Okie... here's the short chaprter 9... only three pages.. but thats alright.. cus I like it. Hehehe. Thanks again for the reviews... poor Kiks... How could anyone possibly trick her into going to the same place as someone who hates her? heehee... that's a common misconception... i'll let you figure it out on your own... Please tell me what you think of this chapter!! -

"I...I need... I'm going for a walk." Kiks' struggled, turning quickly and running out the door as fast as she could.
"WHY DID YOU BRING HER HERE!?" Odd yelled at the group. "I told you I didn't want anything to do with her!"
"Don't be mad at her Odd. She didn't know you were here either!" Yumi countered angrily.
"I thought she refused to leave Lyoko!"
"We tricked her into coming out, Okay?!"
"Yeah... how? Did you tell her that Xana was killing ULRICH?"
Ulrich looked up at the mention of his name, and took up the same annoyance that Yumi had.
"Actually... we told her that you were being attacked."
"She wouldn't have fell for that, and she wouldn't have come anyway."

"She's here isn't she?"
Aelita stepped to the front of the group, where it just registered to Odd who she was.
"Aelita?!"
"Odd... please, don't be mad at her. She's been miserable the entire time she was in Lyoko... she didn't move at all... she just sat on a rock crying."
"Nice try Aelita."
"Its true."
"Sorry that I'm not having a big welcome to Earth party for you and all... but I suddenly feel like going to the bathroom and hurling." He replied, standing up and also heading for the door. "I think I'll go home now."
"ODD!"
He ignored the calls of his friends and exited the building.
That was smart of them. I have to admit, I didn't see it coming. They think they've helped too... when all they did was make me feel worse. He had walked into the large field in front of the club, and now looked around in bewilderment. Hold on... where did she go? There's no way she could've gotten out of sight this quickly... I hope she's not lost... or hurt... WHY DO I CARE?! He asked, hitting himself in the head. I don't care about her. Maybe she'll get attacked by a wolf or something.. He thought as he began to walk across the field in the direction of the dorms. What am I talking about?! I CAN'T LET HER GET HURT... Mad at her or not... that's to low for me.
 He set off at a sprint across the field, looking for any signs as to where she would have entered the woods. He had two ideas as to where she could possibly be going, the factory and Yumi's house... both of which she would have been trying to retrace steps, leading straight into the woods. The sun was setting and night was coming on, making the woods very dark and shadowy.
She has to be here somewhere. He dared not call for her, incase there was nothing wrong, and she just wanted to get away from him. Instead, he planned to find her, and follow her until there was no chance of anything happening to her.
A shrill scream echoed across the interior of the forest, unquestionably generated by a female.
Oh no... He thought, running faster and dodging tree limbs.
"KIKS!?!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. He could hear shuffling coming from a specific area, and followed the sound as quick as he could.
He came to an abrupt stop when he came into a clearing. To his dismay, a five foot mechanical Xana monster was circling the area. It's clawed arms had what could only be blood smeared on them.
"WHAT DID YOU DO WITH HER YOU PILE OF JUNK!?" Odd yelled angrily, grabbing a stick and throwing it at the monsters eye. The monster stumbled back and forth, but eventually caught it's balance.
"Fine. We'll do this the hard way." Odd grabbed a piece of log off the ground and ran around the legs of the monster, knocking each one out separately and forcefully throwing the large log at the monster. Before it had hit though, the monster disappeared the way images on a computer screen do when you cut it off.
Odd looked around frantically, his eyes setting on the white clad female form. He picked up his cell phone and dialed Ulrich's number. A moment later Ulrich answered.
"Get to the factory as fast as you can. ITS IMPORTANT... and bring a few bottles of water."
"Alright... we'll be there in 5 minutes."
The blonde haired boy walked over slowly to Kiks, looking at her unconscious body. Her white clothes were stained with red from the blood flowing freely from her arms and legs. It looked as if the monster had thrown her across they clearing, straight into a pile of rocks. Here head was slightly downward, and a small pool of blood had become evident under it.
This was all my fault. Odd thought to himself regretfully as he gently picked her fragile body up. He brushed the leaves out of her hair affectionately and began to run in the direction of the factory.
When he arrived, the rest of the group was already waiting for him. They all jumped into action the moment they saw Odd's precious cargo.
"We have a problem Jeremie..." He said quietly.
"What?"
"She was attacked by a mechanical Lyoko marked monster."
"In the real world?"
Odd nodded sadly, walking past him and climbing into the elevator. He walked out into the lab, sitting her on the floor and grabbing a bottle of water from Yumi's hand. Taking off his sweatshirt, he ripped a piece off which he drenched in water and began to clean Kiks' cuts with.
"She'll need to go to the infirmary." He commented. "She hit her head pretty bad."
"There's a tower activated in the desert region." Jeremie announced.
"Me and Aelita will take care of it." Ulrich stated. "You and Yumi can take her to the infirmary." He said quietly to Odd, who nodded back. After Aelita and Ulrich were back in Lyoko, Yumi and Odd began their trip to the infirmary. Kiks' cuts had stopped bleeding, but were still very noticeable.
"We'll tell the nurse that she was attacked by a wolf." Yumi said.
"Right."

A few hours later, the nurse emerged from the infirmary, turning to the two teenagers sitting outside the door. Odd jumped up quickly.
"She'll be fine. You can go in and sit with her until she wakes up if you'd like, but right now she's asleep."
"Thank you." They both replied as she walked away.
"I have to get back to the factory, I haven't heard from Ulrich and Jeremie yet."
"Okay." Odd said, walking through the door. "Bye."
"Are you going to be okay?"
"I'll be fine."
He closed the door behind him as Yumi walked away. Taking a seat in a chair next to the bed, he sat back and looked at Kiks.
She isn't going to be happy if I'm the first thing she sees. He thought. Maybe I should go.
Before he had a chance to get up, Kiks' eyes began to flutter open, setting wearily on Odd. She said nothing, but gave a small smile and closed her eyes again.
What am I talking about? I can't just leave her. I wouldn't want to wake up and see no one.
 He got on his knees next to the bed and grabbed her hand gently. Putting his elbows onto the bed, he kissed her hand faithfully. He leaned his head close to her face.
"As soon as you wake up," He said softly. "I'm going to apologize for all of this." He placed his head on her stomach and closed his eyes.
"Odd..."
He picked his head up quickly and looked at her.
"Yeah?"
"You... you don't have to be here... if you don't want to be... Please... go if you want... it won't hurt my feelings..."
"I'm not going anywhere." He said quietly, putting the back of his hand to her face.
"But... you're.. mad... at me.."
He shook his head. "No I'm not."

She looked up at him, her eyes filling with tears. "You're not?"
"No... I can't stay mad at you... I wasn't mad at you to begin with... just... a little confused and disappointed."
"Oh... you were disappointed in me.." One of her tears fell down her face.
"I misjudged you though...I just thought that you didn't care. But they told me you came out of LYoko to save me... I won't make that mistake again."
"It was because I turned evil, wasn't it?"
"Kind of.But I should have known all along that you weren't evil. Another misjudgment."
Kiks sat up slowly in the bed.
"Oh." She said. "Thank you for being here. Why are you here? You said you didn't want to have anything to do with me... that you didn't like me anymore."
"I thought... but things are different with you."
"How so?"
"Everything about you is perfect... I normally just have crushes on girls... but..."
She struggled to hold herself up.
"I was afraid that I was actually going to lose you today... and the thought of that.. it killed me inside... Listen, I barely know you..."
"I understand—"
"But I'm in love with you."
She froze instantly, and turned slowly to Odd. "You... love me?"
He nodded back.
"I turned evil to get back at Xana..."She said, struggling yet again to get words out and hold herself up at the same time. "You need to understand that... I did it because, you were mad at me for that Ulrich thing, which never would have happened had Xana not inhabited me... because I... I love you too... and... you were... the yelling... and..."
"Its okay. I should have seen your motive before I yelled at you. And I'm sorry." He comforted, leaning over and kissing her gently. "You need to get some rest."
"I don't want to be here."
"Where do you want to be?"
"Anywhere but here... It makes me feel weird... I'm not hurt that bad."
"You hit your head, and were covered in cuts... you are hurt this bad."
"I don't see any cuts... or blood..."
"That's because I got it off of you before bringing you here."
She noticed the absence of his sweater.
"Did you..."
"Yeah. Don't worry about it."
"I still don't want to be here."
"Well... we can go back to the factory... to see how everyone else is doing I guess... huh?" In his pocket, he could feel the familiar vibration of his cell phone. "Not now..." he pleaded, turning it on to here Jeremie's voice.
"Please tell me this isn't a Xana attack..."
"It's not." Jeremie reassured. "The return to the past program hasn't been working lately, but I wanted to call to let you know that it's working now... and we're going to use it."
"But..."
"It'll take us back to... hmm... when Yumi got to the club I think."
"Alright." He said turning to look at Kiks. "If it means Kiks' won't be injured, I'm up for it."
"Good." In the background of the phone he could hear Jeremie's voice starting the program. A moment later, a white flash of light came over them. When he opened his eyes, he was sitting at the table in the club with Ulrich and Jeremie.
"Hehe..Work of genius fixing that stupid program...it had so many viruses in it I could have made a disease." Jeremie commented. Ulrich looked over, seeing Odd watching the door intently.
"Now that you know what we were up to... were you really that angry?"
"At first... I changed my mind though."
Yumi entered at the exact time she had the time before, walking over to Odd who looked up at her.
"You're friend is in perfect working condition." She told him as Aelita and Kiks entered.
When his eyes set on Kiks, he jumped out of his chair quickly and ran over, throwing his arms around her and picking her up off the ground, spinning her in a circle. She laid her head on his shoulder, gladly accepting the affection.
"Well.. first I felt bad for her when she got ripped to pieces.. now I'm glad she did..." Ulrich commented, watching the two teenager's reunion.
"I am never letting you out of my sight again!" Odd said to Kiks, his arms still around her. "No nightly walks in the woods, got that?"
"Trust me... even if you hadn't said it... I had no intention of going into dark areas anytime soon."
"So..." Jeremie said, trying to steal back attention. "No one really had time to uhhh.... Say anything about Aelita."
Aelita blushed at the mention of her name and the sudden stares of everyone around her.
"Oh yeah..." Odd said quietly.
"I didn't get a chance to say anything before, but it's nice to see you out of Lyoko Aelita." Ulrich added.
"So, do we unplug Lyoko now?" Yumi asked.
"Unfortunately... its not that easy."