Chapter 5: Why?
Botan ran through Koenma's palace carrying Hiei's unconcious body. She had wrapped strips of her kimono around his wrists and arms to try to stop the bleeding but it didn't seem to be working. She started yelling at the others to get up but it was taking too long so she ran into her room and laid Hiei down on her bed. She then started going through her things and looking for bandages to wrap around his wrists. Once she did that she checked to make sure he was still breathing. When she saw that he was still very much alive she heaved a sigh of relief and sat down next to where he was laying and started crying.
'How could he do that to himself?' she wondered, 'How could he do that to me'
"Is something wrong?" Kurama asked from the doorway. Botan looked up and saw Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Koenma standing there.
"We heard you yelling," Yusuke said, "so we figured something was wrong. Why is Hiei sleeping in your bed?" Botan wiped the tears away from her eyes.
"He tried to kill himself." she said quietly.
"That's not funny Botan," Koenma said seriously, "now really, why is HE sleeping in YOUR bed"
"I WASN'T JOKING!" Botan yelled, "YOU WANT PROOF? HERE!" she tossed the pocket knife to them and Kurama caught it and opened it up. They all looked down and saw the blood that covered the blade. "Why would he do that?" Kuwabara asked. Kurama sighed and said, "I knew that giving him a knife for Christmas was a bad idea"
"You KNEW he was suicidal?" Botan asked, "Why didn't you tell us"
"He made me promise not to tell anyone, he says he doesn't want anyone to worry. He says it's no ones business but his"
"How long have you known this?" Yusuke asked.
"He's been like this as long as I've known him." Kurama replied, "But I don't know why. He never told me. It probably has a lot to do with his past. It wasn't exactly wonderful. He'll wake up soon. We should put him in his room. He doesn't like people crowding him when he's depressed. He wants to be alone, he's ashamed of people knowing he cries." So Botan carried Hiei's body back to his room and put him on his bed. She then searched the room for his weapons and anything else that he could use to harm himself. She then left the room and locked the door behind her, leaving Hiei to his nightmares...
Flashback
Hiei tried to scream as the vines wrapped around his body. But as soon as he started, a vine found its way around his neck and started choking the young yokai. The 15 year old looked up at his captor who was laughing at the small demons failing stuggle. Yoko laughed as he watched Hiei fighting to get free of the vines.
"You thought you could get away from me, did you?" Yoko laughed, "You stupid brat, learn your place!" With that the vines squeezed on Hiei's body, crushing the bones in his arms and breaking two of his ribs. The vines loosened their chokehold on his neck so Yoko could hear Hiei's screams and squeezed tighter on his body. Yoko continues laughing as Hiei tries to hold back his screams. Finally, the vines let go of Hiei who fell to the ground on his stomach and didn't move at all. Yoko walked over and kicked Hiei so he rolled onto his back. The fox then grabbed Hiei by the shirt collar and used his claws to slash the boy across the face. He then tore off the bandanna covering the Jagan Eye and stabbed his claws into it causing Hiei to let out an earsplitting scream. Yoko then threw Hiei to the ground and said, "Next time don't run from me you worthless shit!" Then Yoko left Hiei laying on the ground as a pool of black blood starts forming under him.
That's all for that chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. In the next chapter: The others confront Hiei about his suicidal tendencies. Please R/R!