Author's Note: I do not own Code Lyoko nor do I own Kingdom Hearts.

Chapter One - The Breakup

Like everyday, night blanketed the land with its silhouette and the stars glittered high in the sky. On a grassy hill, the trio decided to make camp and so found comfortable places to sleep amongst the soft grass. However much he tried, one of them couldn't sleep for his mind drifted onto someone he cared deeply about. He climbed a rock to get a better view of the stars.

Sora sighs as a frown replaced his usual smile. Donald and Goofy snuck around either side of the rock and gazed up at the stars as well. Realizing his friends were there broke him out of his reverie.

"Oh, hey guys. What are you doing up?"

"We could ask you the same thing." Donald said.

"I couldn't get any sleep, everything is a little too much for me right now."

Goofy laughed and said, "You were thinking about Kairi, weren't you?"

Sora froze and blushed deeply. Sharply turning to Goofy, he retorted, "No, I wasn't."

"Now you know you can't lie to us. We can see that look in your eye when you think of her." Goofy commented.

"Well, I have been missing her lately."

Donald put his hands on his hips, "It has been a year since you two were last together, why not go back?"

"I so want to, but I can't."

His friends gasped, "Why not?"

Sora stuck out his hand and with a flash of light, he was holding the Keyblade.

"This is why. The Keyblade chose me to be its master and it is my destiny to defeat the Heartless. But if I take a break even a small one, then a world could be doomed because of it."

His friends walked close to him and put their hands on his lap. Donald sighed, "Sora, you can't fight forever."

This statement made Sora think, a long silence followed as he pondered this, but no matter how he looked at it, Donald was right.

He smiled, "Okay then. When I decide to go back, we'll go together. I bet Kairi will be surprised to see us." He jumped off the rock to be side-by-side with his friends.

Donald shrugged his head, "Nah! I don't think she will."

Sora laughed and patted his friends on the back, "Come on, we had a long day of fighting and I for one could use some rest."

Goofy laughed, "I second."

"Third."

They walked back to the grass and readied themselves for sleep. Donald and Goofy fell back to sleep almost instantly, but Sora didn't as he looked up at the stars wondering which one was his world.

He stretched out his hand to the heavens, "Soon…Kairi."

It was a busy day for the Lyoko gang as they began the arduous task of fixing up the supercomputer. Jeremy was typing to restore the core operating programs and Aelita had a manual in her hands reading off the lines he needed to code. In the supercomputer room, Ulrich and Odd were busy installing the upgrades that Franz Hopper had left in his email and Yumi had it the easiest for she was supervising them. She leaned back telling them what to move next as they did all the heavy lifting.

"Next, you need to…" she paused to eat some potato chips, "…open the secondary control panel and insert the three DX-39 Microboards. This is needed for the upgrade."

Ulrich dropped the component he was carrying and massaged his shoulders. It had been a while since he had a good night's sleep and was exhausted from doing this work for the past three nights. His grades were slipping, his muscles burned, and his anger had no vent to turn to. That was until his eyes turned to Yumi, the girl who barely lifted a finger this entire time. She was sitting there now with potato chips, soda, reading magazines, the only work she did was shouting out orders for Ulrich and Odd to do.

Well, he had enough. He stomped over to Yumi looking at her through the top of his eyes. It was when he was blocking her light did she take notice of him.

"Ulrich…is everything all right? You look…"

"Angry? Ticked?" He spat.

"Well, yeah. Is there anything…"

"Look! We have been working the best we could for five hours every night to get this supercomputer upgraded in the fight against XANA. My muscles ache, my eyes can barely stay open, and my patience is gone. And what have you have been doing?"

Yumi stared at him blankly.

"You've been sitting there night after night eating chips, drinking soda, reading magazines, and barking orders. You haven't lifted a finger to help and I thought you loved me."

"Ulrich, that's not true."

"So you don't love me?"

She stood up trying to use her height to intimidate him, "Now you listen! You know I can't help out with the heavy lifting, but at least I am here for you and it may seem that I don't do anything…"

"Because you don't!" He snapped.

Odd saw that this argument was getting out of hand and dropped what he was doing to intervene.

He clapped his hands, "Hey guys, why don't we all go out to movie like right now and forget this whole thing."

They both glared at Odd causing him to back away, "Sorry, forget I'd ever said anything."

"Ulrich! Jeremy left me in charge down here, you never had problems with me taking charge before."

"Because you pulled your weight and helped us out, now you just sit around acting like a queen…no, a dictator."

"Well if I am so terrible, why don't you just leave?"

His anger shook his whole body as he growled at her, "Fine! I am out of here!"

Ulrich straightened his jacket as he pushed the call button. He waited for the elevator to come knowing that her eyes were burning into his back. When the door opened, he stepped inside and pushed the button.

As the door closed, he spat, "And another thing, we are through! I'm done!"

These words shattered her as the anger washed away, tears welled up inside and she ran for the door, "Ulrich!" It locked in place and she began to slam her fists against it over and over. She slid down the door as she cried.

Odd knew what she was going through. He had been there for some of their worse fights. They usually were this bad, but they always resolved their arguments by making out. He couldn't believe that Ulrich would walk away from the one thing he had fought so long for, but Odd could do nothing but sigh and place a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry, Yumi. I am sure he didn't mean it. Come on, it's Ulrich. In a day or two, you two will be back together."

She wiped away her tears, "I don't know, Odd. Maybe this time is the last time."

"No, trust me. You two are destined for each other."

A smile appeared on her face, "You could have something there."

He smiled back, "Come on, let's get you back on your feet."

He offered his hand and she took hold of it. With a heave, he pulled her back on her feet in time to hear Jeremy over the intercom.

"Guys, come back up. I've got something to show you and it is amazing."

Always good to leave it with a cliffie. Thanks for reading.