(A/N: Heyo peoples, I see that many people deserted me since I've been so 'evil' and stoppeed? -laughs evily- Anyways, If you're not so updatred on the story anymore, this is what happened so far:

Rika has found Ranzan, but there's a down-side to this, she doesn't know about his powers, which is supposed to be the sign of evil from where she's from. Rika has also found out that she's rooming with Sissi. And Odd found out that he's rooming with Ranzan! What kind of trouble would this cause?

I don't own Code Lyoko, but I do own Rika and Ranzan.

"What!" Odd spewed his orange juice all over Rika's shirt. She looked down at her orange stained shirt. She then looked over at Odd, she was slightly agonized.

"What's the matter with rooming with Ranzan? And what's your deal? You've been treating him like dirt, and he didn't even do anything to you!" (A/N: Ha!)

Ranzan smirked at Odd.

"Ugh...it's just that...nevermind, I have to go...somewhere." Odd left the cafeteria. But Ranzan decided to keep playing around with Odd, so he followed him.

"Hey, Odd, what's wrong?" He was still smirking.

Odd hurled around, "Buzz off, I know what you're up to, you're just messing around with Rika! Well, you know what, I won't let you. She's a friend and I don't want to see her get hurt by the likes of you!"

"Well, well, how would you know if I was going to do anything? I've knew her ever since she was six. And you only knew her for a day, how can you even say you're her friend huh? I say that you're just a bug, waiting to be smashed. I mean really, look at how she reacted to your orange juice? Didn't sound too friendly to me." He just enjoyed messing with Odd.

"Shut up! Your powers are evil, and I WILL find out what you're going to do with them." At that Odd whirled around to go...anywhere, anywhere but there

Inside the sewer pipe leading to the super calculator, he pulled his knees up to his chest. Ranzan's words rung in his head:

You've only known her...

...how can you be her friend...

...you heard her...

...she didn't sound too friendly...

Argh!" Odd clamped his ears shut, "Why can't I stop thinking about her?" He shook his head as he felt a headache sneak up on him,

"No! Ranzan's wrong..." He removed his hands from his ears and covered his forehead with them, sweeping back some of his hair, "...then how come he sounds so right?"

Ulrich and Jeremy were walking through the park calling out Odd's name.

"Hey Odd, where are you? Odd!"

Jeremy shook his head, "It's no use, Ulrich."

"But class is about to start and he isn't back yet...he's gotta be somewhere around here...maybe..."

He lifted the manhole and jumped in.

Jeremy called after him. "What're you doing? What if someone sees you?"

"Cover for me!" That was all you could here from inside the hole in the ground.

"Okay then..." Jeremy felt uneasy about this.

Ulrich took his skateboard and skated down the long path, Then he started hearing angry shouts coming from inside a sewer pipe, "Odd?"

"Go away!"

"What's wrong man?"

"I said go away!"

"No, I'm not leaving until you come out and tell me what's going on."

You could hear shuffling go on inside the pipe, at last, Odd appeared. "I'm here,what do you want?" He was avoiding Ulrich's eyes.

Ulrich had a firm expression on his face. He firmly put both his hands on Odd's shoulder, forcing eye contact.

"What's wrong?" He simply said, "You can tell me."

"Nothing's wrong," Odd quickly mumbled under his breath, he was looking down on the ground, he was still trying to avoid eye contact.

"No, it doesn't seem like nothing, now tell me."

Odd sighed, "It's Rika, she hates me." His voice quivered.

"What?"

"You heard me, she hates me!" At that he took off and turned out of Ulrich's line of vision.

Ulrich was left confused at Odd's reaction. "Odd...how can you say that?"

Silence.

"Odd, we've known each other since forever, now tell me what youi mean."

More silence.

Ulrich followed Odd's path.

"Ulrich, stop following me and leave me alone." Odd's voice was unsteady now.

"Odd..."

"Just go away." His voice echoed on the walls.

Ulrich turned around, but he added one more line, "Well then, if you decide to come back to your senses, you can talk to me."

At that, he skateboarded back to the enterance.

"No one, will know how much this hurts." Odd said under his breath. He folded his knees next to his chest and rested his head on his knees.

"Hey, where's Odd?" Rika asked Ulrich and Jeremy, who were both in her fifth period class.

Both bluntly said, "In the sewer pipe."

Rika was confused, "Huh? The sewer pipe?"

Her question was met by two nods.

"O...kay then...why?"

Jeremy answered, "Maybe you should go talk to him instead of asking us."

Rika was silent now, but she nodded.

After her class Rika headed down to where the manhole was. She climbed down and called out for Odd.

"Odd, Odd! Hello? Where are you?"

A mopey voice called out, "Go away."

"Odd? Is that you?"

"I said go away! Why the heckdo you all have to bother me?"

Odd's chest was pounding, why is Rika looking for me?

"Odd...Ulrich and Jeremy told me to talk to you...is anything bothering you?" She flew further down.

Oh, so she's only here because the guys told her to come? Rika's question was met by an angry, "No."

Rika followed his voice into a sewer pipe, she climbed in, the water dirtied her white shirt and skirt, but she didn't care.

"It doesn't sound like that to me, no please tell me what's really wrong?"

"It's you." His answer was so soft, it was hardly hearable.

"What...what do you mean?"

"You hate me...I did so many things to you, I won't blame you if you hate me."

"I do n--" Her reply was cut off.

"No, don't tell me that you don't hate me. But please answer this, why do you like Ranzan so much?" He turned his head in the other direction to avoid looking at Rika.

She blushed, "Um...why do you say that?"

"One thing is, you keep blushing at the mention of his name. How can you like him?" He was still avoiding eye contact.

"Well, he protected me against all the bullies when I was little."

Odd was silent as he listened. Protect? Ranzan protected her?

"...but he was strange, he didn't have powers, so he couldn't avoid all the blasts that were hurled at him. He would just stand there and cover me."

Odd spoke up, "I'm not lying...but he has mind powers."

It was time for Rika to sound angry, "He wouldn't! He wasn't evil at all!"

Odd kept his head turned the other way, "He used his powers to enroll you and him in the school, he arranged that you and Sissi be put together as roomates, and meto behis roomate...

"Odd, if you're jealous, you should just tell me!"

"I'm not jealous!" Odd's voice rose as he turned to face Rika, "I just care about what could happen to you!"

Rika was surprised by Odd's last comment, "Huh...?"

Odd couldn't stop now, "I dont want you hurt by him, that's all. I'm just warning you. If I cared, would I be making this up?"

Rika was silent.

Odd kept going, "All I'm saying is that I--" he stopped himself, "--er...that, you should be careful."

"Odd...I'm touched...and I would never hate you," The ends of her mouth lifted up, "And how about we get back outside, huh? Everyone's worried about you too." Rika flashed a smile in Odd's direction.

Odd smiled, "Okay."

Meanwhile, outside, Sissi and Ranzan were talking to each other.

"So ifI make Odd miserable, you'll make Rika miserable?" Ranzan asked.

"Yes, I want Odd to be as miserable as possible, and I'll make Rika miserable in return alright?"

"Deal." Ranzan shook hands with Sissi.

(A/N: Heh...a little drama and...stuff! How is it? Please tell me! And thanks for reading! Bye-o!)