I think I have an addiction problem. I am totally addicted to writing this story. This is my third chapter I have written for this story in a matter of three days. If it was normal, this would have been about three months! It's like Code Lyoko is just what I need to write. It's what I want to write, really. Oh, and to Luna, you are like the only one to actually read my stories now. You have been the only one to review my story the past two chapters as of now, which is August 23. Who knows, hope fully I have more. I see when I go on the internet.
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Ulrich stopped short. Yumi's father was calling, which was clearly a very bad thing.
"No, it's okay. Yeah. No, I'm here talking to one of my friends…uh, Ulrich," Yumi said quickly, soon after realizing that it probably wasn't the best idea to tell her father that she was with a boy.
Her eyes opened widely. "Yeah. Okay, bye," she said, her voice quaking slightly.
Ulrich looked at her with large eyes. "So, what is it? What did he want?"
"I, uh, have to go home for a little while," she said, standing up slowly.
Ulrich quickly grabbed onto her shoulder. "No, I won't let you go there," he said protectively.
"Ulrich, why are you so concerned?" she asked confused.
Ulrich blushed, trying to think of an excuse, but he had none. "Yumi, I don't want you to get hurt," he said.
"I'll be fine, I swear," she said, giving him a reassuring smile. Ulrich swore to himself as he watched her leave. He then decided he would try and go get his mind off of it by talking to Jeremie and Odd.
But that didn't help, because they obviously knew that something was wrong with him. "Ulrich, what's going on that you're not telling us?" Jeremie asked.
"I promised," he said, shaking his head.
"Ulrich, you look a mess. If whoever made you promise is causing you this much stress, I'm probably guessing it's not good," Odd said philosophically.
Jeremie looked at him like he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Since when did Odd become a theorist?" Jeremie said.
Odd shrugged. "I have my moments. So, Ulrich, spill," Odd said returning his attention to the brown- haired boy.
"It's Yumi," Ulrich said simply.
Jeremie and Odd were beginning to lose their patience. "What about her!" Jeremie asked with a hint of desperation in his voice.
"Her father. He abuses her. When I was trapped inside her, he hits her. She just went home," Ulrich said, knowing Yumi would be upset that he told them.
Odd glanced at Jeremie, who was just as shocked as he was. "Well, we've got to go to her house. What time did she leave?" Odd asked.
"She left around 5:30. Why?" Ulrich asked.
"I think something's wrong. It's almost seven," Odd said, looking at his clock. Ulrich felt his stomach tie itself into numerous knots. Jeremie and Odd stood up. "Are you coming?" Odd asked to Ulrich, his face the most serious Ulrich had ever seen it. Ulrich nodded as he stood up.
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As they swiftly snuck out off the grounds, Ulrich tried to remember where to go. He pointed them in the right directions until they ended up at the familiar white house.
Odd twisted the door and, to their surprise, it was open. They soon realized Mrs. Ishyama wasn't home.
They looked around the small home with no luck. "If- if he's still at it, they're most likely upstairs," Ulrich said, pointing to the staircase. All three trudged up the stairs.
When they heard noise coming from the last door on the left, they walked over. "LET GO OF ME!" someone shouted. Ulrich looked to Odd, who looked, well, horrified.
They stood up. "STOP!" they heard. Ulrich couldn't take it anymore. He tried the door, but it wouldn't open.
Odd then kicked the door open, evidently surprising Mr. Ishyama. He stopped and let go of Yumi, who he had grabbed and dragged by the hair.
Mr. Ishyama quickly jumped up and ran out the door. Odd helped Yumi up. "Why?" was all she said.
"We just did," Jeremie said simply. Yumi nodded. As Odd and Jeremie left the room, Ulrich stood there with Yumi for a minute.
"I hope you aren't mad at me," he said.
Yumi looked him in the eye. "I can't. I'm happy you told them. If you hadn't shown up, I think something worse might have happened," Yumi said, laughing nervously.
"If you don't mind me asking, what happened?" Ulrich asked.
"Well, it was mostly because he wasn't too happy that I told him I was with you. So, my hair will hurt for the next couple days, and I will have a real nice bruise on my stomach, but if that's it, I consider myself lucky. So, thank you," she said, grabbing his hand and squeezing it. Ulrich blushed
"Hey you two, we got to get back before Jim realizes we're gone," Jeremie shouted from downstairs.
Yumi and Ulrich let go of each other before they ran downstairs. As they were walking back to Kadic, Odd asked them, "What were you two doing up there, anyway?"
Ulrich shot him a death glare. Yumi blushed. Trying to change the subject, she asked, "Has anyone else noticed that Xana has been on an attack spree?"
"Actually, I have. I'm hoping that it'll stop soon," Jeremie said.
"Do you think it could affect Aelita?" Odd asked.
Ulrich rolled his eyes and shook his head at the comment. But little did they know that Xana was about to make their lives harder than he had before. That night, when they all went to bed, they weren't aware of the black fog that lurked in their rooms.
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The next morning when Yumi woke up, she thought she was still asleep. But when she pinched herself, she realized she was awake. She looked around, not exactly knowing where she was. It was a large white room. The window on the right of her showed the view of the Eiffel Tower with plae white curtains blowing. As she turned and looked to her left, she wasn't prepared to see someone asleep next to her. She screamed in utter shock.
The person sprang up breathing heavily. "What the hell…whoa," he said. Yumi looked at him as he looked around. He had short brown hair and dark brown eyes. The navy tank top he was wearing was twisted around his body.
She had thought she had seen him before; she almost swore she had...he just looked a little different now. When they made eye contact, the boy's expression mirrored hers.
"Oh my god," he said. Yumi quickly got out of the bed. When she looked down at herself, she realized that these weren't the clothes she went to bed in. She then saw something black and red by her…chest? She pulled on it, and unfortunately realized it was her hair. She looked over at the boy, who was staring at her.
She ran into what looked to be the bathroom, and her thoughts were proved true. She had long black hair with wild red streaks. "What the hell is going on?" she said aloud. She gasped again. She no longer sounded like she had when she was 14.
She walked back out, trying to remember what she had done last night. "Yumi?" the boy said, pulling her out of her thoughts.
She stared at him, still trying to figure out who he was. It then hit her. "Oh my god. U-Ulrich?" she asked. He nodded warily. "Um, why were we in the same bed?" she said, pointing to the bed. She then saw something shining on her hand.
"What is this?" she said, pulling her hand down. Ulrich got out of bed and looked at it.
"It looks like a…" he said, not wanting to say it.
"Engagement ring," she said looking up at him, since he was now taller than she was.
"Does that mean what I think it does?" Ulrich asked.
Yumi nodded. "Uh- I have an engagement ring, and we were in the same bed. I think so," she said, walking over and sitting on the bed.
"Do you remember anything before you woke up?" he asked her.
"I-I remember yesterday I had to go to my father's house, and you tried to stop me. You and Jeremie and Odd- Jeremie…Odd?" she said, realizing it. We held hands too...she thought.
She stood back up. "Well, we look like we would in the future. No, that's crazy," she said.
"It's not that crazy," Ulrich said, pointing to a small calendar on the wall. The date said September 19th, 2015.
"So, we were sent 10 years into the future, without remembering any of it, except going to bed on September 18th, 2005. How is this happening?" she said as she began to pace.
They both looked at each other. "Xana."
"If he sent us four into the future, then that would leave the world unguarded back in the present time," Ulrich pointed out.
"We have to find Odd and Jeremie," Yumi said, looking for a phone book. Ulrich meanwhile began to look around the room for anything to help him.
"I have one for Odd, but no Jeremie," she said after a few minutes of page flipping. She picked up the phone and dialed the phone number.
When someone picked up, she said, "Is this the residence of Odd Della-Robbia?" she asked shakily.
"Yes," he said.
"Odd?" she asked.
"Yes?"
"It's Yumi. Um, have you noticed anything, um, how would you put it, different this morning when you woke up?" she asked.
"You mean like the fact that I woke up have no idea where I was, who I was, or what I was doing here? Of course," Odd said before laughing.
"That's exactly what I thought you'd say," Yumi said glumly.
"So, we know where we are. How about Ulrich and Jeremie?" Odd asked.
"Um, Ulrich, he's here with me. He was in my bed," she said.
"Oh," Odd said. Yumi could tell he was smiling.
"Odd, cut it out. We have to find Jeremie," Yumi said.
"I'll look around here. Oh, did I tell you?"
"What?" Yumi asked, confused.
"Aelita's here with me," Odd said.
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Yumi and Ulrich knocked on the door of 277 Masquerade Lane. A man with blonde hair answered. "Odd?" they asked.
He smiled. He led them in. "You…Odd…live in a house this big?" Ulrich asked unbelievingly.
Odd shrugged. "I'm a record label owner, what else would you expect?" Yumi smiled. Same old Odd.
A woman with chin length pink hair walked in. "Oh," she said surprised.
"Aelita?" Yumi asked smiling.
She nodded realizing that Yumi had never seen her in the real world. The two hugged. She then went over and hugged Ulrich.
"Do you two want some breakfast?" she asked, walking back into the kitchen.
"Actually, breakfast sounds nice," Yumi admitted.
"So, what's this we heard you two getting hitched?" Odd asked.
"What are you talking about?" Yumi said, twisting the ring around behind her back.
Odd gave her a look. He held up a small paper and then handed it to Ulrich. "'Mr. and Mrs. Jin Ishyama and Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Stern proudly announce the marriage of their children Yumi Ishyama and Ulrich Stern," Ulrich said before he placed it back on the counter.
As they sat down at an unusually small dining room table. As they ate pancakes, Yumi asked them, "How did you two end up here?"
The two held up their hands. Two gold bands encircled their left ring fingers. Yumi eyes opened widely as Ulrich began to cough.
Odd shrugged. "How? No idea. Woke up this morning and she was next to me. She though, remembers it. So, the Aelita of our time wasn't affected, but she's not in Lyoko."
"Well, of course not, she's right there," Yumi said obviously.
"We still need to find out where Jeremie is. If what I'm thinking is correct, there's a tower activated, which means to get back to the real world, we'll have to get into Lyoko," Ulrich said.
"Wait, I have his number, but…he's no longer in France. He works in America," Aelita said.
"We need to call him any ways. He's probably having a heart attack now about where we are. You know Jeremie, he always overreacts," Yumi said.
They all laughed. Aelita got up and went to look for the number. "You got married to Aelita?" Ulrich asked, still not being able to believe it.
"So, you two are getting married?" Odd said defensively. Ulrich and Yumi blushed.
"Here it is," she said, handing it to Yumi. Yumi grabbed it and walked outside. She quickly pounded all the numbers.
She waited for a few minutes for everything to get connected. "Hello?" someone answered.
"Jeremie?" Yumi asked.
"Yeah. Is this Yumi?" he asked.
"Yeah," Yumi said.
"Listen; is there something wrong with you?" Jeremie asked, not wanting to sound crazy.
"If this is a pattern, let me guess. You woke up, had no idea where you were, who you were, or what you were doing there?" Yumi asked.
Jeremie laughed. "Actually, yes. That's oddly specific," he said.
"So, are you going to come over here?" Yumi asked.
"I am going to try. You are still in France, right?" Jeremie asked.
Yumi giggled. "Yes. Paris to be exact," she said.
"Okay, but it will be at least a day before I get there. The next flight probably isn't until tomorrow, and the time difference puts you at least 6 hours later than over here, because I'm in Los Angeles," he said.
"Well, that's okay, we can wait," Yumi said
"We?" Jeremie asked.
"Oh, I'm at Odd's house.
"You found him?" Jeremie asked surprised.
"We practically live down the street from him. Probably his and Ulrich's idea," Yumi said.
"Ulrich?" Jeremie said.
"Ulrich and I are getting married," Yumi said softly.
"Didn't see that one coming," Jeremie said sarcastically.
"What's that's supposed to mean?" Yumi said defensively.
"Yumi, you and Ulrich have been extremely close since you told him about the problem with your father."
Yumi chuckled softly as she leaned back against the stair railing. "Aelita's here," Yumi said.
"She is? Does she remember anything?" Jeremie asked.
"Everything. She was the one who gave us your number. The even bigger surprise is that she is Aelita Della-Robbia," Yumi said.
Jeremie was speechless for a minute. "Aelita? Our Aelita got married to Odd?"
"The one and only," Yumi answered.
"Never saw that one coming, really," he said.
"Listen, I should get back in there. I want to finish eating breakfast," she said.
"Breakfast? Its 3 AM over here," Jeremie laughed.
"Oh? Oh did I wake you? I'm sorry!" Yumi apologized.
"It's okay. I'll call you later," he said as he hung up.
Yumi smiled as she slipped her phone back into her purse. She couldn't believe what in the world was going on, and wasn't sure if she ever would.
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Jeremie arrived the next day around noon. They hugged and everything, especially him and Aelita.
They got into Odd's SUV. "So, are we off to the factory, which means, are we going back to Kadic?" Jeremie asked.
"Duh, where else are we going to go Einstein?" Odd said looking back at him.
"Odd, I'd really appreciate it if you would focus on driving," Yumi said. Odd's driving was crazy enough when he was looking at the road.
Odd laughed. When they pulled up into a woody area by a fence, Odd parked. "You're going to make us climb the fence?" Yumi asked.
"Yeah, unless you are a gopher and dig under it," Odd said.
Ulrich smacked him in the back of the head for the lame joke. Odd quickly pulled himself over the fence followed by a slower Aelita. Ulrich pulled himself to the top with no problems, unlike Yumi.
When she got to the top, she realized that the knee of her jeans was caught on the fence.
"What's taking you so long?" Jeremie said.
"I'm stuck," she muttered. Odd burst out laughing hysterically. Ulrich began to laugh too. Yumi even felt herself smiling at the thought. She pulled on it gently, then harder. Then a little too hard. It ripped, sending Yumi over the fence backwards.
She was surprised when she landed in Ulrich's arms instead of on the ground. They looked at each other for a moment. "A-hem?" Odd said.
"Oh," Ulrich said, helping Yumi to her feet, his cheeks red. Jeremie then landed and they began to run towards the sewer opening, hoping it was still there. When they reached it, Jeremie said, "Wait. Look at ourselves. Look at what we're going to be like in ten years before we send ourselves back into adolescence," he said.
Yumi looked down at herself. She wore a red peasant top style shirt and black jeans. She really hadn't changed except for her hair. Ulrich was in a green t-shirt and khakis. He hadn't changed a bit. Aelita wore a pink polo shirt with white jean shorts.
Odd had changed a lot, but not even close to Jeremie. Odd's hair, for one thing, was now cut closer to his head. He wore a blue long sleeve shirt and jeans.
Jeremie though, looked like a whole different person. He had ditched the glass and grew his hair out a little, so it now hung into his eyes and around. He was taller than her, and he wore a black leather jacket with a white shirt under it and jeans.
"This is amazing," Yumi said softly.
"I can't believe this is what we're going to be like," Ulrich whispered.
Odd then said, "Okay, enough talking, time to go." They all smiled at Odd's bluntness.
They all made it down the ladders and were surprised to see five skateboards. "Looks like Jeremie got a little more adventurous," Odd said. Jeremie smiled. They got on to the skateboards, Ulrich muttering to himself about not know if he was sure he could do this.
When they finally reached the factory, Jeremie got off at his usual computer stop while the other four went to the scanners. There were the three extremely dusty gold tubes.
Jeremie managed to connect the computer. It sparked to life, and Jeremie laughed at how their technology must be compared to the ones that were in the world now.
"Okay, we ready for the trip back in?" Jeremie said, going over to the large gold switch. He pulled it upward, turning Lyoko back on. The hollow map appeared. Jeremie smiled.
He looked at the accounts, and was surprised by a new one. There was Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, Aelita, and an extra one. It was him! Jeremie had an account in Lyoko. He decided he'd wait and not try it out. But other than that, everything was the same.
"Well, Yumi, Aelita and Odd go. Ulrich, I'll virtualize you after," he said.
"Scanner Yumi. Scanner Aelita. Scanner Odd. Transfer Yumi. Transfer Aelita. Transfer Odd. Virtualization!" he said as he pressed enter.
They found themselves in the polar region. Soon Ulrich joined them As Yumi and Aelita looked at Odd and Ulrich, they began to laugh. Apparently, they two had grown…a lot. Odd's pants were up to his knees where Ulrich's were even shorter.
"Okay, we've got good news, and we've also got bad news. Which do you want to hear first?" Jeremie asked.
"Just tell us Jeremie," Odd said.
"Good news is that the tower is only a little ways away. The bad? There is probably the biggest swarm of monsters I have ever seen headed for you."
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I'm going to end it there because I am so tired, and I thought it would be a little too long if I kept going. I borrowed the future idea from my story Regret, which was thought of from the story with Scrooge. (Forgot totally what it is).
Anyways, I thought it was a little break from the other attacks. I'm going to try and alternate the attacks; one original, one from the show and so on. Review please, or the attack of the mutant hairy sock puppets will be upon you.