Chapter 5: The First Date
"Man, I really hate Mrs. Hertz." grumbled Ulrich as he left last period science to go find Yumi. "Giving me a fuckin' project due on Monday. I have better things to be doing…"
"What are you mumbling about, Prince Charming?" said Yumi softly, having snuck up behind Ulrich, and not wanting to startle him. Nonetheless, Ulrich still jumped a little.
"You know, you are the only person who can do that. And I mean the one and only person who can do that and not get flipped over my shoulder. But other than that, nothing important." Ulrich grinned.
"That makes me feel soo much better. I come to the science hall, especially so I could find you, and you tell me about how you were this close to flipping me over your shoulder." Yumi turned her head away from Ulrich in a huff.
With a sigh, Ulrich shouldered his book bag and grabbed Yumi's waist. Turning her to face him, Ulrich kissed Yumi straight on the lips and in front of Sissy, who had just walked out behind Ulrich.
Sissy stared at Ulrich and Yumi with mild interest and then sighed. Walking away, she did not notice the stares she received from Ulrich and Yumi. "Wonder what's gotten into her?" asked Yumi, laughing slightly. "She usually would have flipped out."
Ulrich only stared after Sissy, looking as if lost in thought. Yumi was about to protest to his prolonged staring, but was cut off by a surprise yell from Ulrich. Grabbing her stomach, he began to tickle Yumi, remorselessly. Yumi screamed in ecstatic agony and laughed so loud that Mrs. Hertz came out of her classroom and told them to take it somewhere else.
Still laughing, Yumi grabbed Ulrich's arm and dashed from the building. Slowing down, Ulrich and Yumi took a leisurely stroll through the school park, occasionally stopping to make-out behind some tree. After a while, the two ended up at Ulrich's dorm.
"Lemme go put my backpack in here, and then we can finally go ou-OUCH!" Ulrich reeled back in shock and landed on the floor from the unexpected attack on his face. Odd peeked around the now open dorm door and snorted.
"Oh dear…Did I do that?" asked Odd patronizingly. "Let me help you up." Odd purposely trod on Ulrich's exposed stomach and laughed as he felt the air whoosh out of Ulrich. Grinding his foot down one more time, Odd jumped off Ulrich, dodged a sucker punch from Yumi, and ran off down the hall, laughing hysterically.
Yumi helped up Ulrich from the floor, with a look on her face that could melt through solid steel. "When I catch up to him…"
"You're gonna…have to wait…'til I'm done." murmured Ulrich, still recovering from his attack. Suddenly straightening up, Ulrich looked thoughtful. "What if…What if that was XANA? Do you think he could have somehow survived?"
Yumi startled as well. "That's not possible. We completely shut down the Super Computer ages ago. How could he be alive?"
"Maybe…never mind. Odd has some serious explaining to do." Ulrich stomped off down the hall, looking for Odd with a murderous gleam in his eyes.
Yumi stood still for a moment more, still worrying about what Ulrich had said. Suddenly realizing what he was about to do, he rushed after him…to watch.
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Odd, as usual, was sitting outside the cafeteria waiting for dinner to begin at 7. Hearing his name, Odd turned to see Ulrich charging at him with his fist in the air.
"WOAH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" shouted Odd, barely dodging the punch. Jumping in the air, Odd dodged a low kick from Ulrich, and then back-flipped out of harm's ways. "ARE YOU CRAZY!"
Ulrich was circling Odd with a dangerous gleam in his eyes. "No, not crazy. Just angry." Ulrich jumped into the air and did a flip, aiming the heel of his foot at Odd's head.
Ducking and thrusting his right foot in the air, Odd caught Ulrich in the stomach and flipped him over his head. Hmm, thought Odd, it seems that I am in need of some practice. I haven't trained as well as I could have for my debut in this world…
Picking himself up, Ulrich was about to go after Odd again when Yumi's arm's wrapped around him. "Enough. I think he gets the picture. We have somewhere to go, don't you think?" Still steamed, Ulrich threw Odd one last dirty look, and tromped off with Yumi, who was desperately trying to calm his nerves.
Dropping his phony demeanor, Odd's face darkened as he stared at Ulrich's retreating figure. "All is going to plan…" he murmured to himself. With a maniacal laugh, Odd walked off into the forest amid the astounded stares of half the school's students.
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Ulrich and Yumi were having a wonderful time. It had been three hours since Ulrich's outburst. Yumi had managed to calm him down enough to get him excited, but also nervous, about his first date.
"I'm having a great time Ulrich." mumbled Yumi into Ulrich's shoulder as she shifted closer to Ulrich's body. They were sitting on a bench outside of the mall boulevard in town, right under a street lamp.
"Me too, Yumi." whispered Ulrich into Yumi's hair. They had just sat down after two hours of trolling the stores, stopping occasionally for an ice cream or some food from the many carts parked along the street. "We should be getting you back home soon. It's almost nine o'clock. At the rate we walk, it might be ten before you get back."
Ulrich gave Yumi one of his devilishly cute smiles. "You know I love it when you smile like that, Prince Charming. Do it again…" Yumi ran her finger along Ulrich's neck, making him shiver in delight.
Ulrich smiled again, dazzling Yumi with it's brilliance and then planted a kiss on her beautiful lips. Continuing in this manner for another ten minutes or so, they only broke apart once or twice a minute for air. When they were done, Ulrich looked at his watch and motioned Yumi to get up. "We really should be getting you home. Otherwise your parents might not let me see you anymore."
Getting up slowly, Yumi entwined her arm around Ulrich's and they set off. They hadn't gotten far when the two bumped into Jeremy and Aelita. "Hey guys! I didn't know you two were on a date too." said Yumi, lifting her head off Ulrich's shoulder. He was now almost two inches taller than Yumi, having grown over the summer vacation after ninth grade. "We should walk back together."
Aelita snorted. "Please. We wouldn't be caught dead in your company. You have absolutely no taste in boys, Yumi. Just so you know." Aelita gave a tinkling laugh and turned away, waiting for Jeremy.
"What's her problem, Einstein?" asked Ulrich. "I've never seen her act so…preppy."
"Hahaha! Wow…you guys really are stupid. Get out of my sight, both of you." Looking down at the orange soda in his hand, Jeremy undid the lid and threw the contents of the cup all over Yumi and Ulrich.
"Let's go Aelita. We're too smart to be seen with these morons. I can feel points slipping off my IQ as we speak." Laughing, the not-so-cute-anymore couple walked off into the darkness.
Wiping down his shirt, Ulrich looked up again at the retreating figures. "Man! Everybody is being a complete asshole today, don't ya think?"
"I agree. Something is definitely wrong here. First of all, I've never known Odd to be so quick on his feet. I don't remember him ever even coming close to beating you, as a matter of fact. And Jeremy is definitely smoking' something."
Ulrich laughed grimly. "We should just get you home. Maybe we can figure out things tomorrow." Walking quickly the rest of the way to Yumi's house, Ulrich gave Yumi one last passionate kiss, and walked off back to school.
Yumi stared after her boyfriend. With a sigh, she opened the door to her house and walked inside.
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Ulrich turned the corner across the street to the main gate into Kadic High and quickly stopped and, upon realizing who it was speaking in front of the gate, dashed back into the shadows around the corner.
"Your methods were much more effective than ours, Odd. Aelita and I could learn a thing or two from you."
"Nonsense. My attack on that pitiful human was nothing more than a way to get him to make a fool of himself. It will be all over the school tomorrow that a scrawny pipsqueak like me beat him in a fight. He will be ashamed."
"That is true. Maybe you and Jeremy should team up on Yumi next. I think I can get Ulrich to talk to me. It might take some finesse after my little display earlier, but I can blame that on the human problem that they call menstruation."
"It is settled then. Tomorrow morning, we must act like we know nothing of what happened today. I don't think that either of them suspects a thing, but we can't be sure."
"Agreed."
Ulrich stared in horror as his three best friends walked into the school courtyard and disappeared into the gloom. "I have to warn Yumi tomorrow. Her parents probably wouldn't let me talk to her now if I was dying."
Being careful to look as if he had just walked around the corner, in case of watching eyes, Ulrich trod across the street and walked over to the boys dorm and disappeared into the building.
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"This will be much harder than I thought. There are three of them, whereas I am only one. Maybe if I go back, I can free the real ones from their Guardians."
A dark figure blended back into the shadows and disappeared into the night.
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Cliffy! I am so evil. But I really think that you'll forgive me when you see some of the upcoming chapters. Betweent the last week of summer and school starting again, I'm not sure that I will be updating as fast as I used to, but I definately think that it won't be three weeks between each chapter. And now that you know my plans, you definately can review the story and tell me what you think! I won't update this story until I have gotten at least5 reviews on this chapter. :)