True Love (Chapter 2)

Classes at Kadic went by pretty fast. Odd went back to his dorm to confront Ulrich and end this fight between him and Sam once and for all. He opened the door to his and Ulrich's dorm room and Ulrich happened to be there so this was the perfect time to talk to him when his friends aren't around to hear.

" Hey Ulrich why aren't you with the rest of the gang," Odd said to him.

"No reason, just enjoying some time to myself is it a crime," he said sarcastically. Ulrich was starting to get annoyed with the questions.

"You know ever since Sam got here you've been avoiding me and the gang, what is your problem, your acting like a five year old," Odd said.

" I can act how ever I want and it isn't none of your business what's wrong with me," he said starting to get pissed.

"I know this is about me and Sam spending time together, why can't you give her a chance, I'm not gonna throw her away because you don't like her if thats what your thinking," he replied.

"You hardly knew me when we first met but it didn't take us long to be friends so what's the deal," Odd responded.

Ulrich didn't know what to say next to his friend, Odd got him in a tight spot.

"I don't know what you want from me Odd, why don't you go spend time with Sam since you like her so much," Ulrich said to his friend.

"Fine I will, at least she's not as stuck up as you, you can learn from her, you don't want to be my friend anymore fine I have plenty of friends as it is, bye," said Odd as he slammed the door.

Ulrich just sat there and didn't even respond, he knew that Odd was right , he was the problem. He sat on his bed thinking if he should go and apologize to everyone and Samantha but was still in denial about it.

He finally came to a conclusion to apologize to his friends but he knew he had to apologize to Samantha too since she is Odd's friend, but can he gather up enough sense to do it.

Ulrich sat on his favorite bench waiting for the rest of the gang, after what has happened in the past few days he just wants everything back to normal, but he can't unless he apologizes to Samantha since Yumi won't talk to him until he does.

Ulrich's cellphone rang and it was Jeremie. " What is it now Jeremy!", Ulrich said.

"Ulrich, Xana has materialized monsters to the real world, there are three Crabs going towards the school, makes sure no one gets killed we can't bring them back even if we return to the past," Jeremie replied.

" Alright, tell the others to hurry it up I don't know how long I will be able to hold them off.

Ulrich hung up and ran to find the crabs that Jeremie was talking about, just as he ran towards the cafeteria there was one Crab cornering a few students.

He ran up to it to try and distract it to attack him. " Hey over here pick on someone your own size you bully," Ulrich said, getting its attention.

It worked and it ran towards him, Ulrich ran from it to lead it away from the school as he entered the forest. As he was running he spotted the garden shed.

He ran to it, opened it and hid for a while. He scanned the room and found a pitchforkwhich is the only logical tool that can pierce the armour of the Crabs.

He ran back outside to face it since now he has a fighting chance. Ulrich ran towards a tree and climbed it to avoid being seen by the Crab little by little it came towards his path as Ulrich waited for the perfect time to ambush it.

"Yaaah," Ulrich yelled as he jumped on the Crab with perfect timing. He took the pitchfork and stabbed it right into the Xana symbol, it short curcuited and crashed to the ground.

"One down, two to go," he said to himself out loud. Ulrich headed back to the school.

"Help, somebody help me," a loud cry came from near the school which sounded like a girl.

He ran as fast as he could, when he got there he found the girl who was screaming, it was Samantha she was cornered by two roachsters.

Ulrich ran towards her he stabbed the one Roachster with the pitchfork and killed it but the other happened to see its attacker and fire its laser at Ulrich but ran jumped towards his left and avoided the attack.

" Is that all you got, ' he said as he ran towards the forest and the Roachster came after him. He hid behind a tree as the Roachster came advancing towards him he jumped out on cue and stabbed it in the Xana symbol and put it out of its misery.

Samantha came up towards him . " Are you ok Ulrich", she said with concern.

" Never been better," he replied back. After all the battling he knew that he was fatigued.

"Thanks for helping me back there I thought I was dead for sure," she said.

"Anytime, lets head back to the school its too dangerous out here," he replied. Ulrich took her hand and they both ran back to the school. As they were going back they were cut off by a Crab.

Surprised by the sudden ambush the Crab shot a laser at Ulrich and made perfect contact knocking him about ten feet across the ground. "Ulrich," she said.

Samantha was defenseless, having no other choice she had to defend herself she picked up some large rocks and threw them at the Crab, but had no effect on it since it can only be killed by piercing the Xana symbol on top of it.

In relaliaton, the crab took its leg and swatted her right in her mid section and sent her flying and hit the ground hard. "Sam," Ulrich yelled finally regaining consciousness he seized the opportunity to attack it from behind.

He jumped up on it and stabbed it just in time before it could do anymore damage to Samantha.

Ulrich ran up to aid her. "Sam, are you okay," he said.

"I-I'm hurt bad," she responded. Blood was coming from her mouth which meant she has internal bleeding.

"Just hold on, you'll be okay, stay with me,"he said. He held her in his arms to comfort her. Ulrich picks up his cellphone and calls Jeremie.

"What's up Ulrich," Jeremie responded.

" Jeremie, Samantha's hurt and its critical you have to tell the gang to hurry it up I don't know how long she can hang on, " Ulrich said becoming a nervous wreck.

"Ok, I'll tell them and we'll do our best to hurry, just hang in there and keep praying for the best, " Jeremie replied.

Ulrich ended the call. "W-Whats wrong U-Ulrich," Samantha responded with a small voice.

"Nothing's wrong everything is okay, everything will be fine, just hang in there, stay with me," Ulrich said hysterically. He might not like Sam but it didn't mean he wanted her to die.

Back on Lyoko

"Listen up everyone you have to hurry, Sam has been injured and its serious, you have to get Aelita to the tower quick," Jeremie said speaking in the headset.

" What, shes hurt then there's no time to waste, we have to get there quick, Odd replied as he rode faster on the Overboard. Odd is almost at the tower along with Aelita who is riding along with him holding his waist to keep balance.

Just as they got there they were greeted by three hornets fire at them trying to hit their targets. Odd dodged their attacks as best he could but unfortunately the laser from one of the hornets hit its target directly as the Overboard devirtualized.

Odd and Aelita had fall to the ground in the ice reigion, as the hornets came their way.

"Take cover Aelita," Odd said to her. She did as he said and hid behind a icy boulder.

"Laser arrow," Odd cried out taking one of the hornets out, but another shot from one hit Odd as he took damage.

"Odd your down to 80 life points, be careful we can't afford any mistakes," Jeremie said.

"I know I doing everything I can, this isn't a walk in the park by any means," Odd responded to Jeremie.

Back on Earth

Ulrich was doing everything he could to keep Samantha alive in hopes that his friends will deactivate the tower in time so they can return to the past, but that is easier said than done and Ulrich knows it well.

"I'm sorry Ulrich," Samantha said in a low tone as death was draining her life.

"Sorry for what," Ulrich responded.

"For ever coming to Kadic, and ruining your friendship with Odd, she responded as she was getting weaker by the moment.

"No Sam, I"m sorry, I'm the one who screwed up everything, I should of gave you a chance and I let my bad judgement get the best of me, I know it"s no exuse for what I did but I am truly sorry and I mean that, not for Odd's or Yumi's sake but mine," he responded.

She smiled at him, seem relieved that he was apologizing to her. " I f-forgive you," she said as she held his hand in hers.

Ulrich was relieved that he was forgiven, he finally got the weight off his shoulders. He never thought he would apologize to but he did and he felt better than he did for the past week.

On Lyoko

"Laser Arrow," Odd cried out as he got a direct hit at the Xana symbol on one of the hornets.

"Ahhh," Yumi cried out as she got devirtualized by the last hornet.

"Dammit," Odd said as he saw Yumi get devirtualized. Odd hid behind a boulder thinking of a way to finish off the last hornet. He grinned a little as he thought of something, knowing Odd its a suicidal move.

He ran up to Aelita who was taking cover.

"Aelita run to the tower, no matter what happens don't look back, just keep running," Odd said in a serious tone.(Odd serious, that must be a first time!)

"Okay", Aelita responded as she ran towards the tower.

Odd came out of his hiding spot to face the last hornet, it spotted him and came towards him. Odd ran towards it jumped up as high as he could in the air(I don't know if there is air in Lyoko but there is in this story) he aimed his arm up and fire his arrow at the hornet just as the hornet shot its laser at Odd.

Odd's arrow was a direct hit and destroyed it and the hornets arrow hit Odd and he was devirtualized, but Aelita made it to the tower just in time.

She disappeared into the wall of the tower and entered it. She went to the center of it and a unknown force levitated her up to top of the tower.

Back on Earth

"Ulrich tell Odd that I, I love him,", Sam said as her voice got lower and a lower.

" Don't die Sam, stay with me," Ulrich responded know that this may be her last seconds of life.

Aelita

Sam's eyes start to flicker, her eyes her breath was almost non existent.

Code

"Don't you dare die, you have to fight," Ulrich said to Sam as he is giving up hope.

Lyoko

"Tower deactivated," Aelita responded.

"Return to the past now," Jeremie said as he pressed the enter key.

"Thank God", Ulrich said as he saw the large white light go over him.

Ulrich was back on his favorite bench, where he was before the incident. "Samantha," he thought to himself.

He ran back to the girl's dorms in hoping that she made it through. As he reached her dorm he knocked on it a few times in hopes that there was a sign of life in there.

"Who is it," she said.

"Its Ulrich I need to talk to you," he said.

"Just go away Ulrich, I heard enough from you for one week," she replied.

"Please let me in, I don't want to apologize to you behind a close door," he said.

She opened the door halfway. "Have you tried once, why can't you leave me in peace, she said starting to get annoyed.

" I can't live in peace until I get a few things off my chest, please it won''t take long," he said sincerely.

She sighed for a moment as she gave in and let him in and shut the door. " Just say what you have to say and leave," she said.

He sighed. "I just wanted to say again that I sorry, I'm sorry for what I put you through this past week, for the way I treated you, you didn't deserve that, I should of gave you a chance I was being a jerk as usual," he stated.

"I am saying this for my sake not my friends or Yumi's, and I'm sorry again I just hope in time you can forgive me," he replied as he looked straight into her eyes hoping that he can make peace with her and they could be friends.

She looked at him straight into his eyes as she could tell that he meant it this time. " What made you change your mind," she asked.

" It's a long story, but like I said I was wrong and I want to make it right, I want to start over, but it's up to you, friends?" he said as he extended his hand to her.

She looked at him surprised, she smiled at him. "Friends,"she said as she hugged him.

Ulrich tooked by surprise by the hug but returned it. Finally he was forgiven he did what was right knowing that Yumi was right. They broke their hug as he was about to go towards the door.

"Do you want to go to town for some icecream, my treat," Ulrich said.

"I'd like that," she said with signs of joy in her eyes. They left her room.

As they were walking in the hallway, Odd, Jeremie,Yumi, and Aelita came up to them.

"Hey guys, me and Sam are going to town for icecream wanna come," he said to them.

"Do I have to pay," Odd said with a grin on his face.

"Your such a cheapskate Odd, no you don't have to pay, I'm buyin," Ulrich responded.

"Count me in free icecream, " Odd said jumping up and down. The whole gang laughed at his childish behavior. They all agreed and went to town for icecream.

They were at the icecream parlor taking their orders. Odd got himself a triple scoop vanilla icecream cone with sprinkles, Yumi a medium size vanilla cone(no wonder she's so thin ), Aelita a vanilla icecream sandwich, Ulrich got himself a banana split, Sam a hotfudge sundae(when I'm done writing I'm gonna get me a sundae), Jeremie didn't get any because he always has his face glued to the laptop trying to find anti-virus for Aelita to finally free her from Xana. Yumi walked over and sat with Ulrich.

"Sam seems more happy, what did you say to her," Yumi asked Ulrich but she already knew but she wanted to hear it from him.

" I apologized to her, said I was wrong, and she forgave me," he replied.

"What made you change your mind, she asked.

"I thought about everything I did and said to her, I knew I was wrong and you were right, and I decided to do what was right, I said I was sorry, that I was an idiot, as usual, and I learned from my mistake, and I'm glad things are back to normal," Ulrich said.

"I'm glad you didn't let your pride get in the way," she replied.

"Only one thing left, do you forgive me, are we a couple again," Ulrich said hoping the answer is yes.

She sat beside him as she leaned over and pressed her lips towards his and kissed for a few seconds then broke away. "Your forgiven, and yes were a couple again," she said as she smiled at him.

Ulrich went over to Odd who was talking to Sam.

"Hey Odd, I just want to say I'm sorry for what's happened this past week, I didn't mean what said," Ulrich replied.

" Don't worry about your forgiven, me and Sam are going to see a movie wanna come," Odd responded.

"Sure, why not as long as it's not a chick flick," he said.

"Don't worry it's a horror," Odd replied.

They all finished their icecream and left. Yumi went home since it was getting late, Jeremie and Aelita went back to Kadic, as Odd,Sam and Ulrich went to see a movie.

At last things were back to normal as they should be, everyone is happy again, but as for the Lyoko gang, a world without danger will have to wait as the fight against Xana still goes on.

Well thats it for this chapter, I hope you enjoy it. If you readers have suggestions or want to give me feed back for my next chapter email me or put it in your review. I'll update as soon as possible. Please review after you read so I know that people are reading it i'd appreciate it. Love it, bash it it doesn't matter, the more you bash it the more inspired I will be to make it better. Peace