Author's Notes: ::squeals:: Oh my gosh! You guys are the best!!!! You're so nice; I love you all!

Thankies:

To Luni Sedai: Yeah, I've been told a few times that my tenses are off. That's why I have a beta and she's doing an absolutely brilliant job!!!!! I hope you think this chapter is just as good as the others!!

To Elf-Formally-Known-as-Legolas: Haha, yeah, I'm still alive!! I had THE WORST writer's block for, like, I dunno, a really long time. Anyway, I'm back; tell your friends (or warn them, whichever is more appropriate)! Lol. Your spidy senses are pretty on the dot. You'll find out soon!!!!!

To SireenC: I'm so glad you like the fic! Hope you like this chapter as well!!!

To Shadow41: I could never forget about this story!! Hope you enjoy the chapter!!!!!

To az: This chapter's going to have very little A/L in it (sorry!!!!!), but the next chapter will have more of it.

To Legolas19: Sorry I didn't update earlier, but I've been totally swamped. Hope this chapter's all right!!!

To Nicole: The story's almost finished!!!! And then comes The Two Towers and after that (if people want it), The Return of the King.

To leandra: Sorry I'm sticking to the movie plot so much. I'm trying to inch away from it and the next chapter DEFINITELY does that!!!

Chapter 6: Let Us Hunt Some Orc

Legolas noticed Aragorn didn't heed his shout as he continued to fight. He saw an Uruk charging at him and smoothly stuck an arrow through it before aiming and shooting it at another. Near him, Gimli swung his axe, knocking down and killing the Uruk-hai swarming around him. A few yards away, Aragorn stabbed his sword behind him, slicing through an Uruk before swinging at yet another. Legolas smirked to himself as he shot arrow after arrow in the opposing Uruk-hai. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted an Uruk closing in on an unsuspecting Aragorn. Heart racing, Legolas finished off the Uruk he was dealing with at the present moment and quickly notched, aimed, and released an arrow into the menacing Uruk, smiling to himself when Aragorn flashed him a quick, grateful smile.

Suddenly, Legolas, Aragorn, and Gimli heard three clear, loud blasts on an ox-horn echo through the forest. Legolas whipped his head around to look at Aragorn.

"The Horn of Gondor!" Legolas exclaimed as he, Gimli, and Aragorn continued fighting.

"Boromir!" Aragorn cried, darting away from the battle scene. Legolas whispered a short prayer in Elvish as he began fighting with renewed vigor, determined to finish off these foul creatures and catch up with his beloved before long. Legolas notched three arrows at once and let them fly. He grinned breathlessly as three Uruk-hai fell before him. A cry behind led the Elf to whirl around looking for the source of the sound, bow out and arrow ready to shoot. He spotted Gimli attempting to fend off five or six Uruks, closing in on him. Gimli saw Legolas grinning at him and growled.

"Well, are you going to help me or not, pointy-ear?!"

Legolas laughed aloud and began shooting the Uruks surrounding the dwarf as he smashed at them with his axe. A moment later, it became abundantly clear that the Uruk-hai were turning and tramping back into the forest. Soon, Legolas and Gimli were left alone in the clearing.

"Where did they all go?!" Gimli demanded, hefting his axe to both hands, whipping his head around furiously.

"They left," Legolas replied simply, looking around before glancing back at Gimli. The dwarf seemed disappointed. Legolas smirked. "Well, at least they were good sports while they stayed."

Gimli stared at the Elf for a moment before breaking out into laughter. Legolas grinned for a moment before joining the dwarf. Still laughing, they set off together into the forest.

"Well, I suppose we should go back and find Aragorn and Boromir and the two little hobbits," Legolas remarked when their laughter finally died down. Gimli looked at him oddly.

"Two little hobbits? There are four, lad!" Gimli cried. "And they say that Elves are the smart race!"

Legolas rolled his eyes and cuffed Gimli upside the head.

"I know that, dwarf, but I have this feeling in my heart that Sam and Frodo have left the Fellowship behind," Legolas told him. "And if you call me 'lad' again –"

Legolas whipped out an arrow, notched it, and aimed with the speed of lightning, leveling the point directly at Gimli's nose. The dwarf's eyes widened and became crossed, focusing on the tip of the arrow. Legolas left the arrow there for a moment before replacing the arrow in the quiver. He continued walking down the slope into the forest. Suddenly, the Elf heard a cry from deep in the forest.

"No!"

"Aragorn," Legolas whispered to himself.

"That was Aragorn!" Gimli said, catching up with his long-legged companion.

"I know," Legolas replied grimly, starting off again. "Come, Gimli!"

Legolas and Gimli began sprinting through the trees towards the sounds of battle. He didn't notice anything as he ran, his breath stolen as images of his beloved's life being cheated from his body during a fight with the Uruk-hai flew through his mind. He didn't know if there was a speck of truth to these speculations. He didn't know what he would do if there was truth to them. Legolas was pulled from the numbness as Gimli grabbed his arm, breathing hard.

"What? Gimli, what is it?" Legolas demanded, taking hold of Gimli's shoulders.

"I don't know about you, but I can't hear anything that would give clues towards battle."

Legolas strained his ears, desperately searching for sounds of a struggle. When he couldn't find any, his heart dropped.

"Come, Gimli! We must find Aragorn and the others!" he shouted as he once again sprinted off. After a moment, Legolas's ears picked up voices.

"Our people? Our people."

"That sounds like Boromir," Gimli panted from behind Legolas.

"Yes, it does!" the Elf replied, a smile flitting across his face. He burst through the trees and caught sight of Aragorn leaning over a body. "Aragorn!" Legolas sighed to himself, relaxing as his fears of injury to Aragorn fled from his mind.

"I would have followed you, my brother . . . my Captain . . . my King!"

Legolas saw Boromir grow limp as he slowed to a walk, peering through the thick grove of trees separating him from Aragorn and the deceased Boromir. Aragorn touched his hand to his forehead, then to his lips in respect for the fallen Man.

"Be at peace, son of Gondor," Aragorn said to the body before bending and lightly kissing Boromir's brow. Legolas and Gimli stepped through the trees into the small clearing where Aragorn and Boromir were. Legolas cast a sorrowful gaze on Aragorn and Boromir. Gimli bowed his head and turned away. Aragorn stood up, gazing down upon Boromir's fallen body. Legolas fell a great sadness as he looked upon the black Uruk arrows protruding from the warrior's body.

"They will look for his coming from the White Tower," Aragorn said of Boromir's kinsmen in Minas Tirith. "But he will not return."

He lifted his head and Legolas was struck once again with love for Aragorn as the sunlight glimmered across his strong features. A tear slipped down the Ranger's cheek and his eyes stared into the distance. He seemed, at that moment, to have all the dignity of a King.

Gimli puttered around their camp, picking up Boromir's affects, unable to keep still for a moment. Aragorn and Legolas wandered through the woods surveying the dead Uruk-hai.

"So much death," Aragorn whispered, so softly Legolas thought he might have imagined it. Legolas touched his arm. "All because of the evil of Mordor."

"Think of it this way, my Estel," Legolas told him soothingly, slipping an arm around the Ranger's waist and pulling out a rag of cloth from a concealed pocket. He led Aragorn to a trickling stream nearby and wet the rag a bit [1]. "At least we still have each other," Legolas continued quietly, gently cleaning Aragorn's face of blood.

"And for me, that itself is a reason to live," Aragorn added, pulling Legolas's hands away from his face and leaning in to kiss his Elf. The kiss was brief, but sweet, renewing all the love the Man and the Elf had for each other.

Aragorn and Legolas laid Boromir to rest inside one of the boats. They rested his sword in Boromir's clasped hands over his breast, his shield above his head, and the cloven Horn of Gondor at his side. They pushed the boat into the water and watched as it slipped over the Falls of Rauros, then dropped into the mist below. Gimli stood watching even after the boat disappeared from sight. Aragorn pulled on Boromir's vambraces in the fallen warrior's honor as Legolas shoved the third and last boat into the river.

"Hurry!" the Elf cried, straightening as the boat floated gently in the waves of the river. "Frodo and Sam have reached the eastern shore!"

He stared at Aragorn, who stood still and said nothing, looking everywhere but at the immortal at the water's edge. Realization dawned in the Elf's eyes and mind.

"You mean not to follow them?" Legolas accused, stepping away from the water and towards the Ranger.

"Frodo's fate is no longer in our hands," Aragorn told Legolas and Gimli.

"Then it has all been in vain!" Gimli cried in distress. "The Fellowship has failed."

Aragorn placed his hands on Gimli and Legolas's shoulders and looked at them each with a fervor.

"Not if we hold true to each other. We will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death," Aragorn swore, his eyes alight. "Not while we have strength left. Leave all that can be spared behind. We travel light."

He paused for a moment, staring Legolas and Gimli each in the eye with a half-smile on his face.

"Let us hunt some Orc!"

Legolas and Gimli looked at each other and grinned, Gimli's eyes gleaming with excitement.

"Yes!!! Haha!!!" the dwarf crowed as Aragorn sprinted into the woods, followed by Legolas and Gimli.

[1]: I made up this little stream. Don't bother looking for it in the books or the movies; you won't find it!

Dedication: My WONDERFUL beta, vShadow Dreamerv!!!!! You are the best!!! I totally love you!!!!!

Author's Notes: Whoo-hoo!!!!!!! On finit!!!! Voilà!!!!!! All right, one last chapter (not in the movie)!!!! It's a special little chapter for all of ya that told me to get away from the movie. Guess what??? IT'S NOT IN THE MOVIE!!!! WHOO!!!!!!!! Sorry 'bout that, I'm a tad hyper (dunno why).

Oh, my gosh!!!! Almost forgot!!! I just saw the Return of the King this past Monday and were there not a zillion little scenes just PERFECT for lovely slashiness?!?!?!? I'm so excited; can't wait to write it. But I'm also excited to write The Two Towers 'cuz there are great scenes just waiting to be altered by me turning Legolas and Aragorn gay!!!!!!

By the way: I need some help thinking up a title for the sequel to this. If you have any ideas, please let me know!!!!! I will love you forever!!!!! Let me know in a review (hint, hint, nudge, nudge!), an email ), or an IM (DanceLuvr723)!!! Thankies!!!!!