Chapter 3: More Hunting and a Party

(Peeta Mellark POV)

Today was the worst, because of my mana levels already reaching that of a high jonin I decided to spend my day hunting big wild animals. It took me half an hour to reach the bear cave i found recently. Once I arrived I waited for 3 hours for the bear to come back. That time was all wasted as all I needed to kill it was a substitution jutsu with a log behind it and just stab it in the head. At first i found bear skin tough but due to the body forging technique my strength has grown by leaps and bounds and all I need is a stick to pierce its skin. I then travelled back to the outskirts of the forest carrying it on my back fireman style while jumping from tree to tree. Tree running is a great skill to train mana control I now realise as the resistance it gives is 5X more than that of chakra meaning its the equivalent of running up a waterfall using chakra. My new sage mode is like the normal sage mode where all i do is allow natural mana to rush into me stopping just as I'm about to turn to stone.

As I'm about to exit the treeline I spot my goddess with another man, he is tall with a muscular build. From this distance I can recognize the common seam traits of dark hair and olive skin. He turns to face Katniss which coincidentally is the same direction as me. He then shuffles around trying to ignore my existence. I then stood up tall and pointed the middle finger at him and substituted myself with a nearby tree branch.

'Hehehe, that spooked him he better not stay near my goddess anymore'

I then took my bear carcass cut it up into 3 huge chunks and ran full pelt at the fence and jumped over it in one leap. From there I went to Katniss's house where I dropped off the meat at the doorstep. I then headed to greasy sae's where she created a special bear meat broth with noodles in all for me. I pay her to do it so I can be reminded of ichiraku's perfect ramen. I sit there waiting for the 3 minutes that I hate the most in the world. I then devoured them whole taking less than 10 seconds to eat a bowl of ramen the size of grown adults head.

"Wow kid, i always see you're epic pace but my eyes don't ever believe what I see,'' said the lady trying to start a small conversation.

"I just love it that much. Bye, see you next time.", I said already starting to run off.

At home I handed the meat over to my father who decided to create a meat pie and claim it was lamb from the butchers to his wife. I went to m room upset that my love does not even acknolegde my existence but even speaks freely in front of another guy.

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(Gale Hawthorne POV)

On my way to the forest to get food for my family, I see a girl appearing from the forest carrying what seems to be a bag of rabbits and squirrels. So i decide to walk over too her and start a conversation on how she obtained them.

"oi , over here!" I shout at her. She then began to slowly walk over treading carefully as not to trip up in the long grass.

"Where did you get those from?"I interrogate

"I was hunting animals with my bow in the woods and stumbled into this animal stuck into a wire and took it." the small girl 9 or 10 at most.

"Those were my traps you stole those animals from! How am I supposed to feed my family without that meat?! huh! " I shouted angrily in her face.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to steal. I only want to feed my sister and mother"

the girl in front of me then starts visibly crying, breaking down from the pressure of having to look after her family. I begin shifting uncomfortably i hate being forced into being as hero like this, it is soo against my normal behaviour.

"fine , keep the meat but no more stealing. Got it?", i respond. As i'm talking with her off in the distance I can see another boy with an orange t-shirt, black trousers and blonde hair carrying what seems to be the corpse of a bear. I blink and he's gone again.

"Was there another person who entered with you? I think I can see another person who has blonde hair with an orange t-shirt."

"No, no one can in with me but i know a guy by that description: the baker's third son who sits behind me in class. I sometimes think I see him in the woods too but he always disappears.", the small girl responded.

"What is you name by the way? Mine is Hale Hawthorne."

"My name is Katniss Everdeen"

"Katnip Everdeen, good name"

"It is Katniss!!! No Katnip!"

"Whatever, Katnip. Bye"I say while running off in the direction of the treeline.

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(Katniss Everdeen POV)

After meeting Gale i headed to the Hob where I sold all my meat on hand in exchange for a few cylinders of gas, a couple of coins and a few bread rolls. While I was there I handed over a few bits of meat to greasy sae who gave me a bowl of 'bear' soup.

"Where did you get the bear from?"

"Blonde boy came in with a massive chunk of what he claimed bear meat saying he wanted it cooked with noodles. I did that, he ate it in 10 seconds and left mumbling that it brought up old memories."

"So he just left after 1 bowl"

"Yeah, so i have loads of the meat left over so I'm discounting it"

After picking up what I needed, I headed home to find a massive chunk of meat on the kitchen table again.

' i guess he stopped by again and gave us a few portions of meat'

"Mother, come here I have all the stuff we need for the week. Let us cook a massive pot of meat broth for dinner and dip the bread rolls I got in it."

"Okay"

My mother then climbed out of bed. Her face was pale and the bone was visible on her arms because of the sagging skin. My sister came in she was very short for her age, probably because of the lack of food in our household.

"Yay, we're going to have loads of food to eat today, please say thank you to that big brother who drops off the food every week for me. He is so nice, especially when he leaves loads of meat."

"Okay, I will" 'not', I Said the last bit in my head, 'he is such a creepy person, always stalking me. Does he enjoy watching me struggle only to help at the last minute'

My mother, sister and I had our best night ever since father passed away. It was so good I even forgot about it for one night. after that i decided to thank Peeta, just this once,