lostmoonchild: Thanks for the reviews! Later on in the story when there's only three chapters left, I'll make sure I tell everybody that the story is coming to an end but thankfully this is not the third to last chapter! Besides if this was the third to last I'd start working on a sequal but that idea is still in debate. So to get this chapter started... I don't own Code: Lyoko or any of the songs unless I say otherwise. I only own the characters who aren't part of Code: Lyoko so don't sue.
Chapter Twelve
"HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO US!" Ulrich said looking unhappy as they read the announcements on the announcements board. "I mean, home is home and school is school. There is no way EITHER is supposed to mix. I mean, school is one way we can escape from our parents and home is one way to escape from the school. Why are they doing this to us?"
"You forget, Ulrich dear, we're all calling Kadic home right now. Well, except for Yumi seeing as she lives a few blocks from the school." Morgan said resting her head on Odd's shoulder.
Two weeks had passed since Josh had been sent back to the States and news got to Kadic that he had been murdered a few nights afterwards. Some people thought that he had actually committed suicide in an attempt to keep from being tried but when they heard the police found fifty thousand dollars in his back pocket, the idea of him committing suicide was out of the question. Somebody had murdered him right in the middle of the street and left the money alone which said that the murder wasn't for money. Many thought that it was personal, others simply thought that he managed to rob the wrong people and they had him killed.
To be perfectly honest, none of the students missed Josh. Instead, they were grateful he was gone and they all hoped he was burning in the deepest part of hell. Except they were all smart enough NOT to say that in front of the teachers or principal. "I heard that somebody had cursed him before he died." A seventh grader whispered. "The plane he was travelling in was supposed to crash in the Atlantic but instead, the person who cursed him chose to simply make him suffer and then after he died, arranged to have his soul thrown into Hell."
When they heard what was now flying around, both Japanese girls shook their heads. "Not a bad idea. Should have done that to him. The Dark Mother would have..." Morgan said with a grin but frowned when Yumi interrupted.
"No, Ami-chan. We've got enough to worry about." Yumi said calmly. "Incase you've forgotten, Family Day is coming up in a few days."
Family Day.
The one day every student dreaded with a passion. That was the one day their parents and/or guardians would come to Kadic and have a nice chat with the teachers. The school only had Family Day once a year and in the students' opinions, once a year was more than enough seeing as their parents always acted weird. Well, weirder than usual.
"What's family day?" Aelita asked looking confused.
"The one day a year that every kid dreads." Yumi said looking at the once virtual being. "Our families come for a visit and talk with all the teachers and even get to see where their kids are sleeping and what the living conditions are like. Some parents don't even bother showing up but instead siblings, cousins, grandparents, aunts or uncles show up."
"sounds like fun." Aelita said.
"When your parents are telling stories about when you were a baby and started walkling before falling face first into the mud?" Odd asked looking confused. "I don't think so."
Morgan giggled and said, "Nice one, Odd. Face plant into the mud instead of a fucking door."
Odd grinned and said, "Well, here's a nice one!"
He started tickling her and kept tickling her even when Morgan fell off the bench and onto the ground laughing hysterically. "My parents are coming." Jeremy said with a sigh. "They're thrilled that I managed to develope a life away from my computer and get some friends and a girlfriend."
"Hell, that's better than my parents." Ulrich said with a frown. "My dad's still expecting me to get my grades up and with soccer season being over with..."
Odd stopped tickling Morgan and said, "Hey, pal, don't worry about it. Your dad should be pleased that you managed to get a beautiful looking girlfriend who ironically looks like my girlfriend."
"Odd, you had better not be checking Yumi over or else I'm not going to be happy with you." Morgan said with a frown.
"Don't worry, you're still my girl."
Yumi laughed and said, "My parents are coming with my stupid little brother. They know that Ami's parents aren't coming."
"If my parents were, I'd kill myself in front of the whole school." Morgan said bitterly.
"I know you would."
"Who's coming for you two?" Aelita asked.
Odd shrugged and said, "My mom was talking about coming since my dad's staying home and she's curious on who "the new love of my life" is since she's interested in my life."
"Ami?" Ulrich questioned.
"One of my brothers and my kid." Morgan said with a shrug. "Hey, I'm heading to my room. I gotta think about something."
"Let her go." Yumi said when Morgan took off running towards the dorms. "She's not kidding about her needing to think."
They looked confused at the Japanese girl and Ulrich shrugged. "Its just her brother and her kid. What's she got to worry about?" Ulrich asked.
Yumi sighed and said, "Ulrich, none of you have ever met Ami's older brother and for that I envy all of you. Her brother is a real bastard who thinks that she shouldn't be allowed to have a life other than singing and acting as a mother. In my opinion, Lyoko was the best thing that's ever happened to Ami since that was one way she could live without being hurt."
"Geez, her life must have sucked if Lyoko was a good place for her."
"Yeah. That's some of the reason she is the way she is. She used to be scared of everything, even her own shadow but now she's acting more like she used to."
They nodded and after half an hour decided to go to the dorms just to visit with the Japanese girl for a few hours.
About four days later parents began arriving at Kadic school. Classes for the day had been cancelled seeing as there were going to be interruptions so all the students were outside. Well, almost all of them. A few students were relaxing in their rooms trying to keep from loosing all amounts of sanity before their families arrived.
Jeremy's parents were the first out of the group's families to arrive. Mr. and Mrs. Belpois were pleased to find that their son was doing very well and were pleased with his friends and his girlfriend. "I'm amazed that Jeremy managed to even get a girlfriend to be honest, dear." Mrs. Belpois said with a pleasant smile. "Working away endlessly at some kind of program all summer, I was actually afraid that he'd over work himself and never get any friends."
Yumi's parents showed up second with a very unhappy Yumi following behind them. "Mom wanted to find her favorite dress." Yumi said unhappily attempting to get away from her father's watchful eye but failing miserably. "Dad doesn't trust me right now, Hiroki decided to make up some story about how I was sneaking off in the middle of the night to see Ulrich."
"I think they've got the wrong girl and the wrong guy." Ulrich stated. "Morgan sneaks out to meet Odd."
"Speaking of dumbass, where is she?" Yumi asked looking around.
"In her room. I tried getting her out except she wants to be left alone to apparently "enjoy the last day of her life" since she's convinced her brother is going to kill her."
"Yumi dear, is Sano coming?" Mrs. Ishiyama asked looking at her daughter. "I know Ami is here but what about Sano? Is he coming?"
"No idea, mom. Amaya's coming though."
Mr. Ishiyama frowned and said, "A seventeen year old girl throwing away her life by having a child at such an early age. That's a pity."
"Dad, Ami knew what she was doing back then and she doesn't have any regrets as to what she did now." Yumi said calmly. "Geez, I'm acting as a referee between dad and Ami."
They started laughing and managed to sneak away from their parents. Half an hour later they were sitting on their usual bench when a child no more than five years old charged at them. "Auntie Yumi! Auntie Yumi!" The small girl shouted.
"Ahh, call off the demon!" Yumi cracked as she got hugged by the small girl. "Hey, Abby. Where's your idiot uncle?"
"Uncle Derrick's coming. He told me to hunt you down and kick you in the butt."
"Oh really?"
Abby nodded and suddenly noticed everybody staring. "Auntie Yumi, people are staring. Mommy doesn't let people stare at me." Abby said hiding her face behind her hands.
Yumi laughed and uncovered Abby's face. "Amaya, these are your mommy and my friends." Yumi said gently. "That's Jeremy, Aelita, Ulrich, and Odd."
"Why's your name Odd?" Abby asked staring at Odd. "Are you mommy's knight in shining armor?"
Odd knelt down to Abby's hieght and nodded. "Yes, I am. You must be Morgan's daughter." Odd said shaking Abby's hand. "Its nice to finally meet you."
Abby nodded a little and said, "And you must be her boyfriend. Mommy says that you're a real comedian."
Odd laughed and nodded. "Your mommy has good taste." Odd said.
"Even if it is a little questionable." Ulrich muttered.
"Ishiyama!" A voice shouted.
They looked up and saw a tall boy with blue eyes walking towards them. "Oh hell, you again." Yumi said grinning. "Your bastard actually let you out of Tokyo?"
The boy laughed and shook his head. "More like it was either go or just let little Abby here go by herself and I know what Kaze would do to me if she found out that I let her precious baby girl go on a plane full of strangers by herself." The boy said. "I'm Derrick, by the way."
"I'm Odd. This is Ulrich, Jeremy, and Aelita." Odd said pointing to everybody.
Derrick grinned and looked around. "Hey, where's my favorite slut?" Derrick asked earning a glare from the group. "Hey, don't worry. I don't think she's a slut. We call eachother names to be sure that we don't forget our pasts, as terrible as they may be."
"Auntie Yumi, what's a slut?" Abby asked looking up at her aunt.
Yumi sighed and said putting a hand up a little past Aelita's head, "When you get to be this big, I'll tell you what a slut is."
"No fair!" Abby pouted. "Where's mommy?"
"In her room. C'mon, she'll want to see you guys." Odd said as they walked to Morgan's room.
"MOMMY!" Abby shouted running into the room and jumping on her mother's stomach.
Morgan nearly fell off the bed and looked at her daughter with confusion. "Now who are you?" Morgan asked grinning. "You can't be my little girl, she was much smaller than you."
Abby started laughing at her mother and clapped her hands. "Hey, Kaze, did ya miss us?" Derrick asked.
"Now by 'miss' do you mean actually wanting to be back home listening to my baka brother and being groped every ten minutes or do you mean when I don't manage to get a knife in Damon's leg?"
"Option one."
"Then yeah."
"Mommy, what's a slut?" Abby asked innocently looking at her mother.
Morgan grinned and said, "A slut is my mother."
Yumi and Derrick smothered their laughter but ended up laughing out loud after a few minutes. "That's nice, Ami, give your only daughter the impression that her only grandmother is a slut." Yumi said still laughing.
"That woman is NOT my daughter's grandmother and that woman is NOT my mother. I don't have a mother or father as far as I'm concerned."
Abby looked confused at her mother, seeing a hatred in her eyes that she had never seen before. Abby had seen hate in her uncle's eyes hundreds of times but she had never seen hate in her mother's eyes before and it scared her. She always thought that her mother was unable to feel hate towards others since she always was so loving and took care of everybody.
She thought back to all the times her mother had to leave Japan to go back to America, how afraid she always was. "I love you so much, Amaya." Her mother always whispered hugging her tightly. "Remember, aishiteru zutto."
"Hai, 'kaasan. Watashi matte 'ru." She always said hugging her mother, never knowing if that would be the last time she ever saw her mother.
When Morgan came home from America, Abby always was careful because she knew that her mother had injuries all over her body. Sometimes, she would see her aunt take care of her mother's wounds in the dead of night, when everybody was asleep. They would always talk softly about how the way they lived was no way to raise a child. Yumi would always suggest some kind of academy which Abby knew now they were talking about Kadic but Morgan at first resisted until just before the school year started.
"Earth to Amaya, come in Amaya. Your mother is losing you." Morgan said gently tapping her daughter on the head. "Come back to Earth, Amaya."
"Nani?" Abby asked looking confused, realizing that they were heading outside. "What, mama?"
"I was asking if you wanted something to eat. Your uncle was saying that you wouldn't touch the plane food."
"The plane food tastes funny and makes me sick. I didn't want to be sick and throwing up while I was here. Uncle Jason says that the airplane people put something in the food to make people sick and that the school hospital simply gives kids shots to make them feel better when they actually just put water in your blood."
"I'm going to kill Jason. Is that okay, Yumi-chan?" Morgan asked.
"Go ahead." Yumi said with a shrug. "Abby, your stupid uncle was just playing. But it was probably a good idea not to eat the airplane food."
"I'm a little genius!" Abby said proudly.
Morgan grinned and said, "Jeremy and Aelita, feel free to teach my daughter anything that you know just as long as it doesn't deal with sex or where babies come from."
"You sure she's going to understand what they teach her?" Ulrich asked as they walked into the lunch room.
"Believe me, she'll understand." Morgan said picking her daughter up. "Now, Amaya, around family and friends you can call me 'mommy' but around other poeple, I want you to call me by my name. You understand?"
"Hai. But I don't like calling you by anything else other than mommy."
"Just put up with it for a little while. That's all I'm asking." Morgan said calmly. "And now would be a good time not to call me mommy cause here comes Sissy."
"ULRICH DEAR!" Sissy said in an annoying voice.
"She sounds scarier than Kikyo (A/N I don't own Inuyasha or any of its characters) and that's saying something." Abby said innocently.
Yumi nodded and said, "No smart comments, sweetheart. Sissy is the principal's daughter and she gets away with lots of things."
"Except that one thing a couple weeks ago.." Jeremy said with a grin.
"What thing?" Derrick asked looking confused.
"We'll explain later when Abby's asleep." Morgan muttered as Sissy walked up to them.
Sissy smiled and said, "Ulrich dear, I was just looking for you. Your parents said that they hadn't seen you for a while now so I figured that you must be with your friends in the lunch room and look where you are!"
"Obsessed baka onna." Abby muttered in Japanese.
Sissy frowned and stared at Abby with cold eyes. "Who do you think you are?" Sissy asked.
"Watashi no onamae wa Kaze Amaya desu." Abby said with a proud smile.
"Uh..."
"Speak so she can understand, sweetie." Morgan said softly.
"My name is Amaya Kaze." Abby said calmly.
"Listen, Morgan, I am sorry for what I did." Sissy said softly.
Morgan frowned slightly and said, "You say that now because you see what I have waiting for me. I shouldn't forgive you but I will, against my instincts."
Sissy nodded and left the lunch room, feeling slightly pleased that she was forgiven. "You must be sick. You usually never forgive anybody if your instincts are saything different." Derrick said taking a drink of some punch.
"I'm doing it for Amaya's sake." Morgan muttered as they went outside, watching as her daughter ran around laughing.
"She has no idea on how lucky she is to be growing up with you as a mother." Derrick said calmly. "And you, Odd, have no idea how lucky you are to have her as a girlfriend."
Odd grinned and said, "Yeah, I have some idea."
"Did you tell him about what your parents did?" Derrick whispered in Japanese.
Yumi looked at Morgan clearly interested in what her cousin would say. "No, I didn't. I don't plan on telling him... Not yet." Morgan muttered softly in Japanese watching as her daughter attempted to get Aelita to play tag with her.
"Please? All you have to do is chase me around and try to tag me!" Abby said innocently. "Pretty please, auntie Aeita?"
"She must like you if she's already adding 'auntie' to your name." Yumi said with a grin. "Damn, Abby, it took you a couple months before you started calling me auntie."
Abby shrugged and said, "Mommy trusts them and so do you. They must be good if you and mommy haven't punched the guys yet."
Yumi stared hopelessly at Morgan and watched as Morgan picked her daughter up. Morgan smiled andsaid picking Abby up and starting at her with observant eyes. "I think a nap would be good for you now, sweetie. You and uncle Derrick are going back in a few hours."
"no! I don't wanna leave you, mommy. I want to stay here with you! Don't make me go back please. I don't want to lose you!"
Morgan set her daughter down and stared at her with confused eyes. "Who says you're going to lose me?" Morgan whispered wiping her daughter's tears away. "Amaya, who said that you were going to lose me?"
Abby wiped her eyes and said, "I had a bad dream that you were stolen."
"she's been having bad feelings." Derrick said calmly.
"Amaya, listen to me very carefully. I'm not going to be stolen without a fight and Odd isn't going to let me be stolen. Okay?"
Abby nodded and hugged her mother tightly, not wanting to ever let go. "I want to take a nap now, mommy." Abby whispered closing her eyes and starting to drift off to sleep.
"Alright. You can sleep in my room." Morgan said carrying her daughter to her dorm room and tucking her into bed. "Sweet dreams, my angel."
"Night, mommy." Abby whispered falling asleep.
They left the room and Jeremy looked surprised. "what?" Morgan asked looking confused.
"Kaze, today we all saw a side to you that we've never seen before." Jeremy said unable to keep a grin off his face. "And to be honest, it was scary."
"Shut up, Belpois. I'd LOVE to see you with a kid. Maybe I'll have you babysit Abby someday." Morgan shot back as they headed outside.
"So what happened?" Derrick asked. "I know you two, Ishiyama and Kaze, you two NEVER make anybody apologize without first socking them and that girl had NO bruises on her face."
Morgan looked away clearly ashamed and Odd put an arm around her waist. "There was a guy who tried to rape her a couple weeks ago. He's dead now, somebody ran him over in the States." Ulrich said.
Derrick looked at the two Japanese girls and saw anger in one girl's eyes and shame in the other's. "Ami, if I had known earlier..." Derrick whispered.
"No use in holding onto the past, Derrick. He's dead."
"If he tainted you..."
"He tainted me no less than my father already had." Morgan whispered in Japanese.
Derrick nodded and slapped his head. "Oh yeah, I'm supposed to relay a few messages."
"Oh Kami-sama." Yumi moaned.
"First one is from Damon and Thomas," Derrick said groping both girls resulting in him getting slapped, "second is from Sakura and she says that you two had better find a few cute guys that just might follow you home, and the third is from Jason. He says that if you two go sleeping around with people and acting like whores, he's going to knock you into next week."
"Shows how much he trusts us." Yumi said laughing.
"I know, he just loves us so fricking much." Morgan said resting her head on Odd's shoulder.
They started laughing and talked about what Kadic was like and asked eachother some questions. "So how did you meet Yumi and Ami?" Ulrich asked.
Derrick smiled a bit and said, "Well, we were all about seven years old all living in Tokyo. Back then, everything was different.."
-------Flashback-------
Three children walked down the street, two of them arguing and one listening silently. "Ami, what are you thinking about again?" An older boy with a black eye shouted at his sister.
Seven year old Ami looked surprised at her brother and she whispered, "I was thinking about that boy again.."
"See what your stories of good parents is doing to her?" The boy shouted.
"The boy's hair sticks up, stupid." Seven year old Yumi snapped before crashing into a boy with several bruises on his face. "Oh, gomen nasai."
The boy picked himself up and looked at them with scared eyes. "Konnichiwa, watashi no onamae wa Kaze Ami desu." Ami greeted with a smile.
"Konnichiwa." The boy whispered. "Watashi no onamae wa Derrick desu."
"Nice to meet you. This is my big brother, Sano, and my cousin Yumi." Ami greeted with a smile. "Are you hungry? We were about to stop in a store to pick up some lunch. My mommy and daddy doesn't pack Sano and me any lunch and Yumi usually throws her lunch away since her dad keeps making her lunch."
Derrick shook his head sharply and siad, "No, I'd better get going."
"Come on! It'll take just a few minutes, I promise you."
"I don't have any money."
"Don't worry, I always get the greatest discounts."
"You steal it?"
Ami shrugged simply and Sano said, "Big deal. Everybody steals something from somebody sometimes. Like that girl, Sakura, she always steals my cousin's crayons."
"Not that I care anyway, she always steals pink and yellow. Only time I care if she's stealing my crayons is if those stupid friends of hers try stealing my blue or black crayons."
Derrick nodded not really understand before realizing that Ami was missing. "Hey, where'd your cousin go?" Derrick asked looking confused.
"I"M BACK!" Ami shouted her pockets bulging slightly. "Come on, lets get going."
They ran down the street and ate their candy quietly. "Thanks." Derrick said with a smile. "It's been ages since I've eaten anything good."
"Don't worry about it. People like us gotta stick together." Ami said calmly. "Come on, we're going to be late!"
Laughing, the four kids took off down the street towards the school just as the bell was ringing.
-------End Flashback--------
"Wow, so that's how you three met? Because Yumi crashed into you?" Odd asked looking amazed. "And you became friends with them because they gave you some candy?"
Derrick laughed and said, "Yep. Ami pulled a five fingered discount for about a year. Then she moved to America while her brother stayed behind. Gave her too much hope, I think."
"They were talking about running away from home. They were unhappy since they... oomph!" Yumi groaned when her cousin elbowed her in the stomach.
"Damare, the both of you." Morgan said getting up. "I'm going to go check on Abby. Kami knows she doesn't like sleeping that much in other countries."
They watched as she walked off and looked at the two Japanese people confused. "What's her problem?" Jeremy asked.
"Kaze's childhood wasn't exactly one of the greatest and whenever somebody starts talking about their childhood, all she remembers is hate. I'm amazed personally that she's capable of loving somebody." Derrick said looking towards the dorms. "She's trying to figure out how to tell about her childhood without everybody wanting to take care of her."
"That's sad." Aelita said. "She's helped Jeremy and me so much since we've met her."
"That's Kaze for ya. She takes care of everybody and doesn't really give a damn about herself." Derrick said with a grin.
A few hours later they all had to bid their new friend or friends goodbye when Derrick announced that the plane to Tokyo would be leaving in about fortyfive minutes. "Remember to come home, mommy." Abby said hugging her mother. "Make sure you bring your friends with you, I like them a lot and they'd make things much more interesting back home."
Morgan laughed and said, "Believe me, I plan on inviting them home for summer break."
After Abby had hugged the gang to the point she was satisfied that she wouldn't forget everybody, Derrick tookher hand and called a taxi. They waved goodbye as the taxi took off down the road into the distance.
lostmoonchild: I don't know why, but the closer to the end the story gets, the easier the chapters are. I got a review for the previous chapter saying that chapter eleven was more rated R and I know that. I completely forgot to put in a warning that the chapter was disturbing but I don't really register anymore what's disturbing and what isn't. The person also put that it seemed 'horny' and I have an explination to that. One of my cousins was here a while ago with his girlfriend or wife to be (can't really remember) and they spent some time sucking on each other's faces so that had some impact on the chapter (unfortunately). Now just as a quick warning, the last part of the story gets darker and some parts will fall into the rated R area. Now that that's out of the way, Read and Review. Flames will be used to burn homework.