Binas: We got hit by Winter Storm Titan so I had some extra time to cook this chapter up! ^.^ Unfortunately, I am gonna lose pieces of Spring Break, Summer, or the return of crunch time... Why can't we have five snow days instead of THREE like we used to?!
Also forgive if my romance is bad, I am rather new at writing romantic scenes. Pointers for MINOR, NON LEMONY (That means no licking (as in people licking each other), no nudity, no shoving tongues down each other's throats, etc. I am still a kid on the inside you know and I'd like to keep my remaining innocence, thank you very much!) romance scenes are welcomed.
Now we timeskip to the end of summer...
NOTE: By the way, I really could get a feel on the story when I started listening to some of the Naruto Soundtracks when typing it. Especially the tracks "Bad Situation", "Nervous", "Turn Over", "Confrontment", "Naruto Theme", "Naruto's Daily Life", "Heavy Violence" and "Go Go Naruto". If there are any Naruto fans reading, go an try listening to those as you read, if you can cause I ran into a few people who said they can't read and listen to music at the same time due to some attention problems. Besides, they are also my favorite cause of the melody and rhythm.
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Last time...
"WHY I OUGHTA!", Inuyasha sneered as Koga laughed.
"You might want to remove the splinters first before barking at me!", Koga said as he laughed.
"I SAID CUT IT OUT!", Kagome shouted.
"Aww! You had to spoil the most fun I had in centuries!", Koga mock whined.
"Do us a favor and leave! I don't need to have anymore issues here!", Inuyasha said.
"Fine, mutt face. I will see you around sooner or later!", Koga said and began leaping away, "And keep up the good work on taking care of Kagome."
"HUH?! Since when does he compliment me on taking care of you?", Inuyasha asked in pure confusion.
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In the lab...
Jeremie watched the screens as lines upon lines of coding ran on the interface. Aelita and Kagome faced each other in a match of GO. However, Inuyasha STILL had his mind on the events that happened with Koga at the beginning of Summer Break.
'If Koga's still running around, then it's likely Sesshomaru still is around too.', Inuyasha thought.
At that moment, Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi entered the lab.
"Welcome back campers!", Aelita said.
"Two weeks without us, not too long?", Ulrich asked as he held Yumi's hand.
"Did you miss me a little, ladies?", Odd asked.
Kagome giggled.
"It was different without you.", Kagome said, "Besides XANA has been quite. Kinda like the time after Inuyasha and Sesshomaru beaten Naraku, forcing him to hide at Mount Hakurei."
"Yes! Ever since XANA escaped from the supercomputer into the world wide web, I have had no news on him!", Jeremie said.
"No news is good news, right?", Ulrich asked.
"That's what you think. I trust XANA as far as I can throw him!", Jeremie said, "That is why I reprogrammed the Superscan. From now on, we'll know where XANA's hiding."
"At least XANA is easier to track that Naraku! I am ticked off at all of the false leads and puppets he sends us!", Inuyasha said.
"That's great Einstein!", Odd said, "And how will it help us?"
"Well... For example, trying to figure out what he's up to in the network.", Jeremie said.
"Cool. That means you can send us in after him!", Ulrich said.
"That's the goal. But it isn't easy to get you guys into the network. We also have to know how XANA plans to use it first.", Jeremie said and launched the the improved Super Scan, "And go!"
The Super Scan ran and began scanning every inch of the globe that had some form of connection to the network. Jeremie cheered at the fact his Super Scan worked.
"That's great in all, but we have to go get our schedules.", Odd said with his hands on his hips.
At that moment, Kagome picked up all of the GO pieces as Aelita got up and headed to the elevator with Jeremie and Inuyasha. Odd followed behind them. Yumi pecked Ulrich on the cheek, making him blush beet red.
"I will never wash that cheek again...", Ulrich said as Yumi headed to the elevator.
"You will have to at some point or she will never kiss it again!", Odd teased making some of the other Lyoko Warriors snicker.
"Shut up, Odd!", Ulrich said, snapping out of his kiss induced daze.
"The come on! We are waiting for the future Mr. Ishiyama or something like that! However the Japanese figure out their surnames after marriage!", Odd said.
Ulrich shook his head, Odd hasn't changed at all. He headed into the elevator. Jeremie pressed the up button on the elevator panel, closing the doors and making the elevator rise.
Later at Kadic...
"So still haven't washed that cheek yet? It will get dirty if you don't!", Odd teased once more.
"I thought I told you to shut up about that!", Ulrich said.
"Maybe if you clean that cheek, maybe Yumi will marry you!", Odd said.
"Yeah...", Ulrich said thinking about it then switched to a more sarcastic tone, "And I will ask you you to be my best man!"
"I was thinking more on the lines of the DJ.", Odd said not catching wind of the sarcasm that time.
"Wow no classes on Saturday! That means on Friday night-", Sissi said as she walked out of the administrator's building.
"We will go to the movies?", Herve asked.
"No! I will go to the movies!", Sissi snapped then turned to Ulrich, "Hi Ulrich dear, you know we are in the same classes again this year! Cool huh?"
"Yeah cool...", Ulrich said, not wanting anything to do with Sissi.
"If 'cool' means 'our worst nightmare ever', then you're right, being in the same class is really cool.", Odd said and began laughing.
"Have yourself a good laugh Odd, enjoy it! Get it out of your system because in a few seconds you're going to be crying!", Sissi said then KISSED Odd.
Odd repulsed as Sissi walked away.
"Ewww! Did you just see that?!", Odd said in disgust as Jeremie, Yumi, Kagome, Inuyasha, and Aelita came up, "Hey, why so sad?"
"You're not in the same class as we are...", Jeremie said.
"I'm not?!", Odd asked.
Aelita shook her in sadness.
"I guess some teachers rather deal with you at a different time.", Inuyasha said.
"INUYASHA! THAT ISN'T VERY NICE!", Kagome snapped.
Odd then started walking away.
"Where are you going, Odd?", Jeremie asked.
"To go all out!", Odd said and continued heading for where ever he was going.
Jeremie, Aelita, Inuyasha, and Kagome left to go who knows where. In Inuyasha's case, most likely to go sniff around.
Yumi faced Ulrich.
"So Ulrich, I want to ask you something.", Yumi said.
"What is it. I am all ears.", Ulrich said.
"I was wondering if you wanted to-", Yumi started.
"Hey Yumi! It's really great to see you again. Did you have a good vacation?", William said, rearing in.
Ulrich glared at William.
"I did. I was kinda in the middle of Ulrich a question.", Yumi said.
"Oh. Guess I timed it badly, huh?", William said, "I guess I will see you around."
William walked away, secretly give Ulrich a small, unnoticeable glare.
"So what were you going to ask?", Ulrich asked.
"Want to come to the movies with me Friday night?", Yumi asked.
"Sure.", Ulrich said, "But if we happen to run into Sissi, wanna see how loud we can make her scream?"
Yumi snickered.
"Okay. I see what you are looking for.", Yumi said and ruffled Ulrich's hair, "I will talk to you later."
Yumi walked away, leaving behind a slightly embarrassed Ulrich.
In the administrator's building...
Odd was a bit theatrical as he came up to the secretary, Ms. Weber. By a bit, we mean a lot in Odd's case. This had gone on for a few minutes. That's when odd's really dramatical side came in.
"Nicole! Please! It is a matter of life or death!", Odd pleaded in an over the top dramatical way.
"I'm sorry, Odd. Mr Delmas is not seeing any students this morning.", Ms. Weber said, shaking her head 'no'.
"I'm not here as a student, I'm... Here as a friend!", Odd said.
"A friend?", Ms. Weber asked.
"Uh, yes! I mean as a friend of Sissi's!", Odd said.
After a few beats of silence, Ms. Weber turned and picked up the phone.
"Sir? Odd Della Robbia insists on seeing you.", Ms. Weber said.
Odd smiled in victory.
In the cafeteria...
Ulrich, Yumi, Kagome, Jeremie, Inuyasha, and Aelita sat in their usual spot, eating their lunch.
"Jim wants to start up a basketball team this year... It seems he was a professional player!", Ulrich said.
"But he would rather not talk about it!", Jeremie, Aelita, and Yumi filled in, making everyone laugh.
"Wonder what caused him to start saying that!", Inuyasha said, thinking about the possibilities.
"Oh let's say he tried sharing his I quote 'attacked by a vicious beaver'!", Yumi said laughing her head off at that memory.
That brought back the same memory to Ulrich, who doubled over laughing.
"Then he said that its teeth were going for his neck, but then he had to save himself with his Raging Hand of Lei Fu Chang!", Ulrich said between laughs.
"Ulrich, here, told him that he would have better off not talking about it!", Yumi said.
That had everyone laughing, even Inuyasha of ALL people.
"He almost got beaten up by a BEAVER?! That's really pathetic!", Inuyasha laughed, trying to sound gruff but was failing with all of the uncontrollable laughter, "Even SHIPPO can beat up a beaver!"
"I never knew that regular beavers could get that way!", Kagome giggled.
"Hello!"
It was Hiroki and a brown haired kid. Yumi glared at Hiroki.
"What do you want?", Yumi asked.
"You to introduce me to your friends!", Hiroki said with a big smile.
"No!", Yumi said.
"Clam down, sis! I just want you to meet my new friend Johnny!", Hiroki said gesturing to his new friend.
Yumi looked at Johnny, but paid no attention to him directly.
"You maybe in Kadic now, Hiroki, but that doesn't mean you can follow me around all the time, okay bro?", Yumi asked.
"Be nice, or I'll rat on you when you come home late!", Hiroki countered as he walked away with Johnny.
"Your sister is really gorgeous!", Johnny said.
"Are you out of your mind!? She's dating Ulrich!", Hiroki said.
"What a dork!", Yumi said in frustration.
At that moment, Jeremie pulled out his laptop and began checking on the updated Superscan as the others moved on to their dessert. Inuyasha found his dessert way too sweet and chucked it into the garbage. If Odd was there at that moment, he would be horrified. When the dessert landed in the garbage, some of the dessert sprayed out and landed on Sissi's head.
"AAAAAH! MY HAIR!", Sissi screamed and wiped the dessert out of her hair, "WHO THREW THAT?!"
In the principal's office...
"So it seems my Elisabeth has a problem?", Mr. Delmas asked.
"Well sir, when she found out that we weren't in the same class this year, she just flipped!", Odd said, hoping he could get Mr. Delmas to change his schedule.
"I see...", Mr. Delmas mused, "I suppose I'll have to try reasoning with her. There's not much else I can do about it."
"Sorry that I have to contradict you, Mr. Delmas! You just have to simply put me and Sissi in the same class, and presto, it's fixed!", Odd said.
"It is too complicated to change the composition of classes! And in addition, Mr Morales was quite clear when he requested that Stern, Belpois and you be separated.", Mr. Delmas said.
"Jim?! But why?!", Odd asked in shock.
"I have no idea, why not ask him?", Mr. Delmas asked.
Back in the lunch room...
After a few minutes of watching the Superscan's progress, the Superscan picked something up. XANA was in the United States.
"Awesome! The superscan has localized Xana!", Jeremie cheered as he closed the laptop and picked up his stuff, "I am going to the factory to find out more of what XANA's up to in the United States."
"I am coming with you!", Aelita said and followed Jeremie out of the cafeteria.
"So what-", Yumi began.
"Ulrich!", Sissi sang out as she ran over.
Ulrich groaned as he closed his eyes.
"Hey Ulrich dear, do you want to come to the movies with me Friday night?", Sissi asked.
Ulrich looked at Yumi. Yumi knew that this was the opportunity they were waiting for to see how loud they could make Sissi scream.
"Oh I'll be there alright... Maybe with a little surprise that will make you squeal...", Ulrich said with a hint of mischief in his voice.
Sissi grinned ear to ear, not catching a whiff of the mischievousness that surrounded Ulrich and yumi at that moment.
"I knew you would eventually want to hang out with the me, the most beautiful girl in the school.", Sissi said.
"Don't get your hopes too high. They may crash down even harder.", Yumi said with a slight snicker.
"Who asked you?", Sissi asked with slight annoyance.
"Are you kidding me? I have seen demons prettier than you!", Inuyasha said, making Sissi fume.
"Watch it you albino half wit! I will make you cry if you say another word!", Sissi said.
"Oh yeah? I don't cry and never will!", Inuyasha said, knowing he has cried at least a few times, but those times were special circumstances, "I suggest you watch it before I get seriously ticked off!"
Those words made Sissi even madder. She then pulled what she pulled on Odd earlier, she kissed Inuyasha. She was NOT expecting something out of it though. One, Kagome's obvious jealousy. And two, kissing Inuyasha was like kissing a dog! She repulsed and began spitting and wiping her tongue.
"GROSS! YOU TASTE LIKE A MUTT!", Sissi squealed in disgust, "NOW I HAVE GO USE MOUTHWASH!"
"WHAT WAS THAT YOU LITTLE BRAT?!", Inuyasha hollered, "AND WHY DID YOU KISS ME?!"
Everyone at the table began laughing as Inuyasha showed both anger and confusing on what had just happened. Kagome was relieved that Inuyasha didn't go running off for more from Sissi.
At Jim's room...
Odd knocked on the door to Jim's dorm. He realizes the door was not closed all the way as it opened.
"Jim? Can I come in?", Odd asked.
Odd entered the room to find it empty. He sighed. Something then caught the blonde and purple haired boy's interest. A photo on a stack of magazines. The picture had Jim in disco attire.
"Hm... Pretty funky there, Jim!", Odd mused.
Odd then grinned mischievously as he got an idea. One that would work in getting Jim to change his schedule.
In the lab...
Jeremie put on the headset as he looked at the monitors. Aelita watched as Jeremie typed.
"Is there something wrong Jeremie?", Aelita asked.
"We've got company. XANA has sent a ton of monsters to Sector Five.", Jeremie said.
"He's probably mad that we found him.", Aelita said.
"It could be. But what is XANA planning with all of those monsters?", Jeremie asked.
"I will go to the Scanner Room.", Aelita said and went for the scanners.
"I'll warn the others.", Jeremie said as he pulled up Ulrich's phone on the interface.
In the cafeteria...
Ulrich's cell phone rang. It was Jeremie. Ulrich quickly answered it.
"Jeremie? Okay. Fantastic, that's great! Ah, no, we're on our way!", Ulrich said and hung up, "Jeremie needs us, XANA has made his move."
Everyone nodded and left the cafeteria.
In Jeremie and Inuyasha's room...
Odd was using Jeremie's computer as he searched for something on Youtube.
"Jim Morales, disco film, enter!", odd said as he inputted the information and immediately found the video, "Haha! Bingo! Hahaha!"
The video was hilarious! Jim was doing ridiculous dance moves as colors flashed randomly. The music sounded like it was done for a comedy film.
"Paco: The King of Disco! Now I see why you'd rather not talk about it, Mr. Morales! Our gum teacher really worked the dance floor!", Odd laughed as he burned the video onto a blank CD with one of Jeremie's programs.
That moment, Odd's cell phone rang.
"Yeah... I will be right there, Enstein.", Odd said and hung up as he grabbed the finished CD.
Odd dashed out of the room with the CD. He ended up running into Jim.
"Oh, Jim. Just the man I wanted to see!", Odd said with a smile.
"Oh really? About what?", Jim asked sounding a bit suspicious of Odd's intentions.
"Disco!", Odd said.
"Oh, I was good at that back in the old days.", Jim said.
"Oh, groovy! I guess you'd know all about the film: Paco: The King of Disco!", Odd said as his grin became more like a Cheshire grin.
Jim began sweating.
"Uh... Uh, no! Never heard of it!", Jim said trying to cover it up.
"Oh no? It's a fantastic film! I was going to submit it to Gustave Chardin for his film club!", Odd said as the Cheshire grin became more noticeable.
"Uhh... I'm not sure that dud is worth showing at a film club!", Jim said.
"Oh! So then you have seen it, Jim?", Odd asked, knowing he was starting to get somewhere.
'I got him right where I want him! Hee hee hee hee!', Odd thought.
"Uh... Yeah! No! I mean I-I'd rather not talk about it!", Jim said frantically.
"Sure, no problem. You know, I got really interested in the film club because... I'm pretty lonesome now that all my friends are in a different class, if you get what I'm driving at!", Odd said as he waved the CD in Jim's face and gave him a wink of an eye.
"GIVE ME THAT RIGHT NOW, DELLA ROBBIA!", Jim shouted and lunged for the CD.
Odd just laughed as he dodged Jim with ease and slipped the CD into his pocket. He had to thank all of the fighting on Lyoko and being short for that. He dashed right out of the hallway through the double doors with Jim hot on his trail. He eventually lost Jim and ran crazily down the stairs.
Once outside, Odd ran into the forest. He looked back occasionally incase Jim managed to find him or if there where any followers. He then crawled into the sewer and began heading to the factory on his skateboard.
By that time, Jim was outside and couldn't see Odd anywhere. He groaned in frustration. Odd had given him the slip... AGAIN!
Later in the lab...
"Hey you guys. Aelita is already on Lyoko. Ready to go?", Jeremie said.
Everyone nodded and went to the Scanner room. Ulrich, Yumi, and Kagome were first up in the Scanners. Then Inuyasha and Aelita entered the Scanners.
A few moments later, Odd entered the lab, breathing as if he had just ran a marathon.
"There you are! About time! I will tell the others to wait for you.", Jeremie said.
Odd dashed into the Scanner room and then entered a Scanner.
"Transfer Odd... Scanner Odd... Virtualization! ", Jeremie said and hit the enter key.
In the Ice Sector...
"Now that I really look at it Kagome, can't you take it off?!", Inuyasha asked looking at Kagome's.
"THIS again?! You never change, do you?!", Kagome shouted.
"I don't even want to ask...", Yumi said.
"Same here.", Ulrich said.
Suddenly, Odd materialized near Inuyasha, Aelita, Kagome, Ulrich, and Yumi. Odd saw that Yumi and Aelita were on the Overwing while Ulrich and Kagome were on the Overbike. Inuyasha stood there, looking very impatient.
"So now you get here!", Inuyasha said.
"We are ready to go!", Yumi said.
"What were you doing?", Ulrich asked, "You left us with the arguing couple!"
Inuyasha and Kagome blushed a bit at that comment.
"I found a way to get back in your class!", Odd said.
"How?", Kagome asked.
"It's easy! I decided to blackmail Jim!", Odd said as if it were the most genius idea in the world.
"Blackmail Jim? But with what?", Aelita asked.
"I know a secret he's rather not talk about... And that he doesn't want anyone else to talk about either!", Odd said mischievously.
"You know what? I think blackmail's really lame!", Ulrich said.
"Whoa! Since when did you get so high and mighty? The end justifies the means, doesn't it?", Odd asked.
"NO!", Ulrich, Yumi, Aelita, Kagome, and Inuyasha yelled.
"If you remember correctly, I have been blackmailed by Sissi before!", Ulrich reminded Odd.
"Thanks for the support guys!", Odd said sarcastically.
"Let's just get moving already!", Inuyasha said impatiently.
Everyone agreed and began heading to the edge of the sector. Inuyasha tried to fly and found that he couldn't.
"Is there something wrong?", Yumi asked as she slowed down with the others.
"Yeah! Why the heck can't I fly anymore?!", Inuyasha shouted.
"Hmmm... Maybe when you went Full Demon when we were searching for Aelita's fragment, the secondary coding of your digital incarnation deleted it. I am not sure why it didn't reset like the rest of the deleted coding.", Jeremie said.
"Great! What's that suppose to mean?!", Inuyasha asked in irritation.
"It means, the longer you are like that or the more times it gets trigger on Lyoko, the more of your primary code is deleted. If all of it gets deleted, you will will be unable to return to Earth, disappear, or worse both.", Jeremie said, "I will try to find a way to fix the deletion problem, in the mean time, be careful!"
Inuyasha paled. That wasn't good, the outcome on Lyoko was way worse than it was on Earth. To Odd, Yumi, Ulrich, Aelita, and Jeremie, this was like the time the Scyphozoa stole Yumi's DNA code but with much worse results added on.
"Since you can't fly anymore, you can ride with me!", Odd said with a smile, not helping the situation at all.
Inuyasha got on to the Overboard with Odd, pouting a bit with the loss of his own ability to fly. Everyone began once more heading for the edge of the sector. They got there in no time due to the lack of monsters.
"Get into position, I am entering the code. SCIPIO.", Jeremie said.
The transport orb appeared, split in half, picked up the Lyoko Warriors, closed up, and began zooming towards the center of Lyoko. It went full speed through the binary data banks, the Celestial Dome, the lift, the Carthage, all before finally landing in the arena. It split in half once more, letting it's passengers off before racing away.
The arena wall spun around them as Odd gave his usually 'I'm gonna barf' face.
"So where are the monsters?", Ulrich asked.
Odd finally recovered from the sick feeling at that moment.
"Let's see. They are below your feet, in a room we haven't been to before.", Jeremie said.
"Why are they all there?", Aelita asked as Odd looked at the ground.
"I am not sure. Go down to that room and find out.", Jeremie said.
"Is there anyway down there through here?", Ulrich asked.
"No. The access point is in the Celestial Dome.", Jeremie said.
"Can't we just blow up the floor?!", Inuyasha asked and waved his Tessaiga around and almost hit Yumi.
"Watch where you are pointing that!", Yumi said.
Kagome face palmed. Inuyasha was so stupid sometimes.
"That would be a bad idea... If did blow up the floor, you may accidentally fall into the edge of the sector and get lost forever.", Jeremie said.
"So much for the easy way there!", Inuyasha said getting frustrated.
"Let's just get moving, the wall is opening up.", Aelita said.
The wall slowed down to a stop and the Lyoko Warriors left the arena through the opening.
"Don't forget to find the key and stop the countdown! You only have a few minutes to do so!", Jeremie reminded.
They all stopped at a ledge. They saw a huge chasm with five large pillars jutting up from said chasm. Odd scanned the room with his eyes. He spotted their target.
"Key in sight!", Odd said as he pointed at it.
The key was on the other side of the room. Odd leaped forward and almost missed the nearest pillar. He grabbed the edge with his paws and recovered from the near miss.
"I thought I had my A game going!", Odd said.
Everyone else caught up with Odd and were a bit more nimble on their leaps.
"Let me do it.", Aelita said and with quick reflexes, made it to the other side of the room and hit the key just in time, "Zero."
They could hear Jeremie sigh in relief from the other end.
"Well done Aelita!", Jeremie said.
Aelita smiled at Odd and gave him a thumbs up. Suddenly, the room began to reconfigure. The pillars began to sink and rise. The pillar the Aelita was on began to sink.
"I think you guys should get here quickly.", Aelita said.
Everyone quickly leaped on to the sinking pillar as their pillar rised. Odd was the last one to leap towards the sinking pillar. He missed the pillar.
"ODD!", Yumi yelled.
Kagome rushed to the edge and found Odd dangling on the edge.
"Take my hand! Quick!", Kagome said.
Odd grabbed Kagome's hand and Kagome pulled him up on the pillar.
"Looks like you've got your Z game going today!", Ulrich chuckled.
"Lay off, will you? I don't see you asking Yumi to marry you yet!", Odd said with the last part sounding more like teasing.
"Lay off, will you?", Ulrich mimicked.
The pillar suddenly comes to their destination and they jump off. They see a blue light and run towards it into the Lift Room.
"Jeremie, we are at the elevator.", Yumi said.
"That's good. Looks like XANA sent more monsters into that room. I have a bad feeling about this.", Jeremie said.
The elevator arrived and they all jumped on.
"I LOVE THIS ELEVATOR!", Odd shouted, "IT'S BETTER THAN A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE!"
Inuyasha covered his ears and glared at Odd. Eventually the elevator stopped at their destination. They made it to the Celestial Dome.
"We are at the Celestial Dome now, Jeremie. Where now?", Ulrich asked.
"The entrance to the chamber is at the south pole of the Celestial Dome.", Jeremie said.
"Can you bring up our vehicles?", Yumi asked.
The Overboard, Overwing, and Overbike materialized.
"Hey, maybe that's the place where XANA has his annual monster's ball!", Odd said, "Because up till now, we haven't seen them."
"Hey look!", Ulrich said pointing his sword at the outer rim.
"How about that?", Odd asked.
Two Mantas hatched from the outer rim. Odd and Ulrich aimed at the same one and destroyed it.
"Bullseye! I found my A game!", Odd shouted.
"Get real man, that was me who got him!", Ulrich said.
"No time for competing with each other! Get a move on!", Jeremie reminded.
Yumi and Aelita got on the Overwing, Odd and Inuyasha on the Overboard, and Ulrich and Kagome on the Overbike. They begin heading to the south pole. They weren't counting on the remaining Manta being hot on their trail trying to shot them.
Yumi pulled out her fan and blocked the incoming blast.
"Hang on, Aelita!", Yumi said as continued to block the lasers.
"There's the entrance!", Ulrich said.
Kagome was a bit startled by the entrance's constant opening and closing. Yumi managed to get the Overwing inside. However, Ulrich and Odd were still dealing with the Manta. Kagome and Inuyasha would have to wait a little longer before entering.
"What are you guys doing?! Aelita and Yumi are already inside!", Jeremie said.
"Yeah, we know that. If Odd didn't have his X-Y-Z-Game going, we'd be there by now!", Ulrich said.
"If the monster would stop for a minute!", Odd said aiming at the offending Manta.
"Will you two cut it out?", Kagome snapped.
Odd tried shooting but only got a click, signifying his gauntlets were empty.
"Oh now you run out! AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!", Inuyasha said, getting ticked off.
"Uhhhh...", Odd said, about to ask for more arrows.
"I get the picture. I am reloading your arrows.", Jeremie said.
Odd then started flying near the Manta and jumped on it's back.
"Alright ugly, now we're gonna see what you're made of!", Odd said.
Odd clawed at the Manta's back a bit, surprising the Manta. This allowed Odd to control the Manta and RIDE it. Odd shouted in joy as he went joy riding on the Manta.
Inuyasha wobbled a bit on the Overboard, now that he was the one controlling it.
"YOU ******* SCOUNDREL!", Inuyasha yelled.
"ODD! GO BACK AND HELP INUYASHA!", Kagome shouted.
"NUTCASE!", Ulrich yelled once he saw Odd joy riding the Manta, leaving Inuyasha to figure out how to fly the Overboard.
Odd flew the Manta into the entrance. Ulrich saw Inuyasha struggling to getting the Overboard to move and ended up making it go backwards at full speed and go in crazy loops and spins.
"HOW DOES HE WORK THIS DARN THING!?", Inuyasha yelled as he held on for dear life.
In the lab...
Jeremie face palmed. This was not what he had in mind...
"You have a full set of arrows now, Odd...", Jeremie said, not very amused at what Odd let happen.
'You could have helped him out!', Jeremie thought.
In Sector Five...
"Oh brother...", Ulrich said.
Kagome shook her head.
"Let's go get him...", Kagome said.
Ulrich drove the Overbike towards the out of control Overboard. He let the Overboard take impact into the Overbike, effectively stopping it. Inuyasha looked like a shaken up/startled puppy with his tail tucked between his legs. Kagome giggled at the look on Inuyasha's face, making Inuyasha blush and whimper like a dog in embarrassment.
"Kagome, do you think you can use the Overbike?", Ulrich asked.
"I watched you use it, so I think I can.", Kagome said.
"Inuyasha get on with Kagome, it will save whatever dignity you have left.", Ulrich said.
Ulrich got on the Overboard as Inuyasha got behind Kagome on the Overbike. Kagome blushed a bit as Inuyasha sat behind her. Kagome was a bit slow on the Overbike but it was better than how Inuyasha was doing on the Overboard. Ulrich was a bit shaky on the Overboard, but it was like using his skateboard, so he got the hang of it quickly. They finally entered the entrance. There they saw Aelita, Yumi, and Odd. The Manta Odd was riding was nowhere in sight.
"There you guys are!", Odd said.
"Sorry guys but we had to clean up Odd's mess. Inuyasha here was unable use the Overboard properly and ended up going at full speed in reverse!", Ulrich said.
Odd began laughing at the mental image.
"Not funny, Odd! We told you to go help him but you were too busy joy riding a monster!", Kagome said, "Inuyasha was scaring himself to death while riding it! If it weren't for us he would of crashed into the outer rim and we would have lost him forever!"
"I wasn't scaring myself to death!", Inuyasha said.
"Yeah you were. We saw your tail hiding between your legs and that scared puppy look on your face.", Ulrich said.
Odd's face fell at those words.
"Sorry guys...", Odd said, "I guess I got a bit carried away."
"It's okay, just make sure you don't pull it on us again.", Kagome said.
"Hello! We are ready to go!", Yumi said.
"Oh right. Let's go!", Ulrich said.
Yumi hit the mechanism, making the ceiling open up and creating stairs. Everyone began running up the stairs into the new room.
"Do you see the monsters? What are they up to?", Jeremie asked.
Everyone looked up to see several Mantas circling what looked like an orb inside two clear cubes. They fired at the strange object constantly. On the platforms surrounding the orb, there were Creepers who were also shooting at the orb.
"They're firing at some sort of blue ball!", Ulrich said.
"Looks likes someone has a problem with balls!", Inuyasha said, making Odd snicker a bit.
"Real mature guys!", Kagome said sarcastically, not amused by the crude humor.
"I wasn't even joking!", Inuyasha snapped then pointed at Odd, "He's the one you should be callin' immature!"
"Sit boy!", Kagome said out of habit.
Nothing happened. Inuyasha smirked.
"Nice try! HA!", Inuyasha boasted.
"Guys! If XANA's monsters are attacking that blue orb, then it's something important for us!", Jeremie said, stopping the squabbling effectively.
"Ok, then it's down with the Creepers!", Odd said and began to aim.
"I will try to find out more about that orb!", Jeremie said.
The Creepers spotted them and begun to fire. Yumi pulled out her fans and Kagome pulled out her bow.
"HIT THE MARK!", Kagome shouted unleashing a Sacred Arrow.
"We'll handle these ones! Get going!", Yumi said and threw her fans at the Creepers.
Yumi and Kagome were shot several times in succession to the point they were devirtualized.
"YUMI!", Ulrich shouted.
"KAGOME!", Inuyasha shouted, "SCOUNDRELS!"
Inuyasha went running towards the offending Creepers in anger.
"Forget it! Concentrate on our monster friends!", Odd said, "This isn't just an A game, it's an A+ game!"
Odd suddenly got devirtualized by a very powerful laser.
"Bye bye!", Odd said before completely devirtualizing.
Inuyasha finished off the last Creeper that devirtualized Kagome.
"That better teach you something, XANA!", Inuyasha sneered and went running back to Aelita and Ulrich, however, he ended up getting devirtualized before he could make it.
"DANG IT ALL TO HECK!", Inuyasha gripped as he devirtualized.
Ulrich deflected a few shots that were aimed at Aelita. A Manta then missed Ulrich, giving Ulrich and opening. Ulrich sliced the Manta right on the Eye of XANA, effectively destroying it.
"Whatever you do, you've got to stop the Creepers and Mantas from destroying the sphere!", Jeremie said.
"Why?", Ulrich asked.
"Because that is the heart of Lyoko! The direct access to all the core programs of the virtual world! If the monsters destroy it, it's game over for good for Lyoko!", Jeremie said, "Hurry! The sphere has only two protective barriers and the first has just fallen!"
Ulrich sighed. Aelita and Ulrich begin their dash up the stairs once more. Four Creepers crawled out and began shooting at them. Ulrich deflected the lasers with his katana. A Creeper then shot Ulrich in the shoulder, making him lose his balance. Another Creeper took advantage of the situation and shoot at him. Ulrich was then devirtualized.
In the lab...
Everyone but Jeremie looked on in horror as Ulrich was devirtualized.
"Aelita, it's your turn now.", Jeremie said.
"Her turn for what? She can't do anything!", Odd said.
"Just watch.", Jeremie said.
Everyone watched closely, waiting for something to happen. That's when they saw something happen.
"What the heck was that?", Inuyasha asked.
"Aelita developed some new powers during the vacation! She's perfectly capable of fighting like you can!", Jeremie said.
"And you didn't tell us?!", Inuyasha asked slightly irritated, "Me and Kagome were stuck here all summer!"
"Me and Aelita wanted to keep it a surprise.", Jeremie said with a smile.
"Jeremie! Look at that!", Yumi said.
"Is it just me or has she-?!", Kagome asked.
"Oh no! She's been devirtualized!", Jeremie said in horror.
"Are you saying that...", Odd said.
"That's right... Dah... I can't believe it!", Jeremie stammered as he cradled his head.
Suddenly, something else popped up. It surprised Jeremie.
"What's going on?", Jeremie asked and then rushed out of the old dentist chair and for the elevator, "Come quickly!"
A short time later in the Scanner Room...
Everyone watched the active Scanner with their breaths held. The Scanner opened and Aelita fell out of it. Jeremie caught her quickly. Aelita was a bit dazed, but alright.
"Hey, you realize you almost gave me a heart attack?!", Jeremie asked.
Aelita jumped up and hugged Jeremie.
"Would someone tell me what happened?", Ulrich asked.
"Well it seems that even if Aelita loses all her life points she won't disappear forever!", Odd said.
"I thought you said she would disappear forever not come back like we do!", Inuyasha said slightly annoyed.
"Watch your words, Inuyasha, it's bad enough your swear puts sailors to shame!", Kagome snapped.
"She won't? How come?", Ulrich asked.
"Of course! I was too dumb to think of it before. Ever since you recovered your human memory, you're exactly the same as us! We don't need Code Earth anymore to bring you in!", Jeremie said.
"That'll really help now that XANA is determined to destroy Lyoko to keep us from finding him on the net.", Aelita said.
"That's great, Aelita. You're a full fledged Lyoko Warrior from now on!", Yumi said.
Later in Odd and Ulrich's room...
"So what's the new scoop in your relationship?", Odd asked.
"Oh right! I am gonna need you to come with me and Yumi Friday night to the movies. Bring a video camera.", Ulrich said.
"Okay, um why?", Odd asked.
"You'll see!", Ulrich said as he chuckled darkly, "You just might actually have something for your next film or something."
"I hate to rain on your parade, but I don't do plagiarism!", Odd said.
"Relax. You're not going to be filming the movie.", Ulrich said.
"Oh that's a relief!", odd said as he got up and headed to the door.
"Where are you going?", Ulrich asked.
"To go see Jim.", Odd said.
"Be careful. You know how he can get!", Ulrich warned.
At Jim's room...
Odd knocked on the door, and Jim answered it. Jim was not looking amused at all.
"Hey, if you're here to blackmail me, you'd better think again! Anyone who thinks they can pull the wool over my eyes is in for a surprise!", Jim said.
"Here. Blackmail isn't really my thing. I'm very sorry, Jim.", Odd said and handed Jim the CD that contained the video 'Paco: The King of Disco'.
"Odd? Do you mean you did it just to be with your pals?", Jim asked.
"Well... Boarding school is tough enough, but without your friends...", Odd said.
"I will see what I can do.", Jim said.
"You really mean it? This is great! Thank you!", Odd said happily.
"Well, after all I was young once too!", Jim said.
"No kidding! I wonder what you were like!", Odd said.
"I had blond, curly hair and.. Um... Uh... And I would rather not talk about it.", Jim said and closed the door, leaving Odd snickering in the hallway.
Friday night at the movies...
"Ready?", Ulrich whispered.
"Ready.", Yumi whispered.
"Got the film rolling, Odd?", Ulrich whispered.
"Yup! And I made sure it had really great quality too!", Odd said from his hiding spot, which was behind a plant.
"Here comes Sissi!", Yumi said.
As soon as Sissi spotted Ulrich, she screamed in horror. Ulrich was KISSING Yumi on the lips.
"THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! I DON'T BELIEVE IT!", Sissi screamed as she ran away.
Once Sissi left, Ulrich and Yumi stopped kissing and Odd stepped out for behind the plant.
"And done! Now I see why you needed me to film here tonight!", Odd said laughing as he stopped the recording.
That's when Ulrich and Yumi joined in the laughter.
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BLOOPERS!: Things That Didn't Make it but Almost Did!
Inspired by the Big Bang Theory Episode: "The Pants Alternative"
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Odd was using Jeremie's computer as he searched for something on Youtube. He then ran into a video of a physicist who was apparently drunk.
"Alright people, let's get down to the math, it's only three dimensional thinking that limits our imagination, can I take my pants off over my head? Of course not, my body is in the way, but if we had access to higher dimensions, we could move our pants around our body through the fourth dimension and our days of dropping trousers would be over. Now, for the astronomers in the audience, get ready to see the dark side of the moon... And here's Uranus!"
Odd almost fell out of the chair laughing at that.
"Who knew science could be so funny!", Odd laughed, "I am definitely leaving this up on Jeremie's computer! Maybe Jeremie will like it!"
~Extremely later...~
Jeremie walked into his room and saw a minimized window.
"What's this?", Jeremie asked and opened it, " 'Physicist Melts Down' ?"
Jeremie played the video and his reaction to it was definitely not the same as Odd's.
"What the-?", Jeremie said as the physicist removed his pants.
"-get ready to see the dark side of the moon... And here's Uranus!"
Jeremie yelped and covered his eyes with a stray pair of boxers with kangaroos as the physicist pulled down his underwear, mooning the camera with his bare butt.
"OOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!", Jeremie yelled from his room.
