Okay all you peoples. Here I am finally with your 8th chapter. Sorry I would have updated a while ago but I had the flu, and trust me it wasn't great. Okay I'm finally starting this chapter. Hopefully it will be good because it took me forever to think of it.

Chapter 8: William Strikes Again (literally)

Odd's POV

Something had happened at Sam's house so I was coming back early. I guess they had a flood or something on there bottom floor. When her dad found out I was coming over for the weekend he got even madder because she hadn't asked yet.

I was walking down to my dorm room carrying my bags when I saw William come out of Yumi's room. I hated that guy. Sissy and him were the only reason that kept the most obvious couple, Yumi and Ulrich apart from each other. He just couldn't take a hint.

He walked down the hallway until I came face to face with him. He budged me into the wall.

"Hey watch it," I said.

"You watch it" he shot back and gave me the death glare.

I saw him walk all the way down the hall until he was out of sight when he turned the corner.

Like I said I hated that guy and that was partly why. He seemed madder than usual though. And he came out of Yumi's dorm so I could ask her while explaining to her why I got back from Sam's early.

I walked to her door and noticed it was cracked open.

"Yumi?… YUMI YOU IN HERE?" I called out as I slightly opened the door.

"OH MY GOSH…YUMI!" I yelled running up to her looking down at her limp body.

I saw Yumi on the floor hurtled up in the corner. She was all bloody and she was all gashed up.

"YUMI WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU!" I yelled.

"Odd I'm fine… really" she said all weak and out of breath.

"Yumi please tell me what happened." I begged. I hated seeing one of by best friends like this.

I couldn't think of anyone who would want to do this to her until I had a flashback of William being the last person to leave this room.

"Yumi please tell me. Did William do this to you?"

She just merely nodded.

"Yumi he's hitting you." I said aloud.

"Not so loud Odd." She whispered at me.

I looked at her. She seemed really hurt inside. Good thing Ulrich wasn't here. He would want revenge so bad it wouldn't even be funny.

Yumi buried her head in between her legs. She was bruised up badly as well. I couldn't help but fell the pain for her.

"I'm going to go get the others okay," I told her.

Her head shot up. "No Odd, you can't tell anyone about this. It's already bad enough. I don't need anyone else to worry about me."

"Yumi look at you! We need to get you to the infirmary!"

"No I am not taking the risk of going down there."

"Yumi you're really wounded up bad. Are you just going to sit here and bleed to death?"

"Odd. If you go down to the infirmary and pick the lock, in the cabinet above the sink, there is hydrogen peroxide and bandages. Just bring them back here.

"But…" I started.

"Odd! Just promise you wont tell any one.," she said.

"Yumi but…"

"Promise!" she yelled.

"Okay. Okay" I promised.

I left her for a minute and ran to the infirmary. I looked around to make sure no one was coming. I picked the lock and looked around in the cabinet above the sink until finally found it.

"Got it." I said.

Yumi's POV

I felt really bad for Odd because he had to see this. I just didn't want anyone to know that I was being beaten up by William. I probably could fight back if I wanted to but I chose not to. I don't want to make things worse than they already are. I knew if people found out then it would be a problem. William would be questioned and so would I. I didn't want to put my friends in that kind of danger. I didn't want to fight back because that means he would just fight back harder and stronger. I just hope Odd could keep his mouth shut long enough. He wasn't the best secret keeper. But the real question was how long was long enough.

When Odd got back, (which seemed like forever) I had to put all these bandages on with the help of Odd. He was never going to be a doctor the way he put on bandages. The bad part was he saw bruises from before and he asked me if he has done this to me before and I told him yes. I made Odd leave a half an hour later. I just prayed that he could keep his mouth shut . I couldn't bear to think of what would happen if he didn't.

Next Day

I woke up to the same bad dream again for the fifth night in a row. I had thirty minutes until I needed to even get up and start even getting ready. So I pulled out my diary and started writing.

Dear Diary,

This has been the worst few days of my life. It started I couldn't get my mind off Ulrich. Does he do this on purpose to me or something. It seems like when ever I am away from him too long I can't stop thinking about him. I have never been able to get close enough to him though because I am always afraid he is going to break my heart. I'm not the type of girl who would just get over it if Ulrich dumped me. It would hurt way too much. Speaking of hurting my new boyfriend William is the worst possible thing ever. I needed someone to get my mind of Ulrich but it just made it worse. William seemed like a nice guy before I left. We had things in common and we were pretty good friends. I also knew he had a crush on me. Now what I least wanted, I have him beating me up and hitting me for now apparent reason. Could my life get any worse? It already did. I have bruises all over be plus he his been hitting me so hard I have been bleeding. Maybe I deserve this. My family wants me to lead them to success, the only person I have ever loved I have lost and my boyfriend treats me as a punching bag. The only person that knows about this is Odd and I made him promise he wouldn't tell. When William hits me it makes me feel like I am a nobody, this is why I don't fight back what is the use. It wouldn't make a difference. Would it? I think I really just don't care any more.

I closed the diary and took a minute to realize what day it was. It was Sunday. Oh my god it was Sunday. I needed to meet Kiki today and I had totally blanked.

I got regular clothes on and put on make up to hide the bruise marks. I ran out the door as fast as I could. I rand down the street and headed towards the studio. I ran into the door and I saw people setting up. I ran into the back room until I spotted Kiki.

"Hey Kiki." I said

"Your late I hope you know that"

"I'm sorry, I forgot I have had a lot on my mind." I tried to explain.

"Your father wouldn't be to happy if I told him you were late to your first shoot here would he?" she said. "But know is no time for that. You dressing room is over there and hurry, you have five minutes."

I nodded and ran into the dressing room. I put on the clothes that were on the rack which were blue ripped jeans, and white shoulder-off tank top and white and black vans.

I went to the lady over in the other room who but on blue eye shadow and put my hair into a sloppy bun.

The other lady led me out to the shoot.

"Remember what you practiced?" Kiki asked.

"Ya." I said as I did poises for the camera.

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Later That Day

I was pretty bruised up from the night before. But I tried not to show it hurt really bad. I met up with the gang at the regular bench. Mostly everyone was quite because of yesterday. Odd, because he was still shaken up from finding out William hits me. Ulrich, because he knew I was really mad at him. And Jeremie and Aelita were just quite because they knew they didn't want to get involved.

"Hey Yumi." Odd said concerned.

"Hey." I said but instead of looking at him, I glared at Ulrich.

"Ulrich why aren't you with Sissy. You guys are always spending time together." I said.

"Will you give it up already Yumi I told you nothing is happening between me and Sissy!" Ulrich said.

"Sure. That's why I have seen you two kissing each other all the time. You can't seem to get enough of each other." I told him.

"Hey you told me you two only kissed twice" Odd interrupted but Ulrich gave him the death glare so he shut up.

"Yumi I have already told you all of those times meant nothing."

"Okay so next time someone kisses me all make sure I tell them it means nothing." I said back.

"Even if Sissy and I were dating your just jealous." Ulrich shot back.

"J…JEALOUS! OF WHAT!" I yelled trying to grasp my words. Was I?

"That we might have a better relationship then you could ever have. You're just mad because you got William and you guys aren't happy together." he said.

"Can you guys just stop fighting for once" Odd said knowing it wasn't going to end well.

"Shut up Odd you have no idea what is going on.!!" Ulrich yelled.

"I AM NOT JEALOUS OF YOU AND SISSY! YOU GUYS MAKE A HORRIBLE COUPLE ANYWAYS!" I was now screaming.

"BETER THAN YOU AND WILLIAM!" He yelled back.

"I WOULDN'T EVEN BE SURPRIZED IF HE ABUSES YOU! Ulrich yelled.

Everyone was silent and nobody said anything especially Odd and I.

I didn't even want to explain so I just walked away.

"Great going buddy." I could hear Odd tell Ulrich.

Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse.

"Hey Yumi want to catch a movie tonight." William asked me.

I looked him in the eye. "I wouldn't go to the movies with you if you were the last boy on earth.!" I yelled at him and ran into my dorm knowing it would just result in a pain later.

Ulrich ran into my dorm not long after I did.

"Yumi I wanted to say I was sorry." He said not even bothering to knock.

"You should be."

"If you don't mind me asking why did you get so mad at me for saying that?" Ulrich asked me.

"Nothing. Its just I don't like jokes like that. That's all.

"Oh… okay." he said.

Silence covered the room. Then Ulrich finally decided to say something.

"Uhh…Yumi Odd told me you wanted to tell me something." he said.

'ODD!' I screamed inside my head. He can't even keep a freakin' secret for a day. Odd promised he wouldn't say anything. Although…maybe he just wanted to help.

It was now or never.

"Ulrich." I said.

"Yeah?"

"Remember what you said earlier about William abusing me."

He nodded. "Yes."

"What if it was true. Would you be mad?"

"Well I would be mad if that situation came up because I don't see why anyone would do that to you." he said.

I thought I would have to tell him sooner or later unless I wanted to be with William the rest of my life. I took off my sweatshirt so now all you could see was my tank top. I flinched as the sweat shirt brushed against my skin felling the pain in my arm from the cuts and bruises being touched. I lifted it up all the way so now all you could see was my armed covered in purple and cuts all over it.

I went over to his ear and whispered "he does."

I brought myself over to Ulrich and cried all I could on his shoulder. And cried as hard as I could for the first time in my life. I knew I could trust him more than I could anyone. That's what I liked most about him.

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Ulrich's POV

I looked at Yumi's arm as she showed it to me. All she could do was cry and I was okay with that. I have never seen her cry. She was usually a really strong person. That means if she couldn't handle it nobody could. Yumi was the only one I would ever love and William was hurting her. William has hitting her. I couldn't even get that sight right in my head. If he ever toughed her again I would kill him. I knew I was going to kill William if it was the last thing I would ever do.

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Okay chappy 8 is finished. I finally got it done. Like I said if you do not review I can not put it in the next chapter.

What should Ulrich do next. Should he…

A. Find William ASAP and kick his butt

B. Protect Yumi from William

C. Tell the Principle

D. See if XANA is behind this

E. Go out to lunch

Pick which one you like best. The one with the most votes will be in the next chapter. If it's not in the next chapter I will put it in the one after that. If you do not vote you most likely won't get the one you want so PICK! PICK! And click the Submit a review button.

-YuMi2-