Chapter One

Meeting New People

Yumi and Ulrich stood on the street outside the boarding school watching Jeremy ride away in the back of a taxi. Odd had refused to come. He said he had enough on his mind already. Yumi threw her arms around Ulrich's shoulders, crying into his shirt.

Everything went wrong! Jeremy and his stupid ideals about materializing Aelita! Why couldn't we have just... just... Yumi was panicking. Ulrich was worrying. What if XANA attacked? Yumi still wasn't ready to use the supercomputer to do anything really. He was also worrying about how to tell Yumi how he felt.

Yumi slid to the ground, her tears running down her face and onto the cement sidewalk. Ulrich helped her stand up and walk over to the vending machine. Sitting her down on the bench, he brushed her hair gently out of her eyes. Looking up, Yumi saw everything Ulrich wanted to tell her. Pulling her close, Ulrich told her without words that he loved her.

Now, the only person who could possibly ruin this perfect situation walked by. Sissy was not very happy to see her perfect crush halfway to making out with her mortal enemy. Making a point to walk strait past them, she sent a death glare at Yumi and stuck her tiny nose into the air. Ulrich and Yumi broke apart, blushing slightly.

Wiping the tears off her face, Yumi and Ulrich stood up and pointedly walked the opposite direction Sissy went, holding each other's hands for dear life.

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Odd wandered the city walking into various candy stores and arcades, trying desperately to not think about Jeremy leaving. He was kicking an empty soda can down a seemingly desolate ally when he ran into someone. Looking up he saw it was a girl around his age, brownish blonde hair, deep hazel blue eyes, wearing faded loose jeans and a back tank top.

"Uhhh, hi?"Odd stammered, not knowing what else to say. The girl slowly turned around, obviously ready to hurt someone if need be. For no reason in particular, Odd thought, She'd be a good addition to the Lyoko team.

The girl's eyes opened wide, and a smile spread across her tan face. "I knew it!!!" She hopped around the ally for a little bit yelling "Iknewit Iknewit Iknewit!!!" over and over and over again. Odd raised an eyebrow at her. When she finally calmed down, she extended her hand to him.

"I'm Adain. You're Odd." She smiled at him again.