Yoshiko struggled without Dia. But, she kept her promise to the demon and started helping out the other angels on earth. Yoshiko accepted the distraction with open arms.

Then a new distraction appeared. Riko had asked to meet with Yoshiko after school one day. Once alone she had confessed that she loved her and asked if Yoshiko would date her.

Yoshiko didn't feel the same way, but accepted the confession. She decided it might do well to help with distracting her. Riko was overjoyed.

"Yoshiko? Do you believe that angels and demons actually exist?" Riko asked randomly one day as they were waiting for a certain blond to show up to their gathering.

"Yes. I've seen both with my own eyes." Yoshiko stated.

"I've seen a demon before…" Riko admitted.

"Hello girls!" Mari interrupted them.

After the Guilty Kiss meeting ended, Riko continued where she left off once Mari left.

"I have a demon that seems to keep following me around." Riko said, "I don't know why."

"I had one too. Then an angel saved me from her curse." Yoshiko replied.

"Man, I wish I had one to save me." Riko sighed.

"How bad is the demon?" Yoshiko asked.

"They like to scratch me a lot. One time my mom thought I was self-harming because of them." Riko mumbled as she ran a finger over the marks.

"Yikes." Yoshiko replied.

"Do you really believe me?" Riko asked quietly, doubt filling her voice.

"I told you. I had a similar issue. I believe you 100%." Yoshiko confirmed.

"Do you know a way to stop them?" Riko asked.

"No…" Yoshiko shook her head.

Riko sighed. She shouldn't have ever gotten her hopes up.

"Are you okay?" Yoshiko asked.

"Yeah. I just wish it would stop." Riko nodded.

"Well, maybe one day it will. Let's get some rest. I'll stay for the night if you'd like."

"Yeah… thanks."

The two of them went into Riko's room and climbed into the bed. Riko snuggled close to Yoshiko as she drifted off. Yoshiko sighed as she closed her eyes and tried to sleep.

She landed hard onto the ground and jolted awake. She looked around to see an eerily familiar place around her. Yoshiko started to panic.

"Yoshiko? Where are we?" Riko asked, bringing Yoshiko even more panic. Riko was here as well.

This scene was familiar. Too familiar. Yoshiko realized it was exactly how her and Dia ended up.

"We're in Hell." Yoshiko stated as she pulled Riko close to her.

"H-Hell?" Riko shook with fear as she huddled closer to Yoshiko.

"Yeah… Let's get out of here." Yoshiko turned and started dragging Riko along with her.

"Taking my fun away already? I didn't even get to say hi." A deep voice called out.

Yoshiko whipped around, "Who are you?"

"No one important. But, who are you? Why are you here?" The figure appeared before them.

"You summoned Riko and I was touching her. You brought me here because of that." Yoshiko stated as she positioned herself in front of Riko.

"Well, looks like I get to have two toys today." The demon smirked.

Yoshiko held Riko close to her as the demon approached them. She had no idea what they could do. Until she remembered what Dia had done to save her. Yoshiko didn't know if it would work, but she decided it was worth a shot. She didn't want Riko to get hurt.

Yoshiko wondered if this was how Dia felt when she decided to save her. If so, Yoshiko understood exactly why she did it now.

"Riko, please get behind me." Yoshiko whispered.

Riko did as asked quickly, her eyes widening in fear as she stared at the demon. Yoshiko walked toward the demon, making sure to show no fear.

The demon paused, confused as to why Yoshiko wasn't afraid of them.

"What do you think you'll be able to do to me, mortal?" The demon sneered.

"I don't know if it'll work, but I'm giving this a shot." Yoshiko stated as she took a deep breath.

The demon laughed, "Nothing a mortal can do will work."

Yoshiko glanced back at Riko. She was still shaking in fear. Terror and worry were written all over her face as she watched them.

Yoshiko faced the demon again, "I, Tsushima Yoshiko, successor of Dia, sacrifice my soul to lock this demon away into nothingness."

The demon's eyes lit up with fear for a split second, before they filled with agony as pain shot through their body. Yoshiko felt a calming sensation flowing over her.

"Yoshiko?" Riko whimpered as she ran over to her, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Yoshiko replied as she watched the demon.

Riko let out a gasp, "You're fading!"

"I know. It's part of the deal to seal the demon away." Yoshiko replied, giving Riko a smile.

"You're leaving me?" Riko cried out.

"Unfortunately, yes. If I don't the demon will remain." Yoshiko said.

"B-but…" Riko was a teary mess.

"Riko, it'll be alright. Yoshiko knows what she has done." A familiar voice called.

"Mari?!" The two girls called out.

Mari walked toward them, smiling, "Yep!"

"H-how?" Riko stammered out.

"It's you, isn't it? You're the one who helped me after Dia did this." Yoshiko asked.

Mari nodded to her, "Yes, that would be me. I'm Natia. I've come to take Riko back after you're gone."

"What?" Riko yelped as she tried to touch Yoshiko, only for her hand to go through her.

"Riko, it's okay. Mari will take care of you. She did for me even if I didn't know it was her." Yoshiko tried to comfort her.

"I promise it'll be okay, Riko. I'll take good care of you. But, let her go. She wants to go to her lover, I'm sure." Mari hugged Riko tightly.

"L-lover?" Riko asked.

"I don't feel the same way as you, Riko. I accepted your confession to take my mind off of Dia. She's the one I love. She's the one who was the angel that saved me." Yoshiko admitted.

"Why does that name sound familiar?" Riko asked.

"She was a member of Aqours. But, when she vanished, so did everyone's memories of her if they weren't here." Mari explained.

"Oh… Well, I hope you find her then, Yoshiko. I want you to be happy." Riko smiled as her despite the tears running down her face.

"Thank you, Lili." Yoshiko smiled back before her vision faded.

She vanished from their sight. Riko let out a sob as she realized Yoshiko was gone for good.

"Riko, come. Let's get out of here and then we'll talk." Mari guided her to the portal just as she had done with Yoshiko.

"Will everyone forget her?" Riko asked.

"I believe so." Mari sighed, "I'm sorry, Riko."

"It's alright. I'm sure she's happy. She seemed at peace." Riko put on a brave face as they walked through the portal together.

Both of them appeared in Riko's room. Riko grabbed her phone and looked for something that should have Yoshiko in it. She opened a photo that she had taken with her after their first date. It was changed now to be only her.

"She's gone…" Riko whispered.

"I'm sorry," Mari replied as she hugged Riko.

"I'm so lost now… I can see why she felt the way she did. But, now I have you to talk to. She didn't." Riko said.

"Yeah… why don't you let me take your mind off of her for a bit." Mari said as she eased the phone out of Riko's grip and put it on the nightstand.

"How so?" Riko asked, intrigued and scared by the proposal.

"You'll see." Mari smiled as she leaned in for a kiss, "I'll show you what good things a demon can do. Not all of us are bad."

When Yoshiko regained her vision, she found herself standing in a white area. She saw a few angels hanging around. Yoshiko scanned them all, but none were Dia.

She started walking. The angels stared at her as she passed them.

"Why's a mortal here?" Yoshiko heard one murmur.

Yoshiko ignored them and pushed on, looking at the faces to find who she wanted. But, no matter where she seemed to look, she couldn't find Dia.

"Hey, mortal! Over here!" An angel called.

Yoshiko looked to her right to see a stunningly beautiful angel waving at her. Yoshiko shyly waved back and approached.

The angel had blue hair that was neatly braided and put in a bun. Her violet eyes shone brightly with a caring, almost motherly, look.

"I know where your friend is. Come with me, I'll take ya to her." The angel said as she walked away.

Yoshiko followed after her, "What's your name?"

"Huh? You don't remember me? Oh… right. I'm Kanan." The angel said.

"What do you mean? Should I know you?" Yoshiko asked.

"No. You're memories would've been erased. You see, I was part of Aqours at one point. But, I was given the task of sealing a demon away after they massacred a village." Kanan replied.

"Oh… so, you and Dia are friends?" Yoshiko questioned.

"Yep. Been friends since we were young angels. And, I believe you met the demon friend of ours. What does she go by now? We just called her Natia."

"Mari."

"Oh, yeah. That name. I chose it for her, ya know? You should've seen how happy she looked."

"She never mentioned you." Yoshiko mumbled, "I slipped up a lot and mentioned Dia…"

"I'm sure she didn't. That girl is a master at acting. She could be having a stroke and still be laughing like nothing was wrong." Kanan chuckled in response.

Yoshiko felt at ease around Kanan. She didn't have the atmosphere of the other angels.

"Am I the only mortal here?" Yoshiko asked.

"Yes. I'm sorry about the bad hospitality. Angels aren't exactly the friendliest to mortals." Kanan said, "Anyway, your friend is in this house."

"So, this is a village?"

"Yep. There are many of them around. You just have to find one with a house that is available and claim it and it's yours." Kanan nodded.

"Oh, okay. Uh, thank you. I'd never have found her without your help." Yoshiko said.

"No problem. I'm sure I'll see ya around. Have fun." Kanan waved and then spread her wings and took to the sky.

Yoshiko watched her in awe for a moment, before she turned back to the task at hand. She had found Dia.

Yoshiko walked up to the door and opened it. She looked around inside to see a nicely decorated house that certainly seemed to match Dia's style. It was neatly organized with not a thing out of place, as expected of Dia. Yoshiko never understood why she was so neat all the time.

"Kanan? Is that you?" Dia's voice called from a different room of the house.

Yoshiko stayed silent as she walked in and closed the door. She couldn't seem to find her voice. It all felt so surreal. Yoshiko could hardly believe she was actually hearing Dia's voice again. She was afraid she might pass out from all these emotions running through her.

"Hello?" Dia's voice called again, "I swear if you're trying to scare me again I'm going to punch you."

Yoshiko heard footsteps echoing from her left. She turned and stared at the door that they sounded like they were behind. A few seconds later, the door opened and Yoshiko was greeted with Dia.

Their eyes locked and they both froze in their places. Yoshiko wanted to say something, but her voice still wouldn't come out. Dia started crying, but yet she didn't make a sound. The tears slipped silently down her face as she stared at Yoshiko, barely believing it to be true.

"Dia…" Yoshiko managed to whisper as she found herself running toward the still frozen girl.

"Yoshiko…" Dia whispered back as she was tackled to the ground in a hug.

"I found you…" Yoshiko cried as she hugged Dia as tightly as she could as if she was afraid of losing her again.

Dia managed to get her arms out and bring them up to hug Yoshiko back, "How?"

"I… I…" Yoshiko stammered out as she struggled to come to terms with the realization of what she had really done, "I did what you did…"

"Why? And how? You're just a mortal…" Dia asked as she found herself being pulled even closer than before; she accepted it with no hesitation.

"I don't really know… but, Riko… she was also cursed… I was accidentally brought to Hell with her and I couldn't bear to do nothing… and Mari said that I would be given some of your powers to aid the angels still on earth. Maybe that's why it worked." Yoshiko did her best to explain as she sat up, but still keeping Dia in a firm hug.

"So… you're trapped in this world now?" Dia asked, wiping away the tears in her eyes.

"Yeah. But, I don't mind since I have you now." Yoshiko replied.

"How did you find me?" Dia questioned next, "There's no way it was just luck."

"Kanan helped me out." Yoshiko answered.

"Of course she would…" Dia sighed, "But I guess I should thank her then."

Yoshiko slowly let go of Dia and got back to her feet. Dia did the same. They stood in silence for a while, just staring at each other.

"So… did I scare you?" Yoshiko asked.

"A little." Dia admitted.

"Not gonna punch me for it, huh?" Yoshiko teased.

Dia's face went bright red, "Oh… uh, you see… Kanan likes to play pranks on me and I'm sick of them. She's a troublemaker."

"Indeed I am."

They both jumped as Kanan placed a hand on their shoulders. Kanan laughed at them.

"K-Kanan… when did you get here?" Dia asked as she tried to compose herself.

"A while ago. Man, I didn't think you'd be that emotional." Kanan said as she tried to play it cool after she just admitted to spying on them, "You never seemed to have any emotion other than serious."

"Why you-" Dia reached out to slap her, but Kanan blocked her blow with ease.

"Still predictable as always, aren't ya, Dia?" Kanan chuckled as she stepped out of range.

"What do you want?" Dia asked.

"To see how it went. You've been so closed off since you came here. I just wanted to make sure that changed." Kanan said.

"Jeez, you're weird." Dia sighed as she shook her head at Kanan.

"Anyway, Yoshiko, I was wonderin' if you would like to get all the memories of me back?" Kanan turned to Yoshiko.

"Yeah. I'd appreciate that." Yoshiko nodded.

"Well, shall we go?" Kanan held out her hands, one to Yoshiko and one to Dia.

The two girls took them and allowed Kanan to guide them out of the house.

"Say, you wanna fly there? I'm sure she wouldn't be too heavy to carry." Dia asked.

"You wanna fly, Yoshiko?" Kanan asked.

Yoshiko nodded nervously, "S-sure…"

"Don't worry, I won't drop ya." Kanan promised as she flew into the air and then picked up Yoshiko.

"You better not." Yoshiko tried to seem brave, but she was scared.

"I promise I would never do that. Now, why don't we do some touring while we fly. I'm sure you'd like to get to know your new home after all." Kanan said as Dia flew up to join her in the air.

"Yeah. That would be nice." Yoshiko replied.

And so the three girls flew over the land, pointing out landmarks to Yoshiko. She enjoyed it now that she felt more confident in the air. Maybe heights weren't as bad as she thought they were?

"So, Yoshiko, do you want to come live with me and Kanan? Or would you rather get a house of your own?" Dia asked.

"Is there enough room?" Yoshiko replied.

"Well, I was thinking we could share a bed…" Dia mumbled.

"That's fine. As long as we'll fit on it together then count me in. I'd rather be around you guys than by myself anyway." Yoshiko said.

"You two better not try anything while I'm home." Kanan warned.

"What'll you do if we do?" Dia asked as a coy smile danced across her face.

"Well, maybe I'll decide to get in on the action myself. Or would you like me to bring someone over to do as revenge." Kanan teased back.

"Eh?" Yoshiko was confused. She hadn't thought they were talking about sex.

"What? Not gonna share Dia with me at all?" Kanan teased Yoshiko, "I've been having some fun with her while you've been away."

"Wha…? You? This is not the time to be discussing this!" Yoshiko shot back when she couldn't think of anything to say.

"Are you jealous?"

"Maybe…"

"Kanan, stop teasing her. We can continue this after. She's right about this being the wrong time to discuss what we've been up to." Dia stated.

"Fine… I'll tell ya all the juicy details when we get home then." Kanan whispered in Yoshiko's ear.

Yoshiko flushed bright red, "Eh?"

"Kanan, please just stop. We're almost there. She needs to be ready." Dia sighed.

"Alright. Let's speed up!"