Chapter One: The New Guy

It was a bright and sunny day at Kadic Academy. The gentle wind rustled through the trees overhead and the birds sang cheerfully as they flew through the air, pausing occasionally to land and peck at the ground in search of food. The Lyoko warriors were making the most of their Saturday afternoon off, lounging around the vending machines and enjoying the weather.

"Oh man!" Odd moaned as he stretched across a park bench like a large purple cat. "It feels great out!"

"Are you crazy?" Yumi muttered from under the umbrella of a nearby park bench. "It feels like an oven out here."

"Well what do you expect?" Odd said folding his arms under his head. "You're wearing nothing but black."

Yumi just frowned and rolled her eyes as Ulrich leaned back against the picnic table, his gaze drifting towards the soccer field.

"This is perfect soccer weather." He said. "You up for a game Odd?"

"Nah." Odd said with a yawn. "It's a lazy day for me."

"Day?" Yumi asked smirking. "Try week."

"Month." Aelita corrected.

"Life time." Jeremie said nudging Odd's abandoned schoolbooks with his foot.

"I can't hear you." Odd said. "I'm in Maui."

The gang chuckled as Odd lowered an invisible pair of sun glasses over his eyes and sipped from an invisible drink. Their laughter was cut short as a booming voice rang out from across the school yard.

"ISHIYAMA!"

The five children looked up and spotted Jim Morales Kadic's Physical Education teacher sprinting towards them.

"Jim?" Yumi wondered aloud. "What could he want?"

Jim came sliding to a halt in front of the children, kicking up a cloud of dust and gravel in the process causing the five children to erupt into a coughing fit. Jim buckled forward with his hands on his knees gasping for breath.

"I-I-Ishiyama!" Jim gasped. "I-I've been (gasp) all over for (pant) y-you!"

"What can we do for you Jim?" Yumi asked irritably as she slapped dust from her dark jeans.

"H-hold on." Jim said. "Let me (gasp) oh man."

He let out a final wheeze and cleared his throat.

"I need to know if-"

SLAM!

A boy their age ran straight into Jim. He fell backwards onto the ground in a heap while Jim barely nudged from the spot.

"Oh hey there!" He said. "Was wondering if you'd keep up."

The boy stared up at the sky in a daze as stars streaked across his vision, his black eye glasses hanging from his ear.

"SORRY!" Jim yelled pulling the kid up to his feet. "DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE!"

"Geez Jim!" Ulrich hissed as they covered their ears.

"SORRY!" Jim bellowed. "Oh uh- sorry."

"What's this all about Jim?" Yumi asked irritably.

"Oh yeah! Sorry. Ishiyama you're Japanese right?" Jim asked bluntly.

"Uh… yes." Yumi said.

"Do you speak Japanese?" Jim asked clasping his hands together in hope.

"Do I… yes why? What's going on?" Yumi asked.

"This is Corvin Chevalier." Jim said pointing to the boy. "He's a new student from Tokyo and I don't think he speaks a lick of English!"

"Oh I see." Jeremie said. "You want Yumi to translate Jim?"

"Yeah! I've tried communicating with him all morning but he just doesn't seem to get it!" Jim explained. "Please!"

Yumi sighed.

"Yeah fine." She said. "You don't have to beg."

Yumi stood up and walked over to Corvin. He smiled at her in a somewhat mischievous way. He wasn't Japanese she could see that plainly enough. He was way too pale with dark brown hair and green eyes. He was wearing black canvas sneakers, black skinny jeans, a black t shirt and a white leather jacket.

"Hello." Yumi said in Japanese extending her hand. "My name's Yumi Ishiyama. Welcome to Kadic!"

Corvin's eyes lit up. He happily took her hand and shook it saying something in rapid Japanese. The corners of Yumi's mouth twitched and she glanced over at Jim.

"What?" Jim asked. "What did he say?"

"He said he's happy to see someone here who speaks his language." Yumi said smirking a little and winking at Corvin.

"Him and me both!" Jim sighed. "Look I know that it's asking a lot but could you do me another favor? I got a mountain of paper work to finish on his transfer so uh- would you mind uh-"

"We don't mind looking out for him do we guys?" Yumi said turning to her friends.

The others shook their heads and Jim smiled from ear to ear.

"Gee thanks! You know you guys are alright!"

With that the gym teacher took in a deep breath and broke into a sprint towards the administration building. As soon as Jim was out of ear shot Yumi turned to Corvin and said, "Okay you can drop the act now."

"Yeah I guess so." Corvin said in perfect English.

"What?!" Odd said sitting up for the first time since the conversation started.

"Oh yeah." Corvin said smiling. "I speak English just fine."

"Really?" Ulrich asked chuckling.

"Yeah. When he picked me up from the airport I said "Hello" in Japanese out of habit and the look on his face was priceless. He started shouting at me in English as if that would help the language barrier. I just went along with it."

"That's just mean!" Aelita said as she and her friends erupted in a fit of laughter.

"Oh man I like this one!" Odd said. "Let me get you a hot chocolate! It actually tastes good today!"

"So I was born in France." Corvin explained. "My family moved to Tokyo when I was three or so for business. My dad said I should return to France to finish school and get in touch with my heritage."

"What do your parents do?"

"My dad's an architect. Mom's the chief of medicine at a hospital." Corvin said. "I have an older brother that works as a partner at a law firm and two older sisters that became heart surgeons at my mom's hospital."

"Wow." Jeremie whistled.

"Yeah." Corvin said. "I just like video games."

Odd chuckled as Corvin uncomfortably took a sip from his cup of hot cocoa.

"You miss Tokyo?" Ulrich asked.

"Oh yeah" Corvin said. "It's crazy and huge and loud and bright but it's really the only life I've ever known. Parent's kind of dropped my transfer on me at the last second."

"What's Tokyo like?" Aelita asked.

"Overwhelming at times." Corvin said. "I've lived there almost my whole life but the city has a way of keeping you on your toes. It's like everyone is in a hurry all the time. It has a really rich and beautiful culture as well. Summer is very beautiful if you can get over the god awful heat."

Yumi smiled and nodded. She had lived in Tokyo for a long time before her father was transferred to France and she still visited family during the holidays.

"I'd love to go there some day." Ulrich said.

"Yeah it's definitely a place worth a visit." Corvin sighed.

"Well I'm sure you'll feel right at home here Corvin." Aelita said. "Kadic's a great school and Paris is lovely. And besides you've been here all of five minutes and you've already made new friends!"

Corvin smiled sipped from his hot chocolate.

"Do you play any sports?" Ulrich asked. "I play soccer but I can never get this guy out on the field." He said jerking a thumb at Odd.

"Uh yeah." Corvin said nodding. "I love soccer."

"You don't play do you?" Ulrich asked.

"No." Corvin admitted. "Not at all. I used to follow baseball with my dad but I've always been more into science and history."

"Well you and Einstein here should get along just fine then!" Odd said slapping Jeremie on the shoulder.

"Einstein?" Corvin asked.

"A moniker I earned due to my intellect." Jeremie said adjusting his glasses.

"Yeah and he's smart too!" Odd joked.

The group of kids laughed but their joy was cut short.

"Oh Ulrich dear!" A nasally voice called from the school yard.

The Lyoko warriors groaned and Odd's head slammed down onto the table.

"Oh man." He muttered. "We were having such a lovely day too…"

"What is it?" Corvin asked.

Elizabeth "Sissi" Delmas approached the group with a smug look on her face. She was flanked on both sides by her cronies Herb Pichon and Nicholas Poliakoff.

"Ulrich dear I've been looking all over for you!" Sissi declared.

She ran a hand through her long raven black hair and rested her hand on her hip.

"Really?!" Odd asked.

His jaw dropped in mock astonishment and he looked at each of his friends. Sissi ignored his sarcasm and turned to Corvin.

"Who's this?" She asked in honest interest. "I've never seen him before."

"He's a new student." Odd said quickly. "He doesn't speak any English."

Odd winked at Corvin who nodded slightly.

"Oh I see!" Sissi said. "It looks like the geek squad was recruiting and they decided to go international."

"Good one Sissi!" Herb said snickering like a wheezing rat.

"Sony Toyota Camri sushi-san." Corvin said.

Yumi coughed into her hand to mask a snort.

"Oh wow you weren't kidding." Sissi said. "What kind of language is that anyway?"

"I think it's Chinese." Nicholas said dully.

The gang tried hard to keep a poker face.

"Whatever." Sissi said waving a hand dismissively. "So anyway Ulrich they're showing a double feature at the cinema tonight. Titanic and Titanic 2. I was wondering if you wanted to take me."

"Do you even have to ask?" Ulrich said stretching out on the park bench with his elbows on the table. "You should know by now I'd rather put a campfire out with my face than see some lame movie with you."

"Titanic 2?" Jeremie asked. "How did that movie get a sequel?"

"Leonardo Di Caprio comes back as an ice zombie to take revenge on Kate Winslet's grandchildren." Odd explained.

"That actually sounds like it would be pretty cool." Yumi said thoughtfully.

"Very funny!" Sissi huffed obviously annoyed by the turn of the conversation. "Well it never hurts to ask does it? Honestly not a day goes by that I don't ask myself "When will Ulrich drop those loser friends of his and realize that he belongs with me, the prettiest and most popular girl in school?"."

"Don't forget modest." Aelita said.

"I wasn't talking to you Pinkie!" Sissi snapped. "So how about it Ulrich?"

"Gee that sounds great!" Ulrich said. "If you see her will you do me a favor and send her my way? In the mean time you mind getting lost? You could scare her away."

Sissi growled in anger and her face turned red in embarrassment as Ulrich and his group laughed.

"You little worm!" Herb spat. "I should lay you out like a doormat!"

Corvin brushed his hand against his Styrofoam cup and knocked it off of the picnic table. It fell to the ground and the lukewarm liquid splattered all over the pants of the trio of terrible trouble makers. Sissi shrieked in rage as Corvin dropped to his knees and began speaking in a bizarre mixture of real Japanese and mock Japanese.

"What did you do you loser?!" Sissi screamed. "I don't underst- GRRR!"

"Sissi?" Nicholas said tugging at her shirt. He didn't even seem to notice the sticky beverage running down his bare legs.

"What?!" She snarled.

"I'm hungry." He said whining like a small child.

"Well what do you want ME to do about it?!" Sissi roared.

"It's almost lunchtime." Nicholas said completely oblivious to death standing less than a foot in front of him.

Sissi roared like an enraged animal and stormed off with her lackeys close behind. Herb shot Ulrich a final glare of hatred as the three walked away.

"That was- wow." Odd said slowly clapping as Corvin stood up. "I have never seen Sissi that mad. I swear she looked like she was about to implode!"

"She seemed nice." Corvin said sitting back down on the picnic table. "Who was she anyway?"

"Sissi Delmas." Aelita said. "The principal's daughter and self-proclaimed school beauty queen."

"I see." Corvin said. "Is this a daily thing?"

"Every other day or so." Ulrich sighed. "Honestly sometimes I wish she would just go play in traffic or something."

"And the two mouth breathers?" Corvin asked.

"Her loyal pets Herb and Nicholas. Herb being the pimply one and Nicholas being the ginger in short shorts." Odd informed.

"Are they truly as dumb as they looked?" Corvin asked.

"Dumber." Yumi said.

"Yeah but like all morons they occasionally have their moments of genius." Odd said.

"You're joking right?" Jeremie asked.

"Nope. Like today for instance." Odd said.

Everyone stared at him quizzically.

"It's lunch time!" Odd exclaimed.

With that the blonde boy jumped from his seat and ran towards the cafeteria.

The five Lyoko warriors sat at their usual table in the cafeteria with a new chair added for their new friend. Corvin watched in silent awe as Odd shoveled forkful after forkful of spaghetti and meatballs into his mouth getting red pasta sauce all over his chin in the process.

"Does he always eat like this?" Corvin asked.

"Yep." Ulrich sighed.

"By the power of grey skull." Corvin muttered as a particularly large noodle was slurped into Odd's mouth.

"Hey there Ishiyama." Jim said walking up to their table. "How's Chevalier settling in?"

"Oh great Jim!" Corvin said brightly. "Fine group of kids you got here!"

"Wh- what? You speak English?" Jim asked.

"I'm a fast learner." Corvin said smiling.

"Hm." Jim said his lips curling into a smirk. "Just what I need, another wise guy. You're new so I'm going to go ahead and give you a heads up. Your paper work is finished and you're in the system. You are now officially a student at Kadic Academy. If you know what's good for you you'll stay on my good side or you'll end up in detention so fast it'll make your head spin. Today's Saturday and classes are already over but come Monday you had better be ready to roll get it?"

"Got it." Corvin said.

"Good." Jim said. "Now here's your class schedule and dorm room key. Don't lose it! Stern? Della Robbia? Can I trust you two to show Chevalier to his room?"

"Sure Jim." Ulrich said.

Odd nodded as another noodle disappeared between his lips.

Jim nodded and walked back to the teacher's table.

"You're just down the hall from us." Ulrich said looking at Corvin's key. "We'll show you to the dorms after lunch."

"Yeah but first things first!" Odd said pulling a plate with a slice chocolate cake towards him.

He licked his lips and giggled as he picked up his fork.

"I got feeling this is about to get nasty." Corvin said.

-Meanwhile-

In the dark corners of cyber space the entity known as Xana stirred. He reached out with a dark clawed hand and activated a tower in Lyoko to launch his latest plan against the champions of Lyoko.

Back in the cafeteria Jeremie's laptop beeped next to him. It was the warning that Xana had launched an attack. All eyes save for Corvin's rose from their food and met Jeremie's.

"Um guys?" He said trying to sound casual.

"Hey Corvy?" Odd asked standing up. "How about I give you a tour of the school? We can check out the gym and whistle at the cheerleaders."

"Uh sure." Corvin said rising from the table with his tray.

"Catch up with you guys later." Odd said with a wink.

As soon as Odd and Corvin were out of the cafeteria the others sprang into action. They left out of the side door and took off towards the forest. They arrived at the manhole that led into the sewers and made their way towards the factory. They ran through the darkness until they came to the stash of skateboards and scooters they kept handy and in just a few minutes they found themselves at the factory. They took the elevator down to the computer lab and Jeremie quickly slid into his chair.

"The activated tower is in the desert sector." He said adjusting his head set.

Jeremie's fingers danced across the keyboard, a blur in the bluish light from the computer monitor. Ulrich, Aelita and Yumi slid down the ladder into the scanner room and the scanners opened for them as Jeremie began the virtualization program. They got into the scanners and the doors closed after them.

"Scanning Ulrich!"

The scanners began to power to life with an almost magical hum.

"Scanning Yumi!"

The interior of the scanners began to glow with a blinding white light forcing the three warriors to close their eyes.

"Scanning Aelita!"

They felt the familiar sensation spread through their body as their bodies were broken down into digital code.

"Virtualization!"

"So." Odd said. "There's the science building. They teach chemistry, and biology and well, science over there. Labs are on the second floor and every other class is taught in that building over there. The dorms are that way and-"

"What's that?" Corvin asked pointing to a cloud of swirling black smoke.

"Oh no." Odd gasped.

The smoke took on a vaguely humanoid shape and then disappeared around a corner.

"Wait here!" Odd said as he took off after the smoke.

"Hey wait!" Corvin cried.

Corvin followed Odd around the corner and the two boys spotted the black cloud just as it disappeared into a fuse box on the side of the gymnasium.

"Oh no!" Odd exclaimed.

The fuse box began to spark and hiss furiously. The entire side of the building began to shake and shudder as cracks began to form in the bricks.

"What the heck is happening Odd?" Corvin cried.

"Xana!" Odd muttered.

The cracks in the wall began to take on a human shape. The arm part reached out and tore itself out of the wall followed by a leg, the other arm and the final leg. A giant golem made of concrete, bricks and rebar stood before the two boys. Several screams came from inside the gymnasium and the two boys saw through the hole was the girl's changing room. The girls inside screamed and covered their exposed bodies with their hands and towels as they made a run for the door.

"Oh man." Odd said half laughing.

"Move!" Corvin cried.

He tackled Odd and shoved him out of the way as the golem brought its heavy foot down on the ground where they were standing. There was an electrical charge followed by and explosion and the monster left a crater a foot deep in its wake.

"Follow me!" Odd said as the two boys scrambled to their feet.

"What the heck is that thing!?" Corvin cried as the two boys ran for cover.

"I'll explain later just run!" Odd yelled.

Ulrich batted away several laser bolts wincing at the sparks that were made with the impact of his sword.

"Super sprint!" He cried as he dashed forward.

Ulrich became a blur of yellow as he slashed his sword in front of him. His blade cut through the krab's leg and the red crustaceous monstrosity fell forward. Yumi hurled one of her fans and the cruel weapon sliced into the krab's weak spot on its back. She caught the fan as the krab exploded and dodged a volley of laser bolts from a tarantula.

"Yumi duck!" Aelita cried.

Yumi crouched low to the ground as a pink energy bolt flew above her head. The ball of energy hit the tarantula in the face and spread through its body. The tarantula roared in protest before exploding in a flash of virtual light.

"Nice one Aelita!" Yumi cheered.

"Don't celebrate yet!" Aelita said.

She pointed ahead of them and the three warriors spotted a trio of mega tanks rolling towards them.

"Just the three?" Ulrich asked slicing the air with his sword. "I'm disappointed!"

Odd and Corvin ran through the sewer tunnels under the city. Odd had taken them through the path in the boiler room and the two were getting close to the factory.

"Almost there Corvy!" Odd called.

"Almost where?" Corvin wheezed. "And don't call me Corvy!"

"Sorry Corvy!" Odd smiled to himself. "We're running from a giant concrete monster that explodes things with its feet!"

"I noticed!" Corvin said sharply. "But what about all of those people back there! They may need our help!"

"Trust me!" Odd said. "The best thing we can do is meet up with the others. That thing is after us! Well, me! The further we are form the school the better off we'll be!"

The two boys came to the ladder that led up to the bridge that led to the factory. Odd grabbed ahold of the ladder and began to climb.

"Right of course!" Corvin called up after him as he began to climb. "And why is that thing after you?!"

"That's kind of tougher to explain." Odd said helping Corvin out of the manhole.

"Cliff notes?" Corvin asked nervously as a siren began wailing from the town behind them.

"There's an evil computer program that's trying to take over the world. My buddies and I have to go to a virtual world to stop him." Odd said casually.

"Oh yeah." Corvin said following him. "Of course. Hate it when that happens."

"Believe me or don't." Odd said as they neared the factory.

"Won't matter anyway." He thought.

The two boys ran the rest of the way to the factory and Odd jumped the gap with ease. He grabbed the chain and climbed down to the factory floor below.

"C'mon." Odd called up to Corvin.

Corvin groaned and pushed up his glasses. He took a running start and grabbed the chain. He let out a yelp as he slid down the chain a few inches before he accidently let go. He fell to the ground on his back. He quickly hopped to his feet and brushed himself off.

"H'okay!" He said. "Now what?"

"Now we-"

The ground shook beneath them as the golem from the school jumped down onto the factory floor behind them.

"Crap!" Odd exclaimed.

"What do we do?!" Corvin cried.

"Lead it away from the elevator!" Odd yelled. "This way!"

The great giant began to tremble as the concrete body began to shift around and reform itself into a less angular form. A perfect fist formed on its arm and came crashing down to the ground sending out a shock wave that nearly knocked Odd and Corvin off their feet.

"Come on!" Odd said.

"This would be awesome if we weren't, you know in mortal danger!" Corvin panted.

"See you get it!" Odd laughed as they ran into the factory's production room. The two boys ran over to a pile of scrap metal and Odd pulled out two long lengths of pipe.

"So uh, this thing's pretty slow right?" Corvin asked.

"Yeah?"

Corvin looked over his shoulder back at the lumbering horror behind him.

"I think I have a plan."

Yumi stumbled out of the elevator and hobbled over to Jeremie.

"Sorry!" She said sadly.

"Don't worry." Jeremie said. "We're almost in the clear."

"Where's Odd?" Yumi asked.

"I just got a message from him about a minute ago. He's dealing with Xana's latest scheme right above out heads!"

"What is it?" Yumi asked.

"He said something about a giant rock monster."

"Sounds a little high profile." Yumi said.

"Yeah. I have everything ready for a return to the past once that tower has been dealt with." Jeremie said.

"Working on it now Jeremie." Ulrich said through the headset.

Ulrich rushed forward and jammed the tip of his sabre into the eye of the final mega tank. He flipped backwards as the mega tank exploded and he slid backwards into a crouched position.

"Okay Aelita you're clear to-"

The wind was knocked out of Ulrich's lungs as a laser bolt hit him in the chest and knocked him down to the ground.

A cluster of roaches clattered forward and began charging up their next round of lasers.

"Ulrich!" Jeremie cried. "Watch out! One more hit and it's over!"

Odd took in a deep breath and stood in the middle of the factory floor. He watched nervously as the golem came closer and closer to him. Rebars stuck out of its chest and occasionally a chain of lighting would flash between them and form the eye of Xana.

"Hey you two ton pile of rubble!" Odd bellowed. "Your mom was made of dry wall!"

The golem picked up its pace and charge forward causing dirt and dust to fall from the ceiling above. Odd yelped and started running towards the furthest end of the factory where Corvin waited in the shadows on the walkway above.

"Great plan Corvin!" Corvin thought to himself. "Serious grade A stuff! Giant rock monster is chasing you through Paris and what do you do?"

The golem was directly underneath Corvin and Odd was backed into a corner. Corvin took in a deep breath and jumped down onto the golem's back. The golem roared in anger and began trying to shake Corvin off of it.

"Hope this works!" Corvin cried as his fingers closed around the lever on the fuse box.

Corvin pulled the lever and felt a surge of electricity pulse through his body. He was thrown backwards off of the golem and landed on a pile of bags of concrete mix in the corner. The golem shuddered and fell apart into a pile of broken concrete.

"Corvin!" Odd yelled.

He ran over to the boy and pulled him to his feet.

"My glasses broke." Corvin muttered.

"You should be glad that's all that broke." Odd said laughing nervously. "Nice plan by the way."

"Yeah well it just made sense you know. In practice it was pretty stupid."

"Well you know what they say. Fortune favors the bold huh?"

"Yeah. Bold. That's a word for it." Corvin said.

Odd's phone beeped and he pulled it out of his pocket.

"Oh no." He said.

"What's up?"

"Ulrich's down! Come on!"

Ulrich stumbled out of the scanner and banged his fist on the side of the door. He cursed under his breath. He hated getting killed by roaches. At that moment the elevator doors slid open and Odd ran into the scanner room.

"Took your sweet time." Ulrich grunted.

"I was working with my new partner." Odd said stepping into a scanner. "Don't worry Ulrich old buddy. I got this."

"New partner?" Ulrich asked.

He looked over at the elevator and saw Corvin standing there awkwardly.

"Corvin?!" Ulrich exclaimed.

"Hey Ulrich." Corvin said with an awkward wave.

"Wow." Corvin said walking around the computer room. "It's like being in the TARDIS!"

"What's he doing here?" Yumi hissed at Ulrich.

"How should I know?" He hissed back.

"Don't worry about it." Jeremie said. "The golem caused enough destruction to warrant a return trip. In a few more minutes it won't matter that he learned our secret."

Aelita crouched behind a boulder, avoiding the blasts by the roaches. A pair of bloks had joined in and Aelita was worried that they may not win this fight.

"Where's Odd?" She thought frantically.

As if on cue a shadow passed over her head and she felt Odd's arms wrap around her.

"Miss me?" Odd asked with a wink.

"My hero!" Aelita cheered.

When they neared the towers Aelita leapt off of the overboard, over the monsters and ran inside of the tower. Odd pulled a U turn and fired off five arrows in rapid succession.

"Laser arrow!" He cried.

The arrows hit their targets and the five monsters exploded in shower of virtual debris.

"Woo hoo!" Odd cheered as his over board passed over the monsters remains.

"Jeremie! It's done!" Aelita said through the head set.

"Awesome! You rock Aelita!"

"Hey what am I?" Odd whined. "Chopped liver?"

"You both were amazing." Jeremie sighed.

"So what just happened?" Corvin asked. "Did we win?"

"Yes. For now at least." Jeremie said typing at the keyboard.

"This is so awesome! And don't worry I won't tell anyone about this!" Corvin promised.

"I know." Jeremie said.

Yumi and Ulrich smiled at each other.

"Return to the past now!"

Corvin whited out…

"That was close." Jeremie said.

The group was back at the snack machines. Odd yawned and stretched out on the bench.

"Maybe now I can enjoy this weather in peace!" Odd sighed. "So anyway Corvin kicked some major Xana butt today."

"What's your point?" Jeremie asked.

"Just saying. He shows some potential." Odd said. "He hatched that plan to deal with block head. If he wasn't there we may not have won this one."

"Regardless of what he did, the last time we recruited a new member to our group he became Xana's general. Or have you already forgotten William?" Jeremie argued.

"Hey I was just thinking out loud okay?" Odd said. "So what are we supposed to do? Blow Jim off when he asks us to keep an eye on him."

"I like Corvin well enough but we don't need to drag another person into this fight." Yumi said.

"I agree." Ulrich said. "We just met the guy."

"Like I said. It's just a thought." Odd shrugged.

It had been some time since William was turned into Xana's thrall but Yumi still felt responsible for it and never wanted to see that happen again.

"Ishiyama!" Jim called out.

"Déjà vu." Odd yawned.

"Yumi! There's this new student and-"

"Sure Jim I'd be happy to translate." Yumi said.

"Oh uh thanks. You're pretty sharp."

"Yeah you can just leave him here with us." Odd said waving his hand.

"Oh uh thanks! You know, you guys are all right!"

With that Jim walked away.

"Welcome to Kadic Academy." Yumi said.

Corvin stared at her hand in confusion.

"Oh come on. You have to speak English to be a student here. Whatever joke you had going-"

"What just happened?" Corvin asked.

Yumi's eyes went wide.

"W-What do you mean?" She asked.

"What do you mean what do you mean?!" Corvin asked his voice raising. "Two seconds ago we were on the U.S.S Enterprise and now we're back here! What is going on in this town?!"

"You remember that?" Jeremie exclaimed.

"How could I forget it?" Corvin asked.

"No way! That's not possible!" Jeremie said jumping up from his seat.

"What's going on here?" Aelita cried.