In My Arms
Setting: season 4
Rating: K+
POV: Normal POV
"Ok, but I'm still going to win," Yumi said playfully. "In your dreams," Ulrich replied.
Yumi had beaten him, but Ulrich had complained that he wasn't ready. She agreed to a rematch. They backed up on the mat and bowed to each other, then began circling. "Yah!" Yumi went in with a punch to the shoulder. Ulrich jumped to the side and swung his foot up in an arc, but she caught it and yanked him. He fell to the floor and rolled, avoiding Yumi's capture. Both of them jumped back up.
Odd watched intently from the sidelines, while Jeremy and Aelita sat together with the laptop, working on finding William.
Ulrich started this time with a kick in the stomach, but once again Yumi caught it. Ulrich suddenly yanked his foot down, and the movement caused Yumi to jerk forward. She took advantage and rolled through his spread legs, ending up behind him. Ulrich spun to face her at the same time she jumped up.
Yumi spun and crouched, knocking Ulrich's legs from under him. On the way down, he managed to grab her arm. She came falling down, landing straight on top of him. Yumi pushed herself up and grunted as she struggled to pin his arms on the ground. It was similar with Ulrich, except that he was pushing on her shoulders, trying to get her off.
Suddenly they stopped struggling and blushed, realizing their close proximity.
Odd whistled.
"ODD!" They exclaimed, each turning their heads. "What?" he asked innocently, impish smile forming on his face. With a sigh, Yumi rolled off of Ulrich and onto the mat beside him. They laid there for a few minutes.
"Just what we need," Jeremy's voice disturbed the silence. "What?" three voices chorused, all heads turning to Jeremy and Aelita. "Activated tower," they said in unison. Everyone jumped up as Jeremy closed the laptop. He slipped it into the case and put it on his back, following the others through the tunnel in the gym.
They rode their vehicles down the sewer, and climbed up the ladder. Odd opened the porthole. Next came Ulrich, then Yumi, then Jeremy, who reached to help Aelita. She kicked it closed with her foot and they ran to the entrance. Odd, Ulrich, and Aelita swung down the ropes and landed on the floor. Jeremy swung down without incident, but Yumi lost her grip halfway down, caused by the sweat on her palms.
"Yumi!" Ulrich yelled, looking up. The others looked up and gasped.
Yumi prepared to bend her knees and roll so as not to get hurt as badly when she landed. Instead, she landed straight into Ulrich's arms.
They looked at each other and blushed. "Thanks," Yumi said shyly. "Ah, your welcome," Ulrich replied awkwardly, scratching the back of his head. "This is the second time you fell on me," he joked with a nervous laugh, cringing inwardly as to how lame it sounded. Yumi chuckled. "The first time, it was your own fault," she smiled at him.
"Well, I wouldn't have done it if you wouldn't have knocked my legs," Ulrich replied as a matter-of-factly. "Ok, ok, break up the love fest," Odd sighed. They blushed again.
Everyone got into the elevator. "I call shotgun on the skid!" Odd exclaimed. Aelita looked at him. "Odd, you know that there's no shotgun on the skid," she smiled. "Well there should be," Odd replied.
"Nah…. I don't think I could deal with having you right by me while I'm piloting. You'd drive me nuts, not to mention, Xana too," Aelita snorted as the elevator doors closed. "He could be a potentially dangerous weapon," Jeremy noted. Everyone laughed.
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Ahem. Now that I've got your attention, (Nothing gets it better in writing than bold print, huh?) I would like to announce that if you would like, you could send me idea. I'm being honest when I say I've still got some, but I'm interested to see what you could come up with for me to write about. Anyway, if you would really like to see me write about an idea or just to see what I can come up with, I'd rather you PM with the idea, not review.
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Never gets old. This is what I really wanted to tell you. Are you ready for the biggest, bestest, longest, fluffiest chapter yet? -crickets- ...O_O... No? Well TOO BAD. For my 20th story (And I know that this is only my 12th, but I'm just announcing it) I will be doing a Prom special! What will it be, you ask? JxA? YxU? OxSam? The answer is, ALL OF THE ABOVE. Yes, that's why it's the prom special. They'll have JxA for Jerlita lovers, YxU for Yulrich lovers, and OxSam for people that love OddxSam. Everyone can read about their favorite couple fluff and be happy! :) I would have rathered it to be the 50th, but I just can't wait that long. :) This chapter will be longer than the others, although I don't know how long.
Review, and tell me what you think about the 20th Story Prom Special!
