Disclaimer: This is annoying. I don't like to say I'm a hobo. Sigh. But
it's the sad truth.
(That, by the way, means that I don't own anything.)
So on with the story.
I'm listening to the Neon Genesis Evanglion opening, HeeHee. it makes me hyper. (Just to warn you for what might come).
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(I'm going to try to make my paragraphs easier to read).
"It has already been decided that Frodo Baggins is to be accompanied by Aragorn son of Arathorn, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Gandalf the Grey, and three other hobbits."
Lord Elrond eyed them carefully, sizing their strength. Finally, he seemed to come to a decision.
"You must all prepare for your trip, train in combat and learn to wield a sword. You must now rest, tomorrow, your training will begin." He said.
The same elf that had led them to the room was now waiting at the door to lead to their chambers.
"This way." He said.
He led them past more rooms and corridors. Then he finally stopped beside a door, opened it and told them that they were allowed to go anywhere, so long as they don't disturb anyone. With that he was gone.
They stood there for a moment in a thoughtful silence, which was broken rather rudely by Hiei.
"I don't know about you, but I have better things to do than to stand in the hallway like a baka."
With that, he entered the room.
After a few seconds, he was followed by Kurama. Then the others went in too. They were all surprised to find that it was not a room but a mini corridor with chambers on either side. So they each picked a chamber and went inside.
Later that evening, they all met in Kurama's room.
"So do we help or what?" Asked Yusuke.
"It seems that we have no choice." Said Kurama "The book is probably not going to let us out until we have done what it pulled us in for."
Hiei, who was sitting on the carved windowsill (and rather liked it better than the ones in the human world, though he would not admit it,) spoke up.
"What exactly did he mean by telling us that we need to train."
It was more of a comment than a question, but Kurama answered it anyway.
"They don't know if we can fight or not. I'm sure that it will be cleared up tomorrow."
Since there was nothing more to say, they all went to their own rooms and went to sleep (It was very late).
The next morning, the elf that had taken them to their rooms (His name was Glorfindel) came to take them to breakfast.
"This stuff is good!" Said Yusuke while stuffing himself with elvish sweetbread, fruit and milk. Hiei eyed the food distrustfully and didn't touch it. Kurama had a bite or two, but just to taste. While Kuwabara and Keiko ate their fill.
"It's very good." Said Keiko. "I read that elvish food was very good, but it's even better than I imagined."
Kuwabara was silent, trying to stuff as much as possible into his mouth.
Lord Elrond joined them at the table.
"Hiei, why are you not eating? Is the food not to your liking?" He asked.
Hiei just glared and did the usual "Hn," thingy.
"Would you like something else."? Asked Lord Elrond confused.
"No. He just doesn't eat much." Said Kurama quickly. He didn't want to offend the elves.
When they were done eating, Lord Elrond led them to a grassy meadow not far from Rivendell.
"You will all train here." He said. "Today I will watch you to see how you fight."
Two elves stepped out of the trees. Yusuke recognised Glorfindel, the other's name, Lord Elrond told them, was Haldir of Lothlorein.
"Let's begin." Said Haldir. "You first he said to Hiei."
Hiei looked ready to kill him on the spot.
"I don't need to train." He said, rather rudely.
"You talk rather big, for one so small," Joked Haldir. "Then at least show us your skills."
Hiei stepped forward.
"Let's start with swords." Said Haldir.
He threw an elvish broadsword at Hiei.
Hiei caught it and threw it back, his katana already in his hand.
"I already have a sword." He said.
The elf was surprised. Where does one so short hide a sword so big, he wondered. Maybe he is stronger than he looks, I must not let down my guard.
"Let's begin." He said, "You may attack whenever you are ready, as will I."
The elf stood posed for a minute.
Hn, Hiei thought, he underestimates me, like most people do. I will make him sorry that he ever thought to test my strength.
The elf attacked, with his blade raised. Hiei did not even blink. In fact, he didn't even seem to move. The elf struck, he hadn't meant to but, Hiei was no longer there. He looked around. He almost jumped when Hiei spoke up from behind him.
"You'll have to be a lot faster than that to touch me." He said.
"You certainly are fast, but can you actually fight?" The elf asked.
This was not very good on Hiei's temper.
"Very well." He said, rather softly.
Again the elf prepared himself and attacked. But this time, his elvish sword clashed into Hiei's Katana. The elf pushed on his sword with both hands, sure that he was going to overpower Hiei. He put all the strength in him into it. But Hiei's arm, nor his Katana would budge. The elf stood for a few seconds, dazed.
But Hiei didn't waste any time. He was angry at the elf for looking down on him. He took his sword and was about to cut the elf in half (with amazing speed too), when out of nowhere, a vine wrapped itself around his sword, stopping him from moving it, and without a doubt, saving the elf.
"That's enough Hiei." Said Kurama's soft voice. "I hope that you weren't planning to kill him."
Hiei looked ready to attack Kurama for not letting him kill the elf.
"Hn." He said.
All this time, the elves were staring at them, awestruck.
"Hiei is in no need of training." Said Lord Elrond. "He seems perfectly capable of taking care of himself. Kurama, I thank you very much for stopping him, however you did that" (Kurama had put the vines back where he had taken them from before the elves could react, so they didn't quite get what he did).
"Kurama, you will be next." Said Haldir.
Kurama sighed. When will they get that we can take care of ourselves. He thought. He stepped into the middle of the meadow, to face Haldir.
"The same goes to you, that went for the other." He said.
He was about to through Kurama a blade, but Kurama put a hand up to stop him.
"I won't be needing it." He said.
"Very well, let's begin." Said Haldir.
Again, he stood poised. This one, though he was taller, he seemed much weaker than the short one. But yet, he had saved him, and Hiei had not attacked him. Haldir had a feeling that Kurama might just be stronger than Hiei. (And he was right ^_^ * sorry to all Hiei fans*).
Kurama stood, looking at the ground (at least he appeared to be). So Haldir attacked as he had Hiei. As he approached Kurama, a wall of grass grew right out of the ground, all the way around him, blocking him off. But it was just grass, right? He kept running, but crashed right into the wall. He fell to the ground and the wall returned to it's original state: grass. Kurama looked up at him.
"I'm sorry, I guess that might have been a bit unfair." He chuckled softly.
Haldir looked at Kurama, bewildered.
"You can control plants?"
"It sure looks like it." Said Yusuke rudely.
"Hurry up will you. We want to have a go at this too ya know." Said Kuwabara.
Haldir stood up.
"Let's try again." He said.
He raised his sword again and surveilled Kurama.
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I'm going to cut Kurama's "fight" in half, just because I feel like being mean.
Reviews are somewhat discouraging, but what the heck.
I'll put the next chapter up as soon as I can.
See ya
Botan-chan ^_^
P.S. That was a pretty long chappie!
(That, by the way, means that I don't own anything.)
So on with the story.
I'm listening to the Neon Genesis Evanglion opening, HeeHee. it makes me hyper. (Just to warn you for what might come).
* * * * *
(I'm going to try to make my paragraphs easier to read).
"It has already been decided that Frodo Baggins is to be accompanied by Aragorn son of Arathorn, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Gandalf the Grey, and three other hobbits."
Lord Elrond eyed them carefully, sizing their strength. Finally, he seemed to come to a decision.
"You must all prepare for your trip, train in combat and learn to wield a sword. You must now rest, tomorrow, your training will begin." He said.
The same elf that had led them to the room was now waiting at the door to lead to their chambers.
"This way." He said.
He led them past more rooms and corridors. Then he finally stopped beside a door, opened it and told them that they were allowed to go anywhere, so long as they don't disturb anyone. With that he was gone.
They stood there for a moment in a thoughtful silence, which was broken rather rudely by Hiei.
"I don't know about you, but I have better things to do than to stand in the hallway like a baka."
With that, he entered the room.
After a few seconds, he was followed by Kurama. Then the others went in too. They were all surprised to find that it was not a room but a mini corridor with chambers on either side. So they each picked a chamber and went inside.
Later that evening, they all met in Kurama's room.
"So do we help or what?" Asked Yusuke.
"It seems that we have no choice." Said Kurama "The book is probably not going to let us out until we have done what it pulled us in for."
Hiei, who was sitting on the carved windowsill (and rather liked it better than the ones in the human world, though he would not admit it,) spoke up.
"What exactly did he mean by telling us that we need to train."
It was more of a comment than a question, but Kurama answered it anyway.
"They don't know if we can fight or not. I'm sure that it will be cleared up tomorrow."
Since there was nothing more to say, they all went to their own rooms and went to sleep (It was very late).
The next morning, the elf that had taken them to their rooms (His name was Glorfindel) came to take them to breakfast.
"This stuff is good!" Said Yusuke while stuffing himself with elvish sweetbread, fruit and milk. Hiei eyed the food distrustfully and didn't touch it. Kurama had a bite or two, but just to taste. While Kuwabara and Keiko ate their fill.
"It's very good." Said Keiko. "I read that elvish food was very good, but it's even better than I imagined."
Kuwabara was silent, trying to stuff as much as possible into his mouth.
Lord Elrond joined them at the table.
"Hiei, why are you not eating? Is the food not to your liking?" He asked.
Hiei just glared and did the usual "Hn," thingy.
"Would you like something else."? Asked Lord Elrond confused.
"No. He just doesn't eat much." Said Kurama quickly. He didn't want to offend the elves.
When they were done eating, Lord Elrond led them to a grassy meadow not far from Rivendell.
"You will all train here." He said. "Today I will watch you to see how you fight."
Two elves stepped out of the trees. Yusuke recognised Glorfindel, the other's name, Lord Elrond told them, was Haldir of Lothlorein.
"Let's begin." Said Haldir. "You first he said to Hiei."
Hiei looked ready to kill him on the spot.
"I don't need to train." He said, rather rudely.
"You talk rather big, for one so small," Joked Haldir. "Then at least show us your skills."
Hiei stepped forward.
"Let's start with swords." Said Haldir.
He threw an elvish broadsword at Hiei.
Hiei caught it and threw it back, his katana already in his hand.
"I already have a sword." He said.
The elf was surprised. Where does one so short hide a sword so big, he wondered. Maybe he is stronger than he looks, I must not let down my guard.
"Let's begin." He said, "You may attack whenever you are ready, as will I."
The elf stood posed for a minute.
Hn, Hiei thought, he underestimates me, like most people do. I will make him sorry that he ever thought to test my strength.
The elf attacked, with his blade raised. Hiei did not even blink. In fact, he didn't even seem to move. The elf struck, he hadn't meant to but, Hiei was no longer there. He looked around. He almost jumped when Hiei spoke up from behind him.
"You'll have to be a lot faster than that to touch me." He said.
"You certainly are fast, but can you actually fight?" The elf asked.
This was not very good on Hiei's temper.
"Very well." He said, rather softly.
Again the elf prepared himself and attacked. But this time, his elvish sword clashed into Hiei's Katana. The elf pushed on his sword with both hands, sure that he was going to overpower Hiei. He put all the strength in him into it. But Hiei's arm, nor his Katana would budge. The elf stood for a few seconds, dazed.
But Hiei didn't waste any time. He was angry at the elf for looking down on him. He took his sword and was about to cut the elf in half (with amazing speed too), when out of nowhere, a vine wrapped itself around his sword, stopping him from moving it, and without a doubt, saving the elf.
"That's enough Hiei." Said Kurama's soft voice. "I hope that you weren't planning to kill him."
Hiei looked ready to attack Kurama for not letting him kill the elf.
"Hn." He said.
All this time, the elves were staring at them, awestruck.
"Hiei is in no need of training." Said Lord Elrond. "He seems perfectly capable of taking care of himself. Kurama, I thank you very much for stopping him, however you did that" (Kurama had put the vines back where he had taken them from before the elves could react, so they didn't quite get what he did).
"Kurama, you will be next." Said Haldir.
Kurama sighed. When will they get that we can take care of ourselves. He thought. He stepped into the middle of the meadow, to face Haldir.
"The same goes to you, that went for the other." He said.
He was about to through Kurama a blade, but Kurama put a hand up to stop him.
"I won't be needing it." He said.
"Very well, let's begin." Said Haldir.
Again, he stood poised. This one, though he was taller, he seemed much weaker than the short one. But yet, he had saved him, and Hiei had not attacked him. Haldir had a feeling that Kurama might just be stronger than Hiei. (And he was right ^_^ * sorry to all Hiei fans*).
Kurama stood, looking at the ground (at least he appeared to be). So Haldir attacked as he had Hiei. As he approached Kurama, a wall of grass grew right out of the ground, all the way around him, blocking him off. But it was just grass, right? He kept running, but crashed right into the wall. He fell to the ground and the wall returned to it's original state: grass. Kurama looked up at him.
"I'm sorry, I guess that might have been a bit unfair." He chuckled softly.
Haldir looked at Kurama, bewildered.
"You can control plants?"
"It sure looks like it." Said Yusuke rudely.
"Hurry up will you. We want to have a go at this too ya know." Said Kuwabara.
Haldir stood up.
"Let's try again." He said.
He raised his sword again and surveilled Kurama.
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I'm going to cut Kurama's "fight" in half, just because I feel like being mean.
Reviews are somewhat discouraging, but what the heck.
I'll put the next chapter up as soon as I can.
See ya
Botan-chan ^_^
P.S. That was a pretty long chappie!