A/N: Sorry I'm so late, I'm going to update the next chapter right after this so you all get two for one! Lol, hope you like it, and please, don't gripe and complain to me in your reviews, if that's all your going to do, I'd rather you just not.

Disclaimer: Do you really think I'd spend my time writing fanfics if I owned LOTR? No... no... no

Chapter Five

The next morning Kairi hugged Elrond and Arwen before they started off and it must've been almost midnight before they stopped. They made camp and Sam offered to cook so Kairi sat down next to Aragorn. "Must've been hard to leave Arwen, and come along with us, being the only woman."

"Must be harder for you having to leave her, I'll get along fine." Her eyes were on Legolas as he sat, for once, away from her making his arrows but looking up every now and then to make sure she was all right.

Aragorn smiled, "You and your guard have grown quite close." As if his words had struck her, her glance immediately slid from Legolas.

"He's a dear friend." She murmured keeping her eyes on the ground.

"Mmhmm, friend." He grinned; knowing all too well that her heart cried something different.

"Can't we just be friends?" She demanded, cursing his knowing look in her head.

"Not when you two look at each other that way." He laughed and she swat at him.

"Oh, your impossible!" She cried getting up to go sit by Gimli and glare at Aragorn who simply laughed at her reaction.

"I can't wait to taste your meals Kairi, will you cook breakfast?" She smiled at him and nodded. "I heard from Elrond that you're a pretty good with a bow," He commented and Legolas's glance turned from his arrow making to her.

"He offers too much praise, I'm not good at all." She protested and Legolas walked over with his bow and quiver.

"Care for a lesson then?" He offered holding out his hand, she took it and told Aragorn that they were going out a little ways to practice. "Take a wide stance, pull back on the cord..." Legolas pulled her against him and placed his hands on top of hers. "And let the arrow fly." They released it and it hit the mark dead center.

She looked very happy. "That was great, so the rumors were true, you are the best archer." He smiled at her.

"I didn't know there were rumors..." He grinned making her swat him playfully.

"We'd better get back to camp... before they start to talk." Kairi said starting back but he snagged her arm.

"Let them talk, besides half of what they'll say will probably be true." He settled on the grass and pulled her down with him so that she sat in- between his legs and rested against his chest.

"Your horrible Legolas." She laughed, "But I'm glad your here."

Suddenly there were rustlings in the bushes to their left and they heard low voices. "Well they don't look like they're practicing!" Pippin's voice said indignantly.

"Practicing something else maybe." They heard Boromir laugh and Kairi giggled into Legolas's tunic while he tried desperately to keep a straight face.

"Your all spying on the two you all should be ashamed..." They duo heard Frodo say. "...So what's going on, they just sitting there, move let me see- " Kairi couldn't help it and had to smother her face to keep her laughter from being heard.

"Maybe we should give them something to see," He teased whispering in her ear.

"Your right, hold still, I'm going to smack you across the face." Kairi shot back and he dropped his head onto her shoulder grinning.

"You still haven't given me my kiss." He whispered and she glanced around checking to make sure there were no rivers near by.

"I know, and there's no river to threaten me with so your not getting one." She leaned back into him closing her eyes, feeling at peace.

"What's an elf got to do to win a kiss from you? I'm starting to think I should just take one." He said into her ear trying to keep the frustration he was feeling from being voiced.

"I don't think your brave enough," She teased opening her eyes for him to see amusement in them.

"Not brave enough?" He said incredulously then grinned, "I'll show you brave." Leaning in close to her face her eyes widened as she saw all the members of the Fellowship stepped forth from the bushes and she quickly turned so his lips grazed her cheek. "Hm, Kairi..."

"Have you been spying on us?" Kairi asked dryly and he turned to see everyone from the Fellowship standing there grinning.

"Well it was getting late so we decided to come tell you we should turn in," Gandalf said trying hard to hide his smirk.

"It takes all of you to tell us that?" Legolas said raising his eyebrows. "We'd just finished practicing archery and were about to return."

"Uh huh, come on you two." Aragorn said giving Kairi a wink while she rolled her eyes at him.

"We were practicing archery." She said with her hands on her hips glaring at all of them while Legolas grabbed her arm tugging her along.

"Come on Kairi," They all set up their beds and went to sleep with some of them still snickering.