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Ulrich and 'Yumi' were in a stand off. Ulrich was very hesitant to attack because of 'Yumi' looking like his lost love. Aelita finished her research and left the CPT just before XANA was able to get to her. She hurried off in Ulrich's direction just as Ulrich was running back towards the tower after he believed he had defeated 'Yumi'. Ulrich and Aelita meet and Aelita informed him that there was a chance that Jeremie and the others could still be alive. That's when 'Yumi' came up behind Ulrich. Aelita urged him into activating another program, but this one was incomplete. He finally complied and activated program 00179, Connection. As Ulrich rose into the air, 'Yumi' attacked him. Defenseless, Aelita did the only thing that she could to help him, she threw herself in the way of the attack. Did she make it on time to save Ulrich?

Aelita flew past Ulrich's body and, true to her timing, the fan hit her in the stomach. She fell to the ground as the fan flew back to 'Yumi'. Realizing that 'Yumi' was sure to attack again, Aelita got back up. She now stood to the side of Ulrich.

'Yumi' caught her fan and smiled. Aelita's actions entertained her as she know saw that Aelita would do anything to keep Ulrich safe. Aelita wouldn't be able to keep up the offence for to long though since each hit by the fan subtracted twenty life points from her.

Aelita also realized this and began to form a new plan in her head. She had to think of something that she could do to protect Ulrich so that even if she were to be deleted he would still be safe. One idea did linger in the back of her mind though. It was something that she hadn't used in a long time, and the memory of it brought sadness to her features.

Unfortunately for Aelita, 'Yumi' wouldn't give her too long to think because at any moment she would throw her fan at Ulrich again. There were two potential outcomes to this that 'Yumi' could think of, both ended in her favor. Either the fan would hit Ulrich and disrupt their only means of hope at defeating her, or Aelita would try and deflect the fan again. Either way, one of the two would end up permanently deleted.

Aelita quickly evaluated all her options and chose the one that she believed would protect Ulrich the best. She knew that she would regret this, but it was her only hope, it was their only hope. She put her hands together and knelt down on the ground. An angelic note soon escaped from her mouth.

'Yumi' knew what this meant. She was gathering energy to shift the ground to her will. What would she have it do, 'Yumi' didn't know, but she figured that it would be something to protect Ulrich. 'Yumi' couldn't allow that. She needed to dispose of him and Aelita. She too evaluated her options and decided to attack Aelita over Ulrich. Why? If she can break Aelita's concentration then she won't be able to protect Ulrich, thus assuring her victory.

'Yumi' threw her fan just as the ground below Ulrich began to shake. Four slates of rock sprang out of the ground and grew toward Ulrich. The fan sped closer and closer to Aelita. The four pieces of rock came together sealing Ulrich inside a protective bubble like structure. A faint, purple light could be seen coming through the cracks, obviously from the aura surrounding Ulrich.

Aelita quickly jumped up and over to the side, just missing the attack. The fan slammed into the bubble. As the fan hit, a pink light could now be seen through the cracks.

Aelita looked over at the casing that housed her friend and a smile came to her face. 'Good, he's a third of the way done.' she thought. 'I just need to keep her busy a little longer and then he'll be ready to fight. But I'd better be careful, I should be down to only 30 life points now.'

'Yumi's' face turned to disappointment. Not only had she missed her target, but now Ulrich will be given a chance to do whatever it was that he was doing. Unless... If she were to destroy his sanctuary and disrupt him before he finished, then she wouldn't have any worries. But Aelita wouldn't just step aside and 'say attack my friend,' no she needed to be taken care of too.

This would be an easy task for 'Yumi', or so she thought. Aelita was down to thirty life points. She had no way to defend herself, and with how easily 'Yumi' was taking care of Ulrich, Aelita would be a piece of cake.

But, there was one thing that 'Yumi' was missing, a weapon. Her fan was still stuck in the wall that Aelita had created. Luckily for Aelita, when she looked over at the dome that housed her friend, she noticed the fan slightly protruding from it.

Aelita stood up and moved closer to the dome, while 'Yumi' reached back like she was going to throw her fan. All of a sudden, 'Yumi's' face turned to shock when she realized that she didn't have her fan. She looked around trying to find it. 'Where did I put that stupid fan?' she thought. Then she realized where it was, 'Oh no! I left it in that wall!' 'Yumi' looked over just in time to notice Aelita pulling the fan from the wall.

"Great, now what do I do?" 'Yumi' muttered under her breath.

Aelita held the fan, ready to throw it at 'Yumi'. "It looks like the tables have turned Yumi. Ulrich has almost completed 'transformation', and you are left defenseless."

"We'll see who's defenseless soon enough." 'Yumi' shouted back at Aelita.

Aelita stared at 'Yumi' and let the fan loose. It traveled with amazing speed toward 'Yumi', but she didn't seemed fazed whatsoever. She just kept a straight look at Aelita. When the fan was about three quarters of the way there, it stopped. It just stayed, unmoving, in midair, and there was now a red aura around it.

'Yumi' let out a laugh as se looked at Aelita's surprised features. "You haven't forgotten already have you Aelita? Yumi possessed the ability of telekinesis, and so do I."

One barely audible word escaped Aelita's lips, "Shoot."

'Yumi' used the full power of her mind and sent the fan hurtling back towards Aelita. Aelita jumped out of the way, just missing it. Again, the fan lodged itself into the dome, but this time 'Yumi' made sure that she brought it back. As the fan left, a small crack appeared in the dome, one just big enough for 'Yumi' to notice. "Is that thing breaking already? But I've barely touched it! And just think, you wasted fifty life points on the piece of junk." She grabbed hold of her fan.

Through the cracks of the dome, the light escaping from it changed now from pink to red. Aelita was ecstatic, to say the least, when she noticed the change. "Two thirds done. You see that 'Yumi', he's almost finished. And then," Aelita smiled, "You will be to."

'Yumi' stared angrily at Aelita. She yelled, "Shut up!" and threw her fan with all the rage she could muster. The fan collided head on with Aelita's, well head. Aelita flew backwards as the fan returned to 'Yumi'. 'Yumi' caught it. "What was it you were saying?" she huffed out. "Something about be being finished?" 'Yumi' started to move closer to Aelita. "You're the one's who's gonna be finished." 'Yumi' was fully pissed now.

Aelita lie on the ground, pain coursing through her head. She could feel 'Yumi' walking closer to her. 'Not like this, it can't end like this.' she thought. 'Come on Ulrich, I need you now.' There was no response from the dome.

'Aelita' A disembodied voice called her name. It was a voice that she hadn't heard in a long time, a voice which she hoped she would hear again even though she knew its owner had long since passed on.

"Jeremie? Jeremie, is that you?"

'Get out of here Aelita. Go, run now.' His voice sounded urgent and worried. 'That's just like Jeremie, even after death he's still trying to keep me safe.' She laughed inside.

'Aelita, run!'

'Yumi' had long since stopped in her place. 'Who's she talking to? There's no one around here but us.' she thought. That's when she noticed Aelita start to stir.

Aelita stood up. It was hard and took her a little longer then she thought it would, but she made it up. Her next action totally caught 'Yumi' off guard; she ran. Aelita ran away from the site. 'Yumi' watched Aelita run. She was sort of sluggish, but, then again, she was still regaining her strength from that last hit.

'Yumi' awoke from her dazed state. "Hey, get back here Aelita! We're not through here! I still need to kill you!" she yelled at the retreating figure.

'Come on, just a little farther.'

Aelita ran as fast as her tired body would move. But it wasn't fast enough, for soon 'Yumi' was right behind her. And then, she was on the ground. 'Yumi' had tackled her.

"I hope you didn't think you could get away from me that easily Aelita." 'Yumi' sneered as she pushed herself off of Aelita.

"Jeremie, what do I do now?" she asked. He didn't respond. "Jeremie? Where'd you go?" Still nothing. 'He's gone again.'

"I'm sorry, but Jeremie's not here right now. He's dead, remember? Remember how you shut down that tower and ended his life?"

'Jeremie, please come back to me.'

The land now began to shake.

"What? What's going on Aelita?" 'Yumi' asked her.

Aelita let out a weak laugh. "He's coming."

"Who's coming?" 'Yumi' demanded. "Is it Jeremie?"

Aelita just shock her head. That's when 'Yumi' looked back at Ulrich's dome. The land was shaking strongest around it, and it was beginning to crack. A bright light shone through the cracks. It was yellow, and it shone as bright as the stars in the night sky.

Aelita laughed again. "He's finally done. Now you're finished Yumi."

Then, the dome exploded. Pieces of rock flew in every direction. But the bright, yellow light glowed just as bright. And in the center of it you could see the dark outline of a figure. It was Ulrich, a whole new Ulrich and he was ready to end this.

Author's Notes:

First off, I want to apologize again for taking so long to update, again. School's been pretty busy so I didn't get a lot of time to write. But no need to worry about that anymore. School's almost over and after that I'll have plenty of time to write. And, sorry this chapter is so short, well short compared to the other ones, but this is where I wanted to leave off at. But, besides it being a little short, I'm pretty happy with this chapter. It accomplished what I wanted it to accomplish, and it even had a nice little fight between 'Yumi' and Aelita. How was that anyway? I plan on working on the next chapter for a couple of hours tonight, figuring out what's going to happen and how it'll all play out. How about I give myself a little goal to meet? Let's try and get this next chapter posted by/on the last day of school, this Thursday. Think I can do it? Let's hope so. And, for all of you who know of DeviantART, look me up sometime and see a whole nother side of D Wolf plus some other stuff. (Click homepage on my profile to go there)

Now, there is one more thing I'd like to say: details, details, details. Make sure that when you read, you look at the details. Details are one of, if not the, most important parts in a story. A story that lacks details isn't really much of a story. Besides, details can be windows into the future. Just look for them, they're easy to spot. Think of names and colors, for example.

Review Response:

top20fan13: Thank you for the wonderful, and encouraging, review. You know, it's reviews like that that really get me motivated. As for your answer, sorry but that's wrong. But, you will get to see the full extent of his new 'power' in the next chapter (hopefully). As for the bonus question, I'd say that's a pretty good guess. But, I don't know how he would get a copy of the script, even I don't have one. +700 points

Doggiegal: Thanks for the review. I'm sorry, but no, none of your guesses are correct.

Coop: (New from "Insanity") Thanks for taking the time to read and review almost all of "Insanity".

Help Wanted:

Summer is approaching. You know what that means. Free time! As summer begins I plan on getting a new chapter up each week. Now, in order to do this and still keep the quality good, I'm going to need a little help. What I need is for someone who I can send each chapter to as soon as I finish it and they can catch any mistakes I miss, because, as we all know, the author of something knows exactly what's going to happen and so that makes it easy to miss mistakes. And, besides catching any mistakes, this person will also need to make sure that the chapter makes sense. If anybody would be willing to help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. Just send me a message, either via review, email, or AIM. Make sure to let me know who you are and what your email address is, if I don't already know it. Thank you.

Question:

What happened to Ulrich? 4000 points to whoever can answer right.

Hint: Look at the details.

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