Thank you for reviewing all of you. And, sorry to all of you fan girls, but Akira and Haldir's relationship is going to be one of angst, drama, and romance. And in some of the later chapter's are going to stretch with the rating. Remember, it's PG-13 for a reason.
Haldir- And you didn't think to maybe drop by and say ,"Oh hey Hal, by the way, your gonna have some scenes with my OC that are gonna be rated for content instead of just violence and language"?
Well...no...
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Haldir let another arrow fly. The teenage girl watched it hit the target gracefully. No fair. The elf turned to her, a self-satisfied smile briefly flickering across his features.
"See?" he questioned as he walked towards her. "It is not so difficult. You try."
Akira held the wooden bow in her grasp. It was not as intricate as Haldir's, but in her opinion it was still beautiful. That seemed to be the only word she could use to describe Lothlorien. She positioned it in the way Rumil had taught her. Though it was Haldir who suggested, technically dragged Akira to archery lessons, he had been taking the position of a partial observer. He had said that learning to use the bow would be an excellent way to regain her strength. She was not going to recover from lying in bed all day listening to that foul music. Akira scowled and let go of the string.
"Crap," she said softly at the arrow fell much less then a foot in front of her. A sigh escaped from Haldir as she attempted to shoot more arrows. Each try she seemed to get worse, if possible. Orophin and Rumil gave Haldir reassuring glances. She tried a few more times. Haldir rubbed his temples. No one, not even somewhat injured human women weren't *this* awful. "I suck," she declared. She walked over to Rumil and leaned her bow against a column. "Bad."
Orophin raised an eyebrow. "Suck?" The teenager nodded. Haldir was not aware of what this meant, but he could not argue with her. She was very bad.
"Maybe the bow and arrow is not your strong point. Perhaps you should try the knives, or sword," Rumil suggested. Orophin nodded in agreement with his brother. Akira frowned and looked down at the offending bow.
"I'm not going to give this up just because I don't get it on the first try," she said suddenly after long moment of silence. Haldir raised his gaze and watched her push herself away from the wall and grab her bow once again. "It'd be just like piano. Or karate. Or ballet." Holding the bow, a look of stone determination crossed her face. The march warden watched with curiosity as she let it soar.
It went a whole foot in front of her before falling to the ground. After an entire hour of practice, Haldir announce the end of the first lesson. He had not expected her to pick up the bow and amaze them all with her talents, but he knew human *children* who had been able to shoot arrows farther then her. Perhaps if he had thought about it, he would have found it somewhat amusing, but all he could think of was what he could do to help Akira recover her strength. It was after all what he had been assigned to do.
~~~
Several arguments and archery lessons later, it was agreed by both Haldir and Akira that archery was most definitely not her strong point. As Rumil had put it, she was a danger to those around her. Haldir had of course pointed out that was only if they were within three feet of her. Akira retorting that at that particular moment it was the march warden himself.
Orophin had suggested the sword. It seemed to be another alternative, seeing as her hand eye coordination was at a complete zero, as Akira had said. Haldir took the all to familiar path to her talan. They were going to have their first sparring lesson that day. When he entered Akira was sitting down, listening to that appliance once again. Clearing his throat the march warden tried to make his presence known. Akira did not seem to hear him. Already frustrated the elfin captain neared her and tapped her on the shoulder. She jumped up quickly and threw her headphones down. "Eep!" she shrieked when she saw Haldir. "W-what are you doing?" the teenager asked somewhat shaky with her surprise.
"I told you that I would be calling on you early for your sparring lesson," he replied in a mono-tone voice. He realized quickly that Akira had changed her apparel. She was dressed in a black tank-top, a silver and white picture of a large city. It was even shorter then her last shirt, revealing not only the strange metal on her naval, but a few inches of skin above that. Her pants were loose green cargo pants. "What are you wearing?"
"Clothes," she answered nonchalantly. "Tank-top and cargos," the teenager elaborated. He raised an eyebrow.
"Get changed," he said.
Her eyes widened a bit in anger. "What?"
"I will not have you walking around in, that," he said.
She clenched her fists and leaned a bit closer to him. "What's wrong with this? It's not like I'm walking around naked," she said. Haldir's blue eyes drifted from her own pupil's down to the strange thing on her naval.
Without even thinking, he brushed his fingertips lightly against the cold metal. "And this," he said softly lifting his eyes to meet her own. "I wish for you to remove it."
Akira stepped back an inch away from the march warden. He did not just touch her, did he? "It's a belly-button ring," she replied her voice almost as smooth as Haldir's. "And I'm not taking it out. I like it. Besides, it's not like it's my only piercing." Both eyebrows were raised at this. Momentarily forgetting the young woman's clothing, or in the captain's opinion lack there of, he questioned this piercing. Akira stuck her tongue out at him. A shocked look flickered across his face as he saw a silver stud, which appeared to be attached to her tongue. "Tongue ring," she answered his silent question.
The march warden shook his head disapprovingly. "You should not have such piercing's as you call them showing. It is not proper for a lady to show so much."
Rolling her eyes Akira answered, "Who ever said I was a lady? And at least I'm not showing my tat's."
His brow furrowed in confusion. "T-a-t-s?"
"Tattoo's. It's like, a picture, embedded on their skin."
"And you have one of these...ta-tt-oo's?" The young woman smiled a bit as he sounded out the strange word. Haldir noticed a small flush appearing on her cheeks. She nodded. "I...uh...I won't show you that." The soft pink color on her cheeks deepened under the captain's intense and curious gaze. Thankfully, Rumil appeared in the doorway.
The elf cleared his throat, gaining the attention of the other two. "Am I...interupting?" he asked seeing the blush on Akira's face. She shook her head no and brushed passed Haldir.
"No," the march warden said quickly.
"What is taking so long?" Rumil questioned.
The march warden sighed, narrowing his eyes at the young woman a moment before replying. "I am waiting for Akira to dress."
Rumil glanced briefly at Akira, hardly as long or as intense as Haldir's. "She appears dressed to me," Rumil stated.
"I am the one who is in charge of her," the captain announced. "And as I said, it is not proper for such a young woman to be showing so much. I bid you to change."
Of all the pig headed elf's she had ever met, Haldir was the worst. Although when she thought about it she really had only met a hand full of elves. The captain walked to his brother whom was still standing in the doorway. "I will come back, I expect you to be wearing clothes."
Rumil glanced at Akira, who was radiating anger, and followed his brother.
"I do not think that she liked being told to change, Haldir. Besides, it is not all that bad. I am sure that in her home land that that kind of apparel is acceptable. I do not think you should have..." He trailed off as the march warden glared at him. The two headed towards the training yards.
~~~
When Ruali entered Akira's talan, the young woman was still fuming. Upon seeing the elfin woman the teenager stood up. "Is there anything wrong with this outfit? I don't think there's anything wrong with this outfit? Stupid damn tree hugger," she cursed at top speed.
Unsure of what to answer, Ruali smiled and nodded. "It is very lovely," she said.
Letting out a frustrated sigh Akira laid down on her mat and starred up into the sky. "Can I take a bath?"
The elfin woman blinked. "You wish to bath now? I just saw Haldir, and he said that he was expecting you to be at the training yards soon."
"I'll only take half an hour, at the most," the teenager replied through clenched teeth. "I just need to get cleaned off."
Nodding, Ruali agreed. "I will fetch you some bathing water."
Akira let out another sigh. Maybe taking a bath would help her relax. And she needed it. Haldir was supposed to help her recover. Since when did that make him fashion police?
~~~
"Stop glaring at me like that," Haldir said. "I did nothing wrong. You saw what she was wearing. It left practically nothing to the imagination. Would you have let her walk around bearing her bare stomach?"
Orophin and Rumil shook their heads. "It is not your decision as to what she wears, brother," Orophin said.
"It almost seems as if you are...jealous," Rumil said a smug smile on his face. Haldir swiftly turned. Still clutching his bow he walked to his brother.
"Of what?" he questioned.
Rumil shrugged his shoulders. "I do not know. But it almost seems as if the idea of someone seeing her angers you."
Orophin cocked an eyebrow. "Is this true?"
Aqua eyes narrowed at the other two elves. Letting out calm breaths Haldir resisted slapping them both on their head. "Of course not," he ground out.
"Well then if it is not you should apologize to Akira and simply teach her how to spar. Heaven knows she will need all the practice she can possibly get," Orophin commented.
"Apologize? I did nothing wrong."
Rumil sighed, and looked at his brother empathetically. "You truly understand nothing of women, do you Haldir? It does not matter what has happened, but the woman is always right. Just apologize. Trust me, it shall make all the difference."
"And why should I take your advice? If I am not mistaken, Lady Lathline is not even aware of your existence. Even if I know nothing of women, you know much less."
Orophin rolled his eyes. The two brother's were impossible. "Haldir," he said gaining the two other elves attentions. "If not apologize, at least admit it is not your place to say what garments she wears."
Haldir sighed. Since when did his brother's make actual sense? The more he thought about it, the more he realized that maybe he was wrong. Of course he would not ever admit such a thing. "Fine," he sighed at length. "If only to start this lesson."
He then stalked off to find Akira.
~~~
"Where is she?" he questioned.
Ruali smiled a bit ruefully. "She should be in her talan," she said. It had been close to an hour. Surely Akira was finished bathing by now. Haldir had seen Ruali near the yards. The elven woman had been surprised that the young teenager was not yet at the yards.
Haldir nodded and headed towards her room once again. But he was not going to apologize. Or even it admit that he had wronged. Only to get these lessons started.
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Please read and review this chapter, it is greatly appreciated. I am going to try and update as often as I can, but with report card's coming out soon, I really have to try and raise my grades up. Which means I'll be having loads of math and reading. I'm trying to work on chapter's at school and stuff, so hopefully I won't get to far behind. Hope you like this chapter!
Haldir- And you didn't think to maybe drop by and say ,"Oh hey Hal, by the way, your gonna have some scenes with my OC that are gonna be rated for content instead of just violence and language"?
Well...no...
~~~
Haldir let another arrow fly. The teenage girl watched it hit the target gracefully. No fair. The elf turned to her, a self-satisfied smile briefly flickering across his features.
"See?" he questioned as he walked towards her. "It is not so difficult. You try."
Akira held the wooden bow in her grasp. It was not as intricate as Haldir's, but in her opinion it was still beautiful. That seemed to be the only word she could use to describe Lothlorien. She positioned it in the way Rumil had taught her. Though it was Haldir who suggested, technically dragged Akira to archery lessons, he had been taking the position of a partial observer. He had said that learning to use the bow would be an excellent way to regain her strength. She was not going to recover from lying in bed all day listening to that foul music. Akira scowled and let go of the string.
"Crap," she said softly at the arrow fell much less then a foot in front of her. A sigh escaped from Haldir as she attempted to shoot more arrows. Each try she seemed to get worse, if possible. Orophin and Rumil gave Haldir reassuring glances. She tried a few more times. Haldir rubbed his temples. No one, not even somewhat injured human women weren't *this* awful. "I suck," she declared. She walked over to Rumil and leaned her bow against a column. "Bad."
Orophin raised an eyebrow. "Suck?" The teenager nodded. Haldir was not aware of what this meant, but he could not argue with her. She was very bad.
"Maybe the bow and arrow is not your strong point. Perhaps you should try the knives, or sword," Rumil suggested. Orophin nodded in agreement with his brother. Akira frowned and looked down at the offending bow.
"I'm not going to give this up just because I don't get it on the first try," she said suddenly after long moment of silence. Haldir raised his gaze and watched her push herself away from the wall and grab her bow once again. "It'd be just like piano. Or karate. Or ballet." Holding the bow, a look of stone determination crossed her face. The march warden watched with curiosity as she let it soar.
It went a whole foot in front of her before falling to the ground. After an entire hour of practice, Haldir announce the end of the first lesson. He had not expected her to pick up the bow and amaze them all with her talents, but he knew human *children* who had been able to shoot arrows farther then her. Perhaps if he had thought about it, he would have found it somewhat amusing, but all he could think of was what he could do to help Akira recover her strength. It was after all what he had been assigned to do.
~~~
Several arguments and archery lessons later, it was agreed by both Haldir and Akira that archery was most definitely not her strong point. As Rumil had put it, she was a danger to those around her. Haldir had of course pointed out that was only if they were within three feet of her. Akira retorting that at that particular moment it was the march warden himself.
Orophin had suggested the sword. It seemed to be another alternative, seeing as her hand eye coordination was at a complete zero, as Akira had said. Haldir took the all to familiar path to her talan. They were going to have their first sparring lesson that day. When he entered Akira was sitting down, listening to that appliance once again. Clearing his throat the march warden tried to make his presence known. Akira did not seem to hear him. Already frustrated the elfin captain neared her and tapped her on the shoulder. She jumped up quickly and threw her headphones down. "Eep!" she shrieked when she saw Haldir. "W-what are you doing?" the teenager asked somewhat shaky with her surprise.
"I told you that I would be calling on you early for your sparring lesson," he replied in a mono-tone voice. He realized quickly that Akira had changed her apparel. She was dressed in a black tank-top, a silver and white picture of a large city. It was even shorter then her last shirt, revealing not only the strange metal on her naval, but a few inches of skin above that. Her pants were loose green cargo pants. "What are you wearing?"
"Clothes," she answered nonchalantly. "Tank-top and cargos," the teenager elaborated. He raised an eyebrow.
"Get changed," he said.
Her eyes widened a bit in anger. "What?"
"I will not have you walking around in, that," he said.
She clenched her fists and leaned a bit closer to him. "What's wrong with this? It's not like I'm walking around naked," she said. Haldir's blue eyes drifted from her own pupil's down to the strange thing on her naval.
Without even thinking, he brushed his fingertips lightly against the cold metal. "And this," he said softly lifting his eyes to meet her own. "I wish for you to remove it."
Akira stepped back an inch away from the march warden. He did not just touch her, did he? "It's a belly-button ring," she replied her voice almost as smooth as Haldir's. "And I'm not taking it out. I like it. Besides, it's not like it's my only piercing." Both eyebrows were raised at this. Momentarily forgetting the young woman's clothing, or in the captain's opinion lack there of, he questioned this piercing. Akira stuck her tongue out at him. A shocked look flickered across his face as he saw a silver stud, which appeared to be attached to her tongue. "Tongue ring," she answered his silent question.
The march warden shook his head disapprovingly. "You should not have such piercing's as you call them showing. It is not proper for a lady to show so much."
Rolling her eyes Akira answered, "Who ever said I was a lady? And at least I'm not showing my tat's."
His brow furrowed in confusion. "T-a-t-s?"
"Tattoo's. It's like, a picture, embedded on their skin."
"And you have one of these...ta-tt-oo's?" The young woman smiled a bit as he sounded out the strange word. Haldir noticed a small flush appearing on her cheeks. She nodded. "I...uh...I won't show you that." The soft pink color on her cheeks deepened under the captain's intense and curious gaze. Thankfully, Rumil appeared in the doorway.
The elf cleared his throat, gaining the attention of the other two. "Am I...interupting?" he asked seeing the blush on Akira's face. She shook her head no and brushed passed Haldir.
"No," the march warden said quickly.
"What is taking so long?" Rumil questioned.
The march warden sighed, narrowing his eyes at the young woman a moment before replying. "I am waiting for Akira to dress."
Rumil glanced briefly at Akira, hardly as long or as intense as Haldir's. "She appears dressed to me," Rumil stated.
"I am the one who is in charge of her," the captain announced. "And as I said, it is not proper for such a young woman to be showing so much. I bid you to change."
Of all the pig headed elf's she had ever met, Haldir was the worst. Although when she thought about it she really had only met a hand full of elves. The captain walked to his brother whom was still standing in the doorway. "I will come back, I expect you to be wearing clothes."
Rumil glanced at Akira, who was radiating anger, and followed his brother.
"I do not think that she liked being told to change, Haldir. Besides, it is not all that bad. I am sure that in her home land that that kind of apparel is acceptable. I do not think you should have..." He trailed off as the march warden glared at him. The two headed towards the training yards.
~~~
When Ruali entered Akira's talan, the young woman was still fuming. Upon seeing the elfin woman the teenager stood up. "Is there anything wrong with this outfit? I don't think there's anything wrong with this outfit? Stupid damn tree hugger," she cursed at top speed.
Unsure of what to answer, Ruali smiled and nodded. "It is very lovely," she said.
Letting out a frustrated sigh Akira laid down on her mat and starred up into the sky. "Can I take a bath?"
The elfin woman blinked. "You wish to bath now? I just saw Haldir, and he said that he was expecting you to be at the training yards soon."
"I'll only take half an hour, at the most," the teenager replied through clenched teeth. "I just need to get cleaned off."
Nodding, Ruali agreed. "I will fetch you some bathing water."
Akira let out another sigh. Maybe taking a bath would help her relax. And she needed it. Haldir was supposed to help her recover. Since when did that make him fashion police?
~~~
"Stop glaring at me like that," Haldir said. "I did nothing wrong. You saw what she was wearing. It left practically nothing to the imagination. Would you have let her walk around bearing her bare stomach?"
Orophin and Rumil shook their heads. "It is not your decision as to what she wears, brother," Orophin said.
"It almost seems as if you are...jealous," Rumil said a smug smile on his face. Haldir swiftly turned. Still clutching his bow he walked to his brother.
"Of what?" he questioned.
Rumil shrugged his shoulders. "I do not know. But it almost seems as if the idea of someone seeing her angers you."
Orophin cocked an eyebrow. "Is this true?"
Aqua eyes narrowed at the other two elves. Letting out calm breaths Haldir resisted slapping them both on their head. "Of course not," he ground out.
"Well then if it is not you should apologize to Akira and simply teach her how to spar. Heaven knows she will need all the practice she can possibly get," Orophin commented.
"Apologize? I did nothing wrong."
Rumil sighed, and looked at his brother empathetically. "You truly understand nothing of women, do you Haldir? It does not matter what has happened, but the woman is always right. Just apologize. Trust me, it shall make all the difference."
"And why should I take your advice? If I am not mistaken, Lady Lathline is not even aware of your existence. Even if I know nothing of women, you know much less."
Orophin rolled his eyes. The two brother's were impossible. "Haldir," he said gaining the two other elves attentions. "If not apologize, at least admit it is not your place to say what garments she wears."
Haldir sighed. Since when did his brother's make actual sense? The more he thought about it, the more he realized that maybe he was wrong. Of course he would not ever admit such a thing. "Fine," he sighed at length. "If only to start this lesson."
He then stalked off to find Akira.
~~~
"Where is she?" he questioned.
Ruali smiled a bit ruefully. "She should be in her talan," she said. It had been close to an hour. Surely Akira was finished bathing by now. Haldir had seen Ruali near the yards. The elven woman had been surprised that the young teenager was not yet at the yards.
Haldir nodded and headed towards her room once again. But he was not going to apologize. Or even it admit that he had wronged. Only to get these lessons started.
~~~
Please read and review this chapter, it is greatly appreciated. I am going to try and update as often as I can, but with report card's coming out soon, I really have to try and raise my grades up. Which means I'll be having loads of math and reading. I'm trying to work on chapter's at school and stuff, so hopefully I won't get to far behind. Hope you like this chapter!