Waiiiiiii, an update, an update!
I really, really loved how Tezuka came into the story (with everybody going 'he doesn't look like a ranger' and him going 'you let your guard down' ^^ That fits wonderfully.
On another hand, Echizen, methinks, is actually quite different from Frodo (poor Oishi, he would have less trouble with the original...). ^^

Anyways, thank you for sharing and I am looking forward how the story will continue (and to much more TeFu interaction ^___~)