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Chapter Nine - Ma Turns Vicious, Again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~KAI'S P.O.V.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I gathered up everything that needed washing (and that was a hell of a lot)
and put it all in two black bags. I remembered how to wash clothes from when
I had lived with Ma before. All my instincts for survival came back, making
me remember things that I thought I had forgotten. How to wash clothes, scrub
floors and cook. I hadn't had to do these things since I was eight years. I
remembered seeing a laundrette on the corner of the road. I looked for some
money. I found a large jar in the kitchen. It was hidden behind the tins of
canned peaches. I looked at Hikari. "Ma never looks dere. She's allergic to
canned peaches." Hikari said, beaming with pride. "Hey who knew a kid could
be smart." I thought. "Hey squirt. How old are you?" I asked. Hikari frowned,
sat on the floor, crossed her legs, put her chin in her hand and then jumped
up. "I don't know." Hikari said. I looked at her. She had tears in her eyes,
so I knew she was serious. I looked around for her birth certificate. Her
date of birth had to be on that. I searched high and low. "Hikari, where does
Ma put all her important papers?" I said to her. "Ma putis them ind a big box
on topa da big wardarob." Hikari said. I walked into the room, that was
obviously, Ma's. I looked up on the top of the wardrobe. Being tall I could
reach it easily enough, but the idea that Ma might catch me and punish me,
was terrifying. I looked at Hikari, who was holding on to my leg, again. That
decided it.
I pulled the box from off the top of the wardrobe. It was a big, dull-grey,
metal box. I opened it. I found my birth certificate first. I kept looking
through the other papers. Bills mostly. Then I found Hikari's birth
certificate.
NAME: HIKARI KEIKO HIWATARI
DATE: 7th of July 1998.
MOTHER: KATHERINE JANE HIWATARI
FATHER: UNKNOWN.
I blinked. I couldn't believe it. Hikari was four years old and she didn't
know it. She didn't even know when her birthday was. Ma hadn't even bothered
to tell Hikari when her birthday was. Even I had known when my birthday was.
"How od am I Kai." Hikari said. "You are four years old, squirt." I said. She
smiled. "When is my Bufday Kai?" Hikari asked. Her face was totally sincere.
"Your birthday is on the seventh of July." I said. Her face lit up. "Everyone
said that I was weird 'cause I didn't have a bufday. Now I have a bufday like
everyone else does. When is your bufday Kai?" I smiled at my little sister. "My birthday is the fifteenth of October." I said. "Wow, that's
in two days." Hikari said. I was abit shocked. "Is it?" I asked. "It is. Look
at da paypa." Hikari ran out of the room and a few seconds later, she came
back, paper in hand. "Look, Kai, look." She said. I looked at the paper.
Hikari was right. I had gotten caught up in the all the beyblade tournaments
and this business with Ma, that I had forgotten my own birthday. "Well, it
looks like your right, huh squirt." I said. "How do you know how to read?" I
asked her. "Ma said that I could clean the kit-chin with od paypa, so I red
the paypa, so I wouldn't get board when I had to clean. I didn't tell Ma. She
said dat reding is a bad fing and I wasn't allowed." "Great, the kid's
smarter than I've been givibg her credit for." I thought, as we put the
papers back in the box.
I looked at Hikari. "Hey squirt. Are you hungry?" I asked her. She nodded. I
went to look in the fridge. It was empty, (Big surprise there) I looked in
the cupboards. All of them were empty, except for the one with the canned
peaches. "O.K. squirt. First I'll get you some food, then we have to get the
laundry done." I said. "Do we get to go out." Hikari said. "Yep." I answered.
"YAAAAYYY!" she shouted. She ran into the bedroom. I followed her. She opened
the third drawer in the small cabinet. She pulled out a blue hooded jacket
and put it on. She pulled a teddy bear out of the toy chest. "Can we wash
Charlie-bear too?" Hikari asked. I looked at the brown bear. It had been mine
when I had lived with Ma. It even had the same name. "Sure, we can." I
answered. "YAAAYYY!" she said, and started jumping up and down. "Come on,
let's go, squirt." I said. "YAAAYY!" Hikari shouted and grabbed onto my hand.
I picked up the two bags in the other hand. Hikari opened the door and we walked
out, closing the door behind us. I was definatly glad that I had experiance,
at dealing with kids who were on a sugar high. I mean look at Max.
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I walked down the road, with Hikari holding onto my hand, skipping next to me.
I went into the laundry. I put on the first wash. Hikari sat watching for Ma.
I knew that if she saw us in here then she'd know that we had money. I also
knew what would happen if she found out that we'd been *holding out* on her.
After I finished the laundry, and Hikari's bear, I took Hikari to the grocers
that I had spotted next to the flats. We used the last of the money that was
in Hikari's jar, to buy some food. We bought a packet of pasta and some bread,
butter and cheese.
It was seven o clock, bu the time we had finished doing what we had to do.
Hikari looked tired. I had some money, from Grandfather. I bought chicken and
chips for dinner. Hikari attacked the food with ravenous hunger. We both ate
on the way back to Ma's. We walked up the sixteen flights of stairs. Hikari
looked as though she were about to fall asleep on her feet. I draggged the
clothes in and then I picked up Hikari and carried her into the bathroom. I
washed her face and hands, and I got her to brush her teeth. I put her on the
couch and washed my own face and hands. I brushed my teeth and then I picked
up the two bags of clothes. I dragged them into the bedroom and started
putting them away. Hikari followed me and rubbed her eyes.
I had put away all the clothes, except for a pair of pyjama's. They were a
pastel lilac colour. The top was long sleeved and had a picture of a phoenix
on the front. The bottoms were plain. Hikari was too tired to dress herself.
I pulled off her shoes and lifted the dress over her head. I pulled the top
on over her vest and put the bottoms on. I took the bandanna from her hair,
brushed it out, and tied her hair into a ponytail with one of her small
hairbands. "Kai?" She asked. "What's up squirt?" I said. "I'm a verry
tiirrredd." Hikari said as she yawned. I smiled. After all the work I had
done that day, I was tired too. I pulled back the covers on Hikari's bed and
slipped the small bundle, into bed. She snuggled up underneath the covers
once I tucked her in. Her arms were wrapped around Charlie-bear. Her face,
facing sideways, towards my bed. I brushed a lock of hair out of her face.
Well I guess having a little squirt, for a sister, wasn't too bad. Wait a
minute. Did I just say that having a hyperactive, little chibi for a sister
wasn't too bad. Woah, I must be going soft.
I decided to see if I could find a payphone and call Tyson. I checked to see
if Hikari was asleep and walked out of the door. I ran down the sixteen
flights of stairs, and out of the building. I walked down the road to find a
payphone.
I saw a payphone at the corner of the road, next to an old antique's shop. I
dialed the operator. I got through to Tyson. "Hey Kai, are you allright?"
Tyson said to me. "Yeah, I'm O.K. I'll come round tomorrow, if I can." I
said. "Good at least we'll know where you are" Tyson said. "I've got to go.
My Ma would kill me if she caught me on the phone out here." I said. "I'll
see you tomorrow Kai. We're all worried about you. Max, Kenny, Ray and me.
Come round tomorrow. Hey, even better, give us your adress." Tyson said.
"Don't worry, I'll be round tomorrow. I'll give you guys my adress then."
"O.K. Kai. See you tomorrow." Tyson said. "Yeah Tyson, See you tomorrow."
I said. We both hung up.
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I walked back to the flats. I had spent at least thirty minutes looking for a
payphone, and fifteen minutes running down the sixteen flights of stairs. I
was back at the appartment block in another thirty minutes. I ran up the
stairs. I was worried that Hikari could have woken up and be frightened. I
got to the appartment. Hikari was still asleep. I then realised that it was
nine o clock. I also realised that I was really tired. I changed into my own
nightclothes and crawled into the other bed. I fell asleep as soon as my head
hit the pillow.
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I woke up, feeling a little hand shake me. "Kai, please waked up, Kai." I
heard Hikari whisper. "Wh-wha-what's wrong squirt?" I said, quietly. I heard
smashing plates and cups. "Kai, I get ascared when Ma's like this." Hikari
said. "Is that wrong? Ma says that I'm a supposed to love her, but I'm
ascared of her. Is that a very bad thing, Kai?" Hikari asked. I hugged my
half-starved, little sister, closer to me, as we heard Ma smashing more
plates and furniture. "No it isn't wrong, squirt." I said to her. Ma busted
into the room, then. She was holding a belt. "Oh god, not again!" I thought,
as Ma came towards us. I hugged Hikari closer to me. I could feel my little
sister trembling. She was shaking so hard that it felt like I was holding
a washing machine. Ma dragged me out of the bed. Her strength was almost
inhuman, as she flung me out of the bed. I brought Hikari with me, because I
was holding her. I let her go, but she held onto me. "Go on squirt," I
whispered to her. "See the piece of paper on the table. That's the adress of
a friend of mine. Go there and tell them what's happening." I whispered. My
voice was so low that I could hardly hear myself. Hikari had heard me though.
She nodded her head. Ma flung her out of the way, right next to the cabinet
with the piece of paper that Tyson had given me with his phone number and
address. Hikari picked it up. "Get out of here now." Ma screamed. Hikari
grabbed a T-shirt and dungerees from the wardrobe when she saw that Ma wasn't
looking. "Smart kid." I thought as I saw her grab her trainers and run out of
the room, the piece of paper, clutched in her hand. Ma was yelling, but I
didn't hear. She had the belt in her hand. She started to hit me with it.
*CRACK* I felt the buckle hit my back. "Oh god. I hope Hikari manages to run,
before Ma's though with me." I thought. I wanted to fight back, but I
couldn't. *CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK* I felt the belt buckle bite into
my skin. Each blow stang, like fire. I couldn't breathe. My vision was going
blurry. I was going to pass out. I heard banging on the door. "KAI." I heard
Grandfather, Tyson and Ray yeling. I couldn't answer. I couldn't even move. I
was in shock. I heard Max and Kenny calling me. I heard Hikari crying. Then I
heard the door smash open. I felt Ma being pulled off of me. I saw Hikari,
kneeling next to me. I couldn't stay awake anymore. I closed my eyes, and let
the darkness claim me.
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Hope you enjoyed it. Thanx for all the reviews. And please don't forget to
review.
Next Chapter - Grandfather's Revealation.
I feel myself, slipping into the darkness. It would be so easy just to let
go......
Chapter Nine - Ma Turns Vicious, Again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~KAI'S P.O.V.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I gathered up everything that needed washing (and that was a hell of a lot)
and put it all in two black bags. I remembered how to wash clothes from when
I had lived with Ma before. All my instincts for survival came back, making
me remember things that I thought I had forgotten. How to wash clothes, scrub
floors and cook. I hadn't had to do these things since I was eight years. I
remembered seeing a laundrette on the corner of the road. I looked for some
money. I found a large jar in the kitchen. It was hidden behind the tins of
canned peaches. I looked at Hikari. "Ma never looks dere. She's allergic to
canned peaches." Hikari said, beaming with pride. "Hey who knew a kid could
be smart." I thought. "Hey squirt. How old are you?" I asked. Hikari frowned,
sat on the floor, crossed her legs, put her chin in her hand and then jumped
up. "I don't know." Hikari said. I looked at her. She had tears in her eyes,
so I knew she was serious. I looked around for her birth certificate. Her
date of birth had to be on that. I searched high and low. "Hikari, where does
Ma put all her important papers?" I said to her. "Ma putis them ind a big box
on topa da big wardarob." Hikari said. I walked into the room, that was
obviously, Ma's. I looked up on the top of the wardrobe. Being tall I could
reach it easily enough, but the idea that Ma might catch me and punish me,
was terrifying. I looked at Hikari, who was holding on to my leg, again. That
decided it.
I pulled the box from off the top of the wardrobe. It was a big, dull-grey,
metal box. I opened it. I found my birth certificate first. I kept looking
through the other papers. Bills mostly. Then I found Hikari's birth
certificate.
NAME: HIKARI KEIKO HIWATARI
DATE: 7th of July 1998.
MOTHER: KATHERINE JANE HIWATARI
FATHER: UNKNOWN.
I blinked. I couldn't believe it. Hikari was four years old and she didn't
know it. She didn't even know when her birthday was. Ma hadn't even bothered
to tell Hikari when her birthday was. Even I had known when my birthday was.
"How od am I Kai." Hikari said. "You are four years old, squirt." I said. She
smiled. "When is my Bufday Kai?" Hikari asked. Her face was totally sincere.
"Your birthday is on the seventh of July." I said. Her face lit up. "Everyone
said that I was weird 'cause I didn't have a bufday. Now I have a bufday like
everyone else does. When is your bufday Kai?" I smiled at my little sister. "My birthday is the fifteenth of October." I said. "Wow, that's
in two days." Hikari said. I was abit shocked. "Is it?" I asked. "It is. Look
at da paypa." Hikari ran out of the room and a few seconds later, she came
back, paper in hand. "Look, Kai, look." She said. I looked at the paper.
Hikari was right. I had gotten caught up in the all the beyblade tournaments
and this business with Ma, that I had forgotten my own birthday. "Well, it
looks like your right, huh squirt." I said. "How do you know how to read?" I
asked her. "Ma said that I could clean the kit-chin with od paypa, so I red
the paypa, so I wouldn't get board when I had to clean. I didn't tell Ma. She
said dat reding is a bad fing and I wasn't allowed." "Great, the kid's
smarter than I've been givibg her credit for." I thought, as we put the
papers back in the box.
I looked at Hikari. "Hey squirt. Are you hungry?" I asked her. She nodded. I
went to look in the fridge. It was empty, (Big surprise there) I looked in
the cupboards. All of them were empty, except for the one with the canned
peaches. "O.K. squirt. First I'll get you some food, then we have to get the
laundry done." I said. "Do we get to go out." Hikari said. "Yep." I answered.
"YAAAAYYY!" she shouted. She ran into the bedroom. I followed her. She opened
the third drawer in the small cabinet. She pulled out a blue hooded jacket
and put it on. She pulled a teddy bear out of the toy chest. "Can we wash
Charlie-bear too?" Hikari asked. I looked at the brown bear. It had been mine
when I had lived with Ma. It even had the same name. "Sure, we can." I
answered. "YAAAYYY!" she said, and started jumping up and down. "Come on,
let's go, squirt." I said. "YAAAYY!" Hikari shouted and grabbed onto my hand.
I picked up the two bags in the other hand. Hikari opened the door and we walked
out, closing the door behind us. I was definatly glad that I had experiance,
at dealing with kids who were on a sugar high. I mean look at Max.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I walked down the road, with Hikari holding onto my hand, skipping next to me.
I went into the laundry. I put on the first wash. Hikari sat watching for Ma.
I knew that if she saw us in here then she'd know that we had money. I also
knew what would happen if she found out that we'd been *holding out* on her.
After I finished the laundry, and Hikari's bear, I took Hikari to the grocers
that I had spotted next to the flats. We used the last of the money that was
in Hikari's jar, to buy some food. We bought a packet of pasta and some bread,
butter and cheese.
It was seven o clock, bu the time we had finished doing what we had to do.
Hikari looked tired. I had some money, from Grandfather. I bought chicken and
chips for dinner. Hikari attacked the food with ravenous hunger. We both ate
on the way back to Ma's. We walked up the sixteen flights of stairs. Hikari
looked as though she were about to fall asleep on her feet. I draggged the
clothes in and then I picked up Hikari and carried her into the bathroom. I
washed her face and hands, and I got her to brush her teeth. I put her on the
couch and washed my own face and hands. I brushed my teeth and then I picked
up the two bags of clothes. I dragged them into the bedroom and started
putting them away. Hikari followed me and rubbed her eyes.
I had put away all the clothes, except for a pair of pyjama's. They were a
pastel lilac colour. The top was long sleeved and had a picture of a phoenix
on the front. The bottoms were plain. Hikari was too tired to dress herself.
I pulled off her shoes and lifted the dress over her head. I pulled the top
on over her vest and put the bottoms on. I took the bandanna from her hair,
brushed it out, and tied her hair into a ponytail with one of her small
hairbands. "Kai?" She asked. "What's up squirt?" I said. "I'm a verry
tiirrredd." Hikari said as she yawned. I smiled. After all the work I had
done that day, I was tired too. I pulled back the covers on Hikari's bed and
slipped the small bundle, into bed. She snuggled up underneath the covers
once I tucked her in. Her arms were wrapped around Charlie-bear. Her face,
facing sideways, towards my bed. I brushed a lock of hair out of her face.
Well I guess having a little squirt, for a sister, wasn't too bad. Wait a
minute. Did I just say that having a hyperactive, little chibi for a sister
wasn't too bad. Woah, I must be going soft.
I decided to see if I could find a payphone and call Tyson. I checked to see
if Hikari was asleep and walked out of the door. I ran down the sixteen
flights of stairs, and out of the building. I walked down the road to find a
payphone.
I saw a payphone at the corner of the road, next to an old antique's shop. I
dialed the operator. I got through to Tyson. "Hey Kai, are you allright?"
Tyson said to me. "Yeah, I'm O.K. I'll come round tomorrow, if I can." I
said. "Good at least we'll know where you are" Tyson said. "I've got to go.
My Ma would kill me if she caught me on the phone out here." I said. "I'll
see you tomorrow Kai. We're all worried about you. Max, Kenny, Ray and me.
Come round tomorrow. Hey, even better, give us your adress." Tyson said.
"Don't worry, I'll be round tomorrow. I'll give you guys my adress then."
"O.K. Kai. See you tomorrow." Tyson said. "Yeah Tyson, See you tomorrow."
I said. We both hung up.
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I walked back to the flats. I had spent at least thirty minutes looking for a
payphone, and fifteen minutes running down the sixteen flights of stairs. I
was back at the appartment block in another thirty minutes. I ran up the
stairs. I was worried that Hikari could have woken up and be frightened. I
got to the appartment. Hikari was still asleep. I then realised that it was
nine o clock. I also realised that I was really tired. I changed into my own
nightclothes and crawled into the other bed. I fell asleep as soon as my head
hit the pillow.
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I woke up, feeling a little hand shake me. "Kai, please waked up, Kai." I
heard Hikari whisper. "Wh-wha-what's wrong squirt?" I said, quietly. I heard
smashing plates and cups. "Kai, I get ascared when Ma's like this." Hikari
said. "Is that wrong? Ma says that I'm a supposed to love her, but I'm
ascared of her. Is that a very bad thing, Kai?" Hikari asked. I hugged my
half-starved, little sister, closer to me, as we heard Ma smashing more
plates and furniture. "No it isn't wrong, squirt." I said to her. Ma busted
into the room, then. She was holding a belt. "Oh god, not again!" I thought,
as Ma came towards us. I hugged Hikari closer to me. I could feel my little
sister trembling. She was shaking so hard that it felt like I was holding
a washing machine. Ma dragged me out of the bed. Her strength was almost
inhuman, as she flung me out of the bed. I brought Hikari with me, because I
was holding her. I let her go, but she held onto me. "Go on squirt," I
whispered to her. "See the piece of paper on the table. That's the adress of
a friend of mine. Go there and tell them what's happening." I whispered. My
voice was so low that I could hardly hear myself. Hikari had heard me though.
She nodded her head. Ma flung her out of the way, right next to the cabinet
with the piece of paper that Tyson had given me with his phone number and
address. Hikari picked it up. "Get out of here now." Ma screamed. Hikari
grabbed a T-shirt and dungerees from the wardrobe when she saw that Ma wasn't
looking. "Smart kid." I thought as I saw her grab her trainers and run out of
the room, the piece of paper, clutched in her hand. Ma was yelling, but I
didn't hear. She had the belt in her hand. She started to hit me with it.
*CRACK* I felt the buckle hit my back. "Oh god. I hope Hikari manages to run,
before Ma's though with me." I thought. I wanted to fight back, but I
couldn't. *CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK* I felt the belt buckle bite into
my skin. Each blow stang, like fire. I couldn't breathe. My vision was going
blurry. I was going to pass out. I heard banging on the door. "KAI." I heard
Grandfather, Tyson and Ray yeling. I couldn't answer. I couldn't even move. I
was in shock. I heard Max and Kenny calling me. I heard Hikari crying. Then I
heard the door smash open. I felt Ma being pulled off of me. I saw Hikari,
kneeling next to me. I couldn't stay awake anymore. I closed my eyes, and let
the darkness claim me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope you enjoyed it. Thanx for all the reviews. And please don't forget to
review.
Next Chapter - Grandfather's Revealation.
I feel myself, slipping into the darkness. It would be so easy just to let
go......