were working on the flower crowns and chatting, which consisted mostly in Kougyoku trying to find out as much as she could about the strange girl Judar was hiding in his bedroom, when someone approached them.

"How did you and Judar met?" The princess questioned, while concentrating in joining one flower to another.

(Name) bit her lower lip, hesitating. She did want to lie, but she was sure Judar wouldn't like her telling anybody either. Not even herself was clear about the circumstances surrounding the moment they had met.

"Kougyoku who's she?" A male voice asked, not too far from them.

"Hakuryuu! She's (Name). I found her in Judar's room." The princess smiled, looking at his cousin "(Name), this is the fourth prince, Ren Hakuryuu"

"Prince?" (Name) stood up, as quickly as she could. "It's an honor to meet you, your Highness, " She bowed deeply to him, just like she had done when meeting the princess.

Hakuryuu looked at the girl in front of him. She seemed like a nice young woman. Her features were soft and beautiful, but what caught his attention the most were her blue eyes. They were beautiful, but, there was no life in them.

"Nice to meet you too (Name). Please, just call me Hakuryuu" He said with a smile "What you mean you find her in Judar's room?" The prince frowned, looking at his cousin and half-sister.

The girl was about to speak when someone interrupts her answer.

"Well, well, what's going on here?"

The three of them recognize the voice of the black magi, but only (Name) felt a cold chill running down her spine. The prince and the princess look up, to see Judar floating above their heads. The magi soon descended next to them.

"(Name), why are you out, again?" He grumbled.

"I-I..."

Judar turned to Hakuryuu, giving him an icy glare.

"Don't look at me" The prince took a step back, raising his hand in front of him.

"Judar it's my fault. I was the one that took her out. She was so lonely in there!" Kougyoku admitted, sounding more calm than she really was.

"You old hag? Where did you find her?" He frowned.

"In your room. I went looking for you" The princess explained, looking at the flowers in her hand.

"For what?"

"I don't remember anymore" She looked back at him, smiling. He rolled his eyes at her.

He just wanted to drag (Name) back to his room, but he knew that would only bring more and more questioning from the others, especially Kougyoku. He glanced back at the blind girl who was now holding a bunch of flowers in her hands. She seemed somehow happy.

"What are you doing?" Judar asked, finally reaching a decision.

"We are making flower crowns! Look! Princess Kougyoku taught me!" (Name) smiled, lifting the crown she had been working on.

"You did that?" The magi asked, pointing at it.

"Yeah... It's too bad?" She winced.

"Is better than Kougyoku!" He laughed "Even a blind girl makes better crowns than you!" Judar scoffed, looking at the princess.

"You don't have to be mean all the time you know?" The eighth princess grimaced, looking at him "Just go away"

"Hmh, Whatever" He just turned around and walked away, Hakuryuu following him.

A few minutes passed in complete silence, until (Name) dared to speak again.

"Where did he go?"

"He's at the peach tree with Hakuryuu" Kougyoku replied, glancing to the tree.

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"So... That's the girl you brought here that night" The fourth prince pointed out, looking at (Name). She was laughing at something Kougyoku had said.

He was sitting under the peach tree, while Judar was sitting at one of the top branches, eating the fruit.

"Yeah" Was the magi's blunt answer.

"She is blind, right?" Hakuryuu questioned, still looking at the girls.

"Yes, genius" Judar scoffed, biting on a peach.

"And why is she here? You like her don't you?" Hakuryuu asked, looking back at Judar with a teasing smile on his face.

"No"

"I think she's pretty" He babbled, looking back at the two girls.

"Auch!!!" Hakuryuu yelled, rubbing the back of his head after feeling a sudden pain. He looked back and to his side, finding a half-eaten peach next to him. He glanced back to the tree, where Judar was staring at him, frowning.

"Stay away" He grumbled and his red eyes narrowed.

Hakuryuu smirked, looking at him. Before he could say anything, the eighth princess approached them, bringing (Name) behind her.

"Hey Judar! I have an idea!" She yelled, looking at the magi on the tree.

"What?" He asked, staring down at her.

"I'm going to ask Kouba Ka to try to heal (Name)'s eyes"