"Wow," Sam said in awe, staring at Lyoko, the vehicles, herself, and the other members.
"Wow is right," said Sakura, not taking notice that the vehicles weren't all Sam was focused on.
"Come on, this way!" Yumi said.
They all took off on their vehicles. Odd, Yumi, and Ulrich had the regular, and Aelita shared with Yumi. Of course, there were 2 new transportation devices on the road. Sam had a jetpack, and Sakura had a hang glider type device (like Aang's if you've ever seen "Avatar: The Last Airbender"). They got to the pick-up point, or the "tram stop" (as Odd liked to call it), and waited for Jeremie to enter the transport code. Suddenly, their transport appeared. It picked them up and took them to Sector 5. When they landed, both Sakura and Sam were holding their stomachs.
"OMG, I'm gonna puke!" Sam said.
They all laughed, even Sakura who was also struggling to keep her breakfast down.
"Come on!" Ulrich said. "The entrance is almost open!"
"Okay Ulrich, but you know we can't all be as fast as you are," Sakura joked. The others laughed, except Sam, who didn't really get it because she was new.
"Ha. Very funny," Ulrich said, sarcastically.
"Okay," Jeremie's voice said. "There's something you two need to know. There's a countdown, and there's a button. The button stops the countdown when pushed, and the countdown measures how much time you have to get to the button. There's only a couple of minutes, so you need to act fast."
"Okay," both Sakura and Sam said in unison.
"Hey Jeremie," Sakura asked as an idea came to her head.
"Yes?"
"Approximately how long does it take to materialize the vehicles?"
"About a minute."
"Oh, okay. Just curious."
"The wall is opening!" Ulrich said, "Let's go!"
"All right already," Sakura laughed.
Just then, the wall opened completely. They all took off, in search for the button.
"There it is!" Yumi exclaimed.
"Okay, Odd. You…" Ulrich was suddenly stopped by Sakura's interruption.
"Ulrich, since when are you the leader of this team?"
"Since you…" Sakura interrupted Ulrich, again.
"Well guess what? I'm back. You know what we agreed to."
"So? You left."
"Once a member always a member, unless you get kicked out, of course. And from what I hear you almost did," she teased and winked at Odd, who was already back from stopping the countdown.
"Whatever… The countdown!"
"Don't worry," Odd said. "I took care of it."
"All right," Jeremie's voice said. "Now that the leadership position has been reclaimed by Sakura, I suggest it is time to start training."
"Training?" Sakura scoffed proudly. "You think I need training?"
"You have no idea how much harder these new monsters are," said Jeremie's voice.
"All right, whatever."
"Okay. We'll start you off with a tarantula."
"You better watch out for this one. It took us like an hour to beat it, and it's really ugly too," said Odd.
"A half of an hour," corrected Ulrich.
"Whatever," Odd replied.
"I'll make you guys a bet. Everyone, including you, Jeremie," Sakura announced.
"Name it," Odd said. The others nodded their heads, except for Sam and Jeremie. Sam just stood there and raised an eyebrow, and Jeremie was listening intently while sitting in his chair, knowing that nodding wouldn't do any good anyway.
"I bet you I can beat this thing in no more than five seconds."
"You're on!" Ulrich replied.
"Samurai, you can be the time keeper. Count using the Mississippi method."
Ulrich rolled his eyes at the nickname. Just like old times. He nodded.
"Samurai?" Sam looked at Sakura and raised an eyebrow.
"Nickname," Ulrich replied. "So, how much?" He asked.
"If I win, you give me 5 dollars each, and if I lose, I give you all 5 dollars each." Sakura suggested.
They all stared, confused.
"Umm… Sakura," Sam said. "Aren't we in France?"
"Oh yeah! Sorry. 10 euros?"
"That sounds fair to me," Odd replied. "What about y'all?"
"Sure."
"Okay, it's on!" Sakura exclaimed.
Finally the tarantula crawled out.
"OMG. That is the pure definition of hideous," Sakura joked. Odd and Yumi laughed, and were thinking the same thing. Same old Sakura.
Sakura entered battle mode. One second. Her eyes locked onto the target. Two seconds. She reached for her two pistols. Three seconds. She aimed, and fired the guns simultaneously. Four seconds. Clouds of smoke formed around the monster. The clock showed five seconds. Her time was up. The suspense was killing them. Was it dead, or would it emerge from the clouds as if to mock the very idea of even attempting to kill it? Only time could tell.
After what seemed to be forever, the clouds finally dissipated. The tarantula was nowhere to be found.
"So Jeremie," Sakura said, "What did you say about the difficulty of defeating these monsters again?"
"Whatever," he muttered.
"Okay! Everyone owes me 10 euros, which comes out to 60! Yeah!" Sakura said.
"Kudos," Jeremie said. "Now, back to business. Sam, you're up next. You'll be fighting a creeper."
"Watch out. These are even uglier," Odd warned.
"Kitty-Kitty, how could anything possibly…" Sakura was about to question Odd's statement when the creeper emerged. "OMG, you're right." Everyone laughed. Sam repeated Sakura's process of two-second preparation. She aimed at the creature with her arm cannon. She shot, and it hit the monster right on the target. The creeper exploded.
"Bulls-eye!" She yelled.
"Nice shot!" Sakura said. "Put her there!" Sam gave her a high-five.
Everyone congratulated her.
"Okay," Jeremie said. "If you both can beat those, you can pretty much beat anything. Also, do not touch, aim or shoot at the Scipizoa unless Ulrich or Yumi aren't available. "Ha ha," Odd teased them.
"That goes for you too, Odd." He frowned.
"Ha ha," they mocked.
"So, shall we give Sam the grand tour," Yumi suggested.
Suddenly, the Scipizoa appeared and started to suck Aelita's memory away.
"OH… MY… GOD…" Sakura blinked and rubbed her eyes. "I never thought I'd live to see the day… a floating jellyfish." Everyone laughed. "Anyway, Samurai and Lover go save Sweet Pea and her memory," Sakura commanded Ulrich and Yumi.
"I'm really going to have to learn everyone's nickname" Sam uttered.
"Okay then. Jeremie's is 'Al the Weirdo', 'Weirdo' for short. Aelita is called 'Sweet Pea', and Odd is either 'Kitty-Kitty' or 'Tiger'. Yumi's full nickname is 'Samurai's Lover', but when I'm referencing Samurai also, I just call her 'Lover'. Most of the time, when they're in a pair, I just call them the 'Lovebirds'. Hey, that reminds me…" Sakura waited for them to finish defeating the Scipizoa, and then called them over, using their collective nickname.
"Hey Lovebirds, are y'all dating yet?" Sakura asked them. Their cheeks turned crimson red. Odd tried not to explode laughing, so he bit his lip. When he calmed down, he grinned at them with a sort of "I told you so" look. They glared at him. Jeremie cracked up.
"I'm just messing with you! Lighten up! Although I don't think Ulrich here will ever learn to. Just kidding, Samurai," Sakura said. "All right grand tour time!"
"Yep," said Jeremie. "Good thing it's Saturday."
"Amen," they all exclaimed.
"Oh yeah! We need to tell the principal you're here on Monday morning," Jeremie said. "We also need to enroll you, Sam."
"Okay," Sam said as they prepared to leave.
They took their grand tour and Sam oohed and ahhed. When it was 5:00 they came back into the real world.
"Wow. That was awesome," Sam said. "Thanks."
"You're welcome." Jeremie and Sakura said at the same time. They laughed.
"Hey guys," Yumi said. "We need to celebrate on Sakura's return and Sam's joining!"
"Agreed," Jeremie, Odd, Aelita, and Ulrich said.
"All right!" Sam and Sakura said.
Thus began their adventures together. Maybe one day you will hear some of their unwritten stories. Who knows?
THE END!!! How did you like it? Tell me if I should make a sequel or not. Thank you for reading!
