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F. Ulrich: Hey, guys! Naruto'sramengirl doesn't own code Lyoko, Pokémon, Zelda, or Naruto. She won't' even own it ten years from now. Or even ten years after that, or ten years—

We get it. So here's Chapter 37: You're Second to None

"Okay, everyone, let's get this show on the road!" Cam said.

"But I'm hungry!" Odd whined.

"You're always hungry!" Sam muttered.

"I am a growing boy!"

"Here, now zip it!" Link said as he threw a bag chips at Odd's face.

Ugh, well we start with us back at Lincoln, and Cam and I were seeing the gang again.

"Hey, guys!" Ulrich said as he ran towards Leslie, Dolslik, Sonrick, and Burrick with Cam behind him.

"Ulrich!" Leslie exclaimed as she tackled into a hug.

"I missed you too." Ulrich said, gasping for breath.

"Hey, guys." Dolslik said.

"Hi, Ulrich. Hi Cam." Burrick smiled.

"Did you get Japanese cooties?!" Sonrick said as he came out of the nowhere.

"There's no such thing as cooties!" Leslie yelled.

"So did you bring back something cool?" Dolslik asked.

"I got this!" Ulrich pulled a piece of silk which turned out to be a silk headband with a red circle that was surrounded with white, showing that it was the Japanese flag.

"Cool!" Dolslik said as he examined it.

"Isn't that Japans' flag?" Leslie asked.

"It sure is." Cam said.

"You're becoming cooler by the second!" Sonrick exclaimed.

"but you should be safe." Leslie said.

"So-so anything c-cool about Japan?" Burrick asked.

"They have actual superheroes that get to save the whole world whenever this evil dragon man shows up!" Cam said.

"Really?" Sonrick said.

"Yeah, they're the Rising Red Sun Warriors . . ." so Ulrich and Cam told them about the legend.

"Wow! That sounds cool!" Leslie exclaimed. "Maybe one of us is in it."

"That would be the coolest!" Sonrick said.

"Yep, life in America is great." Inner Ulrich said.

"It is nice to be back." Futrich said.

Then after a pause they both said, "I could go for some ramen."

You know, nothing big happened in the GLAA last year in Japan. But something big happened this time.

Ulrich and Cam were in the GLAA. They were on their way Zeke's house when said boy ran up to them.

"Hey guys! Guess what." Zeke said excitedly.

"What?" Cam asked.

"I have superpowers!"

"Really?" How'd you find out?" Ulrich asked.

"I'll show. Let's go outside." Zeke said as he led the way outside.

"You better blow us away with these powers of yours." Inner Ulrich said to Zeke. "We don't want any of the weak stuff too."

"Hey, I'm a beginner." Zeke replied. Zeke outstretched his hands and concentrated on the ground. Then a piece of the ground flew into Zeke's hand. "See, I control the ground."

"That's Kawaii Crazy!"

"Soon you'll be a great superhero like Ulrich." Futrich remarked.

"I talked my parents into giving me a sensei so I'll be getting stronger in no time."

"Come on! Let's go find Link and tell him the good news." Cam said.

Good things were happening all around. Zeke was a superhero now and I getting stronger all the time. But I did need help.

Ulrich was sleeping soundly when all of a sudden, Bobo jumped onto his bed and screeched Ulrich woke up with a fright. "What's goin' on?" he asked groggily as he looked around wildly, "Bobo, why'd you wake me up?"

Bob grabbed Ulrich's wrist and dragged him to the window and pointed outside. "I don't see anything."

"It's official, that monkey's lost it." Inner Ulrich said.

"Do you know what's up?" Ulrich asked.

"I do, I know everything remember?"

"Well?"

"I don't feel like telling you."

"But this is serious!" Ulrich exclaimed.

"But I'm sleepy, look I'll come back in the morning."

"Good for nothing." Ulrich muttered as he continued to look into the sky. That's when he saw a man flying towards someone who was running for their lives. "Banzai, Banzai, BANZAI!" Ulrich whispered as he flew out of his window and towards the flying man. "Stop right there!" Ulrich said as he kicked the man in the head.

"What? I just wanted her number." The man said.

"Then call 911!" Ulrich said as he threw a few punches, only for them to be dodged. Then the man kicked Ulrich into the ground.

"It's time that you learned your lesson, kid." Before the man could do anything, Bob gave a screech and uppercutted the man in the jaw. "What?! A monkey?!"

"Ooh Ooh Ah!" Bobo screeched as he kicked the man in the chest. The man was lifted up off of the ground and then landed on his back.

Ulrich stood up only to see the man knocked out. "Wow, great job, Bobo. You're smart. Too smart actually. That's when Ulrich remembered that Bobo had been with him when he got his powers. Ulrich smiled. Come on Bobo let's go back to bed.

So my pet monkey had superpowers, and so did my best friend, Zeke. Seemed like the summer before second grade and the grade itself would be filled with many changes. Like Rachel having the ability to kick people's butts.

Rachel was just about to enjoy her candy bar when Rick walked by and took it. "ooh, Hershey's! My favorite."

"Hey!" Rachel exclaimed. She ran towards Rick and karate chopped Rick in the knee.

Rick toppled over. "Ow!"

"Where'd you learn that, Rachel?" Amy asked, staring at Rick in awe.

"From Sensei Shang. He's been giving me lesson ever since we came back."

"So you can kick butt?" Ulrich asked.

"Not completely. One day I will be able to. Just stay on my good side, Spike."

"She scares me." Inner Ulrich said.

"She's going to do something very wild one day." Futrich stated.

"You both are not making this easy for me." Ulrich replied.

"She's Rachel!" Inner Ulrich exclaimed.

"It's GOING to be hard." Futrich explained.

School started and there was no trouble at all through the first semester. Then when school started again, Leslie began acting strange.

"Ulrich if you do this stunt, you'd be the craziest boy in history!" Cam exclaimed.

"Could you die by doing this?" Sonrick asked.

"Yes." Leslie said angrily.

"Lighten up, Leslie. I'll be alright." Ulrich said.

He was on the rooftop of his house, and he was going to skateboard across the roof and onto the other rooftop of the neighboring house. He would continue until he landed on the rooftop of the last house on the block.

"Okay, here I go!" Ulrich took off and went fast-paced. He jumped from rooftop to rooftop. The gang followed as they ran towards the last house. Ulrich was on the second last house. He mad the jump, but miscalculated. He landed on the edge, and he was losing his balance.

"Ulrich!" Leslie yelled in fright. Ulrich managed to shift his weight and fall onto the roof. Ulrich then got down by jumping onto a tree and climbing down. When he landed on the ground, Leslie tackled him in a hug. "You're safe!" Then she went into a rage. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING! YOU COULD HAVE DIED!"

"Calm down, Leslie, I'm sorry." Ulrich said, scared.

"Do you even care about yourself?"

"Leslie I'm sorry, but you never acted like this before. Is something else wrong?"

Leslie looked at Ulrich and merely shook her head. "I'm sorry, Ulrich . . . I . . . I need to go."

When the boys approached Ulrich, they all gave Ulrich inquisitive looks. "Wha-what's wrong?" Burrick asked.

"Leslie's out of it."

"Why?" Dolslik asked.

"I dunno." Ulrich said. "Let's call it a day." Ulrich said depressingly.

The next day, Leslie was back to her old self, so we acted as if we weren't worried. A month passed, and everything was right. Then that cold February day came. Everything went horribly wrong.

"So who's babysitting me?" Ulrich asked his parents who were dressed for a company dinner.

"Mr. Shang will." Mr. Stern said.

"Sensei Shang his for me." Rachel said.

"And where are you going?" Ulrich asked.

"My friend, Sarah is having a slumber party."

"And we're going to a birthday party." Cam said, speaking for Amy as well.

"What about you, Rick?" Ulrich asked.

"I have a date." Rick bragged.

"With Saiyushi?"

"Ha ha ha-NO." (This happened in code Lyoko)

"So it's me and Cedric who are going with Master Shang?"

"No, Mr. Shang said he's not a good with babies." Mrs. Stern said. "So he's staying here with the butlers and maids.

"And I'm going to Master Shang's why?"

"Because Leslie's staying there, se we thought that you'd rather be with a friend." He mother said.

"Okay." Ulrich said cheerily.

When 4:30 came around, Ulrich and the others drove off. Rick was leaving later so he remained home. After dropping Cam, Amy, and Rachel off, Ulrich was finally dropped off at Master Shang's.

"Hey, Master Shang!" Ulrich greeted.

"Hello, Ulrich. Leslie's in the TV room, my wife will get you two for dinner." The old man smiled. "She's making ramen.

Ulrich's face exploded with delight "Okay!" the excited boy ran into the room and sat down next to Leslie who was watching TV.

"Hi, Ulrich!" Leslie said. "So what should we do?"

"Let's play Ninjas of the Night." Ulrich said in a deep, serious voice when saying the name of the game.

Master Shang even played by being the evil samurai that was sent to defeat the young ninjas.

"You will never defeat us!" Ulrich said. He ran up and faked punch.

"You will have to do better than that." Master Shang said as he pretended to cut Ulrich with a sword.

"Ah!" Ulrich said as he clutched his chest.

"No! Ulrich!" Leslie said as she reached Ulrich.

"Leslie, tell Juliet that I love her!" Ulrich whispered as he "died."

"I will avenge you!" Leslie said. She then pretended to deliver a fatal blow to Master Shang, "killing" him."

They had a laugh as the doorbell rang through the house.

"I'll see who it is." Master Shang said. He checked through the peep hole, and then went to the kitchen. He told his wife something, and then both came out. Mitsu, Shang's wife, walked over to the kids and told them to go into the basement.

"But why?" Ulrich asked.

"Is everything alright?" Leslie added.

"Don't you worry." Mitsu said. She patted them into the basement and made sure that she gave a noticeable to a staircase that led outside. Ulrich and Leslie did exactly, what she wanted them to do and looked at the exit. Then Mitsu closed the basement doors and left.

Ulrich and Leslie were quiet. Then they heard voices. Then the sound of movement. A thud. Then they heard someone struggling with something. An utter of paint, and then another thud. Ulrich and Leslie were terrified by this point.

Then they heard slow footsteps. The basement doors opened, pouring light into the dark room. Then a head popped up. Straggly black hair dangled from the height, and a pair of gold eyes gleamed in the light. It was Ze.

Ulrich was filled with shock. "Who are you?" Leslie asked.

"Ze smirked as he jumped into the basement. "You don't have to worry. I need to ask Ulrich a question. Well, are you going to become evil?"

"Ulrich would never become evil! No matter what!" Leslie yelled. She was soon possessed by rage. Ulrich was taken aback by Leslie's sudden change in character, but did agree as he nodded.

"Then tonight is a bad night." Ze said angrily as he walked towards the two.

Ulrich was about to go Banzai Boy, but Ze rushed forward and smacked him across the face. Then he punched him hard in the face, knocking him onto the ground. Then he kicked him in the stomach, sending him rolling. After putting Ulrich on the ground, Ze turned towards Leslie.

"I won't let you kill him." Leslie announced.

"I don't want to kill him. Oh no, I have a different in mind!" Ze growled.

Leslie realized what he meant, and was furious. "I won't let you, not yet!" Leslie said.

Ze ran forward Leslie yelled, "I won't let you hurt us!" then there was an explosion and someone flew into the wall and slid to the floor.

Then Ulrich was being pulled to his feet. He looked at the person who was pulling on him and saw that it was Leslie." Leslie what did you do to Ze?"

"So that's his name. Don't worry about Ze; we need to get out of here." Ulrich nodded and then both climbed through the staircase that led to outside. Leslie and Ulrich continued running until they were about two blocks away. "Leslie," Ulrich panted, "what's going on?"

"Don't worry about that. I need to tell you something." Leslie said.

"What is it?"

"Ulrich, Ze can't make you evil, because fate has in store for you to be good."

"Why fate?"

"Because, Ulrich, you are the—Ahh!" Leslie screamed. She fell to the ground. Behind her stood Ze who had just fired a blast then ran forward.

"Banzai, Banzai, BANZAI!!" Ulrich roared. He then delivered a blazing punch to Ze's head. Then he delivered a fiery kick to his stomach. Ze retaliated with a knee to his stomach. Then Ze uppercutted him, and sent Ulrich felt raindrops beginning to fall. It quickly became heavy. Ze walked over to Leslie making sure that he stepped on Ulrich along the way.

When he reached the girl, he grabbed her by the throat, and began punching and kicking. Leslie cried in pain. She tried countless times to get out of his grip, but to no avail.

Ulrich struggled to his feet. Then he made the rainwater fly like liquid needles and stab Ze in his back. Ze punched Leslie onto the ground and turned towards Ulrich. Ze ran forward, but Ulrich wrapped his fist with his vines and punched Ze hard in the mouth. Then he followed it up with a kick to his face.

Ze countered by uppercutting him. Then he kneed him in the stomach. He stood Ulrich up straight. Then he began to focus power in his right hand. It glowed white, being the only light this late at night. He punches Ulrich right in his heart, and Ulrich felt his insides tearing apart. He felt incredible pain as if he were being ripped in half. Then the strangest thing happened. Ulrich fell forward in his normal clothes. Banzai Boy fell backward in his superhero outfit. Ze had separated Ulrich from his superpowers. Banzai Boy was unconscious, probably even dead.

Ulrich was paralyzed with pain. Ze began walking towards Leslie once more, but Ulrich grabbed him by his foot. "Please . . . leave her alone." Ze stopped for a moment. Then he stood Ulrich up and jabbed his fingers into Ulrich's leg. The leg stiffened and became heavy.

"Leave me alone, and watch as I ruin your friend." Ze returned to Leslie, and Ulrich tried to walk, but this leg wouldn't budge. He looked down, and saw that it was turning into stone. Soon, his other leg started turning into stone as well. Ulrich was panicking. He looked up to see Ze now standing over his friend.

"No!" he cried. He tried to move from his spot, but his legs were rock solid and not going anywhere. "Please!" Ulrich pleaded as he stretched an arm out. The stone was spreading over his stomach, and headed towards the other arm. "Leslie!" Ulrich shouted in a voice close to tears. Ze grabbed her by her throat and picked her. She was dangling above Ze, as the evil boy's hand glowed green.

"Don't hurt her!"Ulrich yelled. His cry for mercy fell on deaf ears. His entire body was almost stone. He stretched out his arm, only to see the stone shoot up and cover his entire arm. His neck was stiff and soon the stone covered the back of his head. It was covering his face now. Ulrich couldn't blink. One eye was now made of rock, and the other one formed a tear that slid down his tone face. Ulrich could still see Leslie and Ze. Just how Ze wanted it. Ze slammed his hand onto Leslie's face. Her entire body became illuminated by the green light. All Ulrich could hear was Leslie's blood curdling screams of pain and agony. All Ulrich could see was Ze's evil smile as he watched in pure joy Leslie's body twitch and writhe in excruciating pain. The Ze took his hand away from Leslie. The screams stopped, so did everything else. Leslie fell to the ground.

Her body was laid motionless. Leslie's head had rolled towards the crying statue of her friend. Ze's upper body was shaking in an up and down motion. Then he bursted into fits of evil laughter. Ulrich stared at the boy. Never had there been such true hatred in a boy's eye that was only the mere age of seven. Ulrich's heart and soul were set on a fiery rage. Ulrich wanted to shut the boy up. He wanted to hurt Ze. He wanted him to feel the pain that he was going through; for he knew that it was greater than the pain Leslie went through. He wanted to kill Ze. Ze had implanted a hatred so deep and vile inside the young boy. It would fester and boil, and slowly evolve into a monster that could destroy itself if not tamed. That was what Ze wanted all along. And that he was done, he disappeared quickly, leaving Ulrich to only stare at Leslie.

. . . Leslie . . . She was Ulrich's first friend . . . She loved the boy with all of her heart . . . Ulrich loved her too. Her eyes looked blankly at Ulrich's. Ulrich saw a tear slide down from her eye. Ulrich suddenly became shaken with grief. Ulrich had never seen Leslie cry, and it tore Ulrich apart to see the first person who wasn't family, but still loved him cry. What hurt even more was that he knew she was crying for him. She wanted Ulrich to be strong. She wanted him to be great. But she knew that right know, Ulrich felt as if he were nothing. Leslie had wanted Ulrich to be the greatest superhero in the world. But Banzai Boy was on the ground, behind the statue that seemed to have more than him.

Then suddenly, Ulrich became flesh and fell down as he melted into the rain and sobbed. Ulrich couldn't go on. Not without Leslie. He lived a lie before Leslie came. And he was the only person who knew. He pretended to be a happy go lucky idiot in front of everyone, but he was shy and scared in reality. Leslie knew, though. Ulrich remembered how when Rachel go sick one day, Ulrich was gloomy and depressing that whole day. When Leslie came to talk to him, he yelled at her to leave him alone. He was too scared to be with other people unless someone that he knew well was with him. But when Leslie didn't fuss or yell at all, it touched Ulrich deeply. He wanted to have the same confidence. So he acted like her in that way, and actually made four more friends, and another one in Japan. He also befriended Zeke and Link of GLAA. He owed a lot to Leslie, and never gave her anything in return.

"Ulrich." said boy looked up to see Leslie calling him. He crawled over.

"Leslie!" he whispered. "You're alive!"

"Ulrich, I'm sorry." Leslie said.

"For what?"

"I almost failed you. But I won't this time." Ulrich was confused. "Ulrich I want you to know that you are a hero of the day. When the sun is out you shine bright with power. And your heart is a place burning with love like the sun. You will do great things. And what makes me happy is that you won't' need me to do them. I wish I could see you reach greatness . . . but I have to go . . ."

Ulrich became filled with dread. She was dying! "No . . . Leslie, please don't leave me! I need you! You're supposed to be my friend! Why are you leaving me! Leslie! . . . Leslie." Ulrich began crying again as he said her name over and over again. Then his vision became blurring. The last thing he saw was Leslie's smiling face facing his crying one . . . and he was calmed . . .

Ulrich opened his eyes to the bright sunlight. He put his hand over his eyes as he groaned. Someone opened a door, closed, and walked to the side of Ulrich. When the boy's eyes finally adjusted to the light, he looked to his left, and saw a young man's face with red hair and a mustache and beard to match.

"Hey, Dr. Rennem." Ulrich said.

"Hi, Ulrich." Dr. Rennem replied. "Thank goodness you're alright."

"Where's Leslie?"

Mr. Rennem hung his head as he clenched his hand into fist." There's was not much we could do." Ulrich's hope had fallen altogether. "Just a minute ago she was clinically dead. No heartbeat breathing. I knew she was your friend, so I froze and panicked. Someone else took over. I'm sorry, but chances are shoe won't make it." Ulrich was overcome with tears as he let out a sob. Dr. Rennem took Ulrich into a hug. Ulrich let all of his sadness out while Dr. Rennem hugged him.

When Ulrich could finally speak, he asked the question that was on his mind. "How did we get here?"

"Banzai Boy brought you. Which leads to my question, Ulrich, are you still a superhero?" Ulrich shook his head.

"Where is he now?" Ulrich asked.

"He tried to rejoin you, but it didn't work. He was angered and took off." "We need to tell Z as soon as we get to the GLAA." Ulrich concluded. Dr. Rennem nodded.

"I'm lucky to have a doctor who's in the GLAA." Ulrich said, smiling weakly.

"For any stunt or grave problem you face, I'm here with you."

"Wait a minute, what happened to Master Shang and Mitsu?"

"They'll be fine. Mitsu has several bad bruises, and one of Master Shang's legs is broken.

"How did they know about Ze?"

"I don't know. But if you see a stranger who looks evil, it's best to be safe. Now you get some rest I'll tell you about Leslie when you wake up.

When Ulrich and Cam finally went to the GLAA, they were going to find out about Ulrich's situation.

When they told Z and the others about what they halppened, they went to the lab as fast as they could.

When they entered the lab, Leon was there. "Leon." Ulrich said, surprised. "Hey"

"Hey, guys." Leon said, not facing them.

"So you know?" Cam asked. Leon nodded.

"I'm sorry." Ulrich said.

"It wasn't your fault. I'm glad that you tried to save her." Leon said giving the boy a weak smile that Ulrich returned.

Ulrich got onto the examination table and laid down. Dexter started the scan and the room was soon filled with suspense.

"Well?" Ulrich said.

"Your superpowers are completely gone." Dexter mumbled. Ulrich's heart fell." Your superpowers formed an essence, and that's why it took a human form. I don't know the other powers that were dormant will kick in though."

"So . . . I'm not a superhero?" Ulrich asked. Dexter shook his head. "So I probably won't stay here." Ulrich concluded. With that, Ulrich took off in a rage.

"Ulrich." Z said.

"Stop!" Ulrich said. Z didn't know why but he obeyed.

Ulrich ran into his room, and locked himself in it. As he sobbed, Futrich appeared next to him. Ulrich looked at him through his tears. This is just wrong! Leslie's in a coma, and she may never wake up! And now my powers are gone! Nothing goes the way I want it to. My life is just one big disappointment."

"Don't worry. I know life seems bad, but with every good thing, comes a cost. You're just paying for you happiness sooner." Futrich said.

"But how do you know that?" Ulrich asked.

"Because, I'm you, from the Future. I've seen what happens. You have some down, but you have plenty of ups too." He admitted.

"Then why didn't you stop this?"

"Because, I knew that if you were to be great, it had to happen.

"But she was the only one that made3 me feel happy."

Trust me, she won't be the last. You'll meet other people who will make you feel even better than Leslie did."

"I don't see how. She was always there for me. I needed her."

"Don't worry, it'll be okay."

When the video finished, the entire room was quiet. Sonrick, Dolslik, and Burrick were silently crying. As well as Amy and Ann. Leon was a wreck. F. Ulrich was crying on the inside. F. Yumi hugged him as he rested his head on her shoulder.

"Wh-where's Ulrich?" Rick asked.

"He must've left." Cam said.

Yumi was focused onto her older self and how she was consoling the older Ulrich. F. Yumi waw her looking and smiled. She mouthed the works, "Go to him." That was all she needed. Yumi stood up and walked out of the factory and towards the forest. She knew that he'd be there.

"It didn't take long to find him because he was sobbing and crying as if it only happened today.

Ulrich didn't see Yumi, and didn't take notice until someone embraced. He knew it was Yumi. "Y-Yumi. I-I'm sorry you have to s-see me like this."

"Don't be. Ulrich I never would have thought—,"

"No one would have."

"It's alright now. I'm here for you." Yumi said. Ulrich stopped crying.

"Thanks you so much." Ulrich breathed.

"don't worry about it." She kissed him on the forehead and saw him smile. And he was calmed. F. Ulrich was right. Someone else could make him happy.

That's it. How sad. At least Ulrich has Yumi. But now Leslie's gone and he has no powers. What is Little Ulrich to do?" You'll find out in 3rd grade. And he makes two new friend and gets new powers in. Somany things are about to happen.

Chapter 38: Third Grade's a Charm

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