A Major Return to the Past

By Rurouni-Sano

First things first: this is my first (and most likely only) crossover fic. Second thing: it's a double crossover. What's that, you say? I'll tell you! Not now, but later, you may find out. Anyways, read the first chapter, though it may end abruptly.

Rurouni Sano

I do NOT own any game, show, anime, or manga mentioned in this fic.

"Guys, hurry up! It's almost too late!" Jeremy all but screamed into the headphone.

"We're going as fast as we can, Jeremy! We can't do much else!" Ulrich shouted back. He destroyed yet another block, but a third took its place. "Dammit." He was exhausted. Heck, they were all exhausted. Ever since X.A.N.A. started getting stronger, the fights were actually taking a toll on their bodies. Sometimes, they'd come out with cuts where they'd gotten hit, but most of the time it was just bruises.

Ulrich ducked as another laser was shot at him, and threw his sword at the monster. Somehow, the desperate action pulled off; the sword hit dead center at the target. He picked up his sword, and ran off to another fight.

"Ulrich, get to Aelita!"

Odd shot another arrow at the canker-knot. Having destroyed the twelfth one today, he sough shelter behind a tree while he let his arrow supply fill up. He briefly remembered how they got into all of this.


Odd tapped a pencil against the paper they were supposed to be working on for science. The teacher had assigned it to the students when class started, and was due at the end of class. That was, perhaps, an hour ago. Jeremy, as usual, wouldn't let him copy down the work, so Odd began doodling. He actually had tried to do some of it, but he just couldn't get it. Something about photosynthesis. Oh well. He supposed that he would have to try really hard to do well on the finals.

Odd looked at the clock, and saw that they only had five minutes till the end of class, and, thankfully, school. He began writing something akin to an answer when Sissy fell over. Ulrich, Jeremy, and Mrs. Hertz rushed over to her.

Suddenly, the teacher and several other students fell. Soon, only Odd, Aelita, Jeremy, and Ulrich were left standing. The door burst open, and Yumi appeared.

"Guys, something is wrong! Jeremy, check to see if our old friend is checking up on us," Yumi quickly said, rushing over to them. Jeremy opened his laptop, pushed a few buttons, and he smiled grimly.

"Yeah, X.A.N.A. is striking out again, though that's no surprise. With an epidemic like this, there couldn't be any other reason." Jeremy said. He closed his laptop and shoved it into his backpack. "Come on guys. We've got no time to lose!"


A few minutes later, and they were in Lyoko, fighting off what seemed to be a last resort. They all took it like that; of course, from now on, they had to fight as if their lives depended on it. It seemed like it. Odd was still sore from constantly fighting battles. He got up, then realized something It was so obvious, even Odd recognized it.

Maybe, it was too obvious.

"Guys! It's a trap! Get Aelita-" Odd didn't finish his sentence. He was hit in the stomach by a green laser. He fell over, rolled, and got up to shoot at the offender, only to see that some other force destroyed it.

"Odd, are you ok?" Ulrich shouted from the other side of the battlefield.

"Don't worry about him! Protect Aelita!" Jeremy shouted again.

"Guys, it's a trap! X.A.N.A. lured us here!" Odd yelled. At the same time, the green lasers hit Yumi and Ulrich. A third was about to hit Aelita, but Yumi had recovered enough to block the attack.

"You guys ok?" Jeremy asked, as he hit a few keys.

"Yeah…" Yumi said. "What was with those green lasers?"

"I don't know. But they did a lot more damage than usual. Maybe that was it?" Jeremy said.

Odd killed off the last of the monsters. Apparently, no one had heard him.

Sometimes, Odd felt unappreciated. He felt that no one ever really took him seriously. He was about to open his mouth when Jeremy interrupted him.

"Alright, they're all gone. Get Aelita to the tower before any more monsters arrive."

Yumi and Aelita ran ahead, but Ulrich fell into step beside Odd. "What were you saying?" Ulrich asked.

"Nothing. I must've been mistaken. I just thought that it was odd that we were the only ones affected by the disease at school," Odd replied.

Odd thought about it, the stopped dead in his tracks. "Wait. The green lasers… No! Jeremy, don't return-" Odd started. But it was too late. Aelita had long entered the tower, and Jeremy hit enter as Odd shouted out.


Jeremy found himself back in his room, just as he had awoken the first time. He got dressed, and went downstairs and outside. He lingered idly in the cafeteria eating breakfast, as he waited for his friends' arrival. Soon, Aelita arrived, and greeted her best friend.

"Hey Jeremy. How's it going?" the pink-haired girl asked.

"Fine, thanks," Jeremy replied. They both ate in silence, awaiting their other friends. However, the bell for the first classes rang.

Aelita looked questioningly at Jeremy. "Where're the others?"

"Probably at class. They might have needed help," Jeremy guessed.

"Maybe you're right. I just have a bad feeling about this." Aelita stood up, grabbed her books, and walked to class with Jeremy.

Odd groggily stood up. He found himself in the middle of a cobblestone street. Wondering how he got there, he looked around. Some people under a red banner decorated with a tiger looked at him strangely. That's when he noticed their dress. "Uh-oh," he said, hearing strange words burst forth from his mouth. He only hoped that the others weren't in a similar position.

Ulrich awoke to a throbbing in his head. He found that he couldn't move his arms or legs. He got into a kneeling position, and saw that he was behind bars. "Hey, what's going-"

"Silence, mage!" A voice from the other side of the bars said. A man in a purple dress glared down at him.

Yumi woke up in a bed of a sort, and saw that a young girl with black hair and a green jewel around her neck stood beside her.

"So, you're finally awake. What's your name?" the girl asked.

Well, that's the first chapter. If you don't know where the gang ended up at, you'll have to read the next chapter. Even so, I hope you enjoyed it. I plan to make this my major story to work on. See you soon in "Battousai from Europe"!

Rurouni Sano