Tribute: Yumi Ishiyama

District One: Luxury

The 29th Hunger Games Victor

Yumi didn't hesitate to raise her hand, "I volunteer!" She'd been born for this after all.

She'd grown up training in the career center with the others, since she could walk and was confident in her skills. She made her way up to the podium, face set in a neutral position. The only reason she'd volunteer was so her family would be safe, and proud, nothing more nothing less. Just cause she was a career didn't mean she had to like it.

Her district partner was a boy named Theo Gautheir, who was playing it up for the cameras waving cockily. Yumi couldn't help but roll her eyes, those kind of tributes always died early. What a shame, he was good-looking.

"No matter what Yumi." Her mother whispers. "We're already so proud of you"

"Don't lose yourself okay." her father adds on

"I don't know why they're so worried." Hiroki rushes out, "Every body knows you're the best fighter in school."

She doesn't say much during the interview. She nods politely, tilts her had just so, and smiles. Even when he asks about her training score a ten and asks her how she does it, she mimes zipping her lips. They'll all see soon enough.

The arena is a floating mountain top with various ledges and fog surrounding the sides. The cornucopia is surrounding by thick fog and Yumi just knows, that the ledge leading to it, has a break a gap, some innocent fool is gonna run full speed and hurtle straight to the ground.

It's easy for Yumi to run to the cornucopia take a leap and land on the other side. She grabs a bag, and some Tessan fans (excellent) and waits.

Theo goes down killed by a girl from district seven and isn't that surprising and Yumi is content to ignore her, but when she comes after her, well Yumi finishes the deed.

In the end it comes down to her and a boy from district two, they're fighting against these things she calls kankerlots, they look like big scuttling roaches, trying to shoot them with their lasers.

Yumi ends him by back flipping off a ledge, shimming back up and slicing her Tessan fans through his neck.

She should've expected this, honestly, really. Yumi has never been stupid, but she could be hopelessly naive. Yumi closes her eyes takes a deep breath, she thinks of her mother, her father, Hiroki, it's the thought of Hiroki of Hiroki being forced into this that moves her to answer. Her family loves her, and she loves them, but they would never, never allow her to degrade herself like this, neither would her pride.

Yumi leans in close to President X.A.N.A's face, "Do your worst."

So Yumi is the 29th victor, her family is dead, but at least Yumi is not a slave, not the same way the other pretty victors from District 1 are. It's fine, and when she and a group of other victors fight back and destroy X.A.N.A once for a while it'll still be fine.

I feel like Yumi and her family would rather them die than her be a prostitute so yeah