AN: Okay, I know you all want to kill me right now. It's been like 3 months since I've updated for cryin' out loud! I know in the last chapter I said I didn't want to break the record of updating in over a week, but looks like I did. You guys won't believe how terribly sorry I am for making you wait so long to get another chapter! And to think, all I've been getting is nice, good reviews. I FEEL LIKE SUCH A LOSER! I am sooooooooo sorry. I hope everyone isn't too mad. Alright, enough with the apology, and onto the story. I want to let everyone know that I'm out of school now and I will be able to update a lot more… hopefully. I just came back from the Washington DC trip with my choir, which was ten days… so I wasn't able to update during that week. I'm going to California for a month, so I won't be able to update during that time. Once again, sorry guys:( Anyways, onto the 9th chapter of Returning Home!
Chapter 9: "Who are You?"
Deep down in the dark pit of Lyoko, the pink haired girl awaited the arrival of her only friends. She was extremely worried of their safety, now that X.A.N.A had once again gained control of Lyoko. The girl hadn't been able to contact Jeremie since the horrible discovery of X.A.N.A's awakening.
She had nothing better to do, so she sat there in silence and waited patiently. She closed her eyes and tried to grasp the image of Lyoko the way that she remembered it. She tried to remember her friends, their voices and facial expressions at certain things. She tried to remember everything so her memory would be refreshed when she was able to get out of the lonely void.
The girl was interrupted out of her deep concentration by an unfamiliar sound and instantly opened her eyes. There was nothing there. Just the total darkness she was getting sick of seeing now. But, she had a feeling her eyes were fooling her… someone, or something was in her presence.
The girl just shrugged it off, but she was still aware of her surroundings, just in case something was to change.
"Hello Aelita. I see you are awake now."
"What exactly are you thinking about doing here Yumi?" an exasperated Ulrich asked. "For the last time Ulrich, YOU'LL SEE!" Yumi answered equally annoyed. "Why don't you just do as I say, and follow my lead? "… Ulrich just stood there, still in his boxers, wondering what had gone so wrong to get them in the state of anger they were in right then.
Yumi threw her hands up in the air from clear aggravation and groaned. "You never listen and follow instruction and I can't see why you don't answer me all you ever do is just stand there dumbfounded like a dork and…" Yumi mumbled away while she packed for the trip they were about to be taking. The two of them were back in her room and she was in her drawer digging out clothes and whatnot.
Ulrich could see the tension between them rising to an unsafe level. This whole X.A.N.A thing was ruining everything! He walked up behind Yumi and gave her a hug as he whispered "What's happening to us? We've gotten so worked up over X.A.N.A that we are just totally stressed, and we're practically pulling each other's hair out!"
Yumi stopped her mumbling and turned around. There was worry in her eye because she could see what was happening too. They were getting way too frustrated with each other. "I-I'm sorry Ulrich. You're totally right. I don't know what got into me… I mean everything just got out of hand … and I don't want to be mad at you, I want to love you."
Yumi looked into Ulrich's dark chocolate eyes and melted. How could she not love him? "Oh Yumi, it's not just you, it's me too… it's both of us. X.A.N.A crept up on us again and he's already caused damage even though he hadn't meant to yet." Ulrich said as he leaned in for that kiss he'd been craving for.
Yumi went along with him and soon enough, they were both packed and headed for the airport.
"Jeremie! I'm here buddy! Hey, no hard feelings, okay?" Odd exclaimed as he walked up to the super computer. "Hey Odd! I'm so glad you got here! Yumi and Ulrich are on thier way."
"Oh no way! REALLY? Awesome! But, how are they getting here? And in time too?" "They're coming by air of course, it is the fastest way, but not by jet, so we'll be waiting a while. But, that's okay because I managed to reverse the code I idiotically put to action and it'll save us some time. However, that's the only thing it'll do because unfortunately, X.A.N.A's too powerful for me to shut down by myself." Jeremie stated.
"Oh… well, where's Aelita?" Odd asked. "She's … still in the digital void Odd. She'll be there until we get her out. That's why I need you to help." Jeremie hated reminding himself about the whereabouts of Aelita because he didn't know anything about the void. He didn't know what she was going through right that moment.
"How do you know my name?" Aelita asked as she felt the being's presence come closer to her. "I know everything about Lyoko." The unknown answered. "Well, what do you want? Why are you here? How did you get here? How did you know I was down here?" Aelita shot questions at the being like a gun shooting bullets.
"My my, very curios I see." It said with a creepy, yet familiar voice. "Well, I'm here because you're here, and I knew you were here because I know everything about Lyoko, remember? I can also go anywhere I please because I practically own the place and I want to make a deal with you."
"What kind of a deal?" Aelita asked with pure innocence. "Well, I will let you out, if you let me out. You see, you're friend… Jeremie right? He thinks he can find a code to get you out of this retched place, but what he doesn't know is that he can't. There is no code. At least he can't get a hold of it… 'Cause… I have it. So, if you want to see you 'friends' again, you have to PROMISE to let me free too, or you will regret ever stepping foot on Earth… Do we have a deal?"
Aelita liked the sound of getting out of the void and actually living on Earth, but something wasn't right, she wasn't so sure about the "deal". She had a feeling that once the being got out and into the world, it wouldn't matter that she was out in the world too.
"I have one more question for you." Aelita said. "Who are you?"
AN: Okay, okay, so I know, bad chapter but at least you finally got one, and sorry about the ending, but you'll have to wait to find out who the "being" is, even though it may be painfully obvious. All though, it may not be who you're thinking it is. Unless there is some absolutely awesome review that tells me otherwise, you guys'll have to wait a month to find out who it is. Sorry, that's how it goes. I can't make my parents change my trip. Alright, well, I'm not gonna be mean and give you guys a review goal, so just make sure you review and there better be at least 5 reviews:) Oh and the winner for last chapter's QOTD is…. HANNAH G.!
Question of the Day:
Okay, well this isn't really a question, but, CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY TOOK CL OFF CN? It's only on Saturday's now!