AN: I'm back! Sorry it took so long. I've been working on an actual novel and working on my Visual Communications degree! This takes place between the second and third Kane Chronicles books.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or plot line of the Inuyasha series or The Kane Chronicles series.

The Feather Of Truth

Mortals were interesting creatures. They were always willing to kill one another and yet so scared of death themselves.

Anubis tip-toed carefully around the battlefield, trying not to disturb any of the corpses that adorned the desolate wasteland. Normally, he didn't step outside his Egyptian domain in order to perform his duty. But this war had taken the life of a travelling Egyptian, and with no one to take him back to his home country, how was the fellow to properly be given the opening of the mouth ceremony?

The hard part was finding the young man. He didn't know what exactly happened here, but there were bodies and blood everywhere. The entire village was destroyed, and recently too. Flames still burned from the villager's huts and the bodies were still warm.

Even for the god of burial, the smell of death was overwhelming.

He needed some sort of clue. Many of the bodies were less than recognizable at this point, but Anubis was positive that the young man would probably contain some sort of indication of his Egyptian heritage.

"I can't believe one demon caused so much damage."

Anubis froze as he heard a young woman's voice from across the field. He knew his appearance was hidden, and that no mortal would be able to see him. But he could move things and make noise that could certainly still be seen and heard.

He turned to see a group of people stopped in the battlefield. There were five of them in total, and two of them appeared to not be human. A small cat like creature with two tails also accompanied them. Bast would love that.

"It reeks of blood here." A boy with long silvery hair and what appeared to be dog ears atop his head crinkled his nose in disgust. "Hurry up Kagome, where is the jewel shard?"

The young girl Anubis assumed was Kagome glared at the boy. "Clearly we missed it and it destroyed this entire village in the process."

"Lady Kagome," a young man with dark hair carrying a staff was bent over one of the deceased. "What do you suppose this strange symbol is around this man's neck?"

Kagome took one look at the necklace and smiled. "I remember learning about this. It's an ankh. It is the character for eternal life in hieroglyphics."

The other young woman in their group wielding an extremely large boomerang tilted her head in confusion. "What are hieroglyphics?"

"They are symbols used by Egyptians to communicate with one another. Just as we use various line strokes as our writing style, Egyptians use logography."

Anubis was impressed at this young girl's knowledge of Egypt. Not many people outside Egypt knew of their unique culture.

"Feh. This is stupid," the dog-man folded his arms in agitation.

This seemed to frustrate the young girl Kagome. "Sit Inuyasha."

Inuyasha's purple beaded necklace started to glow and he was immediately pulled face first into the ground. Anubis chuckled. The girl used interestingly humorous magic on her companions. It reminded him of his foster mother, Isis.

When he glanced back at the group, he was certain Kagome was looking at him. He held his breath, as she looked him right in the eyes.

"Is everything alright Lady Kagome?" The monk asked as the rest of the group stared in the same direction as she did. But they didn't seem to see what she did.

She hesitated for a moment. "Just thought I saw a jackal. Must be my imagination." Turning her attention back to the deceased Egyptian, she folded his arms over his chest and placed the ankh in his hands, a customary, but simple tradition in Egypt.

Anubis was now very impressed by the young girl's knowledge. He was also shocked at what she said. No one should be able to see him, let alone his jackal form. He had willed it so. The others had not seen him, but she had been able to clearly. He would have to investigate the girl known as Kagome.

This was over 500 years ago now. After all these years he could not find any information on the girl. Even the Japanese shinigami had no information on her, and they knew when everyone died.

He eventually abandoned his search of the girl that plagued his mind 16 years ago, when the goddess of truth, justice, and harmony, Ma'at, went missing. Ma'at completely left the Duat and has been gone ever since. Her husband, Thoth, claimed to not know of her whereabouts, but Osiris doubts this.

Normally, it isn't really a problem when the gods wanted to go on extended vacations. But her feather of truth was beginning to lose power, and Anubis was desperate to have a new one for the weighing of the heart ceremony before it disappeared completely. If they couldn't find her soon, souls would start backing up in the underworld.

Anubis sighed as he weighed another soul's heart. As usual lately, the hearts have been coming up as heavy against the feather of truth. Osiris shook his head in disapproval and Anubis brought forth his pet Ammit who quickly devoured the sinful heart, causing the soul to completely cease to exist. He couldn't help but wonder if anyone was good these days.

Before the next reading could take place, the door to the room slammed open. A blonde haired man in jeans and a lab coat ran to Osiris. His ever-changing eyes were dark red with anger. Anubis had never seen the god Thoth so angry before.

"She's gone! Kidnapped!" The god of wisdom and time shouted toward them. His fists were clenched with anger. "Apophis has taken her!"

"Be calm Thoth," Osiris stated serenely. "We all know that Ma'at has been gone for 16 years now. This is not news."

Thoth shook his head in frustration. "No! Not Ma'at. I've known where she is. She has been in hiding, but he found her. Apophis has taken my daughter."

Anubis and Osiris looked at each other with wide eyes. Thoth and Ma'at had a daughter? This news was sure to shake up the Duat. None of the gods had had children in centuries.

Thoth began pacing back in forth, knowing that he would need to provide an explanation if he were to receive any help. "It was 16 years ago that Ma'at got pregnant and left. We were not ready for her to live in our world while such changes were taking place and being our daughter, we knew she would be powerful. Ma'at moved to Japan, as far from the Egyptian culture as she could get. There we attempted to raise her as a normal girl, but fate had other intentions for her."

"I'm sure the Kane family and apprentices would be happy to help search for your daughter Thoth," Anubis said while glancing over at Osiris.

Osiris paled greener than he already was. "I'm not sure how I feel about my children getting involved with Apophis once more. It has been less than a year since their last encounter. Even Ra is still tired."

"Please Osiris," Thoth looked up at him with the saddest eyes. "He could use her to destroy the Earth, and then your children will not have a place to grow."

Osiris sighed. "If anyone could find her, it would be Carter and Sadie. We will have to inform the Chief Lector Amos about this. Do you have any way of identifying her?"

Thoth hurriedly reached into his lab coat pocket. "Of course. I carry her picture with me at all times." He pulled out the photograph and displayed it to the other two gods.

Anubis gasped. "Kagome."

Both Thoth and Osiris looked at him. "You know my daughter?"

"I have seen her. But it is impossible since she is only 16. I saw her 500 years ago."

Thoth placed the picture in Anubis's hands. "Until recently she has been time travelling. It has been safer for her this way. Please, since you have seen her, you can help find her."

Anubis glanced at Osiris for his approval. He wanted to go. This girl had been plaguing his mind for centuries, and the reason he could not find anything on her was because she had not been born yet. Her knowledge of Egyptian culture must have come from her mother, Ma'at. Her bloodline also explained why she was able to see him in the battlefield.

"Very well." Osiris stood from his throne. "Anubis you shall go to Brooklyn House and relay everything you know to Carter and Sadie. I shall go see Amos."

A small smile graced Anubis's face as he left the room and materialized in the closest graveyard to the Brooklyn House. He was slightly nervous since the last time he had seen Sadie was when he wished her a happy birthday, and kissed her. He did find the Kane girl very entertaining and attractive. But after everything that happened with finding the Book of Ra, releasing Apophis and the young man Walt… he couldn't lead her on. After all, Sadie was a mortal.

Luckily for him, it was Carter who opened the door. At first Anubis was not a huge fan of Carter, but it was only because he had been hosting his loud and arrogant cousin Horus. When he cast the god from his body, he grew to respect Carter as a mortal.

"Anubis," the boy frowned at him. "Here to talk to my sister?"

"I am here to talk to both Sadie and you," Anubis said calmly.

Carter opened the door and allowed the death god into their safe house. It was just as large as he remembered. Giant stone pillars with hieroglyphs carved into them held up the cedar ceiling. He felt the eyes of Thoth's black marble statue watching him as he moved through the Great Room.

Anubis sat on one of the leather sofas by the fireplace while Carter went to find Sadie. The trainees looked on from the balconies of different floors, each whispering to one another about who he could be. By the strong pull of death in the far left of the room, he assumed that Walt was also looking on. The boy's curse was progressing faster than he had hoped.

"Hey Death Boy! What brings you all the way out here?" Sadie and Carter both sat down on the couch across from him. The irritation in Sadie's eyes told him she was still angry about the kiss and ditch act from her birthday.

Without saying a word he pulled the photo that Thoth gave him out of his leather jacket and handed it to Carter. Both Kane children stared at the picture. "Wow," Carter muttered under his breath.

This caused Sadie to stare at him in disbelief and promptly shove him. "You can't tell me you're giving up on Zia already!"

Carter blushed and handed the picture back to Anubis. "Of course not. But that isn't important right now. Who was that?"

"Yes Anubis," Sadie immediately followed up. "Come to flaunt your new girlfriend?"

Ignoring her comment, Anubis cleared his throat. "It has recently come to our attention that Ma'at had a daughter. Her name is Kagome and she has been taken hostage by Apophis."

Carter's eyes widened with disbelief, while Sadie sat unaware of what this meant. "Ma'at had a daughter?" Carter mumbled. "This is unbelievable. This is going to completely change Egyptian culture! How long have you known?"

"About thirty minutes. Ma'at disappeared years ago and has been living her life and raising her daughter as a mortal. The girl is 16 years old."

"So she doesn't even know she is a goddess?" Sadie asked.

"No. But I'm pretty sure she knows she is different. Until her capture she had been time travelling. She associates with interesting creatures from what I've seen and uses magic." A small smile graced the god's face as he recalled the silvery haired dog man plummet face first into the ground after the simple command 'sit'.

"Wait a minute," Sadie glared. "I thought you just found out about this girl. And isn't she supposed to be captured right now?"

"I saw her once 500 years ago. While she was time travelling." He could still feel her eyes staring into his.

"And we're just supposed to find her?" Carter asked. "Apophis could have taken her anywhere and we don't even know what he is planning on doing with her."

Anubis sighed. The Kane boy was right. They had no leads or any idea on how Apophis was even able to get his hands on Kagome in the first place. He was only an hour into his assignment, and Anubis already felt like a failure.

"Well obviously we aren't going to figure anything out tonight." Sadie's voice brought him out of his thoughts. "I say we go to bed and figure out where to start in the morning."

Anubis sat silently on the couch while everyone went off to their rooms. He felt Sadie's gaze on him as she ascended the stairs and then disappeared into her room. Sometimes Anubis wondered what it would be like to be a human. To need sleep. Instead he simply sat and waited. Patience was one of Anubis's best traits.

For seven hours he sat still on that same couch. Merely thinking of what could be going on in the Duat, if Osiris was handling the hearts and souls of the deceased with care, or if Thoth was still pacing around with concern of his daughter's whereabouts.

Anubis was brought out of thinking by the slamming of a door and someone rushing down the stairs. Carter came around the couch looking as though he hadn't slept at all. "I know where she is!" He shouted.

Anubis perked up. Other doors started to open, including Sadie's. "Why are we making so much noise in the morning?" She looked over the balcony agitated.

Carter excitedly looked up at her. "I know where Kagome is! Hurry up and come down here!"

Rolling her eyes, she stepped in her room for another moment, and came back out dressed in cotton clothing and her usual combat boots. She kept her eyes fixed on Anubis as she came down the stairs. "Have you even moved since last night?" She asked when she approached him.

"Sadie, that doesn't matter," Carter pushed her on the couch next to him. "Now, last night I couldn't sleep because my ba took a trip. I saw minions of Apophis, they were banded together at one of the excavation sites in Egypt that dad took me too."

"Oh and which one would that be, Carter?" Sadie asked sarcastically. "There are only like a hundred excavations sites in Egypt."

"Really Sadie? When did you become an expert on Egypt? I didn't realize you had been travelling around to the hundreds of sites there." Carter lashed out on her. It seemed as though there was some built up tension between the two. "I'm tired of you ragging on me. I'm the one that does all the research. You don't-"

"Please," Anubis interrupted the arguing siblings bringing their angry looks on to him. "I think we need to focus on Kagome's safety. If Carter knows where she is, I'd like for him to share with us."

Sadie snorted and turned away from them, but was clearly still listening in. Anubis needed to talk to her alone at some point. Clear up any misunderstandings between them.

"Thank you Anubis," Carter shot a dirty look at his sister. "I'm not really sure what Apophis has planned. But his minions are setting something up at the Old Kingdom Sphinx Temple. Which would make sense seeing as you said she was time travelling."

"None of this makes sense," Sadie said. "Please elaborate Mr. Know-It-All."

"Well, the old sphinx sits on top of a temple. That temple was suggested to be the home of a solar cult that worshipped the sun cycle: Khepri as the rising sun, Ra as the midday sun, and Atum as the setting sun. The temple has twenty-four columns around the colonnade that researchers believe represented the twenty-four hours in the day."

"What does all that have to do with time-travelling?" Sadie asked. "Sounds like a bunch of speculation to me."

Carter ignored her. "The way his minions were talking, it sounds like Apophis plans on stopping time using this girl."

Anubis was surprised at this. "I don't think Khonsu would be okay with just stopping time. That doesn't sound like him."

"If he's bored it does. Besides, since we beat him, he is probably ready to get some revenge. He is the God of the Moon after all. Apophis is still aiming at destroying Ra, and if that means eternal night time, I think Khonsu would be quite pleased with this plan." Sadie rolled this information off like it should have been common knowledge. Perhaps she was getting smarter. Even Carter stared at her in disbelief.

"Well then, I guess we know where we are going," Anubis said. He stood up and started walking towards the door.

"Uhm, Death Boy?" Sadie stood up. "Some of us have to pack before we go, and I'm bringing Walt. Never know when a charm maker might come in handy."

Carter and Sadie hopped off the couch and went back to their rooms. Meanwhile, the strong pull of death approached him. It was none other than Walt himself. They looked at each other for a moment before he said. "How is the search going?"

Anubis tilted his head to the side curiously. "For Kagome or your cure?"

Walt responded with a weak smile. "Either one I suppose." He started to fiddle with the charms that hung loosely from his neck, all hand crafted by him, no doubt.

"We're still looking for your cure and we will find one," Anubis said determined. There was no way the death god was going to clear things up with Sadie and then reap the only other guy she liked. "Carter thinks he may have found where Kagome is being held captive."

"So you know this girl? You seem pretty determined to find her." Walt looked at him suspiciously.

Subconsciously, Anubis knew this was about Sadie. "I don't plan on leading her on. But yes, I am determined to find Kagome. I have been searching for her for 500 years now." Walt didn't question him any further. After all, once Walt had learned about his powers and the Egyptian magical world, anything was possible.

"We're ready!" Sadie's voice echoed in the silent room. The Kane siblings descended the stairs, each sporting a small messenger bag. The two were dressed in all cotton clothing, with the exception of Sadie's combat boots. "So how are we travelling?"

Anubis hadn't thought about that. He didn't have a boat, and angry daddy Thoth closed all obelisks so that no one else could move his daughter anywhere. That left only one option for the death god, "Graveyard hopping."

"This sounds terrible," Carter groaned as they approached the closest graveyard to the Brooklyn House, the one in which Anubis had arrived in. "I really don't want to go through someone's grave."

Anubis remained silent as the three teenagers talked about their upcoming mission and how they were getting there. Sadie's eyes constantly flickered toward him, watching and waiting for him to say something. But when he never spoke, she decided to prod him. "Speaking of graveyard hopping, I thought that you could only inhabit graveyards, and not leave them?"

Anubis picked up on the slight anger in her voice, no doubt questioning if he had lied to her in the past. "Normally yes," if his life was anything you could call normal. "But once Osiris sends me on a mission, it allows me to roam wherever I need to in order to fulfill it."

The group arrived at the empty cemetery and Anubis led them to a large mausoleum near the center. A large ankh adorned the door to the catacomb, and when the death god put his hand on the symbol it disappeared, revealing a pitch-black tunnel.

A small squeak of fear escaped from Carter as they looked into the abyss. But Anubis marched forward followed by Sadie and Walt, and then a frightened Carter. Their walk in the darkness was short, but the mortals' heavy breathing irked him to no end. For once, the god of death was happy to see the sunlight shining at the other end of the tunnel.

They ascended the stairs and entered into a sandy field, which merely sprouted small patches of grass around each of the tombstones inhabiting the area. Anubis breathed in the warm air and a small smile graced his face. This was the necropolis he remembered and loved.

"If you're done reminiscing, I believe we have a goddess to find," Sadie said, bringing Anubis back to reality and their assignment.

They were surprised when two people met them at the edge of the field. Zia Rashid stood waiting with none other than the Chief Lector Amos.

"Uncle Amos!" The Kane siblings both cried out and rushed to meet him. "We didn't know you would be here," Sadie exclaimed looking up at him.

"Yes well, Thoth was quick to contact me after he and Osiris sent Anubis to Brooklyn House," Amos brushed off his suit and adjusted the fedora on his head. His trademark look hadn't changed despite his change in position.

"We've come to help in any way we can," Zia said. Her eyes stole glances at Carter, the boy who woke her from sleeping in a tomb for all those months.

"We could use some transportation to the Sphinx Temple in the Old Kingdom," Carter responded locking eyes with the girl he'd been crushing on for almost a year now.

"Well if you're not against using a little storm magic, we can go by cloud," Amos offered with a weak smile. Ever since Set had taken over his body, his magic had remained tainted as a consequence.

He was quick to conjure up a large storm cloud big enough for all of them to sit comfortably on. "I'm just glad we aren't being turned into clouds this time," Sadie said while her and her brother shuddered at the memory.

Anubis could feel the electricity beneath him and it seemed to revitalize him. After 500 years he was anxious to see Kagome again. Perhaps this time he'll get the chance to talk to her too.

A small smile graced the death god's face, but this did not go unnoticed by Sadie. But both Anubis and Sadie knew that there was no way they could have ever been together. It was better for mortals to be with mortals.

His thoughts were interrupted when a loud crashing noise rang through the air. Their cloud disappeared and they all fell crashing to the ground. Anubis quickly stood up and wiped the sand off of him. Looking around, the others appeared to be okay. But when he looked up to see what had attacked him, he was surprised to see hundreds of bird like creatures in the air.

Amos cursed under his breath. "Sadie, Carter, Walt, you three get to the girl. Anubis, Zia and I will protect you."

The three teenagers nodded and took off running in the direction they had been flying. Zia and Amos immediately started casting spells upward, slamming into the hideous creatures, but following closely behind after the kids.

Anubis was uncertain on how to help. He very rarely left the judgment hall, and if he did it was to graveyards, or battlefields to reclaim the Egyptian dead. He had never been a part of the battle before, only the cleanup crew.

When the temple came into view, a new horde of creatures came after them. They swarmed the pillars surrounding the temple. Anubis summoned up mummy wrappings and shot them at the beasts as they got near. The wrappings quickly latched onto them and continued to wrap them up, until they were completely entombed and unable to escape.

As they entered the temple grounds a loud scream pierced the air and a white pillar of light shot up from the temple altar and into the sky. "That was Kagome," Anubis said, panic-stricken.

"Look!" Carter exclaimed, pointing outside the temple grounds. All the creatures that the group hadn't attack remained frozen in the air, still poised and ready to attack.

"He really stopped time," Zia whispered in awe. "Is this girl really that powerful?"

"Well she is the daughter of Thoth and Ma'at," Walt stated.

"We don't have any time to waste," Amos stated. "We need to get to the altar." The altar was located on the highest point of the temple and required going up a long stone stair case. They ascended the stairs quickly and surveyed the scene around them.

Anubis froze when he saw the altar, and then slowly approached it. It really was her. The girl he had been searching for, for 500 years, was lying there motionless. She looked exactly the same, only sleeping. He reached up and attempted to touch her, but an unseen barrier prohibited him from making contact.

"I see you found my newest toy," a smooth voice stated from behind the group. They turned around to face Khonsu, god of the moon and time. His silver eyes gleamed in the moonlight.

"Where is Apophis?" Amos shouted.

Khonsu scoffed. "Apophis merely assisted me in this plot. It was all my idea. Apophis didn't even know of the girl's existence, but nothing escapes my sight." But the he didn't focus his attention on Amos long. "Anubis my boy, I'm very surprised to see you here. Since when do you dabble in the affairs of mortals?

Anubis growled. "Since you stole Kagome."

Khonsu smirked. "I guess the rumors are true. Dogs are territorial."

Anubis was ready to lunge at the god but Amos held him back. "Don't let him get to you," Amos said to him. "He's trying to stir your emotions."

"Yes, good boy Anubis," Khonsu chuckled. "Listen to your masters, the humans." The god walked towards Kagome. "Thanks to this pretty little thing, I've been able to stop time permanently in my favor. Now everyone can live the night life forever!"

"You wish, you creep," Sadie shouted at him. "You may have taken Bes from us, but you will not take our world."

"We'll see about that," the moon god smiled mischievously. He took a step back from Kagome and raised his hands to the sky. "Now, my night crawlers attack!"

Small, black, hideous creatures suddenly rose from the shadows in the ground. Their eyes shined silver, matching those of their creator. As one, they marched toward the group.

Once again Amos shouted orders out, "Sadie, you and Walt work on breaking the barrier surrounding the girl. The rest of us will fight."

The creatures launched. Spells were shooting everywhere in an attempt to take out as many as possible. Anubis took it upon himself to protect Sadie and Walt while they tried to free Kagome. No matter how many they took down, an endless wave continued towards them.

"I'm getting kind of tired over here!" Carter called out. Even Zia's fire spells were becoming weaker.

Sadie was too tired to retaliate with words. All the spells she had tried on the barrier failed, and she was begging Isis to help her come up with something, but they were both stumped.

Walt hesitated before pulling a charm out of the pile around his neck. Anubis felt the boy's power around the charm. But the more magic that boy used, the closer he came to death. This one charm probably had enough of his power in it to kill him.

But none the less he stuck the charm on the barrier. Electricity crackled through the barrier from the charm and it immediately shattered around the altar. Walt fell to the ground and Sadie immediately knelt at his side, calling out to him.

The night crawlers were taking over the temple. They were surrounded, worn out, and out of magic. Khonsu approached Kagome at the altar. "Perhaps it's time I took a bride for myself," he said while stroking her face with his hand. "What do you think, Anubis?"

Then he snapped.

Anubis felt his power surging through his body. A new wave of energy, unlike anything he had felt before. "No," he shouted back. "You won't win."

"I've already won!" Khonsu shouted, his voice echoed throughout the temple grounds. "The night is MY domain, you can't even dream of surpassing me."

"The night may be your domain," Anubis clutched his hands. "But the darkness is mine."

The shadows created from the moonlight began to shift under his control. His powers cascaded into the ground manipulating every piece of darkness and causing it to rise up surrounding the night crawlers and Khonsu.

Khonsu struggled against the shadows now trapping him to the floor. Slowly it started to drag him into the ground along with his minions. He was now full of panic and desperate. "Please! Stop! I'll release everyone. I give up!"

But even if he had wanted to, Anubis couldn't stop his powers. No matter how hard he tried he couldn't. The only person who could probably have stopped him was collapsed and dying on the floor. The mortals watched in shock as Anubis lost control continued to drag the demented god into the earth.

"Stop!" A female voice rang out across the temple. Two thin arms wrapped around Anubis's waist, pure warmth immediately washed over him, putting a stop to the shadows. She was purifying the darkness that surrounded him. Slowly, he regained control over himself.

Anubis turned around and locked eyes with the ones he had dreamt of for the past 500 years. She smiled up at him. "Hello again," she said grinning, almost as if she hadn't been kidnapped and held captive by a god for over 24 hours.

"It's been a while," Anubis said softly. He was still feeling weak from losing control of his powers.

"For you maybe," she said giggling. "It was only two days ago for me."

Their reunion was interrupted when Khonsu grabbed Kagome's arm and pulled her close to him. "You will not escape me. You are mine."

"Sorry," Kagome said while placing her hand on the god's forehead. She immediately released a pure white light that exploded in his face, shooting him across the temple grounds. "I only let myself get captured once per person thank you very much."

"Whoa! That's amazing!" Carter exclaimed. Even Amos and Zia were looking on in amazement.

But Kagome ignored all of them and turned around to face Walt, as though she just realized he was there. He was still lying on the ground passed out. Anubis wasn't even sure he would wake up again. His spirit was slowly fading. The dark energy of the curse was the strongest Anubis had ever felt it.

She walked over, knelt down and placed a hand over his chest. Once again her hands started to faintly glow white. Sadie furrowed her brow in frustration. "What are you doing to him?"

Again, Kagome ignored her just as she did the others. After a few moments, Walt's eyes fluttered open. Anubis didn't understand how the boy was awake, but the rest of the group let out cries of joy.

Both Kagome and Walt stood up, and he immediately embraced her in a hug. "I don't know how you did it, but thank you so much," Walt whispered to her, but Anubis's acute hearing picked it up.

Unfortunately no one else heard him, including Sadie. The Kane girl stood up quickly and shoved Kagome out of Walt's arms. "Stop touching him!"

Sadie glared intensely at Kagome finally making her true feelings known, but Walt stepped in the way. "Sadie, she saved me. My curse is gone."

"What…?" She asked confused. She looked at Kagome, as did the rest of the mortals.

Kagome sheepishly smiled and raised her right hand, "Guilty as charged."

A range of expressions went through Sadie's face. It started with jealousy, quickly turned to anger, and then relief. "Thanks, I guess," she mumbled out. Deep down Sadie wanted to be the one to save Walt. "But if you ever touch him again, not even your all powerful parents could save you from my wrath."

But Kagome didn't seem affected but her words. "Don't worry, I'm more of a dog person," she said while glancing back at Anubis.

For the first time in his immortal life, Anubis blushed from embarrassment. Perhaps having a new goddess around wouldn't be such a bad thing.

"Kagome!"

Two people came running towards them. They were none other than Thoth and Ma'at, both of them immediately ran up to her and pulled her into a hug.

"Why are you always getting yourself into trouble?" Ma'at asked "First in the feudal era, and now in the present time? What are we going to do with you?"

"Well I think it's time she learned who she really is, and take her place among the ranks," Thoth interjected.

"And what exactly would that be?" Kagome asked.

"You're the new Feather of Truth Anubis has been asking for," Ma'at stated. "Well not so much in feather form anymore. But you are the essence of purity itself."

Anubis slowly inched toward Kagome until he was standing next to her. "Well, it appears as though we'll be spending a lot of time together."

Kagome smiled up at him and his heart skipped a beat. "I wouldn't mind that. I'm ready for a change of pace."

While Carter, Amos, and Zia engaged in conversation with Thoth and Ma'at, Sadie and Walt were too involved with each other and letting their feelings for one another be known. Anubis boldly reached out and grabbed Kagome's hand.

After 500 years, he finally found everything he needed in life, and it all came in the form of a time-traveling goddess.

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AN: Working on other updates. Please review and submit other suggestions! Thanks for reading!