Yumi's POV
"Ma'am, can I go to the infirmary?" I asked expectantly
"Again, Yumi?" The teacher complained
I nodded "My-uh head, yeah, I have a huge headache, I'll need to get some ice"
The teacher sighed "Fine, but be back quickly this time, Ms. Ishiyama!"
I was already out the door, and heading for the forest.
"What is it?" I gasped to Jeremie when I got to the computer room.
"I'm not sure-wait – looks like XANA's possessed Sissy."
"That's the 3rd time this week he's possessed someone" I muttered, irritated as I pressed the elevator button to head down to the scanners.
I arrived on Lyoko just in time to see Odd take out a hornet.
Ulrich was protecting Aelita from the blows when he saw me he said "I'll get Aelita to the tower, you get rid of these hornets!"
I nodded and threw my fan towards the hornets, taking out three with one hit. I smiled proudly and moved on to the next the ones.
Looking over, I saw that Aelita was entering the tower and prepared myself for the return to the past.
A hornet also noticed me looking over and took the opportunity to shoot a couple of times at my back. I felt the weird feeling of being devirtualized and came back to Earth in the scanner.
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Ulrich's POV
A familiar bright white light covered everything while I was still on Lyoko. Then I was back in my room and Odd was tossing crackers into his mouth.
One of them "missed" and hit me.
"Hey!"
"I wasn't aiming for you or anything" He told me
"Yeah, yeah sure, I'm sure that's what happened"
"It was" he complained
I rolled my eyes "Right bye" I thrust my hands in my pockets and left the room. Odd can be awesome or just plain annoying. He was in his "plain annoying" mode at that moment.
I walked down the hall way, looking for something to do and bumped into Yumi.
"Oh Hi" I muttered quietly
"Hi" She said, suddenly interested in the carpeting.
"I-um" I wrote a poem for Yumi. The problem was giving it to her. I almost did before the return to the past, and now I had a second chance.
I pulled it out of my pocket.
"I- wrote this-here" I wanted to leave then, but I also wanted to see her reaction.
So I stayed, holding my breath.
Her face lit up. It was beautiful.
"Thanks Ulrich, this is great" She hugged me. It was more of a "friend" hug but it was a start.
I shrugged like I wrote poems for people every day
"No problem" I told her joyfully.
"I actually…" she stopped uncertainly then changed the subject "Thanks again"
"Yeah, well bye" I muttered
She nodded "Ulrich?"
I turned around to find her face closer than I expected. She started to lean in and for a second I froze up, did she want to kiss!? Then I started to lean in too.
Our lips met.