Mixed Feelings

A/N: No long author's note this time. XD I know that some of you don't read them. XD Anyway, this is still a continuation from the last chapter. XD What do you think about Alice's predicament? Baby or no? I'm curious. XD

To the story!

Alice sucked in her breath and hit the call button. She had to talk to Jeremie and find out what was gong on…

"Alice, I really can't talk right now. I'm a bit busy. Can you call back later?" Jeremie's panicked voice replied shakily, a shooting sound from the background.

"Take that!" she heard Odd yell.

"No, I can't call back later. I'm tired of all this. I want Ulrich back and I want to know where you all disappear to all the time. Ulrich's in trouble, Jeremie. I know it. I can feel it… He's hurting," she stated into the phone, ignoring all the strange sounds. She assumed it was a video game.

"We have no idea where he is, Alice. We were looking for him too, if you don't remember. Alice, listen, I have to go. I'll call you back when I get the chance. Bye," he told her hanging up.

Alice let loose an aggravated sigh and stomped her foot. She hated how they weren't telling her things. Ulrich was in pain! He was hurting! And they were keeping secrets from her.

-Ulrich-

"I've always been and will always be some sort of failure… I failed my parents, I've failed my best friends, and I know I've failed Alice, too… You hear me, Xana? Just kill me now!" he shouted, lifting his head up only long enough to look down the tunnel to shout toward Leon.

"Ulrich, you know you don't mean that… You haven't failed Alice. You may have failed us before, but you came back to make-up for that… That's the Ulrich I want to see. The one that came back to us, the one that fights on Lyoko…"

"I'm afraid…" he whispered almost inaudibly.

"Of…?" she asked, scooting closer in case he whispered again.

"Everything… I became this druggy alcoholic with an attitude problem… What are people going to think of me…? My parents already think I'm a failure…" he whispered even lower.

-Jeremie-

"Keep circling from the air, Odd!" Jeremie shouted up to Odd as he tapped the blue watch that sat on his wrist. A small version of the supercomputer screen appeared and he called Sissi. (A/N: Again, use your imaginations with his outfit. XD)

"Hey, I think I might have found Ulrich and Yumi… Some kids said that they saw Ulrich and Yumi walk off with that Leon kid. They walked toward the beach (a/n: Let's pretend there's a beach nearby, 'kay? Since we really don't know… XD)," she said as soon as she picked up the phone.

"Be quick. Odd, Aelita, and I are doing alright, but we could really use your help," Jeremie told her as two megatanks rolled up. "Xana's fighting really hard this time and I bet you it's because it knows it might win with only three of us here… But it didn't plan on me being here…"

"Jeremie! You're needed over here!" Aelita shouted as she shot off an energy field in an attempt to keep the six krabs in front of her at bay.

"Okay, I'll try to get closer and see if I can get Ulrich and Yumi out. Call if you need me," she stated as she hung up.

-Yumi-

She knew that Ulrich didn't like sharing how he was feeling and was happy that he was telling her now… "Ulrich… You don't have to be-"

"That took awhile," Leon said as he walked to where the two were. "Yes, Ulrich, you're a failure. You don't belong on Earth. You were a mistake. Trust me, not even your parents want you around anymore." As he talked he walked over to where the two sat and took Yumi by the arm and pulled her to her feet. "She doesn't care. She just wants the old you back for her own selfishness."

Yumi attempted to pull her arm free to no avail. By himself Leon was pretty strong and a Xanafied Leon would win hands down in any kind of fight. No matter how strong she was. "Ulrich, that isn't true! If your parents didn't want you they wouldn't have tried to help you at all! They would have let you die!" she didn't know why she was shouting, but it seemed to help a small bit.

Leon covered Yumi's mouth. "Are you going to believe her or me? I haven't done a thing to you, Ulrich. You stopped fighting me and I stopped attacking you… I haven't attacked your family or Alice… These guys have hurt you. They kept bothering you. Did you tell them they were the reason you started the drugs in the first place?"

"H-How do you know-?" Ulrich began, his voice shaking.

"How do I know all this? I might let you know someday," he replied as he walked off with Yumi.

Yumi twisted herself around to face Ulrich and saw him hide his face again. He was hurting really bad and there was nothing she could do…

-Sissi-

She watched Leon leave the cave, dragging Yumi along toward the woods, and as soon as he was far enough away she dashed into the cave.

"Go away… I'll just die in this cave by myself, okay? You already took Yumi so why don't you just leave me alone… I know I'm a failure…" Ulrich whispered as she got close enough for him to hear her walking.

"You're not a failure," she stated forcefully, her hands on her hips.

"I let you guys down and-" he started with a sigh.

"Get up. Right now," she demanded, glaring down at the brunette.

"Sissi, I'm not in the mood for-"

"I said now!" she shouted, her voice reverberating off the cave walls.

"You're not-"

"Ulrich Stern, you get your butt off that cave floor right now!"

She saw the clear fear on his face as he quickly stumbled to push himself off the floor. Her voice had gotten screechy and it bouncing off the walls didn't sound much better. "Sissi, I-"

"You and I are going to get Yumi back. Now, I demand that you stop sulking. And quit with the whole self-pity thing. If you want people to not see you as how you were before and see you as you were back when you were at Kadic before you left and now then act like it! Go save Yumi!"

A/N: I'm sorry! I know this chapter probably sucks… : ( I wrote most of it when I was tired and reading this fic that's funny, but the writing style isn't the best and normally when I read those while writing my writing is crap… -_-""" sorry… D:

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~MoonlitxAngel