Welcome, welcome~ To the new version of Egyptian Sun. For old readers - I've changed some things around since the first version (Quite a bit actually!). I've also changed it from 'boyfriend' to 'husband'. You'll understand later on. These changes needed to be made though.

Enough talk - onto the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or Yuugiou or any characters in it. I simply own the plot.

As the blood ran down the young woman's arm, only one word ran through her mind. Revenge. That's it; she will get revenge on the bastard that did this to her and her village.

She limped through the hot, scorching desert, her eye sight becoming blurred and she could feel her legs weaken with each step she took, wanting nothing more than to just collapse where she stood. Even though her body was in immense pain she continued on, slowly but continued none the less.

The sun, oh how she loathed it. How so many of the other people could love the big burning ball of gas was beyond her. The sun sent its rays down, and it seemed they all were directed right at her, trying to scorch her tan skin right off her body. The young woman cursed the sun. Maybe it will explode and leave for ever. Had she of been more rational she would have realized it would also set the world into a new ice age and kill it. Everyone was going to die anyway, so why bother fighting it? Oh yes, the revenge. Drat.

The blood dripped down from her fingertips, landing in the golden sand. She gave small smirk. She was going to die. What a pity, she wouldn't be able to get her revenge on him. At least not in this life, she rationalized to herself.

Finally, the young woman's legs collapsed and she fell into the hot, Egyptian sand. Her long, flowing black hair spreading around her dying form. The very last thing she saw was the sun. Still burning, as if mocking her because she was simply too weak to go on.

"Kagome." A soft knocking at her door awoke the sleeping shrine maiden. Her mother's hushed but frantic voice was muffled. The knocking on her door was becoming more rapid and insistent. "Kagome, you must get up. It's time for school. Please get up honey, Naraku-sama will be here soon."

Without a second thought, Kagome immediately sat up in bed, a frightened look in her tired sapphire eyes. "I'm up Momma!" She called back, her voice coated in sleep. "Hurry, he could be here any minute."

Kagome quickly hopped out of bed and scampered over to her closet. Before undressing she sent a second look over towards her door, ensuring the three locks she installed on it herself were still indeed locked. She undressed and gathered her pajamas, tossing them into the hamper on the left side of her closet and put on her new school uniform in what should have been a record breaking time.

Today was the first day of school, she silently hoped that it would make 'fitting in' slightly easier on her. Not only was it the first day for all students, but she had just transferred over to Domino High. A transition she wasn't too pleased about, but had to do to temporary satisfy her mother's husband. She sighed to herself and slouched over slightly. 'If only we could just run away from here – from him.' Kagome thought sadly to herself before shaking her head. No – that wasn't an option. Hopefully soon it would be. She wasn't sure how much more either of them could take.

She walked over to the door on the other side of her room that had no locks on it and swung it open. After the 'unfortunate incident' (as Naraku would refer to it) with Souta, her mother went through the extra effort and renovated the upstairs to a degree. Souta's old room was turned into a storage room. Her mother originally wanted to turn it into a guest room incase Kagome ever wanted to have a friend come over to stay the night. The idea was quickly obliterated on spot. For extra privacy and safety she did however shut off the second story bathroom from the normal hallway entrance and make a new one that was connected directly to Kagome's bedroom.

Kagome walked in front of the sink and large mirror and began her usual morning routines. She glanced up at herself to do a double check on how she looked, attempting a smile. She saw her refection smile at her, but it never reached her sad sapphire eyes. She shut them sadly. When she got to school, she knew it would be more believable. She would be fine. With that thought she snapped her eyes open and looked at her reflection again. It was the first day of school after all, and she wanted to at least add something out of the usual, if not for others then for herself. She opened one of the drawers and grabber her mascara, eyeliner and peach lip gloss. Kagome quickly put her makeup on and grabbed her favorite body spray – a mixture of sakura, peach and white jasmine.

The knocking at her main bedroom door came back. "Kagome, he's here. Get to school honey and please don't go down stairs!" Her mother's voice flowed through the cracks. Before she was able to replay, she could hear her footsteps scampering down the hall way.

'I wish he would just go die in a hole.' Kagome thought angrily to herself. She couldn't even go down stairs and give her mother a kiss on the cheek and get breakfast before she left for school. No, instead she had to climb out the damn window like a child sneaking away – Just to go to school!

She exited the bathroom, put her shoes on and grabbed her loyal yellow book bag off her desk before walking over to the window. She unlocked it and opened it, climbing onto the ledge and slowly put on leg at a time onto the closest branch. She carefully walked onto it, and lowered her window shut again, leaving just enough space for her to slip her fingers under it when she came home.

She quickly jumped from one tree branch to the other until her feet were safely on the ground, as soon as her feet touched the dew covered grass she started running towards the exit her and her family's shrine. Running down the steps as fast as humanly possible, if not faster, she briefly wondered why they were even living at a shrine still. It wasn't as if her father, grandfather or even Souta were still around. They had no reason to still be here. What was her childhood home filled with love and laughter had taken a nasty down fall as soon as her mother started dating Naraku. She hated him. For how he was, what he's done and what he's planning to do. He took away her family, her childhood and most of all, her mother's happiness.

Her agitation with her train of thought was starting to affect her, as she felt her aura spark dangerously. People on the side walk obviously could tell too as they quickly stepped out of her way. The ones that didn't move fast enough earned a nasty glare or light growl from the teen girl.

'Maybe I should just skip.' Kagome thought to herself angrily. Surely there were better things she could be doing to help her Mom. She shook her head at the thought and sighed. 'If anything, I'm going to school for Momma. Besides, I already know most of the material...and it could be interesting to see the look on the mortal's faces when I walk in.' a dark smirk snuck onto her face and she was beginning to look forward to her classes a bit more.

Kagome's new school was a bit further than her last one, but thankfully not far enough to force her to take the train to get there. It was just a bit longer of a walk, something she was sure 'Asshole' as she mentally had dubbed Naraku had acknowledged. She wasn't sure if it was a good or bad thing though – Sure, having to walk further than normal just to get to school as soon as she woke up wasn't the most wonderful of thing. How she rationalized it though was it got her out of the house longer without having to endanger her mother or deal with Asshole.

Kagome kept her head up and shoulders back, her eyes flashing with determination. She would make the best of the situations and figure a way out of it. Today was about to be a new beginning, and she was going to make the best of it.

If only she truly understood what was in store for her.

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I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of Egyptain Sun. I know I personally like this version much, much better haha. The second chapter is already being rewritten and is half way done. I'm going to try to update this story every week or so, as long as work allows. :3

I'm not sure if I'd like it to be Kagome with Marik, or with Bakura. Possibly both? You decide! Review and vote! :3 I'll probably through in some flirtation here and there with other characters haha!