Red: I'm SORRY! I know I shouldn't start another story, but this one has been on my mind. (;^;) I just have to write it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Yu-Gi-Oh. They belong to their rightful owners.

IMPORTANT: Kagome did not travel to Feudal Era Japan in this fic, but some of the characters will still be in this story.

Summary: After an accidental mishap at the local antique shop, Kagome found a weird Egyptian book in her bag: The Pharaoh's Tale is what the title read. When she decided to inspect the peculiar book, a tugging sensation came over her body before sucking her into the worn pages of the book and sending her 3000 years back in time to ancient Egypt.

Kagome originally wanted to find a way back to her time, but then she was confronted by Ra, the Egyptian God of the Sun, who told her that since she has added herself to the tale, she must now finish it by helping the future Pharaoh claim his throne. She was reluctant to do it, but Ra said if she didn't she would be cursed for the rest of her life, even if she found a way out of the book.

Now with the limited knowledge of Egyptian history and language on her side, Kagome must find a way to aid the future Pharaoh, while trying to find a way home.

The Pharaoh's Tale

Chapter One: The Mysterious Book

A teenage girl ran frantically down the sidewalk of her neighborhood wearing the uniform of the local high school. "Oh no! I can't believe it's my first day at this new school and I'm late!" she reprimanded herself as she began banging herself on the head in stupidity.

While she was hitting herself, she did not see the tree in front of her before it was too late. "Oof!" Kagome hit the tree straight on and fell backward on her butt, her books and supplies falling out of her bookbag. Once her head stopped spinning, Kagome looked down at her scattered supplies with surprise. "Today is just not my day…" she muttered sadly as she began collecting her things.

A hand held one of her books in front of her face. "Here," a sweet voice said. Kagome looked up to see a pretty girl with brunette hair in a ponytail holding her book out to her.

Kagome took it, graciously. "Thanks." She gave the kind girl a smile before picking up the rest of her stuff from the ground and putting it in her pack. After everything was in the correct place, she stood up and patted her clothes to get off any dirt that got on her. "Thanks again. My name is Kagome. What is yours?" she asked.

"My name is Sango!" the girl told her with a smile. "I was on my way to school when I suddenly saw you run into that tree." Sango laughed at the memory.

Kagome blushed in embarrassment. "I'm not always this clumsy or ditzy," she tried to defend herself. "It's just today is my first day at my new school, so I guess I'm nervous or something."

Sango got an excited look on her face. "I thought so! I saw your uniform. It's the same as mine," she pointed out excitedly.

Kagome took in the girl's appearance, and sure enough, she was wearing the same uniform as her. "So we could be classmates?" Kagome asked with a smile.

"Yeah!" The two of them heard the first bell of the school ring, meaning they had ten minutes before the gates closed. "We better hurry or we're going to end up being detention-mates instead." Sango then quickly turned and started running towards the school with Kagome not far behind her.

"I'm so sorry for making you late," Kagome apologized. "It is wasn't for me, you would already be at school."

Sango looked back at her with a smile. "Nah, it's okay. It's not like this is the first time I've been late. There were times where my little brother had gotten sick and I had to make him breakfast before having to run to school. I was almost late on those days too," she told Kagome.

"Almost? How did you make it to class?" Kagome asked in between taking breaths of air. She was not used to having to run at top speed for this long.

"Yeah. I'm on the track team, so running is what I'm good at." Now that she mentioned it, Kagome noticed how Sango seemed fine even though they've already been running for five minutes at top speed. She was barely sweating and didn't even seem the least out of breath. "Plus…" she continued to say. "I know a shortcut," she said while giving Kagome a wink. Sango looked down at her wristwatch. "And by the looks of it, we might need to use it today."

A fat, stern-looking women stood at the front of the gates of the school while looking at her pocket watch. "5…4…3…2…1… All right! Everyone outside the gates is officially late!" she screamed at the many students still trying to make their way to the school. "Everyone here better meet me in my office stat! And don't even try to get out of this. My memory is impeccable and I will remember your face and find you," she threatened.

Sango and Kagome were hiding behind a nearby tree when the women began screaming at the students. "What are we going to do, Sango? We can't go through the front gate now without getting caught," Kagome said, worriedly.

Sango turned to her with a glint in her eyes. "Follow me." Sango quickly made her way to the side of the school where it was clear of the street and covered in trees. Kagome tried to look out for anyone just in case they needed to run from another teacher.

From the corner of her eye, Kagome saw Sango easily jump up onto the wall that surrounded the school. "Come on, Kagome" Sango called from the top. "It's not as hard as it looks. Just throw your bag over the top and then climb." After giving her that advice, Sango dropped to the bottom on the other side.

Kagome looked at the wall. "Yeah…easier said than done…" Unlike Sango, Kagome was not the most athletic person out there. She could run, sure, but not for very long. The only sport she ever did was archery, and that didn't really require her to have to run around or climb things.

Kagome looked at the wall again. "Well…here goes nothing." With that said, she made sure her bag was zipped shut before throwing it over the top of the wall. She then put her hands at the top of the wall and tried to pull herself up as much as she could. After she got half of her body up, she threw her leg over the top to try to snag it and help her pull herself the rest of the way up. After a few minutes, she finally got herself up onto the wall. Out of excitement at what she accomplished, Kagome threw her hands into the air. "Yes! I did it!"

"Ahem!" After hearing the voice of the fat administrator from earlier, Kagome lost her balance and fell off the wall, landing on her back with her feet against the wall.

"Ow…" she groaned.

"Miss! What do you think you were doing?!" the women screeched.

Kagome was still a bit disoriented, but she understood what the woman was asking. "Uh…getting to class…?"

The woman put her hands on her hips while leaning a bit closer to her form on the ground. "And what class might that be?"

Kagome's head finally stopped spinning as she looked at the woman standing over her. "I actually don't know, ma'am. I just transferred here," she replied meekly.

The women adjusted the glasses on her nose. "A new student and already causing trouble and breaking the rules." She took out a clipboard and began writing something down. "I'll be seeing you later today. Don't be late, Miss…"

"Higurashi, ma'am."

The woman wrote something else down, which Kagome guessed was her name. "Right, Miss Higurashi. I better see you after school today or else." With those final words, the plumb woman left.

Kagome watched her leave and let out a sigh. "Great. First day here and I already got in trouble…" Kagome decided to stay there for a little longer. She was already late anyway so a few more minutes wouldn't make a huge difference. Today is definitely not my day…

"I'm sorry I had to leave you this morning. I was in a hurry to get to track," Sango apologized to the sad girl walking next to her who was slumped over and still depressed from the morning's events.

"I don't blame you, Sango," Kagome replied. "If only I was quicker at getting over the top of that wall and didn't shout out, I probably would've been able to get away."

Sango gave her new friend a sympathetic smile. "At least we have some classes together. That's good for something, right?"

"Yeah, that is pretty good," Kagome agreed, but still looked a bit upset.

Sango couldn't help but feel bad for the new girl. "So what did Mrs. Watanabe say to you anyway?" she asked her.

Kagome let out another sigh. "She said she was going to let me off the hook this time since I was new to the school, but she threatened me saying if it happens again she was going to make me stay behind and clean the school halls."

Sango made a pained face. "Ouch… That does not sound like fun. This school is huge."

"Yeah, that's why I have to make sure that—"

"It doesn't happen again?" Sango cut in.

"No," Kagome winked at her. "I have to make sure not to get caught again."

Sango laughed at her words and threw an arm around her new friend. "Kagome, I feel like this is the start to a wonderful friendship, don't you think?" Kagome joined in with her laughing, agreeing that this was a start of something beautiful.

Sango stopped laughing and looked at Kagome. "So, hey, there's this new antique shop that had just opened up nearby, do you want to check it out?"

Kagome looked at her. "You like antiques?"

"Yeah! They're really cool. My brother and I have collected old things for years now. It's a little hobby of ours," Sango explained. "You should come over some time. I'll show you all the cool things that we've collected. There's stuff that dates back all the way to Feudal Japan."

"Wow! That sounds cool!" Kagome exclaimed with a huge smile on her face. "My grandpa likes to collect old things, as well. He likes to claim a lot of it is from the Feudal Era, but I'm not sure if I can believe him."

Sango chuckled at her words. "He sounds interesting. Well, if I go over to your house, I can take a look at the things your grandpa has and check them out. I've gotten pretty good at identifying if something is genuine or not."

"That sounds wonderful."

The two girls made their way to the antique shop while chatting merrily the whole way there. After walking for about thirty minutes, Sango led them to an old-fashioned decorated shop in the city. The two girls opened the door, which caused a soft chime to ring out as they walked inside.

"Welcome," an old man greeted them from behind a counter. "Back again I see, Miss Sango."

Sango grinned at the owner. "I just can't stay away from these beautiful antiques," she said with stars in her eyes.

The man chuckled at her enthusiasm. "It's good to know someone young has this much passion for old things as I do." The man's eyes sparkled with mirth when he saw that Sango had brought a friend with her. "And who might this young lady be?"

Sango stepped to the side and gestured to her friend. "This is Kagome, and we actually just met today, but we're already pretty good friends," Sango explained.

"Does she have an interest in old antiques like you?" the man asked.

Kagome gave the man a small smile. "I don't think anyone could really beat Sango on her enthusiasm for antiques," Kagome stated. "I like them, but I'm not an avid collector like her."

The man nodded in understanding. "It's still wonderful to see two lovely ladies show an interest in things that this old man loves," he said while having this wistful look on his face as he daydreamed about his younger days.

"Uh…okay…" Kagome sweat-dropped at the man. "I guess I'll go look around…" Kagome quickly made her way to one of the aisles of old objects. Sango went to a different aisle with other objects. The objects were separated by country and era, which made it very helpful to find things if you were looking for a certain time period or country. Kagome saw Sango head over to the Japanese section of the store, but Kagome decided she saw too many old Japanese things because of her grandpa, so she decided to go to the medieval section a little ways away from Sango.

When Kagome made her way in the direction of the displays of western swords and castle replicas, something made her stop walking and turn her head in the direction of the Egyptian section. Kagome began slowly making her way towards the miniature pyramids on display.

The old man came out of his musings when he saw Sango's friend start heading to the Egyptian section. Hm… I wonder…

Kagome walked to one of the display cases with a peculiar looking golden puzzle on a chain. She put a hand against the glass as if in a trance.

"Would you like to see it?" A voice startled her out of her trance. She quickly turned around to see the owner of the store behind her.

"Uh…sure…" she replied, unsure if that was what she wanted. She was confused as to why she was even in this section. She didn't know that much about Egypt.

"Here you go," the man handed her the puzzle. When had he taken it out? Is she losing her mind?

"T-thank you." Kagome hesitantly grabbed the puzzle from his hands. Right when she had touched the puzzle a weird energy surged through her hands, shocking her. "Ow!" She quickly let go of the puzzle and stepped back, causing her to bump into the display behind her.

The sudden force caused an old book to fall off the stand it was on and into her bag without her noticing. The force had also caused a vase on display to wobble and fall from the shelf, but luckily, before it could shatter on the floor, Kagome dove to try to save it.

When Kagome opened her eyes, she let out a relieved breath as she saw she had saved the artifact. Although her day was not going great, Kagome was at least able to prevent the vase from breaking.

After catching the vase, Kagome quickly stood up and set the vase back where it belonged before turning to the owner. She then turned around and bowed to the owner. "I-I'm deeply sorry for almost breaking your artifacts, sir."

The man put a hand on her shoulder. "Worry not, my dear child. Nothing got broken, so it's not a problem," the man replied with a smile.

Kagome looked up. "Is the puzzle okay? I did suddenly drop it."

He held up the puzzle, still perfectly intact. "No worries. I was able to catch it before it hit the ground."

Sango ran up to the two of them. "What happened? I heard a scream."

"It was nothing. I just almost broke a vase because I was careless again," Kagome replied with a sad look on her face. It seems as if everything goes wrong around me… she thought, disappointed at herself. "I-I better go." Kagome quickly grabbed her bag from the ground and made her way out the store. "Thank you for showing me around, Sango, and thank you, sir, for letting me see the puzzle," she thanked them as she grabbed the door open. "I better head out before I end up breaking something in this shop. Haha," she tried to joke, but her smile did not reach her eyes. Kagome briskly walked out of the shop and closed the door behind her.

Sango looked at where her new friend had left with a sad look on her face. "Oh, Kagome…"

The owner turned to the remaining teen in his shop. "Maybe you should go talk to her. It seems she's really in need of an understanding friend."

Sango looked at the owner gratefully. "Thank you. I think I'll do that. I'll come visit again." Sango waved to the man and ran outside to go catch up with Kagome.

The owner waved to the departing girl with a smile before turning around and putting the puzzle back in the display case and locking it up. What a strange reaction to the puzzle… The owner turned the key to the case. That girl didn't seem to be bad, so why did the puzzle shock her? the owner thought.

The owner turned around to check on the vase when he saw something missing from one of the display shelves. He was shocked at first to see the book missing, but then a soft smile made his to his lips. He now understood why the puzzle had reacted the way it did to the girl.

Have you found the one whom you've been looking for, Pharaoh?

Sango went looking for Kagome, but when she ran outside, she couldn't figure out which direction she went. Damn! I forgot to ask her where she lived! Sango thought, angry with herself. I hope she's okay… She really seemed upset at herself for what almost happened at the store. She thought worriedly for her new friend.

After looking for her friend with no success, Sango reluctantly decided to make her way home. The sun was setting and she still had to make dinner for Kohaku. She'll talk to Kagome tomorrow on their way to school. Hopefully, she feels better tomorrow.

Kagome ran up the steps to her new home and into her house. Her mom greeted her from the kitchen and told her dinner was going to be ready in about thirty minutes. Kagome didn't bother replying as she made her way up the steps to her room.

Once she got to her room, she threw her bag down in frustration as she fell on her bed and clutched her pillow to her chest. Why do I always mess things up? she thought as she looked at the ceiling of her room. My luck wasn't always this bad. It's as if moving here has caused something to trigger inside me. She turned to her side and let out another sigh. "It seems I've been doing a lot of sighing today…"

She laid there with her eyes closed for who knows how long. Kagome was too sad to even bother looking at her clock. Her mom would call her when dinner is ready. She opened her eyes and looked around her new room. They only recently moved to their new house so there were still some boxes in her room with unpacked stuff, but right now she was too lazy and upset to unpack the rest.

She let out another upset sigh.

Kagome was about to close her eyes again and let the rhythmic ticking of the clock fill her head and soothe her upset mind when something caught her attention. "Huh?" She sat up on her bed and reached down to her bookbag where an old and worn, brown book poking out of her bag. "What is this?" She turned the book and inspected it.

The back of the book was blank and the front had the words The Pharaoh's Tale written on it with an upside-down pyramid with an eye on it. The pyramid was identical to the puzzle at the antique store. Above the title were the wings of Ra with a beautiful golden jewel in-between the wings. "This probably fell in my bag when I accidentally shook the shelf."

Kagome set her pillow to the side and grabbed the book with both hands before opening it up to read a bit of it. What she saw confused her. "What is this?" She quickly flipped through the book, looking at every page. "There's nothing written here." She was truly confused. Every page of the book was blank.

She closed the book and inspected the cover again. The letters and picture look like it's made of real gold, but that can't be. Who would use real gold for a book? Kagome then decided to tap the yellow gem at the top to see if it was a real jewel or plastic.

When her finger met the jewel, the stone and the eye on the puzzle began to glow, freaking her out and causing her to suddenly drop the book on the floor of her bedroom. "W-what's happening?" she asked herself, panicking. The book flipped open and the pages started flapping as a mysterious wind appeared from nowhere. The papers she had on her desk began flying everywhere and her curtains blew around wildly. A weird energy came out of the book and wrapped itself around Kagome's limbs. "W-what?" She tugged against the power. "Let go!" But no matter how much she tugged, the wisps were too strong and began tugging her closer to the book.

When she got closer, she saw her body begin to disappear as the wisps sucked away at her existence and into the book. "What the hell is going on here?!" She tried to call for help, but her voice was drowned out by the magic that filled the air.

After the teen had been completely sucked into the book, the magical wind stopped blowing, leaving the room silent of any activity with only the magic book and several random papers left on the floor.

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