First chapter finally up! Sorry for the wait. Here you go!
Chapter 1: Separated"Yugi, it has been a while. Do you think our yamis are alright?" asked Ryou, rubbing his arm in nervousness and stabbing various parts of the shore with a sharp stick.
"I don't know. But I can't sense him anymore. I have a bad feeling about this." whispered Yugi drawing his knees closer to his chest. The sound of padding footsteps silenced the two teens. Footprints began appearing on the bank.
"Who's there?" asked Ryou.
The footsteps stopped. Suddenly Frodo appeared, filling in the once empty footprints. "Ryou, Yugi, what are you doing here? I thought you would be with your spirit friends." asked Frodo hurriedly thrusting something in his breast pocket.
"Everyone went to look for you? But anyway, how did you turn invisible like that?" asked Yugi. Ryou nodded staring at the hobbit in awe. Frodo shifted uncomfortably and looked away.
"I'd rather keep that business to myself right now. Sorry Yugi, Ryou." murmured Frodo, looking away from the two.
"Master Frodo! Master Frodo!" came Sam's voice as the stout hobbit came crashing out of the brush.
"Sam!" exclaimed Frodo in the utmost surprise. Well it seemed that his plan to go to Mordor alone was in ruins. But . . . Sam, Yugi and Ryou. They had to stay, there was no telling what could happen to them in Mordor. They were but mere children, and Sam was not much more than his gardener, and best friend. He couldn't risk their health.
"Master Frodo?" came Sam, looking at Frodo concernedly.
"Sam, I do not ask for you to come to Mordor with me. I wish to go alone." said Frodo as he turned and headed for the boats, as he passed Yugi and Ryou he said, "I thought you two had been captured. As I came on my way to camp, the Orcs were carrying what looked like the two of you. But apparently I was wrong. I think . . . no, I know it was your spirit friends Yami and Bakura."
"What?!" asked Yugi and Ryou.
"I don't know what they want with your friends, but I . . ." before Frodo could finish his sentence, Yugi and Ryou had taken off back into the forest shouting their yamis' names.
"I wish the two of you luck." whispered Frodo.
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"Run! Merry! Pippin! RUN!" shouted Boromir as he narrowly dodged a swing from an Uruk's sword and plunged his own sword in turn in the thing's gut. The two hobbits stood riveted to the spot in shock and fear. He gave a growl of annoyance as an Uruk tried to capture the two again.
* Why were they after the two hobbits? * thought Boromir quickly decapitating the Uruk's head, ignoring the spray of black blood that spurted out of incision and onto his clothing and skin. No matter, he would protect them with his very life if he had to. Over the course of the journey, he had grown very fond of these two. They brightened up the days with their antics and their child-like innocence and inquisitiveness only served to make them ever easier to like.
Boromir cut down another Uruk. Another one suddenly loomed above him. It was too late to make a move now. The crude sword slashed downwards towards his body but never hit. All that sounded was a resounding clang! Boromir watched in amazement as a rather good-sized rock crashed into the Uruk's skull causing it to give a scream of pain and topple over in a boneless heap. He looked over to Merry and Pippin and saw Pippin smile and give him a thumbs-up. Another rock was tossed up and down in his hand waiting for another target. Boromir grinned and lifted the Horn of Gondor to his lips. He blew three loud blasts before he had to let the horn drop back onto his chest to parry a slice from yet another Uruk.
Suddenly a searing pain spread across his chest. A look of horror appeared on the hobbits' faces. Borormir stumbled backwards as he clutched the large arrow-shaft protruding from under his collarbone, all went silent, even the Uruk-hai were surprised. * No! I will not let an arrow prevent me from protecting these two. I have to save them. I already failed the Ringbearer with my weakness for the Ring. I will not fail these little ones! * thought Boromir hefting his sword and shield tighter in his hands. With a grim look on his face he charged back towards the amounting number of Uruk-hai.
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Shadi grimaced as he fell to his knees. The black . . . demons around him roared with laughter as their enemy seemed to run out of his deadly energy. Sweat ran down his forehead and his body began aching again. If he had to use anymore of his spells, there would be no telling what might happen.
Iron-shod feet crunched towards him and Shadi waited for the inevitable, when they stopped. "Hurry Yugi! We have to get to our yamis!" shouted Ryou's voice.
"No!" rasped Shadi. The two boys appeared in the small clearing, obviously not expecting to find the Guardian of the Sennen Items and those demons, "Get out of here!" cried Shadi, but all that came out was a dry croak.
"Get the halfling! Kill the other!" shouted the demons pointing at Yugi, momentarily forgetting about Shadi, "Get the halfling!"
"Yugi! Come on! Run!" shouted Ryou. But it was too late. The demons had the two boys surrounded.
Summoning up the rest of his energy. Shadi muttered a spell under his breath and released it. Ryou and Yugi disappeared the demons gave outraged roars of surprise. As they turned back towards him, the world began to spin and he was unconscious before he hit the ground.
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"What have you got there Grimbuch?" growled Ugluk eyeing the other Uruk-hai's prisoners warily. The two beings were out cold, rather unlike the two halfling prisoners that they had captured.
"Yami! Bakura! You let them go!" shouted the youngest of the halflings.
With an annoyed growl Ugluk turned on him and dealt the small being a heavy slap, "That should shut you up you maggot."
Grimbuch sneered at his prisoners, "We've got the two Lord Saruman wants as his own . . . weapons. I don't see how they can do much better than us though." spat the Uruk-hai disgustedly.
"Let's go! We'll have no more trouble. I am the leader now. We go to Isenguard! To Saruman!" yelled Ugluk.
"To Saruman!" chorused the rest of the Uruk-hai.
Pippin looked at Merry who's head was rolling limply at every movement the Uruk-hai carrying him moved, Yami and Bakura were tied securely and being carried much like they were and still out cold. * This doesn't look too good. * thought Pippin as the Uruks began running south.
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"Where are we?" asked Yugi standing up and dusting himself off. The heat was blistering hot and the sun shown brightly above.
"Isn't it February?" asked Ryou shielding his eyes from the sun as he stood up.
"What do we have here?" asked an amused voice. Yugi and Ryou turned to see speaker but they were plunged into blackness before they could even see anything.
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"Min! Slow down! I can't keep up!" whined Joshlin, the little boy scrambled into another alley after his brother, "Mum said we shouldn't run through the city!"
"Oh come on Josh, we'll be back before you know it. Race you back home." smirked Min as he took off. Joshlin rushed to catch up, but almost crashed into his brother who had froze.
"What is the matter?" asked Joshlin.
"That." replied Min pointing to the cause of the stop. Joshlin could only stare open mouthed at the figure lying on the cobblestone, alley street of Minas Tirith.
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Ankhkare twitched and struggled to get up. His side was throbbing in pain but he felt pinned down by something. He twisted his head to see what he was under and his eyes widened in surprise to see Senui sprawled across him. A thin rivulet of blood trickled down from a gash on the judge's temple.
Carefully Ankhkare eased himself out from under the fellow spirit and focused his healing powers on Senui. The best he could do right now was close the wound. But a dark bruise would remain.
He looked around to get his bearings. They were still in the forest and at the bottom of a leafy ravine, but the sun had nearly set, leaving them in the waning light. "Senui, Senui, can you get up?" whispered Ankhkare. * Where were the rest of the fellowship? * But he got no response but the sound of steady breathing. * Might as well let him rest and wait for Aragorn and the others to find us. * thought Ankhkare wrapping Senui's cloak closer around the man's body. The chill of the night had already set in.
Now all they had to do was wait. And be found. * I hope. *
* * * to be continued * * *
Replies to reviews:
Indigo Tantarain: Heh, sorry. Yeah, I'll try to update sooner. Gomen! Heh, you're right about the not-getting-*much* better part.
Nightlight5: * gapes * You're not supposed to know happens? How could you? JK ^-^. Well, I have to say your guess is close, but yet . . . a little off. I love your long reviews. They're so funny!
MysticDreamer673: Whoa! I remember staying up the whole night reading fanfiction before. That was soo cool! Okay * clears throat * I'm glad you like this ficcy. When I first started it, I didn't think anyone would like it. Guess I was wrong.
MollyJean: Ohhh! THAT fan. I kinda based Senui's fan on the one that blasted fire. Yeah, the Journey to the West IS a good story. Have you heard the Chinese one of transilated?
Ryou Bakura Obsessor: Thank you! Wrong halves? * thinks, shrugs * Dunno.
Marvelus: Here first chappy! I hope you liked it!
Amber of Heart: It's okay! No need to fret! I'll keep on writing don't worry. * muse clobbers FP * Ouch! What was that for? Just because I got a really long writers block once doesn't mean it'll happen again!
Alaena Flamestar Dragon: Hehehe! You're right! About the darts working on them. Let's just say for the sake of this ficcy, that they have solid bodies. Yah know, the creative license? Gomen for making that mistake.
rogue souls: Glad to see you again! I'll continue asap promise!
silmarillion the anonymous bunny: What did your first line mean? I do not know much elvish. WAIT! * Grabs elvish dictionary * Ahhh. Hannon-le, silalye. I'll try to update soon!
So what do you all think for the first chapter? Everyone has been . . . separated? Do you think I should kill off Boromir?
Anyone see the Extended Edition of the Two Towers yet? It's AWESOME! Whohoo!
Ciao people!-Fire Pendant