((A/N: Okay, so my last story, The return of Xana, ended with it saying Xana is actually Aelita's brother. I'm gonna pick up from where I left off))

"WHAT?!" The gang screamed at both Maya and Aelita.

"Are you insane? Xana… he can't be related to Aelita!" Yumi said to Maya.

"And why not?"

"Because he's not human," Ulrich stated.

"He's an evil computer virus," Odd added.

"If you guys say Xana's not human, why are you calling him 'He' and not 'it'?" Maya asked.

They all stayed quiet.

"But… if Xana is really Aelita's brother… why is he doing all of this?" Jeremy asked.

"That's the mystery," Maya sighed.

"Um, guys," Aelita spoke up.

"Yeah princess?" Odd asked.

"Can we not talk about this now, please?" She looked like she wanted to cry.

Maya bit her bottom lip, trying to hold back tears too, "Okay," she managed to choke out.

Yumi looked at the two of them and said, "Hey, it's getting kinda late," She pulled out her phone to show that it was almost 10pm, "Come on, we should get back…"

They all nodded.

"Aelita, are you coming?" Maya asked when she noticed her cousin wasn't coming with them to the elevator.

"Um, yeah, I'll come up in a minute," Aelita said, then looked at Jeremy, hoping he'd stay down with her.

"Come on, let's just go," Yumi said and they went up the elevator, leaving Jeremy and Aelita down in the scanner room. Alone.

"Aelita?"

She looked at him, "Yeah Jeremy?"

He bit his lip, "Please don't ever give me a scare like that again," he shook his head as the tears pour down his face.

Tears began falling out of Aelita's eyes as she ran to him and slipped into his arms. She tears began to wet the front of his shirt but he didn't care cause his crying wet the top of her head.

"I'm sorry," she sobbed, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."

"I m-missed you s-so much," He kissed the top of her head; then held her face in his hands, "D-don't leave me again."

She nodded, "And Jeremy?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for saving me…"

Jeremy blushed, "Anytime….Princess."

"See ya guys," Yumi said as she climbed out of the sewer hole and started to walk home.

Ulrich stared as she walked away; Odd saw this and grinned, "WHAT'S THAT ULRICH?" He yelled loud enough for the whole school to hear, "YOU WANT TO WALK YUMI HOME?"

Yumi turned around and gave them a weird look.

"Odd!" Ulrich whispers franticly, "Shut up!"

Odd nodded, "WELL WHY DON'T YOU JUST ASK HER?"

Maya and William laughed at the look on Ulrich's face. He was frozen stiff.

"WHAT? YOU'RE TOO SHY? THAT SHOULDN'T HOLD YOU BACK GOOD BUDDY."

Yumi gave a small laugh and called to them, "HEY ULRICH!"

He unfroze and looked at Yumi, his face completely red.

She smiled at him, "Could you come walk me home," she asked in a quieter voice.

Ulrich blushed brighter, for a second he couldn't speak.

Maya and Odd laughed, then pushed Ulrich so he walked up to Yumi.

"Shall we go?" Yumi asked and Ulrich nodded.

As they were walking away, Ulrich turned around quickly gave Odd the finger and mouthed the word 'revenge.'

Odd sighed, "Oh great. Try to help a buddy out, and he ends up wanting to kill you."

"Well, if he didn't want to walk her home, you shouldn't have forced him too," William said.

Odd rolled his eyes, "He did want too, but like I said, he was shy. And if you don't want him to walk Yumi home, why didn't you ask her?"

William's jaw clenched, "Maybe I was gonna, but some kid beat me too it."

Odd's smile was victorious, "Well, next time you should be a little faster."

Before William could even think about throwing a punch, Odd turned around and walked back to his room. Only when he was a few feet away he realized, Damn it, I should have offered to take Maya to HER room.

"Damn bastard," William muttered under his breath as he walked to his dorm.

"How long have you liked her?"

He turned around to see Maya following behind him.

He smirked, "What are ya, stalking me? Don't you have your own room to find?"

"Yea," Maya said as she walked up faster to be able to walk next to him, "But it's the same way as where you're going."

William nodded, "Yeah okay."

Maya rolled her eyes, "Are you gonna answer me?"

"Huh?"

She shook her head, "You're a fucking idiot; how long have you like Yumi?"

William shook his head, "What makes you think I like Yumi?"

"Cause I'm not an idiot," she said simply.

William rolled his eyes.

"So did you post 'love letters' all around the school addressed to her yet," Maya teased.

He laughed, "No, remember I got kicked out of school last time I did that."

"Yeah, and your family decide to flee to France right after that."

"We didn't flee; my dad was moved here, so we all came."

"Uh huh, by the way the love letters didn't work."

"Oh and why's that?" He asked confused.

"Cause, I didn't find it cute," She smiled.

"Well, you were always a weird one," he shrugged, "Almost every other girl loved that crap."

She rolled her eyes, "Whatever. Look can we start over. If we're gonna be fighting on Lyoko together, I don't want it to be awkward if we have to fight on Lyoko together."

William shrugged, "Whatever. Doesn't matter to me." Then he smiled, "But, don't fall for me, cause you've lost your chance."

She laughed, "Okay, I'll try my best."

"Yumi, I SWEAR!" Ulrich begged, "Odd's just an idiot. I did NOT say anything about-"

Yumi laughed cutting him off, "I know Ulrich. You'd never complain to Odd about wanting to walk me home," she blushed, "But, thanks for coming though."

He smiled, "No problem. I… uh.. actually wanted to walk you home anyway."

The sky was dark, with almost no clouds in the sky, so you could see the stars shine brightly above them. Ulrich's eyes wondered to Yumi's hand swaying by her side as she walked.

Um, would she kill me if I held her hand? Probably.

He kept getting lost in his thoughts, I wish I could just-

"Ulrich! Watch out!" Yumi yelled as she grabbed his arm back and pulled him onto the sidewalk, as a car come zooming passed.

She gave a small laugh, "Do you have a death wish?"

"S-sorry…" Idiot, stop thinking about holding her hand, or you'll die before ever getting the fucking chance.

Yumi waved a hand in his face, "Hellllooo? Earth to Ulrich."

He blinked and looked at her, "huh?"

"You okay Ulrich?" She asked, concern filling her voice.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah. Just kinda tired," he answered.

He's lying, she thought, but it's not like he'd even fucking tell me. And I hate that.

"Uh, Yumi?"

"Huh?"

Ulrich chuckled, "Where are you going, your house is here."

She looked and saw her house and felt like smacking her face, "Hah, thanks."

"You sure that YOU'RE ok?"

"Yeah yeah, just tired and all from this whole Xana stuff."

He shrugged, "We'll figure it out. We always do."

Maya walked into her room and stared at the bed at the opposite side of hers. I wonder when Emily will get back, she thought, I wonder what she's like.

"Oh well," She muttered and changed into her pajamas; blue shorts and a black tank top. She then took the contacts out.

There was a knock at her door, which startled her.

"Um, come in."

Aelita opened the door and walked in, wearing her pajamas; her pink dress with an A on it.

"Um, hi," She said.

"Oh, hi Aelita." Why's she in my room so late?

Aelita looked around the room, didn't say anything; just looked around.

"Um, anything I can help you with?" Maya asked.

"Oh, sorry," Aelita stammered, "I just wanted to say good night and…" she trailed off

"What's wrong?"

"Um, well… see I was hoping you'd tell me about my brother.."