A/N: Originally, I was going to publish this before the Bleach Interviews, but looking at the word count, I lost my courage. I'm hoping as this series goes on, it will get longer and better. Just trust me on that, since this chapter was originally written in the dark on this year's homeless for a night for one of my clubs.

Anyways:

Ashleigh- She has her brown hair in piggytails, glasses, a black skirt, and plaid shirt in the color of red.

And now, were making Odd say the disclaimer, since he lost a bet.

Odd: The author does not own Code Lyoko. If she did, it would probably still be on TV now.


Chapter One: Can You Keep A Secret Ulrich?

Six months…

For anyone, it would seem like a long time. For the Lyoko warriors, it seemed like a short time since they stopped X.A.N.A. and shut Lyoko down.

Ulrich was wondering through the forest. Why hasn't Yumi been acting normal around him recently? It's probably not serious. I've probably been overthinking, he concluded.

The bell rang and he ran back to the school. Great, now I'm going to be late for Mrs. Mayer's class.

To his surprise, he made it to class with plenty of time. Jeremie looked at his brown haired friend. "Are you okay Ulrich?"

"Well I…Yumi's been unusual recently. I think I may be overacting but…"

Ashleigh went to Aelita and whispered, "She might be on her…You know?"

"I don't want to hear that," replied Aelita, getting what Ashleigh was talking about.

Odd actually looked serious at his worried friend. "Maybe you should talk to her, see what's up. You might be more at ease if you find out."

Ulrich nodded. "I guess."


Ulrich looked around for Yumi after class. He found her running into the forest. He ran after her, yelling, "Yumi, wait!"

After a while, he stopped and panted, closing his eyes while trying to get a breath. Yumi stopped a few feet ahead of him. She turned around, then started running again.

"Yumi," sighed Ulrich before continuing his chase. He did not have fun: Getting sandburs on his pants and socks, running through brambles. He knew he was going to get some scars for at least a week.

Ulrich laid a hand on Yumi's shoulder. "Yumi why are you doing this? What's wrong?"

Yumi put her hands up to her ears. "Can you keep a secret, Ulrich? Even from Jeremie, Odd, Aelita, and Ashleigh?"

Looking a little shocked, Ulrich replied, "S-sure." Why would she keep a secret from the rest of the group…The group they fought for months with?

Yumi released her hands and turned around. Her ears were bigger and pointed. The ring around her eye's pupils turned a very pale yellow. Her fingernails grew into claws.

Ulrich took a step back. "Wha-what are you?"

"An alien," Yumi replied, looking down sullenly. "To be correct, an alien princess."

"A-A…" It tooks a few seconds before Ulrich could get a sentence out. "Why are you here, then?"

"I don't know. My parents sent me here years ago, but I can't remember the reason that they told me."

"So you're here for some reason you can't remember. And why did you show me your true form?"

"This isn't my true form!" Yumi calmed herself down before continuing, "This is only a half form. And this always happens during a full moon, shining on Earth and my planet, Clarion."

"And you can't control it?"

Yumi shook her head no. "Not during a full moon period." Her ears, eyes, and nails went back to normal. "Promise me you won't tell."

Ulrich clenched his fists. "I promise."


The male was confused when he first heard this. Ulrich now grew on to the truth about his crush.

He was walking to class when he saw Yumi. She was clutching her head, whispering, "Not now, not now."

Ulrich walked over to Yumi. "Hey, are you okay?"

Yumi opened her eyes, looked at Ulrich, and grunted. "Ulrich, you should go. Now!"

"Why?"

Yumi looked like she was in pain. Then continued, "Since I've been sixteen, during one of the full moon days I fully transform. But, unlike transforming by will, the forced transformation doesn't let me control my actions." Yumi finally looked at Ulrich. "It's a burden of being a princess."

"You'll be okay." Ulrich put his hands on Yumi's shoulders. "I'll be along side you."

"Thanks Ulr–Ugh!" Yumi clutched her stomach and growled.

Ulrich started to step back. He remembered, I have to be strong. I promised Yumi.

Yumi's eyes glowed yellow, brighter than the last time Ulrich saw them. Her ears became bigger and pointier. Her fingernails grew. A tail came out of her back. Scales covered her body, the ceiling lights glowing on them, releasing a faint gray. Her white teeth became jagged razors.

Having a weird feeling, Ulrich knew Yumi wasn't in control. "Yu-Yumi?"

It's not going to work.

Ulrich looked for someone who said that. It was useless because everyone was in class.

The brown haired boy backed up and stood still.

Yumi sniffed Ulrich. Then, ran away, stomping through the hallway.

Ulrich silently thanked classes. He started to think how he was going to get Yumi back to normal.


The alien girl was storming through the forest. Her powerful tail slammed into trees, breaking them in half. She roared before continuing on.

Ulrich had a rope in his hands and a thought in head. Five years of roping was about to pay off.

She's going for the town. Get her now!

Ulrich heard the voice again. He looked at Yumi, who was near the school wall. The lasso reached Yumi and Ulrich made sure she didn't get away.


Yumi woke up. By the looks of it, she was in the garden shed. Her arms were bound by rope. This she noticed when she tried to get up.

"Wh-where am I?" asked the blacked haired girl.

Ulrich looked over. "Sorry." He got up and went to untie Yumi. "You transformed. I had to subdue you."

"Wait I…" Faint memories came to Yumi. "Oh…" The girl looked at Ulrich and smiled. "Thanks for keeping your promises."

"Promises?"

"The keeping this a secret."

"Oh." Ulrich started to smile back. "You're welcome."


A/N: Like I said, I know it's not good yet, so I'm hoping it will be as it goes along. Please review or flame, since they will help this be a better fanfic.

Edit: I am so sorry people. While getting ready to load the next chapter, I realized this did not import the line breaks, which usually change the location in the story. (Smacks self in the head.) I promise, I will try to not let this happen again.