Dog Days

Note: As I was reading a Yu-Gi-Oh manga No. 1, the first page shows a jackel headed guy carrying the Milliuem Puzzle in his hand as he challanges a mortal in the game of darkness.

I seen that guy before, the jackel headed guy that is. He was in another picture, weighing a mortal's heart on the scale to judge and see if he was worthy for enterance into the realm with Orisis.

Guess who also uses a scale to judge people as well?

Shadi.

I then got bored and decided to draw Anubis being the caretaker of Ankh and Scales, have him dressed up as Shadi. Please, do not get offended of this fic and my drawing. Plus, my scanner is evil.

Okay, so I've taken an idea of "Ankh" and "Scales" from Indigo's fic "Three In One Combo". I already told her I was going to use it in one of my fics. So please credit her by reading and reviwing her fic.

I guess I should also credit Mummies Alive, a show that gave the God Of Death of a this quiet nimble and bumbling attitude almost like Shadi. Anubis was one of my favorite characters from the series. Damn! Bring that show back!

I also gave Anubis a tail since he is part dog in a way. Or what is normally called now, Furcadian or Anipromorphic.

Now that's done, enjoy!

By the way, I'm an athetist...so I don't believe at all in the stuff of God and such.

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I like mortals. There are the most curious and dangerous creatures we've ever created. They tend to defy us and think they are the top species in the entire universe.

Oh, how very wrong they truely are.

What I like about mortals is that they are very vicious. They can kill millions and millions in such destructive ways for solving problems...yet it's hard for them for at least talk it out. They want to be perfect, but they can never be.

I can relate to that. I'm not perfect either. I have made some mistakes in my everlasting life. Like giving Amon-Ra Yami's trinkets to the wrong people.

Oooh, bad me. How was I supposed to know that the ring held that theif who wants to gain all seven items?! I only made the items, not create the souls that are sentance to live in these items!

(Next time I ever get a chance to see him again, which I shall since I hold two items of them in my possesions, I guess I have to "summon" Anubis to show this silver haired lanky bastard back in his mortal's destiny. I created the items and I can instantly destroy them with ease.

No one dares defies a God and if they do...

My "game penately" will be far worse than any punishment or death anyone can ever imagine. Grrr...)

Well...I do know that these items had a bit of my dark essence in them since I was the creator and caretaker of them. Now almost every item holds a "darkness" due to me being the constant caretaker.

(Perhaps it's my fault I brought Bakura back due to my powers. I feel that Yami had stopped praying for me cause of that.)

Save for Scales and Ankh. My powers rubbed on them quite differently and caused those two to help me release my true nature on those who weren't the true owners or stolen the legendary items.

I have to love these two. They're the only items I haven't found owners for or they refused to be owed.

But I don't think I can ever part with them, even if they tend to drive me off the wall at times. A God needs some compaignions as well during his long immortality with the realm of the mortals.

They all think I'm some crazed turban wearing freak who still believes in the myths of anipromorphic gods and sells rare items to make a good buck or two. I should still believe in the myths.

I am a part of them...more likely a God...

Yes, you heard right. I'm a God. You should now all gravel and bow at my feet. Just because I was worshipped 3000 years ago, doesn't mean it must stop just because another religion says that there is only one god in this world.

You might get lucky if you do. I'm not saying you will, but I always thank my followers. It's what every God should do.

Well...except Set who's just a crazy dog.

Just like me at times. *grins*

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It was hot.

Hot enough to fry a dog on the sidewalk. (Bad pun, nee?) It was quite bad for business in the heat striken town, even a bad day for not having much deaths since most of the villagers were basically too hot to do anything.

It didn't seem to bother one person. In fact, this person grew slightly tired when it was this hot. It was almost basking in the warmy haze of the great legendary golden bird.

"Told ya it won't work," a voice muttered, "opening the shop in this heat. Even the theives gave this day a break."

Oh well, it was worth a shot anyways. Maybe heading home should be a good idea. The face mask was starting to stick to his fur. The mortal realm had made it such easier for some mortal to disguise as another mortal. This tended to confuse him at times when someone had annoy the deity and was going to die for that...

But it never worked.

His scent lead him to him like a common dog finding prey and vaniquish the retched soul into the deaths of Hell. Then he adapted this wonderful technique of hiding one's true self from others by disguising himself as a "faithful servant" of Anubis and caretaker of the precious legendary Milliuem Items, Shadi.

It worked perfectly. The mortals he met and the destined owners always saw him as a man. When he did "summon" Anubis, he made a projectile of his true self. Mortals knew that Shadi had a very strong bond to the God of the Dead and dare not show harm to the man.

Yet, get this! No one ever thought that maybe Shadi and Anubis were one in the same!!! Humans may be the smartest creatures, yet they can be very dull at times.

"All right," he said, "we'll head home. Just promise me you won't get into an agurement with Scales again when we're home."

"Fine."

Trying to get these two to stop aguring with each other? That was like a miracle almost a God could do...but it was possible.

The man began to close his shop table for the day. The heat was starting to get on his physical form. He had heard from various reports on the magic box that it could be the cause of pollution from very different humans. Some humans predicted that the powerful Ra has only 500 years left before it ends.

Strange. Being the God of the Dead seems worthless by now, almost anyone can become a God of the Dead by slaughtering countless lives by their hands. Some mortals can even reach out to deceased loved ones with a mere board or have a "show" on the magic box.

That's why he's taken the role of Shadi instead. Instead of trying to seek out for others to kill, he can cope and understand mortals by living with them. Is that so wrong to have a God living along with humans?

Oh yes, and taking great care of the two legendary items which are keys to a certain sachophigi.

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He calmly was walking down the village, passing by as he wore his casual attire. As he walked by, no one seemed to notice a thin long black tail that was dragging behind this white cloaked man. The tail started to wave back and forth as the man continue to walk.

"Uh..." a voice started to whisper, "your tail is waving again. I told you should hide it, but you never listen."

"So what?" he replied back, "Let it wave. I don't think it likes being cooped underneath all these white robes I wear."

"It's for your own safety! Mortals may find it weird if they see another mortal with a black tail like yours!!!"

"But they did have one many years ago and besides, everyone else is so hot that they can't do anything at all."

"By Ra, I hope you're right."

"I'm always right."

The man continued to walk down the village as he was heading home. He was unware that there was someone else setting his eyes upon the common follower of Anubis. He will soon finally get what he came for and become much more powerful. This person manged to hide himself clearly from the absent minded pefect deity.

Then again, the cloaked man did mention that he wasn't all that perfect.

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Ehe hee hee...since I have a party to go to, my mom's wedding annersary. I conclude this short fic in the next chapter. Expect lots and lots of Yami Bakura's bashing and a few canine jokes.

-The Clow Hatter