Disclaimer: Don't own DN Angel. If I did I would change all the gay implications and completely erase them from the book.

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Yumi followed the red-headed boy down the street. After Daisuke had finally satisfied his stomach (and convinced Wiz to stay home), the death spirit and him set off towards Takashi's house. They were making slow progress. Dark kept on shooting rude remarks to her while they were walking down the street and it seemed that Daisuke was reluctant to accuse his best friend of a dirty crime. Yumi shook her head. Pure hearts, that'll be your undoing. Yumi thought.

"Hey Yumi, how do you become a shinigami?" Daisuke asked, in vain to start a conversation. Yumi blinked at the boy. Didn't he know that asking that question was one of the rudest things to do to shinigamis? Yumi grumbled.

"People become shinigami when they die." Yumi sighed at the look of confusion on Daisuke's face. "In other words, they become shinigami only if their death was unusual. People also become shinigami when they can't face the truth that they're dead. You can meet a lot of spirits in denial up in the Death Realm." Yumi shut her mouth after that statement.

Daisuke was about to open his mouth, when Dark hissed at him. Idiot! Don't ask such sensitive questions! Daisuke blinked and at once looked apologetic. Yumi ignored the both of them.

After a few more minutes of being silent, they finally arrived in front of a tall apartment building. While walking to Takeshi's apartment, Yumi complained of stairs and elevators.

"These things are so troublesome." Yumi remarked, brushing a strand of dark hair from her face and tucking it back into her braid. "It's called technology, Yumi." Daisuke replied. "It's technology that's useless," Yumi shot back. If you're gonna complain like that just fly. Dark said irritably. "Maybe I will!" and with that, Yumi flew up and went through the ceiling.

Silence then...

Dark you idiot! Daisuke shouted in his mind. What? Dark angrily replied. She might get lost! Daisuke said, worried. I doubt it. Dark answered unconcernedly. Nevertheless, Daisuke was nervous until finally the elevator opened. "Yumi!" Daisuke called, ignoring the strange looks from other people. "Yumiii!" Daisuke yelled again. "What?" Yumi floated in front of Daisuke. "WOAH! Oh I mean, what were you doing?" Daisuke looked startled.

Yumi rolled her eyes. "Waiting for you. Honestly, humans these days are so slow. No thanks to technology." Yumi glared at the elevator as if the whole situation was its fault. Daisuke sweatdropped. "Didn't they have these elevators when you were alive?" He asked. Yumi shrugged. "I don't know. I have no memory of my past life." Wow. Way to go on the whole "sensitivity" thing. Dark grumbled privately to Daisuke. Daisuke blushed, embarrassed.

"Well what are you waiting for? Lead the way!" She shoved him. Daisuke quickly walked down the hallway, finally pausing at one of the doors. "Here we are." He rang the doorbell. He and Yumi waited. The door opened.

"Daisuke!" Takeshi was dressed in a pink apron with a bunny on the front. He reached out and choked Daisuke. Yumi raised an eyebrow at the apron. "Ta-Takeshi...You're choking me." He gasped out. Takeshi blinked. "Whoops! Sorry about that." He withdrew his hand sheepishly. "Anyway, come in!" Yumi went through Takeshi, her ethereal form passing with ease. Takeshi shivered. "Is it just me? Or is it getting chilly in here?" He wondered outloud.

Daisuke grinned uneasily and entered the small apartment. It was a two room apartment. The living room doubled as the dining room and the kitchen. On top of the stove, a teapot sang it's song. On the couch was a bunch of newspaper clippings, a magnifying glass, a notepad, and a bunch of wadded paper balls. Takeshi quickly swept all of the paper and clippings off the couch and made room for Daisuke.

Yumi floated above Daisuke and wriggled around in the air to get comfortable. "Would you like some tea?" Takeshi asked. Daisuke shook his head. Takeshi quickly discarded his pink bunny apron. "So, Daisuke...What do you want?" He asked cheerfully. Daisuke looked down at his hands. "Um..what I came to say is..uh..about that incident.." Daisuke trailed off. Yumi rolled her eyes. She reached down and whacked Daisuke on his head. "OW!" Daisuke yelped. Takeshi blinked and looked at him. "Are you okay Daisuke?"

Daisuke rubbed his head. "Yes I'm okay Takeshi. Anyway, what I meant to say is," Daisuke paused then went on. "Can I see that picture that supposedly shows me with another woman?" Takeshi blinked. "That picture? Sorry Daisuke, I gave it to Riku." Takeshi looked apologetic. "I want to see if it's real." Daisuke said. "Daisuke pal, you should know it's real. You were the one that was hanging over the woman. I understand if Riku got a bit boring, but you shouldn't cheat on someone behind their back..."

"I did not cheat on Riku!" Daisuke yelled. When was people going to undestand that? He would never cheat on Riku! He loved her! Takeshi looked taken aback. "Then why were you with that woman?" Takeshi asked. "I was never with her! I have never met anyone else other than Riku! You must have seen someone else!" Daisuke was getting very angry. Whoa, calm down Daisuke. Shut up! Daisuke said angrily back to Dark. Dark retreated, offended. "Daisuke, I'm not blind. I saw you with that girl and you were obviously on a date with her." Takeshi was starting to get slightly annoyed.

"Why did you take a picture then?" Daisuke asked, his voice trembling. "Are you trying to ruin my relationship with Riku?" Takeshi got up, furious. "You think I would do that? Riku deserved to know what was going on Daisuke." "Nothing is going on! I was never on a date with that girl! You've got the wrong person!" Daisuke replied. Takeshi shook his head. "Daisuke, can you just tell me the truth?"

Daisuke got up and was about to deliver the truth into Takeshi's face when Yumi stopped him. "Daisuke stop it." She yelled. He thrashed around in anger. "Let me go!" He yelled. Takeshi looked at him confused. "No one's stopping you." He said in a condescending tone. Yumi whirled around. "You should shut up." She murmured. Then with two fingers she pushed hard onto Takeshi's head. Takeshi's eyes glazed over and he fell onto the couch with a thump. Daisuke blinked.

What did you do to him? Dark asked, obviously impressed. Yumi shrugged. "Just a little trick." She muttered quietly. Daisuke gazed blankly at his fallen friend. "TAKESHI!" He yelled, he quickly picked Takeshi up and started shaking him. Yumi smacked Daisuke yet again. "Don't wake him up." "Oh. He's not dead?" Daisuke looked very relieved. "I'm not allowed to kill anyone besides the person I'm assigned to." Yumi threw a look at the redhead. He blushed in embarrasment.

So now what? Dark broke the tense silence. "Well I helped you find out the truth. I should be finishing my job." Yumi summoned her reaper glaive and swung it around with practiced ease. Daisuke jumped. "Wait!" He shouted. The shinigami looked annoyed. "What?" "I asked you to help get my girlfriend back too, not just clear up the misunderstanding." Daisuke reminded her. She scowled. "Fine. We'll question Takeshi later." Daisuke shook his head. "Takeshi isn't the culprit."

"How do you know?" Yumi demanded. "I just know. I looked into his eyes and they said he wasn't lying." He crossed his arms over his chest. "Then you really did cheat on your girlfriend?" Yumi asked, with an eybrow raised. Weren't you listening? He never cheated on Riku. Dark said tersely.

"Okay, okay, okay. Let's go to someone else's house." Yumi said.

"Where?" Daisuke asked confused.

Risa. Dark said.

"Risa?"

Yumi shrugged. "Whoever this Risa is, let's go and meet her."

Such a long time since I updated. Sorry.