A/N: Sorry for not updating for the past couple of days. ;; I've been busy…and I've been trying to figure out how I'm going to word this chapter. I've kind of made the story go a bit too fast for my liking, but oh well. No turning back now. There are still lots of chapters left anyway. cracks knuckles

Yuurei's going to remember his life soon, I promise! XD I can't have him NOT remember…! I've been going too long without typing "Gohan this, Gohan that," you know! sweat drops This fanfic has inspired me to make a shrine to the character that I've based Yuurei off of. I've made the layout and everything…but then there's the content. Tis a shrine to Kira Takuto from Full Moon wo Sagashite.

Thanks for reviewing chapter five, Twixy, DBZ Chick1, Shadow of dusk, The General of Darkness, DBZAngelX, and Max Dev! Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z. Toriyama Akira-sama does. I DO however own Aiko, Reizo and Mijime. hugs them

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Aiko flew through West City as her blond hair brushed against her shoulders from the gentle gusts of wind. She was trying to find out where she had known this Bulma.

The female shinigami stared up into the night sky, noticing the moon, as if hoping it would give her answers. The moon was a substantial part of a shinigami's transportation between the mortal world and the shinigami world. During a new moon, a shinigami couldn't travel between the two worlds. As long as there was even a sliver of the moon shining on a particular night, a shinigami could safely cross between the two worlds.

I rely on the shinigami handbook for all of my questions, but I don't think it can answer this one.

She glanced at Goten's page of the handbook, noticing that there weren't any sorts of threats to his life. As much as she didn't want him in danger, having NO threats made her existence rather boring. Of course, that was part of the punishment.

"Punishment. How is it punishment if we don't even remember what we're being punished for?" She sighed. "Is there much of a point to our existence? Sure, we end the living's lives, but what else is our purpose? It's like we're the antagonists…taking away someone who means so much to other people."

Reizo once told her that being happy as a shinigami was impossible. There wasn't anything good that came from being a shinigami. All they did was bring pain upon themselves and others.

Reizo…

Aiko sighed. She remembered when she worked with Reizo. They were one of the best teams in shinigami history. Back then, Aiko really thought that she loved Reizo. She constantly confessed her love to him, but he always brushed it off, believing that it was a sin for shinigami to love.

"He kissed me that day. I thought he truthfully love me."

Yes, Reizo did kiss her one day. He even made her a beautiful pink dress that matched her pink hair band, to show how much he adored her. She thought he loved her, but it turned out that even after that, he was still so confused about his feelings for her.

Reizo split their team. She was so hurt then. She was angry that she had then been paired up with the new shinigami, Yuurei. She vowed she'd never fall in love again.

But I did fall in love again…

Aiko smiled. Yuurei was so charming. There was absolutely no way that any girl could resist the guy. He was handsome, and had just as beautiful of a personality to go along with it. He could cheer anyone up when they were sad. She wondered what had made such a care-free guy commit suicide.

"Why did I commit suicide? Why would I give up something as wonderful as life? What could have been so depressing." Aiko looked down and noticed that she suddenly was at Capsule Corp. With only a little bit of thought, she descended into the building. The girl walked around the large complex, wondering if she'd see this "Bulma" lady. Of course, it was midnight. She probably hadn't stayed up.

The cat-eared shinigami jumped as she heard something crash from another room. She walked in to see a blue haired woman.

"That must be that "Bulma" woman." She squinted her eyes. "If only I could remember where I've seen her before."

Bulma bent over and picked up the picture that had fell as a result of her bumping into the table. She sighed as she looked at the picture. It was a picture of her when she was a teenager with her best friend at that time, Asu Akiko.

The shinigami with the name of Sakku Aiko flew over to see what Bulma was looking at and gasped. The girl in the picture looked nearly identical to her. "Akiko… Why did you have to do it?" Bulma sighed. "It was all a big misunderstanding. Hiroshi-san was trying to take advantage of me. I knew you loved him, Akiko. I never wanted to hurt you, Akiko."

YOU'VE BEEN DOUBLE CROSSING ME THIS WHOLE TIME!

How could you, Bulma-chan?

I thought you were my best friend…!

Bulma-chan…say something. Tell me not to do it. Come here and comfort me like you always have. No…she won't come. I can't see anything anyhow. It's raining too hard.

Aiko silently cried. She remembered where she'd seen Bulma before.

"Bulma-chan…you betrayed me. Why are you mourning over someone you hate?"

"My name isn't Asa Akiko anymore! It's Sakku Aiko!" Aiko glared. "How dare YOU betray me, Bulma! You BETRAYED ME! You went with Hiroshi-san even though you knew I loved him! I put all of that trust in you…!" Aiko continued to cry. "Then you left Hiroshi and went with that husband of yours!"

Aiko attempted to slap Bulma, but her hand just went through Bulma, without Bulma feeling anything but maybe a cool feeling on her cheek.

"I….I CAN'T STAND BEING AROUND YOU!"

Aiko flew out of Capsule Corp. She flew and flew until she couldn't fly anymore. She landed upon a mountain and took in several deep breaths.

"I was called Akiko. Asa Akiko. I was eighteen…and was in love with a man named Hiroshi. My best friend, Bulma, took him from me. I killed myself from the despair of losing both my best friend and the one I loved."

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Flashback

"AKIKO-CHAN!" A fourteen year old Bulma yelled as she ran up to her older friend and hugged her. "I've missed you for the past couple of days!"

Akiko laughed. "Sorry! I had so much homework to do that I basically had to lock myself in my room!"

"I know!" Bulma pouted. "With finals coming up and all, you'd think they'd go easy on the homework so we can study more!"

"So…what's Hiroshi-san been up to lately?" Akiko asked.

Bulma laughed. "You're definitely in love with Hiroshi-san, aren't you, Akiko-chan?"

Akiko blushed. "Yeah. I don't stand a chance though. You're so lucky. All the boys want you."

"Puh-lease! They're all such dorks! Why would I want to date someone like them! They're such dorks!" Bulma smiled. "Hiroshi-san's all yours. I promise."

"Thanks, Bulma-chan." Akiko dreamily sighed as Hiroshi walked up to him, his brown hair shining in the light, and how his eyes were at an angle where it looked like they were sapphires.

"Hello, Hiroshi-san." Akiko smiled. "How are you today?"

"Find, thanks? What are you guys up to?" Hiroshi asked.

"Studying for finals. It's such a pain!" Bulma whined.

Hiroshi smiled. "I'll help you two, if you want. Would you like to go to the library to study?"

"YES!" Akiko said, a little to enthusiastically.

I thought that the three of us could remain friends forever, with me in the middle. I loved Bulma-chan and Hiroshi-san so much. I though nothing could go wrong.

Akiko walked down the hall sadly. Lately Bulma and Hiroshi had been really busy, so they hadn't hung out as much. Akiko wasn't one of the more popular kids at school, so it wasn't like she really had anyone to talk to. She had originally become friends with Bulma because her mother had selfishly suggested that she suck up to the richest kid in the school. Akiko did follow her mother's orders, but she learned that she would like Bulma even if she wasn't rich. Bulma and she soon became best friends.

Akiko walked into her math classroom, sure that she would be the first one in, since it was thirty minutes before school started. As soon as Akiko saw the scene that was playing out on one of the desks, she dropped her backpack in shock.

There before Akiko was Hiroshi and Bulma…lip locked. Hiroshi had pushed Bulma down onto the desk and was fiddling with the top buttons of her blouse.

"This can't be." Akiko took a step back in despair. "THIS CAN'T BE!"

Bulma struggled against Hiroshi and looked at Akiko.

"Akiko-chan…"

"YOU'VE BEEN DOUBLE CROSSING ME THIS WHOLE TIME!"

"Akiko-chan! It isn't…" Bulma began to plead.

"How could you, Bulma-san? I trusted you!" Akiko screamed.

"AKIKO…!"

Akiko let the tears run down her face.

"…I thought you were my best friend, Bulma-chan…" Akiko sneered. "I guess I was wrong."

"AKIKO! This is a big misunderstanding!" Bulma yelled as Akiko ran out the door, ran through the halls, and out of the school.

Akiko ran through West City until she saw a somewhat tall building. She quickly ran into the building and got on the elevator, telling it to go to the top floor. She was alone in the elevator. It was ironic. That's how her life was. She was always alone. She thought that Bulma and Hiroshi would be the people who would save her from that loneliness, but it looked like she was wrong.

As soon as Akiko reached the top floor, she slowly ascended up the stairs to the roof. The stairs to what she thought would be heaven.

Akiko stood on top of the building and looked down. She was high up. There'd be no way that she'd survive the fall. Akiko sighed and thought over her life. She wanted to end it.

Rain suddenly began to poor down on West City, and most people tried to get to a dry place, cursing the weather forecasters for messing up the forecast again. Sunny all day. Sure. "Bulma-chan…say something. Tell me not to do it. Come here and comfort me like you always have. No…she won't come. I can't see anything anyhow. It's raining too hard."

Akiko let her braided pigtails down and looked up into the sky.

"I'll be there soon. I'll be away from this hell."

Akiko took a step foreword and fell from the building. A few tears fell from her eyes as she looked at the rapidly approaching ground.

"Bulma-chan…"

Asa Akiko felt a sharp pain, and that was the last she knew.

End Flashback

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Aiko cried. She was such a failure. She wouldn't fail this time. She couldn't fail. She'd do what she was assigned to do. This was, after all, her punishment for killing herself.

Aiko flew to the Son house and made a whip appear.

"I'm sorry, Goten-chan, but this is the end of the line for you. I must complete my mission."

She brought the whip back, ready to strike Goten, but immediately a figure moved in the aw.

"Yuurei…!"

Yuurei glared as a few droplets of blood fell from his cheek.

"What are you doing, Aiko! We said we'd wait until his time is officially up!"

Goten woke up and noticed the whip in Aiko's hands.

"Oneechan, what's that whip for?" He innocently asked. Aiko smiled. "This…This is the whip that I use to take souls with."

Goten's eyes widened. "It's…what…?"

"It's time to die, Goten!" She through the whip towards him again, but Yuurei quickly slapped it away.

Yuurei walked up to Aiko and slapped her.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Aiko, what's your PROBLEM?"

Aiko slowly brought her hand up to her check that was slowly turning red. A tear escaped one of her eyes.

"You don't want me either, do you, Yuurei-kun?" Aiko drew back. "Find, I'll leave you."

Aiko flew away from the Son house as Yuurei screamed for her to tell him what was wrong. She landed in a clearing next to a lake.

"No one wants me." Aiko wiped her tears away. "I wish I could turn into a ghost, but since I'm a full shinigami, I'm going to have to go on being a shinigami with my memory forever."

"No one wants you, huh?"

Aiko turned around to see Reizo walking up behind her.

"I love you, Ai-chan." He hugged her. "I want you to be with me, Ai-chan!" "Reizo…"

Reizo glared. "Don't you EVER say you're not wanted, Ai-chan!"

"But…"

"If it's too painful to be on this planet, then I'll take you back to the shinigami world with me! I'll force you even! I know this is hurting you, Ai-chan!"

Aiko fell into his embrace. She let the tears pour from her eyes.

"It hurts, Reizo."

Reizo hugged her tighter. "I know it does, Ai-chan. I've lived with my memory the whole time I've been a shinigami."

"Take me with you, Reizo." Aiko said.

"If that's what you want, Ai-chan."

With that said, the two shinigami vanished to the shinigami world.

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A/N: Poor Yuurei-chan! He barely appeared this chapter! Anyone notice the relationship between the names, "Asu Akiko" and "Sakku Aiko?"

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