Hey guys this is chapter 4 of The Best of Times The Worst of Times. And just so you know, this will be a long story. Anyways, here's Sonrick with the disclaimer.

Sonrick: Hey ladies! . . . And guys. Lydia does not own Naruto, Zelda, or Code Lyoko. She does own Ulrich and me.

Naruto: Hey! (Punches Sonrick.)

Thanks my little bowl of ramen! I could just eat you up!

Anyways. Here's Chapter 4: So Many Friends

Sonrick, Dolslik, and Burrick were just sitting down at the table for lunch. It was a beautiful Sunday, and the gang had nothing to do.

"Hey guys! Guess what!" Sonrick said.

"What." the others said.

"I have a date." he said as if he had done something impossible.

"What about your girlfriend in Lincoln?" Dolslik said.

"I had a girlfriend in Lincoln?" he said confused. If this were an anime, Ulrich and the original gang would have sweat dropped, and Dolslik and Burrick would have fallen out of their chairs, headfirst.

"Yes, you have a girlfriend!" Dolslik yelled at Burrick.

". . . Oh." Sonrick said. "Oh well." he said, and shrugged it off as if it were nothing.

Ulrich hit him on top of his head, and said, "You are not going out with another girl if you already have a girlfriend." He told Sonrick as if he were his father.

"Just because your family has all of these morals, doesn't mean I have to follow them." Sonrick said, rubbing the spot Ulrich had hit him."Hey Ulrich, I bet you can't get Nurse Yolanda to kiss that royal forehead of yours." He said.

"You do know she's 20 years older than me, right?" Ulrich said.

"Yep, but I got the money for it." Sonrick said.

"Ok, but you and Dolslik have to beat me up." He said.

"Okay." Sonrick said as if he were asking a question.

After they pummeled him, Ulrich went in the direction of the infirmary, crying on his way there.

Sonrick's mouth dropped open as he stared after the direction Ulrich was walking.

"You can kiss your $35 good bye." Dolslik said smiling at his dumbfounded friend.

"Why 35 dollars?" a confused Aelita asked.

"Sonrick promised Ulrich a long time ago, that every female that kisses his forehead and is at least 5 years older than him, any food dish he wants for each year she's older than. Seeing as Yolanda is 20 years older than him, that's 20 food dishes" Ulrich usually asks for 10 bowls of ramen noodles, 5 platters of gimbab, and 5 rice cakes when he's dealin' with 20 dishes. That comes to a total of $35."

"Wow. I didn't know Ulrich could eat all that." a bewildered Yumi said.

"H-He can when it c-comes to f-f-food like that. Espe-especially when it's- when it's ramen." Burrick explained. He was getting to know them, so he didn't stutter as much when it came to talking to them.

"Now that Ulrich's gone, let's get down to business." Sonrick said, suddenly now serious. "In case you didn't know, Ulrich has been down in the dumps lately."

"Wow! We would have never known had you told us." Jeremie replied.

"Really? Man, you guys are clueless." Sonrick said not really getting it.

"He was being sarcastic." Dolslik said to his ignorant friend.

"Who's that?" Sonrick said, puzzled.

"Sarcastic is a word, you idiot!" Dolslik said, now getting frustrated at the boy's stupidity.

"I'm sure Sarcastic isn't too happy about being called a word Dolslik. That hurts people's feelings ya know." Sonrick said with a frown on his face.

Dolslik paused for a moment, and shouted, "Sarcastic is not a person! It is an expression that people use! When you are sarcastic, you say something, when you mean the total opposite!"

Sonrick just stood there with a very confused look on his face. He seemed to have been digesting over what Dolslik said to him.

"Is he always this stupid?" Yumi whispered to Burrick.

"N-n-not always. But he does have his moments . . . a l-lot of . . . mo . . . . ments." Burrick answered back.

"Anyways, we decided that we should do something to help him. Luckily we were already coming before we even found out." Dolslik explained."But when we did, we told every single best friend that we knew of, and told them about this. They wanted to help him too, and some are coming tomorrow. We need your help to tell us everything that's been going on here since you guys first met him, up until now. We'll start this once everyone's here."

The Lyoko Gang discussed, whether they should tell them about Xana, and Lyoko. After coming to a decision, they would tell them, only if it were truly necessary.

"We agree on helping Ulrich." Jeremie said, speaking on behalf of the group.

"Ok. Then it's settled. Wait 'til you guys get a load of all of Ulrich's friends." Sonrick said with a big grin that read, "This is gonna be fun."

Monday

"Now our next group of foreign exchange students will introduce themselves." Mr. Delmas was doing the entire procedure like last time.

Ulrich was skulking. He had his head down, and everything.

"Hey! The names Yoshi Akimichu and I came all the way from Japan to get to know how school operates in France. I'll be in grade 11, so I can't wait to meet my new classmates." Yoshi exclaimed. He had long, black hair that he let loose, and fiery red eyes. It was just one of the many things that he prided himself upon. He was pretty tall for his age as well. He always wore red and white also. On his head was a silk headband of Japan's Flag. He wore a red, short-sleeved shirt with white, baggy jeans. His shoes were all white, except for two red stripes on the sides.

Not only was Ulrich surprised, but so was Yumi. In fact, Yumi was smiling from ear to ear.

"Hi, I'm Zuho Takemichi. I'm from Japan as well. I'll be in grade 10, and I can't wait to learn how you guys live life French style!"

Ulrich's surprised face was now replaced by a small smirk. He and Zuho go way back. They were like brothers. Zuho had black hair as well. His eyes were emerald green, and he was just as athletic as Ulrich was.

Since then, Ulrich had been paying attention.

"The name's Xavier, but everyone calls me X. I'm from America, and I'll be in grade 10. It will be a pleasure meeting all of yas, and I can't wait." X, like Ulrich, was more of a cool guy. He had black hair that was just above his eyes. He had beautiful hazel eyes that made girls flutter whenever he did his dreamy look. He was about Odd's height, but he dressed like a mobster. The suit and everything. Ulrich was filled with excitement.

After the assembly Yumi and Ulrich ran to the bench, waiting for the others.

When X, Yoshi, and Zuho finally got there, before the reunited friends could say anything, Jeremie said, "Now before any of you say a word, tell us who these people are.

Yumi started."This is Yoshi, my best friend. He's been like a big brother, and he's a Japanese nationalist through and through. But how did you meet Ulrich?" She said all in one breath.

"We met when I was in America. We hung around a bit, and became good friends by talking about our experiences in Japan."

It was Ulrich's turn."This is Zuho. He helped me when I went to school in Japan. We became good friends, almost like brothers. We were also the strikers of our soccer team." He explained."This is X. Another best friend of mine in America. He's actually from Italy, but his family moved to America at the start of 3rd grade. I helped him around the school when he first came."

After that, they all started catching up on old times, and got to know the gang better, or in better terms, the gang go to know them better.

Soon other people came.

Doug, Ann, and Darius came on Wednesday.

"Hi! My name's Ann and I'm from America. I'll be in grade 10. I can't wait to meet all of you."

"I'm Doug. It will be nice meeting all of you, and I know we will have a great time. I will be in grade 10. Oh, I'm from America as well."

"Darius. Grade 12. America. Bye."

Doug had light brown hair, and chocolate brown eyes. He was an excellent student like Aelita and Jeremie.

Ann had long, blonde hair that reached the midpoint of her back. It was always in a pony tail. She was dating Doug, and she was a VERY violent girl.

Darius only answered to Biggs as everyone soon found out. He was actually Ulrich's cousin. He had a deep voice, and was ripped. He was tall, dark, and handsome. He had black braids, and brown eyes. He talked every now and then.

On the next Monday, Pete, Madeline, and Cedric came.

I'm Pete. I'll be in grade 10, and I come from America.

What's up? My name is Madeline, but you can call Maddie. I am like so glad to be here, and I like totally can't wait to meet you guys. I'm from America—Lincoln, Nebraska to be exact. And I'll be in grade 10. . ." She talked so much; she had to be cut off just to give other people a chance to introduce themselves.

"Hi, I'm Cedric Stern, and I'm from America. As you already may know I'm Ulrich's little brother, and I'll be in grade 6."

Pete was a genius, and all of his best friends called him Hacker, because he could hack into any computer system. He had red hair, and freckles, and also wore glasses.

Madeline sounded like a Dixie girl, but she wasn't totally a Dixie girl. She was a straight A student, but her favorite past time was shopping. She was Sissi's friend at one time, but stopped after she found out that she was her friend only because she was friends with Ulrich. If you needed to know anything, she was the person to go to. She knew all of the juiciest gossip and secrets. But she only did it if her friends needed to know something. She had long blonde hair that reached the end of her back. She always wore some kind of yellow with any outfit she wore. She was one of the tallest girls in her grade, and she also played basketball, and golf.

Cedric was the cutest 9 year-old you ever did see. He had a hyper attitude, and wanted to be just like his big brother Ulrich. He had black hair, and emerald green eyes. His hair looked like Ulrich's hair did when he was 9. (Just use your imaginations.) He was on every elementary sports team just like Ulrich was, and just like Ulrich was on every sports team now. He really wanted to learn Pencak Silat.

"I'm Cameron, and I'm from America, but I went to school in Britain. I will be in grade 9. I can't wait to meet you all!"

"Hey everybody! I'm Rachel Stern!" I'm Ulrich's twin sister! Hi Ulrich! Seeing as I'm his twin, I'm sure you can figure out the rest. Nice meeting you all!" Ulrich wanted to disappear, until one guy said she was hot. Ulrich got really mad; he gave him a black eye.

"I'm Amy Stern. I'm Ulrich's sister, so of course I'm from America. I'll be in grade 9. Buh-bye!" Ulrich smiled pleasantly. He got along great with Amy.

"Hi, I'm Sam! . . ." It was the happiest day of Odd's life. Nuff said.

Cameron was actually Ulrich's brother's girlfriend, but he wasn't there. His name was Cam. She loved taking pictures, and she took at least one every single day. She had a lot of photo albums, and she wanted to take up photography as a job one day. She had blonde hair that was in Aelita's style, and she always had a camera around her neck.

Rachel of course, looked like Ulrich, except girlish. Some of her brown hair even covered one her eyes. Her hair was Yumi's length, but a little longer. She was very outgoing, and loved to travel. Her favorite past times included exploring new places, and teasing Ulrich with any girl that he was friends with, and was older than him. So when she finally saw Yumi, her first words were, "Ulrich, you sure know how to pick 'em!"

Amy was not too outgoing, but she wasn't shy. She made good grades, but they weren't straight A's. She had a sense of humor, but not as big as Odd's. She knew when to be serious, and when to let herself go. She was right in the middle. That made it hard to predict what she would do, but at the same time easy. She really is balanced! She was Cam's twin as well. Which is kind of weird. Her family had two sets of twins. Some people say it's because her parents were also twins. Wow, that's four sets of twins in one family!

Everyone was here, except the most important person.

"Looks like everyone is here except Cam. Where could he be?" A worried Sonrick asked.

If Cam didn't come, it would be harder to find out what was wrong with Ulrich.

But why?

I am so sorry. I mean, this was the longest chapter ever. If you read all of this, then you deserve a reward. So here's your (insert favorite desert here). No thanks needed, just review!