Here you go! The latest chapter of Life as a Lyoko Warrior! Enjoy and review please!

The next morning at breakfast, I confronted Ulrich, asking what had happened. He explained the situation, and I felt my face go hot when he told me they were pretty much fighting over me. I changed the subject by asking what his punishment was.
"Two hours of detention today," he grumbled, "With Alex."
I groaned. "Can't you guys at least try to get along?"
"I try," he protested. "He just provokes me."
I sighed and got my meal then sat at our table. Once breakfast ended we had P.E. and I made sure Ulrich was away from Alex. I asked Odd to help since Jeremy and Aelita were skipping class to be at the factory. When we were in pairs, I grabbed Ulrich, while Odd went with Alex.
"What are you doing?" he interrogated.
"I don't want you two fighting anymore," I said, "So, I'm keeping you away from each other."
"Can't you just decide who you like?"
"No,"
"Why?"
"Because I don't know. I just.... I just need a little time. I have a lot going on and you of all people should know that,"
He paused for a moment, letting the words sink in.
"You're right," he said ."I'm sorry."
"It's okay," I replied and we continued the exercise.

Suddenly something cold and wet hit the base of my neck and I flinched, shrieking slightly. Ulrich stared at me concerned.
"What is it?" he demanded.
"Something wet hit me. Is it raining?" I looked up at the sky.
Ulrich mimicked me and smiled. "Close. It's snowing."
I wrinkled my nose in disgust as little white flakes were slowly falling to the ground. The snow was coming down fast, and in seconds the ground was covered. Students ran around excited, shrieking and laughing with joy.
"Stick your tounge out,"
I eyed my friend in confusement, but obeyed. Many little pieces of snow hit my tongue and instantly turned into water. Giggling like a child, I kept my tounge out, watching with amusement as the bits of white hit my tongue.

Using my peripheral vision, I saw Ulrich sticking his tongue out for a moment, then laying down on the ground, moving his arms and legs simultaneously. I watched him, bemused. Suddenly remembering that I had never seen snow before - except in cartoons when it looked like frosted flakes - he told me that he was making a snow angel. I continued to watch him before hesitantly trying it out for myself. When we got up, his was perfect while mine looked like a big blob. I frowned and got smacked in the back of the head by a puff of white. An annoying laugh told me it was my food-loving friend. Ulrich laughed and made a snowball then handed it to me. I faced Odd, who was holding his sides laughing, and threw the snowball.

It smacked him square in the face and he fell. Kids around him roared with laughter, including Ulrich and I. Odd got back up, and the three of us engaged in a snowball war. After a minute, a large gust of wind blew and the snow was coming down harder. Jim barked at us to get inside. We all got into the boiler room, which was already crowded. Ulrich and Odd carried in Milly and Tamiya. Jim and Mr. Delmas handed out some blankets and warm clothes. My phone rang and Jeremy told us that XANA had launched an attack. We snuck into our rooms to get warmer gear and emerged into snow. After running through the snow for a few minutes, we found a car smashed into a tree. A man with Sissi and Herb were near by.

They tried to explain, but we ignored them and made them go inside. We waited for them to get a few meters away, but before I could even take a step, unbeknownst to me, the tree the car had smashed into had begun to fall.
"Dialla!" Ulrich cried and shoved me out of the way.
I fell into a pile of snow, climbed out and shook my head vigorously. "Ulrich?"
He was underneath the tree, a few scrapes and cuts, but otherwise fine. Odd and I got up and grabbed his hands. We groaned and yelled as we pulled with all our might, trying to free our trapped friend.
"It's no use! Ow!" he whimpered. "My waist and legs are stuck. Go to Lyoko and deactivate the tower."
"But we can't just leave you here!" Odd protested.
"I'll stay and try to get him out," I said firmly. "You go to Lyoko. And hurry."
Odd nodded.
"Good luck." We said in unison and he ran off.

I turned to Ulrich. "I'm going to go to the tool shed to see if I can find something to get you out of there. Okay? I'll be right back,"
"Okay," he replied and I sprinted towards the shed.
After examining all the tools, I stumbled upon a chainsaw. (CHAINSAW! *makes chainsaw noise*) Grinning, I grabbed it.
"If this doesn't work, I don't know what will," I mumbled and headed back to Ulrich, who was covered in snow and ice.
"Ulrich? Ulrich!" I screeched and rushed to him, dropping the chainsaw.
I brushed the snow off and started to shake him. "Come on, stay awake."
"Let me... sleep," he whispered.
"No, you can sleep later," I barked. "Now stay awake. I'm gonna get you out."
He looked up slightly and saw the chainsaw. "Where did you get a chainsaw?"
"The shed," I said and got up, grabbing the chainsaw.
"You know how to use one?"
I hadn't thought of that.
"Crap. Uh, yeah! Sure! I mean, how hard can it be?"
Praying that I was holding it correctly, I yanked the string hard.

It roared into life and I nearly dropped it out of surprise. Without hesitating, I brought the chain down. The chain saw began to cut the wood for about a minute or so, but XANA decided to be a total jerk off because it was getting colder fast. I was a quarter of the way through when the chain turned to ice and broke. I fell into a pile of snow, yelling in anger. I got up and kicked a pile of snow, knowing it would do me know good.

I looked over at Ulrich and noticed he wasn't moving. I rushed to him and hugged him, trying to keep him warm.
"Stay awake, Ulrich," I commanded. "Don't you dare fall asleep, you got that? I.... I choose you, okay?! You're the one I want to be with. Not Alex!"
When he didn't answer, I assumed the worse and hugged him tighter.
"No," I whispered; a tear slipped from my eye then froze on the spot.

Then, we went back in time.

I was in my room, getting ready to go to breakfast, when there was a knock on my door.
"Come in!" I called, lacing my sneakers.
The door opened and I saw a pair of white sneakers.
"Good morning," Ulrich said. "You got a second?"
I finished tying my right shoe and leaned back. "Sure. What's up?"
He shut the door. "Remember when I got trapped under the tree in the snow?"
My cheeks turned a faint pink. "Uh, yeah. I thought you were done for."
"Yeah, and, uh, I heard what you said."
The blush deepened slightly. "What do you mean?"
"You said that you wanted to be with me, not Alex."
My face was as red as a tomato now and I looked away.
"Oh, uh..." I couldn't think of anything to say.
"Did you really mean it?" he asked tentatively.
After pondering for a moment, I nodded. "Yeah."

There was a moment of silence, which was soon broken by something warm and soft brushing my cheek. I blushed deeper - if possible - and I looked at him surprised.
"Let's not tell the others," he said, also blushing. "At least, not right away."
"Ah, uh, right. Okay, not a word," I agreed.
We stood up and made our way to breakfast with Odd, Aelita and Jeremy. As we ate, Jeremy explained that each Replika has a supercomputer in the real world. So, in order to fully destroy the Replika, we have to destroy the supercomputer in the real world using a new program he and Aelita developed.
"So, what your saying is, you can teleport us to the real word, and we'll still have our powers?" I questioned.
"From the Skid, yes. Think of yourself as a spectre," Einstein answered. "But I have to activate a tower first."
"Cool! When can we try it out?" Odd asked eagerly.
"Since we don't have classes this after noon, we'll go then," Jeremy suggested.
We agreed and the morning dragged on at a leisurely pace. I sat in History as Mr. Fumet lectured on about the Renaissance, not that I was listening, but I did hear the beeping from Jeremy's computer.

The five of us asked to go the infirmary and surprisingly, he allowed it. At my old school, the teacher wouldn't even let us talk to each other above a whisper. I dialled Yumi and explained the situation and she said she'd be there soon. We zipped through the disgusting odor of the sewer, slid down the rope and headed into the elevator. Jeremy checked the supercomputer and announced that William and Dan were in the desert sector. My fist clenched in anger and he transfered us to Lyoko. Aelita and I were virtualized first, high in the air, wavering a little before falling. I landed gracefully on my feet, and noticed my attire had changed, as did hers. I was dressed in a black and purple form-fitting body suit, with a red pack on my back. I had on black, fingerless gloves, and there was an amethyst gem on left wrist again. My brown hair was down and parted to the left. I had two swords strapped to my hips, which I pulled out and swung around.
"Sweet, two swords," I said.
"That's not all," Jeremy informed me. "You can also materialize two guns at your will and you should have two boomerangs on your shoulder pads."
I tugged on my magenta pads and sure enough, they transformed into boomerangs.

I looked at my companion and we smiled at each other. Odd and Ulrich appeared and they too, had new outfits. Odd's outfit was similar to his old one, but slimmer and more form-fitting. On top of his head, were cute little cat ears.
"I love you're ears, Odd," I giggled.
"What?!" he yelped and touched them, then moaned, causing us to laugh.
I glanced over at Ulrich to examine his new outfit. He was dressed in a tight-looking brown and yellow body suit and he had two swords on his back.
"Is two, like, you're lucky number or something, Einstein?" I asked.
"I guess so. Anyway, no time for fashion. You've got company. William, Dan and a few Trantula south, southeast. As well as an way tower," he ordered us.
"Roger that," I said, "Can you give us a ride?"
"Coming right up."

A second later, our vehicles appeared and Aelita hopped on with Odd. We flew off, heading towards the enemy. They must've sensed us coming because they turned and fired at us. I spun around, did a few barrel rolls, materialized my guns and fired at the two trantulas. The green beams hit the Eye of XANA and they exploded. Odd fired laser arrows repeatedly, then got shot in the shoulder, then the leg and he was soon devirtualized.
"Odd!" Aelita cried, piloted the Overboard now, and avenged him with an energy field.
Ulrich took out the last Trantula by sacrificing his Overbike. The Overbike rammed into the Trantula and fell over a cliff, descending into the digital sea. Dan fired his gun at my Overboard, and his aim was incredibly accurate as it devirtualized and I fell. However, I only fell for a moment because then I was hovering in air. I looked around befuddled then realized it was the pack on my back. It was a booster that was keeping my aloft.
"Cool! I can fly!"
"I added that for you since you like to be in the air a lot. You can fly for three minutes until the booster runs out of power. I'm going to upgrade it later," Jeremy explained.
"Nice," I said as I lowered myself to the ground.

I looked up just in time to dodge his sword by ducking, then jumping back a few feet as his sword slammed into the ground, leaving a huge crack. I straightened myself and pulled out my sword on my right hip, swinging it around.
"You up for a sword fight, little bro?"
He growled and swung his sword down as I slashed mine horizontally. We clashed for a while until he began pushing me back. I struggled for a moment, then pulled away and performed two back flips as he slashed at me again. He swung again and I ducked, this time pulled out my sword on my left hip with my left hand and slashed his forearm, knocking the sword out of his hands. Then I sunk low and swiped his feet. He hit the floor and I jumped up, swinging my sword down. He brought up his left arm and brushed off my attack, then kicked me in the stomach hard, sending me back a few feet, and fired his gun.

Three green beams hit me in the chest and I cringed. Jeremy informed me that I had twenty life points left. Looking to my left, I saw Ulrich was having some trouble with William. I ran over to try and help him, but there was a weird, sort of tingling feeling and I heard the blast of his cannon being fired. I saw it coming and leaped to the side, then called out my teammates name. He noticed just in time and did a backflip. I turned back and faced him.
"You're fighting me," he growled.
I resheathed my swords, and pulled out my boomerang on my left shoulder, momentarily forgetting I had two, and used that as a knife. He brought up his shield and I hit that instead of his smug face. I jumped back, pulled out both my boomerangs and threw them at him. He deflected them both with his left arm and I realized he had some kind of gauntlet, similar to William's. I continued to battle with Dan, to a point where he knocked away both my swords.

He smirked at me and swung his sword. I ducked, moving into his attack, and kicked him into the air, the fired at him multiple times with me guns. All the shots hit him and he was soon defeated. Then, I ran over to help Ulrich, throwing both my boomerangs at William. He deflected them both, then slashed his sword. A disc-shaped blast flew towards me. I leaped over it, pulled out my sword and threw it at him. He moved his head to the side, avoiding it, but was soon stabbed in the chest by Ulrich's saber. As he dissipated, Ulrich grabbed my sword and threw it towards me. I caught it and placed it back in its hilt.
"Thanks," Ulrich said.
"Anytime," I replied, smiling.
"Nice work, guys," Jeremy told us. "I'll bring you guys to Sector 5 so we can get the Skid."

Aelita traveled swiftly through the Digital Sea and we ended up in the Forest Replica. Aelita drove the Skid over to a way tower and Jeremy connected the Skid to the tower that was now under his control.
"Two of you need to stay here in case the Skid gets attacked," he informed us.
"I'll stay," Ulrich volunteered.
"Me too," Yumi said.
"Okay, Dialla, Aelita, get ready. Here we go," Jeremy said. "Teleportation!"

Then, as if we were being virtualized, Aelita and I dissapeared from the Skid.