Disclaimer:The Lord Of The Rings Series will be and always forever will belong to J.R.R. Tolkein's. Gundam Seed belongs to Sunrise & Bandai

At night in the Orban colony lands a natural man was chopping wood outside his home when his pet dog alerted him as it barked at strangers approaching all nine of them in black robes. The dog soon backed off and ran inside the house whining and scared. The red eyes of one of the black robed man glared at the natural person who was now afraid as he asked two simple words.

"Heliopolis. Yamato."

"There's no Yamato's here!" said the natural man nervously and afraid. "Heliopolis is that way" the hooded man yelled to the nine other black hooded riders rode off the directions the natural man pointed while he ran backed inside the house and closed the door. Back in Heliopolis Kira and his friends were celebrating in a pub about the announcement of Kira being the new heir of Yamato End. With cups in hand both Kira and Kuzzey began signing.

"Hey ho, to the bottle I go!
To heal my heart and drown my woe.
Rain may fall and wind may blow.
But there still be -
many miles to go!

Sweet is the sound of the pouring rain,and the stream that falls from hill to plain.
Better than rain or rippling brook..."
"Is a cup of ale inside this Bushkirk!" everyone laugh as Kuzzey finished the song off gulping a big chug into his mouth. At another table Sai & Tolle were engage into the discussion of two old men.

"There's been some strange folk crossing the orban colonial lands. Some Elsman clan members and others of a less than savory nature." Tolle was having a shocked gaze as he heard the old mans rumour.

"War is brewing. The mountains are fair teeming with demons." The other old man tells both boys and he continues to expound on his theme of doom to the others. Sai , opposite, pushes up his glasses and looks at Juri for a few seconds behind the bar as she gives him a huge smile while her two co- workers/friends Asagi Caldwell & Mayura Labatt looked on with hearts in there eyes. While trying to stay busy

"Far-off tales and children's stories, that's all that is. You're beginning to sound like that old Ulen Yamato. Cracked, he was."

"Yep and young Kira, here, he's cracking!"

"And proud of it! Cheers boys!" Kira says as he comes over with five cups full of beer and all four occupants who said cheers to him after they receive them.

"Well, it's none of our concern what goes on beyond our borders. Keep your nose out of trouble, and no trouble will come to you." the old man says. Kira smiley agrees and raised his cup.

Tolle was about to sip when a shout of a girl in the front door interrupted him."There you are Tolle!"and to Tolle surprised. It was Milly.

"You said you were going to meet me at the hills now I see you scoffing drinks with your friends."

"I could explain all this!" panic Tolle; trying his best excuse to say to his girlfriend but what he got was few good hits and getting dragged by the collar into the front door with everyone laughing at him in his expense. Later that night everyone left the pub Sai was carrying a drunken Kuzzey by his shoulders. Juri, Mayura and Asagi greeted everyone out.

"Goodnight, sweet maiden of the Golden brew!" said A drunken louse who walked out bending down in one knee which Sai saw and didn't like. "Mind who you're sweet talking." he said in a whisper

"Don't worry, Sai, Juri Wu Nein knows an idiot when she sees one." Kira said before he continues walking.

"Does she?"

"Yeah!" Kuzzey add a drunking word in the conversation. The tree teens walk back to Yamato End and parted ways.

"Goodnight guys." Kira said reaching the gate of his now estate

"Gawdnight, Kira." Kuzzey said in a slur and a few laughs. The still result of his intoxication.

Kira opens the door to his home. Everything around him was dark. The wind softly blew against the bushes, creating an eerie sound. He stopped in the middle of his living room. When a paled hand reached out and grabbed him. Kira jumped and toss his 'attacker over his shoulders. Kira saw his face which was none other Mu LaFlaga himself.

"Is it secret? Is it safe?" Mu said in a panic

Kira opened his chest drawer and began to throw things out. A bird chirped causing Mu to spun around, with his staff pointing in that direction. Kira pulled out the envelope containing the Ring. Mu grabbed the envelope and tossed it into the fire.

"What are you doing?" Kira exclaimed as he watches the envelope rapidly being consumed by the flames, Mu ignored Kira and grabbed a pair of tongs and picks up the Ring.

"Hold out your hand Kira, relax it's quite cool" Kira extended his hand. Trusting his word as Mu dropped the Ring into his palm. Mu placed back the tongs turns away from the fire trying to breathe for a moment.

"What can you see? Can you see anything?" Mu asks worriedly. Kira looks down and starts turning the Ring over and over between his fingers "Nothing, there's nothing…" said Kira as Mu sighs in relief, "Wait, there are markings."

Fainted writing soon appears on the Ring Kira holds, along with a whisper voice "Some sort of Elvish kanji language. I can't read it."

Mu grim knowing what it is "there are few who can. The language is that of Versalius, which I will not utter here." Mu turned his head around to see a shocked Kira after he announced it.

"Versalius!"

"In the common slur tongue it says, One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them. One Ring to bring them all and then in the darkness bind them."

Both Mu and Kira sat down in the kitchen table. Kira prepares tea as the Ring laid down between them.

"This is the One Ring, forged by the dark lord Rau Le Crusett in the fires of Mt. Doom, taken by Patrick Zala from the hand of Rau himself." Mu says glaring at the Ring.

"My dad found it. In the cave of Fallien." said Kira

"Yes, for almost forty years of his life the Ring lay quiet in Ulen's keeping, prolonging his life, delaying old age for him, but no longer Kira. The Ring is slowly regaining it's old decript ability back. The power of S.E.E.D.. Evil is stirring in Versalius, the Ring has awoken. It's heard its master's call."

"But it can't be. He was destroyed. Rau Le Crusett was destroyed by the hand of us Coordinators" Kira pointed to himself to proved Mu was incorrect "right?" Mu only nodded in disagreement.

"No, Kira, the spirit of Rau has endured. His life force is bound to the Ring, and the Ring survived, Rau Le Crusett has returned. His demons have multiplied; his fortress at Barad-Dûr is rebuilt in the land of Versalius. Rau Le Crusett needs only this Ring to cover all the lands into a second darkness." said Mu. "He is seeking it, seeking it... all his thought is bent on it. The Ring yearns above all else to return to the hand of its master so he can used S.E.E.D. Power again. They are one, the Ring and the dark lord. Kira, he must never find it."

"Okay" Kira stand up and the grabbed the Ring then proceeded down the corridor."We put it away. We keep it hidden. We never speak of it again. No one knows it's here, do they? Do they Mu" Kira asked Mu worriedly.

"There is one other who knew that Ulen had the Ring. I looked everywhere for the red creature Fallien, but the enemy found her first. I don't know how long they tortured her But amidst the endless screams and inane babble, they discerned two words…"

"Heliopolis! Yamato!" screamed the red female creature after she confessed.

"Helopolis, Yamato? But that would lead them here!" Kira exclaimed as his purple eyes grow wide in fear. Two black hooded people race down a moonlit road and a Orban soldier holds up his lantern at the sound of horses approaching .

" Halt Who goes there?" the Orb soldier yells. The black hooded person didn't listen at it eyes glowed red, yellow with pupilless black. It then brought down a sword and decapitated the soldier with one quick swipe before he could reach his own weapon. Back at Yamato End, Kira is holding out the Ring to Mu who was backing away from it.

"Take it , Mu ! Take" exclaim Kira as he tries to give the ring to Mu

"No, Kira." said Mu as he back away further

"You have to!"

"You cannot offer me this Ring!"

"I'm giving it to you!"

"Don't tempt me Kira!" Mu said in an anger of fire before he calmed " I dare not take it, not even to keep it safe. You must Understand Kira, I would use this Ring from a desire to do good, but through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine."

"But it cannot stay here in Heliopolis!"

"No! No, it can't."

Kira closes the Ring inside his palm and looks up at Mu. "What must I do?" asking him with a determination.

"You must leave quickly Kira?" said Mu as Kira quickly grabbed necessary items for his journey.

"Where? Where do I go?" Kira asked worriedly as he grabbed another item.

"Get out of Heliopolis immediately, make it for the town of Kaohsiung."

"Kaohsiung, what about you?""Kira asks as he stuff an extra shirt in the backpack.

"I'll be waiting for you, at the Java Inn." Mu says

"And the Ring will be safe there?"

"I don't know Kira, I don't have any answers." Mu said honestly " I must see the head of my order of mages; he is both wise and powerful. Trust me Kira; he'll know what to do. You'll have to leave the name Yamato behind you, for that name is not safe outside of Orban lands. Travel only by day. And stay off the road."

"I believe I can cut across the country easily enough," Kira stated as he put his jacket and backpack on.

Mu see's Kira in his gear. He looked like his father in his younger years. He was about to talk when he heard a sound. "Get down!"

Kira did what Mu told him and drops to the floor while Mu grabbed his staff and crept to the window, peers out cautiously then gives the bushes a good whack. An "oofff!" was heard from the object of the whack and Mu drags not one but two offenders up by the hair and plops both of them onto the table.

"Damn it. Kuzzey Bushkirk, Sai Argyle. Have you been eavesdropping?" demanded Mu with anger in his eyes.

"I haven't been listening in sir, honest. I was just trimming the bushes from under the window!"

"Yeah what he said" Kuzzey burped knowing he was still drunk.

"A little late from trimming the verge. Don't you think?" Mu told the two boys knowing they were lying.

"Me and Kuzzey heard raised voices." Sai confessed

"What did you hear? Speak!" The sound of Mu's voice and the harshness of it frightened Sai

"N-n-n-nothing important, that is I heard a good deal about a Ring and a dark lord and something about the end of the world but… Please, Mr. LaFlaga don't hurt us. Don't transform us into anything horrifying."

"No!," he looked at Kira who was smiling in his face "Perhaps not? I think I've got better uses for you two." Sai was scared as Mu crept closer to him. Kuzzey well...

AN:Thats it for this chapter. It would've been done early but I was distracted! The new MGS/Naruto chapter is almost finished and you'll be shocked on what person I'm bringing in. Well thats all I have to say...