Summary: Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits… this world was certainly different from her home. His wish on the jewel had come with dire consequences, and adjusting to them was weighing a heavy toll on her spirits. She finds herself garnering the affection of the blue-eyed Elf prince who had brought her along with him, but she remained reluctant to move forward.
Pairing: [eventual] Legolas x Kagome.
Disclaimer: I do not own either series. Each belong to their rightful owners.
Chapter One
"Would you say we're doing alright? Or would you change this life for another? Do you run or stay and fight? Go on your own or stay together? As we all fall in line, we're blind in our hearts, chasing shadows that lead our way." - Plan Three: When Everything Comes To An End.
Silence greeted her when she came to next, and she just laid where she was for a good long while. There was no imminent threat to her. None that she could feel, at least.
When she finally sat up she ran her eyes over where she was out of reflex.
She rested on a bed of sorts that carried a calming fragrance of flowers along it, the scent itself causing her urge to fall back down and resume her rest to become stronger. She did not give into temptation, however, and not long after she sat herself up another figure entered the room she was in.
Kagome blinked a few times as her mind worked slowly to place where she had seen this person before, and it eventually got pieced together in her head. Her mind was still a mess from the past few events, but she was put at ease at recalling this person.
He had been the last thing she could recall before she had blacked out due to her exhaustion.
Had he brought her to this place? She had not come here on her own two feet, that was for sure.
She remained silent as he approached where she was. The aura around him was far from threatening, and, so, she allowed that to encourage her that things would be fine for now.
"You have been resting for almost three days," he commented as he came to a halt next to her. A cup of liquid was held out to her, and she hesitated a second before taking it from him.
She remained silent as she took a few sips of the water handed to her. His attention remained focused on her. The curiosity in it could be felt by her, and she began to wonder what he would ask her.
The silence around them remained for a few more minutes before he finally broke it.
"What is your name?"
Upon hearing him speak she looked up. Their eyes met, and she held his stare for a second or two before she diverted her gaze. "I am Kagome," she told him her name without hesitation. She figured that if he intended to do harm to her then he would have already done it. She found herself more at peace at accepting that logic, and she tucked her legs underneath her so she was sitting on them.
She was intimidated by him, even if she had lost most of her concern over this situation. Perhaps it was only due to the fact she was now in this strange world where nothing was familiar to her. Demons and humans were what she was familiar with. Not orcs, or what this male was.
Kagome took advantage of his silence and sneaked a peek up at him from under her eyelashes.
Along with long blonde hair and blue eyes, he also had pointed ears. Quite a few of the demons that she had dealt with also had pointed ears, but his aura did not match up to what a demon's would have been. He was completely new to her, but she worried it would appear strange for her to just ask out loud.
On the plus side, he was quite easy on the eyes.
Legolas watched her closely for any movements she would make. Compared to the other day, she seemed much more at ease. That was a relief in itself, as he had been concerned of what might occur should she come to in a state of panic.
"I am Legolas," he decided then to tell her his own name in return of finally learning her's.
In his head, he had been working over a way to ask her just what she was, but he had yet to find one that did not seem too strange to ask. However, his curiosity was getting the best of him, and he ended up crouching before her so he could see her expression clearly without her hair hiding most of her face.
He saw her sit back some out of surprise, blinking a few times, and a small smile worked its way onto his face.
"Will you tell me what you are?"
She looked to be taken aback at his question, and he watched as she tilted her head to the side as if she silently sought more clarification on what he meant. It was an action that he had expected to follow the initial question.
"Perhaps I should have phrased my question better," he muttered to himself before he shook his head to clear his thoughts. "Obviously you appear to be a human, but there seems to be something else to you. Something that sets you apart from ordinary humans. What that is I cannot place, but… perhaps you could tell me that?"
She couldn't be too sure what he meant by that, but she could only assume that it had something to do with the jewel. Kagome took a few minutes to think about this question, as well as over what she would tell him in response.
"You are right," she finally began as she found her words. Legolas sat back a bit as he waited for her answer. "I am technically a human," she stated those words as fact before she attempted to continue once more, only to hesitate a bit out of her uncertainty of what to say. "There are… several possible answers to your question, however," she said then. "I am unsure of which one you wish to know."
His interest piqued at hearing her say those words. "How about all of them, then?" He wanted to know what she would say, more so what each one of those answers would be.
Kagome remained reluctant to speak, however. It was such a bizarre situation, and she wasn't sure if he'd end up thinking her to be insane or not. Although… this was a new world. She had no clue what the "norm" counted as. She hadn't been here long, and she had already been attacked by Orcs only to get saved by this person, who then brought her to this place.
So, Kagome let out a quiet sigh and clasped her hands together in her lap.
Might as well give it a shot, she reasoned.
To say he was intrigued by her would be downplaying his interest in her to almost a point that counted as severe.
They had finished talking a while back, and he had left not long after she had fallen asleep once again. He was still thinking over what she had told to him, and each word she had told him only made him more interested in her.
She was a human female granted with the gift of immortality. That in itself was more than enough to seal his interest to her. The fact that she was not originally from this world added to his interest, as had everything else she had continued to tell him.
Without an air of hostility surrounding her, she had been able to speak easily about the things he asked her, and, during their talk, he had found himself becoming fascinated by her calm voice.
Her voice reminded him of soft-ringing bells, and it made him curious about what her laugh would sound of.
Legolas continued on his way with that thought still floating in his mind. He went the path he always took when he went to the king's room, where once he had arrived he told him what he had learned of the human woman present in Mirkwood.
"It is very beautiful."
Legolas found himself smiling as she said those words to him. He glanced down at the small woman, only to find her focused on anything but him. Her blue eyes were glistening with the emotions of enthralling and joy.
"I am pleased that you like it so," he responded to her. At hearing his voice Kagome turned her head to look up at him. Legolas placed his hand on the small of her back and guided her steps as they continued to walk.
The more steps they took he could see the nervousness growing in her eyes, and he did what he could to ease her worry.
"You have nothing to worry about," he told her, offering her a smile. Returning it wasn't simple for her to manage. "If it makes you feel any better, the King holds a great amount of interest in you."
"Should I view that as a good thing?"
"It is more good, opposed to bad," he said while drumming his fingertips over the space where his hand rested. They reached a closed door, and he curled his hand around her wrist to pull her to a gentle halt. "I will not go in with you, but I will wait out here for your return," Legolas told her. He nodded towards one of the guards appointed at the side of the door before pushing her towards him.
When she found herself being guided into the room Kagome did her best to calm her nerves. After dealing with Sesshoumaru so many times over she was well educated in how to behave around a royal figure, such as a king.
She was soon left on her own in front of the figure lounging in a throne. The echo of a closing door signaled that the guard who had shown her in had left the room, and just the two of them remained.
"So this is the human that has been brought into my kingdom."
Kagome looked up at the voice, but she remained silent as she only nodded her head in response. She could feel him looking her over, and it left her feeling as though she was being scrutinized by his powerful gaze- as though he was searching for anything that gave him a negative feeling towards her. She heard him sigh, and the pressure of his stare lightened significantly.
She bore a unique air around her. While she seemed to be an ordinary human woman, he could tell from first glance that she was far from being so. The information that Legolas had conveyed to him on her ran through his head as he stood from where he sat, and he descended down to approach her.
"It is fascinating," Thranduil stated as he approached the girl much smaller than him. He stared down at her upon reaching only a foot or so of space in between them. "A human woman with a gift of immortality. It is something I never thought I would be a witness of," he let his words trail off then, and he turned as though he was finished with what he wanted from her.
As he walked away from her, heading back to resume his place on his throne, he began to speak again.
"Legolas has made a request for you to be permitted to stay here," he told her as he rested his hands on the arms of his chair. "Normally I would not allow a human to remain within my lands indefinitely- no matter who it is that requests for it." His eyes remained closed, as though he was thinking closely on the entire matter. When his eyes opened he commanded her gaze to be locked with his own. "However, you are far from an ordinary human. Should you choose to, you may take up a life within the walls of my kingdom."
Kagome was taken aback by his decision. Out of everything she had been worrying might happening, this had been one very far from her mind.
"Will you remain here, then?"
His voice remained flat and calm all the way through everything he had said. He made no move to rush her decision, and he merely looked her way as he awaited her answer.
Should she really stay here? Was that even a question she should bother asking herself? There was nowhere else she could go, and she had no option of returning to her own home. If she chose to leave this place, then what would follow?
This world was entirely unfamiliar to her, but this place seemed comfortable enough for her to not feel panicked. A soothing air encouraged her answer, and Kagome found herself to be making up her mind before she could even realize it.
"I appreciate the offer," she finally spoke, intertwining her fingers over her stomach, "and to stay would be an honor. In return for allowing me to remain here, I will help in any way possible."
This had been his first time hearing her voice, and her words did well to please him.
"Very well then," Thranduil spoke and made a small nod towards her. "Welcome to your home among the Mirkwood Elves."
At speaking those words, the guard that had led her into the room appeared once more and led her out. As she exited the room she had been within, she was still locked within her own mind.
Orcs, and now Elves. It made her wonder what else existed in this world she had been placed in.
She was finally pulled from her own thoughts when she felt a warm hand fall to rest against her shoulder, and she looked up to spot Legolas standing next to her. On his face was a pleasant smile- one that she ended up returning.
A part of her wanted to ask why he had made a request for her to stay, but another part of her did not care to know what his reason for doing so was.
"You may stay."
It wasn't a question, but a statement of a fact. Kagome nodded as she thought those words to herself.
"I may stay," she said then, noting how his smile widened when she spoke those words to him.
Auroua-chan: Current timeline is prior the events of the Hobbit, but a couple of chapters down the road we'll be at the timeline of the events. Leading up to it will be lots of Lego/Kago moments and really just strengthening their relationship.
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