Hello everyone!

So this is a chapter where they play the hunger games and nothing really happens apart from some ContestShipping. ;) Anyways, I'm not entirely sure why I wrote this, O.o but it turned out alright I thought. Anyways, next chapter we are introducing some Kalos Characters! I really excited! I think I caught the characters well from just the pictures and info I saw about them, so if I completely messed it up, I will incorporate some plot points to change their personalities. Again, this is just a filler chapter and nothing of actual importance happens. But next chapter is really awesome! I'll try to post it by Wednesday! Anyways, if you guys like the story, fell free to favorite and follow and review if you want! Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Court

Chapter 18

Some Friendly Killing

He pulled the knife out of his challenger's body, watching as the fallen tribute turned to gold, leaving the backpack as the loot. The breeze suddenly picked up, rustling the tall brown grass in the prairie where the final battle had happened. The golden tribute scattered on the wind. The moon shone off the blade of the knife, shining in the Victor's eyes. Then, as sudden as it had appeared, the wind died, leaving a palpable silence. A cannon sounded, reverberating around the arena, a large prairie with several barns and farmhouses. Everything went dark as the Victor closed his eyes for a bit of rest.

"Goddammit, Cilan!" The green haired connoisseur pulled the VisReal Helmet off and got out of the chair he was sitting in. He grinned and looked up at the screen.

The tribute from District Two has won.

A portrait of him was next to the game summary. He looked over at Cheren.

"You need some practice." He smirked as Cheren flushed in anger.

"How do you do that? The only person you killed was me! And you won!" The Leader was absolutely livid.

"Discretion." The connoisseur looked at the stats. One person's stats surprised him.

"Looks like we found something you're actually bad at, Ash." The pokémon master frowned.

"I guess so." He had been the first to die. "But I started next to Cheren and he's really good at this!" Cheren laughed at him as Burgh and Marlon shook their heads. They too had been killed by him.

"At least you didn't fall off of a cliff." Drew smacked him on the back as he walked over to the door. "I'll get some snacks."

He stopped at the door and put his ear against the door. His eyes lit up mischievously. Pulling a pen and paper out, Drew wrote a note which he folded into a paper airplane and threw it at the group who was setting up the next match. Burgh grabbed the note and read it. He looked at Drew and nodded. He turned to the remaining guys and held out the note.

I heard giggling. Let's surprise them! Go hide. Ash nodded, smiling like a Banette. Set the game up for thirteen.

The guys snuck over and hid in various places. Drew slowly opened the door, it creaked at it swung open.

"Wait, why is the door opening?" A feminine voice spoke.

"I don't know." Another voice replied.

"Should we check it out?" A third voice replied.

There was a quick debate until the unanimous decision was to look in the room. Bianca led the way, slowly walking in. The girls entered the room and dispersed with May slowly closing the door and exposing Drew.

Before she could react, Drew pounced on her, taking her to the ground softly and covered her mouth and put his finger up to his lips. She blushed and nodded. When he looked away to the others, she pecked him on the cheek. Without missing a beat, Drew turned and planted a kiss right on her lips. Closing her eyes with pleasure, she returned the kiss with a passion and the two became absorbed in their new found love.

Meanwhile, Marlon ambushed Roxie, Ash hugged Dawn from behind and Cilan grabbed Iris, all of them quieting their targets. Cheren snuck up behind Bianca. She turned around and saw him, letting out a squeal before he quieted her. Everyone froze. Suddenly the room erupted as Elesa and Skyla ran in different directions, causing Burgh to swear and the captured girls all fought back.

As the dust settled, Elesa and Skyla were sitting on an aching Burgh while Iris had overpowered Cilan and Bianca had Cheren in a headlock. She laughed at her childhood friend. The girls laughed at their success while the captured guys hung their heads in defeat.

"Where's everyone else?" Bianca noticed the absence of some of their friends. Ash and Dawn popped up from behind a chair both blushing while Roxie hoisted up an unconscious Marlon.

"Roxie!" Skyla walked over to them. "Why'd you do that?" Roxie shrugged. Marlon stirred, opening his eyes bit by bit.

"HEY!" He pushed the white haired leader playfully. She laughed back at him.

"Where's Drew and May?" Dawn noticed her best friend wasn't there. They looked around and noticed the two kissing on the floor. Dawn nudged Ash and they exchanged knowing looks, happy for their friends. Bianca walked over and cleared her throat slightly. The two on the ground jumped up, mortified. As the room looked at them, May blushed and Drew nervously smiled and rubbed the back of his head.

The guys directed their friends/girlfriends to a chair and handed them helmets.

"We are playing 74th style, two tributes can win if they are from the same district." Cilan explained. "Make sure you are the same district as who you want on your team." Iris raised her hand.

"What is this?" Cilan closed his eyes and rubbed the side of his nose.

"Ok, this is called the Hunger Games..."

Cheren rolled his eyes along with the guys whose eyes wandered the room. The girls, however, were quite attentive, apart from Bianca who had seen the movie with Cheren. She was sure that was enough.

"... And if you are the last person, you win." The guys noticed that Cilan had stopped talking and pulled on their VisReals. The girls exchanged terrified glances and copied the boys.

(May's Point of View)

I slipped the high tech helmet onto my head. When I positioned it correctly, it rumbled and my vision shifted.

I was standing on a platform around a pile of gear called the Cornucopia. I looked at myself. I was wearing a green raincoat with long cargo pants that both had the number 8 on it. District 8. I glanced around the clearing noticing twenty or so other platforms with other players who were wearing different color coats. I saw another forest green coat three spaces over from me. The boy was looking at me and noticed that I looked at him.

Drew.

He gave me a quick smile and mouthed a brief word.

Run.

The timer started at ten and began to count down.

What about you? I mouthed back. I'll be fine. I'll find you.

The timer was at three, two, one. A high pitched screech blasted across the clearing. Around fifteen people ran towards the center, including Drew. Some grabbed backpacks that were scattered further away but most continued into the fray. I turned and ran. Where do I go? I looked around at the scenery. It was a valley with mountains around it and a stream running through it. I ran towards the forest on the side of the mountain. I ran and ran up the mountain. Once I got high enough, I climbed a tree and decided to wait for Drew. I relaxed, enjoying the slight breeze. After an hour or so of waiting, I heard a rustling below me and saw a single girl with a backpack running below me. She kept looking behind her. I'll get her! She has supplies!

As she ran under my tree, I jumped down onto her. She resisted as I punched her. She began to reach for something on her belt. A knife. Quick as a whip, I grabbed it off her and plunged it into her chest. She froze and dissolved into a golden mist leaving her supplies. The cannon sounded as I heard a voice yell out.

"Bianca!" The boy behind her pulled out a throwing knife and chucked it at me. Before I could react, it buried itself in my back. I looked up, golden dust leaking out of my mouth.

"I'm sorry, Cheren." His face softened as he recognized my voice and he rushed to catch me as I began to dissolve. I took one last look at my outfit. Instead of blood, the gold mist seeped from out of the knife wound. My vision went black.

I pulled the helmet off, cracking my neck as I set it down on the chair. I walked over to the screen that showed what was happening. Burgh was already there, shaking his head and grinding his teeth.

"Hey Burgh. How did you die?" I stifled a giggle at his unhappy face. He sighed.

"Elesa and Skyla betrayed me. I was in the Cornucopia and they stuck a dagger in my back." I wasn't surprised. Those two were very independent and didn't like that Burgh let them get so drunk the night before. I guess they got him back this way. I laughed out loud at his displeasure. He was too focused on the screen to even pay attention to me. I followed his gaze and saw two players fighting. The two guys were facing off, daring the other to make the first move. Burgh gasped.

"That's Cheren and Cilan! I've never seen those two fight this early!" I recognized the guy who threw the knife into my stomach.

"Cheren killed me, after I killed Bianca." I told Burgh. He nodded.

"Bianca just left to get some snacks and stuff for after the game."

"I'll help!" I ran out the door and into the kitchen.

(Dawn's Point of View)

"Dawn, MOVE!"

I dove to the left, narrowly dodging the rock that the tribute from District Two had thrown down at us. She leered at me, pulling out a wicked sharp knife. She pulled it back, cocking her arm to throw the deadly projectile at me. She screamed, an arrow sprouting from her leg. She pulled it out and let out a stream of gold from her injured thigh. A hand roughly grabbed my shoulder, pressing a crossbow into my chest.

"Dawn, we need to go, NOW!"

Ash tugged at my arm as I grabbed the loaded crossbow. We ran down the mountain, scrambling down the scree fields, racing through the trees, until we broke into the clearing where the Cornucopia was. We tore into the giant metal structure as caught our breath. Ash patted my shoulder.

"Good work, I'll take first watch."

The confident boy took another crossbow from the abandoned camp which we won from the tributes from District 5 and 6. Two girls. We assumed that it was Elesa and Skyla since the AI, according to Ash, never formed teams between two or more districts. We assumed that Burgh was dead, or he would be with them. Two days ago, we drove them out of the coveted spot, injuring them both. Shortly after we had defeated them and they had run off, we heard a single cannon boom. At the end of the day, we looked into the sky and saw that it was the girl from District 6. That had made the total of deaths 16 with me and Ash, District One, surviving along with both from Two and Four. There was the other girl from District 5 who survived our attack and a male from eight. I went out and joined my boyfriend (psst- it's a secret) on the watch duty. As we snuggled, night fell and the two faces of those who died this day were projected. District Two, Male, Lican Pine. We gazed at the man, wondering if that was someone who was playing with us or and AI. The next face appeared. District Four, Female, Cersei Fray. We sighed, the girl from Two was still alive. Those two deaths bringing us down to the final four. The girl from District Five we killed yesterday and the boy from eight dying yesterday too.

Ash sighed. "Tough day ahead of us." I nodded and pushed him towards the Cornucopia and our sleeping bags. I raised the crossbow.

"I'll take first watch." He nodded gratefully and meandered over to the inviting bed, or in this case, sleeping bag.

My watch passed uneventfully. I got up around from midnight and woke Ash up.

"Your watch." He got up, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes and taking the crossbow that I offered him. I made my way over to my sleeping bag and fell asleep in the cocoon of warmth.

A shout woke me from my slumber. I sat up in the sleeping bag, struggling to get out of the down filled bag as I saw an arrow fly into the Cornucopia, ricocheting past me and sticking in a box in the back. I got out of the bag, seizing a bow and a quiver I kept next to me, gripping the weapons tightly, I ran out and saw Ash in hand to hand combat with the boy from Four as the girl from Two shot arrows at the two, peppering the ground. I pulled out an arrow, nocking it and firing it towards the girl. Somehow, I missed her by very little, landing the arrow just above her head. I whipped out another, launching it at her. This one caught her in the shoulder. She dropped the bow by surprise and it fell down the mountain. She swore and pulled the arrow out, unleashing the golden stream from her shoulder. She pulled out a knife and ran towards the center and me. I looked at the scrum between Ash and the boy from Four. The boy had pinned Ash to the ground and drove a knife towards him. Ash had the arm that shoved the weapon at him and was pushing it back. His arms were shaking as he struggled to resist. I ran over and shot an arrow into the boy at point blank range, hitting him in the chest. The boy faltered and Ash took advantage. He pushed the boy's arm into the ground, making him drop the knife. Ash slammed his opponent's head into the ground and pulled out a knife, plunging it into the boy's neck. He dissolved, the cannon booming. Ash got up and ran towards me. I laughed as he sprinted towards me.

"Ash! Good job! That was impr..."

He tackled me into the ground, a knife lodging in his shoulder. As we fell, he dissolved into golden mist and the cannon boomed once more.

"...essive. Ash!" I heard footsteps behind me. I rolled over onto my stomach and got up, pulling out an arrow and raising it to my bowstring. The girl skidded to a stop less than a foot in front of the tip of my arrow. I gave her a wry smile.

"Oh, hello."

I released the arrow and it buried itself in her chest. She took a step back from the force of the arrow and doubled over in pain. I pulled out another arrow and thrust into her eye socket, killing her instantly. I sank to my knees as the final cannon boomed and a voice rang out across the arena. The Victor of the Unova Hunger Games is Luna Arvada, of District One. I heard a helicopter above me and a rope ladder landed in front of me.

(Ash's Point of View)

I pulled the helmet off, dropping it onto the chair. I ran over to the screen that was blocked by my friends who hadn't survived as long as I had. I pushed my way to the front, ignoring the grumbles from my friends. I wound up next to May and Drew who were in the middle of a hug.

"What happened?" Drew grabbed the controller that was sitting in front of him.

"I'll show you." He rewound the tape to when Dawn walked up behind the Boy from Four, or more commonly known as Marlon. He started the playback.

Dawn shot an arrow into the boy, causing him to flinch and he was quickly disarmed by the boy who he had pinned. The boy on the ground grabbed a knife from his belt and plunged it into Marlon's neck, causing the Humilau Gym Leader to dissolve in a cloud of gold smoke. The boy who had just killed him, Ash, saw the girl from District Two approaching Dawn from behind, preparing to throw a knife.

He began sprinting towards his District Partner. She was laughing.

"Ash! Good Job! That was impr..." He tackled her as the first knife missed him by less than and inch. District Two pulled out her last knife and threw it as the District pair was still in the ground. This one connected, driving into Ash's shoulder. He dissolved into a golden powder.

"...essive. Ash!" The girl on the ground jumped to her feet, pulling out an arrow and nocking it as the girl from District Two ran towards her. Dawn spun around holding her strung bow. Her opponent skidded to a stop, her eyes opening wide.

"Oh, hello." The arrow drove itself into the startled girl's chest causing her to step back and bend over in pain. The archer pulled out another arrow, but instead of nocking it, she walked over and stabbed it upwards and into the right eye of the injured girl. She fell to her knees as her final opponent burst into a cloud of golden mist. The cannon sounded. The Victor of the Unova Hunger Games is Luna Arvada, of District One.