A/N: Hey, chapter 6! All right! XD I think every multi – chappie story I'm writing is being updated as a result of my having no Internet for seven days. :/ I'm addicted to the internet, so no connection makes me cry, but you guys ought to be glad since the only thing I can do on my laptop is write the next chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own LOTR.

Ayumi and Nayeli looked down at Gimli coolly.

"If what you say is true, Master Dwarf, then perhaps this fight has been unnecessary. We may have acted rashly." Ayumi acknowledged with a nod of her head.

"May have?" Legolas snorted incredulously. "There is no 'may have' about it. You fought us with only the idea that we would have hurt you, and that aside, if Gimli had not stepped in, you would have lost the fight!"

Gimli was shaking his head at Legolas all throughout the elf's mini rant, warning him to stop talking. At Legolas' last statement, the dwarf winced. From what he had heard of the Silver Blade and Black Shaft, he knew that Legolas' words would not be taken lightly. And he was right.

Nayeli stepped forward, her eyes glinting dangerously. And when she spoke, it was quiet, and deadly, and the whole world seemed muted. "There are many things I do, Your Highness, but losing a fight is not one of them. It would do you well to remember that, for when it is time to fight, you will want us on your side. Saruman has many things against us, and as soon as we have slain him, we will join your cause actively." Looking past Legolas then, the female elf seemed to brighten, and she grinned.

"Hello Mr. Sam."

There was uproar after the knife-wielding elf's words. Aragorn and Legolas demanded to know how the elf knew the hobbit's name, what more did they know, everything. Ayumi stepped in protectively, then. She said that their business was their own, and despite what the elf prince, and human king might think, they really had no right to know. Nayeli laid a hand on her friend's arm, calming her down.

She stepped forward, "Don't you remember me, Mr. Sam? You came to help 'Umi and me with our plants training with Ahiga and Elettra when we'd just started training. You showed us the plants that were edible and the ones that would kill us, and you taught us the differences between edible berries, and the ones that mimic them. Remember, Mr. Sam? You told us about your children", she added as a last resort.

(A/N: For those of you who think that Nayeli sounds rather childish here, please take into consideration that Sam is one of the few 'safe' memories that Ayumi and Nayeli have of their childhood, so the two would revert back to childhood a bit around him).

Sam brightened. "Ah, yes. I do remember you now, little one."

Ayumi snickered. "We're taller than you, Mr. Sam. Older, too." She added thoughtfully.

Sam sighed, and face palmed himself. "We've been through this, small one. Yes, you are taller than me – I'm a hobbit, child – and you are older than me, yes – you are elves -, but until the two of you start your own families, you will always be children to me. And even then, probably." He mused absently.

The elf, dwarf, and human were watching this exchange with no small amount of amusement, while the hobbits were shaking their heads in faux sadness. Pippin mourned despondently, "Oh Sam. Babying elves. What has happened to you? You would never have dared to do so to Legolas."

Sam retorted without turning around, "Yes, but I didn't know Legolas when he looked to be only fourteen, now did I? Only 420 years, then. So scared and alone", Sam remembered aloud, looking off into the horizon. "Nayeli's wrist had to be reset from healing badly over the space of a year. She still showed up for weapons training, though. She trained with her right hand, instead. Ayumi still jumped at loud noises, then, didn't you, small one?" He addressed Ayumi distractedly. "The two of you always looking about fearfully, frightened your families would find you and drag you back to a life of misery, where you were mocked for your talents, feared even."

The wind started to blow in a fierce typhoon, the sky darkened to a dark gray, almost black, and water started to fall furiously from the sky, turning the windstorm into a gale that hurtled trees to the ground within minutes, flattening the fallen giants into smithereens, tearing the grass from its roots and flinging it every which way. The emotions of the female elves had turned chaotic, breaking free from the restraints they were held back in. The two were so lost in their grief and pain, they didn't notice the tree falling towards their location. Acting quickly, Gimli shoved the hobbits to safety. He turned back to help his friends, but the tree was falling too quickly. Ayumi and Nayeli had fallen to their knees, and were digging their hands into the water soaked earth, trying to find solace from the emotions that were overbearing them, crashing down on their slender bodies. Legolas and Aragorn were torn over what to do – run and save themselves and leave behind the other two, or stay with them. Groaning loudly, Legolas made his decision, and turned back to the elves who had attacked he and his friends, and who seemed familiar almost to him, though he could swear that he'd never seen them before a day in his life. Aragorn followed his friend. Running and sliding through the mud, the two royals reached the fallen elves, and each grabbing one, slung them over their shoulders. Aragorn was surprised at how little Ayumi weighed, no more than 110 pounds soaking wet – which she was. Nayeli weighed maybe 115 or a bit more.

Legolas and Aragorn had just picked the two up, and were running to safety – which admittedly, would have gone a lot faster if Ayumi and Nayeli could have run on their own – when Aragorn slipped in the mud. Legolas stopped and went back for his friend. He slipped Nayeli from his back and helped his friend get his feet back beneath him. He knew there would not be enough time to get out of the path of danger so he did what he could. He gathered his friend close to him, and then, hesitating, drew Nayeli close to his body, offering what little heat from his frozen, soaked body he could. Nayeli curled into him, craving his heat. Ayumi followed her example, and curled into Aragorn. The tree was five feet from them. Four… three… two… one… Nayeli gave Ayumi her hand offering her strength. Ayumi accepted gratefully. Then, throwing up her arms, she stopped the tree in its tracks, just inches from their heads. Standing slowly, she pushed the tree back inch by inch until it was upright once again. Nayeli drew what little heat she could from Legolas, and stood to assist in getting the tree back to where it had been torn.

Nayeli took a deep, calming breath, and then she pulled the winds that had been roaring around furiously back toward her, into her body until all that had been left of the storm was the water still falling furiously, and the damaged trees and grasses that lay stricken on the ground. She sighed. The task she was about to commence upon would have been much easier to do without the rain, but Ayumi was already using all of her strength and some borrowed to hold the tree up and away from them; Nayeli couldn't ask her to do any more at the moment. Concentrating, Nayeli inhaled , and then with a sweeping gesture, pushed the tree away from the group, Ayumi following her, holding the tree steady as Nayeli walked to find the tree's once rooted home. Nayeli walked for about two and a half miles until she found the tree's once home. Stepping back, but keeping the tree hovering, Nayeli nodded to Ayumi, who stepped forward and gently lowered the tree back into its home. Nayeli held the tree steady, creating opposite airfields on all sides of the tree, pushing against one another with equal force. Ayumi kneeled, and breathing out, she pushed against the earth, digging her fingers into the foamy ground as she called out with her mind for the torn roots that had belonged to the tree. Painfully, one by one, the roots came home, and Ayumi re-knit the roots to their dwelling. Standing up and stepping back, Ayumi signaled to Nayeli that she should release the fields a little at a time. Nayeli did as instructed, and watched as the tree groaned and creaked settling into place, but stayed upright. Exhaling in relief, Nayeli turned to walk back. She turned to Ayumi and watched as her friend took one step, swayed, and fell to the ground.

Nayeli ran back and cradled her friend. She took no notice of the rain stopping, and the clouds evaporating from the sky as if never there. She did not notice the hobbits, dwarf, elf, and man coming up behind her, nor the awestruck look of one Mr. Samwise Magee. "Ayumi, you have to wake up. It isn't safe here. We need to go back to base. I can look after you there. I know you've used more energy than you usually do, but Umi, please."

Haha, end of the chapter! That was a good one, wasn't it? So tell me, what did ya think? Did you like the Nayeli/Legolas and Ayumi/Aragorn interaction? Twin, I don't care what you say. I'm placing Nayeli&Legolas as a main pairing for this story, and Ayumi&Aragorn as the other. LEGELI AND ARAGUMI FTW! Yeah… I'm still working on the pairing names. Any ideas for shipping names are appreciated and can be left in reviews. Now for those of you who are thinking that the Nayeli/Legolas and Ayumi/Aragorn interaction was too rushed, please keep in mind that it was a potentially life threatening situation, and even if they weren't going to die from the tree, they could still likely die from hypothermia/pneumonia from the freezing rain. Besides, I honestly think that we would all do things we normally wouldn't in dangerous situations such as the one I just demonstrated in the above writing.

Love!