Akise arrived to the next floor to see Yuno cutting through security guards as if they were made of paper. Rather than let Yuno do all of the work, he took out his weapon to at least protect her from any attacks towards her blind spots, even though she's not some damsel in distress and can take care of her self, he figured it'd be better to be safe than sorry. He hurried across the floor to catch up to her.
Sensing a presence behind her, she turned to cut through him and paused for a second when she saw it was only Akise, but a second was all the guard behind her needed to finally land an attack in her moment of vulnerability. Akise widened his eyes and grabbed her, spinning so he took a knife to the back and she was our of harms way. Yuno stumbled.
"Akise why the hell would you-" she gasped at the sight.
"You... YOU BASTARD!" she screeched as she made short work of the guard, cutting him over and over again with her axe.
When she was satisfied she threw his dead body on the ground and turned to focus on Akise. She kneeled beside him and took out some first aid supplies Akise had advised her to bring. As she patched up his wound she worried he would need more than simple first aid to make it. The wound did seem pretty deep.
Noticing her worry, Akise tried to lighten the mood. "Hey don't worry, I promised Yukki I'd protect you, and I don't plan on dying until after you get your revenge."
"Don't you get it!? This isn't about Yukki anymore. He's dead... This is about not another important person to me... First my parents, then Yukki... I can't lose anyone else... I couldn't take it..."
"Yuno..." he said quietly as he cupped her face. "I... Didn't realize I meant so much to you..."
"Well... You didn't always... I mean... I even hated you at first but... Over these past few days... You've started to grow on me..."
Akise smiled as he slowly moved his face closer and closer, until he could feel her breath on his face. "I could say the same about you." he said as he began to gain proximity to her lips, and was pleased to see her close her eyes rather than push him away. Just as their lips were about to touch the door to the stairs leading to upstairs slammed open and they jerked their heads away in surprise.
Yuno quickly got up, glancing at Akise, seeing as he was a big shaky and may need help. Once again noticing her worry, he smirked at her and said, "I'm fine. Don't think I'll let myself die before I get that kiss~."