Our Biggest Secret

A MIX OF FLAVORS

"Where is there to eat? I know you're not picky… but… I can't just bring you anywhere." Ulrich pondered aloud as we walked through the busy city. It was huge, but rather weird. It was modern with all sorts of technologies, but also very old fashioned with Victorian style houses and clothes. Weird. We stick out like a sore thumb.

"Why are you following us? It's creepy!" Ulrich shouted at Lust, who had opted to follow us all through the city. She smiled and twirled around.

"But your SOOOO adorable, I can't help it! I really can't! I have a thing you say…. For nekos." She said smiling innocently. I sweat-dropped, my tail shaking.

"I forget that I'm a purple cat in Lyoko…." I said, sighing.

"Oh, you can't look like that here! No, no! I will help." Lust said, happily floating into the air. It's amazing how such a powerful being, can be so annoying….

She snapped her fingers and our costumes immediately changed. I looked down at my costume and smiled.

"Now this is an improvement!" I said triumphantly. I now wore a dark purple vest with a pink undershirt underneath along with purple jean shorts and purple cowboy boots with pink fur along the top. She even gave me a fedora with my ears sticking through it. I like this, even though these jean shorts feel kinda short…

"It's awesome, but don't you think the jeans are a bit short?" I asked, spinning around. I looked at Ulrich, who was speechless.

"Ulrich, did you hear me?" I shouted at him and he shook his head.

"What?" He asked. He had new costume too. He still had his swords, but now wore a brown jacket with cream colored fur along the collar and long baggy blue jeans with his swords strapped to the belt.

Hot….

"Ulrich… you're staring at me…." I said, trying to hide my slight blush. He looked away, rubbing the back of his head. I smirked.

"So I guess the short shorts look good on me huh?" I smiled and he blushed even more as I got closer.

"I know, I know, you have a little problem too don't you, the same one Lust here has, a little thing for Neko's." I said, smirking. His blush got darker.

"I told you that in confidence!" He shouted, "You said you'd-" He moaned.

"Come on now, Uke's hungry, we gotta find somewhere." I said, after grinding against him to quiet his tirade. I stopped in place, noticing something.

"You gave me high heel boots?" I shouted at Lust. She smirking and floated out of reach.

"In these forms, you can still fight, but remember, you can't take your clothes off here. So don't try anything. However, in privacy, you can do whatever you want." She said, blinking, before vanishing over a building. I growled.

"That's why I thought you got taller…" Ulrich mumbled. I looked away, crossing my arms. He chuckled and grabbed my wrist.

"Come on, I found somewhere, I looks fancy, but I think you'll like it." Ulrich said.

"I'm not even gunna wonder why walking in these comes naturally." I grumbled.

Ulrich chuckled and I glared at him.

"Don't be like that; you look good in heels, Kitty." He couldn't keep a straight face when calling me by this new nickname.

"K-kitty?" I asked, stuttering. He nodded, giving my tail a gentle pull to prove his point. I jumped and looked at it.

"I always thought that was just part of the costume!" I whined. I realized I had cat ears too. I sighed.

"Do you like them?" I asked Ulrich, putting on a puppy dog face. He blushed and nodded and I smiled. I grabbed his hand.

"Lead your neko to go eat!" I pointed and Ulrich laughed. I laughed with him.

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"This place is fancy." I remarked, looking around the fancy restaurant.

"It's better than the fast-food joints we usually go to, but the smell reminded me of a steakhouse, so I thought you'd like it." Ulrich said.

I nodded happily, happily wagging my tail. He smirked.

"You're so adorable in this outfit; you should bring it back to the real world." Ulrich said, after we ordered.

"If you want me too." I said, flirting.

"I've never seen things like you here. Whaat brings yoooou here?" A creepy voice stirred behind me. Ulrich's hand immediately went to his swords handle and I turned and saw the abomination. I jumped and slide over to Ulrich.

"What are you?" I shouted at the thing. I cocked its head to the side.

"Hooooow rude…" It said. It had a top hat with a skull hiding its vision. Its hair snaked over its eyes and down a great length. It had a huge grin on with a misplaced tooth hanging out of its mouth. Its sleeves were way to long for it and it had all sorts of grinning faces on its oversized robe.

All-in-all, it was creepy. It bowed as it introduced itself.

"I suppose I should inntroooduce myself…. So I guueeesss I was ruuude too hmm~? Or at least, thaat's whaatt I think." He smiled big and looked, or at least it felt like it because his eyes were covered, at me.

"I am one of Lyoko's newly awakennned guardians, I am Gluttony." He smiled big. "Who else wooould you truly expect to meeeet in a restaurant hmm~? He asked.

I looked at him. "You're a smart ass aren't you?"

"Maybe, just maybe hmmm~ He smiled and disappeared, to reappear behind us again, in a neighboring booth.

"I was informed by Lust that you're the ones whoooo tooook over our spot as Lyoko's Guardian's while we were in fooooorced hibernation. We all have come toooo the decision to make sure all of you arrre safe. You're friends, or at least those who claim to be so, have been found and are waaaitting to reunite. Ehehehehehe, it appears things have taken an interesting turn!" He said, ending with a crazed laugh.

"That's good." Ulrich and I said at once. They were fine, that's great news.

"Everything will be fine once we reunite." Ulrich said.

"Eheeheheheheh, do you really think everything will be fine? Hmmm~, you've never visited this realm of Lyoko before! You don't even know how tooooo leave here! Ehehehehe, has it occurred to you that your friend on the outside could be hurt or dead! Hmmm~, ehehehe, selfish boys caught in lust don't think I suppose! Now, that you think about, it's just pure humoooooor that you met Lust first, Ehehehehehe!" Gluttony said, laughing repeatedly. He turned and left, leaving Ulrich and I alone.

"He… I think it was a he, is right. We didn't think of any of that. Jeremy could be hurt. We could be stuck here." Ulrich said. "We were too caught up in flirting with each other to think about any of this."

I shrugged. "Truthfully, I wouldn't have thought about any of it if I wasn't caught up with you. I would have just tried to find everyone before I thought of any of that." I said. Ulrich sighed.

"We should eat, since it appears we have to now. I've never felt hungry in Lyoko before." Ulrich said as this alien-like waitress brought us our, normal, food. We eat as we normally do, with me finished way before Ulrich.

"Were should we go?" I asked Ulrich, "Gluttony never told us were our friends ended up, he just told us they were safe."

Ulrich shrugged, "Maybe we could find that lyoko guardian's headquarters or something."

I looked out the window. "Ulrich look! It's Lust! She probably knows where they are."

Ulrich nodded and took my hand, pulling me into his arms. He picked me up bridal style and ran as fast as we could. We've grown out of announcing which move we're doing, we did a while ago. I still do it by accident every once in a while though, Ulrich too.

"Oh, it's the Neko and Samurai couple! How are you two doing, I heard you met Gluttony." She said with a smile.

"Dam, things go around this city faster than at school." I said as Ulrich put me down gently.

"He told us that are friends are safe and somewhere in the city, do you know where?" Ulrich asked.

Lust grinned, the same creepy grin as Gluttony, "They were in the city hall, learning about our past battles against Xana. However, they've left there and did not tell anyone where they planned on going. It was two girls who were found, we have really no idea who the black haired boy following them is. We assumed another one of you lyoko guardians." Lust explained rapidly.

"That was a servant of Xana!" Ulrich shouted in surprise. Lust looked startled.

"He's never had one like that before…." He mumbled.

"He possessed one of us and has been using him as a general of sorts here." I explained. Great... William is here….

"Hmm, we'll it seems he was chasing your friends. Alias, we have business to attend to so I cannot help you. Oh, and here, you are as if in the real world. You will be gone if you die." She managed to say all that with that grin. That creepy grin.

We nodded and she vanished.

"Should we go to the city hall? Learn what they learned that made them want to leave?" I asked Ulrich. He nodded.

"I'll pick you up again and we can look around with triple speed." Ulrich proposed. I nodded and he picked me up bridal style again. I put my arms around his neck and nuzzled into the crook of his neck. I smirked and just as he ran I nibbled his neck, leaving a small hickey. He let out a small sound but kept running.

We stopping in front of a huge white building, which we both assumed was city hall. He stopped and set me down, to grab me and pull me close. I felt his mouth touch my neck and I let out a small moan.

"I-is that revenge?" I asked. He smirked.

"A little, it's also a little to show who you below to." He said, smirking.

"You gave me a hickey!" I shouted at him and he laughed. I sighed and stuck my hand out, albeit shyly. He smiled and I smiled back as he took my hand and we walked up the stairs to the hall.