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Kakashi was not looking forward to meeting the Lady of Lothlorien. On their way into the elven stronghold, Team Minato was given a crash course on elves and the recent events of Middle Earth. Kakashi listened with growing disbelief about a ring that turned its owners invisible and gradually corrupted their minds. He couldn't resist scanning the chakra of a dark-haired hobbit named Frodo. As Hoshi had predicted, he sensed a high concentration of black, malignant chakra around a ring near his chest. When Hoshi told them about Sauron, the master of the Ring, Kakashi did his best not to crack up. This ''dark lord" sounded like a Hyuuga that had accidently sealed part of its brain into a forehead protector (A real life incident that occurred before Konoha was founded.)! But what sobered him up was Hoshi's depressed declaration.
"I hope that our arrival did not shift events so much that hope is lost," he said with a small tremor in his voice. "We could be of use but we cannot take away any glory that these people deserve. I would also like to exist in the future, too."
Nods and encouraging gestures were shared throughout the team. The lead elf, ("His name is Haldir," Kakashi remembered) cast a suspicious glare back at them. When he turned around Hoshi spat a sebon past his head. Haldir whipped around, his hand on a long knife. Minato-sensei cuffed Hoshi on his pointed ears and hissed the threat of hour-long meditation.
Kakashi sighed. They didn't need Hoshi's personal vendettas to get in the way at the moment. Rin broke the tension between the group with a question.
"What is Galadrier-sama like?" she asked.
Hoshi was silent, with a pensive look on his face.
"Lady Galadriel is like...A Yamanaka!" he responded, sounding pleased with his answer.
"Why is she like a Yamanaka?" she asked warily.
Hoshi grinned. "She has blonde hair, blue eyes and can look into your mind," he answered.
"What do you mean 'looks into our mind'?" screeched Obito in outraged shock. Several elves and most of the Fellowship looked in the Uchiha's direction.
"Scream any louder and you'll raise the dead," Kakashi grumbled. He was also not thrilled about the prospect of having his mind invaded by someone who isn't even human. Sensei was silent, but the look on his face suggested that he would resort to jutsu if he needed to remove her from his thoughts.
"She also owns a mirror, and it is said that it can predict the future and show the seeker events occurring around them that they might not know about." Hoshi casually mentioned. But the oddball of Team Minato ceased to hold their attention as the Fellowship plus five entered the elven city of Caras Galadhon.
"A golden wood indeed," murmured Rin. Obito appeared to have been struck dumb. Even Hoshi looked a bit impressed.
"This is a village hidden among leaves," he muttered.
Kakashi looked up beside him to see Minato-sensei looking around in awe. Kakashi couldn't help but feel at peace. He was in a beautiful forest surrounded by peaceful "people". He had absolutely nothing to worry about.
Aragorn had been observing the group of strangers for quite some time. They still hadn't revealed anything crucial about themselves on their way to Caras Galadhon. Although it seemed that the other children had also gained an understanding of Westron. What was also curious was Hoshi's apparent dislike of Haldir. When he asked the elf about the boy, Haldir replied:
"Never before have I seen him. I do not know what I did to offend him."
As if on cue, a sharp, needle-like object cut through the air, barely missing the marchwarden's pointed ear. It took a lot to upset the elf but the child was really pushing it. The two looked on as Hoshi was boxed in the ears by Minato and something was whispered into them. Aragorn found the yellow-haired teacher's warning to be a bit too violent. However, it seemed to ease Haldir that the boy's abuse would not go unpunished. When the Fellowship plus five reached the base of the mallorn tree that housed the talan of Galadriel and Celeborn, four of the five strangers looked at the stair-case as if had given them personal insult. They did climb the stairs, but half-way up, Obito jumped off the stair-case to climb up the mallorn. But Haldir and the other elves protested so vehemently that the child reluctantly returned the stairs.
"Tree so tall, yes?" he said to Sam when he returned.
"I would say so," the hobbit responded cautiously.
"Trees just as tall at home. More fat, much dark. We like climbing them, fast path. No one find you," he prattled on cheerfully in broken Westron. Aragorn was surprised with the amount of energy that the black-haired child had. Legolas was drawn in by Obito's mention of trees.
"Do you talk with the trees?" he asked, curious.
Obito laughed. "No Uchiha tree talk, but Senju tree grow! Shodai Hokage make forest, no talk. Too silly, tree no talk!"
The broken Westron and the sheer amount of alien names made Aragorn's head swim. Poor Legolas looked just as confused. The Prince of Mirkwood turned to Hoshi to clear up his confusion.
"What are ''Uchiha", "Senju", and who is "Shodai Hokage"?" he asked.
Hoshi screwed up his face in concentration. When he spoke, he did so hesitantly.
"The Uchiha and Senju are loosely tied together families who founded the place we call home. Shodai Hokage translates as 'First Fire shadow'. It refers to the first ruler of our home, who was from the Senju clan. Apparently, he could create living trees,"
Hoshi looked back at his teacher, who gave him a nod and a smile. Legolas looked stunned and Aragorn was also second guessing his hearing.
"A person who could grow trees wherever and whenever he wished," he thought. "Even elves don't have that kind of skill." Aragorn found himself promising to find out everything about the strangers as the Fellowship (plus five) reached the talan of Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn. He was suddenly anticipating the five's reaction the Lady of Light's abilities. The ranger could only hope that they would be good.