Title: Risks Worth Taking
Author: Alexz Recoro
Summary: A new day student named Miyuki appears at school, and Yumi knows her. She butts heads with Odd, but they become friends after she saves his butt. Can they ever be more than friends? Odd wants to, but can he really take the risk of ruining their friendship?
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Code: Lyoko characters. I do own Miyuki.
Feedback: Please read and review. NO FLAMES!
CHAPTER ONE
"Whoa."
Odd's single sentence drew Ulrich and Jeremy out of their conversation and turned their attention to Odd.
"What's up Odd?" Yumi asked, looking up from playing with Kiwi.
"Look." Odd said pointing. Yumi, Ulrich and Jeremy all looked up where he was pointing. No one noticed the grin on Yumi's face when she saw what had Odd's attention. At first glance it was just a girl. But Odd had taken a second, and then a third glance, and definitely liked what he saw.
The girl had short blonde hair, about the same length as Yumi's. But her hair had really caught Odd's attention because it had purple and blue highlights in it that shone brightly in the sun. She was wearing a pair of baggy black cargo pants, tight at the waist and ankles but loose in the legs, a black sleeveless shirt and a red leather vest that hung open, with red sneakers and a red beret. She was short and thin, but what Odd noticed was the way she moved. Odd never paid any attention when girls walked in a way that showed off any, real or imagined, assets. What he noticed about this girl was that she didn't walk like that. She didn't walk in a way that hid her assets, or in a way that showed them off. Odd's eye had been caught by the fact that the girl walked like a dancer, graceful and smooth. A dancer. Or a warrior. Looking her back over, Odd decided it was a warrior. She carried herself confidently, but loosely, ready to move in any direction at any moment. Even her eyes were the eyes of a warrior. Through she was walking next to the principal and had her eyes on him, her eyes were always moving, always looking in all directions. Odd liked that.
"Must be a new girl." Ulrich observed. "She looks kinda cool."
"She is cool." Yumi said, standing up. Ulrich looked up at her in surprise and grinned when he saw her smile.
"What's with the smile?" Ulrich asked, unable and unwilling to hide his grin.
"What, I can't smile?" Yumi teased.
"Now, did I say that? I didn't say that." Ulrich teased back.
"Oh, so you like the smile?"
"I didn't say that either."
"You don't seem to be saying much of anything."
"Oh really? What if I said that you're cuter when you smile?" Ulrich challenged.
Yumi's grin grew even bigger if possible. "I would say . . . " She moved closer to Ulrich, making him gulp. "That I have to go save the new girl from Sissy. Bye." She took off at a run. Ulrich blinked very fast a few times and tried to get his heart to stop racing. But he did happen to notice that the Principal had in fact turned the new girl over to his daughter, and that Sissy was seriously getting on the girl's nerves. But Yumi was running that way. When she got within shouting distance, she yelled something and waved her arm. The new girl looked up and her face broke out into a grin that rivaled Yumi's in size. She stepped around Sissy and ran to Yumi. The two girls almost collided, but the new girl slowed down just in time and her and Yumi hugged each other.
"Let's head over." Ulrich said to Odd and Jeremy and they did.
"I can handle Miyuki from here Sissy." Yuki was saying as they walked up. The girl snorted.
"Yumi, you could never 'handle' me."
"That's what you think."
"That's what I know." The girl teased. Yumi grinned, but didn't say anything when she saw Ulrich, Odd and Jeremy walk up.
"Miyuki, I want you to meet my friends. This is Ulrich, Odd and Jeremy. Their thirteen, your age."
"You're hanging out with kids a year younger than you?" The girl teased, then seemed to connect something in her mind. "What a minute is that the Ul . . . " She was cut off by Yumi blushing a bright red and slapping a hand over Miyuki's mouth.
"Miyuki, start thinking before you open your mouth, please." She hissed. Miyuki giggled around the hand and nodded her head. Yumi released her, and Miyuki gave Yumi a mock shove.
"It's nice to meet you Ulrich." Miyuki said, rolling her eyes at Yumi. "Jeremy, and . . . "
"Odd." Odd said, grinning at her and flashing a peace sign. The girl rolled her eyes and looked at Miyuki.
"Where did you pick him up?"
"He and Ulrich are a package deal."
"Only half the package is damaged."
"Hey!" Odd protested, while Ulrich, Jeremy and Yumi all laughed hysterically. Odd scowled.
"At least my hair doesn't look like a tie died zebra." Odd shot back.
"No, your hair looks like a mutated dalmatian."
"What did you do, have a hit and run with a chemistry set?"
"What did you do, piss off a mad hair dresser with a turkey baster?" Miyuki challenged, her eyes flashing. Odd suddenly noticed that the left was light purple while the right was a light blue, probably explaining her choice for hair highlights.
"Well at least your eyes are on my face when you lose you mind." Miyuki said with a laugh. Odd blushed and looked away quickly. The bell rang right then, saving him from further embarrassment.
"All right, now that Miyuki has done the impossible and shut Odd up, Ulrich can you take care of her for me?" Yumi asked.
"YUMI!" Miyuki roared.
"What?"
"I do not need your boyfriend to babysit me!"
"I just want him to show you around since you'll be in classes with him instead of me! And he is not my boyfriend!"
"Yumi! I can take care of myself!"
"Come on Miyuki, humor me, please?" Yumi turned that pleading look that she was so good at on Miyuki. Ulrich couldn't count the number of times he had given into that look. But Miyuki held firm.
"Come on Yumi that doesn't work on me, you know that. I've known you to long."
"Miyuki, please. Just hang out with Ulrich, Odd and Jeremy, okay? You know I worry about you."
"You don't have to."
"I know I don't, but I do. Humor me, okay?"
Miyuki threw up her arms, but when they came down they were resting across Jeremy and Ulrich's shoulders. "All right, all right. I'll humor you for the moment, but you owe me big."
"I think I owe Ulrich, Odd and Jeremy for putting up with you." Yumi teased, jumping back when Miyuki jokingly swung a fist at her. "I'm kidding. I'll see you guys later. Odd, try not to let her kill you." Yumi waved and then disappeared into the crowd. Miyuki grinned at the three boys.
"So, where we going?"
Author: Alexz Recoro
Summary: A new day student named Miyuki appears at school, and Yumi knows her. She butts heads with Odd, but they become friends after she saves his butt. Can they ever be more than friends? Odd wants to, but can he really take the risk of ruining their friendship?
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Code: Lyoko characters. I do own Miyuki.
Feedback: Please read and review. NO FLAMES!
CHAPTER ONE
"Whoa."
Odd's single sentence drew Ulrich and Jeremy out of their conversation and turned their attention to Odd.
"What's up Odd?" Yumi asked, looking up from playing with Kiwi.
"Look." Odd said pointing. Yumi, Ulrich and Jeremy all looked up where he was pointing. No one noticed the grin on Yumi's face when she saw what had Odd's attention. At first glance it was just a girl. But Odd had taken a second, and then a third glance, and definitely liked what he saw.
The girl had short blonde hair, about the same length as Yumi's. But her hair had really caught Odd's attention because it had purple and blue highlights in it that shone brightly in the sun. She was wearing a pair of baggy black cargo pants, tight at the waist and ankles but loose in the legs, a black sleeveless shirt and a red leather vest that hung open, with red sneakers and a red beret. She was short and thin, but what Odd noticed was the way she moved. Odd never paid any attention when girls walked in a way that showed off any, real or imagined, assets. What he noticed about this girl was that she didn't walk like that. She didn't walk in a way that hid her assets, or in a way that showed them off. Odd's eye had been caught by the fact that the girl walked like a dancer, graceful and smooth. A dancer. Or a warrior. Looking her back over, Odd decided it was a warrior. She carried herself confidently, but loosely, ready to move in any direction at any moment. Even her eyes were the eyes of a warrior. Through she was walking next to the principal and had her eyes on him, her eyes were always moving, always looking in all directions. Odd liked that.
"Must be a new girl." Ulrich observed. "She looks kinda cool."
"She is cool." Yumi said, standing up. Ulrich looked up at her in surprise and grinned when he saw her smile.
"What's with the smile?" Ulrich asked, unable and unwilling to hide his grin.
"What, I can't smile?" Yumi teased.
"Now, did I say that? I didn't say that." Ulrich teased back.
"Oh, so you like the smile?"
"I didn't say that either."
"You don't seem to be saying much of anything."
"Oh really? What if I said that you're cuter when you smile?" Ulrich challenged.
Yumi's grin grew even bigger if possible. "I would say . . . " She moved closer to Ulrich, making him gulp. "That I have to go save the new girl from Sissy. Bye." She took off at a run. Ulrich blinked very fast a few times and tried to get his heart to stop racing. But he did happen to notice that the Principal had in fact turned the new girl over to his daughter, and that Sissy was seriously getting on the girl's nerves. But Yumi was running that way. When she got within shouting distance, she yelled something and waved her arm. The new girl looked up and her face broke out into a grin that rivaled Yumi's in size. She stepped around Sissy and ran to Yumi. The two girls almost collided, but the new girl slowed down just in time and her and Yumi hugged each other.
"Let's head over." Ulrich said to Odd and Jeremy and they did.
"I can handle Miyuki from here Sissy." Yuki was saying as they walked up. The girl snorted.
"Yumi, you could never 'handle' me."
"That's what you think."
"That's what I know." The girl teased. Yumi grinned, but didn't say anything when she saw Ulrich, Odd and Jeremy walk up.
"Miyuki, I want you to meet my friends. This is Ulrich, Odd and Jeremy. Their thirteen, your age."
"You're hanging out with kids a year younger than you?" The girl teased, then seemed to connect something in her mind. "What a minute is that the Ul . . . " She was cut off by Yumi blushing a bright red and slapping a hand over Miyuki's mouth.
"Miyuki, start thinking before you open your mouth, please." She hissed. Miyuki giggled around the hand and nodded her head. Yumi released her, and Miyuki gave Yumi a mock shove.
"It's nice to meet you Ulrich." Miyuki said, rolling her eyes at Yumi. "Jeremy, and . . . "
"Odd." Odd said, grinning at her and flashing a peace sign. The girl rolled her eyes and looked at Miyuki.
"Where did you pick him up?"
"He and Ulrich are a package deal."
"Only half the package is damaged."
"Hey!" Odd protested, while Ulrich, Jeremy and Yumi all laughed hysterically. Odd scowled.
"At least my hair doesn't look like a tie died zebra." Odd shot back.
"No, your hair looks like a mutated dalmatian."
"What did you do, have a hit and run with a chemistry set?"
"What did you do, piss off a mad hair dresser with a turkey baster?" Miyuki challenged, her eyes flashing. Odd suddenly noticed that the left was light purple while the right was a light blue, probably explaining her choice for hair highlights.
"Well at least your eyes are on my face when you lose you mind." Miyuki said with a laugh. Odd blushed and looked away quickly. The bell rang right then, saving him from further embarrassment.
"All right, now that Miyuki has done the impossible and shut Odd up, Ulrich can you take care of her for me?" Yumi asked.
"YUMI!" Miyuki roared.
"What?"
"I do not need your boyfriend to babysit me!"
"I just want him to show you around since you'll be in classes with him instead of me! And he is not my boyfriend!"
"Yumi! I can take care of myself!"
"Come on Miyuki, humor me, please?" Yumi turned that pleading look that she was so good at on Miyuki. Ulrich couldn't count the number of times he had given into that look. But Miyuki held firm.
"Come on Yumi that doesn't work on me, you know that. I've known you to long."
"Miyuki, please. Just hang out with Ulrich, Odd and Jeremy, okay? You know I worry about you."
"You don't have to."
"I know I don't, but I do. Humor me, okay?"
Miyuki threw up her arms, but when they came down they were resting across Jeremy and Ulrich's shoulders. "All right, all right. I'll humor you for the moment, but you owe me big."
"I think I owe Ulrich, Odd and Jeremy for putting up with you." Yumi teased, jumping back when Miyuki jokingly swung a fist at her. "I'm kidding. I'll see you guys later. Odd, try not to let her kill you." Yumi waved and then disappeared into the crowd. Miyuki grinned at the three boys.
"So, where we going?"