-1Chapter 3: Shattered
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That morning Ulrich woke up with a smile on his face quickly he jumped pout of bed and headed off for the showers. "Maybe today would break the manoty" Well at least he had that hope. He finished his morning routine before odd had even stirred.
"Hey Odd get up." He said kicking the side of Odds bed
"Guurgh.." Odd at least kind of mumbled something and Kiwi barked.
"Late night Odd?" Ulrich half asked. I hear they are having French toast this morning. You wouldn't wan to miss that would you."
"Ugh..No..no..i wouldn't." A smile appeared on his face and he tightly hugged his pillow and brushed against it. Odd Mumbled seemingly still asleep. "Ummm. thank you sis... sush no one must know."
"What the!" Ulrich started to exclaim but then shook his head and walked out of the room. "Man that kid has got to lay off the techno." Ulrich said to himself as he was headed down the stairs.
"Hey Ulrich." He heard someone say behind him.
He turned around and there stood Emily she was smiling at him. He smiled back and turned a little red in the face as it was hard to forget the image from last night bathrobes and everything. still he was able to fight the aquare teenage feelings he had and say something.
"Hey Emily" He walked back up the stairs to her and doing his best classic 1930's Movie Tough guy type impression he said to her. "So I hear they are having French toast this morning, are you going to accompany me or am i going to have to take you by force?"
Emily stood there for a moment looking at Ulrich. Ulrich Gulped "Oh snap" he thought to himself. "That worked well genius"
But he was surprised o here her response "By force of course." She replied mimicking the 1930's style of talk.
Ulrich's gloomy eyes finally brightened and Emily had a big smile on her face and the two walked out of the building and over to the cafeteria laughing and smiling all the way.
"However just at that moment Yumi Ishiayama had just arrived on campus a little early probably hoping to talk to Ulrich when. "What Emily and..." She rubbed her eyes "Ulrich walking side by side and Laughing." A lump formed in her throat and she tensed up all over. "How was this? Why was this? and...and why did she really care?" Truth be known she really didn't have that much time to think as she was interrupted.
"Oh there you are"
Yumi turned around and there stood William. He was tall at least for his age had his black hair kinda shaggy and spiky at the same time and was holding some bits of paper in his left hand.
"So how was studying for the Chemistry test last night?" He asked
"Geometry." She corrected him.
"Well thyer all the same to me." He replied not the least bit worried about his mistake. "Well Miss Yumi Ishiayama I was wondering if you having studied so hard last night might want to blow off some steam and go See the Sub-Sonics concert tonight?" He held up the pieces of paper Yumi had thought were Trash and he was right they were Sub-Sonics tickets but not just that but also Backstage passes.
Yumi gulped hard "The Sub-sonics in concert and backstage passes..." She smiled shily and then spoke not really looking william in the eye. "But those tickets must have cost a fortune since i herd they were all sold out like two weeks ago."
"Well like i said love makes me crazy..." He smiled at her reaction and then spoke again whit a huge grin on his face "And winning them from the radio station last night really helped." He laughed.
Yumi looked up at him shily. she had waited all of this time for Ulrich to say something anything "well maybe not Exactly waited, just um... hoped, nah...maybe...nah..." She thought to her self. Everything was blurred and those backstage passes that william was wavering around trying to bribe her with didn't help with clarity any.
"Um...uhh..." She started shily and then it hit her. " Ulrich with Emily I saw them this morning just a couple of minutes ago so happy so together so..." She thought of al the times She had refused Williams offers in the past and how Ulrich Insecure had thought something and had wound up with sissy for a little while." Ah she deserves him" She grumbled underneath her breath.
"Hugh what was that?" William asked looking at her strangely.
"Uh oh just nothing" Yumi said turning back around and looking at him.
"So I take that its a no like usual." William said hanging his head. "Its Ulrich right?"
Yumi looked back over her shoulder at Ulrich and Emily standing together in the Breakfast line then at william and the tickets. She had made up her mind. She then smiled at william and said much to his surprise. "Yes I'll go to the sub-sonics concert with you."
The look on Williams face suddenly reversed and witnesses could have sworn that they could see angels around william singing from his mood.
"But that wisent the kicker. even after all of that Yumi found it necessary to walk over it william and GAVE HIM A KISS ON THE CHEEK. Quickly looking over her shoulder secretly hoping that Ulrich was watching, "Damnit" Of course he wasn't.
After a few shocked moments william was finally able to say something but unable to wipe the huge smile off of his face. "Well Shall we go to physics M'lady." He held out his hand in a chilvrius way and Yumi walked first and then william who caught up and walked beside of her kinda leaning in her direction and bumping into her with his shoulders every now and again. All the while unable to stop smiling.
"It had been almost a year since he had saw her and almost a year she had kept turning him down until today, "Maybe his patience, persistence had paid off" He thought. But unbeknownst to him Yumi kept looking back at Ulrich and Emily sitting together for breakfast.
The rest of the day passed relatively uneventful until around 2:30 in the afternoon In the middle of Mrs. Hertz's class Jeremy's laptop started beeping. Quickly Jeremy pulled out of his bag and looked at it carefully hoping Mrs. hertz wouldn't see it. He gulped and what he saw cause him a near panic, but he was able to take a few deep breaths and calm himself down. Slowly he whispered to odd and Ulrich who were sitting in front of him.
"Guys XANA has launched an attack."
"And" Odd snapped apparently his secrete visits with sissy had had some adverse affect on his personality.
"This is bad guys" Jeremy said worse than usual the has activated three towers this time, woe don't want another Franz hopper in the flesh incident.
"I agree." Ulrich whispered back lets get out go here then.
Jeremy raised his hand
"Uh yes Jeremy." Mrs. hertz asked
"Mama can i go to the infirmary?" He asked "I don't feel well"
"And me too?"
"And me also?" Ulrich and odd jumped in almost simotanisouly after Jeremy.
"I'm afraid that it won't work this time." she said. "You guys have already missed enough time this quarter for infirmary visits so you are going to have to hang on till three. And she went back to her lecture.
Jeremy growled there wasn't much they could do unless XANA attacked the school and they had used the Return to the past so many times already this year that XANA was getting stronger every day almost. so they couldn't afford to do that. "pst, Ulrich you think you can sneak a call out to Yumi?" Jeremy asked
"Ill try." "Odd do something distracting." He whispered
An evil grin crossed odds face and he reached into his backpack. "Grade A Sneezing powder. slowly he unscrewed the lid and took a hand full and threw it in his own face. Soon after the exposure.
"Aaa...CHOO!" It was insanely loud and it didn't stop with just one no he couldn't stop, and was now sneezing uncontroably.
This eventually got the attention of Mrs. Hertz who turned around rather annoyed and said. "Ok odd that's enough." But he didn't stop he couldn't. "Odd, odd,... Ok ok you can go to the infirmary." She paused "Jeremy, Ulrich since you wanted to go so bad you can take him.
"Thank you mam." Jeremy said as they escorted the Sneezing odd form the room. "Good one odd" Jeremy said as they cleared earshot of Mrs. Hertz.
"Ahhh..chooo.. thanks.. Aachooo."
You really cant stop can you?" Ulrich stated
"Never mind that now." Said jeremy "we've got to get to the factory. Ulrich you call Yumi, Me and odd will swing by Jims class and get Aelita.
"Right." Ulrich said as he took off into the park and called Yumi.
Meanwhile Jeremy and the sneezing odd swung by Jims gym class he was giving one of his usual lectures and pacing about in military fashion when.
"pst.. Aelita Over here.." Jeremy whispered Aelita turned around and saw jeremy there hiding in some bushes
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"No time to Explain XANA has attacked and we've got to hurry it up his activated 3 towers this time.?
"Without another word Aelita slipped off through the back of the crowd and soon after vanished off into the park whit jeremy where they were greeted by the still Sneezing odd.
"What happened to you?" Aelita asked?
""Just.. Achaooo.. just tried to inhale a pepper grinder that's all... Achaaoooo." That one was rather powerful and Odds body jerked back and his feet came off of the ground.
"No wonder his hair sticks up like that." Aelita said as they clamed down the manhole and took off for the factory.
"Jeremy chuckled."
"Hey " Odd exclaimed trying to come up with some sort of defense in between sneezes but the words escaped him.
And almost before they knew it they were in the factory getting virtualized.
A couple of hours later...
The gang had emerged form the manhole in the park once again and were now walking in front of the gate just like yesterday. It was then that it happened.
Seemingly out of nowhere. "You could have gotten me killed on Lyoko for real..." Odd yelled at Ulrich and then belted him one accost the face. It knocked Ulrich down and Odd shook his hand as Ulrich looked up at Odd stunned rubbing his jaw. Odd then turned to Jeremy and said rather loudly "You had better hope XANA doesn't attack for a while Cuse i am not going to Lyoko with that maniac." He pointed at Ulrich. "I'm outta here." and odd walked off.
"What got into him?" Aelita asked some what frightened by the sudden change in the countance of her usually Happy go lucky friend."
Ulrich rubbed his jaw and stood up. "Maybe i deserved that." He said "Anyway who wants to go see a movie, or have jeremy hack the Pay-per view so we can watch the subsonic concert tonight."
"Oh I almost forgot about Will..." Yumi Exclaimed "Sorry guys got to go." She said and without another word she took off out the front gate in a sprint.
"Did i miss something?" Ulrich asked. "Anyway Jeremy want to hack..."
"Sorry Ulrich don't have time." Jeremy replied cutting Ulrich off. and giving him an evil look as he walked off "You did deserve it." He said as he walked off. "Aelita are you coming?"
"Just a minuite" She replied She stood there by Ulrich and waited until jeremy was out of sight before she spoke. "Ulrich I think what you did was very brave." She smiled at him and then walked off.
Although Ulrich was grateful for her words they didn't seem to help the fact that seemingly everyone had left him or his aching jaw. But what happened next was the Pardon the expression "The straw that broke the camels back."
A little later around dark...
Ulrich was on his way to the cafeteria for Supper when he saw Yumi walk back onto campus, she was all dressed up something nice like she was on a date or something she wore a Black miniskirt with Over Knee high plad type socks and a black tank top with 3/4 sleeves that started at the wrist and ended about halfway up the bicep. Maybe she had come to surprise him yea know go out for the evening break the repetition the manonity. So he walked over toward her checking his almost paper thin wallet for some cash. "Whew" He had some thankfully.
About that time Yumi saw Ulrich walking towards her a big smile on his face. "Ugh the nerve..." She growled
"Hey Yumi" Ulrich smiled as he walked up to her.
"What do you want?" She asked Impatiently
"Woa woa like i know that im not dressed as nice as you but i can spiff up real quick if you'd like."
"What, you think imshatered dressed up like this for you?"
"Look of its about what happened on Lyoko today I'm sorry i made a foolish..."
But he was cut off by Yumi. "You think that's what this is about." She snapped.
But unbeknownst to Ulrich Yumi had just had a conversation with Sissy.
Flashback... (to about 5 minuits ago)
Yumi had just walked onto school grounds and was met by sissy who was watching Ulrich and Emily stand against one of the large pillars talking and laughing.
"Yumi, can I have a word with you?" Sissy asked.
" Sure just make it quick." Yumi glanced over at Ulrich and Emily looking rather melancholy.
"You are all dressed up is it for Ulrich?"
"Maybe, whats it to you?" Yumi snapped
Well i think there is something Ulrich should have told you if he were taking you out tonight."
"Told me what?" Yumi asked impatiently
What you hadn't herd?" Sissy said glancing at Ulrich and Emily also.
"Heard what?" Yumi asked.
"Well i hate to break it to you but Ulrich and Emily have been dating for 2 months since school started up in the fall."
"What how? she's like a year older than him, how did they start? i mean im his girl friend. " She yelled like no one would notice.
"Ol well i hate to break it to you and these are only rumors but I herd something about a summer romance of some sort though not very many details."
"Gulp" Yumi gulped as a large uncomfortable lump began to form in her throat it was bad enough that he was with HER but the fact that he had lied to her about it for so long was another."
"I can talk to him for you if you want." Sissy offered to be a friend
"No i think ive had enough of your help for the night." Yumi said and walked toward Ulrich who was now alone walking to the cafeteria.
However unknown to Yumi Sissy secretly smiled "Ooooohhh. she had done it this time she had pulled so much wool over Yuma's eyes and the best part she didn't even know now it was only a matter of time before Ulrich finally realized that she was there for him when his beloved Yumi had turned on Him." "This was so good"
Back to the present...
"You could have told Me that you have been dating Emily for the last couple of months."
"What? we just started hanging out this morning." Ulrich said somewhat in the dark.
"Don't lie to me." Yumi nearly screamed. "I know that you guys had something going on this summer and...and... WHY DIDENT YOU AT LEAST TELL ME! you had to hide it be all cool have two girls not just satisfied with one." Then to boot I came here feeling guilty that i was going to the sub-sonics concert with William tonight, you really had me going."
Suddenly it hit him Yumi was going to the concert the one he had tried to buy tickets for a month with WILLIAM. "I get it now." Ulrich said coolly but slightly angrily. "Your going with william that's fine, maybe he doesn't get frustrated of chasing the same girl for a year solid." He held up his hands. "And if this all your way of telling me you don't want me fine... Chao. you have said enough." He held back the tears welling up inside It was bad enough that she the constant object of his affection didn't love him but to make a scene in front everyone including Sissy and William, he wasn't going to take part in the screaming. and he began to walk off.
"Chao! Is that all you have to say at a time like this is chao, after you betrayed me You deserve each other!." She yelled as some deep part of her soul wished that would make him turn around but it didn't. He just continued walking as cold and silent as a stone.
It was then just after the climax that william walked up to Yumi., he was dressed the same as usual. "that jerk bothering you?" He asked looking at Yumi then Ulrich.
"No." she said sadly hanging her head trying to be strong but faint tears could be seen forming. "Ignore him his not worth it."
"Ok if you want me to." William said putting his arm around Yumi comforting her as they walked to the concert.
Meanwhile Ulrich who had just had his heart smashed into a billion pieces was met by sissy.
"I'm here for you Ulrich, don't be afraid to tell me your feelings i won't rum out on you like your beloved yumi did."
Slowly Ulrich raised his head up at sissy and then looked her dead in the eye. "Let me say this slowly so you will understand, P i s s o f f ." and without another word just walked on by and over to Emily who had just come out of the dorms and had apparently herd or seen none of what had just Transpired and within a few moments they were walking into the cafeteria and laughing like nothing had ever happened.
"That plan worked really well." Herb said apparently he had been watching the whole thing form the bushes.
"Ooowwwllllll..." Sissy made her frustrated faces and "BAM" next thing herb was pocking himself up off of the ground and looking for his glasses while rubbing his sore cheek. And sissy put their hands on her hips and stormed off as angry as anyone could be.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn!"
"Hum... evil Hugh : ) But don't worry something good will happen eventually (I hope ;)
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And for all you Odd fans out there don't worry I am not picking on odd too much the same thing happened to me and my best friend at that age over some girl i don't know what he saw in her but were cool now, and if i do ill write a story with him as the main character. (Tell me if you have any ideas for that endeavor)
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