Red: I'm so glad people are liking the idea of a cute Ra. I swear I did not plan to have him like this, it just happened the more I wrote about him and Kagome. Hehe… ^^"

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Yu-Gi-Oh. They belong to their rightful owners.

IMPORTANT: Kagome did not travel to Feudal Era Japan in this fic, but some of the characters will still be in this story.


Chapter Three: The First Task

Kagome traversed the many hills of sand in Egypt with Ra, the Sun God, on her shoulders. After her training at the oasis, Ra had told her to head east, where she would eventually find the future Pharaoh trapped by a wizard.

Kagome put a hand above her eyes to block out the bright mid-afternoon sun to get a better look at her surroundings. "Ra… I've been walking for what feels like forever now and I still can't find the hut you said the wizard is living in," Kagome said while surveying her location. All around her were miles and miles of plain, smooth sand. There wasn't even a single cactus in sight.

"Fear not, young one. The wizard that we seek is beyond the rocky pillar in the direction we are headed," Ra informed her.

"Rocky pillar?" Kagome was confused. There was nothing from what she could see that looked anything like rock or a pillar. "I don't see anything by that description yet, but you're a god, so I assume you're always right," Kagome replied before continued on her way east.

After walking for several minutes, Kagome noticed something about herself that confused her. She has been in this country for a few days now and nothing about her has changed in the slightest. "Hey, Ra," she began.

Ra looked over at her. "What is it, child?"

Kagome lifted up one of her arms to inspect her unchanged skin. "How come I've been in the sun so much, but my skin isn't sunburned? Where I come from the sun is not nearly as strong as Egypt."

Ra looked up at the sky where the ball of fire shined down upon them. "Since I am the Sun, I am able to adjust it to affect whomever I want and at what intensity," Ra replied. "And by looking at your skin, I figured you came from a land where the sun does not shine as strongly, so I decided to adjust the intensity for you so that you are not harmed during your journey."

"Hm…" Kagome continued to look at her arm while contemplating his words for a little bit before dropping her arm back to her side and giving the god a huge smile. "Thank you, Ra. I don't think I could've survived without your help." Kagome then lifted one of her hands to pet Ra on the back of his bird form.

"Kagome, what did I say about petting me!" Ra angrily flapped his wings again. Kagome just laughed at his reaction. It was always amusing to her how Ra reacted to her pets.

Once she stopped laughing, they continued on their journey in silence. After that, no matter what she said to the Sun God on her shoulder, Ra continued to ignore her as he sulked from what she had previously done. She sweatdropped at the god's behavior. Who knew a god could act so childish, she thought with a giggle.

After another hour of walking, Kagome was barely registering even moving forward anymore. Her legs continued to move, but her mind was clouded with exhaustion and probably heatstroke. Despite Ra making the sun not burn her, she could still feel the intense heat of the sun.

At this point in her journey, she was too exhausted to even bother keeping her eyes open, meaning she did not register the shadow falling over her form. "So tired…" she mumbled as she continued to trudge her way forward, not noticing the large object in front of her.

Ra had closed his eyes to meditate on her shoulder a long time ago so he did not notice where Kagome was headed until the shadow caused him to suddenly open his eyes and see that Kagome was about to run into a large object. "Kagome!" He tried to warn her, but it was already too late.

"Oof!" Kagome walked face first into the pillar of stone before falling on her back with swirls in her eyes. Ra flew off her shoulder before she had hit the stone and fell on the floor so that he wasn't dragged down with her.

"Kagome, are you hurt?" Ra asked the girl as he flew over her.

Kagome pushed herself up a bit with her elbows and rubbed her head with one of her hands. "I think so… Who put a random rock in the middle of nowhere?" she asked to no one in particular as she continued to rub her head.

Ra turned to the pillar. "It is not a random rock, Kagome. It is what we have been seeking." Kagome looked up at the rock pillar. "We have made it to our destination."

Kagome quickly stood up and brushed off the sand on her skirt before walking up to the pillar. Upon looking closer at the stone, she noticed that it wasn't a plain old rock pillar, there were hieroglyphics written all over it. Kagome put her hand on the carvings, feeling the smooth outline of each picture and symbol. "It's too bad I don't understand this language very well," she said softly. She was able to make out small words, but she couldn't put them together to make sentences.

Ra watched her look at the pillar. "I can adjust how the language sounds to you and how you sound to others, but the written language is what you will have to work on yourself," Ra informed her. "And you should work on it soon if you are going to be staying in this world."

"I guess…" Kagome mumbled, still tracing the shapes on the pillar.

Kagome stopped tracing when she remembered something very important and turned her head to narrow her eyes at the god. "Don't forget you promised to tell me how to go home after I finish this task," she reminded the god with a glare.

Ra was looking off into the distance before turning back to the girl. "Hm, what? Did you say something, Kagome?" he asked pretending not to have heard her.

"Ra!" she yelled at the god before pouting. "You promised."

Ra flew back onto her shoulder. "Worry not, young one. I will give you what you desire after the task is done. A god does not break his promise."

Kagome nodded at the god. "Good. I'm going to hold you on that. Now…" Kagome puts a hand above her eyes to shield so she could look around better. "Where is this hut you were talking about?" she asked while surveying the area.

Ra pointed with one of his wings. "It's at the bottom of that ledge over there."

"Well, here goes," Kagome said before she made her way to the ledge and looked down to the bottom. Sure enough, a small hut stood at the bottom of the ravine. "A wizard lives there? What a strange place to live."

"Do not judge too quickly, young one. What lies inside is a great evil," Ra warned her. "Be cautious of the man's sweet words and hidden lies." Kagome nodded in response to his words. "Also, know this, those who go against their word deserve to feel god's might. If a challenger is defeated honorably, then their defeat is their only punishment; but if the challenger cheats, then the hand of God shall judge them accordingly," Ra said as he began to fade back into the jewel.

Kagome held the jewel in her hand. "I don't think I like the sound of that…" Kagome said to herself. She still wasn't entirely sure what he meant by judgment, but something tells her she will know soon. Kagome put the jewel in her pocket and started to make her way down the ledge.

When she finally made her way to the bottom, she quickly dusted herself off yet again. She's going to guess the wizard would not appreciate her dragging dirt into his home.

Once she was done, she looked at the hut with apprehension. Kagome takes a deep breath to help her relax. Ra said a great evil lies inside. That must be the wizard, right? Kagome thought as she walked up to the door of the hut. On the door was a sign, since Kagome still doesn't know the language very well, all she could read was the word "shop" on it. The other part of the sign must be the wizard's name or something.

Kagome lifts her hand to the door. Here goes… With a couple gentle taps of her knuckles against the wooden door, it opened to a middle-aged man wearing a cloth outfit which Kagome has seen plenty of times in books of Ancient Egypt. Kagome put on her most charming smile. "Hello, sir. I heard you sold wonderful things here and would like to look around," she said. She wasn't sure what exactly he sold, all she knew was that it was a shop of some kind, so she's just taking a guess.

The man was quite too eager to bring her into his establishment. He's definitely suspicious, Kagome thought as she narrowed her eyes at the man without him knowing.

"My, you are such a lovely thing," the man complimented with a slithery tone to his voice. "What are you doing all alone?" he asked, barely hiding his amusement.

Kagome feigned innocence. "I was on a journey by myself and happened to come across this wonderful shop you have here," she said in a sweet tone. Kagome looked around innocently but was secretly surveying the hut. All around her were tables and shelves of valuable stones. Even though the man was creepy without a doubt, she had to say, his collection was amazing. "These crystals are beautiful," she genuinely complimented.

The wizard picked up a beautiful red gem, "Yes, my prized jewels are quite lovely, aren't they?" He held the jewel into the light and smiled at the stone. For some reason, even though he was smiling, Kagome couldn't help but feel a shiver run down her back. There was no warmth in the man's smile.

The man put the jewel back onto a display and swiftly made his way to her. Kagome stepped back a little, not expecting him to suddenly get close to her like that.

He held up one of her arms and looked at it like a wolf looking at delectable meat. "My, what beautiful skin you have. It is as beautiful as the alabaster stone that decorates the palace," the man said with his slimy voice. "Where do you come from where your skin stays so beautiful?" he asked.

Kagome tried to pretend this man did not absolutely disgust her. "I come a land far in the east," she replied with a fake smile. She had no problem telling this man the general place she came from because she didn't think people in this time had discovered the Japan yet.

"Far East, huh? Never been there," the man replied. "But if all of the people there have as beautiful features as you, I would love to see them."

Kagome narrowed her eyes. He doesn't just want to meet them to have a nice cup of tea it seems. He wants something more…

The man's words had a hidden meaning behind them. ["Be cautious of the man's sweet words and hidden lies."] Those had been Ra's words.

Kagome took back her arm. "Thank you for such a nice compliment," she thanked him with another fake smile. She was about to turn and look around some more as an excuse to get away from this creepy man as quickly as possible when she suddenly felt the man touch her hair.

The wizard softly stroked her hair. "Your hair is so soft. It's as soft as the finest strands that make Egypt's most beautiful cloths. And your eyes are as blue as the brightest sapphires." The man began to have almost a crazed look in his eyes as he continued to observe her. He looked at her as if she was a prize.

Kagome gently took his hand off her hair. It took every fiber of her being not to strangle his hand in hers. "Thank you again, sir, but I would like to continue looking around now." She then quickly turned around to continue to see if she can figure out where the wizard could've possibly trapped the prince.

"Pardon me. I just can't seem to help myself whenever I see something so beautiful," the man replied. "I will let you continue. Every jewel in my establishment I am willing to sell, but I have to tell you, the price may be a bit high."

Kagome ignored the man and decided to continue to search for where he could've put the prince. After walking up to a table full of gems and many other stones, Kagome then stopped in her tracks and decided to pick up a jewel to inspect it. "Sir…" Kagome began to say.

The man almost excitedly walked up to the girl. "Have you found something that pleases your eye?" he asked excitedly.

"I am actually on a journey to find a friend of mine. You wouldn't have happened to see a short boy around of age of six come around here, have you?" Kagome asked innocently.

The man put a gloved finger on his chin. "Hm… I don't think I have," the man said, looking like he was thinking. "Not many people come around these parts, you know."

Kagome's grip tightens around the stone in her hand. He's lying, I can sense it. Kagome then sets the stone back on the table. "That's too bad, I've been looking everywhere for him. It's sort of worrying me."

"I'll make sure to tell him you asked about him if I do end up seeing him," he said politely with the same creepy smile plastered on his face.

"Thank you, sir…" Kagome continued to make her way around the room looking at all of the gemstones. She didn't know why but she felt something strange coming from some of the stones. What is this feeling? she asked herself. She picked up another stone. How will I know which one is the prince?

Kagome set the stone down and was going to continue to move along when something pulled at her senses. She turns around and her eyes meet the most beautiful amethyst stone on a stand at a high shelf. She walks over to the shelf and picks up the stone. The crystal glowed softly as if calling to her.

Before she could ask the price of the stone, the man came behind her and took the stone out of her hand. "I'm sorry, miss, but this stone is not for sale," he said while placing the stone back on the shelf.

"But you said you were willing to sell any stone in your shop," Kagome pointed out.

"Did I?" The man adjusted the stone on the shelf. "Must have slipped my mind that this stone, in particular, is not for sale," the man said as he turned to her. "Maybe you might like another stone in my shop," he persisted.

Kagome had a thoughtful look on her face. I need that amethyst. The way the man is guarding it must mean it's where he had trapped the prince. Kagome continued to stare at the stone. But how can I get it from him?

["Those who go against their word deserve to feel god's might. If a challenger is defeated honorably, then their defeat is their only punishment; but if the challenger cheats, then the hand of God shall judge them accordingly."]

Ra's words rang in her head yet again. So I need to somehow get him to give me that stone. Kagome continued to try to think of a plan to somehow get her hands on the stone. After thinking for a bit, she got an idea. "Sir, are you willing to play a game for the beautiful amethyst?" she asked innocently. "You see, amethyst is my mother's favorite stone and that one would truly make her happy if I brought it home to her," she told the man, trying to not make her lie too obvious.

"I'm sorry, girl. Not even your beautiful eyes and sweet words will make me let go of my prized amethyst," the wizard replied while crossing his arms over his chest.

Kagome knew he would say no, but that wasn't a problem, she had another thing at her disposal she knew he wouldn't be able to refuse. Kagome reached into her pocket and pulled out Ra's jewel. "Not even for a trade?" she asked, holding the jewel out for the man to see.

Once the man laid his eyes on her jewel, he began to have the same crazed looked from earlier. "My, what a lovely stone you have. I have never seen a stone shine so bright before," he said while inching closer to the jewel. Before he could get any closer, Kagome swiftly closed her hand and held it near her chest.

"Sorry, you can't have it without winning the game first," she informed him.

The wizard glared slightly at her before letting another one of his smiles spread across his face. "Fine. Name your game, girl."

Kagome walked to a basket with some fabrics and took two from the pile before turning around and handing one to the man. "We will both cover our eyes with these pieces of cloth while scattering the stones and the prized amethyst around on the table. We will both take turns drawing a stone from the table, but the catch is each of us will only get ten tries to get the amethyst. If I lose, I will hand my jewel over, but if you lose, I get to leave with the amethyst," she explained.

The man smirked thinking that there was no way she could pick out the amethyst out of all of the stones in his shop. In his eyes, she was an ordinary girl who just so happened to stumble across his shop. "You have yourself a game, miss."

They both walked to the opposite of the table and put on their cloth. With their eyes blinded, the two of them began shuffling the stones around. "Let the games begin," Kagome said.

"You may go first, girl," the man said, confidence dripping from his voice.

Instead of replying, Kagome reached for a stone that gave off a faint feel to it. She still didn't understand why some stones felt different from the rest. After she went, the wizard reached for one a stone as well. It was not the correct one.

The game continued until Kagome was on her last turn. Kagome had collected many stones that seemed to call out to her, but none of them were the right one. Damn, I only have one move left. Trying her hardest to draw out her power to find the presence that had called out to her before. Kagome concentrated and focus all of her powers until a spark was felt. Bingo. She smiled and confidently reached across the table for the amethyst.

The wizard sensed something was not right so he quickly took off his blindfold to stop her, but it was too late, Kagome's hand was already on the stone. The wizard tried to quickly reach for the stone to take it back, but Kagome quickly brought it up to her face as she took off her blindfold to see the man lying on the table, already knowing what he was trying to do.

Kagome smirked at the man, who she knew was trying to cheat. "I win." Kagome turned and began walking to the door. "Thanks for the game, sir. I'll be taking my leave now," she told him, waving the hand that was holding the amethyst at him.

The wizard's face turned sour. "Not so fast!" With a wave of his hand, the door Kagome had opened shut with a bang along with the windows around the hut. Minimal light seeped through the cracks, barely lighting up the room. "You're not going anywhere. I can't let a prized jewel like yourself run away with my amethyst and the valuable glowing stone in your pocket," the man said menacingly.

Kagome turned around and glared at the man. "But you agreed to let me go if I won," she pointed out.

The man gave her another one of his nasty smiles. "What can I say? I'm a cheater and a liar," he replied with a chuckled. The wizard then waved his hand and took the amethyst out of her hand as her body began moving on its own and began gliding towards the crazed man. "Such lovely prizes," he purred while gripping her chin in his hand and rubbing small circles into her cheek. Kagome was absolutely disgusted by this man.

The wizard then reached down and began almost caressing her body as he searched for the jewel in her pocket. Kagome stared at the man with hate the whole time he was basically molesting her.

After he found the jewel, he held it up to his face. "Magnificent! Never have I seen a jewel which shines even in the dark, you must tell me where you got such an amazing find," he said to the girl as he leaned down close to her face. Kagome did not reply. "Not going to answer, are you? Hm, pity. You should enjoy the amount of time you have to actually speak before I turn you into a glorious sapphire that would shine above the rest," the man said with a gleam in his eyes. "You will be an excellent addition to my collection."

Kagome got a shocked look on her face. Those gems that called out to me. Were they people? she thought horrified. How long have they been trapped here?

The wizard noticed the look on her face. "Have you figured it out, my lovely? Yes, many of my stones used to be people at one point, but why have them live their sad life as an ordinary person when they would be added to my collection and admired by many for years to come." The man talked with such a happy tone, Kagome was convinced what he thought he was doing was benefiting others and not actions of a crazy man.

"Taking people from their homes, families, and friends just to be trapped by you is not usually someone's idea of a wonderful deed," she spat out.

The man turned quickly to her and gripped her neck in his hand. "I wouldn't be talking back, girl. You are in no position to tell me what is right or wrong." The man squeezed a little harder. "It's a pity if I have to snap this pretty little neck of yours. I would hate to damage any of my goods," the man replied, acting regretful of his reactions. "But maybe I will spare you this time. I mean, you did bring me such a beautiful gem," he said as he looked at Ra's jewel.

"You will release her at once!" a voice commanded from the jewel.

The wizard's body moved on its own and quickly dropped the girl onto the floor. Kagome coughed as she tried to ease air back through her throat.

"What's going on here?!" the wizard demanded. Kagome watched as Ra's jewel glowed brighter and released more heat, causing the man to drop it. Luckily before the jewel hit the ground, Kagome was able to catch it in her hands.

The wizard crawled away as Kagome began to pick herself off the ground. Fear radiated off the man. I need to use this to my advantage, she thought. Kagome remembered watching animes at home where the main character was confident and knew what to say in order to manipulate his enemy. I hope my acting skills are okay...

Kagome straightened her posture and put on an impassive face as she held out her arm to the side. "I call upon thee, almighty God of the Sun, Ra!" she shouted. A bright light consumed the hut as a large yellow phoenix came out of the jewel and set itself on her stretched out arm.

Despite how nervous she felt, Kagome tried to think about what the character would've done in his situation. She turned to the wizard with Ra on her arm. "You have cheated and lied your way through life, but as the messenger of God, it is now your time to repent for all that you have done," she told the man. Unbeknownst to Kagome, her eyes began to glow as more time passed.

The man tried to get as far away from the girl as possible. "I-I haven't done anything, honest!"

Kagome's glowing eyes narrowed. "You dare lie to a God's face? What a pathetic human being you are," she spat out. What's wrong with me? I wanted confidence but this is not what I had in mind. What has gotten over me?

"N-no, please spare me!" the man tried to plea.

Kagome continued to glare at the cowardly man on the floor. "That is not for me to decide," she said. "You probably would've been spared if you hadn't cheated during our little game or went back on your word," she informed him. Kagome then let Ra fly off her arm as she turned away from the man, not wanting to see what Ra was going to do to him.

Once she turned her head, Ra's eyes began to glow as he looked deeply into the man's soul. "It is time for your judgment, human," Ra said in his deep voice that echoed through the hut.

"P-please," the man helplessly pleaded one last time. Ra did not bother to comply with his wishes and instead proceeded in sending some of his energy into his body to try to suck out the man's demon Ka.

After several seconds, Kagome turned and felt a dark energy coming from the man. "Kagome! Now is your time to use what you have learned in your training!" Ra shouted as he pulled out the last of the man's dark energy.

"I'm still not good with controlling my Ba yet!" she shouted back.

"Just concentrate. I believe you can do it."

Despite the situation, Kagome couldn't help but smile at the god's words. Having a god encouraging you is a great way to increase one's self-esteem, it seems.

Kagome closed her eyes and tried to concentrate on her Ba energy. During her training, Ra told her sometimes it would be easier to channel her energy if she had something to use as a facilitator. A facilitator… What can I use? Kagome's eyebrows scrunched together from concentration and frustration. Wait! I have an idea! She puts her hands together and focused her energy. I hope this works!

Kagome slowly spread her hands out as something began to materialize between them. Once the object was finally created, Kagome opened her eyes and was greeted with the object she had picked to channel her energy. "I did it!" she shouted with joy.

"Amazing work. Now use your facilitator against the demon Ka and purify it," Ra instructed.

Kagome took her energy bow and aimed with an energy arrow at the flying dark Ka that roared at her. The monster noticed an increase in spiritual energy and narrowed its eyes at the girl holding the bow. With another roar, the monster tucked in its wings and aimed its body to slam into her, but before it could hit her, Kagome released one of her arrows, nailing the beast straight in the face. The monster's form began to crack until its whole body shattered and turned into golden dust.

After the monster was vanquished, Kagome released her breath she didn't know she was holding. "Is it over?" she asked as her eyes returned to their normal blue.

Ra flew back to her and landed on her shoulder once again. "Yes, the deed is done. Now the next time the wizard wakes, he will have no recollection of his previous deeds. He will merely think he's a common collector of gems and stones," Ra informed her.

Kagome dispelled her bow and walked up to the man on the floor. "So he's not dead, then?"

"That is correct."

Kagome smiled at his answer. "Good. I don't know what I would do with myself if I ended up killing someone." Kagome put a hand on her head. "I wonder what came over me earlier. I said so many things I would never say to someone."

"I had some of my power influenced you. I apologize." Ra bowed his head. "The way you are now, you still lack confidence," he told her. "But if you intend to influence this world and its people, you must not show fear or doubt."

Kagome nodded. "I understand. I will train harder." Ra gave her an approving look.

Kagome then turned and made her way to the table with all of the stones that had called out to her. She ran her hands over the stones. "These are people, aren't they?"

"Yes. The prince was not the only one who had fallen victim to the wizard."

Kagome picked up every stone released an aura and made her way outside. "Can you change them back?" she asked. Ra nodded. After getting his answer, Kagome set every stone, except for the prince, who she was saving for last, a good distance apart and turned to Ra. "They're ready now."

Ra flew off her shoulder and over the stones as he released his energy over them. All of the stones began to glow and morph into the shape of a human. After the process was done, in the place of the stones were beautiful people.

"A-are we finally free?" one of the men asked touching his face.

Kagome stepped up to make sure they noticed her. "You are no longer tapped by the wizard and he shall not seek any of you out, so you are all free to return back to your families," she said kindly to show them she was not a threat.

Many people cheered after her announcement and some even cried tears of joy. They had been trapped for so long, they thought they would never escape and go home.

One woman came up to her and took her hands in hers. "Thank you." Tears of joy began to run down her face.

Kagome gave her a sweet smile. "I am happy to help."

Once everyone was able to thank her for rescuing them, they all bid her farewell and each and every one of them made their way home. Kagome continued to wave them goodbye until they were all out of sight.

When everyone was gone, she finally set the prince's stone on the floor and step back. Without even having to be told, Ra using his power to change the prince back to his original form. Once the light died down, a young boy with tri-colored hair stood in the place of the stone.

Kagome looked at the confused boy and gave him her biggest smile. "Welcome back, Prince."


Red: Oh lord, that was long. I did not expect this to be so long, but whatever. It's finally done with.

I hope you liked this chapter! And like always, please tell me what you think in the reviews! \(^o^)/