I do not own Code: Lyoko. I do own Moon, her Lyoko form, and her sisters.

It was about midnight when Moon snuck out to the factory. She was sure that the others were in thier rooms, and her sisters wern't wacthing her. She needed to check if Lucifer replied to her message. She started a delayed transformation, and she was on Lyoko in a few seconds. She flew towards the tower marked with a cross, and an e-mail was waitin for her.

Sorry to dissapoint you, but I'm not just going to lay down and die. As you are reading this, an army of Crabs are waiting for you outside the tower. Don't get killed.

The message was signed with Xana's eyeMoon cursed under her breath, drew her sword, and ran out of the tower. Sure enough, six crabs were waiting for her, and they were eager to fight. The fired several lasers at her, but Moon blocked them with her sword or dodged them all together. Her hair was getting covered with bullet holes, though. I'm gonna have to re-program my character to have my hair tied back, Moon thought as she stabbed a Crab. It turned into pixels after taking several hits.

After destroying half of the Crabs, Xana decided to send some Blocks and Kankralots. "Ah, come on!" She slashed a Block in two, then she sprung in the air and landed on top of the tower. She held up her sword with both of her hands, and the 'sky' started to get darker. 'Thunder' rumbled in the sky. "Heavenly Wrath!!" Lightning shot down towards Moon, and her sword acted like a lightning rod. The electricity stored in her sword, and then when Moon pointed to the monsters, a thunderbolt shot out and destroyed them instantly. She took out the entire army that way, and them collasped from exhaustion.

Looks like I'm doing this the hard way. Moon de-virtualized herself, and saw Odd and Yumi in the scanner room standing in front of her. Uh-oh.

"So, what were you saying about not knowing what Lyoko was?" Yumi asked. She crossed her arms.

"So I lied. Big deal," Moon started to walk towards the elevator, but Odd grabbed her arm. His grip was strong and his face was serious.

"Moon, this is a big deal. Lyoko and Xana are dangerous, and I just want you to be safe," He told her. Moon was filled with shock. He hardly knew her, but he cared that much about her?

"Odd, why do you like me so much?" Moon asked. "I've been horrible to you, but you still say that you like me. Why?"

"Well," Odd tried to think of the words. "Because I think no one would really choose to be bitter and mean like that all the time. Usually, people do that to protect themselves, so that they won't get hurt. That's what I think of you. I think that you just don't want to get hurt, and that you're really actually very nice.

"When I saw you with Milly the other day, you didn't try not to smile, and you seemed happy with her. You were able to take down your emotional barrier when you were with her, and I wanted you to smile at me like that. You did, eventually. After I was chasing you, when you fell from that tree, you thought it was funny, so you laughed. I wanted you to stay that way forever, showing your emotions. And I wanted to get to know you better so that you wouldn't have to put up that wall while you were around me. You may not think so, but you're really very popular with the guys in our class. They--myself included--think that you're mysterious, bewitching, and beautiful. That's why I tried so hard to win you over, so that you wouldn't fall for another guy."

Moon was speechless and blushed. She never imagined something like this happening. "Odd, I want to like you, but I can't." Moon looked up at his face. "I have a promise to keep. If I don't, Milly will forget about me. Who I am, what I am, everything. And I can't lose her." Moon could feel the tears coming. "She's the most important thing to me, and if I lose her, I don't know what I would do. I'm sorry." She turned toward the elevator, but Odd grabbed her shoulders, turned her to face him, and kissed her on the lips. Moon closed her eyes, and put her hands on Odd's shoulders. She let herself enjoy that moment.

After Moon pulled away, she was speechless again, but happy. "I might have never have the chance to do that again, so I did it now." Odd said. "I don't know what you're talking about with the promise that involves Milly, but if it means that I should leave you alone, I will." Moon nodded. She backed up into the elevator, and went back to her dorm room.

In Milly's Room

"Milly, wake up," Moon coaxed as she gently shook her sister awake.

"Yawn! Moon? What are you doing in my room?" Milly looked at her alarm clock. "It's three in the morning!"

"I know, but I need to talk to you," Moon sat down on Milly's bed. "I found Lucifer."

Milly was immediantly wide awake. "Really? That's great!"

"Well, I found where he is, but there's a problem."

"What?"

"Well, Odd and his friends are trying to stop him, too. Well, his alter ego, anyway." Moon explained. "Turns out he's been wrecking havoc here for a long time."

"I don't see a problem. Just team up with them." Milly suggested.

"The fact that they're trying to stop him, too, is the problem." Moon sighed. "I went to where Lucifer is hiding, but Yumi and Odd were there, too. Odd kinda confessed his love, and he kissed me." Moon blushed as she replayed the moment in her head. "I think I might like him, too."

"That's so romantic," Milly gushed.

"No, it's not. Milly, if I continue with this, I might fall in love with him, and you might forget everything about me."

Milly's face dropped. "Oh. Right. I forgot about that."

Moon stood up. "Milly, I'm leaving tonight. I'm going back to New York City."

"WHAT?!"

"Shhh! Milly, you're gonna wake your whole dorm! Be quiet!" Moon hissed.

"You can't leave!" Milly demanded. "You've hardly been here and I haven't seen you in forever. Please, Moon."

"I'm sorry, Milly. But I can't risk losing you. You're too important to me." She hugged her sister, and then stood on the windowsill.

"I'm but a stranger here

This place is a desert drear

Danger and sorrow stand

'round on every hand

I shall reach my home at last

New York City is my home."

Moon started to glow faintly, then every bit of skin seemed to sparkle in the moonlight. She herself turned into a beam of light, and she shot out towards the full moon. In a few seecondes, she was in front of her apartment building that she lived I with her father in New York City. She went inside, up the elevator, and knocked on the door. A man with chestnut brown, shaggy hair, and light blue eyes stuck his head out the door.

"Moon?" He asked.

"Hi, Dad. I'm home." Moon smiled. Her father smiled, too, and see went inside.

Moon's back in New York City with her father, but fate will soon interfere with what she thinks is right, and what she wants. I'm gonna take a poll.

Odd should come to Moon or Moon should go back to Kadic.

Tell me what you think I should do!