"Right, quiet down, please," Ms. Hertz announces to the class. "Across the board, the results of the last class tests were far from brilliant. Your grades were almost all Cs and Ds," She raises a playful brow. "Obviously, as always, there are exceptions. Belpois, I gave you an A-minus. The minus was a reminder that there is no such thing as perfection."

He smiles gratefully at her. "Smith, an A. I'm sure your parents will be proud."

"If my fake father cared," Amy mutters under her breath, a hand on her cheek. Odd places a gentle hand on her back, smiling.

"I do."

She smiles back at him happily.

"Stern, you are clearly pushing the limits of your 'I don't care' attitude." Nicolas and Herb giggle nearby. "A nucleus is not made up of protons. D-minus. If memory serves and mine is more reliable than yours, you promised you'd put in an honest effort, didn't you? Whereas it seems quite clear to me that you didn't even glance at your notes. This is not going to help you at the academic review tomorrow morning. Poliakoff!"

He stops laughing at the sound of his name. "Zero! A kilo gram of mercury does not weigh a ton. So if I were you, I'd stop snickering like an idiot."

Jeremy glances to Ulrich, who looks dismayed at what the science teacher just told him.


"Don't worry. It'll work out fine," Odd says to Ulrich at lunchtime.

"Doubt it. Hertz is gonna do everything she can to have me transferred to 9th grade remedial."

"They wouldn't do that in the middle of the year," Yumi chimes in.

"With my rotten grades? Don't bet on it. My parents are gonna kill me and finding time to fight XANA is gonna be a real nightmare."

"I will admit that fighting XANA does put a damper on school," Amy starts off, arms crossed over the table.

"But come on, Ulrich. Nothing's been decided yet," Aelita finishes for her.

"They're right," Jeremy states, Amy smirking as she points to the two of them. "Maybe a teacher will defend you. Anyway, speaking of transfer, I've got some good news. I finally found a way to virtualize you directly into Sector Five! Not bad, huh?"

"You mean, without going through the transporter?" Odd asks in shock, having finished everything off his plate except for the string beans.

"Yeah, that's right. By interpolating the source codes in Planck's quantum space, we can get around the Eisenberg uncertainty theory. The only risk is coming up with a mathematical singularity."

"In English?" Odd raises a brow at him.

"Uhh...it can work, but it's dangerous. Before I can really be sure, I'm gonna need a..." He had no idea how to say this gently.

"A guinea pig?" Odd asks knowingly.

"Right. Any volunteers?" He looks towards everyone, but gets silence from them. It's clear that none of them wanted to, but it had to be done. Odd holds up his string beans.

"The shortest string bean is it." He rests his hand on the table. Yumi takes one first, then Aelita, then Amy, and then Ulrich. The girls all smile at theirs, Odd glancing at Ulrich, who's frowning towards his. He got the shortest one.

"I guess today is not my day."

"I'm sure it's safe...hopefully," Amy cringes towards Jeremy.

"We'll run the test tonight at 8 o'clock, okay?" Jeremy asks him.

"Here," Ulrich holds a soda can. "I'm leaving you my cherry soda, in case I don't make it back," Ulrich places the can on Odd's tray.

"You're kidding!" His eyes widen in surprise. "Thanks, but I couldn't possibly accept. Ames?"

"Nope," Amy immediately denies, holding up a hand.

"Here, Yumi," He pushes past Ulrich, "You're the most worthy heir to the great Ulrich. The first man to set foot on Sector Five without passing go."

She takes it, giving an amused look. She doesn't drink it, but she had a feeling he'd insist otherwise...


In Sector Five of the virtual world, the holosphere system goes online as the arena spins around. The transporter arrives, but only to allow the girls and Odd inside.

"Tell me, guys, did you get to the arena?"

"Yep," Odd confirms as they turn around. "Last stop, everybody out!"

"We're good, Jeremy. We're standing by to welcome Ulrich," Yumi speaks up.

"Loud and clear, Yumi. Ulrich, you ready?"

"Roger," Ulrich stands in front of a closed scanner.

"Logically, you should arrive directly into Sector Five. Right between Odd and Yumi."

"Jeremy, you sure you know what you're doing there?" Ulrich asks skeptically as the scanner opens for him.

"Yes. Well, about 98 percent. Hold on now. Ulrich's gonna be with you soon. Transfer Ulrich." The doors enclose the brunet inside. "Scanner Ulrich. Virtualization," He presses enter...and nothing. Yumi looks around, the others glancing to each other in confusion.

"Where is he? Did he take the local instead of the express?" Odd jokes a little.

"Really?" Amy asks him, unamused.

"The virtualization did take place, he should've appeared next to you," Jeremy explains to them.

"Maybe he was transferred to the wrong place," Aelita suggests, maybe he was in the mountain sector instead?

"I'll do a search, but I can't see how..." He takes a few moments to look and gets an alarm sound. "Oh no! Impossible!"

"What? What's the matter?" Yumi asks in concern.

"He...he doesn't even show up on the screens anymore!"

Amy gasps sharply at the explanation, turning to the others in worry.

"You want us to sweep Sector Five to see if we can spot him?" Aelita questions, stepping up to Yumi.

"And have XANA take advantage of the situation and pull a dirty one on us? No thanks, I'll run a search from here."

Odd steps up to them, all of them staring in concern. "You better come back in. I'll rematerialize you now."


When they return back, Jeremy doesn't have good news. "Nothing in the mountain sector, nothing in the arena, nothing in the Celestial Dome, nothing in the Core of Lyoko, and not a trace in Sector Five either!"

"What are you saying?" Yumi narrows her eyes.

"Ulrich has...disappeared...I don't know what to do..."

Amy slowly places a hand on his back, giving a sad look towards the other three. They stay silent from the scanner room up until they walk across the bridge.

"I don't get this. In spite of all my research, I haven't managed to localize him...I'll still keep searching from my room computer. He's gotta be somewhere."

Yumi comes to a stop, fist clenched as the others have their heads down. "Go on. You can keep trying, but the truth is you messed up big time and Ulrich might be lost forever!"

Jeremy gasps upsettingly as they reach the crying Yumi run off.


Odd opens up the door to his room that he has to sleep in alone...he sees Kiwi in Ulrich's bed. "You get off of there!" He shouts, shocking Kiwi and causing the dog to whimper as he hides underneath the chair. Odd realizes what he did and steps up to him. "Oh...oh, Kiwi buddy, I'm sorry..."

The sisters lay down in their beds, looking at each other with tears in their eyes. They let tears fall down their faces in dismay.

Jeremy sits in his room, working as hard as he can. If he hadn't insisted on a guinea pig, none of this would've ever happened...

Tears fall onto the cherry soda can as Yumi sniffles, sitting on her bed. She couldn't believe what happened to him...

However, in the scanner room, one of them opens up to reveal Ulrich! "Jeremy?" He asks and gets no answer as he steps out. "Nice, thank you for such a warm welcome."

When he touches the button, his hand starts to disappear. "Hey, what's going on?"


Night soon turns into morning at Kadic. Jeremy is still working on finding Ulrich, who phases through the door somehow.

"Jeremy, what's happening to me?"

Jeremy hears nothing and continues working. A knock is heard at the door. "Come in!"

"Yo, Jeremy!" Ulrich calls out, the door opening to reveal Amy, Aelita, Odd, and the two dogs. "Uh, Odd, you can hear me, right?"

Odd just closes the door silently. "Well? Anything new?" Aelita asks curiously.

"Nothing. Still no sign of Ulrich," He reports to them.

"Jeremy, he has to be somewhere," Amy frowns in concern, crossing her arms. "You know how upset Yumi is over this..."

"Come on, he couldn't just disappear into thin air. Ames is right," Odd replies, to the ire of Ulrich.

"What do I have to do to make you see me?!"

"I must've made a mistake somewhere. But for now, I don't know where I could've messed up."

"Yoo hoo, yoo hoo, Odd," Ulrich waves a hand in front of Odd, who gives no reaction.

"Maybe it's because you've never materialized someone directly into Sector Five," Amy suggests, the two dogs suddenly barking as they look at him.

"Ah, finally, someone who can see me." He smiles gratefully. It was the same dog who tears up his shoes and pees in his bed, but he'll take it.

"Kiwi, will you cut that out?" Odd asks in annoyance.

"Come on girl, quiet down," Amy places her hand on top of Kiki's snout, causing her to slightly whimper.

"Yeah, you're good dogs. You got any ideas how to make them realize I'm here?"

Kiwi suddenly jumps out of Odd's arms, leaping towards Ulrich.

"Maybe an emergent property appeared to the algorithms and altered the normal functioning of the virtualization. It's possible," Aelita rubs her chin.

"Looks more like a big system bug to me," Ulrich suddenly speaks up, to their confusion. Odd looks around. "I'm down here. Lower."

They look towards Kiwi. "Surprise~!" Ulrich sings, Amy dropping Kiki in shock. Luckily, the dog lands on her feet, barking happily and running around Ulrich.

"That's fantastic. All my training methods have finally paid off. Kiwi's talking!" Odd exclaims happily.

"No, no, it's me talking. Ulrich, from inside Kiwi's body."

Odd bends down to him. "But what are you doing inside my dog? That's crazy!"

"This whole thing is crazy," Amy drags a hand down her face. She's definitely not dreaming...

"I entered Kiwi's body by accident. It's thanks to him that I can talk to you. Otherwise, it was just like some kind of completely disembodied ghost."

"What an adorable little diggity dog," Odd starts petting him.

"Knock that off or I'll bite ya."

Aelita and Amy giggle behind him. "Oh, you mangy mutt!"

Jeremy snaps his fingers in realization. "I think I know what happened. During the virtualization, Ulrich's body and mind got separated."

"Is that the reason why you couldn't localize him on Lyoko?" Aelita asks curiously.

"Right. Because it's not Ulrich who's there, it's just his...inanimate body, his corporal envelope, which doesn't give the same signal."

Ulrich, or Kiwi in this case, turns around to him. "Think you can put me back together?"

"Since we have no classes today, I'll go back to the computer lab with Aelita and run another search," Jeremy bends down to him. "Once we locate your body, I'm sure we can find a way to put you back into it, okay?"

"Great. And how long will that take you?"

"...I hope I have it all worked out by this afternoon," He says after a few seconds.

"Cool, that would give me time to see about my future!"

"Hey, what are you talking about?" Odd asks him, but Kiwi starts barking, meaning that Ulrich is out of his body. "Ulrich? You still there?"

Kiwi shakes his head, a little disoriented from Ulrich's possession of him.


Yumi's phone rings and she picks it up dejectedly. "Yes Jeremy?" She sits up with a happy smile. "Alive?! Oh, that's great. Where did you find him? ...Huh? Kiwi?"

Jim is getting ready in his room, looking at himself in the mirror. "Hey," He chuckles at his appearance. Ulrich suddenly comes through the wall. "Hey, who's that handsome looking guy? It's Jim Morales!" Ulrich enters his body and opens an eye.

He clears his throat. "Who's that handsome looking guy? Who's that handsome looking guy? Who's that handsome looking guy?"

Once he's sure that he got it right, he steps out the room, tripping onto the ground. A bar of soap slides to a stop in front of Nicolas.

"Oh, thank you for finding it for me. I've been looking for it everywhere," He chuckles as he runs off, because he actually did that on purpose.

"Oh, my back! Oh!" Ulrich cries out, actually feeling the pain. Now he knows how it feels to be an adult. Jim's phone rings and he answers it. "Hello? Ms. Hertz, just the person I in fact was hoping to talk to you about the academic review and-"

"Really Jim, call me Suzanne," She insists to him. The teacher is standing on the staircase that leads to the gym. "Actually, I have a favor to ask you. Meet me in the gym in five minutes. It's very important."

"Uh, okay. I'll be there, Ms—uh, Suzanne." To be honest, it felt weird to him calling her that.

In the factory lab, Aelita stands next to Jeremy, trying to locate Ulrich's body. "Where can he be...?"


Ulrich enters the gym as Jim, looking around for Ms. Hertz. "Jim, darling!" He turns around and sees her leaning against the wall. "You once told me you used to be a professional ballroom dancer in Buenos Aires. Right?"

He's surprised by this fact, though he really shouldn't be at this point. "Uh, yeah, that's right."

"Good, then I'm going to need your help. Ever since you mentioned that, I have been absolutely dying to learn how to tango."

"Uh," His eyes widen. There is no way that he knows how to tango, he's only in 9th grade. "Well, uh, just a minute Suzanne. But first, I wanted to discuss the case of Ulrich Stern."

"Oh no, no, please Jim now," She narrows her eyes, slightly annoyed for the topic change. "The academic review is the right time to deal with him."

"But that's what I mean! It'll be too late then, we need to discuss this now!" He insists to her with narrowed eyes.

"Oh, don't be like that, Jim. I've got a date with Pedro for the Sunday afternoon dance and brunch, and I've got to learn how to dance the tango! But if I don't, he won't pay any attention to me," She frowns up at him.

"Okay, but first, let's talk about Stern. If he had a second chance, he could get better, I think."

"Oh!" The teacher backs away a little, exasperated at this point. "I must've given that boy a thousand chances. Honestly, I'm sick and tired of that lazy good-for-nothing! Come on now, Jim, let's tango," She holds out her hands.

"Uh uh. No second chance for Ulrich Stern, no Australian tango lessons! I am out of here!" He storms past Ms. Hertz, who scoffs.

"Argentinian tango!" She corrects as she balls up her fists.


In the cafeteria, the students are laughing and throwing things. Ulrich, as Jim, gives a nervous look. "Quiet down! Sounds like a zoo around here!" He grins anxiously as everyone stares at him for a few seconds.

"Fire away!" Odd declares while standing on the table. Ulrich ducks and looks up.

"Odd, cut it out, it's me, Ulrich!" He shouts over the commotion.

"Huh?!"

"Ulrich?!" Yumi asks in shock. Croissants are thrown and Ulrich runs out of the cafeteria, followed by Odd, Amy, and Yumi.

"What are you doing inside Jim?" Yumi questions, Amy crossing her arms at Odd.

"Really, Odd?" She deadpans at his behavior inside.

"I didn't know it was him!"

"Trying to smooth things out with Ms. Hertz, but up till now, no luck," He replies as Yumi's phone rings.

"Hello? Yes Jeremy?"

"We finally located Ulrich's body," He says into the microphone happily, Aelita standing next to him with a smile. "It turned up in Sector Five."

"Okay great, I'll tell him," She hangs up, turning to her friend. "You have to get to the factory. It looks like Jeremy's solved your problem."

"Okay. After the academic review. It's too important, especially after what just happened with Ms. Hertz," he looks away awkwardly.

"Huh? What happened?"

"I'd rather not talk about it. I'll be over there as soon as I can."

Amy's eyes widen as she turns to Odd. "Um, Odd, about the academic review-"

"Odd Della Robbia and Amelia Smith," The principal approaches the four. "It's time for your class' academic review. You are the class representative, and you insisted on Amelia being your vice representative."

"Ohhh no!" Odd places a hand on his head. He had totally forgotten.

"Now hurry up."

"Oh," Odd complains as he jumps and lands next to Ulrich. Amy walks down the steps and they walk together after the principal. Yumi's phone rings again.

"Yumi, something is wrong," Jeremy tells her immediately. "Ulrich's body seems to be...moving on its own."

"But isn't that normal?" She asks curiously. Normally bodies are supposed to move...

"Of course not. Without Ulrich's brain, it-it shouldn't do anything...better get over here as soon as you can."

"Right now, I'm by myself. The others are at the academic review."

"Oh, rats!" Jeremy seems to have forgotten about it too. "Aelita, can you send a text message and tell them we've got an emergency?"

She nods in confirmation.


"Well then, how should we begin?" The principal announces, "Shall we treat the student case files in ascending or descending alphabetical order?"

Odd and Amy's phones go off at the same time. "Della Robbia and Smith, I wish you would show a little courtesy. Cell phones are forbidden here. Turn yours off!"

"I-I'm sorry sir," Odd stammers, turning off his phone. Amy frowns, but reluctantly does the same. Unfortunately, this means that the others won't be able to get a hold of them for a while...Ulrich frowns at this. Since he doesn't have his phone, he can't even make up an excuse to take a call outside...

"Well then, whom should we begin with?" He states an A name and then a Z name. Ulrich says the Z name, but Ms. Hertz argues back with the A name. "Ladies choice. We begin then with the case file of Miss Soria Abulabbas."

Ms. Hertz smiles, Ulrich narrowing his eyes at her. She's definitely not making this easy...


"Virtualization." The two girls land in the mountain sector, taking off into a run, reaching the edge of the sector within seconds. "We're okay, Jeremy. We've reached the edge of the mountain sector."

"Okay, I'm sending you the transporter," He enters Scipio and the transporter arrives soon afterwards. It swallows them up and heads all the way in the opposite side, reaching Sector Five. "Holosphere system connected."

Yumi and Aelita land in the Arena, standing back-to-back. The wall opens in front of Yumi and they run through it. The Core Zone entrance opens up as a hallway and then they reach the room, the key across from them.

"The key is over there, just on the other side," Aelita points to it.

"Let's go," They're about to move when pillars from the ceiling threaten to move. Aelita gasps a little.


"Right, and now let's look at the file of Jeremy Belpois," The principal speaks up.

"All is well, nothing to add," Mr. Mirti says first.

"Yes, I think that everyone would agree with me when I say that he is an exemplary student. In short, he never makes a mistake."

"Never makes a mistake? You must be kidding!" Jim retorts back, as it's obvious that Jeremy's grades in gym are not ideal.

"Mr. Morales," Ms. Hertz narrows her eyes. "Sports aren't everything, you know."

"Alright. Next student..."


Yumi backflips away from a column, both of them standing in front of another one. They manage to run past, move to the side, or jump away from the obstacles. The next platform lowers in front of Yumi and she jumps, backflipping to the next one. Aelita hangs onto the edge, Yumi helping her onto her feet. Just as she's about to reach the key, Aelita tries to jump past a column. Luckily, she's not squished as Yumi had pressed the key in time.

"At your service," Yumi bows to her playfully. Everything resets and they run to the next room.

"Now, take the next passage on your left," Jeremy orders them. They do so and come to a stop, looking around. "And now, go right." They turn and go through another door.


"Does everyone agree that Della Robbia has remarkable potential, and that he's lazy as the day is long?" Mr. Delmas gives Odd a look.

"But wait," Odd holds up his hands. "Personally, I think he's made a lot of progress, especially in gym. Isn't that so, Mr. Morales?"

"Uh, yes, yes," Ulrich smiles at them. "A lot of progress. The other students aren't afraid anymore when it's his turn with the javelin, and he stopped dropping the shot put on his toes."

Odd gives him a glare as Amy stifles a laugh. "Alright, I'll make a note of that in his file..."


The girls see the moving body of Ulrich in sight. "Ulrich?"

It's actually XANA possessing him, which is why he is moving. He scoffs at them, causing Yumi to gasp.

"Hello, ladies," He grins before turning around. "Super sprint!" He goes down the hall and jumps off platforms.

"He's closing in on the great hall of the Core of Lyoko. Try not to lose him, okay?"

"Easy for you to say, he's fast!"

The two girls end up coming to a stop as they've lost him. "Jeremy?"

"He changed directions," He reports as they look around. "You see another way out?"

"No, just a shaft," Aelita answers as they see a gap across from them.

"That's it! Go ahead, jump!"

Yumi and Aelita jump off the platform.


"And now it's time for Amelia Smith..." The principal announces, Amy blushing in embarrassment.

"Same as Belpois, all is well," Mr. Mirti smiles at the girl.

"A model student. Despite her father's high expectations, she couldn't be better."

Amy takes a deep breath, adjusting her bangs away from her face. Her "father" is never an easy subject for teachers to talk about with her...especially ever since she figured out that he's not really her father. He may have raised her since birth, but he didn't have a hand in creating her, and her DNA with him doesn't match. Not to mention a father wouldn't push her the way he does.

"Yes, well, Mr. Smith isn't exactly the most ideal parent," Ulrich informs them, the girl grinning in relief.

"I hate to agree about his approach, but he does seem very high-maintenance than a father should be about his children..."

Odd takes a hold of Amy's hand and she smiles softly at him. "So now we come to the case of Ulrich Stern," That smile turns into a cringe once she's heard what the principal said. It doesn't help either that Ulrich is technically in the room... "Anyone care for some turnip soup? Afraid that's all there is."

"I think we have a serious problem," Mr. Fumet frowns deeply.

"Yes, this is scandalous!" The principal takes his seat. "They could have left some sort of variety, like tomato or vegetable or even just coffee!"

"No, I was referring to Ulrich Stern," Mr. Fumet corrects himself.

"He has simply stopped working. He does absolutely nothing at all!" Ms. Hertz narrows her eyes. "His grades are terrible! At best, as far as I'm concerned, I recommend he be transferred down to 9th grade remedial where he has a vague chance of catching up."

Odd also cringes towards his best friend. "Right," The principal stops sipping his soup. "So is everyone in agreement?"

The four teachers murmur a yes as Ulrich stands up. "I do not agree at all."

"Neither do we!" Odd and Amy chime in.

"Go on, you have the floor, Jim."

"You can't make a decision based only on my—his grades. They're far from excellent, I'm not denying that, but you go from there to saying that I—that he doesn't lift a finger is an awful lot to assume. And don't forget that you were-"

"We were what?" The principal interrupts, wondering where he's going with this.

"You were once adolescents."


XANA Ulrich appears in another room, super sprinting down the platform and going through a wall! "He's reached the Great Hall at the Core of Lyoko," Jeremy tells the two as they're still trying to catch up. "Hurry up, ladies! Can you see a way in?"

They stop in front of the wall XANA Ulrich went through. "No, it's a dead end."

"Oh, what luck! XANA must have opened up a passage for him leading directly into the Core of Lyoko."

"What about you, can you do the same?" Yumi asks curiously.

"No. I wish I could, but, you'll have to go by way of the Celestial Dome," He answers regrettably. He just hopes that they'll reach him before it's too late...

"Okay, we'll take the elevator."


"Remember how much your emotions affected your work at school?" Ulrich asks the teachers. "Who in this room could say that they have never felt lost? Never had problems with their parents, never had girl or boy problems?"

Mr. Chardin actually starts crying.

"Stern is gonna straighten out! He promised me, and Amelia too." She stares up at him wide-eyed and he gives her a pleading look. The girl sighs slowly in defeat. He really didn't want to go to remedial, and the last thing she wanted to do was allow him to be put there. "So seriously now, don't you all think he deserves a second chance?"

"Well, if you look at it from that point of view, then we might wanna reconsider his case..." Principal Delmas rubs his chin.

"Yes, yes, I think that's a good idea..."

"I disagree completely!" Ms. Hertz stands up angrily. "And as the senior teacher, I feel absolutely bound to impose my veto! Stern should be transferred to 9th grade remedial, and that's all!"

Ulrich blinks at her in shock.


Aelita and Yumi finally arrive at the elevator. "Hurry! The shield layer of the sphere just took a 30-point energy hit."

Right now, XANA Ulrich is pointing his saber at the Core of Lyoko, a green laser coming from it. The two jump onto the elevator, landing safely as it spins around.

"Jeremy, we're almost there. Can you program the Overwing?"


"Come now, Suzanne...you were a teenager once, you know," The principal raises a brow at her as she stubbornly crosses her arms.

"Yes, of course I was, but I still stand by my decision!"

Amy and Odd glance to each other in worry. "Suzanne, can I have a word with you?" Ulrich stands up and they step away towards the end of the table to talk. "Listen, Suzanne, if you give Stern a second chance, then, uh, you have my word that I'll teach you the tango, the rumba, the cha-cha-cha, and any other stupid—uh, ballroom dance you want, I swear."

As much as she very much agrees that Stern should be sent to remedial...she really needs to learn how to ballroom dance for Pedro.

Yumi and Aelita fly up to the south entrance, watching it close and open. The geisha flies inside.

Ms. Hertz turns to the other teachers and the two teens. "Well then, alright. Since everyone is against me, we will leave that thumb-twiddling Mr. Stern in his current class."

"YEAH!" Ulrich cheers and thankfully, no one notices the different tone in voice.

"But if he doesn't shape up, I'll ship him out!" Ms. Hertz warns him.

"Can I please go to the bathroom?" Odd raises a hand.

"Uh, me too, sir. The, uh...the emotion, you know what I mean."

"Umm, I'll take them," Amy offers, standing up. She knew that it's not the real Jim in there right now, but hearing him say that felt weird...


XANA Ulrich stops for a second, about to continue the attack before an energy field hits his body. He looks towards the source to see Aelita across from him. She fires another pink orb, but misses. A Manta arrives as another one flies past them. Yumi deflects the lasers with her fans, Aelita ducking from another by the one near XANA Ulrich. She fires her attack and destroys it, aiming for XANA Ulrich next. He uses his sword to avoid it.

Yumi ducks her head as a third Manta arrives, Aelita still trying to get a hit on XANA Ulrich. He continues attacking the Core, resulting in the first shield exploding.

"Jeremy," Odd pants as the three are in the elevator, exhausted from the run. "We're here."

"About time. Ulrich, first of all, you've gotta leave Jim's body now."

"Hope he doesn't flip out on us..." Ulrich states as his consciousness leaves the gym teacher's body, and he immediately falls unconscious, probably because of how long Ulrich's been using his body.

"I guess this is something he'd rather not talk about," Odd jokes as he and Amy stare down at him.

"If he'll even wake up by then," She giggles a bit.

"Odd, Amy, I'm sending you two over right now. Ulrich, you wait in one of the cabins. The minute your body devirtualizes, I'll refusion it with your mind. Just be patient, okay?"

"Just don't mess it up this time, Einstein," He replies as the scanner closes in front of him. The two stand in the other scanners, waiting to be virtualized.

"Transfer Amy. Transfer Odd. Scanner Amy. Scanner Odd. Virtualization."

They close their eyes as they feel the whoosh, appearing in the mountain sector. The two land side-by-side, Odd landing on his girlfriend's back. She opens up her wings and takes flight.

XANA Ulrich's still affecting the Core while Aelita fires a pink orb. "Energy field!" She misses the Manta at the last second. Yumi's still dealing with the one in front of her as Aelita jumps, but gets devirtualized nevertheless.

When she arrives, she notices Jim on the floor.

Luckily, Amy and Odd arrive in the Arena, the transporter orb releasing them as they stand back-to-back. The wall opens up and Amy runs up first, followed by Odd.

Yumi throws her fan at the Manta, who knocks it away. She backflips to avoid the lasers, hit by the last one and devirtualized. The Manta is also destroyed and Yumi sees Jim. "Who went and left our gym teacher on the floor asleep?"

XANA Ulrich thinks that he's free to destroy Lyoko, but he doesn't account for two people heading for him. "Amy, Odd, move it. There's only one shield layer left protecting the Core of Lyoko," Jeremy informs them.

They arrive in the Celestial Dome, the Overboard appearing. "Move it, huh? Easy for you to say, we only have two legs each!" Odd calls out, jumping onto his vehicle and Amy lands behind him. "Oh, perfect timing, Einstein."

"We absolutely gotta stop him," Amy narrows her eyes as she sees the entrance. "if Lyoko goes, so do we!"

"We got this, Ames! After all, it's us again!"

She shakes her head with a small smile. They enter the room and XANA Ulrich continues once again. "Guys, one more blow with his saber and the second shield layer's destroyed!"

He's just about to point it again when he's hit by several laser arrows. Odd flies up to him, Amy gripping his shoulders. The Manta flies past them. "Laser Arrow!" He fires at the monster, missing it. Amy grins as she gestures to herself.

"This requires a lady's touch." She pulls out her spear and throws it. The weapon spins around and hits the target, getting rid of the Flying Manta.

"That's my favorite girl!" Odd cheers, spinning around and jumping off. He grabs Amy in his arms as his vehicle hits XANA Ulrich, knocking him down. His saber lands a few feet away. The duo land nearby, jumping up the stairs and landing in front of him.

"What a cute couple...Triplicate!"

His body doubles, but one of the duplicates gets hit with the Overboard while Odd hits the other with his laser arrow. He tries to hit the real XANA Ulrich, who speeds around them and grabs his sword back. He sprints up towards the two, Amy using her spear to block his blows. He kicks both of them off the platform, and they seemingly disappear. He's just about to attack the Core again when Amy's legs swing up, grabbing his waist. She throws him over the platform while holding onto Odd, who hits the forehead with his laser arrow. They both watch as his body turns into pixels. Amy gets back on the platform first, helping up Odd.

He smiles at her. "We're okay, Jeremy," He winks at his girlfriend, who giggles. If she was able to blush, she'd be doing it right now.

"Ulrich, now's the time. I'm starting up your fusion," Jeremy says, the boy glancing around anxiously. He finishes the process, the girls gasping as the scanner opens up again. Ulrich sits in front of them with a small smile.

"Oh, it's a great feeling to have my body back..."


Jim opens up the door, failing to notice the bar of soap in front of his feet. "Stop!" Ulrich suddenly warns him. "There, under your foot," He points to the soap, picking it up.

"Thank you, Stern. Saved me on that one, but, uh...why did you do that?"

"Let's just say that I've been in your shoes," Ulrich grins up at him. Thankfully, they were able to take him back to his room before he could wake up.

"Well done, my boy," Jim congratulates as they walk down the hall together. "I can see that something positive's got into that head of yours!"

"Jim!" Ms. Hertz stands in front of him, and that's when Ulrich realizes that he forgot something. "I'm ready to dance! What should we start with? Tango, pase doble, rumba?"

"Personally, I'm starting with a hot cup of coffee and 6 donuts! After that, I've got jogging with the 8th graders."

"But...what about my ballroom dance lessons?" Ms. Hertz frowns up at him. "You promised me!"

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, Suzanne, I think you had one too many herbal teas last night. They do weird things to your head."

She glares, growling in anger as she punches him. He's sent flying into the floor and Ulrich cringes, slowly backing away.

He knew that he should've mentioned that in a note or something...