White Noise

by PurpleeCatt

With the graduation of their most senior members of the group previously known as the Lyoko Warriors, Xana reemerges from the digital sea even more powerful than before. Danny is sent abroad for better schooling at Kadic Academy when he realizes that his clone, Danielle, has followed him. He learns about Xana and tries to help out to the best of his abilities.

1. Prologue

Ulrich Stern let out the sigh he had been holding in for the past three years. He was now standing before Yumi Ishiyama, the girl he had been in love with for three years now. She stood before him in a black graduation gown. Tears had formed in his eyes long ago, but were now nowhere to be found. He wrapped his arms around the girl and held her tight.

She pulled away after a few minutes, placing her graduation cap on the bench beside them. They were now underneath the large oak tree where they had often shared lunch. This was also the tree where they, along with Odd Della Robbia, Jeremy Belpois, and Aelita Stones (Schaeffer), often relived their day after a battle with the greatest evil the world had ever faced. A multi-agent program named Xana, which they had previously destroyed, brought them together. Even if some of the group hadn't stuck close for the entire time, they were together at the end and that was all that mattered to Ulrich.

Yumi let out a sad sigh. She had been trying to stay away from the topic of college. On the outside she was happy, but on the inside she was dying. She pulled out a large white envelope addressed to her. "Here." She said handing it to Ulrich. It had already been opened. He looked at the address it was sent from. "Kyushu University?" He pulled the paper out of the envelope. It was what he had been dreading for a long time. "What... what is this?" Tears formed in his eyes as he choked on every word that he spoke.

"It's my college acceptance letter. My plane leaves tomorrow." She pulled him in for another hug, but he put his arm between them. His cheeks were flushed and his head was throbbing. "I need to go." He whispered starting to walk away from her. She put a hand on his shoulder and attempted to pull him back but he just shrugged it off. "My head hurts." He looked back to the crying girl. "This isn't me breaking up with you, if that's what you think." She sighed using her other hand to wipe the tears from her eyes. He gave a fake smile, it was what he thought she wanted to see.

Sure, he thought, she said it wouldn't be the end. He knew better and he knew that she did too. He walked away towards his dorm room, not sure what was throbbing more- his head or his heart.