"I think it be better if we clear up our relationship. We can be friends, but that's all." Yumi said turning her back. As she spoke those words, Ulrich felt as if his heart had been shattered into a million pieces.
"W..what do you by friends and that's all?" He asked in a hurt tone.
"Isn't it obvious, we've been doing this run around for 2 years now and it's obvious we're not going to get anywhere. So, i think it's time we just stop. I'm sorry." Yumi said looking away from her friend. Ulrich had no words, after everything he and Yumi went through, she was just throwing it away. Before he could say anything else, Ulrich's phone began to ring.
"Yea Jeremy...Yea ok, we'll be right there." He then turned to Yumi. "Jeremy wants us to meet at the factory, X.A.N.A's up to something." Ulrich said putting his phone back into his pocket. Yumi nodded and the two proceeded to the Factory in silence.
Timeskip, Location: Ulrich and Odd's room
After keeping the core of Lyoko safe from X.A.N.A, The group went back to school and Ulrich and Odd were talking about what happened earlier.
"Just friends and that's all?" Odd asked with a shocked look on his face.
"That's what she said." Ulrich said in a depressed tone.
"And what did you say?" Odd asked.
"I didn't get a chance to say anything, Jeremy called me before I could." Ulrich said. Odd just shook his head and stood up.
"I'll never understand you two." He said before walking out of the room.
Ulrich was now alone in his room and honestly he didn't want to be. To the school and to his friends He's a loner, but in reality Ulrich hated being alone. Since meeting his friends he actually felt like he was in a place where he belonged, but lately it seems like the only time the group gets together anymore is to fight X.A.N.A. With a sigh, Ulrich got up and decided to go and get some air.
"I need to clear my head." He said opening the door and as he did he bumped into his principal Mr. Delmas.
"Oh I'm sorry Ulrich, I was just coming to find you." Mr Delmas said. Ulrich raised an eyebrow at this.
"Have I done something wrong?" He asked. The principal chuckled.
"No son, I have a favor to ask you." He said putting a hand on the boys shoulder. "You see we're having a few new transfer students coming from our sister school 'Beacon Academy' and I'd like you do show them around." He explained. Ulrich was caught off guard by the principals request.
"Um..sure, but why me?" The young boy asked.
"Apparently one of the new students knows you and they said and I quote 'Get over here before I kick you butt.'" Mr. Delmas said with a small smile. Ulrich started thinking about who in their right mind would talk to him like that.
"Can I get a name?" He asked.
"The said not to tell you, they want it to be a surprise." The principal said with a small smile. Now Ulrich was curious.
"Ok, lead the way sir." With that the two made their way to the principal's office. On the way there, Ulrich couldn't help but wonder who this person that knew him was.
"Who could it be, not many people know I'm at Kadic." He thought to himself. The two had finally made it to the office and the Principal put his hand on the doorknob.
"Are you ready son?" He asked. "As ready as I'll ever be." Ulrich said shrugging his shoulders. nodded his head and he opened the door.
They both walked in and standing in front of them were three girls about Ulrich's age. The first girl was a few inches shorter than Ulrich, she had short black hair with red highlights and silver eyes. She was wearing a long-sleeve, light gray shirt with black belted cuffs near the ends of the sleeves. Over top of the gray shirt was a black pinafore with two vertical lines of red stitching that resemble the lacing on a corset and a red skirt with a large black print of a rose on the side with a matching black tulle underneath.
The second girl had long golden hair and lilac eyes. She was wearing a deep-collared cream vest worn over a low cut black shirt; both were covered by a dark gray shrug with a raised collar, three-quarter sleeves adorned with a single black stripe down the outside of each sleeve, gold cuffs and a black miniskirt is worn under the cream vest. Ulrich turned his head slightly from the girl noticing that she was very…..well endowed.
The last girl had long black hair, amber colored eyes and a black bow on top of her eyes. She was wearing a white, v-neck, zip-up crop shirt with a black hem and three quarter sleeves. She wears black pants that have a vertical gray stripe on the outer side of each leg and a black belt. The Principal the walked over to the girl and looked to Ulrich.
"Ulrich, I'd like you to meet Ruby Rose."
"HI!" Ruby said excitingly.
" Yang Xiao Long."
"Hello~" Yang said waving to Ulrich
"and Blake Belladonna."
"Hey." Blake said. Ulrich smiled at the three girls.
"Nice to meet ya, I'm Ulrich Stern." He said introducing himself. Yang then walked up to the boy and examined him.
"Hmmmm...you didn't tell us he was cute." Yang said with a flirtatious smile. Ulrich blushed slightly and took a step back. Yang was then hit over the head by Ruby.
"OW! Ruby!" Yang said rubbing the back of her head.
"Don't go scaring him off!" Ruby said before turning to Ulrich. "Sorry about that, my sister can be a bit too….forward at times." She said with a chuckle.
"It's fine and did you say sister?" Ulrich asked. Before Ruby could answer, Yang put an arm around her sister neck causing her to struggle a bit.
"Yup, we're sisters alright...we half sisters anyway." Yang said with a big smile on her face. Ruby continued to struggle,but but couldn't free herself from her sisters grip.
"Let me go!" She said.
"Nope!" Yang said with a chuckle. Ulrich also chuckle at the siblings antic and then looked to the Blake who was reading a book.
"I can see you're the quiet one, huh?" He asked. Blake looked up the Ulrich and she gave him a small smile.
"Yea, I guess you could say that." She said before going back to her book. smiled and finally spoke up again.
"It's nice to see you all getting along." He said. Ulrich then looked to the principal.
"I guess you could call it that, Oh, didn't you say one of these girls knows me?" He asked curiously.
"That is correct." said with a nod. Ulrich then turned to the three girls.
"So, which one of you is it?" He asked.
"Not me." Ruby said shaking her head. Ulrich then turned to Yang.
"Sorry handsome, not me." Yang said. He then turned to Blake who just shook her head.
"Ok, now I'm just confused." Ulrich said scratching the back of his head.
"Well that's nothing new for you now is it Ulrich?" A new voice said.
Ulrich quickly turned around to see another girl with white hair tied into a ponytail, light-blue eyes and smirk on her face standing behind him. She was wearing a white, double-breasted jacket with black piping, cuffs and buttons over a white, pleated full skirt with black lace trim. She also wore a pair of white, thigh high boots with black heels and lace-topped black stockings. Ulrich took a good long look at the girl in front of him and he narrowed his eyes. The girl did the same and walked forward until she was in his face. The two teen eyed each other for a good thirty seconds before one of them spoke up.
"Well, After six years the great Weiss Schnee has decided to grace me with her presence." Ulrich said in a cold tone.
"Don't start with me Stern, you're the one who never bothered to call." The girl now known as Weiss said in an equally cold tone. Ulrich growled at the white haired girl. Ruby, Yang, Blake and even Mr. Delmas began to worry.
"You haven't changed one bit Ice Queen." Ulrich said.
"Look who's talking you dolt!" Weiss snapped. Everyone in the room stepped forward to stop a possible fight, but were caught off guard by what happened next.
"Even after all these years you still call that." Ulrich said giving Weiss a small smile and she smiled back at him.
"You never cared when we were kids, so I hoped you wouldn't care now." She said putting a hand on her hip. Ulrich just rolled eyes and spread out his arms.
"Just get over here Ice Queen." He said. Weiss giggled a bit and wrapped her arms around Ulrich who in turn did the same.
"Good to see you Ice Queen." He said.
"You too you Dolt."