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A/N: Welcome, to chapter 25. The last chapter was just dealing with the emotional effects of Damon jumping into the digital sea. As you saw, Erethyr and Xavier felt the most responsible-which they are, but that's besides the point. This chapter has been named because of what is happening within it. Beware, this is a two parter. The names in italics are copies of the people that they are impersonating. I'm pleased that I'm getting more reviews now. It is a change of pace from the previous month. This chapter and the next are dedicated to my number one fan, KatNGoomi. If anybody has any hate mail for me, please send them to me. I will personally name all of you in upcoming chapters so that I can publicly tell each and every one of you to fuck off. Now that my personal threat is out of the way, please R&R. I have a horde of ninja gerbil commandoes at the ready for all of those that don't.

Sai's Orb
"Cid, why don't you just go play with Donjuan for a while. I'm setting up my sector guardians to protect the towers that I'm going to have to activate to start the procedure. This is going to get very tricky," SAI declared.

"Alright, but I still say that you're an evil bitch," Cid stated as he left the room. He gave Donjuan a message to get to Franz Hopper ASAP. In the message, he stated was SAI was trying to do, and that it would be best not to interfere with the process. It was the only way to get Damon back.

Donjuan bobbed up and down giddily as he left to deliver his message. At the same time, SAI activated one tower in each sector in Lyoko so that she would have access to the necessary resources to do what she wanted. She started the procedure.

The diamond on the table floated up into the air as she gave it the orders for Damon's recreation. "Create body, with two cloths over it for the time being." The diamond glowed white as it did just that. Damon was lying on the table; unconscious and unclothed save for the clothes protecting his decency.

"My, my; he certainly is a big boy. Better get some clothes on him. A white sleeveless shirt, white cargo pants, white fingerless gloves, and a necklace with teeth on it; no shoes, however; shoes would not complement this outfit. Yeah, that sounds great. Create outfit as described," SAI commanded. The diamond glowed again as it made the cloths stretch over Damon's body, covering him with the clothes that had been chosen for him.

"Now, that looks cool. Let's see; that hair looks good, but it's missing something," SAI pondered, then she snapped her fingers, "Of course, it needs to be snow-flecked! That means that his eyes will have to be ice blue. Create hair and eyes as described." The diamond glowed again, following her commands. Damon's hair was still black with red tips, but it was now snow-flecked. His eyes remained closed while the procedure was taking place.

"Now, let's redesign his powers. I don't think that his rage power will complement his current form. How about if he could create an unbreakable ice armor around himself; that's too powerful, though. What if it slowly drained his life points to use it? Yeah, that makes sense, after all it is made out of ice so it would be very cold. The rate will be one life point per second. Yeah, that sounds perfect. Configure Lyoko power to one that has just been described," SAI commanded. The diamond glowed again and so did Damon. When his powers were reconfigured, the diamond floated over to SAI and dropped into her hand.

She looked at it closely. The diamond now seemed to be more alive then it had been not a half hour earlier. She was puzzled by two things, however. The first was that it looked like the crack had partly healed itself. She decided that it must be because he now had a body, but he still didn't have his original memories, the one thing that she didn't want him to have. She decided to keep a hold of the diamond for now.

The second thing that was bothering her was that the Lyoko warriors hadn't come to deactivate the towers yet. The entire recreation process had taken her a half an hour to complete. She had expected them to at least be here by now. She sensed that the scyphozoa, Donjuan, had left for a few minutes. She decided that it just needed to stretch its tentacles. It could get cramped in here, especially now that she had another person in her orb.

SAI turned to Damon and said, "Wake up, Ymir. C'mon, don't tell me those meddling interlopers hurt you that badly."

Damon's eyes flashed open, revealing that they were now indeed ice blue. "What did you call me," Damon said, holding his hand against his head as if he had a headache.

"Ymir, that's your name, honey," SAI cooed.

"Uhn, my head hurts. Why is that? And why can't I remember anything," Ymir asked.

"Wow, those pests really pulled a number on you," SAI said consolingly, "If you can't remember anything, maybe I could help you out. My name is SAI, and I'm your best friend in the virtual world. Maybe someday we could be more."

Ymir got the idea that this woman in front of him, that seemed to like silver, was hitting on him. "Maybe someday," he smiled.

"Let's go to one of the other rooms in here so that I can teach you how to use your power, maybe we could even see if you've still got your touch when it comes to fighting," SAI said.

"Actually, that sound good right about now," Ymir admitted, "I think I need to stretch out all the kinks in my body." He walked with her into the next room. It had sparring dummies everywhere, each of which had a form that seemed almost familiar to him; he just couldn't place where he had seen each of them before.

"Let's start you off with the simplest in both mind and body out of those that hurt you so much," SAI declared. She walked over to one that looked like a cat, but it also looked like a boy. SAI activated it, and it transformed before his very eyes into Odd.

Ymir got an image of a boy wearing a lot of purple stuffing his face in a cafeteria flashed through his mind when he saw the dummy transform. He quickly shook the image out of his head before assuming a fighting stance. The dummy came at him, firing dart-like projectiles at him. Ymir seemed to slide out of the way as he closed the gap. Once he got up close, the boy tried to flip out of the way. Ymir simply punched him. The figure flew a few feet away and staggered to get up. Ymir ran up to him and punched his face. The dummy went unconscious and transformed back into its original state.

"Let me guess," Ymir stated, "All of these dummies are the people that caused me to forget everything."

"You guessed it," SAI said cheerfully. He was actually falling for her string of lies. She was in a euphoric state. She might even be able to cause more trauma in the group if she played he cards right. "Here's the next one." She activated the one that became William.

An image of a boy wearing a black shirt with a red one underneath played in Ymir's mind this time. This boy was trying to stop someone from hurting somebody else, but Ymir couldn't see who it was. He also shook this image from his mind as he started in on this boy. The dummy started spinning in a circle, his blade held out to keep others at bay.

"Now would be a good time to now what this power you were talking about is," Ymir proclaimed desperately.

"Just say 'Crystal Ice Armor.' It will show itself," SAI encouraged him.

"Alright. CRYSTAL ICE ARMOR," Ymir shouted. His body became covered in a thick layer of ice. It didn't hinder his movement though. It just seemed to be protecting him, but he also felt like it was hurting him. "What's up with this armor? Why does it seem to be hurting me," Ymir inquired.

"It does that," SAI stated, "Just try to finish off your opponent quickly while wielding this armor. You only have a total of ninety-nine seconds in it before you get knocked out."

"Ninety-nine seconds," Ymir stated, "Way too much time to finish off this joker." Ymir charged at his opponent. His blade got stuck in the ice armor. He looked at his opponent, desperately trying to free his sword. Ymir punched his opponent, and it transformed back into its dummy state with a layer of frost covering where his fist had made contact. The ice armor melted and Ymir could feel his life points regenerating.

"Hmm, it seems as though any damage that I received from the ice armor restores itself after I get out of it. I guess that means that any damage that I have received before using the armor won't go away, right," Ymir inquired.

"How astute of you to notice that," SAI proclaimed. She rushed up to hug him. She quickly pulled away and they were both blushing.

Ymir cleared his throat, "Well, anyway. Why don't we get back to training?"

"Sounds good," SAI stated. She set up two dummies this time. "These two have a connection to one another. It might be a good idea to learn how to fight them together. The next two that I will activate will have a connection as well; they will actually get more powerful as they fight together." The two dummies that she had set up became active; they were Ulrich and Yumi.

Ymir had another vision in his head. This one was of these two talking to each other. It was obvious that they liked each other, but they hadn't admitted it yet. He shook this image from his head too as he prepared to fight.

"Who are all of these humans," Damon thought to himself, "What are their names? Why do they seem almost familiar to me? And most importantly, why do I care?" Damon started to run at his new opponents. Yumi threw her fans at Ymir. Ymir caught them instead of merely dodging them; he had a feeling that they would come back after him if he dodged them the first time. Ulrich split into three and came after him. Ymir threw the fans, destroying the two clones, and dodged a slash by the original. Ymir threw a deadly right hook, smashing the nose of Ulrich. Ulrich flew into Yumi, knocking them both to the ground. Ulrich was quick to recover and ran at Ymir at a higher speed then he had earlier. Ymir activated his Crystal Ice Armor, allowing one of Ulrich's swords to be embedded in his armor. Ymir did an overhead swing, slamming the back of his foe's neck. Ulrich's neck could be heard snapping from the impact, even as his neck was covered in a thick layer of frost.

He turned to Yumi next. She cowered in fear after seeing him 'kill' Ulrich. Ymir picked her up and held her in mid-air. Frost slowly crept across her body. Yumi's struggling slowed and her lips turned blue, until she was frozen. "Pathetic human scum," Ymir muttered as he tossed her aside. The two dummies reverted back to their natural state. He then allowed the ice armor to melt, regaining the life he had lost from it.

"Very good," SAI proclaimed, obviously impressed, "You even seem to be remembering your hatred of these vile humans. How about we move on to the next pair?" SAI set up the dummies for Aelita and Jeremie. They instantly sprung into action. Ymir had very little time to react to their attacks; he liked it like that.

The battle was intense, they were keeping Ymir at bay by not letting him get close enough to do any damage. That was when he got creative. He started bobbing and weaving in between the two, trying to get them to hit each other. They figured out his game, however. Aelita sprouted wings, startling Ymir and giving Jeremie a chance to hit him with a single shot. Jeremie cheered triumphantly, but Ymir just turned to look at him. Jeremie and Aelita both started to fire more shots at Ymir, but he simply dodged them. It looked like a deadly ballet, Ymir pirouetting out of the way of so many energy blasts. It was almost like he was taunting them.

Ymir felt a chill go down his spine ten minutes later; he instantly knew what the cause of it was. "CRYSTAL ICE ARMOR!" He walked up to Jeremie and picked him up. He then turned to Aelita and threw his other opponent at her. Before Jeremie could reach her, however, they both fired energy blasts at either side of him. Ymir's armor shivered as his projectile hit its target, knocking them both out. The armor imploded on him, causing massive damage that didn't heal itself. Furious, Ymir stormed up to his prey and proceeded to beat them until they became mere dummies again.

"Apparently their little polarity trick will destroy your armor," SAI stated, then decided to cover herself up quickly, "Good thing they haven't tried that on you before. I might not have been able to save you."

Ymir eyed her suspiciously, but didn't say a word. He had caught the surprise in her former statement, almost as if she were testing his capabilities. He had no idea why he was so suspicious of her; she had been nothing but nice to him. She couldn't possibly be using him as a tool, could she?

"Onto the next opponent," SAI declared, setting up a hooded dummy. When she activated it, it transformed into Xavier. "Be careful of this one, he can fire arrows deadly fast. He has managed to fire arrows as fast as one can fire a bullet. I almost admire him, but he's a mere human; he's beneath us."

Ymir nodded his assent as he got another image. He saw this spiky red-haired boy helping hold off an opponent with a sword. He felt pain in his chest as he saw a sword slide into his chest, before the figure wielding it disappeared, then nothing. Ymir shook this image out of his head as well. "Why am I seeing all of these visions? It's almost as though I know all of them from somewhere before…I just can't place who they are or why they seem so important," Damon thought to himself as Xavier started firing red energy arrows at him lightning fast. It was all he could do to dodge them. He couldn't seem to get anywhere near his newest opponent. He just had to wait for his armor. While he was dodging he decided to do a diagnostic check on himself; he almost cursed himself for allowing his life points to get this low. He only had ten life points left.

"That's enough," SAI stated, "The enemy has arrived on Lyoko. It's time that we open the welcoming committee for them. Fortunately, they appear to be in the ice sector where you are strongest. Shall we meet your enemy face to face?" SAI deactivated the training dummy and a silver mist filled the room, healing all of Ymir's damage.

Ymir closed his eyes for a moment to mull this over. "Should I face the enemy head on? There's one more that I don't remember ever seeing. The difficulty seemed to be growing harder and harder as she activated different dummies; does that mean that the last one is the most difficult? Would I be able to exact vengeance on them all at the same time? Only one way to answer all of my questions," Ymir thought to himself.

His eyes flashed open, almost seeming to glow with energy. "Sure," Ymir declared, "I must make them pay for what they did to me!"