lostmoonchild: I'm really getting bored with always putting the disclaimer in the beginning or at the end but because Code: Lyoko and some of the songs are not mine, I must in order to prevent being sued. The characters who not part of Code: Lyoko and a few songs are mine so don't sue. There's my disclaimer for this chapter.

Chapter Thirteen

After a couple weeks everything seemed to be settling down again in Kadic acadamy and the students were all looking forward to a spring dance that was coming up in a few days. Yumi had literally dragged her cousin to the mall with Aelita and the guys following so they could all get new clothes for the dance. "You guys go pick out your clothes, we'll get our clothes." Yumi told the guys. "No checking up on us either. We'll meet at the food court in an hour."

"Odd, save me!" Morgan moaned as Yumi pulled her towards the women's clothing.

They all started laughing as they went their separate ways in the mall. As the guys passed a jewelry shop, they looked at eachother and nodded, agreeing to a silent plan that was completely nonverbal. Grinning, they took out some cash and started trying to decide what to get three certain girls.

The next couple days passed quickly and before they knew it, it was time for the dance. The guys were walking to Yumi's house since the girls had told them that they would be getting ready at Yumi's instead of at the school. Personally, neither of the guys were complaining any since they wanted to be the first to see their girls before somebody even laid eyes on them. "Relax, Jeremy, you're acting like it's the first time you've ever seen Aelita." Odd said as Ulrich rang the doorbell.

"What if the dress she's wearing doesn't make her look even more beautiful?" Jeremy asked nervously.

"Jeremy, Yumi has some fashion sense. She wouldn't dare get anything that doesn't compliment Aelita in any way." Ulrich said thinking for a second. "And as much as I hate to say it, Kaji even has some fashion sense and would give into the call of the mall (A/N that's what I call it when my friends go nuts at a mall) if it meant making Aelita look pretty."

The door suddenly opened revealing Mrs. Ishiyama. "Hello, boys. The girls will be down in a few minutes. They wanted to try something with that nice Aelita girl's hair." Mrs. Ishiyama said looking slightly worried. "You know, I tried talking the girls into just staying home tonight but they won't hear of it."

"Why's that?" Ulrich asked looking confused.

"bad feeling, that's all." Mrs. Ishiyama said looking embarrassed. "It's a family trait, you know. Girls get good or bad feelings when something is going to happen and the guys just act like guys."

"We're coming down!" Yumi shouted from on top of the stairs.

The guys watched as Aelita walked down the stairs first, being extremely careful not to trip on her baby blue dress that complimented her pink hair. A single white rose could be seen on the side of her head telling the guys what the girls had been attempting to do to Aelita's hair. "Do you like it?" Aelita asked spinning around a little for Jeremy to see. "Yumi and Morgan said that they'd be surprised if it didn't knock your socks off."

"I love it. It makes you look even more beautiful than the day we met." Jeremy said taking a box out of his pocket. "Here's something for you. I got it a few days ago.."

Aelita gasped when she looked at the necklace. A beautiful sapphire stone surrounded by white gold sparkled in the light and seemed to be made just for her. "Wow... Jeremy, this is beautiful." Aelita whispered letting Jeremy put the necklace around her neck.

"Presenting Miss Yumi Ishiyama!" Morgan's voice shouted from upstairs.

Ulrich watched the stairs and nearly fell over in shock when he saw Yumi wearing a beautiful black dress that had some touches of red on it. Her hair was tied up into a small bun that was held together by chopsticks. "Wow." Ulrich said handing Yumi a bracelet that had ruby stones in it. "here, I got this for you."

"I thought you'd like the dress." Yumi said with a smile. "Since this dance is formal, none of us could complain. Especially Ami since she wants to impress Odd."

"she wants to impress me?" Odd asked looking surprised.

Yumi nodded and shouted at Morgan to get downstairs. "Come on, sleeping beauty, we've got until midnight before the magic wears off." Yumi shouted.

"I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF LATER ON FOR THIS!" Morgan shouted walking down the stairs looking embarrassed. "AND I SWEAR IF YOU BURY ME IN THE GOD DAMNED DRESS, I'LL HAUNT YOU UNTIL THE DAY YOU DIE!"

Odd's jaw dropped when he saw his girlfriend wearing a purple dress that was the same shade as the purple streaks in her hair. "Holy shit." Odd whispered looking amazed.

Morgan didn't bother doing anything to her hair since she felt that it was just a waste of time so she did allow Yumi to put some make up on her. "You like?" Morgan murmured looking embarrassed.

"yes. You look beautiful." Odd whispered giving Morgan a small box. "I decided to get you something special."

Morgan gasped when she opened the box and smiled when Odd put the ring on her rightring finger. "It's not an engagement ring or anything, I just figured that you'd like it." Odd said looking a little embarrassed.

"It's beautiful." Morgan whispered hugging Odd tightly.

"Let me get a look at you lot." Mr. Ishiyama said looking at the six teenagers. "Hmm.. decent enough, girls. If you guys even pull anything on any of them, you three boys will be in trouble. I promise you that much."

"Dad." Yumi said turning bright red.

"Princesses?" Odd said opening the door for the girls. "The night is young and the dance is just beginning."

The three girls giggled as they walked out the door followed by their boyfriends. "Do you think they'll be alright?" Mrs. Ishiyama asked looking worried.

Mr. Ishiyama nodded and said, "As long as that bad feeling of yours is wrong, nothing should happen."

By the time they got to the gym, music was blaring and everybody was dancing. "Damn!" Morgan said grabbing Odd's hand and pulling him onto the dance floor. "Let's dance!"

Everybody cracked up laughing at Odd's expression as they started dancing. After a few hours, they decided to take a break and were drinking some punch when they saw a couple adults talking to the principal. "Oh fuck a thousand times." Morgan muttered hiding behind Odd and brushing her bangs enough so her eyes were covered.

"Ami, you should hide somewhere." Yumi muttered softly watching as the principal walked towards them looking unhappy.

"Too late. They've already spotted me." Morgan whispered sounding afraid.

"AMI!" The woman shouted hugging Morgan tightly. "Oh, baby, we've been so worried! Your daddy and me have been so worried! What were you thinking? Running off like that just because of a little argument."

"Help me." Morgan mouthed to her friends with a scared look.

"Mr. and Mrs. Kaze, I am so sorry. When your daughter was enrolled, we were informed that you both were dead." Mr. Delmas said looking clearly sorry. "She even had the obituary for you two that she held onto."

"Our daughter is very clever with computers so naturally you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between one of her "creations" and something that the newspaper created." Mr. Kaze said looking unhappy at his daughter.

They shivered as they stared at Mr. Kaze, each of them getting bad vibes from him. His eyes were colder than it was when XANA managed to cause a blizzard that got way below zero outside which was actually saying something. They wondered for a minute what Mrs. Kaze saw in her husband but quickly dismissed it when Mr. Kaze started talking to his daughter furiously in Japanese.

Suddenly, Yumi grabbed her cousin's arm and pulled her back. "Don't you touch her. Don't you fucking touch her." Yumi whispered, her eyes narrowing dangerously as she stared at her uncle.

"How dare you talk to me in such a manner." Mr. Kaze said raising his fist but deciding against it when the music stopped. "My dearest niece, you will do well to remember your place."

"I do remember. My place is between you and Ami." Yumi said coldly. "I will NOT stand aside like your wife and pretend that Ami isn't being hurt."

Mrs. Kaze's eyes widened and she started talking rapidly in Japanese. "Don't say anything, Yumi. You'll bring disgrace upon our family." Mrs. Kaze said her voice high pitched in alarm.

Yumi gently shoved her cousin behind Odd and said calmly, "Disgrace has already been brought upon our family the day that you stayed married to that monster, knowing that he's been hurting the children you've carried in your womb."

Everybody listened carefully and Morgan pushed her cousin out of the way when Mr. Kaze swung a fist at the Japanese girl. Everybody gasped when Mr. Kaze's fist came in contact with his daughter's jaw. "Don't hurt her! Don't you touch anybody!" Morgan screamed tears rolling down her face as she screamed at her parents. "I don't belong to either of you! I disown you both! I hate you and I hope you both rot in hell!"

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Mr. Kaze shouted punching his daughter in the stomach and withdrawing a knife. "I should have killed you in your sleep! Why do you think Josh was so grateful to be here? I ordered him to kill you but the horny little fucker couldn't even attempt to kill you without attempting to rape you!"

Before Mr. Kaze could punch his daughter one more time after cutting her arm, Mr. Delmas grabbed his wrist preventing Mr. Kaze from punching his now sobbing daughter. "Get out of here before I call the police." Mr. Delmas said coldly.

"You guys get Ami out of here. Take to the safe place." Yumi whispered. "Through the park is safest."

"YOU TURNED MY DAUGHTER AGAINST ME!" Mrs. Kaze shouted at Yumi, sobbing histerically.

Yumi shook her head calmly and said as her friends snuck away, "I didn't have to do anything. You turned your back on her when she and Sano needed you most. She cried for you to save her from that monster but you ignored her cries knowing that as long as you had your children, he wouldn't raise a fist to you. Your daughter is more than you will ever be, auntie. Be thankful that she and Sano learned to love despite what they grew up knowing."

"Lets get out of here." Mr. Kaze said grabbing his wife's arm. "I'd be careful if I were you, little neice, you wouldn't want to come home and find your family dead."

"you wouldn't dare." Yumi whispered angrily. "You stay away from my parents and my brother. Stay away from all of us."

Mr. Kaze grinned evilly and said, "Just wait. You'll wish you had never been born."

Before anybody could say anything, the couple turned and left the gym. Yumi's eyes widened as she took off running towards the park and heading down the manhole, running as fast as she could to the factory.

When she got to the factory, she found her friends and cousin in the scanner room. Morgan's eyes were glazed over as a metal pipe hit a wall over and over again for nearly five minutes. "She just started doing that the minute she got here." Jeremy said looking worried.

"She's used to taking a knife and cutting herself just to make the pain stop." Yumi said resting her cousin's head on her lap. "It's okay, Ami-chan. He'll go away soon enough."

"He won't leave. Not until he's killed me." Morgan whispered looking afraid. "Yumi-chan, I want to go home."

"I know, but not yet. The school year is almost over, just wait. Then we can disappear in the city streets in Tokyo. How's that sound? Just being another face in a crowd wandering around acting like we have somewhere to go? We can dress up like those business women talking into our cellphones telling somebody to get something important done."

"I'd like that." Morgan murmured closing her eyes.

"Why didn't you tell us before what he was doing to you?" Ulrich asked looking concerned. "We're your friends."

Morgan looked at him with scared eyes and whispered, "I did tell you. I said that there was a darker part to this planet. You wouldn't listen. Besides, he would have killed all of you. He's already going to kill Yumi-chan because she knows the truth."

Odd put a hand on his girlfriend's head and smiled a little at her. "I swore I'd protect you. I'll do that now and forever." Odd whispered gently kissing Morgan on the head.

"But what are we going to do?" Aelita asked. "I mean, her father is going to be looking for her."

"He's not stupid. He'll wait for a little while before making his attack." Yumi said softly watching as Morgan moved slightly.

"How long has he been hurting you?" Odd asked.

Morgan looked away and looked as if she was trying to remember. "When I was six... he started hurting me. Just because I didn't want him to hurt brother anymore." Morgan whispered. "He tried to strangle me but my mother, she made him stop. That was the last time I knew that my mother loved me. She doesn't love me anymore, she got bored with me."

Yumi sighed and said, "Jeremy and Ulrich, will you two go into Morgan's dorm and get her some clothes and a couple blankets? Aelita, you come with me to get some medical stuff. Odd, you stay here with Ami. She's disappearing into her own world and believe me that's not always a good thing."

Odd nodded and waited until everybody had left before whispering soft words of love to Morgan. "I'm sorry. I should have told you." Morgan whispered starting to cry. "I was terrified. I wanted to be free from him. To forget everything that happened. To pretend that my childhood wasn't filled with such pain and hate."

"Shh. It's alright, I'm sorry that I couldn't see what was really happening." Odd murmured bending down and brushing his lips against the side of Morgan's face. "Your eyes told that you were upset and scared but I couldn't bring myself to ask."

A soft smile spread across Morgan's face as she nestled against Odd. "I'm glad you didn't. I wasn't ready to tell." Morgan whispered closing her eyes.

"You're tired. Go to sleep, I'll keep watch." Odd whispered.

"Wake me when everybody gets back?"

"We'll see. Just go to sleep."

Morgan nodded sleepily and drifted off to sleep. The day had been tiring for her, both physically and emotionally. Thankfully, she had her friends and a few family members to remind her that she was loved. Smiling softly, she allowed herself to be pulled into a dream where nothing could harm her or the people she loved.

After about an hour, everybody came back with what they were sent to get and saw the two teenagers sound asleep. "Just put the blankets over them." Yumi whispered. "When Ami-chan wakes up, we'll take care of her injuries."

"How long do you think they'll be sleeping?" Aelita asked.

"All night, hopefully. But we should stay with them just incase." Yumi murmured brushing a few stray hairs out of her cousin's face just as a mother would with her child. "kami knows that we're the only ones that Ami considers to be true family."

They smiled and one by one, started to fall asleep.

lostmoonchild: don't kill me! I'm innocent (not completely but that's a whole OTHER story) until proven guilty. Somebody probably can't believe that little twist but nobody can say that I didn't give a warning that the chapters are getting darker as the story nearly ends. No, this isn't the third to last chapter cause if it was I would have put it in the beginning of the chapter so no worries! Read and Review, flames accepted as always.