CHAPTER 1: THE NEW HEROES

"So what's the deal, Ulrich? I'm bored." Odd asked impatiently.

"Will you cut it out, Odd?" Ulrich said for the fiftieth time.

"Just chill, Ulrich," Yumi said, "but Odd, calm down."

"Tell me who it is again?" Aelita asked. She had been materialized for almost two years by that point.

"My cousin Kera, and her friend Selena." Ulrich repeated for the tenth time. Then the door opened and two people walked in. The one in front was a tall, thin, brown-eyed girl with waist-length brown hair that had bright blue streaks in it. She was wearing a green t-shirt with a black dragon on it, black jeans, and black sneakers. Her hair was in a pony-tail, and she had in green stud earings.

"Ulrich!" she yelled, flinging herself across the room and flying straight into him. They both landed on the floor, then they stood up and the girl hugged Ulrich.

"Guys, this is my younger cousin, Kera." Ulrich said, and Kera made a face.

"Only by a year. We both are." she said, smiling as Ulrich noticed her blue hair for the first time.

"Uh, Kera? Why is your hair blue?"

"Because I colored it." she said simply, sitting down next to Jeremy and looking with interest at the computer. Another girl walked in and shut the door.

"It's nice to meet you Kera." Yumi said.

"I brought my friend Selena." Kera stated absently, now writing something on a piece of paper.

"I'm Selena. You can call me Moon if you want." the other girl said. Selena had unusually purple hair, and it was cut to her knees, and she had blue eyes. She was wearing a purple t-shirt with a green butterfly on it, tan capris, and purple sneakers. Her hair was in pig-tails.

Kera handed the paper to Jeremy, who read it, wrote something, and handed it back. Kera wrote again on the paper and, handing it again to Jeremy, turned around.

"So you're single?" Odd asked casually.

"Yeah, for now." Kera said.

"Really?" Odd asked.

"Don't even think about it Odd." Ulrich said warningly, noticing the interested tone in Odd's voice. Odd gave him an innocent look and Kera tried to cover her mouth to keep from laughing. Too late.

"That was the phoniest look ever, and if you wanted to ask me out, then do it." she said smiling. Odd looked at her in shock, and she brushed back a loose piece of hair as she took the paper back from Jeremy. "You're wrong this time, Jeremy." she said, smiling again.

"WHAT!?!?" Odd, Ulrich, Yumi, and Aelita yelled, but Kera's friend stayed silent.

"But....but.... that's impossible!" Jeremy stammered out, grabbing the paper out of her hands and frowning.

"Oh, it's possible. And it's true. You know where you went wrong?" she asked, and he shook his head. "You gave me an answer. This problem is The Belothsky Problem. It's unsolvable. I saw that you were working on it on your computer, so I filled in the rest of the information and asked you to solve it. I knew you would answer it, and I could prove you wrong."

Jeremy's mouth dropped open and he looked from the computer to the paper and back again.

"Don't worry, Jeremy. You get used to it." Emily said, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, Kera?" Odd asked.

"Yeah?"

"Would you like to go out with me sometime?"

"Sure, Odd, of course I would." she said, smiling, "Especially after everything Ulrich has told me about you." she winked.

"Like what?" Odd asked curiously, raising an eyebrow.

"Like you're really funny, you're a good fighter, you're annoying, reckless, hasty, friendly, and nice, but kinda stupid sometimes - well, most of the time." she said, laughing as Odd's interested look turned into a confused look.

"I meant it all." Ulrich said, looking a little bit upset.

"This is incredible!" Jeremy said, who had been paying no attention and who had been re-reading the paper, "You could help me on LY-", he stopped before he said 'LYOKO'.

"What? LYOKO? Yeah, I could. Actually, I intend to help you find the sixth sector."

"The sixth sector? There is none." Jeremy said, confused.

"AHA! I knew it was real! Ulrich was on the phone once, and I spied on his conversation. It was with Yumi, by the way. Anyway, they talked about LYOKO, and when I confronted him, he told me it wasn't real, that you guys had made it up together. But I knew it was real." she paused, to let it sink in. "And as for the sixth sector, I believe it's hidden somewhere in sector five. I've been doing research. And you didn't believe in the fifth sector, either."

"Don't you want to be a hero, Kera?" Odd asked curiously.

"Odd, I know how to multi-task, you know. I can do both."

"I believe it!" Jeremy said, happily.

"Jeremy, I think this could be the start of a beautiful partnership." she said, laughing.

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