Alverna: New story, Son of Ra, parody of Disney's Hercules.
Seto: Why on earth are you starting this now?
Joey: Because she wants to.
Alverna: This story was requested by, and is dedicated to, Wordsorceress, who makes me really happy with her nice reviews for my stories.
Mokuba: Alverna does not own Yugioh or Hercules. Enjoy!
Pairings
Puzzleshipping (Yugi x Yami)
Tendershipping (Yami Bakura x Ryou)
Bronzeshipping (Marik x Malik)
Maybe some Revertshipping (Joey x Seth) [that egyptian style Puppyshipping]
Chapter 1: Heba
In an orphanage, 5 females were gathered together with a group of children.
"Long ago, in the faraway land of ancient Egypt," Serenity, Muse of History, read from a scroll, "there was a golden age of powerful gods and extraordinary heroes. And the greatest and strongest of all these heroes was the mighty Yu-gi-oh, Heba. But what is the measure of a true hero? Ah, that is what our story is-"
"AUGH!" Rebecca, Muse of Comedy, cried out in disgust. "It's way to Greek Tragedy. This is supposed to be an Egyptian story, Serenity."
"Lighten up, Rebecca." Tea, Muse of Dance, snapped at the younger.
"Let's try it a new way, darling." Mai, Muse of Epic Poetry and leader of the group intervened before things got ugly.
"We go girls." Vivian, Muse of Tragedy and Drama grinned and proclaimed as music began to play out of nowhere.
"Yea!" the kids cheered as the girls started dancing.
"We are the Muses." Mai said to the children. "Goddesses of the arts and proclaimers of the heroes."
"Heroes like Yugioh Heba!" Tea said as she nearly got a nose bleed at the thought.
"Tea, you mean 'Whoo!-gi-oh Heba'." Rebecca said with a smirk as her mind started to go into overdrive about some not so innocent thoughts began to dance threw her head. "Ooh, I'd like to make some sweet music with him!"
"Our story," Mai glared at Rebecca, making her snap out of it with a blush as the other muses begin to hum, "actually begins long before Yugioh Heba, many eons ago…"
"Yeah!" all the muses cried out and started walking with Mai singing.
Back when the world was new,
The planet Earth was down on its luck.
And everywhere gigantic brutes
Called Demons ran amok!
As they sang, Egyptian murals along the wall came to life and illustrated the story. As the demons smashed some pottery buildings, Rebecca had to dodge falling pieces as she sang.
It was a nasty place!
There was a mess wherever you stepped.
Mai picked up as the pictures showed serpent-necked leopards devouring people and sea-nymphs luring men into the Nile River where they were drowned.
Where chaos reigned and Serpopards*
and El Naddaha** never slept!
"Sing it girlfriend!" Rebecca cheered as the rest of the muses joined to sing the next part.
And then along came Ra!
He attacked with Blaze Cannon!
He zapped!
Locked those suckers in a vault!
They're trapped!
And on his own stopped chaos in its tracks.
And that's the gospel truth!
The guy was too type A to just relax.
The muses calmed their dancing for a few seconds so they could quickly seat the kids.
And that's the world's first dish.
Ra tamed the globe while still in his youth.
Though, honey, it may seem impossible,
That's the gospel truth!
In Ouranos, life was neat
and smooth as sweet vermouth***.
Though, honey, it may seem impossible
That's the gospel truth!
Gesturing to the mural behind them, the children gasped in awe as they were sucked into the picture. They passed into Ouranos, the kingdom of the sun god Ra, which resided in the second region of the afterlife.
On the islands were many of the gods and goddesses, including Yam, god of the sea, Renenutet, goddess of the harvest, Seshat and Thoth, god and goddess of wisdom, Anhur, god of war, Isis, goddess of beauty and fertility, and Asar, god of wine and partying. All of the gathered laughed as they looked to the guest of honor, the new baby boy of Hathor and Ra.
"Heba!" Hathor laughed as her son grabbed her cow-horn crown off her head. "Behave yourself, my son."
Hathor gently took her crown back and placed the giggling baby in his cradle. Ra, her husband and Heba's father, came up to play with his son.
"Oh look at this, look how cute he is." Ra cooed to his son, who grabbed his father by his finger and lifted him above his cradle. "Oh, he's strong!"
"Whoa! Excuse me!" Anubis, God of mummification and also a messenger to the people of Egypt, darted past the gods and goddesses in the room. "Hot stuff coming through! Excuse me! One side, Anhur."
Anubis knelt and handed Hathor a bundle of glowing flowers.
"Why, Anubis they're lovely." Hathor said as she smelled the blooms.
"Yeah, I had Renenutet do the arrangement since all I really know is how to bandage up dead people." Anubis shook his jackal head somewhat embarrass before kneeling before his king, Ra. "Fabulous party, my pharaoh. I haven't seen this much love in a room since Isis and Osiris got back together."
A few feet away, Osiris, god of the underworld, and his wife, Isis, were busy making out.
Chuckling, Ra turned his attention back to Heba when he heard the boy start laughing. Blinking a few times Ra saw the Heba had grabbed his Blaze Cannon Helmet, which he wore when he was summoned by the royal family to do battle.
"Dear," Hathor said when she noticed her husband wasn't moving, "keep those away from the baby."
"Oh, he won't hurt himself." Ra replied soothingly. "Let the kid have a little fun!"
Heba tried to eat the helmet but accidently activated its powers, blasting a bolt of energy threw the crowd. Osiris, Isis, and Asar jump out of the way of the beam until Anhur hit it with his sword so it hit a pillar, which immediately reappeared.
Ra chuckled and took the helmet away as Hathor soothed her frightened child, making him giggle again.
"On behalf of my son," Ra addressed the crowd. "I want to thank you all for your wonderful gifts."
"What about our gift, dear?" Hathor reminded gently.
"Well, let's see here…" Ra mused as some cloud floated past and grabbed a bunch. "We'll take, hmm, yes, a little cirrus, and, hmm, a touch of nimbostratus, a dash of cumulus, and some energy from the sun."
Moving his hand back and forth, Heba watched as his father molded the cloud it into a new shape and added some of his own powers to the mane, tail, and wings of the little winged horse cloud. Once he was finished, Ra moved it closer to Heba, who touched it with a coo.
With a small burst of flame, the cloud fell from the Pegasus, who had a white coat, and fire for his mane and tail.
A/N: Duel Monster Firewing Pegasus, except with a different coat color and a fire tail)
"His name is Hariq," Ra said as the baby Firewing shook himself clean of cloud, and flew for the first time as he sniffed Heba, "and he's all yours, son."
Heba smiled and bonked his forehead against Hariq's. Hariq didn't find it disturbing, he whinnied happily and licked Heba, who whimpered. Nuzzling close, Hariq quickly changed Heba's mind, got a hug, and a huge sigh of adoration from the gods.
"Mind his head." Hathor said as she passed Heba to Ra, who gently held his son.
"He's so tiny." Ra smiled as Heba tried to bite the medallion that hung from his neck, but changed his mind and yawned, making the sun god chuckle as he tucked Heba back into his cradle with a kiss. "My boy. My little Heba."
"How sentimental." a new voice said from the doorway.
All heads turned to see a person with silver hair and amber eyes standing in the doorway. It was Pegasus, demi-god, the apprentice of Osiris and Anubis, and caretaker the seventh region of Duat.
"You know, I haven't been this choked up since I got a hunk of Maḥshi ḥamām caught in my throat!" Pegasus continued until he noticed the stern looks all of the gods and goddesses were giving him. "Is this an audience or a mural?"
"Jerk." Seth, God of Chaos and Obelisk the Tormentor when summoned by the royal family to do battle, muttered to his brother Osiris. "What I wouldn't give to hit him with my 'Fist of Furry' attack."
"We can't attack other gods or demi-gods unless provoked." Osiris, Slifer the Sky Dragon when summoned to the earthly plain, replied. "But that doesn't mean I don't want to give him a good wallop from time to time myself."
"Hey, how you doing?" Pegasus greeted Asar as he moved through the crowd and then turned to Isis. "Looking good. Nice dress."
"Pegasus, you made it." Ra greeted from his throne, which was next to Heba's cradle. "How are things in the seventh region? Is Apep behaving?"
"It's just fine." Pegasus shrugged. "A little dark, a little gloomy, and as always, there is a giant snake that wants to eat me. What are you gonna do?"
"Not take a bath?" Seth suggested, earning snickers from the crowd and an eye roll from Pegasus, who spotted Heba in his cradle.
"There's the little sunspot." Pegasus smiled creepily at the boy as he weaved a sucker with a skeleton head out of some mist. "And here is a sucker for the little sucker, eh? Here you go. Ya just-"
If there was one thing Heba didn't like, it was people messing with his face and trying to get him to eat things he didn't like. So Heba retaliated by squeezing the demi-gods fingers, making him fight to get away from the baby as Hariq gave a horsey laugh.
"Sheesh!" Pegasus said as he rubbed his abused fingers. "Powerful little tyke."
"Come on Pegasus, don't be such a stiff." Ra encouraged. "Join the celebration!"
"I'd love to." Pegasus replied as he began to edge away. "But unlike you gods lounging about up here, I regrettably have a full-time gig. You, by the way, so charitably bestowed on me, Ra. So… can't. Love to, but can't."
"You ought to slow down, you'll work yourself to death" Ra said seriously, before his words sank in as he remembered what Pegasus' position was. "Hah! Work yourself to death!"
All of the other gods and goddesses burst out laughing to as they watched the demi-god in charge of the seventh region of the afterlife edge away.
"Oh, I kill myself." Ra hooted as he pounded on the arms of his throne.
"If only." Pegasus chuckled weakly and muttered angrily to himself as he left. "If only."
*Serpopards- serpent-necked leopard
**El Naddaha- a female sea-nymph
*** Vermouth- distilled wine
Pegasus is the son of the the God of Fate and Destiny, Shai, and a mortal woman who won't be named.
Alverna: End Chapter!
Yugi: I thought this was a Puzzleshipping story.
Alverna: It is. Heba's name changes to Yugi after being kidnapped next chapter.
Atemu: My Hikari gets kidnapped!?
Alverna: Oops! Please review while I run and hide from an angry Atemu! -runs with Atemu hot on my tail-
Yugi: The Egyptian Info is acurate! We did a lot of research to make sure it was right.