Yugi in Middle Earth

(Fire Pendant

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-gi-oh or lotr. But I do own the story and the minor characters I make up.

What happens when a certain tri-colored hair boy gets transported to Middle Earth with his yami? A SERIOUS fanfic, but doesn't mean that it isn't funny.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * [1] I forgot to put in what nissan meant in the last chappie. It means brother.

Hiyah! I'm really sorry about how long it took to update. I was working on a new story called: Legend of the Sennen Items. And kinda put that before this story by two chappies. I was going to update yesterday (4/16/03) but I had to go out and I wasn't able to go on the Internet cause my parents keep the computer locked. Argh!!!! But I'm back now and I'll try to keep updates consistent.

//blah.// Yami to Yugi /blah./ Yugi to Yami {{blah.}} Bakura to Ryou {blah.} Ryou to Bakura * blah.* thoughts since the italics aren't working

Chapter 11: Yugi?!

A few days after the Council, things had gotten a lot more boring in Rivendell. Well, mostly to a certain tomb robber. {{ Ryou! Why the hell are we sitting around like a hippo on a hot day?}} demanded Bakura irritably.

Ryou sighed and got up from the desk. He had been perfectly un-bored reading this book about some Last Allience between Elves and Men. And it was just getting to the good parts.

"What do you want to do?" asked Ryou.

"Anything other than stick around here reading you baka." muttered Bakura.

A few minutes later, in the stables. Yami, Yugi, Ryou, and an even more pissed off Bakura were saddled into horses. "Thanks Ryou, it'll be nice to travel around the land of Rivendell for a while." chirped Yugi.

{{ Okay, let me rephrase that. Anything other than you reading and us hanging around the pharaoh and his annoying look-alike! }} snarled Bakura.

As soon as they had exited the gates, Bakura galloped off on his sandy colored steed leaving the other behind.

"Let's go!" smiled Ryou, but inside he was worried about his yami. * I hope he doesn't get into any trouble. * thought Ryou. "Hey, Yugi, I'm going to go after Bakura. Catch up to you in a minute!"

"Okay Ryou. But be careful!" shouted Yugi as Ryou rode away on his strawberry roan mare, calling out his yami's name.

"Wow, everyone is riding off. If things keep on going like this we'll be separated too." chuckled Yugi nudging the white pony he was on to a trot. Yami nodded tersely atop his black gelding, but Yugi didn't notice. There was something out here, but what? Yami felt as if he were being watched. "Hello, earth to Yami are you in there?" asked Yugi.

"Oh, sorry aibou. I was wondering . . . do you feel like we're being followed? Maybe we should find Ryou and Bakura and go back to Rivendell." asked Yami hesitantly.

Yugi laughed, "Yami, it feels perfectly fine out here! You're just being paranoid. I can take care of myself. And so can those two. We aren't even a hundred yards away from the place yet and you're worrying?"

The next few minutes were spent on Yugi's constant ohhhhhs, and ahhhhhs at their surroundings. "Gee Yami, look over there! That waterfall is so awesome. I wish I brought a camera." Yami could still feel that 'something is out there' sensation gnawing at the back of his mind, but Yugi was probably right, he was just being paranoid. Yami took a deep breath and relaxed. But maybe that was a bad idea.

They came to a shallow ford. Yugi dismounted from his horse and rushed into the water, laughing happily. "Come on Yami, let's see what's on the other side of this river!" called Yugi.

"I don't think that's a good idea Yugi." warned Yami gravely, Yugi looked at his other pleadingly and Yami gave in with a sigh.

As soon as they had set foot onto the far bank, a feeling of great darkness and evil enveloped Yami. He could feel some drops perspiration forming on his face and trickling down. "Yugi, I think we should go back." advised Yami quickly. Yugi looked at Yami questioningly.

"Why?" asked the boy.

* He doesn't understand, he has no magic like me, and if he does it still lies dormant. Yugi can't sense the great evil lying so close to us. I have to get him out of here NOW! * Thought Yami, just as he had finished. A black, barbed arrow whistled past him, missing him by an inch and buried itself deep into a tree trunk. Yugi yelped in surprise. Snarls, hooting, and screeches filled the air. As is from nowhere, things that looked like mutated and really extremely filthy humans, except that that too had pointed ears, crept out from underneath shadows. They drew great scimitars and some had crossbows. Yami pushed Yugi behind him.

"Run Yugi," urged Yami.

"But Yami, what about you?" pleaded Yugi anxiously.

"I'll be fine just go!" yelled Yami thrusting the small boy back towards the ford. Some of the things tried to go after Yugi, they were yelling something about a halfling. Yami picked up a large branch from the ground and rushed towards them, giving them a loud crack on the head. They fell to the ground like rocks and black blood stained the woodland ground.

More rushed forward, trying to follow Yugi. Yami knocked or killed out a few more before rushing after his hikari. * Please let him be okay! * Pleaded Yami. He reached the shore of the ford and just managed to see Yugi's little form slipping through the foliage on the other side. But at the corner of his eye, Yami saw more things sprinting across the water a few hundred yards away. Yami ran after Yugi, praying to Ra fervently that Yugi would be alright.

Yugi ran doggedly through the trees and bushes. Whatever was chasing him was getting closer. Why would they want him? Yami was the one with all the powers and everything, not that he wanted them to go after Yami.

Panting and heavy footsteps were getting closer. Yugi ran faster, if that was possible and suddenly skidded to a stop. He was at a dead end, a corner of a cliff wall. Yugi turned around and saw those creatures leering at him. "You're coming with us halfling." said one with a large deep scar running across its face. Yugi backed up against the cliff wall.

"Pretty trinket, too bad we're gonna have it." growled another, it approached Yugi and grabbed the Millenium Puzzle. Yugi was about to try to defend himself when the thing started screaming in pain and agony. "It burns! I can't let go! It burns!" Yugi stared; at where the thing once had been, there was a pile of ash, small drops of blood covered the ground.

Putting his hands around the Puzzle, Yugi thought, * I can't let these things have my Puzzle! If they have me, that doesn't mean they have the Puzzle. * Yugi took the Puzzle off from around his neck and started swinging it around warding the ugly things away. If it could incinerate one of them, maybe it could get rid of them all. Another one disappeared, engulfed in a big flame as soon as it came in contact with the Puzzle's surface.

Yugi had picked up a theory about why this happened. He remembered what Pegasus had written in his diary about something Shadi had said about the Items.

"If you are not the chosen one, then you shall spend all eternity in chaos and madness [1]"

Maybe people that weren't the chosen one for their items wouldn't be able to touch them; but then again, his friends had held his Puzzle before and they weren't roasted alive. So maybe it was a person trying to take it in his own free will without winning it in a duel properly or a lot of bad will towards the Item's holder. Which was definitely something these guys had against him. Yugi swung the Puzzle at another creature, but this time it caught the Puzzle by its thick chain. The thing jerked it out of Yugi's grasp and threw it far into the forest.

A blow was dealt to the back of Yugi's head and the last thing he remembered was the sneering face of an orc looking up at him.

Yami felt a searing pain run through his soul. Something bad happened to Yugi, that had to be it! // Yugi! Are you all right? // yelled Yami. There was no response and he could no longer sense the boy.

All hope fled from him and realization filled in when a familiar glint of gold caught his eye, it was the Millenium Puzzle hanging from a large tree branch. Yami fought back the tears of anger and scrambled up the tree and untangled the Puzzle from its boughs. * Yugi. * cried Yami.

"Well, well pharaoh. What are you doing without your little light?" asked Bakura standing underneath the tree. Something wet fell on his face and he wiped it off. The pharaoh was crying like a small child. His shoulders were shaking violently and when Yami looked up rage and vengeance was burning in his crimson eyes.

"Bakura! Wait up!" shouted Ryou as he stumbled into his yami.

{ What's going on? } asked Ryou.

{{ Ra, Yami is crying. Can you believe that? }} exclaimed Bakura pointing up at Yami.

{ Where's Yugi? }

{{ I think something has happened to him.}} answered Bakura with a sneer.

"Yami, what happened to Yugi, and why do you have TWO Millenium Puzzles?" asked Ryou.

"Yugi's been kidnapped and his Millenium Puzzle I found here." said Yami mournfully.

"Then why don't you go after him you idiot?" snapped Bakura.

"I can't sense him anymore. Can't you see that, we don't have any connection since he doesn't have the Puzzle anymore! I even felt the tear of our usually meshed souls." yelled Yami back hotly, he jumped down from the tree and grabbed the front of Bakura's shirt angrily.

"Maybe Bakura can help you rescue Yugi?" suggested Ryou.

"What?!" exclaimed the two yamis at the same time. All attention was now on Ryou.

* * * to be continued . . . * * *

Okay, I know that was a bad ending. But whadaya think? Yugi been kidnapped! Please understand that I won't kill him off. Next thing you know it Yami's going to die of heartbreak if that happens (cause they're like brothers . . .not like *that* remember I said no yaois) and I can't have all the YGO characters dying on me can I? Dang I have eighty-eight reviews. Sweet! Thank-you everybody you're all soooooo nice! - Fire Pendant