Yoshiko had slowly adjusted to her new home. Her, Dia, and Kanan all shared the house peacefully. Yoshiko missed the rest of Aqours, but she knew there wasn't anything she could do about it. They didn't know who she was anymore. That knowledge hurt a lot.

After she got her memories of Kanan back, Yoshiko was shocked to see just how much had been altered when Kanan left. She had spent a good hour trying to readjust to the actual memories instead of the altered ones.

Dia and Kanan had been very welcoming of Yoshiko. She had been treated like family the moment they agreed she would stay and live with them.

"Hey, you guys wanna see what the commotion is about?" Kanan asked.

There were tremors in the land that signaled a new arrival. But these tremors weren't normal at all. They were deep and very long. Normal tremors were like a very minor earthquake. This was a cause of alarm for everyone living in the land.

"I guess. No one else would be brave enough to. They're all probably cowering in fear because it's different." Dia responded.

"Do you think it's safe?" Yoshiko asked.

Kanan shrugged, "I don't know. But I'm going to check it out whether you guys come or not."

"I'll go with you." Dia got up from the couch she was sitting on.

Yoshiko quickly jumped up and followed the two out the door, "Wait for me!"

The three of them wandered around trying to locate the source of the tremors. It took them a while, but they found it.

"I didn't know you could exorcise someone here." Dia muttered.

"I didn't know that either." Kanan replied.

They watched as a rift opened up before someone was shoved out of it. They landed in a crumpled mess on the ground. The rift closed quickly, trapping the new arrival.

"Uh, is that a demon?" Kanan backed away.

"Yeah…" Dia nodded.

Yoshiko stared in shock at the demon on the ground. She seemed familiar. Then it clicked as to who it was.

Yoshiko found herself cautiously approaching the demon. She ignored the calls from Kanan and Dia to come back. Yoshiko soon stood before the demon.

"Where am I?" The demon mumbled as they tried to push themselves up.

"Natia?" Yoshiko asked quietly.

"Huh? Yoshiko?" Natia looked up at her with wide eyes.

"Yeah… you ended up here…" Yoshiko mumbled as she avoided eye contact.

"How on earth?" Natia mumbled to herself as she held out a hand to Yoshiko.

Yoshiko grabbed it and pulled her to her feet. Dia and Kanan approached them.

"Hey guys! I finally get to see you again!" Natia gave them a smile.

"What?" They were both just as confused as Natia.

"Yeah… I don't know how I got here either." Natia chuckled.

"You were exorcised." Dia stated.

"Oh. I was? Right… that temple girl." Natia growled.

"Temple girl. You mean Zuramaru?" Yoshiko asked.

"Yes. Her. She found out I was possessing that girl and removed me." Natia stated bitterly, "Guess she messed up the chant and sent me here instead."

"I guess so." Kanan nodded.

Yoshiko gave her a confused look, "Wait. You aren't the same person as Mari?"

Natia chuckled, "Indeed I'm not. And that isn't that girl's real name. What was it? Akira, I believe. Kanan gave me the name Mari because I hated how Akira sounded."

"Oh…" Yoshiko mumbled.

"What became of the mortal?" Dia asked.

"Well, you see… she's been dead for a while…" Natia admitted hesitantly.

"Eh!?"

"I don't really know the details myself, but one day I just felt her resistance vanish. I unpossessed her for a few seconds and realized she had died. I don't know how though." Natia explained.

"So, she's dead. Permanently?"

"Yes. Been dead for a couple of years now." Natia nodded.

"Well then. Shall we go to our house? I don't think you'd want the other angels seeing you around here." Dia asked.

"Sure. Lead the way!" Natia agreed.

The foursome trekked back to their home. Natia was explaining herself to Yoshiko.

"I'm worried you're gonna get killed, Natia." Dia stated after they entered the house.

"And why is that?" Natia asked as she happily plopped down into a couch in the living room.

"You're a single. No one here besides us will tolerate that." Dia explained as she sat across from her.

Kanan sat down beside Dia, "She's right, Natia. A single in this land is asking for trouble."

"A single?" Yoshiko asked in confusion as she took the only empty seat left, which was beside Natia.

"Yeah. Like that demon that cursed you." Natia replied, "The full name is single pure, but most just shorten it to single."

"Um… I know this is probably a stupid thing to ask, but can you leave this world once you're in it." Yoshiko asked, feeling this was a good time to ask the question she had been holding back.

"You can, at the expense of releasing the demon back into the world again." Dia replied, "Everyone would get their memories of you back and then you'd go on just like before. But, the demon would probably try and hunt you down."

"Oh. What about Natia though?" Yoshiko asked next.

Dia and Kanan both shrugged, "No idea. We've never had someone be exorcised into this land. I think you may have to wait until the person dies before you can leave, since the curse is over with their life."

"Why aren't you dangerous like the others? You never did explain that to us?" Kanan questioned Natia next.

"Well, I kinda possessed someone before the long term one and I ended up getting their emotions. So, I'm still classified as a single but I'm really not." Natia stated.

"Oh… that's weird… did you take them away from the mortal or do they still have emotions?"

"They lost all emotions. It was really strange. No one I asked had any idea why that happened."

"You have all the emotions of that mortal?"

"Yes, I have more emotions than any Pure demon." Natia stated proudly.

"So, you're like a half but, full demon." Kanan stated.

"Half? Okay, I need some history about demons." Yoshiko sighed. She didn't like the fact she couldn't understand half of the terminology that they were using.

"Well, we got nothing better to do, right?" Natia asked, "I think we could give you a lesson."

Everyone nodded. Natia smiled as she got into her storytelling mode. Yoshiko paid close attention as Natia gave her a rundown on demons. Dia and Kanan would occasionally butt in with their perspectives about the topic Natia was talking about. Demons and angels did see things very different in some aspects.