Chapter 17 Hot Shower

A.N. – First, let me say that there will be one change and that's the ending of this chapter. I have decided to create a small conflict for the next chapter between William and Yumi. How? You'll have to read to find out. Second, don't read at the end. Things change in this chapter, but I'm not you. You've been warned. Let's begin!

Guest – For 1-3, I can't do either because this chapter was researched before I got the review and made a decision that will be revealed at the start of this chapter. I will explain at the end why. 4. I am planning for episode 93 because that is when Ulrich will return from being Xana's slave. 5. Episode 76 since he is in the science class and also episode 81 where half of the episode was based around the clone. Beyond that, don't know. Again, hazy memory on season 4.

Disclaimer – I do not own Code Lyoko, the plot, or the idea. The plot is owned by the creators and the idea was submitted by Voltronblues123.

In outer space, a meteorite is heading right towards the Earth…

Jeremy is in the lab, typing away as everyone except one is in the skid. "Okay then. I'm uploading the program over to you. Now the skid's sonar should be able to differentiate bio signals from the rest of the computer code in the digital sea."

"Okay Jeremy, program received and activated" Aelita reports from her spot.

"And you think that with this, we'll be able to find out where Xana is keeping the spiritual essence of Ulrich prisoner?" Odd asks curiously from the skid.

"Don't forget, the virus is the reason why Ulrich is Xana's slave. But still, it's our best chance to find the info Jeremy needs for a successful recovery program to destroy the virus and break his link to the digital sea."

"Ah, the return of our shy, yet very strong Ulrich stern. I'm sure William's gonna be thrilled to have his old rival back!" Odd jokes to the skid opposite of him.

"Hey, when he's back, we'll work something out" William replies.

"As in?"

"Settle the tension between us. Find the common ground. We'll have to discuss Yumi."

"Speaking of Yumi, I wouldn't mind being in her shoes today" Jeremy smiles lightly, hands behind his neck.

"You're joking right? Helping 6th graders ain't exactly fun!" William retorts back.

"Say, why aren't you part of it?" Aelita asks.

"Not enough 6th graders. No partner so I got booted out. Yumi wasn't too happy about that, but it wasn't my choice."

"I bet she's loving it you guys" Jeremy says.

She's actually not as a glare is on her face. "We marked the exceptional event of the comet VG724 as passage near Earth. We are going to build a giant mock-up of the solar system to planet's path and better understand it's periodic extrasolar orbit. Beside me is a scale model of our sun as you can see. What you're going to do now is create 8 planets which orbit around it, so we'll break off into different teams, with each team responsible for one planet and its orbit. 6th graders will make the planets to scale whereas 10th graders will have the responsibility…"

"Uh Yumi, I'd really like to be on your team" Johnny looks up at the girl.

"Sorry Johnny, that's not up to me," she waves a finger. "It's up to Ms. Hertz."

"Are there any questions?" Ms. Hertz questions once she's done explaining. Johnny waves his hand.

"Could I be on Yumi's team, huh ma'am?!" he yells, everyone breaking into a laugh. Yumi looks around at them and frowns.

"Alright Johnny, but don't let me catch you clowning around with Hiroki!" the science teacher agrees.

"This is really gonna be a lot of fun, huh?" Johnny smiles happily and she gives a small grunt.

Jeremy is watching a news report regarding the comet. "The mass and velocity of the comet known as VG724 are so great that striking the Earth would provoke an explosion equivalent to a thousand times the strength of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Subsequence earthquakes and tsunamis would destroy the world's major cities. Atmospheric debris would blot out the sun in a long night lasting two centuries. Consequently, this would spell mass extinction for flora and fauna, and the entire human race. Now of course, there's no risk of this happening since the comet will pass no closer than, um, well, two million kilometers from our planet. We also have been informed by highly confidential sources that the government operates a secret military satellite armed with laser cannons sufficiently powerful to be able to alter the course of any interstellar threats such as this."

"The detection spectrum is homing in," Aelita reports to everyone. "The sonar is picking up a faint trace of digital DNA in the area. It might be Ulrich, or even maybe…"

"Our father," William concludes. "Let's go! Either way, someone is here!"

"Okay." Aelita pulls the levers, and the skid moves forward.

Jim is moving a wheelbarrow filled with supplies. "For you, and you" Ms. Hertz is handing out worksheets to the groups.

"Oh! Too cool, guess what?" Johnny looks up happily. "We get to do planet Earth!"

"Yeah great, this is my lucky day" Yumi deadpans at this.

"Earth and the moon" Hiroki turns to his friend.

"Yippee, and to think Jeremy wanted to take my place" Yumi mutters, but this was for 6th and 10th graders only, which Jeremy is neither.

"Now, don't forget the sun here should be the center of your calculated orbits, right? And 6th graders, make sure you know your planetary scale in relation to the sun. May I remind all of you this exercise will be graded. Now get to work!" Ms. Hertz instructs everyone, Jim joining her side.

"Just a second Suzanne. I have an important safety announcement to make," he puts the bullhorn to his mouth. "Now, about the poles, I'd like to call your attention to an important technical aspect. They have two ends! One is pointy and sharp, that's the one you put into the ground. We try to do it the other way, you might hurt yourself pushing on the pointy end."

Some of them giggle, a 6th grader taking his pole and running to the group. "Come on, you'd have to be an idiot not to figure that out."

"Eh?" he looks at his bandaged hand, hiding it behind his back with an embarrassed chuckle. Ms. Hertz raises a brow at him skeptically.

A tower suddenly activates in the desert sector, which Jeremy gets an alert from the superscan. "Oh! Why now? Why can't we just go on an exploratory mission in peace for once? Swell Xana. What do you have is store for us this time?"

A satellite is heading towards Earth, pointing at the comet itself…a beam hits the comet, sending it in Earth's path!

"Sorry Aelita, but you're needed back on Lyoko on the double," Jeremy reports to the group. "Activated tower."

"Got it Jeremy. I'm turning around" Aelita turns on the propellers and swerves the ship in a 180 turn, going in the opposite direction.

The 10th graders are separating their groups with string, Yumi taking steps while holding a notebook. "Okay, I'm done," Hiroki spins something on his finger. "What do you think of my planet Earth?" It doesn't even look close to planet Earth.

"Look Yumi, the moon is yours for the asking!" Johnny chuckles as he is balancing a makeshift moon on the top of his head that has a smiley face on it.

"Yeah right," she scoffs, looking away. "Hiroki, doesn't the Earth have another name?"

"The blue planet. Yeah, I know. I was using a little imagination like if there was a Mars attack" he spins around whatever he has on his finger.

"And you, Johnny, do you really think anything can grow on the moon?" she asks next.

"Well, no, but I figured it would be more poetic with plants!" Johnny responds.

"Both of you start over and fix it!" she shouts so loud that the models are knocked away from the boys.

"Forget it," Hiroki turns away, patting Johnny's shoulder. "Imagination and poetry are wasted on her."

"Please, send me a miracle to get me out of this," she whispers to herself and as soon as she states this, her phone rings. She picks it up without even looking at the name. "Hello? Yes Jeremy? An activated tower? Wow, thank you Xana!"

"Huh?" Jeremy wonders in confusion why she would say that. "What are you talking about?"

"Ah, nothing," she smiles to herself, glad to be away from her annoying little brother. "I'm on my way right now!"

She hangs up and walks right past the boys, running towards the park.

"Some breaking news," the news report is still going on from Jeremy's screen. He had a bad feeling this attack had to do with the comet. "It appears the comet VG724 has broken apart…"

"What is going on around here?" Jeremy murmurs to himself.

"Following a shot from a satellite…uh…uh…" the reporter doesn't really know what to say as this event is hard to describe. "Uh…for reasons yet unknown. Correction! Uh, international observatories have now confirmed that all is well with the comet, and it will simply crash on uh…uh, nowhere! As you know, it will pass very far from Earth. And anyway, we can always obliterate it with military satellites. Which of course don't exist! This is just a little April Fools joke from our producer! So that's it, farewell, I mean more news later." She chuckles nervously, waving.

"Uno, it's not April," Jeremy narrows his eyes suspiciously. "Dos, something is going haywire. Let's see, orbital observation program. Comet VG724." He quickly does some research.

The skid is traveling back to Lyoko when Jeremy speaks up. "Aelita, I just figured out Xana's attack. Xana used a satellite to change the course of a comet. It's gonna create a meteor shower that will pour down on Earth!"

"What?! Are you sure?" Aelita asks.

"Well actually, according to my calculations, most of the meteor should burn up completely in the atmosphere. On the other hand, there's a huge chunk coming behind it that will crash directly into…oh no! Into the factory!"

"Jeremy, you have to get out of the computer lab right now" Aelita urges him.

"I can't do that. If the computer lab gets destroyed, you guys will be stuck in the digital sea at Xana's mercy!" he taps his finger against the arm of the chair. "No, we've got to deactivate the tower." It's the only way to save everyone.

"Relax Jeremy…we'll do it in no time!" Odd says, reassuringly.

"The is still one problem, how do we stop the meteorite?" William adds in.

"That's true, and that's why I'm staying here at the control center, to launch a return to the past, before we're hit by it" Jeremy closes his eyes in determination.

"Okay, full speed ahead" Aelita speeds up the engines and the skid moves faster.

"You've got a hub bearing northwest of your position, under the databank shell."

"Got it!" she pulls the lever forward and dives underneath, seeing that they're in the right direction. "Hub dead ahead."

Yumi finally reached the secret entrance when her phone rings and she puts it to her ear. "Jeremy? Yeah, I'm almost there. What?"

"Yeah, a meteorite, and considering its mass, it'll obliterate not only the factory, but also the entire area, including the academy. The others are on their way back, they'll meet up with you on Lyoko. Yumi, are you there?" Jeremy says.

She looks back towards the school. Her brother and Johnny are still there…and they didn't even know she left. If something happens to him while she's on Lyoko, it'll be on her. Annoying as he is, he's still family.

"Hiroki…" Yumi murmurs in worry. "Sorry Jeremy. I'll be right there, but I uh…I've got something important to do first."

"Yumi, this is not the time. We need you immediately. Yumi?" She hangs up with him and runs in the opposite direction. "Yumi!"

The sea suddenly turns red, and the skid suddenly gets trapped in place. Aelita looks around in confusion as the ship starts shaking.

"Holy cow, what is that?" Odd whispers to himself. Aelita gasps in realization.

"A firewall. That's got to be a trap from Xana. I'll get us out of it," she pulls up her screen, but it's all bugged up. She presses a button to push through, but the wall pushes them back into place. "It's not working!" She sighs at this. "Jeremy, we've got a problem…"

"I see it Aelita. I'm already on it" he works as quick as he can to help them.

Yumi reaches the track and approaches the two boys. "Hey, where'd you go? Look, I painted over it with blue. Now look at this awful color" Hiroki holds up a purple and orange model.

"Hiroki" she places a hand on his shoulder. "I want you to go home right now, okay? Take Johnny with you, and I'll…I'll meet you there later."

"What?! But what about Ms. Hertz's class" he points to the teacher not too far away.

"Hiroki, you heard me!" she tells him firmly.

"Hey, what's the matter with you? Are you still mad at Ulrich because he hasn't spoken to you in a while?"

She growls at him, unable to tell him the real Ulrich is trapped. She heads for the teachers.

"By the way Suzanne, how's it going with Pedro?" Jim asks curiously.

"Oh, really Jim, not around the students!" she says in embarrassment. "Oh!"

"Ms. Hertz, we have to evacuate the academy!" Yumi tells the two.

"What are you talking about Yumi?" Ms. Hertz asks her.

"I know this may sound crazy, but a meteorite is going to hit right here where we're standing!" Yumi points to the ground.

"Hold on Ishiyama!" Jim starts off as Ms. Hertz raises a brow skeptically. "I told you eating that raw fish was no good for you."

"No, I swear it's true!" Yumi insists to them. "I just found out from the, uh, friend who works at the National Observatory!"

The meteorites are falling towards their locations, the classes looking up. "Hey look, do you see that?" Christophe wonders as the three look in their direction. "Check it out!"

The meteor shower is beginning as Jim looks in awe. "Wow! Great fireworks!"

"Jim…we have to evacuate the academy" Ms. Hertz says in a serious tone. He looks to her in confusion.

The skid attempts to move past the firewall, to no avail. "The firewall's energy is set up along a fairly basic algorithm. All we have to do is crack it, and we'll be able to slip through a breach in security." Aelita says.

"Good idea" Jeremy compliments her. "Hey, I think I finally understand what Xana's really up to."

"Bravo Einstein!" he loos his eyes at Odd's voice. "You finally realized that he wants to destroy the supercomputer to keep us from coming in and pulling the virtual carpet out from under him?"

"Well obviously," Jeremy taps a key. "But this time he picked the most perfect moment."

"Of course! By destroying the supercomputer, Xana will not only destroy Lyoko, but more importantly, our only way back into the real world," Aelita deduces, but something still wasn't right. "But why would he want to trap us here?"

"To get a hold of you Aelita. You're the one Xana has wanted to capture since we recreated Lyoko. It's called…"

"Killing two birds with one stone. I'm well aware of that Jeremy."

Both Odd and William snicker at Aelita's comment since Odd was part of Aelita's scheme and William was informed of it.

"Come now, Suzanne, this is ridiculous!" Mr. Delmas states once he's been told of the news. "Are you absolutely sure it couldn't have been from something else? Fireworks, for example?"

Ms. Hertz firmly shakes her hand. "that's what I keep telling her, but I think she overdid it with the mint tea" Jim says.

"I know what I saw Jean-Pierre!" Ms. Hertz pushes up her glasses. "It was a meteor shower. We have to get the students to safety now!"

"Hmm," he looks towards all the students. If he dismissed a teacher's concern, someone could get hurt. "Fine. As a precaution, I'm willing to go ahead and evacuate the academy, but I don't want any panic!"

Jim smiles widely, Yumi giving a thumbs up.

The meteor shower continues as the skid presses against the firewall. "Got it! I found a weak link in the algorithm. It's as plain as day! The system overcompensates pressure, but it takes three milliseconds to reverse its polarity!" Aelita states.

"Of course, by synchronizing the initial pressure, you can neutralize the sinusoidal distortion Aelita!" Jeremy smiles happily.

"Translation?" Odd asks, because he didn't know what any of that meant.

"Rubber band system. Hang on!" Aelita presses some buttons and reverses the skid as far back as she can. "Standby for stopping the turboprop. Ready? And now!" she slams a button, and then the skid bursts out of the firewall, the entire thing shaking. They close their eyes, bracing themselves.

"Nice one Aelita! Now hurry and get over to the hub. We need you back in Lyoko ASAP!" Jeremy says.

"Roger," Aelita responds as the sea turns blue. "Everyone okay?"

"My breakfast wants to come back up to say hello, but otherwise, all is well!" Odd holds his stomach.

"They're never gonna make it in time!" Jeremy rubs his chin in thought. "Unless I…yeah!" he snaps his fingers. "If only I can manage to regain control of that satellite, even for a minute, I just might get the meteorite to change its course again! Let's see…defense department…top-secret data…password. Piece of cake."

Johnny is adjusting the moon, while Hiroki is trying to paint over the Earth model, to no avail. "Okay, fire drill, everybody!" Jim announces to everyone with the bullhorn. "I want all of you to make your way calmly to the main gate."

They walk away complaining but are nonetheless unaware of what's going on.

"Hub in sight," Aelita reports to everybody. "30 seconds to dive."

"Bingo!" Jeremy exclaims once a screen pops up. "Well…now I'm just gonna need a transmission relay to link up to the satellite."

The two boys walk past Yumi, who is slightly relieved that they're safe. They may annoy her, but she didn't want to put them in real danger. Her phone rings and she answers it.

"Jeremy? Yes, I'm still at school. I'm really sorry, but I had to-"

"Don't worry Yumi," he says understanding. "Plan B time. In fact, I'm glad you haven't left school yet."

"Your laptop? Okay, I'll go to your room and get it. Then what? Uh, okay" she hangs up and runs towards the dorms, which Johnny happens to notice.

"Hey, where's your sister going?" he asks Hiroki.

"Only one way to find out…" the two boys look at the group, following after Yumi instead.

The skid lands at the hub. "Do you read me Aelita? I'm entering the coordinates for Lyoko" Jeremy informs them.

The skid moves to its vertical position. "Standby for broadband acceleration in 3…2…1, zero!" the skid travels through the hub.

Meteors are still falling. "Take cover!" Jim yells as he falls onto the ground due to the shake. The students look in confusion and he stands up, chuckling nervously. He looks at his bullhorn, only to see that the stick has broken off, leaving the rest on the grass. "Slow down, calm down right now!"

Yumi runs into Jeremy's room and gets the laptop. "Jeremy, we're good. I just picked up your laptop."

"Head to the roof of the science building and hook it to the antenna" he tells her. She runs down the hall.

"I'm on it!"

"And hurry up!"

She heads down the stairs, unaware that the tow boys have opened the doors behind her. They sprint down the steps after her.

The skid arrives back in Lyoko in the desert sector. "Okay Jeremy, we're back on Lyoko. Where's the activated tower?" Aelita asks.

"Desert sector. Quandrum 57:42."

"Roger," she nods a bit, moving the skid to the tower. "There it is."

Yumi runs up the stairs of the science building, the boys running after her. She tugs at the locked door to the roof. She tries to kick it open, but it doesn't budge. "Oh no!" she kicks the door, elbows it, and even hits it with her elbow.

"Security door versus Yumi's ankle," Hiroki speaks up, getting her attention. "I'll bet on the door."

"What do you two think you're doing here?!" she demands to them, her hair a bit messy from all the struggle.

The skid comes to a stop next to the tower. "Here we go. Teleport" Aelita taps the buttons and they land underneath the ship. William looks up ahead to see the entrance, which is of course guarded by a kankerlot.

"Tower in sight and time is running short" William says.

"You have enough. If you can get rid of your welcoming committee" Jeremy says to him.

The kankerlot suddenly runs away.

"He ran away. So why waste a laser arrow on a coward? Go on William, he's all yours" Odd replies to William. He draws his sword as they approach the tower.

Suddenly, tarantulas and Ulrich arrive. He slowly shakes his head. "Fire!" he orders the monsters and crosses his arms, watching as the warriors are under fire.

"All of sudden, that tower seems a lot further away!" Odd comments at the army. Now Xana has 3 tarantulas and their strongest friend, Ulrich, guarding the tower. With only minutes till the meteor strikes…

"Maybe you should just tell us what you think you're doing" Hiroki says as he and Johnny walk up the stairs.

"I haven't got time for you brats, go back outside!" she yells, trying again to get the door open. The two look smug.

"We know how to open it."

"Shut up Hiroki!" she retorts, expecting a joke. "I'm sick of hearing your lies!"

"But it's true, we can open any door" Hiroki insists, Johnny nodding to Yumi.

"Well, if you think you're so good, then be my guest!" she rolls her eyes, stepping away from the door.

"Okay, but first you gotta tell us what you're up to," Hiroki points up to her. She groans in annoyance at the two boys. She really needed to get that door open, which is why she's giving them the benefit of the doubt. But she can't obviously tell them about Lyoko.

"Oh, what have I got to lose? A meteorite is going to crash on the school, and if I don't connect this computer to the roof antenna now, then Jeremy won't be able to access the satellite that might change its course! Understand?!"

"A meteorite?" Hiroki asks skeptically. "Not bad…now tell us what's really going on."

A meteor flies right past the science building, sending all three onto the ground. "Okay, okay, let's go Johnny." Hiroki definitely believes her now as he picks the lock.

"Incredible!" Yumi is slightly impressed and Hiroki smiles as he opens the door.

The three are hiding behind a wall of rocks, the tarantulas firing at them. William peeks out, but instead gets zapped in the face.

"Laser arrow!" Odd says firing but misses as William gets onto his feet.

"Talk about unfair!" William says.

"Not surprised. Xana seems determined to go all the way," Aelita says. "We'll never get through."

"You should never say never!" Odd points out with a smile.

Yumi finally gets onto the roof, on the phone with Jeremy. "Okay Jeremy, I'm on the roof. Now what do I do?"

"Listen, try to find the antenna cable" Jeremy tells her.

She looks up and sees it dangling in the air. She jumps up and grabs onto it. "Got it."

"Great. Now cut as cleanly as you can and stick it into the blue plug that's in the back of my laptop. Push as hard as you can. We can't strip the wire, there's not enough time. It should work."

"Great! What am I gonna do without a knife?"

Johnny walks up to her and pulls out a Swiss army knife. She stares at him in shock.

The tarantulas continue their attack towards the rocks. Aelita fires an energy field, destroying one.

"Nice one princess!" Odd congratulates, failing to see a kankerlot behind him. "Hey!" Odd points his arm towards it, but William slams his sword on it. "A coward and a cheater? Hey!"

"Too slow" William says.

Ulrich runs up to them.

"Okay Jeremy, it's in!" Yumi reports to him.

"Great job," he closes the eyes, hovering his fingers over the keyboard. "Now let the dual begin."

Yumi watches from the laptop, a spark occurring from the antenna. They look towards the cables to another building as the satellite dish connects to a satellite in space. A screen pops up, but all of the text is corrupted by Xana.

"How did that rat Xana get onto me? How's it going over there William?"

"If want some good news, there isn't any," William states as they're running away from the tower. The tarantulas circle around, Ulrich chasing the three. They eventually get cornered at a platform that leads to the digital sea. "Stay behind us sis! If you go, so does our world!"

The monsters fire, William dodges by using his sword to block the shots.

"How can anyone be such a bad shot?" Odd backflips over them, getting hit himself and landing on the floor.

"Odd!" Aelita exclaims, bending down to him. The tarantula looks at her but changes its firing at William. He steps in front of the two. "The tarantulas haven't fired at me even once."

"That's because…you've got a couple of great bodyguards" Odd tells her, but she feels if Xana has a different motive.

The comet is in sight in the sky, which Jeremy notices. "Too late…"

Yumi cringes as she can see it as well. She gasps at the boys. "Get going you tow, hurry up!"

Hiroki turns to his sister. "What about you?"

"I can't let go of the cable! Beat it!" she shouts at the two.

"I'll never make it. Xana is a flawless program, and I'm only human" Jeremy says without an inch of hope in his voice.

"Well, it looks like we're going down together!" William exclaims as they back up.

"No bro" Aelita shakes her head, swiping her hand over her bracelet. She lands in between the boys and the tarantulas.

"Sis, this is no time to be brave" William says.

"I'm not! I'm forcing Xana to make a choice," Aelita glares at Ulrich. Ulrich draws a sword and walks towards her. "Hurry Odd, devirtualize me."

"Huh?! What, are you crazy?" he exclaims in shock.

"Do what I say."

Ulrich continues to get closer. The boys are unclear on what devirtualizing Aelita was going to achieve.

"Odd…Aelita's right. It's our only hope" Jeremy tells him.

He braces himself and hits Aelita, and she devirtualizes in front of Ulrich. He looks down, then jumps into the digital sea. "What was that all about?" Odd asks confused.

"I have no idea" William replies.

Aelita appears in the scanner room, still feeling the effects of the laser arrow. She walks back to the elevator.

Hiroki and Johnny look up in fear, Yumi hugging thme close.

Aelita arrives in the lab. "To win, sometimes you have to know how to lose" she sates to Jeremy.

"You think Xana understands that?" Jeremy wonders, hoping Xana has a heart deep down.

The sun rises, the comet heading right in their direction. Yumi sheds a tear, but the satellite under Xana's control fires a laser at the comet. This simply turns into another meteor shower, which fall into the lake at the factory. Little shards fall from the sky at the school.

"Hey…wow, we're saved!" Hiroki and Johnny cheer.

Yumi takes a hold of her phone. "Great shot Jeremy. Real bullseye!"

"It wasn't me. That was Xana. Looks like he gave up on his plan."

The tarantulas disappear and the tower deactivates itself. The meteor shower ends, the three in relief. "Well Yumi, don't the brats get a thank you?" Hiroki asks as she stands behind them. She places her hands on their shoulders, bending down to them.

"Thank you, brats," she kisses Hiroki on the cheek.

"Yuck!" he rubs it off in disgust. She gives Johnny a kiss on the cheek too. He grins widely with two thumbs up.

"You guys really helped me this time."

"Yeah, I'm not gonna let you forget that either," Hiroki smiles in amusement.

"Oh, give me a little break, huh?" she asks, and he raises a brow. She claps her hands, signaling a return to the past.

"Return to the past now" Jeremy says.

Everything is reset, and Yumi meets her friends back in Jeremy's room. "So, how was your day?" Jeremy asks her.

"You won't believe it. We got the highest grade! And so, I promised Johnny I would keep his moon as a present. I owe him at least that, even though he doesn't remember anything," Yumi throws up the moon in the air, catching it.

"See? Your brother's not that bad after all" Aelita points out.

"Yeah, he can be pretty handy when he wants to," Yumi looks away for a second in thought. "That's why I'm worried."

"Why is that?" William wonders.

"Because I'm gonna need new locks or at east a deadbolt for my room."

"Why and for what reason?"

"He can pick locks easily and," Yumi decided it was now or never. "All this time with Ulrich missing made me realize how much I miss him and when he's freed, I'm gonna tell him how I really feel."

The others look at her with shock.

To be continued…

A.N. – Cliffhanger moment. For clarification, no one in the group knew Yumi was going to confess after he was freed from Xana's clutches. But many questions still remain with this moment and will all come next chapter. No ideas for it because the episode is fully researched. Also, Yumi is finally gonna get that duel she wanted with Ulrich, but William is gonna assist her for a little bit. Also, the reason why William is with the warriors is because his clone didn't make an appearance in this episode, so I had nothing to build off of. PM me with story ideas if you have any! Don't forget to review with questions or comments! I will respond! Stay safe and healthy out there! As always, till next time! See ya! -lyokowarrior97