Next Story! It's a mix of "Girl of My Dreams" and "Image Problem", although I'd still like to take a crack at redoing "Image Problem". Anyhow, read and enjoy!

The Guy of My Dreams pt.1

"Ok, let's see now..." Jeremie muttered, scanning through the programs on his computer. "Well, everything looks fine. Ready to give it a try?"
"As ready as I'll ever be" Ulrich said from his window on the screen.
"It'll take the program a few minutes to activate, so you'll have to -" Jeremie paused and yawned before continuing, "You'll have to wait a while".
"Hey Jeremie, you look worn out. Why don't you get some sleep?"
"No, I've got to make sure nothing goes-" He yawned again, "goes wrong"
"Nothing will. We double checked everything. Get into bed, let the program upload, and I'll see you in the morning"
"Hopefully here" Jeremie said, smiling. "Goodnight" he said, getting up and walking towards his bed.
"Hopefully" Ulrich said, disconnecting the link.
He stood up and moved out further unto the ledge sticking from the base of one of the mountains in the Mountain Region.
He stop in the center of it, closed his eyes and prepared himself.
Unfortunately he wasn't prepared for the surprise attack from behind.

"Boy Jeremie, you look exhausted. Ever hear of a thing called sleep?
You should try it sometime" Yumi teased, holding out a cup of hot coffee for him. Jeremie, Odd, Aelita and Yumi were in their usual spot near the vending machine. Jeremie took the cup with a "Thanks" and took a long sip of it. "Leave him alone Yumi" Aelita scowled.
"He was up all night because of you"
"Oh, it's so cute when she tries to protect you" Yumi teased again.
Jeremie blushed. "Anyway, the program ran it's course last night"
"And?" Yumi asked.
"I'm not sure. I couldn't get in contact with Ulrich this morning, but the line was pretty broken up. So I just don't know"
"Will you try and contact him again during break?" Yumi asked.
"Yeah. I just hope I can stay awake during class"
"Why? I don't and I'm doing fine" Odd said, grinning.
"Right..." Yumi drawled, one eyebrow arched.
"Anyway, we'd better start heading towards our classes. See you guys later!" Yumi called over her shoulder, running towards the school.

"I hope Ulrich's ok" Yumi thought, sitting in class and half-listening to the teacher. A knock to the door woke her up. Along with the class she watch the teacher walk towards the door and open it.
She saw Principal Delmas standing there with someone just behind him.
It looked like a boy, dressed in brown pants, yellow vest and an open button shirt. She tried to see his face, but couldn't see past Delmas's body. The Principal and the teacher had a quick discussion which ended with the teacher stepping back into the class.
"Ok class, listen up. We've got a new student whose just arrived here today." he said as Mr Delmas moved aside to let the new boy in.
"So please say hello to-"
"Ulrich!" Yumi gasped, staring at the familiar in wide open shock.

"Oh man, I'm a glad that's over" Odd grumbled as he shuffled after Aelita and Jeremy out of Science Class.
"What are you complaining about? You slept through it all" Aelita teased.
"Yeah, but any more and I might've gone into a coma" Odd said.
"You mean you weren't?" Jeremie said, faking shock.
"Oh my sides" Odd said as they walked out of the school towards the cafeteria.

"At least it's break time. Look out food, here I-"
Aelita suddenly gasped and stopped in her tracks.
"Do you guys see what I see?" she said, staring wide eye at one of the benches outside the cafeteria.
"No way" Jeremie said, just as shocked.
"Hey, isn't that Ulrich?" Odd asked. "Looks like him" Jeremie said.
"Cool. Go ask him if he'd like lunch. See you guys inside"
"Oh no, you're coming with us!" Aelita said, grabbing his ear and dragging him along.

"But the food..." Odd moaned.

"I still can't believe your here" Yumi said, holding Ulrich's hand.
"Yeah, I know" he said, smiling at her. Yumi blushed, feeling her heart beating speed up.
"Are we interrupting anything?" a voice asked teasingly.
"Aelita! Jeremie!" Yumi said happily, looking up.
She stood up and hugged Jeremie over the bench. "You did it! Thanks Jeremie"
"Oh, well, uh, it was nothing" Jeremie said, blushing.
"I wouldn't say so" Ulrich said, standing up.
He held out his hand and said "Thanks Jeremie, for everything"
Jeremie grinned and shook his hand "No problem. But you did you get here? I thought you would've been in the Factory"
"Just before the program began I realised we didn't make any plans for this, so I quickly made some files and putted them into the city computers. Good thing too, or else I would've been in trouble"
"Oh, we should've thought of that before" Yumi gasped.
"No worries. I'm here, and that's all that matters" Ulrich said, taking her hand in his. Yumi went, feeling her knees go weak.
"So that means we can shut down Lyoko and Xana right?" Aelita said.
For a moment she thought she saw a flicker in Ulrich's eyes.
"Yeah, but not today."
"Yeah, give him a break Aelita. It's his first day" Yumi said, staring daggers at her sister.
"Yeah, and he probably hasn't eaten anything yet" Odd said, starting to inch towards the cafeteria.
"Oh right. Yumi, why don't you and Ulrich go enjoy lunch so long?
I just need to go finish off something with Jeremie and then we'll join you"
"Huh?" Jeremie said, staring at her in confusion until she poked him in the ribs. "Oh, yeah, that. Uh, yeah, see you later" he said.
As soon as Yumi, Ulrich and Odd were out of earshot Jeremie turned to Aelita and asked: "What's up with you?"
"Jeremie, I've got a bad feeling. Just trust me for now ok? Now can we please go up to your room?" Aelita asked, pulling on his arm.
As they walked towards the dorms Ulrich stared at them through the cafeteria windows, and for a moment Xana's mark flashed eyes.