Shion

. . . Dude, this is like asking me if to choose between my arms, my legs and my eyes. I WANT ALL THREE OF THEM. I like Riku for obvious reasons *cough*character development*cough*, and despite most of the fandom hating on her, I love Kairi as well. For a character who hasn't been given much screen time, she's displayed a ton of devotion to her friends and is even beginning to train in the Keyblade. As for Sora- I actually hated Sora at the beginning. He was too optimistic for my liking and if it weren't for him, Xion would have lived. But after two years of playing KH, even Sora has grown on me and I want to give him a huge hug every time I see him. I can't choose.

This better be localized, this better be localized, better be localized...

Hmmm- Jade, Tear, Guy and Asch and- ah, screw it, I like EVERYONE from Tales of the Abyss. Sakura and Temari from Naruto EDWARD ELRIC FROM FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

Thanks! And I actually haven't played Dirge of Cerberus or any of the FFVII games, so it was a bit hard to write Vincent.

Sorry I wasn't able to post this for a long time! The computer kind of got taken away for a while, so. ^.^ Chapter 1 Vincent Valentine narrowed his eyes. The Arena was surprisingly plain. A usual Cornucopia. A fair amount of supplies at the tributes' disposal. A standard forest surrounding it all. Sixty seconds. At first, he had been rather disappointed. But quickly enough he realized that this was good- perhaps a simple arena like this could be used to his advantage. But yet again, the Gamemakers could pull anything. Who knew what they could do with this Arena? Thirty seconds. Vincent scanned the other platforms around the Cornucopia. Right next to him was the twelve year old girl from District 6. Almost halfway across the platforms stood the silver-haired Career from District 2 that he kept reminding himself to look out for. And five platforms away on his left was Namine Shizuko. Twenty seconds. He gave an inward smile when he saw Namine, his district partner. Everything about her reminded him of a dove- her melodic facial complexion, rosy skin and hair the color of light. Vincent had to admit it- he had taken a liking to her. Fifteen seconds. He turned his attention to the Cornucopia and devised a route quickly. First, go for the backpacks. Grab one for himself and one for Namine, advance to the swords, then get the heck out of there. It would mean risking being caught up in the Cornucopia bloodbath since the swords were rather far, but he had to do whatever it took. Ten seconds. Vincent drew in a deep breath and coiled his muscles, preparing himself for whatever might come. Let the Games begin. Five… Four… Three… Two… One… The shot was startling even though he knew it was coming. With that, Vincent sprinted off his platform, the packs locked in his field of vision. Fortunately, he was one of the faster runners of the twenty-four. Vincent was so fast that he nearly skidded right past the packs. He yanked two packs, then stopped for a brief moment to see where Namine was. He couldn't see her… But no cannons had been fired, either Vincent rapidly shook his head and snapped out of it before quickly advancing toward the swords. His hand grasped a hilt at the same time as the District 2 boy. Vincent had to make this quick- the other Careers would be here to back the boy up any minute now. And the first pulsing cannon did nothing to put him at ease. The seventeen year old gathered every ounce of strength he had in him and fought the District 2 boy's hand off the hilt. Vincent scrambled to his feet and made sure to get away from there as fast as he could. Perhaps he would actually escape the bloodbath! He just had to find Namine… Who had just gotten tackled by the burly District 7 boy. Alarm flooded Vincent as he practically hurled himself toward the District 7 boy. Namine was small enough to squirm out the boy's grip, but now the boy had revealed a knife. Vincent wasted no more time. He shoved his sword into the tribute's chest as soon as he was close enough. He looked up to see Namine's azure eyes threatening to come out of their sockets. She seemed to slowly relax once the boy's cannon had fired and Vincent had yanked his sword out of the body. "Catch." The simple word was followed by him quickly tossing one of the packs to Namine as he began running toward the forest. Namine fumbled with the pack a bit before slinging it over her shoulder. "Thank you," Namine said hurriedly, running along with him. Vincent gave a stark nod. "You might actually want to go back and pick up that kn-" His sentence was intercepted by a fierce, explosive pain in his chest. Vincent's eyes widened, then slowly looked down to see a spear protruding from his chest. He looked over his shoulder to see the District 5 girl grinning smugly from a distance. Finally he faltered and flopped onto the ground. Almost as if his body had a mind of its own, he weakly tossed his own pack to Namine as she collected the District 7 boy's knife. Vincent could now barely see. But he was able to make out the blonde girl dashing into the forest. He hadn't survived even five minutes of the Games. But at least his partner was safe.

Mmmhmm. And for Larxene, this isn't an exception. She's gonna be fun to write... >:-D

I know that- I've played FFXIII. Why I put Lightning Farron instead of Claire 'Lightning' Farron, I dunno.

Hello there, and happy Hunger Games! For those rare few who don't know what the Hunger Games is, it is a book series by Suzanne Collins where, in her dystopian world of Panem, one girl and boy from the ages of 12-18 are selected within their respective Districts to compete in the Hunger Games. They go down to the arena, where they will be forced to fight to the death. The last one alive wins. In this Hunger Games, however, there is a twist- these aren't just your ordinary Panem citizens. These tributes are from Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy XIII and The World Ends With You, all pitted against each other. Now, without further ado, the tributes. District 1 Female: Larxene Kaminari Male: Zack Fair District 2 Female: Tifa Lockhart Male: Riku Shield District 3 Female: Xion Hikari Male: Yoshiya 'Joshua' Kiryu District 4 Female: Kairi Willows Male: Sora Gates District 5 Female: Oerba Yun Fang Male: Axel Pyrrhos District 6 Female: Raimu 'Rhyme' Bito Male: Daisukenojo 'Beat' Bito District 7 Female: Yuffie Kisaragi Male: Snow Villiers District 8 Female: Shiki Misaki Male: Roxas Abner District 9 Female: Lightning Farron Male: Cloud Strife District 10 Female: Oerba Dia Vanille Male: Neku Sakuraba District 11 Female: Aerith Gainsborough Male: Hope Estheim District 12 Female: Namine Shizuko Male: Vincent Valentine Well, there you have it! It's a shame that I couldn't put in everyone I liked, but oh well. Now that you've met the tributes, it's time to see them in action. See them ally and backstab, love and kill, pitting them in an ultimate test of survival... and in the end, every single tribute listed up there will die, save one. Let the Games begin! And may the odds be ever in your favor!

I did NaNoWriMo for the first time last year and succeeded. It's really hard, but SO worth the effort. Give it a shot!

It's not new, per se, as it's a 1000. Plus I really, really think it's the game, as I just tried to start Terra's story but it really looks like I'm having the same problem with the first cutscene...

UMD reader? And yeah, BBS is the very first game I played on it.

No, and I won't be able to as I know no one else who owns a PSP. With the button, though I will try taking the battery out and see if that helps. And all right, thanks for your advice.

It doesn't turn off at all. It just keeps showing a frozen Aqua and the blue loading heart, or a grayish black if I choose to skip the cutscene. Usually I do end up restarting the system.

Tried to skip the cutscene. Still didn't work. I also checked for scratches- I didn't see any obvious ones, but I did try cleaning the disk a bit. I have yet to see if that might have helped.

Yeah, on eBay, in very good condition and the seller said that it had played start to finish for him perfectly when he owned it. That's what I'm going to try next. I have yet to start on Terra's story . . .