Lord Maximus: I don't own Code: Lyoko.
Summary: What if Xana had managed to destroy Lyoko's Core while possessing Ulrich's body during Nobody in Particular? What if the battle was much harder than they would have guessed?
"Laser Arrow!" shouted Odd.
The arrow managed to hit the Eye on the Crab's shell. The field was down to just a few monsters and Odd, Aelita, and Ulrich were running low on life points.
"Come on! Let's hurry!" shouted Odd.
"Impact!" shouted Ulrich, while stabbing one of the Bloks.
The others were close to the tower when a hidden Crab appeared and shot Odd with a battery of lasers. He was devirtualized and only Ulrich and Aelita were left.
"Triplicate!" shouted Ulrich.
He split into three clones and attacked. The Crab was taken down in a few seconds and the path to the tower was cleared. Or so they thought. Three more Crabs came out of hiding in front of the tower and charged their lasers.
One of the Crabs charged its laser and managed to hit Ulrich in the arm.
"That's it! I'll lure them away. You get to the tower." said Ulrich.
Ulrich charged and sliced off one the legs of the Crab that shot him. As it fell he plunged the sword into the Eye and it exploded. The other two monsters immediately started following and shooting him. Aelita ran towards the tower and entered it.
In a matter of moments the tower was deactivated.
"There has definitely been a large amount of Xana activity for the last week." said Jeremy,
"Tell us about it. The monsters just kept coming and coming. I'm not sure I ever remember Xana trying this hard." said Aelita.
"So what he's up to now?" asked Sissy,
"It's hard to say since you can never really tell with Xana." said Jeremy.
"This could be just a plot to break us down. This is like Xana's seventh attack in a week." said Ulrich,
"And so far none of the attacks seemed to have a specefic target." said Yumi.
"All we do now and wait and see for what Xana has in store for us this time." said Jeremy.
"Well, it's getting late. Hiroki and I need to get back to our parents before they find out." said Yumi.
Hiroki nodded and they headed for the elevator. Ulrich however looked like he wanted to ask Yumi a question.
"Hey, Yumi. Could I speak to you for a second before you leave?" asked Ulrich,
"Sure." said Yumi.
They walked up to the factory lobby and made sure no one was watching.
"So what do you want to talk about?" asked Yumi,
"It's about what happened last week at the Volcano Sector. And about what has been happening ever since I came back." said Ulrich.
Yumi looked at him questionably.
"When the school year started again you said we were better off being friends and when I came back well it seems like that discussion never took place." said Ulrich.
Yumi's widened as she suddenly looked away.
"You have pretty much been acting like you want us to get together when you're the one who said we shouldn't be together." said Ulrich,
Yumi was starting to look down. That was right. She was the one who said that they should stay friends. She was the one who simply said they should not be together.
She thought she made up her mind but it seems like that descision is coming back to bite her.
"I . . . Know. There was too much to deal with. William. Sissy.
Our grades. Xana. I know it hurt you but I felt that I was doing the right thing. William was flirting with me, Sissy was flirting with you, and it started to look like we were losing the fight with Xana.
When Xana destroyed Lyoko with your body my heart felt like it dropped into the Digital Sea. Then when Xana came back acting like you I felt like I wanted to take it all back. To try to do what we both wanted. But when Xana revealed the truth my heart felt like it shattered like glass." said Yumi,
"I knew the risks, Yumi. You have any idea I felt after all the times you nearly fell into the Digital Sea. After all the times Xana tried to get rid of you." said Ulrich.
"That's why I broke it off!" said Yumi.
That caught Ulrich off guard.
"Xana almost killed you not once but twice. He took your body and then tried to delete your mind and then he blew up the factory and tricked us into thinking you died." said Yumi,
"That doesn't explain why you have been wanting to try and get back together. You broke it off, you said it, not me." said Ulrich.
"Ulrich, you are such an idiot." said Yumi,
"For what?! For asking a few questions? You're the one whose not acting normal." said Ulrich.
"If you can't figure it out now then you never will." said Yumi.
"Are all girls like this or is just that time? What do you want from me? Did you want me to stop trying or did you want me keep on trying? Make up your mind." said Ulrich,
"I never asked anything from you." said Yumi.
"I can understand how hard it was during the fight against Xana but what do Sissy and William have to do with this? Sure, they liked us but didn't think they would have stopped if we had just decided to try." said Ulrich.
"There's a difference between you and William." said Yumi,
"Yeah? Like what? He's in the same class as you? He's good looking? He posted love letters all over his last school." said Ulrich.
"No matter how many times I rejected him he never quit. When I called it off with you, Ulrich, you just gave up. You stopped in the middle of the race not even coming close to the finish line." said Yumi,
"Did you want me to fight for you? Is that what you were trying to get me to do?" asked Ulrich.
"As long as we are Lyoko Warriors and have to protect the world from Xana we should stay just friends. That's why I said what I said." said Yumi,
"You sure have not been acting like that when I returned." said Ulrich.
Yumi looked down.
"I . . . Know." she muttered.
It was times like this that made her think back. How Xana destroyed Lyoko and took Ulrich's body. How he deceived them when he returned with Ulrich's body under his control. How Franz Hopper brought Ulrich back and turned the tide of the fight.
"I knew one day we might have to sacrifice ourselves in order to stop Xana. If we got together and one of us died then other one would have been broken. Too distracted to continue fighting." said Yumi,
"Tell that to Jeremy and Aelita. Everyone knows how they feel, including Xana. Or have you forgotten all the times when Xana went after them." said Ulrich.
"They can handle themselves." said Yumi,
"And we can't?" asked Ulrich.
"You just don't understand!" said Yumi,
"I'm trying to, Yumi, but you're not making it easy for me." said Ulrich.
"It's better if you stop trying to understand." said Yumi.
She turned and ran out of the factory. Ulrich was shocked as she ran. When she was out of hearing range she looked back.
"I love you too much to get hurt, Ulrich."
Little did they know that in the Volcano Sector a tower started to glow red.
Yumi walked up to her house when she saw a ploice car. She quickly ran into the house and found her parents and her brother in the living room with a police officer.
"Mom? Dad? What's going on?" asked Yumi.
Her parents looked at her with tear filled faces. The police officer stood up.
"Miss Yumi Ishiyama you are under arrest." said the officer.
