Never Forget the Mission

"YOW!" Leon exclaimed as Jeremy accidentally caught him on fire.

"Sorry!" Jeremy apologized.

"Why me?" Leon muttered putting out the fire. "Okay this is going to be a little difficult." Aelita and Sam watched Jeremy from the side lines. It had been two weeks of break from school and from Platon to practice and relax. The others were suppose to meet up at the Hermitage where they were.

In that time, Sissi and William were redesigning the Supercomputer, but didn't tell anyone about it. It was suppose to be a surprise. Then all at once, the gang came.

"Well, well. It's nice to see such familiar faces," Odd greeted, letting go of Kiwi.

"Odd," Sam said excitedly, "It's good to see you again."

"It's good to see everyone again," Ulrich said smiling with Yumi behind him. Johnny and Hiroki came in, too.

"Nice to see you guys. I missed you so much," Hiroki said.

"It was only two weeks. Nothing to brag about," Johnny said to Hiroki. Then Sissi and William came in.

"Hey, you two lovebirds," Odd teased.

"Odd," They both said menacingly, but both of them were blushing. Odd laughed. Aelita, Odd, and William went over to Johnny and Hiroki.

"Did she tell him?" They asked in a whisper. Hiroki shook his head.

"Nuthin'," He grumbled.

"She's stalling for time. We need to get her to confess," Johnny said thoughtfully rubbing his chin.

"First of all, we need to make sure that Ulrich hasn't fallen out of love. Given the time gap, I would be surprised that he would still be in love with her," William consulted. Everyone agreed. "So anyone want to see the new and improved Supercomputer?" He said out loud.

"YEAH," They agreed. When they got to the computer, it was completely different. The computer monitors were all holographic touch screens. The Holomap was more accurate then ever.

"Has Xavier improved his power?" Aelita asked.

"Yep, he can now make Kankerlots, Hornets, and Blocks," Sissi explained.

"You guys really out did yourselves," Yumi admired.

"Sissi's the one that came up with the idea," William credited. Sissi blushed.

"But you were the one that helped me with the construction," She replied making William blush.

"Alright," Lion said coming to the Computer lab, "You two can admire each other later. Right now, we better get to school."

"Hey, have you told Lion about you dating her daughter?" Ulrich whispered over to Odd.

"No, and I want it to stay that way," Odd warned a smiling Ulrich, "So are you still in love with Yumi?"

"Well, I umm. You...uma I uh,"

"Ap! You're stutter is answer enough," Odd joked. Soon, gym came.

"Today, we're going to do pickle ball," Jim shouted over the students. "Now remember, keep your knees tucked and secured and make sure that you hit the ball like this," he said demonstrating. Unfortunately, he threw out his back. After that, Will and Sissi were in her room with Kiwi helping with her program.

"Ugh! This is ridiculous. There is no way we can make this happen in one day," Sissi said tired.

"I agree," Kiwi muttered, "It's getting late, we might as well meet up with the team." They headed out the door and to Jeremy's room where Aelita, Yumi, Ulrich, Jeremy, Odd, and Lion were all sitting with solemn faces.

"Who died?" Will asked. Everyone glared at him while Aelita's head sank lower. "Sorry, I was just trying to help lighten the mood."

"You wouldn't be happy either if you knew what day it was," Odd mumbled.

"What's so special about today?" Sissi asked completely confused.

"It was the day we defeated XANA and also lost my father," Aelita said sadly looking at a picture of her and her father.

"I'm...sorry. I didn't know," Sissi replied quietly. Aelita smiled weakly.

"It's okay. It just..."She couldn't bring herself to say anymore. She bursted into tears as Jeremy hugged her tight. Sissi couldn't take it anymore. She walked out the door and stormed to her computer. Will chased after her.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"To finish the program," She replied bluntly.

"I thought you said it couldn't be done," He reminded.

"Impossibility is just another word for lazy. We can't forget the mission," She muttered before reaching her room and closing the door.

That was three days ago. Now the team was past the sad day, except Sissi. She had gone three days straight without sleep or eating or even moving from the computer screen. The team was getting worried.

"I'm worried," Will said to the group, who were at their usual bench.

"I know. Sissi hasn't moved from that computer in three days. I wonder what's wrong?" Aelita asked.

"She hasn't been the same since the remembrance day of Aelita's father," Odd said.

"Maybe that's what's bothering her," Yumi said. "but why?"

"I think I know," William said going to her room.

"At least he goes to her unlike some people I know," Odd hinted.

"Shut it, Odd," Ulrich and Yumi said in unison. Sissi was typing away at her computer with red rimmed eyes. She was tired but she wasn't stopping now. Then a knock at the door.

"Come in," She said in a monotone voice. It was William.

"You need rest," he stated simply.

"What I need is to finish this program. I can't have this project delayed by time anymore. I can't afford it," Sissi replied not even budging.

"Yes, I know that it's important, but if you can't function or operate properly while doing it, you'll make mistakes and your whole project would be reduced to nothing," William said. He put a hand on Sissi's shoulder, "I saw her cry, too. I know that you don't want to see her cry again, but you must be fully working in order to fight Platon and end this once and for all. Then she will have peace." Sissi stopped typing. She sighed and stood up, looking at William.

"Promise me that I will never see her cry again," She demanded, but even though she was serious, tears ran down her cheeks. William wiped them away as he said.

"I can't promise that, but I will promise that the next time you see her cry, it will be out of joy," William said caressing Sissi's face. Sissi rested her head as she cried into his shirt. William held her tight as she cried. Then Sissi looked up to see him looking back at her with a smile. She smiled too. They realized that their heads were coming closer together. They slowly met each other's lips. Sissi's arms wrapped around Will's neck as Will's hands wrapped around her waist. They slowly and reluctantly parted as they both blushed heavily.

"Did we just-?" Sissi asked lost for words.

"Yes, we did," Will nodded. They were silent for a while, "Did you like it?"

"I...I did," Sissi smiled. They went for another kiss. As they slowly parted, Sissi rested her hands on his chest.

"So you do like me?" Will asked knowingly. Sissi smirked.

"What do you think?" Sissi retorted, going for another kiss.

LATER

"Ah there she is," Odd said, seeing that Sissi and William were coming out the dorms. "We were wondering if you were going to be gone forever."

"You look awful, Sissi," Yumi said looking at how disarrayed she looked like. Sissi rolled her eyes.

"Thank you for noticing," She muttered.

"No I mean you look like you need some rest," Yumi explained. Sissi looked at herself. She did look very out of it.

"Yeah, I'm surprised that your hair wasn't falling out when I came to see you," Will joked. Everyone laughed then Sissi thought of something.

"Hair! That's it! Thanks Will," She said giving him a kiss on the cheek. "I've got to go see something. I'll catch up," She shouted as she ran off. The group just looked at Will who was blushing. Yumi smirked.

"So, you've hit first base huh?" Yumi joked. Everyone laughed as William blushed harder. Meanwhile, Sissi rushed into the Hermitage where Leon and Aslan stood there startled.

"Is there anywhere in the house you haven't gone to yet?" She asked a little antsy.

"Um...the upstairs, but-"

"Thanks," Sissi said as she rushed up stairs. She looked all around the room. Then she looked in the drawers of the dresser. She found an old sweater and found a little hair on it. "Perfect," She said putting the hair into a test tube. She ran down the stairs and said good-bye to a confused Leon and Aslan.