Marco ran at them and punched Akise hard in the face, causing him to fly backwards into a wall.

"Akise!"

Marco quickly turned on Yuno when her attention was on Akise and attempted to stab her with his knife. Yuno just barely deflected it and began a knife fight with Marco, both of them deflecting the other's attack, unable to land a hit.

"You're gonna pay for what you've done!" He growled and knocked the knife out of her hand before he pushed her to the ground and lifted his knife to land the final blow.

Yuno shut her eyes bracing herself for the knife that was sure to enter her body.

'At least I'll see Yukki again...' she thought. Then her thoughts changed from Yukki to Akise lying on the ground. 'I was actually starting to think he might not be so bad... I guess we'll never have the chance to get closer now..."

A few seconds later, Yuno opened her eyes, confused as to why she hasn't felt any pain yet to see Marco with his eyes wide fall forward next to her and Akise holding a bloody knife. Yuno looked to the side to see a large, deep wound on Marco's back right about where his heart should be.

"I-Is he dead?" Yuno asked.

"I think so..." Akise said, kneeling down to take then man's diary. "13:37. Marco Ikusaba dies. Dead end."

"You saved me..."

Akise smiled.

"I told you I'd protect you, didn't I?" He said as he helped her up off of the ground.

"So where to next?" She asked, assuming he had information on the 11th's location like he had with the two 7ths.

"Well I was thinking maybe we could go to an amusement park or something."

"Why would the 11th be at an amusement park?"

"He's not. I thought maybe we could go there, have some fun together."

Yuno narrowed her eyes. "We don't have time to goof off!"

"Try not to think of it as goofing off. The 11th will not be nearly as easy to kill as these two were. So it would be logical to use the rest of today to relax and have fun, and go after the 11th tomorrow. After all, what could be a better way to spend what could possibly be your last day to live than having fun?"

Author Note: I'm sorry this chapter was so bad... I'll try to make up for it in the next few...