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RAYNE'S POV

FF to that night

I was laying on my back in the strange computer room, thinking of what that strange voice had said. It was starting to worry me. When I told that Odd boy that it was someone called XANA, his eyes widened with fear, and he went to get his friends. I wasn't sure what was going on, but I knew that it couldn't be good. Suddenly, the door opened, and the same people piled into the room. The one with glasses, Jeremy, came straight towards me.

"Rayne, are you okay? What has XANA done to you?" He grabbed me by the shoulders and started to shake me a bit.

"He gave me a warning." I told him solemnly. Like Odd's, his eyes also widened, but I thought that it was due to shock.

"Rayne... you can speak again." Jeremy then pulled me into an embrace, but it was a short one. "Hey, what's this on your stomach?" he asked as he made me turn my stomach to the others. I could hear Yumi and Aelita gasp.

"It's XANA's mark." Ulrich said in almost monotone. It scared me how serious they were being. I knew that it was a dangerous matter, but I didn't know why.

"What's going on?" I asked. Although I was afraid of the answer, I had to know. I had a right to didn't I? The room became eerily quiet, and my worried feeling only grew. "What's going on?" I repeated. When no answer met my question, I decided to give up. What seemed like hours passed in dead silence.

Finally, Odd said, "It's getting late. We'll come back tomorrow Rayne." He then came up to me and gave me a quick kiss on my cheek. Suddenly, images started to flash in my head. It was almost as if I was watching a movie that only I could see.

(Memory one)

I was walking to find my next class when a spiky haired boy comes walking up to me.

"Hey," he says. "You having a hard time looking for your classes?"

"Um, yeah. Is it really that obvious?" I asked sheepishly. I notice how cute this guy is. "What's your name anyways?" I asked as I was looking him up and down.

"The name's Odd Della Robia. So, do you like what you see?" he replies with a smirk on his face. I began to blush furiously. I couldn't believe that some cute guy saw that I was checking him out. How embarrassing!!!

"Um..." you stutter.

"Don't worry about it." he says. "Say, do you want to hang out sometime?"

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(Memory two)

I go around school thinking of ways not to embarrass myself when the final bell rang signaling lunch. Once I had my food, I looked for the spiky hair that signaled that it was Odd. It didn't take too long to find him. He spotted me and motioned for me to come over. There were four other kids there with him.

"Hi Odd," I said sheepishly as I felt myself begin to blush again. "Um...hi...everyone." Everyone gave you a reassuring smile and says hello.

"This is Jeremy the whiz kid. He's super smart, but he won't ever help me with my tests." Odd starts.

"That's because you need to learn how to study yourself!" snaps Jeremy.

"Hi, I'm Aelita." says a pink haired girl. She stands up to shake my hand and begins telling you about the rest of her friends (besides Odd...you already know him). "The girl with the black clothes is Yumi. She's from Japan. And this is Ulrich. He's into soccer."

"Nice to meet you." I managed to stammer. I could feel that I was still blushing furiously.

"Well, don't just stand there! Come on, sit down." said Ulrich.

(Memory three)
Ulrich sat me on Jeremy's bed, and everyone was staring at me.

"How much did you hear?!" Jeremy yelled at me. I was starting to get scared. I had never seen this side of Jeremy before. I could feel the tears falling down my cheeks.

"I'm soooo sor-rry! I didn't mean to!!! P-please f-forg-give me!!!" I cried. Nothing mattered to me at that point. I had violated my friends trust! How could they ever trust me again? Just then, I felt someone's hand on my face. It was Odd. He was wiping off my tears. For just a brief moment, I thought I saw a look of love in his eyes.

"Okay, we might as well tell you everything." sighed Jeremy before he divulged into the story about Lyoko and Xana.

"So, Xana is bad. Right? And you guys are the heroes who save the world, but nobody knows?" I asked.

"That's about it." yawned Yumi. "It's getting late, I'm heading to bed." Everyone agreed and left. I was about to leave when Jeremy stopped me.

"Hey, um maybe I could bring you to Lyoko sometime?"

(Memory four)
A digital world pixilated in front of me, and I ended up falling on someone. It was Ulrich. "Sorry!" I began to say until you actually saw him. "Ulrich, is that you?" I asked.

"Yeah. Look at yourself. You've been virtualized to." Not believing what Ulrich had just said, I looked down to see for myself. Sure enough, I have a demon slayer like outfit on. It was black and pink and really tight, and you couldn't help but start blushing.

(Memory five)
Finally, when everyone was too busy ragging on Jeremy, I took the chance to slip away to the other side of the pool. Unfortunately, I ran into Herb and Nicholas. Now I was wishing that I stayed with the others. Luckily, it looked as if Odd had seen me leave.

"Um...hi Miss Rayne." said Nicholas; he was blushing so much that he was completely red. "I was wondering if...you would, um... go out with me?" I couldn't help but just sit there. It was shocking enough to have him staring at me all the time, but to have him actually ask me out? It was really starting to freak me out.

"Well, you see I-I..." I began to stutter. Fortunately for me, someone cut me off.

"You see, she can't." said Odd.

"And why not?" snapped Nicholas.

"Cuz," Odd said. "she's dating me."

(Memory six)
I was pretty sure he could see how red my face was, so I tried to cover it up.

"I wanted too ask you something." he said. "About earlier, I just.."

"Don't worry about it." I interrupted. "You were just trying to help me."

"That's just it! I meant it! I want to go out with you!"

(Memory seven)
"Uh, Yumi," I said. "Sissi has something to say." Sissi told Yumi everything.

"Then, if Ulrich didn't ask you out," said Yumi with a puzzled look on her face. "Then who did?"

I took a deep breath and said, "Odd." Yumi apologized and gave me a hug before she, Sissi and me left to talk to Ulrich. He was hanging out with Odd by the vending machines, and he gave me the same greeting Yumi did. Like Yumi, he asked who really asked me out. But instead of me answering, Odd spoke up.

"I did," he began. " and I still haven't gotten an answer Rayne." I heart started bounding as he asked if I would go out with him.

"O-odd," I began, sweat now starting to come. "I-I w-w-would..." Everyone was just staring at me, waiting for an answer. Finally, I said something… just one word, "Yes."

(Memory eight)

"You wouldn't happen to be Rayne Mimori, would you?" I looked up to see a black haired boy with handsome blue eyes.

"Rayne? Are you there?" Odd and the others had finally made it to Lyoko.

"Hey, keep an ear out for the name Jet Hatori." said the boy who was holding me, and without another word, he kissed me.

(Memory nine)

"Hey, what's up with you and Jet?" You were a bit shocked by his sudden change in personality.

"Nothing... why?" I asked. I couldn't understand why Odd was acting so strange. His normal happy disposition was being replaced by a serious look of jealousy. I suddenly smiled and said, "Don't worry, nothing can tear me away from you." I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and entered class.

(Memory ten)

"I am here to take you back to our creator...XANA." Jet begins to smile wickedly, and I turned to find my friends. I see Odd walking up to me, a wave of relief floods me. I was about to go over to him, when Jet's cold hand grabs my arm and pulls me into a kiss. I was completely shocked, and I could almost see Odd's hurt face looking at me. I pushed Jet off of me and go over to Odd. His expression was blank. It was almost as if his mind was wiped clean.

"Odd?" I said cautiously. He finally came to his senses and turns away. I was about to call after him when Jeremy and Aelita walked up to me. A worried looked played across their faces.

"XANA." was all that was heard. For some strange reason, all the noise around me began to die down. I saw everyone moving around and talking to each other, but I just couldn't hear it. Everything started to go black, and as I felt myself fall, the only thing I could hear was the cold laughter of Jet.

(Memory eleven)

I tried to catch Odd's gaze, but when I did, I didn't like what happened. Sure, I managed to get him to look at me, but it was a look of hurt, anger, and pain. He gave me an icy glare that made me stop in my tracks. He turned to head into the scanner, but I had pulled him to face me.

"What?" he snapped. I was really surprised.

"Odd, are you okay? You seem really upset, and you keep on glaring at me." I said.

"Oh, rally? I hadn't noticed." he said icily. I was on the verge of tears, but I just wanted to know that everything was going to be okay.

"Odd, please..." I pleaded, but he cut me off.

"Please what? I saw you. I saw you kissing Jet. What was that about, huh? I thought that you liked me!" he half yelled. The tears were now flowing freely down my cheeks. There was a large not in my throat, and I couldn't seem to say anything. Instead, I pushed past him and went into the scanner. The tears weren't going to let up, and they were still coming even when I got on Lyoko.

(Memory twelve)

I was inside the tower, a place that I had never been to on Lyoko. Everything was a digital electric blue. I could see the information and files zooming up and down along the walls around me. It really was a great site, but XANA had interrupted my last moment of peace. A sharp pain grew inside my head, and I felt like it was going to explode. A cold laugh filled my ears, and you no matter how hard I tried to scream, I just couldn't.

"Hahahahaha! Finally, my child, you have returned to me." came an unearthly voice. It was XANA. Even though it was the first time I had ever heard him, I knew it was him.

What is he talking about?' I thought through the on going pain.

"Don't you know? I am your creator. I am the reason that you exist. You were created to destroy Earth. Unfortunately, during the transfer process, your memory was wiped blank." I didn't know what to say. Another surge of pain went through my head, and an image of Jet came to me. Things were getting clearer.

"That's why you created Jet! You made him to get to me!!" I managed to say. XANA's laughter filled my head again.

"Yes," he chuckled. "And now that I have you... I can complete the process in making you the ultimate weapon!" The pain in my head grew even more as I let out an earsplitting scream.

I stumbled backwards, and Odd gave me a strange look.

"Oh, I'm just tired too." I said trying to cover up my weird behavior. "Go on home. You need your rest." I urged them, and after a few last looks at me, they left. It had been at least a couple of hours since the others had left, and I was once again, lying on the floor.

'What do those images mean? Are they memories?' I kept thinking to myself. I lifted a hand to my cheek where Odd kissed me.

"What was that?" I asked aloud. A sudden familiar pain surged through my head and stomach.

"Hahahahahahahahahha!!" the oh-so familiar voice boomed in my head. I hated that voice, because I just knew it was the cause of all my suffering. I tried to do something, but for some strange reason, I couldn't. The voice started to sound from within me again. "I claim this vessel as my own! Obey me!" More pain surged through me, and I soon lost all control.