Prompt 1: Maybe nico gets lost in the duat and meets bast and nephtys and they tell him embarrassing stories about anubis

Prompt 2: Oh hey maybe u should write overprotective dad osiris and motherly nephtys who likes to pinch nicos cheeks and fawn how adorable he and her son are together and embarrassing anubis in front of his human teen friends

Nico glanced around.

Where in Hades was he?

The lanscape – if you could call it that – was dark. The air seemed thick to the eye, but when he drew his breath it was clear. It made his head feel weird. He couldn't put his finger on the feeling.

The place he'd ended up reminded him of his shadow-traveling, a place between places.

He glanced around again and tried to find out where to go from here. There wasn't much to see. Just darkness.

It was eerily quiet. The darkness he could deal with, he was used to it after all, preferred it even. The silence, however, was deafening. Oppressing.

Nico tried to take a tentative step. His foot landed on what seemed to be nothing. It was solid.

He took another step. And then another. Soon he was walking forward, no real direction in mind, just forward.

It looked the same. A stretch of infinitive darkness that somehow managed to give enough light to see. He could see his body at least.

He'd been walking for a while, he wasn't sure how long. Time felt different. His feet were a little sore.

He sighed and rested his hand on the hilt of his sword out of habit.

The sensation of another presence made him unsheathe the sword and whirl around in one movement. The tip of the Stygian iron blade rested just underneath the chin of the person behind him. However, in that same instant, Nico could feel sharp nails – more like claws – prickling the skin on his throat.

"Well~" came the melodic voice of the opponent. "What do we have here? A demigod in the duat? Are you lost, little kitten?"

The words were spoken in a purring voice, but they held a clear warning, the tone dripping with menace.

"Depends," the son of Hades said. "Who's asking?"

The woman before him chuckled, "Oh, suspicion. Good." She smiled, the cat like eyes crinkling at the corners, "I am Bast."

Nico raised his eyebrows, "The Egyptian cat goddess?"

The goddess seemed smug at his recognition of her, "You know of me~ And who, may I ask, are you?"

Nico swallowed, he supposed lying would be stupid with razor sharp claws against his neck, "Nico di Angelo, son of Hades."

Bast raised an eyebrow before she burst out laughing, "You- I should've known he would pick someone like you. You're practically identical."

What in Hades was she talking about, "What?"

Bast grinned, "I know who you are, kitten~ You're the dog's companion."

The dog...?

"Oh, I have to find Nephthys. She's been dying to meet you."

He knew that name, "Anubis' mother?"

The goddess removed her claws and Nico lowered his sword, "Indeed, the dog's mother."


Nephthys, in Nico's opinion, was lovely.

Bast had taken him to the Hall of Judgement, where both Nephthys and Osiris (the god a bit unwilling) had welcomed them.

The cat-goddess greeted Nephthys warmly and introduced Nico.

The moment it was revealed that Nico was Anubis' boyfriend, the goddesses entire face lit up. She smiled warmly and pulled the demigod into a warm embrace.

"It's so good to finally meet you, Nico di Angelo. I have been dying, although that is impossible, to meet you. Anubis has told me much about you, after all. And mind you, him speaking so warmly about a person makes me very happy," she turned her head towards Bast. "Bast, when was the last time Anubis talked so much about something as he does about darling Nico here?"

The cat-goddess smirked, "Oh~ I believe that was when he found out about that Pokémon thing."

Pokémon thing?

Nephthys giggled, "Ah, yes. He would go on and on about that. He tried desperately to convey to me that one of the - what was it, starter pokémon? - was better than the other two. He would go around, boasting that he knew every name on the- the- Bast, what was the name of that place?"

Bast grinned at her, "Kanto pokédex. And he even knew which number belonged to which pokémon."

Nephthys giggled again, "Yes, he said so, indeed."

Nico stood there, completely baffled.

Anubis liked Pokémon? And he never told Nico? Even though they'd been dating for months? Oh, he was going to hold this over the god's stupid, gorgeous head forever.

The demigod smirked, "Anything else I should know about?"

Bast now donned a shit-eating grin on her face, her eyes twinkling, "Oh, there's so many things. Did you know, Anubis couldn't pronounce s for the first five hundred years of his life?"

"Really, what did he say instead?" Nico innocently asked. For some reason, he felt as if Osiris wanted to murder him with his laser eyes.

"Oh~ He would say 'Batht' instead of 'Bast'," the cat-goddess blurted out and started laughing afterwards, tiny snorts erupting in between.

Oh, this was too good. He could blackmail Anubis into taking him to McDonald's for years.

Nephthys suddenly burst out laughing beside him. The sound somehow reminded him of Anubis' laughter.

"Oh, Bast. Do not forget about the first time Anubis was going to lead a person to the Hall of Judgement."

That comment made Bast burst out laughing again, she even had to place her hand on Nico's shoulder to keep her balance, "Oh, how could I ever forget? He messed up so much and stuttered, and that horrible th instead of s business- Oh, I still remember it to this day."

Nico grinned. He was about to ask for more details, when a brooding voice spoke.

"I think that's quite enough humiliation of Anubis."

Nephthys and Bast both looked at Osiris.

The god of the Dead and the Living frowned, "This is hardly the time to be telling stories. Demigod, how have you come to be in the duat?"

Nico didn't like the tone the god was using, especially when he said demigod, it sounded more like he was challenging Nico. "I'm not entirely sure how I ended up in the duat, my lord. I think I was shadow-traveling, and then something went wrong, and I ended up here."

Osiris raised an eyebrow, as if the answer was something he'd expected, "I see. So, you messed up and ended up in the duat."

What? Messed up? "I didn't mess up, I just-" he paused.

"You just- messed up?" came the cold reply from the god.

The son of Hades fought down the urge to glare at Osiris. He definitely didn't like his tone now. "I wouldn't use the term 'messed up'. I'd rather use a term like discovered that the duat was linked to the shadow-realm, so to speak."

The Egyptian's fiery eyes met his, a glare evident under furrowed brows. Nico kept his expression neutral and his stance calm.

Osiris opened his mouth as if to speak, but he never got that far.

The door to the Hall of Judgement burst open and a person entered hastily, three others following behind.

Nico felt relief rush through him as he recognized Anubis. The god all but ran towards him and the demigod instinctively lifted his arms to accept the god's hug.

Anubis embraced him fiercely, crushing him against his chest, leaving Nico a bit winded.

"Where were you?" he whispered into Nico's neck. The demigod could hear the worry in his voice.

Nico stroked the god's back, "I got lost in the duat." Anubis stiffened and pulled back.

"How long where you lost? How long did you wander in that nothingness?" his voice was frantic, a furrow had formed between his eyebrows.

Nico lifted a finger and poked at the furrow, "Only for a little while, half an hour or something."

"You walked around in that void for half an hour?!" Sadie exclaimed from behind Anubis.

The jackal god let go of Nico and stepped back.

Nico raised an eyebrow, what was so special about that? "Yeah?"

"Whoa. How could you stand it?" Sadie still sounded incredulous.

Nico's brows were furrowed now, "What's so special about it? I've been stuck in the shadow-realm for hours on end. It's not that different."

The girl's eyes looked ready to pop out of her skull, "Hours?!"

"Ahem~" Bast suddenly spoke up.

Nico watched on as Sadie and Carter gave her a hug, at which she gave a purring sound.

Anubis meanwhile greeted his mother warmly.

Nephthys smiled broadly at her son and said, "Now that I've finally met Nico, I can understand why you talk so much about him."

Anubis' face flushed, "Wha-" He glanced back at Nico, "I don't talk about him that much."

Nephthys giggled, "You talk about him as much as you talked about that Pokémon thing."

Her son's face was reaching boiling point, "Wh- but-" He stared at Nico and tried to get his help with the situation.

The goddess stepped towards Nico, "Nico knows all about it." She leaned forward and pinched the demigod's cheeks fondly, "And since you're so cute together I'm going to continue telling him all the embarrassing stories about you."

Anubis groaned and covered his face as Sadie started laughing behind them, then went on to making fun of Anubis' obsession over Pokémon.

Nephthys hid her smile behind her hand, "And I also told Nico that you couldn't pronounce s."

The younger god whirled around to stare at her with wide eyes, "You told him- How-"

Nico smiled and cupped Anubis' cheek, giving him a light kiss on the lips. That, at least, made him relax.

"Would you be kind and refrain from doing that in my Hall?" Osiris strained voice sounded again.

Anubis jumped back from Nico and apologized. The god told him that he wasn't at fault, it was Nico who had kissed him, after all.

Nico assumed Osiris disliked him, he couldn't exactly say the feeling wasn't mutual at the moment.

The god resumed his scowling at the demigod and Nico felt anger spike in him.

"Nico, we should be leaving. Your friends are worried sick," Carter spoke up.

The son of Hades glanced at him and nodded. He wasn't feeling very welcome in the hall after all.

Anubis bid the other gods farewell and offered Nico his hand.

"Wait a moment. I would like a word with the demigod," Osiris' cold voice said.

Nico cringed, that was the last thing he needed now.

"Well, I suppose that's okay," Anubis replied. "We'll be waiting outside, okay?"

The demigod nodded and gave him a smile.

They exited the room.

Bast and Nephthys bade their own farewells and left as well.

Silence fell across the room. It weighed heavily on Nico's shoulders.

"You may approach," Osiris said.

Nico bit back a remark and approached the god's throne. He gave a polite bow.

"You must understand one thing, son of Hades. I view Anubis as my own son, and I treat him as my own son," the god's voice was calm, although his voice was still cold. "The last thing I wish is for any harm to come to him, both physically and emotionally."

Oh, now he saw where this was going. Osiris was one of those people.

"I swear," Nico started. "I would never, never, hurt him. In any way."

Osiris looked unimpressed, "Your words alone will not suffice." He lifted his hand, and a shimmering, white feather appeared in his palm.

Oh, the Feather of Truth. He'd only heard about it.

"I want you to say what you just said while holding this feather," Osiris said, his voice grave and serious.

Nico nodded and accepted the offered feather.

While holding it he spoke, "I, Nico di Angelo, son of Hades, swear to never hurt Anubis, Egyptian Lord of Funerals and god of Death, under any circumstance."

He waited a second, but the feather remained the same and he hadn't been burnt to ashes.

He glanced up at the god and noticed his visibly more relaxed body language.

A smile even grazed Osiris' lips as he spoke, "Very well. I believe you." He gestured for the feather and Nico returned it. "You may leave now, Nico di Angelo."

The son of Hades bowed and bade farewell, then slipped out of the large door.

He was basically assaulted by Anubis outside.

"What did he say? Did he hurt you?" the god's hands skimmed his face and arms until Nico grabbed them.

"Hey. Relax, he didn't hurt me. He was just worried that I might hurt you."

Anubis jolted, "What?"

"Yeah, he even made me hold the Feather of Truth while I swore to never hurt you."

The other's expression was first surprised, then downright furious, "He made you swear while holding the feather? You could've died, Nico."

He made a movement towards the door to the hall but Nico grabbed his arm.

"Well, I didn't die. And that only proved that I won't hurt you. So everything's good, okay?"

Anubis still seemed furious so the demigod leaned over and kissed him softly. That made him relax.

He slipped his arm out of Nico's grasp and snaked it around his waist, pulling him close. Nico hummed and cradled the god's jaw.

A whine beside them made them pull apart.

Sadie had her hands clasped over her mouth and was beaming at them while Carter and Walt looked away.

"You're so cute!" she squealed before she was pulled along by Walt.

Nico rolled his eyes but followed in their wake, Anubis at his side.

"Hey," he started. "How come you were so worried?"

Anubis smirked at him, "What, I can't be worried about my boyfriend?" Nico slapped his shoulder. "Nono, but really, even though you were only gone for a little while in the duat, the time moves differently in the real world. So much more time has passed there."

"Oh, that makes sense. Well, you don't have to worry more now," he kissed the Egyptian's cheek. "Now you can tell me all you know about Pokémon."

Anubis looked at him, surprised, "Really?"

"Really."

Anubis beamed.


Wow. I'm still alive. And, damn, those were some words :D I'm back from my loooooooong vacation :3