Author: Aelita? Care to do the disclaimer?
Aelita: Sure. The author does not own Code Lyoko.
Author: Thank you.
Aelita: You're welcome. Please enjoy the chapter.
Author: Please enjoy! And PLEASE REVIEW! I know I'm such a bother to ask.
Chapter 1What else? The Introductions .
It had been months since Jeremie was able to find information about Aelita's materialization and the virus it contained. Ever since then, Jeremie was found locked up in his room and in front of his computer. He was only seen during class hours and if X.a.n.a. attacked. During that time, he would beg the others to help him stop X.a.n.a. Sigh. They had no choice, so they agreed. Hey? What are friends for anyways?
That is what some friends fear the most and that is what Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd fear. It all started on an autumn day…when X.a.n.a had stayed dormant for quite some time….until…
It was the first day of school. Summer break had ended; that pretty much sucked the fun out of everything. All the students in Kadic Junior High were savoring their time before they have to face lessons, lectures and homework... again... Some sighed, some yawned but a boy was completely asleep, not having a care in the world about anything at the moment.
"Ulrich…" said an annoyance.
Ulrich just turned his head. There was a pause. She then slammed her hands onto Ulrich's desk, which awoke him with surprise. Still a bit drowsy, he stared at the girl above him. "What do you want, Sissy?" he asked.
Sissy had a malicious smile on her face. "Well, since it's the beginning of the school year…The Welcoming Back Party is coming up and I was wondering –"
Ulrich laid his head back down ignoring her existence. "Hey!" Sissy cried. She was appalled by his rudeness, "Humph! Ulrich, one of these days, you're gonna-!" "He's gonna do what?" Odd interrupted, startling Sissy in the process. She turned around to find Odd staring at her, his eyebrow arched a bit. She wanted to say it… but she wasn't able to speak. "Humph!" was the only that came out of her mouth as she left.
Odd smirked a bit as he turned his attention back to Ulrich. There was a moment of silence until he spoke. "Is she gone?" Odd looked over at the other end of the class to find Sissy glaring at him along with her little cronies, Herve and Nicholas. "Yeah. She's gone. You can go back to sleep now, princess." He laughed. Ulrich ignored his comment and started to ponder… Where was Jeremie? And to top that off, Yumi hadn't shown up that morning.
The tardy bell had wrung and Yumi Ishiyama was running late to her first class. "Kuso…!" the 15-year-old Japanese girl cursed in Japanese. She clutched her book and held it close to her chest as she sprinted to Mr. Fumet's (history teacher) class. "That's it! No more all-nighters!" She told herself. It was the first day and she was late! As she got lost in her own self-scolding, she turned the corner and…CRASH!
"B-baka! Watch where you are going, you French trash!"
It took a few seconds before Yumi could tell she was being insulted. "Idiot! How rude! And I am not French! I'm Japanese!" She smacked the boy right in front of her without a second thought. Only it was too late to take back what she had done as she stared at the boy. He had a sheepish grin on his face as he rubbed his scorching red cheek.
The boy was as tall as she was. His hair was black and long, which was tied in a ponytail. He wore red-mirrored glasses and behind his specs were two enthralling moon like eyes. He wore a plain white long-sleeved collar shirt the sleeves pulled up revealing a silver Rolex digital watch on his left arm and a bracelet on the other; the pendant hanging from it had weird symbols on it. His arms were seemed firm and muscular for his scrawny appearance. He also wore black cargo pants and red skull chains hung from the sides of them. He was considerably handsome. Though…his ears were quite pointy and a thin scar ran across his cheek near his eye.
"I am sorry for my friend's rudeness. We're new and we were looking for our first class." Apologized the boy with a half British, half Japanese drawl. He bowed his head.
"Hn…" said his friend.
"Y-your friend?" Yumi stuttered.
"Look down, you buffoon…"
Beside the boy with the glasses was another boy with Jeremie-like small glasses who seemed to be only 13. He was a bit shorter than Jeremy. He had pale skin, neat pale indigo hair and pale hazel eyes. He wore a white silk turtleneck and black denim jeans. Around his neck was a necklace, the pendant's symbols had similarities of the elder boy's bracelet. He almost looked like Jeremie, he dressed like Jeremie, but he was ruder than Jeremie.
Yumi was shocked. She looked back at the elder boy, her face flushed from embarrassment. "I am sorry! I didn't mean to slap you! I was just in a hur-" The second bell rang. Yumi gasped, "Oh no! I'm late! Um… I guess I have to see you later!" Without another look at them, she headed into her classroom.
"Jeremie! This is very unlike you." Ms. Hertz astonished by Jeremie's tardiness. Jeremie apologized to Ms. Hertz and took his seat. Odd and Ulrich looked over at him and shook their heads in disappointment. Jeremie seemed like someone else. He looked very ill. Long hours in front of a computer screen had bleached the glow from his skin. He had several bags under his eyes and he seemed to be writing something other than genetic notes. Odd didn't waste time and went straight to sleep while Ulrich tried his best to keep up and understand the lesson at the same time.
After a few minutes…
A knocking on the door interrupted the scratching of pencils and erasers that filled the classroom air. The students looked over at the door as Ms. Hertz opened it. A girl stepped in first and a boy followed soon after. The students started to whisper and several girls giggled. The girl and boy looked alike so everyone came to one conclusion… they were twins.
Odd woke up from all the commotion. He blinked a few times and noticed the new girl. Just one word came out of his mouth, "Whoa." His cheeks were pink and butterflies filled his stomach.
The girl had long flowing beautiful brunette hair and mystifying sky-blue eyes. She wore a simple pink small shirt with a weird design and a simple black flowing skirt. Though her luminous beauty had made her clothing seem more than simple.
The boy wasn't much different. His bangs covered one of his sky-blue eyes and the rest of his messy brunette hair was covered by an orange bandana. His bandana had the same symbols of the girl's shirt. He wore an unbuttoned orange flannel t-shirt over a black muscle tee and a black orange tiger striped shorts with matching orange gloves; his belt-end hanging from his side.
"Calm down, calm down!" Ms. Hertz shouted. The whole room went silent, "Now, we have two new students who happen to be twins. This is Flannery and Cedric Willis. They transferred here from Rangi Ruru Boarding School, which is all the way in New Zealand." The twins waved and smiled, "Nice to meet you all!" they greeted at the same time.
"I hope you feel at home here in Kadic. Now please take a seat."
They took their seats as everyone stared at them for a while before going back to their own business. The lesson went on and instead of sleeping, Odd stared at Flannery with a dreamy look on his face though he wasn't alone; Herve and Nicholas were staring too, along with several other boys. Jeremie, on the other hand, wasn't able to take his eyes off Cedric's bandana. "Those symbols…. Where have I seen them before?"
Fumet's Class
Yumi was relieved that Mr. Fumet had let her slide for her tardiness since it was the first day. If she hadn't bumped into the short bratty boy and his elder friend, she would have made it in time. She rested her head on her desk until she sat right up again as the boys she met earlier came in. Like Ms. Hertz class, the students started another uproar, whispers going around. Mr. Fumet cleared his throat, "Well class, you have two new transfer students."
There was a moment of silence. Yumi hid her face behind a history book, hoping they wouldn't notice her.
"This is Richard Rumiko and Izzy Takahare. Well, why don't you two tells us a little about yourselves." The teacher asked.
The elder boy bowed his head, "I am Richard Rumiko. You can call me, Richie for short. I am half Japanese, half German but I lived in Wales, Britain. I hope we can get along." He moved strands of his hair out of his face and he smiled. A few girls giggled either from his gleaming beauty (Author: I tease!) or his unmistakable courteous manners.
Richard's younger friend just rolled his eyes. He pushed back his glasses to its place, glaring at everyone. "My name is Izzy Takahare. I come from Osaka, Japan and I am 13. Yes, I have skipped two grades so do not bother asking." A cold tone rang in his voice. His sheer rudeness and glare had sent chills down everyone's back. Mr. Fumet cleared his throat again, "Yes, um thank you for your introductions boys. I welcome you to Kadic Junior High and now please take your seats." The room was silent as the two took their seats. One question went through Yumi's mind the whole class period, who are they? They had the same classes as she did. No matter where they went, they weren't separate and the young boy kept glaring at her.
"Did I become his enemy or something?" she asked herself as the day grew weary. The lunch bell rang and she was relieved that she could get away from his glare…for a while.
Lunch
Odd looked around the grounds trying to find his friends and spotted Ulrich who was waving at him. Jeremie and he had found a spot under a tree; he was leaning against the tree. He finally sat down and began to eat his lunch. He had gotten 7 pizzas, nachos, a muffin, ice cream and two cans of sprite. He devoured down his pizza as he looked from Ulrich who was searching for Yumi to Jeremie who was typing away on his laptop. "At least he's outside in the daylight…" Odd thought.
Ulrich looked at Odd at the corner of his eye with disgust. Watching Odd eat was like watching…. Well… it's hard to say. Nothing is that bad as Odd's eating. He looked at Jeremie who was looking from the twins, Flannery and Cedric to his laptop. Flannery was sitting down on a bench under a tree nearby, reading a teen magazine while her brother was flexing his muscles at passing girls who looked at him and giggled.
Chomping down on his 6th pizza, Odd noticed what Jeremie was doing. He leaned over his shoulder, his mouth still full of chewed up pizza bits, and looked at the laptop screen. Numbers and codes were coming up, which seemed to give Odd a headache just for looking at them. "Ratcha ooing, Einshein?" he asked, spitting out some food. "Odd! Please don't talk with your mouth full! Some of your chewed up food landed on my keyboard and you know how sensitive these keys are!" Jeremie tried not to sound mad but he didn't hide it very well as he carefully wiped the food off. Odd swallowed the rest of his food and apologized. "Sorry, Einstein! Don't go all Hulk on me."
"Hey you guys!" Yumi shouted.
She was running toward them from behind Odd who choked on his muffin because of the scare she had given him. "Hey Yumi." Ulrich greeted her as she stopped, catching her breath. She then looked at Odd who he repeatedly hit himself on the chest, she sighed and smacked him hard in the back. "Did I scare you? Sorry." She laughed. He swallowed it and coughed a bit. "Thanks cough Yumi cough, cough, cough," he stammered out.
She smiled, "No problem."
"So what the hell happened to you this morning, Yumi?"
"Sorry, I woke up late that's why."
"Well at least you made it. I'm glad."
"Hey guys…"
"What is it, Odd?"
"Is it just me or is it new transfer students week?"
Odd pointed up ahead, gesturing his finger toward the two new boys in Yumi's class, Richard and Izzy. They were on the other side of the tree where the twins were sitting. Izzy was messing with what looked like one of those brand new PSPs and Richard sat on a branch, swinging his leg back and forth as he watched his young friend play his little game. Flannery and Cedric had spotted them and they started to walk around.
Yumi squinted her eyes to get a better look at them and as fast as they squinted, they widened. "That's Richard and Izzy! They're in my classes… but I don't know those twins right there." She watched the twins as they left. Odd blinked a few times as realized that Flannery was there. The dreamy look on his face had returned and he became silent, forgetting about his food.
"The twins? They're in our class. The girl's name is Fl-"
"Flannery…."
Yumi laughed. And understood why Odd had finished Ulrich's sentence for him. "And her brother?"
"He's Cedric." Jeremie answered from out of the blue. His friends were a little silent and he understood why but he ignored the silence.
"X.a.n.a?" asked Ulrich, guessing.
"Yeah… It seems he woke up… Will you guys help m- I mean Aelita out?"
They sighed. The saying, "What are friends for?" had come up in their heads again as they agreed to help him. He thank them and they ran off.
Ring! Ring!
"Yes?"
"It's time."
"Understood…"
Click!
continued in Chapter 2
Author: Hi there! This is my third fanfic I've written… My Teen Titans fanfic "A Raven's Feelings" is pretty good but I haven't finished because of the new ideas for this. To those who've read it… I promise to finish it as soon as I figure out what to write for it. .
Aelita: pat, pat Don't worry you'll think of something.
Richard: Hey! Richie here! Another reminder, please review!
Author: Oh yeah! I don't know what the pairings should be so give me your opinion!
