Sorry for the two week late update. I was super busy because of Christmas Break and everything. Anyways Please Enjoy :)
4th Arena, morning
Armin sat on the branch waiting for Mikasa to return. So far two people had died in the feast. Another canon went off making it three That meant that there were only seven more tributes including him and Mikasa. About ten or so minutes after the canon had fired Mikasa came back.
"Do you know who's still in the games?" Armin asked. Sitting next to him she thought for a couple of minutes before saying. "Besides me and you there's the girls from 6 and 11, then the boys from 5, 7, and 8." Armin nodded and tried to remember which face belonged to which tribute.
"Since there's only five other tributes left, do you think we should split up?" Armin asked. Mikasa didn't say anything, and they sat in silence for a while. Bushes rustling caught his attention and he quickly looked over to where the sound was coming from. Out of the bushes burst the boy from 8 and it looked like he was running from something.
Mikasa appeared just as confused until they heard a weird buzzing like sound.
"Bees?" Armin asked. Mikasa didn't say anything as the boy ran underneath their branch. And that's when they caught a good glimpse at what was chasing him. The buzzing came from wasp like creatures about as long as his arm. Both Armin and Mikasa stared in shock as the boy suddenly tripped over a log and fell to the ground.
The boy began to thrash around violently as more of the wasps continued to sting him. Armin eventually turned away, not being able to stand the sight of it anymore. Seconds later a canon went off. When Armin dared to look over at the body it was unrecognizable. Before he could stop himself, he threw up what was left of his breakfast.
Even after his stomach was empty, whenever he took one look at the body he would begin to feel sick again. "I guess we better split up." Mikasa told him. As much as he didn't want to leave Mikasa he knew she had a better chance without her having to worry about his safety.
Nodding his head in agreement he stood up shakily. Trying to not look at the body he asked Mikasa if they should take the boy's backpack. She nodded, and quickly went down to get it. Armin checked his now full gas container trying to figure out how long it would last him. If either he or Mikasa ran out of it, they would be stranded on the forest floor.
After dividing the pack, they split up heading in opposite directions. Armin hoped that he wouldn't after to see Mikasa for the rest the games. If both of them ended up being the last tributes, then the game makers were in for long wait until one of them died from either lack of water or food.
He stopped to pick some berries along the way and was relieved to find that they weren't poisonous. He stuffed himself full of berries and put some more in his pack. Rubbing his still sore head he decided to walk for a while, best to only use the gas only when he absolutely needed it. Walking was slower than using his 3D gear but it didn't require as much energy.
A light sprinkle started around noon but he continued walking. A footprint in the now wet ground caught his attention. He debated whether to follow it or not but since it was heading in relatively the same direction he decided to.
Armin doubted that he would be able to catch up to the pair of footprints so when he finally caught up to the girl from 11 he wasn't quite sure what to do. Apparently, she'd stopped to wait out the slight sprinkle. She appeared just as shocked as him and for at least five minutes they didn't say anything.
He watched as her grip tightened on a knife and immediately put his hands up in a "surrender" position. Even though he was sure that Mikasa would be more than annoyed with him he decided to do it.
"Wanna team up for a bit?" He asked. The girl was a little taken aback by this. He could see his trainers' face palming because of his decision but he decided to ignore it.
"What?" The purple haired girl asked clearly surprised that someone wanted to team up this late in the game. Wiping his shaggy blond hair out of face he asked "Do you want to team up for a bit?" Though she looked more than slightly suspicious she finally nodded before asking "For how long?" He thought for a bit and then said "Until there's only four tributes left."
She seemed okay with this and he joined her under a small shelter she made by piling sticks against a tree. He watched as the rain started to come down harder. It didn't take him long to realize that with this rain it would be impossible for any tributes to fight well. The game makers wanted to slow the game down and he was fine with that.
Letting his head rest against the side of the tree he drifted off to sleep. When he woke up again he was just starting to get dark, but it had stopped raining. He decided that they should probably get as far away from the center of the arena. The purple haired girl was still sleeping and he nudged her several times before she finally woke.
"Do want to keep walking through the night?" He asked.
"Sure, since we slept all afternoon." She told him. He tried to remember her name but he was unable to. They quickly packed up their supplies and then started off. The trees hid both the moon and stars so they ended up having to walk slowly to keep from running into trees. They'd been walking for about four hours when the anthem played. Taking a break, they stopped and watched as the wind seemed to blow just right so that they could see the faces that flashed up on the screen.
Armin felt sick when the boy from 8's picture was shown. He could still see the mutilated body in his mind and quickly looked away from the picture to avoid having to throw up again. They decided to stop for the night and continue in the morning.
They woke up sometime late in the morning. The sun was already high above them and the temperature was warming up. They started walking in their usual direction and didn't stop until they decided to take a break for lunch. Armin was sure that they had to be close to the edge of the arena. Hopefully they would reach it by this evening.
Armin ate the rest of the berries he'd collected and knew that eventually they would have to stop for water and food. With it raining almost every other day and the fact that he had two extra canteens he wasn't as worried about water as he was about food. When they were done eating they started forward again.
Armin let the girl take the lead and they continued. Neither of them said anything and he knew why. They didn't want to get to know each other because that would make it so much harder to kill each other at the end of the games. Looking up again Armin saw what looked like a break in the trees.
The girl saw it to because she started running towards it. Just before they reached it Armin saw a faint shimmer and he knew immediately what it was. But it was too late, the girl hit the end of the arena straight on and Armin could hear what sounded like a jolt of electricity. She flew backwards and started writing on the ground in pain.
Armin wasn't much better while he hadn't hit it at top speed he still ran into it. He was on the ground before he realized it. At first, he couldn't feel anything then the immense pain hit him. His chest hurt like crazy and right before he passed out he heard a canon going off. He knew it belonged to the purple haired girl who lay unmoving a few feet away.
Fallen Tributes
Apollo
Kurome
Levy
Wendy
Leone
Gajeel
Esdeath
Hinata
Angel
Tatsumi
Yuri
Wave
Eren
Natsu
Lucy
Lubbock
Erza
Otonashi
Yui
Remaining Tributes
Gray
Akame
Run
Armin
Mikasa
