We sat on the usual bench in front of the administration office, Yumi on my right, Ulrich on my left, and Odd was sitting across from us with Jeremie. We had returned to the past just a few moments ago.

"Here she comes," Yumi warned us about the oncoming diva, Sissi.

"Hello, Ulrich dear! Can we talk for a minute?" Odd said mockingly, Ulrich shook his head and sighed.

Finally, Sissi approached us, "Hello Ulrich Dear! Can we talk for a minute?" Sissi said.

Ulrich reluctantly got up and went to deal with Sissi. They kept looking in my direction and Sissi was smiling.

After Sissi was dealt with we walked Yumi to the end of the grounds of Kadic to say goodnight.

"So, anyone feel like sneaking into town to get some ice cream or something?" Ulrich asked looking around.

"Can't, I have a heavy date with my pillow," Odd said with a pretend snore afterward.

"I need to work on Aelita's materialization program, but one of these days I'm gonna do it!" Jeremie and Odd left, Ulrich looked at Yumi and then at me.

"I'm really sorry Ulrich. I have to catch up on my studying, I'm behind thanks to all these XANA attacks. I'll see you tomorrow, ciao." Yumi said crossing the street and going home.

Ulrich turned towards me, "Anna? You wanna go get some ice cream?"

I smiled at him, "Sure." He smiled even brighter.

"Ahem. Where do you two think you're going?" Jim said from behind us.

"Nowhere, Jim," Ulrich said, and with that, we walked to our dorms.

Later I got a text message from Ulrich:

Ulrich: Sorry for almost getting us into trouble. Maybe we can go tomorrow?

Me: It's Okay. I'm sorry, I can't tomorrow. I'm helping with the yearbook. Maybe some other time?

Ulrich: It's fine, I understand. See you tomorrow. Goodnight.

Me: Goodnight, sweet dreams.

I set my phone on my nightstand and tried to dream, but all that came was nightmares.

Yumi and I were walking through the courtyard when we saw Emily and Ulrich ...flirting? Yumi stalked over to where Odd and Jeremie were sitting on a bench, I followed.

"What kind of a game does he think he's playing?!" Yumi fumed.

"He's just talking to her, Yumi. What are you? Jealous?" Odd teased.

Yumi glared daggers in his direction. "Me? Jealous of Emily?! You've got to be kidding. Besides, she's a year older than him, and that's a lot!"

"Uh, Yumi, so are you," Jeremie said looking up from his laptop.

I stared at the two, What's wrong with me? Why do I feel angry about Emily...am I...Jealous?

Suddenly Sissi walked over to me, "Quite a romance going on there, huh? Two months already, that's not bad." Sissi said.

I felt a lump form in my throat and it was hard for me to breath. Sissi walked away leaving me to stare at the couple. A sudden beeping interrupted my thoughts.

"XANA's launched an attack," Jeremie said pulling out his mobile. "That's weird, Ulrich must have shut off his phone."

"I'll go get him," I said without thinking.

"Okay, meet us at the factory," Odd said, with that, they walked away.

I took a deep breath and pretended to smile. 'I can do this.' I walked over to the two. "Hey, Ulrich. can I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure Anna. I'll be right back Emily."

I felt jealousy boil inside of me, "Jeremies been trying to reach you, XANA's launched an attack." Emily was looking at us, I felt as though I was going to explode in rage.

"XANA again? Gone on, I'll be right there." He said with a shrug, he turned to go and I grabbed his hand, "What do you mean 'go on'?!" I practically yelled.

"Cool it, huh Anna?"

I stared at him, "Okay I'll cool it. But first, tell me what's going on with you and Emily."

He pulled his hand away, "Nothings going on. I like her, we get along really well. I don't understand the problem unless that bothers you." He countered.

"Bothers me?! I mean-uh- No! It's just, you could have told us about it- me about it! Like buddies!"

"So that's what you think of us; 'buddies'. I always wondered what I meant to you, now I know!"

"That's right, buddies, friends-And even something more- but that doesn't matter, that's not how you want it. Not like Emily! Ugh, Ulrich!"

"Okay, then what do you think of me- of us, huh? And be honest. And while you're at it, tell me your feelings for Odd too." He was getting angry.

"Me, be honest?! You and Emily have been together for two months without a word, and you tell me to be honest?!" I yell at him.

"Where did you get that idea from? Emily and I aren't- forget it. I'm not going to defend myself to you! Ciao!" He said walking back over to Emily grabbing her hand and walking away.

I felt tears in my eyes, I tried to stop myself, but my emotions got the better of me and I started to cry. My phone vibrated in my back pocket I answered it immediately, "Ulrich?! Oh, hi Jeremie. Yeah. He's on his way. Yeah, me too. Okay." I hung up and ran to the factory, my face was still red and my eyes were puffy. When I reached the Super Calculator room Odd, Jeremie and Aelita, who was on the monitor, were the only ones there.

"Wheres Yumi?" I asked trying to hide the shakiness in my voice.

"Family emergency," Odd said turning to me.

He looked angry and confused when he saw my face, he walked over and hugged me. "What happened?"

"Ask your 'good buddy' Ulrich," I said and the tears started to flow again. I cried silently for a few minutes until I heard the elevator open. I let go of Odd and looked over to see Ulrich. He was glaring at Odd and me, I ignored him.

"I think one of you should do some reconnaissance on Lyoko," Jeremie said.

"Send Ulrich, he needs to be entertained," I said turning away from him.

"Ladies first, get her out of our hair." He retorted.

"Alright, that's enough. I'm tired of all this quarreling. Aelita needs us and that what I call an emergency. So head to the scanners, all of you are going!" Jeremie said angrily. We all looked at him in surprise and headed to the elevator. After we were in the scanner the process started. "Transfer Anna, transfer Ulrich, transfer Odd. Scanner Anna, scanner Ulrich, scanner Odd. Virtualization." There was a rush of air then were floating above the Desert Sector.

Aelita smiled at us, "Hey."

"Hi Aelita," Odd said glumly.

"Aelita, there was a bug at the moment of transfer is everyone-"

"Everyone's here. Safe, sound, and ready to go."

"XANAs infected a program, but I can't tell which one."

"I'll check it out," Aelita said walking over to the way-tower. "You won't kill each other if I leave you alone, will you?" Aelita teased.

I scoffed at her comment. I sat on a bunch of rocks waiting for Aelita and reflecting on what had happened today. Out of nowhere, a Kankerlot approached.

"You go, you're the closest," Ulrich said to Odd.

Odd stood and pointed his arms at the monster, "Be careful Odd. This monster could kill you guys for good." Jeremie warned. Odd fired an arrow hitting the eye of XANA and exploding. The explosion sent Odd flying backward.

"Jeremie what just happened?!" Ulrich asked unsheathing his saber and I ran over to Odd.

"Oh no! Odds lost fifty life points already!" Jeremie yelled worriedly.

"Calm down Jeremie. Odds still with us." I said helping him up.

"I don't understand how could-"

Jeremie was cut off by Ulrich "Jeremie, Aelita takes this kind of risk all the time, we just have to be a little more careful, that's all."

"Yeah but this time XANAs trapped us, and we can't make a mistake," I added looking for monsters.

"It'll make the fight a little more exciting," Odd said cracking his knuckles.

Aelita ran out of the tower, "I need to deactivate the tower before XANA can concentrate all of his power on us."

"Alright. Hurry, and watch out for XANAs monsters." Jeremie said.

Without wasting a moment we ran to the tower. I readied my scythe as we neared the tower. No monsters so far. That's not a good a sign.

"Jeremie, how are we doing?" Aelita asked breathlessly.

"You're almost there. There are two Mega-Tanks and a Krab waiting for you guys." He sounded scared. We spotted the monsters and hid behind a nearby pile of rocks.

"If we try to get through this were done for!" Odd said peeking over the rocks slightly.

"I don't think so, we just need to hang on until Aelita enters the code," Ulrich said optimistically.

"It yoohoo it's us time!" Odd said with a big grin.

"Alright, Odd and I will take on the mega-tanks and Anna you can handle the Krab. Aelita you gotta run." Ulrich said to her, he then looked at me. "Be careful Anna." He said quietly.

"I, uh, you too Ulrich," I said blushing slightly.

We got up and ran towards the monsters. I reached the Krab only to get fired at. I got in the shoulder and fell to my knees in pain.

"Anna!" Odd called out I looked up to see the Krab attacking him.

"'I'm coming!" I stood up and teleported to a nearby rock structure. I ran atop the structure following the Krab. I saw an opening to attack and jumped off the structure and I threw my Scythe hitting the mark of XANA. Before it charged a laser and shot me before it exploded. The blast launched me over the side of the platform.

"Anna!" I could hear Ulrich scream.

I closed my eyes and waited for the end. Something suddenly grabbed my wrist. I opened my eyes to see Ulrich on the platform holding on to my wrist."I got you, Anna." He pulled me up and I hugged him.

"Ulrich..." I pulled away and looked at the ground, blushing. He lifted my chin and leaned in, but before our lips met a bright light appeared.

"Return to the past now." Jeremie's voice echoed around us as everything was submerged in light.