Continued From Before (Ch. 12)
Ulrick and Yumi ran down the street, hoping that their friends were all right. They didn't want to think about what might have happened.
"We have to hurry. We don't know what could have happened." Ulrick said.
"Why are you telling me to hurry, I'm running faster than you, not to be mean." Yumi added.
"I know, I know, I'm just worried, but I know you are to, so I'll just shut up and run now." Ulrick said running a bit faster. Yumi laughed at his facial expression. They were almost at the school, when they saw Jeremy and Odd running towards them.
"Hey you guys, finally you're here. You slow pokes." Odd said. Jeremy lightly hit him in the head and started running in the direction of the wreck with the others close behind him. Ulrick and Yumi could now see a huge demolished building. They all gasped as they heard another BANG, and saw Yuki coming out of a dust cloud.
"What is he doing here!?" Odd yelled. Yuki turned around and saw them. He leaped to the top of the building in one swift jump. He then looked back at them and smiled.
"Do you really think that you can defeat me? You have had victory once, but it won't happen again." Yuki yelled down to them. He jumped off the building and disappeared in the air.
"Where did he go?" Ulrick asked, looking around.
"It seems that he has gone. I don't know where, but I think we're in trouble." Jeremy answered. They all stood there, looking at what Yuki had done.
"I wonder how Yuki was able to destroy so much in such little time." Yumi asked kneeling by the wreckage. She picked up a small piece of the big building. She then sighed and threw it down, "We have to stop him! Let's go to the factory to see if he's in LYOKO. Maybe we can stop him there." Yumi said standing to her feet.
"Yumi, I don't think it will help. Remember last time he was in LYOKO? The monsters are even scared or obey him. What if he and Xana send all of them after you guys? What will you do then?" Jeremy said, "We have to stay out of LYOKO for a while. I can keep an eye on Aelita from here." He added.
Yumi sighed, "I guess that's all we can do, huh?" she asked looking at each of them. They all nodded. 'I don't like this, not at all.' She thought, hanging her head. "I'm going back home." She turned around and started walking home. After a couple of steps she noticed that Ulrick was beside her.
"I'll just pick up my books and I'll leave if you want me too." He said. Yumi didn't say anything, she just continued walking. When they got to the house and to Yumi's room, Yumi couldn't hold it in any longer.
"We can't just sit back and let Yuki do this. We have to help in some way." She said, flopping down on the bed. Ulrick sat beside her.
"But how? Xana hasn't activated a tower, so we can't defeat him. I hate to say it, but I think Yuki is right, he is going to win." Ulrick put his head in his hands.
"How could you say something like that Ulrick? We will beat him, he won't win. There are five of us and only one of him, two if you count Xana. But that doesn't matter. As Yuki said, we have had a victory before, but we will win, we will not lose. Am I the only one who wants to beat him?" Yumi asked.
Ulrick looked over at her. 'She is so determined to beat Yuki. Why? Is it because of the last time we were in LYOKO? I still don't understand what that day was about.' Ulrick sighed.
"Yumi, are you Ok?" he asked her.
"What do you mean am I Ok? You mean because of Yuki? No I'm not, I just don't see how you guys can just sit here when Yuki is attacking things." She argued.
"I think you need to calm down, Ok Yumi? You're going to start scaring people if you keep this up." He said putting his hand on her back. Yumi leaned back so that her head rested on his shoulder. Ulrick wrapped his arms around her in a hug.
To Be Continued......
In the next chapter Yumi gets caught by her father, Bill! He sees her with Ulrick, and gets mad.