Just How Long Do We Wait?
((Full Summary: It's been five years since the Lyoko warriors have defeated Xana and graduated. Jeremy (now a scientist) and Aelita (now a worldly known video game maker) are married, and Odd and Sissy have been dating for a year. Yumi graduated from a college in America after Ulrich ultimately told her he didn't want her in his life. She's been back for a year, attending Tokyo University and still hasn't run into Ulrich. What happens when she does?))
Chapter One
"So, run that by me again." Yumi said, plopping down on her bed, the phone pressed against her ear.
"It's really simple. I was tired of screwing around with girls," Odd said, who was trying to explain to Yumi for probably the tenth time since she came back why he was dating Sissy. "After awhile we all kind of went our separate ways you know? Jeremy and Aelita went off to college together, you went off to America, and Ulrich barely talked to anybody after you left. Since I couldn't go away anywhere that left me here alone with Sissy. We got to know each other really well and I realized she had acted like a spoiled brat to us, but she's actually not that bad of a girl." He finished. Yumi stared up at her ceiling as she listened. The part that bothered her the most (though she would never admit it) was the fact that Ulrich stopped talking to everyone once she left. 'Why? What's the point in that? He's the one that said he never wanted to see me again.'
"Yumi? You there?" Odd asked, pulling her back down to earth.
"Huh? Oh yeah I am. To me though Sissy is still the same old spoiled prissy brat she was when I was here last." She replied. She had had the unfortunate luck to have a few not so fun run-in's with Sissy in the year that she had been back and to her, nothing had changed.
"Awe, that's just because she hasn't warmed up to you yet." Odd said with a laugh. Yumi smiled. She had seen Odd since she'd been back and she had to admit he looked completely different and gorgeous. He had grown his hair out a bit and wore it down to his shoulders. It was just blond now and a bit shaggy, the purple streak long gone. Sissy had gained a little weight so she looked fuller, her hips and breast bigger, and she was taller. Aelita had grown quiet a bit too. Her hair was now long, still pink but down to her waist and wavy and Jeremy was still scrawny. He hadn't changed much. Got approximately a foot and a half taller, but he was still scrawny. She had yet to see Ulrich.
"Well, whatever. I doubt that's it but I'll take your word for it." She said casually. Not two seconds after she said that did she hear Sissy yelling his name in the back ground.
"Ah! Yes dear!" Odd yelped back in his funny voice. Yumi bust out laughed.
"Well, looks like duty calls Odd. I'll call you tomorrow or something." She said.
"Y-yeah sounds great bye Yumi!" Odd rushed, and then hung up the phone. Yumi continued to laugh. She had to admit hearing Odd get bossed around by Sissy like that was hilarious. Once her laughter died down only silence filled her one-bedroom apartment. This was normal though. Every couple weeks she talked to Jeremy and Aelita. It was only that often since they were both always so busy. Odd knew she was lonely and tried to call her every other day but she understood that life with Sissy was hectic and he couldn't always call like she hoped. Truth was she'd been alone for five years. Having the type of personality she had meant she didn't really make a hell of a lot of friends. It was lonely being…lonely
Jeremy was busy furiously typing away on one of the huge monitors that surrounded him. He was in his lab which meant he was surrounded by not just huge monitors but mountains of papers, laptops, tubes, vials with colorful liquids, diluting machines, freezes and much more. He was completely engrossed in what he was doing he almost didn't notice his phone ringing.
"Jeremy Belpois speaking." He said halfheartedly, not taking his eyes away from the screen he was currently focusing on.
"Hey," Said the person. "Long time no talk." Jeremy half listened and continued to type, his cell on speakerphone.
"I'm sorry I am not aware of whom you are and I am very busy. I don't have time for small talk but if you leave your name I can try to schedule you in for an appointment." Jeremy replied curtly. There was a soft chuckle.
"You really don't remember me Jeremy?" Jeremy opened his mouth, ready to tell the stranger off when the voice suddenly began to register in his head.
"Ulrich? Is that you?" He asked, finally pausing his destruction of the keyboard with his rapid typing. He took the phone off speaker and pressed it eagerly to his ear. He heard another chuckled.
"There you go Einstein." Ulrich replied. Jeremy's eyes widened and he re-adjusted his glasses, his mouth falling open a bit.
"I can believe it! Jesus Ulrich it's been forever! Where are you? Are you ok?" Jeremy demanded concern in his voice as he leaned back in his chair.
"I'm fine Jeremy." He replied.
"But none of us have seen you for years. We've all been worried sick. Especially Aelita. Where are you?" There was a moment of silence and then Jeremy heard Ulrich sigh.
"I'm in downtown Nara. I'm ok." Ulrich responded. Nara was about three hours away from Tokyo. It was Jeremy's turn to sigh.
"Why in the world are you down there Ulrich? I mean-"
"Have you heard from Yumi?" Ulrich cut him off with the question he had called to have answered in the first place.
"Huh?" Jeremy sputtered, having been taken off guard. "Oh Yumi? Well duh, everybody has. Even Sissy, which I guess isn't that hard to fathom considering she's with Odd now. Anyway though, Yumi's been back from the states for over a year not Ulrich. She's attending Tokyo University living in an apartment off campus." Ulrich listened intently until Jeremy was done. Jeremy always had a habit of spewing information that hadn't been asked for but that was always somewhat helpful…when they could understand him. Jeremy continued his rambling telling Ulrich everything from Yumi's major in Communications for Directing to her social life which, outside of seeing Jeremy and them was close to nothing.
"Thanks Jeremy." Ulrich said, interrupting Jeremy mid-sentence while he was talking about what classes she took. He didn't need to know that much…not yet. "Do you have her phone number?" He asked.
"Oh! Yeah sure! It's 555-7700." Jeremy relayed the number by memory of course. There was a pause, in which Jeremy assumed Ulrich was taking down the number. Then he thought about it.
"Wait a minute…are you really going to call her Ulrich? Five years ago you-"
"Thanks again Jeremy. Have a good night." With that, the line went dead. Jeremy sighed and slipped his phone shut. 'I hope this goes over ok...'
Yumi stepped out of the shower and plopped down on her bed with a sigh. The shower had been relaxing, just what she needed to take her mind off of her loneliness. It had been two hours since she had gotten off the phone with Odd but it had seemed like an eternity. All she did was watch TV for an hour, eat a pack of ramen and shower. 'Ugh what's wrong with me? I need to do something. If I keep this up I'm going to be back on anti-depressants.' She thought sarcastically and shook her head. She felt her phone vibrating and bolted up right. It was Odd calling her back!. Not checking the caller I.D she flipped her cell open and answered.
"Odd! Thank God you called back I thought I was going to die of boredom! There's nothing on TV except cooking shows." She said with a weak laugh, lying back down on the bed, closing her eyes. She waited and…there was nothing…completely silence. She waited a moment later. Still nothing.
"Um…Odd?" She called. Still silence. She pulled the phone away from her ear and looked at it to see the number. She didn't recognize it.
"Who is this?" She asked, sitting up. Silence once more. "Hel-"
"Yumi?" Her body froze. She felt her eyes widened and her hands began to shake as a shiver ran down her spine. It couldn't be…it just couldn't be…
"Ulrich?"
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