The Champion Of Lyoko

By Rurouni Sano

First off, I would like to apologize for the long update; as some of you may know, I was visiting my dad all summer, and hardly had a chance to write. I would like to thank those who have been waiting patiently, I hope, for the next chapter. Well, I pray that you will enjoy the next installment.

In this chapter, Aelita has some question for Kenue… But will he answer them?

I do not own Code: Lyoko.

The group, in Jeremies' room

"So, what are we going to do about this guy?" Yumi asked, sitting on the bed next to Aelita.

"Well, there's not much we can do," Jeremie replied, hitting a few keys on the keyboard. "All of the tests I ran came back negative; he's a part of Lyoko as much as X.A.N.A. is."

"Can we keep an eye on him?" Ulrich asked, leaning against the doorframe.

"Mostly, but I'm pretty sure he can block us out, so to speak," Jeremie said. He turned in his swivel chair. "You don't trust him, do you?"

"Well, I would like to know why he's been hiding from us all of this time. If he's as good as he looks, he should've helped us whenever we were in a tight spot, like when Aelita got the rest of her memory stolen."

"He probably had his reasons. He might not be able to go to all of the places we can, or at the same time," Yumi said. "I think we should trust him. He's obviously a good guy, or he would've fought us alongside X.A.N.A."

"I'm with the Ulrich; where was he during our tough fights? Besides, there's no way to actually prove he's always been there," said Jeremie.

"I agree with Einstein," Odd said. He was sitting on the floor, scratching Kiwi absentmindedly. "I don't think we can trust him."

"Actually, I do think he has been there…" Aelita half-whispered. Everyone turned to look at her.

"What was that Aelita?" Jeremie asked.

"I think I saw him, a long time ago… But it was only a glimpse, nothing more. In fact, it could've been my imagination… Forget I said anything." Aelita stared down at the floor. Everyone just went back to their thoughts, and Jeremie turned back to the computer, and ran a few more tests.

Later, that night

Aelita breathed the cool night air. She had just barely made it out of the dorm, and was heading towards Yumis' house. She needed some help, but she couldn't trust the others to do it for her. She hit a number on her phone, a number she had long since remembered, and heard the phone begin to ring. After the first ring, she heard someone pick up.

"Aelita, what is it?" Yumi asked. She sounded as if she had been waiting for someone to call.

"I need your help; I need to get into Lyoko," Aelita responded, and quickened her pace.

"Why didn't you get Jeremie? He's better at it than I am. Besides," Yumi said, cutting off Aelitas' protests. "You can do it yourself."

"I know, but I need someone to listen while I talk to him." Aelita quickened her pace. "I don't think the others will believe me if I was the only one."

Yumi hit her head against her desk, and gave up. Aelita obviously wasn't going to give up on this, and she would go, even if she had to go alone. Besides, she needed someone to watch her back.

"Fine," Yumi said. "I'll meet you at the factory." Then Aelita heard the line disappear.

The same night, at the Factory

Aelita took a deep breath as she stepped into the scanner. Yumi was at the super-computer, trying her best to stay awake. She had just found the man they were looking for in the forest region, and would give Aelita the coordinates when she got there. Hopefully, X.A.N.A. would be asleep like she should, but she didn't want to count on that.

Soon enough, Aelita appeared on the map, and Yumi mumbled the coordinates to her friend.

"Sorry, Yumi, I didn't quite catch that," Aelita said.

"He's a little North and East of where you are… I'm sorry I can't be more specific; the numbers are kinda blurry."

"Ok, then, I'll go there."

Aelita ran in the general direction of where Yumi had told her where their 'friend' was. Suddenly, he appeared in front of her.

"What are you doing here?" he demanded, glaring down at her.

Kenue POV

He had asked her the question more harshly than he had intended, but he hadn't fought in a while, and was getting antsy. The Overlord wasn't usually this quiet.

"I have some questions for you," The little pink girl said.

"Ok. Only know that I may not be obliged to answer all of your questions," he responded. He then sat on the ground.

He saw that Aelita was a little taken aback, but she joined him on the ground.

"What's your name?" she asked.

"I am Kenue." Was the response.

"Ok, Kenue. Why are you here?"

"I was created to protect Lyoko, and you, Aelita. Other than that, I have no other purpose."

"Wait, you were created? You aren't from Earth?"

"What is Earth?"

Aelita just stared at him. He took it that Earth was where she was from, and he had just asked a question to which the answer was obvious.

"Forgive me…" he mumbled.

"What happened to my father?" Aelita suddenly asked.

"I'm afraid… that I cannot answer that question," replied Kenue.

"Why not?" she demanded.

"You are too delicate for the truth," he replied, and stood up.

Aelita glared at him. Kenue thought that he had offended her, but it was true. If she really knew the secret behind Lyoko…

"You think that I'm too delicate? Me, who has survived Lyoko for my entire life?" she shouted.

"Only because I was there! You still think that you were alone, and unprotected!" Kenue roared back at her. He glared down at her, and then turned away. "You should go. You are tired, and monsters are approaching. X.A.N.A. knows that you are here."

Aelita opened her mouth to protest, but was cut off by Yumi. "He's right. Go back to the Tower, and I'll get you out of there."

Aelita, recognizing defeat, turned and ran back to the Tower.

Well, that one is certainly longer than the others. Tell me your thoughts, be they good or evil. I'll work on this soon enough!

Rurouni Sano