OK. I'm back with the long awaited second chapter of this story. I know I didn't ask you people to reveiw, but even a single review would have been nice! Sheesh... But anyway. I don't really like this chapter but I decided to put it up anyway. So when you're done reading, feel free to leave a review, even if it's a flame, and tell me what you think.

Chapter 2

Kori stared blankly at the woman who called herself Sarah. Temporary partner? Was this the doing of Koenma or one of the Egyptain gods?

"Who's idea was this?" she asked suddenly. Sarah shrugged. DAMN!!! she yelled mentally.

Spirit World!

Koenma sat in his bed red chair behind his desk doing paperwork, as amazing as that might sound. It was probably to keep his mind off all the possible ways Kori could kill him for sending her on this mission.

He was just lucky that it was Osiris that had come up with the idea of assigning Kori a partner...

Back to Egypt!

Kori sighed, finally giving in to her destiny, though she wasn't entirely sure she believed in the subject of destiny and/or fate. "So, why am I needed here? Aren't you people supposed to be some of the best detectives in the world?"

"Yes... But that means nothing if there are no clues to follow," Sarah replied. "Now follow me to my home, where we can talk with no one to hear us." She started walking in the direction of her home with Kori following her.

Kori was grumbling to herslef the whole way. Why did she have to be the only one who could be sent on this mission? Why did she have to be so unlucky? Couldn't this have come up before Kurama and Yusuke were sent to Makai? Or before Syd had gone to visit her human parents? Damn my luck... she thought.

Then the fairy blinked, reaslizing where she was. She had followed Sarah to the pyramids and hadn't noticed it once until now. How she had pulled that off she would never be able to figure out. She should have looked up when she noticed that she was standing in a giant shadow. She was spending way too much time with Syd... But that couldn't be helped at the moment.

"I thought you said we were going to your house..." she said. "Didn't you...?"

"I did," Sarah said. "And I lied." She turned to face the fairy. "But I think it is time to be honest with you."

"You really don't have to be; I'm not your friend or anything. All I want is to be sent home." This is just my luck...

Sarah stared blankly at her. "But you should know why it was you that was sent here and not one of the other detectives. And I am going to tell you this, whether you wish to know it or not." The Egyptian woman sat down in the sand. "One of the gods wishes to have your powers. I was chosen because I am his most loyal follower. We planned for a time when you would be the only detective available. And this brings us to where we are now."

"Great," Kori said sarcasticly. "Can I go home now?"

"Not until the Great One has your powers!" Sarah hissed. Her mouth twisted into a demented smile. "And I will be the one to give them to him. Not those stupid mummies of the long-dead pharohs."

It was Kori's turn to stare blankly. "What the hell is wrong with you??" she demanded. "You don't need to take my powers. Neither does this damned Great One!"

"You dare damn a god?!" Sarah seemed horrified by this idea.

"Yeah... I do it all the time..." Kori replied. "Though that would explain why my luck is so bad..." She looked thoughtful for a moment, then got over it. "Oh well. What's done is done." She shrugged.

Sarah stared blankly at her. "There is something wrong with you..."

"I get it from one of my friends..." Kori said. She was really starting to believe that, too... "So now what?"

"Now I take your powers from you." Sarah rose to her feet and pulled a knife from her pocket.

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