Whoo-boy, am I late with the updates here.

A-heh, cough

Sorry for the delay guys & girls, but never fear, cause the updating is here, with this chapter

and the one following it. So read on, and Enjoy!

The Argument: Second Fight

The next morning Odd had a big surprise waiting for him in the cafeteria.
"What the -?". He stared open mouthed at Yumi, Aelita and Sissi. Sitting together.
and laughing. Odd saw Nick and Herve sitting at another table, also unsure of what was going on.
"Man, five minutes into the day and already weird stuffs happening" Odd thought to himself. "Sometimes it just doesn't pay to get out of bed"
"Hey Odd, aren't you going to say hi?" Yumi asked.
"Huh? Oh uh..." he stood there, still in shock.
"I think the words you're looking for are 'Good Morning'" Sissi said.
Aelita giggled while Yumi tried unsuccessfully to hide a grin.
"Hey!" Odd said, starting to get angry.
"Odd, it's OK. Sissi's one of the gang now" Yumi said.
"You sure she's not acting so she can get closer to Ulrich?" Odd asked, sitting down next to Sissi and eyeing her suspiciously.
"I'm sure" Yumi said, winking at Sissi.
"Speaking of Ulrich, where is he?" Yumi asked.
"He's still up in the dorms. He spent all night studying for the test today."
"Unlike you" Sissi teased, poking him.
"Aw come on!" Odd moaned as Yumi and Aelita started laughing again.

Up in the rooms Ulrich was still getting dressed.
"Stupid Odd and his snoring. I swear one day I'm going to - Oof!".
He overbalanced trying to pull up his pants and fell down on his butt.
Knock Knock "Hey Ulrich, it's William. Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Just hold on for a sec!" Ulrich said, quickly pulling on his pants.
"Great. I wonder what he wants" Ulrich muttered.
"Come in" he said, opening the door.
"Thanks" William said, walking in.
"So what do you want?" Ulrich asked, closing the door.
"It's about Yumi" William started.
"Look, I don't have time for this-" Ulrich said, looking for his shoes.
"She's all yours"
"What?" Ulrich stopped and turned towards William.
"She's all yours. I'm backing off. I've decided to leave her alone, so you don't have to worry about me anymore."
"You serious?"
"Yep. Just one more thing" William stepped up to Ulrich and held out his hand.
"Good luck. Hope you tell her soon how you feel"
"Thanks" Ulrich grinned, shaking his hand.
William smiled back and left the room.
Ulrich, his day looking bright, restarted his search for the missing footwear.
He was searching in the bottom of the closet when Odd burst in.
"Ulrich, your not going to believe this, but-

It was lunchtime, and Ulrich and Odd where still having a tough time getting use to Sissi's company. "This is just too weird" Ulrich said.
"Yeah" Odd agreed, still eyeing Sissi like she was some escaped experiment.
"Oh you two" Aelita sighed.
"Hey, where's Jeremie and Yumi?" Ulrich asked.
"Yeah, he's been acting weird all day" Odd said
"Jeremie's up in his room" Aelita said, looking down at her plate.
Sissi gave them looks that said "Drop it"
"And Yumi?" Ulrich asked.
"I think I saw her walking with William. They went to the back of the cafeteria" Odd said.
"What!"

"OK William, what's this about?" Yumi asked, crossing her arms.
"Just wanted to say bye" William said. "I take it you know about Sissi and me?"
Yumi nodded. "Yeah. I hope it goes well"
"Thanks" William said. "Anyway, since I'm not going to be chasing after you any more, I just wanted to know if we could still be good friends"
"Sure" Yumi said.
William leaned forward and gave her a peck on the lips. "Bye Yumi"
"You Bastard!" Ulrich roared, tackling William to the ground.
He started punching William through the face.
"Ulrich wait!" Yumi shouted, trying to pull him away.
Ulrich pushed her off and continued to beat William's face in.
Suddenly Odd, Theo and another guy grabbed him from behind and dragged him back. "Let go!" Ulrich shouted, struggling hard to break free.
"Oh my God!" Ulrich looked to his side and saw Sissi running to William. She fell down next to him and cradled his bloody face in her lap, crying.
"Ulrich, what did you do?" Yumi asked.

Yumi walked down the hall to the infirmary. "Hi Sissi, how's he doing?" she asked as she walked in. Sissi looked up at her, her eyes still red from crying.
"Dorothy says he's been knocked out. He's nose is broken, he's got a tooth missing, a few cuts on his cheek and some damage to his eye" she said, looking down at him, still holding his hand tightly in hers.
William seemed to be sleeping were it not for the fact that most of his face was bandaged. Sissi reached out and lightly stroked his forehead, pushing back a stray hair.
Yumi stood there, watching the scene, a small lump in her throat.
"They've taken Ulrich to your dad's office. I hear his parents have been called in. I think he's going to be expelled from the school" she said. Sissi didn't reply, just nodded.
"I'm sorry Sissi" Yumi said, head bowed. She turned around, opened the door and started walking out.
"Yumi?"
She turned around and looked at Sissi.
"Would you mind staying with me? Just for a while?" Sissi asked.
Yumi smiled and walked back in, closing the door.

Odd ran up the steps to the dorm. He rushed down to Jeremie's room and knocked on the door. "Hey Jeremie, are you in there?" he asked, knocking again.
"What Odd?" Jeremie's muffled voice came out.
Odd opened the door and walked in.
"You won't believe what's happened. Ulrich just beat William to a pulp, and now he's going to be expelled."
"Because of Yumi?" Jeremie asked, although it sounded more than a statement.
He was still busy on his computer, his back still turned to Odd.
"I think so. Hey, where were you this morning? If Jim finds out you skipped school all day he's going to explode" Odd said.
"Wouldn't you like that" Jeremie muttered, still typing.
"What?"
"You heard me" Jeremie said, turning around, his eyes wide with anger.
"Don't think I haven't noticed what's been going on lately"
"Jeremie, what are you talking about?" Odd asked, staring in shock at his friend.
"Oh, you know and don't deny it. I've seen the way you and Aelita have been acting, going out a lot, joking with each other, spending more time together.
Just like Yumi did with Ulrich Aelita's doing to me. Stringing me up, flirting while actually going out with someone else"
"That's nuts. We're just friends. You know she loves you"
"Stop lying to me!" Jeremy shouted, throwing a heavy book at Odd.
Odd ducked back, the book's edge just scraping his forehead.
"Jeremie..."
"Get out. I've got work to do" Jeremie said, turning his back on Odd.
Odd stared at his friend's back and slowly walked out, closing the door before slumping against it, his heart still beating wildly from shock.
"What's going on with everyone?" he wondered.

Oh yeah, the exciting ending is up next!