Hey guys. Sooooo I forget to mention something last time and remembered after I posted the chapter. There is no return to the past. Like at all. I never did like that and they also never explained how the super computer could do that. So yeah, instead they can replace people's memories. I could give a long as explanation about how it works but I won't. But it is possible to do that. So trust me it ok.
Anyway onto more important thing. How Odd beat the Phantom last chapter with six hits at ten damage each is because of Yumi. She threw her fan and hit that Phantom before she got virtualized. Now time for reviews
Thor94: Don't worry. I know it's low damage and LP but he can always get more arrows and he is the most agile so dodging is his thing. Also that was only his first time and meant to be temporary. Next time they will learn about his powers. Also Odd can and did use his claws to attack
Pinksakura271: Your reviews make me smile. And yes I did mean specters. As for Odd calling her princess, sorry but that will continue for the rest of the story. As for the ten arrows thing I have plans to make it work. However everyone's weapons have a limit of use in this story. When they hit their limit Jeremy has to reset them. Not just Odd's.
Alright let's get on to the story.
Computer voice: Transfer. Scanner. Virtualization.
Three boys walk out of class and toward the center of campus. One of them has a smug look on his face while the other two look comically depressed. There is a girl about twelve meters away leaning against a tree waiting for them. She smiles when she see's them.
"I do agree Odd. It is kinda unfair that the teacher made you take the test like the rest of us considering you just moved here a week ago." Jeremy tells him. He really does think it's unfair. Even her struggle with the concepts from time to time.
"Aaaaand math is like my worst subject." He whines to them. Even Ulrich laughs at this.
"True that Odd. you really suck at math." He tells him in a joking tone.
"Might I remind you Ulrich, that your score on the test was not much better." Jeremy tells him. Ulrich glares at him till he hears Odd snickering. He turns his glare on Odd. Odd looks him right back in the eye's. After a second they both start laughing.
"True. and I have been here all year." Ulrich comments. As they near the tree Yumi walks towards them. SHe smiles at seeing them laughing together.
"What's so funny?" She asks wanting in on there joke.
"They are laughing about both f them having failed their math tests." Jeremy tells her. Both of them noticeable quiet at her glare that is now on them.
"That's not funny guys. If you fail you'll be held back." She tells them. Yumi is pretty serious about passing school.
"Sorry. Your right Yumi. It's not funny." Ulrich says while looking at his shoe's. Odd rolls his eyes at him.
"Don't worry. Einstein is gonna tutor me so I pass the next test." Odd says making jeremy scoff at him.
"What makes you think that I am gonna tutor you?" Jeremy asks him with disbelief at his assumption.
"Cause we're friend and you would not want a friend to fail and get help back would you?" He asks him with and innocent voice. Jeremy groans before putting head head in his hands. After a couple seconds he pulls his head back up and looks at Odd.
"Fine. I'll tutor you. But you have to actually try and learn something. I will not do your work for you." He tells him as sternly as he can.
"I would never dream of it Einstein." He tells his friend. Jeremy shoots him a glare before heading off to his room. Odd, Ulrich and Yumi follow him. Once in Jeremy's room Odd, Yumi and Ulrich take spots on Jeremy's bed while Jeremy sits in the chair at his desk. He wakes his computer up and pulls up some program. Odd pays it no attention.
"So there is a new movie this weekend." Odd starts up a conversation. Yumi and Ulrich turn to him. "Iron man two was released in america a few months ago and it's finally makes it way here. So you guys wanna go?"
"Sure Odd." Ulrich says first. He really liked the first one and has been waiting for the second one. They both look over at Yumi.
'Sure, I'll go." She tells them. In truth she liked the first one as well. Odd turn to Jeremy.
"So how about it Einstein. You wanna go?" He asks him with a big grin on his face.
"Maybe next time Odd. I have some work to do this weekend." He tells him
"Alright but you're gonna be lonely." He warns him. Ulrich and Yumi check the time and both stand up.
"I've got to get to my Pencak silat class." Yumi says before rushing out. Ulrich looks over at Jeremy.
"I got my Kendo class." He tells him. He looks over at Odd. "Wanna watch again?"
"Sure. I love getting the chance to see you get whacked on the head with a practice sword." He says with again. Ulrich glares at him before heading out with Odd in tow. Once they are gone Jeremy pulls up another program. Aleita pops up on the screen.
"Have you detected anything in Xanadu?" He asks quickly. She shakes her head.
"No. For now none of the towers are being haunted." She tells him. He relaxes at that.
"That's good. Well I am gonna work on a couple of new programs for virtualizing you. Talk to you later?" He asks. She smiles and nods before closing the screen.
In Xanadu
Alieta is hiding in a cave while a horde of specters flies by right above the cave. She goes a little farther back in the cave. She holds her hand up, palm facing upward. After a few second a small ball of white light appears hovering above her hand. She sets her staff down against a wall and sits next to it. She draws her legs up to her and buries her head in her arms.
She sits there were no one can see her and cries, just like she has for the past five years.
At the gym back in Kadic
"Ulrich you need to hit harder." Yells there instructor Jim. He is a large man with a large personality but he is a good guy. Odd it's in the bleachers and watches his friend practice sword fighting. Ulrich whacks his opponent in the head and Odd flinches at the sound it makes. According to Ulrich, he practices a very aggressive and fast Kendo fighting style called Tobikomi-Waza.
He likes watching his friend practice. His passion for the sport interests Odd. What is he passionate about. Odd has fun with his friend and tries to do good in school but he is not really passionate about either of those things. He has never actually found something to be passionate about so he plays pranks and makes jokes to entertain himself. What would make him passionate.
Something in his mind stirs and he see's a flash of pink hair. This confuses him. Odd doesn't despise pink but he really prefers purple. His head starts to hurt. He leans his head back for a moment and the pain fades. Strange.
After an hour the class ends and all the students go get changed. Once Ulrich gets out the boys head down to there room to relax before dinner. On there way back Odd decides to as Ulrich something.
"Hey Ulrich?" He starts. Ulrich turns to his newest friend.
"What is it Odd?" He says.
"Are there any people at this school with pink hair?" He asks him. Odd is not looking but Ulrich is now worried. He trips and catches himself. Odd now looks back at his friend. Ulrich looks up with a grin on his face and starts to chuckle.
"Pink hair Odd, really. You're the only one at school that likes to have weird hair." He tells him as he laughs and walks on. Odd keeps pace with him and he to chuckles at himself. It was pretty dumb. But he just can't seem to get the image of someone with pink hair out of his head.
They get to there room and Odd flops down on his bed to relax, while Ulrich grabs his things and heads for the showers.
Yumi's house
"Mom, Dad. I'm home." Yumi calls as she walks through the front door to her house. She heads up to her room and drops her things off next to her door. She then jumps on her bed and lays down exhausted.
"Dinner will be ready in an hour." Her mom calls upstairs. Yumi sits up and blows her hair out of her face. It does not work.
"Alright mom. I'm gonna take a shower." She shouts back. She gets up and grabs her clothes and a towel. As she leaves her she hears shouting from down stairs.
"Damn it Akiko. I don't need this right now. I am exhausted and just got home. Leave me alone." Yumi's dad shouts. Yumi bolts for the bathroom and shuts the door as quickly as possible. Her parents have been fighting a lot lately and it's really been getting to Yumi. She turns the water on and tries to forget what she heard.
Back at Kadic in the cafeteria
"So Einstein what do you wanna do in the future?" Odd asks Jeremy while they eat. Jeremy looks up to see Odd still scarfing down his food.
"I plan to going into computer programming." He tells Odd.
"How about you Ulrich?" He asks. Ulrich looks a little uncomfortable at the question.
"I….I'd like to run a Kendo Dojo." He tells them. He prepares for them to laugh at him.
"I think that's a great idea. I mean from what I've seen your pretty good at Kendo." Odd tells him before he goes back to eating. Both Ulrich and Jeremy stare in wonder at his metabolism and appetite. Ulrich finally asks what's on there minds.
"So what do you wanna do when you get older Odd?" Ulrich asks. Odd looks up and stops eating. After a second he puts his trade mark grin on.
"I have no idea. I have not found anything that interests me." He tells them. Jeremy goes back to eating knowing that there are plenty of people that don't know what they wanna do at his age. Ulrich however is a different story.
"You mean you don't even have an idea?" He demands of him. He can't belive Odd seems to not even care about his future.
"What's the big deal. I still have a few years to decide. Besides, most kids our age don't know what they want to do." He tells Ulrich. Ulrich goes back to eating his lunch and drops the subject. Odd gets up and dumps his tray before getting a second helping of food.
Odd and Ulrich's room the next morning
Ulrich's alarm. After a minute Odd throws a pillow at it. Ulrich already up finally turns it off. He walks over to his roommate and shakes him.
"Come on Odd. It's time to wake up." He says. Odd rolls over and groans. Ulrich walks over to his nightstand and grabs his cup of water from last night. He walks over to Odd and holds it above him.
"Odd. Get up. Last warning." Odd shuts his eyes even tighter and curls into a ball.
"You wouldn't dare." He mumbles to Ulrich. Ulrich turns the cup upside down and the water splashes out all over Odd. Odd jumps out of bed the moment the water hits him. He is in the corner of the room glaring at Ulrich.
"I hate you." He tells him. Ulrich busts into a laughing fit and falls onto his own bed. Odd grabs one of his shoes off the floor and throws it at Ulrich. It misses and Ulrich bolts out of the room. "And I was having a nice dream."
But who is Alieta. He thinks to himself. As his dream fades that's the one thing he holds on to. As he grabs his clothes and changes he pictures the pink haired person again but this times it's clearly a girl. When he is ready he heads out.
He leaves the dorms and heads toward the cafeteria. Once inside he spots his friends. He gets his food and walks over. As he nears he can overhear their conversation. Just as he is about to make his presence know they say something that makes him stop.
"Jeremy are you sure? That would make three just this week alone." Ulrich says. Jeremy nods with a dark look on his face.
"Alieta has been seeing a lot of specter activity today." He says. Ulrich face grows dark at this. Odd freezes.
"Jeremy things are changing in Xanadu." Ulrich tells his friends.
"I know. We need to start taking precautions." Jeremy says. He opens his mouth to say more but Odd interrupts having heard enough.
"Hey guys. Whats up." He says. They both jump and turn to look at him.
"H...hey Odd. How long have you been there?" He asks. Odd can hear the fear in his voice but pretends to not. He puts up his grin again. I trust them. If they wanna keep it secret I will let them.
"I just got here. So you prepared for science today?" He asks them. They fall into a comfortable conversation. Pretty soon Yumi shows up and they all hang out like they are the best of friends. But as Odd laughs with his friends he can see something else in there eye's. Sleepless night from anxiety. What's been keeping them up.
Four o'clock at Kadic
Odd and Ulrich are in there room relaxing when Ulrich's phone goes off.
"Hey Jeremy. What do you need?" He asks him.
"..."
"Got it. I'll be right there." He tells him and then hangs up. He looks over at Odd as he stands up.
"Whats up. Did he need you for something?" Odd asks knowing the question. This is not the first time this has happened. In fact it's the third. Jeremy calls Ulrich and Yumi and they all run off somewhere.
"Yeah. Jeremy needs me to meet up with him. I'm sorry bu-"
"But it's just you, Yumi and Jeremy. It's fine. Get going." He tells him flashing his trademark grin again. Ulrich smiles back at him and thanks him for understanding before running off. As soon as the door closes Odds smile falls. He trusts his friends. So why do they not trust him. He gets up and leaves the dorms. He decides to walk around campus.
A few minutes later he finds himself walking by the gym. He stops and sees someone tall walking from around the building. He freezes hoping they won't see him. They are suppose to be in their dorms studying right now. The person turns toward him and he sighs. Oh well he thinks to himself. He looks up again.
"Sorry Jim. I know I am not suppose to be out here right now but I just got so bored with studying. I need some fresh air." He says. When Jim does not respond he squints his eyes to get a better look at him. When he does he notices it's not Jim. It's not Jim at all. It walks under a light and Odd gets a good look at it.
Its at least eight feet tall and seems to be made of some black smokey substance. One of its arms is made of three tendrils. The other looks like a spear. Odd turns and runs. He bolts for the woods and can hear the thing speed up to chase him. Once in the woods he hides behind a tree. He sees a bright yellow glow out of the corners of his eyes. He looks around the tree to see the thing has a yellow glowing orb in front of its face. The orb shoot toward Odd and he hindes back behind the tree. It hits the ground a foot from him.
It explodes and sends him flying several feet. The painfully gets back up. Its charging another attack and Odd takes off running. It fires and misses. It hits a tree and the tree leans under the impact. The thing takes off again to chase odd. Odd eventually stumbles and falls. He curses and tries to stand. His hand touches metal. What metal would be out here in the wood.
Oh yeah! Manhole. The sewers run under the woods. He starts to pry the Lid off the manhole when he hears something behind him. He turns just in time to get struck by the creature hunting him. He goes flying and hits a tree. He struggles to his feet.
He looks over and sees the creature in front of the manhole. If he is gonna survive he needs to get down there. He focuses on the man hole. He sprints for it. The creature runs after him. He tries to dodge to the side but the creature is ready. It stabs at him with its spear like arm. Just as its starts to make contact he vanishes. The creature looks around before walking off.
Odd is trying to catch his breath. He is alive. And in the sewer. But how. He was just about to get stabbed. He stands up and starts to walk down the sewer tunnel.
"What the hell is happening. What was that thing. And how did I get away." Odd says to himself. It's almost like I teleported. But that's impossible. Right? He thinks as he walks.
Odd stops and looks ahead of him. He focuses on a spot ten feet in front of him. He concentrates on it hard and thinks he wants to be there now. Suddenly what he is looking at is different. He looks around and see's he has moved. Holly shit. I did teleport. I can teleport.
He looks up ahead of him and see's something there. He runs forward toward it and finds a scooter. He remembers this. This has happened before. He just knows it. He grabs the scooter and starts riding. When he gets to the end of the tunnel her see's a ladder. He puts the scooter up against the wall next to a couple of skate boards.
He climbs the ladder and finds a huge factory in front of him. He walks up to it and pushes the doors open. He closes them behind him and looks around. I know I have been here before. He thinks to himself. He walks over to and old scrapped car that still has seats in it and relaxes. He needs to rest.
Deeper in the factory Ulrich, Yumi and Jeremy are looking over the supercomputer.
"I found the tower. It's in the forest region. I can Virtualize you guys pretty close but Alieta will take a little while to get there. I am ready another large number of specters there. I bet there are also Phantoms. You guys ready?" He asks them. Ulrich and Yumi both nod and head done to the scanners.
They get to the scanner room and each of them steps into one. They close and Jeremy starts the process.
"Transfer Yumi. Transfer Ulrich. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Ulrich. Virtualization." When Jeremy finishes the process they appear in the forest region ready to go. They both drop from about ten feet in the air and land on there feet. Ulrich looks over at Yumi with a dark expression.
"I got a bad feeling about this." He tells her. She nods her agreement.
I lied and I'm sorry. I did not mean to. You can lynch me if you want but if you do you won't get a good look at Xanadu next chapter. I really am sorry though. I had intended to give you guys a look an Xanadu this time but I ended up show a bit more of their daily life. Also If you guys want I can write and outline of their daily schedules at the end of next chapter.
Next chapter end the New Kid prologue. I know it's long but I think it's worth it. I really wanna build these characters up. I hope you all enjoy this story. So Odd can teleport. How about that. He will get another special power later on but for now I think that's enough. And don't worry. We will see just how awesome Odd is in the next Chapter. So who can tell me why Odd is able to remember some stuff that happened while others can not.
Thanks for reading and remember to review. They help fuel my muse. And as always I will see you guys next time we virtualize.
