Disclaimer: GuessWhat? I finally own Code Lyoko!!!! Haha! Just kidding. I do not own Code Lyoko. I do own Musa and Cascada along with this stoy's plot.

Parents' Day: Never Alone

Musa's P.O.V.

I didn't need Odd to tell me what was wrong. I had heard what Chris and that man, Ken, had said. One of the perks, I guess, of being an A.I.: having inhanced hearing. So this Ken guy was Odd's father?

I really can't believe that. I mean, I see the resemblances, I guess but still…Odd never really talks about his family. I always got the feeling like he was trying to hide something. I really don't know. Sometimes I feel like I know Odd like the back of my hand but then something like this comes up and I feel... totally and utterly lost.

I want to help him. I want to make his pain go away, but how can I do that when I don't even know what's wrong? The only thing that I can think to do is just comfort him as much as I can. Odd has always been there for me, now it's my turn.

I wrapped my arms around him from behind, giving him a comforting squeeze and in return he laid his hands over mine. He still felt tense and I think I know why.

"Odd," I began. He squeezed my hand showing that he had heard. "Odd, you know, if you don't think you're up to it you don't have to perform," I whispered softly but I knew he heard. "I would understand. I just want you to be okay." He didn't respond. Slowly I pulled my arms away from him and backed up. "I'll let you think about it alone," I said softly before turning around and heading towards the door.

Before I even made it to the door I felt a tug on hand. When I turned around to ask Odd what he wanted I was pulled against him, his head burying in the crook of my neck. "Stay. Please. Don't leave," he murmured softly pressing me closer to him. Silent sobs shook his body and it hurt knowing that Odd, my Odd, was feeling this way. It felt so…unnatural.

"I'll never leave you, koibito," I whispered softly as I comforted him like he has always done for me. "You're not alone."

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Cascada stared jadedly at ceiling above, leaning back in her tilted chair. She blew a strand of her strawberry blonde hair out of her face, her green eyes narrowed tiredly.

Yumi envied her A.I. friend. The blonde always managed to pull things off with an air of indifference and boredom, like she had no fears at all, but she knew that wasn't true. Being Cascada's friend and also hanging with three boys, one brunette in particular who rarely showed his feelings, had taught her to be able to notice the signs of inner turmoil which her friend was clearly expressing despite her facade. Before she could ask her friend what was on her mind Hiroki came into the kitchen.

"Yumi, can you check my homework?" the younger boy asked.

"Why don't you just leave it out for mom to check?" Yumi asked.

"Sis, I not dumb. I can tell the difference between your handwriting and mom's. I know that you've been checking my homework instead of mom," the Japanese boy said.

"You knew?" Yumi asked slightly surprised.

"Yeah," Hiroki nodded, "I also know about what mom did to you," he said softly before finally noticing the silently Cascada. "Who is she?"

"Cascada Hikaru or Hikaru Cascada, whichever greeting you like, kid," the plant A.I. said before yawning while stretching out. "Yumi, when is your mother going to be here? I need to talk to her as soon as possible so we can get ready for the dance."

"Why do you need to talk to me Hikaru-san?" a voice said from the entrance way of the kitchen. The children looked up to see Mrs. Ishiyama standing in the doorway of the kitchen a bag of groceries in her hands and an expression that looked somewhere in between a scowl and a forced smile.

Cascada stood bowing politely to the older woman. It helped having a sister whom was obsessed with Japanese culture. "It's nice to finally meet you Mrs. Ishiyama."

"I wish I could say the same for you," Yumi's mother said but Cascada seemed to ignore the woman's comment, for now at least.

"Yumi told me that you were moving back to Japan," Cascada said.

"Yes," Mrs. Ishiyama said narrowing her eyes slightly. Both Yumi and Hiroki could see the tenseness in their mother's posture and voice as she sat down the bags. "We are moving to be closer to family."

"I see," Hikaru said, nodding. "With your permission, would it be okay if Yumi and Hiroki continued their studies at Kadic? I really see no point in taking them out so late in the year. You never know, things could change and you could find that you really don't want to move to Japan or at least allow them to become boarding students. They can always come home to Japan on the holidays."

The Japanese woman's force smile wavered for a second before she spoke in a strained voice. "Well, Cascada, I appreciate your concern for my children's education but in the end the decision is up to me. Boarding is out of the question though. At this moment we can't afford sending both of them to Kadic."

"Yumi has already informed me of that," the plant A.I. said noticing the subtle glare Mrs. Ishiyama directed at her daughter. "It really isn't a problem. I'll pay for their board and you won't have to worry about paying me back. Think of it as a gift."

"Well, your offer is very generous, but we can't take your money-"

"Actually you can," Cascada said cutting the woman off. "My parents left me a large sum of money before they...left. I'm sure they would understand a small portion of it being used for the name of education."

"I…see," Yumi's mother said slowly, "Could you…give us some time to think on this? To discuss this as a family?"

"Of course," the blonde nodded, her gaze never wavering.

"Well it's time for dinner. I believe that you should head back to Kadic, Cascada before you get in trouble for being out late."

"Yes," the green eye girl said before turning to Yumi, "I'll see you at the dance, okay?" she asked as Mrs. Ishiyama subtly tried to usher her out of the door.

"Okay," Yumi said quietly just before her mother slammed the door on her friend. Both she and Hiroki remained rooted to their spots as their mother slowly turned to face them.

"I…can not believe you, Yumi Ishiyama," she said slowly anger clearly evident on her face. "How dare you? How dare you tell a stranger about family issues?"

"Mama, she's not a stranger!" Yumi said quietly, shaking. "She's my friend! She was just trying to help!"

"I don't care! She shouldn't be in our business!" the Japanese woman yelled angrily knocking over the bags of food she had bought at the grocery store. Hiroki, afraid, stood behind his sister. "What is it? Do you want everyone to know that I can't keep my marriage together? That I am unfit to be a wife?" she asked. Yumi didn't respond for fear of making her mother's anger worst but instead not responding only made the woman angry. "Answer me!" she yelled pulling her arms back. Yumi gasped just having enough time to close her eyes before her mother's hand came into contact with her face again. But as she held her breath she didn't feel anything.

The geisha warrior opened her eyes to see Cascada standing in front of her, holding on tightly to her mother's wrist. Mrs. Ishiyama, Yumi, and Hiroki were shocked, wondering how the girl had gotten back inside but Mrs. Ishiyama's shock was soon quickly replaced with anger.

"You!" she growled, "you put it in my daughter's head to leave me!"

"I did no such thing," the blonde said calmly. "That was your own doing."

"Mine?"

"Yes. Look at your children. Look at how they see you," the plan A.I. demanded. The woman scowled before reluctantly doing so and she was surprised at what she saw.

Both her children were shaking, fear in their eyes as they stared back at her. She slowly sunk down to her knees, Cascada finally letting go of her wrist. Mrs. Ishiyama stared at her hands guiltily.

"Hiroki," Yumi said softly, "I think you should get some stuff ready and see if you can spend the night at a friend's." The boy nodded as he for once did what his sister had told him to do. He took one last look at his mother before leaving the room. "Mom?" Yumi said taking a hesitant step towards the now weeping woman. "Mom, I know you didn't mean those things and I-I just want to say that I forgive you," the Japanese girl said waiting for a response but she didn't get one.

Hiroki finally came down with two bags; one for him and one for Yumi. "We should leave," Cascada said eyeing her friend's mother sadly.

"Right," Yumi nodded before she and the others left the home, leaving the crying woman to herself.

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Aelita leaned over Jeremy's shoulder watching as he worked on the supercomputer.

"So like I was telling Cascada before, the signals that we got when we found Lana in the Replica and the one from the bubble thing seems to be the same," the blonde said briefly glancing over at the pink hair girl.

"So that means whatever was sending out the signal is the same thing, right?" Aelita asked.

"Yeah, but it seems to be living," Jeremy said leaning back in his chair and taking off his glasses to wipe them off. "I mean, it's just like Franz but it's not him. This is so confusing, more so then the whole Lana/Musa Rose/Cascada thing."

The girl smiled softly placing her hands gently on the computer whiz's shoulders. "I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out. I have faith in you," she said.

Jeremy cleared his throat, trying to hide his blush as he got back to work. "Um, anyway, I'm starting up a program so that we'll know about any other replicas that Xana has created. I think that if we find all of the replicas and destroy them then we'll be able to weaken Xana and get rid of him once and for all."

"And then we'll finally be able to have my father return to Earth," Aelita said already dreaming of the moment of being reunited with her father.

The blonde nodded though he wasn't too sure on the last part. He would do anything to help Aelita get her father back but the problem wasn't was if he would, it was if he could. Jeremy was a smart boy when it came to science, maybe even above smart but even he had his limits. He wasn't sure if he was able to handle the pressure by himself.

He looked at Aelita to voice his unspoken fears but couldn't when he saw the look of hope and happiness in her eyes. They were so close. They all knew that. The end was coming soon and the final showdown between Xana and the group was coming. All the boy could do was hope that things turned out for the best. Besides, as long as he had his princess and his friends with him he knew that things would be okay…right?

Jeremy was pulled out of his thoughts when the supercomputer began beeping. Both he and Aelita looked at the screen in shock as two windows popped up with warning signs.

"Oh no," Aelita gasped.

"Xana's really trying to push our limits," Jeremy growled before he prepared to call the others.

"How much time do we have before the dance?" Aelita asked worried.

"Not much," Jeremy said waiting impatiently for one of the others to pick up their phones.

"Musa's definitely not going to like this," Aelita muttered to herself.

So...yeah. It's short I guess. If I didn't stop here then it would be too long for my liking. Ugh. I really don't like the Cascada/Yumi scene. In wanted to add more but then I was afraid it would seem too...not realistic, not that I'm saying that what's there is but...you know, right?

Oh, koibito means sweetheart.

Anywho...my minds been kind of everywhere lately. Once again, Biology should just crawl somewhere and die. I just got finished with one project(and got a effing C on it it! I spent all Thankgiving on that crap!) and now I have another one. Also, I'm beggining a rough draft of a story that I want to get published. It was originally going to be an AU Code Lyoko story for this site with the characters from this story, but I decided that if I change the personalitities and appearances and alot of other stuff then I can make it into my own story and if I'm good enough I could get it published. I'm still in the planning stages though... Don't worry. I'll still be writing for FanFiction. I probably wont even be able to start on my original story till summer break with school and all.

Nothing more to say really other than I'm really tired and...PLEASE REVIEW!!!