Hotaru: hi!

Yami: hello everyone.

Yami Bakura: *on the PS2* yeah, whatever.

Hotaru: *shakes her head* I don't know how he got it, and I don't wanna know.

Yami: he probably stole it.

Hotaru: I know.

Yami Bakura: *kicks it* stupid thing!

Hotaru: *rolls eyes* for the last time, when the game calls you a loser it only means that you lost. It's not insulting you or anything.

Yami Bakura: I know that!

Malik: why am I here?

Hotaru: cuz you're in this chapter.

Malik: wonderful.

Hotaru: disclaimer please?

Yami: she doesn't own anything!

Hotaru: thank you!

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Bakura walked into his house and raged.

"That bitch! How could I have trusted her?!" he yelled. All of the gold he'd had was gone. All that remained was a note that read:

Thank you for the night's rest, and for the gold. Learn to be less trusting, or you'll never survive. Safiya

"Damn it!" he yelled. "I'll kill her! I swear to Ra I will!" He changed clothes and stormed out of the house in search of the thief. (Poetic justice, a thief was robbed.)

*~*~* with Seto *~*~*

As Seto awoke he found a note lying on his bedside table.

"Seto, I believe these belong to the temples of the gods. See that they get returned. Safiya." He read aloud. "She went so far as to return them? I can't believe that she's that honest. Then again I wonder where she got them."

"She stole them from a tomb robber" Seto turned and saw what had to be a god standing by his bed. Seto bowed before the god.

"Do you know who I am?" the god asked.

"Osiris, god of the underworld and vegetation" Seto answered.

"Yes. I've come to tell you that Bastet will be held to council today. Her behavior is disgraceful to the title goddess." He said.

"Sire what can I do? I'm not aloud access to any council, unless I'm specifically called."

"That is why I'm summoning you. There are a few of us who feel that Bastet is being accused under ridiculous circumstances." he answered.

"I'll do all I can. But surely the gods themselves can stop this" Seto said.

"It is not that simple. This time she's really angered Ra and so she has come under council." Osiris replied.

"I understand"

"Come we must hurry" he said. With that Osiris and Seto disappeared in a bright flash.

*~*~* at the council *~*~*

Safiya glared at the god and goddesses who did this to her.

"What is the point of this?! As soon as Ra says anything it will be over!" She snapped.

"Enough, and take off that terrible human form" Isis said. Safiya sighed and her body changed. She now had the head of a cat and a long sweeping tail. She was dressed in the silk robes of a goddess but she wore no crown.

"I have only myself in defense" she pointed out.

"That's not true. I, My Husband, and my son are on your side as is Wosyet." Isis replied.

"Then I have some form of hope. Great. But no one opposes Ra" she said.

"This isn't just for Ra to decide. It's up to the council." Isis reminded. Safiya purred in contemplation.

"Where is the dead god of the underworld?" she asked.

"He went to bring the High Priest in your defense as well" at this Safiya blushed. Though through the fur you couldn't tell it.

"Seto? Why would you bring Seto?" She asked. Isis was about to answer when Osiris and Seto appeared.

"I knew it" Seto muttered as he bowed before the two goddesses. Safiya smirked at him. It felt good to see him, the one who'd harmed her mental state, at her feet. She'd missed having people bow to her.

"You may stand" Isis said but he still stayed stooped. He was waiting for Safiya to say it.

"You can stand" she growled after a minute. He stood and looked at her. Then at Isis.

"What do you wish me to do" he asked.

"Take a long walk off a short cliff" Safiya muttered to herself with a satisfied smirk.

"Bring the accused forward" Ra barked. Safiya walked up and faced the eight gods and goddesses responsible for her judgment. There was Thoth (god) with the head of an ibis, wearing a crown consisting of a crescent moon topped by a moon disk. Horus, (god) with the head of a falcon. Those bright eyes centered on her. Mehen, (god) in the form of a coiled up snake. Hedetet, (goddess) in the form of a scorpion. Isis, being the beautiful goddess crowned with cow horns enclosing a sun disk. Sakhmet, (goddess) with the head of a lioness and crowned by the solar disk, holding the ankh (life) symbol. Anubis, (god) with the head of a black jackal. And finally, Ra. The greatest God of them all. Human form with a falcon head, crowned with the sun disc and the uraeus (a stylized representation of the sacred cobra). His eyes burned into hers and she took a deep breath.

"Bastet, you stand accused of ignoring direct commands from Ra. Disgraceful behavior amongst the mortals, and mannerisms unbefitting of a goddess. What have you to say" Anubis asked.

"Those accusations are irrelevant and unfounded" she said.

"How so?" Horus asked.

"You have nothing to show that the world of the mortals has changed me any. That's what this is about. You're worried that the world below will make me change." She replied.

"Has it" he asked.

"Yes." At this they all gasped. "For the better. I'm no longer the disrespectful snob that I once was. I don't even take my anger out on the creatures of the earth."

"That's true." Hedetet spoke up. "My own eyes saw her spare a scorpion."

"She still refused to leave that world when I ordered it" Ra said. The others nodded.

"Sire" Seto stepped forward and bowed. "She stayed to exact her revenge on me and those who harmed her."

"Harmed?" Ra asked. He looked at Safiya. "Is this true?"

"Yes, Father, it is." She said. he contemplated this for a moment then looked at the other gods.

"Well" he asked.

"If I may. Why not let her go back as a human, then when her life is over having her return to us. This would benefit both sides" Isis suggested. The council thought this over for a few minutes. Finally they decided.

"Very well. You may go to the world of the mortals. But you won't be a slave" Ra said.

"I can see to it that she is given her rightful place as a priestess" Seto said. Ra nodded.

"See that you do."

*~*~* back on the streets *~*~*

Bakura was still searching for Safiya when he noticed a merchant with particularly interesting items for sale. As he moved closer the merchant looked at him.

"Bakura, don't even think about it" Bakura was shocked. How did he know his name? Then it hit him.

"Malik?" He asked. The merchant nodded. "It's been ages, how are you?" Malik shrugged.

"Business is terrible but other than that, fine" he answered.

"Have you seen a slave girl, with red eyes and red hair" Bakura asked.

"No, why?"

"She stole my treasures." He answered. Malik laughed.

"The great tomb robber robbed by a mere slave girl" he laughed.

"Be quiet" Bakura snapped.

"Tell you what, I'll close up shop and help you find her."

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Hotaru: oh man, all the gods I have to explain. But I will explain them! Oh and lucky star, Re is another name for Ra. I just didn't change the info I found on the net. Sorry if I confused you. And Tsunamibw and Jenna Hayft I'd love to read and review your stories. I'll do it as soon as possible. Meruru-chan, what game is that? Just curious is all. Oklina, your in luck cuz the next chapter shall be full of Yami. Oh and Gold Dragon of Egypt, I'm glad I could please some of the shadows. Hopefully this will appease the gods and goddesses that I somehow overlooked.

Yami: it's wonderful how you take time to answer your reviewer's questions.

Hotaru: and here we are the info on the gods and goddesses.

Osiris

(Usire)

Egyptian god of the underworld and of vegetation. Son of Nut and Geb. His birthplace was said to be Rosetau in the necropolis west of Memphis. Brother of Nephthys and Seth, and the brother and husband of Isis. Isis gave birth to Horus after his death, having impregnated herself with semen from his corpse. Osiris was depicted in human form wrapped up as a mummy, holding the crook and flail. He was often depicted with green skin, alluding to his role as a god of vegetation. He wore a crown known as the 'atef', composed of the tall conical white crown of Upper Egypt with red plumes on each side. Osiris had many cult centers, but the most important were at Abydos (Ibdju) in Upper Egypt, where the god's legend was reenacted in an annual festival, and at Busiris (Djedu) in the Nile delta. One of the so-called "dying gods", he was the focus of a famous legend in which he was killed by the rival god Seth. At a banquet of the gods, Seth fooled Osiris into stepping into a coffin, which he promptly slammed shut and cast into the Nile. The coffin was born by the Nile to the delta town of Byblos, where it became enclosed in a tamarisk tree. Isis, the wife of Osiris, discovered the coffin and brought it back. (The story to this point is attested only by the Greek writer Plutarch, although Seth was identified as his murderer as early as the Pyramid era of the Old Kingdom.) Seth took advantage of Isis's temporary absence on one occasion, cut the body to pieces, and cast them into the Nile. (In the Egyptian texts this incident alone accounts for the murder of Osiris.) Isis searched the land for the body parts of Osiris, and was eventually able to piece together his body, whole save for the penis, which had been swallowed by a crocodile (according to Plutarch) or a fish (according to Egyptian texts). In some Egyptian texts, the penis is buried at Memphis. Isis replaced the penis with a reasonable facsimile, and she was often portrayed in the form of a kite being impregnated by the ithyphallic corpse of Osiris. In some Egyptian texts, the scattering of the body parts is likened to the scattering of grain in the fields, a reference to Osiris's role as a vegetation god. 'Osiris gardens' - wood-framed barley seedbeds in the shape of the god were sometimes placed in tombs - and the plants which sprouted from these beds symbolized the resurrection of life after death. It was this legend that accounted for Osiris's role as a god of the dead and ruler of the Egyptian underworld. He was associated with funerary rituals, at first only with those of the Egyptian monarch, later with those of the populace in general. The pharaoh was believed to become Osiris after his death. Although he was regarded as a guarantor of continued existence in the afterlife, Osiris also had a darker, demonic aspect associated with the physiological processes of death and decay, and reflecting the fear Egyptians had of death in spite of their belief in an afterlife. Osiris was also a judge of the dead, referred to as the 'lord of 'aat' (i.e. of divine law).

Thoth

(Thot, Thout, Tehuti, Djhowtey, Djehuti, Zehuti)

Egyptian moon god. Over time, he developed as a god of wisdom, and came to be associated with magic, music, medicine, astronomy, geometry, surveying, drawing and writing. Thoth was generally depicted in human form with the head of an ibis, wearing a crown consisting of a crescent moon topped by a moon disk. He could also be depicted wholly as an ibis or a baboon. Both the ibis and the baboon were sacred to him. His principal sanctuary was at Hermopolis (Khmunu) in the Nile delta region. Thoth served as an arbiter among the gods. In the Osirian legend, he protected Isis during her pregnancy and healed her son Horus when Seth tore out his left eye. Thoth was later identified with the Greek god Hermes in the form of Hermes Trismegistos ("Hermes the thrice great"), in which form he remained popular in medieval magic and alchemy. Thoth was also a god of the underworld, where he served as a clerk who recorded the judgments on the souls of the dead. Alternatively, it was Thoth himself who weighed the hearts of the dead against the feather of Truth in the Hall of the Two Truths.

Sakhmet

(Sachmet, Sekhmet)

"The Powerful One". Egyptian lioness goddess. Daughter of the sun god Re. At Memphis she formed part of the Memphite triad together with Ptah as her consort and Nefertum (otherwise the son of Bastet) as her son. Depicted as a lioness or in human form with the head of a lioness. She was generally shown crowned by the solar disk, holding the ankh ("life") symbol or a scepter in the shape of a papyrus reed. At Thebes Sakhmet came to be syncretized with Mut, the consort of the Theban sun god Amun. She had a warlike aspect, and was said to breathe fire at the enemies of the pharaoh. Like the goddess Hathor, Sakhmet could become the 'eye of Re', an agent of the sun god's punishment. She was believed to be the bearer of plague and pestilence, but in a more benign aspect she was called upon in spells and amulets to ward off disease.

Mehen

(None)

Egyptian serpent god. Mehen defended the solar barque of Re during its night passage through the underworld. He was depicted as a snake coiled about the solar barque

Isis

(Aset, Eset)

"Throne". Egyptian mother goddess. Daughter of Geb and Nut according to the Heliopolitan genealogy. Sister and wife of Osiris. Mother of Horus. She was depicted in human form, crowned either by a throne or by cow horns enclosing a sun disk. A vulture was also sometimes incorporated in her Crown. She is sometimes depicted as a kite above the mummified body of Osiris. As the personification of the throne, she was an important source of the pharaoh's power. Her cult was popular throughout Egypt, but the most important sanctuaries were at Giza and at Behbeit El-Hagar in the Nile delta. Isis later had an important cult in the Greco-Roman world, with sanctuaries at Delos and Pompeii. Her Latin epithet was Stella Maris, or "star of the sea". It was Isis who retrieved and reassembled the body of Osiris after his murder and dismemberment by Seth. In this connection she took on the role of a goddess of the dead and of funeral rites. Isis impregnated herself from the corpse and subsequently gave birth to Horus. She gave birth in secrecy at Khemmis in the Nile delta and hid the child from Seth in the papyrus swamps. Horus later defeated Seth and became the first ruler of a united Egypt. Isis, as mother of Horus, was by extension regarded as the mother and protectress of the pharaohs. The relationship between Isis and Horus may also have influenced the Christian conception of the relationship between Mary and the infant Jesus Christ. The depiction of the seated Isis holding or suckling the child Horus is certainly reminiscent of the iconography of Mary and Jesus.

Horus

(Egyptian Har or Hor)

Egyptian sky god. Usually depicted as a falcon or in human form with the head of a falcon. The sun and the moon are said to be his eyes. Son of Isis and the dead Osiris. He was born at Khemmis in the Nile Delta, and Isis hid him in the papyrus marshes to protect him against Seth, his father's murderer. Horus later avenged the death of his father against Seth. Horus lost his left eye (the moon) in the contest between the two. Horus was identified with Lower Egypt and Seth with Upper Egypt in this battle, which lasted eighty years. The gods judged Horus to be the winner, and Seth was either killed or castrated. The consequence of Horus's victory was the union of Upper and Lower Egypt. The Egyptian pharaoh was believed to be an incarnation of Horus, and the name of Horus formed part of his name. The pharaoh was said to become Horus after death. Seth restored the eye he had torn from Horus, but Horus gave it instead to Osiris. The image of the "eye of Horus", a human eye combined with the cheek markings of a falcon, became a powerful amulet among the Egyptians

Hedetet

(None)

Egyptian scorpion-goddess.

Re

(Ra)

Egyptian sun god and creator god. He was usually depicted in human form with a falcon head, crowned with the sun disc and the uraeus (a stylized representation of the sacred cobra). The sun itself was taken to be either his body or his eye. He was said to traverse the sky each day in a solar barque and pass through the underworld each night on another solar barque to reappear in the east each morning. His principal cult centre was at Heliopolis ("sun city"), near modern Cairo. Re was also considered to be an underworld god, closely associated in this respect with Osiris. In this capacity he was depicted as a ram-headed figure. By the third millennium B.C. Re's prominence had already become such that the pharaohs took to styling themselves "sons of Re". After death, the Egyptian monarch was said to ascend into the sky to join the entourage of the sun god. According to the Heliopolitan cosmology, Re was said to have created himself, either out of a primordial lotus blossom, or on the mound that emerged from the primeval waters. He then created Shu (air) and Tefnut (moisture), who in turn engendered the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut. Re was said to have created humankind from his own tears and the gods Hu (authority) and Sia (mind) from blood drawn from his own penis. Re was often combined with other deities to enhance the prestige of the latter, as in Re-Atum, Amun- Re, or in the formula "Re in Osiris, Osiris in Re".