Bold – action within speaking form
Italics – flashbacks
"…" – talking
'…' – thinking
Bold/Italics – change of scenery
Bold/Underline/Italics – more emphasis when someone says something or something is realized by another person
Underline/Italics – minor Japanese words used within the story (also, lazy to translate XP)
Disclaimers: This is a crossover between Sailor Moon and Code Lyoko. I do not own these two shows. Sailor Moon is written by Naoko Takeuchi in manga form and aired as a series by Toei Animation and TV Asahi in Japan and by Kodansha Comics in North America. Code Lyoko is created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and aired as a series the Moon Scoop Group for France 3 in France and by Cartoon Network in North America.
"Come on, Belpois," shouted Haruka, "One more set to go!"
"Don't stop now, Miss Schaeffer," said an encouraging Michiru, "Use your attack, not just your Lyoko powers against Mr. Della Robbia."
"Guard yourself against Mr. Stern, Miss Ishiyama," said Setsuna sternly, "You cannot just expect to use your Lyoko powers as well."
It was another afternoon training with the Outers, but this time, ALL of the Lyoko gang was together. To get Jeremie up to physical prowess, Haruka was giving him one of the toughest trainings ever. Jeremie had to do sit ups, pushups, jumping jacks, and running laps around the gym. Haruka didn't even stop there as she made Jeremie also dodge her Uranus World Shaking attacks as well while running the laps. Michiru was overseeing Aelita and Odd's sparring while Setsuna oversaw Ulrich and Yumi's. Michiru was gentler than all three Outers though. Instead of barking out orders or glaring at them, Michiru made sure to encourage the two. Aelita and Odd liked that better than what was the alternative. Usagi and Hotaru, however, were doing their own training to the side because they were more advanced than the others. "Hota-chan," called Michiru, "Please come and battle against Odd and Aelita."
"Coming Michiru-mama," said Hotaru as she bowed before Usagi before bouncing towards the two.
"She's going to go against us," asked Aelita worriedly.
"That's two against one," said Odd.
"Worried about me," asked Hotaru who was transformed.
"You could say that," said Odd.
"Don't worry about 'Taru-chan," said Usagi who was smiling, "I think you two shouldn't underestimate her."
Before Odd or Aelita could do or say anything, Hotaru charged at the two, her glaive in her hand. She sliced in between her two friends as they dodged fast to the side. Odd and Aelita looked at Hotaru in surprise as Hotaru herself posed her glaive in front of her as a defense AND an offense weapon. While the three were sparring, Haruka decided to come out and attack Ulrich and Yumi. Setsuna sighed as Haruka smirked as the two dodged. Probably looking at Ulrich and Yumi's fights in Lyoko together wasn't a good thing because Haruka decided there at the time gates to test their teamwork. Usagi went towards Jeremie and sat right next to him. "Are you alright," asked Usagi.
"Ugh," groaned Jeremie, "I ache all over."
"That's Haruka-chan for you," said Usagi, "But, you did good, itoko."
"Thanks," said Jeremie, "So… um… WHY did Miss Haruka exercise me to the ground?"
"Well," said Usagi with a thoughtful look, "Since you are the new Mercury, we all want you to have a fighting chance. You can't really stand there to scan the Youma like you do with Lyoko and sitting in front of that supercomputer. Youma could run towards you to take you out before you could even scan it for weaknesses. It's best to know how to dodge, run, and sometimes send out your own attacks before the Youma could get to you."
"That… sounds reasonable," said Jeremie as he collapsed onto the dojo mat.
When the Outers and Usagi did the spell, it wasn't really a surprise that Jeremie was the new Mercury. Jeremie had the experience to scan for anything evil within Lyoko while sitting and typing away on the supercomputer to help out the Lyoko members. Yumi being the new Mars wasn't surprising as well. She had the passion and fire when it came to protecting and fighting. The surprising one was Aelita being the new Jupiter. Usually, Aelita was like Mercury in a sense. She was smart and had mostly defensive attacks, like her Lyoko shield. However, the spell gifted Aelita the powers of Jupiter, which was mostly a frontline attacker, and not like what Aelita would be. No one asked what their planet represented, though, but Usagi believed that Aelita was best to represent Jupiter. Usagi smiled as she turned to see Haruka somewhat praising Ulrich. "Good work, Stern," said a sarcastic Haruka, "You FINALLY stopped using your Lyoko powers for a while there."
"Keh," scoffed Ulrich, "You don't have to sound so sarcastic about that."
"Ishiyama," said Haruka who ignored Ulrich, "You need to use more of your planetary powers to get used to it. We know that you can use a tessen fan and a bo staff, but in the end, you need to use your Mars attack. Youma would grab and use your weapons against you."
"Okay," said Yumi who clenched one of her tessen fans, "I'll try."
"We know that you will," said Michiru gently.
It seemed as though training was done for the day as Yumi finally collapsed onto the floor in exhaustion. Odd and Aelita were already on the floor panting as well. Hotaru was slightly out of breath but was smiling. She knew that she was getting stronger as a Senshi and was glad to be since she was usually the weaker Outer Senshi, having the littlest experience as a Senshi in Japan. She was just happy that she could finally be of use to her hime, her savior, her older sister. Ulrich sat next to Usagi while Jeremie was still on the dojo mat. Ulrich, while happy about Haruka's semi-praise, was thinking about something else. It was what Yumi and he were talking about before the other three got their powers. He didn't know what he felt for Usagi, but he knew that his feelings for Yumi was gone and left with a feeling of being happy friends. Turning to Usagi who was coaxing Jeremie to drink some water, he asked, "Ready to get to tutoring?"
"Not today," said Usagi, "Jeremie is going to tutor me. We figured that we're going to repair our familial relationship as best as we can."
"I understand," said Ulrich.
"But, hey," said Usagi who turned to Ulrich, "If Jeremie decides to be all Einstein on me, I'm definitely going to stop by at your place for more tutoring."
"Hey," said a pretended offended Jeremie.
"You have to admit, Einstein," said Ulrich who smirked, "You DO tend to use big words to explain things that we smaller beings get confused about."
As Jeremie grumbled good naturally, Ulrich couldn't help but accept that he was a bit jealous that Usagi was going to Jeremie now. Ulrich, however, knew that Usagi really valued her friendship and familial relationship with Jeremie and wasn't too upset about that. 'At least, I didn't get angry at her going to Jeremie for tutoring like I do when Yumi and William were together,' thought Ulrich as he waved goodbye to the 'cousins' that left the gym.
- The Next Day: English Class –
"Class," said the teacher, "Today, we have four new students joining for the rest of the school year."
"It's passed half a year already," whispered Jeremie.
"Is it that weird," whisper/asked Hotaru.
"Yes," whispered Odd.
"X.A.N.A.," whisper/asked Aelita in worry.
Ulrich and Usagi listened in on the whispering between Aelita, Jeremie, Odd, and Hotaru. The two didn't feel like contributing to the whispering. One reason was because the others didn't need any more whispers being added since the entire class was whispering to their neighbors when the teacher announced that. Yet, the main reason was because Ulrich and Usagi were concentrating on their game of tic-tac-toe. Usagi and Ulrich didn't care about the new students. Well, they didn't care until Hotaru gasped loudly. The two stopped their tie game of tic-tac-toe to look in front of the room. The Lyoko gang could tell that Usagi paled fast when she also saw who was in front of the room. "Please introduce yourselves," said the teacher.
"My name is Ami Mizuno," said the blue-haired female, "Please to meet everyone."
"Hi," exclaimed a very happy blonde female, "Name's Minako Aino!"
"Makoto Kino," said a brown-haired female.
"Rei Hino," said the last female.
"Tell us something about yourselves," directed the teacher.
"We all are born in Japan," said the soft-spoken Ami who's eyes flashed with a hint of evil.
"We found out that a couple of our very good friends go here," said Minako with a flash of an evil glint in her blue eyes.
"We can't wait to… ah… reconnect with our friends," said Makoto with another flash of an evil glint in her brown eyes.
"Especially our hime," said a smirking Rei who's black/violet eyes held an evil glint as well.
"I wonder if this hime is the same person that young Hotaru here calls Usagi," said a pondering Sissi out loud.
Usagi almost fainted when she heard what the four shadows and Sissi said. Apparently, Chaos was on the move by integrating the shadow Senshi into Kadic Academy, and the only ones who knew who they really are were Usagi and Hotaru in that English class. Hotaru glared at the four as the shadows made their way into the four empty seats in the back corner, far away from the Lyoko gang who were sitting in the front. Before class could continue, Usagi raised her hand to be excused. The teacher really didn't want any students to leave, but seeing Usagi's very pale face made an exception. Hotaru was about to leave with her hime, but Usagi shook her head gently. Someone HAS to stay to watch over the four new 'students', and Usagi was trusting Hotaru to do it. Hotaru nodded her head as she sat back down. Motioning for one of the Lyoko warriors to go, Ulrich volunteered to bring Usagi back to the dorm room and stay with her. "Now, onto today's lesson…," was all the two heard as they closed the classroom door.
"Are you alright," asked Ulrich.
"N-Not really," said Usagi.
"Want to tell me about it," asked Ulrich.
"B-Back into m-my room or y-yours," said Usagi who was now rubbing her arms, "Too many people here."
Ulrich nodded as he gently led Usagi to his dorm room. Upon reaching the room, he opened the door and led Usagi to his bed, kicking the door closed. Usagi was still pale and shaking as she finally realized the implications. Only the Outers and Usagi knew the real names of the Inner Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen. Since the four, maybe five, were in Kadic, the Outers and Usagi had to now inform the Lyoko gang about it. Usagi could feel that she was now sitting on Ulrich's bed as Ulrich gathered Usagi in his arms, trying to stop her from shaking. Usagi didn't understand why she would shake, but it was probably due to the shock of seeing the shadow Inners in civilian form. She didn't even KNEW that they could do that. "Are you ready to tell me," asked Ulrich.
"Hotaru can inform the other three and Yumi once class comes out," said Usagi who's voice was now a bit more steady.
"So… you know the new students," asked Ulrich.
"Yes," said Usagi, "The Outers and I know them. They are the Inner Senshi."
"Inner Senshi," asked Ulrich, "But… Aren't they in Japan?"
"Yes," said Usagi, "I think these four, and maybe Tuxedo Kamen, are now infiltrating Kadic Academy per Chaos request."
"So, those Inner Senshi are…," asked Ulrich.
"They are the shadows of the Inner Senshi," said Setsuna from the doorway, "The same shadows that tried to kidnap you and Usagi at the dance."
Ulrich and Usagi jumped in surprised as they turned to the doorway. There, they saw the angry eyes of the Outers while the Lyoko gang had solemn eyes. The surprise was justified though because it was STILL a school day and classes weren't canceled. So, why were the others at Ulrich and Odd's dorm? Hotaru was the one who told the two that Setsuna, Michiru, and Haruka pulled all of them out of classes for the day to talk about what occurred. It also wasn't long that Hotaru told Yumi, Odd, Jeremie, and Aelita that the four new students in their English class were Chaos' Inner Senshi shadows. "Was there a new teacher too," asked Usagi imploringly.
"No," said Michiru, "But, we cannot rule out that Mamoru-san is also here."
"Well," said Yumi, "There IS a new male student in our class. His name is Darien Shields though."
"A new male student," asked a confused Aelita.
"This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder," said Odd.
"I concur," said Jeremie, "Miss Setsuna, could you show us what this Mamoru person looks like?"
"Yeah," said Odd, "All we know from Ulrich's description is that he wore a tuxedo to fight. I mean, who wears something formal to fight bad guys?"
"Mamoru," said the Senshi who knew him.
Usagi looked a bit sad as she thought about Mamoru and the Inners. Sure, she was getting over Mamoru ever since she found out he was dating Rei after all five lost their memories but were still friends in the new life. She knew that she was happy that Mamoru and Rei found each other again and was relieved to not fulfill that so-called destiny, but she was still sad about losing the little girl named Chibi-Usa. She was also sad that the five forgotten about her and their adventures as Senshi, but because this IS Usagi, she was happier with knowing that the five were alive and fulfilling their dreams than dead. Ulrich, seeing Usagi's sad face, squeezed her hand in comfort. He probably realized that Usagi was still a bit sad for losing her friends and first love when they reincarnated and forgotten all about her and the Senshi adventures. Turning back, he and the Lyoko gang finally got a good glimpse of Mamoru Chiba, who was hanging around a blonde male. "That's Darien," exclaimed Yumi.
"Really," asked a skeptical Haruka.
"Yes," said Yumi, "Even though he's now my age, the blue eyes are a dead giveaway. They are the same color and shape."
"Then, we know what Chaos did with the Tuxedo Kamen shadow," said a solemn Michiru.
"Which means, we have to be more careful," said Jeremie.
"Especially if Chaos will do an X.A.N.A. attack too," said Aelita.
Everyone nodded their heads as they thought about the implications of Chaos and X.A.N.A. combining. Ulrich could feel Usagi's grip tighten as she looked at Mamoru who was then surrounded by the Inners that just came into the establishment. Ulrich, in return, squeezed Usagi's hand once more in comfort. He could feel the jealousy when he saw Usagi's eyes soften when seeing Mamoru once more, yet he was surprised by said jealousy as he squashed it. He guessed that in that moment, he knew now that he had feelings for Usagi that went beyond friendship. But! He also knew it wasn't the best time to tell her. 'Maybe once things calm down,' thought Ulrich, 'I can tell Usagi about my feelings. If Odd heard this thought though, I am so going to get reamed by his I-Told-You-So looks since HE was the one who mentioned me having a crush beforehand.'
AN: Oh no! The Inner Senshi shadows are on the move, along with Tuxedo Kamen being Darien Shields! Poor Usagi. ㅠㅠ She'll have to fight them once more, even IF those five are shadows of her former friends/lover. As for Ulrich, this finally made his feelings for Usagi known. Yet, he's going to try VERY hard not to repeat his actions of jealousy and anger that he did with Yumi towards Usagi. He knows that THAT wouldn't end well. ㅋㅋ Anyways, did you like what powers I have given to the others? Mercury is a given to Jeremie, along with Yumi. Aelita's, however, is that of Jupiter. I feel like she'll make a good Jupiter because Jupiter represents Caring, Protection, and Courage. Although, Aelita represents some traits of Mercury, I feel she represents more of Jupiter because she's very caring of others, has the courage to stand up against X.A.N.A. somewhat, and protecting others, especially her friends. ^^ Also! Jeremie and Usagi's familial relationship is also slowly repairing itself too. \(^^)/ So! Happy reading and see ya next chapter! =D
