Well, it's...12:18, and I can't sleep. So, I figured I'd update this instead! This chapter was an idea of my own. Hope you like it!
Odd could not help but get the feeling he was being talked about. Maybe it was that little tingle in his spine. Maybe it was in the way his nose twitched. Or maybe it was because across the desert sector plateau on which he was stood Ulrich and William, heads bent together, muttering something even Odd's heightened sense of hearing could not detect as they occasionally pointed in his direction. No, it had to be the twitchy nose.
"Are you serious?" William asked, a look of surprise on his face. Ulrich nodded, grinning.
"Yup. Yumi told me yesterday," Ulrich answered. "She said that Sissi told her and Aelita. But I don't think we were supposed to find out." William just shrugged that last statement off.
"So, do you want to see if it's true?" he asked curiously. Ulrich looked over to Odd, then after a moment of contemplation, nodded.
"Sure, why not."
"So," William said after the few seconds of silence that followed. "How will we do this?" Ulrich thought for a moment of two, then smiled.
"Okay, this is what we'll do…"
"Really? What did he do after that?"
"He just…uh," Sissi suddenly trailed off her sentence, her eyes becoming unfocused.
"Are you okay?" Yumi asked, raising an eyebrow at the girl's sudden distraction.
"Jeremy," Sissi said, turning to the blonde sitting at the supercomputer. "Send me to Lyoko."
Odd was just minding his own business, sitting twiddling his thumbs, when he was startled by an unexpected feeling around his ears. The blonde gave a startled jump, pulling away from the feeling.
What he saw surprised him- Ulrich was standing next to the spot where he had just been, arm raised above the space Odd's head had just vacated. Ulrich then realized Odd was watching him and gave his friend a sly grin.
Just at that moment, Odd found his danger senses tingling. But before he was able even think of reacting, he was tackled from behind. He fell to the ground, his attack immediately making himself comfortable on the cat warrior's back.
"What are you- William!" Odd shouted, realizing who had him pinned down. "What is going on?"
"We're just curious about something," Ulrich said, leaning down in front of Odd. He then reached forward, pressing his fingers against a fuzzy purple ear and beginning to rub. Odd was startled into giving a sudden purr.
But he quickly smothered the sound. This only seemed to increase Ulrich's attempts to coax some type of rumble from his smaller friend. It was just as Odd felt his resolve slipping that he found himself saved as his girlfriend came to the rescue, staff swinging.
Her first strike sent Ulrich flying back, the second hit knocking William back of her poor boy friend's back. She then gave a 'humph' to the pair, tossing her head proudly as she gathered her boyfriend and led him away.
"Thanks Sissi," Odd said, grinning sheepishly.
"Any time," Sissi responded, reaching up giving the boy's ears a loving scratch. Odd gave a happy purr and a content grin in response. But both were soon replaced with a growl and a blush.
For, without realizing it, Odd had let lose his hidden weakness, a fact that had the boys behind him doubled over with very badly concealed snickers.
