Chapter 3

"Wednesday… I wish I would've asked Yumi that Tuesday. She's probably going with that William freak… I'll have to ask Emily, if I really want to go…" Ulrich thought. It was Thursday and he still hadn't asked Yumi to go to the dance, which was on Friday. He thought William had asked her after he'd walked away on Tuesday, when he tried to ask her the first time. He walked outside to see if Jeremy and Odd were out there.

"Hey, Ulrich, wait up!" Yumi called.

"Oh hey, Yumi. What's up?" Ulrich asked.

"I just wanted to tell you that…I'm not going to the d---" Yumi started.

"Yumi! I just found out about that dance tomorrow! Want to go with me?" William suddenly said. Yumi looked at Ulrich.

"Actually…" William frowned. "There's someone else, William." Yumi said unpredictably. Ulrich looked up and smiled from the side where he was. William's face went in shock.

"Well, uh…" William said. He leaned up and tried to force a kiss on her. She was pulling away. She looked wide-eyed at Ulrich, while William wouldn't stop. She tried to yell, but it didn't work.

"William! Stop!" Ulrich yelled. When he didn't stop, Ulrich grabbed him and shoved him to the ground. "I told you to stop!" William's face turned red.

"What's your problem? What are you doing you doing here?" William screamed with anger.

"Dude, I told you to stop and you didn't!" Ulrich yelled back. "Besides, I can take you. Your not the strongest thing I've dealt with…" He said quietly, thinking of Lyoko. William started puffing and breathing heavily. He jumped up and grabbed Ulrich.

"You guys! Stop! Stop it!" Yumi yelled. She knew Ulrich could seriously hurt him, he knows how to fight. "Lyoko…" She thought. William pushed her away. Ulrich threw William to the ground again and started punching. They started rolling on the ground in a huge fight. Yumi couldn't stop it, and after that, she doubted that she'd even go to the dance.

"Ulrich! Ulrich, stop!" Odd yelled, coming up and seeing what was happening. Odd grabbed Ulrich's arm and pulled him back. "Ulrich! Stop. Stop it before you really hurt him bad." Odd told him, seeing William's bloody nose and black eye, while Ulrich walked away with nothing but a red face.

Ulrich walked up to his room. Odd ran far behind.

"Ulrich! Ulrich!" He yelled. He finally got in his room, out of breath. "Ulrich… What happened?" Ulrich rolled his eyes and turned around, facing the couch. "Ulrich! Tell me!"

He sighed. "That stupid dance! That's all. That stupid dance caused this all." He replied.

"How did you get in that fight?"

"Odd… I was gonna ask Yumi…To that dance on Friday. I started asking… And that freak showed up… He asked her too and when she said she was going with someone else, he forced a kiss on her, a long one she didn't like… It annoyed me and… And I was just defending her…" Ulrich answered.

"Call her up. Your gonna have to say sorry or something, if you still wanna go to that dance. Your lucky I stopped you two and not Jim!" Odd said.

"Oh…Alright…" Ulrich replied.