NOTE:
Characters in this fic are extremely OOC, and any offence taken by rabid fangirls is ignored.
No I do not hate Kaiba and 'Kura. I just love to make fun of my extra-adorable bishies. Plus the fact that they are SO easy to make fun of. o.o;
Padme: And welcome to another installment of 'Ring of Power'!...God, I'm sorry I didn't update sooner...
Mariku: Today's chapter will be just as funny as--
Bakura: The last, and Mariku will you please shut up. Don't-make-mess-of-my-hair-please-don't!
Seto: And why must you make fun of me so?
Padme: Because, koibito. Because....It's strangely fun.
Review replies:
Bread 'n' Butter: Don't worry, you'll be seeing a lot more of Pippin as we go along...
crazyrabidfangurl01: Yes, my friend, 'tis a hard one to answer.
Kaiba's gal: Yup. It SURE does....
hehe: No, I luff mah Seto. And mah Ebil tomb thief. But it's just...so irresistible...to make fun of them. -points to statement in bold-
Chapter Nine
Yugi dipped his hand in the water and the vessel drifted along. The young boy, sitting on his yami's knee, was slowly becoming very, very engrossed in his new trinket.
'Aragorn-sama?' he looked at the grease-ridden man sleepily.
'Mmm?'
'What happens when we finally reach Mordor?'
'You're asking me? D'you think I know, sah?'
Yugi sighed. 'I suppose I have to drop it into that great big mountain thingummy?' he leaned into Yami's arms again, who was snoring loudly.
Bakura grinned slyly.
'I've thought of a new insult.' he cackled loudly. 'The SNORING frangipani.'
Ryou stifled a giggle.
Jou noticed Boromir was taking extreme interest in Yugi. Although, if he'd been a little more clever, he'd notice it was the ring, he was staring at,
not Yugi. But the blonde-haired teenager was daydreaming about his imaginary giant doughnut. Seto on the other hand, was checking his deck for what seemed like the hundredth time.
The place was silent. Yugi shivered, clinging to his other self, whimpering quietly.
The sun rose with a golden aura, Legolas stretching his arms ecstatically. Only to find the two hobbits had placed a large toad on his face.
The blonde elf gave a wail.
'Bloody midgets! Bloody toads! Bloody orc--' He paused, looking across the river. 'Orcses?' He whimpered.
Seto leapt to his feet, rocking the boat from side to side, before falling into the crystal-green water. There was a loud splash, and a soaking wet brunette popped his head
above the waves, scowling.
'Orcs? What are they?'
Kaiba's question need not be answered, as a mouldy grey arm began to choke him from behind.
'Ew! Ick's slimeh!'
Legolas grabbed an arrow, which was decorated with what were unmistakeably pink feathers. He let it fly at the creature.
And missed.
It hit a nearby bird, which gave a loud, screaming 'chirrrp', and fell into the river. The elf gave a sigh, and shot a second time,
hitting the orc square in the head, which was, infact, just above Seto's shoulder. Seto looked he was going to faint, but was dragged into the boat by Malik,
who was promptly dripping wet from his golden fringe to the ends of his newly acquired white robes.
It was at this point, that Aragorn and Boromir fell face first into the river, both wanting to act the 'hero', and save dear, poor Kaiba.
You can imagine the mess. Seto was dunked back into the water, with Malik's foot
protruding from a hole in the boat, and Aragorn was clinging
angrily on to Boromir, whose face was also submerged. Legolas and Ryou sighed. Idiots.
'Baka.' muttered Yugi, as he went back to sleep.
Malik gave a loud splutter and poked his head above the water. This resulted in Yugi and Yami being flung into the water as well, underneath the upturned boat.
Yami gave a squeal.
'I can't freakin' swim!' The pharaoh clung to the littler-version of himself, shivering.
The two were promptly seized by the ankles by Jounouchi, who pulled them up from the water.
'You twos is always getting into some kinda mess.' he stared at Yugi, who suddenly looked deprived of something. 'Whaa?'
About fifteen minutes after the rude incident, Gimli and Legolas began fighting over who had killed the most of the twenty orc-creatures.
Seto offered the assistance of his calculator, only to find he'd dropped it in the deeper part of the river. The CEO began to whimper.
'Calculator....Calculator...Technological significance...No civilization.....'
Jou scowled. 'Kaiba, we is having a nice day without tecklogic stuffs, and per'aps we can--'
'Sing happy camp songs? Around an ickle campfire.' Seto retorted sulkily.
'Yes Kaiba. And stop behaving like a whingy-ass baby.'
'Stop behaving like my mother.'
At this point, a huge fight broke out, between Malik, Gimli, and Legolas, on who could slay the most orcs. This promptly drowned out
Seto and Jounouchi's ranting, and Yugi got up from the side of his sleeping yami, and wandered off
delinquently.
Seto gave Jounouchi a fully-fledged bitch-slap across the face, and flounced off to read an encyclopedia.
At this point, Yami woke to find Yugi's rucksack in his arms.
'Yugi? YUGI!' he shook the green canvas object vigorously. 'YUGI! What have they done to you?' a saline solution welled up in his giant, garnet-red eyes.
'Huh?' Aragorn turned around. 'Oh crap. Boromir's gone too. He's left his dirty laundry all over the campsite...'
Yami was up before you could say 'petals'.
'I'm going to find Yugi. You coming?' he turned to Legolas.
'Nope. Washing my hair.'
'Nancing-elf.' Aragorn scowled. 'I'll go.'
Yami raised an eyebrow. 'Figures.'
Yugi was crawling away miserably. The words Galadriel had spoken to him rang in his ears.
He had to go to Mordor. By himself. Not even with Yami. Especially not with Yami.
'Hello Yugi.'
Yugi gave an audible squeak.
'Mister Boromir, sir?'
The tall man crouched down to just below Yugi's shoulder height.
'Yugi,' he began slowly 'You shouldn't have to carry the ring...you're not strong enough, little Yugi...' the tone in his voice was beginning to frighten Yugi a little.
The blood rushed to Yugi's head, and he snarled back angrily.
'The task was appointed to me, Boromir, not to you, and I will take it to Mordor, by all means, alone.' Yugi bared a his teeth slightly.
Boromir grinned. 'You aren't strong enough Yugi.' he repeated.
'I have brought it this far, and I intend to finish the journey.'
'Give me the ring, Yugi...' Boromir was really frightening him now.
'No....'
A little voice inside Yugi's head echoed. It was Galadriel.
Don't put on the ring, Yugi....
Yugi ignored her. He pulled the trinket from it's chain, and before Boromir could move another step, thrust it on to his index finger.
The starfish-haired boy vanished from view.
Boromir scowled, and crawled after the rapidly moving set of footprints.
Ryou, Bakura, the two hobbits, Yami, and Aragorn began their search for Yami's oh-so-dramatically-fated-loved-one.
'I can't believe you mistook the RATIONS BAG for your hikari!' Bakura cackled insanely.
'Well...well...Legolas could have turned him into a rucksack because he was snoring so loudly...He snores very loudly, you know.'
'Yami, you snore. Yugi's as silent as death.' Ryou explained, brutally truthful.
Yugi continued running like a chimaera out of the underworld, Boromir trailing after his muddy bootprints.
His loud breathing was interrupted suddenly by a hissing and a clang of weapons. Yugi took the risk of turning around.
Boromir was clashing swords with what looked like an orc, but was a lot bigger, uglier, and had less fashion sense.
'Ohhh, crap.' Yugi began to run. At least they couldn't see him, even if the Nazgul could.
'I think it would be a good idea if we split into two groups...' said Ryou, trying to act thoughtful.
'Oh, what a splendid idea, hikari, let Aragorn and the Frangipani go that-a-way, and we go this-a-way...' Bakura grinned.
Yami growled briefly, and hauled Aragorn off in the direction Bakura had pointed out.
Ryou, Bakura, Merry and Pippin pranced off merrily in the other direction, humming Bakura's new, insulting song.
He's a frangipani,
A pretty flower to be sure,
He'll prance the length of Middle Earth,
From Lorien to Barud-dur.
And his hikari will follow him there,
Because he's his teddy-bear....
Yami cursed under his breath as he they went out of earshot.
As Yugi ran, Boromir slew three orcs, a hedgehog that he'd accidentally stepped on, and a mosquito.
'Bother, bother, bother...' Boromir stumbled about, swatting the large, ugly creatures with his sword.
A few carcasses littered the ground around him, as the leather-ridden man grabbed a decorated cow's horn, and blew hoarsely on it.
And while Yugi was pondering how
suggestive that looked, an even taller, uglier creature came lumbering out of nowhere.
'Shit.' Yugi sighed, and ran faster, not looking back this time.
Yami and Aragorn clambered over a few rocks, still pondering what Boromir might be doing with Yugi. Yami's head was spinning. Before Aragorn could say 'Niphredil', Yami was out cold with the shock of the thought. Aragorn continued walking, with a shrug.
Yugi reached a thick clump of trees, where a friendly yell interrupted his conscious thought.
'Hey Yugi!' Ryou shouted, flailing his arms.
'Yugi, follow us! The filthy orcsy things are gonna get you otherwise!' Merry shouted at him more loudly than he intended.
Yugi shook his head, and continued running.
'He's leaving, is my guess correct?' Bakura turned to his hikari.
Ryou nodded. 'We'd best distract those ugly, monstrous, grotesque, vulg--'
'Yes, hikari. We get the idea.'
The four leapt into the view of the Uruk-hai, flailing their arms.
'Hey, you! Ugly thing with rat-tails for hair!' Bakura yelled.
'Want some tea?' yelled Ryou. Bakura sweatdropped.
Pippin blew a raspberry, and the orcs came running.
Mariku: Oooh, you left a cliffhanger, thems going ta hate you for that one, Padme.
Padme: They probably have figured out what happens, if they're smart enough. >>;
Seto: Calculator....
Padme: Idiot. Seto, there's one in my schoolbag. Off you go.
Seto: Wheeee! Calculator! -speeds off-
Mariku: Read & Review! ;D