The morning sun had broken through the sky, signaling the beginning of the day. Yumi rushed out of her house carrying her backpack and another bag that housed her costume. She made her way to campus and was immediately on the hunt for a certain friend.

"Hey, Odd," Yumi called out. She wanted to find him quickly and thought that the first place she would find him would be the cafeteria. She was glad her first hunch paid off.

Odd looked up from his plate of donuts and hot chocolate. "What's up, Yumi."

"Have you seen Ulrich?" she asked.

Odd took another bite of his donut. "Last time I saw him, he was getting ready for school."

"Good." She opened her backpack and pulled out a tiny MP3 player complete with headphones. "Here's the phrase you asked for. It seems kind of tricky to pronounce so you definitely should practice it a few times. Also, I'm calling in my favor." She handed him the costume bag. "Can you put this in your closet, please?"

"Is this your ninja costume?" he asked.

"No questions. Just go."

Odd got out of his seat and put the headphones on. He kept playing back the phrase over and over as he exited the building. At the same time, Ulrich entered the cafeteria, sharply dressed as usual. He immediately waked over to Yumi and gave her a quick kiss. "Hey, you're here early."

"It happens," she responded. "I had some things to take care of."

"Would you care for some breakfast, my lady?" he asked, offering his arm to her.

"I would love some breakfast, good sir." With that she took his arm as they both made their way to the cafeteria line.

After the lunch of fried chicken was served, classes ended for the day. Some went to relax while others went to go make last-minute alterations to their costumes. Odd and Jeremie had volunteered to help out the committee and were assigned decoration duty.

"So, Einstein, you think of a costume yet?" Odd asked as he hung one end of a banner to a beam in the gymnasium.

"Still have no idea," Jeremie responded as he hung the other end of the banner. "And I still can't figure out what Aelita has planned."

"Bummer." Both of them got down from the ladders and turned around to check out the stage. What they saw amazed them. Aside from the giant speakers and microphone they saw a drum set, lead guitar, bass guitar, and a DJ turntable station. "Wow!" Odd said. "Now that's an amazing setup."

"It better be, especially for those guys." Jeremie pointed to the stage where Jim accompanied 3 men who picked up the instruments and began tuning them.

"Hey, nephew," Jim said, "thanks for playing at our dance tonight. The kids will really appreciate it."

"Not a problem, Uncle Jim," Chris said as the lead singer tweaked his guitar. "It's the least we could do for the school that gave us such a killer DJ."

Jeremie suddenly discovered one part of the secret Aelita had, though he still had no idea what kind of costume she was going to wear.

"Looks like you just found your inspiration for a costume," Odd said to Jeremie.

"So I did. And it looks like you've got your chance to impress Azra." He pointed over to the girl in question who was busy filling up balloons with helium.

Odd walked over to Azra who took the time to stop her task and pay him some attention.

"So," she said, "have you come to impress me?"

Odd cleared his throat. He had prepared all day for this one moment and now was the moment of truth. "-cekti sen... beğenmek -e doğ...ru git...gid...mek belgili... tanımlık... dans etmek ile beni?"

Azra widened her eyes. If she did not hear it with her own ears, she would have never believed that Odd asked her to the dance in Turkish. "Very impressive, Odd. You learned to say that perfectly."

"So do you want to go with me to the dance?" he asked.

"evet I -cekti aşk -e doğru gitmek."

Odd looked confused. He expected to ask her in Turkish but he didn't expect her to answer in Turkish. "Um, is that a yes?"

Azra laughed. "Yes, I will go with you to the dance."

Odd beamed. "Cool. So I'll meet you here." Azra nodded as he walked way, smiling at Jeremie as he did.