Confusion

A/N: I owe you all an update. =3 Mom thinks we might have gotten through to my dad, but I'm not holding out for that because I don't want to get my hopes up. I'm really hoping that it does work out, so keep sending good thoughts and/or prayers my way. =3

To the story!

Ulrich paced back and forth. They were lying, they had to be! Why would he kill someone! Yeah, he hated William, but that would never give anyone the right to KILL him! It just didn't make sense…. Ulrich couldn't even think straight.

"Ulrich? Is that you?" a voice said from behind the cover of some trees.

His head snapped in that direction and he saw William step out.

"Definitely you. Change back. I need to talk to you," William told him, crossing his arms against his chest.

Ulrich did as he was asked and then looked toward the ebony-haired teen in confusion. "What's going on?"

"Yumi and her family have gone psycho is what. Her dad was the one that snuck up behind you and then she killed a wolf that looked like me to try and pin it on you. They want to eradicate all the wolves from Kadic. I know you won't forgive me right now, but I know that what I was trying to do was wrong. We need to save all the other wolves and the only way I can see that happening is by working together. Xana's helping me for whatever reason still, but it's low on power. Three other wolves max and that might be a stretch. I'm not sure how long you and I could handle everything, but I just need to talk to Yumi," William responded, pacing the area.

"Can I have some time to think?" Ulrich asked, trying to process all the new information.

"Sure, try to get back to me by three. I'll let the wolves pacing at the Factory's entrance know that you're to be allowed through."

Ulrich nodded and watched as William walked off. He wasn't sure who or what to believe. That could have been Xana trying to trick him or it really could have been William telling him the truth. He knew that Hunters were born to hate werewolves, but Yumi did save him from her dad….

-Yumi-

She paced Mr. Delmas's office while they waited for Mr. Stern to call back. Ulrich's mom was on her way there, only about an hour or so away by now, and they needed to know how many people they were going to have fighting with them.

"I thought that having you all break the news to him was going to be best since you all are so close, but I was wrong. I apologize. Mr. Della Robbia, you're sure you're alright?" Mr. Delmas asked as he looked at each of their faces.

Odd nodded. "It was just a little slap and a bloody nose. Nothing to it, really. I've had my nose bleed from skateboarding accidents."

"Mr. Delmas, do you have any way to track Ulrich down? Maybe if one of you or his mom went to talk to him he might listen," Jeremie suggested, looking up from the ground.

At that second the phone rang and each of them froze as Mr. Delmas picked it up and began speaking.

Yumi was too pre-occupied with her own thoughts to really comprehend what was being said. She was really worried that Ulrich might end up being tricked by Xana. That wouldn't be good if they had to fight him.

"Don't worry, okay?" Odd said, placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"Mr. Stern said he'd be here by this afternoon. If we haven't found Ulrich by then he'll go and find him and bring him back here by force. To answer your question, Jeremie, there's a small chance that Leona might be able to track him, but we're not sure what his reaction to her approaching would be," Mr. Delmas explained to the teens.

"I think she should at least try. Odd can follow from the air and get her out if anything goes wrong," Aelita stated, looking worried.

"Odd's too brightly colored to be inconspicuous. Someone would spot him and then we'd have the media here as well. We need to try and keep this as low-key as we can. Jim's already told people that Kadic is having a wolf problem and that animal control would be being called if it continued too much longer. That's what the other students think is the case as well," Mr. Delmas explained, removing his glasses and rubbing between his eyes. "My daughter and the others are trying to keep this all quiet. Mainly it's the Hunters and the werewolves fighting."

"Yeah, I get whatcha mean, Mr. Delmas, but honestly something needs to be done about Ulrich. He attacked me and he could attack someone else that wanders off into the woods. Yumi said that dragons are hard to hurt and he got me bleeding, so he could seriously injure someone else," Odd explained, hands on his hips.

"Even more of a reason not to send Leona in there. He could kill her and from what I've heard from his father as well as Leona herself somewhere deep down Ulrich cares about Leona. Whether it's cares as a friend or more he'd really hate himself if anything happened to her on his account."

"I'm going. Whether you send Odd with me or not I'm going to go and try to talk to Ulrich. He needs to come to terms with this before something worse happens," Yumi stated as she headed for the door.

Mr. Delmas sighed and looked at Yumi. "Go if you must and take Odd with you. If anything the two of you might be able to knock some sense into him. I trust that you both will be alright. Call Mr. Belpois if there's any trouble and protect each other."

They both nodded and left the room.

-Ulrich-

He'd called Leona and she said she was on her way. She was a fast runner so he knew it wouldn't take her too long, but was still surprised when she did show up.

"Ulrich, everyone is extremely worried about you! Are you alright?" she asked frantically as she came into the clearing and hugged him. "You're not hurt, right?"

"I'm fine, Leona. It's just…. I didn't kill William, right? I don't understand how I could have…." He whispered, not looking her in the eye.

"I didn't see it, but Jim and the others did…. Yumi watched you kill William and she tried to stop you, Ulrich…. She yelled at you to stop because he was dead. She grabbed your arm to try and stop you…. When I got there it was horrible…. Your face was twisted in pain and you screamed. It looked like it freaked everyone out…. When you passed out Odd took you to your dorm room, Yumi called your parents, and Jeremie took Aelita to go tell Delmas what had happened…. I'm sorry Ulrich ,but you did kill him…." She explained in the most soothing voice.

"That isn't possible…. I saw him earlier…. He said that Yumi and her family was trying to kill all the werewolves…" he muttered, beginning to pace once again.

"Ulrich, that's impossible…. He's dead, okay? Please come back to the school with me…. Your mom will be there soon and your dad isn't too far behind her, I believe…. Your mom knows more about what's going on with you than I do, but from what I've heard it's something along the lines of a split personality or multiple personalities, but you only have two. Please Ulrich, I'm begging you…. Come back to the school and we can get this straightened out…."

"She's lying, you know," William said as he walked up. "I was just coming to see if you'd come up with your answer, Ulrich."

"Why would Leona lie?" Ulrich challenged, glaring at William.

"She's been told she'll be spared. If you come with me then we can make sure that all the werewolves are going to be safe and not the ones that promise to let them try to remove their werewolf side," William explained as Yumi and Odd walked into the clearing.

"Holy crap…." Odd muttered.

"What're you two doing here?" Ulrich asked, looking toward Odd and Yumi.

"We came to talk!" Odd exclaimed. "We didn't expect to see the ghost of William, though…."

He was more confused than ever….

A/N: So, let's see what happens from here. XD I imagine two more chapters from here and this story will be done. Then I'll go to one-shots for an unknown amount of time. =3

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~MoonlitxAngel