AN: Okay, to begin with, this is an Okami/Lord of the Rings crossover. Yes, the prologue is heavily reffed from the movie. Sorry. I'll try and make the next one better. XD

Thanks to Senom for the suggestion of Sen as Gollum.

Similarly, thanks to The Light Within the Dark on dA for the suggestion of making Mr. Orage Bilbo (And others to be presented later).

A few notes: Yes, Yamato is a land in this. I wasn't about to make Mordor the Moon, for goodness sakes. The other places and crossover characters shall be known soon. Also, as a general rule, for the elves, I think of the Celestials (There are MAJOR exceptions, but...). Similarly, the elven language is being used as the language of Celestials. The twisted Mordor language based on the elven language is used for the Moon Tribish language, since they were sort of a fallen or lower form of Celestials.

Other notes and fun facts will be added with each chapter. XD

Current characters:

Yami = Sauron

Nagi = Isildur

Sen = Gollum

Mr. Orange = Bilbo

The world is changing.

I feel it in the water.

I feel it in the earth.

I smell it in the air.

Much that once was, is lost…

For none now live who remember it…

It began with the forging of the great rings, elements of power said to have come from Amaterasu herself.

Three were given to Celestials, immortal, wise, ethereal beings, lovers of nature, citizens of the Celestial Plain, highest of beings other than the gods themselves.

Seven were given to Moon Tribesmen, beings lower than the Celestials but given great power over technology, sciences, and everything mechanical.

Nine… Nine rings were given to a fox and to eight serpents, beings that above all, could be twisted to evil.

For within these rings were given the strength and power to govern all of Nippon.

But they were all of them deceived…

For another ring was made…

In the land of Yamato, in the fires of Mount Doom, Yami, ruler of all darkness, forged in secret a master ring, to control all others… and into this ring, he poured his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life.

Ash nazg durbatulûk.

Words in Moon Tribish.

One Ring to Rule Them All.

One by one, the free peoples of Nippon fell to the power of the ring. The rings given to the fox and to the serpents corrupted them, turning them into a kitsune and the eight-headed serpent that is Orochi. The Moon Tribesmen were cursed, and their race fell into ruin. Even the Celestials… Ah, corrupted by his power and under Yami's influence, Orochi destroyed the Plains and killed all the Celestials.

But this was not the end…

In a last, desperate stroke, Amaterasu leaped at the demonic serpent, throwing him and herself from the Celestial Plain. A hundred years later, a last alliance between goddess and man, marched deep within Yamato itself, on the very slopes were the ring of power had been created, they fought Orochi for the freedom of Nippon. Victory was near…

But alas, goddess underestimated the power of the ring…

Even as the serpent writhed and died, Yami came forth. On his hand, completely mechanical, was the ring of power. Amaterasu herself being a ring-bearer felt there was nothing to fear, and she charged.

Within a second, her power was stripped from her. A giant boulder rained down, knocking her across the sky. Still, she would not give in. She rushed, desperate, at the demon, but the attack was not his last… In a blinding yellow light, she was thrown back, across the rock at the base of Mount Doom. Her emerald eyes dulled, and it was clear that the light of Amaterasu was no more.

It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Nagi, took up Tsukuyomi, sword to end all demons.

Yami crushed the blade with a swift step, but Nagi raised the remnants of the sword and struck off the mechanical hand, stripping Yami of the ring's power. The Emperor of Darkness roared in pain as the hand fell to the ground in a splash of circuits and blood. Nagi turned and glanced at the hand when a sound like a hurricane interrupted him. The Dark Lord glowed from break in his body, breaks fast expanding, and with a burst like a galestorm, it exploded, knocking Nagi flat.

Yami, enemy of the free peoples of Nippon, was defeated.

The ring passed to Nagi, who had this one chance to destroy darkness forever. But the hearts on men, like those of demons, are easily corrupted. And the ring of power has a will of its own… Even as he returned to Kamiki Village after his victory, demons ambushed him. In the midst of chaos, he tore the ring from the chain it had been hanging on, and slipping it on, he escaped into a creek. It betrayed Nagi, however... to his death. Arrows flew through the air, and the body of this great hero floated to the some things that should not have been forgotten, were lost…

History became legend.

Legend became Myth.

And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge…

Until, when chance came, it ensnared a new bearer…

"My… precious…~"

The ring came to the creature Sen, who took it deep into Nippon's mountains. There, it consumed him.

"It came to me… My own… My love… My… Precious~"

The ring brought to this Sen unnaturally long life. For five hundred years, it poisoned his mind. And in the gloom of this cave, it waited.

Darkness crept back into the forests of the world, and rumor grew of a shadow in the east, whispers of a nameless fear. The ring of power perceived its time had now come. It abandoned Sen, but something happened then the ring did not intend.

It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable…. An Orange.

"What's this…? A ring…?"

A new face picked up this ring of power, fingered over it, glancing at it. A cry of "LOST! THE PRECIOUS IS LOST!" pierced the air, and he stuff the ring into his back pocket.

But the time will soon come when the once Cursed Moon Tribe shall shape the fortunes of all Nippon…