As usual, He was watching his little brother out of the corner of his eye. Fili had to be subtle as Kili would get annoyed if he found out. He had always wanted to be independent, striving to keep up with his brother, hardly ever excepting help even when he was really bad at something, and then help could only come from his brother and sometimes uncle Thorin. Kili was the perfect pupil; once you taught him something he would practice and practice until he was better at it than his tutor. This really annoyed uncle Thorin. Thorin was pretty nifty with the bow and arrow. He taught a young Kili how to use it as Fili was learning how to use a sword, and Kili was so desperate to learn but could hardly pick up the weapon. Also he could do a lot less damage with a bow and arrow, or that's what the theory was. Kili became obsessed with the weapon, much to Dis' annoyance as -in her opinion- he was way too young and reckless to learn how to fight. He soon surpassed Thorin, putting him to shame after a small crowed watched the child beat the king at a target shooting competition. Thorin still claims that he let young Kili win, but no-one believes him. Kili soon grew big enough to learn how to use a sword, but however hard he tried he couldn't get the hang of it. Fili remembers one day finding the young dwarf crying about it.
"Your gifts lie with the bow and arrow," he reminded his little brother, "you can't be the best at everything, leave something's for others to be good at." Kili them got Fili to promise that he wouldn't tell a soul about his tears, especially uncle Thorin, as a young dwarf prince should have been stronger in the face of defeat than he was. Fili reassured this brother that it wasn't something to be embarrassed about but the young dwarf insisted, so, even though it could have been great for blackmail sometimes - Fili kept his promise to the grave. Eventually Kili mastered sword fighting, but he still preferred the bow and arrow. Dis, Fili and Thorin were mutually glad of this as it meant in battle Kili would be less in the middle of everything. But right now Kili was definitely in the middle of everything.
They were in the middle of the battle that would later be known as the Battle of Five Armies. The journey that brought them to this point had started off as an adventure but complication after complication had lead Fili to wonder if they will come out in one piece. His fears started to become reality when Uncle Thorin was injured. Fili and Kili would have dragged him to a more sheltered part of the battle field but that wasn't possible. So they had to defend their unconscious uncle where he fell.
Fili's vigilant watch over his little brother meant he saw what was going to happen before it did. He had seen the gap in Kili's defence, and he had seen the orc who saw it to. He ran to his brother, crying out a warning as the Orc's sword lodged itself in Kili's side. Surprise and pain struck the younger dwarf's features and were mirrored on his own. In one swift movement Fili cut the Orc's head clean off and caught Kili as he fell to the ground. Kili slumped into his brother as he was lowed carefully down.
