Warning

There will be death and the Characters will take on different personalities than those known in Code Lyoko. If you can't handle this, then don't read and don't flame.

THE XANA GAMES:

Sector 1 (The Lab): People in this sector are brain heads and provide the other sectors with technology. Selected for the XANA Games: Aelita & Jeremy

Sector 2 (The Forest): People in this sector are Wild. The people in this sector also produce food for the other sectors, except the ice sector, due to the amount of fertile soil and the high population of animals in the forest. Selected for the XANA Games: Odd & Sam

Sector 3 (The Desert): People in this sector are wealthy because a diamond mine sits under their land. Selected for the XANA Games: Sissy & Percy

Sector 4 (The Mountains): People in this sector are fighters. The members of this sector live high in the mountains and need to fend for themselves due to it. Selected for the XANA Games: Yumi & Ulrich

Sector 5 (The Ice Sector): People in this sector are accustomed to being fisherman/woman due to the amount of water on their land. People in this sector are also tough because of the rough living conditions they experience since it is always cold and snowy. Selected for the XANA Games: Rita & Michael

Sector X (Kadic): The Royal XANA family lives within this sector. Unlike the other sectors, people are marked to partake in the XANA Games without randomly being chosen. Because of this, they are better trained and almost always win. (This is a fixed system by the King so his sector almost always wins). Selected for the XANA Games: Rose & William

The Land of Lyoko has been ruled by the XANA family for hundreds of years. Twenty years ago Lyoko rebelled against the XANA family, but the people were no match for the royal army. As punishment, the land was separated into six sectors and the XANA Games were established. Each Sector within Lyoko must give up a female and male participant between the ages of 16-19 to partake in the XANA Games once a year. The participants fight to the death until one soul remains.

Chapter 2: Getting Closer

Ulrich's heart beat was rapid yet his breathing slowed. The familiar Mountain Sector folk who stood around him made a path for him to the isle. Ulrich began to walk which everything around him blurring except for Yumi, who was standing on that podium next to Martha.

"Only one soul comes out" He thought. "Is this really it for us? Is life really being this unfair to us? Our friendship was just beginning to blossom into something more, and now we are being sentenced to our death?"

As soon as Ulrich walked up the steps, and began walking to the center, Yumi lunged at him and squeezed her arms around him. "I am so sorry, Ulrich."

"Why is she sorry?"

"Awh, how touching." Martha cooed into the microphone. Let us give a round of applause to the tributesof the Mountain Sector, shall we?

Once everyone had forcefully applauded again, the two were lead back stage where they would have only a few moments with their families. Yumi and Ulrich were separated into two different rooms after being forced apart from one another.

"Yumi!" Hiroki cried out as he ran into his big sister's arms. "Why!" he cried, bawling into her shirt."

"Because Hiroki, you deserve to live longer, little brother." Yumi replied, trying to hold herself together in front of her brother. She didn't want him to see her upset because it would only make it harder on him.

Yumi's mother walked over and stroked Yumi's hair before letting her hand fall onto her shoulder. Her face was pale and she didn't know what to say.

"Two more minutes!" A guard bellowed in the doorway at the family.

"Mom" Yumi said looking at her mother. "I am sure Ulrich's family will still help you and Hiroki with food. They have been a good family friend of ours for years." Once Yumi had mentioned Ulrich, she wished she didn't. She could see the pain in Hiroki's and her mother's eyes. It was bad enough that they were going to lose her, and now she had reminded them that they were also losing Ulrich.

"I love you sis!" Hiroki cried as her mother and himself embraced Yumi in a forever good bye hug.

The guard entered the room and demanded that Yumi's family would depart immediately. Yumi's mother finally broke from her trance and went hysterical, screaming at Yumi to be careful, and how much she loved her.

"I love you, mom." Were the last words Mrs. Ishiyama heard from her daughter before her and Hiroki were forced to leave.


Yumi sat in a dirty, wooden chair in the corner of the room, and thought about the day's events. Time slowed for Yumi, but no matter how slow time went, it was still too fast. Every click on the clock was just decreasing the time she and Ulrich had left to live.

Yumi heard a noise in the hallway and looked up and saw a tall bearded man in the doorway. He was armed with a pistol and didn't look at all friendly. The uniform he had one was one from Sector X. The badge on his breast showed a weird symbol. It was some weird combination of a bullseye with four additional lines growing out of it, one on the top, and three on the bottom. It was the symbol everyone in Lyoko knew, the symbol of Sector X. "Come with me" The man barked

Yumi followed the man, without disobedience, down the hallway. He led her outside, where she got into a car. Her heart jumped when she saw Ulrich, who was already in the back seat. She got in and the two immediately hugged.

"Enough of that!" The driver exclaimed as the guard closed the car door.

Not daring to disobey and make things worse, Ulrich and Yumi immediately let go of each other. The two sat in silence, even afraid to look at each other, the entire way to the train station.

Once they got of the car, they were led onto the train, where they were greeted by Martha. "Dearies!" She smiled and she kissed both of them on the cheek. "You are on your way to Sector X where you will be treated as honorary guests. Anything you want you can have once you arrive! The best foods, fine wines, the latest in fashion clothes…."

"My life back." Yumi mumbled defiantly..

Martha stopped in dead sentence and just glanced at Yumi. She then reached her arm out and grabbed Yumi by her short black hair. Yumi cried out in pain and the woman led her into a room which was a bedroom with a bunk bed, a small circular window, and a dresser.

"You listen here, Yuna." The lady bellowed as she let go of Yumi's hair.

"Yumi!" Yumi shouted back, now pissed off.

"Whatever!" Martha shouted back, breaking out of her nicey nice act that she had put on in front of the audience. "If you value your life, you will never again back talk me, or anyone you meet from here on out."

"Like it matters anyway." Yumi thought, but just nodded.

Just then Ulrich appeared in the doorway and Martha looked up at him and smiled. "Oh, I was just showing Yumi here your bedroom. This petty room, Martha said as she scrunched her nose looking around, will have to do for now. Once we arrive at Sector X, the rooms will be much better, and you will even receive other clothes, other than the horrid ones you poor people are forced to wear. Now, follow me to the dining car for dinner."


Dinner dragged by. Martha and some of the guard chatted about the upcoming XANA Game and drank who knows how much wine. Ulrich and Yumi sat on different ends of the table and just picked at their food, neither one of them had an appetite.

After dinner, the two were instructed to go back to their room and get some rest. This was the first time all day Yumi and Ulrich were allowed privacy to talk. As soon as the guard closed their door, Ulrich spoke up.

"What do you mean, you're sorry?" Ulrich asked, looking at Yumi confused. "What are you sorry about?

Yumi looked out of the tiny window, into the darkness, and sighed. "If I let them take Hiroki, you wouldn't have had your name called. It was your last Selection, you would have been able to live the rest of your life, and I messed it up for you." It was at this point Yumi broke down and collapsed on the floor crying. "But, Hiroki is my brother. I couldn't stand the thought of what he was about to be subjected to! He is still so young! I… I….."

Ulrich sat down on the ground next to Yumi and hugged her. "I never want to hear you apologize to me again for this, do you understand? I would have done the same thing if one of my siblings were called. You love your brother, how could I hate you for doing what your heart told you?"

Yumi sniffed and looked up at Ulrich and hugged him. No other words were spoken in that conversation. Both of them were worn out, but didn't want to sleep. They both sat on the bottom bunk talking about various things, trying to forget what their destiny held. Who knows how long they stayed awake, but eventually sleep overcame them, and they fell asleep. Instead of Yumi going to her top bunk, she simply stayed on the ground bunk with Ulrich's arms wrapped around her for comfort.

Thank you so much to Reading and Reviewing! As you see, I changed the rating to T, for now. Once deaths begin occurring, I will change the rating to M. Please, if you read this chapter, I would love if you left a review