This is strange for me. Usually I don't forget my prestory author note. For this I did. This is the Ulrich/Yumi fic I said was coming at the end of Backfire. I really hope this one goes well. I'll be busy for during this because of school and I activated an account on Same penname if anyone is interested.

I don't own code lyoko.
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Three years ago it had happened. They beat xana. The final fight, wasn't much of a fight, but they all pulled through together and turned it off. Jeremie had an idea to implode the lab. But thought differently. Something might come up, and the lab my be helpful, so they turned it off, and left it instead of destroying it.

During the final fight, Ulrich had saved Yumi's life. A beam in the factory fell and Ulrich tackled her out of the way. He had intended on saving her. He hadn't intended on landing on her in such an awkward way. Their legs were tangled, his arms were still around her back, and from collision with the floor Yumi pulled her arms around his back.

Once their heartbeats from the beam calmed, it raged back up from the way they were looking at each other. Yumi was waiting for him. She was always waiting for him. Her being from Japan found it hard to break tradition and make the first move. She wanted him to. It was the only thing she had asked him to do. The only thing she wanted him to do. Today was the day he finally did it. He kissed her.

Odd was leading Aelita through lyoko as they ran away from a few monsters trying to kill them. Sector fives hunt the key game was already over and Aelita was running to the computer screen at the end of the sector to find one piece of information in particular. Xana's programming. Today xana pulled out all of the stops because he knew how close they were.

Odd ducked, dodged, jumped, rolled, and fired in his fight to cover Aelita while she got the information Jeremie needed. Odd saw a mantis rise up from Aelita's left then fire, but Odd jumped and took the blast for her. Grabbing the edge before he fell he pulled himself back up and fired. Aelita found it a second later, and uploaded it to Jeremie. Minutes later, it was over.

They all left the factory beaming with joy. It was over. It was finally over. Ulrich and Yumi were walking hand in hand, a sight the entire group had been waiting since they were in fifth grade. Everything seemed good. It couldn't possible get better possibly get better.

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Yumi now seventeen and a senior was having a bad day. Her parents had fought at home, Hiroki told them that she snuck out to see Ulrich last week and they had opposing reaction. One angry one pissed, and soon both pissed at the other for not being in the same state of mind. For Yumi it was routine. Same stuff but on a different night.

In first hour, a pop quiz in physics. She didn't read the chapter, because she knew the teacher would go over it in class, and she'd take the notes to study with for finals. Apparently the teacher noticed that was a pattern with the students, so issued a quiz. Yumi failed to say the least.

During the passing period she was flustered about the quiz. Usually her reaction time was fast enough, but because of her state of mind she it wasn't so crisp. A classroom door opened out into the hall and hit Yumi. She feel back and her physics binder was sent across the ground, papers sprawling on the floor. Swearing aloud she gathered his stuff and kept moving.

Third hour wasn't nice either. Not that anything humiliating happened, it was senior, junior world history, and she sat behind Sissi. Today Sissi was wearing an overly strong perfume. Fourth was study hall. Fifth was lunch. Spilled lunch tray then slipped on contents. Sixth was english, it was the nicest. Seventh was gym, soccer ball to the face. And last but not least eighth was calculus. Nothing to report.

After a long day that seemed to drag on, she waited for the bell to ring. Watching the minute hand tick around the face, teasing her, she waited on the edge of her seat. Her leg tapped in anxiousness. All she wanted to do right now was find Ulrich, take him to his room, push him on his bed and make out with him. Make this horrible day go away.

The bell rang and she was the first out the door. Even with being in the back.

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Ulrich was in sixth hour lunch with Odd, talking about their girlfriends. Odd liked to tease him. Odd unlike Ulrich wasn't still a virgin. At least once a day Odd would ask, " Have you guys done it yet?"

Ulrich was eating his food, trying to ignore Odd. He was too hard to drown out.

" Tell me why you two are waiting?" Odd asked him.

" It just isn't the right time," Ulrich said to him. Odd shook his head.

" She's going to college next year. Being a virgin in college is like being a jock in a starwars convention," Odd said to him. " Do you have any idea how many guys will be hitting on her. College guys with plenty of experience under their belts."

" People are hitting on her now. We've been dating for three years and we still are," Ulrich said to Odd annoyed.

" Three years is major. If you guys haven't had sex yet, that can only mean you haven't made a notion toward it," Odd said, pointing things out. Ulrich hadn't.

" I don't want it to be at the wrong time. Even if it works and we actually have sex, what's if the timing is bad and it destroys our relationship?"

" Didn't destroy mine. Two years strong," Odd said, having his current girlfriend for two years next Saturday.

" What are you goes doing for that?" Ulrich asked.

" More or less diner, movie, a gift, and then a locked bedroom," Odd said to him. Ulrich wondered how Odd was lucky enough to find a girl who enjoyed sex this young. And how he was lucky enough to not get her pregnant.

" How did you know it was the right time?" Ulrich asked him. He needed advise, but never thought Odd would be so helpful.

" To be honest, it felt right. Look, I'm not still with her because I don't have to masturbate anymore. I'm with her because I love her. If you love each other, and it feels right. Then do it. You know Yumi, she'll want an invite, so you'll have to make the first move."

" Odd, I haven't even gone to second with her," Ulrich said revealing how hopeless he really was.

" Then don't skip the base. Hang out on second for a bit, and make your way to home." Odd said to him, the opened his wallet. Taking out an item he covered it with his palm and slid it over to Ulrich.

Ulrich took it and looked at it. It was a packaged condom. He looked back at Odd.

" Like you have the balls to buy it yourself," Odd said then dumped his garbage.

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The final bell rang and Ulrich stepped out of junior english. His worst subject. With Jeremie and Aelita tutoring him in math and science, he was managing b's. For some reason, no matter how much help he got with english, a C was his best. Walking to his locker he threw his stuff in, then took some stuff out for homework tonight. When he closed it Yumi was behind the door.

" Boo!" Yumi said to him. Ulrich jumped, fumbling his math back. Everyday she got him. " I gotcha again," Yumi said to him.

" Are you trying to give me a heart attack?" Ulrich asked.

" Maybe," Yumi said to him smiling. " Can we go to your room?"

" What about Odd?" Ulrich asked.

" I just talked to Aelita, she said they were studying for their chemistry test. So, we'll be alone till at least six, which is good because I need to be home by five thirty today."

" Why so early?" Ulrich asked. Usually it was nine or ten.

" Well, Hiroki told on me about last week when we saw the movie. When we snuck out. So as punishment they lowered my curfew."

" Harsh," Ulrich said, not for her, but for them.

" I know. So, yes, no, maybe so?" Yumi asked about the room. Ulrich checked his watch. Two thirty.

" Let's go," Ulrich said, then the two started towards the dorm.

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Yumi started to kiss Ulrich before he got his door open. Unlocking it the door opened and Yumi pushed them into the room, closing the door with her heel. Practically pushing Ulrich to his bed, Ulrich hit his pillow and Yumi decided to go on top. Laying over him she pressed her lips to his, and kept at it.

When it was three, half an hour after they started Ulrich and Yumi were laying side to side cuddling and kissing. Ulrich was having trouble keeping up. For some reason she was going fast. Her kisses her stronger so was her grip on him. She really wanted to be with him right now.

Ulrich's mind wandered for a bit. He began to wonder, was this the moment? Him and Yumi alone, in a room, on a bed with a locked door. Yumi was seemingly acting like she wanted something more. Something they hadn't done yet. For some reason, Ulrich got nervous.

How exactly was this supposed to be done right. Do you ask for permission, or just go for it. He figured, it was go for it. Was there truly a polite or pleasant way to ask, " May I feel your boobs?"

Ulrich's heart was racing as he slid on arm back around from Yumi's back and let it lower to both of their waists. Letting it slowly rise his heart rate spiked. Looking down while kissing Yumi who's eyes were shut. She looked cute while she kissed Ulrich thought to himself.

His hand was under her shirt now and going up. Yumi didn't object. He kept sliding it up. It was now at the stomach. No objection. Slowly, inch by inch it snaked up her body toward her breasts. Only an inch left, and no objection. Finally after what seemed like an eternity, Ulrich was rubbing his hand over her bra on her left breast.

Suddenly Yumi opened her eyes. She grabbed Ulrich's arm and pulled it down, out, and away. " What are you doing?" She asked him. Ulrich didn't have an answer, because it was technically saying already in the open.

" I..uh..." Ulrich said nervous. He hadn't counted on this. It was up until no he figured it out. Yumi didn't object, because she couldn't notice. They're bodies were too close to tell. But when he grabbed her breast, that was a wake up call.

" Oh my god," Yumi said more to herself than him and got off his bed. " Unbelievable, when this day couldn't get worse," Yumi said to herself.

" Yumi. I just thought...because the way you were kissing and holding me..." Ulrich began.

" That what? It was a sexual invite. A billboard that said, ' Hey Ulrich, Fuck me now.'"

" No, I just thought maybe we'd go a little further. Not sex," Ulrich said. He knew it wouldn't happen today, but he did hope for it. Yumi shook her head and grabbed her backpack.

" Don't leave," Ulrich said then got off his bed.

" Don't bother," Yumi said then left. Slamming the door behind her.