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~ Chapter 3: Meeting Jasmine ~

The next morning, Y/N was back to doing her work as she was rinsing off the soap. What she didn't notice is that those women were staring at her, seeing her expression. Curious, one of the women came up to her and tapped her shoulder. Y/N turned around to face her when she grabbed her face.

"W-What? What's wrong?" Y/N asked, looking surprised.

"Hm..." Woman 1 hummed, staring at her close.

Suddenly, she pushed her away with a gasp.

"Shut up! You met a boy!"

This caused the women to huddle around Y/N.

"What? No. Well, maybe, sort of. Um..."

She eventually smiles, feeling giddy.

"Yes. Yes, I did."

Woman 2 shook her shoulders.

"We need details! And go slowly!"

"Is he totally gorgeous?" Woman 3 asked eagerly.

"Totally." Y/N admitted, blushing.

"Does he have a nice body? Big muscles?" Woman 2 asked.

"Girl!" Woman 1 scolded.

"What? I'm just asking!"

"Well, he does got a nice well-built body." Y/N answered.

"And his, uh..."

Woman 1 gestured to the hat with her hands above her head.

"His hat is, um..."

"Big and fluffy?"

"With a gem on it?"

"And... you know, I suppose you might say he's sort of a... guard."

Silence was heard as the women blinked a couple of times.

"Guard."

Woman 2 began to laugh it up.

"Ah! This is one of your little jokes!"

All the women begin to laugh. They stopped to see that Y/N is serious as she was looking away with a shy blush. They gasped in realization.

"Oh! Flipping, flaming Nora! She's smooching the face off a royal guard!" Woman 1 exclaimed.

"Which guard is it?!" Woman 2 asked.

"It's... the captain of the royal guard. Razoul..."

"Oh, my gosh!! You're in love with Razoul?!" Woman 3 gasped loudly.

This caused Y/N to panic and covered Woman 3's mouth.

"Shh! Please shush. Just zip it."

Woman 3 made a zip gesture as she kept her mouth shut. Woman 1 smiled and pulled Y/N into a hug.

"Oh! Y/N! This is fantastic!"

"Is it?"

"Of course! It's rather surprising to hear about a regular girl falling in love with the royal guard."

"It is..."

"What's he like?"

"How did you guys met?"

Y/N stares at the women, who are interested to hear how this happens. She smiles and sighs, knowing she can't escape from this.

"Well..."

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Meanwhile, Aladdin and Abu are up to their capers again. They are on top of the awning of a fruit stand.

"Okay, Abu. Go!"

Abu dips over the edge and looks at the proprietor, who's talking to the passing crowd.

"Try this, your taste buds will dance and sing."

Abu grabs a melon and hangs there, distracting his attention.

"Hey, get your paws off that."

"Blah blah blah!" Abu babbled.

"Why, you. Get away from here, you filthy ape."

He grabs the melon away from Abu. But in the foreground, Aladdin dips down and snatches another melon from the stand.

"Bye bye."

Abu zings back up. The proprietor takes the melon to the front, where he places it on top of a stack. He looks confused, like he has just done this.

"Nice goin' Abu. Breakfast is served."

Aladdin and Abu on the roof break open the melon and eat. Just then, a brown hooded stranger is walking through the street. Through the hood is a woman.

"Pretty lady, buy a pot. No finer pot in brass or silver." Shopkeeper 1 offered.

"Sugar dates, sugar dates and figs! Sugar dates and pistachios!" Shopkeeper 2 said.

"Would the lady like a necklace? A pretty necklace for a pretty lady." Shopkeeper 3 said, showing her the beads of the necklace.

She is charmed by the action, but is startled by a fish thrust into her face.

"Fresh fish! We catch 'em, you buy 'em!" Shopkeeper 4 said.

"I don't think so."

She backs away, but bumps into a fire eater, who is startled into swallowing his fire.

"Oh, excuse me."

He gulps, then belches fire from his mouth. She is disgusted. He is pleased and taps his stomach.

"I'm really very sorry."

Y/N was finished with her job as she was just shopping for some food when she noticed her. She approaches her.

"Hey. New here?"

The woman turns to her and smiles.

"Is it that obvious?"

"I can tell you're unfamiliar with the area. Maybe I could give you a tour if you'd like."

The woman's eyes perked up.

"That would be great. My name is Jasmine, by the way."

Jasmine held out a hand. Y/N took it and they shook hands.

"Y/N. Nice to meet you."

Aladdin sees Jasmine, and a strange look comes over his face. He's obviously deeply in love with her as he keeps staring.

"Wow."

She pulls the hood of her cloak over her head. Jasmine follows Y/N as she shows her around the place. Abu sees him and jumps up on his shoulder, waving his hand in front of Aladdin's face.

"Uh oh. Hello? Hello?"

Jasmine stops at the fruit stand and sees a young homeless child reaching for a piece of fruit. She picks one up and gives it to him. Y/N notices her and stops to what she was doing.

"Oh, you must be hungry. Here you go."

The boy runs off.

"You'd better be able to pay for that." Proprietor said.

"Uh oh..." Y/N gulped, feeling where this was going.

Jasmine looks mystified.

"Pay?"

He grabs her arm and sneers.

"No one steals from my cart!"

"Oh, I'm sorry sir. I don't have any money."

"Thief."

Jasmine tried to pull her hand away when his grip was strong. Y/N rushes after her.

"Please, if you let me go to the palace, I can get some from the Sultan."

"Do you know what the penalty is for stealing?"

He takes her hand and pins it down on the table, intending to chop it off.

"No, no please."

Y/N comes in front of Jasmine, sword in hand. The sword drops, but his hand is stopped by Aladdin's.

"Thank you kind sir. I'm so glad you've found her. I've been looking all over for you."

Y/N sees where this was going and played along. Jasmine though is confused and whispered.

"What are you doing?"

"Just play along." Aladdin whispered back.

"What he said." Y/N whispered, sheathing her sword.

"You know this girl?" Proprietor asked.

"Sadly, yes. She is my second sister. She's a little crazy."

He circles his finger around his ear. Jasmine is shocked. Y/N quietly snickers at that. The proprietor grabs him by the vest.

"She said she knows the Sultan."

"She thinks the monkey is the Sultan."

Abu is picking a pocket. He hears this, then straightens up. Jasmine, playing along, kneels and bows to Abu.

"Oh, wise Sultan. How may I serve you?"

"Well, blah blah blah blah."

Abu plays along and pats Jasmine's head.

"Tragic, isn't it?"

He leans forward, picking up another apple from the cart with his foot.

"But, no harm done."

Y/N pulls out the coins and gives it to the proprietor, who takes them.

"Take this as an apology."

She and Aladdin walks over to Jasmine.

"Now come along sis. Time to see the doctor."

Jasmine comes towards a camel standing nearby.

"Oh, hello doctor. How are you?"

"No, no, no. Not that one." Y/N playfully scolded, pushing her to the otherside.

Aladdin turns to Abu, whose pockets are bulging.

"Come on, Sultan."

Abu bows to the crowd and everything he's stolen from the cart falls out. Proprietor notice this.

"Huh? What is it?"

Abu picks up what he can carry, and the trio run off.

"Come back here, you little thieves!"

The trio giggled as they run off with Abu following behind.

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In Jafar's lab, Iago is running on a gear in a bizarre contraption. At the top of the contraption is a storm brewing.

"With all due respect, Your Rottenness, couldn't we just wait for a real storm?" he asked, huffing and puffing.

"Save your breath, Iago. Faster."

Jafar places the Sultan's ring he took from him in the contraption.

"Yes, O mighty Evil One."

Iago runs faster. A lightning bolt streaks through the ring, passing into an hourglass below. The sands begin to swirl.

"Part, sands of time. Reveal to me the one who can enter the cave."

The sand in top forms the Cave of Wonders. It falls through into a storm, but it shows Aladdin and Y/N climbing up a ladder, followed by Jasmine who is covered in her cloak.

"Yes... Yes! There they are. My diamonds in the rough."

"That's them? That's the clowns we've been waitin' for?"

Iago loses his footing and is sucked into the gears.

"Let's have the guards extend them an invitation to the palace, shall we?"

Iago goes flying past and slams into the wall upside down.

"Swell."

The parrot coughs and slides down. Jafar laughs hideously, and the pages zooms in on the sandstorm with Aladdin and Y/N in it. Finally, we dissolve into the real Aladdin and Y/N climbing to the top of the ladder, followed by Jasmine.

"Almost there." he said.

Jasmine climbs over the top, but trips and falls into Aladdin's arms. Y/N smirks at that. Jasmine stands up.

"I want to thank you two for stopping that man.

"It's no problem." Y/N smiled.

"Uh, forget it."

Aladdin grabs a pole.

"So, uh, this is your first time in the marketplace, huh?"

"That's what I said." Y/N said, grabbing another pole.

Aladdin and Y/N pole vaults to the next building, leaving Jasmine behind.

"Is it that obvious?"

"Well, you do kinda stand out."

He stares at her, still in love. She returns the look. But he realizes what he is doing, and returns to normal. Y/N rolls her eyes at that.

"I mean, uh, you don't seem to know how dangerous Agrabah can be."

He lays a plank between the buildings for her to walk over, but as he is leaned down, she vaults over his head. He looks back in surprise. She tosses the pole to him. Both Aladdin's and Abu's eyes bulge.

"I'm a fast learner." Jasmine proudly stated.

"I like her already." Y/N smirked, feeling happy that she's not the only one with athletic experience.

"Right. C'mon, this way."

They go inside the roof of a building, dodging planks and beams as they go.

"Whoa. Watch your head there. Be careful." Aladdin warned.

"Is this where you two live?" Jasmine asked.

"Yep. Just me, sis, and Abu. Come and go as we please."

"Fabulous."

"Well, it's not much,"

He pulls back the curtain and exposes the palace.

"...but it's got a great view. Palace looks pretty amazing, huh?"

"Oh, it's wonderful."

"I wonder what it would be like to live there, to have servants and valets..."

"Oh, sure. People who tell you where to go and how to dress."

"It's better than here. Always scraping for food and ducking the guards."

"You're not free to make your own choices."

"Sometimes you feel so--"

"You're just--"

"--trapped." Aladdin and Jasmine both said unison.

They look at each other, realizing that they're perfect for one another. Y/N smiles at this sight, knowing what how it feels when she sees Razoul. But Aladdin then realizes where he is, and breaks the look. He takes the apple out of Abu's hand and rolls it down his arm into the hand of Jasmine.

"So, uh, where're you from?"

"What does it matter? I ran away, and I am not going back."

"Really? How come?" Y/N asked.

Aladdin takes a bite from the apple in his hand, then hands it to Abu, who has a disgusted look on his face.

"Why you...!"

Aladdin walks over and sits next to Jasmine, who's sitting next to Y/N.

"My father's forcing me to get married."

"No. Really?" Y/N frowned.

"That's--that's awful." Aladdin frowned.

Abu appears from behind Jasmine and tries to steal the apple. Y/N immediately notices him.

"Abu!" she scolded.

Abu races up to a higher point, chattering and cursing as he goes.

"What?" Jasmine questioned what he's trying to say.

"Abu says that--uh--that's not fair." Aladdin lied.

"What?" Abu questioned, making Y/N silently giggle.

Y/N stands up and walks to the window to give those two lovebirds some privacy.

"Oh did he?" Jasmine smiled knowingly.

"Yeah, of course."

"And does Abu have anything else to say?"

"Well, uh, he wishes there was something he could do to help."

Abu rolls his eyes.

"Oh, boy!"

"Hmm... tell him that's very... sweet."

Aladdin and Jasmine have been getting closer and closer, until Aladdin leans in to kiss her. This made Y/N feel jealous that she didn't get to kiss someone she likes. Aladdin is interrupted, however, by the guards, who have found them.

"Here you are!"

Aladdin and Jasmine stood up in alarm and exclaimed in unison.

"They're after me! They're after you?"

Alarmed, Y/N brought up her sword ready to fight back.

"My father must have sent them--"

"Do you trust me?" Aladdin cut her off.

Jasmine turns to him. Y/N knew what her brother was thinking and stood next to him.

"What?"

"Do you trust me?"

He extends his hand.

"Yes."

Jasmine takes it.

"Then jump!"

They jump off the roof, fall and land in a pile of salt. They try to get away, but the exit is blocked by Razoul. Y/N froze, not expecting to see him again.

"We just keep running into each other, don't we, street rat?"

Again, Razoul's turban is pulled down by Abu, but more guards are here and block the exit. Razoul pulls Abu off his head and throws him in a vase. Three other guardd grab Aladdin.

"It's the dungeon for you, boy."

"Hey, get off of me!" Aladdin demanded, struggling to get out of their grip.

Y/N charges at Razoul with her sword and tries to hit him. He notices her and brings out his sword to block it as their blades met. He stares into her eyes and she did the same. He wasn't rough with her as he was barely forceful towards her, but enough to defend himself. Y/N froze that he's not being hostile on her nor doing anything to hit her. Why?

Shaking her head, Y/N pulls her sword away from him and goes to attack him again. He darted to the side, a muscular arm wrapping around Y/N's torso. Pinning her arms to her side as Razoul lifted her off her feet.

"Nice to see you again." Razoul stated.

She struggles to get out of his grip, but he was too strong as she drops her sword. Jasmine comes to her rescue and hits Razoul's arm.

"Let go of them."

"Look what we have here, men--another street mouse."

Razoul pushes her down with one hand, still holding Y/N. This caused Y/N to get angry and kept on trying to get out of his grip. But for some reason, his grip was... warm.

Jasmine stands up and pulls off the hood of her cloak, revealing the light blue headband with a blue gem on top.

"Unhand them, by order of the princess!"

The guards suddenly stop and bow, forcing Aladdin and Y/N to bow as well.

"Princess Jasmine." Razoul said.

"The princess?" Aladdin and Y/N questioned in shock.

Abu peeked out from the vase.

"The princess?"

"What are you doing outside the palace? And with this street rat?"

Y/N was surprised that he's not mentioning her as street mouse. What is going inside his head?

"That's not your concern. Do as I command. Release them!" Jasmine demanded.

"Well, I would, princess, but my orders come from Jafar. You'll have to take it up with him."

The guards drag Aladdin out, bowing as they go. Razoul gently takes Y/N out as well as he bow to her once more. Jasmine is now getting a very pissed-off look as she crossed her arms.

"Believe me, I will."

Y/N stares at Jasmine for a while. Jasmine gives her an apologetic look, promising her she'll make things right before she was taken away. As they walk towards the dungeon, Y/N refuses to face Razoul. Every time their eyes met, she would quickly look away first. She could tell that he's been glancing at her from time to time. They eventually made it inside as they placed the handcuffs on Aladdin's hand and places them against the wall. Y/N was next as they did the same with her. The guards walked away, satisfied with the arrest. Razoul was last to leave as he looks back at Y/N for a while, glancing at the flower he has in his pocket. He wanted to say something but not when that street rat is there. He eventually left, looking at Y/N one more time before closing and locking the door.

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