Yuri on Ice, The Hunger Games AU

Chapter 10 (Day Four)

Day four 

The sound of waves fills Yuuri's ears. 

"Huh?" he wakes startled before peaking over the side of his branch to see water covering the ground of the arena but it doesn't look very deep. 

BANG. 

Yuuri can hear screaming a few meters away. 

BANG. 

The water starts to rise and Yuuri decides to climb a little higher. 

Don't look down, keep going. You can do it... No, I can't.

Yuuri holds the bark tightly and tries to slow his breathing. 

Calm down. 

BANG. 

Keep moving. 

BANG. 

Yuuri knows there is a fight going on right now or some kind of confrontation, he would bet money that it was the careers. Either way he will find out tonight. 

BANG. 

Wow big fight going on, five lost.

There is a light 'thump' on the branch near Yuuri's head, he forces himself up on the branch and is shocked to see a parachute waiting for him. He grabs it and settles himself on the branch before opening it, inside is a pack of five energy bars and a note. 

'Stay high, stay alive. Love V' 

Yuuri smiles 'Love V'  he holds the note close to his chest tightly as if it was Viktor. 

The water rises loudly, waves hit the trees harshly as the arena fills with water. Yuuri thinks maybe he isn't high enough but the water stops rising a few meters below his branch. 

The leaves in the tree next to Yuuri's shuffle slightly despite the lack of wind, Yuuri takes out his knife and gets in a defensive position. 

"Who's there?" Yuuri asks trying to sound confident. 

He stands up against the trunk of the tree and looks into the opposite tree, there is another shuffle and a young boy jumps on to Yuuri's branch. Yuuri gasps and holds his knife out in front of him. 

"Yuri Plisetsky" he says. 

The boy nods while glaring at the older boy, the blond holds an axe in his hands but makes no move to raise it towards Yuuri. 

The two boys look at each other in silence for a few seconds. 

"Aren't you going to kill me?" Yuuri asks, his heart dropped as the words come out. He doesn't want to kill anyone, especially this small boy in front of him but he will if he has to. 

The note from Viktor gave Yuuri strength, he will survive. 

"Couldn't kill you if I wanted to" The boy growls at Yuuri. 

That's when Yuuri notices how skinny the boy is and how he is shaking. The boy drops his axe on the branch at Yuuri's feet, now Yuuri has all the power in the situation. 

Yuuri didn't want allies and is worried about getting an axe in his back but the boy is no danger in this state. 

"Here" Yuuri digs out two packets of dried fruit to give to the boy. 

Yuri reaches out a shaking hand, taking the packets before sitting down on the branch and eating. 

"Slow down" Yuuri says and sits down cautiously.