Name: Lost Cause
Summary: What happens if everything your worked for & everything you loved suddenly disappeared in a cloud of smoke? What would you do if the thing or person you loved most could be taken away forever... because of you? Y/U Character death. May contain spoilers.
Topic: Code Lyoko
Pairings: Yumi/Ulrich, a little Aelita/Jeremy
Comments: Takes place in the same time, still might have some weird spoiler.That's about it for now...
Disclaimer: I told you, I don't own it... I wish I did ,but I don't... Stop Interegating Me!

parenthesis ( ): I'm talking... I never shut up.
Italics Hello: Thoughts of the character

Chapter 2
Walk Home

As Odd, Ulrich, & Yumi climbed out of the sewer-passageway, Odd said, "Hey, I think they're having Spagetti & Meatballs today for dinner! Oh, boy, my favorite!"

"Odd do you ever stop thinking about food," Yumi said, as Ulrich closed the passage & stood.

"Yes, but it dosen't last long," Odd said.

"I think I'm going to be a little late for lunch. I have something to do," Ulrich said.

"Alright then, more for me. See ya, Yumi," Odd said as he ran toward the cafeteria.

"Yumi, you mind if I walk you home? I want to talk to you about something," Ulrich asked.

"Umm, sure Ulrich. Let's go," she said.

In The Factory

"So do you know what Xanna is doing exactly," Aelita asked Jeremy as she stood by the screen.

"Not entirely, I know the cure for the anti-virus must be some where in Sector 5," Jeremy answered, "Maybe he just dosen't want us to get our hands on it."

"But then why hasn't he done this sooner?"

"It must be the Return To The Past program, every time we use it, he gets stronger (you would know that if you watched the new series... if you didn't... SPOILER!) he must be just strong enough now to block off an entire sector."

"Or he might have something else planned."

"But what?"

Walking To Yumi's House

"Hey, Ulrich," said Yumi as she finally broke the long silence between them, "didn't you have something to do?"

"This is something," he said with a warm smile that she gratefully returned.

"You planned this, huh?"

"Yeah, kinda."

Another long silence washed over them. Yumi finally broke it again & said, "you said you wanted to talk to me about something, what is it?"

"Well, no one else knows, except the principal... & maybe Jim, he might have told him. Maybe some of the teachers might know. I'm pretty sure Odd dosen't know... no he dosen't..."

Yumi stopped walking, which he stopped too & also shut up. Yumi said, "Ulrich, what happened?"

"My parents are dead, Yumi."

"What? How? When? Why haven't you told anyone, especcially Odd?"

"Because... I don't exactly know how they died. They were... just found dead... no one knows what happened..." He went silent.

"But why are you telling just me & not the others too?"

"I don't know, I just... I don't know, but I don't have to go to an orphanage, the school's going to keep me, since it's a bording school & all."

"Ulrich, I..."

"Don't worry about it," as he cut her off & started walking again, "I was walking you home remember," he said as he looked back at her with the same warm smile.

She returned his smile & started walking along side him again.

Back To The Factory

"Jeremy," said Aelita as she pointed to a small dot on the screen where a map of Lyoko was shown.

"I'll launch a super-scan, just to make sure," he said.

"Oh no," he said again, as a red tower shown on the screen with the Xanna symbol standing beside it. "Go down to the scanners, Aelita. I'll call Odd, Ulrich & Yumi."

Cafeteria

Odd finally sat down with a plate of his favorite meatballs, he was so releaved he actually got some. He was the last one to come, but the lunch-lady (I forgot her name, & yes they mentioned it) saved him some, since he was the best eater in school. He picked up his fork, pierced the meatball with it, got it up to his mouth... almost there... a little more... don't wanna risk it running away on him. It was so close to his mouth he could taste it, but it was nothing like the real thing... It was close... Just one more milli-inch... Then his cell phone rang.

He dropped the fork down to his plate & answered his cell-phone dully. "Hello," he said.

"SOS Xanna," screamed Jeremy through his phone.

"I was afaid you were going to say that," he answered as he almost fell head first in his plate.

"Hurry ,Odd! You & Ulrich get over here now!"

"Ulrich's not with me. He said he had something to do or something," Odd said as he got up & gave his plate back to the lunch-lady, who looked back at him like he was crazy.

"Ok, I'll call Yumi & Ulrich. Just hurry & get over here," said Jeremy through the cell phone as Odd was walking out of the cafeteria.

"I'm comin'. I'm comin'," Odd answered but Jeremy already hung up.

Walk To Yumi's

As they came up on her house, they heard something inside. "What was that," Ulrich asked, but just then they heard a loud crash from inside.

"I'm not sure," Yumi answered. Just then her mom opened the door. She was poossessed by Xanna.

"Run," yelled Ulrich as he grabbed the stunned Yumi's hand to pull her away. She snapped out of it & relunctlantly followed him.


Woo-Hoo! That's what I'm talking about! You ppl are going to love this fic, I can't wait until the end! Anywho, Review plz! & Chapter 3 will be released very soon... I can't wait! 0.0 & only I know who dies... you will guess right, then you'll guess wrong, then you won't know, then you'll cry! I can't wait! T.T yep...