Deep Within

A/N: Well, it's me again! I've got my writing kick back, but only for Code Lyoko fanfics! D: sorry to anyone who read my old fics and are waiting for new chappys. I'm working on it. (Slowly but surely. "XD) To the story! (Takes place around Season 3)

Ulrich sat up in bed and automatically knew something was wrong. His eyes popped as he looked out the window. He ran to the desk and opened a drawer he'd locked himself and pulled an empty pill bottle from its contents. He cursed himself and shook Odd awake.

"Whaa? What's goin' on, Ulrich?" Odd asked as he sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"Go get Yolanda for me, okay? Stay in the infirmary till she gets back from here," Ulrich demanded. "Tell her my stomach is bugging me or something and don't you dare say anything to anyone about this."

Odd shook his head to wake himself up and nodded giving Ulrich a quizzical look as he left the room. He ran down the hall and toward the infirmary. Ulrich was lucky that Yolanda had to come early today, it seemed.

"Odd, what're you doing up this early?" she asked in a surprised tone as she turned away from her computer to look at the now panting Odd.

"Ulrich woke me up and told me that he needed you for something and said to say that his stomach hurt or something. He looked like something was really hurting him and he told me to stay here," Odd panted out.

Yolanda stood up and looked out the window. She looked at her watch and looked like she was thinking about something important. "Alright, it would be best if you stayed here for now and waited until I come back," she said picking up a full bottle of some pills and leaving.

(*)(*)(*)(*)

Ulrich dug his nails into his hand and cursed himself for forgetting to get a refill of his medicine before now. He had just put Odd in danger.

"Good morning," Jeremie said as he sat down at their usual table.

"Morning," he replied quickly, looking around to see that Mr. Delmas was watching him closely. One mistake and he's got all the teachers watching him. Considering that this was the fourth time he'd almost let it slip since Odd had arrived he was surprised he wasn't suspended from school.

"Is something the matter, Ulrich?" Aelita asked as she ate her pancakes.

"Not all that hungry, that's all," he replied, hoping that Mr. Delmas was the only one watching him.

"Something happened and I had to go get Yolanda for him this morning," Odd told her through mouthfuls of food.

"Are you feeling alright?" Aelita tried again in a gentler voice. This time she got a better response.

"I just woke up with my stomach hurting. Yolanda had to come and check up on me," he replied, putting small bits of pancake in his mouth and hoping that they didn't ask about not eating all that much. Eating the pancakes wouldn't really help with his hunger anyway. What he needed and wanted was some meat.

"What did she say about it?" Jeremie asked intrigued. He was curious as to whether Lyoko was causing his friends physical or mental/emotional harm.

"She said that I must have eaten something wrong yesterday and should avoid eating too much today."

"Hey guys," Yumi said walking into the cafeteria and sitting next to Ulrich.

"G'morning Yumi," Odd said, eating half the food off Ulrich's tray.

Ulrich pushed it over to Odd and excused himself from the table and left.
"What's up with him?" She asked, staring at Ulrich as he left the cafeteria.

"Odd said that he wasn't feeling well this morning," Aelita shrugged.

Yumi believed there was more to the problem that Ulrich wasn't telling them about.

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Ulrich held his head as an almost unbearable urge settled into the pit of his stomach to just turn to his side and attack Odd. He refused to skip class and go to the infirmary where Yolanda would do whatever she could to suppress his urge and suffer the piles of questions his friends would have for him.

"Mr. Stern, are you paying attention or not?" Mrs. Hertz asked him from the desk at the front of the classroom.

He shook his head. "Not really, Mrs. Hertz. My head is bothering me and I should probably go lay down in the infirmary, but I can't afford to miss your class."

"Then it'll do you well to try and pay attention. And if you're feeling that badly, I recommend you try to get the notes from someone else if you can't keep your head up," Mrs. Hertz told him and turned back to the board.

"What's the matter, Ulrich?" Odd asked leaning down so that he could see Ulrich's eyes.

Ulrich closed his eyes tightly and tried to focus on Mrs. Hertz voice. If he answered Odd he'd end up smelling Odd. His breath, the smell that was on every person on the entire world and every other scent that was on Odd. He had no idea why the urge settled for Odd when Jeremie and Aelita smelled a lot better than Odd's feet. Guess Odd was the unlucky one this time.

"Ulrich, you can tell me if it's something that you can't tell everyone else, right?" Odd asked.

Ulrich nodded and went back to focusing on his shoelace. It was difficult work since Jeremie, Odd, and Aelita seemed to be taking turns asking him if he was alright.

After classes were over Ulrich was bent over the notes that Jeremie had taken from Mrs. Hertz class trying to soak in the information. He couldn't concentrate with Odd sitting so close to him and listening to music. Odd was defenseless and could easily be overtaken and-. Ulrich stopped the thought right there and turned toward Odd and stared at him hard.

Odd turned around and turned down his music. "What're you staring at, Ulrich?"

Ulrich got out of his chair and stretched. He was making sure he wouldn't lock up and then said, "Odd, I recommend you run."

"What's going on?" Odd asked as he stood up.

Ulrich let a growl escape his lips as he charged at Odd.

Odd's eyes widened in panic as he opened the door to their room and tore down the hallway. "Jeremie, help me! Ulrich's gone insane and he's trying to kill me or something!"

"He won't be able to help you, Odd," Ulrich stated letting loose another growl and pumping his legs harder. He eventually caught up to Odd right outside the infirmary. He tackled him and pinned him to the ground. He looked at Odd with a hungry look in his eyes.

"Y-Y-Yolanda! Something's going on with Ulrich!" Odd yelled shutting his eyes tight and waiting for something to happen. He opened his eyes when the weight came off his body and a thumping noise proceed.

"Ulrich! You know the rules! Get a hold of yourself!" Yolanda yelled at him and shoved some small, white pill in Ulrich's mouth. "You forgot to take your medicine again, didn't you?"

Ulrich shook his head and looked down at Odd. He saw the fear in his eyes and realized what had transpired. "I… I don't know… I took the pill, but it only helped for a little bit… Odd… I-I'm sorry… Odd, you've got a right to know what's going on… B-B-But I can't tell you… I'm sorry…" He ran off.

Yolanda helped him and checked him over. "A couple of scratches where his nails bit into you, but nothing too bad…"

"What happened? Why did he attack me like that?" Odd asked, looking toward Yolanda's turned back. This whole thing was really starting to worry him.

"Odd, if I'm to tell you, you must keep this a secret. It's not mine to tell, but I will because Ulrich said you have a right to know and the other teachers and I are the only ones who can tell you," she told him and turned around with a serious expression on her face. "Ulrich is a werewolf."

A/N: Aren't we surprised? XD I'm not really all that sure where this all came from, but this story will continue. X3 Thank you, flyboy961 for help with ideas and plotline development!