Chapter 7

Although My Hands Are Shaking I Lie Perfectly Still

Hiei tumbled to the ground rubbing his soar cheek. Hiei looked up and saw his stepmother smirking down at him.

"You stupid bastard didn't you know I was searching the whole fucking town for you?!" She walked up to Hiei and bent down to be face to face with him. Her breath reeked of alcohol. "Your father will not be pleased to know you're singing like that about me! I heard it all the way out here! How dare you you good for nothing slut!!!"

"What do you know! My father brings home other women while you're not around! He doesn't care about you!!!" Hiei screamed. Alexis's face turned beat red as she quickly backhanded him. Hiei slammed into the ground.

"How would you know?!"

"Because he does it in my room! He throws me under the bed or in the closet if I'm occupying my room at the time! I know because he's my father."

"You STUPID BASTARD!!! LIE! That's all you ever do! You worthless piece of shit!" She grabbed Hiei by the collar to left him from the ground. She was about to hit him again. Hiei braced himself knowing if he hurt her he'd be in more trouble. All he could do was threaten the woman but could never follow up on them.

"STOP!" Alexis turned and saw a woman standing there with an identical daughter.

"Who the fuck are you?!"

"It doesn't matter just put Hiei down." Hina said calmly. Hiei looked over at her worried that she had made herself known. Alexis dropped Hiei and stumbled over to Hina. Yukina whimpered slightly and Hina pushed her back behind her. "It's not right what you do to the boy."

"Yeah and what are you going to do about it?"

"Stop you."

"I bet you won't!" She raised her hand to Hina. Hiei's eyes widened and he ran and pushed his stepmother to the ground.

"Don't you ever raise a hand to my friends again our you'll regret it!" Hiei yelled. Alexis got up and roughly grabbed Hiei by the arm.

"We're going home and see what your father has to say about this!" She pulled Hiei along with her. Hiei winced every so often but complied glade his friends were no longer in danger.

"Hey Hina we heard yelling what's going on?" Kurama said walking out.

"His stepmother took Hiei. They had an argument." Kurama looked worried and led Hina and Yukina back in.

"Do you think we should check up on Hiei, Kurama?" Yusuke asked.

"I don't know."

With Hiei...

Once they reached the house Hiei was thrown in. He landed on the rough carpet and attempted to get up until he felt a weight on his back.

"Stay there!" She yelled pushing her foot deeper in his back. "Honey!" She yelled.

"What?! Did you find the boy?!" She smiled evilly at Hiei. Hiei looked at the ground not wanting what was coming next.

"Yes finally he was hiding." He picked Hiei off the ground and held his face so he faced his father. "And do you know what he said to me? He said you don't love me and that you were cheating on me with other women in his room." Sanku punched Hiei in the stomach letting him fall to the ground. "Did you know he sings? He sang a really bad song about me. How he wanted to kill me."

"Boy how dare you!" He kicked Hiei in the back. Hiei tightened in a small ball hoping to soften the blow somewhat. Then Sanku grinned evilly and walked into the kitchen. Hiei watched confused. The he came out with a container and lifted Hiei by the collar of his shirt and dragged him to the bathroom. He slammed the door shut and roughly opened Hiei's mouth and poured the liquid in the container down Hiei's throat.

It burned. Hiei felt like he was on fire and his eyes felt like they were going to explode. Then it occurred to him. He couldn't breath. His chest tightened and Hiei fell to the floor gasping for breath. His father continued to pour the substance on Hiei's wreathing body. Once his father was done he threw the bottle at him then left the room. Hiei looked at the bottle it read: Ammonia.

Hiei struggled to breathe and started to pound on his chest in hoping to clear an airway. When half way successful he laid there breathing weakly. 'So this is how I'm going to die.' His skin, eyes, mouth, throat, nose, burned. Heck everything felt like it was on fire. A tear made its way down Hiei's cheek. It hurt. He was dying. Pictures of Yukina, Hina, Kurama, and everyone else that he cared about flashed before his eyes. This was his day to die. He just laid there perfectly still excepting it. Embracing it. 'Was this what hell is like?' Hiei wondered as his mind drifted in and out of consciousness. It felt like eternity had passed.

BANG! 'What was that?' Hiei thought as he took another raspy breath.

"HIEI!" Kurama yelled as he opened the door. Kurama covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve. Kurama prevented anyone from coming into the room and ran over to Hiei. He wrapped the blanket around Hiei to not get any of the toxic substance on him as well. He lifted Hiei and pulled him out of the intoxicated room. Hiei whimpered as the blanket rubbed against his raw skin. Painful whimpers that brought tears to Kurama's eyes everytime he heard one escape from Hiei's mouth. "Hang in there Hiei." Hina and Yukina looked stunned and worried. The ambulance had already arrived and Hiei was now placed on a stretcher and being placed in the back of an ambulance. They gently placed an oxygen mask over Hiei's nose and mouth. Hiei whimpered everytime something touched him.

What do you think? I swear he has an EVIL father! We're getting closer to Hina finding out about Hiei YA!!!