Message from the Author:
Welcome to the third book of my series, The Unwritten. If you have not done so, please read my previous stories, The Unwritten and The Unwritten 2, before continuing on to this one. However, if you have done so, I applaud you and thank you for your support!
Disclaimer: Please don't ask me if I own Code Lyoko, because I don't.
~ sasu haku gaara 16
The Unwritten 3
Chapter One – Friends:
"Onee-chan!" Sakura called. (A/N: Onee-chan is Yumi's new nickname.) "Samurai! Rookie! Tiger! Assume battle stations! Three kankrelats and two blocks closing in!" The gang surrounded Aelita and readied themselves for battle.
Odd grinned. "I feel like Wolverine! Off X-Men!"
Ulrich rolled his eyes. "Well, I feel like Robin. Off Teen Titans."
Sam frowned. "I feel like Cyborg."
Sakura patted Sam on the back. "It's ok, Cyborg was always my favorite."
"Really?"
"Nope!"
Sam glared at Sakura, who soon turned expressionless. "I feel like Sakura…" The gang looked curiously, and some laughed. Sakura rolled her eyes. "Off Naruto, guys!"
Yumi smirked. "Me too."
Sakura face got serious again. She pressed her tattoo to send out her thoughts. "Here they come." She released it. "TITANS! GO!" The team rolled their eyes. "No, seriously. Ready, team? ATTACK!"
(A/N: "As I'm sure you've noticed, most of the history of the [Code Lyoko team] is organized sequentially, a word which here means 'so that the events in the lives of [the gang] are related in the order in which they occurred.' In the case of the next [5 stories], however, the story is organized simultaneously, which means that you do not have to read the [stories] in the order in which they appear.")
Sakura
A kankrelat shot at Sakura. She did a front flip off the ground, and neatly dodged the shot. She was glad she had decided to be in cheerleading years ago. She reached into her pocket and grabbed a "cherriken," as she liked to call them. She threw one at the target and missed. She grimaced. "Screw it," she spat. She pulled out her pistols, jumping to dodge another shot. She fired, destroying the monster. She studied another cherriken. "Training time."
Yumi
Yumi did a quick bridge to avoid the kankrelat's laser. She was glad all those martial arts lessons improved her flexibility. She reached in her pocket and grabbed a shuriken. She threw it a little left, expecting it to curve around like her fans, but instead it went straight and missed. She grimaced. "Screw it," she murmured. She pulled out her fans and tried again, hitting it this time. She scrutinized another shuriken. "Training time."
Ulrich
Ulrich bent around, doing a quick matrix as he escaped the block's icy blast. He was glad all those martial arts lessons improved his flexibility. He took a grenade from his pocket. He threw it, his mind already calculating the exact force necessary to propel his sword, not a grenade, which resulted in him overthrowing it. He grimaced. "Screw it," he grumbled. He pulled out his sword and jumped to the right target., stabbing the block. It exploded. Then, he took a second grenade and examined it. "Training time."
Sam
Sam did a backflip, barely missing the block's freeze ray. She was glad she was in gymnastics as a kid. She stuck her blade into the wrong target, and the creature prepared to attack again. She grimaced. "Screw it," she mumbled. She charged her arm cannon. She hit the deck just in time as the shot just grazed her head. She fired her cannon and and blasted the block into pieces. She inspected her blade. "Training time."
Odd
Odd tried to evade the kankrelat's laser, but was hit in the leg. He wished he was in some kind of sport. "Careful Odd," Sakura thought to him. He sharpened and grew out his fingernails, staying a safe distance away. He could only get them 60 cm (approx. 2 ft) long, and the target was at least 121 (approx. 4 ft) cm away. He concentrated hard, but could only get them 3 cm (about 1 in) longer. He grimaced, "Screw it," he muttered. He shot an arrow at the kankrelat, which was shooting a laser at him. The arrow hit the kankrelat which exploded. He looked at his claws, and had time to utter two last words before he burst into pieces also. "Training time."
(A/N: "At this point, the history of the [team] reverts to its sequential format, and if you are interested in reading the story, you should read the [story] in the order in which [it] appears…" This quote, and its predecessor belong to Lemony Snicket, and not I. You should read his books if you haven't already. They're amazing.)
Sakura saw Odd disappear. "ODD," she cried. Everyone hung their heads. Sam heard a noise behind her and turned around. "Uhh… guys? I hate to interrupt the grief and agony, but… this bowling ball thing with the XANA symbol on it doesn't look too friendly."
Sakura gasped. "MEGATANK!!! Samurai! Run Aelita to the tower. Get ready everybody!"
The megatank opened up as Ulrich yelled "Super sprint!" The megatank hit Ulrich, who was carrying Aelita. He shattered into white particles, and Aelita fell to the ground.
"Aelita! Are you okay?" Sakura thought to her.
"I'm fine," Aelita thought back.
Sakura grimaced. Kso! It killed all our guys.
Yumi growled at the megatank. "Kill this, baka." She threw her fan at the megatank. It rolled back and exploded. They cheered.
Sakura looked up. "Hurry Aelita. Jeremie must be in trouble. He hasn't said anything."
Aelita nodded and took of to the tower, where she entered the vital word. Jeremie, who was hanging from the ceiling fan to avoid snakes, called "Return to the past now!"
Once again in the supercomputer room, the crew relaxed as their minds cleared up. Jeremie smiled. "Thanks guys."
Sakura smiled. "It was all thanks to Sam. She saw the megatank. You know what? You're not really a rookie anymore… but you're still learning, so I think I'll call you… Padawan."
Sam rolled her eyes. "So it's Star Wars now."
They laughed. Jeremie smiled awkwardly. "Well, thanks Sam. I don't think I could've held on to the ceiling fan much longer."
Sakura cocked an eyebrow. "So let me get this straight. While we were out there busting our butts, you were making friends with the furniture?"
"Well, I was trying to avoid getting bitten by 500 snakes."
Sakura turned to Ulrich and Odd. "What were you two doing?"
Ulrich shrugged. "We stayed in the scanner room. We don't like snakes either." Sakura clucked like a chicken. "Well, we didn't have any weapons!"
Sakura's eyes widened. "Oh, Jeremie! Speaking of which, we need to go back to Lyoko to do a bit of training. I don't think we quite have a handle on our new weapons yet." The gang nodded.
Jeremie sighed. "Okay. Everyone but Aelita, go to the scanners. I'll get you virtualized again."
Sakura grinned. "Come on, team! Training time!"
Ulrich groaned. "I take it back. You are Robin."
Sakura beamed. "Duh."
They trained with their weapons for about an hour.
"Okay guys," Jeremie said. "That's enough. But we can't handle another return to the past. You know what that means."
Odd clutched at his heart. "Sakura! The kankrelat venom! It's spreading to my heart! I'll be a monster in no time! You have to kill me now!" His claws grew out. "Hurry," he choked.
"I can't." Sakura said weakly.
Ulrich grimaced. "If you won't, I will." Then, he stabbed Odd. Sam gasped as Odd vanished.
Ulrich started trembling, and sank to his knees. "What have I done? My best friend. My brother. I murdered him."
"You had to," Yumi reassured him. "He would have killed us all."
"But homocide makes me a monster too. Kill me, Yumi. I cannot bear to live." Sam's eyes widened.
"I can't kill you either. I love you."
Sam glared. "I can," she said simply, and blasted Ulrich.
"NO!!!" Yumi screamed, eyes filled with rage and agony. "You killed him! YOU KILLED HIM!!! YOU… MUST… DIE!!!" She threw her fan at Sam, who disappeared.
"You didn't." Sakura gasped.
"I did," Yumi said sourly.
"How could you?"
"You betrayed us, letting that murderer on our team."
"Murderer? You're the murderer! You killed my best friend."
"You dare to only call me a murderer? What about my Ulrich? He killed your beloved Odd! If I'm a murderer, then why don't you call him a murderer?"
"Because he regretted it, at least! But you… you feel nothing. She was your teammate. She was my best friend. I was your sister. Does any of that make you regret?"
"No. No sister of mine is a traitor."
"Fine. No sister of mine is a murderer. I will avenge you, Sam." Sakura pulled a pistol and destroyed Yumi.
Sakura fell to the ground, in tears. She looked at the empty space ahead of her. "Nothing… I have nothing left… My beloved is gone… Ulrich killed him… My best friend is dead… Yumi betrayed me… I cannot live either." She opened her mouth and shot herself.
When Sakura stepped out of the elevator, the whole gang cracked up.
Yumi smiled. "That never gets old."
Sam nodded. "That was cool. At first I was scared, but I finally got it."
Odd smiled. "Nice acting, Blossom. I heard your monologue."
Sakura beamed. "I didn't take acting classes for nothing."
Yumi looked at her, smiled, and offered her hand. "Friends?"
Sakura smiled back and took it. "Friends."
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