I haven't gotten any PM's for my contest yet. :(

~Julia

Light is shining through the cracks in the rocks and onto my face. I yawn and rise off of Piko's chest.

I crack my back and neck, a chill and rush of relief goes through me.

"Nya…" I sigh, sounding like a cat.

I shake Piko. "Hey, Sleeping Beauty. Wake up."

He stirs. "Hey, Rin," He mumbles.

"Hi, Piko. You feel any better?"

"Yeah," He tries but fails to sit up. "I'm just really cold, and hungry."

"Yeah..." I scratch the back of my head. "Sorry, your shirt is rags now because I had to cut it up to get the bullet out, and I need to go hunting today, because my rabbit was destroyed in the explosion."

Piko reaches behind his back and pushes the wound gently. "Ow…" he winces.

"Duh, it's going to hurt. Don't touch it! I gotta change the gauze, so sit up," I help him sit up.

Piko sighs. "You're just like my Mom."

I start cutting off the bandages with a sharp-edged stone. "What's your family like?" I ask.

Piko coughs. "Well," he looks up to the sky. "I have a little sister named Yoko… I'm not sure if she's still alive, though."

My heart twanged as I thought of that little girl who was shot with some sort of stun gun. "Yeah, I saw that. It was very brave of you to try and kill six Peacekeepers."

He looks down. "Yeah, Yoko's my little jewel; she's the most precious thing I have."

"I know the same feeling," I say, thinking of my paralyzed Len. Gumi and Kaiko are up there as well.

Piko nods. "I'm sure everyone does. I also have two older twins Rui and Rei, they're both eighteen."

I smirk and check the hole in his back; I hope it's one of those wounds that gets worse before it gets better, because this was looking pretty bad. "Twins, huh? I'm a twin."

Piko ignores my statement and says, "How does it look?"

I lie. "A lot better."

"Lies."

I sigh. "Okay, it looks bad. Happy now?"

"Ecstatic."

I start to laugh, and then he starts to laugh.

I spray on the anti-bacterial spray.

"Ow…" Piko winces. "Rinny… that hurts."

I sigh and replace both bandages, the one on his head first, the one on his back second. "Grow a pair."

"Hey!" Piko snipes.

I smirk. "Well," I get up. "I'm going hunting." I kiss him on the forehead and lay him down.

"Be safe," He sighs.

I smirk, "It's you I'm more worried about." I kiss him on the forehead again. "Later, dude."

,,,

I'm running through the forest, exasperated and sweating. Spit is covering the opening of my mouth, making it difficult to breathe. I have a food item slung in the duffle bag I got from the first-aid kit. It's a goose.

I'm tripping through the forest, trying desperately to get away from District Six's tribute… a woman with pink hair who I've forgotten the name of.

She lifts her bow and arrow and points it at me. I see her release the drawstring and—

I hit the ground; there is an arrow in my shoulder. It pierced right through the tendons and muscles. I scream and watch as the blood runs down my tank-top.

As my vision goes blurry, I mumble something: "I'm so sorry, Len…"

And then, I go black.

,,,

"Wake up!"

I moan in pain. I still cannot see anything.

"Are you okay? Wake up!" I feel hands shake my shoulders. My wound is throbbing, and the pain forces me awake. I see SeeU standing over me.

I scream and ball my fist. I force my hand up too SeeU's face. She grabs my arm and laughs. "Ha! Even in your current state, you still have enough energy to fight, eh?" She pauses. "Y'know, you should thank me. I patched you up." She points to my shoulder. My entire shirt is off of me and being used as a gauze pad.

I blush. "Wah!" I cover my chest, which is only hidden by a few scraps of fabric, stand up, and start running away.

SeeU looks enraged and starts chasing me. "You bitch! Come back here!"

As I said, I'm incredibly fast. There was no way she could have caught me.

I run until I get to the cave. I crash in through the stones and reassemble them in haste. I throw down the duffle bag which contains the goose, and run over to Piko.

"Are you okay to move? Because we have to! Now!" I scream.

He rolls over to look at me, and his nose bleeds. "R-Rin," he stammers, embarrassed. "What happened to your sh-shirt?" He gulps. "Uhm…"

I blink. "I got shot with an arrow and got kidnapped by SeeU who patched me up. Let's go!" I yell, pulling him to his feet. "She could be here any minute!"

As soon as I say so, a bullet bursts through the cave wall and hits Piko right in the stomach.

Boom! a cannon fires.

"No!" I scream, and sink to my knees. I kiss him. "No!" My tears drip down on his face, which is pale. His eyes are closed and his mouth is closed. I put his head in my lap and lean over him, my forehead on his.

"Piko…" I whimper, hugging his head. "No, no, no…" I gulp. "Piko, I love you." I sob, screaming, racking sobs. "Piko! Don't leave me all alone!"