Chapter 3: What happened before
A small boy lay curled up and shaking on the cold floor of the dungeon cell. Two guards opened the door and yanked the choke chain that was used to restrain him. The boy stood up, his body was thin and covered with gashes and blood. It was evident that this child had not eaten nor slept for a very long time. It was also evident, by the fear he held in his eyes, that he was about to be covered in even more blood. As the guards led the child down a hallway, they would stop every so often to hit or kick him. But he did not cry out. He was trained to not cry out. For if he did, the punishments would be even more severe. When they reached the end of the hallway, they entered a door. Inside this door was the room where most of the prisoners died. Very few came out alive from the torture that took place in within these walls. The boy had never been to this room, but he had heard stories from the few who had. Stories about the unspeakable acts of torture that occured in this room. The guards always told him that they would send him in one day. He had always been safe from the almost certain death that came when one entered this room. But now he wasn't, now the boy, at the young age of eight was sent in this room to experience this torture.
The guards pushed him roughly into the room and slammed the door behind them. One of them threw the child against the wall then chained him to it while the other guard grabbed a whip with pieces of broken glass and barbed wire attached to the ends of it. He walked over to the boy who was chained down and laughed as he kicked the child. He stopped though, because the boy wouldn't make a sound.
"Why do you not cry out" he asked with a slight Russian accent. But the child wouldn't answer.
The man frowned and said, "Fine, you'll scream soon enough." He cracked the whip across the boys back. But still, the child wouldn't make a sound. So he kept whipping the boy. The child kept quiet, even when the glass and barbed wire got stuck in his side and the man savagly tore it out. Though he visibly flinched, the child just stared at the man with large, defiant, red eyes. Then they unchained him. The boys spirits lifted as he thought they were done. But his heart sank as they held him down and stuck a needle with a strange yellow liquid in his arm. A pain spread throughout his body. A pain so great, he could hardly keep in his screams. He wished they were still beating him it hurt so much. He screamed. A blood curdling scream that caused his throat to go hoarse. Blood started filling his throat and he soon felt himself struggling to breath. Then, blood filled his eyes causing him to go blind. He found himself unable to scream and unable to see. He could only listen as the guards laughed at his silent struggle.
And that, is why Hiei is afraid of needles.
He managed to scream once more which caused him to wake up. Botan rushed over to him when he screamed. When she got there, he was trembling and covered in a cold sweat. She reached out and gingerly put a hand on his shoulder. When she touched him though, he jumped and cried out whilst looking around frantically. That was when she saw just how scared Hiei was.
"Are you alright?" She asked him. He didn't respond. He just kept staring at her, piercing her with his eyes. A chill ran down her spine as she stared deep into his crimson eyes, trying to find some traces of emotion, but finding none. Koenma and the others walked in, bringing Botan out of her trance. Koenma walked up to them and said,
"We need to take some of Hiei's blood." Hiei stared at the needle and bagan to tremble.
"What the hell is wrong with him?" Yusuke asked, worridly.
"I don't know," Koenma responded,"but we don't have time for this. Hiei! Snap out of it, we just need a blood sample from you." He grabbed Hiei's arm and was about to stick the needle into it when he heard something clatter to the ground. He looked down and saw a small black orb. Koenma picked it up and realized that it was one of Hiei's own tear gems. He looked back up at the fire demon and saw Botan holding him in her arms.
"Koenma, stop scaring him." Botan scolded.
"What did I do?" Koenma asked.
"Haven't you realized it by now?" Botan responded,"Hiei's afraid of needles."
SO there is my second chapter. Hope you liked it. Please R/R.