I don't own Code lyoko, I admit it, happy? Good :) Do I even have to put that? I don't know, whatever, I did, and now I'm rambling, D. JUST READ TE STORY o.o.

Chapter one: Dad?

PoV: Yumi :P

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I guess I will start my story from the beginning. My name is Yumi Ishiyama, I am a normal- or should I say, not out of the ordinary, by to much of a stretch- 14 year old girl. I attend, and have attended Kadic Middle school, for grades 6-9, since I moved her from Japan 2 years ago. I am not a border there, but live a few blocks away, with my family. My real family. Now, here is where it gets, complicated, if I may.

My friends and I, well you see, we aren't exactly your average students. The five of us, Ulrich, Odd, Jerimie, Aelita and myself, have a tendency to skip school to fight a demonic super computer known as XANA. Aelita, she was once trapped in this computer, in a place called Lyoko, but Jerimie managed to make a program to bring her here to earth, with us. Of course, XANA didn't quit when she arrived, he only tried harder to ruin our lives, homes, world. I guess this is where the real story begins, on a grey skied October day in France.

I woke up to my alarm clock beeping, and my mother yelling rather loudly for me to get up and get some breakfast, or I would be late for school. 'Oh bummer, late for lectures and Sissi, how could I miss out?' As I yawned I slowly got dressed and made my way down the stairs, only to be greeted with the surprise of my life.

"Yumi, darling, your father and I need to have a word with you," she was fidgeting with the bread before putting it gently into the new toaster purchased a few days before. I just sighed and nodded my head, awaiting a reprimanding for my unusual, untimely arrivals during the later hours of the morning after tiring XANA attacks. Of course, they didn't know the reason for this, they couldn't. Not that they would believe me, would you not be surprised if your daughter came home one day and told you she was risking her life in a video-game like world to save all of human kind? That's what I thought.

"Yumi, do you remember your father?" My mother seemed pretty straight forward, leaving me feeling very confused and awkward, as I looked over to the man I presumed to be my father, the husky man sitting across the table from me. He was looking at me expecting and answer, but obviously not receiving one.

"What, what do you mean? Dad?" I kept my eyes on his, and he just shook his head. I was shocked, the man I had been raised by, who I had always thought to be my father, wasn't? How was this possible? I managed to stutter a few random words, before looking at my mother again, and whispering a quiet "M-mom?"

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Well, as it turned out, my mother was divorced after I was born, and after an older sister I never knew of was born. She remarried the man I think of as my father soon after, and had my younger brother, Hiroki. My, how should I put this, genetic contributor? No, doesn't sound right, I'm not sure how to refer to him to this day; but that will be explained later on. For now, however, I will stick to the story.

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"Honey, my sister is sick, and she needs your, well, step father in Japan as well as I. We are going to bring Hiroki with us, we aren't sure if he could adjust to moving in with your father. Everything is arranged, he moved back into town a few weeks ago, and is only a few blocks away." 'Alright', I thought, 'so now I have to move in with a man I don't know and my supposed sister? This was looking just grand.'

"But mom, do I have to call him dad?" I know, it was a stupid question, but it had been nagging me ever since we started this conversation. He was my father, but not my dad, or I didn't see him as one. She only informed me that was his decision, and pushed me out the door to school. "Well this is going to be an adventure."

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"Yuuumi, Yumi! Back to earth Yumi! Ulrich wants to tell you he loves you!" Ok, I admit, that got me out of my stare into space, but noticing the blush on Ulrich's face and the fact he was starting a fist fight with Odd, I probably wasn't supposed to hear that. After a weak attempt at trying to control the redness appearing on my face, I continued to move the cafeteria's "food" around with my fork. Could it even be considered food? I for one am not sure, but Odd seems to think so. After accepting a plea from Odd for his life, everyone returned to their seats, only to stare at me. I looked up from my food, and gave them all a very interesting look, suggesting the simple phrase "What?"

"You really should eat something, it's not like you to… not eat." Ulrich had never been a rocket scientist, I admit to that. At least he cared, he was nice, too. He was handsome, and athletic. Plus his eyes and hair are this delicious shade of brown- Am I rambling? Sorry.

"I just have a lot to think about. Odd, you can have it if you want, I never liked this junk." I pushed my tray over to the garbage disposal of the gang, and watched him push it back. "Are you not hungry?" I blinked, confused, was Odd refusing food? He must be sick, very sick.

"No, I'm hungry, but you need to eat, and I for one am not going to let you leave without eating," he sounded serious, for once. I mumbled a few swears and sat back down, taking a bite of my food. The idiot who made me do it in the first place clapped, drawing the attention of the entire building. Attempting to save himself from embarrassment, he quickly made up a story.

"Oh, um…Ulrich finally asked Yumi out!" With that, three pairs of eyes shot directly toward him, Ulrich and mine included, and screamed "What!" in unison. Looking behind me, I could see a dumbfounded Sissi staring at us with her mouth wide open. She was approaching me with anger building up inside, I could tell. Standing up so my back was against the table, I let my eyes open wide as she threw a punch. Ducking, I tried to convince her it was all a joke, a lame one at that, but she just wouldn't stop.

"Please –duck- Sissi! –duck- It –duck- was –duck- just –duck- a" it was to late, she had thrown another punch and hit me right on target, I grabbed my face in my hands and let out a cry of pain. Unfortunately for me, Ulrich rushed over to help me, only to get Sissi more riled up. She planted one last kick in my side and left, leaving me curled up on the floor trying hard not to cry. A calming voice was talking to me, but I didn't manage to understand a word he was saying except "Infirmary" and "I'll come with you," as he helped me to my feet.

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Somehow, limping and still holding my bruised face in my hands, I made my way to the infirmary in one piece, or the same pieces I was already in. Of course, Ulrich stayed with me the entire time, which lightened up the situation. Except the fact that he was looking at me with a swollen eye that was slowly turning into one large bruise as the nurse decided to check for any broken ribs by lifting up my shirt. That was horrific, for that split second where the guy I swear I'm in love with saw me in only my bra before he turned around, bright red. Things were pretty much awkward after that.

"Ugh! Do you know how much concealer it's going to take to cover this thing up?" I whined as I looked in the mirror at my black and blue eye. I sighed and put the ice pack back against my face, lying back down on the bed. The nurse had decided to let me skip a few classes so the swelling in my eye and abdomen would go down, and since things got pretty boring in the infirmary, that Ulrich could stay and keep my company. He was laughing at my complaints about makeup and having to wear a longer shirt on Monday, to cover up the shoe shaped mark on my side.

"You do know you are really cute when you complain," he was smiling at me, obviously glad to get out of classes, and happier to spend the time with me. I blushed and looked up at the ceiling. 'You do know you're always cute?' that was the response I meant to say, but when I opened my mouth to say it, the words just wouldn't leave my throat. So instead, I looked over at him and beckoned him to come closer, which he obeyed.

Quickly removing my ice pack, I leaned over to his ear and whispered, "Did you know you're cute when you are completely at my mercy as I tickle you senseless?" He looked at me, baffled, until I launched a tickle attack on him, before he could realize what was happening. To bad he isn't as ticklish as I expected; I only had him rolling breathless on the ground for a few seconds, before he retaliated, making sure not to hurt me. I guess we battled for a while over who was the tickle-y and the tickle-r, but eventually we just kind of, stopped.

It took us a while to figure out we were lying in the same bed, holding hands, and giggling. As soon as we did, Ulrich stood up quickly and I watched as his face flushed a light red. The nurse happened to walk in a moment later, to coincidental for my liking, and told the two of us we should be getting back to class. I sighed and immediately went to apply layer after layer of makeup on my face to hide the dark bruise around my eye. 'Just think, today's only half way over,' I told myself, and made my way through the crowded hallways.

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And now I get to talk, yay!

Okay, so it's not the greatest story, I know ..hopefully it'll get better as it goes along, I just wanted to write something, ya know? If I don't update for a while, don't kill me, x.x. I think I'll set a day each week I should update by, so if today is Tuesday, and next Tuesday is my birthday, I'll set it for Wednesdays, okay? Okay.

So, review away! Tell me what you think should happen, I know Yumi should have fought back, but she as having a bad day, and she was tired, I should probably write that in…oh well. I'm still new at this whole rating/genre thing, so hopefully I got it right, xP.

-Normal is so over-rated