I finally decided to work on romance stories. So here is the first one, I hope it goes well. *prays hard* Well, okay. I'm ready. Enjoy OxA, YxU and Jx? !

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Code Lyoko. Moonscoop does. 'Cause if I were to own Code Lyoko, there's a season 7 already. I don't own the characters, but I own the storylines.

Chapter 1: Over-Protective

Aelita's POV

"Whoa!"

"Watch out!"
"Careful!"

"Stop it, all of you!" Ulrich shouted as he pointed his saber at towards both vehicles. "You're really a bunch of annoying oranges!"
"Blame Ellen," Odd replied, shooting a tarantula an annoyed glance.

"Stop giving those monsters names! If Xana liked names, he would've given all his monsters their own names by now!" Yumi rolled her eyes.

"Concentrate on the mission! And Aelita, take care of yourself! You must have full health!" Jeremie hissed angrily.

"Too protective," I whispered sarcastically as I clung onto Yumi.

"Say what?" Yumi shouted over the loud noise.

"Nothing," I shook my head vigorously with a big smile on my face.

"Aelita, I am not over-protective!" Jeremie hissed again.

This was strange. I was sure that Jeremie couldn't hear me. But then again, the supercomputer could probably pick up even the faintest sounds, right?

"Ah, there's the tower! Finally, we can finish this mission! Hey Ellen, Tessa, Rick and Griselda! Stop following us, okay?" Odd shouted back to the tarantulas.

"Stop it, Odd!" four voices joined as one.

"Oh, all right!" Odd grumbled. "Whoa!"

"That's strange," Ulrich pulled over at the edge of the sector. "I swore I saw black smoke."

"That could only mean one thing," Yumi nodded her head, as her eyes moved to her right, but she didn't turn her head.

"William," I answered.

"Oh well! The party's not over yet, Odd! Maybe you'd like to nickname yourself Mr. Foodie! Ha, ha, ha!" Ulrich laughed as he made a sharp turn back towards William.

"Ha, ha, ha! So not funny," Odd grimaced.

"Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, I'm blaming you responsible for any of Aelita's injuries!" Jeremie shouted.

"Stop it, Einstein," Yumi rolled her eyes as she accelerated towards William.

"Devirtualizoooo!" Odd shouted as he shot at William.

"Argh!" William was devirtualized instantly.

"Yes! After four months of practice, I finally perfected my Laser Arrows!" Odd did a little happy dance.

"Yeah, now you're naming your Laser Arrows 'devirtualizoooo'?" Ulrich asked.

"Not my Laser Arrows," Odd's face darkened.

"Then what?" Yumi asked.

"Devirtualization," Odd replied sarcastically, obviously not taking any one of them as a joke.

I glanced back at the tower.

The four tarantulas were guarding it.

I decided to do what Jeremie would call dangerous.

I let go of Yumi, performed three backflips in the air and landed perfectly on the ground.

The tarantulas prepared to fire at me, but I hit each of them with a quick Energy Field immediately.

The four were devirtualized in no time and I made a dash for the tower.

"Aelita! Don't!" I could hear Jeremie's voice.

But I ignored him.

I entered Code: Lyoko into the tower.

"Aelita!" Jeremie screamed furiously as we entered the lab. "I told you not to do it on your own! Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, you all should've protected her! She could've been seriously injured!"

"It's not their fault," I said, holding my fury. "Hasn't Odd said before, when you've got to go, you've got to go? Besides, I wanted to do it. It has nothing to do with them!"
"It's their fault," Jeremie gave me a cursory glance.

"It's not," I shot back, preparing to leave.

I held back my tears, thinking. First, he insists I take the overwing with Yumi because of sex. Now he's telling me I need bodyguards 24/7? I hate him! I'll never forgive him, ever!

Somehow, I felt an affinity for Odd, now that I pushed Jeremie out of my world.

"Hey!" Odd ran over into the lift before I could hit the down button.

"Wait for us!" Yumi followed suit.

"Later!" Ulrich ran into the lift too.

"Wait-" Jeremie's sentence was broken off by the noise of the lift doors closing.

He had barely moved an inch from the supercomputer chair.

But I didn't hear anything else, even if he had said anything more than a mere 'wait'.

I looked at Odd, and somehow, our eyes met…

"Uh…Odd?" I mustered all my courage.

"Yeah?" he looked unhappy. "You must be annoyed with me…I'm sorry…all of you…"

"No," I smiled weakly. "I'm not annoyed with you. In fact, I…"

"Stop talking, get going. It's almost 10, Jim's gonna be mad if we're not back in time," Ulrich interrupted as he and Yumi strolled out of the lift, chatting away.

"Uh…well…bye," Odd muttered as he walked out.

"Goodbye," I whispered as I followed suit in the dim moonlight.

Was this romance? For real? I thought I had given up on romance after the over-protective Jeremie episode. But as I said, I somehow felt an affinity for Odd…I could barely believe it. But reality is reality. Once it's set, there's no changing, no turning back…

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