Dims: Sorry I haven't been around for a while. I've had a lot on my plate, the school year's almost over, usual junk. Anyway, just wanted to warn everybody that I'm going to camp, and while I may write up a few chapters (if you're lucky) I won't be able to update for a month or so.

Mara: And to those of you who voted (1 person. Go Ezeroth Fitz!) We took your opinion into account. We have decided that we may or may not change the ending, but we are going to add stuff and/or change the plot entirely because before, both the plot and the ending frankly sucked.

Kotori: Quite

Dims: Kotori's mad because, aparently there was a glitch that prevented the email alerts to all of my faithful readers to go out to tell you that chapter four of Dark Angel has been up for quite some time. Please read so that she will be back in her normal sadistic mood. It's very strange for her to be this angry.

Era: At least she's not depress like when she thinks about-

Dims: (puts hand over Era's mouth) Don't spoil it for the people who haven't read it yet

Era: (shoves off hand) (spits) You taste bad

Dedicated to: Ezeroth Fitz

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.

I awoke on a cold metal table. I was held down by solid steel restraints. I began to struggle, trying to break free, but it was no use. I was as helpless as I was as a baby wrapped in warding bandages. "She's awake," Master Hiei's voice said from a dark corner of the room. All four of them were there. So was Koenma.

"What is this about," I growled at him.

"This is a new procedure that was recently discovered. It will heal your arms. If we don't do it soon, you will lose your arms. The boy is the only one who can do it, he has a very unique energy frequency." Then I saw Morashino standing over my head.

"Mo?" I said.

"This is going to hurt a bit," he said apologetically in his own tongue. Before I could say a word, he took knife and made deep incisions in my arms. He placed him thumbs in the gashes and began to pour energy into them. I tried to bight back the screams, but they escaped and reverberated around the room. I started spasming and convulsing violently. I was dipped in acid, swords were plunged through my body, I was burned, frozen, and fire burned through my veins. Several of my veins burst and I felt blood pour down my face and neck. The others just watched. It took three hours to complete, and by that time, I had relived every torture I had experienced and more tenfold. Morashino collapsed at the end of the procedure. The only evidence that anything had ever happened were two black dragon tattoos, one on each arm and three small, silver tear gems on the floor. Yukina came in from the next room. She seemed to bight back tears as she saw me with my blank stare. She healed my wounds and wrapped them. Then she wrapped both of my arms in warded bandages so that the tattoos would not take a toll on my energy. I felt the restraints being removed and someone picking me up, but I didn't move my head to see who it was. I just stared blankly at the ceiling. The person placed me on my bed gently and left. I curled into a ball and shook.

Koenma's POV

"She would have been better off without her arms," Hiei said as he closed his Jagan eye.

"But she wouldn't have been able to fight as well. She wouldn't have been…" At that point I was cut off.

"Do you realize that this girl could kill the entire SDF without the use of her arms at this point. The only reason she never beats me is because, whether she knows it or not, she is afraid to hurt me. What you did has traumatized her. She may never fight again. I've never seen her like that. Not even when I rescued her when she was only six. What you just did was a gamble Koenma. Any of us might have died and you just put a ten-year old through hell." With that they all left the rooms sending me looks of disgust.

Hiei's POV

We went to check on Mara, but discovered that she was gone. We looked out the open window and saw her stretching in the training area. We ran to the door and out onto the field, but she didn't seem to notice us. She stood next to a tree, pulled back a fist, and punched the tree. It knocked over with such force that it knocked over at least fifteen other trees. She piled them all up and placed her hand out in front of her, facing the pile. It burst into flames. She took up her sword and faced another tree. She disappeared. Flashes were seen. Even I had a hard time keeping up with her. When she finally slowed down enough that everyone could see her, there was not a mark on the tree. A gust of wind swept through the area and blew the sawdust that used to be tree away. She jumped up a pine tree and clung to it. She saw something deep in the forest and drew her katana. She jumped from tree to tree until she was right above her target. There was a scream and nothing more. Koenma ran into the forest in the general direction of the scream. After about fifteen minutes of searching we came across a clearing. The mutilated corpse of a large demon was at the far edge and the girl at the other, covered in blood and looking for some clean grass to wipe her sword. Once clean, she replaced it in her sheath. Walking on her hands, she headed back in the general direction of the temple.

Mara (Girl)'s POV

"Mara…" Koenma said, eyes wide, pacifier nearly falling out of him mouth.

"Hn,"

"That…that was S class energy," he said.

I stood up and thought for a moment. Then I felt something tugging at the back of my mind. I smirked as I realized the power I had just unlocked. I glared back at them and began to run back to the temple.

Hiei's POV

I will get Koenma back for what he did to her. He is a fool if he didn't see the possible repercussions. But now, I am finding rarely known joy in the simple fact that she is alive. I hadn't known what Koenma had wanted, he simply told me that I was to knock her out and bring her to the room. He had a shadow demon restrain me as I realized what he was doing. Anger flared up again, but it quickly calmed as I saw her strolling leisurely beneath me, far ahead of the others. I leapt down from my perch, landing a few feet behind her. She turned slowly and just stared at me. Then, she smiled. I was in shock. She hadn't smiled since she was a toddler.

She was only three and a half, I had only started training her a few months ago. I had left to hunt for food. I came back and saw a demon standing above her. She was sitting against a tree, her head bent. Then, she lifted her head and smirked, looking up at the demon through her bangs. She took the small dagger I had given her, and, although she was slow, she was faster than the demon by a great deal. He was on the ground in pieces within a few moments, and she was covered in blood. She looked up to me, and I knew she had known I was there the entire time. She gave a content smile and said, "How was that, Master Hiei?"

She kept smiling that small smile silently and took a step towards me. She stood a few feet in front of me, so she wouldn't have to look to far up to see my face. The smile fled her face. "I'll get my revenge in due time, and in my own fashion." She said it seriously, as if it were her only purpose in life. There was a flicker, and she was gone.

Mara's POV

I despise Koenma for what he did. I almost despise my master, for not saving me from that torment. Why did he do nothing to save me? But I also thank them both. I may be able to do a lot of things without my arms, but I can do a whole lot more with them.

I made it back to the temple quite a while before everyone else. I felt an energy source that was rapidly depleting. I followed it into my room. Yukina kneeled next to Mo, trying to heal him. I could tell she was exhausted; if she didn't stop soon she'd collapse.

"Yukina-san, you need some rest."

"Mara-chan," she whispered, half trying not to wake the small boy up, half nearly asleep. "Are…are you alright, Mara-chan?"

I nodded slightly as I guided her back into her room. She was master Hiei's sister, as well as the only decent Ice Maiden I've ever met. I would respect her as I did him. Almost as soon as I laid her down on the bed, she was asleep. I walked silently back into the room where Mo was sleeping

Concentrating, I remembered the healing techniques I had been taught. He was enveloped by my red energy, nothing like Yukina's yellow colored ki. I could feel the his mind healing, and I realized that the procedure must have been almost as hard on him as it was for me.

I let my energy die down and watched the sleeping boy for a few minutes until I heard several people entering the compound.

I vanished from the room and into one much darker. Let them come. They would never think to look in my Master's room. And I wished to speak with him.

Dims: There you go, chapter five of The Forbidden.

Era: Thankyou for reading

Dims: just so you know, since I am rethinking much of this story, I don't quite know exactly where it's going yet, so hang tight and I'll hopefully update before Botan comes for the last time.

Kotori: Review or Die

Dims: And read Dark Angel chapter4

Kotori: Or Die!

Dims: You really gotta stop doing that.

Kotori: DIE!