A/N: I hope you people are enjoying this story, I got grounded for a week
or two, so that's why it hasn't been updated in a while. Joey begins his
journey through the underworld, to find his ka. I hope your enjoying this
and we didn't ruin a perfectly good fic with the plot twist. Read and
review please. Oh, yeah and I got the little quote things out of a National
Geographic, they are translated tomb-hieroglyphs.
The woman who lived next door to the game shop, put her cat out at just the right time to see Joey plunge the dagger into his stomach. She screamed and called for her husband to call the police. As she watched the body fall, she noticed that as soon as it hit the ground, the beautiful dagger that he had used had faded away into nothingness.
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"Raise yourself. You have not died. Your life force will dwell with you forever." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Woah!" Joey said, as his ba left his body, to make its nighttime journey to the underworld. "That's my body! Dang am I hot! Even when I'm dead! Look! The dagger's fading!" But the dagger had just reappeared in a sheath on Joey's side. "Cool! Well, I better go find this underworld place and find that strange chick that told me to do this." Joey just stuck around to watch the EMTs, the same ones who had come to Tristan's accident, Yugi's death and now Joey's suicide, as they put his body in the black body bag.
"Poor kid, one of his best friends dies in a car crash, and then the other shot down by an armed robber, I guess it was too much for him to handle." One of the two guys said.
"Yeah, but how did he do it? It's clearly a stab wound, but I've never seen anything like it, not to mention that there is no weapon." The other replied.
"Let's just get him and go, those things are for others to figure out, not our job."
They left carrying Joey's body. "I'll miss ya, old buddy, we went through a lot of hard times together, I guess I won't be needing you now anyways." Joey said to his dead body as the ambulance drove away.
"Joey," came the voice once again. "Come on, follow me. You have to make it to the underworld tonight so that you can prepare for your journey tomorrow night."
"Okay, but where is this underworld. Is it like under the world?"
"No, actually, you go up and across to get to it, like, have you ever seen Peter Pan?"
"Second star on the left, or something like that, right?"
"Precisely, now come on." The woman beckoned. Joey followed her. He didn't like the idea of flying, but he was already dead, so what could it hurt? He followed the woman for what seemed like forever, and as the sun was almost breaking the horizon, a door opened, and she flew into it. Joey followed close behind.
"Bastt! Daughter! Where have you been?!" A giant luminous man/presence screamed at the woman. "And what are you doing in that form?"
Joey recognized his likeness from the pictures and hieroglyphs in the Egyptian Exhibit in the Domino Museum that he had went to see with Yugi, Tristan and Tea. "You're an Egyptian god!" Joey exclaimed as the realization struck him.
The luminous being looked at the woman that he had called Bastt, and his daughter. "Who is this, Bastt? Is he the reason that you are in this form?"
"Father, this is the human that has been fascinating me for this little while. I am going to help him defeat the Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle. I'm going to help him find his ka so he can defeat him."
"Wait a second! Just what are you?!" Joey exclaimed.
"I've told you once not to talk to me that way!" she snapped. "I'm an ancient goddess! That's what I am, and you better be nice if you want to find your ka and defeat the Millennium Puzzle!"
"An ancient goddess?" Joey said. "That's unbelievable. And this is your father, Ra?"
"Yes, an ancient and all-powerful sun-god. I am a fire-goddess, and this is my true form." He watched as the woman that had gotten so close to him, even kissed him, morphed into a form that could not even be described as humanoid.
Her body was not even a body, just flames and her head was that of a cat. She was an overpowering presence, almost rivaling that of her father. Joey was stunned. "And your name is Bastt?"
"Yes, Joey. I'm going to guide you through your quest for your ka. It will not be easy, it could be anywhere in the world. We'll start our journey tomorrow, for now, you must visit the underworld, but don't worry, it's not really as bad as it sounds."
"Okay, which way from here?" Joey was immediately guided down the halls of the majestic palace and came into an open pavilion, met by a jackal-headed god and an enormous and hideous creature with a hippo's back paws, a lions front paws and mane, and a crocodile's head.
"Welcome, deceased mortal, to the first step to finding your ka. You have to be judged by the scales of Ma'at against her feather and if your heart is too heavy or too light, you shall be fed to this creature," the jackal- headed one said, gesturing at his 'pet'. "I am Anubis, and now, it's time to decide your fate."
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"Oh my heart that I have had when on Earth, don't stand up against me
as a witness, don't make a case against me beside the great god." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*
Joey's heart, actually a ball of light that left from Joey's chest, rested itself on the empty side of a set of scales, opposite of a light feather, that was huge. The scale began to tip under Joey's heart, and the monster began to drool, knowing what came next. Joey noticed Bastt in the doorway as the side of the scale containing Joey's heart began to even with the feather of Ma'at.
"It seems you have passes this test, mortal. You may begin your search for your ka tomorrow evening." Anubis said, for now, enjoy your time in the underworld. Your friends should be in there."
Joey headed into the bright field, then caught sight of his friends and ran towards them. "Hey, guys!"
"Joey!" Tristan called, running to meet his friend, followed closely by the other two. "Wait a second, how did you die?!"
"Suicide." Joey said, just to see how his friends would react.
Tea was shocked, "Why, Joey?!"
"There's more to it, Tea. This goddess, I didn't know she was a goddess at the time, but now I do, told me that if I died, then my ba found my ka, I could become a akh, or Spirit and go back to defeat Yami and Kaiba."
"Then you passed Ma'at and Anubis's test." Yugi assumed.
"Yeah, didn't you?"
They all shook their heads, "Not even Tea did." Yugi said. "Congratulations, Joey, you can stop Kaiba."
"I didn't pass that test on my own. I have a feeling Bastt helped me." The friends continued to talk until Bastt walked up to them.
"It's time, Joey, for the first part of your journey."
"Time flies when you're dead and having fun. I'll see you guys later," Joey said as he waved good-bye while following Bastt out.
The woman who lived next door to the game shop, put her cat out at just the right time to see Joey plunge the dagger into his stomach. She screamed and called for her husband to call the police. As she watched the body fall, she noticed that as soon as it hit the ground, the beautiful dagger that he had used had faded away into nothingness.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Raise yourself. You have not died. Your life force will dwell with you forever." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Woah!" Joey said, as his ba left his body, to make its nighttime journey to the underworld. "That's my body! Dang am I hot! Even when I'm dead! Look! The dagger's fading!" But the dagger had just reappeared in a sheath on Joey's side. "Cool! Well, I better go find this underworld place and find that strange chick that told me to do this." Joey just stuck around to watch the EMTs, the same ones who had come to Tristan's accident, Yugi's death and now Joey's suicide, as they put his body in the black body bag.
"Poor kid, one of his best friends dies in a car crash, and then the other shot down by an armed robber, I guess it was too much for him to handle." One of the two guys said.
"Yeah, but how did he do it? It's clearly a stab wound, but I've never seen anything like it, not to mention that there is no weapon." The other replied.
"Let's just get him and go, those things are for others to figure out, not our job."
They left carrying Joey's body. "I'll miss ya, old buddy, we went through a lot of hard times together, I guess I won't be needing you now anyways." Joey said to his dead body as the ambulance drove away.
"Joey," came the voice once again. "Come on, follow me. You have to make it to the underworld tonight so that you can prepare for your journey tomorrow night."
"Okay, but where is this underworld. Is it like under the world?"
"No, actually, you go up and across to get to it, like, have you ever seen Peter Pan?"
"Second star on the left, or something like that, right?"
"Precisely, now come on." The woman beckoned. Joey followed her. He didn't like the idea of flying, but he was already dead, so what could it hurt? He followed the woman for what seemed like forever, and as the sun was almost breaking the horizon, a door opened, and she flew into it. Joey followed close behind.
"Bastt! Daughter! Where have you been?!" A giant luminous man/presence screamed at the woman. "And what are you doing in that form?"
Joey recognized his likeness from the pictures and hieroglyphs in the Egyptian Exhibit in the Domino Museum that he had went to see with Yugi, Tristan and Tea. "You're an Egyptian god!" Joey exclaimed as the realization struck him.
The luminous being looked at the woman that he had called Bastt, and his daughter. "Who is this, Bastt? Is he the reason that you are in this form?"
"Father, this is the human that has been fascinating me for this little while. I am going to help him defeat the Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle. I'm going to help him find his ka so he can defeat him."
"Wait a second! Just what are you?!" Joey exclaimed.
"I've told you once not to talk to me that way!" she snapped. "I'm an ancient goddess! That's what I am, and you better be nice if you want to find your ka and defeat the Millennium Puzzle!"
"An ancient goddess?" Joey said. "That's unbelievable. And this is your father, Ra?"
"Yes, an ancient and all-powerful sun-god. I am a fire-goddess, and this is my true form." He watched as the woman that had gotten so close to him, even kissed him, morphed into a form that could not even be described as humanoid.
Her body was not even a body, just flames and her head was that of a cat. She was an overpowering presence, almost rivaling that of her father. Joey was stunned. "And your name is Bastt?"
"Yes, Joey. I'm going to guide you through your quest for your ka. It will not be easy, it could be anywhere in the world. We'll start our journey tomorrow, for now, you must visit the underworld, but don't worry, it's not really as bad as it sounds."
"Okay, which way from here?" Joey was immediately guided down the halls of the majestic palace and came into an open pavilion, met by a jackal-headed god and an enormous and hideous creature with a hippo's back paws, a lions front paws and mane, and a crocodile's head.
"Welcome, deceased mortal, to the first step to finding your ka. You have to be judged by the scales of Ma'at against her feather and if your heart is too heavy or too light, you shall be fed to this creature," the jackal- headed one said, gesturing at his 'pet'. "I am Anubis, and now, it's time to decide your fate."
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"Oh my heart that I have had when on Earth, don't stand up against me
as a witness, don't make a case against me beside the great god." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*
Joey's heart, actually a ball of light that left from Joey's chest, rested itself on the empty side of a set of scales, opposite of a light feather, that was huge. The scale began to tip under Joey's heart, and the monster began to drool, knowing what came next. Joey noticed Bastt in the doorway as the side of the scale containing Joey's heart began to even with the feather of Ma'at.
"It seems you have passes this test, mortal. You may begin your search for your ka tomorrow evening." Anubis said, for now, enjoy your time in the underworld. Your friends should be in there."
Joey headed into the bright field, then caught sight of his friends and ran towards them. "Hey, guys!"
"Joey!" Tristan called, running to meet his friend, followed closely by the other two. "Wait a second, how did you die?!"
"Suicide." Joey said, just to see how his friends would react.
Tea was shocked, "Why, Joey?!"
"There's more to it, Tea. This goddess, I didn't know she was a goddess at the time, but now I do, told me that if I died, then my ba found my ka, I could become a akh, or Spirit and go back to defeat Yami and Kaiba."
"Then you passed Ma'at and Anubis's test." Yugi assumed.
"Yeah, didn't you?"
They all shook their heads, "Not even Tea did." Yugi said. "Congratulations, Joey, you can stop Kaiba."
"I didn't pass that test on my own. I have a feeling Bastt helped me." The friends continued to talk until Bastt walked up to them.
"It's time, Joey, for the first part of your journey."
"Time flies when you're dead and having fun. I'll see you guys later," Joey said as he waved good-bye while following Bastt out.
