DIMS: Okay people, unless I do a drastic plot change, there's only gonna be a few more chapters. If you want a drastic plot change (b4 it's too late) review and tell me so, otherwise this story's only gonna be five chapters, six max.

Mara: If you want her to continue with her original plot and write a sequel, review and tell us so.

Era: Or, we could stick with the original ending, just add a lot in between.

DIMS: As standard procedure, I must tell you that your votes may or may not affect my decision, but your opinion will be appreciated. With that, we go on to chapter four of "The Forbidden."

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All in all, everyone was very impressed, and everyone became attached to the small fire demon, even if he did have a bad temper. Keiko hated me for changing his personality so drastically, but it really wasn't my fault. All fire demons share a similar personality, but she wouldn't listen to that, she said it was crap. Then I did her a favor and cut her hair, but I don't think she liked me using flame as my shears, no matter how effective it is (evil grin). That was why, when he disappeared, everyone was upset. Chapter end, back view last chapter

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Flashback

I walked into my room and said, "Morning Mo!" (A nickname I gave him that he hated. It never failed to get him out of bed.) When he didn't respond, I turned to the bed and saw he was not there. In his place was a note. It read, "Hand over the Forbidden Girl, and we will return the boy. Leave her at the bottom of the steps tomorrow."

Flashback end

When I showed then the note, almost everyone began to panic. I sat there for a few minutes; maybe half an hour listening to their screaming and yelling, and watching them pace or run around. Then it finally got on my nerves. "CALM DOWN!" At that, everyone froze where they were. "These people, they want me because, unlike male forbidden children, I am slightly more closely related to the koorime. Therefore, when I cry, the tears turn into gems. They are much more accessible since I am not on a floating island in to sky, and far rarer, as I am the only one who can produce them, though I never have of my own will."

"Then how do you know you can if you never have?!" Kuwabara shouted.

"I never said that!" I snapped, "I've never produced one of my own will!" They all looked at me expectantly. "What!" I snarled.

"Care to elaborate?" Kurama said with a slightly raised eyebrow

I glared at him, but began. "Once, when I was six years old, I was kidnapped. It took Master Hiei nearly six months to rescue me, and in that time I was tortured severely. I never cried though. But one day, they showed a tape of my mother's execution for having me. A single tear gem was produced. From that day until I was rescued, they made it routine, along with my other tortures, to play the tape. But I didn't cry. I just imagined them being tortured in the same painful way as my mother. I have never produced a gem since." All was silent at the conclusion of my tale. I unbelted my katana and placed it on the table.

"What's that for?" Kuwabara asked.

"If I go armed, they might not hand over Mo," I stated.

"But you're not going!" Keiko screeched.

"Yes I am. You humans are spoiled. You want Morashino back, that I know, but you also want me. Why, I don't know. You can have one or the other, but not both, and my purpose in life was fulfilled a long time ago."

"Mara, I forbid you to go!" Koenma said in his teen form.

"And since when have I listened to toddlers?" I said. It was the next day. I was walking down the steps, the others trying to talk me out of it.

"Hn, it's her choice. Let her walk into a death trap if she wants."

"Hiei!" Keiko screeched. Yusuke aimed a punch from behind me, intending to knock me out, but I dodged easily.

"Mara, there must be some other way! Let's use our heads!" Botan and Kurama said at the same time.

"I already have Botan. Don't worry. If I have any luck, I'll see you soon."

She misinterpreted this and started bawling and saying things like, "Don't talk like that!" I sighed at her stupidity, but kept going.

When we reached the bottom I said, "This is where you leave me, unless you want to watch the trade." None of them moved, so I just sat down on the bottom step. Only a few minutes later, they arrived. Two men came with Morashino, a sword at his throat. I walked over to them and they let Morashino go. They bound my hands and feet and I did nothing to stop them, though I could. If I tried anything, the hundreds of demons hiding in the forest would destroy us all. Everyone other than Keiko looked around as they sensed the hundreds of demon presences. They pushed me to the ground and began to kick me violently, breaking a few of my ribs.

"Mara! You can't do that to her!" Yusuke shouted.

"Yes we can. She's ours now." They said before teleporting to the place where my life would end. Only the restraints of Hiei kept them from running after me.

Three months later.

They had tortured me, slashing, stabbing, and burning, making the pain more intense as they became more and more frustrated. Most of by bones were broken and I was covered in my own blood. But I did not cry. I wouldn't give them the satisfaction. They had a machine attached to my head, reading my thoughts. After the first three months, they lightened security. They had been expecting someone to save me by now, but no one had come. When they finally lightened the guard, I screamed in my head, 'Dogs bark in trees!' and smiled to myself. They would pay.

Hiei's POV

I was sitting at the window, monitoring Girl's thoughts. It was all part of the plan. Wait for security to lighten. Then she would give the signal. We would come and destroy her captors. She expected to die. Said it was very likely, but not to worry about it. She had already planned that part out. The fools had some sort of machine to monitor her thoughts, but it couldn't tell if anyone else was reading them. She had expected that and made the signal a strange phrase that would make them think she was finally going crazy. I was the only one who knew of the plan. 'Dogs bark in trees!' she thought. That was the signal.

I jumped up. Everyone stared at me. "Let's go," I said.

"What for?" Yusuke asked, annoyed that I had interrupted his TV program. "Just shut up and follow," I snapped. He realized I was serious and turned of the TV. I told Botan where to go, and she opened up a portal.

We stormed the mansion, killing what little guard remained. I followed the scent of blood to a room. It was locked, so I melted it open. There, suspended from the ceiling face down, was girl. She looked up when she saw up and made an attempt to wave. Her torturers noticed us to. One of them pressed a button and an enormous demon came through a hidden door. It was bloodthirsty and ready to kill. A look of shock crossed Girl's face, and then the battle began.

Mara (Girl)'s POV

I saw Hiei and the others melt through the doors. They were here to get me out of this hellhole. Then something happened that I didn't expect. A huge, bloodthirsty monster was released. They had not lightened security as much as I had thought. The fight began. Hiei got stabbed through the stomach by one of the monster's claws. Kuwabara got a slash across his chest. Yusuke got knocked into a wall and fell unconscious. Kurama got it worst though. He got a slash across the chest. When he tried to use his Rose Whip, the monster grabbed it and slung him around. Several ribs broke. Hiei and Kuwabara continued to fight, but the monster was getting the best of them. I looked at my bandaged right arm, then my uninjured left. 'Oh well, I am definitely going to die now. "Dragon of the Darkness Flame." I whispered under my breath then shouted, "Duck and cover!" They saw the dragon and hid beneath some rubble. The monster was instantly incinerated with a roar of pain. Both of my arms were now severely burnt and I could feel life slipping away from me. Yusuke had regained consciousness and Kurama could walk, barely. I felt someone unchain me and pick me up, but me sight was blurring. I couldn't tell whom. On my face was the first and only sincere smile of my life. And with that, I died.

Yusuke's POV

A small smile was on Mara's face when she died. I had never seen her smile before. "Dammit!" I said, punching the concrete wall and leaving a large hole in it.

"Let's go." Hiei said. Botan was in tears as she opened the portal to Koenma's office.

3rd Person

Hiei carried Mara's body into Koenma's office and placed it in a corner so they wouldn't have to look at her lifeless form. "Dammit Koenma, isn't there anything you can do!" Yusuke shouted.

"I'm sorry, but no. What I find surprising is that her soul hasn't left her body yet. This situation rings a bell." Koenma said. He stared off into space trying to remember something. Mara's body began to glow, but nobody noticed. Just then, the SDF burst through the doors.

"Where is she?" The captain yelled, "Where is the girl called Mara."

"Why do you want to know?" Yusuke said, glaring at them. They backed away from him slightly. He was one of the Mozoku after all. "That girl is a direct descendant of the Mozoku!"

Mara (Girl)'s POV

"That girl is a direct descendant of the Mozoku!" the captain of the SDF yelled.

"Yes," I said standing, "I am well aware of that captain." They fired energy blasts at me, but I put up an energy shield. Energy radiated in great waves off my body. One of them started towards the spirit detectives, but I put a barrier around them too.

"Lord Koenma. It is by the orders of King Yama that this girl be destroyed!" the captain said.

"Let me meet this King Yama," I said, "I pose no threat. Both of my arms are charred. I will be lucky if I can ever use them again."

"And what if we say no?"

"What do you expect? Unless I decide to risk dying again or losing a leg, I'm not going to incinerate you. All I can do is sit here and wait for Morashino to get here. He's already received a message from me and he should be arriving soon via the permanent portal between Spirit World and Genkai's compound." Just as I said this, Morashino popped right next to me. "There you are Mo!" He glared at me, but said nothing. "This boy could kill you if he wanted, but he won't, if you take me to this King Yama."

"Fine," the captain said.

I turned to Morashino and said, "Linparsh no sari cali."(meaning, "Go tend to their wounds.") He nodded, and began to heal Kurama. The SDF began to lead me to King Yama's office. I kept an energy barrier up constantly because I didn't trust them. I could tell by the way they stood that they would attempt to kill me if I let my guard down for a single second.

The doors to King Yama's office were even larger than Koenma's. I opened the door and slipped inside, the SDF guarding the entrance. "Is she dead?" a booming voice said from the back of the office.

"No your majesty," I said, "I'm right here."

"What are you doing here? The SDF was supposed to kill you."

"I simply wish to talk," I said.

"What do you have to say?" "Well sir, during the time I was in the human world I, and I say this grudgingly, learned something. Many humans say, and a surprisingly large amount follow, the saying, 'It's not what's on the outside, but on the inside that counts. I may have changed little on the outside," I said, noticing my hair was now down to my thigh, and my fangs had grown more prominent. I had some tribal tattoos on my arms and face, "and I may have gotten stronger, but I am still the same person. I mean the earth no harm. There is already enough bloodshed on earth. I just want to go home and live my life, fighting other demons until I am killed honorably in combat. Kuwabara poses more of a threat. If it pleased you sir, I would join the detectives for at least five years to prove the fact." He looked at me with thoughtful eyes.

"How old are you?"

"Ten sir," I said.

"You speak with wisdom beyond your years."

"Thank you sir," I said, bowing, "The only human I mean harm towards is Kuwabara because he's an idiot. Same as Hiei"

With that he let out a boisterous laugh. "Well, if you swear that you mean no harm, I will let you live and you and Hiei do whatever you want to this Kuwabara as long as you don't kill him."

"Thank you sir. Random question, but do you like chess?"

"Yes, why do you ask?"

"Well, I'm looking for someone else to play with. It gets boring beating Kurama over and over again." He chuckled at this. "

Very well then. How about Saturday evening?"

"Sure thing. Thank you very much sir." I bowed and left.

"How'd it go?" Koenma asked. He had been nervously pacing outside the door.

"Fine. I even got a new chess partner."

"What it Kuthian's name is chess?"(Eragon Fans better recognize that!) Hiei asked.

"It's a simple human game where the objective is to trap the opponent's king."

"Simple! You call chess simple!" Yusuke said.

"Yes, it's rather easy. By the way Koenma sir, I have been assigned to your spirit detective squad for a minimum of five years. Also," I said, turning to Kuwabara, "King Yama said that Master Hiei and I could do anything we wanted to Kuwabara as long as we don't kill him." Kuwabara saw the look in my and Hiei's eyes and ran as fast as his human legs could carry him. With that, I walked down the medical ward and borrowed some burn ointment and bandages. I applied the ointment and wrapped the area that extended from the tips of my fingertips to my upper arm just below my shoulder. I returned the bandages and ointment and rejoined the group.

"How are you going to train now if both of your arms are burned?" Yusuke asked. I kicked off my boot and my feet were engulfed in flame, as was my hair. It seemed to have a mind of it's own and was coiling around me like a miniature dragon.

"I am not limited by what my arms can do Detective. Otherwise I'd be dead right now." We stepped through the swirling vortex to the temple.

I walked to my room silently and closed the door behind me. I sat on my bed and stared at my arms. It was likely I would never be able to use them again. There was a knock on the door and I grunted in reply. Master Hiei opened the door and sat beside me on my bed. I started to get suspicious. He never was kind to me. The next thing I knew I was on the floor, my consciousness fleeing.

"Sorry," was the last thing I heard before I blacked out.

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DIMS: ooh, what happens next?

Era: you'll find out next time.

DIMS: please review and tell me what you peoples want. I can't load the next chapter without knowing what I'm gonna do next.

Mara: Kotori, please do the honors

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