Author's Note: Hullo again. It's been awhile, hasn't it? Well I lack a legitimate excuse for this late update, but C'est la vie. Anyways for anyone new here, this is the second story in a series. The first one is The Fellowship, The Ring, and The Ninja. I hope everyone enjoys the second installment of The Cherry Blossom of Middle Earth.

Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings or Naruto. Those belong to Professor Tolkien and Kishimoto-San respectively.


The Two Ninjas

Shisui was sure that the Hokage was bat-shit insane. She had obviously cracked due to high stress and drinking. Now he was the one paying for it. It's not like he asked to be sent on a crazy mission in another freaking world. This was a mission he cousin should've be sent on, not him. Well when he thought about it the major reason was probably because Danzo had attempted to steal his eyes only two days ago. Of course the baka hadn't counted on Itachi being nearby when it happened. But seeing how the bastard was still alive everyone had agreed that he needed to be sent as far away as possible.

"Uchiha Shisui, do you understand what this mission entails? You will find Haruno Sakura and assist her in Middle Earth. As soon as things settle down with Danzo and Kabuto re-enforcements will be sent to your location." The Uchiha nodded, not daring to contradict the Godaime. Naruto was sitting in the corner of the office pouting. When he had demanded that he should be sent on his mission he had been punched through the window. The Hokage-in-training was supposed to be learning the ropes, not going on missions to save his friends.

"Hai Hokage-sama. One question, how will I find Sakura?" The busty blonde summoned Katsuyu.

"Katsuyu will take you to Sakura. She has found a thin spot in the barrier between our worlds that will serve as our link. Remember, you cannot do anything to jeopardize this mission. Sakura will have to deal with you, but if she wishes to not talk about some people, you must respect that." Pitch black eyes rolled as the man began to look bored. The common sense talks were really putting him out of the mood. "If you are ready to go…"

"Uhh Hokage-sama, who will the re-enforcements be?" Shisui interrupted her. She looked at him with a calculating gaze.

"You'll find out. It might only one ninja, depending on how many we can spare." Shisui nodded. "Alright, Katsuyu let's do this." Chakra began to concentrate around Shisui, pressing down on him. His lungs compressed and his head spun. Seconds later the feeling was gone, and he was lying on the ground, facing a group of strangers and one friendly face.

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Sakura sprinted in front of the others. Finally she was in her element. Ninjas loved running for days on end, tracking and little to no conversation (unless you are Naruto, of course). This was what she trained for. She had been pleasantly surprised when she discovered that Legolas could in fact keep up with her for a decent period of time. Aragorn and Boromir were also impressive runners. Gimili, on the other hand, was abysmal.

"Their pace has quickened. They must have caught our scent. Hurry!" Aragorn shouted as he jumped up off the ground and took off with the others in tow. Boromir glanced back and saw that Gimili was falling behind.

"Legolas, what should we do about Gimili?" Boromir asked as he kept pace. The elf looked over his shoulder.

"Come Gimili!" He yelled as he sprinted forward, barely hearing Gimili's response.

"Three days and nights' pursuit. No food. No rest. And no sign of our quarry but from what bare rock can tell." Sakura opened her mouth to retort when she spotted something.

"What the hell is that?!" She shouted, pointing to their left. Legolas stopped and squinted slightly. His eyes focused on a strange disturbance in the air that was blue in color.

"It is some kind of disturbance in the air! There seems to be a dark shape growing in it!" His eyes widened as he said the last part. "What should we do?" He directed this last part at Aragorn, but Sakura answered.

"We go towards it!" she announced before sprinting to the anomaly. Aragorn sighed before nodded. The others followed her. When they finally reached it Sakura stood there, frozen in the act of pulling on her gloves.

"Edlothia?" Legolas extended his arm to her shoulder as a huge blast of air exploded from the epicenter, the strange air. The two men, the elf, and the dwarf were knocked to their backs, or, in Gimili's case, into a bush. Aragorn, Boromir and Legolas all jumped back up on their feet as smoke began to filter out of the swirling blue air.

"It's a portal…" Sakura's whispered words were heard by everyone. Gimili grunted.

"A portal? What's it doing? I cannot see!" He flailed around in the bush, unable to get up. Legolas sighed and dug into the bush. As he pulled Gimili up a girlish shriek came from the dwarf. "Not the beard!" Legolas huffed and ignored him, depositing the dwarf outside of the bush. "Damn it Elf! I told…" He was cut off by the loud bang that came from the portal as spit out a black haired man onto the ground. He lifted his head up, eyes focusing on Sakura.

"Sakura-Chan!" He shouted as he jumped to his feet and slammed into the pinkette. Sakura laughed as she returned his embrace.

"Shisui!" Glee filled her voice as they slammed into the ground. The fellowship watched the pair uncertainly as they untangled their arms and legs and stood up. Sakura stood there grinning, a glow of happiness lighting up her face. The man was tall, with short, unruly black hair. He had sharp features and a boyish grin. His one visible eye was coal black; the other was covered by bandages. He looked at the others.

"Hello!" He said enthusiastically, jerking the others out of their stupor. "My name is Uchiha Shisui! And yours are?"

"Gimili, son of Gloin."

"Boromir of Gondor."

"Aragorn."

"Legolas of the Woodland Realm." Shisui's eyes focused on Legolas for several seconds. 'So this is the one Sakura is in love with.' He thought as he looked at Sakura, and was not surprised to see her studying him.

"Why Sakura-Chan, have you forgotten how beautiful I am?" he asked is a dramatic voice. Sakura snorted.

"What happened to your eye? The Chakra is disrupted." Shisui grimaced.

"Ahh, that. I was hoping you were admiring my attractive face. Oh and by the way, you look great!" Sakura's eyes narrowed at his half hearted attempt to distract her.

"Shisui…" Everyone flinched at her cold tone, the wordless threat hanging in the air.

"After we sealed Madara and pinned Obito down we realized he was dying. Madara was tied to his life force. He regretted everything he did and apologized. Tsunade-sama tried to heal him, but only one person could've saved him, and he knew that. He spent the last of his chakra trying to locate you and gave Pakkun this information. As he died he told us that Konoha had a powerful traitor.

"We spent weeks trying to find the traitor, but they covered their tracks well. They never messed up, until two days ago. I was coming back from a solo mission when Root cornered me." At this point Sakura let out a hiss.

"Danzo." Shisui nodded.

"Lucky for me, the baka sent your teammate Sai along with the others. We fought them and I managed to recreate the jutsu I used on Mineko during the battle that freed Sai from the curse seal. He left to get reinforcements. Danzo was counting on that. He had them pin me down so he could take my eyes." At this point the other four interrupted.

"What?!" Four voices said in unison. Sakura glared at them.

"Never mind them. How the hell did you get away?" At this point Shisui smirked, the trademark Uchiha look lighting up his face.

"He didn't count on Itachi getting back from a mission early." Legolas's eyes narrowed at that name. "The bastard didn't expect my dear cousin to finish an assassination a day early." At this point Sakura laughed.

"And he thinks he should be Hokage. The least he could do is memorize the tendencies of the top ANBU." She muttered. Shisui nodded.

"Anyways, he ran when Itachi showed up. The root members were taken out by Sasuke and Mineko as they arrived. Turns out that Tsuande had discovered his treachery when she found an old mission scroll that was supposed to be assigned to Itachi. It called for the annihilation of the Uchiha clan at Itachi's hands when he was 14." Sakura blanched. "So she sent Mineko and Sasuke after him. They are hunting him as we speak. Kakashi and Itachi are hunting Kabuto as he is still reanimating Shinobi." As he finished Aragorn cleared his throat.

"I think I speak for all the non-ninja here when I ask you why he wanted your eyes." Shisui looked at them calculatingly. Chances were that he would have to use his Sharingan at one point or another in front of them. He sighed and let his eyes bleed into the Mangekyo Sharingan.

"What in Durin's name!?" Gimili shouted as everyone drew their weapons. Sakura sighed.

"Remember when I told you that some families have special abilities because of their blood?" They nodded. "Well this is the Uchiha Bloodline limit. Of course Shisui has a far more powerful one than most, but either way it is the Sharingan."

"Edlothia, what do you mean by more powerful than most?" Shisui raised an eyebrow at the strange name.

"To get the Mangekyo Sharingan you have to see one you love die." They all looked shocked.

"Who did you…?" Boromir's question faded out.

"My father. Both Itachi and I watched my mother murder my father. We both received the Mangekyo at that time. I was 15 and Itachi was 13 when that happened." There were several moments of silence before Gimili spoke up.

"How many of ye have it?" Sakura answered.

"Two." Shisui laughed a mirthless laugh.

"Oh no Sakura, there are more." Sakura racked her brain.

"Oh yeah. Madara had it, Obito had it, and Kaka-Sensei has it. So there are three that currently have it." Just as Aragorn opened his mouth to ask why her teacher had it Shisui spoke.

"Four." The words stopped everyone. Sakura looked at him.

"Who…?"

"Sasuke."


Author's Note: A few answers to possible questions.

Q: Why Shisui?

A: Uchiha Shisui is a character with an enormous amount of potential. I absolutely love writing him and everything I've come to see him as. My Uchiha Shisui is strongly influenced by other works I have read on this site. He is a character that I can write as I wish.

Q: Who is Mineko?

A: Mineko is the name of the main character in the first fanfiction I wrote. It was based in Naruto (Surprise) and followed three OC's. It is unlikely that that particular story will ever see the light of day. My penname is simply the two relatives in that story combined. Mineko will have a background story and become a vaguely important character as this story progresses.

Q: Reinforcements?

A: You'll just have to wait and see ;) (I think you will like it.)

I hope to update soon!

-MinekoTakashi