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Hi, people! I don't think anyone's been reading this so I'm kinda sad, but I'll keep writing anyways. If you have been reading, though, please review or favorite my story (preferably review) so I know you're there. I can't keep writing to phantom readers. Well, here's chapter three. Happy reading! (If there's anyone reading, that is.)
Katniss glared toward the voice in the shadows, "So you are alive. They told me you were trampled after I killed Coin."
"Katniss? Katniss, you're here!" A cheerful voice called from the shadows followed by an intake of breath as she was punished for talking.
Katniss ran forward to help Tohru but was stopped by a chiding voice, "Ah, ah, ah. You remember the note, Catnip. If you do anything tricky we can take her back." What stopped her wasn't the reminder itself but the nickname that he used.
"Where did you hear that? Where did you hear that?" She yelled into the darkness.
There was laughter and the voice spoke again, this time getting farther away, "Wouldn't you like to know?"
Something clicked in her head and she began to run back the way she came. It was jabberjays! The whole thing was a trap! Suddenly, a new voice appeared, "Katniss! Where are you? Where's Tohru?" It was Peeta! Katniss called for him but then realized that it may have just been more jabberjays.
She screamed and sank to her knees, "Stop this! Stop it, Snow! Just kill me and get it over with! Stop playing with me!"
A whispered voice that froze her blood came from right behind her, "Gladly." She didn't even have time to move before a cold blade was thrust through her chest. The last thing she remembered before she blacked out was a bloodcurdling scream that probably came from her.
Peeta heard her scream and called out to her, "Katniss!" Her last scream echoed through the tunnel and Yuki put a hand on Peeta's shoulder, slightly shaking his head. Peeta had tears in his eyes and looked at Duck, who was openly crying, and Fakir, who was trying to comfort her. He steeled up, "Let's go get Tohru and take her back home."
They began to search the tunnel, stopping when Peeta nearly tripped over something on the floor of the tunnel. They shined the light down and there was a collective gasp. Lying in a small pool of blood, were Tohru and Katniss. Yuki quickly picked Tohru up and checked her pulse. "She's alive."
Peeta noticed a note tied to the blood-stained dagger lying beside Katniss' comatose body. He began to read it aloud.
To whom it may concern,
Here you have found Tohru Honda and the body of Katniss Everdeen. If you have just happened to stumble upon them, leave this note and the bodies, live or dead, where they lay. If you are reading this note as Peeta Mellark, read on. She came here knowing she would die and if you let her go, nevertheless, this death is really a fault of yours. Thank you for your help and congratulations on your successful trade!
Signed,
Octavius Snow
Fakir looked down at where Peeta had sunk to his knees, "Don't believe that. He's just trying to shake you. We might even still be able to save her. He was just stalling so she would die before we could do anything." Peeta slowly nodded and picked up Katniss. They practically ran back up to the streets, leaving a trail of Katniss' blood as they went.
They took her to the nearest hospital on the block and discovered that she was still clinging to life, though barely so.
She woke up after a few days in the hospital and her eyes flickered open to see Peeta looking down at her. His eyes were closed and a single tear dripped down his face.
She smiled faintly at him, "Hey, what're you looking so sad about?" Peeta opened his eyes wide in surprise. He suddenly hugged her tightly and she winced, "Try to remember that I just got stabbed three days ago."
He pulled back and looked at her from arm's length. She spoke, pain laced into her voice, "Is Tohru okay?" Peeta nodded and she smiled.
"Can we come in?" The impatient voice of Kyo came from out in the hall. Peeta called for them to go ahead and Yuki, Kyo, Shigure, Tohru, Haymitch, Gale, Katniss' mom, Duck, and Fakir flooded into the, now cramped, room. Gale did the same that Peeta had and Katniss reminded them again about what had happened to her just days earlier. Upon being reminded about it, Tohru ran up and hugged Katniss, a bit less pain-inducing than the others but still not comfortable.
She spoke quietly as tears ran down her face, "Thank you."
Katniss nodded. She didn't need to say anything else.
Yuki spoke from behind Tohru, "Ms. Honda, the doctors would like us to go and let Katniss get some rest."
They all stepped out but, instead of following, Yuki stayed in and closed the door after the others. He walked up to her bedside and looked down at her, "It's time, Ms. Everdeen. I'm sorry, but I have to do this, even after what you did."
She glared at him but consented, "I understand. Go ahead, then, but know this: After you erase my memory I'm going to make sure that I never help anyone in your family again."
Yuki hesitated but knew what he had to do. He reached his hand out and rested it on her forehead. He met her glare for a second and…the door opened behind him. He turned around quickly, pulling his hand in, and could just feel Katniss' smirk behind him, "Hatori, I'm in the middle of something."
Hatori walked forward to sit on a small chair beside the bed where Katniss was impatiently waiting to have her memory erased. "I see. You seemed to be taking longer than usual, so I figured I'd go ahead and do it myself," he said in a bland voice.
Katniss was done being angry now and was just a little tired, "Can we hurry this up? Or are you gonna wait until I've recovered and can kick both your butts?"
Hatori sighed and reached his hand out to finally erase her memory. His hand was only an inch from her forehead when the door opened once again.
"Oh, sorry, but the nurse wanted us to go, you know, so Katniss could recover. Oh, oh, sorry, am I interrupting something?"
There was a collective sigh and Yuki spoke tiredly, "No, Ms. Honda. We were just…discussing something."
Katniss laughed, "Yeah, discussing. Now, Tohru, how much do you know about this family?"
Tohru gave a little frown, "Oh, well…," her frown turned to a bright smile, "I know that they can't keep a house clean without a little help."
Yuki sighed again, "Ms. Honda, she knows about the curse. We were just trying to correct that."
"So you can't trust her with your secret, even after…"
Yuki shook his head, "No, not even after that."
Tohru looked at Katniss, sadness in her eyes, "I'm sorry."
Katniss nodded and Hatori moved his hand towards her head again. The second it touched, Katniss' eyes went blank and she fell back onto the pillow. The door opened and Kyo looked in, "Are you finally done?" He, then, saw the tears in Tohru's eyes and the glare that Yuki was shooting him, "Oh, uh, uh, I'll be outside."
He finally left and Yuki turned to Tohru, "I'm sorry, Ms. Honda, but nothing's changed about her. She just lost a few bits of memory. She won't even remember that you had anything to do with this. We just had to protect our secret."
Tohru nodded, still on the verge of tears, "I understand, but I have to go. I'll be back in time to make dinner." She ran out, tears leaking, Hatori and Yuki, looking grim, following slowly.
Peeta walked in once they were gone and sat beside the, now waking, Katniss. She looked up at him, "What just happened?"
He looked at her quizzically, "Well, the shape-changing Sohmas came in to see you but, other than that, I'm not sure what you mean."
Katniss got an even more confused look on her face, "Shape-changing? Shigure and them?"
She suddenly got a flash of memory. She remembered when she was telling Peeta everything that happened and how Yuki was going to try to erase her memory. She might not remember the event itself, but she knew she hadn't been lying to Peeta, "That little piece of scum! He erased my memory!"
Peeta didn't understand but trusted Katniss, "Then let's go get him. He's right outside."
Katniss stood up, ignoring the pangs of pain, and changed out of the hospital gown and into her normal clothes while Peeta waited outside. She walked out and stormed to the waiting room. She glared at Yuki, Kyo, some black-haired dude with what looked like an injured eye, a dude with white hair and black roots, and a kid with blond hair that looked like a girl. The black-haired guy and Yuki exchanged a look and Yuki whispered something to Kyo. Kyo stood up and walked up to Katniss, "Look, don't say anything you're going to regret."
"You mean, don't say anything that you'll regret and I can't make any promises about that," she whispered the next part, "You people just messed with my mind and you better know that you'll be regretting that." She pushed past him and went up to Yuki, crouching to look him directly in the eyes, and whispered, "Now you know that you can't take away what I know and if you try it again I will tell the world about your family's little secret. I'll keep it to myself for now, but you better watch your step, boy."
The white/black haired dude who had been sitting beside Yuki stood up as he heard this and looked at Katniss, "Who are you to threaten our family?"
Kyo murmured under his breath, "You've done it now."
Katniss stood up so she was level with the white/black haired guy, "I'm someone who's been through more than all your prissy, little family can dream of. I've been through hell, and you're asking who I am? Well, who are you to ask about me?" She was yelling right in his face at the end and he didn't respond. She was glaring at him so intensely that everyone in the room went silent to see what would happen.
Tohru was looking panicked and stood in between them to try to break the glare. She turned towards the conflicting hair color dude, "Haru, calm down. Calm down. Just sit back down." You could hear the panicked desperation in her voice, but Haru still glared past her at Katniss. Gale, then, stood up, but before he could make things worse, Yuki put a hand on his shoulder and slightly shook his head. Reluctantly, but trusting Yuki for the moment, Gale sat back down.
Next, Peeta tried to break the tension. He gently pushed Tohru away from the two and looked at Katniss, putting his hands on her shoulders, "You don't want to start trouble. Not here, in a hospital." He slowly led her out of the hospital and they took a taxi back to the outskirts of District Twelve where they had to walk in themselves.
Once they left, the combined force of the Sohma family managed to turn Black Haru back to his normal self and they all went back to rest in the Victor's Village where they were living in several different houses, now.
Of those who were left in the room, Duck and Fakir went back to the Victor's Village and those who were related to Katniss traveled back to District Thirteen where they had been living since the end of the rebellion times.
Well, that's the end of this chapter and maybe the whole story. If you would like me to continue, review and maybe I'll go a few more chapters. Otherwise, I'm probably down with this crossover.
