AN: Another chapter for you! I've added a few changes to the way I do things. First of all, thoughts will now be in italics, unless marked otherwise. Single words, however, may still be italics and not be thoughts if the change is meant for emphasis. Secondly, this may be the last chapter for a little while. Prom is coming up and I'm quite excited and nervous. I promise I will not leave it unfinished, though! I am also going to try to put more pictures on my site, which can be found at www(dot)freewebs(dot)com/tia2370
Along with all of this will go my picture so you can see the lunatic whose work you read : P. Now to answer reviews! Hopefully I won't give too much away!
Watch It Fade: Thank you for the compliments! I make an effort to have my stories well written, otherwise, why write? Once I finish BCH, I am going to take a break from writing, then maybe start up a new story. - possible Code: Lyoko or Teen Titans or, if I'm feeling crazy, G Gundam.
The Violet Raven: I know it would have been funny if the girls had pulled down the boys' trunks, but I wanted to keep that part, at least, clean. : P I had considered it, as did Ulrich when he initially thought of pulling down Odd's trunks, but I decided it would be better if the boys did not appear naked in my story. At least, not yet. Also, I'll try to put in Ulrich and Yumi fluff later on. For now, I need to get the story progressing.
Kurio Samurai: You asked to be put in my story? Well, I don't put others in it often, though I do make a few exceptions every now and then. I don't know you well enough to include you, sorry.
Drafonis: The purpose of the camp is to give the students (ie Yumi, Ulrich, and Theo) a clean setting so they can interact better. It also gives me the license to create places for things to happen. I know things seem to drag on every now and then, and I'm trying to condense my scenes, but I don't want to lose the quality and detail that I love so much. I will make an effort to speed things along, though. I have some interesting chapters planned that will help that. I am honored to hear that BCH will be a story you think worthy of re-reading. In fact, once it's done, maybe I'll actually get around to reading it : P.
JLyoko: It seems you are not alone in thinking Odd and Ari will be a couple, but I am afraid you may be incorrect. I will say no more on the subject lest I need to eat my own words later : P .
Warior: I will try to get a back story on Ari created in the near future, but not right now. It is on my mind, however. Not many people seem too interested in what makes Ari tick.
Well, now that I've taken almost a page to reply to reviews, I suppose I'll let you read the chapter : P As always, read, review and enjoy!
With a small groan, Jeremy opened his eyes and sat up. Instantly, nurse Dorothy was at his side.
"How are you feeling?"
"My head hurts a bit... what happened?"
"That's what I was going to ask you, Jeremy. You were found unconscious under your bed this morning. I was hoping you would be able to tell me how you got under there." Nurse Dorothy sat down on the chair beside Jeremy's bed, which had been put there previously by Yumi.
"All I remember is someone waking me up in the middle of the night - it was about 1 am, at least that's what my clock said when I glanced at it - then I don't remember anything after that."
"What about the leaf? Mrs. Hertz found a saw-edged leaf in your hand when she pulled you out from underneath your bed."
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Jeremy answered, shaking his head gingerly. Even the slight movement brought pain, and Dorothy saw him wince.
"You need to rest now after you take some aspirin," she said, standing up to get some of the medicine.
"When will I get to leave?" Jeremy asked, remembering his duty to Aelita, Lyoko, and the rest of the world.
"Tomorrow morning you can rejoin classes."
"Could I get one of my friends to bring me some stuff to work on so I can catch up?" Jeremy did want to catch up, but he really wanted his laptop.
"I suppose that would be alright. I'll have the message passed along to Yumi. For now, you need rest." Nurse Dorothy handed Jeremy two aspirin, a glass of water, and a few crackers. "You haven't had anything since last night so eat the crackers before you take the medicine." Jeremy nodded and a few minutes after he had taken the painkillers, he was asleep.
"Please take out the story plot you were supposed to have finished for today," Ari said, addressing her Creative Writing class. Odd and Ulrich pulled out their sheets, which bore a plot diagram and various markings along the diagram. Yumi opened her folder and took out her half-done assignment. Had she not met with Theo last night, it would have been finished.
"What's your story on?" Ulrich asked Odd.
"Mine's a mystery," Odd replied. "The Mystery of the Missing Donuts!"
Ulrich chuckled. We already know who would eat them so it's not much of a mystery.
"What about yourself?" Odd plucked Ulrich's diagram from the brunette and skimmed over it. "Action/Adventure samurai thing, huh? Well, you do know a lot about using a katana."
"What's yours about, Yumi?" Ulrich asked.
"It's.. not finished... It was going to be a fantasy of some sort... medieval romance I think." Yumi blushed slightly, knowing the boys wouldn't be interested in a love story.
"Hand your assignments to the person farthest to the right at your table, then that person will bring the papers to my desk," Ari said cheerfully. This meant Yumi was stuck bringing the papers up. Odd sat closest to the aisle, Ulrich was in the middle, and Yumi had chosen the spot closest to the window. Yumi stood up reluctantly and took the papers to Ari, placing her undone assignment on the bottom.
"Yumi, the nurse told me to have you pick up Jeremy's make-up work. He'll only have missed assignments in this class and languages. You can leave now to get his work. Here's a sheet for him for this class." Ari handed Yumi the half-sheet and smiled. Continuing in her quieter voice, she said, "Tell him to get better soon." Yumi nodded and left the creative writing room and headed to Languages. Though there weren't any students in the room, the teacher, Mr. Caventro, was at his desk.
(Please excuse my Spanish, I haven't taken it in a while so the accents and spelling might be off.)
"Perdóname, Señor Caventro," Yumi said politely, Necesito la tarea para Jeremy, por favor."
"¡Por supuesto! Un momento, por favor." Mr. Caventro ruffled through the papers on his desk and found his planner. Grabbing a clean sheet of paper, he wrote down what Jeremy would miss.
"I miss having you in class, Yumi; you're one of my best pupils. I tried to convince Mr. Delmas to have you teach my class, but he said Isabelle was planning to pursue a career in foreign languages. Maybe he'll let you teach for me next year." Mr. Caventro smiled at Yumi, and she smiled back.
"Maybe," Yumi replied. When he was done filling out the paper, he handed it to her.
"Adiós, Señor, gracias." Yumi left the Languages room and stopped to figure out what else she needed to get for Jeremy. Well, I have his Creative Writing and Languages work... I should probably stop by Computer and Math Sciences and get his laptop. He'll probably want it right away, knowing Jeremy. With this decided, Yumi headed toward Mrs. Hertz's room. When she arrived, the place was empty. The only sound was the hum of the dormant computers. Heading straight for the front desk, Yumi found Jeremy's laptop sitting closed beside the main computer on his desk. Knowing the desktop computer was constantly running a Lyoko scan, Yumi moved the mouse, stopping the screensaver. The familiar towers popped up on the screen, flashed green, then another tower replaced it. A small screen with Aelita's face popped up and text flowed across the bottom of it For secrecy reasons, and because they had nearly been caught by Ari, Aelita's words were converted to text, and any replies were made by typing into a small box. (AN: Like messenger programs.)
"Hello Yumi, where's Jeremy? I haven't seen him all day," Aelita said via type.
Yumi keyed in her response. "Hey, Aelita. Jeremy's in the infirmary. He was missing this morning, and they found him under his bed, unconscious. Don't worry, though, he'll be fine."
Aelita's face was lined with worry. "May I talk to him?"
"I'm bringing his homework to him, and I'll bring his laptop, too. How's everything on Lyoko?"
"Quiet... X.A.N.A. hasn't attacked for a long time. I'm afraid he's planning something big."
"We'll stop him," Yumi reassured Aelita, "X.A.N.A. hasn't been able to beat us yet."
"I hope you're right," was Aelita's uncertain reply.
AN: I hope you guys liked this chapter. The next one is still being written so it might not come for a little bit. See you then! Please review before you leave, thanks!