Hello again! Was everybody in suspense because of the cliffy? I hope so…Anyways, this chappie of the story is dedicated to YumiwithUlrichalways for giving me an idea for this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko. I own JZ. Period.
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As both people looked up, they could not suppress a gasp.
"ODD?"
"JAZZ?"
In unison, they said, "HUH?"
After about 2 minutes of intense staring and gaping, JZ broke the silence.
"Ok, Odd, WHY ARE YOU HERE!"
"I could ask you the same question."
"Fine, fine. I was here to help Yu-, I mean, the real Cinderella, by finding out everything that I could about Ulrich."
"Same."
"You mean…we both helped our friends and ended up here?"
"Yep. Although I was suspicious the moment I saw that black wig."
"It's no better than your brown one!"
"True…wait. So that means Yumi is the Cinderella!"
JZ flinched. "Heh, I guess so…"
Odd smiled in triumph. "AWESOME! Wait till Ulrich finds out." He started walking away.
"WAIT!" "Why?"
"Because you can't tell him now. You just can't! This isn't any of our business, and we shouldn't just butt in."
His smile formed into a groan. "All right, ok, you win."
They both struck thoughtful poses, then burst out laughing at a situation like this.
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"So…" said Aelita and Yumi
"So what?"
"What I mean is how'd it go, JZ!"
"Fine, good, ok."
"Really?"
"Would you quit worrying, Yumi! Everything went fine, Odd and I had an understanding." Then realizing her slip, Jazz flinched.
Yumi noticed this and looked at her suspiciously. "What do you mean, Odd?"
Aelita smirked. "Oh, this is gonna be good."
JZ made a sheepish smile. "Heh, well…"
"Spit it out!"
Then Jazz's look turned from embarrassment to one of exasperation. "Don't you get it? Just like you told me to pretend to be you, Ulrich did the same with Odd!"
It took a moment for the sentence uttered to register in Yumi's head. Then…
"What?"
Mmhmm. She's definitely not taking this well.
"Calm down. It all went smoothly, except for the mask falling…"
DEFINITELY not gonna take this well."WHAT?"
And after that, Yumi fainted. Right in the middle of the floor. And right at the moment the boys came in the dorm.
Jeremy was the first to start talking. "Okay, what happened? We heard screaming, so don't deny it with 'Nothing.'"
There was an uncomfortable silence, and then Odd left along with Jeremy, leaving Ulrich to clean this confusion up.
"Err…should I get some water to splash on her face, Aelita?"
"Yeah, yeah. That'd be great." "Ok, I'll be right back…"
"Take your time!" JZ called after the brunette boy. Then she turned to Aelita and asked with a smirk, "Leave her alone when he comes back?"
"You read my mind." And they slipped out of the room.
"Hey guys, I got some water to splas-," Confused, Ulrich figured the girls left for the bathroom.
Little did he know they were on a tree watching his every move.
"Okay, I guess they wouldn't mind if I did this now." He dumped the whole bucket on Yumi's face. Coughing, she started to talk, but ended with a squeak. "Seriously, you totally did NOT have to do that-Ulrich?"
"Well, you're verywelcome."
Her cheeks turned red just as she saw her two best friends giggling and laughing on a tree "I'll be back later…." and sprinted out.
As she reached the oak, she hissed, "What the heck was that for?"
"Oh, nothing. We just wanted to torture you was all."
"Y'know, sometimes I really want to kill you."
"We love you too!" JZ and Aelita started running off.
"I AM GOING TO GET YOU, AND WHEN I DO, IT WON'T BE PRETTY!"
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The next day-
Ulrich flopped on his bed and sighed, thankful that school was almost over. "Odd, do you think I'm obsessed?"
"No, unless you want to be."
"Well, I think I am."
"Good for you."
"I'm being serious, Odd!"
"And I'm not?"
"I really gotta know who she is. Every minute in class I dream about her, think about her, I even drew her today!" He opened up a fat notebook, every page filled with sketches of his dear Cinderella.
"Oh yeah, you're completely obsessed."
"Help me, Odd. Don't you have anything like a clue?"
This subject was where the oddball started fidgeting. "Um, well, no…yeesssss…"
Ulrich caught onto that and was grabbing him by his collar. "Please. I really need to know, really bad."
Odd sighed. "I can't. I promised that I wouldn't." But then a small, undetectable gleam in his eye formed. But JZ never told me I couldn't tell him later…She only said, "now",…AND I can also drop hints… "But I promise, my friend, I will tell when the time is right. And let go of me, I'm starting to turn blue!"
"Ok, tell me later…."
RINGGG!
"Time to go to cooking class. You know, Ulrich, if you never find her, try hooking up with Yumi in Cooking!"
"Nah. She doesn't seem my type."
He wouldn't figure out how wrong he was till much later…
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Ms. Myers cleared her throat. "Class, today we'll be making crème brulee. And since we'll be using blowtorches, it's going to get hot in here with the oven and everything. So I brought in this fan! Be careful; only put it on low or it'll blow us all away. Literally! All right? All right. Begin!"
Aelita was done faster than anybody and fiddled with a gem she had found next to the fan. All the other kids were working hard and getting sticky. "Oops!" She said, accidentally dropping the stone. As she went down on all fours, she heard something rub against her and go click! Ignoring it, she bent down starting to grab the gem, but finding it blew away. Blew? That was strange.
Until she saw what had made the click. Staring down at her was the humongous fan, set at high and warming up. Before she could reach the switch, she flew against the wall, stuck. THAT'S how powerful the fan was. Plus, Ms. Myers was making phone calls in her office, across the school. Great…
What happened next was the fan reached Ulrich and Yumi's direction. (They were cooking at tables next to each other.) Ulrich got blasted by the gust of air, about to say something and opened his mouth, but he landed facedown on something else.
JZ quickly ran over and turned the switch off before the deadly fan could reach her. She gathered all the people over to see if Ulrich and Yumi were okay. What she saw next was more than she'd expect.
It turned out that Ulrich had landed on Yumi. Not just any random way either. He happened to land on Yumi with their mouths both open. And he happened to land on her in a way that their mouths had collided, sealed together in a kiss.
Their cheeks were the color of cherries. Their eyes were wide in shock. And their friends were saying, "You're not stuck anymore. Get up, would you?"
Ulrich came to Earth more quickly. "I'm so sorry, Yumi, do you want some help?"
"No, I'm okay," she squeaked, and once again sprinted out of the classroom and into her dorm.
Everybody went back to cooking (except Aelita) in about 10 minutes, even Ulrich.
Though he had the weird feeling of déjà vu when he accidentally kissed Yumi…
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Ooh, we're getting closer to solving this!
And I am so so sorry for forgetting you guys and the story! I got so lazy…
Anyways, please review and I shall update!
-Astrea