This story takes place after Lyoko is shut down.

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko or any of its characters.

Claimer: I own the OC I made up, Ellie Crawley.

"Well, no more XANA! It feels like holidays suddenly!" Odd exclaimed after the gang's Gym teacher walked away.

"Yeah. Freedom is sweet!" Ulrich agreed.

"Hey Ulrich, you might want use the free time to improve your grades," Jeremy reminded him.

Ulrich scowled at the thought. The group began walking back to the dorms.

"Finally, it's over. No more monsters," said Yumi.

"No more towers." Aelita continued.

"No more sleepless nights," said Odd, looking at Jeremy, who smiled.

"No more computer programs," Jeremy continued.

Ulrich smiled and said the last statement, the one they were all thinking. "No more XANA!"

Later, in the dorms.

Odd was playing on his Nintendo DS, while Ulrich was reading a comic in their dorm. In Jeremy's dorm, Jeremy was at his computer and Aelita was beside him. They were working on an assignment that was due in two weeks.

"Do you suppose Ulrich and Odd have worked on their assignment yet?" Aelita asked.

Jeremy shook his head. "Aelita, I doubt they have even started it yet."

The pair giggled and got back to work. In the dorm across from Jeremy's, nothing had changed. Ulrich flicked a page in his comic and Odd was still playing his video game. There was a slight knock on the door, and the pair looked up to see who it was. The door swung open to reveal Sissi Delmas.

"Hi, you boys wouldn't know where Aelita is, would you?" Sissi asked.

The boys both pointed to Jeremy's room.

"She should be in there. She and Jeremy said they were going to work on that group assignment," said Ulrich.

Sissi looked stunned. "Really? They do realise it's not due for a few more weeks, right?"

Odd shrugged. "Who knows? Maybe you should ask them."

Sissi smiled. "OK, I will. Thanks for help."

The door closed and the two returned to what they were doing before.

"It's good now that we're friends with Sissi, isn't it?" Ulrich said, without looking up from his comic.

Earlier that morning, the gang had told Sissi that if she wanted to remain friends with them, she had to stop messing them up. Sissi was at first surprised at this, but soon got over her surprise and was very happy. She had been nice to them ever since.

"Yeah, if you say so good buddy. It sure beats her yelling at us," Odd replied. "Although," said Odd, looking up from his game, "I kind of miss it."

Ulrich shook his head at Odd and continued reading.

Across the hall...

"Sissi, can we help you?" Jeremy asked, surprised to see Sissi at his door.

"I just need to borrow Aelita for a second," Sissi replied. "Oh, are you two working on the group assignment? You realise it's not due for another two weeks, right?"

Aelita laughed. "We know, we just thought we'd get a head start on it."

Aelita turned to Jeremy. "I'll be back in a moment."

The two girls disappeared out of the room, while Jeremy returned to his computer.

"So Sissi, what's up?" Aelita asked.

"Oh, you wouldn't have happened to have seen my cosmetic bag, would you? I think I may have lost it," Sissi replied.

"No, I haven't. Would you like me to help look for it?" Aelita asked.

"Oh, yes! Thank you so much!" Sissi replied and the two girls walked away to the direction of the girl's dorms.

At Yumi's house

"Yumi, dinner!" Mrs Ishiyama called.

"Coming," Yumi replied.

Yumi appeared at the table and the Ishiyamas began their meal.

After the meal, Yumi didn't hurry away like she usually did. Today she stayed and helped clean up.

"Yumi, what's happened? You don't usually hang around us for this long," Mr Ishiyama stated.

"I know. Today I feel like I have more time on my hands," Yumi replied.

Mr and Mrs Ishiyama exchanged happy glances.

"That's good to hear, Yumi," Mrs Ishiyama concluded.

Later, Yumi went back upstairs to her room. She pulled a book out of her bag and began reading it. After finishing a few pages, Yumi paused suddenly. With XANA finally gone, she now had lots of time on her hands. Was that a good thing or a bad thing?, she asked herself. More time meant time to spend with Ulrich, right? Yumi smiled. Just before the last Return to the Past, Ulrich and Yumi had agreed to give their relationship another try. Yumi was really happy about this, as she'd wanted to give their relationship another go for a while now. Also, just earlier, Ulrich had asked Yumi to go see a movie with him on the weekend. She had immediately said yes. Afterwards, she found out Jeremy had also asked Aelita on a date and Odd was going to meet Sam in town as well. It seemed like the group had all made plans with their free time, she thought. This time thing is a good thing after all.

That's chapter 1 for you. I hope you enjoyed it. Now, I'm not going to ask you to review, but it would be great if you did...