Disclaimer: I own nothing of Lord of the Rings or any anime-like twist that I put into this story. However, I do own my character Sakura Aurora in which you can see her character profile by visiting my profile.
A/N: Please note that this will be movie-versed and that throughout this I will be adding a twist to my character with a few anime-like features and abilites. Also she may be aMary-Sue butI'm not so sure.and well if you don't like it...then deal with it! I also may add a few anime emotion like faces which you can also see in my profile.
I know I suck at summaries but I'll give one anyway...Summary: Sakura Aurora is normal every day miko(Japanese shrine priestess) from Earth who raises her little cousin as well as teaching her and other childrenthe art of the shinobi ninja as means of self defense. Sure that seems anything but normal, but what happens when the unexpected happens and right before her cousin's eyes she dies in a car accident but her soul does not die and is swept far off into what seemed to be the fictional setting of Middle Earth from her favorite book and movie "The Lord of the Rings." And what perfect timing to be swept off there during a time of horrible chaos during the War of The Ring. What's a girl to do then if everyone's favorite oh-so-handsome elf starts to fall for her? What happens when she is bestowed upon something that'll have every evil soul in Middle Earth go after within her very body?
"The Miko in Middle Earth"
Chapter 1: Swept Away and Dinner
It all happened so fast. Sakura Aurora a young19 year old girl with dashing speed, ran out into the middle of the street in hopes to save her little 12 year old cousin. She had gotten there in time yes...but at a high cost. In addition to dying to save her cousins life, she also left her little cousin there with no other family. Sakura's spirit left her body at that moment with only a faint memory of hearing her little cousin calling her name which soon faded as even in spirit she blacked out from the light of day.
"Strider!" came a plea from Peregrin Tooks mouth for the man heand his two other hobbit friends were travelling with to Rivendell.
"What troubles you Master Hobbit this time?" Strider asked impatiently for they needed to make it to Rivendell to make sure Arwen made it so that Frodo could be healed. He walked over to where the hobbits huddled around a form laying unconcious on the ground. They all stared at her in curiousity for her strange looks and clothes for she was darker then any person they've ever seen in middle earth with almost a light caramel skin tone. Not only that but she dressed in strange clothings such as deep blue leggings made of a rough material, a short strange tunic with short sleeves of a gray color with what looked to be a white happy bunny on it thatread, "It's all about me deal with it", along with strange looking shoes that had laces tied on it. Her hair was also quite strange being that most women of middle earth had waist long, smooth-looking hair, but hers came just past hershoulder bladeswith thick locksand of an estrangedharvest gold/browncolorheld back in a low ponytail while her bangs covered her face.
"I wonder where she comes from?" asked Meriadoc Brandybuck, another hobbit,curiously. At that moment Strider picked up the girlslight, limp body while Samwise Gamgee, yet another hobbit, picked up a bag, that appeared to have some of the girl's clothes in there, and a strange looking sword that laid next to her.
"We shall take her to Rivendell, perhaps there we will learn of her origins after she has been healed," Strider stated wisely as he began walking at a quicker pace while the hobbits tried to keep up. Within a few more hours after crossing over quite rough terrain and crossed the river. they had finally made it to Rivendell.
Sakura heard around her people talking in a strange foreign language. She shifted uneasily from her side to her back in what felt to be a warm comforting bed. Slowly, Sakura began to open her eyes as she heard someone silencing someone else saying, "Hush she is waking". She opened her eyes fully revealing hazel green orbs with small specks of brown in them.
"Whe-Where am I? Is this heaven?" She asked taking in her beautiful surroundings.
"My lady we know not of this 'heaven' you speak of but we do know that you are in the House of Elrond in Rivendell," stated a familiar, gray, shabby looking man holding a wooden staff. The words: House of Elrond and Rivendell, shocked Sakura and she sat up abruptly in bed.
"I'm sorry but did I just hear you right saying 'House of Elrond,' and 'Rivendell'?" she asked immediately.
"You heard him correctly," stated yet aonther familiar man with murky brown hair and blue eyes with a rough beard and mustache.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" she shouted. "Wait...I know...this...is all a dream...some dream that I'll soon wake up from. I mean, I can't be in such a fictional place as Middle Earth its impossible," she mumbled trying to convince herself it wasn't a dream and she then pinched her arm hard a twisted the skin. 'Ouch. okay so it isn't a dream...' she thought to herself.
"I beg your pardon milady but did you just say 'fictional'?" asked a familiar black haired, gray eyed elf in a precise voice raising an eyebrow at her. "Because I assure you that we are all quite real," he finished.
"Not where I come from...it almost seems too good to be true to get transported in the world of my favorite book although I'd like to figure out how in the hell it happened?" Sakura said allowed.
"A book you say?" asked the gray wizard that Sakura easily recognized. Actually, now that she looked at them closer,they all looked a lot like the actors that played there roles in the movie which made her more astounded.
"Yeah that's right Gandalf," she replied speaking his name which stunned Aragorn.
"How'd you know hi-?" Aragorn's question was cut off.
"As I said before Aragorn, where I come from this is all in a book I've read. Its called "The Lord of the Rings" its a book seperated into three different series," Sakura explained simply.
"Sorry to be so crude milady but that's absurd," stated Lord Elrond in disbelief.
"Oh really Lord Elrond," Sakura stated his name in spite of the fact that they never met.
"The question is my lady, how did you get here?" Aragorn asked curiously which was basically they question she too wanted to find out.
"Like hell I know," she mumbled to herself, "but last I remembered..." Sakura paused thinking back to her form laying on the ground with her little cousin calling her name, " Last I remember...I died." She said in a low sorrowful tone bringing her knees into her chest hugging them. They stared at her in a sad silence that was soon broken by Gandalf.
"Well one thing we can be sure of is that you were not put here by accident so you may obviously serve some purpose here in this world and perhaps maybe even a second chance at the life you lost," Gandalf stated wisely.
"Perhaps, since the Ring is destroyed and all perhaps it'll be more peaceful here than it was where I came from," she replied knowingly. However that answer shocked the three men in that room for they turned sharply to her staring at her in utter silence for she knew of the One Ring. "Uh?...what did I say?" Sakura asked dumbfoundedly.
"The Ring how do you know of its existance and what do you mean by destroyed?" Aragorn asked abruptly.
" Remember Aragorn she read this in a book...however you are mistaken, the Ring is not destroyed...We are here now waiting in time for the others who will attend our Councel tomorrow to arrive.I'm sure you knowof what will currently happen, what has happened, and what will happen to the fate of Middle Earth do you not milady?" asked Gandalf to Sakura.
"Wait...the Ring wasn't destroyed?" She asked. The men didn't reply. 'Great. Just great of all the times I had to show up...now had to be the time,' Sakura thought sarcastically to herself. "Yes, I know..." she finally answered Gandalf. "But uh..." Sakura paused.
"Yes, milady?" urged Gandalf.
"That! Stop calling me that you know: 'My lady' because I have a name. My name's Sakura Aurora, so please just call me by Sakura," she asked finally being that she couldn't stand be addressed as such. They just smiled at her annoyed self.
"Alright then Lady Sakura," Lord Elrond replied.
'He doesn't get it does he?' thought Sakura staring in annoyed way (-.-) .
"Please rest we will be having supper soon along with our other guests whom I assume you know who they are. I will have an elleth come to get you prepared," Lord Elrond finished his statement. Sakura nodded and layed back down and the elven language once more not knowing her existence there would soon be known to the others. Before she drifted to sleep she heard the three men secretly agreed to keep what Sakura had told them a secret from the others just as it should be.
"Milady," Came a call. "Lady Sakura please wake up its time for supper," came a reply once again. Sakura opened her eyes hearing her name being called to see blue ones staring at her. The elleth before her was just a servant with black hair. "It's nice to see your awake. Come lets wash you up and get you into more comfortable attire." she said in a soft tone.Sakura follwed the elleth to the bathing chambers where she prepared for her a nice warm bath. When she returned to her guest room she saw a beatiful young elleth, different from the one before for instead she had familiar gray eyes.
"Princess Arwen," Sakura said her name.
"Yes Lady Sakura that is my name. Ada has told me about you as our guest so here this is a dress I'm handing to you to wear for supper. I hope you like it," Arwen replied in a soft tone handing Sakura a beautiful silky fabric of a peach color. The dress was long and hugged to Sakura's curves and its sleeves were long with bell sleeves that fell to her knees when she held out her arms. That night Sakura wore her hair up ina high ponytail held by a matching hair ribbon. She looked at the time and realized she was running late so she rushed down the vast corridors to the dining hall where she heard many people conversating, mostly about the Council that would occur tomorrow.
"Ah, it seems as though our additional guest, Lady Sakura has found her way here," Gandalf said allowed as such diverting the attention to her.
"Yeah...ummm...sorry for being a little late," she replied bowing, in the way of the traditional Japanese, politely.
"Nonsense milady you are right on time. Come, join us," stated Aragorn pulling out a seat for her to the left of Arwen. The food to Sakura looked just as delicious as it had tasted and at well. All was silent until Pippin broke it for a conversation.
"Hello there,"He greeted as he then introduced himself. "My name'sPippin and this is my kinsman Merry, and our friend Frodo and Sam," he said pointingeach out while saying their names.
"Hi its nice to meet you. My name's Sakura." She repliedglad that finally someone broke the tense silence.
"Sakura? That's a strange name what does it mean?" He asked her.cuiously
"Well where I come from Sakura is a pink flowerorchid that blooms in mid-spring. Its common name isknown as Cherry Blossoms," she replied.
"Aye we have some of those in the Shire though they're not very common," said Sam being he was afterall a gardner.
"Really? Where I come from its quite common," Sakura stated matter-of-factly.
"Speaking of which...where do you come from?" asked Merry curiously in which it was this question everyone wanted to hear the answer from so they awaited her answer.
"Ummmm...see I'd rather not talk about it...lets just say there's way too much violence in my world than there has to be...so uh..." Sakura paused trying to think of something to change the subject,
"how about I tell you about what my life was like while I was living there," she said finally changing the subject waiting for everyone's reply.
"Sure go ahead," stated Merry.
"Great! Well for starters I teach martial arts to those who are younger as a means of self-defense," she said stating her occupation.
"What's that? That martial arts you speak of?" asked Pippin.
"Martial arts...ummmm...its sorta hard to explain. Its a fighting technique through means of katana's,
a Japanese sword, ormeans of physicalcombat. When I practice perhaps I'll show you," explained Sakura.
"Is that all?" Frodo asked.
"Actually no its not. See where I come from there aremikos, shrine priestesses,that exist all over, and I happen to be one. I took care of and prayed in the shrine that was on the estate I lived in. Its through my role as a priestess that I learned archery," she replied. The whole room went silent.
"Nyu?" She asked in confusion.'Did I say something wrong?' She asked herself waiting for someone to speak.
"Archery you say?" Aragorn asked. Sakura noticed himlooking ather then shifting his glance to raise an eyebrow at a familiar blonde, silver-blue eyed Legolas Greenleaf, the Prince of Mirkwood. Not to mention he was the best sharpshooter in all of Middle Earth. "I wonder if your skill surpasses that of my friend here?" Aragorn asked once more curiously.
"Huh? Oh no no no, of course not I really doubt that I mean I've only been practicing it for just 15 years I really don't think so," Sakura blurted out in nervousness obviously being as modest as possible ().
(A/N: For those of you who watch or read Fruits Basket, think of how Tohru Honda acts when people give her compliments.)
"So how long have you been a priestess for?" Arwen asked changing the subject for her.
"All my life...since the very day I was born...which is sorta surprising being that most people who are priestesses must prove themselves first at a certain age," Sakura replied.
"That is quite a long time. What of your family before you?" Arwen asked becoming more interested.
"Well they were a distinguished line of martial artists themselves..yet..they handed down beingmiko to me despite that fact that its been centuries since our family ever had one...but..." Sakura trailed off and paused in the middle of her sentence. She got up from her seat and bowed politely. "Please excuse me. Thank you for dinner," She said finally getting up to leave.
It was but a while after supper that everyone wondered where Sakura had gone. Sakura found herslef in a courtyard of the House of Elrond dozing off in its beautiful garden. She beganto feel tears well in her eyesas her mind soon wandered off thinking about her littlecousin, whom was the only family she had left, and she left her all alone. Sakura knelt to the ground and broke into tears.
"Milady what troubles you so?" She heard Arwen voice and looked up to see her standing there with Aragorn.
"You miss your world, do you not?" Aragorn asked. Sakura dried her tears and stood up faltering for a moment.
"Yes..." Sakura replied blankly. "I know that I was probably bought here for a second chance at life...and I'm happy I've been granted that...but...I still miss my friends," she admitted.
"And what of your family?" Arwen asked. Sakura didn't answer. "You do have a family don't you?" she asked.
"...Yes I do...my little 12 year-old cousin, Kiara. She's the only family...that I have left...I've been raising her on my own...ever since that...fateful day," Sakura said trailing off in her speech. "I just pray to God she'll be ok," She finally finished as once again, her eyes filling with worry and regret. Sakura looked down so that her long bangs covered her expression realizing that the couple in front of her most likely didn't want to hear such a story and excused herslef from there presence. From there, Sakura went back to the guest room she woke up in and dressed herself in a nightgown that laid on the bed and braided her hair in a loose braid. Before she went to bed, as everyone else she was pretty sure already had, she went over to the balcony outside her room that looked off into the courtyard, where looked into the clear night sky filled with bright stars and shining moon, knowing little that she was being watched.
Legolas wandered around the corridors in the night for some time, contemplating to himself about the meeting that would be held in the noon of tomorrow, when he saw light peeking througha crack in someone's door. Being curious as to why anyone besides himself would be up so late, he walked silently over to the door and peeked inside. His sharp ears then picked up a sound from with in the room. It was the guest from earlier. 'Lady Sakura...' He thought remembering her name as he watched her through ther small crack in the door seeing her kneel down on the balcony that itself was covered by sheer beige curtains.
"Onegai Kami-sama(1)." She began to pray, "watch over Kiara, I pray that nothing happens to harm her and that my trustworthy friends are caring for her well as I had those long years. And to Kiara, Please do not grieve so much over my death. Just now that I'll always remember you in my life here...and that...I will always miss you," Sakura finished her prayer as she stood up and walked over to her bed to catch some rest blowing out the candle that lit her room.
'She cannot go back home? Why?' He thought to himself pitying her before he too went off to his guest quarters to rest awaiting the Council that would be held in the noon of the morrow.
(1) Onegai, Kami-sama Please, Lord God.
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