I know it's been a very long time and I'm sorry. I lost my spark, obviously, since my wonderful cable was taken away and I can no longer watch Code Lyoko. 

To be honest I've almost lost complete interest in the series (lack of interaction does that to one), but I don't won't to let the story die, I had a specific plan for it, you know, so I re-forced my interest to it and I will finish this, even if it kills me! (and it probably will). I will always like Code Lyoko, no matter what!

Anyways, since it's been awhile, the characters are going to be way out of character. It's been so long, I can't remember enough to get their personalities the same as in the show. Plus the writing style may or may not be the same as before, but I figure, there's no way I can make it as simple as before and the goal write now is to keep writing, whether or not it's perfect, I can always go back and edit it everything later.

And I'm still going to follow my original plot too, just because things may seem a little different doesn't mean I suddenly decided to half-heartedly write out these events to cut the story short to say im done. There were key events I wanted to happen, which cause me to write the story in the first place, and im not changing them.

Please give me a lot of criticism so I can get back into the same ol' CL mode of writing as before or something.

And don't forget to advertise your stories! It's been awhile so I don't know who has updated their story or written new ones! So please let me know!

Now on to the story… (review responses will resume nxt chpt)

In only a matter of days I've gone from being the luckiest guy in the world, with the girl of his dreams and the best of friends at his side and saving the world on a daily basis, to a single, lonely, and friendless bum, though Ulrich as he stared at the ceiling of his bedroom.

Kiwi hopped up on the bed next to him and curled up into a ball. Ulrich stroked the dog absentmindedly.

If I could go back to the way things were, would I? he wondered.

"No," he said to Kiwi, "I wouldn't." She has to make her mind up about me. I can't keep on waiting for her to decide between me and William. I tell her that, putting all grudges aside, that she has to decide. If it's all just another game of hers to get me jealous again, then she'll say "Yes Ulrich, of course I want to be with you. But, if she really loves William then…

"Then I guess I'll just have to find another girl then won't I?" He told Kiwi.

Kiwi snorted and jumped off his lamp to settle in his owner's bed.

"Well I don't care what you think anyways, you're just a stupid dog," Ulrich lied down, facing the wall. He thought of Jeremie and the others, and all of their miscellaneous adventures they'd had together. Immediately his loneliness washed over him again.

"Everything will be alright, you'll see," he muttered, eyelids getting heavy. He thought of Sissy. Although she was perhaps the most annoying girl he had ever known, he was still grateful for her company for the last few days.

If things didn't work out with Yumi, maybe he'd survive after all…

"Jeremie said everything's ok, Odd said everything's ok, Yumi and Ulrich are just having another one of their fights like always and Amelie's just a friend right?" Aelita cried to herself.

"So why do I feel so lonely? Why isn't everyone back together?" she asked in despair. Seeing Amelie and Jeremie almost constantly for the past few days had been ripping her apart, no matter how many times she tried to tell herself it was nothing.

It was weird, Aelita didn't hate the girl or anything, she actually thought she was kinda funny, in that sickeningly naïve kinda way. However, it was only when Jeremie was with her that Aelita realize how much she depended on him. It didn't matter how many times Sissy or some other girl picked on her, or how serious Ulrich and Yumi's fights became, she knew that everything would be alright because she knew that no matter what, Jeremy would be there for her, comforting her and saying that everyone will pull through somehow because we're a team and we have to work together to fight Xana.

But was Jeremie still there for her when he hardly talked to her, hardly spoke to her, hardly acknowledge that she even existed? What was worse was that he wasn't even realizing he was doing it! She couldn't even be angry at him for it! Well, not reasonably anyways, and if Aelita was anything, she was reasonable. She was an AI, after all.

Maybe that was why Jeremie didn't seem to care about her anymore. She wasn't special like she used to be. She wasn't some unknown entity, who needed protection from an evil supercomputer out to take over the world. She was human now. Just like them.

Humans… now that she was one of them, she had felt nothing but pain, anger, frustration, unreasonabality. Nothing made sense anymore. Everything was so unpredictable. So spontaneous. One instant, your friends would be smiling and having a good time. The next angry and pulling each other's hair out. And the next saying sorry and getting together again. Or not.

At least in Lyoko she would know when Xana would attack and to some extent, know who to rely on to help her stop him. Since she came to this world it seemed that the only way to know for sure was through some randomly occasionally painful process, then rounding everyone up, wondering who was going go or who was going to stay behind for one reason or another. Instead of Jeremie giving the brief overview of why Ulrich was sulking, or who was stuck helping the civilians, it was her giving the explanations to them.

Why did she even want to come to this world in the first place? It was cold, the weather had been awful for days. It got dark and scary at nights. In Lyoko the only time she really felt pain was from the lasers of Xana's monsters. In the human world, when she tripped she could feel the stinging from her scraped knees for hours, depending on how bad the scrape was and if she treated it or not.

Stupid Jeremie, Stupid Yumi and Ulrich, Aelita sniffed, Stupid everyone.

Humans were much more complicated than a world of mathematical equations and digital codes. In the human world there wasn't always an explanation for everything. And for some reason, this thought began to make Aelita very angry.

There was no reason behind everything being ok yet not being ok at all. There was no reason for the same people who promised to always be her friend and stand by her side, to suddenly ignore her and forget she even exists!

And what did she do to deserve all of this pain and loneliness! Nothing! It's their fault! They did it all on their own! They brought her to this world and are abandoning her! They're too involved in their own selfishness to even consider her feelings anymore!

Aelita thrust her head into her pillow, still crying and thinking of all the bad things that were happening. But through her anger and sadness there was still hope, hope that not all hope was lost between them. After all, no one had officially left her yet.

But at the same time of her hope, there was a great fear as well. A fear that she buried deep within herself, too afraid to consciously admit to it. A fear that everyone really fall apart for good. And that she would be all alone in this world of strange and unpredictable humans.

And through her tears, her despair, and her anger, in the corner of her mind, she could swear that she could hear Xana laughing. 'Why do you despair, my little friend? I've always told you humans were bad enough, but you had to go off and live with them didn't you. But don't worry, if all goes well, you'll be back in my world soon enough'

And through in some strange demented way, Aelita felt reassured.

Jeremie never thought that there'd be a day where he would actually be relieved that there was a Xana attack. He wasn't just relieved, he was very, very relived. Almost to the point of being thankful, but not quite.

Now, at least, he had an excuse to talk to everyone, force them to face each other all over again. Well, Yumi and Ulrich at least. Odd seemed to be ok, and Aelita as well, if not a little depressed. He had a feeling that if Yumi and Ulrich made up again she would be a bit happier. Their break-ups always seemed to upset everyone, except Odd, that is. But then, he was probably more used to it than the rest of them.

Sometimes he wished those two would just grow up. Really, they could barely keep up a stable relationship for two weeks and here he was able have a very (very) good relationship with Amelie, and still remain good friends with Aelita right? So why couldn't Ulrich and Yumi do it as well?

Jeremie was practically skipping his way down the hall to his room, his head up in this happy high mood it had been in almost constantly since that night with Amelie. Never mind what Xana's attack was, everyone would finally be together again.

"Hullo? Oh hey it's you Jeremie. Huh? Really! Alright I'll be there." Yumi turned to William, slipping her cell phone into her pocket. "Hey Will, um, Jeremie needs my help with something, so I gotta go." Standing up, she pecked him on the cheek.

William grinned, "Sure, no prob, tell him I said hi."

"Thanks," she turned, "Oh, and one more thing, could you let my parents know? Just so they won't worry about me if it gets too late."

"Of course" William smiled.

"See ya!"

"Later."

"Captain Oh Captain, your crew has arrived," Odd announced, as the last of the gang, Yumi, came panting into the room with the supercomputer.

"Hey Jer, what's the problem?" Yumi asked, avoiding eye contact with a certain someone. Before responding, Jeremie looked his friends over. Odd was looking his usual self, if not slightly calmer than normal. Aelita was staring softly at her feet. Yumi had on her fake 'nothing is wrong, so let's kick butt look,' and Ulrich seemed strangely neutral to everything, not angry or anxious or even sulking.

"Well, there's another Xana attack for one thing." He stated.

"Drat, you mean he didn't just suddenly die while we were away?" Odd said sarcastically.

"But I found him rather early, so none of us may have noticed, exactly what his attack is this time."

"So what are you waiting for? Send us into Lyoko so we can keep it that way!" Yumi said eagerly.

"Yes, Of course," Jeremie pushed his glasses up on his nose than folded his arms, "But I wanted to make sure first that everyone was ready."

"We're ready as we'll ever be Jer," Ulrich said calmly.

Jeremie looked at them, mainly Yumi, "We're putting our personal problems behind?"

Yumi sighed impatiently, "Yes Jeremie, come on already!" Ulrich and Odd both nodded.

"Aelita?" Jeremie asked.

She only hmm-ed in response as she walked towards the elevator. Odd bounded after her like a puppy dog.

The remaining three shared a quick confused look before the two, at Odd's urging, entering the elevator as well, Jeremie sitting at the computer.

Odd and Aelita were virtualized first. As Yumi and Ulrich waited they heard Jeremie ask, "You guys ready?"

"Yeah" they responded.

"Then let's do this."

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