A/N – I'm going to start dedicating each one of chapters starting now to at least one person, most likely a reader. First of all though I want to thank everyone for reviewing me! Especially Trillinka because she reviewed every single chapter, even though she only started reading it a couple days ago! This chapter is dedicated to you, Trillinka, for being such a great reviewer! = )

Ulrich-girl – LOL! Sorry it took me a while! I hope you didn't black out already!

Trillinka – I'm really glad you like my story so far! Hope you like this chapter!

Ulrich ran outside the building looking for Yumi. 'I wonder where she is. I hope nothing bad happened to her.' Ulrich thought as he left the factory in search of Yumi.

At school

Yumi was still passed out on a bed in the infirmary. The nurse went to Yumi's bed side to see if she was still sleeping. Yumi started to mumble in her sleep but the nurse wasn't able to understand it.

"Ulrich no. Don't go. Don't leave me. Please. You can't go."

"It seems like you're talking in your sleep. I wish I could understand what you're saying. It might help me figure this out. I wonder what happened to you. I've never seen anything like this before. Hmm . . ."

Ulrich's POV

I have to find Yumi. Even though Odd doesn't think it's too serious, I do. I don't know why but I have a weird feeling she's in trouble. I started running through the park toward school once I got out of the sewer. Before I got to far though, I decided to go check out Yumi's house first. She's probably at her house just about to leave. If I hurry, I can probably catch her before she leaves. Maybe we could walk together. When I knocked on the door, Mrs. Ishyama (A/N: sorry if this is spelled wrong. If you know how to spell it right please tell me! I would really appreciate it!) answered.

Normal POV

"Oh hello! You're one of Yumi's friends right? Hmm . . ." Mrs. Ishyama said as she studied Ulrich carefully. "You're Ulrich right?"

"Yes I'm Ulrich, Yumi's friend." Ulrich replied.

"Soyouare Ulrich. Yumi talks about you all the time!" Mrs. Ishyama said to Ulrich smiling.

Ulrich blushed.

"If you're looking for my daughter, Ulrich, then she isn't here right now. She hasn't come home from school yet. She's probably still there."

The Ishyama's house phone rang.

"Will you excuse me for just a moment?"

Ulrich nodded his head.

"Hello?" Mrs. Ishyama asked.

"Mrs. Ishyama?"

"Yes. May I ask who this is?"

"Yes, I'm Dorothy, (A/N: Is that the nurse's name? Some one please help me!) the nurse from Yumi's school."

"Yes?"

"Well, after lunch today Yumi came here to the infirmary not feeling good. She's slept the whole time she's been here. I wasn't able to figure out what was wrong with her but I don't think it's anything too serious. I think she'll be fine once she wakes up."

"Are you sure?"

"Well, I'm not entirely sure, but I am pretty sure. You can either come pick her up now or later, or if you want I can keep her here for the night. I noticed that she wasn't a boarder here though so I thought I should call you and tell you she was here with me in case you started to get worried."

"Ok, I think I'll come pick her up right now." Mrs. Ishyama said before she hung up the phone and walked back over to Ulrich.

"I'm sorry Ulrich, but I need to go now. I need to pick up Yumi from school."

"What's wrong with Yumi, Mrs. Ishyama?"

"Yumi fell asleep in the school infirmary. She went there not feeling well after lunch. The nurse asked if I wanted to go get her and bring her home. I'm going to pick her up now. I'm sure she'll be fine and be back at school tomorrow."

"Do you need any help finding your way around school?" Ulrich asked wanting to go.

"Sure. I think I could use some help finding the infirmary. Let me just get my keys."

At the school

Mrs. Ishyama parked her car and they both got out.

"This way Mrs. Ishyama." Ulrich said pointing in the direction of the infirmary.

Ulrich and Mrs. Ishyama walked to the infirmary together. There was a sort of peaceful silence between them as a cloud covered the almost setting sun, providing a little shade to the school. A slight breeze blew adding some relief to the hot day. When they got to the infirmary, they saw Yumi lying on one of the nurse's bed. Yumi was curled up like she was cold.

'Poor Yumi. What happened to you?' Ulrich thought to himself. Going to Yumi's bedside.

"Oh hello Mrs. Ishyama. May I have a word with you please?" The nurse asked as she walked in the room.

"Of course." Mrs. Ishyama replied. "Ulrich? Will you please take Yumi to my car while I talk with the nurse for a minute?" Mrs. Ishyama asked turning to Ulrich who was facing her.

"Yes Mrs. Ishyama." Ulrich said turning back to the sleeping Yumi.

"Don't worry Ulrich, I won't be too long."

"Ok, Mrs. Ishyama. I'll take Yumi." Ulrich said as he picked up Yumi, and took her out of the infirmary. 'I won't let anything bad happen to you while you're with me. I promise.' Ulrich sat outside of the car since he didn't have the keys. He laid Yumi on his lap and took out his cell phone. He text messaged Jeremy.

J -

Found Yumi. With her now. She was sleeping in the infirmary. I don't know what's wrong. Her mom's talking to the nurse. I'm gonna stay with Yumi though. You understand. Call me if you need any help with Lyoko.

- U

Ulrich put away his cell phone as Mrs. Ishyama walked up.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Ulrich! I forgot to give you the keys didn't I?" Mrs. Ishyama said as she dug through her purse.

"Yeah, but that's ok. I just sat here and waited." Ulrich said as he picked up Yumi again.

Ulrich got in the car very carefully since he had Yumi in his arms. He buckled her seat belt, closed his door, and then buckled himself in. When the car started moving, Yumi, who was still asleep started to fall to one side when the car turned. She started to fall slowly to the side Ulrich was sitting on. He didn't notice though until her head fell on his shoulder. He surprisingly looked to see if she was awake, but when he noticed she was still sleeping, he just smiled and put his own head on hers. 'I hope you'll be ok.'

When they all got back to the Ishyama's house, Ulrich picked up Yumi for the third time that night, and carried her inside. He walked to her bed room and set her down on her bed. Ulrich looked out the window in Yumi's room to see the sun was just setting. 'Yumi would enjoy seeing this but I'll let her sleep. She needs her rest if she wants to feel better. I don't know what's wrong with her but sleeping seems to be helping her out.' Ulrich looked back at Yumi and noticed a strand of hair was in her face. He gently moved it out of the way as he smiled. He decided that reading something would help pass the time a little. He got a book from Yumi's bookshelf that looked interesting, sat down by her bedside, and starting reading.

"Ulrich don't go . . ." Yumi murmured in her sleep.

"Hmm?" Ulrich said looking up from the book and at Yumi to see if she was still asleep. When he saw she was dreaming, he held her hand. "Don't worry, Yumi. I'm still here. I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay here. I'm going to protect you. From everything. Forever." Ulrich whispered as he gave Yumi a kiss on her forehead. He started reading the book again, still holding Yumi's hand.

A/N: How did everyone like it? Sorry it took quite a while for me to update. I've been pretty busy, and I tried to make this chapter a littler longer then the last couple of chapters. Hope you all enjoyed it! Please review before you go! And if you're wondering what's happening at the factory while all of this is going on – then don't worry – that's my next chapter!

A/N: Also – I wanted to let everyone know that I'll probably be posting my next chapter this weekend! Sorry it'll take away but I'm really busy! If I get a lot of reviews though, I'll try really hard to get it posted on Friday!