WARNINGS : Trowa and Quatre are now officially not in this story anymore. I
just had about no clue of what to do with them, so, following Trowa's
advise, they are going to stay safe into their world to take care of the
Colonies. They'll maybe make small appearances but only to show stuff
that'll happen on the other side. 1x2 pairings. It's only hints for now but
it'll grow, I swear!
I'm really sorry, I kind of got mixed here. Lord of the Rings gets out around mid-December. November 18th is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Gomen! So, for those who were hoping to understand something after seeing it, I've got an offer for you. If the need arises, I'll write a chapter to explain everything about Rohan, Fangorn and all. It would be too long to explain before every chapter. Tell me about it in your review!
Results of the mini contest: Nobody got it right! 0.0
CHAPTER 5:
Duo ran like crazy in the middle of a creepy forest, trying to escape the growing cold in his heart. His vision blurred little by little as his limbs began to paralyse one after the other to finally come to a stop. He fell to his knees as a cold fear took a hold of him and he trembled helplessly. Suddenly, hot rain came pouring down, awakening his limbs with a prickling sensation. He thought he might go crazy because of the itching they caused but it quickly died away, leaving only an empty space in his tired soul. The boy curled in a ball against one of the trees and sighted. He was feeling extremely sleepy and was about to let himself go into sweet oblivion when something warm and heavy flew on his shoulder. He looked at a fairly big bird with feathers streaked in brown and red and intense cold blue eyes. It stroke his beak against the frightened boy's cheek and started humming a song in his low and warm voice. Duo let himself be lulled to sleep by that wonderful melody, a smile on his now peaceful face.
The bird stopped signing after some time but didn't move from his perch until he was sure Duo would be alright. Then, he stretched his wings and flew away into the starless sky until he completely disappeared.
*******
Duo woke up with a grunt and slowly opened his eyes to look around where he was lying. He was in a room brightly lit because of the opened window which allowed the sunrays to pour in. The walls were made of white marble and a touch of tranquility flowed in the air.
It took some time before Duo realised that someone was beside him and actually doing something to him. The man noticed the boy for the first time and a big smile crossed his face.
" Master Maxwell! Finally you awake. You have slept for a almost a whole day! We were starting to be worried for your life."
Duo looked down and saw that the man was redoing his bandage. He pushed himself away from him, not too confident.
" Please try to calm down. If you keep moving like this even the best doctor isn't going to be able to heal you." Said the man.
The American let himself be tended and detailed the man to try and see if he matched one of Sam's description of people. Finally, he came upon a match.
" You are Lord Aragorn aren't you?" he said carefully.
" Yes indeed. I am the one who took care of you since Legolas brought you here. You were very lucky." The King said after being finished and rinsing his hands in bowl full of water.
" So. This means I'm in Rivendel." Duo replied more to himself.
Aragorn nodded and went for the door but turned just before leaving.
" Someone will bring food for you soon enough. Why don't you use that moment to change? Your clothes are in a very despicable condition." He added, leaving.
" Wait!" the boy called after his retreating back. " Is there a boy around here called HeeroYuy?"
Aragorn turned his head and smiled.
" Yes there his. He hardly left your side when you were sleeping, not even to eat. A very good friend you have there."
Duo nodded his acknowledgment.
" Thank you your Highness."
" Please, no formalities." Aragorn said finally and definitively left.
The braided boy crawled out of bed and found a small pile of old fashioned clothing on a chair. He sighted in resignation but put them on anyway, his being completely torn to pieces. His holster had survived the trip so he put it on under his new clothes with his gun. Then, he looked at himself in a big mirror and groaned. His hair were a big mess and would take hours to untangle. Duo took the brush that laid beside the water basin was about to start when a soft knock was heard on the door.
" Yeah, come in."
To the American's huge surprise, it was Heero who came in, holding a plater with fresh food on it. It took some time before Duo recovered from the shock of seeing the Perfect Soldier play the room maiden but when he did, the first thing that came out of his mouth was laughter. He walked to the now furiously red Japanese boy and took the plate from him.
" Well, what do you know. Heero the almighty block of ice coming to bring me food. That's a premiere."
" Shut up and eat." Replied coldly Heero, obviously really embarrassed.
Duo laughed and sat on the corner of the bed to eat. When he was finished, he dumped the platter beside him and look at the other boy seriously.
" So, what happened to me?"
The Japanese boy gestured him to go outside and told him all the happenings, of course forgetting the small detail that he had watched his sleep until he might fall unconscious from the lack of rest and food.
*********
Faramir, king of Rohan, looked at the boy with incredulous eyes. He was fifteen at most, yet he had a great sense of power and maturity around himself. He was also very polite, more than normal at his age. Even with all that, what surprised Faramir the most was his looks. His pitch black hair and eyes were a complete mystery to him. Never in his entire had he seen such features. The King recomposed himself and looked more intensively at the boy kneeling before him.
" Chang Wufei, is that right?" he said at last.
" Yes." Replied simply Wufei.
" So. What has brought you in Rohan, the city of the most well-bred horses?" demanded Faramir.
" I wish to have a horse." Answered Wufei in a monotonous tone.
" You know that we do not simply give our magnificent bests to anyone who ask for one. Why do you want one?" asked the King next.
Wufei hesitated a second before answering. He wasn't sure how to answer correctly without arousing the King's suspicion.
" Two of my friends are lost somewhere on this land and I wish to find them as soon as possible." He said finally.
Faramir didn't answer quickly to that but stopped to think.
" Are you sure? If they were lost in Rohan, someone would have brought them here for sure."
Wufei groaned internally. The matter was getting very touchy. He had to be very careful or otherwise, he would find himself imprisoned.
" I do not know where they are. They are maybe someplace else, I have no clue." Replied the Chinese boy.
Faramir sighted.
" You are asking a lot boy. I cannot be sure of your sincerity with the small amount of information you gave me. Where do you come from?
//Dammit!// cursed Wufei. What was he supposed to say now?
" I come from a very far land in search for my friends." He answered.
" Is that so? Well, I cannot make any judgments yet. The matter is too complicated. You will have to stay in Rohan until I decide on what to do with you." Ended Faramir, plainly stating that Wufei had to leave.
The boy did just that. He was fuming with rage about the previous events. // They will not keep me imprisoned here. At nightfall, I must have escaped.// He looked down at the sword dangling on his waist and smiled. The fools hadn't taken his katana.
*******
" Hey Al, it's your turn."
" Yeah, I know."
" Then get your butt over here!"
" Shut up! I think there's something outside."
" Come on, probably just an animal."
" Yeah maybe."
The man had no sooner turned his back to the door that he fell on the floor, dead. The other gatekeeper jumped from the table where they were playing cards and watched the silhouette outside the door. Rain was pouring and he couldn't see his features. There was suddenly a flash of lightening that illuminated the boy's face.
" A boy?" he barely had time to say before having to evade a nasty slash of a sword.
The man took his own blade out and prepared for battle. They exchanged a few strikes before Wufei saw an opening and slit the man's throat. Not wasting a second, he ran to the other exit and was out of the city onto the plains. He saw that a few horses were still grazing and ran to get one. Fortunately for him that he had learned how to ride a horse, even bareback because he had barely kicked the animal into a run that soldiers were running after him, shooting arrows. The third gatekeeper who had been out to check if everything was alright had come back to the cabin to find his two comrades dead and had warned the King.
Wufei pushed the beast faster but instead of accelerating, it fell on the ground, an arrow stuck in his hindquarters.
//SHIT!//
The Chinese boy looked around, frantic. The only thing he saw were plains and the far outline of Fangorn. Not thinking about what he was doing, he ran in that direction hoping to enter the forest. It was completely impossible since they rode horses and he was on foot. Yet he didn't stop. If they ever came upon him, he would have to face them and try to win in a sword fight.
The boy was running in a tight passage between two hills, so blinded by the rain that he didn't see until the last minute a horse come right at him from the side. He fell backwards in the mud, the wind knocked out of his lungs. When he managed to catch his breath, he saw that the horse was looking at him with amused eyes. An idea flashed in his head. He got to his feet and jumped on the beast so fast that the animal himself stayed shocked for some time. Then, without warning, the horse leaped forward and ran so fast that Wufei had to clutch at the animal's neck to prevent himself from falling.
******
" My King, I have dreadful news. The boy escaped." Said a knight, kneeling in front of Faramir.
" How could you let him go? What happened?" he asked, furious.
" We were upon him when suddenly, a horse appeared and he escaped on it. It ran too fast for us." Replied the knight.
Faramir paled. He thought he understood but still wanted to be sure.
" Did you recognize what horse?"
" Yes my Lord. It was Shadowfax."
The King banged his wrist against his throne in frustration. He'd been trying to tame the damn animal but there he was, gone with the kid. How had he managed to tame him that fast? Only Gandalf had succeeded.
*****
" So, if we mix up everything, it comes to one basic thing. We're lost in another world and we don't know how to go back. Great." Resumed Duo who was lying on the grass of a small slope.
Heero said nothing. He was sitting too but had his arms crossed over his chest and had his eyes closed shut in a pensive position. Duo sighted when he saw that the Japanese wouldn't say anything and got up again.
" I'm going to talk with Legolas. He'll know what's happening around here."
The Perfect Soldier looked up and raised a questioning eyebrow.
" Well, I think that this place, Middle Earth, may be in trouble. I've heard gossip in the Shire about 'Easterman'. I think the guy who attacked me was one of them. Maybe they're in a war of something. That would explain why they're keeping us here."
" Hn." Deadpanned Heero, going back in 'thinking mode'.
Duo shrugged and walked down the slope, asking whoever he saw if they new where Legolas was. Finally, he found him in a small clearing in the woods, signing softly. The elf stopped and turned to look at the boy. A smile spread across his face.
" Duo! I am glad to see you on your feet. Aragorn told me you had awoken this morning."
" I was going to talk to you about that. Do you know who that guy that attacked me was?" asked Duo, his voice full of hard authority.
Legolas stayed silent.
" I need to know what the hell his going on here! What'll I look like if we're attack?" he shouted, his voice raising dangerously.
" You will not be attacked as long as you stay here." Replied casually the elf.
" But I want to go back! I don't want to stay here. Tell me what's going on!" he shouted savagely.
Legolas sighted and his blue eyes poured into Duo's violet ones. Finally, he spoke.
" The man who attacked you was an Easterman. They come from the East cost of Middle Earth in large numbers and settle in the ruins of Mordor. We do not know their motives, but they are trying to invade our land. I simply ignore why they took interest in you, I swear."
Although the answer was short, it was all Duo wanted to hear.
" So that's what it is. Don't know why you insisted on keeping it secret. I can prepare myself now."
The elf raised a questioning eyebrow.
" I have a favour to ask you." The braided boy said, grinning.
*******
Crazy thoughts raced in Heero's head. What had taken him? Never would he have felt that protective towards someone. Was protective the right word? It was something different but he couldn't yet put a name on it. He had been worried to a point like never before and that he had actually watched over Duo's sleep was abnormal coming from the Perfect Soldier. Yet, he just couldn't have left him without being reassured of his condition. A part of him he had forgotten existed had taken control over the soldier. Seeing Duo in a critical state had awaken something inside him. Now, the mere sight of silhouette filled him with an unknown feeling. What was wrong with him? His instincts had been forced back and the need to protect the braided boy had taken over. The Japanese boy just didn't understand.
Because he was concentrating so hard to understand, Heero let his guard down and cursed under his breath when he felt cold steel pressed against his neck.
" What do we have here? A soldier being caught off guards?" said a mocking voice the boy knew very well.
Duo barely evaded the vicious punch Heero threw at him and stepped back laughing, playing with a knife. The other boy raised on his feet and before the braided one could react, caught his wrist and lowered his sleeve to reveal a sort of thick leather wrist band holding a couple of small but lethal knives.
" Where did you get those?" asked the Perfect Soldier curiously.
Duo told him all that Legolas had said and his request at being armed. Since his gun wouldn't last forever in this old-fashioned world and that he knew nothing of swordsmanship, knives had been his best choice.
" It still doesn't explain why you insisted on having them. We aren't supposed to be attacked here." Replied coldly Heero.
Duo snorted.
" What's wrong with you? You aren't acting normal you know? I thought you would have had the idea way before me! Don't count on me for staying here. As soon as I have the chance, I'm outta here. I want to go back to our world. I already have enough of one war to take care of. I'm not getting mingled in this one." Answered the braided boy.
Heero said nothing but nodded. That's when he noticed that the knife Duo had been playing with had disappeared. The problem was that the leather wrist was already full so the only explanation was that Duo had other knives hidden on him. Heero preferred not to know how many and where.
The days passed without any chance for the two to escape. Duo was always practising with his knives while Heero constantly circled the valley in search of a way out without using the stairs.
Finally, they got their chance. They were discussing together when a lot of noise was heard. They ran to the stairs to see what happened and found it already occupied by a small company of man clad in battered armour. They had obviously been in a battle and had nearly escaped it. The two boys saw the guards show them the way to Elrond's House and leave the stairs totally unguarded. Without thinking twice, they ran up the stairs and onto the path.
*****
Aragorn looked at the tired captain of the small company with troubled eyes.
" What's wrong? What happened to you?" he asked quickly.
" Eastermen. They ambused us and we nearly managed to escape them. They never come this close to the border, never. They must be after something, or somebody."
Something flashed through Aragorn's head and he berated himself for not seeing it. He called to one of the servants to go and bring Legolas to him.
" Your Highness," panted the boy who had been running like wild to find the elf " he has left to go and find the two foreign boys. They seem to have disappeared."
This time, the King wanted to destroy something. Everything had gone like they wished. The boys were probably spies and the attack had been a diversion to get them out. Why hadn't he seen that through their innocent mask? He immediately send knights to go after them. They couldn't afford to let them escape!
******
The two boys finally got out of the forest. They had decided to go to the Shire so Duo lead the way. Suddenly, they were surrounded by about twenty armed men on horses.
" The rats finally came out of their hole. Bad move, you should have stayed in it." Said one man, obviously the captain. " Get them boys but remember, the boss wants them alive!"
The knights barely had time to advance that four fell down, arrows stuck in their back. About ten elves came out, fighting for the same thing. The boys thought of using the moment to flee but two of the Easterman came behind them and smacked them over the head. One boy across each saddle, they took off without helping their comrades who were quickly being eliminated by the elves.
The elves had won but lost what they wanted.
******** The End
********
There you go for the next chapter! Have nothing to say really. Read and Review! Remember to tell me about what you think of what I wrote at the start!
Tips on Lord of the Rings: Rohan is a city southern to the Shire were they breed the best horses ever. Shadowfax is one of the best. Normally, it chose who he allowed to ride him but after Gandalf took him, he became wild and wouldn't let anyone ride.
Mordor is, of course, the city where Sauron used to dwell but when he was defeated, it became a pile of ruins surrounded by mountains.
I'm really sorry, I kind of got mixed here. Lord of the Rings gets out around mid-December. November 18th is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Gomen! So, for those who were hoping to understand something after seeing it, I've got an offer for you. If the need arises, I'll write a chapter to explain everything about Rohan, Fangorn and all. It would be too long to explain before every chapter. Tell me about it in your review!
Results of the mini contest: Nobody got it right! 0.0
CHAPTER 5:
Duo ran like crazy in the middle of a creepy forest, trying to escape the growing cold in his heart. His vision blurred little by little as his limbs began to paralyse one after the other to finally come to a stop. He fell to his knees as a cold fear took a hold of him and he trembled helplessly. Suddenly, hot rain came pouring down, awakening his limbs with a prickling sensation. He thought he might go crazy because of the itching they caused but it quickly died away, leaving only an empty space in his tired soul. The boy curled in a ball against one of the trees and sighted. He was feeling extremely sleepy and was about to let himself go into sweet oblivion when something warm and heavy flew on his shoulder. He looked at a fairly big bird with feathers streaked in brown and red and intense cold blue eyes. It stroke his beak against the frightened boy's cheek and started humming a song in his low and warm voice. Duo let himself be lulled to sleep by that wonderful melody, a smile on his now peaceful face.
The bird stopped signing after some time but didn't move from his perch until he was sure Duo would be alright. Then, he stretched his wings and flew away into the starless sky until he completely disappeared.
*******
Duo woke up with a grunt and slowly opened his eyes to look around where he was lying. He was in a room brightly lit because of the opened window which allowed the sunrays to pour in. The walls were made of white marble and a touch of tranquility flowed in the air.
It took some time before Duo realised that someone was beside him and actually doing something to him. The man noticed the boy for the first time and a big smile crossed his face.
" Master Maxwell! Finally you awake. You have slept for a almost a whole day! We were starting to be worried for your life."
Duo looked down and saw that the man was redoing his bandage. He pushed himself away from him, not too confident.
" Please try to calm down. If you keep moving like this even the best doctor isn't going to be able to heal you." Said the man.
The American let himself be tended and detailed the man to try and see if he matched one of Sam's description of people. Finally, he came upon a match.
" You are Lord Aragorn aren't you?" he said carefully.
" Yes indeed. I am the one who took care of you since Legolas brought you here. You were very lucky." The King said after being finished and rinsing his hands in bowl full of water.
" So. This means I'm in Rivendel." Duo replied more to himself.
Aragorn nodded and went for the door but turned just before leaving.
" Someone will bring food for you soon enough. Why don't you use that moment to change? Your clothes are in a very despicable condition." He added, leaving.
" Wait!" the boy called after his retreating back. " Is there a boy around here called HeeroYuy?"
Aragorn turned his head and smiled.
" Yes there his. He hardly left your side when you were sleeping, not even to eat. A very good friend you have there."
Duo nodded his acknowledgment.
" Thank you your Highness."
" Please, no formalities." Aragorn said finally and definitively left.
The braided boy crawled out of bed and found a small pile of old fashioned clothing on a chair. He sighted in resignation but put them on anyway, his being completely torn to pieces. His holster had survived the trip so he put it on under his new clothes with his gun. Then, he looked at himself in a big mirror and groaned. His hair were a big mess and would take hours to untangle. Duo took the brush that laid beside the water basin was about to start when a soft knock was heard on the door.
" Yeah, come in."
To the American's huge surprise, it was Heero who came in, holding a plater with fresh food on it. It took some time before Duo recovered from the shock of seeing the Perfect Soldier play the room maiden but when he did, the first thing that came out of his mouth was laughter. He walked to the now furiously red Japanese boy and took the plate from him.
" Well, what do you know. Heero the almighty block of ice coming to bring me food. That's a premiere."
" Shut up and eat." Replied coldly Heero, obviously really embarrassed.
Duo laughed and sat on the corner of the bed to eat. When he was finished, he dumped the platter beside him and look at the other boy seriously.
" So, what happened to me?"
The Japanese boy gestured him to go outside and told him all the happenings, of course forgetting the small detail that he had watched his sleep until he might fall unconscious from the lack of rest and food.
*********
Faramir, king of Rohan, looked at the boy with incredulous eyes. He was fifteen at most, yet he had a great sense of power and maturity around himself. He was also very polite, more than normal at his age. Even with all that, what surprised Faramir the most was his looks. His pitch black hair and eyes were a complete mystery to him. Never in his entire had he seen such features. The King recomposed himself and looked more intensively at the boy kneeling before him.
" Chang Wufei, is that right?" he said at last.
" Yes." Replied simply Wufei.
" So. What has brought you in Rohan, the city of the most well-bred horses?" demanded Faramir.
" I wish to have a horse." Answered Wufei in a monotonous tone.
" You know that we do not simply give our magnificent bests to anyone who ask for one. Why do you want one?" asked the King next.
Wufei hesitated a second before answering. He wasn't sure how to answer correctly without arousing the King's suspicion.
" Two of my friends are lost somewhere on this land and I wish to find them as soon as possible." He said finally.
Faramir didn't answer quickly to that but stopped to think.
" Are you sure? If they were lost in Rohan, someone would have brought them here for sure."
Wufei groaned internally. The matter was getting very touchy. He had to be very careful or otherwise, he would find himself imprisoned.
" I do not know where they are. They are maybe someplace else, I have no clue." Replied the Chinese boy.
Faramir sighted.
" You are asking a lot boy. I cannot be sure of your sincerity with the small amount of information you gave me. Where do you come from?
//Dammit!// cursed Wufei. What was he supposed to say now?
" I come from a very far land in search for my friends." He answered.
" Is that so? Well, I cannot make any judgments yet. The matter is too complicated. You will have to stay in Rohan until I decide on what to do with you." Ended Faramir, plainly stating that Wufei had to leave.
The boy did just that. He was fuming with rage about the previous events. // They will not keep me imprisoned here. At nightfall, I must have escaped.// He looked down at the sword dangling on his waist and smiled. The fools hadn't taken his katana.
*******
" Hey Al, it's your turn."
" Yeah, I know."
" Then get your butt over here!"
" Shut up! I think there's something outside."
" Come on, probably just an animal."
" Yeah maybe."
The man had no sooner turned his back to the door that he fell on the floor, dead. The other gatekeeper jumped from the table where they were playing cards and watched the silhouette outside the door. Rain was pouring and he couldn't see his features. There was suddenly a flash of lightening that illuminated the boy's face.
" A boy?" he barely had time to say before having to evade a nasty slash of a sword.
The man took his own blade out and prepared for battle. They exchanged a few strikes before Wufei saw an opening and slit the man's throat. Not wasting a second, he ran to the other exit and was out of the city onto the plains. He saw that a few horses were still grazing and ran to get one. Fortunately for him that he had learned how to ride a horse, even bareback because he had barely kicked the animal into a run that soldiers were running after him, shooting arrows. The third gatekeeper who had been out to check if everything was alright had come back to the cabin to find his two comrades dead and had warned the King.
Wufei pushed the beast faster but instead of accelerating, it fell on the ground, an arrow stuck in his hindquarters.
//SHIT!//
The Chinese boy looked around, frantic. The only thing he saw were plains and the far outline of Fangorn. Not thinking about what he was doing, he ran in that direction hoping to enter the forest. It was completely impossible since they rode horses and he was on foot. Yet he didn't stop. If they ever came upon him, he would have to face them and try to win in a sword fight.
The boy was running in a tight passage between two hills, so blinded by the rain that he didn't see until the last minute a horse come right at him from the side. He fell backwards in the mud, the wind knocked out of his lungs. When he managed to catch his breath, he saw that the horse was looking at him with amused eyes. An idea flashed in his head. He got to his feet and jumped on the beast so fast that the animal himself stayed shocked for some time. Then, without warning, the horse leaped forward and ran so fast that Wufei had to clutch at the animal's neck to prevent himself from falling.
******
" My King, I have dreadful news. The boy escaped." Said a knight, kneeling in front of Faramir.
" How could you let him go? What happened?" he asked, furious.
" We were upon him when suddenly, a horse appeared and he escaped on it. It ran too fast for us." Replied the knight.
Faramir paled. He thought he understood but still wanted to be sure.
" Did you recognize what horse?"
" Yes my Lord. It was Shadowfax."
The King banged his wrist against his throne in frustration. He'd been trying to tame the damn animal but there he was, gone with the kid. How had he managed to tame him that fast? Only Gandalf had succeeded.
*****
" So, if we mix up everything, it comes to one basic thing. We're lost in another world and we don't know how to go back. Great." Resumed Duo who was lying on the grass of a small slope.
Heero said nothing. He was sitting too but had his arms crossed over his chest and had his eyes closed shut in a pensive position. Duo sighted when he saw that the Japanese wouldn't say anything and got up again.
" I'm going to talk with Legolas. He'll know what's happening around here."
The Perfect Soldier looked up and raised a questioning eyebrow.
" Well, I think that this place, Middle Earth, may be in trouble. I've heard gossip in the Shire about 'Easterman'. I think the guy who attacked me was one of them. Maybe they're in a war of something. That would explain why they're keeping us here."
" Hn." Deadpanned Heero, going back in 'thinking mode'.
Duo shrugged and walked down the slope, asking whoever he saw if they new where Legolas was. Finally, he found him in a small clearing in the woods, signing softly. The elf stopped and turned to look at the boy. A smile spread across his face.
" Duo! I am glad to see you on your feet. Aragorn told me you had awoken this morning."
" I was going to talk to you about that. Do you know who that guy that attacked me was?" asked Duo, his voice full of hard authority.
Legolas stayed silent.
" I need to know what the hell his going on here! What'll I look like if we're attack?" he shouted, his voice raising dangerously.
" You will not be attacked as long as you stay here." Replied casually the elf.
" But I want to go back! I don't want to stay here. Tell me what's going on!" he shouted savagely.
Legolas sighted and his blue eyes poured into Duo's violet ones. Finally, he spoke.
" The man who attacked you was an Easterman. They come from the East cost of Middle Earth in large numbers and settle in the ruins of Mordor. We do not know their motives, but they are trying to invade our land. I simply ignore why they took interest in you, I swear."
Although the answer was short, it was all Duo wanted to hear.
" So that's what it is. Don't know why you insisted on keeping it secret. I can prepare myself now."
The elf raised a questioning eyebrow.
" I have a favour to ask you." The braided boy said, grinning.
*******
Crazy thoughts raced in Heero's head. What had taken him? Never would he have felt that protective towards someone. Was protective the right word? It was something different but he couldn't yet put a name on it. He had been worried to a point like never before and that he had actually watched over Duo's sleep was abnormal coming from the Perfect Soldier. Yet, he just couldn't have left him without being reassured of his condition. A part of him he had forgotten existed had taken control over the soldier. Seeing Duo in a critical state had awaken something inside him. Now, the mere sight of silhouette filled him with an unknown feeling. What was wrong with him? His instincts had been forced back and the need to protect the braided boy had taken over. The Japanese boy just didn't understand.
Because he was concentrating so hard to understand, Heero let his guard down and cursed under his breath when he felt cold steel pressed against his neck.
" What do we have here? A soldier being caught off guards?" said a mocking voice the boy knew very well.
Duo barely evaded the vicious punch Heero threw at him and stepped back laughing, playing with a knife. The other boy raised on his feet and before the braided one could react, caught his wrist and lowered his sleeve to reveal a sort of thick leather wrist band holding a couple of small but lethal knives.
" Where did you get those?" asked the Perfect Soldier curiously.
Duo told him all that Legolas had said and his request at being armed. Since his gun wouldn't last forever in this old-fashioned world and that he knew nothing of swordsmanship, knives had been his best choice.
" It still doesn't explain why you insisted on having them. We aren't supposed to be attacked here." Replied coldly Heero.
Duo snorted.
" What's wrong with you? You aren't acting normal you know? I thought you would have had the idea way before me! Don't count on me for staying here. As soon as I have the chance, I'm outta here. I want to go back to our world. I already have enough of one war to take care of. I'm not getting mingled in this one." Answered the braided boy.
Heero said nothing but nodded. That's when he noticed that the knife Duo had been playing with had disappeared. The problem was that the leather wrist was already full so the only explanation was that Duo had other knives hidden on him. Heero preferred not to know how many and where.
The days passed without any chance for the two to escape. Duo was always practising with his knives while Heero constantly circled the valley in search of a way out without using the stairs.
Finally, they got their chance. They were discussing together when a lot of noise was heard. They ran to the stairs to see what happened and found it already occupied by a small company of man clad in battered armour. They had obviously been in a battle and had nearly escaped it. The two boys saw the guards show them the way to Elrond's House and leave the stairs totally unguarded. Without thinking twice, they ran up the stairs and onto the path.
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Aragorn looked at the tired captain of the small company with troubled eyes.
" What's wrong? What happened to you?" he asked quickly.
" Eastermen. They ambused us and we nearly managed to escape them. They never come this close to the border, never. They must be after something, or somebody."
Something flashed through Aragorn's head and he berated himself for not seeing it. He called to one of the servants to go and bring Legolas to him.
" Your Highness," panted the boy who had been running like wild to find the elf " he has left to go and find the two foreign boys. They seem to have disappeared."
This time, the King wanted to destroy something. Everything had gone like they wished. The boys were probably spies and the attack had been a diversion to get them out. Why hadn't he seen that through their innocent mask? He immediately send knights to go after them. They couldn't afford to let them escape!
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The two boys finally got out of the forest. They had decided to go to the Shire so Duo lead the way. Suddenly, they were surrounded by about twenty armed men on horses.
" The rats finally came out of their hole. Bad move, you should have stayed in it." Said one man, obviously the captain. " Get them boys but remember, the boss wants them alive!"
The knights barely had time to advance that four fell down, arrows stuck in their back. About ten elves came out, fighting for the same thing. The boys thought of using the moment to flee but two of the Easterman came behind them and smacked them over the head. One boy across each saddle, they took off without helping their comrades who were quickly being eliminated by the elves.
The elves had won but lost what they wanted.
******** The End
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There you go for the next chapter! Have nothing to say really. Read and Review! Remember to tell me about what you think of what I wrote at the start!
Tips on Lord of the Rings: Rohan is a city southern to the Shire were they breed the best horses ever. Shadowfax is one of the best. Normally, it chose who he allowed to ride him but after Gandalf took him, he became wild and wouldn't let anyone ride.
Mordor is, of course, the city where Sauron used to dwell but when he was defeated, it became a pile of ruins surrounded by mountains.