Okay! HELLO! It's Kiwi and I'm over my little depressed point in life! SO- I'm making a new story to celebrate and at the same time I am making new chapters to "Could It Be", "Since When?", "Toontown's SOS", "It's only high school", "The Colors of Yumi", AND a story that isn't even ON this website (But quite famous on others) with the title "The Game of Teenaged Life."

So, bare with me. I'm still updating, but I sometimes get stuck and have to start over again.

SO FOR INFORMATION ON THIS STORY- All the peoples we know, yeah, they're in high school (I tried making it in Middle School, but the whole Yumi and Ulrich thing wouldn't work out…SO…) and a part of Yumi's family comes to France to visit during the summer, but because of evil time zones and the wrong dates, Her family gets to France a few weeks before School's out. The boys are older, got it? Got it. The youngest is Aelita, then Jeremie, Sam, Yumi, Odd, Mandiee you'll meet her and Then Ulrich.

Mean while- Jeremie and Aelita are pissed like MAD. Odd's been disappearing for the past 3 weeks, Ulrich isn't talking to Aelita OR Yumi.

Oh the irony.

So, on with it? LETS GO!

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"I love you."

Yumi froze.

What was that? What did he just say to me?

"Thank…you?"

"That wasn't exactly the answer I was looking for." He took her hands, and swung them back and forth. She quickly took her hands away,

"Thank you…very much?" (A/n: From the movie: Liar Liar. XP)

"But, But- Yumi!"

"Um, listen. I'll call you tonight, okay? It's just…my cousin is coming to town and I need to get stuff ready. I guess I can't really focus. Okay? Okay. Bye." She was already halfway home before the word "stuff" and was yelling it to him.

He thought she was joking, and watched her run away, but noticed something was terribly wrong.

She didn't even glance back.

XxX

Yumi pulled out her cell phone as she came up to her door, noticing a bright yellow piece of paper taped onto it on the inside.

Yumi,
Your dad is still on his business trip and won't be back till Thursday.

She checked the calendar-Monday? Yesss.

Your brother is staying with Jesse until I buy him some new furniture.

Yumi chuckling, knowing her mom, that would take a week or so.

And me and the few friends of mine are staying at the hotel near-by to go to the concert Wednesday. I'll be home with Hiroki's furniture when your dad gets home.

We love you,
Mom

P.S. Five hundred dollars on the kitchen counter. I know you too well.

Yumi put her phone on the kitchen table and looked at the money on the counter,

"Oh yes, mom you do."

XxX

"Oh, I hate him." Ulrich punched his pillow.

"What happened? Did you see them?"

"William was pretty much asking her to marry him!"

"…Yumi Dunbar…has a nice ring to it don't…" Odd started but quickly stopped seeing Ulrich's death glare, "Yeah, I'll just shut up now."

"I think that would be good. If you want to keep your face."

"So, I'm guessing you're not too happy about her going out with him, are you?" Jeremie leaned against the desk.

"Nah, I'm so freaking happy for her." Ulrich sighed, "Why?"

"…Why what?" Jeremie asked. It looked like Odd was too scared to say anything else.

"Why does the only girl I love, not love me back?"

"Well, I'm real sorry, Ulrich." Aelita smiled as she walked in, "But I don't think the whole you and me thing would work out."

Ulrich gasped,

"AELITA! You're a girl!"

She looked at him like he was crazy, and slowly nodded.

"ULRICH! You're a boy!" She answered in the same amount of enthusiasm, but hers was sarcasm.

"Uh, yeah. I know, but…Dammit. Lost it."

"Yumi's haunting your brain?"

RING.

"Damn, how many calls did you get today?" Odd asked the girl. Aelita's changed a lot since the two years she was came to earth. Maybe all those boyfriends did something to her.

"Oh, new record, twenty-five." Aelita smiled before putting the phone up to her ear, "Hello?"

"Hola Aei! House to myself, and you, and the guys. I DO NOT want to be alone in this crappy thing my family calls a house."

"Sure, lemme ask." Aelita looked at the boys and put the phone near her stomach, "Yumi says she has the house to herself, wanna party?"

"Hell yah! I'm there!" Odd got up, going through his closet.

"Sure." Ulrich shrugged, "As long as William Dumb-ass isn't there."

"Yeah, I'll go. I'll bring my laptop just in case." Jeremie nodded, "I no longer want to be such a loner."

"Good luck."

"Oh, thanks for the confidence, Odd."

"Sure thing buddy!"

XxX

"Yeah, Um, William…babe." Yumi started, sitting on the couch, on the phone with her boyfriend, "You see, I don't like jumping into such strong relationships so quickly."

"I'm real sorry, Yumi." He answered, he sounded upset, "I should've waited. I thought you needed to know, that's all."

DING DONG!

"Oh, hold on. Someone's at my door." Yumi sprinted toward the door.

Hmm… She thought out loud, It usually takes them longer to get down here.

She unlatched the door, and looked at the face looking back.

"Hey Cuz."

Yumi's jaw hung open and said in surprise,

"William, I'll have to call you back."

XxX

"Shot gun!" Odd shouted as he ran toward the car.

Jeremie rolled his eyes. Some things will never change…

Ulrich pulled out his keys and sat in the driver's seat,

"As long as you don't press any…" The brunette started.

"Oh! Look! Ulrich, what happens if I push that big button there?" Without waiting an answer, our loveable Odd pressed the 'big button there' and the car alarm went off.

"Buttons…" Ulrich slammed his head onto the steering wheel, as he pressed a button on his key, and the car stopped screaming.

"How exactly did you afford a Mercedes, again?" Jeremie asked, "This thing has to be like…around fifty grand, minimum."

"My parents love me." Ulrich responded, putting the car in reverse.

"My parents love ME and they won't get a car!" Odd protested.

"Well, maybe you should've thought about that before you crashed the seven you had!"

"THEY HAD A MIND OF THEIR OWN, I SWARE."

Ulrich chuckled,

"Right."

XxX

"Mandiee! I can't believe you're here!" Yumi exclaimed, "Mom, Dad, and Hiroki are out and won't be back till later this week."

"Party?"

"Got friends comin' here as we speak."

"So, how's France?"

"Okay, a little less strict in school, but okay. How's Japan?"

Mandiee gave Yumi a look,

"Yumi, We moved to Texas, in America. We haven't been to Japan for a year now."

"AMERICA?"

"There's some really hot guys there!"

Yumi shook her head,

"Should've known."

"Have your old photo album?"

"DO I!" Yumi skipped upstairs, and quickly returned, "I missed you, Mandiee."

"I miss you too, Yumi."

The two highschoolers hugged each other.

"All our other family members are either older than us, or WAY TOO young." Yumi sighed, leaning back into the sofa.

"It's nice t have someone in your family close to your age, huh?"

"Oh yes. Very."

KNOCK! KNOCK!

"Friends?" Mandiee asked; she seem tired from her trip.

"Yeah, hold on." Yumi opened the door, and Odd walked in without saying hello, Aelita hugged her, Jeremie smiled, and Ulrich was last, who gave her a half-hearted smile.

"SUP YUMI!" Odd shouted, "And…who are you?"

"Me?" Mandiee asked, "I'm a random drifter on the street, your friend there, -Yumi right?- was nice enough to let me stay here."

The Lyoko clan's eyes went to Yumi.

"She's kidding. Say hello to Mandiee, my cousin."

"Hel-lo Man-diee." Odd gave her his flirty smile.

"Hi Th-ere, Dork." She blew him a kiss.

Odd stuck his tongue out.

"Nice to meet you too?"

"Hi, I'm Ulrich. He's Odd. Sorry, he's such a child inside."

"You're the soccer star, right?"

"…I'm on the soccer team, if that's what you mean…"

"…Are you the captain?"

"…Not exactly…"

"Yeah, he is." Yumi nodded.

"KNEW IT. You, you're Odd. The loveable Oaf."

Odd shrugged,

"Sticks and Stones." He smiled.

"Uh, right. You're Aelita, the pretty one."

Aelita blushed before answering,

"Thank you, Mandiee."

"And you're Jeremie. The genius."

"Wow, you're good! Physic?"

"…I don't know if I can trust you with the answer." Mandiee folded her arms across her chest.

Odd was already head over heels for this cousin of Yumi's. She seemed to be perfect for him.

DAMN. Odd shook his head, SAM IS HERE.

"Why didn't you bring Sam?" Yumi asked.

"PRESENT!" Sam threw the door open, "THANKS FOR THE RIDE, ULRICH."

"Sorry." Ulrich managed to say before Sam almost tackled him.

"I had to walk here. FUCKING WALK HERE." Then she turned to the new girl, "Hey. I like your shirt."

"Thanks, I like your shoes."

"I don't know who you are, but I think I'm gonna like you."

"Ditto."

Mandiee had blonde hair with a hot pink strike on her right side, wearing three pairs of earrings- One pair being pink skulls, another was a black rose, and the one on the top of her ear was a pink ball like thing. Mandiee had that model like figure, but then again, she's only seventeen. Her blue eyes were shining brightly, meaning she was thinking about someone…UH, I mean…something. Her attire was a black T-shirt was tied up on the sides. On the front was a pink heart and cross bones. She wore jeans with it, but it had faded black and pink stripes going diagonally up and down her jeans. Completed with a pair of black sunglasses and a pair of black flip-flops splashed with pink skulls.

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen. Now, are we going to party or play twenty questions?"

"I'll get the radio." Yumi dashed back upstairs.

Odd took her spot,

"So…Mandiee."

"You're just one big flirt, aren't you?" She asked.

"I try."

"That's pretty hot." She kissed her finger and put it on his lips. He smiled at it. He's winning her already, "But it's not for me."

Mandiee got up, to help Yumi pick out CDs.

XxX

"He was flirting with you? Already?" Yumi chuckled.

"Yeah, amazing isn't it?"

"Why, you seem used to it…"

"I am. American guys are perverts."

"I thought they were hot."

"Hot perverts."

"WORKS FOR ME."

"Here, how many is that?"

"Four, but with the radio, I think we're good."

"You have Ipod speakers?"

"Yes ma'am!"

"I have my Ipod, so we can use that too. Where is it?"

"Hiroki's room."

"Got it."

. . .
"Okay, that's it, right?" Mandiee asked, carrying the Ipod speakers and two CDs.

"Yeah, but I dare you to flirt back with Odd."

"Fine, but only if you flirt with the boy you like, Ulrich, right?"

"…Lucky guess." Yumi came back downstairs, plugging the radio in, "OKAY! I think we're good."

"What about food?"

"Wayyy Ahead of ya, buddy." Mandiee came out of the kitchen with the CDs, Ipod speakers, and a platter of brownies, and a bowl of popcorn, "That's enough for now, until the pizza arrives."

"They deliver this late?" Jeremie asked looking at the clock- ten minutes till one.

"No, but I know a guy." Mandiee put the bowl down as with the brownies.

"You know a lot of people, then." Yumi stated, struggling with her CDs. Ulrich came up to help her. The raven haired girl looked at her cousin.

Mandiee gave her a 'Do-it-cuz-you-know-you-want-to' look.

Yumi smiled, once the music was turned on, everything changed. It was like a private party of seven! WOO!

"You know, Ulrich…" Yumi stood up as he cocked his head to question her words and movements, "I've always thought you looked like a good dancer."

Ulrich seemed shocked, before coming back to reality, "Uh, I…uh…I don't dance."

"Aww, really?" She looked deep in his eyes, "For me? Please?"

"Get a room." Mandiee smiled.

Yumi gave her a look, she forgot Sam was here.

Damn! Mandiee got me again!

Ulrich scratched the back of his neck, not really sure what was going on here.

"Wait, you guys don't have school tomorrow, right?" Mandiee asked, her voice seemed kinda panicked.

"Not on Sundays."

"YESSS! Now, I thought there was another friend?"

"Theo, yeah." Jeremie nodded, "He's not feeling well."

"Oh, what a shame." Mandiee sighed.

"Okay! TWENTY QUESTIONS!" Odd shouted, "Mandiee, Is that your real name?"

"My real name's Amanda, but it's too plain so it's M-A-N-D-I-E-E. Fuckin' awesome, ain't it?"

"Wow, now, partner. Texas accent!"

Ms. Mandiee put her hand up to slap him but he added,

"And there's nothing wrong with it! I'm just saying! I've never heard a Texas accent before."

"Best believe. Bastard, I'm from Texas."

"You're from Japan." Yumi corrected

"…I'm living in Texas. I'm gonna take you guys there for the Summer, so, when exactly do you guys get out?"

"Little over than a month, come to school with us, would you? After our major exams, there's really nothing we do in class." Aelita pleaded, "It would be nice to have someone in my health class."

"What period?"

"fourth, for health. I'm all on my lonesome. No one here nor Theo has that class with me."

"I'll try, but then again, I'd need a signature." Mandiee had a sly smile on her face, "Yumes, gimme a pen and paper. Now, what's your principal's name?"

To whoever it may concern,
Amanda Jenkis needs to board into the school of Kadic High for the rest of the school year, please keep her en-rolled for next year as well. I, David Hollywood, have legal custody of her and if anything goes wrong please contact my cell phone number at (214) 877 68760. If at work, call my work phone at (972) 491 44056.
Thank you,
David Hollywood.

"Does he really dot his 'i's like that? Wait, Hollywood? David Hollywood, WHO IS THAT?!" Yumi cried, "What happened to Aunt Pearl and Uncle Kiesho?"

"Broke up. I'm living with my producer…I'm pretty damn famous in America."

"Don't you mean, divorced?"

"They weren't married in the first place, Yumes."

"Whoa, I mean, living together under one roof, while raising a child, sounds like the same jail cell as Marriage." Odd snickered.

"Wow, pretty close." Amanda nodded, "Now listen, as far as you know. That was all an illusion!"

"Sure. Okay, Question."

"Yeah?" Mandiee turned to Jeremie.

"Why do you two look so different?"

"Dyed my hair, and contacts. Now, I know I look better than Yumi, but don't rub it in…"

Yumi chuckled,

"Guys, what're we gonna do tomorrow?" She turned down the music, not completely off, but just enough to hear a conversation.

"Dunno." They all shrugged.

"I don't know where anything is or WHAT anything is here. I've been to Paris, but that was with family, so yeah. That doesn't count." Amanda sighed, she sat against the couch, a knee up and the other leg lay in front of her. Aelita playing with her hair.

"Mandiee, what shampoo do you use?"

"I'm not sure. Mr. Hollywood gets it for me." Mandiee shrugged, "It's in my bag somewhere. If not, Jeeves is going to die. Oh, and feel free to call me Dee or Di."

"A nickname for a nickname?"

"Be jealous."

"Oh, I am. Trust me…"

XxX

"REVENGE!"

"Whoa, Yumi? Are you okay?"

"That evil creature my parents call my brother stole my diary."

"Ouch. The reason I put mine on a computer, password safe."

"Yeah, okay. Sure, be a smart-aleck, but I like old-fashioned things called PEN and PAPER."

"That was SO 1980." Amanda waved a hand in her face, "Get with the modern times, Yumes."

Yumi stopped in front of Amanda, and the cousin giggled,

"Give it." Yumi put her hand out.

"Give…-snicker- What?"

"Don't…you…dare."

Mandiee gave her cousin the black leather book, laughing.

"I. Hate. You."

"Can we still get revenge on Hiroki?"

"Are you kidding me? OF COURSE, but first, I need to think to get you back."

"Okay, you do that." Amanda didn't seem too panicky as the people in there thought (and one hoped) she would be. Yumi dashed into the kitchen.

"Hey, Mandiee."

Amanda turned around.

The rest of the group shared looks,

"We're going to like you."

She smiled.

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