Ulrich stood dumbfoundedly in the rain. He just stared towards the edge. He couldn't move. He couldn't speak. He just stared. No expressions went across his face. Not sorrow, not fear, not anger, nothing. Nothing could explain how he felt all of a sudden. 'This can't be real, he though to himself. 'This is just... a bad nightmare. Odd would never do something like that. This... is just a terrible dream... I just need to wake up, haha. Silly me...' Ulrich began walking away from the edge of Relinquent Point, and back down the path to Kadic. He began to pinch himself, and continued during his whole walk. "Wake up... wake up..." he mumbled as he walked. "Wake up... wake up..." as he walked and mumbled, he stared down at the floor intently. He was determined to get out of this nightmare. Suddenly, he felt something under his foot, and he slipped. A mud puddle. He fell on the ground and began to shiver even harder than he was before. He sat up and wrapped his arms around his knees, and continued to mumble "wake up...". It was already getting late, but he didn't care. It was just a bad dream, after all.

"Even with this umbrella," Aelita began, "we're getting soaked. This rain is coming down so hard! Are you sure they're not on campus?" Yumi nodded her head as they continued walking. The rain and wind both seemed to be getting stronger, which the two had thought not possible. 'It's so cold out here... I don't think I can stand this for very long. Those two better be there, or else, I'll... I'll..' A- A- Achoo! Aelita let out a sneeze and then sniffled. 'Great... now I'm gonna get – huh?' She stopped her thought process for a moment as she felt something get thrown over her shoulders. She turned around to see Yumi smiling. "But... aren't you cold, Yumi?"

"No, I'm fine," lied Yumi as she shivered.

"You're obviously freezing. You need your jacket more than I do."

"No Aelita, I'm fine. Trust me. I want you to be warm."

Aelita smiled and the two continued walking. After a few seconds, the wind begin to howl and the rain fell violently. "I don't think we should be out here right now... let's wait for it to let up a little!" yelled Yumi. "Let's go over there, under that tent!" About 30 feet away, there was a park. In bench area, there were a few benches covered by a giant metal tent, used to create shade for the park goers. The two girls ran towards the benches, finally sitting down in the dryness. "Wow, finally some relief from the rain," said Aelita.

"I know... It's freezing out here... those two idiots better be thankful for us looking for them!"

"Hey Yumi..."

"Yeah?

"Remember last summer when we hung out over here pretty much everyday?"

"Yeah... it was pretty fun. I just wish it was as warm now as it was then!"

"I know... instead of all this rain. But remember that one day?"

Yumi thought for a second. "Oh, when we were walking around the park, and it started to rain, a little like this?"

"Yeah... but not this bad!"

The two of them began laughing softly. "And I was already getting sick," continued Aelita, "so you gave me your jacket then, too."

"Yeah, I didn't want you to get sicker. I care about you."

Aelita smiled and looked straight in Yumi's eyes. "Thanks for that, Yumi. And for today too. I'm glad that we're friends. You mean a lot to me." She hugged Yumi momentarily, and then remembered what they had come to do. "Oh yeah, we should go. The rain's letting up a little." It was still raining hard, but not to the point that no one could walk through. She helped Yumi up and the two continued to walk down the path.

"And that's that!" yelled Jeremie triumphantly. "Now that I've erased every last data file of the Art Sector, it's like it never even existed! Which means that no tower was destroyed, and no tower is currently active. I better not tell that story to Yumi and Aelita though... they'd kill me if they found out I made them go to Lyoko for nothing!" He began to walk away from the computer when he heard the alert sound going off. "Oh no, now what?" He looked at the computer screen to see that a tower had been activated in the Ice Sector. "Well, they're going to hate me even more for sending them into Lyoko twice in one day, but oh well..." Jeremie reached for his cell phone to dial Yumi's number. Right when he put the phone to his ear, electricity shot out electrocuted him. As the phone hit the floor, XANA's eye could be seen on the screen.

The electricity went back into the phone. The call had ended, but the electricity went through the phone and into the signal. It went straight to the Kadic signal tower, and waited for the next person to use their cell phone to call someone.

"Ughhh, why does this kind of thing always happen to me?" Jay looked down on the floor, all of his stuff spilled out of the box and scattered everywhere. All of the work he had done so far, too, had been undone. He'd have to pick his all of his stuff, and put stuff back where it was. "I'm always the one to be on this end of the prank." He sighed and sat down on Ulrich's bed. 'I know! I can have Tommy help me! He reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. He dialed the number and put the phone to his ear. BZZZT! Jay was electrocuted and fell to the floor. XANA's plan was now in motion.

Jay crept down the hall, hoping not to draw attention to himself. He made his way down to Aelita's room and made sure no one was looking when he snuck in. He got on Aelita's computer and began to type frantically. Walls and walls of code went down the screen before finally turning completely blue. "Hehehe," Jay chuckled evilly. He touched the screen and it seemed to go back to normal. BZZZT! Jay felt as if he had been electrocuted, and began to feel dizzy. 'What... how did I... get... here...' He collapsed on the floor.

The rain started to let up, and Ulrich had decided that it wasn't so cold out after all. He began walking back towards Kadic, his mind blank. 'Wow, that was a bad dream,' he thought to himself. As he walked, he began to wonder why Odd wasn't following behind him. 'Eh, he'll catch up. Once he realizes that there's food back at school.' Ulrich made it into the gates of Kadic, and he suddenly realized that he hadn't seen Odd following him at all. This worried him, and he began to panic a little inside. He walked past the people in the halls and made it back up to his room. He walked in to see Odd passes out on his bed. 'Silly Odd,' he thought to himself. Odd looked rather content the way he was outstretched on the bed. Ulrich was just glad that Odd decided at the last minute not to jump. He didn't know what he'd do if he'd lost his best friend. It'd been a close call, but he didn't care. He was in his room with his best friend. He'd stayed for him. And that meant the world to him. Odd was just so...

Sweet.

Caring.

Funny.

Kind.

Thoughtful.

Adorable.

Just...

Perfect.

...but no matter how hard they shook him, Ulrich's cold body wouldn't respond.

Okay... so, I definitely got WAY more than 3 more reviews... and this has been over YEARS of inactivity! So I just wanted to thank you all, and hope you don't kill me for the false update! DX But because of all of the reviews I've gotten, apparently you want my story to be continued. So... I shall continue it! :) Chapter 11 will be in progress shortly.

But as a little side project, I've noticed Chapters 1-8 are much shorter and lack details compared to Chapters 9 & 10. I've rewritten the first two chapters, and plan on rewriting the remaining 6 as well. The story points are the same, the only difference is they're a bit more in depth, detailed, a bit longer. If you're okay with it / would like revamped chapters / are against the idea, please let me know in a review or contact me, I promise it will not get in the way of new chapters! Thank you all ffor your support, I hope I will not disappoint with upcoming chapters! =T