Wassup! I have a new chapter for you. So here's my disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko. If I did, you would have a fifth season for sure.

So here's Chapter 12: A Strange Origin

For now, we'll leave Ulrich and Yumi in Japan, training and looking for Scar, and we'll go to America where another important hero lives.

Lei is his name, and he has no idea that today will be the day that everything changes. Lei is just an eight- year-old boy who has a twin brother named Chet. His parents own a store that does fairly well. He has always had a normal life. To him, he'd welcome change.

It's always the same routine: wake up, go to school, go to the store and help, do homework, free time, eat dinner, help close the store, and go to bed. Well today, he's going to get his wish.

"Lei! Chet! Wake up!" his mother bellowed from downstairs. The two boys slowly got out of bed. Lei made his way over to the kitchen as he tried to wake himself up.

"Another day." He said to Chet. "Another boring day." Chet grunted and nodded in agreement.

When the two finished getting ready, they ate breakfast.

"Lei, Chet, eat slowly." Their mother advised. Their mother was the queen of parents that wanted her kids to follow all safety and health rules. She always called for good manners.

When Lei finished his breakfast, he put his dishes in the sink and ran back to his room. "Lei! Slow down!" his mother called after him. Lei slowed to a jog. When he got to his room. He walked over to the bedside table and picked up his bonsai tree.

To him, this bonsai tree was his life. His grandparents gave it to him as a birthday present. It was the only thing that he had from Japan, where his grandparents lived. To him, it was a symbol for everything under the sun. He always told anyone who'd listen that if he took good care of it, the tree would grant his greatest want—change.

Lei and Chet eventually went to school. Nothing different there. It wasn't until Lei decided to help with the store that the change would happen. Usually, his parents made him restock the shelves. Of course he only restocked the smaller merchandise that wasn't fragile.

When he had finished helping, it was time to start on homework. Lei always needed two things when it came to homework: his banzai tree and the hubbub of the store. Seeing as their actual home was upstairs of the store, he simply went upstairs to get the tree and came down and sat at a table that was kind of off to the side.

While he was making his way over to the table, a boy bumped into him. They both stumbled backwards. The boy seemed frightened with his big brown eyes looking at Lei. His paleness and light brown hair added to his scared look.

"Sorry, did any of that spill?" Lei asked, pointing to a blue vial that the boy was holding.

The boy mumbled a soft, "No." then the boy looked at his feet as if he was thinking." Then he said, "Where are the herbs?"

"Over there." Lei said, pointing to a shelf behind the boy. The boy nodded and walked off, and Lei carried on as usual.

The next day, everything was going like it normally did, until he went to check on his bonsai tree. One look at it, and you could tell there was something weird with. Since when did it start growing fruit? And since when did fruit like this exist? It was blue, small, and looked as if it were furry. He took one of the fruits and sniffed it. It seemed edible for the smell was sweet. He took a nibble and the small bit filled his mouth with juicy delight. He put the whole thing in his mouth and ate it. He felt energized and full of strength. These berries or whatever they were did a fantastic job at rejuvenating people. That whole day, he felt great. For now, anyways.

When he got home, he felt tired and drained. He even felt a burning sensation on the inside and outside. He was sweating a lot as well. "Lei, are you alright?" his mother asked in a worry voice.

"I'm . . . I just need to rest." Lei said as he got into bed. His insides were ablaze as he tried not to flinch in pain. Soon, he slipped into an uncomfortable sleep.

He was dreaming a weird dream. It was about that boy who he ran into. He was in the woods putting different ingredients in a pot that was boiling over a fire. He put berries, and herbs and other fluids into the pot. It turned the exact shade of blue that the vial he had in the store looked like. Then the boy cut his finger and held it over the liquid as he squeezed his blood into it.

Lei woke up instantly. And made his way to the toilet as he threw up. Drinking someone's blood was gross. Then he heard moving downstairs as he breathed slowly.

He made his way downstairs and saw two thieves roaming around, looking for things to steal. Maybe it was because he wasn't thinking clearly, but Lei wanted to stop them. He was sweating to the point where it was constantly dripping off of him, and his clothes were soaked. He pointed a wet finger at one of the thieves and said, "STOP." The thief turned as a jet of water shot out and slammed him into the ground. Lei was amazed.

The other thief made his way over to Lei as said boy began coughing. His burning throat then coughed up a fire ball that hit the thief. He stumbled back and fell over his partner. Then Lei saw vines grow out of the ground and wrap tightly around them. He understood how the other two powers were his. But he didn't see how plant powers were his. He knew that he had superpowers, and he could deal with that. Not until he slept. He didn't worry about the thieves. They'd still be here thanks to the vines.

Lei went back to sleep the minute he laid his head down. This dream was different and weirder. Different because he was no longer dreaming about the boy. It was weirder because he was dreaming about a girl he'd never even seen. She was a raven-haired Asian girl who was sitting on her bed. She sighed and said, "We have to find him."

Lei woke up confused. Who in the world was he dreaming about? And who was that girl looking for?

When Lei finally broke out of his thoughts, he noticed his twin staring at him as if he was crazy.

"What?" Lei asked.

"Alright. What's going on?" Chet asked.

"Nothing."

"Don't lie. Something's happened."

"Chet . . . Would you believe me if I told you I had superpowers?" Lei asked.

"You with superpowers? That's a joke!" At that minute, their mother entered the room.

"Chet! Lei! Thank goodness you two are alright!" she exclaimed as she hugged each of them.

"What's wrong?" Chet asked.

"Burglars came. But someone came and stopped them. It must've been a superhero." Chet glanced at Lei, wondering if it was him. "They just stopped them and left." Yep it was Lei. He'd do something good and leave for others to find out who'd done it. When their mother left, Chet ran over to Lei and grabbed him by the shoulders.

"You have to become a superhero!" Chet said.

"Why?"

"Why not?! You could be the coolest. And all of our friends would talk about how awesome you are and not even know it was you! And most importantly, it would make me the brother a superhero!" Chet exclaimed.

"I don't know."

"Come on! It's every kid's dream to be a superhero! Do it! Think of all of the good you could do, and no one would know it was you. That's what you live for!"

Lei slowly broke into a smile. "Okay. I'll give it a try."

A week later, and Chet had a surprise for Lei. "Could you just tell me what it is?" Lei said with his eyes closed.

"Just open your eyes." Lei did and saw a superhero outfit in front of him.

"It's," Chet leaned in with a smile as he waited for an answer, "actually pretty cool."

"Thanks. So have you come up with a name?"

"Sure, how about Banzai Boy?"

Chet looked at him with his mouth open and eyes squinted. It was his incredulous look. "You're kidding, right? Why are you using a plant?"

"No! Not the plant, bonsai, the victory cry 'Banzai!'" You know it's my personal victory cry, and I did get my powers from a bonsai come to think of it."

"Hmm. I like it. Now it's time for your debut. We'll have to look at the news for any crimes."

"But that could take all day."

"We'll look at it every now and then. So let's look at it now."

"Why can't we look at it later?" Lei said as he dragged his feet to the TV room. Chet cut it on, and the news reporter was already talking.

" . . . Walked into the jewelry store and took out a gun. Then the crooks stole all of the jewels. Then they drove off."

"That didn't take long." Chet said.

"And I'm off!" Lei said. His outfit on, he went through the back door so his parents would think he was just going to play, and then he took off, using his fire to propel him.

When he got to the jewelry store, he looked around for a car being chased by the police. It didn't take long. Lei flew ahead of it and threw down a seed. It erupted just when the car drove over and grew into a tall flower.

Before it became too tall, three crooks jumped out and ran away. Lei stood in front of them.

"Hold it! Banzai Boy's here to stop you!"

"You're just a kid." One of them said.

"A kid who can do this." He held out his hands and shot two of them down with a water blast. The other one ran towards him. Lei dodged his punch and gave him a fiery head butt. Then he shot three vines that wrapped around them, keeping them from running away again.

"Banzai!" Lei shouted as he flew high into the sky and took off. This superhero stuff was easier than he thought it would be. Boy, was he wrong.

That's it. A big similarity with my other story, having a Banzai Boy. Of course they're different situations. This was actually the original idea for Banzai Boy.

So here's what's happening in Chapter 13: Lei fights his first super villain and gets a taste of what being a superhero is really about.

Chapter 13: The Villain Gets the Gold

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