Chapter 9: Possessed
He remembered the story she told him then he felt this sharp pain hit his chest, he gasped for air and it felt like his lung had been punctured by the tip of a sword. He clutched where his lung was and started breathing really hard, Yumi noticed this and removed herself from him and put on a robe she helped Ulrich put on his robe and ran out the room. After a few minutes Ami, Jason, Odd, Aelita, and Jeremie rushed into the room and noticed ULrich laying on the ground with this blank stare. To everyone he looked dead but he was still breathing, Jeremie and Odd placed Ulrich back on the bed while Jason went to call his grandfather. After another few minutes their grandfather came in and looked at ULrich, he had put some type of liquid on his chest and said a few prayers in Japanese.
"So what's wrong with him grandfather?" Jasin asked.
"I knew this would happen, ever since he proposed to Yumi he has been cursed by the Samurai's soul. He is feeling this strong presence within him and it seems he has been seeing the past between Princess Yume and her Samurai. I don't know the details exactly but it looks like a job for a Noble, your step-grandmother will have to come see about him," their grandfather expalined.
"No way! She might put a curse on him," Yumi answered.
"He's already cursed, if we don't do something soon he will die," their grandfather replied back.
"Fine but if she does anything to make this worse then what he is, I will take it into my own hands," she said strongly.
"Be careful my dear granddaughter, there is a good chance that if the Samurai wants Ulrich then Princess Yume might want yours so the two can be together forever," her grandfather said leaving. Yumi let everyone go back to bed and she walked into the room, she sat down next to Ulrich and moved some strands of hair out his face. When she did that Ulrich opened his eyes and grabbed her hands roughly, she tried to pull away but he was too strong.
"Long time no see, Lyoko Warrior," he said evilly.
"It's you, Xana," she answered frightened.
"Of course it is, now I want you to deliver a message to your friends," he said whispering in her ear. Then he shoved himself into her and covered her mouth to block the screaming, he kept doing this and she could do nothing about it. He was basically raping her and she couldn't yell for help, finally she removed her hands and pushed him away.
"Listen to me Ulrich, I know you're still in there and you can't let him win. You swore to protect me and your friends no matter what, he is hurting me and I need you to fight him. Please ULrich, I need you," Yumi said crying. Soon Ulrich/Xana clutched his head and fell back screaming but no sound came out, Yumi climbed off the bed and stood in the corner. She watched as a black smoke began floating over the bed, then it disappeared into the ceiling. Ulrich sat up gasping for air and noticed Yumi in corner shaking, he got up off the bed and hugged her. He felt so sorry for her to be going through all this, first it was the shot in the shoulder and now this.
"I'm so sorry Yumi, did he say anything to you?" Ulrich asked concernly.
"He said to tell all our friends that he is back and stronger than ever, what do we do about it Ulrich? I mean who will he attack next; would it be Ami, Jeremie, Aelita, Odd or even Michi?" Yumi asked with concern also.
"I don't know but we'll have to talk to the gang tomorrow about it, now let's get back to bed," ULrich said helping her to the bed,he rolled on top of her and began to kiss her but she pushed him back a little.
"Let's wait a while, Xana hurt me pretty bad when he used your body to rape me. I still need to recover a little, so we'll try again later," Yumi said tiredly.
"I really am sorry for that, I should have never let my guard down. I promise you right now that I will protect you with my life, and if Xana wants to change that then he can try but he will fail," ULrich said wrapping his hands around her petite frame protectively, soon they were both asleep but somewhere Xana is planning to make another move.