"Hey Yukino, its me Marie, I don't know if you remember me or not but I used to know you very well. I wrote to you this letter as soon as I came to know that you had awakend. I know that you must have a lot of questions on your mind but I can only answer them when you meet me. Meet me at the main city market the place where your two new friend took you. There's a big clock tower in the center of the market. Meet me there at 2 in the evening tomorrow.

Love, Marie"

"So do you know this 'Marie' girl, Yukino?" There was a tint of jealousy over her face. "That name does ring a bell but I'm not sure..." Ellie enter the kitchen and asks what had happened. Akiko expalined the situation. "Hmm... Say Yukino, what if this is a scam and then they try to kill you?" "Maybe that's possible but there aren't many people who know about me and they even said that I had awakend. By the way how did you guys know that I was in there?"

"Well..." There was a awkward silence between the girls. "Akiko stumbled into the facility and then I tried to help her and then we both ended in there." "Pretty, clumsy of me right." And then Akiko faked a laugh. Yukino was still not convinced and then said with a straight face, "You seriously think that I'll buy that?" "Fine. You caught us. A strange man once came to us saying that you would wake up in a few day. And that he wanted us to look after you. Since that day we came to check up on you everyday."

"Hmmm... That's pretty strange, do you know who that person was?" " Nope. He never said anything about himself. We were about to ask him about why he wanted us to check up on you but till that time he had left."

"Fine. Anyways what were you making Akiko? Because I can smell something burning." Then all of them turn towards the kitchen. The cookware was burning and there was a black smoke coming out from it. "Oh no! I completely forgot about the fried chicken!"

"Sorry guys looks like you'll have to eat whatevers on the menu..." There was an awkward pause in her words. "Well anyways we have food to eat." Yukino said siting on the table. They all ate in silence and then when Ellie tried the Fried chicken, she ended up throwing up. Yukino started laughing. Akiko was angry at Yukino. "First of all its your fault for this." "Hey! What did I do wrong?" "Who asked you to enter the kitchen and distract me?" They were both embarassed and couldn't look at each other. Ellie look at them and asked what had happened. "O-oh, n-n-nothing..." Both of them yelled at the same time.

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"Well, I'll let it pass for today. But if both of you do something in my absence, it'll be hell for both of you!" Saying this Ellie walks out of the dinning hall. Both of them look at each other in the eye but look away.

Both of them say goodnight to each other and then go to sleep. Yukino was not able to sleep. The thought of Marie and his flashback kept him awake all night. "Who was that man?" He kept thinking to himself and why was he trying to save that girl. These thoughts haunted him all night.

Akiko came to wake up Yukino around 6. *Knock knock* "Wake up sleepy head. Time to ries and shine." "That's some dramatic good morning speech." Yukino said while laughing." Good morning Akiko." He said while patting her head. She started purring like a real cat. He stoped his hands and stated to tease her. She got angry and tries to bite his hand. "Owww! That hurts!" "That's what you get for tesing me! Now pet my head more." Fine, fine." And he started petting her head again. "Good morning both of you." Hearing Ellie's voice both of them jumped. "Ahh... Good morning Ellie." "What's up? Why is your hand on top of Akiko's head?" "Oh that... I was just petting her." "Well forget about that, remeber that today we are going to meet that 'Marie' girl so get ready in time. We'll show you around the town till it's time to meet her." "Ok then."

All of them take turns to wash their body. Everyone had freshened up and got ready of breakfast. "Hmmm... Smells good! What's for food?" Yukino asked impatiently. "Curry." "Isn't that a bit heavy for breakfast?" "Do you want to eat or not?" Yukino shut up and pointed his plate for food.

"Delicious!" Both Yukino and Ellie said asking for seconds. Akiko proudly gave them their seconds. "Hehe... Now pet Akiko the great for her great food." "Yeah, yeah" both of them frowned while petting her.

They got ready to leave and left for the city market. Akiko and Ellie took turns to show Yukino around the market. They spent their time until it was time to meet Marie near the Clocktower.