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Chapter 4: Remembering
"YUMI!!!" the three chorused in unison. As if that spurred them to do everything in sync, they shoved or fired the weapons of the glowing glob of fiery jello-stuff. After five minutes of attempted murder, Aelita remembered. "Stop!"
"What is it, Aelita?" Odd asked, concerned.
"It's nothing, just our attack method isn't going to work. Let me try," Aelita replied, smiling wanly. She collapsed onto her knees, shaping her hands into a diamond. Then, she sang a pure note to the heavens above. Yumi appeared in front of them, glowing a light gold. Ulrich reached out but found his hand going through her arm.
"It's a hologram, Ulrich," Odd pointed out the obvious.
"No duh, Einstein."
The Guardian shifted. It seemed to know that the one inside was the right one, but it was almost nervous that it might be wrong. So it began to stretch, trying to reach the hologram and hold in the real Yumi. However, the multi-tasking was too much, and it exploded. Yumi landed lightly on the forest floor, landing with a small oof. Aelita finished her prolonged note and rushed over to the girl with the other two. She sat up and looked at them in confusion. "Who are you? Where are we? Who am I? And why are we wearing these ridiculous outfits?"
"Oh, no. What's with her?" Ulrich began to freak out.
"Relax. It's nothing important, just amnesia, so all of you out there, PANIC!!!!!!!!!!" Odd yelled.
"Shut up, Odd," Aelita grumbled. Odd, astonished, complied. "What cures amnesia?"
"Er, nothing. They have to find their way on their own," Jeremie's voice rained down on them.
"So who am I? Where am I? Who are you?" Yumi asked.
"Your name is Yumi. We are in a virtual world called Lyoko. I'm Aelita. He is Ulrich," Aelita began, jabbing her finger at Ulrich. "The cat-man is Odd."
"You mean, like bizarre?" Yumi wondered
"No, it's my name!" Odd protested.
"Oh. So... Ahhh..." Yumi clutched her head in agony. Flashbacks of four of them sitting on a park bench, defending this Aelita, avoiding a girl, Sissy, for some reason...
Ulrich knelt by the girl, trying to ease her, to no avail. She twisted into a ball, waiting for the pain to end. And it did. She panted slightly leaning against a tree. "Who's the one with the glasses?" she inquired curiously, not seeing Jeremie anywhere.
"Er, I'm here, on Earth." Jeremie's voice resounded over them.
"Oh. So why are we wearing these weird clothes?" Yumi asked, perplexed.
"Uh, since we are in a virtual world, these are our outfits," Ulrich explained.
"Oh," she repeated. "Umm... did I know you?"
"Yeah, we're your friends!" Odd smiled at her as she turned around. She smiled back before her face contorted into a maze of lines in her faces. Flashes of Odd being devirtualizied, was it? Her trying to save Aelita. Trying to cling to a ledge while Ulrich rushed over. Falling into the digital void. Being caught by a ball of fire... The visions stopped while she caught her breath.
"What was the fire ball thing?" Yumi was mystified.
"That was the Guardian that trapped you. It's one of X.A.N.A.'s creatures," Aelita clarified.
"So how did you get me out?" Yumi seemed like an endless hole of questions
"Aelita here created a hologram of you. The Guardian got confused and blew up," Odd explained, grinning stupidly.
"Alright." Yumi looked disconcerted.
"Don't mind Odd. He's a little on the deep side, if you know what I mean," Ulrich said, began to laugh. Yumi and Aelita got it and began to giggle as well.
"What's so funny?" Odd inquired, completely bewildered.
"He just insulted you by saying you were a bit... umm, there's no tactical way to say this, dumb," Yumi snorted.
"ULRICH!!!! THAT ISN'T FUNNNY!!!!!" Odd wailed.
"Yeah it is," the said above retorted.
"Umm, you guys, how will we cure her?" Aelita wondered, her brow furrowed.
"Er, maybe show her things that might spark her memory?" Odd offered.
"Oh my god, call the Lyoko press!! Odd made a helpful suggestion!!!!" Ulrich's eyes were popping out of his head.
Yumi began to chuckle into her hand, and Aelita smiled, amused. "But where?" she frowned thoughtfully. "Hmmm.... Maybe the forest where she fell!"
"Right. Good idea, Aelita. Let's go," Ulrich directed. The four began to sprint back to the tower. Upon reaching the tower, Yumi's eyes began to cross and fell on the ground in a dead faint. No one hear the noise of her fall and kept running on. She writhed on the forest floor in silent agony. Flashes from her past began to assault her in full power; she began to remember everything. Everything up to the pain she was experiencing at that moment. The anguish slowly released its hold on her, allowing Yumi to be able to stand. She stared after the three running still, her eyes showing obvious grief and betrayal. Aelita turned, feeling something was wrong and saw the girl gazing after them. She began to turn back but saw Yumi run away from them, jumping to a platform and sprinting away to a tower in the distance.
"What's the matter, Aelita?" Ulrich asked, concerned. She just pointed at the figure in the distance, beginning to step into the tower.
"Do you think she got her memory back?" Odd had come up as well.
"Probably. She had a look of sadness and betrayal on her face," Aelita sighed miserably.
"Well, we definitely have more problems than we've solved," Odd sighed as well.
Ulrich did not reply, his mind being occupied on Yumi running far, far away from them.
"Where do you think she is going?"
(grins) I decided to update sooner, just because I finished the chapter. Ah, so much angst for our favorite characters. It will be longer than expected; I like toying with them. Perhaps 8-10 chapters. Does anyone else realize that I have been using old X.A.N.A. attacks? I'm just not creative. Besides, they work well. It hadn't happened before they shut X.A.N.A. down. REVIEW!!!!