Living Up To A Legend Chapter 19: Fluff and Fangirls, a code lyoko fanfic

Hey there! This is John. Um…well…Rycr refused to come this time, but I don't know why. ducks as tomatoes and other rotten vegetables and hard objects are thrown at him HEY! I'm not the author! Don't blame me!

Now I see why he didn't want to come. Anyway, he found his notebook the other day and has been furiously writing in it ever since. He told me to tell you all that he's sorry he hasn't updated in forever. However, there IS a bright side! He's going to do his best to finish the story in a couple weeks, if not less. He is going to work his butt off this weekend, just for you guys. So do us all a favor and don't get too mad at him, okay?

Anyway, lots of fluff involving yours truly in this chapter, so you guys should like it. By the way, to begin making it up to you guys, Rycr kindly wrote a chapter nearly twice the length of a normal chapter.

Anyway, let's get the rest of the stuff out of the way and move on to the story!

Disclaimer/claimer/etc.: Rycr does not own Code Lyoko, its characters, or anything like that. He just owns my friends and I, as well as this story's plot.

On to the story!

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Chapter 19 – Fluff and Fangirls

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Unconsciously, Amy slowly leaned down as John's head tilted up. Their lips met in a brief, yet eternal kiss.

For both of them, the kiss lasted for an eternity. Their shapes connected and became one. They both felt solid and fluid at the same time, lost in the sensation of their first kiss.

After the end of forever, they broke apart, still staring at each other. "I love you," they whispered in unison.

"Well…so much for my brilliant plan! Why couldn't they have done this earlier, before I wasted so much time coming up with a plan to get them together? I set up an elaborate scheme, then they just go ahead and get together on their own!" Eric complained to Rena, who just laughed.

"What was your plan, anyway?"

Eric sighed. "Well…it was just going to be some cliché blind date at a random restaurant…"

"Anyway," Rena began, with a mischievous grin, "now it's time for phase two of 'Project Set-Up'."

Eric shrank back from her as she laughed evilly. "…Phase…phase two? What phase two?" he asked, his voice shaking.

"You'll see…" she replied. She walked up to her bedroom, cackling all the way.

Odd smiled as he walked up to the Stern's front door and knocked. Ulrich quickly opened the door and smiled back.

"Hey man! How's my best bud doing?" Odd asked.

Ulrich chuckled slightly. "Just fine, my good friend."

Odd grinned. "Friends? We're half-way to in-laws now!"

"And how, exactly, did this come about?" Ulrich asked, curious.

Odd just grinned sheepishly. "Well…I got a little ahead of myself. You see, Amy told me a month ago that she had a crush on your son," he began.

"Well, that's interesting. My son feels the same way!"

"He has a crush on himself? That's a bit strange…"

Ulrich rolled his eyes. "You know what I mean," he muttered. "Anyway, we seem to have a case of the Jeremie-Aelita effect."

"No, more like the Ulrich-Yumi effect. But that's not quite right either, since they worked up their courage and told each other yesterday," Odd said. "That took less than a year, unlike the three years it took you and Yumi to hook up. Anyway, the way they got together was definitely an interesting story, involving a soccer game and a near-bodyslam."

"Hmm…so they're in love… You know, I think Rena also has a crush on someone…" Ulrich trailed off.

Odd smirked. "So does Eric. From what I've heard from Einstein and Princess, both of their children have crushes too."

"Do you think…" Ulrich began.

Odd chuckled. "Nah…what are the odds of that?"

John walked into the cafeteria and grabbed a tray. He made his way through the line and sat down next to Eric, who was already on his second tray. His mouth was so stuffed with food that he couldn't close it.

"Haugh Gon," he said around his mouthful of food.

John raised an eyebrow. "Huh?" he asked.

Eric sighed and began to swallow his food. When his mouth was clear, he tried again.

"I said 'hi John,' okay?" he explained.

"Oh, hi," John replied. "I was just wondering, was it your idea?"

Eric glanced at his friend, confused. "Was what my idea?"

"Getting me and Amy to kiss like that."

Eric laughed. "Actually, no. At least, not like that. Sure, I planned to set you up, and I had an ingenious plan."

"Which was…?" John prompted.

"I was gonna get you guys to agree to a blind date and just have you two go to some really good restaurant and let you two handle it from there. But what happened the other day worked better."

"Do you still have the reservation?"

"Yeah. How did you know I made one?" Eric asked, curious.

"Lucky guess," John answered. "Well, maybe Amy and I will go anyway. I don't want to let it go to waste."

"Ready for your first date?" Rena asked.

Amy nodded with a huge grin. All three of the girls were in their dorm.

Nina laughed at the dreamy expression on Amy's face. "I'm glad you finally got together," she said. "It took long enough."

Rena glanced at Nina with a hint of a smile. "Yeah, but not as long as others are taking…"

Amy looked at Rena, confused, then followed her eyes to Nina. She grinned. "Rena, you're planning something, aren't you?"

Rena just smiled. "Of course, and I'm pretty sure you know what it is…"

Nina looked back and forth between the two, confused and slightly apprehensive. She was about to ask what they were planning when she heard a knock on the door.

"That must be your date," Rena said, trying to steer the conversation away from what she was planning. She didn't want to reveal anything before she needed to, especially to Nina.

Amy opened the door, and sure enough, John was standing there. "Are you ready?" he asked.

Amy nodded and he grabbed her hand and led her out. Rena smiled as they left.

Have fun, lovebirds.

"Yumi!" Ulrich yelled from the kitchen.

"What!" she yelled from the bedroom.

"We're out of milk! I'm going to the store to get some!"

"Okay! See you soon!"

We really need to get an intercom like Jeremie did, he thought as he picked a jacket from the closet and pulled out a pair of sunglasses and a blond wig.

Sometimes being famous is annoying, he thought to himself. If he went out without a disguise, tomorrow his name would be all over celebrity magazines.

ULRICH STERN BUYS MILK! the headline would say. He chuckled at the absurd image as he got into his car and pulled out from the driveway.

"So, what can I get for you?"

John and Amy looked up from their menus at the waitress. "I'll have the spaghetti," they said in unison. They both looked at each other and blushed.

The waitress smiled knowingly. "Would you two like to split an order?" she asked.

John turned back to the waitress and shrugged.

"Sure," he said.

"milk…milk…milk…there it is!"

Ulrich opened the glass door and pulled out two cartons of milk. He put them in the cart with other odds and ends he had decided to buy and headed towards the cashier. He paid with cash and went out to the car to load the groceries. Just as he closed the trunk, he felt a breeze.

"Hey! Is that…"

He whirled around to see a group of girls pointing at him. He looked down at his feet. Just as he expected, the wig was lying there, having been blown off by the wind. Resigned to his fate, he glanced back up at the girls and did a double-take.

There were easily twice as many as before!

"It's Ulrich!" he heard one of them yell.

He had just enough time to curse under his breath before he was enveloped in a mob of fangirls

John and Amy finished their meal and went for a walk in a nearby park. It was starting to get dark by now.

They walked along a winding path, holding hands and blushing lightly. John led her off the path and into the undergrowth. She didn't bother asking where they were going. She didn't care, as long as they went together.

This is definitely a new feeling, she reflected. I've never loved somebody so much before.

Finally, they reached the supposedly-inaccessible shore of the main lake, opposite of the public beach. They sat down and watched the reflected stars twinkle in its depths.

"It's so beautiful…how did you know about this place?" Amy asked.

"My parents brought me here a while ago. It's a nice way to enjoy the lake without having to deal with their fangirls and fanboys," he explained.

"It's nice, but we should really be getting back…" she trailed off as John shook his head.

"No, the others will cover for us."

"Are you su—"

Whatever she was about to say died in her throat as John pulled her into a passionate kiss.

Yumi heard the door slam and looked up, seeing a disheveled Ulrich leaning against the door.

His shirt was ripped almost to shreds and his pants had long gashes in them. His hair was all messed up, and his face was covered by many different lip-prints in different colors of lipstick. He had a black eye and several bruises, as well as a scraped knee that was visible through one of the gashes in his pants.

"What happened to you?" Yumi asked.

Ulrich looked up at her and sighed.

"Stupid fangirls…" he moaned.

Yumi failed to hold in her laugh as she helped him limp to the couch.

John: Okay Rycr, I've had enough. You get your &$# out here right now and face this mob!

Rycr: Fine…fine…

Before you throw any sharp or rotten objects at me, I'm really really really really sorry. All I can say is that I'm going to finish this story as soon as I can. After this, I'm done with Code Lyoko for a while, at least until Season 3 is shown. (I know it sounds weird, but I'm actually looking forward to Monday!)

So, I have a few other fics in the works. I keep moving around among three or four main ones I'm working on, including my own original story. Once I finish this one, I'm taking a break until I get pretty far along in at least one of my stories, so I can update regularly.

Oh, before I forget, I made a video using clips from the first three episodes of season 3 (my friend lives in France). It's really cool. Check it out at (get rid of the spaces, change the first dash to an equals sign and the second one to an underscore):

www . youtube . com / watch?v-AiP-FMOnwQI

So, please review and don't flame me for being absurdly late. I already know that, and I have my reasons. Unfortunately, they are too numerous to list here.