Disclaimer: "I get it. Don't tell me another stupid cheesy line from a tv show. Say what you mean and get out of my face."

Kiva found herself on the bus to the pool. She was sitting alone with her legs on the seat, her knees bent to make her fit. Her head was against the window. This is important to mention because of what happened next. Her i-pod was on and she was humming along with it. Soon she began singing, louder than she thought. Her legs slipped slightly, causing her to slip off the seat into the aisle, trip forward and curl her head under her. She ended up on the seat across from her, her head tucked between her legs and her feet still out in the aisle. Then she said a famous quote: "Ow!" Her back now stung from the bending. (1)

She felt her legs gently pulled toward the window and her back stopped hurting. She looked up into Odd's face. Somehow she wasn't quite so embarrassed as she would have been a month ago.

They got out of the bus when it stopped, and walked into the pool area. A little girl was clinging to the high dive board. Her mother was talking on the phone, paying no attention. Kiva herself would never try to dive from there...

Odd didn't think for a minute before he climbed swiftly up to the top, and inched over to the girl. "Come here." He pried her from the board and slowly climbed back down. She gave him a big hug and ran over to her mother. Kiva looked on, amazed. 'He's so sweet...' He looked over to her, and she just melted from his gaze. She had never felt this way before...

The other students walked off to the changing room, while Kiva just pulled off her top and pants and dove in. She loved swimming, and knew she should wear her bathing suit under her clothes. She was swimming before anyone else came back. She dove underwater and opened her eyes. She saw Odd swimming around, and swam towards him. She pulled him under the water, and he smiled at her. She swam away, and climbed out of the pool. He followed, and they ran around for awhile. Suddenly Kiva stopped, as a smoke cloud entered her ears. She fell forward into the pool, not moving. In five minutes, she was under the care of Odd and Jim. Jeremie was already scanning for towers, and to his shock he found not one, but two.

They were on the way back to the school to get the nurse, and everyone but Odd sneaked away to Lyoko. The nurse was out soemwhere, and im had gone to find her. Odd was doing his best to care for her. She didn't have a fever, and she was breathing, always a good sign. She looked as if she was sleeping lightly. But her hands twitched, and she looked pained. He stroked her face, and tried not to panic. She would be fine. She would be fine. She would be-

"Just fine Jeremie! How do you think I'm doing?" cried Ulrich, as he battled a crab and hornet alone. Aelita had run ahead to the tower, and deactivated it, however Kiva wasn't better yet. So Jeremie vitualized the overwing, and Aelita flew off. Alone. Ulrich would soon be joining them in the computer room.

Kiva groaned, and just would not get better. Odd held her head in his lap and whispered over and over that she would be better soon. The problem was, he was starting to doubt this. She was getting worse. He hated to see her like this. In so much pain. And there was nothing he could do.

Aelita rushed into the tower, deactivating it.

Kiva began to fall into a deep sleep. She looked so peaceful now.

Author's note: Okay, some people do not know about the little numbers. When you see a number in parentheses, like this: (1), look down to the bottom of the page. There will be a mtaching number in parentheses. Read the sentence next to it. Try it now. Go back to the top of the page and find (1). Now come back. Read the sentence right there. Got it? And this is a little short because I have writer's block.

(1) I had to try this to see if it worked. It does hurt. Hard to visualize, but I think you can see it if you try.