Chapter Twelve
Being of the immortal kind, Kyo Kusanagi knew that the Elf blood in him wouldn't allow him to age. But die? That was another thing altogether.
The young Elf Prince shut his eyes tightly, bracing himself for the sharp strike of pain that would end it all when suddenly a familiar aura and voice rang out.
"Nobody can kill Kyo Kusanagi but I!!"
Iori Yagami launched himself at the Cave Troll, releasing a pillar of his purple tainted flames at the creature, forcing it to back off before he slammed it with a powerful kick, sending it stumbling backwards. He unhooked his axe and swung it at the Cave Troll, the sharp blade slicing into the meaty flesh. The Cave Troll gave a roar and lashed out at Iori with a massive hand, knocking him sideways before spotting what it thought was easier prey elsewhere in the room and heading off in that direction.
Shaking his head as if to clear it, Iori jumped to his feet, letting out another frustrated growl as the Cave Troll moved off again. The Orcs had seen the purple flames that he was in possession of and had, for the moment, decided to back off from the red-head, leaving him in the clear for a while as he moved towards the trapped Kyo.
"Bakame," Iori muttered as he looked disdainfully at the Kusanagi Elf. "This is what you get for stealing a good chance for me to get rid of that thing," he smirked. "I could kill you right now, but it wouldn't be a fair fight."
"Yeah, well when this is over, we'll see who will be the one to emerge victorious," Kyo growled at Iori. "But at the moment, I'm still pretty much stuck under here."
"You're pathetic, you know that?" Iori snorted as he began shifting some of the maisonary from on top of his rival.
"Shut up, Yagami." Kyo glowered darkly.
Shingo and Chris could feel the thundering footsteps of the Cave Troll shake the ground as the beast approached, it's beady eyes set on them.
"Run!" Chris grabbed Shingo's wrist and they both made a break for it, trying to find other members of their Fellowship amongst the carnage.
Shingo's wide eyes darted across the room, looking for K', Chizuru or Kyo, even as he felt a rush of air behind him as K' blocked the Cave Troll's path after them, armed with a spear.
"Back off, ugly!" K' snarled at the towering Cave Troll before he charged at it with the weapon, skewering it in the chest before leaping up to perform his Crow Bite move on it, sending it stumbling a few steps backwards. "Sharaaaa!"
The Cave Troll managed to regain it's balance fairly rapidly, striking out at K' and sending him slamming into a wall, leaving him dazed for a few moments.
"K'-san!" Shingo charged towards the Cave Troll, smashing into it with his Burning Shingo technique, inwardly telling that the creature wasn't half as bad as fighting Chang.
However, that line of thought was until he was halfway through his Shingo Kick when he felt the point of the spear, which was now in the posession of the Cave Troll, dig into his flesh. He let out a choked cry and crashed back to the ground, unmoving.
"SHINGOOOO~!!"
Kensou, Bao and Chris had all screamed their friend's name in unison as they saw the Cave Troll pierce Shingo with the spear K' had dropped.
"Nooo!" Kensou rushed at the huge creature, Chris and Bao not too far behind, all of them sharing the intention of seeking revenge on the murderous beast.
The Cave Troll, however, was not discouraged by the sudden offensive nature of the three young hobbits, and a single swipe of one arm had already sent Chris and Kensou flying backwards, only to be caught deftly by Andy and Chizuru, leaving Bao with second thoughts about going up against such a powerful and large opponent as he stood there trembling for a moment.
The huge creature towered over Bao and gave a thunderous roar, ready to pummel Bao with one massive fist when the young hobbit was suddenly pulled out of the way by K' as an immense heat started to fill the room. Once a safe distance away, Bao traced the source of the heat to be coming from Kyo as the Elven Prince powered up for a maximum power Orochinagi, unleashing a massive wall of flames at the Cave Troll. The creature gave a roar of pain, staggering backwards where it turned around and was met with another adversary, one who offered it no other thought as he ploughed into it, tearing into its flesh.
".Soshite. SHINE!" Iori's maximum power Maiden Masher sent the Cave Troll into the air, where it's heavily damaged body hung for a moment, before plummeting back to the ground with a loud thud that shook the entire room.
There was a moment of silence in the room and everyone stared at the body of the fallen creature, watching to see if it would get up after somehow surviving two well-timed SDMs from both Iori and Kyo. Much to their relief, it's body did not move. Their victory, however, was a short- lived one as K' quickly moved to scoop up Shingo's fallen form.
"Shingo?" K' gave the hobbit's body a little shake. "Shingo, can you hear me?"
Behind him, Kensou stood a little in front of the rest of the Fellowship, his eyes downcast. After all they had been through so far, and with their journey to Mordor barely just begun, tragedy had already struck.
Just then, the sound of Shingo suddenly coughing snapped everyone's attention to the brown-haired hobbit, and Kensou quickly rushed to his friend's side.
"Shingo!" Kensou exclaimed. "Are you okay? I thought you were dead!"
Shingo coughed a little more, his hand instinctively going to the ragged hole torn in his shirt from where the spear had struck him before he looked up with a brave smile. "I'm alright. I'm not hurt. Just a little bruised, I guess."
"That was a nasty blow you took," K' seemed a little surprised. "That spear was sharp enough to skewer a wild boar."
Suddenly, Chizuru seemed to chuckle a little, realizing something which the others had not yet seen. "I think," she began, smiling. "That there's more to our Ring-bearer than what meets the eye."
At that point, Shingo opened up his shirt a little to show off the elegant, lightweight chainmail-like top that he had been wearing beneath his clothes. This made Iori's red eyes widen in realization. "That's a Mithril shirt!" the red-head laughed, slapping a rough hand on Shingo's shoulder, nearly sending him sprawling forwards. "It seems you are full of suprises, Shingo Yabuki. I'm impressed."
"Much as I hate to say, guys.. It's not over yet." Andy groaned at the sound of a second wave of approaching Orcs taking the smiles off everyones faces.
All eyes went to Chizuru for guidance.
"We make for the Bridge of Khazad-dûm at once." She said, her face deadpan.
Sorry for the long delay in getting more of this fic done - I had loads of work to do at Uni. Many thanks to all that have reviewed!
Being of the immortal kind, Kyo Kusanagi knew that the Elf blood in him wouldn't allow him to age. But die? That was another thing altogether.
The young Elf Prince shut his eyes tightly, bracing himself for the sharp strike of pain that would end it all when suddenly a familiar aura and voice rang out.
"Nobody can kill Kyo Kusanagi but I!!"
Iori Yagami launched himself at the Cave Troll, releasing a pillar of his purple tainted flames at the creature, forcing it to back off before he slammed it with a powerful kick, sending it stumbling backwards. He unhooked his axe and swung it at the Cave Troll, the sharp blade slicing into the meaty flesh. The Cave Troll gave a roar and lashed out at Iori with a massive hand, knocking him sideways before spotting what it thought was easier prey elsewhere in the room and heading off in that direction.
Shaking his head as if to clear it, Iori jumped to his feet, letting out another frustrated growl as the Cave Troll moved off again. The Orcs had seen the purple flames that he was in possession of and had, for the moment, decided to back off from the red-head, leaving him in the clear for a while as he moved towards the trapped Kyo.
"Bakame," Iori muttered as he looked disdainfully at the Kusanagi Elf. "This is what you get for stealing a good chance for me to get rid of that thing," he smirked. "I could kill you right now, but it wouldn't be a fair fight."
"Yeah, well when this is over, we'll see who will be the one to emerge victorious," Kyo growled at Iori. "But at the moment, I'm still pretty much stuck under here."
"You're pathetic, you know that?" Iori snorted as he began shifting some of the maisonary from on top of his rival.
"Shut up, Yagami." Kyo glowered darkly.
Shingo and Chris could feel the thundering footsteps of the Cave Troll shake the ground as the beast approached, it's beady eyes set on them.
"Run!" Chris grabbed Shingo's wrist and they both made a break for it, trying to find other members of their Fellowship amongst the carnage.
Shingo's wide eyes darted across the room, looking for K', Chizuru or Kyo, even as he felt a rush of air behind him as K' blocked the Cave Troll's path after them, armed with a spear.
"Back off, ugly!" K' snarled at the towering Cave Troll before he charged at it with the weapon, skewering it in the chest before leaping up to perform his Crow Bite move on it, sending it stumbling a few steps backwards. "Sharaaaa!"
The Cave Troll managed to regain it's balance fairly rapidly, striking out at K' and sending him slamming into a wall, leaving him dazed for a few moments.
"K'-san!" Shingo charged towards the Cave Troll, smashing into it with his Burning Shingo technique, inwardly telling that the creature wasn't half as bad as fighting Chang.
However, that line of thought was until he was halfway through his Shingo Kick when he felt the point of the spear, which was now in the posession of the Cave Troll, dig into his flesh. He let out a choked cry and crashed back to the ground, unmoving.
"SHINGOOOO~!!"
Kensou, Bao and Chris had all screamed their friend's name in unison as they saw the Cave Troll pierce Shingo with the spear K' had dropped.
"Nooo!" Kensou rushed at the huge creature, Chris and Bao not too far behind, all of them sharing the intention of seeking revenge on the murderous beast.
The Cave Troll, however, was not discouraged by the sudden offensive nature of the three young hobbits, and a single swipe of one arm had already sent Chris and Kensou flying backwards, only to be caught deftly by Andy and Chizuru, leaving Bao with second thoughts about going up against such a powerful and large opponent as he stood there trembling for a moment.
The huge creature towered over Bao and gave a thunderous roar, ready to pummel Bao with one massive fist when the young hobbit was suddenly pulled out of the way by K' as an immense heat started to fill the room. Once a safe distance away, Bao traced the source of the heat to be coming from Kyo as the Elven Prince powered up for a maximum power Orochinagi, unleashing a massive wall of flames at the Cave Troll. The creature gave a roar of pain, staggering backwards where it turned around and was met with another adversary, one who offered it no other thought as he ploughed into it, tearing into its flesh.
".Soshite. SHINE!" Iori's maximum power Maiden Masher sent the Cave Troll into the air, where it's heavily damaged body hung for a moment, before plummeting back to the ground with a loud thud that shook the entire room.
There was a moment of silence in the room and everyone stared at the body of the fallen creature, watching to see if it would get up after somehow surviving two well-timed SDMs from both Iori and Kyo. Much to their relief, it's body did not move. Their victory, however, was a short- lived one as K' quickly moved to scoop up Shingo's fallen form.
"Shingo?" K' gave the hobbit's body a little shake. "Shingo, can you hear me?"
Behind him, Kensou stood a little in front of the rest of the Fellowship, his eyes downcast. After all they had been through so far, and with their journey to Mordor barely just begun, tragedy had already struck.
Just then, the sound of Shingo suddenly coughing snapped everyone's attention to the brown-haired hobbit, and Kensou quickly rushed to his friend's side.
"Shingo!" Kensou exclaimed. "Are you okay? I thought you were dead!"
Shingo coughed a little more, his hand instinctively going to the ragged hole torn in his shirt from where the spear had struck him before he looked up with a brave smile. "I'm alright. I'm not hurt. Just a little bruised, I guess."
"That was a nasty blow you took," K' seemed a little surprised. "That spear was sharp enough to skewer a wild boar."
Suddenly, Chizuru seemed to chuckle a little, realizing something which the others had not yet seen. "I think," she began, smiling. "That there's more to our Ring-bearer than what meets the eye."
At that point, Shingo opened up his shirt a little to show off the elegant, lightweight chainmail-like top that he had been wearing beneath his clothes. This made Iori's red eyes widen in realization. "That's a Mithril shirt!" the red-head laughed, slapping a rough hand on Shingo's shoulder, nearly sending him sprawling forwards. "It seems you are full of suprises, Shingo Yabuki. I'm impressed."
"Much as I hate to say, guys.. It's not over yet." Andy groaned at the sound of a second wave of approaching Orcs taking the smiles off everyones faces.
All eyes went to Chizuru for guidance.
"We make for the Bridge of Khazad-dûm at once." She said, her face deadpan.
Sorry for the long delay in getting more of this fic done - I had loads of work to do at Uni. Many thanks to all that have reviewed!