hey everyone!
Kya Tokina- you are very close
dreaming star- also very close
shhhhhhh, no one give my plot away, lol!
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Chapter Five: Scar of Destiny
Classes let out early that afternoon, so Yumi waited for Ulrich in the courtyard again. "I have an idea
on how to find out about Jeremy and Aelita," she told him when he arrived.
"How?" Ulrich sat down next to her eagerly.
"The school keeps files on all of it's students, doesn't it?
Ulrich nodded. "Of course! So we should go check the school files for anything on them, right?"
"Exactly!" Yumi stood up. "Let's go then!"
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"I'm sorry, kids, but there's no one by the name of Jeremy or Aelita in my files." The secretary
swiveled her chair around to face the students. "Nobody by either of those names matching your desciptions
ever attended this school."
Ulrich looked at Yumi and shrugged. "Oh well. We tried."
"You could try the library's newspaper files. They have everything from the past fifty years," the
secertary put in helpfully. "Maybe the people you're looking for are in there somewhere."
"Why not? We can at least look," Yumi agreed. Ulrich nodded, and they left the office.
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"Nothing!" Ulrich tossed a fifteen-year-old newspaper down onto the table between Yumi and himself in
disgust. The sudden noise earned him a glare from the library and scattered 'sshhhh!' from nearby students.
"Maybe we just haven't gone back far enough," reasoned Yumi gently in a hushed tone, looking up from a
pile of weekly newspapers from seventeen years before. "Try these." She passed another pile to Ulrich, who
took them with a morbid stare and began leafing through the top.
"Twenty years ago," he mused aloud. The passed into silence as each teen searched for information.
"Check this out!" Ulrich broke the silence. "These papers are all in order, but one issue is missing!"
"The third week of April is missing, like someone took it and never put it back!"
"Ulrich, we're in the third week of April right now!" Yumi's voice rose an octave.
"This doesn't bring us any closer to what happened though," Ulrich said in exasperation.
"Maybe not, but I think I know someone who can help us!" Yumi stood. "Let's go!"
The pair exited the library building and re-entered the afternoon sunlight. Suddenly Yumi felt a
push from behind her.
"Ahh!" Yumi felt her body tumble down the small stairway and connect with the concrete. Taking an
internal check, she realized that she seemed to be okay except for her left ankle, which had begun to throb.
"Oh my, I'm terribly sorry!" Sissy's voice floated down and rang in Yumi's ears. Ulrich rushed down and
lifted Yumi forcibly to her feet, supporting her weight while turning to glare at Sissy. The younger girl
seemed to be hiding a smirk. "Excuse me." Sissy swept past them, giving Yumi one extra glance.
Ulrich opened his mouth to shout something after Sissy but Yumi interrupted him. "Forget her. We have
to get to the principle's office."
"Can you walk?"
"I don't think so." Yumi pressed weight on her foot with a wince. "No."
"Alright then. "Ulrich stooped down in front of her with his back to her. "Get on."
"What?" Had she been capable of doing so, Yumi would have stumbled backwards.
"Climb on my back. I'll carry you." Blushing furiously, Yumi did as she was bid, adjusting herelf on
Ulrich back. He rose once she was on. "Ready?"
"Uh-huh." Yumi nodded.
"All right then, off to the nurses office!" Ulrich began walking, ignoring Yumi's enraged shriek from
behind him.
"Ulrich! We have to see the principle! We can't waste our time dwadling with the school nurse!" Yumi
squirmed, trying to make the determined boy stop.
"It's of no use of you can't walk. We have to have your ankle checked out by Dorothy, and at least get
it bandaged. If you try to walk you could really injure yourself."
"But--" He cut Yumi off as she was about to object.
"No buts. It's to the nurse with you, and that's final." Ulrich smiled smugly when he felt Yumi stop
resisting.
"Fine. But I'll get you back for this!"
Kya Tokina- you are very close
dreaming star- also very close
shhhhhhh, no one give my plot away, lol!
-----
Chapter Five: Scar of Destiny
Classes let out early that afternoon, so Yumi waited for Ulrich in the courtyard again. "I have an idea
on how to find out about Jeremy and Aelita," she told him when he arrived.
"How?" Ulrich sat down next to her eagerly.
"The school keeps files on all of it's students, doesn't it?
Ulrich nodded. "Of course! So we should go check the school files for anything on them, right?"
"Exactly!" Yumi stood up. "Let's go then!"
-----
"I'm sorry, kids, but there's no one by the name of Jeremy or Aelita in my files." The secretary
swiveled her chair around to face the students. "Nobody by either of those names matching your desciptions
ever attended this school."
Ulrich looked at Yumi and shrugged. "Oh well. We tried."
"You could try the library's newspaper files. They have everything from the past fifty years," the
secertary put in helpfully. "Maybe the people you're looking for are in there somewhere."
"Why not? We can at least look," Yumi agreed. Ulrich nodded, and they left the office.
-----
"Nothing!" Ulrich tossed a fifteen-year-old newspaper down onto the table between Yumi and himself in
disgust. The sudden noise earned him a glare from the library and scattered 'sshhhh!' from nearby students.
"Maybe we just haven't gone back far enough," reasoned Yumi gently in a hushed tone, looking up from a
pile of weekly newspapers from seventeen years before. "Try these." She passed another pile to Ulrich, who
took them with a morbid stare and began leafing through the top.
"Twenty years ago," he mused aloud. The passed into silence as each teen searched for information.
"Check this out!" Ulrich broke the silence. "These papers are all in order, but one issue is missing!"
"The third week of April is missing, like someone took it and never put it back!"
"Ulrich, we're in the third week of April right now!" Yumi's voice rose an octave.
"This doesn't bring us any closer to what happened though," Ulrich said in exasperation.
"Maybe not, but I think I know someone who can help us!" Yumi stood. "Let's go!"
The pair exited the library building and re-entered the afternoon sunlight. Suddenly Yumi felt a
push from behind her.
"Ahh!" Yumi felt her body tumble down the small stairway and connect with the concrete. Taking an
internal check, she realized that she seemed to be okay except for her left ankle, which had begun to throb.
"Oh my, I'm terribly sorry!" Sissy's voice floated down and rang in Yumi's ears. Ulrich rushed down and
lifted Yumi forcibly to her feet, supporting her weight while turning to glare at Sissy. The younger girl
seemed to be hiding a smirk. "Excuse me." Sissy swept past them, giving Yumi one extra glance.
Ulrich opened his mouth to shout something after Sissy but Yumi interrupted him. "Forget her. We have
to get to the principle's office."
"Can you walk?"
"I don't think so." Yumi pressed weight on her foot with a wince. "No."
"Alright then. "Ulrich stooped down in front of her with his back to her. "Get on."
"What?" Had she been capable of doing so, Yumi would have stumbled backwards.
"Climb on my back. I'll carry you." Blushing furiously, Yumi did as she was bid, adjusting herelf on
Ulrich back. He rose once she was on. "Ready?"
"Uh-huh." Yumi nodded.
"All right then, off to the nurses office!" Ulrich began walking, ignoring Yumi's enraged shriek from
behind him.
"Ulrich! We have to see the principle! We can't waste our time dwadling with the school nurse!" Yumi
squirmed, trying to make the determined boy stop.
"It's of no use of you can't walk. We have to have your ankle checked out by Dorothy, and at least get
it bandaged. If you try to walk you could really injure yourself."
"But--" He cut Yumi off as she was about to object.
"No buts. It's to the nurse with you, and that's final." Ulrich smiled smugly when he felt Yumi stop
resisting.
"Fine. But I'll get you back for this!"