T.M.: Well, you guys, I know that I haven't written anything for a very very long while, and, sorry. I've had quite a few problems that needed solving. But, hey! Everything's awesome now!

Dark: O.k, now, on with the story! It's getting so so good!

Riku: Yeah, I actually agree. You left quite a cliffhanger back there.

Risa: You guys are mean!

Riku: (Rolls eyes) How we are related, I don't even know.

T.M.: Anyways, here we go with the next chapter!

Title: Sorry Risa

Chapter: Slap

Author: Lady Of The Twisted Kingdom

Disclaimer: I don't own D.N. Angel.

"Risa! What are you doing here so early!"

"I came to check up on you, but it seems that you have all the help you need," said Risa as she was on the brink of shedding tears. Riku could tell that she was about to cry. Her lip was trembling and her eyes were getting red. Riku wanted to laugh.

"Indeed I do sister," said Riku as all of her frustration and anger was ready to be unleashed. It was a shame that she couldn't take it out on someone that would actually be a good opponent to argue with. She knew that her sister was hardly good at arguing. One reason was the fact that she couldn't handle someone screaming at her.

Risa had been completely taken by surprise at Riku's response.

"Well, remember Riku, I saw him first," was her's.

"What a pathetic response little sister, and here I thought that I had taught you a lot better. You're obviously too dense to even learn something from me after living together since we were born," said Riku as she laughed at her sister's surprised face.

"You're so lame. Get the hell out of my room," she continued as she glared at Risa.

Something in Risa'a mind then snapped. She refused to let her sister tell her all of this without getting some sort of revenge. Risa then crossed her arms over her chest and stopped her trembling lip.

"Sorry Riku, but I don't want to learn how to be a whore," Risa said as she walked toward Riku until she was a foot away. The smirk on Riku's face was really getting to Risa, and she just wanted to knock it off of her… She did just that. Risa quickly raised her arm and slapped Riku right across the face.

"He's mine Riku, don't interfere," was the last thing she said before she exited her older sister's room, with a triumphant smile plastered onto her face. It had always been competition between the sisters. At first, with toys, when they were babies, secondly with Barbie dolls as they got older, thirdly with clothes, and now, it was time they fought over men, as they were in the appropriate age to like males. When it came to beauty contests and clothing, Risa usually had the advantage over her sporty twin, but when it came to the wilderness, intelligence, and bodily exertion, Riku was the winner. Risa slowly made her way back to her room, which was down the hall from her sister's. Just a few years ago they had shared a room, but due to the fact that they each started demanding privacy, they were offered different rooms. Risa kept the room, and Riku was the one who had to move.

Once inside her room, Risa kept thinking about the words exchanged between her sporty sister and she a few minutes before. It didn't really phase her, or even come as a surprise since she knew how competitive they could be with each other. She kept relishing the moment when she felt her hand connect with Riku's face, and felt victorious as she still felt the sting from the impact. Soon, Risa got tired of thinking of their stand off and went on to thinking about the subject matter of their argument: Dark. It was strange, and even surprising to her that Riku had actually gotten the Phantom Thief to like her. Although she started feeling the insecurity of losing her obsession to the hands of her sister, it was soon replaced with the thought of turning this into a game. She didn't care how she did, or who would help her, but Risa Harada knew she was going to get Dark. No. Matter. What.

Going back to Riku, we find her still standing in the same spot where her sister had slapped her a couple of minutes ago. It all happened so quickly that she didn't even know how the argument turned into an actual fight between the two. She moved her hand to her face and unconsciously caressed the side of her face that had gotten the slap.

'I know I was a little harsh on Risa… But did my words really deserve this?' Riku shook her head to clear her thoughts, 'Is Risa really that bent on beating me when it comes to guys? I've seen the way she's acted… but she's never hit me before. What am I suppo-.'

Riku never got to finish her thought because a rap on her window startled her. She turned around to look at who it could have possibly been, when she saw a flash of purple. There was no one at the window, but she knew she wasn't alone when she felt an arm snake around her waist.

"What are you doing here," said Riku with some edge on her voice. The fact that Dark might have seen what happened between her sister and she unnerved her almost as much as his arm around her waist, which seemed to be tightening by the minute.

"Well, I was about to leave when I glanced back and saw your sister through the window. I knew that she had seen us and so I just wanted to see what might happen, you know, try to see if our plan had actually worked," Said the Phantom Thief as he raised his free hand to gingerly caress the cheek that had received the slap, " and from what I saw… It did. That wasn't very nice of her to do…"

For some strange reason, Riku started to lean her body into Dark's and press her face against his hand. It felt nice, like if nothing in the world could harm her because there wasn't a world. It was just her and Dar- wow. Was she actually feeling this way? No, that couldn't be it. She hated Dark… He was nothing but a pervert who like messing with female's heads. A flirt and nothing more. As a blush rose to her face, Riku pulled away from Dark's embrace and kept her back to him, not wanting to show him her discomfort.

"She's not here Dark, there's no reason for you to show me affection. Won't Daisuke be looking for you? Or um, don't you have any museums to steal from? It IS getting late you know," said Riku with a confused look on her face. She had a lot of things to sort out now, many, many things, but as of now, they'd have to be put on hold. Riku fought her blush down to a light tinge of pink and turned around.

"I'm not booked today hun, so I can stay here with you… and we can have some alone time," said the Phantom as he slipped next to his maiden and grabbed her hand, while pulling her towards the center of the room.

"What are you doing?" Said the nervous voice of Riku. She didn't understand what Dark was doing and had the urge to tell him to leave. What she had felt earlier had scared her and jumbled a lot of her thoughts… Riku knew she needed some time to think things through, and having the infamous Phantom Thief right next to her didn't help what so ever.

'There's nothing to think through Riku! There's no jumbled thoughts, no confusion, nothing! You do NOT have feelings for that phantom thief and you never will! You're just doing this to get back at your sister!' The sporty twin said to herself as she followed Dark to the center of the room and followed suit as he sat down on the floor.

"Well Riku, it's quite obvious. I want to talk about the next point of action, I mean, we must have a plan for the next "meeting," no?" said the Phantom Thief as he leaned against her bed and put his arms behind his head, his pose showing confidence and relaxation.

After a few moments of thought, Riku found a seemingly perfect plan.

"Why don't you take me to one of your burglaries?" asked the brownish-red hair colored girl. It seemed like a good plan, although a little dangerous, her sister would be more than jealous.

"Sounds good babe, but your plan holds one flaw, you'd me more of a liability if I took you…" At this point Riku's face became filled with disappointment, "BUT, If you give me time, I really can train you to actually be able to help me out. The only thing is, will you be willing to go to Daisuke's house to use the training areas?"

Riku took all of this into consideration and finally replied with a, "Yes. But I don't know if Daisuke, his mom, or grandfather would really like the idea of having me around for so long…"

"Oh they won't mind. I'll give them a good excuse," said Dark as he smirked at her.

"Oh really mister Phantom Thief, and just WHAT will you say to them?" retorted Riku, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"That's for me to know, and for you to find out my maiden," he replied with a smug look on his face. Riku's face became huffy and pouty, making Dark's smug look turn into a smirk. He loved it when she got mad, it made him want to continue, or to try the exact opposite, which was to make her blush and feel embarrassed.

"Dark, don't think-." Riku was about to say when she was cut off. In one swift movement, the Phantom Thief rose from his relaxed position and leaned against Riku, his face just inches away from hers.

'Oh no! Is he going to kiss me! Why aren't I moving… Do I actually even want him to do it?" These thoughts all ran through our favorite girl's head as she tried to decide what to do. What was Dark even trying to pull?

Slowly, Dark raised his hand to Riku's face and swiftly moved a piece of hair away from her face, letting his fingers linger against her skin. As soon as it started, it was over, and Dark disappeared with a smile on his face, out her window and into the singing wind. She didn't know what had just happened, all Riku DID know was the surge of disappointment at the pit of her stomach.

Lady: Well guys, this is the end of the fifth chapter! I also just wanted to say thank you for all of you who reviewed my story, it really means a lot to me. I hadn't loaded up any more chapters because, well, I've been going through some really tough times… I hope you guys enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it!

(I'm going to be changing my Pen Name from Tomb Mistress to Lady of the twisted kingdom)