Greater than Friends, but Less than A Couple
By Double Nickle
5 -- 5
Disclaimer- Sadly I still don't own Code Lyoko. . .
A/N- This is my first full story I hope it at least has ten chapters. It is set during the second season. Read and Review please!
Ulrich drummed his fingers impatiently at the dinner table in the Kadic Academy lunchroom. He was waiting for his friend Yumi; she said that she would join them for dinner because her parents were out and her brother was at a friend's house.
"Hello! Earth to Ulrich, this is good news. The new program of mine is about 95 percent sure to negate the binding contract effect of X.A.N.A's virus on Aelita. She won't be tied to X.A.N.A anymore and we can finally shut him down for good." Jeremy's voice was cracking with excitement. He had spent one whole year developing a way to materialize Aelita into the real world then to counter X.A.N.A's virus it took him five more months. "I really think that this one will work. You see I found this obvious glitch that I would have never found without the help of. . ." Jeremy's boring speech about some type of computer thingy that accelerated the whatca-ma-call-it slowly blurred into incoherent babble to Ulrich since he had turned to see Yumi enter the café.
"Ha' ya Yu -ME!" yelled a half stuffed Odd who was busying himself by devouring anything that was edible within his grasp.
"Hi Odd," Yumi said distantly as she dropped some of her books on to the table.
"What is with all these books?" Ulrich asked genuinely interested in seeing Yumi's heavy workload.
She deeply sighed then shifted through her books then frustrated she brushed her bangs back away from her face. "I have a crap load of Biology, Chemistry and Pre-Calculus to work on so if you guys wouldn't mind being a little more quiet. I have a lot to do," She trailed off slowly, yawned then buried herself within the pages of an old looking Chemistry textbook.
The whole table was concerned about their friend's behavior. Yumi was always the dependable one who kept order between Odd's excessive horseplay and Ulrich's withdrawn silent strong type attitude. Yet to her friends Yumi was acting very rash and unnaturally rude the whole day.
Ulrich was taken aback by Yumi's grumpy mood and saw that it was for the best not to try and cheer her up. Instead he and his fellow friends, except for Yumi, conversed about how best they should plant the anti-virus code into Aelita.
"I have already taken the liberty of planning how to disinfect Aelita from X.A.N.A. We will use the ice sector because it has the most cover and least likely to be attack by hornets. During the disinfecting period Aelita's safety is going to be our number one priority. Even if only one laser hits her it will be enough to deleted her forever. So I'm going to need all three of you to protect her. The information transfer will take time but to keep X.A.N.A from trying any clever ideas of attacking Earth, I am going to run a modified version of the Marabounta to distract X.A.N.A and his monsters in the Desert sector."
After Jeremey finish breifing Odd, Aelita and Ulrich all three looked dumbfoundedly at him for even thinking it was ever a good idea to use the Marabounta again. Last time it almost destroyed Aelita along with all of Lyoko.
"Yeah I know guys that the prototype Marabounta program was a tad bit glitchy but," Jeremy was cutoff by an angry Odd.
"Last time that thing almost ate Aelita and I had to straddle a Krabb just to kill the darn thing." Odd protested while remembering the ride on top of X.A.N.A's monster to the heart of the Marabounta.
"Yes, yes but that was last time the newer Marabounta is much more responsive and selective of its prey, besides it will be in an entirely different sector. Also with the new anti-virus running it shouldn't target Aelita at all. It is kind of like a bug spray for th Marabounta."
Ulrich looked up just in time to see a flustered looking Yumi gather her books up and leave the table.
"Ulrich do you know what is wrong with Yumi," asked Aelita speaking for the first time since the beginning of the anti-virus topic.
No but if we need her for the mission do you think I should go get her?" Ulrich asked. This would be the perfect chance for them to be alone and for him to comfort her.
"Affirmative, but we won't run the anti-virus until Saturday so we have time to tell her tomarrow." Jeremy noticed the look in Ulrich's eyes. She needs to be briefed I guess and I feel that you are just the man for the job. Tell her that we are all worried about her too." Jeremy said in a concerned fatherly voice.
Ulrich left the lunch table but he was not alone; he was being followed closely by two little and curious reporters with a camera and microphone in hopes of catching a scoop of spicy news.
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