And now for the finally! I might add some more short love stories as a sort of
Epilogue on, but for now, read on!
The Argument: Final Fight
"Oh
Odd, what happened?" Aelita asked as he walked into her room.
"It's
nothing" Odd said "Jeremie just threw a book at me"
"What?"
Yumi said.
"Yeah,
he was kinda angry" Odd said, sitting down on Aelita's bed.
Aelita
gave him a tissue. He thanked her and rubbed the small streak of
blood off his forehead. And then told them what had happened between
him and Jeremie.
"He
really thinks that?" Aelita asked, her eyes starting to cloud
up.
Odd
nodded.
"Then
it's all my fault that..." she started crying, her shoulders
shaking as the tears coursed down her cheeks.
"Oh
Aelita, no, it's not your fault" Yumi said, sitting down next to
her and hugging her close. She held her close until Aelita calmed
down.
"Don't
worry, we'll work something out" Yumi said.
"But
how? How are we going to get him away from his computer? The only
thing Jeremie cares about at the moment is Xana and that anti-virus.
Anything else - Yumi, why have you got that look in your eyes?"
Odd asked.
Yumi
smiled. "I think I know of a way. This is what we'll do..."
"Jeremie!
You have to come quick!" Yumi said, rushing into his room.
"Why?
If this is about you and Ulrich I don't care. I've got better things
to do" Jeremie said, not even turning around to talk to her.
"It's
Xana! He's attacking and he's already got his first victim!" she
said.
"What?"
Jeremie turned away from his computer and stared at her in shock.
"Yes!
Come on!"
He
jumped up and ran with her down the hallway.
"Who
is it? Who did he get?" Jeremie asked as the rushed past the
rooms.
Yumi
didn't answer. They ran down the stairs until they reached the
supplies room.
"She's
in there" Yumi said, not looking him in the eyes.
"Who
Yumi? Who!" Jeremie asked, grabbing her arm.
"Aelita.
He got Aelita" she said, head hung down.
"No..."
Jeremie groaned. He opened the door and walked in.
He
gasped when he saw the still form of Aelita lying there on the
ground.
"Aelita?"
he asked, kneeling down next to her. He held her hand in his and
stroke her face.
"No,
please no.." he started to cry.
Aelita
groaned and opened her eyes. "Is that you Jeremie?"
"Oh
Aelita, you're ok!" he cried, and hugged her fiercely to him.
"Come
on, let's get out of here" he said, pulling her up. He turned to
the door and found it closed. "Didn't I leave it open?" he
wondered.
He
grabbed the doorknob and turned it, only to find himself with the
knob in his hand minus the door.
"What
the - ?" he stared dumbfounded at the knob.
"Uh,
Jeremie, there's something I got to tell you" Aelita said,
blushing slightly.
"Well?"
Odd asked.
"Shush"
Yumi said, and pressed her ear against the door again.
"I
think it worked" she said, straightening up.
"Yes!"
Odd grinned. He turned and held up his hand to Yumi, only to find her
already walking away.
"Hey,
where are you going?" he asked.
"Jeremie
and Aelita's problems sorted Odd. And now I've got to sort out mine"
she said.
In
the principal's office Ulrich sat slumped in the chair in front of
his desk, staring at his hands in his lap.
Over
and over again in his mind he replayed what had happened, what he had
done. Again and again he saw the expressions of the other kids, of
Sissi crying, and especially of Yumi's shock and fear.
"What
did I do?" he thought to himself.
All
throughout the day that he had been stuck there he had gone over that
event, and had realised that William had been saying good bye to
Yumi, that he and Sissi where together. And that Yumi would probably
never forgive him for what he had done. He knew his parents had
probably been informed by now of what had happened, and that he was
either facing suspension or expulsion.
And
knowing his dad he'd probably get expelled and transferred to another
school.
The
door opened and Principal Delmas walked in. He sat down in his chair,
took off his glasses and sighed.
Putting
them back on he looked at Ulrich, folded his hands and sat back into
his chair. "I'm sorry Ulrich, but you have been expelled"
he said.
"Your
mother is on her way now to pick you up"
Ulrich
looked up at him, his face white with shock.
"I'm
sorry son, but you've left me with no choice. You've had frequent
fights at school with this William, and fortunately this time you've
crossed the line. Your things will be packed up for your parents to
pick up tonight."
The
principal stood up, walked to Ulrich, patted him on the shoulder and
walked out. Ulrich stared down at the floor and felt like he was
going to be sick.
After
the long talk his parents had with him (mainly "how could you?"
and "what were you thinking), Ulrich was transferred to a new
school in the upper part of the city. It was one of those schools
that had rules about clothing e.g. uniforms.
and
as Ulrich sat on the school bench during recess, blue jacket over the
headrest he wondered once again how it was going with his friends.
He
rolled up the sleeves of his white button shirt and lay back against
the bench, closed his eyes and thought back to the adventures he used
to have.
"Hey,
you must be new here" a soft voice said behind him.
Ulrich
sighed, sat up and turned around saying "Look, I don't need any
friends-"
He
stopped and stared at the girl in front of him in the navy jacket and
white skirt.
"Yumi?"
She
smiled at him. "Yep"
"But
how?" he asked dumbfounded.
"I
had Jeremie redo my grades. When my dad saw them he basicly exploded.
I
told him about this school and before I knew it, here I was."
Ulrich
stared at her in open mouth surprise.
Yumi
blushed, looked away and muttered "It was nothing-"
Before
she could finish Ulrich grabbed her and kissed her.
"Wow.
I guess it is good to be bad" she said as they stopped.
"Yeah"
Ulrich said, blushing slightly.
"Oh!"
He suddenly realised, "How are we going to help Odd, Jeremie and
Aelita?"
"Don't
worry, Jeremie said he had a plan"
"What?"
"Don't
know, but he said we'd know it when we see it"
Suddenly
a glow appeared to the left of them. They looked up and saw the
bubble of whiteness that was the time return slowly heading their
way.
"Ok,
that'll work" Yumi said in a surprised voice.
Ulrich
nodded, and held her hand tighter.
"See
tomorrow at school?" he said, smiling.
She
smiled back and kissed him until the white wall surged over them and
turned back time.
The Argument: The End
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