[Reyoki]

Maki woke rather early in the morning. She couldn't hear Roland wandering about, and Hayate was still asleep next to her on the couch. "Heh, he looks so cute and innocent when he's sleeping. This sort of life really isn't suited for someone like him," she thought to herself. Getting up from the nest of sheets she'd made for herself and Hayate, the Flame Ryuujin quietly grabbed her boots and left a small note of thanks to Roland before leaving the officer's house.

She meandered through the shrine district for a little while, enjoying the quiet of the morning. She pulled out her phone and checked her messages when she reached a small park. She let out a sigh when she saw all the messages she'd gotten. A lot of the Flame Skulls were angry with her, thinking that she'd abandoned them, something she'd promised she would never do.

She put her phone back into her pocked with a frown. She'd have to deal with her Skulls later. For now she had to worry about herself and what she would do next. Thinking back, she remembered the file she'd taken from Roland the first time she'd stayed at his place. She started making her way to the junkyard where she knew she could get some privacy in which to read the documents.