Chapter 20- Meeting the Others

Aelita walked into her room. "Hey, Yumi."

Yumi was sitting on her bed. "Hi, Aelita." She said. "I'm really sorry for yelling at you. I just got really frustrated…."

"So you really care about those two, huh? I mean, you can't just Ulrich down like that…" She wore a look of sympathy on her face.

"Yeah, I know…"

"We both forgive you, and we understand your case, so you're fine."

"Thanks Aelita. It's good to know when you're forgiven."

"So, what do you want to do?"

"I don't know… but something."

Kiba (with Akamaru), Shino, Choji, Ino, Shikamaru, Tenten, and Rock Lee knocked on the Lyoko Warriors' doors. "Is anyone there?" They all asked.

Ulrich and Yumi opened their doors.

"Who are you?" Ulrich asked.

"Kiba! Shino! Choji! Ino! Shikamaru! Tenten! Lee! AKAMARU!" Yumi exclaimed, as she stared in awe at each of them. "You've all changed SO MUCH!"

"Yumi?! What are you doing here?!" The seven shinobi asked.

"Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were assigned to go to Lyoko, which we had access to." She said as the Lyoko Warriors stepped out of their rooms. "That's Ulrich, Odd, and Aelita." Kiba blushed as Yumi mentioned Aelita. She's… cute. Kiba thought. I hope she likes me. "What are you guys doing here?" Yumi asked.

"Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke told us that you and three others were here." Ino said. "we thought that they were lying, but we came here to check anyway."

"I guess we were wrong then." Choji said.

"The power of youth failed!" Lee yelled. "What a disgrace!"

"I thought they would be here." Shikamaru explained to Ino and Choji. "That explains why they were assigned a mission by Kakashi himself."

"Well you've got the mission logs." Ino said to Shikamaru. "You would know anyway."

"Whatever." Choji said. He looked at the looked at the Lyoko Warriors. "Sorry if we didn't properly introduce ourselves. I'm Choji, the guy with red marks on his face is Kiba, the black spiky-haired man is Shikamaru, the blondie is Ino, the guy with glasses is Shino, the girl with double-hair-buns is Tenten, and the bowl-cut person is Rock Lee. Nice to meet you all, by the way. We'll have to leave now. We'll see you later. Bye!" And the five left. The Lyoko warriors stepped back into their shared rooms.

"Well, that was weird." Aelita said. "They were only here for about five minutes."

"I think that Kiba likes you, Aelita." Yumi replied.

"Really?"

"Did you see his face when I introduced you? It was cherry red!"

"Well, is Kiba smart?"

"The opposite."

"Do you think that he might've changed?"

"No."

"Then out of the question."

Yumi smirked. "You wouldn't dump Jeremie like that!"

"I know. I was lying the whole time, until the 'out of the question' part." The two girls laughed.
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As the five were returning to their normal Konoha duties, Ino elbowed Kiba. "Why did you blush when Yumi introduced Aelita?" She asked.

"Yeah, why?" Tenten asked.

"Umm…." Kiba trailed off, and blushed.

"You like her, don't you?" Ino teased.

"Okay, you caught me, but don't tell Yumi, okay?" Kiba said, looking down at the gravel roads of Konoha.

"I think she already knows. Why? Because she was smirking when she saw your face." Shino said.

"Oh, no!" Kiba yelled.

The group laughed.