Padme: Right....Now what was I going to say?
Yami no Bakura: -sweatdrop- Stupid mortal. -.-
Sekhme: Hikari, you need a renewable memory.
Mariku: Padmejem-does-not-own-Yugioh-or-Lord-of-the-Rings-no-own-no-sue!
Yami no Bakura: Marikuuu! -thwack-
Chapter Eight
The mirror swirled before Yugi's eyes. Random images flashed before his face. Galadriel watched, as if
intrigued by the look on Yugi's face.
Grandpa's Blue-eyes being ripped in two, Pegasus' eye, Jounouchi stuffing his face with hotdogs and donuts...And what Yugi recognised to be Yami...
in a tutu, complete with pink satin shoes.
'What do you see?'
'Erm....nothing yet.' lied Yugi, still recovering from the fact his yami did ballet.
The images began to change faster, becoming slowly more and more violent and dark.
An eye, rimmed in blazing red flame, lidless, like a cat's in dim light. It flamed angrily, the menacing voice Yugi had heard earlier echoing
coldly, as if everywhere.
The ring became heavier.
He was being pulled towards the mirror. Yugi amethyst eyes glanced briefly at the ring, which was pulling it's way towards the water...and the eye.
Yugi pried himself from his own gaze, collapsing onto the grass, which was decorated thickly with flowers of the niphredil and elanor kinds.
'Do not touch the water!' Galadriel barked, pausing. 'My, those flowers look pretty in your hair...'
Yugi was shaking like a leaf in autumn.
'I know what it is you saw, ringbearer.' She patted his starfish-like hair, smiling calmly.
'You saw it too?' Yugi's eyes bulged, a little startled that the Lady of the Wood may have also seen....his yami...in a tutu.
'Oh yes. Your darker half looks most...fetching in that outfit.'
Yugi went scarlet with embarrassment.
'You also saw the enslavement and death of your friends...' Galadriel paused.
'Yes?'
'It is what will pass, if you fail.'
The wind whispered through the trees of Lorien gently, and Yugi whimpered.
'This task was appointed to you...If you cannot complete it, no one will.'
She then held forward a pale hand, and Yugi blinked once, and there in front of him, was a silver ring.
'This is Nenya. Ring of the Adamant, and I am it's keeper.' she sighed. 'Only the ringbearer, who has looked upon the eye, can see it.'
Yugi quivered, holding the ring forward to Galadriel.
'I will offer you the One Ring, Lady Galadriel, if you ask for it. You are both wise and brave. You may complete the quest.'
She laughed shrilly, the afternoon's rain dropping from the golden leaves.
'It was appointed to you, little one. To you.'
Yugi nodded, somewhat unsure of Galadriel.
~~~
Malik was brushing his hair rather vainly, and was now being compared to Legolas by Gimli and Yami.
'It's not right for a guy to be so vain about 'is hair...' Gimli muttered to Yami. 'I mean, do you take care of your hair that much?'
Yami went the shade of a Rivendell strawberry, hiding a tub of hair gel hurredly.
'Oi!' A tall elf emerged, a frown on his face.
'Oh my.' Ryou went pink. The elf held up a kicking, snarling Bakura.
'We found him near the Celebrant river, practically drowning himself in it.' he raised an eyebrow.
'You imbecile! I was trying to get rid of this confounded, disgustingly cute hairstyle!' Bakura thrashed about wildly.
'You know him?'
Yami was about to blurt out 'Of course not, he's a filthy little beast, get rid of him', when Ryou tackled his yami promptly.
'Hai! Bakura-sama, gomennansai...' Ryou twitched as Bakura shot him a death glare.
'At least my hair is....decent again.' Bakura rubbed his hair.
Yami was fiddling with his golden fringe lazily, when he suddenly realised Yugi was still missing.
'Where be my chibi ichi?'
~~~
Yugi clenched the ring in his hand, smiling calmly at Galadriel.
'I will destroy it.' he said firmly. 'And I will do it...alone.'
'Now you're catching on!' Galdriel then promptly tackled Yugi, hugging him. the young boy looked extremely pink in the face.
'Galadriel, milady...you're...suffocating me....'
'CHIBI ICHI! KOIBITO! HIKARI!' A beige-and-silver Yami tackle his lighter half happily.
'Ah. You have met with Elrond's wardrobe, I see.' Galadriel raised an eyebrow.
Yami picked up his hikari effortlessly, marching off with Yugi over his shoulder, like a certain tomb robber would have done with stolen goods.
~~~
As the group left Lorien, Galadriel gave each of them gifts. Bakura was insistant on 'stealing' the gift from behind Galadriel's back, or snatching it, hissing like a deranged cat, if you will.
Ryou, of course, thought Bakura was trying to be...kinky. Yami and Yugi were given the same gifts, green leaf-shaped brooches, though of course, again, Ryou was convinced Galadriel was flirting.
Yugi was handed a clear crystal-like bottle, in which a glow resided. She whispered something into Yugi's ear. And we can guess what Ryou thought.
The two hobbits were singing merrily as the group began their journey away from the pretty land of Lothlorien. Seto and Bakura, however,
were puking their guts out.
'I will never, ever get used to water travel...' Bakura breathed heavily, before letting a torrent of vomit into the water for the dozenth time.
'I want to go hoooommme....' Seto wailed, before sending a torrent over the side, in the same manner as Bakura had done.
Bakura: Shameful author. Messing with mah hair.
Padme: R&R?