Chapter: 12 Betrayal Among Friends.

Sephireth Hopper: "Hey people, thanks for the reviews!"

Sidd: "Look at Yumi, with her sweet ass and what not." Sidd stares at Yumis ass.

Ulrich looks at him strangely.

Sidd: "Hey Ulrich, you gonna tap that?" Sidd points at Yumi.

Ulrich looks around and nods with a evil smile.

Matthew fake coughs , "Over my dead body."

Yumi: "Aww, you ok there Matt?" she asks while hugging him.

Matthew flicks his tongue and hugs her back making Ulrich mad.

Aelita: "Jeremie? Whats going on here?"

Jeremie's reading playboy magazine: "Uhh what Aelita, I wasn't listening." he flips the page and holds it sideways.

Matthew snatches it: "Jeremie, you shouldn't be reading this! You got Aelita! Just tell her it's normal for her to strip down in front of you and well you know."

Jeremie's jaw drops and he blushing because now everyone is staring at him.

Matthew flips open the magazine: "Hmm...nice..." he drools.

Yumi snatches the magazine and rolls it up then smacks Matthew with it.

Matthew: "Bitch...sexy bitch..." he goes over to Naomi.

Then three reviewers walk in.

deadinside72: "Bets! Place your bets here!"

Sephireth Hopper reading the magazine: "Huh? HEY! Who let you in here?"

purplelover: "Oh, well, umm, Jim was asleep soooo...uh...yeah."

Matthew still talking to Naomi.

Sidd: "OH JUST DRUM HER ALREADY!"

Matthew: "...maybe, maybe not or maybe..."

Yumi: "Ok I know what that means ya know."

Matthew: "Shut up bitch!"

Yumis stunned.

Matthew looks around and goes up to deadinside72.

Matthew: "You can't place bets here...unless...whos gonna be fighting today?"

deadinside72: "Aelita and Yumi in a tub of grease."

Matthew strokes his chin, "Really...hmmm...I place ten bucks on...Yumi to win." He hands her the money.

Ulrich places the bet on Yumi also and soon the match begins.

Aelita and Yumi in the grease. "What the fuck is going on here?" asks Yumi.

Matthew stands up, "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!"

Aelita and Yumi: "WE ARE NOT GOING TO FIGHT IN GREASE!"

Sephireth Hopper: "Oh yes you are bitches!" Writes it down.

Yumi and Aelita start the catfight.

Yumi wins!

"Yeahhhh goooo YUMI!" yells the crowd.

Sephireth Hopper: "AHEM, Anyway...on with teh chapterrrrrrr!"

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Matthew walks around after lunch in the courtyard. Sidd and William soon join him.

"Hey, lets have a race!" Sidd suggests. "Ok, first to the pool, last one has to dive into it without taking off his clothes." said Matthew.

Sidd and William agree and they get into their running poses. "Yumi, will you do the honors?" Matthew asks. Yumi stands in front of them. "Ready? Set? GO!"

Matthew and Sidd bolt off with WIlliam lagging behind. William catches up with Sidd and makes it their first. Sidd only seconds behind. "Haha Matthew, your last." said Sidd out of breath.

Matthew scowled and climbed the ladder. He stepped onto the diving board and jumped into the pool. "COLD!" he yelled as soon as he surfaced.

William and Sidd began laughing. "Uh...guys?'' said Matthew a little shakily. "Yeah?" replies Sidd. "I just remembered...I can't swi--" he got cut off as the water came over his head.

Sidd and William burst out laughing again as they watched Mathew struggle in the water. Yumi and Ulrich rushed to the pool side. "Matt! Come on, make it to the stupid edge!" yelled Ulrich.

Matthew sank to the bottom of the pool and laid down on his back enjoying the water. Yumi started giggling. "Come on Matt, get out of there." she said.

Matthew shrugged and swam up to the surface. He spit out water and swam to the edge. He climbed out and took off his shirt to dry on the pole.

Yumi suddenly noticed she was staring at his chest. Blushing, she turned away to Ulrich. Matthew back on his wet shirt and once again yelled, "COLD!" as he walked over to the group.

Jeremie shook his head. "Of course it's cold, it is Janurary, you know." Matthew rolled his eyes and shivered. "Hey, Jeremie? What's up with the new Lyoko?" asked Odd.

Jeremie sighed and started explaining. Halfway through his loooong sentence Matthew interupted with this, "MEOW!" Everyone stared at him and he shrugged. "I got bored."

Yumi giggled and they headed off for art.

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"Mr. Hollows, why are you wet?" asked the teacher as he came in. He shifted his eyes.

"Cause the waters wet, duh!" he said as he sat down. Yumi laughed but quickly stifled it. "To the office, Mr. Hollows." said the teacher sternly.

Matthew got up and whispered "bitch" on his way out. "What was that?" said the teacher and Matthew froze in the doorway.

"Nothin'." he said and walked away. Yumi felt fury at the teacher but didn't know why. 'Ulrich's my boyfriend...not Matt, Ulrich...' she thought.

Matthew came back later towards the end of the class with his clothes even more wet. "What happened to you?" Yumi whispered to him.

"After the principal talked to me, Naomi tackled me into the pool." he grinned and payed attention to the teacher. Yumi felt several more pangs of jealousy.

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The Lyoko gang headed to the factory after school. Jeremie took his seat with the others around him.

Matthew slid his hand down the wall cutting himself and healing. 'Maybe I should tell someone about this...' he thought as he watched one of the cuts heal.

"...And so, Matthew will go into Lyoko first, and then everyone else goes in." finished Jeremie. Matthew looked up at his name. "Huh? What?" he asked while looking around.

"Into the scanner, Matt." Yumi said while shoving him into the elavator. Matthew descended and walked into Ulrich's scanner and virtualized into Lyoko with the same royal clothes on.

"Ah, King Matthias, here again, I see." said Percy, emerging from his shop. "Er- yes, oh by the way Percy, what might ye be uh, selling?" Matthew asked shyly.

"Oh, I be selling food, you know, vegetables, fruits, what not. Well, good day to you King Matthias." and with that Percy went back into his shop.

"Ok, guys, come in." Matthew said into Jeremies earpeice. Jeremie virtualized everyone else.

They all had Royal clothes to, but Aelita had a silver crown on her head. "I guess this really DOES make you a princess." Odd joked and everyone laughed.

They turned the corner to see the busy people. One person saw them and shouted, "ALL HAIL, KING MATTHIAS AND QUEEN AELITA!" everyone turned to them and bowed down.

Matthew and Aelita looked around to find everyone everywhere bowing to them. Matthew decided to speak. "Um, don't mind your King and um Queen, were just looking around, carry on." Matthew was surprised they listened to him and smiled proudly.

"Ok, come on airhead!" Ulrich joked as he put a hand on Matthews shoulder. All of a sudden, two guards had their swords to his throat.

"ONLY THE QUEEN MAY TOUCH THE KING, IT IS A LAW!" one of the guards bellowed, "It's alright, pardon him and be on your way." Matthew said confidently.

The guards bowed down and left. "Hey, lets check out my palace...er...our palace." Matthew said while extending an arm to Aelita, and she shyly took it.

"Come on you to." Matthew said to the rest of the gang and they walked towards the two icy mountains.

Matthews robe fluttered in the wind as they arrived at the castle.

At once, some servants opened up the doors and they were ushered inside. "Nice to see you again, my King and Queen." said the servants as they removed their robes and disappered.

"Guys remember, your not here for a tour." Jeremie scolded. "Alright alright." Matthew said dully. The gang split up and looked for anything useful to Jeremie.

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Matthew found a disc unlabeled and brought it back to the place they were meeting at.

"Anyone else find anything?" everyone shook their heads. "Well, I did find the kitchen, mmmm..." Odd said and everyone laughed.

"Ok, Jeremie, materialize us please." Matthew said. "Alright...King Matthias." Jeremie joked as he materialized them.

"I did manage to find this disc, maybe you can see what it does." Matthew suggested to Jeremie. "Hmm...I'll try, you guys go back to school and home in your case, and I'll stay here." said Jeremie.

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Matthew abd Yumi arrived at home and instantly they were bombarded by the Ishiyama's.

"Where were you two? We've been worried sick!" exclaimed Mr.Ishiyama. "We were er---" Yumi began. "It's my fault we were late, Uncle Yin, I insisted that we stayed at

school longer because, I uhhh... wanted to talk with my...girlfriend." Matthew lied. Mr. Ishiyama stared at him. "Well, Yumi, your free to go, but Matthew, I'm afraid your grounded, and your Viper's taken away from you until further notice."

"But..." Matthew started. "NO BUTS, young man!" Mr. Ishiyama yelled at him. Matthew just nodded and ran to his room.

Yumi felt a little bad for him and went to go cheer him up. She opened his door and saw him lying on his bed, his face unreadable. "Hey Yumi." he said dully.

Yumi sat down on the edge of his bed and patted the spot beside her. Matthew got up and sat next to her.

"Thanks for getting me out of trouble back there, Matt." she said while putting an arm around his shoulder. "Yeah, well, it was actually a little bit my fault, I guess" he said jokingly.

Yumi smiled and kissed his cheek and was about to leave. "Yumi, wait." Matthew said. Yumi turned around, "Yes, Matt?" she asked.

Matthew figeted(sp?) and got up. "Um, I need to tell you something." he said shakily. She walked over to him. "What is it?" she asked sweetly.

Matthew explained all the stuff about the programs and digital files he saw whenever he closed his eyes. "And watch this." he sadi as he cut himslef showing her the black blood that disappeared shortly.

"Well, maybe you should tell Jeremie--" Matthew interupts her. "No, he might do some test on me and then link me to something and refer to me as just some virus. Please Yumi, don't tell anyone."

Yumi's stare softened. "I promise, I won't tell." then she kissed his cheek again and left.

Matthew laid back down and smiled and silently drifted off to sleep.

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Matthew opened his eyes and looked around. All he saw was darkness. He heard footsteps all around him. "Hello?" he shouted.

His voice echoed but no one answered. "NO GET AWAY!" he heard Yumi yell from somewhere in the darkness. "YUMI!" He yelled his voice echoing once more.

But she didn't answer. All he heard was a gunshot and a Peircing scream from Yumi.

Matthews eyes snapped open and he looked around. He was sweating. He was in his room. 'Must have been a nightmare...' he thought as he went back to sleep.

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"Alright class, your poems are due." said the teacher cheerfully. Matthew had been thinking about his nightmare so he wrote his poem real quick.

"Mr.Hollows you first."

Matthew stood up and cleared his throat.

I stand there in shadows as I watch her secretly…
( Her eyes so lonesome )
( Her smile so fake… )
I hear her cry some more in front of me…
( How much more can she take? )
I hear another voice screaming her name,
( It's hurts her so much, )
I hear a slap come across her face…
( Even more with that touch… )
She slightly screams in agony,
( But why? )
The person walks off,
As she sits there on the ground crying…
( Why should she put up with this? )
I stand there behind her, wanting to help…
( Could I at least help her? )
( Could I at least try? )
I take my steps carefully as I come near her,
She hears my foot-steps and slightly looks at me…
Her eyes are full with salty clear tears…
She slightly smiles, yet doesn't…
( Her face is so pretty… )
( Yet so sad )
I sit down next to her,
As she silently stares at me…
( It makes me feel so bad… )
Her tears still were lying upon her cheek…
( But she's hiding again, )
I smile a little at her as she slightly smiles back…
( She's hiding her tears from me )
I asked her what happened and she suddenly stops smiling…
( Let them out, don't be afraid… )
A tear starts to come out of her eyes…
( She couldn't hold them in… )
I stare at her and gently embrace her…
( So let my hold help her with it… )
She tells me that she wants to die…
I then shake my head and ask her why?
"I hate my life…"
( Those words came out so cold, )
( So lifeless, )
( So…deathlike… )
I tried my best to help,
"Don't say that…they are many others who love you…"
Her tears soon stopped to drop and her head seem to lean onto my shoulder more…
( Let me help her ease her pain… )
( Let me help her forget those bad thoughts… )
( Just let me… )
I saw her face a little,
And to my surprise she was smiling a true smile…
( Let me see that real smile on her face once again, )
( Even if it's just once… )

He looked up from his paper and sat back down. "Magnificent, Matthew, wonderous." praised the teacher as he graded him.

Matthew nodded and looked down.

"Ms. Ishiyama you next."

Yumi got up and read.

"So we sit here side by side
Waiting for the sun to rise
Even though you know I lied
I keep on staring in your eyes
Seeing to your heart
I realize what Im doing
Is tearing you apart
I try to fight back all the tears
As realization sets in
How can you still love me
After all the heartache I put you in
I know I really hurt you
I know I made a mess
Im turning to you now
With something to confess
Id give up all the things I had
Just to see you smile
Because when I see you smile
I start to melt inside
When I hear you laugh
My pain is pushed aside
When I feel your touch
My heart jumps off the scale
When I feel your kiss
My breathing starts to fail
You ask me why I chose you
This is how I tell you
How I tell myself
Your name I say inside my head
It echos all around
Engraved in my memory
Until the day I die
Afraid to tell you how I feel
Afraid youll run away
But now I start to open up
Ill open up and ask
Ask you if its ok to feel
To feel I need you like I do
Ask if I can tell you
How I feel in love with you."

Everyone clapped as Yumi sat back down next to Matthew.

"Nice job, Yumi." he said his voice cracking a little.

"Alright, now, Jeremie?"

Jeremie read his poem.

There's still hope
if I can just reach out to you
and everything will be okay
but I can't reach
I won't give up!
I will reach to you
till the very end
I don't care what happens to me
As long as your safe
and in my grasp
But things get worse
as I reach towards you
I know that WE can do it
there's no limit to what we can both do
We grabbed each others hands
and finally hugged each other
as the we die together
but at least I'm not lonely
when I die...

Love is my power
I fight for my love
whether rain or snow
I will win for the sake of love
Courage blends with my love
so I will never give up
because I love you.
No one will ever separate us
because we are together
forever...

Aelita had a tear drop in her eye as he sat back down next to her and squeezed her hand.

"Ahhhh wonderful, Ulrich?"

To me, love is life.
It's always there.
Sometimes it kills you with a knife.
But mostly great anywhere.
Love can be good to you,
If you did it right.
The girl or boy will love you,
and will ask you on a date tonight.
Love will change you,
even if you know it or not.
The main point is to love that person too,
even if you argue with him or her a lot.

Matthew sniffled a little but fortunately no one heard him.

Aelita presented her poem next.

Love...
What is Love
Is ti an emmotion
Or is it an illusion
I do not know

What is this feeling
That runs through me
Is it love
For I do not know

Is it an emmotion
or is an illusion
I do not know
Why do I feel this way

Love...
What is love
For I do not know

Everyone clapped and they went to their next class.

Matthew walked silently while the rest of the gang was talking about the poems.

"Hey, Ulrich, I need to talk to you, alone." said Yumi.

Matthew just passed them with his head down and bangs casting a shadow over his eyes.

Ulrich followed Yumi to the old bench.

Yumi knew she promised Matthew, but, this was to important to keep a secret. She told Ulrich everything about the programs and the blood and the healing.

Ulrich listened and widened his eyes at the end. "We should tell Jeremie, there might be something really wrong with Matt." he exclaimed as they walked back to class.

Yumi sat next to Matthew amd started the worksheet.

Matthew dropped his pencil and suddenly grabbed his head in pain and passed out, dropping like a stone onto the floor.

Yumi knelt down beside him and alerted the teacher.

Mrs. Meyer alerted the principal and the hospital was called.

As they loaded Matthew onto the strechter, still out, Ulrich told Jeremie everything.

"I think I know why he's feeling bad..." drifted Jeremie as he searched through his laptop.

"Oh..no...I...was...right..." Jeremei sighed.

"So? Right about what?" Ulrich asked.

"He's...he's losing his energy, because Xana's dead, he's losing his life, energy, everything..."

Ulrich looked around and whispered to Jeremie, "Jer, don't tell Yumi about this..." and ran to Yumi.

Jeremie set off to the factory to help find a solution to the problem.

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Matthew opened his eyes, but instead of seeing darkness, he saw just a plain white. "Where the hell am I?" he asked.

He heard the footsteps again and looked around. He saw Yumi running away from some figure he couldn't make out yet. Yumi yelled, "NO GET AWAY!"

He yelled "YUMI!" his voice echoing through the place. The figure came into veiw. It was...Matthew. Matthew eyes widened as the double him brought out a gun and shot Yumi in the head.

Matthews eyes shot open again, but his head was pounding. He was in a stiff hospital bed with many machines hooked up to him. It was around midnight and he was still

sleepy. Matthew drifted off to sleep against his will, remembering one poem he heard when he was little.

I hate my life,
And just want to leave it…
I want to leave this world now,
But how do I do it?
Should I just sit here and,
And kill myself?
Should I do that?
What shall other people think after that?
…I doubt that they will even care though…
So maybe I should do this,
Just kill myself,
And run from this world forever…

Sure it wasn't a happy poem, but, it was somewhat comforting to Matthew as he lay there helpless, sleeping.

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AN: Whoa, I almost cried writing some of those poems any way read and review.