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Broken Heart
Chapter 1: Yumi's Diary
Chapter Summary: Ulrich finds Yumi's diary, which contains clues on how to bring her back. So Ulrich goes back to Lyoko.
Another day wasted, spent staring at a photo. It was the photo taken at the dance before Yumi's death. My friends had given it to me because they felt that I needed it. There was only one copy, and my friends had given it up just so that I could see Yumi again. But it was unnecessary. I always see her. Every waking moment is spent reliving everything. The countless battles in Lyoko played in my mind like they were recorded and are being played constantly in my head, like a video player on repeat. But I don't mind. As long as I don't see what happened that night.
But even that haunts me. Every night, I sleep for only three hours. And those three hours are spent viewing it. When, in my dream, I kneel down beside her, I always wake up. I don't want to see her die. I think that, maybe, if I stop the dream before I see her death, she'll enter my room and comfort me. I think that she may tell me that the past five years were a long dream. But it doesn't work. And every night that I realize that it failed, I always break down and cry. I cry for hours. Very often, I don't even come to my classes. My parents are always sympathetic about it, but their patience is waning quickly.
Jeremie has been working on finding a way to comfort me, now that Aelita is materialized. But it never works.
I jump with a start as my cell phone rings. It is the same one that I had since ninth grade. I keep it around just so that I can keep track on what my friends are doing. I accept the call, and cheer inwardly. It was Jeremie.
"Ulrich, I need you to go to my house quickly. I found something that may be of interest to you." Jeremie said on the phone.
"I'll be right over, Jeremie." I said, putting on my clothes, jacket, and sneakers. I run out the door into the night toward his house.
When I arrive at his house, I sneak in, careful not to disturb my friend's parents. I had come late at night before, and it wasn't pleasant to say the least.
"Ulrich, I found Yumi's diary in her cell phone. Some of the data was corrupted, so I fixed that. But the entry that she wrote on that night is interesting. There's some sort of diagram in a movie clip. I'll show you." Jeremie said. He pressed the "play" button, and a nearly screamed in exhilaration! It was all here! Everything I had been searching for!
I barely managed to tell Jeremie "thank you", I was so excited. I decided to virtualize into Lyoko as soon as possible. I couldn't wait.
I decided to idly play the rest of the entry. I realized that she had been recording the fight. As I was doing this, I gasped in realization. Yumi had known that this would happen! That was why the bigger of the clones attacked her, it didn't want her to be able to protect me. In spite of myself, I began to cry in sheer realization. She had died because I didn't know what she knew. That was why I wasn't hurt badly except when I attacked her attacker. They didn't want to kill me, I was just an innocent bystander to them. Upon realizing this, I swore revenge against X.A.N.A.
Immediately, I told Jeremie to meet me tomorrow at the factory after school. I had a score to settle, and I couldn't wait.
"Shouldn't I get Odd?" asked Jeremie.
"Yes. Get anyone who'll listen to you. Now is not the time for subtlety. X.A.N.A. was planning an attack since the start. It'll be a big one, and I think tomorrow will be the second move. If we strike now, the attack won't come." I said, not adding the fact that Yumi would be back. My motives would be my motives. "We attack that pyramid." The last statement was said as I pointed to the diagram.
The next day, we all met in the factory. Jeremie had failed to recruit any new people, but he had brought Odd.
"Just like old times, eh, Odd?" I asked fiercely. My tone surprised him. I hadn't been this energetic since Yumi's death.
"Yeah, Ulrich." Odd said with confidence.
We stepped into our scanners. The familiar smell brought back memories, but I shook them off. I couldn't let them hurt my goal.
Jeremie sent us off to Lyoko, and then muttered: "Good luck, Ulrich."
A/N: I decided to continue the story. I know that this chapter had little fighting, but it will come soon.