The school day had ended and Daisuke was packing his school bag as usual. He noticed though that Satoshi wasn't waiting for him at the door like he normally did. Daisuke let this go thinking that Satoshi probably had something important to do. Daisuke walked to the gate and thankfully found Riku waiting for him at the gate. "Hey, Riku." He greeted happily. "Are you ready to walk home, Daisuke?" Riku responded. Daisuke was about to reply when he was cut off by a voice from behind.
"Hey, Daisuke!" [Name] interjected. "Oh, [name], what is it?" Daisuke asked kindly.
"Daisuke, I was wondering if you could take me to your place."
"What why?" Daisuke asked surprised by the request.
"Didn't you know? As the volunteer to help me settle in Japan while I'm here you are obligated to let me live with you 'til I have to go."
[Name] said this so straight forwardly that Daisuke and Riku could tell she wasn't lying. Riku assessed the situation and didn't like the fact that there would be a pretty girl living with Daisuke, but Riku chose to be understanding and simply though about the fact that she would be leaving soon anyway. "Alright then, [name]. I guess your coming with me then." Daisuke said. It was rather silent as the three of them went to Daisuke's house. That is except for [name]'s many questions for Daisuke. She asked all about Japanese culture and how she should greet his parents when she met them. Riku was somewhat set off when [name] was so casually using Daisuke's first name and nothing else; Riku still called him Diasuke along with the honorific –kun attached to the end of it.
They came to the front door and Diasuke and [name] bid Riku goodbye as she turned reluctantly leaving them alone on the front step. As soon as Riku was out of sight [name]'s personality was switched with Angel's. "Finally she's gone! Well then lets go inside and then we can talk about what I came here for." Diasuke was taken aback by the sudden change in attitude that took place when [name] switched places with Angel.
The two of them stepped inside and took of their shoes replacing them with house slippers. "I'm home!" Diasuke called through the house. The entire Niwa family came to welcome Diasuke. "Welcome home, Diasuke." Emiko greeted him warmly. "Who is your friend, Diasuke?" Kosuke Niwa asked, his eyes resting on Angel. "It's a pleasure to meet the Niwa family. I am Blue Angel the Phantom Thief." Angel's self introduction placed no surprise in the minds of the Niwa family and they all convened in the living room to discuss the seriousness of her return.
"We haven't heard from you Angel for some three hundred years. Why do you suddenly come for Dark's assistance now?" Grandpa stated. Still in [name]'s form she said "There has been a sudden rise in the awakening of artworks and I find that I can't control it. I will need Dark's help to make these artworks become still once again until I can take care of the job myself."
"Angel, you will be working together with Dark and Diasuke for some time. You should let them see what you really look like." Grandpa said. Suddenly, after spending the day in stunned and pensive silence, Dark burst and yelled to Angel what he had been thinking all day. "Yeah, show us your real face! Don't hide behind an identity that's doesn't belong to you let alone one your not worthy of!" "Dark, why are you being so rude?" Diasuke said to the voice inside of him. "As you wish; don't be so touchy." Angel responded calmly.
[Name] stood from her place on the couch and everyone around her saw a faint glow emit from her as she began to change into Angel. The light died and gave Diasuke the chance to see Angel's true for the first time. She had an intimidating expression on her face that showed just how serious she was about her work as a phantom thief. Angel sported shoulder-length blue hair that was so pale that it could almost pass off for silver, and her eyes were just as soft. Everything on her was the color of the blue sky and if she were flying over head in the brightest time of day you wouldn't be able to see her.
Dark, without any warning took control over Daisuke's body and changed. Dark was looking at Angel through his violet bangs and got right in her face. "I don't care why you brought me out of the Black Wings, but I want to know why are you using [name] as your double!" Dark said this in such anger that no one had heard; the room became deathly silent. "Ah, I thought you knew her. I did see traces of you in her final memories and figured that her personality was best suited for fitting into a new class. You see, when I choose to be disguised I can't fix myself onto someone's DNA like you can, Dark. I have to borrow the soul of someone who has passed away and build a body for myself from what remains of them." Angel said this without any real inflection in her voice; Dark could tell that she was indifferent towards how he felt about the use of his love in such an uncaring manner.
It was silent and the Niwa family simply watched. Angel looked directly into Dark's eyes and tried to tell him to calm down without the use of words; this unfortunately didn't work and Dark was still furious. Angel chose to use words to explain what [name]'s situation was. "Look Dark, [name] is now part of me. That means she isn't gone. If we're lucky she will start to develop her own spirit, her own being again and…and perhaps she will be able to separate from me and live again…" Angel finished and Dark could hear the strain of a caring soul in her voice. Angel knew how he felt and somewhere inside he could tell Angel was hearing [name]'s feelings too.
Dark stepped back and relaxed. He glanced at Angel and apologized to her for his outburst. Angel nodded accepting his apology and turned to sit once more. Dark noticed something that he had not detected about Angel's appearance. "Angel, what happened to your wings? They're small compared to when I saw you in the museum." "My wings have changed in accordance with my level of power at the moment. Releasing you and Krad from Black Wings took a lot of magical energy and searching for someone suitable to be my double took even more. Keeping this in mind it is only natural that my magic would be weakened and thus my wings would be sure signs of that." Angel continued.
"Enough about me, Dark; we need to talk about our mission. All of the Hikari artworks have been successfully put to sleep and won't be causing any problems. That doesn't mean that there aren't artworks in other places of the world that aren't causing trouble." Angel explained. "Hold up a second, are you saying that Diasuke and I have to travel with you across the world!" Dark said in slight protest. "Yes, I know it is an inconvenience for both you and Diasuke but that's what I need you to do for me." Angel said pleadingly. "How do you suggest we explain this to all of Daisuke's friends and teachers? It's not like they won't notice he's gone." Dark said. "It's already been taken care of." Emiko said. "We already told his teachers that he would be leaving to study abroad for a while. You four will be leaving next week." Kosuke stated.
This sudden change of pace shocked Diasuke and he started asking himself questions. What about how his life would change? What would happen to Satoshi now that Krad was a burden to him once again? And Riku…What would Riku do without Diasuke? There was another flash of light and Angel was gone from the room leaving [name] in her place. Dark looked at her sadly and she responded by smiling sweetly in an attempt to cheer him up. "We should get to know each other. Why don't we have dinner together, Dark?" Dark smiled back at her and nodded.
Throughout the time spent at the table the only people who spoke were Dark and [name]. Dark already knew everything she was telling him, but he smiled at the privilege to be talking to her again. He told her things about himself and she brightened up with every detail she learned about him. She really was the girl he knew before, but she didn't stay long. After only ten precious minutes that Dark had with her Angel took over her body. "I'm sorry, Dark. [Name] isn't strong enough to control this body on her own. If I leave her alone for too long she gets too weak and it is possible that she will disappear." Angel said this in her serious tone and it weighed heavy on Darks heart to hear this.
"Why don't let Diasuke out. He seems rather troubled in his silence." Angel said calmly. Dark agreed and Diasuke took his place at the table. He was silent for a short moment and then said to Angel "I can't leave, Angel. What about Riku and Hiwatari?" Angel listened to this as she set down her cup of tea. "Diasuke, I understand your concern. You will have to explain to Riku as best you can and as for Hiwatari, he will most likely be following us diligently." Angel stated. "What? Don't tell me he's going to be after Dark again." Diasuke said remembering how hard it was to deal with Satoshi's on and off friendship they had.
"Well, Krad will indeed be after Dark not only because of their rivalry but because having the two halves of the Black Wings too far apart is damaging to their spirits." Angel explained. "What do you mean?" Diasuke asked. "It's simple; if the Dark and Krad have too much distance between each other then their energy will weaken because as you know one cannot exist without the other. If by chance this does happen on our journey we will have to stop and wait for them to get closer before Dark can come out again. Also there's one other thing. Other than Krad coming after Dark, Satoshi will be close behind coming after me." Angel informed him. "But why would he be after you? You didn't do anything to him." Diasuke said defensively.
At this point Dark chose to have his say in the discussion. "She did, Diasuke. Though Angel didn't mean to she put Krad back into Satoshi when she spit the Black Wings. You know perfectly well Diasuke that this will prevent Hiwatari from acting close to anyone until the Black Wings is put back together." This fact disappointed Diasuke and he knew that Dark was right about Satoshi's new hatred for Angel.
Angel took the guest room across from Diasuke's and bid him good night. They both disappeared behind the doors and got into bed. Dark, Diasuke, and Angel all spent the night thinking… "Just what will be in store for me?"