A/N: There is absolutely no excuse for not updating in over a year. None. So I'm not even going to try and create one, I'm just gonna pick up where I left off and hope that all of you who were interested before become interested again. :D

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko. The End

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Yumi's hand gripped her bed sheets with such ferocity that her knuckles turned white as the bed sheets. Sweat dripped slowly down her face, which was distorted with the expression of fear and panic. The figure that had at one point been watching Ulrich as he left now sat on the small ledge right outside of Yumi's window, to a normal human this feat would be impossible, but for a person of this particular character this was a walk in the park.

A playful sneer crossed over his face as he watched Yumi's anguish; after all he did love to play mind games. This was the last test of Yumi's character to find her ultimate weakness, although it was quite obvious and always had been ever since they all set foot into his world. The sound of her voice was what he had been waiting for all night, ever since he entered her mind.

"Ulrich…no…love…always…" Yumi quickly fell silent after she spoke, lying quite still as if time had stopped for her, physically and mentally. Minutes passed before she felt enough energy to even open her eyes. "It was only a dream…"

It would take a lot more than repeating that phrase several times to shake the terrible feeling Yumi got as she lay still in her bed. Everything in the dream was so much more vivid than she'd ever experienced, like she was really living it. The feel of Ulrich's blood still saturated her hands just as it had in her nightmare. Reaching for her nightstand, Yumi felt around for her phone, after a few moments realizing that it had magically disappeared earlier that day.

Fighting the urge to stay in bed Yumi rose, glancing over at the window. 'I could've sworn that I closed it before I went to bed…' Yumi made her way cautiously to the window, poking her head out of it slightly, noticing nothing out the ordinary she quickly closed it making sure it was locked as she made her way to the door. Tiptoeing past her parents room, as well as her brothers she made a break for the downstairs phone. Picking it up she dialed Ulrich's number and waited for him to answer.

"Hello," a groggy, sleep filled voice answered from the other end of the phone. Yumi sighed with relief just to hear his voice. "Anyone there?"

"Yes Ulrich, sorry I'm here." Yumi replied quickly right before Ulrich hung up. "I'm sorry I woke you up, I just had a terrible nightmare about you and I just wanted to make sure you were okay."

"I'm alright Yumi, are you sure you're okay?" Ulrich asked, more awake then his first response. 'Then again," Ulrich thought to himself, 'If someone just threatened to kill me then I might have some nightmares too.'

"I'm alright now," Yumi said as she glanced at the clock, which read it bright green letter 3:44. "I'll let you go back to sleep for a little while."

"Okay," Ulrich simply replied, still a little worried about Yumi's state of mind. "I'll be over to pick you up for school around 7, is that okay?"

"I'm looking foreword to it, see you then," Yumi quickly hung up the phone. Slowly making her way upstairs Yumi quietly closed the door behind her and tried to clear her mind as she laid back in her bed, covering herself and allowing the darkness to take over until she was rudely awakened by her alarm clock beeping loudly in her ear.

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Those last few hours after Yumi called left Ulrich restless and unable to sleep. When Odd's alarm clock finally went off Ulrich was excited to finally have an excuse to move around and be awake. Ulrich quickly grabbed his towel and was headed to the bathroom before Odd even knew where he was going.

'Hopefully a nice shower will calm my nerves a little before I go get Yumi,' Ulrich thought to himself as he opened the bathroom door. Still concentrating on his worry for Yumi, Ulrich didn't even notice anyone else in the bathroom until he knocked into the other person.

"Hey, watch where you are going!" An angry voice called out from in front of Ulrich as he looked up to see who he knocked into. Aaron was standing in front of him, holding onto the corner of his towel that Ulrich almost knocked off when he had mistakenly run into him. 'Now's my chance to really get under his skin…'

"Sorry, I didn't see you standing there," Ulrich smiled apologetically as he hung up his towel on the hook beside the shower, letting the water run to warm it up while he went to get his shampoo.

Aaron stood by the sinks, pretending to brush his teeth and other things to give him an excuse to still be in the bathroom. "So, I noticed that you hang out with that Yumi Ishiyama girl a lot."

Ulrich looked up at the sound of Yumi's name. "Yea, we're real good friends."

"Well, it's good to hear you're just friends, she's a real hottie and I think she's into me," Aaron said with a cocky smile watching carefully the expression on Ulrich's face, which quickly became distorted with jealousy and anger.

"I really, REALLY don't think she's into you like that…at all," Ulrich said quickly as he jumped into the shower, ranting silently to himself as he heard the bathroom door close indicating that Aaron had left. "Who does he think he is? Honestly…." Ulrich whispered to himself as he went about his daily routine.

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The walk to Yumi's house was short and refreshing to Ulrich as he rounded the corner for Yumi's house. Yumi was already waiting outside, looking as beautiful as ever with her black top and black jeans. Just the sight of her made the incident with Aaron seem like forever ago.

"Good morning," Ulrich said as he greeted Yumi in a friendly tone, waiting patiently for Yumi to grab her bag and meet him on the sidewalk.

"Morning," Yumi said with a smile in return as she and Ulrich began to make their way back to the school. Conversation carried on as normal until they approached the front gate. Ulrich quickly pulled her aside, allowing others to pass through the gate so he could talk to her in private.

"Listen Yumi," Ulrich began quietly, "I really don't trust that new kid Aaron a whole lot, so I just want you to be careful around him, especially with all these weird things happening."

Yumi listened carefully, her heart fluttering from their sheer closeness and his concern. "Don't worry Ulrich, he creeps me out and I don't want anything to do with him."

Ulrich felt his heart swell with relief that Aaron really did mean nothing to Yumi. Their moment was shattered however with the sound of the bell ringing loudly.

"Well, we don't wanna be late, so I'll meet up with you after class Ulrich," Yumi said as she began jogging to her next class, "And thanks a lot for walking me here!" With that said, Yumi disappeared into one of the buildings as Ulrich made his way to his own class, his worries Yumi just seemed to grow as she ran into that building. Shaking his head to clear away any of these thoughts of worry, Ulrich made himself comfortable in his chair as the teacher walked in, silently thinking to himself 'I have the feeling that today is going to be a very interesting day indeed….'

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A/N: does a little dance GUESS WHO'S BACK!!!!! I felt so alive when I was writing that, and I'll admit it was a little choppy, but I'd have to say it was a pretty good re-start to my writing. I hope you all enjoyed it, and I promise…no I SWEAR that it will not take me as long to update again. I have many things planned for this story and I can't wait to share them all with you :D Reviews are nice, so please review :D

Thanks for reading

Ja'ne

Michiko