Stan walked into the cafeteria and sat down next to Yumi.
"Do you guys mind if I sit next to you?" he asked.
"No we don't. So Stan are you enjoying your classes?" Aelita asked. Stan gazed at her for a moment then answered.
"They are alright, I prefer magic to school though." He replied, snapping his fingers. A flower suddenly stood in them, he gave the flower to Aelita. Aelita smiled and took it.
"Bravo, hey you have got to teach me that trick." Odd said.
"All in due time." Stan replied. "Hey who is that?" Stan asked. While the others looked at the direction Stan was pointing, he poured the dark bottle onto a flower. The flower turned from a soft pink to a dark purple.
"That would be Sissy and her crew." Jeremy answered. The others turned back around and nodded their heads in agreement.
"Can you help me, I seem to mess up this trick every time I do it." he asked, looking at Yumi.
"Well um, sure how can I help?" She asked setting her fork down.
"Well every time I make a pink rose appear, like the one I gave Aelita, it smells fine. When I make a purple rose appear it smells gross. Can you smell it for me to see if I do it right this time?" Stan asked, giving Yumi his puppy dog eyes.
"Sure I don't mind." She replied.
"Alright I think I know how to do it this time." He said pulling out the purple, X.A.N.A infected rose, out. He held it up to Yumi. As she sniffed it, the black smoke flew off the rose and in a split second dissolved into her face. Yumi coughed as the others watched.
"Stan your rose turned from purple to pink." Aelita said. Stan looked down and pretended to be shocked.
"Well now I wonder how I did that." He said, scratching his head. Yumi was still coughing on the smoke. Everyone else just thought it had smelled bad.
"Here drink this," Ulrich said, giving Yumi her glass of water. As she drank it Stan watched the darkness float behind her eyes.
"The darkness is in place one more dose, and I will have completed my master's demand. Then I move onto my rose." He thought looking at Aelita for a moment. Yumi slowly stopped coughing, and was fine.
"Well I guess I will just have to practice, sorry Yumi." Stan said, standing up.
"Oh, that's alright, bye Stan see you later." She replied. Stan waved and left the cafeteria. He walked outside and into the woods. He did not have to go that deep until it was almost too dark to see his own hand.
"Has she taken the dose?" A strange voice asked.
"Yes master she has, one more dose and she will have completed it. She will finally be.." Stan said.
"Yes, yes I know she will. Now after you give her the last dose, immediately begin your work on Aelita. If the rest of the guys figure out we are behind this they won't let you near Aelita. Work quickly my apprentice." X.A.N.A said, while handing four bottles of his darkness to Stan.
"Yes master, I shall do your bidding." Stan said, bowing. Suddenly they herd voices in the distance.
"I see Yumi has taken a, side-affect, to her new dose. Go and watch, tell me if they suspect anything at all." X.A.N.A ordered. Stan slipped away in the woods, heading towards the noise.
"Hmm Obviously you are resisting harder than I anticipated. It's a good thing I strengthen your last dose. I tripled its power. Resisting will be futile after you take the last of your "medicine." X.A.N.A thought, evilly to himself. "Soon my dear you will be complete. Soon nothing can stop what I have already begun. Perhaps I should straighten my place up." He thought, laughing to himself.
Meanwhile After Stan Left
"Did it smell that bad?" Odd asked, forking food into his mouth.
"Actuality I don't think there was a smell to it. For some reason I just started to cough. It was weird." Yumi said. Suddenly her head started to pound and she grabbed her head.
"Yumi are you alright?" Aelita asked. Yumi didn't reply she just jumped up from the table. Everyone looked up at Yumi, as she held her head.
"Yumi what's the matter?" Ulrich asked, standing up.
"Ah ….my…head." She managed to say. Ulrich grabbed her arm to sit her back down, when Yumi suddenly ripped her arm from his grasp. "Don't touch me!" She screamed. She let go of her head and brought her hand into a fist. She threw it at Ulrich stopping centimeters from his face. "Ah…… what is happening?" She asked backing away from Ulrich. By now the whole group had stood up.
"Yumi take it easy," Ulrich said, stepping towards her.
"No! Leave me alone!" She screamed running out of the cafeteria. Ulrich, Odd, Jeremy, and Aelita ran after her. Ulrich was the first to catch up to her. He tackled her gently to the ground.
"Yumi, wait a minute. Talk to me, what is wrong?" Ulrich asked. Yumi pushed him off her and stood up.
"I don't know. Ah my head." She said falling to her knees. Ulrich ran over to her and bent down. He wrapped his arms around her, so she couldn't get away.
"Let go of me………I don't want to hurt you." Yumi sobbed, trying to break free of Ulrich's grip. She went to kick Ulrich, but Odd gently grabbed her feet. Suddenly Yumi fell against Ulrich's chest.
"Is she alright?" Aelita asked, hanging onto Jeremy's shirt. Yumi's eyes fluttered open as she looked around her.
"Yumi, are you alright?" Ulrich asked, still holding his grip on her.
"I think so,….uh…..what happened. I tried to stop myself. I didn't want to hurt you. For some reason I just, I almost couldn't stop myself." She said. Ulrich and Odd let go and tried to help her stand. Yumi wobbled a bit, but was fine.
"Maybe your just tired." Ulrich said.
"Or maybe your sad, because I never got a date." Odd smirked, winking at his friend. Everyone groaned as they took Yumi to her room. Stan who had made it there by then, was watching them walk away.
"They don't suspect a thing." He thought. "I'll give Yumi a break, and give Aelita her first dose. Beware my dears sleep well tonight, for tomorrow my fun begins again." He thought holding tight to the bottles. .