Rya woke up three days later, and she was back to her usual self. How, you ask? Well, she woke Miko up at five in the morning, and then proceeded to wake up the rest of the building as Miko chased her around the halls. Jim glared at them when he caught them.
"Okay, you two, knock it off." Rya jumped up, and gave Jim a hug.
"Thank you!!" she quickly said, as she ran off.
"Man, you let her get away!" Miko said, as he chased after her. Jim sighed. He knew that they wouldn't listen to him. Now that they were out of their funk, and Rya got some sleep, they wouldn't pay any attention to the rules. They were just like their parents.
The Lyoko group found Rya in a headlock, and Miko giving her a noogy.
"Hey, it's time for breakfast." They looked at each other, and grinned.
"Race you to breakfast."
"You're on!" They broke off running, leaving the Lyoko group staring after them. Rya got there first, since she hadn't eaten in three days. Miko had tripped over his feet, fell, and landed right in front of Sissi.
"Hey, Miko. I see that Rya is finally back to normal."
"How can you tell?" Miko asked, as he got up, and brushed himself off. Sissi smiled, and brushed a stick from his hair.
"She almost trampled me in her rush to get food." They laughed, as the others walked over to them. Rya had a mouthful of food when they sat down at the table. She quickly swallowed, then smiled.
"Hi, guys. Hey, Eli, do you know a good book store?" Sissi frowned.
"I think that there's one downtown, near the mall, why?" Rya shrugged, as she shoveled more eggs into her mouth. Miko raised an eyebrow.
"Eli?"
"Don't ask." Rya grinned.
"Let me translate. If you even think about calling me Eli, you shall get milk soaked scrambled eggs shoved in your underwear."
"But why does Rya get to call you Eli, and we don't?" Miko asked.
"Well, you will know when you know, and you won't know any sooner than that." Everyone but Odd stared at her like she was crazy.
"That makes perfect sense." Rya smiled.
"Of course! Not even Miko understands my wisdom, and we've been friends since forever." Miko started choking on his milk.
"What wisdom?! You just babble nonsense!" Rya started to giggle.
"What?!?"
"You got milk out your nose!" Miko glared at Rya, as he grabbed a napkin, and wiped off the milk. Rya quickly finished off her breakfast, and left.
"She's so lucky that she woke up on the weekend, or she'll be hurtin' right now," Miko muttered, glaring at his food. Sissi giggled.
"Why are you two still friends, if you act like this at times?" Miko looked at her in surprise.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you seemed like you were ready to kill her this morning when she woke you up." Jeremie pointed out. Miko gave them a funny look.
"That's how we mess with the rules. We've been doing this for ages. Believe me, this will probably be happening many more times in the future."
"But why?" Miko shrugged.
"Don't know. It's just what we do. Things are just more fun when we do things like this." There was a chorus of agreement from the others at the table. They got rid of their tray, and left the cafeteria. They were surprised to see Rya walking calmly towards them.
"Hey, Ry. What's up?" Rya smiled icily at them.
"I'm going to kill him," she stated simply.
"Who?" Rya just pointed to a man walking towards them. He had maroon hair, and was in really good shape. He had on a faded red T-shirt on, along with a pair of tan shorts. Miko groaned.
"Why is he here?"
"I don't know, but I'm not going to give him a chance to explain himself. I'm just going to kill him if he even thinks about coming remotely near me."
"Looks like he thought about it, and is going to follow through," Miko said. Rya turned, and glared at the man who was almost to them. She had such a deadly look on her face, that the group was glad that they were on her good side. The man didn't even seem fazed by it, though. In fact, he didn't even notice that she was glaring at him.
"There you are, Ry! It's great to see you…" he didn't get to finish his sentence, because Rya had slugged him.
"Damn girl! Who taught you to punch like that?" he demanded, rubbing his jaw. Rya's face darkened.
"You, you idiot," she hissed, "I can't believe that you were actually stupid enough to come here. I mean, are you even using your brain, or has your head gotten too big for it to work properly?"
"What's gotten you so angry? I thought that you'd be happy to see me." Rya's hands unintentionally clenched.
"You urgh! Look around you! This is a school, where pretty much all the girls watch…"
"Oh. My. God! It's Biff from Today's Tomorrow!" At that, they could feel the ground start to shake.
"IDIOT!!" Rya screamed, as the group, and 'Biff', ran to get away from the rabid crowd of teen girls.
"Sorry, I didn't realize that you went to a school that watches Today's Tomorrow." Rya just glared at 'Biff', as they stopped at a manhole cover. Odd pried it off, in fear for his life.
"Down you go," Rya said, pushing 'Biff' down the hole. He hit the ground, as the others climbed down the ladder. Rya was the last, and she slid the cover back into place. She slid to the floor, and everyone let out a sigh of relief, when they heard what sounded like a herd of elephants stampede pass over them. Rya turned, and glared at 'Biff'.
"You had better hope that this tunnel leads to a well populated area," she growled.
"Actually, this sewer leads to the abandoned factory near school." 'Biff' glared at Odd.
"Um, why don't we stay here?" he suggested. Everyone sat down, putting as much space in between Rya and 'Biff'.
"So, who are you?" 'Biff' looked a bit surprised. Aelita rolled her eyes.
"He's Kevin Kola. He plays Biff Wellington on Today's Tomorrow, a very popular soap opera. He was recently injured on the show, and is supposed to be in a hospital in the Alps." They stared at Aelita.
"What? I get bored." Rya sighed.
"Unfortunately, she's correct. It just seems a shame that I call that damn idiot my cousin." Jaws fell.
"He's your cousin?"
"An overprotective bastard is more like it," Miko muttered, and Rya laughed. Kevin glared at Miko.
"Nobody asked you, dweeb." That earned him a rock to the forehead from Rya. She was glaring again.
"I told you last time not to make fun of my friends. And Miko is just that. A FRIEND. Besides, he's going out with Eli."
"He's going out with a guy?" Kevin sputtered. Rya giggled as Sissi growled at him.
"That you be Eli. She calls herself Sissi, though I have no idea why." Sissi suddenly looked at Rya.
"Wait, how did you know that Miko and I were going out?" Rya just shrugged.
"I just know these things. That might be why I dared Miko to kiss you that first day. Just makes sense." Miko shook his head.
"Rya, you'll never make sense to anyone ever." Miko suddenly frowned. "But why did you come all the way here, Kevin?" Kevin looked at him, surprised. He turned his glance to Rya, and she just smiled, shaking her head.
"Now was the best time to visit her, since I wouldn't be able to do it next month." Rya started to giggle at Miko's confused look.
"And what's next month?" Now, Rya was straight up laughing. Kevin looked at him like he was stupid.
"You don't know what's next month? Man, you are an idiot!" Both were laughing really hard, while Miko turned bright red.
"I don't see what's so important about next month," Miko muttered under his breath. That just made the cousins laugh even harder.
"Stop laughing!" He shouted.
"I-I think th-that Mik is g-getting mad," Rya gasped, as she stood up.
"Damn straight," he growled. Rya squeaked, and raced off down the sewer, with Miko in hot pursuit. Kevin sighed.
"Well, they'll be at that for a while. So, are you Ry's new friends?"
"Yeah, I guess so. I'm Yumi, and they are Aelita, Jeremie, Ulrich, Odd, and Sissi." They started talking, and it wasn't before long, that Rya and Miko came back.
"Hey, we just skipped our afternoon classes," Rya said, with an evil grin on her face.
"Oh, no! I missed our math class!" Rya gagged.
"I hate math! I'll never understand why you like that class so much!" Miko rolled his eyes.
"Unlike you, some people have to actually take notes, so they don't fail a class."
"Well, that leaves you out. You know perfectly well that you can remember key points."
"Yeah, but I don't remember everything down to every minute detail." They growled at each other. Kevin coughed, and they looked at them.
"Oh, right! We should go up."
"But what if we run into Jim?" Rya and Miko just grinned. They went up first, followed by the others. Sure enough, they did run into Jim. Rya's attitude turned meek immediately.
"Skipping class? What excuse do you have this time?" he growled. Everyone started babbling.
"It's my fault, sir." Everyone stopped, and looked at Rya, who was staring straight ahead.
"I was stupid enough to invite my cousin, without remembering that he was famous. Someone recognized him, and we had to hide from the stampede in a sewer."
"Why did all of you hide in the sewer?"
"Because we had been seen with Kevin, and we were afraid that we would be mobbed, too."
"I'll talk to you about this later, Remerase." Jim walked away. Miko glared at her.
"That's no fair, Ry. You did that on purpose!" Rya grinned.
"Jealous much, Mik? Hey, Kev, you should really be going now. Next time, tell me your coming, so I can be ready to play sick."
"Right. Oh, here. Since I won't be coming next month. Por vu." He handed her a small box, hugged her, and left.
"Isn't it supposed to be 'pour vous'?" Jeremie asked. Rya shook her head.
"He wasn't trying to speak French. It's how my family says 'for you'. We took it from the French word, but this way, you don't have to worry about accent and stuff like that."
"What did he give you?" Sissi asked. Rya opened the box, and grinned.
"New dog tag chains." Everyone face planted, as she pulled out two new shiny chains.
HA HA!! Thought she was going to get somfin special, didn't cha? But, to an army brat like her, new dog tag chains are an ideal gift, right? Anyways….
-Meester-Sqweed-