Chapter 10: Intermission
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko, Ulrich, Odd,Yumi, Aelita, Jeremie, or any of the other characters seen in Code Lyoko. I do however own Shinrai Flare, and Krista Flare.
Please look at Code : Changes and Living up to a Legend by Rycr . He is one of the best writers I have ever seen. Please look at my other friends story, called MidgardAwakening by Kairu Souseiki .
(My stepdad is getting a microsoft word program soon, for some reason, the one we have on, the spell check don't work)
A loud growl Jeremie told Shinrai that he was getting frustrated. There were four more days left of the break, and then school would start. Since the attack, XANA had only shown up once, causing Shinrai more pain. Shinrai had gotten a call every night from a crying Sissi. In a matter of seconds, Shinrai left his dorm room and went to the next floor. Jim had caught him once night on the way up, but a quick explaination from Shinrai caused Jim to understand everything. Sissi would not sleep again until Shinrai Held and stayed with her for over an hour. He then stayed with her for a bit longer until she was sound asleep. At that time, he laid her down on the bed and pulled the cover on top of her and promptly left the room.
(A/N: Shinrai is a gentleman, come on now.)
"You all are good men, even Odd," Jim had said one night when Shinrai left Sissi's room, " You keep the women you love safe, and yet, you didn't touch her or look at her in ways those men did. It is rare that we have a group of boys like that. Oh, by the way, I didn't know Belpois could fight."
" Ulrich and I traught him basics of various martial arts since the beginning of the break," Shinrai replied, leaning backwards to pop his stiff back.
"I guess it was a good thing you taught him, I had seen the bruises on his chest while you all are walking to the shower room. Has his girlfriend, Aelita, seen them yet?"
"Nothing is good if you have to use it for that reason, none of us should have left the girls alone. As for the bruises, I don't think Aelita has seen them, which is a good thing,"
"How so?"
"Aelita has delt with alot, she is the strongest of us all, but the bruises could possibly cause Aelita to break down,"
"Oh, I can feel i can trust you boys and girls NOT to do anything 'Bad', can't I?"
"You can trust us, I'm serious Jim"
"I'm glad I can count on all of you, go to sleep," Jim had told him with a laugh.
"Right, see you, Jim" Was all that Shinrai said for the rest of that night. Now he looked at Jeremie with amusement.
"What's so funny?" Jeremie snapped at him, rubbing his temples.
"Your not going to find the anti-virus if your looking for it while angry." Shinrai said " I think we should give you some breathing techniques for martial arts. It will help you calm yourslef when looking for the anti-virus."
"Really? How so?"
"You no breathe, you no live," Shinrai said with a grin. He reachd to his side and grabbed his cellphone and called Ulrich
"Hello?" Ulrich seemed wide awake 'Either he is a night person or he's going to see Yumi,' Thought Shinrai.
"If ya didn't have anything else to do, I was wondering about teaching Jeremie some breathing techniques. He is getting frustrated over here,"
"I was going to go to Y...I'll be there in a second, let me make a call," Ulrich grumbled.
"If your going to see Yumi, we can wait until romarrow, we have no problems with waiting, " Jeremie called out.
"Yeah I can train him tonight, you do need to be with Yumi, you havn't seen her in a few days," Shinrai said with sincerity.
"Thanks, I appreciate it, " There was a click and Shinrai hung up his phone and looked at Jeremie with a grin.
"I'm not going to like this, am I?" Jeremie asked out, a weak and nervous chuckle.
"Not one bit..."
They wer standing outside by the benches. Shinrai checked his watch real quick, the old style time piece saying 5 A.M. They had been training for four hours, and Jeremie easily had gotten the breathing techniques down, and they had moved onto light sparring. SHinrai turned back to face Jeremie, who was in a rather clumsy stance, but it worked.
"How do you handle it?" Jeremie asked as he blocked a roundhouse punch, in the small amount Ulrich and Shinrai taught him, he improved greatly, at least to Shinrai and Ulrich.
"Handle what?" SHinrai replied, ducking under the counter-punch
"Dealing with killing that guy?" Jeremie panted as he had to use both forearms to block.
"I don't know, now that I think about it, it was either him, or it was all of us. IT must have been the same with you, correct?" HE grunted once as Jeremie landed a punch in Shinrai's stomach.
"I guess so, I almost killed him though," Jeremie leptbackwards to dodge a spinning kick by Shinrai.
"Don't worry, you had to, he was going to rape and kidnap Aelita, along with the girl I love and my sister,"
"I know but..."
"No buts! Don't dewll on it, ok?" Shinrai sent a punch to the off-balanced Jeremie, his fist stopped before hitting Jeremie. He laughed once as his fist turned to a hand that grabbed Jeremie and pulled him back on balance." Your doing fine, just don't worry about the guy,"
"Thanks,"
"For what?"
"Training, and advice,"
"Bah, no problem. By the way, if Aelita see's those bruises, tell her I did them, not from what happened,"
"Fine," Jeremie looked up at the newly rising sun, panting a bit from the sparring, envying Shinrai and his yawning. A laugh brought him out of his somber mood as he saw Shinrai looking to a figure coming from the forest.
"So Ulrich, how is Yumi doing?" Jeremie asked, a bit concerned.
"Better, her parents are letting her come back to hange out at the school. Her mom decided that if she stayed with us, she would be safe," Ulrich replied as he stopped infront of them.
"So, how were you able to be at Yumi's most of the night?" Shinrai wondered aloud as he clapped Ulrich's shoulder.
"The rooms are almost completly soundproof. We stayed up talking all night, She was still confused and scared about what happened." With a look to Jeremie, Ulrich asked, "How is Jer doing?"
"I am focused because of the breathing techniques," Jeremie told them, cutting Shinrai off from speaking. Shinrai saw him jump before a electronic tune began to rang over a cellphone. Jeremie answered it without hesitation, meaning it was Aelita.
"Yes Aelita?" Jeremie assked Cheerfully.
"Krista said that couples like us go out on dates. What is a date?" Aelita's voice asked over the phone.
"Well um, a date is...Um...Something where couples go to somewhere special, like to a dinner or to a dance togather, without others..." Jeremie replied, trying to make the words sound through his head.
"That sounds like fun! Can we go on a date?" Aelita asked out, now excited.
"Um..I...What if...Alright," Jeremie after struggling. getting the words.
"One of us will call if XANA attacks, ok?" Shinrai said, almost commandingly.
"OK. Aelita...Do you want to go on a date with me?" Jeremie asked out, almost shyly.
"Oh yes, thank you Jeremie!"Aelita screamed out from happiness. Krista yawned and grabbed the phone.
"IT IS TOO EARLY!" She yelled in the phone and then hung it up. Shinrai looked up at her dorm room and saw a not-so-kind gesture emitting from his sister's hand.
"Ow... Either Odd or me is getting beat today... Please be Odd," Shinrai said hopefully.
"Shinrai, why did you say the thing about watching if XANA attacks?" Jeremie asked him.
"Because you and Aelita have been stuck either at the schools or in the factory ever since I have been here. You two need to go out to dinner." Shinrai replied simply, leaning against the bench before yawning again.
"Thanks again.."
"Don't mention it, I think we had better go clean up, we are sweating like crazy," Shinrai told him and looked to Ulrich, "Did you run here?"
"Yes, I wanted to be here before morning bed check," Ulrich replied with a silly grin.
"Don't smile like that, you look like Odd," Shinrai said with a laugh as they headed into the dorm room to get a change of clothes and a towel.
"So where are you guys going?" Shinrai asked as he saw Aelita and Jeremie walk hand in hand. Everyone but Sissi had been there, her father after finding out of the attack had taken her with him for the rest of the break, even though she didn't want to, so he volunteered to watch for an attack.
"We might go to this Italian resteraunt farther in the city," Aelita replied, her outlook was cheery, the upcoming date with Jeremie had made her almost giddy, at least from what Krista said.
"Ok, so what all happened last night after Krista hung up?" Yumi asked with a small giggle.
"I don't know, I was so excited that I didn't listen to her for the rest of the night," Aelita said sheepishly, Krista nodded and began to grumble, looking at them all angerly before smiling when Odd kissed her cheek.
"Your cute when you pout," Odd told her as Shinrai groaned a bit, he sighed and leaned against a wall.
"You all need to get ready for your dates, I'll be at the factory," He said simply before heading off.
"He misses Sissi?" Aelita asked Jeremie.
"Yep,"
(I am sorry for the bad ending, I couldn't get a good thought worked up in my head to how to end the intermission chapter, the next 2 chapters will have fluff and some action, but after that, it is all a surprise. Tell me right now if there are any special things you want happening for next chapter.)