Ulrich had looked all over for the letter he had written Yumi. He finally had to give up as the sun appeared over the houses in the east. He finally decided that it was over. He'd lost it. He'd been defeated by his feelings one to many times. Ulrich sighed, defeated and returned to the dormitory.

"There you are." Odd said as his eyes fluttered open. He'd fallen asleep waiting for Ulrich to get back to the dorm. "Where were you?" He yawned. He stretched his arms outward as Ulrich sat on his bed on the other side of the room. Ulrich didn't say a word. Odd stopped and stared a the boy. He understood why he was upset, his girlfriend had left him for Japan, but at the same time it wasn't like she just got up and left. She was going to college, something he knew that Ulrich had thought about, but refused to face. He got up and sat beside his mourning friend. He wrapped an arm around him and pulled him into his chest. Ulrich's eyes never seemed to stop.

When he had finally fallen asleep, Odd placed his best friend's head on his pillow and returned to his own bed. He stared at the ceiling and counted sheep for a while before he finally closed his eyes for the final time and fell asleep.

Hiroki's eyes wondered over the page that Ulrich had left behind. He now understood why Ulrich hadn't wanted to share this with him. The words on the page seemed to echo inside of the small boy's head. He understood part of the letter, but other parts he had no idea.

"Xana?" The boy whispered. He couldn't hold it in any longer. He picked up his cell phone and began to dial Millie's number. He stopped before pressing send. If he told her, she would tell the entire school before morning. He pressed a red cancel button and put the phone face down on his nightstand. He continued to scan the letter for any more information that he could use. He remembered reading something about a passage in the park, but he knew the only way he would know for sure was to ask his sister. He picked up his phone once again, this time dialing his sister's number.

"Hello?" Her voice came on the other line.

"Yumi, I have something really important to ask." Hiroki said grabbing the note. When he finally asked her the questions he had been thinking about all night, she let out a sad sigh. She knew that this day was coming. They stayed on the phone until the sun began to peer through Hiroki's window. With a yawn he hung up the phone. He jumped up when he realized that today was the day that all of the boarders were leaving the school for summer vacation. He knew that Yumi's friends were all boarders, and if we going to get any information from them about this secret life that they had been living, he had to get to the campus before they left.

"Well, that's my taxi." Odd sighed giving Aelita, Ulrich, and Jeremy another group hug. "So you're all set for summer?" He asked looking to Aelita. She nodded and gave Jeremy a hug. He blushed and turned to her shyly, giving her a small kiss on the cheek. Odd smiled. They were so cute, he thought.

When Odd left, Ulrich's dad approached in a small gray vehicle. Ulrich sighed and shot the two a look. Their affection reminded him of Yumi. Then again, what didn't remind him of Yumi? He stepped into the car and was prepared for his father's rants on how he was never going to be good enough. To Ulrich's surprise, his father was silent. Ulrich didn't question it, he never liked when his father yelled at him. He didn't really like being around his father period.

As Ulrich's father's car swerved around the corner and out of sight, Hiroki finally reached the campus. He was panting and out of breath as he saw Jeremy and Aelita. "Wait!" He screamed from the other side of the sidewalk. Aelita turned to look at the boy who was a little over a block away. She smiled and began to walk over to him. Jeremy soon followed.

"What's up, Hiroki?" Aelita asked smiling. Hiroki explained how he had read Ulrich's letter and had talked to Yumi. She hadn't been specific but he knew that whoever this Xana person was, he was bad. Jeremy and Aelita's eyes widened. They shot each other a look and nodded. "Hiroki, Xana is gone." Aelita reassured the boy. He begged for them to tell him more, but they refused. "He's gone, and that's all that matters." Jeremy said flatly as he spotted his father's car coming around the corner. Hiroki sighed as Jeremy and Aelita's ride had left.

"I can't believe her." Jeremy's voice had a worried tone. "How could she just tell him about it?" He asked looking out the window. "Oh, come on Jeremy. They are family. I'm sure that if you had a younger sibling, you'd tell them eventually too." She tried to comfort her boyfriend. He looked back at her and smiled. "I guess you're right." He wrapped an arm around her.

Aelita's eyes fluttered open and she saw the factory. "What?" She asked as she looked around. She walked forward and looked into the familiar elevator that they had used to many times to reach the lab. "Hiroki?" Her eyes widened as she saw Jeremy standing beside him as well as Ulrich. She stepped into the elevator. "What's going on?" Her voice echoed throughout her head. "Hiroki, Xana has attacked. Yumi's in Japan and we need another member of our team." Jeremy said handing Hiroki something. His eyes lightened up and he nodded.

When they reached the lab, Jeremy stepped out. Aelita followed. As the elevator closed behind her, she asked Jeremy what was going on. He stared blankly at the computer and didn't answer her.

"Aelita?" His voice boomed over her. Her eyes closed before reopening. She'd fallen asleep on his shoulder in the car. "He's back." She whispered feeling a tingling in her fingers. Xana, she thought, was back. Jeremy looked at her with a serious look. "We destroyed him forever ago." He whispered. She shook her head. "I don't know how, but he's back. I had a vision!" She whispered making sure that his dad didn't hear them.

Jeremy asked his dad if they could stay a little longer at the campus. He knew that Jeremy wouldn't ask him to do so if it weren't important. He told his father how he had forgotten to clean his dorm room properly and he didn't want to get in trouble with Jim. His father sighed and looked at him. "Jeremy, I know that's not why. I don't know the reason why you want to stay, but I hope you know that I will support you no matter what." He turned the car around and began to drive the two teenagers back to the campus of Kadic Academy.