Hello everybody,Kaito here with a new chapter of The Bullet Games! I hope everybody enjoyed the first chapter of this. Thank you for reading the previous chapter,and if you liked it,look at my other fanfic The Dual-Wielder Shinigami! (Insert Shameless advertisement) It's a crossover of Sword Art Online and Bleach,warning,the writing is GOD AWFUL in the beginning,but it gets better as you go enough of that,please enjoy Chapter 2 of The Bullet Games! Review, Follow and favorite if you enjoy it. Enjoy! :)


"Cmon Shino! Mom's cooking dinner! She's making rabbit stew!" My adorable little sister called up to me.

I sighed,"I'll be down to play in a minute okay?"

"Okay Shino Nee-chan!"

I sighed again,how could I totally forget that not only is tomorrow reaping day,but Silica was going to be in the drawing for it this year,since she had turned 12 a couple months ago.

I smiled as I recalled the surprise party we had thrown for her.

It was a painful week,that's for damn sure,I couldn't stay home for a day because of how much I was hunting so I could get her the perfect gift,and a cake,cause there is no party without cake.

In the end it was worth it,I had gone to the bakery with the money i made and had a chocolate cake made especially for her,and when I had gone hunting on the day of the party,scrambling to try to get her a perfect gift,I found her.

It was a blue baby rarest species to grow out of the capitals sick twisted experimentations.

I slowly walked up to the creature,putting my hands up to show that I was of no threat to the dragon.

It growled cutely at me,it's voice being light and perky.

"It's okay.I'm not gonna hurt ya. I know somebody that would love to take care of you,do you want to go meet her?" I soothed,bringing a piece of cooked pork I had on me for lunch. "You look hungry,do you want some food?" I coaxed,holding the meat in front of me,as a gift to the dragon.

I slowly walked forward,it's eyes darting to and from the meat and me rapidly.

I stood completely still,waiting for it to take the meat,and right before I was about to try to coax it further,it nibbled on the meat and cried in joy,liking the taste before gobbling the whole thing up.

I laughed and held my hand out,letting it curve its head into my palm,allowing me to pet it.

It's fur was really soft,not hard and scaly like the stories told. I made some kind of noise in my throat,awed by how friggin' cute it was.

I picked it up,snuggling my face in it's fur,and it let out a cute noise of contentment.

"Silica would just love you!"I laughed,telling the dragon,"Do you want to come home with me?"

It cooed,which I took as an agreement,so with that,I let it go and it flew around my head once and hovered around my left shoulder.

I laughed again,before scratching it under the chin with my forefinger.

I turned around,and started sprinting towards the district,the dragon keeping up with no trouble.


I sighed,I was worrying about Silica for no reason,She only has 1 entry anyways,i have more of a chance of being picked.

I lightly slapped both sides of my head,"Come on Shino,wake the hell about certain death later,right now,you need to eat."

I sighed again and put on a pair of camo pants and a black tank top,because i wanted to go hunting after the reaping was over.

After I was completely dressed,I ran downstairs to go hang out with Silica. I crept over to her,she was wearing her usual red shirt and red skirt,with two ponytails on her the side of her head,held together with red ties. I snuck up on Silica and pounced,putting my hands over her eyes,making her jump,spilling the spoonful of cereal she had.

"Guess who?" I teased.

She turned around with a large smile on her face,"Shino-nee-san!"

She looked up at me and I ruffled her hair,making one of her ponytails pop out of the red ties holding it together.

In return Silica glared at me and went to fix her ponytail,"Really? These aren't easy to do,you know!"

I laughed,"I know,I'm sorry."

She put her hands on her hips and puffed her cheeks out,"Better be."

I snorted and walked into the kitchen to find my mother cooking eggs on a frying pan.

"Hey mom." I greeted,grabbing a plate of toast and fried eggs on the counter."Where'd you get the eggs?" I asked her,munching on a piece of toast.

She turned to me for a second,flashed a smile then went back to work. " I got them from . Said she didn't like eggs do they taste?" She asked as I popped a piece of said food item into my waiting mouth.

"Really good" I chewed,savoring the flavor,we might not have a lot of money,but damn,my mom knew how to cook!

She smiled,"Good,because I used some salt for it."

I shook my head,"You shouldn't have! It's difficult to get salt,and we said only for important meals."

She smiled grimly at me,putting the rest of the eggs she cooked onto a plate for herself,turning the stove off. "Yea,but i want my babies to enjoy their meal today,in case,you know…" She left off,indicating the depressing.

I lightly slapped her head and scowled,"Come on,don't think like that,Silica only has 1 entry,and I've been lucky so far now haven't I?"

She gave me a stern look,"You're jinxing yourself,Shino you have 24 entries in the -four!" She exclaimed,putting emphasis on the high number. "Very few women need to apply for that many tesserae."

I nodded,"Yea,but Shinkawa has around 40 and he hasn't been picked yet." I reminded her.

She shook her head,"Shino…" She started,but I didn't let her finish.

I put both of my hands on her shoulders,"Mom,I'll be fine,even if I am chosen,I'm a hunter,I know how to use a bow,and throwing knives,and if need be a sword. I'll be fine."

She pursed her lips,"Of course,but Shino you've hunted animals not humans,and not 12 at the same time while being hunted by 's a brawl to the death in there,and only one person is allowed to leave alive."

I sighed,"Mom,it'll be fine,ok? Stop worrying,you're stressing enough to cut off a few more years,and you probably don't have many left,and you ARE going to see Silica to the age of 18,got it?"

She nodded,"Yea,you're right."

I smiled at her,"Of course I'm is never wrong." I teased,putting my nose up in the air like a queen.

Mom snorted,"Arrogant little brat." She retorted,flicking my head."If anybody in this house is royalty,it's me?Understand that?"

I laughed,"Yes ma'am!" I fake saluted,bowing to the floor.

My mom smiled,and some of the lines on her face seemed to fade.

Silica ran in and chirped,"I'm done my cereal,Pina's done too." She reported,holding out two empty bowls.

Mom nodded,looked at the clock on the wall and sighed."The reaping starts in a half hour. We need to go,if we're not there,the peacekeepers are gonna smash down our door,then we have to pay to get it fixed."

I nodded,the same thing happened to a family last year,and their oldest son and daughter had involuntarily been selected for the reaping. It was not a pretty year for the 12th district.

Silica of course,had no clue what we were thinking,and she thought that me and her were invincible from the selection,me because I'm 17 and I was in my second to last year,and Silica because she only had 1 entry,because I refused to allow her to apply for Tesserae."Come on! We don't want to be late." She chirped,Pina squeaking in agreement.

Me and mom exchanged glances before mom sighed,"Ok come on,let's get going."

I nodded and pat Silica on the head."Race ya!" I challenged.

She nodded and immediately set off at a sprint out of the house towards the center of town. I glanced at mom,"Sorry,we'll meet you there."

She waved it off,"It's fine,I'll see you there."

I nodded and sprinted after Silica,running through our makeshift door and hopping over the fence we had,Silica was about 20 feet away,and I was swiftly gaining ground on her.

I sprinted past her,twisting as I saw her beet red face struggling for air as she slowed down,"Later nee-san!" I teased.

She stopped and put her hands on her knees,struggling to catch her breath,cursing me as she gasped.

After a couple minutes of running I reached the town square where the podium for announcing the two tributes was already set and the rest of the town was already present,waiting for the woman to announce the 'lucky' tributes.

I looked through the crowd,searching for my only male friend.

I spotted him,"Oi,yo Shinkawa!" He turned as I called his name,and I waved to him.

"Hey Shino. What's up?" He said,giving me a fist-bump.

"Not much,hey girls!" I said,pulling his three little sisters into a bone crushing hug.

"Shino!" They cheered,reciprocating the hug.

Shinkawa smiled,"Come on,don't bug her too much. The reaping is gonna start soon."

They all nodded( I'm having them do everything in sync because I don't know gale's sisters names. So bleh. )

After that me and Shinkawa just started chatting about what we were going to hunt after this was over. After a little bit,Silica showed up and then mom showed up as well.

After a couple minutes Peacekeepers flooded the area,securing the perimeter around the town square,making sure that we couldn't escape if our names were called.

The lady that announced the tributes every year walked on stage,her strange pink hair bobbing up and down with each step she took.

"Hello District 12! My name is Effie Trinket and I am here to announce the two lucky tributes to receive the honor of fighting in the Bullet games this year!" She shrilled,her voice pitched higher than a dog whistle,I swear."But before that,a word from our gracious leader and founder of the Bullet Games,President Heathcliff!"

She motioned her hands towards a giant television screen,and the face of the man I loathe the most had popped up,in all his old agedness. (Dunno if that's a word,but screw it,just roll with it.)

His face was wrinkled and unkind,he had shoulder length gray hair tied behind his head,with one strand of it in front of his face.

"Hello citizens of Aincrad,it is here on this day that I welcome you to the 74th annual Bullet Games,it is on this day that 24 tributes from each district are chosen and collected,1 boy and 1 girl from each district,and pitted against each other in a winner takes all free-for-all battle to the may seem barbaric,but I assure you that there is an appropriate reason,which I need to remind you of every year. War, terrible war. Widows, orphans, a motherless child. This was the uprising that rocked our land. Thirteen districts rebelled against the country that fed them, loved them, protected them. Brother turned on brother until nothing remained. And then came the peace, hard fought, sorely won. A people rose up from the ashes and a new era was born. But freedom has a cost. When the traitors were defeated, we swore as a nation we would never know this treason again. And so it was decreed that, each year, the various districts of Aincrad would offer up, in tribute, one young man and woman to fight to the death in a pageant of honor, courage and sacrifice. The lone victor, bathed in riches, would serve as a reminder of our generosity and our forgiveness. This is how we remember our past. This is how we safeguard our future. Remember this as we continue to the next phase of The Reaping. May the choosing of tributes begin,I wish you luck in the future,and may the odds ever be in your favor." He finished,signing out with the Aincrad anthem.

We all directed our eyes back to Effie Trinket as she continued where he had left off. "Well," She started,"After those wonderful wonderful words of wisdom from our gracious leader,we shall begin the choosing of tributes,and as always,we will start with the 12th district,now,let's see...ladies first!" She shrilled,putting her hand into the glass bowl that held the thousands of entries of women in our district.

She held up the little slip of paper for the crowd to see,then read the unfortunate soul's name out loud.

As she read it,my heart climbed into my throat and I started hyperventilating as a picture of the girl popped up.

All eyes turned to me as Silica started crying,my mom and Shinkawa stood there,shocked,and the blood roaring in my ears didn't lessen any.

"Shino Asada,will you please come up to the stand." The woman ordered/asked,her voice laced with a bit of sympathy,looking at my family who had started crying and held onto my arms.

I swallowed,don't show weakness,that's what I had always told myself,and I can't show weakness to anybody else,certainly not now,other tributes will eat me up.

I shook my arms out of my mother and Silica's grips,telling Shinkawa to hold them back from me.

He nodded,tears starting to gather at the corner of his eyes,grabbing Silica and my mom's arms and pulling them backwards.

I smiled back at him,then lifted my head high,looked at the camera's,and gave all of Aincrad the stone cold stare I was known for in my district.

I put my arms loosely at my side,and strutted up to the podium,determined not to show that I was scared out of my mind.

I walked up to Effie Trinket and stood next to her,my hands behind my back.

I looked at the tv's they had set up and was pleased to see what I looked like. I had a cold stare,colder than my usual stare,which was still enough to terrify the peacekeepers. I was not going to be friendly. I was going to be a rock,no emotions,nothing.

Effie looked at me with a sense of pride,"You look rather intimidating,I must say. Do you have any specialty that might be useful in the Bullet Games?" She inquired.

I nodded,"I'm exceptional with a bow and damn good with a dagger." I reported.

She giggled,"Fancy yourself an archer then?"

I nodded curtly as she asked me another question,"OK,but how do you feel about your chances in the Bullet Games?"

I looked straight into the lense of the camera's,and replied with a voice of steel,"I won't lose,I'll kill the other 23 competitors myself if I have to,I'm not afraid."

Effie's eyes widened,"Christ,I can't wait to see you in action then if you're this confident. This should be a good year."

She smiled at the audience and the camera's,"Shino Asada,the female tribute from district 12! Now let's move on to the male tribute," She said,fishing around the second bowl,grabbing for a random piece of paper.

She pulled it out and i crossed my eyes to read the name before she read it outloud.

My heart got caught in my heart all over again.

"Shinkawa Kyouji is the male tribute for District 12!" SHe shrilled,gesturing to Shinkawa's face on the Tv.

I looked at my friend,and his face had turned to stone.

His sisters had bunched up around his legs,holding onto him so he couldn't move,screaming for him to stay.

"Please don't go! Don't take him! Please !" The smallest one said,clinging to her brothers leg,"Don't take Onee-chan!"

I bit my tongue and looked away as the peacekeepers made their way towards him,David amongst them.

After a couple seconds of the peacekeepers trying to wrestle with Shinkawa's sisters,something unexpected had happened.

"I volunteer myself as tribute for Shinkawa Kyouji!" A boy about my age yelled out,raising his hand.

The crowds attention turned to him,and I got my first look at the boy.

My eyes widened to the size of plates as I choked,why him,why does he have to follow me everywhere?!

Effie shrilled with glee at the idea of some drama starting in the district,"Ooooh a volunteer! What is your name?"

He walked up to the podium,"My name is Kazuto Kirigaya."

Effie nodded,"Ok,why did you volunteer for ? Friends?"

Kazuto shook his head,"No. I don't know him."

The audience stared at him in shock,"T-then why did you volunteer for him?"

Kazuto stared straight ahead,his eyes emotionless and dead,a sight I did not know of him.

"There's three reasons.I volunteered because his sisters obviously didn't want him to go."

Effie smiled at him,"That's sweet of you,what are your other reasons for volunteering?"

Kazuto looked at the camera,"Two years ago,I had lost the love of my life to these games,then last year I had lost my little sister." He reported,"I'm sick of it,I'm done with it...I'm using the Bullet Games as a means of suicide."


There we go, in time for christmas too,so bam :D

I'll talk to you guys later,I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Goodbye!