-1I don't own Lyoko or its characters and plan on making no profit from them.

This is a girl likes girl story. Yumi/Sissi centric. Don't like, Don't read.

Chapter One:

Snow Angels

By DevalosAngel

Sissi looked out her dorm window onto the school grounds below. Snow had fallen steadily over night transforming the grounds into a winter wonderland. Already students were building snowman, throwing snow balls, and building snow castles. Everyone was dressed in thick clothes with gloves in all different colors. I wonder if Daddy would consider giving us a free day and cancel classes. She thought as she dried the remaining water from her shower off her body. It wasn't another hour before school was to start, and wanting to take advantage of the snow, since winter was her favorite time of year, she hurriedly got dressed in her winter clothes and raced out of her room.

Not paying attention to the people in the halls, Sissi jogged to the Administrative wing of Kadic Academy and rounded the corner to her father's office. Come on Daddy, please be in she thought as she knocked on the closed door.

"Come in," she heard her father call. Yes!

"Good morning Daddy. Did you see the snow outside today? Isn't it beautiful?" she asked with a smile.

Getting up from his seat and walking up to give his daughter a hug he replied, "Yes I did. It that what has you in such a good mood that you came to see me this morning? I usually don't get to see you till afternoon classes."

Feeling guilty Sissi mumbled an apology, but Mr. Delmas just laughed it off. "What can I do for you?"

Turning her attention to her shoes, Sissi asked, "Daddy, I know this school is very important to you. I also know you like to run things according to policy and such, but . . ." taking a deep breath and looking her father in the eye, she continued, "Please, could you cancel classes today?"

Looking shock and then dismayed Mr. Delmas answered, "Why Sissi, how could you ask such a thing? I can't . . ." His words were cut short as he saw tears threaten to fall from his little girl's eyes.

Trying not to outright cry, Sissi explained, "It's just, it hasn't snowed like this since . . ." she choked on these words and quickly looked to the window were the sun shown bright. Sissi knew the snow would last through the day and night, but would turn to slush the next day.

Realization dawning, Mr. Delmas sighed. "Sissi . . . I . . . okay."

Looking at her father with a hopeful smile Sissi inquired, "Yes? No classes?!"

Smiling and hugging Sissi once again, Mr. Delmas moved behind his desk and turned on the Announcement Intercom.

The Lyoko gang was presently throwing snow balls at each other in the courtyard much like others were doing. All students were separated into their own group of friends enjoying the snow before they had to go to class. Some students had left to their dorm rooms again as they had gotten too wet so had to take a shower and get warm clothes before classes started. The Lyoko team was split boys verses girls. With Jeremy on the side lines as he didn't want to lose his glasses if he joined in. Odd wore a purple coat and purple gloves over his regular clothes and Ulrich a green coat with black gloves. Aileta had a pink coat with pink gloves, which when she stood by Jeremy, seemed the description of girls wear pink boys wear blue, as his snow clothes were light blue and navy. Yumi, being the ever efficient Goth, wore black snow gear to fight the cold of winter.

"This is great! He we are supposed to be strong and well at battle, getting our butts kicked by two girls!" Odd whined as two more snowballs flew at him. He and Ulrich had hid behind a snow drift to avoid being pummeled by the whit missile of cold. "Yeah well, at least school is about to start, we can call a draw till later and plan our attack," Ulrich huffed as he tried to catch his breath.

"Come out boys, we won't hurt you!" Aileta laughed as she and Yumi made more snowballs.

"I think you guys should surrender," Jeremy laughed as well.

Before Ulrich could answer Mr. Delmas stared to make an announcement over the com causing everyone to stop their activities.

"Attention students and faculty of Kadic Academy. It has been brought to my attention that since we rarely get snow like this very often, perhaps it would be a good day to have a break from lessons. And so, classes are canceled until tomorrow morning. Enjoy your time off and stay out of trouble. That is all."

A chorus of students cheering could be heard on the school grounds and coming from the dorm building. Those who were inside rushed out to celebrate the news with a school wide snowball war.

"Alright! Wonder what made him do that?" Odd cheered as he threw a snowball at everyone who ran by.

"Don't know but for whatever reason, I hope X.A.N.A. gives us a break too." Yumi laugh as she turned and ran to avoid being hit by rogue snowballs. She ran towards the closest building were the students were few if any. Upon glancing up, she saw Sissi leaving the admin building. She was dressed in white flare jeans and a simple white hoodie with a white head band instead of the usual yellow. It didn't seem like very warm attire to Yumi. She didn't even have a coat or gloves! But she did have a white back pack.

She wasn't heading toward the other kids playing but off to the north side of the school, well away from the courtyard and anyone else. She saw Herb and Nicholas run up to her and saw them exchange some words, Sissi waving them off and then heading to the park forest area, alone. Upon being brushed off, Herb and Nicholas shrugged and headed back to the game. Normally, Yumi would think less of the snobby girl, but her going somewhere alone, and in Yumi's mind, underdressed, and considering the sky had become clouded and snow had started to drift from the sky again, Sissi could get into trouble and may need help.

Starting off toward the park Yumi decided to follow the younger girl just to make sure nothing happened to the pampered princess. No one noticed her slip after the girl into the wooded park. Once in the shadow of the tress, Yumi spotted Sissi walking to the middle of the park. She tried matching her pace with Sissi so the girl would hear the crunching of snow but think it was her own footfalls.

Upon reaching the clearing Sissi stopped at the Marble park bench and began wiping off the snow that had built up. Satisfied she removed her pack and placed it on the bench. Yumi moved off to the side to keep out of her line of vision . . . Or so she thought.

"You know Yumi, when trying to be sneaky, it would help if you didn't wear black when the snow is bright white. You kind of stick out," Sissi said as she turned to face the girl.

"Well, I was just checking to make sure you wouldn't cause any trouble," she huffed crossing her arms over her chest.

"Trouble on a beautiful day like this? Hardly. I want to enjoy this day. I love snow," Sissi replied. The last words fading to a low hum. "I don't feel like fighting, not today," she finished.

"Any reason why today is so special?" Yumi asked as she walked up beside the shorter girl. Sissi sat on the bench and was quiet for a few minutes. Thinking she was not going to get an answer, Yumi turned to leave when Sissi caught her hand in hers pulling her back to the bench.

"Sit with me?" she younger girl asked quietly, looking down not daring to look at Yumi.

Shocked for a minute, Yumi snapped to and sat beside her. Surprised when Sissi looked to her with a blush tinting her cheeks. Maybe the colds getting to her Yumi thought.

"Yumi, do you ever play with your family in the snow?" Sissi asked as she leaned back onto the bench and looked to the sky.

"Sometimes we build a snowman if there is enough snow. Mostly we stay indoors and watch Christmas movies and drink coco. How bout you? Sorry but I can't imagine your Dad building a snowman." Yumi chuckled.

Giggling a little Sissi looked to Yumi and shook her head, "No. Daddy doesn't like the cold," she smirked. "He always stayed inside, but my Mom . . ." she beamed, and Yumi couldn't help but return her smile with a lopsided one of her own, "my Mom, LOVED, the snow. She shared that love with me. Every time a good snow came, she would race into my room in the morning and jump on my bed to wake me up. She was a bigger child then me! We would get dressed and spend our whole day almost out in the snow, building castles, snowmen, sledding on the slopes behind out home, watching the animals on our country property roam in and out stumbling in the snow and our favorite thing to do . . .," she paused looking at the snow covered ground before us, "snow angels. We loved snow angels. Every time we would make them, side by side, hers and mine. When we stood and looked at them she would gather me in her arms and say 'You will always be my snow angel.' I will never forget that."

Sitting quietly looking at Sissi, Yumi knew she had shared something big with the girl. She had a feeling Sissi had never told anyone this before, besides perhaps her father. Taking a breath, Yumi made to ask Sissi something she had always wondered, "Sissi," she waited till the girl was looking right at her before continuing, "Where is your mom?" Looking away Sissi stood up. Yumi feeling ashamed for prying looked down at her hands folded on her lap. She was surprised when Sissi's hand came into her view. Looking up she realized the girl was waiting for her to take her hand. Doing so, Yumi was pulled to her feet to stand before the younger girl. They stood a foot apart, Yumi dared not speak. Squeezing Yumi's hand Sissi asked, "Will you make a snow angel with me?" Nodding, Yumi followed as Sissi, still holding her hand, walked her to the fresh clean snow in the middle of the clearing.

Looking to Yumi, she released her hand and sat down in the snow, waiting for Yumi to do the same and sit down a few feet next to her. Sissi nodded and they both fell back in the snow and started forming the angels, and as they did, Sissi spoke.

"My mother was a beautiful woman who always believed in living with your heart. Something she taught me to do. She always volunteered at the safe houses and homeless shelters, and even orphan inches. I always went along with her when I could. She loved helping those who had barely anything. One day, while allotting her time at a safe house, one of the beaten women's husbands came barreling into the home. He was drunk and mad.

My mother and I had just walked in when we saw him lunge for his wife who he had already kicked to the ground. I stood there shocked as my mother jumped between them trying to calm him down. He slapped her, and I started to cry. I couldn't help her, I knew that, but I ran up and trying to kick the guy in the shin and distracted him. I didn't, he pulled a knife and starting swinging wildly. I ducked in time as the blade came toward me, but my mom . . ." she stopped moving her arms and legs at this point and sat up in the snow. Pulling her legs to her chest she rested her head sideways on her knees so as to look at Yumi as she to sat up. "My mom died that day. She died caring and protecting those she loved to care for. She never stopped caring . . . But I did."

Sissi stood and Stepped out of her snow angel, careful to not mess it up. She then walked over to Yumi's angel and helped her step out of her angel. Standing beside Yumi, Sissi stuffed her hands into the pocket on the front of her hoodie and looked down at the two angels seemingly perfect in the snow. "I stopped caring and started lashing out at those around me. She lived with her heart, and died by it too. I don't hated her for jumping in to protect that woman, but I miss her. I hadn't thought much about her since the funeral. Tried to forget the pain that came with remembering."

Turning to Yumi, she smiled, "It hasn't snowed like this since that year she died. I remember that year, going out alone and making a snow angel, only to get up and see only mine, alone and imperfect as I stomped through the outlines. She had died just two days before that snow day. And I hadn't thought of her or snow angels since."

Understanding, Yumi softly smiled, "Until today."

Smiling also, Sissi nodded, Yeah, until today. She noticed Yumi shivering and realized she had a higher tolerance than the older girl before her for the cold. Frowning at this Sissi took Yumi's hand again and lead her back to the bench. Why am I holding her hand so much? Oh well, feels nice.

Sitting down she pulled the Goth down beside her and then searched her bag for her thermos. Pulling it out she twisted off the top and poured out the warm brown liquid into the cup. "Cocoa," Sissi grinned offering it to the girl beside her. Yumi took the cup and in doing so realized that Sissi's hands were growing cold. "Sissi, your hands are cold. You want to borrow my gloves?" Yumi offered. Shaking her head Sissi reached in her bag again and pulled out a white pair of mittens. Giggling Yumi commented "Never knew you were a mitten kind of girl," she teased. "Your such a child," she added. The younger girl just grinned and stuck her tongue out at the Goth.

Drinking the warm chocolate, Yumi couldn't help but hum as the liquid warmed her throat and stomach. "This is good, Sissi. And I'm sorry about your mom. She sounded like a great person."

"She was, and I haven't been honoring her memory. I have got to make it up to her. I'm going to be nicer to people, like I should be," she softly spoke, as she looked up at the sky.

Turning her body so she was facing her, Yumi took Sissi's hand this time and smiled as the other girl looked down at there joined hands, "I will help you," she smiled as the girl looked up and Yumi stared into her dark blue eyes searching for her honesty. "Let me be there for you?" the asked. She was rewarded with Sissi pulling her into a tight hug. The smaller girl held onto Yumi like she was never going to let go, and Yumi didn't want her to. She liked the Sissi she was seeing at this moment and felt if she pulled away, this Sissi would disappear. Something in Yumi's heart burst into life. She felt joy and love for this Sissi and she didn't want to let her go.

When Sissi pulled away Yumi felt a loss and wanted nothing more than to pull her back. But Sissi gathered her thermos and put them in her pack. She stood up and Yumi did the same, "Let's go get you inside, I could feel you shake from the cold," Sissi said as she walked back to the snow angels they had made. Pulling a camera from the front pocket of her pack she took a picture of the angels, side by side in the snow and put the camera back again. Yumi walked up behind her and feeling a sudden boldness, wrapped her arms around the shorter girl's waist, resting her head on her shoulder and whispering in her ear, "You'll always be my snow angel."

She felt herself blush as Sissi turn in her arms to face her, a blush of her own creeping across her face. Looking down at Sissi into her eyes, Yumi knew she was about to go down a path she could not turn back on once set. Her eyes drifted shut, as did Sissi's as they leaned in to softly kiss each other, timid and shy. It was a gentle loving kiss and both felt there hearts beat faster and there bodies grow warmer as they shared their first kisses with one another.

Breaking apart, Yumi rested her forehead upon Sissi's and searched her eyes for any sign of regret. She only found hope and joy, which she was sure Sissi saw in her eyes as well. "Let's go Sissi," she whispered as she pulled away from their embrace. Taking her hand, Yumi tugged Sissi to get her to follow her back to the school, where their friends waited. They would just have to wait some more as Yumi and Sissi both knew they would have to talk about what they were to each other and then decide how to tell their friends their decision. It wasn't going to be easy, and they knew it.

As they reached the edge of the park they paused as they glanced at each other and nodded as they dropped the hands from the others. Both missed the comfort of the other, but knew they had to wait till they had time to talk. Agreeing to meet up later, Sissi turned to leave but swiftly turned back and stole a hug from the girl she had long fought with and now wanted nothing more than to be with. Returning her hug tightly, Yumi rested her head on Sissi's feeling the soft dark hair brush against her cheek. "I won't turn my back on you. I'll be here for you, I'm not leaving," Yumi reassured the girl in her arms. Feeling Sissi nod and give one more squeeze, she quietly whimpered as Sissi pulled away and raced to the dorm hall, not turning back. Yumi watched her go, her pure white wardrobe making her a part of the beauty of the snow, and she missed her. She sighed and walked to the courtyard in search of her friends, and upon spotting them heading to the cafeteria, Yumi jogged over.

"Yumi where have you been?!" Ulrich rushed to met her when he saw her running their way. "Are you okay?" he asked as her took her hand. Feeling wrong, Yumi pulled her hand away and nodded.

"Everything is fine. Guys I need to work with Sissi on a project she needs help on. I have time to eat lunch with you before I go," she suggested as she started for the lunch room.

"Man I'm sorry! It would drive me crazy working with that snobbish brat," Odd joked, shoving Yumi forward playfully, "You must have some patience!"

Scowling inside, Yumi put on a fake smile and answered, "I think she has changed." If anyone notice the half felt smile Yumi was giving, no one mentioned. Yumi didn't care, she knew something they would soon learn, and she knew it was going to be hard for them to accept. Especially Ulrich. Please! Sissi, don't let me down. I want this to work for us. I know you feel the same. She thought as she grabbed her lunch tray and got in line. Things were going to get complicated fast, and Yumi knew she would need Sissi to help her get through it, they would help each other.

To be continued . . .

Okay, I know they were a lot out of character, but Yumi has shown concern for Sissi in the series and Sissi has shown a soft side on the show as well. I like this pairing and I am going to keep them together. This series is hopefully going to have many chapters to come. I plan on XANA attacks, William will be included in this story, Ulrich will only be slightly bashed, Aileta and Jeremy will be mentioned as a couple, but will not take a lead. This is a Sissi Yumi fanfiction. Reviews are welcomed, criticism will be noted, flames will be erased. I will post a chapter every Thursday. That gives me one week from each posted chapter. Bare with me if I am a day late, cheer with me if I am a day early!

DevalosAngel