Chapter 16: The Breaking Point
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 .
Props to:
almostinsane
Rycr
Flipmymood
Neo Agumi
BassDS
Aelita Stones-16
Odd Della Robbia-16
Ulrich Stern-16
Jeremie Belpois-16
Yumi Ishiyama-17
Shinrai Flare-17
Krista Flare-16
Elisabeth "Sissi" Delmas-16
(In the story, it has been about a year since everyone has met, and they were 13 and 14 when the series started, through calculations and all that, from the 2 or 3 years in the series. I don't know what the legal marrying age is in France, but it is 16 in most parts of America.)
(A/N: I have been running this through my mind, it shall either be 2-4 more chapters. THis chapter is not the wedding chapter, that should be next., and I am already thinking of two sequels to follow this, and a Songfic for this. I had originally intended this to be about 17 or 18 chapters, but now I am not so sure, curses of writing, will most likely be longer smirk)
"Attention please... I have three announcements to make," Principal Delmas's voice rang throughout the PA system, "First off, I am pleased to announce that the six students who have taken the advanced testing have all passed!"
They had been sitting in class, which was just mostly free time for the next month or two. Yumi looked to Shinrai, who was chuckling to himself. Shinrai looked to Yumi and then began to laugh out loud when he heard cheering from the other room. Everybody quieted down as Mr. Delmas's voice rang out again.
"Second, in light of the testing, we issued the six another test, along with three more students. I am also pleased to announce that all nine students have passed the test to graduate early! These students are...Odd Della Robbia, Aelita Stones, Ulrich Stern, Yumi Ishiyama, Jeremie Belpois, Shinrai Flare, Krista Flare, and Herb..." The last name was cut off as the PA system suddenly went offline.
"Testing... Oh wait, that's right..." Yumi said, confused for a second until what had happened a few days before entered her mind again.
"Um... This is kind of embarressing to ask..." Principal Delmas said as he walked up to the eight the day after they came back from the camping trip.
"Yes Daddy?" Sissi asked, arm draped around Shinrai happily.
"Well, we have been getting questions from other schools and even the French goverment about what has happened this past week and a half. Frankly it has been becoming a problem... I was wondering if you all would have any objections to graduating early?" Principal Delmas asked, looking down to the ground. Ulrich looked to the other seven, eyes widening in disbelief, trying to comprehend what the principal had said, but Mr. Delmas spoke again.
"I will have to talk to you at a later time Elisabeth, but I am letting you take the test," He told his daughter. She gasped out and nodded once, not even needing to think about it, she knew what everyone else was to choose. "We will be giving you all scholarships to any college you wish, if you choose to go to one," They all looked to each other and nodded quickly, then Ulrich turned to face Mr. Delmas and smiled some.
"Yes sire, we would like to graduate early..." Ulrich told him, grinning like a cheshire cat.
"Ahem.. Sorry about that interruption, the microphone turned off," Mr. Delmas said, a touch of embarressment in his voice, "As I was saying, these nine students will now be graduating early, in two months time," He paused to allow cheering and laughing through out the school. Shinrai began to chuckle again as he leaned over to Yumi.
"This is going to be fun.. I bet Odd and them are being treated as kings or something," He whispered to her, audable only to her. Yumi nodded once and smirked some before leaning back in her chair, seeing hte class quiet down for the third and final announcement. "Oh god, I hope he doesn...Sissi is his daughter,' Yumi thought as the voice on the intercom rang out again.
"I am please to announce the third announcement. Eight of our students will be married before the rest of the school year is up..." Yumi blushed some as she always had her ring on, never taking it off. The students began looking to Shinrai and Yumi questioningly, " The students who will be joined in marriage are: Odd Della Robbia and Krista Flare," Cheers and gasps rang throughout both rooms.
"Jeremie Belpois and Aelita Stones," There was even more cheering, but less gasps.
"Yumi Ishiyama and Ulrich Stern," Everybody in Yumi's and Shinrai's class looked to her now, as if asking if it was true. She nodded once and went back to listening.
"The last couple is Shinrai Flare, and my daughter, Elisabeth Delmas," With that he heard two people yelling in the room next to theirs, he could pick out the two voices. One being Herb's yell of either disgust or disbelief. The other voice was from Sissi, yelling that her name was Sissi, not Elisabeth.
"May your lives bloom with happiness and florish with love and pride," Was the last of what Principal Delmas said before the intercom went silent. It was silent in the rooms for a second or two before everyone began to cheering, the people in Yumi's and Shinrai's class moving to the back of the room to congratulate them. Shinrai sighed and looked to Yumi. They both nodded, listening to all the applause of approval, but not really paying attention to it.
"Odd...and Krista?" The girls were whispering as they heard the announcement, they looked behind them to see a blushing Krista.
"Nevermind that, but Ulrich and Yumi?" Another girl whispered, just loud enough for the six to hear them. Ulrich laughed lightly some and looked to Aelita and Jeremie.
"Takes them a bit to get used to it huh?" Jeremie told him.
"I guess, but they need to get used to change," Jeremie replied, listening to the girls.
"I knew about Belpois and Stones," The other girl conversed.
"What about that Shinrai person, he has only been here a year, and he was stupid enough to date Sis..." The fourth girl began to say but was stopped by a fuming Krista that was holding back Sissi.
"I would watch out if I were you... Sissi is getting married to my brother, if you insult any one of us, I'll hurt you," Krista hissed, her hands clenched. She pulled Sissi back slowly and looked to Ulrich, "I am glad about graduating early,"
"So am I... I think we all are..." Ulrich replied as Sissi sat down beside him. Nickolas(most likely wrong spelling, but there are many ways to spell it.) came to the table and looked to Sissi before smiling some.
"Congratulations Sissi..." He said, holding out his hand. She shook it and smiled to him.
"Thanks bud... I appreciate it.." She said for a second, seeing Herb sneak out of the class room. She shrugged and smiled to her friend, talking with all of them, them pulling Nickolas into the conversation as well. It had seemed that most of the students had forgotten about the incident that had happened. The bell rang and Ulrich and Odd sighed at the same time, relieved that class was over. She looked over to Ulrich and smiled a bit, "Tell Shinrai I'll meet you all later, I have to go talk to daddy privately,"
"Alright, we'll meet you later," Ulrich said, nodding his head once. She left the room quickly with Ulrich and everyone, but before Shinrai could greet her, she had ran down the hallways to meet her father.
"Where did..." Shinrai began, looking to Ulrich.
"She'll meet up with you later..." Ulrich replied, smirking some before kissing Yumi deeply. Shinrai grumbled some and leaned up against a wall, looking at the six,
" Soo... what now?" Shinrai said, closing his eyes.
"I don't know, Yumi, Aelita, and Krista want to pick out stuff for the wedding, such as dresses for all of them, I think that is when Sissi is meeting them," Ulrich said, smirking again, seeing Odd look to the ground quickly. Jeremie smiled and kissed his fiancee happily.
"Hm... Sounds fun," Shinrai said, turning to head to the dormatories.
"Right, we'll see you and Sissi later," Odd almost yelled out.
"What are you talking about Odd, we don't go with the girls this time, it is a tradition!" Shinrai called back, laughing some. Odd began to think until Jeremie and Ulrich nodded in agreement.
"Come on Odd, I guess we go with Shinrai," Jeremie said, running to catch up to Shinrai.
"Where is Sissi?" Aelita asked, waiting at the shop with the other three.
"I don't know, we've waited an hour... Do you think something could have happened?" Krista replied.
"XANA is gone, who or what would want to do with us now?" Yumi told the three.
"I don't know..." Krista said again, looking a bit frightened and annoyed.
Shinrai reached his and Jeremie's dorm room and unlocked the door just as Jeremie, Ulrich, and Odd walked up.
"Kinda forgot that bit of information," Odd said sheepishly. Shinrai opened the door and laughed some, at least he did until he noticed a note on the ground. He stopped and picked up the note, the name on it had said 'For Shinrai'. He opened it slowly and began to read it, his eyes skimming over the paper within seconds. His eyes narrowed and he slammed the note on the desk and grabbed his cellphone, calling Yumi's cell.
"Hello? Yumi? Is Sissi there?" Shinrai asked quickly, almost slurring his questions into one word.
"N..No, why? Whats going on?" Yumi replied just as quickly.
"Damn it, I'm going to kill him...Can you come back to the school?" Shinrai told her.
"Yeah, we'll be there in a few minutes," she said before hanging up the phone. He fell against a wall, his eyes closing as he clenched and unclenched his fists.
"Shinrai..What's wrong?" Odd asked. Shinrai handed him the piece of paper and a soft growl emitted from his lips.
"I don't mean to sound clicheish, but this note is like that," Odd said, and then he proceded to read it aloud.
"Shinrai Flare:
Come to the abandoned warehouse at the docks, don't come in the form you fought those creatures with.
Come, or I kill Sissi,
Herb"
Without warning, Shinrai turned and headed down the dormatory hall and outside of the dormatories, yelling out in anger. He turned and punched the door, denting it some as he pulled the hit at the last second. He looked to the ground as Ulrich, Odd, Jeremie, Aelita, Yumi, and Krista came running to him.
"Shinrai, we will get her back, calm yourself..." Krista said to her brother, her hand on his shoulder. He pulled himself away from them, his eyes darkened as he turned and headed back to his dorm room.
"I'm getting ready..." He told them all maliciously.
"What the hell are you DOING Herb!" Sissi screamed out, struggling against the ropes on her.
"I've loved you ever since I've known you, and YOU JUST IGNORED ME... Even when I asked you out!" He yelled back, his face showing tears of rage.
"H..Herb, I never liked you like that.. I love Shinrai, he has my heart," Sissi said wistfully.
"I'll make you love me, I'm going to kill Shinrai..." Herb said slowly and with a grin.
(A/N: Clicheish I know, but someone obsessed is like that.)
"Shinrai, your not going alone... He'll kill you," Krista yelled at him as Shinrai began to pull his shoes on.
"Well I can't let my fiancee DIE!" Shinrai responded as he stood up and walked to the door.
"At least use your LYOKO form! If you don't, he'll kill you and Sissi,"
"I can't do that... I can't call the cops either. There is no way that You, Aelita, or Yumi would allow Odd, Jeremie, or Ulrich to go..." Shinrai said, opening the door to head out.
"Who says we won't?" Yumi asked as he opened the door. The five of them stood there, obviously waiting for Shinrai.
"I say... I am not letting you all get killed too," Shinrai said slowly as he looked to his watch.
"Shinrai, quit playing damn hero... Ulrich, Odd, and Jeremie want to help..." Krista said softly.
"Yeah, and we are coming even if you say no," Odd told him, Ulrich and Jeremie nodding behind.
"Damn it... Just don't get yourselves seen," Shinrai told the three and began to head out, calling back to his sister," We'll be back soon..."
"If anything, I mean anything, gos wrong, get Sissi out of here, no matter what," Shinrai said, breathing in slowly before exhaling and standing up.
"What are you going to do?" Jeremie asked as he ran the plan through his mind.
"Destroy Herb, what else?" Odd said laughing some. Shinrai nodded once and turned, but felt Ulrich's hand on his shoulder.
"If you get the chance to save Sissi safely, take it," Ulrich told him.
"No doubt, the same with you," Shinrai replied and began to walk down the open path to the warehouse, after a few minutes of walking. Herb stepped from the door of the abandoned warehouse.
"I see you showed up," Herb said as he looked to Shinrai.
"Really? Your glasses gone that bad? I have two questions for you," Shinrai replied.
"Ok then,"
"First, where the hell is my fiancee?"
"She is in the warehouse, most likely crying to the death of you,"
"That isn't decided yet, and as for my next question. How many goons did you hire?"
"About five, as you can tell, I have no problem telling a dead man this,"
"Let me see here, one last time," Shinrai said solomnly.
"A last request?"
"Something like that," Shinrai told him, Herb nodded and walked inside, Shinrai following. He ran to Sissi as soon as he saw her and wrapped his arms around her, kissing her deeply and passonatly.
"Shinrai, why.." Sissi began, tears beginning to stream down her face.
"I'll be ok, Einstien, Catman, and Samurai are here," He whispered without moving his lips, so it looked like he was still kissing her.
"THere, that was your last request. Now I have to hurt ya badly, you big baby," Herb said, with that, three men came from around Shinrai and two of them grabbed his arms, holding him in place.
The third began to punch Shinrai in the stomach.. hard.
"See Sissi, these are for slapping me!" Herb called to her as another punch hit Shinrai.
"And this is for hitting him!" Odd yelled as he ran up behind one of the large men holding Shinrai and kicked him behind the knee cap, causing the man to let go of Shinrai and bring the large man to his knees. Odd spun around and sent a kick to the nerves in the back of the neck. Shinrai smirked and looked to Odd before seeing Ulrich and Jeremie running to where they were, "Ah, did you take the gorillas out?"
"Yeah, pretty easy," Ulrich said, smirking some as he tackled the other man, Jeremie sent a flying kick into the stomach of the one who was punching Ulrich. He saw the flash of glasses and saw Herb running out of the warehouse. He turned to Sissi and began to run quickly to where she was.
"Get Herb!" She told him, but he shook his head.
"Look, I am not letting you stay vulnerable like this," He replied before looking to where Ulrich, Jeremie, and Odd took out the last two of the large men, Ulrich and Jeremie must had taken down two before that. They all walked back to where Sissi and Shinrai was and smirked happily.
"Lets get back to the school, then we deal with Herb," Shinrai siad, wincing as he grabbed his side.
The small reunion was a happy one as Sissi ran to meet Krista, Yumi, and Aelita.
"The mission went well?" Aelita asked as she hugged Sissi and then Jeremie tightly.
"Yep... A tower deactivated," Jeremie replied, smirking now as Sissi stood now by Shinrai.
"Thank you al..." Sissi began, but was cut off by a small and crazy laugh. They all turned to face Herb, who was walking up, shaking uncontrollably.
"Your mine Sissi! All mine!" Herb yelled out as he headed at them. Shinrai growled once more and stepped forward, his fist connecting with Herb's face.
"Get back Herb... I don't want to hurt you this time..." Shinrai said, images of the last time he fought somebody, he had killed them.
"I DO WANT TO HURT YOU THOUGH!" Herb screamed out, but stopped as 7 different colored lights began to brighten the area around them. When the lights subsided, only Herb and Shinrai stood there, at least in normal clothes. the other seven were in their Lyoko forms.
"Herb... Back off," SHinrai said before a blue light engulfed him. When the light dimmed, Shinrai stood, leaning on his spear. He stepped forward and grabbed the small knife in Herb's hand and disarmed him, "This is all a bad dream, go back to your dorm room and sleep. Be glad it isn't a real nightmare, considering you kidnapped my fiancee,"
Herb gasped and backed up quickly before running to the dormatory building. A small shimmering took place and the eight now stood there, back in their normal clothes, just as Principal Delmas and Jim were running out.
"What happened, we just saw Herb run into the dormatory building, screaming about that you had a spear, Shinrai" Jim said, looking to Shinrai suspiciously.
"I didn't have anything, we were just here to take Yumi to the dorm room, her parents let her stay over," Krista lied quickly. Sissi looked to Shinrai slowly, tears in her eyes as a convinced Principal Delmas and Jim left.
"Shinrai? T..Thank you again," Sissi said, jumping into his open arms. He smiled and then winced, one hand holding his side and one arm wrapped around her.
"No problem, I would always help you," Shinrai replied, "Those guys packed a punch though, my side won't be the same for another week,"
"Get over it, you big baby," Odd said, jumping out of the way of a playful kick by Krista as they all headed to the dormatory building.
(OK OK OK, I have gotten enough pms about the wedding, The next chapter should have the wedding, and anything before it, PLEASE REVIEW! PROPS TO WHOEVER REVIEWS, PLEASE GIVE ME THE NAME OF THE STORY YOUR WRITING AND I WILL POST IT!)