Chapter 9: The End is the End

Many days had passed since the rumble on the roof. William had been sent to the hospital because of his injuries. Since Ulrich was the only one that really knew what happened to William, all the teachers assumed that William had just fallen numerous times and landed on something sharp. The janitors of the Academy had cleaned up the pools of blood on the roof, assuming it had something to do with animals and a fight they had.

The gang was strolling the courtyards walking around and watching the many students at Kadac. Sissy and her gang watched as the gang walked by them without acknowledging them.

"Hello? Ulrich dear! Come here!" Sissy yelled while waving her hands over her head.

Ulrich sighed and walked over to her anyways.

Compared to William she really isn't that bad, if she can help me and the rest of the group, I promise that I will be nicer to her...but that doesn't mean I'll go out with her

"Hello Ulrich" She said in her normal bubbly voice.

"Hey Sissy, how's it going?"

She looked shocked.

"Your...not going to tell me to shut up? Or go away? Or be mean to me at all?"

"No, I've decided that there is someone that I hate more then you and I also realize that I really don't hate you, I just don't love you"

She sighed.

"Well that's to be expected...I know you love Yumi to death...I still hate her for that and I still love you, and there is no doubt that I wont try to win you over, but...I'm glad that your bring nice to me and I think..." She said sticking her hand out.

"That we should call a truce?" He said sticking his hand in her own. "I was thinking the same thing" She shook his hand vigorously with a huge smile on her face. She looked over his shoulder. Yumi was looking at her with a cocked eyebrow.

Jeremy looked in their direction also.

"What's going on over there?" He said eyeing them suspiciously.

"I don't know but I'm going to check it out"

Yumi walked away from Jeremy and Aelita and closer toward Ulrich

"Hey Ulrich what's going on here?"

"Oh, me and Sissy just made a truce, after meeting a guy like William, I realize that Sissy isn't as bad as we have made her to look, so..."

"SO me and Ulrich have come up with a truce. I fully understand that you two are in love and I'm not going to interfere and Ulrich has promised to be a lot nicer to me and maybe give me a slot in your little gang!" She said clapping her hands in delight.

Yumi blushed slightly and looked at Ulrich who was staring at her. She blushed even harder and looked away, finding interest in a small purple flower that sat beneath a tree, covered with shade.

"Well I guess I'll see you later Ulrich" She said waving to him while walking over to her little 'gang'. Herb looked at Ulrich with anger in his eyes.

"There isn't a need to be jealous of Ulrich anymore Herb, I've given up on him" She said in a dramatic tome and placing her hand over her forehead.

"Really?" his eyes lit up.

"Yeah, he and Yumi finally decided to get together"

He grinned evilly.

"So I guess you hate Yumi and you want to get revenge on her?" He said rubbing his hands together.

"No, she's cool, I like her now!"

His jaw dropped.

"Plus, Ulrich says if I'm really good, he'll ask Jeremy if I can have a spot in their little gang thing!" She said joyfully.

"B..But what about us?"

"You can go find someone else, if your really that desperate!" She said stomping off.

Herb followed her practically bowing at her feet.

Yumi and Ulrich had been watching the whole thing from under the shade of a small tree.

"Well, she really showed him good this time...he deserved that" She said snorting at him.

"She's cool now, she's always helping us and stuff and look, she's finally given up on me, she isn't going to bother me like she used to. She's going to let us finally be the couple that we've always wanted without causing trouble" He said rubbing the back of his neck.

Yumi only blushed turning her head away to hide it. Ulrich stared at her face which was still lightly painted from Williams brutal attacks.

He hand laid against the cool pavement of the sidewalk. He gently placed his hand overtop her own. He head turned around slowly to look at him.

"I'm really glad that your okay Yumi, I'm glad that he didn't hurt you too bad, something that you couldn't have gotten back" He said blushing.

"Me too Ulrich, he isn't my type of guy...do you know why he hurt me?"

"Yeah actually, he told me" He said knowing this would mean he would have to happen to them both on the rooftop a few days ago.

"Well?"

He sighed.

"Okay, your going to be a little shocked...he told me, a few nights ago on the rooftop, that he wanted to have some fun, and he wanted to ruin my life by picking on the girl that I like"

"Wait rooftop?"

"Me and William, we had a fight, a rumble"

She looked shocked.

"I was the one who put William in the hospital, I was the one who made that pool of blood on the roof, that was all my doing, I was fighting against William for you, to protect you. You don't know it, but you're the one who gave me the strength and the courage I needed to defeat him"

"You're the one? He didn't just randomly hurt himself?"

"No...I did it"

"I heard from one of the teachers that he has 3 broken ribs, all his knuckles are broken along with like 5 broken bones in his hand and he had like a hole through his entire body"

"Yeah, I remember all that clearly"

Her eyes turned from questioning to concerned.

"If you got into a fight, how bad did you get hurt?"

He pulled up the side of his shirt and revealed a long deep scratch like wound on his side.

"That's all Yumi, that's all he did to me, he did punch me in the jaw, but that didn't do anything"

She looked at him for a minute before pouncing on him from the side.

"Yumi?"

She laughed and cried at the same time while looking him in the eye.

"I'm so glad that your okay Ulrich"

"I'm glad your okay...what he did to you, was worse then what he did to me. He hurt you in a way that can't be taken back. And now you probably can't trust any man like that again"

"There are only 3 men I trust...You, Odd and Jeremy, that's it"

He smiled sweetly. He pulled his neck up and kissed her softly. Pulling away making her blush like crazy.

"Ulrich?"

"Sorry, I had to"

"It's okay, it felt good" She smiled looking embarrassed.

He smiled again then kissed her again, this time she pressed back. Newfound love had finally taken it's course. Lovers entwined through a butterfly kiss under the shade of a small tree blooming with little purple flowers.

The End

Well I guess that's the end of that one. I'm sorry if you expected more. I'm not thinking about making a sequel or anything. But if I get enough people telling me that they would like a sequel then I will right one. I don't like to disappoint my fans, it's just, I have other stories that I would like to work on. Most important are my TT stories and my Fruits Basket stories! I hope to hear from you. Until next time. I bid you ado

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