Hey! This is a fic that I wanted to do for about some time and I figured that I might as well do this...anyone who has not read Forever in a Wish...needs to. Otherwise...you would have no idea about Mei Neko....Let's say that this fic happens after all of the books and that it's sort of an AU...
If y want a disclaimer...then ya will get one...Characters from LotR are not mine...the only thing that is mine is Mei Neko and her band mates...
Hope you would enjoy this fic....
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Maybe I'm a Slave
Chapter One
Mei sighed as she looked up from her books. It had been nearly a year since her sudden adventure and now everything was fine. She scowled briefly at the thought of getting rid of the ring...the One Ring...the one pain in the ass ring which always seem to remind her that she was stuck in her world and a certain elf that she was now admitting that she was in love with was in another. She still had not told her uncle that she wanted to give up her priestess training and she was not planning to anytime soon. After her adventure in Middle Earth, she decided that being a priestess was not so bad. She had learned something new now that she was taking it seriously. Of course, she still was working with her band, and she was glad. However, she wanted to see the elves, okay just one elf, the Hobbits, the dwarves, and the others from Middle Earth. She gave a bitter laugh as she thought back to the night where she had made a wish underneath a starry night. She was so into her
daydreaming that her uncle had to knock her with a broom.
"HEY! Damn it old man! What was that for?" Mei asked glaring at the elder man. Her uncle gave her a scowl in return.
"Get dress...you have some business with the Kages. They except you in twenty minutes."
Mei gave a snort at that. Ever since she got out of Middle earth, her uncle had been making her train. Now she would soon be a full fledge priestess on her nineteenth birthday. She got off of her bed and began to dress in her priestess robes. This was going to be a long day.
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Chy strummed the strings of the guitar and looked at the clock again. Yen was already starting to flirt with their manager who seemed to be immune to his charms. However, Yen was flirting only to keep their manager from a nervous break down. Mei was already ten minutes late for their practice. It really was not the tardiness that bothered Chy or Yen...it was the cause of it. Although Yen would deny it to his very grave, both band mates were worried about their lead singer. Ever since she told them the reason she had been gone for a week...although it was like years for her...her uncle had been pushing her to become a real priestess. That meant dealing with a lot of demons and a whole bunch of weird stuff. At first it did not bothered them until Mei showed up one night with a ton of cuts and a few broken ribs. That got her scare for her friend's life. She looked at the clock again...it was now fifteen minutes. However, she let out a sigh of relief when she heard the girl's
voice ranting.
"Of all stupid things that people do..." Mei ranted as she walked into the room with her bass. Then she looked up and saw the concern from everyone. "Geez...don't worry about me here...it was only a small thing. Some idiot let loose a mischievous demon and I had to entertain it before I could capture it...stupid piece of ..."
"That's enough now...get to practice...we don't need to listen to your cussing any more than we want to." Chy said rolling her eyes. Yen sighed and got behind his drums.
"Hey Mei...when are you going to show me some of those babes?"
"When I find a new drummer...then I wouldn't feel bad in throwing you into a pit of horny demons." Mei said calmly as she got her bass out. Chy chuckled at this. Yen and Mei were always talking about girls and how Mei should hook him up one. Apparently the last girl he was with did not last for a day before Yen had to take up on his Ladies' Man act. When she first joined in with the band, she had thought that Yen and Mei was a couple. That was quickly changed as she saw how they treated each other. First off, Mei encouraged him to go flirt with the girls. Second was that Yen acted more normal around Mei. Last was the fact that Mei liked blondes than dark haired guys. "So did anything come up while I was playing hide and seek with a demon?"
"A new promotion, our music video, and a possible idea of a concert tour." Their manager said listing everything from a notebook. Mei gave a nod.
"Ah yes, the Notebook of our fate! I think we should kill the tour...even though it will help us...I don't think my double life and uncle would be able to take it so well. Damn it! When will that damn thing say that we get a vacation?" Mei demanded in mock anger. Yen gave a cheer for that.
"Yeah! For once the little girl is right!"
"Who you calling a little girl you pervert!"
"Hey...I'm the Ladies Man here...I know the difference between a girl and a woman. And from the looks of it...you are a girl."
Chy shook her head and wonder what she had done in her past life to deserve such company. Then she thought for a moment and decided that the gods above her just love to make her life miserable.
It had taken sometime to calm the others down and to get a decent amount of time for singing. The band had done a good job with their practice that they decided that they would make the recording for their first CD. Mei stretched as they took a break and sighed. She always felt good after singing even if she did not show it. Singing also kept her mind off of other things. Such as her desire to see Middle Earth again as well as seeing a certain elf. She sighed as she thought about it. Chy noticed this action.
"You're still thinking about that guy aren't you?" She asked with a grin. Mei gave a snort at that. Chy grinned and her eyes twinkled in amusement. "Well...it's not everyday that we all see Mei Neko going all gaga over a guy."
"Whatever...besides chances of seeing him again is zero. Besides, we were only friends."
"Ah...a one sided love...that sucks...so...are you going to the party tomorrow?"
"What about you? You're only seventeen. How are you going to get into the club?"
"Money can buy you admission easily." Chy answered with a grin. Mei gave a smirk and shook her head. The one thing that Chy loved the most in the world was money. Mei always found it humorous to see Chy earning money and spending it as well. The girl was known to be a bookie at school.
"Anyway, what about you? Got yourself a date yet? What happen to that Slavic guy you went out with? What's his name? The tennis player...Boris?"
"We broke up a while ago. We only went to prom together and then we stopped seeing each other. How about you? Are you going to get over that guy and get a date?"
Mei gave a laugh at that. She shook her head. Chy gave a laugh as well and both had the some story going through their heads. It was when Mei had her hair dyed that the guys had taking in some interest in her. However, when she killed some demons and made them asexual...rumors that Mei would kill any guy if they try to make a move on her grew. Some of the guys did not believe it until she kicked a guy for show. After that, guys keep their distant from her. Chy grinned as she remembered the picture of Mei throwing the guy and kicking in mid air. She had sold over a hundred copies of that picture and even shared some of the profits with Mei.
"Nah...sometimes being single is awesome...so its going to be singles tonight?" Mei asked. Chy gave a grin.
"Until Yen gets a girl before it's over!"
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It has been a year since the destruction of the One Ring (AN: Dudes...I haven't read all of the books...but I know that this is totally not with the book...so deal with it!) The original members of the Fellowship were gathered in Rivendell to remember the times of the quest. Aragorn and Arwen have married and the kingdom of Gondor was being restored. Frodo had recovered from his sickness but dreams tend to cloud his sleep. Sam, Pippin, and Merry had gone back to the Shire to go on with their lives. Gandalf the White stayed in Rivendell. Legolas had returned home to Mirkwood with Gimli. They were all there in Rivendell with the exception of one missing member of the Fellowship even though she often denied that she was a part of it. Legolas sighed as he looked around at the others. Then he sighed again as a familiar arm wrapped around his waist. It was Alona, the elf whom his father had ordered him to take with him. She was beautiful. However, Legolas found no interest in her.
His heart was already taken by another.
"I wonder how she is fairing." Frodo said softly as he looked up in the night sky. Arwen gave him a gentle smile.
"Do not worry about our fiery priestess...I am sure she has returned back home." Arwen said as she looked at Aragorn who gave a nod. Frodo smiled back but still had a sad look on his face. Gandalf sighed as he thought back on the days when the blue haired girl was with them. She had done what he had asked of her and he even returned the necklace she gave him. He looked around for a firecracker that he planned to used when he noticed it was missing. He looked around the small party. As he guessed...two little Hobbits were missing. He was only glad that he did not have a dragon fire cracker. Suddenly Merry and Pippin ran into the gathering. Both of them looked quite happy about something until they saw Gandalf's frowning face. Then their happy expression turned guilty as the firecracker they stole suddenly went off. At first it looked okay...then Gandalf realized that the Hobbits had miscalculated the location of the firecracker and it was coming right at the gathering.
"Oh my..." Sam cried out as he dove to the ground, taking Frodo with him. Aragorn did the same with Arwen. Gandalf began to chant a spell when he felt something wrong. His eyes widen in fear as he released the spell. At first when he watched the spell connect with the firecracker, he thought he had succeeded. However, when a bright light flashed in his eyes...he had a feeling that things were soon going to fall apart. In a rather twisted way...it did.
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Chy silently cursed as she walked down the street. There was hardly any room for her to park her car close to the club, so she had to park it about ten blocks away from it. She hated the idea of walking that long of a distance. Why did this happen to her? All she wanted was gullible people to con and a nice easy life. She was about to pass an ally way when She heard some screams. Chy quickly hid behind a trashcan and peered over to see what was going on. What she saw was a pile of bodies that were beginning to move away from each other. She blinked to see five short guys, two women, two men, and one old guy. She took a closer look to see that some of them had pointed ears and they all wore strange clothing. Sort of the clothing only seen in Robin Hood. She thought for a moment. Mei had mentioned that the people she met had pointed ears...but so did demons. Lucky for her, she found out who they were.
"Gandalf! What happened?" a short curly haired guy asked. Chy looked over him and found him quite cute.
"It seems young Frodo, Merry and Pippin stole my firecracker and caused some sort of rip." The old man said. Chy then blinked in surprised. These were the guys that Mei was talking about. Why were they here? Oh well...the blond guy must be the Legolas she heard about. Might as well bring them to the party.
"Hey...are you the guys that Mei keeps talking about?"
The Middle Earthians turned to see a girl with long dark hair. She wore the strange clothing that Mei had often worn and she had on some strange device on her face. Gimli then went for his ax. The girl looked at him with amusement. "You must be the dwarf that she told me about. She said something about you sleeping with that thing at night. I'm Chy...a friend of Mei's."
They all looked wary at her until the tall blond man then relaxed.
"She speaks the truth. Mei showed me a picture of her once." Legolas said. They relaxed to a certain degree. Chy sighed and shook her head at them.
"Look...I don't know about you, but I'm going to meet her up at a club. Since you're her friends and all...why don't you guys come with me? Of course we would need to fix your wardrobe...but I don't have the time or the money to do it. So...do you want to see her?"
Legolas felt his heart jump at the thought of seeing the blue haired girl again. He looked over at Aragorn and Gandalf...his eyes begging that they trust this girl. Aragorn gave a nod while Gandalf gave a smile. Chy looked at the exchange.
"I take that as a yes...well...follow me. Welcome to Hell on Earth...however, most people would call it San Francisco. This city was named after a saint...however, I still find that impossible."
Mei frowned as she looked at her watch. Chy was already ten minutes late for the party. What could make the girl so late? She looked over to her green haired friend who was busy flirting with the waitress. She sighed and motioned the bar tender to fix her up with another drink. She downed it as soon as she got it and then looked around the room again. No Chy yet. She then grabbed Yen who yelped as he was interrupted from his flirting.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Yen asked. Mei gave a snort at him.
"Please! Chy is late...I don't think it's a demon, but I know that Chy is never late for a party. She always shows up before me! We have to find her." Mei said as she went out to the entrance that was also the main exit. That was when she heard the commotion.
"Come on! You have to let my friends in. These are Mei's friends...you know what would happen to you if Mei found out that you're doing this!"
"Look Kid...I'm letting you in...but those little boys can't go in...and what's with the midget? I can let the girls go in for free...but the guys are another thing...how much you got?"
"Hey! Listen you jerk! These are Mei's friends...and the kids have a growth problem...they're legal!"
"You don't have any right to yell any orders on me princess."
"Oh yeah? I got video footage of you and the neightbor's little girl...how much would that cost?"
"You don't got nothing on me, kid. Look just take it or leave it..."
Chy was furious. True, she did not have the tools of her usual blackmailing...however this was injustice! No one mocks her this way! This guy was going to pay for this! Aragorn laid a protective arm around Arwen's waist. He wondered if the priestess would go to such a dangerous place...then he changed his mind on that. The priestess would.
"I have a better deal. You let them in...or else I'll kick your ass...why the hell didn't you let her in? Also...this entire group is going in...my invitation. You don't have a problem with it, right?"
Everyone turned to see a short blue haired girl wearing black leather pants, black tank top, and fish net gloves that were fingerless. There was a wire like belt around her that was about two inches thick of thin wire. With her was a young man of six feet, dark green hair let down from the usual ponytail, wearing a dark red shirt and black pants. The guard at the door paled a bit...knowing the shorter girl's rep and gave a nod.
"I have no problem with that."
"Good...you just made someone really happy...now, I can go back to my drinking in peace...as well as karaoke. Nice to know that there won't be someone shitting his brains out. Come on in!" Mei said with a smirk as she dragged Yen back to the bar. Then she stopped. "Hey Chy...just who the hell did you pick up? You think they can pay the bill?"
"What? Don't tell me you got into a fight again!" Chy yelled angrily as she followed. The others quickly followed the three
"Nope! Just in case...so who are your friends?"
Chy gave a grin as she grabbed Mei's arm and turned her around. Mei stared at the people in front of her and then blinked. She blinked again. Then she looked up at Chy.
"Shit...the drinks here are getting stonger...I only had two and I'm already smashed...why the hell am I seeing Legolas and some bimbo hugging his arm? And while I'm on a roll...why the fuck is Aragorn bring a pregnant Arwen into this club?" Mei asked blinking. Arwen blushed as Aragorn looked over at her in surprise. Everyone else gasped in shock. Chy gave a giggle at her lead singer.
"Idiot...you're not drunk...they're really here."
Mei blinked and then gasped and pinched herself. Everyone saw that her face changed from shock to disbelief to happiness and then to fury. This went so fast that the entire group wondered why Mei suddenly launched herself to attack Aragorn.
"You ass! Why the hell did you bring a preggie Arwen? Are you stupid or something? Why the hell did you bring her here in this shitty environment of a world?" Mei yelled as she hit the poor guy.
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It had taken some time for Mei to calm down and to set up a table large enough for all of them. When she did calm down...she finally noticed someone new...someone that was sitting next to Legolas a bit too close for her liking. She could tell that the woman was an elf. Tall enough, fair enough to be one. Long golden shimmering hair fell from her head, large innocent blue eyes. So damn perfect.
"Hey...who the hell is she? I don't remember her." Mei said pointing at the elf. Legolas sighed and gave a smile at the priestess.
"This is Lady Alona...she is one of the royal ladies from Mirkwood." Legolas said. Mei gave a nod and then thought form a moment.
"Cool...so how the hell did you guys get here?" Mei asked with a frown. Gandalf sighed and explained everything to her. She gave a nod after each sentence and gave a grin at Merry and Pippin.
"I wouldn't be surprised at that. So you're saying that there is a rip? That's pretty dangerous." Mei said frowning. Everyone looked at her with different degrees of worry.
"Why is that?" Arwen asked softly. Mei downed another glass and gave a sigh.
"First of all...we don't know anything about this rip. Is it still here or is it gone. If it's gone...you all are stuck here. However, if it's still open...your world is going to get some surprises from my fellow demons. Since I can't feel anything...I'll just assume that it's gone...but there are some things where I can't feel and demons can. Anyway, we'll worry about that later...just where the hell are you guys going to stay and eat while you're here?"
Mei looked over at Chy who gave her a look that screamed out `Hell no!' and then looked at Yen. She thought for a moment and shook her head. Yen would not be able to survive Aragorn's wrath if he hits on Arwen. She knew that she could not ask her sister to take them...her brother in law has enough demerits against her. That would mean that she would have to take all of them home.
"Hmm...let's see...if I use the family room...I could fit about five of you guys in there...Arwen and Alona can sleep in my room...and the Hobbits can all take the guest room...I hope I have enough futons for this. Or...I could kick my uncle out and have the guys sleep there...nah...I'm already in enough trouble." Mei said to herself. Yen rolled his eyes at her.
"Look...since you're done with this thinking shit...you might want ot hold up your end of the deal and start singing for the crowd. You're getting more popular as a club singer than at the real thing." Yen said pointing at the crowd that was beginning to complain. Mei sighed and shook her head.
"Yen...you're just jealous cuz I'm more popular with the girls here then you are!" Mei said before she ran out to the stage. Yen scowled and turned to the guest that he was left with. They had gone through intros and so he need to remind himself again with the names. He remembered the two ladies' names easily. The blond was Alona and the brunette was Arwen. Both of them are hot babes and both seem to be taken. Although the blond guy that was with Alona does not seem that interested in her. Now on to the men. He could remember that the old man was Gandalf and the Viking guy was Gimli. The four little dudes were too much for him to remember and he only knew Aragorn's name since Mei warned him not to hit on his girl. He looked over at Aragorn who was glaring at him. May not be the best time to talk to him. He should order them some drinks.
"So...you guys want something to drink?" Yen asked politely. The little guys nodded their heads while everyone gave an answer. Yen looked over them and tried to decide what to order for them. He should give the little guys some pop, the preggie lady some water or juice...the blond chick looks like the type who would go for a wine cooler...and the guys could go for some beer. He would have to make sure that he did not give them too much. Mei would kill him for making them smashed. He walked over to the bar and began his order of drinks. By then, Mei was up on stage and ready to sing.
"Lucky you were born that far away so
So we could both make fun of distance
Lucky that I love a foreign land for
The lucky fact of your existence
Baby I would climb the Andes solely
To count the freckles on your body
Never could imagine there were only
Ten million ways to love somebody
By now, Mei started to dance around the stage, getting a lot of catcalls. Yen snickered as Chy started to take pictures. Even though they have a manager, Chy could still pull off more bucks by taking pictures of the band doing embarrassing stuff. He really had no idea that Mei was a good belly dance...must be those martial arts that she had been practicing.
Legolas stared at the blue haired girl that he missed so much. The way her body moved was like water and yet she teased the world with only small movements with her hips and arms. He gulped as he felt his face flush and that he could not help but wonder if the girl was doing this on purpose or that she was just teasing the entire male population as the forbidden fruit.
Le do le le le le, Le do le le le le
Can't you see...I'm at your feet
Whenever, wherever
We meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, hereunder
You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
and that's the deal my dear
Lucky that my lips not only mumble
They spill kisses like a fountain
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
Lucky I have strong legs like my mother
To run for cover when I need it
And these two eyes that for no other
The day you leave will cry a river
Le do le le le le, Le do le le le le
At your feet...I'm at your feet
Whenever, Wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, Hereunder
You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
But that's the deal my dear
Alona glared at the human who was capturing the attention of her prince. Just who was this girl? What makes her think that she could just go out and throw herself at the price...well...the human did not exactly throw herself at Prince Legolas...but the way she was dancing and singing...she might as well have.
Le do le le le le, Le do le le le le
Think out load, say it again
Le do le le le le
Tell me one more time
That you'll live
Lost in my eyes
Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, Hereunder
You've got me head over heels
There's nothing left to fear
If you really feel the way I feel
Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, Hereunder
You've got me head over heels
There's nothing left to fear
If you really feel the way I feel"
Mei grinned at the cheers of the audience. This was more fun then work...but it lack the respect that she wanted. She sighed and launched into a new song...hoping that she could have one night off of killing demons.
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"I swear...I thought I told that idiot that elves have less of a stomach for alcohol!" Mei muttered as she held up a drunk Alona while Aragorn held up a drunk Legolas. "Of course...he would either forget or see this whole thing for himself. It's a good thing he remembered not to get anything alcoholic to Arwen. I'd killed him if that had happened."
Aragorn gave a grunt for an answer. The Hobbits were having a better time then the others since they drank the pop that Yen gave them. It was delicious, with bubbles in it, and Mei prayed really heard that yen did not give them anything with caffeine in it. As she looked at them...leading the group even though they have no idea on how to get back...she had a bad feeling that the Hobbits were much more hyper than usual. Even Frodo looked kind of hyper. This was not good.
"Come on...we'll take the bus...I'm just glad that the stupid shrine has a bus stop at the corner."
The group managed to get on the bus...with a lot of fuss from the Hobbits and Gimli. Alona had past out and Mei thanked the gods that it had happen...only problem was that the elf was a dead weight now. However. She managed to get the elf to sit beside her with her golden head on her shoulder. After making sure that the elf would not fall out of her seat, she watched the others' reactions to the bus ride. Merry and Pippin were practically jumping out of their seats. Sam was excited while Frodo watched the scenery pass through the windows. She giggled, as Gimli grumbled about how fast the bus was moving. Aragorn said nothing as he was trying to comfort Legolas out of his drunken state.
"This is interesting." Gandalf commented. Mei gave a smirk and nodded.
"Yeah...I have a car, but I don't use it much...maybe having you guys here will let me use it more often. If you think this is exciting...I hate to see how you guys react to a roller coaster." Mei said chuckling. Arwen raised an eyebrow at that comment.
"Oh? And what is this roller coaster that you speak of?"
"It's a ride that will make your insides churn and you'll feel the wind whip across your face so fast that you think that your face is going to fall off...awesome thing those sucker are. I remember a time where I killed a demon with one of those things..." Mei said as she went into a daze.
For the rest of the time, the groups mostly talked about old times and about Mei's world. She was about to tell them about the food here when she noticed that they were at her stop.
"Okay! We get off here!"
Mei led them off the bus to a huge piece of property that was on the edge of the downtown area. The ones that were awake and aware gasped at the sight of the shrine. Even thought it was not as large as the ones in Middle Earth...it was still huge compare to a four-story house. The shire was Japanese style just like the way her uncle wanted it to be. The two flights of stairs led them to the entrance of the shrine.
"I'd love to give you guys a tour...but we need sleep for now. Come on around the back...that's where the house is." Mei said as she dragged Alona to the side. Mei looked up to the two story flat that she had called home. Only two people live in it and that was her and her uncle. She unlocked the door and turned on the lights. She knew that her uncle was asleep. That meant that the guest room, her room, and the living room were empty. "Okay...Arwen...could you take Alona from me and go upstairs and take the second door to your left. Just dump her on the bed. I'll get your bed stuff read y later. How's Legolas?"
Aragorn rolled his eyes as he nudged the elf. Mei blinked as she saw how flush the elf was and that his eyes were really glassy. She gave a smirk at him, but then turned her attentions to the bedding. She went to a hall closet and pulled out four double futons. She moved as much furniture as possible and settled the futons on the floor.
"You guys sleep here...I'll get you some blankets soon...I need to fix up Arwen's place to sleep." Mei said as she went upstairs to her room. Later Arwen came down the stairs with her with bundles of blankets in their arms. "Okay! Here are the blankets and say your good nights and your good night kisses...you guys need to sleep off that beer or coke or whatever the hell Yen gave you."
Arwen gave Aragorn a little peak on the cheek before she went back upstairs to sleep on the futon. Mei stayed to get the Hobbits situated and gave each of them a kiss on the forehead. She then helped Aragorn put Legolas on the futon. After a few minutes, Mei looked down to see eight males sleeping. She gave herself a small smile as she brushed a stray hair from Legolas's face. The guy was so peaceful. Then her eyes suddenly felt sleepy. She looked at the time and wince as she saw that it was 2:30 am. She was about to go upstairs when she saw that her room was too full. So she went to the guest room, only to find that it was messy and that the sheets were gone. She then came to a horrifying conclusion.
"Just where the hell am I going to sleep now?"
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This is the first chapter of this fic! Hope you like it! Also that song...Whenever Wherever is by Shakira and I got the lyrics from [1]www.letssingit.com
References
1. http://www.letssingit.com/
If y want a disclaimer...then ya will get one...Characters from LotR are not mine...the only thing that is mine is Mei Neko and her band mates...
Hope you would enjoy this fic....
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Maybe I'm a Slave
Chapter One
Mei sighed as she looked up from her books. It had been nearly a year since her sudden adventure and now everything was fine. She scowled briefly at the thought of getting rid of the ring...the One Ring...the one pain in the ass ring which always seem to remind her that she was stuck in her world and a certain elf that she was now admitting that she was in love with was in another. She still had not told her uncle that she wanted to give up her priestess training and she was not planning to anytime soon. After her adventure in Middle Earth, she decided that being a priestess was not so bad. She had learned something new now that she was taking it seriously. Of course, she still was working with her band, and she was glad. However, she wanted to see the elves, okay just one elf, the Hobbits, the dwarves, and the others from Middle Earth. She gave a bitter laugh as she thought back to the night where she had made a wish underneath a starry night. She was so into her
daydreaming that her uncle had to knock her with a broom.
"HEY! Damn it old man! What was that for?" Mei asked glaring at the elder man. Her uncle gave her a scowl in return.
"Get dress...you have some business with the Kages. They except you in twenty minutes."
Mei gave a snort at that. Ever since she got out of Middle earth, her uncle had been making her train. Now she would soon be a full fledge priestess on her nineteenth birthday. She got off of her bed and began to dress in her priestess robes. This was going to be a long day.
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Chy strummed the strings of the guitar and looked at the clock again. Yen was already starting to flirt with their manager who seemed to be immune to his charms. However, Yen was flirting only to keep their manager from a nervous break down. Mei was already ten minutes late for their practice. It really was not the tardiness that bothered Chy or Yen...it was the cause of it. Although Yen would deny it to his very grave, both band mates were worried about their lead singer. Ever since she told them the reason she had been gone for a week...although it was like years for her...her uncle had been pushing her to become a real priestess. That meant dealing with a lot of demons and a whole bunch of weird stuff. At first it did not bothered them until Mei showed up one night with a ton of cuts and a few broken ribs. That got her scare for her friend's life. She looked at the clock again...it was now fifteen minutes. However, she let out a sigh of relief when she heard the girl's
voice ranting.
"Of all stupid things that people do..." Mei ranted as she walked into the room with her bass. Then she looked up and saw the concern from everyone. "Geez...don't worry about me here...it was only a small thing. Some idiot let loose a mischievous demon and I had to entertain it before I could capture it...stupid piece of ..."
"That's enough now...get to practice...we don't need to listen to your cussing any more than we want to." Chy said rolling her eyes. Yen sighed and got behind his drums.
"Hey Mei...when are you going to show me some of those babes?"
"When I find a new drummer...then I wouldn't feel bad in throwing you into a pit of horny demons." Mei said calmly as she got her bass out. Chy chuckled at this. Yen and Mei were always talking about girls and how Mei should hook him up one. Apparently the last girl he was with did not last for a day before Yen had to take up on his Ladies' Man act. When she first joined in with the band, she had thought that Yen and Mei was a couple. That was quickly changed as she saw how they treated each other. First off, Mei encouraged him to go flirt with the girls. Second was that Yen acted more normal around Mei. Last was the fact that Mei liked blondes than dark haired guys. "So did anything come up while I was playing hide and seek with a demon?"
"A new promotion, our music video, and a possible idea of a concert tour." Their manager said listing everything from a notebook. Mei gave a nod.
"Ah yes, the Notebook of our fate! I think we should kill the tour...even though it will help us...I don't think my double life and uncle would be able to take it so well. Damn it! When will that damn thing say that we get a vacation?" Mei demanded in mock anger. Yen gave a cheer for that.
"Yeah! For once the little girl is right!"
"Who you calling a little girl you pervert!"
"Hey...I'm the Ladies Man here...I know the difference between a girl and a woman. And from the looks of it...you are a girl."
Chy shook her head and wonder what she had done in her past life to deserve such company. Then she thought for a moment and decided that the gods above her just love to make her life miserable.
It had taken sometime to calm the others down and to get a decent amount of time for singing. The band had done a good job with their practice that they decided that they would make the recording for their first CD. Mei stretched as they took a break and sighed. She always felt good after singing even if she did not show it. Singing also kept her mind off of other things. Such as her desire to see Middle Earth again as well as seeing a certain elf. She sighed as she thought about it. Chy noticed this action.
"You're still thinking about that guy aren't you?" She asked with a grin. Mei gave a snort at that. Chy grinned and her eyes twinkled in amusement. "Well...it's not everyday that we all see Mei Neko going all gaga over a guy."
"Whatever...besides chances of seeing him again is zero. Besides, we were only friends."
"Ah...a one sided love...that sucks...so...are you going to the party tomorrow?"
"What about you? You're only seventeen. How are you going to get into the club?"
"Money can buy you admission easily." Chy answered with a grin. Mei gave a smirk and shook her head. The one thing that Chy loved the most in the world was money. Mei always found it humorous to see Chy earning money and spending it as well. The girl was known to be a bookie at school.
"Anyway, what about you? Got yourself a date yet? What happen to that Slavic guy you went out with? What's his name? The tennis player...Boris?"
"We broke up a while ago. We only went to prom together and then we stopped seeing each other. How about you? Are you going to get over that guy and get a date?"
Mei gave a laugh at that. She shook her head. Chy gave a laugh as well and both had the some story going through their heads. It was when Mei had her hair dyed that the guys had taking in some interest in her. However, when she killed some demons and made them asexual...rumors that Mei would kill any guy if they try to make a move on her grew. Some of the guys did not believe it until she kicked a guy for show. After that, guys keep their distant from her. Chy grinned as she remembered the picture of Mei throwing the guy and kicking in mid air. She had sold over a hundred copies of that picture and even shared some of the profits with Mei.
"Nah...sometimes being single is awesome...so its going to be singles tonight?" Mei asked. Chy gave a grin.
"Until Yen gets a girl before it's over!"
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It has been a year since the destruction of the One Ring (AN: Dudes...I haven't read all of the books...but I know that this is totally not with the book...so deal with it!) The original members of the Fellowship were gathered in Rivendell to remember the times of the quest. Aragorn and Arwen have married and the kingdom of Gondor was being restored. Frodo had recovered from his sickness but dreams tend to cloud his sleep. Sam, Pippin, and Merry had gone back to the Shire to go on with their lives. Gandalf the White stayed in Rivendell. Legolas had returned home to Mirkwood with Gimli. They were all there in Rivendell with the exception of one missing member of the Fellowship even though she often denied that she was a part of it. Legolas sighed as he looked around at the others. Then he sighed again as a familiar arm wrapped around his waist. It was Alona, the elf whom his father had ordered him to take with him. She was beautiful. However, Legolas found no interest in her.
His heart was already taken by another.
"I wonder how she is fairing." Frodo said softly as he looked up in the night sky. Arwen gave him a gentle smile.
"Do not worry about our fiery priestess...I am sure she has returned back home." Arwen said as she looked at Aragorn who gave a nod. Frodo smiled back but still had a sad look on his face. Gandalf sighed as he thought back on the days when the blue haired girl was with them. She had done what he had asked of her and he even returned the necklace she gave him. He looked around for a firecracker that he planned to used when he noticed it was missing. He looked around the small party. As he guessed...two little Hobbits were missing. He was only glad that he did not have a dragon fire cracker. Suddenly Merry and Pippin ran into the gathering. Both of them looked quite happy about something until they saw Gandalf's frowning face. Then their happy expression turned guilty as the firecracker they stole suddenly went off. At first it looked okay...then Gandalf realized that the Hobbits had miscalculated the location of the firecracker and it was coming right at the gathering.
"Oh my..." Sam cried out as he dove to the ground, taking Frodo with him. Aragorn did the same with Arwen. Gandalf began to chant a spell when he felt something wrong. His eyes widen in fear as he released the spell. At first when he watched the spell connect with the firecracker, he thought he had succeeded. However, when a bright light flashed in his eyes...he had a feeling that things were soon going to fall apart. In a rather twisted way...it did.
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Chy silently cursed as she walked down the street. There was hardly any room for her to park her car close to the club, so she had to park it about ten blocks away from it. She hated the idea of walking that long of a distance. Why did this happen to her? All she wanted was gullible people to con and a nice easy life. She was about to pass an ally way when She heard some screams. Chy quickly hid behind a trashcan and peered over to see what was going on. What she saw was a pile of bodies that were beginning to move away from each other. She blinked to see five short guys, two women, two men, and one old guy. She took a closer look to see that some of them had pointed ears and they all wore strange clothing. Sort of the clothing only seen in Robin Hood. She thought for a moment. Mei had mentioned that the people she met had pointed ears...but so did demons. Lucky for her, she found out who they were.
"Gandalf! What happened?" a short curly haired guy asked. Chy looked over him and found him quite cute.
"It seems young Frodo, Merry and Pippin stole my firecracker and caused some sort of rip." The old man said. Chy then blinked in surprised. These were the guys that Mei was talking about. Why were they here? Oh well...the blond guy must be the Legolas she heard about. Might as well bring them to the party.
"Hey...are you the guys that Mei keeps talking about?"
The Middle Earthians turned to see a girl with long dark hair. She wore the strange clothing that Mei had often worn and she had on some strange device on her face. Gimli then went for his ax. The girl looked at him with amusement. "You must be the dwarf that she told me about. She said something about you sleeping with that thing at night. I'm Chy...a friend of Mei's."
They all looked wary at her until the tall blond man then relaxed.
"She speaks the truth. Mei showed me a picture of her once." Legolas said. They relaxed to a certain degree. Chy sighed and shook her head at them.
"Look...I don't know about you, but I'm going to meet her up at a club. Since you're her friends and all...why don't you guys come with me? Of course we would need to fix your wardrobe...but I don't have the time or the money to do it. So...do you want to see her?"
Legolas felt his heart jump at the thought of seeing the blue haired girl again. He looked over at Aragorn and Gandalf...his eyes begging that they trust this girl. Aragorn gave a nod while Gandalf gave a smile. Chy looked at the exchange.
"I take that as a yes...well...follow me. Welcome to Hell on Earth...however, most people would call it San Francisco. This city was named after a saint...however, I still find that impossible."
Mei frowned as she looked at her watch. Chy was already ten minutes late for the party. What could make the girl so late? She looked over to her green haired friend who was busy flirting with the waitress. She sighed and motioned the bar tender to fix her up with another drink. She downed it as soon as she got it and then looked around the room again. No Chy yet. She then grabbed Yen who yelped as he was interrupted from his flirting.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Yen asked. Mei gave a snort at him.
"Please! Chy is late...I don't think it's a demon, but I know that Chy is never late for a party. She always shows up before me! We have to find her." Mei said as she went out to the entrance that was also the main exit. That was when she heard the commotion.
"Come on! You have to let my friends in. These are Mei's friends...you know what would happen to you if Mei found out that you're doing this!"
"Look Kid...I'm letting you in...but those little boys can't go in...and what's with the midget? I can let the girls go in for free...but the guys are another thing...how much you got?"
"Hey! Listen you jerk! These are Mei's friends...and the kids have a growth problem...they're legal!"
"You don't have any right to yell any orders on me princess."
"Oh yeah? I got video footage of you and the neightbor's little girl...how much would that cost?"
"You don't got nothing on me, kid. Look just take it or leave it..."
Chy was furious. True, she did not have the tools of her usual blackmailing...however this was injustice! No one mocks her this way! This guy was going to pay for this! Aragorn laid a protective arm around Arwen's waist. He wondered if the priestess would go to such a dangerous place...then he changed his mind on that. The priestess would.
"I have a better deal. You let them in...or else I'll kick your ass...why the hell didn't you let her in? Also...this entire group is going in...my invitation. You don't have a problem with it, right?"
Everyone turned to see a short blue haired girl wearing black leather pants, black tank top, and fish net gloves that were fingerless. There was a wire like belt around her that was about two inches thick of thin wire. With her was a young man of six feet, dark green hair let down from the usual ponytail, wearing a dark red shirt and black pants. The guard at the door paled a bit...knowing the shorter girl's rep and gave a nod.
"I have no problem with that."
"Good...you just made someone really happy...now, I can go back to my drinking in peace...as well as karaoke. Nice to know that there won't be someone shitting his brains out. Come on in!" Mei said with a smirk as she dragged Yen back to the bar. Then she stopped. "Hey Chy...just who the hell did you pick up? You think they can pay the bill?"
"What? Don't tell me you got into a fight again!" Chy yelled angrily as she followed. The others quickly followed the three
"Nope! Just in case...so who are your friends?"
Chy gave a grin as she grabbed Mei's arm and turned her around. Mei stared at the people in front of her and then blinked. She blinked again. Then she looked up at Chy.
"Shit...the drinks here are getting stonger...I only had two and I'm already smashed...why the hell am I seeing Legolas and some bimbo hugging his arm? And while I'm on a roll...why the fuck is Aragorn bring a pregnant Arwen into this club?" Mei asked blinking. Arwen blushed as Aragorn looked over at her in surprise. Everyone else gasped in shock. Chy gave a giggle at her lead singer.
"Idiot...you're not drunk...they're really here."
Mei blinked and then gasped and pinched herself. Everyone saw that her face changed from shock to disbelief to happiness and then to fury. This went so fast that the entire group wondered why Mei suddenly launched herself to attack Aragorn.
"You ass! Why the hell did you bring a preggie Arwen? Are you stupid or something? Why the hell did you bring her here in this shitty environment of a world?" Mei yelled as she hit the poor guy.
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It had taken some time for Mei to calm down and to set up a table large enough for all of them. When she did calm down...she finally noticed someone new...someone that was sitting next to Legolas a bit too close for her liking. She could tell that the woman was an elf. Tall enough, fair enough to be one. Long golden shimmering hair fell from her head, large innocent blue eyes. So damn perfect.
"Hey...who the hell is she? I don't remember her." Mei said pointing at the elf. Legolas sighed and gave a smile at the priestess.
"This is Lady Alona...she is one of the royal ladies from Mirkwood." Legolas said. Mei gave a nod and then thought form a moment.
"Cool...so how the hell did you guys get here?" Mei asked with a frown. Gandalf sighed and explained everything to her. She gave a nod after each sentence and gave a grin at Merry and Pippin.
"I wouldn't be surprised at that. So you're saying that there is a rip? That's pretty dangerous." Mei said frowning. Everyone looked at her with different degrees of worry.
"Why is that?" Arwen asked softly. Mei downed another glass and gave a sigh.
"First of all...we don't know anything about this rip. Is it still here or is it gone. If it's gone...you all are stuck here. However, if it's still open...your world is going to get some surprises from my fellow demons. Since I can't feel anything...I'll just assume that it's gone...but there are some things where I can't feel and demons can. Anyway, we'll worry about that later...just where the hell are you guys going to stay and eat while you're here?"
Mei looked over at Chy who gave her a look that screamed out `Hell no!' and then looked at Yen. She thought for a moment and shook her head. Yen would not be able to survive Aragorn's wrath if he hits on Arwen. She knew that she could not ask her sister to take them...her brother in law has enough demerits against her. That would mean that she would have to take all of them home.
"Hmm...let's see...if I use the family room...I could fit about five of you guys in there...Arwen and Alona can sleep in my room...and the Hobbits can all take the guest room...I hope I have enough futons for this. Or...I could kick my uncle out and have the guys sleep there...nah...I'm already in enough trouble." Mei said to herself. Yen rolled his eyes at her.
"Look...since you're done with this thinking shit...you might want ot hold up your end of the deal and start singing for the crowd. You're getting more popular as a club singer than at the real thing." Yen said pointing at the crowd that was beginning to complain. Mei sighed and shook her head.
"Yen...you're just jealous cuz I'm more popular with the girls here then you are!" Mei said before she ran out to the stage. Yen scowled and turned to the guest that he was left with. They had gone through intros and so he need to remind himself again with the names. He remembered the two ladies' names easily. The blond was Alona and the brunette was Arwen. Both of them are hot babes and both seem to be taken. Although the blond guy that was with Alona does not seem that interested in her. Now on to the men. He could remember that the old man was Gandalf and the Viking guy was Gimli. The four little dudes were too much for him to remember and he only knew Aragorn's name since Mei warned him not to hit on his girl. He looked over at Aragorn who was glaring at him. May not be the best time to talk to him. He should order them some drinks.
"So...you guys want something to drink?" Yen asked politely. The little guys nodded their heads while everyone gave an answer. Yen looked over them and tried to decide what to order for them. He should give the little guys some pop, the preggie lady some water or juice...the blond chick looks like the type who would go for a wine cooler...and the guys could go for some beer. He would have to make sure that he did not give them too much. Mei would kill him for making them smashed. He walked over to the bar and began his order of drinks. By then, Mei was up on stage and ready to sing.
"Lucky you were born that far away so
So we could both make fun of distance
Lucky that I love a foreign land for
The lucky fact of your existence
Baby I would climb the Andes solely
To count the freckles on your body
Never could imagine there were only
Ten million ways to love somebody
By now, Mei started to dance around the stage, getting a lot of catcalls. Yen snickered as Chy started to take pictures. Even though they have a manager, Chy could still pull off more bucks by taking pictures of the band doing embarrassing stuff. He really had no idea that Mei was a good belly dance...must be those martial arts that she had been practicing.
Legolas stared at the blue haired girl that he missed so much. The way her body moved was like water and yet she teased the world with only small movements with her hips and arms. He gulped as he felt his face flush and that he could not help but wonder if the girl was doing this on purpose or that she was just teasing the entire male population as the forbidden fruit.
Le do le le le le, Le do le le le le
Can't you see...I'm at your feet
Whenever, wherever
We meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, hereunder
You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
and that's the deal my dear
Lucky that my lips not only mumble
They spill kisses like a fountain
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
Lucky I have strong legs like my mother
To run for cover when I need it
And these two eyes that for no other
The day you leave will cry a river
Le do le le le le, Le do le le le le
At your feet...I'm at your feet
Whenever, Wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, Hereunder
You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
But that's the deal my dear
Alona glared at the human who was capturing the attention of her prince. Just who was this girl? What makes her think that she could just go out and throw herself at the price...well...the human did not exactly throw herself at Prince Legolas...but the way she was dancing and singing...she might as well have.
Le do le le le le, Le do le le le le
Think out load, say it again
Le do le le le le
Tell me one more time
That you'll live
Lost in my eyes
Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, Hereunder
You've got me head over heels
There's nothing left to fear
If you really feel the way I feel
Whenever, wherever
We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, Hereunder
You've got me head over heels
There's nothing left to fear
If you really feel the way I feel"
Mei grinned at the cheers of the audience. This was more fun then work...but it lack the respect that she wanted. She sighed and launched into a new song...hoping that she could have one night off of killing demons.
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"I swear...I thought I told that idiot that elves have less of a stomach for alcohol!" Mei muttered as she held up a drunk Alona while Aragorn held up a drunk Legolas. "Of course...he would either forget or see this whole thing for himself. It's a good thing he remembered not to get anything alcoholic to Arwen. I'd killed him if that had happened."
Aragorn gave a grunt for an answer. The Hobbits were having a better time then the others since they drank the pop that Yen gave them. It was delicious, with bubbles in it, and Mei prayed really heard that yen did not give them anything with caffeine in it. As she looked at them...leading the group even though they have no idea on how to get back...she had a bad feeling that the Hobbits were much more hyper than usual. Even Frodo looked kind of hyper. This was not good.
"Come on...we'll take the bus...I'm just glad that the stupid shrine has a bus stop at the corner."
The group managed to get on the bus...with a lot of fuss from the Hobbits and Gimli. Alona had past out and Mei thanked the gods that it had happen...only problem was that the elf was a dead weight now. However. She managed to get the elf to sit beside her with her golden head on her shoulder. After making sure that the elf would not fall out of her seat, she watched the others' reactions to the bus ride. Merry and Pippin were practically jumping out of their seats. Sam was excited while Frodo watched the scenery pass through the windows. She giggled, as Gimli grumbled about how fast the bus was moving. Aragorn said nothing as he was trying to comfort Legolas out of his drunken state.
"This is interesting." Gandalf commented. Mei gave a smirk and nodded.
"Yeah...I have a car, but I don't use it much...maybe having you guys here will let me use it more often. If you think this is exciting...I hate to see how you guys react to a roller coaster." Mei said chuckling. Arwen raised an eyebrow at that comment.
"Oh? And what is this roller coaster that you speak of?"
"It's a ride that will make your insides churn and you'll feel the wind whip across your face so fast that you think that your face is going to fall off...awesome thing those sucker are. I remember a time where I killed a demon with one of those things..." Mei said as she went into a daze.
For the rest of the time, the groups mostly talked about old times and about Mei's world. She was about to tell them about the food here when she noticed that they were at her stop.
"Okay! We get off here!"
Mei led them off the bus to a huge piece of property that was on the edge of the downtown area. The ones that were awake and aware gasped at the sight of the shrine. Even thought it was not as large as the ones in Middle Earth...it was still huge compare to a four-story house. The shire was Japanese style just like the way her uncle wanted it to be. The two flights of stairs led them to the entrance of the shrine.
"I'd love to give you guys a tour...but we need sleep for now. Come on around the back...that's where the house is." Mei said as she dragged Alona to the side. Mei looked up to the two story flat that she had called home. Only two people live in it and that was her and her uncle. She unlocked the door and turned on the lights. She knew that her uncle was asleep. That meant that the guest room, her room, and the living room were empty. "Okay...Arwen...could you take Alona from me and go upstairs and take the second door to your left. Just dump her on the bed. I'll get your bed stuff read y later. How's Legolas?"
Aragorn rolled his eyes as he nudged the elf. Mei blinked as she saw how flush the elf was and that his eyes were really glassy. She gave a smirk at him, but then turned her attentions to the bedding. She went to a hall closet and pulled out four double futons. She moved as much furniture as possible and settled the futons on the floor.
"You guys sleep here...I'll get you some blankets soon...I need to fix up Arwen's place to sleep." Mei said as she went upstairs to her room. Later Arwen came down the stairs with her with bundles of blankets in their arms. "Okay! Here are the blankets and say your good nights and your good night kisses...you guys need to sleep off that beer or coke or whatever the hell Yen gave you."
Arwen gave Aragorn a little peak on the cheek before she went back upstairs to sleep on the futon. Mei stayed to get the Hobbits situated and gave each of them a kiss on the forehead. She then helped Aragorn put Legolas on the futon. After a few minutes, Mei looked down to see eight males sleeping. She gave herself a small smile as she brushed a stray hair from Legolas's face. The guy was so peaceful. Then her eyes suddenly felt sleepy. She looked at the time and wince as she saw that it was 2:30 am. She was about to go upstairs when she saw that her room was too full. So she went to the guest room, only to find that it was messy and that the sheets were gone. She then came to a horrifying conclusion.
"Just where the hell am I going to sleep now?"
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This is the first chapter of this fic! Hope you like it! Also that song...Whenever Wherever is by Shakira and I got the lyrics from [1]www.letssingit.com
References
1. http://www.letssingit.com/