"Devirtualization," Jeremie announced, whilst pushing a key on his keyboard. A teenager emerged from each scanner (for the sake of the story, let's just say Jeremie built another one so all four can come out at the same time) The group's real outfits are a lot more modern than their Lyoko outfits. Odd was wearing a purple longsleeve over a magenta t-shirt and purple pants. Ulrich wore an olive green unbuttoned t-shirt over a yellowish t-shirt and dark green pants. Yumi wore a black longsleeve belly shirt, black pants and platform shoes. Aelita wore a dark purple overall skirt over a pink longsleeve. This shirt also has a pink hood and two strings with fluffballs on the ends.
"It's hard to believe, isn't it?" Ulrich wondered aloud.
"I know," Aelita answered. "Think of all the time we have now that Xana's gone."
"Still, I feel bad for William," Odd said.
"Why would you feel sorry for him?" Yumi scowled. "It's his own cockiness and arrogance that got him possessed in the first place."
"Well, it's not like he had a choice. He couldn't break free from Xana's control that easily."
"Besides," Ulrich added, "he did have a life."
"Just like us." Aelita also added.
"I guess you're right," Yumi sighed. "It sucks that it was out of our control."
"What are you guys all worried about?" Jeremie incited. "We're free from Xana's plans to destroy the world! We have our lives back, the world is safe, I mean, come on! What's the downside?"
"You're right, Einstein!" Odd shouted. "Let's party!"
The group went into a whole bunch of jumping up and down, hugging, and that kind of sh-... um, stuff. However, it didn't take to notice that Ulrich had something on his mind. So Yumi went over to talk to him.
"Hey Ulrich, what's up?"
"Yumi, I need to ask you something very important."
He got on one knee and asked--
