"You pumped up for the game tomorrow?" Odd asked Aelita and Emma as he and Ulrich walked them to the soccer practice field one cloudy day after classes had ended. It has been three months since the shutdown of the super computer and the soccer season was coming to a close. The girls' team was going head to head for the last time to claim the title of best team in the division. The boys' team was safe at number one; they'd had their last match the previous week.
"I'm so nervous," Aelita confided. "What if Lincoln has a better strategy than us? What if they managed to beef up their offense?"
"Don't worry Aelita, Emma will make sure they never have the ball," Ulrich assured her. "Besides, you're the best goalie in your division so I wouldn't count on Lincoln getting the best of you."
"I need to work on my game though, the team last week managed to steal the ball from me," Emma chimed in. "And that is unacceptable."
"We know, you sulked for days after that. It was a fluke thing," Ulrich chuckled.
They reached the field and Aelita and Emma set their things on a bench. "Want me to stay?" Odd asked. "I have nothing better to do until later on."
"Jim might want to use you to help with practice," Aelita announced. In fact she knew that Jim wanted an assistant; he'd told them so at the last practice.
"You're right about that, Aelita," Jim said, coming from the equipment shed. "Della Robbia, Stern, you're going to help me whip these girls into shape for tomorrow's game!"
"They're pretty fantastic as it is," Ulrich stated. "Sorry, Jim, I have somewhere I need to be."
"Oh, well who needs you?" Jim said, sounding disappointed. "Odd, can I count on you to stick around?" he asked. "You can help ensure our victory!"
"I have your back, Jim. What do you want me to do?" Odd asked as Jim threw him a soccer ball from the sack he was carrying.
Ulrich waved goodbye. "I'll be in the rec room with Jeremie and Yumi. I'll see you later," he said to the girls as Jim and Odd walked together to the middle of the field. Aelita and Emma watched him go and then gulped down some water and ran onto the field to join the other girls. Odd had a devious look in his eyes.
"Oh, lord. What are we in for?" Emma asked, sounding worried. Aelita chuckled and knew that they would be sore by the end of the day.
Meanwhile in the rec room Yumi was teaching Jeremie how to play foosball. She found that he was actually very good at the game if he was seriously trying to play. He never really put any effort into playing well while they were dealing with X.A.N.A., and now she was having trouble beating him.
"Whoa, how did that just happen?" Ulrich asked as he approached them, witnessing Jeremie's score.
"She's giving me some tips," Jeremie explained. "And it turns out that I'm pretty good."
"Wow, that's weird," Ulrich said with a grin. "Don't tell Odd, you could probably con a soda or something off of him."
"That's the plan, where is he?" Jeremie asked.
"Being Jim's assistant, probably torturing the girls' soccer team. They'll probably join us when they are done," Ulrich stated. "Let me play, we'll see if you can beat me."
Yumi moved and Ulrich took her place and he and Jeremie played foosball, Yumi gave Jeremie tips and soon enough they were done; the game ended in a tie. Yumi got a soda and sat down on the couch to watch TV. Ulrich and Jeremie joined her.
"So are you guys doing anything after school ends?" Jeremie asked them.
"Russia," Ulrich answered. "And then possibly England, I'm making the rounds with relatives."
"Staying home and helping my parents renovate the house," Yumi answered. "Should be a blast," she said sarcastically. "What about you, Jeremie?"
"Aelita and I are going to the UK," he told them excitedly. "I'm mapping out a travel route so we can check out some key museums and historical landmarks. It should be a lot of fun!"
"You waste vacation on educational exploits?" Ulrich asked incredulously. "Incredible."
An hour passed and the movie that Yumi had picked got boring, "Okay, I'm incredibly bored, who wants to go watch the practice?" Yumi asked.
"They should be done soon," Ulrich noted, checking his watch. "I'd like to see how they look for tomorrow," he stated.
Jeremie shrugged. "Fine by me, let's go."
Yumi led the way out of the rec room and toward the field. Ulrich walked beside her and she felt his arm brush against hers and moved away slightly on instinct. He took notice and she looked away, trying not to blush. When the three of them reached the soccer field they witnessed Emma commanding the ball. Odd was running parallel to her. Other members of the team were trying to take the ball or separate the two of them but they were either too quick or too clever for the other girls. Emma passed the ball to Odd and he ran with it, dodging the girls team the best he could. He looked like he wanted to attempt a goal but decided against it and when he had the chance he passed the ball back to Emma, who was closer to the goal post now. She positioned herself to make a goal and went for it.
Aelita nearly blocked the goal but the ball was just a little too fast for her. Jim seemed very pleased.
"Great work, Emma, you'll be fantastic tomorrow! Aelita, I'm going to keep you for a little while longer so we can work on some more strategy for you. I doubt it if Lincoln will ever get the ball with Emma on the field… but we need to make sure you are prepared for anything!" Jim rambled.
"Jim, she'll do fine," Emma argued. "Trust me. I wouldn't be surprised if she let me get that in to boost my ego. We'll all be fantastic tomorrow, Lincoln doesn't stand a chance."
"Just a few minutes more. I need to be 100% sure that she can defend that post!" Jim exclaimed. He had everyone line up for a drill and Aelita proceeded to block every attempt that came at her. There were two lines and each pair had to dribble back and forth and try to score. Odd and Emma were last. Aelita blocked every single attempt and Jim finally let them leave.
Jeremie offered water straight away to a panting Aelita and Emma shared her water with Odd. "Odd, did you really have to go all out?" Emma asked him. "If my legs fall off tonight I blame you."
Odd grinned and winked at his girlfriend. "If you can keep up with me after I've had a few shots of espresso, you can massacre Lincoln."
Emma rolled her eyes. "You are insane."
"So what did you guys do while we were practicing?" Aelita asked Jeremie, Ulrich, and Yumi.
"I taught Jeremie to play foosball and we watched a lame film," Yumi answered.
"Wow, you any good?" Emma asked Jeremie and he shrugged.
"I guess I'm alright," he said.
"Let's go play before dinner!" Odd exclaimed. "We'll see if you've improved at all since last time I slaughtered you!"
You won't beat me this time, Odd," Jeremie challenged.
"Wanna bet?" Odd asked. Aelita could swear she saw Yumi's lips curl slightly in a smirk. Ulrich shook his head.
"I need a shower," Emma stated. "I'll meet you guys in the rec room later."
A/N Yes, I am back! THis is a sequel to Code: Emma. I will post a link to that before you read this.
oh and blah blah blah I don't own Code Lyoko
but I do own Emma Kozlov!
Link to Code: Emma: s/8773573/1/Code-Emma