A/n: If a paragraph or more are in italics, it occurs in the mind, one word doesn't. Enjoy.


"So Jeremie, Sissy pried, "Is she Xana?" Sissy redirected her high-pitched voice at Ulrich, "Ulrich, dear you want to sit with me?"

"I'll pass," Ulrich retorted.

"You going to eat that?" Odd asked eying Ulrich's lunch, Ulrich pushed his tray over to Odd, "Thanks buddy!"

"Who is she?" Yumi asked Jeremie.

"Havania Carson."

"You have a nickname?" Yumi asked Havania.

She looked at Yumi and started saying something, the same something over and over again in different languages, growing redder each time and Yumi looking more and more confused each time.

"This happened in class," Odd rolled his eyes, "Here we go again."

Yumi's questioning look vanished, "Say that again."

The girl looked at Yumi funny and said her request.

"Kat?" Yumi asked Havania, "You go by Kat."

The girl -Kat- nodded.

"She wants to be called Kat," Yumi informed them.

"And you know this h-"Ulrich was interrupted by Odd.

"Wasn't Kat the name Eva called out before the sword-girl de-virtualized?"

"Yes," Jeremie said over Ulrich, "ask her where she's from."

Yumi asked Kat and listened to her reply, "The U.S."

"How do you know this?" Ulrich screamed making Yumi jump and people in the lunch room stare.

"She's speaking Japanese," Yumi replied promptly.

"Oh course," Ulrich replied.

The bell rang.

"P.E.," Jeremie announced, "Will someone run her there while I do a background check?"

"You mean you skipping P.E.?" Odd asked.

Jeremie nodded.

"Have fun!" Ulrich commented.

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Jeremie looked at the screen, "It makes no sense," he thought, "She has a web page, a message board, but yet as far as the U.S. government knows, she's moved..." He covered his head with his arms in frustration.

"Jeremie..." a sort of southing, but yet annoying voice said, "Jeremie..."

He opened his eyes, someone had removed his glasses, "M-m-my glasses," he stammered.

"You don't need them here," the voice, female and familiar replied.

"I do!"

"No," she leaned over.

"Um, Yumi?" he asked expecting the worst.

"Shh," he closed his eyes as she turned his face up.

"Yumi, you're acting strange," he was blushing now.

"The quicker you are quiet the faster I can answer your question," she snapped.

"Yumi, what are you doing," she was too close, he has to take action, "I'll tell Ulrich."

"And."

"Uh, he'll be mad."

"I care..."

"I'll tell Sissy,"

"You'll only make your self look bad, plus won't Aelita be mad?"

"Uhh...What are you doing?"

"Just shut up, please," she lightly touched each of his eyelids, then stepped back

"Open your eyes," she commanded.

His eyes flew open.

An auburn haired girl stood in front of him, wearing a black dress, and gripping a sword and glaring at him, this was not Yumi.

"W-w-who are you?" he asked.

"Who do you think?" she replied.

"Where am I?"

"France."

"Who are you?"

"You know, you're smart."

He thought as millions of images and words flashed thorough his mind, "You go through the manhole in the park," he heard his voice say "you going to eat that," Odd asked. "Jeremie, will you be her guide?" The teacher looked at Jeremie.

"Kat?" He called.

"Havania Carson," she echoed.

The name echoed through his head a million times, "My other questions!"

"Jeremy...Jeremy," his vision was blurred.

"Kat, can I have my glasses now?"

"Kat?" Yumi was asking Ulrich, "Has he lost it?"

"No idea," Ulrich replied.

"Jeremie?" Yumi asked as she wove her hand in front of his face, "Jeremie?"

She got up and walked off.

"Hey dude!" Odd screamed, "What's up?"

Yumi came over and slipped his glasses on his face.

Odd got up while Ulrich asked, "I wonder what games he has."

"Let's find out," Odd told Ulrich. They sat down at his computer.

Jeremie started groaning. Yumi's face was the first he saw. "Yumi!" he jumped up and hugged her, realizing what he was doing he let go of the red, embarrassed Yumi and went to be overjoyed at having his glasses.

"He's mental," Odd said.

"Is he going to be all right?" Aelita peered at Jeremie on the screen, "He's not sick, is he going to die?"

"Aelita, he's going to be fine," Ulrich assured her.

Yumi was sitting by Jeremie, she had put his glasses on him so Odd couldn't wear them, Jeremie groaned, "Jeremie?" Yumi asked him.

Yumi's blurry face came into view, then focused. Jeremie sat up.