Chapter 7

Disclaimer: Don't own Code: Lyoko and never will. If I DID own it, a LOT of things would be different.

Author's Note: Thanks for all the reviews, everybody! I really appreciate it! I'd like to thank:

j6girl, newmoongirl, xX Painful Bliss Xx, tehrandomkitten, I don't even know, Yumi-Ulrich4ever, aZn sIsTeR 92, Lune-Solei, Robinrox13, Luna, animegoddess12345, Animelover, American-Kitty, Kiki, screennameless, ChinaWings, hearts and flowers, Shayna, and nick

For their awesome reviews! You guys rock!

Also, those who read my other story, Good Times Fasho, it's "kind of" put on hiatus. I have no ideas for it, and I'm on a roll with this story. Sorry! If you would like to submit a snippet, a chapter, or ideas for this story, or for this one, please contact me, or tell me your ideas in your reviews!

Credits: xX Painful Bliss Xx, aZn sIsTeR 92, and Lune-Solei. Mucho gracias!

My apologies for this uber-long author's note, and if the chapter is crappish. I'm not that satisfied with this, but it was the best I could come up with. Here's the next chapter!

In 3 days at the airport…

(A/N: Jim's still here. Don't ask why. Hehe.)

The students all got their parents to sign the permission slips that their teachers gave out that day. They packed, bringing all their belongings, their favorite stuffed animals, electronics, bunches of money because their paranoid parents thought their children couldn't live without them, and practically their entire closet.

They were at the airport, hugging their parents good-bye and excitedly talking to friends, chatting a mile a minute.

"OKAY EVERYONE!" Jim boomed, "TIME TO GET ON THE PLANE."

The students gave their parents one last hug, and rushed to board the planes. (The school needed two or three planes to fit all the teens. But rest assured, the gang is in the same plane- unfortunately with Sissy.)

The parents waved tearfully to their children, talking to the other parents about how "their baby" was growing up.

Meanwhile, the teens were boarding the plane excitedly. Ulrich and Odd sat together in the back (but not without Sissy calling him, and pestering him to sit with her), Aelita and Jeremie sat together in the front. As promised (on the raffle thingy), they were given first-class seats, and given a lot of room to stretch out their legs, etc. etc.

When the plane lifted off, the students shouted, screamed, and hooted with excitement, but Jim quickly quieted them down by yelling even LOUDER (and that's REALLY loud), saying the pilot won't be able to concentrate, and lecturing them on the importance of keeping quiet, and blah.

"Odd, Jeremie's waited so long for Aelita and all, but when she does get materialized, why isn't he 'making the move'." Ulrich asked him, when the plane quieted down to loud chatter.

"You know they've been sending each other 'hints'. They're both just too shy to say anything, waiting for the other one to say it first." Odd replied, "But I did spy on them, and figured out they had these "good-night" kisses on the cheek after watching a movie or going to a "friendly outing" as Jer calls it. They hold hands a lot, and whisper in each other's ear. That's a sure sign."

"But Jer's already found his girl! He SHOULD make the move. I'm not even sure who it is anymore. Yumi probably moved on. And you? You have no one." Ulrich sniggered at the last sentence.

"HEY!" Odd protested, slapping his best friend on the arm.

Then he added, "We'll have to talk to Jeremie about it, even though he's just gonna deny the fact that he's head-over-heels for her."

Ulrich nodded, "You know, I can't wait to go to Cali. I mean, it'd be really cool if Yumi's face was in a magazine…" He sighed dreamily.

Odd rolled his eyes, "Found another guy who's head-over-heels for someone."

"At least I know who I like!" Ulrich retorted.

"Ugh, whatever…" Odd replied, and put the headphones over his ears, watching the movie in the back of the seat in front of them.

Then he mumbled, "At least I'm girl-free. And not obsessed with a girl that's probably a celebrity, and is un-reachable."

Ulrich rolled his eyes, and followed suit.

He was almost sleeping, his head lolling on the seat.

Then soft rock music boomed into his ears. He had made the volume loud by accident.

"The Life of a Raven. Starring Yumi Ishiyama, and Jason Giwarski". The narrator's deep voice said. (A/N: I KNOW. I totally messed up with the movie title. I had no idea what to put. The movie's not as dark as it sounds. Oh, and since Yumi's a MAS, it's only reasonable that she acts too.)

"Yumi?" Ulrich whispered curiously.

He inched closer to the screen until his nose was almost touching the screen.

Ulrich watched intently. Yumi was pretty, in that "Cinderella" kind of way here. She was wearing black, her hair worn in a short ponytail, strands of hair sticking to her skin, and sweat rolling down her face. (A/N: Remember, this is only a movie.)

The movie pretty much went like this: She was a military brat, and her name was Melissa in the story. Her father, a general, had to move all over the country, as the bases kept changing. Right when 'Melissa' made a new friend, they had to move once again.

She stopped moving after awhile, when her mother died. Her father sent her to her aunt's place. Her aunt was very strict, and only let her go to the market to buy groceries, and go to school and swimming meets. At school, she met a boy named Justin.

The rest was pretty much blah. It wasn't a boring movie, but Ulrich had no intention to really watch, just to watch Yumi. When the kissing scene came, he felt a pang in his heart, as if someone suddenly ripped it off. He reminded himself it was only a movie, as the credits rolled.

"Only a movie… only a movie." Ulrich said, over and over again.

His heart raced, as he closed his eyes, and tried to sleep.

He failed.

At the Hotel…

"Odd, you're rooming with Jeremie." Jim called, "In room 1689. Stay here until I say you can go."

He gave the boys the hotel card for that room (you know to slide in the little machine).

"Ulrich, you'll be rooming with Theo, in room 2487." Jim gave the hotel cards to the boys.

"And Aelita you'll be rooming with Sissy in room 1985." Jim gave the hotel cards to the girls
and waved them off. "You all can go." (A/N: Haha! Get it? 1985? … okay, maybe not…)

Then he resumed calling out the roomies and the hotel numbers, and passing out the cards.

Aelita grimaced. She never liked Sissy. Sissy, to her, was an ignorant brat, who flirted with every hot guy she saw, who tried to get Ulrich to like her, and annoyed her group of friends every chance she got. When she first arrived, Sissy had made fun of her pink hair, and gotten angry when her 'henchmen' Herb and Nicholas started to like her.

Herb and Nicholas had gotten out of Sissy's grasp, and hung out together like best friends. Nicholas became a drummer in the school band (that was organized in Kadic High), and didn't have such a humpback. He was still had that small pinch of dumbness in his voice, and like before, wasn't as smart as Herb. He had more friends, and started to date girls out of this school.
Herb didn't have as much zits as before, and made a few friends with computer nerds such as him. But he was still unpopular, unlike his best friend, Nicholas, who was getting more popular each day.

Ulrich didn't exactly like Theo, and still remembered the day when Theo walked Yumi home. But that was three years ago. Now, Theo started to date Emily, who had long black hair with new red streaks. Her glasses were gone, and replaced with contacts.

And, of course, Odd and Jeremie were best friends, so they had no "difficulties".

Anyway, they all headed off in separate directions, going to their hotel rooms.

With Aelita and Sissy…

"You pink-headed dork!" Sissy screamed, "Stop hogging the closet, I need room too!"

Aelita growled under her breath, quickly putting her clothes in a certain part of the closet, and another part of the drawers.

Aelita, however, only took up a quarter of the closet (keep in mind that the closet is QUITE huge…)

"Well, you're filling almost everything. I only get a quarter of the closet, and you get 3/4th!" Aelita argued.

Sissy stared at her blankly.

"Forget it, you don't understand 3rd grade math." Aelita said, waving her hand away.

"I do so!"

"Well, you just proved to me that you don't."

Sissy stared at Aelita, dumbfounded.

Aelita crossed her arms, and smirked a bit as Sissy "hmphed" and walked off.

Sissy's stupidity always came in handy.

With Odd and Jeremie

Odd and Jeremie had no difficulties with luggage, or "closet-sharing".

As promised, Odd quickly got onto the subject of Aelita with Jeremie, making the poor guy flush. They were both lying on their queen-sized bed comfortably.

"Jer, you found your girl. Why aren't you making your move?" Odd was questioning Jeremie as he opened a bag of chips, and stuffed them in his mouth hungrily.

Jeremie's face was as red as a tomato now. "She isn't my girl!" He protested lamely, making it more obvious that he liked her.

Odd sighed. "You know man, you are really bad at lying."

Jeremie sighed as well, sticking his hand out for the bag of chips.

Odd glared, and reluctantly tossed it over.

"Well… it's just not the time." Jeremie said, biting on a chip.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN ITS NOT THE TIME!" Odd cried, "You KNOW she likes you. She's been materialized for 3 years!"

Looking at Jeremie's blank, but dazed face, he added, "Or maybe not."

Then continued on his lecture, "She likes you, Jer. It's so obvious. You better make the move on her fast, or someone else will. You know that other guys are looking at her right?"

Jer nodded, emotionlessly taking another chip.

"Ask her out on a date or something! Don't you see? Your girl is RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE. But Ulrich's girl is a model or something; he doesn't even know her cell or her email address, or her IM. He doesn't even know where the HECK she is! And ME? I have NO idea who she is, where she is, and I'm still searching for the right one. I'm not in a hurry, but sometimes, I see so many couples around the world, and I can't help but want someone for me too." Odd said, looking at Jeremie in the eye.

"Do it while you still have the chance, Jer. Someone else could ask her out first- like… like…" Odd racked his brain for a possibility.

Jeremie waited anxiously.

"Oh! I got one! Like Herb!" Odd said.

Jeremie clenched his fists at the sound of his name. He never liked Herb, that little zit-faced brat. Always trying to outdo Jeremie. Lately, he did seem to like Aelita…

"No one is taking Aelita! She isn't a toy! SHE WILL NOT BE MESSED AROUND WITH." Jeremie fumed.

"Yes! She won't!" Odd cheered his best friend on.

"I'll be sure she won't be heartbroken! I'll ask her out RIGHT NOW." Jeremie declared, marching up to the door, and slamming it shut.

Odd shook his head and smiled at himself.

Mission Accomplished.

In Ulrich and Theo's room

Ulrich and Theo didn't have any complications either. They quickly unloaded their stuff, plopped on their beds, and turned on the TV, flipping through channels.

There was a knock at their door.

"That's for me." Theo said, smoothing his hair down.

He opened the door, and revealed his girlfriend, Emily.

"Theo!" Emily cried, engulfing him in a hug, "I missed you! I haven't seen you in a hour!"

"It's only been a little bit!" Theo said, giving her a quick peck on the lips, and wrapping his arm around her waist.

"Hi Ulrich!" Emily said, giving him a little wave, "What's up?"

"Nothing much." Ulrich replied, staring at the TV, still trying to find a good channel.

"Me and Em are going out." Theo told his roomie, "We'll see ya later, aiight?"

Before Ulrich could respond, Theo had shut the door.

Ulrich rolled his eyes, but couldn't help but envy the couple. If only Yumi were here… life would be much more bearable.

Suddenly, Odd, Jeremie, and Aelita barged in, without knocking.

Odd quickly ran over to Ulrich and whispered in his ear, "I got Jeremie to ask Aelita out!"

Ulrich smiled weakly at him, and gave him the two thumbs up sign.

If Yumi were here, Odd would try to get him and Yumi together. But you see the problem? Yumi's not here.

Jeremie and Aelita were holding hands, blushing. Their bodies were closer to each other than usual.

"Hey guys!" Ulrich greeted, "Happy to hear you're officially hooked up!" He smirked.

Jeremie and Aelita flushed more.

Odd rolled his eyes, and averted his eyes to the TV.

"Ulrich, this looks like a good show. Or a talk show or whatever…" Odd muttered.

Ulrich shrugged, and lay down on his bed, watching the show.

The couple, Jeremie and Aelita, snuggled close to one another to watch.

…

An auburn haired girl walked up to the stage, receiving thunderous applause, and hoots.

She smiled, and began to talk as the noise died down.

"Hey everyone! I'm Mary, host of the hit celebrity talk show, Teen Scene!" Mary announced, earning thunderous applause again from the audience.

"This week, we've chosen another celebrity. Her first album is coming out in a week, and is one of the new, famous, hot teen pop stars, please welcome, Crystal Clear!" Mary said enthusiastically, clapping her hands with the mike in hand, as a pretty blonde-haired girl with waist-length hair ran up on stage. (A/N: Ha! Thought it was Yumi, didn't you?)

There were many whistles, claps, hoots, and shouts coming from the audience.

"Hey Mary!" Crystal greeted her interviewer, shaking her hand, "It's great to be here!"

She waved out to the audience, blowing kisses.

Mary smiled, as she sat down, and patted the seat next to her for Crystal to sit down.

When she was seated, Mary asked the usual, 'what is it like being a singer?' thing. Then came the last question.

"All right Crystal, this is the last question! After this one, we're going to take questions from the audience. Is that all right with you?"

"Yup. Fire away."

"I heard you and Yumi Ishiyama have a bit of rivalry between you two. Is that true? If so, what are you planning to do about it?"

---The gang gasps---

"Yes, we do have a bit of rivalry. Yumi is on top of the charts one week; I'm on top the next. I'm planning to do nothing, really. I'm just going to try my best." Crystal responded, earnestly.

"All right, thank you Crystal!" Mary said energetically, "Now it's time to-"

…

Ulrich turned off the TV.

"Did you hear that?" He asked excitedly.

"Yep." Odd said, with the same excitement in his voice.

"YUMI'S FAMOUS!" The duo shouted together.

"So?" Jeremie said, "You're still probably not going to be able to see her… I mean, we're 'commoners' and she's famous. She'll probably have bodyguards!"

--Yumi's 'House'--

"I'M GOING TO GET BODYGUARDS!" Yumi shouted at her parents, enraged.

Her parents nodded and replied, "Yes, of course. With your high social status, you need bodyguards, in case of any assassination attacks, kidnappers; mobbers- they're all out there, Yumi. Many may be out there for your fortune. And they will do anything for it."

Yumi remained silent, still enraged that she was going to get bodyguards.

"Do I always need them?" Yumi asked.

"Not always. Not when you're with your friends. But they will receive the bodyguards' mobile numbers, just in case."

"Aww…" Yumi groaned, "Can't I just wear a disguise?"

"That too."

"Ugh. Great…"

Back with the gang

"Yumi really is famous…" Ulrich muttered his eyes closed.

It was only he and Odd in his room now. Jeremie and Aelita were out for a "walk".

"Well, duh…" Odd said, "She has the potential and all."

"I know." Ulrich said, snapping out of his haze, and standing up.

"If she's famous, she's gotta have some pictures on the internet at least…" He mumbled, turning on his wireless laptop.

After a few minutes, Ulrich went to Google, and typed in, "Yumi Ishiyama".

"WHOA." The two boys shouted, their eyes wide.

"Yumi Ishiyama shrine, I love Ishiyama fan club, the Official Yumi Ishiyama website, Yumi Ishiyama. Net, Yumi Ishiyama Gossip, Yumi Ish-" Ulrich began, when he was stopped by Odd.

"She's all OVER the place!" Odd said, his eyes widening, as he scrolled down the page.

Ulrich rolled his eyes, "Let's just go to the "Images" part."

"Right."

He clicked on it, and about a million pictures were shown.

Ulrich gaped, his jaw dropping on to the floor.

"She-she-she-"Ulrich stuttered, staring at the pictures, agape. She wasn't the Cinderella-like character she was in the movie, obviously.

"What? WHAT!" Odd shouted at his best friend, snatching the laptop away from him.

"What?" Odd asked, as he looked behind Ulrich's shoulder. "Dude, what's the big deal? It's an older Yumi in a halter. One of the strangest sights I saw... Yumi never puts on something like this before."

"Yeah, I know, but she's gorgeous, Odd! Even more than she was in the past if that's even possible." Ulrich replied, enlarging the pictures.

Yumi was in a glittery black halter dress that perfectly shaped her curves. Her bangs were pushed to the side, revealing her sparkly dark-brown eyes, shining at the lucky person she was looking at. She seductively smiled, though it was obvious she didn't mean to. She was always like this, smiling so nice at everyone without meaning to. There were many pictures of her at a new exhibit, waving, signing autographs, and posing for pictures with many of the adoring fans.

"She still looks like Yumi." Odd said, looking at Ulrich questionably. "Just with make-up. And a dress. And highlights. And a purse. And-"

"I get it! Yumi still looks like Yumi. She's just curvier. And hotter." Ulrich concluded, feeling himself fall into a haze, and into Yumi's spell she had cast over him three years ago all over again.

"She's so pretty…" He mumbled, staring at the pictures, "Isn't she just drop-dead gorgeous, Odd? " He trailed off, muttering gibberish.

"Forget Yumi!" Odd exclaimed, "Who's her hot friends?"

He pointed to one picture, and enlarged it. He read the caption underneath.

"Yumi and Supermodel Friends." He read aloud, his mouth watering.

"Ah, they're nothing compared to Yumi, Odd." Ulrich said, dreamily.

"But they're still hot!" Odd protested.

"The Chinese one, and the brown-haired one are pretty, but that blonde one is the bombshell one." He announced. "I'm in llluuvvvv."

Ulrich slapped his friend's arm, "Yeah right. You don't even know the girl."

"Well, you barely know YUMI anymore!" Odd retorted.

"Maybe… maybe not…" Ulrich responded.

"Fine! Let's go see if Yumi has a boyfriend." Odd said, typing in "Yumi's boyfriend" in the search engine.

"Aww… come ON Odd…" Ulrich pleaded him not to. He was afraid of the answer.

"Don't worry, pal. She's single." Odd told him, as he pointed to a part in the paragraph that said, "Yumi is single."

"Okay. It doesn't matter if she wasn't single, I could never see her again anyways." Ulrich said. It was obviously apparent he was lying.

"Nah, it would matter, because your heart would shatter into smithereens." Odd responded, skimming the page.

"Hey, buddy! It says here that there is a rumor that a popstar, Jason, is hitting on Yumi. And they're secretly dating. But I think it's just a lie. Whaddaya think?"

"Gimme that!" Ulrich snatched the laptop from Odd's grasp, and quickly skimmed the paragraph.

"Though Yumi says she's single, you never know. There is a rumor that Jason Giwarski and Yumi Ishiyama are secretly dating. Apparently, Jason is hitting on Yumi. They both starred in the hit movie, "The Life of a Raven", and became good friends over that short time period. Perhaps they feel more affectionate toward each other? We do not know the facts, or the truth, but much evidence shows they are together. Some evidence we dug up is the "friendly talks" on the set while working on the movie, the several trips to Starbucks for cappuccinos and latte, and the trip to Las Vegas they had together to get to know each other more, as Yumi felt uncomfortable about the kissing scene…"

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Ulrich didn't bother clicking "Continue". He was far too caught up in the evidence. What if they really were together? He would fall into a coma and never wake up again.

"Nah, I don't think it's true…" Ulrich said, though he had his doubts. Many, many, many doubts.

"But that Jason is a nice looking guy." Odd replied, "Go check him out."

Ulrich quickly typed in "Jason Giwarksi" in the search engine.

It was outlandish how two people who didn't know each other and were practically enemies still looked alike. And when I say the look alike, they looked almost twins.

Jason had brown hair, and amber eyes like Ulrich. He was slouching, and wearing blue instead of green. His hair was slick and gelled.

"Man." Ulrich said, running his hand through his hair. "He looks a lot like me."

"But he's 18. A year older than us." Odd said.

Ulrich nodded. He sighed.

Troubles, concerns, and worries ran through his mind like a raceway track.

If Yumi and Jason really were dating, it would be the end of the world for Ulrich.

Definitely.

Sorry it took so long! I prewrote this chapter awhile ago, but it needed some fixing, and I wasn't satisfied with it yet. Oh, and you may see JG when referring to Jason, as they are his initials. Please review!